Morning Discussion

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  The time remaining rule is pretty random. The time doesn't stay up anywhere after a round is over, and no... : Chepito.
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    Don't take my metal on dustbowl 1! : zebosausamite
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      Somebody take this guys metal! : monkeygone
      • why would you say that?! : zebosausamite
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  Yeah personally I think time should be thrown out of the decision factor, and only rounds counted. That ... : dkrulz
  • Time is only a factor on DB if it's a 6-6 tie, though. The accumulated time from each stage clearly shows... : skankcore
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  F10 lost due to the time tie breaker, which made me kind of sad but apparently it's been a rule since the... : xxiv
  • Um, well not exactly. F10 never captured the 6th cap point on Dustbowl, while S&D did. Gravelpit ended ... : trOmblyj
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    F10 lost DB. F10 attacked first on GP and captured C in OT. I think it's only fair that if S&D captured C... : skankcore
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      skankcore, I don't mean to sound like a dick but we're going to kick your bitch asses out of the tourname... : SockMonkeh
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        So you're saying that you're going to beat us so badly that it will count as two losses? OGC doesn't have... : skankcore
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          BRING IT ONNNN!!!!!! : SockMonkeh
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            Oh, it's brought. And don't think hirez will be able to save you. He might have admin powers, but they : skankcore
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              lols. I sense fear. fear leads to hate. hate leads to SUFFERING. your suffering at the hands of my mighty : hirez
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                When our respective Sashas meet in the field of battle, it will be a glorious day. You better have a m... : skankcore
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                  I'll have one on each ball. our medics rule. : hirez
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                    They better, for your sake... : skankcore
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                      I forsee that this next matches team lineup will be: hirez + 11 medics skankcore + 11 medics And... : Arctic Fox
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                        Problem is that one of their medics will actually be dmason and then it's over and out. : SockMonkeh
                        • "I never really was on your side." : Arctic Fox
                        • Awesome! : dmason
          • HEART!!!! : Cliffzorz
      • I'm going to make you my girlfriend! : dopeman
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      ah, fair enough, i was under a different impression. gg nonetheless. : xxiv
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        Best of luck in your next match! : skankcore
        • you too :D shut sock the fuck up! : xxiv
    • It seemed pretty clear to me when Hirez messaged me his condolences when you guys took C :) : Waffles!
  • Actually we lost period, 9 points to 8. So the time justification isn't needed. They defended one more ... : EvilDolemite
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  I think the confusion comes from this: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16089889 Specifically "Dust... : camel_jockey
  • I dig it. : monkeygone
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  QUESTION FOR BoS/VA PLAYERS. Has anyone gotten a 100% set time for our match yet? Because I've shackme... : laurgasms
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    yes the time is set but you were cut from the team nah nobody knows. Scheduling is such a clusterfuc... : boomstickah
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      wtf. seriously. : laurgasms
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        virus is out of town 3 days this week and couldn't play last saturday when we all wanted to play and I to... : boomstickah
        • I don't think you have to have 12 people... just get the min 8 right? : flubba79
    • Fuck it I quit this team. : RyDogg1
    • Mongolian clusterfuck? : Cliffzorz
  • at least you've heard rumors about when your match will be happening. SR is still in the dark in regards ... : MisterPhoton
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    iSketch. I told you, yet nobody listened. Mario Kart DS? Animal Crossing beautiful town competition? : A Sponge
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      BlockLand Death Star recreation. : omnova
      • Pff. Blockland freeform spaceship-off. : A Sponge
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    The match is at 2 PST/4 CST/5 EST on Saturday. It hasn't been officially confirmed yet, but we've gott... : Zero|DPX
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      this is such crap. : laurgasms
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        What? It's the same as the original scheduled time from last Saturday, just moved forward a week; and mo... : Zero|DPX
        • laurgasms can't play then, so BoS loses their first round pick... : Xevo
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  I don't like time being a factor because that means well is never played--right? : thief
  • It certainly seems so. I would like to see Well played. : monkeygone
  • If team A wins Dustbowl but Team B wins Gravelpit, then they go to Well. Alternately, if both teams mana... : Xevo
  • Pretty unlikely that one team would win Dustbowl then lose GP because they are similar in the way they pl... : dkrulz
  • not necessarily if one side wins DB and then the other wins GP then it should got to well right? : khalil420
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  read this please: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16185998#itemanchor_16185998 : hirez
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    Ahh, I seen that post! I thought hirez was showing us all how to pick up chicks and I laughed and brushed... : monkeygone
    • yeah, sorry in retrospect I should have just labeled it what it is, and held the funny for other times. : hirez
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    So in last night's OGC/DTH match, we shouldn't have left the server until it was confirmed that OGC won g... : Sze Ior
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      the captains confirmed the times on GP (both sockmonkeh and rosewood said OGC captured quicker), after th... : hirez
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        so if OGC had captured slower on GP, gravelpit victory would have gone to DTH, and they would have had to... : Jackass1233
        • yep. exactly. : hirez
