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  Now I'm blanking, and it's not a good story, but, there was this xbox 3rd person shooter that my buddies ... : goatjc
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    Brute Force? : Dr.yawn
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      haha ding! That's it. What a good game for the whole 1.5 hours of play time lol. Thanks for this. : goatjc
      • lol no worries.. that game was so hyped up too.. as some sort of a halo killer. :P : Dr.yawn
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    Brute Force? : MatthewPhillips
    • True story: One of my guitar students (young boy) once told me that he played a sequel to Halo that was r... : MatthewPhillips
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  Why Gears of War on 360 of course! ololo!1 Seriously though, there are too many to think about. Co-op... : DinK
  • I know. I want good stories of playing Contra and Ikari Warriors too! : geedeck
• I don't want the game, but I'll post a funny one anyway. Halo 3 coop with multisync. I'm charging dow... : action roommate
• Definitely Golden Axe on the Genesis. We'd spend most of the time fighting each other, the enemies just ... : SeaLlama
• GoldenAxe and recently Lego Star Wars : gummijoh
• Toss up between Bad Dudes on C64 and Streets of Rage on Genesis. : darcspeed
• We got diablo II and installed it on the work computers and at around 5pm my mate and I started playing. ... : filthysock
• When playing Super Mario Brothers my friend would press pause when I jumped over a hole then he would unp... : gmd
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  Probably not the co-op story you are expecting, but way back in the day, my buddies and I were HUGE into ... : FormerHPB
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    yeah, good times. every time I think of these games is the movie swingers. I would just go after their ... : goatjc
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      All you had to do was take out Roenick and the Blackhawks became amazingly average. Roenick was a tank. ... : FormerHPB
      • There was something so awesome about NHL on the Genesis that has never been replicated : spiderfill
• Guerilla War for regular NES. Me and my bro sat down one day and finished that game from start to finish... : changejar419
• Not really your typical co-op experience but those tower defense maps for Starcraft are what immediately ... : aeg1x
• My best coop stories lie in the form of Serious Sam ep 1 and 2, with my brother, with the newly installed... : barichnikov
• Spending a couple of weeks over Christmas playing Guardian Heroes on my Saturn with my cousin. Played it ... : Sacred Sperm
• Gears of War on the 360 actually taught my lunkheaded ex-roomate the meaning of co-op. We used to play HL... : Dave-A
• My brother and I were playing FFIII on the SNES, with each of us controlling two characters. I don't reme... : helvetica
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  I played through the entirety of Serious Sam at a LAN party in high school with 5 other people on a spare... : SockMonkeh
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    serious sam was such a great LAN game. I miss those days. : Fish_Bulb
    • Every co-op game is a good LAN game. (well, a small LAN) I've been itching to play through Serious Sam... : DinK
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      Yeah, I miss lugging my huge CRT monitor to my trunk, putting all the other PC parts in there, driving ov... : SockMonkeh
      • I seriously do miss it, though. : SockMonkeh
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        There would always be one guy at a LAN whose stuff had broken. : CrustaR
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          Yeah, and it's so funny because while everyone is setting up they try to help each-other so the games can... : SockMonkeh
          • I always liked playing NHL '98 and NFS2. Those were awesome. : CrustaR
      • then after everything is working, you realize somebody uninstalled your favorite game, another guy's netw... : DinK
    • Agreed! It was all-out madness and hilarity for the entire game. Perfect for LANs. : helvetica
  • Yea, this would be one of my top 5 moments playing coop-- Get a to a lan party, everyone's playing CS : dedgecko
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    Funny, me too. 0_o : silentw
    • You don't live in Maryland. :( : SockMonkeh
• Running around in gears of war and double chainsawing fewls. It's hard to get the timing right, but when... : Fish_Bulb
• It was during my Freshman year of high school about 8 years ago. I had just moved to a new area and had m... : zerog83
• One time a friend and I waited til all our friends (at college) were gone for class or something to play ... : lokdown
• I was staying over at my grandmother's house, when she used to live in a big triplex, before she moved so... : AlexXdude
• Amadan and I drank beer and played co-op when he got a new TV. Thats about all I've got :( : Degenerate
• The first time I ever played Final Fantasy tactics was co-op. Three friends and I all assumed one of the... : Grumbeld
• More people need to try FEAR Co-op Warfare. It's insane. Some levels have dozens of enemies coming at you... : avatar_58
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  Getting Duke 3d working over dial up was always a blast too! Ahh the good ol' days. : changejar419
  • OUT OF SYNC! RUN DN3DHELP.EXE FOR MORE INFORMATION :( : avatar_58
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    I remember waiting for my sister to get off the phone and she knew I was waiting so she extended her call... : Super Sparker
    • my parents used to get upset at all the phone calls they missed when I was on the BBS with my Commie 64 w... : FormerHPB
    • That reminds me of trying to play Warcraft 2, Doom, Heretic, Hexen, and Duke 3D over the modem with my ne... : SockMonkeh
    • Whoa, four hours?! That's epic. : CrustaR
• Playing with people is fun : shred.
