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• that's... actually pretty horrible, pro or not : Gauss
• Even as a casual player, at level 40 you shouldn't have all whites. There's plenty of quests that you get... : Phreakin
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  Randomly grouping with people in WoW is bad even if you are a pro. : spiderfill
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    Guys with white weapons are you you don't randomly group in WoW. : Sapiens
    • durrr WHY you don't... not you you don't : Sapiens
• Either way you look at it, with white gear or not, it's a good thing to get off the WoW train. I trash... : jhsellars
• Not to join the rest of that group, but how could you possible have reached lvl 40 and some white weapons... : Wombat Woo
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  This is a troll. You are telling me you bought your weapons from the vendor and were unaware of the ra... : Porkasaurus
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    NM - after a careful review of the posters history I've concluded this is most likely the truth. You m... : Porkasaurus
    • Shit better yet, what is your character name and server? : Porkasaurus
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      tell you what...why don't i just give you the finger instead???? that's where i spent all my talent point... : vrocket
      • lol : Sapiens
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        Come on man, all in good fun, what is your character name? : Porkasaurus
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          Armory FTW: http://wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Greymane&n=Vrocket Shit this guy is for real... : Porkasaurus
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            Might also want to learn plate. Because...you know...warriors can wear it and the Stormwind vendor sells ... : Porkasaurus
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              Dude, your on an internet message board, bullying a guy for being a casual mmo player. Who's the biggest... : Haku-Jin
              • YEAH!!!! WHAT HE SAID!!!! : vrocket
              • I'm going to run out of /facepalms if you people keep this shit up. : Sapiens
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                What do you call the guy that thinks hes being funny for pointing that out? : Porkasaurus
                • insightful : carnivore
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                there's a difference between casual and stupid : AllYourBase
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                  yes there is. good work. however, if you approach something casually you are less likely to build up all ... : mallrice
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                    yeah but what if someone went to play basketball in, for the sake of argument, white cleats. the guy pla... : busdriver3030
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                      that analogy fails only because cleats are designed for grass, and this is knowledge made apparent at the : mallrice
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                        I don't think it is his fault really. I posted about this below in depth. The game never really teaches y... : Porkasaurus
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                          why does it matter? would you want to know the story of joe schmoe missing three pointers all day wear... : mallrice
                          • I develop games and I'm always interested in how people play them. : Porkasaurus
                  • What this guy is doing is more like playing baseball casually with a bowling ball and tennis racket. : walker270
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                  don't be silly, some people just don't spend the time learning all this shit and have probably never play... : moshman
                  • He's spent days, literally days, getting to level 40. He should have naturally learned this stuff unless ... : aggressor
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                  I agree. It takes at least 60-80 hours of played time to reach level 40, even more if you are casual. Dur... : SenorSpine
                  • I would also argue that nobody who spends 80 hours in a game is "Casual". : critch
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              I think we should make fun of you for thinking a level 40 warrior is going to be decked out in plate even... : TreMetal
              • That's what I'm thinking too. I think I may have had 1 or 2 blue items by the time I hit 40 and that's a ... : te[R]ror
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            This guy has to be the singlemost clueless WoW player in existence, or a very dedicated troll. The data ... : action roommate
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              Hey lookie!!! another talent point!!! here's a bird for you !!! : vrocket
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                omg yay! : action roommate
                • luckypants! : Fish_Bulb
          • hahaha what the fuck : one baby to another
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            also, quit stalking me jerkasaurus : vrocket
            • this thread is so awesome. : carnivore
          • lol alliance. I kid <3 : Noobler
          • surprisingly, white weapons aren't as bad as they used to be. Back in the day ( > 1 year ago) a lvl 40 wh... : lord cecil
      • rofltopolis : Gauss
      • awesome. : Super Sparker
      • Hmmm, Mr. Andersen. Tell me, what good is giving me the finger if you don't have... a finger? : carnivore
      • you tell him spirit warrior. oh god i'm losing it here. : mallrice
      • aahahha +500 awesome. : abrasion
      • olo : hobosapien
      • that may be, but at least they don't have all whites! : wetard
      • that finger's gonna get cut off if it's wrapped in white greaves :/ : biskits
      • hahaha, awesome. critical strike. porkasaurus dies. : [fry]
      • seriously, people. vrocket is the best wow player ever. and a new favorite shacker of mine. he plays t... : [fry]
      • so awesome and so agreed : klearlyunseen
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        I like this guy. I really hate it when people bitch because you play the game the way you want to play i... : dilutedq
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          i like to play quake 2 with god mode on and then not shooting anybody ever. if you run in circles the en... : electroly
          • Might be the post of the night. : Porkasaurus
          • Try it with Doom! : Orange Pylon
          • thats what I HATE about most games today, even if enemies shoot each other they stay focused on you. : Unleashed
          • aaaaaaaaahahahaha : [7]kami
        • While there's merit in that, you have to understand that in a game where a decent percentage of the gamep : action roommate
        • that's fine when you're not affecting other players enjoyment. when you play a key role in a group experi... : Gauss
