Weekend Discussion

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  Don't push your self into the P-Dimension. : zakazi
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    The dimension where I become a pushup? : ifallible
    • He pushed TOO HARD! : DinK
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  wait, what? new challenge? : Korban
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    Yes Sir. Eat your Wheaties! : ifallible
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      link to new challenge? i'm restarting week 6 now (kinda skipped it) : Korban
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        I made a post a few days ago but this is it. The new challenge is starting tomorrow. : ifallible
        • ....couldn't just link to the damn post, you're gonna make me search for it? fuck that : Korban
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  I tried to do a handstand pushup and almost broke my neck :( : aethyr
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    Let this post of yours serve as the disclaimer. : ifallible
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      I am incapable of doing a handstand :/ : aethyr
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        Ok, well let me point out that these are not free handstand pushups, you should be using a wall. : ifallible
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          link to demonstration video? : aethyr
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            I personally keep my hands only slightly wider than shoulder width apart. Starting at 1:27: http://www... : ifallible
            • Oh and the beginning of the video shows how, if you can't do 1, to work up to it. : ifallible
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvbLSgWMJec manly pushup : deadfish
  • that's crazy. : Amadan
  • I love those. Someday... : ifallible
  • Woah. That's really fucking cool. : Danny5225
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  Oh there's another one starting? I think I'd like to try it this time. : c0bra
  • Welcome aboard! Oh, I was just reading the tattoo on penis... What? Oh! Good to hear it! : ifallible
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  100? That's crazy. I think my record is 14. : GodZilly
  • Currently I can do 7. : ifallible
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  I remember the first time I was ever able to do one. It felt like all the previous failed attempts excep... : omnova
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    you didnt push up you just pushed the world down, fatty : mega man
    • I was 6', 135 lbs at the time, fatty. : omnova
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  Im starting the challenge tomorrow : devnullgt
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    Hear! Hear! : ifallible
    • Also, I believe, as last time, the days 1, 2 and 3 should be Monday Wednesday Friday. : ifallible
• Why not challenge yourself on a daily basis? www.crossfit.com : C@ffine
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  Link? I think I can do three. : fleabug
  • See my response to aethyr's post. : ifallible
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  i've been trying to do this. i'm up to about 10-20sec : gyokuro
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MPS2ftmvBw : gyokuro
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      We're talking about handstand pushups, m8. : ifallible
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        are you using a wall? : gyokuro
        • Yes. Maybe a future challenge will involve walllessness. : ifallible
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAkh_b0hmPo Watch from beginning to end for instructions. : ifallible

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• I tried changing, and would still kind of like to, but I am whore : whore
• I have been Jayx for about 15 years, Jayx77 for about 9 I am almost positive that I registered Jayx he... : Jayx77
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  What on earth is Fidonet? : pgharavi
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    It's a BBS thing. Don't worry about it. : randomjgj
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      VBBS and renegade rocked : deadfish
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        I remember the good old days of the kermit protocol and the punter protocol. And 300 baud modems. Goo... : Maddog_Delphi97
        • i rememeber downloading things at 1200bps onto my 300 meg serial drive : deadfish
        • I remember connecting to compuserve or something similar in the early 80s but I didn't have a handle back... : baron calamity
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          And you were just Maddog_QBASIC at the time : smegmar
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            Maybe he was Maddog_GWBasic? : baron calamity
            • Madpuppy_TurboPascal : smegmar
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        Renegade, Wildcat, Iniquity... Damn those were the good old days! I miss that. : Vantage
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          Telegard, TAG, and the ever popular WWIV. : baron calamity
          • I ran a WWIV BBS. : Clay
      • renegade was AMAZING... man i miss bre... : dextius
  • you should watch http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ : industro
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    It was like the shack, only if each city had their own place to dial in and post and then at night each c... : zakazi
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      Pretyy much. The only really difference was conversations would go on for weeks because of the timing. So... : baron calamity
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        hahaha, that's hilarious. It always seemed a bit stale when I jumped in there. : zakazi
        • Yeah you would have to invest a good month reading a group before jumping in. : baron calamity
• misguided attempt to refresh themselves at the expense of the name they've built for themselves over the ... : Postal
• I want to change my name cuz i dont like it, but I have no clue what i'd call myself :( : phate81
• my name is perfect, I would never change for the world. : conandan
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  I changed mine because my original handle was dumb and I have no idea why I chose it. simple as that! : Dave-A
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    And you don't think Dave-A is a dumb name? They're all dumb names. I mean, seriously, what the fuck is an... : Ebu
    • i would have much preferred to change my name than start a new account, but thems the breaks. and "Dave" ... : Dave-A
• I'm changing my username to Mmmmmmoo. : Mmmmmoo
• i am an idiot, thats why i did it. why they do it, i dont know. : spaceless
• i'd like to change it to the handle i use on xbox and steam but its too much of a hassle. i'd have to ge... : dantastic
• Shit, I wish I would have picked Tader Vader. That names rocks. : IncursionZ
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  LOL yeah like I would ever change mine : TastyWheat
  • Yours should be Vegemite. : Lone Swordsman
  • Do the machines even know what you taste like? : ]aratex[
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  Well, sometimes you realize that too many people at work know your intarweb name. When that happens, you... : Medieval Barber
  • I use different usernames for different aspects of my life / levels of privacy. : fluffy64
  • This is a dumb rationalization. Anything you say online can be traced back to you if someone cares enoug... : Zero|DPX
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  How do you change names? : pgharavi
  • create a new account. i think your old one gets banned : dantastic
  • Telling a moderator of your name change makes things 100x easier for you and the moderators. : edgewise
• I only have to use an alt for Fileshack. I'm proud of my exclamation point. : freak!
