Weekend Discussion

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  1) The Heroes of Kvatch Captain: [SE]Jackass •Alco• CoNcrete Demius grumbe : Jackass1233
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    It's too late to join a team, right? How did I miss this? : lechuck59
    • same way i did :( : xsoulbrothax
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      There were dozens upon dozens of posts for the last 5 weeks, lots of informatives on the front page, etc.... : bipolar
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        i kind of ignored it because i thought it was a smaller deal for the really good players. apparently i... : Clay
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          i haven't played in a while but i'm pretty sure she was a good medic. : pyide
          • lol she is, i'm just making funnies : Clay
          • she's a horrible pyro though... Especially against me. : dedgecko
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          same here. we should start a shack slackers team : manero
          • We should, but you know we're too careless and lazy. : lechuck59
    • i won't be able to play. maybe you can talk to virus and hirez about replacing me? i really didn't know... : pyide
  • Viva le Brickmatt! Down with the infidels! : bipolar
  • I really hope Nasty keeps that team name. : xsoulbrothax
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    youre all dead : SockMonkeh
    • ^^^ team killer : dmason
  • I have Sauerkrause, too.. and our name is Need a Teleporter here. (obviously) : lakren
  • Lowpoly's team tag should definitely be [WTF Lowpoly] : Duffman8369
  • Oh damn someone took the Heroes of Kvatch already :( : Barnahog
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    My team name is officially "Sticky Crits", which I guess fits NastyJack better, but I liked the sound of ... : skankcore
    • Damn it, I read that as "Sticky Clits," Reporting mon capitan! : Sailor of Fortune
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    Seems like we're gonna be called Critical Tits! : Xevo
    • updating it for future posts:) : Jackass1233
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      Great name! It's better than mine :( : skankcore
      • It was all kainen, I take no credit for it! : Xevo
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    Soooooooo, any talk of trades yet? : brickmatt
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      My guess is everyone is pretty happy with their teams. I am. I mean there are guys I want but no sane cap... : NastyJack
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        This is how I feel as well. : skankcore
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          Who can I trade you for you and dopeman? =( : brickmatt
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            Also, I think we should have a 16 Captains vs 16 1st picks game at some point =D : Xevo
            • Yes This would be awesome! : dmason
            • a 32 player game with all awesome players would be utter carnage. i'd watch that demo :) : electroly
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            :D What's crazy is that our team is composed of 5 ShackW members! : dopeman
            • Yeah, i feel i should join ShackW even though i'm nowhere close to being in the west. : boredguy
      • Is it too late to work a "no trade" claus into my contract? :) : coyoterys
    • teamname? Brokebrick mattans? : edgewise
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  >:( i'm a JO bud : romulan
  • Yes. Yes you are. <jingles change in pockets> : carrioN luggagE
• Hell yes you are scared of our team! It's probably because of me! : invisible_kid
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  why is it some teams have 12, some teams have 13 and at least one has 14 players? : Clay
  • Because Jackass is a retard. : SockMonkeh
  • Because like I said, I made this list from the posts that the other captains made. So if players are miss... : Jackass1233
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  god this is going to be awesome. is someone making one of those tournament bracket charts? : electroly
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    something like this except good: http://homepage.mac.com/brianluft/img/ZZ1B1D4B9E.png : electroly
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      oh, I hope it's not a single elimination tournament. It should be divided up into 4 divisions. Everyone p... : edgewise
      • that would be absurdly impossible to arrange it's double elimination : lakren
      • That is a shitload of games. : NastyJack
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        the bracket is posted is a double elimination tournament. when you lose, you go to the losers bracket on... : electroly
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          *bracked i posted : electroly
          • i give up : electroly
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      "team not waffles" i like this : jenisthebest
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        we need to come up with something witty and funny. for sure. : xxiv
        • Waffles is the worst. : Grimp
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  I woulda loved to play but shift work + high ping would only let my team down :( : TastyWheat
  • high ping is win with heavy or sniper, though! you can mow guys down even if they actually moved out of t... : xsoulbrothax
• This sounds awesome. I'd like to play but I doubt I'd make it to many matches with my schedule. Have im : VinnieTheSquid
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  Team Philly Blunts FTW! : razlebol
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    Welcome to the team man! : dkrulz
    • Thanks! Hope we are going to meet up before to practice or discuss roles of everyone. : razlebol
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  alright team ex waffles., we need a new capitan. who wants to lead the way to victory, or at least the se... : xxiv
  • let's be "the anti-breakfast food alliance" : jenisthebest
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  we are the Balls of Steel we ill crush your heads! /chant : Rigor Morts
  • dammit......will* : Rigor Morts
  • BOO YEAH EAT YOUR GRANDMA! : Edges
• So, how long until a couple of teams can find time/members (lol) to scrim with/against? : carrioN luggagE
• Rosewood! Don't kill me if I lose :(. I'm hella nervous. : Malku
• So, what are the map plans? Dustbowl still? : megarust32
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  How will the teams be seeded, randomly? or is the brackets posted http://homepage.mac.com/brianluft/img/Z... : Demius
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    that bracket is just some shit i made up, i took the ordering from jackass's list and paired them up that... : electroly
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      cool. So no idea how teams will be seeded and placed eh? :D I'm guessing randomly but not sure. : Demius
      • My guess would be randomly. : dmason
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  the amount of players in this thing is mindblowing. assuming this is 12v12, coordinating the time matches... : mXENO
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    yes, but likely teams will be fine with playing 8v8, etc. : thief
    • I was thinking of maybe even only fielding 8 players, and forcing the other teams to play with 8 as well:... : Jackass1233
  • More like you're going to be dominated again and again like yesterday. : omnova
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  It is an honor to be among the finest talents in TF2 such as those represented on Team Rosewood, and also... : WaterSign
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    I think we're called Team Sprite. : freshyk
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      team monitor smash : duncandun
      • thanks.team : stamps
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  who's katy anna , I saw her playing today, she was so sweet on the server today , i felt bad when we were... : Chandler55
  • Don't worry. She's actually 57 years old. True story. : mrwolf710
  • No need to worry--I'm married to a shacker (+4 renegade). : KatyAnna

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• Awesome, I'll be there! : dmason
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  Wow how is this not getting any love? I know it's not Vs. Valve, and we have out big Tournament threads,... : Xevo
  • cause I have to work tomorrow and thats in the middle of the afternoon : Shadowdane
  • It IS going to be awesome! : dmason
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    Noon to 1 on Monday is probably hard for a lot of people to make. Most people can't play on their lunch ... : Arcanum
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      its a holiday for a lot of us! : laurgasms
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        Holiday? What's that? : Arcanum
        • MLK Jr. Day : Grumbeld
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          Martin Luther King, Jr. Day : dmason
          • We don't get it off. RIT hates black people. Actually, RIT just hates holidays. : Arcanum
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    Some of us have jobs, you know! : SockMonkeh
    • Some of us work nights, so it's great! : lightsam
  • probably because its at noon to one eastern tomorrow, lots of people have work even though its a holiday.... : Jackass1233
  • just saw it. : edgewise
  • I wasn't trying to make a big stink, I was just sure people would be excited and was sad to see it almost... : Xevo
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  It's cold as fuck today at Montreal :( : Utopia
  • ouais criss : razlebol
  • haha I purposely didn't step outside today because of the damn weather. Its hot enough inside for me. G... : MrLobo
  • fucking almost froze to death walking home from the metro :( : AlexXdude
  • Montreal -40C? (cue Malajube song here) : Postal
• I'd love to but it's during work hours. : NastyJack
• i will try to be there : lacker
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  lolz. wish I could make it, but I have to work :( : afrochops
  • same dilemma here : tunis5000
  • ...annnnd ditto. : Johnny Law
  • Play from work? I mean, isn't that the whole idea? : Mad Jack McMad
• Awesome, I'll try to be there. : re4ctor
• I'll hop in if I'm at home : ColoradoCNC
• I should be there. Hooray for Europe! : hardfl1p
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  is there a pw? : xxiv
  • it's jade raymond : edgewise
  • Same has the other servers : MrLobo
• I can be there if a medic is needed : bipolar
• sounds cool, will try to wake up in time for that : Unleashed
• I really hope we can fill up the server... it should be fun, regardless! : Xevo
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  Is this Ubisoft Montreal, Paris, or Shanghai? Or a mixture? This will determine if I play or not. : notd665
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    Montreal.... most has splinter cell devs too :) : MrLobo
    • Okay, then absolutely. : notd665
    • ahahha if those are some of the dudes you invited the other day, then im scared for them. i was burning t... : laurgasms
  • pretty sure it's Montreal, given that it's where MrLobo works : Postal
• I can make it. : sludge vohaul
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  Awesome! I'm off work tomorrow and I will definitely be there. : RevRaven
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    Did you thank MLK for your right to play TF2? : Wolfanoz
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      Everyone should go Demoman to celebrate! (god that sounds racist) : Xevo
      • MLK wasn't scottish : Arsenal
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  Ubisoft go blue, shack will go Red : devnullgt
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    Sounds like a plan, what map are we playing on? : Xevo
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      I figure start off with dustbowl....then gravel pit, then well. We will just change levels using rcon whe... : devnullgt
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        Sounds good, but I can't tell from Lobo's posts whether they want to start between noon and 1pm, or if th... : Xevo
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          I think it's more of an approximate start time...start between noon and 1, and play till whenever. I'd st... : devnullgt
          • Definitely, I'm sad to see so many of our top guys can't play. However, I'm sure we'll still give them m... : Xevo
          • Also, nighttime matches will be hard for a lot of West Coast guys unless they don't start until around 8-... : Xevo
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          All of our Ubi team will jump on the server at 12h00. We play until around 13h00 or until we finish th... : MrLobo
          • Ahhh that's what I was worried about... well it's time enough for 2 maps, at least. : Xevo
• Mos Def... Jade Raymond too? : Wolfanoz
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  Shack if you don't absolutely destroy Ubisoft, I promise I am banning anyone who played on the Shack Team... : haiku
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    Sorry haiku but nobody on the team worked on Assassin. : MrLobo
    • lol : ThomW
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      What are they working on? Vegas2 or the new splinter cell? : razlebol
      • He posted somewhere that a lot of the people are the splinter cell team : sigpro
  • aye aye Capt. Ornery of the U.S.S. Enterprise Shacknews : Wolfanoz
• With that being europe prime time, you will get a lot of high pings. : razorblade79
• Haha, I'd totally be in if I didn't have to work tomorrow. >:[ : cannelbrae
• Morning bumb! : MrLobo
• I will play. : Chepito.
