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• Thanks Wok - it sort of looks like a post apoc Elder Scrolls - don't you think? : seven
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  Don't tell NMA! : moogle
  • half of the questions is from NMA guys. : yossapw
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  Having never played the first two, what can I expect from this do you think? : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • awesomeness, pure awesomeness and i honestly don't know what to expected, but i'm excited : shavenewok
  • Play them : genjuro
  • Really not going to be much like the first two besides the setting. : mobab
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    Pure shit, this one's nothing like the first 2. : locater16
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      Oh you've played it? Which ending did you get? : EvilDolemite
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        The one where I didn't kill any kids or "essential" npc's... because I couldn't : locater16
        • LOL, yes because that was the only good thing about the game killing kids. You fanboys are crazy. : baronzemo78
• Oh shit, its still looking damn good. : MaxPete82
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  damn some of their interview answers are disappointing :( i still have faith it will be awesome though : kill9
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    Child Killer. omg me too : NexusOne
    • seriously lame : oHnOES
• Squeee! :D : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Hey neat. (I lit that bar) : lplasmatron
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    ps3 or 360 WHICH WILL LOOK BETTER? (I know you probably can't say) : gmd
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      Can't say, but they aren't kidding about the number of beards, it's epic. : lplasmatron
      • and I'm growing out my beard, coincidence? I think not ! : gmd
      • The game better have the hulihee and French fork. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Facial_Hair_Types.p... : freshyk
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      I'd be amazed if they don't look nearly identical. Either way, I'm going PC for this one. : Vincent Grayson
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        Doesn't ps3 oblivion look a little better? : gmd
        • ps3 oblivion had a lot of extra time to cook in the oven. This is a simultaneous release no? : DarkWolf5
        • Slightly, but IIRC, it was because they had more time to mess with the rendering or something. I recall h... : Vincent Grayson
        • one word: MODS : smax
        • It was released a full year later, so they had to throw in something. : DinK
    • PC will ;-) : razlebol
• wtf why wasn't this a news item here today. >:( : freshyk
• That news about the editor is really disappointing. : Visceral Monkey
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  A fucking zombie bartender. Nice. : EvilDolemite
  • haha : Mondo
  • It's probably just an irradiated dude. : razlebol
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  picture of the pipboy skills. They need to compress the skills together just a weee bit. It's hard to r... : mobab
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    Are you kidding? : EvilDolemite
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      No. Kinda hard too read them when they are double spaced apart. I'd rather have them closer together... : mobab
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        what the fuck are you on about : Modica Sol Solis
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          Did you read my comment about condensing the skills text together so that it's easier to read? : mobab
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            Yes and I think you've either got some serious eyesight problems that need medical attention or you're ju... : Modica Sol Solis
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              The text lookds fine. It's that their spacing is like far apart. WTF do the need to space th... : mobab
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                NMA sent you, didn't they. : DarkWolf5
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                  No, I stated my opinion, and I gave a suggestion on one way they can fix it. Someone is hammering me a... : mobab
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                    It's an incredibly small detail to nitpick about in the scope of everything and essentially amounts to a... : DarkWolf5
                    • It's not like I'm stomping around crying that I won't buy it unless they changed it. Anyways, it's onl... : mobab
      • point taken : the_burd
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        I disagree. Sometimes lists look better with a little bit of spacing in between them, because it's not r... : action wombmate
        • Yeah. I understand that. White space can do other things too like help with organization. but i'm lo... : mobab
        • i dont want to be constantly scrolling to see a simple list, fallout 1/2's skill list fit nicely on one s... : ballystix
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  In regards to essential NPCs, it works like Oblivion, in that when they "die" they get knocked "unconsc : SpaecKow
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    They really gutted a lot of the great moral choices the FO series had. No child killing, no NPC killing,... : melkore
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      No child killing is fine, but Fallout was distinct as a game first and foremost because of the many diffe... : SpaecKow
      • I agree. I also liked how when your companions got gunned down, that was it, no resurrections, no standi... : Aragoat
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      I think they're just playing it safe. I don't see what the whole hoopla about child killing is about, b... : mobab
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        It's not so much the kid killing but they had a purpose in the game as little pick pockets and if they st... : melkore
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          ahh, ok. I see. I never had a kid steal from me, atleast I never noticed it. Will kids mess with y... : mobab
          • With regards to the kids stealing from you, in Fallout 2, in the Den, the kids outside the bars actually ... : Aragoat
        • crappy : feek
        • Why can't we at least beat down kids : Mondo
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        I will say that the number of essential characters is minute compared to Oblivion and we've gone to prett : yAak
        • Seriously. It didn't say "NO NPC KILLING" : DinK
  • That system did NOT work well >: : Modica Sol Solis
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    One of my favorite moments in Fallout 2 was when I entered one of the casinos, and ended up pissing off a : Rag and Bone Man
    • Yeah the cokewife is an interesting NPC that can be (like all NPCS approached as you will) you basically ... : SpaecKow
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      They clearly said there are very, very few non-killable NPCs, so I'd imagine a scenario like what you des... : EvilDolemite
      • We'll see. : SpaecKow
    • They wouldn't be unconscious, they'd be dead. Did you read the interview? At worst it sounds like if on... : DinK
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    I'm a little disappointed by this. : Modulus
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      actually how did the original fallouts handle this? Didn't they have no-combat zones of something for sto... : Modulus
      • They didn't. :-) However, the game became quite hard (especially in the first one where you're trying to... : Aragoat
      • They had them in the sense that if you attacked someone, the whole town turned against you and it was dif... : Vincent Grayson
      • Get the supersuit, and systematically kill everyone in every town and rule the wasteland. If you can't do... : crazywigga
      • Fallout1 was a true gem of a game because of this. There were only like two things you had to do to beat... : DinK
  • the more I learn about the game the more depressed I get <sigh> =[ : lord cecil
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    I forget. In the original could you go back to the vault and kill everyone+Overseer before the end of the... : DarkWolf5
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      I think killing the Overseer before you've completed the game (super mutants and cathedral quests) makes ... : Aragoat
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        I have a feeling that there will be a just few main story arc npcs, like an overseer, who you can't kill,... : DarkWolf5
        • That would make sense. It's a bit hard to tell a story if everyone who tells the story is dead. : Aragoat
      • its a pretty gory death too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne-aB9Z4cCw : ballystix
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    Utter and complete fail, ha ha they suck and so will the game. Oh wait they bought the Fallout IP : ( ... : locater16
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      Guess what? Games are different now. Guess what else? It was possible to break Fallout beyond repair t... : EvilDolemite
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        No, I'd rather be able to kill everyone. If you want a safety net go play a damned Final Fantasy game, I ... : locater16
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          Well, enjoy your decade old titles then until the technology catches up. : EvilDolemite
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            Actually I'll enjoy Mass Effect and other good games while being slightly disgruntled that the Fallout se... : locater16
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              But Mass Effect does exactly what you're bitching about...hell, you can't even shoot your party members. : Vincent Grayson
