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• I loves me some Reid Faylor :) : dognose
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  What's with the instrument + comedy thing? It seems like this is popping up a lot lately, and I'm not sur... : Vincent Grayson
  • *Whispers to Vincent* marijuana : ryuuseki
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    Not exactly a recent thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPVuHP3OXk0&feature=related : YamatoTwinkie
    • heh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_comedians : YamatoTwinkie
• that was pretty funny... his shirt blends in with the background so it makes him look like he has a big h... : prime8
• lolz Good stuff : eforce98
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  can I ask what ethnicity you are? : sesmaster
  • Furry. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Um...our lineage goes back to France, Germany and Italy, if that's any help : Chris Faylor
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  Your brother is awesome... for a non-Shacker. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    so does chrisbro play games? : Dave-A
    • Of course! But whereas I'm really knowledgeable about games, Reid's more focused on music. : Chris Faylor
• Oh, man, I love this stuff. I hope to see lots more of Reid. : Enkidu
• I, like others, hope to see more stuff from him in the future. Keep us updated! I still love the whole : DOOManiac
• I lost it at the condoms & a time machine joke. That shit was funny. : Rotten Deadite
• Who's jimmy stewart? Is he related to jon stewart? : mobab
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  Your brother is genuinely funny. I hope to see him on Comedy Central in the near future. =) : Frozen Pixel
  • Reid writes: "Oh man, they are saying such nice nice things. Radical. Thank you!" : Chris Faylor
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  Your brother does a mean Jimmy Stewart, Faylor. And I usually hate impressions. : notd665
  • Tell him that I now often say to people at the most inappropriate times "That's a funny thing for a racis... : notd665
• Good stuff, for sure! I take it he was inspired more than a little by early Steve Martin stuff? : Xevo
• your brother is hilarious, I watched that a couple of times. I also thought this "No Moleste" clip by ... : MikkleThePickle
• that was awesome :D : silent prophet
• I love your brother. : mittense

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  god damn that woman is fine as hell : qwpeoriu
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    and her eyebrows are perfectly waxed : qwpeoriu
    • things i'd do would be illegal in all 50 states and 10+ terretories : reverend~heresy
    • I would gnaw furiously on those eyebrows. : notd665
• Makes sense, she's protecting her brand essentially. : ZombieAcademy
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  territorial to 90210? i thought she was dating that Brian Austin Green... : siknsyko
  • Yeah, so fucking lame. : soggybagel
• She was the best part of the first movie, hands down. Shia saying "no no no no" a lot was #2. : orgcaptainnemo
• Good taste in music judging from the shirt. Also hot. : thejm4n
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  I bet her vagina smells like cotton candy : Entity
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    Beer flavored cotton candy... : jasoncrowley
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      stop it :( I already know I can't have her. You're making it worse! : Goblin au
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        <I>It must be exciting to know that even after you die, you and I can still get it on.</I> God bless you... : d_pap
        • Necrophiliac Anonymous, how can I help you? : jasoncrowley
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  She's the star of Transformers 2... where are the transformers =(( : famine101
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    what happened there? the text got super small and I can't read it. : jackalope
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      The magic of shacktags (although I don't know why there's a space before and after my post now. wtf) h... : famine101
      • he's a witch! : cdbeckman
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    There are robots in the movie, you say? : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Not until the end... : ShadowRam

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• Just wait :P : razlebol
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  yeah that scene was amazing. i love how it's all in game too. : xxiv
  • This one is not all in-game. I think it's the only one that are pre-rendered cutscenes. They still use th... : razlebol
• The Best Boss fight is still to come IMO. : Boxelder