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          I blame SweetLew for not decloaking (Actually I blame myself, our D was just awful bad) : rosewood
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            Demo of some Sweet Lew spy action? Source TV demo would work for me even. : monkeygone
            • Definately not a whole lot worth watching if there is a demo, I played like crap. : adodric
          • Nah he wouldn't have lasted long anyway. I had 3 stickies waiting to detonate for him along with a bottl... : MrLobo
          • I'll take the blame. I tried to decloak on my run back to the top but it seemed to take really long t... : adodric
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    That's fine for this tourney, but in the future, I think we should go with map wins. Best of 3 with Well ... : K1Bond007
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      I will absolutely take this under advisement. However, I do need to point out that the matches are alread... : hirez
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        This was my concern noted above. Anything longer than the already average match time will cut into player... : skankcore
        • If you had a sudden death type situation on well, where instead of a full game it's just the first team t... : feek
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        Well, to combat some of that, we need to make strict rules on when the matches start etc. The game needs ... : K1Bond007
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          That stuff is going to happen no matter what. It's just part of the process. Things may get faster as mor... : NastyJack
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            Yeah well waiting 15 minutes or so on gravelpit was pretty ridiculous. That was the second map. Everyone ... : K1Bond007
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              It just happens. We had the same thing happen. First we wanted to sub out a player, so someone had to dis... : Jackass1233
              • What was the story on DTH's 12 man that left after the first round? : flubba79
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          Go ahead Bond, you can say it. I was one of those certain people. Just because I have a TF2 match, doe : skankcore
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            lol... it was annoying. That's all I'm saying. I've been in clan matches before, these things happen, tha... : K1Bond007
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              After I came back, we waited on one of yours for a while and we ended up dropping down to 10 to compensat... : skankcore
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                There should be some time limit where regardless of what happens you continue playing. I agree with Bond... : dkrulz
                • I'm not trying to say it wasn't unreasonable. Some of our guys were getting anxious to start as well. If ... : skankcore
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                Yeah, we waited 2 or 3 minutes per a ruling from hirez apparently. No ruling on cleaning up dogshit thoug... : K1Bond007
                • We waited longer then 2 or 3 minutes for your guy, it wasn't much shorter then how long we waited for Ska... : boredguy
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  Question. Part of the way TF2 works is that the team with momentum gets respawn timer advantages. I assum... : Sze Ior
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    for our match we reset the map in between offense and defense, so my teams offensive run was completely s... : Jackass1233
    • I think he is confused about what changes respawn timers. The offense always has inherently lower respaw... : Xevo
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  OGC... is there a full demo of the dustbowl run yet? : ant_hillbilly
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    I think Robotic Puppy Eater has one. He needs to get it to re-verse who can host it. : SockMonkeh
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      I must write a script to record/stop a demo, and bind it to a key... : Arctic Fox
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        Yeah, I have F6 bound to "record test" and F7 bound to "stop". : SockMonkeh
        • Valve added an option to auto-save a screenshot at the end of each round. Thats quite useful too. : MrLobo
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          Does TF2 automatically add a number to the end so that it doesn't always over-write your previous demo? : boredguy
          • nope, I do "Record (demoname)" "stop" and when im ready to record i just hit up up enter and it records, ... : Demius
          • I think it only adds a number if the map is changed after you start a demo. : re4ctor
          • If you record "blah" and the map changes it will go to blah.2. I do not think the same applies to stoppi... : TreMetal
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          I have F6 bound to "hax on" and F7 bound to "more hax on". : re-verse
          • i have those bound to mouse1 and mouse2 : SockMonkeh
    • OGC vs DTH demos for the entire match www.roboticindustries.net/ogcvsdth.zip Mirror:http://hackedbych... : Robotic Puppy Eater

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• Dude that map we had our asses handed to us, we has some serious radar setup, like 6 stations at one poin... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  you played quite well last night man... Slipgate is way off balance for the strogg in my opinion. The... : flagg209
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    Thanks. Except for that one round where I had 7 TKs. Mostly I think because team mates weren't paying att... : Dynotaku
    • yeah, that's the price you pay for being a field ops / oppressor. I never bat an eye if I play that ... : flagg209
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  For those that remember it, that Bumblebee incident on Island was hilarious :) : P47h063n
  • for some reason the use of the bumble bee always cracks me up... It's like a giant flying elephant - : flagg209
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  Slipgate (the spawn>run>die map) is really brutal to the GDF. It's beatable, but requires a lot of luck ... : Arcanum
  • speed too - : flagg209
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    The Strogg are pretty much fucked if the slipgate gets hacked and theres at least 5-10 minutes left/ : tyrelhill
    • That's the impression I've gotten the few times I've seen the slipgate get hacked. : Arcanum
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  Regular Shack battles for Quake Wars? Sign me up! I just can't believe this game isn't more popular. I... : SovietOrchestra
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    Once you get through the Slipgate, the map becomes ridiculously easy for GDF. : RyDogg1
    • i wouldn't say ridiculously easy. recently i've been seeing the first part go fairly quickly and then the... : Mansmells
• indeed it was great fun. i'd love to do it more often : eeeealmo
