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  gaim? : beastrabban
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    ^^^ doesn't minimize to systray!!! :( : SMBYourFather
    • yes it does, dig deeper (there is a sys-tray plugin that comes standard with gaim, works on windows and l... : qwpeoriu
    • lol. Preferences->Plugins->Sys Tray : Dimmona
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    It keeps crashing when getting a cookie from the MSN servers. :( : DOOManiac
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      Using the latest beta? : Sapiens
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        The latest beta went final, and as such no one should have the latest beta anymore. : sharkII
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          I'm using the latest final. 1.5.0 : DOOManiac
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            You should use the latest 2.x branch. 1.5 isn't being developed anymore. : Ecks
            • Too slow sucka! : Sapiens
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          Where have you been? 2.0.0 b6 just came out Jan. 19th. Also @DOOManiac, try the new beta, it's been tot... : Sapiens
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            Where can I find it? The gaim site only has 1.5.0 as far as I can see. : DOOManiac
            • Nevermind, I'm blind. In my defense, it isn't on their "Downloads" page nor the "Windows Port" page. : DOOManiac
          • I was referring to the Windows Live Messenger, I missed the fact that you all were referring to GAIM. : sharkII
      • Huzzah, it logs in now. I assume everything is fine. : DOOManiac
• http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ : -Panther-
• I forgot to say please. And I see I already have answers. Thanks guys. :D : DOOManiac
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  trillian pro. : paravis
  • this is the correct answer : dopefish
• trust me, she's not really a hot horny teen : cap n KRUNCH
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  meebo. end of thread. : crummynz
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    Meebo is like the bestest idea evar : Q-ball
    • It's actually fully replaced Trillian and other IM clients on all my computers now. Much more casual, som... : crummynz
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  Miranda. : thief
  • ^^ awesome IM program. Wish I could get it to work in Ubuntu without Wine though. :( : o0JediBeavis0o
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  Why isn't there a Windows port of Adium? :( : snagger
  • it's called gaim : qwpeoriu
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    It's based on Gaim, man. All the backend is the same. : Conan
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      I doubt that's why he wants a port... : zakk
      • Honestly, I am surprised no one's done a non-GTK Gaim based app for Windows yet. The official one works w... : Conan
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      the backend isn't why adium is awesome : electroly
      • no, it's not. But it wouldn't work on windows, Adium is great because it seems to work well with the OSX ... : qwpeoriu
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  Miranda or Try the new super-secret Trillian in testing, its apparently very forward thinking : PlanetPerfecto
  • How ? : Nighteyes
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  Gaim, I can't say it enough. : spazzium
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    I will never understand the desire to use gaim; it uses gtk, it's ugly as fuck, the included sounds are e... : Bantis
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      1) What's wrong with gtk? 2) It looks like every other ugly app in windows 3) It's light as hell 4) It... : spazzium
      • gtk is extra bloat i don't need. That definitely looks like no other windows App I use; it looks like a s... : Bantis
• They need to integrate Xbox Live into this so I can still chat via live while waiting for my replacement ... : Tommy Toolbag

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• DDP Campaign? Although it sort of fails on 'most wanted'. Certainly fucking rare, tho. : zakk
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  panzer dragoon saga? : ibrokn
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    yeah. i'm thinking its between Radiant Silvergun and SotN : mr.sleepy
    • (and Panzer Dragoon Saga) : mr.sleepy
    • Radiant Silvergun is not rare. It's just expensive. It's not hard to buy a copy of RS at all. : zakk
    • i have all three for the sega saturn ... : ibrokn
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  Gold Nintendo World Championships NES game. I think only 20 were made. : Prozium
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_World_Championship : boring gegtik
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  Lots of people lust after Symphony of the Night. : davantalus
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    isnt it being released on xbox live? : ant_hillbilly
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      Sweet, I can finally play it! : davantalus
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        It's also coming to the PSP along with the prequel to SotN that was only released in japan. : Prozium
        • It's already on my PSP ;) : spazzium
  • I always hear this, but when I looked for a copy, I found one without any problem whatsoever. : synaptic revolt
  • Shit, I just found a copy at Gamestop like, a week ago while going through their Buy 2 Get 1 Free PSX stu... : Vincent Grayson
  • its one of the few PSX games I still own.. :) : metalremains
