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  i am legend, the stand, house of leaves. : dahanese
  • damn... I am legend is getting a lot of love this year. I'll have to read it before the movie comes out. : dedgecko
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  IT is more horror than the stand - but both are great : flagg209
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    Seconding "It Very creepy. : AlexXdude
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      The movie was good too. : AlexXdude
      • Yeah It is amazing. I shoulda said I've read every Stephen King book. : NastyJack
      • It could have been so much better. I rewatched it a while ago and now I hate it. : Halen
      • IT was good? More likt shIT!!1 : rasputinreborn
  • IT is VERY scary. Also check out, The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury. <-- is considered sci-fi, but it g... : jumpingteam
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    my gf seemed to think this as well... I had never seen IT before, so we rented it. Perhaps it was the... : dedgecko
    • The movie is absolute shit compared to the book. : Halen
• anything except for house of leaves : wtf242
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  does american psycho count? : thaperfectdrug
  • Nah, that's comedy. : NastyJack
• Also - Winter Moon by Dean Koontz; and Desperation from Steven King - : flagg209
• World War Z : eskimo spy
• Salem's Lot : hatelull
• Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons : mmogger
• Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, Lovecraft short stories. : theghostofsmdever
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  The Damnation Game, The Great and Secret Show and Everville by Clive Barker.. fuck anything by Barker. : Str8Dog
  • Books of Blood I - III : capt tripps
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  Clive Barker's Books of Blood are great. Also Coldheart Canyon, The Hellbound Heart, Cabal, etc. From : jason bergman
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    I thought Dreamcatcher was great. The book anyway. The movie was complete shit. : NastyJack
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      To each their own I guess, but up to that point I had read pretty much every single novel SK wrote. That ... : jason bergman
      • Yeah I'm not saying it's one of his best but I liked it enough. I thought From A Buick 8 was way, way wor... : NastyJack
  • Shit weasels :) : dognose
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  Some of Koontz's stuff is good. A lot of it just pisses me off though. It's like 90% great novel and th... : capt tripps
  • Its his surname. After a childhood saddled with that monicker... : thaperfectdrug
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  Obviously. H. P. Lovecraft is a must. Then there's other writers in the "weird tales" genre: Arthur : c0bra
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    Wicked, thanks a bunch. : NastyJack
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      No problem! If you wanted a starting place I'd recommend: H.P. Lovecraft's Case of Charles Dexter Ward : c0bra
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        I actually own some Lovecraft books but have never really checked them out much. I have one called The Du... : NastyJack
        • The Dunwhich Horror is great. A very fun read. Any of his works after 1923 or so are good, though with : c0bra
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          I love the collections. My favorite Lovecraft story was called "Dagon". It was only about 7 pages long bu... : uglysad
          • What!!!?? I love the movie version of Dagon. I bought the flippin' DVD. : rasputinreborn
  • I am also a Lovecraft junkie. : rasputinreborn
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  House of Leaves, "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide, Barker's Books of Blood : sgtsanity
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    The second one isn't really a "horror book" though, right? : c0bra
    • Not really, but it scared the shit out of me. :( : sgtsanity
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    THANKS GUYS I just ordered House of Leaves (sorry wtf242, the wiki made it sound pretty interesting), The : NastyJack
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      You know The Willows is free on gutenberg, right? : c0bra
      • Is that something where you have to read online? Cause I don't want to do that. I hate doing that with a ... : NastyJack
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      house of leaves starts out really good.. but turns into boring, repetitive shit. I guess if you just read... : wtf242
      • very true, or if you only read the part about the dude in the house : kydaimon
• Misery is the only book i've found genuinely frightening : MoNsTeR
• H.P. Lovecraft is my favorite. Also try The Terror - Dan Simmons. : Magus
• Men are from Mars, Women are from venus : shavenewok
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• tell us your real name faggot. and hire mr.sleepy too : boomstickah
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  fag : boring gegtik
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    is that why you've attended two of my shows? : toneh
    • maybe : boring gegtik
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  if by going on tour, you mean going to someone's house to play fantasy baseball in the middle of the nigh... : dedgecko
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    yes you got me. this is exactly what i meant. : toneh
    • not a fan of Knocked Up? I enjoyed it... : dedgecko
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  tell me 2 plz : filtersweep
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    it sucks all he does is play awesome beats while a hot chick fucks shit up with wicked vocals : boring gegtik
    • Where's the fun in that? : ColoradoCNC
    • fuck I don't think I'm cool enough to go to this show : filtersweep
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  ME ME ME : multisync
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    hook me up, I want to got this time! : askedrelic
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      yer not old enough lol : multisync
      • and you're too old, barely 30 days left.. : askedrelic
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14576157 : Afterglow