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  is there a webpage set up for the game dev tourney? would love to see matches : mXENO
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    Is TF2 the only game being played? : Thomas Hace
    • They're not even playing TF2 in the tournament, studies have just proven it the best way to get your refl... : Arsenal
  • http://www.nerd-dungeon.net/ has videos/demos of a couple of the matches and a forum for it : boredguy
• I wish this server was used regularly, it's the US server I ping best to. : daedraug
• But the Shack can defeat Valve! You're gonna get raped. :) : TastyWheat
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  Are we gonna get a SteamTV (or whatever it's called) of this? : Rotten Deadite
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    I don't think so... there would need to be a 25th spot added and SourceTV spectating the match, and neith... : Xevo
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      if I could get a guide on setting up a 25th spot for source tv, I may be able to do something...but as it... : devnullgt
      • Hmm maybe do a test before they start, try typing in the console record [filename] and then after a littl... : Xevo
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        http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_TV : razlebol
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          I was going to post that, but that doesn't tell you how to set up the 25th slot for sourcetv. I'm assu... : DrFlammable
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            You've got to edit or replace some .dll file. This is the only thing mentioning anything about the subjec... : DrFlammable
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              additional clues, as I am still not finding a straight answer: http://forums.srcds.com/viewtopic/5533 : DrFlammable
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                You don't really need a 25th slot.. the 25th slot would be for a spectator to act as a Camera man. You ca... : razlebol
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                  The SourceTV takes one play slot, does it not? : DrFlammable
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                    There is a bot that will spawn, not sure if it does take the spot or not. : razlebol
                    • Meh, I just tried on Dallas and it does seem to take a spot.. : razlebol
• dammit I always miss these awesome things! : itsjames
• Prepare to have your faces stomped in. : DrFlammable
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  How many people do we have reprazintin' (note: my language reflecting America's national holiday. Here's ... : A Sponge
  • I am not sure but so far there are 7 ppl playing on the server. We might need some extras to fill up the... : MrLobo
• So, does this start in a half-hour? : notd665
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  Thinking about a match with Valve is kinda putting the cart before the horse, you know? It is a long way ... : Mad Jack McMad
  • So you mean we should play against Surreal before ? :) If I were you I'd start worrying about puttin... : MrLobo
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  gg all. i had fun. : xxiv
  • Was fun indeed, anyone have screen's/dem's? : LtDestroyer

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  nah it's just hte captains picking, you'll find out later.. or in another channel, or something. : lakren
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    Oh ok, good. I'll have my agent wait by the phone, then. : theamazingrand0
    • show me the money : maldoror
• If I don't like my captain, I'm gonna stage a mutiny. just kidding : romulan
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  hehe, I can't remember if I signed up or not - is there a list of the names somewhere? : dedgecko
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    you're in http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p8Z6HyJbGXZYBO12QWFgWWQ : lakren
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      Wait I am no there :( : MrLobo
      • Oh wait I am in there but under UbiMtl... my bad : MrLobo
      • Yes you are. UbiMtl - MrLobo : gnomish
    • Awesome sexy spreadsheet action. : Cliffzorz
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  Should I pick you, why? Anyone else I should pick because you are the awesome? : rosewood
  • I am awesome. : hirosushima
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    Because engineers don't get enough love, and I'm a damn good engineer! I only play on shack servers: http... : theamazingrand0
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      When did you get those max kills on the shack servers? Recently or awhile ago? : rosewood
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        Based on max sentry kills i'm gonna guess he got those points same way as i did, lots of sapper kills. : boredguy
        • well bugger that : rosewood
        • It was awhile ago, before people figured out demomen were such badass turret killers. Most of them wer... : theamazingrand0
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          Also the stats page is a horrible way to judge people's skills. : boredguy
          • Yeah, my stats page last updated sometime back in Nov or so. Since then, only the 'played' bit's been goi... : xsoulbrothax
  • i'm awesome but I hate you : duncandun
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  I just hope I don't get picked last.... I don't care if if I get on a shitty team... I just hope I don't ... : coraldayton
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    Easy way to avoid that, just don't look at the draft sheets after picks have been made. : dkrulz
    • Is there a way we can view that data sheet by draft order so it shows who was picked 1st, 2nd, 3rd, in or... : Demius
    • Thanks for ruining my troll attempt to get LOLs. :'( : coraldayton
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    I'd love to be picked last. Opportunity to show everyone they're wrong. : edgewise
    • I can see your point, but my wish is from self-image issues :( : coraldayton
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  Is there an update at all available, just so we can see how teams are shaping up and how late I get pick : carrioN luggagE
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    Check out that spreadsheet lakren linked above. : theamazingrand0
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      I did, and it only shows the available player roster and the captains list. : carrioN luggagE
      • im hoping as players are picked it will update? not entirely sure : itsjeff9
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        Its got two currently empty columns for "Drafted By" and "Pick #". I'm hoping they update it as picks are... : theamazingrand0
        • Yeah, that's what it's looking like now. Sweet biz. : carrioN luggagE
    • oh shit, they started already. i never updated my steam profile : zagzig32
  • I think they're gonna announce the picks as they're made in the Tourney steam group chat. : boredguy
• such suspense! Can't wait to see how this goes down : kainen1
• I had no idea this was going down until 5 min ago, glad to see this tournament is moving forward. : itsjeff9
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  Have there been any mock drafts or predictions on draft order? Im a fantasy football junkie and I love dr... : Tommy Toolbag
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    1st Pick - °°°°[[gAGe]]°°°° : dmason
    • It's gonna happen! : trOmblyj
    • :D : SockMonkeh
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  I'm open to bribes!! : brickmatt
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    I'm so sorry dopeman. =( You too dmason. =( : brickmatt
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      when did dmason get picked? : edgewise
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        he was my first pick : SockMonkeh
        • he would have been my first too. : edgewise
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      haha its quite alright! : dopeman
      • man, this is going to be an interesting turnout. the teams looks pretty interesting, although I must say... : dopeman
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  I just hope I get picked. : ant_hillbilly
  • same :/ : afrochops
  • nice #71. Top 100!! : ant_hillbilly
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  Can i get in as an alternate? I dont think i even owned the game when the tourney was announced. Im sure ... : Warmaker
  • Sweet talk hirez, i vouch for your rocket skills. : monkeygone
  • sorry duder, you would have been a pretty high pick in draft, pretty unfair to just let you sub in for a ... : dkrulz
  • you can be on our team since pyride can't make it :D : buzzbat
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  the list is being updated as we pick, by the way. : lakren
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    they sure are picking slowly : dantastic
    • i don't care if it takes 3 years, i just don't want to see JEN - PICK # last haha loser : jenisthebest
• i don't want to see that i was picked 200th :'( : jenisthebest
• hahah i forgot to sign up no loss really, as I suck : Clay
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  awwwe Maddog picked Laurgasms first. How sweet! : skinlab133
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    i'm curious to see his next pic : dantastic
    • It'll be jenisthebest. He thinks he's "Charlie" or something... : Bold
• Somebody's drunk... there's a random 20 running about on the spreadsheet! : coraldayton
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  I want to play the top 16 picked players against the 16 captains! : thief
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    1. ~x_o Gnomish 2. mXENO 3. CptTrips 4. Dr.Flammable 5. laurgasms 6. thief 7. dmason [ShackW] 8. V... : thief
    • lol that would actually be pretty awesome. : laurgasms
    • automatic lose because of laurgasms. :( : virus
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  Come join us in chat!! TF2 tournament room in steam, you'll get to experience things like this: skankc : Demius
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    can't at work :( : skinlab133
    • Can't either.... I'm at work till 6:30 tonight :'( : coraldayton
  • Abigail Sponge: Next to be picked is Demius. Demius is eighty-nine years old, stands seven-foot sixteen t... : Demius
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  118th aint so bad. Lets show em how its done Furious. :D : paroxym
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    there are a TON of great shackers going in the later rounds.. people were drafting the thin classes first... : Demius
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      Furious was hoping to pick you up for our team, but you went before he could get to you in the third roun... : D45hiz
      • yeah i was surprised i went that fast, figured medics would go a lot later. : Demius
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  I hate you guys so much. : laurgasms
  • why the hate, hater : itsjeff9
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    hello #5! from, #2 : mXENO
    • i think i'll call you #2 from now on :[ : laurgasms
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      #6 wants to know if #5 and #2 would like to form their own team, server, shacknews.com, everything! : thief
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        lol #6, this conversation is for #s 1-5 only, pls remove yourself. : laurgasms
        • You're all fired. Love, #1 : gnomish
  • sup teammate & facebook buddy? :D : boomstickah
  • who does #2 work for??!?!? : Waffles!