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                He just wants a Fallout game that's like other Fallout games. He never said that the shit you like sucks ... : SpaecKow
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                  But you're just not going to get that. Gaming has changed, and while it might be fun to blame Bethesda, t... : Vincent Grayson
                  • My friend, gaming has changed and this is why I'm thankful to Blizzard for reimagining Diablo 3 as an FPS... : yossapw
                  • I... don't care? It's not my part as a consumer to bend to other peoples tastes. If people don't make the... : SpaecKow
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                    That's absolute bullshit. They designed the game from the ground up to be less like Fallout and more like... : jayacheess
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                      What design choices did they not even TRY to bring over? Killing everyone? Sounds like they definitely ... : DinK
                      • Ugh, you people don't realize that this game would never be able to be made with killing children and wou... : baronzemo78
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                        Maybe start the design process with a game finishing objective that allows you to kill any NPC you damn w... : jayacheess
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                          Killing off all your NPC's will certainly hinder your ability to tell a story or to have a story told to : Arcanum
                          • If you can go through an entire game (any generic game) diplomatically, why should you not be able to go ... : mobab
                      • killing everyone is not an issue as long as we get the "you have killed an important npc", similar to mor... : ballystix
    • Mooka Shaka Paka in this vault : RikiTiki2
  • They're talking about essential NPCs here. We don't know if that means anyone who appears in the storylin... : BlackCat9
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    Is this subthread serious? You people want features that breaks the gameplay/plot? So you killed everyone... : d fluke
    • Yeah, like in FO1 you killed everyone and there was still a way to complete the main quest. The only unki... : yossapw
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  The lighting in the bar screenshot is pretty crappy but other than that it all looks good. : SockMonkeh
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17378036#itemanchor_17378036 lol i dont know if you are serious or... : oHnOES
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      :p : SockMonkeh
      • Oh you... :P : lplasmatron
  • Looks pretty damned good to me. The alaising is a bit much though but that has little to do with the lig... : FushigiDenki
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  Lets see what NMA has to say about that interview. Always fun to watch them bitch: http://www.nma-fallou... : mem
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    Yet more confirmation that this wont be worth buying. EDIT: and as far as their whole trait/perk issue... : Mondo
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      I will say no weather is shitty and combining perks and traits : Mondo
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        you're with NMA? cool. don't be shy : RikiTiki2
        • No I'll be preordering this shit, I'm just upset that they're changing it more : Mondo
    • What does the trait/perk issue have to do with the type of RPG fallout is? After actually reading the ju... : DinK
    • The difference between traits and perks was trivial to begin with. : Arcanum
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    haha those guys are so fucking retarded : Jackass1233
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      i love the guys with 1000 posts on a fallout fan site claiming they aren't gonna buy the game. : smax
      • Of course they won't, ask them if they bought FO: BOS : yossapw
  • They're just setting up elaborate excuses for why they're pirating Fallout 3. : dirge23
  • hehe.. wow.. I don't think I've ever seen such a concentrated amount of bitching in one place. : Fredrik S
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  i thought interviews were supposed to make the game sound better. Even if not just like the previous fall... : mista mista
  • yeah "here's some more stuff we didn't feel like putting in" : kill9
• They answered a bunch of questions, but raised at least one more series: Do Hirelings level as you advent... : AxeMan808
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  So I'm reading the interview and I came across this "Take "Bloody Mess" for example, probably the most... : mobab
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    I only took bloody mess in my first playthrough. In every other playthrough, I've always liked getting a... : Aragoat
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      Crap, hit post too quickly. I don't know whether I like the lack of traits. There were some perks tha... : Aragoat
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        Kinda have to wait until we figure out how they redid the traits into perks. Traits had a postive effect... : mobab
        • That's a good point. I guess we'll have to wait and see until we can really make a decision on whether i... : Aragoat
  • The answer is: Yes. It really was more fun. It was better because the traits were not intended to make... : SenorSpine
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  Neat. :D I bet there is going to be a mile-long line of people screaming "DUBMED DOWN 4 CONSOLES!" tho... : DOOManiac
  • Well in all fairness, as bad as the NMA crowd is, they have a point. Those guys were hoping for the same ... : SenorSpine
• I'm playing Fallout 2 with NMA's restoration mod that adds the intended/cut material back into the game. ... : varsindarkin
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  It will contain 40,000 lines of dialogue you say, but how many voice actors? : Kaerof
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    all 4 that were in Oblivion! : contentious roy
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      I hear the Brotherhood of Steel is recruiting. Not a bad job, if you've got the stones for it. : pyide
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        You look like the sort who's comfortable in Powered Armor... : DOOManiac
        • Moocha Shaka Paka : GloriousCow
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        I am laughing very hard at this. :D Damn you, my allergies are giving me asthma and laughing makes my : Rice-Rocketeer
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          I saw a molerat the other day. Disgusting creatures. : Mondo
          • Hahaha. Stop! STOP. I'm going to die. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Including Patrick Stewart :P. : quadeh
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        He dies in the first few minutes though and is never heard of again. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          exactly :P : steve_o
          • oh I get quadeh's point now. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I'm comfortable with the familiar. Change is scary! : Kaerof
    • Ah, the inhabitants of Vault 692. Disgusting creatures. : ArB
    • WELL MET : tomservo
    • It's the Hero of Vault 13! : Lightbulb
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      There was a really sarcastic line said by the arena/battle master guy that had me in stitches the first t... : lightly inclined
      • Haha, it might have been this one; "I heard a rumour that you’re an idiot, is there any truth to that?" : lightly inclined
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  seems cool. I should go on total media blackout now. I have never played a fallout game, so when th... : fleabug
  • Wrong. When you go get Fallout 1 & 2 right now, THAT will be fun. =P : DinK
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  "But, there are beards. And not just any beards. We have them all. We have the most ridiculous list of be... : d fluke
  • well at least they have that down... now you can have unfettered access to PC models without those annoyi... : jasoncrowley
• I really want to be excited for this game, I really do. But, after playing STALKER and seeing what is in ... : phate81
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  screw the haters. Oblivion was fantastic and I'm sure this will be great as well. : Fredrik S
  • I loved oblivion, but know it had problems. If they successfully improve the formula in the ways they've... : DinK
• NMA people are nuts, the more I read about this game the more excited I get. : baronzemo78

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  Are you guys on the HC servers now? : digital_d
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    no : mwasher
    • weaksauce :( : zerog83
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  Are people suddenly playing this again cause of the D3 announcement or was it made available via some dig... : MilkDud
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    both! : Chandler55
    • Hmm...ok I'm guilty of never playing either diablo (although i think i played the demo for d2 once). Whi... : MilkDud
  • Blizzard Store. If you register your D2 and D2:LOD keys you can download both again for free as many t... : digital_d
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    I started playing it on my own two months before the announcement. This is one of those games I'm going t... : skitzo
    • You mean until Diablo 3 comes out, then you'll play THAT every couple years until you die. : zerog83
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  Nightmare Boss Run room: shacknm1 pass: shacknews Not a game for questing, just item hunting / lev... : buroja
  • hardcore? : zerog83
  • omw : mwasher