• Operation Flashpoint! The mission was to storm a town with a BMP and some infantry. We all met in the l... : spiderfill
• Playing Gyromite on the NES with my bro. One of us would run that stupid little scientist guy around and ... : baronzemo78
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  Recently? Lego Star Wars for sure : PlanetPerfecto
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    Never heard of it. : ThomW
    • THis post needs more love! : FormerHPB
• A buddy and I used to play Starseige: Tribes cap-the-flag a minimum 4 hours a day/night. For the longest... : jeffcox111
• probably contra:alien wars for the snes. it would bring myself, my brother, and my dad together when we w... : anthonybean
• Playing Quake 2 co-op back in '99 with my roommate, and it's his first time trying this co-op stuff. So ... : Liquid
• Set the way back machine to 1987. There was a simplistic rpg called Swords of Glass. Two people could pla... : baron calamity
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  bubble fucking bobble. no story to go with it except that we played for hours and hours and hours and hou... : pyide
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    and still never finished it... right? i did the same and always got to the same map and couldn't get any ... : cause&effect
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      finished it plenty of times. the boss music is etched into my brain :P : pyide
      • damn you! :) one day bubble bobble.. one day!! : cause&effect
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    That game ruled for 2-player. : riptyde
    • it was the ultimate. heck, you HAD to play with a friend just to get the 'good' ending. : pyide
• ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← à : Kniggit
• in 6th grade, i played through all of marathon 2 and marathon infinity with a friend of mine in one night... : mattsull85
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  My best co-op experience was also my first co-op experience. I had a shitty little laptop that I inherite... : Fredrik S
  • This is a good story. : Rice-Rocketeer
• No single even in particular, but: Diablo 2 At work we had everyone ranging from casual gamers to hard c... : bcyde
• My buddy Wan and I used to get together every weekend and play Delta Force for hours on end. We loved th... : ThomW
• Shooting the food in Gauntlet. So simple, yet so infuriating to people when you did it. : riptyde
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  Serious Sam : kodt
  • omg, the 12-player shitstorms we created in that game were fucking amazing. : biskits
• I got into the IT field because of Doom 2 or Quake co-op. I was a receptionist in a mall and was rea... : kanix
• Playing Contra with Grimp over the internet, fucker kept jumping up the waterfall and killing me >:[ o... : sketchuout
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  Me and my buddies would play co-op Ghost Recon for hours. Still do - this was the original on PC, mind yo... : TastyWheat
  • Also, Guitar Hero coop parties with beer and women. Footage here: http://tastywheat.shackspace.com/video.... : TastyWheat
  • ^^^ Also a good story! : Rice-Rocketeer
• Best co-op experience I had was playing through Marvel Ultimate Alliance with a shacker and some college ... : spazzium
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  I played Serious Sam co-op in one sitting with 6 other people. It was fucking amazing. : freshyk
  • LOL you weren't at the same LAN party, were you? : SockMonkeh
• SNES Bomberman with the 4 player adapter port. On Tuesday nights in the summer when I was out of school,... : slickdoody
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  I've never had a co-op gaming experience. Help : feek
  • :[ Doom2 was the best. : CrustaR
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  DUKE NUKE EM 3 I used to cane that phonebill so much with that shitty dial in connection bollocks you ha... : Klebold
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    dognose is going to murder you for misspelling the name of his Lord and Saviour : TastyWheat
    • since ' is punctuation ill say my grammar was wrong and hopefully get away with it easy. : Klebold
• You're not playing GoW co-op unless you get the reacharound. : TwiLyght
• I was playing Operation Flashpoint with two friends of mine at a LAN. We downloaded a zombie mission (vo... : MuteMode
• It was just the two of us. There were so many, I can't remember how many ships we ended up taking down. W... : MoreVespeneGas
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  Gunstar Heroes! Gunstar Heroes! GUNSTAR HEROES!!!! : quadeh
  • Oh, right, and the story: Anyone remember the Sega Channel? You know, big clunky thing you put in the ca... : quadeh
• doom 2, back in the days where friendly fire wasn't an optional setting, i used to play all the time with... : Dravenport
• Halo 1 +2 with Flinz and of course Diablo 2, but thats more multiplayer.. : naabster
• DOOM (over modem) - Back in the day I was playing some co-op in DOOM with a buddy who didn't exactly know... : Madwacker
• Here's my best coop experience: I was playing Duke4ever coop with George B. We had just killed a coup : CrustaR
• My best co-op experience happened last week, starting out with Halo, we played through the whole series. ... : Fox n Panther
• Me and a friend played Oblivion Co-Op on the 360. We both created the exact same characters and walked do... : bozer
• Heretic LAN in the school's computer lab, after school was beautiful. I remember in the background on th... : stygian_whisper
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  My favourite co-op story is with a fellow Shacker, Moonbase Commander, and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory fo : Rice-Rocketeer
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    tl;dr remember the scarabs? : Majuju
    • Yeah, but Foxhawk ruined it for me, because he said EVERYONE did it. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
• Playing System Shock 2 with a friend, despite the numerous bugs. Every hour or so he'd turn into a pile ... : megarust32
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  Long long before I knew there was a shacknews and an internet me and a buddy used to play doom2 modem to... : boomstickah
  • Another good story, except it's boomstickay, so it actually sucks. : Rice-Rocketeer
• First time playing GOW, played co-op on a beautiful 42" HD screen, I'm trying to explain to my noob frien... : mad-d00d
• PLaying Gauntlet on the old school Nintendo back in '89 or so. A friend of mine (the owner of the Ninten... : hoopfam4
• I was playing this mod for Half-Life 1 called Sven Co-Op, so these guys were playing with me, and we were... : Amnesty_intl2
• Duke Nukem 3D my frosh year at college. I tried to get everyone into Quake and it just didn't take, but e... : Deathlove
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  Playing Duke3D on Kali back in the day. I set some pipebombs up in a elevator, i ran across the level and... : onji
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    wait you said co-op, fuck : onji
    • i know, right? i feel only 99% retarded : Deathlove
  • Actually, that would be even funnier in coop. : CrustaR
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  Motherfucking Rocket Race: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15242895 : brickmatt
  • Pink Team For Life. : brickmatt
  • I only got to play that once, we need scheduled games, because that shit was FUN as hell. : krym3
• Quake! On one computer. My brother would be on the keyboard moving the character and jumping, while I was... : OverloadUT
• I am posting a second one for double the chance of winning! Contra for the NES. This goes beyond just ... : OverloadUT
• Two instances come to mind... 1) Gears of War on 360 playing with my friend and us working together to... : Tawler
