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• Srsly. It's gonna 0wn. PS: I hear the fighter's guild is hiring : d fluke
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  I imagine they'll start another one once fallout 3 gets close to gold - or maybe they'll start a new ip, ... : re4ctor
  • Anothes TES is inevitable, I just hope they'll do it immediately after Fallout, and not make it an MMO : d fluke
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  Crap - can that last try be nuked? Since I've never posted this anywhere, I'll share with the shack. F : dumb.
  • I have to admit I lolled at 2:37 PM : d fluke
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    hahahaha "please don't tell me those daedric bastards have gotten to you too!" aaaahahahaha : tomservo
    • lol that was the best part : bozer
  • that is hilarious! : niceguynick
  • 2:51 got me good. Nice one, like a kinder gentler ICQ prank from Lowtax's good ol' days. Well done, go... : carrioN luggagE
  • :D! That's awesome! : Malku
  • this is fucking awesome btw. serious lols. : Downforce
  • fucking LOL @ "no green card for you!" : thetangent
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    If I was a scam artist, after reading what you write I would think HOLY SHIT JACKPOT, this guy has never ... : jaga
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      Yeah it's even more virginlicious when you see the fake photo I was using in my profile: http://dumb.c... : dumb.
      • ahaha oh my. That image, plus the way you typed your responses... it's like something straight from The O... : tomservo
  • im gonna un-nuke and informative the last one. 0wned : sexninja!!!!
  • Haha this is amazing work : ) : Athlon7
  • Wow, this is probably the best thing I've read on the Shack. Awesome stuff. : rustified
  • This may be the only posted chatlog in the history of posted chatlogs that's actually funny :) : timmie
  • You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman. Well done. : Daochi
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  I'd be in paradise if they had an online element to TES. Not as far as a MMO because I couldn't pay month... : niceguynick
  • looking through their forum it seems they're making some real progress. When they release version V I'll ... : niceguynick
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  I don't really see myself playing the next installment of Elder Scrolls. Oblivion and Morrowind were bot... : Wombat Woo
  • I have high hopes for Fable 2. Especially since it will have coop : astonish
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  I probably wouldn't buy another one. It gets to be really fucking boring. : NFXFSX
  • but at least this framework allows it to be as boring as what you put into it, right? <3 totally open end... : Downforce
  • it's the boring story, characters, ai, no cut scenes, no mini games, simple combat, ugly art, repetitive ... : Sixcos
• Without mods, I'd consider Oblivion a huge letdown. Thank god it was modable. : phate81
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  I just got GOTY edition yesterday along with some essential mods. I missed the Shacktrain on this one by ... : Psigun
  • Modded up and with expansions, its one of the best games money can buy : niceguynick
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  I need to hunt down an 'ULTIMATE' modpack and play again! :D : Downforce
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    A helpful shacker posted this for me yesterday: http://ballofflame.googlepages.com/balloffire%27soblivion... : Psigun
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      that is an awesome list. I was a huge oscuro's shill when it came out, completely changed the gameplay (a... : Downforce
      • Welp. There goes my last excuse not to install it again. : Malku
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      Goddamn. I just uninstalled this yesterday and now I have the itch to play some more after reading this l... : tomservo
      • I'm diggin out the CD right now :P : Malku
      • Fuck i wish they made an install all option for all the stuff on the knights of the nine disc >:( Anno... : shavenewok
      • isn't someone working on a multiplayer mod? like 2 or 3 ppl in the same world? if so, grab some shackers ... : Demius
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      Mods like that will probably be the reason why I choose the PC version for Fallout 3 instead of the conso... : razlebol
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        There is a multiplayer mod! http://csusap.csu.edu.au/~mloxto01/index.htm : Trips
        • holy fucking shit!!!! : razlebol
        • shackers... UNITE! (Ishould have scrolled down before i reply'd to tomservo's post :D ) : Demius
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          oh ffs I just the forum of the oblivion online mod, does this one work? : niceguynick
          • ah, it IS oblivion online. Thought there were 2. Good stuff : niceguynick
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        Much as it's fun to mock the No Mutants Allowed crowd, I think that community in particular has a lot of ... : Psigun
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          I don't know. I think we have more chance seeing nice stuff on www.tesnexus.com : razlebol
          • That's not really what I meant. I was just thinking that there are sure to be some good mods coming out o... : Psigun
        • No, they're not. There's a good fallout mod community that will form, I almost guarantee it, but I really... : cdbeckman
        • are they doing a simultaneous release? : oHnOES
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        bethesda could allow mods and even mouse & keyboard support for the PS3 version if they wanted to, like e... : pyide
        • Yeah, but I doubt it will happen since they can cash in on DLC instead. : razlebol
    • Oh nice! : helvetica
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      Demius was the one who gave me this link yesterday, thanks man! :) http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id... : Psigun
      • np! :D : Demius
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      So wait, should I apply this (it lists the AF leveling mod) or obscuros? is there a consensus on which is... : cdbeckman
      • I'm just going to play with AF first as I want to play through somewhat close to the original game first ... : Psigun
    • I just downloaded 300mb worth of mods. I have a new PC i have yet to play oblivion on. It's time to get d... : great-white
    • Goddammit. Yet another game I haven't finished yet. Seriously, nice link, thanks! Tagged for later : randomjgj
• There will probably be similar Fallout 3 threads : Judecca
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  Such a bland game. Bland dialogue, bland environments, bland character models. They need to work on makin... : Modica Sol Solis
  • keep it real : tomservo
  • cool : kelerian
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    ^^^ agreed. that's why i have never liked the elder scrolls series: the games are 'dead', so to speak. : SlamDunk
    • you've never tried the nude mods and skins have you : niceguynick
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    the sheer number of MODs out there to 'improve' this game is a testament to that I think. if it wasnt for... : cap n KRUNCH
    • i played it again recently with no mods (x360), and still enjoyed the hell out of it. put some 80+ hours ... : pyide
    • Ive put in hundreds of hours on both the pc version and the 360 version, and I liked them both : Tommy Toolbag
