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• Sadly it is hard to tell whether that is actually a person or a real-doll. : Totenjaeger
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  Does he have a body guard? : Mrc32
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    it's standard practice to have our head of security walk celebrities to the stage when they're doing thes... : Korban
    • QVC head of Security-- we protect the fake jewelry and fake celebrities. : Mrc32
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  what did he taste like : boring gegtik
  • sweet peaches with a hint of watermelon : Korban
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  wtf hair : action roommate
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    Seriously, that was my first reaction. Looks like some crazy weird play-doh sculpture on his head. : hirosushima
    • * D O G B O Y ' D * : Totenjaeger
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  Does not deliver. : Evil Benius
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    i asked him about a 3-way, but i think he was scared off by the can of corn, ball gag, rubber hose and go... : Korban
    • srsly though is he openly gay now or what. he used to be closeted right : [fry]
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  Dude, it's Clay Aiken. Were you really that excited? :p : zerog83
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    hi, i'm Korban. have we met? : Korban
    • I don't care if you're gay, his music is mediocre and no one should be attracted to him. : Lone Swordsman
    • this man is all lols. : newek
    • I do not think anyone would forget haha. : Evil Benius
    • Yes, we did. And it's still Clay Aiken :p : zerog83
  • I bought Invisible off itunes. I'm so ashamed. : baron calamity
• ?? Where are the pics of the some of the hot QVC hosts? : Smitty
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  He's like Dante from Devil May Cry except more femmy : tomservo
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    And Dante is 100x better looking. : Evil Benius
    • With 80% less fake bake : tomservo
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  What's with his hair? : sharkII
  • i was just about to ask that, what is wrong with his wigthing? : laurgasms
  • He's in a broadway show. Pretty sure the hair is for it. : Reavers!
• this chick is going to die in 7 days. http://www.flickr.com/photos/70842988@N00/2453649723/in/set-7215... : changejar419
• Wow, he moves very very fast : sesmaster
• I thought you said Clay Davis, so when I saw the pictures, I was all "Shiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeet" : OwenButler
• Reminds me of Barry Manilow, kinda. : Chunks
• weird, flickr and yahoo have all sorts of broken images for me. i think my internet at work is totally h... : FrayLo
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  why are all the pics so foggy looking :( : PapaBoo
  • sorry, i couldn't help myself :( : Korban
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  Who the fuck is Clay Aiken? Was this like Rex Manning Day or something? The hair looks about right. : Arsenal
  • Clay Aiken won 2nd place in the 2nd season of American Idol : RikiTiki2
  • lol rex manning day. Nice Empire Records reference. : hirez

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  I love announcing "I use the critzkrieg" though. l33t strats then follow, or if not l33t, many comedic cr... : Downforce
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    Until the other team shoots the medic. : alias
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      hahah need a second medic to uber that medic (not the pyro) : Fayk
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        ... Yeah that will happen... : alias
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          Are you living in an alternate dimension where there are not commonly 2+ ubers happening at the same time... : Fayk
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            No, just saying that doing such things, while helping the team to win, probably won't occur because that ... : alias
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              I'll say it. FUCK POINTS : deject
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                Suuuuuure. Which is why everyone crowds the capture point to get the 2 extra points for capturing inst... : alias
                • Really? I crowd the point as a calculated risk because it caps FASTER, not because it's POINTS. : Fayk
                • You must play on pubs too much. ;) These things don't happen much on the shack servers. Except now we hav... : terath
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            no he just makes lots of threads about how bad TF2 is then keeps playing : deject
            • This is a shack TRADITION! : taronish
  • I had someone activate the critzkrieg on me as a demo today. Point. Cleared. Devastating indeed. : terath
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  Anyone try to invuln + crit uber together? : .frame
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    Yeah. It works. : dmason
    • that sounds delicious:) : .frame
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      what color are the crit'd people? also what color are they when crit-uber'd? AT&T failed me again, no ho : SolveChrist
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        There is no color. : dmason
        • Which makes it hard to *aim for the crit monkey!!*. :) The crit gun seems really powerful. It'll be inter... : terath
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  Yep. It's a bad idea. And really ruins the fun of achievements. : A Sponge
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    Unlockable weapons and gameplay element are dumb. They create an unfair advantage for those that have the... : Modulus
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      Long-term unlockables like this, especially when they're not really tied to doing your fucking job as wha : Arcanum
