Morning Discussion

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  should have taken him motorboating : qwpeoriu
  • ahahahhaha : feek
  • ^needs more love : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • well executed : Bamtan
  • nicely done sir : Head Rush
  • lol. : sumo-hacker
  • +50 lols for you : Phil
  • LOL'D : mmaster_pw
  • lol, nicely done : ShekkyBoy
  • winner for today folks. : ant_hillbilly
  • olololol nice one : PapaBoo
  • Fantastic : -efx-
  • lol'd and bumped : whistler
  • Well done sir : DonarUDL
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    I don't get it - why is that funny? I still loled. : ted1001
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      http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=motorboating : Thisispol
      • Oh. Thanks. Now I lol with a reason. : ted1001
  • lol, that's it, nothing else will be worth reading today. go home everybody : manero
  • perfectly played : tashtego
  • hahaha bravo!!!! : grabbie
  • lol : Dschinghis Khan
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    man qwpeoriou, this is a hearty chuckle for sure but I think you are getting shackwaggoned (sorry haiku) ... : mikecyb
    • LOL-whoring is getting old. : RyDogg1
    • such a strange phenomenon the shack is ... : pointyelbows
    • shackwagonning this post : electroly
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      the shack is like a 6 drink minimum comedy club and all the drinks are 40 ounce long island iced teas. ... : [fry]
      • Summary of Top 5 LOL's, everyday and all time. : RyDogg1
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        ahahahahahahahhaha oh man, dongs, fry what will you come up with next lolol. : laurgasms
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          Fry forgot Boring Gegtik posting something snarky. Three times. : RyDogg1
          • that's because those aren't funny. : azenmaster
      • hahaha.. I like dognose's examples the most. : DJ Clipdat
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        "OMG I AM FAMILIAR WITH HIS USUAL POSTINGS LOL" : zebosausamite
        • Comedy is repetition. : skitzo
      • top5 contender right here : askedrelic
      • lol burn me too, fry!!! : Deathlove
      • post of the year : Foxhawk
      • unfortunately the same effect happens with politics and religion threads good lord I hate all of you : tomservo
      • jumping on the shackwagon and lolling another [fry] post! : CapnChaos
      • ooo, ooo, do me next! : Ride-My-Rocket
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        shack: something anything random cool guy shacker: HAHA IM CALLING YOU GUYS OUT ON BEING FAGS shack: i... : virus
        • Chatlogs. :( : skitzo
        • TRIANGLES!!! : zebosausamite
      • So very true. : Edges
      • i KNOW this guy he's exactly like this!!!!!!!! : Audhuml4
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        I propose all your comments should just be "dongs" from now on. : nevicata
        • Kind of like wtfhorse. little tiny post then real big: ALSO DONGS : DinK
      • another one deserving LOLS in the same thread!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEE : Downforce
      • ahahahahhah oh man : shack : Dimmona
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      100% of people tend to say "lol" even though they don't actually laugh. The meaning of "lol" has changed ... : DrFlammable
      • *golf clap* : cerealSAM2
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        We should have a script that uses internal microphones on the computer, and if someone types out lol with... : azenmaster
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          amazing idea right here, folks! : DJ Clipdat
          • Squeegy should work this in with the latest chatty app, and use the iPhone's microphone to detect and tag... : lolpatrol
        • Remind me never to share any stories about lollipops. : Lone Swordsman
        • File it right next to: http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/8/1/ : Arctic Fox
      • roflmao : dirge23
      • People are quite creative.. I'd appreciate these much more would they not be spammed 5 lines in a row...... : humbleone
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        I think [lol] is more often used for "this is a clever post" than actual "THIS IS AN HILARIOUS POST". : aethyr
        • http://www.thomwetzel.com/greasemonkey/shacklol/user.php?authoredby=BALLS+ON+HIS+CHIN : azenmaster
        • I don't think we need to write a graduate-level cultural study on use of the [lol] button : tashtego
      • I never, ever laugh out loud unless someone else is laughing. It's not reflexive for me, it's like it's s... : SockMonkeh
      • rlol is for when you actually lol irl : riptyde
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        That and I say it in real life also. Lol - something is funny and I laught in my mind but not aloud. N... : MrGrindy
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          Do not say it out loud. Ever. : Ebu
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            I'm not sure which is more infuriating, when people say "ell oh ell", or when they simply say "lawl". : Vincent Grayson
            • "lawl" has solid application in sarcasm : dirge23
            • The genie is out of the bottle. A generation is growing up with lol in their vocabulary. I can't wait for... : Marauder IIC
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            I just say lol - not el ow el or lawl .. but lol. : MrGrindy
            • "I only stab puppies, not kittens and puppies." : Ebu
      • lol: i found that amusing LOL: seriously laughing out loud, that is some funny shit LMAO or ROFL: wa... : changejar419
      • lol > LOL > LOL : grandmasterlee
      • i'm above the curve on this one. i only type LOL when i actually do laugh out loud. then again, i tend ... : Korban
      • I have higher standards than this lax form of lol. : Audhuml4
      • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA : kainen1
      • ROFLMFAOPIMPTIME : bwine
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        OR... if you play any MMO, or chat on the internet with anyone born after 1982, "lol" is an acceptable al... : zebosausamite
        • In my experience, lol is used more as a replacement for a ;) or other emoticon at the end of a sentence. ... : daedraug
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          lol you can also use it before and after like in Spanish lol : DinK
          • Oh god; I lol'd at this at work =( : Agrona
      • I want a [heh] button to go with the [lol] and [inf]. : daedraug
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      like you have never basked in the glory of a well-timed zinger, mike cyb. : tashtego
      • no my posts are all planned out well in advance and edited by a team of well-paid writers. : mikecyb
    • it's true, once a post has a certain amount of replies per minute it starts attracting others, and it'll ... : feek
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      hey you know what m. cyber I am actually ok with shackwagon. It is some stupid phenomena that distinctly ... : haiku
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        well that's good, I felt that it had the necessity of being its own stupid word but I also knew your aver... : mikecyb
        • shackdotted still applies quite often >:( : Downforce
  • Awesomesauce. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Boobs too covered...what...does she work at Phil's bank or something? Sheesh : devnullgt
• Heh, nice. : thejm4n

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  HOW TO PLAY GUIDE WITH PRETTY PICTURES Overview of main UI http://www.apartment167.com/overload/thesh : OverloadUT
  • nice job on this picture tutorial, concise and very helpful. : shotgun1
• I forgot about this, I'll play. I have a guest pass, but unless I can send it out online (without my ste... : aethyr
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  Gameplay Hints: ● After killing someone, find the wallet they dropped! You'll get whatever cash they : OverloadUT
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    INF whore. :) : zebosausamite
    • Guilty :P : OverloadUT
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    * Don't pick up any wallets or purses you didn't see fall from a dead body with your own eyes. They may e... : SockMonkeh
    • I wasn't going to mention that one ;) : OverloadUT
  • *After killing your quarry with a certain weapon, try to ditch it as soon as possible (preferably right a... : Mikuya
  • *Bring as many outfits as possible with you. Strip the clothes off your victim's bodies. Change often, ... : Mikuya
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    *You don't have to kill your quarry every round. Instead, focus on surviving while finding a weapon with... : Mikuya
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      How do you find out who your hunter is? I assume it's if they try to attack you or is there another way? : Gary the Llama
      • There is no sure-fire way to know. If someone pulls a weapon on you, then you can be pretty sure it's saf... : OverloadUT
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  Hey, Overload, what does it mean in the server browser when it says under the witnesses tab "2/3"? Is tha... : SockMonkeh
  • Answer these questions, Overload! : SockMonkeh
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    I assumed that was the number of "passengers" on the server, but I think what you said makes more sense. ... : OverloadUT
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      Do it! It's so chaotic on the only server anyone plays on. First of all, it's Hunt, so it's like a mad da... : SockMonkeh
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        Yeah I will be changing the map based on the number of players for sure. We won't be starting with elimin... : OverloadUT
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          How does Elimination work? I've only ever played Hunt. : dirge23
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            Elimination is like Hunt except when you kill your target, you get a new one (the target of your old targ... : OverloadUT
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              Gotcha. In Hunt the rounds are time-based and you only get one target, right? : dirge23
              • You get one target, and once the FIRST person kills their target, people only have 90 seconds to kill the... : OverloadUT
• i'll play. If there are any more guest passes atleast. : duncandun
• I tried it out last night. Seems pretty cool. :D I should be there. : silent prophet
• YES! I'm in for this. I love The Ship. : megarust32
• I wanted to check this out, but I'm busy tonight. Bah. : Goncyn
• I will be there! And I think I'm giving my roommate my guest pass so he can play too. : laurgasms
• I'd still like a guest pass if anyone has one - my email is david_a_berens@yahoo.com : Vangoghs Ear
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  I was sleeping in a chair with the red eye on and still got khukried by a bot. :[ : zanzares
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    Just because you are in a red eye spot, doesn't mean there isn't a green spot neat you that someone can s... : OverloadUT
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      They can also bribe security guards or whoever to turn a blind eye. : laurgasms
      • Oh yeah that's an important feature I forgot to mention. You can bribe a security guard to ignore your ac... : OverloadUT
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  Hey hirez, geedeck, RyDogg, et al! Could one of you put this as an event in the Shacknews Steam group wit... : OverloadUT
