Morning Discussion

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  Couldn't they have a blowup sale instead? : Toth21
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    0wned!! : Mmmmmoo
    • That's my job, moo! : CrustaR
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  If anyone cares, Fred Garvin is having a blowjob sale : boring gegtik
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    nobody cares : SockMonkeh
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      what does this mean? they're good enough to pay full price for regardless? : Majuju
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        nobody wants anything to do with Fred Garvin and blowjobs : SockMonkeh
        • see, i am pretty despaired at the moment :X : blindi0815
  • I'm a male prostitute, that doesn't mean I service males. Well, maybe a select few like kodiak. : Fred Garvin
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  Fred, know any good ASIO based solutions for laptops? : Halen
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    Looking for multiple ins and outs? Firewire? : Fred Garvin
    • Are we still talking about prostitution? : heartsauce
    • I have an 1820M and am pretty happy and I've heard these are decent: http://us.creative.com/products/p... : Fred Garvin
    • Just low latency, number of ins and outs not really a factor. Firewire not necessary either. : Halen
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  Do they finally sell cards that work instead of hard lock systems? I stayed away due to all the driver ... : jingletard
  • I inadvertently steered my brother into a cheaper creative card, since he just wanted the bare minimum. B... : Toth21
  • I can't tell you the last time I had a sound driver crash. : Fred Garvin
• whats are the good cards there? how are they better than ac97? : crappypants74
• Are there any good alternatives to Creative? It sounds like they've been dropping the ball pretty frequen... : disposition
• hmm they're still too expensive. I'll stick with my onboard sound thank you kindly. : datoo
• The last creative card I had was a $150 X-Fi and I sent it to a shacker in their white elephant gift pack... : mesabo
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  Oh snap - the X-FI is still essentially the most-wanted card for new rigs, isn't it? I might pick one up ... : halophoenix
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    ehh.. HT OMEGA CLARO Plus+ FTW http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271003 : DJ Clipdat
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      I have an ht omega striker and it's been an awesome card. Definitely better than any creative card I've e... : m0nkz
      • Yeah.. the sound quality is much better than creative. : DJ Clipdat
    • pretty slick. Damn, I am a little behind the times. :( : halophoenix
    • fuck. limit 9999 per customer. : porp
    • ehhhhh, C-Media's chips are just OK. I'd rather have one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product... : deject
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    doesnt vista64 hate it? : Iwannaacura
    • My ht omega striker works fine with vista 64 ultimate : m0nkz
    • My X-Fi seems to work fine in Vista 64. : Goncyn
    • my creative works fine with Vista64.... my Nvidia card on the other hand! UGH.... if Nvidia does't... : Shadowdane
• They're cheaper because they don't come with drivers. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  do the zen players work when hooked up to itunes? or is it like dragon drop stuff : Yanks
  • They're Plays4Sure devices, so they work with Winamp and Windows Media Player, and you can also drag stuf... : deject
  • drag-and-drop for the Stone, Windows Media Player or (worse) Creative's own software. I wouldn't buy any... : Postal
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  Only 99.99 for new drivers!! : soggybagel
  • I lol'ed. : DOOManiac

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• Fantastically Awesome Gladiators of Shacknews : spigot
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  Dwarfs afraid of PVP : azenmaster
  • I support this. : Skoal^Fyfan
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  Sorry for sidetrack but is there ability custom your UI for WAR ala WoW? : kanix
  • It's all built with the same lua XML stuff, so in short yes. The out of the box ability to move every ... : fleabug
• Shack Attack : wykd
• No Handlebars : changejar419
• Thunder Shack. : Ziz
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  Keep your RvR 50 ft away I'm questing : Slowtreme
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    lol voting for Slowtreme Obama : azenmaster
    • i liked yours too : Slowtreme
• Giant Communist Pacifists : High-g
• Giant Totalitarian Robots win : Reeves
• My Main is on Mal'Ganis : Phil
• Peacemallet > Warhammer : mnsnota
• Giant Communist Nazis : blindi0815
• I like GCW : theWhite
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  Orderly Robotic Communists : Wombat Woo
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    Kommunists, I think you mean. : FlatlineDixay
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      orcs in fantasy, orks in 40k! : Joseph
      • Yeah, I was wrong :~( : FlatlineDixay
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  Giant Communist Whore*]bots]/ : yakz
  • :'( : yakz
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  I think we should have something fruity like Shining Light of Order and Love. Just kidding. What's wro... : tashtego
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    do you really want to share a site with those dirty WoW players? : Clay
    • good point. GCW it is! : tashtego
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  Waaaughenflappen : Crimsonbeak
  • oh fuck : Reeves
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    this is kind of awesome. only works if we go destruction though : tashtego
    • And if we go order, we can use Giant Elf Panzies : Reeves
  • ^^^This! : Wombat Woo
  • I laughed upon reading this name, so it gets my vote. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Warshack? : Clay
  • Maybe if done in two words.. War Shack. Not bad at all : Reeves
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    Waaaaghshack! : High-g
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      whackshack? : Clay
      • Weakshack (if it's an Order guild) :-P : High-g
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    Like rorshach? That's kinda cool! : slickdoody
    • Warschach? : Clay
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    RAWR SHACK : fleabug
