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  Friend of mine who works for a movie theater said it's amazing. I want to see it lunch but I don't have a... : sigpro
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    Go with the dirty hobo you work with! : FormerHPB
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      The fucker won't goto a theater if they don't serve beer. I have a free ticket to the movies though so I ... : sigpro
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        smuggle in some beer then! : FormerHPB
        • If you live up north right now it is really easy. : Totenjaeger
        • flask time : pointyelbows
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  My friend who works for AICN saw it on Tuesday, and said it's amazing. : CrustaR
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    Does he have to give Harry "special favors"? : EvilDolemite
    • Haha, probably. : CrustaR
  • Oops, he said that "it[']s great". : CrustaR
• A friend who posts on shack said his friend saw it and it's amazing : sikander
• I can wait to see this, from what I read, it sounds amazing! : pigvomit
• my friend who has a friend that works for AICN said his friend saw it on tuesday and it was cool : wtf242
• sikander said he heard from a post on shacknews that it was amazing! : .frame
• someone told me its amazing : kn1fe
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  everyone says it's amazing! : AlexXdude
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    lol, A-Man, are you going to go see it? : CrustaR
    • yeah tomorrow afternoon after work! : AlexXdude
• I doubt its amazing but will definitely still see it. : atom519
• My friend's uncle saw it. He said it was amazingly violent. : g.lee
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  I'm amazed at the amazing amount of amazing posts in this amazingly amazing thread. : punchdog
  • I think your post is the most amazing so far. : cause&effect
• I have no desire to see it, but I will say it is amazing. : Evil Benius
• hay guys is this film amazing? : steve_o
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  i never saw the first one :( : Korban
  • You clearly are not amazing then. : h o s t i l e
  • i cant believe you've never seen it! thats amazing : papaskot
  • i've never seen any of the rambo movies : pandastrong
  • me neither but who gives a fuck? : steve_o
  • I hadn't seen a Rocky film before I saw Rocky Balboa, still had a blast tho! In fact, it was amazing. : cause&effect
  • it's the only good rambo movie : SlamDunk
  • Oh Korban, Korban, KORBAN. fix this. IMMEDIATELY. : hirez
  • I hadn't until recently. : c0bra
  • Read the book - it's quicker in the long run. : Jonathan
  • The first movie is SO GOOD :( : dognose
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    Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off! It wasn't my war! You asked me, I didn't ask you! A : soggybagel
    • killin is as easy as breathin : reverend~heresy
  • I haven't seen any of them. No desire to. : glio1337
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  You guys need to learn to lower your expectations so the movie experience is better. This attitude has s... : semaphore
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    IM SO HYPED I PUT MY BALLS IN THE CEILING FAN : NeoMoose
    • lol what? : SockMonkeh
    • this is the new standard of shackhype and deserves to be interesting : elwood00
  • the only thing the shack likes more than hyping stuff up is complaining about how awful it was afterwards : trick
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  Its going to be amazing for sure from what Ive been reading! : posito
  • Actually, I just read that it is merely great. :| : CrustaR
• I'm going to see it tonight and I'm amazing! : trOmblyj
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  Sounds like me, manero and jimmy legs are going to see it this weekend. I wonder if it will be bloodier t... : MisterClaw
  • Not yes, but HELL YES. : trOmblyj
• It's over Johnny. It's over! : jono181
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  It was awesome. AWESOME. : losder5000
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    do you mean amazing? : monikerdaven
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      Ok here is my motherfucking review: The plot of the movie is like a car wreck. Red car goes left, Bl... : losder5000
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        So what you are saying is that it's already movie of the year? : stump
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          It might be action movie of the last 15 years. It's like the 90's never even happened! The body count d... : losder5000
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            But that's what made COMMANDO so great! In any case, I must see RAMBO ASAP. : CrustaR
            • THIS is what made Commando great: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14020488 BENNET!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Priest77
        • no, he's saying it's like having sex with a deaf person--- Discomforting at first - but gets the job ... : dedgecko
      • holy shit! :O : dognose
      • THIS SOUNDS AWESOME : dirge23
      • SOLD. SOLD. SOOOOOOOOOOOOLD. : hirez
      • this is going to delay DNF : dirge23
      • GOOD SWEET JESUS OMW : Downforce
      • My dick is at its full four inches right now!!! : EvilDolemite
      • You bastard! It ain't out til 22nd of Feb here :( me wants... NOW! : cause&effect
      • yessssssssssss : SockMonkeh
      • FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES : virus
      • Mmmmm, I could use a good dickslapping from a rambo movie. : Maddog_Delphi97
      • I have to see this now : shred.
