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  I see some time in my future disappearing .... : Nation
  • Damn, I killed too many this last round and they protested and shipped the game early :( : Bantis
• ROI's like that are a beautiful thing. : pigvomit
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  Sold: 522132, Income $5221324, Cost $15699, ROI 33259%, Score 99921 : mancide
  • OH YOU'RE A REGULAR DEREK SMART, AREN'T YOU? : yoonix
  • you sure shrunk my ROI penis! : Bantis
• Units sold: 2,013,265 Total Income: 20,132,654 Cost of Development: 29,455 ROI: 68351% I think I ma... : Fyunch Click
• i don't understand :-( : dahanese
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  Sold: 3,072,905 Total Income: $30,729,053 CoD: $29,660 ROI: 103,604% Score: 310,988 : Frozen Pixel
  • Perhaps I have a future at this sort of thing...oh wait, hehe. : Frozen Pixel
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  hahaha, kill 4 or 5 right at the start and they go apeshit. : burningtrees
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    test orange? : burningtrees
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      //{ code? }// : burningtrees
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        {// code? //} : burningtrees
        • fuck what is it? blah : burningtrees
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  So what are you guys doing to get these higher numbers? (I've only played through twice now) My ultimate ... : Bantis
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    I allow Free Soda, they can play my competitors games, allow for new cool ideas that they come up with, I... : Frozen Pixel
    • yea I think my mistake was trying to do all 15 milestones and my lack of push for marketing. Apparently I... : Bantis
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      lol, free soda. we have that. : dahanese
      • Give me some please. :> : DM7
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      WTF? 50% marketing 50% graphics should be the key to success here. : SockMonkeh
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        NO WAY gameplay is key goddamnit. : dahanese
        • maybe if you hate $$$money$$$ : SockMonkeh
• I wish I could add microtransactions to my game! : Bantis
• Units Sold: 542,751 Total Income: $5,427,511 (lol!) Cost of Development: $26,182 ROI: 20730% (??) Sco : felicia
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  i got it! AAA baby! 1,743,384 units sold total income $17,433,838 $20,150 cost to develop 86,520% R... : dahanese
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    Nice! Did you ship early? : Frozen Pixel
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      no :-( also if you pay them too much they get all pissy and revolt. : dahanese
      • No kidding, they are way to fickle and then they make me click the kill button too many times. Then they ... : Bantis
• Haha, this looks awesome, gonna have to mess with it later. : boarder2
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  Units Sold: 567700 Total Income: $5677004 Cost of development: $12278 ROI: 46237% Your Score: 138867 ... : Bantis
  • >:( Although my virtual game developer owner self will wallow on my virtual 100 foot yacht! :P : mitchwalker
• Units Sold: 590,737 Total Income: $5,907,370 Cost of development: $20,900 ROI: 28,265% Score: 84971 : Kentor
• Units Sold: 4,223,924 Total Income: $42,239,237 (took a few minutes just to get to that) Cost Of Develo... : Lionhart32935
• 2nd Try: Units: 2,928,074 Income: $29,280,735 Cost: $22,590 ROI: 129,618% Score: 389,027 Do I... : mitchwalker
• I found a cheat. If you set graphics to 100%, then set one of the other 2 stats to 100% by clicking on th : hbalce1
• ok this is retarded. I sold so many units 12mil+ that it's still calculating the income 5 min later. : mista mista
• Units sold: 12,035,446 Total Income:120,354,659 Cost of Development: 36,616 ROI: %328694 Score: 9... : mista mista
• Units Sold: 3,275,666 Total Income: $32,756,658 Cost of Development: $11,030 ROI: 296,978% Your Score... : Bantis
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  Okay, I think I suck. I will have 5/5 on everything and the all of a sudden 1/5 and then my developers r... : Zhaneel
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    Ha finally shipped once: Units Sold: 385224 Total Income: 3852245 Cost of Development: 12110 ROI%: 31... : Zhaneel
    • You've just gotta be REALLY careful with how many you kill, and I believe you want to kill the "slow" one... : Bantis
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  Units Sold: 17447571 Total Income: $174,475,712 Cost of Development: 40039 ROI:435764% Score: 1307 ... : thekidd
  • Units Sold: 1,357,645 Total Income: $13,576,450 Cost of Development: $22,743 ROI: 59,682% http://ww... : podman405
• haha, that looks awesome, I gotta try that watch me burn money faster than Infinium Labs : Jayx77

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  this is why i tell everyone i am fat and ugly, and also a man. : dahanese
  • that's my trick, damnit : AbortedFetusChristi
  • We know it's a lie. If you were a man, Msync would not be pushing you away in those pics. ;P : FormerHPB
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    What if, like, hypothetically, someone was into fat ugly men? : SenorSpine
    • I am. <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 : Orange Pylon
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      then send them the fuck my way right bloody now. : AbortedFetusChristi
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        Let's shampoo each other's backhair, my love : Orange Pylon
        • Pics pls : SenorSpine
  • Go on.... : theargent
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  I don't think pole-vaulting pays too much, but if she really cared she should stop dressing in the minium... : Mondo
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    yeah all those women who got raped for wearing a skirt deserved it am i rite : AllYourBase
    • well she doesnt want people rubbing one out to her : Mondo
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    ever pole-vauled? you don't want to wear some victorian dress. The lighter/thinner and less total-amoun... : proclone1
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      have you pole vaulted? (just curious) : epit
      • no I never wanted to die.. but I did highschool/college T&F, and then coached HS T&F.. saw one of our guy... : proclone1
• This is friggin hilarious : Edges
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  A two-page article for that? Huh? : Silent Sorrow
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    washpost is a rag. they give as much attention to paris hilton and the dc madam as they do to geopolitic... : snackula
    • What do you read to your cats, then? NYT? There's no way in hell you're a conservative. :D : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• If I were her I'd use this to earn some dough. Make a softcore porn site and take it off for large subscr... : avatar_58
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  this thread is useless without pics : trOmblyj
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    I'm going to go out on a limb here: http://www.allisonstokke.com/index.html : FlatlineDixay
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      ahahaha I've seen that before.. Probably from here! http://www.allisonstokke.com/uploads/34262/5046573... : liqker
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        mmm hot, I bet I've seen her before. : trOmblyj
        • Yes, there is no question that it's pretty damn hot. : FlatlineDixay
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        http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13843400 : peanut-
