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  80% Haiku's in the clear so far. : Nick Breckon
  • 4/5 shouldnt be in the clear. unless they give half stars. : feek
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    what? that was the decision? 80% backs up his argument of this game failing miserably? : mwasher
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      I think he drew the line at like 86% and above. : Nick Breckon
      • That can't be right though. A 4/5 is a pretty fucking good score. A game failing miserably is like a 2/5. : basketofkittens
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        lol.... after all that talking shit about how piss poor it will be : mwasher
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          Keep in mind that review scores are pretty fucking inflated. Heavenly Sword, a game with solid presentati... : Nick Breckon
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            Swapping between this account and Ratsofatsorat does not give you any more credibility as a game reviewer... : Skoal^Fyfan
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              Putting that caret in the middle of your username does not give you any more credibility as a game review... : Chris Remo
              • Have a cup of STFU! : PlanetPerfecto
            • Haha what. : Nick Breckon
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            I dunno, I enjoyed it more than almost any other game I've played this year. : Vincent Grayson
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              It was awesome, Not the best but sure worth to play it. : razlebol
              • I think it was awesome for about 30 minutes. And then they repeated that awesome for the rest of the game... : Nick Breckon
          • Heavenly Sword is anything but lifeless. : MoreVespeneGas
          • Holy fuck this is the fifth try on the cannon vs catapult section. This is an abomination. : spiderfill
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    I really dont understand all the hate for this game : VegasX
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      Ironically, though, the game’s friendly controls are also its biggest shortcoming; killing y : Nick Breckon
      • oh, ouch :( : kungfusquirrel
      • woah woah, theres no mother fucking jump button? : fletch_
      • hahahaha WHAT : genjuro
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        Haiku wins :( : AlexXdude
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          did RE4 have a jump button? : AlexXdude
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            or r6 vegas? or gears? (leap doesnt count) : klearlyunseen
            • No, but you didn't do any jumping in that game. A better comparison would be if Gears of War didn't have ... : SockMonkeh
      • ewwwwwwww : SockMonkeh
      • lawl : thewriter
      • oh shi : Noobler
      • LOL, game plays itself! : PenicillinX57
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        so they have the two analogs for look/move and what, a win button? seriously, what did they do with the ... : contentious roy
        • lol "a win button" : ThomW
      • ahaha oh fucking hell. : mindfk
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        World of Warcraft has a jump button. World of Warcraft. : slax0r
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          and it's also one of the most essential fun buttons in the game... i wouldn't enjoy it if i couldn't hop ... : mwasher
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            If only every race had a special jump animation I never would have quit. Stupid night elf flips. : Psigun
            • BE spin move is keeping me going right now : mwasher
      • Oh really........ : thejm4n
      • Er... wow. : five_percent
      • wow. thats just...lowest common denominator gameplay. : hirez
      • roflmao : mr.sleepy
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        That's pretty ridiculous, given how the game's marketing has preached a parkour-style gameplay. : ShekkyBoy
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          wtf is that? : rosewood
          • When people jump around buildings and cities, like in District 13 or the opening chase scene of Casino Ro : ShekkyBoy
          • hit google for Parkour and check out the awesomeness. It is Assassin's Creed in a nutshell. or at least I : Skoal^Fyfan
      • So you just a button down and run? Lame. : freshyk
      • *adds to gamefly list* : pigvomit
      • shack.... hype.... dying..... : mwasher
      • hahaha fuck I knew something like this was going to happen : mikecyb
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        I thought they've said all along that there's no "jump" button - just like there's no "attack" button per... : speon
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          it's kinda silly to imagine just holding down directions and having the character do everything for you :... : mwasher
          • You still have to tap the button at the right time...so, from my understanding, you're still hitting a bu... : speon
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            You poor stupid inept fucks they are obviously way over your heads. You fucking fools. What they did here... : mega man
            • haha i see it now : mwasher
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          A context sensitive jump button is different from there being no way to manually jump at all. : slax0r
          • Ok yeah, I see that point then...I still kind of suspect that pressing the foot button, with prior moment... : speon
      • i concede defeat. haiku, you win : busdriver3030
      • I didn't mind Legend of Zelda's setup at all -- hated the idea but loved the implementation / execution. : thief
      • ................................. : shred.
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        Somewhere, at this very moment, Haiku is cackling to himself. : stump
        • he's probably flailing his arms around a lot too : busdriver3030
      • wow that is some serious dumb downed gameplay. : gyokuro
      • Sooooo this is Shenmue 3? : shortbuscaptain
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        If people enjoy it, I dont see a problem. Personally I may not buy it, and sure theres no jump button and... : VegasX
        • Well yes this is true for any game, I mean you could dispel any criticism with "hey if you enjoy it, no p... : Chris Remo
      • oh you don't say : haiku
      • that really sucks. : afrochops
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        BUT IT IS DEVELOPED BY A HOT LADY WTF HOT LADIES DON'T MAKE GAMES : tomservo
        • she's a canuck, too. ice-back bitches holla : mr.sleepy
      • I really have to see this in action to make a judgement. If it is context sensitive and you still have to... : Evil Benius
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      Ubisoft. : genjuro
      • Just a couple of years ago, Ubisoft could do no wrong. Now it's like you don't want the name anywhere ne... : slax0r
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  A short review from some place I've never heard of. : slax0r
  • I know rite. Fuck the haters ,Im buying this game and I dont care if I press only one button to play! : Cashh
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  That review reads like he didn't even play the game. : EvilDolemite
  • ya, wouldn't surprise me if he's talking about some demo from months ago or something : mwasher
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    Totally - It reads like PR boilerplate. Also, Assassin's Creed was apparently released on 10/16/2007 wher... : sonicstorm
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      and apparently it was developed by Eidos : mwasher
      • haha I missed that. : sonicstorm
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  i think this review is propaganda produced by Haiku himself. he's afraid. : mwasher
  • ... i mean seriously. no jump button. that has to be a joke :\ : mwasher
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  lol that's the equivalent of a Maxim review. Doesn't count, sorry. : notd665
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    maxim-like review or not... the revelation about the lack of a jump button is kinda interesting, sorry. : mwasher
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      I'd take the no jump button remark from that review with a grain of salt. Also, after watching the pletho... : sonicstorm
      • i hope so. but they have a lot of convincing to do looking at the responses up above : mwasher
• wake me up for zero punctuation's : thewriter
• I have no problem with a context sensitive jump button. Sorry if I can't bunny-hop like in a CS:S dogfigh... : Skoal^Fyfan
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  update: review pulled???? : thewriter
  • seems like it. let's wait for the real reviews : Postal
  • yup, they probably released it before they were allowed to to. : byorn
• haiku wins. : .ka`boom.zZz.

