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  Shacker Birthdays: ultramega can now have a mid-life crisis at 35 ! Congrats folks! Want to add your : askedrelic
  • he celebrates by wrestling 35 dogs at once : proclone1
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  This Old LOL Pile: The top 5 LOL'D posts from yesterday. Don't miss the funny, if there was any to begin : askedrelic
  • That lemon party video is awesome : rosewood
• What more can we do : boredguy
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  Shacker WEEKEND Birthdays: Rigor Morts better have fun turning 24 ! gummijoh has can my birthday wishes : askedrelic
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    wooo, i was wondering why this wasn't done yesterday and I was getting all emo :( : Rigor Morts
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      sorry, lives outside the shack and all. happy birthday! : askedrelic
      • haha, its cool =) : Rigor Morts
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      No one cares about you, you're alone in the world, there is no Santa Claus, etc etc : Begawkiness
      • Then who's that fat old guy with the beard that Stiffie is always sitting on the lap of? Happy birthda : boredguy
  • I wonder if I added my ass to that birthday thing. 22nd is mah birfday! : Yanks
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  And Pancake Humper waits.... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    you should sing a song maddog and record it. it would be highly amusing and pass alot of the time : askedrelic
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      (To "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys) You are my flapjack The one on my stack Believe whe... : RomSteady
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        do it maddog, do it now. this is perfect fucking timing romsteady, i know you have a mic maddog and im su... : askedrelic
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          Hang on. >:D : Maddog_Delphi97
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            Ok, where do I upload it? : Maddog_Delphi97
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              zshare.net would work : AlexXdude
              • incoming lulz : kill9
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              http://www.sendspace.com/file/eunc5d I used sendspace. Enjoy!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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                hahahahah the rhythm is so totally off : AlexXdude
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                  god i dont know if this is the best or worst thing ive ever heard : AlexXdude
                  • Mind you, I didn't really even try... I never listen to backstreet boys or whatever fag boy band it was. : Maddog_Delphi97
              • hahahahahahahah OMGfasdfdsfafdf : kill9
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                hahahah maddog have you even heard the original song's melody please sing this on css sometime. when ... : electroly
                • Madness!! I will drive them to madness!! : Maddog_Delphi97
              • hahaha, maddog rules : FushigiDenki
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                The likeness to the original is just uncanny. Seriously, have you had voice training? : SiW73
                • lololololol : Maddog_Delphi97
              • hahaha, OH WOW. I salute you, sir. : silentw
              • hahahaha I refuse to listen! You can't make me! : tomservo
              • you have a gift : mega man
              • oh god, it's on repeat and it won't stop! nice! : thief
              • steveo is that you? : Jayx77
              • yeeeaaahhhhh. maddog you rock : hobbespanache
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                Do you have a speech impediment (serious question) ? : abrasion
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                  Was wondering the same : Phreakin
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                    He's just from Oklahoma. : Phil
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                      Seriously though some of the words sound like they are missing the end or the start. : abrasion
                      • hearing impairment : mega man
                • I don't think he does, he just has a pretty thick accent. I play counterstrike with him frequently and h... : dopeman
              • Gold. : Phil
              • Holy. Fucking. Shit. hahahahahahaha : dmason
              • Hahaha : lightly inclined
              • so fucking LOL'd : GloriousCow
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                HAHAAHAHAHAHAH what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH : Chris Remo
                • :D : Maddog_Delphi97
              • someone mirror this ! : imperator
              • keep it real maddog. : dopeman
              • AHAHAHAHA!! The "mmmmph" at the end is genius! : scottythejock
              • This inspired me to download the karaoke version of "I want it that way" by the Backstreet Boys and recor... : TheMonkeyWench
              • anyone able to mirror? : rock elf
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                here's a mirror folks http://www.tindeck.com/audio/my/kegr/pancakesong : CrimsonHandHiro
                • haha, thanks :) : rock elf
              • What. the. fuck. I feel like I'm laughing at a retard. : orgcaptainnemo
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                hahahahahahahaha : suqur
                • srsly, EPIC LULZ : suqur
              • I just finished off a box of Bisquick O(|||C : pancake humper
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  im waiting for the 360 version. : CoRDS
  • ditto : OrkO
  • same : klearlyunseen
  • All the cool kids are doing it. : Big Luke
  • I couldn't wait..... I'll rent it on the 360 : MikkleThePickle
  • your loss : kill9

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  I'd typically rather get busy with a girl who has a tattoo on her lower back, than a pleasantville girl w... : seven
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    lower back tattoo = tramp stamp : feek
    • "mide as well be a bullseye." : stonedonkey
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    I don't get what you're trying to say. But yeah, I love chicks with tattoos and I'm probably one of the ... : soggybagel
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      My apologies. I thought you were one of those "ladder theory" losers that's afraid of women, so calls ... : seven
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        I'm sure soggybagel knows how to get overly amorous : AlexXdude
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          Yes - but can he let go? : seven
          • wtf : mega man
      • "tramp stamp" refers specifically to a lower back tattoo on a woman. Using the phrase doesn't mean you ha... : Old_Fart
  • except every single "pleasantville girl" has a tramp stamp here ... : imperator
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  only footballers and whores have tattoos : CoRDS
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    Fuck, I better start charging or learn how to play football. : TheMonkeyWench
    • i thought you were already on a team? : CoRDS
    • rofl : action roommate
    • why not both? : riptyde
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    I would mention sailors in this conversation, but they basically fall under the "whores" category. I requ... : Squirrely
    • i make no discrimination when it comes to whores. a man can be as much of a whore as a woman. : CoRDS
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  i hate people who call them that. hate. it's so ridiculous and shallow and small minded and WTF. p... : dahanese
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    Hate is such a strong word. : soggybagel
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      So is anchovies. But I love those salty little bastards. : seven
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        man i ate an anchovy the other day and it was fucking SALTY man semen doesn't hold a candle to that shit.... : dahanese
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          It's the stupid shit that puritan whiteys say who are afraid of everything. : seven
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            Are you on crack.\? : soggybagel
            • whatever do you mean.\? : seven
          • hahahahhahaha oh man can't stop laughing : Bantis
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            dude, no, tattoos are fine, lower back tattoos are just generally trashy and can therefore be called tram... : feek
            • I went to ASU, and man did the phrase really hold true : Bantis
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              i think believing the placement of something as trashy is really narrow minded. i know a lot of really aw... : dahanese
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                If you're not being sarcastic - then you are officially awesome. : seven