• Me too : bcyde
• those are the only places you're playing? what's the name? : feek
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  Please to be coming to detroit :( Poor black people need good music too :( : ki11_viru5
  • Yeah, I might go if you're coming to Detroit. But since I have no clue what your music even sounds like,... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  why not just post the tour schedule? : cltcprd
  • o/ : rasputinreborn
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    He apparently doesn't want people to find out who he is : AlexXdude
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      He could be like the guy from Girl Talk that works in an office by day and drops funky fresh beats by nig... : aethyr
      • hahah, Greg Gillis ftw!! : AlexXdude
  • ^^^ srsly it wouldn't be too hard to do this. : Yanks
  • Yea, I don't know the exact count, but there are like a billion nyc shackers alone. : TheArtMan
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    because there are ALOT of douchebags on the shack and i dont want them at my show. thats right im the mus... : toneh
    • wait, don't you get more money for more people showing up? : cltcprd
    • please to be telling me :-( : dahanese
    • some salesmen are just born : TheArtMan
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      You probably suck ass anyway. : tyrelhill
      • And here's an example. : Ebu
    • nice attitude : feek
    • Good to see you respect people who like your music : nukewinter
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      wow now we all want to go. : boomstickah
      • I guess he forgot: c. are not a douchebag. it happens when you're famous. : KxRook
    • Yeah, that makes me REALLY want to go to your show. : suicidemachine
    • wow, how small of you : cam3lt0sis
    • wow you are so hardcore. you will go far : Bantis
    • hahahaha musicians : tomservo
• ROGER WATERS?!?! : notd665
• needs more phat beats kthx. ny shows plz. I need to come out of hiding anyway : creep
• have you/will you play in montreal? : AlexXdude
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  If your har mar superstar you've got some fucking explaining to do! : shavenewok
  • Also let us know if you ever come to Australia : shavenewok
• send me da info : spectr3
• toneh post : lakren
• i'd check your show out in sf : pullmyfinger
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  Can I get a sample of your music? I just want to hear what you play if thats cool. I wish I knew you were... : noobja
  • I'd link to some stuff he's posted here before, but I'm not sure if he'd approve.. : indosauros
• are you currently playing bass for mos def? if so, i work with your father. : burgertime
• Hurry the fuck up with that Sweden tour already. :) : aaarrrgh

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  I'm going to Vancouver and Vancouver Island in 3 months. : EvilDolemite
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    damn i just realized I spelled it wrong. oops : wtf242
    • Well now you can't go as there is a mandatory spelling quiz at the border :( : yosemiteclimber
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  Do the underground tour in Seattle. Pretty fun. Also see the Library. There are a *ton* of shackers there... : not work safe
  • I really need to go do that, ive heard its really cool... infact my little bro is coming in a couple week... : Str8Dog
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  Let me think... Go see the Ballard Locks, Gasworks Park, Take a Ferry ride to Bainbridge, Alki Beach, ... : cltcprd
  • oh this is all Seattle also. and I'm assuming you'll have a car. : cltcprd
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    it's PIKE PLACE MARKET you non-native : FrayLo
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      I'm proud to be a transplant, I don't have all the liberal brain washing. : cltcprd
      • dont piss the hippys off : Degenerate
• vancouver is not that far away but personally i'd spend all my time in seattle. : FrayLo
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  Come check out Calgary while you're in Vancouver. For the dryness of the weather, especially. : The Key
  • That's ummmm... a little bit of a long drive. A scenic drive, but a long one. : Fred Garvin
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    haha wow that's a 675 mile drive. : wtf242
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      From Seattle to Vancouver is about a 4.5 hour drive. I've done Portland to Vancouver a few times and it's... : sigpro
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        Now way dude, 2 - 2.5 hours. (depending on the line at the border) : unlurker
        • yup. maybe 4.5 hours if you drive like a senior citizen on a sunday morning. : bakanoodle
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  take the ferry to victoria : hirez
  • ^^ dear god yes : Trepex
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    so i can take it from seattle? : wtf242
    • http://www.clippervacations.com/ : cltcprd
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  EMP, Pacific Science Center and the SciFi Museum are great in Seattle and all really close to each other.... : Str8Dog
  • Oh yeah go see the Troll as well... http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=seattle+troll&btnG=Search+... : Str8Dog
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    isnt there a Boeing museum thats pretty awesome too? : Degenerate
    • Yea, this is a pretty badass place, particularly the ww1 and ww2 sections. You could spend a week in tho... : dedgecko
    • or go to the future of flight museum + boeing factory tour in everett so you can see where i build airpla : FrayLo
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  when are you going to be there? I'm seeing if I can make it up in a month or so : hamachi
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    right now i'm thinking middle of july. probably 12 days split between san fran, portland, and seattle. : wtf242
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      i'm doing a west coast tour in mid july, also. hitting up LA, SF, Port, Sea (should finally be in seattle... : reverend~heresy
      • sounds like we are pretty much doing the same exact thing and will be in seattle and probably portland at... : wtf242
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        You guys are getting to portland a week to soon. You're going to miss the big bad ass beer festival. : sigpro
