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• The more attached I am to whatever it is I'm doing the less clearly I think about it. : losder5000
• Surgeons also go for the emotional disattachment. : ejectorpod
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  TLDR: nothing, really, TL&NotWorthReading. 'Tis only important to recognize, at least to try to, how : thief
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    it's practically openly acknowledging "I need someone somewhat more detached to offer their opinion." ... : vikramwillrock
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      Haha, true. And yet -- allow me to be semantic -- the reason they seek reaffirmation is because the pers : thief
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        I talk about this like i understood something but i still feel like " i need someone..."; although in my ... : vikramwillrock
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          Man, i re-read that and it feels like i bang rickshaw drivers everyday.....its not possible to talk norma... : vikramwillrock
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            Darn it, i mean i donnae bang them. Not gay here. I mean, i am happy, yes, but not happy enough to have s... : vikramwillrock
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              That doesnae imply that gay guys are happier than us homosexuals or anything o the sort. And just to be s... : vikramwillrock
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                Just cause i am denying all o this doesnae mean i am going to come out and say that i dislike buttermilk ... : vikramwillrock
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                  ...shack? : thief
                  • Ah, yes the shack....i like her but not so much i'd invite her home to meet my mother....its more like a ... : vikramwillrock
    • by 'redoubt' i mean 'rebuttal,' though 'redoubt' certainly works in an annoying metaphorical sense. : thief
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  Emotional attachment, as much experience as i have with it, is not like an on-off switch. You cannae sudd... : vikramwillrock
  • AAAHM YER UNCLE, AAAAAAAAAAAARGHYLE!! : losder5000
  • Are you scottish? : Rag and Bone Man
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    Dude, you should be settling disputes with a broadsword, : ifallible
    • and clear understanding. : newek
  • well put macmillan : alarm cock
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    do you talk like that in real life : electroly
    • It'd be cool the first day but I'd want to punch him by the second :( : Ebu
  • I really need to start incorporating cannae in my posts. : pigvomit
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  The lawyer should be professionally detached. However, the lawyer must exploit the emotions of his audien... : Tommy Toolbag
  • ^ IAWTP - As a lawyer, if you get emotionally attached and fuck up up? RULE 11'D !!!!. Resulting in a f... : newek
• If you can only argue for things you agree with, then you can't argue for things you disagree with. : FS|Archangel
• It can probably go both ways. On one hand, emotion will make you rationalize things you otherwise wouldn : DinK
• On the broad not lawyer level, we make a ton more silly decisions when we get emotionally involved. Do... : xsoulbrothax
• You need both. You need a passion for a topic to drive you to give it your all, but if you can't step ba... : Arcanum
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  lol. on the "broad" level: women are too emotional. Lol, broadz. : jackalope
  • Generalization about broads : spiderfill
• actually be emotionally attached, or just appearing that way in court? : jaga
• while the females thought emotional involvement made you care more hahahahha no way!! : Magus
• it is our emotions has humans that separate us from the machines. and in the future it may be one of the ... : CoRDS
• I think it would depend on what kind of case it was. If it's a criminal, domestic, or whatever case wher... : skizl
• enough emotional attachment to drive you to work those late nights for your case, and enough emotional de... : Megara9
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  so retardedly stereotypical and predictable. you'd think women who put enough work into getting into law ... : gokart.
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    oh : felicia
    • my... : Dave-A
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    they probably didn't assume that caring about their case meant caring to such an extreme degree that your... : Megara9
    • Take your reason out of here! : felicia
    • yeah but girls have cooties : Magus
  • they probably just got in on affirmative action and cuz they have titties, olol rite? : jessipoo
  • I would have to argue that you should go with whatever works. It's the judge and/or jury that have to be... : Lone Swordsman
• emotion is the enemy of reason : MagicWishMonkey

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• Maybe WoW's Lich King expansion? : pigvomit
• APB Spectral Force 3 Aliens : greh kleh
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  and Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core.. It's awesome! : razlebol
  • I agree with you. I think this year with be awesome as far as gaming goes. As long as the games dont diss... : BIGAssasin8
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  Apart from GTAIV, I'm looking at the 360 release lists for this year and I'm hugely underwhelmed. Afte... : peanut-
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    all i need is ninja gaiden 2, mercenaries 2, and gta4 : JINKY
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      I wasn't a big fan of Mercenaries or Ninja Gaiden, so I'm not to hyped for the sequels. There's plenty... : peanut-
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        I think theres a few interesting things if you already have one, the problem they may face is that there ... : Boxelder
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          Crazy, that's actually not the article I linked. They had an article looking at the big games of next ye... : Boxelder
          • it moved, I swear: http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/173228.shtml : Boxelder
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            What did they list as system sellers? I think major system sellers are typically sequels carried over fr... : pigvomit
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              I found the link finally, it's above. They put Fable 2 as a system seller, which seems optimistic. One ... : Boxelder
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                Gamepro is trash. They really are. And no, not because I have a 360. The same logic they use to say some ... : AroundTheFur1380
                • Geez, what a troll... : wytefang
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                Yeah, I wouldn't list Fable 2 as a system seller nor Resistance 2, just not enough background or history ... : pigvomit
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                  Gears of War was a system seller and it didn't have a background or history. All a game needs to be a sys... : razlebol
                  • and have the proper marketing budget : derelict515
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                interesting concept in an article, but when they started to add 09 or TBD release games for ps3 to make t... : jimmy_legs
                • I think they just listed all offically announced exclusives for both. : Boxelder
• Farcry 2 is supposed to be out this year. : pigvomit
• It won't be a bad year, that's for sure. : jimmy_legs
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  Nice work, thanks for that list. Only thing missing would be for which platform(s) they are released for. : humbleone
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    Too Human is planned for 2008 also i think : humbleone
    • yeah, one of the few this year i'm impatiently waiting for : Borzoi
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  GRID actually looks pretty cool as well. : greh kleh
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    GRID looks like it will eat GT5's lunch. It may not be sim perfect, but if they nail that sweet spot betw... : AroundTheFur1380
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      DiRt was great so I will be getting Grid as well. I thought Dirt found the balance between sim and arcade... : kodt
      • DiRT drove like trash, if you ask me. Rallisport 2 nailed the offroad driving sim/arcade sweet spot, and ... : jayacheess
• Alan Wake (Maybe), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed : notd665
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  A great year? Undoubtedly! Better than '07? I don't think so, but wold love to be proven wrong. : kallanta
  • 2007 was pretty shittastic up until, what? August or September? This year's releases are much more sp... : walker270
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  i'd list fallout 3 as a MAYBE : kill9
  • as great or as out this year? Because it's definitely out this year : derelict515
  • nope, they are already done and are only polishing it. It's gonna be Fall 2008 for sure. Now DNF... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    really? bethesda said they'd be shocked if fallout didn't come out this fall. I think they are very close... : Flynn
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      I wonder how they got it done so fast? I'm guessing maybe it's on oblivion's engine without many changes... : sroylance
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        I think they started working on it in 2004 too. : re4ctor
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          I doubt they did too much till after Oblivion was released in 2006. : freshyk
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            It's been in production for a long time. There was a pre-production team working on it while Oblivion was... : lplasmatron
            • That's good to hear. : freshyk
            • ^^^straight from the horse's mouth. No offense, 'tron. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      they've said that every year about every game. oblivion was "done" for awhile but it definitely didn't c... : kill9
      • (or done :p) : Boxelder
    • I thought I had seen September as the release month for this. : jimmy_legs
    • I heard that they are in alpha. : Boxelder
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  Huxley, APB? : thief
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    god i want huxley SO BAD I CANT STAND IT. more than any other game really : eeeealmo
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      one preview from 3 years ago got you that hyped? damn : derelict515
