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• I second this post, classic goodness. : Warmaker
• You owe it to yourself to purchase this. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Ill be the outsider and say I dont like fallout. Turn based. "meh" : chilln
  • *Shrug.* Your loss. Your huge, colossal, gargantuan, epic, debilitating, horrific, unfathomable loss. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Hi, ADD kid. Here's some MTV for ya. Probably hated X-COM too, right? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • saying you don't like Fallout is like saying you dislike The Godfather (movie, not the game). : Flakmanz
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  I really wish I could have liked these games but they did nothing for me. : omnova
  • wow...Fallout is a monumental game to me... : graceofdragons
• I thought Fallout was pretty good, but thought that Fallout 2 was incredible. Yea, buy this NOW. : shred.
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  i'm trying to get my gf into these games, but she hates turnbased. she loved arcanum and planescape, and ... : mindmann
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    Break up with her, and punch her in the face. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      no. she'd kick my ass. =( she's nearly a blackbelt in shotokan, and i have training whatsoever. : mindmann
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        That's why I no longer date martial arts women. I went through a period where I dated a string of them, b... : Bean
        • bear spray doesn't care what kind of training your girlfriend has. : ArB
  • Can't say I blame her, turnbased you just feel so disconnected with everything :( : abrasion
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  lol looking for my discs, I found 2 copies of fallout 2, and one copy of fallout tactics. Can't find the ... : judge
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    I have my original, but cant find my 2. Never got tactics. : theamazingrand0
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      I liked tactics for what it was. I found the missions pretty fun. Course the lack of story pretty much su... : judge
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        This is very true. :( I'm going through it solo right now. You know what sucks? It doesn't matter h... : Rice-Rocketeer
        • I've played through it probably 4 or 5 times, finally the last time I went through it I read a guide. I h... : judge
• I have 1 and 2, and Planescape Torment. I still haven't finished playing through them yet. >< I hav... : WarhawK
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  And Tactics? Shit. I have 2 copies of Fallout 2, and 1 copy of Fallout. I want Tactics. :( : tomservo
  • I own 3 copies of Fallout and 2 of Fallout 2.. and this is still tempting because I've never played Tact... : ]aratex[
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  How's part two in comparision to the first? I own part one already. : ahlee
  • You won't be disappointed if you like 1. : tomservo
  • 2 improves on every aspect. : graceofdragons
  • I prefer the first game. 2 is good, but it gets off-track pretty badly at times. Also the pop-culture ... : jason bergman
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  Would anyone be opposed to straight up re-makes of these games? I think games should do some more remakes... : gnoleb
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    Yes. They don't need a remake. They're timeless, like Pac-Man and whores. : eldersveld
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      Yea, see, pixel vomit is never timeless no matter how good the game was 10 years ago. : Visceral Monkey
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        I am strangely unaffected by that. : eldersveld
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          A lot of people apparently are. I've never been one of those "Oh, but the game itself is so much fun! It ... : Visceral Monkey
          • Yeah, I mean I'm not trying to be snobby or anything. And I do care about graphics - I think I just subc... : eldersveld
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            I find 2d games can hold well in many cases, but 3d games never can. Ever. Not even for like two years. ... : lord cecil
            • I like that you have a screenshot of the Spanish language version of SoMI, or is that LCR:MI2? : buroja
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          So you would be opposed to a re-make that allows wide-screen support, much higher resolutions, mouse inte... : gnoleb
          • Here's a re-make of the engine. http://www.fifengine.de/ : maxmc
      • Doesn't bother me, but if a graphic update was made that stayed true to the games, I wouldn't be opposed ... : tomservo
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      Their interfaces aren't timeless. Fallout is a pain in the ass to control for someone who's used to such ... : Orange Pylon
      • That's my biggest issue. I wish they'd make F2 less buggy, and give F1 the inventory system of 2. : brickmatt
  • I'm always down with that, as long as its priced fairly : skruff
  • Yes. Definitely. Fallout would be a much better game with a modernized interface. and higher resolutions. : Orange Pylon
  • Fallout, I think still looks good. But try putting me in front of Wasteland, and I can't deal with it. : Rice-Rocketeer
• wtf is this shit, I can get them all at EB for like a nickle and a picture of my sisters tits. : TotalFusionOne
• Gary the Llama was suppose to send this to me weeks ago for winning some contest. He never sent it or re... : amrbean