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          Hold on...did this whole phenomeon start here? : angrytaxman
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            I think so, yeah. Epit's post was months before the blog mentioned in the article. : peanut-
            • LOL, yeah I totally remember that thread too : angrytaxman
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            Shacknews - ruining lives one hot chick at a time. : avatar_58
            • haha .. i wish it said that in the title bar :( : strider_
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            I was about to say "no way"...but looking at the date of that post vs. the date she found out about it...... : Arcanum
            • LOL, I remembered that thread when I saw the WP article. Shacknews "it stalks chicks!!!!" : baronzemo78
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            sorry to say, but it didnt. I have my proof :-/ : epit
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              I'm sure we weren't the first ones to hear about her, but isn't it possible that we were the first fairly... : edgewise
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                we really aren't that important : judge
                • :( : buzzbat
                • I'm not trying to say we're "important" but given that the original pics were on a HS track and field web... : edgewise
              • I'm pretty sure SA caught that fever before the shack did. : Sexpansion Pack
            • Wanna share that proof? As far as I can see, the rabid fanbase for Allison Stokke didn't take off until a... : Bold
        • Dayum. GGS Shack. : royalally
      • O_O Yowza. I don't see why she has such an self confidence problem. With a body like that I'd be rich... : avatar_58
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  If I was her, i'd talk to Mobil about getting a temporary tattoo that I could put on my midriff during me... : fletch_
  • If you think this ad is a cash grab, wait till you see my %^%$!! : avatar_58
  • lol, I can almost picture that : Unleashed
• I've got a pole she can ride. : mojo the helpr monke
• You know what every guy did when they read that right? : Fred Garvin
• Does that mean she's reading this thread now!? I should put on some pants >:( : Audhuml4
• Don't forget the 4.0 GPA. Yeah, she's gonna make some guy feel inadequate in college. : Serpico74
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  Seriously though, she is ridiculously hot. It's not fair to other women how hot she is, because now every... : SenorSpine
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    She's hot, but in some shots she looks like she's 12. : David Craddock
    • but : peanut-
    • Yeah, the one picture though is pretty crazy. It's like that one with the girl taking a photo on a hill, ... : SenorSpine
  • Hardly "ridiculously hot," it's just that one image is a really good one. : thief
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  on close up, she has an average face : oHnOES
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    Incoming "Sharp Knees" post. I couldn't continue to rub one(s) out after I heard her interview on Yout... : Phil
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      I remember one girl in high school, half her face went numb for a few weeks due to some stress-related di... : FlatlineDixay
      • I may cut her some slack then. : Phil
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      shes got jake gyllenhall mouth syndrome : aurealis
      • but thats totally cool i mean ive seen brokeback probably 20 times : aurealis
• that article is a little creepily written on the first page haha : mikecyb
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  LOL. She should take advantage of this publicity and figure out a way to make money off of it. Endorsemen... : mmogger
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    I'm surprised that "stoner chick" on the Apple commercials disappeared so fast. She was all "I wasn't hi... : dognose
    • She wasn't hot. : Fred Garvin
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    That's probably the best thing she can do right now. Getting something like that off the Internet is eff... : Arcanum
    • www.stokkecam.com She could get fucking rich in a big damned hurry. : mmogger
    • Reminds me of that Facebook girl who parlayed her Internet fame into a job writing for a sports website/m... : afty
  • "I just want to find some way to get this all under control," Stokke told her coach. Maybe she is. : lightsam
  • she looks like she knows how to be succesful period. i would be careful about managing my image too if i : eggnoodles
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  Not every girl on the internet wants to be a porn star. : Orange Pylon
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    don't worry all they ahve to do is walk outside and most guys will eye hump them anyways : fletch_
    • True. But I can see why being eye-humped on a massive scale, without permission, would be pretty fucking ... : Orange Pylon
• why is there strange emphasis on demeaning on the second page? : rosewood
• cuz pole vaulters are so successful... she needs to use that publicity to start something or do something... : zagzig32
• Hey Allan Stokke, whats up? : buzzbat
• tl;dr: the internet is full of assholes who won't respect someone's privacy : mrfunky3000
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  I think the irony falls on the father though. "The defendent won his case due to Stokkes statement of ... : stgdz
  • man uses sexuality against a woman, and karma bites his kid in the ass. : das_runt
• a.) Calendar b.) Website c.) Documentary She'd make a fortune if I were the photographer. : Phil
• people admire pretty girl, she freaks out. this made the washington post... : eggnoodles
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  best thing to have originated on the shack : itsjames
  • link to legendary OP: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13843400 : itsjames
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  This is kindof sad. She didn't pursue celebrity status like a pop singer or movie star, but she's stuck w... : Megara9
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    The irony is that her dad got a cop off for sexually harassing a woman because she dressed sexy. That doe... : baronzemo78
    • hah! Awesomeness. : Megara9
• More like Allison Strokke : Wolfanoz
• The comments on that article are hilarious and mind numbing at the same time. : baronzemo78
• I would have sex with her. : fletch_
• They took the fan site down. We can only pray that career-stilting obscurity will follow! : c0bra

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• Why's it gotta be black people? : zanzaban
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  That was a dream you had, rosewood : genjuro
  • I have a dream! : rosewood
• Was that a TV series? : nosseman
• dude that was 18th century western imperialism : sgtsanity
• pretty sure this only played below the mason-dixon line : kydaimon
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  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367085/ : Magus
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    I don't know, but I remember hearing about a book with a similar concept. : Orange Pylon
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      Meant for root. : Orange Pylon
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        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377744/ : smax
        • oh book : smax
• Operation: Human Shield ? : virus
• i thought that was the bible : sexninja!!!!