  • FAK I HAVE TO KILL BAAL i thought you didn't have to do that to go to nightmare :( : mwasher
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  ACT 2 Questing Game: shacknews PW: shugashack : TShandy
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    arrg. Taken again. Game: shugashack PW: shacknews : TShandy
    • Would loooove company. (not gay). : TShandy
    • east or west : lokdown
  • good games! : FushigiDenki
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  ACT 5 NORMAL USEAST SOFTCORE START TO FINISH - shack / shugashack : mwasher
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    dearjamie is a faggot and took my name and had his friend twink him up to lvl 85 in 3 hours now he won't ... : mwasher
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      Diablo II Drama! : zerog83
      • serious business! : mwasher
    • so are we still playing or no? whats going on? You created a game earlier for nightmare but didnt have a ... : GBeer11
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    where are all the diablo 2 people?! tf2 night or something? : mwasher
    • I need Baal as well, cant NM without it, lets go! : GBeer11
• My lev 33 Barb is doing ok, i might join : GBeer11
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  PAGING MWASHER = READ MY POSTS hahah :D : GBeer11
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    WHAT IS YOUR ACCOUNT NAME IN GAME?!?!?!? I am up to Ancients in Act 5 now : mwasher
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      also, turnout tonight is shitty. where's all the help? :p : mwasher
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        I'm in the same place you are (Act 5 - Ancients), you still kicking it? Wouldn't mind polishing it off. : zakazi
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          I just had a dude run me through it :D : mwasher
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            nice! I'll continue to grind on through so I can rock some nightmare with you guys =D : zakazi
            • i can run you through it. Account name is Jackass1233 someone add me and message me if they want help im... : Jackass1233
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  So is the shack all a bunch of softcore wimps? From bipolar's old posts I got the impression we were hard... : Odoyle
  • i am too kamikaze to do hc i think. it's a matter of patience that i do not have. : mwasher
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    hardcore is bullshit, i had a lvl 37 assassin on USEast and i lagged out and when it unlagged i was dead ... : okellyc
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      the second you notice lag you hit esc and quit out of the game : oHnOES
      • yeah sounds like fun way to play : jackalope
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  Necromancer How far do you develop your Raise Skeleton and Skeleton Mastery before you start investing po... : dodob
  • Corpse explosion comes in handing in the Magot lair. So just put a point in there and continue raising RS... : zakazi
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    Amp Damage 1, Corpse Explosion 1, then max Raise Skeleton, Skeleton Mastery, Corpse Explosion : Tommy Toolbag
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      Make sure you get a point in clay golem somewhere along the way as well. Helps a lot when fighting bosses... : aeg1x
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        I lucked out and got a free Clay Golem and Amp Damage from items :) My skellies are nigh invincible! :O : dodob
        • I'd say you want more than one point in amp. It's just so much easier to reap the benefits of CE when you... : Psigun
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      I made this char, he's up to lvl 71....once you get that first kill, then CE will take care of the rest o... : sanchez
      • i'd just focus on getting your might merc good gear and he can easily get the first kill. don't dip into ... : Psigun
  • I'd max skeletons and mastery first, then CE, then points into amplify damage until it's a comparable rad... : Psigun
• where the fuck are you people playing? : Jackass1233
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  Made a new server: Shack1 Pass:Shugashack (USEast, Softcore, Normal) Going to do Act IV and up. : djkenohki
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    Oh crap. I think we left a bunch of good rares sitting on the ground at Pandemonium Fortress on the first... : djkenohki
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      yeah i just realized that too haha, oh well i got an assassins helmet +1 skills and necro wand +1 skills ... : Chandler55
      • I scooped up some of those items, but it doesnt really matter, they were THAT great, not like we were liv... : Jackass1233
  • Remaking the server if anyone cares. Shack1/Shugashack : djkenohki
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  If anyone on USEAST softcore has Tal Rashas Amulet or Armor let me know.. I've been looking for this shit... : Reeves
  • I do but I don't have a spare. I'll let you know if I come across another. : dearjamie
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    I just found the belt off Meph you can have it once i find arach mesh. Now trying to find Andy Visage fo... : H@rvester
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      I already have belt orb and helm. thanks though. I just need armor and amulet. I only have a bunch of dec... : Reeves
      • Tal Armor is worth way more than that -- gul-vex'ish on softcore, I'd imagine, and probably 2 x vex on ha... : bipolar
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  Something I just discovered tonight: You can equip weapons/armor on your hired merc. Why didn't anyone... : DOOManiac
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    Yeah, biggest help for a merc I've found is a lot of life leech. : dearjamie
    • leech and atk speed are godsends for the melee or bow merc : Joseph
  • Yeah I just found that out too. He's rocking a unique spear right now. lol (was the first I found) : zakazi
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  USWest Free lowbie loot (one of them is a unique set piece thing) if anyone wants them: http://shackpi... : DOOManiac
  • glad to see someone else on west. tired of these east fairies >: ( : the city
• God, I'm in love with Blizzard sorceresses. I tried playing a Meteor/Frozen Orb sorceress, and it wasn... : Rice-Rocketeer

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  I am so glad I don't notice things like that. What was there besides the hotel using Bluray for recording... : aggressor
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    There were Sony laptops and cell phones too. I can't think of anything else but it's been a while since I... : renegade732
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      I think "The Island" was the worst I've ever seen fo product placement. That shit was turr'ble : MKCluney
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        "for"... fuck : MKCluney
        • Amen brother. The xbox product placement there was seriously WTF? : ihya
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    I've seen the movie four or five times and I STILL don't notice it. I don't know how people even pick up ... : Modica Sol Solis
    • I noticed it, but it didn't really bug me all that much. : MKCluney
    • all i noticed was the stupid sony ericsson phone because it said ericsson on it and it was ugly. : pyide
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      Seriously I barely ever notice product placement in movies unless everyone is driving the same make of ca... : Evil Benius
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        Well that's just weird but I can't think of a movie that did this. Maybe Minority Report, but IMO it made... : Modica Sol Solis
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          Didn't Transformers have this problem? : byorn
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            Not for the cars. It had ford, peterbuilt and gmc (chevy camero and saturn sky). It did have a lot of pro... : sigpro
            • Most of the autobots were GM vehicles though. But it did use 2 non GM vehicles for some. : sigpro
          • The part when the girl hacker pulls out the SD card ans then turns it to the Camera was the most blatant ... : Sailor of Fortune
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          I am legend, and war of the worlds both did it. : terath
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            I Am Legend did a lot of futuristic stuff though like "Batman and Superman" : Sailor of Fortune
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              I think he's referring to the fact that he drove the Ford GT500 and then his other vehicle was a Ford Exc... : sigpro
              • Well that Ford in the beginning was obvious, but it still had a dealer label on it so maybe he took it fo... : Sailor of Fortune
    • I usually notice it but don't care. He's already doing some unbelievable shit, having him use a couple S... : arizona bay
    • Because some of us are more sensitive to being manipulated I guess. It's really obvious for me. A lingeri... : terath
    • I've seen it three times and I haven't noticed it at all. Feels good, eh? : Begawkiness
  • I don't notice shit like that either. All around me there are products with brands on them - every day... : seven
  • seconded, usually there's something else catching my attention then the brand of cds/computers/cellphones... : Dravenport
  • I think that if you're well aware of the brand or product then you're going to notice it more. For insta... : TwiLyght
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  I half expected Bond to use a ps3 controller somewhere. : shirif
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    Like MiB2? : lightsam
    • hahah, yeah : shirif
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  I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around the fact that people have a problem with this. : action wombmate