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  Yeah Slipgate was rough. That's the map that requires the most coordination from the offensive team and I... : Mansmells
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    yea i'd never even seen some of those maps before so i had no idea what the fuck : eeeealmo
    • http://etqw.imk.cx/ You can check that site for the land overview of objectives but it doesn't show the ... : P47h063n
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  Anyone up for another one tonight? Maybe play the Asian and European campaigns? I just want to than... : RyDogg1
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    I have a hockey game tonight - but might be able to play around 11pm EST Friday night will actually be... : flagg209
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      Friday is a terrible night for a shackbattle. I'm think I'm leaning towards Thursday. Tonight we ca... : RyDogg1
      • regardless of the turnout on the second big shack battle - if anyone wants to get together and jump on a ... : flagg209
  • I'm down for this. : pulse2115
  • I'm up for whatever, I have lots of games to play and etqw is one ive been neglecting. : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • I should be able to play tonight. Had a great time lastnight. : bigblack
  • I will try to drop by tonight though I cannot play for long. : dirge23
  • I'm really bummed I miss last night. But I'll gladly try to make it tonight! : noknyc
  • I'll be there. What's interesting is that Steam informed me of the match, even though I own the regular d... : Schnapple
  • I'll probably show up if we have another tonight. : moogle
  • I can be around tonight. : Arcanum
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    yeah i'm down for some tonight. 9pm est again? : Mansmells
    • Yep. See the battle announcement below. : RyDogg1
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  I logged in but my video settings were screwed, then once I fixed it and tried to come back the server wa... : Goncyn
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    Yeah having such a great turn out last night; I'm raising the player number to 30 from 24. : RyDogg1
    • That'll be good. Those maps are so big I think the more players the better. : Dynotaku
• I haven't bought ET:QW yet, but from the sounds of this thread it's a pretty fun game. Is it worth buying... : gohan2518
• might have to consider bumping the max up to 32 players RyDogg - looks like you may have started a tre... : flagg209
• I'm up for some shooting tonight, I think. : SeaLlama
• I had a blast last night. Thanks to Rydogg for getting this setup. And I'd be down for another match to... : mrwolf710
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  Ah-hem: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16192732#itemanchor_16192732 : RyDogg1
  • Signed! : noknyc
• I wonder how ET:QW will sell on the 360. : Fred Garvin
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  The trick to the Slipgate hack is the covert ops' smoke grenade. Throw it over the buildings as you're ru... : mroizo40
  • Having a GDF engineer (with an AR, so he's got a little more range) lock down the building behind the sli... : jet-poop

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  I played half a game last night, and kept getting my but kicked. I would build up pretty good. I'd b... : hawke
  • Planetary shields ftw : whistler
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    The Vasari were doing this to me last night on my game too! I had pushed them back to their homeworld but... : Psigun
    • My Radiance cap ship was having no problems going toe-to-toe with enemy capital ships as well. The anti-m... : Psigun
    • There's the level 6 ability on the one capship that crushes the hell out of a planet (40% population and ... : Majuju
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    planetbusters and fly by planet killing? fuck me, im sold on this game : Unleashed
    • They don't really bust the planets so much as cleanse them of all population and development so that you ... : Psigun
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  The AI is pure evil. : NFXFSX
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    Do you believe it may be getting some sort of resource advantage even on "normal" skill level? (I don't l... : Silent Sorrow
    • usually only hard mode has the resource advantage. Like warcraft3/Ft. I remember the original release ... : Iwannaacura
  • srsly, I can't beat it on easy :(: : nyranger66
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  is anyone running this on a crappy computer? : conandan
  • it seems to be pretty heavy with all the sugar but there is a shit ton of options for framerate so withou... : dael
  • Athlon 64 2800+, 1GB Ram, ATI x800 xl I'm running it smoothly on high settings, 1024x768, and 2xAA : Psigun
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  Screenshots people! :D : Damodred
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    http://www.polycat.net/gallery/sinsofasolarempire : mittense
    • Yay thanks. I love how this game looks but I know I'd suck at it. : Damodred
    • Psst, when's the demo? : Damodred
• I played a game online with 6 random people. Sadly I had to leave half way through but I felt like I was ... : OverloadUT
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  pirates are brutal : smax
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AzpByR3MvI : mittense
    • That was just wrong. : jonin
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    I love the pirates but I think I'm in the minority. : Horn
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      I love the Pirates because in the one game I've played so far they were easy and ended up being easy exp ... : Jonathan
      • Yeah, I agree. : mittense
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      Have you gotten into a major pirate bounty war yet? I'm up to 13k and the fleets that they would send to ... : Frozen Pixel
      • I've played one 5 hour game but there was a bidding war with the AI which was fun. : Horn
      • What size map? I keep on getting told I've maxed out the bounty on me but the fleet isn't that impressive... : Jonathan
      • I ended one game with the bidding war at around 30K or so. I like building up monster economies to fuel ... : Kentor
    • Pirates are an important part of the game! I love them. I played a 6 player online game and the bidding w... : OverloadUT
  • I just changed the settings file so they come every 5 hours now :P : Bantis
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    I've played a couple of 1v1 games against the AI and keep being attacked by pirates, are they the opponen... : dael
    • They spawn every 12 minutes and attack the player with the highest bounty. Sounds like the AI was always ... : OverloadUT
  • Make a custom map without pirates. Or fly into their base mid game and just target their base and blow it... : thewindcriesmary
  • once you learn to use them to your advantage they are quite an asset. I just finished a 2 day 5.5 hour ga... : mega man