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  saw wall-e with my 4yr old son. He loved it as did I ..there's a few holes in the story (wall-e being se... : cptstern
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    The question is, if WALL-E was around humans long enough, would he go rampant? : coldfusioncs
    • All us BoBs are fucked if that's the case :(. : quadeh
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    why are the shacktags not listed anywhere on the site anymore, i want to post a spoiler and forgot the ta... : jonas54
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      greasemonkey: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/10061 : GloriousCow
      • thanks, they really should be listed here somewhere though : jonas54
      • OMG don't use that rusty old shit! There's a cool new one that you can highlight letters then click on t... : ThomW
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    i found that part to be somewhat believable actually. granted it's a huge leap, i figure a futuristic aut : jonas54
    • because all she cared about then was finding plants, and if it's moving around then it's probably attacki... : JINKY
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      they showed early on that Eve was different. She did her dance once the rocket was gone. She got frustr : rosewood
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        She totally pulled a rosewood on those boats too. : socksta
        • Fuck yes she did. My hero. I fell in love with her right then. that and the warning screen in the elev : rosewood
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    The way I saw it, for the purposes of entertainment value and story (this is an animated family film, aft : ShoCon
    • The robots on the ship also had personality, just look at the ones in the mental ward cheering on Wall-e ... : socksta
• Wall-E The whole time the captain was on the screen I was saying to myself "Who is that guy? Damn it he : rosewood

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  so what did you use to cheat? : scottythejock
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    mouse finger! I found it piss easy, though plenty of people I know have failed it the first time, I st... : Beady
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      My gf did that test recently and scraped through. She complained that it was very unclear when you were s... : jcupitt
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        IAWTP I've talked to driving instructors, and they all fucking hate it too.. And the worst part? ... : Toraz Chryx
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          I think the 'clicking all the time' is just if you constantly click, not like developing hazard. : spdon
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            Yeah, but they didn't tell me that! turns out you can actually get away with around 12 clicks per item : Toraz Chryx
            • Well it seems fairly obvious that is what it means. : spdon
      • I think this is why so many people have a problem with it. The instructional video at first says what haz... : Beady
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  Spotting snipers in TF pays off, huh? : woddemandred
  • More like pyro spamming them :D : Beady
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  Nice! I did mine at the end of last year so it wasnt quite so many questions. Think I got 33/35 or someth... : nodebug
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    The most annoying part with hazpercep is.... Who, that has no situational awareness, has any fucking c... : Toraz Chryx
    • I liked the hazard perception bit. Its like a vidja game! Though 14 clips without a drink of water and... : Beady
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  what's a driving theory test? : xxiv
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    Its a part of the UK driving test, Its the 'theory' on how to drive. : Vincenoir
    • mostly because creationists don't think it exists. : festivalman
• I wish my ophthalmologist gave me my score whenever I play that peripheral vision arcade game :( : MikkleThePickle
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  People fail the theory ? I guess it has got a little harder but nothing like the actual test. : spdon
  • I failed the hazard perception portion back in December... for two primary reasons 1) I'd had the "CLI... : Toraz Chryx

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• ask Bipolar if you're in game, his character is lilcondi i think : DrFlammable
• Tiger claw. That's all I can tell you. : ryuuseki
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17306083 : bipolar
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    i think i'm going fire wave as opposed to fire blast. is this a mistake? I saw this on another forum disc... : mindmann
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      Yes it is a mistake. : Modica Sol Solis
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        why? That's probably the one thing i really don't like about the series. It's really hard to tell at earl... : mindmann
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          It doesn't do enough damage in Hell. It owns in normal and nm though. : bipolar
          • that said, one point in there is nice because it stunlocks enemies more easily. But with a holy freeze m... : bipolar
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            huh. that's a little frustrating. That does annoy me about this game. =( How would you know that a fir... : mindmann
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              the thing is D2 will let you get through the game in normal with any skill, you're pretty much free to do... : derelict515
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                I think they should allow a respec for each difficulty level change. It's silly not to when everything ch... : Modica Sol Solis
                • you'll get your wish in D3, until then you'll just have to plan ahead better ;p : derelict515
        • go to the arreat summit and look at the skills ... they tell you what damage they do all the way to level... : Tommy Toolbag
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          fire blast has some badass synergies, if you max all of em out you hvae fire blast doing some epic damage... : Modica Sol Solis
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            ugh. that pisses me off. i kind of did want to take this one to hell, and several guides i read suggested... : mindmann
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              i'm only halfway through act two, is worth starting over again? =( : mindmann
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                Well how much did you put into Fire Wave? : Modica Sol Solis
                • i've got about 7 or 8 pts in it right n ow : mindmann
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    interesting, are they any martial arts builds that are good through hardcore hell? the main thing I got f... : derelict515
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      http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=392666 One thing you have to be extremely careful with in HC... : bipolar
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        ok, that was the build I was looking at. I was worried it wouldn't be as good without all the godly (oh h... : derelict515
        • I think it's a good build, has several levels of gear for the poor / medium / rich players, goes into ton... : bipolar
• I made a bad ass trap assasin once. But no one seems to like them. : great-white
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  CLAWSSIN : MoreVespeneGas
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    Assassclawn? : kaddar0
    • 2 girls 1 claw? : jasoncrowley
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  i want to make an awesome barb for just running stuff like hell coutess. Want some survivability but I a... : DrFlammable
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    I'm going concentrate because it gives +def (I'm also playing hardcore so survivability is even more impo... : derelict515
    • im playing softcore, but I'm thinking I'm going to max Frenzy, Conc, Shout and probably BO. That'll give ... : DrFlammable
• Fuck assassins, way too much work compared to other classes :( : Nighteyes

