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  Websites http://www.gsc-game.com/index.php?t=community&s=forums&s_game_type=xr The Official GSC Forum : datoo
  • Fantastic post. I'm so glad this game can be considered successful. I can't wait for Clear Sky. : tomservo
  • I've played with a few mods, mostly the no encumbrance mod to make it a little easier. The STALKER commu... : melkore
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    When I rebuild my computer, this is one of the games I'm really looking forward to trying out. Which m... : kallanta
    • same here. I really want to play it. : mwasher
    • For purists I'd say stick to the Zone Reclamation Project and Float32. : Sapiens
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      Definitely ZRP and Float32, anything past that is up to personal preference. : datoo
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        I think I will start a new game after I install ZRP and Float32 then play it through before changing too ... : Lightzout
        • That's a good decision! I played through the first time without ZRP and you won't be missing anything unl... : datoo
  • very cool, thanks. this is on my list of games to replay since a video card upgrade and this will be quit... : stgulik
  • Thanks for this. I never finished stalker as the patches broke my saved games and I guess I should try i... : Horn
  • Yeah, thanks for this! I'm finally getting around to installing it now that I've got a video card that ca... : mn3m0n1c
  • wow thanks i want to restart the game now. STALKER fun mods :D : barichnikov
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    awesome. Thank you. I just got back to this after having it on hiatus for awhile. Fantastic game. : Fredrik S
    • the float32 mod really makes the world come alive. The colors are more saturated and everything feels mor... : Fredrik S
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    I bought STALKER but never played it. :( : buzzbat
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      you should really give it a try. it takes a little effort to understand the game, but once you start gett... : datoo
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        I got some artifacts but can't use any of them because they kill me so quickly. Drinking a bottle of vodk... : terath
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          There are some artifacts that reduce the radiation you take so couple those with the rad giving ones and ... : DM7
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            ah, ok, this explains a lot. : terath
            • Get out of here STALKER.... Those artifacts are mine! >:D : DM7
          • Yeah this is pretty much it. The low-level artifacts pretty much suck (although they're worth picking up ... : datoo
  • excellent, I just started playing STALKER again in anticipation of clear sky : cap n KRUNCH
  • Fuck. Reinstalling. :( :) :( : carrioN luggagE
  • sweet, didn't know siro's existed, I speak russian but don't have access to the russian version of the ga... : FuzzyOnion
  • Awesome, I tried to start playing it again but finding mods was practically impossible. This sounds like... : boarder2
  • awesome. thanks for this :) i have to give stalker another chance. : burning eye
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    datoo, I have a hard time believing that the weather overhaul makes the game weather even BETTER. With Va... : DM7
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      I think it's safe to say that it's better, yes. The lighting is very different. You should check out the ... : datoo
      • Oh I'll check out all these mods, since I played through it once already. Great stuff. I just hope I ca... : DM7
  • Duly noted. I really need to go back and finish this game at some point. : mechanicalgrape
  • This is awesome, thanks! I'm might have to reinstall it and start playing again. : prime8
  • This is the post I was waiting for to have another go-through of STALKER. Thanks, Cap'n. :D : Rice-Rocketeer
  • fuckin awesome, thank you.. get out of here, stalker : proclone1
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    Hmm, I'd like to install the ones that improve the game to make it better looking/less buggy as I only ha... : Nighteyes
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      Do it, do it, do it! The beginning is the best part, 'cause you're so fuckin' weak. :D : Rice-Rocketeer
      • I disliked how weak I was, like because my strength wasn't that great or whatever my bullets to the face ... : Nighteyes
  • Omfg I love you. I loved STALKER and I was thinking of picking it up again : Malku
  • Damn, I need to play Stalker again. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • PLR's Realistic Weapons - AWESOME. This addresses my only complaint with the game. I'm totally gonna try ... : marmite
  • I think I need to get this : ( : Athlon7
  • stalker mods : onji
  • Reply to post for STALKER reference : grayscale
  • STALKER goodness! Thanks datoo! : Arctic Fox
  • stalker mods of fury : smacknca
  • good post thanks : Umbr
  • finally got around to installing most of this ... excellent post sir! : cap n KRUNCH
• I love this game so much. August 29th is too far away :( : Drakoniac
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  I love me some STALKER. Calling it now, STALKER > Fallout 3 : phate81
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    dude STALKER > * : kill9
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      Oh? How about The Ending of STALKER > * : Rotten Deadite
      • the last 2 hours of the game made every other fault of the game insignificant : eeeealmo
      • Which one? ;D : DM7
• I just finished my second playthrough. First time vanilla this time with the Oblivion Lost mod. The mod i... : serenj
• I'm waiting for the guy who said he'd send me STALKER to send it to me... but I'm in no hurry :) : coraldayton
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  Thanks sooo much for this awesome STALKER megapost. : TShandy
  • You're welcome! : datoo
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  I wish there was a demo. : Nixx2004
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    You don't need a demo. If you like FPS games buy now. NOW. : SovietOrchestra
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      That's just not true. Stalker has many design decisions that won't appeal to everyone (weight limit, very... : Felraiser
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        Dumber than Crysis? Really? That's unpossible. : daedraug
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          Well, the "stupidity" in both games is similar - enemies will randomly make tactical errors, choose to br... : Felraiser
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            Yeah, I think Crysis' is actually pretty smart - but their intelligence and awareness of different factor... : xsoulbrothax
            • STALKER's AI really impressed me throughout the game, both in open terrain and tight corridors. In Crysis... : daedraug
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              STALKER's AI is pretty adept at flanking. : Rice-Rocketeer
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                First time I've seen AI take the long way around inside a building and come up behind me. Fuckers :( : daedraug
                • They'll also shoot your feet if they're sticking out of cover :( : datoo
                • FEAR did that too. :D I remember one of the early fights inside a warehouse, i was watching my friend ... : xsoulbrothax
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              STALKERS AI was really really good considering it was mostly open world. Shockingly good. And I hear it... : Boxelder
              • How are Stalker's AI scenarios any more "open" than those of Crysis, though? Both are instanced by some c... : Felraiser
      • I agree, the game has a lot of rough edges and a high difficulty curve. It's somewhat of a niche title, b... : datoo
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  I've got a great bug that prevents me from playing any of my saves. Some xr_3da thing. Fake edit: This ... : Zips
  • That's weird. You should reinstall (your saves don't get deleted). : datoo
• Been contemplating picking this up, thanks. : punchdog
• Sweet! Can't wait to read this... : Lightzout
• I think I'm going to rebuy this game on Steam now. I left my copy at my parents house and I want to play ... : freshyk
• bump for aussies and other people with funny accents : datoo
• Can't wait to head back the zone Aug 29th. : SovietOrchestra

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• the end of "Once Upon A Time In The West" : AlexXdude
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  SPOILER THAT SHIT SON : Dravenport
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    im a big fan of that part too : Dravenport
    • and the end of Heat : Dravenport
  • lol if you have not seen these movies by now then wow get off my internets. : med1c
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    haha I really thought about it, but I mean, come on! : skinlab133
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      hehe reminds me of one of my favourite PAs, but their archive is down. its the one where they were talki... : Dravenport
      • http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/05/ : mechanicalgrape
      • hahaha yeah I loved that comic. : Arctic Fox
• One does not simply post favorite death scenes.... : edgewise
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  Leon This... is for... Matilda. : trOmblyj
  • ^^^^ :'( : Modica Sol Solis
  • oh fucking definately : Dschinghis Khan
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  The knife fight in Saving Private Ryan. I don't know if 'favorite' is a good word for it, but it's one of... : xsoulbrothax
  • yeah, i'd agree with this : Drewus
  • this scene fucks me up every time. end of thread right here : Jayx77
  • Yes, thats probably the most serious death in a movie I have seen. : Turd Ferguson
  • God I hate that scene....gives me the creeps every time I see it. I want to go right through the screen a... : zipper76
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  Blade Runner you fucking know which scene. : mechanicalgrape
  • "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watch... : Drewus
  • Also a fan of the shootout at the end of True Romance. Huge spoilers if you haven't seen it: http://yo... : mechanicalgrape
  • I still remember how much my college professor impressed upon us the importance of that scene. God, I lo... : Grumbeld
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  I hate it when people say "the book was better" but the book version of his death was SO much better. : sammyl
  • The RTS was better, because he doesn't have to die! : Sailor of Fortune
• Braveheart, when Wallace finally get's lopped at the end. The entire movie leading up to that one moment ... : Drewus
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  Basically every major character's death in Sopranos is epic (I know, not a movie, but still superb) : wasylm
  • I'm a bigger fan of the attempts on Tony in Season 1 and Christopher in Season 3. : trOmblyj
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  Samua L Jackson in Deep Blue Sea, cracks me up every time : shavenewok
  • ahaha, just thinking about it cracked me up : renegade732
  • ahahah yes : das_runt
  • I love this one. : mathyou
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    is this the "yes they deserved to die " thing? yadda yadda burn in hell? : med1c
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      No that was "A Time To Kill" : trOmblyj
      • I love that line http://yestheydeservedtodie.ytmnd.com/ : Turd Ferguson
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLGaTELIfHw : jenisthebest
      • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH OMG : med1c
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        man that was the best part of that movie. I mean the entire movie was awesome (awful) but man that part ... : mikecyb
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          haha I bet they got their reaction shots by telling them what the movie was about and filming their react... : mikecyb
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            srsly he was a freaking extra in animal house : creep
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              He was? Where and when? May have to rewatch it just to see... : dudehoyt
              • sitting on the couch when he was introduced with juggless and the other guy : creep
      • \m/ : sharkII
      • I remember when that girl got half naked, man I was sportin a full woody : Modica Sol Solis
      • I also highly enjoyed the clerks animated series take on this. : kungfusquirrel
      • That's our generations 'shower scene' :) : deathofrats
      • hahahahah : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • HAHAHA YES! : jenisthebest
  • I snuck into Deep Blue Sea after watching Episode 1 in the theaters. : Omning
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  Hopkins's character in Meet Joe Black. And, if you want to be generous, Cruise's character in Vanilla Sk : thief
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    Probably shoulda flipped that spoiler : Ebu
    • lol that did seem odd. : skinlab133
    • Yeah. oops. : thief
  • Pitt's character in that movie was way better. I still laugh when I think about it. : exigence7
  • You absolutely fail at spoiler tags. : fishbone
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  "Su-per-man". No other movie has jerked me from teary-sad to teary-happy so suddenly. : sgtsanity
  • IAWTSS : mikecyb
  • Seriously. That was downright moving. : thetangent
  • Right on. That's the only movie I've ever teared up about, and that scene gets me every time. I sob lik... : Karnov
• Stormtroopers in Star Wars: Episode IV. : TwiLyght
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  I'm going to have to go with Trinity's death in the third movie. Everything about it was just perfect! : Ellissd
  • I would agree, up until she comes back and jumps up and french's him... that was a bit over the top. : sharkII
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    oh. my. GOD. you're trolling, right? you're fucking kidding me. the dialogue was AWFUL in that scene. : biskits
    • oh. my. GOD. you're trolling, right? you're fucking kidding me. the dialogue was AWFUL in that scene. mov... : lodit
• Stupid Triple H orc. : Crimsonbeak
• Captain Mifune - from the matrix revolutions how he is torn apart, but fights until his last breath ... : flagg209
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-8mD_BhrU best death ever. : Turd Ferguson
  • This is better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMrpvuqhea8&feature=related : Sgt_Boomstick
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  Buffy season 5 :'''( : jessipoo
  • ^^^ : Bob_Loblaw
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    Yeah, but the whole run of that show had "good" deaths. End of season 2 when Buffy kills Angel, then Bu... : cerealSAM2
    • Dude, SPOILER YOUR SHIT, if anyone hasn't seen the epicnes of those things then you just ruined their liv... : pixelat3d
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  "I'm a leaf on the wind!" : Sumantro
  • :`( : mn3m0n1c
  • that was awesome as well : hamachi
  • ^^^ :( : g0nk
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  Lester in American Beauty, even though everyone should have seen that already. 1999 or something? : skizl
  • ^^^ good one, for real : Dravenport
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    Road to Perdition from the same director: the scene where Ton Hanks kills Paul Newman is so well done. : Flynn
    • i'm going to wholeheartedly agree with the latter, so weird but so awesome at the same time. i didn't kn... : skizl
    • oh man that first one is like one of my favorite scenes in all of film. the way that entire movie was sh : mikecyb
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    The reason that I love that ending is that, if you think about it, it's a perfect death. Immaculate! : kallanta
    • very well put : uglysad
• Denzel Washington in Deja Vu : hobosapien
• Neo dying in the first Matrix movie will always be one of my favorite scenes. : Magus
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  Tom Sizemore may be a scumbag, but damn if I didn't feel bad when Sgt. Horvath caught one in SPR. "I'm : mn3m0n1c
  • yeah that's a great line/scene. /tosses helmet at nazi. : skinlab133
• haha The Beastmaster when his ferret buddy saves Beastmaster's life by suicide diving at Rip Torn. Everyo... : das_runt
• Saving Private Ryan, when Wade dies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL8coPcBtJc :( : Mmmmmoo
• Let off some steam, Bennett : Rag and Bone Man
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  Anyone know what I'd be talking about if I said "CHOKE ON EM!!!! CHOKE ON EM!!!!"? : NastyJack
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    Your sex life? : dumb.
    • Why thank you! : NastyJack
  • An average Saturday night for wtf242? : coldfusioncs
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    Day of the Dead? : knepus
    • Capt. Rhodes FTW. I'M RUNNING THIS MONKEY FARM NOW!!!! : jahulio2
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  Yeah that was a good one. I like Tracy's at the end of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It's just kind of... : K1Bond007
  • OH GOD I CAN'T WAIT FOR QUANTUM : trOmblyj
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    I HATE to merge classic Bond with the new, but the end of Casino Royal when even after he'd figured out t : yosemiteclimber
    • Vader dies?!?! SPOILER! : Grumbeld
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  Jurassic Park Clever girl... : Perturbation
  • that scene was stuck in my head all day : Mmmmmoo
  • Anytime I see an ambush in anything I think that. : Mondo
• I dunno how many times the whole "bad guy falls off a high spot at the end of a movie" death has been don... : mikecyb
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-03vYYAjA : Rag and Bone Man
• Heat. In the very end. : tomservo
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  The bad guy from Shark Attack III : Megalodon getting away on the jetski, LOLZ That may be.. no.. I... : Toraz Chryx
  • I watched a few minutes of Basilisk: The Serpent King on Sci Fi today and oh my lol, it's not quite Shark... : skinlab133
  • Megalo-who??? ....haha, yes, hands down the best bad movie of all time : sleepymouse
• I actually planned to watch LOTR series all in a row one day, thanks for the spoiler tags. : boomstickah
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  Miles Dyson. T2. : Downforce
  • SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A AWARD DAMMIT : Mondo
• Seriously? No one has said Donny in The Big Lebowski yet? "No Dude, there were no shots fired. He's hav... : Grumbeld
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  Untouchables. Sean Connery's character : exigence7
  • the guy in the white suit had a good death too. : Fish_Bulb
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  Paul Reubens' death scene in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. : dognose
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    ^^^ best death in a movie by far : retardhumper
    • I win huh :) : dognose
  • LOL! Way to dig up a slice of awesome! : kallanta
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  Paris Hilton in House of Wax : Dschinghis Khan
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    How many times did you rewind and rewatch that? Me, probably six times. : dognose
    • yeah, think maybe 7 or 8 for me, lol : Dschinghis Khan
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  Edgar in 24 : sanchez
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    So sad :( : ejectorpod
    • Huh. I think I laughed during that scene. The later seasons of 24 are so over-the-top that I find them mo... : Bold
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    Curtis too : AlexXdude
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      That was a fucking stupid death. All of a sudden he was just completely out of character and then they ki : K1Bond007
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        no way I thought Chappelle's death was really well done... there was a lot of conflict and stuff and even : mikecyb
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          It wasn't really bad per se, it was just that it didn't mean anything. By the next episode it was practic : K1Bond007
          • well no the point of it was the terrorist dudes knew Chappelle was getting close to them by following the : mikecyb
      • How I understand it is that it was originally supposed to be a fake death but some fan-site online caught... : Super Sparker
    • They had to kill the black version of Jack too. : Sailor of Fortune
• toll booth scene in GF 1 : hamachi
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  American Gangster. When Denzel Washington shoots his rival, out in the street. : Arcanum
  • This scene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwsomb-lKfM : Arcanum
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNqPGDSvkIo : bfzzzz
• TERMINATOR 2!!! "I know now why you cry...." : thetangent
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  Man on Fire C4 up the ass : locater16
  • I was hoping that was going to happen at the end too, it would have been perfect. : Sailor of Fortune
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  The Departed... Leos character. HUGE SHOCK. Towards the end I thought he was gonna catch a bullet or some : K1Bond007
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    Oh shit yeah. Every death in that movie was great. It was weird because I saw Infernal Affairs beforeha... : Perturbation
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      I won't watch The Departed, but I bought Infernal Affairs because people were bugging me to watch The Dep : dognose
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        The endings of The Departed and Infernal Affairs are different. : mechanicalgrape
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=13824977 The Departed was spoiled. I may still watch Infernal Affair... : dognose
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            I actually like Infernal Affairs more, but I saw it first, so I'm sure that has something to do with it. : mechanicalgrape
            • I saw IA first and for me there is no comparison, IMO The Departed is wayyyyyyy better. : Serpico74
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        Watch The Departed, it's worth it. If you don't like it you can send me a nasty shack message, and I'll a... : yosemiteclimber
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          I love you but I am not going to watch a drama :( : dognose
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            Just ignore that part of it and only pay attention to the shoot outs. It's worth it. : yosemiteclimber
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              They said that about Heat. So, NO :) : dognose
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                I understand you like mindless action movies, I'm watching Die Hard 3 right now. I don't understand why y... : yosemiteclimber
                • You are right, I would probably be all over reading The Departed in book form. : dognose
      • i dunno if youll like infernal affairs theres a lot of plot : sexninja!!!!
