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• The first time I saw Shawshank. : dmason
• walk to remember : Iwannaacura
• i cried like babies on Spielberg's Munich. I always like stories about 1 guy "fighting the system" . : doomed
• I'm a pretty big pussy, there are some movies that make me cry. For some reason the final scene in Pa... : Danny5225
• Wall Street, where that guy loses all the money : spiderfill
• Life is Beautiful is easily my favorite movie on the emotional/romantic scale. I have tried to get my wi... : SolveChrist
• I don't think i've ever cried during a movie, but i've definately been on the verge. : Drewus
• I've not seen those 2 movies. But I own Life is beatiful and have probably seen it a dozen times. Buongio : sharkII
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest : Pittst3r
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  The final minutes in "Big Fish" when the son is telling the dad the story about how he dies. : Sakashi
  • yeah that one is bad too, not really crying, but at the verge of it. : blindi0815
  • Oh man, I forgot about this. Crying++ : Danny5225
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  Ok I might have been rather depressed that day but the last time I watched Spock's death scene in the Wra... : Jonathan
  • That one has gotten me too. : riptyde
  • This sounds silly but I was going to watch that next week and I didn't know that :( : spiderfill
  • Man, I hate to admit it, but yeah, the first time. : Conan
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  Did you see this one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grey_Zone : Dave-A
  • didn't know it yet, put on my list of movies to see. cant be too bad with harvey keitel and others starri... : blindi0815
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  I cry near the end of Forrest Gump during the part where Forrest is talking to Jenny's grave. I also g... : riptyde
  • Also during the climactic scene of Major League. In general I tend to get choked up to high-emotion ... : riptyde
  • i am amazed by the last scenes in forrest gump, they dont make me sad at all although i think they're mea... : blindi0815
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  turner and hooch. : mindshot
  • a great, great film :( : JINKY
• Only one to cry during Braveheart's ending? Well, not cry, but I got pretty upset. : valael
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  The last time I watched Bowling for Columbine I started crying when it showed the actual security footage... : OverloadUT
  • I also get choked up at the end of Star Trek 2. That's right I'm not afraid to admit it. : OverloadUT
  • I find myself getting more emotional every time I watch that movie instead of less. I think it's the mont... : BlackCat9
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  who says the shack doesn't have enough women. : xxiv
  • no shit, we live in a sad world if all these babies are fessing up to crying YOU FUCKING PUSSIES!! : dedgecko
• Beethoven : Mad Brahmin Disease
• casablanca, when they sing la marseille : jcupitt
• When Tommy Boy finds out that Rob Lowe really isn't his brother. : edgewise
• Field of Dreams : locash
• First time Jenna Haze did DP : stump
• first one ever was edward scissorhands when I was 13. thank god I went with my sister. : anhero
• I'm surprised no one has mentioned Grave of the Fireflies so far. :'( : Chrrs
• Most recently would be Atonement... I love Life is Beautiful, though I haven't seen it for many years. : nevicata
• Cinema Paradiso. Wow, I'm getting misty-eyed just thinking about it. And the theme song... excuse me for ... : Home Nugget
• E.T. but I was twelve. : g.lee
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  The last 10 minutes or so of The Iron Giant always bring some moisture to the my eyes. : bugsY
  • That movie makes guys cry. It's hilarious and great how frequently that movie comes up as a movie that ge... : jake2000
  • Ditto : ColoradoCNC
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  Iron Giant (at the end when he says superman). Also City of Angels. : jbury
  • That scene in Iron Giant definitely got me. : Conan
  • which city of angels, the first or the remake? : blindi0815
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  Ass-to-ass in Requiem for a Dream always makes me tear up. : Tommy Toolbag
  • so beautiful... *sniff* : ucanbfuzzy
  • Tear as in rhyming with care? : Afterglow
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    That was the second guiltiest erection of my life. : MaJeStu
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      Okay, I'll ask and probably regret it immediately. what was the first? : stump
      • It was at a friends grandmother's funeral. : MaJeStu
    • what was the first? Bambi? : alarm cock
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  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. At the time when I saw it, the concept of destroying terrible memo... : Mad Jack McMad
  • same thing with me. Its now of my favourite movies. : re4ctor
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  What a bunch of emo fags. The only acceptable answer is Schwarzenegger self-terminating in T2. : Prototype
  • "I know now why you cry, but it is something I can never do." /eyes water : stump
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    Actually I got a little choked up last time I watched that. : OverloadUT
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      And then I break out of it because of that stupid thumbs up. Goddamnit. : OverloadUT
      • the thumps up destroys the whole scene imo. makes it too cheesy : blindi0815
• House of Sand and Fog has a certain scene that tears me right up. : Kaerof
• I cried at Terabithia and then I turned it off cause I was mad. : hawke
• I actually just got back from watching Strange Wilderness, I'm sad I wasted $7.50. I could have sponsor... : mnsnota
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  Dancer in the Dark. I can't watch it again, the final scene, I just had my head in my hands saying "no, n... : Deathlove
  • It doesn't matter how much I see this movie, I always cry during it. : Koral06
  • probably a good movie but i hate the dogma approach. shaky cameras suck. : blindi0815
  • I just got chills thinking about it. why did you have to remind me. Damn that was rough. : anhero
• Saving Private Ryan "It's quite a scene, isn't it?" "Yes. It is." : locater16
• Fox and the Hound http://youtube.com/watch?v=y3oZ0Il4QH4&feature=related :'( : bipolar
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  How about the best sports movie of all time RUDY, RUDY, RUDY, RUDY. : mnsnota
  • Best soundtrack ever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR2wOHwJ-Jo : mnsnota
• Grave of the Fireflies : ColoradoCNC
• that adopt a dog commercial during lost last night got me kinda misty. : not work safe
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  Transformers: The Movie (the first one, obviously) : DOOManiac
  • Seriously, Jazz's Death didn't mean enough in the new movie. : Jonathan
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  I read this as "pedophilia" at least 7 or 8 times. Once I finally read what you said it was a big letdown... : itsjames
  • trying to pull a burning eye? : blindi0815
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2DKDWF5uUM if you don't start tearing up at 1:11 you're dead inside. : eskimo spy
• Lilja 4-ever : nomaad
• i don't remember ever crying during a movie or TV show. hmm. : jenisthebest
• fuck. Am I the only pussy who cried at the end of Gladiator?! TWICE! When he died and burying his kid fig... : Skoal^Fyfan
• lime l{lime}l : anhero

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• This site is blocked by the SonicWALL Content Filter Service. URL: http://sikander.org/etc/shack/shack : deject
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  great, I got some guy with only 200 posts I have never even heard of. fuck : moshman
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    and he stopped posting on dec 1st : moshman
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      mine stopped on dec 7th :( : Iwannaacura
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        pisses me off, first year I decide to join in and I get shafted by a bigmanwithagun :( : moshman
        • I think I got sikander's girlfriend. I think he rigged it. : intothefray
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          why dont you guys implement a rule where you had to have been a regular poster for a year before particip... : arizona bay
          • Yeah, my guy (idigporn.com) hasn't posted since 2006! He did send his WE though, so he's not a total lose... : tashtego
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            there was talk of that every year after people got shafted by noobs, but then it always became a free-for... : moshman
            • that's so shack : arizona bay
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              Actually since the management changed hands it was opened to everyone. There had been a rule if you were ... : mancide
              • Yeah that was a fucking retarded change of policy. I don't participate because I feel like I won't put... : the city
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            Unless your sender was in the 15000+ post range, your likelyhood of having an elephant shipped off for yo... : ieGod
            • Then I want someone in that range :( because I am too :( : moshman
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  fuck you thief! FUCKKKK YOOOOOOUUUUU : askedrelic
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    oh actually this is meta-lol. He posted about it and I replied. http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16121546#... : askedrelic
    • whoopsie! : mmogger
    • lol, was he trying to decieve you? :) : moshman
    • that is pretty lol. : thekidd
    • Hahaha : Evil Benius
    • This needs to be +inf'd! : guido anchovy
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    I'm sorry, logistically things just aren't working out :( I don't have any things lying around in my clo : thief
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      Does this mean I can't participate next year? :/ : thief
      • If you really cannot find a few hours over the course of about 3 months, you probably shouldn't sign up i... : the city
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      I mean, if I can find any extra things. I had a pretty standard and sucky WE ready several weeks ago, bu... : thief
      • [fry] just sends a dildo : redfive
• Crap, I gotta update. boarder2 sent me a WE. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  what do the pink/purple mean? : Iwannaacura
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    I guess purple is not sent or recieved : moshman
    • Cant be, im purple and mine was sent. : Warmaker
  • fag / emo-fag : zanzares
  • Well I am the more brown-ish color, which I think means that I've marked mine as sent but my receipient h... : tashtego
• I fail because I both sent AND received but didn't update the page. FAIL. : changejar419
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  Well, at least the guy who stiffed me got stiffed himself... : jason bergman
  • Unless I'm reading that wrong he did ship on the 12/11/2007? : Jonathan
  • yea the guy i sent too stiffed his we :( : Iwannaacura
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  Warmaker sent his WE to nobody? : mem
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    I sent mine to rikitiki2. It got to him yesterday. It was late because i was waiting on a game to come ou... : Warmaker
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      It doesn't show any recipient for you, so I was just wondering. : mem
      • Well, i elected not to recieve one. That may be why. : Warmaker
• who the fuck is the rizzo? Why didn't he send me something. Fucker. : RyDogg1
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  Fleabug sm'd me a while back saying shit would be late, and snowwolf has posted saying the WE I sent him ... : riptyde
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    whoops. how does an ides of March WE sound. =( : fleabug
    • Hehe it's really no big deal. If you get around to it, cool (who doesn't like free stuff), if not, just ... : riptyde
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  Ugh, this pisses me off. I sent mine a month ago and my recipient didn't post about it. I tracked it with... : baronzemo78
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    at SA they did their WE with tracking data, so shit like that could be proved. I am sure sikander can add... : moshman
    • that's a great idea. Hope we can implement something similar. : mmogger
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      You cant track through cannuck land as it goes through usps :( My tracking number is useless. : Iwannaacura
      • sometimes the carrier that takes over allows the tracking number from your country to be used. it works b... : moshman
    • FUCK, I should've gotten a tracking # :( : Orange Pylon
  • As long as I don't get punished I don't care too much about lookitzpancakes not posting mine though. I'm ... : baronzemo78
  • Same here, I actually sent a mega huge one too. Unfortunately my recipient I think was probably killed by... : fuji-juice
• I SM'd my WE a while back letting him know my situation. Cancer treatments are postponing things a bit... : freak!