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/ it had to be done : OrkO
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  I think that was an Outer Limits episode. I remember the awesome line "All people with a complexion darke... : Rauol Duke
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    correct. outer limits episoder. i remeber it. : AMikaboshi
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      It was part of an HBO or showtime series. It was an outer limits/twilight zone type show, but done exclu... : grimygopher
      • Were the aliens offering something in trade, like unlimited energy? : rosewood
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        Cosmic Slop The aliens wanted the Melanin in black people for research or something in exchange for all ... : SynthetiX
        • Yes, with George Clinton as the host : rosewood
  • Yes, thank you. : rosewood
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  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/ : judoka2
  • whoops... too slow. : judoka2
• racist! : naabster
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  "The day the KKK stood still"? : donlo
  • hahahahahahahaha I remember watching some KKK fuckwits on Springer once. I got so mad I ended up stand... : red2lucas
• David Duke's "I have a dream" : TheArtMan
• across the vast ocean of space and sold them as slaves on other planets? : prime8
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088933/ : pigvomit
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  yeah i think it's called "my fucking dream come true" : lakren
  • White power, this is OUR heritage. The media today pretends blacks invented all the music. I remember the... : rasputinreborn
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    Not sure why you're not banned, but the next time I call you a moron asshole, like right now, try not to ... : Silent Sorrow
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      hello, it's called a joke you crazy chinese man : lakren
      • Yeah. I know. Like all the other "jokes" you make. Dork. : Silent Sorrow
• Yeah, it was called "mr.sleepy goes home" : mrwolf710

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  Looks like you used one of those templates you have to use with that certain shopping cart code : historyinthemaking
  • I did it from scratch. But any shopping car has to sort of work off the same backend. So like I have to... : LucyLuBot
  • PS. I like the old colors better and non gradients. The old site seems more Homey. I think if you swapped... : historyinthemaking
• Also, text is filler text, I just kind of put it in to see what it would look like all done. So don't ju... : LucyLuBot
• hate to say it but I kind of like the first one better. I like the colours and layout : AlbinoSquirrel
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  from the frontpage only, i would rather buy stuff from the old one.. I'm really turned off by the gradien... : snicker-snack 2
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    I was going for a web2.0 type look :( : LucyLuBot
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      i don't think that's a look that works for selling lobsters... : snicker-snack 2
      • exactly : historyinthemaking
    • Web 2.0 look is dead. : zanzaban
    • i think you might find that making the gradients more "shallow" (less bright at the top, less dark at the... : electroly
• new: blue and red are too much of a contrast for me. and the column backgrounds are too colorful,eye catc... : naabster
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  I like the new design. Get that webcam running! : SockMonkeh
  • Though I think maybe you should integrate the old color scheme into it. : SockMonkeh
• i like the old one's colors more : feek
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  use a new font and ditch the SMALL CAPS : electroly
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    Can you suggest any good fonts? : LucyLuBot
    • from the looks of it, are you using Arial? use anything but Arial. :) Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, and Verdan... : electroly
• i like the older logo, without the drop shadows. the 2nd site design definitely pops more if thats what ... : aurealis
• I like the new one a lot more. : drucifer
• I like the new design although the two red columns throw things off. They both would look better blue, w... : Chod
• looks alright. things that bother me a bit: empty space on the sides, why bother. white background just o... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  OK So I cleaned up your site for you >>> http://tofslie.com/dump/lob.jpg 1. I made your logo smaller... : historyinthemaking
  • Oh, and change your backgrounds of the pics, some are gray and some are white. Make them all white : historyinthemaking
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    I really like what you did with the text. Did you just do it in photoshop? I really like the way its s... : LucyLuBot
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      Yup, all professional design starts in photoshop, then you build after you have your layout done. I know ... : historyinthemaking
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        What tools do people use in photoshop for laying stuff out (or are all the features I need in photoshop i... : qwpeoriu
        • um, photoshop. You just dont do coding in photoshop. Pretty much you build the site however you want,... : historyinthemaking
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          If you want me to whip up a design for you, let me know. I could probably do a template that is very very... : historyinthemaking
          • That would be really great. If you could make it in photoshop I could probably slice it up. Any idea ho... : LucyLuBot
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            Thanks ! I will have to talk to my dad and see what his budget is. : qwpeoriu
            • I was actually speaking to LucyLu :( Sorry : historyinthemaking
• Both are good, but they both give off a different image. The old version has more of a mom and pop store ... : Sayj3000
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  you have a lot of spacing issues, font selection issues and too many gradients :) : adev
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    What are the spacing issues : LucyLuBot
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      spacing as in how close things run to the edge and mixing centered vs flush left. It's very scattered loo... : adev
      • The text in the little boxes or the whole thing in general. I thought that boxes and stuff was lined up ... : LucyLuBot
• new one is much, much better. : lakren
• New one is definately better. I would put a "Products" link in that top bar, just because it took me a s... : Matto357
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  Seems like 1/2 like the new one, half like the old one. : LucyLuBot
  • I consider myself to be a prospective online lobster buyer, I think my vote should count twice. : Matto357
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  What happened with your apartment search site? : sharkII
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    Its still up. http://www.myapartmentmap.com I am going to work it and another project once I finish w... : LucyLuBot
    • Google's blog tricked me for a second http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/05/mashup-of-mashups.htm... : sharkII
• I much prefer the style of the old one. I just think it needs cleaned up a little bit. I like what hist : ThomW
• I trust the new one more... I have no idea why ! : Ra5putin

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• We are the Chosen People. : freshyk
• You will no doubt be blamed. : dognose
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  maybe the rapture occured and they all went to heaven and we're the doomed : [fry]
  • I can live with that : rosewood
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    I must go loot the Chinese restaurants :( : dognose
    • the chinese restaurants will still be full of heathen chinese people :) : RikiTiki2
• The few, the proud. : bitter ego
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  Uh oh we're down to 39 and dropping, and i fear we lost rosewood :( : dognose
  • *pours one out for fallen comrade* : freshyk