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                  :-( why would i be sarcastic about this? it makes me want to tear out throats. : dahanese
                  • Because what you said was far too well reasoned and well stated for me to believe it was actually being s... : seven
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                I don't think anyone here is saying that if a girl has a lower back tattoo, it means they are trashy. How... : Bantis
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                  well, please define trashy because all i've ever heard of here is "she has a back tattoo? tramp stamp!!!"... : dahanese
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                    I'm not back peddling and nobody "called me on my bullshit" : Bantis
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                      and if people don't like the art in my house, great, that's their choice. If people have noticed a trend ... : Bantis
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                        i agree with bantis, so please don't bother attacking me. : feek
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                          I just hate how everyone has to have a fucking cause. People aren't going to agree with other people, the... : Bantis
                          • And this wasn't targeted at dahanese or anything, just more of a general comment in regards to these thre... : Bantis
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                            i'm pretty sure disliking people who call them tramp stamps isn't a cause. the gross generalization t... : dahanese
                            • and I totally respect that, and like I said, i wasn't really pointing you out or anything, just where the... : Bantis
                            • I think they are trashy. THREAD RESTARTED : steelsamurai
                            • I think they compare more along the lines with the tribal/japanese letter tatoos. They were all three ta... : carazy
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                    My 37-year old step-daughter got a lower back tattoo recently and her 12 year-old son immediately said "t... : Old_Fart
                    • TRAMP SYMPATHISER : abrasion
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                yeah, im sure you can have a nice tattoo on your lower back. but most i've seen are not. if you are tr... : feek
                • Not to mention that just about every porn star in America has one. The stereotype exists for a reason. ... : peanut-
              • lower back tattoos are just generally trashy and can therefore be called tramp stamps he's talking abo... : thief
              • it's a tattoo above your ass... : drucifer
        • I thought tramp stamp was a specific type of tat : rosewood
        • anchovy kick some serious ass. The best thing on a pizza : filthysock
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    Ass Antlers : moshman
    • lol, never heard this one before. : bling1bling
  • I just think of it as a bullseye. : orgcaptainnemo
  • lol : Bantis
  • goalposts? : steelsamurai
  • well, to be honest, its a very accurate name. : klearlyunseen
  • you r rite. i prefer jizz target : pyide
  • If you don't have one, why hate it? I assume its nothing more than a pet peeve in that case. I think cal... : stygian_whisper
  • But it is a tramp stamp. : ColoradoCNC
  • i dont care for TRAMP STAMPS, they are kind of TRAMPY : anthonybean
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  hijack: When I hit my weight loss goal, I want to get a tat that says 347. Suggestions of where (most... : rosewood
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    I would think directly on your hand that you eat with - so you see that hand every time you put food to y... : abrasion
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      not a bad iea : Bantis
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        It really crosses my mind, but it's also fucking sad that 30 years of loving food so much and now being a... : abrasion
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          I don't see why anybody would take shots at an honest post. I just say, fight the good fight! : famine101
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            It was actually directed at my friends over at the other black website. : abrasion
            • why's it gotta be another website? : drucifer
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          it is a hard battle, but it's certain possible and so worth it. Here's my story (I wrote this a while ago... : sparkly
          • Your last paragraph about the quantity thing is a clincher for me.I can force myself to eath healthy, it' : abrasion
        • I am in the same boat. It pains me to leave food, but I'm trying to do it more and more, just stop eating... : nomaad
        • One thing about the snack foods - look at the ingredients lists and don't buy shit thats full of MSG. ... : peanut-
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          Quit blaming your parents, get off your ass, and break a sweat instead of shoveling junk food into your t... : romulan
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            Sorry if that's harsh abrasion but i came from a highly dysfunctional family with addiction problems myse : romulan
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              I didn't blame them, I simply stated that I was trained never to leave an empty plate. They certainly : abrasion
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                I had it worse... food was a competition when I was a kid... large family... large extended family... if ... : drucifer
                • I have fond memories of eating with my dad and despite my weight I don't regret them, even if it was glut... : abrasion
        • I feel your pain. It's hard to learn willpower at 30 (i turn 30 in 2 weeks). : riptyde
  • comic sans, your tongue. : Morgin
  • comic sans : Jayx77
  • Lower back. Comic sans ms. : GodZilly
• Friend of mine has one of those removal places above his own business and he sees TONS (literally) of wom... : Q-ball
• i remember the pictures on bmezine that had the one girl with a tattoo of her boyfriend's name in big col... : davislovestacobell
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  I used to aim for the tramp stamp on my ex girlfriend right before jizzing :D she never asked :) : burning eye
  • well, the tramp stamp is nothing more than a target. it's basically a big bullseye saying "aim here". c... : davislovestacobell
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  This thread has prompted me to work on finishing my tattoo. Tramp --> : TheMonkeyWench
  • "WIthout the stamp, its not quality grade tramp." : stygian_whisper
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    Pics of tattoo (original artwork or actual tattoo)? : Arcanum
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      http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeywench/1401551158/ I got it when I was 18, I still haven't finished dra... : TheMonkeyWench
      • same here, i got some stuff done when i was 18, but never finished it. all my monies go into my car now.... : papaskot
      • get on that, girl, or i'm not letting you near my hair next year : Korban
• In Oregon they call the California License Plates. : davantalus
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJuluUS-f3g : tunis5000
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  I like tramp stamps because you know any girl who has one is definitely going to be up for some doggy sty... : riptyde
  • or some dirtbox action : PapaBoo

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• those might be server variables so we could probably tweak to our liking : RikiTiki2
• Stuttering bug is back in full force :( But other than that I had a ton of fun tonight. : Magus
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  So far I really like it. I seem to like Medic / Engineer the most. : dmason
  • Is it as good as everyone was hoping? : jbury
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  It blew my fucking mind. I've not played a game that rewards personal brilliance, and teamplay in equa... : seven
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    How bad does the reduced rocket speed hurt playing soldier? : Old_Fart
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      I don't know - I got a metric-fuck-tonne of kills. So I just don't know. I got some mid-air rockets... : seven
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        they said the splash damage isn't nearly as much in this version, were you able to juggle people? : Old_Fart
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          Yep. Juggle people, switch weapons and shotgun them in mid-air. It's very easy to play as soldier - an... : seven
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            well, the domination won't be there for me, I think I lost about 70% of my aim 5 years ago. The reflexes ... : Old_Fart
