Morning Discussion

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  I ditch my patients at the first sign of danger. : Izanaki
  • Sometimes its the only way. When I play medic, if I find a person that works well I stick with em. : great-white
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    yeah because theres nothing better than having the feelng of charging into battle with your medic at you ... : Jayx77
    • oh but there is, and that's the feeling of charging into battle while healing a Heavy or Pryo who simple ... : Korban
    • Meh. Better him dead than me! I like to build übercharges from relatively safe locations : Izanaki
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      Then maybe you should take a look around sometime and do something to defend your precious medic. So ma... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        I do, but when there is no reason to stop healing as I am getting laid into, it's a little disconcerting. : Jayx77
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          *ahem* http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15756918#itemanchor_15756918 : Korban
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            If you are saying that I rush in haphazardly exposing my medic, then I am not realizing it. I will pay c... : Jayx77
            • that's all i ask, thank you. : Korban
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  anyone that presses the medic button more than once every 25seconds will never get healed by me, perhaps ... : VuduChild
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    Never play on the same team as me, sir. : thief
    • yep because the person playing medic doesn't know what he's doing ever, keep hitting medic to remind him.... : VuduChild
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    anyone who doesn't spam medic will not get healed by me. : lakren
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      how about you just focus on healing me whenever I ask, lakren? You know I am a hate-train-powered-by-fuck... : genjuro
      • ahaha : Phil
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        because you always take the damn med kits when you're being healed. i always heal you last : electroly
        • hahaha : the city
      • You're always rushing in and getting killed. As a medic I prefer to heal snipers. : ieGod
      • SHouldn't that be a fuck-train-powered-by-hate? : Q-ball
    • I love you. : thief
    • i only heal other medics and enemy spies : Demius
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      Man, you're such a self righteous medic, all high and mighty. Why can't you keep it real, lakren. Why. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • God Complex. Common problem with doctors. : edgewise
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    When a medic is clearly picking his ass when he should be healing me, I start hitting him with my melee w... : Sze Ior
    • If it was me that was doing it it's because of a connection error. I quit when I get htose cause it caus... : Malku
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      some medics have the worst tunnel vision. You can literally be standing in front of them on fire yelling ... : aeg1x
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        Zaun >:( : Demius
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          Zaun's pretty good about protecting his medics, which is why they latch on to him. Honestly if he's on a ... : laurgasms
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            doesn't matter how many medics are on the team with zaun, they all latch on to him and forget about the r... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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              eh quit busting his balls, he's a good heavy, can't necessarily help it if he's got four medics on him :/ : laurgasms
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                how was that busting his balls. i'm shitting on all the medics on his team because they ignore everyone ... : ^-SeaWolf-^
                • i dont know, "for his personal use only" sounded harsh. just yell at them and say one medic for zaun and ... : laurgasms
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    fuck that. hit medic as much as you'd like, it makes me feel important, and it makes it easier for me to... : electroly
    • Exactly. And if they bitch that you aren't healing them you can cut them off :) Medics have all the power... : NastyJack
    • Agreed! Sometimes the medic symbol fades before I can get to the person, and then I have no idea where th... : helvetica
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    anyone who presses the medic button repeatedly when they have like 95% of their health and are not in imm... : jenisthebest
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      Well to be fair sometimes I'll have very little health, or I'll be on fire, so I'll call for a medic. The... : NastyJack
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        That's not a problem, it's when you see people, right in front of you, at almost full health just spammin... : Ebu
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          That's just weird. Yeah that'd get you cut off. Also sometimes I don't notice that a medic is healing ... : NastyJack
          • Haha, yeah. I've done this myself :( : Moonbase Commander
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          Maybe it's a Heavy and he wants to gangbang the other team? That's the only time I can accept medic spam... : treefingers1
          • A Reese Peanut Butter Cup with a gattling gun. : tboomer2
        • they deserve the anti-uber treatment, set them up for fail. Medics need to take back control, no longer ... : VuduChild
        • yes, that's exactly what i meant! : jenisthebest
    • This is a better policy. : Ebu
    • This one bothers me, too. And it's kinda' like "crying wolf"--the next time that guy spams the medic butt... : Bold
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      Sometimes I fat-finger it. =( : helvetica
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        me too, its embarassing when I am already being healed and I hit it. : Jayx77
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          its like I am saying, I need a second opinion : Jayx77
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            You're also lazy. : jamesray
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              >: ( : Jayx77
              • Can I play the piano anymore? : jamesray
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      That's ridiculous. Especially if it's a heroic soldier or particularly froward spy or even a cowardly de... : thief
      • *froward is a type of forward, though the former word works if you're generous with definitions. : thief
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        seriously, god forbid a medic heals someone with 100% health so they can get the 150% boost and charge in... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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          Not if the medic is currently healing a line of people. I would argue that in most cases it is not worthw... : Ebu
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            Exactly. If I'm healing a crowd of injured players, and a relatively (or completely) uninjured player wal... : Bold
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              well yeah no kidding, the more injured the player the higher priority they are. but all of you who pla... : ^-SeaWolf-^
              • Settle down, Champ. I'm certainly not posting any rules--I'm just complaining about inconsiderate/selfish... : Bold
              • i didn't really mean i wasn't going to heal those people ever again. : jenisthebest
          • then we can settle that it's all contextual -- even depending on the perceived skill and class of the pla... : thief
      • ok i had to come back to this thread to remember what i said. i agree with everything you said. but s... : jenisthebest
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      The only reason to spam the medic button is if you are on fire and have like 3 life left. : Izanaki
      • No. : thief
    • As a heavy I am fucked w/o a medic. W/ a medic I am a killing machine. So unless I am fully charged by ... : rosewood
  • Yea, I avoid healing lacker because of this :) : Chunks
  • I only spam it when I'm on fire or I have like 2 health. : NastyJack
  • lol what? : virus
  • I just heal everyone I see even if they don't hit the medic button, though it helps find the person faste... : itsjeff9
  • Deal with it Mr. White coat. : Q-ball
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  I got stellar kudos from engineers for firing the minigun for 12 minutes in a row. Love that dispenser. ... : Downforce
  • That's the most fun I have as pyro or heavy. Just sitting by a dispenser. : thief
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  that's what your headset is for : dantastic
  • seriously. i always warn my heal-ee if there's a guy endangering me. if you can save my ass once or twice... : mindmann
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    I have no idea how people can stand to play the game with no headphones. I'm sick with a cold right now s... : NastyJack
    • my mic used to screw up a bunch, i had to quit and restart every single time it went out or else i went n... : laurgasms
  • Yeah, the other day I was a heavy defending on Gravel Pit. I'm on fire and spamming MEDIC doesn't help, s... : ConfusedUs

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  December the 7th was to be the night of beer and Chip Butties (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_butty), ... : ieGod
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    non-shacker girl in bra is so hot. : askedrelic
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      is she foreign? great body. : fletch_
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        look how long her toes are she's a disgusting freak : boring gegtik
        • /agree : MoreVespeneGas
        • I had to go back and look! rofl'd : Trips
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      more like: http://scottwax.com/rice/ratedr/attention%20whore3.jpg : onji
      • hahah : dantastic
      • this definitely seems to be the case : mwasher
      • that was my initial impression also, but shes still pretty good looking. : mavmavv
      • Dude, vocals in Rock Band is all about attn whoring. That's the only way to play. : crummynz
      • she can attention whore anytime : redfive
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        Yeah, that was my impression after the third or fourth pictures of her. : Ride-My-Rocket
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          christ, cant you fags just let the girl take her shirt off and dance around? enjoy the boobies and stfu : askedrelic
          • IAWTGF : Rauol Duke
          • preach it brother. this 'attention-whore' nonsense needs to stop. i seriously doubt that some random chic... : tashtego
          • Come up to the next one. Good times guaranteed. Get a lift with lakren. : ieGod
      • hahahaha yesssssss : virus
      • haha pretty much : [fry]
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        I swear to christ the Shack is getting exponentially gayer every day. : Rauol Duke
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          this thread proves it : redfive