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        I don't know about the ETQW ones. I'm a little torn about them. It's a lot better scheme than BF2142, bu... : Modulus
        • It's only if they've been playing that particular campaign round longer. They go away when the campaign ... : Arcanum
  • seriously. I just want achievements for achievements sake. I dont need no shiny new toys. : hirez
  • The new weapons should just be given to all players. Some of those achievements are so stupid. :( Why wou... : terath
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  I don't think the Blutsager is going to be significantly better than the standard needle gun, but then ag... : omnova
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    Depending on crits is beyond stupid. Any guarenteed gain (the 3 health per needle) is worth it over the ... : alias
    • true. very risky. gotta know where you are going with it. I tell you what though, with a skilled heavy... : Downforce
• It is pretty stupid. Should have never been "unlockables". Should have just been unlocked or achieved by ... : K1Bond007
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  yup, it was a poor design choice. What they should have done is given EVERYONE the weapons, and then made... : Jackass1233
  • Ya I agree. It doesn't bother me that I have to earn them, but Im have tempted to instantly unlock all o... : itsjeff9
• I see your point, but I can see alot of strategy in using different combinations. It seems that with the... : itsjeff9
• Not me, I'm using the crit uber gun : FushigiDenki
• Valve is immune to your criticism, because Valve is perfect. : romulan
• I really hope they get rid of the whole unlock system. I don't understand what they were thinking, it see... : datoo
• the only thing that bugs me, is that as a guy who really only played medic before, i see no reason to pla... : mindmann
• I wish they let us unlock the weapons like BF2 does - once you reach a certain point, you choose the new ... : crummynz

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  IAWTP. The Ang Lee version was so freaking boring and the ending was awful. : HojuSimpson
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    what, you didn't like the magic nick nolte dream blob in the sky? seriously what the fuck was that? : mikecyb
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      "I'm going to bite this giant electrical cord! GYARRR! OM NOM NOM!!" : HojuSimpson
      • would have been 1000000x better if it was gary busey : gmd
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  WTF, the Ang Lee version was really good... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    I agree, but we are in the minority I think. : mr wolf
    • I agree, the CGI especially was awesome. They captured the absolute rage of the hulk brilliantly. But ... : AhmNee
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    I love the way it's edited, and some of the imagery was amazing, but... no, I can't say it was good. Wor... : kallanta
    • this is exactly how i felt about it : grabbie
  • I love Ang Lee, but his version of the Hulk just failed. He needs to stick to introspective arty dramas. : mXENO
  • I loved it up until the end and even that wasn't terrible. : lodit
  • I liked it, but good lord I got annoyed with Betty and her father. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I'm looking forward to this but I'm sick of seeing Hollywood remakes. The newer Batman movies are really... : sinner0423
  • as far as i know, it's not a reboot. it's an actual sequel. anyone? : das_runt
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  my favourite part is at the end when you clearly see ZANZIBAR (toronto strip club) : jenisthebest
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    (salt lake city pub) : chungathebunga
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      (it was filmed in toronto) : jenisthebest
      • (it was filmed in salt lake city) : jackalope
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  Looks a lot better than the last trailer but I'm still afraid they're gonna dumb down the Hulk. : Modica Sol Solis
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    How exactly do you "dumb down" a 500 lb wrecking ball with the intellect of an angry 4 year old? : HojuSimpson
    • because comic snobs think he is deep and emotional : gmd
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      Because the Hulk is a lot smarter and more complex than that. The whole character is built off of classic... : Modica Sol Solis
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        lol : gmd
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          So why is it that whenever anyone puts more than a cursory amount of thought into a fictional property it... : Dynotaku
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            Because people want to see the Hulk smash shit, not repression, depression, blah blah blah. Oh and people... : NastyJack
            • lol that last sentence was awesome : jackalope
        • hahahahaah : MagicWishMonkey
      • Yeah all that is FUCKING BORING Hulk is angry and he smashes. Anything else is supplemental. : HojuSimpson
      • Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy : genjuro
      • serious business. : stump
      • I Smash Therefore I Hulk : K1Bond007
      • I say! Here comes that General Ross, once again acting as the interloper in my affairs! I'm in quite the : HojuSimpson
      • Really? All I want to see is Norton walking all bummed out on the side of the road hitchhiking while the ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        Oh yeah? Well if he's so incredible then why does he manage to grow and bust out of all of his clothes ex : Ajax
        • OMGWTFUNSTABLEMOLECULES : HojuSimpson
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          I think most people would agree the Ang Lee version could have been salvaged by the Hulk smashing tanks w... : NastyJack
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            http://ajax.shackspace.com/Pictures/fckyeah.gif : Ajax
