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  It's a fucking piece of shit filmmaking. : enyakk
  • ^^^^ Aliens killed his mom. : mrwolf710
  • ^^^^ He is an alien and hates the stereotype the movie pushes. : Totenjaeger
• Looks sweet actually. : -efx-
• Looks good to me! Children getting it by a facehuggers ftw! : Wolfanoz
• well, ok - ill see it. im easy to please when it comes to movies though. : virus
• Looks fun, will go see : xxx2xxx
• Re-watched AVP last night. I'm all ready for part 2! : Edges
• They really cut to the chase don't they? : Audhuml4
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  Is this going to be PG-13? : tomservo
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    R I think. : Evil Benius
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      definitely R, NWS trailer http://www.ifilm.com/video/2911812 : darcspeed
      • ! The last one was PG-13 so I didn't bother, but now I wanna see this :D : tomservo
  • I hope not. : Totenjaeger
• I'll see it and probably enjoy it while I'm watching it but then come home and bitch on the internet abou... : Mondo
• Its stupid. I can say that without viewing it : bozer
• so wait, is that for real?? i mean i would love another Alien and/or Predator movie, but that clip really... : jrock
• yikes, give that guy a hand and get him some pepcid AC or something. : festivalman
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  I am going to predict that it will suck. - Predators fight Aliens for sport, and have all sorts of kno... : riptyde
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    Oh yes, and also: continuation of the annoying "use subtitles instead of numbers for sequels" trend. : riptyde
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      What's the pred/alien hybrid going to be? also: - Apparently the Predator laser gun ... can blow a gi : jrock
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        "going to be lol". As in you know it's going to be hilariously stupid, because they are going to try way... : riptyde
        • There was a Predalien in AVP2 the game right? So why not in the movie? : invisible_kid
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    Good lord, it's Alien vs Predator 2, try not to take it so seriously. : SockMonkeh
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      I am all for suspending disbelief, but if there are that many things that I deem to be stupid in the firs... : riptyde
      • NOT IF IT HAS MARINES KICKING SOME ASS WITH HEAVY WEAPONS! THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL. : Silent Sorrow
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      The problem is that AVP is based on movies that were masterpeices of sciencefiction/horror. Is it too mu... : mr wolf
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        No, AvP is based on comic books and videogames that were based on the premise of a crossover between two ... : Vincent Grayson
        • That's not really what I meant. EVERYTHING was based on the original idea by ridley scott and Geiger. T... : mr wolf
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    - That ship would be too damn hot upon re-entry to get anywhere near it. : Odoyle
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      there would be anything damn left around it in a 5 mile radius either probably : GloriousCow
      • -aliens and predators don't exist, this movie is stupid and i won't see it : SockMonkeh
  • oh god, your "Stupidity prediction" is probably going to come true =( : yAak
  • Alien blood has always been that way. Even in the first one you can see the blood corrode through multipl... : TrptJim
• FUCK YEAH. : xxiv
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  Apparently they edited it a little so that's actually not the first five minutes, and it will have better... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    have u seen the uncut trailer? it will be anything but 'weak' in the gore/kick ass department. the story... : mindshot
    • Maybe, but it would have been nice if they attempted to have the kind of tension that the first two Alien... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• THis is going to ROCK! : whodares
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  This is going to be another Transformers, Doom, or (insert lame action movie here) debate. A bunch of peo... : Fred Garvin
  • There's a pretty big difference between Doom and Transformers though. One in a pretty kickass film tha... : Vincent Grayson
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  At what point in the Alien fiction did they start taking the forms of the things they sprouted out of? L... : sKetchflow
  • Well, we never see anything but aliens spawned from humans until Alien 3 (although there was some varianc... : Vincent Grayson
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    Actually, aliens do use the DNA of the host as a blueprint for their new form. It's a defensive mechanis... : mr wolf
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      i want to see an alien/crocodile hybrid. that thing would be scary powerful. : Psigun
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        i want to see an alien/poodle. : xxiv
        • the most powerful combination of annoyance and lethality ever! would stun it's prey with high-pitched yel... : Psigun
        • deadly AND hypoallergenic : riptyde
  • the wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenomorph_%28Alien%29 talks a bit about theories of the ... : Psigun
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    In Alien 3 it humped a dog's face, and the alien was distinctly different than the other movies; it ran d... : Jackass1233
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      supposedly in Alien the big head crown on the alien was translucent and a vestigial human-shaped skull wa... : Psigun
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        (the vestigial human-ish skull was embedded deep inside the alien head and only vaguely visible through t... : Psigun
        • http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Alien-prop-replica-01.jpg : yAak
• Thats how you open a AvP movie! sooo seeing it xmas day : shackwack
• ohhh. i like it. should be good : AMikaboshi

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  Replaying n{Half-Life}n? : coldfusioncs
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    Fuck you Shacktags. Fuck you so hard. : coldfusioncs
    • pwned. : CrustaR
    • Shacktags, like a bad jumping puzzle : Nali4Freedom
  • No, Painkiller Battle Out Of Hell. It's awesome, but there was this one part where I hadda bounce off th... : dognose
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  what about escorting stupid NPC sequences? : kbnerd
  • yeah, i'm definitely going with kbnerd on this one : qwpeoriu
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    Grr I'm looking at BioShock :( : EvilDolemite
    • What? that was easy. They kept sending out more if they got killed. : ultramega
    • So much hate for such an easy NPC sequence. Yes, it was stupid, but it's outcome has no bearing on the g... : Moonbase Commander
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    I want to punch every dev at Blizzard in the face for the escort quests in WoW. >:( : Teiresias
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      ^^^ never tried an escort quest in Ultima Online I will take thee. (NPC walks slowly behind you as yo... : Omaha
      • Wow, okay you win. That sounds like a big bucket of LAME. : Teiresias
      • Vas Rel Por, was actually a decent way to make a little money : Enraged Pineapple
      • omfg lol I totally remember this. I used to do that to make crappy money with a new character. : sKetchflow
  • escorting frigates in X-Wing/TIE Fighter/Wing Commander = suck : speon
  • or in the case of Daikatana, the latter 87% of the game. : the archvile
  • The first NPC escort mission in The Witcher with Vesna the waitress was annoying. She kept dashing into c : Psigun
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  Unskipable cutscenes that are followed by a terrible jumping puzzle that you have to re watch when you di... : Chod
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    ^^^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! although i would replace terrible jumping puzzle by any terrible hard to beat seque... : sticman77
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      side note: i also hate it when i CAN skip through cutscenes, and i accidently press A or X or whatever, a... : sticman77
      • Totally. How hard is it to ask "are you sure?" : BenMurphy
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    Quick Save points right before unskippable cut scenes which you then have to go about 30-60 seconds more ... : sigpro
    • definitely this! : melt_core
    • Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, by any chance? : nudel
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    Not being able to pause or go to the main menu during cutscenes to reload or quit bothers me more than th : speon
    • I agree with this, since some cutscenes are lengthy, let me pause them. Videos shouldn't be a problem at ... : nutcrackr
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    Assasin's Creed? Between this and Crysis... such a pain in the ass. : dedgecko
    • It never bothered me to watch the cutscenes in Crysis -- so pretty. : Jobos
• Birds.. Almost ever game has birds or something that flies up and down that is hard as fuck to hit and it... : bozer
• How about a boss fight after a long unskippable cutscene/dialog scene, and when you die you have to go th... : riptyde
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  Agreed. My latest incarnation of this: The harbor in Acre in Assassin's Creed. Oh sure, you can leap fro... : dirge23
  • I imagine all those knights and guards in full plate/chain armor that I tossed off piers have a hard time... : speon
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  Fast and tiny jumpy enemies. I knew Daikatana was going to rule when it OPENED with that. : Damodred