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            I totally hate when I'm at a party full of guys and some chick decides to take her shirt off and play vid... : Rauol Duke
            • Threads like this have one good purpose: to affirm my beliefs as to which Shackers would be OK to hang ou... : tashtego
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              i think they are commenting on more of the issue that she knows she's in a room full of geeks, delightful... : kainen1
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                that's what it looks like from the pictures but she really is a fun girl. Her introduction consisted of ... : redfive
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                  so why didn't you guy gangbang her : askedrelic
                  • she would have kicked all of our asses (see picture of karate kick) : redfive
                • Yeah...I'll agree...she wasn't really all that attentionwhorish cause it was a bunch of videogame nerds. ... : cookblaze
            • They're just mad because none of the guys wanted to spoon afterwards : ColoradoCNC
    • not really. she seems fucking obnoxious. : virus
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      totally. who is she? : edgewise
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        friends with her0d : redfive
        • Guys... no bashing my friends. Respect please. : her0d
  • lol, wtf is going on. I want to play videogames with said bra girl. : mavmavv
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    Haha I was actually wondering when the bra went on, cuz we know it wasn't on earlier in the night. T... : Barnahog
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      I figure she's about a 750 post thread... : Jonathan
      • This makes more sense under AskedRelic's post... oh well. : Jonathan
      • lol I like this rating scale for women : askedrelic
  • hahaha, that was a fun night : redfive
  • Awesome...great write up! : cookblaze
• it's always nice to have hawt women around while playing video games. : m0rfus
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  Looked like fun (redheads in bras always are). Had I known about the Shackmeet I might have at least cont... : sneak
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    go to the shackmeet site and sign up to be notified when there is an event in your area : dantastic
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      Hmm it was set to Canada and to ShackMessage me already, but I tried setting it again anyway. : sneak
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        Would be nice if we could set that to "Toronto", instead of "Canada"... :-P : low-g
        • wait there's more to canada than toronto???? : boring gegtik
• Why not label them Shacknannigans? : phipple

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• :( : Audhuml4
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  Wtf do the Beatles have to do with anything? : Saman
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    probably too young to know better. : boomdeath
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      I think he's making the comment that Live and Let Die was not a Beatles song, but Paul McCartney solo. : invisible_kid
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        * W I N G S ' D * : Odoyle
        • Oh, well whatever =( : invisible_kid
  • Well they were the band Paul McCartney was in before he hit it big with Wings... : Jonathan
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    They don't really, but it was written and originally by Paul McCartney with Wings soon after The Beatles ... : Chris Remo
    • lol, I'm just saying, don't drag the Beatles down with this shipwreck of a performance. : Saman
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  Hahahaha, this is so awful : Chris Remo
  • "YA KNOW YA DEEAD!" good fucking lord : Chris Remo
• if she had less clothes it would be worth it.. : cjcharv
• ok i stopped watching about 60 seconds into it : mwasher
• Yeah, well except it's a McCartney song, not a Beatles track. But yeah, grotesque. : Albemuth
• I stopped watching when Danny DeVito was hyping her up : RikiTiki2
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  This song is one of the reasons that made Live and Let Die such an awesome Bond movie. Fuck the haters. : freshyk
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    It isn't the song, it's the horrible performance. : Colleton
    • Oh I know. This performance is horrible. I'm just talking about the original. : freshyk
• Wow, 2007 needs to end now. : Jenings
• She needs to stick to singing stupid ass songs about sexual positions. : mancide
• I don't think the issue is with the song, i think it's about who is singing and the performance. : boomdeath
• Failure is Fergie's art...music is her medium. : Saman
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  Who the hell told her that was a good idea? : jonin
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    Her agent : snuff
    • fire his ass : jonin
• that was terrible to watch and still i endured it. was i the only one hoping for a owen hart ending? : Hoax
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  what are you talking about, the gnr version rocks : spectr3
  • it's too short : RikiTiki2
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  Except it's not a Beatles song. : melt_core
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    But it was a song performed by people with talent before. : snuff
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      Who were not the Beatles. : melt_core
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        Well Paul *was* a BeaTle, but this is certainly NOT a BeaTles tune. I understand the error here, lets not... : Solstice
        • He was not the Beatles. : melt_core
• a feast for the senses. : algernoN8
• okay, so she redid a song in her own hip hop 2000's style. big deal. i swear you guys just love bitchin... : FrayLo
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  it was great! sound was muted. I'd hit it GNR version is good :D : Downforce
  • fucking sick the only thing i'd hit fergie with is a shovel : boring gegtik
• Paul sucks. The GNR version is better. : systatic
• *massages temples* : d fluke

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  Find the cheapest flight you can to London or something, and see if you can take an Easyjet flight to Rom... : jasonepowell
  • Brussels is also a cheap hub to fly into. : loboca
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    Flying into London currently SUCKS because the carry-on allowances are less than anywhere else, so I woul... : taronish
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      i think those restrictions have just been lifted : filthysock
      • From what I can see on the Heathrow website, not yet: STOP PRESS: The Government announced on 14 Novem... : taronish
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      so why not look at Manchester-Rome or Dublin-Rome or even as mentioned above places like Brussels and Bre... : EvisRaptorOne
      • He should just make sure to read what the current regulations are, because those restrictions I mentioned... : taronish
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  Make sure to wear a belt : EvilDolemite
  • and avoid sodium : PapaBoo
• I only use those and never had a problem. : melt_core
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  When are you leaving and coming back, btw? : jasonepowell
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    this will be the end of March '08 - the week of March 23-March 29 : PapaBoo
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      If you move that up a bit, you can use this deal: http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/FareDetails/tabid/82/... : jasonepowell
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        my dates are firm. My wife has a set vacation schedule :( : PapaBoo
        • That sucks. If you keep an eye on Airfarewatchdog you can find deals pretty frequently, but I imagine yo... : jasonepowell
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  Just whatever you do, do not fly in to Charles de Gaulle. : Carnivac
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    How come? : jasonepowell
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      they seemed to think when designing it that an airplane only carries 4 people at once or something. : moshman
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        I've only been there once, but I didn't have any issues. Of course, I arrived at 6:30am on a Wednesday. : jasonepowell
        • even then, in most terminals there is just not enough space for all the people waiting to get on a plane.... : moshman
      • Frankfurt was bad too a while ago. There was no place to line up at all. Just a big room with 10 or so ... : stump
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      They like to park your arriving plane in the middle of nowhere, and at some point drive some buses out th... : Carnivac
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        Heathrow is kind of a pain, too. Land, sit on the taxiway for 45 minutes while you wait for a gate to op... : riptyde
        • JFK is worst for that. : moshman
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    agree'd, worst airport in fucking history of air travel. Whoever designed that should be fucking stabbed ... : moshman
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      It's bad but it really can't compare to the disgusting stinking hellpit that Heathrow is at the moment. ... : peanut-
      • yeah, especially Terminal 2 with the building going on, and I use that most because work uses Lufthansa : moshman
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    CDG was fine when we had a layover b/w ATL and Rome. I thought it was a beautiful airport and a pleasant... : Odoyle
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      what airline was this? my ATL layovers are London & Frankfurt per expedia. : PapaBoo
      • Aw shit, I just remembered we were married in KY and flew out of Cincinnati. Sorry. : Odoyle
    • It's always amusing to see all the rabbits hopping around. : riptyde
  • we will avoid France, that is a definite : PapaBoo
• Ugh, avoid United as all hell. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  United's international service is death. Avoid it like the plague unless you are really price-sensitive.... : riptyde
  • BAs service is probably much better than UA also : FrayLo

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  Zaun is one of my favorite guys to heal as medic : kbnerd
  • whenever I see Zaun on the other team, I go spy to try to prevent him from dominating my team : Trips
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    he's one of my favorite guys to backstab. : thief
    • I CONCUR : duncandun
  • I'm going for the achievement of killing him as every class. : Sze Ior
  • Yeah, no shit. Pretty much guarantees top of the scoreboard if you medic Zaun. : mrwolf710
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    it makes you look good : feek
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      He needs medics as much as they need him. I can't count the number of times I've seen him scurry behind ... : EvilDolemite
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        Yeah, I know. I get really upset when medics, to use your term, banana ride one guy in particular. So man... : feek