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  I told work I would be there on the 4th (yay 2.5x pay,) but I get off at 6 and can be down by 6:30-6:45. : mwasher
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    cool, whenever is good. bring your girl : wtf242
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      yea most definitely. she got her new id today. :D you should bring some female(s) for her. haha : mwasher
      • I kind of dig the porn star chick. After talking to her more, she's pretty awesome. Too bad about the boy... : wtf242
• I think I'm down! no she won't be attending : Audhuml4

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  Agreed. Those two inclusions and the PS3 is well on its way. : TastyWheat
  • I'm pretty sure they'll have that, but it'll take another year or two. In the end the console will be awe... : tcs
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  the other thing is that it looked pretty slow from the videos they showed, which kind of sucks because sp... : MikkleThePickle
  • Agreed, the XMB feels super snappy and smooth. The new store is still really slow for me. They said it... : tcs
• They confirmed that there was a notification http://kotaku.com/5020993/ps3-trophies-will-make-unlocking-... : razlebol
• I really wish that xbox live let you private chat with more than one person at a time so me and a couple ... : marmite

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  There is an epic moral struggle going on in my brain right now about clicking this link. : skitzo
  • Feel free to click that one. I couldn't bring myself to start the youtube video inside it, though. : pyrogen
  • I'm not clicking : hamachi
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    now that's some hardcore fisting. : anthonybean
    • we call that punch-fucking : dopefish
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  I knew a girl in grad school that jerked off white rhinos. No joke. : geneshifter
  • Not down with the homies? : Do_Or_Die
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    You should have asked her to jerk of your white rhino. POW! : ArB
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      Once you get used to using an MS Natural Keyboard, a laptop keyboard is just about unworkable. I can onl : Ebu
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        okay, I missed an f, no need to insult my keyboard. : ArB
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17328278#itemanchor_17328278 : Ebu
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    that would suck to be her boyfriend. no matter how big you are youll always be the smallest she ever had.... : mega man
    • ...or the only one that didn't rip her apart, leaving her to bleed to death. : biskits
• I saw an elephant masturbate at the zoo. He used one of his rear legs to rub it against his other rear le... : socksta
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  i already knew how to do this. next.... : mindshot
  • Leave Rosie O'Donnell out of this! : Visceral Monkey
• this is how i masturbate too. Including the raincoat. : GloriousCow
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  HAHA second video. A guy apparently got a black eye from penis banging. : valael
  • I laughed hard as he said that. LOL. : crummynz
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  "so you have to stick your arm into the animal's rectum and vigorously stimulate its prostate gland" Wha... : Cygnus X-1
  • For an extra 5 grand, I'll believe anything you say. : riptyde
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    I bet it's like working the speed bag. : filtersweep
    • watch the video. it's worse. : biskits
  • Double it, multiply it by five, then add $10,000. Still not enough. : EvilDolemite
  • I'd do it for $500, but it would take me a while to save up : GloriousCow
• So Tom Green lied to me :(. : Malku