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    heh, i hope we don't have like, 30 people show up or something. : laurgasms
    • That would be sad :( I could theoretically try to host 2 servers. I don't know how much ram and bandwi... : OverloadUT
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      some of the bigger maps support 32 players! : SockMonkeh
      • according to the manual at least : SockMonkeh
      • That's true! : OverloadUT
  • Sure sure! NP : RyDogg1
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    Done. Please let me know if you need edits. : RyDogg1
    • Thanks! You are awesome. : OverloadUT
• Anyone that has a guest pass I'd love to try this game out. PM me please! : freakynipples69
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  lol...we are going to need 2 servers. : byorn
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    We're gonna' need a bigger boat. : SockMonkeh
    • yessssssssss! : aethyr
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    I just set up two servers on my box. I have no idea how it'll handle running two 32 person servers, but I... : OverloadUT
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      A single 32 person server should be good, yeah? : Mikuya
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        I hope so. The second one is there just in case. If no one joins it won't use much resources. : OverloadUT
        • Sweet. My friend (who'll be joining us) doesn't believe me when I say that there's this much interest in... : Mikuya
• Hayo- I've the trial downloaded. I'll be there. : TShandy
• I am going to show up and get murdered. : twifosp
• this looks so fucking fun, I can't wait : timaste
• Can anyone hook me up with a guest pass? : timaste
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  How much is it nowadays? Pricing it at $20 killed all interest I had for it, but if it's lower now, I mi... : deathofrats
  • It's $15 for the multiplayer version now, or $20 for the multi+single bundle. I have no idea what the sin... : OverloadUT
• If anyone needs a free trial SM me. : Cashh
• I'll be there. : theBorgie
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  So what's the server address and password for this? Or am I just blind? : Gary the Llama
  • I haven't announced it yet. I'll post a big 'ol update when the time is near : OverloadUT
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  Also, how do I give away my free pass? : Gary the Llama
  • Click the little underlined "1 Guest Pass" link next to it in Steam. After that it's self-explanatory. : dirge23
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  If anyone has any passes left, please send one to hardflip@3dactionplanet.com - Not really sure I want to... : Bamtan
  • I'm waiting to hear back from Katarn3279 but if he doesn't want it, my pass is yours. : Gary the Llama
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  Hell yeah. DL'n now. this game is so tense. : zakazi
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    Problem is, I suck. : TShandy
    • Oh me too. : zakazi
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  update: still excited. : laurgasms
  • tell me about it. the ship deserves a crowd of this size. : Mikuya
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    Me too. Let's start it early. : Gary the Llama
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      I'll probably be there a little early but my slow cooker bbq pork is almost done :D : laurgasms
      • lets start NOW! : dedgecko
      • I had to use super-glue to put my glasses back together but once that dries I'm there! : SockMonkeh
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  I looked and it looks like there's no voice chat in The Ship. Will we be using a Vent server to chat with... : Gary the Llama
  • i think I read that in one of his previous posts... or that may have been a posting about bf2... : dedgecko
• i'm waiting for tonight. : drewroy
• Ill be there an hour early =D : Reeves
• Desperately waiting for Cashh to get home so I can snag that invite :D : timaste
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  Agh whats the password?? : Reeves
  • what's the ip for the server : FushigiDenki
  • I would like to know too. : Gary the Llama
  • Server 1: 208.113.214.87:27015 Server 2: 208.113.214.87:27016 pw: lime : Mikuya
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  Who here still needs an invite? Let's a get a list going here so we can probably distribute these puppie... : Mikuya
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    I do - hardflip@3dactionplanet.com : Bamtan
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      I just sent you one : timaste
      • cheers mate : Bamtan
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    xtofuconsumerx@gmail.com : hirosushima
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      strike that i am just going to buy it : hirosushima
      • gotcha : Mikuya
  • anyone else need an invite? : aethyr
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  SERVER INFO, TEAMSPEAK, AGENDA, AND AN IMPORTANT GAME RULE. Server Info I am running TWO servers, and : OverloadUT
  • :D.... I hope everyone reads the rule above. Makes it more fun and more in line with how the game should ... : Alco23
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    I was about to download the game again until i read the "House" Rule. : Cashh
    • What's wrong with the house rule? : SockMonkeh
  • IGI! : Bamtan
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    Didn't read this and i totally followed someone :(. : Reeves
    • Following is okay; I mean as a witness you don't have much else to do between rounds. I just draw the lin... : OverloadUT
• Might as well play a game I payed for (shack hype) Who needs invite? : Prototype
• Argh, I've been trying to load the files for the past hour, keeps saying steam servers too busy. Getting... : twifosp
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  i forgot about this! i'm downloading as we speak. : flasher 907
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    god dammit! Disconnect: Error verifying STEAM UserID Ticket : flasher 907
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      I'm having the same issue : Mikuya
      • Fixed it. Quit steam. Delete the file ClientRegistry.blob in your steam directory in program files. S... : flasher 907
• There's a Scrubs marathon on at that time. : Liquid

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• that's a good pay : azenmaster
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  you rape them, don't you? : lacker
  • I certainly hope so. [fry] is dreamy. : Fyunch Click
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  Damn I'd love to help you but I have jury duty all week =( : SatansFist
  • Hopefully you will have an awesome experience totally similar to this. (Roll the clip) http://www.y... : skitzo
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  How is it that you just don't just pull the trigger and just go managed services with these clients in ot... : hatelull
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    i'm assembling an army of shackers. it's more fun. : [fry]
    • And probably cost effective. I would ask if you ever pimp out in Houston, but then I remember you li... : hatelull
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      Especially once you release the virus and turn them into ZombieShackers. : DrZettl
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        and then he hires more shackers to eliminate the zombie shackers. : hatelull
        • Can I be on the elimination team? : Sirus2400
• Man, if I didn't live on the opposite side of the country, I'd love to be the gimp for the day! : lolpatrol
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  Expand into Vancouver, Canada so I can get some monies. : stump
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    I'll fight you for this : Majuju
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      High noon. Kits Beach. 20 paces. : stump
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        see now you've given me all I need to plan ahead and destroy you utterly : Majuju
        • do it at pigeon park so you can have a bunch of needles and hobos as obstacles to dodge : synapse19
    • i will kill you both for $100/hr no lie : gokart.
• I wish I was in Sacramento, [fry], as I would jump at an offer like this. : changejar419
• i can be your seattle duder! : Iwannaacura
• Fry if you ever need some work done in the East of Scotland I'm your man. : scottythejock
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  If you need a Boston/South Shore, MA guy.....LET ME KNOW! : pancake humper
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    we need to have some form of Boston shackmeet : Crimsonbeak
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      Boston shackers are full of epic fail :( : pancake humper
      • it's because we are all full of shit and viritol. : Crimsonbeak
      • sez you. we've had at least 2 successful shackmeets... none in recent memory, but there have been 2 damm... : beastrabban
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        It's because people are spread out all over N. Shore, S. Shore, up in NH, and are WHINY FUCKING BITCHES a... : tashtego
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          they are bitches. I drove to CT to meet voodooraze. : pancake humper
          • and we had awesome man sex! : voodooraze
        • twice :) : PapaBoo
• If only I was in sacramento visiting my inlaws I'd take you up on the offer this time. : sigpro
• Where's the Chicago work? COME ON, SOUTHSIDE REPRESENT! : jingletard
• i'll be your cincinnati bitch. i am gud at da intarnetz! : botch
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  fry i am your #1 here in the denver area : oHnOES
  • need a response fry : oHnOES
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  Wow, please hire me. :) : spazzium
  • Also I don't live in Sacramento. : spazzium
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  If you send me to hot ladies houses, I'll work for you fry! : mace
  • Armed with a shitload of ginger root :D : Q-ball
• If you need help from Dallas, please SM me. : cjcharv
• dude, just hire me to fly around the country doing all of these tasks for you. : mwasher
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  <~~~~unemployed, an hour away from sacramento, your best friend : JINKY
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    what the fuck are you pointing at?! : mikecyb
    • I guess if you follow the line, it goes up to the root post. So Fry is unemployed, an hour away from sac... : thekidd
    • i meant to point that at my name!! it was early in the morning alright : JINKY
• DO you ever have any work in Michigan? lol : Cyco52
• If you ever need work done in the Greensboro area of North Carolina, call me lol. : Old_Fart
• I misread this as "shackers who want monkeys". I am very disappointed right now. : Vangoghs Ear
• If you need someone in Idaho, let me know ;) : ejectorpod
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  I'm so sad I cant do this. Dont forget me next time! : hirez
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    i already removed you from the database with reason: unreliable : [fry]
    • yousonofabitch. I'm going to cut you. : hirez
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  Dude, I'll do it. : FPSDavid
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    There's a first for everyrthing, folks! : TastyWheat
    • ^^^ oh snap... lol : Antilles_Prime
    • lollers : heatmizer
• I don't know about Sacramento, but I can cover Pittsburgh and Rochester for yah :). : quadeh
• I could have done it today :-( : sludge vohaul
• Let me know if you ever need a worker in Maryland, Mr. moneypants. : .ka`boom.zZz.
