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  REPELS CHICKS!!! REPELS CHICKS!!! REPELS CHICKS!!! : Phreakin
  • Almost as quick as pulling out a deck of cards and asking them to pick a card. : snuff
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  nobody can pull off wearing that. nobody. : nomaad
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    same goes for trenchcoats and, fedoras, and other nerd accoutrements : boring gegtik
    • red afros : bipolar
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      I disagree. A nice fedora or trilby are almost essential to my nicer outfits, but then I am just generall... : WaterSign
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        yeah that's what everyone who wears them thinks : boring gegtik
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          I dunno, Goorin makes some sweet hats: http://www.goorin.com/shop.html?brand_id=2 : rossimo
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            Yeah, they're hats are great for most casual situations. They also have some nice accessories, such as th... : WaterSign
            • Pics of you in fedora with your nice handbag. : SenorSpine
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              seriously, we need a picture of you in this hat so we can demolish your ego the rest of the day : biskits
              • Hey, sure! I'm always glad to spread my love of hats. : WaterSign
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        Post a picture so we can see you pulling this look off. : Zeeliv
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          Eat your heart out, 100s of hat nerds wearing their indy hats: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.... : rossimo
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            Haha, that sure proves us all wrong... not a single nerd there, they all pull off the look well! : Zeeliv
            • I'm not trying to prove anyone wrong I just think the pictures are absolutely hilarious! : rossimo
          • Hahaha, it's Dwight! http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showpost.php?s=591eb09dc605ad45ba5730cbd5ec9f0c&p=378... : hawkeye
          • LOL, the second guy looks like a deer in headlights! : biskits
          • Pretty much proof that these hats look bad. There was maybe one decent looking shot in that bunch. : ieGod
        • have you seen his CS:Source spray? : RikiTiki2
        • Bedrava does look pretty swanky in his hat. : A Sponge
    • Yeah. I just wear a baseball cap - the fedora of the 21st century. : nomaad
    • I could not agree more. It is so disheartening to see people wearing trenchcoats and/or fedoras because I... : SenorSpine
• Why not buy an identical, non-licensed and probably cheaper hat which will let you choose exactly the rig... : A Sponge
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  http://achewood.com/index.php?date=11012004 : Deathlove
  • pizza goiter! haha : industro
  • oh shit, an Achewood that's actually funny : Home Nugget
  • lol 'cold sports' : oHnOES
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    fucking lol : boring gegtik
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      the mouseover is awesome too : boring gegtik
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        did you see this? http://shmorky.com/achewoodtestb.swf : Deathlove
        • I enjoyed that. : nomaad
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          SHITFUCK it's blocked @ work : boring gegtik
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            http://deathlove.shackspace.com/achewoodtestb.swf ? : Deathlove
            • shmorky is so awesome : boring gegtik
            • also there's music so you'll either want headphones or not : Deathlove
  • spot-on. the only people i see wearing fedoras are Justin Timberllake and fat IT/D&D nerds. : biskits
• Same thing, but half the price: http://www.herringtoncatalog.com/ls414.html : Warrior5689
• I actually passed some dork on the highway with a vanity plate 'pctech' and he was wearing that. lol! H... : FormerHPB
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  Somebody gave me this hat. I'd never wear it outdoors. : dirge23
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    So what you're saying is that you do in fact wear it indoors? : mmogger
    • Sure, like 24/7. : dirge23
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  I don't know why, but as much as I've been looking forward to the new Indy for ages.. - I now kinda fear ... : humbleone
  • And perhaps a remembrance of what happened the last time Lucas continued a trilogy? : jasonepowell
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    cate blanchet's stupid haircut : oHnOES
    • You're making fun of me but I am right and deep down you know this. : skinlab133
  • Yeah, I'm actually not excited about it anymore...until I hear otherwise from people who have seen it. : rossimo
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    well, you do need to look at the first Indy movies as they really are and not as you imagine them to be n : Foxhawk
    • TOD was complete shit, and everybody knows it. the only good ones were the first and third. : biskits
• That's like getting your own name on your favorite teams jersey. : Wolfanoz
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  $100?! I got one in Disney World (Yes, a genuine Indy one) about 6 years ago for about half that. : losimagic
  • I don't wear it anymore though, I felt stupid wearing it outside of Orlando :( It's a bit like Disney T-... : losimagic

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• nod32 http://www.eset.com/ : randomnull
• NOD32 all the way. : Helter Skelter
• NOD32 : angrytaxman
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  waiting for a GDI64 reply : iwonthelottery
  • well your username says it all : Mad Brahmin Disease
• i like Nod32. : Arsenal
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  umm i have vista64 soo nod32 won't run =( : iwonthelottery