    • ROWR SHACK : fleabug
  • Raw Shark? : Grumbeld
• Miniature Democratic Humanoids : zebosausamite
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  Invincible Legion of Tyrannical Communist Warbots : spigot
  • Subtle. : Damodred
• praetorian anarchic totalitarian stalanists : Horn
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  i think you fgts shouldn't make it shack or wow rrelated in any way. so no shack lol guild name or no... : [fry]
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    the league of nerds : nomaad
    • NOT SHACK RELATED : Reeves
  • 2018th Legion : Bamtan
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    Let's call it "Shorn Scrotum Squadron" : Crimsonbeak
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      I vote for Elitist Dirks : slickdoody
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        i never got the dirks thing. what is a dirk? : xxiv
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          It's a type of sword. : Jonathan
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            sword dagger : Majuju
            • oh god I have become what I most hate : Majuju
        • Dirk was a person in GCR and he started his own guild. : slickdoody
• Giant Waaagh! Bots : Reeves
• 2girls1cup 1shack. : Ziz
• "Your Mom" : Arcanum
• Menstrual Gravy : mace
• Late Night Singalongs : handofthrawn
• Berries 'N Cream : mnsnota
• Bionic Warbots : Reeves
• Heroes of Kvatch : aeg1x
• ILTS : biofrog
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  WHARRGARBL http://www.philsized.com/lol/WHARRGARBL.jpg : Phil
  • or OBGC : Phil
  • FUCKERFUCKERYMUTHAFUKGAGASSRAPEDASSSDICKS ? : zebosausamite
  • Holy shit, he must be thirsty! : zakazi
  • lolololol : biskits
• Shackrilegious : mnsnota
• MY GUILD : GodZilly
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  Drakkh's Guild ? : Clay
  • Never forget. : Phil
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  So people will actually buy and .. my god .. play this? : MrGrindy
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    For a week or two, until the people who are most enthusiastic about the game quit and all the shack hype ... : deathofrats
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      Well, Conan is actually a good game. : MrGrindy
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        Age of Conan? : Clay
        • Yes. : MrGrindy
• Giant Communist Warbots is definitely the best one I've seen from the thread yesterday. We better be r... : Scotty22
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  Do a list of 20 names then put them up in a poll. Take the top 10 names off that poll and make another po... : dasampla
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    Or we could just use a points system and have one poll... : Jonathan
    • What no that's too short lived. The game isn't out for weeks! : dasampla
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      how do you earn points, and do I get them while on waitlist? : Slowtreme
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        It's the European System of Voting - you give a top five choices with first choice getting 5 points and l... : Jonathan
        • Zooooooooooooom : Slowtreme
        • And hopefully, one day, it'll be the US system too. Man, I love that voting system It really gives you ... : Grumbeld
• Save Stargate Atlantis Guild, no not really : thewindcriesmary
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  Not Warhammer Safe : jayacheess
  • I like this one : Horn
• Glorious Peoples' Republic of the Smelly Dead Orc (or GPRotSMDO for short) : FlatlineDixay
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  Glorious Peoples' Republic of the Smelly Dead Orc (or GPRotSMDO for short) : FlatlineDixay
  • STONK : FlatlineDixay
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  <Giant Communist Pussies Who Only PvP In Giant Disney Land Blobs> or GCPWOPVPIGDLB : dewdman
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    I support this. : Skoal^Fyfan
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      For someone who's so hardcore, you certainly seem upset by this. : Jonathan
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        Cause playing with the fellow Shackers is the only thing that'll make me buy it - but if it ain't Open...... : Skoal^Fyfan
        • then act <meh> about it: shut your trap and leave the it alone. : biskits
        • I have no idea why you need to play with shackers when you dislike so many of them. : Jonathan
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    "I PvP in Bubbles" : ImageOmega
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      <DON'T TOUCH ME I'M QUESTING> : dewdman
      • hahahaha : Skoal^Fyfan
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    quit whining : biskits
    • For that slight I challenge you to a consensual Player Versus Player encounter! Please turn on your PvP F... : dewdman
  • <Waaagh!bulance> : dewdman
• I'd Rather Be Playing WoW Nooooooo that's a fat hairy lie. Really it is. : freakynipples69
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  The Committee for the Liberation and Integration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into So... : nevicata
  • Or CLITORIS for short. : nevicata
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  ITT: Serious names only so I can build the poll. Feel free to repeat serious suggestions from this and pr... : Clay
  • Giant Communist Warbots : Clay
  • Open Destruction : Clay
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    Open Destruction for the core order guild. see it's Ironic, like the shack : Slowtreme
    • Well played, good Sir. "I PvP in Bubbles" : ImageOmega
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    Not Warhammer Safe (from jayacheess) : Horn
    • I have to repeat praetorian anarchic totalitarian stalanists again. It's a good name but a little long p : Horn
    • Really captures the spirit of the Shack. : jayacheess
    • or Not WAAAGH Safe : stgulik
  • Ghosts of Camelot : ateam311
  • Just Visiting : DapperDan
  • Mason Ring and Schnauzer ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRom1Rz8OA ) : zebosausamite
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    Hairy Areolas : biskits
    • haha : SqueegyTBS
    • no. : Clay
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    We Gave Up on Lotr and Conan or Oh Hey, a New MMO! : deathofrats
    • this one is why i'll be joining the guild a month or two after release. : biskits
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      Fuck AoC- it had an incredibly awesome starting area, which made you tell all your friends about what a g... : tashtego