      • sold : Audhuml4
      • HOLY FUCK YES : TastyWheat
      • jesus christ silent wolf, i'm seeing this. : Silent Wolf
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        lol oh god. i wanted to see this, but am opting to see no country for old men tonight instead. is this th... : feek
        • No, not even close, you should see Rambo twice. I am going again tonight. : losder5000
        • Probably. No Country for Old Men is pretty awesome, and has plenty of crazy violent murders of it's own. : datoo
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          Haha, I'm seeing There Will Be Blood tomorrow instead of Rambo. : sgtsanity
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            most deceiving title for a non-shoot-em-up movie ever. :( : jrock
            • But... there was blood. : cornchak
      • Need's more love story : Drewus
      • i like your reviewing style, high five! : Enigme
      • I just read this review to everybody else in the room. We love it. I gotta see this movie. : DinK
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        Just got back, it was fucking awesome. It makes you realize how much shitty pg-13 action movies suck thes... : crazywigga
        • I bet it makes Die Hard 4 look like the shitty movie that it is. : FushigiDenki
      • I know what I'm doing tonight. : djkenohki
      • I demand to go see this right now. Thank you for your awesome and bonerinspiring review. : TheTick
      • Sometimes, shit exploding is just satisfying. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • you should do more reviews A+ : ghostnote
      • this is the best review I've ever read : thewriter
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  All the explanation you need: http://worldofwonder.net/images4/rambochardlatimes.jpg : elosorojo
  • Haha, that's fucking awesome! : cause&effect
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    Those numbers cannot possibly be accurate. The total death toll in the movie has to be at least a thousa... : losder5000
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      Huh, Rambo kills about as many as Arnold does in Commando. I was expecting more. : Serpico74
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        I have seen Commando many times, this dwarfs Commando, and each death is flying prairie dog intensity. I... : losder5000
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          Actually, Arnold kills 146 in Commando (according to this: http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/reviews.cfm/id/... : Serpico74
          • That said, there is obviously absolutely no way that Commando comes anywhere close to the intensity of th... : Serpico74
          • Rambo killed almost that amount in the 30-second IGN preview : TastyWheat
    • In First Blood, Rambo kills the police chief at the END of the movie. How can the "time at which the fir... : Priest77
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  I'm still just confused about the title... is it like the first one never happened? : ESPNman321
  • all 3 have happened. it's just a title. just like rocky balboa wasn't like all the others never happened. : reverend~heresy
• IM GONNA GO SEE RAMBO!!!!!!! : nukewinter
• Shackers are going to see it tomorrow but I have to work D: : dognose
• 9:45 can't come soon enough : Omning

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• Depends on how they classify the artifacts. Gold coins are different from bars in that they have historic... : Fyunch Click
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  If spain wants them back, I believe a check for $500 million would suffice : buzzbat
  • Sounds good to me. : mikefr24
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    Cash would be better. : skitzo
    • not in this economic climate : jrock
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  It does seem pretty callous that Spain knows this company has invested who knows how much into finding th... : xsoulbrothax
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    I think you'll find the company didn't tell anyone about it until they'd recovered it... : Jonathan
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      except for the part where they were granted exclusive salvage rights under maritime law. : elwood00
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        if the ship was spanish or sank in spanish waters, spain has a claim, no? : jcupitt
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          maritime salvage law pretty much says once a ship is lost at sea, the people who salvage it has dibs : Clay
          • yeah, that's the bit i'm thinking about. i'm guessing it's out in international waters and everything, ot... : xsoulbrothax
        • no, they don't. : yakz
• spain is a bunch of poopyheads imho : Clay
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  learn how to make your boats float then fags : spaceless
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    The ship is widely believed to be the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, a Spanish galleon sunk by a British : Jonathan
    • not if it was powered by freedom : sticman77
    • well then it's the Brit's gold, really. Spoils of war, and all that. : eskimo spy
• I call shenanigans on Spain. If you really wanted that silver you could have looked for it yourselves. ... : deject
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  lol.. wonder what the statue of limitation is on shipwrecks : beastrabban
  • it's more about salvage that limitations : skryte
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    The Statue of Maritime Limitations is a female figure twelve feet tall made of bronze. She stands atop t... : lechuck59
    • <3 : Agrona
    • omg, I definitely deserved that. StatuTe. lol nicely done. : beastrabban
    • lol'd : ttyRazor
• What the hell? Regardless of the right to the treasure, this company goes through all the trouble and fin... : great-white
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  Chances are much of the gold was stolen from the "new world", if I I had any native South American blood ... : ahk-med
  • what claim would you have on something you had no capability to recover? much like spain: zippy : jrock
• I agree with this fuck Spain thread : Magus
• Lost wreckage is not a coinpurse-extension. : yakz
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  Here's a fun argument against Spain: The government of Spain has changed dramatically at least once sinc... : Arcanum
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    Right. Maybe the descendants of the ruling royal family at the time should be suing instead. : Vantage
    • and by suing the people who raised the ship, they're being contrary to the max. : jrock
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    Spain is still somewhat a monarchy, so not so much has changed since the ship sank : blindi0815
    • A constitutional monarchy, which is very different from a true monarchy or a dictatorship. In just the... : Arcanum
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    I'm not sure that argument works. What if a stash of gold bullion was found in New York, dated to 1775AD... : YamatoTwinkie
    • Not if we're not a world power anymore. Afraid Spain lost its muscles a long time ago. : Danny5225
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      It's entirely possible that they wouldn't, depending on the circumstances. Who (i.e., the specific organ... : Arcanum
      • What if it was found in NYC and dated the year before we bought New Amsterdam from the Dutch? :P : jrock
