Morning Discussion

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  tagged for later : boring gegtik
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    Pop quiz, hot shot: What did the graffiti in the opening scene of the introduction to The Fresh Prince of : Bean
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      NRA4EVER : drucifer
      • oh, matt groening : Deathlove
    • I hate Jamiroquai : Degenerate
    • Fuck Whitey : sesmaster
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      Didn't it say "Fresh"? : yonderboy
      • Yo homes, smell ya later! : Bruzilla
  • Fun with words! : great-white
• yea, don't do it yourself. Have a professional shop look at it. : metalremains
• could be claimed under your insurance as "vandalism" - as long as you don't just have liability : PapaBoo
• I have removed small amounts of paint with a thinner solution, but for something that large take it to a ... : Jayx77
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  Ask fletch for his shitty graffiti removal tips. : SiW73
  • its still on the door, i ain't touching crazy hobo poo : fletch_
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  Someone did this to my black honda civic with silver spray paint. I used Scratch-X, some cotton rubbing p... : ashkie
  • I'd vote this as a better approach to using a solvent. This is basically the mechanical vs. chemical appr... : steelsamurai
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  Find the guys who did it, kill them however you wish and empty the blood from their bodies. Store the blo... : ArB
  • ... ... o_O : MisterPhoton
  • hahaha : skynet
  • fucking genius : moshman
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    awesome, but i'm forwarding this link to the FBI just in case : fletch_
    • ^^^ Tagger. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • I think "man chamois" is actually one of their red flag phrases. Someone is probably going through his hi... : .sticks.
  • "man chamois" : tashtego
  • Fucking priceless. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Our own Martha Stewart... OF DEATH! : .sticks.
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    I would be afraid to write this and post this from my home internet connection. : d0gbert
    • PS: Fucking awesome. : d0gbert
  • I lol'd hard at at "man chamois" i'm still loling : trevis
  • lol brilliant : khaosman
  • dethklok's guide to car washes. : CapnChaos
  • A masterful catharsis. : eldersveld
  • I hope you're joking. haha : ThomW
  • ArB... I like your style sir. : NastyJack
  • the amount of thought that went into this post is more disturbing than the post itself! : Postal
  • I should re-post this on yahoo answers and see if I can help more people with their painterly dilemma. : ArB
  • Hahahahahhaaaa hahahaa : Maddog_Delphi97
  • You have upped the bar by which all twisted posts are measured. : Poor Yurik
• a baseball bat. Or do you mean the paint? : melt_core
• I think when it happened to me my brother used Goo Gone. Black spraypaint, white car, looked surprisingly... : laurgasms
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  WD40, Magic Eraser, nail polish Dont apply liberally at first, do a small test area : MaverickTheOriginal
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    WD40 is mineral spirits + mineral oil. Nail polish (remover I think you meant?) is acetone. The miner... : steelsamurai
    • also the acetone might attack the clear coat so be careful. : steelsamurai
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      I had no idea acetone had that interaction with your skin.. yikes... : Hiro
      • yeah and stay the fuck away from methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), it's acetone x 100. But if you need somethin... : twostar
    • Magic eraser is a solid. It works because the fibers are so fucking tiny. : Stoned Gargoyle
    • I'm calling bs on the acetone skin stuff: http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/chem_profiles/acetone... : aethyr
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  You would need to find out what the binder is. Someone in the thread said they used thinner to remove the... : steelsamurai
  • I used some xylene and lightly rubbed it with a rag and it came right off. Clear coat is still intact an... : Prozium
• I've heard of using a clay bar for overspray, but I don't think that would work on a surface actually cov... : Hiro
• Fucking murder the face parts of their heads off : VegasX
• I'd try a clay bar first since it's way safer than anything else mentioned in this thread. You should be ... : Gnowknayme
• YOURE IT! Go tag someone else's car! : mavmavv

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  EA To Acquire BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios Thursday October 11, 4:07 pm ET Leaders in RPG, Acti... : MorrisatCNN
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    fucking hell why does EA have to rape and pillage everything? : Str8Dog
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      Now, now...EA has learned a lot over the last few years. Let's withhold judgment until we see how hands-... : RomSteady
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        Mass Effect to be retooled as a WWII Shooter featuring Tony Hawk and a sound track by Coolio. See if you ... : Str8Dog
        • Lol to you man. V. nice. : Zhaneel
      • What I gather from someone who worked there is that EA is hands off as long as your studio is making stup... : Arcanum
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        Bwahahahahahahahahaha, this isn't MS we are talking about here. : Fred Garvin
        • I worked for MS's first external games acquisition: Access Software. : RomSteady
    • If they didn't they'd never make money except on sports games : digital_d
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    Well there goes Mass Effect... : Jonathan
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      how do you figure? its got to be practically done at this point : mankeroo
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        Well it's part of a planned Trilogy... : Jonathan
        • aww shit. :/ : mankeroo
        • So is it just impossible for planned trilogies/long series to exist in video games, because of the way th... : Toth21
  • HOLY SHIT. MASS EFFECT DOWNGRADE CONFIRMED!!! : Vegtro
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    Jebus.... I still don't understand it. And when is this considered monopoly anyway? : mystifier
    • It's only a monopoly if someone with a lot of money complains. : TwiLyght
