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• you rock hirez for doing these. really. : kainen1
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/johnshermanhoyt Low post count, but I play all the time on the servers. A... : johnshermanhoyt
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    I never got picked - lame. ): : johnshermanhoyt
    • Also, I blame Harvester. : johnshermanhoyt
• East - http://steamcommunity.com/id/imageomega : ImageOmega
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  Low post count but i'm looking forward to playing with you guys. http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76... : FACIALNATOR
  • lol ya you got a low post count. : ant_hillbilly
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    lol'd : mXENO
    • MXENO YOU BETTER REINSTALL FOR TOURNAMENT #2 : jenisthebest
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    I am vouching on behalf of FACIALNATOR, I play with him all the time. : DrFlammable
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      but who is going to vouch for you. : thekidd
      • certainly not me : zerog83
      • there is a cat sleeping in the middle of floor in my house, it is not my cat. he will vouch for me. : DrFlammable
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        I vouch for DrFlammable. Just because he's the dude that I would give low-gravity to on the Chicago serv... : Maddog_Delphi97
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          Those should totally be the maps we play in the next tourny. : whistler
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            Of course, he'll also have to make some sort of awesometiebreaker map : whistler
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              He should make one called Awesometrain... where there's fifteen trains, all running in different directio... : Maddog_Delphi97
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                Holy crap, that's my next map. : DrFlammable
                • GO FOR IT!! : Maddog_Delphi97
    • Same. My constant blathering on vent about the tourney got him interested. : gnomish
  • Truly a pillar of the community. : NastyJack
  • east/west? : hirez
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  Yeah, thanks a bunch for the tourney setups, {yhirez}y. You rock! : carrioN luggagE
  • YES! : carrioN luggagE
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  What kind of a time commitment do you find that doing this takes? I may just have to see if I can get ... : themelon
  • JOIN MELON so i can frag thee : kainen1
  • Depends on how adamant your team is with practice and scrimming outside of the tourney games. Last time a : paroxym
  • to just play? the matches take about 2 hours. If you went for the west division, they'd start later for y... : hirez
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  How often do teams normally practice ? I'm sure it varies by team, but I don't want to make a commitment ... : taronish
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    I can't speak for other teams but mine (Critical Tits!) didn't practice at all. Maybe that had something... : kainen1
    • exciting = exiting. : kainen1
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      I seem to remember us practicing once, but I'm not positive. : electroly
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        Might've been a scrim with another team. : electroly
        • Yeah you guys scrimmed OGC :) : Arctic Fox
      • Yeah we scrimmed OGC early on, but it was really hard getting people to show up for the matches, much les... : Xevo
  • LKS practiced once, right before the final match. : DrFlammable
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    OGC talked a lot of strategy via SM. we practiced occasionally, but not often with the full team. : hirez
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      lol yeah the SM strat talks were out of control. I say that, and I was a primary culprit :P : Arctic Fox
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        dude! I loved those. they were the best part of my long workday! : hirez
        • lol me too, since I took time off my long workday to write them... : Arctic Fox
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  HIREZ APPRECIATION SUBTHREAD Today we salute you, Mr. Shacknews TF2 Tournament Organizer. Before yo : omnova
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    literally laughing out loud. thanks omnova! : hirez
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      i give you a probationary add to the league of awesome : Dave-A
      • it's THE LAW : zen!
  • Totally and utterly agreed. And [lol'd]. : Arctic Fox
  • you forgot the singing dude's lines. fixed! Today we salute you, Mr. Shacknews TF2 Tournament Organiz : mikecyb
  • To feek hirez! : whistler
  • Haha, well done. : Head Rush
  • this is maybe the funniest thing i have ever heard : Jackass1233
  • hahaha! well done! : project13
  • Trips and I did a "Real Men of Genius" style song set to this, check it out: http://www.shacknews.com/la... : Xevo
  • To hirez! : Nitrium
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  Since I got ER'd twelve seconds later ill repost mine http://steamcommunity.com/id/great-white WEST : great-white
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    probationary add - low TF2 hours - good post count : hirez
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      to be fair, a lot of my hours are on my dads steam account since I didnt have the game till a few months ... : great-white
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        what's his steam id? : hirez
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          http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197963371966 But he plays a boatload. : great-white
          • tell your dad, he's in. : hirez
• WEST http://steamcommunity.com/id/itsjeff : itsjeff9
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  West. http://steamcommunity.com/id/Moonbase : Moonbase Commander
  • Jesus that was a quick response. : Moonbase Commander
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  OFFICIAL HIREZ IS JUST ALRIGHT THREAD Yeah, he's alright. : dmason
  • Agreed, he is pretty alright. : DrFlammable
  • hirez is just alright with me. : Duffman8369
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    Well, hirez's just this guy, you know? : A Sponge
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      NO YOU DIDN'T Oh, its on now! : Robotic Puppy Eater
      • I concede. I could never compete with a machine of such elegance, design and perfect purpose. : A Sponge
    • he's a froopy dude : bipolar
    • oh shi. did you just equate me to zaphod? that made my lifetime. : hirez
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    Hirez is just this guy, you know? : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • NO YOU DIDN'T Oh, its on now! : Xevo
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  byorn http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197966547605 : byorn
  • east/west? : hirez
  • West since I will be available in the later evenings...WEST : byorn
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  How often are the matches, and will you be required to be at all of them? I know a few Shackers are going... : BlackCat9
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    I'm signed up! We'll have a secret room at the reception with a bunch of computers hooked up that we can ... : OverloadUT
    • You're awesome! :D : BlackCat9
  • Well, I'm not all that good, so it probably won't be a problem if I'm not around. : DianeOfTheMoon
• Yay no probation email for me yet : melkore
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  OFFICIAL HIREZ IS WORSE THAN HITLER SUBTHREAD He killed my dog and I hate him. : SockMonkeh
  • He's an A-OK guy! : DrFlammable
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    I saw him punch a kitten. No lie. : gnomish
    • To be fair, the kitten was being a dick. : Kentor
  • I heard he too is a failed postcard painter. : great-white
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    I eat babies. : hirez
    • Anyone can eat a baby, only a real man can eat a baby straight out of the womb. : yosemiteclimber
  • I heard he didn't put a teleporter here : Malku
  • I saw him destroy a squirrel with his powerful jaws. : Kazomir
  • He came over once. My sister was raped and the fridge was empty. : dmason
• East - http://steamcommunity.com/id/colleton/ I haven't played at all lately, but was playing fairly r... : Colleton
• East: http://steamcommunity.com/id/AtticaBlue In the first tourney I was on the NastyJacks so check wi... : Attica Blue
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/Chaz_Raab : cjcharv
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  will any west matches use shack dallas, or will they all use west? : ]pm[chem
  • I imagine we'll probably use dallas as well. : hirez
• WEST http://steamcommunity.com/id/noobja : noobja
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  OFFICIAL HIREZ STOLE THE MILK FROM MY FRIDGE SUBTHREAD how the fuck am I supposed to eat my cereal now... : mikecyb
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    oh shit now you're gonna have to look in the back for that two month old milk it's not worth it dude :... : crummynz
    • Bring a tranq gun at least, it may have gown legs. : whistler
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    hirez stole my bike. : DHAvatar
    • hirez stole my virginity. : zen!
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/wheatloaf West!!!!111 : Wheatloaf
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/silentw -- WEST. I was supposed to be in the last tournament, but real lif... : silentw
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  http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197984180572 plz include me even though i suck : ass-street
  • east : ass-street
  • probationary add - low post count - low TF2 hours : hirez
• East - http://steamcommunity.com/id/grayscale : grayscale

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• Quit playing games with my heart. Jerk. : dumb.
