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  what are you moving to hawaii to do? : thewriter
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    Live with my in-laws rent free so I can go to school fulltime without having to try and work at the same ... : Vincent Grayson
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      What you doing at school? : thewriter
      • Learning : Ebu
    • Living with in laws hell is much lessened when combined with "in Hawaii" , I might even be able to tolera... : malus72
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      That sounds like a great fucking deal. : Ellissd
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        are you insane? the only thing worse than living with your own parents is living with your SO's parents. : gokart.
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          It shouldn't be too bad, as they're both incredibly busy. Really though, I'm wiling to tolerate some madn... : Vincent Grayson
          • yeah dude screw the haters sounds like a good deal to me! : med1c
          • There's not much the inlaws could do that wouldnt be solved by sitting on a nice beach in Hawaii with a b... : malus72
    • Good luck with that LOL : geneshifter
• you're a-leaving, on a jet puh-lane? do you know when you'll be back again? : Postal
• Go to a grocery store, take pictures of prices you won't see again for a long time. :( : hiloopy
• obvious answer is wankfest 2k8 : industro
• Play your Xbox : ejectorpod
• Drink until you cant feel feelings. : ant_hillbilly
• That sounds about right. Carry on. : Deathlove
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  Throw are party so Photon, Skizl, MBD and I can ruin your security deposit !! : gmd
  • Yeah for real, why didn't I know you were moving to Hawaii? : skizl
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    I own my place, no security deposit to worry about. However, I have until Sunday to clean my place out... : Vincent Grayson
    • so what you're saying is huge party at your house on friday night, followed by huge cleanup party on satu... : skizl
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      Oh nice I didn't know you own. I eventually want to rent my place out in a couple of years since it stil... : gmd
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        gmd I will rent your place starting in August as long as it's cheap. : skizl
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          I'll still be living there ! I will rent it in 5 years when I get a bigger place. : gmd
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            Oh fine. I think we're planning on buying something anyway... maybe... just a matter of location. How m... : skizl
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              345, there is a 2 bdr in my building going for 470 right now. : gmd
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                345 isn't bad at all. I don't think the extra space is worth it for 470, but we'll be looking around soo : skizl
                • jesus christ.. and here i am paying 1500 for a 3 bedroom in san diego... fucking california. : ssj4megaman
  • I want in on that :( : perstephanie
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  more hawaii shackers! yay!!! : burning eye
  • one more person to stalk.. sigh. : bfzzzz
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  masturbate with both hands while listening to Van Halen. : losder5000
  • Just listen to the vocal track for Runnin with the Devil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlgE5TKXWsA : Prozium
• what island? life in the islands is gonna be fun. primetime tv starts at 7pm instead of 8, the local food... : whereiwannab
• Hang out with the DC Shackers for the last time?? : perstephanie
• How has nobody suggested HOOKERS AND BLOW yet? You guys fail. : Sapiens
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  If you're into near death experiences, head to Sandy Beach. Or if you want a real thrill, swim out to Ch... : ADSliv
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    Heh, when we were there in January, Sandy Beach looked like a fucking nightmare. I'd love to swim out ... : Vincent Grayson
    • sharks cove is pretty awesome for diving too : deadfish
• enjoy stupid expensive everything. I liked it here for a month or two. I can't wait to leave. : deadfish
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  What's the exchange rate like? : EvilDolemite
  • in hawaii they use coconuts for money. It's like 4 nuts to the dollar but it's kinda hard to carry more t... : deadfish

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• you're fired : mikecyb
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  Really? I liked the beginning of the game, but then again I'm a nintendo fangirl. It's pretty much the sa... : Koral06
  • Yeah, it just seems really dull. So far, at the end of each level, I really don't have any desire to con... : Arcanum
• Yes, get to about 20 stars and it picks up :D : snagger
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  You lose. : whistler
  • Also, yeah, the first galaxy was kind of boring. But not painfully so. Again, you = lose. : whistler