• is it over yet? : edgewise
• i didnt want to join cuz i didnt have a mic but it wouldve been fun to see where I would be drafted : Chandler55
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  In an attempt to cultivate a higher picking for me, I present you this recent screenshot of my Medic perf... : coraldayton
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    for the record, all of my points in this round were from killing coraldayton. true story. : laurgasms
    • True, damn you! I still have rashes from that night :( ....please don't hit me with a flaming fryin... : coraldayton
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  woo I got picked 142nd that's pretty sweet I guess :P : mikecyb
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    uhm I mean 146 :( : mikecyb
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      might as well get drunk : Degenerate
      • I am saving that for after the NFC game :( no matter the outcome I believe I will want to get drunk : mikecyb
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    I haven't even played for like 6 weeks and I got picked above you : bipolar
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      I'm not that great, I've had my moments but for the most part I'm just okay (I usually hover around the m... : mikecyb
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        how many total picks are available? : xxiv
        • over 200 I think... here's the spreadsheet: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p8Z6HyJbGXZYBO12QWFgWW... : mikecyb
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      <3 : brickmatt
      • <3 btw, hope you looked at my hours of availability in my steam profile. I'm in kind of a weird stre : bipolar
  • man i should have joined up : Clay
  • lol 189 here : freshyk
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    I got picked higher than I should have :p : edgewise
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      MUCH LOVE EDGEWISE. : brickmatt
      • list the team! Did we get an experienced heavy? : edgewise
  • Don't sweat it. I see some good players who were picked later while some mediocre players were picked muc... : Serpico74
• I don't know if we are going to win but I am sure my team is going to be fun as hell! : lacker
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  Woo hoo, I didnt get picked last. Also I wont be having to play against NastyJack and his stickies. : jason28
  • haha glad to have you. : NastyJack
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  sup teammates? [SE]Wasyl http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970643321 http://steamcommunity : boomstickah
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    what the fuck is this boomstickah. : Jackass1233
    • huh? Its a list of my teammates? I just did a sort in excel to get this list :P : boomstickah
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    also are any of you any good because I suck :D : boomstickah
    • lol, I've played against you, you're very good. : edgewise
  • Howdy!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
• I think i'll buy a new mouse and some more ram so i can feel totally awesome as I lag behind everyone. : Cliffzorz
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  MY TF2 TEAM OF SUPER SUPREME SOLID SALSASNACK DEATH DOOM Virus Abigail Sponge Bonesyy Buzzbat Dura... : virus
  • Now everyone please add me to your friends list so I can get that fucking achievement! : skinlab133
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    <Heavy>You are all DEAD!</Heavy> : yosemiteclimber
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      I really wanted to get you. =( : brickmatt
      • Next time perhaps :) : yosemiteclimber
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    11th round? Buddy, you got a bargain. Time to actually play with some sound and a microphone! :D I'm g... : buzzbat
    • i know man ... i was SO STOKED when i saw you were available. :D : virus
  • http://steamcommunity.com/id/skinlab http://steamcommunity.com/id/abigailsponge http://steamcommunity.c... : buzzbat
  • I still say you're a lunatic but cool! : A Sponge
  • I just added all of you to my friends list - add me everyone! lets decide on a team name as well! :D : virus
  • dang. i thought i asked hirez to remove me from the player pool. i haven't been able to and won't be able... : pyide
  • Woohoo. Hi team. : mrwolf710
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    i'm pretty sure we're the best team. : Merlin13x
    • Oh, and we need a name of course. : Merlin13x
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    Oktoberfest!! Also, how about getting our own group (and name)? : shodan
    • need name ideas ... ill try to think of some right now, but im not creative when it comes to things like ... : virus
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      you stabbed me a few times last night, did you not? It was annoying, gj! : skinlab133
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        I was mostly playing medic or soldier so that stabbing part was 'probably' not done by me :-) : shodan
        • hmm ok nm then! : skinlab133
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  sockmonkeh, ant_hillbilly, arcane, Arctic Fox, Cliffzorz, dmason, Dys, flubba79, hirez, NeK, Papaskot, re... : SockMonkeh
  • solid team. : edgewise
  • yeah very solid. I hate dmason so much >:( : mikecyb
  • damn sock, nice picks : Waffles!
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    We need a team name, guys. What do you all suggest? Incoming non-team-members posting GIANT FAGGOTS, etc : SockMonkeh
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      The Heroes of Kvatch? Sorry, I had to. : Robotic Puppy Eater
      • beat me to it. : ant_hillbilly
      • hahahaha : SockMonkeh
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      Rocket-Powered Puppy Commando's or Naughty Dwarf Masters : ant_hillbilly
      • both of these sound like winners to me : SockMonkeh
    • Team Discovery Channel ? : dmason
    • Mega Extreme Wangs over9000 I loose all creativity when I'm at work. : Cliffzorz
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      Clearly we must be The Sock Puppets : Arctic Fox
      • Alternately, With Karate We'll Kick Your Ass : Arctic Fox
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      The Smole Pokers or OGC : papaskot
      • also, we are going to kick some ass! : papaskot
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        hahaha OGC, i think that's what we will officially be known as : SockMonkeh
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          Alright, I'll be the guy. What does OGC stand for? : Arctic Fox
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            its a guy masturbating, look at it sideways : SockMonkeh
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              lol, OK. I wonder who figures these things out... : Arctic Fox
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                dinosaurs : SockMonkeh
                • *shakes fist* Damn prehistoric turkeys. : Arctic Fox
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      I always liked "The Magic Robots" but, I think I stole that name from someone else... : dysphoria
      • Paranoid Androids. : Cliffzorz
  • Gotta say team OGC is going to win.... I know it :) : MrLobo
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  [SE]Jackass •Alco• CoNcrete Demius grumbeld Jayx77[ShackW] m0rfuShackW] sa... : Demius
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    why would you put our names smaller? i'll be kickin ass, i just haven't been playing lately. : zagzig32
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      I believe he was just SHACKTAG'D : Arctic Fox
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        yeah it was a copy / paste and shacktag's owned me :( : Demius
        • oh.. and PS: i changed my tag on friends list to [TBD] to find me easier. If you see me ingame, hop on in... : Demius
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    also very solid : mikecyb
    • The teams are mostly very balanced. : brickmatt
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    Rofl. I got capp'd. Wait, is that a good thing to be capp'd? Remind me to love brickmatt long time. : coraldayton
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      You are our rallying cry. COOOOOOOORAL DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYTON! : brickmatt
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        that's what I yell every time he snipes me, eventually causing me to go into a blind rage and switch to s... : mikecyb
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          oh wait you're not a sniper I'm thinking of someone else :( : mikecyb
          • Yeah, I rarely play sniper.... unless it's 2-Fort. : coraldayton
      • I be the new Leroy Jenkins? I'll make sure I have chicken when we play. : coraldayton
  • I'm pretty sure Virus team has Merlin13 : skinlab133
  • WE ARE GOING TO DESTROY PEOPLE, ENSLAVE THEIR CHILDREN AND RAPE THEIR WIVES. : edgewise
  • Whoops, swap merlin13 for MurrayTheSkull. : brickmatt
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    brickmatt - i have merlin13, not you bud. sorry :( : virus
    • oh ... and i almost drafted murray the skull haha - sorry (rtft, etc) : virus
  • wooohoohoo! yee-haw! : theamazingrand0
  • excellent. I look forward to this =) : Crimson
  • RAAAAARRRRR!!!! : MurrayTheSkull
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  NASTY JACKS JO BUDS * NastyJack Carrion Luggage Famine Jason28 Felraiser Slushy AnthonyBean AM-... : NastyJack
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    *name subject to change without notice. : NastyJack
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      Nope, that's the team name. : Grumbeld
      • Haha, NJOB. : Grimp
    • lies, keep it, it's a good name :) : Waffles!
    • Are we man enough? : famine101
  • FUCK, I knew I forgot someone. Romulan. : NastyJack
  • this is going to be fun : wabut
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    Hey, Nasty, Attica Blue here. I look forward to playing on your team! : Silent Sorrow
    • Aww yeah : monkeygone
  • njob reporting for duty : romulan
  • It's going to be a good time. Looking forward to it. aka "Slushy" : hotel96
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  and my team... people are hating on this team, but we will destroy the everliving fuck out of all these o... : lakren
  • shit you got my boy chuck, good eye faggot. :( : boomstickah
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    oh and sauerkrause : lakren
    • way to leave me out! I feel so loved :( : zerog83
  • woot! go team! :D : DHAvatar
  • who's hating on it, looks really good to me. : edgewise
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    According to the spreadsheet, i'm with Waffles! : Thomas Hace
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      yeah I think the spreadsheet is wrong, you were kinda given to me during the draft.. unless I'm wrong! we... : lakren
      • no worries. I'm happy to be an alternate : Thomas Hace
    • yeah there was a fuckup, pretty much me, so chances are you're with lakren, which is awesome I think, he'... : Waffles!