        • but quakecon is so close to that. :[ : wtf242
        • when's the festival? i'm flexible between late july and need 3days to get to quakecon : reverend~heresy
• It's a bit of a drive and you also have to deal with customs. If you only have 3 days, there's plenty to... : Masem
• If you're in Portland you can go to Vancouver (WA). With only 3 days I'm not sure if it'd be worth goi... : Nixx2004
• I've been in Seattle / Vancouver for the past week. lol. : sharkII
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  Seattle: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14148308 : unlurker
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    yea, I still need to do that... amongst some other things that I haven't done since I've been here in ... : dedgecko
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      sounds like we might need a seattle shackmeet for july. that is, unless you're all as lazy as the austin ... : reverend~heresy
      • Who wants to organize it!!! I'll show if someone does the hard work :) : dedgecko
      • oh we're lazier. : cltcprd
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        HAHAHA. You'd have better luck playing pick up sticks with your ass cheeks than get seattle shackers to g... : sigpro
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          that's because you are all married and have shit else to do. 90% of Seattle Shackers are single. : cltcprd
          • And always coming up with the same excuses. Sick, in another state visiting family blah blah , it should ... : sigpro
        • had an austin shackmeet once and only i showed up.. sounds like seattle is about the same. : wtf242
        • Last Seattle shackmeet was what... 4 people? Not including Edgewise because he was there on business. : ctlaltl33t
      • Austin shackers just had a great meet :( I thought : sharkII
      • I'm moving to Seattle next month, myself... : Magus
      • Well I live up near snoqualmie now, so it's a matter of finding the best place to meet. Seattle is prett... : dedgecko
• I wouldn't recommend it; I think you can fill 3 days in Seattle and the surrounding areas just fine. Dri... : Solar Jetman
• Vancouver Shackmeet, obviously. : timmie
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  I'd either go to Victoria (2 hour ferry trip from Vancouver) or Whistler (about 1.5-2 hour drive from Van... : stump
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    it would eat up two days to go to whistler and come back to seattle. : FrayLo
    • 2 days? Do you use a horse and carriage? It can't take more then 2.5 hours to get from Seattle to Vanco... : stump
• Vancouver is the shit. Check out Grouse Mountain while you're there. : dltrem
• I believe you mean a wacation you uneducated fucking retard : boring gegtik
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  I'd say yes -especially just to check out Victoria Island. : dopeman
  • Vancouver Island. : BobBarker
• I live in Vancouver, BC and I was part of a road trip to Forest Grove, Oregon (close to Portland) last we... : SLUDGE^

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• And who sounds pompous now? and besides from a marketing stand oint veni,vidi,vici is the most commonl... : theghostofsmdever
• Yes because learning how to correctly enunciate latin is one of the most important pre-requisites to get ... : MagicWishMonkey
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  Latin is a old, busted, and never used language. Who the hell cares? : FormerHPB
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    those who had to sit through it for 6 years. i'm not bitter : Hoax
    • It's a rough language, and I'm glad I'm done with it. I'm glad I didn't even have the option to minor in... : CrustaR
    • I've never taken latin, and I went to catholic school from k-college. : FormerHPB
• maybe they're speaking ecclesiastical latin. : DonkeyPopsicle
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  Lots of experience>education : VegasX
  • no, experience + education > * : but why
• There's a nightclub in downtown Austin called "Vicci", and, not only is it misspelled, but it is also mis... : CrustaR
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  It's like raiaaaiiiiinnnnn : usar naem
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    on your wedding day? : SlowMoFoe
    • when you just washed your car : not work safe
  • at least she can try to pretend it was cosmic irony/irony of fate. best copout of all was "the irony of ... : Hoax
• are you for real? >.< : dahanese
• We came, we saw, we kicked its ass! : thaperfectdrug
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  look how wrong you are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni,_vidi,_vici : mikecyb
  • He's right, hes talking about pronunciation, not spelling. : krym3
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    Veni, vidi, vici (IPA /weːniː wiːdiː wiːkiː/ or /veni vid : Hoax
    • how is the second one not the pronunciation they were using? : mikecyb
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      no. the correct one is with v, not w, i.e. that's how the latin speakers pronounce it. you call them fuck... : SlamDunk
      • girls, girls, you're both pretty... http://www.memoriapress.com/articles/whichpron.htm : steelsamurai
      • except i'm doing the complete opposite. emphasis is on the correct v and c /the w and k are the pronuncia... : Hoax
• I am in marketing, and I don't have a degree. SUCK IT. : krym3
• joke/character account post? you can't be serious. : SlamDunk
• That's advertising, not marketing. : TwiLyght
• Veni, Vidi, ViHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY, what? : Frozen Pixel
• holy shit im going to use this info to pick up chicks : not work safe
• vee nie, vie die, vie sie. : delataur
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  I came, I saw, I complained on the internet? : voodooraze
  • who is rosewood? : Hoax
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  It's their German accent, you asshat. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    lol no. as a german i assure you that its not the case. we hav mahny fauhlts but zhis you cahnt blahme on... : Hoax
    • The mainland Europeans I work with all pronounce W as V and wice wersa. : SiW73
    • Bitte diene Scheissmaul abruchen. : askedrelic