    • Number of mods isn't really a testament to that...I'd argue it's a testament to how great the title is, t... : Vincent Grayson
  • I'm starting to look at Bethesda games in a light similar to Neverwinter Nights. They are good games, but... : Psigun
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    You're the guy who wishes there was another world war so there was "something to write about". You need t... : taronish
    • this post is so insane and awesome at the same time. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • hahaha i remember that post : SockMonkeh
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    Yeah, there's few personable characters. The Grey Fox was one of the rare ones. The thieves guild and Dar... : Magus
    • At least it brought about new standards that can be improved (and have). It raised the bar and I can't wa... : niceguynick
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      FYI the guy who did the Dark Brotherhood guild is the lead designer on Fallout 3. : lplasmatron
      • Thank you for this information : Magus
      • that's awesome. It's the only guild where I played all the quests through. : aeg1x
      • informative and encouraging! : xsoulbrothax
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    yea and everyone seems to be voiced by like 5 people : Chandler55
    • Well met! &$#@%! : tomservo
• Awesome technology and plugin system. Horrible lore and universe, truly dull. But man so pretty! : Visceral Monkey
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  why hasn't jinky posted yet : kill9
  • obliv+bethesda sux pass it on : JINKY
• rest well this night, for tomorrow you sail for the kingdom of FALLOUT *doododoodoooooo* : endonexus
• It would have been perfect for me if you could play online with even 1-4 other people (unmodded). : Vangoghs Ear
• footage of Oblivion-Online http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixlhxXAil5k - this is an older version, they no... : niceguynick
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  Well when Fallout 3 gets out we'll have something close for sure : mnok
  • Yeah and I think the people who say that Oblivion is too big and empty will like Fallout a lot more. It i... : lplasmatron
• You have just over five weeks to make your peace with the world before the Shack is taken over with GTA:I... : nudel
• There's plenty I didn't like about that game, but one thing they definitely got right was just wandering ... : SpaecKow
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  * If you guys want mods, here is a good list to go by: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/top.php : tomwiththeweather
  • This one is good too http://aelius28.googlepages.com/home : glio1337
  • The Bar Fights mod cracks me up all the time http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6416 : Mondo
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  I'm playing Oblivion over again, and they really need to overhaul the combat system for the next game. S... : contentious roy
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    There is a really sweet mod for this. Deadly Reflexes I think its called. Allows for mounted combat too. : glio1337
    • I tried that mod and never got the decapitations/limb removals to work :( : alarm cock
    • erm, he says in his third paragraph "I've tried the Deadly Reflexes mod but that still doesn't really mak... : thetangent
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    "Whoever has the ugly stick in Cyrodiil is doing a fucking great job. I fuckin ROFLed. : Trips
    • Seconded ^^^ : xsoulbrothax
  • I wouldn't really hold out for many changes in the combat realm.. Oblivion as it was is a huge departure ... : xsoulbrothax
  • They're mods to make the npcs look less uglyass : Mondo
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    I recommend you check out the Stealth Overhaul mod if you're finding archery and fighting in general to b... : Drewus
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      I think I'll try this mod out then, thanks for the suggestion. I started a DB stealth/archer/blade chara... : contentious roy
      • Also check out the Thieves Arsenal mod: http://home.comcast.net/~scruggsyw/Thieves_Arsenal.htm : Matt Burris
• This time they should get Patrick Stewart to voice every NPC in the game. Not like Oblivion had a lot of... : slax0r
• My first posts on the Shack were Oblivion posts, and now I'm closing in on 4000. : dirge23
• Oblivon PC users HAVE to check out this mod repost from yesterday: Fired up Oblivion for the firs... : Mondo
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  Did everyone start to go mod crazy because of this thread? TESnexus isn't loading now, you bastards :( : alarm cock
  • fuck it, nevermind >:( : alarm cock
• They're hoping to get it out in 2009, though 2010 isn't out of the question. : locater16
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  I just uploaded a video of me playing Oblivion on http://mattplays.com/ I mentioned the other day I go... : Matt Burris
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    Is it very hard to install FCOM? I saw Bash and I got scared and sent my boy to live with his auntie and : alarm cock
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      It's a bit indimidating, but it's not too difficult. It's only annoying, in that you have to edit the Mo... : Matt Burris
      • god damn, I go and start this thread, get all excited again and now I can't find my disc, argh! : niceguynick
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    Mart's Monster Mod is damn good. : Mondo
    • That's in FCOM. Francesa's, Warcry, OOO, and Mart's Monster Mod are all bashed into obedience. : Matt Burris
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      Yea that and OOO are the one's I have from there, let me ask you what did you use to take the video? that... : Mondo
      • Fraps to record, Flix Pro to encode it. Fraps made a 5.04GB file, and Flix Pro squeezed it down to a 184... : Matt Burris
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  Since I suck at life and all things electronic I'm gonna need somebody to tell me how to install mods :(.... : Malku
  • This FAQ is a good place to start: http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Oblivion_Mods_FAQ : Matt Burris
• The finest game story ever written.. http://fromearth.net/LetsPlay/Boatmurdered/chapter1-2.html The... : T-900

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• Yeah, the length was way too short. It took me 6 hours exactly, and I had to redo some of the parts quite... : d fluke
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  its short, but it's length its because they put emphasis on great playing levels one after the other. Yo... : qwertyuio0
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    Hah, fuck that shit, if you can't make a game that runs funfully for 10 hours you're in deep trouble. : SpaecKow
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      portal? : klearlyunseen
      • Valve can make a full price game run funfully. : SpaecKow
      • If you don't single that one out from the Orange Box that principle seems to apply to it just as easily. : Autocrawler
      • I don't know. You have a $60 game, and then you have a situation where Valve let us rape them for only $ : Wombat Woo
    • I disagree completely. A 6 hours game of aewsomeness, is better than 20 hours of running around levelling... : thewindcriesmary
