Morning Discussion

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  omg i'm gonna kill zaun : Neech
  • KNEEL BEFORE ZAUN. has this joke been made already : Omaha
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  Was that a shack server or pub? Also stage 6 is the shit. : mavmavv
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    Shacknews server : skinlab133
    • Nerf Zaun : mavmavv
• damn : redfive
• wohahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh : boomstickah
• such an awesome run : zen!
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  What was the other heavy with the uber doing?? : chuck577
  • I think that was Harvester and he was being gay. : skinlab133
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  good run and all, but it seems no one was even trying to kill him after his uber was over... : tunis5000
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    yea, the RED heavy dropped the ball by not paying attention to him at all... I'm looking forward to ta... : dedgecko
    • Look, buddy. I recommended you to megarust so you could heal my ass. :P : omnova
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  CtpTrips is a bad ass MF as a spy: watched the Shack Vs. Valve match. nice work Zaun, you are my favor : m0rfus
  • Yeah, if I was there, Zaun's little run there would've been a lot shorter >:( : Trips
• Woah that was insane. I love when he manages to kill the medic, engineer and dispenser and finishes at... : MrLobo
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  Yeah, it was pretty fucking ridiculous. : dmason
  • Agreed. : johnshermanhoyt
• holy fucking shit zaun : deveus1
• haha I remember that, watching our heavy shooting in the wrong direction while zaun was behind him killin... : sanchez

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  ahaha. Gold! Stick with the FPS for now. RPG's and RTS would probably frustrate you infinitely more. ... : FormerHPB
  • I'm not sure that's true. My first gaming experiences on the PC were SimCity, Command and Conquer, and TI... : thetangent
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  May I +inf this? : dognose
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    Definitely! : FormerHPB
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      I need PapaBoo/pup's OK. Bandwidth concerns, also we are going to laugh at PapaBoo : dognose
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        PapaBoo doesn't seem to mind that with his roller coaster escapades and his papaboo.wmv file showing up a... : FormerHPB
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          I do, the fear of scorn and derision is why I don't mention that I sleep with a teddy bear : dognose
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            is it named Duke? cause that would make it totally ok and cool : RobFlinn
            • That would be kind of weird :( : dognose
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        I conferred with pup, it's cool : PapaBoo
        • woof : dognose
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          Let me know when you finish those games. I'll probably have HL2:EP1 I can gift you. :) : FormerHPB
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            ThomW already gifted me HL2 : PapaBoo
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              Episode 1? It's separate. : FormerHPB
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                no, just HL2 - I keep proving my my n00biness with each sentence don't I ? : PapaBoo
                • yes, yes you do. If you get through those 2 and enjoy it, let me know. Episode 1 continues the story an... : FormerHPB
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  Have you learned the "Use" key? : MatthewPhillips
  • yes, the "e" key : PapaBoo
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  I see you're using WASD, good man! : helvetica
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    and the arrows too when I get lazy : PapaBoo
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      well thats the problem right there. Imagine playing an adventure game without any commands, pretty silly... : deathofrats
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        adventure game? what's that? : PapaBoo
        • They are boring, except I understand Grim Fandango and Sanitarium are quite good : dognose
        • They're for those who might enjoy a good yarn, free of time pressure, or gameplay requiring cognitive tho... : speon
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      That is naughty and will cause gaming woe in your future! : helvetica
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        Hey, I use the arrow keys! Screw you guys! : Bean
        • I use mouse for everything except jump, use, crouch and alt fire :) : dognose
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          How do you work the reload and use keys? Is that all hot numlock action? : helvetica
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            Well, I'm left-handed, and I'm not a traitor to my kind, so I use the mouse on the left side (I actually ... : Bean
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              i'm left handed but I've always used a mouse with my right hand. it just feels more natural. : wtf242
              • That's because you, like so many others, are a worthless traitor to your heritage. I spit at your feet! : Bean
            • This doesnt seem too bad a set up. But there are some games using the WASD set up where i run out of real... : great-white
          • I use the Enter key as my 'use' key, and reload with the middle mouse button click. : speon
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          You disappoint me, old bean! : CrustaR
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            I'm a lefty. See http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16082772#itemanchor_16082772 : Bean
            • Oh, that makes sense. : CrustaR
      • Completely disagree. Just because most games default to some arbitrary standard set over a decade ago, do : speon
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    WASD is sheit, I cant believe that "everyone" uses that. Having your movement keys in an "arrow-key-layou... : BicycleRepairMan
    • You're fucked. : lechuck59
• Keep it up! : amrbean
• Hahaha! Your last entry is hilarious. I probably appear the same way to an RTS player. : CrustaR
• i look forward to reading this blog. : mwasher
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  I know I lambasted you for this last night but please for the love of god play your video games with soun... : tomservo
  • yeah, how is it possible to play games with no sound unless said game is tic tac toe or something? : FormerHPB
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    I'm going to play with headphones from now on : PapaBoo
    • Smooooch : tomservo
    • You will notice that the scientists are either glad to see you or too busy to talk to you. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  been barely following this 'phenomenon' but my impression is that you are out to challenge our ideals of ... : eskimo spy
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    no, it's called I don't have hours to sit and devote to a game and really pay attention like I should. S... : PapaBoo
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      It's worth it, up til Xen. After that, I *need* you to play Duke3D : dognose
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        yeah, don't let the Xen level turn your view of the game. It's only one bad level in an otherwise amazin... : FormerHPB
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          Back me up about the Duke3D please : dognose
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            lol! OK I'll back you up on that. I have to play that game myself though. don't kill me dognose! I'm s : FormerHPB
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              You are over 30 and never played Duke Nukem 3d! You're gonna pay for shooting up his ride` : EvilDolemite
              • I didn't get into PC's until 98 and Quake 2 was the first FPS I ever played. : FormerHPB
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              If you love Max Payne 1 and 2 then you love good games and fun, Duke and Shadow Warrior for the awesome : dognose
              • I'm waiting for the Xbox live arcade release of Duke. :) : FormerHPB
        • maybe he'll like it. Xen wasn't universally hated. I really liked Xen, a lot. : yAak
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      if you need 'hours' to turn your sound on, and listen to three or four lines of dialog, wtf. whatever. ... : eskimo spy
      • I didn't "know" when I started that I wasn't just going to be running around and shooting at things. So ... : PapaBoo
    • haha, well if you play in 10 minute interrations you will be playing halflife1 until 2014 : chilln
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  Really entertaining to me, the RSS goes right to my reader. Hang on to it, you are in for something! : razorblade79
  • ho ho ho that's going in my insta-read folder : Deathlove
• hahahaha this is awesome :D : virus
• Oh man, this is going straight into my favorites. PapaBoo, you are awesome. : aaarrrgh
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  do you play WoW. if not, you need to. exclamation marks over heads ftw. :P hehe : Downforce
  • Don't get him into that crack. :[ We've lost too many. : CrustaR
  • No... That is why melee hunters with no pets exist. : flooq
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  Found a room with a suit that looks like I'm supposed to get it but I couldn't figure out how to get it f : mikecyb
  • Yeah I chuckled out loud at that. : Omaha
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  A++, a good read. At this rate DNF might come out shortly after you finish HL! : losimagic
  • guess I better figure out how to get that suit out of the glass quick! : PapaBoo
• I'll just tell you now that the Half-Life word for pain is GONARCH. : Omaha
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  This reminds me, what was the point of that long-jump move in HL anyways? Also, who else was confused... : Tekmoor
  • It made you a maneuverability god in DM. Get the long jump, rocket launcher, crossbow and MP5 on gaswork... : Omaha
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    You needed long jump in Xen. Right at the start. : crummynz
    • Yep. Pretty much the only time you needed it too. : NFXFSX
    • Ahhh! That's one weird design choice : Tekmoor
