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• Vaelastrasz attempts. Either the server would lag out, or someone would blow up the raid. : jingletard
• Oh that's easy: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17032185#itemanchor_17032185 : Kentor
• there are lots but last week i forgot to loot the last boss in the heroic daily before hearthing, thereby... : electroly
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  the one time I lost at street fighter 2. It was a fluke. I smashed the snes controller against the wall s... : wtf242
  • :( the SNES controller is so perfect though :( : Rigor Morts
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  When I smashed my old school IBM Click-o-matic type keyboard during some Q2 internet gaming (god damn LPB... : bombay
  • Yeah, LPB's were not fun. : Rigor Morts
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  playing Killer Instinct : manero
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    whoa whoa whoa WHAT : Downforce
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      He must be talking about the Gameboy version. : guido anchovy
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        any version, really! : manero
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          CCCCOOOOOMMBO BREAKER!!! yeah I hated that game too : X-GOUKI
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            I have the arcade cabinet in my basement. Its a great game. : mikefr24
            • seriously. One of my favorite arcade games. : Head Rush
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  Remembering the whole Speeder Level in Battletoads. I could do it by heart without even looked at the scr... : Iwannaacura
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    Oh man, every time I think about this I hurt. ( I still liked the game for some reason) : afrochops
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      it was a great game. I never beat it i could get to the last level but the spikes/sewers raped me. : Iwannaacura
      • I kinda blocked whether I beat it from my mind. I remember playing it for the better part of the summer b... : afrochops
• Bubsy 3D. : DrWaffles
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  Playing Ultima Online back when it was first released. I had no idea what the hell I was doing, and was ... : Modulus
  • hahaahah my friends and i did terrible things in UO for the month or so we played. that game was so bad t... : XchumpoX
• Fucking Ninja Gaiden. Fuck. : stump
• This. Still recovering from this shit. But it did give me a reason to move across the country... http:/... : kallanta
• Ultima IX : EvilDolemite
• reaching 90% is gran turismo 3 and the memory card being erased. : mindshot
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  Realizing I spent 300 hours playing Battlefield 2. I played with friends and had a blast, but no game sho... : Zolneirz
  • tacobell. : Zolneirz
• Ultima 9 : Richese
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  Hitting F9 when I meant to hit F5. Doesn't matter what game, it is a tragedy every time. : Enkidu
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    This is a reoccurring tragedy for me too :( : Hoax
    • It's worse when you do the opposite. Saving right before you die and it's your only save. : valael
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  I spent 2 years playing DAoC instead of getting a job. : Chunks
  • I spent 9 months playing DAoC instead of having fun. :[ Ok, I had fun for 4 of the 9 months : Ebu
• Back in '96, I downloaded the Syndicate Wars demo off the internets with a v34 modem. 90mbs I believe. I ... : Dave-A
• Besides the launch nightmare (and wasted $50) that was Ultima Online? Fucking speedbikes in Fucking Ba... : Ebu
• Baldur's Gate 2. If I remember correctly Aerie was vulnerable and horny one night. I was a gentleman. It ... : Marauder IIC
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  Probably when the 38 y/o virgin I met in dark ages who wanted to fly me up to sleep with her sent me pict... : DerHuhnTeufel
  • I hope you still have them. : windowpane
  • No gay schtuff now. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Getting to the very end of Mega Man 2 (the part with the acid caves) and having my dad flip the switch to... : deathofrats
  • oh shit :~( : ninjase
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  Halo 2 with fuckface 11-year olds. I basically gave up online gaming after those experiences. I was pl... : Super Sparker
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    That was interesting to say the least. : cookblaze
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      I hate children. I real life and especially on the internet. : Super Sparker
      • IN real life. Fuck, I'm getting worked up again!!! >>>:( : Super Sparker
• coming back from a Quake tournament (that I lost) and finding my apartment had been broken into and my ne... : grandmasterlee