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  It's fucking epic and so much fun. : Wolfanoz
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    The more I see and hear about the game, the more I think, "How on earth do you manage all of that stuff i... : Silent Sorrow
    • It's got quite a slow pace. Basically due to the way that resources and travel works from what I've seen ... : Psigun
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  This game run in widescreen? Sounds like a good laptop game to play while im recovering from my upcoming... : vitek r
  • Yep runs in widescreen. : Jonathan
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  yeah I ordered this. Hopeful it will come by this weekend... hope I have time this weekend to play too. ... : Modulus
  • So far on easy I've had a pretty good showing against the AI opponents in my first games. With the tutori... : Psigun
  • Did you order it from totalgaming? You could be downloading it now. : Horn
  • You'll probably play 4 or 5 really short games, quit restart. Before you get the hang of it. But i didnt ... : thewindcriesmary
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  When a computer ally is asking you to destroy someones civilian structures, what exactly is he asking for... : Horn
  • Research stations. Anything built with the Circle/Gear button. : hawke
• read the shack review yet? : aeg1x
• I fucking love it so far, I used the TEC uber cannon to blow my enemies away and it was good. : Ravenkettle

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  Screenshots from last nights game: http://creative-extremes.com/gallery/v/tf2/2008-02-05/ : ZeroSignal
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    I obviously never looked good at all *bitter* Tonight, I shall slaughter you so you can parade a beaut... : jbury
    • :D : ZeroSignal
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  I'll be there to make sure you'll capture me in a screenshot this time. : Bamii
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    make sure you kill me then :) : ZeroSignal
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      What was up with the stuttering btw? I could not hit a damn thing due to a sudden storm of packetloss whi... : [7]kami
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        Nope, you are not alone. I experienced it for a short while as well. You were the only one whining about ... : Bamii
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          I know. I can't stand it. You know i can virtually shoot people quite well. But packetloss completely fuc... : [7]kami
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            You also died because you had competition btw. I consider myself to a decent (not a topplayer by far) TF2... : Bamii
            • Fun will make us come back and get better. :-) Plus i really need to stop playing classes i want to ma... : [7]kami
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            Are you guys close to eachother? because I never had packetloss : moshman
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              I think Kami is his JO buddy - so we know they're close "that" way : jbury
              • Not gay! : Bamii
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        I'm honestly not sure. I just checked the transfer stats, and during the game last night it peaked at 1.... : ZeroSignal
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          I know everybody in America was getting massive packetloss. Maybe some router choked in the long series ... : Zero|DPX
          • yeah, well whats odd is the two guys complaining are in the same country as the server :/ : ZeroSignal
    • I will make sure that will happen...somehow ;) : Bamii
• I shall be there! :D : jbury
• Bump : ZeroSignal
• 10 minute bump : ZeroSignal
• I'm going in. : rock elf
• sorry guys, can't stay any longer. head hurts like hell. :| : aaarrrgh
• Connection was a lot better today. Games were too. Much fun! : [7]kami
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  Good games! Managed a couple of calamitous fuck ups with my ubers though :-) : alphane
  • Same here. I fucked three up at the beginning of Dustbowl. Activated the first one right as my target die... : menkey
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  Screenshots from tonights game: http://creative-extremes.com/gallery/v/tf2/2008-02-06/ : ZeroSignal
  • yay i got some pics <3 : jbury
  • You STILL didn't take any pictures of me >:( : Zero|DPX
  • Yay! I'm in there! ;) : Bamii
• Fuckball over IGI 16 on come join! : pieman
• ggs : jujubees
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  GG all! That was fun. : pieman
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    BTW, I hate the way hardly anyone says "gg" at the end of a game or round anymore :(. Everyone used to do... : pieman
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      Chivalry, respect and class? Begging your pardon, but might you be so kind as to explain to the Shack wha... : A Sponge
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        A bunch of fucking cunt twat bags. But i retain my right to show appreciation to an enemy who exposed us ... : pieman
        • :) : pieman
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          Fuck you back, my good cuntychops. : A Sponge
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            I've already introduced you to the fine art of Fist Patrol on 2Fort, now you are swearing like me..... it... : pieman
            • I've heard stories about what goes on in that spawn room once everyone's clocked off for the day. Thanks ... : A Sponge
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      Doesn't the scoreboard at the end block text? : Grimp
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        Yeah this a problem as well, there is a server command that allows chat text at the end. something like... : pieman
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          You can hit the scoreboard key and it goes away. : menkey
          • Thanks! I didn't know this, although I'm yet to try it. I think this is the best thing I've learnt about : pieman
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          that's set to 30 seconds on the EU server. you need to press Tab to get rid of the scoreboard. I set it... : ZeroSignal
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            Hehe, I obviously don't. :( . I'm pretty sure there is another server command that forces the scoreboard ... : pieman
            • sure. : ZeroSignal
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  GG tonight guys. I especially enjoyed the Dustbowl Domination-fest :) That's as good as I've ever done ... : Zero|DPX
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    Of course, two missed ubers in a row (silly medic!) didn't help :D : Zero|DPX
    • I'm so sorry - I haven't played medic before and got myself into a panic :( : jbury

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  ...in other news... valve would like to scrim tomorrow @ 6pm pacific. the map would be gravelpit, becau... : hirez
  • I want to play against Valve. : Chepito.