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• japan : SockMonkeh
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  looking at that picture i noticed the bike rack didn't have any locks...what a country : gyokuro
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    I remember when I was young I went to Germany to play soccer. We drove by the fields and the goals all ha... : oatmela
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      Why the fuck do people steal shit like that? : SockMonkeh
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        America, fuck yeah! : spiderfill
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          Honestly, I'd take the cultural oddities of Japan over American fear any day. It was a strange thing ... : Nick Breckon
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            Sounds like you didn't come in contact with the delicious xenophobia. : SpaecKow
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              You're right, I didn't. : Nick Breckon
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                I imagine you would have to if you lived there at any long period of time. I know some people who taught ... : SpaecKow
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                  Tell me how the world works SpaecKow. : Nick Breckon
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                    Are you a "Japan is superior!" guy Nick? : SpaecKow
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                      Not at all, really. Just a "personal experience is superior to what I read on the internet" guy. I'm sure... : Nick Breckon
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                        Just a "personal experience is superior to what I read on the internet" guy. Me too. Which is why I wa... : SpaecKow
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                          I guess I haven't really been exposed to people with rosy pictures of Japan lately. Mostly it's all "omg ... : Nick Breckon
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                            It's all about fat sweaty anime fans rants about Japan and hating those fat sweaty anime fans. One can on... : SpaecKow
                            • You should. I highly recommend it. I regret not having more time to explore the countryside. : Nick Breckon
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                            Honestly from talking to alot of japanese people and people that work in japan(primarily english teachers... : duncandun
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                              I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case, although I've talked to a black professor of African Studi... : Nick Breckon
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                                in my experience it was more a looking down the nose at the Koreans (been going on for a thousand years) ... : steelsamurai
                                • Yeah. lolz Canadians/Mexicans : Nick Breckon
                                • This is definitely true, I've experienced it firsthand more than once in Japan. It strikes me as a deep-s... : rudds
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                        your experience is the same as mine in Japan. However, most places in the USA are pretty friendly. The... : steelsamurai
                        • The French hate French Canadians. It's madness. : jayacheess
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        because they're douchebags biff. : Gonzo
        • ^ ding : riptyde
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      There is no crime in Germany. : gmd
      • Clearly that was the point of the post! : the city
      • and the trains always run on time : Vorlonesque
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      You took the nets down? No where I've lived in the states (admittedly, not many places) took them down an... : lord cecil
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        Everywhere Else Ever, USA : SockMonkeh
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          Here in West Virginia the nets wouldn't get stolen...but the deer would eat them and kamikaze your car in... : Vorlonesque
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            Rory Gilmore'd. : perstephanie
            • I must be growing a vag because I actually recognize that name =( : the city
          • Do you hate deer, Vorlonesque? : Zero|DPX
          • That's because kids from West Virginia are too stupid to figure out nets. : Magus
          • Haha, a deer actually hit my dad's car in the same manner once. It was late at night and I was half aslee... : SockMonkeh
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      That's some Eloi shit right there. : SpaecKow
      • We Morlocks will eat them all (yum they taste like pork)! : Vorlonesque
  • looking even closer i notice its not even a bike rack! they just line their bikes in an orderly fashion. : gyokuro
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    Check this shit out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/13628491@N07/1802042904/ Took that in Narita. : Nick Breckon
    • Remarkable. Someone somewhere has at least indirectly determined why it is that this happens. : eldersveld
    • American equivalent: http://content.humpingfrog.com/pictures/sub_16349.jpg : SockMonkeh
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  at some point in my life i'm going to have sushi in japan. : xxiv
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    I had horse sashimi when I was there last month. Yes, raw horse. Big strips of it. Unfortunately I narrow... : rudds
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      I had dried smoked horse once, really tough, what was yours like? : SpaecKow
      • Raw and freshly cut, still bloody basically. Consistency and taste exactly like raw beef if you've ever e... : rudds
  • I'd like to have some ham and bacon in Jerusalem sometime. : ArB
• *books plane tickets to Japan* :D : SilverSnake
• Ahh yeah baby : locater16
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  They call me master at Medieval Times, too. I mostly drank Starbucks in Japan. They made a good coffe... : Nick Breckon
  • -bator! : Dave-A
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    Is it true that their sidewalks are reversed...so that instead of being grey rock with a yellow line on t... : Vorlonesque
    • I bought a nicely cleaned up Super Famicom with two controllers in Akihabara for... I want to say $10? Th... : rudds
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      No I think it was yellow rimmed if I recall right. And yeah you probably could buy old game parts the... : zakazi
      • Yeah it's pretty fucking nauseating. : Nick Breckon
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  i dont understand why massive amounts of american men dont expatriate to japan hourly. : not work safe
  • they'd never find any clothes that fit them. also beef is expensive. : Dave-A
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    because japanese is retarded hard to learn. : xxiv
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      Spoken Japanese is really, really easy. Believe me. I wish I were learning Japanese right now instead of ... : Magus
