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  You...were...doing...80... : Fred Garvin
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    oh come on a socal freeway, you do 75 and you're a road hazzard : diddlyd
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      Yeah, that's an argument I don't buy. Just because you play videogames doesn't mean that you have the tra... : Fred Garvin
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        You guys are overly paranoid. Are you a mini van driver by any chance? seriously, driving 80 on a freew... : nukewinter
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          http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13320844 : Fred Garvin
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            Yes yes, you can link to a post that says your opinion which I already read, that doesn't change the fact... : nukewinter
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              http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13320884 : Fred Garvin
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                Still doesn't make it right or mean it's unsafe, sorry : nukewinter
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                  It's not so much the speed I have issue with as the poor driver training, poor car maintainence, and cars... : Fred Garvin
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                    It's true, but there's also a lot of people or cars that shouldn't be on the road period :) But tech is ... : nukewinter
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                      Okay, now who is making assumptions? : Fred Garvin
                      • wtf? I didn't say anything that isn't reasonably believable. I don't even know what part you are talkin... : nukewinter
                      • wtf? I didn't say anything that isn't reasonably believable. I don't even know what part you are talkin... : nukewinter
                  • i see more slow drivers who dont know the basic rules of highway driving, its usually the ones passing th... : mindshot
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              "Ya know, it's also funny how on our roads with speed limit 75 where traffic average is 85 there's hardly... : not work safe
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                Have you ever asked a cop that or is this just another wonderful assumption that driving faster on roads ... : nukewinter
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                  Its a wonderful assumption based on your wonderful assumption that there aren't very many accidents. I... : not work safe
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                    My wonderful assumption based on years of being exposed to roads that have speedlimits of 75 and average ... : nukewinter
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                      LOL, I think I have a few more years of highway driving under my belt. Not to mention the fact that I dro... : Fred Garvin
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                        Nobody ever said that, but not everyone is a bad driver and not everyone has a poor car and not everyone ... : nukewinter
                        • Right, but they can't set speed limits for every single twist and turn in a highway. So, they design the ... : Fred Garvin
        • Why you gotta talk bout my ride like that? : chuck577
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        yeah 95 at night in fog is surely the ticket to safe driver credits on your insurance : kill9
        • true. just to clarify, i was doing like 55-60 in the heavy fog. it cleard up around long beach mostly, so... : diddlyd
  • You know the freeways in colorado are 75, it's not like driving 75-80 is particularly scary or dangerous ... : nukewinter
  • Step 1: Do not tell Insurance company or the state you were doing 80. : timaste
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  It might be a sign that you should start driving speed limit. : haiku
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    If fred and I agree then you are surely fucked. : haiku
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      Hey, even the planets align at some point. : Fred Garvin
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        I thought the plants were aligning for a second there : jaga
        • Yes, the plants. : Fred Garvin
  • exactly, had he been going either 74 or 69 mph this would not have happened! : lord cecil
  • Highway speed limit around here is 70, you want to tell me that there is a huge difference between 80 and... : Magus
• Call your insurance company. Change the speed to 70. Done. : mavmavv
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  get ur eyes checked. ? : mindshot
  • the guy 5-6 car lengths in front of me swerved and clipped it, sending it spinning back into the middle o... : diddlyd
• 1) you need to slow the fuck down before you hurt yourself or someone else 2) in CA the state wont do ... : Jayx77
• even if you were doing 65 you would likely have hit it? so long as nobody can prove you were doing 80, th... : jaga
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  That's 130km an hour - that's pretty quick. : abrasion
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    honestly, despite all the whiners in this thread, its pretty common for the fast lane on major highways h... : jaga
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      Just because it's common doesn't mean that people actually have the skills or experience to handle it whe... : Fred Garvin
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        You really think there's a huge difference between peoples reaction times going 80 instead of 70? Do you... : nukewinter
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          I hope that sounded better in your head. : sharkII
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            I bet you've never typed something in a hurry and said something which was redundant : nukewinter
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              Redundancy has nothing to do with the logical fallacies contained in your post. : sharkII
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                Such as? It's really easy to spew something without giving your opinion. : nukewinter
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                  And yet, I did give my opinion. : sharkII
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                    You couldn't even point out the "logical fallacies" : nukewinter
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                      That doesn't change the fact that I gave my opinion, which you said that I did not. : sharkII
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                        so what is the logical fallacy? : jaga
                        • how he states reaction time has nothing to do with time. : sharkII
                      • Do you actually have anything useful to say or are you just going to argue over semantics? There is a di... : nukewinter
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          Aren't the speed limits around 55-60MPH? And I do think it matters. Most cars on the road aren't sports c... : Fred Garvin