• Friggin' jerk. ;( : stelth
• I definitely think it will exacerbate the medic over-scoring. Not a huge problem, though. Maybe some e... : vile
• I'm all about me shooting up to the #1 spot even faster and with less effort than before. : electroly
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  As far as assists go, I don't like how the medic automatically gets the assist when other classes probabl... : K1Bond007
  • I agree with your complaints about the assist system. It should be damage based and not give preference t... : skankcore
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    I see your point, but I think valve is trying to ramp up the medic class to draw more people to it. It's ... : yosemiteclimber
    • I need to proof read, sheesh. : yosemiteclimber
    • Well the patch is designed to get people to play medic more. I get that and it's good. Give him some vari... : K1Bond007
    • Yeah, but consider that what you're describing as game-winning - taking out enemy targets - occurs whethe... : Felraiser
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    You already don't get assist on dispensers and teleporters... Unless they changed it after I stopped play... : razlebol
    • Read the OP : Grumbeld
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  The most interesting thing in the video is that the cart heals the attackers. : chazums
  • That and the fact that the bomb blows up and kills you when you win! : Bob_Loblaw
• Cool. That means that when I'm medic to Zaun I'm going to make 90 gazillion points now instead of 45 gaz... : mrwolf710
• Interesting vid. Based off that vid, if you can keep a soldier alive through a crit uber, he'll get 6 cri... : Arctic Fox
• oh god the beards : manero
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  Wow, does the rest of the world only play on pubs? We are spoiled here. I thought it ironic that half ... : Trips
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    Yes, we are indeed spoiled here. The Shack has a fair few good, dedicated medics. : Arctic Fox
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      Medic makes my finger hurt : krebster
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        Toggle the Autoheal setting in your options. : dumb.
        • I'll check that tonight. Thanks : krebster
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  semi-hijack: Do you guys play a dedicated class or do you switch depending on what's needed? I normally : chazums
  • I sometimes switch to medic if needed, sometimes even engineer, but beyond that I just play whatever I fe... : A Sponge
  • i like the soldier. I'll play other classes sometimes but...i like the solider... : .frame
  • I medic pretty consistently. Like most gamers though I do get the hitch to blow some bitches up sometimes... : Duffman8369
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    I normally switch to whatever I think the team needs, which is normally a medic. Although I prefer being ... : pieman
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      Me too, they really don't get the credit they deserve - especially on pubs. : chazums
      • Ironically, I'll probably be the last person to get the medic achievements as it'll be me having to play ... : pieman
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        The people on shack servers are really good at giving credit to their medics. Every post action TF2 threa... : Duffman8369
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16781395#itemanchor_16781395 : manero
        • As usual, the Shack bucks the trend on normal. : chazums
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          Imagine if every player in TF2 was like a shacker, we'd have awesome games and thousands of chickdick spr... : pieman
          • What a wonderful world this could be... : Duffman8369
          • Thanks for reminding me what I need to do when I get home... : zerog83
    • that sucks you are a great medic:) : .frame
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    I play Sniper semi-exclusively, but depending on the map (and whether or not andrew, drake or whiteshack ... : zerog83
    • or on are on : zerog83
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      Hey, I watched the demos from the TF2 tournament final. I watched you for a bit on Dustbowl point 5. Nice... : rock elf
      • Thanks man :-) I was worried about having to go up against Drake, he's a pretty phenomenal sniper and had... : zerog83
  • i play pyro demo spy mainly. then medic or heavy if its really needed. : papaskot
  • I have a pretty even split between scout, demoman, spy, and soldier. I play the other classes when messi... : omnova
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    I've been playing a lot of medic, spy and soldier lately, but I've had most of my time played as a Pyro. : bcyde
    • Oh and scout too, I've been playing more scout. : bcyde
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    engineer 4 life. : eeeealmo
    • Stop killing me with the shotgun from 400 yards. : Duffman8369
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    I prefer Soldier, but will switch to Heavy/Pyro/Medic if it's necessary. I don't like switching though, ... : sonicdeathwalrus
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      rocketjumping is bound to your right mouse button? weaaaaak : zerog83
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        I swear, I have never been able to figure out how to rocketjump. I just can't figure out the timing of th... : sonicdeathwalrus
        • look down then crouch+jump+shoot simultaneously. Not too hard. : Arctic Fox
  • I'm by far best at medic, but i'll switch if there's medics already. Soldier/engy/heavy : romulan
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    My top 3 most played classes are, respectively, sniper, soldier and demoman. I started playing snipe almo... : xjdrake32
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      Now you can enjoy rockets and grenades flying though people! : omnova
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        I've heard people talk about this but I've never experienced a "phantom rocket" before. : xjdrake32
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          Oh it's just a perception. I think the client sees projectiles as calculated client side until they actu... : omnova
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            Yeah that irritates me to no end. When your teammates suck up crit splash when next to an enemy you are a... : xjdrake32
            • Although for some reason splash won't go through teammates if you fire at ground close to them, hence the... : xjdrake32
    • God I HATE that shit w/ the blood when you're a sniper. I can't even imagine how many times that's happen... : zerog83
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      AMEN. I can snipe "ok" on dallas where I ping 9. When I snipe on shackwest with a 90-100 ping it'... : twifosp
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        Yeah, not to make excuses or bitch or anything but I think that is why I played mediocre for the early of... : xjdrake32
        • I hear you. The sweet spot for sniping is about 90... It's not even that you have to adapt, it's tha... : twifosp
• I don't really care that much about the medic update, but Goldrush can't be released sooner enough. : zehh
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  There are a lot of medics that do just latch onto one guy. You'll be running around in front of them wit... : twifosp
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    this seems to happen a lot lately. You can be screaming for a medic while on fire with 10hp left and the... : .frame
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      I play medic quite a bit and sometimes (e.g. in an intense firefight) I'm conscious of other players need... : rock elf
      • I play medic quite a bit too, it's my second class played. Usually when I play, I finish in the top. Th... : twifosp
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      You have to be sympathetic to the medic. A lot of times after a pyro rush EVERYONE is on fire and EVERYON... : Duffman8369
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        attn soldiers: just because you took a pipe or a rocket to the face and are at 80% health does not mean y... : manero
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          it makes me wish there was some way to display how much someone actually needs a medic when they call for... : .frame
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            Maybe when they call for a medic that little red cross in the word bubble could fill/unfill just like you... : action wombmate
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              You can put the cross hair over them to see how much health they have while still healing your main targe... : Duffman8369
              • ahh the truth hurts:) : .frame
          • If they are close, a quick flick of the mouse to put the cross hair on the player model will tell you. ... : twifosp
          • Good suggestion, the big plus indicating where the call came from could be filled in proportional to the ... : romulan
      • Also, lead your medic to health packs but don't run over them. menkey is great at that. : chazums
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        And if you desperately need healing, stand still. For god's sake stand still. : A Sponge
        • oh god yes. : chazums
        • looking at you, scouts! : manero
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        My favorite is when 10 people are standing there, and it's hard to pick up the right player even though I... : romulan
        • This is even worse when trying to run out of a starting gate with a pyro or demo who is expecting an uber... : Duffman8369
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          So don't try and pick out the guy who called for medic, just start healing everyone. It's faster to just... : twifosp
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            I know how to play medic, and I'm pretty good at if if I'm not shitfaced. I'm talking about situations l... : romulan
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              So quick flick heal him. You don't have to heal him to full, just put out the fire so he can live to go ... : twifosp
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                See, you don't play medic much. When there is ten people standing in a densely clustered bunch, it is ha... : romulan
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                  Actually I play medic quite a bit and I don't see that as a problem. 1. There is a large red cross floa... : twifosp
                  • Like I said, it's only a problem in a couple situations, and it IS a problem, let it go. I don't play wi... : romulan
      • I hate how the buildings health shows up so when I'm running around and an engineer plunks down a sentry.... : redfive
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    I can be hard to balance healing the team and healing your guy. You don't want him running out into a se... : chazums
    • No offense, but this is the difference when playing with "normal" medics and a medic like rs|Felraiser. ... : twifosp
  • they should totally track that. i tell you, sniping a medic a split second before he ubers at the beginni... : theWhite
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  slight hijack how do sentries target? if there were two sentries next to each other and two guys came... : ass-street
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    They pick the closest guy I think. : chazums
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      Which is why ubered medics should ALWAYS go in front of the target they are ubering. I really hate it wh... : twifosp
      • ^^^. Medics get your kraut asses in front of your heavy so he can get in position. : Duffman8369
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        That can backfire if the sentry fires a rocket and it launches the Medic half way across the map, leaving... : arhughes
        • If you're on the same level, not a problem. But yeah, if you're higher than the sentry, you'll get tosse... : romulan
        • That's one of my fav cowardly demoman strategies on the last point on dustbowl: plant a few stickies on t... : dumb.