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          Hey I was healing you a lot last night :( --jimmylegs. : mr_cakes
          • Yeah you were for a bit! I was pleasantly surprised. : feek
        • do you still bitch you team out when things aren't going your way? dunno, that might have something to d... : Nihilist
        • I usually always take the time to heal almost if not everyone i can find before heading in with a heavy. ... : itsjeff9
        • I always stop healing my main guy if I see people call for medics nearby. If there's not a lot of action ... : OverloadUT
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          this probably sounds dumb but if you want a medic to stick with you, just ask over voice chat. i always ... : electroly
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            100% agree. I was going with Zaun the entire time I was playing yesterday because he kept seeking me out ... : OverloadUT
            • Because Zaun won't play without a medic strapped to his hip :P : alias
        • lulz I feel the same way when I play demo or soldier, hardly ever get the invulns. Still manage to domina... : duncandun
  • He's my favorite to backstab. : ieGod
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  I always go after the people who are "good" if I can. People who always play the same class (spy/heavy) a... : Chunks
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    I played medic exclusively for a while (which was quite fun) but now i'm taking a break and trying up my ... : kbnerd
    • I switch between Medic, Pyro and Soldier mostly, unless a demo man is needed. Pyro is easily my favori... : Chunks
  • I generally just go after medics/spies/snipers. Those are the fun classes to kill. : Grumbeld
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  Zaun is a monster heavy, but there are ways of dealing with him and other super-specialized one-class nig... : EvilDolemite
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    Was that the dustbowl round I joined midway yesterday ? The defenders had 3 medics on the last round and... : MrLobo
    • i think i was one of the medics in that game. that was fun! : jenisthebest
    • Yeah we shouldn't have won that one. But, we got a couple of spies to sap, and then I went as pyro with ... : EvilDolemite
  • I thought you were going in a diff direction with that post preview... : FormerHPB
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  Moonstone, or what ever that cocks name is one which I fear. I *always* play the heavy and *always* get ... : tboomer2
  • hahah Moonwell, I am aways able to dominate him when I am an engineer lol : sesmaster
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    Moonbase Commander. : Dusty_Slim
    • That's the one.. Screw him and his cigarette smoking masked avenger. : tboomer2
    • Yeah, he's a pretty sick spy. I need to work on my spy binds... They're fast but need a lot of improv... : SatansFist
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      Moonbase is fun to have on your team. His voice is always monotone and relaxed. Sounds like he's comple... : bcyde
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        ...really? I had no idea I sounded like that. : Moonbase Commander
        • probably because you're so stoned, you don't realize it. : edgewise
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        if you think Moonbase sounds like that, listen to Harvester sometime : electroly
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          That is if you can understand any of his mumbling. : DrFlammable
          • hay dudes whafgonon inisthread? : H@rvester
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  If you really want to stick it to the heavies then play sniper and headhunt those bastards. Heavies are u... : xjdrake32
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    Whats up big money. : D45hiz
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      Not much, just wasting time at work. So have you updated your TF2 avatar to an Orton bobble head yet? : xjdrake32
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        Grossmania will never die! Though the power of the neck beard might seduce me. Its amazing how many... : D45hiz
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          haha, one of my buddies that I went to Purdue with was at a party and Orton was there. He got a picture w... : xjdrake32
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            These people really seemed to smitten with you. Dk and I know the truth though :P : D45hiz
            • huh? : xjdrake32
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    You're one of the few people I have come to hate. Grats :) : Chunks
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      Success! Its funny, I've heard a bunch of people give me the seinfeld line, "hate the drake!" when I'm sn... : xjdrake32
      • You're one of the people I go after. It's not an all-consuming mission (I still try to complete objective... : Chunks
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    As a really good sniper i can say that people stop playing heavies really quickly with me on the opposite... : eldiablo01
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      A great sniper can totally change the flow of a map. : EvilDolemite
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        it's true of any class. : thief
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          Moreso of sniper I believe. Say on 2fort. Suddenly 30% of your guys are dropping dead before they even ... : EvilDolemite
          • well yeah, but, well, whatever. we agree, i'm just being picky and argumentative. i love snipers. : thief
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      Until they stop playing heavy to play spy and then turn the tables on you. Its depressing because there i... : xjdrake32
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        you just have to be more paranoid--scope in scope out. to the point that being a sniper isn't as much fu... : thief
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          The problem is that the snipe's secondary weapon, the pea shooter, is next to worthless. I always thought... : xjdrake32
          • I have better luck switching to the machete to deal with spies and scouts. : EvilDolemite
          • i've unloaded multiple clips into weak enemies and the pea shooter still won't kill them. : kbnerd
          • I just resort to rail-gunning with the rifle unscoped. does alright in a pinch : RikiTiki2
          • it's fun to snipe someone then, if they're not all the way dead, shoot them with peas... my favorite sni... : thief
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        when spies are a problem and I'm a sniper, I set up right next to a sentry. they have to choose me or the... : RikiTiki2
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          I'll do that when I can but the problem with that is the typical locations for sentries are usually not i... : xjdrake32
          • I don't know that it matters much really since the sniper is the only long range threat in the game. Sure... : edgewise
      • That or a scout. I hate the idiots who can't do anything about you other than rush as a scout and blast y... : eldiablo01
• Not really, overall the level of skill on the shack servers seem pretty balanced. Every strategy has a h... : D45hiz
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  Also pyros need to be willing to die more often. The best pyros exist simply to fuck with engy setups, s... : EvilDolemite
  • Yes, you have to be willing to scream & leap to play a pyro. : Colleton
  • You haven't played against me much.. I die CONSTANTLY, but I love seeing my death "snap shot" thing full ... : Chunks
  • If you've played against me as a pyro you know I do this. Kamikaze runs ftw! : tunis5000
  • My goal in life is to just flame as many people at once as possible and then if I can before I die flame ... : mrwolf710
  • When I play pyro I simply charge to enemy lines and die frequently. : feek
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    Everyone needs to be willing to die more often. It's frustrating being on an offensive team that just sit... : dmason
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      This is a bad problem on 2fort. : EvilDolemite
      • I've tried to convince people that when we play 2fort on the shack we should all just agree not to play D : rosewood
      • It's a problem on most maps. People dont know how the fuck to play. : feek
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    Burning down sentries is fun, especially level 3 sentries. Also- sneaking up behind medics and burning th... : Mmmmmoo
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      Toasting medics is so much fun. I love it when they try to run. Torching snipers is very satisfying as we... : Colleton
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        Sometimes, I'll try and stand behind an ubered duo until their uber runs out. Then I'll burn them. It's e... : Mmmmmoo
        • yeah, that one is fun, especially since his heavy/soldier/pyro usually pays no attention to me. : Old_Fart
  • I die. A lot. I have balls of steel. : laurgasms
  • Right here buddy. I don't give a fuck when I play pyro. Burn mother fuckers, burn. : RyDogg1
  • I die plenty as a pyro. Been taking a break as scout lately, but I'm still playing with the same aggressi... : RikiTiki2
  • I go straight bucko whenever I can. : bcyde
  • I believe everyone knows I'm quite willing to die 75 times if it helps obtain the objective. Fuck the sco... : Old_Fart
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  i hate playing against nasty-jack and his stupid homing stickies >:( : papaskot
  • i heartily agree with this! : jenisthebest
  • hehe I had to look and sure enough both of you play a hell of a lot of engineer. I can't see any engineer... : NastyJack
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  Dr. Flammable or any spy. . .but Dr. Flammable was pissing me the fuck off when he was a scout. He was l... : goatjc
  • Yeah, that was the first time I actually got mad playing that game (or any game in a long time). It felt... : mrwolf710
  • Dr. Flammable is an unholy terror asshat no matter what class he plays. Heavy? I die horribly trying to... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Rosewood lamenting the lack of team coordination is almost as enjoyable for me as listening to anything M... : RevRaven
  • no shit rosewood. : thief
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  I love seeing great players on both teams, it makes the games so competitive. More intense. But when you ... : vynn
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    The level of play on Shack servers is so damn high. If you can even do decently on them, you will probab... : EvilDolemite
    • yeah when shack servers are full I enjoy my high domination level on the pubs. I practice with sniper an... : tunis5000
    • Some nights the level of play on the Shack servers is so intense I quit and go to a pub server just feel ... : mrwolf710
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  Played spy for the first time today. backstabbing is so much fun. : thekidd
  • Yeah, I still don't feel up to it as my latency can get jumpy, but it was satisfying to tear through 5 pe... : Grumbeld
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  Man, I hate playing with Zaun too. He's such an asshole. Oh and that Maddog guy. All assholes on the shac... : laurgasms
