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  are there still quite a few shackers playing on Pinnacle? : Degenerate
  • It's more like "again" rather than "still". I'll be there to try and join the SG tonight, but I'm head... : Damodred
• fry's has heros & villians combo pack for $25 : hirez
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  is there a way to purchase CoV online if i have CoH? i dont feel like going out anywhere today :( : maulla
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    nm i see it on the playNC store. is CoV an expansion, or can i just download and install it w/o having to... : maulla
    • It's a stand alone game. : Nali4Freedom
    • Its standalone. There is City of Heroes, City of Villains, and a Combo pack for like 30 bucksish. If you ... : Bantis
• Oooo, gogamer has it for $7.90 right now, I think I'll get in on this, CoH was pretty fun : Nali4Freedom
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  I'd be inclined to think they won't ban it, based on what I've seen in game the past few days. I'm up for... : Bantis
  • Yeah, I don't really see what's wrong with Giant Communist Robots, that'd get my vote just for consistenc... : Nali4Freedom
• I'm in! : judasen
• Also, if anyone has a Teamspeak or Ventrilo server and wants to offer it to the group, let me or DrFlamma... : Bantis
• I'll make sure to join the channel later today. I've been playing alone and it really feels dull to be b... : knitemare
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  interested: tell me about the PvP? i want to kill those mother f00king heros. give me the low down plz. : m0rfus
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    PvP only happens in certain zones. There are 4 of them I believe right now. Each zone has it's own feat... : judasen
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      FFA 4tW bitches. i''l try the 14 day trial and jump in the shacknews. : m0rfus
      • If you do find a trial, could you link it here? People were asking for trial keys and I couldn't find any... : Bantis
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      you can also do base raiding pvp : Bantis
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        I don't think that's in yet. : Damodred
        • Damn, really? How long as CoV been out now? Figured that would have been implemented by now. : atom519
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          I'm almost sure it is; people talk about it on their forums and stuff, and it's in a lot of the FAQs. Hm : Bantis
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            Yea, they're in; just a bit buggy : Bantis
            • Is there anything to fight over? I thought those Orbs and whatnot just plain don't work ... Maybe I wa... : Damodred
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  downloading the client now :/ : maulla
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    err, are the CoH and CoV clients the same? my account page says cov, but its downloading the CoH client. : maulla
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      Yep, the client's the same. It has a dual-interface thing built-in, so it'll launch as CoV or CoH dependi... : Damodred
      • now if the dl would go over 200k/sec :( : maulla
• The fact that you can have a hammer and sickle on your chest as an insignia leads me to believe there wil... : Crimsonbeak
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  Is it free yet? Didn't have enough fun to pay for it. :( : Ebu
  • wtf is this crap? - City of Heroes / City of Villains Trial [European Only] : m0rfus
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  suggestions for what class would be most viable for Shack SG? i like to play support chars....i was think... : m0rfus
  • honestly, I'd tell you to try all of them. The game has a lot of choices, and it's REALLY important that ... : Bantis
  • The game has sidekicking, so regardless what level you are, you can hang with upper levels (well, as long... : Damodred
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  So I had CoH but not CoV. I guess CoV is a full blown expansion I would have to purchase? : Visceral Monkey
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    Edit: Looks like it is. Do you get a free month when you buy it if you already have CoH? : Visceral Monkey
    • Edit again: I read the entire thread. Question answered. : Visceral Monkey
    • i would assume your account isnt active? i cant even find my CoH disc, so i just bout the 19.99 CoV on th... : maulla
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  I'm still down. Add @SkinLab133 to your global friends! : skinlab133
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    Also I vote for Giant Communist Robots : skinlab133
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      i second Giant Communist Robots : m0rfus
      • Third for Giant Communist Robots : Visceral Monkey
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  Just called half price books. They have CoV, new and unused, for $9.98 I'll be suiting up tonight bitc... : Visceral Monkey
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    How big is the install? Anyone? : Visceral Monkey