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    I know, I didn't really have any issue with product placement in Casino Royale , even the vehicle he uses : PlanetPerfecto
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      Haha, I definitely noticed the Ford (or was it a Chevrolet) rental car he had at the beginning but I felt... : Modica Sol Solis
      • Heh. True. Also, it's been a while since I've seen the film, but I distinctly recall a scene where he als... : PlanetPerfecto
      • Ford, because Ford owns Aston Martin afaik. But really, if I see some dude holding a fucking Pepsi can i : action wombmate
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      But that vehicle is less product placement and more a bond tradition. But that ford was obvious. Ford is ... : terath
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        So what SHOULD he have been driving? : byorn
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          My Vote - Audi A3 But I don't recall what scene you guys are talking about, haven't seen the film in ... : PlanetPerfecto
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            It's when he is driving to the resort in the bahamas ( I think that is where it was) he is driving a for... : sigpro
            • [nods] excellent point about the ford / aston connection : PlanetPerfecto
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              It's a Ford Mondeo. Note that Ford dropped huge money on Bond starting with Die Another Day to have a... : K1Bond007
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                Yeah and before that it was BMW that had dropped huge money for the deal. : sigpro
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                  Which got a lot of flack because of the long tradition of driving astons. : terath
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                    I for one enjoyed him fucking shit up with a remote control 7 series. : sigpro
                    • i kinda liked that scene, too : FrayLo
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                      I think that's the one Brosnan flick, yes? I've missed that one. Need to get netflix again I guess : PlanetPerfecto
                      • Was his 2nd Bond movie, Tomorrow Never Dies. I enjoyed the movie overall. Not as good as Golden Eye but w... : sigpro
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                    It was more because Bond was driving a BMW which isn't very exotic. No one cared when he was driving the ... : K1Bond007
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                      the big hoopla over it was that he wasnt driving a british car. : -=kodiak=-
                      • That too. : K1Bond007
        • a chariot drawn by naked virgins : aeg1x
        • Don't get me wrong, that placement wasn't bad since it happened once. But in other movies ford is bloody ... : terath
      • Worse then the bullet proof fleet of Cadi's in the Matrix sequals? I don't think you can get worse than ... : asylumn
  • People need something to fuel nerd rage. : freshyk
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    It's a Ford Mondeo, btw. : coldfusioncs
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      was it a mondeo? I thought it was a focus. : sigpro
      • i also thought it was a focus but found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7WleXpzmZA : FrayLo
      • Nope, it was a Mondeo : Toraz Chryx
  • It detracts from the story. However good the rest of the movie may be, flow and suspension of disbelief ... : Lone Swordsman
  • Will Smith would have to land in his lil Hancock outfit holding a pack of Orbitz gum, then turn and smile... : changejar419
  • seconded, i think its hard for people to digest because no one uses sony in real life : Dravenport
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  Where did you see the trailer? MUST SEE NOW! : byorn
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      • high res quicktime is linked below the movie : FrayLo
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  All Bond movies are like this. Product placement is huge in Bond movies and for obvious reasons. A lot of... : K1Bond007
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    Good post James. But you just reminded me of the SMIRNOFF scene. I wish I could [lol] that scene. Bad cho... : terath
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      • god bless that movie : RikiTiki2
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    Yeah wasn't one of the Bond movies the first one to feature product placement for money? (i.e., they were... : Schnapple
    • You're talking about Licence to Kill and it was highly controversial. It wasn't the first, but they took ... : K1Bond007
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  Do you guys even watch the freakin' movie or just zone in on the devices? I've seen that film like five t : lightly inclined
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    You didn't notice those repeated close-ups in Casino Royale of Sony-related logos? : Lone Swordsman
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      No. Guess I was busy thinking naughty thoughts about Eva Green. : lightly inclined
      • You should search her on the intarwebs, she shows all her naughty bits. : baronzemo78
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    Yea, but you sure had the urge to chug a Dew after you saw it though, right? : phate81
    • No, but I watched it while living on an island in the pacific, coincidence you think? I think not, phate8... : lightly inclined
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  I really hate it, it is so distracting and just completely ruins the movie for me. Especially when it is... : gmd
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    everything i use on a daily basis is generic brand : FrayLo
    • I only use brand name stuff. "No brand; it's bland" : cerealSAM2
• fucking nerds : SockMonkeh
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  Is it really that horrible, seeing real life products in a movie? It didn't seem that bad at all in CR. A... : phate81
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    i agree. : AMikaboshi
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      you agree because he's right : SockMonkeh
      • i agree! : AMikaboshi
  • yeah, it was subtle in my book. the only product placement in recent years that made me groan was I, : smax
• Product placement in Casino Royale is the most subtle elegant thing ever, it does not even begin to compa... : SpaecKow
• I could care less about product placement at this time, we finally get some continuity in bond again. Ho : stgdz
• Seeing K1Bond007 post in threads about Bond movies gives me a hard-on. The guy is the mutherfuckin' autho... : treefingers1

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• High Fidelity cracks me up, and im the only one of my friends who loved that movie. Jack black was awesom... : Demius
• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles : TrptJim
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  Ace Ventura Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Dirty Work Caddyshack New: Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny : lokdown
  • note to self; re-watch dirty work :) : Demius
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    Dirty Work is so great : opengl128
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      funniest part of the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4h-Ewl2BrE : lokdown
      • Don Rickles is pure, concentrated awesome. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Brain candy (The kids in the hall movie) : Fish_Bulb
  • Nice choice! : heartsauce
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  Airplane Naked Gun Planes Trains and Automobiles Grosse Point Blank Blues Brothers The Big Lebowski ... : randomposter
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    shavenwok just told mittens and I that you're thewriter - I don't feel so bad about you hating me anymore... : seven
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      I'm pretty sure I disliked you from the moment I saw your name on every post that made me shake my head..... : randomposter
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        Nothing personal you understand. Your posts just make me want to punch my own face. : randomposter
        • DO IT! DO IT UNTIL YOU BLEED! : ryuuseki
• Dr. Strangelove, Life of Brian, What's Up Tiger Lily. : Lone Swordsman
• Blues Bros, Caddyshack newer: Big Lebowski, High Fidelity : MoreVespeneGas
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  SpaceBalls. EOT. : g0nk
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    Damn right. : jimmy_legs
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      damn jimmy we need like a spaceballs/blues brothers/lebowski/peewee movie festival : manero
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        also three amigos : manero
        • That would be like the best movie marathon ever. : jimmy_legs
  • ^^^^ This + Blues Brothers are the only acceptable answers. : Ojalo1982
  • correct : AMikaboshi
• Half Baked : DJ Clipdat
• Trading Places Monty Python: Holy Grail and Life of Brian Blues Brothers A Christmas Story Major Leag... : MKCluney
• Home Alone : hardfl1p
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  I like your choices, but must say that Groundhog Day is far superior to What About Bob as far as Bill Mur... : MaxPete82
  • oh good call, i completely forgot about that movie : lokdown
• Would Groundhog day count? : Ziz
• definitely Airplane Is it sad that I haven't seen over half these movies in this thread :( : Flying h4x0r
• Coming To America The Gods Must Be Crazy Half Baked : fleabug
• Dr. Strangelove : kallanta
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  i see a severe lack of office space, wet hot american summer, bottle rocket, and rushmore in this thread.... : pyide
