Late Evening Reading

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• Jesus. That's pretty fucking awesome. : Rauol Duke
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  Did you make that from scratch?! : omnova
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    Yup. I took a few process pictures, here's the first: http://flickr.com/photos/monkeywench/1924019390/ ... : TheMonkeyWench
    • Wow; good job. : CrustaR
    • This is the post where I started stalking you for being too awesome. IT'S ON YOUR HEAD NOW. and maybe in : Rauol Duke
    • You are awesome. Marry me. : omnova
    • wait.. WHAT!? I want one =( : paravis
    • That is awesome! I don't like Halo, but I can't deny your sculpting skills. Well done. : CRasterImage
• WHAT : genjuro
• is that clay? o_O : Theos
• Hahaha, that's awesome. : SockMonkeh
• wow that is really fucking awesome :D : mikecyb
• Holy shit, you win : Ebu
• he knows he's only milliseconds away from being pwnd : MoreVespeneGas
• hah, nice! added as a contact for more shacker photos : logik?
• wow this one looks so life like http://flickr.com/photos/monkeywench/1927034029/in/photostream/ : Ziz
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  how long it take ya to make that? : Ziz
  • I'm really not sure. I usually have music or a movie on, and I spent a lot of time trying out new techniq... : TheMonkeyWench
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  That is really sweet, TMW. Is this just for fun or did someone commission that from you? : Bean
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    Dare I say that it is not just "really sweet", but also "totally radical" : Bean
    • Bodacious, even. Most excellent. : Vantage
  • It was a commission for a shacker. I think I'll make a Master Chief dual wielding spikers next, for fun. : TheMonkeyWench
  • I believe it's my White Elephant gift.....right?!? : Dave-A
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    It's for my sister, who thankfully has many of the same dorky genes as her brother. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • is she... naw nm : jaga
• Wow, that is incredible. The shack really is full of beautiful, talented people. : Vantage
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  That is bad-ass. Those pumpkins are freaking great too. : khaosman
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    I <3 that Star Trek pumpkin. :[ : Vantage
    • Halen made that one! : TheMonkeyWench
  • yeah i loved that skull one. : Ziz
• wow thats impressive : sexninja!!!!
• hot damn that is amazing. very well done : El Tigre
• Wow, that is really neato. : tomservo
• holy crap! you gots yourself some skills to go along with those looks ;) : Korban
• Pointy knees! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  i would give you a lot of money for that : maulla
  • It's already en route to ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat, sorry! I'm glad everyone likes it. :) : TheMonkeyWench
• Very cool MonkeyWench : ColoradoCNC
• good to see someone around here has talent. unlike the rest of you bozos : RikiTiki2
• So pretty :( : dognose
• holy crap, nice : Maarten Goldstein
• omg that's awesome! : dionex
• holy shit that is beautiful. : dahanese
• I haven't played any Halo but this looks awesome. : Lightbulb
• nice! : jbury

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  the intro movie : not work safe
  • YES this is exactly what I was going to post, I'm glad it was first : Omaha
  • ^^^^^ : NFXFSX
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  insta-jib : spectr3
  • Also I can't say which one is the greatest. They're all great in their own ways. : spectr3
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  It sold the most : Schnapple
  • Reasons it sold the most - Retail release from day one - Mild but reasonably effective initial copy p... : Schnapple
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    really? : sherwinpg
    • Yeah according to id it sold the best of the original 3 (and I'm afraid Q4 was no match probably) which i... : Schnapple
• It wasn't. : lightly inclined
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  it's not, that belongs to Quake 1! more for the mods and the furious multiplayer action. : Postal
  • ^^^ winnar! : ThomW
  • heck yeah. QW forever! Q2 ruined what Q1 did right - the solid controls and netplay. : xoque
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  rocket arena 2 : mechanicalgrape
  • oh and lmctf : mechanicalgrape
  • And some of the more odd mods: Capture the chicken and some random mech one were big hits at all my la... : MacemanInTW
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  Expert CTF with the offhand hook : okellyc
  • ^^ knows whats up.. hey ever play on 'dudes playhouse' ? : Silent Jay
• It's not? Did I win? : FushigiDenki
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  Its worse than quake 1 and far behind quake3. : boomstickah
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    those were both hellish looking and too fast, quake 2 speedwise was middleground (aka perfect) compaired ... : sherwinpg
    • too fast lol. your brain sucks : boomstickah
• delayed rail. q2dm1 : thief
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  q2dm1 : ant_hillbilly
  • ^^ right here : logik?
  • ant_hillbilly has an impeccable understanding in regards to the current time of day. : -efx-
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  lol that game was terrible : spaceless
  • your terrible!!! : sherwinpg
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  Because it laid the narrative groundwork for "Quake IV," which had the best single-player "Quake" experie... : RomSteady
  • Two words ... Rail Gun! : Toth21
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  Some would argue that the introduction of the rail gun ruined deathmatch. Not sure if Steve is one of th... : capt tripps
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    The only good thing to come out of the entire comments for that post: http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?t... : lightly inclined
    • Dabu! : capt tripps
  • no way.. I can't think of more beautiful 1v1 deathmatch than q2dm1 : jaga
  • Here's a link to the article: http://web.archive.org/web/20010123225500/www.shugashack.com/extras/e_railg : Dave-A
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  Slow rockets and clunky movement :( : tomservo
  • The movement wasn't too bad, but the slow rockets sucked for me. Well, at least at first. I got bette... : MacemanInTW
• it had some of the best MP mods of any game, ever (Action Quake 2 for example). unfortunately the MP mec... : kill9
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  The mods. Jailbreak and Action Quake, along with CTF. Damn I spent a lot of time with that game :) : Thud
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    Exactly, and also guys Half Life 1 uses the QUAKE 1 engine, the Quake 2 code in the game is only for netw... : Amnesty_intl2
    • Not this again. There was no Quake 2 code in the game. Go read the couple of interviews with Gabe or Todd... : ifallible
• i was really disappointed with it : Mansmells
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  It setup for the better game, Q3 ? : rosewood
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    The mod scene was never as good though oustide CPMA/OSP/Q3F. : Amnesty_intl2
    • So true. I was pretty disappointed with the Quake 3 mod scene. So much more amazing stuff Q1/2 days. : the city
• it was built on the halflife engine! : grandmasterlee
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  Sorry, I think Quake 4 is :/ : dognose
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    I wish there was a way to stop myself from seeing your posts within threads. : lightly inclined
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      Well that's just my opinion and I am entitled to it because I am correct : dognose
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        and when youre not correct, its just that everyone else is wrong : not work safe
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          Well in my defense i usually am correct about games : dognose
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            yeah, i agree. pretty much with anything you say. : not work safe
            • Awesome, so do I! I like you. : dognose
    • I must add that I had awesome fun playing through Q2 in co-op : dognose
  • Please hand in your gamercard. Seriously, what the fuck. : [7]kami
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  q2dm1, beautiful bunny hopping physics, one of the biggest and best mod scenes ever, the intro, the music... : Audhuml4
  • lol I remember playing him a few times.. immortal was much better (back then at least) : jaga
  • i killed makaveli in a round of rocket arena once! : ifallible
• the sub machine gun : johngloid
• But it's not. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Q2CTF, the most intense, thrilling, competitive, and "the zone" inducing game I've ever participated in. ... : paravis
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    IAWTP.. I had that twitch as well, was usually better when I wasn't trying to aim, just letting it happen... : jaga
    • you live a correct life... Bletey's Blues was in fact perfection =D Important to note, the grapple was ... : paravis
    • oh and I completely understand the ability to play better with twitch and not thinking. That's part of w... : paravis
  • Great post. I feel the same way, been there as well. Except I would replace Q2CTF by Q1CTF. heh. : killboy
  • I'm pretty sure everyone got that twitch. I miss that twitch. WoW has killed my twitch. :-( : MacemanInTW
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  Loki's Minions CTF ! : Ra5putin
  • omg off-hand grapple ftl =( : paravis
  • EOT : Dravenport
• Because Steve Gibson loves it the most of all ♥ ♥ ♥ : Dave-A
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  The mod scene. It's just not the same today. : DooBall
  • maybe I'm just being nostalgic, but I'll always feel like the quake 1 mod scene was more interesting and ... : kaddar0
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  pure deathmatch multiplayer action : shred.