      • on PvE servers : Slowtreme
  • The Tortage is a lie. : Visceral Monkey
  • Waaaughenflappen (as suggested by Crimsonbeak) is seriously an awesome name : zerog83
  • Crusty Brown One-Eyed Winkers : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I vote < Castigate > ! : Ellissd
  • C for CrustaR! : r3dn3ck
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    Spensa Differo (Latin for shack news) : CRasterImage
    • Absolutely Not : Clay
  • C for CrustaR! : CrustaR
  • I like Cult of Crit and Gyant Kommunist Tincan, Nothing Sacred is nice if we want something a little more... : lightly inclined
  • Chaotic Symphony. : italiano3d
  • IRBL- I'd Rather Be Larping : phipple
• Wagghashacka : Durandal07
• "Put On My Wizard Robe and Hat" : ImageOmega
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  Question: AFAIK the only difference in Core and Open is in Open while I'm PvE questing, I may come across... : graceofdragons
  • i'm as confused as you are. : Slowtreme
  • Ganking is fun. Getting ganked yourself is whammmmmmbulance. : Skoal^Fyfan
  • meant for the other War thread...getting confused : graceofdragons
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    Most people are staying away from Open because it's a half-assed idea they're throwing on servers at the ... : tashtego
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      what the ;lkajsd;lkjsad;lfkjsajfa it's just /rvr always on why is this such a drastic thing people are ca... : [fry]
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        The classes aren't balanced for 1v1 combat. "Core" enforces a certain amount of teamwork and is how the ... : Arcanum
        • How do you know this for sure? : phipple
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        [fry], haven't you already said like 17 times that you're not joining the shack guild anyway? Nobody k... : tashtego
        • it kind of also bugs me because he is a DAoC freak and I bet he has so many fond memories of focused RvR ... : pancake humper
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          i never said that. where did i say that. I DEMAND ANSWERS NOW. : [fry]
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            Look I think you said it, therefore you said it. I don't have time to sift through all the dong jokes and... : tashtego
            • lol you said dongs : [fry]
    • ^^^ this. : Damodred
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    Every single zone is contested. There are zero safe zones. This is not the same kind of PvP as WoW PvP se... : pancake humper
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      if you say Tome of Knowledge one more time, I'm gonna find your office and kick you in the ding dong :( : Slowtreme
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        New Guild Name: Tome of DING DONGS : Jonathan
        • hahahahah : hamachi
      • why? : pancake humper
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      I understand how the RvR works, I'm a huge DAoC nerd too thanks. They way you say it, it is exactly like ... : graceofdragons
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        You won't be turned into a chicken for returning to a lower zone. Mythic isnt that stupid, and as they've... : Tommy Toolbag
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          why is everyone so afraid of getting ganked? It's a fucking game for christ sakes and the threat of the ... : cltcprd
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            cause we are getting older and don't have time for this shit. : hamachi
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              bah, i'm old too! I just don't like handholding! : cltcprd
              • I don't equate handholding with avoiding the retards. I want to team up with shackers and kick ass in ... : hamachi
          • I'm not "afraid" of getting ganked. It just isn't fun. : Goncyn
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            Because it's not fun for most people. Getting ganked repeatedly while trying to turn in a quest is not e... : Arcanum
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              The RvR areas don't separate PvE areas so you can easily run from, for example, the Dwarf PvE area into G... : High-g
              • You can, but are any of your quests over there? : Arcanum
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            Because getting ganked is in no way fun, so why would I willingly choose to play on a server where it wil... : OverloadUT
            • I couldn't care less about ganking. It happens yes, but it is way better than passing an enemy and doing... : cltcprd
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            It's simple, really - some carebears like to do some PvE quests (which they shouldn't really be doing in ... : High-g
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              Really? We should just ignore half the quests in the game? Come on. : Goncyn
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                I've noticed that the hardcore PvP everywhere crowd are really good at making stupid statements like that... : Arcanum
                • Yep. The assholeish attitude of a lot of hardcore PVP players is the other reason I choose to not play in... : OverloadUT
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      I can't wait for the goon gank squad to make the game unplayable for everyone else in a zone : AllYourBase
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        Goon's are going Core : pancake humper
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          which is fairly telling : Clay
          • telling that they like cock maybe. : cltcprd
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          What a bunch of faggot carebears. : pyide
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            this is getting old. Goons were pretty much the only ones who actually successfully took over a keep as a... : pancake humper
            • i was making fun of the people in this thread who are only about the open pvp :( : pyide
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    isn't it supposed to be like andred and mordred were for DAOC? thems were some fun times. especially when... : mindfk
    • it did kinda suck that you pretty much HAD to be with a group to survive though. : mindfk
    • no, its nothing like that. its rvr only everywhere. the equivalent would be allowing mids and hibbies to ... : Tommy Toolbag
• Death and Taxes : .ka`boom.zZz.