  • Seriously though, Rushmore is SO hilarious, but underrated. I think it is just so incredibly dry that it ... : MaxPete82
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  The Man with the One Red Shoe Spies Like Us : IncursionZ
  • OMG, when my next door neighbor and I were 12 we watched The Man with One Red Shoe so many times we memor... : Hiro
• Dr. Strangelove The Big Lebowski Airplane! MASH Duck Soup This Is Spinal Tap Monty Python's Meaning... : freshyk
• Life of Brian, Spaceballs, and This is Spinal Tap : SolveChrist
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  I agree with the Big Lebowski. I almost couldn't take Iron Man seriously because of Jeff Bridges...I just... : Drakoniac
  • That's the only Jeff Bridges movie I have thought that. In any other of his movies I don't think of The D... : freshyk
  • lol I had the exact same problem. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• dirty work : mindshot
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  Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Hot Fuzz, Naked Gun : Serpico74
  • ...and Life Of Brian : Serpico74
  • Oh shit I forgot about Pee Wee's Big Adventure. : freshyk
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    Fuck, I missed Hot Fuzz... also is this Pee Wee shit genuine? I've seen that on a few people's lists in t... : randomposter
    • Yeah, it truly is a great movie. I give Tim Burton all the credit though. : MaxPete82
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      It is one of my ten favorite movies of all time. No shit. : Serpico74
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        No shit, I've seen this film crop up on people I respect's lists commonly... I've never ever seen it. : randomposter
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          wow, really? pee-wee's big adventure is a classic. : pyide
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            next you're gonna be saying you haven't seen the princess bride or ghostbusters :< : pyide
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              Princess Bride I caught for the first time 2 years ago and was luke warm on, but I could see how I would'... : randomposter
              • Ghostbusters is very funny. I'd say funnier than most of movies mentioned in this thread. Just lookin... : pyide
        • For me it only gets better with time, it is really excellent and entertaining. Funny as hell and everyone... : Serpico74
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        I remember...the Alamo. : MaxPete82
        • I'm laughing my ass off you bastard : Serpico74
    • Of course it's genuine. The movie is fucking hilarious and overall awesome. : freshyk
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  Airplane, hot fuzz, shoot em up, Dr. Who (sort of a comedy), ghostbusters, caddy shack, young frankenstei... : mindmann
  • excellent list : Serpico74
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  ghostbusters! : anthonybean
  • Classic, couldn't possibly be any better : Serpico74
• Office Space Autstin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Spaceballs Blazing Saddles Superbad Super Troope... : GearHead2k3
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  Forgetting Sarah Marshall was fucking great - like, absurd and crass humour, but this underlying pathos. : seven
  • Seriously I have been trying to spread the word since watching it. Its one of those movies that make me ... : IncursionZ
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  some that haven't been mentioned yet: Borat Napoleon Dynamite Ace Ventura 40 Year Old Virgin Offic... : tunis5000
  • Young Frankenstein : Nixx2004
• Blazing Saddles. : contentious roy
• holy grail, lebowski, super troopers, jay and silent bob strike back, old school, superbad, grandmas boy : maulla
• Silence of the Lambs. : ejectorpod
• Animal House : dixieboi
• Did anyone say Liar Liar yet? I like a lot of the others previously mentioned too. : ImageOmega
• Mallrats Run Ronnie Run! The Royal Tenenbaums Cannibal! The Musical The Big Lebowski ;) : eforce98
• I know I didn't stop laughing during the new "Omen" movie. But Caddyshack is the best comedy ever. : Crimsonbeak
• Clue Caddyshack The Big Lebowski : Grumbeld
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  Lebowski, Office Space, the recent Apatow movies (Walk Hard, Knocked Up, 40 Year Old Virgin, Forgetting S... : Vincent Grayson
  • Forgot to mention: Everything Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg have done together, and likely everything they ... : Vincent Grayson
• most laughs per minute award goes to Dumb and Dumber! : fathertime
• Holy Grail, Airplane, Naked Gun, Naked Gun 33 1/3, South Park Movie : dognose
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  Withnail & i, The Loved One, O.S.S. 117: Cairo Nest of Spies (funniest flick I've seen in years). : Borzoi
  • and Funny Bones! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113133/ : Borzoi
• Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer. : Skoal^Fyfan
• Kingpin! : CrabsJarrard
• Young Frankenstein, Galaxyquest, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Futurama, Princess Bride, more I am ... : Stoned Gargoyle
• The Southpark movie : spiffymc
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  Hasn't been mentioned yet: O Brother Where Art Thou : cfalcon
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    I saw that after I saw The Incredibles and I was very pleased to see that Mrs. Incredible was as cute in ... : Modica Sol Solis
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      No offense, but how old are you? : heartsauce
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        I am a twenty year old male! : Modica Sol Solis
        • Sorry, just asking, I guess I find Holly Hunter to be one of those actors everybody just *knows*, instead... : heartsauce
• Mother , with Albert Brooks, hilarious! : dignan
• Noises Off, Clue : c0bra
• Dumb and Dumber : happynoodle
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  Anybody that mentions High Fidelity in this thread shall be the bearer of my seed. : drbriefs
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    I was going to mention this and Galaxy Quest but I don't want your spunk in me. : Modica Sol Solis
    • I really was going to say it but decided to be stupid instead. : ejectorpod
• I dont see enough Super Troopers in this thread. Also, Spaceballs, History of the World Part 1, Holy Gr... : AltZero
• caddyshack, shaun of the dead, princess bride~ : JINKY
• Shaun of the Dead : thinkp0l
• recently? chuck and larry was pretty good... i liked zohaan too, yea sandler is my thing.. but also enjoy... : jane911
• Airplane : navelskrutt
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  Office Space, Grosse Pointe Blank, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, for starters. : action wombmate
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    Thank You For Smoking and Little Miss Sunshine are some comedies of recent awesomeness. : action wombmate
    • Thumbs up on Ferris Bueller, I'm also desperate to re-watch Thank You for Smoking since it was so fucking... : PlanetPerfecto
  • Hello Grosse Pointe Blank buddy. : Ctrl-Phreak
• zoolander : jane911
• Blues Brothers : snuff
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  Billy Maddison, Cable Guy : red2lucas
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    Another vote for The Cable Guy here : PlanetPerfecto
    • Cable Guy was awesome. Screw the haters. : baronzemo78
• The Big Lebowski Happy Gilmore Office Space Naked Gun series Airplane Blues Brothers : Mad Brahmin Disease
• night at the roxbury, wayne's world. : radula
• Groundhog Day, Scrooged, Kingpin, sure I love the Murry cock. : massdev
• funny old films: his girl friday (hawkes, 1940) bringing up baby (hawkes, 1938) some like it hot (wi... : jcupitt
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  Super Troopers! : GodZilly
  • Without a doubt the FUNNIEST movie ive ever seen. Watch while stoned. : steve_o
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    haha yes! I just bought a Car Ramrod shirt :D my friends love it : vov1n
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      WHERE!? : GodZilly
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        http://www.noisebot.com/car_ramrod_t-shirt.htm : changejar419
        • http://www.thisshirtrocks.com/Product/Shirts/699/car-ram-rod.html : changejar419
        • Hot! I need to find more of these. : GodZilly
• Holy shit, totally forgot Anchorman. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• There is far too little Cannibal: The Musical love in here. : Horn
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  the only one i havent seen mentioned is harold and kumar (havent seen the sequel) : feek
  • The sequel sucks monkey balls. : vikramwillrock
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  Strange Brew god damn it! what is wrong with you people. : FirmButtstone
  • This here's a beer truck. : nevicata
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  Big Lebowski, Office Space, Zoolander and for some reason, Joe Dirt. : stump
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    Oh god Joe Dirt, I love that movie but have no idea why. : zerog83
    • I know! It should be so, so horrible but it's damn funny. : stump
  • joe dirt doesnt belong on any list next to ghostbusters : oHnOES
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  Fletch : zohar79
  • Feltch? : heartsauce
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  Grosse Point Blank, High Fidelity, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Knocked Up, There's Something Abo... : lightly inclined
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    Pointe even, and I loved Thank You for Smoking as well. : lightly inclined
    • Thank You for Smoking. Forgot about that one. It's hilarious. : stump
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (and others already mentioned) : flagg209

