Evening Reading

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  jessipoo, justsayno, and i strolled into Edinburgh Castle at 9pm. we had a table waiting for us (we're pi : das_runt
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    and jessipoo got her first hangover this morning. it was painful and i hope it is not repeated. : jessipoo
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      haaaaaaahaaaaaaaaa : justsayno
      • shut up you harpy. i have to go get on a plane and drink some more. RIGHT NOW : jessipoo
    • ahah, i share your hangover pain. I woke up this morning not too sure where I was and in such pain it was... : AlexXdude
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    No it's The Dude's drink. : The Key
    • This is my position as well. : spazzium
    • yup. it may have been a chick drink before, but The Dude manly-ized it : Clay
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      A white russian is quite manly. A colorado bulldog, on the other hand, is the pussiest of pussy drinks. : silentw
      • what? its practically the same thing : VespeneGas
  • heyyyy, justsayno, how you doin? : moshman
  • Sounds like a good time. I would have come buy I was crazy sick. I think I went to sleep at 8PM or some... : Amadan
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    OMG THEY FOUND ME!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/60967292@N00/505103111/in/set-72157600232683209/ : Fred Garvin
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      you're a tattoed lesbian who wears suspenders? : edgewise
      • Dude it was meant as a caption :( : Fred Garvin
    • you're micheal jackson? : azenmaster
  • Jessipoo needs to move to Austin : ( : Athlon7
  • jessipoo shall be cast as motoko kusanagi http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/505066906_4ee7eb44f0.jpg?... : mr.sleepy
  • That's a really good camera. Especially considering it was dark as hell in there. : edlin
• i also forgot to mention Chris Remo who showed up bravely, despite needing to cover the Blizzard StarCraf : das_runt
• davantalus said he had fun and he did make it out of San Francisco safely. He's on his way to Portland ri... : angrytaxman
• Brad Shoemaker is a shacker? I had no idea. : mechanicalgrape
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  There better be some of these during the summer, the S.F. crew looks like good drinking fun. Finals are a... : mojo the helpr monke
  • There seems to be an SF shackmeet every couple months, so yeah probably. Also you could arrange one yours... : jake2000
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  Looks like a ton of fun. I should have sucked it up and made the drive. : spazzium
  • Yes! You should have! : justsayno
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  Is it weird talking at a shackmeet without a post rate limiter? : oatmela
  • Ajax and edlin were there. They made people leave the room every few minutes. : dognose
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  Wow, the m/f ratio in that shackmeet looks to be approaching 50%. Didn't know there were that many women... : Barbarian
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    San Francisco is home to most of them :) : spazzium
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      Must be. The Calgary shackmeet was 100% male. Just as well because you know how geeks get around girls.... : Barbarian
      • Yeah, like any of the geeks on the shack are married or anything. Or have kids! Imagine how screwed up th : cannelbrae
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    The Shack is mostly women, or have you not got tangent enabled? : dognose
    • Well, that explains the Shack's love of the cock. : RomSteady
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    And yet, the pics where I get edlin on my lap or when the three of us girls are petting each other never ... : Zhaneel
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      are there pix? because we didn't take any of that, it was as we left.. maybe someone else is holding out.... : das_runt
      • Nope. No pics, that I'm aware of. Nor the last time I was an edlin chair. I think it is a conspiracy to : Zhaneel
  • You're just angry none of us turned out to be women in disguise. : Judicus
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  damnit - I wish I could have gone :( Stupid research project deadlines >:( : Mr.Fusion
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    oh that excuse again... : FushigiDenki
    • :( this summer I should have normal hours with my internship, so maybe I can actually go to a shackmeet! : Mr.Fusion
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  lots of hot women there. wtf? also ajax is black? wtf? : wtf242
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    LOL yeah and I'm Chinese. : dognose
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      also haiku is blacker than wesley snipes : warpdude
      • I had haiku and mr. sleepy in my car at the same time... It was like one of those black parades they have... : wtf242
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  hah. Look at all those gays. : mavmavv
  • We missed you too. : Zhaneel
• So glad we were able to stop by (not mentioned is the quiet but shy cheshirecat who showed up with me. ... : Zhaneel
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  Nice! Jessipoos hair is really shiny :( : suicidemachine
  • shiny hair makes you sad? : justsayno
  • that just means that she is housebroken! : creep
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  This must be why Seattle shackers don't meet as much as you SF/NY shackers. I don't know if we have any l... : cannelbrae
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    Seattle shackers are just lazy as shit. : sigpro