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            The speed limits on most highways are 65, on many interstates they are 75. You also know full well the s... : nukewinter
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              I do the posted limit, it's just not worth the extra fuel and tiny amount of time that is saved. The high... : Fred Garvin
              • at the time of the first incident, the road was pretty full of cars, and most lanes were all going about ... : diddlyd
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                We live where it snows though. Lower 48 drivers always end up in the ditch up here. If you drove throug... : losder5000
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                  It's hell driving down there, it's not the speed just how friggin rude and insane people are, they cut yo... : nukewinter
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                    lol, yeah. I was getting passed going 80 and flipped off for going too slow. The whole time I was white... : losder5000
                    • I love that about Northern Colorado too :) Even in Denver during rush hour it's not too bad, people let ... : nukewinter
              • I don't care how fast you drive dude, if you wanna drive slower to save gas or whatever that's fine by me... : nukewinter
              • time saved adds up pretty quickly.. an hour off of a 5 hour trip? yes please gas wasted is more neglig... : jaga
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          117 feet per second vs 80 feet per second. if you react at the same time, you save thirty feet at 60 mph... : donuthead
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            And what does that come out to equate to in time? Less then half a second, very small difference when it... : nukewinter
            • you said: "Seriously wtf, if a freak accident happens often times it doesn't matter what speed you are go... : donuthead
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      You guys wouldn't stand a chance in Australia (victoria) - speeding is a thing of the past. The peices... : abrasion
      • Yeah, I rarely go over 110km/h at home either. : crummynz
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  Couldn't you have ridden home on your GIANT COCK? : trOmblyj
  • maybe thats what i hit on the way home. sometimes i lose track of where its at. : diddlyd
• Man, what is with all these do gooders here. Going 130 is not morally wrong. Lots of countries actually ... : terath
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  i can't believe people think going 80 is too fast.. if you're going 80 on the parkway where I live, at le... : lakren
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    shack is full of pussies. 80 is nothing for me. : the rizzo
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      You go, you race car driver. I am glad to hear that you have something besides bravado to back up the fac... : Fred Garvin
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        im starting to think this is a troll, there is no way you can really be this morally against going 80mph. : spector
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          It's not a troll, I just find it amusing that some 21 year old guy says 80 is nothing. I assume this same... : Fred Garvin
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            You were born before him *clap clap*, you should probably bring it up more : nukewinter
            • Way to miss the point chumly. I brought it up because he's a sub-25 male and that's the high water mark f... : Fred Garvin
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              It's not worth arguing with Fred. He's destined to be the peg legged guy in the movie that points down t... : losder5000
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                Wow, if you are going to take the piss at least make it witty or funny or something. : Fred Garvin
                • Also, he's not really arguing in that case, he's just making a smartass observation. : Fred Garvin
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          I wish for his sake it was a troll, but it does not appear to be. I like the fact that 80 is uncontrolla... : TreMetal
          • It's amazing how many people miss the point. I didn't say it was anything like that. I did say in panic s... : Fred Garvin
      • bad drivers are other people : 60days
  • yeah no shit. it's 10 over the speed limit.. cops won't even pull you over for going 80 : wtf242
• My mother had the same issue with a tire that fell off a tow truck. Totally fucked up the front of her 20... : yoonix
• You're in the states right? Call your insurance company. That sort of stuff is basically considered a r... : SolrFlare
• Were you driving with your penis? : skitzo
• Why didnt you call the cops? Get them to stop truck... free repairs on his insurance not yours dumbass. G... : oldschoolbob-o

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• the links are in reverse order... those current games at the top should have been at the bottom : zagzig32
• BONER : thebigbeefsandwich
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  That's an impressive collection. some real classics in there. : red2lucas
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    thanks, if i had webspace i could upload my collection lists, shack errors when I tried to make a reply ... : zagzig32
    • I could post it to my Shackspace if you like.. I don't use it for much else. Drop me a PM if you're in... : fatman
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  do you mean pre-dvd? : Sgt_Boomstick
  • theres only a few cd games there, less than 10% - keep clicking the rest are 3.5" & 5.25" disks : zagzig32
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  Oh shi!, You've got the best game ever created: System Shock 1. : Sgt_Boomstick
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    forget System Shock - Check out STUNTS : downrightevil
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      System Shock 1 > * : Sgt_Boomstick
      • Dude... this is Stunts we are talking about :( AKA 4D Driving? : crummynz
      • It's sad when someone is so wrong. : ThomW
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  That is such a beautiful collection. I've been hitting thrift stores and the like to find stuff like that... : freshyk
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    How much would you want for System Shock 1? And how about the two Ultima trilogies? : freshyk
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      And Syndicate. : freshyk
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        That was one of my FAV games of all time. : theghostofsmdever
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          Moodiest coolest game music of all time. : abrasion
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            I used to put the Syndicate Wars CD in my Cd player and just listen to it, it was awesome of them to put ... : Smellsy
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              Did you just utter the term "Syndicate Wars" to me in a reply? Don't mention that game, there is no se... : abrasion
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                oh uhhh ok... i was just talking about some music that was in the same style that i had on cd... wie : Smellsy
                • Syndicate 1 music rocks - I should've clarified :P : abrasion