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      the download is 2.2gigs : maulla
      • and my CoH/V directory is over 3.0gb : skinlab133
  • Good to have you onboard big sexy :) : Bantis
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  Update: Giant Communist Robots has been created, send a /tell to Soviet Fist for an invite. : DrFlammable
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    Also: the Hammer and Sickle Super Group emblem was not available as a choice... so I had to choose an Ear... : DrFlammable
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      Weak sauce, are we Giant Communist Ecofriends now??? I haven't seen the choices lately myself but come... : Damodred
      • At least it sort of resembles the thing! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:State_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_... : DrFlammable
  • Hooray! I can't wait till we get a base! : Aragoat
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    needs more screenshots of the super group costume! : skinlab133
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      Our new, small base: http://img442.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot2007031519154um6.jpg I'll punc : DrFlammable
      • Nothing but the SG colors now: http://img442.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot2007031519282fy4.jpg... : DrFlammable
• omg I hate you all : Degenerate
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  great, is there any way to get this working with vista, or did i just throw 20 bucks away? : maulla
  • I'm not sure, I've never used it with Vista. You could ask on the forums under the support section, or se... : DrFlammable
  • If your problem is the lack of a pointer on screen yes it's fixable just add -compatiblecursors to the s... : Darynth
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  I think Clay should be a leader : Degenerate
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    lol i'm playing eve, you leave me out of this : Clay
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      COME BACK AND LEAD THE VILLAINS CLAY : Degenerate
      • nooooo i can't keep up with all my games and tv as it is : Clay

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• Thats little "red" book of selling btw. : theghostofsmdever
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  I can't wait to see what angle you take for this character : alexthegreat2
  • Me tooo. I am thinking suave smooth talking American living in Europe selling some kind of needless servi... : theghostofsmdever
• Don't forget modest in your self-assesment there. : cokefiend
• god, i hate sales men :) i always have to tell my mom what crap she bought again : naabster
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  Pics so we can assess your good looks and dress style. : notd665
  • most ghosts dont photo well... : Jayx77
• Helpful video on sales: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oXx0qwe0wc : helvetica
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  How to win friends and influence people is a great one... : Antilles_Prime
  • I was going to recommend this as well. : tomservo
  • Absolutely. Should be required reading in high school. : Vantage
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  i'm lookin' fo a man. a saaaaaaaaaaaaaales man! (obsure buffy reference) : thaperfectdrug
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    Episode? feels her Buffy cred diminishing. I'm guessing Ted but I could be wrong. : Zhaneel
    • Hint: cheese guy : thaperfectdrug
• mr. loman, is that you? : cpt_gloval
• How do dodge gunshots Making the sale as you run away Cell Phone Implantation - What you need to know ... : Zhaneel
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  SMEDDY COME SEE THOSE FUCKING MUSICAL HIPPIES WITH ME ON SUNDAY : genjuro
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    What musical Hippies? I leave at like 7am Monday morning and have no car. : theghostofsmdever
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      But this is your chance to meet a minor internet forum celebrity! Smeddy take a cab or a rickshaw or what... : genjuro
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        hang on... did you just call yourself a "minor internet forum celebrity"? : Bean
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          I'm an important man on this here internet forum and I demand respect : genjuro
          • Well around here you have to earn respect, honey! : Bean
  • musical herpes? : CoRDS
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  How not to be an smdever by Phil, haiku, multisync and genjuro it's a must read. : p4ck3tloss
  • shack clique at its best : oHnOES
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    Written by: : jcutner
    • Not until you finish school it won't be. : Vantage
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  I used to be in sales. I was good at it, but back then I was too conciencious to really enjoy pushing th... : Vantage
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    Did you not get commission? : theghostofsmdever