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipwreck#Salvage_of_wrecks As a general rule, civilian shipwrecks are co... : Clay
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  Treasure hunters? what the fuck who chooses that kind of job : Nighteyes
  • i want that job :( : reverend~heresy
  • /shifty eyes : Lunatic Angelic
• are they doubloons??? : Mansmells
• what do we care? we don't need gold, we can print our own money : RikiTiki2
• Spain should send Mama Fratellli after the ancient treasure. : pres589

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  That Harpoon UFO is good. If you can find any Harpoon Winter Warmer I strongly encourage you to try that ... : mancide
  • I love the winter warmer but a lot of people are turned off by the insane amount of spices in it. : Horn
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  I bet the oatmela stout is disgusting. : SockMonkeh
  • I hope this is a dig at oatmela cause oatmeal stouts are awesome. : Horn
• We should be neighbors. : goatjc
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  Ooooh. Good times! Chimay is awesome.. in fact, i've got a very similar collection in my fridge :) : cause&effect
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    i drank a bottle of chimay in like 20 min once. i puked after. man that shit tastes good going in and c... : bfzzzz
    • hahahaha awesome. : hamachi
• cherry lambic is disgusting. tried it the other day. couldn't finish it. you need a LIME for the pacifico... : wtf242
• I think I'm going to try to find Rogue Morimoto Imperial Pilsener somewhere in town. : c0bra
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  I love Well's Banana Bread Beer! Pretty cool that you're able to get hold of it over there. : rock elf
  • First thing I've tried. Lighter than I excited, a nice aroma, and a good taste. : askedrelic
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  There's a beer in the Philippines called San Miguel, is that what you got? : nyranger66
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    YES! Also, the Banana Bread beer is delicious. Very light and bananananay. : askedrelic
    • looking at the picture, this is the spanish beer called san miguel, see: http://www.sanmiguel.es/ : blindi0815
  • the most known spanish beer is also called san miguel btw : blindi0815
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  raspberry hefeweizen? let me know how that is : Korban
  • You'd love it, it's very fruity. : sigpro
• pacifico is always good- dont forget the lime : gameagog
• MMM Chimay Blue. Some of the Magic Hat winters are great, others are terrible. #9 is still my fav MH th... : Head Rush
• that kriek is nice. and I can't wait to get the anchor bock! : hamachi
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  Of those, 60-Minute is probably my favorite. The Magic Hat winter sampler is good too but they always in... : smoking pets
  • lol, that 0 should be a 60 : smoking pets
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  asked, Pacifico is good! Are you going to drink all that beer tonight? : CrustaR
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    Nah, this is for the next couple weeks. I'm onto a Pacifico now and it's awesome! : askedrelic
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      pacifico is great, i drank so many of those in Vallarta (and bud light, apparently popular there, and for... : cpt_gloval
      • yeah it is. my favorite mexican beer. : wtf242
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  DFH 60min is pretty good for an east coast ale : cpt_gloval
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    Try the 90. Try the Indian Brown too. : EvilDolemite
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      90 > 120 > 60! I don't care for the 60, but I'm impressed how close the 120 tastes to the 90. So expensiv... : Audhuml4
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        I thought the 120 was kinda ehhh. It was way too sweet and not very drinkable. The sweetness and the alco... : sigpro
        • Supposedly that sweetness mellows when you age it. I've been aging one for 14 months now and I'll probab... : Prozium
      • It's 21% abv! It's like hard liquor. : EvilDolemite
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      i've had the 60, 90, and 120. never seen the indian brown. only other DFH i've tried is the midas touc... : cpt_gloval
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        Midas Touch is mead-inspired beer made with grapes. It's really meant to be drunk like wine, in 6oz incr... : EvilDolemite
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          i loooooove me some Prima Pils. : cpt_gloval
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            Try Hop Devil. Supremely balanced. High hops, but also very malty. : EvilDolemite
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              that's another one i haven't seen. don't get a whole lot of east coast micro distribution around here. : cpt_gloval
              • Try Whole Foods. I've seen Hop Devil quite a few places around here. : cltcprd
• Magic Hat - Good but hate how I can't get it here. Harpoon - I really am not a fan of the UFO or the Ras... : ovrlrd
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  i finally tried that yeti oak aged stout. Best stout i've had by far, but i still don't like stouts much : wtf242
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    I had one of those last night. Pretty good but The Abyss was better to me. : sigpro
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      you have to remember that these people can't find Abyss :) : cltcprd
      • Those people are stupid for not living where they can then. : sigpro
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        It's not out here. Stone ships TWO fucking beers here, those assholes. No Ruination. No Abyss. No NOT... : EvilDolemite
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          I can almost guarantee you won't see Abyss. It sold out in Portland in 3 days and I'm betting you can't ... : cltcprd
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            just like Jolly Roger. i didn't get a fucking drop this year because it FLEW off shelves : cpt_gloval
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              Seriously? I had one off a Cask :) Good shit. Tap > Bottle. : cltcprd
              • also call Maritime. They might still have it on tap in the Jolly Roger Taproom. : cltcprd
              • yep i asked the beer aisle guy at central market where the f their jolly roger was because that's where i... : cpt_gloval
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            Belmont Station had a 1 case limit on it. : sigpro
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              That's still $120 :( (or 155.88 + tax at my bottle shop) : cltcprd
              • Yeah it's a fuck ton to spend on beer. I am torn I have one left and I want to drink it tonight, but I wa... : sigpro
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                They're going for $300+ a case now. I bet they get close to $500 when reviews start in mainstream press. : filtersweep
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                  http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/clt/550744775.html lol @ $125 for a two year vertical : filtersweep
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                    holy shit. I wonder how much I can get for my 05, 06, and 07 VEs :) : cltcprd
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                      Full sets go for $400+. You probably wouldn't get much for the last three years. :( Maybe $50-$70. : filtersweep