• Hungry Waaaagh Machine : genom
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  Hoverboards are Real : mwasher
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    the horse is dead, dude. : SqueegyTBS
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      It won't be dead until people start getting banned for it. That's how we roll here apparently. : Phreakin
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        you should have been perma'd a long time ago then gramps : conandan
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          FU commie : Phreakin
          • FOO U TOO : conandan
    • screw you i didn't even read about it till today :( : mwasher
• <Short Bus Crew> : Tommy Toolbag
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  <Don't PVP me Bro> : xxiv
  • ^^ this is funny and meme! : Delaric
• The sCary Steves. : Ziz
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  "Lead Farmers" "Full Retard" : Arcanum
  • oh man full retard would be awesome, you think they would nuke it? : xxiv
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  the guild of calamitous intent : thewindcriesmary
  • I like that! : slickdoody
  • This one!!! : Visceral Monkey
  • We went with <Calamitous Intent> in WoW since it is already a guild, putting "guild" in the guild name se... : jlavrenz
  • We were [Of Calamitous Intent] in AoC since the full title was taken. : nevicata
• OM NOM NOM BRA! : conandan
• CLOSET-CASE HOMOPHOBIC RACISTS from the year 2018 : rgoer
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  Here's my current list of legit names: Guild of Calamitous Intent Giant Communist Warbots Open Destr... : Clay
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    Replace "war" parts with "waaaagh" : High-g
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      not if we're going order, which polls seem to indicate. : Clay
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        That's just so not right in so many ways. I'm disappointed in the shack :( : Visceral Monkey
        • actually destruction has made a substantial comeback. it's within 2 votes. : Clay
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          I'm disappointed in the destruction and destruction only crowd. The first priority should be to play wit... : Horn
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            agreed, 34 of you are tremendous douchebags. : Clay
            • but if they don't get to play a witch elf they can't spend eight hours a day starting at low-poly ass =( : tashtego
            • Sorry, my first priority is to play with all of my real life friends that I currently play WoW with. Sin... : jlavrenz
          • I'll player either, but I like the bad guys. If it's Order, I'll play as a Warrior Priest. : Visceral Monkey
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            No. I don't play fairy elves. I can barely stomach 'dark' elves. : Zakko
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              if only there orcs or crazy humans to play as... : Clay
              • that's crazy talk. : hamachi
              • Do you mean dwarfs? : Horn
        • I'm playing a shaman one way or another! He just might be an alt. : tashtego
      • You aren't looking at teh polls right :-P You should count how many people want to go "Order only" and ho... : High-g
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    What am I missing? some good suggestions! us shackers suck at coming up with guild names :( : pyide
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      Guild of Calamitous Intent is perfect. : Visceral Monkey
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        no way. you know there will be other people doing that : hamachi
        • yeah, definite problem there : Clay
        • Not if we get it first. : Visceral Monkey
  • what's wrong with <WAAAGH!bulance>? :( : dewdman
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    Here's one: Magic Murder Bag : Visceral Monkey
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      neither relevant nor funny? : Clay
      • Venture Brothers. But whatever. : Visceral Monkey
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    Waaaughenflappen : Crimsonbeak
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      THIS GODDAMNIT! : zerog83
      • fine added : Clay
    • As I stated earlier, this has my vote. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • This can't be topped : Reeves
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    I like Not Warhammer Safe. It's simple, yet effective. The calls of "NWS!" will cause the enemy to fl... : Pacalon
    • there will be a poll / thread for this later : Clay
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    Spensa Differo (Latin for Shack News) : CRasterImage
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      Compes Novus, which seems to mean the same thing. : CRasterImage
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        no. latin. names. : Clay
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          But it will allow us to do something we are not allowed to do in English ("but I poop from there") and it... : CRasterImage
          • but it would also tell the world that we are epic level douchebags. we don't like that to get out. : Clay
  • I just saw this thread, so I'll add (let me look at my Blood Bowl rule book): Destruction: Halfling... : Grumbeld
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  "But I poop from there" : retardhumper
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    Or "Not right now you don't" : pyrogen
    • If one side was BIPFT and the other side was NRNYD, then truly epic battles would ensue. : .sticks.
• if you jerks do a Shack guild, DON"T MERGE IT WITH OTHER GUILDS LATER ON >:( : RikiTiki2
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  <The Shugashack> : doozer667
  • ^^^ bump for being different then GCR, obviously recognizable, and appropriate homage : graceofdragons
  • Nectar Domus : CRasterImage
• Banhammer 2018k : zakazi
• <where do i tyep the name i> : jingletard
• Sunshine and Flapjacks : rt702
• <LampSandLime> : InfoBiter
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  I like Giant Communist Warbots, but you guys aren't playing on an Open server so I don't really care. ... : Ellissd
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    Thanks for your input. : Horn
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      OMG THEY ARE FLAGGED FOR PVP THIS ISN'T WHAT MYTHIC INTENDED : Ellissd
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        actually, if mythic had intended Open servers then it wouldn't have been an afterthought ruleset added in... : Joseph
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          Actually, they did - I remember reading as far as February of this year (in an official forums) about the... : High-g
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            all of the game development and balance has been around the core ruleset. Even if they intended to have O... : Joseph
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              You're making this out to be such a bigger deal than it is. Fry has put it simply so many times already. ... : Ellissd
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                The big deal is they didn't balance the game around 1v1 combat. All the beta testing has been in core ru... : fr0x
                • WoW wasn't balanced around 1v1 either, but that didn't stop anyone from playing on PVP servers. And ... : Ellissd
            • There's not much adjustment that is needed, really - all they have to do is to adjust the existing Chicke... : High-g
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17771552#itemanchor_17771552 misreplys all over the place. jeese :... : Ellissd
          • it's sokay, you got the right topic! : Joseph
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17767967#itemanchor_17767967 : Arcanum
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          don't use logic, overbearing elitist pvp or nothing people will ignore it and bring up something about UO... : Joseph
          • WoW wasn't designed around 1v1 combat either. But I mean, you can always tuck your tail and run when you... : Ellissd
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          they may not have intended for open servers, but the fact that they implemented the ability to be able to... : Ellissd
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            That doesn't make any sense. Allowing people to voluntarily put themselves at risk somehow implies that ... : Arcanum
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              It's implied that Open servers are going to drastically change the game so much that it's not comparable ... : Ellissd
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                EXXXXXXXTRREEEEEMEEEEE HARDCOOOORE : Clay
                • Hardly. I like small scale PVP. You're not going to get that in RvR zones. : Ellissd
        • Playing games the way the developers intended is the only way! They can't be fun any other way! : cltcprd
  • lol wow internet pouting... : johnny rotten
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    Have fun playing by yourself. : TreMetal
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      thanks, i needed a good laugh. : Ellissd
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        If you stepped back and looked at all your posts in these threads you would get a lot of good laughs. Yo... : TreMetal
        • When did I ever call anyone a pussy or a carebear for not wanting to play on a Open server? : Ellissd
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  Someone at work thought that Come Honor Face was good name for a guild. : shred.