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  Original Diablo: My best friend and I, after returning back from random dungeon #156154, decided we were... : Snif DeCrac
  • this made me lol : onji
• How about some videos instead? http://www.dslyecxi.com/screens/Operation_Flashpoint/Havoc's_OFP_Shackbat : Havoc1c4
• i was playing gears co-op with someone and then i lost the connection, so i went to sleep because it was ... : qwpeoriu
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  Can X-rated stories win, geedeck? Because both of my best co-op gaming moments have been just that, and i... : Bean
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    So they end with gay sex? : boomstickah
    • The story of my life. :[ : Bean
    • cowboy gay sex : Dave-A
  • post that shit. The shack puts cuss words in the POTM all the time. : sigpro
  • Eff Aye Pee, please, thanks, post. : Amnesty_intl2
• All night SNES Rampage World Tour. Around 4am the world was destroyed and it was glorious. Much soda and ... : Damodred
• One time my buddy and me got drunk with our other friend's older sister and went out into a field with he... : voodooraze
• Not really a coop game but it was a coop moment. I remember back in 2000 I finally got a Cable Modem i... : Sailor of Fortune
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  I know it's supposed to be co-op but I need to share this PvP experience. When I got Doom 2, I bought a ... : AhmNee
  • LMAO : Snif DeCrac
• Quake 1 - summer 1996. I ran the student computer lab for the Community College I worked at, and we were... : trOmblyj
• Sven coop on halflife. It was two of my brothers and I, it was on some level with this tram with two part... : chungathebunga

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  :D Totally reminds me of the Condemned video you made. : tomservo
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    I'm starting to think I'm just repeating myself over and over. Let me know when my shtick gets old so I c... : dionex
    • This video would sell more copies of the game than the official videos they put in their ads. : vynn
    • Completely badass, great pick for the music and good editing! :D : GBeer11
• I'm just going to order this online. Everyone store around here says they will release it on the 16th. :... : CrustaR
• Hahaha, this is the greatest thing I've seen all week, thank you for this. I need this game so bad : Modica Sol Solis
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  I can't watch this at work, but can I ask what system settings it's on and what your rig's specs are? : spectr3
  • I'm running WinXP and I have everything at high. I believe I have AA turned off. My system is a Core 2 X6... : dionex
• fucking awesome! Great choice of music too, I still listen to their greatest hits album once in awhile. : vynn
• That was pretty fantastic. Thanks. :) : Goncyn
• holy crap, this game looks fun. i want. good video, btw. : pandastrong
• This vid is so energetic! <3 : SlamDunk
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  downloading from shackspace is such a pain in the ass : FushigiDenki
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    If I'm logged into Shacknews, why doesn't that carry over to this download :( : indosauros
    • exactly, that or just keep me logged in forever : FushigiDenki
    • You f'n tell me, it's been that way for years. : abrasion
• That was a Totally Awesome vid :D : Lightbulb
• I feel the video would have been better suited to be accompanied by Phil Collins masterpiece, "In The Air... : askedrelic
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  that first one i cant open in any player : hobosapien
  • How about the second one? I'm glad I encoded it in 2 different formats. : dionex
• Thanks for the compliments everyone! : dionex
• This video made me more excited about the game than any promotional videos I've seen. : OverloadUT
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  What settings was this and what is your system? : skinlab133
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15561137#itemanchor_15562271 : dionex
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      I am so smrt. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15561661#itemanchor_15561661 : dionex
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        cool thanks, so 1280x1024 @ "high" is doable then with that system? : skinlab133
        • I would think so. I played through the demo first at 1280x720 at high and while it got jerky in some plac... : dionex
• lol wow great job. : eeeealmo
• Woah great makes me want to upgrade my pc and play this game : xxx2xxx
• Totally awesome dude. : dltrem
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  I'm gonna try with 1920x1200 everything on VERY HIGH on vista for DX10 Maximum GAME. : spectr3
  • doh, only 12 fps :( : spectr3
• That was awesome. : SockMonkeh
• haha I love it, shit blowing up and ducks being thrown and all sorts of good stuff. Oh and the first v... : khaosman
• does crysis support the trackir thing for leaning around corners? : cpt_gloval
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  great video, but it struck me as if the AI was pretty dumb -- is this true in the game? (my rig won't run... : boofy
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    I played it on normal difficulty but I hear it gets smarter at the harder difficulties. : dionex
    • The AI does some awesome stuff sometimes. Other times they do incredibly stupid things. Just like AI in a... : d0gbert
    • It doesn't get 'smarter' per se, it just gets 'faster'. Looking around in the .cfg files for the demo,... : DrFlammable
  • The AI isn't the best, especially when it comes to their buddies dying right next to them. I still <3 ... : abrasion
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  Why does that song remind me of the final ep of Sopranos and make me sad? Also how the heck do you do th... : abrasion
  • Ahh same band :( : abrasion
  • You can snap their necks? I'm pretty sure you can hit the melee button while holding them to punch them i... : dionex
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  does it contain spoilers? : ballystix
  • I'd like to know also. : thejm4n
  • it only the demo level, so no. : sandcrab
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  There sure are some nice explosions in there!!! :O : dognose
  • :D : dionex

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  Rice isn't the only thing thats fried :( : geedeck
  • hahaha, (from Leathal Weapon 4) "Flied Lice" : Sailor of Fortune
  • boooooooooooooooooo : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Another one eh? we're keeping that 1 a day average pretty well lately. : abrasion
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    how many aus RRODs have we had? : filthysock
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      At least 1, shavenwok shavenwork, shavenworker - whatever his username is - just this week - but we only ... : abrasion
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        Mine died 6 months ago. : batkiwi
        • I forgot about you, sorry - so there's like 6 regular aussies with 2 dead ones, that's a nice 33% failure... : abrasion
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        shavenewok? : deathofrats
        • Something to that effect. : abrasion
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        i haven't had mine RROD... : shavenewok
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          DIDN'T YOU GET THAT PAYPAL MONEY OR NOT? (I swear you did, well fuck - another Aussie did, last week) ? : abrasion
          • nup not me, made me check my paypal account and everything! The only problem i've had with my 360 was ... : shavenewok
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        mine died too : aeg1x