  • i still play on tastyspleen servers if anyone wants to fight me : sherwinpg
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  Quake 3 never occurred as far as I was concerned. : Loki-Tek
  • celebrity Quake2 persona! - i love your mod!!!! : sherwinpg
• It looked stupid :( : thekidd
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  ROCKET FUCKING ARENA 2. That is why. : u sir name
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    Agreed. I miss playing that mod, especially with a friend of mine who is no longer with us. :( : tsuba
    • they need Rocket Arena for TF2 : heff
  • That was one of the greatest mods every made. For community and fun. : tyrelhill
  • ra2 started my quake obsession, I probably played for something like 6-8 hours a day over the summer. The... : Audhuml4
  • this guy gets my vote. RA2 was such ownage. : chilln
• it's not, quake 3 is :( : mikecyb
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  The only reason Quake 2 could be considered the best of all the Quakes is if you did not ever play Quake1... : VuduChild
  • wrong, i played quake1, and while, yes, it is great, its not as awesome as quake2. its like the golden... : not work safe
• Fantastic Rocket Physics, predictable damage, bunny hopping, Loki's Minions CTF, Action Quake 2, Great on... : Crimson
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  : omnova
  • I know that the quake series is so good that you find yourself speechless when it is brought up. : rosewood
• TWO WORDS: Grappling Hook. : heff
• the single barrel shotgun : AMikaboshi
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  Because Quake was overshadowed by Duke Nukem for me so I didn't get into Quake until Quake 2. : SockMonkeh
  • At first it was the same for me, at least until I picked up a Voodoo 1. It went from "OMFG Quake, why ... : MacemanInTW
  • This was true for me too, I knew Quake had a lot of fans but I never got into the series until Quake2. Wh... : Audhuml4
• How about the worst? Action Quake and RA3 are what it had going for it, but the vanilla DM was terrible c... : Serpico74
• Best multiplaying ever until the ratbot and LPB's came along. : Matt Burris
• because 2 is the smallest prime number : delataur
• q2dm1, strafe jumping from the upper level spawn, grabbing the rocket launcher in the process, and jumpin... : fluke
• It's the one that really got me into multiplayer. Q2CTF is part of my heritage : RikiTiki2
• Had the best DM and mods, Loki's Minion CTF, Threewave CTF, Rocket Arena 2, Action Quake 2... : arizona bay
• Paul Steed still owes me a shirt from his Crackwhore Skin Contest! that asshole... : BanjoBoy
• "Roger that, Bitterman. Try to... holy shit! We just lost... a third of a platoon coming over that ri... : Omaha
• the best starting weapon in an fps ever. *SET PHASORS TO STUN* : infiltrator`
• Because it was the first online FPS I played. It was also the only time I ever tried to compete in an on... : bRAINsick
• grapple, and rocket launcher. there is nothing more thrilling than ctf with grapples and rocket launc... : land
• THE EDGE. : TastyWheat
• it's not, Quakeworld is. : red2lucas
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  The Edge, the railgun. There are lots of reasons but those are the two best. : NastyJack
  • oh man the edge was such an awesome map :D : mikecyb
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  Action Quake. : lplasmatron
  • ^^^ AQ2 was sick shit : eeeealmo
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  It wasn't. That honor belongs to Quake 1/Quake World. Q2 slowed the action considerably, which I hated... : Colleton
  • Yeah it's apparent that a lot of QW gamers felt ripped off with Q2. I felt the same way at first, but ev... : paravis
• negative. Q1 and Q3 reign supreme. : hirez
• railgun that worked EOT : gokart.
