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• oh shi... that's pretty sweet. : Fyunch Click
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  LOL @ 2nd comment. ahahahahahahaahahahahahaha : FormerHPB
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    I was actually about to type "good luck railing someone with a joypad". I don't know why they'd bother po... : aeg1x
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      yeah, that will be tough to play on a gamepad. Unless they slow it down and lame it up a bit for gamepad... : FormerHPB
      • Yeah but that kind of defeats the purpose. Quake 3 is a fast paced deathmatch game. If you slow it down a... : aeg1x
    • Its not too fast. Its a FPS just like any other FPS that runs on a console. If everyone plays on the c... : doomed
  • Lol @ stand-still-trying-to-aim wars : jane911
• now we just need a quake 1 port :) : deceiver

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• sold out. :( : skitzo

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  Calgary's First Shackmeet!!! There have been many Shackmeets in the past, across the globe, but this w : The Key
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    who is the redneck with the throatee? You are my favourite, because you look like you are from Calgary! : Morgin
    • Are you talking about me? Cause if do it's my playoff beard and not a full time facial construct. : Solstice
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    With mugs like that you guys don't need transformer and anime shirts! : Wheatloaf
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      that's mean. What you should have said was, with those flames jerseys and flames hats, you can tell they : Morgin
      • You said you could tell the guy was from calgary because of the way he looked! That's practically racist : Wheatloaf
    • reveal yourself : Barbarian
  • Y'all should come up to E-Town, we can have PAN-ALBERTA ULTRASHACKMEET. (either that or Edmonton needs... : Majuju
  • lol flames. : notext
  • More Canucks jerseys, less Flamers :p : et72
  • GO FLAMES GO : TheContact
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    Sounds like fun. NEEDS MORE ALBERTA SHACKMEET FOR US EDMONTONIANS. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      no we don't. I'm basically the Canadian Bean except I can't cook nearly as well. Do you think I'd be a bl... : Morgin
      • :( I am also socially unacceptable. But, hey. We could dream, right? : Rice-Rocketeer
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        You've got the sarcasm, but what about the ninjitsu? : davantalus
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          in a brick-off, I would definitely get out bricked. That said, the boy has some rage hidden inside him... : Morgin
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            >:( : Bean
            • don't frown. You know it's true. One day you will be strolling down the hallway of your expensive and wel... : Morgin
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    If Sleepy came to Ottawa, he has a place to crash for sure. glad you guys had a good time. : ghost hacker
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      Seriously, we should fly mr. sleepy across Canada! : The Key
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        We have black people in Canada too. Some of them are probably like him. Just saying. : Morgin
        • oh shi... he black??? well he can stay at my place anyways, with those sick beats he can create sometimes... : ghost hacker
  • Who's who in the pictures? : helvetica
  • edgewise and I only one one thing that is enormous and it is our post count : rosewood
  • Now we need a Montreal shackmeet, seriously. : AlexXdude
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  How did I miss every post about this happening? :X : Blucklesworth
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    it says you are in Kingston... you would go to Calgary for a shackmeet? (if so, pick me up on the way!) : jcutner
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      Whoops, I should probably update that... : Blucklesworth
      • in that case, what the fuck bro! you should shack more so you don't miss out on shackmeet announcements! ... : jcutner
  • No worries, we'll be having others! : The Key

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• Halo 2 did it. I just waited to download the maps when they went free. Its only a couple of months or s : Rigor Morts
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  you may not like it, but the system works. you can pay upfront and play them right away, or wait a while ... : maulla
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    The "system may work" from a financial point of view but i'm not convinced the end justifies the means. A... : flasher 907
    • LOL. How is this evil??? : MikkleThePickle
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      its evil because they arent giving it away? companies operate for one sole purpose: TO MAKE MONEY. its ne... : maulla
      • There are tremendous financial benefits from giving content away for free. Quite possibly *more* then jus... : flasher 907
• the horse is decomposed, Jim. : Fyunch Click
• oh nos M$ tries to make money!!! : metalremains
• I'd be more worries about them charging to use voice chat if i were you. : chazums
• In the latest 1up interview Epic says that the Games for Windows Live thing means that if they want to ha... : 60days