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          So we've got you, me, cords, tasty, filthy, shaven, batwiki, radula etc I think radula, cords, you, sh... : abrasion
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            are any of you guys going to that egames expo saturday at jeff's shed? : shavenewok
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              Is that on again is it? IIRC there was an entry fee :/ : abrasion
              • $16 i believe : shavenewok
          • i pre-ordered that sucker : filthysock
          • my launch day 360 has yet to miss a beat : CoRDS
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      Mine did, on the first day! : OwenButler
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        Well you ain't a regular but to further my agenda we'll add your statistic! : abrasion
        • Further anecdotal evidence: Of the 6 360's purchased by people I know locally, 2 have failed. : OwenButler
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        just to be sure it was 3 lights and not 4 right? : DarkWolf5
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          3 lights. What does 4 mean? http://gaim.umbc.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/redringofdeath.jpg : OwenButler
          • 4 means the video cable isn't inserted correctly/fully. I have seen it a few times when first connecting ... : DarkWolf5
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  Buy another while the broken one is being repaired. Sell repaired box. Lose a little money but it's wor... : geneshifter
  • ^^^ This is the position I'm in right now. Friday is my cutoff day to buy a new one if I don't get a cha... : HojuSimpson
  • yes but you're forgetting http://brokenxblm.blogspot.com/2007/01/problem-description-faqs.html (of ... : abrasion
• Oh, shit. I just bought one a month after you. :| : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I thought the Elite's were built to fix the ooo issue? : Skoal^Fyfan
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    Only after the 32'nd week of this year (August iirc?) even then it's not a guaruntee. : abrasion
    • shit, i hope my september purchase pulls through. :( i paid for the elite to avoid RROD. : biskits
• I'll play on mine tonight to make up for your lost time. : Sailor of Fortune
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  sigh : slacko
  • 0wned. : CrustaR
• /passes torch : ThomW

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• I need a new level : Patch-e
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  and one lack of surprise when your WE reads this post. He knows who you are! : skankcore
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    Actually, how do people know who their WE's are? I thought it was supposed to be a secret (I'm still try... : logik?
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      That "I dont want anything" text was in the person's Address field. So when dahanese looked at the addres... : sikander
      • Ahh, gotcha. Thanks. : logik?
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      sikander's WE page shows you who your WE is and vice versa. I know who mine is, and he knows I'm his. : skankcore
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        no.. the person you are sending to is not necessarily the person you are getting from. that's the way it ... : sikander
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          Ohhh. I thought that's the way it worked. My whole WE world has been turned upside down! : skankcore
          • mine too! : yossapw
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  I can understand the tape measure/level combo but how do you fit a notepad on there? : Degenerate
  • it's post-it sized : cpt_gloval
• oh SHIT this gives me a GREAT idea : Majuju
• I'd love to see what MacGyver could do with that. : cause&effect
• cool, i'm sure lolthisisfun would enjoy it! : sikander
• I always read that as 'The Strangler' : Agrona
• ahh the stranger that is a good idea! : Str8Dog
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15555958 : opengl128
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  Since I know how this works now, I'll contribute my collection so far... -A deck of Psychonauts playin... : skankcore
  • Now everyone is hoping you have them. : perstephanie
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    Well i'm pretty sure this isn't me because i would probably just get a note in a big box saying 'fuck you... : buzzbat
    • You nailed the first seven words but the rest are blatant LIES! : skankcore
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  I like threads like this because I haven't gotten a chance to go through my random crap collection and ha... : perstephanie
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    that's why i made it! : cpt_gloval
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      :) Any advice for those of us who are new this year? : perstephanie
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        as long as you send something, it's all good. : cpt_gloval
        • Ha. I'm not *that* new. :) : perstephanie
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  I'm getting this terrible juice stuff from the asian market. They have several different flavors but the... : khaosman
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    did you try the sugar cane drink? *yak* : cpt_gloval
    • hahaha yes that actually may have been worse : khaosman
  • But anyone can get Jones soda. : Agrona
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  I've been drinking grape juice and eating nothing but brisket since Monday........ : tomservo
  • oh i hope you got me : cpt_gloval
• i don't even know who my we is yet, i got to the party late ;/ : xxiv
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  When will the rest of us get our victims? :( : voodooraze
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    you didn't get assigned a buddy? : zagzig32
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      No there was some issue with the site, a problem with double registration or something. Skiander said he'... : voodooraze
      • *Sikander (sorry) : voodooraze
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  so far: 1 cup acquired : mwasher
  • needed: 2girls and a mound of poop : Plapper
• yah my WE is getting just misc junk... i threw out a lot of stuff I should of saved back when I moved i... : Shadowdane
• a couple pictures of you doing the stranger? what? : creep
• I have a shitload of old games I'm sending mine ms combat flight sim 2 ef 2000 bureau 13 syndicate ... : mattfl
• WEEEEE! its got a long way to go but I just posted mine then :D : radula
• I have been thinking about these three things: One Collectors Edition copy of Star Wars Galaxies On... : shortbuscaptain

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• You deserve it modica sal salis. : thief
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  Well we just changed it, and I don't think changing it again will do anything. Certain shackers will give... : Flying h4x0r
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    I want to be an admin.* Also, I think a server with a lower player limit would be neat! 7 on 7 is fun .... : thief
    • you = fgt : mmaster_pw
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      shut up theif i should be an admin, i'm fuckin' playing often enough god damn, my poor grades... : Modica Sol Solis
      • We could have a contest for admin! Whomever spells my name correctly first! can backstab felicia or zaun... : thief
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      7 vs 7 with you being a spy would be unfair, lol. At least with 22 or 24 player servers I know I might ... : ant_hillbilly
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        To be honest, in a 7 on 7 situation, I don't think I would be a spy, but rather a soldier again, or an en... : thief