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        Dude, I've never played World of Warcraft and even I have a green weapon. : Orange Pylon
        • see a doctor. it might be infected : mallrice
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          not blue??? WTF PYLON YOU COCK! : sludge vohaul
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            Don't hate me because I'm sexy. : Orange Pylon
            • I HATE YOU IN SPITE OF IT!!!! *muah* : sludge vohaul
        • Orange Pylon is legendary. : skizl
      • ....does not group well : Lightzout
      • lolol gooo vrocket! : xsii
• lol stop : sixfoot6
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  That is pretty JAJAJA. You need to find other people who care as little as you...other people with vendor... : Audhuml4
  • Haha, be quiet : the city
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  you got to 40 with white gear? That shit is impressive. : aeg1x
  • Hell yeah, I will be even more impressed if he went full protection. That would makes vrocket king of war... : unknown_fiend
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  vrocket found http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Greymane&n=Vrocket white weapon and horri... : JINKY
  • ugh beaten : JINKY
  • His talents are not bad. The only issues i see are anticipation and trying to specialize into more than o... : unknown_fiend
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  Fuck them, if you're still capable of advancing, I don't see what the problem really is... Some people do... : CrimsonHandHiro
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    nevermind, I see what the problem is, ELITISM : CrimsonHandHiro
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      I don't know.. it's more like running through all of Half-Life with just the crow bar because you didn't ... : stonedonkey
      • I missed learning about the suit's zoom the first time I played HL2. I had to replay the game to use the... : action roommate
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        No it's more like joining a counterstrike clan and running around with a knife because you never learned ... : SenorSpine
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          Except not at all... we're talking about the difference between killing a mob in 15 seconds vs. 18... OOO... : CrimsonHandHiro
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            Actually, maybe only if you really tried could you be further from the point. : action roommate
            • You mean like the reply I posted too? : CrimsonHandHiro
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            Absolutely wrong, particularly with the role he was going to be playing in that group. World of Warcraft ... : SenorSpine
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              It has nothing to do with elitism and everything to do with wanting to enjoy the game. I think his poi... : CrimsonHandHiro
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                a single player WoW would solve all our problems :( : RikiTiki2
                • You can easily soloplay to 70 if you want to. Plenty of quests and other stuff to do. Just don't inst... : [7]kami
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    I'm honestly interested in how this happened. I really feel like the game failed him if the information h... : Porkasaurus
    • nope, it's easy. take all the major pain points out of the game that would cause you to want to improve (... : mallrice
  • That's not it at all. He's level 40. You don't start farming bosses until you hit lvl 70 (unless you ... : walker270
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  Vrocket hopefully a similar past experience I had with KOTOR will make you feel better: http://www.sha... : sharkII
  • LOL how do you not get any of the good force powers? Jedi Consular + Stasis Field + Master Speed + Dua... : deject
• 1st month wow came out. I solo'd to 22. I grouped for the 1st time for an instance. It was so bad, I logg... : wtf242
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  Epic thread! : johnny nada
  • this is about the 3rd one today. Remo vs Remo's Twin PT Cruiser Hearst This one : sigpro
• This is a very epic nerdy thread. I've never played WoW and probably never will, but props to you vrocke... : Begawkiness
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  Maybe, just maybe the reason he's using a pathetically inferior white weapon is because he saw one for sa... : BlackCat9
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    Except not at all... we're talking about the difference between killing a mob in 15 seconds vs. 18... OOO... : CrimsonHandHiro
    • first Larynx misreply for me! : CrimsonHandHiro
    • If he's by himself, it doesn't matter. If he's a tank and he can't keep agro because he's doing 1/3 less ... : BlackCat9
  • Okay, obviously he knows what green items are. You can't get past level 8 in WoW without being showered w... : FlatlineDixay
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  Your story reminds me of this: http://www.darklegacycomics.com/87.html Sorry. :-) : [7]kami
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    lol http://www.darklegacycomics.com/103.html : action roommate
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      http://www.darklegacycomics.com/index.html : [7]kami
      • I meant: http://www.darklegacycomics.com/104.html offcourse. Should be the same (for now). : [7]kami
• you should quit the game, buy cs:s, then commit suicide repeatedly. : bfzzzz
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  WOW Newb looking for tolerant group willing to teach , instead of just point and laugh : vrocket
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    If you really are interested in learning how to play your class, go to the official Warrior forum, there ... : wasylm
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      Actually I looked at your armory, and your gear isn't THAT bad. Ditch the green axe and you're fine. The ... : wasylm
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        white* axe : wasylm
        • I had a blue weapon for a while "Themaplug's Arm" or something...but i got tired of it and i sold it... t... : vrocket
  • http://wow-loot.com/v1-warrior.htm tat is the type of gear you she be aiming to get while you are ru... : creep
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    Tell what you like to be and i'll help you become better at it. Pick one of these roles: 1. Tank (prot... : [7]kami
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      1 I guess would my choice : vrocket
      • Bad choice. You don't want to level to 70 as a prot warrior. Pick a dps spec, since most of your time... : walker270
      • You are aware of the fact that you choice totally contradicts your initial post, right? This is no proble... : [7]kami
  • Go get yourself the whirlwind axe so people stop bitching. www.wowhead.com it to learn the quest Look... : Nighteyes
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  Yeah, I cancelled WoW yesterday. The wife and I are going to buy a boat, and even without that, I haven'... : Phearsome