    • Not a cent. That would have make it more profitable, though no less soul-sucking. Corporate sales is mo... : Vantage
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  You should message Rauol Duke for some protips! : skitzo
  • I want to sell goods or services, not my body dude. : theghostofsmdever
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  getting people to buy crap they don't need With this type of mindset I both hope and expect you to fai... : Nation
  • There isn't exactly a trick to getting people to buy crap they don't need, people already do it everyday.... : skitzo
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    Well I will LIE to the customer, but my LIE will be the truth as far as they and anybody else will know. ... : theghostofsmdever
    • lies make baby jesus cry, honey. now come back to bed! : themotherofsmdever (#3239) « : thaperfectdrug
    • you sound like a perfect candidate for a Best Buy manager : pukerat
• A word of advice from a guy that worked in sales for years, if you want long term customers sell people w... : Fred Garvin
• You should read this: You can either sell, or you can't. For example, I can't, I tried, I just don't ha... : grandmasterlee

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  He really will. He's a C4-whore. Come and play, or else. Or else what? Exactly. : zyklonbee
  • Buy it for me this weekend and I'll play all week I'm home! : cyclonebee
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  Ah, I'll be away, but you can count me in for future battles. That last one was great even though I neve : exigence7
  • Also, poo on Ubisoft's face recognition for not letting me change my head to Purple Tentacle's head, even... : exigence7
• I will do my best to be there, but I actually have crap I need to take care of today after work. : sigpro
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  nobody can connect to you online seawolf. quit causing trouble : Degenerate
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    nope, problem is fixed, i can connect to everyone now, i've tested it on people i couldn't previously con... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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      how did you fix it? i have the same problem :( : Rigor Morts
      • well the problem was the router i had was very restrictive and no amount of forwarding or rules would mak... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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  No, March Madness is on. : cltcprd
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    omgz who will win 1 vs 16! just dooo eeet. : zyklonbee
    • never happened, now 2v15 is a distinct possibility :) : cltcprd
• I need to get this game... playing some co-op GRAW1 last night with my cousin made me remember how muc... : Jayx77
• ill be on whenever the OSU game is done : maulla
• You guys are making me want a 360 =[ : snagger
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  What's 9EST in GMT? I might be able to play.. live tag = marmite22 : marmite
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    Currently due to our crazy DST, GMT is +4 on EST. Should be 1AM GMT. : zyklonbee
    • Ill probably still be up for a quick game or 2 : marmite
• I should be around then and play a bit. If we don't get a good turn out we could always do some co-op as... : boredguy
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  Sorry, Vegas is yesterday's news. GRAW2 is the new hottness. : notd665
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    GRAW 1.5: The Expansion Pack We Made in 12 Months : zyklonbee
    • And it's SP is just as long as the 1st one IMO, has more and better co-op campaign and the other MP modes... : sigpro
  • I really want to get GRAW but S.T.A.L.K.E.R gets my limited funds this month. I'll get Graw2 next month i... : marmite
• bump for afternoon : ^-SeaWolf-^
• I've never played this multi, hell I havent even played the single player long enough to get an achieveme... : infallible
• i might join you guys, depending on how deep into GoW2 i am.. : virus
• I'll try to be there! : Edges
• I'll be there for sure. : Rigor Morts
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  Free money for anyone that teamkills ^-SeaWolf-^. : genjuro
  • shit, i'll do it for free. : nyranger66
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  Get me on your friends list if you don't already... : zyklonbee
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    your flist is full : Foxhawk
    • i have room for just under 30 more people... so yeah : ^-SeaWolf-^
    • I made some room on it @ xbox.com today but apparently it hasn't taken effect... The friends list is s... : zyklonbee
• Shit I may rent this and give it a try tonight tag = roxed socks : fletch_
• Terrorist Hunt is fun too =( : Cygnus X-1
• I hope I can make it...I have zyklonbee on my friend's list I believe. : cookblaze
• Ok. I will try to remember to show for this. : Goncyn
• 1 hour to go! p.s. i think it's best if i make the game private, so we don't get pubbies, which means ... : ^-SeaWolf-^
• One more hour... have 'Seawolf SSN' or 'zyklonbee' on your friends list to get in. : zyklonbee
