Late Evening Reading

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• I got banned for a month, and I've had a few 1 hour bans for getting nasty at people. : red2lucas
• i've had one nuke (with no ban) and one nuke with a 30 min ban (i deserved it too). : kbnerd
• Never, though I got a message from Duke Nuked saying I was permabanned for something or other. Fucking... : laurgasms
• Oh a bunch of small bans, when my posting gets super inane. : SpaecKow
• I've been banned thrice, I believe. : SockMonkeh
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  Im just proud to say that 2006 has been nuke free for me... : rosewood
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    liar! http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11978886 : thekidd
    • Okay, that was nuked but I didn't get one of those happy msgs from Duke... Well, that was until redfiv... : rosewood
• I was nearly banned once but it was all a mix-up. : abrasion
• I've had several nukes (mostly spoiler issues) but no bans yet. : baron calamity
• drunk tank and a 1st post ban when i didnt know the rules. : eggnoodles
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  ive been banned a few times in the past, but nothing for a while. i've been a good little poster. bac... : virus
  • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ya right your just getting old and krusty, domesticated! : eyemnatas
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  30min ban for using a modified catchphrase (that I didn't know had passed into bannability) : 60days
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    Is there a list of bannable phrases somewhere? : baron calamity
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      http://shackfaq.portax.net/?cid=6 Or just shackmsg redfive before you post anything to make sure its o... : rosewood
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        hi rosewood : redfive
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          Hows canada? : rosewood
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            It's raining right now. http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/compass/camera/pictures/BurlCamera/lo... : redfive
            • Thankfully the radar is nice and clean this morning. Yesterday about this time... http://rosewood.sha... : rosewood
      • trying to steal my thunder? =-( : kbnerd
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        As I mentioned in the misreply, I'm surprised that Back to the Future and Princess Bride quotes didn't ma... : baron calamity
        • neither of those appear very much any more. besides everything in the shackfaq is user submitted so it's ... : kbnerd
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      it's a grey rule, depending on how you use them. If it's been driven into the ground and not funny anymo... : redfive
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        the soviet reversals can be pretty damn clever and funny though :( : RikiTiki2
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          Good Russian Reversals that actually work are hilarious but bad ones suck so much that it's better to pre... : kbnerd
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            Me? Lawyer fucked me. Everybody's innocent in here. Didn't you know that? : rosewood
            • So ... wtf? : rosewood
          • Very true. Most people don't seem to understand what makes a Soviet reversal funny. : Arcanum
        • http://shackfaq.portax.net/?qid=58 : Portax
• I had a nuke and a 30 min for a "omg wifi rocks, i can shack and poop at the same time...see!" post. : losimagic
• four 30-min. nuke-bans: one was a personal attack (wasn't too bad imo), another was I unintentionally ... : RikiTiki2
• 30 min ban and i deserved it. : get_navi
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  never. : gegtik
  • you're a dirty fuckin sexy liar : virus
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  1 week ban, didn't deserve it : Kenshin_
  • Me too, twice. Things are better nowadays though. : MrLonghair
• About a half-dozen 30 minutes and one week ban, which was bs if you ask me. :P : notd665
• had a nuke and a strong talking to by Haiku and Flawless CowboyRampancy a couple years ago. No bans thoug... : Fyunch Click
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  I think maybe one or two 30 minutes for something silly. : Matto357
  • How do you know if you're banned. I used to post under a different name, and one day I couldnt post with ... : jellystones1
• never. 1 nuke for "abuse of spoiler tags" when things were a bit stricter around here. : beastrabban
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  Once, for using a parody post to make a point. I got unbanned when I pointed out that making parody post... : Arcanum
  • That was a mistake. It's not specifically in the guidelines, but parody posts fall under the albatross an... : Portax
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  Karma is good. If you didn't deserve banning in this life ... it's prolly cuz you screwed up last time. ... : sHugamom
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    One time, in Hawaii, a repairman came to check out my messed up washing machine. He was very old-school ... : sHugamom
    • You just blew my mind. : Helter Skelter
    • i feel as if i somehow have reached enlightenment : sexninja!!!!