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  After Vista came out we were talking on the Shack about UAC and how it compares to the way OS X works in ... : nudel
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    in before shill : Patch-e
    • I'm a fanboy, not a shill. Use the correct terminology! :) : nudel
  • I think they're severely stupid for not letting admins control how and where UAC prompts standards users ... : SpaecKow
  • I hope SP1 focuses on UAC and redesigns it. It can be good, but as it is it's just cumbersome. : feek
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    Opus is the competitor to Ztree isn't it? the powerful file system tool? I really wish they'd re-desig... : abrasion
    • Opus is a file manager. I don't think it'd fair to say it's a competitor to poor old stuck-in-days-of-MS-... : nudel
• I just turned it off o_O : aeg1x

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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14183684 never trust crappy shacksearch : datoo
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    It always fails me:( : uncle slappy
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      well uhh... want to chat about somethin else? : datoo
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        Yeah, I had an eventful day. I buried my dog of almost 16 years, found out my CHL application is process... : uncle slappy
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          man i got so teared up when we had to put the family cat down. i imagine you must be kinda sad. what's... : datoo
          • concealed handgun license : uncle slappy
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  Good lord. I am not sure if it is me or the world that is going mad. : theghostofsmdever
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    Calm down there, I knew girls in high school who would suck your dick for a jack in the box cheese cake d... : mega man
    • That is some good cheese cake though. : uncle slappy
• A woman bragging about getting laid. Yea, that's a difficult to reach goal. ::eyeroll:: : Ebu
• She's not cheap either. How much would 5000g go for these days? : te[R]ror

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• wow, it dances just like i do.. : g0nk
• That's adorable. : Rotten Deadite
• holy shit for some reason that is so funny lol : eeeealmo
• Cuuuuuute! : helvetica
• man, that's science I can get behind. I totally want one. : Fredrik S

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  it failed because you really needed to keep up all the episodes, to really get what was going on. also, ... : broly1718
  • ? they explained every joke, every time. : cpt_gloval
  • they always recapped previous episodes.. : tension
• The creator's new show (a remake of a British series) sounds good, and stars one of the lawyers from AD (... : thaperfectdrug
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  Fox is where good shows go to die : spiderfill
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    I am a leaf on the wind - watch how I soar. :( : DOOManiac
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      wasn't firefly on WB? : cpt_gloval
      • No, on FOX. : Matt Burris
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  Their target audience doesn't really watch TV. : sgtsanity
  • I just finished the series 3 the other day. I was waiting for closure on some of the things =( *put on : ghostmac
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  One issue it had was that at times it was a bit too smart for itself. While I enjoy subtle jokes and call... : pauk111
  • 1. the style of the show really belonged on cable and not fox. 2. the powers that be at fox are dumbasse... : j0nchan
  • Precisely it, the show was too smart for the average viewer. Wikipedia presents the styles and humor t... : Matt Burris
• I fucking Love arrested Development, how I miss it so :( (I just watched the DVDs, so I didn't have to de... : snowwolf
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  It needed a laugh track. : EvilDolemite
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    I know you're fucking around with a completely ridiculous idea, but I bet that it would have pulled in at... : MurrayTheSkull
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      A laugh track is a way to signal to people that something funny happened. If they missed it, fuck 'em. : Matt Burris
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        No, if they miss it they will not watch your show and your show will fucking get canceled, unless the lau... : SpaecKow
        • I can bet you the network pressured them to add one and they probably fought it successfully. : spiderfill
        • yeah exactly, fuck them. Why does everything have to be dumb? : spdon
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    Im hoping you get perma banned for this comment. : spdon
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      sarcasm meter broken? : Old_Fart
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        The shack needs a laugh track. : Sacred Sperm
        • Bill O'Reilly with a laugh track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doD3a5UnCC4 : spiderfill
• sometimes it's best for things to die when they're still entertaining : boring gegtik
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  If it was on HBO it would probably still be around :( : tunis5000
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    The Home Buyers Organization wasn't interested in them. : Crimsonbeak
    • which is a damn shame : tunis5000
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  http://youtube.com/watch?v=RdbZRST2Byw : cygnus
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    you think the guy iwaiting in the elevator in the 5,000 dollar suit is going to hold the door for someone... : oHnOES
    • Gob's not on board. http://youtube.com/watch?v=pE0lxXOMBS8 : Arsenal