      • You wish you were turning Japanese? You really think so? : Bean
      • You're learning Chinese? commit suicide now. : yAak
  • you try finding a decently priced apartment in Japan that isn't out in the boonies : RikiTiki2
  • because a plane ticket + room = expensive :( : broly1718
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    Date an Asian woman and you'll find out quick. : Rotten Deadite
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      say what : mattsull85
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        $$$ : aethyr
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          that's such bullshit : mattsull85
          • Lol, women cost a certain amount of money anywho, I don't care their ethnicity. : Baby Batter
    • But they look so nice : famine101
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      absolutely man, the epitome of materialistic and high-maintenance right there : Bean
      • I've got a girlfriend who's parents are both from Taiwan, she's absolutely the opposite of that. : the city
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      A number of the fellas at school are dating asian girls at the moment (very mixed school ethnically), Kor... : SpaecKow
      • I dated a Japanese girl in college and was engaged to her for a year or so. She wasn't just ethnic Japane... : Baby Batter
  • their pussies are too small i reckon white guys go there a lot : mr.sleepy
• there's a new game we like to play, you see ... : hatelull
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  Don't think that regular run-of-the-mill Japanese guys go to these maid cafes. These places cater specif... : jackalope
  • Otaku? : quanta88
• hawwwt : aznboysix
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  We need an american version of this resturant, but all the waitresses are dressed like Jeanie. : DOOManiac
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    hooters? : oatmela
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      Hooters girls don't do the master-bit : RikiTiki2
      • They also don't dress up like Jeanie. Or do the head nod thing. : DOOManiac
• Yeah, I'm going here on my trip for sure. : stump
• so basically hooters but with coffee and japanese ladies? sounds fun! : cpt_gloval
• i bought a japanese porno mag at the hong kong airport that had a dvd. it had alot of gf experience shit... : vassili_zaitsev
• lol Japan, fucking weird as always. : Magus
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  how do japanese people get any work done with all this hilarious shit going on... : mattsull85
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    Heh, look at it all the weird shit that happens in the US you'd wonder the same. : Baby Batter
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      yea but american weirdness has a dark, depressing streak : mattsull85
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        Eh, I'll stay away from that one... : Baby Batter
        • i'm reconsidering this : mattsull85
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  There are cosplay restaurants there where the customers dress up in different costumes that they can rent... : retardhumper
  • Hmm...it probably wouldn't help much to say that the cosplay cafe in Akihabara is right around the corner... : Baby Batter
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    "no pan shabu-shabu" place (fondue at a place where the servers don't wear panties) Where is this plac... : stump
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      We need proof pics & divx : theamazingrand0
      • no pix, but google no pan shabu shabu. some japanese ministry of finance officials were in a scandal cau... : retardhumper
• I never ran across one of those places, but given the plethora of "clubs" in Tokyo, I wouldn't doubt tha... : BongSlayerB
• this is more strange: In imouto cafes, waitresses in uniform role play as the customer's fantasy younger : steelsamurai
• what a bunch of faggots : boring gegtik

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  According to someone else who did it, they let you step up for free. : bipolar
  • Is this the case? I've purchased a 8800GTS less than 90 days ago (around when Bioshock came out) and I... : dopeman
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  People have been reporting that EVGA is exchanging cards straight-up. You don't even have to pay for ship... : godwit
  • Via the website or are they having to call? : xelencin
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    How does this work? Do I have to go videocard-less for 15 days while I wait for the new one? : FushigiDenki
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      You have to ship yours first, so unless you have a backup card or want to buy a cheap card to tide you ov... : bipolar
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        damn, oh well, I'll just wait until next year and buy the next line of cards : FushigiDenki
        • Buy a cheap card from CompUSA in the mean time and just return it when you get the card back from eVGA. : OverloadUT
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    We'll find out.. I just completed the step up program, but it said that I owed something like 70 bucks. ... : dopeman
    • try emailing them about it? : ant_hillbilly
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    For me it shows that shipping must be paid. $14 and change for ground shipping and the GT is backordered. : Tommy Toolbag
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      Also, they only list the vanilla $269 8800GT. The top GT model goes for $299, but isnt offered. : Tommy Toolbag
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        That $269 one is their baseline model? $20 over MSRP for a reference card? : rudds
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          Sorry, I just found the $249 EVGA model on the same site, so the 269 one must be overclocked, but I don't... : rudds
          • Im not seeing any $249 evga card on evga's site, which is used for the step up program. : Tommy Toolbag
    • You were right. They do end up covering the shipping. I picked 2 day shipping, which was $22 and change, ... : Tommy Toolbag
• This sucks. I threw away my box last week =/ Faq says need everything that came with it stupid box. ... : Iwannaacura
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  Can I trade up my 8600GT? : FushigiDenki
  • I'm betting you'll have to come off some cash, but yeah isn't that what the program is all about? : boomstickah
  • you have 90 days after your invoice date : megarust32
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  Does EVGA let you step up to the Superclocked versions or just the regular 8800GT? : Moonraker7
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    Any versions, you just have to pay the difference between the two. : Vegtro
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      Step ups are only to the baseline versions of the cards. No superclocked or KO versions. : Tommy Toolbag
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        not exectly, the OC versions are very limited for step up and first come, first served. At least that;s w... : Old_Fart