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    Yeah, i might have to start posting today. Lurking with less than 40 people on is an empty experience. : fleabug
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      Posting is over rated : rosewood
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        True, but I'm chained to my desk at home for the next 7 hours. My work machine is out of service now, ... : fleabug
        • at least it's at home, so you can play porn on it : RikiTiki2
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    OK whoa, we've got TimeDoctor and he's in California. : dognose
    • Maybe he uses a proxy or is in the far south of California? : rosewood
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    with this small of an audience how am i supposed to attention whore? :( : [fry]
    • exactly : rosewood
  • You will never lose me dognose. EVER. : rosewood
• Bizarre. Is the shack God only choosing his favorite posters to be allowed on the shack? How could some ... : Polysorbate
• i blame rosewood, and holy hell i'm glad its back : fletch_
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  what the fuck : felicia
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    what : Mr.SEX
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      What : felicia
      • WhAt : nyranger66
• did the www subdomain go down or what? : bRAINsick
• WTF, twice I've gotten hit by a non-working shack. : mancide
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  Seriously, what the hell, man? : c0bra
  • And I live so close to you, wtf? : c0bra
• i think the shack likes texas shackers? : Break
• hooray! i return : bradsh
• AHAH, I'M BACK! : AlexXdude
• WTF IS GOING ON I AM CONFUSED : thekidd
• >.< why did you leave me alone in the world of doing work. : dahanese
• i never knew it was gone, as i was gone! reality undisturbed. : delataur
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  *GAAAASP* Finally. I was bored out of my fucking skull for the last few hours. :( : avatar_58
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    lightsam is looking for you to show you his play pokemon : Slowtreme
    • I know, but I still have an hour and some odd till I'm home. :( : avatar_58
• it was like I had taken the red pill : OrkO
• You know I actually had to act like I was working?!@# : DM7
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  yeah wtf happened : proclone1
  • sTeve let his favorite homies post for a while without you losers : AllYourBase
• I'm cold, someone hold me. : Audhuml4
• I felt alive for the first time in months. No I didn't. : Orange Pylon
• wut happened here? wut? : naabster
• I had to do work today, hold me. : metalremains
• weirdos : burgertime

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  C'mon, shackers... this map (and the custom map server) needs more love from you. Pretty please? : Maddog_Delphi97
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    I'll try it once I get my computer fixed tonight hopefully. : h o s t i l e
    • Cool, I look forward to it!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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    I'll be joining tonight, I expect to see the rest of you there! : spazzium
    • I certainly will be there!! >:D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  some of us have to work. we can't all be millionaire playboys like you =-( : kbnerd
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    I'm at work as well!! I'm just pimping out this map so that it will get used more... I hate it when pe... : Maddog_Delphi97
    • okay but you better be around to shoot me in the face when i get home. : kbnerd
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    Came home for lunch because I forgot I left a load of laundry in the dryer. Millionaire playboy indeed! : dopeman
    • now you"re just trying to make me feel better. : kbnerd
• Just downloaded it and looked at it on the shack server. It is amazing. : lowayne
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  played it last night. Map is going to sucked unless we get alot of people on. : mista mista
  • Yea, that's why I'm promoting it right now... to get more shackers to play this. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
• I will try it out Maddog! : Jayx77
• There are people playing on two different shack servers - which de_wanda server is best? : lowayne
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  looks pretty sweet. downloaded it and played a few rounds, but some textures are totally fucked up. g... : dopeman
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    Downloaded the latest nvidia drivers and it seemed to do the trick. It seriously looks awesome, but th... : dopeman
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        True, but I just straight out died. It wasn't even hard. People try going in all sorts of wierd places : dopeman
        • it probably depends on the map, I have died several times on a poorly designed zombie map, glitching thro... : Jayx77
• I should be able to hop on later night, I've always wanted to try this map out. : helvetica
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  fy_ maps are my fav, hard to play the regular maps after the shitstorm that is fy : zagzig32
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    What are fy_ maps? Maps with a certain polygon count or level of detail or what? : Maddog_Delphi97
    • gg_maps are more fun than anything else! gun game rocks, yo! : kbnerd
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      fightyard maps; you just shoot people, there's no objective. : helvetica
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        the objective is to kill and stay alive.... its TDM basically. But, there are some AWESOME maps out the... : zagzig32
        • They're fun, but most of them are meant for smaller groups of players. Not that that's a bad thing, it's... : helvetica
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      fy_iceworld and all the others : zagzig32
      • poolday ftw... really fy maps are great for practicing reaction time and aim. I would dominate regular... : buzzbat
• I can't play tonight but I'll try to make sure Roast Beef shows up tomorrow. : manero
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  I thought you were talking about an R&B singer. : edgewise
  • Wanda Jackson? lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Ok, I'm on de_wanda right now!! lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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    DOWNLOADING NOW LETS PLAY!!! : askedrelic
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      YAY!! :D Wheatloaf and Askedrelic play for a little bit.. but it REALLY needs more players. : Maddog_Delphi97
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        Server doesn't seem to be running it ? : MrLobo
        • I'm inside it right now... do you have the right IP address? It's the custom map server. : Maddog_Delphi97
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          Buzzbatman and Peters4Life are on the server with me!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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            Ninjacow and twochannel have joined!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
            • maybe I don't have the right server... it's running dust? : spazzium
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              And Helvetica's here!! :D I love hearing her voice!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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                Where the hell are you people playing?! : AlexXdude
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                  See! Either Maddog is trolling us or we have been warped into a twilight CS zone. : MrLobo
                  • lol I thought the exact same thing. "Are they playing on a twilight zone server or what?!" : AlexXdude
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                    lol, look at the IP address I posted. Six shackers are here already!! Including Helvetica!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
                    • This server ? http://www.game-monitor.com/GameServer/209.144.224.155:27015/ShackbattlesCS_2.html It... : MrLobo
