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  oh, and yes shackreviews itself will also get an overhaul. a big one. : Steve Gibson
  • what? again? : conandan
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    finally!!! reflections and gradients for all!! : stonedonkey
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      as many as we can possibly fit in there. : Steve Gibson
      • god bless!!! a glorious day!!! kudos on all the work Steve, nice to see all the cool new stuff. : stonedonkey
  • Awesome! A new design already? : DrWaffles
• My Library is full of Demos :( But it is still entertaining to see what everyone is into. : xZanU
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  is there a fix for marking which games i've completed in safari / mac firefox? : Borzoi
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    yeah, we have that about 90% ready.. should be in place tomorrow morning. : Steve Gibson
    • whee thanks! : Borzoi
• All this new stuff makes me giddy. : smoove
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  1. Is it possible to change my mind on a game? I accidentally rated some incorrectly. Why remove the abil... : pupismyname
  • yes, we'll allow re-rating and un-done soon. virtual console games will be reclassified soon as a diff... : Steve Gibson
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    2. Same with XBLA games re: xbox 360 : Ebu
    • yeah we're getting those and PSN games as well. we're on it. : Steve Gibson
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  Is it possible to disable this? I have no real use for it, and all it's doing currently is shoving my act... : Dslyecxi
  • Yea, he said he plans to allow you to disable displaying it at some point : Ebu
• Horray, looks like voting is working now for me in Firefox 2 : Dynotaku
• lol@ ps3 users must use ie comment : Nighteyes
• Go Symphony of a Night! : Grumbeld
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  What happened to my points?? :( : sharkII
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    Did you put yournamehere after the links that auto linked.. it threw me for a sec as well : stonedonkey
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      I have no idea what you just said to me. : sharkII
      • http://www.shacknews.com/library/sharkii : stonedonkey
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        Oh nevermind, I thought you clicked the link in Steves post which takes you to a blank profile if you lea... : stonedonkey
        • No, if you click on my profile, I have NO points. : sharkII
  • the ranking query needs some work. should be back soon. : Steve Gibson
  • Gays cannot get married and cannot have points. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  am i reading this wrong or is the best rated game for the 360 tf2!? : bfzzzz
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    the orange box... a little different. hl2 and portal are great on it. tf2 on 360 in my experience has ... : Steve Gibson
    • ooh right, i forgot about hl2 and portal. that makes a little more sense now but it still surprises me g... : bfzzzz
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  is there a way to rate the shack rating system using the shack rating system? : ninjase
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    pretty much everything we ever do here is pure awesome but i thank you for wanting to help us validate ou... : Steve Gibson
    • Awesome :). You do too much for us :) : Malku
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      And that one that didn't even launch was pretty damn awesome as well! : haiku
      • what's shackbuzz. : rock elf
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      also dont forget everything haiku ever did, ever : ninjase
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        like your mother oooooohhhhhhhh YOUR MOM : haiku
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          ahahahah oh SNAP bro *fistbump* : AlexXdude
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            what's up lindsay brohan : haiku
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              not much brosario dawson : AlexXdude
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                we're brose mcgowan : haiku
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                  hahah like Clive Browen : AlexXdude
                  • or angelina brolie! : haiku
        • DUDE : ninjase
    • We should be allowed to vote on Shack awesomeness, but all votes are 5 out of 5. I think that'd be fair. ... : thetangent
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  Note 2: It's kinda of wierd to visit other profiles and have it say "My Game Library" or "My Shacker Stat... : sharkII
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    hehe yeah, havent applied all the username code everywhere yet. : Steve Gibson
    • lol, alrighty then. : sharkII
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  FUCK YA StarWars TIE Fighter #1 PC BABY! : loboca
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    Btw, are the rankings weighted by number of votes cast? A game with 1 ranking of perfect might beat out a... : loboca
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      not yet, but they will be something like that. now that we're getting a much higher volume of votes etc ... : Steve Gibson
      • just don't change these results : loboca
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    Where are you seeing this!? I fully endorse this! : thetangent
    • http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/index.x?platform=pc : loboca
  • Shit yeah. I think I'll go vote it excellent too. I'm glad to see so many true greats in the top 20, th... : DinK
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  I don' t know if this is on your list "to do" , but is it possible to have someway , in the "add to libra... : Masem
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    the times of games? you mean, date added? if so, yeah i asked maarten to record that. its in the db... : Steve Gibson