      • no the idea of an MMO FPS with character customization that i like : eeeealmo
  • Huxley looks fucking horrible. I don't think anyone is going to want to play that. : razlebol
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  I agree with console games, but I seriously doubt that PC is going to have a better year than 2007. : Nitrium
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    How so? WoW expansion Age of conan Warhammer Online Star Craft 2 Dawn of War 2 Spore Sins of a... : dedgecko
    • just sc2 is enough to trump everything in 2007 : Chandler55
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      Company of heroes was 2006 I think. The expansion was in 2007 though. : razlebol
      • And one could say that the expansion and the automatch patch has revitalized the game as there's almost t... : dedgecko
    • War online by all reports is fail. Age of Conan is probably not going to be as good as WoW. Sins of a Sol... : thewindcriesmary
• I was just thinking about it, and realized that 2008 is already over 1/4 over :( : Flying h4x0r
• A Vampyre Story Gearbox's ALIEN game? : speon
• If you are a PS3 gamer, it certainly will be a better year... : AroundTheFur1380
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  Halo Wars Banjo 3 Probably lots more MS titles as the lineup seems to be far too thin compared to how m... : navelskrutt
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    I thought Banjo was going to be for 2009 but wiki says holiday 2008. I doubt we will see halo wars this y... : razlebol
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      I think MS learnt their lesson with Too Human. The trend seems to be to have a teaser early on and then s... : navelskrutt
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        Learned? Look at how much copies of halo 3 they sold thanks to the marketing. They will hype it for sure ... : razlebol
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          Hmm, I can't really remember but wasn't Halo 3 unveiled quite late? They even announced it really late (w... : navelskrutt
          • 3 to 5 months is about right if IIRC so they should be starting soon if the game was to be released this ... : razlebol
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  project offset? : spaceless
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    :( Will that game ever come out. The graphics were insane a few years ago.. now.. not so much. : kodt
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      ya i agree. i always thought it was over hyped from the get go. i mean it was a guy who made a next gen r... : flasher 907
      • Yeah another step above crysis and project offset will just look normal. Since all they have hyped so ... : Turd Ferguson
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  It amazes me how many sequels and franchises are on that list. : DrWaffles
  • Look at the big movie releases this year. Same thing. : pigvomit
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    Blame everyone who didn't buy or pirated psychonauts, etc. It's all too easy to complain about the lack o : navelskrutt
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      Why? They are still coming with Brutal Legend which I forgot to put on the list and looks like it's sched... : razlebol
      • Yeah some people will always try to make wacky shit even if they don't sell well, my point is that if Psy... : navelskrutt
    • People need to get off their psychonauts high horse. I bought that game, beat it, don't understand the in... : Sgt_Boomstick
• 2007 was super amazing (Portal, CoD4, Forza 2, GoW2, Mass Effect, Bioshock, HL2:E2), but all these games ... : tcs
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  A Whispered World http://adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1510 : avatar_58
  • Yeah. That looks awesome. : razlebol
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  BRUTAL LEGEND~~~~ : Deathlove
  • They never did confrm/deny a PC version did they? I might have to get the PS3 one I guess. : avatar_58
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  What happened to "the Crossing"? It was supposed to be a single player/multi-player hybrid game? My gu... : Boxelder
  • They're still working on it! : aaarrrgh
• Dawn of War 2 won't be out until Spring 2009 at the earliest, says so on the site. : Magus
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  DNF : sexninja!!!!
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    I'd hope this year we could see something or hear something more about it. : sinner0423
    • hear or see... i want to be playing it this year! : Shadowdane
  • Yes. Only if this game comes out with this year truly be awesome. : Sebastian-TEC
  • The game doesn't come out until we get hit heavy with hands-on previews. So, not this year. : enyakk
• Guild Wars 2 That's all I want this year really. : MrGrindy
• for me Left 4 Dead Starcraft 2 fallout 3 ..... Mario Kart wii maybe : barichnikov
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  Well I guess it all depends on how excited you are for some of those on the list or how "big" you conside... : wytefang
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    Well unless you are poor or just hate games, theres something on there for everyone. You just have to bra... : avatar_58
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      Well I jumped out to a PS3 and a PSP and I'm quite impressed with both - though they still don't surpass ... : wytefang
      • Same here, but mostly because I'm a point and click nut (plus the back catalogue of course). However once... : avatar_58
• Even if this is 1999 to 2007's 1998...we're still in for good stuff (a lot of people forget that a lot of... : Vorlonesque
• Yeah pretty much fuken guaranteed. 2007 wasn't that great, no matter what those busta's said, and Old Man... : SpaecKow
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  Resident Evil 5 and StarCraft 2 top my list. Both of those could be 2009, though. : David Craddock
  • Wasn't Resident Evil 5 officially delayed until 2009? : razlebol
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  I'd say no. If there were more PC games I was excited about then maybe. The console lineup is pretty good... : Mansmells
  • Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, Borderlands will probably be very awesome. Even better if Rage and or Starcraf... : razlebol
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  Top Spin 3 isn't on the list (comes out in May I think). The original team from Top Spin 1 is making it t... : Mansmells
  • wow! I *loved* top spin 1, long long nights me and a buddy on live playing 2 others, bought top spin 2 th... : shackwack
• iron man and indiana jones within the span of two months. head asplode. : dodob
• rock band (haha australia) : stamps
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  lolololololol : GeorgeB3DR : Skoal^Fyfan
  • probably : razlebol
• It's certainly looking really nice, it will be hard to remember that games like Brawl came out this year ... : Begawkiness
• infinity quest for earth : duncandun
• Funny fact: out of these 30 games 22 are sequels or spin-offs of existing IPs.. That's 73%. : pillzer
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  Forgot a bunch.. http://www.systemwars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69169 : watcherxp
  • I have seen that ridiculous thread :P : razlebol
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    Holy shit, point-and-click adventure. Fuck yeah. : SkeezPimp
    • wait..wait...deathspank?! : SkeezPimp

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  BSG - Watch it or die. : NFXFSX
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    Oooh, mysterious visions of the future! Watch some unknown force F with people for it's own non-amusement... : locater16
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      I don't remember that bit :( : crummynz
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        One can only assume the mysterious visions of the future and all the other things that don't really make ... : locater16
        • What mysterious visions of the future? : vigilante
    • What the fuck are you talking about? Sure as hell isn't anything close to BSG. : K1Bond007
    • That's LOST. Definitely not BSG. : Vantage
    • That doesn't describe BSG at all. Go get the miniseries and watch that. It'll get you hooked. : Horn
    • haha wtf are you talking about? : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • i think you have BSG confused with something else : pyide
    • Is your head out from your nether region yet? : dasampla
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  Prey :) : dognose
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    Totally forgot about that. Thanks! : locater16
    • You have it already right? 'Cause it was 5 bucks last weekend at Steam :( : dognose
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  Solaris remake was pretty good : aeg1x
  • I'll check it out. : locater16
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    Children of Men, the Fountain, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind too. : YamatoTwinkie
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      Children of Men was great, I'll have too watch The Fountain and Eternal Sunshine though. Thanks! : locater16
      • Wow... yeah you'll have to watch Eternal Sunshine. The Fountain is also good as long as you don't care i... : Grumbeld
  • The original is the good one : MoreVespeneGas
  • yep...great movie...its like Sunshine, only without crazy killer at the end Highly recommend it. : Flynn
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  What counts as recent? How about Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick? : Nixx2004
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    Lol Chronicles of Riddick. The game kicked ass anyway. : locater16
    • I really liked it : kelerian
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      Lol why bother asking for suggestions Lol. : lodit
      • Because I forgot too mention that I'd already seen/played it? : locater16
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  Mock BSG will you!? No help from me! : Kaerof
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    Any science fiction that incorporates gypsie mystics with visions of the future without being a comedy de... : locater16
    • So what's going to happen later in the show? I'm dying to know. : Kaerof
    • jesus man, you got some kind of hang up. lighten up. : dromo5
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      haha wow : Jiven
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        I could go on about how using biblical references is one of the most retarded practices in writing and ec... : locater16
        • Seriously.. you have no idea what you're even talking about and religion in Scifi has never been a bad th... : K1Bond007