        • But according to people who have used the step up program, OCed versions are never offered, citing increa... : Tommy Toolbag
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  You scored. Seriously, it's a straight trade. Love evga...if only they'd let me do the same for my 880gts... : Visceral Monkey
  • I know what you mean :( : FPSDavid
• A winner is you : rosewood
• enter YOUR purchase price, you'll need to send in a copy of your receipt. They keep ya honest via requir... : mrsparil
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  So just to be clear: The 8800GT 512MB performs better than the 8800GTS 640MB, and using the eVGA step-up ... : glio1337
  • more or less, yes. : AlexXdude
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    Exactly, but rumor is the 14th sees even better cards. So, if your 90s days are there or close to it, ma... : rosewood
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      Ain't that a bitch. I have exactly 14 days left to do it. : glio1337
      • Call eVga. They told me today that they have a little leway. : rosewood
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      I'm assuming that this would be ATI's response card, yeah? : Serpico74
      • if it was an ATI card rosewood means, then there's no reason for glio 1337 to wait to "step up" since AFA... : Old_Fart
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        I doubt it, it seems like ATI's got shit at this point : Bantis
        • According to the Anandtech article they may have a new part coming out soon, but it is supposedly going t... : Serpico74
    • The rumor is that ATI's new cards are pretty good (according to fanboys so take that for what it's worth)... : mrwolf710
  • with a 640 meg version, you could step up to 2 GTs for not that much money if you wanted. : Old_Fart
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    it doesn't perform better than the 640mb 8800GTS in all scenarios though, i.e. crysis : moshman
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      Yeah, it does. http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQxMCwzLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA== : mrwolf710
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        those comparisons are fucking retarded because they use different detail settings : moshman
        • here, this is a much better comparison http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/13479/4 : moshman
        • Don't want to get in an argument in an old thread but if you look at the settings on HardOCP not only was... : mrwolf710
• hmm so there is a new revision to the 8800gts to give it more stream processors. i wonder if evga is goi... : smacknca
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  Buy two 8800 GT cards for about the same price as a GTX and demolish it in SLI. Can't resist, I'm totally... : Serpico74
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    its crazy that those of us with 8800gts from evga and do this, and do it relatively economically. I neve... : smacknca
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      I know, SLI never seemed like the "sensible" thing to do, but for $400 you beat a card that costs $500, s... : Serpico74
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        So, you think instead of getting a single 8800GT in a month or so when I buy my new rig (which was origin... : SockMonkeh
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          Depends on your budget. I think so: http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3140&p=12 Two GTs in SLI... : Serpico74
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            Meh, I think I'll just stick with one 8800GT for now since I'm dropping so much on a whole system and buy... : SockMonkeh
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              The 8800GT is a badass video card! Even by itself you're getting very close to the performance of a card ... : Serpico74
              • Yeah, I"m not worried about it. I'm upgrading from a 6800. :D I'm also upgrading my Athlon XP 3200+ to a ... : SockMonkeh
        • The problem that most sites noted with SLI is that you still only have 512MB of RAM (SLI doesn't double y... : mrwolf710
• EVGA is awesome. Step up and get on with your life. : hirosushima

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• That's nuts. : RatBastard
• WTF was that : oatmela
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  The sentry glitched the end sequence? : FiReaNG3L
  • haha yeah. read the little description. he set it up so the turret fired through the doorway and three : mikecyb
• That's pretty awesome. : Zero|DPX
• holy fuckshit : tomservo
• thats awesome : askedrelic
• wow, owned : fluke
• Here is what happened: the guy carried a sentry with him then used it, with portals, to Shoot GLADOS befo : SolrFlare
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  askedrelic, quit watching what I'm watching. >:| : CrustaR
  • okay, im turning off that youtube stalking feature right now :< : askedrelic
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  Didn't he cheat to get the turret though? Or did he manage to carry one with him the whole way there? : basketofkittens
  • Carried one the whole way there. He did use impulse101 to discover that bullets did it, then figured out... : SolrFlare
  • There's a ton of turrets before you get there IIRC. : Sailor of Fortune
• Crazy : dearjamie
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  Oh my god, I feel so retarded after seen these videos. : spazzium
  • Yeah, considering these guys can single segment the whole game in about 18 minutes now, I don't exactly f... : SolrFlare
• hahaha holy crap : deject
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  from where did he carry the turret? was there a turret in 19? : Draugluin
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    yup rememebr the big giant room that had like or 9 of them, plus the 5 or so along the way before that? : SolrFlare
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      oh oh oh duh right lol : Draugluin
      • "Don't believe me? Here, I'll put you on: 'Hellooo!' THAT'S YOU! THAT'S HOW DUMB YOU SOUND!" : RatBastard
• haha, wow. : Magus
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  heres my favorite portal speedruns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaC3rC2tBFM http://www.youtube.com/wa... : podizzle
  • this is some kung fu bullshit right here : snuff
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    portal speedruns are, imo, the most impressive speedruns ever : Modica Sol Solis
    • agreed, some just get NUTS. I can't wait for new maps to come out : Demius
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      Definitely. Astonishing. I haven't laughed so hard in disbelief since QDQ. I'm floored here, fantastic st... : node
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        I wonder how, what can they do to top what could be the perfect single player experience. : chazums
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          It really is just very hard to fault isn't it? I've heard some thought the last boss battle could have be... : node
          • I found it pretty tense, although it took me so long to work out I died the first time. : chazums
  • That last video should be a model on how portal speed runs should be captured. : Waffles!
