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• I agree completely, also with some Sonic Youth in there or whatever....but two girls? I only count one in... : drbriefs
• this delivers on so many levels - buying it now : AisfortomAto
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  14 year old kids go to clubs now? the music was okay but it felt like it was missing something, was ju... : jaga
  • If you say no to this as well, you're a zombie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlsO-JSA2pc : drbriefs
  • I agree, it seems like it was building up towards something good, but never quite arrived there. : ripper9
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    Underage club. As for energy, check this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ac5tP4jkkT4 : Matt Burris
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      I think its the volume balance.. guitar needs to be higher, its just off-balance : jaga
      • replied to wrong post, but same difference.. watching the letterman just illustrates how bad they are.... : jaga
      • FLAC + Grados = EOT : paravis
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      is this supposed to be a counter point? they sound exactly the same, like a bunch of quiet kids on downer... : gokart.
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        Wow, you must've seen a different performance than I did. : Matt Burris
        • you mean at the end where they "rock out" but it sounds exactly the same? i guess i did : gokart.
  • the same place where 14 yo's can drive full on motorcycles : proclone1
  • it's the bass and drums - they're pretty even tempo throughout. no fills or interludes, etc. : speon
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  Their performance on David Letterman Show was one of the best in late show performances I've seen in ages... : Matt Burris
  • the one where they played Lazy Eye super fast? really? i thought it was pretty terrible. : pandastrong
• Yeah I love these guys, not the greatest album ever, but for their first album? Very good. Love their so... : paravis
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  the dude's voice is terrible :( music ain't too bad though. : pyide
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    probably cause its not the typical rock lead singer voice. He is like corgan, and corgan has the greates... : paravis
    • Yeah, his voice is very effeminate, but I like it. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • most of my favorite singers have odd voices, none of them are 'typical rock singer' voices. this guy ... : pyide
  • When I first heard this song on the radio (and they seem to be getting a big push for some reason), I tho... : Rag and Bone Man
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14081424 : CrimsonHandHiro
• I love these guys. : lightly inclined
• Jackalope on the effects processor. Make some noise. : yonderboy
• music to sleep to : gokart.
• Hey, these guys are pretty good. :D : Rice-Rocketeer
• I'm going to jail now, aren't I : ( : proclone1
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z5FrqmIHik&NR=1 This song isn't on Carnavas! Where?! : paravis
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    it's on the EP, Pikul : CrimsonHandHiro
    • ty sir. : paravis
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  Bassists is cute/hot, thus I'll overlook any flaws in the music :D : smoove
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    http://www.billions.com/artists/silversunpickups/images/photo.jpg - Fairly average looking really :) : imperator
    • hi-res even http://billions.smartleydunn.com/artists/silversunpickups/silversunpickups-hires.jpg : imperator
• Music is not bad, not bad at all. But why oh why does everyone in the video have their "I'm young and hi... : action wombmate
• THANK YOU SIR. I was meaning to look them up after listening to the radio late a few weeks ago and hear t... : afrochops
• Yeah, I picked up their album after hearing them on DNTO. : Fred Garvin
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  Sounds like a Sonic Youth ripoff if you ask me. : snuff
  • Bite your goddamn tongue sir. : mindfuck
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  I shot this video for them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlsO-JSA2pc It was a no budget, one day thi... : Serpico74
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    No fucking way!!!!!! I love that video, seen it a shitload of times.....Respect for you has increased tim... : drbriefs
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      Thanks. I did this one for Kasabian right after, which is kinda sorta similar to the Silversun Pickups vi... : Serpico74
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        Awesome dude, I hadn't seen that Kasabian one, reminds me of Go With The Flow: http://www.youtube.com/wat... : drbriefs
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          I can't take much credit for anything on either except the framing since there was super heavy post work ... : Serpico74
          • Hey, as a pseudo filmmaker myself, I admire the work you did : drbriefs
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        That reminds me a little of a live action version of that very cool Beatles Come Together flash thing don... : ThomW
        • And that looks like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U82WISdfT3A let's keep it going hahah : drbriefs
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    you have the coolest job on the shack. Did you do the effects too? : edgewise
    • No, just the filming. Other people work with the footage later on. : Serpico74
• My love for you is like a truck : deceiver
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  Mediocrity raised to an art. : MaJeStu
  • hahaha : cam3lt0sis
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  i happened upon this song last night for the first time ever and now this is the 3rd separate isolated ti... : aurealis
  • their best song is little lovers so polite. easy : rigg5kthx
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  That track does almost awaken the die-hard Pumpkins fan in me, but it sort of made me wish that it really... : maddy
  • just go see the pumpkins this summer :) : OneLessMoment
• lol the guy has longer hair then the girl. OR DID I MIX THEM UP? : nyranger66
• I had to watch the letterman version to make sure that was really his voice. It doesn't fit the way he l... : knitemare
• that was good, thanks. : pupismyname
• for a minute there I thought you meant it was Billy Corgan's new band or something and I thought, "Wow, h... : edgewise
• fantastic builds in the tune, I like it alot, very solid. : ghost hacker
• cute girls, drummer needs to lose the emo hair : yedrin
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  It's way too happy to evoke Pumpkins : spiderfill
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    for real. alternative is depressing, i wish it would come back. all this new shit is too happy. : bradsh
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      also, this shit does not compare to the pumpkins. at all. not even close. : bradsh
      • It just sounds like someone stole Billy's guitar : spiderfill