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    Sentries shoot the closest target. : Duffman8369
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      would it switch if the targets changed position? i.e. in front or behind the sentry? : ass-street
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        It will swivel 360 degrees and still fire on the same target unless something else got closer to it. : Duffman8369
        • Oh, That's good to know. I thought it was shooting the first target it sees. : razlebol
• So when the heck DOES the update come out? Valve Time'd. :( : lplasmatron

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  The first leaked video about 2 or 3 hours ago was from an Aussie and it was the PS3 version (not cracked ... : abrasion
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    well after looking at a few torrent sites, I could clearly see that GTA4 was up there. Its silly, I reall... : kurumba
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      I have pre-ordered months ago at 3 diff stores and 2 copies per store, EB Games no less >:( because it wa... : abrasion
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        why do you need 6 copies of this game? : mwasher
        • I don't, I just ordered at multiple stores because none were commiting 100% on a midnight launch - and I ... : abrasion
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  I think it's safe to say they're going to break even. : chazums
  • Nope, nobody will buy it now. Why would you buy it when you can get it for free? C'mon. : dirge23
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  I wouldn't doubt it if the early pirate did buy it. It's probably guys who would do anything to play it ... : kingdepork
  • I've had it on pre-order for a while, just waiting for it to ship. But if I had a working flashed 360... ... : GodZilly
• Damn those pirates for posting videos on the internet. I hope they burn in hell! : yoonix
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  lol, are you some kind of TT shill? chill out man, the corporations will get theirs without your help. : biskits
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    Nah, I just get pissed off that people do this, especially to such a big game. Of course I knew it would ... : kurumba
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      Yeah, when Bioshock came out some twats posted some real spoilers on these forums that were literally imp... : cause&effect
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        HARRY EATS PIE IN SPIDERMAN 3 HARRY EATS PIE IN SPIDERMAN 3 HARRY EATS PIE IN SPIDERMAN 3 HARRY EATS P... : buzzbat
        • ARRGGHHH... DAAAAMMMNNNN YOOOOUUUUU : cause&effect
        • haha I remember those posts :) : jbury
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  I bet less people would pirate it if they didn't have these goofy street dates. sell the shit as soon ... : MagicWishMonkey
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    I was talking about that to my Dad earlier, we both agreed that it should be released as soon as its in s... : kurumba
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      There's probably some goofy ass marketing reason for it, but I can guarantee you a lot of people would gl... : MagicWishMonkey
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        Yeah, Personally though I think its all to add to the hype. To make people try and grab it from stores ev... : kurumba
        • yea that's probably why, with rampant piracy I have to wonder if the extra hype is even worth it. : MagicWishMonkey
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        I think that whole "how many copies we sold in the first week of release" number is kinda important to pu : mwasher
        • that's a good point. : MagicWishMonkey
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          I'm pretty sure that a few stores where I'm at have the game in stock already, and just hiding it away. N... : kurumba
          • time to put on your robber outfit and do what you gotta do ;) : MagicWishMonkey
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      Probably has to due with deals with retailers. Imagine if due to some shipping problem the store down the... : Evil Benius
      • that makes sense. i still want my copy RIGHT NOW!!!! :) : MagicWishMonkey
      • Yeah well i'm hoping to either get it Friday or Saturday. Depending on when stocks in. I have preordered ... : kurumba
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        well sucks for the store down the street now doesn't it?!?!?!?!??!?!?! : mwasher
        • Its a small indie store that doesn't get many customers. Its going to work out great for them. Plus the G... : kurumba
      • I do wish that Wednesday was ship day, not Monday, so stores would get stock in Thursday and Friday and w... : Entity
  • If one store randomly gets their shipment in early, everyone cancels their preorders from other stores an... : kingdepork
  • Major reason is because of the sunday ad that comes out. They can entice people to come in on a tuesday f... : Iwannaacura
  • That would piss off retailers to no end. If one company got a shipment first they'd have an advantage. : Fred Garvin
• It's just videos. Ya, they should be taken down, but it's not anything that's killing them at the moment. : anhero
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  pls to be posting videos : oHnOES
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16784996 : jcupitt
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  Why would it be more wrong to pirate GTAIV then any other game? : SilverSnake
  • Also, I'd be more concerned with smaller companies that have their good games get pirated because I think... : mwasher
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    I'm not saying its anymore wrong, but I want the story and the rest of it to be a complete surprise. As d... : kurumba
    • I guess I read this part differently then how you intended it then: By the sounds of things R* really de : SilverSnake
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      so don't watch the videos. I fail to see what the problem is. : Clay
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        What if someone is FORCING him to watch the videos? : Matt Burris
        • he needs to find better friends! : Clay
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    because obama said so. : vassili_zaitsev
    • lol, that was goooooooooooooooooooood! : kurumba
  • Shacknews Anti-Piracy Voltron ASSEMBLE! : Tommy Toolbag
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  OMG CONSOLE GAMING IS DYING!!! NO ONE IS BUYING THE GAMES DUE TO THE PIRATES!!! : RyDogg1
  • NICE!!! : DrillBit
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    Don't say that, you'll make CliffyB come back to PC gaming and declare console gaming is dead because peo... : Matt Burris
    • lol : razlebol
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  I think what is more interesting is how much of the 360 disc it uses. Apparently from what I have read el... : Evil Benius
  • I wonder how the PS3 version fares in terms of disc usage. : guido anchovy
• Just BTW, pirates always get stuff before actual release. : MrGrindy
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  This is the best looking one I've seen so far http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Fpunltwh8 : protmind
  • Oh shit, that is awesome. : Matt Burris
  • 1979 FTMFW : Daggoth
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    LOLOL he got ejected and hit the other truck : Iwannaacura
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      Then he just got up and started fighting. : guido anchovy
      • * R U S S E L L C R O W E ' D * : Entity
      • * M - I : 2 ' D * : riptyde
  • hahahaha "...this message brought to you by babies-overnight.com!" : silent prophet
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    wow i wasn't interested in the slightest bit until i saw these videos. that shit looks ridiculous : eeeealmo
    • ? every GTA game has had these scenarios (only this one is much prettier looking). : EvilDolemite
  • wow the game sure does look purty. : FormerHPB
  • this is literally, the first gameplay video ive seen cant wait now : -=kodiak=-
  • fuck me, this is going to make me buy a PS3 : redfive
• The videos looked *AWESOME*, and I am looking more forward to picking it up than ever before. : Entity
• d00d, EVERY game gets pirated. : red2lucas
• I've been ignoring everything about GTA IV. I want to be blissfully ignorant of what awesomeness awaits ... : Ride-My-Rocket
• omg someone mentioned piracy. nuke this thread plz. : AMikaboshi
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  Your evidence of piracy is a youtube video? How do you know it wasn't an early sale? : walker270
  • it's posted to usenet and pretty much every other place where pirated stuff goes. there is absolutely no ... : [fry]
  • well you cant have any "early" sales legally in the U.S unless the stores who sell early want to lose the... : Iwannaacura

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  I can't believe I fck'ed that. Here's the link I meant to paste: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=piCbOD_k... : -sk-
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    As someone who loves all things GTA, and I mean, every console iteration of the game, thank you very much... : skankcore
    • Yeah, exactly my thoughts here. Even if the quality was so crappy, it looked so good in that. Can't wait ... : -sk-
  • Wish I could find an early copy. : socksta
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    Thank you, looks great, some clipping problems I think (his arm goes through part of the windscreen), but... : jcupitt
    • wow, the 360 version is apparently on p2p already : jcupitt
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  with only a week to go, i think i'll pass : Drewus
  • exactly what I was going to post. I love GTA so much I dont want anything spoiled now. : GodZilly
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  urge to watch is high, but I don't want to spoil it! : marmite
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    I say go for it. There's so much content in the game, this serves as a nice teaser to raise your appetite... : enyakk
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      I watched half and regret it. : GodZilly
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        Now go watch the other half! : enyakk
        • I'll wait with that until Tuesday next week. : GodZilly
• do want :( : moe6
• And....removed from youtube :( Didn't take long : socksta
• god that looked so fucking hot, especially the gameplay at the end : klearlyunseen
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  http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/206801.html : socksta