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      Not desputing that bit, perhaps with the exception of FrayLo who did a great job getting everyone informe... : cannelbrae
      • there was a seattle meet? When was this?! I just moved out to snoqualmie, but I'd come on in for a ... : dedgecko
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  I love how Remo's lips are always ready for a kiss. : azenmaster
  • haha : cam3lt0sis
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    Only in one out of three photos! I was taken by surprise. : Chris Remo
    • This needs to be that photo beside your name on LNCing and articles! : The Key
• Jessipoo is hot...she looks a bit like Gillian Anderson with dark hair. : whodares
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  You NoCal folk look so.. normal : SiW73
  • I'd go as far as to say that they're GOOD LOOKING! : godwit
• Portland = alcoholics, SF = hot ladies Louisiana = cry : Rauol Duke

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• I saw it yesterday myself. I never saw that comin'. Good way to end the season. : thejm4n
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  I heard she broke her back. : ant_hillbilly
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    On MY DICK AMIRITE OR WHAT HERE FOLKS. : Rauol Duke
    • actually it was from fucking her internet boyfriend (me) : boring gegtik
  • :[ http://www.fox6.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=7aa305ec-f6a8-416b-8ac7-3645f91318e2 But i... : Fred Garvin
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  Jack Bauer, but he's unavailable... and fictional. : Fred Garvin
  • and overqualified. : treefingers1
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  so what's happening to Karen? are we assuming Jim and karen broke up in NY and Jim turned down the offer : edgewise
  • thats what i'm thinking : Flying h4x0r
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    Not sure if Karen even knows yet. Interesting that Ryan got the job though. : Fred Garvin
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      are we sure that he got the same job micheal jim and karen were applying for? : Flying h4x0r
      • No, but it would be a pretty lame red herring to throw in there. : Fred Garvin
      • yes. It is very obvious and they don't do stupid things like that in previous episodes. : crazywigga
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        BJ Ryan (the actor playing him who also writes a lot of episodes) confirmed it on some forums : derelict515
        • Well, he is the executive producer : historyinthemaking
    • And I wonder if Jim really was the front runner and turned it down. The interview sounded like he had it : Barnahog
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Howard_(The_Office) <- spoilers here Remember when Ryan and Jim were : Flynn
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  I look forward to next season when Ryan will be the one checking up on the office and interacting with Mi : Barnahog
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    I'm going to miss Jan and her new tits. She's hot. : edgewise
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      That scene was lol, and so was Jan breaking down in the car. I hope she's back in some way, she was pret : Barnahog
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        She's having mood swings, pregnant? : Barbarian
        • That never crossed my mind, probably not out of the realm of possibility though. Daddy Michael(eal?) yik : .sticks.
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          My wife and I have been guessing this for a while. She's also put on some weight. : brickmatt
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            what: you watch this show? I might have to stop watching it now : boomstickah
            • Best show on television. : brickmatt
        • she said in the car she was having mood swings because of the painkillers from her operation : pukerat
    • i was hoping she would flash and say "say good bye to these, for the last time." : Flying h4x0r
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  whats the exchange rate on stanley nickles to shrewtbucks? the same differance between unicorns and le... : agentlead
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztj1N8qKRr0 : Bantis
    • ahahahah.. poor dwight but don't you want to earn schrute bucks?!? :( : Flying h4x0r
    • lol def best line of the whole show : agentlead
• Watched that this morning. So, so, so excellent. : mittense
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  I think he made the wrong choice, the other chick was hotter. : Porkasaurus
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    Oh not just that, the Jen chick was smarter, made more money and didn't appear to have the emotional bagg... : Porkasaurus
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      Pam is the girl most guys would go for because she's not challenging. She has very little drive or ambiti... : Rauol Duke
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        The actress who plays Karen is Quincy Jones daughter?!? : Porkasaurus
        • she is indeed : strider_
• That show is amazing : rosewood
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  spoiler picture: http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7311/snapshot20070517223419cj6.jpg : mXENO
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    That was a very awesome moment. : rosewood
    • hell yes it was : strider_
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      That's pretty much exactly how things went down when I was in Chicago and I got the job offer back here. : Rauol Duke
      • You're back in Lousiana? Friggen wow makes me miss so much. : .sticks.