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• oh yeah and not to mention cool. cool as in running. : dodob
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  cool, but I was hoping for more savings on battery life from what everyone was raving about. 10% is OK bu... : MikkleThePickle
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    biggest savings would come from the power hungry cpu and lcd screens :(. : metalremains
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      and the optical drive. : Fyunch Click
      • integrated DVD burner yeap that'll do it! : metalremains
• I want a 3.5 inch drive to go in my server, all they are making is the laptop drives for some reason. : deceiver

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  Same, that show was so fucking good. Screw the people who didn't watch it >:( : sanchez
  • I just love how NBC didn't even ATTEMPT to do anything. No different time slot, no increased advertising ... : Bantis
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  That show sounds really good from the wikipedia page, and I would very much like a gang show that's more ... : SpaecKow
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    It was great. There are some episodes on the MTV site too : Bantis
    • mtv = nbc >< : Bantis
• :(( that main donnelly was fucking hot :( : jessipoo
• I wait until a series hits DVD, usually has a better survival chance. : pigvomit
• I've been digging planet earth! : mankeroo
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  I knew it was gonna be canceled right after I finished watching the pilot, it was just too good for netwo... : sharpie
  • I had the same feeling, but I also hoped NBC would at least give it a few shots with timeslots, etc. : Bantis
  • I thought the pilot was great too, but it started getting pretty stupid over the last few episodes. One ... : Bruzilla
• As long as it means Studio 60 comes back... no thx Sopranos Light : empathe
• Haha. A group of my friends and I randomly saw it on tv having never seen it. It was so completely stupid... : Hello Kitty
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  So S60 is coming back? Whoop! : rosewood
  • :( That show does absolutely nothing for me. I know it gets a lot of love here, but I just didn't think... : FormerHPB
• NBC doesn't care about black people. : Phil
• god damnit >:( : Degenerate

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• im up for an old school halo2 battle. im an old timer :( : maulla
• pros: shoot Jedi in the face cons: get shot by wolfy in the face hmmmm : chazums
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  but I wanna rock... :( : metalremains
  • i no rite. I played Gears for 20 mins then went back to GH2 : bagelcc
• I dont have my internet service hooked up yet. >:( : Rauol Duke

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  no MP? fuck that :( I was the absolute MASTER in CMR2, using the amazing MS FF wheel they stopped prod... : moshman
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    I know :( you need ghost vs ghost at least. : abrasion
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      i am so close to buying that wheel for the 360. I think it has to be done : moshman
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        Have you seen my posts about it? I've been wanting one so goddamn bad but the problem is as follows. : abrasion
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          i heard about that guy, but tbh I don't trust it for a second. I just wish that original MS wheel woul... : moshman
          • That's not lame, those are awesome and not ridiculously expensive - there is a problem with eye height a : abrasion
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        The logitech? It works on the 360 now? : Skoal^Fyfan
        • no, the MS wheel for the 360. : moshman
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          See this thread. http://forums.logitech.com/logitech/board/message?board.id=steering_wheels&message.id=2... : abrasion
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            cunt never responded. : moshman
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              Nah that's a fresh post, only did it tonight - I've made this an ongoing battle of mine - I'm essentially... : abrasion
              • make sure to let me know once you get a reply : moshman
• god damn that sux.. i really want Rallisport Challenge 3! :( : Shadowdane

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• NINJA WARRIOR! : darcspeed
• seriously holy shit that was amazing. : Yanks
• lol that is total insanity. His grip and finger strength is mind boggling. : ShekkyBoy
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  thats the only show worth watching on G4 : oHnOES
  • They need to hurry up and show the latest tournament. That new stage 3 cliffhanger looks sick. : darcspeed
• holy crap, ninja indeed. : chazums
• tagged for later : oatmela
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  That is indeed damned impressive. He has an insane amount of upper body, arm, and hand/finger strength... : mmogger
  • it's his ninja boots. : steelsamurai
• YATTA! : steelsamurai
• sukei : NeoMoose