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                        I wish i could find the first 3 years. I started buying them last year and was lucky to find an 05 on th... : cltcprd
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                          You can! You just have to pony up on ebay. :( : filtersweep
                          • $150 for the 02, $70 for the 03, and $40 for the 04 :( And then I don't even get to sample the older one... : cltcprd
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                      if VE wasn't so huge and delicious, i wouldn't drink them the instant i get them home :( : cpt_gloval
                      • I've bought 2 of each the last few years. One to drink and One to save. did the same with the Abyss : cltcprd
                • ok, buying a case next year then :) : cltcprd
        • PS Stone doesn't make The Abyss. It's a Deschutes beer. : sigpro
        • abyss is from deschutes. not stone : hamachi
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    Try Storm King Stout. You'll think you're drinking a 5.5% beer. : EvilDolemite
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      Storm King and Old Rasputin are my current Imp Stout favorites. What else is out there that I haven't tr... : smoking pets
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        Yeti, Oak Aged Yeti..Left Hand Imperial Stout (very solid) : EvilDolemite
        • Never seen those here in MD. I'll have to try them next time I'm in Colorado which won't be until next w... : smoking pets
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  german beer missing badly :x : blindi0815
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    German beer is boring. Sorry. At least what's exported here. It's not bad. Just dull. It's so stric... : EvilDolemite
    • i tend to prefer american "german style" beer to the imports i've tried. not really motivated to try a lo... : cpt_gloval
    • Schneider Aventinus and Ayinger Celebrator are two very good German beers. Try them if you haven't. : re4ctor
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      then you dont know much of german beer, though you'll never have those crazy flavors due to regulation. a... : blindi0815
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        pilsener is pilsener :( They seem to abhor hops there : EvilDolemite
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          tell that somebody here and you'll get laughed at :P from most of the german pilsener there is also a hug... : blindi0815
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            it all tastes like saaz and bananas to me ;p : cpt_gloval
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              I'm afraid the hop shortage is going to make all beers like this. IIPAs are going to be super expensive ... : cltcprd
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                this spring i start my hop garden... unless there's a rhizome shortage... : cpt_gloval
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                  You're going to give/sell those hops to needy shackers, right? : cltcprd
                  • no shit! share you punk! : hamachi
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                wth is IIPA and what does it have to do with beer?1 :) : blindi0815
                • IIPA = Imperial India Pale Ale : cltcprd
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15962954 : filtersweep
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          thanks to the reinheitsgebot, nobody here can piss in a bottle, put a "bud" sticker on it and call it bee... : blindi0815
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            like anyone here considers bud any good to drink (except that one guy who does the websites). marketing ... : hamachi
            • Yeah I hate how so many people think literally everyone drinks the shitty macro domestics in this country... : ovrlrd
            • i didnt say that any one here considers bud a good drink. maybe you shoudl read again thx : blindi0815
    • Doppelbock and Maibocks are very amazing considering they are lagers. Hefeweizen can be damn good though ... : ovrlrd
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  belgian ale > * : pullmyfinger
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    wrong but ok. There's isn't one style that is better than others. I could say PNW IPAs > * : cltcprd
    • i have definitely had my share of shitty belgian ales among the few good ones i've tried. : cpt_gloval
    • I might tend to agree with you there : EvilDolemite
    • Personally I like Belgian Quad's the most, but you're right you can really call one style better than ano... : re4ctor
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      why don't you just eat a handful of hops : mikecyb
      • too hard to find :( : cpt_gloval
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        I tried that, it didn't taste so good. : cltcprd
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          and I love other beers. IPAs are just at the top of the list as of now. : cltcprd
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            I like some but many are overpowering punch in the face hops flavor and less beer flavor. I feel like th... : mikecyb
            • Hops is beer flavor motherfucker. >:( : filtersweep
            • Maybe it's just the East Coaster in you. It'll fade from your body in time. : cltcprd
            • I had this problem with IPAs at first. I think everyone kind of does actually. There are just so many str... : ovrlrd
      • I've actually thought about how I could made a vinaigrette with hops. :( : filtersweep
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  ugh....I'm never going to drink pacifico again : sparkly
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    a little too much? : cpt_gloval
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      2 bottles. maybe 3 and he was puking. : askedrelic
      • wel that's just a reason to drink many more pacificos : cpt_gloval
      • hahahahahah THAT'S BUTTERS (THAT'S MEEEE!!) : the city
    • I went to rosarito beach, mexico last summer with a few of my friends. We bought "all you can drink" wris... : sparkly
• mmm Pacifico : whistletits
• ah, Grolsch, the source of many cheap guitar strap locks : RikiTiki2
• 'sup? : Degenerate

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• Happy Birthday sHugamom! We love you! Lots. : brutal
• Happy AMAZING Birthday! : trOmblyj
• sHugamom rocks!! Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!! : pukerat
• Happy Birthday !! : losimagic
• Happy Birthday sHugamom! : punchdog
• happy birthday! :D : xsii
• Happy Birthday! : Drewus
• happy bday!!! : khaosman
• Happy birthday sHugamom! : Sapiens
• Happy burfdays to you Shugamom, and AYB too : drucifer
• HBD! : NFXFSX
• ¡Felíz Cumpleaños Shugamom! : tangles
• Happy birthday! : sgtsanity
• Happy B-Day, shugamom! : Orange Pylon
• 'appy burfday! : sticman77
• OMGHsmD!! <:-) : rock elf
• Oh. I missed this thread but I get to say happy B-Day too because it's both of ours! :P. Thanks for mak... : Malku

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• Every single one of those games was both memorable and fun. I agree with that list. : pigvomit
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  The reason you think they look better is the resolution. They have a 26" TV compressed down to just a cou... : Ebu
  • Plus if he's like me, just looking at Chrono Trigger or Secret of Mana screenshots fill him with happines... : DinK