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              lost 70% of your aim? : seven
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                yeah it's the whole age-eyes thing. I have excellent motion detection but poor focus. And I'm horribly ou... : Old_Fart
                • I'm right there with you, getting old sucks :( I'm glad that it's alot easier to tell friend from foe ... : gendail
          • I am one of those CS gamers getting dominated :( I haven't played much Quake in so long that I've forg... : peanut-
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        Did you just compare this to QW? Cause holy shit, my creditcard is itching in my pants. THANKS A-H... : [7]kami
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          Well - I just spent the last 2 weeks playing CA on DM3 against frogbots, and ArenaX against frogbots, and... : seven
          • Bye bye fitty bucks. : [7]kami
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  Loving it. Scout seems worthless as ever though. Double jump is WEAK. Medic+Heavy combo is like... ... : Nullzero
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    Scout is rape in a box once you get a handle on it Check my killstreak with the Scout of all things, h... : Gauss
    • <- 13 as soldier :D : seven
    • Were all those club-kills? I definately couldn't do that as scout... : Nullzero
  • scout is pretty sweet IMO. They can run faster than the turrets aim, and count as two on a capture point... : papaskot
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  What time did it finally come out last night (EST.)?Mine seems stuck at 65% now when I previously had it ... : h o s t i l e
  • Just hit launch game, that fixes itself. : peanut-
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  if I could ever play it without it crashing I'd tell you. : thekidd
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    are you getting the vguimatsurface.dll error? : Break
    • no, it just quits on me. There's an error, but I can't read it :( : thekidd
• Yes, go here please: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=48987 : geedeck
• I just had some great fun as Pyro. Also played a bit as Heavy. I was dominated by a sniper when I was h... : trOmblyj
• I went to bed at 2am and didnt get to play it and now IM fucking dieing. so mad : bozer
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  damnit it seems fucking awesome but I can't play I'm getting the screen freezing/audio stuttering. it ... : lakren
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    fucking christ why updated drivers and it's still doing it. i can't play for more than 5 minutes witho... : lakren
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15153406 ? : scottythejock
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        hm.. sounds similar. i'll try messing with the audio settings. : lakren
        • nope, this sucks.. waited like 10 years for this game and i crash within 5 mins of starting it every time... : lakren
• The Soldier-Medic combo is pretty devestating, especially to any Sentry Guns that may be in its path. : sgtsanity
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  i was playing against this team and 3 of them were always together and would be soldier soldier medic, or... : papaskot
  • Yeah, if there's a soldier and a medic, or an HWGuy and a medic, you really need to get the medic out of ... : Boo Pipes
• It's really awesome! Anyone else find that the demoman's grenades "lag" a bit and that the trajectory see... : JohnnyDanger
• http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/8830/cpdustbowl0002jh2.jpg I likes it. 35 delicious assist points :... : Boo Pipes
• anyone figure out map rotation? every server i was on just had the same map over and over, and a server ... : papaskot

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  I'm still ready to fuck. : NeoMoose
  • you got your man, your sound, your glass? : mattsull85
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  You know, these countdowns get people way too upset for no reason. The extra time waiting isn't that bad,... : sergeon
  • If I didn't know about it, I wouldn't care. But the anticipation is dreadful : spiderfill
• whatever you say... : naabster
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  Valve is forcing me to watch and edited version of Coach Carter.. that is pure EVIL! : Str8Dog
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    TURN IT OFF!!! HURRY MAN!! : NeoMoose
    • YOU CAN DO THIS, SIRS! : Str8Dog
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=48987 : sandcrab
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  Hmmm, still need a few hours more of waiting for this to be as annoying as the Halo 3 beta (if you got in... : boredguy
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    haha lordy that sucked, the difference being h3 crackdown beta had a scheduled time and they just fucked ... : Mustang|
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      They said the 17th. They have 3.5 hours left in my books. : oldschoolbob-o
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        well they have 5.5 hours actually. Valve is located in PDT and I doubt they care where you are. : cltcprd
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          Fuck those bitches, they said the 17th and in my timezone where I bought that its 3.5 hours. They owe me ... : oldschoolbob-o
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            well in that case they're already 11.5 hours late in my timezone.. i think you'd best give them till midn... : Arsenal
            • fuck them! :D : oldschoolbob-o
      • * V A L V E - T I M E ' D * <-- pretend this is shacktagged : Mustang|
  • Hmmm, they're getting close. : boredguy
• owned. :( : logik?
• I didn't buy the game yet :( I have a feeling I'm gonna miss out on this completely. :/ : Chunks
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  official TF2 subthread : Foxhawk
  • what's going on in this subthread? : NeoMoose
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    official TF2 subthread subthread : suqur
    • official TF2 subthread subthread subthread : digital_d
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      Official TF2 troll thread. : ieGod
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        it fucking sucks, the ending was lame, it should have been a 2 hour movie starring angelina jolie : sroylance
        • Official fanboy subthread : SockMonkeh
  • official TF2 reply to official TF2 subthread : yosemiteclimber
• I'm going to step away from the system for a few minutes, but luckily lefthighkick is going to alert me w... : helvetica
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  official give me my boyfriend back thread. shack girlfriends unite. : laurgasms
  • My GF would like to join this thread. She just told me she lost me for at least a month... : hashd
  • one of us, one of us, one of us... : Str8Dog
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    You should play too, it'll be fun! : helvetica
    • fuck that I'm angry at Steam, i cant find an OSX version of Peggle >:[ : laurgasms
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  valve is gay : Chupa808
  • valve is fags!!!11 : CapnChaos
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  Peggle is the only thing holding back the tears. : Audhuml4
  • I already beat peggle. Now I want to buy Peggle Deluxe. : Blackdawgg
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  It's weird because I think I'm more excited by the hype you bastards are creating than I am for the actua... : ieGod
  • Seriously. I don't have much interest in the game, but I have such high hopes that no one is let down, an... : Chunks
  • and thats how they get you : Degenerate
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  Anyone know if they are upping the chatroom limit? 50 sucks for our group. : ahlee
  • They upped the chatroom limit, but it only worked on NEW clans. They are working on resolving it for exi... : trOmblyj
• srsly.... where is it.... . . .. . . . ... . . .. . ... : deviantpaul
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  I am stuck at the fiancee's house without my PC to play TF2 on. Worst night ever to be here :( : Patch-e
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    Not missing too much yet sir. : logik?
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      seriously, use this time to get laid. i wish my bf would. : laurgasms
      • This reply is full of lols. : stonedonkey
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        if you were any kind of quality GF, you would be blowing him while he refreshes the shack to calm his ner... : Str8Dog
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          lol believe it or not he posted like once on the shack today and was refreshing and reading the previous ... : laurgasms
          • More women need to think like you. : coldfusioncs
        • ithaca area water treatment plant : SockMonkeh
      • Who is this winner? Seriously... Mother of god ... Just get layed while TF2 activates. Win Freakin'... : logik?