  • There is a nod32 for 64bit vista. : devi| dog
  • wrong Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP (32 and 64-bit editions), Microso : randomnull
  • the 32 is misleading. : Arsenal
• Avast is still ok : Ebu
• Nod32 or a *nix(like Linux) and/or BSD derived(like OS X) operating system with a manual scanner for the ... : SolrFlare
• i'm a trojan man : liquidlies
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  I don't understand why someone would run AV software : Zero|DPX
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    Probably because they want to restrict their chances of getting viruses? Not everyone can be 100% cer... : Arsenal
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      I don't even think AV software reduces the chances of getting modern, rapid-mutating viruses. AV softwar... : Zero|DPX
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        You may well be right and the logs on our clients servers listing viruses that have been caught by the AV... : Arsenal
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          I think that argument is good as well. And FWIW I'm not opposed to installing AV software on machines ... : Zero|DPX
          • I've been hit with virus warnings from the rotating banner ads on this site twice. Im not blaming the Sha... : Tommy Toolbag
          • Thats what i say everytime. The average "shacker" person are more advanced in using computers and most us... : Iwannaacura
      • Yeah, I don't buy that argument. There are older viruses out there and the better virus software looks fo... : Fred Garvin
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    Yeah!, but for different reasons that you might think (the usual one here being that a saavy user has not : Enkidu
    • NOD32, and I'm sure others, does detect malware and trojans as well as viruses. You can also, optionally,... : nudel
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    A few days ago I was looking for a Win32 grid control* and went to a site that now apparently just hosts ... : nudel
    • or just link it here and wait for someone to post how he was infected on the internweb : doomed
  • I use win32 clamav/gui.. haven't used it on vista (xp box) it doesn't have any on-access/anti spam bs.. ... : eisencc
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    I don't know what the attack vectors are anymore. If you run FF w/ noscript etc and aren't a dumbass with... : dooberzoo
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      programs like MPC and VLC often have vulnerabilities, you can get infected from viewing a virus'd media f... : jcupitt
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        since mpc hasn't been patched, there are two forks that are. one of them is http://sourceforge.net/proje... : eisencc
        • It's not just the players but the codecs they use. : nudel
    • I tried FF with noscript recently. I think I'd rather have a virus on my PC, TBH. It broke so many sit... : nudel
  • you dont understand because you live alone in a bunker no friends, no clients, no people with flash dr... : doomed
  • I don't understand why someone would not run AV software. I don't have mine set to auto-start with Window... : OverloadUT
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  it's sorta peripheral to your question, but why are you dropping avg i wonder? : lja83
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    the new avg has this link checker that once you turn off (link checkers, really), you get a red X on your... : dodob
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      so it's mostly the annoyance at the red x? : lja83
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        i don't know about him, but i don't like it. also, it loads like three different avg???? thingies on the ... : dodob
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          must be a newer version than i have, i only have one icon unless it's doing a scan : lja83
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            Yes, version 5 will not auto-update to version 6. : Githyanki
            • version 6? i think i'm up to 8 or something :( : dodob
• never had a problem with avast on vista : RetroRedEyeJr
• another nod32 user here : MikkleThePickle
• NOD32 worth every penny : Flying h4x0r
• NOD32. : Fred Garvin
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  Avast I've used AVG for a few years and then switched to---- oh wait, did you say Vista? I'm afraid to... : Mystery0000
  • m$ $uCk$!!1 : Unleashed
  • LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLZ : bundy
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    what makes this even more hilarious, is that ever since moving to vista a year + back, I've noticed my sp... : paravis
    • It's kinda like the Apple syndrome, nobody bothers : Phreakin
• I've given up on Anti-virus solutions. : The Key
• Common Sense : TastyWheat
• AVG 8 Free Edition is pretty slick. Runs on Vista no problems. : MrGrindy
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  whats wrong with mcafee? : whistletits
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    Last time I looked at AV tests McAfee rated pretty low. : Fred Garvin
    • hrmm, I've been using it for years, but I've heard good things about NOD32. I'll give the free trial a ru... : whistletits
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  NOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 32 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : PlanetPerfecto
  • No reason to fuck around, just get nod32, be done. : quazar
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  no one running F-Prot? :-\ : biofrog
  • My old work ran f-prot. It had 8 processes open when active, and 4 when in sleep mode. What the fuck. : bundy
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  Does anyone use Ad-Watch? Is it any good? : whistletits
  • isnt that for supposed spyware and processes fiddling with your registry? thats a pain in the ass, eve... : doomed