  • It was so badass, all the way through the end. : Serpico74
  • holy shit yes that was insane and so fucking sudden : mikecyb
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    I laughed at it. I mean, it was cool, but frankly the elevator scene became comedy with all the "no u" he : node
    • I don't know if there's a good way to spoiler tag a URL, since the text appears in another color, so I'll : the archvile
  • I particularly liked the way that in the Departed the deaths were so damn sudden. Really gave it a gritty : Arctic Fox
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  Trinity in Matrix 3. It was so concise, poignant and gripping. : ashkie
  • Hahahaha. :) : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Just die already you bitch ! : gmd
    • That's what I said, but she wouldn't listen and kept taking about some stupid shit. : rustified
• I loved that scene. I thought they adhered to the book almost perfectly, and it was a very powerful scene... : Trips
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  Edward Bloom's send-off in Big Fish: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=IJJkDsG2590 : My Documents
  • Good call, probably never would have thought of that : Juno
  • this had me teary eye'd :( : oHnOES
  • that one was just awesome :( i still remember that, though i haven't seen big fish in a long while. : xsoulbrothax
• http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ytcEWAZOXnQ :( : Drewus
• the wire :( stringer :( not my favorite i cried for hours :( : JINKY
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  Six Feet Under Nate :/ : xsii
  • Man why do I click these things!? I stopped watching after the first season. And now, I may never want to... : Perturbation
  • Yeah, I just finished watching that series a few months ago... that was pretty upsetting. I just wish th... : Grumbeld
  • God that show wrecked me. : tomservo
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  How has this thread gone on to mentioning deaths of characters in TV shows... and hasn't mentioned The Sh : Toraz Chryx
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    :( I'm rewatching 5th season too. :( Lem was a badass, remember in season 4 he fought off those two/ : DM7
    • I nearly shit a golden egg when he pushed the shotgun away from his head just seconds before it went off.... : Orange Pylon
  • ^^ Totally agree. : bcyde
  • Im soooooooorry : Sirus2400
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  Arnold killing bennet in Commando http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKnR2mBm-wg : belal
  • Let off some steam, Bennet! What a great movie : cfalcon
  • http://steamheat.ytmnd.com/ : the archvile
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  I cannot believe that no-one has mentioned Children of Men (the chick in the car) or Serenity (when Wash : Arctic Fox
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    Ah I see someone HAS mentioned Serenity already, sorry. : Arctic Fox
    • I thought that was pretty dumb, personally. : Arcanum
  • My sister cried at that point in Serenity. So harsh. : node
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    I think Book's death was more poignant. : gyrfalcon
    • True, but Wash's death set the pacing for that final scene perfectly. It got you worried that Joss Whedon : Arctic Fox
• Deadwood. Wild Bill. Hardly a shock that it happened but damn was it well done. : kungfusquirrel
• Wesley in the last episode of Angel. "Would you like me to lie to you now?" Oh god i bawled. :( : kenmis
• couple good death scenes here: http://www.break.com/index/worst-movie-scenes-ever.html : gyokuro
• Saving Private Ryan - after the MG Nest assault...The medic KNEW what kind of damage had been done. : AxeMan808
• Goose from Top Gun. When I was a kid watching it for the first time knowing it was the coolest movie ever... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Seriously has no one mentioned Maximus in Gladiator?! Also, Black Hawk Down is still pretty tough for me ... : gyrfalcon
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    The surgery scene? : tomservo
    • Yea... : gyrfalcon
  • Yeah I'm surprised BHD wasn't mentioned more here. I mean, it was a true story. : treework
  • Re: Gladiator. I thought it was totally lame, the end of that movie just turned into Hamlet. : Arctic Fox
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  Babylon 5 Sleeping in Light, when the station goes boom such a powerful scene, and the music just amps... : Beady
  • Man. Babylon 5 was so awesome and that scene was the perfect cap to it all. : ConfusedUs
• Pan's Labyrinth : wtf242
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  What Dreams May Come was the god damn saddest movie i've ever seen :( http://youtube.com/watch?v=hhsKU... : burning eye
  • Fabulous movie, but very very sad. : electroly
  • Robin Williams really should do more serious roles instead of making crap like RV :( : AlexXdude
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  Lost Skeleton of Cadavra when the mutant sacrifices himself to defeat the skeleton. I tear up every time. : uglysad
  • Bwahahaha. : kallanta
  • lol i just saw a preview for this tonight, it looked great : MoreVespeneGas
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  How about 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford' when Robert Ford assassinates Jess : uglysad
  • Such a good movie. : skinlab133
  • In addition to the death, that's the best use of spoiler tags I've ever seen. : xsoulbrothax
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    Wish I hadn't clicked. :-( : Johnny Law
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      I think it's amazing they were able to build up so much tension and anxiety throughout the film even thou... : skinlab133
      • I think the same thing about the show Cold Case. They always show how it ends first, then show you how th... : pupismyname
  • hahahahah why did you bother to spoil that : AlexXdude
  • hahahaha : tomservo
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    hahaha : mikecyb
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      you mother fucker you ruined the movie for me now I am not even going to bother seeing it! : mikecyb
      • I start laughing every time I scroll past it : AlexXdude
  • lol : lightly inclined
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    OWOW THANKS ALOT DICK : lodit
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      No one made you click the spoiler tags, Vagina : uglysad
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        BRB Looking for a picture of a plane flying over your head. : lodit
        • It was a joke dude. The joke didn't go over my head. Hell, I'm the guy who posted the original joke. I ju... : uglysad
  • hahaha good thing you spoilered that : Kazomir
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  The way I died had every child in the world crying. :) : Optimus Prime
  • Yes!!! : Karnov
• ed209 bitches http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0kWgcIlWn0 : mindshot
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  Optimus Prime in the REAL Transformers movie. : Edges
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    He doesn't die though, that's megatron they bury in the ocean, silly. : skinlab133
    • i see what you did there. and i approve :D : Korban
    • Do not speak another word about that sinful movie. : Optimus Prime
    • bwahahahaha! : thetangent
  • hell yes so sad =( : MoreVespeneGas
• I don't know if he actually dies, but the end of Death Proof! How was this not mentioned yet? : Don Vito Corleone
• saving private ryan, german soldier vs Jewish soldier. i cringe everytime i watch that part : X-GOUKI
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsOAsmRYl6Y STUNTMAN MIKE. : lodit
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9WIxeh6l6c better version : lodit
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0kWgcIlWn0 Robocop : lodit
• Silent Night Deadly Night 2 wins by a landslide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k : strider_
• The Fountain : hobosapien
• The Departed BANG BANG BANG BANG : dodob
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  if you watch the same jackson scene in deep blue sea closely, you can watch his career die right alongsid... : maulla
  • hes been in so many shitty movies, even before deep blue sea so its okay. : mindshot
  • yeah he is the very definition of a struggling actor. : gokart.
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  Doc Holiday in Tombstone... when he kicks Wyatt out. Good stuff. : vile
  • I got that on DVD, must watch that again. : peetabix01
• Hm I haven't watched the LOTR movies in at least a year. Where did I put those dvds? : Umbr
• Willem's in Platoon is pretty epic. : monkeygone
• Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince Of Theives. EOtMFT : sesmaster
• Stargate SG-1 when Dr Fraiser died I got a little misty, that whole episode was really harsh. : hawkeye

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  Definitely has a pair of aces there. : kallanta
  • she has a jack of spades and a 5 of hearts, are you blind? : zerog83
• cause she talks : mega man
• damn she looks hot as a brunette : dodob
• OM NOM NOM NOM : lodit
• you'd have to insite on searching for hidden cards/chips : shavenewok
• my bro sat at a table with her at the WSOP two years back ($1k buy-in tourney). he was pretty pumped, she... : maulla
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  lol she's 49 years old. : jackalope
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    Damn, I'd still hit it till my dick broke off. : lodit
    • iawtp : ColoradoCNC
  • I'd hit it, shuffle it, double down, and hit it again! : kallanta
  • i'd go all in...giggity giggity goo : Flynn
  • she'll be 50 in september! : mikecyb
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    And your point is? : Fred Garvin
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      Oh wait, I forgot this is the Shack where size zero jail bait rules. : Fred Garvin
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        lol I'm a pedo because I don't like women who have hit menopause. : jackalope
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          Like them or not you can't deny she's pretty hot regardless of age. Also, I highly doubt she's reached me... : Fred Garvin
          • yup, looks moist to me : jcupitt
    • my point is my boner : deject
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    One of if not the hottest 49 year old : Mondo
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      Followed by a hot 44 year old: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000899/ : Fred Garvin
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        followed by kylie minogue : mindshot
        • You are so right. : node
      • I'd like to make a milf sandwhich out of them : Mondo
  • So? She's still fucking HOOOOOOTTTTTT! : thetangent
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  apparently she has a hard time concentrating too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN6wAHTWeEA : edgewise
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    hahaha the way her chest is heaving during that hand when she gets called on the flop, she's ridiculously... : randomposter
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      also gold clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2dCiNislOg&feature=related : randomposter
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        side-thread: why did you change your username twice? : focusdaily
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          People were giving him shit about being arrogant about writing in movies, etc. It was a post + username t... : Fred Garvin
          • http://www.shacknews.com/profile.x?person=thewriter : Fred Garvin
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            What Fred said. It was getting in the way of the topics for discussion because people kept on bringing th... : randomposter
            • you'd probably be best off not including that in your profile then.. even though I pretty much guessed wh... : dopeman
            • probably not a bad change. : thetangent
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      What language were you just speaking? : node
      • flimmy flamese : electroly
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      Funny that you are criticizing the poker skills of someone with a WSOP bracelet, as if you have more of t... : riptyde
      • pfffffffffft... Ladies No Limit Championship? ;) : randomposter
  • ... is she fucking braindead? why the hell did the play a boat like that? : [fry]
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  Whoa. She's half-chinese. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Definitely not the top half! Hey oooohhh! : Fred Garvin
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      Hey now! : Mondo
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        Kung Pao : ArB
        • Ni hao? : action wombmate
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      orly? My chinese ex was a 32 D. : node
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        Don't question my cliches. Also you thought Mass Effect combat was exciting? LOL. : Fred Garvin
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          O_o whut? You profile stalking again? I sure as shit did muthafucka! But then I'm a confirmed Bioware who... : node
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            I got an xbox with mass effect for my birthday at the weekend. I've completed mass effect now, and it was... : jbury
            • Let's make out. : node
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        obviously this is the shack where we live by the exceptions and not the rule : arizona bay
        • Oh sure, but it's also the shack where geeks like to shout about the rare occasions theys score a hottie ... : node
  • For some reason, I always thought she was part Asian. I'm not crazy after all! : Moonbase Commander

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  GoW2 : Vanitas
  • GoW3 : barichnikov
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    I dont like games that are gray and dudes on steroids. It is fun to laugh at the dialog though. : LewDawg75
    • I'm speaking about Gears of War : LewDawg75
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  What kinds of games do you prefer? Me, I'm pretty much mostly into FPS, so the 360 was what I went with.... : FormerHPB
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    FPS, Racing, platformers. NO league type sports (hockey, baseball, football, etc) Games I'm most inte... : Zakko
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      What about Wipeout HD? Are you into those type of racers? : giantshift
      • No, car racing mostly. Specifically, the more realistic ones and not so much the arcade types. : Zakko
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      Forza is better than GT. : Sailor of Fortune
      • Forza 2 is great, but a lot of people love the GT series. : ErikTehRed
    • Based on those games, buy a 360. : SiW73