  • Same thing happens to me, but as long as I enjoy it for the month it doesn't bother me. : pyrogen
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  there is a link to a full melee hunter somewhere out there so do not be upset, you still have a lot to le... : creep
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    Ever see a warlock spirit build? ... yeah... : walker270
    • Check this guy out: http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Ravenholdt&n=Buca : evildanish
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  Maybe he does it for the challenge. But really the whole "my e-peen is bigger then yours" due to imaginar... : baronzemo78
  • No. This is not about e-peen. And if you're doing stupid things "for the challenge", then you don't take ... : FlatlineDixay
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  Is there still a Shack WoW guild? Or is that dead? I was thinking of restarting, don't have anything else... : skizl
  • Horde on Mal'Ganis - www.gcrobots.com : Crw22
  • gcrobots.com : zebrigazi
• I leveled a priest pretty much solo all the way to 36 wearing nothing but a white dress (black in color) ... : Slowtreme
• atleast he's not using gray weapons amirite? : Fish_Bulb
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  don't let them get you discouraged. just go to the auction house and search for plate items around level... : changejar419
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    thanks for the tips, will do!! : vrocket
    • "of the Bear" are good items to look for. : TreMetal
    • ignore the meanies...they mean you no harm. :P i know they are brutal but it's all in good fun! the on... : changejar419
• reminds of a guy who leveled to 70 on no gear (supposedly, maybe he had a weapon). hunters pets though h... : handofthrawn
• Head over to forums.worldofwarcraft.com and select the warrior forum man. The stickies there will help yo... : unknown_fiend

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  no you arent old, you just have good taste. : VegasX
  • i wish i could use that argument against my girlfriend, who after buckling and turning off (input awful, ... : AroundTheFur1380
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  no you aren't old, you just have bad taste. : wtf242
  • lol =) : MoreVespeneGas
  • gotta love the internets :) : AroundTheFur1380
• Yes, you are old. Your taste is neutral. : Sacred Sperm
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  I'm still stuck on 90s music, too. Don't worry about it. (Also 26). : perstephanie
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    me too :(. i find that i look for new music and then end up going back to my 90s alt rock playlists on m... : FrayLo
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      we should start a support group : AroundTheFur1380
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        or new music should stop sucking : PapaBoo
        • signed and forwarded to legislation : AroundTheFur1380
• You taste like old age....er, wait. : NUZRUB
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  Pretty soon you'll be farting dust. : PlanetPerfecto
  • hmmm, better get new boxers, sounds messy : AroundTheFur1380
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  What would Deftones be classified as? Hard rock or more metal rock? Been meaning to check them out hopefu... : paravis
  • they have 5 main albums and 5 different sounds. -the first, adrenalin, is really raw metal/rap fest, li... : AroundTheFur1380
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    save yourself trouble and go straight to their 2 best albums, Around the Fur and White Pony.. you could s... : Patch-e
    • that would be safe, i just happen to like albums that take more than a few listens to enjoy, but those ar... : AroundTheFur1380
  • Deftones were my favorite band in middle school, heh. You should listen to Around the Fur, I think that ... : skizl
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  you never could have guessed from you username, that you like the Deftones : Jayx77
  • i hate them. with love. : AroundTheFur1380
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  You should add these to your list! Muse GlassJaw and or Head Automatica Radiohead : voodooraze
  • Radiohead is most definitely there, love everything by them. I loke glassjaw, actually, saw them live abo... : AroundTheFur1380
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  All of your favorite albums of the year, minus NIN, were terrible I thought. Pumpkins shoud not have mad... : FushigiDenki
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    to each their own, i liked the new pumpkins, although there are about three songs that could have most de... : AroundTheFur1380
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      Check out the new Deerhoof album, or the new Deerhunter album. Both came out this year and are different... : FushigiDenki
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        will do : AroundTheFur1380
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          Didn't mean to diss your music selection btw, to each their own for true. I think these days there is ... : FushigiDenki
          • agreed. no harm done : AroundTheFur1380
• we would totally get along : aurealis
• I love Saturday Night Wrist. It gets better every time I listen to it and is fast becoming my favorite D... : Bruzilla
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  Have you really been looking? I'd say I have the same musical tastes as you for the most part (minus Zep... : skizl
  • i have been meaining to get Neon Bible, i thought Against Me were ok the last time a friend played them, ... : AroundTheFur1380
• Yes you are getting old but don't worry, everyone pretty much sticks with whatever they listened to in hi... : Schnapple
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  Don't worry about it man. I'm still into 90s rock, 80s-90s thrash and 70s classic rock too. What I grew u... : smoove
  • there is much goodness in this post ^^^^ : AroundTheFur1380
• Nothing to be ashamed of, 90-95 is probably the best 5 year stretch of rock music since, oh, 67-72. : bipolar

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  2 Unlimited - No Limit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzyFmilkd80 Atlantic Ocean - Waterfall (late 99... : cause&effect
  • 2Unlimited ftw! \o/ : razorblade79
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  dee-lite - groove is in the heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKTCW4oxS6I : industro
  • ^^ Absolute classic.. so many memories. : cause&effect
• KLF - 3 am Eternal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UO3PAQodYg : SinistarX
• Culture Beat - Mr. Vain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgUdrzGNys : ColoradoCNC
• Haddaway - What is Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOGflCsfefo : SinistarX
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  Sir Mix-A-Lot Baby Got Back? US3 - Flip Fantasia Groove Armada - I see you baby Fatboy Slim - Tons of ... : carazy
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    Am I suppose to link video's? :P : carazy