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  F-Secure : knepus
  • We have F-secure at work and its been terrible, IT guys chasing false detections and it slows some pc's t... : fen boi
• NOD motherfucking 32 : carnivore
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  vista and smooth can't be in the same sentence : ErneX
  • works fine for me. : metalremains
  • What issues have you personally had? : Merconium
• Live Onecare is actually pretty nice, it uses the same engine as the Forefront AV stuff onecare.live.co... : theargent
• nod32 : topkatz
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  Whats wrong with AVG now? I'm using on Vista64 and it's been fine. : Slowtreme
  • NOD32 : mojothemagician
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    I've found AVG8 to be REALLY touchy, but that's just me. : Deathlove
    • ditto : dignan
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      what does touchy mean? : Slowtreme
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        finds a lot of "viruses" that aren't viruses. obviously better safe than sorry, but it is annoying. : Deathlove
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          Ahh I haven't seen this. but I only use AVG free : Slowtreme
          • yeah, that's what I use, too : Deathlove
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  http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/electronics-computers/computers/software/cyber-security-9-07/cr-quick-... : Luminair
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    Why does a "non-profit" website insist that I register/subscribe to read an article? Fuckers. : nudel
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      because they have no advertisements and take no gifts and so the only way they stay in business is by con... : Luminair
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        I guess that makes some sense, and keeps them impartial from their advertisers, but I'm not paying for a ... : nudel
        • you know I've been thinking about this and I think you're right, trading money for goods and services DOE... : Luminair
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    I used to use PC-cilling but then it turned into some kind of unwieldy package and I dumped my subscripti... : Slowtreme
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      that is why I use mcafee enterprise 8.5i with spyware module instead : Luminair
      • same here. i'm glad my super huge world domination enterprise can afford this software because it's re... : doomed
  • Trend Micro sucks because when your subscription runs out and you don't renew it cuts off your Internet c... : redfive
  • We use Trend for our clients.. i have to say i'm not a fan of the pc-cillin desktop program.. but the Sma... : Arsenal
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  No one uses Kaspersky? : ImageOmega
  • My mother did - I thought it was really nice but she couldn't get a grip on the exclusion rules and so it... : Jonathan
  • Kapersky is good but NOD32 is better. My ratings go as such. 1. NOD32 2. Kapersky 3. BitDefender : redfive
  • I'm with you on Kaspersky, very good. Cleaned stuff that NOD32 didn't even recognize. : bombay
• I switched to nod32 for my new Vista box. It seems to be working fine. : randomjgj
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  I have VIsta 64, Comodo Firewall Pro, Firefox NoScript, SpywareBlaster and SpyBot, but no anti-virus. Hav... : SlamDunk
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    jesus. i guess you also have windows defender? : feek
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      nope : SlamDunk
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        It comes as standard with Vista ? : Toraz Chryx
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          im not sure if it's more ridiculous the he would disable defender and install two other spyware detection... : feek
          • It's good to use several spyware removal and prevention apps i.e. several different databases. I don't us : SlamDunk
• I use Bitdefender with Vista x64. Works great, no bloat. : Wolfanoz
• NOD32 sounds good but I don't believe in paying a subscription for anti-virus. I would rather spend money... : baronzemo78
• McAfee AntiVirus + AntiSpyware. Please note I did *not* say Security Center, as that is rightfully revile... : geedeck
• i use avg free (just updated to 8 the other day), noscript & adblock for firefox, spybot s&d i don't l... : industro
• The NOD32 trial consistently fucked up my internet, even after they said they fixed it, it still didn't w... : aethyr
• I want an anti-virus that only works when I call for it. I know when I download iffy programs and those a... : pauk111
• AVG works great with Vista : the city

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  I beat the game last night. Fucking incredible time playing this game, but I was thinking to myself “Fu : stelth
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    I have heard that Roman is killed instead, but I am not sure. : Evil Benius
    • That certainly would be interesting. Question is though, who kills him? : stelth
  • DONT CLICK ITS A VERY BIG SPOILER you do the deal, and i guess roman dies at the wedding and you end up k... : oHnOES
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    Kate lives. Roman dies. You still kill Dimitri. : walker270
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      Nice. I'm glad I went down the route that I did then. Who kills Roman, though? Pegarino? Or Dimitri? : stelth
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        you missed out on 250,000$ : oHnOES
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          I already made over $500,000 and received the achievement for it, so money was never an issue after that. : stelth
          • i know i ended with over 750,000 and i didnt do the deal : oHnOES