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      Und ich kann's doch: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14506159 : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        Hahah, ok dann sei versichert das es zumindest im besagten Fall nicht am muttersprachlichem Handicap lag. : Hoax
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          wie sagen die's denn? hab von crysis bisher keine videos geschaut, nur bildchen geguckt. : AbortedFetusChristi
          • Unterschiedlich, nicht mal deckungsgleich mit der Kirchenlatein Variante . Manches mal haben sie die Vo... : Hoax
  • Hahaha! It's true! : yosemiteclimber
  • so the whole thread was based on a hoax? : Fyunch Click
  • i thought germans pronounced their v's like f's like in "volk" or is that just in the initial position? : wetard
• its only pronounced that way because German scholars in the middle ages said it should be. No one actuall... : spdon
• Maybe you should spend less time practicing Latin and more time practicing English. "It's", not "Its".... : ayesel
• all countries with latin languages pronounce v "vee" not "wii". Most people pronounce veni,vidi,vici a... : needlez
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  look how stupid wrong you are : needlez
  • read the thread before posting. : Hoax
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  Just to clear up this complete shitstorm of a thread... No other Latin teachers that I know (as in, al... : skizl
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    i didn't mean to imply that my latin teacher would let me say "vidi" with a vee sound, she'd tell me i'm ... : electroly
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      wtf? i made a fucking harmless joke and the shitstorm arose with people trying to tell me that i was wron... : Hoax
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        Use capitalization for god's sake man. It isn't hard. : Chod
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          my religion forbids the use of the capitalization. once we have turned scientology we will embrace it as ... : Hoax
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            What have you got planned? http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/bare.html : Kerath
            • its not gay if we avoid ball contact. : Hoax
  • You are totally right. So says my 6 1/2 years of Latin. I'm not reading the rest of this thread, though; ... : perstephanie
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  So all higher education contains Latin pronunciation classes? I fulfilled my language requirement with S... : pigvomit
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    Not to mention, they'd hardly recognize the latin we use in day to day use, since all neologisms invented... : trove
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      Can you give me an example, first of all, of Latin that "we" use daily or at least often enough to consid... : skizl
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        Propaganda is the first that comes to mind immediately. Most of the political vocabulary is either Latin... : trove
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          Oh, so you're not talking about phrases that we use like et cetera and nolo contendere or things like tha... : skizl
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            No, not words with Latin roots, but words invented using latin roots and forms to look latinesque. A di... : trove
            • Heleneque words too. : trove
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  weeny...lolz : drucifer
  • you may wisten to your weeny wadio at a weasonable wolume. : thaperfectdrug
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  Latin V: Classical = /w/ Church = /v/ I'm not sure how they know this, but presumably when the phras... : MONGOLOID
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    I'm pretty sure what's considered the correct pronunciation is simply the best guess. Considering, that ... : trove
    • Again, we know how Romans spoke in the 1st century BC. If you want to be technical, Caesar didn't really : skizl
• they're using catholic/church latin <shudder> : reverend~heresy
• So, yeah, this thread turned out to be a total fucking trainwreck. : notd665
• I think you have sand in your wagina. : thetoaster
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  rofl this thread is awesome, do you need a shoulder rub or something hoax? : wetard
  • nah now that half the thread has been nuked it wouldn't be the same. its not like the unwashed masses ... : Hoax
• Caesar is pronounced kayser. : yakz
• god you sound like a fun person to be around : boring gegtik
• How dare they mispronouce a dead language : grandmasterlee

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  onmyfaceplz : Frozen Pixel
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    If that actually happened, would we have to cut your head off and bury you upside down before you "turned... : thaperfectdrug
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      it was a misreply :( : Frozen Pixel
      • Nothing to see here. Move along! : thaperfectdrug
• Haha, wow. Get young kids to give up the information so they don't have to collect it illegally. : mancide
• Yes but how does facebook connect to Kevin Bacon? : SenorSpine
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  Hahaha. That took an interesting paranoid turn. : trove
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    Agreed. I loved it when it connected with the CIA and DoD. : AlexXdude
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      I wanna know where I can pick up hot batshit insane paranoid chicks on the intarweb. : trove
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        www.dailykos.com/personals : sammyl
        • I will have to rethink that idea. Wanted: Single Female, age 20-30. Must be into ninjas, long walk... : trove
    • Tying it to a conservative PAC was a nice touch too. : algernoN8
• HAY did you know that Facebook can read your fingerprints off your keyboard and sell it to the KGB : mega man
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  lol @ the notion of internet privacy. Good luck. : sammyl
  • indeed, monsieur. : dahanese
• I just want to note that the high-pitched squeaking of sibilant consonants in the audio makes me want to ... : c0bra
• the only good thing about that video is boards of canada playing in the background. : datoo