  • I played through the game many times before I figured out the jump-duck move, even with the training leve... : dirge23
  • yeah both of those baffled me for a while but now they're so easy to pull off :( : mikecyb
  • It was fucking awesome in MP, that's what. : sammyl
• I predict this will usher a movement of unabashed honesty that borders on self-deprecation : Home Nugget
• Never say die PapaBoo. : Kaiser
• you will really enjoy the game's final levels. : oatmela
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  super fascinating. Please, please keep writing. : Fredrik S
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    oh.. and if you can, be more specific in your posts. It's fascinating reading what game developers take f... : Fredrik S
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      Yes this is really what I'm interested in as well. It is very rare to get the impressions of someone who ... : SenorSpine
      • It IS common knowledge though. From when I was little and first played certain games for the first time I... : Hello Kitty
    • Agree with that. It's not only hilarious, but game developers can actually learn from this imo. There mus... : Bamii
• This is awesome. : Magus
• please keep this blog going papaboo, it makes great reading and also brings back a lot of great memories ... : niceguynick
• hahah this is golden : xsii
• Re motion sickness: Half-Life was notorious for making me motion sick. For me, this was always due to the : speon

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  What is this movie about (please no spoilers)? I saw the trailer before I am Legend and had no idea what ... : matthaeus
  • It is a King Kong type movie with shaky cam and CG stuff. : TreMetal
  • Giant monster eats new york, all caught on some schmuck's camcorder. I didn't think there were a whole... : Finestaut
  • Godzilla from the perspective of a fleeing person. : thejm4n
  • something attacks nyc. people run around. : xxiv
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  your friend didnt see that. he said he saw that cuz the internet thinks they saw that, which they didn't... : papaskot
  • you are wrong .... I think : devnullgt
  • Sorry, but you are wrong and people involved with the movie have said as much. : Evil Benius
  • good. It would've totally taken a bit away from the story for me if it were some kind of fucking alien in : moe6
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    You are wrong. I'll spoiler this The Director acknowledges that there is something to it. Reeves : uglysad
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      Until I can see the splash in the actual movie, this quote means nothing to me. : dirge23
      • Keep looking then. It is definitely there : uglysad
  • Without proof, your opinion is just as credible as his. Anyone have a high res picture? If they did do ... : pigvomit
  • I have heard from several people who are not on the internet much that they saw it. : byorn
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    But I saw something fall from the sky and made a huge splash :( I didn't need no stinking internet t... : Lionhart32935
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      i saw a splash but nothing from the sky : papaskot
      • oops messed up those spoilertags! : papaskot
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    Your scientists have yet to discover how neural networks create self-consciousness, let alone how the hum : c0bra
    • Damn, I had to look up this thinking it was a quote from H.G. Wells or something, and it's from the damne : ShekkyBoy
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  Basically at that very end with the footage of them at Coney Island.....when they are filming the sea: If : devnullgt
  • oh so kinda like how one would imagine a loch ness monster sighting would be? : moe6
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    It was actually not that big and not the monster, but probably a satellite based on pre-release info. : Evil Benius
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      I heard that it was a satellite and it woke up the creature from the sea somehow : grabbie
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        Haha that would be cool too. That would explain Mr. Grumpy Pants. : pigvomit
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          also, if that's true that means The creature was a mile or two off the coast of Coney Island all along? : Finestaut
          • Misreply, but close enough. : Finestaut
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            This is the part I find most unlikely about this theory. : dirge23
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              Did you just call a theory about the origin of a giant 800 ft tall monster unlikely? : pigvomit
              • Even assuming an 800ft tall monster, I still expect movies to follow some kind of internal logic. : dirge23
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        Just a thought: Wouldn't that be REALLY FUCKING OBVIOUS? I mean, a satellite falling from space would, I : Finestaut
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          ^^ Seriously. If they intended this to be a plot point, it is subtle to the point of being illogical. : dirge23
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            It is not so much a plot point as a nod to the people who followed the pre-release viral stuff. : Evil Benius
            • I could be the reason why the government chose to use that video, they must of recovered thousands of ho... : skitzo
    • well...but at the same time the ship was far away and I think it was there for size reference. It looked : devnullgt
• i think i'd rather see rambo this weekend, although i want cloverfield too, but not enough money for the ... : vassili_zaitsev

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• Looks good! I'm glad to hear it's not only dustbowl, as people have told me. : thief
• for some reason the stylesheet for the bracket isn't working in firefox, but it is in IE6... : MisterPhoton
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  convenient link to team rosters: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p8Z6HyJbGXZYBO12QWFgWWQ : mXENO
  • Oh hey, I think i'm most excited about your match :D : thief
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  ooh, first round game against Nyranger's team! : edgewise
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    Begin the targeted smack talk, teamie! Can I call you 'teamie' or would you prefer comrade? teammate? ... : thief
    • Woo! Go team brickmatt[no voice] !! : theamazingrand0
    • I dunno what brickmatt wants me to play. I could do engie, but I feel my skills could be useful elsewhere : edgewise
    • how about mobile target for my rockets of death? : hamachi
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  I would like to thank hirez for being awesome. I'll get in on the next tournament. : fleabug
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    Yeah, me too. Hope we have spectating set up for the final matches. : crummynz
    • I still have "figure out SourceTV" on my to-do list. : hirez
  • IAWTHIAP : c0bra
• sounds good, looking forward to our first match : lowpoly
• wait.. so how do I sign up to join a team? har har : heff
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  Trade is a cool idea, I don't think our team has a dedicated HWG, we're pretty stacked with Soldiers and ... : vynn
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    I don't think Trades is a good idea. I think people should stick to the draft and I don't think it makes ... : K1Bond007
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      I doubt any trades will happen as well. : thief
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        Ya, they probably wont, but if there's a situation where one team has an excess of Soldiers and another t... : vynn
        • Also, if some teams find ways to improve class balance via trade, then it's something that all teams will... : vynn
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  Is that remaining time on the last section of dustbowl, or remaining time from each section? : Zeeliv
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    Also, how is the attacking/defending team determined for the time remaining? : vynn
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      I'm not sure what you mean.... : hirez
      • oh I misunderstood, I thought a tie-breaking round was going to be played with the remaining map time, bu... : vynn
  • last section, as it directly relates on how you did on the earlier sections. : hirez
• ah shit! im on vacation till 2/4! : bfzzzz
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  Can we get all the team names in this subthread? NastyJack - Nasty JO Buds (NJOB) : romulan
  • Waffles - Press F10 [F10] : mXENO
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    SockMonkeh - OGC (OGC) : SockMonkeh
    • Masters of the Phallus Extermis unite! : Cliffzorz
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    Jackass - Heroes of Kvatch [HoK] : sergeon
    • I prefer Hell - O Kitty (island adventure) : Grumbeld
  • skankcore - Sturm & Drang : invisible_kid
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    megarust - SERIOUS BUSINESS : gnomish
    • it's true : mikecyb
    • [SB] is the tag? I hope i get to play at least one damn match. Fucking PC :( : great-white
  • lowpoly - Erection Dispenser [ED] : c0bra
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    Xevo - Critical Tits : electroly
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      Actually it's Critical Tits! (the exclamation mark is very important!) : Xevo
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        lol so when you abbreviate it it's "CT", huh. in my crowd, CT means camel toe :( : laurgasms
        • I could blow some Critical Tits! all over your Camel Toe, if that's what you want... : Xevo
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    brickmatt - The Flying Mongooses [TFM] : edgewise
    • Its not "Mongeese"? : theamazingrand0
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      lol, wouldn't it be "Mongeese"? : vynn
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        I guess according to this, both have been used... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongoose : vynn
        • We're the Mongaggle! : coraldayton
  • Furious Styles - Team Philly Blunts : paroxym
  • Rosewood - Deploy a Teleporter Here : rosewood
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    Lakren - Louis Kemp Seafood Co. : TreMetal