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          You still get $250,00 when you kill Pegarino at the end. Do you also get that if you instead kill Dimitri : Evil Benius
          • I'll have to check, I didn't notice it, though. : stelth
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        You can't sleep with Roman though : spiderfill
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          bros before hoes : oHnOES
          • No oHnOES, hoes before bros yo : spiderfill
  • MASSIVE END GAME SPOILERS coming! Here's what happens, in detail, if you go the other way and do the : evildanish
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  0[ROMAN IS NOT ACTUALLY ITALIAN : boring gegtik
  • You're quick. :D : stelth
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  I want to click so bad but I'll wait; I'm on the last mission so I'll see it tonight : zerog83
  • Well, depending on your choice, post it here. : stelth
  • same here - so close !!! ! ! ! : g.lee
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  OH christ I want to click so badly, but I want to finish this game first. Ooooh impatience! : devnullgt
  • Seriously wait for it, trust me. : Evil Benius
  • Yeah man, do not ruin it for yourself. Sorry for the tempations... come back later and look. :D : stelth
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    that's it, I'm skipping work for the next 2 days and not sleeping, I'm going to finish this game : devnullgt
    • Do it! It's fuckin' awesome! There's still so much shit I want to do in the game. : stelth
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      If you cheat and take taxis everywhere, you can beat it tonight : spiderfill
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        how is taking a taxi cheating? : oHnOES
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          It's definitely not. I took taxis everywhere over the last 8 - 10 hours of gameplay because I wanted to b... : zerog83
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            yea but driving around and running over people seems like so much more fun. : devnullgt
            • It is until you run over some cops and Francis won't answer his phone... FFS : stelth
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              but forcing people to drive when they'd rather not, IS NOT FUN. That's the joy of sandbox games - I can ... : dedgecko
              • Don't forget the GPS. Holy fuck that saved my ass so many times. : stelth
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  YOU RUINED THE GAME FOR ME. ARGH. Just joshin'. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    No, the motorcycle chase missions did that! :P Also, WTF is up with log trucks only being around during ... : stelth
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      hooray for semi-scripted sequences... : dedgecko
      • Yeah. I always found it to be like the Matrix Reloaded highway scene where cars and shit just go flying e : stelth
    • I see the log scenes before they happen. : changejar419
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  Thread-Jack! We monkied around with some of the GTA Race modes last night, and I have to say, GTA Race... : dedgecko
  • I keep hearing this. I need to play multiplayer. I wanna be the guy driving the semi down the wrong way o... : stelth

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  dang, solid steel biceps : spaceless
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    You can see the little baby eyes looking out, lol. : losder5000
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      does it power him or something? : spaceless
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        He has to protect it. But he has to pose during gun fights. This was the solution he came up with. : losder5000
        • Is that the baby that was in the messiah complex? : stgdz
    • just noticed them haha :D : steve_o
    • lolol wtf??? : PlanetPerfecto
• A Cylon baby, obviously. : Nixx2004
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  doesa he have the single biggest forehead in the Marvel universe? : shavenewok
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Leader.jpg : losder5000
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      http://www.theempire.com.au/images/2006-03-03/Marvel%20Select%20Watcher%20AF.jpg : losder5000
      • ok biggest for a human? : shavenewok
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        wait, this is it: http://photos.ifmagazine.com/graphics/features_movie/ego.jpg : losder5000
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          no, goddamnit, THIS is it: http://www.marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/c/c5/Eternitystand.jpg/440... : losder5000
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            Bigger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Tribunal : ryuuseki
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              Bigger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Above-All God damnit Marvel Comics is like a frigging russian... : ryuuseki
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                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Galactus1.JPG : cerealSAM2
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                  Galactus is waaaaaaaaaaaaay smaller than anyone posted in this subthread except for Ego. Eternity is the ... : ryuuseki
                  • Galactus is waaaaaaaaaaay larger than the Watcher and the Leader. Otherwise I bow to your superior ner... : cerealSAM2
  • Fivehead. : cerealSAM2
• Should have wore a condom :( : dognose
• That's a pretty shitty drawing. : Drewus
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  Duke Nukem has aged quite a bit! I mean, it has been a while... : DingoStoleMyBaby
  • Brian Dennehy or Ted Kennedy. : losder5000
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  How does one reload effectively when they've got a gun in each hand, and neither gun has a shoulder strap... : riptyde