    • Well, see you can't have a monopoly of games...cause like...monopoly IS a game. Geeze, what do you hate ... : Saman
  • EA: DIAF plzkthx. : Arcanum
  • oh for fucks sake :( : pancake humper
  • Yeah, just got an email about that. That was unexpected. : timmie
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    WHAT THE FUCK!!! I can't believe Bioware would let itself get bought like that. Will they merge with... : MrLobo
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      EA Canada is primarily under the EA Sports label, so it'll be interesting to see how it goes. : timmie
      • Great, we're going to get 5 hockey RPGs. : c0bra
      • Haven't they been fighting for employees over there all the time ? I can't see this has being good for b... : MrLobo
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        Madden: "Oooh, will you look at that! Boo the Hamster really delivered on that play." : RomSteady
        • http://lemurpants.com/images/OrangeBox.jpg : Bean
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      Keep in mind they were already partially owned by Elevation Partners - which had John Ricatello as a foun... : MorrisatCNN
      • Yeah! I was surprised at the Pandemic buyout too but I had forgotten they had merged with Bioware and hav... : MrLobo
      • No, they were outright owned actually. : Fred Garvin
    • BioWare didn't have a say. VGH owned the company. : Fred Garvin
  • NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Another two bite the dust. Fuck EA and their stupid ads and dumbed down stupid e... : terath
  • KHHHHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN : pyros
  • I think I just want to go crawl over into a corner at Valves office and hideout there, even if there is n... : Frozen Pixel
  • Dammit : project13
  • fuck fuck FUCK. FUCK EA. You can gaurantee the Bioware mmo is going to be fubared because of this. : deathofrats
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  Bioware is fucked : Mondo
  • I would have expected a square-enix partnership since they were looking for a western developer. BUT EA?... : Vegtro
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    I hate EA but lets give it a chance here. People said the same thing when Microsoft took over Bungie. Let... : Degenerate
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      yes, look how well Microsoft and Bungie ended up. Bungie forced to make 2 sequels before leaving the com... : aethyr
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        and they made absolutely no money in that time...ohwai : MisterPhoton
        • Romance novels make lots of money too. Should we be happy if, say, Stephen King gets strongarmed into wr... : Arcanum
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      This is EA we're talking about here. These guys turned WWII into a yearly fucking franchise. No one is sa... : Ajax
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        Cant we just look at the bright side once? : Degenerate
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          Ok - Ultima 11 done by Bioware? : Jonathan
          • But with EA having a say, it will probably be in Britain not Britainia, have stupid music with popups ins... : terath
      • lol @ WWII 2K7 : systatic
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      Bullfrog, Westwood, Maxis (to an extent), and who else was turned to shit? : feek
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        Origin... : feek
        • DICE : feek
    • Revisionist history? Halo was shoved out the door for the xbox's release, and Halo 2 was butchered in the... : Toth21
• Hahahahahaha....ha...ha...hah...ha...eh..ehhhh...uhhh...uhhggghhh ohhhhh....shit. : pigvomit
• God damnit : hardfl1p
• uhhhh... : bozer
• OMG EA KILLED ULTIMA ONLINE!!1! : Tommy Toolbag
• GENIUS. Only logical step, Microsoft to buy EA, videogames ruined forever. : aethyr
• that really sucks : bagelcc
• oh fuck that blows for them : anthonybean
• Christ it's like Zuffa and Pride all over again. I AM VERKLEMPT[/ : genjuro
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  Hey now, let's don't get ourselves overreacting about the BioWare acquisition. A good example of an EA pu... : yellowtexan
  • Well it's Westwood, Origin, Bullfrog and DICE Canada... : Jonathan
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    Maxis no longer exists as a studio, and Will Wright had to fight tooth and nail to get The Sims greenligh... : Arcanum
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      well they also doing spore, but that whole EA spouse thing doesn't sound to great for the workers of Pand... : stgdz
      • Nope, Maxis, as a studio, no longer exists. It's just another EA sub-brand now. http://en.wikipedia.org... : Arcanum
  • Sims series has spawned zero innovation, just re-tooling, re texturing, and slight graphics upgrades over... : dedgecko
  • Westwood, Bullfrog RIP :-( : Crazy Juice
  • I can't remember the last time I played an EA game I really liked. : evildanish
• Oh man :(( : Ravenkettle
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  I figured something was brewing, just didn't expect it to be EA, we all thought it would be MS. : Fred Garvin
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    So does this mean 14 hr days and no vacation for you ? : smellslikefish
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      I don't work there, so no, but yes because that's what the industry is like. : Fred Garvin
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        That's not true. There are vacations in between looking for your next job. lol : Frozen Pixel
        • Spoken like a true contractor. : Fred Garvin
• No good can come of this. NONE GOOD. : c0bra
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  This is CNN : boring gegtik
  • Nope. This is Yahoo! Finance. : MorrisatCNN
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  Bioshock 2: In Game Advertising Boogaloo. you know I'm right : Dynotaku
  • ....Bioshock? : pigvomit
  • yea, wtf are you smoking - that's 2K Games... : dedgecko
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  Well something shitty had to happen to balance out the awesomeness of The Orange Box's release. : Ajax
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    Of course EA is distributing The Orange Box. : TreMetal
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      But why would you buy it from them when it is all shiny on Steam? : Zhaneel
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        360 and/or Circuit City deal for $37. : TreMetal
        • And $40 for pre-ordering it on Steam, getting to Play TF2 and not playing an FPS on the Xbox. : Zhaneel