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          Yah now that I give it some thought, it would be a lot easier to spot double players. However its also o... : ant_hillbilly
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            The whole point of a TF2 clan is partly not so much to play the right class well at the right time, but t : thief
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              When you disguise as a class that the enemy team has, you take the name of one of the players of that cla... : Modica Sol Solis
              • oh, well then, my hasty theory is shot to hell! ha. : thief
              • That is a very important thing for spies to remember. If you are disguising as an engineer and the enemy ... : OverloadUT
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              Spies just act suspicious, IMO. They do stuff that a normal player would NEVER do. : silentw
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                The biggest giveaway for me is when they're not firing. I never stopped shooting something, even if it's ... : Modica Sol Solis
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                  But pyros tend to need to conserve ammunition, so I disguise often as apyro. Engineers walk around with ... : thief
                  • I've never run out of ammo as a Pyro unless it was on purpose. I don't think it's possible! Ammo crates a... : Modica Sol Solis
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                    I almost never run out of ammo as a Pyro. And when I do, it's after I've killed several people. : Ride-My-Rocket
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                      I must be doing something wrong as pyro. Oh yeah -- either not being ubered or not switching to spy or s... : thief
                      • you're a hell of a sniper. i wish i was as good at a single class as you were at spy or sniper, or zaun a... : Modica Sol Solis
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      I want to be an admin so I can kick you off the server when you shoot me in the head a zillion times runn... : Colleton
      • More like backstab me for the millionth time. : Rag and Bone Man
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    Actually, couldn't you designate certain ips as having an equal priority, all however many of us non-lurk... : thief
    • Yeah, I haven't been on for the past few days, but I'd recognize most of the people I usually played with... : Flying h4x0r
  • More admins seems like the way to go. We would have to check their stats first... you know, to make sure : Havoc1c4
  • The one and only time I gave out the pass for the shack servers was for the VoodooPC guys who wanted to p... : Solstice
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  are lurkers not allowed now? : jujubees
  • I don't think that it's just that they're lurkers. There are people that play that I know aren't shackers... : felicia
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    Someone made a good post the other day about the reasons why there's this stigma against lurkers. I think... : Modica Sol Solis
    • The point about incentive and reform is a decent one. : thief
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      that's pretty much how I feel too. Lurk all you want, but if you're not going to join in the community fu... : edgewise
      • people who don't have a steam account in the same name as their shack name changed their game nickname (s : Modica Sol Solis
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        I agree, but I would rather have a near full server than an empty one. : Modulus
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          trust me, there's no shortage of people that want in the servers. lurkers or no, that's not a problem in ... : Modica Sol Solis
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            ..really? I haven't played in a few weeks (been too busy), but last time I did there was one full server ... : Modulus
            • There's usually a full server, full of chatty regulars. And that's good enough IMO, don't need lurkers to... : Modica Sol Solis
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        But some lurkers might bet pulled into the comments through regularly playing on a tf2 server. It's a fu... : thief
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          Yeah, well how often has it happened that someone started posting regularly after playing on the servers?... : feek
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            Who cares if they lurk, I mean jesus...whats with all the elitism? : VegasX
            • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15562676 : feek
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            People who play on the shack server but do not post do not contribute anything to the immediate community... : thief
            • *whom are regular posters on the shack website (not 'regulars on the shack server'). To homework! : thief
      • agreed on all points. I think if I kill lots while Phil is healing me, he'll share more porn. then its a ... : epit
      • I agree completely. : abrasion
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      Elitism, fuck yeah! : d0gbert
      • It's not elitism at all. : Rice-Rocketeer
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        Elitism would be saying they don't get to play TF2 at all. What's going on here is people want to play wi... : dmason
        • But Modica is saying that anyone he doesn't recognize or doesn't remember a post of is a lurker. I defin... : invisible_kid
        • and they get to, so whats the big deal? The password keeps the server from being entirely public. There a... : VegasX
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      How do you define a luker? No posts? No account? Less than 1,000? Less than 5,000? There are so man... : invisible_kid
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        I think you're a lurker when people don't recognize you. That's...pretty much it! People know my name, pe... : Modica Sol Solis
        • who are you again : electroly
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          Guess I'm a lurker to most of the Shack then, because they probably don't remember a specific post I've e... : invisible_kid
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            But you participate in the community, which is more that can be said for most. It's not like 3000 posts i... : Modica Sol Solis
            • And I understand, I am just annoyed at this and the WE attitude of lurkers being so evil, and who people ... : invisible_kid
            • uhh this happens in any community dude. Hell there are NON-lurkers here who are more than capable of bein... : VegasX
          • Yeah, I never really noticed you before. It's like you're invisible, kid. : SockMonkeh
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          Am I a lurker? : Nali4Freedom
          • No...Fantasy Baseball! Also I've seen you on teh TF2 servers. But I think anyone with any amount of p... : invisible_kid
        • Yeah but plenty of people post here all the time but don't stick out enough to be noticed, and I think a ... : Zeeliv
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          I don't think most people would've recognized my name when I first jumped on during the pre-order beta. ... : bcyde
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            LOL I recognize you man, but thats cause I cross-associate yer mane with British Colombia (tho I know it ... : Solstice
            • Heh no I'm not . It reads like b-side, my friends just started calling me that because my name begins wi... : bcyde
        • I don't recognize a shitload of people that post on the shack, and sometimes they are people that have 5-... : shred.