        • Do you hate Dune, LotR, and generally a large chunk of fiction written in most human cultures on earth...... : Vorlonesque
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          I see thewriter changed his screen name : nomaad
          • Irony. : randomposter
    • Yeah I noticed everyone is making of BSG all the time : spiderfill
    • Man, sci-fi is cool, but I can't be having with that fantasy shit, no sir. : Helter Skelter
    • where do you get this vision from the future shit seriously? the closest thing i can think of is th... : n0v4
    • But there's plenty of mysticism in Firefly. And in just about every sci-fi piece of work. Mysticism as a ... : Modica Sol Solis
    • I agree. It is not my favorite theme in sci-fi. When handled well, I don't mind it; it can actually add ... : Perturbation
    • what the hell are you talking about : brewsterdog
    • Good lord, I take it you've never read Dune? : thetangent
    • you've hardly watched it you fool, stop harping on with this mystics and visions of the future BS and fuc... : spaceyme
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  You should watch Farscape. : mechanicalgrape
  • Farscape? Never heard of it, but alright. : locater16
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    He thinks BSG is too out there, farscape will make his head asplode. : n0v4
    • Farscape is freaking amazing though. What makes it is the characters and humor. Plus, it doesn't take i... : SolrFlare
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  Gattaca is a much watch, Dark City is good, but I'm not going to push it on anyone. Neither movie is rec... : Grumbeld
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    the more I learn about DNA - the more amazed I am at Gattaca. I knew nothing about it at the time. Well -... : seven
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      Yeah, it is an amazing movie. I have to disagree with its portrayal of genetic engineering though, as it... : Perturbation
      • Yeah. Fuck those natural born faggots. : SockMonkeh
      • But it could create a huge schism in society if it's not something that's universally available and if yo... : aeg1x
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  Babylon 5 Series. Then the movies "In the Beginning" (after Season 2) "Thirdspace" (After Season 3), a... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Oh, avoid the Pilot movie like the plague, it's really awful. : Sailor of Fortune
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      Was the pilot called "The Gathering"? : peetabix01
      • That's what it's called, almost forgot about it. : Sailor of Fortune
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    Yeah, Season 5 plays out like if they had done an Episode VII for Star Wars. Problem was, they didn't kno... : ShoCon
    • Still Season 5 is very interesting in that it devotes so much time and effort into realistically depictin... : enyakk
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    If he doesn't like BSG because "that mysticism and 'time loop' stuff is shit", then this might not be wha... : capt tripps
    • B5 doesn't really have mysticism though, there's no gods or God that gets sputted like every 5 minutes. S : Sailor of Fortune
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    The acting is bad, the special effects have aged poorly, and the story is phenomenal. : VinnieTheSquid
    • So true. I wish they had a bigger budget and production values for such a cool story. : tcs
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    i really tried to make it through season 1 but i wanted to kill myself every minute of every episode. pe... : electroly
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      B5 was the first sci-fi to use all CG shots for Space. DS9 still uses models, I think it wasn't until ... : Sailor of Fortune
      • Foundation Imaging did seasons 1-3 for Babylon 5 and then switched to DS9 for the end of season 5 and sea... : Jonathan
    • The acting improves a lot in the later seasons at least. But yes, season one is just.. ouch. : terath
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    Agreed completely. Babylon 5 owns, but you have to watch it for the story, and you have to watch all the... : DinK
    • Yeah, Season 1 wasn't particularly exciting but it picks up in the last half of the season and sets up a ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Best TV: Farscape. Best Movie: Gattaca. : brickmatt
  • Best TV: Farscape ST:TNG Fixed it for you. : thetangent
• Recent movies.... Cloverfield was pretty cool if you can get with it's unique, if slightly bent, flow... : kallanta
• I can't really think of any outstanding movies or games that really use Sci-Fi. Sure a lot of them have a : Sebastian-TEC
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  For Sci-Fi games, what about the System Shock series? If you even remotely like Cyberpunk, both games ar... : SigmaDraconis
  • Yes System Shock yes yes. Also, wow, this Psi Amp looks fantastic: http://www.strangebedfellows.de/ind... : A Sponge
  • Second this, though I will say getting into SS1's controls might be a bit tough for someone brought up on... : Conan
• Game- Kane's Wrath, Sins of a solar empire. Anime- Planetes Movie- the 5th element on bluray : vikramwillrock
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  stargate the movie star gate sg1 star gate atlantis stra trek tng star trek ds9 star trek voyager s... : CoRDS
  • I whole-heartedly support this list. I think you and I would get along quite well CoRDS. :) : thetangent
  • All of these are excellent (sg1, tng, and ds9 especially). : Perturbation
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  Contact : xsii
  • One of my all time favs - watch this if you haven't. : TabsAZ
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    I'm reading the book right now... how does the movie compare to the book? : thecray
    • fairly good. the ending is pretty different but its still an awesome movie. : xsii
    • The journey in the book is far better than the movie. Alot more fleshed out. The movie is still great ... : Drewus
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  Watch Ghost In The Shell, and Stand Alone Complex (and Gits:SAC2) : famine101
  • and GITS2 : blindi0815
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    If you watch both seasons of SAC, watch Solid State Society afterwards. : ShoCon
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      is that the order? they have both SAC and SSS on Netflix Instant, and I'm working slowly through SAC. Whe... : Deathlove
      • The original GitS movie and Innocence, the sequel, are based on the manga series. http://en.wikipedia.or... : ShoCon
  • I don't really care for the original GitS movie (I think it's god awfully boring) but everything past tha... : lplasmatron
• I'm wondering if this is you, http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16651633 I mean are you offended abo... : Vorlonesque
• DOOM: The Movie. : CrustaR
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  first of all, if you confuse BSG with Lost then you are a total tool secondly, don't forget Equilibrium : dfz0r
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    Torchwood & Doctor Who :) : higround
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      Fuck yes Doctor Who. God I love that show. New season started and they're right on form. That scene where... : node
      • Oh, Torchwood still isn't great. It so wants to be Buffy in Cardiff with Brits but none of them have half... : node

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  is there going to be a distinction made between who uses what equipment? : eeeealmo
  • Nope, because I dont know who used what...and dont care. : devnullgt
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    even so. One of you should post an equipment list cause I want to know what you fools use. : sKetchflow
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      Me and AlexXdude recorded our sets with the same controller - an M-Audio X-Session Pro. He uses Ableton a... : TastyWheat
      • nah I used Traktor 3 for this set :D : AlexXdude
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• aw man this is going to be fucking pimp. : AlexXdude
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  Actually....twifosp and kodiak willswitch places...I just saw that he wanted to go first : devnullgt
  • so yea...ignore my pre-recorded intro that has kodiak going first :P : devnullgt
• but then you have to count the i like its, the lols and subtract any dupes! : dantastic
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  \o/ FIST POUND : TastyWheat
  • http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/03/07/ : the archvile
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  twifosp - LOL this post or reply to it if you like twilofsp's set. Remember you can vote for multiple peo... : devnullgt
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    i like it - it has some really good tracks and seems to flow together nicely : Galadriel07
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      I bet if this internet radio station was a nightclub you'd totally be that girl with the neon pink top an... : TastyWheat
      • hell fucking yes. : Galadriel07
  • I like it too, solid set so far! : AlexXdude
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  • good mixing - me likes : naabster
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  AlexXdude - LOL this post or reply to it if you like alex's set. Remember you can vote for multiple peopl... : devnullgt
  • I'll post my tracklist when my set is done! : AlexXdude
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    word, here we go, my turn :D : AlexXdude
    • BOOYA! : CrustaR
    • MOAR BASS : naabster
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    this sucks. just kidding, i like it : kill9
    • Yeah, some of the tracks are the ones I uploaded to my muxtape :D : AlexXdude
  • I already knew this was gonna be the case, but I LIKE IT. : TastyWheat
  • awesome! : Mr.Fusion
  • I like it! It makes me feel like a sexXydude. : ryuuseki
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  • Digging it! : twifosp
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    I like this set. Good tracks. Justice is great :D : d0nk
    • justice is the new daft punk : naabster
    • thunderstruck++ : d0nk
    • Fucking EPIC AC/DC drop there. : TastyWheat
    • go listen. now. : naabster
  • Alex "Will it Blend - Hell Yea!" XDude !!! : devnullgt
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    tracklist here: 1: Justice - Phantom Pt II (Soulwax Remix) 2: Boys Noize - Lava Lava 3: Kill The Noi... : AlexXdude
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      I missed the end because i had to leave work =( Did you happen to record it? : deveus1
      • yeah, all the sets are getting replayed tomorrow too : AlexXdude
    • That D.I.M song is completely tits : nomaad