• to me it sounds more like the new sonic youth ... not pumpkin-y at all.. : OneLessMoment

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  After working it out, that's £1.41/$2.08 a track, fuck that! : losimagic
  • yes, total fucking rip off considering they aren't even the original artist : kill9
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  aren't those all tracks from the original guitar hero? : kill9
  • Yes :( : losimagic
• Wow that's awful I would of thought they could of done them all in one pack. : yoshimi20
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  More like Microsoft's Bank Hero. : baron calamity
  • Raise your ledger for inflationary power! : silent prophet
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    ^^^^^ Agreed. I blame MS after the Epic fiasco. Stuff like this is BS. : Sylvanus
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      ATTN: MS does not get money from this. They published Gears, so they would get money off of DC from that ... : byorn
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        How do you know this? : Sylvanus
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          People putting content on Live pay a slight fee to MS. However the publisher gets a majority of the money... : byorn
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            And retail stores exist because they are profitable. Just like the marketplace is for MS. They don't run ... : aeg1x
            • This is put better than my post. Well done. : Sylvanus
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              Of course MS makes money, but the point is being made that MS is behind this high price...not so. Activis... : byorn
              • I bet some of that price point IS set by MS. Why would a company charge $10 and pay MS $2 when they can i... : metalremains
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                MS makes the call as shown by the Gears of War fiasco. : Sylvanus
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                  MS made that call as the Publisher of Gears. MS sets up basic tiers of points for content. They don't set... : sigpro
                  • Good point. : Sylvanus
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            So, they are getting money then? We just don't know how much. Additionally, Epic wanted to have their c... : Sylvanus
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              so who do i need to address my letter consisting of 'blow me' to? : fletch_
              • Microsoft, Red Octane & Activision from what I saw. : Sylvanus
• Its horse armor all over again. : yoshimi20
• ugh : maulla
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  And yet, I bet people will buy them and the price will never go down. :~( : DM7
  • People are already buying them. It's sad really :( : Daggoth
• damn, thats too much. Looks like even the people on the comments there agree. : chazums
• Wow...that's expensive. I guess I'll stick with the PS2 version for a while longer. : cookblaze
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  If it was $1 for a song, I would happily buy them. Hell, you can buy the real song for that price. :[ : DM7
  • That's how I feel about it too. Double what the original song costs is too much. : ThomW
• yeah, that is expensive... but I'll probably be one of the people to buy all 3 they all have atleast one ... : carazy
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  oh fuck you cunts, at least let us pick the tracks we want, fine give us a 3 song pack for 500 points, bu... : fletch_
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    i truly regret selling my ps2 gear back now : fletch_
    • as well you should. : kbnerd
• awesome... tracks ive already played over and over... : mavmavv
• god damn, i cannot get over how pissed i am : fletch_
• I AM SO ANGRY actually not really. I'll probably snag track pack 2. : Clay
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  From Major Nelson: Remember, these song packs contain *licensed* songs. Licensing songs gets pretty exp : bozer
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    hush, don't get in the way of the righteous indignation train : Clay
    • CHOO! CHOO! ALL ABOARD! : smoove
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      It's not my fault that they can't work out a good deal with the music industry. Shafting me because o... : Ebu
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        You're not buying, but you're still bitching? At least I plan on buying a PS3 some day. : Fred Garvin
        • I would be more likely to buy save for stupid shit like this. If they don't care to attract new custo... : Ebu
      • it's probably the music industry's fault : Clay
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      its not righteous indignation, its just a terrible way of packaging and selling content. Yeah we are piss... : fletch_
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        Regularly "licensed" songs sell off several other places for $.99 a track & you can take it with you. Ex... : Sylvanus
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          are you trying to bring the "M$" back, or did you never leave 1995? : DonkeyPopsicle
          • yes 50 dkp minus for use of 'M$' : fletch_
          • I use it when they're being ridiculous. They are. : Sylvanus
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        yeah but with itunes you are only getting music... with this you are getting music that interacts with a ... : mikecyb
        • 2 things 1) these are tracks they already made for the first game 2) they are fucking covers to beg... : fletch_
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      I don't doubt that the RIAA is bending them over for the track licensing, but it's a little silly that th... : Mustang|
      • Agreed. Again, well said. : Sylvanus
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    Microsoft complaining about expenses? /me shakes head : jackrabbit
    • what are you talking about? : Clay
  • I'm offended by this and I don't own a 360 : Daggoth
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    Smokescreen. Here's their justification for milking 360 owners. What about Gears of War!? Explain that... : Sylvanus
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      Now, to put this in perspective, I do not regret finally caving and buying a 360. This puts a black mark ... : Ebu
      • Agreed. :) : Sylvanus
  • more like Major AssHat. : metalremains
  • That explains why the Guitar Hero software was so incredibly expensive and didn't make any money. : 60days
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    Is it me or has he turned the comments off? : chazums
    • They're not off; just being moderated. Of course, only ones that aren't wholly negative are getting throu... : MaJeStu
  • Cry me a river. They can make it up in volume. This price is still outrageous. : MaJeStu
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    If they released all the tracks from GH1, that'd be what, 7800 MS points? Why does that sound so very wro... : Eej
    • Because that's basically $100 which is more than the cost of the original game including a guitar. : FushigiDenki
• Wow, even I, the biggest MS fanboy is upset about this. I will resist these with all my might. But no p... : bagelcc