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    He has 5 barrels and 2 scopes on each gun and metal biceps, Do you think he needs to worry about reloadin... : ryuuseki
    • Holy crap, someone get those guns tested for steroid use : uglysad
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  i think the baby is himself in the present since he's from the future. wasn't he cyclop's and jean grey'... : acidravelamp
  • Cable is Cyclops and Jean Grey's kid from the future(I don't know exactly how that works now since shes d... : Yabrodan
  • That was what I thought. That whole thing panned out in the X-Factor comics from what I remember. : Wolfanoz
• Why the red visor? Is that Cyclops' / Jean's grandchild or is that some alternate timeline Cyke? : Lunatic Angelic
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  That guy looks exactly like Ted Kennedy : skilesare
  • This is what I get for not refreshing first. =( : DinK
  • http://home.comcast.net/~jerryatrick/table.jpg : guido anchovy
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  holy hell it's Mecha Ted Kennedy. : DinK
  • You wouldn't think he'd be able to swim in that suit, though. : c0bra
• Shoot 'Em Up 2? : randomposter
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  umm wouldnt the baby get sick from the constant barrel rolling, ducking under cover and somersaulting ove... : cptstern
  • it could be in embreyonic fluid, or kept upright through a system of gyroscopes, or it could be.. like.. ... : scottythejock
• LOL LOL LOL! I have read this thread a couple of times now, and up until now, I read holster as lobster!!... : mace
• The baby helps him do 3x Air Hyper Beam combo's. : Iwannaacura
• Quaid...Start the reactor... : discolando
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  Is the baby, himself as a baby? : mace
  • not only that, but the baby has another baby stratched to his chest. that baby is Wilford Brimley thou... : MagicWishMonkey
• did he suddenly ag 30 years? wtf? i remember he was much younger when i was into this shit 13 years ago... : vassili_zaitsev
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  http://img.waffleimages.com/1d690fa8025464a47c74ed1e5f2e2cf592d6b4d2/cable.jpg This is my favorite ver... : kikilupo
  • haha : deathofrats

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  The Vatican also said this yesterday: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24598508/ "It's ok to believe in ... : ErneX
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    Wait, was this in question? : riptyde
    • For people who get their permission to think from the Vatican, apparently. : DinK
  • is that page considered an "article" ? so hard to read with all that shit in there, lots of ads and re... : doomed
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  Prob. Dark matter. : fugu124
  • yeah this is my guess too. Xray telescope so it's not going to be a planet or anything. : aeg1x
  • so 2008 might be huge for science, this and the LHC startup will yield lots of interesting findings : ErneX
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    !? http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/aug/HQ_M06128_dark_matter.html : ErneX
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      from the same telescope as what the current announcement will be : aeg1x
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        so you think they are going to announce something they already found two years ago? : ErneX
        • this time its fo realz yo! : MagicWishMonkey
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  the remote! : shavenewok
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    Contact lens : dognose
    • so Sagan was right? : shavenewok
  • Damn you! I would have gone for car keys, but the remote works well. : rock elf
• This was also released today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7398108.stm : ErneX
• Elvis Presley : cerealSAM2
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  Monolith. : action wombmate
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    Chronolith. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Chronojohn : grimiv
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  I would love it to be some kind of intelligent transmission from another planet, but chances are it's som... : Drewus
  • no way would that be contained for as long as it has either : aeg1x
• An actual interesting mission that Americans can rally around? : riptyde
• That thing from Cloverfield : PlanetPerfecto
• well, it is NASA's 50th anniversary.. : g0nk
• Xenu : losimagic
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  Since nothing major has leaked yet, I'm going to assume that it's something really boring. : skizl
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    I read an article shortly after they announced today's conference that it was methane on some other plane... : SilverSnake
    • I heard about that on SciAm's podcast a few weeks ago. : BingusLargus
    • So they found a planet with a crap load of aliens that have IBS? Can we un-find it? : mojothemagician
• vger : jonin
• the script for the ending of DNF? : IcomeINpeace
• They found a monolith on one of Jupiter's moons. : mmogger
• ur gaping anus black hole : arizona bay
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  Nibiru : changejar419
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    2012 Anuanki!!!! : theghostofsmdever
    • 13.0.0.0.0 OH SHIT! : ryuuseki
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  Unobtainium. : deathmuppeter
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    don't justify that abomination please. : Klebold
    • How about Atmospherium? : uglysad
    • You take that back. The Core is the most amazing movie in the history of mankind. : mockery
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  Duke Nukem Forever! : nudel
  • don't be silly, we all know that will never happen. : MagicWishMonkey