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  I love mine because all the damn kids have no idea WTF HPB is. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN! : FormerHPB
  • get off my server you're fucking up the game for everyone else! : mikecyb
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    None of them knows what a LPB used to be either. : LemonJoose
    • I hated LPB's back in the day. Friend went to GA Tech and always had a 50 ping, I hated him. I was pingin... : vov1n
  • homosexual partner bitch : CoRDS
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  There's one other guy that uses my name but I have the domain so ...I win : stonedonkey
  • I used to play on your server when I lived in Florida. : Thresher
• I only changed mine originally because my old one was broke in mercury. : gmd
• althought very very stupid and kinda embarrasing to use in real life, my shack-nick will never change, re... : buzzbat
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  sexninja!!! changed his because he was embarrassed and ashamed, and also he was worried about it being N... : kelbane
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    i thought it was because he could not back up any of those 2 claims. : Enigme
    • nor even 1 of those 3 exclamation points : SockMonkeh
• i think i'm gonna change mine to retarded gay fraylo : FrayLo
• HELLO THAR : oHnOES
• Sometimes we want something that better captures who we are : Ovate
• As long as TheBigBeefSandwich doesn't change his name, I don't care what you homos do. : treefingers1
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  I'm going to change mine to Spirdermat. : soggybagel
  • Ciderpam taken? : baron calamity
• hey! great idea! I think i'll do something crazy... lets see... i know! I'll reverse my handle. From now ... : Ziz
• I did it to consolidate handles. It's hilarious when people don't realize who you were. But mostly it suc... : brickmatt
• lol oh man Tader Vader : mikecyb
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  LOL mine is from '94 :( I was 10. : nyranger66
  • this is how rolls gentlemen : oHnOES
  • Ahaha fag. : brickmatt
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  Agreed. I've been DOOManiac for so long, it's as much of a name to me as Russell... : DOOManiac
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    Also: I just realized that now that I'm 28, I've been DOOManiac longer than I haven't. o.O : DOOManiac
    • So.. are you Russel with a DOOManiac mask or DOOManiac with a Russel mask? Eh ??? : Lightbulb
• Well, I've been using the same nickname since the BBS's on 90's too but changed it on the shack 3 years a... : zehh
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  I changed it to match my XBL Gamertag. Unification is my reason. : Sailor of Fortune
  • i had this tag before i had a formal URL or gamertag. that made life really easy. abandoned full name web... : dahanese
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  Tader Vader is actually a pretty sweet name. : action wombmate
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    http://images.google.com/images?q=darth+tater&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=fi... : drucifer
    • I actually have one :) : action wombmate
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  I used to be Minuteman, and then I was Dr. Pepper, but way too many other people were using those same ha... : LemonJoose
  • Back in the BBS days, I had about 600 people that called up my multiline BBS and about a dozen of them we... : baron calamity
• yeah I can't imagine myself without an underscore. : strider_
• I've used mittens since about 2000-2001. : mittense
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  bored with thief. : acyberkinetickeats
  • oh shit that's who you are? what the fuck, man. what the fuck. : dahanese
  • 'thief' was a top dollar name. : drucifer
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    Your name change is the worst of them all (so far). : mittense
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      Not the worst, but it's in the running. : Ebu
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        At a glance it looks like a meaningless mass of letters. Yucky. : mittense
        • on closer inspection it looks like a meaningless mass of words. : GloriousCow
      • peters4life : c0bra
  • HOW COULD YOU DO THIS FOR FUCKS SAKE : eeeealmo
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    dumbass : Bamtan
    • lol : RikiTiki2
  • inf'd : Dravenport
  • lol this is worse than mine : oHnOES
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    it looks like your keyboard had diarrhea : GloriousCow
    • get him to post his name backwards and he'll return to the 5th dimension : drucifer
  • that was pretty much the worst idea of your entire life, and i would still say this even if you've impreg... : kill9
  • a cyber kin etick eats? a cyber kinetic keats? a cyber kin etice ats? : Super Sparker
  • one of the worst name changes i've seen yet. gg : electroly
  • thief was such an awesome name. a great catch. this one is shit. so now i have to contend with keats f... : Modica Sol Solis
  • I can't figure out why you went with 'cyberkinetic' and not just 'cybernetic.' Is that the term Simmons u... : Perturbation
  • Keats would be a horrible robot, anyway. : c0bra
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    beyond the worst name ever what am i even looking at : Audhuml4
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      you're one to talk :P : RikiTiki2
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        At least I'm staying strong with this worthless handle. : Audhuml4
        • That is all that we ask. : Ebu
  • this is worse then going from futtbucker -> edgewise >:( : nyranger66
  • ah, but what does a cyberkine tick eat? : delataur
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    Oooooooooouch. What. : ieGod
    • Seriously you went form potentially one of the best usernames to one of the worst. : ieGod
  • thief your new name rules ignore these guys! : lakren
  • HORRIBLE DECISION. : spazzium
  • fail fail FAIL!!!!! : opengl128
  • internet handle ADD for the fucking FAIL : Downforce
  • faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag : tomservo
  • :( : Flying h4x0r
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    :( : acyberkinetickeats
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      You had to know this was coming. At the very least you should capitalize the appropriate letters in your... : pyrogen
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        I guess so. I didn't think people would mind me changing my name at all, though it's more or less just b... : acyberkinetickeats
        • so, you were gonna be acyberkineticeats? well that's so much better then : Draugluin
        • wtf does cyberinetickeats mean? : Dravenport
    • what the fuck did you expect. jesus. : opengl128
    • this is me saying your name is retarded and it makes me sad : Draugluin
    • Change it back. Change it back! : Magus
    • Just go back to using thief and we can all just forget this whole thing. : Flying h4x0r
  • This is like going into the Witness Protection program as a Gay Bartender. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Someone make him change it back. This is just stupid. : rosewood
  • Fuck, man. 'thief' was an awesome nym. What did you do?? : randomjgj
  • Please reconsider, a-cyber-kinetic-eats is like verbal diarrhea. Thief is simple, classic, and iconic. : carbontree
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    I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CYBERNETICJOHNKEATS? : duncandun
    • Yes. this capital 'c' is horrendous, should have used spaces. : aCyberneticKeats
  • I don't wanna get backstabbed by acyberkinetickeats ! D: : Malku
  • It's not so bad since I've seen you use it so much in Source games, but it is weird on the Shack. I'm : skankcore
  • wow : MikkleThePickle
  • hahahaaaaaa oh man : fishbone
  • AND YOU WENT WITH ACYBERKSINTSNSNFDS? WTF?!?! : voodooraze
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  Starting from the BBS days until now: Shadow -> Umaro -> Ac1Dh0uz3 -> grayscale/grayscaleDX (depending... : grayscale
  • i've been bean since i've been using the internet. that name was taken when i registered here, so a new n... : anthonybean
• You picked a good one. Some of us can't come up with a decent name no matter how many times we change it. : .sticks.
• 20years. That's like 80 years. : jimmy_legs
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  Some of us pick really, really dumb names. : Sacred Sperm
  • hahaha : mittense
  • yeah : djkenohki
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    I almost puked laughing when I saw this : fluffy64
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      Its not funny, its a serious problem :( : Sacred Sperm
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        You should change your name to thief : manero
        • Call me sexninja!!! : Sacred Sperm
        • Or perhaps an amalgamation....Sperm Thief! ....wait... >_> : carbontree
  • bwahahaha... oh shit. That is hilarious. : slip42o
  • well cum : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I got my handle so randomly and in many ways its not something I would choose today but whats done is don... : Lightzout
• I lack creativity, so it's almost always Joe or Joseph. I used Animal Mother for many years playing Tribe : Joseph
• How do you change your name on the shack? I want to change mine too. : 5150Joker
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  We should have a new shack rule that once people change names, someone else gets their name and can take ... : fluffy64
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    I want mittens. :( : mittense
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      I want jen :( : jenisthebest
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        I want shark :( : sharkII
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          I want Ebu :( : Ebu
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            I want DirectX :-( : opengl128
            • I want to lol this post. : aaarrrgh
            • I did lol this post. : DOOManiac
            • Magnificent. : yosemiteclimber
            • Ahhahaa : Jiven
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              I want OpenGL128 :( : glide128
              • You should be proud of your heritage! : SilverSnake
              • I want a math coprocessor :( : Majuju
            • hahaha, amazing : MikkleThePickle
            • lol : sharkII
    • yeah, and I want Headrush. I'm willing to fight to the death for it. : Head Rush
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    I want Hexagon : tomservo
    • You know, Sexagon refers to the same thing, but sounds much more exciting : fluffy64
    • You leave Maarten alone. : c0bra
  • Then we'll be taken over by squatters. : Sailor of Fortune
  • I will sell my name to the highest bidder! : yosemiteclimber
  • I secretly like Badtz-Maru more than Hello Kitty =( : Hello Kitty
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  I was thinking of doing my real name. More folks should do that. : Cygnus X-1
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    I don't think Trent Polack is nearly as awesome as mittens(e). : mittense
    • Dude Trent Poack is awesome. Do it. : Cygnus X-1
    • and with that i just found your blog : dantastic
  • unless you spell it wrong :( : Morgin
  • I've thought about that too. On pc racing sites i use my full name now, it's quite nice : cygnus
  • My Shackname is part of my real name. But I often use my full name (or first initial / last name) on many : Bold
  • I use my real name in some forums. Mostly non-gaming forums. : baron calamity
  • I tried to change my to Eli a while back, but it was taken. So I changed it to -ELi- and then decided to ... : voodooraze
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  i think my change was for the better :/ but it was only 'cause i forgot my password and couldn't retrieve... : pointyelbows
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    what were you before : Morgin
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      lolkitteh :( : pointyelbows
      • Yes, good call. : omnova
• I had the intention of using Stubbs, my old gaming name when I first registered here. It's been register... : ArB
