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• i think im skipping indiana and going straight for dark knight : oHnOES
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  you should be seeing Narnia : Iwannaacura
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    never read the books, never saw the first movie. Just doesn't seem like anything that would interest me. : devnullgt
    • I read the books as a kid, they were good. Never saw the movies. : Trips
    • The first movie is really well done. I just watched it this weekend and I really enjoyed it. : changejar419
  • you'll find narnia a much more savage place than you left it. : ass-street
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    Yea, I will not pay admission to another Narnia flick, not after the first one. I wanted to strangle eve... : dedgecko
    • you just convinced me to not even consider watching the movies. : devnullgt
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      hahaha, emo kids? or were you talking abou the kids in the audience? cause either way, your post do... : Modica Sol Solis
      • yea, the kids in the movie - only you would think of the children in the audience... Chris Hanson would l... : dedgecko
  • I'll only see it if it's several leagues better than the first one (which I tried to drink my way into en... : sgtsanity
  • after wasting my money on the first one, no thanks :P : biskits
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    I'm boycotting Narnia to even things out after the Christian church tried to boycott The Golden Compass. : riptyde
    • That movie was pretty shitty too except for the polar bear fight - HOLY FUCK! : dedgecko
• I'm probably going to catch Narnia this weekend. Still haven't seen H&K2 tho. : changejar419
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  I want to see another Wes Anderson movie. I love what he does. Rushmore was amazing, Bottle Rockets was s... : sesmaster
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    I usually like Wes Anderson movies, but didn't find Darjeeling Limited as enjoyable can't really put a fi... : bcyde
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      i didnt either. i really dont have a desire to watch it a second time. : pandastrong
      • Don't tell me this. Ugh, I really think he peaked at Rushmore, but I really still enjoy everything so far... : sesmaster
    • I had this talk with my friend. The movie is a little too Wes Anderson for me. : lodit
    • same here. it was certainly a wes anderson film, but i really couldnt empathize with ANY of the characte... : ucanbfuzzy
    • This was my favorite Wes Anderson movie to date. Followed by Rushmore and then Life Aquatic... Tenenbau... : ^rec
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    The Life Aquatic? : sludge vohaul
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      it was ok to me. I felt that it was a little too much of everything. : sesmaster
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        Then Darjeeling Limited was a little more of everything...he really did peak with Rushmore, a masterpiece... : Rasnowl
        • I actually like the Royal Tenenbaums the best. : bcyde
    • Seu Jorge is awesome : deveus1
  • Don't forget about the life aquatic. BY FAR my favorite WA movie, and overall a spectacularly well put t... : Ormsbee
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    Thanks for posting this, reminds me I need to put Bottle Rocket and Life Aquatic on my netflix. : nodge69
    • Bottle Rocket is one of those movies that makes me pissed off that people havent seen it. Especially when... : sesmaster
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  G-Force is in post-production! It's due out next year. The exciting plot: "A specially trained squad of g... : helvetica
  • "Battle of the Rodents"? : genom
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  I'm really hoping the new Hulk movie is good. : Bull
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    Yea, I think when PapaBoo comes up in June, we are going to see that around ThomW s house : devnullgt
    • i'd ask his permission before hopping the fence : biskits
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  Is Indiana Jones anygood? Has any early critic seen it? I just have this feel its not going to be that... : chilln
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    Who gives a fuck if it's good. It could be 90 minutes of Harrison Ford standing there in a fedora while ... : riptyde
    • this is why it will suck. you've permitted them to phone it in. : biskits
    • Hahahaha, I can just imagine that too! And yeah, I'd see it multiple times as well. This doesn't mean I'm... : thetangent
• Metal Gear Solid is gonna own. : Boxelder

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  stop using NetLimiter. That torrent should easily be going at 300-600k/s : pancake humper
  • I'm only using NetLimiter to cap the outgoing, not the incoming. See, the AoC client will not let you set : Home Nugget
• At the very least turn it off when you're not browsing online, ie sleeping / working. : Darkslayne
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  sounds like your ports aren't forwarded : JINKY
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    CHLOE: open a socket for Home Nugget. : Iwannaacura
    • yes pls Chloe : Home Nugget
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    I'll double-check to see if it's using non-standard ports : Home Nugget
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      It's using random ports everytime - if you look at the help page there's an option to force the ports. : Jonathan
      • http://funcom.solidstatenetworks.com/about/ : Jonathan
• Funcom : Ebu
• I got 400k... and it didn't noticeably affect my netflix streaming either. : Jonathan
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  when does early access start? 17th? is there a time limit for pre orders? can i walk into a store on the ... : jane911
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    walk into store buy box for pre-order. Then walk back to store on 17 to pick up full game with your preor... : Iwannaacura
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      Except that the Early Access is now full. So everyone else has to wait until the 20th. : Jonathan