• Awesome, people should pick this up. I have my Fallout 1&2 pack sitting on a shelf right behind my monit... : DinK
• Haa, I got the 48hr madness in my email and came here to pimp it. Shack on alert, of course :) Order'd... : Damodred
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  I'm not really a big RPG fan, will I like these? Is it more action-ish like say, Deus Ex and less annoyi... : mikecyb
  • Here are some nice mods for when you finish the game. http://mods.moddb.com/?search=t&game=89 : Warmaker
• Btw, New Reno Meltdown is a ZOMBIE mod. : Warmaker
• Hear, hear... : Mad Brahmin Disease

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  I play D&D/Deadlands and Neverwinter Nights with my 50 year old parents I still play CS:S every night I... : knitemare
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    Why do you want to label yourself like that? : theghostofsmdever
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      I don't mind labels? I'm fine with being nerdy/dorky/geeky weird. Especially here where I'm "different ... : knitemare
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        Well I think its great you are happy with your self, its a shame more people arn't. I dunno I guess i jus... : theghostofsmdever
        • Quite the word. Also extreme nerdery. : knitemare
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    I can recall the name of a character actore fora 1960's movie with more ease than I can recall a conversa... : Super Sparker
    • meant for root : Super Sparker
• I'm posting naked : spiderfill
• I call myself Optimus Prime. 'nuff said : Optimus Prime
• i like math. : Skoal^Fyfan
• I surf teh shack all day long. : ripper9
• I masturbate to my sisters barbies Collect comics. : Crimsonbeak
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  I post comments on a website dedicated to video games. : Rauol Duke
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    I guess I'm on the same bus :( : kgargonmagrix79
    • Hahahaha NERDS!!! : mystifier
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  Stormtrooper Armor. : g0nk
  • ^^^ winnar : TotalFusionOne
  • How often do you wear that? Does it chaff? : knitemare
  • i only have the helmet, does that mean im ok <yeh ok i have a force FX saber aswell> : CoRDS
  • I sold mine to pay some bills.. a sad sad day, especially right before Halloween. : TK-421
• I was the president of the gaming club here on campus (computer gaming, not that table top stuff) and I h : shred.
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  Played and beat every Final Fantasy excluding 11 and 12. : tcxsnoop
  • Well I beat FFXI... I'm better then you! : ghost in my shell
• I play http://www.cybernations.net/ I need a life. : NFXFSX
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  i've bought a ton of PnP D&D material over the years, yet i could count the number of sessions i've playe... : stgulik
  • I get to play with a group twice a month. Same group my father has played with for 20 years. Good peopl... : knitemare
• im an angry robot with special powers elsewhere. : CoRDS
• I stay home and watch BSG instead of bar hopping with my fellow grad students. : DonkeyPopsicle
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  I pick up ugly chicks by mentioning which WoW guild I'm in :[ I'm also embarrassed whenever someone fi... : ghost in my shell
  • I'm almost at 15 years on the internet...I'm pretty proud of that. : knitemare
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    Are we allowed to comment on nerdery? You sound out LOL?! You should be shot : kgargonmagrix79
    • Actually whoever gets it should be shot. Sadly many people do respond :[ : ghost in my shell
• I missed the shack popup so much I coded my own. : ieGod
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  Shacknews has been my homepage for about 8 years. : Dynotaku
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    That's awesome. I would do that but I feel the need to have all of my tabs on google IG. If I can't see... : knitemare
    • Yeah, I've been using google/ig more and more lately. I finally broke down and added a second and third t... : Dynotaku
  • Latestchatty.x specifically :) : ieGod
• I went to nationals in a math competition in middle school. When nationals had the top ten guys up there... : Solar Jetman
• I know almost all Intel's and AMD's internal codenames for CPUs. : Nitrium
• My days consist of watching stock market graphs looking for trends, refreshing the latest chatty, and bro... : kgargonmagrix79
• despite daily showers I am perpetually filthy / sometimes stinky...a short hour after thoroughly cleaning... : crypt_33
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  All my computers are named after Star Trek Ships. : Jonathan
  • ^^^^ pseudonym for Gordon Mah Ung from Maximum PC : crypt_33
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  I once spent four days correctly tagging and renaming my MP3 collection. : peanut-
  • I also kill threads : peanut-
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  I'm posting a "how nerdy am I?" response in a gaming forum I've been a member of for a half-decade while ... : Audhuml4
  • Addendum: I met my best friend online a decade ago, when I was ~13. We've never lived within 1000 miles o... : Audhuml4

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• where're we attacking? : Crimson
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  Shacknews Horde Day (T)Raiders Where? Shackleville When? 10am-ish CDT (Central Daylight Time) What? : mancide
  • Er, fark, I forgot... we'll bump this up a little to around 8:30-9:00AM CDT I've got a meeting at 10:00. : mancide
• DING!! I nibbled a zombie and dinged with my last AP. : manero