• I just really got sick of de_dust back in oh cs beta 0.6ish, maybe, and I really haven't come up with any... : IHATEDUST
• I never change my handle. : Matt Burris
• I was once Maku027 I changed because Malku seemed more original and I had too many memories with th... : Malku
• I've often thought of changing my name to a less disgusting pigvagina. : pigvomit
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  I learned at the shackmeet that edgewise is actually his second name. He had a semi-reasonable excuse for... : crummynz
  • it's probably one of the only good name changes : redfive
  • aannd theeeeeeeeenn? : pointyelbows
  • yeah.. i was completely floored at that part. i think seriously 80% of the people there had changed their... : xsoulbrothax
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    Edgewise changed his name?! : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • his previous name was awesome on a sexninja!!! level, but somewhat vulgar iirc : xsoulbrothax
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      years ago from futtbucker : moshman
      • HE was futtbucker?! I didn't even know that, hilarious! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  My change was definitely for the better, but I'm pretty sure I'd made less than a dozen posts under my or... : action wombmate
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    You only changed your name because of the peer pressure. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • No, I actually didn't want to use my same old boring handle from the last 10 years. also someone, I think : action wombmate
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  I've thought about changing mine sine Juno the movie came out. : Juno
  • Pussied out of an abortion yet today? : woddemandred
  • Just hold on another few months, you'll be fine. : skankcore
• I asked on here about changing mine - everyone bitched at me so I just took the advice and didn't change ... : jbury
• For a short time I had posted under the horrible names of, "Flashsqueak" and "Talavaeniere". This was alw... : Magus
• Can someone please make a FAQ page or something for people who changed their names? I have problems keep... : Nihil ME
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  I use this name because I work @ a game studio and I dont want people knowing who the fuck I am. : eonix
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    This is pretty much why I wanted to change mine :/ : jbury
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      Damnit, maybe I really should change it : jbury
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        Don't worry about it. If you don't wave it about in the front page chatties it doesn't really matter IMO.... : SilverSnake
        • I figure I'll just remove myself from SharkII's profile and just never mention who I work for - seems lik... : jbury
• i didnt learn pandastrong was emocore until dognose told me 3 weeks ago : mr.sleepy
• Because when I signed up I didn't realise I'd be posting crap here with this stupid name. : red2lucas
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  At first glance, I read your name as "bacon calamity" and I thought that sounded like a pretty tasty nam... : Caoster007
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    Which also sounds like a pretty tasty name, am i rite? : woddemandred
    • Indeed. A properly prepared cock, with the Colonel's secret blend of herbs and spices, deep fried, is ta... : Caoster007
  • "I can't believe it's not Bacon" Calamity? : baron calamity
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  I'm just glad I had finally settled on skankcore before I registered here. There have been so many throug : skankcore
  • lol nice line up : moe6
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  I would pay money to get just Caoster back. I am Caoster on every other board in the universe. But not... : Caoster007
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    I have to try REALLY hard to not read Coaster. It's almost impossible. : skankcore
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      I had actually not heard that one before, but I guess its because its my name, I'm used to it. cockblaze... : Caoster007
      • yeah, I think just about everyone reads it as cockblaze, sometimes without realizing what they read it as... : moe6
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  abubu = lightly inclined wtf, lightly inclined's a great username. ESPECIALLY compared to abubu. : moe6
  • wtf lightly inclined was an awesome name :( : Flying h4x0r
  • I agree totally. : spazzium
  • holy shit really? Hahah, it's one thing to change your handle, but when people choose something so much ... : fishbone
  • What the...? Oh son of a bitch. >:( : Ebu
• My first user name was 14.4 modem because I started playing quake with a 14.4 modem. It was done in some... : spazzium
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  No idea. My usual was taken, so I ammended it with a location because I was too lazy to think of somethi... : MacemanInTW
  • how's thailand?! : dodob
• at the first big shackmeet at quakecon several people tried to convince me to change my name. sHugamom t... : AllYourBase
• What exactly are you getting at here? : Tader Vader

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  Some gymnast got a bad score and your wife disagreed. : soggybagel
  • ah, Some gymnast got a badgood score and your wife disagreed. the chines chick fell and got third. : Nation
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  Alicia Sacramone got a fairly low score on a vault routine because she took a few small hops. Bitch from ... : jimvolk
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    The line to fuck Alicia Sacramone is longer than I thought. : rosewood
    • Nicely done :) : mafu5150
    • Didja see them tittays? : Ebu
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    Ah. She did say that that Bela guy pretty much just said that this was a fuckup of epic proportion, an... : mafu5150
    • Just to clarify, he said that the judging was fucked. : mafu5150
  • Stick your landings, bitch! Pretty shitty, she should have the bronze. : .sticks.