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    check the book shelves in the thrift stores, they are always just thrown in there. that or they stick th... : zagzig32
    • I do that all the time. The other day I saw Total Annihilation package that came with everything but the ... : freshyk
• What a beautiful collection - such hard work to sell something like that though - sometimes I wish ebay ... : abrasion
• oh oh oh, you know what game box I found today? http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5422/universe2cr7.j... : thekidd
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  How much for Dark Side of the Moon? : Frank_Mackey
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    ...and Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon? :) : Frank_Mackey
    • those were awesome games. Loved Tex Murphy. : Fredrik S
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  Question! Does your Unreal Tournament have a CD Key? I was going to sent it in my WE package, but I don'... : SirX
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    Original UT doesn't need one if I recall. : freshyk
    • Ah thats good. Hope my WE reciever enjoys it then. : SirX
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  Promise me you'll sell every single other game in your collection before you sell Kings Quest V. You tak... : electroly
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    of all the games to get nostalgic over? KQV? that's like .. dude that's no classic It's good but cmon... : abrasion
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      There will always be a soft spot in my heart for Sierra adventure games. : electroly
      • same here, I remember play KQV as a kid... dangling participle... what kid would know that?! : terath
    • you see my Ken's Labyrinth? that guy made the Duke3d engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken's_Labyrin... : zagzig32
  • my cousin stole my hint book with the little red window that would reveal the hints. argh that desert ... : zagzig32
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  Time Commando was so awesome. : m0nkz
  • this game never got any love, i beat it SO many damn times. great game : zagzig32
• Under a Killing Moon is the best, ever. : guido anchovy
• Terra Nova! What a awesome game. : Fredrik S
• I've had game boxes going back to 1987 (The Black Cauldron by Sierra was my first). it was a bit sad to : Postal
• Your Privateer game makes me cry.. how much? : soulr
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  cannon fodder!! Do you have sid and al by any chance? it's like the incredible machine but with cartoon c... : voodooraze
  • Whoa wait... pre-cd? Like floppy disks? cause that's crazy I don't even have a floppy drive : voodooraze
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    DAMN. Cannon Fodder. That brings back memories. : Moonbase Commander
    • Shit, we have lots of old gaming memories. Remember trading saved games in Ultima VIII and X-COM? T... : Rice-Rocketeer
• i hate the new smaller boxes but they are easier to store : zagzig32
• Do you own the Daikatana, by chance? : Optimus Prime
• Sell me Strike Commander and Conquest of the Longbow. : Pink0r
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  Oh shit, that haul just about covers my pc game nostalgia. Good times :D : nomaad
  • you had a bunch of them? : zagzig32
• Wah! I just saw Silpheed! : Bingo
• around 50% of mine. Figure the total count is ~960 games. http://lordpall.shackspace.com/collection.jp... : LordPall

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  I still can't grasp how this is happening. : Vincent Grayson
  • Sweaty hands... : FushigiDenki
  • The Wii is attracting a whole new segment of people that have never played games before. Maybe his friend... : Mantle
  • groan. Thats just awful. : opless
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  I'm so sorry dude. Sooo... Where's the 3rd party uber-strap? : geedeck
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    Maybe I'm a weakling but the regular strap is fine. I can't imagine the force necessary to simultaneously... : Serpico74
    • maybe his friend has Tourette's or something. : drucifer
    • just last night i was playing baseball (a little drunk) and had the wrist strap on my right hand, swung w... : skankcore
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  Like, breaking it? How many tvs have been destroyed now? : feek
  • You should take a picture and submit it to http://www.WiiHaveAProblem.com : Pezman
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  umm.. does it really need that kind of force? : jaga
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    no.. I'm guessing there was drinking involved too. :P sooo sorry about your TV though.. that sux ... : Shadowdane
    • a non-gamer friend of mine i was introducing to consoles. Couldn't work the analog stick at all. totall... : dopefish
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  is he this guy? http://www.break.com/index/really_bad_bowling_shot.html : jrock
  • ^^^ ? : jrock
• That really sucks dude. :( : Serpico74
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  I can't fathom how this happens. I swing the shit out of the wiimote when I play tennis and bowling and ... : soggybagel
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    I can see tossing it in the Monkey Ball darts minigame. I wear the strap for that one! : cheshirecat
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      wait wait wait, monkey ball darts???? is it any good? : WorkParticle
      • its one of the good mini games imo. : Turd Ferguson
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  All these stories already? i'm getting fucking chickenwire for my TV. : node
  • what, you don't already? : drucifer
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    All I can picture is the stage from Road House. : NexusOne
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      or the country bar from the Blues Brothers : drucifer
      • I hate Illinois Nazis. : manero
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        "Sometimes it's haaaard to be a womaaan..." : Old_Fart
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          so awesome, but the BB 2K was soooo bad, it took away from the original. wtf 'Blues Kid' die. : drucifer
          • I pretend it doesn't exist. Inferior in every conceivable way. A few great tunes and John Goodman has a g... : node
      • "Chickenwire?" Much love man, that's kinda what inspired the thought actually :) : node
    • God damn that movie ruled. : tomservo
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      Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwhiiiiiiiide...RAWHIDE : Era5er
      • Whoops, this should have been a reply to Drucifer's post : Era5er
      • I do a mean karaoke Rawhide. Mean. I get requests to do it each time. : node
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  haha your friend is an idiot : boring gegtik
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    no, my friend is a 40 yr old IT nerd who hasn't played a game for more than 5 minutes since Pong. First ... : dopefish
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      those are mutually exclusive? : cam3lt0sis
      • ZING? : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • thats cool now you just have to teach him basic motor control : boring gegtik