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  I got a collapse on the warehouse : nickwallace21
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    Ditto, I got 2 and it was down to lightly, now it's at strongly - someone inside is rebarricading just as... : skizl
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      2 collapses now, down to quite strongly... : Crimson
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        down to lightly, someone bash thru it and i can open the doors! : Crimson
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          doors open! CinemaChick (34HP), med school drop out (60HP), Lo Meng (60HP), Aquanut (60HP), Sam Dunhill (... : Crimson
          • Killed CinemaChick : sigpro
          • Ran out of AP, and I'm at 96 XP. Damn! : nickwallace21
          • Generator is smashed, out of AP. Everyone but CinemaChick is still alive : shred.
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            update: 8 brains remain, and the building is now at heavily barricaded :( this is the warehouse at [57... : Snicker-Snack
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              Rofl, those fools barricaded me in. I'm going to wait for some more AP and then do some more damage. : shred.
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                haha I'm in here also. I'm still alive somehow, but tomorrow even if they kill me, its on. : nickwallace21
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                  I've busted down the barricades again, got Rhino1 to 29 hp. : VinnieTheSquid
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                    Rhino1 is dead : SeaLlama
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                      Go after Joph Blackblade he is in the low 40s : nickwallace21
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                        He's now at 3HP : SeaLlama
                        • Leftovers: Lo Meng is now down to 12; I left Joph Blackblade for someone else to finish off too. Lo M : Caboose
                • Sweet, locked in the warehouse and got two hits in a row with only 2 AP. Got my level and need to know th... : nickwallace21
  • 10 AP left and I've had 10 xp to lvl 2 for 2 days =( I really want a lvl now : nickwallace21
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  Proposed Wiki Addition I would like to add this to the wiki. If everyone agrees it is a good addition, : TroZ
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    there their : skizl
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      demonistrating demonstrating : skizl
      • durring during : UtilityMaximizer
    • noted, thanks : TroZ
  • holy christ spell check this shit first. : manero
• In the Warehouse Also here are CinemaChick (50HP), med school drop out (60HP), Lo Meng (60HP), Aquanut (6... : sigpro
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  imo, we need to get to the battle of blackmore ASAP. i've been there for the last couple of days and the ... : smax
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    I vote we forgo a raid tomorow and march there. : losder5000
    • I disagree, unless there's reason to believe the situation for the humans is going to improve noticably i... : Arcanum
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      disagreed - on three points: 1. we have plenty of brains to eat in this burb at the mall and support bu... : ]pm[chem
      • There were 150 people in the mall we took down right? There was nothing to that at all, and we all level... : losder5000
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        1. theres more brains at blackmore. :) i'd rather go there and be part of a meaningful battle, than brea : smax
        • 1. I want to fight in Blackmore too, but I want to shack to go there and steamroll it, not fight for days... : ]pm[chem
        • We've already laid the groundwork for the assault on nichols mall, I think we'll be better off as a group... : Toxy
      • We need to take Nichols Mall first. Despite how many brains are inside Blackmore, it's extremely well-de... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • We might be doing more good here than we think. Check this out: http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Nic... : Toxy
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  I can't help but imagine the humans logging in to Urban Dead after a ShackHorde attack. I imagine the lo... : Arcanum
  • it makes me laff when I see the horde hit someone so hard that you get multiple death messages for the sa : e1ghtball
  • remember to infect the humans you kill. Every AP they spend doing other shit or losing health is an AP th... : Crimson
• another day, another 2 zombies revivified : RikiTiki2
• Anything left for the stragglers to eat? : BlackCat9
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  NEXT TARGET: the Betty Building (?? inside) http://redrum.soul-fantasy.net/map.php?menu=goto&coord=59|57 : Ride-My-Rocket
  • ^^^ IGNORE -- CLEARED : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Nothing but zombies in there. : Colleton
  • Need somebody who can do that thing where you can go through doors. : BlackCat9
  • Mods, please nuke the parent ( #254 ). : Ride-My-Rocket
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  10:04pm EDT -- warehouse at 57,54 (8 inside) http://redrum.soul-fantasy.net/map.php?menu=goto&coord=57|5... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Building is very heavily barricaded. Let's knock this shit down! : BlackCat9
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      Just so you guys know - people in the Nichols Mall with free running can enter this warehouse. One guy ju... : shred.