• Fucking Anarki that railgun WHORE. : Slowtreme
• Mario is Missing : _jon
• N/A : Luminair
• not mine, but my friend was playing resident evil with no memory card and made it more than half-way thro... : SolveChrist
• Thinking about how I let myself play WoW even after I swore of MMOs. I wasted way too much goddamn time i... : Evil Benius
• Never beating that stupid Spaceship in Bubsy on the desert level. : burning eye
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  Thankfully... I've forgotten. :D : Sylvanus
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    Oh crap.. Just about any Scott Adams game. Savage Island 2 comes to mind. Sorry Scott (The very be : Sylvanus
    • http://www.freearcade.com/Zplet.jav/Savage2.html For those insane. : Sylvanus
• buying total annihilation: kingdoms : ninjase
• I was maybe 6 years old playing the SEGA Master System which was rented for my birthday. Got to second le... : Geoffrois
• Similar to yours, maybe. Spending a couple weeks in ToV shortly after it was released trying to find all ... : jane911
• My parents getting me a NES instead of a guitar. : skitzo
• My worst gaming memory gets overwritten with every new release in the Secret of Mana franchise. Each... : yAak
• Oh oh, also asking for a computer for Christmas on my 11th birthday and seeing a big box under the tree. : grandmasterlee
• Super Monkey Ball, fuck you : itsjeff9
• easy: my MMORPG binge that lasted a good 6 years. : packav
• Aces over Europe - mouse or sound BUT NOT BOTH good ol' config.sys : cpt_gloval
• The first Ninja Turtles game for NES (not arcade) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjUz8IT0CYg : Richese
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  I thought you were going to say it was because you'd then realized you wasted three months of your life? : Anti_dentite
  • everquest is the only mmo i don't regret playing. was such a great game. : Rigor Morts
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  ET for the Atari 2600 and Pac-Man. Both those games were for Christmas, and my Mom didnt have a lot of mo... : cap n KRUNCH
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    ET also for me. I thought I didn't understand it because I got it secondhand and had no manual, turned o... : Turd Ferguson
    • Yeah. I agree with this. Worst game ever played. : mikefr24
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  Bart vs The Space Mutants. I waited at the movie rental place for something like 5 hours. The staff was c... : zakazi
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    No! I take that back, sobbing, while yelling "Tokens for sale" outside of a mall after buying something l... : zakazi
    • This is truly a pitiful image : fishbone
• Ninja Gaiden on the NES. I seem to recall the levels being pretty long and if you died you had to start ... : Halen
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  When my motherboard crashed and the memory was depleted leaving my 2 year Sims 2 game gone. : Koral06
  • I would be so pissed >:| : Rigor Morts
• Stole money from my parents to go to an arcade, but got busted! (Then had the talk) : chungathebunga
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  the crematorium in Daikatana, thinking to myself, "It doesn't get any better than this." : the archvile
  • O_o You got that far? : CrustaR
• Getting like 2/3 of the way through System Shock 2 and then my house burned down :( : action wombmate
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  Tenchu Z, not because it sucked(it did), but because I was bored enough to finish it : Fox n Panther
  • you know, i've defended Tenchu Z everytime i talk to my friends about it, but the sad fact is you are rig... : X-GOUKI
• World of Warcraft. All of it. : boarder2
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  Playing Final Fantasy 8 with a friend (two PS1's and two TVs) only to have the console crash and realise ... : Master Tonberry
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    Looks like the real Master Tonberry stabbed your PS1. : guido anchovy
    • Shit, I was wondering who that guy in the hood with the knife and lamp was outiside my yard.... : Master Tonberry
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  When we moved across the country my mom gave my Odyssey^2 to GOODWILL and didn't tell me, along with like... : orgcaptainnemo
  • what presents did she send you???? : ejectorpod
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16477150#itemanchor_16477150 : Ajax
• Worst recent gaming memory: I'm playing through X-com apocalypse again (downloaded from steam), and I'm p... : jayacheess
• I lost (or somebody took) my copy of Chrono Trigger when I was getting near the end. I loved that game s... : Ovate
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  My raddy 9800pro dieing during a gaming session... I was playing Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy and the sc... : r3dn3ck
  • dieing!!!??! /facepalm : r3dn3ck