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              I'm more than a little disappointed that wasn't a crude mspaint depiction of what I described. : NastyJack
              • As much as I'd like to, I can't draw Hulk cock at work. : Ajax
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          Ok, where's the lol script, I can put this off no longer, hahahaha. : Hiro
          • You've got to help me out, man. My [lol] stock is tanking! : Ajax
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        Here is your hulk for you http://gmd.shackspace.com/ModicaHulk.jpg : gmd
        • HAHAHAHA : HojuSimpson
        • thanks, thats how i know you care gee emm dee : Modica Sol Solis
        • Hahahaha : ieGod
        • http://shackpics.com/files/BritnaySmash_d726f5ez65f5uf1u1m0n.jpg : Ride-My-Rocket
      • dude I am the first to come to the defense of shit like this but he's the fucking Hulk. he smashes shit. : mikecyb
      • fuckin a, man. you said it better than I ever could. This new version looks dumber than transformers. : Fredrik S
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    How do you "dumb down" the hulk? HE'S BIG AND GREEN. : jason bergman
    • they turned him red these days WTF is that about? : grabbie
    • Put a diaper on him and make Wonder Woman change it. : ThomW
• The Hulk is hardly a franchise that was worthy of a reboot. Ang Lee's film was a bit boring but it's har... : TwiLyght
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  I like Norton, but this looks like crap. : dmason
  • that's how i feel. it makes me sad. : das_runt
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  Who is he supposed to be fighting, Abomination? : mechanicalgrape
  • yep : das_runt
  • swamp thing : SolveChrist
  • yes, but he is apparently never actually called that in the movie : mikecyb
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    A decent Hulk movie. : byorn
    • Hahahah : Nitrium
• Rio! I miss Brazil. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I dont want to forget about the Ang Lee version. I loved it. : Pettytheft
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  I find it amusing that my MBP fails to play 50% of embedded QT content. : graah
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    that's weird, you've got enough bandwidth? I can't see it being processor related, impossible. : ErneX
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      For some reason it only happens when I try to view the embedded trailers linked via apple.com. Makes no ... : graah
      • macs suck? or apple programs suck? lose lose ( win for me! ) : Drakoniac
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  Well... I feel like I've seen the whole movie now. : ChibiJosh
  • Yup, I hate hollywood action movie trailers. LOOK AT THE ACTION PACKED MONTAGE WITH CLICHED OUT OF PLACE ... : pyros
• Edward Norton rocks, I hope he can make this movie great. : Hiro
• needs more http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Shehulk01.jpg : mechanicalgrape
• That looks pretty good now. : nomaad
• i like the subtle 'lonely man theme' at the very end. this looks f'ing great. : mrsparil
• I like how at the very end of the trailer you hear a little bit of the song from the TV show's closing cr... : Home Nugget
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  Apparently Norton is pissed at the edit of the film going to theatres. Is that still true? : SpaecKow
  • i had heard he actually had a hand in editing the film at the end. : byorn
• CGI FIGHTING CGI, AWESOME. not : Delusional
• TOTAL. SHIT. IN. YOUR. MOUTH. : XchumpoX
• The gay-swimmer-build Hulk with emo hair doesn't do it for me. : steelsamurai
• The trailer didn't really do much for me. : Ride-My-Rocket

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  I am down for some. I laughed so hard last night. I remember one round I don't think the other team of sh... : hirosushima
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    Were you in my game? We knew it was Car Jack City, but we just sucked. :( It didn't make it clear what... : OverloadUT
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      Yeah, they REALLY need to make the mission points way more obvious. : Fred Garvin
      • Yeah well i quickly learned greenish/blue was the cars, yellow was the drop off. : hirosushima
    • Haha I think I was, i am Sushi4life. I took out 3 of you guys, 2 of you jumped into an SUV and one of you... : hirosushima
  • car jack city is some good fun. there is nothing like t-boning one of the drug cars 100 ft from the drop-... : mindfk
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  Oh man, when we were ambushed at the escape point after taking to the water that was so cool, but it stil... : Fred Garvin
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    Oh I didn't know you were ExKGB; awesome. Yeah that was a sweet getaway, especially when my controller... : OverloadUT
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      Ah I was in the same game as you, I told everyone to go for the boats, but the other team was smarter and... : hirosushima
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        I wish in Cops and Crooks it showed the cops where every crook was but didn't say which one was the boss.... : OverloadUT
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          True, And they also need to fix spawn distances, I remember some of the maps the cops were practically ar... : hirosushima
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            I really hope Rockstar listens to the feedback and tweaks. : Fred Garvin
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              my biggest complaint over all of them is the rounds, they need to let us set the number of rounds to what... : hirosushima
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                I think you CAN do this. : bakanoodle
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                  Negative. In most game types you can set the time or score limit, but in Cops and Crooks it's always just... : OverloadUT