  • interesting. a long way from GTA1 :) still, looks epic, waay epic. : radula
• down on links in this thread for me, heres another link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8T-IocNYm8 : EagleSweet
• You're like the snake and enyakk is like Eve... evil temptress, stay away! : carnivore
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  more gameplay: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oNNTfOs6TDM ... being chased by the old bill : jcupitt
  • video has been removed :( : atom519
• We're sorry, this video is no longer available. We're sorry, this video is no longer available. We're sor... : zehh
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  gameplay - http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/206849.html : scottythejock
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    That framerate is appalling :( : abrasion
    • im pretty sure its the horrible encoding, its goes benny hill later on : scottythejock
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      I don't imagine a handheld camera recording a screen of a game and then being uploaded to a flash movie p... : tomservo
      • Yeah, no kidding. : mittense
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      god you complain about everything. i didnt see anything wrong : oHnOES
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        Oh come on dude, I've barely posted for 6 months and made a damned point about avoiding whining - it gets... : abrasion
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          You also have to stop blinking your eyes 5 times per second. abrasion, the framerate of your whole en... : tomservo
          • add 'abrasion' on PSN btw tom :) : abrasion
        • (actually I just re-watched it having it fully loaded instead of streaming and it does seem a bit better ... : abrasion
        • Now you're whining about being called out on whining all the time. : SockMonkeh
    • the disc format has likely not been optimized for streaming. : byorn
  • Holy motherfucking fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : razlebol
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    better one - http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/206848.html : scottythejock
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      !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The aiming is what I wanted it to be. No locking bullshit. Maybe it's there... but I ... : razlebol
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        both are available. you press the trigger in part way to do normal aiming, click the trigger all the way... : mwasher
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          I hate locking.. Makes it too easy. I guess if it's available online, I'll have to use it. It kinda remov... : razlebol
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            I don't think it is available online : mwasher
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              It's a host option. On or off. : mourningstar
              • Turn that shit off! : razlebol
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      The sociopath in me is so turned on right now. : tomservo
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        I am sooooo buying a running suit to wear while I play this game. : tomservo
        • and then he went off the jump and then the camERA ZOOMED IN AAHHHH TOUCH MY NIPPLES : tomservo
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          My diet is out the window for 48 hours when I get this, it's pizza, beer, fish and chips etc and GTA - ... : abrasion
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            Yep same here. In fact I'll probably exercise extra hard for the rest of this week just so I don't feel a... : tomservo
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              I've already started the 'must pre-exercise harder' routine this week because come midnight Monday - EPIC... : abrasion
              • Hell yes. :D If I don't have a headache from staring into a television light for hours and hours, the ... : tomservo
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      Three cheers for senseless random violence! : protmind
      • hip hip horrj! : AMikaboshi
    • dammit, I need videos on a site that aren't blocked as "streaming media" grr : mwasher
    • needs higher rez but damn that looks good for what it is. : nomaad
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      Wow the animation with Euphoria looks so fucking good. Hot. : ayesel
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        Gta 4 uses Euphoria? Not a single pedestrian grabbed onto a 3 ton chunk of steel and fly through the air... : kingdepork
        • I know you are probably being sarcastic and just mocking the Star Wars game using it but here is what eup : razlebol
        • Yeah, GTA4 looks like it makes a much better use of the technology than the Star Wars game does currently... : SockMonkeh
      • I may want euphoria more than gta4. You see where he capped that guy in the leg and he collapsed forward... : Rich McNinch
    • I love the car physics! I can't wait to spin a car 180 degrees while being chased, continuing to drive ba... : silent prophet
    • the animation looks really really good. : gmd
    • oh fuck : feek
    • Niko is so fucking Easter Eurotrash with that track suit haha : EvilDolemite
  • the level of detail in the city is amazing. : riptyde
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  more http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/206837.html : jcupitt
  • oh, sorry, same as the one above : jcupitt
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  Another good video (shitty quality tho): http://www.dailymotion.com/search/gta%2Biv/video/x56jfi_gta-i... : ErneX
  • That looks amazing (in terms of gameplay). : zehh
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  EA presents: Grand Theft Auto 2008... : SlamDunk
  • Look how wrong you are. : SockMonkeh
• oh man that looks good. DO WANT VERY MUCH : AMikaboshi
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  You should be banned for even suggesting such a thing. : silent prophet
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    reply to SlamDunk's EA comment :( : silent prophet
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      The thing is... is there really a difference: Take-Two <> EA? It's the same stuff all over again, with be... : SlamDunk
      • Like most game series' (Mario, COD, Burnout, CIV, etc), it has improvements over the previous iterations.... : FushigiDenki
      • I've always noticed a difference in they way they control their development houses, though that is probab... : silent prophet
• Wow these new vids are awesome :D : -sk-
• need Matt Plays quality... stat : marmite
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  The best video yet. Very good quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Fpunltwh8 Get it before it's ... : -sk-
  • wow looks awesome : ErneX
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    got a non-youtube mirror? :( : SockMonkeh
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      inorite? someone how some of these videos for download somewhere arghhhh : mwasher
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        dailymotion has a lot of them crappy gameplay movies, and they're not deleting it it seems. : zehh
        • site blocked. :( : mwasher
        • http://www.dailymotion.com/search/gta%2Biv/video/x56kbp_gta-iv-6eme-video-ingame_videogames LOL @ 8:10 : zehh
  • oh my god B=====D : feek
  • OMG!!! : topkatz
  • wow indeed. : AMikaboshi
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    nice. really liking the driving. cars seem to have more heft. : stgulik
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      and really shitty shocks : manero
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        yeah the suv in this and the hummer in the other video look like their tops are made of jello : dantastic
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          Those vehicles have always handled pretty poorly. Gotta snag a Cheetah! : FlatlineDixay
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            That's what I'm thinking. Those vehicles look like they handle like shit, but we've got to wait for some ... : zehh
            • then again, suvs are supposed to be prone to rollover right? : dantastic
  • wow, it's weird to see GTA with good graphics. Does not compute. : oatmela
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    note smashing pumpkins on the radio : dantastic
    • I was just about to post this. Awesome. : Yanks
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    direct download: http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=18&video_id=x2Fpunltwh8&t=OEgsToPDskKgy2wZ0IP45opE2... : sikander
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      someone mirror this please i am at work :( : SockMonkeh
      • same here- mirror pleaaase : jbury
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    haha is that the passenger screaming? : aeg1x
    • yep. it's the passenger. hahahaha : AMikaboshi
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    god, smashing pumpkins, i am so sold on this game : blindi0815
    • has there been a complete song list published for all the stations yet? : Deathlove
  • oh god, I want this game now : DaMojo
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  better quality: http://www.ineed2getaway.co.uk/gtagameplay1.mp4 : jcupitt
  • oh thank you i can download this one... no more of this streaming bullshit please : mwasher
• That's a crappy song : davidc02
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  all these fucking people who pirated it, and not one has a capture card? : maulla
  • I don't think it's pirated, but rather people who got it from the stores earlier. There's a guy playing i... : zehh

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• Yay, I got one! : sergeon
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  Seattle Squad in USA A #8 bought! : cltcprd
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    hey dude, new teams are available now : Degenerate
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      hey dude, you have contract offers : cltcprd
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        dude are you stealing lester molester : azenmaster
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          HE'S ALREADY GONE! : cltcprd
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            I had to pay him big monies to come to my team : cltcprd
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              shit man, you that Lester has gots to get paid to play : Degenerate