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  I'm all for hard in-game achievements that give you unlocks, but this is just stupid. : sanchez
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    There are five other weapons that unlock when you get the highest rank, which will take months. They shou... : nomaad
    • I got the top 5 already cos i got the gold edition. They are not really worth worrying about - the only o... : marmite
• haha wtf? Thanks EA, ya bastards. But don't worry, I'm sure in a couple months they'll be up on the m... : Perturbation
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  The codes are unique per user - you can't just hand them out. In the uk the preorder was unavailable a... : marmite
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    Figures it's unique per user. Oh well. Heh, I can't play tonight, I'm leaving for Roskilde Festival in... : nomaad
    • oh damnit. : marmite
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    since the game came out i have been playing just about every night, hell even my wife is getting tired of... : X-GOUKI
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      if you get to the second level in SP the title music changes. it's worse :P : marmite
      • good thing I stopped during level 1! : azenmaster
• Unlike 2142, the unlocked weapons really don't give you an advantage over the base ones. I've unlocked al... : festivalman
• i've only unlocked the M60 and it feels worst than whatever the defaul gun you get at the time. i tri... : X-GOUKI

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  really depends on the civ/leader i get (i like playing on pure random in my games) and the starting area.... : -=kodiak=-
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    haha I just started with Catherine whose borders spread as easily as her legs. I then got the Priesthood ... : Degenerate
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      yea and in that process, you will absolutely piss off all your neighbours. never neglect your defenses... : -=kodiak=-
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        the religion trifecta is complete and the wall is in the early stages of construction. No Barbarian human... : Degenerate
        • P.S. Building archers like a mother fucker in city 2 of 3. :D : Degenerate
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          Religion is the absolute best thing you can do in this game. I've built so many badass Civs of the power ... : lplasmatron
          • Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good Cossack at your side, kid. : SockMonkeh
        • when you build wonders a bit 'late', as in the option has been there for a while..... it's an absolute... : -=kodiak=-
        • shit yes. I just founded Christianity as well. I feel a hardcore jihad all up in my ass in the near f... : Degenerate
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  Usually a warrior or two until my pop goes to 2 and then start in on a settler. : WaterSign
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    pop to 2, then a worker, and have him chop for the settler : Clay
    • Except that you can only chop after Bronze Working, which is something I typically don't have at that poi... : WaterSign
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  i build a barracks first and let me city get a like 2 or 3 population before building my 1st settler. Al... : wtf242
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    This is good advice. If you let your settler get ganked by a wolf or some crap, you will have an echo of ... : lplasmatron
    • If that happens, restart the game. haha : ThomW
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    I wish I had the patience to do this. I NEED TO SPREAD WINGS LIKE EAGLE! : Degenerate
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      honestly I wouldn't take my own civ 4 advice. I suck at the game : wtf242
      • I guarantee you would kick my ass. : Degenerate
• Settlers stop city growth. My early strategy on emperor + is to find copper and build some axemen. Go k... : twifosp
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  Civ4 is the one game that I'd like to get good at, but more importantly, enjoy playing. I've bought every... : TPSReport
  • step 1) install blue marble step 2) play as rome/julius ceaser step 3) luck out and get iron step 4) s... : -=kodiak=-
• Build something that takes long enough to get your first city up to 2 then build a settler. : locater16
• If there is a good food resource within the fat cross I can use, I'll go with a worker. Otherwise, warrio... : Kaerof
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  Worker, worker, settler, beeline to bronze working while doing this, chop the second worker and the settl... : zanzares
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    Optimum Early Growth article here, http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/strategy/earlygrowth.php : zanzares
    • excellent article. thanks. : Degenerate

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  i have yet to have a problem with replayability ive played through 3 different times, playing differently... : CoRDS
  • glad to hear it! : scottythejock
• My GF just completed it the other day. First FPS game she's ever completed I think and she loved it. : marmite