  • i don't understand how you even get credit for landing on your knees. i mean its not like she even landed... : plat2on1
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    AFAIK you have a starting score and then you get deductions if you do things wrong. Perhaps the Chinese ... : FrayLo
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      yeah that's pretty much exactly what happened : kill9
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        except thats not how it works. She had 2 major errors that require set minimum deductions from the execut... : Slowtreme
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          The governing body says your wrong: But Andrei Gueisbuhler, secretary general of the International Gymn : snowwolf
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            The start scores are too great compared to the deductions they take. What's the point of a 10 point scal... : walker270
            • they must outsource their scoring to IGN : qwpeoriu
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              Exactly, the whole system is fucked, and this was the one that was supposed to be fixed! : snowwolf
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                There's another issue I've been noticing as well... For each event they seem to take off roughly the s... : walker270
                • I don't see a problem here. It's not like the gymnasts and their coaches JUST learned about the rules/sco... : darkT
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            Impossible: 10.0 possible execution score. a full on fall requires .8 deduction and stepping out is .8. T... : Slowtreme
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              darkt as well, he seems to be getting pretty red faced about the whole situation. olympics are serious bu... : qwpeoriu
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                It did kind of piss me off that she fell the fuck down and still got higher. It seems to be an emerge... : Ebu
                • seriously, if you don't land on your feet it shouldn't even count : plat2on1
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                  the scoring system seems really weird. it seems like you could have a routine that includes really diffi... : FrayLo
                  • Pretty much why I stopped watching gymnastics -- the system sucks and the fact that it makes me feel like... : darkT
                  • The problem is that you get the same deduction for a slip on a super hard element as you do for a slip on... : riptyde
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                  Yeah that was pretty insane. Not landing on your feet is a much bigger deal than the stupid little hops. : perstephanie
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                    indeed,the scoring system seems broken : FrayLo
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                      i finally watched the vault and although i don't completely understand the scoring system, it seems like ... : FrayLo
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                        From wiki: In the day following the Olympic team finals, Sacramone was largely blamed for the American... : darkT
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                          unfortunately you're talking about the team competition and tonight we're talking about the vault. : FrayLo
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                            (but the last sentence seems to apply nonetheless) : FrayLo
                            • Ya I didn't watch it so my main argument in this entire thread was that they Chinese played by the system... : darkT
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                Ya dude, I am totally 'red faced' here behind my monitor. Must be all that COMMUNIST pride :D : darkT
                • not communist pride, just maybe too much caffeine or something : qwpeoriu
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            So basically THE US COACH HIMSELF explains why they lost, and the above people in the thread are STILL BI... : ShekkyBoy
            • oh come on, that bela dude is biased as hell. he's basically the iraqi information minister of the US te... : smax
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    yeah, it was stupid as fuck. i think it was based on the fact she went first and was judged more harshly.... : dahanese
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      i think falling is a .8 deduction w/ a .8 execution deduction. she didn't get that, did she? : anthonybean
      • i have no idea. ask a west coaster. :-( : dahanese
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    Wasn't her AVERAGE higher, not her second vault, yes? Basically what it amounts to is the deductions f... : snowwolf
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      Yeah her average was higher. The 2nd vault score was still high. It was bullshit. I'm not really into gym... : K1Bond007
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        Well A.) bela is full of shit no matter what, he might be the most biased person to listen to. B.) The ... : snowwolf
        • That's what I don't understand. You can fall and completely fuck up but you're still practically guarante... : K1Bond007
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  She could have been talking about Anna Pavlova being given a 0.000 for going before the green light. She ... : aeg1x
  • That was understandable but harsh. The judges were watching and able to score her so it wasn't like she t... : dooberzoo
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  Gymnastics has devolved to picking a really difficult routine, fucking it up completely, and then winning... : walker270
  • yeah pretty much. if you pick a hard routine and fuck it up, i don't understand why you still get points... : kill9
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  USA loses...bitching ensues. the fact china edges out the US for a medal means china's cheating again. : vassili_zaitsev
  • i'm guessing you didn't see the vault. it was some fucked up judging. : anthonybean
  • yeah, that's it. JERK FACE AMERICANS! : .sticks.
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    i don't think anyone is accusing china of cheating in this thread, please go troll elsewhere : kill9
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      Well I do think its hilarious everyone refers to the chinese athletes as "bitches" repeatedly. Whether t... : soggybagel
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        Fine, they are cunts. Better? : rosewood
        • Loopy ones. : five_percent
      • It's called being ethnocentric. : darkT
  • you are so sensitive : qwpeoriu
  • judging in gymnastics has had some serious problems this year. : re4ctor
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    Vassili I know you are proud to be Chinese but seriously get your mouth off of Chairman Mao's corpse cock... : gmd
    • srsly, why don't you just go back there then? GBTC FGT : nyranger66
    • Agree. Man, it is okay to bitch about it the first time but doing it every single Olympics thread gets qu... : yellowtexan
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    it's not about her winning. she wouldn't have won. there were better vaults than hers. it was that chi... : dahanese
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      i have a perfectly good explanation above that i believe may explain it. : FrayLo
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        .................... : darkT
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          so was my explanation off? : FrayLo
          • Nah I am pretty sure you covered it. I AM CONVINCED. : darkT
  • Yeah, nothing weird about a gymnast landing on their knees and getting a medal. That happens all the tim... : vigilante
  • Don't hate us cuz we're beautiful : Orange Pylon
  • But Alicia got the all-around gold when that judging thing occurred... ? : spazzium