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    Seriously, frogs, who ever thought it'd be a good idea? : melt_core
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      but they were robot frogs. And mosquitoes! : kungfusquirrel
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        And freakin' alligators! I got to the part where you were bombarded with extremely well coreographed ... : coldumbass
        • I got to a point where I entered a room where the polycount was divided by 20, I figured that room was re... : melt_core
• Uncharted was good about this. You never fell more than one on a any jump. They made him really sticky ... : Boxelder
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  dognose, I agree. : CrustaR
  • So do I, mikecyb. So do I. : dognose
• Conker's Bad Fur Day... NES Castlevanias... and let's not forget Mega Man [number] : Grumbeld

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• Yeah I joined a Dustbowl game last night that was pure defensive ownage. Then we played granary and... ... : Omaha
• Whoever this is, must suck. : lightsam
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  I blame lakren. : ieGod
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    i bet it was lakren : dewdman
    • It was lakren not. : RyDogg1
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  ATTN TF2 PLAYERS: PASSWORDS HAVE CHANGED ON SHACK TF2 SERVERS. CHECK THE USUAL LOCATIONS : trOmblyj
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    this is hot : Omaha
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      I hope that the password has something to do with being Gay : conandan
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        MY WISH CAME TRUE! : conandan
        • lol : Cyco52
        • awww :( : CapnChaos
        • hahahahaha : voodooraze
        • lmao, HAchachachachaaaa : sesmaster
        • burn : anthonybean
        • hahahaha : dmason
        • wøøf : djkenohki
        • hahahahahaha awesome : MikkleThePickle
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    what if the asshats know the usual locations? : Trips
    • Then the terrorists asshats win. : lightsam
    • that's what I was thinking to. I rarely if ever play on the shack servers as well, I just suck to much a... : gendail
    • If they know where to find it... isn't the the point? : Slowtreme
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    Why not limit the passwords to shackmessage only? : tomservo
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      Would you like to be the holder of the password and have to answer tons of shackmessages? : RyDogg1
      • You could always make a little quiz page, where you have to answer shack lore in order to get the passwor... : Modulus
      • No no, once several people know, someone could just make a post "someone shackmessage me the pw please... : tomservo
      • Maybe only have to do it once. make a passworded web page and only trusted Shackers can get it, then onc... : tunis5000
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      server plugin that checks steamid vs an authorized database configured through shackmessages and post cou... : Draugluin
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        while were at it lets make some AI code to throw out witty jokes based on the post history of the user : conandan
        • just add the server plugin thing to drucifer's programming : Draugluin
• sorry, i play while drunk and I'm only like 50/50 useful : askedrelic
• no scope kills are awesome. : aeg1x
• A simpler solution to this is to play quake wars /just saying : flagg209
• Perhaps they need to go ninja and post via the Steam community? : coraldayton
• Hi, Rydogg, I'm a whiny newb who is probably part of the reason our team sucks and is losing so much, but... : dkrulz
• Euro TF2 Server password has been changed to match. : ZeroSignal
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  hirez informed me last night that he would be changing his as well. Also, electroly will be changing Hot... : trOmblyj
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    how come nobody plays on hot wet maarten : dantastic
    • because people are stupid. keep up man : RikiTiki2
    • I didn't even know of that one. : Grumbeld
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  IMHO, each server needs additional admins to kick idle players and asshats... and occasionally change the... : dmason
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    Well here's the issue: what do you define as an asshat? : RyDogg1
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      http://www.shacknews.com/online/ : FormerHPB
      • http://www.shacknews.com/profile.x?person= : tomservo
      • 2048 anonymous lurkers : m0rfus
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      its not that hard to define: wont stop insulting other people. sets up teleports to nowhere,spraying goat... : Hoax
      • What about meatspin? : thekidd
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      Rosewood was ranting on about how [insert teammate name here] was the worst [insert class here] ever. I w... : dmason
      • this is an insanely retarded way to play : manero
      • What a productive way to play. : the city
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        When was I doing this dmason? : rosewood
        • Three / Four weeks ago. It was on Hyrdo. I was a sniper. It's not like I'm butt-hurt or anything. I ju... : dmason
      • rosewood is almost always correct and justified in his ranting. : feek
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      Someone who idles for 2 hours while spectating, which fills up a slot, which makes the other team lose, s... : CrustaR
      • if there was an idle timer to kick someone sitting there, that would be great. but giving a bunch of peo... : dantastic
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  wheatloaf had nearly a stroke yesterday when someone was spaming a gay/nasty/whoknowswhat spray. dude co... : Hoax
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    wheatloaf had nearly a stroke yesterday when someone was spaming a gay/nasty/whoknowswhat spray. That... : RyDogg1
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      wheatloaf's aneurism makes it all worth it. what's even better was he was accusing anyone who disagreed ... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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        Why would you spray that though? Honestly? I'm curious. : the city
        • how else can you JO while playing the game? you gotta have some stimuli... : bfzzzz
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    screenshot any stupid activity on server #69 to me and I'll figure out how to ban the user. : trOmblyj
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      that should include being kicked from the shacknews steam community:) : lodgiikal
      • I'm just saying if you can't behave / be respectful on the server I'm donating to the shack then I don't ... : trOmblyj
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    If he gets offended by that, he can turn off sprays in the menu. : razlebol
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      since i play on pubs thats what ive done, but thats no argument. i also could mute rosewood or change tea... : Hoax
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        Well, for people that goes historic, they are historic and I guess they don't realize that they are getti... : razlebol
        • historic hysteric ... god damn Oo : razlebol
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  There should be another two or three or so admins for the servers. Just my humble opinion; I don't want ... : thief
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    I agree. There's this one guy who keeps jumping up on my sign. That should be bannable. : ieGod
    • In that case give me admin. : thief
    • That's my sign, yo. : Grumbeld
    • that should be instant ban...sitting on the sign for eons that is. : VuduChild
• As long as the server is full and the teamplay is there I don't care if the people playing on the server ... : MrLobo
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  i have a much more enjoyable and balanced time on the SA servers :[ : manero
  • because their passwords are on a forum you can't get to publically : moshman
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    Are you fucking serious? Are you saying the SA goons are more behaved than we are? Fuck. That's it, I'... : RyDogg1
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      i don't know what it is, but there's a difference in culture perhaps... not neccessarily more behaved, bu : manero
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        I've yet to think of TF2 being serious business here. I think everyone that steps in the server to play ... : RyDogg1
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          see dmason's rosewood comment above. i've seen some other people do this (i can't recall their names rig... : manero
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            Usually I just ignore shit like that; play how you want. Remember Rosewood has other issues like hating ... : RyDogg1
            • i don't know, i thought we were a pretty mature group to call people out for doing shit like that, but it... : manero
            • Remember Rosewood has other issues like hating custom maps. there fixed :) : moshman
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              It's one thing to dislike custom maps (I haven't found one that I definitely want to play), but it's anot... : Grimp
              • Yeah, I hate that too. Specially those who order you to build a teleporter. : razlebol
              • people who are annoying are very very easy to mute and then you never have to listen to them being an ass... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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                Its like the people who scream "We need more medics!" Ok then tough guy, be a medic! : D45hiz