  • It was really impressive while it lasted, im glad they didnt puff it up with some blander levels, I was j... : scottythejock
  • I finished it last night as well, and I agree. I was tired at the end of it, because there was never a d... : BingusLargus
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    The problem with CoD4's SP isn't just that it's that short, it's just that it also that horribly linear t : Autocrawler
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      I don't care what you want. I want fun from my games. I found COD4 to be fun enough that I bought it on P... : dafugg
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        Well, if you're fine with gameplay principles that haven't changed since about 2001, and games that try t : Autocrawler
        • But it doesn't have to be innovative. it's FUN. It's immersive. It's great to play with your friends. ... : BingusLargus
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  Try to play it on veteran difficulty. More "fun" and last way longer then 6 hrs :) : soapland
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    Yeah I reckon I'll give this a go, got killed a lot on the average difficulty tho! : scottythejock
    • If you had a bit of trouble on the medium difficulty, don't even bother. Veteran is pretty hellish. I did... : Autocrawler
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    I'm sure the cheap never-ending spawns are even more "fun". I don't care what the reasoning behind that w... : d fluke
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      you know cod franchise is an arcadey one, right? : qwertyuio0
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        You know the infinite spawn is a bug, a development flaw, right? : ieGod
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          Hasn't it been in every single cod game Infinity Ward has made? : h o s t i l e
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            Exactly. Poor development standards have let the same bug through a series of games. : ieGod
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              Anyone that plays the game for an hour can see the infinite respawn. I don't see how this couldn't be int... : h o s t i l e
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                It's quite clearly a design choice. Just because he doesn't like it doesn't mean it's an accident. : deveus1
                • You guys missed my point entirely. I know it's intentional. The bug exists in the developers minds. Their... : ieGod
        • It's not a bug. You simply have to advance a little further and they stop respawning. It's to simulate ... : MilkDud
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      That's my only gripe with this game. You can't take out the guys before you move up, you have to move up ... : SpikeMeister
      • Yeah, the Tank Battle, and some of the last hallway fights were like this especially. Move up, take fire... : BingusLargus
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    thats not really fun at all, the SP gameplay is probably the worst of any FPS in the last few years. inf... : kill9
    • But it's fucking intense. : SpikeMeister
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  I thought CoD4's single player was an abortion. The multiplayer makes it worth the price of admission, b... : ewhales
  • I liked the singleplayer, its repetitive, has that spawn bug thing, but it's intense, like someone said. ... : qwertyuio0
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  Like a lot of these games, they are going to be short and kind of boring if you lowball the difficulty. I... : Dave-A
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    lol, the tv station is what, the third mission? : -=kodiak=-
    • yeah, and i know no one but me had a problem with the TV station. Never heard a single mention of it! : Dave-A
  • Upping the difficulty should result in more than just faster respawns and pin point nade accuracy. : ewhales
  • I only played it on Hardened and thought it was pretty difficult even though I'm normally very good at FP... : h o s t i l e
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  I thought it was the perfect length and amazing throughout the whole game. Compared to Halo 3 where I ha... : FormerHPB
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    Halo 3 was a lot of fun in co-op campaign. For a lot of the crazier levels though my friend and I would j... : h o s t i l e
    • Co-op would make most games a lot more fun easily. Just having a buddy playing along would definitely be... : FormerHPB
• The length was perfect in my opinion. For an FPS, I don't want to play for like...>10 hours. For an... : Rice-Rocketeer
• Needed to be 3x longer and not have infinite respawning enemies. : gmd
• don't have net access at home? wtf.. I would rather not have water if I had to choose : OrkO

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  I rolled up on Silverlode and this server is like a ghost town (at the low levels at least). I tried two ... : skinlab133
  • weird/. It's usually pretty populated. Let me know if you need some help ingame. I run a few characters b... : jonin
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  im downloading the trial as we speak : klearlyunseen
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    For those looking to do the trial, if you receive an invite from a founder (a person with a lifetime memb... : gatts
    • And i forgot the link: http://forums.lotro.com/forumdisplay.php?f=160 : gatts
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  My Guardian's name is Khoth and I just hit 15. Ive added Therugrim and Deej, anyone else? : gatts
  • Fionor : jonin
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  I'm going to see about moving my minstrel come Monday. I was really enjoying the game until some stupid ... : Wombat Woo
  • Most of us are going to be around level 12 or so - why not just start a new char on Silverlode? It won't... : trOmblyj
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  If I could only buy the damn game (low moneys :( ), I'd cancel my netflix subscription and play it. : MurrayTheSkull
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    http://info.turbine.com/list_images/lotro/email/lotrofeb08conv4.html : Wombat Woo
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      ohgodohgodohgodohgodohgodohgod : MurrayTheSkull
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        please tell me you haven't bought it yet; i may have a present for you : Bantis
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          Comon, Murray, let me be your new best friend :P : Bantis
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            There, Murray's set to play : Bantis
            • Augggg, now that might get me to buy it. dang, such a good deal, I can't decide : TheQuad
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  whoa...what caused the resurgence? : byorn
  • Mines of Moria expansion? : Wolfanoz
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    Its an awesome game with tons of story, frequent content updates, and a great housing system : Bantis
    • I know...I played it at launch. It just died around here. : byorn
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      is there anything in it thats cool for furries : spaceless
      • Playing as warg, chicken or spider? : mem
    • It's 10 bucks to play. : Horn
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    In a word: ME I started posting about it last week because a friend and I joined up. Its just two of... : trOmblyj