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    That's so not true. I've expanded SNES frames over my monitor and the pixelated feeling still grants me a... : disposition
    • signs that you are a nerd /\/\ : feek
    • I'm glad I don't have a sick sexual fetish as you. : yellowtexan
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  I agree with you somewhat. Diablo 2 has some of the best 2D Graphics though IMO : dilutedq
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    aah yes, Diablo 2 is great example of post snes 2d. : jayares
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      huh, it was 3D though, was it not? : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • http://images.google.ca/images?q=diablo+2&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox... : jayares
      • It is pretty much 2D. The character sprites are definitely. : yellowtexan
      • nope, it was all 2d sprites : jaga
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      +symphony of the night. the psx was post snes, right? : pyide
      • Definitely, it was released after pretty much when the SNES was considered dead. : yellowtexan
• Both the timing (nostalgia-wise) and great games really to make the SNES damn near impossible to beat. ... : DinK
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  Man I wish I had a SNES... I loved that damn thing. : voodooraze
  • I don't have the hardware anymore either, but I can't foresee a future in which I don't at minimum keep e... : DinK
• I'll be picking up a FC Dual or Retro Duo sometime soon. Expect a very special hardware review. : dmason
• I agree with a large portion of that list. Having never owned an SNES myself (lynch me, please), I still ... : zerog83
• no online support for any games though :P : dantastic
• My only issue is with Mega Man 7. That was one of the worst installments in that series. : Finestaut
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  i'm impressed 2 launch games are on the list. : j0nchan
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    The gamecube is the only nintendo system I believe that launched without a memorable first party game. : qwpeoriu
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      Luigi's mansion??? : Jayx77
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        Do you honestly believe that Luigi's mansion belongs up there with SMB, SMW, Mario 64 and Wii Sports (arg... : qwpeoriu
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          You chose Wii Sports over Zelda: Twilight Princess for most memorable? : yellowtexan
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            Haha, I forgot that was a launch title. Yeah, I did. I think zelda sucks but if I had remembered that was... : qwpeoriu
            • Having said that I do still think that Wii Sports is a better display of what the system was about than Z... : qwpeoriu
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          Its a good game, I liked it : Jayx77
          • it was good, but the only thing memorable about was the music and luigi whisting. : j0nchan
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        memorable : zerog83
        • For the wrong reasons. : dmason
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  I've seen worse top X lists (EWJ was much better on the Genesis :P) : qwpeoriu
  • IAWTP; forgot to mention that on my first post. : zerog83
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  Gaming for me hit the peak at the SNES. I can't tell if it's just Nostalgia, but I often prefer playing ... : Blucklesworth
  • yeah that's a fact for most I think. Games like Super Mario Kart and Street Fighter II multiplayer are un... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • The peak for me was the Dreamcast. Best system I've ever owned. : Rag and Bone Man
• Wait wait wait, there is no way that Chrono Trigger is better than Super Metroid AND Zelda Link to the Pa... : mrwolf710
• That's a great list, I'd love to download most of those games on the Wii. : vynn
• Good list, I don't entirely agree on the order, though : Ebu
• I was playing the Aquaria demo yesterday, 2D is so underrated these days, I love 2D... : Tekmoor
• wow fucking rock and roll racing...i played that game for so many months with one of my ex's good ... : agentlead
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  Chrono Trigger is number 1? i never played it. is it on Wii VC? should i even bother? i LOVE Zelda, i... : Korban
  • It is the pinnacle of 16-bit JRPG's. Amazing story, what you do actually affects the story branches, ast... : RomSteady
  • Chrono Trigger is the awesomest game of all time. It's sorta like the Final Fantasy games except much awe : pukerat
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    It's the only RPG I've ever loved enough to beat. : crummynz
    • Same here, except with Panzer Dragoon Saga. : dmason
  • I wish it was on VC... and I wish it and Earthbound didn't go for 65 bucks so I could buy the cart :( : buzzbat
  • Yes, and rightfully so. It's so much excellence packed into one game. The soundtrack alone is worth it. : RevRaven
  • Should you even bother to play one of the best games of all time? Depends on whether having awesome in y... : DinK
  • best japanese rpg ever. absolutely fucking incredible and relatively free of the horrible cliches that us... : JINKY
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  Hell no, there have a lot of awesome looking 2D games since then: Alien Hominid Street Fighter Whatever... : Kentor
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    Also, if you count rendered 2D games: Baldur's Gate Planescape Torment : Kentor
    • Now that I think of it, Lucas Arts should count too right? Full throttle The Curse of Monkey Island : Kentor
    • Planescape: Torment's visual style is so freaking amazingly awesome. : Rice-Rocketeer
• Great list, but where was Earthbound? : chungathebunga
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  snes guys, at 2 minutes of this youtube video of ID in the 90s. are they playing SF2 on the SNES htt... : zagzig32
  • why do i still pronounce it eye-dee? : buzzbat
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  God FF3 was a great game. The part where you go around Cyan's ruined castle was so awesome. : the moon and antarctica
  • FF3(6) is one of my favorites even though I've never finished it (yet). But you don't have to finish it t... : Kazomir
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  Where the crap is STARFOX?! That game was huge for the SNES. Also, Metal Combat (the robot jox like gam : exigence7
  • Also, Battle Clash and Metal Combat are the two easiest games to remake for the Wii. You could probably ... : exigence7
• I own most of those games. The SNES was indeed a great system and still is my favorite. I own 4 SNES's ... : mikefr24
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  Funny I never played Chrono Trigger, but so many incredible memories in that list. I wonder why Chrono Tr... : Kazomir
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    Wasn't it released as a greatest hits game for the PSone along w/FF7? I see that bundle all the time at F... : SatansFist
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      Well I've never owned a PS1. I went from SNES to N64 to PC. Also own a GBA SP. : Kazomir
      • See if you can track down a copy of Final Fantasy Chronicles for the PS1. Chances are your PC can handle ... : Orange Pylon
• No way man it was all about the Genesis. : Yabrodan
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  Ouf of This World and Flashback say hai. :( Good list, though. : owly