    • I've said it before, I'll say it again: o_O : Rotten Deadite
    • I'm crying so I won't laugh in the middle of the office. : intothefray
    • ror : someWayne
    • O_o : warcrow
    • That is awesome, but don't you think it's a bit early in the day to be hitting the sauce, shugamom? : Bean
    • wargle? : datoo
    • No, you didn't. :( : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • This explains so much about your son. : Conan
    • ROROROROR : TastyWheat
    • I'm literally lol'ing here. If only all moms were as cool. ;] : lightly inclined
    • Go shugamom! : project13
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      Why is this informative? It doesn't make any sense. : gmoney
      • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11998512 : Flinz
    • this is the best post i have ever read : mr.sleepy
    • Wut. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • and once again, i have no sense of humor... or maybe there's none to sense : Sixcos
    • your crazy....your a crazy lady *runs away screaming* : cell9song
    • just back from a 9 day biz trip to china and this is... \m/ : xphil
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  Yer once quite a while ago before the comments db crash. I linked to a picture on rotten.com (nuff said ... : moneyshot
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    lol prolapsed rectum. You should check the snopes article on that one. : Helter Skelter
    • hehe, that doesn't surprise me. btw thanks for making me check and seeing the picture again! o_O : moneyshot
• 4 days for drunk posting : edge198
• I got banned for punching Maarten in the junk. : stelth
• 1 week, cant remember why though : anthonybean
• I got a warning from Steve for calling Daggah a moron. : o0JediBeavis0o
• Yeah, and I didn't realise it, so I kept posting and wondering why it wasn't showing up. : SiW73
• I got a ban; not sure 3 or 7 days before the crash. I made a serious post about XIII ruining my video car... : intothefray
• banned for a few. bitching about cable guy not leaving me unfiltered. it then turned into a less than ... : p4ck3tloss
• I had a 15 day ban. Basically what I did was post screenshots from the HL2 umm alpha thingy in a thread f... : Athlon7
• Considering I've been around since '97, it's only right that I've been banned a handful of times. I think... : bigimp
• I've been put in the drunk tank before, heh. : kenmis
• Uh yea, drunk tank, gay tank, 30 min bans, 1 month ban, tons of nukes. Although more recently I've just k... : askedrelic
• I once referred to warez when i was young and dumb :-| : Crimson
• Havent been banned, but had a few nukes. : suicidemachine
• I got a week ban for going off at some people who had obviously warezed a game that hadn't came out yet : judge
• just coming off a week-long ban, miss me? the first rule is: i'm not supposed to talk about it. and the s... : NastyNorman
• I think i got nuked twice maybe : nandu666
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  oh man ahahhaah : mr.sleepy
  • (i have never been banned or nuked) : mr.sleepy
• I've been banned a few times... : proclone1
• I got a month once, then the Shack employee in question reduced it to a week when he calmed down. Then h... : Liquid

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• IBN : angrytaxman
• Are.... ? You... NO. No, just leave. GET OUT OF HERE. :P : rotten element
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  Ban this shit. : manlyman
  • What's the matter? Are you too manly for Zero Wing? : SockMonkeh
• Jesus mother of mercy....This is really funny...but ... uhh my god if you aren't joking. *CRIES* : soggybagel
• HEY WHAT HAPPENED TO BOB HOPE GUYS GUYS? GUYS GUYS SERIOUSLY GUYS : draconic
• Hugs, not drugs. : electroly
• I'M SO FUCKING HIGH RIGHT NOW HOLY SHIT : Experiment IV
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  This post fails under any contextual model of humor. : sgtsanity
  • I may be smiling on the outside, but on the inside, I'm crying. : SockMonkeh
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  Hahaaha, that was awesome! LOL @ "make your time"! : Chris Remo
  • You can't be serious. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • rofl, almost got me (well until I saw your username) : MikkleThePickle
• This post is a train wreck. : Daggoth
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  http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html : sKetchflow
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    Holy crap, I hadn't watched a Strongbad email in something like 3 years, and I couldn't even get all the ... : zakk