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      Is lakren MIA? what are we doing :( : feek
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        He is around.. he is posting at least. They made a steam group but I do not think they sent out invites ... : TreMetal
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          I haven't gotten a group invite yet either. been wondering about that : zerog83
          • no invite here either : Thomas Hace
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        I'm just waiting for hirez to send out the invites, I think he's doing it all.. also, yes, we are the ... : lakren
        • what's our tag? : Thomas Hace
        • hirez only makes the groups, the captains are in charge of inviting everyone. : Xevo
  • virus - Viral Agents (we're gonna give you aids, srsly) [VA] : virus
  • Maddog- Balls of Steel (BoS) : laurgasms
• Yikes, our bracket looks brutal : sergeon
• Looks like a first round exit for Virus' team. Suckers. : Edges
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  HIJACK - Who wants to scrimmage my team? Let's talk. I want to see what times are good for your team and ... : SockMonkeh
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    Not Rosewood's team though! : SockMonkeh
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      fgt : rosewood
      • lololol : Maddog_Delphi97
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    I was actually gonna discuss this with you, probably for sometime this Fri-Sun... I'd rather scrimmage s... : Xevo
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      Sunday works well for me, personally. Sunday evening/night at least. I have to play the expansion pack of... : SockMonkeh
      • LOL ok so Sunday night, I'll see if we can't get Hirez to let us use the tournament server as well. : Xevo
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  The shack servers now look all gay because of all these clan tags :( : sanchez
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    I'm putting mine at the end of my name just to be different. : c0bra
    • Or the middle! : c0bra
  • its all in good fun. : hirez
  • It's like a pub now. : thekidd
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    now that you mention it, they look horrible. i think i'm going to tag only for scrims and matches. : mXENO
    • that sounds like a good idea : .frame
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    Wrong. My name looks awesome. GNOMISH SERIOUS BUSINESS Disagree with me? You're fucking dead. : gnomish
    • I've got a hot pocket waiting for you. : sanchez
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      See, this is why I suggested the name. It's more fun than some silly acronym. : omnova
      • OGC is the most fun acronym there is. : SockMonkeh
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    clan tags really irritate me too. i changed mine only because i saw everyone else on my team did. : electroly
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      I'm also not a terrible fan of them, but they're good for solidarity and getting familiar with who you're... : Xevo
      • this is why i changed them, getting familiar with the team, class preferences, style of play, etc : kainen1
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      So if everyone on your team was giving Johnny Depp a blowjob you would too? : ieGod
      • and you wouldn't? man, what a fag! : Xevo
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    they're not clans though they're teams : mikecyb
    • ^^ plus we're all Shackers, that's what matters : romulan
  • i like em. it keeps me pumped for the tournament. : SockMonkeh
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    I think it's nice to have them, I can get a better idea of who's on what team. : dkrulz
    • it's all in the spirit of the tournament! : SockMonkeh
  • I'm going to start rotating through bogus clan tags just to confuse everyone. : Johnny Law
  • hey sanchez, you know your on my team right, you know I drafted you like 3rd, I hope I wasnt wasting pick... : Jackass1233
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    Your clan name should have been "dirty" then you could have been dirty-sanchez : vynn
    • ooops, I mean TEAM, my apologies : vynn
  • Anyone who thinks my tags suck can go to hell. : Portax
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  Nice post, I agree with everything in it. One question: if I am reading correctly every match will play b... : NastyJack
  • yes : vynn
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  Can we get an FAQ on how to take demos please? I have never even looked at that. : virus
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16050548#itemanchor_16050548 : thekidd
    • sweet thanks guys : virus
  • Q: How do I record a TF2 demo of my team and I losing]- me kicking Maddog's team into the ground? A: C : thief
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  That is total bullshit. You don't know what the fuck you are doing. Jesus, way to fuck it all up :) ... : rosewood
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    getting in on this hirez thanks buttsex subthread seriously - i know this has been a pain in the ass f... : virus
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      Yes hirez is the man, hence him being the Critical Tits! player of the week! =D : Xevo
      • (the real jo buds around here) : monkeygone
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        hirez is a manbeast and I'm glad to have him on my team! : SockMonkeh
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          RAAAAWR http://hirez.shackspace.com/TF2/cp_dustbowl0025.jpg not to toot my own horn. but BEEP BEEP! : hirez
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            Yeah but that can hardly count, there were no NJOB guys on the red team! : NastyJack
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              Red team was up one player before the round ended and the two NJOB players pulled a ragequit in record ti... : SockMonkeh
              • See how smart we are? I told my guys to never show weakness and they got out before any proof was capture... : NastyJack
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            I'm still not sure how we managed not to cap that final point... It seems like every time we pushed with ... : Xevo
            • Yeah, that was incredibly frustrating - I was queuing up ubers like mad but they never broke the defense. : sergeon
      • HAHAHAHAHAHA : virus
• very cool, cant wait. : byorn
• Sweet! Is there going to be a SourceTV server setup for spectating? This would be especially good for peo... : feek
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  Zaun and Venguard go head to head in the first round! Ack... Rigged :P... *starts pondering tactics to... : Alco23
  • The team with the better spy wins. : vynn
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    My prediction for that match: Zaun and Venguard cancel each other out. Moonbase gets some backstabs bu... : Jackass1233
    • I look forward to making hasty predictions about the teams once I look at who has who in better detail. ... : thief
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  dang, that bracket page is all fucked up in FF for me : virus
  • Same, had to use IEtab to view it correctly. : yosemiteclimber
• Oh fuck, i just found I'd gone over my download cap, its only a matter of time before my isp catches on a... : Cliffzorz
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  The seedings in this bracket are serious LOL. : Zero|DPX
  • it's based off draft order. otherwise, we'd be first. : lowpoly
  • why : thief
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  Normal Brackets: http://ems.esportsea.com/?a=x.schedule&stageid=1757 : AscorSix
  • Thanks, this works much better for me than the one hirez posted! : Xevo
• Thanks for setting all this up. I think its very fair to everyone involved and we are all in debt to you... : Lightzout

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  Also final note before i purchase. Does itunes work in vista 64????? I read conflicting reports. : Iwannaacura
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    It works fine with everything except the iPhone or the iTouch IIRC (that may be fixed now.. but I know I'... : cause&effect
    • Apparently it's fixed with the latest version that just came out? That's what I heard anyway. : Goncyn
    • my iTouch works fine with vx64 : rosewood
    • That was fixed either yesterday or 2 days ago. :D : SockMonkeh
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  Negative. 64 bit Vista isn't all it's cracked up to be. As I understand it, to really fully utilize it,... : sinner0423
  • Isn't all it's cracked up to be? For one of the first 64bit OS marketted at the public I'd say it isn't h... : cause&effect
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    WRONG. It lets you use >3g of memory. It still runs your win32 apps. What else do you want? Did you s... : rosewood
    • AMD64 mode opens up extra GPR's :) : Toraz Chryx
  • It runs 32 bit programs just fine : d fluke
  • Crysis has a 64-bit mode which gives you some extra performance. I think the Source engine has 64-bit the... : Kazomir
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  Because my shit still won't work and I'm a freaking tech support genius. FUCKING THING. Drives me cra... : changejar419
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    P.S. - Unless you are going over 4gigs of RAM Vista64 is useless to you. And probably will be for quite ... : changejar419
    • Where does that claim come from? The 32b affects more than physical memory, it also affects virtual memo... : factor27
• I loved vista until I had problems with file sharing over computers. I ended up having to move everythin... : handofthrawn
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  I tried vista64 for about 2 months but if you use any off the wall programs chances are you are going to ... : Jenings
  • I agree, I don't think the MS OS crowed will be going 64 bit until they release an OS that comes only in ... : FushigiDenki
• I haven't noticed any cons of Vista 64. Every single app I use has ran fine, its stable and performance ... : nukewinter
• if you ever use remote desktop for anything, you need Ultimate. : MisterPhoton
• update: i just ordered the ram and passed on vista for now. Maybe ill wait for the official service pack.... : Iwannaacura
• Works perfectly for me. : SockMonkeh
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  Do a Shacknews search for "game", "Vista" and "error", you'll plenty of cons. And that's just for gaming... : Matt Burris