• justifiable homicide : CoRDS
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  What the fuck is up with people? YOU DON'T HAVE TO THROW YOUR WHOLE ARM INTO EVERYTHING. I played s... : cam3lt0sis
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    Why even play it if not to get the WHOLE experience? : mastarp
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      Because it's still fun to play it without flailing around and turning into a sweaty greasebag. It's gr... : cam3lt0sis
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        I've never even come close to losing grip of the remote and I play hard.. I don't really understand how i... : boring gegtik
        • I agree. Even when I tried going hardcore with it, I was fine. Maybe they lube up their hands with as... : cam3lt0sis
• I am so buying some of those remote covers. : chazums
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  uhhh. that blows. Is he gonna help you replace it? I dont see how it can go through the tv, it's just ... : bagelcc
  • thats why nerf is making wiimote covers! : Iwannaacura
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    not through it really. but it cracked the LCD panel. it just makes a nice sharp rainbow now. : dopefish
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      ...yeah he replaced it for me today, went down to circuit city and got me a new one. : dopefish
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        O_O how much was that???? : bagelcc
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          just under 3k. : dopefish
          • Damn, that's intense. : feek
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            damn thats a friend worth keeping. can he at least take the cracked tv and try to get it fixed for a cou... : smacknca
            • he's gonna take it home with him later this week, see if he can get it repaired : dopefish
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              more like dope is kinda shitty for letting him pay for that.... : mastarp
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                are you kidding?? it's an accident so he certainly should bear no malice, but why should he bear the resp... : boring gegtik
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                  yeah what the fuck is wrong with being responsible? i would have bought my friend a new tv if i did the ... : dopefish
                  • same here : hobosapien
      • Did you all have a good laugh about it? Its pretty funny. : not work safe
      • At least he was able to replace it quickly. : Turd Ferguson
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        wow. Good for him. : sharkII
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          yeah but i think he just canceled his next week-long vacation :( : dopefish
          • in that case, why not invite him over for more bowling? : sirkne
        • Yeah, shit, that's a lot of dough to put down, must be a good guy to have done that though. : node
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        That's a good friend dude, although you should've chipped in another 2k and upgraded :) : abrasion
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          Oh and totally and utterly un-ethical post here but ummm supposing he purchased the exact same model well... : abrasion
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            This would be good if there's no serial number to go by. : feek
            • hairdryer = maximum sticker peelage ftw : boring gegtik
          • and maybe they don't have unique serial numbers, either. already thought about it :P ps: owned by P... : dopefish
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  im sooo going to register www.wiikilledmytv.com and putting a blog with pics of dead tvs.. : g0nk
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    how about maximumwiitard.net : boring gegtik
    • too late.. : g0nk
• take pics, and send them to me at tkg0nk AT gmail DOT com :) : g0nk
• Accidental damage home insurance? : yourname00
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  this thread doesn't deliver without any pics & divx : Korban
  • working on it 1 sec : dopefish
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  UPDATE PICS - DIVX http://dopefish.shackspace.com/misc/broken1.jpg http://dopefish.shackspace.com/mis... : dopefish
  • oh damn :( : drucifer
  • haha jesus christ : persuxe
  • lol yeah I would have replaced it too : MikkleThePickle
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    oh shi... do you have Homeowners/renters insurance? : hirez
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      nm. saw that your butterfingers friend replaced it already. that was an expensive frame of Wii bowling. : hirez
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        yeah i've got insurance, i'll run it by them on monday, and any money i get back from it is going back to... : dopefish
        • you might want to save a claim & just stick it to your friend : PapaBoo
  • There needs to be a site that collects accounts of all Wii related accidents/ : notd665
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    damn that looks AWESOME like tron porn or something : boring gegtik
    • some of the individuals lines pulse randomly, just like in the movie, it's great. : dopefish
  • oh fffuuudge : burgertime
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    wow, kill mode activated. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • heh, seriously. The awkward silence in the room was fantastic. : dopefish
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    Oh holy shit. That's it, I'm insisting anyone that comes over wear that damned strap. No ifs, ands or but... : ieGod
    • velcro gloves. : drucifer
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    OWIINED : Ajax
    • hahahaha : metralgia
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    hahaha oh man you have to send an email to nintendo with those pics. just tell them the strap snapped (i... : smacknca
    • Their response: Dear Customer, lol. wash the lube off your hands butterfingers. Zing, Nintendo : cam3lt0sis
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      He wasn't wearing the strap. : snowwolf
      • but it's worth a try to see what they say : Korban
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    is the screen of your TV hard plastic? I have an LCD TV as well, but it's only a 26" one so the screen i... : mikecyb
    • no it's just like most lcd monitors : dopefish
  • at least there's a second one already there : jrock
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    • hahahaha : chazums
  • holy fucking shit lol : jono181
  • http://upload.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_comp/Acclaim_Images_0095-0508-2917-1640.jpg : Senor PoopyPants
  • D: : filtersweep
  • :O ... zomfg i would have cried. >:\ : virus
  • http://www.WiiHaveAProblem.com <- Submit it to their site. (I responded to the wrong post above) : Pezman
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  PEOPLE -- READ THE DIRECTIONS!! It ALWAYS says "LIGHTLY perform motion". the end. : boring gegtik
  • boring gegtik more like annoying gegtik : boomstickah
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    If people don't think it's a bad idea to move their 360 around with it reading a disc in it, they are nev... : Fred Garvin