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        I'd come by and give you a dicking but TF2 might come out! : Blackdawgg
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          In your ejaculate? I'm not sure I want TF2 anymore. : SiW73
          • yes you do, you do because its normal : Blackdawgg
          • lmao everyone has to jerk off to see who can release tf2. : laurgasms
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        Dress up like the Pyro. That'll rev his engine! : Ajax
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          thekidd made me dress up in the heavy weapons uniform and he wore the scout uniform while I did him from ... : felicia
          • 4 way. : laurgasms
          • HOTTT : Blackdawgg
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            You certainly have the chin for it. : Ajax
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              at least my j isn't short and to the left : thekidd
              • It's like a baby's arm holding an orange, complete with the elbow and everything. : Ajax
      • I was working out to get the sexy for you :( : hawkeye
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  i have my jar of internet lube ready, i'm going to gently slide into the first goddamn server i can find ... : bfzzzz
  • LUUUBE THE TUUUBES! : SolveChrist
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  Yikes, there seems to be a fair amount of people in this thread... exactly how many shack servers will... : sergeon
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    lol only 3 servers planned should be interesting first few hours : trOmblyj
    • 3 servers...for the entire Internet. Seriously, I'm not getting my hopes up for playing this until t... : PenicillinX57
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      3 servers for the whole internet? wtf are they dumb? : chilln
      • no but you guys are : SockMonkeh
    • People can't even get into the Shack Steam chat. It's going to be a stampede. I don't expect to actually ... : freshyk
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      I hope if they're only putting 3 servers up we can run our own servers, because seriously, i doubt any of... : Arsenal
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        anyone can host a server, they're talking about shack servers, not valve servers : Maarten Goldstein
        • aye. i can handle that. : chilln
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          oh well in that case thats fine, will their be a dedicated server install we can run, or would that requi... : Arsenal
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            No, they release dedicated server stuff when you buy it. : freshyk
            • Well yeah, but if i want to run the dedicated server on one machine and play it on another machine can i ... : Arsenal
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      LOL @ People believing this was the plan from Valve. : royalally
      • LOL@ people LOLing : Str8Dog
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    Ladies first - this is a perfect chance to prove that chivalry isn't dead! : helvetica
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      lol gb2cs n00b : Ajax
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        Can't play CS, my focus is shattered! : helvetica
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          You never let your lack of skill impede you before. Why start now? : Ajax
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            Well to be honest, I just don't feel like running the hacks tonight. : helvetica
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              It's no matter. Pray that we're on the same team lest I catch you reloading and Sasha and I give you a ra : Ajax
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                You're no match for my foliage hiding technique. I've it down to a fine art! :D : helvetica
                • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zekiZYSVdeQ : Ajax
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    I remember when we filled two servers when the BF2 demo came out. Lasted for a good week too I think. : Tincan
    • True, but what about the shack multiplayer madness that was bf1942 wake island? That server was crazy! : sergeon
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  soon!!!!!!!!! : renoforrent
  • why not now : ( : hobbespanache
• "When it's done" : guido anchovy
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  anyone else think Valve shutdown the forums today just so they wouldn't have to listen to the internets b... : slickdoody
  • The story would be "Trying to conserve bandwidth" Truth is they'd probably cry to their mommies if the... : R0CK
  • they still work, just poorly they are overloaded but im on them : oldschoolbob-o
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  50 person limit in chat is kinda lame : sroylance
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    signed. : Merconium
    • 2nd. put it to a vote : painangel
• I wonder if Valve will delay the beta, I'd compare Valve delaying things to the sky being blue, but quite... : locater16
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  Seriously, what's the point of even putting a date on something if you have no intention of actually gett... : R0CK
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    Did they ever officially say 6pm PST? : crummynz
    • no : Mustang|
  • They still have like 5 more hours : deveus1
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    What makes you think they won't? : Chris Remo
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      If they release it before 12PST, you can ban me for a week. I mean it sucks but software companies do thi... : R0CK
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        see this is why i could never be a mod... I would so ban you for a week anyway and lol at you : Str8Dog
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          After I made the post I realized that it might be the case that I'll be banned just for shits and giggles : R0CK
          • Well at least you realize it. We'll see you next week! : Ajax
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        Like when college students write papers, they just got around to coding it today. They've been putting o... : guido anchovy
        • Some champ over at Valve, the ultimate slacker, is only realizing the beta is supposed to come out today ... : SockMonkeh
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        PST or PDT? : RikiTiki2
        • PST my good man I'm feeling Saucy : R0CK
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        you don't think they'll release it the next 5 hours? Hmm...guess you deserve what comes to you =) : ImageOmega
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          If you say your going to release something on a certain day your probably not going to wait until the wee... : R0CK
          • This is win win for you anyway, if it gets released and you get banned it gives you a week of uninterrupt... : Arsenal
• im putting my money on this answer : hobbespanache
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  im tempted it install bootcamp and Vista and grab it TF2 and EP2.. will it run on my MBP you guys thin... : g0nk
  • hl2 runs ok on my mbp, iirc. not great, but not bad. : slickdoody
  • HL2 runs maxed out with no problems on my mbp : naabster
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  I'm going to go take a shower so they release the beta. This is fool-proof. : Audhuml4
  • Valve you prude. :( : Audhuml4
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  steam just updated itself, is it out for you beta freaks? : re4ctor
  • nope :( : Flying h4x0r
  • nope : soapland
  • It was a client update for me. : helvetica
  • still nothing : bradsh
• update : still rubbin' one out : logik?
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  Update: My preload completed. Thank you for waiting, Valve! : PenicillinX57
  • Woo! I think you were the last one to buy it, so now that everyone is preloaded, they can release it... r... : slickdoody
• What's keeping this stupid comet? : Bonestormm
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  You know what this thread needs? A bump. : NeoMoose
  • 2 minutes until another arbitrary release time!!!! : slickdoody
• 71% at 390k/s soon they gonna unlock it.. just for me !!! : barichnikov
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  Everyone should take this time to buy and play SiN Episodes TF2 will (hopefully) be out by the time yo... : NeoMoose
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    I thought about it... but they never put in true multiplayer like they talked about... I'm disappointed. : digital_d
    • yup they canned it altogether and i'm still pissed. great first episode IMO : barichnikov
    • More like no co-op Arena mode. : crummynz
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    hmm...there's only a package deal of all the Sin's. for $15. : Cygnus X-1
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      worth every penny. : NeoMoose
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        Did they bother to fix the loading times of the original? : digital_d
        • Hah, yeah. It's all good now. : silentw
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  I hope you people didn't take a day off for this : Flynn
  • I think the people who took off for it were more in anticipation of being up late tonight playing all the... : Patch-e
  • of course not.. i have the whole week off. wait... and the next one. Oktoberfest in Munich!! : naabster
  • :( : IcomeINpeace
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  So whatever happened to the shackmsg button on posts next to user's names? Also unlock TF2! : Magus
  • There's a greasemonkey script for that somewhere.. : logik?