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  a lot of you guys are slackers. it seriously takes like 1-2 hours of time to pick shit out, box it, and s... : wtf242
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    Seriously. Also, This man ^^^ Is a White Elephant Hero. : Vantage
    • Thanks, now I have "Jukebox Hero" stuck in my head, but substituting "White Elephant Hero". : mmogger
• mine is going to aussie land so it's not going to get there until forever :( i guess that's what the p... : n0v4
• I'm adding some extra goodies to the box I'm sending to my WE this weekend to make up for the fact I suck... : MisterPhoton
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  Im gonna participate next year. I've decided that Im going to save things throughout the course of the ye... : Tommy Toolbag
  • That's what I've done every year. Saved a bunch of worthless crap all year long. Poof, instant WE gift. : mmogger
  • Oh, I am including a very valuable (to me) book in the package. I hope my future WE buddy likes it. : Tommy Toolbag
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  Haha... I sent to geordish, and he got me as recipient too ? Didn't sikander filter such combinations out... : Lightbulb
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    I was tempted to, but I found a whole load of other junk to send you! Shipping to Austria is expensive :( : Geordish
    • Yes, I payed 20 € shipping for your parcel... : Lightbulb
• i had my 100% fill of WE this year....i sent and received..and enjoyed both sides... : agentlead
• It's a lady! : nurglich
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  my guy got his but never posted a picture. he said he was gonna do it today. : [fry]
  • and chunks you fucking asshole you didn't even mark it as received : [fry]
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  this happens every year. Need stricter entry standards. : mavmavv
  • Don't know standards that would actually work, though. Post count doesn't seem to matter, and neither doe... : mmogger
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  question - what do the names highlights in colors mean?? my name is highlighted against spiffy mc...i ... : agentlead
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    Orange means that this person sent, but it's not yet received (or marked as such). Purple/Pink means tha... : Vantage
    • By orange I mean "peach" and that's definitely pink, not purple. : Vantage
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  I sent mine on 12/19 and it's not marked as rec'd. :( : FormerHPB
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    A lot of us are going to be getting the "orange" shaft I believe. : goatjc
    • Yup. No big deal unless an anti-orange lynch mob forms. : Johnny Law
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  Horrible. Someone needs to graph this data and determine the change in propensity to send a WE as aver... : Vantage
  • I did this a while back. http://stoldark.com/Shack/we_stats/2007/ : ieGod
• Yup, sent. Matto357 never updated. So, I'm guessing Pink = both not sent nor confirmed by receiver. Or... : goatjc
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  why do people sign up for this thing then never bother to do anything about it? I'll never understand tha... : steelsamurai
  • They want free shit but they're fucking deadbeats. I don't know what to send/want to find the time for... : the city
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    laziness. I didn't send mine until super late this year, and that's the only reason. : tashtego
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      Lazy is not cleaning up your house regularly. It's something beyond lazy to take 3 months to get a box w... : the city
      • I got shafted last year and I was angry about it for about 30 seconds, then I realized that it is suppose : tashtego
• I sent mine to my guy and he hasn't even posted about receiving it. But he's been active on the shack sin... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Sending mine out today once I get home. : thief
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    finally bitch. See above in the thread^^^ : askedrelic
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      Ha! I feel pretty bad, actually, as I intended for mine to be one of the first sent out. I could buy yo... : thief
      • lol no need, just as long as something shows up! : askedrelic
• I sent mine, it's not my fault he lives in goddamn ICELAND >:( : pyros
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  shooooot. I meant to post my stuff. Cheeseypoof sent me stuff. : hirez
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    oh good I can still post the pics. I'll do that tonight. sorry cheeseypoof. : hirez
    • That's okay! I've been badmouthing you all over the net. : Cheespuff
• My WE hasnt put he recieved it even though he has a write up about it... : happynoodle
• I didnt get my WE and my recipient didnt update his page :( : naabster
• I boxed mine up a couple weeks ago and had it sitting on the island in the kitchen. My wife walked by it... : ThomW
• Argh, mine is sitting in a bag in my room... also it kind of sucks. Oh well. Will go dig it out in a minu... : perstephanie
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  Does this mean we I can lynch the guy that hasn't sent my WE out yet? : DrZettl
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    I stand corrected. He has sent it. Yay, IT'S COMING. : DrZettl
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      I should have dropped down the extra cash for Fed Ex, there were some questionable items and I am not eve... : shortbuscaptain
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        haha.. just knowing it's in the mail has reaffirmed my hope. Yay for shortbuscaptains. : DrZettl
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          I just hope it didn't disappear at customs, I put in something that is very questionable. Again if you... : shortbuscaptain
          • Did you get me that red jelly 16 inch double ended dong that I always wanted? : DrZettl
• my guy got his, whick I confirmed via shackmessage, but he hadn't posted since late december. : sweat
• My first time doing WE, and i don't think i'll be doing it again. : choppp
• Oh shit :[ I'll make it up to you kbnerd. I promise ya. I've been going through difficulties in my m : Wolfanoz
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  sorry mrlobo! I've just been busy. playing TF2 : nyranger66
  • Yeah well don't be surprised to get dominated often now in TF2 : MrLobo
• Looks like mine is a pathological liar: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=11059900 http://sikander.... : MrLobo
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  Fuck you in the ass, huds0n. : Orange Pylon
  • Oh, and tender love in the ass to you ArB. KOTOR is excellent! : Orange Pylon
• oops - sorry freshyK - updated. :D <3 : virus
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  minimum 2000 posts next year please? : virus
  • Post count doesn't mean dick, I mean penis, I mean nuttin' My sender had ten times the amount of posts I... : Cheespuff
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    (a) limit next year's to people who sent WEs this year (b) you want to get on the list, then someone in ... : steelsamurai
    • The way I would love to see it done is to have senders matched with senders, deadbeats matched with deadb... : Gnowknayme
  • I think it should be a combination of time spent at the Shack and posts. I'm thinking 2 years from the WE... : K1Bond007
  • Mine had 5000+ and posts every single day. no WE sent : Slowtreme
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  I'm glad Anti_dentite did mark received even though he never posted about it :| But lol at alnya freak... : SiW73
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    What on earth are digestives? : the city
    • A kind of cookie. I'm assuming chocolate digestives are the digestive cookies with chocolate on them. : Vantage
    • Its an anti-flatulence biscuit. : peetabix01
  • who the hell are you? : Korban
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  The WE I sent has been stuck in Montreal for 6 days now... wtf Canada Post.... : ArtilleryMarker
  • sounds like customs inspection stuff. : steelsamurai
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  I'm annoyed. I sent mine nice and proper. My dude stopped posting December 1st, and now I've got a big... : LordPall
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    Holy shit, and Moshman, who sent me an awesome WE got shafted by the same guy. : LordPall
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      This is why people who fail to send on any given year should be banned from WE for at least a couple year... : the city
      • I self banned myself for screwing over mmogger last year :( I had a box and everything ready to send out... : sludge vohaul
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        You didn't even sign up for WE this year! Why are you stirring up shit? : tashtego
        • Because there's a lot of good shackers who get screwed on this, and they shouldn't have to. The deadbe... : the city
  • I think as long as you marked it sent, no one cares if the recip updated or not. It's the people who have... : tashtego
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  Thanks Chod! 12,200 posts? Doesn't matter. : buzzbat