  • I'm definitely in, looking forward to having another go at Valve! : Xevo
  • count me in. i'm not as good as maldoror but he can't play in every valve game :) : electroly
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    I want to play but I won't be home by then >:( : mikecyb
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      hahah EST owned. I'm interested in this. : askedrelic
      • well it's not my fault valve are slackers wtf why are they only working until 6 >:( : mikecyb
  • i am interested : Concrete
  • Me please : boredguy
  • I'd join in but I probably wont be home until just after 6, maybe 6:20 or so. : sanchez
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    yes please. I've missed the first two. : thief
    • We definitely need thief, it would be a nice break from him helping developers kill us! =/ : Xevo
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      I'm EST, so it's what, 3pm? I can still do that but would prefer to know in advance if I should return f... : thief
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        It'd be 8pm for you. : boredguy
        • D'oh. I always mix these things up. http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/timezon... : thief
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          Actually 6PM Pacific would be 9PM EST. : Xevo
          • Gah, yeah, i read it as 5pm pacific for some reason. : boredguy
  • I'd love to but it's time I let someone else in in my place. : NastyJack
  • Im definately interested:) : Jackass1233
  • I'd love to play. : boomstickah
  • I'd love to. : omnova
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    Wow, i wish i could be in on that. : re-verse
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      Yeah 4 CST is a bit early for me to leave work as well :P : Arctic Fox
      • Oh lol EPIC FAIL by Fox. damn that game late last night : Arctic Fox
  • if theres room, I'd love to. : re4ctor
  • I'd love to, only if i can spy though. It's a spy rapefest for me on GP. : monkeygone
  • I can probably make it if there's an open spot. Would it be on ShackWest? : yosemiteclimber
  • Will we still have a normal ShackWest practice later on that night? : Bold
  • indeed. : windowpane
  • I will play if there is space. : lechuck59
  • I'm in. : AscorSix
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    Backup medic if needed. Is it me or are Shackers now Valve's bitches? :P Valve - "We need a scrim... : Alco23
    • Careful, lest they write some code to nerf anyone with the name "Alco" "What the? Alco has a water pis... : Arctic Fox
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      i think it's an honor that they consider us worthy ;) or maybe we're just easy to beat so they like play... : electroly
      • I agree electroly, it's an honour. If you saw the last game against Surreal, looks like Shackers give Val... : Arctic Fox
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        Don't get me wrong, I think it's pretty cool they want to play shackers. Now if only they gave medics... : Alco23
        • I only ask one thing for medics, Valve: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16182209#itemanchor_161822... : Arctic Fox
  • aw I always miss this stuff :( : sergeon
  • OMG ME : H@rvester
  • Wonder if there's enough guys for this? : DHAvatar
  • im down, but probably want to give it to someone else before me since my connection sucks pretty bad. : feek
  • interested. i might not get to play in my first tourney match, plz pity me :( : laurgasms
  • I'd like to play, but I think I'm late to the respond party. : Grimp
• when do losers bracket matches start :( : mikecyb
• ROUND 2 round 2 - zero loss bracket Critical Tits! vs. Heroes of Kvatch OGC vs. Sturm und Drang r : hirez
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  brickmatt told me last night that our match should be scheduled for this weekend. : vynn
  • any idea which day; I need to buy tickets for a play or two and don't want to lock myself into missing th... : thief
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  thanks for doing this tourney hirez. i'm sure you hear it alot but i really do appreciate it cuz i know ... : greydog
  • Seriously, even with all of us gathered last night for the game, it took a while to just get started. : bcyde
  • I've previously organised something about 1/20th as complicated, and it was paaaainful. So yes, thanks Hi... : Arctic Fox
• i think we are playing this weekend (BoS) : Rigor Morts
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  brickmatt TFM requesting update :( I dont have any new info. "maybe wed" was the last i heard. I'm no lon... : Crimson
  • yeah i'm kind of falling into the same situation :( : itsjames
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    members of the shack rangers: I'll be out all weekend on vacation starting thursday night. : hamachi
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      Has ranger told you guys anything? : thief
      • I have heard nothing so far. I haven't been on steam much this week though. : hamachi
    • Damn you! We need our heavies! : melkore
  • Yeah I've no idea as well; last I've heard is: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16160760#itemanchor... : thief
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    idea: I seriously think we should just set a time and date and friggin do it this weekend. I'd say Sunday... : Crimson
    • yah you dont have to play 12v12, 8v8 is fine. Set it up to where u can get at least 8 together and let it... : Demius
    • Sunday is perfect for me. : thief
    • Sunday is fine for me too, but so is Saturday, or Friday, or Thursday. : vynn
  • ATTN Brickmatt: This weekend is ideal for me. Or really, any time from Friday morning on. : bipolar
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    Ranger veto'd that, we're looking at this weekend now. : brickmatt
    • ranger is playing right now; perhaps we can stir up an 8v8 and be done with it. : thief
• skankcore I think we should do this thing next week. : SockMonkeh
• this shit is EXCITING! : bfzzzz
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  SourceTV for the game tonight? please say yes :( I have not been able to spectate a sourceTV game yet bec... : Demius
  • I'm waiting to hear back from tromblyj : hirez
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    Doubt it, TromblyJ will be out for the night. : dkrulz
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      if the game is 11v11, can we have Hirez move the sourceTV over to #69 to spectate? : Demius
      • I think he needs access from trombly to do that, but I'm not certain about how proxy SourceTV works... : Xevo
      • That would be cool if he could do that. I'd like to play on a server with SourceTV but didn't want to pl... : dkrulz