• I just got that Steam update and had to restart. Still no TF2. What a cock tease. : Bonestormm
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  Oh well, now its past 10PM eastern. So much for a full night of play : bozer
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    im still hedging my bets on 12AM PST : bradsh
    • I'm just crying : Toxy
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      1159PST and they still made the date : Jayx77
      • yeah like a buncha dead jcunter faggots would : oldschoolbob-o
  • so much for half a night : oldschoolbob-o
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  damn I really wanted to play tonight. Looks like I will have to wait till tomorrow though :( : stgdz
  • Yeah, this sucks. I just want to take it for a 5 minute test drive before I go to bed. : trOmblyj
• I don't think I'm playing TF2 tonight :( : oatmela
• V A L V E ' D : AlexXdude
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  YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!! i had this popcorn stuck since friday... aaahhhh : deviantpaul
  • bastard. : Rigor Morts
  • and the award for funniest post goes to this man. It helps that I am waiting for the retail release, so ... : Lionhart32935
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  COME PLAY CS:S WITH US while you wait! I'm sure someone will notify the server when it comes out : bradsh
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    I will play shortly, i am listening to my 18 month old throw the worst fit ever until my wife gets home a... : Jayx77
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      So its good cop/bad cop and you're the bad cop? : trOmblyj
      • god I am always the bad cop : Jayx77
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      as long as you don't reward tantrums, you won't reinforce future negative behaviors. : sergeon
      • yeah, this is #3, he is just a little more ornery than the 1st 2 were : Jayx77
  • server is down??? : NeoMoose
  • 6 on inferno! : bradsh
  • what's the passwd? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• A message just popped up saying "PoopStewart is playing Peggle Deluxe!" and it had a picture of him. It ... : PenicillinX57
• Valve can't even spell "usage" correct in their Steam client update, much less release a TF2 beta : ]pm[chem
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  How much do you want to bet that the people at Valve are laughing at how many of you continuously get tro... : deathofrats
  • i was just imagining them, all sitting around one machine which has the load monitors on one screen and t... : mallrice
  • Gabe is doing his best HWG CRY SOME MORE at threads like this : haccess
• Someone send me a message on steam or something if this gets released. I am gonna watch some TV inste... : MrLobo
• Can someone add me to the shack group please? http://steamcommunity.com/id/simulacrum : Simulacrum
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  what the hell, it's still not unlocked? : edgewise
  • sad face. : atom519
• its so fucking stupid that they do this. we all know valve fucking sucks for dates. they say it will be m... : maulla
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  Okay, I finally caved. I bought the Orange Box, now how come it's not preloading and why is my "Beta Part... : Odoyle
  • Valve hates us all, but especially you. : oldschoolbob-o
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    go set tf2 to preload. : mallrice
    • Thank you very much : Odoyle
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  Who's down for some Enemy Territory while we wait? : Pettytheft
  • I would be if I wasn't doing work. <3 that game. : Begawkiness
  • i'm in. : hatelull
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  Step 1: Login as gaben/gaben Step 2: Press "Y" to "Unlock Y/N?" Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit : GeorgeB3DR
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    yeah lets make fun of the game developer who has release a game this decade... ;p : Str8Dog
    • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
    • Hahahaha ouch... : hashd
    • hahaha zing! : Edges
  • It's so crazy it just might work : Magus
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    I don't think you've really got the right to be talking shit right now. : BlackCat9
    • Yeaaahhh.... take a pill, eh? : ezkilla2
    • i think any man who was involved with a line like, "It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all... : Str8Dog
    • Pfft he's making funnies. Making funnies is fine. : Johnny Law
    • calm down girls : mallrice
    • sigh.... : Tincan
    • I apologize. I could have found a much wittier way of pointing out the obvious, but I was being reactiona... : BlackCat9
  • This can't work. What experience do you have of releasing games? : Arsenal
  • I think I just got banned from steam, thanks George ;) : yosemiteclimber
  • <Generic GeorgeB3DR late DNF joke> : AlexXdude
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    Step 1: Login as GeorgeB3DR Step 2: Start developing Duke Nukem Forever Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit : Lone Swordsman
    • you forgot a few dozen Step X: ???s : smax
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    Fuck, guys!! Enough is enough with the DNF-is-late jokes! This is what happens every time he reads one of... : Magus
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      I'm making a list. These people will all be excluded from duke 3d 360 multiplayer matchmaking. : GeorgeB3DR
      • buuuurn : Begawkiness
      • Good, anyone who chooses to play FPS on a gamepad when they could be playing on a mouse+kb is a terrorist... : Arsenal
      • /me refrains from making any Duke Forever jokes : zerog83
      • So all of us that are getting the PC version are safe! Hooray! Now get back to work! just kidding : shred.
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    http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5518/tf2unlocksl4.gif Can't do it :( : eiopa
    • wops, fixed! http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1493/tf2unlockhq4.gif : eiopa
• Heres whats gonna happen. 12am PST the game will unlock. At which point, I will be pretty damn tired, but... : bozer
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  It's official. Gabe ate the source code. : Grimmadog
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    i bet Gabe wrote a new service that trolls the internet and delays the launch 1 minute every time some in... : Str8Dog
    • See ya in 2 weeks! : Grimmadog
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  Where the hell are we going to play, if this does unlock tonight? : hatelull
  • On someones shitty cable modem since theres no dedicated servers : bozer
  • lets worry about the if this does unlock tonight part first : Flying h4x0r
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  They do know that the "someone stole our code" line isn't going to work twice right? : Arsenal
  • "Ok guys look we were going to release tonight but... hear us out... um... there was some deleting, th... : Omaha
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  OH SHIT, just got prompted to restart Steam..... maybe? : Phil
  • nope.. they're just fucking with us now. : Silent Jay
  • please please please! : Plapper
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  me too, but no :( : barichnikov
  • meant for phil. : barichnikov
• neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerds : JINKY
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  its only 7:45 pacific. its only early evening. : chilln
  • Pacific time is for fags, which is why Valve goes off it. : Blackdawgg
  • Not for east coasters! HA-HA! : Edges
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    it's late afternoon in Hawaii : RikiTiki2
    • Where Gabe is, drinking on the beach and laughing. : Visceral Monkey
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      It's Tuesday afternoon in Melbourne : shavenewok
      • Lets keep the discussion to the real world and not make-believe places, kthanx. : Visceral Monkey
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    its tuesday in Australia...... : bozer
    • It's 1pm here infact and 3pm in New Zealand, it'll be Wednesday at this rate :/ : abrasion
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    im eastern, im trying to not be an antagonist. im thinking the glass is half-full... i just dont want ... : chilln
    • im eastern, i am an antagonist. the glass got dropped on the damn floor and the water is everywhere. : painangel
• I just watched Coach Carter.. the entire movie waiting for TF2... I hope another ghetto school kids feel ... : Str8Dog
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  Six bucks and my right nut says we're not playing TF2. : Flynn
  • dibbs : painangel
  • i hate to break it to you but we are all aware we are not playing TF2 without even involving your nuts.. : Str8Dog
