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• welcome to all-star games, welcome to sports fans, and welcome to life. enjoy your stay. : moonbreaker
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  I'm not even a Twins fan, and I think it's retarded : MKCluney
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    Though I have to admit, I'm happy Nomah got in. : MKCluney
    • I think Nomar should have been on right away. : soggybagel
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      I thought Nomar should have been on right away. : soggybagel
      • Same here, but I generally have zero faith when it comes to all-star starter selections, and it didn't su... : MKCluney
• you just have to respect the fans vote (the players/managers fucked up by not giving him a nod but it hap... : porp
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  Yes, the public really is. Hafner is the second most consistent hitter in the league of the past few year... : Afterglow
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    its the people that support what Barrett did who are the fucking retards. : xjdrake32
    • http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/15/SPG6IAQNH81.DTL : Afterglow

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  Our party consists of four. The first is a changeling bard 5, who has chosen oratory as his instrument o : Cottc Cid
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    I cannot get into Eberron. Period. Just can't do it. I've been wearing down on the D&D in general lately,... : felicia
    • Eberron seems dull to me but then standard d&d worlds tend to anyway. i refuse to run a Forgotton Realms ... : kbnerd
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      I managed to get a CoC (I love the COC!) game going, probably starting next week. Haven't played anything... : woddemandred
      • I assuming most of you play with friends or in local groups? I've been trying to find one that isn't so ... : classicfork

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  if men can do it, why can't women? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_lactation : shassard
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    thats a myth that has been debunked... : indiginator
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      no... its a serious medical condition and you can die from it if not treated : deviantpaul
      • what? men can die from lactation? news to me : bolus
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  I've heard that a woman can be so convinced that she's pregnant that she starts to lactate. : basketofkittens
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    Someone's been watching CSI... : pebui
    • Haha, that's probably where I heard it. I haven't watched that show in ages. : basketofkittens
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  Wow, there's a post you don't see everyday. I was honestly wide eyed there for a second afer I read that. : Morphius
  • well it is indignator. : ki11_viru5
• who what where into whose cups? backstory? : boomstickah
• yes a chick can, hell there are cases where a chick with implants would lactate bacause of the glands bei... : creep
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  hormone treatments. Adopting moms use it if they can't have kids but wish to breastfeed. : BulletPro
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    Ewww, a woman breastfeeding a child that isn't hers? That can't be healthy (for a child). : indiginator
    • haven't you ever heard of a wet nurse? they've been used for a few thousand years now for women who don't... : kbnerd
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  wet nurses? : weoh
  • beaten to it : weoh

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• I agree with this rating. I loved the Davey Jones character : cookblaze
• The new Pirates movie is fucking. awesome. Finally an inventive, well filmed summer action movie that ... : Sexpansion Pack
• i agree, the movie was awesome. If you liked the first one at all, then you'll like the second. : broly1718

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  Friend has the iriver H10 and seems to love it. : pimpium
  • I got mine through woot.com and I love it too, only problem with it is how tracks get out of order in the... : chodog
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  Join the flock, get an iPod. I myself have a iRiver. The new Toshiba Gigabeat looks pretty sweet though. : spigot
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    i really really don't like my ipod. i think the menu system is dumb and well, that's my biggest complain... : ibrokn
    • What, not complicated enough? : Morphius
• creative. EOT : indiginator
• some other awesome brands: "Super Talent" / "Truly Black" lol : Downforce
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  PSP for mp3s, videos, ebooks, wifi, and games. : Kerath
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    I might get a super small MP3 player, a PSP, AND a DS Lite o_O : Downforce
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      If you're planning on carrying all that around, I would just use the mp3 player money for a big PSP memor... : Kerath
      • Mostly wishful thinking there. Probably just a reasonable MP3 player. : Downforce
  • PSP for mp3s, videos, ebooks, wifi, and games a DS Lite for games. : blank
• After having the battery life in my ipod constantly lower, making it pretty much useless after a year and... : pyros
• How much space do you need? I own several mp3 players and the ipod shuffle is my favorite (seriously). I ... : Serpico74
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  How much music do you want to take with you? A gig? Two gigs? Twenty gigs? Your answer to that will g... : Arcanum
  • Really good question. I'd say 2GB is just fine. It's just for a little commuter device. So about an hour... : Downforce
• http://www.cowonglobal.com/ I've heard iAudio is ok, but I haven't had any personal experience with them ... : sKetchflow
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  I know it's not what you asked for, but reading books is an excellent way to commute. : lacker
  • Very true. Reading material is always present, adding music would be that much better. : Downforce
• Personally I'm a fan of music as a service. You know, pay $10/mo and have all the music you can dream of... : SexualAvenger