      • If you have low AP, retreat to the Went Building or Sertin Building. Only go to the warehouse to feast o... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Okay, got in four colapses before running out of AP. You guys will have to do the rest. : BlackCat9
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    Looks like the warehouse is open now. Anyone check it out? : BlackCat9
    • Also here are Lo Meng, Sam Dunhill, Joph Blackblade, Otacon, henderson04, Rhino1, Pvt Brian Wood, gpmg. : SeaLlama
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    I'm there. There are 3 humans, one, henderson, just took out one of our zombies! I got it some hits. : Visceral Monkey
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      The humans are heading to the mall for more help. I've tried to smash the radio, need some backup! : Visceral Monkey
      • Went building is getting a few hit-and-runs as well : Toxy
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  Any brains still around? : classicfork
  • warehouse mentioned in the post right above yours... : ]pm[chem
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  Fresh BRAIN in the Cabell Arms You maul SmartyCookie for 2 damage. They drop to 56 HP. FEAST! : das_runt
  • They are still there. Someone eat them! : das_runt
  • BRAAAAINS, he had 2 hp left before I ran out of AP. : someWayne
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  You bite ZeroDPX for 4 damage. From 98 to 100 XP! Level 2! : ]pm[chem
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    lol, I hope you asked permission first. : Colleton
    • totally didn't, but I only bit him once. tasty^^ I was at 98 after today's raid. : ]pm[chem
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  1 survivor in Lorenzo General Hospital [59, 58]. I broke the barricades down from very strongly barricade... : Colleton
  • got him, thanks for the heads up : judge
• Undeadite hunter or something similar is in Horsey Museum I just got him to 9HP : Hello Kitty
• Sorry to whoever I just smacked around a bit in the Went Building, I thought it might be a good thing to ... : zakazi
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  I know I'm late to the party :( I'm at Betty Building with 29 AP left, any survivors around to work on ? : Githyanki
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    There's a few left at the warehouse at 57,54. Dig in. : BlackCat9
    • Yea, 6 brains to eat !! : Githyanki
    • Do you know thier HP? : Githyanki
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  what's the best skill path for zombies? I assume it's something that makes levelling easier. I'm thinkin... : slickdoody
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    I put Lurching Gait in there after death grip so I'm not draining ap just looking for or getting to targe... : zakazi
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      i've been munching on anonymous zombies at what's supposed to be a knights templar revive point. 20 some... : slickdoody
      • You know you only get half XP for damaging a zombie, right? Come north with the Shack horde where there ... : Caboose
  • hold off on neck lurch. you will be hand attacking 99% of the time. so get Death Grip then Rend Fle... : smax
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  Some ass poked me with a needle. EAT MY BRAIN! I'm in the Went Building. : genom
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    I just took a 4 hp bite out of your head. I wish I could eat more, but I'm stuffed :(. Only 11 xp to lvl ... : shred.