    • Gah, I meant the title of games. So that when I rebrowse the library to add games that weren't there the... : Masem
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  this is pretty nice steve and maarten + whoever else is working on it. keep up the good work and i may co... : spaceless
  • thanks. the programming is all maarten and the layout/css etc is myself. which is why there are so man... : Steve Gibson
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  I think the VC Wii games should go to their original system. : aethyr
  • same with XBL Arcade stuff too. : aethyr
  • Or at least put something like "(Wii VC)" next to the appropriate game title. : bitter ego
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  Ouch! more than half of the top 10 Wii games are VC games.. :*( There are so few wii games.. :( : pillzer
  • eh it's nostalgic fanboys who knew exactly what they were buying before they even hit [purchase] ... you'... : boring gegtik
• Pokemon Pearl :( : Rigor Morts
• Awesome feature Steve. Could we get old school sierra games (King's Quest, Space Quest, etc.) in the adv... : Reverb
• LOL @ HALO 3! Personally, I think it's right where it belongs or possibly should be lower. : FormerHPB
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  OK, what in the ever-lovin' hell is going on at #40 on the PC list?! http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/ind : mn3m0n1c
  • Yeah, it should be #1 : Helios150
• I am curious how things are progressing with what must be a monumental task of adding pc games form the d... : Fredrik S
• Ouendan at the top of the ds list.. shack knows what is what :) this should be awesome, with everyone : e1ghtball
• needs separate section for VC games... : kn1fe

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  wow that's almost enough to get me to reinstall it. almost : deject
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    I think the weapon bullet spread tweaks changes it so much it could be a bit different game. : -sk-
    • o{fgdgd}o helllloooo : Jackass1233
• man years of bitching about Garand recoil, and they finally reduce it.. : stonedonkey
• right on, I'll try it out.. I still remember staying up all night playing the first few betas back in 200... : randomnull
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  surprised they're supporting it! changing the guns back to the original DOD is a great idea...though that... : cygnus
  • probably means they're using the soft collisions like TF2 has : RikiTiki2
  • I hope they mean collission like TF2. You kind of... spring off teammates. As if you were walking through... : crummynz
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  - changed the algorithm for bullet spread to be more like the original Day of Defeat yes Yes YES!!! D... : sanchez
  • They are seeming to head into this direction and I for one support this decision. : Lionhart32935
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  Why? Was the original Garand not deadly enough? YES, YES IT WAS DEADLY ENOUGH : alarm cock
  • in the original DoD i had absolutely NO problem killing an obscene amount of people with every gun... but... : -=kodiak=-
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  Why didn't Caen ever get remade for DoD:Source? That was THE best map IMO. : Priest77
  • no kidding, the original one before the stupid dynamite-able areas : randomnull
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    that map alone was one of the best maps in all time FPS HISTORY. shove yer q2 dm1 up yer ass or your w... : -=kodiak=-
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      q2dm1 had nothing on q3dm17 : flasher 907
      • Please tell me you're joking. Please. : Sacred Sperm
      • I support this comment... loved dm17. : stonedonkey
      • I say this without enthusiasm because I love q3dm17, but seriously q2dm1 owns your face. It was the ulti... : DinK
• nemesis and revenge? they're trying to turn this into TF2, and that ain't such a bad thing : RikiTiki2
• About time they fixed the M-1 Garand. That thing needed a lot of mouse pad to bring back to the starting ... : Sailor of Fortune
• I rocked at that game, too bad TF2 is so much fun : FiReaNG3L
• Might have to play that again. It's fun for a little while, but I usually kick so much ass that it get's ... : locater16
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  DoD:S has fans? heh.. I may have to retry this. I never really got into it. I'm actually surprised tha... : K1Bond007
  • CSS and DODS have higher player numbers than TF2. : thewindcriesmary
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  Didn't dod jump the shark gameplay wise, going from 1.3b to 2.0? It became a very different game. : thane
  • 2.0 was different but didn't hurt the player base much.. the jump from old to source I think effectively ... : stonedonkey
• wow, I thought they had killed this off, it has been so long since I played this online. Nice to see some... : Big Luke
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  Oh shit Oh shit Oh shit I love DoDS. Can't wait. : mrwolf710
  • If you don't get hung up on the fact that's it's different from the original DoD (or like me, never reall... : mrwolf710
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  Holy crap. Awesome. I never thought I would see this. : A Sponge
  • ya this is awesome, still my favourite source game and i'm glad it's getting some TLC : flasher 907
• Is anyone jumping in right now to enjoy it before all the changes? : focusdaily
• Never played the source version. I might buy it. : razlebol
• Freaking sweet! : Sylvanus
• Awesome Garand chage. Pretty sure I hated it since 1.3. : skinlab133
• "Planned changes not in this update: ..." Wow so this isn't even the last update!! Kick ass. : flasher 907
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  I'md surprised they didnt add critical hits, too :/ : Beady
  • They should do something like that but tie it into WWII some how. Like "Ultimate Patriotic Hit" or "<som... : mrwolf710
• They only fixed the view position for rifles and sniper rifles?? Unless they change it for every weapo... : Chepito.