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        really? : jane911
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          Yep. http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/05/age-of-conans-e.html : Jonathan
          • fuk, payday for me is the 16th and i could have purchased it on the 17th and been playing now i gotta wai... : jane911
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            ugh i hate when they dub something a 'wow-killer'... nothing will defeat wow in terms of subscribers, eve... : jane911
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              depends on how many people jump ship. The current wow PVE scene is at a roadblock waiting for Kiljaiden t... : Iwannaacura
              • i agree, they will lose subscribers for a 'change'... but not enough to 'kill wow'.. ive been done with w... : jane911
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              I don't think WoW isn't unbeatable but no one seems willing to try. : Jonathan
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                hello kitty mmo will beat it. Or animal crossinz : Iwannaacura
                • pokemmon : jane911
            • who calls it a WoW killer? certainly not funcom, they expect 600,000 players at launch, that's a drop in ... : cptstern
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  I've had it running nonstop for 2 days, wide open, it's at 40% and says it will take 5 more days to compl... : Slowtreme
  • I think mine stopped uploading once it finished anyway. : Jonathan
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  lol : felicia
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    :( : Home Nugget
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      I can't wait to be answering a million emails voiced exactly like this, "I've paid FunCom for nothing" an... : felicia
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        IM NEVER PURCHASING A FUNCOM GAME EVER AGAIN, FUCK YOU GUYS I WASTED MY MONEY (but is one of the most... : jane911
        • I haven't really bothered to comment on it since I played the beta. I downloaded it, tried it, wasn't imp... : Vincent Grayson
      • No bullshit, if you want to make money, go through all the voicemails for a month, save the funny/obscure... : skitzo
      • Well it's true right? : pancake humper
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        haha welcome to the wonderful world of video game support. you've made a huge mistake. : mikecyb
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          It's actually not that bad, and mostly funny. I wish I could talk about some of the stuff I've seen so... : felicia
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            most of our support stuff is fine and just people who can't get their game to work or activate for whatev... : mikecyb
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              What's weird is that most of the support tickets are for things wrong in the support ticket system ... : ThomW
              • You've just described my current support ticket queue :( : Jonathan
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                I delete those and pretend they never happened : mikecyb
                • a job well done. : italiano3d
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            You should make a journal of all the funny ones and release it if you ever leave that job. : sanchez
            • if i madewa journal of all the crazy stuff that used to happen when i admined the funcom internal and ext... : italiano3d
      • To be clear, I'm talking about the early access, but yeah, expect less rational sources of ire than this : Home Nugget
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  Turn on UPnP in your router settings and stop using NetLimiter to cap your upload, the client can do that... : Sapiens
  • The lowest client limit is 25kb/sec and it doesn't fucking work because if you look at the traffic going ... : retardhumper
• blower. mine took about 7 hours or whatever at 400-500k. : xxiv
• Whining Update: Someone posted their own torrent out there. Using that instead and getting much better sp... : Home Nugget

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  How is something like that even possible? What company refuses money especially an mmorpg where the larg... : Wombat Woo
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    they allocated 60,000 keys to retailers ..those keys sold out ..fucom cant get additional out in time ... : cptstern
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      No there are more keys then there are early access slots. : xxx2xxx
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        Which is insane. : Jonathan
        • They stated on their website that early access is limited. : xxx2xxx
      • sort of:: "Yes, the Early Access offer was limited to a certain maximum number of registrations. Becau... : cptstern
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        That's what I'm guessing but it makes no sense. The $5 early access was probably just a simple toggle t... : Wombat Woo
        • My guess is: Yes they are worried and rightly so, an mmo launch is I think one of the harder things a com... : xxx2xxx
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      So did the retailers just re-use keys? If people have keys then surely they should be guaranteed a space? : Jonathan
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        They always said the keys were primarily for the mounts, while giving you the chance to buy early access.... : daedraug
        • Well I suppose at least I've not paid for my pre-order until it's shipped. : Jonathan
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          That is retarded! I just picked up my pre-order on Monday, but had no idea I wouldn't be able to partici... : AltZero
          • Of course I've got to play until Level 40 to get the benefits of that... If I wasn't in the Early Access ... : Jonathan
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          do I still get my mount? I didn't use my key because it wasn't the 17th :o : Slowtreme
          • Of course, the only thing limited was the early access thingie. : daedraug
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  Are the goons down with letting us in their guild? I was for FFA-PvP with a shack guild but if that won't... : acidnynex