                    • cs.shackbattles.com:27017 GET IN HERE!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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                  Look at the OP. He posted the server. Make sure you have the correct port as well. : dopeman
                  • 209.144.224.155:27015 ?? : AlexXdude
                  • I don't think the map is Wanda anymore. : byorn
• dl'ing now, ill join as soon as its done : synack
• Going in, I hope this map doesn't explode my system. : helvetica
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  wait...the server is on Dust 2 now? : byorn
  • I'm seeing aztec :( : spazzium
  • Yeah the map switched awhile ago. I wanted to join, but it wasn't Wanda :( I thought I had the wrong serv... : AlexXdude
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    Yeah this is confusing. I have no idea what server they are running this map : MrLobo
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      It was the Shackbattles CS2 server, not a new one, like I originally thought. Somehow I guess people RTV'... : AlexXdude
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        lol the Wanda 24/7 didn't even last 24 : byorn
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          68.142.120.137:27017 tard : buzzbat
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            IGI now then : AlexXdude
            • lol its 70mbs?! holy fuck : AlexXdude
• Very pretty map, I enjoyed it! Although with HDR it's blinding when the map starts off every round. : helvetica
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  cs.shackbattles.com:27017 MISREPLY, meant for reply to OT : Maddog_Delphi97
  • IGI if you guys are still there : Jayx77

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• Oh my, this is going to be a good one! : melkore
• what happened with the donated money for the shirts? : oHnOES
• poop? : multisync
• Where's the chicks? : sharkII
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  FEAR BETA???? : snowwolf
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    ^^^^^^ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GIBSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... : lakren
    • gibs soon? not in fear beta, baby. : thaperfectdrug
  • hahaha, i remember that. : nyranger66
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  will you marry me? : dahanese
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    *tap*tap* You're on the show, silly, ask him yourself. Chris might get jealous though. : warcrow
    • Chris could marry Steve in some states, I guess. : thaperfectdrug
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      HOLY SHIT IM WHAT : dahanese
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        I'm seriously serious dude. Completely. : warcrow
        • this is tripping me out : oHnOES
• omgomgomgomgomgomg : smoove
• Has he thought of bustin' out into new mediums (some video coverage, podcasts, etc)? Saw the fella on G4 ... : thaperfectdrug
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  Also, did you get anywhere with Jeff Green? He's probably my favorite 1upper to listen to these days. : thaperfectdrug
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    Is this question for me, or Steve? : warcrow
    • That would be you, good sir. I'm fairly sure Steve is not going to hire Jeff Green any time soon. Althoug... : thaperfectdrug
• how do you feel about the sociological collapse you've wrought on your followers? : kydaimon
• The question is this: Given that God is infinite, and that the universe is also infinite, would you like... : SwiftyPants
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  at what point did you realize you could actually live off of the Shack? are there still times when you c... : Postal
  • also: does he have a lot of television experience? *cough* : Postal
• How does he contain the awesomness when Remo and Maarten are in teh same room? : shavenewok
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  mods, Can we get an inf for this?? :D : warcrow
  • *cough*cough* : warcrow
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  Oh man, this is going to be great. I have all sorts of network security questions I need answered! : Chris Remo
  • lol : Tincan
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    "when do i get a raise?" "who is the best employee ever?" : dahanese
    • is it legal to pay me in pop tarts and cheap casio keybaords? : shavenewok
  • Should I use WPA or WEP? How about enabling universal plug n' play in my router? Does anybody really use ... : thaperfectdrug
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  If he could kill any latestchatty.x regular, WHO WOULD IT BE? : ThomW
  • hahahaha this gets my vote! : Rotten Deadite
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    alexxdude : deep gray
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      What the hell man. I even liked your paintings. :( : AlexXdude
      • don't worry i got your back deep gray : lakren
      • hatred runs deep : oHnOES
      • it was a trick! : deep gray
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        If there's anything worse than jcutner, it's a jcutner supporter! : SwiftyPants
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          lol as big of a tard as jcutner is on the shack and as much as I may make fun of him, he's pretty cool in... : AlexXdude
          • and those ears... : deep gray
  • deep gray. : AlexXdude
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  Quake vs Unreal Tournament? UT is obviously superior but I'd love to hear what the big man thinks of e... : omnova
  • Oh no you d'ent! : warcrow
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  whats your alter ego shack user name? : deep gray
  • abrasion : kydaimon
• ask him about his experience in television. : Prozium
• "Did he ever imagine that shacknews would be such a success and such a close knit community?" : DM7
• What the hell do you do all day?! : nyranger66
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  How did he feel when shacknews got a nod of recognition in Doom 3? : shavenewok
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    ignore that, was thinking of a photshop i saw : shavenewok
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      What? There was a data pad with reference to Gibson Goldstein in one of the later levels. : SwiftyPants
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        ^Truth :D I was so happy when I seen that, it's our own private little sanctum in DOOM 3 :P : DM7
        • i was actually thinking that the front page was on one of the monitors. but like i said, that was a ... : shavenewok
  • rephrase it to: how did it feel to have the id developers talking about the shack in such a positive ligh... : snowwolf
• Things That Suck... wtf? : Ride-My-Rocket

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• I've been slapping honey on a half a dozen trees for a few weeks now, on and off during the week and on t... : Modulus
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  trying to catch mesprit. what a pain in the neck. : burgertime
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    Yes indeedy. I used a masterball because anything else is simply a pain in the ass. The way I did it was ... : avatar_58
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      ah, i'm reluctant to use my masterball on this guy. i tried catching a ghastly to use his mean look ... : burgertime
      • Why reluctant? Mespirit and Cresselia are the only reasons to use the masterball, everyone else is easily... : avatar_58
      • quick claw allows you to move first I think 50% of the time, and barring mean look I'd say put it to slee... : mikecyb
      • Skills like mean look vanish if you switch that monster out. It's easiest to just level your ghastly int... : gireal
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      Probably cause they're using the sploits! There's a pokemon dupe hack for pearl/diamond and there's been... : ant321
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        save game editor for pearl/diamond really diminished my interest in 'finding em all' : oHnOES
        • Ugh, that sucks. Pokemon = Diablo 1, lol. It's kind of expected though since the game is on consoles. : Sayj3000
    • actually you can win a master ball in the lottery but it requires that all digits of your (or one of them... : mikecyb