  • That name was better when WoW first introduced the Honor system. As funny as Cum On Her Face is, I don't... : jlavrenz
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  Everyone complaining about Core vs. Open.. seriously, shut the hell up already please! It's turning every... : Pacalon
  • I'm sure there will be further votes after the open beta. and they also need to let people try out the o... : hamachi
  • The main issue I dislike about Open is I can't go back and help friends level. Since you are always PvP ... : Crimsonbeak
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  <Make Peace Not War> <Violence Never Solved Anything> Or any other anti-war slogans... : walker270
  • Note: I support going to a core server. This is more a play on the name "WAR" and the whole point of the : walker270
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    Make Peace Not War is a pretty damn good guild name : Goncyn
    • I laugh at the thought of a giant Chaos Chosen taking an axe to the head of a little dwarf-thing with the... : walker270
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  When the time comes to pick a server, it would be nice if we had a thought-out plan for how to determin w... : CRasterImage
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    I can get down with this, with my timezone, I don't want to make the same mistake I did with WoW and get ... : lightly inclined
    • all the servers except for oceanic are going to be eastern im pretty sure : oHnOES
  • Hmm. That's an interesting idea. : Visceral Monkey
• sCary's Warholio : .sticks.
• Waaagh So Serious : jonin
• <Until WoTLK> : Sixcos
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  BLARGH, why is the beta download so God damn huge? I downloaded some of it last night and then fucking w... : doozer667
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    This is one reason I love torrents for large downloads. Automatic error correction built in : Horn
    • ditto, although the website only linked to fileplanet and stated you needed to supply your verification c... : doozer667
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  <3 Weeks Before We Quit> : .sticks.
  • winnar : Jstroh
  • haha : jonin
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    I'd give it 2 months. As much hype as this game is getting, it does seem like it would be ridiculously r... : walker270
    • It sounds fun, but not lasting unless you really like to pvp. I don't want to knock it though since I hav... : .sticks.
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      Max level is when the game really begins. If people quit then, they werent playing for RvR in the first p... : Tommy Toolbag
      • Whats the standard time to level up? : sammyl
• um, so what was decided about which side we play? i already know by some people that its going to be cor... : oHnOES
• Giant Trotskyist Robots - wtf icepicks are overpowered :( : woddemandred
• < Giant Communist Meme > : Frozen Pixel

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  Come on, I've voted for all your stupid friends before, and this is on topic on a video game website. : perstephanie
  • (doublt-click to vote. it took me a bit to figure that out) : perstephanie
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  Her blog is totally average, why would I vote for it? : orgcaptainnemo
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    roboboobies : drucifer
    • This is a better reason. : perstephanie
  • Because people ask for this shit all the time, and people do it, and her blog is new and geeky. You don't... : perstephanie
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  Omg there are like 100+ names. LOL ANN COULTER! Save your self the troubles use ctr+f robo and it will... : Iwannaacura
  • that's what I did too :P : drucifer
  • Yeah that's what I was trying to say to do. I don't know why they don't just alphabetize it. Thanks!!! : perstephanie
• voted! good luck to her! : Hiro
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  Is she asian or just tan? : Jstroh
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    Asian. : perstephanie
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      But her last name is Tan. : obiquatro
      • No it isn't. : perstephanie
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        If you were making a joke about Tan being an Asian last name, ignore my last reply as I am an idiot. : perstephanie
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          Joy Luck Club'd over the head. : obiquatro
          • obiquatro 2, perstephanie -5 : Majuju
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  Perstephanie go out on a date with me : mr.sleepy
  • I'm 23/m/tx , slender, black, im the man for you : mr.sleepy
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    Are you trying to restore your karmic balance by saying random nice things to me when I post to counterac... : perstephanie
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      its a shame that I can't view nuked posts anymore. Did it ever get loled? : boomstickah
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        I didn't have the lol script installed back then so I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing yes because w... : perstephanie
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          lol I didn't see many of these http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?type=comments&terms=perstephanie&cs_u... : boomstickah
          • What can I say? Sleepy and I have had a special relationship for years now. : perstephanie
• voted : mtgDoofy
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  she's getting owned lets stuff those ballots : boomstickah
  • That's the kind of attitude I like. :P You know everyone else is doing this on ChickShack etc. : perstephanie
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  Not voting. Thanks anyway : ateam311
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    Joining you here in the douche mobile. : ryuuseki
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      yeah not even boobies, fuck that : shavenewok
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        kinda seems like an attention whore move on her part.... lolz : virus
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          To have a blog? To get nominated by someone else for this contest? To have a picture of her in which she'... : perstephanie
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            ugh don't get so defensive... lol : virus
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              Not my blog, I don't need to be. And she didn't ask me to do this at all, I just see people doing it all ... : perstephanie
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                Dude I voted for her, only because of you though. *swoon* : virus
                • I'm actually genuinely curious about which part seemed attention whorish to you? : perstephanie
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        They're just not voting because they hate me, not out of any well thought position like "no boobies." Don... : perstephanie
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          villagers demand boobies! : shavenewok
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            It's a tech blog, it would be a little much to expect that she would have them up there. : perstephanie
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              not at all : shavenewok