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  I never really got into it...wouldn't go as far as "painfully boring", but it never held my interest. : Dave-A
  • same. i think i got into the upper 30s and just sort of stopped playing. : smacknca
  • Same. And I've always loved the Mario games. I think I just grew out of enjoying platformers perhaps. I r... : bozer
  • Same, more or less. A couple of levels were fun, but I liked Mario64 AND Mario Sunshine better overall. : BoKnows
  • same here, got like 16 stars the first weekend I bought it and haven't picked it up since : randomnull
  • Ditto..I really had high hopes for the 'co-op' mode with my wife as well, and that fell flat, too. : rt702
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    Same. I got stuck jumping across that electric bar and the cookie cutters and I gave up. : dodob
    • haha noob : aeg1x
• What going on in this thread full of people with no fucking taste whatsoever. : Boxelder
• The general sense of hype ruined it for me, I was expecting some wild 5 blonde girl orgy to pop out of my... : sinner0423
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  Get the fuck off my internet : gmd
  • I like this post. : ImageOmega
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  Does having $137 million get any better? I just unlocked hookers and blow, and so far it's painfully bori... : Frozen Pixel
  • Can I trade my copy of Super Mario Galaxy for your $137 million? I'm pretty sure I can have more fun wit... : Arcanum
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  It gets better, then you hit the stupid toy galaxy, then it gets good again. : ieGod
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    Shut your face. Toy Time Galaxy was fucking awesome. : ConfusedUs
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      Wrong. Worst video game element ever invented: SPRING MARIO. What. The. Fuck. : ieGod
      • I want spring mario to die : ADSliv
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        Oh, it gets worse. Wait until you get to the "Watch Your Step" galaxy. :( : ScrawnyJohnny
        • I absolutly loved this galaxy, although i dont like the spring, it had other elements in it. : barichnikov
        • Is that in the Garden? I just got there and I don't think I've done that one. : Deathlove
        • I thought dreadnaught purple coins was harder, tbh : jcupitt
      • Spring Mario was so fucking annoying, Toy Time definitely ties for worst levels with the purple coin/disa... : Head Rush
      • what was wrong with the spring? it was really intuitive to use. Sure, it was odd as far as outfits go, ... : Grumbeld
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  i couldn't get into it. seemed like you had to be a kid or wish you still were or something. the cute... : [fry]
  • God, yes, the little round planets got old. I wanted more sprawling landscapes for my triple jumps. : BoKnows
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  trade it in for ssb : sKetchflow
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    Hey, how's singleplayer in SSBB? I'm picking it up tonight. : dodob
    • Singleplayer is decent for what it is, but the true game is in the multiplayer. : slax0r
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      Single player is boring but worth playing for the frigging hilarious cinematics. The main game is in t... : Serpico74
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        I played through Q3A for the cinematics (and the levels). That last one after you defeat Xaero (cheap fuc... : dodob
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          LOL, the Q3A cinematics were so bad. Dude poses : Serpico74
          • And yeah, the last cinematic was such a downer. Dude turns into statue, end. What crap. : Serpico74
          • Camera swirls : dodob
      • haha I love how the SE story and cinematics are so unbelievably epic and yet at the same time have absolu... : mikecyb
    • brawl's are awesome. sub space emissary is kinda meh. but there's a shitload to the game so even both of... : sKetchflow
• Try playing co-op and switching off... MBD loved it. : Awun
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  I got about halfway through it and had no desire to keep going. It was disappointing, considering the hyp... : doctorbfunk
  • yah i got around 65-70 stars and got bored with it... i haven't touched it since. Hell I haven't tou... : Shadowdane
• Yeah, first few are like an introduction. Keep going. : megarust32
• You are painfully RETARDED. : lodit
• It feels like SM64 to me but instead of running around a castle going to different worlds I have a galaxy... : sigpro
• its def not mario 64.. but its a solid platformer at least. i thought half the levels felt kinda phoned i... : prancing_jackanapes
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  What the fuck is wrong with so many people in this thread? : rosewood
  • It's a platformer. I loved it (still haven't finished it, but that's because of time). It's kind of one o... : qwpeoriu
• Are there really this many jaded gamers out there? Seriously, go back to your extreme games, your extreme... : karlk79
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  Yeah, really strange, I think Galaxy is the pinnacle of videogames: a stellar presentation with extragala... : rickyfitz
