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  change both socks, wash them as a pair problem solved. : xocsida
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    well duh, but you're still TOTALLY SCREWED until laundry day. Now it's not like I have an exact amount of... : haiku
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      dammit haiku there comes a time when a man has to purchase more socks. socks are cheap dude...like waaay... : xocsida
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        You misread my post, I said I like to stock up. I have like 24 pairs of socks or something crazy. And I w... : haiku
        • damn I need a job where I can work at home. : xocsida
        • LOL infact I do agree. : abrasion
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  I want the nanobots that automatically cut my hair and shave my beard and pubes first. : SockMonkeh
  • hacked by virus to cut below the skin down to bone : nacatamale
• keep your feet dry... jungle/trench foot... : nacatamale
• socks are for sucks : drucifer
• drying jacket.... your jacket is now dry. : wunderbred
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  Talking about socks, am I the only one who loses ONE sock out of a pair very often? I have like a dozen o... : FiReaNG3L
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    Yes you're the only one who experiences this phenomena that has been covered in comedy clubs, sitcoms, an... : haiku
    • who pooped in your sock : Sexpansion Pack
    • And wetsock hasn't been huh : rasputinreborn
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      Maybe comedy clubs and sitcoms made fun EXCLUSIVELY of me, huh? What about that genius? : FiReaNG3L
      • I doubt that very much since my grandfather has been militant his entire life of using these sock-coupler... : haiku
  • I think it's called 6 pairs. : SwiftyPants
  • What's the deal with airline food? ::bowtie spins:: : spiderfill
• Do you... have an exact number of pairs of socks before you do laundry again, or... what... the hell? : perstephanie
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  I just tough it out. It sucks, but no amount of water is going to get the best of me. : filtersweep
  • What are you like a navy seal? Every single step I take in a wet sock is like one step through a trench f... : haiku
  • one summer i worked as a groundskeeper at a golf course. you have to wear sneakers even though you're do... : McLoseAgain
• easy solution, don't worry about matching pairs. if your pantlegs are covering them and they're roughly t... : cpt_gloval
• Wool socks keep you warm wet and dry fast. : Lightzout
• cut off one of your feet. : Lawgiver
• Just get plain white socks (or all the same type) and only change out the one that is wet. This way if 2... : TreMetal
• Stop using socks for jizz mops, problem solved. : Colleton
• polypropelene socks. problem solved. Or gortex. work smarter, not harder. : xocsida
• dry socks can be the difference between a live grunt and a dead grunt. : Patch-e
• I hate the wet sock. Laundry day is 4 days off. I have no more socks. : ghost hacker
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  Wet socks? Bring back the wacky grocery store stories please : genjuro
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    That never really changes though. I would just be bitching about the same things over and over. Peopl... : haiku
    • Store. Store never changes... : rasputinreborn
    • Who wants to walk all the way back to where they got the item? I'm in a hurry man! : TreMetal

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  8pm EDT NICHOLS MALL RAID (ORIENTATION) Tonight we will again assault the TOP-RIGHT (NE) corner Nichols : Ride-My-Rocket
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    i am NE and the barricades are at Heavy. : radula
    • Wait for the signal... : Dusty_Slim
    • Now at EHB though. : ( : SwiftyPants
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    I'm laying dead outside the NE corner of the mall. It is heavily barricaded. : Colleton
    • It's EHB now. : Ojalo1982
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    Anyone know what the SE barricade is at? : zuga
    • SE @ EHB, SW @ HB. Not worth it if the doors are open. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    the NW barricade was open for me a few minutes ago. : MurrayTheSkull
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      Well, the corner is EHB now. So I'm dead and stuck in there until I can save some more AP up. : MurrayTheSkull
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        k, now I'm outside wtf :( : MurrayTheSkull
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          They threw your body out. Normal. : trove
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            Looks like they're active right now. Maybe they're expecting us. : Ojalo1982
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              Yeah. Seemingly lots of activity. Spies among us. *shifty eyes* : SwiftyPants
              • maybe there are zombies already in there. There was alot of activity a little while ago : e1ghtball
              • Human in Went : nickwallace21