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  Hey Guys MS has nothing to do with this. This is an Activision published product. MS might influence them... : byorn
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    Right, but can't I go out and buy Guitar Hero 1 for PS2 just about anywhere for $20? : ThomW
    • it still retails for $40 alone : mikecyb
    • BUT THIS IS THE HD ERA! : Patch-e
    • yeah but those tracks are just pirated : 60days
    • For whatever reason ACTIVISION thinks this $$$ is a good idea. : byorn
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    You claim they're hardly making any money on this, but you don't know the figures. You can't substantiat... : Sylvanus
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      #1 MS is Gears of War's publisher so they get the publisher money on Downloadable Content. #2 No publish... : byorn
      • No arguments. : Sylvanus
      • Please keep this post around for the next time this topic comes up and is full of assumptions that most h... : jake
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    Just like MS wasn't involved in forcing Epic to charge for their free content...suuure. : deathofrats
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      MS was the publisher of GoW - just like Activision here. : Jonathan
      • It needs to be said at least 100 times before it starts to sink in... : jake
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14193792 : sigpro
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  Lets see. 60 bucks retail for GH1 (if it was released for the 360, theoretically) 60/40 tracks = 1.5 ... : mavmavv
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    You can buy GH1 stand alone for the PS2 for $40. I know this is the 360, so $60 would likely be the stan... : Sylvanus
    • yeah, just saying if it was released standalone that would be the higher price. : mavmavv
    • Released for the 360, it *should* technically be an "expansion pack", which typically get priced $10-20 l... : genom
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  I don't think it would be so bad if these were new songs. However, since they are just re-hashes of GH1 ... : ra1n
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    well thats the point right.. they already paid to license the songs in GH1... so now they are re-releasin... : metalremains
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      I hate defending them on this one, but that's probably not quite right. I'd be willing to be they licens... : ra1n
      • make sense. I'd be curious to see and understand the licensing side of GH. I think it would be an excell... : metalremains
      • I wouldn't be surprised by that. : Sylvanus
• Right, so since I missed this thread in the search I'll chime in saying that charging effectively twice a... : boarder2
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  Hey for those of us without GH1 or access to a PS2 what is the problem? : EvilDolemite
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    The problem is that to get all 47 of the original Guitar Hero tracks for GH2 it would cost roughly 7,850 ... : FushigiDenki
    • I LOL'd this post. : FormerHPB
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  track pack 2 seems the best one.... frankenstein (now with hammer on and pulloffs) and killer queen are r... : barichnikov
  • agreed. I still want Texas Flood, More Than a Feeling, Ziggy Stardust, Godzilla and Spanish Castle Magic.... : Clay
• Scratch what I said yesterday about buying extra tracks, not at those prices. : FushigiDenki
• Well, I was going to buy all the GH1 tracks without exception (they have been retooled for Coop mode, and... : sevogajre

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  I'm pretty sure Grindhouse was not ground-breaking. : sharkII
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    Show me a movie in the past 30 years that had the same experience. : oc3lot
    • Ok, how about a fucking DRIVE-IN : digitalsneek
    • Kill Bill. Originally written as 1 movie; split into 2. : cerealSAM2
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    It's the exact opposite of groundbreaking; it's an homage. : Deathlove
    • This, I agree with. : sharkII
  • I agree that it's not ground-breaking...especially considering it's an homage to style that existed decad... : Super Sparker
• I think most people get that its a double feature. They just think the movie looks like crap. : Tommy Toolbag
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  It's an excuse to make more money, pure and simple. It has nothing to do with America "getting it." H... : cerealSAM2
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    I wouldn't have really called this weekend an 'Opening' weekend. It made one third of what Blades of Glor... : oc3lot
    • You know, I think the weekend where a movie opens is probably an Opening Weekend. Just saying. : jasonepowell
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  I loved Grindhouse. It's perfect for what it is, and what it is a niche film. I don't see how blaming t... : pigvomit
  • Yeah because nothing says bizare homage movie with a girl with a gun for a leg better than easter. th... : trevis
• when would this go into effect? I want to see it before that crap happens : Patch-e
• It didn't do as good as they planned. I don't think it had anything with america not getting it. And I ... : carazy
• Does it say when he will split it? I need to see it before that happens. : freshyk
• Needs more Hobo with a Shotgun. :[ : My Documents
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  Also, DO NOT compare Braveheart and Grindhouse. : digitalsneek
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    oh jesus. Chill out. I compared their running times. : oc3lot
    • Well don't do it again!!! : digitalsneek
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  Not so much America not getting it, but the film had terrible marketing, not to mention it was released o... : mad hatter
  • ^^ Exactly. Easter weekend is not a good movie weekend, especially a gory horror flick like this. : FormerHPB
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  i love when non-Americans generalize Americans based on stupid shit like movies : Korban
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    You'd rather get generalized by your shitty economy and political comedy? :P : digitalsneek
    • i prefer based on the women i date : Korban
  • Think he was referring to the American Movie Industry rather than just general Americans. : Jonathan
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    I didn't say a single word about Americans. I'm saying the industry in general sucks. : oc3lot
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      "The American is in a sad fucking state of affairs" did you forget that part? : Korban
      • are you serious? Calling me out on a typo? : oc3lot
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        "The American is in a sad fucking state of affairs" There's definately a word missing there. It could ... : Jonathan
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          Oh and it can't be people or goats because it's a singular object so my vote is industry. : Jonathan