• good thing Fortress Forever is out while everyone waits : grabbie
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  You know, I ordered The Wire season 1 to lessen the burn this weekend from not having TF2 yet, but it did... : sgtsanity
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    do yourself a favor and order seasons 2 and 3 while you're at it : manero
    • They did go down in price on Amazon when Season 4 was put up for pre-ordering... but I'm gonna wait a few : sgtsanity
    • Seriously, i'd gladly give up playing TF2 before the release date to be able to watch a couple of new epi... : boredguy
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  100% - Ready : IcomeINpeace
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    to watch Heros next week!...clicked post too quick : IcomeINpeace
    • 2/10 : YamatoTwinkie
  • LIES : bradsh
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  I see locash is still browsing the Shack. ;) : Magus
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    probably laughing it up with his valve buddies over some IM client : AlexXdude
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      And eating small children. Very small children. : sgtsanity
      • They may be fetuses. Shacknews contacted locash for more information, but has not yet received a respons... : megarust32
• 11PM EST and no TF2. I WANT SOME BUTTS : Blackdawgg
• wow this sucks.. i know it's just a game and it'll be out soon enough.. but really this sucks. : industro
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  I'm so weak, I just bought the Orange Box :( : Zero|DPX
  • hahaha! I know you'll buy DNF too : hamachi
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  Hey guys it's lunchtime over here and I don't have to work tomorrow. HURRY UP VALVE : TastyWheat
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    How did your horse float directing go? : shavenewok
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      Didn't see a single one. Still, Got paid a lot of cash for the privilege. : TastyWheat
      • so you got paid mad cash for standing around the streets of sydney at night.... : shavenewok
      • Don't cops get pretty shit wages? Is it over 55k? : abrasion
      • Shoulda come down the backstreets, it was a Cavalcade back there.. we smuggled so many horses. : Arsenal
• I just wish they'd give us a time rather then me having to come back every half hour in hopes of somethin... : bozer
• I am quite perturbed at this delay : fbsh
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  Fuck it. I'm going to bed. : pyrogen
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    ^^^^ it's dream time. : oatmela
    • ... Mr. Bubbles. : spazzium
  • Gonna have to do this in 1.5 hours too. :( : guido anchovy
• cant say im surprised :) : Unleashed
• I spend all day in Vacaville only to come home to nothing. GAAAARRRR : spazzium
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  how long is this Beta active anyway? till October? : IcomeINpeace
  • oct 10, coincidentally the same day the beta will unlock : painangel
• someone call valve a fag, its all we can do! fag! : Fish_Bulb
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  Pre-loading at 4k a sec :( I know I won't get to play tonight. : bRAINsick
  • You probably won't be the only one... : stonedonkey
  • Neither will any of us : Blackdawgg
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  man. im bored. my patience is gone. : chilln
  • same. i'm doing my best at convincing myself it won't be out tonight, and to give up. : atom519
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  Gabe's vacationing on Midway Island and will release it at 11:59 Midway time. : guido anchovy
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    More like they've hijacked John Carmack's remaining rocket and are racing around the Earth just ahead of ... : Omaha
    • ^^pwnd by international dateline : YamatoTwinkie
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  i feel bad if anyone took their advice and planned their vacation around this. : feek
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    Actually the advice was to hold off on planning vacations. : Omaha
    • oh ok. that makes sense? : feek
• TF2 will never come out. It wants to beat DNF. : NFXFSX
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  so when are people going to start bitching that "I bought the orange box to play the beta TODAY goddammit... : hirez
  • I see what you did there : IcomeINpeace
  • "I bought the orange box to play the beta TODAY goddammit. VALVE SUX!!" : zipper76
  • well, they were the ones who said ... "buy orange box, play TF2 on the 17th.."... if they meant the 18th... : dextius
  • We'll I mean... they sorta have a point.. kinda... a little. : stonedonkey
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    that pretty much is why I bought it. it'll be cheaper in stores on launch. : NeoMoose
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      Where do you see that? Link? : Begawkiness
      • its not "anywhere" -- that's just how it is. it goes on sale at the b&m's : NeoMoose
  • Can you bitch by pretending other people are bitching? This is a good idea. : P : devi| dog
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  slowly the mood is turning from frustration to hate all across the net : bozer
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    and that hate will vanish instantly the second the beta is out : rabididiotchild
    • true but god damn this sucks right now : bozer
• what. i come back from work and THEN drinking and it's still not out. what. : delataur
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  Quick, someone make a "Leave Valve Alone!!!!" video while we wait : grandmasterlee
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    fuck that, somebody make a burning effigy of gabe on their lawn and get divx. : painangel
    • That'd be a huge fire : Blackdawgg
  • Oh god, that video both amused and horrified me. And to think that I'm still single. :( : RevRaven
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  Here's to another 10 years! : DooBall
  • haha : dmason
• My anticipation level has been like a rollercoaster today: it went up slowly and has now come crashing b... : PenicillinX57
• fuck get off the chat! : snuff
• Can't stay up any longer, must go to bed :( : Tincan
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  Has this been posted yet?? http://shacknews.waits.for.tf2.com/ : NeoMoose
  • hahahah... the saddest thing in all this is I remember all these little details, all the way back to TF2 ... : mystifier
• oh well 12:01. Guess the 17th wasn't meant for anyone in ny : bozer
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  Fuck you Valve, you said Monday >:( : Blackdawgg
  • Valve doesn't care about east coast : RikiTiki2
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    It's still Monday somewhere. : Fred Garvin
    • It said play TF2 Beta on Monday. Nowhere did it say play TF2 on Monday* *Monday is a fictional time ma : Blackdawgg
  • like crack addicts you'll all come back, broused and bleeding, back to the pimp for your next hit. : deathofrats
  • Monday called. It's laughing at Tuesday. : NFXFSX
• Kinda of a bummer night, no Hellgate or TF2 :( : stonedonkey
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  Where are Valve's headquarters at? I'll paypal $20 to whoever sprays YOU SAID MONDAY on their front door. : mystifier
  • lol : abrasion
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    In a place where it's still monday for a bit longer actually. : devi| dog
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      I will laugh if they unlock it at 11:59pm pacific. : Chod
      • that's when they usually unlock shit : lakren
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    I'll be there this week. : Chris Remo
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      if you get to do interviews please ask them what the deal is with this shit. even after the fact i'd like... : feek
      • iawtp.. some communication would be nice :\ : industro
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        as much as id find that humorous... its kinda rude and fucked up to ask that kinda question. I mean he... : chilln
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          He is a journalist, a hard hitting journalist. : freshyk
          • You're right, Remo can't pull punches unless we want to lose our street cred. : devi| dog
        • I honestly wouldn't mind, really, if it was just another beta test... but I paid money to play today beca... : mystifier
        • I don't think so. I mean, of course you don't want to be like "YO, FAGS WHAT WAS UP WITH THAT SHIT ON MON... : feek
      • Yeah just curious why we can't get a timeframe even. If its Monday Pacific time only, please say that. I ... : bozer
      • I honestly would to. NO dev is this consistently late on so many releases. : byorn