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  Because a hit with the Rail then switching over the chaingun to finish them off was the best feeling ever... : monkeygone
  • for me, it was getting to point of being able to use the railgun like both a long range sniper and a clos... : paravis
• TOKAYS TOWERS! WOOOO Actually, I think the whole Q2DM map pack simply kicked ass. i used to rock out h... : Scoots06
• Because it was the very first thing I loaded up when I installed my first 3d card. Instant erection. : devi| dog
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  colored lighting! : snagger
  • BFG + subwoofer + colored lighting = orgasm : the city
• The soundtrack. : GodZilly
• Strafe jumping. The double jump. Railguns. The Edge. RA2. Q2CTF. LMCTF. Oh man the list goes on... : ieGod
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  railgun, railgun, railgun. Never have I played a game that has given me such satisfaction as hitting some... : steelsamurai
  • Agreed. Allthough Q3a's railgun extended that happyness and added some extra happy in the pants to railin... : [7]kami
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  How easily you could customize every aspect of the game and have others share in that. Today you are stuc... : unknown_fiend
  • Freedom to use whatever FOV you wanted >:) Using that freedom to zoom in on someone way the hell at th... : unknown_fiend
• ... but its not. : Q-ball
• It made 3Dfx a lot of money? : Sailor of Fortune
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  Q1/QW is the best Quake. EOT. Your post is laughable, at best. : TPSReport
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    This man is correct. : Q-ball
    • About what? : Loki-Tek
  • I love you like a brother. : boomstickah
• The intro movie. : fleabug
• AQ2 of course. : mindshot
• easy, it's not : moshman
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  Sonic Mayhem : ZeroSignal
  • Oh you fucking KNOW. You know those same guys redid the weapon sounds in Unreal deathmatch so they didn't... : node
  • best quake music out of all of them. : ballystix
• because I enjoyed it most. : jackalope
• Action Quake 2, best mod ever. : flip0it
• It's the worst Quake :\ : GreatGooglyMoogly
• It had the best weapons. : thejm4n
• Swirly rail gun trail! : Malum

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• shit is going down. : lakren
• It's fucking stressful to watch. Every episode manages to end with a HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT moment too. ... : Rauol Duke
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  All I gotta say is RUN BITCH RUN! Dexter comin after you :D Don't know what the fuck he's going to do abo : Audhuml4
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    that's really what it looks like is going to happen with Doakes, it's all setting up for it.. I hope not,... : lakren
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      I hope that does happen. I hate that cocksucker. Which is fucked up because in any other show he would be : Rauol Duke
      • God I want it to happen so bad. : Omning
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      Dexter can't kill him though. I don't even know if he could kill the crazy bitch at this point without i : Omning
      • He could kill her, pin it on Doakes and then makes Doakes "disappear". : Rauol Duke
    • Especially with Doakes finding the blood samples. I'm sure he will hold onto them to gather more evidenc : pigvomit
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  I think its the best show on TV right now. I am so happy that its not being effected by the stupid strike... : Flying h4x0r
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    It has possibly taken over as Best Show Ever for me. This episode had me yelling and slamming my fists a... : Omning
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      When Doakes opened up Dexter's AC and pulled the box out I just kept yelling OH SHIT! at the TV. My dogs : Rauol Duke
      • When Lundie wouldn't shut up about the botched bloodwork and was always one step ahead I couldn't help bu : Audhuml4
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  How come nobody is mentioning Lundy spanking that naughty Deb!? Way to go old man! : pigvomit
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    that was really weird. right after warning her not to forget to wash her hands : dantastic
    • Yes the whole relationship is really creepy and weird. : jamesray
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  Oh god, I want to click these so badly! D: : notd665
  • Me too. :( : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • don't, get caught up! : dantastic
  • I collapse any thread with the word Dexter. I shall collapse it now. : freshyk
  • ditto , i love the discussions but it sucks waiing to watch the show : zagzig32
• The downward spiral continues. I've never hated waiting a week for a new episode more than I do right now... : Noobler
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  Shame on everyone who sees this thread and doesn't give the series a shot. Watch the first episode of sea... : Audhuml4
  • all it takes is 16 hours.... : zagzig32
  • That's great and all IF you get Showtime. I watched the first season and now I can't watch the second unt... : Kaerof
• Just watched it. HOLY SHIT, how many episodes left in the season? : bcyde
• Holy fucking shit what an awesome and tense episode. : freshyk
• im 38 minutes into the new episode and nothings really happened, why must they leave everything for the l... : zagzig32
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  HOLY FUCKING SHIT HOLY FUCKING SHIT OOOMG : Modica Sol Solis
  • Jesus fuckin' christ Dexter is fucked. Doakes is fucked. And someone's probably going to find the body. A : Modica Sol Solis
• awesome episode : smax
• ... I thought for the longest time these threads were about Dexter's Laboratory. Oops... hehe : sirkne
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  PREVIEW FOR NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE OH FUCK http://www.sho.com/site/dexter/home.do : Modica Sol Solis
  • lame. gotta be a dream sequence : smax
  • speculation: 1. blames doakes put them there, he's been out to get him. 2. it's all inadmissable from a : dantastic
• what an awesome ep. i shat myself when doakes opened up the ac : podizzle

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  is there any Creed in that Assassin's Creed game? Or is it like that Kiss game without any Kiss in it? : sucko
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    There's an actual creed. But I can't remember it for the life of me : cookblaze
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      I believe its made of 3 rules... 1. Can you 2. Take me 3. Higher? : klearlyunseen
      • hahahaha : Jackass1233
  • yes there is a rule set which is explained very early on, called the...uh...assassin's creed. : xxiv
  • lol because the only creed that exists is that shitty christian rock band : mikecyb
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  I'm enjoying it well enough...I'm definitely not feeling the disconnect you're talking about, especially ... : Vincent Grayson
  • I'm loving it so far. I've finished the 4th assassination. I don't really care for the story that much bu... : malevolence
• I didn't get that feeling at all.I felt like a complete badass myself. : mnok
• My favourite thing to do is free-run everywhere. :D : Rice-Rocketeer
• It's fun and a good game, just nothing great : qwpeoriu
• I'm loving it. Though I can understand the 'repetitiveness' that people have to complain about it, it's e... : freakord
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  Reminds me of God of War. It's like, yeah, Kratos is doing all these badass things and I'm pushing butto... : Omaha
  • btw I loved both God of War games : Omaha
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    dark messiah of might and magic made me feel like a badass with its combat, very few games do that : spaceless
    • I really wanted to love that game, and actually had fun kicking orcs around and providing the death strok... : hatelull
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    Disagree 110%. I'd use GoW as the textbook example of a game that does exactly the opposite. I can't thin... : tcs
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      I think Ninja Gaiden and DMC do that much better than God of War. I like the God of War games, especia... : Sexpansion Pack
      • Totally different tastes, I guess ;-) : tcs
      • GoW is very forgiving with button mashing outside of the hardest difficulty. I found it much more rewardi... : derelict515
• Maybe you should wait for the Virtual Boy edition? Comes out the same time as DNF. pre-order nOW! : pobone
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  At least Uncharted is good. :( : Boxelder
  • Good, looking forward to that this week. My thanksgiving weekend is gonna be so busy with games. : Magus
  • i dunno. faylor didn't seem too enthused about it on the latest shackcast. : pyide
• Can't say I'm feeling that at all.. I'm having an absolute blast. The story is awesome, the little tas... : logik?
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  I don't mind repetitive gameplay if its engaging, but this game is doing nothing for me. Its extremely ... : pandastrong
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    yeah, I'm curious about what the fuck they are for, I don't have much incentive to collect them for no g... : Ctrl-Phreak
    • as far as i know, flags only give you achievements on the 360 version : empathe
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    The AI is absolutely fucking horrible, that's my biggest gripe with the game. The problem with this game,... : qwpeoriu
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      The AI in Kayne and Lynch is pretty bad too but I am having fun shooting the fuck out of people in some p... : sigpro
      • They definitely dropped the ball on that one. After gears and crackdown, I pretty much expect all co-op t... : qwpeoriu
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        the "fragile alliance" sounds pretty interesting though, i don't think it was mentioned in the shackrevie... : gokart.