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    a year ago maybe. I play Crysis, Steam apps, Cod4, CoH, Quake Wars, UT3 etc on my 4GB x64 Vista machine.... : paravis
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      Those are all new games though... : Nali4Freedom
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        Not all of them (steam apps, CoH). How about Q3a and WoW? ;) : paravis
        • Company Of Heroes is new enough to have a DirectX 10 renderer.... : Toraz Chryx
  • Heh, Do a Shacknews search for "game", "XP" and "error" and you get even more hits! I'm an ass : Kaerof
• I've got a dual boot Vista64 and XP32 system. I spend 99% of my time in XP32 and the other 1% of the time... : fbsh
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  I have been using Vista64 exclusively for 3-4 months now Runs great. No crashes. iTunes is broke... : Slowtreme
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    Yes there is a 64bit version, iTunes64Setup.exe Go to http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ using ... : Toraz Chryx
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      that must be new for 7.6. because 7.5 didn't have a 64 bit. I posted about it here too. : Slowtreme
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        it is new to 7.6 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301301 : Toraz Chryx
        • all set, now to go get an iPhone. this was the only thing holding me back. : Slowtreme
• If all you are going to do is game on it then you'll be fine. One of the biggest issues with 64 bit ... : flagg209
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    yeah, I didn't mention the sleep mode thing because he is building a PC - but yeah, it has issues with sl... : flagg209
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      It can't use sleep mode?! Could you elaborate? : Kazomir
      • oh it can - but it just sometimes doesn't wake up - and forces you to hard boot it. I never ever use... : flagg209
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    Yeah, but Bloodlines doesn't like you to look at it funny. First time I played it (after applying the la... : SiW73
    • uh.. without fists. : SiW73
    • Well, if you remove 1 gig of ram or change on of the cfgs for Windows to only use 3.5 GB, then it looks a... : Rag and Bone Man
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    Bloodlines has a patch for that, it's how I played it :D : d fluke
    • Oh, I just put it into XP SP2 compatibility and it worked fine, it's just the textures were ultra low res... : Rag and Bone Man
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    Have your tried modifying the exectuable for Vampire: Bloodlines with CFF Explorer?? Everquest 2 has thi... : gargy
    • I have no clue what CFF Explorer is nor how to use it, but it sounds like it would work. Maybe the Vampi... : Rag and Bone Man
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  • This has been fixed with iTunes 7.6 and firmware 1.1.3. : dmason
• only downside I've found is that certain programs won't install, but it's rare. : Fredrik S

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  You break yourself in with Doom3 at night and with headphones! Explain the hotel scene, please, I prob : thief
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    Doom 3 didn't scare me. I got to try it out at Quakecon! That was fun. The hotel scene is where you're : felicia
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      Comparable to The Cradle? Doom3 didn't do anything for you? Really? Even if only cheap sudden-noise ... : thief
      • Man. Fuck the Cradle. FUCK IT. It's so good, but gaahh. : felicia
      • Does anyone have a playthrough of the Cradle for Thief 2? I want to see a video of it. : deathofrats
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      I don't know how shit could be scary if you play it at Quakecon with all the lights and people and noise. : Nighteyes
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        when they showed it at quakecon it was in a dark, isolated room. with headphones. : zerog83
        • humm, perhaps it just takes a bit to get into then, like start from the beginning and play into it to get... : Nighteyes
    • That quest scared the crap outta me. I was so jittery / nervous exploring that hotel. There's an area... : coyoterys
• turn off the sound, and jack the gamma/brightness WAY up : Downforce
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  Phantasmagoria was absolutely hilarious. Except for the 7 CDs part. : spectr3
  • I completely forgot about this game till this post. Wow that was a while ago. : ghostmac
  • Who wouldn't lol at demon rape? : Sapiens
  • That game was awesome : datoo
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  grow a pear : c0bra
  • I love this. : thief
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    I prefer apples. : felicia
    • Grow some apples then. : NastyJack
  • this is my favourite phrase ever. it seriously makes me giggle like an idiot every time i see it. : erotic sock
  • make like a tree and get outta here : thewriter
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  Trouble with the difficulty? or with being to scared to play? : Trips
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    Being scared to play. : felicia
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      You know it's a game and nothing in it is real, right? Sorry, I've just never had any trouble differentia... : Trips
      • I'm getting to be more and more of a pansy as I get older. I used to watch any movie at any time and neve... : NastyJack
      • I understand it's not real (hi, you.) That's not the problem. I submerse myself into a game so much that ... : felicia
• I was scared at first but then once I started infinitely re-spawning without repercussions I started beco... : Lionhart32935
• I played to the first plasmid and then switched over to HL2. Not cause I was scared or anything, I wanted... : zanzares
• Hahah, for some damn reason I thought this was about Mass Effect instead of BioShock. I was very confuse... : zebosausamite
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  I get exactly the same way. In the hotel, I found it really helped to inanely narrate my sheer terror. As : A Sponge
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    I'm home sick today, so I was able to play a game while chugging orange juice. It kind of sucks because I... : felicia
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      If you cannot comfortably say "La la la oh look that man has an axe how wonderful I look forward to findi... : A Sponge
      • Oh man, a video of you playing a scary game and trying to narrate the scary things in a non-threatening w... : Xevo
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  RE4 scared the crap out of me :( I couldn't play that game in the dark. : m0nkz
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    What the fucking fuck? The ridiculous story that skips between the border of stupid and retarded, dialog... : Ravenkettle
    • Well, I can't take scary movies either. So that's probably part of it :) : m0nkz
• The scary parts of Bioshock, seemed to fade off as you move through the game. You could play loud upbeat... : itsjeff9
• I played bioshock in the dark, and every time something jumped out on me I freaked out. I turned off the ... : Koral06
• Try playing with company in the room. : lechuck59
• That's like me and Company of Heroes. I get so stressed out, I have to quit out of the game every 20 min... : CrustaR
• wtf, girl? you gladly spill blood in TF2 but you can't take a Splicer in the shadows? in all seriousn... : Postal
• Increase the brightness? : FushigiDenki
• I need this help, too. Im pretty sure those scary flash movies have scared me for life. : feek
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  hi-jack while we're on the subject - scariest game youve ever played? go Thief (1) : eeeealmo
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    Thief 3 - The Cradle : kill9
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      Someone summarize this level and stop just posting the name!!!!!!! or link a video : Nighteyes
      • abandoned orphanage with some incredibly scary monsters : eeeealmo
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        http://gillen.cream.org/thecradle.pdf Massive spoilers in there. I actually haven't played this far i... : Johnny Law
        • Thanks for that, that was excellent! I'm not going to have time to go back and play the game, so that was... : five_percent
      • Watch a Tool video. Seriously...this level was a little to 1940s insane asylum for my tastes. Didn't s : speon
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    Stalker. Out of this list of scary games it wins: Thief, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2, Resident Evi... : ieGod
    • They really did a great job with those effects. I think the reason they work so well is that you rarely ... : Rag and Bone Man
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    Condemned was pretty scary. : crummynz
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      Actually System Shock 2 probably takes the award. : crummynz
      • yes! so good! : deadfish
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    7th Guest. Probably due mostly to my age at the time I played it, but I remember that game scaring the li... : Bean
    • ^^ 2nd'd. And the soundtrack sure rocked faces. : burningtrees
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    Alien Vs Predator. facehuggers. eot. : erotic sock
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      I started this game and nearly shit myself well before I saw an alien : Draugluin
      • AvP2's first entire level has not a single bad guy, but manages to make me piss my pants anyway. : OverloadUT
    • ^^ AvP 1 as a marine : yAak
    • Yes. I've played and finished SS2, Thief 1 and 3, BioShock, Stalker, Doom 3, RE4, et al. AVP is the onl... : lechuck59
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      I don't think the facehuggers were bad. The motion sensor beeping and you not seeing an alien anywhere at... : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • i damn near fell off my chair when i first heard the scurrying of a facehugger which then proceeded to ju... : erotic sock
    • the scariest thing about that game is the motion sensor. The constant clicking and beeping in escalating ... : aeg1x
  • HIV Test 1 : mega man
  • Hmm in order: System Shock 2, AvP, Undying (most of it at least), 7th Guest, Condemned : Fyunch Click