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    Mesprit changes locations shortly after you move to a new area, so it's impossible to catch if you're cha... : lightsam
    • oh man, i didn't know that about mean look wearing off. that was one of my [failing] strategies. : burgertime
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  Trying to get someone to fucking trade evolve me. Caught 2 shinies, Shinx and Kriktot, while ev traini... : lightsam
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    Haha I said I'd do it. ;) Were those shinies with or without the radar? If you managed that without then ... : avatar_58
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      Without radar, and luck. I was killing Shinx (1 atk) and the pidgey (1 spd) things, and ran into them. ... : lightsam
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        I fought magikarp for speed EVs. Just use the old rod and you don't have to worry about seeing anything e... : avatar_58
        • Yeah, but I was training physical sweepers, so running in the grass wasn't so bad. : lightsam
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  damnit stop talking about this game. it sounds good and I may have to buy it but I have no money. Damn y... : trelain
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    It's a really fun and addicting game. I've almost put 50 hours into and haven't really played anything el... : Modulus
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      I am creeping up on 90 hours and beating the last bosses did absolutely nothing to sate my obsession. On... : cornchak
      • Also, opens up the battle tower, where you can download other peoples Pokemon off the internet and fight ... : Sayj3000
• I also have fallen =( : Rigor Morts
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  I spent entirely too long getting the r/s/e and fr/lg starters into diamond (start game, pick starter, ge... : mikecyb
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    Just play it while working, the great thing about it being turn based. : lightsam
    • my desk is in in a hallway and I don't really have any cube walls, otherwise I would :( : mikecyb
  • Word to the Wise, don't shiny hunt unless you've got some time to spare. It takes awhile and you cannot s... : avatar_58
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  Berries, berries and more fucking berries. I keep not playing the game due to the berries. : Zhaneel
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    What do you need berries for? I used them on feebas and that was it. I haven't touched the contests yet..... : avatar_58
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      I use them to buy accessories & get ready for poffins. It must be noted that this a problem for me in ... : Zhaneel
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        have you played the Harvest Moon DS game yet? I've been thinking about trying it since I loved the origin... : Frozen Pixel
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          Nope. Haven't even heard of them. : Zhaneel
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            Oh, wow! I am fairly certain you would love them! Apparently the DS version isn't so hot, but if you have... : Frozen Pixel
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              Interesting. Is this game hard to find? We have a Wii, so I could play it on that. : Zhaneel
              • no, it should not be that hard to find. granted, almost everyone is cutting back on stocking GC games... : Frozen Pixel
          • Yea, try Harvest Moon definitely if you like the berry stuff in Pokemon as Harvest Moon is mostly a game ... : Sayj3000
        • oh shit i forgot i need this game. after i go back and finish puzzle quest this is next! : dahanese
        • It's "ok" I became obsessed with the GBA version. I had charts, graphs, a planting schedule, routines.... : Ebu
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      I need to grow a shitload of whatever berry raises beauty now :( that's going to be a fun one to find/evo... : mikecyb
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        When I get home I'll give you the name of the berry I used. I planted two of them and each grew into 5 be... : avatar_58
        • don't you need to find a feebas of a certain personality for it to even evolve too? does max repel work ... : mikecyb
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        For the Super Contests or for the pokemon who requires it? I found the Berrydex http://www.serebii.net/b... : Zhaneel
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          for a while I was growing a shitload of berries in pretty much every available patch of dirt, but I went ... : mikecyb
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            What do you mean you can water them and not pick them? I've been operating under the water them (or tr... : Zhaneel
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              well like when you go to pick them it says "there are # berries, want to pick them?" and if you say 'no' ... : mikecyb
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                Ah... yah, I tried that once, but I didn't notice an increase after they reseeded. I dunno. I would r : Zhaneel
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                  the problem with that is berries aren't really the focus of the game so I don't think there are too many ... : mikecyb
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                    You can't water it if they're ready to pick, atleast it told me it wouldn't have any effect. : lightsam
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                      What color was the soil? You can only do it for effect if it isn't dark. : Zhaneel
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                        this works I think, by the way... the three sitrus berry plants I rewatered instead of picking (they had ... : mikecyb
                        • Nice, I think I tried watering the non planted berries and it wouldn't let me. : lightsam
      • Apricot berries apparently is the best, then Wiki. Also, there are berries that if held decreases the ef... : lightsam
  • the berry thing in the game is horrible. I used a Action Replay and gave myself all the berries. Th... : Modulus
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  Do shinies give you anything besides a different color pokemon? : Arcanum
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    if you throw one into mount doom you defeat sauron : Bantis
    • I thought that was preciouses, not shinies? If you throw a Master Ball into Mount Doom, can you captur... : Arcanum
• Anyone up for some trading? I just wanna collect some more trainer IDs. I don't have any pokes that I n... : Zhaneel
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  Just caught Dialga so I guess I'm on to the the next unvisited city (seems to be the last one, so I guess : skankcore
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    Who's the OT for the eggs? I always wondered if it's the guy that hatches them or makes them. : lightsam
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      woah wait, you can trade eggs? I've been lied to! : mikecyb
      • Doesn't matter if the OT isn't the guy that hatches the egg though. : lightsam
      • the internets have fooled you! : oHnOES
    • I am, so I guess it's the hatcher, not the trader. : skankcore
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  i have no idea what the hell you guys are talking about fucking berries for poffins and feebas check the ... : das_runt
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    that makes me NOT want to play. : bling1bling
    • Meh, you can ignore that berry stuff, the hacking/cheating is what hurts a lot of the Wi-fi stuff, otherw... : Sayj3000

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• Needs more cities! : king_darius
• wait what?! : AlexXdude
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  linkage? : DM7
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    http://maps.google.com : yoonix
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      what city has the street view option? : AlexXdude
      • Manhattan does for sure. I think most of the well-populated cities do. : yoonix
      • nyc atm, only major cities atm. : .ka`boom.zZz.