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                  That actually depends on how well that person is doing. If that person's a big part of the offense, it w... : Grimp
                  • or if my sentry gun is the only thing keeping us in the game and my teleporters are in constant use, I ca... : deject
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            I do it in jest. Mostly to people Iike. : deject
            • me too, jokingly for fun, never to be mean, also, there is always a mute players option. : anthonybean
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              I still hate you for not healing me last night >:( : Q-ball
              • when did I do that? :( all the times during setup I already had someone to heal. Besides, being the onl... : deject
        • I've never left the Shack servers because of stacked teams, exploiting or retarded behavior. It's always... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        The SA culture is one of dicking around and being ass-hats much of the time, I'm glad the shack server ge... : dkrulz
        • the PPP servers usually only go gimmicky, otherwise it is a bunch of gentlemen wearing tophats and monocl... : manero
    • SLIMER!!! : zebosausamite
    • i think bannings are in order : m0rfus
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  <The problem is that the password is SO easy to find - because when someone asks "What's the TF2 server p : Phil
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    Maybe we had it right with a password that is pretty fucking hard to spell. Any kind of effort really sn... : RyDogg1
    • newsletter per mail that requires shackname. verified by pm. bit of a pain at the beginning but easier t... : Hoax
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    Also I think a lot of people tell the password to friends so they can play together on the shack server. ... : MrLobo
    • Why doesn't he just join the shack? : Sze Ior
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  We need a server that pings well on the east coast. : spectr3
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    My in-game pings to 69 are usually right around, erm...69. That's pretty damned good, no? Maybe it's be... : Wadmaasi
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      I'm in Montreal and I get around 90-110 on 69 and Dallas : razlebol
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        Really ? Are you with Videotron or Bell ? I got great pings on both servers (below 70 at all times) : MrLobo
        • Bell 5 megs : razlebol
    • i get around 60-80. kinda high :( : anthonybean
    • I get a ping of 5 to the euro server it kicks ass. I love living next door to the exchange. : marmite
    • My pings are usually pretty good. There have been a few times, though, where some router is fucked up alo... : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • Yeah, my server browser is set to only show me games with pings of less than 50. If I could go lower the... : mrwolf710
  • hirez's doesn't? : RikiTiki2
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    I get between 50-70 on Dallas and I'm on the east coast. That's more than playable. : RyDogg1
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      Optimally I'd like 20-40. : spectr3
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        Are you really going to notice a difference between 20 milliseconds and 50 milliseconds? It's kinda like... : RyDogg1
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          Maybe a bit if I'm sniping. 20 to 70 is definitely noticeable. : spectr3
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            I snipe just fine with 100 ping. The only problem is if I am at war with another sniper, I gotta be very ... : razlebol
            • You'd do a whole lot better with 20 ping. : spectr3
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  What? This is retarded. So what if lurkers play and they arent superstars? : mavmavv
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    I have no problems with lurkers who don't play well. As long as they're having fun and helping out. It'... : DHAvatar
    • ahh, I see. This is more about fgts runnin their mouf! : mavmavv
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  I think a lot of players have turned elitist on the server, which is fine, I guess, if you have played fo : CrustaR
  • Yeah, don't let it bother you. Play to have fun. Seriously. And, score aside, it's really too bad that : Silent Sorrow
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    8hours? I swore you were a ringer. : mr_cakes
    • That is, because you were kicking my ass. : mr_cakes
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  <--- Is a lurker :( : jasoncrowley
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    The arrow should be the other way around ;) : razlebol
    • lol. : Merconium
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  this guy sounds like a total fag, I would ban him above all else. faggot comments are part of the game... : lakren
  • also I spend a shitload of time on the server and I don't care about any lurkers playing, I haven't run i... : lakren
• Also, 2fort just flat out sucks when both teams suck. Last night it was more like a death match than try... : goatjc
• I love using the taunt commands after a great kill! It can cause some funny moments when I get gib during... : D45hiz
• The overall quality of play went down because my video card died and i cant play. =( : mmaster_pw
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  I'm not so sure we aren't overestimating the popularity of the Shack servers outside of the Shack. Given ... : Silent Sorrow
  • I think youre right. : mavmavv
• Yeah the same thing was happening to the CS servers before TF2 came, so many fuckin people that weren't s... : h o s t i l e
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  I haven't been playing too much tf2 recently, but I'm kinda shocked the quality of play has gone down. M... : ghostthegreat
  • It's because I've resubscribed to WoW. Sorry. : Phil
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  BTW does anyone know of a TF2 stats app? I have like 120 mb of logs with lots of info in them. Would lo : RyDogg1
  • yes there was one posted on csnation but it was for your individual stats you had to upload from your dir... : Iwannaacura
  • I've seen a few servers running HLstatsX with TF2. It seems semi interesting. I don't think it's free ... : xylothan
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  The quality does seem to be up and down from day to day, but outside of variances like teams, who is play... : mr_cakes
  • no jimmylegs : Chepito.
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    Lol, I actually find some pretty fucking talented people on pubs. : mavmavv
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      I can't really tell. Is the other team good or are we losing because we have 5 snipers? There must be g... : Moonbase Commander
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        you dont seem to like snipers very much always backstabbing them :( : andrew``
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          You kiddin' me? I loves goin' Sniper. It's just... I love goin' Spy, too. Something's gotta give. :( : Moonbase Commander
          • oh i know you go sniper sometimes i was referring to you not leaving me alone when i snipe :( : andrew``
• I asked for the password and I got nothing once , there were at least 10 people in the Steam chat.Lucky ... : Cashh
• lol elitism. : paravis
• Here's an idea: you could put the info in a shack event listing, and people can sign up to be SM'd automa... : P-Squid
• It's a game, some people need to relax. Sometimes I play to play, not necessarily bent on winning. : FushigiDenki
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  Attention: Rydogg1 and tr0mblyj I think it would be a good idea for you guys to get together and get t... : conandan
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    Attention: They both have the same password : pancake humper
    • they didnt when I posted it :-( : conandan
  • they do all have the same password. only shackwest has a different one during their practice hours tuesd... : electroly
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    Attention: east coast server (moron.empx.net) has been changed to the same pw as well. : devnullgt
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      Wait what, we actually have an East Coast server? : Wadmaasi
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        Yes, and it's perennially empty. : Silent Sorrow
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          LET US CHANGE THIS! : zebosausamite
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            Tomorrow night, East Coast Shackbattle? 8PM-??? : Wadmaasi
            • I think I'm up for that. Meaning, hopefully no other appointments get in the way! : Silent Sorrow
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              YES! Most definitely yes. Post this again tomorrow morning with lots of color : zebosausamite
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                That is my plan! : Wadmaasi
                • Not a bad ping; high 60s, low 70s from the browser. Pretty much a dead heat with 69; Dallas has always b... : Wadmaasi
            • Im down, 20 ping ftw. : ant_hillbilly
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          Heh, as is the chicago server. : re-verse
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            what is the chicago one : dantastic
            • tf2.hackedbychinese.com : re-verse
        • wtf i get pings in the 30s on this and hot wet maarten and theyre always empty. dallas and 69 i get doub... : dantastic
    • Whoa. : carrioN luggagE
    • why hasn't this been advertised more!?! My ping would be cut in half by playing there(90-45). : re4ctor
• online games are serious business : systatic
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  Thanks RyDogg, tromblyj, and the others for running the Shack servers. It's almost always fun for me on t... : RevRaven