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      yeah it hurts. My friend can mimic the homestar voice perfectly and he always makes me laugh but the webs... : sKetchflow
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        http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3714 : Ratsofatsorat
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          Sweet jesus I am crying : rosewood
          • With laughter? : abrasion
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          hahaha the george and lenny bit was hilarious : SockMonkeh
          • The whole thing had me in tears I was laughing so hard : rosewood
• :( :( :( :( :( :( :(:( : feek
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  Greatest post ever. Wow. : Serpico74
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    PS - http://istanbul.tc/mahir/mahir/ : Serpico74
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      Wow! This is awesome! Where do you find this stuff? : SockMonkeh
      • Email! : Serpico74
      • Dude, you think that's good, I just an animated GIF (hard g) of an exploding whale. WOW! : SiW73
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      I've never seen this before. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • neither have I : sanchez
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      The inspiration for Borat? : Ratsofatsorat
      • I told someone that once and they flipped out : Mondo
• what's this shit : AllYourBase
• Why are people responding so oddly? ANYWAYS ABOUT THE VID. OK THAT WAS FUNNY CLEARLY WE HAVE SOME TRA... : ayesel
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  OMG DID YOU GUYS SEE THIS http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~boris/dance/ THE HAMSTERS ARE DANCING : Mr.Fusion
  • man, I remember when I had to scroll like fuck to get to the bottom of that page. thank god for high-r... : warpdude
  • All seriousness, this is the proto-YTMND/Dickcream. : Serpico74
• http://sovietchurch.ytmnd.com/ : Experiment IV
• http://joesparks.shockwave.com/episodes/e01/playback.htm : rosewood
• Never forget FF vs AYB http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=19344 : Mondo
• It's re-born!!!! it's like I'm 23 again, this song rocks. : abrasion
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  It says he has 1500 posts...but some how...I get a sudden sense of something being very wrong. : Sgt_Boomstick
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    Just because you don't understand the sophisticated humor that All Your Base and I share doesn't mean you... : SockMonkeh
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      Dude... DUDE... 2001. : Super Sparker
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        I don't understand the meaning of this post. : SockMonkeh
        • Monkleys discovered bones. : Afterglow
• This post made me realize that some day kids will be able to experience the same things that we were able... : Crimson

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  Yah. Moved from Florida to Vancouver, Canada where I knew no-one. I had a little help from Waverider, tho... : ctlaltl33t
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    How was it? Vancouver looks awesome to me. I've driven through it twice, but I wasn't very awake at the t... : Ratsofatsorat
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      i think Victoria (or anywhere on Vancouver Island) is far better than the City of Vancouver...that being ... : kbnerd
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        Nice unsubstantiated conjecture, Tex. : Wheatloaf
        • he lived across from vic for a long time i think. I lived in Vic for 8 years. Nice city, but Van has m... : Morgin
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          well considering that i'm a fairly new transplant to Texas and considering the amount of time i spent in ... : kbnerd
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            Well you must be old/boring, because Morgin is right. : Wheatloaf
            • what i think is fun and exciting is much more in line with what people of 35+ think is fun and exciting s... : kbnerd
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        Vancouver owns Victoria in everyway. : Sgt_Boomstick
        • nah. For ability to find somewhat decent priced housing in area close to downtown, general slower feel, s... : Morgin