      • San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Las Vegas, Miami, and Denver initially. : Zero|DPX
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        can someone just fucking link to a street view city, cause i've been trying to search for them and zoom i... : jcutner
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          New York, NY. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=new+york,+ny&ie=UTF8&ll=40.713956,-74.006653&spn=1.... : yoonix
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            its probably for amerikans only. : sikander
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              That is so fucking lame. : AlexXdude
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                It's the only way we can protect ourself from the Canadian terrorists. : yoonix
                • OURSELVES, damn it. How could I be so dumb? :( : yoonix
        • you have to press the street view button while zoomed out viewing all of the us and they show up, there i... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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          go to the US and then click where it says "Street View | Traffic | Map | Satellite | Hybrid" click the s... : Korban
          • I'm in Toronto; and looking at NYC; I have no street-view options :( : digitalsneek
        • http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=36.165389,-115.144014&spn=0.048643,0.080338&z=14&om=1&layer=c&cbll=36.... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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          none of us see the link in Canada : jcutner
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            I HATE GOOGLE NOW; I AM GOING TO DO FUTURE GOOGLING WITH ASK.COM : digitalsneek
            • GOOGLE HATES FREEDOM : sikander
          • This works for me (Canadian) http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14486174 : SeaLlama
• yea i was checking this shit out earlier, its amazing. fucking wild that i can go to a map, and then go ... : .ka`boom.zZz.
• oh wow, just wow. : orgcaptainnemo
• I really AM watching you in your house now. : askedrelic
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  live has had that for a year+ though ? : mallrice
  • http://preview.local.live.com/ : mallrice
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  This isn't real-time is it? It's just a picture of the street..... There's no way this could be real-time... : DM7
  • it's just a picture. they get a van with multiple cameras at various angles and drive around city streets : mallrice
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    Haha. Millions of internet controlled robots flying up and down the streets of our cities. I for one ... : cornchak
    • This is google were talking about.... ;D : DM7
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  street view ? i see a Traffic button : sikander
  • Zoom out. : king_darius
• Neat! Didn't microsoft do something similar recently? : thief
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  I can see my old NYU dorm! : Serpico74
  • im walking around vegas. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    Which one were you at? : thief
    • Rubin : Serpico74
• it's badass cause you can use the arrow keys to like "walk" around, so i followed this truck around the c... : snowwolf
• The motion blur is a little silly, can't they find a camera fast enough to take a decent picture? : c0bra
• I dunno man, I live here, and I think it's pretty useless (and disorienting). : aethyr
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  holy fuck. i will never be stuck in traffic again because of this : eggnoodles
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    you know its not live? : askedrelic
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      why not? it must be pretty recent. i don't see any reason for them to show a traffic snapshot if its days... : sikander
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        Um, they're showing a traffic snapshot because they were driving in that traffic while taking footage of ... : yoonix
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          I'm referring to the TRAFFIC button.. not STREETVIEW (i havent even seen that) : sikander
          • Yes, traffic is live. Street view isn't. Joke is dead :( : askedrelic
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        based on several streets I know, it's atleast 2-3 months old data, but it could later than that. : askedrelic
        • Street View maybe. Traffic button MUST be live... : Trepex
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      yeah after refreshing a few times i realized its more a novelty than anything useful : eggnoodles
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        this could really help around cities like NY where you want some sort of visual idea of where you're goin... : Korban
        • ^^^^yes, the best point already. : askedrelic
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          Your MOM highly supports this. har har! ;D : DM7
          • see? it works anywhere! :D : Korban
• this is indeed cool! : Frozen Pixel
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  HOT BABES Kinda.. http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=36.114997,-115.173004&spn=0.012845,0.027122&t=... : stonedonkey
  • I envision a cottage industry of locating and following the vehicles that take these pictures with ad tru... : ttyRazor
  • lol! that's awesome! i wonder if they had to censor anything because of copyrights or trademarks or wha... : Korban
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  impractical but cool : Bantis
  • It'd be pretty good for giving a sort of visual reference when giving or viewing directions to someplace ... : Frozen Pixel
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    I don't think that is at all impractical. "ok, I know the address is 923 3rd street, but what does the bu... : sammyl
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      No, an attempt at covering all of the US would be impractical (and keeping it updated) : Bantis
      • its not like you're the one having to do it. just sit back and enjoy : onji
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  I have Google Maps on my POS Palm Treo 650. My youngest son pulled up our street and then went outside t... : Phil
  • lol, I am thinking about that episode of the Simpsons where Marge gets online for the 1st time and sees H... : Jayx77
• I will be using it alot once the rest of the major cities are implemented. I use it to check access ... : Jayx77
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  zoom in to my house, and I'll show you my back door >:( : drucifer
  • FORMAT C:\ : Phil
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  google needs to get some god damn halfway decent rural maps stat... look anywhere in the upper peninsula ... : buzzbat
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    Google doesn't care about rednecks. : losimagic
