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  Crisis Core and God of War make me want a PSP That plus Wipeout : EvilDolemite
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    god of war PSP is freaking great. I loved it. : Silent Wolf
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      Where does the story fit in? Just finished GoW2 so I'm excited to see what happens. I assume the PSP ve... : pigvomit
      • God of War PSP is a prequel to the series, so it takes place even before the first one. : sevogajre
      • between 1 & 2 but they borrowed some combat moves from 2 :) : pancake humper
      • Before God of War 1 starts, after he's been sworn to Ares. : Deathlove
      • I believe it is before the first one. : Totenjaeger
      • its set in the future : steve_o
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    God of War on PSP was excellent. A little on the short side, but it was pretty impressive to be playing : sevogajre
    • I feel like PSP has a critical mass of solid-to-great games, much like the 360 did in 2006, enough so tha... : EvilDolemite
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  ok so .... Crisis Core - thats the FF7 game, but what does it have to do with FF7? : virus
  • It's the prequel, revolving around Zach and Cloud. : Deathlove
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  I want one also, you can get the white battlefront pack on Ebay still, but im waiting for this one. http... : raspu2n
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    I'm not crazy about the red and it won't be out for a few months anyways. I really liked the Star Ocean ... : omnova
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      I agree, I'm not crazy about the red either, i just think the value of what comes with it is to good to p... : raspu2n
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        I like the red, it's bold and graphic. : Boxelder
        • Me too. I would have waited for the Red one if it wasn't for the Blockbuster ps2 game clearance. I got a ... : razlebol
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  how could you forget patapon?!?!?! : eeeealmo
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    I don't even know what that game is about. I hadn't even heard of it until warcrow started singing the t... : omnova
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      You're the God of a bunch of tiny beings with one eye and you drum beats to make them attack, walk, defen... : Deathlove
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        It sounds really odd, but the game is a blast. Very fun. Very different from any other game I've played... : FormerHPB
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          So what am I missing? I think the game is really boring and repetitive. Art direction? Great. Music/s... : SinistarX
          • I'm not that far into it honestly, but I'm really liking it a lot. : FormerHPB
          • Exactly my viewpoint. I'm just finding it nonworthy of my time at the moment. Too little variety even tho... : kahuuna
    • Pata pata pata pon! : warcrow
• crap loads of PSPs on craigslist if you want to get one cheaper : dignan
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  Ok, so how much am I going to worry about the screen? I molest my DS's screen all the time (touchpad!) b... : omnova
  • Just get a good case. I have a Loditech playgear pocket and it works well. : FormerHPB
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    Do you own a clean fabric? It wipes off! : Deathlove
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      I'm more concerned with irreparable damage, my dear lover of death. : omnova
      • it's death of love you fucking JERK >:( also I dropped mine and there's a crack from the home button t... : Deathlove
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  there's no chance of this on the ps3 right? wtf psp only :( that fucks a lot of fans. : xxiv
  • They may port it to PS2 like they've been doing with some games, but who knows. I agree that it's a bit ... : omnova
• Get Patapon! It's only $20 for some reason. God of War is also a no brainer. : Boxelder
• Oh, and memory card recommendations? It doesn't come with one and apparently some features require a me : omnova
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  Wipeout Pulse is fucking amazing. This is, without a doubt, one of the greatest unrealistic racing titles... : mittense
  • IAWTP : Cliffzorz
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    24 tracks! The black runs qualify as another track to me because they really are a different race. : haiku
    • There are also 4 downloadable free content packs that include many new tracks, new teams, old teams that ... : haiku
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  You can also buy the silver psp bundle. There is one with Daxter and 5 episodes of Family guy and there i... : razlebol
  • Neither bundle appealed to me. I stuck with the black. Didn't count on there not being any onboard memo... : omnova
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    I bought a daxter bundle on Friday. I now have two PSPs, the decision is which one should I modify... ... : pigvomit
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      mod the slim its simple : dignan
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        If I can find a damn battery somewhere. Everywhere I've checked is sold out. : pigvomit
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          Make your own? It's pretty easy. : pancake humper
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            Once you do that to the battery, doesn't it disable it for normal use? : pigvomit
            • No, you just use a #2 pencil to fill in the leads you cut. http://pspslimhacks.com/forum/how-to-open-... : pancake humper
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          I think I'm just going to see 1 guy that can do it. They charge 20$ to mod the psp. I just don't know if ... : razlebol
          • You only need the battery once. : pancake humper
    • I actually kinda like the feel of the old psp's over the new ones. : kelerian
  • I bought the Silver PSP bundle and it was well worth the money over buying the black slim alone (which I ... : mittense
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  By the way, Crisis Core so far really sucks. I don't get it. : kainen1
  • Every review I've seen says that it's rough to start with but gets very good after a few hours. Perhaps ... : pigvomit
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    I can't wait to get my copy tomorrow. It got only good reviews though. Maybe it's just not for you. http... : razlebol
    • i dunno, caveat emptor. I'm trying to be fair and give it a shot but it's really a tremendous let down r... : kainen1
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    apparently it's only bad in the beginning. i'm about an hour and a half in and it's still pretty bad, but... : JINKY
    • Dude, it's Sephiroth! You just don't know, man... : walker270
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      I'm a huge ff7 fan but yeah its pretty bad. I'm like 4 hours in. Pretty much only playing for the storyli... : kelerian