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  oh dude, not tonight! Hopefully this will be a success so we'll have another one! : sergeon
  • if this goes well i hope to make this a weekly thing, like we used to do with americas army :) : ^-SeaWolf-^
• game time!!! : ^-SeaWolf-^
• If the other guy's friends lists are full, add me i have a few spots open still. : boredguy

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• That general tso knew wtf : rosewood
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  its the best. : Rigor Morts
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    beats the rest! : Audhuml4
    • it passes the test! : rosewood
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  That's not real Chinese food. D: : Eej
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    yup - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Tso's_chicken : Shadowdane
    • Well, no, that article says it might be Hunan, or it might be from New York City. Unlike fortune cooki : LeapingFool
    • Other variants substitute shrimp for the chicken. Holy shit where can I get general tso's shrimp? That... : yoonix
    • George likes his kung pow spicy! : Slowtreme
  • who cares where it comes from its so tasty. : Yabrodan
• "I don't care if the team is struggling. I want to kiss you." : trOmblyj
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  dognose's a vegan. That means he doesn't eat meat. : notd665
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    then why would he visit places that serve up animals? : NeoMoose
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      Hey, we're in Texas, restaurants will serve anything with a pulse. As long as your animal doesn't try ... : RomSteady
      • Chicken is vegetarian fare in Texas... : Andy Hanson
  • Phil knows I love hearing about it when other people eat Chinese food :D : dognose
  • Just yesterday he said he enjoyed a vegan variant of orange chicken. Don't you keep up with the Daily Do... : CrazyPants
• i'm so getting chinese tonight. : dahanese
• I've never tried that type of chicken before. I need to check it out some time. : bcyde
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  what is this a dognose post? : ki11_viru5
  • sometimes, in shack cliques, other people post for others. Like today, action did a pooping post. That ... : rosewood
• if only the chicken used for gen tso' was decent meat : synack
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  I had real chinese, I think, in San Fran and it sucked lots. I ordered bbq duck of some sorts and there w... : lord cecil
  • The whole point of that dish is that it has tasty, fatty skin. :| : Eej
  • the skin is the best part. you can throw the meat out after you eat the skin. : quietb0y
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    Yeah when I was in Western China, the Chinese food I had as terrible. Tibetan on the other hand was aweso... : zakazi
    • What's Tibetan food like??? : dognose
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    The chinese love the bones/dark meat because the bones add flavour (or so they say). Getting white meat ... : Vantage
    • because dark meat >>>>> white meat : Clay
• I'm going to find some General Tso's tofu tonight! : godwit
• Why are you eating at places that sell MSG :( : dognose
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  dognose would not eat General Tso's chicken. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    They make fake General Tso chicken, it's awesome good : dognose
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      I've never had General Tso's chicken/fake chicken before, actually. :) : Rice-Rocketeer
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        http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14022679 : sammyl
        • meant as reply to #1931 :( : sammyl
• I want to smell your breath :( : dognose
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  MSG makes you high? : edgewise
  • phil is really easy : Downforce
  • It makes me feel like your head feels when you're hanging upside down. Like I've got extra blood going a... : Phil
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    An unknown percentage of the population may react to MSG and develop MSG symptom complex, a condition cha... : AbortedFetusChristi
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      i [lol]'d you but meant to [reply] haha, but hell yes. That's exactly what I get. * facial pressure o... : Phil
      • Pretty soon everyone will be so confused there will end up being four posts, all of them with 9000 [lol]'... : ThomW
• I just had Panda Inn for lunch, they are kind of meh, but it was there when I went to deposit my check. ... : Jayx77
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  Please let us fellow Dallas shackers know where to get it hooked up man. : fleabug
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    sexninja!!!! knows an awesome place on the East side of Preston just South of 635, maybe he will respond ... : dognose
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      Shanghai Resturant : sexninja!!!!