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                I feel molested : azenmaster
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                  *Butt-Slap* : cltcprd
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                    enjoy your poop! : azenmaster
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                      don't be jealous : cltcprd
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                        I'm not! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16712359#itemanchor_16712359 : azenmaster
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                          i totally missed that thread and now i feel bad because i didn't even realize that i won the d-line star ... : mindfk
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                            why feel bad? it's all for awesome fun! : azenmaster
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                              also that's why I switched trophys the other day lol : azenmaster
                              • now it makes more sense. =p : mindfk
                        • Yeah LOLs http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16658339 : Jonathan
          • Oh fuck that noise. Everyone find another team before the end of this season, I'm not paying for another ... : Jonathan
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  Oh man, look how fast they are going :o : d1sregard
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    are they disappearing fast? I'm busy trying to move players around :( : cltcprd
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      yeah, can't refresh the leagues for shit now, heh. site is screeching to a halt. : d1sregard
      • SM me links to all your players and I'll send out contract offers. : cltcprd
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  Hmm, lots of options to play with as manager - did the first crew stick with the finance defaults the fir... : sergeon
  • I believe so. : cltcprd
  • Looks like they added stuff to the stadium and concession pages so you at least have a clue about what yo... : zen2k
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  oh god this is so sloooooow : Degenerate
  • yeah, i'm giving up until tomorrow. : cltcprd
• If a few of you are thinking of signing up, would you mind using my link? http://goallineblitz.com/gam... : DianeOfTheMoon
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  damn, just noticed they added over 1,000 teams instead of the declared 750. : Degenerate
  • yeah, they doubled the amount of teams that were in the game. : cltcprd
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  I snagged a team if anyone wants to play for me. Level doesn't matter. : phobium
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    oh shit, so thats five shack teams? : Degenerate
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      Two of those are already pretty full of players, don't forget. I don't know about the Lampshades but if a... : Psigun
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        all i know is the new NT on the demons is a fucking badass. what a stud. : mindfk
        • No doubt. That guy is total BEEFCAKE. He can *buttslap* me any day. : Psigun
        • I'm sure he'll get the defense back on track and we'll be shutting some mofos down like we were doing (so... : zen2k
  • Keywords: goalline goal line blitz glb goallineblitz shack team My username is phobium My team is Myr... : phobium
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  Gooooooooooooo lampshades, can't wait to keep the streak alive, 3 games not allowing a single point to th... : azenmaster
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    What happened to Jamal Power? : DianeOfTheMoon
    • i had two players on one of the other shack teams (zen2k's austin cyber-demons) and i decided to consolid... : mindfk
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    Oh sure was that before or after cltcprd abused his gm powers and gutted us? : Jonathan
    • this is terrible : conandan
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  I wonder if there is going to be a player shortage now. 1000 teams x 50 = 50,000 players. : d1sregard
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    we can always use CPU players to fill out the backups (even though I would rather not) : cltcprd
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      Hopefully we can get some more Shackers as backup players should be receiving a bit more playing time ove... : d1sregard
      • Yeah, it's going to change the dynamics of the game quite a bit. : cltcprd
• my buddies team made the superbowl. Richmond Rebel Yell or something like that : boomstickah
• Got a newly created Guard, figure there will be need for one with the diluted talent base. http://goalli... : woddemandred
• There will be plenty of space for players, so sign up you bums! Use my referral link or DianeOfTheMoon's ... : woddemandred
• Everyone sign up! Here's a link! http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=5273477 : Juno
• I have a level 2 free safety that hasn't been on a team yet... I was waiting until we had more shackteams... : allowat76
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  cltcprd has release ability for the Lampshades - if the other shack team owners could message me I'll add... : Jonathan
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    That sucks. I liked playing for the Lampshades :( Could probably have been handled somewhat better *coug... : woddemandred
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      I'm aware that I'm really being shitty at this point but having gotten grief from non-starters in favour ... : Jonathan
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        the reason that we were winning is because we had depth... great... now we are going to blow. : conandan
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          Yeah that's why I'm looking to get out. : Jonathan
          • this fucking blows. : MisterPhoton
      • woah, breathe in a second, he only took Degenerate, who wasn't a starter in any of his positions, and sig... : azenmaster
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    WTF. why arent you keeping the lampshades? : conandan
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      Chin up lad! You're a prime rusher, I expect you to be flooded with offers. : Jonathan
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        I know, and I can only get better, my player is set up to slam the defense, but holy shit this is depress... : conandan
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          seriously, that's some shit right there. Jonathan was the driving force behind everyone getting so into t... : MisterPhoton
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            Not only that: but cltcprd was putting people on our team that he was going to take to his team, so that ... : conandan
            • yeah, thanks for hosing the official shack team. Fucking asshats. : MisterPhoton
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              To be fair I knew cltcprd stashed players on the team at the end of the season for training and money but... : Jonathan
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                which starters? seems like too much drama : azenmaster
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                  Lester Molester, Mini Fridge and George PapaBear. Players with significant play time included Preacher Wh... : Jonathan
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                    good riddance to PapaBear. Dude sucked but always got the start because of cltcprd. Seriously, I once s... : boofy
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                      Oh and the drama I've inflicted caused Beef McLargehuge to ask for a release. : Jonathan
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                        Funnily enough I'm now up to 5 offers from various teams (in the 2 hours since release). I'm gonna be tit... : Fyunch Click
                        • Come back to us, man, we miss your buttslaps :( : woddemandred
                        • They added 1000 teams, I doubt they added 1000 level 8 LBs : azenmaster
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                    1- First off, the subs are irrelevant: Preacher White DE (we have 5), Walter Sweet HB (we have 3, includi... : azenmaster
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                      The subs aren't irrelevant - these were people who where playing a third of a game. If training counted f... : Jonathan
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                        you think other teams aren't going to have people join new teams? what makes you think that? We have a... : azenmaster
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                          The only reason people are leaving our team so far is because of the dynamic of playing for a shack team ... : Jonathan
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                            my main problem is that my playtime decreased steadily throughout the season. Too many LBs fighting for t... : Fyunch Click
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                              2 of them left now though. : azenmaster
                              • there were like 8. : Fyunch Click
                  • Well 2 of those players are mine... and 2 are Degenerates.. : cltcprd
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                wait, so he just released them, so the team got nothing out of the deal, didn't even do it via trade? : MisterPhoton
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                  nope. fucking asshat if you ask me : conandan
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                    heh, not only that, but our team chemistry is fucked now. : MisterPhoton
                    • that's irrelevant because it resets day one of the season. : azenmaster
                  • fuck off. Jonathan knew I was taking my players and several backups. : cltcprd
            • fuck you guys are babies. Everyone was bitching about playing time so I made a new team. I even asked i... : cltcprd
  • wait, so you're completely dissolving the Lampshades? :-( fuck that noise, dude : MisterPhoton
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    hey owners, don't claim Edward Photon, I'm just going to retire him. After this bullshit of people destro... : MisterPhoton
    • WAIT DAMN : azenmaster
    • Noo, don't waste him. We can rebuild! We have the technology. >:( : hardfl1p
    • Stay awhile? Azenmaster just might restore my faith... : Jonathan
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  BEFORE RETIRING LOOK AT THE LAMPSHADES IT IS STILL FULL OF PLAYERS : azenmaster