• about 3 years too late unfortunately : synapse19
• I'm pretty close to dropping $10 for this on Steam. I liked DoD and the short time I played DoDS during a... : cfalcon

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• Arnold paid out of pocket for the entire scene with the crane chase and it going through buildings : conandan
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  Similar to 2? In what way? The Terminatrix sucked. How do you fuck up a hot chick robot? They found a ... : MoreVespeneGas
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    When this movie came out everyone loved it. People were saying stuff like "Best ending ever" and all that... : ventro
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      Not people I know O_o : MoreVespeneGas
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        yeah me either. : xxiv
        • Heres some threads right after it came out: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=7961989 http://www.sh... : ventro
    • uh don't remember that. Maybe reviewers? They're suckers and seem to error on praise for big budget movie... : cdbeckman
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    I agree with you on most points there, but the "no matter what you do you're fucked" message makes more s... : thetangent
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      Him stopping skynet would indicate a 4th movie, and would continue to indicate that until judgement day h... : Nighteyes
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        They're doing new movies. 3 of them I think. I'm just hoping that they all deal with the future war inste... : thetangent
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          I think the TV show was renewed for a second season also. I too hope the new movies will be about the... : MoreVespeneGas
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            It's so true. The only good Sci-Fi on these days I know of is Stargate Atlantis and BSG. I'm personally w... : thetangent
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              Yeah I miss not having a Star Trek or two on TV. TNG was sooo good. =/ Those were the days eh? A Star ... : MoreVespeneGas
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                I'm hoping TV will move away from all these crappy reality TV shows within a few more years. I mean, even... : thetangent
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                  I don't see it happening. Survivor is the first big reality show that I can remember, it's still going st... : MoreVespeneGas
                  • And to get even more depressing lets look at one of the best things we have going right now: BSG. BSG... : MoreVespeneGas
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                  It has moved away. TV is experiencing a time of unprecedented experimentation. There are ton of great, we... : ZombieAcademy
                  • Totally agree. : losder5000
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    Terminatrix? enters, finds woman and takes her stuff almost just like in the second with the bad terminat... : Nighteyes
    • Well they always show up naked and find people to jack for clothes, but I see your points on how they did... : MoreVespeneGas
• I thought it was kind of funny that at Universal Studios, in the Terminator show/ride they have, John Con... : poopsex_
• yeah the budget definitely wasnt cheap : podizzle
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=7953243 : bipolar
  • Yeah I agree with a lot of that. I totally thought that about the particle accelerator. Does he have NO... : Nighteyes
  • Regarding the series being JC's baby - did you know he ripped off the idea from Harlan Ellison? : MoreVespeneGas
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  I liked it better than 2 because it was funnier and because it didn't have that douchy kid from #2 in it.... : azshack
  • o_O : thetangent
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  This would have made the movie better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYy0H1wuMYA : Kentor
  • haha i remember seeing that before : MoreVespeneGas
  • ok that was just awesome : klearlyunseen
  • thats our governor! fuck yeah. lolol : xsoulbrothax
  • We can fix it! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • holy hell, this is awesome. I clicked on this too. Some lols added before that clip to make an altern... : DinK
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  i personally enjoyed t3 more than indy 4.......... : -=kodiak=-
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    Dear god...there's no chance in hell I'm seeing Indy 4 then : ctlaltl33t
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      Wow...based on this one dudes opinion? I haven't seen it yet either but there have been quite a few posts... : thetangent
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        ctaltl33t must moonlight as overreaction guy : MoreVespeneGas
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          he's been talking bad about it for weeks, so he'll cling to any negative comment. I think he's just tr... : Agrona
          • You're no longer invited to the marathon : ctlaltl33t
  • I'm sad to say I'd have to agree. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• The car chase with the crane fucking up building after building was HAWT I thought. : Cygnus X-1
• I liked it enough. What was bad about it was that it was essentially T2 all over again. There wasn't anyt... : K1Bond007
• I liked it enough. What was bad about it was that it was essentially T2 all over again. There wasn't anyt... : K1Bond007

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• i want to buy this but i'm a vaj with my new computer and i only want games that will show me how the 900... : bfzzzz
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  Sorceress is one of the most fun and easy classes to play. Not very equipment dependant. A barb requires ... : sanchez
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    For some reason I always avoid spellcasters in RPGs because of my love for swords and shit. Perhaps the s... : Big Luke
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      I was the same way, the sorc in D2 changed my view completely. : sanchez
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        Coolness, any advice before I fire this bitch up? : Big Luke
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          I don't know how things have changed since I last played (which was a long time ago) but the Orb sorc was... : sanchez
          • Coolness, thanks. : Big Luke
      • The best magic user is in Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. Ball Lightning for the speed-run WIN. (even tho... : DinK
    • Barbs are fun, but doom knights with Iron Maiden will wreck your shit. Of course, I've always been a hc ... : bipolar
    • yeah I'm not a fan of any ranged classes in RPGs either. Love choppin shit up! I always gravitate towards... : aeg1x
  • Before they nerfed Fire Wall, Sorcs were completely OP in chapter 5 - it was glorious. : genom
• Druid werewolf build. I don't recall the exact werewolf build though. It wasn't poison though. : Wombat Woo
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  I really liked the jumping ability of the barb. : randomjgj