      • Yes thank you! Why do I keep forgetting something so wonderful :( : dognose
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        Is this in the parking lot by the Chilis? I used to work at Preston and Forest so I'm pretty familiar ... : fleabug
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          Look at THIS http://txfearfest.com/ :O : dognose
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            DUDE! AWESOME! PAGING NORMALITY!!!!!!!!! : fleabug
            • He knows :) : dognose
  • I used to go to a place in Irving just off the south service road of 183. I think it was between Story R... : Phil
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  How do you pronounce it? like "sew" or like "chow?" : skunk_ape
  • I say "chow" : AlexXdude
• I dontl ike General Tso's chicken cause its made with mostly dark meat omg racist. I much prefer sweet an... : Tommy Toolbag
• General Meow's Kitten : drucifer
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  General Tso is the best dish evar. The only problem is that I'm fucken hungry an hour later. : Wolfanoz
  • I had that problem with a Chinese girl I dated a while back. : Bean
• Where do I sign up for free man kisses? : pres589

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  Secrets weren't revealed. : zanzaban
  • that isn't ENTIRELY true Desmond told Claire about his visions : trOmblyj
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  a giant zonbie-zebra showed up and ate jack, then pooped out JUST his left arm. The rest of the people on : digitalsneek
  • I thought that might happen, but I didn't expect it until a bit further into the season. : Silent Sorrow
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  K. Locke killed the prisoner by forcing him into the sonic field they found surrounding the entire barrac : felicia
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    We knew practically all that from last weeks preview. : zanzaban
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      That's exactly what happened. Oh, and I forgot Claire wanted to catch birds to help them get off of the i : felicia
      • Thanks for the info. I'm thinking if they could get Jack "the Ripper" Bauer onto the island all these ... : Silent Sorrow
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    How do you know it's sonic? : Simulacrum
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      That's what Locke said, but it could be something else, I suppose. If it were sonic it would have to be e : felicia
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        I was just wondering about it is all. At first I thought sonic... but now I think electro-magnetic : Simulacrum
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          Would electro-magnetic pulses cause cerebral hemorrhaging? I have no idea, haven't had the chance to test : felicia
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            I did. It really HURT. When I did the sonic wave test I just had immediate explosive diarrhea : Simulacrum
            • That's the brown note. : zanzaban
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  In addition to what the above wrote. Kate, Locke, and Sayid are at the barracks and Jack was with Tom pla : ripper9
  • ohshi, I forgot about that. Kate looked pissed lolololol : felicia
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    Sorry, but who's Tom again? : Silent Sorrow
    • The bearded other. Tom and Jack are buds now. : zanzaban
    • aka mr friendly : trick
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  I haven't even seen it, and none of this even spoils it. Another let's do stuff but not actually answer s... : zanzaban
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    This is Lost, remember? That's how this show is, and this episode was really good in my opinion. : MaxPete82
    • I actually take perverse pleasure in LOST going absolutely nowhere fast. : zanzaban
• Heres you a writeup. The whole thing is a spoiler. http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Par_Avion : carazy
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  You all forgot a brief, but important moment: Ben is not "him", as in, Ben is not the boss of everything. : exigence7
  • Gah! You just spoiled it. Actually, if he were, that would be a total let down. : zanzaban
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    I swear people... I think it's Jack. I can totally see the 'big twist' at the end of the series being Jac : MorrisatCNN
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      This is a good theory, but I'll be sad if that's correct and now I know. :( : FormerHPB
      • It comes from no source other than my rather warped and often inefficient brain, I promise. : MorrisatCNN
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      how could he be "the guy" with all those flashbacks and clearly NOT being on the island beforehand? : the_doctor
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        The flashbacks don't make him not an Other. Heck, Juliet had one a few weeks ago - and she's an Other. : MorrisatCNN
        • *shrug* i suppose so, but that would be a little much even for this show. : the_doctor