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      For me the weather was 100% better. Met my gf in Vancouver. Lots of stuff to do if you like outdoor activ... : ctlaltl33t
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        Interesting. I never would have guessed on the crime part. : Ratsofatsorat
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          Van is still pretty safe considering though. As long as you stay out of the east side downtown - you're o... : ctlaltl33t
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            shit, they can take my trash. : feek
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              they will, and they will break your car window worth over $200 to do so : ctlaltl33t
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                that's because they are hardcore into recycling!! : kbnerd
                • used needles is what they like to recycle too! : ctlaltl33t
              • well, i leave my car unlocked and just take valuables out, anyway. but i guess most people probably don't... : feek
          • Just to be clear, you're referring to like 5 or 6 square blocks. It's very contained. : Wheatloaf
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    what did you tell your friends and family? Im at a point where i just want to leave but im sure no one w... : burning eye
    • does it matter if they understand? if your profile is accurate you are of an age to make decisions for yo... : kbnerd
    • It wasn't an abrupt move, I planned it for almost a year. My parents supported it and my friends were bum... : ctlaltl33t
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    how hard was it to get a work visa or whatever? : sKetchflow
    • I was on a student visa which was very easy to get : ctlaltl33t
• yup! i did that when i moved to Texas from Washington state ~2200 miles total distance. : kbnerd
• no, i really want to do it though and i'm getting really close. denver -> las vegas : Enraged Pineapple
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  YES, I PACK SHIT ALL THE TIME. : joe.gonzalez
  • +INF : cdbeckman
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  Only if shes late. : skitzo
  • is post needs more love : skinlab133
• I moved to Toronto and i only knew one person in the city when i got here. But i moved into a college dor... : pyro
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  I moved to Japan 1.5 years ago. A friend of mine moved over for 3 months, and I already knew one or two p... : Kenshin_
  • sounds awesome! my next step is more than likely moving out of country for a year or two. : kbnerd
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  not alone, but yeah. Oklahoma to Atlanta. Best decision I ever made. : suicidemachine
  • Oklahoma to anywhere is a good decision :P : RikiTiki2
• sometimes i think about dropping everything and popping up in hawaii : RikiTiki2
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  Don't you live in Hawaii? Fuck that! However I did a up and leave from NC to AZ, but only because some... : ghost in my shell
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    i bet it's crazy women issues he's got : RikiTiki2
    • heh, you're not too far off, actually. : burning eye
• screw you guys i'm outta here : Crimson

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  Age Range: 0-18, 19-24, 25-30, 31-40, 41+ Gender: Male or Female Question 1: Do you own a camera ph... : adev
  • 19-24 M yes yes B other no no no wtf does that mean : RikiTiki2
  • 24, male, fuck no : haccess
  • Male 1.) Yes 2.) Yes 3.) b 4.) Share pics, take random pics without lugging around a real camera, abi... : sullisnack
  • Age Range: 19-24 Gender: Male Question 1: Do you own a camera phone? Yes If yes, continue... ... : angrytaxman
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    Male Yes No B Other -- ?Phone Calls? Once -- (Car Accident Photo's) No No Zero : InfoBiter
    • age 21 *wewps* : InfoBiter
  • Age: 19-24 Gender: Male Q1: Yes Q2: No Q3: B Q4: None Q5: No Q6: No Q7: No Q8: 0 : cookblaze
  • 19-24 Male No camera phone. : askedrelic
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    22, male, no. : itsjames
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      ^ this but -3 years : crummynz
      • you're 19?! You look older than me irl. Then again, I look like I'm 12 still, so I guess it shouldn't b... : itsjames
  • 19-24 Male 1) Yes 2) Yes 3) b 4) Fun/Random, Mischievous, Other (photo caller ID) 5) Yes (car licen... : Code RedBeard