• i still remember the day there was a bug in facebook for about two hours where anyone could access anyone... : electroly
• DR JONES SAYS FACEBOOK BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!!! : digitalsneek
• If you don't want people seeing it, Don't put it on gigantic open computer network. : algernoN8
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  Meh. Everything about me and almost anyone could be found on the internet anyways. Having access to the g... : ColoradoCNC
  • No shit. Fuck, you walk out your door and you are video taped (on average) of 15 times a day. Really the ... : Solstice
• Talk about a loose association of technologies and conspiracy theories. No reason to be scared of it, jus... : Yoshifumi
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  Mind-fuckingly stupid. The legal boilerplate is there so that they can have APIs without getting knee-dee... : sgtsanity
  • Exactly. If the ominous music and legalese doesn't scare you and you actually read what it says, it's a p... : BlackCat9
• One of the stupidest videos I have seen in some time : nukewinter
• Should be totally ignored, it is baseless and if their message was so important they wouldn't be tagging ... : haiku
• I might take it seriously (i.e., watch the whole thing) if I wasn't listening to Alvin the fuckin' Chipmu... : Debased
• The CIA is watching who I poke? : rosewood
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  Your IP is being broadcasted to the Internet. : jcutner
  • Hey! You posted the site. Don't go jumping on the bandwagon of being dismissive of it after it gets ridic... : BlackCat9
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  *BOOORING* TLDW, could someone sum it up? : johnny nada
  • Facebook has your info and they're gonna use it. : Solstice
  • facebook plays right into government conspiracy theory, according to some random college student whose re... : alarm cock
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  holy shit woman. I have the ability to read. : aeg1x
  • hahahha i was thinking the same : Magus
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  So much for the hippocratic oath. They should update it to include something about money. : Edges
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    I thought the hippocratic oath was what doctors took :( : crummynz
    • Yeah..that was really meant for the healthcare post :( : Edges
• sup jcutner : moogle
• So wait... we sign up for facebook. We post information about ourselves on facebook with full knowledge ... : skizl
• It sucks that the Paypal guy is involved. That guy needs to be strung up by the balls. : Fred Garvin
• all I hear is blah blah blah blah : tunis5000
• WHOA MY GOD!!! i almost passed out from being so not interested... : Korban

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• American McGee's Orson Scott Card's Ender’s Game? : thaperfectdrug
• Cuz no one reads, its boring, hard, and takes up too much time. Besides, they are busy making games from... : Saman
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  #5 Hell no. It would be like DNF only worse. #4 Didn't they see the movie? Don't they know how ba... : Zhaneel
  • i am legend would be an awesome game. : dahanese
  • #2 go read I Am Legend right now, for your own good : AbortedFetusChristi
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  I need to read I AM LEGEND... : trOmblyj
  • I got it as part of my White Elephant from ChowYunCat. It's a pretty good book, even moreso when I found... : Ride-My-Rocket
• There was already a Wheel of Time game, though. :( : Deathlove
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  Why didnt they just call this list Nerdshit? They should make The Bible a game, but make it a true int... : Rauol Duke
  • Also they should make American McGee's Anne Rice's Gay Vampires!!! : Rauol Duke
  • Yea, a vicious old testament game would be pretty badass... The plagues on egypt alone would be fun to... : dedgecko
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  They already have a Starship Troopers game and it sucked. : NFXFSX
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    both of those games were based more on the movie license than the actual book. The book version had mu... : dedgecko
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      Terra Nova. : rasputinreborn
      • Terra Nova seemed more inspired by the PnP game Living Steel than Starship Troopers. : Fyunch Click
• the actual work required to make some of those properties into games that would be worthwhile efforts, wo... : eskimo spy
• I still think we need another Bolo (Keith Laumer) game...One Ogre game was not enough (and not QUITE Bolo... : AxeMan808
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  Needs more Dragonlance. : exigence7
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    Man, I wish they had done an infinity engine Dragonlance game... : speon
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      infinity engine? : JohnnyDanger
      • yeah, Baldur's Gate, Planescape etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Engine : speon
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    That WAS done, in the late '80s anyway. : Lone Swordsman
    • SSI GOLD BOX IN THE HOUSE : hatelull
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  Needs more Armor by John Steakley : d3tached
  • How about Vampire$ ? : Ariakus
• because none of them can stand up to Rainbow Six's shadow : RikiTiki2
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  As corny as the "Wingman" books were, I do think they'd made good games. : Saman
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    Haha, I read those as a teenager. Origin's old game Strike Commander was similar in concept, and very un... : smax
    • I pretty much love anything in "post nuclear war" setting. Something about seeing how societies reform t... : Saman
• The Honor Harrington books. Play it like Silent Hunter, maybe. : woddemandred
• Alan Wake kind of reminds me of I Am Legend. Substitute Alan's nightmarish dreams with Neville's post-apo... : K1Bond007
• I'd like to see something from the Berserker series by Fred Saberhagen. Its terminator before there wa... : Silent Sorrow
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  I'd kill for a game loosely based on Catch 22. Or, fuck - Hogan's Heroes. I just want a WW2 game that... : genjuro
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    You just want to run a wacky concentration camp. Simler : Rauol Duke