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    sorry for dominating you the other day as a scout : RikiTiki2
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      I dominated her too as engineer :( : EvilDolemite
      • slutbutt gets dominated by everyone, dont feel too proud boys. : laurgasms
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  I was talking a little about this the other night. It's just a blast to play with good players. I perso... : brickmatt
  • agreed. had a lot of fun last few times with all those guys : hirez
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    Yeah it's fun to with you and all the ones you mentioned. Most of the time you can catch them in the Sha... : bcyde
    • What's interesting is to see which of those individuals are carry-over from CS:S days. Voice Comm adds a... : brickmatt
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  I'm the opposite. I love the challenge when I'm up against Zaun or NastyJack or any of the really good tf... : re-verse
  • Yes. I have a ton of respect for them, and whenever I manage to kill them I'm really pleased with myself. : Colleton
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    Yeah, if someone pisses me off enough, sometimes i'll target them specifically. Doesn't always work out,... : megarust32
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      I make sure to make sure who is doing best on the server, and then target them. I figure its a lot better... : re-verse
      • ehhhh : thief
  • Also fun - getting your skills up on the shack server for a few hours and then dropping in on a public se... : re-verse
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  You should have seen the TFC server get ripped to shit when Fireman showed up. Good times. : Omaha
  • TFC, TFC...the name sounds familiar but I just can't remember it... : EvilDolemite
  • that man would not die : kbnerd
  • What is this "TFC," you speak of? Sounds complicated and just not fun. See, TF2 is just fun and simple.... : RyDogg1
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    I really want to play rocket arena with him :( : thief
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      Where is TF2 HUNTED? : thief
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        On it's way apparently. I'm hoping it's our Christmas present from Valve. : mrwolf710
        • Seriously? : thief
        • Dear God, YES! : Grumbeld
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      I had Q3 RA at some point. I'd have to reinstall Q3A though :( I kinda prefered regular deathmatch wi... : alias
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        regular dm is fun but I hate feeling obligated to time armor and items and weapons and stuff. : thief
        • Needs to have some encumberance rating with armor :P : alias
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  Yes. And I do leave rather than fight Thief, Dmason or Moonbase as a spy. Seriously, those guys ruin th... : Wheatloaf
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    oh wheaty, we know you're being sarcastic. You never leave after telling me to switch from spy. : thief
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      i just wish you'd stop getting hurt so much. healing you is a full-time job : kbnerd
      • I rocket jump a lot. It makes walking to battle and actual battles far more enertaining. That said, if ... : thief
  • I like it when you play as engie on my team. I dress up as you and bait other spies. : dmason
  • Play as a Pyro then. : CRasterImage
  • yeah dmason is the best spy I've seen. Looking back through my fraps videos there are crap load of kills... : mrwolf710
• i play as frame. I HATE to see NastyJack or Zaun on the opposite team... : lodgiikal
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  my nemeses are every spy and sniper on the shack servers. i try to keep a vigilant eye out for thief and... : electroly
  • I do well when you're in the server, be you on my team or not. : thief
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  Nope, everyone is beatable. I might have to switch classes or something to counter them, though. : DrFlammable
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    Good snipers probably piss me off the most, though. andrew_ is hands-down the best sniper on the shack se... : DrFlammable
    • Maddog is an amazing sniper, too. He had the most amazing shot on me tonight. : thief
  • ^^^ is especially beatable. : skinlab133
• 'like the challenge. who to look out for depends on the map and team makeup... pretty much every class ca... : Foxhawk
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  I dont like seeing Captain Trips or thief on the other team because they are good spy's. I dont think the... : Jackass1233
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    I disagree to an extent. I think skill in one class translates well into the other class. So much of do... : thief
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      i'm great as a medic but only average (or worse) with every other class. : kbnerd
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        Clearly medic and engineer could be exceptions; they're more of an exception to the "effectiveness [repla... : thief
        • (hello) : lakren
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  I hate to admit it but if I end up on a team opposite Maddog I'll go kill him as much as I can if he goes... : mrwolf710
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    The only person who really prompts me to change teams is rosewood. I sometimes dislike his attempts at o... : thief
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      haha being on rosewood's team is terrible. no basis for his authority. if you're going to be bitching an... : Foxhawk
      • rosewood needs to hack in a B-17 into TF2 is what you are saying : Downforce
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        i always get a good lulz from people trying to take interweb authority on videogames, as if they're exper... : the city
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          didn't the original (now scrapped) TF2 have a "captain" role that had a top-down map view and could make ... : electroly
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            Yeah, they had a commander role who could view the whole map, or something. It would have been interesti... : Grumbeld
            • iirc what they envisioned originally is effectively the latest battlefield games, yes? : epit
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        Lol what? : rosewood
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          Seriously, where'd all the hate come from. I've never heard you being bossy or anything. Maybe I've jus... : mrwolf710
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            I didn't realize saying "hey, if we want to win, we need another medic" was somehow putting me in authori... : rosewood
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              I can't speak to your own behaviors in the game, since I haven't played with you. However, people who te... : the city
              • Jesus people are retarded. All I know is that when I sit back and don't say shit, the team tends to lose... : rosewood
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          Fuck you I won't do what you tell me!!!111 : crummynz
          • Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites : rosewood
• This goes out to NastyJack: I am your bitch. : treefingers1
• i just want to say thanks. Im glad im not alone in getting 'OMG WTF YOU ASHOLE I HATE THIS FUCKING GAME'... : papaskot
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  its fun unless rosewood runs his mouth and wont shut the fuck up or that other guy gives a pep talk in be... : Hoax
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    Sounds like JonathanBedavra to me : Modica Sol Solis
    • haha. He's hilarious. : edgewise
  • Don't be mean! JPB gives the best pep talk! : project13
• I solemnly promise that I'll have a new headset figured out within a month. I accidentally bought the ex... : Grumbeld
• No because I die quickly no matter who I'm playing against. : freshyk
• I get like that if I see a few guys on the other team that I know are gonna kick my ass. I'm not much sca... : NastyJack
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  Lots of whining about spies still. They aren't that tough, even playing against moonbase, dmason et al... : alias
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    I don't play as a Spy to get kills. I play to sap buildings and kill Heavies/Medics/Snipers on the sides... : Moonbase Commander
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      It's just annoying that most people don't really notice you or other spies at all really. It's not that ... : alias
      • Yeah, I've posted before that one backstab shouldn't be worth two points. Shackers are the most paranoid ... : dmason
• Nobody hates me because I'm too awesome. : duncandun

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• ahaha holy shit. : stgdz
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  HA-PEEEEEEN : Foxhawk
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    It's kaboom. : marmite
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      i know, that's why hapeen is so funny. : Foxhawk
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        ok I feel safe laughing with you know. : marmite
        • wtf know = now. : marmite
      • This makes no sense. : CRasterImage
• I love how they fit the Pyro's voice in there :D : Rotten Deadite
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  i love the sound effects when they are taking the ammo off the dead guy : lodgiikal
  • Yes, that was excellent. : graah
• hahaha : NFXFSX
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  fucking hell I spat drink when they were collecting ammo. : marmite
  • and all the crits when they win! : marmite
  • yes major funny right there hahahaha : malloc
• I think you just totally ruined that movie now. Holy hell lol. : pigvomit
• lol, that's pretty clever. I approve. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  ahaha. Nice. Also, LOL @ Comments: TF2 sucks... CSS is 5 times better : FormerHPB
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    Exactly 5 times, too. I wonder how many hours they spent calculating that. : EvilDolemite
    • 5 is as high as they can count, obviously. : Rotten Deadite
• [muffled] aahh ha ha ha ha : AMikaboshi
• Haha. Nice. : monkeygone
• Oh man, this is excellence. Thanks for the link. : stygian_whisper
• Man, glad I watched that whole thing...Hilarious! : ImageOmega
• hahahah that's awesome : askedrelic
• That was brilliantly done. : ChibiJosh
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  must watch later... : Str8Dog
  • Agreed : theamazingrand0
  • yah me too.. youtube is blocked at work :( : Shadowdane
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  oh god I lost it when the guys caught fire and "I'm on fiiiiyaaahh!!" : mikecyb
  • and moments before when the pyro gets all excited ... (mumbled) "VICTORY!!! HAHAHAHAHAHHA" hahah i'm l... : Demius
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  haha i love it. especially is victory is called. : industro
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    er.. after : industro
    • Yeah, all those crit sounds, lol : carrioN luggagE
• Video of the year : adodric
• oh my god that had me in tears : FushigiDenki
• this is perfect LOL'd : mmaster_pw