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  this is just free advertising for NVidia. they are so full of shit and it pisses me off like nothing else... : MikkleThePickle
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    Actually, it's a bug, the 91.33 drivers from nzone.com have removing that on the fixlist. : Toraz Chryx
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      pretty annoying... I guess I could revert back to older drivers, or just tough it out til it is fixed. : c_man_tmt
      • um, the 91.33 drivers are NEWER than the 91.31 that are up on nvidia.com : Toraz Chryx
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      sorry, I don't buy it.... it's too easy : MikkleThePickle
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        meaning, I don't buy that it was ever a "bug." They may have changed the behavior in the newer version of... : MikkleThePickle
        • well, first time I ever saw it was after one of my 6800GT's died and I had to pull it.... so ~ : Toraz Chryx
        • No, I think it's a bug, since it comes up even for cards that don't support SLI at all (like mine). : Arcanum
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  here's the fix: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=760 : MikkleThePickle
  • ty good sir! : c_man_tmt
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  I don't like these newer drivers, 75% of the time it wants to reboot when enabling SLI. When I was runnin... : Halen
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    um, SLI has always needed a reboot to engage so far as I'm aware, basically, you were checking the bo... : Toraz Chryx
    • Nope, not true. The 8x.xx were designed to eliminate the need for a reboot. I was able to enable to loa... : Halen
• Has anyone had problems with slowing down in games with these drivers? I installed them last night and wh... : bad_fish
• Right click menus dont seem to be displaying properly for me. I gotta say, in the ten years or whatever i... : bozer

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  refer: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12442936 : tacocat
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    haha, I just caught the last of that thread. mngamergirl is a freak. Doesn't stalking someone mean insta ... : ki11_viru5
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      sure, but it's still funny at the moment. and yes, she's still going strong over there. : tacocat
      • lol she got ER'd : sKetchflow
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    I love her reaction to him explaining the situation. This is such a Wayne's World moment. : zakk
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      Note she didn't explicitly try to refute his comment about her being a hippo. : Bean
      • Would be quite hard to do with her pics on her myspace page. : Githyanki
  • no, but I'd like to? : GameBrink
  • ...that..that's quite a thread there lol : moe6
• Me, but it WASN'T FUCKING WORTH IT! Those bitches are all crazy, fat, ugly or some combination thereof. : Krypt_

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• I got tagged by one of those photo radar units once for speeding. I took the traffic school option for $... : randomjgj
• you could probably fight it since they don't have proof the light was actually red with only the photo. : kbnerd
• Post the picture. : Mantle
• $350 ?? The one I got was only $75. I was behind a truck, and didnt see the light change, and 3 or 4 othe... : Githyanki

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  I'm assuming you mean the porn Pirates and not Dead Mans Chest....although that too sounds like a porn. : soggybagel
  • Both had wet endings... : wild falcon
• yeah, i retired as an inn keeper lol : nrgXs
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  Is it some cliffhanger? Please tell me it isn't. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • sorry : sKetchflow
• that movie rocked. hellz yeah. cept my screening had a screwed up reel that had these green streaks on i... : sKetchflow

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• i prefer to be quick and to the point. I just should HOT WET and wait for it. : lacker
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  *TFO'D* : kbnerd
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    To the nth. The really bad part was that I had spent all night on the VIP couch or whatever you want to c... : TotalFusionOne
    • More like asking for drugs. : nomaad
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  What is this lamp and sand business? : joe.gonzalez
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    lol, lamp sand lime http://shackfaq.portax.net/ : woddemandred
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      specifically see here: http://shackfaq.portax.net/?qid=5 : kbnerd
      • Shit I totally don't remember typing that : TastyWheat
  • it's part of the test to see if you're a shacker. : kbnerd
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    I think we found the person he was meeting! : thief
    • No, it was supermonkeyballz and I jsut got a message back that he was too broke to afford the free admiss... : TotalFusionOne
• I just start yelling COCKBOAT as loud as I can. : Maddog_Delphi97
• internet meets ftw : gegtik