• That's a good consulting rate, even here in NYC. You already have a guy out here? : Ride-My-Rocket
• i totally SM'd you because i might be in sac tomorrow and don't mind rape *don't really use credit car... : xsoulbrothax
• Need a Minneapolis d00d? : disposition
• i will be your socal guy! : xil-reno
• i can vouch for fry! his checks dont bounce : maulla
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  Hey dude I'm off work tomorrow and live in sac. I can do basic troubleshooting, but I'm not certified or ... : mojo the helpr monke
  • CYPM dude! : mojo the helpr monke
• pointing dis out for Socal hookup. : sukabljat
• if you need anything in N.C. done.... : rmjackson
• richmond, va REPRESENT : indosauros
• Fly me out there and I'm all over it. : melkore
• Fry, I need money for computer hardware. If you need work done north of NYC, in the Orange/Dutchess count... : CapnChaos

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  this is actually pretty ridiculous. but of course amnesia is the most hackneyed plot device in the world ... : dirge23
  • I agree but I think as far as amnesia goes, they justified that pretty well with this story. If you're al... : haiku
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  Can we instead talk about why you said "full proof"? : action roommate
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    because I just woke up from having a little haiku nap and am not really thinking. If you grammar whore me... : haiku
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      gay : -Panther-
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        The dream was not homoerotic in nature. And I am not sure if it involved james bond or jason bourne but i... : haiku
        • super gay : -Panther-
        • hahaha "crawling through a vent." Totally gay. : windowpane
    • grow a pear and admit your miss steak : itsjames
    • haiku how many people do you actually ban? you sure talk about it a lot. : datoo
    • How many syllables in a little haiku? : Lunatic Angelic
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    owned : feek
    • Ok, guy who takes pictures of his shit. : Ebu
• easy one: Back to the Future : EvilDolemite
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  Sniper: why is Billy Zane... who is obviously very inexperienced SWAT Team sharpshooter, sent on an assas... : tomservo
  • The Phantom wasn't bad. *snicker* : Wolfanoz
  • why does he freak out toward the end? what a fucking idiot. plus he totally n00bed it up by exposing hims : ninjase
• To save on groceries at Piggly Wiggly, duh! : Wolfanoz
• yes and I hate it. : perstephanie
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  The best explanation I can come up with is that if he dies and his body is recovered by another agent, th... : Marauder IIC
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    Yeah usually I can let these sort of things go because if you reach enough you can connect some dots but ... : haiku
    • why an electronic laser device who the fuck knows In the book, it's microfilm. I guess the film produc... : Arctic Fox
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  is it specifically said in the movie that it's for that mission? : mista mista
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    right, but why would they do something so permanent (right?) for just one mission? : perstephanie
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      He was asking the question if it was stated that it was just for that mission. : sigpro
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        Oh, I read "it is," not "is it," A+ reading comprehension. : perstephanie
        • I had to read it a few times to see what he was asking. It's been a while since I watched the movie and r... : sigpro
  • I don't believe it was for one particular mission. I was under the impression that Treadstone and / or Bo... : K1Bond007
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  SW:ANH They can cruise down a trench at high speed around the Death Star and try to hit a tiny exhaust p : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • he said no SW stuff dork : Slowtreme
  • "...too accurate for Sandpeople. Imperial Stormtroopers did this." The Sandpeople must *really* suck. : genom
  • This makes no sense. Even on high speed approach in fighters almost all of them got killed or disabled. ... : DinK
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  At lunch I was just thinking about Abyss, and how at the end, when the aliens push up the hero guy and th : Mr.Fusion
  • as I understood it, it was one of their ships : Jayx77
  • Look, the film even admitted the ridiculous with the throwaway line "How come we don't have the bends?" o... : Odoyle
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  thanks, you just ruined that movie for me. I started typing out an explanation for why he had the laser a... : snicker-snack 2
  • What if it was something he had from the very beginning of his training, or do they show him getting it b... : deathofrats
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  He conducts multiple missions. I'm not sure why he would have a secret stash for one mission, but if it w... : silent prophet
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    but there's still no convincing reason why it should be embedded in his skin, particularly in such a haph... : dirge23
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      Well, to be fair, the fisherman was going to skin him and make a Matt Damon suit, but he woke up and fuck... : skitzo
      • that's understandable : dirge23
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  LOTR: Why couldn't they just fly to Mordor on the stupid eagles in the first place? The eagles obviously ... : deveus1
  • Sauron eye acts like a laser pointer and the eagles feared for their sight.. : Wyvern
  • Shot down by Magic Missile? : theghostofsmdever
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    one does not simply fly into mordor! : Joseph
    • catapults! : Fyunch Click
  • Sauron plays a lot of tower defense. : Finestaut
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    http://members.gamedev.net/goats/LOTRse.gif : tunis5000
    • I love the picture of gandalf at the end of that : sigpro
    • hahaha that's awesome... : dedgecko
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    Nazgul dragon things eat the eagles, game over, Sauron wins. : Arctic Fox
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      then they should have stressed this point in the movies because it's one of the most obvious and common c... : edgewise
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        it happened that way in the books too. I think the point is that giant fucking eagles flying over Mordor... : mikecyb
        • maybe the eagles can't be trusted with the ring. : dirge23
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          also I am going to give myself a swirly and steal my own lunch money for making this post : mikecyb
          • lol : edgewise
        • Yeah, they idea was that they wanted to get the ring into Mordor without Sauron or his agents knowing whe... : action wombmate
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        Really. I always thought it was fairly obvious. They went that way to avoid detection. : Pettytheft
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          and bring on all the inherent risk of giving it to two hobbits? : edgewise
          • two gay hobbits : MisterPhoton
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            bilbo and gollum had it for decades without being detected, so this seems pretty reasonable : dirge23
            • Indeed, didn't Gandalf say something about being suprised how resilient the hobbits were? : nodge69
          • well the point of Frodo doing it was that he was some kind of chosen one and part of a prophecy. they ne... : mikecyb
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            Part of the point of the story is that Hobbits are the ideal carriers for the ring because they lack ambi : Finestaut
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              Nicely summarised, this was my take on it too. Incidentally, I was pissed that Faramir was corrupted by t : Arctic Fox
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                The movie versions took a lot of creative liberties, which I generally don't mind, but I think they reall... : Finestaut
                • I agree but I think they did it they way they did because grey areas are hard to do in movies. It was eas : Arctic Fox
    • Why do I keep having to post this? You put fake horns on the eagles! : DarkWolf5
  • I'm sure i've read somewhere that they didn't go in because the eagles didn't give a shit about the world... : Snuffles-
  • More importantly, why not have Legolas attach the ring to an arrow and shoot it into Mt Doom from where t... : ]aratex[
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  if I recall correctly the problem you complain of only exists because they botched the original idea from... : Luminair
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    ^^^ This. Read the books, they're far better. The films pretty much depart from the book plotline after b... : Arctic Fox
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      After? The Jackal isn't even in the films at all. THE bad guy got cut. Movies are still good though. : lowayne
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        Yeah the fact that they made Jason Bourne an actual assassin and took out the real one kinda made it the ... : Arsenal
        • Pretty much, yeah. : Arctic Fox
    • No. This is one series where the movies were clearly better. : K1Bond007
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  The Dark Knight. Near the end. You know what I'm talking about. I don't mind dorky "magical tech" stuf... : navelskrutt
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    i didn't think this was that ridiculous. batman always has sci-fi-level technology, and this one ties in ... : dirge23
    • yeah. I didn't get miffed at that. other things maybe. : hamachi
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      It's too much of a deus ex machina that could've been solved a bit more conventionally. : Rag and Bone Man
      • i agree that it's a relatively weak part of an otherwise very solid film, but it doesn't really qualify a... : dirge23
      • I don't think it was a deus ex machina. They didn't really pull it out of nowhere... it didn't just happe... : haiku
  • The only thing that irritated me about it was that it was on the whole way through the scene, which would... : Arsenal
  • I don't know why they even bothered to write that in. I always thought the water micro whatever in Batman : K1Bond007
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  conjecture time: what if the agency he works for has had trouble with brainwashed super-agents losing the : MisterPhoton
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    good explanation, except that they are skeptical of bourne's amnesia and completely fail to anticipate it : dirge23
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      aargh good point. Well, what if they had it there as a final failsafe - or what if instead of "hard reset : MisterPhoton
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        Still the same point, still the same problem The Treadstone people's skepticism towards Bourne's amnesia : Finestaut
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          I guess a theoretical possibility is that Bourne had episodes of amnesia before the beginning of the movi : dirge23
          • I accept this possible explanation : MisterPhoton
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            this might be it. If I recall correctly and now I am going to have to go watch it again but in either Bou : haiku
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              Yup, I was going to post this. The agents had a history of psychological disorders. : DarkWolf5
              • The embedded laser could have also served as a form of dog tags. We know they had guys at the bank , so ... : DarkWolf5
            • you can probably read the first two chapters of the first book and gain clarity on the franchise that you... : Luminair
• haiku, any movie dealing with government agencies is 100% bullshit. : gmd
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  M. Night movies, pick anyone of them. : SolveChrist
  • omg water is my weakness yet I'm made of it and it's in the air but let's just forget about that minor de... : tunis5000
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  why is there a machine gun on the asteroid vehicle in Armageddon? : ninjase
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    because america built it : dirge23
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      this is a surprisingly reasonable answer : ninjase
      • and/or because michael bay directed it : dirge23
  • how else can you fight an asteroid? : Mr.Fusion
• Why does that stupid chinese bitch keep saying "and then....." in dude where's my car? : baronzemo78
• King Kong. Why make doors in the protective wall big enough to let Kong out? May as well have put in a Ko... : hmesser
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  haiku you are so late to the party http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=6681171 : bipolar
  • haha look at that! People were jerks to you about it too! : haiku

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• wow. ebay....? : oHnOES
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  Which probably would have been $800-$1000 on eBay. : Wolfanoz
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    I'm too lazy to do that : Lawgiver
    • alright i'm becoming a republican : JINKY
    • MY HERO! don't let the motivators get you up. : XchumpoX
• Shoulda sold em' here first D: : Malku
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  that was pretty dumb : dantastic
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    thx : Lawgiver
    • You're welcome! : losimagic
• congrats on your $6 per game. : .ka`boom.zZz.