  • I think a lot of shackers are closet goons. : Jonathan
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    Many of those that are taking charge of the Goon guild are indeed shackers. : smackpiece
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      Many? The 5 that voted in the poll? : retardhumper
      • They have to vote in the poll in order to be a shacker in a goon guild? : smackpiece
• As I said in the previous thread, I'm more than willing to play PvE with the shack, despite voting for FF... : rt702
• Ughhh that sucks. : Edges
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  Quit being carebears, Shack. Seriously. An MMO is more than farming dungeons & /dancing with other peop... : jingletard
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    Anyone would think you're looking to gank shackers. : Jonathan
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      No, I'm not. I'm not playing AoC, but I seriously think people will regret rolling PvE down the road. : jingletard
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        In Age of Conan the PvE servers are very akin to the PvP servers in WoW which already provide plenty of P... : yemeth
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          I didn't appreciate the whole deal in WoW where PvP was sanctioned to one specific area in the game. Bat... : jingletard
          • DAoC does it fairly well. : mace
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        You're not even playing and you're getting involved? Go away. : Jonathan
        • I'm probably going to check it out when it hits retail, but I doubt I'll play it for years like I did wit... : jingletard
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    If most people playing MMOs weren't wastes of flesh it might be fun to have FFA PvP. As it stands, most ... : the city
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      To me, that's part of an MMO. I hated wasting time getting ganked, but quite honestly, it goes both ways : jingletard
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        It's a feature if people aren't fucking idiots. Since most are, it ruins the fun of occasional duels and... : the city
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          I agree with this, if you're on the receiving end of it. PvP on my old WoW server was huge on fighting t... : jingletard
          • You're assuming that everyone enjoys being the asshole ganker. : Ebu
      • Getting ganked means, to me, getting killed by someone who outlevels you enough that you have no chance. ... : InfoBiter
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    why do you care? and there's pvp on every server ....the difference is between open pvp (anywhere e... : cptstern
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      Because I can't see how playing a game where Player vs Player encounters happen in a specific sanctioned ... : jingletard
      • have you played the game? I'm guessing not ..how much fun is it to zone into an area and be ganked by som... : cptstern
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        I can't see how playing a game where Player vs Player encounters happen everywhere is fun, at all. : Goncyn
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          TF2 is fun :( : daedraug
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            TF2 is a team based PvP where FFA doesn't actually happen. : Jonathan
            • Aaagh. UT deathmatch? Dukematch? RA? Fine, bad joke :( : daedraug
  • Yeah you candy asses, don't you wanna be HARCORE?!?!!! in a MMO....... : tree8
  • MY PLAYSTYLE IS BETTER THAN YOURS!!!L!O!L!O!LOl : Bantis
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  Wow, I'll miss you Shack. See you on the other side. It's too bad I'm not a goon, I guess I'll go it alon... : Slowtreme
  • This is already leading towards disaster and the game isn't even out. : pancake humper
• Update: 1:21 central time If you group the two PvP groups vs the PvE groups, the results are pretty fu... : Visceral Monkey
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  Alright, I'll be gone for the rest of the day building the new machine. With the help of my 4 year old th... : Visceral Monkey
  • Keep me up to date Monkey I want to joion the shack guild! : D45hiz

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  are you schizophrenic? : MagicWishMonkey
  • No, just awesome. : WaterSign
  • Probably. : Jonathan
  • schizophrenia is NOT multi personality disorder : oHnOES
• You are a huge dork and I want to be your friend. : skinlab133
• Nice shtick. Myself I chew on a long piece of straw at all times. : NastyJack
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  do you wear those with your crocs/mustache/fauxhawk/pink polo shirt/blazer and t-shirt : JINKY
  • are you looking for a boyfriend? : not work safe
  • The good ones I wear with suits. Casual ones, usually the jeans, open collar shirt with sport jacket. : WaterSign
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  I have that same chess set! Conquistadores and Incans/Mayans/whatever, right? : Juno
  • Yeah, it makes a great decoration, but damn don't the pieces feel brittle. : WaterSign
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  That pic would be a lot better if you took the front one out. : sammyl
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    I agree. : SockMonkeh
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      Okay, I removed that dude. : WaterSign
      • Well post the new version! >:( : SockMonkeh
• bean would like this. : boomstickah
• thank you for saving me from buying a fedora : askedrelic
• Perhaps try a Trilby instead? : The Key
• Awesome! : A Sponge
• http://sararyan.com/wp-content/uploads/covers/capsfor-sale_3.gif : sgtsanity
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  How do you do these shots? Photoshop 4 random photos together? : randomposter
  • Photoshop 4 not so random photos together. : SockMonkeh
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    Tripod and same lighting so the only element that's different is the guy. : Conan
    • guy gay. : NastyJack
    • ^^^ It's really easy, provided you don't change the lighting, etc. and maintain a general continuity. : WaterSign
• it's so awkward when everyone wears the same shirt <\:( : .sticks.