  • nice! I hope I'm not working when it's game time... : tunis5000
  • FUCK YEAH BRO : feek
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  i'm on a team with a bunch of people i've never heard of : electroly
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    I knew you were a first or second round pick, sorry man couldn't get you. : dkrulz
    • it's cool. hopefully since we picked teams this way there won't be any team stacking issues and we can a... : electroly
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    Yeah I picked you and Fireman first, but my later picks were a bit suspect I think... still, I believe we... : Xevo
    • I'm glad I wasn't in the top 100. Haven't regularly played since October due to work constraints, and ov... : hardfl1p
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  BALLS OF STEEL team boomstickah zipper76 Zero|DPX windowpane Sludge Vohaul sketchuout RyDogg Rigo... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Oh, and pacalon : Maddog_Delphi97
    • haha! <3 : Pacalon
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    I wanna be a good teammate let me know what I need to do and I'll do my best to make it. I'm down a gi... : boomstickah
    • Cool, I look forward to it! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Also, [Shack BoS] is my team tag. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Maddog, you should have picked someone more talented than me :) : Zero|DPX
    • C'mon, man, where's your BALLS OF STEEL? :D : Maddog_Delphi97
  • doomed to be second rate as it does not include my incredible charm and keen wit. : mallrice
  • w00t! : MikkleThePickle
  • we're gonna win this thing. : windowpane
• The draft chat was really fun too. Thanks for wasting my afternoon, Latest Steam Chatty pals. : A Sponge
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  TEAM PHILLY BLUNTS Furious Styles Andrew_ Fourty Fives Midgetherder Redfive Duffman Blueclawed L... : dkrulz
  • silly stunts. : ant_hillbilly
  • silly cunts : SockMonkeh
  • Grand Master Styles and the Furious Thirteen : paroxym
  • sniper team : hobbespanache
  • holy shit thats a pretty good team : kill9
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    hahaha. I'm on a team with andrew_ That is absolutely fantastic. : mittense
    • buahahahah >:D : andrew``
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    Hell yeah! Gonna have to restart playing. It's almost been a month. : razlebol
    • Yeah. It's been about 2-3 months for me. That's why I'm playing right now. : mittense
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  TEAM WAFFLES WITHDREW FROM CAPTAIN SO WE ARE NOW CAPTAINLESS .frame, Dechter, Death of Rats, EvilDolemit... : mXENO
  • It's true, I can't captain with my work schedule. Anyone on the team want to step up? I'm looking at yo... : Waffles!
  • you made the post mXeno. Therefore you are now the Captain! : Duffman8369
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    Lol! So are you stepping up as captain or are we going to be a "hive mind" team or what's the deal? Also,... : yosemiteclimber
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      yeah, I'm going to laugh my ass off if waffle's team wins. : Maddog_Delphi97
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        Be afraid Maddog, be very afraid >:) : yosemiteclimber
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          I know... but I'm laughing at the irony of a team without a captain actually winning. : Maddog_Delphi97
          • a captain will be found! and the team right now rocks :P : Waffles!
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            Except it would be the team that hirez picked, so he's sorta the behind-the-scenes captain. : Xevo
            • Hirez's Waffles - We are always on the popular side of the issue : Solstice
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    You'd be a good captain sir. And you have a good team I think. K1Bond annoys me, I see frame and ED and x... : boomstickah
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      I annoy you? :'( : K1Bond007
      • you sniped the stuffings out of me. Nothing personal. haha : boomstickah
  • looks like we have a strong team, i'm looking forward to this. : xxiv
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    i'll take that extra spot :P : Clay
    • (not the captain spot) : Clay
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    name your team TEAM WAFFLES IS A FAG what more can you do? :( : mikecyb
    • Just hold your horses, I'm working on this : Waffles!
  • i nominate mXENO for the role of captain : electroly
  • Sweet team :D I am gonna hafta really step it up here to even stay on the same pace as most of these guys... : Solstice
  • MXENO, EMBRACE YOUR DESTINY : SockMonkeh
  • 148th WOO : jenisthebest
  • woot wassup Team We-won't -Waffle! : Lightzout
  • I will add you guys as soon as I get back from a forced march to Target. : Lightzout
  • with or without a cappy, i look forward to fraggin' with you all. : greydog
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  My Team: megarust ~x_o Gnomish omnova project13 DedGecko jujubee ysbreker bosstone persecutor z... : megarust32
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    :D : jujubees
    • i had to get your mad annoying sniping skills on my side :D : megarust32
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    :D it's gonna own. pretty good group of players too, some awesome heavies, snipers, medics, engies, sco... : mikecyb
    • Yeah, you were pretty well rounded, which I decided was going to be more important for the team with a fe... : megarust32
  • TeamName: ))<>(( Forever : megarust32
  • woohoo. can't wait. : afrochops
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    awesome! Time to kick ass & chew bubblegum! : ysbreker
    • Also: I accidentally denied the friend request of two of my team-mates. Gnomish and Zeeliv: I'm sorry I d... : ysbreker
• how do i sign up as a backup :( : Clay
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  nyranger66's team - [SE]nyranger66 Maldoror Harvester AxeMan808 Boogie Derge Friedrich Nie... : maldoror
  • aka the team picked by maldoror, as I understand it =D : Xevo
  • Team [lol] : Thresher
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  Sorry if this has been asked and answered, but is this single elimination, double elimination, or round r... : bipolar
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    Double Elim. : dkrulz
    • nice, probably the best compromise : bipolar
  • also, and this is probably putting way too much effort into it, but it'd be kind of neat to have awards -... : bipolar
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  TEAM WHO THE FUCK IS LOWPOLY? - CptTrips Grimp Stutter Seven Ahmnee Fushigi ConfusedUs forgotten... : lowpoly
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    I was waiting for you to post. I almost posted the team roster myself. :( : Grimp
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      i know, sorry so late, got the whole family here today. They don't understand priorities, so i have to sn... : lowpoly
      • That sounds crappy, but I'm glad our team isn't! : Grimp
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    thats a really really good team. stutter is a sleeper pick. he's one of the top medics on the shack eas... : mXENO
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      thanks, I think we got a few sleepers in there that people aren't aware of that will really help this tea... : lowpoly
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        I like how everyone has somewhat normal names too. It's awkward making barnyard noises or calling someon... : Grimp
        • You come after my team captain you come after the whole team. : Grumbeld
    • I think he's also a pretty good scout. : bcyde
  • I'm actually not on this team. I'm a Spy for the other side. : Trips
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    oh good lord we'll have our work cut out for us against this one : SockMonkeh
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      We're gonna do horribly. I'm gonna be playing music every game. : Trips
      • "Let's burrrnnn!" : Grimp
  • oh shit I forgot Corrz! add more murder to the pile! : lowpoly
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  My Team Xevo, [451]Fireman, Electroly, Crewmaac, Mmmmmoo, Mourningstar420, Old Fart, Pittst3r, Reactor... : Xevo
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    actually that's a pretty good team. i missed a bunch of those names when i was looking through the list ... : electroly
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      I really am happy with my picks, I just kept feeling stupid because I would wait so long until my next pi... : Xevo
      • yeah, with 16 captains there isn't much you can do :) no one team is all rock stars so it should balance... : electroly
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    crewmaac is the sniper I was thinking of >:( : mikecyb
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      Yeah he was in my second group of picks... it was between him and seven, and I really respect seven but I... : Xevo
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        Check my Medic and Soldier stats. I snipe because it's the class I enjoy most. That doesn't mean I ... : seven
        • Don't snipe me, bro! =D : Xevo
  • Nice picks Xevo, looks like a ton of fun :D : alias
  • that's a pretty scary team. : itsjames
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    We need a name! : hardfl1p
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      I'm open to suggestions... : Xevo
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        IGNORE US : NastyJack
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          I like this one from the demoman friend enemy! : alias
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            He's riffing on my Steam Avatar... Jack thinks I should make IGNORE ME! my catchphrase for when I do some... : Xevo
            • Cool avatar from the Venture Brothers nonetheless! : alias
        • Would be a lot better if the entire team were spies too. : alias
      • Team Need a Teleporter Here : electroly
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        the Critical Tits! : kainen1
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          changing my suggestion to this one : electroly
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            hahah it would be great if we had a bunch of chicks, but it is really funny! : Xevo
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              It can still work. How many of us have man boobs? : re4ctor
              • all right, I submitted it as our team name in Jackass's thread! : Xevo
      • Mostly Harmless... : bipolar
  • hurray! : Mmmmmoo
• Zaun's Team Zaun Chepito Joquers Drake32 Moonbase (Commander) Dingo Charles Darwin Fleshripper ... : Chepito.