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• http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/ (no joke) : [7]kami

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• robots should not interfere with Will Smith! thats what : OrkO
• robots should not interfere with Will Smith! thats what : OrkO

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  btw the band is from Argentina so it makes sense to have this type of political music since Argentina als... : lacker
  • Yea, Arg and Chi had some issues for awhile. : rosewood
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    I enjoyed it and never would have thought the lyrics had a profound meaning and statement until you reall... : mofo
    • I have noticed that many of the Latin American musicians include songs that are political in nature. I ne... : lacker
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  man this is a great song. any other recommendations in this vein? i love music like this. of course i : kbnerd
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    not political in this song but this is Aterciopelados from Colombia. I just recently started listening to... : lacker
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      I like that song because it starts out sounding much like a traditional bolero song and then picks up. ... : lacker
      • it really hooked me in once it changed. you have great taste in music! feel free to drop me more recommen... : kbnerd
• Heaven Shall Burn - The Weapon They Fear is about him as well. different genre though... http://youtube.c... : AbortedFetusChristi

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  seen it a dozen times... this kid is better: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6443987045123134... : verbatim
  • That the same kid? Wait that's definantly the same trampoline! Those sure are some zany acrobats! : icon_of_syn
• His friends are fucking cocksuckers. : Drewus

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  not found. : kbnerd
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    Not what? Look again. HAH! I WIN : TastyWheat
    • you do win =-( YOU HAVE CHOSEN WISELY : kbnerd
• aye mate, she be a cute one : ghost hacker
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  Uh, I would never go near a hat like that. : Tissen
  • Neither would I. The pic you don't see is one where she's trying to hide from the cameras : TastyWheat
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  dude, shes not insane, shes fucking goofy : CoRDS
  • does walt disney know? : AbortedFetusChristi

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  I did sadly; a good game to play when you're taking a dump, though. : drbriefs
  • I like playing Brain Age. I'm sure if anyone is in the next stall to me while I shout out colors it can : soggybagel
  • I'm on the toilet right now : ki11_viru5
• Wait until Valkyrie Profile comes out. Unless of course you've already played it for PS1 : Drewus

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• that really is cool : CoRDS
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  i want one. i suck at Lego : kbnerd
  • How does one suck at lego? You put the bricks where it tells you to. : TotalFusionOne
• I am not a fan of Transformers at all but that is fucking cool. : ghost hacker

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• This reminds me of the best fishing game I ever played--it was amazing and it was on the sega saturn. So... : thief

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• RIAA nothing. That was Lars and his weather machine. : algernoN8
• That. Sucks. I just hope nothing like that happens to me. : thief
• i mean wtf, really, how can you not design for lightning strikes, what an appaling oversight on Apples pa... : graceofdragons

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• looks plump : sanchez
• I got defenitly more going on. : larcho
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  those are some damn basic innards, my friend. : jcutner
  • simple yes and oc/stable. never had any problems : alsey7
• hi http://www.wastedearth.com/comp/comp0.jpg http://www.wastedearth.com/comp/comp1.jpg http://www.wast... : verbatim
• My amount of dust would be most embarassing. I need to clean that shit out. : xjdrake32