• Oh man, I got to watch this after work. : S1ing B1ade
• interesting indeed : AssGoblin
• The post victory slaughter was fantastic : rosewood
• heh, that was epic. : bakanoodle
• Oh god that was fucking amazing. : freshyk
• oh god the pyro is the best part : tashtego
• holy fucking shit : pwnage1232
• Just brilliant. I may not be able to watch Private Ryan the same way ever again. : robotsincharge
• words cannot describe the awesome of this video : Trips
• HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ROFL fuckin' god I can't stop laughing : Nitrium
• that was fucking perfect : vynn
• This video better be in the next replay couch : Trips
• that was just, wow, perfect : RobFlinn
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  That is fantastically tasteless. : chazums
  • http://youtube.com/watch?v=ba4cHB4uEQ0 : fen boi
  • Those actors died for our viewing enjoyment :( : CapnChaos
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  The Pyro one towards the end was classic. : liqker
  • that was the best part : das_runt
• I really need to see that. Seeing it for the first time with the TF2 sounds is really weird, 'cause my em... : Chunks
• oh holy shit, lol : delataur
• this is great, gotta get back to playing some tf2....eventually ;) : Nihilist
• LOL that's awesome. I lost it at the KABOOOOM when the mortar went off : tunis5000
• YES. JUST YES. 15/10. no, 25/10 : Downforce
• LMAO .. oh god that's great. : MrGrindy
• I'M ON FIRE : pupismyname
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  SO. MUCH. AWESOME. You just KNEW the Pyro was gonna do his cheer with the bunker. Oh, God, that was g... : Moonbase Commander
  • I wish there was more "hudda hudda hudda" though. : Moonbase Commander
• Totally inaccurate. You should be hearing "Medic!" every three seconds. : Wombat Woo
• haha, this is so fuckin funny : whistletits
• That was spectacular! A gem on this otherwise dull Monday! I feel bad for you poor souls who can't wat... : zerog83
• The Control Point is being contested!! Ahahaha that was great! : Odoyle
• Hahahahaha, brilliant : Noobler
• No words. Man. : punchdog
• SENTRY DOWN!!! : trOmblyj
• holy shit, that's amazing : SiW73
• So tasteless, so fucking funny. : aaarrrgh
• hahahaha, that was perfect. Especially the pyro part at the end. : Colleton
• That was all sorts of awesome. Those domination and revenge sounds were great. : Mmmmmoo
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  Strangely unfunny to me. : Athlon7
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    same here. i admit i snickered at the domination music and pyro VO, but for the most part it made me feel... : dewdman
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      You know, I'd probably feel the same way if it was done using actual combat footage etc. : graah
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        i think this is about as accurate a portrayal of the Normandy landing as you could get/want? aside from b... : dewdman
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          Different level of immersion I suppose. If I watched the unedited opening to SPR then I'd probably feel ... : graah
          • ps not trying to be that guy/serious cat : dewdman
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          I don't see how getting enjoyment out of an edited film from a movie about real events is much different ... : lyme
          • And not just WW2 shooters. Any realism-based shooter sort of falls into this category. : lyme
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    Too lazy to check post history; Have you played much TF2? : graah
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      I have and I didn't find it funny. I can see it was well made, but I couldn't get over making light of a ... : terath
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        It's not "taking life too seriously" It's that tremendous stick. It seems to be lodged rather deep :( : Ebu
        • you're like the ultimate pot/kettle euphemism : dewdman
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    The weird thing is that I saw it on a blog and thought it was cool enough to post, but I didn't think it : rock elf
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      you're too easily swayed. jump up and down ten times. : sikander
      • Omg kids jumping up and down ten times is like the coolest thing also smoking drugs also you suck at ever : buzzbat
• lol @ pyro sounds ... i love them! now THIS is art! : virus
• :D : xelencin
• Hahaha not bad, though it lost it's goofiness for me after the first minute or two. After that I started... : Begawkiness
• oh god, i just fell apart at the pyro's scene in the end : Korban
• That's the best thing I've seen all day. : Ride-My-Rocket
• haha fucking great! : razlebol
• The sniper part was tight =P. "Wave goodbye to your head, wanker." : Malku
• I had to dry my eyes from the laughter. Awesome! : AxeMan808
• I laughed at this far more than I should have. : WaterSign
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  Those D-day landing ships... Wouldn't it have been better if the troops came out of them to the side inst... : nudel
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    not sure if it would have mattered. coastal pillboxes would have shifted their field of fire arc's to sho... : cygnus
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      also, a lot of guys had to bail over the side which placed them in the water. carrying all that gear, bei... : cygnus
      • I guess it's a fucked up situation whatever you do. Unbelievable to think we do that sort of thing to eac... : nudel
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    If I recall correctly*, one of the reasons Omaha was such hell was that the shelling/bombing prior to the... : eskimo spy
    • Yes the bombs didn't do as much to the concrete casemates and pillboxes as the Allies would have liked. ... : Omaha
  • that's why landing craft today open up in the back : Omaha
• hahaha that was hilarious. : NastyJack
• god bless youtube, the internet, and people with this much free time : Lionhart32935
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  I guess im lame, but i really didnt think this was funny at all. I think anything to do with WW2 shouldnt... : thewindcriesmary
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    You're right. Saving Private Ryan and every other way movie should never have been made for our enjoyment... : Trips
    • *war movie : Trips
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      i don't think the expressed intent spielberg was going for was "entertainment" : dewdman
      • Are you saying the movie did not entertain you? : Trips
• Send this as a video holiday card! Also man this is a depressing scene from that movie. : jake2000

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  Put to rest just like Han's method of confrontation resolution... : pigvomit
  • Han was provoked! : lowpoly
• Whether Deckard is a replicant? That's been settled already: Scott says he is in the movie, though Ford p... : d fluke
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  I want to click that, but frankly I know I'll end up watching it. So I won't. ;) : avatar_58
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    unless you are a totally obsessive nerd it shouldn't really bother you, its a single word in a dialog tha... : Hoax
    • I clicked. Thats it? Erm....right. That doesn't change anything. : avatar_58
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  Wait then that doesnt make sense. He is one, hense the whole unicorn origami and stuff. : deathofrats
  • Doesn't mean in any way that he had to come off the same ship as the last batch : d fluke
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    That has nothing to do with this spoiler. : skinlab133
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      Yes it does, because if you change the count, that leaves there being no unaccounted for replicants, mea... : deathofrats
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        No, that's not right.. No matter what, he was never one of the rogue replicants. The idea being that he w : jaga
        • Yes, this. : skinlab133
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  The end of that article raises a good question. If they already knew what the Nexus-6 models looked like... : Bruzilla
  • Because Voight-Kamff is cool. : dirge23
  • I always assumed they knew what the escapees looked like, not that all the models were the same like the ... : Fred Garvin
  • Also, can't they just do simple blood tests? If replicants are wholly different in capability, then they ... : jaga
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  ugh self indulging asshole directors, stop fucking up already good movies. : metalremains
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    Word. Once you publish, the work is complete. After that you're just using editorial wite-out. : dirge23
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      This assumes that all released films are what the director intended and that's not true. You guys are off... : Fred Garvin
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        Doesn't matter to me what the director intended. The director presumably always intends that the movie no... : dirge23
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          Whatever, you are still completely wrong. : Fred Garvin
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            Movies shouldn't be patched. They should be released bug-free dammit. : dirge23
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              And no one should ever make mistakes and technology should never advance. Movies released on HD formats s... : Fred Garvin
              • Good, we're in agreement. : dirge23
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                This is a specious argument - cleaning up physical flaws due to their increased visibility in a high-reso... : taronish
                • What about re-recording a soundtrack? What about new ADR to clean up some dialog that was weka or noisy? : Fred Garvin
        • So with that logic, we should've never been given Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut. : shyguy74
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        Just for the sake of argument, can you name one of these sorts of revisions that turned out to be positiv... : taronish
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          Yeah, I can't think of any that take a good movie and make it better. They just strip timeless classics ... : dirge23
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            are you sure that isn't just nostalgia? : ermac
            • Yeah. Otherwise colorizing old movies would be a good idea. But it isn't. : dirge23
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          Cleaning up films. Taking out things like mic shadows. Fixing incorrect dialog or poor ADR. I can think o... : Fred Garvin
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            I don't really think this is the same as what we are talking about. I think most people who are disagreei... : taronish
            • I have no issue as long as I agree with it. I kind of think that goes without saying. If it made more sen... : Fred Garvin
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          Aliens. It's not literally a directors cut afaik, but i definitely appreciate the scenes that got put bac... : yAak
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            I hate the Aliens SE. Almost all of the added scenes make the movie worse. All the scenes on the colony b... : DapperDan