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      I want to see someone chuck a wiimote into a running 360 and make it topple over and scratch their copy o... : boring gegtik
      • yes. : dopefish
      • Now, if you can fit the PS3 into that plan you got a home run. : Fred Garvin
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    The whole point of the damn console is supposed to be more immersion by actually doing actions instead of... : drekstar
    • yes I would, I would say that if someone did that : boring gegtik
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      wait, are straps actually breaking? : crummynz
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        http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=wii+strap : MatthewPhillips
        • all those pictures (except 1) are from the SA guy, and I'm not convinced that's true. : aethyr
    • Exactly I can't believe people are saying to settle down...the fucking whole POINT of the console is to g... : mastarp
  • One thing besides wearing the strap- if you are using the nunchuck, you have to make sure you thread the ... : Borzoi
  • So these commercial Nintendo has been showing with people flaying all around.... : notext
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  Oh man, how long before the lawsuits? : Fred Garvin
  • HE USED THE NUNCHUCKS LIKE NUNCHUKS YOUR HONOR : jrock
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    0.01 secs after the first black-eye / concussion. : chazums
    • Won't happen. Nintendo takes great great pains to tell you to wear the strap, make sure no one is close ... : SolrFlare
• so, your going to jail... : AMikaboshi
• I took the strap off my my main controller 2 nights ago.... It sounds silly but it seemed too cumbersome ... : re-verse
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  So damned ridiculous too, because you can sit and do SIMPLE wrist flicks and do the exact same thing as s... : GeorgeB3DR
  • http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/13 : Drewus
  • Half the fun is acting like a fool. =P just hang on to the damn wiimote! : tfboc
  • it's called immersion : Senor PoopyPants
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  Does the Wiimote still work? : Ecks
  • works fine : dopefish
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkdihGX7iWM : jonas54
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    No, see, that is just a retard by every stretch of the word : Bantis
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      I don't see what's so bad about it. Yeah, okay, so it's unnecessary, but is it bad for a person to get in... : jonas54
      • launching the remote at 80 mph is retarded as far as im concerned. there is getting into the game, and ju... : Bantis
  • That is so unnecessary. That said, they need to make stronger straps for people who insist on swinging th... : Serpico74
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  so unlike the 360, the wii will actually not break, but instead break objects around you . . . . : jedi_27
  • How long until a flying Wiimote destroys an XBOX? : systatic
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  all those Nintendo ads did not show people playing "gently" with the wiimote; they were totally getting i... : kill9
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    It did, however, show people that could hold onto the damn remote and not huck it straight at the TV in t... : timmie
    • Right, because the people obviously intended for the remote to slip out of their hands, for the strap to ... : jonas54
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  wow, my first INF. but at what cost? : dopefish
  • $3k apparently : Clay
• THE STRAPS ARE NOT DEFECTIVE CHILL OUT PEOPLE. The dude wasn't wearing the strap. : lowayne

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• should have brought a milkjug. Nice job on the wares. : boomstickah
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  5$ DVD-Rs at Best Buy? Maybe I'll swing by later. : brickmatt
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    how many dvd-r's for 5 dollas? : doomed
    • You get 100 dvds : soggybagel
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  I can't beleive people try and cut it, it's so shameless :( : abrasion
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    No kidding. When it's a line in excess of 100 people, most of which are freezing cold and sore, cutting i... : ShekkyBoy
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      Dude. People tried to cut when the line for the Best Buy I was at was about 350 people at the very least.... : soggybagel
      • i waited in line from 3:30 to 5 only to have a bunch of people that had been milling around in the parkin... : McLoseAgain
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  It's 4:30 right now, and I'm about to head out to my Best Buy to get those $200 22" LCD monitors by Westi... : angrytaxman
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    Good luck. I arrived at 4:45am to see about 300+ ppl in line. : Sludgehead
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      LOL, I just got back and my Best Buy had 700+ people in line at about 4:45 as well. Screw that, I'll wait... : angrytaxman
      • Ya I don't know why I even bothered since I knew it would be impossible to get what I went for without wa... : Sludgehead
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        That is insane. I only went out on black friday once, to get a good deal on a video card. I went at lik... : rasputinreborn
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          When I was in HS I worked in a mall one BF. OMFG it sucked. Was in the store from 7am until 10pm, and t... : riptyde
          • I worked at EB once during the holidays. Horrible. : EvilDolemite
        • i worked at old navy one year on black friday. shit. people treated that store like a landfill. : FrayLo
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  I thought the tickets were only good for 30 minutes after the store opened? : ieGod
  • haha ouch. :[ : wtf242
  • Oh goddamn am I going to LOL if this is the case. : Phil
  • uh-oh :( : filtersweep
  • Nah, they said that they were good until 11am : Era5er
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  You better get there quick, those expire : Senor PoopyPants
  • heh yeah, i was gonna post this too, better not fuck up and lose that shit :) : pukerat
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  I got there at 11PM, I was probably #50. The line was fine until around 3AM, then everyone started fucki... : aethyr
  • Oh yea, there were also a couple of what looked to be entire familes (Dad + 4 kids, some very young), as : aethyr
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    BUT THE PS3 LAUNCH PEOPLE WERE ASSHOLES WIII LAUNCH PPL WERE SO NICE : boomstickah
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      I'm pretty sure these aren't WII launch people, they're Black Friday INSANE people. : WorkParticle
      • Where are Soylent Green riot bulldozers when you need them? : eldersveld
• What's up new TV buddy? I'm at work after no sleep since 9:00am yesterday, but mission accomplished on my... : Era5er