        • I think the did real fast. I haven't tried it yet but it does sound pretty interesting. I like what I/O w... : sigpro
        • It sounds like it'd be great with friends but really awful on pubs. : boredguy
    • I will agree with you on the Assassination missions. I've only done the first two but they were fun. : pandastrong
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    How is the AI terrible? I think you guys are blaming "terrible AI" on game design issues so that the game... : Magus
    • once you learn how to counter kill, the game becomes super easy. i rarely get hit more than once in any ... : pandastrong
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      Several times I have walked up behind two guards standing not even 5 feet apart, shanked one, and the oth... : qwpeoriu
      • That's the assassination move, which is kinda sketchy. If you actually pull out a blade and hack some guy... : Magus
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      The guards will call you an Assassin and attack you if you ride your horse to fast when traveling between... : uglysad
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        This is one thing that seriously pisses me off about this game. It's like they were artificially lengthen... : Ctrl-Phreak
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          Once you go to the cities, then you can just warp back to them without having to go through the Kingdom w... : invisible_kid
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            !!! how the hell do you do this? I must know. : Ctrl-Phreak
            • When you are leaving the zone of Masyaf where you would normally go to the kingdom, it stops and asks if ... : invisible_kid
            • You get the option once you have visited all 3 cities (When you start the batch of 3 assassinations, I be... : byorn
      • Yeah I find that annoying. : Magus
• The controls are pretty disconnected. Especially when you have to switch profiles during combat. Gl... : BobBarker
• I love it. And I can't believe it, but I'm actually having fun hunting down the extra shit. This game has : Magus
• The mission replay system pisses me the fuck off. Who made that stupid design decision. : Edges
• was anyone else disappointed at the beginning where the whole thing is just some kinda of memory simulat : gdestiny
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  My only complaint is the mentally handicapped residents keep picking fights with you. Really annoying - i... : Klebold
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    Those guys and the beggars are really damned annoying. At least, until I found out you could throw people... : Magus
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      LOL, when you are approaching Jerusalem there is apparently a huge exodus of people all the time outside ... : invisible_kid
      • hahhaa When I did it they were all yelling at me, and I was like, "Well then get the fuck out of the way!... : Magus
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  As much as I tried to like this, the game ultimately got boring. Doing the stupid filler investigations w... : spigot
  • Well, you only have to do 2 or 3 of the investigations, right? Don't have to save any citizens, don't ha... : Johnny Law
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    I disagree about the actual assassinations and I personally think (besides the BS ending) this was the bi... : NoCopy
    • I'm in investigation #7 at the moment and so far I agree with everything that NoCopy says. I was expecti... : Johnny Law

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  nvmonitor says it's running at 79C while fairly idle :( : Clay
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    my XFX card idles at 62C fwiw : oatmela
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      maybe i've got a crappy fan on mine? I've got an evga ko : Clay
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        interesting, mine is an evga ko too. : slickdoody
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          I've got a vanilla evga 8800 GT that idles at 57c and hits mid 70's under load according to RivaTuner's l... : Tommy Toolbag
          • The Inquirer had a story about how the 8800GT is being pushed to its thermal limits, and board vendors ha... : deject
  • That's what mine runs at too. Hits 90c in crysis and crashes, but in tf2 it hits 91c and remains perfectl... : slickdoody
  • That's hotter than it should be idle, I think. GPUs do get pretty hot under load. Mine works fine with Fo... : Goncyn
  • It should not be running that hot. Mine doesn't even hit 70C under load. : omnova
  • That seems pretty hot. My 8800 512MB GTS runs at 61C idle. : moogle
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  so what's the hot video card these days? i have an athlon 64 x2 dual 4400+ processor, according to som... : [fry]
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    the 8800 GT is the current bang for buck champ : oatmela
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      3850 or 3870 look pretty sweet after the latest Crysis hotfix. Plus they have HDMI!!!! : treefingers1
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        3870 is like 220$ too : AlexXdude
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          Not as fast as the 8800 GT according to that hardocp review someone linked to earlier... read up first I ... : Goncyn
          • I don't think anyone claimed it was : AlexXdude
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            The 8800GT and 3870 are basically equal with price/performance. Crossfire 3870's are effectively equal ... : Wombat Woo
            • but the 8800gt's MSRP isn't 300, so it doesn't matter; it's just the supply and demand game right now sin... : Bantis
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              The 8800GT isn't staying anywhere near to $300. The current pricing is due to higher demand than the curr... : Conan
              • ahh, ok, I see--I guess I can wait for the sub $200 models : Halen
            • Kindly disagree. 8800 GT is considerably faster and will cost 10$ more than the 3870. The only reason ... : killboy
          • it's substantially cheaper too... : deject
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      so is dx10 a big deal yet? vista is the worst thing i have ever run i will not run it again for some vide... : [fry]
      • nope. : deject
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    Crysis demo runs smoothly at 1680 x 1050 on "High" settings w/ my new 8800 GT. I have a faster CPU than y... : Goncyn
    • Oh sweet, I've probably got a similar setup once I order my 8800GT. Now they just need stock! : node
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    got the same specs and have the same dilemma. I think it's worth waiting a few weeks for the revised 8800... : aeg1x
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      Get the 8800 GT, The revised editions of the GTS don't give you anything more except for an extra 100 ... : killboy
      • well the revised GTS will be using the same architecture as the GT, so it should be pretty insane. Better... : aeg1x
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    How well would a 7900GS run it, anyone know? I don't need any ridiculously high resolution or AA or anyt... : Halen
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      My 7950GT could pull of about 20fps at 1152x768 on Medium, c2d@3.2ghz, 2gb ram. So I would guess the 790... : Shadowdane
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        Jesus wtf, so if someone wanted to run at that res with a dual core 3Ghz machine, would they always need ... : Halen
        • Pretty much. An 8600 can run at medium at that resolution, but yeah, for high an 8800 is pretty much mand... : Conan
• god damn my 8800GT idles at 50C granted I used RivaTuner to turn up the fan speed. Hits about 65-67C at ... : Shadowdane
• did you blame vista? or are you running XP : boomstickah
• #1 Heat - Open your case and try with a fan blowing directly on it #2 Power supply - 8800 GT draws more ... : killboy
• does your psu have enough power? have you run a memtest? could be a defective card? : kn1fe
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  I jacked up the fan speed and it cooled down significantly. I don't know that it's doing this automagical... : Clay
  • mine doesn't, it's weird. It should do it really, but I have to manually set it higher too. Not that mine... : moshman
  • I believe the only real difference with that KO chip is that its using lower-yield CPU cores so it is ess... : chilln
• I've heard that some of these heatsinks aren't being applied very well and or they just don't work well i... : feek
• I've read several reports that some 8800gt cards overheats really quickly for some reason. : Visceral Monkey
• with nvidia ntune, you can set the fan to run at 100% to see if that eliminates the problem. If it does, ... : vynn
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  Are there any 8800GTs that use custom fans? : Grimp
  • not yet, i believe gigabyte has one coming out soon i read on hardocp. : chilln
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  so is there no way to tell your system to automatically spin the stupid fan faster if the temperature is ... : Clay
  • I don't think there is. If it's just heat affecting an otherwise stable card, I think you can actually r... : haccess
• I was getting this: http://haccess.googlepages.com/IMG_7857.JPG on an evga superclocked. The system ... : haccess
• there are tuners for the fan, it runs @ 29% or something and its too low. The cards really need better... : chilln

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  Ramen noodles are pretty cheap! : tomservo
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    ramen noodles are the shit indeed but thats not exactly a filling meal . if i have some ill just be hungr... : mr.sleepy
    • Chug a can of corn every morning in the shower. : tomservo
    • Ramen + egg is quite filling. : spazzium
    • walmart has angel hair pasta for like 40c and it makes a shit ton of pasta... 4 servings at least. Pick s... : Demius
