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• they have those self cleaning restrooms now? i think the one thing the office restroom really needs is... : mallrice
• I think people would be too embarrassed to use the turd bus : wtf242
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  if you only have 1 bathroom in the bus.... 10 minutes for $5 is only $30/hr That's not a lot when you ... : mwasher
  • You know those soda delivery trucks where the whole side panel of the truck unrolls? Imagine 4 stalls per... : Porkasaurus
• my idea was an atm that dispenses $1's at titty bars. : notext
• Think about it. You're a high powered, go-getting executive. You're returning from your power lunch where : sexninja!!!!
• so you're saying that I not only have to schedual my pooping time around when the poop bus is in town but... : kikilupo
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  sounds like a shitty business : -=kodiak=-
  • /clap : mrvandelay
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    don't dump on his ideas : mallrice
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      He's not asking to take your crap you know : digital_d
      • Too bad. Shit rolls downhill around here. : weaselmeister
• you'd be better off doing a car cleaning service or oil changes, stuff like that. : oatmela
• you should read the book "The E-Myth Revisited" by Gerber author's site: www.e-myth.com : Nation
• How bout you do like and just take a fucking crap straight on Ste-Catherine's street ? I read the entire ... : Utopia
• Honestly I think it's a horrible idea. Who wants to poop on a bus? That's weird. : lplasmatron
• this idea stinks : mrvandelay
• Paul "shit break" Finch approves. : MisterClaw
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  do you realize how awkward this whole situation is? everyone around you is listening to you make a call ... : sticman77
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ hahahahaha : weevil bob
  • lol : jaga
  • hahah my thoughts exactly....and paying $5 for that, no : jigstah
  • I could not put it any better myself : mikecyb
  • Please make a poop bus jingle Mr Remo. : cruel dem
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  as long as you can get people to get over the perception that more people who use a specific bathroom... : mista mista
  • These are people working in an office with hundreds of people using the same bathroom. Many without venit... : Porkasaurus
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  you want to bring your crap bus to large outdoor events. You'd make a fortune. Also you could have th... : steelsamurai
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    Someone else mentioned this, renting it out for events. That's a great idea. Who the fuck wants to wa... : Porkasaurus
    • Hell, I'd pay to use this thing at a huge event like a concert. : shred.
    • Yeah, this sounds more geared toward that type of scenario as opposed to high profile business areas. : ieGod
• If you have toilet cams you will make a lot more money. : ZombieAcademy
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  You have to play Ice Cream-truck-like music so every one knows its the poop truck! : mrvandelay
  • but instead of music it'd be a huge, loud farting noise, similar to the brown noise. : oatmela
• "Oooh, ooh, I hope the shit bus gets here soon! I put in a request an hour ago but it still isnt here!" ... : Cottc Cid
• Do you have a name for this bus? Would it be The Crap Bus? : CrustaR
• Are you serious? Forget the fact that nobody wants to walk outside the building and around the corner to... : adpalumbo
• lol. This idea would not work because 99% of people don't mind where they poop. I don't need my toes suc... : Super Sparker
• (people who work(target demographic)people who shit) : systatic
• Thank you so much for your idea man. This thread so fucking delivers, some of the replies are epic : Utopia
• terrible idea. : edgewise
• Can you have sex on it and join the 5 foot club? : Spoetzl
• Inherent flaws in your idea: 1). You're taking a shit in a bus 2). You're taking a shit in a bus 3). : itsjames
• Whos work has bad bathrooms? My office I could eat a fucking steak off of the toilets they are so clean. : gmd
• You can borrow my idea for a business and then pay me fat royalty http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=106... : sigpro
• What if this is a huge success and you have line-ups? "Sorry sir, you need to wait as we clean it." "... : Derringer
• "The Grand Poobus" : Chris Remo
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  Needs to be a train so it can be the Poo Choo Train : gmd
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    or a car and you could call it a Daewoo : sticman77
    • or a Ford : senor135
  • omg... that's awesome LOL : senor135
• Don't really think it would work. Not that many people are germaphobic and lots of people are cheep. : terath
• Sounds hilarious, do it. : megarust32
• 5 dollars to take a shit? meh i would rather drop trousers and dump one in the backyard : jane911
• At work the toilets are in the fucking kitchen so imagine how disgusting and uncomfortable that is whenev... : TwiLyght
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  I guess a double-decker is out of the question : aeg1x
  • lolmnopc : sticman77
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  I like the events idea as well. There are some things to think about first would be the cost of the "poop... : eldiablo01
  • why not run the bus on the poop? Eco-friendly. Wouldn't want to drive behind it though. : aeg1x
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  That is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard in my entire life. Stab yourself in the eye with a rust... : Bean
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    Seriously, I can't get over how asinine (*zing*) that idea is. It's genuinely idiotic. Wow. I'm blown awa... : Bean