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• Steve Jobs has already commanded me through my iSight camera to take these two unbelievers out. : bolus
• I'm sure Mac owners are crestfallen : Chris Remo
• I just put my mac on ebay. If those guys don't like macs anymore, then how can I? : ventro
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  I just smashed my mac with a hammer and defecated on its remains because of your post and your post alone... : sKetchflow
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    Help help, my world view has been challenged! : -Panther-
    • what? : sKetchflow
• ok : VegasX
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  Ubuntu is cool and all, but OS X still is my desktop OS of choice. For servers I think Gentoo is badass. ... : ovrlrd
  • Currently I'm running Windows XP, ArchLinux and Solaris 10. I'm such an OS whore :( : -Panther-
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  I always want to use linux. Maybe it is time. I like the idea of people working to gether to fix software... : lacker
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    people work and gather to fix problems at microsoft, too, except they actually get paid to do it : RikiTiki2
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      Yes, and we see how long it takes for their work to be released too. : ovrlrd
      • I have a feeling that's more bureaucracy getting in the way than anything else. :( : thecray
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  suck it apple nerds : mr.sleepy
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    How ur kid? : ki11_viru5
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      nonexistant : mr.sleepy
      • RU482'D : Visceral Monkey
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    And the difference between an intel based mac and a PC is what again? : Morphius
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      Is that a hook in your lip? : boomstickah
      • Getting to know the people here still. I've had this handle here since '01, but never used it. : Morphius
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      roughly 5 gallons of nerdcum : eldersveld
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        if you had a five gallon jug and a three gallon jug how would you measure two gallons of nerdcum? : tacocat
        • hahaha : BenMurphy
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  Ubuntu is nice...for a free OS, but it's no Mac OSX. And if you read the stories, these guys are programm... : Visceral Monkey
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    it's not just nerds with their "information wants to be free" slogans though. I know plenty of non-techni... : -Panther-
    • I still don't get why there is anybody who buys music off iTunes and then only realizes afterwards that i... : ovrlrd
• do not let toraz see that : creep
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  my friend, whos is quiet knowledgable with computers, tried ubutu and had trouble changing video card (dr... : Cygnus X-1
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    I've never touched a linux distro, but I got Ubuntu up and running on a computer at school in a couple o... : ki11_viru5
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      Ubuntu is beyond easy. this is my first linux distro and i feel like i'm cheating :( : gokart.
      • yea, that's what I felt like. : ki11_viru5
  • Pretty easy, unless you have weird hardware. Even then, Ubuntu will likely boot and work just fine, but m... : Conan
  • Yep, this post is correct, changing video drivers is in no way easy >:( - the OS itself is quite good and... : abrasion
• Heh, it's just blatant blogosphere attention whoring :) I hadn't seen Mark Pilgrim's name pop up in a ... : Balboa

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• I can only reply by clicking reply then scrolling down to the bottom of the thread. It doesn't do the aut... : ki11_viru5
• anyone? : ki11_viru5

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  is this real? : indiginator
  • I was also wondering that....It sure looks real. : suicidemachine
• I wish I still listenned to KROQ in the mornings. : lacker
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  Q:A few weeks ago, Jimmy Kimmel was allegedly bitten by a poisonous snake on his late night show and take : mrfunky3000
  • sounds about right : RikiTiki2
  • not saying it's definetly false, but I can't find anything saying it's real, just more copies of the vide... : mrfunky3000
  • Yea, that's what google turned up. : askedrelic
  • lol oops guess I should have read the rest of the thread before going to search google news : judge
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  they admitted it was fake.. on the show. : lakren
  • Thanks, I dont get JK here in GA, so I wouldnt know. :( : suicidemachine
• Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. : not work safe
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  You can clearly see the guy holding the snake pulling it towards his hand, but not really touching it, fu... : ErneX
  • :( Damn, the snake didn't finish him off :( : askedrelic
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    one word: decaffienated. : eskimo spy
    • more like 'decaffeinated' : ErneX
    • hHahahhahahahahahahahhhhhhh : mr.sleepy
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  Q:A few weeks ago, Jimmy Kimmel was allegedly bitten by a poisonous snake on his late night show and take... : judge
  • lol, beaten by 30 minutes :D! : mrfunky3000
• this reminds me of that episode of cheaters where the host gets stabbed by some dude he catches, that was... : SYN5280

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• Lohan, hands down. : ColoradoCNC