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  XBOX Live is cheap. If you buy a sandwich for lunch once a month, your XBL gold subscription is bought a... : Waverider
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    A live gold account is so worth it even if its just for the demos. I can usually get my fill of most game... : Lightzout
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      pretty sure you get demos with Silver : derelict515
      • I think you get them a week later now, or something like that. : Boxelder
    • Silver gets the demos too though I think, just sometimes they are exclusive to gold for a week or so. : Mansmells
• how many Blu-ray movies do you anticipate buying? How often do you plan to play online? : derelict515
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  The online experience on the 360 isn't just "possibly" better than the one on the PS3, it's in a differen... : rudds
  • I like how the custom soundtrack works. It can make even a crappy game somewhat enjoyable. Media integra... : shirif
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  Unless bluray is HUGE for you, 360, no question. Hardware issues have dropped dramatically with the new ... : paravis
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    Have they? Or has the new hardware not been available for the problems to manifest themselves en masse? : walker270
    • actually, I just made that up :p But it's become quite clear that reports of failures at least here, have... : paravis
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    It's not HUGE, but it is a perk. I'd prefer not to have my game system be my movie watching system as we... : Zakko
    • Xbox for sure then. Honestly, if ps3 had ALL the games 360 has, 360 would still win out for me because L... : paravis
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  I bought a PS3 instead of the 360. I had both an xbox and a ps2, and I always liked the ps2 better. The... : dysfunctional
  • the 360 controller is miles better than the ps3. : ant_hillbilly
  • the 360 controllers are about a billion times better than the original xbox controllers : mikecyb
  • mike is right but ant is wrong. I like each controller for different reasons : Ebu
• If they're really equivalent in their game libraries as far as your tastes are concerned, then the swing ... : Johnny Law
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  Admitedly I'm going through a phase where I don't use my consoles anymore but my PS3 gets much more uptim... : abrasion
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    It's not ridiculous at all. The 360 is noisy as shit and it annoys me to no end. : Ebu
    • I didn't want to come across to anal or whiny, trying to put that behind me. The 360 is still a damn fin... : abrasion
  • I'm really glad to be seeing posts like this, because this is the same situation I'm in and you start to ... : Boxelder
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  The 360 controller >>>>>>>>>> The PS3 controllers : SilverSnake
  • yup : shirif
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    meh.. depends on the game. : walker270
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      I keep holding out on buying the new Katamari game because I hated the demo on the 360 with the sticks no... : ThomW
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        It bothered you THAT much? I rented it and played the hell out of it and it was awesome fun, never an is... : DinK
        • It bothered me enough to have patience. Yes. : ThomW
      • It was a huge letdown anyways; the shortest of the three, with the least originality and a very iffy fram... : jan0r pants
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    At what? PS3 controller feels and plays way better in games that use it well (like COD4 for example). : d3tached
    • Maybe for you, but I hated the DS and the Sixaxxis is just a lighter version of that. I wish Sony had mad... : Fred Garvin
  • That's just your opinion. : omnova
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    Aside from the ultra shitty D-pad on the 360, I agree. : pigvomit
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      does that actually get used for anything important in any games? it's always like the thing you switch w... : mikecyb
      • Mainly XBLA games, but it really sucks that they have to avoid it rather than urge MS to redesign it. E... : pigvomit
      • Menu navigation and things like entering text are an absolute pain for me on the 360. Neither the D-pad ... : omnova
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      It is a bit crappy, but the PlayStation controller doesn't really do diagonals too good either IMO. And I... : SilverSnake
      • that, and the analogue sticks are apparently sprung with butter. : Klebold
    • D-pad is shitty so 360 controller is only >= PS3 controller : Sixcos
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    I agree but the differences are ultimately trivial now that PS3 has rumble. : Boxelder
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      Oh not at all. The Xbox 360 controller fits my hands perfectly. The PS3/PS2 has always been a little sm... : pigvomit
      • The bottom line for me is I never think about the controller when I'm playing on either, and that's all i... : Boxelder
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      I actually think rumble is trivial. The problem with the PS3 controller, for me, is one of size. Its too ... : Tommy Toolbag
      • Yeah, Warhawk is tricky at first because you need to use four finger for the shoulder buttons instead of ... : Boxelder
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    You can always buy third-party controllers that you like better : Perturbation
    • does the 360 actually have any wireless 3rd party? : Chandler55
  • It's better, but not that that much better. And certainly not a deal breaker. : ieGod
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  I have all three current systems and I love my PS3 the most. I'm most likely getting GTA for it. Really h... : giantshift
  • oh nevermind I see you answered that. : giantshift
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    If you have both, what's the reason for getting GTA for the PS3? I mean, unless you really love playstat... : DinK
    • see my post it has to do with audio : giantshift
    • I have both but im getting PS3 version because my 360 doesn't have hdmi : onload
• honestly I think they're equals at the moment. It just comes down to the handful of exclusive games and t... : aeg1x
• I'm not sure (don't own a PS3) but isn't the 40gb model NOT backwards compat? : kallanta
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  PS3's online features may not be as convenient to use as Live, but it works, it's free, and as time goes ... : Ellissd
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    I don't think Sony is very high on the reliability factor. My PS2's optical drive went bad (and this was... : exigence7
    • I'd agree with you (how many people had just the one PS2? Not many..) if it wasn't for the fact that we'... : SiW73
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      Anyway you look at it, the PS3 is infinitely more reliable than the 360. And my 6+ year old PS2 still... : Ellissd
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        except literally, of course : aeg1x
        • Infinitely is a bad word to use. The 360 fails and it fails within a year or two. The PS3s have not fai... : exigence7
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      My brother has gone through 2 PS3 optical drives already since Christmas. Played pretty sparingly actual... : melkore
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        my roommate's died from the same thing, stopped reading discs entirely : derelict515
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          Call up sony, they'll send a coffin pretty quickly for it. : melkore
          • yeah he got it fixed, took a week or two I think : derelict515
  • Wouldn't a great time be when all the games people are looking forward to are shipped and PSN is closer t... : Fred Garvin
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  why do you compare a 40gb ps3 to an elite in price? whats the price difference between the premium. i s... : dantastic
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    or even the arcade system? Honestly I don't know what the hard drive storage is used for other than add-... : Zakko
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      can anyone elaborate on hd use on the two systems? : Zakko
      • 360 uses the HD for caching some game files I believe, but not to the same level as the PS3 where you can... : aeg1x
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        on the 360 you'll want a harddrive for: save games, demos, XBLA games. 20gb is sufficient but you'll need... : derelict515
        • i dont get movies or shows on my elite but i like having it because i dont have to worry about cleanup. ... : dantastic
        • You can also copy video (divx, xvid, mpeg, mp4, etc) and music files to the PS3 HDD. I really wish sony w... : Prozium
    • ummm saved games? : xil-reno
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  - Free online play is useless if nobody's playing - 360 has some killer XBLA games What does "Possibl... : SiW73
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    "Free online play is useless if nobody's playing " If you're referring to the PS3, that might be accur... : Ellissd
    • Well, it seems like he's interested in playing with shackers. But even if he wasn't, in my experience it... : SiW73
  • I'm really loving XBLA. Half the time when I have somebody over we play that stuff rather than whatever ... : DinK
• Make a list of the exclusive titles you want to play (include LIVE Arcade and Playstation Store titles) t... : Sylvanus
• There's a few things that I would say you are wrong about, if you can forgive me calling your opinion "wr... : exigence7
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  I have both. I also have friends that have both. In my gaming group (around 12 guys) whenever a game come... : d3tached
  • interesting, i'd not heard your first argument before. but i'm a huge freak when it comes to controls and... : flasher 907
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    do you only play local multiplayer? : derelict515
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      Nope, PSN. I admit its not the best online network but it has room to grow. A lot of people in my gro... : d3tached
      • on principle alone? probably not the best group to make a comparison with then... : derelict515
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    You had me until you tried to say that the noise level of some 360s negate the DLC for GTA IV. Talk about... : Fred Garvin
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      It is as a whole package Fred. When looking at past GTA games, we seldom actually finished them. GTA3 is ... : d3tached
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        what if the DLC is another island to fuck around on? : derelict515
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          what if the DLC is... A CURE FOR CANCER HOLY SHIT : sgtsanity
          • that seems unlikely for $30-40. But an island I could see. : derelict515
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        I know some are loud, but not all of them, especially the BenQ versions. For me getting GTA for the 360 i... : Fred Garvin
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          Every 360 I've heard running has been much louder than I feel it should be given its intended position in... : Ebu
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            Like most people I don't notice anything when I am playing games. : Fred Garvin
            • yeah, when I'm playing a game and have the sound system cranked to 11 and the 360 tucked away in a corner... : Prozium
        • I have the 65nm benq model manu'd very late last year - it's still noisy. : abrasion
      • What noise? I've got an elite and it's running a hell of a lot colder and quieter than either of the two ... : GrimmyD
    • and yet it's the exact reason I'm opting for the PS3 version,... : abrasion
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    wow, nit picking to the extreme yea im sorry, i cant hear the noise of the 360 over the fact of how fu... : -=kodiak=-
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      I dont hear mine either, cause ive got the Turtle Beach X3 headphones. Love em. : Ureval
      • Yeah, i use headphones with mine aswell. : Drewus
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      its not nitpicking to complain that the 360 is noisy : grendel
      • it is nit picking. To put that down as a bulletpoint against buying the system is stupid the dreamcast... : -=kodiak=-
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    You said PS3 has better controllers which totally negates your entire post and it then reaks of bias. 36... : dilutedq
    • Agreed. The PS controllers are so fucking uncomfortable to use for long periods of time. The 360 controll... : Drewus
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      I've never liked the shape and small size of the PS controllers. They are great, if you have small 10yr ... : AltZero
      • yeah that 360 controllers are for real man hands! none of that pussy Sony shit! : grendel
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      yeah... i'm pretty open-minded, but whoa WHAT? the 360 controllers are the best i've used to date. ergono... : xsoulbrothax
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        battery life is fucking terrible when using the headset on live with a game that has any rumble. : pyide
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          i did like the ergonomics - and the triggers. not a fan of the LB / RB placement or the d-pad, nor the s... : pyide
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            The Dpad is very horrible no question. But it works good for what you need it for in any kind of normal ... : dilutedq
            • I just realized my only use with the dpad has been for switching weapons/stances in some games. I like th... : xsoulbrothax
    • I actually prefer the dualshock over the 360 controller. Maybe because I spent so much time on the PS2 an... : aeg1x
    • That just like, your opinion, man. The DS can be a better controller than the 360 ones, depending on the ... : ieGod
• If you have a gaming PC, get a PS3 because alot of stuff will get ported from 360 to pc anyway. Best raci... : thewindcriesmary
• The Elite has a 120GB drive and the 40GB is not backwards compatible. All the rest of the points are vali... : Fred Garvin
• You can probably install a few games on a ps3 40g HD. : LewDawg75
• Ive had two 360s, and early model and a brand new one. The new one is MUCH quieter, so if youre buying a ... : Ureval
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  also, the ps3 has wireless. still not sure why MS decides to nickel and dime everything on the 360. : j0nchan