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  That's really dangerous, man. You should have peed in a cup, or something. You could have damaged your bl... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    I'm young. I'll live. : thekidd
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      Dude, did you get the TV & laptop or had the tickets expired? If I'd waited that long, I would never h... : Colleton
      • showed up at 11:45pm, and had no problem picking them up. : thekidd
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  I was interested in picking up the 100 DVD-Rs for $5, the ScanDisk 2GB SD card for $29.99, the Western Di... : zuga
  • If you're going shopping anyways its worth a shot just snooping around. Jerk asses who went to buy thing... : soggybagel
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  Tell me about it man. I worked *at* best buy today from 5am until 5:45pm. I got in about 4:30 at work a... : SolrFlare
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    so, um, are you guys um getting more Wii's this weekend? :P : drucifer
    • Honestly, I never once had time to check the retail insider today or ask about it. Hell, I was so busy I... : SolrFlare

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  SHACKTAGGED :( Haven't done that in a while. : Fred Garvin
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    noob : Degenerate
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      like you : jedi_27
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        I have a grenade with your name on it : Degenerate
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          just one? : jedi_27
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            thats all I need : Degenerate
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              *clap clap clap* : jrock
              • please don't feed the animals : jedi_27
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  I'm still on the fence about this game. I really liked the mp demo the little I've played of it but I als... : -efx-
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    Well, the Shack might not keep it up, but the first one that came out for the Xbox was busy all the time.... : Fred Garvin
    • Sounds good, I'm probably in then tonight! : -efx-
    • oh IMO and the 'quality' (maturity, sense of humor, etc) of the ppl playing has already outstripped the q... : eskimo spy
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    I'm about an hour into the singleplayer and so far it's the most FPS-like of the RainbowSix singleplayer ... : eskimo spy
    • So, it's more action-ny then past games? I always sucked at setting up my team and routes and whatnot. Is... : -efx-
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      The first two locations (Mexico and the first half of the Casino) are the least good (fun/visual) maps in... : MrLobo
      • Allright, you've convinced me. Picking it up at lunch. : -efx-
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        let's make out (and send me a free copy) : porp
        • I don't even have my copy yet :( But if you want I can buy you a copy of the game at cost value, which... : MrLobo
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    i am determined to get a weekly game of this going. although real life owns me and has for months now, r... : FrayLo
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      haha I love all your posts about renewed Monday night Shackbattles. That's what really got me into xbox l... : Bull
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        i like to live in the past : FrayLo
        • You do know we're playing Vegas and not 3 / Black Arrow tonight, riiiiiiiiight? : Bull
      • I'll make sure the Monday nights thing is renewed:p : Dobbs
  • I beat the single player campaign last night, and it was awesome from beginning to end. : mmt681
  • Rainbow Six games usually have pretty good lasting appeal around here. : Entity
• I'm in. Gamertag: Khabalski I'm not very good, since I only got back into console shooters recently a... : Salad Sammich
• you fuckers are gonna make me buy this :( : freakord
• I'll be there. You guys are gonna eat some C4 and incendiary nades lol. : johnny skidmarks
• I'm in if I'm home by then (should be). Anyone want to play NOW? Gamertag Goncyn, I'm online. : Goncyn
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  I'm in. Gamertag is "Bizarro Bull" : Bull
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    i never finished halo 2 after getting my 360. i really want to finish it on my old xbox but for some rea... : FrayLo
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      misreply but you guys get the point : FrayLo
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        hi Fraylo!!! you reply to threads like you play Rainbow and GEARS :) : jedi_27
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          i suck at gears MP :( : FrayLo
          • So do I but it doesn't keep me from having a blast with it :) : -efx-
    • I know what you mean. I'm a gamerscore whore (even though my score sucks), but there's still a ton of stu... : Bull
• gonna try to make it, xkill9x : kill9
• Sweet, what game modes are you planning on? Tag: SailorofFortune : pebui
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  ZEE GAME IS MINE! I AM OFF TO SHOOT TANGOS WITH MY P90! : jedi_27
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    whoa wait there is a p90 in the game? : kill9
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      it's a Rainbow Six game, there's a whole Soldier of Fortune magazine full of lead throwers to choose from... : eskimo spy
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        I'm disappointed at no M-4A1 but there's AK-47's (why not a AK-74?) The selection is nice but it's mis... : pebui
        • MrLobo said he believes there is a plan to add guns later. : johnny skidmarks
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  Can anyone confirm whether you can splitscreen on Live in this game? I assume I'll be getting it soon... : Dobbs
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    as far as I know you can do 2 player splitscreen. : sigpro
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      hmmm let me see if i can try in a few minutes. HOLY CRAP THIS GAME IS AWESOME!!! The single player de... : jedi_27
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        Yeah, I beat all the SP stuff today after playing it like crazy the last 2 days. I'm playing ranked game... : sigpro
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          cool. I was trying to work out why i could not join you. Can you raise your rank in games with frien... : jedi_27
          • yeah, I just don't think it does it as fast : sigpro
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    Hey Dobbs, Sorry, split screen does not work over XLIVE and SYSTEM LINK. There is a split screen mode ... : jedi_27
    • That sucks, no cheating wife then I guess... : Dobbs
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  tag: efx1138 add me pls I just bought the game. I had to buy the collectors edition because they were out... : -efx-
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    Worth it? Isn't it just an extra video of that annoying French guy, Maxime? Also, anyone notice the gr... : Bull
    • Well, I meant worth it in the sense to get it today. : -efx-