    • Someone please LOL this! : Super Sparker
    • a poop bus could be popular at a big event though. Instead of setting up all these portapottys that are f... : aeg1x

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• Huh? It stated that WoW was a random fluke for the dying subscription based MMO. : lightsam
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  This happens in lots of markets where the value of the product is partly dependent on user participation.... : Ovate
  • yeah, I've always wondered why nobody has challenged Craigslist, but when you think about it, how could t... : oatmela
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  WoW only hogs the market for WoW. If MMO designs could think of some new ideas, they would grow their own... : wasylm
  • Right. Eve's subscriber base has been growing every year. : aeg1x
  • Same shit in different settings? Please, if only. More like the same shit in the same setting. : SockMonkeh
• The only reason all the other MMOs are failing is because they are fucking WoW clones. Of course no one i... : SockMonkeh
• That's incorrect. What was the record holder MMO before WoW? EQ @ like 450,000. 450,000 vs 9 million.... : paravis
• I look at the success of WoW as a good thing since it brought in millions of people that were otherwise i... : Wombat Woo
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  I call BS. His whole argument is based on the fact that all these games that were supposed to be good di : mrwolf710
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    This is my instinct as well. I've played a number of MMOs and the amount of fun was almost nonexistent t... : Chris Remo
    • Yeah, any WoW player will tell you this too. They will leave if a better game comes along and most of the... : wasylm
    • Yup. I've played basically every MMO, and WoW is the first one I ever got to max level in. It's just so m... : Goncyn
    • Before WoW players would put up with a lot of poor presentation and just plain sloppyness. To me that is ... : yoshimi20
  • No other MMO has interested me at all. Somehow I keep coming back to WoW though. <shrug> : TheTick
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    I'd argue that plenty of games are better than WoW. WoW isn't a new kind of candy. It's just really goo... : Sylvanus
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      You could say just about the same thing about most of the other games, except that they are less consiste... : Chris Remo
      • You won't see me knocking Blizzard's knack to please people. :) I agree. : Sylvanus
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      Plenty of games? Sure. Plenty of MMOs? Nope. : mrwolf710
      • And also since it's an MMO I'd say the fact that it is very good at what it does makes it better than mos... : mrwolf710
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      Which MMO is better than WoW? : fishbone
      • IMO? City of Heroes, LotRO and EVE Online. : Sylvanus
  • I think WoW isn't fun at all, SO OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE WRONG! //! : duncandun
  • Agreed. There were plenty of big MMOs before WoW. WoW only got so popular because it's so much more polis... : code-e255
• it would be totally different if there was a surplus of really high quality MMO's out there that are star... : maulla
• As far as I can tell: City of Heroes seems to be doing fine. LotRO seems to be doing fine. EVE Onlin... : Sylvanus
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  Additionally, I play my MMOs like I play all my games: Casually. : Sylvanus
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    I wish it were easier to play wow casually. To compete on any level you have to grind so much :-( PvP ... : TheTick
    • Once I heard how drops were generated, I was totally shocked. I wouldn't go through the stuff other peop... : Sylvanus
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      In WoW's defense, any game that has more than 1,000 players you need to play heavily to compete. And sin... : handofthrawn
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        I had often thought the same thing, how cool it would be to have a single player version where you could ... : dooberzoo
        • For the most part people are already playing it like a single player rpg. Except for raids and the occasi... : Wombat Woo
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  I think WoW hurts PC gaming overall. : EvilDolemite
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    yea, pc gamings crutch is really hurting it. not saying PC gaming is dying, but i dont think it would sti... : maulla
    • I guess that depends on who you are. Personally, I"m trying to move most of my gaming back to PC. I hav... : Sylvanus
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      It helps but I think it also hurts in a lot of ways: 1. People play WoW and nothing but WoW for months... : EvilDolemite
      • I think you are right, EvilDolemite. : feek
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        But let's ignore the millions and millions of people that finally decided to play a game on their PC and ... : Pink0r
        • I think it takes away a lot more gamers than it adds. Maybe you're right, but for the time being it's hur... : feek
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        I'd play something else if it was consistently better than WoW. It's as simple as that. Somebody make a g... : royalally
        • If anything, females everywhere are losing because I'm not out gallivanting. Getting up in that shit. : royalally
      • 1. True. People don't move on. 2. Would those people really upgrade? These are the same type of people... : mrwolf710