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    Or you're too busy playing in the game with SourceTV... : Xevo
    • iknowrite? :( : Demius
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    if trombly can't set it up, use a different server. I want to see this match! : re4ctor
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      iawtp : feek
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        iawta : Xevo
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          we had 37 people watching sourcetv at one point last night! the masses demand STV!! : feek
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            Yeah I know, and that dropped to under 20 after the Gravelpit delay =/ : Xevo
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              Our hardcore fans stayed even with the delay. And the special ones got a groupie afterwards. *winks a... : Alco23
              • LOL that was fun breaking things down with you guys in the chat. : Xevo
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      please? :( : re4ctor
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        I think they moved it to NKOTB, but i dont see a sourceTV connected.... any news? : Demius
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          I see 69 locked for match and a bunch of [ED] people on it... : Xevo
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            and i see NKOTB with a bunch of TPD here : Demius
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              Yeah I just noticed that too, maybe a pre-game warmup / strategy session there? : Xevo
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                but i beg'd mittens to move it so we can get sourcetv, and he said "There!" :( : Demius
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                  Hmmm confusing... their match should be starting already, but they're on two seperate servers! Perhaps t... : Xevo
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                    i talked to one of the TPB guys and it sounds like they dont know whats going on, like both teams are on ... : Jackass1233
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                      one has 9 members, one has 10 members... neither have STV tho:( : Demius
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                        Ok well looks like they will play NKOTB, but hirez says the SourceTV can't connect to it tonight, so no s... : Xevo
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                          they should compromise and all go to a server with sourcetv ffs. whatever the zaun/jackass match was on : feek
                          • That was on NKOTB, but hirez can't get SourceTV to connect again. The only server running right now with... : Xevo
                    • Oh man, this is like a Mexican standoff... they're both just waiting for the other to make the first move... : Xevo
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  I think our team (shackrangers) is defunct. : noobja
  • shit, we've got 2v2 or so right here. Lets settle this with 2v2 or 3v3 spy battles on well or 2fort! ... : thief
  • =( : mmaster_pw
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  Jesus those stage6 videos are huge, a full gig for the HoK - poopswappers match. : boredguy
  • yeah there was a sourcetv demo linked... should dl that instead.. much much smaller : Demius
  • SourceTV demo for the HoK vs Pwnage match... much smaller than the 1 gig stage6 http://thekidd.shackspac... : Demius
  • HoK vs Zaun Full Demo 45mb Version!! Heres the full dustbowl demo, from my perspective, this is the ac... : Jackass1233
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  I'm pissed I missed out on joining this thing. When is the next one? : scapin
  • Probably after this one ends, i'd say it'll be at least another month and a half then. : boredguy
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  Any chance for a 2v2/3v3 ctf_bball tournament after this? Looks like a fun map I think. : alias
  • Ahaha, make it 10v10! Madness. : monkeygone
• Attn: TPB. I'm leaving work now, don't start without me you shits! : midgetherder
• Suggestion: by virtue of the fact that those matches aren't yet scheduled... appoint a new captain for on... : stratedge

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• watching that bumblebee explode and the data disk fall was so worth playing...that was LOLtastic : flagg209
• FOR THE MAKRON : moogle
• I'll be there. : dirge23
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  I'm there. I was pretty impressed with the spawn hosting. Better than the pubs I've been on (not that t... : Arcanum
  • Spawn hosting is a huge huge advantage for Strogg, I remember one of the closed beta builds it was infini... : RyDogg1
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  OK I want to try to make THIS one. Keep in mind though I've never played this game. :( I'll have to ... : kainen1
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    *IF* this is really your first time on the game, you should go thru the ET:QW 4Newbies site first and go ... : P47h063n
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      yeah and make sure you run the game and let it update to the latest version in advance, it's a 450mb patc... : Mansmells
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        also... don't forget to map your Team Voice Chat to a key on the keyboard or to an extra button on your m... : P47h063n
        • thanks, I'll do all of this : kainen1
• guess ill play some more tonight. all about it : eeeealmo
• Okay, I am definitely in on this one. Awesome. : A Sponge
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  When I get my new comp i will pick this up. last time I played it was a beta version at quakecon, I am gu : hirosushima
  • yeah it's pretty well polished now, although i guess it depends on what areas you were expecting improvem... : Mansmells
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  should i just buy this off steam already? lol : Rigor Morts
  • yes, yes you should : Mansmells
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    I know what will happen with me. I'll buy it and love it and have fun and never play it again. I did the ... : Lawgiver
    • Focus on the "bought it, played it, loved it, had fun" part. : dirge23
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  if you keep this up i might have to buy it :( : dantastic
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    Search your feelings, you know it to be true. : RyDogg1
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      i want it for cheaper than 40 bucks canadian. next sale i see i'll nab it : dantastic
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        gogamer.com has it for $29.90 (US) right now : Mansmells
        • shipping to canada (if they even ship to canada) + duty makes it more than 40 bucks :( : dantastic