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    25-30 M 1. Yes 2. No 3. b 4. None. I only use my phone to talk. 5. No. 5a. N/A 6. Yes. At the cour... : Bean
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      I hide my cell in the bushes if I accidentally take it to the courthouse for lunch. : plunkymeadows
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        Haha, if I did that around here, it'd be picked up by one of the thousands of homeless NOLA refugees in a... : Bean
        • Heh, not many refugees in that area of South Boston and I think the one homeless dude near there was eith... : plunkymeadows
  • 0-18 Male Question 1: Do you own a camera phone? No. Done. : notd665
  • Age Range: 19-24 Gender: Male 1: Yes 2: No 3: b 4: - Share images with friends and family 5: No.... : walker270
  • Age Range: 25-30 (26) Gender: Male Question 1: Do you own a camera phone? yes Question 2: Do : Ebu
  • 19-24 Male 1.) Yes 2.) No 3.) b 4.) other 5.) yes 5.a)no 6.)yes 7.)no 8.) 0 : DarkWolf5
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    21, no cameraphone : mrfunky3000
    • oh yeah, male : mrfunky3000
  • 19-24 male 1. Yes 2. No 3. B 4. share images, for fun, remember information 5. No 6. No. 7. Yes. ... : ejectorpod
  • 28, yes, no, b, other (work), yes, yes, no, yes, none : fatman
  • 19-24, Male 1. Yes 2. No 3. a 4. Fun/Random 5. No 5a. -- 6. No 7. No 8. hundreds, thanks to th : biskits
  • 19-24, Male, 1. Yes 2. No 3. b .4: Reasons you use your phone (check all that appy): - Share imag... : meh
  • 25-30, Male, No. : Waverider
  • Age Range: 19-24 Gender: Male Question 1: Yes. Question 2: Not likely. Question 3: b) It wa... : SockMonkeh
  • 31-40. M. 1: No. 7: Yes (don't want camera on my phone) : Nixx2004
  • Age 19-24 Gender: Male 1. Yes 2. NO 3. B 4. - Share images with friends and family - For Fun/To... : ctlaltl33t
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    Question 4 is missing AS A TELEPHONE ONLY. : abrasion
    • IAWTP. : InfoBiter
    • and while i'm at it, fuck camera phones. : abrasion
    • And I only use it as a phone and never take pics. : plunkymeadows
    • wouldnt that be "other" ? : rosewood
  • Age Range: 25-30 Gender: Male Question 1: Do you own a camera phone? Yes Question 2: Do you use ... : Deathlove
  • 25-30, Male 1.Yes 2.No 3.B 4.Remember Information 5.Yes - No 6.No 7.No 8.2 : Conan
  • Age Range: 19-24 Gender: Female Question 1: Yes. Question 2: Probably, yes. Question 3: b) ... : laurgasms
  • Age 31-40 1) Yes, I own a camera phone. 2) I've used the camera twice in nearly 2 years 3) b ... : stump
  • 41+, *looks in pants* Male, No. (If it wasn't for work giving me a cellphone, I wouldn't even have one a... : RatBastard
  • 19-24, male, nope. : omnova
  • 19-24, male, no : feek
  • 19 - 24, Male 1. Yes 2. No 3. B 4. share images with friends and family, to capture random moments,... : Flying h4x0r
  • 20, Male, no! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • 19-24 Male 1) yes 2) yes 3) C 4) sharing with friends, mobile blogging 5) nope 5a) N/A 6) n... : draconic
  • 25-30 Male Yes, unfortunately No B Other, I never use it No No No 0 : Dechter
  • 32, male, no : crust
  • Age Range: 19-24 Gender: Female Question 1: yes Question 2: no Question 3: b Question 4: -... : Galadriel07
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    1 yes 2 no 3 it was just one of the features 4 i dont 5 no 6 No 7 No 8 none : lacker
    • 31-40 male : lacker
  • 19-24 Male 1)Yes 2)No 3)b 4)other 5)no 6)no 7)no 8)none : megarust32
  • 19-24, Male, 1: Yes, 2: Yes, 3: b, 4: all of the above, 5: yes 5a: yes 6: yes 7: yes 8: About a dozen in ... : rosewood
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    25-30 1. yes 2. yes 3. b 4. - For Fun/To Capture Random Moments 5. no 6. no 7. no 8. none? : smax
    • male : smax
  • 19-24 male, no : Delusional
  • Age 19-24 Male 1)Yes 2)Yes 3)C 4) - Share images with friends and family - For Fun/To Captur... : Mondo
  • 19-24 male 1. yes 2. no 3. 4. - remember information - other 5. yes 5a. yes 6. no 7. no 8. 0 : yoonix
  • 31-40 :-( Male Yes No b - Share images with friends and family - For Fun/To Capture Rand... : El Tigre
  • 19-24, Female, No : dahanese
  • 31-40 Yes Yes B Remember information Yes Yes No Yes No photos but I have a 15 minute video of my... : baron calamity
  • 41+ (but just barely... :) Female. Owns a camera phone Q2: Use camera on phone more than 5 times... : sHugamom
  • 31-40 Male 1) Yes 2) No 3) b 4)Other (As a phone is all I use it for) 5) No 6) No ... : FirmButtstone
  • 19-24 Male Yes No a) For the novelty - For Fun/To Capture Random Moments No No Yes 0 : buzzbat