  • my barbarians were typically called something along the lines of Big Jumping Queer - or BJQ - for that ve... : captfarrell
  • Soon to be imported into WoW warriors, if you believe the alpha information! : FlatlineDixay
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  Sorc is easiest to play as a first class, good for farming for other classes due to teleport allowing you... : bipolar
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    WAAAAH :( Now I want to play again. I HATE YOU! : gakera
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      If Diablo 3 is announced next month and/or it becomes available via the Blizzard downloader dealie, I'm g... : bipolar
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        So help me if I start playing again... ! Goddamnit I will KEEEEELLL YOOOO! : gakera
        • even if I give you a free shako? You can socket it with a p topaz for extra MF, you know :) : bipolar
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  Any hints for working out where the fuck I am going in this game? I seem to be going back over old ground... : Big Luke
  • Make sure you find the waypoints in the various zones so you can zip back to them quickly. hit TAB for a... : bipolar
• You know, I'm still tempted to fire that up again. Maybe Sacred or Titan Quest. : Sylvanus
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  Now I feel like playing too. Ah, what the heck...where's my LoD cd >:( : Sacred Sperm
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    Lol.. How many times has it been? I've probably reinstalled about 14-20 times, due to just wanting to pla... : Lionel2b
    • Far too many times. Please, do not make me think about how much time I've spent playing D2. : Sacred Sperm
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  For some Nostalgia, I'll post a write-up of my concentration Barbarian, with stats and gear lisitng afte... : Lionel2b
  • My Normal Difficulty write-up: So far the build has been very satisfying. It's going exactly as planne... : Lionel2b
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    I approve of Nightmare difficulty. I am glad to say it has brought me much luck, and my equipment has imp... : Lionel2b
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      So far I've cleared every part of act one through three in nightmare. Monty was able to handle any mess o... : Lionel2b
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        My first step into Hell should be very soon! I've been running the Countess and Meph in Nightmare for ... : Lionel2b
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          After spending some time overlooking The Arreat Summit, I've put together a list of wanted gear. Tell me ... : Lionel2b
          • and that's as far as I got. I had to move after playing and I lost all my characters/items :-( He was rea... : Lionel2b
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  It took me a long time to get around to playing a necromancer, but damn if having 40+ minions running aro... : nurglich
  • he was my favourite char by far, despite being the least useful! his voice was also ace. : Klebold
• Necromancers are awesome right up until you start fighting bosses. Then they suck. : Rotten Deadite

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  Get a Galant from Ikea. That's a great desk. : CrustaR
  • this is a great solution for me, thank's for the heads up, i'm going to grab one today. : tcxsnoop
• mine is a bit messy at the moment but here ya go http://uglysad.shackspace.com/DSC02167.JPG As you ... : uglysad
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  I keep meaning to take a picture of my setup and post in these threads. They always popup when my desk is... : ErikTehRed
  • Cleaned the desk up a bit http://shackpics.com/files/Desk_1280_akwx7tki9rsji6fozoxn.jpg The desk is ... : ErikTehRed
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  i need some headphone stands :/ http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0371nj2.jpg (bonus extra ... : wetard
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    perhaps a new liver too? god I could use a drink right now : randomnull
    • it wasn't all in the same day! : wetard
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    What's that spatter all over the right monitor? Should I even ask? : dumb.
    • i have no idea, there's probably a lot of stuff in my room like that.. in terms of unexplainable phenomen... : wetard
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  mine is using dreamscene and looks way cooler in motion: http://shackpics.com/files/desktop_zedaap0di2lig... : bozer
  • oh crap i thought you meant actual windows desktop : bozer
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  Just picked up the 28 incher yesterday. http://shackpics.com/viewer.php?file=00001_xv98s3r939y03zdhujpa.j... : ghostmac
  • Thats what she said : historyinthemaking
  • Wow, nice! : ErikTehRed
  • I have that background on my laptop. I think it's one of my all time favorite pics. : changejar419
  • where did you get that desk? : tcxsnoop
  • So are you like that Richard Christy guy and have wine with your computer when you whack it? : DinK
• From August of last year. Playing Bioshock while on standby for WOW. http://metldude.shackspace.com/... : metldude
• the center of your screen is much brighter than the rest : zen!
• http://www.varmintal.com/desktop.png : conandan
• I kinda like your desk. I'm using a similar table and the main thing I like is that it isn't too elevated... : Shai-Tan
• http://shackpics.com/files/desktop001JPG_09e3g51xe1972xxklxtp.jpg : DrillBit
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  I have NO idea how everyone keeps their desk tidy. This is my monstrosity: www.visupoint.com/tim/desktop.... : Klebold
  • Add more dirty dishes and it looks exactly like mine : melt_core
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    OMG love love love for the Q3A mousepad. I had one of those bitches, I wonder where the hell it is. : DinK
    • this one is about 9 years old. it warped a bit, so i had to boil it in water and flatten it again with an... : Klebold
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  Mine's nice and roomy: http://www.nflight.com/files/shack/homedesk.jpg . The printer's now on the floor a... : helvetica
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    I HATE those type of blinds, we have them on our porch door and our new kitten won't leave them alone :( : PapaBoo
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      We have them in two windows (well, one window and one sliding glass door) and one of our dogs (who may as... : DinK
      • I don't think any two consecutive slats are facing the same direction :( so annoying : PapaBoo
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  Here is my desktop: http://picasaweb.google.com/troym79/Pics3108/photo#5174471962325291282 With my lap... : flubba79
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    you A/V setup looks awesome, but why all of grandma's china? : Klebold
    • HAHA! My mom gave that to me. /Shrugs : flubba79
• I have a different computer and a 24 inch monitor now but its the same desk. http://home.comcast.net/~rcm... : baron calamity
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  you could really clean up by using OS X on your MBP... : lordlobo
  • It's there, yuo just caint see it. : Scrimbo Obeer