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  life on mars is what I am guessing, that may be plant life or some sort of a microbe but life on mars wil... : stgdz
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    I thought we already found life on Mars. Wasn't there that bit of space rock found in Antarctica that ha... : riptyde
    • I think it was a rock that was likely from Mars and had some indication that there may have been the slig... : WaterSign
  • luckily they let scott weiland out of jail a couple days ago : Dravenport
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    the announcement is coming from the Chandra observatory, it has nothing to do with mars or anything like ... : AllYourBase
    • maybe they found a place they can look far enough back in time to see the Big Bang. : Gonzo
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  Funding : skitzo
  • ha! good one : ErneX
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  Is there a specific portion of their site they're announcing it on? Or just right on the main page? : royalally
  • Info here http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/may/HQ_M08089_Chandra_Advisory.html : pieman
• a black hole in the bermuda triangle : cptstern
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  Seriously, what if it's life? That would be pretty good. : Chepito.
  • ♫ What is life? NASA don't hurt me ♪♫ : boring gegtik
  • neva happen : agentlead
  • From an X-ray? Nah. : snuff
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  My bet is on the discovery of an Earth like planet, capable of sustaining life. : phate81
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    that would be totally freaking amazing : slickdoody
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      except it would be too far away for us to ever visit probably : bozer
      • Unless we used up this planets resources to create some sort of mothership... : Nighteyes
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    once again, chandra is an x-ray observatory : industro
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      WHO CARES? I WANT EARTH2, STARRING THAT CREEPY GUY WHO'S IN EVERYTHING! : slickdoody
      • You talkin' 'bout Clancy Brown(aka The Kurgen)? : Totenjaeger
  • new caprica! : dfz0r
  • They found one a few months ago : snuff
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  It can only mean one thing. INVASION! : Wolfanoz
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    Wipe them out. ALL of them. : randomposter
    • Warning - This trailer comment has not yet been rated : humbleone
  • *stares concerned / thoughtfully* : Lightbulb
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  Let's do the math. NASA is run by scientists. Scientists are nerds. Nerds are excited by boring things... : hawkeye
  • ^ this : dewdman
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    But nerds are also excited by exciting things, so your syllogism fails. : c0bra
    • Duke Nukem is the opposite of a nerd. This means that Duke Nukem likes opposite things that a nerd would... : CrustaR
  • bingo. : phipple
  • lol u nerd : Flying h4x0r
  • http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/196738main1_mg_226.jpg : spiderfill
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  http://shackpics.com/files/2001_tuh3gr4qa79ffnv7bmfc.jpg : SlamDunk
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    A bar of chocolate? : c0bra
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      floating in space. yes. : SlamDunk
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        delicious : c0bra
        • a bit on the icy side though : SlamDunk
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  We can't make it to the moon again, i'm not holding my breath on getting anywhere outside of this contine... : Phreakin
  • what? we have remote-controlled robots on fucking MARS for crying out loud, I think we can handle land... : MagicWishMonkey
  • Because it was outsourced to China ;) : bombay
• Plan 9? : Totenjaeger
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  http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/03/will_there_be_a.html : spazzium
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    Interesting, but none of those things have anything to do with the Chandra X-ray telescope. I still th... : pieman
    • It will drink us ALLLLL up! : Spoetzl
    • I think you're right. I just hope the U.S.S. Palomino can escape in time. : Wolfanoz
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16911954 : lowayne
• They specifically mention "...in our galaxy..." so i'mma guess it's not Dark Matter proof at least. : Jiven
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  The moon. : walker270
  • Damn, nasa. We already knew that! : trevis
• I already read about this in a Dan Brown book. It was OK. : .NeK
• It's going to be some nonsense like a "10th planet," which is just another word for some worthless, shrun... : WaterSign
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  Alan Shepard's golf ball. yes i know the timeline is wrong - get fucked : Deathlove
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16910489#itemanchor_16910489 too slow! : Omaha
    • i ignore your posts :< : Deathlove
• They've figured out who the last cylon is. : zebrigazi
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  Water on Enceladus. yawn : Spoetzl
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    Bigtime yawn. We already know there's a whole ocean of water 400 million miles closer than Enceladus - on... : Odoyle
    • but we aren't allowed to land there :( : smax
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    link : filthysock
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16957251#itemanchor_16957251 : Odoyle
  • They said it's an object though. : yoonix
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  "Bugs! Millions of them!" : Omaha
  • Would you like to know more? : Turd Ferguson