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        I have a friend who refuses to buy anything over Steam because he thinks he should get a physical product... : yAak
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          I prefer steam to physical product because this way, I never lose my install disks. I never lose my activ... : Zhaneel
          • i've been telling him this... plus you can burn a backup to dvd if you want to save on download-time fo... : yAak
• Paging SammyL : krym3
• wow, that has ruined my buzz. : chazums
• This seems like a bad move. EA is by no means where to harvest creativity. : Crazy Juice
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  Awh, man. Who's left now? Valve, Id and 3DR? : d fluke
  • You have to admire those folks. They don't expand like crazy, they outsource anything they don't want to ... : Fred Garvin
  • Gearbox Software :) : byorn
  • There's a couple other smaller houses that have stuff in the works but yeah, looks like all the good deve... : dravalen
  • Bungie. : rock elf
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    Blizzard basically has enough money(Read: BOAT LOADS) that they basically control themselves, so I toss t... : Danny5225
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      Aren't Blizzard wholly owned by Vivendi? I'm sure they're successful enough that Vivendi doesn't mess ... : peanut-
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        I'm thinking that Blizzard could pull a "Bungie" and walk from Vivendi if they wanted to. : Jonathan
        • I think it would be a lot tougher. It's a much bigger company, and they've had key people leave constant... : Chris Remo
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          I think Vivendi has no interest/incentive to let that happen. And the Bungie deal is still not clear as ... : Zhaneel
          • I'd imagine MS doesn't really get anything out of it. The only explanation I can see for the whole aff... : peanut-
        • Wouldn't they have to do something original if they did that? : capt tripps
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    Take-Two. : hardfl1p
    • hahahhahahahahahaha.... Right. : Jonathan
    • they're more of a publisher that owns devs =P : yAak
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    id like to point out how most of these independent guys all make fantastic products. i know in the world... : smacknca
    • Hear, hear! : d fluke
  • Croteam : dmason
  • Remedy. : freshyk
  • well, there would be more studios if we bought games from other people. but EA is fucking huge because we... : not work safe
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    Planet Moon, Introversion, Garage Games, Volition There are others too I'm sure. : Zhaneel
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      Volition is owned by THQ : Frozen Pixel
      • Ah missed that bit and it wasn't in the wiki for them. Thanks! : Zhaneel
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  I can't wait for the Good Charlotte and Simple Plan tracks on the Mass Effect soundtrack! : ChibiJosh
  • EATRAX !!!! : project13
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  I'm eagerly awaiting Mass Effect '09: The Same Damn Game You Bought in 2007 and 2008 With a Few New Chara : Postal
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    Madden Effect '09: NFL in Space! : robotsincharge
    • oh good grief, no :( : Postal
  • And You'll Buy It Anyway I think you forgot that part. : Silent Sorrow
• Go for the eyes Boo, GO FOR THE EYES! : cause&effect
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  Fuck Electronic Arts, at least until they prove they aren't the fascists of the game world. : Danny5225
  • I think its like asking the devil to repent... only we're the ones who are guilty because we give them mo... : Toth21
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  hmm...I wonder if BioWare will end up doing an Ultima title... : speon
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    That might be cool. : pigvomit
    • As long as they kept in the Ultima style and not the D&D universe. : Chod
• Who is Looktrenic Aierts? : VegasX
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  I wonder what this means for the BioWare MMORPG being started in Austin. : byorn
  • Well if the Mythic acquisition is any indication... then only good things. And NO, I'm not being sarca... : aileron
• EA, make BioWare Earth and Beyond 2 slaves. : royalally
• Baldur's Gate '08, '09, '10 : EvilDolemite
• EA does some fun mass-market stuff, but I don't know how they'll handle an RPG company. Hopefully it won'... : Orange Pylon
• Well, so much for those studios. : mathyou

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  the virginia tech shooter : multisync
  • oh God this is genius : FrayLo
  • I hope Michael Vick electrocutes you. : gmd
  • that is awesome and terrible : jvox
  • haha so wrong : ThomW
  • ahahahahahha : thewriter
  • EOT : barichnikov
  • exactly what I expect from a first response.. well done sir : cap n KRUNCH
• Pat Morita/Mr. Miyagi. : RomSteady
• Hitler : stump
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  I would go as Roy Orbison : drucifer
  • http://images.google.com/images?q=Roy+Orbison : drucifer
  • might be possible but i'd prefer to go for someone a little more recognizable : FrayLo
• KHANNN! : D45hiz
• genghis khan !!!! : -=kodiak=-
• Tammy Fay : xpogox
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  Sun Tzu, bring 2 of every kind of animal. : hawkeye
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    the ark of war? : skryte
    • Noah : jvox
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  12 yr old kid with a karate belt around his neck : pancake humper
  • too soon : pancake humper
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  Marty Feldman : c0bra
  • http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0072608/4632_16_2.jpg : c0bra
• Oh, or Stephen King. : c0bra
• Dumbledore : melt_core
• John Woo's career? : digitalsneek
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  Ho Chi Minh : PapaBoo
  • or Bob Hope : PapaBoo
  • He was actually kind of a cool-looking dude: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Ho : c0bra
• GLaD-OS : Bean
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  Bruce Lee : SiW73
  • Brandon Lee, closer in age : Bang!Splat*
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  Bob Dole : timmie
  • wtf, I mean Bob Hope =/ : timmie
• If there will be someone else there you don't like, dress up as him and when he's all like "WTF" just say... : invisible_kid