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    Not a problem. I do it out of love. You are the only person in this thread to notice that in the second... : RyDogg1
    • I love playing on your server and on tr0mblyj's one. Even with 170+ ping, it's perfectly playable from wh... : Nitrium
    • Not to jump on the bandwagon...but thanks for running the server, RyDogg. It's the first place I go when... : mrwolf710
  • YES THANKS VERY MUCH! : lodgiikal
  • You're welcome! : trOmblyj
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  servers should be split; 1 casual server, 1 serious server. : Foxhawk
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    fox should be on casual cuz he cant handle TEH SERIOUS : Chandler55
    • chandler on a scale of 1-10, you are terrible : Foxhawk
  • I propose you run the serious server. : ieGod
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  whoever sprayed that gay crap needs to die : Chandler55
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    That ranting made me laugh my nuts off last night. Great job! : carrioN luggagE
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      I miss everything. : mr_cakes
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        Seawolf's spinnaz spray drove chandler into fits of pedantic whining about 'that gay shit on the server' ... : carrioN luggagE
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          someone needs to make an anti-spinnaz that goes over the top of spinnaz to make it hetero-friendly. : Foxhawk
          • Or just tempban people who haven't grown up yet and actually spray shit like that. : the city
  • We're a great team. You and your patience and understanding. Me and my heedless rushing. I'd say one o... : thief
  • That's why I turn sprays off : Mmmmmoo
• I wholeheartedly apologize for my subpar play. I will try to pick it up / bring my A-game. : lowpoly
• I've never had a problem on the shack servers. Even if people bitch or whine you can tell them to shut t... : windowpane
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  so basically you guys are turning into elitist Q3 players who treat new people like shit : wtf242
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    Exactly! TF2 is the new RA3. I'm giddy with excitement over the ironies posted throughout our TF2 commu... : RyDogg1
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      i read through this entire thread because i've been thinking of trying TF2, but fuck that. It just doesn'... : wtf242
      • It is a great atmosphere for Shackers trying to learn the game though. We are wanting to get rid of assh... : mrwolf710
      • come play tomorrow on shackwest. : hirez
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        There is really none of that elitism. They are just trying to weed out griefers and generally stupid pla... : EvilDolemite
        • I never notice any elitism in the game. I rarely pay attention to anything anyone says in game. It's just... : freshyk
      • Just get an X360 and play COD4 with us. :) : FormerHPB
      • lol. it's really not bad. i suck, and no one complains when i'm playing. i'm definitely one of the worst ... : mindmann
      • give it a chance. i play off and on and i don't usually run into the asshats that often : dantastic
      • Learning to play is supported and actually I had great experiences with shackers for that. Being an as... : Zhaneel
      • It's very freeform and really nothing to even think about. It's not that competitive. It's just more st... : thief
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        I just started playing recently and I was sucking really bad the first couple weeks and everyone was extr... : Pittst3r
        • I try to help teammates out when I see them doing/not doing things. : deject
      • It's not that bad I suck and generally never have a problem, and when I do some cool shit usually it's co... : classicfork
      • wtf242? it's the complete opposite. : lakren
      • you couldn't be more wrong. : virus
      • then you'd be right. screw off jerk!!!!! : JINKY
      • It's awesome, it's just when we're at work, we need something to bitch about. My only REAL complaint is t... : dmason
      • Just play on pubs. It's more fun. :( : Ebu
      • yes, play with your giblets instead : conandan
  • exactly why I stopped playing :( : pancake humper
  • I don't know. This is the first game I've really played with shack crew and since day one almost everyon... : bcyde
  • wait what? Only people who played ra3 were elitists. Thus, no elitists! : paravis
• When I read "It seems like every team I join recently sucks" I sure thought that the message would go in ... : Johnny Law
• I wonder if they noticed what's common between every team they join... Hmm... : the city
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  What a faggot. : freshyk
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    Did you write that PM? : CrustaR
    • I'm referring to the PM author. Rydogg totally rules. : freshyk
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  Maybe there should be a elite server for the pros. Then they can play by themselves, and go "Look Ma! Hig... : shortbuscaptain
  • You can still play light-heartedly and just not suck so much. : snagger
• my two cents are to have a PUBLIC port and a PRIVATE port. I dunno how much bandwidth/CPU overhead this g... : Downforce
• WTFWheatloaf? : TastyWheat
• What's really shitty about TF2 is when people are on #69 playing 2fort and having 3 red engineers buildin... : boredguy
• Man, I haven't played TF2 since the first match against Valve. I shall be back over Christmas! Provided I... : hardfl1p

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  This is all I could muster at 6:30am >:( http://tomservo.shackspace.com/de_dust20009.jpg : tomservo
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    Speaking of TF2, let's run a little contest. Post a great screenshot that you've taken in this thread. : boring gegtik
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      http://www.easyscreens.info/index.php?v=1699&fullsize=1 : voodooraze
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        thats a good screenshot of this thread but your browser is gay : boring gegtik
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          WRONG SIR! It's great for at work because alt+~ hides it instantly for when my boss is near. : voodooraze
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            my boss kisses my neck while I browse the shack in firefox : boring gegtik
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              You are very fortunate then, the place I "work" at blocks firefox from network access because they are g... : voodooraze
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                Wait how do they do that? can you just change your user agent string in about:config to get around it? : boring gegtik
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                  Hmmm, let me see. : voodooraze
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                    Nope, doesn't work. :( : voodooraze
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                      oh well then :I : boring gegtik
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                        im sorry i made fun of ur gay browser : boring gegtik
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                          You know what's really sad? The only reason I posted that screen shot was because of what I had typed in ... : voodooraze
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                            maybe he did notice and lashed out at your browsers sexual orientation : MoreVespeneGas
                            • I did notice I just didn't think it was worth mention : boring gegtik
                  • r{TELL ME]s TELL ME]s TELL ME]s TELL ME]s TELL ME]s TELL ME]s TELL ME!!!!! : boring gegtik
    • oops :( : tomservo
    • i have a great screen shot of Rosewood axing me in the crotch...sadly it is at home. : m0rfus
• The position most people like to see Spys: http://i6.tinypic.com/6tf8l6p.jpg : Trips
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  Repost from the other night. I felt like I'd been beat down by the A-Team: http://wadmaasi.shackspace.c... : Wadmaasi
  • Hahahah It's even better when you hear the A-Team theme music in your head whilst looking at that image. : Solstice
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    I vote for this one. : noobja
    • You would! : Wadmaasi
  • This gets my vote. : mittense
  • I like this one. : Sze Ior
  • hahahahaha thats awesome : virus
• Please excuse the low gfx detail. http://www.myinitialsare.dk/pics/TF2/avenged2.jpg : Caboose
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  http://chazums.shackspace.com/HeavyFire.png : chazums
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    Oh man that expression is great. : helvetica
    • He looks shocked, and yet happy. : chazums
• http://pics.notforjeff.com/gallery.php?entry=Images/TF2/reactor%20is%20looking%20good%21.jpg : trOmblyj
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  From awhile ago, the glorious Medic army: http://www.nflight.com/files/TF2/TF2medic02.jpg . : helvetica
  • I was healing you! ;) : trOmblyj
• http://i18.tinypic.com/8amdav7.jpg : Sze Ior
• http://www.creative-extremes.com/gallery/v/tf2/20071209/Boogie+is+looking+good__0000.jpg.html?g2_imageVie... : ZeroSignal
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  http://thekidd.shackspace.com/shack/TF2/Abigail%20Sponge%20is%20looking%20good.jpg : thekidd
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    WINNER!! : conandan
    • that is pretty cool : MoreVespeneGas
  • Oh, man that's pretty sweet. : chazums
  • I choose you : spiderfill
  • I like this one a lot. : bcyde
  • Great shot. <3 Pyro taunts. : skankcore
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    You deserve my vote as consolation. : Alicey
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      I still have the demo. I tried to go back and screenshot it again in higher detail and a higher res, but... : thekidd
      • That's a shame, the composition is so good in your original. : Alicey