  • how did the two of them get together anyway? : Flying h4x0r
  • i was just about to post that. we laughed so hard when he looked at the camera. : captain hampton
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    He's had too of my favorite moments. One from earlier in this season (or last season): I know what I sa : brickmatt
    • too two! : brickmatt
• I'm find myslef extremely attracted to Jan. Mmmm : warcrow
• the office rocks! : fsck
• The best part about The Office is that the characters are outrageous caricatures of real people you meet ... : Barbarian
• anyone else notice Jan has a freakin goiter? watch the scene when she shows Michael her enhancement, whe... : zagzig32
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  I prefer Jan. Ohh yeah. unnnnnnnnnghhhhhh..... http://www.punkassgamer.com/jan.jpg : snuff
  • Those fakes are so fake (what?) : rosewood

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• that's beautiful : vov1n
• ok........... : NFXFSX
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  a. no it isnt b. they didnt include the cock : boring gegtik
  • or the ring : Turd Ferguson
• lol : oHnOES
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  i can only see magic eyes with the depth inverted -- things that should recede instead pop out and vice v... : mattsull85
  • retardation : deep gray
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    I think it means you're converging your eyes instead of diverging them. : aeg1x
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      i can't diverge them, i am doomed to see this 3d goatse in reverse : mattsull85
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        yah I'm the same way.. i've always seen these things in reverse. : Shadowdane
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          the silver lining is that it's crossing your eyes is very easy and can be done on the fly without holding... : mattsull85
          • holy shit i got it : mattsull85
        • Add me to that list too. Always in depth not coming out at me. : Solstice
      • stare through the monitor. just pretend it's not there and look at the wall behind it. : sludge vohaul
  • oh it means i am crossing my eyes : mattsull85
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    i'm the same way. any tips for me? : broly1718
    • i just succeeded by actually moving it away from my face very, very slowly like the instructions always s... : mattsull85
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    this is how I always see them, I thought it was normal. You mean it's possible to make things look like ... : Omaha
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      yes. you'll really want to see this one in its full glory. it's way more convincing when convex. : mattsull85
      • heh, i meant in general, not this one. : broly1718
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14432789 I think people make magic-eyes backwards or something, it's mu... : aethyr
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  there is a shacker with a goatse magic-eye in a nice picture frame : Patch-e
  • It's FormerHPB courtesy of yours truly. I sent it to him as part of his White Elephant a few years ago. ... : ThomW
• hahaha LOL : red2lucas
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  ugh try as I might I just can't do these things : tunis5000
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    I could never do them either. The piece of advice that helped me the most was to look 'through' your moni... : aeg1x
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      it can help to have something to focus on beyondd the screen.. a reflection of a light or something can b... : boring gegtik
      • holy crap that did it I see it! sooo freaky : tunis5000
  • it's a schooner!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I hate to say it, but that's the first magic eye thing that ever worked for me. :(((((( : Rotten Deadite
  • People find it easier to see images they are already familiar with. : aeg1x
  • first for me now as well! : mattsull85
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    Wow, me too. I was only able to see it by getting my screen at an angle where I could see the reflection ... : BlackCat9
    • I'm really surprised by how actually 3D everything became. I could move my head around and get a kind of... : Rotten Deadite
  • still at zero for me with these things. : peter
  • ha ha, me too. tried it on a lark and was like "aw come on now i finally get one and >:(" : Deathlove
• i can't seem to make out the balls to well :( : yedrin
• 90s technology for 21st century icon. : kramweil
• hahahaha GROSS : kydaimon
• hahaha, I sent it to my fiancee since I can't do them. :( It looks like two hands... two hands opennin : burningtrees
• ooohhhh.. a saaiilbooat! : a weakling spaz
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  Just set your eye's focal point about six inches behind your screen and it should just jump right out at ... : mrbill360
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    none of my knobs are labeled "focal point" :( : eldersveld
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      I tried putting a piece of paper six inches in front of the screen, reading the small letters, and quickl... : romulan
      • Oops he said behind.. don't know how to do that... : romulan
• now my eyes won't revert back to normal. : Beef-
• >:{ These things piss me the fuck off : romulan
• whoa, thats deep : trOmblyj
• That's hilarious : ColoradoCNC
• ahaha, i love magic eye stuff, Anyone ever seen magic eye porn? that would be cool. : donlo
• I just got goatse'd :( : yosemiteclimber