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  TATOO from adventure island! : Iwannaacura
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    Herve Villechaize was French : drucifer
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      azn status is not 100% necessary : FrayLo
      • according to wikipedia, he was a little Filipino. : drucifer
  • ahem....fantasy island : skunk_ape
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  BRUCE WILLIS : d fluke
  • more like Wessley Willis : not work safe
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  AERIS : boring gegtik
  • Spoiler that shit! : zanzares
  • Spoilertank! : Sapiens
• Liu Kang : royalally
• You could go as Masashi, but you'd need the whole feudal Japan samurai get-up. : c0bra
• Hunter S. Thompson. EOT. : mechanicalgrape
• My boss when he leaves here on Friday. : Saman
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  Mick Jagger. : exigence7
  • No wait, go as the Sixth Sense kid. because he sees dead people, get it? : exigence7
• Babe-braham Lincoln : smoove
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  We had a dead rock star party a few years back. It was fucking great, one of the best themes. No su... : fleabug
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    well, who was present at the party? : FrayLo
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      I know Jim Beam, and Jack Daniels were there, they aren't rock stars, but they help us do what we do best... : fleabug
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        lol adolf sax. : FrayLo
        • Yeah, our friend had these ridiculous looking chops, and he didn't want to shave them so we went to the t... : fleabug
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        how did people dress as jim beam/jack daniels? : FrayLo
        • They were there in bottle form, nobody dressed up as them. =) : fleabug
• Chairman Mao would be pretty good. You could even carry around the Little Red Book. : steelsamurai
• Tammy Fay Bakker : mindshot
• Dress up like a zombie. : aaarrrgh
• Ferdinand Marcos. : edgewise
• mao zedong : kydaimon
• Pol Pot : eskimo spy
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  Go as Seung-Hui Cho http://www.chaaban.info/wp-content/uploads/virginia-tech-massacre-tuerie.jpg Ever... : VegasX
  • srsly : VegasX
• Hunter S. Thompson : systatic
• Zombie Jesus : malevolence
• Go as Anna Nicole with some puke on your shirt : skunk_ape
• Abe Vigoda : pigvomit
• chris farley : MaverickTheOriginal
• brandon or bruce lee : HeXoN
• Natalie Wood - the only wood that doesn't float. : hmesser
• Fidel Castro : cpt_gloval
• Bruce Lee complete with Yellow Jumpsuit : sm00v3d
• tommy cooper : steve_o
• asian anna nicole smith. : ant_hillbilly
• Bruce Lee? Marlon Brando? I don't know... : Q-ball
• Confucius. The Dali Lama (hey, there are 13 dead ones, pick one) Not Asian: Gahndi Bruce Lee : Zhaneel
• zombie hirohito : Jayx77
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  ummm Companion cube? : supermonkeyballz
  • =( Damn you, GLaDOS. : yAak
  • :*( : tomservo
• Mike Gravel : smax
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  g0nk : voodooraze
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    funny cause I am going as a supermarket employee with a bruised ankle : sesmaster
    • How's the move going Peters4Life? : voodooraze
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  know what will be ironic? If the boat sank. : deathofrats
  • and then they all turn into zombies!! : voodooraze
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  Edward John Smith, Captain of the Titanic : Fyunch Click
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    actually i like this, i have no idea what he looks like, but if i got a sailors uniform and put a nametag... : FrayLo
    • He looks like Theoden : invisible_kid
• Burr/Hamilton (if you're gay) : digital_d
• most of these suggestions are terrible : FrayLo
• Steve Erwin (stingray fin FTW!) : suicidemachine
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  Pol Pot, you can push people overboard :( : racer5
  • Damn. eskimo spy beat me to it. : racer5
• Not asian but: Elvis, John Wayne, Duke Nukem : Finestaut
• How bout Charlie Chan : racer5
• DB Cooper : cpt_gloval
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  God : dognose
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    i see what you did there : dodob
    • I figure, if God is any particular race... : dognose
• Jesus. : Grim_Grom
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  I saw a commercial for cruises on TV... man. I would never ever get on a cruise again. A hunk of metal in... : dodob
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    because i'm not antisocial : FrayLo
    • :( i can be social on firm land too :( : dodob
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    Because you can gamble on them? I'm going on one :< : dognose
    • if your state doesn't sick you can gamble on dry land. LOL ZING : cpt_gloval
• Band member from Titanic : Rigor Morts
• Anna Nicole Smith : changejar419

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  360 or PC? : jedi_27
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    FUCK YOU!! : gmd
    • well be happy. i just went to go get the 360 version, and they where sold out :( : jedi_27
  • PC : g0nk
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  You cried? Really? : Silent Sorrow
  • hahahahahaha good fucking god almighty : Entity
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    No, he just fell into a tearless lamentation. : pigvomit
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      There's nothing in these games that would make me "tear up," never mind cry. They're good and all that, b... : Silent Sorrow
      • your sorrow is silent after all sorry, i had to do it : shred.
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        i really get into the story of games. I love the characters, etc.. I even teared up at the end of Halo 3.... : g0nk
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          Wow, really? I find the level of suspension of disbelief simply isn't great enough to trigger any emotio : Silent Sorrow
          • Thank god i have a good imagination : johnny rotten
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  the first part of episode 2 is fucking terrible. the only redeeming part is the antlion defense with turr : maulla
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    yea fuck those acid lions, seriously I hope I never see those things again, and everytime I think that th... : .ka`boom.zZz.