  • 19-24, Male, No : Audhuml4
  • Age: 25-30 Male: 1: No : kenmis
  • 19-24 Male 1 Yes 2 Yes, depends on the month (ask "on average" for a better survey?) 3. a, c, e. e mo... : Crimson
• Age Range: 25-30 Gender: Male Question 1: Yes Question 2: No Question 3: b) It wasn't a part of my bu... : Crw22

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• "Yep, definitely snakes. Yes, I'm on a plane." : ermac
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  YES YES YES YES "Kids between 17 and 25 really want to see a little T. and A., so there's a nice Mile H : askedrelic
  • New Line recently requested that the movie's PG-13 rating be switched to R and ordered the shooting of ad : EvilDolemite
• Haha god that image made me laugh! So so unexplicably cool! : Athlon7
• I love Samuel L. Jackson... : mrfunky3000
• Damnit this movie will kick ass. : MurrayTheSkull
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  this is going to own so hard! : itsjames
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    I'm trying to get a local theater to do a themed premiere on opening night. I think it would go over rea... : EvilDolemite
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      Paging dmason! He works at a theater and could probably hook AZ Shackers up with such a thing. : MurrayTheSkull
      • I think multiple Shackmeets for this movie should happen - one in each city! : EvilDolemite
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    Tagged so I can remind you of what you said when you see it and realise it sucked. : Phreakin
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      No one expects this to be a "good" movie. That's why it's going to be awesome! : EvilDolemite
      • I know! This is going to be the best big-budget B-movie of all time! : Bean
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      lol you are missing the point. they are purposely making a hollywood b movie. If they were taking this ... : broly1718
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        Don't they do that like... all the time? : bargeld
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          No. Usually that are trying to make the best movie their pathetic skills will allow. Intentionally bad ... : RatBastard
          • I don't care why I want to see this movie so badly, all I know is that I do. : SockMonkeh
• They're so awesome for recognizing all the internet hype and incorporating it in to the movie. : aeg1x
• "This movie is going to be so good. Who else is getting rubber snakes to wear around your neck for the sh... : SockMonkeh
• Normally I don't go to the theatre to see movies. For this I might make an exception! : cam3lt0sis
• this director and and jackson are my new gods "Kids between 17 and 25 really want to see a little T. a : broly1718
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  God damn whoever wins that contest for the best song inspired by the movie title.... that better be some ... : cam3lt0sis
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    Lil' Jon would be perfect for the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack! : Bean
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      SNAKES! <WHAAAAAAT> ON A PLANE! <YEEEEEEEAH> SNAKES ON DAT MOTHAFUCKIN PLANE! <OOOOKAYYYY> : cam3lt0sis
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        Holy crap, that would be incredible!!! : Bean
        • God damn wouldn't it? I would pay 10 dollars just to wait through the movie to hear that shit roll with ... : cam3lt0sis
  • We did one, but they end up owning all rights etc, legal crap bla.. so we didn't submit. I think the so... : FirmButtstone
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  LMAO! "It's kind of difficult to watch me in a movie and not hear me say motherf_______ once," he says. " : freakord
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    Anakin you MOTHERFUCKERRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........ : aeg1x
    • someone needs to take the scene in ep3 where anakin chops off windus hand and dub in a SLJ "motherfucker"... : Prozium
• Hahaha oh shit, that interview made this movie go from "funny" to "must see opening day" : yAak
• Hehe. I love intentionally bad movies. : RatBastard
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  I dont understand the high expectations for this movie? it was created as just another stupid summer flic... : strandgeck
  • High expectations? haha. I think you take our enthusiasm the wrong way : zakk
  • strand why do you hate freedom so much : sexninja!!!!