• Gunmetal for PC? Toca race driver? Pool of radiance: Ruins of myth drannor - Collectors edition? Hundred ... : vikramwillrock
• DNF, oh wait... sorry, had to : thief
• The Dark Eye http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/darkeye/index.html : VegasX
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  REZ : freakord
  • it certainly feels rare. I only got mine by stumbling on it in a games shop near my university. : Postal
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    see them used in gamestop/eb all the time, something like $39.99 or more used : Patch-e
    • Is the vibrator attachment used as well? Did you sniff-test it? : snoozy
  • REZ was recently (within the last year) reprinted by a company that buys the right to reprint games like ... : zakk
• Jumanji. : sgtsanity
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  system shock 2 : Downforce
  • i have this : mr.sleepy
• Metal Warriors : kbnerd
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  PAL version of X-com for the PS1 I sold my original copy on ebay for over $120 a couple of years ago. : Drewus
  • I had the NTSC version. God I loved that game even though there were literally 1 minute 20 second load t... : Ecks
• Dracula X: Rondo of Blood (TG-16 CD) : Conan
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  The Original PONG : Dookeyfingers
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    I saw it at the classic gaming expo I went to last year. It was so beat up and unassuming, it's hard to ... : Ecks
    • The Science Museum in London has a big games exhibition on at the moment with some really old stuff - the... : peanut-
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  Daikatana : jcutner
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    i have it sealed : Zibro
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      the way it should be : SockMonkeh
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        What has the romero been up to lately, anyway? Things have been suspiciously quiet. : bostrov
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          grooming his luxorious mane : SockMonkeh
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            he cut his hair along time ago :( : OrkO
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              He re-grew it. : abrasion
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                That hair was cut! It has been remade! : videlectrix
                • Ahahaha, I LOL'd. : mmcguyer
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  ff7 in original packaging? not the greatest games deal. : xxiv
  • I have just this sitting on top of my PS2, the original version from release in very good shape. I was d... : DinK
  • Rare? It sold millions. : pyrogen
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  Panzer Dragoon Saga : dmason
  • ... and I got a copy! : dmason
• i don't know if this counts but i know a dude with an original sealed zelda nes copy signed by miyamoto. ... : skankcore
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  Galaga cabinets - and most table-top cabinets with original arcade boards in them are getting more valuab... : snoozy
  • there's this old looking Pac-Man tabletop cabinet at a taco place i go to. i wonder if they would sell it... : videlectrix
• Oh, and the old old Nintendo Game and Watch handhelds are worth a fair bit in mint condition. Especial... : snoozy
• Duke Nuke-Um 4-Ever : topkatz
• Ogre Battle comes to mind for some reason. : DinK
• Chrono Trigger SNES -- man those cartridges on ebay are expensive!!! : Shadowdane
• Leisure Suit Larry 4 (Ha!) : oo7|bond
• Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage : DonkeyPopsicle
• Tengen Tetris for the NES. : dmiller
• i dont know about rarest ever, but Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo was pretty hard to find. luckily i snag... : pandastrong

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  This may be useful even to beta testers, especially the console commands no one knows about. This guide i : bradsh
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    Economy management is really the key to the game. If you mess up your economy and your opponent doesn't y... : aeg1x
    • there are a number of other snipe wins. T3 bombers, t3 arty, nuke, scouts + gunships, squad of support co... : bradsh
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      wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. Tactics on the both the operation and individual troop level definitely de... : Foxhawk
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        well tbh I didn't really totally read what you said. You're right in that you can't "totally mess up." s... : Foxhawk
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          I still haven't seen that, even in replays I download from GR. It just seems like whoever has the most nu... : aeg1x
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            high level players play different. in other games, theres much more strategy. and again, its hard to see ... : bradsh
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              Can you give me an example of tactics in supcomm? When I think tactics I think along the lines of using 2... : aeg1x
              • yeah theres not much of what youre describing in supcom : bradsh
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    Wow, that is handy being able to see your economy as a percentage. However, I wish it showed percentages ... : crummynz
    • yeah, it would be nice. send gpg some feedback (if they still have that option in GPGnet, it might have b... : bradsh
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      thats what the net numbers are for. if you are +12 mass income, you know you have 12 mass to work with be... : sexninja!!!!