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• Lets say....173 : MacemanInTW
• 143 : DrFlammable
• 133. That would be awesome. Visit to each Inn = free drinks for me :-) : Lionel2b
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  111 : Simulacrum
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    TIMES UP! WINNAR IS U!! didn't guess the number, but were closest. The number was 105. Check your Sha... : g0nk
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      SM Sent. : g0nk
      • Woot! I won, thanks g0nk ,you the man! : Simulacrum
• 167 (please post something with more than 5 characters) : f3ynm
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  184. Simulacrum took my number >: ( : KxRook
  • If you win then you'll be thanking me! If I win, well, sorry :( : Simulacrum
• 128 is my guess : electricarmada
• 150 : lja83
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  151... : Tripps
  • you son of a bitch... : lja83
• 160 : byorn
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  I'll give mine to the first person who replies to this post declaring their love for the cock. : SockMonkeh
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    ILTC : ateam311
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      Say it like you mean it. : SockMonkeh
      • Negative. I was just trying to get it so that I could turn around and give it away again, thus making me ... : ateam311
  • If it was worth a month of playing time i'd do it, but le sigh......... : Phreakin
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    On July 16th, 2006 (my birthday no less) I decided come out. I was so sick of not being me; I never seeme... : Ctrl-Phreak
    • what would be great is if you didn't get it anyways :P : RikiTiki2
• 3287246135.5 : felicia
• lol i have 3 of those codes. not giving them out yet though : oHnOES
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  I don't understand how you get the items. I used the code, but they're not in my inventory? : mittense
  • Once this has been done, use the command "/claim" inside the game to claim your in-game items. These item... : ateam311
  • It can take a few hours after you use the /claim function. : daedraug
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  157 : GeorgeB3DR
  • 158 : smax
• 123 : Reeves
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  105. Too easy. Next time try 6 digits. : GodZilly
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    Ok, I'm thinking of a 6 digit number, between 100-200. : biofrog
    • 105.105 : sixfoot6
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      123,456. I win again! : GodZilly
      • Congratulations! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17018389 : biofrog
• 172 : datoo
• 127 : acidnynex
• 155 . : nrgXs
• I have one as well. Send a PM. That simple. : Sylvanus
• 133 : tcxsnoop
• 187 : whistletits
• 96 : Big Luke
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  169 : flubba79
  • wait why did i do that... i don't have the game. : flubba79

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  has anyone else ever gotten 5 stars and gotten away? : conandan
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    i have, but only because i used pay n spray : virus
    • i did sort of by accident, bikes into the subway :P : xsoulbrothax
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    There's a mission that gives you 5 stars as a scripted event, but later on it has another scripted event ... : DOOManiac
    • yeah i was so scared running down the subway with low health : oHnOES
  • I failed a mission that has you fighting some cops and decided to just keep going at it with the cops. Em... : Geoffrois
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    I don't even know how to get 5 stars to be honest. I want the Achievement too, but I kill about 100 cops ... : K1Bond007
    • You can get six stars going to an island you haven't unlocked. The achievements are to survive six sta... : DinK
  • I've gotten away from six stars a couple times. Running along the beach (even at the airport) can be a b... : DinK
  • yes, When I first get a GTA game I like to run the stars up and see how long I last - it is actually ... : flagg209
• no but i have with 4 :( : oHnOES
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  Wait you...rented it? : EvilDolemite
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    He's a lot further along htan I am. I've had it since launch, I just finished the first mission for Pl... : MagicWishMonkey
    • Dude, I just unlocked playboy x and I've had the game since launch. (I've killed a lot of the most w... : flagg209
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    yes, rented it, because doing the same fucking missions over and over gets boring after about 3 or 4 hour... : conandan
    • you just failed at being a gamer with taste =( turn in the card =( : the city
    • do you actually enjoy anything or are you just perpetually moody and negative? : moshman
    • And yet you enjoyed Mercenaries which involved even less variety in the missions. How the fuck does that ... : Drewus
    • Funny, I don't think I've ever been interested in a GTA game for the missions. : Conan
    • out of any game i own for the 360, gta4 is the one with the most replayability and the one i will continu... : erotic sock
    • It's also got multiplayer that is a lot of fun. : FormerHPB
    • Fucking spot-on. This is why I rented it and will be sending it back to Gamefly at some point. : Ebu
  • I rented it too, got Gamefly to send it to me on release. I'm keeping it though since I'm canceling game... : DinK
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  heheheh flying under the bridges when you dont have the other islands unlocked is an achievement........ ... : -=kodiak=-
  • PS3 doesn't have achievements : conandan
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    wait what? flying under while they arent unlocked is an achievement? i dont think so : oHnOES
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      Nope, flying under them is an achievement, you can do it after you've unlocked all islands though (that's... : SilverSnake
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        lol. I took the helo with Brucie, and decided to get the 'x minutes at 6 stars' achievement.. so flew ove... : xsoulbrothax
        • that's what i did : -=kodiak=-
  • I have all of these. That's right I have a huge E-penis! : DrillBit
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  getting 5 stars has nothing to do with flying under a bridge, it has to do with going to an island that i... : moshman
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    ^^^^Yup - I've flown under most of the bridges and never gotten stars for it, but I've got all the island... : thetangent
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      I still cant the the damn achievement for flying under all the bridges that are marked on the map. I have... : gummijoh
      • Make sure you fly under the bridge where there is water. e.g. The elevated highway in Alderney (leftmost ... : nudel
      • Did you make sure you got the "only X bridges left" message after every single one? If you did, then y... : DinK
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        The markers disappear shortly after flying under a bridge. : SilverSnake