  • What a douchebag. Name noted for future chastising. : the city
• mine got his but i think hes just forgot to update it http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15846752#itema... : spaceless
• You know what though. I'm not upset that I didn't get any crap sent to me this year. I had more fun sendi... : Cheespuff
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  Mine is en route, I hope to post it soon :D : Magus
  • Same here.. I will follow up with post office to see wtf! : VuduChild
• I suck, i didnt update it, but i got it over a month ago. yea, im a loser. : krym3
• I hope to participate this year. Someone needs to get a stock turbo and some STICKERS to increase their h... : Downforce
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  oh fuck, i meant to do thsi yesterday. Apologies WE recipient, I'm leaving the office and going to do th... : ejectorpod
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    Sent. Better late than never? : ejectorpod
    • ALSO, if my WE sent mine and I didn't update, I didn't receive it. That being said, my address was wrong... : ejectorpod
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    you too.....mine to you is sitting at my place of work waiting to go out on MONDAY........sorry for delay... : Rigor Morts
    • Wait what, you had me? : ejectorpod
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  WE is supposed to be fun, not a giant drama bomb. I hate when this happens every year. As far as I'm conc... : tashtego
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    Exactly, it's supposed to be fun. So exclude those who refuse to allow it to be fun for all involved. : the city
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      again I will say, you didn't even sign up this year. Why do you care? : tashtego
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        I'd think those of us on the fringe of participating have plausible input. personally I think the list... : Downforce
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          It's not a christmas thing. I don't know why it's slated for that time of yeart. : ieGod
          • Well, the shack has more or less made it a Christmasy type thing. Considering everything is finalized we... : the city
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16156959#itemanchor_16156959 Just because I didn't participate doe... : the city
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    i agree. i think everyone should have half expected to not get anything. : spaceless
    • It's a white elephant gift exchange. Do you really need "exchange" defined? : yoonix
  • this isn't a drama bomb, it's a wall of shame. A public list. that's it....if you sign up and don't care... : kainen1
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    Yeah but how hard is it to send someone a dildo. : losder5000
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      Should start a dildo fund, and everyone who doesn't send their shit gets a dildo from [fry]. : losder5000
      • If they didn't send a WE they're obviously fags so why reward them with a free dildo? : boredguy
  • I couldn't possibly agree with you more. I've complained about this for 2 or three years in a row but th... : action roommate
  • Yeah, i'm not participating next year. While it's fun, it's also a bit of a drama bomb every time it happ... : Drewus
  • It's still fun. I see it as half the fun is in making a package and sending it out. The other half is rec... : sikander
• I shipped mine earlier this week, but I forgot to update my WE page... : Gonzo
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  Next year Sikander needs to match people up by post counts like gloval did last year. Nothing agains... : ThomW
  • I like to let mine age as well... If your recipient thinks they've been fucked then it's much more excit... : Gonzo
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    Yeah, next year will have some sort of a post count requirement. Sadly, that doesn't seem to actually mak... : sikander
    • It doesn't, but it makes the whole WE thing more interesting imo. Seeing what Degenerate gets from e : ThomW
• i can't wait to get badmouthed for my WE : Korban
• not to sound like the bitchy little whiner that I will admit that I can be but . . . I did send Bubbap... : fuzzydamnit
• Sob story, in my defense, my basement was flooded with an inch or two of water - rendering much of my WE ... : Nihilist
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  So i'm supposed to send a WE to sHugamom too? I know i said to sikander that i can send another WE out i... : peetabix01
  • Oh.. hmm, I was under the impression you were ok with sending to her. In any case, I know you've already ... : sikander
• god help you all if I'm here to do it this year. muhahahahaha. : deadfish
• Despite slackage, I'm still participating next year. Pictures of my penis to ensue. : disposition
• I want t0ad again next year please, I got cool shit :) : dognose
• I sent my WE last week and it's been attempted to be delivered 7 times =/ : ant321
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  Man, i hate living so far from the UPS center. Still no excuse though really. I'll mail mine out asap. :( : great-white
  • couldnt you mail it through the post -office? I did and many others? : Iwannaacura
• rice-rocketeer needs to mark as having received his :( Freaking canadia mail took 3 weeks(!) to get it t... : boarder2
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  did xphil die or get banned or something he vanished in november : CoRDS
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    xphil is not banned : dognose
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      i hope he isnt dead then. : CoRDS
      • the gru got him : deadfish
• all this work and effort. WE is serious business. : gdestiny
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  THANKS SIKANDER FOR SETTING THIS UP THIS YEAR : indosauros
  • second'd! It's a totally thankless job, and you did a great job with the shackapp website. HUZZAH! : tashtego
  • Huzzah for sikander! : Johnny Law
• I sent mine last week btw : Drewus
• I sent the best w/e of all time. I expect much oooing and aaahing when my w/e buddy posts. : Warmaker
• haha steve gibson is a deadbeat : mikecyb
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  Why isnt mine marked as recieved when it was sent and recieved? I checked the site and i have my sent dat... : Warmaker
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    your recipient has to mark it as received : tashtego
    • Yep, i messaged him and he fixed it. all good now:P : Warmaker
• Looks like KrYm3 stiffed Klearlyunseen who stiffed me last year and apparently stiffed Malevolence this y... : Str8Dog
• So I'll respond since I'm a moron. I've had my WE's stuff for a month and have been waiting to get my dam... : Chod
• I wonder what happened with mine. I got a note that it was sent, but never got anything. : Conan

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  Stop by my place so I can use it please. : gmd
  • I'm serious by the way, I want to use it and take it from you. : gmd
  • tubgirl and goatse wouldn't have anything on these pictures : AssGoblin
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  holy shit.. nice camera : krebster
  • It really is. 9FPS in Full-Frame mode and 11FPS in DX mode, too. It's crazy fast! : godhatingatheist
  • Some of my co-workers call me "The Krebster", too! : godhatingatheist
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  can you post the ISO 6,400 shots? I'd like to see how they came out. : steelsamurai
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    Sure give me a minute to snap one off and load it. It's raining right now and the sun is really hidden, ... : godhatingatheist
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      where in DC are you? and yeah the weather is perfect right now to test it out. : gmd
      • I live in Woodbridge, so I'm not quite in DC. Maybe 20+ miles out. : godhatingatheist
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    Ok. Picture as shot. Shutter mode 1/100 F/6.3 @ ISO 6,400 125mm http://www.flickr.com/photos/23382... : godhatingatheist
    • jesus that looks better than my D70 at 800 : gmd
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      That's quite a bit of noise even in the 681 x 1024 version (cropped or resized?), but it's really good fo... : SilverSnake
      • cropped : godhatingatheist
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      Theres a ton of noise on that pic. It looks great considering it is at ISO 6400, but you're always far be... : re4ctor
      • The D4 will actually control the Sun so this won't be a problem. : gmd
      • Seriously? That picture is AS SHOT, meaning that it has not been touched up at all. It could easily be ... : godhatingatheist
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      How did you process that? It looks a lot noisier than most of the shots I've seen come out of the D3 at 6... : asdf
      • It wasn't processed at all. That's what makes the shot so outstanding. I just wanted to show the ISO cl... : godhatingatheist
    • jeebus. That's great. Let me throw up a Canon 5D for comparison. : steelsamurai
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      http://shackpics.com/files/4bl8hh9s950rx5c655w7.jpg Canon EOS 5D 1/60 ISO3200 f/4.0 50mm Image red... : steelsamurai
      • I'll have to throw up an apples-to-apples comparison to see how they compare. I don't have one of those... : godhatingatheist