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        i've only played the game for an hour and a half and am already tired of these fucking cutscenes and slot... : JINKY
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          the best part is it's not even original or interesting. it's just random-ass clips of fmvs that i already... : JINKY
          • yeah its a just plain stupid system : kelerian
• I bought a PSP a couple weeks ago with MGS: Portable Ops. I have to say, it's great dragging unconsious m... : contentious roy
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  I'm gonna pick one up after work, are all PSPs now the slim or is the core still the fat version? I may j... : randomnull
  • That's what everyone tells me to do. If I find a battery, I might try it. I'm scared though, because th... : pigvomit
• Seriously, mod it. I have a slew of old PS1 J-RPG's that I finally went back and started playing again.An... : Shivawn

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  This is going to be a lot of fun :) I take we'll have a teamspeak soon as well? : happynoodle
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    Teamspeak is up and running: voice.fne-team.com : trOmblyj
    • ^ reminder that our TS server is up and running : trOmblyj
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  This sounds great. I'm rolling a Guardian. I've played quite a few MMO's, and I've never actually done a ... : wretchedradio
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    The only thing you need to know about tanking: if other people are getting hurt you're not doing your job... : Horn
    • Stand next to me - they'll be heading my way - my bow tends to attract a lot of attention. : trOmblyj
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      Also, we could use a healer I guess. : trOmblyj
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        I might give this a go. I got a 14 day trial that I'll give a whirl tonight. : Jonathan
        • The trial is great but it is very limiting - you cannot trade with other players or use the Mail system. ... : trOmblyj
      • I rolled a minstrel, lvl 3 atm, will get him to 10-15 today when im off work. : happynoodle
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  What book are you guys currently in? Transferring a lvl 26 over as I would love to play, but have lim... : byorn
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    I just got Book 1, Chapter 1 last night :) : trOmblyj
    • :) I love that content. If you need help with a harder instance let me know. : byorn
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      How do these books work? : Horn
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        Its just the main storyline. If you just started out, you are probably in the prologue. : trOmblyj
        • Also, all the races seem to converge at Book 1, Chapter 1. : trOmblyj
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  Awesome sauce! I'll be on later today once I get my work done. Hopefully by about 4:30 or 5pm MST. L... : MurrayTheSkull
  • Sweet, I should be in by then as well. : trOmblyj
• my lotro is just reinstalled and now updating but im heading to work, will hop on later and catch you guy... : jane911
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  You guys are REALLY making me want to play this. : Galadriel07
  • I was wondering why GALADRIEL07 wasn't playing? : trOmblyj
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    I am installing the trial now. Hopefully it runs on my laptop. My username is Galadriel07. : Galadriel07
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      Let us know what your characters name is when you finally get in (It'll take a long time to update). Als... : trOmblyj
      • It does not take long to upload if you get the latest patch from FileShack while you are downloading the ... : byorn
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  Chances of this game running on a P4 3.0, 1.5 GB ram, 9800 pro? : wykd
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    Good. My buddy is running it on a 9800 Pro and about the same specs as you. : trOmblyj
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      Asking because my girlfriend and I play WoW. She has the lower-end machine. Was thinking of setting us ... : wykd
      • Shouldn't be a problem. Look forward to seeing you guys in there! : trOmblyj
• cool, I'll add my alts in. : jonin
• I'll be playing tonight, looks like I did good by picking LoreMaster, anyone else playing one? I've never... : phokz
• gonna download the 7-day trial when i get home : maulla
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  Oh god more people this will be awesome!! By the way, during one of the loading screens I saw during m... : MurrayTheSkull
  • MOTD tonight! \m/ : trOmblyj
  • That house is so going to smell like nerd : pancake humper
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  Alright fgts. I played this the first month it came out and liked up but got busy with work so unsubbed.... : Craven13
  • I'm really loving my hunter build - doing great damage and dropping some things before they get to me. : trOmblyj
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  I hope its around this long: http://www.visionsofthering.com/expac_timeline.shtml Check out the Next ... : trOmblyj
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    sweet! Are War Mammoths a mount or a new enemy? : byorn
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      Also...they may have to speed up or combine the larger content drops to keep people interested. It is eve... : byorn
      • Agreed - it sounds all kinds of awesome, especially questing in Moria. : trOmblyj
• Not going to be back on until later tonight, dudes. I got some stuff to write for class tomorrow. : MurrayTheSkull
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  I'm in now if anyone isn't in the Kinship yet. /tell Therugrim The Kinship currently has 13 members (... : trOmblyj
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    What is our current makeup? i know we have a couple of champions, but what else do we need? I have a high... : byorn
    • I think we only have 1 loremaster. : trOmblyj
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  if you buy the boxed version off the turbine site, will they email you the activation code so you can pla... : shavenewok
  • don't know, I did digital download and had they key immediately. : trOmblyj
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  Is Windows 2000 or 2003 supported? I don't have XP yet. =( : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I'd think it would work on 2003. : trOmblyj

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  Technically, you're reloading the super shotgun : geedeck
  • True, but I mean, like manually reloading (By keystroke) : pun][sher
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  rainbow six : ass-street
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    SiN came out before Rainbow 6 and it had reloading. : NeoMoose
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      fun fact -- also the first game that had "Pain Skins" : NeoMoose
      • If you shot Elexis in the boob you could see just a tad bit of nipple! That game was hands down the best ... : socksta
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      Goldeneye still has you all beat! Surely there was something before that? It's all I can remember. : pigvomit