  • such a great shot. : Fredrik S
  • Hahaha, nice! : Arcanum
  • Prettah :O : dognose
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    omg ... that has to be the winner. can i get a full size version for a desktop background please? : virus
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      I play TF2 at 1024x768 and in windowed mode, and now everyone must suffer for it. : thekidd
      • Why? : zebosausamite
  • Nice shot! : Snuffles-
  • You get my vote. With this as a very close second: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15768343#itemancho... : Big Luke
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  http://marmite.shackspace.com/tf2/shots/soldier.jpg I love that he is looking at the sniper dot to the... : marmite
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    haha nice : sikander
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      I have no idea why (maybe the \\ in your TF2 name?) but when I take death shots for you the image files b... : bcyde
      • doh... i'll remove the // : sikander
      • lol, I have a folder called sikander I cannot delete in my screenshots folder. I thought you were hitting... : carrioN luggagE
  • He's got that "Oh shi-" look on his face. Awesome. : Moonbase Commander
• http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/ee198/Begawkiness/TF2%20Screenshots/?action=view¤t=stubbsislooki... : Begawkiness
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  this is my fav that ive taken http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=1702 : anthonybean
  • Hahaha he looks so happy to be on fire. :) : voodooraze
  • ahahaha, i like this one! : jenisthebest
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  http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=1703 Moonbase's spy dance : sikander
  • I actually like this one :( : thekidd
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  http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=1704 huds0n spy // are we allowed to post more than one ? i don't know.... : sikander
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    Votes are votes : geedeck
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      well in that case http://marmite.shackspace.com/tf2/index.html : marmite
      • http://marmite.shackspace.com/tf2/shots/hwguy.jpg is my new wallpaper. Too awesome. : skankcore
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        Might as well toss mine in too then: http://ikilled.bcyde.com/ Too many to sort through though and h... : bcyde
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          Man there's a lot of screenshots of me :( What are the stats for most killed by that you have shots of... : alias
          • Not sure, I'm going to be updating the layout and tracking more stats when I have time though. : bcyde
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  http://www.easyscreens.info/index.php?v=1705&fullsize=1 : aeg1x
  • attack of the sniper! love it : Trips
  • haha this one has my vote too. : lakren
  • Haha, my vote goes here. This is my house! : megarust32
• Messing around with melee before a ShackW practice: http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1306/cpdustbowl003... : skankcore
• http://mmmmmoo.com/public/games/tf2/screenshots/nek%20is%20looking%20good!.jpg : Mmmmmoo
• http://maulla.shackspace.com/lakren%20is%20a%20flamer.jpg : maulla
• Ouch? http://dedgecko.shackspace.com/=h4h=yamatotwinkie%20is%20looking%20good!.jpg : dedgecko
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  Owned http://platinumarts.net/images//cp_dustbowl0000.png : PlatinumArts
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    do... do you really play at that resolution? :( : electroly
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      Yeah unfortunately I have to, haha, old comp and old graphics card. I can turn it up a bit but it isn't ... : PlatinumArts
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        Calimer! So you are a shacker! This is BHenderson from the CDoom project, by the way. : CrustaR
        • Hey, glad to see you!! I come here sometimes, but not a ton. I saw this though and figured why not, I ha... : PlatinumArts
• Who's hiding behind that mass of metal and death? http://dedgecko.shackspace.com/evildolemite%20is%20l... : dedgecko
• I just thought that the spray was in the most perfect location for this one. http://dedgecko.shackspac... : dedgecko
• Sneak was giving me a hard time last night. Too bad he succumbed to his drinking problem and finally pas... : dedgecko
• Hopefully we can post more than one, here is a little comedy plus I think it looks cool how we look ready... : PlatinumArts
• Here's an old one that I meant to put up forever ago. http://dedgecko.shackspace.com/furious%20styles%... : dedgecko
• and the last of the good ones from last night's frivolities: http://dedgecko.shackspace.com/murraythes... : dedgecko
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  I have a bunch to choose from ( http://www.polycat.net/gallery/games ), but for some reason this is my fa... : mittense
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    Oh. Are only supposed to do TF2? : mittense
    • In that case: http://www.polycat.net/gallery/teamfortress2/teamfortress2_22?full=1 : mittense
    • No, anything goes really. : geedeck
• Not very nice looking screens, but the only two times I've ever seen us hold that one version of hydro wh... : bcyde
• This screenshot is not mine, but it's so awesome I have to post it anyway. http://tenfiftyfour.com/SA/... : ConfusedUs
• http://emptydrink.com/sigpro/ajax.jpg http://emptydrink.com/sigpro/ajax2.jpg http://emptydrink.com/sig... : sigpro
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  Alyx from HL-2 http://dognose.shackspace.com/HL2_Alyx4.jpg Jessica from SiN Episode http://dognose.sha... : dognose
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    my vote goes here. : marmite
    • I want Maddog to have that poster. Why isn't he posting a screenshot in here? : dognose
• http://homepage.mac.com/brianluft/img/cs_italy0000.jpg pres589 shows off his skills. : electroly
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  http://virus.shackspace.com/wheatloaf.jpg : virus
  • Nice : dognose
  • I like : rosewood
• http://rosewood.shackspace.com/tf2/b33tlesaw.png Medic! : rosewood
• this is all I could find http://www.turnofthecrank.com/wtf/level50.jpg : wtf242
• Boogie man. This scared the shit out of me. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2258/2105433675_eb190aea54_o.... : laurgasms
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  I'm not sure if I can post more than once but here is another one, Sweet Lew is such an awesome spy and t... : laurgasms
  • This one gets my vote! : adodric
• I'll abuse this and post three. http://www.easyscreens.info/index.php?v=1707&fullsize=1 http://www.... : Snuffles-
• http://megarust32.shackspace.com/TF2/Mista%20Mista%20is%20looking%20good!_0000.jpg I like this one. ... : megarust32
• http://carrion.luggage.googlepages.com/tunis5000ragtime.jpg : carrioN luggagE
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  Still my favorite: http://daedraug.shackspace.com/tf2shots/030%20is%20looking%20good!.jpg : daedraug
  • oh wow that's pretty damn cool. : marmite
  • nice! and original! : bakanoodle
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  I'll post some awesome TF2 screenshots but how do I convert these damn TGAs? I dunt have photoship. : duncandun
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    Infranview, and you can change the console to do it in jpgs. I don't know about pngs though? : rosewood
    • whats the console command? : duncandun
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      Dled infranview and it killed me. : duncandun
      • Try Xnview : midgetherder
• http://www.easyscreens.info/index.php?v=1712&fullsize=1 It's like Rayman pyro or something. : Nali4Freedom
• http://www.easyscreens.info/index.php?v=1711&fullsize=1 http://www.easyscreens.info/index.php?v=1580&ful... : re4ctor
• http://img49.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kekgeefislookinggood011or9.jpg : Bamii
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  Here is one I took a while ago: http://www.nflight.com/files/TF2/TF2medic02.jpg and I'm voting for helve... : aggro crag
  • FUCK, I pasted the wrong image. This is my image: http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q48/xtaichixninjax/j... : aggro crag
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  The first shot on here: http://www.wheatloafs.com/tf2.html I am so evil :) : Wheatloaf
  • needs more spinners : adodric
• http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1796294665&size=l The only good screenshot I've ever taken in my life... : not work safe
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  These are my best screenshots, out of around 35 or 40. http://www.easyscreens.info/index.php?v=1715&fu... : duncandun
  • I know I wasn't supposed to post so many, but I felt like doing it cause I've never posted screenshots be... : duncandun

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  My only gripe on the Shack servers is the ass that keeps the meatspin spray going. : Zakko
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    I turned off sprays and won't turn them back on until harvester makes me one. : thief
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      How do you turn off sprays? : DM7
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        r_decals 0 this also elimitates bullet hole and other stuff. It may even eliminate blood(not sure on t... : Iwannaacura
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          I wish just sprays would be removed, I like seeing bullet holes etc. :[ : DM7
          • there might be one cl_allowdownload 0 this makes it so you dont dont have to d/l those sound s... : Iwannaacura
          • I just unchecked sprays in the Multiplayer Tab (options menu). It may have affected some decals, but bloo... : shirif
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      lol harvester made me one already. : lakren