  • I will agree that some of the music was absolutely splendid. : BoKnows

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  i almost feel stupid for buying their DVDs. :( : smax
  • 0wned : oHnOES
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  whats your favs? : MoreVespeneGas
  • the mormon one is one of my favs : sKetchflow
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    i just watched the atheist one where cartman freezes himself, oprah's minge (and gary!) and the scissor m... : dantastic
    • btw the 2nd part of the atheist one replays the 1st part during the 2nd so you miss the whole middle of t... : dantastic
  • Mystery of the Urinal Deuce is easily the greatest South Park episode ever. : vile
  • timmy intro episode dey turk ur jurbs : FrayLo
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    Casa Bonita, AWESOM-O, The New Terrance and Phillip Movie Trailer : smax
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      Towlie, Scott Tenorman Must Die, Guitar Queero : oldschoolbob-o
      • The Easter Bunny!! : oldschoolbob-o
  • Rich people. T? For... time to get out? : kallanta
  • Any where Cartman is the lead, but specifically the Scott Tenerman episode is the best. The amusement pa... : Grumbeld
  • The underpants gnomes episode is definitely a classic SP episode! : thetangent
  • New: Imaginationland Old: Towelie : focusdaily
  • Scott Tenorman Must Die : riptyde
• I'm almost glad the video player there is completely broken, otherwise I wouldn't be working :/ : zehh
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  Where can you view them all online? : weevil bob
  • http://www.southparkstudios.com/ : kill9
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  What was the episode where one of the dads has his shirt off trying to start a fight or something and he'... : not work safe
  • The Losing Edge i think : cygnus
  • season 9, the losing edge. another fav : sKetchflow
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    The Losing Edge. : K1Bond007
    • awesome. ive waited since like 05 to watch this episode. someone i worked with used to quote it and made ... : not work safe
  • Randy is the best character ever. : losder5000
  • LETS GO DENVERRRRRRRR : contentious roy
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  The player doesn't fully work in Firefox for me. Navigation is broken (the bottom episde preview slider)... : sinner0423
  • You gotta maximize your window before clicking fullscreen. : Geoffrois
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  I hope tomorrow's episode is good if not great. Last weeks was probably the worst episode of South Park I... : K1Bond007
  • Yeah that episode was pretty meh, I enjoyed the first five minutes. : flipoit
  • I liked the AIDS episode, but yeah the largely Cartman-free episode last week was pretty lame. : Vincent Grayson
• The newer ones are uncensored which also rules. Best episodes are the Simpsons Did It (season 6), Ninj... : flipoit
• goddam mongorrians!!!!!!! stop break down my shitty wall!!!!! : infiltrator`
• wish these worked on an iphone :( : mankeroo
• I've got recorded copies of every episode. I watch them all the time. Welcome to my reality! South Park i... : thetangent
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  How long do you think these sites will stay around? sharing all their content like that has to kill dvd ... : dignan
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    They make money off ads at least and you save the files to disk. People love buying packages of videos... : Porkasaurus
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      which site has the South Park episodes, Comedy Central , Hulu? : Old_Fart
      • www.southparkstudios.com : FormerHPB

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• defintely! Watch it if you haven't done so yet people. : humbleone
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  what are you people talking about : RikiTiki2
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    SHACKERS! Have you not been watching? : ejectorpod
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      i haven't shacked much lately wtf : RikiTiki2
      • Please download these: http://www.fileshack.com/browse.x/4549 : ejectorpod
  • http://www.shacknews.com/tag.x/Shackers : humbleone
• phone punch ftw : action roommate
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  any excuse for socksta to rip his shirt off, am i rite : thewriter
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    socksta how many situps do you do a day : sexninja!!!!
    • Over 9000 : hardfl1p
    • its all in the body fat % : oHnOES
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    I gave it two enthusiastic thumbs up. : TheMonkeyWench
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      I think you did something else : action roommate
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        She didn't say up what. : ThomW
        • hmmm, good point. : action roommate
  • was that like a CG chest or something? 'cuz, um, he's in the wrong line of work : Home Nugget
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  the gamestop he went into was literaelly next door to my apartment. one of them, at least (it looked like... : sexninja!!!!