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• yeah i loved that movie!!! : med1c
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  Ha I took a first date to In Bruges because she likes to travel. Disaster... http://www.shacknews.com... : jimmy-buffett
  • ah come on , that didnt sound like a disaster :D but yeah the part with the child, yeah... i agree : GBeer11
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    A month after seeing the movie, we actually went to Bruges. Very beautiful place, but nothing is like it : stratedge
    • I saw the movie because I'd been to Bruges for a few days right after college and I thought those very th... : Megara9
• Yeah, it was really good. : nevicata
• Yeah, I watched it this weekend and it was indeed awesome : randomnull
• Yeah! Farrell's reaction when he first saw the midget was hilarious. : stump
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  I enjoyed it, but thought it could have been better. Although I'm not sure what I would change. There we... : ant_hillbilly
  • lolwow. : lodit
  • lol. subtitles? : minigomp
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  I was pleasantly surprised. Good dialogue, quirky characters. The first real acting I've seen out of Far... : AxeMan808
  • exactly, i told a few friends about the film today and both responded with "Farrell in a good movie?" : GBeer11
• We rented that tonight but we also rented some shitty shiitty B horror movie that was chosen to go in ran... : SockMonkeh
• yes it was good. i love how the whole movie they were making fun of belgium. : datoo
• It was pretty good. : thejm4n
• Oh god I still need to see that. I'm so behind the times it's not even funny. :( : bitter ego
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  that movies owns, i love it : AlexXdude
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    Yeah but everyone knows you're certifiably retarded so your opinion doesn't really matter. : notd665
    • Your false hatred is not fooling anyone Emile Hirsch : AlexXdude
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  uhm yeah, as if you had any doubt after Alexxdude and I recommended it. : thief
  • we know what time it is, thief! : AlexXdude
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  Goddamn it, I could not get MY GF to see this with me at all. I just don't understand! It looks like a gr... : scottythejock
  • There's some gore in it. I took a girl to see it (on a first date even) and wasn't expecting it. She real... : Mad Brahmin Disease

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  How does the battery grip allow it to shoot faster? : sanchez
  • mooooooore POWER!!! : g0nk
  • Probably adds extra buffer memory. : Tissen
  • micro transactions :( : marmite

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  unlocks at 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3, iirc. : focusdaily
  • Christ, that's going to take forever - really don't know if I can be bothered :/ : jbury
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    used to be. 10, 16, 22 now i think : RikiTiki2
    • This is true. Which is not that hard to get. Keep in mind that 3 of those achievements are the "milestone... : lplasmatron
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  the unlockables aren't so important to require farming, but if you need to, there are plenty of achieveme... : RikiTiki2
  • Awesome thanks - will take another look later - I want to have the shiny new weapon stuff but then every ... : jbury
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  There is an achievementhack.rar floating around that unlocks all of them instantly. I guess you could use... : Beady
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    Won't that get him VAC banned? : Dontdrop
    • Unlocks are handled clientside and you apparently dont even need to be on a server to do it (so no VAC mo... : Beady
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  Nothing telling you? You aren't very perceptive. Also, honestly it's not that hard to get them now that i... : lplasmatron
  • p.s. The medic ones are DEFINITELY harder, but I think w/ the lowered number, it's actually reasonable to... : lplasmatron

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  I can see three main directions for blancing multiplayer gaming, aka: everyone's having a good time. ... : radula
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    fuck noobz : aeg1x
    • option 4) only let people with 5 years experience play. : radula
  • 2 I certainly a great option and I look forward to it being done effectively. I would imagine option ... : InfoBiter
  • I hate how TF2 does this. It handicaps teams that are losing by increasing their respawn timers and de... : Beady
  • I hate how TF2 does this. It handicaps teams that are losing by increasing their respawn timers and de... : Beady
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  check out this paper from Microsoft Research, as well as the presentation at the bottom of the page: h... : MikkleThePickle
  • interesting for 1-1, but what about horseracing? and handicapping so that all horses finish equal? : radula