• oops. Fuck I forgot to update my profile :( Does this mean I got left out? : itsjames
• yay go team nyranger66 : MisterPhoton
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  Jackass's Team [SE]Jackass •Alco• CoNcrete Demius grumbeld Jayx77[ShackW] : Jackass1233
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    wow dont know what happened to the last names on that list : Jackass1233
    • The second time this list has been SHACKTAG'D, lol: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16056815#itema... : Arctic Fox
    • it's m0rphus... when you add the [ShackW] to the end of his name it makes the s [ tag and you end up wit... : mikecyb
  • I call soldier :D : sanchez
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  All the teams seem balanced; though to be honest I don't accurate know any one's abilities evinced by the... : thief
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    oh i cannot wait to play your team and burn you. : laurgasms
    • :D : Maddog_Delphi97
  • the great thing is, if we track stats for the tourney, we will have good non-pub numbers to accurately ra... : lowpoly
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  Rosewood's team: (I didn't see him post) [SE]Rosewood, Alkion, askedrelic, bcyde, ChibiJosh, freshyk, Jo... : bcyde
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    what the fuck thats a crazy good looking team : mXENO
    • I think we're pretty good at TF2 also. : bcyde
    • Thanks, I work out : rosewood
    • the voice chat alone is going to be so much fun : lacker
  • BTW, everyone on the team please accept my steam friend invite so we can get some crazy ass teamwork goin... : bcyde
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    JonathanParkerBedrava!! At least we will have good morale. : freshyk
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      rosewood and jpb on the same team. lolz : feek
      • Yin and Yang, man. The dark and light will cancel each other out. At the post-game meeting, rosewood will... : Bold
  • sweet..... so are we Team Sprite? : ninjamoo
  • shit, what have I signed up for???? : askedrelic
  • That kicks total fucking ass! Best team EVER! I'll see you guys tomorrow evening, : WaterSign
  • Ok. Umm.. Message me what I need to put in my steam name... right now it's just [shacknews] : Malku
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  Overall on the order: Seemed to go like generic all around good (especially specialty classes a la snipe... : alias
  • Medics were a hot commodity. I'm lucky romulan got overlooked for awhile because of that. : NastyJack
  • I think there was some key players (i guess the players considered the very best) drafted early. I can't ... : Jackass1233
  • Other than Venguard going 8th, no surprises. There's a lot of unknowns out there who could make a name fo... : monkeygone
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  Can Geedeck or some other person in command do a shack/ blog post to combine all these? I'm not playin... : pieman
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    *Combined not the combine NEVER THE COMBINE. : pieman
    • doing this right now : Jackass1233
  • and give some prize away to the winners, this is a real contest, not some stupid geedeck contest! (die ge... : lakren
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  someone should let valve know about this tournament maybe the winner of the tournament can play valve : andrew``
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    that would be a great idea! : Jackass1233
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      I gotta say I'm thinking the teams all look spectacularly even. The only exception will be you and Vengua... : NastyJack
      • lol : lakren
      • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
      • lol : virus
      • lol : NastyJack
      • lol : SockMonkeh
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        lol? : razlebol
        • yes, lol. : virus
      • looks like you offended all the other captains haha : Jackass1233
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        i think i'm supposed to say lol here : jenisthebest
        • lol : felicia
      • lol : okellyc
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        I thin the 4 final teams will be Jackass Nastyjack Zaun Cpttrips prove me wrong : okellyc
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          Capt Trips didn't pick a team. : brickmatt
          • aye was ment to put down Furious Styles : okellyc
          • Nice proof! : carrioN luggagE
        • Okay. : dmason
        • We will prove you wrong so very fast. : dopeman
        • I think the 1 final team will be OGC just lay down your weapons : SockMonkeh
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        lol, AlexXdude. : CrustaR
        • die : AlexXdude
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        did you see our roster? We have the twin titans laurgasms and maddog. you kids are going to roast : boomstickah
        • YEEEEEAH >:D BALLS OF STEEL >:D : Maddog_Delphi97
      • lol (apparently) : johnsto
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        Hahaha, this is so funny : Chris Remo
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          That post was hilarious : Chris Remo
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            chris remo do you even know what this is about : mXENO
            • I know it's a laff riot : Chris Remo
  • You're just saying that because you know you and I are a dynamite TF2 pair of death. : mittense
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  skankcore}'s Sticky Crits: BaShildy boredguy byorn Digital D. dopeman duncandun hirosushima invis... : skankcore
  • and of course, I * S H A C K T A G ' D * my post... : skankcore
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    I thought I was on this team :( : trOmblyj
    • OMG Trombly, I'm sorry. You totally are, and a vital part at that. I'm still trying to sort everything ou... : skankcore
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  Compiled List of teams!! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16058344#itemanchor_16058344 : Jackass1233
  • Did everyone not get picked? : whore
• I'm a looser! I didn't make the cut! : Mattings

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  sockmonkeh, ant_hillbilly, arcane, Arctic Fox, Cliffzorz, dmason, Dys, flubba79, hirez, NeK, Papaskot, re... : SockMonkeh
  • Phew! *Wipes sweat offa face... Not really but lets pretend.* I'm like... Nervous and shit... : Malku
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    Sweet, Im excited. Do we have a tag we can add to our name? [Shack Socks] or something? : sp3cialk
    • ^^ is NeK : sp3cialk
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  Yeah, the draft took a LONG time to complete. Hopefully, we'll have some good games ahead of us. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16056925#itemanchor_16056925 Also, here's my team lineup. : Maddog_Delphi97
• Aww yeah. I'm excited. I have great confidence in our team! : dopeman
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  thank you to all the captains (except Waffles!) : hirez
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    Waffles!, I was willing to die for you man :( : yosemiteclimber
    • sorry bro :( just hang on though! : Waffles!
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    again, my apologies for not being able to make it, also check your messages : Waffles!
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      its ok. hopefully one of your team will step up and be captain. : hirez
      • here is the list as posted before of our team (former captain waffles!) vote on a new one? 9) TEA... : xxiv
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  awesome job putting it all together too, man. you deserve some sort of award for the enormous amounts of... : mikecyb
  • Heh I think at one point, he was picking for 4 or 5 different captains (admittedly, mostly off of lists t... : Xevo
  • yea totally appreciated : mXENO
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    oh god the bullshit. I'm not sure the stink will ever come off. : hirez
    • Embrace the bullshit : rosewood
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  I, for one, am stoked for this. Yes, I think stoked is the word. Possibly psyched. : Duffman8369
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    amped even... perhaps? : paroxym
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      Yes. Also pumped. : Duffman8369
      • psyched? : monkeygone
• Best of luck to everyone! : ieGod
• So now comes the part where people can trade people about amongst the teams? : coraldayton
• Thanks a lot for the effort, hirez. : megarust32
• Finally getting off the ground! Thanks hirez for getting it in motion, and thanks captains for taking : carrioN luggagE
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  Here's the same list, sorted by pick order: ~x_o Gnomish mXENO CptTrips Dr.Flammable laurgasms th : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Dammit, I shacktagged myself. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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      its real pretty though. : hirez
      • :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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    all those people before venguard... wtf : feek
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      I keep thinking all those people after me... da-yam. : carrioN luggagE
      • thats what i was thinking... : .frame
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      I stand by my pick : lowpoly
      • lawl : Maddog_Delphi97
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      venguard is a pretty awesome pick but all the guys picked before him are amazing players too so I don't r... : mikecyb
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        and hot spies are VERY rare, so I understand all the good ones going in the top slots : Demius
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          I would have gone for a top spy first as well. They're very rare, the talent dropoff between them and med... : edgewise
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            That was my logic. I places a lot of value on spies, demos, medics and engineers for dustbowl. I feel l... : brickmatt
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              I woulda prioritized spy, demo, heavy, engineer, medic. I still put heavy near the top simply because : edgewise
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                yeah I originally said venguard but I think I agree with you guys about picking up an awesome spy as a hi... : mikecyb
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                  I don't think spy's, even a good one, is that effective on dustbowl though because so much of it is close... : Jackass1233
                  • I beg to differ. IMO of all the maps, dustbowl is the most spy friendly. Just killing the teleport entran... : edgewise
                  • The 4th point on Dustbowl is the hardest for spies - easily. I'll be the first to switch from spy to anot... : dmason
                  • I wanna have my way with you. : monkeygone
                  • soooo wrong on spys not being useful on offense. Ive capped so many times because of people not guarding ... : suicidemachine
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                  ding ding ding. sockmonkeh, listen to this man. make sure I get a medic! : hirez
                  • Check out my medic stats. :D : dmason
                  • this is why I am psyched project13 is on my team :D although he's an even better soldier than he is a me... : mikecyb
              • lols. : hirez
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        i guess i was surprised by laurgasm until i saw that it was maddog that did that. gg : feek
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          lol yeah I am looking at her stats and she has 65 hours as a pyro but none of her stats are that amazing ... : mikecyb
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            plus maddog primarily plays pyro too. : edgewise
            • They're hot for each other. : Grimp
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    That's funny, because gnomish is pretty much the only person that I have a rabid fear of when I see him a... : dopeman
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      I'm not sure if I've ever played against him. : edgewise
      • He's a menace! Just like vynn, and even flammable! : dopeman
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    Wow, I'm kinda of depressed about being halfway down the list there. )c: : WaterSign
    • How can you be depressed, you're supposed to be our morale guy. : bcyde
    • Heh, don't worry about it. If you're one of these captains, exactly what strategy do you employ to pick g... : stratedge
  • Hah. I got picked really, really late. I guess I've only played <15 hours, though... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Sweet! I almost got to be Mr.Irrelevant! : Pacalon
• Thanks, Lakren, the team looks pretty good :D : feek
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  Also, I guess there's 14 people per team? Are some supposed to be backups? : feek
  • I believe that is the plan, yeah. : skinlab133
• Nicely done hirez and the other captains!!! It was exciting to watch the draft happen via Steam chat. : trOmblyj