    • shit I just reinstalled & resubbed because I found out it had housing; I'll be looking you fucks up soon. : Majuju
• On silverlode as Yurdash : xpogox
• God I wish you guys were on firefoot :( : Bantis
• Rolling a minstrel, name is Tibar. : happynoodle
• Hey trOmblyj, I just started the trial a few days ago on silverlode. I'm stormovik, lvl 12 Dwarf Guardian... : TheQuad
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  Is this the same server the shack was on back in the day? : byorn
  • Nah we were on Firefoot : Bantis
• Anyone know if turbine's billing system is fucked up? I bought Murray an code and while it's working, eve... : Bantis
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  If there were enough people. I might transfer my character. : byorn
  • Yea I'm tempted, but all my friends still play on firefoot :( : Bantis
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  Oh, and here's a video of me playing 'Stones"/ the theme from Ultima (and Ultima Online) in LOTRO with th : Bantis
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    Is the music system any different from what it was at launch? I thought I read they were "upgrading" it o... : skinlab133
    • Yea, you can save abc notation stuff in txt files and then load and play them ingame; so the music is in ... : Bantis
    • http://lotro-music.com/ : Wombat Woo
  • such cool stuff. : byorn
• Look up the Nazgun on the server. The goons play on Silverlode, and I joined up with them when it all sta... : draconic
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  WHAT SERVER ARE WE PLAYING ON?! : MurrayTheSkull
  • fuck i gotta read da op : MurrayTheSkull
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    I'm at 90% downloaded here people, what kind of character should I create? I don't like casting too many... : MurrayTheSkull
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      Good, cause there isn't a damned class in the game that casts more than a few spells :P : Bantis
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        OMFG 100%. Race is tough though. I prefer Ranger like fighters. : MurrayTheSkull
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          Well, then you're set :) : Bantis
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            Looks like the game data update will take all night, so I'll get my character going tomorrow/later. : MurrayTheSkull
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              If you want to fill mobs with arrows, play a hunter. If you want to slice them into pieces, play as champ : mem
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                This is frighteningly accurate : Bantis
                • Most fun I ever had in Lotro was when with burglar-only fellowship. Everything was either mezzed, debuffe... : mem
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                So Captain is still lame, huh? : Modica Sol Solis
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                  As a duck. : mem
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                    What's the problem with the class? I only played briefly around launch. : Modica Sol Solis
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                      Can't tank, DPS, heal or CC worth shit. It's buffer with secondary healing tossed in. And buffs are not t : mem
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                        What are they adding? : Modica Sol Solis
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                          I only know the names of classes, no idea what they do: The Rune-keeper and the Warden. : mem
                          • Nothing more is known now, I guess we might get some information out of http://www.unlocktheminesofmoria.... : Lightbulb
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              Murray if you go Hunter I can make some most excellent bows for you! : trOmblyj
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                (Unless they are crit-recipes, bows from quests are better. Sorry) : mem
                • My Ash bow is better than my level 12 quest bow. And the crit bows are awesome. : trOmblyj
              • I shall go Hunter!! : MurrayTheSkull
• Hey I finally got in Minstrel about to hit lvl 8 name is Babneri. : hashd
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  Question, to those of you that have played it: Where is the best meeting spot for characters? I jus... : trOmblyj
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    If you follow the questline in each races starting area, you'll meet in Bree at ~lvl 15, latest. BUT you ... : mem
    • Excellent - so the plan is for Hobbits, Dwarves, and Elf shackers to go thru your starting quests at your... : trOmblyj
• Reminder - sign up for the xfire guild!!! : trOmblyj
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  Not to be a thread destroyer, but what is the point of that game with no true PvP? You can only raid so m... : wykd
  • Its a big world to explore with hundreds of quests to be done. Plus, its Lord of the Rings. : trOmblyj
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    I played wow for over a year and the only pvping I did was grieving alliance people in that goblin port c... : Horn
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      When I played the beta for LOTRO the combat seemed really disconnected from my commands. Is it still lik... : wykd
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        Hasn't been for me. I played a champion (rogue from wow basically) yesterday up until level 7 and the co... : Horn
        • Yeah, the combat for me (level 14 Hunter) has been lots of fun. I have a lot of different attacks with m... : trOmblyj
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        I know what you're talking about and yes, it is still ike that. : skinlab133
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          i dont know what your talking about so no it's not like that : italiano3d
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            http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=13841095 http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14314837 http://www.sh... : skinlab133
            • I should prove my points by linking to posts from me more often!!!!! : nukewinter
      • i've heard a couple people on shack say this, but I don't see it at all; it plays just like eq2, lotro, e... : Bantis
  • There are other things than raiding and PvP... as trOmblyj said there's a lot to explore, and they add co... : Lightbulb
  • lol IT CANT BE FUN WITHOUT TRUE PVP - God I hate that belief And frankly, the monster play PVP system ... : Bantis
  • True PvP? You mean like a full drop skill based combat system? Or pressing 1 2 3 then giving your opponen... : shortbuscaptain
• i just created an elf hunter on silverlode since i haven't tried a hunter yet on LOTRO.... im in ther... : inc77
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  I never got an answer last time I asked this: When I quit playing I had just finished the quests aroun... : Rotten Deadite
  • Yes. Even right after release there were bunch of soloquests which you could've done in Northdowns. They'... : mem
  • I ran into this too. However the area you need to head to is the North Downs. Plenty of quests there. The... : byorn
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  OK, I'm a level 6 Hunter on Silverlode by the name of Alatair. : MurrayTheSkull
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    btw this game runs so much smoother than the last time i played it. awesomesauce! : MurrayTheSkull