        • Why didn't you mention me, you pompous faggot? : SockMonkeh
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      and how long did you lurk before you registered on 7.23.07? : VegasX
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        err 06' my bad : VegasX
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          Eh, but point understood. Defining a lurker is difficult. Post count? Register date? Activity? : dmason
          • Exactly. The only stigma that follows lurkers is the one generated by the general attitude that Modica is... : VegasX
          • Seriously, it is a HUGE deterrent from actually posting more when you are first starting out when so many... : invisible_kid
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        actually he registered in 2006, not 2007 : Old_Fart
        • http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15562824#itemanchor_15562930 : VegasX
      • Probably a few weeks, but once I started posting, boy did I start posting. Girl topics in my first week a... : Modica Sol Solis
    • Pretty much, lurkers may as well be playing on a pub than taking a valuable slot. : feek
  • Not the annoying, douchebag ones I hope :( Far as I know the admins don't mind cool lurkers who know wher... : NastyJack
• =( : mmaster_pw
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  It's an elite club that everyone wants to get into. The games on the shack servers are miles ahead of th... : ant_hillbilly
  • this is so true. Pubs are just not as fun to play on. Also the people that play on the shack servers are ... : Modulus
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    10K posts and I don't even feel welcome. so whatever, you get what you get. : Slowtreme
    • n00b : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Do you use your shackname, that should be a requirement. : abrasion
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    shack servers cater more the older / reflexes declining generations...which I <3 that 14 yr olds in the p... : Skoal^Fyfan
    • ^^^ totally came out wrong. : Skoal^Fyfan
    • So, what were you trying to say? That a private server is for more mature people and pubs for people wh... : thief
    • Enter this one into the Registry! : Sailor of Fortune
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    I refuse to play TF2 on pubs. We need more Shack servers. Maybe we should start raising money for this... : DOOManiac
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      there are plenty of shack servers. the problem is nobody wants to join a 0/24 or 1/24 server. : electroly
      • ^^^truth : spazzium
      • Pretty much the case. : dmason
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        yet 90% of the time if you join that empty server and make a post here, people will fill it up. It was li... : Old_Fart
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          this would be easier if TF2 didn't have the worst alt-tab support of any game ever : electroly
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            i wish we could shack from the in-game steam community browser. :) : smax
            • you can edit a config file and do that, but steam uses IE so comments would be broken : aeg1x
• Yeah that Aco guy seemed like a douche. Also it's funny when some guy comes on and his name is something ... : NastyJack
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  Just boot assholes and let cool people play. : EvilDolemite
  • well who's got the boot? not enough admins I think. : edgewise
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  how abouit a vote kick system? : Unleashed
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    I hate vote systems as a whole. They always, always get abused. : NastyJack
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      But then maybe they wouldn't on the above-average shack servers. : NastyJack
      • Doubt it :( the map votes always got abused on the shack CS:S server, so I'd doubt this would be any dif... : dkrulz
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    The complete absence of voting is nice. My only complaint with TF2, or the way our servers are set up, i : thief
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      You could vote to keep people off your sign. : skunk_ape
      • Is my vote is the only vote allowed? : thief
• i've been playing on the server since launch and haven't had any problems. : lakren
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  I had an idea today: How about a simple website that lists all of the Shack servers in one place, and a w... : OverloadUT
  • I've thought about something like that, I think it's a great idea if someone has the time and knowhow to ... : feek
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    Might help a bit but people will still give the password to their friends. I'm not sure if that was the i... : laurgasms
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      This system, plus changing it once a week would really help. : feek
      • That's what I was thinking. If it's super easy to get the password and especially if it auto-notifies peo... : OverloadUT
    • I think the solution to this whole situation is more admins If someone won't even say what their shack... : Rag and Bone Man
    • Valve really needs a way to have a server only be joinable by members of a specific steam community. LOCA... : SockMonkeh
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  I had to leave. That guy was such an offensive dick. : laurgasms
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    That made me mad, you're a fun Pyro to follow around! : Modica Sol Solis
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      He was being such a jerk and would only talk to say something offensive. : laurgasms
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        what was his player name? : Old_Fart
        • I think it was Aco... not sure though. : laurgasms
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  I let me dad play. Should I not? He loves the server because the asshat concentration is so low. :( : great-white
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    This exemplifies why there only need be more responsible admins who kick people that are sincerely and tr... : thief
    • Yeah, this is the bottom line. We need active admins and control over the server. : Modica Sol Solis
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      Well, if anyone has any problems with either JECKYL or HECKYL let me know. I can't really see Jeckyl bein... : great-white
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        I don't think anyone is going to tell you to tell them to stop playing =) It's sort of cool your dad pla... : thief
        • Yeah, thats kinda what I like. But the server could use more admins. If theres general dicking around goi... : great-white
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    I think inviting a friend to play WHILE YOU ARE ALSO ON is fine. As long as they don't keep playing all t... : feek
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      I had been wondering if it's okay to invite a friend or two to play at the same time. If they were good f... : OverloadUT
      • Go ahead and invite them. In my opinion 90% of the other players won't recognize or even know because th : thief
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  I rarely have a problem with people on Dallas or the .69 server, and I rarely see others having problems.... : dkrulz
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    Seriously, were you guys online today? I've never had a problem on any of the servers until this guy. : laurgasms
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      What was up? : thief
      • generally offensive douchebag, would only talk to make rude or sexual comments, wouldn't say his shacknam... : laurgasms
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  What the server could really use is additional admins. To kick idle people, to change the map (occasional... : dmason
  • i agree with this statement : andrew``