• that was really stupid : JINKY
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  Were they running any promos? Trade 3 get an extra 30%? Trade 2 get an extra $10? anything like that? : Prozium
  • there should have been an extra 10% on everything, according to the website iirc : xsoulbrothax
  • 30% on 5 games. So that's the sweet spot I guess. : pigvomit
• I probably would have bought a large sum of those last generation games if they were decent :( : Evil Benius
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  Originally $3,750 value - I'd say they got a good deal : EvilDolemite
  • Yeah I'd guess $3000 -$3750. Less than a dollar a day over 7 years? all sorts of possibilities here.. : pigvomit
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  Use the money to buy a PS3, then trade your PS3 into gamestop in a few months and buy a Wii, then trade t... : jlavrenz
  • That's really how it works :( I remember trading in something like 5 legacy systems + games for a GBA an : EvilDolemite
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  Don't listen to the haters, I'm to lazy to even do what you did, I end up tossing mine after a while. : notext
  • *faints* : pigvomit
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    Toss them to me. I'd pay shipping charges :D : shirif
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      Seriously, I think there are always shackers willing to take any good deal they're being offered. : perstephanie
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        I have a Black GC with 12 games and 2 controllers, silver GBA with 2 games and link cable, and about 10 P... : Xin Jing Client 1a
        • You should make a separate post for this. Sadly, I would ant to split stuff up, otherwise I'd make you an... : perstephanie
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    do you enjoy burning money too? : windowpane
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      lol at looking at things in entirely physical monetary sense. I sell things at mental value. If I have a ... : Hello Kitty
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        Also goddamn the Shack gets angrier and angrier as the years go on. : Hello Kitty
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          try being poor and see how far that mentality gets you. : windowpane
          • I'm probably the poorest person here, and I'm quite happy. Unless you count someone that is 60k in debt. ... : Hello Kitty
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          Walking tall and carrying a big stick. : Endymion_
          • carry a big stick and cARRYING A BIG STICK FUCKING FUCK : xsoulbrothax
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        You're so enlightened. Can we touch you, or would that sully your majesty? : Ebu
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          I hate the term enlightened. Goddamn hippies. I prefer "superior" please kiss my feet. Put a ziploc bag o... : Hello Kitty
          • cash store credit : MisterPhoton
          • There's greedy, and there's hating Gamestop. I don't think the two are the same. : perstephanie
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            I think you are probably missing something in this whole equation. It is true he could have made a lot mo... : Endymion_
            • Well yeah. That is what I would suggest as the best option. : perstephanie
  • Please for to be telling us where you live so we can watch the nearest dumpster. : Endymion_
  • Well for example, I have a couple ati x1900s and other various parts that I assume still work but when I ... : notext
• And they will sell them for $5-$10 off the original price. : Totenjaeger
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  You lose. They'll easily make $1000-1500 off what you sold them. If they sold them all for $20..hell th... : deathofrats
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    Yeah I guess we should all just start our own multi billion dollar companies and put stores in all the ma... : emcea
    • Exactly hahaha. People have absolutely no perspective of running a business, and even people with MBAs... : ateam311
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  You are part of the problem :( Stop it. : perstephanie
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    whats the problem again? : pandastrong
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      gamestop ripping off both people in a used-game transaction. : skryte
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        Both people + developers. : daedraug
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          This doesn't make sense. No one complains about designers/filmmakers/publishers being ripped off when peo... : mechanicalgrape
          • *nudge*whisper* I think he's trolling you. : Freon
      • And hurting developers and publishers :P : OverloadUT
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        It's not a ripoff when both parties agree on the value of the items and then exchange money for them. : Vincent Grayson
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          Um, yes it is. That's exactly what a ripoff is. If both people didn't agree to it, it would be theft. : perstephanie
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            obviously the OP didn't consider it a ripoff if he agreed to sell his video games at that price. that's ... : electroly
            • an idiot can be ripped off without knowing. hence, "a fool and his money are swiftly parted." : skryte
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            No. If both parties agree on the value of something, no one is being ripped off, it's just a trade/sale/w... : Vincent Grayson
            • BUT GAMESTOP IS EVIL HOW DOES THAT FACTOR IN TO YOUR FANCY MATH : OverloadUT
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              I don't agree with your definition of ripped off. If I have an item and I think it is worth $10 but it i... : jlavrenz
              • But if you know the actual worth, then you didn't get ripped off. You got your mental value for it which ... : Hello Kitty
              • Exactly. : perstephanie
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                If you think it's worth $10 to you, and get $10 for it, you have not been ripped off. You have received t... : Vincent Grayson
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                  I think you're using different definitions for the word value. There's how much you are willing to pay f... : perstephanie
                  • there's no such thing as "objective value". There is the average of what the item has sold for, but that... : DonkeyPopsicle
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                  Your model is extremely oversimplified and does not account for a huge number of factors such as bargaini... : omnova
                  • bullshit. if i agree to sell a game for $10, i've already factored in power and time. i could have sold... : elwood00
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              this assumes equal bargaining power on the part of both parties. gamestop has a huge amount of market pow... : dirge23
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                in this context, gamestop has an effective monopoly on retail used games. this allows gamestop to jack up... : dirge23
                • Why won't all the people down at the bottom of this thread bitch at you people up here? : perstephanie
              • Both parties *do* have equal bargaining power. Let's just pick one game. GTA4, for instance. If I h... : Vincent Grayson
            • Of course you've been ripped off, if the store next door is paying $50 for the same game. As the post ... : DinK
            • We all know that whatever he sold GameStop, they gave him nothing close to the item's actual value (as ca... : perstephanie
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              This is true, it does not prevent you, however, from being mentally impaired. : Endymion_
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                Come to think of it, I believe Gamestop would be mentally impaired somehow to give you that much, fairly ... : Endymion_
                • That's what I was thinking. It's more like, If I buy a game for $40 (which implies that I believe the gam... : perstephanie
            • double ignorance irony post : Luminair
          • what? : hamachi
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            perstephani post : arizona bay
            • ^^^^^ : dearjamie
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              Yeah, well, everyone who just posted up there agrees with me, so it's not my fault if you don't understan... : perstephanie
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                you explained it horribly. and it still doesn't make any sense. : hamachi
                • It's like going to a pawn shop. They will offer you next to nothing for something because you need money.... : sigpro
                • I wasn't trying to explain it, I was responding and making a joke at the same time. If both people don't ... : perstephanie
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                I understand your point but disagree because I believe it's value is all in a person's personal view of r... : Hello Kitty
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                  Did you honk her nose or tits? : Ebu
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                    I'm assuming tits since you honked twice, but you might have busted out a double-nose-honk : Ebu
                    • One hand on each. : Hello Kitty
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                  That is fine, but plenty of people will say that an object's value is whatever someone else will pay for ... : perstephanie
                  • They are agreeing on the value by making the sale. The game might garner a larger amount from someone els... : eXcess
                  • So what if people have that mindset? : ateam311
                  • Costs manifest themselves is many other ways besides amount of dollars it takes to buy something. There a... : dearjamie
                  • Good lord, nobody is forcing them to trade in games. For some people the convenience is worth the money ... : nukewinter
                  • quick and easy is part of the value. If someone can sell something for $10 and get it now or $15 and get... : DonkeyPopsicle
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                  haha i think all posts directed at stephanie should end with Honk Honk. : [fry]
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                    Well you guys ruined it, since I could have had my honks and shack girls would think I'm not being demean... : Hello Kitty
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                      after six years together i still laugh hysterically every time i grab one of wendy's tits and make it two... : [fry]
                      • It really is timeless and ageless. : Ebu
                    • horns of my triumph hahahaha : tomservo
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                Your "point" is your OPINION, nothing more. Saying that someone is part of a "problem" and then telling t... : ateam311
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                  Right, and my point was obviously simply my opinion. My opinion of the definition of a ripoff is actually... : perstephanie
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                    I understand what you're implying and unfortunately it won't work. Yes, it'd be great if people boycotted : ateam311
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                      It also really depends on what you're selling. Most of the time when I trade shit it an Gamestop, I ge... : Vincent Grayson
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                        half is amazing for gamestop. : perstephanie
                        • Half of what he paid, not necessarily half of retail. : Ebu
                    • My OP was tongue-in-cheek. It was a joke. "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem... : perstephanie
          • WHY? WHY? WHY, GOD, WHY?! : walker270
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          I agree it goes a bit too far to call it a rip off. But it is fair to state both sides of the transactio... : Freon