  • Went to 4 locations Coit/Beltline - next to my old high school Coit/Cambell Frankford/Tollway Preston... : socksta
• Yes is was, really funny and well done. : nukewinter
• Yeah, it was great. Nice work dudes! : freshyk
• Yes. Yes it was. : ieGod
• it was incredibly good.. can't wait for the next episode.. : dextius
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  Thanks for positive comments, I couldn't believe it but somethingawful really likes it as well! http:... : socksta
  • ahahah good times. : Phil
  • Gentlemen, you have arrived. : SinistarX
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    haha i wouldn't expect them to really understand it : kill9
    • although the bit about waynes world is pretty lol : kill9
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    hahaha this somehow makes the show better. : ejectorpod
    • agreed : action roommate
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    wow... that's like goon equivalent of a standing ovation! : Home Nugget
    • hahaha it really is : Clay
  • haha lol : naabster
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    Quick jump shark while the water's warm! : Audhuml4
    • Sorry guys it looks like the show is going over to a new site, where our real fans are! : socksta
  • lol : ThomW
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    somehow these comments have me laughing so hard. Maybe I am dumb. : boomstickah
    • maybe? : RikiTiki2
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    No surprises there. SomethingAwful and just about everyone who posts there is complete trash. : Orange Pylon
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      lol that's about half the internet and a good chunk of shackers : Clay
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        Sounds about right. : Orange Pylon
        • <3 : jrock
    • MY FORUM IS BETTER THAN YOURS : derelict515
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      LOL, complete trash that half the internet mimics or cross-links? yeah... : biskits
      • people can't mimic trash or cross-link it? :P : RikiTiki2
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      look at everyone defending the 10 dollars they spent : feek
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        yeah my wallet aches everyday because of it. I need to justify my poor living conditions due to the huge ... : derelict515
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          I SPEND MONEY ON INTERNET FORUMS THAT YOU CAN ONLY DREAM OF : thewriter
          • ignoring the fact that its free to read, and half the people here pay far more for Mercury which they end... : derelict515
      • 30 for me! I HAVE ARCHIVES AND PLATINUM BITCHES. : yoonix
    • Why must we all fight :'( It makes my heart ache. : noobja
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    wow, that's high praise! : jaga
    • hahahaha : khaosman
  • it's a big huge forum full of happy people :D : [fry]
  • hahaha something awful is SERIOUS BUSINESS. : deject
  • hahahahahaaaaaaa : azenmaster
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    "Well I guess one thing you have over Mega64 is that your fat guy is fatter and uglier." hahaha : aeg1x
    • hahahahah yes that was amazing : JINKY
  • hahahaha. i'm glad you had the sense of humor enough to repost all these : sticman77
  • i have to admit though, the waynes world post is lol. but other than that they hate everything so whateve... : sexninja!!!!
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    also theyre probably bitter that they have to change their password to something cryptic every 2 weeks or... : sexninja!!!!
    • awful! lol! : sexninja!!!!
  • everything SA said was true. which is why you should make more. :) : festivalman
  • It's like they think we care or something. : fleabug
  • How could they not enjoy the GameStop bit? Good lord. : tomservo
• The Chris Remo bit was my favourite. :) : Rice-Rocketeer
• Did they mention me and that thing I did that one time? : Jobos
• yeah, aside from some flow issues it's well done. : windowpane
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  Now I want the next one! : dognose
  • SIGNED!!! : NeoMoose
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    not that we're demanding : thewriter
    • Actually, we are :( : dognose
    • speak for yourself : NeoMoose
• I'm still in disbelief that a GS manager told him they created a false shortage of SSB:B copies. haha : alarm cock
• Yeah it was awesome. : lplasmatron
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  I completely agree. This is totally worth watching. : Galadriel07
  • x a million! : NFXFSX
• socksta is pretty sexy :( : nyranger66
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  I liked the pilot + 1st ep's way of reading dognose posts. nothing against maddog, but it doesn't work : RikiTiki2
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16404629#itemanchor_16404629 I'll see what I can do. : socksta
• I watched all three episodes today. Pretty good, looking forward to the next one. : Mmmmmoo
• the plastic abs were funny! : dfz0r

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  Beatles, Rolling Stones, AC/DC. See, look at that, your thread won't die after all, because a million pe... : skizl
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    I'm with you on the Beatles. I've only ever enjoyed a few of their songs. Rolling Stones and AC/DC I'm... : Vincent Grayson