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  Is there a way to export this to Excel so I can sort them by different categories besides name? : Grimp
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    Select All -> Copy -> Paste in Excel 2003 put it in there perfectly, with the categories in row 3. Just ... : bipolar
    • you'll have to delete empty rows for autosort to work, of course : bipolar
    • Awesome. Thanks! : Grimp
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  By the by, did any of the captains log the their chat thread? I'd like to see that. : monkeygone
  • no you really dont. it wasnt pretty. but I commend the captains for sticking thru it all. : hirez
  • you didnt miss anything : SockMonkeh
  • hahahaha : lakren
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    Maaaaaaaaaaybe. But it's retarded. : brickmatt
    • I can only imagine. : thief
  • I can promise you that you don't want to see it. : Xevo
  • "lol wut fagit u picking next?" "i pick this fagit" "lololol ur fuxed" "lolol bad pick" : TreMetal
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  Captains - shackmessage me your team names. even if you sent it to me in steam earlier. : hirez
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    The Fighting Mongooses : brickmatt
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      ...trade me now. ;) : thief
      • Lol, the question is: do you get the reference? : brickmatt
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      Mongeese? : Cliffzorz
      • lol honk! : Jayx77
    • Mongoosen : Turd Ferguson
    • oh my..... okay tfm? : Crimson
    • LOL, whenever I need to come up with a team name, this is what I use! ;D : thetangent
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  Why is vynn after i and before j? : romulan
  • because there was a late update, his page said "izzy" (his son's name who plays on his computer), so when... : hirez
• evening bump in case you missed it. : hirez
• I'm gonna pull a Tom Brady on you bitches! Look out, pya! : sludge vohaul
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  so how are you going to do this anyway? is it gonna be like random seeding for a bracket or are we gonna... : mikecyb
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    random seeding in a bracket. I'll post the schedule in the next few days. : hirez
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      What the schedule looking like, mostly weekends? : Sailor of Fortune
      • sorry, I meant I'll post the bracket. schedule is whenever the two teams can agree to play. : hirez
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  damn guess i'm too late : Slayn Bacon
  • aww :( : feek
• Sweet, I'm on the asian sensation team! Go Rangers! : Rice-Rocketeer

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  Rockin this one now that I finally got a decent dual LCD setup. : fleabug
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    http://rotane.deviantart.com/art/Jedi-vs-Sith-WP-pack-dual-20636643 Blah : fleabug
    • Yeah, that's pretty hot. : Wolfanoz
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  http://www.flyingh4x0r.com/shack/desktop.png I really need to get a 24" monitor for some dual screen a... : Flying h4x0r
  • shit to do.txt'd : Wolfanoz
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  Screen1: http://www.elrepositorio.com/images/desktop1.jpg Screen2: http://www.elrepositorio.com/images/d... : Yanks
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    I wish I had a companion cube. :( : nevicata
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      I hated mine and I was glad to incinerate it. At first I liked it because you could use it to shield your : Flying h4x0r
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        Aww! When she said I had to destroy it I was quite distraught. I mean, it was there by my side through th : nevicata
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          You can make your own! http://greg.medding.net/blog/2007/10/13/make-your-own-weighted-companion-cube/ : Flying h4x0r
          • <3! Thanks! : nevicata
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    cant fucking wait for that game : smax
    • It's gonna own. : NFXFSX
  • I am going to play the black guy and call myself Dick Justice. I had a permanent pained grimace on my : deject
• http://i31.tinypic.com/15mlocy.jpg : spaceless
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  http://www.foxhawk.com/Files/Images/desktop.png : Foxhawk
  • Cool! Go Liverpool! : geneshifter
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  http://grae.halltech.com.au/media/desktop20080103.jpg still the same. : seven
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    haha, windows : haiku
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      Hello haiku! : seven
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        Yeah I know just ignore me. I am a smug piece of shit now that I spent over 10k on a mac pro so I could r... : haiku
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          Gaming, for one. : Wolfanoz
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            3D rendering for another. Can you believe with 8 cores, rendering is faster in Windows than the OSX which... : haiku
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              Which rendering app? : Toraz Chryx
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                Depending on what I am doing I jump around between Swift3d, Blender, 3DS, and Soft Image XSi. I don't of ... : haiku
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                  3ds and xsi run faster on PC on the Mac? Not surprising since they don't exist on OSX. : stuka
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                    I don't use them on OSX, they are a big reason I keep a windows install up. : haiku
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                      I don't think I'll ever be able to get rid of my PCs either. 3ds max is one huge reason, but there's many... : stuka
                      • i think maya runs a lot better on pc and linux than mac as well. shake definitely runs better on linux t... : ibrokn
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          Worked in enough studios now to respect creatives by their creative output, not their creative tool of ch... : seven
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            The biggest reason why I made the switch is because I simply can't get by with under 4 gigs of RAM anymor... : haiku
            • Yeah - there's no way I'm switching to Vista yet. And the reason you switched to Mac, is the reason I ... : seven
            • why didn't you get xp 64? : ibrokn
          • Quicksilver : Kentor
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            Quicksilver. But you can run Launchy on the PC which is just about as good. : stuka
            • Except it's not. : Kentor
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    Feeling grae? LOLILLALdOAs2q993 *death* : Wolfanoz
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      I have that theme saved as "grae.theme". I put it on my work computers, and home computers :( : seven
      • I know...it's actually pretty cool.... *snicker* ;) : Wolfanoz
• http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2311 : mwasher
• http://www.blastwavecomic.com/images/wallpaper/spoon1600.jpg : lightsam
• http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4366/bgln8.jpg : Stroyent
• Monitor 1 - http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2312 Monitor 2 -http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2313 : glio1337
• monitor 1: http://ukitakumuki.deviantart.com/art/Beneath-The-Red-Hunters-Moon-74340455 monitor 2: http:/... : deadfish
• http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2314 : bfzzzz
• http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/random/desktop.jpg Same one as always : DOOManiac
• http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2315 it is craptastic right now : Perturbation
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  http://www.starcraft2.com/images/artwork/ss35-hires.jpg had to resize i though : smax
  • That's awesome! : CrustaR
• http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2316 : edgewise
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  http://megarust32.shackspace.com/desktopjan.jpg : megarust32
  • LOL some dude did a drawing years ago that looked like that : stamps
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    Got a link to the wallpaper please? : pieman
    • http://megarust32.shackspace.com/bsgSupper.jpg : megarust32
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  http://jayx77.shackspace.com/desktop.JPG : Jayx77
  • Man, you are such a Warcraft dude. :| : CrustaR
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    link to wallpaper? : vynn
    • http://restless.bwaht.net/kirbfortress.png : devi| dog
• http://rikitiki2.shackspace.com/desk.jpg : RikiTiki2
• http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2317 : nephilem
• Nice and simple: http://big_luke.shackspace.com/desktop.JPG : Big Luke
• http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2319 : Trips
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  http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2320 : jujubees
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    what did a and b ever do to you? : RikiTiki2
    • they ate my family. : jujubees
    • Those are his batch files to delete his illegal folders should the federales come knocking. : ieGod
• I never see my desktop : rosewood
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  http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1192/desktopnx2.jpg : Shivawn
  • obligatory.. "where did you get that backdrop" post! : cause&effect
• http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6399/desktop12108xr6.jpg : RevRaven
• hey certain people stop posting links to wallpapers. This is post your desktop! : paravis
• http://www.vulomedia.com/viewer.php?id=877081194618312459.jpg : [7]kami
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  E-PEEN DELIVERED http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/3526/deskvl6.jpg : TastyWheat
  • multi-display! works for me : Postal
• At work: http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee103/kummeldk/desktopwork.jpg (danish soccer team btw) : freakyNinja
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  http://www.nu11.org/shack/20080121.jpg : randomnull
  • That's pretty! : nevicata
• http://flickr.com/photos/mattjb/2191133791/ : Matt Burris
• http://bostrov.shackspace.com/desktop-21Jan2008.jpg : bostrov
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  http://doomworld.com/afterglow/images/desktop_20080121.jpg : Afterglow
  • reminds me of Tribes :) : onji
  • 1996 called, they want to upgrade your Winamp skin. : ieGod

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  wow I wonder how they came up with that character design : hardfl1p
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    From... TF2 that took it from... The Incredibles that took it from... Ryan Hughes that took it from wh... : Kentor
    • Ah fuck, that's the last time I use search/replace on one of my posts: Ryan Hughes Iwao Takamoto : Kentor
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      Still, it's a beyond-obvious attempt to cash in on TF2's market. Even the remarks as to the "difficulty l... : Felraiser
      • I don't disagree on that point, but it's a bit disingenuous to imply that TF2 has some kind of moral high... : Kentor
    • Yeah to be fair, I instantly thought TF2 looked like The Incredibles when I played it... : TabsAZ
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      I can guarantee this has been in development long before TF2 came out. : node
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        So what? TF2 was in development before dinosaurs went extinct. : SockMonkeh
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          I think he is saying that they didn't copy TF2. I would trust him too. : marmite
          • We've known what TF2 was going to look like in its final incarnation for a couple years now. It is con... : Omaha
      • TF2's current graphical style has been known about for over a year. I'd also guess EA knew about it long ... : Beady
      • Bullshit : qwplayer
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      TF2 did not take its look from The Incredibles. Valve was much more inspired by 50s-era advertising and ... : Chris Remo
      • I find that very hard to believe. There are a remarkable number of similarities in both visual and anima... : Kentor
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  Rather than being sold at retail, the game is meant to generate revenue through advertising and small in- : SilverSnake
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    That'd be stupid. Ads are ok for an otherwise free game, but buyable items should NEVER give a direct adv... : razorblade79
    • I would love to see more games being free and supported by ads. Anarchy Online did that right with where ... : SilverSnake
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      You're right when you're talking about a game everyone has paid for. Like, if you put in a 50 dollar down... : Mad Jack McMad
      • Doesn't work that way IMO. If you have a clear disadvantage without certain "items" you have to buy for $... : razorblade79