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    Nice set. The only that that detracted from it is that I've been listening to AlexXdude's muxtape for the... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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      Yeah, a bunch of the tracks that I mixed I put up on my muxtape too : AlexXdude
      • It was nice to hear them mixed with other tracks, at least. :P : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  ki11_viru5 - LOL this post or reply with an 'i like it' if you like kill's set. Remember, you can vote f... : devnullgt
  • this set is starting now! : devnullgt
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    J'aime les garcons? : razlebol
    • an ILTC in french...I like it 9/10 : devnullgt
  • i like it - pretty good set to follow mine, it's a perfect extension :D : AlexXdude
  • i like it. : sKetchflow
  • just tuned in, good stuff, very dirty & funky! : Hiro
  • good stuff! me likes it long time : naabster
  • This set just hit epic levels - I like it. Bonus points for dropping Boyz Noise :) : TastyWheat
  • I like this one too =D : deveus1
  • I like it. Durr. Kill Viru5 is the best ever. : d0nk
  • tracklist here: 1. Fox n' Wolf - Youth Alcoholic(Etienne De Crecy Remix) 2. Does It Offend You, Yeah ... : AlexXdude
• STARTING!! : devnullgt
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  TastyWheat - LOL this post or reply with an 'i like it' if you like this set. Remember, you can vote for ... : devnullgt
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    Hi I'm Tasty H Wheat and welcome to my subthread. I've prepared some hot electro house for you tonight, a... : TastyWheat
    • skoal is scared. :) : TastyWheat
  • tastywheat starting in 5 minutes! : devnullgt
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    still waiting for that last track :D : AlexXdude
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      wtfAlex like you'd know what I'm talking about : TastyWheat
      • im laughing already : AlexXdude
  • lol omg RICK ROLL'D : eeeealmo
  • I like it - bonus points for rickrolling the kock : deveus1
  • this is great. i like it. : Merlin13x
  • TASTYWHEAT'S SCHNITZMIX TRACKLIST TASTYWHEAT'S SCHNITZMIX "Holy shit, this schnitzel DOES taste like ... : TastyWheat
  • this one was my favorite so far! :) : Galadriel07
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  eeeeeeealmo- LOL this post or reply with an 'i like it' if you like this set. Remember, you can vote for ... : devnullgt
  • i like it (but i got an advanced copy). also lol at spelling : kill9
  • I LIKE IT LOL : eeeealmo
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    did i get skipped or what lol : eeeealmo
    • I think you just got trolled by devnullgt. He threw himself in before you :\ : AlexXdude
    • nah it was just ordered around because of chat in IRC....we were just kind of thinking of what sets would... : devnullgt
  • STARTING NOW : devnullgt
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    it's eeeealmo time! : AlexXdude
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      really nice change of pace : AlexXdude
      • Yeah, this is really well-mixed set and a nice change of pace from the other sets =D : deveus1
  • I liked it. Smooth intelligent DnB. Very Bukemish. Next week I'm going to do a jump up DnB set, hold... : twifosp
• so far its pretty good : kill9
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  devnullgt (hey that's me!) - LOL this post or reply with an 'i like it' if you like this set. Remember, y... : devnullgt
  • Tracklist 1. Danielle Ballinger - Surrender Me (Speakerbox Vocal) 2. Miika Kuisma - Smoky Room (Komyt... : devnullgt
  • I do indeed like this so far : TastyWheat
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    the 2nd half is much better than the first. good stuff : eeeealmo
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      Yeah I totally agree. The first half was decent, but the second half is blowing up : deveus1
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        hahah "World Hold On" old school club banger : AlexXdude
        • yea this is my fucking jammy jam : eeeealmo
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    lol beatmatch failure on that one : AlexXdude
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      hey I told you it's been since last december that I actually mixed anything...cut me SOME slack...I dont ... : devnullgt
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        hey man, I still have to move the pitch sliders up and down for both decks. SHEESH. lol. : AlexXdude
        • go jump off a cliff, sigh : devnullgt
  • yea im in the mix now...forgot to update : devnullgt
• Been looking forward to this for a long time (like 2 weeks lolz) : TastyWheat
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  Holy shit Alex is going to drop the muthafucking bass :O : TastyWheat
  • \o/ :D : AlexXdude
  • Yeah, I can tell this is gonna be good =D : deveus1
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  hashd - LOL this post or reply with an 'i like it' if you like this set. Remember, you can vote for multi... : devnullgt
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    bah, my download must have broke...redownloading and will replay at the end : devnullgt
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      Ahh so mine hasn't played yet I see. : hashd
      • Yeah, it bugged out, so devnullgt had to play the next set and redownload yours from the FTP. It'll play,... : AlexXdude
  • Looks like im up. Tracklist for those interested. 1. Wine Stained Bappers Dub Alley 2. Cocaine Bizt... : hashd
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  SkoalFyfan - LOL this post or reply with an 'i like it' if you like this set. Remember, you can vote for ... : devnullgt
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    Though I won't be playing till 1am-ish EST -> Tracklist: Plump DJs - System Addict (Original Mix) Ma... : Skoal^Fyfan
    • Some excellent track choices in there :D looking forward to it! : AlexXdude
  • playing now! : devnullgt
  • you you you, i like i like : askedrelic
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  • dunno if this is old thread now but I dug your from what I heard before ZzZzZz last night and what's on r... : Skoal^Fyfan
  • oh yeah downloaded your set and i liked it, though the mixing was a bit off. that MJ remix is awesome : kill9
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  Kodiak - LOL this post or reply with an 'i like it' if you like this set. Remember, you can vote for mult... : devnullgt
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    i like it i like it : askedrelic
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      are you drunk kodiak isnt even playing yet rofl, it's ki11_viru5 :D : AlexXdude
      • My sobriety is not the question here, good music is! : askedrelic
  • bah 7 of you were listening and no lol :| : -=kodiak=-
  • tracklist: yea it's late, wasnt my fault http://www.tracksonwax.net/mixes/KodiaK/tracklist.txt : -=kodiak=-
  • I like this...it's high energy : devnullgt
• Order of sets may be getting shifted around...so pay attention to the track details to see who is playing : devnullgt
• The IRC chat is off the fucking hook. From landing an airliner on Grace Park to zebra farming, it's on fo... : TastyWheat
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  Derek lieks : DACRepair
  • reply ot the subtrhead with the DJs name if this is a vote : devnullgt
• server address for easy tuning in: http://kock.empx.net:8000/listen.pls : AlexXdude
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  note to self: record one of my sets so I can get into this. Only question is drum-n-bass or prog tranc... : the archvile
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    I think everyone's planning to hold another mix-off in two weeks. Get mixin'! : AlexXdude
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      how many more sets are there tonight? : deveus1
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        7 apparently. They'll be replayed tomorrow afternoon and links to download each set individually will als... : AlexXdude
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          10 actually : devnullgt
          • 10 in all, but 7 were left to play when he asked : AlexXdude
• Still going on folks! These sets are awesome tonight guys. I can't pick a favorite! : deveus1
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  arg @ tastywheat's 'never gonna give you up' Too much! : ysbreker
  • fucking lolling here : AlexXdude
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  how many people are listening? : eeeealmo
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    KOCK Radio: Now Playing: devnullgt - Tracks On Wax Vol 1 at 128 kbps. Current Listener Count is: 10 of 20... : AlexXdude
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      does it count people not using winamp? : Galadriel07
      • I hope so. I'm streaming through my 360 : deveus1
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        It counts the IPs of the people connected, no matter if they're using winamp or not :) : AlexXdude
        • ok cool :) : Galadriel07
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  Also.... Downloadable versions: http://www.tracksonwax.net/mixes/ : devnullgt
  • ^^^make sure you go here folks. Some great music! : deveus1
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    oh snap. i am looking forward to eeeealmo's set based off of his previous ones. : dopeman
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      yea had some technical problems with his when it was playing...so I regrabbed it from the FTP he uploaded... : devnullgt
      • no that was hashd's set, eeeealmo's was fine : AlexXdude
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  AlexXdude where are you and why do you think the X-Session Pro is the shiznit? What if I were to buy Tra... : dopeman
  • Hello Tim! Well, you are in great luck because Traktor 3 works excellently with the X-Session Pro. All... : AlexXdude
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    He's Canadian so I'll reply. The XSP is a really nice little controller. It's bus powered and easy to se... : TastyWheat
    • OH HERRO ARRIX I NO SEE YOU DERE : TastyWheat
    • For the outside six knobs per deck: I have three mapped to EQ (low, mid, high) and the three others left... : AlexXdude
    • With the BCD3000, it also has its own soundcard which can be bloody useful. It's got headphone + master o... : TastyWheat
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    I'm uploading a quick video walkthrough of my mixing setup if you wanna wait for a bit. : TastyWheat
    • for shizzle. I'd like to see what is the dealio with this device and if it is everything it sounds like ... : dopeman
  • oh snap. yeah i was looking at the BCD3000, but I fear that it may have too many buttons for me to handl... : dopeman