• so you're THAT guy : oHnOES
• JPB and the temple of doom! : jonin
• The one on the left is fading away like Marty McFly : DinK
• do you find it difficult living with clones of yourself? : Yabrodan
• i enjoy the one on the right the best. : dahanese
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  Fixed/better version. http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thehatsofjonathanparkertn4.jpg : WaterSign
  • Your plates are well-coordinated with the decor. : MurrayTheSkull
• where's short round? : davislovestacobell
• no time for love, dr. jones! you gonna be in iowa any time soon, or are you jetting to south america? : alarm cock

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  did you file your own tax return? : Galadriel07
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    yea, but they still claimed me. According to the IRS site, I should have gotten a deposit on the 9th if I... : mojo the helpr monke
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      if they claimed you, you should not have filed taxes no? : mattfl
      • Nope, you still have to file : reign27
      • no, you still file taxes because you could have overpaid/underpaid your taxes throughout the course of th... : Prozium
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        Not at all. Them claiming him probably means he ends up paying more taxes or something though. : DinK
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          yea, everyone at work that's my age and not dependent got like double the tax return that I did. AND I do... : mojo the helpr monke
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            Well, see if your parents want to give you some of the money that they're getting for claiming you. That... : DinK
            • yea, I know. I'll try and guilt my mom into giving me some money so I can pay off some of my coachella de... : mojo the helpr monke
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            Do you live at home? Do your parents pay your bills? When my dad claimed me post-18, it was because I... : DianeOfTheMoon
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              yea, I live at home but they don't pay any of my bills. : mojo the helpr monke
              • hmmm, do you pay rent? that might be the reason. : dahanese
              • That's the issue then...since they pay a majority of your living expenses (food and shelter), you are sti... : DianeOfTheMoon
      • ok i was wrong, just ignore me : mattfl
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        You still have to file, but you can't take the "standard deduction," meaning you have to pay taxes from d... : DianeOfTheMoon
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          I'm pretty sure I used the standard deduction option when I did my taxes... : mojo the helpr monke
          • If memory serves me correctly, then you technically broke the law...not that the IRS is going to come loo... : DianeOfTheMoon
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  If you filed a 1040, yes, in which case, they shouldn't be claiming you. If you did not, no. : Deathlove
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    I did file a 1040ez, but I thought they could still claim me since I'm a full time student. : mojo the helpr monke
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      What they were claiming probably affected your education credit. : Conan
      • so what does that mean? : mojo the helpr monke
  • yeah this is where I was going with my question. : Galadriel07
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  why the fuck do parents still goddamned claim their adult children what the fuck is this shit : dahanese
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    unless you live at home and don't pay rent in which case MOVE THE FUCK OUT : dahanese
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      OT I can't understand the people that live at home until they're 25. I've got a friend or two that li... : DianeOfTheMoon
      • yeah tell me about it, my good friend is 28, still living at home with his live in girlfriend, granted it... : shackwack
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    fo real. I'd love to get me some real tax return money and not these bullshit returns I've always gotten ... : mojo the helpr monke
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16963322 : anhero
  • my mom claimed me and paid me the money i would have gotten should i have claimed myself. a) the deduct... : laurgasms
  • Because their adult children are in college etc and so it's beneficial to still be financially tied toget... : DinK
  • MEATLOAF NOW MOM, FUCK !! : gmd
  • I think it mainly has to do with medical insurance. To be under your parents policy you generally need to... : Prozium
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    technically if you are a full time college student with your permanent address at home, you are still a d... : Galadriel07
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      God Galadriel, you're such a lesbian. Stop posting. : ryuuseki
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        what Galadriel and I do in our spare time is no business of yours, ryu. : laurgasms
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          It is when you ask me to film. How come you never ask me to film anymore? : ryuuseki
          • Because you broke the rules. : laurgasms
  • I'm almost 24 and still claimed as a dependent by my parents. I don't really know why. : freshyk
  • a) They can claim you until 24 - just like they can insure you until 24 if you are in school. b) The kic... : anhero
  • all of the above "you are in college/live with your parents/have medical or other insurance" reasons make... : dahanese
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  No. If you are claimed as a dependent by someone else, you are not eligible for the money. Your paren... : laurgasms
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    god damnit. : mojo the helpr monke
    • Epic failure because of parents. : ejectorpod