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  http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=858316#anchor0 Check out all the tier blue titles. : ant_hillbilly
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    Ratatouille might be the most impressive cause its all animated and shit. I highly recommend Planet Eart... : mojorisen1117
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      Yeah, I use Planet Earth to wow my non-HD friends and family. : ChibiJosh
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        but if you could only pick one disc, which would it be? : Degenerate
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          the opening of the first disc of Planet Earth is mind-shattering. : dopefish
          • (not in a "best image quality ever" way, in a "holy fucking christ i can't believe what I am seeing and t... : dopefish
          • They have Planet Earth on repeat at my local video store... right by the big windows. People stop as they... : five_percent
  • whoa - awesome blu-ray list - thanks : virus
  • I can vouch for Crank and Open Season. Purdy. : baffula
  • I knew it! That'll learn me to buy the Fifth Element for the third time. : lolpatrol
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  Also, best buy has a 2 for $30 sale going on in the US. Blade Runner and Pan's Labyrinth for $30 combine... : treefingers1
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    In-store only? : Ebu
    • http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/06/30/deal-of-the-day-2-for-30-blu-ray-at-best-buy-online/ It should be ... : treefingers1
• talladega nights : qwpeoriu
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  Blackhawk Down : Skoal^Fyfan
  • This is actually a good suggestion : Degenerate
• blade runner, not because it looks OMG AWESOME, but because when you realize how old the movie is and rem... : chaosbot
• MGS4 : Daggoth
• I just watched Pan's Labirynth on blu-ray. Holy shit that movie was depressing. Highly recommended! : Frank_Mackey
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  SUNSHINE : notd665
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    the first 75 minutes of it. : edgewise
    • This movie as a "last 15 minutes suck" curse. Sadly, they will probably never make a good alternate endin... : razlebol
• Shit I bought a PS3 Today. I'm getting hte RACF Freeze glitch on that damned Pirate Planet Anybody k... : Malku
• pirates of caribbean 1 & 2 have best video quality i have ever experienced in a blu ray movie. the third... : duka

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• Nertz! If you know how to play Solitaire, this one is easy to pick up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nert... : Bold
• Battle Ship : historyinthemaking
• uno : xsii
• settlers of catan! : ant321
• Navy Battles awesome card game.. http://www.rainydaygames.ca/Product.asp?Product=RIO031&Name=Naval... : -=kodiak=-
• +1 for Munchkin, an easy to learn card game. :) : jasoncrowley
• for cards, setback or "pitch" although with 3 + players it's more fun : PlanetPerfecto
• Zombies!!! : ShoCon
• http://www.boardgamegeek.com/ : ysbreker
• spaceship is a good cardboard game. so is time machine. : Modica Sol Solis
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  Kosmos has a cool line of 2-player boardgames: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Kosmos_two-player_s... : Johnny Law
  • lost cities is cool, it's like battle solitaire : datoo
  • Lost Cities just came out for XBLA, no? : Deathlove
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  Three suggestions: Hive is a good one. Chess-like play for 2 players with a fun theme, it plays relati... : Ely
  • +1 Vote for Hive. Excellent game, quick to learn but so much depth. : nodebug
• Carcassone, with expansions as simple/deep as you like; and it works well with 2 players, or with up to 6... : razorblade79
• http://hautenature.blogspot.com/2008/06/totem-recycled-cardboard-game-kids-on.html : IcomeINpeace
• Stratego. Classic, fun, easy to pick up. : razlebol
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  sexopoly. its like monopoly but you start the game with a lot less money and you each start with a comple... : CoRDS
  • also after performing said sex act on card you get $200. : CoRDS

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  what would it be like? the track builder in excitebike? : oHnOES
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    They watched Neversoft play an "impressively accurate rendition" of Smells Like Teen Spirit that they cre... : mossman85
    • sounds like way too much work :( : oHnOES
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  No vocals. : Deathlove
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    I don't see that as a negative, do you? To me it's probably the best thing GH4 has going for it. Mandat... : pyide
    • you realize there is still singing and a mic in world tour right? they just don't bake the vocals into th... : cdbeckman
    • I'm sure it'll end up like the people charting now are - 95% shit, 4% decent, 1% good. I agree that n... : Deathlove
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  have you read any details at all? it doesn't sound that useful. something that 1% of people will use more... : Medium Heavy
  • I'd sure use the drum a lot. Probably even more than playing songs. It's a feature I wish Rock Band had. : razlebol