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        oh jesus. lets all just get a life people, its just for the fucking BETA. the game is not done. its being... : not work safe
        • It's really not bothering me, I'm just curious what they were doing. : feek
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      Show up like 4 hours late and then say "Now you know what it feels like!" : K1Bond007
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        lol more like show up and then don't talk for several hours. just sit there staring, doing nothing : bozer
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          Just wear a shirt that says "Interview complete, unreleased" : guido anchovy
          • lol : socksta
    • Tell them to always add 2 days to any announcement, then people won't be pissed. : abrasion
• Damn you ShackHype!!! preloading TF2 now... : g0nk
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  The joys of living in Australia. : seven
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    It makes it seem worse though, it's Tuesdee :/ : abrasion
    • Except whenever i see a date announced on the shack i automatically add a day to it so i've still got 9 h... : Arsenal
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  I bought orange box under the promise of tf2 monday! Refund!!! : Edges
  • yeah actually i kinda agree. false advertising. =/ : chilln
  • sueing for false advertisement! : AlexXdude
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  preloading again for me... : romulan
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    omfg me too!! :D:D:D : AlexXdude
    • just a quick update i think it's a sign things are getting close!! : romulan
    • and its done and absolutely nothing happened. kick. ass. : AlexXdude
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    omg this migth be it. Reload steam! : bozer
    • and..... denied . wtf was that : bozer
    • nein, just a tiny chunk, like 2-3MBs or so. : AlexXdude
  • Did for me too but still no dice : Blackdawgg
• Goddamn Valve KNOWS they need to release that shit in accordance with my goddamn schedule. :( : NeoMoose
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  http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15150778#itemanchor_15150778 : rabididiotchild
  • I like that ErikJ. And not just because he spells Erik with a K : deveus1
  • where are these win32 server files he speaks of? : bozer
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    Hrmm.. that's doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense? : stonedonkey
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      of course not why would it : bozer
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        Well I mean.. if your going to release it sans Linux if you can't get it working, why not just release th... : stonedonkey
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          Honestly the lack of a TF2 linux dedicated server really equals a bunch of shitty listen servers by peopl... : Yanks
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            I guess... I doubt there won't be a ton of shitty listen servers anyways, but it's a good point. : stonedonkey
            • Yeah, my point is sort of moot. Regardless, it makes no difference to me as I'm a 100% Mac/Linux house at... : Yanks
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            well yeah, but i mean it doesnt make much sense to me that they are working on it this late. I understand... : bozer
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              probably discovered a bug late in the process and decided better to fix it and get the linux server out f... : Morgin
              • aren't those "shitty cable modem hosting servers" basically what the 360 people will have to tango with? ... : RikiTiki2
              • yeah it could be anything really. im just dieing here wishing i could have played all night. oh well its ... : bozer
              • getting flak for being ~12hrs late to release a demo is one thing, but the flak when everyone says "OMG, ... : YamatoTwinkie
            • Valve is so dedicated to quality in their products you would not fucking believe it. first time I've been : Yanks
    • Sure it does. The linux dedicated server is a very important part of pretty much every FPS ever created. : Yanks
  • where are your Linux gods now? : RikiTiki2
• http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B00000HZCZ001014/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_014/104-6004481-1746307 ... : IcomeINpeace
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  Screw TF2, play HL2DM - it's surprisingly fun. : abrasion
  • we don't welcome your kind 'round these parts : vaniah
• I thought they raised the chat limit in the steam community chat room : Jayx77
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  I'm D/l RESTART STEAM : mista mista
  • I got another preload by restarting, not sure if it was the one from above that I was late on or what, bu... : devi| dog
  • so did I and it still just says preload complete, unreleased : Jayx77
  • You just want one of our spots int he chat room! : Edges
  • yahhh : snuff
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  can someone invite me to the shack community plz http://steamcommunity.com/id/pdub thx : nepharious
  • someone plz :D : nepharious
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  i restarted and am downlaoding something : Str8Dog
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    ooh yeah. me too. : hirez
    • blah "preload complete; unreleased" still. : hirez
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  Restarted Steam and preload dropped to 1%... it's downloading something huge! : Edges
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    Mine did the same a few minutes ago and didn't move, after I restarted it was back to full preload. Not ... : devi| dog
    • Mine's definitely loading something.. its up to 10% now... at 100KB/s : Edges
• omfg I think it moved : rosewood
• Who touched Sascha? WHO TOUCHED MY GUN!? : Lunatic Angelic
• hmm. there was a server up for a moment, but it's gone now: http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3584/untit... : smax
• Can I get in on the beta if I preorder tomorrow? : EvilDolemite
• THE SHACKNEWS CHAT IS FULL GAY : Cygnus X-1
• some notes on the maps: cp_dustbowl Objective: Blue team wins by capturing both Control Points on : romulan
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  reading for while you wait http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=83375&page=1 : aeg1x
  • Read, where the fuck is the game? : rosewood
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  my TF2 just started pre-loading more stuff!! : AlexXdude
  • and of course, still unreleased. : AlexXdude
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  Ooh I too am preloading something extra. Could this be it? : Bonestormm
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    nope : Umbr
    • Gah! : Bonestormm
  • negative. its still just toying with us. : hirez
• do we have shack TF2 server ip's up? : ImageOmega
• Why?! Why must you taunt me with your incessant pre-loading?! : digital_d
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  I'm late, but can I be added to the Shack community? My steam ID is dmason : dmason
  • Someone, please? : dmason
  • Thanks! D : dmason
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  Wow bunch of servers are showing up now. : stonedonkey
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    oh shit i see 18 of them or so now ITS SO CLOSE : AlexXdude
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      rofl its going to need to be more like 1800 to survive the onslaught of players : Gauss
      • hahah yeah, but the amount of servers is slowly growing with each refresh, so its a good sign : AlexXdude
    • there's 20 of them! oh god its so close now, 9 years of waiting! : AlexXdude
  • I'm seeing 17...that should be enough to hold about 1% of the people trying to click the "play" button. : PenicillinX57
  • I can only see one in Australia but even that has me excited. : Bonestormm
• Looks like the dedicated server was released. : Durandal07
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  My team fortress 2 is preloading... for the second time. wtf? It's at 72 percent now. It seems to be... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • My friend is stuck at 72% as well. Weird! : AlexXdude
  • click pause and then click continue. It should resume. Worked for me just a bit ago. : K1Bond007
• This is it. The next time I post I will have played TF2. It's been a good, long run boys. Wish me luck... : PenicillinX57
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  Now up to 99% preloaded! : Zero|DPX
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    I'm still stuck at 72 percent preloaded. :( wtf? : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Cancel preload, then resume it. Worked for me, mileage may vary. : omnova