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    Hardly a loop hole. Every independent adult gets $600, every dependent gets $300. He sort of gets $300 ... : DinK
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      I'm over 18 so they didn't get any extra money for me. : mojo the helpr monke
      • Oh, so the stimulus money is only for minor children and not any dependents? In any case, they DO pay ... : DinK
    • No he doesn't, and no they don't. Every dependent under the age of 17 (not 18 as i originally thought, my... : laurgasms
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    as of 2008, i am no longer a dependent and i filed a tax return. do i get money?? : glory hole
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      yes you do! : Deathlove
      • unless you didn't earn enough to qualify in which case lol : Deathlove
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      no. : laurgasms
      • wait, did you file as independent for 2007? it's based on that. so if this year you are filing independen... : laurgasms

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  Because GTA IV is bridging the gap between the real world and video games! someone should tell Rocksta : dedgecko
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    here's what to expect: Crackdown 2 will be more fun than GTA 5. : biskits
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      http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/14450/No-Crackdown-Sequel-for-Realtime-Worlds/ I haven't heard any news to... : Ajax
      • SON OF A BITCH : biskits
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        Yeah I can't wait to follow THAT intriguing and deep storyline. : sammyl
        • Any excuse to run around fucking shit up as super cop is a good excuse. : Ajax
        • It's a Sandbox game - and was damn near perfect for what it was. There shouldn't be that much concern fo... : dedgecko
        • It was the best coop experience I've had in years. Sitting in a car as your buddy throws you through a r... : tsuba
      • Isn't there a followup article that discusses the notion that RTW doesn't own the rights to Crackdown - s... : dedgecko
      • But it's ok because APB is going to be awesome. : Sexpansion Pack
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    Saints Row nailed the garage system. End game GTAIV needs a large mansion with one or two helipads and a ... : djkenohki
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      holy shit that would kick ass. i want a mansion with hella helipads. : [fry]
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        I want a bunker where I can sit protected from enemy fire while I go Charles Whitman on everyone. : edgewise
        • This pretty much describes the enclosed area under the statue of happiness. You can sit there all day ta... : prokat
      • It would be awesome if they added purchasable houses in the DLC. : Ajax
      • They had that in GTA:VC : rustified
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      They had weapon spawns in goddamn GTA3. : sammyl
      • Only if you had collected hidden packages. Every 10 got you a new weapon that would spawn and your hide o... : sigpro
      • You also lost all your weapons if you died in GTA3. I'll take the GTA4 mechanism of no spawns but keep y... : Arcanum
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        GTA IV has weapon spawns- I've found some shotguns and body armor sitting around in certain places : tashtego
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          I think he means in your house. : Arcanum
          • and like I said before in gta 3 you had to earn that weapon spawn. Saints Row it would spawn some guns at... : sigpro
    • the weapon spawns aren't all that important. By the time I had the second safehouse, I could call up Lit : Finestaut
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      The garage led to an easy money exploit though. I like GTA4's parking space system better. : Tommy Toolbag
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        Problem with the parking space system is that it's unreliable. Cars keep getting knocked out and you los... : Finestaut
        • Thats true. I had a Coqette disappear. : Tommy Toolbag
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          I wonder if they'll patch that? : Ajax
          • Dunno if you guys will read this but you can only have two cars per yellow box. I wouldn't count on that ... : djkenohki
• π : Ebu
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  I keep the viper or whatever it is for races. : Iwannaacura
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    I did this until I realized the lower safehouse in Algonquin is sitting right next to a Exotic car showca... : K1Bond007
    • huh? I've only found the one with the Ferraris... is there another one? : Ormsbee
• exactly. : biskits
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  The title of the game probably has something to do with that game mechanic not being in place. I agree th : Ajax
  • lol. I wish you could gift cars in this game like in Forza 2. although my parking spaces keep losing ... : mikecyb
  • The parking space ate mine. >:( : ThomW
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    Manny spoiler : I laughed out loud and proclaimed my satisfaction when Elizabeta shot Manny in the head. : stump
    • That was a great mission. I loved it. : Ajax
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      That scene shocked me, for some reason. Just how quickly he was killed kinda rattled me, even though I a : walker270
      • I actually liked him, at least from a writing perspective. He was a little too enthusiastic personality- : Lone Swordsman
    • I was a bit stunned, then laughed out loud and said "FINALLY". : Damodred
    • *knock knock. "WHO IS IT?" "THE STREETS" : Serpico74
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    227 555 0175. doesn't fuck with achievements AFAIK. : edgewise
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      I don't know if I did something wrong but I got a text message to steal a Comet for Stevie from outside t : Ajax