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  i can't do this on a computer screen :/ : SockMonkeh
  • use Rasterbator : drucifer
  • Print it, doesn't need to be in color : Izakhar
• Holy crap. for the first time in my life I got this to work. Amazing what googling 'how to see magic eye'... : zakk
• I don't understand why for chemical stereo pictures you need to cross your eyes, but for "magic eye" you : aethyr
• Hahah, fuck. : FushigiDenki
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  it seems kind of inverted? like what should stick out is recessed and what should be recessed sticks out : RikiTiki2
  • you have to unfocus your eyes (i.e. look far into the distance) rather than cross them. : aethyr
  • you're inside the goatse looking out : crummynz
• i'm usually pretty good at these but i can't see that one at all. : rigg5kthx
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  Is that the goatse magic eye? : rosewood
  • Yeap : rosewood

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  Which server? The backup server is down. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Err... I mean the backup server doesn't have anybody playing on it. : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Yeah, backup server. Lets do it : PlanetPerfecto
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        Oh, ok. But I can only play for ten minutes. : Maddog_Delphi97
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          2 on Dust 2, Get in here poosies : PlanetPerfecto
          • Sorry I have to go. Anyway, for some reason my electricity decided to "reset" on me. wtf? Maybe la... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Someone PM me the server and pw. : Saman
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    server ip is 209.144.224.155:27015 Server Name: Shackbattles:CS 2 PW is the same as for the norma... : PlanetPerfecto
    • Yep. Does anybody know what happened to the main server? Is it because themelon lost his job? Or som... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  so we're not playing? =/ : Break
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    I'll join if you'll join!! :) : Maddog_Delphi97
    • So... is anyone going to join? :) : Maddog_Delphi97
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      IGI : lacker
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        IGI 2, 4 on office. : PlanetPerfecto
        • igi 5 on dust2 : SlowMoFoe
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        We got me, Crustar and lacker playing on dust. Anybody else want to play? Send me a message via XFire... : Maddog_Delphi97
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          I always have a nasty habit of shooting my team mates. igi!! : judasen
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            11 on cobble!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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              I'll play for a bit... : yosemiteclimber
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                Cool!! Lacker left, though. I think he has work to do tonight or something. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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                  10 on cobble!! COME ON, PEOPLE!! GO GO GO!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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                    I could maybe... : Odoyle
                    • 13 on dust!! ODOYLE RULES!!! : Maddog_Delphi97
• IGI 88 pon piranesi : mista mista
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  I'll join up. More of you need to cause there's only 10. : DOOManiac
  • 13 on now, IGI. Join up fgts : Noobler
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  lol, there's only 3 on aztec. I guess everybody had their fill of the game. lol. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • yeah, I had to take a break myself. Partly because I'm kind of tired of aztec, and partly because I haven... : Noobler
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  These servers should be back up as well. : themelon
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    lol, Maddog had everyone believing you had run off to Cuba or something. : drucifer
    • LOL to tell you the truth, I had NO idea what happened. lol, sorry guys. Didn't mean to team kill ... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Hooray! <3 : Noobler
  • holy awesome! yayaaaaaaaaaa : mista mista
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    So does that mean the BF1942 game is still on? : Odoyle
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      I think so!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
      • Wait, I just tried to get on... it's not up. Looks like tonight's shackbattle is a no go. :[ : Maddog_Delphi97
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  9 on Office. Server CSS not CSS2 : mista mista
  • 11 now. Be there in a sec!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I've been thinking about the custom map server. Since no one is playing on it I propose this idea and if ... : mista mista
  • Sounds good to me. But I think the real reason why more people aren't playing on it is because it's no... : Maddog_Delphi97

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  maybe you can take turns fisting each other : boring gegtik
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    I meant things to do without my wife, cause when it really comes down to it, who likes spending time with... : dysfunctional
    • masterbate? : donlo
  • lol nce : arizona bay
• anal without lube? : gokart.