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              Maybe they... read the forums??? : perstephanie
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                Heh, or maybe they caught on that we always attack about the same time each night. : Ojalo1982
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                  Yea. tomorrow, we need a different time. : Visceral Monkey
                  • I'd suggest trying 15 or 45 minutes past. : trove
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  RSVP FOR TONIGHT'S RAID If you plan on raiding tonight, please reply to this post with your current leve : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Why do we do this? I've never made use of this infor once when leading a raid :( : Zero|DPX
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      Just a general show of hands / forces. I'll stop doing it next time, if you think it isn't worthwhile. : Ride-My-Rocket
      • You could have just lied and told us you'd hunt down anyone who RSVP'd but didn't show. You leaders need... : hellen keller
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      Bumps the thread a lot right before we rock and roll? I dunno either. : losder5000
      • bragging rights? ezombie peener? : hamachi
    • zed-penis comparison? : someWayne
    • The one useful thing it it's a visual of what level most people are, how many low-level/high-level zombie... : perstephanie
  • Level 2, 32 AP, 50% claws, 60 XP to level. : nickwallace21
  • Level 6, 33 AP, 50% claws, 26 XP to Lvl : Code RedBeard
  • Level 3, 32/33 AP, 50% claws, 86 XP to level : manero
  • Level 12, 25 AP, 50% claws, 78 to level. : cltcprd
  • Level 4, 32 AP, 0% claws, 52 XP to level. : radula
  • Level 3, 48 AP, 50% claws, 76 XP to level : cranman
  • Level 1, 18 AP, 35% claws, 66 XP to level : SpaecKow
  • Level 11, 42 AP, 50% claws, 53 XP to level : Colleton
  • Level 8, 41 AP, MoL, 50% claws, 60 xp to level : Ojalo1982
  • level 5 35% claws 40AP 9XP to level : hamachi
  • Level 15, 43 ap 50% claws, xp irrevelant. : trove
  • Level 6, 50 AP, 50% claws, 80 XP to level. : e1ghtball
  • Level 13, 30 AP, 50% claws, 48 XP to level : Johnny Law
  • Level 8, 29 AP, 50% claws, 1 XP to level. : Xhost
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    Level 9, 35 AP, 50% claws, 77 XP to level. : Toxy
    • LOL HAY TOXY! : daktive8
  • Level 2, 47 AP, NO MoL, NO AG, NO IB, 50% claws, 90 XP to level. : PowerofA
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    Level 2, 42 AP, hands 25%, 42 Exp to level : perstephanie
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      You need Vigour Mortis ASAP! : Zero|DPX
      • I know, as soon as I get the Exp I'm getting it. : perstephanie
  • Lvl 7, 42 AP, 50% claws, 26 XP to lvl : hellen keller
  • Level 3, 48 AP, 35% claws, 72 XP to level : someWayne
  • Level 1, 29 AP, 35% claws, 64xp to level : daktive8
  • Level 12 Claws 50% Inf Bite 30% MoL, XP 78 : classicfork
  • Level 2, 30 AP, 50% claws, 100 XP to level. : Githyanki
  • Level 2, 40+ AP, 50% claws, 67 XP to level. : das_runt
  • Level 2, 15 AP, 30% teeth, 70 XP to level. : eggnoodles
  • level 14, 30AP, MoL IB AG, 50% claws, -141 to level : TroZ
  • level 6, 41 ap, 50% claws, 58 xp to level : davislovestacobell
  • Level 2, 50 AP, 50% claws, 63 XP to level - I can just never get any killing blows or many hits in when I... : captfarrell
  • Level 14, 44AP, 50% claws, MoL, AB, 99 XP to level. : hirez
  • Level 8, 32 AP, 50% claws, 8 XP to level. Let's rock. : aethyr
  • Lvl 7, 37 AP, 50%, 39 xp needed : drodver
  • Level 3, 22AP, 35% claws, 71XP to level. : Dante
  • Level 2, 40AP, 35% claws, 98 to level : Snicker-Snack
  • Level 2, 44 AP, 35% hands, 63 XP to level : SiW73
  • Level 2, 38 AP, 35% claws, 71 XP to level : locash
  • Level 4, 33 AP, 50% claws, 40XP to level : Dusty_Slim
  • Level 2, 36AP, 35% to hit with claws, 64XP to level : Arcanum
  • Level 2, 34 AP, 35% claws, MoL, 16 xp to level (This is why i might come and eat some brains) : mancide
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    Level 1, 40 AP, I don't know how to tell my 5 to hit and I don't know how much XP it takes to Level. Alt... : zuga
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      Welcome! 0 XP = 100 to level, and your %-to-hit is probably low, depends on whether you started as a zomb... : perstephanie
      • Thank you! Good to know.. 100 XP to level. And I figured out my percent to hit with hands.. 35%. Much ... : zuga
  • Level 3, 42 AP, 35% claws, 100 XP to level : wormmeat
  • Level 2, 43 ap 50% claws, 65 xp to level : slickdoody
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  COMMENCE ASSAULT!! FOR APPELFLAPPEN!! : Ride-My-Rocket
  • NE IS OPEN GO GO GO GO : moogle
  • DOORS SECURED, OPEN THEM! : rabididiotchild
  • DOORS OPEN! : Ride-My-Rocket
  • tonight we ride for appleflappen!! : aethyr
  • HP sescoman (57HP), Hubert the Audacious (60HP), smeghead stiffrod (50HP), Information Minister (60HP), g... : moogle
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    OPEN! MOVE IN! : Ojalo1982
    • Doors aren't open : perstephanie
  • NE HPs 47sescoman 60Hubert the Audacious 50smeghead stiffrod 60Information Minister 60getadog 54Dr Ro... : genom