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    Wireless on the PS3 is pointless. It's so fucking slow that you end up running ethernet to it anyways. : Prozium
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      no it isn't. its fast. maybe your router sucks? : grendel
      • Nope. Router is excellent. Buffalo WHR-HP-g54s running tomato. Seriously, plug your PS3 in via ethernet a... : Prozium
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        it's been pretty well accepted that the ps3's wireless performance is amazingly horrible, at least amongs... : xsoulbrothax
        • There's so many variables that can affect wireless performance, it's not surpising that different people ... : Boxelder
  • Wifi on the PS3 sucks. It's too slow to stream and the reception isn't as reliable as the 360's. Sure ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • one more vote for awful ps3 wifi. : dopefish
  • I was not aware of the PS3 Wifi problems? In our apartment everything seems to run fast... haven't bothe... : dilutedq
  • I think this is going to be different with everybody's setup. I know I've personally streamed down 5 or ... : gargy
• I hate to say it but this year I'd get a ps3. Too many big games and well, blu ray kicks ass. This come... : kainen1
• I'll get a PS3 eventually, but right now, I think the 360 is the way to go. XBL can't be beat! : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Well if games are not your concern then the choice is easily PS3. I've had my 360 for awhile and it brok... : austere01
  • and may I add perhaps you might want to wait for the MGS4 PS3 package. It sounds like a good deal. : austere01
• wait a week and see if a 360 price drop for GTA4 is imminent. : Mansmells
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  360 - better controller - graphics tend to better on the 360 with multi-platform - gets more excl... : mista mista
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    pretty much no to everything you said. more exclusives? you mean like all of the games that have been p... : grendel
    • PSN has some awesome games - Everyday Shooter, Warhawk, Super Stardust, Pixeljunk Monsters and coming out... : Boxelder
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      We're talking about consoles here, and then you bring up one yet to be released title as an exclusive for... : dilutedq
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        the library isn't mediocre, it just mostly overlaps with the 360. and the exclusive 360 games like Halo ... : grendel
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          the DiVX comment is pointless, the Video Marketplace is just another place to rent movies in high definit... : dilutedq
          • you can't read, apparently. i am not exaggerating and i never said it would die while i was downloading.... : grendel
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      you admit the 360 has better content and don't address the controller, release date delays or that 360 po... : mista mista
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        which 360 ports look better? the only game I know of that is significantly different is Orange Box. : grendel
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          Most look very slightly better on 360 because 360 still had the largest install base and is still the lea... : Boxelder
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            lol you keep hearing all these things from people in regards to bad things about the xbox 360 (your specu... : dilutedq
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              I'm not digging up links, but it's undeniable there are problems with the 360 hardware. If you want to t... : Boxelder
              • Technical support to developers is an extremely good thing. Anything a platform holder can do to ensure a... : armybob
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          http://www.eurogamer.net/search.php?searchtext=360+vs+ps3 click on 360 vs ps3 Face off ones. Though ps... : mista mista
          • the main problems being v-sync and framerate : mista mista
          • interesting, i hadn't seen these before : grendel
      • hey hows mgs3 on pc working for ya : Chandler55
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      People keep saying the PS3 will catch up? How is that? Is Live going to pause while they wait for PSN to ... : Fred Garvin
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        Well Live (strictly the online gaming component) hasn't really added much in the last couple years. All I... : Prozium
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          What? They added all kinds of features like TV and movies, being able to see Friends of Friends. All kind... : Fred Garvin
          • yes but on the other hand what more can you really do, i guess with steam you can build communities and m... : Chandler55
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  I prefer my PS3..for racing ps3 seems to have more/better games, for FPS pretty much the same as most are... : nickjolly
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    i cant believe ps3 fans fall back on resistance. what a terrible fucking game. the asstastic PS3 controll... : maulla
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      Halo isn't bland? : Boxelder
      • its a far better game/package than Resistance by all accounts : derelict515
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        Did you play it? I have. Nothing bland on this end. : dilutedq
        • i played it too. dull as shit. call of duty 4 is a much better game both in single and multi-player. ... : grendel
        • Yeah, I played it in beta and then when it came out but it didn't hold my interest. It's a lot like resi... : Boxelder
      • Yes, yes it is. But COD4 is not and if you want to play COD4 with many shackers, the X360 is the way to ... : FormerHPB
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      first, im not a fanm i like/own both, and i didnt say it was a good game, i said pretty much only FPS on... : nickjolly
      • Yeah, both games are overrated. But CoD4, I think, is the FPS of choice on both. : Boxelder
    • I wanted to know what was cool about it so I got it from Gamefly. It's a very below average shooter IMO. ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    You obviously don't own both as the 360 noise is not that loud to disrupt gameplay. Then you put Halo an... : dilutedq
    • Well dont call me a liar ASS, i have one and it is loud as fuck, as is many friends i have seen, whether ... : nickjolly
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    I'm curious as to what the PS3 has right now that constitutes as more/better racing games. I don't ask t... : boarder2
    • Motorstorm, F1, and GT5 compared to PGR and Forza...not a huge margin, but i guess i just never got into ... : nickjolly
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  why do these threads keep happening :( : Bantis
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    Because you touch yourself at night. : Boxelder
    • just at night? you people aren't putting in the effort. : erotic sock
  • shack likes to keep saying 360 controller is better, seriously it's not that great...d-pad & analog sux : Sixcos
• Bought myself an X360 Elite last weekend, with GTA4 pack. One thing I can guarantee.. an absolutely BR... : biofrog
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  Ah, hell, why not. BOTH WRONG. PC >>>>> CONSOLE. I'm sorry. : Moonbase Commander
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    Thank you, we were missing this pointless addition to the thread. : Fred Garvin
    • I'm actually surprised it took this long, jokingly or no. : Moonbase Commander
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  Man you should come to the UK. The 360 Elite is like £70 cheaper than the 40gb ps3. Makes the choice SO ... : marmite
  • also the games are typically £5-£10 cheaper on 360 than PS3 : marmite
• if you really want blu-ray get a ps3, otherwise 360 without a doubt : MikkleThePickle
• I prefer my Xbox. I love the damn noisy thing. PS3 some of the games look really good. Ratchet and Cla... : rhuntley12
• in all honesty the reason I have an xbox 360 right now and not a ps3 is the controller. I HATE the dualsh... : even4

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  That was such a fantastic movie. Loved that battle scene where everyone stopped and just gawked at the ba : Trips
  • lol maybe he saw a different movie than the rest of us. : dopeman
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    I seriously almost broke down. The movie is staggering me right now. As for the ending, I know, just fuck : carrioN luggagE
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      Post-apocalyptic books/movies are my favorite genre and this movie was very much going in a similar vein.... : Trips
      • I remember both scenes, yeah. The 2nd one really stood out in my mind. The complete breakdown of cultu : carrioN luggagE
    • your baby has a flavor om nom nom : deject
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    dude maybe you didn't stay until after the credits but they are forced to eat the baby after floating at : aeg1x
    • yep, i saw that too it was jacked up : sexninja!!!!
• real men don't cry you cocksucker : datoo
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  I was like traumatized for several days after seeing it in theaters. Sometimes I wonder if I take watc... : sgtsanity
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    Some movies just have that effect.I bought Requiem for a Dream, watched it once, and haven't watched it s... : Prozium
    • I feel this way about Mulholland Drive. I loved it but I dunno if I can ever watch it again. : dirge23
  • Traumatized. That is a pretty apt term for the impact that's struck me when the final credits rolled. Nic : carrioN luggagE
  • Nah, it's just that sort of movie. : brickmatt
  • it just hit all the right buttons. but it had that effect on me too. : hamachi
• I had no idea what to expect, didn't read anything about it . Just went with some friends. That movi... : podung
• I loved this movie. I think I was the only the one in my circle. Watched it felt like looking into a plau... : rustified
• Clive Owen in fucking flip-flops. FUCK THAT!!!!!!! : speon
• This was a great film. : Arsenal
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  wait... what? That second spoiler is a joke right? : sKetchflow
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    Nope. Clive Owen staggers across the boat yelling "I told you I would eat you!" and he does. : sgtsanity
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      The part where he pours the tomato sauce on. Chilling. : Bonestormm
      • Well it *IS* the recipe. : spazzium
    • Yes, and something about a straw and I drink your baby, your baby is already gone. : freqq28
    • i lol'd so hard i shat myself. you win today's prize. : sinner0423
• I lolled :( : d fluke
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  The scene when they try to escape the compound with Car + Gravity was awesome, there was a lot of tension... : Sailor of Fortune
  • The fact that it was one sequence only made the thing go over the top. Too intense, without the need for ... : zehh
• Such a fantastic movie, and yeah, its super moving : snowwolf
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  You haven't watched The Fountain, have you? : daedraug
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    No, I don't think I'd be smrt enough to get it. :( : carrioN luggagE
    • You just need a heart to get it :( : daedraug
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  My favourite movie of roughly the last 10 years... Such powerful images, everything is perfectly put toge... : razorblade79
  • He's joking : Arctic Fox
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    ahahahahaha : tomservo
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      update: still laughing : tomservo
      • still crying ;( : razorblade79
  • lol awesome : mikecyb
  • aaahahahahahahahhaaaa : thief
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  Yup. I cried a lot during and after that baby scene. Most powerful stuff ever put on film. http://www.... : SlamDunk
  • Just watched it again, and it's still brilliant work. :( : carrioN luggagE
• I agree with this whole thread, must watch again : drbriefs
• that movie is seriously in my top 5 forever, and i've had to alter my top 5 favourite movies for every de... : Dschinghis Khan
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  I know a few people who could beneift from the use of Quietus. : sinner0423
  • rat problem? : dirge23
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  That movie was pretty depressing but I think the dog scene in I am Legend topped it, seriously even my co... : gmd
  • I have a soft stop for dogs, and don't care much for Will Smith, so I' giving this one a pass, as much as... : carrioN luggagE
• Yeah it was great to see Canada go up in smoke for about .5 of a second (right after New Zealand, I think... : focusdaily
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  I was expecting it to be more reality based. Instead it seemed like sci-fi action movie than magical rea... : Boxelder
  • wuh? are you talking about the same movie? : jaga
  • It was set in the future. Which parts weren't reality based? : fishbone
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  One of the best poor, mediocre movies ever. Man did it need a writer, they wasted so much potential. : Lunatic Angelic
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    I'm sorry, but what kind of a story would you like to see in place of what happened? : empathe
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      bazookas! Explosions! giant bipedal robots! phhhhzzzzoooooom. : deathofrats
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        Metal Gear?! : empathe
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          It can't be!!! : omnova
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            You knew?! : empathe
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              Colonel!! : omnova
              • A surveillance camera?! : Turd Ferguson

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• is she hot : AlexXdude
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  ...it's about intimidation. : Visceral Monkey
  • and ya know how ya fight fire... : Ziz
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  Damn. That sucks. Got to be horrible knowing you can't fight back. : NastyJack
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    lol the reason "you can't fight back" is because legally speaking you are in the WRONG. Of course you "ca... : Kazomir
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      If it's wrong why does it feel soooooooo right? : NastyJack
      • I got what you want. I got what you need. : monkeygone
• Well, I'd be very surprised if your sister pirated music again in the future...at least via P2P. : Saman
• Where did she download from? : Chepito.