  • Thing is, though, that "PC"-gaming as we know it is defined by a few genres atm: fps, rts, and more recen... : Charmplus
  • WoW hurts everything it touches. : NastyJack
• World of Starcraft will prove that another great MMO can thrive alongside WoW. : vynn
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  are you kidding? WoW has helped the MMO genre by bringing in new gamers. WoW isn't going to last forever ... : gyokuro
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    Yeah, but I'll bet you a dollar that that "something" that comes along and replaces WoW is: WoW2 : ikonoklast86
    • nah, blizzard is working on a different mmo not wow related. : bfzzzz
  • lol one of his arguments is that the # of players for DAOC has gone down well no kidding, DAOC is 7 ye... : Clay
• By the numbers, it's helping it if anything. The only problem is that for some publishers it has redifine... : ZombieAcademy
• I think this overlooks the fact that four years ago, every dev with a dime to burn was going to make an M : Caboose
• Considering the number of non-gamers it's pulled in I think that, in the long run, it'll be a good thing ... : Megara9
• MMO gamers are fickle and as soon as something new comes out that is at least almost as good as WoW (in t... : SilverSnake
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  WoW killed the Quake community in Iceland :( : Ravenkettle
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    What, really? Wasn't it pretty much dead when WoW came out? : nomaad
    • No, it was slowly leaking out but WoW was the killing blow. I am guilty myself as I played WoW when it c... : Ravenkettle
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  Isn't EVE doing better than ever? : geedeck
  • Yes, eve has slowly been growing since launch. (pre-WoW) : yAak
• i know its crazy to say but what makes wow fun truly in its simplest form is the class system. The classe... : italiano3d
• I have a hard time agreeing with this since it's just a fact that WoW is the best there is to offer in th... : ramshot

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• Oh, man, I know. I had a 8800GT but it was defective, and now I'm back in 1650x1080 land. :( : Grimp
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  Yeah it really is amazing what they've done with the 8800 line. At work we have an XPS from last year wi... : EvilDolemite
  • Yeah, choosing to buy a videocard this generation isn't even a contest. It's the Radeon 9700 all over aga... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • yeah i have a 7900GS and I'm just drooling at the chance to upgrade. have not touched crysis (except sing... : Demius
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  did you max out all the filtering and anti-aliasing in TF2 as well? When I get in big fire fights with t... : itsjeff9
  • 40 is fine with me. I'm not expecting it to stay pegged at 60 all the time or anything. I'm old school ... : mrwolf710
  • I haven't had any noticeable drops yet. I mainly stay in the 120+ fps range with everything maxed out. : CrustaR
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    I run 8X AF and no AA and it's well over 60FPS at all times. : EvilDolemite
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      this is probably what I need to do. I put the AA and AF in the 16x range (overkill i know) so I'll prob... : itsjeff9
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        4x AA and 8X AF should be a good balance if the rest of your system is up to snuff. : Sapiens
        • rest of my system is c2d 3.0ghz 4gb ram 8800gt : itsjeff9
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        I jacked mine all the way up to 16x on my 8800GT and havent noticed any bad drops but I also dont watch m... : painangel
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          neither do i but it slows to 30 fps which is noticable : itsjeff9
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            it seems to be slowing down 10fps each time you post! check your power supply!! : porp
            • 30-40* better? : itsjeff9
  • It didn't use to be like this, for some reason the new patches have really made the game perform generall... : dkrulz
  • Me too. I can't max all those those out without a heavy drop on fps in all source engines games. Then aga... : omontero
• youre going to love this card. :) : warcrow
• I went from playing CoD4 on low/medium at 800x600 to 1680x1050 on high (native) lol : painangel
• I'm loving my G92 8800GTS 512mb; it's so nice to not have to turn things down : Bantis
• same here, i received my new PC and this card is a hell of a card. Playing crysis at 1600 1200 on very hi... : fr0ggie
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  And even Crysis runs great at 1024x768 That one made me laugh :P : paravis
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    Well you've got the monopoly on resolution/performance irrationality so what else can he say? : omnova
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      oh shoot is this 1999? Crap I forgot. : paravis
      • *throws coin into hat* : omnova
      • Some of us are okay playing at that resolution >:( : ieGod
      • Considering people are just fine playing Halo3 at like 1060x600, i see no reason to see such resolutions ... : blarrr
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    Actually, I'm playing at 1280x1024 with extra high settings but it runs really really good at 1024x768 wi... : mrwolf710
    • If you're not running at 2560x1600 you might as well kill yourself for realz : nomaad
• 1024, hahah : FushigiDenki
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  I popped mine in, whacked Oblivion to max on most things, smooth as butter. Gotta play more of that game. : node
  • http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=2363 It makes Oblivion look : timmie