    • US3 - Flip Fantasia http://youtube.com/watch?v=57ijkQGLmDY Sir Mixalot - Baby Got Back http://youtube.co... : carazy
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  Scatman - Scatman John http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai6Xd6a-2HY Dear god, nomaad. This was an evil... : SinistarX
  • rip SCAATMANNN : hardfl1p
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  Young MC - Bust A Move -------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wJCmtZMc1g : PapaBoo
  • ahhhh memories... also Humpty Dance : Jayx77
• Marky Mark and the Funk Bunch - Good Vibrations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnzgNAzquCw : pimpium
• Jump - Kriss Kross : spiffymc
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  what is sad is that radio stations/clubs in toronto still plays pump the jam and the people go crazy. i ... : vassili_zaitsev
  • Houston's are "Back to the Hotel" and "It Takes Two" : zagzig32
• Nicki French's cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart, and I must increase my bust by The Lords of Acid. Awe... : RevRaven
• Can you sing to me!? Could you sing a Technotronic song? Maybe Pump Up the Jam? What about Move This?! : mikecyb
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  Wrecks N Effects - New Jack Swing(Arsenio Hall Show) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uIIco2DISE : ThomW
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    Don't forget Rump Shaker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKKONgfNONU&mode=related&search= : riptyde
    • This is the first one that came to my mind. Well done sir. : tomservo
• SABOTAGE!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sbqIyeed4g : Mad Brahmin Disease
• You mean actually awesome or awesomely bad like the ones you posted? : SiW73
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  U96 - Das Boot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwc0shJ2aYc : Ariakus
  • also: Felix - Don't You Want Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvpnkG4pP4w : Ariakus
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=7geOtbLZnoE We used to piss ourselves laughing when this came on while we w... : SiW73
• What? No Chronic?! Dr. Dre - Nuthin But a G Thang http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEMmbtcxbpc : Ryno
• This one goes out to m'sync: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ipZDG6__Zfc : mn3m0n1c
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  Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers, and Queers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Ougi2DPSg : wtf242
  • +10 sir! : m0rfus
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  this thread pwns : FrayLo
  • naughty by nature - opp http://youtube.com/watch?v=4FWI_fLkw3k : FrayLo
  • that was pretty much the plan. : nomaad
• Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp-is6S_b_g : mem
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  Montel Jordan - This is how we do it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V6qX_V6cQ8 : riptyde
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    Also, anything from The Chronic : riptyde
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      and: Positive K - I got a man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQyDSL1rQVQ : riptyde
      • Might as well keep em comin: Boyz II Men: Motown Philly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHzkICG47LU ... : riptyde
• ll cool j -around the way girl http://youtube.com/watch?v=KGippJg7bGI : FrayLo
• This thread is hilarious/awesome. : Serpico74
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  Front 242 - Headhunter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPpUFBVSyWs Skinny Puppy - Smothered Hope http... : m0rfus
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    two of the most totally awesome industrial songs ever however, neither were made in the 90's : -=kodiak=-
    • Plus it is the completely wrong genre for this thread. : Serpico74
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  freak nasty - da dip http://youtube.com/watch?v=VHBwDYyyGxs : FrayLo
  • lol, cutting edge computer animation there. : riptyde
• bobby brown - don't be cruel http://youtube.com/watch?v=T9aLBdeT6ks : FrayLo
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  This thread makes me weep. Music these days just suck. I must be getting old. : Edges
  • KLF - Justfied and Ancient http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6YlBAs0Lfo&mode=related&search= : Edges
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    Is this thread invisible to you? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14989597#itemanchor_14989597 : geedeck
    • No... why? : Edges
• Got sure if they qualifiy but i'll post them anyway. Stone Roses - Fools gold http://www.youtube.com/wat... : peetabix01

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• We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us. : Fail_Safe
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  The same as what? : geedeck
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    as it used to be, I dont know ..... some people would know what Im talking about : bagelcc
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      I understand buddy :) : theghostofsmdever
      • ^^ this explains EVERYTHING. : Rauol Duke
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      I've noticed the comments seem to have gotten a lot more hostile over the past few months, and there are ... : randomnull
      • Shut up, you. : yellowtexan
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        It's just the new college users joining up. They always take a bit to get used to things. Cycle of life o... : Rauol Duke
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          I'm just as hostile as ever! : askedrelic
          • Oh, yes you are, you bad boy. : lookitzpancakes
      • :( : spazzium
    • so you're saying over time things have changed : busdriver3030
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      Seeing as how you've utterly failed to quantify anything, I hope no does! : geedeck
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        it's more than a feeling : mikecyb
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          Banning for song lyrics. : Rauol Duke
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            ban phil for all his 'more than a woman' posts then. : 60days
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              The tranny he posted last night had a bigger dick than I do. That shit just ain't right. lol : Colleton
              • Plus, she's Asian... All my stereotypes are flying out the window! : Phil
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          when you hear that song they used to play? : geedeck
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            those are actually the only lyrics in that song I know so now that small portion of the song is stuck in ... : mikecyb
            • mahna mahna? : geedeck
          • Your song is not ours! : Jonathan
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  Well we were going to wait to announce this, but geedeck, Ajax, and filtersweep are really busy lately so... : Rauol Duke