  • Hey, it's bound to be no worse than the usual crop of summer movies. At the very least it's got a good... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  "They wanted to call it Pacific Air 121," says Jackson. "I told them that was the stupidest damn thing I : kanix
  • Deleted scenes. : cam3lt0sis
• Ellis--who claims he has bought almost $1,000 of unofficial Snakes merchandise on the Internet--has embra : Deathlove

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  he problem with Prey is similar to the one Tivo has. It's hard for the marketing people at Tivo to clearl : manlyman
  • That's my kind of developer. Fantastic. : Athlon7
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    Haha, yeah I can attest to that. My preview of the game had a lot of comments like "This looks like a Do... : Chris Remo
    • why? because you can walk on the ceiling? Just curious why this is a big change over, say, Quake 4? The l... : byorn
    • The first Prey movie conveyed that really well. : abrasion
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    first video I saw of bullet time I was hooked and wanted the game. : mista mista
    • same, I remember the video I watched, max was throwing a grenade after he opened a door. I was sold. Alth... : shotgun1
  • awesome, i hope the game really is something more than just-more-FPS, and that the demo shows that, i hon... : yAak
  • awesome - i can't wait for it :) : virus
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  ^ ^ ^ other developers take note : crummynz
  • Yeah no shit. It makes so much sense too. : cam3lt0sis
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    Seriously, I can't even remember the last demo I downloaded before a game was released. : ovrlrd
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      F.E.A.R. : Smellsy
      • yeah, same, and the demo made me buy the game at release too : yAak
  • A fucking men. PS - No starforce. : rosewood
• Something tells me my P4 2.53/1gb/Radeon 9500 Pro 128mb will be brought to its knees and routinely kicked... : Dechter
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12026597 : mista mista
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  Prey will apparently take about a third of the time in those blue grey steel environments, and while I am... : SpaecKow
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    Good artists are hard to come by. Inspired visuals are rare. : bargeld
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      There are definitely many more mediocre artists in the world then good ones, but the good aren't hard to ... : SpaecKow
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        Then why are games with nice artwork so rare? It's not that Prey looks amateurish, but the stylstic choic... : bargeld
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          I'm not sure but art is a very expensive area of games right now with all engines using shader materials ... : italiano3d
          • er i meant crappy level design and great art or crappy art and great level design. sorry : italiano3d
        • Perhaps because the turnover rate in games is so incredibly high for everything except the most ardent su... : SpaecKow
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          The game industry is very conservative with its choices - I suspect most of what we see is art direction ... : 60days
          • Devs strike me as very anxious people who can very easily get into a rut of second guessing themselves. E... : SpaecKow
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        I suspect demand is much higher than the supply here. Plus, just having a few good artists on a game is ... : Chris Remo
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          Yeah, the moment someone says 'guns for arms!', it doesn't matter how good the artists are :) : 60days
          • Haha, yep exactly. There are a billion and one cheesy video game cliches that go a long, long way to can... : Chris Remo
          • Hahaha, no kidding. : bargeld
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  For some reason I just arent' that excited about Prey. I love fps games, but other than the portals, it l... : shred.