• i bought a 8800GT today all the parts for a new system.. except for a processor. the only game i get to p... : porp
• I'm sure if I had a dual core it'd be even better. I'm doing OK with an AMD 4000+ but in order to do the... : mrwolf710
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  ooh, interesting.. i have a 7800gtx right now as well.. what cpu do you have? (I would like to be able to... : dextius
  • x2 4000 : boomstickah
  • supreme commander is more cpu than gpu dependant iirc : aeg1x
• I envy you, good sir : Megara9
• I just installed my palit 8800GT yesterday. It is the tits. AMD64 3700+ 2 gigs ram I average ar... : windowpane
• Man, I can't tell you how happy I am to hop on the internet and have this be the first thing I read. I'm ... : Zildjinn
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  whats your system specs? mainly interested in ram and cpu : Flinz
  • ah right, ignore this : Flinz

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  Added: September 13, 2007 - That is not new : multisync
  • New as in compared to his other stuff. I dunno. christ! : duncandun
• the space one is awesome. I love that kindof jam. : gyokuro
• i love his stuff : moshman
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  his shtick is annoying, but I bought his cd last year and it's pretty damn good. props to him for going ... : stamps
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    or does he have some condition? His behavior reminds me of my diabetic uncle. : Wombat Woo
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      on his website he says he's perfectly normal and "goofy by choice" I wonder if he would have sold as m... : dael
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        I would probably have bought one if he stepped aside and let his music speak for itself. I listened to o... : ArB
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          Your lo...! Oh. : BenMurphy
          • Yeah! :( : ArB
• Both are awesome. I always love seeing someone who really enjoys playing music. : Duffman8369
• geez he's got some cool beats too check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvCaK1_CRCo : gyokuro
• i like his new youtubes banner lol : eeeealmo
• bubbles helped him reach the tubers : VuduChild
• thanks, this is pretty cool stuff. : windowpane
• i got tired of it when he shoved his grille up into the camera in every video. music was great tho : jrock
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  Haylo YouToobez , have you seen my baseball? : bozer
  • lol. totally, but I am entertained : mankeroo
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  Is that an act that guy is putting on or is he really like that? : Drewus
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    no one knows : moshman
    • Especially nobody in this thread. : Vantage
  • It's an act. : dltrem
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    I don't think it's fake. Watch his facial expressions as he plays. You can't fake that shit. : ventro
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      I make the most retarded faces when I play music unless I mentally focus on controlling my expression (wh... : Vantage
      • Yeah I'm pretty sure I go blank when I try to play anything on the piano. But the point I am making is th... : ventro
      • Exactly, watch John Mayer during a guitar solo--he looks like he's having a colonoscopy or something. : Halen
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      its fake. search around for his music video "Cool College Kid" before his Jenkees character. I've talke... : zagzig32
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        its really hard to find, if someone wants to host it i'll upload it. - someone here linked it from arch... : zagzig32
        • uh, put it on youtube? : ventro
• Wow...that's really damned cool. I've never heard this guy before, but I like the music. : ColoradoCNC
• Space is one of my all time fav tunes. : ninjamoo
• never heard of this guy thanks for the links : strider_
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  Bought his cd a while ago; best music I've purchased in a long time. : slickdoody
  • Undoubtedly. Still listening to it! : phipple
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  Where can I get this CD?? : med1c
  • he tells you in the video : aeg1x
  • I bought it from iTunes : drucifer

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• That's awesome! : helvetica
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  How do I do this with my XTi and how much will it cost me :( : Blackdawgg
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    You can use any camera, you just need an image editing program to mess around with it on your pc/mac. : mechanicalgrape
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      So I don't have to spend $1100 on the tilt shift lens? : Blackdawgg
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        Not at all. Here's a pretty basic tutorial on how to do it. You don't get the best results, but it certai... : mechanicalgrape
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          dammit, a link would be nice: http://www.recedinghairline.co.uk/tutorials/fakemodel/ : mechanicalgrape
          • Thats pretty cool. Thanks : Blackdawgg
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        i've seen some stuff about diy tilt shift lens setups using toilet plungers around (probably in make maga... : stgulik
        • couldnt help looking, looks fun. wish i had the camera for it. http://www.creativepro.com/story/howto/2... : stgulik
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  kinda looks like top half of image is smeared with grease. what's tilt-shift photography? *googles* : jrock
  • *reads wikipedia oh cool, that's why the focus is so incredible on the lower part! yours came out really ... : jrock