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  MediaCenter, hands down. : Merconium
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    am I wrong in understanding that it needs either vista or a dedicated OS setup (be it a separate partitio... : dael
    • It requires either: - Windows XP Media Center Edition - Windows Vista Home Premium - Windows Vista U... : RomSteady
• The most configurable is SageTV http://www.sagetv.com/ A friend of mine has it and he swears by it. ... : Hiro
• Nebula Electronics do a good one (at least for the UK). Media centre is pretty damn good by all accounts ... : chazums
• Since I don't have MCE and I'm cheap I use Got All Media. A little bit of setup work, but it works prett... : smegmar
• There's a few I've tried. MediaPortal, GB-PVR and GameEx. Of the three, GameEx was the neatest one (it... : ieGod

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• don't you mean #3? : DonkeyPopsicle
• most awesome != most appealing to the unwashed masses : Phearsome
• Dude, this is America. You should damn well know that popularity and quality rarely go hand-in-hand. : action wombmate
• 4th place / 2 = 8th place LOLOLOLOL : deep gray
• what's really disturbing is that "Are We Done Yet" beat it... ugh : tunis5000
• People are obviously not cool. What more proof do you need? : lplasmatron
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  so the hard R film didn't do well on Easter weekend, while 2 family movies and an innocuous comedy did be... : Fyunch Click
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    logic! : oHnOES
    • sorry I forgot about internets! : Fyunch Click
  • bingo! : action wombmate
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  Releasing Grindhouse over the Easter holiday weekend may not have helped it. : kaijuseijin
  • exactly. : NeoMoose
• I think the marketing of this movie was terrible. No one I talked to about it who wasn't an internet geek... : baron calamity
• I have to admit I saw Meet the Robinsons and not Grindhouse. In my defense the shack would have crucified... : Evil Benius
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  Maybe they should try a wider release (Grindhouse was on 2600 screens vs 3500 for Blades and Robinsons) a... : Dechter
  • Worked for Passion of the Christ. : woddemandred

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• bad ram, bad installation media? : manero
• Check the event log? : thaperfectdrug
• I've been having the same problems and instead of updating the latest nforce drivers for my mobo (Asus A8... : h o s t i l e
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  Run Memtest and check your RAM. If that works then run Hot CPU Tester overnight. If your RAM and CPU chec... : Serpico74
  • Hmm, but if it's your USB then it may be your mobo. Better check your RAM anyway. If that's the problem i... : Serpico74
  • first thing i did when i finished building the machine was put it through a torture test. everything pas... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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  When you say "installed" do you mean format everything and then install, or do a install over top deal? : SenorSpine
  • new hard drive, with no problems i can find, freshly formatted with a slipstreamed XP disk that's entirel... : ^-SeaWolf-^
• my computer was having a reboot problem, after reinstalling twice.. I finally nailed it down to my sound... : Shadowdane
• What kind of crashing? I'm having power shutdown problems. Like random power offs. Its not the supply or ... : pap26
• Have you tried resetting the BIOS? : harbl
• How ur harddrive? Catastrophic Drive Failure is getting more and more common. Run chkdsk /R to find out... : smegmar

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  final episode is so good :( : Mr.Fusion
  • Indeed, but so fucking sad, Six Feet Under is such an emotional show, I'm pretty sure I cried a few times... : illwill18
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  your use of spoiler tags leaves a lot to be desired : moshman
  • He said how far he was in the series. So... it's fine. :) Such a great show. : lplasmatron
• the final episode is perfection : JohnnyDanger
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  Be prepared for the best final episode of any series ever. I still can't believe they actually managed... : Vincent Grayson
  • But Lauren Ambrose as a blonde is just wrong :( : Toraz Chryx
  • Agreed :( : tomservo
• Oh my god why did I click, WHY DID I CLICK? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : spdon
• you're going to lose it even more when you watch the final episode : tunis5000
• Great show, my girlfriend and I recently went through all of the seasons. The ending episode is the best... : wykd

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• pweatherby@gmail.com : Shadowdane
• here, just add me you dudes dcw_MSN@hotmail.com : Rigor Morts
• angrypirana (at) googlemail (dot) com : trelain
• I have 62 of you homos on my list already and talk to about 5 of you regularly : felicia
• http://shackers.gamewith.us/finder/microsoft-messenger : ThomW