• How do people find this shit? I have things to do... I wish I thought of that... : DOOManiac
• holy shit! how he ended it was real style too : gyokuro
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  portal looks so damn stupid, every video is just some guy randomly shooting 50 blue and orange things aro... : jackalope
  • oh because portal is the only thing you get with your $50, good job guy : warpdude
  • are you being sarcastic or just really dense? How about you play the fucking thing before talking so much... : moshman
  • It only costs $20... : SilverSnake
  • That's because you're watching a super condensed meta-version of the game. : chazums
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    This is an accurate assessment, well done. : Chris Remo
    • I'm being so sincere right now : chazums
  • I'm making a note here. SO DAMN STUPID : Postal
  • HEY GUYS! I JUDGE AND REVIEW GAMES FROM YOUTUBE VIDEOS! : Super Sparker
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    You woudn't judge Quake from a speedrun or exploit video so don't judge Portal from one. It's a great gam... : nudel
    • I'm pretty sure he would, actually. : bipolar
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    oh a sarcasm detector, that's REAL useful. : tashtego
    • oh. : jackalope
  • thats it, no cake for you : buzzbat
  • This was a troll, I'm making a note here huge suck fest.... : voodooraze
  • Somewhere a bridge is lonely.....:( : -efx-
  • this guy kicks puppies. : infiltrator`
  • Oh snap son, you caught us all in a lie. : Fred Garvin
• jackalope, you must feel so stupid now :( : niceguynick
• holy fucking shit : Daggoth
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  The fact that can even happen is insane. : Amnesty_intl2
  • I think that why that can happen is that most playtesters probably didn't exactly understand that part 10... : Amnesty_intl2
• That was kind of hard to follow as are so many Portal videos. : Fred Garvin

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• They are on a mission from hell. : EvilDolemite
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  I thought we agreed to leave this in the morning thread : boomstickah
  • we can leave the running up the score talk there. There's plenty of room for how awesome the Pats are in ... : derelict515
• and for comparison: What makes the Patriots' ability to go long distance (11 of 14 attempts) even more : derelict515
• They must have hacks cause they have the longest uber on record. : phil_mckraken
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  simple. they cheat! : burgertime
  • hoho! except not! : derelict515
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  i hope belichick keeps brady in the fourth quarter of another retarded blowout and someone pops his knee ... : mindfk
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    They were called cheaters. Their championships were devalued. They are now anally raping everyone in th... : EvilDolemite
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      this argument is gay. they get to say "fuck you" to sportsmanship and the rest of the league because they... : mindfk
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        please don't start this again : derelict515
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          Seriously. Can we have just one thread about the Pats that doesn't devolve into this fucking shit. : AlexXdude
          • haha it's just amusing to me that given the current climate in the nfl right now you would expect a threa... : mindfk
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          sorry i dont monitor the nfl threads on the shack. i'll just assume this was already beat into the ground... : mindfk
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            It's been beaten into the ground in every thread the past month. I thought other people might be interest... : derelict515
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              It's a pretty amazing stat, but you knew this would happen and don't you dare deny it =P PS, I'm terri... : lord cecil
              • yeah I knew it would happen, I know I can't say anything about the Pats without it happening. I can still... : derelict515
      • They're saying fuck you because every team does it and they were hung out to dry for it : Mondo
  • wah wah : Dravenport
  • STOP THIS SHIT : AlexXdude
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  Disclaimer: I'm a Colts fan. Look at the teams they've played, though. Have they played a single decen : theamazingrand0
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    Fuck, I have absolutely no idea who to put a bet down on for next week. I think I'll wait for the spread ... : AlexXdude
    • I would not be betting on this game at all. : derelict515
    • Pats v. Colts:, score: RAPE - 0 : basketofkittens
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      Same. Its going to be an awesome fucking game, though. Then its going to be another awesome fucking ga... : theamazingrand0
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        Huh, looks like places are doing Colts by 4.5 or 5.0. : theamazingrand0
        • Oh god. As much as I really like the Colts, I don't think this'll happen. : AlexXdude
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          No way that's really the line. The Pats have to at least be even here, if not favored by 3. : Bean
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            I'm pretty sure he had the team wrong and its Pats by 4.5 : derelict515
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              Ah, okay. That I'll buy. : Bean
              • Yeah, same. I'd honestly take Pats for 4 or 5. I really like the Colts, as I previously mentioned, but I ... : AlexXdude
          • Seriously, if I wasn't stupidly superstitious and a Colts fan, I would actually decide to put money down : Bean
      • I doubt that any game this year will top the MNF Dallas vs. Buffalo game. : slax0r
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      as a Colts fan, I'd recommend betting on the Pats : lord cecil
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        they're playing in indy right? : Demius
        • Correct. : AlexXdude
    • I won't be betting on this game, that's for sure. : Bean
  • the Redskins had a top 5 defense in the NFL (in yards, points, yards per play, etc ). They got 52 points ... : derelict515
  • i don't think you've seen ohio state's schedule : Deathlove
  • In my eyes there are 3 teams in the NFL right now, pats Colts and Cowboys... to say "they've played crap ... : Demius
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    Here are some fun facts and numbers to crunch for next week's game, too. Disclaimer: I, too, am a Col : Bean
    • The Pats D is finally healthy it's not Troy Brown a 33 y/o WR playing Safety, etc And Brady has a prot... : Mondo
    • the main thing that has me worried is the Brady sack->fumble combo that has occurred a couple of times th... : derelict515
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    the colts have been playing pretty amazing football, but that said I just can't see them beating the Pats... : mikecyb
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      unless you're in Houston it'll be on : derelict515