          • Perhaps. At the end of the day, it's about the value each member of the transaction, as it takes place, p... : Vincent Grayson
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      Non-profit organizations making profit. STOP IT BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND! : mem
      • fuck non for-profit : mem
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      Gamestop is the problem. : perstephanie
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        he is part of gamestop? : spaceless
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          When you provide a bad company with money and/or items to sell, you are helping them, yes. : perstephanie
          • So, you're complaining about capitalism at work? : mechanicalgrape
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        No, GameStop isn't the problem... and that's why your entire subthread is an absolute joke. : ateam311
        • it's not "my" subthread. go bitch at the 15-20 other people in it. : perstephanie
  • it was either that or throw them all the fuck out in the garbage. I'm on a cleaning rampage here in my ap... : Lawgiver
  • i agree with perstephanie and my asshole radar just peeked to 11 in this subthread. : rosewood
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  CONGRATULATIONS WHY DON'T YOU GO RAPE A PUPPY WHILE YOU'RE AT IT : ejectorpod
  • PUPPY RAPE: SERIOUS PROBLEM : virus
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    then trade the puppy in : gmd
    • I'LL GIVE YOU $3 FOR THIS RAPED PUPPY, WHICH I'LL SELL TO THE NEXT GUY FOR $300!! : Gonzo
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  I don't really see the big deal, you got $478 for games you will never use again. I've done the same, I ... : dilutedq
  • There is no "big deal." He did what he wanted to do and that's that. Yes, we can toss our opinions around... : ateam311
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  I love the shack : Lawgiver
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    lol I was just thinking this. Was going to make a post about ateam311 saying it's all OPINION. How my vie... : Hello Kitty
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      I wasn't even responding to you. : ateam311
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        That didn't stop you from complaining about what anyone else said to people who weren't you. How is that ... : perstephanie
        • I don't understand the question : ateam311
    • I CAN SMELL THE SMUG IN YOUR POSTS : cygnus
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      No I was going to make a post agreeing with you. I know you were talking to perstephanie, silly goose. : Hello Kitty
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        Oh I gotcha :). I dunno, I was in a hurry to get to the gym and was like "WTF HELLO KITTY WHAT ARE YOU DO... : ateam311
        • *HUGGLES* : Hello Kitty
• i went to gamestop and got the following xbox games for $17. kotor, Tron2.0 & prince o' persia Warrior ... : X-GOUKI
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  more like $4.78 am i rite : prime8
  • lol no ur rong : FPSDavid
• Congratulations on your wedding!! : WhiteHatVeteran
• You're the reason they have huge profits. Congrats! : Jstroh
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  I put together all of my 360 games and was contemplating the same thing. I tallied up the prices for the ... : festivalman
  • 99% of the games released aren't considered investments. : j0nchan
  • do you seriously believe that? : hamachi
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    Sell them on the Shack; you'll have to mail them, but seriously, you'll get a better deal. Or even Craig'... : perstephanie
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      Of course you will...you'll also put more work into it. It's just a question of how much you value your t... : Vincent Grayson
      • This guy is obviously not happy with the amount of money gamestop will give him, and selling them on the ... : perstephanie

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• don't call me shirley : MagicWishMonkey
• Do you like gladiator movies? : phate81
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  semi-hijack: What movie have you seen the most times? Airplane! is a definite contender for me, along ... : dirge23
  • it's a toss-up between Anchorman, The Matrix (first), and Snatch. : zerog83
  • ps: i am hijacking an airplane! thread : dirge23
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    Jaws easily, followed by Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, then maybe Empire Strikes Back, t... : randomposter
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      I've seen Temple of Doom the most of all the Indy movies, probably because HBO used to run it a lot. Any ... : dirge23
      • I've probably seen Predator and Gremlins more than Temple of Doom, two other favourites of my youth. : randomposter
  • Return Of The Jedi or Aliens for me : TastyWheat
  • Office Space by a country mile. : Sexpansion Pack
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    I hate the movie now but I was the phantom menace 21 times in the theater back in 99 :( : -efx-
    • I was = I saw : -efx-
    • twenty one? That's insane. Was that every day? : marmite
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      what the hell? did you work at the theater? or were you fucking out of your mind? : feek
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        That whole summer was fucked up. It was around the the premiere I met the girl I later married (we didn't... : -efx-
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          what the fuck : feek
          • Wasn't the best summer of all time, that's for sure. : -efx-
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          You didn't start dating your wife until a year after you married her? : Dynotaku
          • Sorry, I meant to say we met in 99 and didn't start dating until 2000. : -efx-
        • how do you strangle yourself? do you mean he hanged himself? : deathofrats
    • I WAS MY CAR : TastyWheat
  • Empire Strikes Back easily. : Nitrium
  • Happy Gilmore : cyclonebee
  • The Princess Bride by far , contenders for second place are: Kelly's Heroes Jaws Star Wars too ... : Old_Fart
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    With out a doubt it is Big Trouble in Little China for me... INDEED : flagg209
    • I THINK THAT WAS LOPAN! : .frame
    • Son of a bitch must pay! I love that movie. : GrimmyD
  • spaceballs. no question : epit
  • Jurassic Park or maybe The Little Mermaid because I was obsessed with that movie as a child. : jenisthebest
  • Big Lebowski and Flight of the Navigator. : Deathlove
  • Probably a tie between all three original Star Wars movies for me. Usually when I start watching one I en... : Evil Benius
  • Space Balls, Matrix, : deviantpaul
  • Major League or Happy Gilmore : stonedonkey
  • I think mine might still be Ghostbusters. I haven't watched it in a few years, but I went for a period w... : ZeroSignal
  • Probably the lion king, winnie the pooh, or some other disney movie... nothing has ever come close to how... : gigaduck
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    The Sandlot : changejar419
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      For-ev-er : guido anchovy
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        You're killin' me Smalls... : changejar419
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          The sultan of swat! : stonedonkey
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            The sultan of swat! : changejar419
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              You play ball like a girl! : nurglich
              • Anyone who wants to be a can't-hack-it pantywaist who wears their mama's bra, raise your hand. : abunch
  • That's easy, Fifth Element by a mile : Halen
  • Wet Hot American Summer : wasylm
  • Forrest Gump : jayacheess
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    Titanic, 8 times in the theater. : pancake humper
    • I'm gay for Leo apparently : pancake humper
  • Presumed Innocent : spiderfill
  • http://www.amazon.com/Play-Time/dp/B00000ILEV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1218116288&sr=1-1 ... someth... : PapaBoo
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    There Will Be BLOOD, and Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle both 3 times. Muppets From Space 5 times : sesmaster
    • peters4life indeed : MoreVespeneGas
    • Speaking of "There will be blood" watched it last night for the first time and I give it a: BEEEG meh ... : dedgecko
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. : helvetica
  • I don't know, I have probably seen all the original Star Wars movies and Braveheart at least 30 times. : SockMonkeh
  • Fellowship of the Ring. Saw it 14 times in theaters, and for about two years straight my wife and I woul... : Rotten Deadite
  • Gotta be Star Wars. In high school I probably watched it 2-3x a week. : riptyde
  • in theater probably ET. think i saw it 5 or 6 times. : stgulik
  • Heat : deject
  • Blazing Saddles. : jasonepowell
  • Aliens. Probably seen it 25 times by now. : Dynotaku
  • My friend Matt and I used to take the bus to the theater and sneak in to see this over and over and over.... : cerealSAM2
  • The Life Aquatic and probably Maverick. : lightly inclined
  • I'm not sure. I don't watch too many, but I think Back to the Future is what I've watched the most. : David Craddock
  • I tend to watch a lot of the spielberg and cameron movies over and over again. : stgdz
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    Wizard of Oz or Little Mermaid : laurgasms
    • oh, or Annie. : laurgasms
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    Big Lebowski, no contest. : NexusOne
    • hahahahahaha, me too. : zebrigazi
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      I think this is it for me too. One year at school we were trying to get this one girl to watch it since s... : ErikTehRed
      • Or Office Space or Spaceballs. I'm really not sure :( : ErikTehRed
  • Star Wars, then the Crow : retardhumper
  • I want to say that it's 'Iron Eagle', but I know unfortunately it's Apollo 13. I saw it nearly 40 times o... : Shivawn
  • Original Star Wars. I've easily seen it 300 times or more. All before the 1990's : Slowtreme
  • Probably some pr0n clips on my hard drive. : baronzemo78
  • Rushmore : azenmaster
  • Naked Gun, definitely. : Poor Yurik
  • Office Space and Gladiator most likely. Actually Sword in the Stone is probably the most I have ever wat... : clain
  • Star Wars IV, V, VI. Nothing else comes close. : action wombmate
  • Star Wars for absolute certain. saw it about 75 times in the theatres (yay for movies as babysitters) ba... : beastrabban
  • Big Trouble in Little China : egg5hen
  • Terminator 2 : shirif
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off : action roommate
  • V For Vendetta and Blazing Saddles. : Totenjaeger
  • Dumb & Dumber : RikiTiki2
  • Goonies, Shawshank and Snatch would be my top three most watched : Solstice
  • Austin Powers. Seems like it was always on TV, and when they had a marathon before the third movie I watc... : avatar_58
  • Caddyshack : dmason
  • SW, Matrix, Aliens, Road Warrior, Die Hard. : edgewise
  • Dazed & Confused : EvilDolemite
  • E.T. : Edges
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    Blade Runner. Over 20 times. : Fred Garvin
    • I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C : ucanbfuzzy
  • I am glad that, with the exception of a few children's movies, I have seen every movie in this thread. : dirge23
  • Actually... probably Hackers. I suck I know. : spazzium
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show : Grumbeld
  • Top Secret : x4nth3
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    Grosse Poine Blank, Maverick, and maybe Galaxy Quest too. :) : nevicata
    • Now I want to go watch Galaxy Quest since it's been a while. :( : nevicata
  • star wars 4-6 about 23905823 times each when i was a kid and i never rewatch anything : JINKY
  • ghostbusters : smax
  • probably bottle rocket, jurassic park, ghostbusters, or big lebowski. i saw JP the most in the theater,... : pyide
  • Most definitely The Big Lebowski. : freshyk
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    The Groundhog Day, probably. I've rewatched it at least once a year since it came out. Such a great movie... : Marauder IIC
    • This is probably mine as well. Perfect movie except for the end line about renting which seemed tacked on... : Reavers!