• in recent memory? the pigeons in gta4 : oHnOES
• Easy. Christmas Morning after about five minutes with Atari 2600 Pac-Man : ThomW
• The slow and torturous process of my raiding guild dying in WoW. : Kiyohime

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  "% of shackers hyped for it etc" may turn out to be a pretty underwhelming number depending on participat... : boring gegtik
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    yeah didnt wanna go in to detail on that, but we do have a plan for it. obviously with 5+ million regi... : Steve Gibson
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      Something like "% of users hyped for this product / % of users that have ever hyped for any product" ? : umcpwintermute
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        yeah, along those lines.. or even % of shackers who are hyped for games on just that platform even. we... : Steve Gibson
        • I rate this game "2 chickens" of shackhype while that game gets "six alpaca blankets". Good plan! The r... : umcpwintermute
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  "hover game title (i) icon" Please to include gaming platform's the game will be released on. : SolveChrist
  • Yes please. : yosemiteclimber
  • noted, thank you sir. : Steve Gibson
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  library and wanted are mutually exclusive buttons, you can combine them into one drop-down button. Such ... : Luminair
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    they arent though for a released game. a released game can be both wanted OR added to a library as we'... : Steve Gibson
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      you started to lose me with "both wanted OR added" because BOTH and OR mean opposite things HERE, so you ... : Luminair
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        please to be excusing of my poor engrish. someone who has not filled out their library can see a news ... : Steve Gibson
        • there has been a misinterpretation, because I'm with you there. what I'm saying is that because clutt... : Luminair
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  I'd be worried about console fanboys flooding it, trying to promote their console's edition of a cross pl... : ShekkyBoy
  • yeah, thats always a concern. considering you have to register and login to cast a vote though, its not t... : Steve Gibson
• Whoa, that's cool! : Rice-Rocketeer
• very very cool. hope you get it working and in place soon! : chilln
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  The heading area looks too crowded. Have you tried relocating the hype buttons right above the Comments c... : sikander
  • have tried about 500 trillion different placements, and that was before hiring john. these are just his d... : Steve Gibson
• i am begging you to put a SHACKPINION widget on there. i'm not sure what it does but its gotta be there. ... : Dave-A
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  Looks good! However, please do this: Make it so when you hover over the hype or review stars, you get som... : OverloadUT
  • "(with no display)" should read "(with no delay)" : OverloadUT
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    agreed, we already do this in the library pages. : Steve Gibson
    • Well then, CARRY ON : OverloadUT
• what I would like in the game library is something like you would see in the SA game forums. Basically, a... : Lawgiver
• What happens if you have a news article pertaining to more than one specific game? Do you stack those wi... : omnova
• I think this is a good idea. I have no desire to go through and add all the games I want or own to my "li... : Goncyn
• this is why i like this place so much. reminds me of how i go about projects. you started something you j... : .ka`boom.zZz.
• "click game title - full game info page" = what i'm most excited about! : yAak
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  Are they ever adding PS2 games to the library? : baronzemo78
  • I need this to reclaim my higher ranking! :D : Masem
• looks good and useful to me! : TroZ
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  Does this mean you can make a page that will just show upcoming games and release dates? Like the old Go... : grandmasterlee
  • That would be awesome, especially if you could sort by platform and/or genre. I ended up resorting to a ... : umcpwintermute
  • yes, certainly want to have that as a feature to the game library system. : Steve Gibson
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  stop calling them widgets thats so gay : haiku
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    they're shack nuggets : haiku
    • Did you tell him about the home key? He'll be so excited. : yosemiteclimber
    • shack-its : persuxe
    • shaggits : Turd Ferguson
    • shuggets : festivalman
    • shnuggets : Richese
    • Shnacks : SolveChrist
    • snausages : manero
    • Shidgets : .sticks.