    • you shut your filthy mouth, this is the closest we have gotten to getting bullsquids back : mikecyb
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  ?[[art. : boring gegtik
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    what the fuck, THATS NOT ART YOU STUPID ASSHOLE : mikecyb
    • Fart. : boring gegtik
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  I agree with g0nk. I'm really loving this game. Put another couple hours into it last night. Got m : ezanga
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    really, i felt like the game began after you get the car. all the underground ant lion and big acid spitt : g0nk
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      I really want that grub achievement (I was only 13 shy on my first playthrough), but I don't want to play... : Portax
      • i think i got 2/3rds of it.. : g0nk
    • That part was amazing. You had to save Alyx man, the drive was there and thats whats important, especial : manlyman
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  I thought Episode 2 was the weakest part of Orange box (minus the last 20 minutes or so). : Gonzo
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    o_O : Maarten Goldstein
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      It's just more of the same. The storytelling is excellent, and I'm interested in what happens, but it's t : Gonzo
      • I definitely agree. It was a good time, but it felt like old news to me. : megarust32
• hunters are nothing, pick up tire, fire tire twice at hunter, dead hunter. i think this is the only hl2 e... : mega man
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  How long did you spend playing through it, g0nk? : thief
  • give or take, between 8-10 hours.. I take my time.. : g0nk
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  Did anyone launch the gnome into space? I found the gnome at the beginning and promptly shot it off ... : ezanga
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    i found it, but didn't know i was supposed to launch it into space.. :( : g0nk
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      I only learned of the "launching into space" thing after I discarded it and was browsing the potential ac... : ezanga
      • http://www.achieve360points.com/game/theorangebox/ See #53 : ezanga
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    where is he? I never found it :( : mikecyb
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      Pretty much in the very first building at the end of the first tunnel you exit at the start of the game. ... : ezanga
      • damn now I have to replay ep2 :( also does launching him into space mean you have to put him in the ro : mikecyb
  • I thought it was pretty awesome and carried it with me for awhile but then an antlion hit me and he went ... : ArB
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  So far Ep2 has been meh, which is sad since I'm a big Valve fan. i'm past the guardian now... : SlamDunk
  • For me its my game of the year, and I *really* liked BioShock : Maarten Goldstein
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    it gets better as it goes along, but I enjoyed the beginning a lot too. it's so good though. I don't se... : mikecyb
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      It's spent a long time in development, so I expected more new gameplay. More of the same, with a good sto... : Gonzo
      • what the fuck they are yearly and super fucking polished. what the hell do you want from a half-life gam... : mikecyb
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        since pretty much no other series comes close to the type of gameplay experience half-life provides me, i... : Maarten Goldstein
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          Did you notice toward the end when they are launching the rocket and Dr. Kleiner is going on about some 8 : haiku
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            Yes I did notice that - http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15310551. Lolz indeed. : Maarten Goldstein
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              Do you think g-man made an arrangement that the combine could kill off Eli as some sort of retaliation fo : haiku
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                i would not be surprised. that entire chat with eli was so nice. finally someone talking about g-man with : Maarten Goldstein
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                  Yeah! It was crazy because the body language of the character animation actually communicated a ton. You : haiku
                  • yeah the wait is going to suck bad :( : Maarten Goldstein
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                    I thought the acting was great as well, I giggled profusely when Eli was telling Alyx that he wanted gran : g0nk
                    • I repeatedly hammered the use key on Alyx at that point but she was having none of it. : ArB
          • OK, that was a surprise and delight moment.... I LOL'd on that. : Gonzo
        • For the record, I didn't say it was bad, it's just not the second coming. It's definitely the weakest par : Gonzo
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  EP2 is awesome, however accesing a particular stash had probably the most retarded solution in a Half lif... : fen boi
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    is this the "flipper" one? Spoiler tags are "" and "" : ezanga
    • well that didn't work. combine a lowercase "o" and a straight bracket o [ and ] o (remove the space bet... : ezanga
    • Yeah the flipper. : fen boi
    • hahahaha i loved that.. I was all like.... Hmmm... OH!! .... Niiiiice... : g0nk
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      I spent entirely too much time there only because I knew what to do but I kept messing up. it was kind o... : mikecyb
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        Oh yeah, I knew I had to use grenades somehow, I mean Valve makes it pretty obvious with the grenade box : deject
        • I used the grav gun to do it :( : mikecyb
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          was that the stash hanging from the rope? : anthonybean
          • no this is inside a building... I think it's the second or third stash you encounter : mikecyb
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            I couldn't get that one at all.. :( : g0nk
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              you just shoot at the crate : Maarten Goldstein
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                or pick up the rock that sits on top of a huge lambda symbol under the hanging crate with your grav gun : anthonybean
                • that's what I did for that one : deject
              • :( i was thinking too hard.. : g0nk
            • Fire boulders at it with the grav gun : fen boi
          • nope, it's the one with the locked door, and the switch is up on a ledge. there's a giant metal thing on : deject
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          Oh god it was grenades? I gave up after failing miserably to do it with the gravity gun for like 30 minut... : peanut-