    • I dont like the Beatles at all, but like the Stones and AC/DC : ant_hillbilly
  • I honestly used to feel the same way, until I listened to the Red Album and Blue Album, then I went back ... : thewriter
  • I can tolerate a Beatle or two song , no desire to listen to an album though , I'd rather listen to Elvis... : malus72
  • I love AC/DC enough for any of you fags here that don't. : proclone1
  • If this post was made during the day, yeah, you're right. This late at night though, you'll only get a ha... : thetangent
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  Led Zeppelin - Any Song : FPSDavid
  • Yeah, I probably fall in line here. : thewriter
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    \m/ Wait, shit, my bad. Led Zeppelin RULES \m/ Read that wrong. : FPSDavid
    • hahaha, awesome : SockMonkeh
  • Stairway to Heaven must die. : Thresher
  • yep Hammer of the Gods : gyokuro
• wow. i'm sorry. :( : mwasher
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  The Who, Boston, Genesis : wtf242
  • Some of the Who stuff is amazing, some of it is shit. Boston just got played into the ground, and anythi... : Thresher
• Freebird, Smoke on the Water, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, anything by Black Sabbath, the Rolling Stones early stu... : Thresher
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  this thread is :( when glancing quickly at some of the bands you people apparently dislike (or "just don : humbleone
  • If it weren't for blues, none of it would exist : spiderfill
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  The Beatles. From what I've been told it's most Paul McCartney I can't stand. His vocals are far too high... : renegade732
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    This really boggles my mind. Paul McCartney is so good. : jayacheess
    • "Those honkies who ruined rock'n roll." : wozzeck
    • IAWTP : thetangent
    • i think he ranks third post Beatles after Lennon and Harrison : shavenewok
  • what about songs like "Lady Madonna?" that's McCartney, but it doesn't sound like him. what songs get... : Postal
• Your words are like a slap to the collective faces of a generation of rockers. It is now on. : buzzbat
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  I was never a big fan of the more popular Stones songs, but here are a couple that are rockin': Turd o : Dave-A
  • i find the stones very hit and miss. They have some amazing songs like Gimme Shelter, Paint It Black, ... : shavenewok
• Pearl Jam. So god damned annoying, unintelligible, and repetitive. Same goes for REM. : snagger
• queen : feek
• This whole thread makes me sad. : jasoncrowley
• Nirvana - Fuck Kurt Cobain in his emo, suicidal ass. : thetangent
• Repost. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=489653... : monkeygone
• Ditto, hate Pink Floyd. : losder5000
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  Tool and NIN. : timmie
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    Fucking signed. : GrimmyD
    • I don't try to get people to listen to Tool because I know so many people aren't interested. But perso... : famine101
  • Especially on this forum. I have tried a few times to listen to those bands, but I just can't get into th... : Tissen
• Almost all stadium rock from the 70's/80's (i.e. AC/DC), Beatles, Rolling Stones. Queen is cool though. : nomaad
• I'm right there with you, I just don't think the Floyd is all that hot. I don't hate them like you seem : action wombmate
• Backstreet boys. I prefer Nsync : darkT
• KISS. horrible music! : industro
• PBS owns. : tomservo

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• IGN up on IGN, yeah yeah. : megarust32
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  what do they mean by cinematic physics ? : barichnikov
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    the giant destruction set pieces from episode 2 : alarm cock
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      the shacks at the end ? neat. : barichnikov
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        Yeah, that used it. Also, the bridge, not sure what else. : megarust32
        • both bridges - very beginning and before you get the car.]- : dedgecko
        • when the big bug thing bursts through the building and flies away aka the coolest part of the game : aeg1x
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  10 seconds of crits haha holy shit. I am going to be playing pyro a lot more when that comes out, I thin... : alarm cock
  • good luck getting close to anyone. : DrFlammable
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    more like soldier/demoman. Pyro would just die within a second or two of coming out : aeg1x
    • What if there is a medic + uber and another medic + crit on the pyro? lol Any guesses on the third unl... : razlebol
  • ehh i think pyro will still be better off with uber this might be better for solders : neodoom
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    Screw pyro, imagine a soldier, 4 crit shots in a row. : ant_hillbilly
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      stand next to some ammo packs and make it more : feek
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        what about reload though. : ant_hillbilly
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          doesnt it auto reload for you when you pick up ammo? or maybe certain situations where you can get it to ... : feek
          • Only autoreload is from the cabinets. : crummynz