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        I did something like that after my first race from Brucie. Luckly a million of them spawn around so I tr... : burningtrees
        • you're only supposed to be able to hold 2 cars in each parking spot. extras are doomed to disappear at s... : biskits
    • according to gamefaqs every cellphone cheat effects achievements. : sharpie
  • Do some races and Comets will spawn. : nudel
• exactly the point I've been trying to make. : mankeroo
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  I kept losing cars. The safe house on the big island is right around the corner from a high-end sports c : ThomW
  • But they only have Turismos]. I want a fucking Comet. : zerog83
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    unfortunately, it only has Turismos. I want my goddamn Infernus back. Assholes. : Finestaut
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      which one is the comet? is that the porsche you get from brucie's first race? i like the turismo more th : biskits
      • Yes. : ThomW
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        That's the Comet. I hate the Comet. It skids all over the place like the tires are oiled, AND it's made ... : Finestaut
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          agreed. total bitch to control. the turismo (Ford GT) is fucking awesome. i have a few stashed all ove... : biskits
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            The Turismo is a Ferrari with an Aston Martin rear end. Is there a Ford GT knock-off in the game? : Ajax
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              oh, i thought it was a GT. in fact, i thought all the cars were scale copies of real vehicles. kind of ... : biskits
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                Copyright laws would disagree with you. I thought they did a good job of making the cars recognizable whi... : Ajax
                • It's funny because when playing people just say "I'm getting in the ferrari/lambo" and such. At least in... : DinK
            • and zonda pipes :) : fotografico
          • I like the Turismo, but it's a peasant car. They're really easy to find: The oft-mentioned dealership so : Finestaut
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          really? I love the comet. I have no troubles handling it. The Turismo is a pain in the ass as is the Bans... : edgewise
          • eh, i would switch your reply around to say the opposite. to each his own style. : biskits
          • Your preference, opinion, and tastes are incorrect. You are not welcome on my internet. : Finestaut
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      Fuck that car. It's fast, but it can't corner or brake for shit. I'll take the Infernius over it any day ... : sigpro
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        What? Are you sure you're not thinking of the Super GT? The Turismo and Banshee are both pretty decent dr : Ajax
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          I'm talking about the Infernius (lambo clone) was driving one last night in a cannonball run game and the... : sigpro
          • The Coquette is surprisingly agile. I was driving around the A-Team version until one of the fucking miss... : Ajax
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  I agree that you should be able to get your stored car(s) back. A less silly, less abusable, more realis... : Arcanum
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    yeah, like a towing/body shop! i like that! post it on the R* forums. :) : biskits
    • Call up a number to have your last used/designated car to be towed to where you are after repairs (forwar... : Nighteyes
• Well, if you leave a car in your space, they seem to spawn a lot over the city, so that's a plus. : rt702
• You can clone cars. Take your car around the block a few times, then stop in front of your safehouse. Y... : Freon

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  I drafted Nasty Jack already, sorry. : A Sponge
  • He's an all-star, I'm sure he can play both conferences. : monkeygone
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    i *never* saw who was drafted to where and when.. is there a post? : virus
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      I haven't seen who was drafted either. East is waiting on terath to begin. I know I have drafted Nasty... : A Sponge
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        are you guys doing it tonight? omgomg. : laurgasms
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          That's kinda personal laurgasms. : NastyJack
          • not if you don't want it to be. if you know what i mean. : laurgasms
      • My agent informs me I cannot accept your offer. Sweeten the pot pls. : NastyJack
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  Tell us something we don't know....like your second and third picks. : dkrulz
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    I have a list of 12 players. If I don't get those 12 specifically then I'm only fielding the ones I wante... : monkeygone
    • I'm pretty sure that's not the way it works. : laurgasms
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  Is there a list of the players anywhere? : pieman
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    everyone: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/shackTF2 east: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/STF2TE west:... : hirez
    • Thanks. : pieman
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  Draft Info: Draft has technically started - but we're doing it a bit different this time. I'm calling it... : hirez
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    still waiting on terath : FushigiDenki
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      I'LL KILL YOU TERATH. : A Sponge
      • haha he's just taunting you now ;) : yosemiteclimber
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      yes. terath is lagging. he'll get it together... eventually. : hirez
      • If he doesn't pick by midnight BST I'm declaring my team the winners. : A Sponge
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    Is there a way for non-captains to view the draft? : dmason