  • AvP1 : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    AvP1 Marine campaign. It's what I always compare other game scare factors to. I remember being genuinely ... : eskimo spy
    • Signed. : Priest77
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    System Shock 2. Don't get me wrong, there have been other games that were fucking scary, but System : Rag and Bone Man
    • that'd be my second place for scariest game ever : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Eternal Darkness... I guess... though it wasn't really that scary. : Grumbeld
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    my second scariest game is F.E.A.R. (how has nobody said this yet?) : kill9
    • because it relies on cheap scare effects like Doom 3? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Doom: Aliens TC ... holy shit : Edges
  • I don't really get scared by movies or games but Alone in the Dark was the most-so back in the day. : Ebu
  • Fatal Frame. Fuck that game. : judasen
  • It's AvP 1 marine singleplayer for sure. : Ravenkettle
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  play with eyes closed and no audio. : mindshot
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    PapaBoo style? : Nighteyes
    • ZING! : greh kleh
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  man up? : deadfish
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    (I know yuor one of those things with vaginas... same reply) : deadfish
    • vag up : Mondo
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  It stops being scary. Eventually you're just a huge badass with awesome weapons and plasmids and you're m... : moogle
  • Also that Vampire: Bloodlines hotel scared me shitless. Fuck that place. : moogle
• It's just ugly British people with hats (hats are the scarriest part). The answer is gamma up, gun to fa... : losder5000
• Word of advice: stop being such a giant fucking pussy. : SockMonkeh
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=sNaG-oUMp28&feature=related I still get really, really creeped out over tha... : DianeOfTheMoon
• Man, i remember the exact day my dad brought home Alone In The Dark 1 from work. My cousin (total cockhea... : Drewus
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  This is why we can't have a woman president. : GeorgeB3DR
  • Is it the lack of balls? : skitzo

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  Not really exciting, no. But good luck anyway! : Bean
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    IT'S EXCITING FOR ME DAMMIT!!!! >: | : thewriter
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      Yes, I understand and appreciate your anticipation. That is why I am here to pop your balloon, because yo... : Bean
      • I appreciate this sound voice of reason, but I'm going to hold onto my excitement because I'm determined ... : thewriter
• Good luck man! : shavenewok
• pretty cool! : snicker-snack 2
• dont' be this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-YOKgsUf74 : ^-SeaWolf-^
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  being a cook or "chef" is hard ass fucking back breaking work that involves constant stress and sweating ... : oatmela
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    I'm currently a statistical analyst, aka well paid office drone. I spend eight hours every day sitting bo... : thewriter
    • yeah, I've been there. It does suck the life out of you. : oatmela
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      you make 90k a year? What the fuck are you doing wanting to become a chef. Fuck. I am very good at wha... : Matto357
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        and I'll have to sell my soul to get there. Odds are I won't make that kind of money till I'm mid 30's. : Matto357
        • Maybe he wants more out of his job than just cash? I dunno, with my planned career path, I'll be lucky t... : skizl
        • You're an executive sous or equivalent, right? : Bean
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        Okay, first off - I earn $78k US (equivalent) and $8k of that is automatically in my superannuation, but ... : thewriter
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          you should mention its 90k AU, which is like 10k USD. : askedrelic
          • lol : thewriter
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            WHY DO YOU HATE AUSTRALIA ASKEDRELIC? : aeg1x
            • I'm just as tough on Canada or other subpar countries. : askedrelic
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          Your thinking seems sound. I see no reason for anyone to have to burst your bubble on this one. Good luck... : PlanetPerfecto
          • Thank you, sir. : thewriter
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          I work for possibly the biggest, most faceless fuck off corp in my industry (actually, maybe the most fac... : erotic sock
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            I am working for a small company and I'm twenty-six, little early for midlife crisis, and it's quite prob... : thewriter
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              do you have any hobbies? what about relationships? some people have play to balance work : RikiTiki2
              • I used to read and write a lot, that's tapered off over the past few years without really much involvemen... : thewriter
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              you've obviously missed my point. i'm saying that if you're finding your current position unfulfilling it... : erotic sock
              • Fair enough, sorry on that note, bit oversensitive there. I have worked for a few companies doing stat... : thewriter
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      lol what? you want to be a chef and you are making 90k a year? man, dont do it. i have a few frien... : -=kodiak=-
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        yeah, but at least he's going about it the right way and checking it out before taking the plunge. I mea... : Matto357
        • True. It's the typical life conundrum. Do what is fun for shit pay, or be a corporate whore for lots of m... : oatmela
        • no that's true. At least he's doing that. But he also will probably get an insane wrong idea of what's go... : -=kodiak=-
    • screw the $$$ people, you only live once : RikiTiki2
• I had considered becoming a chef myself, until I got a job in a kitchen and saw how it really happened. I... : re4ctor
• Are you going to change your name to "thecooker"? : re-verse
• You're going to love it, break a leg! : .sticks.
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  they're giving you your own station to run? No way. At least, not if they aren't insane. I don't care ... : Matto357
  • Oh shit yeah! Hahaha. I doubt this guy would risk his triple award crown for "best fine dining", "best mo... : thewriter
• say goodbye to your hobby :( : Enraged Pineapple
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  http://meg.hourihan.com/2004/09/from-geek-to-chef : oatmela
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    Following your heart when you have a lot of money in the bank isn't exactly rocket science, but yeah, int : thewriter
    • yeah, I just read that she co-founded blogger, which was bought by Google. Probably not a big deal to cha... : oatmela
  • It's worth noting that she's a fucking idiot and couldn't hack it in a professional kitchen, too. Her int... : Bean
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  I have a feeling that although I love to cook, that being a chef is a totally different experience. It se... : Fred Garvin
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    For being Fred Garvin, that was a decent analogy. I like that. : thewriter
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      Seriously getting tired of this shit. : Fred Garvin
      • Sorry, man. Didn't mean anything by it. :( : thewriter

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  Probably, they were protesting gays the other day. : FushigiDenki
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    Oh, at QuickTrip of all places. : FushigiDenki
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      are you serious? wtf : Bantis
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        Yes, it was a couple miles from where I live. Ugh. : FushigiDenki
        • quik trip fucking rocks : AllYourBase
• They came to my school once and three of five were kids. :( : sgtsanity
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  It's true. Idiots, jerks, and douchebags are everywhere, including churches. IMO: The surrounding c... : exigence7
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    Err...that's "I actually do believe it's a sin", not I actually practice homosexuality. that one is gonn : exigence7
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      lol "bite me in the ass" : SockMonkeh
      • it will probably start as a slight nibble and maybe a finger slip : TheArtMan
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    I will probably regret asking this...but why do you consider it a sin? I've read the Bible before and nev... : ColoradoCNC
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      Guess where the word sodomy came from. : felicia
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        I know the Sodom and Gomorrah story, but iirc correctly the town was condemned due to general wickedness,... : ColoradoCNC
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          Wickedness sounds pretty sweet really. : crummynz
          • bad ass, even : bfzzzz
        • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah : Ajax
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          Sin is a sin. It's all bad. Homosexuality is equal to hatred is equal to lying. : deathofrats
          • That being the case, I don't see why these groups focus so much on homosexuality. If all humans are born ... : ColoradoCNC
      • cowboy gay sex? : Korban
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      Leviticus 18:22 : cpt_gloval
      • I've read some Biblical scholars who interpret that as a statement against male prostitution, not homosex... : ColoradoCNC
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        Leviticus says heaps of dumb shit though. If you take everything in there as the word of god you shouldn'... : aeg1x
        • And you have to avoid women 1 week out of every month : jenisthebest
    • 1st corinthians 6:9-10 : AllYourBase
    • you never found the lol fags remark in Mark when he's playing John in Halo? : .sticks.