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      I'm down to 4 hp. C'mon guys, someone's got to be hungry! : genom
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        I'm hungry and out of AP from munching you down to 4hp : Toxy
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          lol, down to 1HP now : redfive
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            10xp for the next hit on me then =) : genom
            • Graaaagh! : genom
• Any other zombies in Urban Dead look at some zombie's profile and see a bunch of human skills and think "... : Hello Kitty
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  Brain in the Went Building: Xelkelvos (33hp) : genom
  • He closed the doors. :( : locash
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  Blarg, one of my firefighters ate it and hasn't been revived yet despite a 24hour stand at a registered R : Lunatic Angelic
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    I have no luck with revive points. I just shamble around and stop at an empty spot and I always get revi... : redfive
    • I got lucky I guess after a few stumbles, but in this new suburb I'm in, it looks like it's gonna be a lo : Lunatic Angelic
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    There's a lot of things that influence processing at known revive points. Namely, what kind of activity i... : ieGod
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      Out of curiosity, does ankle grab help a needled, revived human stand up? : Lunatic Angelic
      • no it still costs 10AP to stand up : redfive
    • So are you heading up here or what? : Kentor
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  Brain at the Went building again. Since your last turn: * Deputy Collins killed a zombie. (1 se... : locash
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    Need the doors open! : cranman
    • please I want some B R A I N S... : cranman
• I'm hungry and only have 2 XP points to level so I need to munch on something... Sorry, but one of you is... : cranman
• Zakazi and ]pm[chem - I don't really appreciate getting hit, since I was already lower than 50, and also ... : Zero|DPX
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  I think the Went Building might be under attack for those inside. * Yukeake said "Eat my tasty brai... : hashd
  • Yep we made the news again: "October 11th 2006 The Went Building, one of only two NT buildings in the su... : scanline
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  LATE NIGHT ZOMBIES. 7 survivors at Stribling Library, (http://redrum.soul-fantasy.net/map.php?menu=goto&... : rabididiotchild
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    Killed someone, destroyed their radio and generator and attacked someone else. Chase38496 (32HP), Blip... : AlexXdude
    • its back up to VSB on the 'cades. : hirez
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  enemy counterattack at Went -- I logged in at 3am CST, and 5+ enemies came to Went Building and killed 10... : ]pm[chem
  • Still 25 zeds there at 7am CST. Someone did fire a flare from the Went building (and made a post about i... : Toxy
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  7:52am EDT -- NEXT TARGET: Vere Cinema Intel reports hit-and-runs on the Went Building ( http://redrum.s... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Got it down to heavily barricaded using 30 AP. I'm not hitting very well atm :( : lapskaus
    • Don't worry about it. Rest up for tonight -- we'll be hitting more humans than barricades then. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Just made it to Went Building - there are 29 of us here and 12 outside. : kgargonmagrix79
  • got the cinema down to quite strongly barricaded. : MisterPhoton
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    loosely barricaded : Fyunch Click
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      open the doors to vere!!! : Fyunch Click
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        doors open, let the feast begin! : MisterPhoton
        • I just did one attack on each of them to see if any had low health, looks like they are all pretty much f... : scanline
  • Out of AP; Jack Slade is 38HP. : Daggoth
  • 9:21am Survivor HPs in Vere Cinema: 38 Jack Slade 58 Whatnot 58 sinsation 58 Tesla Trooper 50 M... : genom
  • They're awake and barricading. I got it down to lightly barricaded again (4 collapses). : ChibiJosh
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  Also, DO NOT ATTACK Brome Library OR Forse Walk School Buildings : Ride-My-Rocket
  • why. : Clay
  • What? Are your human scouts waiting there? : Kentor
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  Shacknews Zombie Horde Day T(R)aiders The time is near... login and start your way towards the Went or... : mancide
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    Those are both in Stanbury Village for those who congregated in Potter Park in Shackleville yesterday. 55... : mancide
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      Survivor at Went Building 8:34am CDT : mancide
      • Scratch that... Vere Cinema looks like the best place for brains this morning. Barricades down and har... : mancide

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  We better be ready once that portal to hell opens, better play some more doom to train up on my shotgun s... : sanchez
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    Shotguns will be rare, you will have to preorder. : enyakk
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      chainsaws ftw yo : CoRDS