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                    thats so retarded. : bakanoodle
                    • shhhh it's 10/10 : jackalope
  • Yeah, I think that was me and moogle? who popped you guys :D : fotografico
• Cops and Crooks was fun as hell last night. I do wish you could set more than two rounds per game though.... : sigpro
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  So you can't host a game with the options you want? :( : ashkie
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    No you can. Just don't choose party. If you choose party it will go into matchmaking and one random pers... : sigpro
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      You also have to be sure to set at least one private slot if you want to be host in player match. If you ... : OverloadUT
      • Yea, I screwed the pooch yesterday when I started up the first MP game. The options are NOT very clearly ... : mancide
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  I had a blast in the multiplayer games. The most fun I've had in any multiplayer in a while. If you play ... : adodric
  • yeah it was super awesome. What I want to try out tonight is that I noticed when people jump up to grab t... : hirosushima
• Foxhawk always gets the RPG :( : NeoMoose
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  Holy shit am I tired today from playing with you guys until 4AM. Probably not a good idea when I'm sick. ... : moogle
  • I never noticed. And I thought I was bad staying up until 1am :P Our coop runs were pretty fun though! : OverloadUT
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  This needs to be +inf because the MP options are a big clusterfuck of a mess and I screwed up myself as w... : mancide
  • Looks like you pull some weight around here! : OverloadUT
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  Yeah, far from a 10/10. It feel tacked on if you ask me. : razlebol
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    That is disappointing. : wykd
    • It still can be fun. I just don't see myself spending countless hours on the MP like some other games I p... : razlebol
  • I really have to agree with this, it does feel tacked on. : Evil Benius
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    As polished as it could be? No. Tacked on? Absolutely not. : Fred Garvin
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      this is my stance as well. There's some issues, but it wasn't an afterthought : infallible
      • agreed! They should've spent about 3 months more playtesting the game modes and then adding a replay t... : dedgecko
    • After I messaged you last night the game locked up on me (was playing around in the dashboard). By the ti... : Bull
    • I agree with this. There are 15 game modes and the fact that you can play with 16 players in a fully open... : SockMonkeh
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    Shackers can be such fickle fucks. : cdbeckman
    • I don't see why you'd call it fickle. After our first time trying the mode, we have decided that it is fa... : OverloadUT
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    It is NOT tacked on. The menus and interface is not perfect. The amount of work to get all of those modes... : byorn
    • I don't know. I just feel like I would prefer spend MP time somewhere else. Anyways, I am going to play i... : razlebol
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  Now you just need to get some rockstar dev to act as a bullet sponge for a few minutes to join so you can... : Crimsonbeak
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    I was sad to learn Bozer doesn't have the achievement tied to his gamertag. I was hoping the rockets he t... : sigpro
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      It was just as much pleasure killing him though. : Edges
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        Except that whole baseball bat/knife only game. That was painful. : sigpro
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          Yeah that was silly. Once I get the dev achievement, you guys can kill me and then you’ll get it to. It... : bozer
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            The best was the Faggio race. Holy that was funny. : Edges
            • haha that was awesome : mwasher
    • Well that is stupid. Bozer get on that shit I need 10 more gamer points! : Crimsonbeak
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  What I dislike about the party mode is that it doesn't put you in a game where it's the same number of pl... : Edges
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    Yeah, it should at least do that. It should also let you select options you want enabled or disabled. Fre... : SockMonkeh
    • I kept getting killed instantly yesterday and I couldn't figure out why. Then I realized that auto-aim w... : Edges
• thanks, fuck me if I could figure out how to do a private game. Was trying to do everything through Part... : malloc
• Those multiplayer matches were awesome. I have had trouble working today, because I would rather be at ho : bigblack
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  Diane, I had fun killing you with rocket launchers even though you probably killed me more D: she destroy... : fotografico
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    I swear to god Diane spawns with an RPG. At one point I thought I had an easy kill running her over with... : Head Rush
    • I had several instances of that happening...the best is when I sniped someone trying to off me with a spo... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    :) It was a lot of fun, and it's interesting how the mechanics of how you think multiplayer would be a... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      I like Turf War a lot as well. Cops and Crooks would be my favorite if they made some small changes like ... : OverloadUT
      • Well, here is my vision of crooks and cops. The crooks have one life, the cops respawn nearby to the c... : DianeOfTheMoon