    • ^^^^ : yosemiteclimber
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      no : FushigiDenki
      • :( : yosemiteclimber
    • ^^^ make another doc and update once a day or something : re4ctor
    • I agree, hirez or one of the captains needs to host a 2nd closed spreadsheet that has the drafted players... : Xevo
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    Has anyone been picked yet? Was feek #1?!?!?! : omnova
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      more importantly, who was #2?!?!?! : mXENO
      • hahahaha : virus
      • ahaha I was waiting for this :) : yosemiteclimber
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    wow that sucks : virus
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      but I am leveraging GOOGLE docs! that RULES : hirez
      • that does in fact kinda rule. : virus
• This is going to be awesome. : WaterSign
• Even though the last draft took forever the running commentary (esp from A Sponge) was awesome. Can so... : Alco23
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  Ok but I'm sick of demoman so I'm only playing pyro. Hope that's ok monkey. : NastyJack
  • I'm okay with that. : dmason
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    ok, but you can only use the Pyro Shotgun! : Xevo
    • or axe : Merconium
• Yay! : project13
• The West captains that don't pick me will be face-stabbed. The East captains will all be face-stabbed as ... : dmason
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  Captains! Look at my awesome demoman stats! Of course I haven't played in months but don't let that both... : skunk_ape
  • oops - http://steamcommunity.com/id/Skunk_Ape/stats/TF2 : skunk_ape
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  Apparently Jackass is first pick in the East, now to see if Abigail makes the right call... : Xevo
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    Ah, I think I know the right call: lololololololo! : A Sponge
    • =P : Xevo

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  I ordered it from amazon yesterday morning, they just sent me a key and now it is closed. What. The. Fu... : kelbane
  • lulz :( sounds like launch day will be shit watch. : Iwannaacura
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  Well that's fucking dumb. I have my preorder code too. I decided I wouldn't register it until I downloa... : pigvomit
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    Screw it, I'm transferring my $5 preorder to Wii Fit and I'll buy Conan when I see it at retail after the... : pigvomit
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      Good luck, I tried to do this after canceling my AoC pre-oder, and Wii-Fit preorders were already gone at... : Head Rush
      • I already have a Wii Fit pre-order from a month ago, so they will just transfer the cash over to it. : pigvomit
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  Oh neato. Now launch for the rest of us has been pushed back to the 23rd. I like where this is going. ... : d1sregard
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    Link? I wonder if they can stop shipping of the game still. : Jonathan
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      "The Early Access product has been sold out. We look forward to seeing you in Hyboria on May 23rd." ... : d1sregard
      • Could be a typo - pretty sure they'd announce it if they needed to delay the launch. : Jonathan
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        23rd was always the European launch date :/ : daedraug
        • Misleading then. I had USA selected as my region. They need to JavaScript that shit. : d1sregard
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  I liked the bit of the game I played in Open Beta but it seems that Funcom hasn't learned from AO's launc... : serenj
  • cue 17th -23 shack posts that contain "FUCK THIS GAME" LOLZ game not working i knew it Haha fun... : Iwannaacura
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  I was really hoping that out of anyone that at least Funcom would've learned their lesson after the worst... : mrwolf710
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    I thought the worst MMO launch was Vanguard. UO's was pretty bad, but hey, things were new back then. : pigvomit
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      I would have to say AO was the worst launch. Vangard just sucks, so it wasn't so much that the launch ... : hawke
      • Exactly. AO was a fun game but not until a year or so had gone by. I would say they had the worst launc... : mrwolf710
• they had a specific number of regristration spots which they sold out in a few days ..I forgot to preorde... : cptstern
• Its funcom. Did you really expect things would work out wonderfully? Look at their history of fuck ups : retardhumper
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  I hate launch days for any online enabled game. I don't think I've played an MMO that actually had a dec... : jingletard
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    Everquest 2's launch was fairly smooth. : pigvomit
    • because the servers were empty - HEYYOOHHHHHHOOOOO : kgargonmagrix79
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    I was logged in and playing minutes after the midnight launch of WoW. : darcspeed
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      Yeah, WoW wasn't so bad on launch day, the queues got bad later so they took our server down for a while ... : sanchez
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        I remember having 2 or 3 days of the server being down right after launch, granted it's not the opening d... : devi| dog
        • wasn't : devi| dog
    • because a relatively low number of people went out at midnight to buy the game and then came home to play... : sharpie
    • Yeah Malganis was super awesome during launch! :P : D45hiz
  • TF2! was fine... for some haha wow actually had a decent launch except for the fact that everyone went... : Iwannaacura
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  There's no way I'd buy this without a demo. : Damodred