  • YAY *golf claps* : PapaBoo
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    finally degen gets what he deserves >:( : mikecyb
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      I for one welcome our new hobo overlords : mikecyb
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        More like homo overlords am I right here or what folks??? : Rauol Duke
        • sorite : pancake humper
        • you can be both : mikecyb
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      a kick in the balls? : sigpro
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        www.fletchstudios.com/images/lolatdegen.jpg : fletch_
        • well in his defense he was playing with the cubs and in your defense he lost to the cubs : mikecyb
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          He showed me that. I wouldn't say that' a kick in the balls. He's used to them losing. : sigpro
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            http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings : fletch_
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              dude 5 games over 500 and 1 game above the Brewers? HAHAHAHA! : sigpro
              • 1st place is 1st place, as a lifelong cubs fan, we take whatever the fuck we can get : fletch_
• Someone stole your qualia. :( : sgtsanity
• It does feel...different. But I still laugh a lot, so I guess things are still okay. : ejectorpod
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  No mater where you go... there you are : topkatz
  • Maybe I could help ya with ya homework on such a hot day... : Rauol Duke
• it's Phil going from our porn king to a tranny dispenser : RikiTiki2
• Change. Change is good. : stump
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  Bioshock happened : rosewood
  • SecuRom happened : geneshifter
• It got a bunch of plastic surgery and became too hot to talk to us, stupid bitch! : voodooraze
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  Without fail, at least once a year but usually twice we get one of these posts. They are so fucking gay. ... : haiku
  • ^^^ see, nothing has changed. seriously, though, I don't post that much (sad that over 1K posts is "no... : tashtego
  • Its a 24/7 thing, he cant help himself :( : askedrelic
  • B& for personal attack : Str8Dog
  • Hahaha : dltrem
• We lost a chatty and the ability to get rid of Dthread. : skitzo
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  Is this like when old people complain about those people moving into their neighborhoods or what? : genjuro
  • .... a lower case t..... for time... to leave? : -=kodiak=-
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    Well,I may stand alone in this but I'm truely proud of my herritage and I'm just going to say it, those n... : rosewood
    • Damn, you are a master of the post preview. Kudos, sir! : mn3m0n1c
• ♫ To everything, turn turn turn... ♫ : PoopStewart
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  There was a site redesign : dognose
  • <3 : rosewood
  • Best when read as Willem Dafoe's line in Boondock Saints "There was a FIREFIGHT!" : Phearsome
• not enough nws? : SlamDunk
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  I have noticed that there is a lot more "digging" for articles now. Is the cost of running the shack goi... : stgdz
  • Perhaps it's more the fact that Remo & Co are consistently turning out good games journalism, and that Di... : geedeck
  • They have to make their money. This is a full time job for them. Anything I can do to help them get traff... : pancake humper
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    i dont even know what the 'divert traffic' part of this means. but as there were 3 of us at the beginning... : Maarten Goldstein
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      obviously you need new streams of revenue i say start a porn site. : -=kodiak=-
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        Shit, all they need to do is start hosting randomnull's stuff and throw up some ads! : mn3m0n1c
        • no, considering how this place has gone in the past while, im thinking more along the lines of a gay porn... : -=kodiak=-
    • but the cost of pop tarts has stayed the same, I don't understand : askedrelic
    • the staff all simultaneously fighting a coke habit doesn't help : fletch_
  • It's probably just their way of "charging us" for F5ing all day long and costing them money from bandwidt... : wtf242
• I miss the Sugashack!! And WTF are you moaning and groaning on about again? : AndyGoin
• I've been here for like, a long time, and it seems pretty much the same as always. : suqur
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  I tell you this; the constant bashing of id properties here and the latest Bioshock bullshit and non-issu... : RyDogg1
  • Are you insinuating securom's horseshit is a non-issue and not worth discussing? I thought this was a gam... : avatar_58
  • hahahahahha yeah right the negativity has been for here years on end, it's just that it's subjects you en... : AndyGoin
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    So is your vision for the Shack where everyone gets along, share the same opinions, and we get together f... : Matt Burris
    • I'll jerk you if you jerk me. : avatar_58
    • No I'm not saying that, but I mean the Bioshock issue was a pretty glaring example of some folks making a... : RyDogg1
• I guess what happened is that it changed? Is that the answer you're looking for? : perstephanie
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  Peaks & Valleys my friend. Peaks & Valleys. : PlanetPerfecto
  • Why am I thinking of Monica Belluci all of a sudden? : Fyunch Click
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  wow this thread got a lot bigger than I thought it would : bagelcc
  • everytime i hit F5 the page changes. I dont like it =( : not work safe
  • because you still failed to quantify "what" : geedeck
• I'm just getting back into the comments. The redesign lost me for a few months. Comments seem about the... : midgetherder
• i dont post as much. i find that how awesome this website is is directly proportional to how often i po... : arizona bay
• I believe you may be suffering from a variation of http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001054.html : ttyRazor

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• I had slight hitching on the PC demo so I said fuck it and bought the 360 version and I don't regret it o... : Tripps
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  PC people just know what the fuck, 360 people are all "It's making the colors, this is awesome!" : Sapiens
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    thats fucking bullshit dude, and way to segregate via elitism in the worst form. : VegasX
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      how do i shot firebal??? : aeg1x
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        just getting tired of this 360 vs. PC shit. : VegasX
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          Same here. It's about all I see whenever I come here anymore. : StuMan1337