      • Yes, TELL ME ABOUT THAT FUCKING SHIT. JESUS, I'M SO PISSED : Bean
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  By inside the 20 you mean inside the red zone and not back behind their own 20? Because honestly neith... : slax0r
  • Wait, you mean the long one. I can't read and the pats can't lose. : slax0r
• i love the pats for this. I usually hate them so much, but this entire situation seems like bellichecker... : Foxhawk
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  That's an incredible stat. I do they they need to get their running game up to par soon or it's going to... : chazums
  • the rushing offense is 8th in the league with 135ypg even though the starting RB missed 3 games and the b... : derelict515

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  Yeah it's just about the greatest tv show on the planet. : aeg1x
  • ...sweeping across all genres of TV. : not work safe
  • I'm not even in to cars much but I absolutely love Top Gear. : freshyk
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  Ok, I must see this in high def, YouTube quality is unacceptable! (god I love this show) : Hiro
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    http://www.finalgear.com is as close as you might get for now (it's okay, mods - heck, Richard Hammond ev... : Postal
    • BBC representatives post on the forums as well. They had a talk a while ago and seem to have come to some... : SilverSnake
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    TG isn't produced in HD : castlefire
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      I'm sure it's now produced in HD, the BBC just isn't airing in HD yet (except for those tests where a few... : OrkO
      • The polar race was sent in HD... But hopefully they'll transition to HD soon. : SilverSnake
• Woa! that was awesome! : warcrow
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  And that's far from their best segments! :D Their "how hard can it be" and challenges tends to be the mos... : SilverSnake
  • Oh, and once again it has to be said, BBC photographers, editors and everyone else involved are all geniu... : SilverSnake
• Yeah, watched the episode the other day. This show is solely responsible for me desiring a new car. : spazzium
• Yeah, great episode, as per usual. Also, the following line from that clip sums up pretty much every epis : Bean
• worlds smallest car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mio5fTKqWgM&NR=1 such an awesome show. : holycow
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  Only Top Gear can somehow convince the military to loan them a jetfighter so they can race it against a s... : quanta88
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    well you can't tell me you didn't think a tiny little "oh fuck I wish I joined the air force" after watch... : aeg1x
    • I thought "Wow, time to play Ace Combat 6!" : Sailor of Fortune
  • Seriously, stuff like this would never happen on an American show. : sanchez
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  they should redo it using a F-22 : gmd
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    f-22 isnt european and its a british show. i dont see why they should. : Klebold
    • Didn't they race a Veyron vs. a Cessna in the past? Cessna isn't european. : bostrov
• great segment except for hammond blathering about how awesome it is every 2 seconds : alexthegreat2
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  Anyone know which episode this is from? I must see the whole thing. : coldfusioncs
  • last night's, so ep 3 : Maarten Goldstein
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  Too bad I don't get BBC Two. =\ Is there no other way to (legally) watch these episodes? : Magus
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    Episodes will be showing up on the PSN eventually. Heck, the test track from Top Gear is going to be a t... : Prozium
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      Top Gear eps on the PSN? that would be sooo hot. : Magus
      • http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/49604 : Prozium
• It really is an awesome show, I look forward to seeing the rest of the season, so far it has kicked ass. : dkrulz
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  my epiglottis is full of beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees : snagger
  • That's one of my favorite bits of Top Gear. : deject
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  This one is great also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7DnPaPBuec : project13
  • 407kph :O holy shitballs. : radula
  • Lol at starwars music being more appropriate here than starwars. : jayacheess
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  Top Gear was better when it was about cars and not Jackass involving cars sometimes, although it's good f... : loafywonk
  • The one last year where they went to the US and made fun of americans was great. : retardhumper
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    go back and watch the first couple seasons of top gear and come back, they were still doing all sorts of ... : Mr.SEX
    • I think he means the Top Gear that existed with clarkson about 7-8 years ago. It was just a car review pr... : Beady
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  top gear is definitely the best show on tv that we cant see in america : arizona bay
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    Actually, BBC America is showing it on Mondays now. : Conan
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      Do they still cut the piss out of it? : rosewood
      • Nope, but you've got commercials of course :( : sanchez
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  is that hamster? hes looking old as fuck all of a sudden : mega man
  • almost dieing in a fiery car crash will do that to a man. : Bean
• I thought the rabbit was a nice touch : chungathebunga
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  Top Gear is the only show I've watched where every episode is the best episode : rosewood
  • This episode was fan fucking tastic : rosewood
• That was pretty fucking awesome. : thewriter
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  their touring of the Southern US where they painted each others cars to get the most hate was also good s... : pharoah mike
  • I can only find it in 6 parts on youtube: The gas station confrontation was probably the highlight of ... : pharoah mike
  • What S#E# was that one? I've seen it, but I want to watch it again : Bean
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  i saw British porn once and the guy narated like TOPGEAR it was funny as hell : gyokuro
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    my epiglottis is full of cooooooooock : aeg1x
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      her tits are EPIC and her pussy is just in another league. : CoRDS
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        her arse is divine : thewriter
        • And the sound of the thing its like the god of thunder gargling a hammer : CoRDS
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          absolutely BIBLICAL buttocks. : nomaad