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  Also, the IMDB forums are a cesspool of humanity. Never going back there again : spiffymc
  • Usually the fuckwits are moderated out of existence, so what's left is dregs of stupidity. Sometimes it... : cerealSAM2
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  Le Franime! : cerealSAM2
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    Franime, I like that =] : spiffymc
    • You might appreciate this one: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0297753/ : cerealSAM2
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  if I recall correctly this is based on a comic book done by an iranian women who now lives in france : jackalope
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    Yeah I read something about that. I think it's loosely based off of her life story or something : spiffymc
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      It's pretty much auto-biographical, actually. Nothing "loosely" about it. : woddemandred
      • It's a good book. There's a sequel as well. : TShandy
• Watched it with the lady, we both liked it. : quadeh
• cheers for the recommendation, will have to check this out : PlanetPerfecto
• It was good. It has English dubbing which seemed decent enough if reading subtitles is not your thing. : Kaerof
• In France it's marketed as an Iranian movie... : melt_core
• lol I literally just finished this movie, it was fantastic. : klearlyunseen
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  Lol people need to be able to get over the fact that a movie is french? :( Fantastic movie BTW, great ar... : stuka
  • i remember the days where french = classy & cultured. Are people still OK with Jean Reno, at least? : Borzoi
• Great movie with a really cool animation style, fresh. : gummijoh
• The movie was great. The art was gorgeous and story well told. Definitely worth a watch. : Dontdrop
• Interieur is superieur : Milleh

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• I highly enjoy it. and they haven't bitched about my bandwidth usage once lolz : Toraz Chryx
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  can I just give a big "screw you" to UK broadband? I pay $53 or so Canadian for 10/1 :( : Postal
  • wow, even worse than UK bb? ouch : jcupitt
  • I pay $75 for 12/1 : gummijoh
  • EUR 24 (35,44 us loldollars) for 24/1 \o/ : [7]kami
  • Yeah.. We get screwed in Canada. We used to have better plans than the US when broadband first arrived bu... : razlebol
• Although I do only get ADSL sync at 11Mbps because of my distance from the exchange. I can sit and dow... : Toraz Chryx
• damn, still paying around $50/month for 6mb/1mb for comcast : sanchez
• The only issue I have had with them is when I moved house within the 6month contract period. They basical... : marmite
• Be are the best provider I've ever used. And my torrents fly along all the time, even during peak time. : even4
• Fuck I'm stuck in a bind, I don't have broadband at my parents, but I plan on moving out of there within ... : scottythejock
• Awesome, thanks guys. Pretty sure I'll be going with this. I'm 1 mile from the nearest exchange, so 24Mb/... : rock elf

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• I have a theory that 99.99% of the human race wasn't meant to share the same tones as whalespeak. St... : jasoncrowley

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  Against. I think mods are great and all but they tend to force gameplay mechanics into a game that either... : Modica Sol Solis
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    What? Trivialize player skill? You do realize we're talking about the Diablo series here, right? Unless y... : Ajax
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      It all depends on how intrusive they become. Look at WoW -- you've got mods that auto-target totems with ... : Modica Sol Solis
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        Diablo isn't an MMO. : Ajax
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          I don't see how that makes my point any less relevant. Mods do this in every game. Aimbots in CS, charact... : Modica Sol Solis
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            There's a difference between mods and hacks. Aimbots are hacks, character editors in RPGs are the same so... : Vincent Grayson
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              I think the problem with WoW is that it's not just basic UI modding, it's altering what a single button c : Modica Sol Solis
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                But that thing he's talking about isn't even possible in WoW! Mods cannot select targets for you or choos... : OverloadUT
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                  Did they? That's good. Macros still exist that serve some of those functions and I know that many of the ... : Modica Sol Solis
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                    And now I'm going to sleep! : Modica Sol Solis
                    • This is somewhat of a non sequitor, but there were a lot of random little personal skill-based things tha... : xsoulbrothax
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            Uhh... You're comparing CS aimbots with sanctioned MMO mods? Really? That's what you're doing? : Ajax
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              This isn't a mod -- the mod may have been banned, I haven't kept up -- but it helps to illustrate the poi... : Modica Sol Solis
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                Like I said, http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17328993#itemanchor_17328993 : Ajax
                • Well, I disagree, but I'm tired and it's time for bed so I guess we'll just agree to disagree and call it... : Modica Sol Solis
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    Could you explain what you mean? I can see how certain mods might trivialize player skill, but Blizzard d... : OverloadUT
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      Up above I mention player skill, but re: the learning process Moreso in Diablo than in WoW, a player r... : Modica Sol Solis
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        The Diablo series doesn't possess the same gameplay mechanics that a MMO like WoW does. I don't think you... : Ajax
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          I think there are several levels of skill involved in Diablo. It's not a mindless clickfest as some would... : Modica Sol Solis
          • Not arguing - I just don't know: could you give an example of a addon? : dooberzoo
        • I concluded similarly. I did enjoy playing with the UI in WoW but Diablo just isn't complicated enough. H... : dooberzoo
• in favor of, mostly because people (like you) get a kick out of it, and that'll raise player interest, wh... : famine101
• in favor of, if only to scale the size of some elements, maybe add a few more slots to the action bar thi... : pyide
• Indifferent. I wouldn't think it necessary to tell someone they couldn't do that if they wanted, but I w... : action wombmate
• In favour of on softcore/open b.net, against on hardcore : ryuuseki
• why bother? Everything you need is right there. : aeg1x
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  after the overwhelming success with WOW ui mods, I just can't imagine Blizzard not allowing something sim... : TPSReport
  • but wow is WAY more complex than diablo. Really what do you need in diablo besides health, mana and your ... : aeg1x
• against. WoW needs it because of so much info that needs to be organized. Diablo doesn't need that at all : Medium Heavy
• indifferent, I don't really see a need for it in Diablo, and I really love WoW's moddability. : Goncyn
• modifiable UI yes for visual display elements, automating gameplay no : Slowtreme