      • Check it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23382621@N02/2234507745/ : godhatingatheist
      • a review with shots comparing the 5D and D3 at each iso setting(the 5D fails horribly): http://www.ken... : re4ctor
• i want one! But they are like $6400 over her : moshman
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  sup moneyhats : arizona bay
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    Penncamera has it for $5k (just the body) : gmd
    • what a steal! : arizona bay
• hey you athiest, how about you come to shackmeets? : MisterPhoton
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  Is this vastly superior to, say, a canon Rebel? I'm in the market for a "high-end" camera but my budge... : mnok
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    yes, it is $5000 with no lens : gmd
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      The lens attached for those pictures is an AF-S VR 70-200mm 1/2.8G. : godhatingatheist
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        I had a 18-200 VR on order but I canceled it for car repairs:( : gmd
        • Great lens. I have one on my D80. : godhatingatheist
      • this is the zoom lens I wish I had bought, instead of the one I did :( : AssGoblin
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    The Nikon D3 is about as high-end as you can possibly go (short of medium-format digital backs, etc). Som... : asdf
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      not quite - it's not full-frame. but there may be a D3x that will reach that far, and Nikon will then gu... : Postal
      • The D3 is full frame. It's 12MP, so it's not really aimed at the studio or landscape niche (though it doe... : asdf
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        Does nikon use sony sensors, if so sony is bringing out a 24mp a900 full frame. : stgdz
        • They do but the D3 chip was done in-house for once. : tfboc
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  Jesus, ISO 6400... wow. I'm still quite pleased with my Pentax K10D. I'm a little worried since ever... : trevis
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    I like those macro shots, here is my favorite macro I have ever taken. http://gmd.shackspace.com/macro... : gmd
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      mine: http://shackpics.com/files/w1hqdmflgm2wdfvdagy3.jpg :-P Don't bitch about noise pls... I k... : steelsamurai
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        Macro lenses are awesome. I cant wait until it gets nice outside. : trevis
        • I dont have a real macro lens, I use a 300mm telephoto with a adapter. : gmd
    • Wow, that's really good! : godhatingatheist
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    (psst, don't look now, but they introduced the K20D just this week) great photos! glad to know that goin... : Postal
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      K20D! Fuck a duck! Well... the good thing is... the K10D that i've been using is technically my wife'... : trevis
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        Hail fellow Pentax user. I didn't know they were going to do a K20D, I'll have to look at this thing as ... : pres589
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          been waiting for the 10d's to fall in price and pick up some older lenses. : stgdz
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            I've got a hard on for the 21mm pancake prime, but they don't come up used and in good shape often. Not ... : pres589
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              I've got a few lenses so far for the pentax. We got the body alone so i have no kit lens. 18~250mm ... : trevis
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                You see this badboy?: http://www.kenrockwell.com/pentax/k200d.htm : godhatingatheist
                • I hadn't seen that one. I wonder how they'll price it. It doesn't have all of the features of a K10 but... : trevis
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  Are you professional or a serious amateur? I'm pushing my school newspaper's managing board for 10K so we... : asdf
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    Hobbyist. : godhatingatheist
    • how punchy is its colour? : seven
• can you post links to some cool photos you've taken in the past? nothing is on flickr : wtf242
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  In its full glory: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23382621@N02/2234542499/ : godhatingatheist
  • that is damn sexy : reverend~heresy
  • Weird. I've never seen a white 70-200. Must be Nikon being paranoid at seeing too many white lenses. : asdf
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    what are you doing with your D80? : re4ctor
    • They are a rare find. They also have a few of their super-telephoto primes in that color. Just no VR ve... : godhatingatheist
• consider me jealous : JohnnyDanger
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  I've been shooting with one recently and it's absolutely fabulous. I did an all night job and shot 6400 t... : tfboc
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    I agree. Nikon's camera ergonomics set the bar for how it should be done. I had a Canon 5D for about a ... : godhatingatheist
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      Hmm, I haven't had that problem with the ISO and I regularly switch between manual and aperture priority.... : tfboc
      • I'll have to mess with it in a bit. I'm must be overlooking something. : godhatingatheist
• nice. enjoy : FrayLo

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  Have you met PapaBoo? http://www.pupinc.com/notgaymer/ : Str8Dog
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    Now that's a burn. : NFXFSX
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      Wasn't intended as a burn. Just an example of why they do it. Now the guy who ran around in a circle for ... : Str8Dog
      • The problem I see is that, while that area probably was too complex, the fact that they appear to be pand... : Beady
  • Gimmick. : tyrelhill
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  When I worked in software QA, I found a bug so obtuse and crazy that no consumer would likely find it. I... : pigvomit
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    Nothing is funny about this at all. I hate you. : mittense
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      Hey, I even told my boss that it's highly unlikely to be found, but he had it addressed anyway. I did my... : pigvomit
      • Yes, you did your part exactly like you should have. Prioritizing what gets fixed when is somebody else'... : DinK
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  Heheheh....I have no idea how the average idiot could jump into one of these games and not be bamboozled.... : Dave-A
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    I know getting into an FPS for someone who has never played them before can be difficult (and funny, per ... : Beady
    • Confession Time: I wasted all my ammo on that stupid Antlion Guardian about three times before I finally : mn3m0n1c
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  Did you feel it was dumbed down or too easy when playing it? : Carnivac
  • Thought it was a repetitive pile of crap to be perfectly honest. The whole tunnels section of ep2 could h... : Beady
  • Who didn't? Frankly I think Valve desperately needs to attend a Bungie on Combat seminar. : vigilante
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  I can see the running around during the antlion guard thing now. Ever think that, maybe, the original des... : mittense
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    Yeah. Beady might (or might not) have a point about Valve playtesting in general, but that's a bad examp... : Johnny Law
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      Unkillable monsters are the gayest game design decision you can make - next to: constantly respawning : seven
      • See, with intelligent playtesting, or just thinking for yourself as a designer, they could have found tha... : Beady
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  It actually took me quite a while to figure out where to go in that chase. Running around at full speed ... : nurglich
  • yeah me too. i got lost there a few times (died several times too). probably cuz i suck though... : Perturbation
  • Same for me as well. When you have the dogs on your ass, the only thing on my mind is how to save it. : Rag and Bone Man
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  Clearly those "Valve" guys are doing something wrong here. What with their best-selling, critically-accla... : deveus1
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    You should know as well as anyone that sales/reviews dont always indicate greatness. I just think that... : Beady
    • Well, they have a lot of playtesters of all levels of experience come in during development - so it's not : mn3m0n1c
    • I was just being a sarcastic asshole anyway, don't mind me =) When you do playtests like this, you ty... : deveus1
  • ^ seriously. Not everyone who buys Half-Life 2 games is as familiar with gaming, or just FPS games in pa... : deject
• I dunno, I've had the occasional blonde moment in a game like that. It's nice that valve actively tries ... : Waffles!