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              I like it as a supplemental. Having already seen all of that, the added history is cool. : pigvomit
              • I would have liked it as extra scenes. As is, they ruin the movie. Although the auto-turret scene was kin... : DapperDan
            • I think the regular version is best for anyone's first viewing of Aliens, but once you know the story and... : action wombmate
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          I like the longer versions of the LOTR movies better, just because all the cool shit from the books they ... : invisible_kid
          • Also Kingdom of Heaven. Another Ridley Scott one, incidentally. : invisible_kid
          • That was slightly different because they were forced to keep them under 3 hours for theatrical release, a... : aethyr
        • Kingdom of Heaven (also directed by Ridley Scott) : vigilante
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          The Kingdom of Heaven director's cut, with a billion added scenes, is a totally different, and much bette... : Vantage
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            guess i need to check this out... while not bad, i wasn't particularly impressed by the theatrical releas... : yAak
            • The Director's Cut is fantastic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Heaven_%28film%29#Extended_direc... : invisible_kid
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            I didn't like the original at all, I dont think whatshisname makes for a strong lead actor.. but on yo... : jaga
            • It's pretty much a total reversal. I really didn't like it in theaters, but the DC is fantastic. : Nick Breckon
        • the first blade runner director's cut is a good example. 10 years after the theatrical version, too. appa... : pyide
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          The Abyss : retardhumper
          • I was so mad when I saw the movie (after having read the book) and the wave scene was left out. : riptyde
          • I'd vote for this one too. Directors cut is much better. : pyros
          • agreed. Also, King Arthur - though the movie still sucked, but not as bad as the original release. : dedgecko
          • Hell fucking yes. Theatric version sucks. : OverloadUT
        • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_recut_by_studio If you want one specific example: http://en.w... : aethyr
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          Dunno how much in the minority I am, but I like Troy Director's Cut much more than original. : shyguy74
          • that's not saying much given how much Troy sucked. I don' t think I could sit through that again, even i... : dedgecko
        • The Forgotten. The theatrical ending was rushed and awful, to appeal to those who wanted a more 'upbeat'... : deathofrats
        • Brazil, although Gilliam managed to force the studio to release his version of the film by making a fuss ... : nudel
    • The theatrical release was wholly fucked up due to investors not wanting a dreary ending. They wouldn't l... : snuff
  • You're wrong. : d fluke
  • with out "value add" how else are they going to get you to buy the same movie over and over? They can't k... : Str8Dog
  • In the case of George Lucas, you are correct, in the case of Ridley Scott not necessarily. See this inte... : Hiro
  • Most of the time I agree, but in this case the new version is better than the original. : pyrogen

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  awesome? I'm pretty sure you could do the same thing if you wanted : RikiTiki2
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    it was awesome because xkcd is pretty cool, the guy was funny, and people were chanting for him to do a c... : virus
    • Envisioning everybody chanting for him to draw something is hilarious (in my head) : fishbone
• Nobody can draw stick figures like that. : pigvomit
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  You can tell it's authentic because it's not funny. : dirge23
  • hahaha. : edgewise
  • fuckin lol : Phil
  • ok i like the comic but this made me laff. :( : changejar419
  • so true : sonicdeathwalrus
• Are you facebook friends with him now listed as "It's complicated"? : gmd
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  HEY LETS HAVE ANOTHER "XKCD IS NOT FUNNY THREAD" CUZ WE DONT HAVE ENOUGH. READY GO : FrayLo
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    This post was less funny than xkcd. : dirge23
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      i eat pieces of shit for breakfast : FrayLo
      • yeah, and Grizzly Adams had a beard. : gmd
      • You eat pieces of shit? What's the basis? : Ovate
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    oh well - fuck those guys, i think its pretty funny. now that faggot dinosaur comic... that shit is NO... : virus
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      iawtp X 1000000 : ColoradoCNC
      • iawtp X 2000000 : Mondo
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    I did this on the spot just for this thread, FrayLo. http://ajax.shackspace.com/Pictures/xkcdnews.png : Ajax
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      What's going on with that c? : dirge23
      • That's my favorite part actually. : Ajax
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        Ajax has been huffing exhaust fumes from playing too much forza 2. : sigpro
        • 2stickfigures1consonant : Ajax
      • 'c' is for 'curbstomp' : DonkeyPopsicle
    • you earned this lol : itsjames
    • i laughed... : AroundTheFur1380
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      haha is the 'a' crying or trying to blow himself? either one is fitting. : mikecyb
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        That one hit a little close to home I see. : Ajax
        • when I am not working or playing video games I'm pretty much doing one of those two : mikecyb
      • who says you can't do both? :( : burningtrees
    • rofl that's great! : jaga
    • i see an OGC lolol : askedrelic
    • I love the OGC in the K, hahahaha : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • hahaha gold. : burning eye
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  LMAO http://www.flickr.com/photos/21319844@N08/2094535262/in/set-72157603399536098/ what a fucking ... : boring gegtik
  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/21319844@N08/2094534814/in/set-72157603399536098/ you know it's interesti... : MagicWishMonkey
• Will google use that as their logo someday? : voodooraze
• nice, he got the logo wrong and it's not funny. A genuine xkcd work for sure right there : itsjames
• stick figures : mikecyb
• what was he there for? : xxiv
• Looks pretty sweet. What all did the guy talk about? Is it up on the Google video archive? PS: Scre... : Zhaneel
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  so he drew some stick figures. woo : AllYourBase
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    heres an action shot of him lovingly crafting a stick figure http://www.flickr.com/photos/21319844@N08/20... : boring gegtik
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      After that he cried a little bit then told a mysql joke no one laughed at. : filtersweep
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        No no no. They all laughed uncomfortably out of politeness, and then turned their heads away and coughed ... : Bean
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          well jokes on them they missed the part where he put on a gentlemans hat and then defended the honour of ... : boring gegtik
          • haha. oh, gegtik, you slay me! : Bean
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            his cell phone rang and its just a recording of him saying "By the way I have a GIRLFRIEND" : boring gegtik
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              Fraylo was on the other end they had a discussion about how funny it is when girls are master computer ha... : boring gegtik
              • some days i really like you (today) : veras
• Very nice. : sharkII
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  It's like this guy won the goddamn lottery. He draws stick figures, people. Stick. Figures. If you tried ... : sharpie
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    His stick figures are better then what alot of people consider art : Mondo
    • No they aren't : Chris Remo
    • mondolol : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      show me this art people are considering? : RikiTiki2
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        I just see it hanging up in places, it looks like 3-5 year olds finger painted it, his stick figures are ... : Mondo
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          "I just see it hanging up in places." : alarm cock
          • He means the Louvre. : c0bra
        • What kind of places? You can tell me. I can accept the facts!! : CrustaR
  • a digitalburro? : voodooraze
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    Maybe you're just sick of being used by him. : Omaha
    • I see what you did there... : voodooraze
• haha threads about xkcd are hilarious : xsii
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  I think the next time someone makes an xkcd thread, the shack will reach critical levels. : great-white
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    I think the reason that people went apeshit in this thread is because the root poster referred to a quick... : Ajax
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      its like every day someone posts a link to xkcd and says "hey guys look this comic still sucks" and then ... : FrayLo
      • well no most people used to love this comic and thought it was awesome. then people began to realize how... : Mr.SEX
• I just wish I could go back to being the only person who liked xkcd : Draugluin
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  whoa he did that right there on the spot?? truly a master of his art : haiku
  • you guys are just jealous. : virus
• critical reply regarding the lack of balls-out detail in xkcd's life drawing skils. : not work safe
• google is fuckin' up. : eskimo spy
• there's no way he could have doodled that in such a short time. fake. : ermac

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  I hit the crack pipe again this weekend- decided to roll a Hunter since I've already done priest/mage/war... : tashtego
  • i rolled a undead warlock.....lvl 12.....we should rub cocks tonight : Rigor Morts
  • Ghostlands is a great zone as well, reminds me of Duskwood. : atom519
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    the new starting areas are vastly better than the old ones. Especially Mulgore. ugh, so spread out. : edgewise
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      i ran my new tauren druid all the way over to the UD starting area. i hate mulgore with a passion. : xxiv
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        sucks you can't run him over to the Blood Elf starting area. It's even vastly better than the UD one. : edgewise
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          i think you can. the translocation orb in UD ports you over iirc. : xxiv
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            don't you have to be a blood elf to use it? : edgewise
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              pretty sure any horde race can use the one in UD. : xxiv