      • Simply because mine is the one he wants to devote more attention to. He doesn't need the distraction of ... : thief
  • Just screenshot it and get him banned. : the city
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    That's Seawolf, he won't get banned for it, just turn off sprays like Thief or just ignore it, even thoug... : dkrulz
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      Why should he not? Because he's a known shack name? If that's the case it's kind of BS, because any ass... : the city
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        Oh, just look in Rydogg's thread in this chatty. Also, you obviously never played on the shack CS:S serve... : dkrulz
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          Sure did. I just don't see why asshat behavior should ever be tolerated on a consistent basis. There'... : the city
          • Sure didn't rather** : the city
          • that's BS, it's just a spray. nobody ever got banned from a shack server for their spray. if you don't ... : electroly
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        huh?? since when is that ban worthy? fucking get over it. : feek
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          I indicated a tempban would be preferred. Just like anything on shack that gets nuked, it usually isn't ... : the city
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            Yes but this is a private server not run by the Shack - it's for Shackers but is otherwise in no way affi... : EvilDolemite
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              Is the server admin not a shacker? I just figured there was a level of behavior expected from the comm... : the city
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                have you never played CSS on a shack server? i don't know where this "level of behavior" stuff is coming... : electroly
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                  That sucks. : the city
                  • yup, welcome to disappointed expectations... shack server is a bit of a misnomer :) : jrock
                  • no u : deject
                • Yeah when mods aren't around a lot of shackers join the ranks of anonymous asshats on the internet. : Nighteyes
                • i thought that was a css/cs specific behavior. i the same way halo turns everyone into homophobic dickhea... : Hoax
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            meatspin is fucking funny, i dont see how it stops anyone from having a good time. : feek
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              and like... i've only been spraying it for THREE FUCKING YEARS!!!! is it gross? absolutely. is it hila... : ^-SeaWolf-^
              • You get more of a kick out of pissing people off than anything. The image itself isn't funny. Troll. : Zakko
              • how about stop being a total douche? its rydogs server so its his call but behavior like that doesn't mak... : Hoax
              • I'm assuming you're an adult, so why would you need to stoop to that kind of attention whoring for three : the city
              • Holy fuck, people. It's like TF2 came out and all these newjacks come and tell us we shouldn't be playing... : feek
    • I think if enough people dislike it maybe he will just not use it. : thief
    • He only gets away with it because he's Neil Patrick Harris. : ArB
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    aww did your feelings get hurt?? : feek
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      Not at all, why would you think such a thing? Just calling it what it is. : Zakko
      • I'm not sure why he seems to defensive of a spinning cock. : the city
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  I hate the guy on the shack servers that keeps shooting through the geometry on dustbowl to snipe people ... : deveus1
  • Whaaaaaaaa? People exploit on the Shack Servers? These are troubled times. :( : coyoterys
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    Everyone does that now. It's annoying. : EvilDolemite
    • I don't have a problem with it. You're essentially shooting blind so you have to have pretty good anticip... : aeg1x
  • Stay away from the doors before the round starts? duh : Nighteyes
• COUPONBUG DOT COM !! : g0nk
• I'll have to admin, some of those were pretty funny. : mace
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  I laughed till I cried at the spray one. What was the spray? 2g1c? I asked last time but I forgot : boomstickah
  • One is definitely Ridin' Spinnaz : Rag and Bone Man
• hahaha. Meet the... CITIZEN... good stuff. : Downforce
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  i hate people sometimes: IF VALVE DIDN'T WANT PLAYERS TO DO IT THEN WHY WOULD THEY PUT IT IN THE GAME ... : virus
  • it's pretty obvious he was just trying to be funny for the video, same with "it's protection for the spaw... : electroly
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    but he knows its an exploit, he's just trolling : boomstickah
    • yeah - right when i heard it, i paused and wrote my post. now that i've watched the whole thing, i see w... : virus
  • I think thats part of the griefing :) : epit
• /tag repost : Enigme
• wow, that was both awful and hilarious : MikkleThePickle

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• i haven't seen ultimatum yet (only 1 & 2), but would say yes : qwpeoriu
• Yeah especially for continuity. It only makes sense. Some twists and stuff in 2nd one. : boomstickah
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  Even if you end up not liking the second film too much, it's very important to the plot of the third that... : Paranoid Android
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    you know what hosed me up a bit? i think i must watch some alternate ending to the 2nd DVD because the wh : jrock
    • 3rd film spoiler: The first 2 thirds of the bourne ultimatum plays during the 2nd movie's last few minute : ArtilleryMarker
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  You'll need a digital de-shaker to watch it though. : Dynotaku
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    I wonder if Michael J Fox sees the movies as being perfectly still. : [fry]
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      you shut your mouth when talking about marty mcfly. : xxiv
      • "This movie has a shakey cam! I hate when they do that!" (While watching Bambi) : [fry]
  • Except that you actually won't. : jake2000
• yes, watch the second first, cuz part 3 starts right where #2 left off. : -=kodiak=-
• I'd recommend it. : thejm4n
• yes you should : tunis5000
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  how can you see the first, and not the second? these movies are awesome : jedi_27
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    Just one of those things where I never got around to it. I'm really bad about missing movies if I don't s... : jonin
    • actually, i can relate. i forgive you my son : jedi_27
• watch supremacy first, then ultimatum, I think the third is my favorite. : tension
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  what the hell kind of question is this : opengl128
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    I asked becuase I want to know if theres anything I'd miss out on, if I didn't watch the second one. : jonin
    • Are you retarded? I ask because it's not nice to make fun of the mentally handicapped, but with a que... : Ebu
• you MUST watch them in order! : skinlab133
• you should forget you saw bourne identity, then watch 3 2 and 1. : derelict515
• should someone watching these movies have a surround sound system first? or does the TV audio sound good... : mp7rox
• netflix shipped my Identity today to round out the Trilogy. I'm thinking Identity on Friday and the Supre... : Degenerate
• Yes, you should watch them in order. In fact see the first one again just so you remember everything. : re4ctor
• I think it's more enjoyable if you've seen #2. : deject
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  Watch it if only for the absolutely badass car chase in there, oh and you won't know wtf is happening, ev... : exponen7
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    won't know what's happening? were you watching it with your eyes shut and your fingers in your ears whil... : Korban
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      I still don't get how people cannot handle the camera work... : lodit
      • they're just trying to find something to complain about. : Korban
      • I was fine with it, I know 3 people that had blair-witch-esque motion sickness bouts from it though; One ... : exponen7
    • Geeze, people are telling me that I'm the reason Hollywood must phone in every single plot element when t... : exponen7
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    You're part of the reason why Hollywood must phone in every single plot element... ''what was in that : ArtilleryMarker
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      Hehe, you can tell all of that from misinterpreting my post? :P I watched infernal affairs, haven't go... : exponen7
      • given the wording of your original post, yes. yes we can tell. : Korban
  • Maybe I should've been a bit clearer - I meant if you don't watch the second one you probably won't know ... : exponen7
• they're all the win. i am saving watching #3 until I have enough time on consecutive days where I can wat... : jrock
• Personally I just watch the first one, then Moonraker, then the third one. It fits together better that w... : .sticks.
• Good story, too much shakycam. : Thresher
• Yes. Watch them chronologically. The 2nd one is now perhaps my favorite of all 3 : PlanetPerfecto
• there's a huge spoiler about #2 that comes up fairly quickly in #3, and you may be lost in a few areas. : Postal
• Watch them in order. A huge chunk of #3 explains #2. : hobosapien

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• damn it. beat me to it... barely : uglysad
• omg this is probably his best review ever. : mattfl
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  I like the split second Gamespot slap. : Chepito.