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            what if it's just "goat" with no s? : Korban
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              But.. I love my goat with a nice tight s. : oc3lot
              • ok, we'll give it an s but only if it's followed by an e. how's that? : Korban
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              Well that would work but the American Goat better be the next superhero or something because I sure as he... : Jonathan
              • PEDDLE YOUR GOAT HATE ELSEWHERE SIR. : digitalsneek
            • The American Escape Goat. : Super Sparker
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          you're right. I missed the word goats. I'm sorry. : oc3lot
          • THAT is a fucking lie. The american Goats are fucking THRIVING right now. The goat-economy is at an all-t... : digitalsneek
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  Man people totally didn't get it, I agree! Tarantino is so deep, and he looks like Krang from Teenage Mu... : arizona bay
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    This post speaks oodles of truth! Fucking SIGNED. : digitalsneek
    • well maybe except for the simpleton american faggots line...I don't really agree with that... : digitalsneek
  • funny... i always thought art's sole purpose was to please. if not please one's happiness, please anothe... : Korban
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    agreeded. Tarantino is a god amongst men. If only we could comprehend the magic that was an hour and a ha... : baronzemo78
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      it wasn't even interesting gabbing. at least his other movies the dialogue was awesome. death proof : [fry]
      • the other films' dialogue was awesome because Avery wrote it. : digitalsneek
• no :( I hope they keep it this way for at least 1 more week, I won't have time to see it until after thi... : aethyr
• Forgive me for understanding why someone would not want to spend three full hours in, of all places, a mo... : Orange Pylon
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  ...Groundbreaking? Are you serious? I'm listening to an interview with Tarantino right now, and he is cal... : Ctrl-Phreak
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    That and, honestly, is it really so hard to understand why someone wouldn't like this movie, or would rat... : Orange Pylon
    • yeah, it's a niche film, it's just not going to make a lot of money in the first place. They also made it... : Ctrl-Phreak
  • ok.. Maybe groundbreaking was the wrong word.. I was referring to the fact that most movies that come out... : oc3lot
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  I think they just did a crappy job of advertising it. Hell these are my type of movies, I am in the adver... : historyinthemaking
  • Maybe McDonald's needed to make a Grindhouse Burger. Or, maybe the nutty kids from American Idol could ha... : oc3lot
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  Has anyone at the Weinstein company thought that they released it on a bad weekend? Going to see Grindhou... : Jabby
  • I'm not really sure there was a "good" weekend for this movie. : Jonathan
• Well I have to see it again this weekend as God intended. : dognose
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  I disagree. It's difficult to sit through 3 hours of that stuff when the second movie has terrible pacin... : CrustaR
  • You forgot the 45 mins of additional running time from pre-movie trailers and ads. : ghost in my shell
  • It really didn't seem like 3 hours to me. : dognose
• You ever think some people don't WANT to see Grindhouse? I know I don't, and it has nothing at all to do ... : avatar_58
• Maybe the movie looked completely stupid from the advertisements thus talking people into spending $15 fo : ghost in my shell

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  Has anyone done the Citi offer? I signed up for it but I got no verification at all. I'm starting to th... : knitemare
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    Email the shit out of them. Their email address and contact form. Every day. : airrob
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      I can't find any contact info through the Citi offer. There is very little there. : knitemare
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        I must have fucked something up, I went back and did it again and got a confirmation email this time. : knitemare
        • Hmm. I never got a confirmation e-mail either. I'll sign up again once they fix that log-in error. : Lionhart32935
      • Citi Card Services 1-800-950-5114 That used to be the application status phone number. : zohar79
• And you received all this stuff? : mavmavv
• What is the email address you have for SFP? : knitemare
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  How can you tell something has verified? Do they send you an email, or does it show up on their webpage? : zohar79
  • It shows on their web page. : knitemare
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  My GH2 360 just arrived! w00p. : jason bergman
  • Mine just verified as shipped :D WOOOO! : mavmavv
  • mine too! I could fit at least two midgets in this box : mikecyb
  • mine too. in a big ass box : thekidd
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  Anybody else having trouble logging into SFP? I am getting a server error 500 box when I try to log in. : zohar79
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    yeah I am encountering the same error. : Lionhart32935
    • It was slow, but I was able to get in. : knitemare
  • Its pretty slow, but thats normal. : mavmavv
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    Can I pleas marry one of you American Shackers? I want free stuff :( <3 : losimagic
    • meant for the root of this thread :( : losimagic
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  How long should lunarpages verification take? : sharkII
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    mines on three days : Degenerate
    • OK, THANKS! : sharkII
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    I'm on 2 days now. I have a ticket in with them to try to get it verified faster. : knitemare
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      did you just fill out the form here or did you have another email address? http://www.shopfreepay.com/... : Degenerate
      • No, I put in a support ticket with lunar pages. I sent something through the SFP contact page asking if ... : knitemare
    • IMPORTANT NOTE Emailing the company is USELESS. Lunarpages will not be able to get SFP to verify your ... : airrob
  • 2 weeks, no verify : darklox
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  With 4Seasons wine, if I don't live in one of the states that they ship to, can have it sent to my uncle ... : zohar79
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    Anybody? : zohar79
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      Didn't dahanese have a problem using a different address? I'm trying to stay away from the wine thing. : knitemare
      • She did for shipping the Free item, not the wine. The wine should credit almost instantly and you can can... : sigpro