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  This might sound fucked up, but go down to the local place where people go to pick up their car after it'... : oatmela
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    or go to an abortion clinic and have a chuckle : boring gegtik
    • -_- : DM7
• Could maybe check a local paper for events going on in the city? : cam3lt0sis
• Have any aqua velva around? : ke_rico
• If you're in Canada, then theres fireworks tomorrow night for the May "Two-Four" weekend. : SlowMoFoe
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  Go for a hike. Take a picnic. : filtersweep
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    I second the hike suggestion. Hikes are lots of fun, and they're free! : angrytaxman
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      Some states make you pay for parking if it's on public land though. : romulan
      • Hiking, with a Hitch... : Malum
  • Hikes up a mountain = win : Barbarian
  • I was just thinking this. : Magus
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  How about having sex : oneshot
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    He said "wife" not "girlfriend". Everyone knows married people don't have sex. : Barbarian
    • not true. i know a married couple that had sex once in february, and now she's pregnant. : elwood00
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  Volunteer at a local NPO. Go play a sport like tennis. Hop on your bike and take a ride. Play WoW. $... : godwit
  • this is an excellent suggestion. volunteering is great. : hobosapien
• Liberry! : dognose
• Go to a car dealership, act like two rich assholes, and try to test drive the most expensive car they hav... : ofcedeot
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  buy a loaf of bread, go to park and feed ducks. Alka seltzer surprise optional. : Fyunch Click
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    that doesn't require spending money? : jcutner
    • if he goes anywhere in a car he's spending money. : Fyunch Click
• Make a sandwich and watch some TV movies - or Trading Spaces is on as well! : Galadriel07
• Two copies of World of Warcraft : ghost in my shell
• fishing : fathertime
• Walks, videogames, board games, watch a movie : EvilDolemite
• Workout? Have friends over for dinner? Learn something new? : The Key
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  Frisbe Golf : capt tripps
  • ^^^^this is fun! : drucifer
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  Read a book. : _hiob_
  • ^^Best reply : Haku-Jin
• Here's what I do sometimes: 1. Think of some stuff that you want to do, but don't really feel like doi... : Orange Pylon
• Go play some sport if people play pickup games in your area? I play ultimate frisbee, and while playing i... : perstephanie
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  play frisbee, go for a hike : Yabrodan
  • hiking yes, exercise and rewarding... lighter hikes if you don't have equipment : dael

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• they deserve it imo : lodit
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  They're hitting an untapped market. People are buying the console for Wii Sports alone and not even bothe... : aeg1x
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    exactly what my parents, sister, and grandparents did.. (for the most part)... nintendo are idiots for no... : dextius
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      Why exactly would they have to "drop everything" to make Wii Sports 2? Why wouldn't they just have the W... : Chris Remo
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        Because it's a figure of speech? : drbriefs
        • Hand Wii sports off to Sega to produce for the Wii. : Wombat Woo
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        sorry chris, i just felt that nintendo needs to have a sense of urgency to cater to the obviously non-gam... : dextius
        • i'd be surprised if Wii Sports 2 is not in the works. right now the Wii is selling so well there isn't re... : Mansmells
        • Wii Music and Wii Fitness have been announced, and I'm sure there's more coming. Plus, it's not like non... : Chris Remo
    • Wii has only been out for 6 months, I'm sure Wii Sports 2 will come out at some point. : aethyr
• I'd say it's more Nintendo knowing their market and separating themselves well from the other gaming cons... : ovrlrd
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  the Wii isn't really "next-gen" in the sense that the Xbox360 & PS3 are. The Xbox360 & PS3 basically jus... : Shadowdane
  • While I agree with your points, the whole "next-gen" idea is really something more ingrained in the minds... : ovrlrd
• It depends on your definitions for "the right idea" and "next gen gaming". Personally, I would say tha... : capt tripps
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  I think Nintendo are turning into a bunch of assholes like Apple who are no longer selling a product but ... : lord cecil
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    we the hardcore gamers of the shack, are no longer the target audience of Nintendo. That's because it ... : Serpico74
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      Ok, sure, without arguing your point as right or wrong that doesn't change the fact that I'm no longer th... : lord cecil
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        How does that make them "assholes"? They're making hardcore games for the hardcore crowd, casual games f... : Chris Remo
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          I'm not really blaming Nintendo - it's the sound business decision. I still get an inferior product so of... : lord cecil
          • So I guess what Nintendo needs is an unlimited supply of money and no concern for profit. : vigilante