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      Don't be ridculous. The Jews would never let that happen in the same entertainment industry that they own... : genjuro
      • Just make it in Arabia or whatever they call that exploding gas station over there. : Rauol Duke
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    They already made Great Escape where you have to break out of prison camps in WW2. : sigpro
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      I WANT MORE FUNNY FUNNY AND LESS SHOOTY SHOOTY : genjuro
      • Can't help you there. All I can do is run Ajax off the road for you. : sigpro
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    I'm with you. There's a spectacular void in the world of games when it comes to humor. Seems you can only... : eskimo spy
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      It's crazy, isn't it. Is it because adventure games are dead? The last game that made me laugh was pr... : genjuro
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        I would adore working on a FPS project that combines military funnay like Catch-22/Kellys Heroes with sci : eskimo spy
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          I'd love to play that. Too bad the publishers aren't interested. : genjuro
          • Nope but we get quality shit like Killzone 2 : EvilDolemite
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      What about Duke Nukem/Blood/Shadow Warrior? : SatansFist
      • we're talking this millenia. as in 'the now' otherwise known as 'today'. with the massive changes in the ... : eskimo spy
• Homer's Odessey would be fantastic as a game. : Fredrik S
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  I want a game where I play karsa orlong and fuck shit up. : wtf242
  • age of conan? : lakren
  • in before Icarium takes you out : kydaimon
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  There already was a Wheel of Time game. They did a great job with it, actually. Lots of fun. : jason bergman
  • I really enjoyed that game. : raija
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  Yet people complain about their being too much story in their game. Most books involve WAY more character... : sammyl
  • Very well put. I agree with you. : Silent Sorrow
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    I agree, except that I see Silent Sorrow agreeing and therefore I'm inclined to disagree with him. So to... : Zhaneel
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      Oh, the anger! Starship Troopers the movie still sucks. : Silent Sorrow
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        PSSST! SS the movie was supposed to be hokey as hell. : Yoshifumi
        • Um, yeah, I know. And it still sucked. Why do people like to defend intentionally hokey movies that su... : Silent Sorrow
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  Fuck them for trashing the Starship Troopers movie. Ender's Game would make an awful game too, with the g : sgtsanity
  • Funny that they crap on the movie for not being true to the book, then all they talk about being in the g... : algernoN8
• Sense and Sensibility. : edgewise
• Man, I am legend is hard to find. I went to books a million here and they were out of stock until July. ... : bRAINsick
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  Fucking Spoiler! >:( for I AM LEGEND The new movie with Will Smith coming out I am Legend ends up bein : ShadowRam
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    Dude, that's on the back of goddamn book. The entire premise of the story is that he's the last man on ea... : Vincent Grayson
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      Kind of like The Omega Man and Charlston Heston. : Yoshifumi
      • Omega Man was based on Legend. : algernoN8
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  "Robert Jordan’s richly-crafted world stands arguably at the top of modern fantasy work." ... : Johnny Law
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    Honestly, I have to agree. The world Jordan has crafted is pretty goddamn huge, and very fucking cool. ... : Vincent Grayson
    • Well, you may have a point there. : Johnny Law
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      Agreed. Whether you like Jordan's prose or not, there's no denying the imagination and scope of his worl... : Vantage
      • Plus, really, I just want a game that lets you create spells on the fly by weaving the various elements t... : Vincent Grayson
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      I used to think Jordan's world was huge, but then realized it is fucking tiny compared to some stuff in a... : Magus
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        I assume you're referring to Tolkien? I'm going to assume you're not talking about Martin because, seriou : Ebu
        • Nope, Erikson. Although Tolkien is definitely > Jordan in terms of world-building. : Magus
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  Lol. enders game. Yeah, because I want to puke all over my monitor when I get vertigo playing a zero-G ... : proclone1
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    Have you played Prey? : sigpro
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      no. But I played Fear for xbox360 and it F'in blew. : proclone1
      • Prey had a lot of weird inverting walk on walls/ceilings game play sections. : sigpro
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    Fucking Descent whipped the llama's ass.... : ShadowRam
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      Who do I have to fuck to have a good revisioning of Descent ? : rosewood
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        if i ever get rich, Descent IV will be how i spend my fortune. : biskits
        • Make sure you get the composers of the original Descent soundtrack. : eldersveld
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  FUCK Robert Jordan, we need a Malazan Book of the Fallen RTS : Magus
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    I'm thinking a Malazan game ala the Total War games, with a turn-based strategic empire-building view and... : Vantage
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      But it needs characterization like the Starcraft series. I want to see developing story, not soulless bat... : Magus
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        Well, I would love most of all a party-based single player rpg, ala Baldur's Gate. The Total War-style... : Vantage