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        i maintain that its easier to tell which half of your economy is hurting with percentages. whichever side... : bradsh
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          no, you know how your economy is hurting based on your knowledge of what the minuses mean. -1 energy is w... : Foxhawk
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            Uh... yeah. -1 energy is very different to -1 mass, but 1% energy is roughly similar to 1% mass. : crummynz
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              exactly. it is this that foxhawk does not understand. he is unwilling to use the percents and the little ... : bradsh
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                http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13882655 : Foxhawk
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                  I understand that, and thats why the little numbers are helpful. But for a quick "how's my economy doing"... : crummynz
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                    as far as "hows my economy doing" its actually very easy: if its negative its not doing so hot, if its po... : sexninja!!!!
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                      say you have (-548) +697/-1245 energy and (-23) +22/-45 mass. do you build a mass fab or a power gener... : bradsh
                      • power. a mass fab that has no power is worthless : sexninja!!!!
      • exactly. percents might be useful to a point, but true masters will use the straight numbers. : Foxhawk
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        Yeah, and I lose those, but they're small and I'm lazy, I guess. : crummynz
        • Uh, I meant use. : crummynz
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    double click on a unit to select all of the same unit on screen -> very useful double left click does ... : sexninja!!!!
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      what did you think i said? : bradsh
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        well when you go to percentage mode you cant see your +/- : sexninja!!!!
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          thats what the little numbers are for. and im talking about the double click thing : bradsh
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            the little numbers will only tell you your gross input and output. the +/- will tell you your net, which ... : sexninja!!!!
            • I WILL FIGHT YOU IN TWO DAYS. TO THE DEATH. % vs. # : bradsh
            • See, for example, say we have this T1 factory and we want to upgrade it to T2. Using the +/- numbers, we : sexninja!!!!
  • Additional queuing tips: - you can select a building to build, and then drag. this will create a line of... : bradsh
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    This post deserves a +inf. The thing I still don't get is how the hell you're supposed to successful... : DOOManiac
    • i usually build 3 factories, and upgrade when whenever i can, and then immediately pump out the higher le... : bradsh
  • god i hate how in RTS's the winner can be determined in the first 15 minutes. then it feels like there's ... : videlectrix
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  Question about the factions: They all seem very similar, is there much difference in how they play out... : -efx-
  • yes, huge differences. Off the top of my head, aeon will pwn you in the sea, cybran will pwn you in the a... : Foxhawk
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    its not quite as different as starcraft or anything but they definitely have their differences. The diffe... : sexninja!!!!
    • UEF do not have a basic carrier. You have to build the Atlantis to get a carrier as the UEF. : Arcanum
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    most importantly: cybran have crap shields, but great experimentals and t2 point defense, Aeon have aweso... : bradsh
    • Thanks guys! : -efx-
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      Basically, I only play cybran if I think the game will be short (so i dont need shields from arty), and t... : bradsh
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        uh, re: shields. per my knowledge, uef shields are the worst. you have the upgrade the cybran shiel... : Foxhawk
        • you havent looking into how much upgrading cybran shields cost, have you. plus it takes /forever/ even wi... : bradsh
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        That is why you use cloak generators. Artillery can't target what it can't see : Crimsonbeak
        • Cloak gens do jack shit when you have ints or scouts flying around, and when we're talking about t2 arty,... : d0gbert
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      UEF has T3 gunships. IE, they can make pinpoint attacks late game and kill anything they set out to. Peri... : d0gbert
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        i would actually say t3 bombers are more dangerous : bradsh
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          T3 gunships build in 2 minutes, T3 bombers in 4. Thats the part that makes them more dangerous. : d0gbert
          • T3 gunships also have more than 3x the health of T3 bombers which gives them much better longevity when y... : Arcanum
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  ok, let's say i have 15 gunships grouped on a patrol, and i create 5 more and want them to join the patro... : mallrice
  • :sadface: : bradsh
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    Select 5 gunships, right click 15 gunships. : crummynz
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      what happens when the one you just clicked on gets destroyed : bradsh