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    everyone calm down you drama llamas mindfk, Jamal Power left the lampshades weeks ago, because all his... : azenmaster
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      degenerate lacks discipline : conandan
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        I knew that Walter could never take Conans starting job :( : Degenerate
        • yeah, but he could be a good back up fool. You lack team spirit as well : conandan
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      Lampshades: http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=754 cltcprd's team: http://goallineblitz.com... : azenmaster
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        stop being a vagina, we can still stomp shit : hardfl1p
        • sorry, I was being sarcastic. : azenmaster
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      I also offered my FS and CB to cltcprd before this drama started. Both were getting very little playing t... : Portax
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        I just looked at who's on cltc's team : azenmaster
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          Oh. Well, my players weren't that useful so I didn't feel like Lampshades was losing some star players. : Portax
          • I don't know players by shacknames, I'm sure we'll miss your CB. : azenmaster
  • We are an Epic, Heartwarming Comeback Story waiting to happen. : sonicdeathwalrus
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  i'm confused, why is everybody pissed at cltcprd : Clay
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    He took some of Lampshades players (some he said he would, some he wouldn't) without giving any money to ... : hardfl1p
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      oh that's relatively lame. did he own the lampshades? : Clay
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        nah, Jon gave him some admin powers to help out with managing the team. Cltcprd just released players he ... : hardfl1p
        • oh, that is remarkably lame. shame on you cltcprd. : Clay
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          More accurately it was players that agreed to join his team, not just "players he wanted" I'm pretty h... : Degenerate
          • You were under contract - at least have the balls to ask for a release from someone other the guy who's t... : Jonathan
          • ahh, k : hardfl1p
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    While they won't admit it, the real reason their pissed is because Lester won't be on the field with them... : Degenerate
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      I'm only really going to miss the poop : azenmaster
      • I've already pooped in the other forum : Degenerate
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    Because he went from "I'm getting my own team, I'm not going to take any starters, do you mind if place a... : Jonathan
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      *nosebreathe* : azenmaster
      • I've already passed out from the epic sentences... lets see if I'll calm down when I wake up... : Jonathan
• Can someone send me a contract offer http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=78051 : belal
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  LAMPSHADES New defensive coordinator here, to get ready for the new season on defense we need to add ... : azenmaster
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    Well put Buzzsaw on the damn depth chart if you're feeling thin at D line. ;) : Lunatic Angelic
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      added him, going to take starters off defensive special teams. Who is offensive coordinator? : azenmaster
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        MisterPhoton, NFXFSX and skilesare are the other remaining GMs. : Jonathan
        • cool, I'm not going to change anything to the offense positions or kick returns, only defense and kick t... : azenmaster
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    Bump me up on the depth chart, Speedy McPickerson is level 6 and i'll be boosting once season 2 starts. : Clay
    • give me some of your flex points daddy warbucks : Degenerate
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      done, I don't know how many CBs we're going to need, think we could use a couple more subs clay? : azenmaster
      • you can easily use five or six CBs as theyre good ST players as well. : Degenerate
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    This is what we need, I've got FPs to burn and will be happy to create and boost some players to help fil... : gargy
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      Right now on defense I could use an NT most of all because we only have 3 defensive tackles, and need 4. ... : azenmaster
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        Lester was always the third CB on the depth chart and he usually saw around 25-30 plays a game I think. : Degenerate
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          There's always two CBs on the field... It's the only position where you can be second on the depth chart : Jonathan
          • Yep, and sometimes there are four, so I'd say we need at least 5-6 CBs. : woddemandred
          • If I did get bumped to second I got bumped back to third. I checked the depth chart before the last game ... : Degenerate
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      Looks like we've got 3 Tackles and 4 DEs. In the 4-3 we don't even hit the NT depth chart do we? So bas... : gargy
      • we have 3 tackles and 5 or 6 DEs, 4-3 refers to linemen vs. linebackers, which means every play there ar... : azenmaster
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    any more spots to fill? : handofthrawn
    • see my post right above you and check the depth chart, on defense I can only guarantee top 2 playing tim... : azenmaster
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    ok I have work to do but I'll check GLB threads and you can message me for defense stuff. : azenmaster
    • PS: we do need 3rd-string players as they'll get some playing time (much less, but still important for wi... : azenmaster
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    Mario Mario is already the biggest guy ever! : ohhjebus
    • I put you as starting defensive tackle, since donatello has the d-line general skill. You can talk to Di... : azenmaster
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  I'm Sorry. I apparently have a secret desire to usurp Clay from his "Shut it Down!" title. If the Lampsha : Jonathan
  • *slap* You're hysterical, man, take a hold of yourse--- oh. Great to have you back, Jon :D : woddemandred
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    make Clay a full partner! : Degenerate
    • excuse me, if anybody is going to be making somebody a partner, it would be me making jonathan a parter. : Clay
  • We're gonna kick ass this season. Is everyone boosting? I'm 200 XP away from lvl 8, gonna boost to 11 rig... : sonicdeathwalrus
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    good to hear. :D Looking at our roster we still have so much depth and ability to make a great season. ... : handofthrawn
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      I took you off special teams to let the subs in on them, you should be fresher for sacking too : azenmaster
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        really? because i accidently went for speed over strenght for my DE he was a star on special teams. the... : handofthrawn
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          I don't think any starters should be on special teams personally, mainly to help get the subs playing tim... : azenmaster
          • lol, your the boss so im fine with any gameplan you come up with. i just wanted to make sure you saw tha... : handofthrawn
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      I really do think the team will still have a good season as there was great depth at most positions. : Degenerate
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        I see Psigun moved his FB (our 2nd string FB) to the Demons. YOU CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE COCK : hardfl1p
        • I was only on the Lampshades for two games and got about 15 plays total. Been with the Demons for almost ... : Psigun

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  What the fuck....they have to be spiders! : NFXFSX
  • They aren't. I laugh as your whole world comes crumbling down. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Blew my mind. : romulan
  • I, too, shat bricks. : Arctic Fox
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  Browsing through wikipedia it seems there's a few different insects referred to as day longlegs, one of w... : boredguy
  • That is not a daddy long legs and I will fight anyone who says that is : buzzbat
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    Daddy-long-legs are most definitely spiders. Those other two are frauds. Who the hell would call this: ht... : BlackCat9
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      How does it feel to be so horribly wrong? There is only ONE true daddy long-legs and that is http://en.wi... : Kazomir
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        I have never seen any of these other creatures referred to as a daddy long-legs. It's always been the "bi... : Kazomir
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          Like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Harvestman_eating_skink_tail.jpg That's from the same art... : Xevo
          • Holy fucking hell. I can tolerate spiders somewhat, but that fucking picture is ridiculous. : lyme
      • That first picture looks nothing like a daddy long legs, but the third one on the page maybe does. : perstephanie
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      ^^^ This man is correct! Daddy-long-legs are spiders. That Harvestman thing is wrong wrong wrong! : OverloadUT
      • Maybe it varies by region. Around here the "Harvestman" things are DEFINITELY what is referred to as dadd... : Kazomir
  • I read that, but the classic daddy longleg 'spider' I have grown up with has been a lie. : romulan
  • Yeah, we had them in Sydney when I was a kid, in the tool shed. Called them Daddy Longlegs but they were ... : node
  • Oh, phew. The ones I thought were Daddy long legs ARE actually spiders. :D : Arctic Fox
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    Based on the pictures, I'm pretty sure that what I call a daddy long legs is in fact a spider, because th... : perstephanie
    • Wait, I think I'm changing my mind. Need more pictures. : perstephanie
• I did not know this. I'm not sure if knowing this makes them more creepy or less creepy. : Perturbation