              • Just because it's low tech doesn't mean it doesn't work. : ryuuseki
            • boobies are never out of place... hah, that's not true. it would probably look odd... but still! : carnivore
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    Valuable contribution there, Negative Nancy. : woddemandred
    • My name ain't Nancy and I'm not fuckin negative. : ateam311
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      Faggy Fred would be more applicable. : mittense
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        what about bottom bill? : shavenewok
        • I haven't seen that guy since DADV'd that girl. Good thing our balls didn't touch. : ryuuseki
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  I voted for some random person : gmd
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    I knew I could count on you :P : perstephanie
    • np : gmd
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  Her blog is very pink. : mroizo40
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    She's not a "very pink" kind of person. She is one of the captains of my ultimate frisbee team, so whenev... : perstephanie
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      I voted, I was just saying that it's quite pink, and we saw what happened when some stranger came and pos... : mroizo40
      • I would say it's more maroon than pink. But yes, I knew what you were referring to. I promise you that sh... : perstephanie
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  I refuse to vote on the grounds that this objectifies women! : Majuju
  • Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women, man! : tashtego
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    You should head over to the thread that won't vote for her b/c of no boobies and fight. ;) : perstephanie
    • he knows better than to fight with people that are right : shavenewok
• voted. : ant_hillbilly
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  I voted but she needs a better (e.g. not from a phone) pic : crummynz
  • I think it's actually from her Macbook, and I know. : perstephanie
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  voted! Good luck to her! : halophoenix
  • thanks :) I will pass it on. I didn't actually tell her I was doing this, so hopefully she won't mind. I ... : perstephanie
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  voted. nice voting UI they have there. : Dave-A
  • if nice is a giant unsorted scrolling list of radio buttons, that is : Dave-A
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  i voted because you asked. usually don't support these types of things... but i can see you are trying to... : arcane_
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    Yeah, honestly I don't really, either, but she's a really good friend, and I don't think she's actually t... : perstephanie
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      Does she like gladiator movies? : gmd
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        I don't know the answer to that. ? : perstephanie
        • has she ever been to a turkish prison? : zakk
      • has she seen a grown man naked? : arcane_
  • Neither do I, but I figured what the hell. I'm at work with nothing to do, and don't mind stacking the v... : MacemanInTW
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  what the fuck has she done for me? : spaceless
  • Not a thing. Join the revolution! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17773267#itemanchor_17773267 : ateam311
• voted. Ann Coulter is hotter though, sorry : _jon

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  Shack Assignments If you want to shoot on bi-weekly topics and compete against your fellow Shackers, j... : jasonepowell
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    Messaged on flickr : Thomas Hace
    • or actually, whoever the admin is : Thomas Hace
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    what about the regular shack Flickr group? i signed up a while ago, heh. :/ : xsii
    • hehe - I thought the two were intertwined, kept wondering where the assignments were. Signed up though... : dedgecko
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      Apologies! I don't get notifications for the regular shack group. I went ahead and approved you and th... : ConfusedUs
      • thanks :D : xsii
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    How do we submit? Just add to the pool or post to the specific assignment thread (in flickr)? : zebosausamite
    • Submit the photo to the pool, tag it with the assignment number, and then post a preview in the thread so... : jasonepowell
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    oh this sounds cool. too bad i'm not a fan of flickr and use picasa instead. i didn't even know there was... : arcane_
    • The community on flickr is pretty amazing. Groups for everything you could ever want, and generally peop... : jasonepowell
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  I'm into that 18-200. How much? : ventro
  • $699. http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canon_18-200_3p5-5p6_is/ : jasonepowell
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  Is the 50D officially announced yet? I want :( : rosewood
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    Also have they announced their new SDXXXXIS cameras yet? I knew this was coming up so I had my inlaws ho... : rosewood
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      Sort of - popphoto pulled the article on it, there's a 990, a G10, and some others that were pulled: htt... : kaddar0
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        Interesting. I'm looking to see if they have a new SD870IS. It is their widest angled (did I say that r... : rosewood
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          The SD880 might be 10 megapixels, which is good, but I don't know if the increase over 8 will come with a... : kaddar0
          • Considering most people who buy point and shoot cameras print them out on 4x6 cards and reduce them to 10... : gmd
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    ME NO LIKEY CLICKEY THE LINKEY. Stupid rosewood : rosewood
    • http://dpreview.com as well : rosewood
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  I wonder if I should by a D300 now or wait. : jenisthebest
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    I got a used body at a camera store with a 6 month warranty for 1200 bucks. With the D700 out and everyo... : jasonepowell
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      my 17 year old cousin is into photography, and his parents got him a D300. his photos are AMAZING. my... : jenisthebest
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        I love my D70 but god damn anything over ISO 400 looks like shit. : gmd
        • i was asked to do some film still photography for one of my company's indie movies and we were shooting i... : jenisthebest
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        It's not the camera, it's the photographer. And the lens. The reasons to get a D300 over a D70 are:... : jasonepowell
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          I think the lens is my biggest problem. The pictures look fine, but the quality isn't good enough for wh... : jenisthebest
          • Also I'm taking some photography classes in the fall so I will probably have a better idea of what I want... : jenisthebest
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            What size are you printing now? And what are you trying to shoot? Indoor shots need more light which me... : jasonepowell