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        yes because the world needs more ways to differentiate by income. : Old_Fart
        • When you look at people who have 7 different level 70 characters, don't tell me you don't say to yourself... : Mad Jack McMad
  • People who like to use aimbots or such will probably buy. : lightsam
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    Options: A) Spend hours learning the stock weapons and adapting your tactics to them and your enemies. ... : johnsto
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      Also: http://www.battlefield-heroes.com/home.asp LOL @ pic of BFH soldier and TF2 soldier immediately be... : johnsto
      • what stupid cunts :( : pancake humper
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        that's the TF2 Heavy, you jackass! : Korban
        • bah, i was so amused with the similarity it didn't register. I'm a jackass (apparently). : johnsto
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        Its funny how the BF:H soldier has 3 grenades across his chest, and the TF2 soldier has three grenades ac... : Beady
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          but the BF:H soldier probably knows how to throw his : Korban
          • The Soldier in TF2 is busy using them to simulate animals walking, and 2 guys fighting. : Crimsonbeak
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    Surely everyone will need to buy bullets though? If you don't, it's your own fault that you're at a disa... : losimagic
    • That's kwari.com you're thinking about. It's not like they're dumb enough to sell win buttons here or any... : node
  • It's like Magic for video games...well, I won't be playing it. : Ovate
• Fuck them. : Nitrium
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  well, if it has grenades, maybe all the hardcore TFC players will go there instead of bitching about TF2. : Old_Fart
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    lol, really? Hilarious. As a QWTF player I hated TFC and love the evolution TF2 represents. Despite being... : node
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      I plaed qwtf myself and absolutely hated TFC. I gave it a shot but couldn't stand it. : Old_Fart
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        Same here; I even stuck with playing QWTF for quite a while after TFC came out, but that MegaTF garbage r... : zerog83
        • i would like to get in on this thread of QWTF adulation and TFC hate.. I don't understand how any QWTF pl... : Arsenal
  • That's not really the reason many people liked TFC (and express dislike/indifference to TF2). It was t... : alias
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  lol, "Now we’ve toned down the difficulty, shortened each game session to 10 or 15 minutes a... : redfive
  • it's not like BF and BF2 weren't/aren't successful either. it's more like they're trying to spread their ... : johnsto
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    This is the last time I'll say it, but that's a really simple and frankly wrong opinion that you and othe... : node
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      Node, you're probably right. But who is to blame? The customer, who is seeing only exactly what you choos... : Mad Jack McMad
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        Heh, oh I'm with you about marketing teams not understanding the market, largely because they're usually ... : node
        • Well, it is very easy to market cars. Just make them drive fast, zwooooom. Or fill them with kids, if you... : Mad Jack McMad
    • I didn't mention anything about the art. That's his quote. : redfive
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    Since when was any Battlefield game that difficult? Flying choppers in BF:V was kind of a bitch at first... : riptyde
    • You have to look at the general population. Flying choppers was extremely difficult at any time. I was ... : redfive
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  This is going to be an epic failure among non-asians. : SockMonkeh
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    Yeah, I'm not convinced by the micro transaction model either, though it's not like everyone needs to buy... : node
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      It depends on how they balance it. If the stuff you buy is much more powerful then it's going to drive aw... : SilverSnake
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        grenades should cost $1 each and it's debited automatically every time you throw one. Sniper bullets shou... : Old_Fart
        • lol This gun cost 400,000$US to fire for a full minute! : razlebol
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        I would think your best bet is to make you able to either earn (through regular in-game means) or buy any... : riptyde
        • That's not going to bring in a whole lot of money in the long run though. But we'll see. I'm gonna kee... : SilverSnake
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  You guys are insane. It looks cool, its free and sounds innovative. Lets swear at them for trying out dif... : Neech
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    A lot of it is mistrust of EA. If they are willing to put ads in games you pay for, God only knows what ... : riptyde
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      "Thank you for playing! Your gun will fire after viewing this 15-seco... nevermind you're dead." : zerog83
      • your death, brought to you by our sponsor.... : marmite
  • they're all just on the EA-hate train. no matter what EA does, it's wrong. even if it's exactly what th... : Korban
• So we're seeing the same art style with this Heroes game, and Battlefield: Bad Company started doing the ... : Chepito.
• So they're taking Soldier Front and making it look like TF2. I see. : ieGod
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  Aren't the following two passages contradictory? More broadly, E.A. hopes the game can help point the : Silent Sorrow
  • Yeah but it's not $60 in one hit which makes it far more likely that people wouldn't notice the price. : Jonathan
• Everyone is going to try it because it free. The first couple of minutes will probably the most deciding ... : razlebol
• Holy crap. The nerd rage overfloweth in this thread. It's not like Team Fortress 2 is the only thing i... : mittense
• TF2 is a blatant artistic ripoff of No One Lives Forever. There, I said it. : zerog83
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  ugh fuck that. you can pay for better weapons? sounds like a great balanced game to me which i will nev... : kill9
  • also this had better not be Battlefield 3 : kill9
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  hahaha, how "gay" does that soldier look? : dedgecko
  • He does look pretty gay, I must say. : mittense
  • i don't know. my mo-dar isn't going off : Korban
  • That shaved chest makes me pur. : razlebol
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  Isn't an expansion pack really the same thing? People bought WoW, and had to pay another $40 for new w... : stonedonkey
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    But those who remain at 60 doesn't play with those who advance to 70 though. Different battlegrounds, dif... : SilverSnake
    • Don't battle grounds go from 60-69? I've been avoiding them till I hit end game. : stonedonkey
  • An expansion pack is more like a full game. What they propose is buying a new gun or stuff like that. : razlebol
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  Maybe it'll also come with "dimensional wOrmhOle" or something : alarm cock
  • aha : pancake humper
• Although I'm sure I'll like this, I was really hoping for some kind of BF: Bad Company PC version. : festivalman

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  Anybody know? : Maddog_Delphi97
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    It's telling you to never quit. : DM7
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      never gonna give you up : laurgasms
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        8-Bit Style: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16039757 : coraldayton
        • lololol : Maddog_Delphi97
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        never gonna let you down : j0nchan
        • Never gonna run around and desert you : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Mine crashes almost every time I quit on Vista. Not sure if it's the same error but I wouldn't doubt it. : moogle
  • Is it specific to people who play TF2 on Vista? Or does the same happen in Windows XP? : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Me too. : rock elf
• Mine crashes every time i quit playing. : Durandal07
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  Been doing that to me since forever. : carrioN luggagE
  • Vista-64, fwiw. : carrioN luggagE
• youre quitting anyway. fuck it. : Degenerate
• Yup, it does the same thing to me on exit in Vista 64 Ultimate. : RevRaven
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  'hl2.exe has stopped working" Every fucking time I close it. : monkeygone
  • ^^^^ Vista : monkeygone
  • Same here, x64. : dmason
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  threads like this are what keep me from installing vista. its funny everytime someone says "XP or Vista"... : kill9
  • If this was the only problem, I wouldn't sweat it. I just wish the problem would be fixed. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
• 1-800-CALL-VALVE : tunis5000
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  It was happening before I reformatted my computer last weekend.... after that, whenever I close TF2, it d... : coraldayton
  • Really? O_o : Maddog_Delphi97
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    I'm just wondering: did you recently reinstall Vista? : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Before, it had been a fresh install/image since July. Then I had to redo the image last weekend. I don... : coraldayton
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        Keep in mind I have the 32-bit version of Home Premium. : coraldayton
        • Ok, thanks. : Maddog_Delphi97
• as the event states, it is trying to crash TF2 properly on exit but is having problems... : deviantpaul
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  I don't have that problem on Vista64 : d fluke
  • :( : Maddog_Delphi97
• Happens with me too. Everytime. Vista 32 : judoka2
• yes vista sucks : fuzzydamnit
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  Yep. Every single time. : Pittst3r
  • I remember a time when it didn't crash on exit, what's the deal with that? : Maddog_Delphi97
• Yeah, my Source games crash on exit generally. : alarm cock
• Happens to me EVERY SINGLE TIME I play TF2. Q6600, 2GB ram, 8800GTS on Vista. : ninjamoo
• I get it as well, no idea what's causing it. : Merlin13x
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  Mine crashes when I alt tab. Didn't used to do that. : afrochops
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    Hmm... I run my game in windowed mode now. I don't think it's ever crashed in alt tab. : Maddog_Delphi97
    • Mb I'll have to try that. : afrochops
• It has been doing this to me for months in Vx64 : rosewood
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  vstdlib.dll you can easily tell what the issue here is. VISTA!! ;( : Iwannaacura
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    Does the problem not exist on Windows XP? :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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      steam has never crashed for me ever except the original release of tf2 when they had the known issue. Ha... : Iwannaacura
      • in XP that is. Now im weary of jumping to vista64. : Iwannaacura
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        I might try that. : Maddog_Delphi97
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          Nope. Maybe I assigned the compatibility to the wrong application, but doing this didn't work for TF2. : Maddog_Delphi97
          • Nope. Even assigning it to HL2.EXE doesn't work. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
  • http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vstdlib.dll&btnG=Google+Search a google search doesn't really hel... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Mine sometimes crashes in the middle of a match. Woo-hoo! : Silent Sorrow
  • Never had that happen to me. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
• it does the same for me. vista 32. no big deal it just asks me to close it bla bla. : xxiv

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  why not :) : jasoncrowley
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    Mostly because i don't have much to write on, except that i am probably going to shortcut Hull V training... : [7]kami
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      Faction hardeners are sweet; I use them over T2 for the CPU savings on a bunch of ships. I almost tur... : zerog83
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        What's the price of deadspace/other cool hardeners? Faction ones are 10 - 25m a piece afaik. And a fli... : [7]kami
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          250 - 300mil : zerog83
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            Meh. Too much isk for too little gain. Faction it is. :-) : [7]kami