        • yep, the next time you load the game the markers wont be there and only appear after the first time you f... : shotgun1
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  To get 5 stars I drove onto the landing strip at the airport, then got away quite easily afterwards by dr... : henrikb
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    I think it's 4 stars for driving on the runway and 6 stars for going to islands you haven't unlocked yet. : SilverSnake
    • Yeah, this is correct. : DinK
• I can't wait for Mercs2, giggity giggity goo, I came! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  The 6 stars survival one is pretty easy, just start a new game, head to the north island and get a motorb... : Beady
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    I think you're wrong on the last point. I'm pretty sure I evaded 6 stars before 4 and I actually posted ... : DinK
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      I could be, I had the 4 star one before. I was just thinking rockstar might have been 'clever' with the c... : Beady
      • Yeah, usually with something like that, doing the harder thing unlocks the easier stuff too. (like say f... : DinK
    • Same. I accidentally hopped on the subway tracks with a minivan and drove to an unlocked island. When I e... : Merconium

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  You are broken. I still love staying up late and playing. Helps for me because that is the only time I do... : sigpro
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    It's dark, and I get tired, and lose focus. I also don't like headphones, so I can't turn up the sound. ... : EvilDolemite
    • headphones are awesome. i've become addicted to them to the point where i prefer using nice cans over a 5... : pyide
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      Yeah damn those circadian rhythms I usually invest in a really good set of headphones, ones I don't m... : carbontree
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        I still stay up until 12 or 1 even on worknights but I just can't game past, say, 11 properly. If i pl... : EvilDolemite
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          ragequit is such a great word, it is something that has been happening forever and finally got a word. Ho... : haiku
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            It's been around awhile. I don't know its origins but I've known of it for quite some time : EvilDolemite
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              I only started hearing it in maybe the last year or so. : edgewise
              • yeah : feek
          • It's been around at least since the days of Quakeworld. : poopsex_
    • Headphones are the best for games. Get some nice open cans with really comfortable pads. : datoo
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    I'm with sigpro. I just (finally) got a 360 and I'm playing it almost exclusively at night when the famil... : gooblerampling
    • I'm doing the same, and it feels good. : Hiro
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  This is going to sound very anti-social. But for games I really like, especially ones with great atmosphe... : qwpeoriu
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    that's a good idea : busdriver3030
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      yeah if you're a freaking gaywad : haiku
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        fag : haiku
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          sometimes i get up at 2am to have my boyfriend fuck me in the ass, is that gay : busdriver3030
          • only if you aren't thinking about running while he's doing it : EvilDolemite
          • i dont think so if u 2 are in luv then their is nuthin gay 'bout that :) : haiku
          • sounds hot, where do I sign up? : Halen
      • haha, gayward just isnt used enough. im going to start calling people this again. : chilln
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    That's really weird man. I get wanting to be awake during gameplay but waking yourself up at 1am? : EvilDolemite
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      I actually like waking up in the evening as well, I just do better at night. However, 1AM is kind of p... : carbontree
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        Sleeping from seven to three would actually be nice. Those twilight hours are great for running (running ... : Modica Sol Solis
        • [Thumbs up] - I am a night owl myself and will always be to some extent. I've spent many evenings drivin... : PlanetPerfecto
  • Xcom late at night was sooo scary. : dooberzoo
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  The only games I can play really late are slow-paced games. Problem is, I end up falling asleep playing t... : Vincent Grayson
  • That said, I did end up playing for like, 8 hours straight on several occasions when I was going through ... : Vincent Grayson
• I'm kinda the same way. I haven't wanted to put in tons of hours consecutively into a game in a few years... : edgewise
• Same shit happened to me in the last year :( I used to love playing games until 6 in the morning. Now 1... : KxRook
• Nice try, we know the real reason is that you have to get up to go pee every 30 minutes you old sand bag : conandan
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  Same here. I can't stay up or sleep late anymore. Regardless of how late I stay up, if I try to sleep p... : owly
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    The bell of looming death is what wakes you. The older you get, the louder the bell. That's why old guys ... : ArB
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      wow : spector
      • if they go to bed (they being old people) earlier though its not really any different, just a different s... : spector
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  this post was the natural next step from your earlier one about selling the WRX for a Legacy. I believe ... : mwasher
  • Hahaha. I sense a [fry] style bar chart in the pipeline : PlanetPerfecto
• I need to be in the right mood to play games and quite a few games that I think are fun I have to force m... : Shai-Tan
• sort of feel that way too, I also don't like FPS so much anymore. : Sixcos
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  After staying up until, well, now (5AM) playing the new Penny Arcade game, I don't think I have this "pro... : Conan
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    Is it good? I only got to check out the demo and it was a little short to really decide. : ryuuseki
    • How was it too short? It gave you a full level, rife with PA's style and humor, classic RPG gameplay with... : Ebu
• Usually I am like this unless i get sucked into a good game on the weekend. For instance last friday I st... : Evil Benius
• I was staying up till 1-2am sometimes playing COD4 with the shack rape crew. God the day after was roug... : FormerHPB
• MY JOB now requires me to be in at an early hour. :( I'm also becoming this guy. : boomstickah

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• too much bloom.. and too much stupidity in it overall. i mean sure... flying down a cliff into a river... : -=kodiak=-
• I liked it, was fun : dael