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      You mean grammar? Oh and there is nothing wrong with it. Its a game made by Ubi Montreal. Kinda like a St... : johnny skidmarks
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        haha I suck. I think the game is worth every penny. It's the special edition that seems like a rip off... : Bull
        • You'll get no argument from me. But I stay away from all collector's editions lol. : johnny skidmarks
• tag:adambugger please add me : adambugger
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  fuck yeah. luckily the guy at the store did me a huge favor and allowed me to return superman returns an : pandastrong
  • Wow, lucky : aggressor
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    totally awesome!!!!!! i am wondering though . . .why did you buy superman? The demo was really good, ... : jedi_27
    • i liked the demo so didnt read any reviews on it. : pandastrong
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  damn it takes a while to rank up. I just got my 1st rank and it took like 3 hours. : sigpro
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    Yup. It can take some time. I just got to Specialist last night. : johnny skidmarks
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      damn, does playing the online co-op rank you up at all? : sigpro
      • I've been getting 100 experience for doing each chapter of the co-op story so it seems that way. I'm su... : boredguy
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        Yup. For story mode and t hunts, you have to successfully complete the level. For the pvp modes you get p... : johnny skidmarks
        • I've found out how to get massive points. Do attack and deffend, be the attackers on like a 20 min map w/... : sigpro
• count me in! : choppp
• I'm in.. Xbox live name is Swampball : adodric

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  Scarface j00 cockaroach : judasen
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    ^^^Fucking overrated. : broly1718
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      I totally agree. I never liked that movie. : metralgia
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        I'm so happy to see others agreeing with this. : BoKnows
        • same, don't care for it at all : renegade732
• Chicks With Dicks Vol. 8 : pyros
• I've also never seen Fight Club : Ziz
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  Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood : Lawgiver
  • also, Stepmom. Mothers running in slo-mo towards a jungle gym for the win! : kenmis
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  lock stock & two smoking barrels : pyide
  • and snatch. : skobar
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  fight club has some pretty intense homosexual over/under/tones. I don't know if I'd call it a guy's movie... : Supine
  • I think that the movie eludes you : Era5er
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    I agree. But then someone else suggested Predator which is seriously as gay as a movie as you can get wit... : NastyJack
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      top gun? hell-ohhhow! : pyide
      • ^ good point : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      what the fuck is the matter with you homo's? : mindshot
      • Buncha slack jawed faggots. : d0gbert
    • I need you to stop posting! : abrasion
  • I am wanting to put a knife inside you. : abrasion
• Any Oprah approved movie : Ziz
• Glengarry Glen Ross, COMMANDO : Serpico74
• Die Hard, Rocky 1-4, Rambo, Top Gun (if you're gay), Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Lots of pointless 80's ... : soggybagel
• The Godfather : buzzbat
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  predator : AbortedFetusChristi
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    Why is there still an active thread following this post? : node
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      Yup, EOT right here, sorry. : bounty838
      • This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me. : AbortedFetusChristi
• Aliens : -efx-
• The Matrix Terminator 1/2 : mad hatter
• repo man, gone in sixty seconds( the '70s version ) : unmanned
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  Mr. Bean goes to America : deKaf
  • bean I forgot about him funny stuff : unmanned
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  Jay & silent bob : nrgXs
  • I AM THE MASTER OF THE CLIT. I MAKE THAT SHIT WORK! : node
  • Damn right! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkY--mEUBH0 : knepus
• Deliverance. for some older classics: Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Fellini's 8 1/2. But that ... : Borzoi
• Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend : eldersveld
• Boondock Saints : m0nkz
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  Pale Rider and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly : Era5er
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    for a fistfull of dollars : unmanned
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      Outlaw Josey Wales : c0bra
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        for a few dollars more : unmanned
        • Gauntlet : pres589
      • This sub-thread is full of manly men : Era5er
• Fletch 1/2, Beverly Hills Cop, Jaws, From Dusk till Dawn, Lethal Weapon (and anything else involving Shan... : connor
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  swingers : FrayLo
  • Signed. Goodfellas and Casino too. Oh.. and Heat. : connor
  • Great flick. Watch that and suddenly you either feel a) Inadequate b) Capable of scoring with anyone. Bec... : node
  • Oh good, someone did say it : Tawler
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  Heat, Goodfellas : locash
  • definately Goodfellas : metralgia
  • Airplane. Guy movies are movies where guys can quote verbatim at least 10 years after seeing them. : Thresher
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  Showdown in Little Tokyo : Pacalon
  • Big Trouble In Little China : NastyJack
• Rudy : AllYourBase
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  Rambo movies, Conan movies, commando, cobra, matrix, terminator, aliens, heat, etc... too many to list.... : broly1718
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    The duke is gonna come back from the grave and kick your ass for saying that. : capt tripps
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      c'mon. clint makes a much more badass cowboy than the duke. : broly1718
      • Dude, the duke kicked death's ass TWICE. lost the third time :( : capt tripps
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  PREDATOR is the manliest movie ever made. Ever. : tomservo
  • qft. EOT : AMikaboshi
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    COMMANDO is way manlier. Predator is a classic but for sheer manliness Commando beats every film ever mad... : Serpico74
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      Predator makes you a goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus. : Fyunch Click
      • One that ain't got time to bleed at that! Man, why didn't Jesse continue his movie career, so awesome : node
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  Field of Dreams. Only movie men cry during consistantly. : orgcaptainnemo
  • My boss' favourite film. I've not seen it but he says he just breaks down every time the main characters : node
• The Dirty Dozen, duh! : c0bra