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    did you watch it? I don't give a shit personally, and I don't know wtf when it comes to this shit, but s... : dilutedq
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      also from the replays the people talking stated the chinese girl fucked up her vault right from the begin... : dilutedq
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        'the people'..... who are these people? It's on TV so it must be true am i rite? : darkT
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          the announcers? : dilutedq
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            You mean press-hired commentators? : darkT
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              sure. But by the video it was obvious she fucked up from the beginning. That is all I need. : dilutedq
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                Good thing you are not the official judge or on the Olympic rules and regulation committee then. She atte... : darkT
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                  It's stupid. : dilutedq
                  • I agree with you there. It's a stupid system. Gymnastics and other subjective judging always seems LOL to... : darkT
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    The funny thing is that you are the first person in this thread to mention cheating. The discussion has ... : riptyde
    • Cheating is the only thing you're allowed to bitch about. : c0bra
    • And yet, people are calling the Chinese gymnasts 'bitches', as if they're holding guns to the judge's hea... : ShekkyBoy
  • HERE, I'LL USE MY CREDIT CARD : Downforce
• wow, romania came last and dominated everyone : anthonybean
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  well Olympic boxing is worse. : creep
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    roy jones jr FTL : sleepyvt
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      the new boxing system is terrible and a lot of the matches are noting but people running around or holdin... : creep
      • yea tried to watch some of it, sucked so bad : sleepyvt
      • I had to stop watching it it was terrible. : hirosushima
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  I held my hand over my heart and stood at attention and everything : Judecca
  • I was in a bar last night during one of the Phelps events. It got a little insane. : perstephanie
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    Just googled Alicia Sacramone-- definitely held my hand over my penis and stood at attention. What a fox.... : darkT
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      She`s 16 : Sirus2400
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        Alicia Marie Sacramone (born December 3, 1987). 21. : darkT
        • That would make her 20, but good enough. : LeapingFool
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          Yeah, my bad. I was reading an article and I mixed her and another girl up. (They were talking about both... : Sirus2400
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            That's Shawn Johnson, and she will be even hotter than Alicia if not already (please don't arrest me). : darkT
            • Shawn? You mean Thunder Thighs? She looks like a little Hayden Panettiere : Ebu
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  I think the important thing here is that the North Korean woman won that competition! I hope her family g... : woddemandred
  • And this seemed pretty BS to me too, she went out of bounds and stumbled on both vaults... : TabsAZ

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• Comon guys! AWESOME BOX PEOPLE! : Bantis
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  Awesome! I'm making Bloo from Fosters. : baron calamity
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    you should probably start with something simple. : thekidd
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      yea the scissors is their difficulty rating : Bantis
      • considering Bloo is one scissor, I've got it covered. :) : baron calamity
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  ooooh, these will be nice desk decorations for the office! : Frozen Pixel
  • yea i'm trying to get a few done for my desk at work : Bantis
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  That is awesome.. Gonna have to pick up some card stock soon, there are a handfull of those that are rea... : ]aratex[
  • I bought 250 sheets at OfficeMax for 12 bucks : Bantis
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  oh you are just 10 kinds of awesome, im gonna make so many of these : klearlyunseen
  • take pics of the ones you make! : Bantis
• nice, i need a color printer. : chuck577
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  Wheres Sponge Bob? : Ziz
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    Thankfully missing. : Ebu
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      Oh yeah i agree. Just that he's square and all. : Ziz
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        What? Are we suppose to hate Sponge Bob now? Why didn't I get the memo? : baron calamity
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          Uh, i never actually liked Sponge Bob. I've never watched more then maybe part of a episode. : Ziz
          • its actually a pretty awesome show if you do drugs : kill9
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          I don't know if you're supposed to hate it. I guess it depends: are you older than 8? : Ebu
          • Yep i'm big boy. : Ziz
        • inorite, I love spongebob : klearlyunseen
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  This site almost convinced me to buy a printer. I wonder if I could use the office one without attracting... : Perturbation
  • thats what a friend of mine did, haha : Bantis
• ohh shit this is awesome... as soon as I get home I will be printing quite a few of these!! : Galadriel07
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  whoo just made a totoro : opengl128
  • ya its cute : Chandler55
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  Finished my Prince for Katamari! My fingers are so sore :( : Bantis
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    pics + divx : jbury
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      I'll take some pics of the 5 i've done and post em tomorrow : Bantis
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        awesome :D : jbury
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          here's a quick shot with my iphone camera: http://twinkle.s3.amazonaws.com/s_12190520041029754.jpg : Bantis
          • haha those are pretty cool :D : jbury
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  I printed out a Bloo on some coated cardstock for my wife and carved him up in about 15-20 minutes. She l... : angrytaxman
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    what knife did you use? Im killing myself using scissors and the knife on my swiss army knife. I figure a... : Bantis
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      Yeah, I'm exclusively using an Exacto knife for all cuts. I use a ruler for all straight cuts, and I'm cu... : angrytaxman
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        hmm, might have to make another trip to officemax! : Bantis
        • Just did Kamina using a box cutter and it worked REALLY well! : Bantis
• I'll wait for the cheap 3d printers they keep promising on /. Then I'll print out an army of Spore creat... : locater16
• I will soon have a legion of stormtroopers at my command. : disposition
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  I want the Duck Hunt dog so I got something to smash when shit goes wrong... : SilverSnake
  • it'd be fun to use em as target practice! : Bantis
• that is AWESOME : snagger
• Oh cool, they have Tim and creature from Braid. : gooblerampling
• I like the Braid additions : Goblin au
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  I fail at arts and crafts :( http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm109/skinnedpuppy/P7290010.jpg : higround