• it doesn't. it's just a revenue generator. : biskits
• holy shit thats scary stuff dude : med1c
• pics+divx of said sister. : mrvandelay
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  Fear and intimidation and setting legal precedent. : carnivore
  • From my slashdot readings no precedent is set there in the US if the settlement is outside of court. : dafugg
• What music was she downloading? It better have been worth it : Drewus
• they make money? thats how : jaga
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  eh, why didnt she just say 'it wasnt me, we have a wireless linksys and someone was using it before my br... : bfzzzz
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    cause that doesn't make them go away : alcueso
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      Don't they have to provide definitive proof you downloaded the music? : Dechter
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        i believe, from what i've read, if it was your internet connection, you're fucked. : dahanese
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          i don't think the RIAA has every successfully prosecuted anyone when the case has gone to court.... they ... : MagicWishMonkey
          • instead they just run your money out and bankrupt you from lawyer fees : dantastic
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        hence your computers IP address : med1c
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          So, if I have an open wifi connection because I simply bought a router from Best Buy and plugged it in wi... : Dechter
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            i think that's why a lot of cases settle. because how are you going to prove you didn't do it? and i thin... : dahanese
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              That's the thing about how our justice system is supposed to work though. They're the ones who have to pr... : famine101
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                they do prove you guilty by showing your IP downloading and uploading illegally. i'm not saying i thin... : dahanese
                • RIAA primer 101 on how the sue you. step 1. RIAA connects to a p2p network. step 2. RIAA seeks out ... : alcueso
              • Think about this for a second. You're criticizing how our justice system is supposed to work in a subthre : Kazomir
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                The RIAA suing is a civil matter, not criminal. It has nothing to do with justice. : Tommy Toolbag
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                  Although, there are potential criminal penalties. I don't know that criminal proceedings have ever occurr... : Tommy Toolbag
                  • that would be a separate case though : sexninja!!!!
              • Actually, they only have to prove reasonable suspicion since this is a civil case. It's the reason OJ is... : DianeOfTheMoon
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            Do routers even ship with Wifi enabled/wide open? : Tommy Toolbag
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              wireless routers default to no security encryption. : dahanese
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                I just bought a new linksys 2 weeks ago and it was defaulted to wireless not even being on. : Phreakin
                • Thats what I thought. : Tommy Toolbag
                • it's been a long time since i set up a wireless router and i guess i don't notice that part. i do know... : dahanese
                • yah most that you buy now have the WiFi off by default... you have to set it up. But a year or two ago... : Shadowdane
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            And you're not very legal smart. Stupidity doesn't justify breaking the law. And for the record, I think ... : Phreakin
            • It doesn't necessarily mean stupidity. A lot of intelligent people lack technical know how to be bothere... : the city
          • You are absolutely correct. http://techdirt.com/articles/20060727/1131227.shtml : MagicWishMonkey
  • because afaik you're still liable for what other people do on your network. : datoo
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  a friend of mine is writing a law review article on how legal riaa tactics are, i'll try to get a copy fo... : FS|Archangel
  • do post about it when its done, i'd like to read about this. : choppp
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  They made $4000. Seems to be supplementing their business model just fine. : ra1n
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    i somehow doubt the 4000 dollars was profit : duncandun
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      well, they pay a paralegal to file 20 groups of 50 suits, and almost all of them settle out of court.. ... : jaga
      • this is correct : ra1n
• it's really a shitty way to do it. even DRM is better than that, in my opinion. i bet your sister wil... : dahanese
• What P2P client was she using? : rosewood
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  what rogram was she downloading music from? was it only uploading / sharing that got her? : thief
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    I'm curious. : thief
    • You're not the only one. I'm sure there's some type of gag order against detailing the case though. : Q-ball
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  They sued a friend of mine two years ago and settled with her for $2000. She's a lawyer. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    then shouldn't she have known what she was doing was illegal? : erotic sock
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      a good lawyer knows the cost of conflict. fighting the case ends up costing more money than settling f... : alcueso
      • psst. i was being facetious. : erotic sock
      • bring back the advice threads : strider_
  • $2000 discount! I see that law school is already paying off for her! lol. : pigvomit
• how exactly did they catch her? : thetangent
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  I know! It's so fucking dumb that when you break the law people can call you on it. What is this world co... : Kazomir
  • ^^^ This has the beginnings of an epic mega-subthread here : enyakk
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    I think you found the wrong forum, youtube comments are here www.youtube.com : the city
    • ahaha no. Even if you think the law is dumb or harsh (see the pot thread), I don't see why people act all... : Kazomir
  • lol, I basically stopped pirating because it is illegal. Now I just record music off the fm radio using c... : sesmaster
  • because it's very likely that she had 4000 dollars worth of music on her computer : sKetchflow
  • it's just like the pot thread from earlier, people on shack news HATE being personally accountable for th... : arizona bay
  • If you want to find a way to ban these people from the internet or something of the sort, or even toss th... : changejar419
• a scare tactic, people seeing other people getting sued for illegally downloading music, it sends a messa... : dilutedq
• You see the lawyers are doing this out of the goodness of their hearts and all the money is going to supp... : Fred Garvin
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  rossimo, answer this question please... did they bust her for DOWNLOADING? or did they bust her be... : Phil
  • why does this phil post not make some kind of sexual innuendo about rossimo's sister sharing her director... : mindfk
  • It doesn't really matter, from what I remember. Even if no one downloaded from her, having an open share... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • Damn them with their open directories. It just makes people want to put their files in them. : spazzium
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  this is why it pays to like bad music that no one else wants : sexninja!!!!
  • and why tomservo has never been sued LOL : sexninja!!!!
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  Wow so instead of just talking to a lawyer and realizing they have no case she caved in and payed off the... : AgentPothead
  • They have a case. It's not a particularly strong one, but going to court will no doubt cost the defendant... : K1Bond007
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    What happened to that millionaire that was sued either by the MPAA or the RIAA? He made a big fuss about... : Moonbase Commander
    • What happened to that *millionare*. My guess? Nothing. It got tossed or defeated. :( : terath
    • I don't know that particular cause but I did read awhile back that someone with some cash was setting up ... : rhuntley12
• If she downloaded more than 4000 songs she probably got a bargain. : Porkasaurus
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  peerguardian ftw : hobosapien
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    Whats so great about peerguardian? : Q-ball
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      it blocks known RIAA and MPAA IP addressess, so they can't connect to you, and thus can't download the so... : deject
      • it doesn't work in Vista which sucks : Shadowdane
      • Couldn't they use a TOR network to get around that? : Delusional
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  its effective! Piracy has actually increased since they started suing people! : paravis
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    well they need to make up the money some how! if you can think of another way to make money aside from s... : mikecyb
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      give us a legal "oink", with aggressive pricing. Thats the problem with the music industry. The whine a... : paravis
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        Waffles murdered my father and raped my mother. : Afterglow
        • stmusic carried my babies : paravis
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    so has like everything in the world except polar ice caps, the rainforest, and ozone. : dahanese
    • my grandma is much shorter : datoo
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      last I heard, ozone was increasing (or repaired its whole long ago, or something) : paravis
      • yeah like the ozone construction workers put up some sheet rock and called it a day. : mindshot
      • er repaired itself.. rather : paravis
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        so they're using the 3dfx on the ozone again : Sixcos
        • "Ozone restored!" : Lightbulb
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  this is why i like usenet : GloriousCow
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    shhhhhhh : skunk_ape
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      Wouldn't that still qualify? I'm assuming that encrypted p2p traffic isn't any saving grace here. Its b... : Q-ball
      • shhhhhhh! : Lightbulb
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        there's nobody between you and your usenet server, so the RIAA should have fuckall knoweledge of what you... : GloriousCow
        • SHHHHHH! : BingusLargus
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    i thought the RIAA had cottoned onto that? i'm sure someone posted about how the RIAA had targetted usene... : cause&effect
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      how are they going to get the logs? : GloriousCow
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        I dunno, the same way they get IP logs from ISP's!! : cause&effect
        • they can only get those in p2p cases because they can gather enough evidence for a subpoena because of th... : GloriousCow
    • This assumes the server keeps the logs. : riptyde
• Yep...this just confirms my whole "fuck the RIAA" stance : ColoradoCNC
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  i'll give her the 4k for some sex. : bfzzzz
  • lol : arizona bay
  • ^ banned for Elliot Spitzer character account : deject
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  It's interesting to compare the result of this thread with this one: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id... : SilverSnake
  • yeah, quite. That or speeding ticket threads. : DinK
• Fuck the RIAA. : windowpane
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  man, I wish I had $4000 worth of iTunes... : drucifer
  • ^^^ awesome. if only i had shacklol installed at work : elwood00
• I'm sure all of that money the RIAA won went directly into the artists' pockets and not into some RIAA Mo... : nudel
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  she didn't have to settle - some people have successfully fought these cases. if they've only traced it ... : Postal
  • Problem is it would cost you more than you would have settled for. : Totenjaeger
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    I don't think the RIAA has ever succeeded when the case goes all the way to court. also, claiming to h... : MagicWishMonkey
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      There was an article floating around a while ago about a girl who fought them, with the same defense, and... : changejar419
      • I think they drop all the cases where the person is going to fight them and actually has some money to fi... : rhuntley12