  • USE FEEDING GROAN IF YOU HAVE IT!!! : Ride-My-Rocket
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    they're barricading again! : captfarrell
    • Just checked, doors are open. : rabididiotchild
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    Gff, I hate only getting 11XP. :( Of course, I only had 20AP... : Dante
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      I only got 20 XP tonight :( I must have missed about 8 times in a row with 50% claws. : Githyanki
      • Aw, welcome to my world. (need to get vigour mortis) : perstephanie
    • i got 12exp from 32 :( need vigor mortis! :O : radula
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    HP in NE corner: TankGoat (24HP) zyxwvu (60HP) Keleher (8HP) Hoethir (56HP) j0nathan (48HP) Bruce... : aethyr
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      update: al ducky (21HP) Jaxeon (60HP) Mr Hiney (44HP) Narles (15HP) Desdemona (60HP) Gen Jumbo (32H... : aethyr
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        4 left Attentater (30HP) Shoot 1st Ask Qs L8r (48HP) Dale McGillicuddy (45HP) cheeseaholic (40HP). : aethyr
        • I hope the three feeding groans I let loose attract the swarm. : trove
  • al ducky (56HP), Jaxeon (60HP), Mr Hiney (44HP), Narles (23HP), Desdemona (60HP), Gen Jumbo (35HP), kobra... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • K, I infected 8 or 10 people in there. : Zero|DPX
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    Infected almost all of them. Looks like others got the rest. : moogle
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      does infection carry over to when they get revived? : hellen keller
      • Yeppers. : Johnny Law
      • Yes. : trove
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        Yes it does, which is why anyone with infected bite should be infecting as many people as possible, and l... : Zero|DPX
        • I get so much satisfaction from infecting people. If you don't have a kit on you it's really really fucki... : moogle
        • yup. infected as many as I could. hooray rotting teeth! : hamachi
  • GD! I got 3 kills and 64 XP!!!! BRAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNSS!!! : PowerofA
  • You maul BottleRocket for 2 damage. They die. GRRAAGGGHH : das_runt
  • Out of AP :( : ejectorpod
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    sigh.... 50AP to get 30XP. Being a low level zombe sucks : captfarrell
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      Dude, I just got 8 Xp with 40 AP. Talk about being a low-level zombie sucking.. :( : zuga
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        Did you start as a zombie? : trove
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          Yep. I have Vigour Mortis. I just seemed to miss a whole lot. : zuga
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            No alts? No people on the same ip address playing? : trove
            • Nope, no alts, no one else in my household plays. : zuga
          • I know the feeling. Lots of whooshing noises. : perstephanie
  • also out of AP :( : someWayne
  • Next target time!! : Githyanki
  • I leveled and garnered a whopping total of 93 XP tonight. w00t!!! :) : Colleton
  • Damn, I am already head shot and lying in the gutter outside. Ah well, hooj for AG. :) : Colleton
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  DAMN!!! out of AP and only 9XP til I level!!! >:( : virus
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    Weee, leveled and got lurching gait. Went back to Went building as well. : mancide
    • Out of AP, went back to Went. : perstephanie
    • I didn't level but I got up to 79XP, scored a kill, and got back into Went. I got my grillbone. : das_runt
• Out of AP. Got level 2! : Visceral Monkey
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  NE IS CLEAR AND RANSACKED!! MOVE TO LOWER-RIGHT CORNER!! : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Mrh? : hamachi
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    The NE corner needs more zeds! : Dusty_Slim
    • NE SE! : Dusty_Slim
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    Painiac (56HP), Paintbox (58HP), ARealSmartAss (60HP), viral1 (60HP), darwins beagle (58HP), Maturin the ... : redfive
    • Updated list ? : Githyanki
  • I can hear you guys but I'm dead at the Dann hotel :( walked away from the computer before I got some cov... : yosemiteclimber
  • I infected about 30% of the humans in the SE corner. : NastyJack
  • took out 1 human in the SE corner, almost out of AP. : Supine
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    Can we get a timestamped HP report from the SE? : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Reply to the top-level post, with gold-bolded timestamp, plz. : Ride-My-Rocket
• NE corner of the mall CLEAR : aethyr
• You maul cheeseaholic for 2 damage. They die. NE CORNER}y CLEAR : manero
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  Awesome! I leveled up quick and then got almost enough to level again heh : crunkfunk
  • so you're the fucker that's getting al the killz.. : e1ghtball