• it looks like a little model town. i wanted see some tit-shit photos now : multisync
• Looks like Garry's mod in real life, without the craziness of course. : hardfl1p
• hello baltimore : qwpeoriu
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  looks like a model city with tiny plastic cars : naabster
  • that would be the point : derelict515
• Awesome! : fleabug
• that's well done. Good job. : smoove
• Is the point of doing tilt-shift photos to make things look like miniatures or something? I've never hea... : humbleone
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  Glad that you are doing it right. Lots of faux tilt-shift photoshoppery would have blurred the tops of t... : Vantage
  • yeah, getting the stuff behind the branches was a pain in the ass. : mechanicalgrape
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  what the fuck is tilt-shift? : bogombo
  • i read on wikipedia that you basically take the lens and tilt it slightly, creating a focus sweet spot. : jrock
  • makes the picture look like it's a miniature scene : deject
• very nice, thanks for the link also : Enigme
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  Not a bad photo but you can tell it's a model because of the way it's all out of focus at the top. If you... : SockMonkeh
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    Joke post? : hax3d
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      It wasn't meant as an insult, I'm just trying to offer a fair criticism. : SockMonkeh
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        But it's a photo of a real street he's trying to make look like a model, not the other way around. : hax3d
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          I think you are confused by the meaning of "tilt-shift". :) : SockMonkeh
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            considering that he linked to this tutorial on how to do it with CS http://www.recedinghairline.co.uk/tut... : hax3d
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              All hail Eris! : thechunder
              • Hail Discordia! : Flinz
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              You're freaking out, man. : SockMonkeh
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                i just [lol]'d all of your posts. cause i love you. : Korban
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                  I love you too, Korban, but not that way. : SockMonkeh
                  • stop lying to yourself : Korban
              • http://youtube.com/watch?v=7-XVrnoGKLg <3 that movie : hax3d
          • lol, the sock insists! : ArtilleryMarker
          • lol : jaga
  • lol, what? hahahahaha : voodooraze
  • Oh dear. : Super Sparker
  • lol, this is the best compliment on your work, I think. : DinK
• looks sweet : oatmela
• Thats neat, thanks for sharing :) : posito
• The difference of focus between the trees and the buildings immediately behind them is far too sudden , a... : Drewus
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  It is a decent fake, but if the black car is in focus, then the white car should be at least a little bit... : TroZ
  • the tops of the foreground trees break the effect too : ttyRazor
• i dont get it. like...what?? : arizona bay
• It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Cool... thanks for introducing me to this technique. I had a go at it: http://tossed.org/~mlabbe/Fake... : SLUDGE^

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  nice pizza fatty (I really want some pizza now I think I will get some) : gmd
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    gmd, remember WORKOUT CLUB! You can't just go around eating pizza whenever you want. : CrustaR
    • THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN HERE !!!! : gmd
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      Now what is this about WORKOUT CLUB? Where can I find good information about WORKOUT CLUB, how to join, ... : pres589
      • this is all you need to know http://i18.tinypic.com/6jmmhp5.jpg : spaceless
  • update: got arbys : gmd
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  a $24 pizza better be served to me by a naked Jessica Alba : drucifer
  • I bet naked Jessica Alba tastes like the Ultimate Pepperoni. or is that naked Brad Pit? : Vantage
  • She's pretty cute: http://dianasgourmetpizzeria.ca/ : Fred Garvin
• I'm going to eat a lot of Vindaloo and watch some flicks. : steelsamurai
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  The Witcher is one of the better games I have played in a while. I loved the story. : DM7
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    The Witcher keeps blue screening my computer all of the sudden. Not when I'm playing either, like two ho... : Boxelder
    • could be heat? :/ : feek
• Just ate a ham and egg sandwich. This evening I'll hit the usual bar for a bit, maybe call up / be calle... : pres589
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  LOL Canada... : Lynn Minmei
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    Got a problem with our great pizza, fantastic beer and how women? : Fred Garvin
    • Jealous cause USA got nothing of the three hahahah : Utopia
    • How do I women? : gmd
• I'm going to pan sear some ribeyes here in a few. : Omning
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  Making some pizza... one with artichoke, kalamata olives, roma tomatoes, mozzarella, and some feta; the o... : skizl
  • You forgot the pepperoni, assorted special hams, and spicy sausage : Clay
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  Where is this, Winnipeg? : quanta88
  • Indeed. : Vantage
• I had a small dinner and am working. : terath
• I hate half a donut and 3 pogos for supper. Now i'm gonna walk 6 km total to go get a cofee at dunkin don... : Utopia