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            80% of the posts on the shack are about console games nowadays. : scener
            • the majority of people have always played console games : Fish_Bulb
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      IT WAS A JOKE FUCK YOU : Sapiens
      • LOLOLOLOL : carnivore
      • hahahaha, ....i thought it was funny : AroundTheFur1380
  • lol : ThomW
  • haha, Nice! :) : Colleton
  • hahaha, excellent : moshman
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    Right, because everyone that owns a 360 has never played a PC game..duuuurrrrrrrrrr : Fred Garvin
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14988509#itemanchor_14988509 : Old_Fart
    • hahahahahaha : tomservo
    • oh man you even fished garvin right in. Not like that is hard but still, lols to you my friend. : haiku
  • hahaha thats awesome : haiku
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  The only difference between the 360 and PC version is the securom anti-piracy thing. All that does is sto... : aeg1x
  • Well that and the PC users will hopefully find a hack around the widescreen FOV issues. : Horn
• I finished the game on the PC with a single crash (and that was after alt tabbing a bunch, which probably... : Gauss
• I've had no problems what so ever with the PC Version. : rastafar1an
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  Ignore the PC complaints, it's just people being nit-picky about a game that is supposed to be flawless. ... : ovrlrd
  • ummm, not all the complaints. I still can't run the fucking demo in dx10, it wont load past the first loa... : AroundTheFur1380
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  That's just because PC users are more demanding. Nothing is broken on the PC version. Besides, you want t... : terath
  • haha, what? What does that even mean? You need a 360 to play it? You need a PC to play the PC version ... : Judecca
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  my pc experience has been flawless. : hirez
  • Same here. : freshyk
  • Ditto except for the bullshit copy protection that pisses me off. In this day and age developers are s : DOOManiac
  • I think he's generalizing. just sayin. : action roommate
  • Same here. : Kaerof
  • also ditto : eeeealmo
  • Mine too! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Same : razlebol
• i haven't had any problems w/ my steam copy, maybe i'm being subdued by pretty colors though.. but fuck.. : wetard
• not sure what you're talking about, cause BioShock on my PC kicks the crap out of it on the 360 :P : Korban
• My shit's not broken... I've been having a really good time with the game :\ : Noobler
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  Runs great on my PC and I'm loving it all the way. : Razputin
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    What's your setup and what settings are the game on? Just wondering, to see if it will run on mine. : lookitzpancakes
    • Grab the demo and find out! Demo and retail both run fantastically on high details at 1600x1200 on my ... : Helter Skelter
    • I'm doing the 1280 or something widescreen on 24" dell with 3400+ amd dual core and 8600gt with 2gb ram. : Razputin
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14980566#itemanchor_14980566 : razlebol
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  i'm having sounds cut out on PC. :( it's as if it's trying to play too many channels or something, and se : delataur
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    On-board sound I assume? : Fred Garvin
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      nope, X-Fi, latest drivers, tooled with sound acceleration slider, EAX settings, etc. : delataur
      • Wow, that blows and is quite surprising. Could also be poor sound management. : Fred Garvin
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        yep, same problem. I noticed clicking in a few games with the X-Fi as well. creative blows is the issue h... : Gauss
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          yeah i'm gonna fuck with config stuff (been there recently, you know this :) at some point and then maybe... : delataur
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            afaik, they haven't updated the drivers in like 8+ months, which is pretty awesome, unless I missed them ... : Gauss
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              that was one of the first things i checked. i was hoping hoping hoping for an update but.. nope. : delataur
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                I checked windows update, and what do you know - there's a two month old driver set. dxdiag reports the d... : Gauss
                • Shot in the dark, but if you have GOM player installed you could try uninstalling that. Some of us that ... : Johnny Law
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                  nice catch. but didn't work. what's weird (?) is that sounds don't get truncated, they just get temporari... : delataur
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                    that's odd, it seems to have fixed it for me - I got into a firefight with two turrets, then a security d... : Gauss
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                      if there's a lot of ambience around and i've run around and done/shot some shit for a minute or two then ... : delataur
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                        hmm, if you can, upload a save near a repeatable location, that way I can confirm if I still have the sam... : Gauss
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                          http://www.aleax.net/bioshock/8_23_2007_4_32_37.bsb sorry about the filename, i don't know if bioshock : delataur
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                            I couldn't get it initially, I tried firing a bunch of weapons, using plasmids, crouching, jumping the... : Gauss
                            • are any other shackers out there willing to test this? fuck me, it's almost 5am. it's good to know tha... : delataur
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                              Well, using Audigy2 card and latest Creative Vista drivers I have no sound issues whatsoever with this sa... : High-g
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                                how long did you mess with it? it took a good bit of screwing around, leaving, getting in a fight, then c... : Gauss
                                • argh, i think i got the machinegun thing working immediately but i'm tired and can't remember. blargh. lo... : delataur
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                                  Well, I tried it until I run out of all the ammo for all the weapons and the EVE, and I also ran all arou... : High-g
                                  • Here, this is what I exactly meant - people with ALL kind of hardware (including on-board Realtek-based s... : High-g
                              • it's a great spot to test the glitch but you have to run around and cause a bunch of trouble first, then : delataur