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  Sell half of the Tecate to underage kids for double of what you paid for it, use the cash to buy KFC. : pigvomit
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    This is a pretty good idea, imo. You need food more than crappy beer. : Borzoi
    • and if he's REALLY lucky he'll get arrested, they give you free crackers in jail! : bfzzzz
• watch this video of a woman in heels stomping on a watermelon. YOU WILL GO INSANE. : edgewise
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  Our family had Thanksgiving yesterday, and I stole the remainder of the honeybaked ham. So I have like 4 ... : snuff
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    sometimes ill make a big ole ham just for the ham sammich / ham and eggs / etc leftover goodness. : laurgasms
    • your deli can help you with this without having to cook a ham. : mwasher
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  Speaking of KFC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfan5MacmsI : snuff
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4hBnKmy4ig : YamatoTwinkie
• tecate + frosted flakes = dinner! woot : nandu666
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  theres no food at all or just no food you know how to do anything with? : laurgasms
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    what are you trying to say : mr.sleepy
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      Do you have mustard and ground ginger? : snuff
      • i have ground garlic and mustard : mr.sleepy
• http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000003T8Q001012/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_012 : capt tripps
• you can attract squirrels, rats, bugs with those frosted flakes. the rest is up to you : IcomeINpeace
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  go to the mall and grocery store and munch down on samples : zagzig32
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    thats a good idea they do that at the mall too those guys who hang out in front of the fast food places a... : mr.sleepy
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      Bourbon chicken is awesome. Anyone have a recipe to make it how they do? I have tried some recipes online... : ant_hillbilly
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        i guess you buy some chicken and pour beer on it : mr.sleepy
        • Beer != Bourbon. :[ : basketofkittens
        • soak some steak in Jack Daniels for a few hours :) : Demius
        • Yes, the Ludacris album did indeed say it best. : lookitzpancakes
      • Here's a recipe I've made....I cooked it down till it got thick. http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo... : Borzoi
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      they attack you at my local mall , at least 5 places , they pretty much toss it at you : zagzig32
      • and HEB's on the weekend do cooking demos , free food all day : zagzig32
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  Is it deer season down there? : buzzbat
  • no : mr.sleepy
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    Dude I was doing work out in Amboy California and a fucking RAM ran across the highway. A RAM. With the c... : snuff
    • this is the best post i've read all week on shacknews : mr.sleepy
    • lol : Phil
    • lol. : jackalope
    • lol : lightly inclined
    • I laughed so hard I snorted. : forgottenzero
    • raw-full : Modica Sol Solis
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      The lol script has made funny posts on the shack not as fun. I love seeing those huge columns of hundreds... : ventro
      • lol : Lightbulb
      • lol : [7]kami
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        most of the time the huge lol column posts are kind of disappointing. lols begat hahaha's and hahaha's be... : aeg1x
        • lol : Lightbulb
        • hahaha : Chris Remo
        • roffles! : filthysock
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          this is hilarious : pyide
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            lol : Chris Remo
            • ^^ IAWTlol : SilverSnake
        • HAHAHAHAHAHAH! : mmaster_pw
        • [lol] im cryin over here! : cygnus
        • hahaha's : [7]kami
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          WHAT AN ENTIRELY UNPREDICTABLE RESPONSE SHACKNEWS : aeg1x
          • ^^^He'll be here all night folks! : Hello Kitty
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            lol : Lightbulb
            • HAHAHAHAHAHA! : marmite
          • BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA : filthysock
          • hahahah, the post of the century! : Postal
          • HAHAHAHAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa : moshman
          • adding another lol to the pile. : thekidd
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            Perhaps the tube is out-of-round or otherwise deformed which might explain the difficulty I had with the ... : johnsto
            • you're doing it wrong! : Lightbulb
          • aahahahaa roofles : sirkne
          • lol : mmaster_pw
          • roflcopter : Merconium
      • I toyed with the idea of opening up the reply box when someone [lol]s so they can express their appreciat... : ThomW
    • What are you talking about? Hahaha. : dltrem
    • loooooooooooool : RikiTiki2
    • Haha, last sentence makes it : ShekkyBoy
    • wat? : ArB
• DOn't you have a credit card? Just charge that finger lickin good food! : soggybagel

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• *I'm looking at you too, Jackass. : thief
• I have nightmares about this freakish creature: http://www.easyscreens.info/gallery/20071118/19.jpg Yo... : aeg1x
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  Well! Got off my ass and got a TGA converter! Thus, my screenies are able to be viewed by all. It's al... : RevRaven
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    jpeg_quality 100 jpegquality 100 (whichever it is) and bind mouse3 "jpeg" where mouse3 is w... : thief
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      I think I should know what this is, but I don't. :( : RevRaven
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        This will make it so your screenshots are in jpeg format automatically. Do you have your console ena... : thief
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          And it'll be persistent? I've always had problems making console stuff persistent. I'm just a tard though... : RevRaven
          • It should be. It is for me.. You could change things in your config.cfg (open in notepad) file, which s... : thief
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  it pains me to think you constantly kick my ass in that game when your graphics settings are so terrible ... : not work safe
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    Are you playing on a macbook pro like me? x1600 model? I have 2gigs but turning things up noticeable dec... : thief
    • *noticeably decreases; god, I can't type lately. : thief
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      yes but i have my details set to very high and 1440x900 on a 23" lcd : not work safe
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        How are you getting the game to run on an external LCD? I have a 22" but I don't know how to set it as t... : thief
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          I just plug the ACD in t othe DVI port and then config it through the display properties...I dunno what e... : not work safe
          • Could you do me one quick favor and tell me what driver version you're using? Mine lists 6/14/2007, 3.29... : thief
• here are some of my screens: http://www.ashleymalone.com/tf2 I like this one the most though, h... : Frozen Pixel
• Oh my god those settings are hideous! : brickmatt
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  I realize how awesome it is to get death shots from people you've killed, so I wrote a script to sort out... : bcyde
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    I look forward to increasing my screenshot count. neat script, too! : thief
    • I'm sure you should've had a bunch of shots in there, unfortunately you were probably one of the victims ... : bcyde
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      BTW, here's a shot you can be proud of: http://ikilled.bcyde.com/__high_scores__/tc_hydro/tc_hydro_imposs... : bcyde
      • Oh yeah. That was awesome and made me enjoy being a soldier again. : thief
      • my highschore from this evening: http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1416/cpwell0022xc1.jpg : thief
  • What an awesome idea, nice job! A couple good shots of me in there. : NastyJack
  • nice work, that's kinda cool : Nihilist
  • why arent i on here! : Modica Sol Solis
  • that's so awesome, I would love to run that script and share my death shots as well. Is this something yo... : MikkleThePickle
  • haha, that's cool :) i'm sure i've killed you a few times :( : sikander
  • That is really damn cool. (plus I look awesome in a couple of those pics) Any chance you'd share the scri... : digital_d
  • Nifty! I have far fewer screenies than you, but you inspired me to take the 30 seconds necessary to fi... : Johnny Law
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    It kind of sucks that the medic's name isn't included in kill shots. :( : Grimp
    • hahaha : feek
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    that is BADASS! I wonder if there's a way we could all get some shared space, and let people upload good ... : Trips
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      that's what I was thinking..... something like that would be awesome : MikkleThePickle
      • it would be pretty popular too. Link it to peoples steamids. Maybe knightmare would be able to host the i... : aeg1x
  • This makes me want to kill you more. : dmason
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    This is awesome, thanks! Also I'm jealous that you get to run motion blur! It kills my poor old card :( : Waffles!