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  We cooked steaks (lol) and will hopefully be watching "Shoot 'Em Up" in blu-ray shortly. : Colleton
  • What a waste of the format... : Lone Swordsman
• Eating Costco churros and playing UFS. Wooo Im a fuckin nerd! : Cottc Cid
• Homemade Jambalaya and watching football. : malevolence
• A little TF2 for an hour, before my kids get their two hours of computer time tonight. My 7 yr old is ob... : romulan
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  I made pitas (mmmm, fresh made not grocery store pitas) with roast chicken, spring greens, feta cheese, g... : Fred Garvin
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    how did you make the pita bread? : drucifer
    • I've made pita bread before (on an oven stone), but there is a kick ass Greek bakery a little ways from h... : Fred Garvin
• Pork Tenderloin, mushrooms, cheese potatoes, baked beans. About to go get drunk. : Stroyent
• Playing nothing but I just had some bomb fish tacos in Whittier CA. : lacker
• Filet mignon, steamed broccolini + saute`d chanterelles, watching hockey/football, maybe some tf2 later. : racer5
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  i made carrot and onion soup : wtf242
  • and i just made apple and pecan vegan muffins. so freaking good. best muffins ever. : wtf242
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  london broil, garlic potatoes, and veggies... and i am now baking oatmeal craisin cookies, i am quite exc... : laurgasms
  • update: cookies are huge success, I am pretty awesome. : laurgasms
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  My new popcorn oils arrived last night and now I am at work D: : dognose
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    last night i made some popcorn and i found some popcorn seasonings in a store a few weeks ago so i made w... : laurgasms
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      Did you know that popcorn is nature's most perfect food : dognose
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        is there such a thing as chinese popcorn? : snicker-snack 2
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          I figure the Chinese invented popcorn. : dognose
          • I'm pretty sure they did it between gunpowder and fireworks : aeg1x
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          I have heard of people sprinkling Chinese five spice powder on popcorn. : Carnivac
          • whoa that sounds like an awesome idea. : laurgasms
      • I think it might be pretty close. : laurgasms
  • hey, i just ate some orville reddenbacher's microwaveable extra buttery popcorn in your honour! thanks f... : dantastic
• got a couple of pies and some pizza rolls from austin pizza kitchen, root beer, and watching the patriots... : mwasher
• I had some home made meatballs (mmm) and am trying to plow through the rest of the stars on Galaxy. Somet... : ieGod
• i made pan fried salmon filet, baked chicken breasts with baby golden potatoes and corn on the cob. i wil... : jane911
• They had an event for Canada's Best Pizza at the World Pizza Olympic Games in Italy? : cruel dem
• spaghetti with some homemade sauce : Grumbeld
• wtf only in winnipeg? i'm not going there it's fucking cold : dantastic
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  I'm going to have to check this out, that's only 5 minutes from me. Are we the only two Winnipeg Shack... : Derringer
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    There are a few others who don't post very often. jrsX pulled a Hawkeye and got a life. But yeah, the... : Vantage
    • I'm alive! : jayares
    • Noted! I'll have to do that very soon I think. Thanks for the heads up. : Derringer
    • pulled a hawkeye, wtf, lol : laurgasms
• Beer, wheat crunch, and Mythos : godm0de
• Irish Stew, Guinness / Harp Black & Tans and playing Mythos. : hashd
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  My wife and I tried out a local vegetarian/vegan chinese fusion place -- Zen Palate. They have one or tw... : Ovate
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    So what did you get and why was it bad? : feek
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      She got vegetarian lasagna...they call it "prix fixe" even though it's just an entree with a side of spri... : Ovate
      • dont know what to say. the lasagna sounds good, but i guess the rice noodle might be weird. and i guess t... : feek
• This place makes a damn good authentic Sicilian pizza. Most of the ingredients come from Italy. http:/... : afrochops
• TACOS !!!! : CoRDS

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  What? They did something else besides everyone right clicking them and selecting "Report AFK" ? : DM7
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    If they're reported too many times and Blizz investigates them they either get a temp ban, a warning, a p... : TheTick
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      Good, I'm glad their banning people. : DM7
      • Absolutely. They needed to do something and I'm glad they resorted to something severe. They were ruining... : TheTick
  • A lot of people don't report. Also, reporting just flags you until you actually perform an action, so the... : ZombieAcademy
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  You can actually report people for being AFK? Wow. : omnova
  • Considering you can lose games because of people doing it, why not? : Evil Benius
  • It's a minor form of griefing given the context. : disposition
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  When I first saw your post I hoped it would be about their PvP balance changes :( : Evil Benius
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    Why on some battlegroups are alliance winning more than horde? The horde on that battlegroup suck and the : TheTick
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      Uhh I am talking about class balance. : Evil Benius