    • tromblyj, i applied to the xfire guild. : MurrayTheSkull
  • im glad you like it :) : Bantis
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  I guess I'll roll an alt on silverlode :( Why couldn't you have done Firefoot, haha, that's where we all ... : Bantis
  • Sorry Bantis - I posted this question more than a week ago in this thread: http://www.shacknews.com/lary... : trOmblyj
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  Oh hey do you guys need any classes in particular? I wanna be a BURGLAR. : Majuju
  • You can be whatever you want! I'd like to see a few more tanks but I'd rather have people play what they... : trOmblyj
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  so how populated is this server? Just wondering if there are many guilds in case the shack thing falls ap... : byorn
  • Seems to be failry populated. I'm going to be in for a while, along with my friend Deej. Hang with us. : trOmblyj
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  Silverlode Friends: Therugrim Deej Babneri Alatair Khoth Fionor Yurdash Tibar Stormovik Shunpo ... : trOmblyj
  • LEMNO is me as a hobbit burglar type. : Majuju
  • I'm Aldricc but I'm still on the trial. I've been too lazy to buy the full game but I will do so shortly... : Horn
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  I"ve recently returned to playing Lotro on Firefoot (was along with Bantis early on). I've got a lvl 25 ... : ezanga
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    I got my new guardian to level 13 and through prologue today on Firefoot : Bantis
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      Bantis why did you start a new guardian on firefoot? : trOmblyj
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        Been working on him for a week; all my real life friends play on firefoot, so silverlode will only be an ... : Bantis
        • Oh I thought you just started him today. : trOmblyj
• Will the beta client automatically patch up to book 12 or whatever it is or do i have to get that downloa... : shavenewok
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  I wish you guys would stop making me think about reinstalling this : Clay
  • Do it! : Horn
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  UPDATE I have created a Kinship! I need people to send me tells so I can get them in - I have 24 hours : trOmblyj
  • minus the fucked up shacktag : trOmblyj
  • SUCCESS - So far have 7 in the Kinship and want to add more - /tell me you love me :) : trOmblyj
  • Put your shack name in your Player note please. : trOmblyj
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    Another Kinship note: Mail your hides to Therugrim, and he'll turn them into boiled leather and get them... : trOmblyj
    • Rgr that. : MurrayTheSkull
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  Is there any "come back and play!" deals out there? : Clay
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    Only the retail for $9.99 offer going on until May. : trOmblyj
    • ah, already have the collector's edition : Clay
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  OK, just reactivated my account....you bastards : byorn
  • AND I am transferring my character :( : byorn
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  I will reactivate this week... sucks because my 30 something Champion on another server has lots of coin ... : jane911
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    what's the cost of transfer? : MurrayTheSkull
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      $25 or $30. : skinlab133
      • bwargle :( : MurrayTheSkull
  • Sorry - you'll get more coin - plus you'll get the added experience of playing with shackers in a mutuall... : trOmblyj
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  I started a Loremaster on Silverlode over the weekend, I'm at level 8 - name is Univers - waiting on some... : phokz
  • I started a Champion / Minstrel yesterday; I didn't even read this post till this morning and i'm still o... : SniperWolf22

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  apparently he didn’t know that I roll deep. indeed, internet dude. Indeed. : sgtsanity
  • " . . . . Can't stop the signal, Mal, can't stop the signal . . . " : sesmaster
• I stole yo Xbox nigga! : Fred Garvin
• awesome read and man what an idiot. The school system is failing this kid : itsjeff9
• Holy shit. The Intarwebs really were alerted. Check out all the shit they got on this kid: http://x... : coraldayton
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  This is why we should never make abortions illegal. : Phil
  • Particularly into the 56th trimester! : Q-ball
• lol, that's hilarious : ColoradoCNC
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  i think it the kid was lucky that it was the digg guys that got a hold of him, SA would of turned him int... : shavenewok
  • Did you see http://xboxmoron.wikidot.com/ ? I'm relatively certain it's not just the Digg crowd that g... : InfoBiter
• don't steal Halo 3 exboxes, skynet will get you. : focusdaily
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  why do white kids like to talk like black kids? : Drewus
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    because they're fucking retarded. : bfzzzz
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      also, it's not "like black kids" it's "like fucking ignorant retarded people who enjoy being retarded" : bfzzzz
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        Well, i wasn't trying to be racist, it's just that black dudes have their own lingo and way of speaking. ... : Drewus
        • hahaha dude... no... : bfzzzz
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          Don't make me pull out my strap and lay dem bustaz down : Orange Pylon
          • Betta regulate : dudehoyt
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          You're a little off on your generalizations but, that aside, it's nothing more than rebellion. White kids... : Attica Blue
          • against the mainstream? you mean become mainstream : Frozen Pixel
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  what's with incorrect use of "your" and "you're". Are people just not capable of knowing when to use one ... : aeg1x
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    eh, same difference : Ovate
    • *cringe* : DrWaffles
  • you're mum! : Drewus
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    i now respond to incorrect usage of you're and your, there and they're with a sentence including one of t... : bfzzzz
    • good job : Dravenport
    • his what? : GodZilly
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    99% of people deserve to die. : arizona bay
    • Your so right. : voodooraze
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    Well if it's in the URL, I'm pretty sure the ' is an invalid character, right? : TheNiXXeD
    • "you'r"? : stamps
    • how about you-are-a-moron ? But then you would have to know what those funky contractions actually stand ... : rookieone
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    does it really matter? : klearlyunseen
    • your rite it dusnt mata : aeg1x
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      yes it does matter because the words have two completely different meaninings. : trelain
      • im sorry, I dont know what the word meaninings means, ellaborate. : klearlyunseen
  • especially important to use the right one when calling someone else a moron... : sandcrab
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    its on a blog, don't expect too much : kill9