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    Me fucking around on my 3000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KHnycfuBKw : TastyWheat
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      Also can I point out that the mix I've done for tonight's mixoff was done on solely the XSP - I only got ... : TastyWheat
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        interesting, this has been helpful. thanks for the video! it looks as if the XSP will do for now, and i... : dopeman
        • Just search BCD3000 on youtube and you'll find a stack of videos of people using it. : TastyWheat
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    vinyl4life. fuck everything else. fags : eeeealmo
    • eeeealmo I had to sell my tables because they honestly weren't getting enough love. i've seen my other d... : dopeman
    • Yea I used to think that way too. I'm about 60/40 vinyl and cds now though. CDs just sound more consist... : twifosp
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  I was wondering, since I am curious about playing with music these days. How do you all DJ online? Mix... : Q-ball
  • Some of us use Ableton Live (I think alex and kill virus), I use a regular old mixer and cdplayers and tu... : devnullgt
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  REPLAY STARTS NOW : devnullgt
  • Woot, listening before my court shift! : TastyWheat
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  AlexXdude is the winner : devnullgt
  • lolz no shi : TastyWheat

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• soma.gif is in pupismyname's shackspace or phil's post history : boomstickah
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  She's still a chick, she just has...added parts. Either that or she fits into a third gender. : Lone Swordsman
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    SHE IS LIKE A DINOSAUR : thewindcriesmary
    • You have discovered the plot of Jurassic Park IV. : cerealSAM2
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      maybe she just drifted too hard one time : sparkly
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        Into the T dimension : itsjames
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          Where its impossible to drive go straight : Turd Ferguson
          • I love this subthread. : lplasmatron
    • trannysaruas! : holycow
    • life... life finds a way : aeg1x
• I personally want to know who the hell she is. : Evil Benius
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  I'm still not convinced that is a penis : mwasher
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    lol shes not hot enough to pretend shes really a chick : jaga
    • huh...? : mwasher
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    yeah that's weird... how would you even do that if you were a dude? it doesn't fold up like that and if ... : mikecyb
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      She was holding it back with her hand (the one you can't see) and then lost her grip on it. You can see h... : Ebu
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        where does she keep her balls then :( oh god what has my life come to? : mikecyb
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          Arsenio Hall askied RuPaul that same question on his show years ago. It's a secret :( : Ebu
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            Nuts in the butt? : lplasmatron
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              Maybe if your sack is made of silly-putty or something. : Perturbation
              • It's like warm taffy. : great-white
        • That's why they need a purse. : BlackCat9
        • They enter a transdimensional rift. : ArB
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          You have a cavity where they came from and they'll fit back up there. Of course, if you are going out al... : DianeOfTheMoon
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            just mentioning of putting tape near the boys makes me wince : shavenewok
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              But mention of shoving your nuts back up into your torso, that went over just fine? : wozzeck
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                They do this naturally when it's cold, so yeah that's not as big an issue as having sack hair ripped out... : shavenewok
                • but... I thought you were shaven? : gimpi
                • I have never been so cold that the boys have climbed back into my body. You're either broken or living on... : Ebu
          • it's like a bizarre game that I never want to play ever :( : mikecyb
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      clearly you need to come over some weekend and visit a little bar called "Divas" in the Tenderloin... : jessipoo
      • I used to live across that bar and was like why is everything so discree - oh I see now :( : deKaf
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        They have one up in Beverly Hills called "The Lodge." I still shudder when my therapist recommended me t... : DianeOfTheMoon
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          Diva's is a queen cabaret that can get ... quite nude. Tranny chasers are scary. When my friend's boyfrie... : jessipoo
          • Oh, okay, then it's probably a little different, then. I never went to the place, but I think The Lodge ... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      If you or anyone else really wants to know, I can tell you how to do that...it's probably one of the firs... : DianeOfTheMoon
      • Well after I go surfing in really cold water my two amigos decide to go hang out with my kidney's, I can'... : shortbuscaptain
  • youre just in denial that youre unbelievable attracted to him : mega man
  • enlarged clitoris. : focusdaily
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  hot mess : Mansmells
  • make it work. : phokz
• ^ Loves the cock...PAGING PHIL : metalremains
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  a smaller anna kournikova with a dick : dodob
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    i'd hit it first and feel bad about it later : dodob
    • i don't ever recall hitting anybody and feeling bad about it later. : dopeman
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  LOL : Phil
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    This is your legacy. You are our Legend. : rosewood
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      Shemales are his legacy? : sanchez
      • Yes, yes it is : Serpico74
• The problem is she's so damn hot >:( : crummynz
• oh shit...i think it moved :( i think my penis moved :( :( : burning eye

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  SHADOWBANE you are going to come play Shadowbane with me and Dr. Flammable. why are you going to play?... : lakren
  • when we get more people we can actually take over a city, it will be awesome. : DrFlammable
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    also download here if you don't want to wait for fileplanet: http://www.gamershell.com/download_12979.sht... : DrFlammable
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      needs more fileshack :( : nyranger66
      • i can't help you there :( : DrFlammable
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    i installed it earlier today : feek
    • why arent you playing : DrFlammable
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    I remember when this was first coming out - I was so psyched to play it, but I never did! All the city r... : IggyTheSnitch
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      Strange, I could have posted the exact same thing : Hatrat
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        Hmm I wonder why that is! : IggyTheSnitch
        • Couldn't say, you food stealing womb-invader! : Hatrat
  • If this turns out to suck I'm hold the 2 of you responsible. : Duffman8369
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    OSX? Nice. Maybe I'll get in on this. I quit WoW a year ago but this seems like I can be casual and still... : nakedsavage
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      Gamespy isn't cooperating so I've been unable to download the mac client. : taronish
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        I finally got it from gamershell.com. : nakedsavage
        • Scratch that - it was the Windows client. I'm an idiot, still need the mac client : nakedsavage
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    If you can tell me how to get it running on an Intel 945G video processor I'm 150% fucking in. : disposition
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      um, this game should pretty much run on any video card ever. : DrFlammable
      • I've tried before but it comes up with something like: REQUIRES 3D ACCELERATOR : disposition
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    We have to be minotaurs? : SockMonkeh
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      minotaur or elf. : lakren
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        Elf isn't really an option for me since I'm straight. : SockMonkeh
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          oh being that i am a gay daughter fucker it's fine for me. : lakren
          • Elves are known for fucking their daughters/men. : SockMonkeh
  • I loved Shadowbane when it came out despite the fact it was a slideshow during large siege battles that u... : Lightzout
  • I'll consider it. : NFXFSX
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    hrmm looks iffy. more screenshots that get me in the cock? : kainen1
    • there aren't any : DrFlammable
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    lol no : deject
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      I think you'll change your mind after seeing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMyMTmcBB4M : DrFlammable
      • nope, still not going to play. : deject
    • everything I said is true, you lolmeister. : lakren
  • downloading now. will install when I wake up and give it a whirl : Supine
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    i joined up but it would help to know your in game names. : bosst0ne
    • I am Dunse Morans and lakren is Lakren : DrFlammable
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    I would install this game again and joined you guys if you had said I could play a Templar (that's what I... : mo13
    • you should play with us anyways and make a scout cause they are gay faggots : DrFlammable
  • I'd love to play. I had a scout named GTO back on Deception. I'll install when I get back to TX :D : packav
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    WHAO!!?!! It's free now?!! : sKetchflow
    • yes : DrFlammable
  • Unfortunately, I think my MMO tasting days are over until Darkfall hits. : DianeOfTheMoon