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  I'll try to make it. Any ideas as to why my mic works with ventrillo but not voip in et:qw? : bigblack
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    you do have the bindings set for push to talk right? : Mansmells
    • Hah, yeah. I enabled mic boost and I can be heard at a low volume accompanied by loud static. Maybe I can... : bigblack
• I'll try to join tonight. I need to set up my VOIP. : freshyk
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  OK wow this game is really confusing. I'm all setup but there's just so much stuff to it it's overwhelmi... : kainen1
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    I may be mistaken, but I think the more recent patches have a tutorial. You might want to run through th... : Arcanum
    • yeah the latest patch does. if you pick play computer it will default to training mode so you can learn a... : Mansmells
• bleh ive got class :( till after 9 : xsoulbrothax
• Bumping this! Hoping for as good a turnout as last night. : moogle
• 30 MINS! I'm joining the server. : RyDogg1
• igi : eeeealmo
• Going in! : moogle
• It's still going strong so join up. : freshyk

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  I liked the old one better. : Horn
  • yeah, this one is happy-new-year-that-isn't-my-birthday version :( I only recognise january 1st. cos t... : moe6
• Now wheres my egg fried rice. : Vincenoir
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  So what year is it? : pigvomit
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    year of the rat : hirez
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      but you know we'll still be writing Year of the Pig on our checks for weeks to come : Home Nugget
      • hahaha : pigvomit
      • haha lol'ed : Chunks
      • lol! : edgewise
      • ahhahaha : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • hahah. nice! : hirez
      • lolz : PapaBoo
      • hahaha : Audhuml4
      • Haha awesome : OverloadUT
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        9/11/SNAKE Never Forget : Slowtreme
        • Hah hah : Dynotaku
    • Everyone needs to know this! : Lone Swordsman
  • Year of the Rat - Report any suspicious activity! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I thought it was tomorrow : grabbie
  • I thought it was, too. : Odoyle
  • He's in Asia. : Edges
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    I'm in the future. : moe6
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      Do you guys speak a lot of Mandarin in Malaysia? Or is it mostly just a trade language over there? : Magus
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        There are four major languages in Malaysia, Malay, English, Mandarin and Cantonese. Everyone knows to spe... : moe6
        • Ahh, so is the 6 in your name indicate a tone in Malay or Cantonese? I'm learning Mandarin now, and deali... : Magus
  • It is, but they do all the celebrations today. I think on the day itself it's verboten to use a knife, ea... : Magus
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  Gung hey fat choy! : ChibiJosh
  • I don't recognise canto. Gong Xi Fa Chai. : moe6
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  新年快樂!! I had some ridiculous good chinese food today! : snowwolf
  • Same here. Couldn't believe the quality for the money, really. : Wolfanoz
• xin nian kuai le! : Magus
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  At my job we work with Taiwanese a lot and everything has been shut down for a week or so I think. Its cr... : not work safe
  • Well, because the Taiwanese ARE chinese. They don't hate the Chinese. They just hate the Chinese govern... : Vantage
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  Ching Chang Chung. How are you hung? The bell has rung. Bumps on my tongue. : geneshifter
  • How do Chinese couples name their kids? Throw silverware down the stairs : Wolfanoz
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  When is Vietnamese new year? : rosewood
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    It is the same as Chinese's this year. Some years they are different, but most the time same. : yellowtexan
    • Then vietnamese food it will be tonight! : rosewood
  • Hey, I was bored and decided to visit the site on your profile. It is seems like a place holder page, whe... : yellowtexan
• I enjoyed my $5 chinese meal today in honor. : Wolfanoz

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• don't pedal so fast? : mikecyb
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  It's stealing YOU! : edgewise
  • haha : gmd
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    my first impulse was to post "look I know you are used to pedaling as fast as you can when you ride a bik... : mikecyb
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      lol : boomstickah
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        i called you earlier because i couldnt fit the bike in my car and you lived in the area and own a truck a... : mr.sleepy
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          when i was like 10, my father bought me a bike. he couldn't fit it in his car so he rode it from town to ... : dahanese
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            he should've driven the car to your house after buying the bike, and then had you drop him off back at th... : mr.sleepy
            • i was 10. but that would have been neato, too. : dahanese
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            My dad sharked my first mountain bike from some fucker in a pool game. I always think of the other kid w... : losder5000
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              also that guy totally undid all the quick release shit on the bike and I face planted into the pavement a... : losder5000
              • maybe he got a brand new bike and they laughed at the thought of little losder5000 eating pavement. : h o s t i l e
        • I swear on my grandmother's grave that I got no call from you nor a message. Also I was probably in or pr... : boomstickah
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          Never rely on internet friends! : bling1bling
          • ^never trust bling1bling : spaceless
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      it's black history month : mr.sleepy
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        tell us your history : askedrelic
        • i too would like to hear about the color black : spaceless
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  come visit me we can ride the biek trails : spaceless
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    do you want to have sex after we do that : mr.sleepy
    • i gave up sex : spaceless
• I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like. : DrWaffles