          • nevermind : feek
    • 4 soldiers, 1 very fast medic! :O quad-crit-rockets! : radula
  • I smell a Medic+Medic+Pyro combo. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Wonder if you can have 2 medics to get uber+crits... : crummynz
    • that would be insane : RikiTiki2
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      ubers and crits already seem to go together somewhat. at least for heavies. : pyide
      • Well yeah, because heavies kill a whole buttload of people when ubered, thus raising their crit %. : Arctic Fox
  • heavy :D :D :D : mikecyb
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    Dude, anyone with an uber-crit is going to be a target for the entire opposing team. An uber-crit pyro wo... : Serpico74
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      that assumes you would know what type of uber the medic is doing ... if it visually looks the same ... : Nation
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        I'm assuming they would give the uber-crit guy a different glow than the standard uber. All of the visual : Serpico74
        • yeah you can be pretty sure of that. the major goal of the game is being able to tell exactly what is ha... : mikecyb
• -The medigun they're playtesting now allows for 10 seconds of 100% critical hits instead of invulnerabili... : razlebol
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  So, the question I have then - do you only have one gun at a time? IE have to create a loadout prior to s... : dedgecko
  • You have to change your loadout. It's basically a new class without the new model... : razlebol
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  holy god The medigun they're playtesting now allows for 10 seconds of 100% critical hits instead of invul... : feek
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    Holy shit I heard The medigun they're playtesting now allows for 10 seconds of 100% critical hits instead... : H@rvester
    • Holy fuck I heard The medigun they're playtesting now allows for 10 seconds of 100% critical hits instead... : razlebol
    • Holy shit I heard The medigun they're playtesting now allows for 10 seconds of 100% face stabs instead of... : sanchez
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  they need to put out goldrush soon as its done and just hold back all the achievements for another patch,... : neodoom
  • Are you kidding? There's pretty much only ever one medic at a time on the Shack, and that is still extrao... : Arctic Fox
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  know what'd be a good con vs. that medigun? 100% crits against the medic & friend while theirs is active : RikiTiki2
  • I think the con is that you don't get the invuln uber. Honestly i think 90% of the time the crit uber w... : boredguy
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    what's the con against a normal uber? : aeg1x
    • This man asks a good question. The only answer I can come up with is a wall of sentries to push the ub... : dafugg
    • The fact that an uber is required to break an entrenched defense. : Arctic Fox
• wonder if they will stack... heavy coming in with both ubers on will clear out a room real quick lol : neodoom
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  I think 100% crits is a terrible fucking idea. : FlamingGimp
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    i think it's a decent idea, no worse or better than invulnerability on paper : pyide
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      Well the thing to me is, when you use uber charge, you still have to be able to hit people to kill them. ... : FlamingGimp
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        well the crit medic will still be vulnerable to fire, even if the shooter has an uber too. a spy or snipe... : pyide
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          Ummm...easily? I don't think so : dkrulz
          • easily being that they can one shot them, and that they have some advantage of being away from the crit s... : pyide
      • you're assuming they're stackable : derelict515
      • Or you could just go in there and get fucking shot. : lplasmatron
      • yeah but youd probably die beforehand , and crits are not as powerful as u think i played on a server wit... : Chandler55
      • http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001025.html : darkT
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    I thought invulnerability was a terrible fucking idea. (Still is) : Sgt_Boomstick
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      Yes, because giving an extra boost to the offensive team to help break a thoroughly entrenched defense re... : DrFlammable
      • I think that it's more that 95% of the strategy in the game comes down to building up ubers. The other 5... : boredguy
      • You could always balance the game so that attack can break through without needing a crutch like god mode... : Beady
  • Yep. Though if they get rid of crits in normal gameplay and just have them from this it may actually w... : Beady
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  That sounds so weak :( Soldier would probably do well with 100% crits but they are pretty fragile if y... : alias
  • That sounds like the balance right there. The uber-crit is super powerful but he is automatically a prior... : Serpico74
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  i still don't like the idea of unlockable weapons in TF2. but does anyone know how they are going to w... : pyide