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  ok, i leveled up. what should i get next? neck lurch, feeding drag, or mol? : davislovestacobell
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    Neck Lurch -- start ramping up your %-to-hit. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • i already have death grip, rend flesh, and tangling grasp. isn't that better percentage than maxed bite ... : davislovestacobell
  • neck lurch + digestion could be a good combo. : aethyr
  • MoL of course. : trove
  • After I got ankle grab and all the claw levels, I just saved my XP for a while. Ended up buying neck lur... : Toxy
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    why bother with Neck Lurch if you already have Deathgrip and Rend Flesh? : edgewise
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      yeh, i'm kinda thinking feeding drag could really help with blackmore : davislovestacobell
      • I don't think so, not the way we tend to operate. Feeding drag was good for when small groups of zombies... : Toxy
    • Neck Lurch + Digestion + Infectious Bite = dangerous. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      I'm one of the higher level zombies in the shacknews horde (I think) and I have never once used neck lurc... : NastyJack
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        It's useful if you want to infect people, because you have to bite them. Although some of the more seaso... : Toxy
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          Oh yeah I totally forgot I used it to infect. I never use it if I am just going for kills but if I am inf... : NastyJack
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            If you've got that many levels, you should be ALMOST killing people and leving them for the low level hor... : Toxy
            • hehe it's true but I'm a greedy bastard. I will start from now on since I bought all the useful skills ab... : NastyJack
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          Still costs them at least 2ap - one to search for one, the second to use it. : genom
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            + a lot of the people are probably afk and don't realize their health is ticking away. : losder5000
            • It's AP-based, not time-based. They have to act to lose health from it. : genom
            • It doesn't work like that. They take damage for every AP they use. So if they are afk it does nothi... : trove
  • Feeding drag is useless right now. Get neck lurch so you can start infecting people in a few levels. : moogle
  • ok, neck lurch it is : davislovestacobell
• sweet. 50+XP from only 44AP. Lucky bites, I guess. Now I gots th'Death Grip! : edgewise
• Missed a lot, gained 21 XP, back in Went. Whoever yelled MAAAAAAAArN! got a laugh from me :D : SiW73
• Sam and Max just secured the doors. : aethyr
• Also here is Sam and Max. lol @ description: http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=386014 : manero
• Hurray! I ate Uber Vic and got Rend Flesh! : ChibiJosh
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  Only 70 zombies in the NW corner. Needs more ferals!!! : trove
  • Groand'd for invitation to the feast. : SwiftyPants
• Somebody has spraypainted ATTN K-MART SHOPPERS. APPLEFLAPPEN NOW BEING SERV onto a wall. Heh, eaten be... : Toxy
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  THE CASUALTY REPORT Tonight, Horde raiders earned a total of 2893 XP; 27 of us also leveled up. I've up : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Did you capture who didn't gain XP? : SwiftyPants
    • Not yet... I'm gonna work on that on Saturday. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Awesome. : trove
• bwahahahah http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Stanbury_Village scroll to the mall sign : manero
• for NW corner - kill VdeMan at 30 HP. full list: EnnPlusPlus (60HP), I Idiot (60HP), MJCaboose (56HP), I... : Crimson
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  Apparently the infection tactic is working. Re: Ridleybank War « Reply #4 on Today at 8:25pm : trove
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    I think if we get a large % of the mall infected, it can't hurt our chances. : aethyr
    • At the very least, we can make them use some of their AP healing themselves, rather than evicting us ;P : genom
    • This has to work. We should work on leveling up lower zombies to have the IB so that this tactic can be p... : mancide
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      We may have already taken the mall. Between the ferals and the day (T)raiders, the mall should have plen... : Toxy
      • If you have Feeding Groan, login occasionally and use it - we want to keep bringing ferals into the mall. : genom
    • That strategy doesn't really work. It's way too easy getting FAKs in the Mall, and most survivors worth t... : Patrucio
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  8:54pm EDT: SE @ NICHOLS MALL -- 14 left! Le Loupiot (9HP), henderson04 (48HP), Lantis (53HP), Iconn (53... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    29 AP's left, there are barricades though : MikkleThePickle