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        those old arcade rail shooters like lethal enforcers don't count, do they ? : qwpeoriu
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          I wouldn't think so. The FPS genre is typically thought of as a shooter game from the viewpoint of the p... : pigvomit
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            I don't think FPS implies control over movement, unless you want to distinguish b/t FPS and rail shooters... : focusdaily
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              I'm pretty sure that FPS is fairly well accepted to have control over your character in a full 3d or flui... : pigvomit
              • Yeah I guess I'm just interpreting FPS more literally : focusdaily
    • wow i totally forgot about that game...rainbow six was just a guess. : ass-street
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  Goldeneye had Reloading in 97. : pigvomit
  • Oooo.. GoldenEye is a good guess. : pun][sher
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  Either HL2 or original Rainbow six ? : dilutedq
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    lol at HL2 : socksta
    • actually meant HL and for some reason put 2 in there : dilutedq
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  you mean which game was the first to have ammo limited by clip size? : CoRDS
  • Oh, like when you choose to reload the spare bullets are forever gone? : socksta
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  Duke Nukem? It looks like you reload in the videos, I can't honestly remember though. : devi| dog
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    Duke 3d does have manual reloading. : sigpro
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      It appears so, forgot about the handgun, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6JcZv3wPuU : socksta
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        That looks like automatic reloading to me. I don't remember a reload key in Duke3d. : pigvomit
        • no reload, but you could holster your weapon. : pyide
        • At one point he reloads after firing twice but then at another he doesn't do it til firing 8 times. Howev... : socksta
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          It has auto reloading if you empty a pistol but if you press R it will reload for you. At least it does f... : sigpro
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            The original manual doesn't seem to mention a reload key. Was this added later? : pigvomit
            • I don't know. I just know when i have been playing it lately I can reload manually. : sigpro
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  I remember watching an early video of HL and being amazed by the ejected shell casings and reload animati... : marmite
  • It may have been rainbow 6 around that time. I don't remember reloading in Duke other than the pistol, an... : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • Hahah yeah, do you remember the 'shooting across level loads' video? That completely blew my mind. : Carnivac
• Crysis : NeoMoose
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  house of the dead! reload! reload! : manero
  • Lethal Enforcers! : socksta
  • RE- RE- RELOAD, SHOOT OUTSIDE OF THE SCREEN! : silentbobuk
  • house typing of the dead : Begawkiness
  • Virtua Cop shoot outside the screen : Turd Ferguson
  • Virtual Cop? : dedgecko
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  Rainbow 6 was prior to half life. Not sure on Action quakes release. : socksta
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    Team Fortress had reloading : socksta
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      So far, it seems that Team Fortress is the first one, with Goldeneye coming second...There have to be oth... : pigvomit
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        Outlaws? : SinistarX
        • For some reason I think this might be it : focusdaily
      • yah, TF is the for sure winner. : Detective Harry Bosch
      • Team Fortress for Q1? : pun][sher
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  Does it have to be a PC game? What about arcade? The titles like Time Crisis and any of the other shoo... : AhmNee
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    Never specified PC game but it has to be a FPS, time crisis, virtua cop, and house of the dead are not tr... : pigvomit
    • True, more a rail shooter. Probably where the reload idea came from, however. : AhmNee
    • I was thinking PC and/or console..not arcade. : pun][sher
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  I remember a really cool reload animation in duke nukem but cant remember if you could manually reload. : silentbobuk
  • you could manually reload the pistol. : NeoMoose
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  um, quake had reloading. hello. : Detective Harry Bosch
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    hi. what? : delataur
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      ah, after reading someone mention team fortress, that reminded me of what i was thinking of. so yah, TF ... : Detective Harry Bosch
      • As of right now I still think I won. : socksta
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        What guns in QTF had manual reloading? I don't recall that at all, but I'm probably spacing. : pun][sher
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          From the QWTF readme: All basic weapons except the Nailgun and Super Nailgun have clips. When all the a... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
          • But there is no actual reload animation, correct? : pun][sher
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  marathon? : jaga
  • You had to reload all the guns but I can't remember if there was a reload button or if it was automatic o... : cfalcon
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  Did Dark Forces have this? : not work safe
  • Yep, and true to the movies as well! : pigvomit
  • <3 : pyros
  • yah, dark forces came out before TF, so that might be it. : Detective Harry Bosch
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  Isn't the answer Counter Strike? When did that hit? '96? : Skoal^Fyfan
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    wow - 19-96-99! nevermind! : Skoal^Fyfan
    • which was a mod off of HL which also had reloading ;) : dilutedq
  • Halflife wasn't out till 98 lol. : pigvomit
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  Outlaws? : SolrFlare
  • ah man Outlaws! that game rocks, so underated. : silentbobuk
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    Yes, Outlaws was March, 1997. good guess! : pigvomit
    • TF was august of '96 but if we are going retail then this could be the correct answer. : socksta
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  Did Rise of the Triad have reloading, or am I just thinking of dual pistols? : DOOManiac
  • Dual pistols might have had reloading (don't think so), but if so it was not manual. : crummynz
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  Oh, wait, what about Turok: Dinosaur Hunter? It predates Outlaws as a retail FPS with reloading. : pigvomit