      • I paused it, then resumed it and that did the trick. It's now at 100 percent pre-load, but it won't le... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  wow, I can't believe its still not out. I feel bad for those waiting for the game the whole day and sitt... : Flynn
  • they can call in sick again tomorrow! and wednesday! : GloriousCow
  • especially any fuckers that wasted a sick day on it : proclone1
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  I just can't wait to join the "OH MAI FUCKIGN GOD 24/7 2FORT NIGGER WHAT" server! : AlexXdude
  • I'm all over "Servers - clients = pointless" : stonedonkey
  • LOL "PPP - How do I compile for linux nigger 420?" : proclone1
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  lol@ "Shacknews please comment" server whoever you are ;) : AllYourBase
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    lol@ "Shacknews <3's k0ck" : stonedonkey
    • and filled with bots. lucky bitches : smax
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  Where is the password in the Steam community? Do you have to get into chat (lols)? : stonedonkey
  • yeah, could anyone SM me the password? i don't see it in the community and the chatroom's been full for h... : AlexXdude
  • I was wondering this as well : Begawkiness
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  Can someone add me to the shack community too? my Steam Id is nsullens : PeniX
  • Could someone add me to the shack community as well? ID is JayBSRT : mrvandelay
• Alright.. enough for me for the night.. Fuck this place, it's bullshit, I'm outta here. still tommo... : stonedonkey
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  there's people on those servers! : romulan
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    Those are all bots. : boredguy
    • oh, there was 0/x on all of them earlier : romulan
  • Those 'people' are bots. : Durandal07
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  jesus this whole thread needs to be lol'd because of how long we all waited for this shit! : sesmaster
  • oh and f* being stuck at 93.1% WTF? Valve ftl : sesmaster
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  I'm preloading again and it's a small d/l, 65% done and it's bumpy with speeds from 4 KB/s to 77 KB/s. : Sailor of Fortune
  • how big? : manero
  • Bah, it does nothing! : Sailor of Fortune
  • same - my speeds went from like, 300kbps, to 5. :( : seven
  • I'm really wondering if thats just a quick hash check. I get it every time I restart steam : epit
• I'm with you! : phuzzy3d
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  Fuck, I just keep pushing it. Midnight? Ok 30 more minutes and I'm passing out. 12:30? ok 30 more. I'm ... : devi| dog
  • Last night at midnight (14.5 hours ago) I was contemplating staying up! LOL - glad I didn't. : abrasion
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  they still got 30 minutes on the west coast, then valve is officially a fag. : smax
  • wow. i forgot im not PST anymore : Morgin
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  "please wait while steam unlocks game files" this is a good thing right? : romulan
  • mutha fuckin **READY** BITCHES : romulan
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  OMFG DECRYPTING!!!! WUT? IS THIS REAL??!? : smalakar
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    My decrypting is stuck at 14% :( : PenicillinX57
    • mine did too, then it caught up. now- updating... : smax
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    ready1!!!! : smalakar
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_1Rw1ng3X0 : seven
• Booyah. : Wheatloaf
• lol, it's not even launching... : nyranger66
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  Reply to this if you get "Launching..." then nothing : rosewood
  • Yep, it's happening to me, too. : DianeOfTheMoon
  • Same. :( : great-white
  • yup : Jayx77
  • Yeah everyone is getting that :( : Phil
  • yes awesome : feek
• Mine went back to Updating: 0% :( : sanchez
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  Reply to this if it works fine. : abrasion
  • Your post seems to be functioning correctly. : sanchez
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  I validated my files, but still get the same problem as everyone else. :) : Magus
  • damn you. I'm 1/3 through doing that. <<cancel>> : epit
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  Wow, haha, the posts in the TF2 chatty are hilarious. "Valve failed to deliver on their promise!" "Valve : Magus
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    days like this confirm my thoughts that the world internet is full of selfish people. these guys want ... : epit
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      Yeah, the hardcore nerd crowd is pretty ridiculously demanding. : Magus
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        Funny though. And they make you feel better about yourself as a human being. : seven
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          what : Magus
          • What what? : seven
    • Then the shouldn't sell a Beta until it's damn sure going out the door. All that was fine until they sla... : stonedonkey
• Bah 14% decrypted. : pigvomit
• decryption complete! : RikiTiki2
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  OMG OMG! IN IN IN!!!! : pigvomit
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    o rly, post us some screenies : Yanks
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      http://modulus.shackspace.com/tf2.JPG : Modulus
      • asdasdfadfsdfgasfgjkahg HOT : seven
      • oh baby that's nice. keep them coming plz for those of us who don't have a capable PC! :D : Yanks
  • It's up for realz : phuzzy3d
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  wow the TF2 story on the front page is bringing out the self-entitled whiners :P : RikiTiki2
  • Yeah. PROTIP: Avoid TF2 thread at all costs if you value your sanity! : Yanks
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  RESTART STEAM : hirez
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    I'm IN!!!! : hirez
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      SERVER we need server! : RikiTiki2
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        im in too, where do we go? : lowpoly
        • doh, hit refresh all :( 200 servers up looks like : RikiTiki2
• Hey, TF2 only requires DirectX 9.0c, right? Just making sure my shit is updated : Magus
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  We need a server...is anyone running one? : Magus
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    there's one called shacknews part deux, but it's passworded : RikiTiki2
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      Yeah if you find out what it is, shackmsg me would ya? =\ : Magus
      • I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and make a pub run for a couple minutes before bed : RikiTiki2
    • Yeah, the two normal passwords don't work. WTF :( : Zero|DPX
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  Got in but I don't know the Shack servers info. Someone shackmsg Phil pls? : Phil
  • the shacknews server that I see is full. : hirez
• I finally start connecting to game that isn't full, watch the little opening for the map, pick my side an... : shivfatale
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  lolol http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=566 gee i wonder what they're all doing? : erotic sock
  • that doesn't necessarily mean playing, it just means TF2 is running : RikiTiki2
• every single server under 100ping is full. gdi!! : feek
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  TF2 stats are sweet http://steamcommunity.com/id/nandu666/stats/TF2 : nandu666
  • WHOA. Fuckin' COOL. I hope they get reset. I was just fooling around. :( I just wanna heal people. ... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I was loving the loading screen that showed this. <3 valve for doing some REALLY good shit : epit
  • I'm really glad people are starting to learn from Bungie here. Stuff like this is awesome. : Chris Remo
  • Hell yeah :D http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960353209/stats/TF2 : Magus
  • http://steamcommunity.com/id/efx08/stats/TF2 : -efx-
  • will this be true for the 360 version as well? : conandan
  • They're all going to laugh at me : carazy
• SHACKMSG me the password pls. I can't get into that POS 50 person chat. : Phil
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  Can't play anymore tonight, but that was so bad ass. : pigvomit
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : RikiTiki2
• Damn this game is awesome. I can't really work out how to play any class but soldier yet, but its still t... : peanut-
• can someone send me a Shack Community invite? steamid: g0nk : g0nk
• Goddamit I fell asleep last night and miss out on all the fun. :( : freshyk
• Just played for a bit - holy cookies that is awesome. The spy cracks me up. : helvetica