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  I fired it up and looked around. I had mixed impressions. If I was into MMOs I would probably like it, ... : Wheatloaf
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    I think the big problem is they throw you into the newbie experience, which for teaching you the game is ... : Bantis
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      I agree the starter zone is lame, but I love how the rest of the world fits together, it's great when you... : yoshimi20
      • Can I smoke some Shire weed with Tom Bombadil? : Crimsonbeak
      • I totally agree : Bantis
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  Majuju said this game was like DDO, which I really liked. But if it's like DDO, then it's not worth pa... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • they took good things from DDO, but I wouldn't even remotely directly compare the two. The world is GINOR... : Bantis
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  How does the pvp work? If I can go gank people i'll buy it, but that seems unlikely what with all the in... : JINKY
  • its monster play, they have a FAQ up. I have no clue what instancing you're talking about though : Bantis
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  does it have any loading times between "zones" of the world, or does it stream in the environment on the ... : Mr.Fusion
  • the outdoor areas thus far have been continuous. But when you enter a "dungeon", instance, or house/build... : Bantis
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  i think i'm too much a fan of tolkien for this game to work for me. : skryte
  • Interesting. The people I know playing it are also huge fans. They love it. : Sylvanus
• I'm on Meneldor (or Melendor?) as Tarasil. I'm still in the starter area just because I'm trying to fini... : Sylvanus
• for some reason i was expecting some BGM while watchin your slideshow. : acidravelamp
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  Defeat bats: 0/8 : stamps
  • that really sold the whole "this is middle earth" to me. : spdon
  • As opposed to all those other MMOs, where you never have a quest like that.... Not saying it's not a v... : tashtego

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• AWESOME I just found one for $180 http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/27/sonys-easy-mex-bt2500-bluetooth-c... : MikkleThePickle

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• that was brilliant, thank you : Supine
• hahahaha loved it. : baron calamity
• sounds like something Phil would say:) : sikander
• MOOOOORTAL KOOOOMBAT!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYPEBQRGLuc&NR=1 : X-GOUKI
• I was watching it last night on my DVR and it said handjob instead of putting out. I guess the Fox versio... : R0CK

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• fucking lol! "i'll burn down blow up the building..." : Jayx77
• ^ bumpity : sikander

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• you can play it while its chargin : maulla
• You can play it right away I believe. Animal Crossing is a great game! : helvetica
• whooo.. lives in the slot in the back of DS... SPONGE BOB SQUARE CART : metalremains

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  Dick Smith Powerhouse does them for 600, everywhere else is 600+. : SpaecKow
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    Holy fuck that's an awesome name for a store. Can you buy chainsaws mounted on flamethrowers there? : spiderfill
    • lol, my thought as well : OrkO
    • Dick Smith is awesome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Smith : aeg1x
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    apparently jb hifi have a pack, 360+3 games for $680? I need a headset too :( : stamps
    • Headset comes with the premium and any bundles. : SpaecKow
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  have fun with the lag and screaming children : conandan
  • I've never had any problems with lag, but the screaming kids I have.... : Big Luke
• We've been waiting for you : Rigor Morts
• JB had em for $640 with GoW : shavenewok
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  They have this bundle here for a premium xbox360 + 2nd controller + gears of war, for about 428 USD. Mayb... : dodob
  • That's about 520 Australian dollars at the current exchange rate. With shipping it'd come to just under 6... : SpaecKow

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• I don't remember the details of how I set it up, but I remember it being pretty easy. Switch your router ... : helvetica

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• the WRT54GL is the one you want. : Toraz Chryx

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• Quick Synopsis. There were aliens. Shit blew up. Cliffhanger ending. The usual. : nephilem
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  Thx; verified recordings are set since I'll be in Cancun. : intothefray
  • i can fit into your luggage. : kbnerd
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  In Canada we already had season 3.5 of Atlantis HAHA! : tunis5000
  • yah i saw on wikipedia they re-started the season back in January.. wtf is up with that. : Shadowdane

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  let me make a guess: It sucks : moshman
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    Shrek the Turd? : chazums
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      that's only what people from Quebec call it. : Postal
      • or Ireland : moshman
• I played it. Expected a crappy kids based movie tie in and thats exactly what I got. That said, I was amu... : baron calamity

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• bump : deep gray
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  PCI-e? and is this better than a 6800GT by a large margin? : conandan
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    yea its pci-e. im not sure, i havnt really looked at the benchmarks between the two. its 256megs if th... : deep gray
    • this is what i found with a quick search, it dosnt have a 6800gt listed though http://www.the-magicbox... : deep gray
• Shackmessaged. : Sylvanus