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  Saw it today. Completely disappointed. I went into the theater knowing absolutely nothing about the ... : MR 9000
  • those matted-in CGI backgrounds were intentional.. to achieve the look of viewing a pulp movie.. the look... : porp
• sucked wayyyyyyyyyy too much. should have just went to the bar : sleepyvt
• More like Global Treasure. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Shia should probably not be in movies anymore. : prime8
  • He had the same personality in Disturbia that he did in Transformers. : prime8
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    Shia was the least of the film's problems, he was actually good in it. It really is too bad that they ... : Serpico74
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      I have to agree, it's solely a writer problem. The actors couldn't have done more with what they had. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • I had problems with the execution also. Things like the jeep fight had great staging and choreography, it : Serpico74
    • I thought he was good in it too. The tarzan thing was a bit lame though : aethyr
• damn this sucks. I still want to see it though : bozer
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  I did and was very disappointed. Its not secret that I'm a Spielberg fanatic but everything after the fir... : Serpico74
  • ruh roh. : randomposter
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    Oh shit, we've had our differences on Mr. S in the past but I've always loved these movies. I've been op... : Haku-Jin
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      Go in with an open mind and see what you think, this is just my opinion. And again, I really did like the... : Serpico74
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        He did some really great staging with Mutt, they gave it a subtle feel of passing the baton, which made t : aethyr
        • Yeah, at the end when the hat rolled up to Mutt's feet and he picked it up an was about to put it on, I c : Omaha
      • Does it look like an Indy film now that Kaminski's shooting it? : Super Sparker
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  I saw it and liked it except for how they handled the ending. There were some minor stunts in the movie t... : Evil Benius
  • i enjoyed it too, just got back an hour ago. we had just watched the other indy movies over the last two : xsoulbrothax
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    I don't get the Shia hate on the Shack. Most everyone I know (myself included) thinks he is a promising, ... : thetangent
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      His last name is LE BOOF and he looks like a butt q-tip, surprised to have found fresh air. : losder5000
      • What do I care what he looks like? : thetangent
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        How dare you mess up his last name. His proper last name is THE BEEF. : PlanetPerfecto
        • where's the beef? : RikiTiki2
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      He's fucking annoying IMO. Transformers sucked mainly because of him. He was the absolute worse part abou... : K1Bond007
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        http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1592225/ <----the greatest scientist ever in the entire universe? Really? Shia... : socksta
        • I hated that movie so fucking much but goddamn that's one hot scientist. : Serpico74
        • She's got boobs though. I really don't care. The movie sucked anyway. I could have written it better and ... : K1Bond007
      • He was far from the worst thing about that movie. What a piece of shit it was. : Serpico74
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    Wasn't the ending handled pretty much like every other Indy movie, though? Everybody dies except Indy and : BlackCat9
    • Not really. The divine power behind the artifacts in the first three movies does not show up at the end a : Evil Benius
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  Haven't seen it yet, but it's got to be better than what Lucas originally wanted, right? Indiana Jones an : smoove
  • I'm pretty sure thats the film I just saw : socksta
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  Sounds like I'll be waiting for this one to hit DVD. Ah, who am I kidding? I still haven't bothered... : randomjgj
  • Yep, the wife and I are waiting for this to hit DVD. Meanwhile, we're hopefully gonna go see Iron Man th... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Best way I've heard it put: Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones are still fantastic. It's just the adventur : SolrFlare
• It was alright, better than Temple of Doom but I guess I felt disappointed by it anyway. I expected so m... : Tripps
• I saw it tonight. It was actually better than I had expected, having heard it torn up here over the past : Omaha
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  the 1st scenario of Lucas involved aliens (!!) but was rejected by Spielberg/Ford. : Enigme
  • That's Lucas for you. It sounds like he got his way anyway, :(. : Omaha
• Just got back from it, I actually really enjoyed it. The parts between the ants and the sand, especially : aethyr
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  IMO, there are specific things that are obviously "Lucas moments", and the movie would've been vastly bet : Arcanum
  • fuck that the nuclear bomb + fridge shit was fucking awesome. : MurrayTheSkull
• I liked it overall, but it's really greater than the sum of its parts. If you look at any individual aspe... : BlackCat9
• Some parts were cool, some parts were really, really terrible monkies : ZombieAcademy
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  Having seen neither National Treasure movie, I know not what this means. : LeapingFool
  • Nick Cage shoved his dick through a fiver and sprayed 'treasure' all over Lincoln's shredded visage. : losder5000
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  i heard it involved aliens? hahahahah rofl. : mwasher
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    you are correct, and your rofl is well-placed. : xsoulbrothax
    • i'm not a big indy fan or anything, but seriously, how could anyone have thought that was a good idea? : mwasher
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    Thats nothing, a fucking a-bomb lands on Indiana Jones and he just flys out of it okay like Iron Man. Oh : socksta
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      The water fall section was atleast believeable to some degree, but the section where Marion initially : Drewus
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        The dumbest thing about that scene was Kate Blancett, http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04_03/1blanch : socksta
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          Endlessly respawning bad dudes isn't something you can pick at in an action movie though. : Drewus
          • Agreed. I think it was just going so bad at that point that when a full new truck of like 20 villians jus... : socksta
        • that's a terrible photo of cate blanchett. she can actually look really attractive when she wants to. : erotic sock
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      so you thought that the scene in temple of doom where he jumps out of the plane in the rubber dhingy ont... : JohnnyDanger