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        I think spawning the teams evenly outfitted would be fine. Normal cars and sub machine guns. Giving the c... : fotografico
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          Agreed. I can understand pistols vs. Micro-Uzis I suppose, but for the love of fucking god give the croo... : Head Rush
          • It actually makes me really appreciate Halo 3's ability to customize every little detail of each gametype... : OverloadUT
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  If anyone wants to get in on the game I'll host tonight, add me as a friend. I periodically just send an ... : OverloadUT
  • ooh add me, i want in on GTA shackbattlz - kainen1 : kainen1
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    I'd love to get in on this! I should be online in about an hour. : AltZero
    • I'll be starting around 8pm after a dinner thing. : OverloadUT
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  Dear Rockstar, I really, really want an assassins gametype. Here's the deal. Every player is hunting o... : BlackCat9
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    I wholeheartedly agree and have a sudden urge to fire up The Ship. : OverloadUT
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      Yeah, to be honest, that's exactly what I want. I missed my chance to play The Ship because my computer d... : BlackCat9
      • It was awesome. I bet enough Shackers own it that we could do the occasional Shackbattle. Once the GTA4 c... : OverloadUT
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    Not showing up at all would be a problem, I think. You'd end up with camper's syndrome, where nobody can... : Arcanum
    • Yeah, give a general vicinity, but not an exact location. : SenorSpine
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      it'd be pretty easy just to kill everyone in that area though : Dravenport
      • Then the police show up and blast you. : BlackCat9
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  I had some fun playing free for all with some shackers last night. I was looking for a game now but loo... : jonin
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    Around 8 PST I'll be hosting a game and playing for a few hours. I'll invite everyone on my friends list. : OverloadUT
    • I'll get in on that. : Ajax
    • i would, but i'll probably be at a bar :( see when i get home, though : xsoulbrothax

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• let's combine our efforts :) http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16844669#itemanchor_16844669 : mafu5150
• glorious, I hate the original ad because it could have been my idea! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• It's not IBM anymore though. : nomaad
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  cute ad. right on the money, too. i dunno what apple was thinking when they put just the 1 USB port on ... : electroly
  • They were thinking that Apple users buy for appearances and not for functionality. : dirge23
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    I only ever use one of my USB ports on my Macbook, and only pop in the occasional CD to rip music to iTun... : sgtsanity
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      Hahaha. : tyrelhill
      • Laughing at someone's computing habits? : yellowtexan
    • I just don't understand why it had to be 1. Why not 2? Like the other Macbooks? Use a hub internally o... : electroly
• hahaha, funny because it's true : FushigiDenki
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  maybe they should also stuff the X300 with the extra $1000 you'll need to buy the thing versus the Air!'... : Postal
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    Good luck trying to stuff wired internet support into the Air. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      at least I can eat after buying the $29 Ethernet dongle : Postal
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        You could use the Macbook Air as a dinner plate after its battery runs out of juice. Because that's all ... : Ride-My-Rocket
        • The Air display is only 1280x800? : Fred Garvin
        • Oh damn that sucks. Batteries are the first thing to go. : lowayne
        • that was such a brilliant idea with the ipod im glad to see that they learn form their design flaws : ninjase
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    For that extra $1000 you're getting things normally found on a computer (ethernet port, dvd, etc). And t... : changejar419
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      I just pulled the prices up earlier, a 1.8/SSD/Superdrive Air is cheaper than an X300 ? : Toraz Chryx
      • Oh I have no idea honestly. I was speculating from this.. http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/15/lenovo-x... : changejar419
  • its about the same price as the Air with the SSD, which the x300 has standard. : re4ctor
  • Macbook Air with SSD: $3098 Lenovo X300: $3225 that's not $1000. : deject
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    You could get a MBA, PS3, Xbox 360, and an iPhone all for the price of that x300. BUT HAY IT HAS 3 UBS... : pgharavi
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      If you want to buy a high-end, full-featured laptop, you'll get an X300. If you want to buy a crippled... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        I'd never buy an ultraportable and I've criticized the Air, but at the same time I don't see what I'd get... : Serpico74
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          64-GB SSD, which (presumably) boosts performance at most day-to-day tasks. You need to pay extra to get ... : Ride-My-Rocket
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            The promised performance boosts of SSD, on any laptop, really haven't materialised. It's certainly not wo... : node
            • Ya, it's insane. You get very little for just under $1000. : pgharavi