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            Well... Nintendo quite literally can't do what Microsoft does. Microsoft has lost billions on their syst... : Chris Remo
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              Well they are absolutely moving towards the selling of an image rather than a product - again just like A... : lord cecil
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                They're probably moving marketing and sales because they've had so much trouble competing with Microsoft ... : Chris Remo
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                  Nah. Nintendo actually owns a lot of significant size they haven't developed. MS has been trying to get t... : lord cecil
                  • Why *wouldn't* they move their marketing to SF/NYC? Its the two major hubs in the US for advertising and ... : not work safe
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                they are absolutely moving towards the selling of an image rather than a product What, and Microsoft a... : Serpico74
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                  Everyone wants to push their product as an image: food, cars, boats, clothes, computers, home electronics... : Ebu
                  • Hell even the shack, I mean, it gets you chicks! : zakazi
      • Plus: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=NTDOY.PK&t=2y My only beef with Nintendo stock it that it's an A... : Serpico74
    • I agree. I would buy a Wii for Twilight Princess if I actually though I'd have time to play. : Moonbase Commander
    • I for one am happy to be left out of this "hardcore gamers of the Shack" group. : pres589
  • Aiming for the larger general market instead of the niche as a business plan? The hell you say. : Deathlove
  • I'm pissed because i bought the thing and it has turned out to be incredibly average. It's my own faul... : Drewus
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    I don't know what to say, except that one of the first games out the door is Zelda ffs. And there's sure ... : d fluke
    • so is manhunt, which seem like it's being build up for the wii from some reports. : knightblade87
    • Ok, that doesn't have anything to do with what Nintendo has planned for the future. That game has been in... : lord cecil
  • i'm not drinking your cool aid : Slowtreme
  • Sony never had a prayer of stealing the handheld market. People don't want a portable console, they want ... : ColoradoCNC
  • HAH! I think microsoft and Sony peddle image more than nintendo. Who has the "cool" commercials with ... : TheTick
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    lol the hardcore gamers. Give it a break. Most of us just want to play fun games. : NastyJack
    • The hardcore are too hardcore for fun. : walker270
  • I guess I lose at being hardcore. : systatic
• I think they potentially could have the right idea if they are exclusive to it. IMHO the Wii is one of th... : K1Bond007
• My parents bought it, I didn't. : snuff
• It's the only "next-gen" console I own. I want a 360. Have no desire for a PS3. Have not regretted my Wii... : zipper76
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  I find it strange too, only because I haven't played or seen a single game on the Wii that makes good use... : Modica Sol Solis
  • Same thing happened with the DS. I'm holding judgement until developers get a handle on how to use the co... : Serpico74
• I dont consider half a year in when all the consoles are released....destroying their competition...wait ... : mastarp
• It's cheap, fun, innofensive and accessible to everyone. The x360 and ps3 are premium hardware with comp... : chazums
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  In a sense Wii isn't next-gen at all, it's last.5 gen with application that appeal to a larger market tha... : d fluke
  • And by not being next-gen I mean that it's focus isn't on bleeding edge HD-res graphics, it's on content ... : d fluke
• Console gaming would be fucking boring if it was just Microsoft & Sony. : ShekkyBoy
• They have a gimmick and an unbeaten price point. What more do you need? : Sylvanus
• I want one, but on the other hand, there aren't really many good games for it. : jonin
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  mine is shelved unless i have friends over. i should really just sell the thing : maulla
  • me too. I'll probably keep it for the kids, but I've got zero interest in any games for it right now. : edgewise
• they were sold out of wii's at toysrus for like the past two months. i was buying a game the other day... : eggnoodles
• I think Mario Party 8 comes out in a week or so. Anyone picking that up? I wonder if that will be a big h... : bozer
• I totally think they have the right idea. Let's see, expensive and will require more money for accessorie... : geedeck
• we are saving stock until May 27th... we'll have like 48 which is.. weak. : sludge vohaul
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  They're selling like hotcakes so they gotta be doing something right ! That being said, for me the librar... : qwpeoriu
  • Out of 3 people that I talked to last week that I know that own Wiis 2 said they just sit there until fri... : Fred Garvin
• Because its cheap and fun. I play my 360 far more, but anytime people are over, the Wii is the one everyo... : Rauol Duke
• I don't own one at home and I don't plan to either. At work though the Wii gets more play than anything e... : d3tached
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  i hate nintendo so much. I own a DS and a Wii but I i dont play either much, there just doesnt seem to be... : donlo
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    Did you not get madden? : rosewood