  • Thats not too bad. Just keep trying. :) : baron calamity

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• The parents are obviously real winners. : rosewood
• Nice. But at least he's getting tutored and/or home schooled, so it's not completely hopeless. : DinK
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  LOL. My parents would have laughed if I told them I wanted to drop out of school to play Quake. : LemonJoose
  • My pop would have been more practical and booted my lazy ass out the house. : cerealSAM2
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  Early on set arthritis HERE WE COME! : soggybagel
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    Actually...how do professional gamers not get more cases of RSI? That shit can be serious. : Ovate
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      i dont know specifically about gamers, but as a musician its a big problem, best way to deal with it is j... : thewindcriesmary
      • Friend of mine had to quit the conservatory because he got carpal tunnel. Painful. : [7]kami
    • Limit wrist movement and keep them straight. I don't think any musician has a choice in the matter but ... : Wombat Woo
    • pro gamers move from ps3 to x360 so that they do not develop rsi. and during down time they play wii. : CoRDS
    • Most pro players are young enough to avoid RSI; the ones who do get it pay more attention to ergnomics an... : snagger
• They did something in South Park and everything worked out ok in the end. : SigENeaT
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  was his name Thad Jarvis? : Jayx77
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    click click click, click-click click, click click, click, click-click *applause* : d fluke
    • I love this song! : Cliffzorz
• this is why the whole e-sports thing makes me sad : synapse19
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  The sad thing is that he's probably got a better chance of actually "making it" than a whole lot of reall... : TabsAZ
  • makes me sick tbh : moshman
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    Nah, that's simply not true. His "income" from gaming is, what, chicken sandwiches and some small cash pr... : Bold
    • Unless you really make it as a musician, there is a ton of expenses that comes with the field that will n... : -efx-
  • Pffft, Guitar Hero and Rock Band are fads. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • So did Pro Pog players at some point I'm sure. : zakazi
• Wow, that is lame-fucking-o With all that free time he could just learn how to play real guitar, join ... : Drewus
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  His parents are morons and the apple didn't fall far from the tree on this one. : ThomW
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    They're going to make him have homeschooling though aren't they? I think it could be considered a good th... : jbury
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      I think you're missing a key point: He's being homeschooled by his moron parents. I agree with a few ... : ThomW
      • Ahh sorry yeah I did miss that, I thought they were paying to have someone homeschool him I didn't rea... : jbury
• Oh his life is going to end badly. : baron calamity
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  "His parents agreed to have him homeschooled" Everyone seems to not see that tidbit. : packav
  • For homeschooling to work, the parents will have to be more disciplined than average. I'm going to say pa... : baron calamity
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  Gomu Gomu no Gatling Gun right in that kid's dumb ugly face. A CAREER? LOL. Nobody will even care about t... : Monkey D. Bear
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    how about that guy doing Madden commercials : Slowtreme
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      I have no idea what you are talking about, please explain. : Monkey D. Bear
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        Maurice Jones-Drew doing madden commercials "he's been playing 20 years" Nevermind that he's a footbal... : Slowtreme
        • That's not even the same! You can't just "nevermind" that fact! : Monkey D. Bear
• lol Among the prizes he's won playing "Guitar Hero" tournaments: gift certificates, gaming equipment an : AllYourBase
• /palmface : DooBall
• He's gonna be a rockstar! Maybe he'll get to tour with real bands. And kinda sit there pushing the button... : Ziz

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  Back to the Zone: Night Six Original thread here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17631660#itema : RyDogg1
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    Every time I try to re-play STALKER I end up uninstalling it after about 45 minutes of gameplay. I really... : tyrelhill
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      So what sets this off for you? Stalker literally ranks as one of the top PC games I've ever played. It'... : RyDogg1
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        The mechanics frustrate me to be honest. The whole, "You can't hit the broadside of a barn even if you'r... : IndigoAK
        • I think the problem is that there is no visual cue that the shot is going to miss. The gun is shown rock-... : dooberzoo
        • The guns are more accurate as you go on. Remember the game believes in true bullet "pathing," meaning th... : RyDogg1
      • Because its too open. I don't even know what my main mission is after the first 30 minutes. I had a bun... : Nighteyes
  • So awesome, thanks RyDogg1. Can't wait to see the mods people come up with for Clear Sky. : zehh
  • Is there any other game that has better shadow effects than STALKER? : phate81
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    i gotta be honest, i didn't find any of those terribly exciting :( : burning eye
    • You mean my videos or the game? : RyDogg1
    • These are short videos that, albeit good, make it feel like a normal FPS. Really, playing it is something... : zehh
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  oh man I'm getting the itch to try this mod. : trOmblyj
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    I tried installing it but it constantly crashed on me, but I think I did it wrong. This thread is making ... : phate81
    • Here's how I've gotten it to run with no issues, not a single crash: Fresh install -> patch 1.005 -> d... : RyDogg1
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    I feel that it really is the preeminent mod for STALKER. It's adds just enough cool stuff for a second o... : RyDogg1
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      I never made it that far through. I was in Dark Valley and had something reapawn RIGHT IN FRONT of me and... : trOmblyj
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        This latest release is definitely the most stable. I had attempted a few run throughs in the last year o... : RyDogg1
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          Does OL 2.2 come with the float32 mod or is that separate? : phate81
          • Comes with I believe. I honestly haven't used float32 in over a year because the 1.005 patch integrated ... : RyDogg1
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          yeah that was at least a year ago. : trOmblyj
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            I was also getting annoyed by some video artifacts. : trOmblyj
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              Now I have seen that only once, when it was raining at the military installation at X16. Fixed it self s... : RyDogg1
              • these were lines stretching to infinity generated by the lighting or shadow engine. might have been cause... : trOmblyj
• What's this about clear sky?!? : Horn
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  Question for you regarding Oblivion Lost mod: Concerning Blowouts, when they happen do you get a warni... : DM7
  • Wow, I should have watched the video. looked awesome :D : DM7
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    No warning. At all. You'll see it happen just like the video. In the first couple of days with poor eq... : RyDogg1