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    they both came out in '97 but Turok was late Feb... wiki doesn't have the exact release date of outlaws :... : mikecyb
    • Mobygames says it was March 31st. : pigvomit
• System shock? : ryuuseki
• In summary, FPS shooters which (potentially) introduced keystroke reloading : Quake: Team Fortress (Au... : focusdaily

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  Yeah mine said sent, then I never received it. Another shacker messaged me saying that my sender was no l... : Koral06
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    I didn't get mine either. Recently SenorSpine gave me a Dreamcast because he's awesome, so that more than... : DrZettl
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      I hid an aids cock in the dreamcast to balance it out though. : SenorSpine
      • You can only get it once. And I put herpes all over your door. : DrZettl
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  I got a lurker so i was weary about sending him something. Low and Behold he never posted since nov7th L... : Iwannaacura
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    We should have something like 500 post minimum. : razlebol
    • 5000 would be better. 10x better. : Sludgehead
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      yah for something like the WE should be a 500 post minimum and posted more than 20 times in the past 3 mo... : Shadowdane
      • heh. the guy who was supposed to send me something had low post count, and was banned, i assume. (he hadn... : mindmann
    • I'd say even more, honestly, and current activity / participation. I'd almost set ~1,000 as the limit. ... : thief
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      except when you look at the list of people who didn't send or didn't post, some of they are crazy regular... : sicko
      • Yep. According to the stats at http://stoldark.com/Shack/we_stats/2007/ , it looks like it people with 10 : Gnowknayme
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        Yeah, there was some analysis that post count really wasn't a good indicator of WE reliability. : nurglich
        • What Gnow posted. : nurglich
        • Yea but the bitching afterwards affects a high poster a lot more than a lurker. Everyone would know this... : Edges
  • Oh yeah the one who warned me about my guy. Oh well. :( : Koral06
• I'm still waiting for skankcore to send me a white elephant. skankcore!!! : thief
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  Good God.. I gave up on this long ago. : K1Bond007
  • Props to you for sending yours regardless. Thanks again dawg. : royalally
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  I sent mine but the receiver never posted about it or clicked received on the white elephant site. :( : razlebol
  • same : Rigor Morts
  • Same here. :( : Gnowknayme
  • same here. : FormerHPB
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    ^^^^deadbeat liars : slickdoody
    • ˅˅˅˅deadbeat liars : slickdoody
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    totally same. he also didn't do it after i shackmessaged him, asking him to do it. =( Was my WE real... : mindmann
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      Yes. I tossed it into the trash. : Edges
      • you should've at least sent the double bastard back. i could've drank that. =( : mindmann
  • Same : goatjc
  • Two years in a row I've had non-posters. What good is giving crap away if I don't get recognition for it... : SinistarX
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    ^^ you guys should shackmessage me : sikander
    • Now that you know? What will you do? :P : razlebol
    • Message Sikander so you don't get shitlisted next year. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • My receiver is the owner of this stie and they never made a post about it. In revenge i put this site o... : boredguy
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  i got a message that mine would ship soon, but my dude never did. i wish i knew who he was. : dahanese
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    they posted the list. about who got this sender and who got this receiver, did you miss it? : Iwannaacura
    • yes. where do i find it! : dahanese
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    http://sikander.org/etc/shack/shackapp/we2007/participants : razlebol
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      awww, i even know that guy. :-( hope you're okay, dude! : dahanese
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        what?! You don't know me... /me runs away and hides. Check your SM. : dedgecko
        • i recognize your name! no worries. just send something next year. it's the spirit that matters! : dahanese
  • 'tis easy to find: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16152145#itemanchor_16152145 : thief
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  I don't think I'm going to participate next year. It just lost a lot of its appeal for me to keep sending... : ashkie
  • maybe a better approval process, keep it to just the chatty bitches : dignan
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    Yeah, someone should come up with a way to rate posters, all the 1's that never bother to participate get... : Rauol Duke
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      I'll send you my skidmarked boxers, and I'm not even a woman! : Majuju
      • Ok : Rauol Duke
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    Maybe we should raise the post count for eligible participants? Wasn't it set at 100 posts last time? : sanchez
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      yea but some people only post 1 post a day or if even. Should be something like requiring atleast 100 pos... : Iwannaacura
      • Post Count doesn't matter for some of the slackers here. : sharkII
  • i'm 1/4 for getting a WE now, and 1/4 for having the guy post, or even SM me telling me what he thought o... : mindmann
  • i don't think i'll do it next year either. i busted my hump the morning before i left the country to get... : wvuong
  • I participated the previous two years, and it was fun... but I just didn't feel like participating this y... : sicko
  • Lets just do a GIANT dildo fund. [fry] can be master of ceremonies, and we all send him money, then he r... : losder5000
  • The matching won't be totally random this year. It'll be random within classes. As in people with 10k to ... : sikander
  • You never posted about the WE I sent you :oP : ArtilleryMarker
• I got mine. And I think someone spoofed my high-profile Shack-recipient because I sent it and never heard... : dmason
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  I think I will participate this next year. I have TONS of great stuff for some lucky person. : mace
  • i never received mine, send it to me! : thief
  • my person got so much cool shit. I sent him the how to survive guide its great like the zombie one. He... : Iwannaacura
• i sent mine but i have no idea if it made it, i may have had some weed residue on my fingers at the time ... : CoRDS
• i never sent one out :( altho i never received one either :/ in fact, i didnt even sign up : papaskot
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  I got a dude who had been banned since 2006. NO BANNED SHACKER SIGNING UP FOR WE NEXT YEAR. : tashtego