  • agreed wholeheartedly. : great-white
  • i think we can all get behind this tromblyj, where u @ : Modica Sol Solis
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15563054 : thekidd
  • Im willing to do service as an admin : feek
  • Does TF2 have a decent server mod yet? The SA guys have a good set up running on their DoD:S server. Goon... : freshyk
  • Yes. Also list who they are in the Message of the Day so we can SM them if none of them are on the server... : ConfusedUs
  • I could be an admin. Sure I don't have a zillion posts like some people but I'm fair. Also, I'm available... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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    Let the elections begin! If you were elected admin, what would be your first contribution to the serve : dkrulz
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      I would bring cake : filthysock
      • Filthy fucking lies. : Solstice
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      someone who won't change the map because he or two other people on the server thinks it sucks. : pyide
      • oh, i didn't read the rest of the post. i was suggesting someone who won't abuse their powers. i hate... : pyide
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      turning on sv_alltalk : electroly
      • also i would stand on thief's sign : electroly
    • Massive lols. Also, free pizza every saturday. Between 5 and 5:01 am. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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      I would take away Maddog's mic. : Horn
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        You so won't get my vote that way. Maddog's voice antics are a fucking riot :D : Solstice
        • Fucking signed. If anything, his mic should be permanently turned on! : ckaps
      • i would give him a bullhorn. : bfzzzz
    • I would kick anyone who kills me. : SockMonkeh
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  I admit I am a lurker, I'll try to get on this posting thing more often. : ghostthegreat
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    while being more involved with the community is great (ie. posting), as long as you're not a douchebag on... : lowpoly
    • I hope this is the case... I post here and there, but I do enjoy the Shack servers very much and am defin... : ckaps
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  are they still on? : thekidd
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    the main dude that was pissing folks off is gone now : Modica Sol Solis
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      Ah. Well I have admin, but no one messaged me to tell me what was going on :( : thekidd
      • another problem is no one knows who the existing admins are (or at least i don't) all i know is trombl... : Modica Sol Solis
    • server records steam ids -- ban it. : thief
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      Who was it? : Solstice
      • his name was Aco, dont know if that was his steamid name or his shackname, if he had one : Modica Sol Solis
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        yeah, when stuff like this goes down, people need to right down the steamid (type status in the console, ... : thekidd
        • I did not know and was not used to such asshattery :( i will remember for next time, if there is a next t... : laurgasms
• Also, if you insist on lurking and playing on the community servers, at least include a link to your shac... : feek
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  Elitism on the shack is horrible enough. Its like a lot of people on this website believe they are entitl... : Jackass1233
  • oddly enough, the people generally being disruptive and acting like children are the more visible shacker... : Dravenport
  • i don't care if lurkers play or shackers bring their friends even. it's getting hard enough to fill a sin... : pyide
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    jackass, close your tf2 client when you're done instead of idling on the server for hours. : swoopx
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      Sometimes the client hangs on closing. That's probably what happened to him. : Colleton
      • It should time out after a couple minutes if that's the case : feek
• What's the the AOD clanners? I hate not being able to get on a shack server due to random non-shackers. ... : brickmatt

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  dude, take it back, get a 360 : diddlyd
  • hahah :) I didn't buy one : FushigiDenki
• Just about. They need to establish a serious installed base to encourage more developers to invest effort... : rudds
• I think it's going to be pretty important. $400 units and high availability. No reason it shouldn't sel... : pigvomit
• I kind of thought last holiday was honestly. I just don't see it ever surpassing 360 sales worldwide, and... : qwpeoriu
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  Yes and No. If the big guns (MGS4 and Final Fanatsy) next year can't make a difference, then I would con... : grabbie
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    yup, mgs and final fantasy are the only system selling franchises in the us. and i guess god of war. in... : wvuong
    • Gran Turismo? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#PlayStation_2 : yellowtexan
• I think it's very unfortunate that HOME isn't ready to go. That would be a pretty huge selling point. But... : Yanks
• More like keep it from breaking. : Sailor of Fortune
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  You really expect them to fold ever on the PS3? They are making tons of money from the PS2 system still ... : AndyGoin
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    No but I expect 3rd parties will make it the last console in their line of priorities if it doesn't secur... : FushigiDenki
    • yeah, at this rate it'll be relegated to where the gamecube was; gets the obligatory multiplatform ports,... : ttyRazor
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  I think it's too late. They've lost in this generation. No way they can make up the ground lost to MS and... : Silent Sorrow
  • I'd agree. It's not looking good for PS3. With the 360 and Wii only becoming stronger and stronger by t... : PenicillinX57
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    how are sales in japan? : Morgin
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      I think it's slightly outselling the 360, but this means little given how it has been crushed in the two ... : Silent Sorrow
      • well if outselling it 4:1 is 'slightly' I guess you're right. : aeg1x
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      360 outsell ps3, there. recently. http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16184 : pobone
      • That's one single week, it really means nothing. It might not even ever happen again. : qwpeoriu
      • That was an outlier though. I mean they got it for Ace Combat 6. Sure they'll get more games but it's not... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Agreed. Its too late to turn it around now. MGS4 and FF aren't going to do it : bozer
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      Don't tell that to Sony/Playstation fanboys. It would crush their spirit. Send them into the corner, cryi... : pobone
      • I will say this though. I have noticed that non-gamers, like people who pay no attention the gaming in ge... : bozer
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    Is it just me or does it seem like MS makes more games for the 360 than Sony can for the PS3? : Sailor of Fortune
    • Sony has the largest first party dev shop. : Grandmoff
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    They've got some big guns for 2008, BR still has some advantages over HD-DVD, PS2 loyalty is still strong... : edgewise
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      Continued PS2 success is great for Sony as a whole but I don't see what it has to do with PS3. Why would... : Chris Remo
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        I don't have any statistical evidence to back this claim up, but I'd suspect that the number of games com... : Ride-My-Rocket