    • am I really expecting too much? :( : aeg1x
  • The grammar police, they live inside of my head. The grammar police, they come to me in my bed. The gra : bitter ego
• epic lulz : moe6
• watch out he rolls deep : arizona bay
• lol we should all add his GT to our friends list on XBL : -=kodiak=-
• The digg link maze makes this less enjoyable. : ieGod

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  it is insane that Starcraft is still so popular over there : drucifer
  • well...it's not like starcraft is unpopular outside of korea battle.net and competitive ladders like I... : miasma(&)
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    how old is Chess? SC is the digital Chess for the new generation : dignan
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      I don't understand why people compare Starcraft to chess at all. Chess isn't a game of counter or knowing... : razlebol
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        It makes sense in the sense that they're both popular games, one of which happens to be a video game. : boomstickah
        • Starcraft is the baseball then, as well? : carrioN luggagE
      • It's a game of thoughtfulness, patience, strategy and prediction. So yes, it's a relevant comparison in ... : the city
      • starcraft is a game of making the most actions per second. the comparison to chess is obvious. : electroly
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        Chess isn't a game of counter-attacks and knowing what pieces your enemy still has on the playing field? ... : PlanetPerfecto
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          you should try chess again, the latest patch fixed a ton of issues and white isn't so obviously overpower... : aeg1x
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            If they nerfed the bishop I'll be pissed : PlanetPerfecto
            • the queen needs to be nerfed. i totally don't understand why anybody would ever use any other piece. : dirge23
    • ^^^^^ this is shackers.txt material just right here : scener
  • Starcraft is popular still due to the massive amount of skills it takes to play at the highest level. : darkT
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  do they ever have co-op tourneys or is it always 1v1 : Downforce
  • the proleague (team-based league) does have a 2v2 format, but 1v1 and the individual leagues are far more... : miasma(&)
• Very cool, I love this stuff, thanks a lot :) : razorblade79
• haha the tasteless bombay movie are awesome, got anymore? : darkT
• lolol those bombay movies are suprisingly hilarious : infiltrator`
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  Thanks for posting, I love this stuff! : Chepito.
  • Ditto. : Geoffrois
• i love the new US commentators : dearjamie
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  Welcome to US West, motherfucker! : aeg1x
  • I could rape you playing with my feet! LOL! : CodE-E256
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  Wait... you're not me. : Blucklesworth
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    I'm Chill on TL, who're you? : Blucklesworth
    • hi chill i'm hideo, but i lurk religiously : miasma(&)
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  thanks a lot. Watching the first vid and its very interesting to hear the commentary... everyone's so pol... : GloriousCow
  • This is +1 Zealot bitches! : aeg1x
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  fcuk's newest subtitles http://www.youtube.com/user/intothetlnet hehe....gorush and fbh are maste... : miasma(&)
  • haha "let him feel the force of the marine" : GloriousCow
• GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE : djkenohki
• Kickass Kamelot music in the second video! : Zero|DPX
• Goddamn I clicked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTsU3OcV5G8 and it almost blew out my fucking headphone... : Phil
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  I've noticed in these videos that one of the commentators continually says "Yeh". What does that mean? ... : bipolar
  • Perhaps it's the Korean version of "um" : Zero|DPX
• Thanks for the videos. : ahlee
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  Damn it, I wanted to watch them now, and they have been removed :( : razorblade79
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    Oh forget it, it seems that's a problem with the greasemonkey script ... : razorblade79
    • You get a pretty stupid error message when a video is flagged as not embeddable. :P : ThomW

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  Also, this is how it ended: http://pics.notforjeff.com/gallery.php?entry=Images/squirrelfight2.jpg : trOmblyj
  • Slap fight! : Serpico74
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  finish him! : itsjeff9
  • that is such an amazing shot : itsjeff9
• shit that is just perfect timing. even drucifer can appreciate that one. : Jayx77
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  Drucifer is hiding under his desk right now. : yosemiteclimber
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    more like cheering: he wants division among the squirrel ranks : Postal
    • I don't know, I think the fact that they have learned how to fight is frightening enough. Soon they will ... : yosemiteclimber
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  It's okay. They made up later at the bar: http://shackpics.com/files/squirrelfight_itphs0flro0wyx85nb72.j... : Trips
  • well fucking done! thats awesome! : Jayx77
  • thats great trips! : trOmblyj
  • ahahahahahahahahh : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • hahah beautiful. Nice work man. : NastyJack
  • haha happy ending : Mmmmmoo
  • Awesome : Serpico74
  • This is great : ColoradoCNC
  • goddamn awesome hahaha : Draugluin
  • hahahaha awesome : Drewus
  • bros. : das_runt
• Quick, someone put some lolcatz text on it! : jbury
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  I saw some black squirrels up in Clarinda, IA. Very weird. : sgtsanity
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    weird? most squirrels here in Ottawa, Canada are why's it gotta be black : Postal
    • >:( : creep
    • we have a nice mix of black and grey squirrels around me. One even built a squirrel nest in my tree. Th... : redfive
• Paging kungfusquirrel : trOmblyj
• all because of this look http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPX5qZr1v6M : jane911
• Pure awesome. That would have driven my cat crazy. :) : nevicata
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  Been using this one below in my profile for a little while because its awesome yes.. no idea who made it.... : humbleone
  • oh and.. your brothers pic trOmblyj - send it to Pixar! They can't avoid NOT doing some sort of fighting : humbleone
  • the classic : Trips
  • this is my new steam picture, thank you kindly for introducing it to me. : kungfusquirrel
  • Never gets old. : ieGod
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  I see that shit every day >:( : drucifer
  • You should record the sound of squirrel laughter when they see you coming or running away crying. : pres589
• Jazz Hands : Rag and Bone Man

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• yah i saw that show a few weeks ago... that was fucking amazing. Hard to believe genetics has come thi... : Shadowdane
• so moral of the story is dinosaurs taste like chicken? : papaskot
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  we need to destroy all birds now before they have a chance to destroy us! : .sticks.