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    LOLOL how did that happen? : Iwannaacura
    • Shackmessages will work when you are banned, and that's all you needed to sign up. : tashtego
  • unlucky dude, pretty funny though :D : jbury
  • yeah, happened to me too. kind of amusing. : mindmann
  • I bet that dick didn't even post about it :( : crummynz
• Uh oh...... : Anti_dentite
• Rigor Morts lost mine at his work I think. : ejectorpod
• Mine was never shipped. :( : jason bergman
• My WE sender marked the package as sent and then acknowledged in shackmsg that the package was not actual... : bigblack
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  I am ashamed to say, I didn't send mine. I didn't get one either. I don't know how to feel about that... : fleabug
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    half shame. great half shame. : wvuong
    • I intend to make good on the deal eventually. Either by actually sending something, or humiliating mysel... : fleabug
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  Mine arrived. I need to do a writeup still (Mojo the Helpr Monke has been quite patient with me), but bet... : MorrisatCNN
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    So Morrisat____ then? : DrZettl
    • UnemploymentLine : lakren
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  I think I understand the concept of White Elephants, but could someone could explain it a little more to ... : focusdaily
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    You sign up on a site, get randomly matched up with someone (who is not matched up with you), put a bunch... : Gnowknayme
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      ahhh, so in terms of a Shacknews WE, it's an annual thing? I take it it was recently conducted and didn't... : focusdaily
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        Every year a bunch of people flake, either not posting the pics of the WE they received or not sending a ... : ejectorpod
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          I guess my question is when is the next one slated? Sounds like fun, I could put together a box of fun gi... : focusdaily
          • Usually starts in mid/late November. : ejectorpod
• DrZettl is my WE, I just assumed he received it - tracking number isn't showing anything, probably been t... : shortbuscaptain
• i sent a really crappy one to a dickhead lurker... he thanked me. i don't think he read my post history ... : Korban
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  Marked as sent, posted a message he sent it, never arrived here.. but i am leaning more towards the post ... : Lightbulb
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    You never received it? Jesus that sucks :( We should have communicated, then I could have bitched at the ... : Geordish
    • Yeah should've SM'd you or something, sorry - thing is I ordered something from the UK one time and it to... : Lightbulb
• I sent mine the end of jan (yes i know late) and havent heard anything since it was going to australia t... : n0v4
• I got a message saying that it was coming soon but it never arrived. But that's okay it's a name i recogn... : kbnerd
• I sent cjcharv a Dreamcast and never even got a thank you. Epic fail :( USPS says it was delivered, : Ovate
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  My WE e-mailed me saying he would have sent it but since he's overseas it' would take alot of money to se... : DM7
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    A midget in a box :( : ejectorpod
    • I know I'm scared. o.o : DM7
• I sent mine off to Korea, but the dude never posted about it. I did send it really late though, so maybe ... : Drewus
• my WE said he was going to send it back in beginning of february and still nothing :( : davislovestacobell

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  where's the viking helmet : boring gegtik
  • Inside the piano - for good luck. : Vantage
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  All without notesheets? I'd never be able to do that. Hats off to you! : enyakk
  • It's mostly improv actually. I don't have any of my music written down. It's all either in my head or j... : Vantage
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    haha, any good pianist can play without sheet music : Maarten Goldstein
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      Honestly, sheet music would just confuse me, haha. I'm horrible at reading music. : Vantage
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        As someone who has played a little of everything, I have always hated reading sheet music. I refused to d... : hirosushima
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          I admire people who can sit down in front of music they've never heard/seen before and just play it, in t... : Vantage
          • my girlfriend can do that, its pretty great : Maarten Goldstein
    • haha... pianist. : dewdman
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  when u took the drink that was like OH MAN TOTAL BADASS : kn1fe
  • Hahahaha, that was about 20% "hmm, I'm thirsty" and 80% "hmm, this will impress those cute girls over the... : Vantage
• thats good stuff. : Maarten Goldstein
• Wow. I really enjoyed it. : vikramwillrock
• wow, very impressive : sikander
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  Sounds awesome as usual. Love it. : Phil
  • Thanks Phil. :) I still need to finish up Sonar1. Hopefully soon! : Vantage
• That was fantastic, thanks for posting it. :) : TheMonkeyWench
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  You own so hard : tomservo
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    Do you still review metal albums for that magazine or whatever? I'll send you a preview copy of my cd (w... : Vantage
    • I sure do, but send it anyway! :D : tomservo
• Dude, you're awesome at key pressing! : Wolfanoz
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  Awesome Vantage! You should have just gone with the faces, though. Let that shit fly and feel the music! ... : Bean
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    Haha alright. I don't think I'll go so far as Ronald Jenkees and embrace it to the point of it becoming ... : Vantage
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      Just do it Glenn Gould style where he would play piano and make the next notes he was going to play with ... : The Key
      • What, like he would say "A-flat" out loud every time before he played an A-flat? : Vantage
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    remember that time you played with Miles Davis : tomservo
    • No. : Bean
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    Oh yea. I'm sure I look like a moron most of the time I'm playing. That's offset by the pure face-melting : c0bra
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      I've been known to drool on myself when I really REALLY get into the music I'm playing. It's rather emba... : Vantage
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        Everyone does that when Dave Matthews in playing. : Rauol Duke
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          Straight in, suck up and go. Cool it, swallow, swallow. Pow! Breathe deep! TAKE IT ALL, it comes cheap! : Bean
          • What is going on here? : Vantage