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              I agree that the speed bump SSDs offer isn't worth the price... yet. However, give it a year or two and ... : Ride-My-Rocket
              • I agree w/ you 100% on that point and that is exactly why it baffles me when people compare the x300 to t... : pgharavi
          • Yes, and even with the SSD in the Air, plus external drive, plus wired adapters, it still comes out hundr... : Serpico74
      • lol, crippled by design. I have a Compaq n400, no DVD drive, hardly ever need it, and never use the USB o... : node
• lol... that's great. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Ouch, that should send some Macheads into a froth. Decent parody. : Fred Garvin
• Lenovo kthx : virus
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  Haha. I can already hear a million Apple users furiously typing out their indignant responses to this vi... : stump
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    actually mac keyboards are very quiet : boring gegtik
    • ^^^typing out indignant response : stump
• Hahahahaa....nice : avatar_58
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  Nobody in my family believed me over Easter when I told them that the Air doesn't have a dvd-rom, a port ... : Danny5225
  • Then you showed them the price for the good ol' one two punch. : Wombat Woo
• It's Lenovo, not IBM, but still, lol : Home Nugget
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  the macbook air will fail like the mac cube or whatever it was called. : tomatoactivator
  • I think it's selling well : ErneX
  • Apple's financial conference call says your wrong. The MacBook Air is a niche product. And it looks lik... : Hiro
  • possibly but the Cube was still an interesting machine. We never did purchase any at work but not for lac... : fatman
  • My boss gave me a G4 cube a few weeks back actually haha. : TwiLyght
  • The cube was awesome. Too bad it failed. : slax0r
  • My dual cpu Geforce 3 equipped Cube thumbs its nose at you! : Toraz Chryx
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    IMO I think in 4-5 years the macbook air will become the macbook pro. : ventro
    • its not really possible with that design. some things you cant shrink (ports, optical drives, etc) : eeeealmo
• lol apple douchebags all around the world feel a distortion of the force itself whenever someone watches ... : Hoax
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  Awesome. The air is stupid. : baronzemo78
  • its not a bad machine, IMHO. It is WAY overpriced though. it works great for people like my boss... we... : fatman
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  lol @ the comments: "Yea, but the only downside it is not a Mac and doesn't run OSX." : riptyde
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    It might run a hacked OS X kernel version, but I think it's a good argument, I don't see myself running a... : ErneX
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      I was referring more to the first part of the sentence... apparently the fact that it's not a Mac is some... : riptyde
      • It's more like "Hey, this Audi R10 is an amazing car... but we've only got gasoline pumps" : Toraz Chryx
  • I liked the one about the MBA having a better wow factor when you take it out in public. lololol : FormerHPB
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  Didn't dell make an ultra-portable laptop a while back called the X300? : royalally
  • Yeah. It was like a regular laptop except it separated into 2 pieces (the base having the optical drive ... : riptyde
  • The XPS M1330 is pretty sweet for the money actually. : cltcprd
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  Meh. I dont see a huge issue point here. I go to a lot of meetings here at work, and I carry my laptop ar... : two50six
  • I really want a UMPC like the OQO thingamabob. Then I could have my office setup which would have a full... : riptyde
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    Exactly, while I think it is a complete waste of money, I am sure for certain businesses and on the go pe... : hirosushima
    • You can get a Dell D430 for around $1200 that is just as portable, with a plethora of ports. : EvilDolemite
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  Aside from costing $1500 more, the x300 has a much slower CPU and half the RAM. Even if you added the SSD... : Serpico74
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    It's really no different from this Mac ad: http://images.apple.com/imac/design/images/gallery/imac_5_2007... : Gnowknayme
    • Since when was I talking about the ads? I was talking about the price and what you get for it. : Serpico74
  • Don't worry Serpico, it's tradition! It's like how people think it's 'un-classy' to go directly after com... : Fayk
  • ... and only runs Windows. oh shit son you went there! : node
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  Hey they made a cute comparison commercial. Shackers love those. : vigilante
  • I think that rule only applies when MS is the butt of the joke. : capt tripps
• hahaha great! : razlebol
• That is INCREDIBLE!! : lookitzpancakes

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• have fun everyone. I'll see you all again in 2009! : hirez
• :( not enough moneys. Damn this. : hirosushima
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  Surely somebody is coming to this... : omnova
  • i'm sure many more will attend its at the GAYLORD right? : Iwannaacura
  • I will go if you want! : dognose
  • Not anymore :( : Evil Benius
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    I plan on going, but not with a PC :( : zerog83
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      To be honest, most of us played maybe an hour of gaming on the PCs we brought. I brought mine for fun an... : omnova
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        That's what I heard from newek. He mentioned you guys spent most of the time checking out the vendor shit... : zerog83
        • just bring a laptop and a large usb hdd. : hirez