              • provided you have tbc installed of course. : xxiv
            • Nope! : Evil Benius
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    Dustwallow Marsh has some great content upgrades with 2.3 - are there any more areas like this? It's a n... : Nihilist
    • Nah, it seems like its pretty much the only area like that. Some other areas ended up with a few new q... : MacemanInTW
  • Yeah, I REALLY enjoyed Ghostlands. My rogue hit 21 yesterday. May not be on tonight, but definitely som... : ImageOmega
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  never again : agentlead
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    Same here. There's something about the winter that makes me want to play but I refuse to pick that game ... : Horn
    • That's a good point- I only play WoW in the winter. Come spring, I start doing shit outside and don't hav... : tashtego
    • Ya, I've noticed a large increase in "hey guys, just reactivated my WoW sub" threads lately. : atom519
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      I just gave up the crack last week! Still fighting the occassional urge to resub, especially when these t... : TPSReport
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        I ended my addiction right before the expansion came out. I'm dying to jump back in and start leveling u... : Horn
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          it's $15 a month. that's basically the cost of a movie ticket for 1:30hrs of entertainment. if you played... : dewdman
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            For me, the sub monthly fee was never the issue, given how much you'd play and how great the game content... : TPSReport
            • i can understand that. i guess i'm lucky because i have the attention span of a retarded infant monkey; i... : dewdman
  • indeed sir. it's the right thing to do. Like Wilfred Brimley, eat your quaker oaks - dont play wow : kainen1
• :) : g0nk
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  Waiting for the expansion to resubscribe. : slax0r
  • Me too : cjcharv
• Im thinking about it. : Wolfanoz
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  So how big of a change was the speed-ed up leveling that Blizzard implemented? Anyone notice a big change... : byorn
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    From the 2.3 patchnotes. Leveling Improvements Many leveling improvements have been made for : Sarcastro
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      cool. Can those of you who are still playing, tell a difference? : byorn
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        its 20% faster : multisync
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          if you follow jame's leveling guide it is even much faster than this... 18% decrease in required xp pe... : mwasher
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            yeah, I did 56-57 in < 2 1/2 hours, and probably about 2 hours of that was flying around and doing a game... : itsjames
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              That IS nice, I hated the huge change in your leveling speed once you got past 20. Casual play was just n... : byorn
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                this huge change occurs now at 60... you go from 160,000 (approx.) required to get 60, to 480,000 for 61 : mwasher
                • lol, wow...that is HUGE. : byorn
    • I managed to go from level 33 to 40 in a matter of a few hours. I'm not sure how much better this is sinc... : bad_fish
• i just resubscribed last week and im glad i did :) : glory hole
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  Whats the best WoW MOD Site these days? Is WoWinterface.com still a good site to visit for the latest/up... : jedi_27
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    get the wowace updater and never worry again : multisync
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      ok multi . . . I have been out of the game for so long. WTF are you talking about ? :) ... : jedi_27
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        google 'wowace updater' i dont know exact link - its the best thing in the WORLD : multisync
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          I prefer WUU. http://wuu.vagabonds.info/ It doesn't let you find new addons like WoWAce Updater does,... : burningtrees
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            woah! Trees went back as well :) NICE! : jedi_27
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              hahaha, yeah WoW Ace Updater is sweet, if it had everything I use. But since I mix and match, WUU works ... : burningtrees
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                does Fubar use ACE or downloaded with this thing? : jedi_27
                • fubar uses ace iirc. : xxiv
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        WowAce Updater is basically a tool that brings up a menu with a list of EVERY single WoWAce addon. These... : ImageOmega
        • wow!! thanks for the help!! I will give this a shot tonight : jedi_27
        • i need to install this tonight also. i never could get fubar working the way i wanted to like titan thoug... : xxiv
  • www.curse.com : TPSReport
• On Mal'Ganis...? I'm getting spoiled on Uldaman's PvE right now. I'll roll a lolrogue anyway though. : Rotten Deadite
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  Oh goddamn I am so strung out on WoW again. I've only been PvP'ing but honor points are like crack to me... : Phil
  • Yeah even for someone like myself in almost full S2/S3 gear there is still a ton of stuff to farm honor f... : Evil Benius
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    YEA BUDDY! : multisync
    • FFS, last night I had 19,906pts accumulated + an estimated 7,190 for a total of 27,000+ (27000 needed fo... : Phil
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    are you an alliance fag now? : hamachi
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      Shit no. wth. : Phil
      • my bad. I thought you had to re-roll after you quit last time. : hamachi
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    Getting honor is so painful now on Mal'Ganis. Especially with AV queue times of two hours since the Alli... : Chod
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      Yeah, AV is so hilariously fun now (every 120 minutes) because Horde always wins. It used to be that it ... : Phil
      • I don't even bother attempting to get into AV. It's pretty much a waste of time. I just play a few wsg,... : Chod
  • I hate farming honor. If I only had 1 level 70, I'm sure he'd be fully decked out in Pvp gear, but tryin... : jlavrenz
• No thanks, I am already a God at WoW and no longer associate with peons. (this was a joke) : vynn
• Anyone need a scroll of resurrection? *hint hint* : Chod
• I am playing. add Doomjayx to your friends list, I am only a level 17 warlock though : Jayx77
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  For those of you that just started new characters and you missed mine or Magus' posts about this... Th... : ImageOmega
  • I have a 17 UD priest on Mal'ganis, always wanted to level up a priest (though I hear lots of priest whin... : Force[FED]
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    as of now i think we're asking people interested in our little band of wow'ers to stick to a level 35 cap... : xxiv
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      this is pretty cool of you to do. : hamachi
      • i think it's a good way of playing casually and not feeling forced to put in time you don't have to keep ... : xxiv
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      35? wtf? walking sucks, I got to 40 as quick as fucking possible : Nihilist
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        it's just a suggestion, people can play to 70 in 3 days straight if they want to. : xxiv
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          We do the level cap thing on Doomhammer, I'll never play another way again. Dudes all staggered all over ... : royalally
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            So what are the increments you cap at? : byorn
            • We started 1-20. Stop at 20. Stop at 30. Stop at 35 (SM shit.) Stop at 40. (Cath) Now we're at Stop at 45... : royalally
      • This isn't as big an issue with all the FPs around these days, plus we're not going all over the place, j... : Magus
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    I'll probably be down for this- Blood Elf Hunter here. : tashtego
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      oh who am I kidding I'll just end up poop-socking it to 60 =( : tashtego
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        oh wait now it's 70 I'll need a bigger sock : tashtego
        • they come in pairs! : .sticks.
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          if you wanna poopsock then by all means have at it, the casual thing is more for those of us who can't fi... : xxiv
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            any kinds of toons you need? : hamachi
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              play whatever you think you'd have the most fun with. magus - warrior/priest, i'm not sure if he's de... : xxiv
              • I will definitely be a warrior as my main. I'm decent at tanking, so I want to do the prot route for a wh... : Magus
  • got a 21 droood named syral. I haven't brought him into the gcr herd yet. : .sticks.
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    i've been meaning to reply to Magus' SM.. i would love to do this, but i need to finish lvl'ing my loc... : g0nk
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      we'll still be chugging along i'm sure. when does the expansion come out? i'm thinking we can rely on... : xxiv
      • WotLK is like mid-late 2008 iirc : Nihilist
    • No hurry, mate. We're a very casual group; it'll be a slow pace. Honestly I think it's going to be a bit ... : Magus
  • FYI We meet Mondays and Thursdays 9pm-11pm EST. Very casual, 5-man dungeon running, staying together in l... : Magus
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  who the hell is gOnk? : Korban
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    son of g0nk : mwasher
    • g0nk you. motherg0nker. : xxiv
• i think im gonna play my 35 druid on mal ganis in between leveling my hunter on another server. : maulla
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  So does the next expansion pack require lvl 70 characters? So is Blizzard pretty much making sure you bou... : byorn
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    safe bet, as it would be 70-80 content zones for the majority i think. same way you had to be level 58 ii... : xxiv
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      Having to be at the level cap for 90% or more of a new expansion's content is standard in MMOs. : Link.
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        So is the only option without the 1st expansion, grinding in the old content? : byorn
        • you need the first expansion : JINKY
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  If I wasn't pretty invested in my prot pally on Perenolde (as well as my couple of 70's), and my new mage... : MacemanInTW
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    Heh, Burning Legion. That was the server on was (as Horde) from launch to a bit less than 2 years later. ... : Link.