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              the pictures i take on my own time, i'm happy with. it was just this one project - film stills, which i'... : jenisthebest
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                Yeah, a D300 + faster glass would have helped a lot. If you get a used body for about 1200, you could pr... : jasonepowell
                • D700 + 50 mm/1.8 and it is actually 50mm due to FF so you don't have to take 100 steps back to get everyt... : gmd
                • that is the setup that i have, and love it. : broly1718
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          I never liked this saying because it certainly can be the camera in some cases. : gmd
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            Only when you're trying to take certain kinds of photographs. If you love macro shots, clearly you need ... : jasonepowell
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              low light baconator shots require the finest equipment : gmd
              • I think you need a D3 + 105mm Macro + Ring flash + studio lighting kit + 3 assistants. Anything else wou... : jasonepowell
  • or a D700... : jenisthebest
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  Anything from Canon that competes with the D700? : gmd
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    The 5d is like 1800 bucks right now, and it's sharper than the D3 and D700. Of course it has horrible er... : jasonepowell
    • yeah I just hate how canon's feel, cheap, don't like where the controls are, ughhhh. : gmd
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  I need a 50mm with AF motor built in because my stupid D40 dosent have it : bagelcc
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    sigma is coming out with one. problem is it's f/1.2 or f/1.4 (?) and it's $$$ : dodob
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      Sigma 50mm f/1.4, $499 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0018ZDGAW/ Sigma 30mm f/1.4, $399 http://www.amazon.com... : arhughes
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        30mm would be so nice, at times I find 50mm way too zoomed in, but that might not be the case attachted t... : gmd
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          respond to my SM damnit! : cltcprd
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            I'm not selling it just yet, still wating for worthless circuit city to get d700's in stock. : gmd
            • you're such a tease :( : cltcprd
• The new point and shoots look like crap.... the A1000is and A2000is -- a step backwards... : kaddar0
• If you have buyers remorse for that D300 I will take it off your hands for say... 30 bucks :D : hrdwregk
• I'm so hoping for a 5D replacement. One of my strobes shorted and sent a surge back through my 5D (sob) ... : steelsamurai
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  No 5D successor? That platform is aulde and needs a refresh. : ChibiJosh
  • Photokina hasn't started yet. Most people are guessing that one is coming. : jasonepowell
  • foreal. even if the refresh is going to suck balls feature-wise, it would at least be nice to know if th : dopeman
  • There will never be a 5d MK II. Ever. They'll hint about it and every two months someone will "leak" an u... : ConfusedUs
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  hottest thing about the 50d: focus tweak, memory for 20 lenses. : dodob
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    Yeah, they're coming after the D300 with this one, big time. : jasonepowell
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      still inferior due to no dial below the shutter button in front, I cannot use a SLR without one. : gmd
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        Still inferior because of no Auto ISO. Seriously Canon, wtf is wrong with you?! : jasonepowell
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          the 50D does have auto iso. : JT
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            what is auto iso? : blindi0815
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              Automatically selects the best ISO in the predetermined range. For the 50D it's 100-1600, or on the XSi i... : JT
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                so it's a nice to have but not really neccessary : blindi0815
                • Correct. : JT
              • Can you set the minimum shutter speed at which to bump the ISO up? Can you select the ISO range to use? : jasonepowell
    • I can't wait to see what the video recording feature is like on the D90. Hi-def, focus and focal length c... : dodob
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  i love photography but it's so damn expensive :( : FrayLo
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    On this note, what is the cheapest stuff I should buy if I want to get get into hobbyist photography with... : kaddar0
    • you can get by with mediocre lenses and take decent photos...but once you see the results you get with pr... : FrayLo
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      A used D50 or D70 (talk to gmd) + 50mm 1.8 for indoor shots and some kind of zoom with VR for the rest. ... : jasonepowell
      • This is probably the best way to go. : ConfusedUs
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      buy my wife's D70 : Deathlove
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        how much? : cltcprd
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          I don't know! I was being mostly facetious, but I know she wants to flip it so she can afford a D300. I'l... : Deathlove
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            She says $300, body-only. Apparently eBay auctions waver between $250-$350, completed. : Deathlove
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              That's fair. Is it the D70s? : jasonepowell
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                No, but we have one kicking around. It might even be HAUNTED! : Deathlove
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                  D70s might be worth a little more because of the CLS stuff. : jasonepowell
                  • Was that not in the D70 firmware upgrade? I don't know. I'm retarded with camera stuff. I'm just pimping ... : Deathlove
      • how much? : kaddar0
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17772857 : sumo-hacker
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  Am I the only one really excited about the micro four-thirds format? I hope Panasonic or Olympus announce... : dodob
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    Frankly I'm growing tired of keeping up with the DSLR updates. Now that the full-frame sensors are hittin... : dodob
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      Having just bought a D300, I'm still seriously considering a Yashica Mat124-G, which is an old TLR medium... : jasonepowell
      • Me want, but I will see after I get my first 120 roll developed :) : dodob
• Yep, just bought a D300 too. Just keep shooting and enjoy it. : Vangoghs Ear
• I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on a refurb d40x for like $380. Is the range of available lenses ... : Thomas Hace
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  and i am still running around with my 300D/ Digital Rebel :( : blindi0815
  • hey me too! soon the meteors will come for us. : MoreVespeneGas