          • It took me a while to get it. But valve leave subtle hints, the grenade box and the scorch marks undernea : steve_o
      • It had a "cow launched" vibe unbefitting a scientist! . Initially I thought I needed to place something... : fen boi
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      Please post solution in spoiler tags. I sorta gave up because I wanted to hurry up and finish Ep2 so that... : deveus1
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        you hit the flap with the grav gun and jump a few times and eventually gordon will fly through the air an : mikecyb
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          No, stick grenades under the flap... there were even grenade marks on the floor from people who'd used it : hardfl1p
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            Also, didn't you see the dead guy hanging in the rafters? : ChibiJosh
            • I thought the biggest hint was the box of grenades so you'd never run out of them. : Portax
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          lol wtf. You fail, mikey. : Portax
          • P.S. Have some cake. : Portax
          • hey my way worked! if there's ever a grenade shortage you guys will be knocking at my door when you need... : mikecyb
        • I like to think outside the box, guys : mikecyb
    • haha that one took me like 3 seconds : Magus
• What about HL3? : DooBall
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  ok I'm absolutely, officially, in 'what the fuck there's too many people flipping out too hard over this,... : eskimo spy
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    Episode 1 was meh? You are quite possibly broken inside. =\ : Magus
    • Explanation: Alyx sucks. Ep1 was Alyx-heavy. That and the first timed sequence in a HL game*, ever, dropp : eskimo spy
  • ep1 is ok, ep2 is excellent! : anthonybean
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  repost Has anyone had any problems with the assistant/helper AI so far? The rebel fighters, Alyx, and the : Magus
  • you're only like halfway if that. it took me 5 to comlete. : Maarten Goldstein
  • took me 7.8 hours officially, according to the steamcommunity.com site.. I thought the AI was done a : g0nk
  • Took me about 5. I wasn't rushing through and was checking out stuff quite a bit, but not as much as g0nk... : SatansFist
  • 5.3 hours total, and I went through a lot of it pretty fast. I find the HL games are actually a lot bette... : peanut-
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  "What would a pit be without a Free-Man climbing out of it" : EvilDolemite
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    You fucked that quote in the mouth. It goes "No pit would be complete without a freeman climbing out of i... : haiku
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      I will now go and reclaim my place of honor at the side of the magnusson! : haiku
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        Be Adequate! : deject
        • that one cracked me up : anthonybean
    • considering my last name is "freeman", this always feels so DAMN PERSONAL! : kainen1
  • I liked the quote where he says something about "freeman attempting a puzzle he's so good at" the bit in : steve_o
• no idea where to put these, so I'll put them here. 2 cool pOrtal screenshots: http://img443.imageshack.... : aethyr
• Just finished. Awesome because it was so engaging. Felt like a movie to me, a good one. : timaste
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  Question about a late-game event: What do I have to do to get the sticky bombs to actually stick to a str : ChibiJosh
  • you need to kill the hunters first : Maarten Goldstein
  • you gotta stick it to the side or back. if you meet it face to face, it'll shoot it in mid air. : anthonybean
  • Kill the hunters. They knock off the strider bombs. : locash
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  Tip for killing hunters that might help some people: Kill them with their own little dart things. You ev : haiku
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    how? does the grav gun grab those things? : g0nk
    • I did it by holding an object so the Hunter's flechettes hit it, then launch it back at the hunter so the : deject
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    you can kiil hunters 1 hit with the secondary fire of the combine ar : anthonybean
    • That usually kills everything it touches except for Striders and Gunships. : deject
• Twas a great game. Hunters are a bitch. During... the end Strider/Hunter battle, I didn't even get out of : K1Bond007
• anything with headcrabs and zombies cannot be considered to be this good. : paravis

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  The rocket thingo again, this time at the base of the tube, blow it up. : thewriter
  • I got into the vent by stacking chairs from the office next to the rocket launcher turrent room It Nev : Toraz Chryx
• haha that took my friends 30 mins to figure out. think in 3d : askedrelic
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  that part took me a second too but you have to set up one portal in the room with the rocket launcher sen : mikecyb
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    lol i think i did it wrong then : cltcprd
    • both ways get you a booster into the vent, it's fine. multiple paths ftw. : thewriter
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      but don't you have to break it open anyways? : mikecyb
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        nope, i didn't break anything. Just stacked a chair, climbed onto it. Then crouch-jumped into the vent. : cltcprd
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          ohh the vent, right... I forgot I thought that was the part where you escape through the glass tube but I : mikecyb
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            not clicking! I just finished Ep1 today (only a year late!). Ep2 is tomorrow! : cltcprd
            • oh man it's so awesome :D : mikecyb
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  what i did: grabbed chair from the rocket room and climbed into the pipe : cltcprd
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    hahahah good one! : thewriter
    • guess i'm too used to traditional shooter problems and figured it was easier to climb on stuff :) : cltcprd
  • ^^ I did this as well : Nali4Freedom
  • HAHA! I did the same thing. First, I tried stacking a couple of computers. : CrustaR
  • errrm.. below reply meant for this one. : datoo
  • I did the same thing! : uglysad
  • Yup, same. : Visceral Monkey
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    That's what I did. I even tried stacking some computers because I couldn't balance right on the chair. ... : Prozium
    • yeah i had to use computers cos of the dodgy chair balance : Arsenal
    • ^ this is more similar to my strategy : trOmblyj
  • i did this too : n0v4
  • fucking cheaters. : thekidd
  • I did this also, but it aggravated me because I was certain that it wasn't the proper way to do that part... : Wombat Woo
• ah, man. Thanks everyone. : oatmela
• You're so not thinking with portals put it on the ground so it shoots missles up : .sticks.