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    That'll work. I put my buddy's address in Colorado down for the shipping address (since they don't ship ... : cltcprd
    • Excellent, I did it with a friend from OH just now. Thanks! : zohar79
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  Which email did you send it to? I'm still waiting for 2 items to verify, it's been several days and I ha... : SiW73
  • I'd like this info as well. I have the receipts for my two things and I want to make sure they verify. : knitemare
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  I'm getting stupidly obsessed with my verifications :( : knitemare
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    on my first item, I was checking about every 10 minutes for days :( : thekidd
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      I think what is fucking with me is that the other items verified right away. Now I'm waiting for the big... : knitemare
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        Well you should do them in reverse order anyway. Don't "waste" an offer on the easy tiers. : SiW73
        • Oh, I didn't. I made sure to check each of the teirs and plan which offers I was going to do from each o... : knitemare

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  mine are still all caps : aeg1x
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  Forcing CNN to appear in lowercase is a violation of copyright laws. Our lawyers will be taking possessio... : MorrisatCNN
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    Not cool. his needs to be MorrisatCNN I don't like this. :( : voodooraze
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      I agree. Just give warnings to the fucktards to abuse it. : Modulus
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        How does it hurt anyone? : Fred Garvin
        • I frankly don't care, but if they have to curtail it, I would rather they put it in the guidelines than f... : Modulus
    • :( I'm protesting this on behalf of MorrisatCNN : Flying h4x0r
  • LOL!! : Fred Garvin
  • Mr. Atcnn, you just got served. : silent prophet
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    your name looks so cute and unassuming now! :D : dahanese
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  • trademark laws ;) : ra1n
• hmm, I'm not following you? : aaarrrgh
• It's amazing the things people will complain about. Did people seriously find random caps in names to be ... : mmogger
• television, had quite a bit of work experience...? : Daggoth
• it's a rainy day. :[ : zakazi
• :( that sucks :( : Hiro
• when my name isn't capitalized, i don't feel compelled to use normal capitalization in my posts. this is ... : Modica Sol Solis
• Booooooooooooo : voodooraze
• oh what the fuck : CoRDS
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  good. that was getting retarded. : [fry]
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    sure bracket fry bracket, capitalizing your name sucks. : Hiro
    • i hate the brackets. "fry" is just taken. : [fry]
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    booo but my capitalization was not random :(( : OverBurN
    • neither was mine. :((((( : Super Sparker
  • agreed : wtf242
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  WTF are you guys talking about it looks normal? : abrasion
  • ahhh control - f5 not just f5, I actually no longer recognise losimagic or whatever - I'm sure he had som... : abrasion
• khaaaaaaaaan! : Arcanum
• all lowercase looks way too humble for some of your egos : mXENO
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  I dont like the way a J looks like in lowercase :( : Jayx77
  • I agree, layx77 : Optimus Prime
  • now my name looks like overbum :(( CHANGE IT BACK! :( : OverBurN
• my nick never made sense anyway : AisfortomAto
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  this shit is silly. why is it that whenever ANYTHING happens that people like or even causes a tiny annoy... : bradsh
  • You were one of the worst offenders. >:( : Ebu
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    because it's usually something fucking annoying that gets out of hand. This capitalisation thing was gett... : moshman
    • Can we put a ban on the amount of complaining that people post because that is really annoying? We kno... : Jonathan
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    this is why we can't have nice things. :( : Fyunch Click
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      you don't look at me when we make love :[ : zakazi
      • You don't bring me flowers anymore. : Fred Garvin
  • because those things are usually run into the ground ... and quickly. : pandastrong
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    your freedoms are being infringed, call team america :( : geedeck
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      im not saying we have "rights", im saying its annoying : bradsh
      • dude, I have no clue whats going on, I just mod here I just figured it was haiku having fun, and haiku... : geedeck
  • GOSH! : tashtego
  • he just asked when it started - i'd like to know also, and why it was changed. i don't care either way a... : tangles
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  Next up: no uppercase letters in posts! : basketofkittens
  • The next campaign should be to remove non-letters in names. Makes about as much sense. : mmogger
• i feel so tiny : Audhuml4
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  so this was their final solution? : Foxhawk
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    seems simple enough to me. As if it matters too : moshman
    • Yeah, no one will care in 2 weeks - we'll all be used to it. thank god I'm not still using 'AbRASiON'... : abrasion
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    solution to what problem? : Patch-e
    • sorry it was a nazi invocation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Solution : Foxhawk
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  G R E A S E M O N K E Y ' D http://uploader.stonedonkey.com/uploads/caseshacknames.user.js you kn... : stonedonkey
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    Oh, sO theY JuST ADded sOMe CSs tO Do IT. InTEReStING. cONSoLIdATe tHAt aLL INTo ONE strINg. CAlli... : ThomW
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      LOl ... i hAvE To tuRn ThiS tHing OFF... haHA : ThomW
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        I just did a quick search on Greasemonkey's site.. I didn't see an easier way of doing it.. can you give ... : stonedonkey
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          Here: // ==UserScript== // @name CaseShackNames // @namespace CaseShackNames // @de : ThomW
          • Nifty.. fixed.. thanks :) : stonedonkey
          • NIce FinD, BTw. :) : ThomW
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    I think the problem is everytime someone makes a capitalization change to thier name, it updates the whol... : Slowtreme
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      that is not how databases work : bradsh
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        Then have someone else explain it, because thats what I heard. Loging in with a change in Case, is updati... : Slowtreme