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  this was a terrible movie lobo :( : AlexXdude
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    Did you go see it ? You are dead inside if you hate this : MrLobo
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      Yeah I saw it. I found it pretty terrible. The main reporter chick was just way too fucking annoying and ... : AlexXdude
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        I will see it and agree with Alex. : thief
        • Let me know what your thoughts are about this movie, Adam. : AlexXdude
• their actually watching 2girls1cupt ain't they? it didn't bother me at all : Ziz
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  Cool. Wish I spoke Spanish. : mrwolf710
  • You should. Otherwise you'll be severely hindered in couple of decades. : mem
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  So...coming out in English? Or else, I'd imagine subtitles would kill some of the scariness... : ImageOmega
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    It was plenty scary with subtitles. Its looking very unlikely that the original movie will be released... : MrLobo
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      Remake? :( : orgcaptainnemo
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        This will suck so bad: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1082868/ : MrLobo
        • http://youtube.com/watch?v=z_o5ivLAfqU : My Documents
  • RESIDENT EVIL 4?! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • you can still pick up all the emotion from langauge without directly understanding whats being said. I do... : aeg1x
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  the last time I watched a horror movie there was some rape scene for like 30 seconds and my girlfriend wa... : Shai-Tan
  • she was probably pretty pissed. It would annoy me heaps if I got raped while I was trying to watch a movi... : aeg1x
• is it one of those bullshit hostel type movies or is it scary? : arizona bay
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  zombies, man i dug it. except for the music at the end :( : shika.art
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    was it "Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed? After the Dawn of the Dead remake that's the only song I c... : contentious roy
    • its just some upbeat song that ruins the mood completely. it should have ended with silence IMO : shika.art
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      what. wasn't it the Cheese version playing in the credits? The Disturbed version was in The One with Jet ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2965592541240207203 NWS : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I hope it's as good as the first time I saw Juon in the theatres here in Austin. That was a fun movie. ... : deathofrats
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17377431 2 minutes apart lol : eforce98
  • The original Ju-On was disturbing as hell. Loved it. : Poor Yurik
• Good lookin : Mondo
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  Want to get really freaked? Rent Dog Soldiers : Skoal^Fyfan
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    Whoa, that's a crazy sounding movie. I went ahead and ordered the mofo. Thanks! : CrustaR
    • Dog Soldiers is awesome.. and very funny :) : jbury
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    Dog Soldiers and the Descent are the only two horro films in the last 6 or 7 years I would reccommend to... : CrabsJarrard
    • I went to see descent in the cinema years back, I assumed it was just story about girls getting trapped u : jbury
• REC was a horribly cliched movie and not scary at all, until the end. The THING in the end was VERY well : SlamDunk
• That looks fucking AWESOME. watched half of some clips. Totally the type of stuff that scares the livin... : Poor Yurik
• Looks good. I'm all for a good horror film...or bad one. : Koral06
• It was decent, not scary though. : Milleh
• Interesting. Going to have to check this out at home. : punchdog
• oh. zombies. I get it now. Yeah, might be worth a rental. : Fredrik S
• Doesn't it have running zombies? Haven't these directors read The Zombie Survival Guide?! : cyclonebee
• yea this movie is good. and fuck american remakes. : kemical

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  Why is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night not listed there!?!? : pigvomit
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    Your words are as empty as your soul! : getfrisky
    • DOK METAMORPFHSFSSS : Fish_Bulb
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  Some good choices, but dumb list considering the amount of awesome games he's not played. PoP voice actor... : hardfl1p
  • I thought the Postal 2 guy was the worst choice. : pigvomit
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  Someone just give me the list. I'm not watching 13 minutes of that crap to find out that Kate Archer isn... : rosewood
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    10. Niko Bellic 9. Prince of Persia 8. Postal guy 7. Kratos 6. Solid Snake 5. Manny Calavera 4. Bal : reign27
    • Properly tagged (I think) 10. Niko Bellic 9. Prince of Persia 8. Postal guy 7. Kratos 6. Solid Snake : reign27
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      lol! look I love Duke Nukem as much as the next guy but the voice actor is terrible. he says lots of co... : mikecyb
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        also where the fuck is Max Payne. that guy did the monotone delivery better than Duke could have ever ho... : mikecyb
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          oh my god or the guy who did Andrew Ryan in Bioshock seriously fuck this list I am leaving this thread ev... : mikecyb
          • Andrew Ryan? Eesh... : heartsauce
    • lol at glados : Dravenport
  • How come you didn't like Kate Archer's voice acting? : ahlee
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  Doing that kind of list is like creating a list of "10 BEST <insert genre here> BANDS OF ALL TIME" and on... : zehh
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    He mentioned that he specifically didn't consider voice overs from film actors. : pigvomit
    • I saw that, but I wouldn't call him a "Hollywood actor" by any measure. He's been focused on doing game v... : zehh
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    Yeah seriously, no placement for his work in Gabriel Knight or Full Throttle? Fuck that list I don't g... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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      If he did that, we all know that Ron Perlman would take #1. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • and 2.... and 3.... and 6... :) : jasoncrowley
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    10 best bands of all time. 10) Black Sabbath 9) Black Sabbath 8) Black Sabbath 7) Black Sabbath 6) B : Crimsonbeak
    • |,,/ My Heart Will Go On Paranoid : humbleone
• lol #7. This is a video about the best voice actors and they don't even include the voice for this one at... : Tincan
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  WHere is Deccard Cain??? : med1c
  • You have quite a treasure there in that Horadric Cube! : seven
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    its actually a really corny voice acting job. Its just got the iconic line. I notice corny voice acting i... : aeg1x
    • I always thought Illidan sounded pretty badass. : ZombieAcademy
    • Yeah but if they changed Cain's voice now there'd be a riot. : DerHuhnTeufel
    • bullshit it was corny, cain rocks : the city
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  So... the voice acting on kratos is very good despite him not saying very much? : Klebold
  • Yeah - it's like my posts being fucking awesome and in the top 10 of shack posts - even though I post ext... : seven
  • What's wrong with that? Read what the maker of the video had to say about this. : razlebol
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  Where's Ironside as Sam Fisher?? : magistersmax
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    No kidding, I love his dry delivery. : Fred Garvin
    • "... So are you telling me to win one for the Gipper?" : magistersmax
  • he said no hollywood? : randomposter
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  What a fucking useless list in a sea of useless lists. : Fred Garvin
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    you should make a top 10 useless lists : aeg1x
    • or I could make a top 10 list of the top 10 posts about making top 10 useless lists! (oh god - I've go... : seven
    • number one should be the list itself. : skryte
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  um... isn't number 1 not actually voice acted but done during post? : Demius
  • No, it was voice acted by Ellen McLain, but they did modulate her voice afterwards. She did however try t... : aaarrrgh
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  No Kain and Raziel? Meh. : walker270
  • ya, i forgot about those. very good series. : AMikaboshi
  • massive spoilers :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srdsvk1OmB0 series starts here: http://www.yo... : Shai-Tan
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  good thing he's on there, otherwise dognose would be really upset : RikiTiki2
  • dude from painkiller? : Demius
• wtf? glados = #1? wtf?!?!? : klearlyunseen
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  If Solid Snake is not #1 this list is shit : gmd
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    If only because David Hayter is awesome and his spontaneous Snake voice in the interviews/appearances he ... : Vincent Grayson
    • He should win an award for MGS4, his voice acting was brilliant. : gmd
  • I'd give that honor to Manny Calavera before Solid Snake. : Fred Garvin
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  While I will admit that Manny Calavera is spectacular, and Gybrush Threepwood and Duke Nukem are also goo... : cptn.peachfuzz