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  When they talk about playtesters they mean people brought in basically off the street to check out the ga... : jake2000
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    And we all know how great focus groups are. : Beady
    • Yeah, for gameplay testing they're invaluable. : jake2000
• Usability studies. People are picked at random to do stuff like this. You cant pick have all the reviews... : Iwannaacura
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  Having lead user testing for Bioshock, I totally believe it. You don't think about what it's like to p... : jason bergman
  • yeah this is like a new level of insanity. criticizing a game company for changing something he hasn't e : mikecyb
• I still got lost in that part. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• EVERYONE has to be able to play a valve game, that's why they're so successful. : SpaecKow
• addressing playtesting issues is not dumbing the game down. If they intended for the area to be a puzzle... : DinK
• everyone does this not just valve. If you don't make iterations like this your level design will probabl... : bakanoodle
• seriously! i thought the same thing during the portal commentary. stop wasting time dumbing the game down... : JINKY
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  Oddly enough, I was just speaking with one of my friends about this very thing. Console games have abs... : MR 9000
  • I got stuck so often in 3d console games like zelda where the solution to the puzzle is some crystal on t... : datoo
  • At least in the beginning they also had hideous wide square hallways, Quake 4 felt like you were inside c... : SpaecKow

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  Totally agreed about spawn camping. It's pretty simple for me really: everyone can have fun without spawn... : NastyJack
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    hopping up to the spawns on Gravelpit is ok tho, right? I assume we're talking about Dustbowl 2. : lowpoly
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      Yeah far as I know that's fine. It's not a game-breaker. And Gravelpit C is bad. I've seen many guys camp... : NastyJack
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        What about attacking anyone who comes your way while traveling to A or B via C? I usually walk through C... : Grimp
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          It's really only the sitting directly outside the spawn and actively waiting for guys to come out that is... : NastyJack
          • Those snipers sitting at C bug me... : Alco23
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        Wait wait, you can preemptively get onto c? That really sounds like its pushing it to me. If someone is d... : Warmaker
        • Can is cant : Warmaker
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          No they go to C and sit a heavy and a medic or a demoman outside the spawn and kill anyone who comes out ... : NastyJack
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            Yeah, i understand that. I was talking about sitting on the c capture location. I like to sit up there an... : Warmaker
            • Well that's not spawn camping. : NastyJack
          • yep. thats what I'm talking about. you can send someone UP to the C cap point. but dont sit outside the C... : hirez
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      What about c0bra? :( : Grimp
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        wait, did I miss something? : lowpoly
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          Our match time conflicts with his schedule according to the roster sheet. : Grimp
          • ah, I thought you were referring to my gravelpit comment :) ya, I know, that's why we're still tentati... : lowpoly
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    I really don't see what the big fucking deal is with spawn camping. It really blows my mind that this is ... : K1Bond007
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      I don't really want to make an issue over this, but I have to agree. This is pretty ridiculous. Are we af... : Robotic Puppy Eater
      • Also, define spawn camping. Are we going with 'determined, deliberate and destructive to gameplay'? Becau... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  I remember the old TFC had turrets that killed anyone who came near the spawn. How come TF2 doesn't have ... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    On some maps that would shutdown certain routes completely. : Warmaker
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      You pretty much had to get inside the team-gated respawn room for them to even activate, and you had a fe... : Beady
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        Yup. Valve changed it, however, because you can't enter the spawn in TF2 the way you could in TFC. : Merconium
        • Yeah you can't really get into the spawn area the same way you could in TFC. : deject
  • That's actually a good question. Especially on Dustbowl (except for the defenses final spawn). : Grumbeld
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    They have the big red prohibit things that block you out instead : Wolrahnod
    • But guns that fill you with hot lead are better! : Rice-Rocketeer
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  fuck. i can't make the match, i have to go see a play for class at exactly the same time. wish i had kn... : electroly
  • That's a good deal for the team you're up against! : NastyJack
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  Regarding Brickmatt: I had a late-night conversation with brickmatt yesterday. he was hoping to have a ga... : Crimson
  • nobody ever makes weekend games, so a weekday would be superb : itsjames
  • TY. Hopefully we can prac before then, too! : Merconium
  • brickmatt sucks. I hope his team contracts anal warts. : hamachi
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  Does it count as spawn camping if the defense rings the exits of the attacking spawn in Gravel Pit? It's... : Grumbeld
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    thats fine, because only soldiers and demos can get up there. and stickies are ok up there too. : hirez
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      and engineers and scouts : Grumbeld
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        and along with engineers, everyone else can : Grumbeld
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          hmm. I guess they can, hadnt seen much of that before. But I think that its ok as long as the whole team ... : hirez
          • Heh, I just spent the last five minutes thinking if it'd be feasible to have the whole team up there, 6 o... : Grumbeld
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            Hirez, I really have a lot of respect for you and I am very grateful that you spent the time to set this ... : Robotic Puppy Eater
            • This is extremely well said. I really wish that I had phrased it this way, but I'm hopped up on Chinese ... : Grumbeld
            • Agreed. I have a feeling there is already going to be enough disputes breaking out even without this rul... : Jackass1233
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      Uh.. no. I can snipe people at A quite easily. Scouts can get up there. Engineers. This rule is mistake m... : K1Bond007
      • I'm with K1Bond here. It's too difficult to define the rule and camping is something that the teams shou... : Grumbeld
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        I agree. Im just going to play how i would normally play. : feek
        • same. If i have an opportunity to sticky up the entrance of a spawn (gravel pit) to delay reinforcements ... : xjdrake32
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    IMO, anyhting goes on Gravel Pit other than a demoman shooting stickies up to the spawn building, anythin... : monkeygone
    • A defending demoman I should have said. Offensive camping is too easy and very offensive to me. : monkeygone
• Freaking joy. I'll be up for that match for rosewood. Just have to be up at 5 am the next morning :(. ... : Malku
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  My team vs Rosewood's on Sunday after the Superbowl is the worst fucking idea ever. God damnit practice a... : ant_hillbilly
  • oh shit yea. I'm gonna be so drunk by that point : askedrelic
  • I don't care for the Superbowl, but 10 Central is going to kill me for work the next day. Ah, fuck it,... : Arctic Fox
  • Yup, thats a really bad time to schedule a game. : Tommy Toolbag
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  This tournament is going to rule. Is this Source TV server where all the games will be broadcasted? ... : Flying h4x0r
  • thats the server for Shackwest sourceTV. I'm going to see about setting it up as a proxy for the other se... : hirez
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  Maddog is going to murder me. I've been trying to work out a date/time to schedule our match, and some... : virus
  • I think I'm going to murder you. I have more e-mails than I know what to do with. And I don't know who AN... : laurgasms
• Monday the 4th pencilled in. I am so there to help ownerate Skankcore and his Kin >:D : Solstice
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  Woot! Xevo going down... now I just have to finally practice with my team... shame on me! : dedgecko
  • Yes, shame on you. Play tonight. : omnova
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    now that electroly is out, you actually stand a chance :P : re4ctor
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      Wait, what? Since when isn't electroly playing? =/ : Xevo
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        I've got to see a play at exactly that time tomorrow :( I bought the tickets yesterday :( : electroly
        • oooh damnit... you and Fireman were my first picks! =( : Xevo
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          get a refund or sell them to a classmate? : re4ctor
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            Are you sure the theatre won't let you change the day/time you got your tickets for? It's worth a call, ... : Xevo
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              i will figure something out, i hate this class anyway : electroly
              • lol thanks dude, we'll definitely need you! : Xevo
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        We created an internet petition to bar him from playing and the TF2 gods condeded. : omnova
        • conceded... : omnova
• man I just played a really good round on Well. I think thats my favorite map. <3 my documents sorry f... : boomstickah
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  Are demomen allowed? : dmason
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    yes. but you can only play scout for asking that. : hirez
    • You're hurting your own team here.... : dmason
• but spawn camping can always be countered. wtf. : feek
• There are no spies allowed, go about your business and worry about other things. : monkeygone
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  Not on SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!! : flubba79
  • oh wait 10 pm... hmmm : flubba79
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  Awesome. Goodbye, Mr. Monkeh. : WaterSign
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    JPB, it pains me that I'll be facing you. How about this: you tell me what class you are and where you're... : dmason
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      Man I'm going to run out of ammo spy checking for you aren't I? : bcyde
      • haha, I knew you'd be the one set out to get me! : dmason
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  My thoughts on spawn camping and a possible solution: I don't like having a rule against it, but I do ... : Xevo
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    But you still need to define what "camping" means. Is it simply sticking stickies outside their door, or... : Grumbeld