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              There are beta drivers from the last month that you can try: http://connect.creativelabs.com/beta/defaul... : High-g
              • i'm feeling reckless, i'll try these really quick too : delataur
      • There might be a dead/leaking capacitor on the soundcard itself which might cause issues in certain games... : High-g
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    are you running in SLI? : Prozium
    • naw. : delataur
  • My sound (onboard) cut out right after the intro sequence )= : shyguy74
  • No problem with onboard sound here. : razlebol
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  I am now thinking I am gonna take back this unopened x360 copy can get the PC. I tried the x360 demo a... : DarkWolf5
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    losing out on the 5.1 (and not being on a big tv, imo) are 2 major things to loose with this game : mwasher
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      Why don't people plug their PCs into their big TVs and receivers? They can still use their 360 pads if t... : smegmar
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        I used to not do it because the PC was excessively loud and hot, but that argument pretty much went away ... : SinistarX
        • I think it had to do with Infinium's founder/CEO being a crook and their lead engineer leaving in a huff.... : smegmar
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  "Would you kindly" stop with teh generalizations? My Steam version (aside from the minor initial problem ... : High-g
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    I think he's referring to all the widescreen hysterics. : Fred Garvin
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      but that issue is the same on the 360 as well. The only difference is the an unofficial tool that lets yo... : aeg1x
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        Like I posted in the topic dedicated to this. I have never bothered changing FOV and I think the majority... : Fred Garvin
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          right, but purchasing the 360 version because of reports of widescreen issues on PC version is silly. Bot... : aeg1x
          • And there's already a hack out to change the FOV on the PC if you don't like it, so in that sense I decla... : Bruzilla
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  I just played the PC demo after having played the 360 demo last week. 360version it is. Mouse+keyboard c : Serpico74
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    I love how it rumbles when a big daddy walks close by you : mikecyb
    • I loved that oh shit feeling when I saw one for the first time (non cut scene) and was told by Atlus to k : Jayx77
• While the release on steam was kind of a train wreck initially, and the FOV thing had me a bit nauseuos, ... : Zeeliv
• Due to the Securecom thing it is off my buylist. Fuck em. : [7]kami
• Been running perfectly here. : Boxelder
• i'd be ejaculating all over my bioshock dvd at this very moment if they had included multiplayer. instea... : bfzzzz
• My 360 broken and the retail version of Bioshock installed and runs perfectly on my PC. Its one of the be... : baron calamity
• you must be thinking of shadowrun because your post describes the shadowrun experience perfectly : bninja
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  Still haven't got my PC version to play. I'm using Vista64, so it's apparently what I deserve :( : kevp
  • I also have Vista 64. I had to install this to get the demo working. http://www.microsoft.com/downloa... : ttyRazor
• my PC experience has been awesome on me and my brothers machine, what an absolutely fantastic game : snowwolf
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  I'm not trolling, I swear. Maybe it has been because I am tired after work when I play...but.. The game... : wykd
  • its ok to be dead on the inside, there's nothing trollish about that : Gauss
• add another 360-I LOVE THIS GAME! to your list seriously best game I have played in a while so far. : Jayx77
• Consoles rule, so much less hassle. : FushigiDenki
• just avoid the redring and you're golden i guess. : Fish_Bulb
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  Not sure if it's the same thing you're referring to but I notice ShackHype can turn pretty quickly. Obliv... : Schnapple
  • *retail version of PC port that is. 360 gamers don't have to put up with that. Steam for life! : Schnapple
  • for the case with oblivion, i think it was more to do with the leveling system than anything that killed ... : ballystix
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    <nerd glasses>Bioshock doesn't use the UE3 engine</nerd glasses> Also I'm slowly giving into the whole... : MuteMode
    • :-( it does use UE3 and it's not a PC port. : dahanese
  • I don't think it's localized just to the Shack, either. Games are sold by hype and there are 2 byproduct... : smegmar
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  yeah because no one has ever had any problems with their 360's. nope, no one, ever. ms has issued many pr... : not work safe
  • I'm pretty sure he was talking about the software. If we want to get into hardware failures, let's look ... : SinistarX
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  Reading comprehension of wikipedia articles -10 for me :/ : MuteMode
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    I really hate the shack on IE :/ : MuteMode
    • It is mutual, the shack hates IE : haiku
    • I really hate the shack on IE :/ : Flying h4x0r
• MY VERSION OF BIOSHOCK IS TEH BEST VERSION, ALL OTHER VERSIONS ARE INFEWRIOR TO MY OWN VERSION WHICH IS T... : Boxelder

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  well if by parts you're referring to sesmaster's cock, it's bigger than an XBOX controller : PapaBoo
  • Height or width wise? : Phreakin
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    Well, that answers that question. Thanks! : x-eyd|mary
    • pics are down but here was the thread: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14941821#itemanchor_14941821 : PapaBoo
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    That was an Xbox 360 controller. We don't know how it stacks up against the original Xbox controller. : ThomW
    • I was the source of inspiration for the original. Sorry about that :) : x-eyd|mary
  • why are we still referring to pictures of his cock? =( bunch of homos, the lot of ya. <3 : changejar419
• where you been :( : creep
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  well holeeee shit : Degenerate
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    How you been, bud? I have a lot of free time on my hands these days, and thought I'd stop by and see who ... : x-eyd|mary
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      you didnt lose your job did you? that would be a bad thing. Hopefully all this free time is a good thing ... : Degenerate
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        No more Atlanta? Good for you. I haven't missed it a bit since I moved. Unfortunately, my free time is... : x-eyd|mary
        • Damn :( Hope the recovery goes well sir, welcome back! : logik?