• * Buried as inaccurate : BlackCat9
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  Damn. Mind blowing. Had you ever heard the story that they were deadly poisonous except their fangs we... : Colleton
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    Nope, but the website I used to verify this fact mentioned it. http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html : romulan
    • Oh shit and they don't spin webs. I'm a little creeped out now, and I like all the spiders in our house.... : romulan
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    Wasn't that on mythbusters? : Kaerof
    • Yep and busted. : NFXFSX
  • I was always told that as a kid. Guess they weren't lying to me after all... : Malku
  • I have, a bunch of times. But yeah I just read that. They did it on MythBusters also. : perstephanie
• whoa, i did not know that. : Mmmmmoo
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  Mosquito hawk: neither mosquito nor hawk! : wozzeck
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    We just call them mosquito eaters, it avoids any and all confusion about the matter. : yosemiteclimber
    • ...except they don't eat mosquitos : s2jason
• by daddy longlegs you mean these, right? http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=8xu7nn&s=3 : Old_Fart
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  In the UK, daddy longlegs fly. Thus, I never thought of a daddy longlegs as a spider. : SiW73
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    i call bullshit : biskits
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      No, really.. obviously these are different insects we're talking about, but what we referred to as daddy ... : SiW73
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        We have those all over the place in the Northwest U.S. too. They're actually pretty cool. If an insect do... : Psigun
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          Are those the ones people call mosquito eaters or is that something else? Because those confused the hell... : perstephanie
          • If it has got long legs and looks like a mosquito except 10 times larger, it's a Crane Fly. Also known as... : Psigun
      • over here we call those "big motherfucking mosquito things" : jenisthebest
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    fucking neeker-breekers. : moe6
    • lol I hated those damned things. : Rotten Deadite
• I feel like you have found some impossible to control piece of information and it will be like the end of... : sesmaster
• Interesting, I never knew that the reference to Daddy Long-Legs in my favourite anime is a reference to t... : woddemandred
• I see you've chosen the red pill. : whistler
• The things I grew up knowing as "daddy long-legs" (in California) were cellar spiders. Apparently though... : s2jason
• harvestmen are called daddy long-legs in your crazy country?? my mind is blown : jcupitt

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  note: i have not been this excited for a silly video game in a very long time : mwasher
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    yah i know... I really want to skip out on work for it. But I KNOW my boss will know why I called out... : Shadowdane
    • half my team is away, I could only get the afternoon off :( : scottythejock
    • yea i'm expecting the service level here at work to drop quite a few points for those days. lol : mwasher
    • heh, I took a vacation day for it. : yakz
    • I have a vacation day approved. :D : SockMonkeh
    • I feel like a huge dork but here it is.... http://shackpics.com/files/dork_6dijgg22kdjl5s51tu6t.jpg : paroxym
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    Hijack: whens the last time you were this excited for a game? musta been hl2 for me : papaskot
    • Yeah, either HL2 or GTA:Vice City. I'd say STALKER, but I was still a bit leery about it being not so ... : tomservo
    • Oblivion : silent prophet
    • THe Orange Box : DrillBit
    • Team Fortress 2 HL2 / Ep1 / Ep2 Metroid Prime : zerog83
    • Half Life 2 for sure. : marmite
    • I was so excited for HL2 I bought a new video card a year before the game came out! : TwiLyght
    • oblivion : eeeealmo
    • HL2 yeah. Nothing compares to Quake though : red2lucas
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      Super Mario 3 : PapaBoo
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        After seeing The Wizard, the hype-o-meter for SM3 was off the charts. : riptyde
        • Indeed. Our local rental shop had the import of the game. So much fun. : pimpium
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          I still fap when that guy pulls out /'[The Power Glove]/ : PapaBoo
          • and go limp when I screw up a shacktag : PapaBoo
    • I was more excited for Quake 3 I think. : Chunks
    • TOB : biskits
    • HL2, yeah. Christ I need to figure out a way to shoehorn this into our budget >:( : Deathlove
    • Team Fortress 2 : razlebol
    • Street Fighter 2 Turbo on SuperNES. : Entity
    • I was this excited for a game when pretty much any game came out :p Actually, I'm excited for you guys... : rock elf
    • Crysis : SockMonkeh
    • Not excited for this, but Doom 3 hype was pretty insane. Of course, I definitely didn't feel like it was ... : hohoh0
    • Definitely HL2 for me. Its the only other time I remember absolutely clearing my calendar to do nothing b... : paroxym
    • San Andreas : thejm4n
• 18 hours : red2lucas
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  13 days Arrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh End of finals : CrustaR
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    i'm with you. I will be glad for finals since it will mean I am done with all my projects I am doing this... : stgulik
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      Tomorrow is going to be my toughest day yet. I have a huge presentation, and my professor is going over ... : CrustaR
      • presentation for me too tomorrow. 1/4 of my grade in the class. nervous already. i know i'll end up slee... : stgulik
  • 8 days for me :) : ErikTehRed
• ?????????? importing from play-asia, no ETA date. FUCK : Daggoth
• I WANT IT RIGHT NOW : gmd
• fucking pirates : oHnOES

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  why did you switch to the PS3 version when 360 is getting all the DLC and such and such : Deathlove
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    1. Xbox Died Again 2. Multiplayer with roomate > random people 3. Don't really care about DLC and waiti... : dilutedq
    • fair reasons all! : Deathlove
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      also forgot the part about the ps3 not sounding like a jet engine! too bad my ps3 just bite the bullet a... : smacknca
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        don't tell me that if my ps3 dies I'm going to lose all faith :( : dilutedq
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          everything mass produced has a failure rate. everything. : sharpie
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            Yes but the hardware should at the very least last the typical shelf life of the console. It's just very... : Wombat Woo
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              I don't really understand. Typical shelf life means its entire life, i.e. everything fails eventually no ... : sharpie
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                Here I thought good failure rates were measured in parts per million =\ : Agrona
                • rofl. : DarkWolf5
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                  Hardware yields. iirc the PS3 cell has an eighth SPE to increase yields. Only seven are enabled. The e... : Wombat Woo
                  • There are different kinds of failures too. You have manufacturing defects, which you test for, try to re... : DinK
            • Most PS3's I read that are being sent back is because of the Blu-Ray drive acting up as it's slot driven.... : zigaroo
        • The PS3 is a solid machine, broken system reports are few and far between I think. : pancake humper
    • Thank you, makes me feel better about my choice to buy the PS3 only for GTA :) : bundy
  • Because the DLC is just an opportunity to pay extra for more content in a game that has more content than... : Vincent Grayson
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    Doesn't want to play with all the Shackers that will have the 360 version because they will kick his ass. : Fred Garvin
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      people who have played with me on gears will tell you that probably wouldn't be the case ;) but besides t... : dilutedq
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        sweet, time to play with Japan shackers : Sirus2400
        • roger that! Shacking at work, for shame. : gibolas1234
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  Supposedly it'll look slightly better on PS3, but I'm still going 360. I may end up getting both just so... : Boxelder
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    where did you read this? : ant_hillbilly
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      Interview with the creator: Getting things running on the PS3 initially was challenging. I think it was c : Boxelder
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        So its more of a matter of opinion. : ant_hillbilly
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          I believe that's what they call a political answer. He had some harsh words for the DVD storage and lack... : Boxelder
          • ??? Both have plusses and minuses. As far as I'm concerned, they're neck and neck now Also, DVD and... : jake
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          Correct answer: The PS3 version has a tiny bit less aliasing and gives a smoother overall image. The 360... : SolrFlare
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            I thought the 360 had the aliasing advantage because it had hardware AA? : Boxelder
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              tell that to forza 2 :( : pyide
              • Forza 2 has WAY less aliasing that GT5... : tcs
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              it's possible some of the rendering techniques, filters, or post processing don't play nice with the 360'... : pyide
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                The engine it uses was built on the 360, so I assumed the same, but I guess not. This isn't the first ti... : Boxelder
                • i'm positive it's gonna 0wn. : pyide
              • I'm guessing you have it right. The 360's hardware allows for basically free AA but devs probably someti... : DinK