  • I used to catch my guitar teacher laughing to himself. Pretty sure he was laughing at my 'concentration f... : rock elf
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  Oh neat! I'll have to watch this once I get home, as I've no sound here. : helvetica
  • I greatly anticipate your thoughts and reaction. :D : Vantage
• It's like you're having a slow, but beautiful, seizure. Good stuff. : askedrelic
• I didn't know you could play like that. Very nice, sir. : c0bra
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  As usual, this is great. Someday when my instrument mastery approaches yours, we might consider a collab... : Halen
  • Indeed! -:(- I would be honoured! : Vantage
• I'll watch this when I get home. I started teaching myself to play piano (and read music) about a month a... : rock elf
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  I had a chance to learn piano growing up. I passed but looking back I probably shouldn't have. If my pare... : boomstickah
  • It's not too late! My 70 year old grandma is taking piano lessons and is doing very well! If she can do... : Vantage
• youre awesome : maulla
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  Some videos of my girlfriend playing: http://www.youtube.com/user/vikatine : Maarten Goldstein
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    Holy crap dude! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lam1bl11a0s Your girlfriend is gorgeous. :D Coincid... : Vantage
    • lol! I saw that vid too. Props to you Maarten. :) : FormerHPB
    • I was about to ask why this wasn't linked instead. : Sapiens
    • haha i figured most reactions would be about that one : Maarten Goldstein
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      I must have her : tomservo
      • Seriously. Someone take the informative off my post and put it on, well, this other post of mine instead... : Vantage
    • She dances like a hot stripper and thank god she doesn't do that stupid booty shake. : Fred Garvin
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      I think Maarten's chick may be a ghost! :O Weird glithces in the video but only on her. WEAR A CROSS DUTC... : Rauol Duke
      • I think she's in the Matrix. : freshyk
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        i think it's because she's not real : hardfl1p
        • imaginery.. well, that explains a lot : Vikatine
    • Bump for hot girlfriend! : Vantage
  • MY GIRLFRIEND : AllYourBase
  • hot : marmite
• also, next time you play take a cue from the ol dancin' jabbackwockeez and wear a mime mask. : boomstickah
• Bravo! Thanks for sharing. Silly? No way you were great. : romulan
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  I just noticed that all of the "related videos" are of Liberace. :[ : Vantage
  • It's okay, you're still prettier : geedeck
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  that's pretty awesome duder : deject
  • Thanks everyone! The encouragement really means a lot to me. :D : Vantage
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  wow, great stuff dude. : dignan
  • and don't worry about faces... performing music brings out your soul and you should not be embarrassed by... : dignan
• cool, man. : thief
• bravo! bravo! : Demius
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  Wow that's really good. Do you have recordings of any of your stuff? : OverloadUT
  • Sure do! http://vantage.shackspace.com/audio/mine (Bunch of random recordings. Some are orchestral, ... : Vantage
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  Haha dude you're incredible. Play at my funeral. : vile
  • haha : maulla
  • I've been asked to play at weddings... never funerals! That said, I play good stuff when I'm sad, so a ... : Vantage
• just listened to it, very impressive : grabbie
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  Always a pleasure listening to talent. One tiny opinion would be to have a slight pause in between differ... : Reavers!
  • It would certainly make film editing easier, haha. When there's no breaks, it's hard to decide where to ... : Vantage
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  Some day I am going to meet you and we can jam together on the piano :D You have better hand position ... : Zero|DPX
  • Totally man! I feel my hand position is pretty flat too compared to professional pianists. I like to th... : Vantage
• Holy fucking shit. Great stuff. Could've used a little ragtime, though :D : Orange Pylon
• That was awesome. Even double awesome if your name is MONS! : pancake humper
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  You rocked those pretentious snobs! And damn have you lost even more weight since I last saw you? : jayares
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    If I have, I gained it all back over the easter weekend. *groan* : Vantage
    • Oh whatever, you're like a qtip as it is. : action roommate
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  "#35 - Top Rated (Today) - Music - Canada" :O And that's with only 7 ratings. If only a few of you g... : Vantage
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    i rated it, but why did it drop to 5 ratings? : pyide
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      And half of the views gone. No idea! Same problem here. : Vantage
      • Oh, says 11 now! #73 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music - Canada #85 - Top Favorites (Today) - Music - C : Vantage
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  Beautiful. Need some OGG/MP3's of this in a controlled audio environment, stat! I could listen to that... : Draco
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    Here are a few straight up piano recordings in a (purely digital) audio environment. http://vantage.sh... : Vantage
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      Thanks for this, I enjoy solo piano music. : Goncyn
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        Glad you like it. :) I'm actually still rather flabbergasted that people like my stuff so much. I mean,... : Vantage
        • Thank you! These are really awesome... I'm surprised you don't have more youtube vids out there with just... : Draco
• Wow, very impressive! Awesome job Vantage. : Normality
• all I can think of is mons veneris : smoking pets
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  I can't believe how thin you are now : drucifer
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    Yeah... The problem now is gaining muscle mass, hahaha. Never satisfied! : Vantage
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      I wish I could hear you play, but this laptop has no speakers :( : drucifer
      • what : Downforce
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        http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?type=comments&terms=laptop+speakers&cs_user=drucifer&cs_parentauthor=&s... : Vantage
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          the wires are in the hinges, and I don't know how to fix that :( : drucifer
          • I have the same problem, the wire split. I could fix it but I'm lazy. : cltcprd
        • oh man the Vantage AI detects another EPIC FAIL >:( : Downforce
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      pointy elbows and needs a sammich. great sound, really enjoyed it. : .sticks.