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      you got a pretty mouth : buzzbat
      • its 'purdy' :) : onji
• I wish I had known they were doing this. I'd find out where those camera cars were going to be and try t... : Saman
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  ok now to integrate this into google earth : yedrin
  • :D : virus
• damn thats cool : jonin
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  Screen shot for Canadians + Foreigners, please. : SwiftyPants
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    just go to one of the new york urls mentioned in the thread : Maarten Goldstein
    • I did. And 5 minutes ago there was nothing. I swear it to be true. And I was pissed. Now it's there. I ev... : SwiftyPants
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    This one worked for me, straight from digg.com: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=new+york+new+y... : carrioN luggagE
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      doesnt work for me either -- must be being rolled out to diff. accounts in steps : boring gegtik
      • Nope. It's just for united states people only. : feek
      • I'm on a US-based internet connection, so that must be it. : carrioN luggagE
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  Someone please tell me why this is the first thing that I thought to do with this awesome new feature. ... : DOOManiac
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    ...because you lead a boring and sheltered life? : Korban
    • Yeah, that's probably it. :( : DOOManiac
  • What exactly is that? Hooker, flasher, hitchhiker? It the middle of a bridge? : Githyanki
• Yeah this is great. Its got most of berkeley mapped out. I tried to see if I could see myself in my apart... : pap26
• ARGH! Sorry to double-post. Shack search failed me. : ChibiJosh

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• lol the more tech-savvy surely play second life .... : imperator
• "can I be a Pig-Cop?" : edgewise
• Second Life recruiting... Oh man it hurts when you laugh this hard. : shortbuscaptain
• that's amazing. : smax
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  For reasons I can't understand, Second Life makes me angry. : EvilDolemite
  • I feel the same way. : guido anchovy
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    i've never been in second life or seen it but i'm fully in support of it burning to the ground : electroly
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      That's pretty common. People go in, see that the majority of it blows, and walks right out. Congrats, you... : felicia
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        ^ is a furry in second life. : aethyr
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          I just make moneys off of it, and I actually love to build buildings. :( If it weren't so fucking fun to ... : felicia
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            look at my profile. THERE IS NO GOD. : aethyr
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              So..you RP a female bear furry? I could probably sell you a few things. : felicia
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                I just thought it was completely ridiculous: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13083543 : aethyr
                • If you think it's bad that people do that online, you should see what they do in real life. : felicia
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            my old old old SL stuff :( http://www.winwood.net/milan/portfolio/3d1.jpg http://www.winwood.net/mi... : jane911
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              Why did you quit? Want to give me your old stuff, I'll sell it for you and only take 25% <.< : felicia
              • i quit because of a 'haunting' ex.. yeah i could have re-made my store chains, changed names, and everyth... : jane911
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    I think people like you need to myob, and stfu. *shrug* : rasputinreborn
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      See, I have no idea what you just said! : EvilDolemite
      • It must be that Second Life slang! : AlexXdude
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  lol. : felicia
  • FeliCIA, start the SLIA! : AlexXdude
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  whats the deal about second life? arent all people in second life loosers? i mean why should they start a... : naabster
  • Says the guy posting to a message board. : Hiro
  • to make money if they're smart.. i've said many-a times on the shack how some people support families, ki... : jane911
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  I'm taking note of all the faggots defending 2L in this thread. I will have you sent to a concentration c... : boring gegtik
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    also, who says you have to enjoy it to play it? i hated ALL the furries, emo kids, naked robots, vampire ... : jane911
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      "who says you have to enjoy it to play it?" So we should play stuff we don't enjoy then? : aethyr
      • not if you dont want to. i know this is a difficult concept but shitting on stuff other people like beca... : kydaimon
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        no, if you don't enjoy it, don't play.. if you don't enjoy the game but DO enjoy the profit, then why the... : jane911
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          How exactly do you make money, I don't understand. What are you selling? : Chod
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            while youre in the game you can build stuff in 3d, make custom particle engines, custom scripts, you can ... : jane911
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              So what do you make? I'm just curious. : Chod
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                what 'did' i make heh haven't played for years.. anyways, i made custom tattoos, 'realistic' skins, punk'... : jane911
                • also i'd like to add (again) that i was never impressed with many of the players, they disgusted me mostl... : jane911
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      How do you grief in this game? : spectr3
      • flying penis attack : SockMonkeh
      • Have greater than or equal to half of an average brain. : Orange Pylon
      • http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Patriotic_Nigras : p4ck3tloss
  • lock me up gegtik : felicia
• Second Life is a great way to kill all the stupid people on this world. Build a device that will electroc : Magus
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  I was in Vancouver for a day or two before and after my Alaskan cruise and that city kicks ass. I'd love... : dltrem
  • Vancouver is beautiful. Great city. : Serpico74
• 2nd Life = Vanity driven chat room peopled largely by dysfunctional adults. /sweepinggeneralization : graah
• I still don't know a single person who has ever played this game : AllYourBase