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          Massive downloads at night, vendor at peak hours, try hard to keep up on shack going-ons because unless y... : Audhuml4
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            Maybe I'll just bring my laptop and register for BYOC anyway. : zerog83
            • I just hope I can save enough money. Sadly, I won't know for sure until maybe a month beforehand :( : zerog83
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    everyone knows that the even years are the good years : mikecyb
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      uh, I mean odd :( : mikecyb
      • http://images.istheshit.net/rlpflekq.jpg : omnova
  • I am : EvilDolemite
• I'm registerating for sure. : mrwolf710
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  Sorry, Q-con 07 was the year to be there. : baronzemo78
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    You sir, have impeccable knowledge regarding the current time. : -efx-
    • you sir, are the Apis mellifera's articulatio genus. : hirez
  • Wrong. Q-Con 03 was obviously the best. : zerog83
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    Nope, 2005. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • That was the year I brought my DK computer! : guido anchovy
    • I have it on really really good authority that '07 was the year to be there. : Ajax
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  I'll be there as usual with friends, a lot fewer shackers going as expected but I'm sure it'll turn out a... : Audhuml4
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    there are a large number of shackers in the area so it will still be fun : mikecyb
    • I can give rides to 3 or 4 at a time if people want movies/food/etc : dognose
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  We can't go. :( : felicia
  • well why the hell not?! : devnullgt
• Asking my manager right now if I can go to business meetings that week and extend my stay; unlike last ye... : RyDogg1
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  Time for a name change? Or is there still some demographic of gamer that hasn't heard of this event that ... : persuxe
  • RageCon 2009 : hirez
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    OurGamesArentThatGreatAnymoreCon : Audhuml4
    • you may not sit by me in 2009. I dont care how many vowels & numbers you have in your name. : hirez
  • BawlsCon it works in mutiple ways. : hirosushima
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    TakeAShowerCon : manero
    • That's every con though. : Dynotaku
  • Ain'tQuiteAShackCon. : Jonathan
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    If you go to QuakeCon with no intention of playing Quake you should probably just be taken out back, have... : the city
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      It has nothing to do with Quake anymore and not many Shackers even play games there. : EvilDolemite
      • Then you should probably proceed with my instructions upon all guilty parties. : the city
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        Yeah in 07' Feek and I and maybe a couple others were the only ones actually in the con, everyone else wa... : hirosushima
        • Then I commend you for upholding justice. : the city
        • that was me! I usually played late at night. : hirez
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    COCKON get it, cause there's a lot of cocks there : Modica Sol Solis
    • cockcon cockon : Modica Sol Solis
  • SausageCon : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I may have to actually go this year, since I'll be finishing up my undergrad degree in June. Woohoo! (... : the city
  • Are people splitting rooms or anything? It's like 137 dollars a night (jesus) : the city
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  so is ANYONE going? :( : laurgasms
  • I'm not, sorry. :( But I'll be there in spirit!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Nobody is going :( : genjuro
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    apparently. i dont think i'm gonna go anymore, no one's going at all :( : laurgasms
    • Stick the money in a savings account and plan for 09! We can do a Florida RoadTrip!!! : Jonathan
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    Smaller groups can be fun, you get to talk to people more! I met Shackers last year that I was really ex... : dognose
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      hey I don't need convincing - I'll probably be there. : genjuro
      • woot! I owe you a backrub : dognose
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    im not bothering. gas is way too expensive : oHnOES
    • Gas is way cheap now compared to this time next year, you should take advantage of that : dognose
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  Prolly gonna head up for the Friday night -> Sunday Gotta figure out a place to stay tho... Audhuml4?!... : mwasher
  • i'm just curious if there are hotel splitting plans or some shit =[ : the city
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    $137 for a single I'm considering getting a solo room - ya know : EvilDolemite
    • Audhum has 2 rooms I believe... and was covering the floor with people (I think he was gonna have 5 in ea... : mwasher
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    I'll let you know when our #s come in (tonight?) but I'm sure we'll have an open space. : Audhuml4
    • plz don't post in the rapist thread : Audhuml4
    • \m/ : mwasher
• I'll be there. : socksta
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  NO SOCK THIS YEAR :( : filthysock
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16848329 : renegade732
    • yes, i chuckled when i saw that appear above my post :) : filthysock
  • It was great having you here last year. I don't think anyone can replace you as the fun, dangerously liv... : omnova
• why is 2009 seem to be the year to go? : SoNiC :<
• ill be there : ninjase
• Fuck yes, roadtrip from Seattle! I'm going to be ripe by the time I get there : famine101