  • fileplanet sucks balls. got the file hosted anywhere that doesnt suck? : bfzzzz
  • will give it another try... DL'D should be able to log on tonight sometime : desolate
• Aftermath for life!! : IncursionZ
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  DEFINE FREE PLEASE : ryuuseki
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    891 mb is all it costs you : DrFlammable
    • and your soul. its a small price to pay. : re4ctor
• OH I FORGOT THIS: http://www.mordkessel.com/wiki/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page : lakren
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  I was all set to play this. Then I went to set up an account with Ubi and it told me that Firefox isn't a... : Duffman8369
  • haha yeah it's annoying : lakren
  • Opera browser masking FTW! : Arcanum
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    I can't download it from fileplanet in OSX. Trying to find another mirror. : nakedsavage
    • Never mind. Just saw the gamershell link. : nakedsavage
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    IETab? : tunis5000
    • such a glorious creation : shaffer2
  • Wait, they have an OS X client but require IE to make an account? Clever! : terath
• morning whats up anyone interested? i'm around and can help whoever get started, it's a bit strange at... : lakren
• Sorry, I'm getting double XP in COD4 right now. ;) : FormerHPB
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  it's free? hmm wonder if my chars are still around. Used to play this for awhile when ya hada pay. : Ziz
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    i doubt it, they consolidated the servers and wiped everyone : DrFlammable
    • to answer this question further, no. : lakren
  • Haha yea, I found my original CD while cleaning today :D : Chunks
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  I remember buying this when it first came out. I also remember getting raped by rogues every 5 minute... : phate81
  • Being a Scout fixes that for the most part. Channelers and Wizards also get Cloak which only Scouts can s... : DrFlammable
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  wow, the whole thing is free now? who pays for server upkeep? : edgewise
  • ubisoft? : DrFlammable
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  I'll try it out, if I can get it to work reasonably. Are necromancers worth playing? : Arcanum
  • they're probably the least played class, but i don't think they're necessarily terrible. : lakren
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  I'll bite. : DrWaffles
  • I saw you come on, then tried to tell you and you were already off :P : lakren
• I'll try it when I get back from vacation next weekend... : tunis5000
• downloading. we will see if my interest is still there to install it when it finishes. : mwasher
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  Any non-fileplanet mac client mirrors? : nakedsavage
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    http://www.gamershell.com/download_12978.shtml ? : DrFlammable
    • There's no download link on that page. Anyway, I managed to start the download from fileplanet using FF a... : nakedsavage
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  Downloading now. : NFXFSX
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    We using any voice chat? : NFXFSX
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      yeah wer'e using ventrilo but me/flammable are taking a break right now. : lakren
      • sm'd, i think.. i am dumb and mispelled your name like 10 times. : lakren
      • hit lvl 22 and ready to get off newb island when you have a chance! : bosst0ne
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    It went from 30 mins left to 2+ hours. :( Stupid Gamershell. : NFXFSX
    • It sped up and now I am installing. :) : NFXFSX
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  hey, if anyone else is in game, i'm on as lakren. lemme know if you want the ventrilo info either here or... : lakren
  • i'll join in on the Shadowbane fun either later on tonight or tomorrow : Dschinghis Khan
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  I played this when it first came out, definitely a lot of fun, but there were a ton of server issues duri... : MilkDud
  • they fixed some of that with limiting where players can build towns and stuff, I think, at least. : DrFlammable
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  five of us fags in game right now. : lakren
  • I said hello to you but you were all "hey" and then ignored me :( : mwasher
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  I might give this a shot later this week, I was a huge Shadowbane fanboy back when it was just an idea an... : skizl
  • it runs on any computer ever : DrFlammable
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  holy crap this game is ugly : mwasher
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    hahaha i see you quit immediately i was trying to talk to you like a minute later but i think you quit... : lakren
    • Nah, I will give it a shot tomorrow, but I don't have time to get involved right now... need to sleep. ... : mwasher
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  Why does it say the server is busy when I login? : disposition
  • not sure, never had that happen : DrFlammable
  • Looks like Shadowbane uses Port 6000 which is conveniently disabled by my campus. That blows. I was looki... : disposition
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  The pathfinding seems really wonky. Is it just me or do you just have to deal with it? : hiloopy
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    what do you mean? it seems fine to me. : DrFlammable
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      Perhaps I have just not played a click-to-move type of game enough lately. I've been trying to use the m... : hiloopy
      • It doesn't have pathfinding. Your guy just moves in the direction you click until you hit something. : Hatrat
• I'm in a forest with orcs. They shall all die. : NFXFSX
• I will try it tomorrow. : sanchez
• I'll try it out. : Link.
• I found another mirror for the installer at http://gamedaily.newaol.com/pub/0078701050/shadowbaneinstalle... : Link.

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  How about telling us what you've read already? At least a gleaning. : mechanicalgrape
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    Everything by: Martin, Tolkien, Heinlein, Gibson, Stephenson, Donaldson, Fiest, Asimov, Herbert, Tad Will... : mrwolf710
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      And Gaiman, Morgan, and Moriarty : mrwolf710
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        Dave Duncan, Michael Moorcock, Steven Brust, Glen Cook. : cerealSAM2
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          and Duncan and Cook. Haven't read Brust or Moorcock. Brust I've seen. Moorcock is harder to find. heh... : mrwolf710
          • Moorcock is everywhere. Moorpussy is hard to find :( : Ebu
          • get the Dancers at the End of Time trilogy if you're going to go out of your way to find some Moorcock- o... : Borzoi
    • Frederick Pohl? John Ringo (the Tom Clancy of sci-fi)? David Weber? : Arcanum
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      Read Micheal Crichton. And I assume you've read the Dark Tower series (you said you'd read everything by ... : thetangent
      • And Crichton and King. : mrwolf710
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      Check out Iain Banks and H.P. Lovecraft : mechanicalgrape
      • beat me to it : Perturbation
      • Hell yes. If he hasn't read H.P. Lovecraft it's a necessity. : Psigun
      • And Lovecraft and some of Banks. Found him too dry and boring. Just couldn't get into his stuff. : mrwolf710
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        Also Philip Dick, or maybe you just forgot him on your list? : mechanicalgrape
        • Also, Gene Wolfe. : mechanicalgrape
        • Seconding both Phillip K. Dick and Lovecraft. Two of my favorite authors. : lplasmatron
        • yep, forgot him. I read one and then had to read everything else by him. Then my mind brokeded. : mrwolf710
      • Lovecraft is awesome. : Arcanum
      • Iain Banks is a new author, isn't he? He's on my list to-read, sounds interesting. : Magus
    • Lovecraft? : Perturbation
    • What about L.E. Modesitt Jr. ? : retardhumper
    • Harlan Ellison? : cfalcon
    • My favourite authour is Katharine Kerr, starting with the book Daggerspell (she has a few SF books too) a... : woddemandred
    • Read stuff by Dan Abnett. Specificly, the "Gaunt's Ghosts" series. : CRasterImage
    • You need to read some Zelazny. The Amber Chronicles is awesome. : Arctic Fox
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  David Gerrold - War Against the Chtorr series...well, 4 books, been expecting the 5th and more for like O... : u sir name
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    Christ, he's still writing those? I read the first several when they were released. Got pissed over th... : cerealSAM2
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      He's had a shitton of personal issues over the years from what I can understand, but my god, hopefully he... : u sir name
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        1983!!! Freakin' 25 years! : cerealSAM2
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          Well, 1992 for the 4th book, so I've been anxiously awating a 5th, 6th, and 7th for 16 years now... mabye... : u sir name
          • I've been waiting for the 5th book for the same length of time. I don't think he will ever finish it. : Colleton
• Spin State / Spin Control : Ebu
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  just reread Terry Pratchett. It doesn't get any better than that. : Megara9
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    maybe this is a good idea. : mrwolf710
    • not fantasy, but there's also the entire Patrick O'Brien series which I loved 10 yrs ago : Megara9
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  Chris Moriarty - Spin State : Frozen Pixel
  • Did you start reading it finally? : Ebu
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  Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan : thewriter
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    The shack recommended me this and it was great! : ErikTehRed
    • Can't go far wrong with Michael Marshall Smith either. Only Forward and Spares are both good fun sci-fi. : thewriter
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  Have you read American Gods by Neil Gaiman? : dumb.
  • ^^ one of my favourite novels. : erotic sock
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    yeah, about 6 months ago which prompted me to read everything else by Gaiman. Good Omens is my favorite. : mrwolf710
    • I haven't even read that one - but I'll definitely check that out next. : dumb.