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  Half Life. : abrasion
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    I don't remember HL having a tutorial at all. : gnoleb
    • Exactly! That's the point http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/review.x?r=1&gid=231&id=950 : abrasion
• For example, the Spellforce Tutorial made me lose a little bit of my will to live. I'm not sure what coun... : gnoleb
• 75% of the time by the time I am done with the tutorial I lose all interest in the game and quit. : sanchez
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  Tutorials suck and are 1998 :) Teach as you play the game. : GeorgeB3DR
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    So no strippers telling me how to jump and duck in DNF I suppose :*( : ColoradoCNC
    • No, cus those ARE part of the game, learning how to please the ladies : graceofdragons
    • Well I think DNF started production around '98 so it should still be in there. : angrytaxman
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    That works in FPS. Not so much in games like RTS where the controls vary greatly between games, and the g... : gnoleb
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      For RTS I favor building tutorials into the game, via very simple early missions, like in Warcraft 3. Un... : GeorgeB3DR
      • IAWTP : kbnerd
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        Well my plan now is a prologue that integrates story, so I'm already there, I'm just wondering what peopl... : gnoleb
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          i hate tool tip things. i always always turn them off. : kbnerd
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            Is it because they come when you don't want / ask for them, or because you don't want to read and would r... : gnoleb
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              both. i especially hate that turning them off is usually binded to a key that's easily hit by accident so... : kbnerd
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                i love tooltips, like WoW tooltips, "Wait what does that spell do?" Hoover over, oh yeah, Name. Cost. Dam... : graceofdragons
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                  hovering over something to get more info like spell details does not count as a "tooltip" (at least not i... : kbnerd
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                    then i don't know what you mean, mean like TQ where a little panel pops up when you are supposed to learn... : graceofdragons
                    • yes. like that. where it's like "you can use your sword to kill enemies by clicking on them using the lef... : kbnerd
        • Tutorials are nice (Oblivion did a nice job integrating it to story) but make it skipable for replays. Th... : graceofdragons
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  My favorite tutorials in video games have got to be MGS3 and Riddick. Both of them taught you the basics... : ColoradoCNC
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    I liked riddicks, you are right. It was good. I'll check out MGS3, thanks. : gnoleb
    • Enjoy MGS3, it's a trip. : ColoradoCNC
• By far the worst are always huge games like Sim City 4 or Civilization games. Now I know they spend some... : soggybagel
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  civIII tutorial + civlopedia : p4ck3tloss
  • they ruled btw - sure it took hours to learn and suck it up, but I expect that. they helped me through th... : p4ck3tloss
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  I also recall a settlers demo (3?) which had a good one. : abrasion
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    I seem to remember it being fairly standard...was there anything about it that you liked? : gnoleb
    • I dunno I just followed it well, good well spoken voice, it worked exactly as it said it was going to an... : abrasion
• Homeworld was the first real tutorial I ever played. Voice of a lady telling you what to do and the amazi... : pebui

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• fuck. : ki11_viru5
• Oh my fucking god : j33uk
• and she was still going when she got back home. man, awesome. : p4ck3tloss
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  See? YOU PEOPLE GIVE ME CRAP WHEN I SAY THAT YOUR WOMAN SHOULD NEVER, EVER KNOW ABOUT THE SHACK? SEE WHAT : Bean
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    she admitted to googling him out. : p4ck3tloss
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      reading comprehension -1998999999 : p4ck3tloss
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        I like you telling her to go to the latest chatty link so she might find her way here. You bad, bad man. ... : Bean
        • It's like leaving a cheese trail for the mouse...right into the mouse trap. heh. : Visceral Monkey
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  I still can't decide if it's fake or not : sKetchflow
  • well.. he's not currently online, but it is 3:45am. so. : draconic
  • What's a bit strange, is her registration date. Nov 2005 Hmmmm : larcho
• I can't believe that thread got so much attention - I understand it but at the same time it's just...wow. : sanchez

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• why? : kbnerd
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  Hell, I'd be happy with just about any Skynnard. They also need AC/DC, Guns and Roses, Slipknot, and \m... : ColoradoCNC
  • Oh, and I forgot "Stairway to Heaven"....and anything by The Eagles. : ColoradoCNC
  • i could get behind some "black magic women" for sure. : kbnerd
• Crazy Train should be the hardest song in the game. Also a song I really think that would work well woul... : soggybagel
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  Cream Crossroads has a quick guitar beat and a nice bass line to go with it. : dodob
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    Except its in GH1...unless thats what you meant, although you can't play bass, and I doubt any songs will... : soggybagel
    • :( : dodob