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      I think anytime you're actively keeping them from leaving their exit is spawn camping. However, a scout ... : Xevo
      • So you're saying that as long as they don't die the instant they exit their spawn it's not spawn camping? : Grumbeld
      • I don't see how ambushing someone as they're leaving their spawn is any different than ambushing them wit... : deject
      • Damn, I like flanking the other team as a Scout and taking them out just outside their spawn. And I actua... : vynn
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    I don't really think it can be a problem. I've never played a game in which I could not get out of spawn ... : aeg1x
    • Yeah, me neither. I mean, it's bad if everyone runs out one at a time and gets killed, but that's where ... : jenisthebest
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  I wholeheartedly disagree with the "no spawn camping." The whole point of putting the spawns inside a bui... : Trips
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    I am in favor of Trips not spawning! : SolveChrist
    • I second this. Fucking spies. : xylothan
  • Yeah, if you're not doing your best to take out the enemy at every opportunity you're basically not playi... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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    I hate this issue because it is paradoxical. Ultra-competitive play promotes using tactics that one migh... : omnova
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      how about having a three-drink minimum for the tournament? : windowpane
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        I'd be down with that. Also, alltalk on. : omnova
        • Alrighty. Let's do this thing. I need to go buy a 40 of whiskey though. : windowpane
    • exactly. and I have drawn the line. ALL the captains were invited to a chat on tuesday to talk about this... : hirez
  • yep, i agree. this makes no sense. : lakren
  • Yeah I agree with you, even though I'm not in the tournament. These kinds of arbitrary rules are what mak... : datoo
  • How many 'rules' that directly impact strategy (if you really call spawncamping a strategy) have I posted... : hirez
• Server info. I have tf2.hackedbychinese.com a complete hardware/os overhaul last night, and it should be ... : re-verse
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  *spawncamping = having a good number of your team right outside the spawnpoint, preventing the other team : hirez
  • what if both captains agree before hand to allow spawn-camping? and its recorded on the demo? : Jackass1233
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    do you want to quantify how many is a good number of your team? Three or more people? : Grumbeld
    • This is the kind of thing that needs to be defined otherwise there will be drama. :( : OverloadUT
  • if a team REALLY cant get out of the spawn they should just forfeit. : feek
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  Good rule. You have to be pretty dense to not know what spawn camping is. It's unfair and zero fun. Just ... : monkeygone
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    This is war, there is no such thing as honor in modern warfare. : Grumbeld
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      Strange, I thought we were playing a video game. : TreMetal
      • It's a tournament. You don't win tournaments by playing fair. : ieGod
    • Let's just suck it up and have good clean fun, no gay schtuff. : monkeygone
    • My dad once went paintballing and some douche kept breaking the rules (mainly leaving the base before the... : OverloadUT
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    its actually NOT possible. you always spawn in a safe zone. : feek
    • No, spawn camping isnt possible, you are correct. : monkeygone
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  Listen. If you're going to say spawn camping is not allowed, but then go on to say, well here you can do ... : xjdrake32
  • nope. I disagree. but thanks for your opinion. : hirez
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  Update: Everybody is just trying to have fun, don't be a douche - take that for what its worth. you've... : hirez
  • I feel your pain, man. When I merely mentioned last fall that the old TFC leagues had instituted "no chas... : Bold
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    jesus christ people, hirez is putting this whole thing together for FUN - nobody wins anything, who gives... : virus
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      In this case I think people are attempting to get a firm ruling on what is allowed to prevent drama later... : OverloadUT
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        why anybody would bitch later is beyond me - this is all for fun, i can see if there were prizes involved... : virus
        • People bitch when just playing regularly, you find it surprising people would for the tourney which most ... : boredguy
        • Bragging rights can be a lot if you don't have that much already. Some people are competitive, having a ... : Grumbeld
  • Here, have a beer :( I bet you never thought putting together a TF2 tournament would be such a pita. Here... : yosemiteclimber
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    Could you please give me a definition for fun, I dont know what that is hirez! : Jackass1233
    • Fun is launching 8 crit stickies in a row. : Grumbeld
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    I'm sorry I've been argumentative here today. I like your definition: "Spawncamping = having a good n... : Grumbeld
    • No offense to hirez who I love like a ... like a lovable thing, but baroquely defined tourney rules are r... : Johnny Law
• There is no way that plane could have taken off. : monkeygone
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  i can't believe i just bought extra play tickets so i could play in a video game tournament. xevo, count... : electroly
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    Haha, taking one for the team! : Grimp
    • i figure it's my fault for not updating my schedule, it *does* say i'm available at the scheduled time so... : electroly
  • Hahah major props dude, I appreciate the commitment greatly! : Xevo
• Jesus, leave it to shackers to bitch and moan and overanalyze every little detail. Don't be a dick, the ... : bipolar
• 11pm on worknight sucks, i thought our match was going to be saturday : papaskot
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  glad im not playing in this tournament, would hate to defend the last 2 points on granary, especially by ... : VuduChild
  • Granary won't be played so that's not really a problem. : boredguy
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  I'm glad I'm not in this thing, because it seems like it's sucking all the fun out of TF2. : dirge23
  • just a few people with differing opinions. nothing new here. : hirez

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• my favorite tf2 voice thing: http://hackedbychinese.com/tf2/scout_specialcompleted05.wav imo, its s... : re-verse
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  Great stuff. I think you could get some good stuff out of the Demoman. I mean who doesn't love hearin... : Duffman8369
  • or KA-BLOOEYYYYY : manero
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  need a teleporter here need a teleporter here need a teleporter here need a teleporter here need a telepo... : kill9
  • KILL IT : MisterPhoton
• You are awesome. Thank you! : Lionhart32935
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  Thanks for adding these to the wiki! : mancide
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    I'm not sure if I did it right. They were categorized as "images", but oh well, it worked. : zebosausamite
    • Yea, you did it right. That's actually just the way files are handled as uploads. Really a wiki assumes a... : mancide
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  Can you do the opening theme song to TF2? : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Yeah, that's pretty simple. Any one in particular? I like the drums myself, as well as the "brass" one.... : zebosausamite
    • the music that plays when your team wins the round would be awesome, too : manero
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    That's my current ringtone! The menu screen music, that is. : helvetica
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      plz to be posting! : Flying h4x0r
      • If no one else has upped them by the time I get home, I will! : helvetica
  • yes please! I would love this! : mavmavv
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    i have the mp3s here if anyone wants them http://mmmmmoo.com/public/games/tf2/music/ : Mmmmmoo
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      Ahhh, gamestartup2.mp3 makes me smile and feel like I'm about to hop on the shack servers. : zebosausamite
      • yeah, and then very sad... Maybe ill play some on my lunch! Woot! : mavmavv
    • thanks brosef. : mavmavv
    • oh my god - #1 is my new ringtone. THANK YOU :D : virus
    • fantastic. I think i'll use this! : Crimson
    • ZOMG this is awesome : tunis5000
• Speaking of ringtones, someone posted this on the talk page: REQUEST: The Battle Victory Sound from Final : mancide
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  Nice, even though i'd like to throatpunch anyone with such obtrusive ringtone. Its fun but really penetr... : Hoax
  • Kiss me. : zebosausamite
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  http://chazums.shackspace.com/TF2.mp3 : chazums
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    Wow that's horribly loud. : zebosausamite
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      Ah, yeah. My phone speaker is weak sauce so I ended up boosting the shit out of it. : chazums
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        Yea, but that MP3 is clipping all over the place. : mancide
        • The speaker is so bad it doesn't matter :( I might try re-doing it later. : chazums
• this ringtone page is beyond awesome. : NeoMoose
• whats the easiest way to put one of these on my razor? : handofthrawn
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  are you guys seriously using video game sounds for your cell phone ring? : wtf242
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    lol this post again. : boomstickah
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      i'm just jealous, my phone is so old it doesn't even support mp3 ringtones. : wtf242
      • Same. :( Although I have Tetris and Duke Nukem in midi format on mine. : NFXFSX
  • The poral radio muzak is a perfect ring. : dmason
  • i would, nothing wrong with that, but currently i use scorpio by grandmaster flash. : anthonybean
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    better than soulja boy or something : Flying h4x0r
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      WHO LET THE DOGS OUT!? : mavmavv
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        YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!?!?! : yellowtexan
        • GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEED!!!!! : sesmaster
  • are you seriously not using video game sounds for your cell phone ring? : captfarrell
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    i want the achievement noise for when i get text messages. : pandastrong
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      http://centracomm.cachefly.net/majornelson/2007/Achievement-mp3-sound.mp3 http://centracomm.cachefly.n... : sigpro
      • It's also on the ringtone page, and it's the one Major Nelson posted. : mancide
  • Yeah TF2 hype here has officially "jumped the shark." : RyDogg1
  • I used the Civ 4 menu music (Baba Yetu) for my ringtone and the delcare war trumpets for my alert tone. : SockMonkeh
• Medic "aaagh! I am on fy-ar?" Would that be ok? I would kind of dig that one : itsjames
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  I can't put a mp3 ringtones on a non-jailbroken iphone, can I? :\ : geedeck