• Great Escape, Das Boot : Edges
• T2, best action movie ever : takio
• Hard Boiled : porp
• The Terminator...the end : Ulfie
• Home Alone. Put it on repeat and it will drive ANYONE insane. : Jerry C
• let's face it- most movies (other than crap the marketing people shovel directly to the "women's market")... : Borzoi
• Pride and Prejudice : Sexpansion Pack
• Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses : felicia
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  I've only seen bits of Fight Club. I didn't 'get it'. The message seemed to be 'be a jerk'. : Dynotaku
  • while I thought fight club sucked balls, you have no idea at all what it's all about if you don't watch i... : AbortedFetusChristi
• Die Hard, Predator, Old School : TastyWheat
• http://www.dndradio.com/ : zuelnet
• Jessica Slumber Party = ultimate "Guy Movie" : Phil
• The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly : aethyr
• Brokeback Mountain. : EvilDolemite
• Death Wish series, Dirty Harry series. : Skoal^Fyfan
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  I've never seen Fight Club. It always looked kinda lame. I read the opening chapter of the book, thoug... : Orange Pylon
  • you stupid turd fairy! : Skoal^Fyfan
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    you are stupid : oHnOES
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      Yeah I get called that a lot by Fight Club fanboys. : Orange Pylon
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        im not a fan boy.......... but still.. give the movie atleast A CHANCE its good : oHnOES
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          I might, if it comes on TV or something. : Orange Pylon
          • it's good. i thought it looked lame too, until my friend who saw it in the theater convinced me to watch ... : pyide
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        yes, because of course anyone who likes something widely considered very good is a fanboy. thank you, you... : eskimo spy
        • thank you : oHnOES
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          Actually, what I consider a fanboy is someone who is willing to flame me and call me names over the fact ... : Orange Pylon
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            Welcome to the internet. may i direct you to http://yahoo.com ??? : oHnOES
            • You know what the worst thing about that was? I actually clicked on the goddamn link. : Orange Pylon
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            "fanboy" applies more to people who defend things that stink. fight club is not all like that, and you ha... : thebigbeefsandwich
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              All right, fine. replace fanboy with fan if it makes you feel better. And I challenge you to point out... : Orange Pylon
              • ...though I am stupid, because that should be a questionmark at the end of that post >:( : Orange Pylon
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                im on your side man, especially for someone calling you stupid when you dont share the same taste. so. fu... : hobosapien
                • That's great and all, but I really don't allow anybody on my side unless they bring me a bottle of hard l... : Orange Pylon
          • STFU FANBOI : soggybagel
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    well, at least you gave it a chance... er wait : jaga
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      You're right, I didn't give it one chance. Hate to say it, but I only watch movies every once in a while, : Orange Pylon
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        uh huh.. well your loss, its a good movie and nothing like what it seems : jaga
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          Good to know. : Orange Pylon
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            FYI, when it came out and I saw reviews etc I was completely uninterested after it came out on DVD, a ... : jaga
            • yeah, was different from what I expected. Feels kinda like a Usual Suspects w/ more action. : Megara9
      • hahahaha, okay, hahahaha. If a movie gets tons of amazing reviews and it isn't "my type" of movie I st... : orgcaptainnemo
  • I dismissed it for months because I thought it was a movie about, you know, guys fighting. Then I saw it... : SiW73
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    I'm not sure why you'd intentionally miss out on one of the most significant pieces of art of your time. ... : Wheatloaf
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      Haha, we've really brought the claws out haven't we? First of all, give me a single goddamn reason why... : Orange Pylon
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        In fact, this whole thread is actually making me want to see the movie LESS, for fear of turning into a s : NastyJack
        • You're right. Next time you post about how you're really not interested in seeing A FUCKING MOVIE, I'll b... : Orange Pylon
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        hmm its not stuck up.. its like not liking what is one of the better movies of the last 10 years without ... : jaga
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          Actually, you're one of the only people in this subthread that actually makes me interested in this movie... : Orange Pylon
          • I agree with you about shack opinion - it often makes me less interested but looking at fightclub trai... : jaga
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        First of all, re-reading my post, I don't see how you think the 'claws are out'. Film is a form of art : Wheatloaf
        • What makes me think the claws are out? Well, you called me closed-minded, my opinion retarded, and the "d... : Orange Pylon
  • watch the movie, and then watch it again and again, everytime you pick up on something new that u didnt c... : mindshot
• Uhh Fight Club isn't really what I'd call a "guy movie". Close to the opposite. In fact it's one of my gf... : feek
• Footloose, how stella got her groove back, fried green tomatoes and to wang fu. : voodooraze
• Pulp Fiction, Spinal Tap, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Aliens, etc. : Ravenkettle
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  Lethal Weapon, or am I getting too old for this shit? : treefingers1
  • ^^^ Good call. : senseimoron
• Phat Girlz : electroly
• anything that involves aging college students, or old guys acting like college students, or old guys dres... : Megara9
• D.E.B.S. : drucifer
• I bet that fairy hasnt watched Se7en either : Degenerate
• Predator, Total Recall, Robocop, Commando, Terminator 2. : abrasion
• Casino Royale. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Beaches : systatic
• Shawshank Redemption. Ultimate Buddy Movie, imho. : dmason
• Pretty much any action movie with Schwarzenegger : spiffymc
• Finding Forrester anyone?? "You're the man now, dog!" : hobbespanache
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  The Evil Dead trilogy. I'm sure GeorgeB will agree with me on this ;) : Drewus
  • I'm going to see Evil Dead: The Musical in a week :) http://www.evildeadthemusical.com/ : aethyr
• True Grit, Conan, The Dirty Dozen, Planet of the Apes, Highlander, Jaws, Indy Trilogy, Bullit, yadda, yad... : Stoned Gargoyle
• The Big Lebowski. End of thread. : not work safe
• Army of Darkness : gyokuro