• It fixes the empty pockets, that's what it fixes. : changejar419
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  That taught her. I'm sure she will run right out and buy lots of music now. Oh wait... : topkatz
  • yah at 20... I didn't have $4k laying around. That would of probably put me in debt. : Shadowdane
  • okay no offense but that's a retarded statement. As much as I disagree with the sentiment behind the laws... : boring gegtik
• She's not 8 months pregnant is she? : scottythejock
• I bet she won't steal any more music! : Jimbo Ro
• Did they come after her for multiple infractions or just because they happened to notice she was download... : avatar_58
• shill! : even4

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• yessssssssssssss : SockMonkeh
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  Hirez, do you know enough about SourceTV to be able to have a proxy connection? Zaun (and maybe tfm?) ... : alias
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    yes there is a way to do that. I'll try and figure it out. : hirez
    • send me the IP for your server's source tv spot. : hirez
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  Predictions? if PWNIFY was on top of their game as they were against F10, i think PWNIFY will win (as mu... : mXENO
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    PWNIFY will win no questions asked if brickmatt isn't there. If he is, then TFM will have a shot. : dkrulz
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      Just wondering, will my absence have any change on your prediction? : Moonbase Commander
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        You can't let the team down, you faggot! : Rice-Rocketeer
        • So many finals... *cries* : Moonbase Commander
      • If you're absent then TFM will certainly benefit greatly, should make things more interesting actually. : dkrulz
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      i can't tell if this is a joke or not. : lakren
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        It's not a joke unlike your thread about hot chicks liking you. : dkrulz
        • lmao : Downforce
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          i still don't know why you would think i'm lying.. i've posted plenty of pics of my ex's before, and they... : lakren
          • hahahahaha i love u larken : Jackass1233
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  Finally, the second-last (or is it third-last) match of the season. When was the very first tournament... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • After searching though my shackmessages, I have reason to believe that the draft for all of the captains ... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  TFM will fuck PWNIFY over hardcore... Zaun is an arrogant bastard for not wanting to do a friendly scrim. : coraldayton
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    Has TFM been playing much recently? : alias
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      The Steam group is averaging about 10 hours of TF2 over the past two weeks, and Vynn and Crimson_X are on : Felraiser
      • No Vynn and Crimson_X would make it tough for them I think :( : alias
      • I can practice up, but i dont think that an extra hour or two today will make or break the match : Crimson
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        Holy crap. You've been racking up the hours as spy. : omnova
        • 90% of that isn't from Shack servers, so it was actually accumulated long ago. I'm an OK spy, but not goo... : Felraiser
    • We (specifically I) are so out of practice :( I've played about 1 hour of TF2 in the last 5 weeks or so. : bipolar
    • I've been playing atleast every other day (like on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays), so I get ... : coraldayton
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  it'll be tough--I think TFM is the underdog, here :D I'm just glad we're going to go out, if we do at al... : thief
  • oh, and shackw would suck :\ esp. if brickmatt can't even play. : thief
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  TFM -- please idle in the steam chat whenever you sign onto steam later this evening. It'll help to know... : thief
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    Let's do a roll call here and see who's planning on showing. : brickmatt
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      You first? : thief
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        If my PC is up and running, I'll be there. I checked yesterday, and the Bestbuy didn't have the powersupp... : brickmatt
        • You're not on your PC right now? :\ I just want to play. 6v6, 8v8, I don't care. : thief
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      I'll be there!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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        Yes, but for whom will you be rooting for?! : thief
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          TFM, of course!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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            :( : r3dn3ck
            • :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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            You're dead to me : xjdrake32
            • Sorry, I choose the spy who stabs me in the back ALL THE TIME!! >:D : Maddog_Delphi97
    • i! : theamazingrand0
    • I'll be here. :) : coraldayton
• LKS cannot lose! : devnullgt
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  ShackWest is now set up as a SourceTV proxy to ( 208.100.45.139 ). TFM/PWNIFY check your pings to 208.100... : hirez
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    Thanks alias / fireman. : thief
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      and hirez--goes w/o saying. : thief
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        But you just said it!! :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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          But he didn't have to! : dmason
          • lolololol : Maddog_Delphi97
• aww yeah who is LKS gonna get to clown on : feek
• bump tfm plz sign onto steam :( : thief
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  out of curiosity, is there a roster list for the teams somewhere? : Mmmmmoo
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    http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pWiPXgIV2Yj4QMoZtIB4OeQ check the second sheet :( : r3dn3ck
    • im assuming pph is points per hour? : Mmmmmoo
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  Why must we do this during the Sharks game :( Good luck to both teams, it's gonna be a hell of a fight! : yosemiteclimber
  • seriously :( hopefully the match is over quick so I can catch the end of the the hockey. : re4ctor
• SourceTV is up on ShackWest: 69.62.158.85:27020 : hirez
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  BRICKMATT we're maxed at 10v10 but if you can play we can get you in for the next map or when we change a... : thief
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    starting within a few minutes. : thief
    • good luck tfm :\ oh dear. vynn, why did you abandon us as brickmatt did. : thief
  • and if you were there bmatt i think we could have won :( : thief
  • i heard thief asking jackass to pretend to be brickmatt but i knocked him to his senses : Chandler55
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  joquers singing never gonna give you up with a irishy accent is lol : Maddog_Delphi97
  • irish? :| : r3dn3ck
• lol, Dustbowl with Zaun's team attacking is over in 14 minutes. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  TFM just lost on dustbowl. Next map. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Ok, Gravelpit is up. : Maddog_Delphi97
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      wtf, it's been 10 minutes and it's still not live yet. : Maddog_Delphi97
      • Oh wait, it was live. My bad. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  thief's stabs are total lolz : Downforce
  • I am as rusty as my knife! : thief
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  I'm very proud of TFM--I think put up quite a fight! Had a few stabs been different, had a few shots hit... : thief
  • and really who expected us to do so well :D I don't think anyone did :D : thief
  • Good try guys. Sorry my rig was out of commission. =( : brickmatt
• Looks like it's going to be LKS vs. PWNIFY next week. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  PWNIFY WINS. next week LKS vs PWNIFY - pwnify needs to win twice. so it could up being a double header if... : hirez
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    double header eh? They wouldn't play the next day or something. Thats a lot of playing. : ant_hillbilly
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      it won't happen, lks will win. I can say this with authority considering I've played both teams ;D : thief
      • :D : feek
      • It sounds like a hardfought game thief, sorry we won't get to play you guys again, I had a blast last tim... : FlamingGimp
  • gg TFM : r3dn3ck
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    jackhammer johnson and I aren't playing : DrFlammable
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      LKS better just forfeit then. : dkrulz
      • it's gonna be a 1 v 12 match, Thomas Hace will be our only player. : DrFlammable
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      ah hell nah! : tunis5000
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        we'll probably lose anyways because 80% of our players haven't even played in months, if we even have eno... : DrFlammable
        • well that sucks : tunis5000
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          LKS member last 2 week TF2 playing time in hours - jackhammer isn't going to play - 42.6 (haha nerd) ... : DrFlammable
          • looks like we'll have just enough for an 8v8 if cobra slice, camel jockey, sauerkrause, and stratedge can... : DrFlammable
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            I haven't been playing the last 2 weeks because I was on vacation in Florida, but I'm back now and I'll b... : tunis5000
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              haha i'm not worried about you, i don't even know if those guys with 0 even log into steam anymore, cause... : DrFlammable
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                maybe someone (LAKREN) should shack message them telling them to practice up for the BIG GAME! : tunis5000
                • lakren is too busy courting a black chick to play video games. : DrFlammable
          • So true :(. Lakren doesn't believe in coordination, team practices, or strategies, and with so few playe... : FlamingGimp
    • Holy shit, really? That's lols. Why did you guys play when we played you? =( : brickmatt
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    Wait, why do we have to win twice? : Moonbase Commander
    • LKS is undefeated : feek
    • LKS hasn't lost. nor will they. : thief
    • you've lost once total, we've lost none total : DrFlammable
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      if we lose the first, we're forfeiting the second. playing twice in a row is kinda dumb. : lakren
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        lol. ok I'm going to hold you to that. : hirez
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          deal! i mean, technically i guess playing twice might make sense, but it's just crappy :P 1 match is m... : lakren
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            I had proposed playing first on Saturday, and then on sunday only if needed. : hirez
            • that sounds OK to me : tunis5000
            • this is good : DrFlammable
  • Whoa, INTENSE!!! : Rice-Rocketeer
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    gg TFM. between thief sniping and spying, demo spam and I think someone else went spy occasionally you gu... : xjdrake32
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      uhhh, the demo spam was all from you guys--cowardly demomen. You may have won but you lost my respect, p... : thief
      • yah it was disgusting the demospam. If we have dustbowl in the next tourny, there needs to be caps on the... : ant_hillbilly
      • you forgot the cowardly lions. they are the REAL PROBLEM THIEF! NYAAAAAAAAAAH : kainen1
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    we were hardly 'pwnt.' : thief
    • lol, ok. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I updated my PPH thing again: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pWiPXgIV2Yj4QMoZtIB4OeQ Interest... : Felraiser
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    you should update the averages if possible : feek
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      I disagree, actually - the main reason that I'm updating this now is to convince Hirez to seed the next T... : Felraiser
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        that's not really fair though. my stats were messed up a couple updates ago.. for some reason i have over... : Mmmmmoo
        • Yeah my PPH are totally messed up, too. I once got 20+ hours as demo that I've never played because of on... : zen!