    • Have you read the Sandman series yet? : famine101
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    If you haven't, DON'T!! : thewriter
    • Ignore this man, he is clearly insane. : Arcanum
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      christ what's your beef with Neil Gaiman? : shavenewok
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        I don't have a beef with Gaiman, I just thought American Gods was incredibly well written shallow tripe. : thewriter
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          that's it, i don't like you any more. : erotic sock
          • you already said that : thewriter
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          i'm curious, why was it shallow tripe? : shavenewok
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            repost from my rand04 days: I hated the protagonist. Apart from the almost ironic fact that he was cal : thewriter
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              Fair enough. My personal opinion of that is that your full of it. : shavenewok
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                Full of what? I mean, I offered an opinion as to why I think it was a really shallow experience and if an... : thewriter
                • and i'm offering an opinion that disagree's with yours. I think most of what you said was wrong, and i... : shavenewok
            • i pretty much disagree with all of that. neil doesn't go into Shadow's past because it's pretty irrelevan : erotic sock
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  I've been reading Dashiell Hammett. He's amazing. The Thin Man, The Maltese Falcon, Red Harvest... ... : cerealSAM2
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    Yeah, read those when I went through my crime novel spree. Spillane is good too. I think that's the rea... : mrwolf710
    • Yeah, but Jim Butcher doesn't have the writing skill that Hammett does. : cerealSAM2
  • Sounds like a good recc. : thewriter
• I always liked Ben Bova's stuff for a quick scifi fix. : sweat
• Temeraire is supposedly a great series about dragons set in the Napoleonic era. Haven't read them myself... : grabbie
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  Anything by Alistair Reynolds. Seriously good sci-fi. : terath
  • Yeah, his stuff was good. Wish he had more out. : mrwolf710
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  John Ringo. Start with the Posleen War series (begins with "A Hymn Before Battle), then maybe try the Gho... : Colleton
  • The first two Posleen War books ("A Hymn Before Battle" and "Gust Front") are available free online: htt... : Arcanum
• Peter F. Hamilton: Night's Dawn Trilogy, Commonwealth Saga : Psigun
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  Jonathan Lethem. : losder5000
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    Also Vernor Vinge will blow your nutsack inside out. : losder5000
    • Wait, abort. : losder5000
    • ^^^ i loved all this books : gigaduck
    • another vote for vernor vinge : Borzoi
    • I really liked A Fire Upon the Deep but couldn't get into A Deepness Upon the Sky. =\ : Magus
    • He is excellent. A Fire Upon the Deep, A Deepness in the Sky, Across Realtime, Rainbows End... all of th... : Perturbation
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  Have you read any Dan Simmons? He's probably my favorite Author at the moment. Or try reading Aztec b... : twifosp
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    Yes, Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion by Simmons are all kinds of awesome. : nevicata
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      So are his new books. Illium and Olympus. Also his latest, The Terror, is probably one of the better bo... : twifosp
      • I enjoyed Illium and Olympus. Endymion et al., not so much. :) : nevicata
• I enjoyed Jack McDevitt's "chindi" and "engines of god" : Flynn
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  CS Friedman. This Alien Shore, The Madness Season, or the Coldfire Trilogy are all awesome. : DianeOfTheMoon
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    Since no one else has mentioned it, you may also try reading the Song of Ice and Fire books by George R.R... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Yea if you like waiting 10 years between books! :) : twifosp
• You should try reading something that isn't genre fiction. Like Chuck Closterman or something. : Sexpansion Pack
• Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Also Glen Cook's Black Company books. : Magus
• Steve Perry (matador series, in particular). Alistair Reynolds. : cerealSAM2
• Andre Norton's older stuff (classic sci-fi) and C. J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station et al. : nevicata
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  Vurt by Jeff Noon (plus others by him)- really interesting cyber noir : Borzoi
  • ^^^^Excellent book. I've only read Vurt and Pollen by him. Pollen is good, but Vurt is just amazing. : Perturbation
  • Wow, I remember that one. Think I had borrowed it from a friend, like 10 years ago. Was interesting. : Nixx2004
• C.S. Friedman - The Coldfire Trilogy John Varley - pretty much everything, I started with Steel Beach an... : Zero|DPX
• Oh, if you've only read George R.R. Martin's fantasy series Ice & Fire you should definitely check out hi : Magus
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  Also this is a great site if you haven't seen it already: http://www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/ : Magus
  • Cool, thanks. : mrwolf710
• Robert Charles Wilson - Spin It's excellent. : sludge vohaul
• Illuminatus trilogy. : romulan
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  I read all of the names you posted but I didn't see Stephen Erikson. I am assuming it was there I just... : grendel
  • oh you got Hobb already. Ok then just read Erikson! : grendel
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    also read Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. : grendel
    • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : deadfish
    • Mieville is on my list. : mrwolf710
  • damn you beat me : deadfish
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  Malzan series. By Erickson. start with Gardens of the Moon. Thank my g/f : deadfish
  • Hate those. Sorry. : mrwolf710
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  Dont know if its been mentioned.. David weber - Honor Harrington series -Empire from the ashes omnib... : ssj4megaman
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• Tell them 360 has more porn. : xZanU
• ps. how does the multiplyer pickup in audio surf work? It skips around between 2x-3x and i dont understan... : great-white
• this is why it's so hard to predict what mainstream consumers will do. they crazy. : Mansmells
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  Apparently your friends don't all like video games that much then. What always makes me cry is seeing ... : SiW73
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    I know. I don't understand the people who buy soley for sports games and have every year of NFL football.... : great-white
    • because they are fun games? they are fun party games? : dilutedq
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  You're 20!? : Rice-Rocketeer
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    yeah, the guy they look up to buys them beer and wine coolers ;) : two50six
    • u no it! : great-white
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  ahh, the broski pseudo-nerd in its' natural co-bachelor habitat: just nerdy enough to talk gaming while ... : pointyelbows
  • yeah i would say this is about par for all males from ages 16-death. : dopeman
  • The first thing that came to my mind reading this were those Jersey kids watching Pokemon. : Moonbase Commander
  • I wish I could be magically teleported back to a time where games were only for nerds. : SockMonkeh
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  Just tell your friends, "bro, chill. just chill bro. let's go to my room and just chill, bro." : Magus
  • Or tase your bros : cannelbrae
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  whats worse is if the ps3 eventually did actually "pwn" the 360 somehow, they will think they were right ... : Chandler55
  • well,they actually were right after all if that happens.. : agentlead
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  The only thing that will drive more hardware sales for the PS3 substantially is MGS4, and of course when ... : two50six
  • but thats in the short run, its too hard to predict right now with the PS3 : two50six
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    the only thing that drives hardware sales for PS3 is blu ray. it will be pathetic how the fanboys will pr... : maulla
    • not true at all. The larger majority of console owners do not use their consoles for watching dvd movies ... : two50six
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    But the MGS series, while critically acclaimed, has never really been a big seller. : Begawkiness
    • http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/metalgearsolid2sonsol/news.html?sid=2833634 : Chandler55
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    $400, actually. : xxiv
    • the MGS bundle is $500 not includ tax : two50six
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  You have dumb friends. : Topaz
  • correct. : AMikaboshi
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  What a sad state to live in, to know Resistance of all games as the best FPS. : SpaecKow
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    It's like they all choose to put mediocre games on a pedestal to spite me. I had one try FEAR and he hate... : great-white
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      if they think that is one of the better games out their they have every right to think so and thier opini... : dilutedq
      • boo at you sir! : great-white
    • Queers. I'm playing through FEAR now, it's a great game. : SpaecKow
    • That's freaky, lol. Not that I think the PS3 is terrible at all- your point about it being a much smarted... : PlanetPerfecto
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  I wouldn't mock their decision to buy a PS3 as there are good reasons to buy both consoles, but their att... : tcs
  • wouldve been fun to play online with your buddies and red ring in a heated online game i.e. fu 360 fo... : Chandler55
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  Sports games have never gotten "way upgraded" and they never will as long as EA's holding on to them. The... : BlackCat9
  • Thats what I was gonna say to him, but it'd fall on deaf ears. Especially now that EA owns 2k. Basically,... : great-white
• Like it or not, idiots like this are why the PS3 is catching up and will eventually overtake the 360. : node
• This comes up every few years. Your friends are just trying to justify their purchase. Nobody wants t... : TwiLyght