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  Is it the God Hates Fags idiots? If there's a camera around any funeral, they will be there. : snuff
  • Westboro Baptist, yes. : Sapiens
• i hope they realise that we don'thave a bill of rights in Australia so they don't have the same protectio... : shavenewok
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  wouldn't boycotting a funeral involve, i dunno, not going to it? : snagger
  • don't forget the group of people you are trying to apply that logic to here :| : RobFlinn
• I hope they have his funeral in Australia...I'd love to see those assholes get stomped by a bunch of angr... : ColoradoCNC
• Someone should dress up like Jesus and make out with a dude in front of them. : SockMonkeh
• Being gay is a sin : mega man
• I'm surprised, they seem like such classy folks. : .sticks.
• Years and years of incest will do that. : Sylvanus
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  if i get some terminal disease these guys are so on my kill list : deadfish
  • They're on the corner next to Washburn University every Tuesday. They're also outside the University of K... : fatman
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  Didn't you guys see what god did to New Orleans? God also was guiding Steve's hand when he dropped the s... : Spoetzl
  • god hates fags so it makes sense he'd break the shack : aeg1x
• yea well guess what, i hate fags who love god. how do you like them antitheism BITCHES : bfzzzz
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  I know you (nor anyone else) has accused Kansans in this thread but PLEASE understand that if we could ge... : fatman
  • They'll protest anything just because it's in a country that supports gay rights. That's why they protes... : DinK
• lol, if this were the Middle East, Heath Ledger's family would've been murdered and every copy of Brokeba... : Magus
• There's a phone number. Thats...fucking...awesome. : glio1337

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• Wow. : felicia
• holy fuck. so polansk is out of a job now? : eskimo spy
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  Thank god for you, shit would have been falling apart and getting stolen. I would have demanded his firi... : semaphore
  • Thak gods 4 u! shit wood have bin falling part and stollen get : I would have demand fire yes. : lodit
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  it is me the BM : [fry]
  • ha ha ha : felicia
  • I love that bit.. "Is Me George, the BM" : sikander
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  What is a TRACK? : mancide
  • A truck : Mad Brahmin Disease
• All it's missing is a "ASL" question and a misspelled "I am not a stalker" statement and it'd be complete... : theargent
• are you saying I need a new sticker to park my track? that's bullshit : mikecyb
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  Thats a pretty shitty reason to fire him. : theghostofsmdever
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    Seriously. His English is clearly bad, but on the other hand I can completely understand what he's saying... : dirge23
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      The guy not only did not communicate properly, he tried to resolve the situation in a retarded manner. By... : PlanetPerfecto
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        And of course I write reply and fuck up my *own* writing [as usual] :/ : PlanetPerfecto
        • We understand. You're under a lot of stress over losing your job after only a few days. : SockMonkeh
        • Is me PlanetPerfecto : aeg1x
  • I thought I was the only one who would think this. I don't see what's so wrong about him speaking/writing... : stuka
  • true. the property manager cited "lack of professionalism" in the firing memo. : sikander
• It's-a me, George! That's hilarious. :P : Vantage
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  I think you(s) car(s) is my favorite part. : OverloadUT
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    Fuck, it's your(s) car(s). : OverloadUT
    • that part is awesome. : bakanoodle
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  Eek. It's unfortunate but illiteracy is a real problem in North America. : monkeygone
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    My guess is that he didn't speak English. "Fabrication year" is one of those things you only hear when so... : OverloadUT
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      what do you mean? i use fabrication year all the time. fuck, its fabrication year every year as far as ... : sticman77
      • I don't believe you at all. Is this some sort of fabrication, sir? : deveus1
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    hey look, its captain bring down! : Bantis
    • me sol solly : monkeygone
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    yes, it's only a problem in North America. i wish i could kick you in the teeth : burning eye
    • I wanted to say America but I thought that may offend some people, as I am Canadian. : monkeygone
• That's hilarious, "everything is wrong"!! : rossimo
• well at least he has a bright future in writing scam e-mail : mikecyb
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  i read it in a borat voice unintentionally : dantastic
  • i did this too : jenisthebest
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    holy shit i just realized who i replied to haha we're the best : jenisthebest
    • lolz YOU ARE MY GIRLFRIEND : dantastic
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  SUV OR TRACK? : FrayLo
  • Is me, George! : askedrelic
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  How did this person get hired in the first place? : bakanoodle
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    he was good at managing buildings? building managers generally aren't required to write essays or book... : MagicWishMonkey
    • Isn't there at least some sort of paperwork involved in managing though? : bakanoodle
• haha read that in the Dominican Lou voice!!! gold! : burning eye
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  You shoulda responded with so you and the BM could conquer the parking lot. Female Gnome Abjurer 1 Ch : skitzo
  • You confuse me : snuff
  • What the fuck is this shit? : SockMonkeh
  • WHAT THE... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    what : mikecyb
    • Roll that dice mother fucka. >:D : skitzo
• So if I move to france and get a temp job as a "BM" - Je suis moi! C'est BM. just wouldn't fly? : Skoal^Fyfan
• I don't get it. : Kaerof
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  speak englush or get thr fuck out. : mindshot
  • "colour" is English! : newek
• I hear some guy named Charlie in Philadelphia writes similar speeches. Check the 2:00 mark for proof. ... : HojuSimpson
• hahahahha : Magus
• wow, worlds dumbest potential criminal you dont need any of that shit to program any RFID or magnetic ... : -=kodiak=-
• there was a sign on one of my building doors that said "door paint" instead of "wet paint" : j0nchan

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• Wow, great one EA. Good letter. : crummynz
• Sue em... fuck foxnews. : Edges
• good for EA. i say bring on the lawsuits! : Korban
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  EA, defenders of truth justice and freedom. Just don't ask to get over time. : Fred Garvin
  • In this case, even I will side with EA. : carnivore
• haha. I love the dig about how the negative reporting is in response to videogames stealing TV viewers. : edgewise
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  Too bad Faux News cares nothing about fairness and only about fear mongering and FUD. : mancide
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    I get it because it looks similar to "Fox" but means something different that's just like how the $ looks... : OverloadUT
    • yes because your post was so entirely original... : Str8Dog
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      Actually it doesn't look similar, it sounds similar. But Faux also means Fake so, it's like saying Fake N... : mancide
      • Forgot the ;P : mancide
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        Wait serious question: How do you pronounce "faux"? I always thought it was like "fow" not "fox". I had a... : OverloadUT
        • yeah it's like fo' like in "fo' sho'". : cpt_gloval
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          it is a french word and it is pronounced fow. that's why i laugh at people who type that. along with peo... : bfzzzz
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            we sell a ton of faux wood products to interior designers and i'd say about 90% of them say it "fox", it'... : cpt_gloval
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              faux finishes! i did some antique leather paint just a few weeks ago. it sucked BALLS. : bfzzzz
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                interior design is full of faux this, faux that. you'd think those folks - if anyone - would get it right... : cpt_gloval
                • Yeah I deal with people daily that say "fox" then ask me if that is the correct way to say it. When I tel... : adodric
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        Actually it doesn't sound similar. Faux is pronounced "foe". Still, I thought it was a good use replac... : adodric
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          Look, w00t is in the dictionary. I say it's pronounced "fox"... if 90% of other people are saying it that... : mancide
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            I've never heard someone pronounce it "fox". O_O It must be a regional thing... : gigaduck
            • Probably, I'm from the south. It's like our own language. : mancide
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              no, its a 1 person thing : Tommy Toolbag
              • maybe you should crucify him? : mnsnota