• haha... I did that too. There's another way to do it? : datoo
• Finished. Holy shit that was great. GG Valve. : oatmela
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  Best end credits ever! I can't wait for more puzzles from the community. : coyoterys
  • I know, it was fucking perfect. : Orange Pylon
  • I probably enjoyed that more than any other game in recent memory. : Goncyn
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  I'm stuck in test chamber 15 in the room with the energy ball and the 2 angled wall pieces. Up until now ... : Fred Garvin
  • WTF? I finished it and I have no idea how. They don't just give you a pass if you are hopeless do they? : Fred Garvin
• :( I think I did this the absolutely hardest way possible. I had to stack three of those Xbox360-looking : deject

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  oh good i didn't buy the orange box yet, this should suffice : aurealis
  • hah lvl 11 caught me off guard : aurealis
• Whoa, this is actually really good and a lot of fun. : OverloadUT
• OMG l337 portal fix for work! : Iwannaacura
• such a terrible imitation =( : tashtego
• Nice. : bcyde
• That is really lame in comparison : rosewood
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  i was playing this earlier... 6 gave me trouble. and now i'm stuck on 9 :( : cltcprd
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    LOLOL im stuck on lvl 15 like the real game. : Iwannaacura
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      me too =/ : aurealis
      • hah shit i broke it http://rayd8.org/p0rtal.jpg : aurealis
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    Put a portal in the ceiling, then another on a wall. Jump thru the wall one. Then as you are falling, s : riptyde
    • yeah, figured it out, it's harder to do this in 2d than 3d i think :) : cltcprd
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  Level 15 and I got bored : ColoradoCNC
  • same here.... bleh : barichnikov
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    Damn you i need help with 16 : riptyde
    • nm, I got it. : riptyde
  • YOU HAVE TO SEE THE ENDING : imperator
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    how do i beat 15? : amrbean
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      n/m, got it : amrbean
      • do tell : aurealis
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    15 is when it finally starts to get challenging. : vynn
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      Then it gets really easy again for awhile. : Zakko
      • lol ya I spoke too soon. : vynn
  • Yeah, you gotta keep playing. The ending is well worth it. : jlboyd132321
• nm its flash version lol sorry : imperator
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  this would be much better if I could control which portal I shoot next :( : mikecyb
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    you can, use 'Q' for the blue one, and 'E' for the yellow one. : cltcprd
    • reading the instructions is for hookers and fat people >:( : mikecyb
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  what do I do for lvl 9? : sesmaster
  • WTF. How do I do level 9 too? : Rice-Rocketeer
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  23 was tricky : vynn
  • 28 is pissing me off because i know the solution but i keep dying anyways. : riptyde
• Got to level 30, and needed to get back to work. Pretty cool for work breaks. : bcyde
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  stuck on 32. : vynn
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    32 is a pita, I think I know what to do, I just can't do it quick enough :[ : Kniggit
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      ahh... half right, I was making it a lot harder than it should be. : Kniggit
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        As long as you're able to play some kind of p0rtal game, am I right? : Grumbeld
        • you shut up >:[ : Kniggit
• awesome : virus
• Damn that's really cool. : thejm4n
• Very impressive for what it is. Obviously the real game is a lot better, but this is a nice distraction! : Begawkiness
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  grr... lvl 35 has a "Caution May cause Frustration" sign. and it's true. stupid ultra perfect timin... : Kniggit
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    35 only took me two tries for some reason. I'm on 37 now :( : cltcprd
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      wtf -- the best I can get is having it right under the last open gate headed to the right when it poofs..... : Kniggit
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        make sure you start with a brand new ball. I think I barely did it, but you gotta go fast and get all th... : cltcprd
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          yeah, that's what I was doing, fresh ball, switches in order... I think what the difference was, was w... : Kniggit
          • and 37 .. bleh, I think I got it, just timed the run down the electro-hallway wrong and died. : Kniggit
          • I did this: Set up portals to let you get to #2 switch Stand on #1 switch. When ball passes first op... : riptyde
• not too bad! : bakanoodle
• pretty fun =) keeping me entertained until i get the real thing on monday =( : fluke
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  real portal is amazing fun, but the regular game was quite short (for me anyway D:) the real fun comes wi... : Boo Pipes
  • I'm into the advanced maps, not really into the time trial ones. : bcyde
• do the energy balls get stuck for anybody else? The balls are stuck in the thing that shoots them out, an... : SCROTE
• yay! finished! Some of the last ones are challenging! : cltcprd
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  ... really? in 38 you don't have to bother with the whole top half? that seems odd... : Kniggit
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    I'm guessing you used angles through the walls. I'm not sure if you are supposed to be able to do that. : cltcprd
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      no, not at all hopefully this shows what I did - http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=845 you just get th... : Kniggit
      • lol that's so obvious i totally missed it. I wonder if the programmers realize you can do it like that. : riptyde
    • That's what I did. It was one of those "i can clearly see what needs to be done to beat this the 'right'... : riptyde
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    how many are there anyway? I'm on 32 or something : mikecyb
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      40 levels total. : cltcprd
      • I was so afraid that there was a trap or something that i'd fall into if I went for the cake that I shot : riptyde
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  How do you beat 14? : Super Sparker
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    and 15 while you're at it. : draconic
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      Think with Portals. : AlexXdude
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        thanks, buddy. never considered that. i was just trying to jump over this whole level! : draconic
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          Now you're thinking with Portals! : AlexXdude
          • WHY CAN'T I SLAP PEOPLE OVER THE INTERNET. :( : draconic