    • not football, i mean REAL versions of the stuff in wii sports, and tiger woods didnt turn out too well. I... : donlo
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    Have you compared prices to other systems? : crummynz
    • yes, and $40 is worth it for a PC game. $60 is too much for most 360 games, and PS3, lol what games? : donlo
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    There are a shitload of games for the DS that are each well worth $35. Can't comment on the Wii since... : Ebu
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      ehmy budget is really tight and i just dont think a DS games worth over half my weekly food budget. : donlo
      • Not to be a jerk, but maybe you should just be more careful before spending money on this stuff then? T... : Chris Remo
  • Send them to me please. : systatic
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    What games are you playing that are less than 10 hours? : perstephanie
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      almost all my ds games are less than 10hrs, but some have replayability. while some like NSMB, are real... : pyide
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        NSMB can be pretty long if you try to access all the levels. Let alone get all the coins. : crummynz
        • i did the 100% thing, if there was a game clock it would probably be less than 6 hours. the game is reall... : pyide
      • Advance Wars has definitely taken me more than 10 hours, and FF3 did. I haven't finished Phoenix Wright o... : perstephanie
  • What? The DS has one of the best libraries! And the games are much cheaper than other consoles... :\ : c_man_tmt
• Kids want anything that's cool, duh. : Amnesty_intl2
• Can't wait till I can stream shit to it. other than using orb : FuzzyOnion
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  Its cheap and easy to play. I think "next gen" went too much after the hardcore crowd...and while the har... : Senor PoopyPants
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    I could understand if you said the hardcore demographic shouldn't be the only one targeted, but not at al... : qwpeoriu
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      you act like all nintendo games in the last 20 years have been all brain age and wii sports. : knightblade87
      • i never said or implied anything even remotely close to that : qwpeoriu
  • I got a taste of how it feels to be in that situation when I first loaded up GRAW. I mean I got the game... : Chris Remo
• A lot of it is price + the hype of the 'novelty' I sorta expect it to calm down, a LOT, once people se... : nukewinter
• Sony/MS didn't do their pricing math. : thebigbeefsandwich

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  Sure. : Orange Pylon
  • NVM, full. I think i'll go get a meal instead. : Orange Pylon
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  no rail? wtf man : pyide
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    I like the dogfights, rail cuts 'em short. *shrug* : Cygnus X-1
    • yeah, i could see that for 1v1, but ffa just turns to rocket spam fest without a precision weapon like ra... : pyide
    • if yuo leave it up for a while can you put the rail back in and allow map voting please : oneshot
• Server full :( : Wheatloaf
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  Full. What's your player limit? : Serpico74
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    He's got it at 6... let's play here: 67.27.11.103:27960 : Wheatloaf
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      anyone? : Wheatloaf
      • im at awaiting challenge still : oneshot
      • fuck it, theyre making smores in the back yard, im out : Wheatloaf
    • cant connect to that one for some reason : oneshot
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  no rail WTF : oneshot
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    Seriously, wtf : deveus1
    • Quiet you. : Cygnus X-1
  • would have played if it had rg. q3dm17 (or q3 in general) without rail is like mario without jumping : yedrin
  • it is saddening =( : cam3lt0sis
• q3dm17- railgun = poop : Sludgehead
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  Anyone care to play? I want to see the skills of some Q3 Shackers. Have retail or demo servers? I coul... : Lionel2b
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    Hrm. Found this empty demo server: 70.85.224.178:27963 . DM17 rail. I havn't refreshed retail servers in... : Lionel2b
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      still interested? i'm going to go fuck around for a bit : mattsull85
      • wait fuck that i don't want to downgrade, i'm going to cygnus' server : mattsull85
      • Yea,I'll be waiting for a few min. : Lionel2b
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      i'd play if i could be bothered to d/l the demo :P : yedrin
      • come to cygnus' place! : mattsull85
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  Holy shit, Shackers definitely represent. GGS Cyg and Serp! Lots of mid-air RL action! : Lionel2b
  • That's the first time I'd played Q3 online in ages. I'm down for more. Perhaps a RA3 server at some point... : Serpico74
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    Hells yeah! You would have owned me on a neutral server. : Cygnus X-1
    • dammit why'd i just miss this, someone come back to the server : mattsull85
• ^Bump for day crew that want to play. : Cygnus X-1
• Oooh yes, if I could only get my CD to work :( : silentw
• :( : DM7
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  well, I'm going in bitches : Flynn
  • I'm in like, well, you. : Orange Pylon
• I am installing the game right now... is 1.32 the last point release? : c_man_tmt
• Bump for map voting and putting rail back in : oneshot