  • lollerz, how are they different from any other news network. All of them play into the fear mongering be... : stgdz
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  fox news is like the supermaket tabloid of news channels. My friends and i have taken to calling it "the ... : deadfish
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    we need more Republicans like those! : Postal
    • more drunken mass killers?!? : deadfish
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    Around here it's thought of as the only unbiased news source... ... yeah... :/ : DOOManiac
    • and "here" is... (checks profile)... yeah. :/ : the archvile
• wow, this may be the only time I'm actually rooting for EA :D : aaarrrgh
• Mass Effect '09 will have full frontal pixelated nudity... : Str8Dog
• It's a sad day when you get owned by EA but Fox deserves it. : NFXFSX
• I'll drop off some flowers or something for that Jeff man. Hah. Glad to see them standing up for the game... : xsoulbrothax
• That's a great letter, good for them to call them out. I bet Fox News never responds, though! : nomaad
• Now I really want a 360 so I can play Mass Effect... : theamazingrand0
• Kind of surprising, it looks like it aired back in early december. : feek
• What happened to that Red Eye show that foxnews had? I kinda liked it because it was trashy. : pigvomit
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  not demand, only asking : Nighteyes
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    If I was Foxnews and I knew what kinda $$ EA has, and probably the quality of lawyers they employ with sa... : Madwacker
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      News Corp is like a 28 billion dollar company. EA is like 3 Bill. I don't think News Corp is too worried ... : deveus1
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        News Corp is like the biggest media company in the world or something. : SpaecKow
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          Yea I heard they named the idea of "News" after the News Corp : mrvandelay
          • News Corporation invented everything - quite true fact. : SpaecKow
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  Interesting. My prediction. Fox receives this letter, forwards it to "legal" and they say never to respon... : PlanetPerfecto
  • Don't forget about O'Reilly declaring war on consoles, or video games, or logic. : mancide
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    It would have been better if the letter read a little more like this: Dear Fox News, You guys are f... : SockMonkeh
    • Mine would go: Dear Fox Douchebags: Fuck you. Signed: Everyone PS: Fags. : NFXFSX
    • what more could they do? : RobFlinn
• +10 for EA from me, which I never thought I would say! : SenorSpine
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  +5 respect points for EA on this one. That brings them to... 5 total. Cool. It's progress. : K1Bond007
  • Brings 'em to 3.8, you mean... : AxeMan808
• They will either not respond or have another segment: "EA SUPPORTS NUDITY AND SEX IN VIDEO GAMES" : semaphore
• they should have called out that person going up against keighley who said it was all about men demeanin... : pyide
• What's sad is that the producer who approved the story most likely knew it was a bullshit tempest in a te... : ColoradoCNC
• My respect for EA is slowly improving. Given how many cool companies they have acquired I suppose it onl... : SolrFlare
• Hell yeah EA, I'm impressed. And you don't have a track record of... really ever impressing me. ++ : Danny5225
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  while i applaud their gusto, i have to say someone should have checked the snarkiness in the VP's letter.... : dahanese
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    what i read didn't come of childish at all : qwpeoriu
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      well... see. his points are completely true, right? but you have to remember. he is the VP of Communicati... : dahanese
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        yeah, I see your point : qwpeoriu
        • still, i'm glad it was written, and i would love to poo on fox news. that reporting infuriated me. : dahanese
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        maybe. but I think the letter was more for our benefit than anything else : hamachi
        • agreed entirely. : dahanese
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        Yeah that part struck me as weird also. Like it got too familiar. : Magus
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          like it was one of the better articulated posts on this board. :-( : dahanese
          • hahaha : Magus
  • Yeah, who uses rhetorical questions and colloquialisms in a formal letter of complaint? This guy shoul... : SpaecKow
  • A normal letter would bore the fox people though. : kingdepork
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    he should have just called them fags : Dave-A
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      He called them "Fox News," which is a synonym. : RomSteady
      • Fox Fags Five was a sitcom but it never got picked up :( : Dave-A
• these are the kinds of things that cause aneurysms, on one hands its EA who I think have some pretty shit... : RobFlinn
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  My biggest issue with this whole thing isn't Fox being jackhats or EA growing a pair of balls...it's the ... : RomSteady
  • I didn't think of that until you mentioned it but Microsoft does have an army of lawyers just waiting to ... : gigaduck
• Red Eye's still funny. : crockroches

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• use gamewith.us............oh wait. : pancake humper
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  I'm still at work >:( : Degenerate
  • xbox.com : tashtego
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  really? i played the demo last night and was totally underwhelmed. it was purty, but i didn't like ha... : sonik887
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    Well for starts the city is HUGE compared to the little area they allow you in the demo. EVERY intersecti... : moogle
    • ^^ What he said. I don't even find myself "looking" for stuff to do. There is always an event a half-bloc... : OverloadUT
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      So it's really worth playing single-player? Is there actually any progression of any kind, or is it just... : Arcanum
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        The main progression is the car collection. You only start with 1 car and you earn new ones as you improv... : OverloadUT
        • Oh and I meant to say there is also a TON of completionist stuff to do, like finding all of the shortcuts... : OverloadUT
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          Agreed on that chasing moment. It pretty much makes me instantly drop whatever I'm doing and go tearing o... : xsoulbrothax
          • Yep. I'm a greyhound after a rabbit when I see one of those assholes drive by. : Fyunch Click
  • Paradise dosent have crash mode. It has katamari mode, which is supposedly fun only on the first go. : Beady
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  Yeah, one of the big drawbacks of the demo to me was "wtf why doesn't this intersection have anything to ... : Deathlove
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    omg yop bought it! : Degenerate
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      yop're so excited. and yop just can't hide it. : burningtrees
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        Did yop buy it? : Degenerate
        • no, but it's coming via gamerang, supposedly on Friday. : burningtrees
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      yeah you're a fucking douche like I said >:( I got the castlevania PSP game, too, so if burnout's bad, I'... : Deathlove
      • hahaha no way! I told you this morning that I would neither encourage or discourage your purchase of this... : Degenerate
      • I'm so screwed. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Yeah, I don't mind losing a race because there's usually one back to the start near it- start a race in t... : tashtego
• When you look through the dpad friends list, how can you tell who has the game and who doesn't when you i... : cdbeckman
• I want moneyhats for video games again :( : great-white
• I plan on resuming my playing the crap out of this game later this evening. It's quite excellent. : SolrFlare
• It's definitely fun, so far. : Fyunch Click
• Looking forward to playing this tonight. : baronzemo78
• i broke down and bought it last night. what i played was pretty fun -- hopefully i can join in some shac... : pandastrong
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  I added you to my friends list. I want to play with Shackers tonight! Everyone add me as well! http://... : OverloadUT
  • Grr that didn't work, let's try this: http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/FriendsMgmt.aspx?act=Add&ru=htt... : OverloadUT
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  I didn't think I would enjoy speed cars compared to stunt cars, but I'm actually liking them a lot for ra... : xsoulbrothax
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    I love the Aggression cars. Then again I can't NOT hit other cars so it works well for my purposes. Plus ... : Fyunch Click
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      haha, yeah, that thing's the shit. : Deathlove
      • I was going to pretend that the El Camino was Degenerate when I was racing last night, but on my very fir : Ajax
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  Totally agree. Really enjoying it. : byorn
  • The camera integration is pretty fun too. : byorn
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  Is it true there is no split-screen multiplayer? : terath
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    i think that's true. i didn't see anywhere to do split-screen of any sort, but i didn't look nor read the... : xsoulbrothax