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              when you start getting high up there in the resistance-o-meter, that 9% is quite a lot. Especially when y... : zerog83
              • Well in that case: go go 4558 permatank Domii! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16040989#itemancho... : [7]kami
        • Faction hardeners are very reasonably priced : Thomas Hace
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      I wouldn't get faction gear to avoid training something. While Faction Gear is nice to have, your going ... : Hizzow
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        I know the skipping part is temporary. Faction gear would allow me to use those 11 days to upgrade my gan... : [7]kami
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          wow, you really took shortcuts to get into a Domi.. :D : Hizzow
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            2,5m SP and flying a 1150 DPS cap neutral tank in four days. That should make for comfortable L4 missionr... : [7]kami
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              wow. just, wow : Thomas Hace
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                Soon i'll be able to equip guns that do damage so i can speed up killing battleships a bit. Cause anythin... : [7]kami
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                  What drones do you have, and what drone skills? : Thomas Hace
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                    Drones i mostly use: Heavy - T1 Ogres or Wasps Medium - T2 Hammerheads Small - T2 Hobgoblins ... : [7]kami
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                      In a domi, I would totally train Drone Interfacing more before hitting any gunnery skills : Thomas Hace
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                        Good drone skills to have before hitting up T2 Drones And at the very least, long before heavy T2 drones ... : Hizzow
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                          I get +10% on both drone damage and dura for each BS level thanks to the Dominix. Since training 2 BS le... : [7]kami
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                            Before you go for guns (a secondary damage source) I would seriously consider upping you basic support sk... : Thomas Hace
                            • Energy Management will go to IV once Mech V (T2 reppers) completes. After that i can run my tank cap neut... : [7]kami
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                            Sentry drones aren't going to be of much use to you in a deadspace or L4 mission tbqh. they only operate... : Hizzow
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                              Hmm, good input. How much would Sharp V improve the hitrating of my drones? : [7]kami
                              • Nothing really noticeable. It improves the drone sensor rating so you get farther optimal range for your... : Hizzow
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              Nice :) Just keep in mind that no level 4 is comfy, especially in .4 sec or lower systems. Too many pi... : Hizzow
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                Already did a few with my ghetto fit (457 DPS omni loltank). Sofar only the Mordus Headhunters was a real : [7]kami
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                  Yeah, I know the feeling, I just left salvage and looting until after I've cleared the mission, there's u... : Hizzow
                  • Cargospace is not a problem. Warping out to empty my cargobay takes considerably less time than clearing ... : [7]kami
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                  The problem is you don't have connections and social skills all trained up or have a shitty agent. I get... : retardhumper
                  • True. Comparing a high quality L3 with a low quality L4. Better ones are unlocking atm (6.09 standing) so... : [7]kami
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              What program do you guys use to figure out your DPS and tank etc. I just got back to playing after leavi... : retardhumper
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                EFT (Eve Fitting Tool) http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=548883 : [7]kami
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                  This is next to useless since it doesn't have any faction stuff : retardhumper
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                    It does. Check the "tabs" below the items. : [7]kami
                    • Ah, sweet. I missed that. Thanks. : retardhumper
            • i have a corpmate that did the same thing...straight for the domi. the bonuses of the ship and slot layo... : nitrus
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      My little adventure right now is the 5 day wait before I get BattleCruisers 4 so that I can get Battleshi... : tboomer2
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        you don't need Battlecruisers 4 to train Battleships; just Frigate 4 > Cruiser 4. Unless of course you ar... : zerog83
        • I'd go BC 5 and stick with a Drake and Level 3's for a while while training the skills in my post below t... : trOmblyj
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          I thought I had to have cruisers at 4 to train battleships? I'll have to log in and check but I would of... : tboomer2
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            Cruiser IV and Battlecruiser IV are different skills. You stated Battlecruiser IV in your OP, which was p... : [7]kami
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              Then I'm clearly retarded. All that time wasted! nooooo! : tboomer2
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                OH GOD NO. As I said - get your BC up to level 5 - especially for the kick ass advantages it gives your ... : trOmblyj
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                  And... mmmm... command ships : zerog83
                  • Yes... precious... command ships.... : trOmblyj
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                    I've got Spaceship Command to level 5. That was the first thing I did. It's BattleCuisers I'm presently t... : tboomer2
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                      No - command ships are elite ships different than the spaceship command skill. For example, look up the ... : trOmblyj
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                        Jesus Tits! MORE training?! : tboomer2
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                          Skill Training: Online! : Thomas Hace
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                            No kidding! Beats having me walking around with my 4GB USB stick so I can log in and make 2 mouse clic... : tboomer2
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                              Wait when did this happen and where do I go? : trOmblyj
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                                I think it's possible to install EVE on a usb drive : Thomas Hace
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                                  oh, I thought they had a web interface for changing skills. Not that I can't get my computer from anypla... : trOmblyj
                                  • that's what (from what i've heard) everyone is asking for but CCP is reluctant to do it. There has to be... : tboomer2
                                • It is possible to install EVE on a usb drive. I'm living proof of that sad. . sad . . pathetic fact. : tboomer2
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                      I've got Cruisers 5 running right now. 23days left. After that it's HAC'y goodness. Mmmm ... Muninn. ... : AhmNee
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                        Finishing Marauders 4 right now, and really really considering training it to Lvl 5... 38 days : zerog83
                        • I know people have been talking about how the Marauder was made for mission running. Because you can moun... : AhmNee
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        flying the raven well requires much more than just the battleship skill, unfortunately. You'll want your... : trOmblyj
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          Other things to make the raven kick ass: NOS Energy vampires (NOS), large ones, fitted in your 7th ... : trOmblyj
          • A note about NOS for those that don't know about the nerf that CCP did a while back. Nos used to conti... : Hizzow
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          Uggg... Copied and Pasted for followup crying. :) : tboomer2
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            Yeah, its a bummer but honestly it really makes the ship usable long-term. Once you get to a raven with ... : trOmblyj
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              I'm liking the Drake right now. I hear people talking about 'passive tanking' but I find I'm not doing v... : tboomer2
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                OK - are you using any resistance amplifiers? and are you using the right ones for Angels? Also, how is... : trOmblyj
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                  I've found that peak recharge is actually closer to 30-40% : Thomas Hace
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                    I got my numbers from here originally: http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=13... : trOmblyj
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                      Pottsey says 2.5 at 30%. Either way, the point is that shield strength is definitely not linear : Thomas Hace
                      • Right, re-reading that now since it's been a year at least since I read it. So it is a curve but not a b... : trOmblyj
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                  That sound you just heard was my head exploding. : tboomer2
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                    yeah, once you get used to crunching the numbers it gets easier : trOmblyj
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                      Using EFT stopped my head from exploding. \o/ : [7]kami
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                        I'm using both EFT and EvEMON. Both are excellent tools. It's the smaller things like this where you ... : tboomer2
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                          Import Ceeva's Drake into EFT for a good missiontank: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16008308#ite... : [7]kami
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                            Yeah. I grabbed that one when it was posted unfortunately a lot of the items on that list I am unable to ... : tboomer2
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                              One word: focus your training on what EFT tells you you need to equip that stuff. You'll be lolrunning go... : [7]kami
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                                Lol that's not one word. Focus is, though. :( : [7]kami
                                • That's WAY more than one word. You might call that two sentences. I'm basically doing just that. Using... : tboomer2
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                  Also make sure you fit a Damage Control in a low slot, they are great resists for cheap and use almost no... : retardhumper
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                    damage control is for armor not sheilds tho, right? We're shield tanking caldari whores. : trOmblyj
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                      On a drake, he'd be better off sacrificing cap recharge for shield recharge and fitting shield power rela... : trOmblyj
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                        unless he's running a lot of active hardeners, the drake needs very little cap : Thomas Hace
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                          He should be running 0 active hardeners. All passive resistance amps and dumping every amount of cap int... : trOmblyj
                          • Definitely train the Shield Compensation skills then : Thomas Hace
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                      DC II give 12.5% across the board for Shields and 15% for armor. not to mention 60% on your hull : Thomas Hace
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                        Yeah, I don't see the point since we're only talking about shields here. Better to have a faster recharg... : trOmblyj
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                          DC's take like 1 point of energy every 30 secs. Their cap use is negligible at best and they are great fo... : AhmNee
                          • And 12.5% to all resists is pretty damn good. : retardhumper
• Last night I did my 2nd LVL 2 mission and got my ass spanked. MisterPhoton was kind enough to bring his t... : heatmizer
• And you didn't want a thread? faq : jasoncrowley