  • Oh..and Act Raiser. And Blackthorne. And Legend of Mystical Ninja. They all say hai, too. :( : owly
• Best console ever, no question. : Serpico74
• Awesome list, and yes, SNES = greatest console. : David Craddock
• I loved my Genesis back in the day. But I'll admit the SNES was the, BEST. CONSOLE. EVAR! : bitter ego
• Why aren't people bitching that all of those games are NES rehashes like they do with every generation of... : sammyl
• have you played valkyrie profile? some awesome sprite work in there. : cpt_gloval
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  You were obviously not a huge sports game fan, as the SNES had probably the worst sports games of all tim... : pauk111
  • ken griffy jr. presents major league baseball!!!! : cpt_gloval
  • I really really liked Super Play Action Football for no good reason. Probably my #2 on my list after Bli... : Agrona
• I loved the SNES' 2d graphics, but the Playstation produced some great looking 2d games as well. SaGa Fro... : Orange Pylon

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• Not a game, not a game, not a game. : TreMetal
• #69 will be down at the time so you should probably come help us practice :( : nyranger66
• sweet. I will try and run home to be there. : hamachi
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  SM'd. Not sure if I'll be able to make it since it's EST, but on the off hand that I can I will be there... : bcyde
  • WTF off chance, not off hand. : bcyde
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    check your SMs! : nyranger66
    • Got it thanks. : bcyde
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  So how are teams who don't have members with their own servers supposed to practice together? Just curiou... : c0bra
  • devnull let us use his server last night. : lakren
  • NJOB is having a scrim against one of our member's clans. Partial reminder: it's tonight, cockfags. Th... : carrioN luggagE
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    Captains can message me and I will provide a server (if one is available). I have access to NKOTB (thank ... : hirez
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      wtf does NKOTB stand for anyways. : nyranger66
      • Northern Knights of Titanic Britannia, probably : c0bra
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        NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, jesus man. : bfzzzz
        • Not all of us were gay during the 80s, bfzzzz : c0bra
    • Sweet, thanks for the info hirez! : c0bra
  • i can boot up Hot Wet Maarten at any time if a team wants to use it. : electroly
• My teamates need to respond to their group invites ASAP : rosewood
• I'll get as many members of Team Philly Blunts to play as possible, we've been wanting to get some more o... : dkrulz
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  Sorry, I'll be watching RAMBO. : SockMonkeh
  • SockMonkeh, RAMBO is gonna be amazing! : CrustaR
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    HEAR THAT MISTERPHOTON, GET YOUR ASS DOWN TO BALLSTON AND WATCH RAMBO WITH US BEFORE I CHOKE A BITCH!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      No, I need him to practice with us >:( : nyranger66
      • I'll rip your throat out mang : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • WTF are you doing in Maryland man? : node
  • I will be watching this also tonight. It should be required that all OGC members see this movie as homewo... : ant_hillbilly
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  I would take it personally,but I don't have tf2 for the pc.Just the xbox version. : brutal
  • My condolences. : nyranger66
  • Yikes. : dmason
  • wow man I didn't know! so sorry : Trips
  • dude, that's brutal. : sikander
  • sorry to hear :( : mikecyb
  • i am truly sorry for your lots : SockMonkeh
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    brutal, what were you thinking? :[ : CrustaR
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      I haven't seen you on the servers recently..what's up? : EvilDolemite
      • I'm taking another 15 hours this semester. :[ The good news is that I have one semester to go after this... : CrustaR
• What we talkin' about, man? : notd665
• pre-er bump : nyranger66
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  what's unpaid.bill's shackname? I need him to update the server :( : nyranger66
  • anyone? :( : nyranger66
• You've got SM! : melkore
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  CHANGE OF PLANS Join up on ShackWest ( 69.62.158.85:27015 ), same password I gave everyone. : nyranger66
  • fuck it, password is "raffel" JOIN UP : nyranger66

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  any Dutch NPCs? because, seriously, Maarten Goldstein :) : cpt_gloval
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    Yes, there are Dutch NPCs, and naming one after Maarten would be awesome. : Tommy Toolbag
    • I agree. Maaaaarten! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Really, it has to be Maarten. And tell Sony that the NPC needs to make reference to appleflappen and wind... : Ojalo1982
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  Jessica Slumberparty : Prozium
  • ^^^ this would make the game a must-buy : lowpoly
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  Maarten Goldstein : SockMonkeh
  • Gaarten Moldstein? : datoo
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  Hero of Kvatch : BlackCat9
  • ^^^^^ : thetangent
• RemoRemoBoBimo BananaFanaFoFemo. : laurgasms
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  Lamp Sandylime : mechanicalgrape
  • Sandy Lamplime : jrock
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  Pozadial Golwoy Eppon Kout Fubwillidy Morre Lemma-Lemma Pang Sark-Bowditch Bister Earthwenk Hoddic M... : eldersveld
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    ...of Ulm : Postal
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      Awesome way to work in a Monty Python reference : Thresher
      • he walked right into it! : Postal
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  Faarten Moldstein! : aaarrrgh
  • ^^^hahahahaha this one! : Jayx77
• Roll Fizzlebeef : SockMonkeh
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  Lampsand the Limey : carrioN luggagE
  • I vote for this or Faarten Moldstein : strider_
• Captain Twiggs! : Sylvanus
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  ))<>(( : prime8
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    that's only a first name. i suggest \{}====D/ for the last name. : bfzzzz
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      Scissors Cockboat? Thats a hell of a name. : infallible
      • pretty sure that ain't no scissorin' going on, son : strider_
      • no way, it's poopswap mccockboat : bfzzzz
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  Big McLargeHuge : laurgasms
  • Testy McTesterton : jrock
• Hanover Fist : bugsY
• Pendegrass von Pendegrass : aeg1x
• Angford Nutbeard : snuff
• Cap'n Stabbin? : bitter ego
• Can I play this game now? Can I buy it online somewhere or something? : Skoal^Fyfan
• Noteven Apit : cornchak
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  has GYANTE PHAGGOTTE played itself out yet? : dewdman
  • no way dude its still clutch : med1c
  • Never. I still am tempted to use Chuck Norris jokes. Not because I find them funny, because I find their ... : PlanetPerfecto
  • i was disappointed it wasn't offered sooner :D : jrock
• Sand McLimeLamp : Dravenport
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  Shuga Shackles : sticman77
  • I vote for this one. : Phreakin