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  SPECIAL SHACK EARLY REGISTRATION LINK! REGISTER 3 MINUTES EARLY!!!! http://www2.quakecon.org/reg : noknyc
  • Wish I would have seen this :( : rosewood
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  Page won't load for me : rosewood
  • It's under REALLY heavy load right now. It'll smooth out. And there is little danger of the BYOC fill... : noknyc

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  if shes there literally every night then she should start paying rent! : ninjase
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    lol good luck with that. In college one of my friend's gf's practically lived at our place. But when we... : riptyde
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      that's because she was paying rent at the place she lived. this is all normal behavior for 20 somethings.... : perstephanie
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        if someone started living in my apartment long-term and didn't start paying rent, i'd kick their ass out ... : lja83
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          he didn't say she was living there, he said "practically" living there, which usually means visiting a lo... : perstephanie
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            my reply stems from the experience of a roomate letting his demonspawn bitch gf live with him for a summe : lja83
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              similar shit for us. We did the communal food thing, but she wanted to have her own food just for her. ... : riptyde
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                Umm... she should have been buying her own food if she wasn't living there. But I'm still sticking with, ... : perstephanie
                • you love to give advice don't you? : carnivore
                • i say if she's spending all her time at his apartment, she's living there regardless of where her stuff i... : lja83
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              If she was living with him and not living elsewhere, she should have been paying rent. If she was living ... : perstephanie
              • i think she was just a bitch, actually she lived with and dated my roomate for the summer, but as soon... : lja83
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            depends if they stay the night every night or not : ninjase
            • (or more often than when they dont, or something) : ninjase
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  Just tell him you got the hots for her. Strangely, she will be coming over less after that. : gendail
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    SUCH A GOOD IDEA. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • IAWTP : Mondo
  • Exactly. Subtle is the key here. "Hey man, your woman is pretty hot." Then when they are watching th... : rosewood
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  yes, i do. oh wait that's because my roommate and I started dating. Um, yeah, that's pretty normal, I t... : perstephanie
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    well there's another weird dynamic because I pay $125 more in rent per month. I feel like Im subsidizing ... : Intaglio5
    • Doesn't matter. All you can ask is that they be more considerate of you when you want to use the kitchen ... : perstephanie
    • I don't see how your paying more rent is relevant, but if you can come up with a reason that it is, feel ... : perstephanie
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  'If you're going to take over the kitchen for most of dinnertime, can you make enough for 3?" win/win : sroylance
  • ^^^ This. : obiquatro
  • i would usually do this anyways. i loved cooking for more people, and how much harder is it to cook for t... : mindmann
  • unless the food sucks :( : PapaBoo
  • sroylance green is people! : Audhuml4
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  stare at him while he sleeps, when he wakes up and sees you ask him how he likes his bananas toasted. He'... : .sticks.
  • Same thing, but ask if he's ever drank Bailey's from a shoe. : Moonbase Commander
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  What does him being mormon have anything to do with your predicament? Aside from the fact that your attem... : Simulacrum
  • He may be trying to point out that because this couple is religous there is no way they would consider li... : obiquatro
  • just threw that in there, helps explain him being engaged at the age of 24 : Intaglio5
  • Well, mormons are a bit crazy, so he's just setting the tone! =D : the city
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  One of my roomates would wake me up every single night at 4 am fucking under the shower, with her screami... : melt_core
  • scream back like you're into it : lja83
• Currently in same situation, except she moved in basically. : pancake humper
• Walk around the apartment with your junk hanging out. Say "oops". She'll make herself scarce soon. Act... : Schnapple
• the mormon stuff will come into play. have booze everywhere. and nothing else!! YOU WIN : Downforce
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  Rub your dick over everything in your kitchen. I wouldn't want to go in there. or would i? *splash* : smackpiece
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT7UyPuwlbI only with spoons? : sroylance
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      hm, not available... http://www.mojoflix.com/Video/Ass-Pennies.html : sroylance
      • Ah, ass pennies. : obiquatro
  • splash? : the city
• seriously, if you can't approach this from a "you need to not monopolize the tv / kitchen / stove / livin... : perstephanie
• If she's over that often, then some help with the rent should be expected. When my friend was dating my o... : OverloadUT
• yes I did. I told him eventually if she was going to be effectively living here she needs to take on a sh... : steelsamurai
• I have a rule about this sort of stuff. If you have your girlfriend over [especially staying the night] a... : PlanetPerfecto