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          except the case changes are still there, they are just being hidden by css. : bradsh
          • Right, making it pointless to fuck with it all day long, and leaving your name case alone : Slowtreme
        • That's not how it works... still. : sharkII
    • Yea I just noticed case was still in the HTML, the script just shows what's there. I've been gone over t... : stonedonkey
    • indeed, this NOT how relational databases work.... : RobFlinn
  • nice. : NeoMoose
  • Nice. Thanks! : godwit
  • Yay! Thanks. : Johnny Law
  • *phew* And all is right with the world again : SiW73
  • Thank you, though this is a temp fix at best IMO. : Hiro
• because some of you people are fucking retarded. : Phil
• Shackers are narcissists, they have to be treated. : Nitrium
• as noted in an earlier post, people cant tell if im MrSparil or MrsParil. i wish not to be unisex :( : mrsparil
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  they aren't with the SFW script running. :) : FormerHPB
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    Yeah things look normal for me. : sigpro
    • not anymore. looks like they closed that loophole. :) I really don't care either way. : FormerHPB
• What the fuck are you talking about? : rosewood
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  One of the best things about the shack is its simplicity. If caps is that much of your identity, why don : skilesare
  • Shack is serious business! No distractions! : ChibiJosh
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  Because you alternating lower/upper case username spellers were incredibly annoying. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    oh when? not soon enough, as someone stated above : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14193685 : Fred Garvin
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    guess whats more annoying: all lowercase. I miss Foxhawk, Phil, TheMonkeyWench, etc. I blame gegtik fo... : bradsh
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      Well, a small minority always has to ruin something for the majority. :) : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        It's the minority of people that abuse it and it's another minority that is upset by the abuse. : Jonathan
        • Sucks for the annoying minority that the annoyed minority is in charge, then. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • precisely : moshman
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  well, that's one of the stupidest things enforced on the shack yet. : sharkII
  • quiet or you'll be forced to use numerals! : Fyunch Click
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    yep. the worst part is i imagine it basically being haiku or someone doing it to get a rise out of people... : bradsh
    • It's probably haiku. I'm pretty sure regular mods couldn't do this. : Arcanum
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      oh stop being so childish about it. As if it really changes anything. WAAAH WAAAH WAAAH, you don't give a... : moshman
      • If it doesn't change anything, why change it? : sharkII
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        Oh right so it's ok for you to state your discontent with something but if Brad is upset about something ... : Jonathan
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          lol, where the fuck do you get that from? it was getting annoying, was what I said. brad is monkeying ... : moshman
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            hows it smell up there? : OverBurN
            • wtf? : moshman
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            oh stop being so childish about it. As if it really changes anything. WAAAH WAAAH WAAAH, Oh yeah that'... : Jonathan
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              ok ok, I should have put it differently. but read his posts in this thread : moshman
              • Just ignore him then... eventually he'll settle down or he'll cross the line into a ban. Not everyone pos... : Jonathan
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        i dont care about my name at all actually, as it is just lowercase bradsh EVERYWHERE else on the internet... : bradsh
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          you will get used to it in 2 days : moshman
          • no, because i will find a way to remove this css retardedness and make it the way it used to be. : bradsh
        • you dont recognize phil? because of the capital P? : pandastrong
    • well if that was their goal, it worked. : pandastrong
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      this is why i love haiku. i pray to my jesus that it was him. : Phil
      • Fuck you, he's MY jesus. : Fred Garvin
    • NAGGER PLEASE! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Yeah its pretty lame :( my capitalization was not random and necessary to make my name not look like over... : OverBurN
    • in my heart, you will always be overbum :( : moshman
  • My capitalization was proper, god dammit! Now I've been shit upon! : Orange Pylon
• what ... noooooooooooo! : SlowMoFoe
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  Is this fascism? I think this is fascism. I'm going to go check my dictionary. : silent prophet
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    this... is... shacknews!!! formatting removed for emphasis : Slowtreme
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      please change your exclamation points to periods. they are annoying. : bradsh
      • ok. : Slowtreme
• im hoping it gets changed to all caps : pandastrong
• all the shack punctuation nazis are probably in full convulsion mode by now. : beastrabban
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  we should all start posting in all lower case in protest. : godwit
  • you usually use caps? i never use caps... pressing shift is too much work ;] : bradsh
• someone should tell these mods about the first amendment : sgtsanity
• end of an era :( : MoNsTeR
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  140+ posts on capitalization of made up names. God I hate the internet. : peanut-
  • its hilarious : pandastrong
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    its identity - same reason people get so hung up on what kind of shit to buy : 60days
    • It's not just a name, it's a copyright! :) : Optimus Prime
  • the door is over there thanks for coming : FrayLo
  • Don't worry, I hate you too - Internet internet : Super Sparker
  • caring about things is for faggots : Foxhawk
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    but yet you're still posting here! : godwit
    • you beat me 1 second godwIit :( : Flying h4x0r
  • as if you have anything better to do than post in this thread too : Flying h4x0r
  • That's okay because we all hate you too. : Fred Garvin
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  Well, the grammar nazi in me dislikes having all the names in lowercase (since names should be capitalize... : Vantage
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    People were randomly capitalizing vowels and other stuff. Ascenders were everywhere. :( : sgtsanity
    • Oh, yeah, that's even worse. Viva la revolucion. Viva la minuscula. : Vantage