• Captain Breadloaf : speon
• Tony Danza : Boxelder
• One Eye Gibsonstein : Wolfanoz
• Gaybush Woodthreep : PlanetPerfecto
• Captain Neckbeard : rotten element

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• I like to think I'm a better person in real life than I am online, but I'm not. I know this because I ask : disposition
• Similar, but I definitely wouldn't say a lot of the things I do here. I'd just think it and keep it to my... : feek
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  cue the post of internet gamer online fucktard one. : Iwannaacura
  • http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19 : Iwannaacura
• Very similar, probably less of an asshole IRL. (I hope) : pigvomit
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  people say i'm nicer in person. i think they just don't spend enough time around me. : dahanese
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    We'll have to test that hypothesis at this upcoming QuakeCon. : RomSteady
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      you fuckin met me LAST YEAR : dahanese
      • I met many Shackers last year. : RomSteady
  • very true. I thought you were nice at first, but then I realized you werent! I kid. you were very nice. s : hirez
  • I think they're trying to clear a path to your pants. : disposition
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    No you aren't very nice. I remember when you grabbed my balls and squeezed them so hard they almost burst... : nyranger66
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      that's just how she expresses friendship : mikecyb
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        I feel bad for you then :( : nyranger66
        • I can no longer have children :( : mikecyb
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      they were so tiny i needed to check if you weren't actually a girl. : dahanese
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        Oh, an asian joke, how creative. : nyranger66
        • Don't worry, man. Your balls are the perfect size, and their musty smell is quite intoxicating. : Bold
      • Ah, you performed the "crocodile dundee" on him. : mmogger
  • LOL : askedrelic
  • This is true. : jason bergman
  • Yeah, you're nice just kind of intimidating. : mrwolf710
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  im a lot friendlier online : sticman77
  • I have more 'friends' online :( : losimagic
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  people say i'm not retarded in real life : wtf242
  • This is very true. You're such a retard on here. : mrwolf710
• real-life? : mindshot
• in real life I really am a clueless non-gamer that has some sweet dance moves : PapaBoo
• i'm a true asshole : reverend~heresy
• internet = real life. : mavmavv
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  I'm the opposite of my online persona. : FushigiDenki
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    Ikned Gihsuf - sounds like a terrorist : sticman77
    • *BOOOOM* : FushigiDenki
• pretty much exactly the same : Omning
• Yup, mine is. : mace
• I'm pretty much an asshole in real life too : retardhumper
• i usually do a lot of listening in groups and around people i don't know well. but if i know you well, ye... : cpt_gloval
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  I think I'm more rational online because I get to think before I do or say things. I'm more aggressive an... : yoonix
  • I'll frequently type out a post and then discard it because it doesn't meet my own standards. It's harde... : eldersveld
  • ^^^^ ditto. : disposition
• I'd say I'm pretty similar. Maybe a little more vocal around here, but similar. : Arcanum
• I'm pretty quite and reserved in public. : askedrelic
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  I'm a lot less abrasive in real life - and you can actually tell when I'm being sarcastic (which is alway... : perstephanie
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    More annoying? :O : SockMonkeh
    • I was waiting for that. : perstephanie
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  I'd say I'm more like my shack persona than I am dislike it : action roommate
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    I'm a grammar nazi in real life too unlike not dislike but other than that, pretty different =) : jrock
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      Oh, yeah, I'm *way* more of a grammar fascist in real life. : perstephanie
      • likewise, i can't say much on shack though or the internet in general since i can't type for shit. let m... : skizl
  • I agree. You come across in real life pretty much like you do on here. (that's a good thing) : mrwolf710
• I'm nothing like my persona here : EvilDolemite
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  i'm more of an asshole in real life : electroly
  • I think you're a pretty nice guy in real life although face to face exposure has been really limited so m... : pres589
• I'm much better looking than my online persona. : c0bra
• I'm about 100% the same in real-life, which is fairly ridiculous. : SockMonkeh
• I don't really try to be any different but I do try and post more where in a face to face conversation I ... : Jonathan
• 100% correlation between online and real life for me. : gmd
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  i have no idea : duncandun
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    I think you're about the same... : Jonathan
    • Really? Hmm. Now I just need to find out what this all means! : duncandun
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  I'm actually a 43-year-old man who's been anticipating "Meet the Spartans" for months. : sgtsanity
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    oh god why : duncandun
    • The commercials they run on CMT crack me up every single time. : sgtsanity
  • I'm a giraffe. : c0bra
• What is my shack-personality? Is there some sort of online test I can take? : buzzbat
• Probably a little bit more outgoing in real life. Onliner's are creepy and intimidating. : goatjc
• not at all. : ferraro
• Well, I have 148 myspace friends. And I sure as hell don't see 148 people regularly irl. : great-white
• Pretty much. My online personality is me. I don't create conversations. I only reply to posts or butt in ... : yellowtexan
• I'm almost the same. I'm a bit more likely to call someone out for acting like an idiot, and I'm a bit m... : RomSteady
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  Having met a lot of Shackers, most of us are just as we present ourselves : dognose
  • I thought you weren't really Asian? : SockMonkeh
  • You really weren't anything like I pictured. You're cool but nothing like I pictured. : mrwolf710
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  I'm far more argumentative in RL! : pieman
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    No you're not! : c0bra
    • Yes you're right. : pieman
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  Just about the same, but I hold my tongue on the Shack more than real life. : Audhuml4
  • Agree, its harder to convey gentle kidding online so I try to tone it down :) : Dave-A
• I am exactly my Shack personae : drucifer
• I don't know what my Shacker personality is, so I can't say. =/ : mmogger
• i think your taking this too seriously : jono181
• I'm much taller in person : lowpoly
• i'm a lot cooler in real life. : gokart.
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  I love the Yankees IRL. : FormerHPB
  • you goddamn traitor! (go pats) : Dravenport
  • now I have to drive down to pelham and punch you in the junk. : .sticks.