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    Sawyer's French makes me laugh. : Agrona
    • Aw man, I totally forgot about that part. What a kickass game. I definitely should replay it. : cptn.peachfuzz
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  Fucking criminal to exclude Garrett from the Thief series. FUCKING CRIMINAL. : randomposter
  • I was hoping he'd be #1. These lists are always so shitty. : freshyk
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  Great, FFXII spoiled. : chungathebunga
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    that was a late cutscene, but its been so long i dont remember what part it was... : Demius
    • It's from the ending, but while it is a spoiler, it's not a major plot point or anything. : Vincent Grayson
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    Huge Portal spoiler as well. : razlebol
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      portal is like 20 minutes long, who cares. it's like telling someone how a song ends : JINKY
      • ahahaah nice. : randomposter
      • IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA SPOILER: She won't take his hand. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Kratos did the Chorus too?! : Sailor of Fortune
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  WHERE THE FUCK IS SAM MOTHERFUCKING FISHER?!?!?!?! : coldfusioncs
  • I'll agree he ought to be on this list : Postal
• Was that "have I ever lied to you, I mean in this room?" line in something older than Portal? I googled,... : aethyr
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  Why isn't Resident Evil on this list? : SockMonkeh
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    This is the list of masters of voice acting, not masters of unlocking. : taronish
    • YOU WERE ALMOST A JILL SANDWICH! : SockMonkeh
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  Why oh why must there be so many top 10 lists these days. : lplasmatron
  • digg : walker270
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    see - we say that - and then we go to cracked - which reminds us that it's not the top 10 lists fault - i... : seven
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      well generally the lists on cracked are not touching a subject like "best X ever" because "best X ever" i... : mikecyb
      • You own tarantulas though, so you don't get a say as to what should and should not be on a 10 most horrif... : sigpro
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        fair point. and I am very glad to see others appreciating the non-suck that is cracked. And how it ... : seven
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          it greatly amuses me that I think cracked.com is a good place to go for humor writing because I still rem... : mikecyb
          • haha, yeah. they even had a spy vs. spy ripoff in their mag called "saboteur" or something. god it was ho... : stamps
          • fuck yes! That's what I thought. Cracked - to me - was just a poor rip-off of mad-magazine... a mag... : seven
• Duke Nukem has the best lines out of any game out there it seems : eforce98
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  And here I was looking for Maximillian from Eternal Darkness: MAY THE RATS EAT YOUR EYES! THE DARKNESS C... : Grumbeld
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    yeah, no Legacy of Kain or Sacrifice either. : Borzoi
    • Oooh, Sacrtifice! Forgot that one. Never could finish the final level, but it was a pretty cool game. : node
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  And Tony Jay is... Tony Jay is... um. Tony Jay's not on the list! Failure. : drhazard
  • the guy says he's never played any of the LoK series, so its an auto-fail, as far as i'm concerned : Borzoi
  • Dude, he was old and is now dead. Tony Jay was fucking awesome. : node
• No Andre Sogliuzzo, who did such a dead-on voice for Tony Montana. : oc3lot
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  Raphael Sbarge was outstanding in KOTOR and Mass Effect and should be on here. : unreleased
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    This is what the guy had to say A top 10 list with the best voice acting I've ever heard in video game : razlebol
    • To sum it up, it's the Top 10 voice actors in games that some guy has played and hasn't forgotten about. : thecray
• Pretty good list. You guys just love to complain. : razlebol
• Pretty sure #1 should have been James McCaffrey. Am I right? Also, Jen Taylor needed a mention somewhere.... : K1Bond007
• Nice list, but Stephen Russell (Thief/SS2 etc.) should have been nr. 1: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm159219... : SlamDunk
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  Cutter Slade in Outcast is probably my favourite. His voice acting was brilliantly and hilariously done. : Vantage
  • Excellent addition. How the heck did I forgot Cutter Slade... *embarrassed* : SlamDunk
  • Yeah I thought about that. Need to try and get into that game some time, it's not exactly that long. : node
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  I'd have to say Mafia, it sounded like watching Goodfellas... : jane911
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    also trailer for Mafia 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNd-73SgPGI : jane911
    • Jesus Christ, is it only youtube or what's going on with the lip sync? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Ever beat down the mechanic? : Mondo
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      No. What happens? : rosewood
      • It's hilarious, he's yelling and crying and all the guys are yelling inside the bar "hey stoonod! etc.." : Mondo
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  please tell me it has something from Full Throttle : PlanetPerfecto
  • No it has not, but it has Grim Fandango. : SlamDunk
• GLADOS but no SHODAN? Meh. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Garrett?!?! : kramweil
  • Already been bemoaned several times. : randomposter
  • he was great. : AMikaboshi
  • #1, no argument. He missed a fuck load of good ones though, it's a retarded list. Here's a better one gam... : node
  • Just listen to this piece of greatness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz2Sbn1l3XU&fmt=18 (2:10 - 7:22) ... : SlamDunk
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  Where is the love for Planescape Torment? Michael T. Weiss as the Nameless One, Tony Jay as the Transcend... : lightly inclined
  • Notable mention (at least) to Rob Paulsen as Morte :) : jasoncrowley
• List is fail - and I don't care that he qualified not having real actors - Robert Loggia in freespace 2 w... : flagg209
• John "booger" Dick - Serious Sam. Nothing in the history of video gaming even comes close. Never has a ga... : vikramwillrock
• Pey'j from Beyond Good and Evil was really well done. Also Soul Reaver 1/2 owned my face with its sounds/... : happynoodle

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  how long until americans decide its time for a revoution? : CoRDS
  • at this rate, not all that long. : xxiv
  • About 5 years ago? : cerealSAM2
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    Never. Do you think any amount of civilian rebellion could even come close in a battle against our milit... : fishbone
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      do you think the military is exclusively composed of people who will unhesitatingly cut down their own co... : boring gegtik
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        Maybe not, but "people" aren't nearly as important as the other resources our military possesses. Resour... : fishbone
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          "the government" "the military" these aren't alien robots, they're groups of people.. I don't think y... : boring gegtik
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            You rhetorically asked whether I thought the military was exclusively composed of people that would unhes... : fishbone
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              (meaning weaponry such as tanks and missiles, satellite surveillance, and a whole host of other things th... : fishbone
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                It really wouldn't matter though. It's not about which army is bigger, it's about standing up for what y... : changejar419
                • Imagine for a moment that a violent rebellion formed here in the U.S. How do you think the media and gov... : fishbone
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              This is a democratic republic that lives and dies off of capitalism and commercialism. If you kill you... : flagg209
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                Do you mean overestimate? : fishbone
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                  lol - yep - I fail : flagg209
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                    The trick would be that the government would portray any revolutionaries as terrorists and enemies of the... : fishbone
                    • I honestly don't know. I don't think a revolution in america (at this time anyway, say within the next 1... : flagg209
        • Without "people" they have no country. : changejar419
      • yep, there was some that were ready to shoot people in new orleans. Granted they were looters and should... : stgdz
    • Everybody seems to think the Iraqis are doing a great job. They're nothing compared to an armed US popul... : DinK
• lol : drucifer
• "welcome to flight number 752" "please put the black hood over your head and we will be by shortly to pla... : Cheespuff
• haha a stunt bracelet, that would own pilots all busting out a dual shock, controlling me like i'm in ... : Medium Heavy
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  HA! Thing is, retarded people would just put up with it. People would eat a bag of poo before getting... : theghostofsmdever