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      Shoot two portals right next to each other on the lower area. Jump into one from the high ledge, and you : riptyde
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        like so: http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=847 jump in 2, fly up out of 1, you want to shoot 3 & 4 while ... : Kniggit
        • Yep : riptyde
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    As soon as the level starts, shoot a portal at the gray ceiling area above the highest ledge. Shoot a se : riptyde
    • how I did it http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=846 : Kniggit
• I got to level 18 and got stuck, so I'm giving it a break. It reminds me of Acme portable holes. I LO... : Thresher

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  I like Chuck, but Morgan (the sidekick) and sister drag the show down. Are you watching Reaper? The... : ThomW
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    The sidekick is a major deterrent for sure. I only watched the pilot episode so far but I expected a lot ... : enyakk
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      watching one episode? you're like FOX, passing judgment on the first shot. lots of shows need time : RikiTiki2
      • Comedy shows though? That's a new one for me. They pretty much start out being funny or not. : enyakk
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    I kinda hope all of the shows mentioned in this thread so far get canceled, and the sooner the better. I : Bean
    • A Bryan Fuller show getting cancelled? Never! : enyakk
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      Reaper and Chuck aren't bad -- at least they're trying. I'm sick of cop / lawyer / doctor dramas and rea... : ThomW
      • STOP WATCHING TV : boring gegtik
      • Thank you. : NFXFSX
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        my sentiments exactly. so tired of cops, lawyers and doctors i can't stand it. : NeoMoose
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          hey! what's wrong with lawyers? I mean, besides everything. : Bean
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            nothing personal, but your TV shows suck. : NeoMoose
            • when your BEST show is Boston Legal.... : NeoMoose
        • Vic Mackey or the guy from Touching Evil = me watching until my face melts. Everyone else can suck a f... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        Yes, and I appreciate the fact that they're trying. I don't fault any of those shows because they exist a... : Bean
        • You're the only person who has mentioned Cavemen in this thread. I've never seen the show, and never wil... : ThomW
  • agreed 100%. Morgan is a bad imitation of Seth Green and I don't like the real Seth Green much. : edgewise
• I find Chuck entertaining. The show that is... : pimpium
• I saw the pilot on a flight recently and thought it was meh. Same for Journeyman. : riptyde
• please be gentle g0nk is reading =\ : boring gegtik
• I like The Reaper better than Chuck. As ThomW said, I think overall it is a more entertaining show. : c_man_tmt
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  Speaking of new shows - I think Cane is very good. It is what it is - a watered down version of the ... : flagg209
  • I thought this was season 2 for Cane? : woodchuck70
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  Not enough love for Pushing Daisies in this thread. This is such a small cheesebox. : cannelbrae
  • It's a pretty fun show. I'll give it a few more episodes to see how it pans out. : SatansFist
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  I'm actually digging "Life". And the spy chick in Chuck is hot...so I watch. Im weak! : devnullgt
  • I like Life as well...a cop "House-like" character. Always love the sarcasm... : CaptainDawg
  • Life is awesome. also someone needs to kill bionic woman or at the very least I need to stop watching it : mikecyb
  • Shit, I keep forgetting about this one- it's got Maj. Winters (Damian Lewis) in it, too! : mn3m0n1c
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    Life and Pushing Daisies are the two shows I'm really enjoying. Given my track record with these things, ... : Goncyn
    • ^^ I'm with you on these two.. I haven't seen last nights, but it's going to be interesting to see how lo... : stonedonkey
    • Chuck is just entertaining...it's not a good show by any stretch, but it's just entertaining on a low lev... : devnullgt
• I'm currently on the Pushing Daisy's and Life bandwagon. Haven't had a chance to watch Journeyman yet. : Clay
• I think Chuck is ok. Not terrible, not great, just ok. Sort of in the B range. The third episode was a bi... : shred.
• I actually kind of enjoy Chuck, and the sister while annoying is SMOKING HOT : woodchuck70
• Actually you guys should be watching its always sunny in Philadelphia. that show has major LOLz. : monikerdaven
• I like chuck, but I really like journeyman. Excellent show so far. : agentlead
• I'm still watching all the new shows... What's wrong with you hypercritical people? : zanzares
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  the real question is how long will cavemen be around? : epit
  • This weeks episode of Cavemen was actually really funny imo. : dmaownsyou
• I like chuck a lot actually, the sister rocks the hottest hair cut a girl can have god i love it, even th... : fletch_
• Although out for a bit now, screw those 2 shows watch Mad Men. : ant_hillbilly
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  I've been enjoying Tell Me You Love Me quite a lot : jvox
  • ^^ : Kniggit
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  I'm liking Life a lot so far, the newest episode was pretty awesome. : deject
  • Fuck, forgot that started : pancake humper
• Chuck - Loved the first ep, almost deleted the timer after the 2nd but really enjoyed the 3rd Journyman ... : trevis
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  I like Chuck. First 2 eps I thought were OK, but the last one was great. LOL @ big dude getting a micro : tunis5000
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    I lol'd hard at that and rewound it a couple times. haha : ThomW
    • ditto, I watched that and the "freezer" scene a couple of times : tunis5000
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    Ugh. Maybe I need to see the episode to appreciate it, but clicking on that spoiler and imagining the "ph... : enyakk
    • yeah you do need to see it. I'm a picky TV show watcher and that was a great episode : tunis5000
  • Baldwin totally made that scene (and a lot of the show for that matter) work. He rules. : Bruzilla
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  O.O : g0nk
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    I tried to tell them to lay off chuck >:-( : boring gegtik
    • i saw.. I actually like the show, it's like, me, but he has a job and beautiful people in his life.. :( : g0nk
• do what I did, whip out the good ol' DVD box set of your favorite show i'm half-way through Babylon5, af... : MaverickTheOriginal
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  What ever happened to Traveler? I remember there being a "sneak preview" but then nothing about the seri... : Super Sparker
  • it was cancelled after ten or so episodes iirc. it was great while it lasted though. : jujubees
• Yeah Chuck is horrendous. Pretty crazy how they such low quality get on TV. : paravis