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        What class is underrepresented in all brackets? Hunters? They're on the rise though. Yes druids are ov... : TheTick
        • Why should hunters be bitching? Hunter/Priest in 2s is one of the hardest combos for any team to face, a... : Head Rush
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          have you lost your mind? they buff every class in the game to no end except rogues, who when they do get ... : creep
          • I need EVERY cooldown for EVERY fight in order to win! : ikonoklast86
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            Whiners. Every class says that. "omg omg blizzard nerfs us every patch. Everyone else gets buffs. We're w... : TheTick
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              Go check the stats on how many rogues there are in high rated 5v5.. lol : lodit
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                If you were capable of reading, you'd notice I covered that in SEVERAL posts. The only class that is stro... : TheTick
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                  2v2 Druids - 100+ Warrior - 91 Warlock - 83 Priest - 42 Rogue - 55 Mage - 17 Paladin - 19 Hunte... : TheTick
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                    Shaman getting screwed has been a feature in the game for a long time now. IIRC the problem with hunter... : Wombat Woo
                    • Indeed. Hunters are decent raiding, great solo PvE, excellent in BG pvp. Only arenas screw them. That's w... : TheTick
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                    shamans are really weak in the PVP game. in a 5v5 they're only used for bloodlust : AllYourBase
                    • mass dispel ftw : creep
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              yoo bad in arenas burst damage doesnt meat shit nearly as much as absorbing damage+healing : creep
              • too* : creep
            • Heh... back when I was playing (last August and earlier), my only complaint as a mage was the fact that t... : Grumbeld
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          Druids are stupid overpowered in 2v2 and 3v3 due to having travelform, a cyclone that does not go immune,... : Evil Benius
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            And they blow in 5s. How can you nerf them in 2s and 3s and buff them in 5s at the same time? Or should t... : TheTick
            • The real problem is that instant cast spells are overpowered in arenas relative to cast time spells, beca... : tedv
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  There are still ways around it. AV has become a joke for Alliance though, so leeching there gives you ga... : Head Rush
  • AV doesnt even run AV anymore :/ : creep
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    What's with AV now? I ran that several times last night and earned ~5400 honor. When the honor computed... : pigvomit
    • I'm not sure why, but since 2.3 honor estimations have been way off. : Head Rush
    • diminishing returns + the bonus honor i counted differently now : creep
  • Premades? Whazzat? : Rotten Deadite
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  I heard there were bots in battlegrounds now that basically just ran around a specific path to avoid goin... : mnok
  • They already are. Check out the different bot forums. They're banning the crap out of people! :-D Fre... : TheTick
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  nerf locks. : reverend~heresy
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    I'll never get tired of hearing that ;-) I leveled one to the 50s. Hated the playstyle. I find it to b... : TheTick
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      hah. i love my lock. nothing more satisfying knowing you'll win 90% hands down. : reverend~heresy
      • I liked the power. I just like the "by the seat of your pants" playstyle and you really have to try hard ... : TheTick
      • but you quit playing fgt : creep
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  this thread makes me sad. a lot of you guys have no idea what you're talking about :( : big game hunter
  • Since I've made half of the posts in here I'm going to assume you're talking about me. Please feel free t... : TheTick
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  i was part of the worst BG assbeating ive ever seen tonight: http://gmd.shackspace.com/favresuperbowlv... : maulla
  • haha whoops, wrong img. here we go http://maulla.shackspace.com/WoWScrnShot_011208_225754.jpg : maulla

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  an alternative is to run the linux OS as a vm guest : egg5hen
  • Yes. Also, getting to the know the UI is not very useful on linux. Aside from there being two of them dep... : terath
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  http://unixsystem.ytmnd.com/ : not work safe
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    lol is that Jurassic park? : MoreVespeneGas
    • Yep... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhOk2H2Mv6U : mockery
• Ubuntu is so ridiculously easy to use it's not even funny. So with this in mind he can comfortably explor... : ieGod
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  Ubuntu seconded, it's the best thing for a starter, you can even browse the web while it's installing. Yo... : xxx2xxx
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    OK cool. so no chance of Ubuntu making things "too easy"? : Caboose
    • It's easy to set up and use. Not sure what your goal really is, but you can still learn all the stuff. Ma... : xxx2xxx
• when i was in college i wanted to learn linux so i bought a couple books and installed slackware. it was ... : sexninja!!!!