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      Can you get in a building and be safe? :D Or underground? : DM7
      • Yes you can get underground. I know the small time in Cordon when starting the game, the AI will run und... : RyDogg1
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      how freuquent are they? : trOmblyj
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        Starts out once a day, I have a feeling they will get more frequent the closer I get to Chernobyl. : RyDogg1
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          Do they only happen if you play on Hell difficulty? : coyoterys
          • No, it's part of the mod, happens any difficulty. : RyDogg1
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    Someone tell me what Blowouts are :( : tomservo
    • Okay I just watched the video. What the fuck? That was glorious. : tomservo
    • Chernobyl making boom-boom across the zone. Anomalies, mutants, radiations, much fun to be had : RyDogg1
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  Question: I'm replaying STALKER for the fourth time (in an attempt to complete for the FIRST time) and ha... : randomposter
  • You should probably take a coffee break, maybe go outside and get some fresh air... : Nighteyes
  • If you are not playing the mod, then sleep doesnt exist. : coyoterys
  • If it's unmodded, you don't have to sleep. : zehh

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• I've not heard one good thing about it. :( : baron calamity
• George Lucas called it an "afterthought", his kids called it "their future kid's college funds" : randomposter
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  Is Star Wars dead? : GeorgeB3DR
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    Ep. 1 killed it :( : dognose
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      the crappyness of Ep. 1 made the crappyness of Ep. 3 bearable that it was decent : Korban
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        Didn't watch 3; couldn't after 1 and 2 :( : dognose
        • You didn't miss much. There were some good scenes in EP3 but over all, it was just stupid covered with wh... : baron calamity
        • it far from makes up for 1 and 2, but it's still a good rental. plus the final light saber battle was pr... : Korban
        • * N O O O O O O O O O O O O O ' D * : steelsamurai
        • I had that same attitude and finally broke down a couple months ago and watched Ep3. It's still not the ... : ThomW
    • the nose is correct, : MurrayTheSkull
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      Episode 1 is the best of the prequals. It properly focuses on a small group of characters (like the origi... : thewindcriesmary
      • I think you're totally right. Episode 1 feels most authentic star wars, but the low points (jar jar and ... : DinK
  • No it still lives on in 3 glorious movies that we will always have :) : thewindcriesmary
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    I would like to really see something that takes place after the original series. I'd also like it if Geor : uglysad
    • There are actually some good series set after the originals like Assault on Corellia. : thewindcriesmary
  • No but it's in a vegitated state, with bed sores and George the creepy janitor comes in at night and mole... : baron calamity
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    Having considered myself a pretty dear fan at one time, post-prequels I have found that even my enjoyment... : randomposter
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      Yeah it's how those Matrix sequels diminished the once great Matrix for me. : dognose
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        Since The Matrix functions so well on its own, without any need for a continuing storyline, I never felt ... : randomposter
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          The one true great thing you can do in storytelling is to leave some room for the viewer to imagine stuff... : thewindcriesmary
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            I believe that the prequel stories could have been told without too much demystification, if anything tho... : randomposter
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              To clarify, I think the plot should've been: - Qui Gonn's discovery of Anakin coupled with... - Obi Wan... : randomposter
              • Yeah basically focus on the main characters intensly, and all the republic stuff and whatever can happen ... : thewindcriesmary
          • Great post. I couldn't agree with you more concerning the original. Did I really need to know Obi-wan's... : Lightzout
          • I think the midichlorian thing is the best example of something losing appeal when the camera pulls back ... : DinK
    • I'm niot totally done with it. I'm still reading the comic books and like the universe for videogame sett... : baron calamity
    • nail on the head. : edgewise
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      That's absolutely true because they replaced Anakin (original) with Hayden Christiansen. Only scene dude... : jimmy_legs
      • I replaced Hayden Christensen with James Earl Jones, which is a lot better. : aethyr
    • I've only seen the prequels once each, and I sort of put them in a separate spot in my brain, so I can st... : aethyr
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    Some blogger posted about being sad that his kids were going to grow up thinking Star Wars was about a bu... : Dave-A
    • The puppets we are talking about are those that work at Lucasfilms? : baron calamity
  • Undead. : Solar Jetman
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  I would love to have seen what Pixar could have done with it : spiderfill
  • they wouldn't have done anything because they only do original works. : Korban
• I liked the part with the guitars wailing in the background : deKaf
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  I want a Star Wars movie done by the director of the Dark Knight. That would be epicly awesome. : aldraek
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    this would be killer : eforce98
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      No it wouldn't because no one is asking for a reboot. : baron calamity
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        What's a reboot? You mean like the Cartoon Network show? : aldraek
        • A reboot is when they take an established IP and restart from the beginning. : baron calamity
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  Really? I thought it was entertaining... at least as good as the Cartoon Clone Wars... waaay better than ... : nacatamale
  • What about Ziro? : uglysad
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    Better than Episode 2? Really? I haven't seen Clone Wars... but I find this -very- hard to believe. : Shivawn
    • if you saw Episode 1, you wouldn't : Korban
    • Episode 2 was terrible... the worst. : kramweil
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      EP2.... not EP4. : sharkII
      • I know... but still. I mean, don't get me wrong, the first trilogy is by far worse than the second trilog... : Shivawn
  • Agreed. It's a kids show. You need to look no further than "snips"...in a "real" Star Wars movie, a Pad... : jake
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  I liked the opening where they really went serial. It was very much for the kids. OH SHIT IT WAS A CARTOO... : Slowtreme
  • no one thinks Palpatine stuff is out of control? : Slowtreme
  • Hopefully my kids will like it when it comes out on DVD. : baron calamity
• They should have left Episodes IV, V, & VI alone while doing I, II, III and the Clone Wars purely CGI. Th... : kramweil
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  Star Wars sucks now.. i need to change my name. : g0nk
  • Please don't. The Gonk Droid is still awesome. It has more character than all the new faces in Episodes 1... : djkenohki
• Daughter and I just got back. Short, simple story line, and enjoyable. : intothefray