• ugh, why does Sony hype work SO WELL on people? The PS3 is NOT more powerful, in fact it's inferior to t... : DinK

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• ILTS2 : Lightzout
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  Cool, dognose. Now you need to come to an Austin shackmeet. : CrustaR
  • Yes, I do. : dognose
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  :( I wanna come. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Also, I think morgin hates me, because he didn't invite me to the Calgary Shackmeet. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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      What? That was for Soltice's birthday. The Edmonton one is "Undecided" still, isn't it? : Moonbase Commander
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        I invited every alberta shacker, but only Spiff showed :( : Solstice
        • Sorry, dude! It was kinda last minute for me and I was pretty busy. I was willing to go to an Edmonton ... : Moonbase Commander
        • Didn't invite me, you bastard!!! : Rice-Rocketeer
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      I didnt organize calgary. AND you were supposed to organize edmonton, which you DIDNT DO. : Morgin
      • I asked you about it, but you didn't Shackmessage me back, so I assumed that you were a no go! WTF! : Rice-Rocketeer
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  i shouldve came instead of playing TF2 and losing : mXENO
  • >:( : dognose
  • What # draft pick were you again? : dearjamie
  • Maybe we you should've played better and won! : yosemiteclimber
• I wish I was in Dallas this weekend. :( : freshyk
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  I wonder how the Seattle Shackmeet went. : ejectorpod
  • lol : Downforce
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  You forgot to mention the goatsecoaster : action roommate
  • This sounds interesting... : Sebastian-TEC
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    lol, who dubbed it that? btw, Rigg5 told me he really did throw up afterwards :( and pizza seemed l : pointyelbows
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      What a panzy! dognose and I came up w/the name while we were in the ride. Remember that one tunnel yo... : action roommate
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        lol, i wish i could win at something! Rigg5 is my idol. i try so hard to make him look like a fool! yay! ... : pointyelbows
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          werd. whiner. ;] : rigg5kthx
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            stop posting as me, turdmeister. i didn't call you names (that time) i just said what you told me. as i : pointyelbows
            • lol : action roommate
            • you are never using my computer again :p : rigg5kthx
            • "I DO WHAT I WANT!" :) : rigg5kthx
    • It was kinda freaky riding that thing with him, and he was complaining the whole time that he was going t... : Githyanki
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  oo oo!! i was there. i have tasted the sweet, chewy center of the shack and it is good, friends, it is ... : pointyelbows
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    We need the picture of you being totally ignored. : boredguy
    • it was awesome and i wasn't - omnova and dognose spent the majority of the night with me and rigg5, but o... : pointyelbows
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    so how traumatised was the boy? : shavenewok
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      he had a great time! and even mini melon was there, who handed me a jello shot, might i add. children ar : pointyelbows
      • when he eventiually gets a shack account make his nick 'The boy' please! : shavenewok
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  Yes, that was a BLAST! Very very very fun :D : Normality
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    COME GET SOME!!! : action roommate
    • WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! : Normality
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    Your not as hairy as I remember you. : Githyanki
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      WHY DO YOU HAVE TO REMIND ME!?!?! /cry : Normality
      • YOU CUT THE HAIR?! i was living vicariously through you :( : Deathlove
  • RINGER! : Wiley Animagus
• We had a great time. I let Mini Melon pass out jello shots to who ever he wanted and he gave one to Aime... : HiSpeedChase

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• Tagged for later. I'm going to have to keep track of this thread. I love female vocals in metal. \m/ : NFXFSX
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  The Agonist. : NeoMoose
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    http://www.myspace.com/theagonist : NeoMoose
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      I didn't expect good stuff on the first (useful, looking at you NFXFSX) reply! First track is good so far... : Chunks
      • ;) : NFXFSX
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  Angels Fall First is such a bad album, though. Every single other Nightwish album is great :( Anyway,... : Zero|DPX
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    lol, I dunno how I forgot Lacuna Coil. :) And I can't believe you like Evanescence. :( Gonna check ou... : Magus
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      What do you mean, you can't believe I like Evanescence? They have some fantastic hooks. Fallen had almo... : Zero|DPX
      • I loved the unreleased pre-fallen more amy lee-centric stuff. October, Understanding, etc. : moe6
• lacuna coil, opera IX (old stuff) : reverend~heresy
• Does The Kidney Thieves count as a metal band? I've aways liked their lead vocalist. : WaterSign
• Lita ford will always be my favorite. : xZanU
• I've been listening to Doro lately. Thinking about seeing her concert in Nashville in a few weeks. : ShoCon
• My wedding band : Phil : TastyWheat
• holy moses, otep : AbortedFetusChristi
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  Wendy O Williams : wozzeck
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCYMCFOMHQU&feature=related w/ the Plasmatics (hilariously 80's) http:/... : wozzeck
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  Jucifer : moe6
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    In This Moment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khairmZadHg : moe6
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAo3Nefox2w&feature=related shes got a great hardcore-ish scream going ... : moe6
      • ok, ok. I lied, that's kinda metal - but that is soooo not representative of jucifer. : anhero
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        OH NO WONDER. That isn't even jucifer. you son of a bitch liar. : anhero
        • yeah, I hit reply too early before throwing in In This Moment. which is closer to OP's wants. : moe6
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    terrible name for a band : drucifer
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      what about Puscifer : nomaad
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        better, but not cool enough : drucifer
        • No. Shut up. You don't know. moe6 touted them and then posted some gay ass bitch band. Trust me, Jucifer ... : anhero
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-AFuyIbS6g but, further below is a better song. this one http://... : anhero
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    OMG! I LOVE JUCIFER, but metal... eh.. no. BUT, I DOOOOO very love jucifer. : anhero
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      also, damn the internet - where is amplifier? : anhero
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        This is jucifer. what you posted was NOT! that was terrible. THIS is awesome. http://www.jucifer.com/M... : anhero
        • don't get me the hell wrong - I will metal out at their shows - but they are not metal. : anhero
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      Jucifer is an amped up L7 90's bass heavy bad-ass duo. And god, don't get me wrong, they are the awesome ... : anhero
      • well, I don't know what to call them really ahahaha. I stumbled onto them watching a DEP video on YT some... : moe6
  • moe6 - you are still such a queer to say something like jucifer and then drop some vids like that. hating... : anhero
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  Guns 'N' Roses : action wombmate
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    it's a trap! : GodZilly
    • Hey, I love GnR, but c'mon. : action wombmate
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  Within Temptation. They're not good but, well, that wasn't the question. : A Sponge
  • Actually it was the question. Oops. In that case, I shall throw out Gåte as a pretty decent band. : A Sponge
• Slayer. O I C. guess what, noone cares about bitches and Slayer is the only metal band ever. ps - diaf... : anhero
• Hah, not the best band, but holy shit @ awesome voice from the chick (I know it's been posted before): ... : timmie
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  Lacuna Coil lead singeress - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristina_Scabbia : marmite
  • oh i missed Zero|DPX's post above. :( : marmite
  • ohh, she's the one who sang on that godawful A Tout Le Monde remake.... Nice voice though. : -efx-
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  Angtoria. : vikramwillrock
  • And Elis! : vikramwillrock
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  • http://www.myspace.com/animalalpha First album was great. Have not heard any of the second album, howe... : Goblin au
• <3 chick metal! Tapping the Vein are simply amazing. More goth, but Heather's voice is just incredible, b... : node
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  WARLOCK! http://youtube.com/watch?v=OmnVNxEmBn4 : AisfortomAto
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    Winnar! <3 Doro Peche, and that whole album. Kiss of death: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6NDDSG3r79... : jasoncrowley
    • Grrr I Can't type tonight: Peche *Pesch : jasoncrowley
• Die so Fluid. http://youtube.com/watch?v=hJZZaNqeBIM : Kerranger
• the great KAT! : agentlead
• Thor's Hammer FTW chick is hot : eforce98

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  speaking of lotro .. is there anyone playing that can invite me? i just finished the intro and i'm lonely... : strider_
  • my character's name is phallandir btw : strider_
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    Same here. Need invite! Name is Mokomo : Visceral Monkey
    • i am getting frustrated ! : strider_
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    same here in game name is Onori. message me its boring running around. : hirosushima
    • Please befriending Jonthalin I've been IM you like mad until I discovered you could only IM friends :( : Jonathan