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    bird flu was only the first strike. : xxiv
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      next the ghost of christmas past's future will come to destroy us all : conandan
      • ...THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, BEFORE THE DAWN OF MAN...]S : mn3m0n1c
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  did nobody see Jurassic Park? : Ziz
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    was that a movie or something? : Fyunch Click
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      no, it's a real park : Dravenport
      • Sweet! Are there rides and concessions and furries in suits? : Fyunch Click
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  Yeah birds are totally fucking awesome. I haven't looked at the the same until I learned they were techni... : aeg1x
  • Game over MAN! : h o s t i l e
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  Why would we want to make Dinosaurs? I personally like sitting at the top of the fucking food chain. Di... : topkatz
  • I want a Flintstone sized drumstick. :( : Fyunch Click
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    that's why they will clone the dinosaurs on an island : MagicWishMonkey
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      Thats an awesome idea, I see no flaw with this. Start cloning Raptors ASAP... we need more 700lb killing... : topkatz
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        We prefer to call them Mega-Chickens. : Fyunch Click
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          I can only guess how much per pound one of these suckers will be. : topkatz
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            Much cheaper. Volume! Volume! VOLUME! : Fyunch Click
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              price per lb = 7.99 + genetic engineering charge = 6,999,999.99 : topkatz
              • Those costs go down with volume. Besides it can help eliminate world hunger. Ship the dinos to where they... : Fyunch Click
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        velociraptors are only like shin high in reality :( : aeg1x
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          oh fuck: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor : aeg1x
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            Seriously, fuck Utah. : walker270
            • you know you want that claw, don't deny it : MagicWishMonkey
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              Seriously, it's bad enough when the Utah humans come around trying to convert me to Mormonism... imagine ... : riptyde
              • Convert now... or fall forever : HighSea
        • I always throught compy's were more scary in terms of OH GOD GET IT OFF.. than raptors.. especially af : stonedonkey
    • And secretly on a second island so we have a lazy reason for a sequel. : Sacred Sperm
  • It's so we can eat them! Bronto burgers and pterodactyl wings plz, : TwiLyght
  • Army recruitment is way down. We just throw a million raptors down in Baghdad, PROBLEM SOLVED. : Rauol Duke
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  Man that sounds awesome. Let's hear it for fucking with gods plan! : SpaecKow
  • Wars, famines, floods, cancer, aids, SARS, rapes, genocides, earthquakes, hurricanes, asteroids, laser ba : darkT
  • God's plan involves firing missiles from an F14 piloted by a trex. I see no problems with this. : ieGod
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  I dunno, dinosaurs are nice works of art, but overall they're just fairy tales. : David Craddock
  • haha nice : darkT
  • How do you know? How.Do.You.Know? : skinlab133

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• Ive played many games on Live, and the service has always been awesome for me. I've played only Warhawk a... : Tommy Toolbag
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  The PS3 will not RROD on you. : Ellissd
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    it also currently doesnt let you play any awesome games i love my ps3 but it needs some fucking games : CoRDS
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      I suppose if you don't like Heavenly Sword, Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted, Stardust HD, PixelJunk Monsters... : Vincent Grayson
      • that's why i dont know one. none of those games interest me. i just grabbed a new HDTV though and blura... : dantastic
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        ive got uncharted and it was good, but heavenly sword. uhh no . sure its pretty but where is the gameplay... : CoRDS
        • I thought Heavenly sword was very good. Definitely one of the top beat em up with ninja gaide, god of war... : razlebol
        • Really? I liked Heavenly Sword a lot, mostly for the gameplay. =\ : Magus
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        Heavenly Sword sword is awful dude. : FushigiDenki
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          Ah common? Did you play it or you are just basing yourself on the demo or/and reviews? The game is fun. : razlebol
          • I played it. : FushigiDenki
          • Gonna have to agree, i love my 360 as much as anyone, but I also enjoyed heavenly sword, while it may hav... : DonarUDL
        • I disagree completely. It was a fucking blast to play, it was amazing looking, and the voice acting/actin... : Vincent Grayson
        • What?! What did you not like about it? Twing twang? : Magus
      • half of your system seller list are $10 arcade games, that most people play for an hour and never play ag... : maulla
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      Well between my PC and PS3, i can play most of the awesome games i'll assume are on the 360. : Ellissd
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        And on top of it, no RROD! : Ellissd
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          You know, you should really mention the RROD problem because some people might have missed it. : Fred Garvin
          • Yea, quite the epidemic, that's for sure! : Ellissd
  • yeah, RRoD is a major concern - aren't the newer model 360's better though? : lonepie
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  The 360 can also stream media from your PC, if you have WMP11. I don't know how the two compare, since I'... : BlackCat9