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  The island from Lost. : Beady
  • So that's where they moved it to... : dedgecko
• Red stapler : ezanga
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  A teacup in orbit between the Earth and get your ass toMars. : Dynotaku
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    They finally found Finestaut's teacup? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16862527#itemanchor_1686252... : guido anchovy
    • what an awesome story : c0bra

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  I'm rolling with the Goons on PvP. Safety in numbers! : Clay
  • Same here. Goonheim : xpogox
• im doing pve and pvp : italiano3d
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  Ugh, PvE is so useless. You're basing your opinion on a beta event, where everyone is there testing out ... : wykd
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    That's your opinion. A lot of people don't randomly like being ganked; why this surprises you baffles me,... : Bantis
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      Because the original plan was for a PvP guild, and based on a day of PvP half of the people have moved to... : wykd
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        I never saw an original plan for anyone. I know neither visc or I had one; so please don't speak for us : Bantis
        • Hell, even without the open beta pvp event there was still no way I'd go pvp server : Bantis
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          Actually Visc was the one who drew up the plan, maybe you should check his post history. He wanted to be... : wykd
          • that must've been a while ago cause the only thing I've read from him was he wanted to go PVE. And still,... : Bantis
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  Where you on a PVP or PVE server in WoW? : sixfoot6
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    PVP : Bantis
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      Thanks. Now why is this so much worse in AOC? : sixfoot6
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        In WoW you had factions; if you're in an alliance area, alliance people aren't going to gank you. In AoC ... : Bantis
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          You can't be killed in cities in AoC. Also, I don't know of an area in WoW later on in game where you ca... : wykd
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            Key word here is later on. And still, you've always got a set group of allies (your faction) : Bantis
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              That's why a bigger guild is beneficial and why I was hoping we weren't going to split up like this. If ... : wykd
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                and that's fine. I'm not trying to convince you to not go PVP. I just have no desire too, and I figured i... : Bantis
                • Fairly certain my small group is going to go PvP. If it's as bad as you make it out to be and we really c... : sixfoot6
        • Dude I don't really think you understand how FFA pvp servers evolve though. It's never just an all out g... : nukewinter
• I am excited about this game, but I am going to wait. PvE for me though. : byorn
• PvP, anything else would be unmanly. Remember, this is hyboria! : utgaardsloke
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  FFA-PvP: looting? what's the penalty for getting ganked? : Majuju
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    This is crucial. The only way I could stomach wow on a pvp server was the fact that you didnt lose your ... : KxRook
    • I'd like to know this myself. That's actually what scares me with this game; there's still SO MUCH we don... : Bantis
  • Loss of PvP xp, and I think some temporary penalties. : wykd
  • u lose pvp xp. : italiano3d
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  There seems to be a pretty even split here on this issue. Either way, both sides will suffer with a split... : Visceral Monkey
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    sick=suck. Typing with a sleeping baby in your arms for the lose. : Visceral Monkey
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      I really don't want to do PvP, but if everyone agrees to go that way, I guess we have no choice. Although... : Bantis
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        I imagine they'd want people who join to be Goons, no? I don't have an sa account currently. : Visceral Monkey
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          Probably. Do you really think you'd want PVP though : Bantis
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            Probably not, but if everyone else and their mother goes that way, I might join the herd/ : Visceral Monkey
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              I'm just afraid this'll turn into Nagafen 2 years ago with EQ2. It always sounds great on paper; then you... : Bantis
              • Yup. Although to be fair, I never *really* quit naggy, my main is still there :) : Visceral Monkey
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    well if you want to roll PvP and if you've got an SA account, go sign up at http://forum.goonheim.com : Clay
    • I just signed up. What is this ? lol : Cashh
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  I'll go with whatever server has more shackers , I don't care anymore. : Cashh
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    We need to take a vote. Can someone just create a simple page with a poll? That way we can post it in a... : wykd
    • http://snappoll.com/poll/269799.php : snowwolf
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      Easy enough, but what do we want on the poll? 1. FFA PvP Shack Guild 2. FFA with the Goons 3. PvE Sh... : Visceral Monkey
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        Yea those 3 sound about right : Bantis