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        pft, chainsaws need gas.... katanas is what its about muthafuckas. : SpaecKow
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          Why spaekcow why? you derailed a doom thread. : abrasion
          • Why is a good question, and because I'm awesome, I have a good answer: http://www.thesouthwillriseaga... : SpaecKow
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  I wonder what it will feel like to be sucked into a black hole : strandgeck
  • imagine being stretched and ripped apart. : burning eye
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    like sex : sanchez
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      so it's really a giant sex machine? : strandgeck
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        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasp pleasure better than heroin : abrasion
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          Ringworld left me completely dissatisfied. Fuck Niven and his stupid cat people. : SpaecKow
          • I liked it :( back in the days I read books. : abrasion
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            It´s not bad, I just finished Ringworld and Engineers, I like it. : Izakhar
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              He's not a bad writer, I just felt like I read a third of a book. Vernor Vinge is better ^__^ read A ... : SpaecKow
              • This week I´ll try to find something from Ian M. Banks, Consider Phlebas, the Shack recommended a... : Izakhar
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  Well, at one point it was theorized that an atomic bomb could set off a chain reaction in the atmosphere,... : Noobler
  • I am not an atomic playboy! : verbatim
• THE DEAD WILL WALK AGAIN! : mega man
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  honestly, I really don't want them to do shit like this. I think the whole atomic bomb thing shouldn't h... : proclone1
  • Hey now, you cant make an omelet without breaking a few eggs annihilating your civilization. : Noobler
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    oh yeah, and where does he come up with this "10 to the -40 chance" number, how the fuck does he know? S : proclone1
    • You're being silly. The amount of energy in the mass thrown around in a particle accellerator couldn't d... : Draugluin
  • SCIENCE MAKES ME SCARED!!!!!! more than likely theyve run a shit load of simulations and tests already. o... : mega man
  • Before they detonated they did calculations that showed that they wouldn't ignite the atmosphere. : StuMan1337
  • Science isn't about your feelings : zakk
  • There's really nothing to worry about. Particles collide with each other at great speeds all the time, th... : forktaileddevil
  • ahahahahaha : donuthead
  • And your name is PROCLONE ? XD : mystifier
  • Relax, science has never hurt anybody LOLZ : theghostofsmdever
• Did they learn nothing from the movie Event Horizon? : sKetchflow
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  http://media.apn.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/cern_facility.jpg I expect Hell Knights to walk through th... : slacko
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    Stephen hawking in a protective helmet. http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&... : abrasion
    • Fuck, i'd wear one all the god damn time if my brain was all that i had left. : lapskaus
  • I'll just be waiting with my BFG : Postal
• hawt. this should be able to prove the existence of a Higgs Ocean : nadasurf2
• Looked better in Stargate ;P : genom
• At the facility La Mesa Noir... : Dynotaku
• There waiting for you in the test chamber, Mr. Gordon... : whippy
• We've told the administrator that nothing would go wrong. : manero
• you know that's cool with me, atleast I'll die instantly cause that thing is only like 200km away from wh... : rookieone

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  GTA3 was the first good game to do it : JINKY
  • This post summed it all up and was the first reply, why even continue with this thread?! : FlatlineDixay
• Midtown Madness doesn't let you leisurely explore on foot. : wild falcon
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  don't forget driver 2 : davislovestacobell
  • Vette also pre-dates driver 2 : spazzium
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  Vette did it before midtown madness. : spazzium
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    Holy shit I can't believe other people played this. I used to think it was soooo cool and played it on my... : Hello Kitty
    • CGA graphics FTW! : Daggoth
    • Vette was an incredible game, the mac was a venerable machine there for a long time. : spazzium
    • Played it on my 386 sx 16. I had forgotten about it till this post. : baron calamity
    • Do you remember having to look in the manual for the answer to the question before playing. :D The hi... : Super Sparker
  • haha vette! clawhammer ftw! I probably still know the fastest route through sf to this day. : belal
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  And Pilotwings 64 before that, sucka. : snagger
  • Flying from CA to NY in a jetpack was fucking awesome : askedrelic
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  It was about freedom. In all the other games you mentioned you were locked in the car and couldn't run a... : ThomW
  • Shooting someone in the face is, in my opinion, one of the ultimate displays of patriotism. : basketofkittens
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  Or GTA 2, or GTA 1, or any of the Ultimas, or Arena or Daggerfall, or bla bla bla... : hellspit