          • the way my cum grips and grips in the corners. and when it finally does let go you just flick it back an... : CoRDS
• Yea that was one of the best things I've seen from a TV show : Mondo
• Imagine if a show around here said they wanted to burn some politician. Imagine the backlash. : rosewood
• I think its one of the best edited shows on television. Not all of the vignettes that they do are nearly ... : mankeroo
• I accept your apology on behalf of Top Gear heads everywhere. Welcome brother, welcome! : randomjgj
• If you're watching and thinking this is cool... it is. : peanut-
• holy shit : klearlyunseen
• lol @ germans versus RAF comment : Daggoth
• hehe that was great! : jrock
• They still haven't topped the (attempted) destruction of the Toyota pickup, IMHO. Awesome show. : genom
• just caught this week's ep - brilliant, start to finish. finally the show has rediscovered its greatness... : snagger
• glad to see that dude's ok. hadn't heard anything since his wreck : Draugluin

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• blog : Boxelder
• lollerskates : GodZilly
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  santorum : datoo
  • I love the story behind this. : wild falcon
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  pwn : SockMonkeh
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    that's too old! here are some good ones i have so far: poopsocker, blogosphere : JINKY
    • oh, lol, 3-4 years : SockMonkeh
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  filthysock'd : filthysock
  • lol. I like your style. : hirez
• google : Mugsy
• mashup, phishing : slax0r
• Stuponfucious : algernoN8
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  wiki ? : scottythejock
  • Technically that's an old word with a new definition, also blog is older than 4 years guys. I can't th... : Amnesty_intl2
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  truthiness. : nomaad
  • wikiality : SockMonkeh
• Podcast, DVDA. : peanut-
• lol, noob, newb, blog, podcast?, blogcast, blogo-sphere, hax, phishing, youtube, digg, iPhone. Some o... : chazums
• truthiness, megamerican, arguably google entered popular vocab as a verb sometime and its just a matter o... : Morgin
• Noobsauce : Anir
• Niggerfaggot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2nTbqbtGug : Nighteyes
• Goodnight, sheeple. : BlackCat9
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  iPhone : lyme
  • Whoops, I'm l ate. How I suck. : lyme
• Cockboat. : xcmantis
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  goatse : jrock
  • oh wait that's older : jrock
• niggerfaggot : CoRDS
• Hasselhoffitarian : Afterglow
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  Ginormous, which I fucking hate it http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/ginormous the story http://www.usato... : drucifer
  • i stand by saying that the only real English dictionaries come from England : CoRDS
  • dude, I've used that word since I was like 4. : the moon and antarctica
• spooge? nah, probably older than that : node
• 2girls1cup : [7]kami
• philsized : smax
• Shitcock! : nudel
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  D'oh. : lightsam
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    Created or entered into the Dictionary? : lightsam
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      created, it shouldn't even be in a real dictionary at all. also iphone is the name of something, if those... : JINKY
      • How would you even be able to track that? Or are they talking about words that have gained popularity in... : lightsam
• tree fitty : gummijoh
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  • ^^^ 2000 : jrock
• 2 girls 1 cup : posito
• vlog - video blog. I'm pretty sure this is fairly recent. : lyme
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  Eep? Op? Orp? Ah Ah? : RikiTiki2
  • seriously though: http://www.m-w.com/info/new_words.htm : RikiTiki2
• ROFLcopter : Skoal^Fyfan
• meh - I actually used this in scrabble and got away with it : AisfortomAto
• OGC : Phil
• interweb : thejm4n

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  in before vehicular homicide : RikiTiki2
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    I did notice that the easiest way to kill the hunters is to just run them the hell down but the fact that... : Omaha
    • Yah, hate the car handling and being able to knock over a strider would've been friggin awesome. : locater16
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      I found that the easiest way to kill the hunters is to throw logs at them. It only takes a few hits and i : Anti_dentite
      • This is what I resorted too. I bumped it up to hard because that part was so epic, and I was crying. : fleabug
• Yeah, it was seriously annoying. : bipolar
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  Now you know why we were bitching about it last night. :) : lplasmatron
  • I suck at video games and I didn't have any problems with that battle. Sure it took me two attempts, but : ThomW
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  and you guys call yourselves gamers : fluke
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    It's just frustrating to have a game that's consistently fun and then they throw something frustrating li : Omaha
    • Did you ever beat HL1? Remember how that game wrapped up? At least Valve is consistent. : Bean
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      That sequence was the single most action packed fun-filled amazing thing to be in a half life game ever a... : GloriousCow
      • I dunno, the first strider battle in HL 2 was hard to beat. Then the one where you are in the bombed out... : Thresher
    • I dunno dude I beat it on my first try :( It was pretty intense though. But the second time I did : fluke
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  Seriously, be super-aggressive with the car and smash those fuckers! It's that or just nuke the site from : warcrow
  • I agree! : esecasco
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  I have never been so PISSED during a fight, and so HAPPY after a fight as I was with that one. A++++ : oatmela
  • True ;-) The first part was easy, but at the end it got super hard and seemed impossible. Then I quick... : tcs
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  the hunter's projectiles vaporize things like the combine balls, so that's probably why they don't detona... : mikecyb
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    I wish I had Combine balls :( : tomservo
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      BAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSS OF FUSION BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS : deject
      • JEBUS! You made me LOL at work! LOL. it's a good thing I'm the only one here. :((((( : Super Sparker
    • you do thomas, you do : mikecyb
• I should have spoiled it for you last night and saved you the trouble. : gmd
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  Finally someone agrees with me. I thought the whole game was super awesome up to that point. Then I got t : stelth
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    exactly how I feel. My roommate too, he's pissed that the sticky bombs don't always stick : digital_d
    • They stick 100% of the time when you kill the hunters first : fluke