      • yes, this is one of the many shitty things about assists : mallrice
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    Yeah that's annoying. You can set an infinite number of queued moves from a factory but you can't set a p... : aeg1x
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      You can set a patrol from a factory. I do it all the time. Select the factory, click the patrol button,... : Arcanum
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        can you have your units join an existing patrol though. that's the key part : mallrice
        • Not that I know of. Maybe if you double-right-clicked on one of the patrol waypoints, sort of like how y... : Arcanum
• This is useful info. Thanks! : schnitz76

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• Banlieue 13 : Prozium
• Total Recall : theghostofsmdever
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  The Princess Diaries : sanchez
  • ^^^ Great explosions in this one. : David Craddock
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  Equilibrium : WarhawK
  • Good all-around action flick. Solid on all counts. : plunkymeadows
• Rush Hour 1/2 : sikander
• v for vendetta : esmokah
• Hard Boiled : SockMonkeh
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  Snatch : Korban
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    What? : abrasion
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      Desert eagle, point-five-oh. : YamatoTwinkie
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        It's a great movie but I'll be damned if it's an action movie. : abrasion
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          i consider it an action-comedy. it's not easy to classify : Korban
          • its got action editing, but thats about all, btw doyalikedags : CoRDS
        • Yeah, I had actually considered Snatch for my list below, but decided it wasn't "action-ey" enough. It's... : YamatoTwinkie
    • vagina : CoRDS
    • ber chika wer werrrrr!!! no really, great flick. though, i guess it's not so much an action movie as ... : Korban
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  Ronin La Femme Nikita Great Escape The Professional Hard Boiled The Italian Job (original) : Damodred
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    Leon > The Professional : Prozium
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      Are you just being snarky or is there really a difference? : Damodred
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        The professional is missing a whole subplot between Mathilda and Leon. Leon has 20 extra minutes of foot... : Prozium
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          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_%28film%29#Version_int.C3.A9grale : Prozium
          • I had no idea! I'll have to check it out in that case. : Damodred
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          Serious? I never knew that. : abrasion
          • I think it was only the US release that got trimmed so you probably got Leon down there. : Prozium
        • Leon - Now with 10% Extra Pedophilia! : YamatoTwinkie
        • Yeah this is the version I just saw... very creepy the pedo action there.... but still awesome movie :) ... : carazy
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  COMMANDO : Serpico74
  • damn you.... : NFXFSX
  • Suburban Commando? : Horn
• COMMANDO : NFXFSX
• Gladiator Smokin' Aces Collateral City of God (sorta?) : Modica Sol Solis
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  Gladiator, Aliens, Terminator 2/3, Kingdom of Heaven, Collateral, Batman Begins, Bourne Identity, : YamatoTwinkie
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    The Big Hit, Replacement Killers - extremely underrate movie, Chow Yun Fat owns. Both movies are pretty... : Fpsnut
    • Doh, misreply. : Fpsnut
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  True Lies : sanchez
  • ^^ Why aren't more people saying this?? : dopeman
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  Primer, A Very Long Engagment : dmason
  • oh... whoops. Just saw them action part. I agree with V for Vendetta. : dmason
  • That's 2 people who don't know what an action movie is? : abrasion
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  Predator, you slack jawed faggot! : abrasion
  • This stuff will make you a god damned sexual tyrannosaurus, just like me. : basketofkittens
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension : eldersveld
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  Ronin Kill Bill Man on Fire : mrfunky3000
  • ^^^ Ronin deserves a Seconded'd : BulletPro
• Not sure if this is action, but Devil's Rejects. I just got done watching this movie and it's awesome. I : qwpeoriu
• Raiders of the Lost Ark! : PenicillinX57
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  District 13, best action movie I've seen in a long, long time. : oatmela
  • Seconded. I was going to upset if this hadn't been on there. : Zhaneel
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  Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremecy : Korban
  • seconded, minus Bourne supremacy : Subarushian
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  Bridges of Madison County... come on it's got Clint Eastwood in it! : shavenewok
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    Paint Your Wagon! : aethyr
    • meant to link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_OOgglfCfU : aethyr
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  Izo? Like 1000 people die. : Rich McNinch
  • Yessssssssss : Mondo
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  the long kiss goodnight : CoRDS
  • Underrated movie. : kagath
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  The Story of Ricky Duel to the Death Hardboiled Full Time Killer The Storm Riders 2009: Lost Memorie... : sexninja!!!!