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    That's what the post is saying. : EvilDolemite
    • It appears to be more about performance concerns to me : shred.
  • My opinion on it is actually in line with Scott's. Looking at videos, I know there's some badassness to i... : Entity
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  I'd love to see portals that popped you out flipped horizontally. It would seem as if the level was flipp : sgtsanity
  • Well they have gravity flipping so I assume that they would have that somewhere. : SpaecKow
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  i cant help but think this is because we have old school game makers behind this game. people who under... : smacknca
  • Is the risk that if the demo sucks people won't buy the game? Doesn't that just mean don't put out a s... : rosewood

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• I hate to break this to you, but we knew that :\ : TotalFusionOne
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  That's what beer is for. : filtersweep
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    I'M TOTALLY SQUARE, TOO. I don't even drink!!! : Rice-Rocketeer
    • That's why I'd sneak the drugs into your soda pop. : filtersweep
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  Damn, I just look Edmonton in google maps, you're out in the fucking middle of no where! How are the tree... : askedrelic
  • they are in the West Edmonton Mall next to the Rollercoaster so they fit right in. : kbnerd
• That's okay. I'm an asshole. I'd get my ass kicked before the night was over. : RatBastard
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  There's nothing to do in Edmonton! : Mantle
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    you could go to the mall! : kbnerd
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      The mall is so retarded. All they have is big retail chains and repeat stores. Aren't there like three GA... : Mantle
      • The mall sucks, and I can vouch that the Waterpark sucks. Oh, wait. I'm NDA'd. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Also, you're gay. But we're cool with that. : freakord
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    I'm not gay!!! Omigod, do people think I'm gay?!?! : Rice-Rocketeer
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      http://kinskorner.com/shack/ Well, you certainly aren't pink. should you be? : Judicus
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        OMG, no! I love vaginas!!! : Rice-Rocketeer
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          Yes, but do you want one of your own? : Bean
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            I love boobies, too!!! No, I don't want the cock! Is that too emphatic?!?! : Rice-Rocketeer
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              It's almost like you're struggling to get out of quicksand... : Bean
              • Oh Bean. You are the living end. : jcutner
• How about Calgary? Who'd be up for some hijinks? : Judicus
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  prentend the shackmeet is a LARP convention with an invisible GM and a non-fantasy ruleset. you're the da... : AbortedFetusChristi
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    > Go outside. You are outside at night. It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. > _ : Bean
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      > Look mailbox. : Rice-Rocketeer
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        It is dark. You see no mailbox. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. > _ : Bean
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          > Cast magic missile at darkness. : Rice-Rocketeer
          • Magic missile misses the darkness. You hear a thump, and then feel the crunching of your bones. You have : Bean
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  most shackers are, and this is what seperates a shackmeet from any other form of social get-together : mr.sleepy
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    The akwardness? : TotalFusionOne
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      shackmeets aren't awkward. they are awesome. : kbnerd
      • Ours was, I'm pretty sure I wierded out everyone at the last shackmeet, or something. :*( INTERNET WIN... : SpaecKow
  • Swirlies!!!!11!! : RatBastard
• I might be in Edmonton some time during the week of July 2nd, but thats probally too long to wait for a s... : jayares
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  um, you've seen the pics from the shackmeets right? no need to worry. we're all goobers. : drucifer
  • i cringe everytime i see a picture of me from a shackmeet. i honestly do a "do i really look like that?" ... : kbnerd
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  I wouldn't want to have a Shackmeet either because it's most like a ShackMEAT right? : SockMonkeh
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    pretty much they all end at highway rest-stops. : drucifer
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      actually multisync hasn't been to a shackmeet in quite a while. : kbnerd
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        yeah, but he never misses a rest-stop : drucifer
        • http://manlylove.ytmnd.com/ : SockMonkeh
• yeah me too : red2lucas
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  you guys should go to a hockey game. for sure. : virus
  • but they would have to watch the Oilers ew. : kbnerd