• ubuntu is 100% awesome : cpt_gloval
• ubuntu as a VM (vmware player = free, ubuntu images = free). dont install Xwindows - make him use all com... : epit
• Ubuntu is great. I just started using it at home and work. : bad_fish
• Installe the Ubuntu LAMP distro, that way you can tinker with web stuffs too : d fluke
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  Slackware 1.0 "What does not destroy me, makes me stronger." - Friedrich Nietzsche : capt tripps
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    EXACTLY... i was in almost in tears until i realized the slackware linux install disk was ignoring my cmo... : dextius
    • Figuring out how to change stuff, and then realizing you had to figure out where the config files were fo... : capt tripps
• Ubunto. Only distro I didn't fucking hate, but it has all the real Linux gubbins to fuck about with under... : node
• ubuntu : painangel
• Ubuntu is getting fairly popular, we have a linux lab at my university and they are running Ubuntu. : OmegaRed59
• Ubuntu is the best for beginners methinks. : disposition
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  To maximize the learning experience: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ It's not for the faint of heart. : genericuser
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    i learned *so much* doing LFS : Clay
    • "What does not destroy me, makes me stronger." - Friedrich Nietzsche : capt tripps
  • That is great, but probably he spend a few days with Ubuntu or another distro first, get used to some con... : Conan
  • I might have to throw together a cheap as dirt computer and try this. : SockMonkeh
  • That is a nightmare I don't' even want to imagine. : afrochops
  • That looks like fun. I think I'm going to do it. : Pittst3r
• Ubuntu. : protozone
• The install package is only 1 DVD. The other two are intended for people who have no internet connection... : DrWaffles
• another vote for ubuntu : eeeealmo
• Ndugu : Rotten Deadite
• Ubuntu. Used it on a pc I put together with spare parts from our old PC's. It's running downstairs be... : Danny5225
• http://www.laptop.org (seriously, probably Ubuntu, but I've heard good things about later Fedora build... : Postal
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  So if I download ubuntu I can't run steam with it can I? I guess that is worth giving up since I can't ru... : eldiablo01
  • If you're desperate to, you actually can run it and most Half-Life games using WINE, but they don't alway... : protozone
• I first really learned how the Linux OS works by installing and messing with Gentoo. It's been a few year... : Goncyn
• opensuse! no one ever talks about it and its just as good as ubuntu :( : ibrokn
• i learned how to install linux with slackware 96, installing it to a jaz drive cartridge, with a boot flo... : dextius
• gentoo : TheFatMom
• Ubuntu is cake. I dual boot it just for fun on this laptop. I frequently miss having it, so dual boot is ... : TheTick
• A lot of people are going to say Ubuntu. However, if your goal is to learn a distro that is widely used i... : S1ing B1ade
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  Linux is not what it used to be. Nowadays I think "learning Linux" is alot more learning to use whatever... : Omaha
  • I disagree. Linux is composed entirely of open source projects, which means you'll often need to edit a c... : S1ing B1ade
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  Ubuntu isn't just for beginners --- I use it on all the servers I run as well. It's nice having the same ... : jcupitt
  • oh, and try making your own .deb package for the thing you built and then compare that to the standard ub... : jcupitt
  • Hey the domain controller thing actually works, and it'll work much better in the future. Microsoft has ... : spazzium
• no one mentioned fedora. it's by far my favorite distro. very simple and straightforward. : Perturbation

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  hepl computer? : spaceless
  • :( : spaceless
• yes : DrFlammable
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  What's DOTA? : CrustaR
  • :( : historyinthemaking
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    awesome http://youtube.com/watch?v=K4Zh6VmeZz0 : burning eye
    • ...so it does get you chicks?? : rustified
    • what the fuck : pwnage1232
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      O_o Oh, I see. I guess it's a Warcraft 3 expansion pack? Hard to tell... : CrustaR
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        yeah, people post about dota all the time.. then someone always says "what is that?" and then someone pos... : jaga
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          Dota is a custom map for Warcraft 3 The Frozen Throne. You control a single hero unit and it's basically ... : DrFlammable
          • The Wiki entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dota : capt tripps
          • A guy at work got into Dota for a while. It took him a while, but he eventually got past the OMG newb st... : capt tripps
        • It's sort of obscure. :| : CrustaR
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      vi sittar har i venten og spilla litten dota yes : nomaad
      • I hear you man : AlexXdude
      • D-D-D-D-D-D-DOOOTA! : DrFlammable
      • Excellent Choice! : TastyWheat
    • I need to find my TFT cd-key so I can get me some fucking poontang. : SockMonkeh
    • Here's a version with english subs (font's kinda big though) http://youtube.com/watch?v=J2tfy5NWbuQ : capt tripps
    • It gets you hot Swedish chicks. : DrFlammable
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      HOLY SHIT. hahaha. SO AWESOME. this convinced me i need to save money and go to dreamhack. it'll be so mu... : feek
      • ShackCon goes international in 2008? : RikiTiki2
    • i'm not gay but i would do the guy singing in that video : Perturbation
• i'm either going to play this or Natural Selection, so which are we getting organized? : DrFlammable
• I would if we get a good number, tonight or some other time. : Barnahog
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzWIFX8M-Y : Ariakus
  • I need to learn to refresh before post :( : Ariakus
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  i am so fucking out of the loop on this one. let me see if i get it: this is a warcraft 3 map based o... : lacker
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    It's more of a mod than a map, but it is just one map. : capt tripps
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      what's the player limit? is it fun? i've never played all the way through wc3 and never multiplayer. : lacker
      • Ten (5v5) I beleive. It is fun (although I suck at it). There are AI versions of the map, but that kind... : capt tripps
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  WE ARE PLAYING DOTA RIGHT NOW come to usEast channel shacknews : DrFlammable
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    we are waiting uuuu COME ON, we have 3 people already! : DrFlammable
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      just got done, what are your names? : spaceless
      • msg me, im bead : spaceless
  • fuck we got owned like faggots. : DrFlammable
• dota fucking owns! : Ravenkettle
• What is the hot tower defense right now in WC3? : SeaLlama