• I think I'm about the same, although maybe my Shack version has the volume turned up another half notch? ... : pres589
• I pretty much talk the exact same type of shit in person that I do out here on the Shack. : Ajax

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• I recently went from Vista back to XP on my home machine that has a similar spec to your own but only 2GB... : cause&effect
• XP and wait for SP1, SP2 on Vista. : changejar419
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  The amount of RAM has me suggesting Vista 64-bit. : dmason
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    I'm not going to go 64 bit for awhile. I just bought 4 megs to have a match set for later. : baron calamity
    • WELCOME TO 1986! ;) : FormerHPB
    • Then I'd use XP. : dmason
    • You'll max out around 3.5gigs with 32-bit, so you will lose about half on your last stick. No biggie t... : changejar419
• Vista if you're into S&M. : Matt Burris
• I say go ahead and go Vista. SP1 should be out relatively soon (saw a headline recently suggesting next ... : Arcanum
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  Because of the amount of ram: Vista 64 : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    *don't forget you can only install with 2gb, then patch, then add your other two gb. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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      bullshit. I installed with no problems with 4GB in : retardhumper
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        lucky you, i had issues. : .ka`boom.zZz.
        • memtest and prime95? I've installed fine with MANY systems 4gb+ Either that or a weird bios setting,... : jasoncrowley
      • Yeah, with Vista 64, I installed with 4GB just fine. But I'd still look into this, just in case. : dmason
    • I'm going to have to call bullshit as well. Vista64 was fucking easy to install and runs smooth as butte... : Rag and Bone Man
    • Noooo....My system installed fine with 4GB installed. : Arcanum
    • I installed with 8 gigs no problem. : Jimbo Ro
    • you guys might not have had an issue, but its true. otherwise this article wouldn't exist: http://support... : .ka`boom.zZz.
• XP : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  My new PC (similar specs) arriving next week will be getting XP Pro 64-bit installed on it even though I ... : tecow
  • The driver issue in getting the install to work. I've read that SATA installs on Xp can be hit or miss. : baron calamity
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    I think you'll discover than XP Pro x64 will get you even more compatibility problems than with Vista. : Arcanum
    • My experience so far with it has been limited but positive. Orange box/Crysis/Witcher/Eve all ran with n... : dnuts
• windows 7 next, skip vista : filthysock
• Depends, I got Vista because my PC will be a media center and gaming with DX 10 PC. Vista does seem to ha... : baronzemo78
• I'd go with Vista. : Lycronis
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  I put XP pro 64 on my new gaming rig and have had zero problems, I would recommend it to anyone building... : dnuts
  • Right now gametap will not run on any 64 bit os and a good chunk of my gaming revolves around that seriv... : baron calamity
  • I run xp 64 on my main gaming machine also and it works great. I've been running it for years now and I... : Mo__
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  Silly question - I heard a while back that your windows keys / activation were valid for previous version... : jbury
  • What you heard was not true. Each key is tied specifically to that version of windows. : oatmela
• Vista has served me well. And SP1 is right around the corner : smegmar
• Go with Vista. The performance difference between the two is tiny and Vista seems to have an edge in poli... : Autocrawler
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  XP. Apparently Peggle doesn't take well to Vista: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16096375 : Haxim
  • I've played peggle via steam and another download service on vista. Works 100% fine. : paravis
  • Peggle works fine on Vista. : FushigiDenki
  • Peggle was fine in Vista for me as well. : Arsenal
• I will go from 2GB/XP to 4GB/Vista 64-bit when SP1 arrives just to see the DX10 NVIDIA demos and Crysis's : SlamDunk
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  I don't have problems with Vista, except that my 5.1 surround doesn't work. : Pneum0
  • What sound card are you running? My X-Fi works fine with 5.1 in vista (although it didn't half a year ag... : whistler
• Pretty much what everyone else has said: XP for 3gb of ram or less, Vista 64 if you are going high than t... : SolrFlare
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  Related question: Is it worth going from 2GB DDR2 to 4GB? I've got a C2D E6550 running Windows XP but ... : TwiLyght
  • For gaming I'd say no, not at the moment. : aeg1x
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  Why do people still ask this, a year later? Just fucking install Vista already. Of course, this is the ... : rosewood
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    because they want a load of conflicting opinions before they just give up and do whatever they feel like ... : cause&effect
    • Hahaha Only too true. : Ojalo1982
  • I asked because I haven't built from scratch a vista system before. My current pc I upgraded to vista but... : baron calamity
  • because it's a legit question : armybob
• Windows XP is still widely, if not universally supported by all hardware manufacturers. Go with XP and w... : Ride-My-Rocket
• I have an almost identical setup to yours and Vista64 has caused me zero headaches thus far : sexydingo
• I have no real regrets going to Vista. Occasional Nvidia display driver crashes though. 8800GT, BTW. H... : Sylvanus
• dualboot. : duncandun
• Easy one: you have 4GB of ram. Go Vista x64 or bust. Forget XP64, its got far less support and far mor... : paravis
• Vista, duh. : FushigiDenki
• I'd just go with vista and be done with it. Get 4 gigs of ram and do Vista 64. : Visceral Monkey
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  The machine has been built. Had no issues at all. This is really the easiest system I've ever built. Buil... : baron calamity
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    Enjoy :) Now load it up with some games. : FushigiDenki
    • Will do... Steam is qued up. Hopefully I'll have most of the games buy tomorrow morning. : baron calamity
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    Did you have any problems with that P35 mobo and the 45nm processor? I've spec'ed out a new PC with the e... : Ojalo1982
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      No. It came up saying it was an unknown 3ghz intel cpu. Posted just fine. Had the correct settings but ju... : baron calamity
      • Sweeet. Thank you. I'll probably start ordering everything this weekend. First computer that I'll be buil... : Ojalo1982
• Vista : RikiTiki2
• If the next MS OS is really coming out by 2010, you should be able to survive on XP until then. : jrock
• I'd go for XP if you want to keep things simple. If you want to mess around a bit more with a few things,... : PlanetPerfecto