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      Come in through the NE, it's open. : Zero|DPX
      • beautiful, thanks : MikkleThePickle
  • 8 left now. Also here are Lantis, Iconn, WharfRat, Uber Titan, NecoRin, SoldadoDesconocido, MrDanger, Eri... : Githyanki
  • Lantis only has 18 or so HP left. I missed like crazy, which displeases me. : shred.
  • Erica Black only has 8 HP left : MikkleThePickle
  • killed 2, did few bites on 4 of them, got MOL on my lvl up : deviantpaul
  • Wow, good job everybody! : nickwallace21
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  93 Zeds in the mall. 4 humans in the SE corner. Unknown numbers in both West corners. NE doors are cur... : trove
  • I'm there...34 zeds. : xocsida
• More Forum Fun One of the main survivor groups (Channel 4 News Team) is pulling out of Nichols, looks : Toxy
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  Is SE corner ransacked yet? : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Yep, it's ransacked. : lord warlock
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  SE IS CLEAR AND RANSACKED!! ATTACK LOWER-LEFT CORNER!! : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Btw, most of these guys are RRF raiders. They're not organized, but they are a sizable horde -- and they... : Ride-My-Rocket
• EVENING READING THREAD IS UP! http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13030890 : Ride-My-Rocket

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  That's sweet of you, but there's probably a programmatic way of doing the same thing... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Well, either kin83 needs to tell me about it, or I need to write a bot I suppose. ...but its good for ... : sharkII
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      <?php for ($i = 0; $i < whatever_last_user_is?; $i++) { fopen ("http://urlyouwantohit.com?userid= : Damodred
      • I don't think that will do, what you think it will do. : sharkII
      • Actually, I was going to suggest writing code to open port 80 for a particular URL specific to each, and ... : Maddog_Delphi97
• wow... 104th... I'm a real chatty bitch it seems. :D : SilverSnake
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  How is edgewise #3? I never see him posting that much. : haiku
  • err #4 : haiku
  • I post, then nuke my own posts. : edgewise
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  Let's pause to shed a tear for the posts we've lost. : king_darius
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    seriously, i lost a fuckton of posts :( : multisync
    • Plus assholes who changed their names. : brickmatt
• 333!!! Also, some of you bitches post way to fucking much ;) : graceofdragons
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  363 :( : cookblaze
  • Some of the top 2nd rankers need to be moved to the first page, I don't know when kins83's app does the t... : sharkII
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  Aren't you a programmer? How could you ever do something like that manually? : ieGod
  • lol, it did take me 9 hours. I would just do a couple here, a couple there all day. I've been busy doi... : sharkII
• Hot diggity high flying post rate Remo! : sKetchflow
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  Fuck.. I'm sure I make more than 2.3 posts a day.. is this averaged over the date you joined till now? : scottythejock
  • I think so, yes. : SilverSnake
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  I like it better sorted by PPD because I'm not even in the top 150 then =) : jrock
  • me too, i'm only on the first page cuz i'm oldskool : ermac
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  man, work has made me slip. that can't be allowed! : Postal
  • same :( still on the first page though. : Omning
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  jesus christ remo posts 43 posts PER DAY. : nomaad
  • all those news posts and defending console gaming adds up! : hamachi
  • he's a machine. spam machine : xocsida
• aw yeah! Rank 1 baby! : deathofrats
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  Holy fuck, I've been slacking lately. : Fred Garvin
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    Holy fuck, I've been shacking lately. : perstephanie
    • Slackin', Shackin' it's pretty well equal. : Fred Garvin
• Halfway up tier 2. Tier 1 FTW! : Yanks
• Wow, I think I've climbed 13-14 positions since the last time I checked this... : cltcprd
• you need more work. i should hire you for my company. : dahanese
• Woohoo, I sneaked back into tenth place. : sgtsanity
• 322...After six years?? I need to stop doing more productive things, like having sex, playing games, and ... : laidback
• But what about the rank 2 page!! : TreMetal
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  oh crap, multisync is on top of me again : sanchez
  • this is something new? I thought that was par for the course. : cltcprd
• mother fucking 200's? bah, gotta be more than that. : Rigor Morts
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  What's the ! for? O_o : DM7
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    You've been spotted. :( : SilverSnake
    • I didn't really get it until I looked at your username. I laughed really, really hard. : Super Sparker