  • Fight Club and The Big Lebowski : Prozium
  • The Rock : losimagic
  • Empire Strikes Back, followed probably by Goldfinger. : K1Bond007
  • not technically a movie but I've seen dr horrible an unhealthy amount of times, and it hasn't been out lo... : Guybrushed
  • Solaris probably, used that to go to sleep for about a year... the music and outer space scenes puts you ... : dael
  • Better Off Dead or Ferris Buller : bozer
  • It's a tie between Jurassic Park, Empire Strikes Back, or The Last Starfighter. Close to like 500 times ... : fleabug
  • blade :) : mr.sleepy
  • Fight Club. I just love the mood and pacing of it. : daedraug
  • Army of Darkness or Blade Runner. I think I have three different versions of each movie somewhere. : ucanbfuzzy
  • Dogma : Snuffles-
  • Debbie Does Dallas : nodge69
  • Back to the Future! : R.Cade
  • hopefully us marshalls lmao : Luminair
  • Shawshank and Commando : two50six
  • Super Troopers. My friends and i quoted this so much that if anyone new ever joined us for an evening the... : Duffman8369
  • Flight of the Navigator, because I watched it at least once a week when I was little. : DonkeyPopsicle
  • dumb and dumber!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : fathertime
  • Army of Darkness or Cabin Boy. : ADSliv
  • Heathers . Also haha at semi hijack:p : pieman
  • Jurassic Park : Head Rush
  • The Matrix : Ellissd
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    Probably Terminator 2 or The Rock. : NFXFSX
    • DAMNIT GOODSHPEED! : two50six
  • Airplane! or The Princess bride : mindmann
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    The Matrix or Terminator 2 : tunis5000
    • Memento, Pulp Fiction, Saving Private Ryan : tunis5000
  • Hot Fuzz, like I watch it 1.1 times a month. : Sailor of Fortune
  • The Matrix Donnie Darko Bladerunner Office Space Princess Bride Stars ep4-6 : Freon
  • GHOST BUSTERS! : rosewood
  • oh brother where art tho maybe.. : swoopx
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail or Layercake...seen both of them more times than I can think. : naios
  • Not officially a movie, but Band of Brothers. I probably watched the whole series 8 or 9 times.. : Reeves
• i just spent the past 15 minutes watching clips of Airplane and Airplane II : manero
• I easily watch this once every couple of years. Fucking gold. : randomposter
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  Only movie of this type humor I liked more than Airplane was Top Secret. Anyone remember that one? : Trips
  • both are great movies... : dedgecko
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  i tried to get jen to watch it with me but she kicked and screamed and had a tantrum like a little girl b... : dantastic
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    i told you i'd watch it with you later asshead : jenisthebest
    • don't call me shirley : dantastic
• CUTTY SAY HE CAN'T HANG! : Wolfanoz
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  Maybe it's just my bias, but this is so much better than the parody piles of shit out today. : Fred Garvin
  • No, it genuinely is. Today's parodies are so crappy they can't even think of their own titles, just "INSE... : avatar_58
  • Nah you're right. After 92, 93 that type of movie went downhill. : Nitrium
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    I thought shoot em up was a fine parody. And, Hot Fuzz was a damned good one, too. : mindmann
    • though, you're right. most can't even compare with the parodies in the 80s and early 90s. : mindmann
    • Shoot Em Up was more of a pastiche than a parody. Hot Fuzz was a stellar parody though. : randomposter
  • Parodies only work when they are faithful to their source material and actually treat it affectionately, ... : randomposter
• heh. you have to watch the director's commentary. it's hilarious. they came back together after many year... : mindmann
• heh, I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. : father_crown
• Best comedy of all time. I can quote that movie for days still. : phil_mckraken

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  Google cache http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:_07zch_fzBoJ:www.lhcountdown.com : pieman
  • That says 13 hours til activation... : Solstice
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  If we are all dead in 6.5 hours, I just want to let you all know that I hate you. : stump
  • oh yeah i hate you too! and you over there... and you... yep and you too! : Ziz
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  Meh, they're not going to do anything interesting with it until Fall. That's when the world would actual... : Arcanum
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    Is the lhc still in the cooldown stage? Not sure when the interesting stuff happens... : Maddog_Delphi97
    • I don't remember. I know they have to do the cooldown, then they do some test runs with no particle coll... : Arcanum
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      http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/Cooldown_status.htm looks like Sector 8-1 is experiencing some difficulties, b... : pieman
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        Those sectors are pretty damn cold. : SilverSnake
        • That's what Darth Vadar said about Hoth. "Your lack of heat disturbs me..." : Maddog_Delphi97
• Really? Excellent! I can unplug my iphone and run that battery down, man! No more recharging for you b... : trOmblyj
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  http://thefinalday.ytmnd.com/ : [fry]
  • Large Hadron Collider restores your HP and MP... ... but you're still hungry. : slax0r
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    What awesome reference am I unaware of here? :( : SilverSnake
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      The music track. : changejar419
      • Nevermind, I was fully expecting it to break out into The Final Countdown by Europe. Which would have ... : changejar419
• It'll be really funny if in 6.5 hours (I'll be pulling into my driveway) some fucking giant votex opens o... : SockMonkeh
• Well it was nice knowing ya guys. : Ziz
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  Government of Western Europe builds a Large Hadron Collider. Government of Madagascar closes its shipyar : pieman
  • lol'd : liqker
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  Well, at least I'll die at work. :( : slax0r
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    hopefully it'll be a slow growing sort of black hole so we'll have several days to mull over our impendin... : [fry]
    • it'll be like goatse is gonna suck us all up! : Ziz
• Is this from the gigantic hard-on collinder? : kainen1
• It's dead, must have started early -- to the escape pods! : lolbotomy
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  Ihope the page is tun by a third party, because their inability to keep it up does NOT inspire confidence... : bamb
  • run.. : bamb
• fuck guys this is it. it gonna be y2k bug X 100000 . : mega man
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  And we didn't even make it to 8 8 08. And i guess they was wrong about Dec 21 2012. : Ziz
  • LOL I thought it was august 14 2012.. actually I've seen both dates listed so either one works .. or ... : Solstice
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  So an alien fleet will show up 15 minutes before and blow that thing up so we do not destroy the universe... : Evil Benius
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    We'll only fuck up this solar system, or possibly part of the galaxy at worst. Aliens aren't gonna bother... : SilverSnake
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      iirc simulations show we'll be ok with the galaxy merger, that is if the sun doesn't swallow the earth fi... : RikiTiki2
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        I thought they said that if it misses us the first time, we'll be too close to escape gravity from each o... : SilverSnake
        • The end of Tides no? : Solstice
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          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda-Milky_Way_collision makes it seem like we'll barely notice at all.... : RikiTiki2
          • Hmm... Oh well. I thought the Sun's red giant stage was to come later then that, but I guess it may happe... : SilverSnake
  • Maybe Jesus will return and call a time out. : Ziz
• SHUT. DOWN. EVERYTHING! : changejar419
• Only the initial beams are due for injection today. They're not even running the beams throughout the en... : DrWaffles
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  Everyone put R.E.M's It's the end of the world as we know it. On endless loop. : Ziz
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    I'm doing The Final Countdown. : changejar419
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_IKcMl_a9A : Endymion_
      • omfg i heart you : fry975
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnrXiaPVeHY : fry975
  • well almost endless : Ziz
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  I can't get that page to load on either of my 2 ISPs at work : retardhumper
  • yah its not working on Comcast, XO or MCI's network here. We have 3 different circuits at work. : Shadowdane
• The system is down. What is it? : cyclonebee
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  I'll be at 3DRealms pounding frantically on their doors if anyone needs me : dognose
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    just another Thursday for you is it? : grandmasterlee
    • Hahahahahahaha : dognose
    • made me laugh so hard I had to stop my laptop from falling off my lap : re-verse
    • oh god lol : whistler
    • ^^^best lol of the day holy shit hahahahaha : ejectorpod
    • hahahaha :D : stelth
    • lololol : xsii
    • haha, holy shit : Shivawn
    • I'm lol'ing just to annoy mikecyb. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • haha, nice : breadsticks
    • When a reply augments the meaning of a previous post, what should I LOL, the reply or the original post? ... : zehh
    • well done : Turd Ferguson
  • here ya go dognose a little tidbit from "kroz" on the gcr forums http://www.gcrobots.com/forum/viewtopic.... : Crimsonbeak
• * C H A I N R E A C T I O N ' D * : Wolfanoz
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  Hey guys I'm a physicist. : dltrem
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    Hay guys I like triscuits : kainen1
    • You too? : FPSDavid
  • Shouldn't you be busy saving the world right now? : massdev
  • so? : Mr.Fusion
  • Weesa gonna die? : Wolfanoz
  • i hope you packed your crowbar today : itsjames
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    It's too bad all the good physicists don't ever talk. We might be able to avoid the coming interdimensio... : magistersmax
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      Don'y worry. I'm not a good physicist. : dltrem
      • See? He can't even spell. : c0bra
  • CMU? : quadeh
  • hello indian shacker : mega man
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  so if they made a black hole how big would the event horizon be? : gyokuro
  • I read it somewhere. Forgot the exact size, but they said for this black hole a wall of lead would look p... : xxx2xxx
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    It would be tiny and evaporate almost instantaneously. And the gravity would be so weak it wouldn't inter... : pieman
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      What if it gobbles up the earf and we die? :( : DM7
      • Then that would be a fucking AWESOME way to go : phate81
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  Let's all try and get hardons when the count reaches 0 and see what happens. : Snuffles-
  • ISEEWHATYOUDIDTHERE HARDON/HADRONS : Vincenoir
• Black Hole testing in 3... 2... *poof* : Jiven
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  Someone have SEX with me before I die!!! : Edges
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    MorF? : fuzzydamnit
    • too late! : dedgecko
• A.. KIR.. A (DOM DOM DOM) : XchumpoX
• The cache site says 9 hours. O_o Time is getting wonky already! : DM7
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  Also what is this thing supposed to do? Besides end the world. : DM7
  • Allow John Titor to time travel. : Wolfanoz
  • You ever play Half-Life? Better get your crowbar. I never leave home without one now. : K1Bond007
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    It will probe into the universe's earliest moments, as in milliseconds, after the Big Bang. : ShekkyBoy
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      milliseconds try femtoseconds l2p nub : Majuju
      • (the p is for physics) : Majuju
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        I don't understand. : ShekkyBoy
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          basically a millisecond is a tremendously large unit of time in this case, they are gonna be examining ci... : Majuju
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            Oh no, no, I understand that bit. Just what was the I2p nub bit? : ShekkyBoy
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              it is an internet thing, "learn to play, noob", except I chose to substitute the p for physics, so learn ... : Majuju
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                :-( : ShekkyBoy