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    How old are those PPH figures? Just curious, when you took those 'samples'? They'd have to be a while b... : kainen1
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      They're definitely from the start of the tourney. The tourney increased my PPH by 5!!! : Rice-Rocketeer
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        how's the formula work? i suck at math : kainen1
        • total points / total time : DrFlammable
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        i mean, rather, how do you find this out? lol : kainen1
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          first you need a shit load of time on your hands, then go through every player's tf2 community stat page ... : DrFlammable
          • yeah yeah - i was just checking that out, surprised they do not have a total time played figure at the to... : kainen1
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            You don't know need to do that. I have a script that compiles it all. I haven't updated it or put it up f... : K1Bond007
            • Hmm.. I haven't changed the script and apparently it doesn't work anymore. Maybe Valve changed something.... : K1Bond007
      • I'd be interested to see what everyones PPH were for the tournament games alone. (if we could ever get th... : Demius
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    F10 really fucked up your spreadsheet. : K1Bond007
    • It would seem so ;) : yosemiteclimber
• http://ems.esportsea.com/?a=x.schedule&stageid=1757 Looks like the bracket got updated. : Maddog_Delphi97

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  $90 is nothing... Brand new 360 and PS3 games costs nearly $120 here if you buy it in a regular game stor... : SilverSnake
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    I remember my dad buying us Street Fighter II Champion Edition for the Mega Drive. 700 Finnish marks. $18... : knepus
    • I don't remember what games cost back then, but I do recall them being silly expensive back then too. :| : SilverSnake
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  Dude, you buy it and automagically it will be up on VC the next week : geedeck
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    let the man spend his money : Deathlove
    • fucking signed : buzzbat
• An old boss of mine once referred to this practice as "Converting money into a less portable format." You... : Mad Jack McMad
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  Probably one of the worst ideas ever. $90 on Earthbound? : pancake humper
  • On a boxed copy, yeah. With strategy guide. It's not a bad deal, given eBay prices. And Earthbound is ... : Aaron Linde
• I have a copy of Psychonauts autographed by Tim Schafer. : Rotten Deadite
• Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame was really expensive when it came out, like 120 german mark ... : Hoax
• Earthbound is one of the only games ever i would shell out 100+$ to get new.... there are not many i woul... : barichnikov
• Dude, no. : senseimoron
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  I almost paid $75 for a copy of Super Metroid w/ the original box and manual. The only reason I didn't bu... : zerog83
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    That game I could see. But fucking Earthbound? :( : Ebu
    • Earthbound is aweome you shut the fuck up! : moogle
• I shelled out like $70 for an original copy of Alpha Centauri. : dirge23
• £60 on Panzer Dragoon Saga for Saturn. Worth every penny, and it often goes for twice that. Superb game. : node
• i dropped $65 on an FF2 snes cart a few years back. : ass-street
• I bought seaman when it came out -_- : ryuuseki
• $65 for a mint copy of FFVII a few months back. : Evil Benius
• I spent close to $100 buying and shipping Warlords II Deluxe from freaking Australia about 8 years ago. ... : Vantage
• I've sold many Atari 2600 games for $100+ , last was Qbert Qubes for $145. : dignan
• $65 for a copy of Tales of Destiny II. I would have paid the ridiculous prices for Valkyrie Profile and ... : omnova
• $80 for Mystic Defender on the Genesis when it first came out : bozer
• it was something like 75 bucks for ff6/3 new when it first came out : oHnOES
• €7 for gun.smoke (nes), hooray. : gingerninja
• probably $60-ish for a new copy of Rez after it had more or less been discontinued : Postal
• All told, I figure I paid around $500 for WoW : spiderfill
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  Boxed copies of Secret of Mana and Super Metroid for $40 dollars each a few years back. My friend shelled... : packav
  • LOL i wish somebody paid 90$ for MY copy of FFT : barichnikov
• Honestly, that's only 1.5 new games. I don't see the issue. : SiW73
• I bought Disgaea for about $40, used. Definitely well spent. : mindmann
• Wow, I've never done that sort of thing before. Though, if they released a Wing Commander collection for... : ejectorpod
• i just recently bought the GTA trilogy pack with everything mint for like 35 bucks : oHnOES
• 65 isn't a bad price for that FF2. That's my favorite Final Fantasy game hands down : deveus1
• for that price i'd rather get a rom :\ : dantastic
• 85 for tenchu imported. Couldnt wait for the US version : mista mista
• If the scratch and sniff stickers are used, it's worthless comrade. : ghost in my shell
• $30 for a copy of Full Throttle that I found on an EBGames used game shelf. : Deathlove
• EB's strategy guide was fun to read. : packav

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  discuss What is the general preference on the Shack. Do people prefer 'humorous' names like GCR, or ... : hawke
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    Clever guild names > thematic names, unless you're on an RP server or something, in which case you're wei... : electroly
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      Personal favorite guild name: Razorfen Downs Syndrome : electroly
      • lol, that's funny : Goncyn
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    I think it depends on the game and the environment, at least for me. I think GCR worked for WoW because i... : Visceral Monkey
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      Bridgeburners is a much better name than Bonehunters. : Goncyn
      • I could do that as well :) : Visceral Monkey
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        I need to look through my Conan books and see if there's anything we could use that's actually from the b... : Visceral Monkey
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          Crom's Legion? : Grumbeld
          • Crom's Mighty Penis : SockMonkeh
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      What does GCR stand for? : valael
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        Giant Communist Robots : Visceral Monkey
        • Giant Communist Censored Robots I fixed it for you : mem
      • Giant Cloned Rats : deadfish
      • Giant Chuchu Rocket : smackpiece
      • It's code for OGC : hawke
      • Garbage Compressor Repairmen : Lightbulb
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        gross clit rockets : klearlyunseen
        • aahhhh! bad mental image. BAD MENTAL IMAGE! : vertdang
      • Get Crom Runked : netshade
  • I like Oppressive Communist Combatants to (not excluded, but included) Bread Dough Faces : scorpiusman
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    Humorous names always, serious names just blend in too easily. : sanchez
    • Although I think it should be Conan related somehow. : sanchez
  • Well, now that this is PoM, I might as well put in my two cents. I prefer humorous names on non RP ser... : Rotten Deadite
• BTW, definitely vote for the full PvP server. : hawke
• Brotherhood Of the Arcane Fist : greh kleh
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  hey remember when notd23958023 was supposed to write something about this lmao : JINKY
  • Yea,well, that was pretty funny. : Visceral Monkey
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  Related news: I've been hired by FunCom as a GM! I hope to see some of you in game! : felicia
  • Congratulations! : A Sponge
  • Ah, that's awesome. Maybe we should choose your server...heh. : Visceral Monkey
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    could you possibly get me in the beta. Im dying over here : conandan
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      please :-/ : conandan
      • As much as I'd like to, I can't. : felicia
    • You'd just ruin it for yourself. Just wait another month. : Visceral Monkey
  • Yay! : Jonathan
  • I'm going to file a thousand petitions a day. : deveus1
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  RP-PvP for full comedic value, also Bonehunters sounds quite generic for a pvp guild honestly. We need so... : shortbuscaptain
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    Suggest away! That's what the thread is for. : Visceral Monkey
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      Only thing I can come up with right now is Three Legged Bandits, therefore I fail. : shortbuscaptain
      • Also I have always liked <Fat People Go Nom Nom> but I don't think that will fly. : shortbuscaptain
  • Calculated Malfeasance has a nice ring to it. : Visceral Monkey
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    giant bonehunting robots : bfzzzz
    • any bonehunting sounds like a gay guy on the prowl. : vertdang
  • Notable Figures from the Municipality of Kvatch : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  2guilds1cup. Saw this one on my WoW-server and laughed my ass off. JOB will do as well ^^ : Bamii
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    I saw a guild on my server called 2Gruuls1cup. lol. : pigvomit
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      I saw a guild on <insert server> called <2(insert name)1cup> : scorpiusman
      • :( : Rotten Deadite
      • ^^^ He'll be here all night folks. : pigvomit
  • They've got one of those on Uldaman. Also One Guild No Cup. : Rotten Deadite
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  We could do RP-PvP with a more comedic, yet rule-set acceptable, name and then just torment the local rp ... : Visceral Monkey
  • Here's a quick poll for server type: http://www.polldaddy.com/poll.aspx?p=519520 : Visceral Monkey
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  i always thought gcr was a shack thing, not a wow specific thing. : xxiv
  • Not so much anymore I think. : Visceral Monkey
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  Call it Jessica's Slumber Party : baconabuse
  • or Tranny Surprise. : Visceral Monkey
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  It should be <Rojo Caliente>. I think I'd prefer PvP to RP-PvP too, some of the RP people are way too ov... : Head Rush
  • Ahaha, Rojo Caliente...Nooooooo : Visceral Monkey
  • My friend named his Rock Band band Ojos Rojos and gave them all some sort of red around their eyes or as ... : MurrayTheSkull
• Serpent Adultation Congregation of Koth : d fluke
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  Rise of the Kha'ak : painangel
  • This has potential. : Visceral Monkey
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    Kha'ak Rising : Visceral Monkey
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      are we playing X3 now? : vertdang
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        I dunno, I don't even know what that is. : Visceral Monkey
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          X3 was a space flight sim in the Privateer vein. it was a damn good game (still is), and the main antago... : vertdang
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            Got ya. I think in our case, it would be more because Kha'ak would means Cock. : Visceral Monkey
            • touche. : vertdang
            • lol, best explanation ever. : Murdoc.
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              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi8n6uN091E : mem
              • Funniest part of that thing was when the computer said: "They don't talk, they dont' listen. They aren'... : hawke
• Just to clarify, Giant Communist Robots is not a WoW thing. It's a shack thing from long before WoW exist... : DapperDan
• I hope once they're done launching Age of Conan they can get Dreamfall Chapters going. I need to know wt... : deject
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  Why not take something from Robert E. Howard's writings? He wrote Conan and Kull amongst others. There ar... : Fyunch Click
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    That would work, I'm re-reading his stuff right now...but I think more people seem to prefer the witty, t... : Visceral Monkey
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      Neural Net Processor : SockMonkeh
      • would you like to upgrade that? : Turd Ferguson
• <The Alphabetical Order> was one of the more clever ones I've seen : strider_
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  http://www.realmofdarkness.net/sounds/arnold/arnold-soundboard-5.htm : aeg1x
  • Crush Your Enemies! See Them Driven Before You! And To Hear The Lamentation Of The Women! : sanchez
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  lol, i just don't get why you're so excited for this. Especially after what I've heard from this beta eve... : Bantis
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    Whatever. It's subjective I suppose, from what I read on the beta leaks forums, people are excited about ... : Visceral Monkey
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      I'm not trying to be a dick or anything, but everyone I've personally talked to with experience in the ga... : Bantis
      • and my big thing is even if this game is actually good, it really won't matter; it'll suffer from the sam... : Bantis
• Tom Cruise OT LVL 70 : Porkasaurus