• 272 :) : NFXFSX
• Heh, I'm still in the top 300 and I barely post anymore. Just riding the wave... : sammyl
• Needs more cool icons, not just the top 10 : Smellsy
• hey, rad... im on the 1st page. : porp
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  I forgot I still had that thing.. : kin83
  • Are you serious? We look at it all the time. : Ecks
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    I've thought of a few small suggestions today for it, if you want. : sharkII
    • Please do. I haven't looked at the code in months though :-( : kin83
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  Hmm Im not even on that list how sad =( : Lickuright
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    How the hell do I search my name? I tried putting my name on the search bar and nothing happens. Am I not... : Lickuright
    • nm i have 370 post blah lol =/ I should post more often and read less. : Lickuright
• 897 wooooo!!!!!! : infiltrator`
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12984972 : abrasion

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  wim ftw. : sharkII
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    Wim? : -efx-
    • yes. http://www.google.com/search?q=vista+wim Windows Imaging file. It's going to put the hurt on Gho... : sharkII
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  worse is the "no VM" bit: http://www.electronista.com/articles/06/10/12/windows.vista.licensing/ it co... : Postal
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    This article has to be bullshit. Vista may only be transferred once by the original owner to a new sys : FushigiDenki
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      I sure hope so. I mean, I hope they don't limit reinstalling on new systems any more than what they do wi... : Goncyn
      • I was planning on buying one copy of Vista and that's all I'd ever need. That most-fucking-certainly bet... : FushigiDenki
    • Well no, we are all force to call them up for this very reason. I think if you said your computer 'upgra... : Optimus Prime
    • The VM bit is probably right; VPC 2007 beta started yesterday, and apparently only Business, Enterprise a... : Balboa
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      the license does seem to be very strict. the real question is whether or not MS enforces it in software ... : Postal
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        ^^^Knows what time it is... ( I Hope ) : RookieCAF
        • 6:54 PM Eastern, dawg! : Postal
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      Not suprising. People are still using XP licenses from 2001 and I bet MS would have loved to have made m... : rosewood
      • If they do this, no sale for me. : FushigiDenki
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      what about those of us who buy an OS and it ends up lasting long enough to be installed 2-4 different PCs... : cpt_gloval
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        That's my situation, and why I cannot pay for Vista if it has this bullshit. : FushigiDenki
        • Just take it back to the store where you bought it from : boomstickah
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    I'm pretty sure this this "no VM" thing has been overblown. AFAIK, it just means it won't support the new... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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      the entire point of the on-die virtualisation tech is that the OS running under it doesn't know it's runn... : Toraz Chryx
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        Your point? All I'm saying is that, from what I've read about Vista, it seems most people are confusing t... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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          My point is that they've had to seriously go out of their way to stop it working. : Toraz Chryx
          • Well, this is Microsoft -- the expert in devoting resources to the wrong area -- we're talking about :D : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  I predict Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu will see increased installations early next year. : johnny skidmarks
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    hahaha. Doubt it. : rasputinreborn
    • I think you'll see some small increase - not much but linux is slowly getting there. : abrasion
  • I'd just stick with XP. : FushigiDenki
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    nah - if any change happens, it'll be more Macs. more likely we'll just see poor uptake of Vista for awh... : Postal
    • Haha, even more wishful thinking there man : rasputinreborn
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    you misspelt 'Leopard will cause Mac sales to jump' : Toraz Chryx
    • I know where my OS upgrade money is going, that's for certain : Balboa
  • Yeah, I don't think any of my techno-peasant friends and neighbours will be doing that any time soon. : Fred Garvin
• So, are these things they forbid you to do in the EULA or are there actual limitations built in? I mean, ... : SilverSnake