                • don't take it too hard I didn't mean it!! let's hug it out : Majuju
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    Generate a billion witty Half-Life comments : phate81
    • haha : [fry]
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      PapaBoo's going to be so alone. : Snuffles-
      • He's not the only one. : skitzo
    • They're waiting for you Gordon... in the test chamber. : coldfusioncs
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    Look for the Higgs boson, which is expected to be the particle that gives other elements a property of ma... : sonicdeathwalrus
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      What can they do with this information once it's revealed? Anti Gravity? : skitzo
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        nothing : bamb
        • sweet : Merconium
      • I don't think the research will have any real-world applications, but the process of researching might (l... : sonicdeathwalrus
      • It would be a verification (observation) of a predicted particle. It would validate the model. : bombay
      • understand the world better : OrkO
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        Finding the higgs boson would confirm and support several mathematical models within quantum mechanics. ... : twifosp
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          Oh, what if they turn it on and find out that e=mc² is wrong? : skitzo
          • It would probably be just as important, since it would make us realize that the way we currently understa... : phate81
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            Remember, scientists are just out to prove themselves right in the machismo sense. Proving that they're w... : Ebu
            • aren't* :( : Ebu
          • That would be AWESOME and how science works. But that's not very likelyto happen because you can already... : twifosp
      • Nothing immediately, but it can lead to fun stuff down the road. When the existence of electrons was pro... : riptyde
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        make dippin' dots not melt so fast : c0bra
        • Any risk to the world just became worth while. : pigvomit
      • Relish the fact that they spent billions arriving at that conclusion. : deathofrats
      • Teleportation, time travel, space colonization, galactic warfare, etc : spectr3
      • Uncover the name of God. Nothing immediately, but this would be a huge boon for the scientific communi : ucanbfuzzy
      • remember laser sharks? LASER MANTA RAYS!!!!! : burning eye
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        I'd like to see it lead to subspace communication... can you imagine not having to use satellites at all?... : Maddog_Delphi97
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          Thats a neutrino detector. Neurinos travel very near the speed of light and hardly interact with normal m... : pieman
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            http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/public/sno2.html This might be such site for this kind of research... : Maddog_Delphi97
            • Anyone watch Event Horizon? http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/images/psup_outside.jpg : yAak
            • Yeah thats basically the same thing as Super K. I want zero lag on chicago too madddog :D : pieman
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            Another question: has Neutrinos been detected yet? : Maddog_Delphi97
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              Yes. It involves large amounts of water or some kind of liquid chemical in the bottom of a mine, and ver... : Arcanum
              • I want a detector small enough to fit on my belt clip. I can use it to send a bat signal to Dognose when... : Maddog_Delphi97
            • Yes, many times. Requires big underground vats of perfectly distilled water and they only see a few per ... : TabsAZ
            • Yes but not enough are being detected to be consistent with the big bang theory and the standard model of... : pieman
    • Sounds like the Omega Particle. The Prime Directive forbids this type of research. : invisible_kid
  • Science! : baron calamity
  • physicist brian cox who works on the project addresses it on ted: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/bria... : lonestar3
  • It will finally allow him to break these cuffs! : OverloadUT
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpJ_phCLWQE YouTube - Final Countdown : gyokuro
• Don't worry, the chances of a resonance cascade are very remote.* *Goes out to buy a crowbar : locater16
• Why not :) : windowpane
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  Hi guys I'm from the future. The LHC kinda exploded but it was mostly OK after we nuked Switzerland. The ... : rock elf
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    also the shack background is white, not black. : bostrov
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      and people poop from their mouths : conandan
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        and diablo III is so dark people created an internet petition to add colors : zehh
        • and phil struck oil, is single and rich and banging mad hot 18-year-old chicks in las vegas. : mindfk
  • Say hello to John Titus for me. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  the link doesnt work, we're all dead : mindshot
  • Does this mean that we're trapped in some kind of time loop and fated to re-live the same chatty over and... : capt tripps
• best lol I've gotten out of this event was when someone on another site mentioned that if a micro black h... : SolrFlare
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  Is this going to be broadcasted anywhere? I wanna see this live!! :( : Melll
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    I don't think you'd see much. Unless something goes wrong of course. : daedraug
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      So we wont see the particles hit eachother? WTF WHY NOT : Melll
      • LHC: Safe search is on : zehh
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  Do black holes and strangelets and shit really exist? : EvilDolemite
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    Black Holes, almost certainly yes. Strangelets on the other hand, man I hope not, or at least if they do... : SolrFlare
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      Do we really know? It seems like a black hole would be very dangerous and slowly eat the entire universe : EvilDolemite
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        nope, because Black Holes actually evaporate(Hawking Radiation). So, while yes they can grow bigger and ... : SolrFlare
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          What happens to the matter in the "singularity" if they "starve"? : EvilDolemite
          • I'm no advanced physicist, but my understanding is over time the matter in a black hole is converted to e... : SolrFlare
          • It gets squirted out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation : Finestaut
          • Slight derail: Is anyone reading this? Just ordered a copy after listening to Susskind on NPR. htt... : midgetherder
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            Well, they're a bit magical, what with the being geometric points (which shouldn't be possible), and the ... : Arcanum
            • Eh, we'll figure that out I'm sure, most likely we just need to refine the normal laws of the universe :) : daedraug
      • Black holes aren't vaccum cleaners or something lol - they're just very dense masses that cause a very st... : TabsAZ
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        Black holes don't magically suck in all matter. If you are far enough away from them, you'd feel the sam... : elwood00
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          Once everything within the event horizon is sucked in, what happens to them? Leak out and die? : EvilDolemite
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            At those super high energies when everything is extremely dense and hot no one know what goes on. That's ... : pieman
            • This also basically explains wtf went on at the beginning go the universe and why physics is the way it i... : pieman
          • Black holes emit radiation, which means that they lose mass over time. So if they aren't replenishing th... : elwood00
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      It's not that bad a way to die, it would be quick. Kind of like being 200 m away from a nuclear explosion... : fluffy64
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        Neil deGrasse Tyson said recently in a interview that it was a matter of minutes... depending on the size... : dael
        • SolrFlare was talking about dying from strangelets, though, not a black hole. Strangelet conversion woul... : Arcanum
    • Strangelets are perfectly named to end the universe. Like "langoliers", perfectly creepy name. : daedraug
  • Black holes: Yes. Strangelets: No (if they did, we wouldn't exist). It might be possible for them to ... : Arcanum
• What's going down? : SockMonkeh
• OMG the site is not responding...fuck! : two50six
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  This is just a small test. The actual experiments don't even begin for another two months. : Zips
  • Same shit happened at Black Mesa. : SockMonkeh
  • And they don't crank it all the way up to 11 until about 2010 or so. (http://esciencenews.com/articles/20... : Teiresias
• are we dead yet? it's been 6.5 hours... : deathofrats
• http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html Real countdown is here. : FPSDavid
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  huh? Says 10th of September : two50six
  • September 10th, 2008, never forget : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Is that URL not working for anyone else using OpenDNS? : gakera
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    It died the second I posted the OP :<, that why i followed up with the google cache. Anyway no ones dead ... : pieman
    • To be fair, I'm sure someone's dead. : perstephanie
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  I'm still alive! How's everyone in France? : Reeves
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    Still French. : elwood00
    • And still retreating : Phreakin
  • They're just doing prep tests, right? : c0bra
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  September 10th NOW!!!! This retards get their PR from Valve http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/754711... : pieman
  • this these : pieman

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  Personal favorite is the Romero vs Steed .plan wars. : -efx-
  • Holy shit i completely forgot about the .plans, those were pretty damn entertaining to read. : Thud
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    I miss Paul Steed. WHERE IS HE NOW????? : Antilles_Prime
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      Last I heard he was at Wild Tangent (who later turned into a spyware-installing type company). I'm sure ... : fishbone
      • PAUL STEED: ONE STEP AHEAD OF HIS OWN DOOM! : Majuju
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  I was running with a WoW guild that was run by a husband and wife team. The usual guild drama caused the... : spiderfill
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    I'm talking more bigger news type information that makes websites. Not some trolls getting butt hurt over... : pancake humper
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      Oh well then I love the Sony madness. DMC4 360 petition, FF13 360 port outcry, all I want for Christmas ... : spiderfill
      • You're missing the point : pancake humper
• Eve drama is the best ever. : m0rfus
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  The other night in LOTRO a Hobbit touched me. doll hands : trOmblyj
  • you sick bastard. : moe6
  • damn : jonin
  • What do i have in my pockets'd? : jonin
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  There was a something awful thread about a WOW gm who was messing things up on an EU server. I can ask... : Iwannaacura
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    I submitted a ticket to convert my warrior's race from orc to tauren. They were not accommodating :~( : FlatlineDixay
    • i know those will not be done. He told me one time someone submitted a ticket because they were lost.... : Iwannaacura
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  What was the one where the Everquest dev was giving an in-game speech and was killed by a player? olde.. ... : loboca
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    Lord British in UO. : electroly
    • Lord British was killed during an in-game appearance on Ultima Online's beta test on August 8, 1997. A ro : zebosausamite
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    I remember reading about Lord British running around and forgetting to turn invulnerability on. He got ow... : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • sadly its an epic story that can't get you laid telling it at a bar : handofthrawn
  • I wasn't there when it happened. But guy i know on Greatlakes was there in the screenshot. I did meet Lor... : Ziz
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  Source of Source stoled : two50six