  • This is a good list. : Rauol Duke
  • I found 2009 to be horribly over-directed. I haven't seen so many lovingly caressed slo-mo action cuts si... : Damodred
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  no love for The Transporter (I or II)? : ForkingAxle
  • Transporter 1 yes. Transporter 2 no. : davantalus
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  HEAT : strider_
  • ^iawtp : d0pamine
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  Another vote for Hard Boiled. The very best movie John Woo's ever done. : Rotten Deadite
  • I still have to say Killer was almost as good. : plunkymeadows
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    Someone hasn't seen Hard Target. : genjuro
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      Someone hasn't seen Paycheck. : SockMonkeh
      • Someone hasn't seen Speed 2. : cause&effect
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  BLACK HAWK DOWN : rnpvenom
  • So agreed. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  the rock, starship troopers, under siege. : mindshot
  • Shit, Starship Troopers ftw : Omaha
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  WAY OF THE GUN!!!!! : huds0n
  • ^iawtp2 : d0pamine
  • I loved the part where the guy dives into the fountain, and it looks all awesome on the preview, then you... : Turd Ferguson
• Mary Poppins : snoozy
• backdoor sluts 9 : TheArtMan
• The Wild Bunch has some pretty sweet scenes. http://former.imdb.com/title/tt0065214/ : aethyr
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  CONAN : conandan
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    make sure it's Barbarian and not Destroyer ... man oh man i just watched both recently after like 10 year... : smalakar
    • what about librarian? : shavenewok
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  Face/Off, The Long Kiss Goodnight : dodob
  • Truly Samuel L. Jackson's finest performance : genjuro
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  Aliens. : filtersweep
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    wait for it.... : huds0n
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      HOW DO I GET OUT OF THIS CHICKENSHIT OUTFIT? : huds0n
      • GAME OVER, MAN. GAME OVER! : yonderboy
      • lol. . . http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/search.x?user=huds0n&query=chickenshit : YamatoTwinkie
• the Running Man Predator : Omaha
• Commando, Police Story's 1 & 2 : red2lucas
• Ong Bok and Drunken Master 2 : grandmasterlee
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  Live and Let Die. :( "Names is for tombstones baby.." : K1Bond007
  • License to Kill : NFXFSX
  • Ya'll take this honkey out and waste him. : freshyk
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  13th Warrior : greatwhite87
  • such an underrated movie, we need more viking movies. I read the graphic novel for Pathfinder, good stuf... : darcspeed
• Mission Impossible Maximum Overdrive Bloodsport Hunt for Red October : snuff
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  RETURNER trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHdUSJCFgyg Think... Japanese Matrix meets Fifth E... : Vantage
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    no, don't think that or else you'll end up being disappointed with the movie. It isn't anywhere near as ... : Prozium
    • I was speaking in terms of style and content. Not necessarily quality. The Matrix and The 5th Element a... : Vantage
  • OLLOL no, just no. seen that movie and i kept rolling my eyes up even though it has samasuske (sp?) i ... : X-GOUKI
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  The Professional, The Transporter (1), Ronin : snagger
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    Professional is one of the greatest movies ever : lowpoly
    • I just saw this movie this weekend. Very awesome. : carazy
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  Replacement Killers? : GonzoRookie
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    not the worst movie I've ever seen, but very close to it : qwpeoriu
    • don't see very many movies eh? : GonzoRookie
• I liked A New Police Story w/ Jackie Chan. It's one of his "serious" films, and it's in Chinese.. but it ... : Megara9
• Tequila Sunrise(Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raul Julia) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0... : mista mista
• The Big Hit? : VuduChild
• The Delta Force, starring Chuck Norris : RikiTiki2
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  Chopper : Drewus
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    m8 what are you doing? if you keep stabbing me like that ya gonna kill me! come on m8! : steve_o
    • Hostage, Man on Fire, Rambo: First Blood, I second Delta Force that movie is awsome. Also I like Navy Sea... : woodchuck70
• Blind Fury Split Second Salute of the Jugger/Blood of Heroes : woddemandred
• A Bittersweet Life : marmite
• Tango and Cash, Total Recall, Beverly Hills Cop : VegasX
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  Escape from New York/LA : Drewus
  • Oh and Big Trouble in Little China And whilst we're doing the rounds with Kurt Russell, check out The ... : Drewus
• Above the Law, Hard to Kill, Marked for Death, Out for Justice, Under Siege, Under Siege 2, Executi... : CoRDS
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  Crank! plus all of the above. : cause&effect
  • I second Crank : MatzL.E.
  • Hell yes. Crank is greatness. : yoonix
• Hot Fuzz. Yes, I know it's not out in the US yet. The second it comes out, SEE IT. : critch
• Mr. Sokrates, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, Zebraman : madspacemarinemustdie
• The Transporter : Sylvanus