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              for a machine with 10mb of cache on the GPU (iirc) the 'free' AA sure doesn't look so classy in most of t... : abrasion
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                its not required that developers use that for 2x AA. I read a while ago some developer used the Cache to... : Shadowdane
                • I guess that's possible - when I initially read up on it, I was under the impression that it was best de... : abrasion
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        What shots have they been showing? I know originally the media was all 360, but lately I've been seeing ... : SiW73
        • there is a filter on the screenshots, I'm pretty sure its in post processing and Rockstar is just doing i... : derelict515
      • That sounds like a nice way of saying the textures are crappier on the ps3 : chazums
      • I'm pretty sure that "certain softness" is called smearing the lens with vaseline! : AgentPothead
      • that's talking about differences in the rendering between the consoles in general. it probably boils down... : Mansmells
• i'm waiting for my exams to be over before i get my ps3, just for gta iv and mgs 4 :) : lausai
• i'll probably be playing with you online sir = ) make sure you add some of us shackers to your friends... : Break
• I'm going to hold off completely. I'd prefer the PC version anyway. :/ : Sylvanus
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  The pirated 360 version just hit the net, looks like you made the wrong choice my friend. :P : GodZilly
  • as did the owners of non-chipped 360s, heh : jcupitt
  • the leaked intro shown in kotaku's from the ps3 version http://kotaku.com/383086/gta-iv-intro-its-live... : lausai
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  Welcome to the club enjoy the quiet : abrasion
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    Once MGS4 comes out I think there will be a lot more noise. : melkore
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      I was talking about the systems themselves, I <3 my PS3 : abrasion
      • It all makes sense now. : Fred Garvin
    • doubtful : bozer
    • Ya, I am waiting to get the MGS 4 bundle I think : pancake humper
  • hehe i love that you have one now = ) i remember all the posts about being pissed about such and such ... : Break
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  This is the POTM? : Fred Garvin
  • Why is it that? : dilutedq
• Excellent, add me to your friends: NipGrip Anyone with a PS3 can add me for some hot and heavy PS3 ... : AndyGoin
• Feel free to add me to your friends list. There will be a bunch of GGers playing the game on the ps3 soon... : d3tached
• I will try to add the ones that posted your tag, mine is dilutedq.... hahah I'm so creative. : dilutedq

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• Ocean's 11 : Prozium
• Foolproof was fun and interesting. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356614/ : Halen
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  H E A T : rgoer
  • granted it's not really a heist movie but it involves robberies : rgoer
  • Best gunfight in any movie....period. : phate81
  • ^^^^ only answer : Iwannaacura
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  The Sting : hollowPointersC#
  • Absolutely correct. : Sacred Sperm
  • One of my favorite movies, but is it a really a 'heist' movie? : Totenjaeger
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  Heat, Layer Cake, Thomas Crown, Reservoir Dogs (sorta, aftermath really), Topkapi, ... and I'll throw in ... : K1Bond007
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    why doesn't it surprise me you threw in a James Bond movie? : gyokuro
    • I had to. I mean they do break into Fort Knox. By that same definition, I could also throw in Die Har... : K1Bond007
  • Thank you, Topkapi reminded me of Rififi, which is one someone told me about a few days ago that I was tr... : Ctrl-Phreak
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  original The Italian Job : Old_Fart
  • original oceans 11 : mindmann
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  Just this minute, I finished The Bank Job. It was a pretty fun flick. Kept me guessing and Saffron Burrow... : djkenohki
  • Also The Saint has not been mentioned. A decent popcorn flick/rental. : djkenohki
  • The Bank Job was great. Certainly not the best, but it ended up being surprisingly great : ErikTehRed
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  Snatch : kallanta
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    Can't forget Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels : djkenohki
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      Most people prefer Lock Stock, it seems, but... really it doesn't do anything special for me. To each th... : kallanta
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        I actually prefer Snatch. The Pikies kill me. : djkenohki
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          On one version of the DVD, there's a subtitle option JUST for them. It's great stuff, most of what they'... : kallanta
          • My friend brought over that dvd and used that feature. I had to go out and buy it out of sheer awesomenes... : djkenohki
    • Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Cocks. : ADSliv
  • Would you really call Snatch a heist movie? I mean sure there's the diamond and all but there's hardly a... : Begawkiness
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  The Lookout : kallanta
  • ^^ This was excellent. Also Inside Man was a good recent heist movie. : Kazomir
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  heist was good, imo. : d0pamine
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    "My motherfucker is so cool, when he goes to bed, sheep count him." Great flick. : kallanta
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      "Makes the world go round." "What's that?" "Gold." "Some say love." "They're right too. It is love. ... : slax0r
      • Mamet is fucking awesome. : kallanta
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  does lock stock and two smoking barrels count? : ibrokn
  • oh, it was already mentioned, never mind. : ibrokn
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  Inside Man : coldfusioncs
  • I agree with this source of energy. Also, Layer Cake. : Fred Garvin
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    Very undrrated movie. Lee is the fucking man. : -efx-
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      It was a tight flick for sure. : node
      • My only gripe was some of the heavy-handed racial commentary (the cop making the racist comments, and the... : riptyde
  • ^^ yeah, this : xsii
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  The Score with De Niro : Cashh
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    This movie was a big letdown to me considering the actors involved. De Niro, Brando, and Norton and it's ... : K1Bond007
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      This article kind of sums the De Niro situation up right now. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/m... : djkenohki
      • yeah, but then there have been so many shitty ways to run down a career, and nobody would care. but every... : blindi0815
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        Pacino has made a string of bad films lately, including the famously awful "Gigli," "The Recruit" and "Tw : weaselmeister
        • I had no idea he was in Gili. :( I enjoyed the recruit also... : FormerHPB
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  Ronin Mother fuckers...do you speak it? : soggybagel
  • Yeah, I think you're pretty much exactly right. : dumb.
  • This would have to be my favorite on the list. I have to see this at least twice a year or I go nuts. Jea... : djkenohki
  • I really need to get around to seeing this movie. Can someone lend me their copy? : kallanta
  • what colour is the boat house at Hereford? : Postal
  • Heat + this = all you need : deject
  • I just ambushed you with that fucking coffee : painangel
  • That movie is one good chase scene and a bunch of other crap. : Sexpansion Pack
• The Great Escape, Escape from Alcatraz, The Great Train Robbery. : edgewise
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  The Bank Job was good. : rustified
  • I can't read. What djkenohki said. : rustified
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  Can I count The Hidden Fortress as a heist movie? : kallanta
  • It's also the best Star Wars film.... : kallanta
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  I hardly remember it now but "Bandits" was pretty good : tunis5000
  • Beavers and Ducks! : cerealSAM2
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  bottle rocket : pyide
  • ^^^^ hell yea. the tape on the nose and the little bags... "do you have bags for like atlases?" lol!... : dignan
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  Well fuck guys, Reservoir Dogs. I mean, come on. : Duffman8369
  • ^^ This and The Usual Suspects would get my vote along with many of the others like Heat and Ronin. : FormerHPB
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  Dog Day Afternoon : sexninja!!!!
  • give the man a cigar ATTICA!!! : cptstern
• The Usual Suspects. Anything post 2002 in this list is ultra-crud. : sim0n
• italian job with marky mark : arizona bay
• Time Bandits : Old_Fart
• The bankjob: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200465/ The ladykillers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335245/... : ysbreker
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  Not "Heist", trust me. Ugh. : tomservo
  • beat me to it. : Grumbeld
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  Swordfish : pimpium
  • there was only two cool parts, to swordfish. 1. The bomb at the beginning 2. Halley Barrys tits : WadeMcLain
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  Ocean's 11 (the original, but the remake wasn't bad either) : tashtego
  • Even Ocean's 12 and Ocean's 13 are pretty entertaining. Not outstanding, but fun. : Arcanum
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  The Great Muppet Caper : sesmaster
  • FUCK YA : Q-ball
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  Kelly's Heroes. It's more of a heist flick than a WW2 film. Classic stuff. : eskimo spy
  • You gotta stop with these negative vibes, man. : Duffman8369
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    if your gonna go with Kelly's Heroes might as well go with Three Kings : Dschinghis Khan
    • Nope, Kelly's Heroes was way better. : Totenjaeger
    • Three Kings was a poor substitute for Kelly's Heroes. Just the casting for Kelly's Heroes alone puts it i... : Fyunch Click
• The Score. : action wombmate
• Small Time Crooks! : SolveChrist
• A Fish Called Wanda. Another movie that you can sometimes forget is based around a big robbery. : eskimo spy