• Treks normally supply good value, especially in the components parts. The frames are generally pretty goo... : pieman
• FYI: When Mr. Sleepy said "Too Fast" he is using an aphorism mostly relegated to hip hop culture. : ryuuseki
• Baby you can drive my bike, yes you do look like a dyke, and maybe I loooove you. Beep beep, hmm beep bee... : melt_core
• i hear its a good all round bike : Dave-A
• that is not bmx :( : lacker
• My boyfriend and I bought these: http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/2008/mountain_hardtail/4_series/... : DianeOfTheMoon
• thekidd just bought this to replace his old one. http://www.81496.com/jouhou/2006/cervelo/P2sl.jpg : felicia
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  I think this will be my next bike http://www.cyclesdeoro.com/images/Interbike%20Shows/Interbike%202005/W... : not work safe
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    nice wheels : felicia
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      Well, just the frame. : not work safe
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        I was going to say, aren't those 500 a pop? Maybe a little less, if you're lucky. : felicia
        • Well, I'll just be riding on the street, and those aren't really street wheels. Plus my source just sells... : not work safe
  • damn those rims are hot : arizona bay

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  Amadeus. Now there's a kickass looking and acted film. : SpaecKow
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    There's certainly more, and I love the hell out of movies like that as well, but I can't recall at this m... : SpaecKow
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      Exactly, it's a very weird criteria but the movies are always very good. : thewriter
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        I'll check out Amadeus btw, never seent that. : thewriter
        • You are in for a treat. It is such an incredible film - one of the best of the decade, without question. : treefingers1
• The Usual Suspects! : AlexXdude
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  I saw Michael Clayton the other day and it probably fits here. A movie where it feels like you're observi... : festivalman
  • no hurried. : festivalman
  • I'd second this. : sgtsanity
• The Insider : vigilante
• shawshank : pyide
• The Fisher King : dognose
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  Fargo : Rasnowl
  • Damn you! : Lone Swordsman
  • Oh and if you want atmosphere, 2001: A Space Odyssey : Rasnowl
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  No mention of Fargo yet? : Lone Swordsman
  • Blood Simple? : monkeygone
• I think also Silence of the Lambs might qualify here. : SpaecKow
• Letters from Iwo Jima : ayesel
• Near Dark, I shit you not. Excellent movie even though it's about vampires. : Fredrik S
• Anything by Michael Mann. : lodit
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  It's weird that you thought about at No Country because I thought it was all over the place. It felt lik... : slax0r
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    Did you miss the time travel scene? : Serpico74
    • That would explain a lot. : slax0r
    • hahahah : AlexXdude
• Insomnia : bipolar
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  Unforgiven, LA Confidential, : wtf242
  • Both great movies. : five_percent
• Fargo : grendel
• Jesse James--see it! : thief
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  Way of the Gun : lacker
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    I was going to recommend this but the 'sense of place and atmosphere' of the movie probably falls short o... : thief
    • I thought some of the shots of Mexico were pretty well done. The sense of place was also pretty good outs... : lacker
• Die Hard : Frozen Pixel
• I just watched No Way Out for the first time all the way through. That shit was really intense. : silent prophet
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  3:10 to Yuma : heff
  • My Dad saw this and hated it because it strayed too much from the original. : hatelull

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• works fine here. : re4ctor
• Working fine in California (Cox Cable). Tell her to check to see if her computer is plugged into the mode... : BlackCat9
• works fine for me, I'm in Dallas : MagicWishMonkey
• Works fine in Canuckistan : Rag and Bone Man
• it's fine from san jose : xsoulbrothax
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  Hmmm. Does NOT work for me, I'm in East Texas. : mmogger
  • nevermind, reloaded twice and is now working. : mmogger
• works in Charlotte : Clay
• more pics of omega smart girl : indosauros
• Works fine in Murdaland. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Works in Riverside, CA : Nali4Freedom
• chicago a-ok, why is that dude grabbing the woman's fat rolls? : fletch_
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16194573#itemanchor_16194573 : edgewise
• Working here in Denver. The picture of the dude grabbing his wifes belly makes me think shes fat or preg... : illwill18
• Fine for me in Boise Idaho. : ejectorpod
• works fine for me, Montana : pukerat
• fine, rural bumfuck japan : snagger
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  works just fine here in Auburn, WA : dedgecko
  • but it's really slow - took about 5-7 seconds to load the page... : dedgecko
• works here is Whittier, CA (SoCal E of LA) : Jayx77
• OC., CA represent yo : gdestiny
• Works fine here (San Antonio, Time Warner)...but..it does load slow. : Visceral Monkey
• Works in Frisco, TX (Dallas basically). Is that dude plowing that chick from behind? : Schnapple
• Fine here in the UK : alnya
• not only did it load, i lost 5 pounds when it happened. : NeoMoose
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  fine : the city
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    (orange county) : the city
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      FL or CA? : DianeOfTheMoon
      • CA, the real one son : the city
• works in nyc : Lionel2b
• works fine in Indy. : Fredrik S
• Works fine in Boston : riptyde
• works in western mass : papaskot
• Connecticut A-OK : gendail
• ok in des moines, ia : smoove
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  works in Hawaii. Then again i bet this is a scam to show how many hits your design gets : deadfish
  • He probably posted the same message in a dozen forums. : stump
• works in toronto and i agree with spacerat100 : jenisthebest
• Load's quickly in Moorland, IA : melkore
• maybe she lives in iran : aeg1x
• Philly, PA working : El Tigre
• Works fine near Albany, NY. : DrWaffles
• Works here. Louisiana : onji
• Works! Raleigh, NC. : felicia
• Fine here, Toronto, ON, CA : carnivore
• won't load. big fat 404 error. site is clearly fucked. : [fry]
• Works, Germany : tcs
• seen from Canuckia :D : Solstice