  • and anytime Derek Smart posts anything on the internet : two50six
  • well, at least it got released on time! : Antilles_Prime
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  WoW drama where GF cheated on BF and BF "countered" by posting hot nudes of GF. : GodZilly
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    I remember this one. : magistersmax
    • How could you forget it? That one guy who was involved posted it here every day for a week. : Horn
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  Asheron's Call 2: story by me Asheron's Call 2 was a steaming pile of shit. The game was incredibly br... : m0rfus
  • haha that is awesome. i had no idea AC2 had those kind of opportunities and so i never played it. i playe... : feek
  • I have many great memories like that, but in AC 1 on darktide. I remember my guild ruining an in game mar... : mnok
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    WoW's forums would burn to the ground if that happened there. : RyDogg1
    • hahaha, seriously : yAak
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      this is why i dont play that game. well, because that kind of shit isnt possible. : feek
      • actually Feek...when i did play WoW, i also helped organize a raid on Darnassus (sp) in which we ran acro... : m0rfus
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    I had a friend who worked at Turbine and I remember before AC2 came out he was telling me about Hivekeepe... : tashtego
    • all i have to say is...double stacking % based DoTs. I would out damage nearly every class on raid bosses... : m0rfus
• Well, you have that huge in-game burial ceremony thing where the opposing faction just went in and ganked... : SilverSnake
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  I used to play WoW with a couple who was married and had a kid, one day the wife left him for another guy... : wasylm
  • sad when a kid is involved but im sure it was entertaining on your end. : handofthrawn
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  Sigh. Ok here is mine. So I was playing Asheron's Call, I think on Frostfell. I'll give some back stor... : grandmasterlee
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    Haha, fantastic. So you didn't announce that the portal would be opened outside? : Bamtan
    • we did after we opened it, but it was such a slideshow for people inside they couldn't get out in time be... : grandmasterlee
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    wow that rules. that's the event that you had to turn PK for, right? i remember one of the CAREBEAR serve... : feek
    • this happened before the PK altar one, it was a 1 time worldwide event across every server meaning that o... : grandmasterlee
    • That was Myth, on TD. Man what a raging egomaniac and weirdo that dude was. He used to come hang out with... : tashtego
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  Back in the UO days, there was a bug where if you dropped a bag of sand infront of a cave entrance, peopl... : Edges
  • isn't that just as bad as being banned? : grandmasterlee
  • Haha. Classic. I wish I had played MMOs back then. : stump
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  The Limbo of the Lost fiasco was fairly hilarious recently. I still want more info on what happened there... : dirge23
  • i still have that end song stuck in my head : Dave-A
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    What was that? : fishbone
    • http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53090 : dirge23
• Anything on Fatbabies. : SiW73
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  The StarCraft community has had a few, but the biggest one was the World Dream Tour. While some foreig... : Blucklesworth
  • hilarious : dirge23
  • Wow, great story. : zehh
  • go! gl! kek. awesome story :D : SilverSnake
  • geez, that's too much, even for a SC drama. Could be a miniseries. : TPSReport
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  Anyone want to write up how the shack guild got disbanded by GMs in the middle of the night and we teamed... : sammyl
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    I want to hear this story. : magistersmax
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      We named our WoW guild Giant Communist Robots. We confirmed with a GM in BETA that this name would be ac... : Crimsonbeak
      • actually wait that was the second protest march. The first one was from org to Stormwind which is what H... : Crimsonbeak
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        And while I understand that you're trying to make a point, that is a dumb guild name. (Both versions) and... : Ebu
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          that is the most retarded reason I've heard of to avoid shackers. : hamachi
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            Really? Having that name floating over my head all the time? No. : Ebu
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              RPFGT? : lodit
              • Wut : Ebu
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              Silly guild names are awesome... My server sports such funnies as: <High on Felweed> <omglazerspewpewpe... : SilverSnake
              • my server had some decent ones. <I Crit My Pants> <Naga Stole My Bike> <PedOhBear Brigade> <Back : Joseph
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              You probably belong to <pretentious latin-sounding name> : NexusOne
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                Or...not : Ebu
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                  I'd love to hear you character/guild name now. I am usually some variance on hamachi so I get random s... : hamachi
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                    Ebu, Proth, Prothenicus. Normally one of those (in pretty much every game; I leave the default name in RP... : Ebu
                    • your indignation against the shack name doesn't equal the level of involvement you put into your guild se... : hamachi
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              You call yourself a Shacker? There is long standing tradition behind that name that goes back far past Wo... : lowayne
              • I know it's been around for ages. And I've thought it was stupid for ages. It just...doesn't work. :[ : Ebu
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              Everything about WoW is retarded. Why should guild names be any different? : virus
              • Whoa there, I'm not saying WoW is retarded. There is fun to be had (some people don't know when to quit, ... : Ebu
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          Way to threadshit. : slickdoody
          • more like shackshit amitire? : lowayne
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            It just seems kind of juvenile to not just let it go. Yea, your guild name got changed. Wah. Make up a ne... : Ebu
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              its not so much the name as it is scattering a guild with over 200 members to the wind with no warning ov... : theWhite
              • Right, I'm not saying that it was right (what they did), but hanging on to the protest this long while co : Ebu
            • TURN IN YOUR SHACK BADGE AT THE DOOR AND GET THE FUCK OUT! : m0rfus
            • huh? 1) It's an awesome name 2) It didn't get changed. Blizzard literally didn't have the tech to c : sammyl
      • After the raids I stayed up until about 6AM arguing with a GM about the name change. He ended up concedin... : moogle
  • That's pretty much the whole story right there. : Vincent Grayson
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/WoWScrnShot_011205_004712_va4z57d4u7odk69bvcua.jpg : harvord
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      http://www.shackpics.com/files/WoWScrnShot_011205_012903_qp0tz4sirefjszhjcwji.jpg http://www.shackpics... : harvord
      • [5. protest] [Citizen] guys, i have picket signs. Awesome! :D : SilverSnake
    • haha I actually logged in from work to participate in that raid. : sammyl
    • I hope you guys are healing Synn. : moogle
• i told u i wuz hardcore : quadeh
• When I was playing Runescape a few years ago the highest ranking player got banned for letting his whole ... : Malku
• I remember back in the EQ days there was a guildleader who was female and her guild fawned over, she woul... : rhuntley12
• ^^ a few good stories sofar :D more plz : xsii
• we had a g/f and b/f in my WoW guild. The g/f was about 8 months pregnant and one day posted a thread on : AllYourBase
• I was listening to the 1up podcast the other day when they had Dennis Dyack on and he had some crazy foru... : dael
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  UO Drama: http://looterslair.com/ Not nearly as good as developer drama, but we had some fun playing t... : timaste
  • Man I miss UO, you could really have a lot of fun in that game because it was so open-ended. : timaste
• The entire cluster fuck that became Star Wars Galaxies. SOE really destroyed that game. : DJediX
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  Doesn't the shack have some pretty epic Urban Dead stories floating around? : kainen1
  • http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Shacknews TL;DR: The Shack takes over Urban Dead and slaughters al... : Solstice
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  I was (still am) in a WoW guild where we had an officer who couldn't make raids. His reason? He had can : naios
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    I did speak to his mother but I never asked about cancer. I said I was an old high school friend trying ... : AllYourBase
    • about cancer? : Downforce
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  TEAM FORTRESS 2. SHACKNEWS. : dopeman
  • EOT : -Panther-
  • Haha, so true. RYDOGG IS A NAZI, FUCK HIREZ'S RULES, IS SPAWNCAMING MORAL? : Bamtan
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  what about the EVE story with the guy conning everyone to buy some ship blueprint? I remember a part of ... : dignan
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    ...might not have been Eve, but it was a good story : dignan
    • no, it was EvE, can't find the link though, still looking. : Joseph
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      there was a famous one from SAabout Eve that I think he's referring to. But iirc it was more fiction than... : cygnus
      • it was still a good read, fact or fiction : dignan
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      Murder Incorporated: http://computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=180867&site=pcg A brilliant heist : Bamtan
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        easier Great Scam page to read http://www.wirm.net/nightfreeze/part1.html : Joseph
        • yea, this one is well worth the read. : m0rfus
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          reading... it's nicely written, so that helps. : jigstah
          • I count on the element of surprise. LOOLLLLLLLL god damnit this keeps getting better : jigstah
      • yup "The Great Scam" is the story I was talking about. : dignan
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  WoW E-thuggery http://skunted.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2568 It stopped being funny for us a long t... : synapse19
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    does he eventually get his ass kicked or what? : sm00v3d
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      That would've made us as retarded as he was if that ever happened. : synapse19
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        it's too bad, I was looking for the twist but got tired eventually. I think most raiding guilds have come... : sm00v3d
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          Oh, at the end he wants to fight at 4:00PM or something at some rec park and my friend goes there to see ... : synapse19
          • heh that's pretty good : sm00v3d
  • http://skunted.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=25558#25558 lol : mrvandelay
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    Are you in the guild this guy applies to? I'm two thirds through the thread and I can't believe he keeps ... : SilverSnake
    • Yea I'm synapse there as well, and the Towelpants/Quaked referred to in the OP about the avatar change. : synapse19
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  back when i played Barren Realms Elite with my friends in highschool on networked BBS's, tempers would fl... : cygnus
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    SRE was my choice... that and LORD , such great times. I really miss the BBS days :( : dignan
    • I do too. I loved Trade Wars myself. : kainen1
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  I knew a guild that broke up over loot that hadn't even dropped yet. Loot does funny things to people. : fleabug
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    probably because wow addicts grind days off of their lives, weeks, months even to get a piece of shit swo... : kainen1
    • I understand this to a point, but this guild couldn't even down Majordomo, and they were having daily deb... : fleabug
• I have lots of fun stories about UO, here is my best one: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=8125482 ... : H@rvester