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  i think my favorite part is that it still shows up correctly in the message popup. : Omning
  • yeah.. that makes me happy, i think i might be able to get used to the lowercase in the overview : Flying h4x0r
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  whut : NFXFSX
  • poor NFXFSX :( : trOmblyj
• What? : trOmblyj
• meh, it's not like I look at anyone's names when I'm reading posts anyway. : darcspeed
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  the funny thing is that Steve "sCary" Gibson is the patron saint of arbitrary name capitalizations. Th... : Clay
  • i love you : OverBurN
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  Hrmm, the "back to overview", "up" and "down" buttons are all lowercase as well. : Jonathan
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    those aren't for me : Patch-e
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      not for me either.. where are you seeing this? pix : Flying h4x0r
      • Nevermind it's a greasemonkey script side-effect. : Jonathan
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    Hrmm.. I removed the transform on all a tags, I guess they used it on those... what view do those show up... : stonedonkey
    • Just above a comment inside a thread. : Jonathan
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  of all things to be tweaking :-/ : Holesinswiss
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    In development terms, this "fix" is what is known as "low hanging fruit" : Clay
    • haha. see also: over-engineering, solution in search of a problem. : Holesinswiss
• Pretty odd considering our fearless leader's sCary handle.... : kingdok
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  Great. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • If anyone ever needed the use of capital letters, it's this man ^^^^ : voodooraze
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  ‮!non siaM : cilegnA citanuL (5272#) «] : Lunatic Angelic
  • thats pretty impressive : Slowtreme
• This is a travesty :( I have had caps for six years :( : EvilDolemite
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  well i guess the shack will live forever, as no one can say it's under capitalized. : Clay
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    ... : genjuro
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      hey it was better than fyunch click's joke : Clay
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        clay this was even worse than my image of you and gegtik : genjuro
        • no, there was NOTHING worse than that : Clay
  • Seriously lame. >:-( : MaJeStu
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    why do you keep posting in this thread >:( : mikecyb
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      because you can't stop me. i thought that my point about "sCary" was pretty good (though I'm sure somebod... : Clay
      • now he is but steve gibson :( : mikecyb
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  look for a Shacknews expansion, they now have more capital(s). : Fyunch Click
  • I think the modding community really makes this game. : Jonathan
• im not upset. : nomaad
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  how about a check box in options: force all names lower or something. personally i don't give a shit, b... : romulan
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    a checkbox wouldnt be bad, although the default should be that names are NOT lowercase. It makes some na... : RobFlinn
    • Actually I would make it the default - it would fit with everything else being switched off at first. : Jonathan
    • in that case they'd need a change in code to force display of the original case sensitive registered name... : romulan
  • This is a great idea. That way the sandinthevagina folks won't see the capital letters that massively ups... : mmogger
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    I don't really see what that would solve. If this is even a big problem. : Orange Pylon
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      It means that people who don't use firefox and greasemonkey can see case sensitive names again. : Jonathan
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        Yeah, i'm sure there's alot of us. I don't use that stuff, it's just extra clutter, i like to keep my sh... : romulan
        • Greasemonkey is ok but post-processing a page just to alter some CSS is a little clunky. : Jonathan
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  Not one official comment about this issue so far. :/ : Optimus Prime
  • It would be nice to know exactly why this needed to be done. : Orange Pylon
  • And there won't be one. The apparent feeling here is that if it's ignored long enough, people will stop a... : Phreakin
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    You can just imagine the chaos on the mod boards right now. : romulan
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      Why would there be chaos? : filtersweep
      • lol'd : felicia
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        Because you guys are more dysfunctional than the Shack itself? : romulan
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          We work together really well, actually. Granted, there's always disagreements, but they always get worke... : filtersweep
          • LIES! I have seen the truth. : Fred Garvin
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            Wait.. So you're saying things don't always get worked out respectfully and intelligently in the chatty ... : romulan
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              Have you read some of the global warming threads recently? : Jonathan
              • psst sarcasm : romulan
  • * E E C U M M I N G S ' D * : porp
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    it was done to save space. lowercase letters are smaller. : FormerHPB
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      The official site font should be Courier New : guido anchovy
      • Borked tag. :( : guido anchovy
• i wish i could create a k.d. lang character account so i could post my indignation that the shack stole m... : Clay
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  random actions like this would be easier to deal with (life so so hard! emo++;) if there was some word ab... : sikander
  • w00t.. emo--; : sikander
• I am scarred for life by this you naPPy ShAcKERs! : baronzemo78
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  I dunno, but the only ones not complaining are the all-lowercase people ;) : SiW73
  • word to your mother : porp
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  They are fixed : marmite
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    10 bucks says it was haiku fucking around :D : SiW73
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      I like to think so, this was funny as hell :D : dognose
      • hell is no laughing matter dognose :( : sharkII
      • I thought a few mods were missing when all this happened. haha :) : Optimus Prime
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    Good thing everyone waited patiently for a reasonable explanation before freaking out! : filtersweep
    • Well it's starting to get to the point where if you don't freak out about something then apparently it lo... : Jonathan