        • I like the viewpoint more than the pacing for an FPS, it feels like you're actually the character. : Magus
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          Turn-based squad strategy, maybe with a bit of light roleplaying. Sort of like Jagged Alliance 2. : Arcanum
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            No isometric view though. Isometric is an abomination. :( : Magus
            • You need isometric-like (NWN-style 3D, for instance) to be able to exercise file control over multiple ch... : Arcanum
• They picked the obvious book for R.A.H. and it's been sort of done already. A better choice would be "Th... : scanline
• How about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - aside from, of course, Infocom's text adventure? Any po... : eldersveld
• Walk into a Gamestop. Count how many people there read books regularly outside of school. : spiderfill
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  Great! Digg's "Top [insert number here] ________ " headline disease has infected other sites. I hope it... : vital3d
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    I fucking despise "Top ___" list articles. If one of my writers ever proposes that shit I'm going to st... : Chris Remo
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      Top 10 Ways to Get Punches Distributed To Your Face : spiderfill
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        #1. Insult WoT line starts here >:( : Ebu
        • *stands in line, sniffs, tugs braid* : Deathlove
    • *swoons* : vital3d
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  I am currently working on a game based on HODOR!!! from A Game of Thrones. It will be the best game ever.... : Gary the Llama
  • HODOR HODOR HODOR! : SockMonkeh
• I almost agreed with the Dark Tower books because I want to be Roland but there is no way you capture the... : lacker

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• Anybody on during the day - like now - that can pop my multiplayer cherry? Haven't actually played aga... : judasen
• I am still waiting for my copy to come in the mail from pepsi/frito lay :( : SirX
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  If I could join Shacker games I would absolutely be in. Unfortunately, most of the time when I get invit... : knitemare
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    What kind of connection are you on? Maybe we can have you host games for great connectivity justice. : Ajax
    • 6 mbit cable, comcast. : knitemare
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      Do you have any idea wtf is with that? I haven't done any research, but I've heard of the bug where some... : knitemare
      • I've had a couple of other friends have problems connecting to me. It has something to do with routers, a... : mancide
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  pro tipper: whoever starts a game, please choose online career over exhibition as they are the same exact... : pyide
  • exhibition is unranked maybe? : mikecyb
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    Doesn't Career limit you to cars you've unlocked in the Career mode? : Jonathan
    • No. You can also race the different class cars available in the arcade mode. : Ajax
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    But if you crash in online career don't you lose money? : Fred Garvin
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      incentive to not drive like a douche : pyide
      • You do realize that even if you are driving fine and someone crashes into you, you both get a penalty rig... : Fred Garvin
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      if you wreck your car, then end up in last place will it actually give you negative monies? I just kinda ... : mojo the helpr monke
      • yeah i've been wrecked in last place before, i don't remember it taking money from me though like offline... : pyide
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        God I wish it would. Of course, I also wish that the single-player game charged for race restarts to keep... : Ajax
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          ajax there is a thin line between 'simulation' and 'not fun' and you are dancing right on it >:( : mikecyb
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            Agreed. I don't want do deal with the kind of gamestopping shit you used to run into in NFS: High Stakes ... : Entity
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              Could you race for pinks online in that game? I don't remember. I don't think you could. That would have ... : Ajax
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                There was no online that far back. But the single player game would have a High Stakes match, where you p... : Entity
                • Bullshit. High Stakes so had online MP on the PC. : sigpro
                • I do remember that. But I also remember that after I won the first pick slip, I'd just use the car that I... : Ajax
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            When I read peoples' posts here who say stuff about the single-player game like, "Oh I've never once lost : Ajax
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              dude the single player is easy... I'm totally awesome at it and I fucking suck ass at Forza. All you hav... : mikecyb
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                Turn off your assists and bump the difficulty up. That'll help. : Ajax
                • but I like pretending I'm awesome :( : mikecyb
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      Unfortunately, no. You get penalized for damage when you finish the race, but you don't get charged anyth... : Ajax
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        So, if someone smokes you into a wall you are better off taking a DNF? : Fred Garvin
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          I wish I could take DNF : carazy
          • you're going to have to wait a couple more years for that : binaryc
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          No, your damage is a percentage of your winnings. You won't ever go negative. : cltcprd
          • Okay, cool. : Fred Garvin
    • However it can never got negative. You might win 0, but you will not lose anything. : Evil Benius