  • I think there was a way to do it. I think you should be able to google for it and trick iTunes into doing... : mancide
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  hahaha oh my god the heavy misc is HILARIOUS :D : virus
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    hey screw your hockey game lets play that match tomorrow : boomstickah
    • no way - my seats are expensive! lol : virus
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    Thanks! I want to do more like that. Maybe include two classes. I love the ending. : zebosausamite
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      PLEASE more!!! I love those sound effects, they're probably my favorite game related SFX ever. I'll t... : virus
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        Not my site, just a contributor! : zebosausamite
        • thats koo... :D : virus

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• Couldn't have picked anyone better. : FushigiDenki
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  I wonder where they are splitting the story in two. : byorn
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    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ : MoreVespeneGas
    • Where, not Why. : Totenjaeger
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    They aren't splitting the actual story. It is going to be The Hobbit in 1 movie. and Assorted tales and... : Crimsonbeak
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      Yea, that second film is probably going to suck hard. I hope they realize that it's a bad idea to make a... : aethyr
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        Let's hope fucking not. : Totenjaeger
        • ^^^^^^^ : ieGod
        • Seriously. More fighting dragons, less faggoty singing, plz. : riptyde
        • IAWTP. I fucking hated that chapter. : Ride-My-Rocket
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        I assume it will show how everyone got to where they are at the beginning of fotr. : re4ctor
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          That sounds like a great 2 hour film..... I loved the LoTR movies, and I am looking forward to The Hobbi... : aethyr
          • yeah it'll probably be boring. maybe they'll make a new story as a hook, and just weave the other charact... : re4ctor
          • Yeah I'm imagining Concerning Hobbits from the beginning of the LOTR books elaborated even more than the ... : Tawler
        • Obviously scattered after a large cinematic battle with over the top special effects. : pigvomit
    • Whaaaaaaat. They should have just put some documentary type thing together on the special features part ... : changejar419
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      From what I have read, it sounds more like they are splitting the Hobbit, AND creating a third film, whic... : Stoned Gargoyle
      • he should do the hobbit and the scouring of the shire. bookend that shit and finish LotR for real. : pyide
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    Been a while since I read the book but I'd have thought just after Bilbo get''s the ring and they get out... : cause&effect
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      I haven't read anything in The History of Middle Earth or Unfinished Tales, but is there any written mate... : aethyr
      • I haven't read any of the expanded stuff either. I'm just going off stuff I vaguely remember reading in t... : cause&effect
• OMG I'm actually really excited about this. I feel like Middle Earth will be just a little bit darker no... : skizl
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  Whoa two movies? : nomaad
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    Yes, it was mentioned a few months ago. : SlamDunk
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      Man they better get Ian McKellen as Gandalf. : nomaad
      • This absolutely has to happen. : pigvomit
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  huh, I thought Jackson just signed on to this officially a few months ago?! : MoreVespeneGas
  • He is just producing. : Totenjaeger
• Not bad, he has really shown his abilities as of late. Mimic was the first of his movies I've seen. : pigvomit
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  Bilbo's Labyrinth : gmd
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    Leonard Nimoy needs to do the theme song. : pigvomit
    • He can play a portly elf, assuming the Ghost of Roddenberry doesn't haunt him for wearing pointy ears in ... : RomSteady
• nice, I loved Pan's Labyrinth : Patch-e
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  So they can rape the hobbit too? Two movies for a kids fairy tale? : Toth21
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    ohhh... a troll straight from middle earth : SlamDunk
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      oh wow lololol : Iwannaacura
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        Nice one =O No but really the 1977 cartoon (silly as it was) was only 77 minutes and contained the maj... : Toth21
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          'cause there's "The Hobbit" and some separate adventures? also, you're in the minority here, since mos... : Postal
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            Haha trust me I know I am in the minority, I just honestly hated what they did in the second and third mo... : Toth21
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              Toth21, I am with you. They should just do a straight up Hobbit movie. Fuck, what else are they going t... : ucanbfuzzy
              • They could always do whatever it was Gandalf went off to do halfway through the hobbit. Ousting the Necor... : locater16
• Bring on the crazy complicated clockwork machines and the eyeless monsters! : ZombieAcademy
• when i read the root thread i thought of Benecio del Toro and was like wtf? : ass-street
• I hope it's more Pan's Labyrinth than Hellboy. : midgetherder
• OK this was a good pic - my second choice behind Jackson. WOOOO! : trOmblyj

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  Great environments and monsters (and BIG monsters!). Reasonably fast pace. Fun weapons. Oftentimes it emu... : FlatlineDixay
  • I think you will enjoy the BOOH expansion more. : dognose
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    I've been pretty much a Painkiller fanatic since before it's release and I agree with a lot of your criti... : Psigun
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      Some of this stuff really isn't explained at all. I didn't know if the compass pointed to the checkpoint ... : FlatlineDixay
      • I believe the exact way that the compass works is that it points the nearest demon on the section of the ... : Psigun
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      god damnit - this makes me want to play again. a lot. I think I might get it off steam today - how lar... : seven
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        Dunno but it is very replayable : dognose
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          My Painkiller Gold Edition folder is 3.41 GB, haven't checked saved games folder : dognose
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            gah - for only $9 - and with MY ISP being a free Steam content provider - I impulse bought. : seven
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              Have you played the BOOH expansion? If not, it'll be worth it. If so, it'll be worth it. : dognose
              • is it on Steam? I've seen the circus rollercoaster ride level on a friend's computer and was all "oic,... : seven
              • omgwtf! Painkiller Gold Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additiona : seven
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                I'm sorry but I will need to disagree with you here dognose. I disliked most of the BOOH expansion. It fe... : bad_fish
                • They also managed to make the cut-scenes even more low budget than the original : bad_fish
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              What's a free Steam content provider? I want one of those. : dognose
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                it means that downloads from steam that use the ISP's steam content provider aren't billed against your u... : seven
                • i got 20 gigs a month, and my isp isnt that steam thingie. : barichnikov
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      I like the shortage of ammo. Most, if not all, FPS games I've played will include a default weapon but ne... : bad_fish
      • I love that the default weapon is one of the most lethal and flexible weapons in the game. It mows throug... : Psigun
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    Isn't there an arrow at the top of the screen that points to where you go next? : crummynz
    • Yah, it also points you to the nearest monster when there are any still alive. : Psigun
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    Painkiller is awesome. Also, developers don't play their games like you do, because it's impossible. Th... : spiderfill
    • I agree that playtesting is important, but we're also talking about a development team with many people o... : FlatlineDixay
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    Last level of the first Painkiller is - fucking - incredible. : seven
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      It really is a masterpiece isn't it. I got chills when I first saw it. Every moment of violence in human : Psigun
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        what was even more impressive was it was a purely creative masterpeice. It wasn't technically amazing. It... : seven
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          The artwork is really good overall, and very epic-feeling. As for the sound, I'm probably missing out... : FlatlineDixay
          • That's too bad, the sound is one of the best aspects of PK. The music especially gets regular playtime in... : Psigun
  • I really never had a lot of the problems you described. I liked Painkiller more than Half Life 2. : dltrem
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  painkiller was such a fun game, its THE only game that reminded me of QUAKE1 and that alone is worth the ... : X-GOUKI
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    it gets mentioned pretty regularly around here. i think steam has given it some longer legs because it's ... : Psigun
    • reading these posts - I got flashbacks of the levels - and the stake gun. It's going to take hours to ... : seven
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    I want to play some multi player I played a little but there are only about 4 servers with people on the... : bRAINsick
    • Painkiller Shackbattle some weekend would be great if we could get enough people and find a server. It'd ... : Psigun
  • I play it all the time. Terrific game. Can't recommend it enough,and I love that I have it on steam for e... : jason bergman
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    painkiller was great until i got to the opera with the stupid zombie ninjas or wtf thats was way too l... : derean
    • That one was probably not so good, but it did vaguely remind me of Duke Nukem 3d! : FlatlineDixay
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  I tried the demo and didn't like it at all. I really wanted to because $10 is a steal, but I just ended ... : Lionhart32935
  • Painkiller is a niche-y game and seems to either be big miss or big hit with people. That being said ther... : Psigun
• I can only play Painkiller for about 30 minutes a pop. But that's what it's good for. Sometimes you just ... : Pettytheft
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  Painkiller 2, where are you?! :( : Psigun
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    ^^^^ loved the first one. Never played the expansion though. : baronzemo78
    • Battle out of Hell is so worth it. It's got a couple new great weapons and the levels are designed a notc... : Psigun
• the very first Painkiller is excellent fun. : kemical