        • Holy suck. Best of luck with your recovery! : ThomW
        • was she hot? : Degenerate
        • :( sorry dude : PapaBoo
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          Argh :( Well maybe you can take up guitar or needlepoint to pass the time. : c0bra
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            Jets fans dont needlepoint : Degenerate
            • Hahaha.Just plenty of anti-depressents. : x-eyd|mary
        • Damn. Hi there, enjoy ur time! : askedrelic
        • A lot of good games coming out in the next 6 months! : nyranger66
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          Time to start up a WoW account. Good luck! : stump
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            My right wrist shattered, so no mouse action. : x-eyd|mary
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              holy fucking ow : Degenerate
              • My left femur made my wrist look like slight sprain. The bone just came apart. I'll have some pics to pos... : x-eyd|mary
            • Oh god, I'd die. :( : stump
        • I don't remember you, but that sucks. Hope you have a speedy recovery. : orgcaptainnemo
        • Feel better champ :( : tomservo
        • whoa - get well soon! :( : virus
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          Sorry to hear that, get well soon. this is what scares me about motorcycles :( I could be the best mo... : kevp
          • Seriously. I got driven off the road I was on by some guy in the left lane who decided he REALLY needed t... : Chunks
        • holy crap. get a lawyer. : edgewise
        • wow, more reason why I will never ride a bike. Too many idiots on the roads around here. Hope you get w... : FormerHPB
• 3 months? what happened? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• A little moldy and wet. : voodooraze
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  omg! welcome back! : Phil
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    Hey Phil. How have you been? Sheesh, I'm realizing how much I miss this place. : x-eyd|mary
    • And we miss you! : geedeck
    • You just miss all the pictures of cocks. We are like junkies we can't go without our daily cock quota. : Crimsonbeak
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      have you seen that Jessica Alba slumber party video? : edgewise
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        As in naked, lesbian slumber party? I haven't seen that, but would love too. My left hand has been in tra... : x-eyd|mary
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          No, you don't- just trust me on this one... : mn3m0n1c
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            This man hates you and doesn't want you to enjoy a nice afternoon. GO FOR IT. : Rauol Duke
            • oh raoul what have you done : mn3m0n1c
• Wow...it's....It's really you! : Normality
• blast from the past : redfive
• omg. hi2u x-eyd! : hirez
• We found out what happens at shackmeets. http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/9486/chickshackgr6.jpg : skitzo
• woof at j00 : dognose
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  I remember you. : Rauol Duke
  • I remember you too, and a lot of the others as well. Nice to see a lot of the old faces around here. : x-eyd|mary
• wow, blast from the past! welcome back! : FormerHPB
• who? : -=kodiak=-

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  So let me get this straight. He's mad because after installing the game on several machines, from the sam... : Phreakin
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    2K Games told him it was okay, as long as he uninstalled. What exactly are you missing here? : Matt Burris
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      Well, the part i'm missing is the part that an obviously experienced computer users realistcly thinks tha... : Phreakin
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        Do you troll me in every BioShock I post in? That's stalking, you know. ;) But seriously, I'm into t... : Matt Burris
        • Ya, I don't have the game nor any interest either way on the outcome of this. I just find it comical that... : Phreakin
      • What? He should be able to install/uninstall wherever he likes and still get the game working, it's not ... : FushigiDenki
      • You cannot be serious. : project13
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        Yes, it's his fault for trusting the word of the developer, http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14982605#... : lightsam
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          He's not trusting the developer, he''s trusting the Community Relations person for the developer. AKA PR ... : Phreakin
          • yeah, I can't really blame her for software she didn't write, and even if she could tell us "the truth" a... : ttyRazor
      • Wait... who is the troll? I think you might be mistaken. Irony! : amrbean
      • You definitely were missing that part, since this guy, as a staffer at PC Gamer, was installing to severa : SinistarX
  • installing and then uninstalling : Gauss
  • I think you've forgotten the important part that he uninstalled the game AS INSTRUCTED in order to play i... : project13
  • He had the physical disk with him and the game requires it. It's not like installing XP on multiple mach... : pigvomit
  • lol. : AlexXdude
• I had to do that for Titan Quest when I e-mailed Securom support. : Rice-Rocketeer
• Reading this and everyone else's response and then dahanese's reply about it, makes me wonder if this is ... : Matt Burris
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  Ugh, hopefully there will be a home-made "patch" (wink) to get past this bullshit. : FushigiDenki
  • Of course there will be. Copy protection doesn't actually stop the pirates from doing their thing. Just t... : mittense
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    Ugh, what about us that bought it off steam?! : lightsam
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      Same fucking boat. : Bruzilla
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        I think a new update (came out today, I believe?) fixes this. Something about an uninstall/reinstall iss... : Matt Burris
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          Don't you start giving me hope now. Then this game will be perfect and I'll have nothing to bitch about. : Bruzilla
          • Yesterday's post from Steam forums. Will know for sure in 2 says atleast: http://forums.steampowered.co... : lightsam
        • really? I can't uninstall my steam bioshock that's never worked anyway. I get some kind of key missing er... : kevp
• wow.. that's completely ridiculous. : Fredrik S
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  Well that cures it, Steam it is : Schnapple
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    steam has the same security stuff the DVD version has apparently just buy a 360 and be done with it! : mikecyb
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      so then do you email a photo of the relavent sections of your hard drive? : 60days
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        beats me pc gaming is dead: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14991615#itemanchor_14991615 : mikecyb
        • I wouldn't say it's dead, it's changed to a mass appeal form that is now the current generation consoles. : lightsam
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          haha yep pc gaming is dead. i just got back from best buy, CC, gamestop, eb games, target, walmart. NONE ... : not work safe
          • you had me until the front page bit :( : deject
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      Err, the Steam version doesn't require the disc to be in the drive. So it wins by comparison. So long as ... : Schnapple
      • Man, if the Steam version was requiring the disc to be in the drive then there'd be some real problems :) : joesnizzle
• That website needs to eat a sandwich : losimagic
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  Wait, how do steam folks take pictures of physical media they don't have? What the fuck Securom? : avatar_58
  • Wait I just read a post above answering this : avatar_58
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    Game Errors: "Activation FAILED. Server Error - wrong/invalid serial" and "Activation FAILED: Server erro... : lightsam
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      Ok well assuming it does, what about those of us who own the retail copy? Surely if they've patched Steam... : avatar_58
      • Value patched Steam. I guess HAHA @ retail buyers? : lightsam
• i almost started to freak out when my key didnt work. it turns out the font they use has very similar "1"... : not work safe
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  He's trolling a bit, installing on 3 machines but still shouldn't be that much of a pain in the ass : judge
  • I cannot see where he is trolling. : project13