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    Thats what the open beta was supposed to be : retardhumper
    • that only helps people that are interested before launch : RikiTiki2
    • Then they did a lousy job promoting it as such. I never saw a key anywhere, and I've been signed up for t... : Damodred
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  So in that official explanation the reason for the limit was to not overload the download servers? How... : hawke
  • It's a lame excuse for sure, but I think they meant the patch server - which isn't P2P. : r_picmip 5
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  Did they put a warning out with the early access saying that it is limited? If not, that is a huge fuck u... : jane911
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    They did. People like to bitch though. : daedraug
    • i believe people said it was just a marketing thing used to stir up excitment : shavenewok
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  Warcraft is so lucky. After the scare beast ninja "non-buff" every hunter was ready to jump ship, and now... : pauk111
  • Well probably more than half of WoW's player base isn't looking at MMOs, they're just playing WoW. The on... : Jonathan
  • If they took the heal away from polymorph or make it instacast, I'd keep my WoW account. : pigvomit
• WTF how can a code be sold out. : nukewinter
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  Heh, the Early Access option is back. Haven't seen an official post about it yet... : d1sregard
  • Does it work? : pigvomit
  • yeah buncha people posting that on the forums. no idea if its just trolls. : sixfoot6
• wow! : jedi_27
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  The game is fun. But I am waiting for performance to improve. : byorn
  • when was the last time you tried it? there was a recent patch that REALLY helped. : Clay
  • what performance? client or server? : gyokuro
• Awesome! I finally got mine downloaded and patched today, but registered a week ago. Can't wait for the... : chadg033
• great... I preordered from Gogamer and haven't gotten shit yet. : ant321

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• i played about 20 hours of chrono trigger but i could never get into it either : oHnOES
• c'mon man!! DON GATO! : ass-street
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  are you starting a fresh game? or did you borrow it from someone starting with +save using a rainbow? : Iwannaacura
  • Fresh game using an emulator : datoo
• between this and the snickers post, you are on a roll today : kelerian
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  Why are you playing it then? Sounds like you are just trying to rag on it. : avatar_58
  • I'm playing it because I've heard from a lot of people how it is their favorite game of all time. : datoo
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  It's dated. I think Quake1 was the most important game ever for the next generation of games (online comm... : pauk111
  • With some of the amazing source conversions out for it, Quake can be gorgeous and fun. Tenebrae comes to... : Enkidu
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  As much as I love a whole bunch of JRPGs, they really do not age well for the most part, especially for p... : Vincent Grayson
  • i got FF6 for the GBA for my half brother and i think he may have traded it because he didnt know how to ... : oHnOES
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    So what is an example of an excellent modern JRPG? : datoo
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      Valkyrie Profile 2 : cpt_gloval
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        ... is a steaming pile of shit compared to VP1 : veras
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          they both have strengths and weaknesses. i thought the time limit on the first game was really limiting. : cpt_gloval
          • Pretty much. I think VP's rarity has catapulted it in people's minds to being this amazing game, but it w... : Vincent Grayson
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      FFX was fun from what i played. a little too on rails though : oHnOES
      • Blitzball was great. But then it got gay waiting to get techs. : Iwannaacura
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        Don't listen to him FFX is one of the worst in the series. : ieGod
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          It's one of my favorites. FFVI > FFVII > FFIV > FFX > FF > FFV > FFXII > FFIII Never played the oth... : razlebol
          • or even FFVI = to FFVII. I can't decide which one I liked more. : razlebol
    • Shadow Hearts (2) Grandia II : Modica Sol Solis
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      Last gen, I'd say FFXII was the best one. Behind that, DQ8, Suikoden 3/5, Xenosaga (only part 3, really),... : Vincent Grayson
      • yes! dragon quest 8 was awesome but very very long : oHnOES
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      all these mothers are wrong the answer is persona 3 > dq8 > everything else : JINKY
      • that's how i see it too. : barichnikov
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        I put FFXII before those two, but otherwise, I agree. P3 was a breath of fresh air...I only hope that ... : Vincent Grayson
        • ff12 more like left analog stick: the game : JINKY
      • hmm, I guess I'll have to get a new laser for one of my 3 broken ps2s... : datoo
      • I didn't like DQ8 at all, and I generally like JRPGs. It was so simple and slow-paced that I got bored al... : Psigun
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      I personally would say Lost Odyssey.. I loves it : nukewinter
      • Yeah, Lost Odyssey was pretty great. : Vincent Grayson
  • persona 3 is all kinds of awesome, talking about ps2era jrpgs. : barichnikov
• yeah it got talked up to me by my friends. my wife got it for me for christmas one year, and i didn't get... : cpt_gloval
• sounds like it's time for you to play grown-up games like Lost Oddysey : bninja
• Can't say I'm quite sure why you're playing if you don't get JRPGs, especially old 2D menu-driven ones. ... : DinK