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          He sure wasn't running Dharma from its inception. He would have been awfully young to be heading that up : SinistarX
          • Maybe it's not Jack, but Jack's father... that would explain Jack seeing him alive on the Island anyways? : stonedonkey
  • Alvar Hanso. : ripper9
  • we already knew that in season 2, when the "captured" him he told jack the person he worked for was a gre : Flying h4x0r
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  But seriously though... When they revealed that Claire was Jack's half-brother I thought... holy shit thi : Simulacrum
  • half-brother? now that IS a spoiler. : zanzaban
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    Claire's a man?! : felicia
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      the hell she is : thekidd
      • hahahaha, it makes so much sense now why you like her/him so much : felicia
  • I need coffee :( : Simulacrum
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  I liked that Locke, stole some C-4 and deliberately blew up the building. Now he has more of a purpose. H : baronzemo78
  • you think thats his motive? I cant figure out what locke's motives are : bradsh
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  Did anyone else laugh when Jack's dad announced that he was Clair's father? In a moment of geekness I be : flagg209
  • yeah i sure did : burgertime
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  When Locke Pushed Flaming-eye-patch dude through the sonic-barrier I developed a still prevalent hate for : thekidd
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    Why - I thought that was pretty funny and thought in my head: PWNED! : flagg209
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      everytime they get an other, they find a way to kill them, or just let them go. it's stupid and I hate i : thekidd
      • I never thought of it that way - I may have to re-evaluate : flagg209
• http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1173621953/The_Writers_Of_Lost_(Parody) this is comedy : agentlead
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  locke episode next week! we also found out that claire is super hot with black hair. : trick
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    I think Locke lost his ability to walk in the fire at the Box Company, in the meanwhile, Hugo gets richer : pebui
    • Oh wait, it was his show company that burned down, not the box company. Oh well. : pebui
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  I remember in season 2 (I think) someone had a flashback And they were following Jack's father and he sto : cookblaze
  • I remember that, and thought the same thing- I wondered about her mother at the time, 'cause she didn't l : mn3m0n1c
  • that was ana lucia's flashback, yeah. people have been proposing that it was claire for a while, but we : thekidd
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  SWEET MOTHER OF GOD IS BLACK HAIRED CLAIRE UNGODLY HOT : bradsh
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    Ew, no. The hair made her look worse, in my opinion. : felicia
    • I thought she looked hot. : SockMonkeh
    • What do you know aboutvaginas hot women? : Fred Garvin
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    Much better as a blonde. I remember her back on Roswell...Mmmmmm : pimpium
    • i hate cut bangs like that. ugh : bradsh
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    until you hear the accent : melt_core
    • THANK YOU, HER ACCENT IS FUCKING ANNOYING <3 : felicia
  • still not as hot as the French lady, or Locke Yeah, she's not bad! : devi| dog
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    YES I SAID THE SAME THING LAST NIGHT!!!! : trOmblyj
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      HAY GUYS WHATS GOING ON IN THIS ALLCAPS SUBTHREAD? : SockMonkeh
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        LOUD NOISES. : Afterglow
        • DID YOU HEAR THAT? IT CAME FROM OVER THERE : elwood00
  • you guys that say this are out of your mind. : feek
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  As soon as I saw Jack's father I knew he was Claire's father too. : Fred Garvin
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    P.S. - Does anyone else think the season will end with Charlie dying? : Fred Garvin
    • we can only dream for such wonderful things... : infiltrator`
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      Considering he's fucking Kate in real life, no. : boredguy
      • Yeah. I doubt that really matters. : Fred Garvin
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      No. It'll be someone else, but up to the end we'll be led to believe it'll be Charlie. It may be someone : K1Bond007
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        pretty good pick, there's really not many otehr palces for that character to go : the_doctor
        • I was also going to say Desmond, but I don't know. Claire really isn't that much of a shock. Desmond woul : K1Bond007
• Also, I am wondering what Mikhail meant when he said the other people were flawed? It's almost like the i : Fred Garvin