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    it doesn't matter dude. You don't need a brand new state of the art camera to take good photos. Most of t... : wtf242
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      also 18-200mm is ridiculous. I bet the quality and sharpness is subpar. : wtf242
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        Compared to L glass, yes. But for a convenient walkaround lens, just like the 18-200 VR, you can't beat ... : jasonepowell
        • I have heard very good things about the tamron 28-300 VC as a good walk around lens. : gmd
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      yeah i know. MP dont matter for me, but higher ISO levels with less noise are a good thing. also, the 300... : blindi0815
      • that said, i'd love to have a 30D, i hope i can grab one when the 50D is finally out. it has 8MP which is... : blindi0815
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        Oh the time to read & write on the 300D is frigging horrible. It's what made me stop shooting photos for ... : JT
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          the screen is okay for me, i almost never look at it anyway. it's the R/W time that sucks. but i dont lik... : blindi0815
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            I find that the grip helps out with the feeling alot. : JT
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              ya i know but still it's so small. my fingers are too long ;) : blindi0815
              • Cut them down to size ;) : JT
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          Is it not the CF card? : c0bra
          • Nope, the camera itself is slow as dirt. : JT
• All I know is my newly acquired 17-55 DX = a lot of Legos. :[ : My Documents
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  Question: I just have a relatively cheap Cannon Digital Camera. What's a good way to take a photo at nigh... : DM7
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    tripod really, and look if you can set iso and all that stuff manually : blindi0815
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      Yeah there is a bunch of different preset the knob can turn to, and there is one that says manual so I be... : DM7
      • no, low iso, long exposure if you are using a tripod. : gmd
  • tripod : gmd
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    Look up "long exposure" + your camera model. If you have manual controls, you'd set the ISO as low as po... : jasonepowell
    • + tripod or some kind of surface that isn't moving. I'll set my gf's purse on the ground and rest my cam... : jasonepowell
• Flickr Shacknews and Shack Assignments Group Updates I have approved everyone pending in the queue for... : ConfusedUs
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  Also: fuck superzooms. The only thing the Nikkor 18-200 VR has going for it is its amazing convenience fa... : ConfusedUs
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    I can't really argue all that much, except to say that if you're outside with ok light (with VR, this is ... : jasonepowell
    • My 55-200 VR has the same problem. I hate the focusing speed. The VR is nice and all but I'd still ra... : ConfusedUs
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    I love that tamron lens. Got it on my rebel xt. It took me a while to figure out what type of lens I wa... : sumo-hacker
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      i am so looking forward to buying one next week in new york : blindi0815
      • It's great on a 1.6 crop body camera (like the xt), because you can get really wide photos (28mm equivale... : sumo-hacker
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    Typing this rant at lunch made me spend most of the rest of a day typing up a beginning photographer's bu... : ConfusedUs
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      Like this one? http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/2007/12/beginners_digit.html : sumo-hacker
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        Mine's a lot more general, with specifics only used to illustrate a point : ConfusedUs
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          Upon further reading, this guy is an idiot. : ConfusedUs
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            why is that? : sumo-hacker
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              getting a fixed 50mm lense as a beginner is the most stupid advice I've ever read. beginners usually want... : blindi0815
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                Because 50 MM = 80 MM on a crop camera. 30 or 35 MM is the new 50 for crop cameras. 50 MM on a FF c... : Jimbo Ro
                • that's exactly what i meant :) : blindi0815
                • yeah 50mm on my D70 is pretty zoomed in, but on a D700 I bet it is glorious. : gmd
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                Actually the 50mm f/1.8 (not the 1.4) is a great deal and a good introduction to the world of prime lense... : ConfusedUs
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                  yeah, but the 1.8 just costs like what? $100? leaves enough room for a not too expensive wide angle lense : blindi0815
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                    Yeah pretty much. My recommended pairing for new people is a wide zoom (17-50 or wider) and the 50 1.8, m... : ConfusedUs
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                      here is a good newbie lens http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/541531380.htm?bct=t13031003%3Bcifilm-cameras... : gmd
                      • Except the price tag lol : ConfusedUs
    • Make sure to post in attention getting text, I really want to check this out. : bcyde
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  Yea, I may have to buy that 50D : devnullgt
  • tagged for later review of teh d300 : lythe
• Hm. You can get a Canon Rebel Xt, a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 lens, and a 430 speedlite flash for under $1,000,... : sumo-hacker
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  Bah at EF-S lens and crop sensors. : Jimbo Ro
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    What's wrong with crop sensors? : sumo-hacker
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      They throw away 50% of the image your lens is capturing. My 35L is not wide on a crop camera My 85L i... : Jimbo Ro
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        The tamron 17-50 is f/2.8, it's pretty fast and wide. : sumo-hacker
        • 17 = 27 MM I'm thinking of the 16-35 F2.8 or 14 F2.8 for fast and wide. Or the 24 F1.4 / 35 F1.4 : Jimbo Ro
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        Tokina makes a 11-16 2.8 lens http://www.kenrockwell.com/tokina/11-16mm.htm How much faster and wider... : d3tached
        • F2.8 on a crop is not the same as F2.8 on a FF camera as far as DoF control. : Jimbo Ro
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  My 5D is like 2 years old and I have yet to see anything that is worth upgrading for. Buy better lense... : Jimbo Ro
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    unless of course you get better dynamic range and low light support on the sensor : ashkie
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      Not going to matter if your lens is garbage. : Jimbo Ro
      • well no, but those are some things its worth upgrading a body for. : ashkie