  • Gut feeling says it'll be a spawn choice : RikiTiki2
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  Holy shit 100% pyro crits for 10 seconds hahaha : EvilDolemite
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    Holy shit 100% pyro crits for 2 seconds before he walks into the range of a sentry and gets obliterated h... : DrFlammable
    • Holy shit 100% pyro crits for 10 seconds and axing people in the face! : TrptJim
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      A crit pyro can survive long enough to kill maybe four or five guys, which is huge : EvilDolemite
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15756895#itemanchor_15756895 : Old_Fart
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  36 Achievements? I thought there were only 17, or are they adding more? : Magus
  • i'm going to have to work on my friends list :( : radula
  • They're adding more for all classes : megarust32
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    What happens if you've already achieved some of the achievements? : EvilDolemite
    • you will die : aeg1x
    • My guess is that there are 36 new achievements for each class. : Grumbeld
• I can't wait for the other new class achievements and abilities. : Mmmmmoo
• Just wondering if you can multi-crit a few players like how you can multi-uber a few at a time. If you... : Alco23
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  A lot of competitive leagues are played without crits now. I wonder what will happen there? : aeg1x
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    competitive leagues are probably against weapon unlocks from achievements anyway. : pyide
    • as long as you can set them to all be enabled I dont think it's really an issue : aeg1x
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    Well a lot of competitive leagues are stupid : rosewood
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      have you played tf2 6v6 no crits? It's different but quite a lot of fun. Less spam and more considered pl... : aeg1x
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        its terrible. Those fucking idiots in cal should go play Quake 3 if they are so desperate for a deathmatc... : Jackass1233
        • I feel like normal 8v8 with crits is more tdm than 6v6 no crits. You really need good teamplay to pull of... : aeg1x
  • NO ITEMS, FOX ONLY, FINAL DESTINATION : windowpane
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  I just had a vision of a medic with a railgun. That'd be tight. : windowpane
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    it would fire a lumbar puncture needle : aeg1x
    • only term i heard this is from house : Chandler55
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  Crits are awesome. Whether i'm killing mofo's with them, or mofo's are killing me with them. Bring on ... : Drewus
  • you must be the only person in the world who enjoys being killed by a crit :P I hateeee walking around a ... : aeg1x
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    I agree! Crits are what make me daring enough to charge into the enemy base with my best-buddy medic and... : spyrext
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      So basically you like knowing that you're able to accomplish something your skill level otherwise wouldn'... : FlamingGimp
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        it's part of the game, get over it. People who do more damage get more crits so skill does play a part in... : Old_Fart
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          I'm pretty sure it has been proven that isn't actually the case. There's a base crit rate of 5% and when ... : aeg1x
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            either way, it's part of the game. It's not supposed to be "best 6 DM players win". : Old_Fart
            • Not supposed to be? According to who? I play a lot of 6v6 and it's a blast. Tighter teamwork is requir... : FlamingGimp
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            I recall reading a post made by a Valve employee, it may have even been Robin, stating that the longer yo... : Drewus
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              Also Robin, if you're reading this, can you prove me right or wrong so we can let it rest? : Drewus
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                We created Team Fortress 2's critical-hit system so that critical-hit chances increase over time based on : pieman
                • Yeah, that's the one : Drewus
                • This quote cracks up up: (On the topic of crits) "That was intentional. One way hardcore players sa... : FlamingGimp
            • i too would like to know this, i bet they got some secret formula ... crit = 0.05 + if(username=zaun)*... : Chandler55
            • Right, and when you get into that run die run die pattern the game just gets boring anyway. : Pneum0
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        Yeah, just like quad damage or the other assorted bullshit powerups in other online shooters. I really... : Drewus
        • Quad damage is completely different; you're comparing something you have to find and obtain to something ... : FlamingGimp
      • If not for crits it deteriorates into the same old shit over and over again. Crits were built into this ... : Pneum0