        • Like I said, continued PS2 success is great for Sony as a whole. However, edgewise seemed to be bringing... : Chris Remo
    • PS2 has 100% backwards compatibility though. : Sailor of Fortune
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    I certainly hope you're wrong, if Microsoft is the only ones offering a gaming solution (for the hardcore... : abrasion
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      Well, its already almost like that for me. They are the only ones offering a good online service. The Wii... : bozer
      • The point is you have that choice to make. You'd have to be very naive to think an environment with only... : Chris Remo
      • Nickle and diming consumers with digital downloads doesn't sit well with me. Microsoft in my opinion hav... : abrasion
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    I think they wouldve had a chance on the 40GB release if it still had BC, now everyone I know is like fuc... : ghost in my shell
    • Yep guy at work tried to buy a PS3, couldn't get a BC model so said fuckit and cancelled buying one. : abrasion
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  Nope. I absolutely WILL buy one...in three years. : fleabug
  • yeah, I will wait, before buying one. (When everyone you know who owns one say they only rent, and buy ja... : pobone
• I don't see it ever overcoming the 360 but I still think it can be a successful console system with bette... : baronzemo78
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  I think that last season was make it or break it for them. This season is important but i dont see them ... : trevis
  • Biggest gripe for me w/ PS3 is how they're all over the map over the something as simple as backward comp... : pobone
• i was right! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=13535882 well almost right. they did sell their c... : mista mista
• no, not yet. Next holiday season it had better make up a ton of ground, but this year is still pretty ear... : edgewise
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  sony's got a 10 yr lifecycle for the PS/3. so don't worry about it till 2010 when it will really start to... : gdestiny
  • No, they don't. No one 8 years from now is going to be developing games for the PS3, mark my words. : Vincent Grayson
• No, the system has only been out a year, and none of the big guns have hit yet (namely 2 huge FF titles a... : Vincent Grayson
• They'll atleast have to maintain any momentum they get from this holiday season. : feek
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  I think we'll have to wait for Sony's first party to start dishing out the releases before me can call it... : aeg1x
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    Sony's 1st party is solid but I wouldn't say the stronger than their competitors. Nintendo's 1st party li... : yellowtexan
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      Eh, I definitely prefer say, God of War and Shadow of the Colossus over just about any Mario or Zelda gam... : Vincent Grayson
      • For me, Nintendo first party at its best largely outshines Sony first party at its best, but Sony's has c... : Chris Remo
  • While Sony PS3 is waiting on their "1st party-exclusives" to come out and bail them out, 360/Wii are movi... : pobone

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• ill drink one a few times a week if im really tired at work/school. they are enough to get me about 4 hou... : maulla
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  no because they all taste nasty : Degenerate
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    ya, they all have an aftertaste of a Vitamin C tablet : vynn
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      I had a Red Bull for the first time this year. I was quite surprised to learn that it wasn't red. Was a... : riptyde
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        really? red bull is expensive and doesn't do anything but i always thought it tasted like candy. i like... : electroly
        • *blech* : Degenerate
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          I will say that Red Bull tastes like supermodel vagina compared to the abomination that is Diet Rock Star : riptyde
          • mmmmm, super model vagina. aahhhhghahaga : Phil
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            This is truer than you know. : Albemuth
            • spill it. now. : vynn
          • I love Diet Rockstar (as long as it's not Rockstar Juiced). Diet Monster tastes horrible though. : yoonix
          • abused and full of yeast? : p4ck3tloss
      • red bull only tastes good if its REALLY cold. or mixed with jager/cherry vodka : maulla
      • The only way I can drink redbull is with massive amounts of vodka. Anything other than that and it just ... : MacemanInTW
• i used to drink red bull when pulling all-nighters, but i don't think it ever really helped. water and e... : electroly
• They all have a different unique taste that doesn't really compare to sodas. Its a nice change of pace t... : pnkrckjoe
• If I want my heart to beat out of my chest, yes. : opengl128
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  I try not too. One of those every few days is way better than the 9 or 10 sodas I used to drink a day.... : fleabug
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    Full throttle blue demon (i think its called that, whatevers in the blue can) is probably the best tastin... : maulla
    • The red amp is really tasty. I actually hate the market right now. They all really taste similar. ... : fleabug
  • 9 or 10 sodas a day? were you that shacker with the insane Mountain Dew addiction? : PapaBoo
• Just a new way to get cranked up. Basically it's just a way to appeal to teenagers/young adults with som... : riptyde
• I used to. They give you a ton of energy for a while, so I've used them on days when I knew I was going t... : perstephanie
• If I do, nothing but red bull or rockstar. : ant_hillbilly
• gmd drinks a 12 pack of Rockstar every day : Degenerate
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  The only good "energy drink" I've encountered is the Xyience stuff. I like Vitamin Water too, if that co... : skizl
  • I probably drink too much Vitamin Water because we buy it at Costco. : Degenerate
  • Vitamin Water is something else. It's closer to a sports drink, but much less syrupy sweet. : Arcanum
  • I've tried vitamin water. I think its alright. I had the orange and it kinda tasted like a watered down T... : Robotic Puppy Eater
• sometimes. Back when I was working QA and doing 48 straight 16+ hour days, I used to slam them... : Omning
• im drinking a sugar free redbull as im reading this O_o : rudius
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  It's designer caffeine and sugar water - he who has the best marketing wins. : ahk-med
  • I was tempted to buy the No Fear with the limited edition Jeff Gordon can, but I passed : PapaBoo
• I've never tried any of these drinks. I'll just stick with Coca-Cola. I'm not one to try much of anythi... : Phil
• I drink 2 or 3 a day. I usually drink the sugar-free stuff though, but the 200-250mg of caffeine in each ... : yoonix
• Bawls is the only energy drink I would drink regularly (if I could get it more easily). Unlike most othe... : Arcanum
• only 5-hour energy. no sugar, and its a tiny shot. mostly B vitamins & amino acids. : hirez
• V If they made a regular soft drink with the flavour of V (without the energy drink markup), it would ... : thecray
• i occasionally will, if i know i'm just totally shot and have to stay up : strider_
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  It's coffee for scene kids. : whodares
  • also, this is the lamest energy drink idea ever: http://www.drinknos.com/ : whodares
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  I like my energy drinks like I like my women... : slickdoody
  • jumbo sized and greasy? i don't get it : cpt_gloval
• I've never had one. : smoove
• i occasionally get a rockstar juiced because they are tasty and sometimes i miss my morning coffee. : cpt_gloval