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      on which shots can you see the motion blur? : MikkleThePickle
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        This one gave me the sense of it http://ikilled.bcyde.com/waffles!/waffles!_20071118-210006000000.jpg : Waffles!
        • thanks..... I enabled it for a while but I didn't see any difference in terms of fps or visuals. I can ki... : MikkleThePickle
  • Huge thanks! : Merconium
• Nice follow through by Bedrava. : monkeygone
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    oh, so many heavies have been brought to their knees by a mere swipe of a spy's blade. : thief
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      i made a point to syringe gun you in the face a couple times tonight :D : electroly
      • Some of you medics are ruthlessly persistent ):< : thief
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      bone sawing you thief is so very satisfying. Its likes Christmas everyday! : itsjeff9
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        • The timing too. I feel like I've been insta-killed by a spy stabbing me in the face. : Grimp
        • Not at all! Ya scouts are ridiculous with that and annoying : itsjeff9
        • Agreed, it does make for several huh? moments. I've been batted by scouts by what looks like to be at l... : Waffles!
  • Haha, thank you! I love that shot of me materializing behind gehn! : brickmatt
  • Damn you can handle that saw. I still don't know why I continued to accept battling you 1 on 1. : dmason
• http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2046565178&size=l (bcyde taking a swim) http://www.flickr.com/p... : itsjeff9
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  • haha that's an awesome shot : electroly
  • nice shot : MikkleThePickle
  • one of the best shots i've seen. : thief
  • What a great shot. Even his facial expression is spot on for the situation. : Waffles!
• http://gnomish.shackspace.com/TF2/demius%20is%20looking%20good!.jpg My favorite of all the shots I've ... : gnomish

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• I've got about 9 BR movies and 17 HD DVD movies, hopefully with another 5 of each format coming in the ma... : Prozium
• im HD DVD aswell, only out of my xbox rather than anything else. What films u got? I got blazing saddles ... : Klebold
• HD because when I bought a player it was $500 vs $1000 : gmd
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  Got a PS3 so that kind of decided it for me : Chris Remo
  • Same here. The way I see it is that I got a Blu-ray player for free, and even if the format doesn't win I... : tcs
• Both, I like movies. : Magus
• blu-ray because of my ps3, but it really dosnt matter, your shit will still play as long as you keep your... : spaceless
• just got FAC/OFF on HD DVD! sweeeeet : vassili_zaitsev
• Blu ray because of the PS3. If the 360 had included a built in HD-DVD drive I would have gotten that inst... : baronzemo78
• leaning towards hd dvd but i'm waiting until there's a winner to take the plunge. i can deal with regular... : xxiv
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  i choose.. DRM-LESS INTERNET MEDIA!!!! : [fry]
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    You can come watch at our house till that happens. : freqq28
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      It already happened, ya big silly. : [fry]
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        It's not ubiquitous. And downloading 30gb is time consuming, isn't it? : freqq28
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          About five hours or so. Queue up a few before going to bed/work and you've got several a day if you wante... : [fry]
          • You have fios, don't you? : freqq28
  • combine that with the power of laptops and projectors = LOL BUYING MEDIA? : windowpane
• I have 7 HD DVD movies and 7 Blu-ray movies. : \ : pigvomit
• I think I'm gonna wait for the war to be decided.. not like I have an HD tv that needs one of these fo... : jaga
• DVDs : NFXFSX
• HDDVD picked up the 360 add on the day it came out, now i have about 40 HD movies. i'll get a PS3 e... : dopefish
• I've got both (PS3 and 360 add-on). Both purchases kinda seemed like a given (I wanted a PS3 anyway, and ... : Vincent Grayson
• in reality i think it doesn't matter - both seems to be good. but i'd like to support 'some sort of sta... : humbleone
• HD-DVD because BR isn't clutch. But I plan on getting a PS3 for Xmas so I won't be missing out on any ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  I heard that a HD DVD Player will make a regular DVD look better. Is this true? : risimage
  • This is true of both hd dvd and blu ray. : DarkWolf5
  • They all upscale normal DVDs but aren't necessarily any better than the regular upscaling DVD players tha... : Prozium
  • no. : dopefish
  • with magic? : jaga
• HD-DVD cause I already own a 360. : TK-421
• HD DVD, snagged by the xbox + heroes + movies deal : freqq28
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  HD for dirt cheap and same quality and better free movies! : dognose
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    darkman! : vassili_zaitsev
    • And Frighteners unrated! : dognose
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  HD DVD : hobosapien
  • cause fuck sony and their shenanigans, thats why : hobosapien
• probably hd-dvd just because I see there players getting to that $75 price mark sooner. : ant_hillbilly
• HD-DVD : AlexXdude
• Both, but if I have a choice I buy the HD-DVD version. : Serpico74
• 2 blu ray 25 HD but to be fair I just got the PS3. I really don't see any point in "picking" one hd pla... : goatboy
• I picked up the 360 HD player today, along with a Sony Blu-Ray player. So I have to say both. Just wat... : Colleton
• I have players for both formats but i dont want to buy any movies because the war is dumb. But i do own ... : trevis
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  PS3 and i have 38 blu-ray movies =/ : Break
  • can't wait for all the die hards to come out on blu ray on tuesday! : Break
• I'd say the HD-DVD's have it. : Q-ball
• HD-DVD : snuff
• HD-DVD only because of Sony's terrible track record (mini disc, umd, betamax) : marmite
• no HDTV yet, but for me it will come down to who has the cheapest, full-featured player. If I had an HDTV... : MikkleThePickle
• HD-DVD once I get the 360 addon some time soon. Hardly matters though, I'll get a PS3 down the line inevi... : node
• HD-DVD, the Xbox add-on drive. : nomaad
• HD-DVD via 360 add on : natural born chaos
• HD-DVD : mega man
• Blu-ray -- have a PS3, so that pretty much chose for me : Postal
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  I'm undecided, but I'm getting a PS3 at some point and already ordered Brade Runnah on BR : d fluke
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    lol, did you just order off Amazon.co.jp? : Loki-Tek