    • "best-buddy medic": http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=774#HeavyMedic : focusdaily

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  I still think it is the best reveal ever. Such an awesome movie : shavenewok
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    i agree... the last scene is perfect. : wtf242
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      ^^^^^^ wtf242 and i have like identical sense in movies. we should go on a date or something : oHnOES
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        are you a hot skinny hipster chick with tattoos and piercings and shit? OHnOES, you should check out The ... : wtf242
        • That's such a good film. However, the translation apparently loses a lot of subtext - I watched it wit... : jasonepowell
        • i have it queued : oHnOES
        • id like to pick your brain for more movies though : oHnOES
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          still waiting for a response pretty boy : oHnOES
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            for movie suggestions? you've probably seen everything I like. My favorite movie list: Aguirre the Wra... : wtf242
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              Hahaha that's like half the movies I love dearly and half the movies I hate dearly. : thewriter
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                get some taste : oHnOES
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                  well, much less than half actually. I like most of them but fuck Taxi Driver and Apocalypse Now. : thewriter
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                    ????? Apocalypse Now I can kinda understand cause it's diffuse... but muthafuckin Taxi Driver is awesome ... : TShandy
                    • Apocalypse Now anyone can understand because it's fucking boring as fuck, Taxi Driver is a decent study o... : thewriter
                    • remember now we are talking to "THEwriter" ;) : two50six
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              i actually fucking have gattaca to watch here in the next few days : oHnOES
              • next few days like tonight : oHnOES
              • It's available for instant watching on netflix. : rt702
              • I just acquired the HD version and it really does the film justice. It heightens the original effect of ... : spazzium
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              If you liked Unforgiven, may I suggest the man with no name trilogy, Once Upon a Time in the West, and Se... : rt702
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                once upon a time in the west is in my queue. I loved seven samurai. I am a huge karasawa fan actually. : wtf242
                • err Kurosawa : wtf242
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  Primal Fear, which came out a year later, had a similarly great ending. Did you see it? : the moon and antarctica
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    never did, no. : thewriter
    • do eeet! : chiisu81
  • Oh yeah, Edward Norton's breakout performance (it was primarily a Richard Gere movie though). That was... : Grumbeld
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  where is chazz palminteri at? that guy was huge for a while after the usual suspects came out. you could ... : dodob
  • Joe Mantegna put him in his place : spiderfill
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  Wait... I guess maybe this is dumb to ask this now, but I know that while Verbal's story was obviously co... : thewriter
  • That's the beauty of it all. :-) : five_percent
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    he killed all of them himself though he used them to first kill off the others dudes on the boat. : two50six
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      That's not what I meant. I meant the lead-up to the boat deal. Was that all bullshit? Other than the NY T... : thewriter
      • I thought it was pretty obvious, the whole thing was a setup and Keaton was never running the deal : two50six
  • I'm sure Verbal's story has to link up with the forensic evidence - placement of bodies and cause of deat : K1Bond007
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  lol the Usual Suspects did not spawn movies such as the Saw series or Shyamalan flicks. I'm sorry but I d... : two50six
  • I mean honestly, I'd say that just about anything written by Hitchcock was more an influence on those kin... : two50six
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    hello, I have an opinion! I think that a lot of the movies that followed in the wake of the pretty hug... : thewriter
    • huh? I wasn't attacking your opinion, I was just saying that the Usual Suspects didn't invent this "omg h... : two50six
• I don't think I've seen this movie. : sharkII
• I had a similar experience thanks to Hulu and totally agree. : spazzium
• I hate the film. Nothing you see in it is consistent or makes sense, because the entire film until the la... : nudel
• i saw this movie in 2006 and thought...so what, it had a twist, so i think part of the appeal of this mov... : Chandler55
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  GIMME THE FUCKING KEYS YOU MOTHERFUCKINGCOCKSUCKERMOTHERFUCKAAAALALALALALAA!!!!!!! : scottythejock
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    in english, please : synaptic revolt
    • Givemethefuckin'keysyoufuckingcocksuckerWhatthefuck? : Totenjaeger