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        Had a sammich for lunch, and pointy elbows make great weapons. :[ : Vantage
        • (and Thanks! :D) : Vantage
  • I know. Every time I "see" him, I'm always comparing him against the reference point I have in my head, i... : smoove
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDt4mSspe04 : Freon
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    hahahahaha that's the funniest thing I've ever seen! What an awesome dog, haha. I'm having trouble brea... : Vantage
    • Wait.. This is less funny if you consider that the music may have been added after the fact... Still fun... : Vantage
• fucking awesome man, I love it : strider_
• Very impressive brah. : Cygnus X-1
• Very impressive. You are definitely talented. Let us know if you ever go on tour :) : Do_Or_Die
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  You are a very dashing fellow! I have a mp3 of that opening tune and play it a lot. It's part of my "mo... : dognose
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    He's a magic maaaaaan, ooo he gots magic hands : dognose
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      I like how all of the related videos youtube wants to show me are Liberace :) : dognose
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        Yeah, I noticed that with some chagrin. I think my target audience may be similar too :( I mean, beside... : Vantage
        • Dude! : dognose
        • The Beatles had the same problem but they've got an assload of cred : RikiTiki2
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  One interesting thing about this video is it was edited by my brother. He obviously likes my ballad styl... : Vantage
  • Yes please : dognose
• I wasn't able to post today at work so I'm posting now. That was awesome. Really nice playing. : mrwolf710
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  can I kidnap you and use you to help me woo a girl? : RikiTiki2
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    Absolutely! No kidnapping necessary. What's the plan? : Vantage
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      I dunno. I do like the part at the end where it takes an almost Celtic sound : RikiTiki2
      • Haha, my working title for that little tune is "Secret Weapon" because of the woo-ing potential ;) That... : Vantage

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• Gone Baby Gone. : thief
• I recently saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which was pretty funny and also had a lot of cock in it. Who... : Sexpansion Pack
• Les Cousins Dangereux : pancake humper
• Eraserhead, Labyrinth, The Mist, Kafka, Zentropa, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, No Country for Old Me : eldersveld
• Southland Tales. By the director of Donnie Darko. In some ways, the movie is a real clusterfuck, but it... : TShandy
• Death At A Funeral is excellent : sikander
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  The Phantom Carriage. 1921 horror movie. The version I watched had a soundtrack by one of the members of ... : NastyJack
  • I've seen a couple of live bands score silent movies at the drafthouse. It's so awesome. : wtf242
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  wtf242 I saw a movie with the hottest actress and I can't remember the name, it was a Mexican movie, I th... : lakren
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    The Erotic Adventures of Lakren and Flammable. : NastyJack
    • i'm not so sure that was it p.s. play us, cowards! : lakren
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    I think it could possibly be this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_mujer_de_mi_hermano : G0aTCheeZ
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      who is hermano? : wvuong
      • I'll get this hermano! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• The Bucket List, surprisingly. I think I liked it just for Nicholson's character. : industro
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  I have heard really good things about Y tu mamá también. : fleabug
  • I thought it was a great movie. The last section is pretty o_0 though Also, any movie that has Waterme... : SatansFist
• I saw Y tu at random and really enjoyed it. Much more visceral than I had been expecting. : Audhuml4
• lol @ jacking off on the diving boards : focusdaily
• If you like Days of Heaven you should watch Terrance Malick's other films, they are awesome. : dkrulz
• Flight of the LIving Dead: Zombies on a Plane : Edges
• <3 Terrence Malick <3 : tomservo
• Days of Heaven is one of my favorite movies of all-time. Easily the best cinematography I've ever seen. : jason bergman
• I found a Criterion Edition of Down by Law yesterday and watched that. I love that movie. : Rauol Duke
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  The last movie I saw was Lost Highway. I'm still WTFing over it. And I have Mulholland Drive waiting ... : Teiresias
  • Soundtrack for that is killer. : TShandy
  • If that doesn't do the job, find Inland Empire. : filtersweep
  • Lost Highway makes perfect sense, albeit it took me 2 or 3 views. : bipolar
• I was really surprised by how much I liked this movie. There's a lot of cock in it though coincidence? : deject
• Into The Wild - Not good but AMAZING. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16412345 : SlamDunk
• The Bank Job Great flick : thejm4n
• No Country For Old Men, Swingers and Young Frankenstein (the latter two while playing Patapon) : Mad Brahmin Disease
• El Orfanato : skitfish
• Black Hawk Down and The Mist : pukerat
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  El Crimen Ferpecto, an awesome Spanish movie about an awesome salesman in a department store who sleeps w... : snagger
  • hahahahaa okay, getting this : thewriter
• most recently: Insomnia (A), Army of Darkness (A++), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (B+), Juno (B) : thewriter
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  Lost in Translation (hadn't seen it since it first came out). What a feast for the senses (probably one o... : coldfusioncs
  • Plus Bill Groundhog-Day, Ghostbustin'-ass Murray! : focusdaily

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  he should be banned from photoshop forever. : AroundTheFur1380
  • More like MS Paint, I think. : Kerath
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  is that jimmy stewart? colorized? wtf. : losder5000
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    looks like sam neill to me. : pyide
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      Yep, from the Merlin miniseries. : sgtsanity
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        nooo, the guy on the horsey. : losder5000
        • looks like clive owen to me. : pyide
        • Clive Owen, maybe from that King Arthur movie? : sgtsanity
        • That's Clive Owen from King Arthur. : Super Sparker
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  Yet still a better movie than Batman & Robin. : pigvomit
  • How many movies are actually WORSE than Batman and Robin? : ejectorpod
• Probably would be better than the other ones : Phreakin
• yuo sack a photsohp : crummynz
• Epic battles beyond comparison. : SkeezPimp
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  hot chick on left in my bunk plz : deject
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    she looks like something right out of a halloween costume ad. : pyide
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      haha that's probably what she is. classic "sexy druid" because halloween costume manufacturers are incap... : mikecyb
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        sexy frog? : Super Sparker
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          sexy sexy : drucifer
          • made of plexy? : mindmann
      • is there some problem with that premise or what, sir : Downforce
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        is this a complaint? : RikiTiki2
        • of course not. just an observation : mikecyb
      • sexy Maarten Goldstein? : ejectorpod
      • GIRLS' COSTUME WAREHOUSE!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4rUiV_Hh74 : Home Nugget
• pure awesomenss...why what do you see? : papaskot
• It's a beta screenshot of EA's newest franchise. : sinner0423
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  i think a really dark, medieval-era Batman with the same baddies would be fucking awesome. Batman woul... : pukerat
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    Sounds a lot like... Zorro. : Vantage
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      1.) Zorro uses a sword (which Batman wouldn't, like how he doesn't use guns in the present era) 2.) Zorr... : pukerat
      • cant really argue with #3 there : sexninja!!!!