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    good thing too, i was getting sooo annngry for a minute there. : nomaad
    • The E-rage was intense. : peanut-
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  M-M-M-MONSTER THREAD!! : Fred Garvin
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    Fred Garvin, this shit heap is nothing to be proud of. : filtersweep
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      The Shack is a great social experiment. You never kow what will set people off here. : Fred Garvin
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        I disagree. It's pretty much guaranteed that anything and everything will set at least one person off abo... : sigpro
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          I'm not talking about one person I mean threads like this. : Fred Garvin
          • My point is that no matter what something is going to set people off. Be it something small or something ... : sigpro
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          Don't confuse a difference of opinions with setting someone off. I really don't understand why large thre... : Jonathan
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            I'm not confusing anything. : sigpro
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              ok so other than Brad who else in this thread was "Set off"? : Jonathan
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                plenty of other people complaining about it above, no need to point out names as I don't give a rip one w... : sigpro
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                  I still say that complaining in a post and setting someone off are different things. Otherwise IAWTP woul... : Jonathan
                  • I'd say a thread that has 300+ responses is more than people mearly complaining : sigpro
          • I'm not sure why large threads are looked at as being evil, myself. : AhmNee
    • I'm really, truly trying to understand why anyone would care about this for even for the teeniest millise... : thaperfectdrug
• Everything looks fine to me. : dopeman
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  MESSAGE BOARD DRAMA. : Mr.Fusion
  • This is delicious! : Mustang|

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  You have my ear, citizen. : SockMonkeh
  • Look at the muscles on you. : Mondo
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  Awesome awesome game, I'm curious to know if X360 owners played it 100 / 200 hours and how the X360 versi... : abrasion
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    I can't imagine playing Oblivion on the 360. There are so many mods for that game, it's ridiculous. : SockMonkeh
    • I'm glad I played it on the 360 for just that reason. I would have put a lot more than 120 hours into it ... : Ctrl-Phreak
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      I dont miss the mods at all. The vanilla game isnt terrible as many claim, imho. : Tommy Toolbag
      • The vanilla game isn't terrible at all, but fuck - I just *love* being able to customize a game to how I ... : Rice-Rocketeer
      • Oh, the vanilla game is great, too, but I'm talking about even small things that don't really alter the c... : SockMonkeh
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      I won't deny for a second it's better on PC - but I prefer a couch and sitting at a desk playing games fo... : abrasion
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        I had it all modded up going out from PC to my HDTV, amazing looking : Mondo
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          I've been seriously considering a monster shuttle machine in the lounge. Anyone know what a DVI->Out... : abrasion
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            dvi from my ati x800 is perfectly readable at 720p from 10 feet away 37 inch olevia lcd hdtv : Mondo
            • So it's all crisp and sexy? :( damn that sounds the business. Just need an 8800GTS 320mb with passive ... : abrasion
    • 50" HDTV. : Frozen Pixel
  • Im at about 100 hours in on the 360 now. No problems at all. Its much smoother than it was on my pc. : Tommy Toolbag
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    I played the PC version first, and then switched to the 360 version. Much prefer the 360 version, and ... : Drewus
    • I can't wait to get one :( : abrasion
  • Way over 100 hours for just my main character on 360. Probably over 200 in all. : Sexpansion Pack
  • i put in 100-120 hours into oblivion on the 360 and it was fine. its been a few months since ive played ... : pandastrong
  • I played one character for well over 100 hours and another for about 50-60. There some problems during l... : stump
• Greetings, Bosmer! : tangles
• I just can't get in to it. I get bored of free roaming single-player games really fast :( : aeg1x
• i just reinstalled today. couldn't play it with my old hardware. mods: Oscuro's oblivion overhaul na... : project13
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  I saw a mudcrab the other day.. : DrZettl
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    Was he drunk? : ezanga
    • I miss my old pal the drunken mudcrab : ezanga
• I was standing on a steap hill when I accidently dropped my amor from my inventory. I closed the inventor... : red2lucas
• 100 hours or more scares me a little. However, the game is installed on my machine and I will patch and p... : Orange Pylon
• Run into this yet? http://brodieman.shackspace.com/videos/OblivionOuttake.avi : BrodieMan
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  What kind of people enjoy this game? If I liked Gears of War would I like this type of game?? : mp7rox
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    Well, their two completely different games. Do you like huge, free-roaming, open ended, sandbox type g... : Drewus
    • IM ONE OF THOSE GUYS...I NEVER LIKED RPG'S...BUT OBLIVION BLEW ME AWAY... i put so many hours into the... : agentlead
    • I'm not much of a RPG player and I adored Oblivion. I'm not super player or anything, but it's a lot of ... : jasonepowell
  • since gears is a third person tactical shooter and Oblivion is a 1st person real time RPG there is some d... : kbnerd
  • Well, I enjoyed Gears and also happen to love Oblivion, but, you know, that really doesn't mean anything. : Ebu
• Found Normality the dunmer with...unusual sexual tastes yet? : Arcanum
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  Fun game, except I wish they hadn't botched the exploration aspect. Theres just no reason for me to do an... : avatar_58
  • I did like that I could occasionally stumble on neat areas in Morrowind. Although it was sometimes pretty... : FlatlineDixay
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    There are reasons to explore.. Daedric shrine quests are usually in pretty remote locations (Nocturnal b... : ]aratex[
    • Ok the shrines and the doomstones, I'll give you that. However those are all outdoors, what about in door... : avatar_58
  • There's no reason? There's not bloody reason? IT'S FUCKING FUN. THERE'S YOUR DAMN REASON. Just be... : Ebu
• Yes, when I bought it I knew it would take me several years to finish. I fired it up a couple weekends a... : FushigiDenki