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          I think you just do 2 options, and have a second question asking if you picked PVP would you be willing t... : snowwolf
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            oh, and it would be a problem if all the hardcore PVPs who vote decided to play with the goons anyways le... : snowwolf
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              The problem is, it's not binding. People are going to do what they want anyway. Some will be swayed while... : Visceral Monkey
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                i want to get the game but if the shack decides to go all PVP i dunno, i dont have that much time to put ... : snowwolf
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                  I honestly don't see enough interest in the game for decent PvP shack guild. That means going Goon or jus... : Visceral Monkey
                  • yea, there's no way we'll get anywhere pvp without goons : Bantis
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        If the pvp group is already going to be split into 2, doesnt that kind of nullify the need for a poll? : KxRook
        • We don't know if it is, that's another aspect of it. The majority might choose to play with the goons. : Visceral Monkey
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  Here's the fucking poll you cocksuckers. Vote. http://snappoll.com/poll/269801.php : Visceral Monkey
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    lol i was the 4th fucking vote are u serious? is there no shack love for aoc anymore? : italiano3d
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      Yea, see, that's another point. If you can only get 10-12 people in a PvP guild, you're fucking dead meat... : Visceral Monkey
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        Make a separate new post with the Poll link and make it all flashy : wykd
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          The results on the current are pretty even. If the PvP result wins, there is honestly no reason to even h... : Visceral Monkey
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            yea, I don't know why people are voting for a PvP shack guild; we don't have numbers. We've gotta go with... : Bantis
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              im not a SA member =/ : italiano3d
              • Neither am I, but the process for joining would be easy, we just get a shack goon to do it for us. : Visceral Monkey
          • ok the poll is picking up a bit. sweet. come on more shackers have to be playing this lol. : italiano3d
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        I'm not sure that I understand this point. The siege warfare in PvE will still be dominated by large gui... : wykd
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          We could get a pretty big guild going on PvE I'd like to think, and I don't think anyone is adversed to j... : Bantis
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            Which you could do on a PvP server also. So basically the only difference would be "ganking". But we co... : wykd
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              key would "I think" - judging from the poll, a lot of other people don't : Bantis
              • Well like I said the only difference is world pvp. Our standing in PvP games will be the exact same on e... : wykd
        • siege warfare will have a player cap most likely anyways : italiano3d
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          I could swear I just read somewhere that the Siege battles will be limited to 48 v 48. : AltZero
          • its from a really old quote, back when AI was going to fight along side, build structures, etc. Right now... : Bantis
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            They are, just announced it: http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=92561 : Visceral Monkey
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              Soo... is 50ish Shackers for AoC Guild a reasonable number to expect? I've never played an MMO with Shac... : AltZero
              • I'd say 50 would be the upper limit for this game. I could be wrong though. : Visceral Monkey
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              I'm not seeing it on there; just people debating : Bantis
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                ah I guess its referencing some announcement? is there a link to that? And jesus, it's like Funcom just w... : Bantis
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                  there was no announcment to my knwoledge. if there was someone link it. thats just the old school rumor : italiano3d
                  • yea thats what I thought : Bantis
            • that actualyl doesn't look like they announced anything lol. : italiano3d
  • I voted pvp with shack guild, but to be honest, I don't care...I'll go with whatever. : rt702
  • Make another poll with PvP only. Thank you. : Cashh
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    ok we have the same 10 people talking about Age of Conan but there are 31 votes for PvE and 55 votes all ... : Cashh
    • I voted but aint posted (til now) - i can go either : YoYo
    • i voted pve =\ : kelbane
• PVP or PVP-FFA no matter. : Iwannaacura
• i like PvP servers because when u get ganked your buddies can come and hunt the gankers down with you and... : gyokuro
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  PVE's got a sizable lead here. : Bantis
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    Too early. The daywalkers need to vote as well. : Visceral Monkey
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      I was just saying in general, not trying to call it :P : Bantis
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        LIES! YOU HAVE A HIDDEN AGENDA! ADMIT IT! : Visceral Monkey
        • PVP doesn't have a chance don't vote!!! : snowwolf
• PvE. : AltZero