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    I don't think anyone is that stupid... or at least I hope : drucifer
    • What do you do though? If you want to fly to Vegas to see your grandchild, or you have to fly NY for a bu... : theghostofsmdever
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    everyone gets fingerprinted and iris-scanned before boarding, so why not a bracelet too? :( : jcupitt
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      They do? Where is this? : DinK
      • Gitmo : MagicWishMonkey
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        all non-US-ians traveling in the US (erm, sorry, rather a misleading use of "everyone") : jcupitt
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          (my British gf went to a sales conference in Florida last week and was forced to give fingerprints plus i... : jcupitt
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            I don't think that was a common occurrence. Is there more to the story? I've traveled with my Mexican g... : fishbone
            • Not at all, NAFTA makes the rules different for Mexican citizens, but for EU citizens, that's the standar... : theghostofsmdever
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  y'know - it's a fucking dangerous deal - sharing a plane. If you could cut the rest of the shit - let peo... : seven
  • haha... yea right. maybe you haven't noticed, but when a government official fucks up and does somethi... : MagicWishMonkey
• I don't even trust airline employees with my coffee, they always fuck it up. No, not the cr... or the su... : d fluke
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  Fuck. That. Anyone who thinks this would be a REMOTELY good idea needs to be castrated. : windowpane
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    I'd do it in a heartbeat if they could cut through the rest of the bullshit and use this instead. : navelskrutt
    • And you'd trust these vindictive, sad, and power-drunk airline employees to administer it? You'd have ch... : kek
• Wow, that's insane. : chazums
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  shit like this makes me wanna go republican. down with big government. : AMikaboshi
  • yeah, you WISH you could vote for the sort of republicans you're thinking about! : boring gegtik
  • Yeah, in 1920 maybe. : navelskrutt
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    Unfortunately your only real choice nowadays seems to be voting Libertarian. But then of course you get ... : DinK
    • You also have to associate with 9-11 truthers. It's a lose/lose situation any way you look at it. : phate81
  • You realize this was suggested by a Republican, right? : riptyde
  • Oh noes… : Mini-d
• It's like the electricity collars you can put on dogs! : thief
• "shock the wearer on command, completely immobilizing him/her for several minutes" No more whining little... : Ziz
• haha it's the onion. oh wait no it's not. omg :( : dodob
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  Screw stun bracelets. Mandatory general anesthetic administered as early in the process as possible. I ... : crockroches
  • mandatory miniature explosive neck clamp : boring gegtik
  • if i could fall asleep next to leelooooooooooooooo : packav
  • I support this idea. If I am going to be controlled on a plane, might as well get some good drugs out of... : clain
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  "Tell the Captain, Air Marshal Carlin says GO FUCK YOURSELF!" : vikramwillrock
  • yes! : jonin

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  4 GB of Ram : CrabsJarrard
  • yeah i'm going with this : Deathlove
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    He's got 3GB for now. : Fred Garvin
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      Take that HP/Compaq/Dell/Walmart laptop back and get one thats not loaded with crap. Also as a tip I g... : CrabsJarrard
      • Not my laptop, so not my choice. : Fred Garvin
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        What PC manufacturer doesn't load their notebooks with crapware these days? : Serpico74
        • Dell XPS line : rosewood
      • Nice boot tip, actually. Never seen that one before and it works in XP, too (just checked). : EvilDolemite
      • Holy shit, this is awesome. Thanks! : Rice-Rocketeer
      • Fucking christ that helps a lot. My laptop is just ass slow to boot up, especially after the start menu ... : rosewood
      • Well dammit. Send me some money! lol : CrabsJarrard
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        Huh, intresting. Gonna try that. : bundy
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          Hm.. In XP, i figure its the numproc setting ... That limits the amout of CPU you use for booting, it doe... : bundy
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            /NUMPROC= Specifies the number of CPUs that can be used on a multiprocessor system. Example: /NUMPROC=2 ... : bundy
            • Or rather.. should make a difference if you max it out.. Whatever :) : bundy
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        If this works as everyone seems to be suggesting, i have learnt something new today. But why the hell wou... : Arsenal
        • Because they made a image on a single processor machine, and updated it with drivers for this machine. La... : Githyanki
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      3 IS NOT 4 . : CoRDS
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        Even with 4 he'll only get 3,25GB if he's running the 32-bit version. : GodZilly
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          why would anyone use the 32bit version when 64bit is made with awesome. : CoRDS
          • Because Dell's Motherboard isn't going to see more than 3 no matter what you do. : critch
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            Because finding 64-bit drivers for laptop hardware can be a pain in the ass. Maybe Dell are okay in that ... : nudel
            • I don't think they sell any of their laptops with Vista 64. Do they even offer Vista 64 on anything at ... : Shadowdane
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  You could always download an ISO from microsoft and use the key on the bottom of the laptop to install a ... : sigpro
  • pretty much the only way to handle a mass marketed PC these days... so much bullshit : dignan
  • I had to do this :( Felt bad downloading the ISO but I have the key and I dont want bloatware software on... : Demius
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    the key on the bottom of most laptops from say hp or dell are OEM keys. i know with XP that the keys wou... : dantastic
    • It was the same way with 98 also. They always had separate OEM and retail keys, but Vista is different fr... : sigpro
• Vista minus shit = 0. Vista times any other number is also equal to zero. : heartsauce
• Unless it has some nasty anti-virus software installed it shouldn't be too much trouble to go through and... : Ojalo1982
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  WTF?!?! This Toshiba has SQL Server and client installed by default from the factory? And VSS? God I faki... : Fred Garvin
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    A lot of applications are using SQL Server Lite or whatever it is called. : rosewood
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      SQLite is a C library that is meant to be compiled into your application so that you have many of the adv... : Kentor
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        I meant SQL Server 2005 Express Edition which isn't that. : rosewood
        • Alright. : Kentor
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    Office 2007 Business Contacts Manager requires SQL, hence many laptops come with it preinstalled, i would... : Arsenal
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      ^^^ what he said.. I see this with a lot of DELL laptops.. when you go to install the 2007 BCM, it gives ... : cause&effect
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        Though it doesn't do a very good job, there's always a bunch of SQL programs still installed, and the top... : Arsenal
        • Aye, it's because if you remove a program which actually removes two, the 2nd Add/Remove Programs entry ... : cause&effect
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  So, is ReadyBoost worth it? I mean USB sticks are so cheap now. : Fred Garvin
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    Try it. Your event viewer can give you some stats on it. PS - The improved event viewer in Vista make... : rosewood
    • vista media center is the single best part of vista. : CoRDS
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    I heard it wasn't really worth it. Better to just add more real memory if you can. It also requires US... : nudel
    • "An extra, annoying drive letter" what : boring gegtik
    • You know you don't have to mount every new drive with a drive letter right? : Jonathan
  • If you've got lots of RAM (tick) Readyboost apparently has no discernible effect. : Arctic Fox
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  no XP posts? maybe they're all day-walkers.... : RikiTiki2
  • VISTA SUCKS I WENT BACK TO XP AND NOW POST IN CAPS, YO : [7]kami
• does it have a recovery partition? if so you wouldnt need a disc. it should pop up around the time it s... : dantastic
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  Don't forget to install the new desktop search 4.0 for Vista, it makes a TON of difference on the built-i... : Smitty
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    Does this fix the built in search that is absolutely horrible? : rosewood
    • If by fix you mean improve performance, the answer is yes : Smitty
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  If afraid to reinstall Vista on my Toshiba laptop because I don't want the pen or track pad to stop worki... : SockMonkeh
  • Vista has all the tablet features rolled-in. As far as drivers, they should be available on the toshiba s... : Arctic Fox
  • Download them from Toshiba? : rosewood