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  I think it was fun but never Serious Sam 1 fun. The weapons are just fantastic though. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Painkiller rules. Serious Sam drools. : CRasterImage
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  I tried the demo, after dognose mentioned it as a game likely to scare me. God damn it. Painkiller seems ... : A Sponge
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    The beam can be useful for longer distances as rapid-firing the Painkillers blades gets slower and slower... : Psigun
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      Oh a sanitarium, I'm sure that must be entirely pleasant and delightful. And heights, fantastic. : A Sponge
      • The sanitarium was really really really really really really really creepy. Really. : ConfusedUs
      • The heights fucked with me too. : dognose
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    There's your problem. You were taking your time. Painkiller is all about pure run and gun gameplay. I ... : timmie
    • Same here- the way the soul system works along with the the speed you can move at and high-powered weapon... : Psigun
• and i've said it before but the Painkiller soundtrack is excellent music to work out to : e v i l

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• Oh my! *Loot dropped by Doomlord Kazzak and Doomwalker has been changed to Bind on Equip. : pigvomit
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  wow... that warlock summon is awesome. Stupid people leaving group in the middle of a raid. : Grumbeld
  • Yeah, it's a pretty big deal. : FlatlineDixay
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    it only took them 4 years to implement! wow! : chilln
    • It used to work that way. They took it out : deveus1
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    I wonder if they will make loot unobtainable to those summoned in after a boss fight. I can see how that... : pigvomit
    • thats still how it is, where if they were out of the instance during the combat they wont get the loot. : chilln
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      Abused. Pshaw. More like people getting their monthly subscription's worth. : snuff
      • lol, right.... : atom519
    • they fixed that already. you can't loot the kara chest unless you were in the instance already : AllYourBase
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    Why did it take this long? : pun][sher
    • Because they had originally removed it for balance reasons. People used to skip big parts of instances to... : deveus1
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  3 tier tokens per 25-man boss. I wonder if this means we'll get one of each... : lordlobo
  • doubtful, that would make loot too predictable. : NexusOne
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    whoa. that means the expansion must be close if blizz is giving away a loot zerg : Downforce
    • Well, they do need to do something about PvE loot progression if they're going to basically just upgrade ... : FlatlineDixay
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  # Spellsteal will no longer overwrite a longer duration buff. # Players can now only carry 80 Conjured ... : Downforce
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    I wish they would adjust how spell casting works vs melee. Nothing sucks more than casting a 3-4 second ... : pigvomit
    • yep, this is why mages are useless in arenas, and must conform to 17/0/44 spec to even be considered. ... : Downforce
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  It's a weird change because medium-long term armor tokens are already the most common/least in demand bos... : veras
  • meant as a reply to lordlobo :/ : veras
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    wait, I haven't played WoW in a year, what are the 'tokens' that you are speaking of? Does this mean no ... : deathofrats
    • There are 3 token types (Rogue,Paladin,Shaman | Priest,Druid,Warrior | Mage,Warlock,Hunter) that can be t... : bad_fish
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  Diminishing returns removed from Honor in 2.4... HOLY ALTERAC VALLEY BATMAN : Downforce
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    What's equally big (at least in my impatient eyes) is that they're doing away with daily honor awards and... : yemeth
    • I think bonus honor is still calculated once per day. Just kill honor is updated on the spot. : TrptJim
  • Considering Honor gained from kills in AV is minimal given the size of the groups you generally fight in,... : jayacheess
• I'm glad they linked sources, otherwise I would've called fake. : glio1337
• Awesome changes, can't wait! : atom519
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  Thanks for implementing retained skill levels for respecs after I quit. I don't want to know how many ti... : nurglich
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    Ya, that's a nice one. Looks to be a good patch overall, really : action roommate
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      I just really adore that even if I'm not playing wow, it's still going to be redefining mmo gaming and ma... : geedeck
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        I fully agree, community overlord geedeck. They have stumbled here and there, but WoW is just amazingly w... : Goncyn
        • I'm waiting for WotLK to come out and level 71 greens will have 100 stamina : action roommate
        • Too bad the thing they havent figured out is probably the most crucial to PVP gameplay. But I guess I can... : Tommy Toolbag
      • Do you remember what the game was like around launch? It's amazing how much better it is now. : ucanbfuzzy
• Bout time Lock summons worked in instanced, shoulda been implemented a long time ago. But on a flip side ... : Vash108
• Fuck all that shit, give me the diminishing return-less Honor and instant Honor and I'm going to be a hap... : ucanbfuzzy
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  still not going to make me play that game again. Too bad, blizz, you've lost a customer for life. Adi... : windowpane
  • we care a lot : Enigme
  • blizzard is reeling from this scathing response "what did we do!!!! ohh god help us windowpane how hav... : JINKY

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  well, our team captain "crashed" out of a practice once, leaving us high and dry. /points finger at you : SolveChrist
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    For this reply, I'm changing my previous statement, make that 3 out of 12 players. :P : dkrulz
    • i don't know whether you are accepting your temporary absence as failure to comply, or referring to me an... : SolveChrist
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  we haven't had/dont need practice. : feek
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    You did, lakren just didn't tell you about it. : dkrulz
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      we have been practing 8x a day and making sure feek does not attend : lakren
      • Good idea, don't want to tire out any of your starters before the first game of the season. : dkrulz
      • i thought we didnt need it :( : feek
      • Hey did I already ask you this? How does Monday sound for our match? : NastyJack
      • I've been waiting for a steam invite for practice, and waiting... eh whatever, playing on the Shack se... : tunis5000
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        Zaun's team seems to be in a constant state of practice. Nice to know that they're concerned, but wow th... : Grumbeld
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          ...we have? Shit. : Moonbase Commander
          • Oh like you need practice :P : Grumbeld
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            If you win, I get some credit for "introducing you to videogames". : Rice-Rocketeer
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              You get credit for all the time I've spent gaming instead of studying, too! : Moonbase Commander
              • Oh, shit... : Rice-Rocketeer
        • I don't think they even need the practice. That's one awesome team they've got there. : Felraiser
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  8 or 9 usually for our scrims. : xpogox
  • I had some unexpected events and shouldn't have any more in the near future. We're good. : dedgecko
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  One guy had to drop out but he let me know early on. Everyone else has be A++ awesome. : SockMonkeh
  • any update on practice or first match? : ant_hillbilly
  • would draft again? : deject
  • Yeah, sorry about that. : dmason
• how many haven't had any successful practices :-/ : Crimson
• we've only had 1 so far, but everyone I expected to show up, has. 1 player dropped out and another I don'... : lowpoly
• Also, Any teams want to scrim on Saturday sometime? Our team would like to get one more game in before th... : dkrulz
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  but remember, shacklordz take this so seriously if you didn't register for the draft, you are NOT ALLOWED : ]pm[chem
  • yep. sorry. but 'dems the breaks. : hirez
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    thats a bit silly : fletch_
    • TF2 IS SRS : the city
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    There was a month and a half to sign up with countless threads ever day. Close to 300 people signed up. H... : dmason
    • i was back packing through the west indies, the Caribbeans have not mastered wifi yet : fletch_
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      I didn't miss it; I just had no interest in being assigned to a specific team. I am interested in fillin... : ]pm[chem
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        no offense chem, cuz i love you, but thats kinda retarded. you want to play, but don't want to be on a... : virus
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          my schedule is highly variable, so I didn't want to commit to a draft and possibly screw over my team, bu... : ]pm[chem
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            Read the rules man, it isn't possible to play 9v12, whichever team has the least amount of players the te... : dkrulz
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              didn't realize that; good point. still, if a "sub" such as myself was allowed, it'd mean one more drafte... : ]pm[chem
              • I understand your position totally, and I'd like to allow subs myself, but if someone who is even pretty ... : dkrulz
              • by that logic, i call in half of the valve team to sub for me. :) : virus
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                Allowing subs would open the door to abuse since teams could start using ringers. Then the validity of th... : vynn
                • intentional abuse of ringers would be bad, yes. is any shack team evil enough to do this? I suppose a c... : ]pm[chem
  • i think all the teams have like 3 extra players anyway. we'll probably have too many people. : feek
• We had a quick practice/strategy session, but none other that I know of. : Solstice
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  Maddog is going to murder me. I've been trying to work out a date/time to schedule our match, and some... : virus
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    lol virus your so stupid. I can't wait to fight you in real life woman : Jackass1233
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      "you're" you effing retard :D : virus
      • I don't know how many times im going to have to explain to you that "your" is the same thing, I know how ... : Jackass1233
  • Our team's current thought is that your team should just forfeit :D That, or we go with the original 2... : Zero|DPX
• I have been amazingly good about this. :D : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I think we've had two computer issues with our team so far. We haven't really had a full team practice... : Alco23
  • yeah sorry dude - my RMA arrives on Monday :( : sergeon
• I've only been able to make 1 hour of practice total :( : Zero|DPX