  • I missed that the first time! : notd665
  • where was that? : riptyde
• ahahha that guy is pure awesomeness : grabbie
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  haha,. he calls romero a wanker : moshman
  • hehe ok i wasnt crazy, then : riptyde
  • I thought that was his head. : edgewise
• legendary! i needed that laugh! cheers. : cause&effect
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  Some funny jokes in there, but I'm tired of people bashing the game simply because they aren't that good ... : skankcore
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    I meant "some note charts", not all of them. : skankcore
    • It's not just the charts, they changed the timing window, too : smegmar
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    Well, when does it end? You can make a game too hard. The "durr you suck at videogames" argument is wea... : EvilDolemite
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      I've thought about this before, and I'm not sure where the line is drawn. For me, (and I'm definitely not... : skankcore
      • the last tier on expert is way too difficult because the note patterns are absolutely retarded. its not ... : FrayLo
      • I don't see why there should be an increase in difficulty from one game to the next. Guitar Hero is a ga... : skykat
    • You shut up about Battletoads! What'd they ever do to you? I'm still on my quest to defeat that game...... : Grumbeld
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    yeah but i totally agree with him on the hard thing. I've gone back and played everything to attempt to 5... : Demius
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      Freya isn't fun to play on expert, either. But nobody thinks GH2 is a bad game because of it. There ar... : skankcore
      • i was talking about hard... i refuse to play GH3 on expert because they just added a bunch of shit to mak... : Demius
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        actually I enjoyed Freya on expert, I 5starred that song. I'm still stuck in Tier 8 expert on GH3. : .ka`boom.zZz.
        • Yeah, I never got the Freya hate. The one riff is a bit tiring, but it never seemed especially hard. : nurglich
      • Freya isn't that fun but it's a lot harder until you find a good way to position your fingers. After tha... : Sapiens
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    The real reason GH3 is not as good as past entries. The graphics - suck The animation - suck the so... : flagg209
    • I have enjoyed GH3 quite a bit, but I feel its soul is missing. : EvilDolemite
    • Fuck yeah! I rented the game, beat it on easy, then moved onto medium. Holy Shit the first gig about crus... : theargent
    • The only unreasonably hard song in the last tier on Expert was Raining Blood (which was only hard because... : Sapiens
  • some people don't like huge epic epenis battles where the note tables have no musical merit at all : Bantis
  • I haven't played GH3 aside from the demo, but personally I just look for a note chart that is enjoyable t... : Begawkiness
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  Hmm. What games does he like? :( : Blucklesworth
  • He liked Orange Box quite a bit, and he gave Assassin's Creed an okay review. He also liked Peggle, even... : grendel
  • Sigh, not this again... : deathofrats
  • I think overall he likes it, but like most people think the last tier is just stupid hard for no real rea... : stonedonkey
  • Pschonauts... things that are good... that sort of stuff :P : Grumbeld
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  nice review, funny as hell, but I don't understand why everyone complains about the interface, yet you he... : dilutedq
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    I like the stripped down style of Rock Band, I find it much more pleasing to look at, and easier to follo... : skankcore
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      Why do people even need a distinguishing characteristic for the hammer-on and pull-off notes? You can us... : Chris Remo
      • wait, unlike GH, you can freeform HO/PO in Rock Band? (I haven't even touched the guitar part yet) : zakk
      • Uh, no you can't. : Delusional
  • the problem I have with it is it's just a bit harder to read at a glance or in your peripheral vision. t... : ttyRazor
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    The Rock Band interface is clustered? I find it to be the best interface of all their games thus far. I... : Begawkiness
    • ^^ IAWTP : DOOManiac
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  brilliant again. : edgewise
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    also, they got rid of clive winston?!??!?! : edgewise
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      Yup. They felt Xavier filled the "70's rocker" niche. Lame. Also got rid of the Elvis/Johnny Cash Ve... : EvilDolemite
      • They added a "Fat Elvis" guy in the Wii and PS2 version, but he's not as good. : nurglich
    • And Eddie Knox. I hope they both make a glorious return someday. : skankcore
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      Who the fuck cares? Judy Nails 4 life! Even if she did put on a good 40lb for GH3 : rosewood
      • YEA 40LBS TO HER CHEST!! AMIRITE?! : Bantis
      • It was all in her tits though... : DOOManiac
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      they turned xavier into the 60s-70s guy so they'd have room for midori duh : Deathlove
      • ...and that was a HORRIBLE decision. Hey since we're making superfluous character changes in a brazen : Ajax
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  This is the first time he has reviewed a game I haven't already played and yeah... coming from a review p... : baron calamity
  • Because he's not actually a reviewer. : Ebu
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    Not every review needs to be a buying guide. : Chris Remo
    • 73% : pyros
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      Althought tight and well-polished, I would avoid Chris Remo's post this holiday season. With so many othe... : Ebu
      • I lol'd : judasen
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        gigalols : boring gegtik
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          This actually means a lot to me. : Ebu
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            i sometimes post megalols but i think this may be my first gigalols : boring gegtik
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              And so the lol inflation begins. Soon you won't be able to buy anything with a simple lol and we'll wonde... : nudel
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                thomw is going to make me a script that lets me megalol posts so they get a million lols for a single but... : boring gegtik
                • where is my centilol : stgulik
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        lol'd for "star star st" : OverloadUT
        • haha, only now after you mentioning it do understand it : bad_fish
      • excellent : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • hahaha, well though out : FushigiDenki
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        Don't even bother checking your office Ebu -- it's fucking locked and your shit is out side. You're fire... : Kentor
        • That would be the best thing that ever happened to me. : Ebu
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        Conclusion: Worth a read, but didn't bookmark. : pyros
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          Why would you bookmark it? : Ebu
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            because it's an analog to rent versus buy where's your sense of abstraction : boring gegtik
            • I hear the RIAA want to close that loop hole though : pyros
        • tl:dr: tl:dr : loboca
      • hahahahaha - well done sir : thetangent
      • How can I spoof my IP to [lol] things more than once? Because this post deserves it. : DOOManiac
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    Because it's not supposed to be a real review? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      When did this happen? Before people started saying "he's not all that funny" or "Does he actually like an... : VegasX
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        He's not reviewing the game, he's just spending a few minutes making fun of its weaknesses. He's not actu : Ebu
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          ah well yeah I see that. : VegasX
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            wait you were being serious? : deveus1
            • about the fact that when he first started doing it people were calling them reviews but when some people ... : VegasX
      • Have you ever seen a score associated with a game or some kind of recommendation besides the extremes DIE... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        He's doing humor-oriented critiques on games. He's not doing Consumer Reports-style "reviews" in the sen... : Chris Remo
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          And this is why I love the fuck out of actionbutton.net. Their review of Super Mario Galaxy was not on... : Vincent Grayson
          • That review was supposed to be entertaining? It was like a mini-novel and a lot of the paragraphs were w... : slax0r
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          I miss OMM so much :( : mikecyb
          • Seriously. Those sellout fuckers! But Portal almost makes up for the loss of OMM. : eskimo spy
        • All good points. I love zeropunctuation because of just those reasons. For instance, his orange box rev... : slickdoody
        • Oh no I agree I mean, I never looked at them as reviews myself and it is refreshing. I dont find it as en... : VegasX
        • Hear, hear. : Goncyn
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        It's a dude talking about games. People need to chill. : cowbs
        • I've no problem with it, I definitely see why people like it. I just think others ned to relax and unders... : VegasX
  • They've always seemed like editorials to me, frankly. It's the video format that gives it a twist : Home Nugget
• haha good stuff as always. : NFXFSX
• Hahaha excellent. Best one in a while. : pigvomit
• EEEE funny as always. :D : xsii
• i want to hear him do crysis. : oatmela
• Ahahahaha, awesome. Yahtzee really has breathed life back into game reviews. : silentw
• great! I suck at guitar hero(probably because I've played it 5 times in my life) and therefore It can bur... : duncandun
• Good stuff. : thejm4n
• He insulted Tom. Damn him! : sKetchflow