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• http://www.scorptec.com.au/product/27370 actually MSY have em for $84! : shavenewok
• I recently picked up a Samsung F1 750GB drive for $99 (was on sale at Newegg). No complaints so far. : Helter Skelter
• I have two 500GBs in my desktop, no probs. : TastyWheat
• i've got a 750GB and a 1TB Samsung disk in use here, they're faaaast and I've installed a bunch in client... : Toraz Chryx
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  The F1 series are fast, the 1TB version is faster than the 750GB though, and you do pay a premium. : sanchez
  • My 1TB F1 was £88 after tax here, so £75 before tax.... which is around $150 : Toraz Chryx
• This WD is better http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218 : h o s t i l e
• picked up a 500 for $92 a few days ago. Crazy! : aeg1x

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  10 on chicago. i'm going in ! also wtf why chicago? : mista mista
  • because skull the troll pimped it enough and was on enough to provide consistent admin presence that it b... : RikiTiki2
• k : sanchez
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  I logged on with 6 people then they all dropped when I got on. Not cool ---> : socksta
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    We all had to log out to finish working on Shackers. : taronish
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      zing! : fleabug
      • oof : dognose
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      The last ep was the one with the gamestop bit right? Or did I miss one? : sanchez
      • No you are there with all of us. Waiting. : dognose
  • your keyboard smells. they didnt want to tell you : CoRDS

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  make a ramdisk, point browser.cache.disk.parent_directory at it, restart ff : jcupitt
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    I installed a ramdisc and was just about to point firefox at it when I found this string: browser.cach... : Marauder IIC
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      that'll turn off caching :( you'll probably find it's a low slower than the ramdisk : jcupitt
      • I'll try it like this for a while, and if I notice any slowdown I can still use a ramdisk. I'd rather not... : Marauder IIC

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  What song is that? : skitzo
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    its a very rare track from Mask 500 called 'D-Breeze - Untitled' : niceguynick
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      I like it. : skitzo
      • I highly recommend downloading the entire Mask 100-500 series on mp3, some great tracks on one of the rar... : niceguynick
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      Also, what kind of style of electronica would that be classified as? : skitzo
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        Not sure, its a mix really. I'd just call it electronica but I guess some will say IDM, ambient, glitch. ... : niceguynick
        • IDM/Glitch seems to have worked. I plugged it into shoutcast and got a few results. : skitzo
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  not too bad. I dont think anyone can top the "My Body Is A Cage - Once Upon A Time In The West" video . .... : sesmaster
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    here is the link for reference http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pyp34v6Lmcc : sesmaster
    • thanks yous : niceguynick
• I really enjoyed that! Thanks for sharing. The Village is one of my favorite soundtracks and I didn't fee... : davantalus
• Well put together man, good work! : scottythejock