  • Windows Home Server as well, which is it's own brand of awesomeness : BingusLargus
  • I believe from most reports they're pretty equal at this point in terms of formats and usability : derelict515
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    You don't need WMP11 to do it. There are a few programs that will allow you to do it, and stream any vide... : Drewus
    • True, but for 99% of folks WMP does everything. : Merconium
    • Links pls?! ;) : natural born chaos
  • Dont forget Tversity also works with 360. : DonarUDL
• The PS3 wifi sucks it seems for data transfer. And media streaming isn't as robust as the 360's. I tried ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Live kicks the shit out of *all* other online services, no matter what system. Also, the 360 will also... : snagger
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    yeah I want to use something to transcode/stream xvid vids, like TVersity : lonepie
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      the 360 will play xvid natively, at least I haven't had a problem playing any xvid/divx videos. : Shadowdane
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        The only thing the 360 can't handle [without a transcoding app] is Matroska, in my experience. : snagger
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          yup... i don't have any matroska files anyway, so no problem for me. : Shadowdane
          • 360 has better xvid support atm, though it isn't too bad on ps3 and is improving soon supposedly mkv w... : Shai-Tan
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  why do you need to run linux on a ps3? : dantastic
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    i don't - it's just an interesting bonus : lonepie
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      Is it really, though? Are you hardcore enough to care to install it and USE it? : Merconium
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        and USE it for what : dantastic
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          bostrov used it to play with some cell programming, I think : jcupitt
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            I got as far along as doing a raytracer on Cell. I tried a couple different models of making use of the S... : bostrov
            • Yes, I'd love to have time to fiddle with that :-( I just don't have the spare time any more. Darn kids :... : jcupitt
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        I'm thinking of installing it just to have a decent browser when my wife is using the computer. I might i... : razlebol
        • sounds like you should just get a Wii : electroly
      • no, probably not : lonepie
    • No it isn't. There is absolutely nothing honestly useful that you can do with it at this point in time. Y... : Endymion_
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    you don't, its a bullet point for PS3 fans but its largely worthless : derelict515
    • well that depends on whether any good PS3-specific apps are developed for it in the future. At the moment... : aeg1x
  • Emulators, my friend. : Wolfanoz
• psn is a joke compared to xbox live : maulla
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  game library will be interesting in 2008, feels like gears of war 2 vs mgs4/littlebigplanet/gt5 right now : Chandler55
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    fable 2, castle crashers, Ninja Gaiden 2 are also big titles this year for 360. : ant_hillbilly
    • I'm looking to Halo Wars and Convictions as well as those. : Sailor of Fortune
    • New Splinter Cell game, too : Sexpansion Pack
• The 360 can stream media as well and honestly I would never bother running Linux on a console, but that's... : Fred Garvin
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  The PS3 is substantially quieter and many of your 360 games are on PC. However the 360 games on the 360 ... : abrasion
  • IAWTP. The 360 is still king, especially for online play, but those discounting the PS3 are being short s... : Tommy Toolbag
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  PS3's online service is far weaker than Live's, but that's mostly because Live costs $$. So if you don't ... : Magus
  • are you saying shacknews uses ps3.. : Chandler55
  • IAWTP : Autocrawler
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    I almost never see any Shackers on PSN :( Compared to Live though, PSN seriously sucks. : TwiLyght
    • Yeah FREE dedicated servers suck... : raspu2n
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      I'm never on because I'm playing PS2 games on my ps3. :P : guido anchovy
      • Same here. : CA Flynn
      • lol, exactly : Shai-Tan
      • At least you can. : Totenjaeger
• Some of the PS3 - PSP connectivity features are nice. Dare I say that Sony is doing a significantly bett... : Wombat Woo
• No. : Endymion_
• I cant imagine having only a PS3. IMO get a 360 and a PS3 later on in life if you need to for blu ray/add : bozer
• Just another Monday at the Shack. : h o s t i l e
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  Here are the arguments for buying a 360: - Xbox live is integrated into every game, so the multiplayer ... : azenmaster
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    You can add Sony's dedicated servers to the PS3's advantage list. : azenmaster
    • and I'm adding that the 360 has a larger game library, unless you count the PS2 games, which is what most... : azenmaster
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    Its daily on the shack, I just will never understand why anyone out want to get entrenched in a system th... : raspu2n
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      it doesn't seem like such a big issue to me as they replace it for free anyways. : azenmaster
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        I play games to get away from the hassles in my life, not create more. : raspu2n
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16556914#itemanchor_16556914 : azenmaster
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      mine works fine :/ : bozer
      • Your XBOX dead in two weeks! : raspu2n
    • I will give them one more chance - and then it's shadow puppets only from now on :( : AisfortomAto
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  get a pc eot : phate81
  • good thing that's over! : azenmaster
• It depends on what games you like really. As a PC gamer FPS games on consoles bore me, especially when mo... : Shai-Tan