      • Honestly? Yes. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • The aliens plot would have been fine if they never actually showed them. : Evil Benius
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  what the fuck is wrong with you guys? It was a beautifully shot action movie with cool old school stunts.... : JohnnyDanger
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    Because: A) It had about 2 old school stunts and the rest were digital. Go watch Raiders, or better ye... : Drewus
    • I don't know, the motorbike chase and the carchase scene in the jungle seemed not very digital to me. of ... : JohnnyDanger
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      I had read that most of the stunts were done by actors so that Spielberg could keep the "old school" feel... : BlackCat9
      • Resorted to digital effects when the insurance wouldn't cover the scene with live actors. : Wombat Woo
    • 3 brilliantly acted and written movies I think you might be setting your bar a little high. I do agree... : Big Luke
  • i liked it. i thought it was a solid 4/5 : AMikaboshi
• I thought it felt like an Indy movie for the most part, aside from the few scenes that just screamed "You : Vincent Grayson
• Not to troll, but most modern action movies are execrable: i didnt see superman or iron man coz i assumed... : nrgXs
• All I can say is that it seemed as if they took a bad internet fan fiction and decided to film it. : GloriousCow
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  i fell asleep and so did the 2 guys i went with. None of us have any idea what happened at the end of th... : papaskot
  • can someone spoil the ending for me? : papaskot
  • Try and keep it that way. : Sacred Sperm
  • lol wow : [7]kami
  • No, no, you are better off that way! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Did your dumps the next day slide out real easy like? : Lunatic Angelic
  • The only time I fell asleep at the movies was at a LOTR trilogy. That was a bad idea to go to that shit. ... : Big Luke
• First part was alright, at least Indy-ish enough (apart from a certain fridge-related incident). After... : Sacred Sperm
• Stargate SG-Indiana? : Beady
• How is it that you faggots haven't learned that just about everything you enjoyed as as kid, is fucking r : Phil

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  yeah she was pretty hot in that movie : AlexXdude
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    i dont usually find her attractive but she looked hot in the movie : mXENO
    • HOT MOVIE HOT : Geoffrois
    • IAWTP : Head Rush
    • agreed, fred! : AlexXdude
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      I think it's also her character that made her more attractive. Smart and shy. : SiW73
      • It's because she finally started acting feminine. Her previous roles were often Power Woman etc. : ifallible
      • she was a fox! : MoreVespeneGas
    • Totally agreed. She's OK looking most of the time, but for some reason she was fucking SMOKING in Iron Ma... : thetangent
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      it's because she was standing next to robert downey jr a lot and you are sexually confused so you assumed : mikecyb
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        phew... so I wasn't the only one. : Goblin au
        • ahaha I felt the same way : sludge vohaul
    • Agreed with this. : notd665
    • Right there with you. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • same. i've never really found her attractive. but, damn, she was really, really cute in that movie. they ... : mindmann
• I agree, gmd. She was fucking hot in that movie. : Mmmmmoo
• See also Great Expectations for hotness (Especially the sketching scenes) : Sirus2400
• i hope they clone her somehow. : Enigme
• shes pretty cute in most movies, but especially iron man. : re4ctor
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  I liked her in Sky Captain. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Until this post, I successfully forgot that that movie existed. Thanks. : rustified
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  indeed she was, it's all about the red hair : lja83
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    her being a redhead means i get first debs on her. it's law. : xsoulbrothax
    • i'm afraid you're mistaken, good sir : lja83
    • Wat are these 'debs' you speak of? : randomjgj
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  yeah, i'd have a threesome with them. especially if she wore that backless dress. : dahanese
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    why would she be wearing anything? proper threesomes are done nekkid : lja83
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      well can she start in it? i'd like to see it taken off! : dahanese
      • TAKE IT OFF TAKE IT OFF TAKE IT OFF : shavenewok
      • if you're the one taking it off her, then sure : lja83
• Oh yea?! Well the seat in front of me was so hot I wanted to fuck Gweneth Paltrow! : kallanta
• Yes, she was insanely hot. : deject
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  tangent: do you guys think he put a built-in fleslight into the ironman suit? i mean the dude was pretty ... : ninjase
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    I'd expect sexninja!!!! to post something this stupid but not you ninjase. : randomnull
    • sorry that was sorta a frosty post wasnt it : ninjase
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  ew : genjuro
  • shutit blacky : anhero
• It was the outfit with the pumps. : pulse2115
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  What was stopping you? : Bonestormm
  • All the whiskey he had before the movie : alarm cock
• You should watch Shallow Hal. : edgewise
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  Uhh... pics people... pics... : Jiven
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    Dude go see the freaking movie. : action wombmate
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      dude, shack... : Jiven
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        google search. : dahanese
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          honestly, she's also hot in the movie beyond the sum of what an image of the movie shows :( : xsoulbrothax
          • Yes. You have to see her performance to understand the hotness. Pics are not enough. : action wombmate
  • I don't think the pics requirement for mentioning girls applies to celebrities who you can google up thou... : Psigun
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  I'm not attracted to her at all for some reason. : Shai-Tan
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    You are unattracted to Gwyneth Paltrow because she was hot in Iron Man? : anhero
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      lol wut anyway there's a distinction between being good looking and being attracted too I guess. I can... : Shai-Tan
      • did you see her in that movie in particular, though? normally i don't really care about her, but holy shi... : xsoulbrothax
• I liked her better in Sylvia. I love me some bad guy picker, suicidal, anxiety/paranoia ridden bitches. : anhero
• She gave off more of a cute vibe with the red hair and mild freckels, but yeah definitely very attractive... : nomaad
• ^^^ Totally AGREED! I totally swooned for her. : Sylvanus