• fun but brutal :( I suck badly : Flynn
• it was fun, hadn't played in years. My ping sucked on that server though :\ : c_man_tmt
• O yayz! I can play now! Q3 Shackers unite! : silentw
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  Can't seem to install this on Vista. Run setup, get cursor+hourglass, then nothing. : crummynz
  • Oh wait, I can just run the EXE from my XP partition. Except server is full :( : crummynz
  • I had no problems installing in Vista. : Orange Pylon
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  Oh god I forgot how fucking fast this game was. Owned. :( : freshyk
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    You were stuttering around a bit there like you were laggin a bit =( Other people seem to be OK on it tho... : Cygnus X-1
    • Bit surprised at the 50 ping (I'm in LA also) until you mentioned it was running off a cable modem. :) ... : Serpico74
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  I went from -6 in a 1v1 against Cygnus, to 3rd place with 5 people! I've played Q3 online maybe... an hou... : GrimmyD
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    I was fighting Serpico for first that last match. A bit. :( : crummynz
    • Don't be sad. :( : Serpico74
• good fun, all : flox
• I get a pretty good ping there. Too bad it's empty and has no rail. : Sludgehead
• Ironically I was just doing some AI testing on this map today. : tedv
• Where'd everyone go? :( : tedv

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  but the server's down D: : RikiTiki2
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    Now way :{ : romulan
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      yes way :{ : RikiTiki2
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        Man i was looking forward to that shit. What's the story? : romulan
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          no clue. the server went down the same day as http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14421442 some of us th... : RikiTiki2
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            Shit that's right. Does anyone else have the resources? Pretty short notice though. :{ : romulan
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              whats it take to host a game? : donlo
              • The bandwidth is the issue.. : romulan
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    awww shit!!! : feek
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      you already knew, the CS:S server was on the same box : RikiTiki2
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        I wish Ashkie's server still had the bandwidth to do the hosting. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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          ashkie doesn't have the touch anymore? : RikiTiki2
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            When he was laid off (or did he quit? I can't remember), he no longer had the excess bandwidth to host a... : Maddog_Delphi97
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              oh?? that sounds... scandalous? : romulan
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                No, I'd say that what happened to Ashkie has also happened to themelon. I mean, the whole getting fire : Maddog_Delphi97
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                  except themelon was using steve's bandwidth? : RikiTiki2
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                    He was? I didn't know that... I just assumed that themelon was just using his workplace's bandwidth, a... : Maddog_Delphi97
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                      tracert the server ip, dude. 15 149 ms 141 ms 130 ms mail.shacknews.com [68.142.120.137] it's... : feek
                      • That is... really odd. Wish themelon was here. :[ : Maddog_Delphi97
                      • Does anybody else know for sure??? : Maddog_Delphi97
      • i just didn't (want?) to think about it :( : feek
• I am! If the server is not down, that is. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I was wondering when this would occur. : Orange Pylon
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    The battle or the server going kaput? : romulan
    • the battle :( : Orange Pylon
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  Oh right! Absolutely! Are we using the new TS server (win.shacknews.com)? : silentw
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    rydogg1's TS server went down? : RikiTiki2
    • hm, the regular TS server (TS.shackbattles.com) is up, and it's the same IP as the BF1942 / CS:Source ser... : RikiTiki2
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  These threads would be a lot better if the people that control mentioned servers would pipe up with what ... : pres589
  • Ditto. Anyone out there? : romulan
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  Let's just do a pub invasion :) : silentw
  • it's still 6 hours away, I have hope : RikiTiki2
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    I was thinking this as well, there's a few out there i'm sure. : romulan
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      Suggest one and do us all a favor :( : silentw
      • Yeah! :[ : Maddog_Delphi97
• whats the dillyo? :( : SlowMoFoe
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  Server is being taken care of by Silent Prophet as we speak. The system it runs on was restarted without... : themelon
  • Yay!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
  • I kiss you two with mouth : RikiTiki2
  • I'm going to fuck you so hard. : Orange Pylon
  • Man-kisses, table of one. : pres589
• Can anyone put up disc 2? mine is scratched so I can't install :( : yosemiteclimber