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      No, .com back in August or whenever they put them up for preorder : d fluke
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        Heh, just curious because that's more or less how I turn "Blade Runner" in katakana then romanize it, pro... : Loki-Tek
        • "he say you brade runnah" : d fluke
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  HD-DVD via 360. Kinda surprised to see so many other shackers saying HD-DVD too. Originally I thought B... : DinK
  • Oh, this is the format I watch but I have no interest in building a collection. I think I own two discs,... : DinK
• On demand. I'm not buying HD movies till they have this format war over and done with. : baron calamity
• HD-DVD here : kaijuseijin
• blu-ray, but only because I got a PS3. I have one movie, the free one that came with it ahaha : moshman
• HD-DVD. Hardly anything I want to see on Blu-Ray except Kingdom of Heaven, couple of others. If Star W... : Jumperus
• HD-DVD. The $98 Walmart Toshiba HD-A2 sale decided for me. : trOmblyj
• HD-DVD : agentlead
• HD-DVD : Snif DeCrac
• HD-DVD, Xbox 360 addon. : Jonathan
• I got a ps3 and a x360 with hddvd drive.... I just got the ps3 so I dont have any BR movies yet. But any ... : godm0de

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  are there other ways to get the books or is the EVDO connection required? : GloriousCow
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    I've no idea...it's supposed to be revealed today. : VegasX
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      heres the full newsweek article http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983/page/1 : VegasX
      • And if you or a friend sends a word document or PDF file to your private Kindle e-mail address, it appear : GloriousCow
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  woah you can get any book in print ever apparently for $9.99 to $1.99, holds up to 200 books which you ca... : VegasX
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    that is the long term goal : DarkWolf5
    • that's still pretty damn cool honestly. : VegasX
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  Is this an e-ink device? Anyone have any technical details? : ThrillKill
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    no one knows yet, you should read the article there is more info in there. It's supposed to be revealed t... : VegasX
    • the article does mention e-ink : MikkleThePickle
  • yeah its e-ink : GloriousCow
  • e-ink needs to hurry up and become a well established technology. it's so awesome i get a little chubby j... : erotic sock
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    what's e-ink? : pyide
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      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper basically it looks like a piece of paper but the text ca... : erotic sock
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        that's pretty rad stuff. i don't think it would get me reading these e-books, i still prefer the real th... : pyide
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          imagine what could be done with books that feature interactivity... : VegasX
          • choose your own adventure! oh wait.... : erotic sock
          • The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson explores this pretty well. : Lightbulb
• Nice. I'll wait for the price to drop a bit more and for it to get de-uglified. Oh, and for it to arrive ... : node
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  $9.99 for bestsellers is $8 too much. : drucifer
  • inorite? I would love a library to do this, so you pay your $30 fee per month and read what you like. : filthysock
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  wtf is up with that url, is that some sort of SEO trick? : filthysock
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    what are you talking about? : VegasX
    • the url in the op : marmite
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  I hate reading books on monitors. Call me old-fashioned. : windowpane
  • thats why its e-ink, its like paper : the city
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  I absolutely am gonna have to get one of these for graduate school next year... tons of pdf research arti... : the city
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    yep I can see these being uses in schools a lot actually. : VegasX
    • I could see the universities getting them at least. Maybe the company will start a pilot program at selec... : Loki-Tek
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  Too big. The only reason why I'd want digital would be to carry it in a smaller device than a book. : baron calamity
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    You do realize how many books you can fit onto that thing, right? : the city
    • Oh yes, and the thing really is hardly even comparable to your smaller university text books either. : Loki-Tek
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  Cool, but I like my books on Paper, and I don't think thats one of those stupid "lol, who wants to carry ... : snowwolf
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    This shit is absolutely made for graduate work though. Either you purchase tons of research journals in ... : the city
    • Wouldn't citation be a little fun with this though? : Loki-Tek
• I hope this does more for reading than the ipod ever did for music. this is such a fantastic idea. : Supine

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• I'm not, since I don't exactly have a modern computer and I don't own any of the next-gen systems unless ... : Orange Pylon
• Peggle : Ebu
• i refuse to buy another game until i finish the last these days. all my gaming life i've been horrible at... : xxiv
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  How are you liking UC so far? : mechanicalgrape
  • Completely awesome, it's one of the best multiplayer experience on the Wii imo. There's a lot more conte... : FushigiDenki
• I've been playing WoW most of the time... Sneaking in some Phantom Hourglass while away from the computer... : SilverSnake
• Sacrificing my studying time for games, sadly. :( I'll complete a game unless it is broken in some way o... : Magus
• yeah my life sucks too. : nyranger66
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  this is fucking bullshit. We're supposed to gorge on games for two or three months in a row, then sit aro... : oatmela
  • I'd extend the two to three months to 6 months at least. These quality games have more longevity than tha... : spectr3
  • Sound advice, and I'm taking it too. Which games did you decide to play first? : famine101
  • agreed. these games aren't going anywhere so i'm taking my time. been playing the shit out of TF2 and i... : electroly
• just bought a car so im not really indulging whatsoever. im very close to selling my laptop to buy a wii ... : gokart.