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  Who cares? The underground will have it "fixed" shortly, and most consumers won't ever reinstall it anywa... : graceofdragons
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    I don't want to pay $200+ dollars only to have to "fix" my OS every time MS updates it or whatever. : FushigiDenki
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      Let's stop being so shrill till we see how it all plays out. : rasputinreborn
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        Why wait when I can read the EULA myself and already know? : FushigiDenki
        • Ok man. Keep fightin the powa! : rasputinreborn
  • You are so owned. : vigilante
  • companies can't rely on "the underground"; they need to stay legit, lest the Revenue Security Authority B... : the archvile
• I love win2k. : tedv

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  Where's a good place to get some airsoft stuff? Not online but a brick and mortar store. : Phreakin
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    where do you live? there is a HUGE store for this stuff in Oakland, CA : hamachi
    • Phoenix : Phreakin
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  word. I was having fun last night with my Tokyo Marui Glock. : opengl128
  • I was going to get the Glock 19 because its a better gun but i just like the look of the TM so i went ... : oneshot
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  No orange cap laws on those things yet? Christ someone is gonna get 50 bullets in them for carrying one : Lunatic Angelic
  • All of them are suppose to have a orange tip but most people paint them black or just take them off. : oneshot
  • A real time concert virtually.... holy hell... amazing... what an amazing way to start off my 3 day weeke... : prowlinger
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  Pretty cool but why not jut buy the real thing? : [fry]
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    You can't shoot people with the real thing? : crummynz
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      ohhh. okay. i figured they were pellet guns or something. : [fry]
      • these things shoot flowers : stgdz
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        These are automatics that fire hardened foam balls the size of pellets, think some of them can do 2,000 r : Lunatic Angelic
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          So why not just do paint ball then? : stgdz
          • its messy : GloriousCow
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            I think it's because these look realistic and to play Airsoft you have to wear gear very similar to real : Lunatic Angelic
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              Well you can get a hold of a real M4 though if you want to pay the right ammount of money. Hell you coul... : stgdz
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                Not too long ago you couldn't, but yes, the ban's gone so a few options are available, still waiting on t : Lunatic Angelic
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                  You can get the P90 now though, just pay the 200 bucks post purchase to get it SBR'd : stgdz
                  • You've clearly spent far more time investigating this than I :D : Lunatic Angelic
                  • What's SBR'd? I want a P90 :[ : jrock
            • PWAHAHAHAHAH that macro is money : jrock
            • hahahah that pic is golden. Airsoft reminds me of when I used to play guns when I was 7-12. "I GO... : AndyGoin
          • It's messier and the guns are more bulky (as is the ammo!). Wonder if anyone airsofts in MN area.... : Damodred
          • Also Paintball is very expensive my setup cost me like 700 and thats everything i need nothing else : oneshot
    • Sure you can. Those people's relatives get kinda mad when you do, though, so its generally frowned upon. : theamazingrand0
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    You can't shoot people with the real thing unless you're a federal employee. : Lunatic Angelic
    • Or a student! : Phreakin
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      WHAT?!?! When did this happen? Who do I get to shoot? : Kaiser
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        Whomever your CO tells you to I imagine. :D : Lunatic Angelic
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          How do I bring this up? The last person here that said they wanted to shoot someone got "sent away." ... : Kaiser
          • Well, I do hear you gotta have the proper MOS for this kind of gun firing freedom. If you ask after yo : Lunatic Angelic
• Curious as to why you didn't purchase a real M9 for that price? Your profile really gives me nothing to : stgdz
• is that a muzzle flash suppressor? : fletch_
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  Just watched that video, and man, airsoft is serious business. : AlexXdude
  • DUTY... HONOR... COUNTRY : SockMonkeh
  • omg but it looks like FUN too wtf i dont need any new hobbies :[ : jrock
• I met Col. McKnight briefly once right before he retired, crazy guy, definitely knows his shit. : timaste