    • aww, that's too bad. Split screen made for some good times. : terath
• It is great. Setup free drive mode and everyone can goof off, at any time the server can setup any number... : byorn
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  I'll add you tonight. Hopefully there will still be a couple of west coast players still online by the ti... : Ajax
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    I'm always up for burnout games when I get to ram you. : sigpro
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      Yeah if I ever get to see anyone else after I leave the fucking start line. In the few online races that ... : Ajax
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        race with me and you'll be able to stomp my car every 10 seconds. :( : Fyunch Click
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          I'm worse than degenerate. : Fyunch Click
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            I did dahanese so wrong in online multiplayer last night. Imagine this hit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?... : Ajax
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              i was so fucking bad at that game it was a crime against kittens : dahanese
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                also i couldn't hear you fuckers : dahanese
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                  I couldn't hear anyone. You should be glad though. I laughed for about a minute straight - to the point o : Ajax
                  • yeah, i was a little ping pong ball all night. good times. it will get better. i will stick with it, so y... : dahanese
            • this is why Burnout was made. : Fyunch Click
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  PS3 bitches--add me: v0mitg0d (<--in zeros) : warcrow
  • what the hell is a ps3 : dahanese
  • Quick! Go trade it in for the 360 version so we can all run into you tonight!! : Ajax
  • I'm thinkin' about picking up the PS3 version. I wonder if there are any other PS3 shackers out there wit... : Magus
• I'll play tonight: Gamertag: RuFfNeCk : CA Flynn
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  Anyone know what's different between the PS3 and 360 versions of this game? : Magus
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    not much, the PS3 version might be a bit more smooth since it was the lead sku : qwpeoriu
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      Are you getting it/renting it? I probably won't get it from Gamefly until later this week... : Magus
      • I'm still up in the air, honestly. If I do pick it up, it probably won't be until around the 1st. I want ... : qwpeoriu

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  The Loud Lady ( http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16074600#itemanchor_16074600 ) was fairly quiet today; I : Clay
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    I can never really decide who has the worse life; you or fred garvin. On the one hand you have a Jack Rus... : haiku
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      I'm pretty sure that Fred's life isn't as bad as he makes it out to be. : Clay
      • I make my life out to be bad? : Fred Garvin
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        And I'm sure yours isn't either. Clay why don't you stop working for these lame organizations and go wri... : haiku
        • new media firm : nomaad
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          we don't have those in charlotte :( : Clay
          • not true, charlotte has a great economy : Hiro
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      Keeping up with celebrities? I hear I also like the Xbox. : Fred Garvin
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        I'm not sure if I told you this or not, I haven't really been public about it. In fact I haven't really m... : haiku
        • this reads like a coming out post. : nomaad
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          What does the PS3 stream that the 360 doesn't? I use my 360 for all my video files and the PS3 really on : cltcprd
          • From what I understand it has some issues with high def stuff and surround sound. : SenorSpine
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          my launch day is still chugging along : Clay
          • ...until some day when you turn it on and it's just dead. : ThomW
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          yesssssssss!!!!!!!! : diddlyd
          • honestly, if diddlyd endorses your post, you've made the wrong decision. : erotic sock
          • jesus CHRIST : genjuro
          • lolllll : derelict515
          • lol BFF right here : Magus
          • Hillary and the terrorists have already won. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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            You have gained nothing. I'm heavily critical of the PS3 and if they didn't have Wipeout HD around the co... : haiku
            • Spiderman is the new Comic Sans. : ThomW
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          It's okay to be gay haiku. : Fred Garvin
          • Also, it looks like you made a friend of diddlyd. That's got to brighten up your day. : Fred Garvin
        • sorry to hear that. have fun. : mwasher
        • please post updates : cpt_gloval
        • Bill Gates just shed a single tear. : stump
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          The ceramic white PS3 is nicer-looking than the black one, I think. Also, if you're Jewish you can play o... : Deathlove
          • You like that white ps3 ? I thought it was kind of ugly actually (not that I'm a big fan of the way the b... : qwpeoriu
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          Welcome to the club. The members are everyone you hate. : felicia
          • It's too easy to hate some of the ps3 shackers around here. : Magus
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          it's kind of sad too because the more stuff I learn about the PS3 the nicer it seems compared to the 360.... : mikecyb
          • yeah on paper its nice, but when you go to use the 360 blades and XBLA vs the crossmedia bar and PSN stor... : derelict515
          • games > hardware : cltcprd
          • I agree with everything you said, but I have a lot of faith in Sony's ability to pull amazing games out ... : haiku
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            The mandatory hard drive is really looking like a compensation for the speed of the BR drive. That will c... : Fred Garvin
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              either way it's smart to have it... there's nobody on the planet who thinks the core 360 was a good idea.... : mikecyb
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                also I have to say that I think, from an architecture standpoint, the PS3 is a good idea in theory but wh... : mikecyb
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                  I dunno, with decisions like a separation between OS and GPU RAM and the complexity of the cell, I kind o... : qwpeoriu
                  • No kidding. Going massively parallel was a big change for a lot of programmers. : Fred Garvin
                  • I dunno about what they wanted to accomplish but it's like "oh hey I have all these processors so I can d... : mikecyb
                • Actually the PS2 was a monster pain in the ass to code for. People just eventually got good at it because... : Fred Garvin
              • I am surprised the "Arcade" version sells at all, but apparently it does. Also, developers can use the HD... : Fred Garvin
          • I don't think the 360 is that far ahead (if it's even ahead at all) in terms of upcoming games. Just off ... : aeg1x
    • another cool thing about writing code for ad agencies is that you rarely have to maintain anything... mos... : MagicWishMonkey
  • A while ago I had to figure out what a function called "doStuffAgain(level1, level2)" did. It had no com... : itsjames
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    i could write a novel about the codebase i inherited here. still have about 40% of it in production. it's... : cpt_gloval
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      oh that reminds me. they had this one HUGE table that was causing performance problems. so what the : Clay
      • nobody is going to appreciate your attempts to clean shit up either, GL : cpt_gloval
      • ok, that IS pretty bad. thats one of those you replace, not fix. : Antilles_Prime
    • Wow. I'm not a serious programmer for the most part but that's like "intro to C++" freshman class shit. ... : DinK
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    This is like reading the Daily WTF. :) : terath
    • i haven't even dug deep yet, expect more : Clay
  • Clay, When are you going to realize that you can't get away from annoying people in the cube next to you? : Hizzow
  • sounds like 90% of the code in existence, on some level (and no, random shacker, your way isnt the best w... : Antilles_Prime
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    there goes 30 seconds of my life i will never get back . . . : jedi_27
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      But your life sucks. You should thank him for the distraction! : Ajax
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        When i look at you I see two people . . . The first guy, the annoying jackass that posts on the shack... : jedi_27
        • SNAP! : cltcprd
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          No matter how many times you look at me, you're still going to be jedi_27. And that sucks. :( : Ajax
          • hey guys what's going on in this "your mom" subthread? : acheron
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  Did you take a shit today too? : phate81
  • i like to do that on the clock : cpt_gloval
• How did you choose this company to work at ? : taronish