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    You fuckers are out of your mind. That set piece may be my favorite battle in any Half-Life game ever. : pupismyname
    • ^^^ ditto All these whiny bitches should be forced to go back and play the fucking Xen levels again. ... : ThomW
    • I agree, I had a blast with that final battle. So, so much fun. : Magus
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  Why are people having so much trouble with this, I seriously don't get it. : spazzium
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    Totally agreed. Everything you had to do was laid out in front of you. Alt fire combine rifle to onesho : Draugluin
    • i was lacking in that last part : filthysock
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  Honestly that part only gave me trouble because I was doing the save all the buildings achievement. : Evil Benius
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    Good lord. I didn't even know that was an option. You did that with a gamepad no less. I bow to your... : ThomW
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      Trust me there was some cursing involved. : Evil Benius
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        I'm cursing sometimes just trying to walk to the right in Super Mario Brothers 1. haha : ThomW
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          I will admit it right here, I never beat Mario 1....or Mario 2, Mario 64, and Mario Sunshine. : Evil Benius
          • All but Mario 2 is nuts. I never beat SMB2 either. I hated it. : ThomW
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  I'm just glad I didn't have to play it with a gamepad. That would have been fucking awful. : Gonzo
  • It's not so bad. It was tense but I finished it my first time through on hard. : Iazu
• you have to run over the hunters w/ the car. that part was difficult but totally beatable : mr.sleepy
• 3. You have to get rid of the Hunters first. This is imperative. The easiest way is to run them over with : pupismyname
• i had problems with it until i lowered the res on my computer. then i beat it the first time. : carnivore
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  Wow, the latest generation of games have really made people go soft... That last battle wasn't really tha... : Magus
  • Yea, the end wasn't really that hard. I played through on Hard, and while I had some issues, I blame it ... : dedgecko
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  lol Step 1) Run over esocrting hunters with the car Step 2) Kick some strider ass : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Step 3) make her open the box : erotic sock
• I first thought this post was about id's new game : TastyWheat
• I agree with said ARHGARHAGAKFJH! : Stage
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  There's an achievement to Not lose a single outpost. Yeah, fck that noise. : node
  • what?! damn you gotta be fast to do that. : filthysock

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  i still need to see saw 2 : fried rice
  • Yes and then 3, or you won't understand 4. Even though I saw Saw 3 and didn't understand 4. : dognose
  • I never saw Saw 1. Should I see Saws 1-3 before I see Saw 4? : riptyde
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  Well crap try this. Peegy! :D http://shocktillyoudrop.com/nextraimages/sawIV-posterfinal.jpg : dognose
  • There's a peeg there? : Arcanum
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    hahahahha "It's a trap" Oh Internet, you have jaded me. : Chrrs
    • I wish your last name was "Rrmo" : dognose
    • Admiral ackbar is in this movie? : Maddog_Delphi97
  • it's been weeks and i still laugh every time at that tagline. : smax
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  lol, its a trap. How'd the movie do without jigsaw alive? I only watched ONE trailer, so the full awe... : fleabug
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    Answer: turns out the big surprise at the end is the events of IV actually take place at the same time as : SolrFlare
    • Huge spoiler here! : dognose
  • It's not as good as the first three, but it's still better than 90% of the horror films out there... and ... : dognose
• Dragon Drop : spazzium
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  how would you rate this one compared to the others? i won't get to go see it til the weekend : grabbie
  • Better than III, but not as good as I and II. They really need to leave it after this one though(althoug... : SolrFlare
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    Just as shitty as the rest of the saw movies. : broly1718
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      I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you haven't seen them all... or this one : dognose
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        actually i have. my friends keep talking me into going and seeing them. : broly1718
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          I'm sorry they haven't made a sequel to The English Patient :( : dognose
          • Gonna have to agree with broly here, granted I enjoyed the first SAW, 2 and 3 were just, not even enjoyab... : f4lln
          • big lol : SockMonkeh
          • LOLOLOL Funniest thing ive read all day, awesome : klearlyunseen
          • ah, of course. Not liking a shitty "horror/suspense" movie equates to liking the english patient. h... : broly1718
      • I've seen them all and while I liked the first one...I agree the rest have been utter shit. Especially t... : austere01
    • Agreed. I haven't seen a really great horror/suspense film since SotL. : Fred Garvin
  • Yes, I'd like to know also. I thought it was really good, maybe even 2nd to the first one. : thejm4n
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    I would suggest you re-watch the 3rd one right before you go : dognose
    • Doesn't it more or less act as the filler for IV? I mean, I thought the writers intended for the events o... : Baby Batter
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  I wanted to ask. Do they have a 10 minute long flashback at the end of Saw 4 where they explain every si... : austere01
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    Huh? I'm sorry, I was on the phone. Can you say that again? :( : dognose
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      if you dont know what I'm talking about than you must not of seen the movie SIR...goodday! : austere01
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        woof! : dognose
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          meow? : austere01
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            rowr? : Baby Batter
            • squirt? : klearlyunseen
  • i liked in saw 3 how they even included stuff that happened 2 minutes ago in the flashback. thanks for r... : dantastic
• More like http://home.insightbb.com/~tristan.smith/trap.jpg : notd665
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  Peegy! :D http://www.nflight.com/files/HalloweenPoppyPeeg.jpg : helvetica
  • I'm scared :( : Evil Benius
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    SpiderPig.. SpiderPig.. Does whatever a SpiderPig does.. : g0nk
    • Can he swing, from a web? : MoreVespeneGas