    • I'm not sure how it was before. I had a buddy of mine reroll on there a few months ago, so I decided to ... : MacemanInTW
• I'd probably play if I had a few people to play with that were my level, In games like WoW... the endless... : duncandun

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  A rapture movie? : pigvomit
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    The Happening is a paranoid thriller in which a family must survive a global environmental crisis.[1] T : wtf242
    • Kill me now. : pigvomit
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      the twist is that we were on earth all along!!! : askedrelic
      • You Maniacs! : Lightbulb
    • I wonder if I'll like The Day After Tomorrow better this time around... : Saman
    • I bet the twist is that you are really in the future and some annoying company has captured you to test t... : Frozen Pixel
    • Translated to Shyamalan's style: Guy and his wife argue for two hours. Some weird environmental stuff ha... : skizl
    • A high school biology teacher, huh... : walker270
    • Perhaps he was a world-renowned climatologist before being force out of his tenured position at a major ... : c0bra
    • haha, no fucking way... : melt_core
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      ahahahaha The Day After The Signs Out Of The Water In The Village Of Seansable Unbreakable Dead People : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • you sir get a lol. : marmite
    • the twist is it's all Al Gore's fault : mikecyb
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      eh.. just throw some water at the problem. : bad_fish
      • You misspelled "Carbon Credits" : theargent
  • That was my first thought. : voodooraze
  • Nonsense. Jesus would have closed the doors. : exigence7
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  i wish this guy would stop making movies :[ : wtf242
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    I wish YOU would stop making movies! >:( : dognose
    • I wish YOU would start making movies! >:( : aaarrrgh
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  The twist: it happens : megarust32
  • No i bet the twist is it doesn't : Cyco52
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  The coyote put up a giant matte painting of a city and everyone crashed into it thinking there was a road... : Omaha
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    Tricky bastard. There is one man that would not fall for this trickery! : rosewood
    • Duke Nukem? : Snif DeCrac
• Oh god please no.....not another shamalamadingdong movie. : avatar_58
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  The Happening? I look forward to the sequel, Event Taking Place. : aeg1x
  • I think you're referring to "Phenomenon". : dirge23
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  This poster is like the ultimate generic Shamalamadingdong poster. SOME CRAZY THING IS HAPPENING BUT WE'... : Chris Remo
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    The real challenge is making a movie around a non event. Something along the lines of "The nothingning" : re-verse
    • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298482/ : mwasher
  • ^^^ Shammylammalowang movies in a nutshell. : pigvomit
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    The Happening actually sounds like a Dean Koontz novel title. : shyguy74
    • no, a Dean Koontz novel title would be The Unhappening : Frozen Pixel
  • YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES : avatar_58
  • DEAD AIR http://patricksrestopattaya.com/skydive/images_skydive/crash030114_plane.jpg : burning eye
• Marky Mark movies always entertain me. : shyguy74
• The mist... the happening... the shire... the.. th.... : Q-ball
• If there isn't any reading of cereal boxes to further the plot, not once, but twice in this movie then I'... : Frozen Pixel
• wonder if he will write himself into the script again... lady in the water was so lol... : Str8Dog
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  Those people were on the way to The Happening and then heard that it was directed by Shamalan. : Audhuml4
  • hahahah I missed this : Chris Remo
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  haha I thought it was a parody first, like what I did for Firecane. The Happening just sounds like such a... : haiku
  • the most offensive part is how they remind us what movies he's done before in the tagline. : Morgin
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    Yeah I had to consider it for about a minute to decide if it was real : Chris Remo
    • lol same here, I was genuinely confused. : nomaad
  • You should make a fake M Knight Shyamalan poster and just post it somewhere. Whatever you make will pr... : Teiresias
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  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Whatshappening.jpg : voodooraze
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    holy crap my sister tells me that when I was 4 I erupted in a huge crying fit when I saw the beginning of... : haiku
    • So you're a fat black guy that loves twinkies and never gets a ride, huh : bozer
• Repent sinners! : shortbuscaptain
• I'm not going to watch this. : rock elf
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  The plot twist... http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ovvHBQ4bL.jpg : Ajax
  • WHA' HAPPEN : Chris Remo
• Bah... I will watch this movie. I've always enjoyed the twists in his movies and I can't wait to see wha... : Edges
• I refuse to go to any M. Knight movie after going to the theater for the village. : goatjc
• whaaaaa-saaap-o-ning : lowpoly
• Spah's happening mah sentry! : carrioN luggagE
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  i can't stand him. : virus
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    but you like unfunny stick figure comics. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND! : FormerHPB
    • OH MY GOD YOU CAN CROSS REFERENCE POSTS TOO!!! ...seriously, lol. : virus
  • It's okay. He uses Windows Live Search. : RomSteady
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  I have enjoyed all his movies except "The Lady in the Water" or whatever it was called. : pun][sher
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    you liked the village? : GloriousCow
    • I kind of did... I interpreted it a different way than others. : pigvomit
    • I did :) : pun][sher
• Cool. I like Wahlberg. : melt_core
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  The Happening? I don't know of any other movie with a more generic name. : hobosapien
  • I would prefer something more descriptive like "THINGS BLOWING UP WITH GRATUITOUS SEX". : dirge23
• I thought I remember reading its Animals that turn on the humans... It seems they changed that to Nature ... : happynoodle
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  is that the movie which we all read the script a long time ago ? like earth takin revenge, and people kil... : barichnikov
  • yeah it sounded pretty awful. Maybe it got good. : scottythejock
  • I wish it were Signs part 2, an all out balls to the wall invasion flick, ala war of the world, only with... : deathofrats
• I bet it's an Allan Kaprow biopic. : systatic
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  You know who ain't Happening? Marky Mark - amirite - hifive : mrwolf710
  • go away : walker270
• This is probably reading to much into it but all the cars on the left side of the road are old vintage ca... : classicfork
• That might be the worst fucking name for a movie I've ever seen. : dltrem
• HELL FUCKING YES!!!! \m/ !!!!! : g0nk
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  Wow, you all really hate shamalamadiwhatevers movies. I understand they're pretty over hyped. But you all... : great-white
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    dude noone overreacts on the shack/internet, what are you talking about. stop overreacting! p.s. sham... : busdriver3030
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      i almost broke up with my gf when i found out she liked The Village : busdriver3030
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        but not before she could break up w/ you for not liking it. amirite? : synack
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          that would be like her breaking up with me because i don't like hammering nails into my balls : busdriver3030
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            can you blame her? : synack
            • i draw the line at getting stomped by stiletto heels. a man has his limits! : busdriver3030
          • but who doesn't like that? : carnivore
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      I liked unbreakable :( : mikecyb
      • unbreakable was a great movie : alarm cock
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        Unbreakable was the only real enjoyable one after 6th Sense. Problem with it was they spent the whole mov... : pobone
        • it's not an action movie though : mikecyb
      • probably because it was fucking awesome : derelict515
    • Well, i hate signs. 6th Sense was cool. Unbreakable had its moments. But yeah, if I can say one thing, I ... : great-white
  • Welcome to the Shack! : synack
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    I really liked Signs and I don't care what anyone else says. : c0bra
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      The water thing killed the movie. Twas' like War of the World and the virus thing or ID4 and the virus th... : pobone
      • I liked it for the suspense. It's tough to get good suspenseful directing anymore. : c0bra
    • Agreed. We are the few, the proud. : pauk111
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  he should do a movie were the twist is.........there is no twist! BUM BUM BUM! : Yabrodan
  • I'm sure that's what it is. No plot twist FINALLY! Maybe it''s bees chasing people outta their cars, mo... : pobone
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  What's happening? : DM7
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    the sequel : ermac
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      Staring Red Man and Method Man : great-white
      • Why, that's a recipe for hilarity! : DM7
      • don't forget Rog and Rerun : pyide
• spoiler! The people aren't really missing, they're throwing Marky-Mark a surprise party! : aethyr
• The Twist is Global Warming. : graceofdragons
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  It's about the World becoming pissed off that human's are messing it up, and through the natural process ... : hashd
  • Sounds interesting enough... : the city
  • this summer...earth fights back. THE EARTHENING : ermac
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    doesnt this already occur? : mindshot
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      Sure http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/brainwashed-by-a-parasite/ : hashd
      • well i was implying that people are already going mad killing each other and themselves all around the wo... : mindshot
      • I've always found that to be fascinating. : CrustaR
      • Jesus fuck that's going to give me nightmares. I think I hate nature. And the earth. : Halen
      • holy crap, I've seen the ant stuff before on planet earth, but that worm was crazy. : aethyr
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    The twist is that the Earth is just a planet inside that tiny galaxy the cat was wearing in Men In Black,... : riptyde
    • The twist is that they're being trapped by 4D beings in a fake universe. : Link.
• The twist is everyone is going to Scotland. : Durandal07
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  It better be rated R and be everything opposite that of "Lady in the Water". I didn't even bother with La... : pobone
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    What the hell? He's never directed a single movie with a rating higher than PG-13, and suddenly this one... : Chris Remo
    • get out of this chatty with your facts : dahanese
  • Man, I love that movie. : Pettytheft
• More like The Crappening! amirite? : Freon
• Yes, but does it have Rog, Dwayne Wayne, Rerun, and Dee. : capt tripps
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  He gets a bad rap. Lady was my least favorite of his movies, but I have to give him credit for at least t... : jessipoo
  • It seems like he ran out of good ideas. I hated the Village but Lady in the Water took shit to a whole ot... : NastyJack
• SHIT HAPPENS : r3dn3ck