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      Lose, no. You just have to pay for the repairs with winnings, but you can never lose money. Even if you t... : sigpro
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        But, if you have to pay for repairs isn't that the same as losing money? : Fred Garvin
        • You don't ever lose money. It will not charge you for them if you finish last, DNF, or pay more for them ... : sigpro
        • you'll still get more than you would if you get a DNF. : cltcprd
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  I really want to get this game but it seems so hardcore that a single dick in an online game will ruin it... : EvilDolemite
  • You played the 1st one. This is more of the same w/ more cars, better graphics and some menu polish. : sigpro
  • its not hardcore at all. You can make it that way very easily though. : mavmavv
  • pretty much yes : mikecyb
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    That's why we tend to try to race other shackers. Unless normality is on your room there aren't that many... : mancide
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      There are a couple guys out there that make me nervous, but overall the Shackers are really good about be... : Ajax
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        Please list names, hilarity will ensue : boomstickah
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          well Ajax brake checks everyone so don't follow him closely. : cltcprd
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            It's just an artifact of racing without ABS. I've tried to step my game up here in Forza 2, but I hate be... : Ajax
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              I don't use ABS either... and you have more braking power w/ ABS off, so there is no reason you should b... : cltcprd
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                Except if you're already anticipating locking it up, effectively increasing your braking distance. I t... : burningtrees
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                  once you get used to it, you'll notice the braking distances come down hard. And if you play with your t... : cltcprd
                  • Finding the time to do that has been difficult lately. :( I'm pretty sure I still haven't even raced all... : burningtrees
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        The races I was in last night I was smashed into 3 times and pretty much took me out right away. I was r... : tsuba
        • Yeah that was pretty much my night as well except most of my crashes involved a wall rather than another ... : Jonathan
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        Someone revenge crashed into me after I knicked him accidentally on the inside line on one of those long ... : n0v4
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          Was that the banked track? I did that to someone with a PT, but I was just fucking around, it was last la... : mavmavv
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            no, mugello is a regular circuit. we were doing R class. i know who it was but i won't name names :) : n0v4
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              who cares. its just a game. : mavmavv
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                Because it's bad fucking form. : sigpro
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                  you know, A revenge crash is prolly something id do with shackers anyways, hell, I have. Because I would ... : mavmavv
                  • it's still bad form. What if that person you took out was running a great lap and would have posted a to... : cltcprd
                  • If it's just for fun then why try to get revenge? It's bad fucking form. Just recover and race the best y... : sigpro
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          Someone did this to me last night because I was passing them. : Evil Benius
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            was it me? if so, i'm sorry. i think rear ended you because i was trying to pass and you were going slowe... : pyide
            • Nah it was not you. The warping was why I ended up leaving early because my network was being wonky. I cr... : Evil Benius
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          i hit people cause i can't drive, and i try and hit burro and multisync because i hate them. but that's o... : dahanese
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            Dont worry, we dont want to play with you guys anyways. We arent popular enough :( : mavmavv
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              :-( i hate that sentiment. don't be that way, baby, i'll play with you tonight! : dahanese
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                Always the shack all stars room, then a B-List room. Harsh! : mavmavv
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                  blah blah blah blah... send me a friend invite and I'll get you into the Champagne Room. There's no sex i... : Ajax
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                    fuck, im not playing then. : mavmavv
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                      Oh yeah there's no champagne in there either. They call it the Champagne Room because of that dingy gold ... : Ajax
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                        does it smell of lime? Dirty half rotten lime? : mavmavv
                        • You'll have to send me a friend invite and get in on our A-List fun to find out. : Ajax
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                    So how do I join this thing? lol. Every person I send a friends request to, it says their list is full :... : judasen
                    • Let me clear some more inactives off of my list. : Ajax
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  I'll be making my triumphant return to Forza Shackbattles tonight. Fear me. I need to work on tuning up t... : prfectjon
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    Is your HWM S4 still B-class? The HWM TT is in the midst of a MAJOR visual overhaul, but I think I've fin... : Ajax
    • I've got 3 different RS 4s. B-class, A-class, and S-class. I've got a HWM VW Bora in D-class and my Budwe... : prfectjon
• Who is handling invites for this thing tonight? : prfectjon
• Sorry to everyone I crashed into last night! : SockMonkeh