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    I don't believe a top down 2D driving game constitutes being free roam. Has to be 3D in my book. : Hello Kitty
    • Play GTA 3 with the top down camera and it's mighty similar to the earlier games. When people refer to th... : hellspit
  • GTA1 is still the best in the series. It was just depraved to an extent they've never matched. : peanut-
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  Don't forget TES: Daggerfall. : wild falcon
  • ^^ This man speaks truth. : Izakhar
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  Right, I played most of the other games mentioned in the thread, but none of them blew my mind like GTA3 ... : khaosman
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    Walking up to the station and taking the tram around the city really blew my mind. : dodob
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      I loved getting on top of the tram and just riding it around and blowing shit up. That and seeing how ma... : Prozium
      • Not being able to swim kinda sucked though :/ Never played the sequels. : dodob
  • I played a grand total of 2 missions in GTA3. The rest of the time I just blew shit up. : ColoradoCNC
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  Quarantine! : -efx-
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    I have a secret desire to find this game to see if it's still awesome. : spazzium
    • no it had no cpu speed limiter. so the faster the pc the faster it went (was unplayable on anything faste... : CoRDS
• I can't believe it either, it's one of the travesties of modern history. : red2lucas
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  Carmageddon was also before GTAIII, and ever though you had time limits (that could be avoided if you kil... : Tissen
  • This man is correct. : Drewus
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  Even though it was way more technically limited, SimCopter actually totally has GTA3 style game play. Yo... : s2jason
  • I played SimCopter way too much. Come to think of it, it was a lot like GTA. It even had a bunch of radio... : Ratsofatsorat
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  comparing midtown madness to GTA 3 is a crime. : PlanetPerfecto
  • so damn true. : abrasion
  • This man is a teller of truths. : Tissen
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  ::cough:: Ultima CRPGs had "open" worlds long before consoles. : genom
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    and they were all exponentially more fun than GT3 (which i got bored with after 15 minutes). : kbnerd
    • GTA3 that is. : kbnerd
  • yes Ultima 6, my first Ultima game, had a huge world and was so graphicaly beautiful for the time. : kingfish
• The Terminator by Bethesda in 1990 was a 3D first person shooter that let you roam LA. You could drive c... : spiderfill
• Midwinter had 160,000 square miles and multiple vehicles in 1989 :p : 60days
• outcast was an amazing game. : disembodied potato

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• Oh dear, the S&R failed to locate sexninja? :[ : Noobler
• Oh no, he still hasn't reported in?!?! : pigvomit
• Man down, man down! : aethyr
• 10/10/06 Never Forget :( : [fry]
• Okay. : ColoradoCNC
• He's still fapping. : tomservo
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  36 minutes to download?! this shit better be good you testes satchels : mega man
  • Dude it's CRAZY good. : filtersweep
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    Holy shit, it's well worth it. : Visceral Monkey
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      You guys are such assholes, hahaha. : Krypt_
      • indeed they are :( : ShadowRam
  • You see this? http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13019231 Dead serious. : tomservo
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  okay when does this get bad. i'm not watching all 14 mins of i...wait what the fuck was that : FrayLo
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    .......just..... .....yeah. : FrayLo
    • Hahaha!! : yosemiteclimber
    • hahahahahahaha : Madwacker
    • Haha, that's classic! : Tissen
    • HAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA, that's awesome. : lookitzpancakes
  • olol : algernoN8
  • lol : Visceral Monkey
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    I plan to never see this.... : K1Bond007
    • You are only short changing yourself. : rosewood
• This better be worth it. : ghost hacker
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  LMAO...bout cried reading this post http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13016294 : Madwacker
  • holy shit that's hilarious : sammyl
• WHAT THE FUCK HAVE I JUST WITNESSED : Daggoth
• *sniff* I didn't mean to catch him in the crossfire!!! HONEST! : Hizzow
• sexninja died of a massive orgasm : Wolfanoz
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  watching for the first time in less than 45 seconds wish me luck : conandan
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    WTF : conandan
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      AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA : creep
      • that was so awesome, I watched it twice. The second time I was naked and I had a midget sit on my lap : conandan
    • Another one bites the dust! : Tissen
• This thread DELIVERS : Yanks
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  ok I had never seen that before. That fucking sucked : bagelcc
  • ahahahahahahaha : FormerHPB
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  SHENANIGANS! : Kaiser
  • I see your SHENANIGANS! and i raise you a KHHHHAAAAAAANNNNNN! : Hizzow