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        Well, he rides a special black zorro-horse. What else would make Batman's horse special? Magic? Half-B... : Vantage
        • - Batman is one smart mofo, he could come up with some type of armor where he weaves some sort of chainma... : pukerat
• He's being awesome. Seems pretty clear to me. : ieGod
• batman is fucking camelot up, that's what. : whodares

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  Will Smith wipes out a Mini-gun and mows down wave after wave of Hemocytes while "Ode to Joy" screams in ... : Wyvern
  • uhh whips : Wyvern
  • i would pay to see that. : NeoMoose
  • this would be AWESOME. : thetangent
• Let down second half. : OmegaRed59
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  the alternative ending is better : hobosapien
  • Oh I haven't seen this yet. : Koral06
  • you are absolutely correct. it really is. : PlanetPerfecto
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    Better but still pretty shitty. The book was simply far superior to anything they made. : NastyJack
    • i never thought i would say it, but based on what you guys are saying about the book, I wish they would h... : .frame
• Having not read the book, I saw that ending coming a mile away and still didn't mind so much. : Solstice
• Unfortunately it doesn't, someone else should take a stab at actually adapting the book. : FushigiDenki
• i thought the whole movie was a letdown : dromo5
• 2nd ending much better. Much better. : changejar419
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  REPOST: http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/03/05/must-watch-i-am-legends-original-ending-this-is-amazing/ ... : changejar419
  • Holy shit! Thank you! That ties things together a bit better. : mace
  • uh, why didnt they use that one? geez, the theatrical ending was pathetic. : yAak
  • Not only was this ending a whole lot better, it actually made some sense. : scottv7
• The entire film was rubbish, glossy and empty. No 'second ending' (wtf is that about anyway?) can cure th... : silentzero
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  but still doesn't live up to the book ending at all. : nepharious
  • ending : grabbie
• What a POS movie, geez. And with crappy CGI. Waste of 2h of the weekend. : Nitrium
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  It fit the movie, it was a proper movie ending. The cut ending is dumb and doesn't fit as well into the ... : dilutedq
  • lololol : Mr.Fusion
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  I saw Transformers finally. what a crapfest that turned into. : hirez
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    Everybody I know was like, "ZOMG watch transformers already." I refused until I went to my brother's a... : SkeezPimp
    • I don't know. I liked it. : OmegaRed59
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      that wasn't speilberg. He rapes your childhood through changing E.T. Michael Bay raped your memories of t... : AroundTheFur1380
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        He was "attached." The writers and Bay are very much to blame as well obviously if not more. Spielber... : SkeezPimp
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          It is Bay's movie through and through. Spielberg just had the property and made it happen. As far as film... : Serpico74
          • I wasn't comparing them by any means. I was just stating my distaste for the movie. : SkeezPimp
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      Makes me glad I wasn't terribly attached to the Transformers cartoons. I thought the movie was a lot of f... : thetangent
      • If it wasn't called Transformers, it would've been awesome. : SkeezPimp
  • Biggest piece of shit I saw last year, and it seemed like everyone else on the planet frigging loved it a... : Serpico74
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  The director's cut ending is weird to me. In the first ending, He dies (true to the book), but the vam : slax0r
  • The director's cut ending was fucking dumb. For all intents and purposes I felt it made the movie much w... : SkeezPimp
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    They are not mindless monsters in the movie based on the first ending. By the fact that they trapped him : dilutedq
    • the biggest problem with the first version is it gives no rhyme or reason for the behavior of the darksta... : AroundTheFur1380
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      Okay, not entirely mindless. But at least the vampires in the book had a spoken language, a more organiz : slax0r
      • don't forget that in the book there were two factions of vampire (three if you count the fake vampires).. : mikecyb
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    I don't want to re-watch the whole movie for a different ending, can you give a more detailed spoilered v... : thetangent
    • you can watch it here: http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/03/05/must-watch-i-am-legends-original-ending-thi... : mikecyb
• IAWTP : nodge69
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  the alternate ending is actually much better if you don't like the candy-coated made for theater version : AroundTheFur1380
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    how is the theatrical version more candy-coated than the alternate? i mean, in the original, main charact : shyguy74
    • Yes, but in the theatrical ending she makes it out with a cure. : Serpico74
    • It's candy coated in that it goes along with the book and kills off the lead character, which is fine, b : AroundTheFur1380
• * W E L C O M E T O E A R F ' D * : coldfusioncs
• I need to go rent this. : ejectorpod
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  this is HOLT HELL: http://flickr.com/photos/fotodudenz/393472091/ : Dave-A
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    Holt hell Molt hell, Holiday Inn... : drucifer
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      ..say if your girl starts actin up, then you take her friend. : Super Sparker
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        a classic : drucifer
        • It is a delight. : Super Sparker
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      I want to kick you off the edge of the internet like I was Leonidas. : Ajax
      • THIS... IS... SHACKNEWS! : coldfusioncs
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    Steve Holt! : Head Rush
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      I love how his mom was Eve Holt. Yet another moment to LOL at that show. : Super Sparker
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        One of the only shows I can watch endlessly and still laugh at the same scenes. : Head Rush
        • "I've made a huge mistake." : coldfusioncs
        • "I've made a huge mistake." : coldfusioncs
• the movie ending sucked the alt ending was a little better but the book had the best ending : neodoom
• I really like the 'alternate ending' and it makes a lot more sense (everything in it was heavily hinted a... : spdon