• Almost though the story in Super Mario Galaxy. Gearing up for Mass Effect. I was playing The Witcher ... : melkore
• I don't like single player games so it's easier on me. : Chunks
• So many great games. Currently I'm trying to be beat my high score in the Butterfly Catching in the My Ho... : helvetica
• I'm approaching this massive gaming season with a massive upgrade. Unfortunately, I don't get any massive... : SockMonkeh
• I got a few PSP games for my B-Day and other than BioShock for the 360 and The Orange Box for the PC, I h... : Jayx77
• What's the deal with freaking out because there are 'too many games'? Sure there are a lot of games bein... : PHeeNIxx
• Completing some stuff. The MP of non-TF2 games is the main thing I'm missing out on. BioShock: comple... : Johnny Law
• I've got Halo 3, COD4, Assassins Creed and we are getting copies of Mass Effect here on Tuesday. I pla... : VegasX
• I'm terrible at finishing games. That said, I've so far finished portal and episode one. Orange box is pr... : terath
• i approach it with my evenly massive cock, the two equal each other out and we just sit around and mastur... : mindshot
• The Orange Box is the only major release I've played and I haven't even touched TF2 yet. I already have a... : Afterglow
• I am importing some and buying some game second hand this year. In batches. The final batch includes ut3 ... : vikramwillrock
• Fortunately quite a few of the new games i've gotten can be played in small chunks, like Zack & Wiki, S... : Borzoi
• I've played more games to completion in the last few months than I have in years, solely because I've had... : Chris Remo
• I approach it by not having any of them. I guess just more awesome titles to experience a bit later down ... : haiku
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  Yeah, I've been playing so much TF2 there is no point in spending money on games right now. Yet I still w... : pyide
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    SMG is completely awesome. I'm up to 40-something stars now, and it keeps getting better. : brickmatt
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      damnit. amazon better hook me up on the 22nd :( : pyide
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        My Wii has been almost exclusively 1st party - Wii Sports, Zelda, Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Galaxy, bu... : brickmatt
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          It is also worth looking into Zack & Wiki : Chris Remo
          • Rent or buy, you think? : brickmatt
  • oh shi, mass effect comes out tomorrow, not next week. : pyide
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  I'm limiting my gaming to the pc and the DS. The 360 is collecting dust right now. (so is the Wii but I c... : baron calamity
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    Sounds like your current PC/DS schedule is at filled as it would be with a PC/360 or 360/Wii. : Loki-Tek
    • I have the new Zelda for the DS, Touch Detective 2 1/2, Hotel Dusk and the new Phoenix Wright shrink wrap... : baron calamity

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  I sent mine Thursday... we already had two people receive theirs and post them (see inf posts) : drucifer
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    wow two already? we have some overachievers here then.. heh : beastrabban
    • I already had my crap ready to go, just waited till I got the name. :P : guido anchovy
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  Mine is pretty much ready to go. I think the cost of FedExing it is going to be much higher than the valu... : Dave-A
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    why fedex? why not USPS? : drucifer
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      At this point it would probably arrive sometime in 2009 if I did that. : Dave-A
      • Hmmm, Canada Post is saying 6 to 12 days to the US of A, I will try them first. : Dave-A
    • [Fed] Ex gon' give it to ya! http://dmfedex.ytmnd.com/ less problems with lost packages, etc. I did ... : the archvile
• I haven't even started looking yet. : freshyk
• just finished packing mine up actually..... some lucky person is going to be the overjoyed new owner of a... : godm0de
• i'll probably end up sending mine out at the end of this week. : xxiv
• I haven't started anything with mine yet. I'll probably wait till december to put forth any effort. : Chunks
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  I wanted to send out something awesome but I don't know if I'll be able to package it correctly. It's kin... : ieGod
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    The point of this post is that until I find a way to package it I can't send, unless I exclude this item. : ieGod
    • omg you just totally reminded me of something I'm going to include too.. woot! I'll have the same issue ... : beastrabban
• I've a small pile of stuff, I'll be sending it out next week. : helvetica
• I'll probably have mine ready to go sometime next week. : SolrFlare
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  Me WE is getting a super haul from the loot I bought in China. Hope I got his shoe size right. :P : Vantage
  • I swear I hope it''s me man :D : Solstice
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  i'm hating all these WE posts. The first year i can't do it.... =( because it started earlier than usu... : mindmann
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    update: still hating you all. =( : mindmann
    • i've messaged a few ppl who registered late. if they want to participate in WE I can match you with someo... : sikander
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  im sending it out after thanksgiving and hopefully before december. i'd like to get some more stuff in th... : anthonybean
  • doing the same, I wanted to try and at least wait for December so i can be all festive like. : smacknca
  • ditto, NOT sending till after thanksgiving : thane
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  "I finally get to unload that ... I've been tripping over forever. shipping bill's gonna suck though." ... : mafu5150
  • If my WE sender wants to unload a 24 inch trinitron monitor, I'll be glad to help pay for shipping. :P : guido anchovy
• i was going to wait till next week but i'm really excited so i might send it tomorrow. : dahanese
• I gathered a couple things, bought a couple cheap but interesting games just for the hell of it. Might hi... : Orange Pylon
• I'm gonna start putting my WE's package together over Thanksgiving, since I have 5 days off then and we'r... : Ride-My-Rocket
• I'm going to send mine tomorrow, I wish I could be super cool and include a new video game or something b... : ghost in my shell
• I'm sending mine out this week after I add a few more things... : Shadowdane
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  I'm not too sure what to send to my shacker... He's not allowing NWS : missylu
  • I'll take any NWS stuff you need to get rid of : Halen
  • NWS permission: GRANTED : ArB
  • lolz, if I'm your WE, just disregard that.. : nyranger66
  • Just make a sub-box that says "NWS inside, Incinerate instantly" that way it can still be sent! : Ratalon
  • Yeah, if it's me just put it in discreet brown paper & mark it "Rabies Samples" or something. It'd p... : mafu5150
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  just to let my WE know, I'm sending him tons of pictures of octopuses and japanese women. Together. : felicia
  • lol yossapw? : buzzbat
  • ohmigod : yossapw
• I've started gathering stuff for my WE. : FPSDavid
• Just finished packing it today. It should go out this week. : Fredrik S
• I'm getting my stuff together tomorrow and sending it out on Tuesday or Wednesday. : Rigor Morts
• Haven't had time yet. Still planning. : xoque
• I really thought i had more good junk around the house....i'm gonna have to dig a little deeper for you, ... : Borzoi
• I'm waiting till after Thanksgiving. : DOOManiac
• Mine will arrive at ______'s house in 10 business days! : ArB
• Mine will go out this week, probably after work on Wednesday. : Conan
• To my WE. I appologize, but its going to be at least 2 weeks before mine gets out the door. Busy as hel... : broly1718
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  Mine is someone cool and I want to send him (OR HER) something cool and you all know that he's cool but I... : thief
  • yeah it's a bit of a dilemma....i don't really keep a lot of excess crap around and i've got a few pretty... : Borzoi
  • Note white elephant buddy: I am leaving for a week + a few days and won't be able to pick up any package... : thief
• Mine is almost ready. : RatBastard
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  I * just* finished writing the note my poor victim will hafta decifer (I'm a tad tipsy right this minute)... : Solstice
  • Plus I hope I understood thier address correctly. Cause if not I may need to SM the person for clarificat... : Solstice
• I sent mine on Friday, hopefully it should be received mid-week. : Alicey
• I'm still collecting shit to send : Drewus
• Which reminds me, where can I get a copy of the super bitchin' Shack + WE image so I can plaster it all o... : mafu5150
• I have mine pretty much together. I'm poor-as-hell and the recipient seems like "THE DUDE WHO HAS EVERYT... : windowpane
• Almost done, will finish today and go to the post offie tomorrow. : gummijoh
• Mine might be slightly delayed. I've had a pretty major cash flow crisis and I intend to post quite a lot... : marmite
• Won't be sending until December when I'm back in England and unpacked. I don't intend to disappoint thoug... : node
• I sent my WE out right away for a change. : baron calamity