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  well he's 100% right about one thing there is only 1 legend of rock in that game: slash. : -=kodiak=-
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    I have to agree with him about the damn difficulty wall. I 5-star nearly every song (damn you barracuda!... : Lionhart32935
    • I returned the game for mainly this reason, among others. : Code RedBeard
    • If he could beat those he'd see the TRUE difficulty wall, being that fucking final boss battle. I'm just... : DinK
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    Tom Morello is an amazing progressive guitarist. Slash is good but he's all stunt guitars. : Haku-Jin
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      crazy talk : qwpeoriu
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        Tom makes that guitar do things that shouldn't be possible. : Haku-Jin
        • like sound exactly the same in every song? : skinlab133
        • how's making guitars do things that shouldn't be possible not stunt guitar? by that measure the guy from... : ttyRazor
• i see : xelencin
• cockslapping the mona lisa. brilliant. : pyide
• i loooooooooooooove cliffs of glover also I think he is right. gh3 is less fun. and not because clive ... : barichnikov
• I want some Rammstein DLC for GH3 : Blackdawgg
• Yahtzee is funny. Let's keep him around. : nevicata

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• Awesome! Reminds me of a shot I'm setting up for our cinematics. : sammyl
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  i wonder if a fighter has ever just rolled off into the ocean because somebody forgot to put the wheels s... : xxiv
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    This is where that whole tricky "security clearance" bullshit comes into play. Short answer: Not that ... : Squirrely
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      opsec? i don't think it would be an opsec issue. : xxiv
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        Theres a couple of recent events that I think are still on the down lo. : Squirrely
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          i'll use my imagination lol. : xxiv
          • I need vids + yackety sax, stat! : riptyde
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    Check this out for crazy carrier moves: http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/2007111235117.asp... : bombay
    • That is awesome! : Omaha
    • God that would be awesome to see in motion. : Matto357
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  Hm....Lincoln. That ship sounds awfully familiar. : Squirrely
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    wait, aren't you on that ship? : cltcprd
    • According to his profile. : great-white
    • Yes. Until 2011 *cries self to sleep* : Squirrely
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  high res plz : jono181
  • I will say it will be very unlikely to get high-resolution pictures of any ship on movement due to securi... : Squirrely
  • yes? on your face? : hirez
• I was wondering if there were more of those. I found this stupidly high rez one a little while back: htt... : Noobler
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  i see these pics pop up a lot. my brother is on one of those ships. they are always this size though, n... : kch
  • If those pictures are accurate, than the Reagan is definitely represented. The other two could be either ... : Squirrely
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  MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR! : Phil
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    yeah, but those pictures make me horny. : edgewise
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      Dragons are to cars as _______ are to aircraft carriers. : Pittst3r
      • Gryphon-Trogdor super-combinations? : Squirrely
• There IS a Phil sized of at least the last one. Don't have it on my work machine, but I got it from he... : fleabug
• theres a pic of the fire supression flood from one carrier. THAT is a cool pic : epit
• In the Navy.... : aethyr
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  Just left the LINCOLN about 30 min ago. Pictures do it no justice, it's amazing how big these are once ... : oneshot
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    Nice, I am sure these pictures are ancient, I occasional get them since I do work with the ONR. : gmd
    • The Office of No Results. : smoking pets
    • They can't be any older than 2002-2003 (when the Raegan got commissioned). : Squirrely
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    They used to come to Vancouver but now some fag managed to turn Vancouver into a No-Nuke zone so no more ... : stump
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      Victoria was nice though. : Squirrely
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        Are there tours when the carriers come to Victoria? : stump
        • yup. my bro went on the lincoln a few years ago : Morgin
        • I don't think so. We had to moor out in the harbor and take ferries into downtown. : Squirrely
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    Dude, Wtf. : Squirrely
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      That would have been a rather unique shackmeet. : riptyde
      • Seriously, Squirrely is there putting it all on the line staying in some dank tin can for weeks on end an... : Kentor
  • My uncle used to be on the Enterprise, then the Dwight D. Eisenhower. I got to go on a cruise twice as a ... : Goncyn
• AMERICA! Fuck Yeah! : mindshot
• LOLSQUIDS : freakord
• Reminds me of the BF1942 and BF2 promotional wallpapers. : glio1337
• missing a Battleship :( : RikiTiki2
• ok too perfect, I click on this as Rage Against the Machine is playing on my speakers. FUCKSHITUPYEAAAAA... : smacknca
• weird colorization on those pics or something. very cool shots... hi-res would be great =) : jrock
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  They finished work on the Ronald Reagan? I was in San Diego towards the end of summer, and it looked lik... : dopeman
  • It was in an "Incremental Availability". I think its surge ready until we deploy. As stated before, these... : Squirrely
• these are bad ass! thanks. : metalremains
• Update. This was part of Valiant Shield, held in June of 06. : gmd
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  last one looks like a contrived video game cover : jackalope
  • Tom Clany's In Deep Blue for the 386 and Amiga featuring VGA Graphics! : not work safe

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  install.app has everything you need! : bakanoodle
  • ^^^ This is the one true answer. Once you get installer.app then just browse through the massive reposito... : DOOManiac
  • I am blown away by how streamlined and elegant this is. : Chris Remo
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  Flash : EvilDolemite
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    (he means show us your boobs, not the Adobe application, btw) : Phil
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      I will get right on that for you Phil. : Galadriel07
      • phil where's my $20 : EvilDolemite
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  imo wait until the apps from the sdk start rolling out. : xxiv
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    hrm this sounds reasonable. : Galadriel07
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      it's what i'm doing with my iphone. i know a handful of others who had all that install.app shit on their... : xxiv
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        i sorta want AIM but thats really the only 3rd party app i would install right now. It has everything el... : Galadriel07
        • m.heysan.com is a decent solution : airrob
        • Try meebo.com : crummynz
      • My stability hasn't been affected one bit by jailbreaking, summerboard, installer.app, or any of the othe... : DOOManiac
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      Yeah, I'm doing the same, it's too risky doing the whole installer.app thing, and there's not any really ... : Matt Burris
      • it's really not that risky at all, and if the app you installed crashes stuff, you can easily install it.... : bakanoodle
      • what are you talking about, the jailbreak is completely superficial, it doesn't fuck with the hardware an... : snowwolf
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  hrm too bad I can't sync my sidekick contacts to the iphone. I gotta add everyone by hand now. : Galadriel07
  • Hrm. i transferred some pictures to the phone but I they look like they didnt transfer correctly. There... : Galadriel07
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    isync doesn't work with the sidekick? : Yanks
    • i use windows Vista. I thought that was a macOSX only app : Galadriel07
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    Sync your sidekick to Outlook if you have it, Outlook to iPhone? : pancake humper
    • this should work. though there may be a few more hoops to jump through. : Korban
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      This is what I would do - I would not expect any phone to support syncing any other proprietary phone's c... : taronish
      • well it asks in the beginning of the setup if you have your contacts sync'd with like outlook and i never... : Galadriel07
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      there is no option to do it and outlook keeps crashing :( : Galadriel07
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        "there is no option to do it".... meaning Sidekick won't sync with Outlook or the iPhone won't? Need d... : pancake humper
        • yeah i didnt see that option in the sidekick 3's menu. It is ok. I can't get outlook working on my lapt... : Galadriel07
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  If you don't already have update 1.1.2, don't install it. Just upgrade to 1.1.1 (or keep it there, if it... : Chris Remo
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    Can you still upgrade to just 1.1.1 though? I'm still on 1.0.2 or something because I never updated. I... : DOOManiac
    • plenty of guides out there on this. if you arent sim hacking its pretty easy. i think its option click ... : smacknca
    • Yeah, you can manually download the 1.1.1 data and then shift-click on the "Restore" button in iTunes and... : Chris Remo
• dont get distracted by the no people above, i see no reason not to install install.app. If nothing else ... : smacknca
• 1.1.1 + jailbreakme.com !! : snowwolf
• you got new iphones so they're 1.1.2's so you can't install anything on them and won't be able to for qu... : ^-SeaWolf-^