    • how about shackweb3.0lolz : Downforce
    • shits : xsoulbrothax
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      haiku what have you done : mikecyb
      • This is why we can't have nice things : dafugg
    • Jizzles : Melll
    • Stuffonthefrontpagethatduzstuffz : ColoradoCNC
    • 674 replies : pancake humper
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      Gibs not Jibs. : hirez
      • Gibblets : Jiven
• Sounds awesome...looking forward to the integration. I predict date tracking will be especially helpful. ... : speon
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  Will the ablilty to correct a game rating, or that the game is done, be implemented? I fucked up a few r... : Rag and Bone Man
  • yes there are plenty of small things like that we'll be putting into the revamp of profiles/library. : Steve Gibson
• I'd be worried that if you can submit a review for a game that isn't going in your library that it's goin : e1ghtball

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  It's starting to look like my 90 -> 91 speed is going to cost only 4 points, is this true? : Lunatic Angelic
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    Your base speed (before equipment) is 90? It should cost 11 skill points to do that. I'm guessing your... : Nixx2004
    • I am 5 capped on several players. : Lunatic Angelic
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  Thanks for the update on how to train. Also should we be training our biggest attributes or the minor on... : handofthrawn
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    Depends on your position. My star build linemen are 80 str / block and 50 agi / speed / vision / confide : Lunatic Angelic
    • I'd think a little jumping could be useful, but basically you're right. Either train something that is... : Nixx2004
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    Were you going to boost Patrick for todays game? Not expecting you (or anyone) to buy flex, just curious,... : Nixx2004
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      Just bought the flex points. Boosting now. : handofthrawn
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        Cool. What'd you add to, speed and agility? I can't tell for sure. : Nixx2004
        • 3 agi and 2 speed : handofthrawn
• In case anybody hasn't seen them, here are some guides to explain stuff that is new this season. Seaso... : Nixx2004
• Come on level 24+ starters, get your bonuses! : Nixx2004
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  Next couple of days I should have my 4th bonus token. Figure might use it for the temporary boost either... : gargy
  • I'll have my 4th token in 3 days. The Lone Star Bats aren't a bad team, we might use the temp boost again... : Nixx2004
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  gimme some monies for clothes plz : whistletits
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    How much do you need to get all 4 pieces? It's $50,000 for each. : Nixx2004
    • We're trying to not overspend. You'll make more on salary than you can spend on training, anyways, so the... : Nixx2004
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    Oh yeah, I saw you ask a question a couple days ago about a dropped/deflected pass you had. It's probably... : Nixx2004
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      How much extra would it cost to sell all but your speed equipment and buy just speed equipment from now o... : Nixx2004
      • Heh, overload of questions, eh? Sorry. I'll check back in a bit. : Nixx2004
      • 5 hours to gametime, let me know, hopefully we can get this done before then. : Nixx2004
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  Gonna be a long season for the Cru. =( : Lunatic Angelic
  • the next few games we are about 10-12 levels over our opponents. : Fyunch Click
• The polls on the homepage are kind of interesting. Not just for the results, but you get to see how many ... : Nixx2004
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  The team I'm on: http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=730 has had a really excellent start to t... : TShandy
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    Yeah, you got lucky (or something?) to get on such a good team. Hope you guys can beat the Aces. : Nixx2004
    • Actually, going into free agency was one of the most fun parts of the game so far. I sent PMs out to abo... : TShandy
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  I will take some moneys. WR and punter both need 3 pieces :D : mikecyb
  • Heh...before I'm giving that punter any money he needs to sell the equipment that has tackling. 0_o Ch... : Nixx2004
  • Offer sent to the WR. : Nixx2004
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  Less than 2 hours to game time (which means about 1.5 hours until it starts simming). Anybody else for eq... : Nixx2004
  • Probably too late now, darn. : Nixx2004
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  oh. my. god. http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=140664 : Clay
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    Eh, didn't even get to 255. We'll have some games like that this season. Too many gutted/CPU/slow buil... : Nixx2004
    • Look at Rudolph McSackerson's stat line : Clay
• Lampshades game: http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=145212&mode=pbp&hide=1 : Nixx2004

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  rock it, but no torrents : drucifer
  • I agree with the Sciurus griseus lover. As long as you don't slow it down it's probably not a big deal. : IcomeINpeace
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    i kept mine open for a long time (over a year) for my neighbors to use, but someone started fucking up my... : packav
    • Same, once it affect my own use I locked it down : Slowtreme
• why are you afraid? Who cares people steal wifi all the time. : Iwannaacura
• I used someone else's wifi for like 2 weeks before Rogers hooked mine up. Just don't download shit and y... : Super Sparker
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  Think of it this way. These guys are beaming a signal into your apartment. You can't be blamed for using ... : Trips
  • A great read about the morality of "stealing" Wi-Fi: http://blogs.computerworld.com/why_its_ok_to_steal_w... : Trips
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    It's a flawed principle. It's more like leaving your door unlocked and it being ok for people to rob your... : TrptJim
    • not really rob the house.. more like leaving your door open means it's okay for people to come in and chi... : xsoulbrothax
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    And broadcasting an SSID is basically an invitation. : rock elf
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      The problem is, most people with open wifi connections don't understand this, and don't feel they've "inv... : Finestaut
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        It's not like leaving an open door at all. They are actively beaming a signal into other people's homes. ... : Trips
        • That's an irrelevant distinction. By using that signal without their consent (and please don't try to arg... : Finestaut
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          That the signal is beamed into other people's homes doesn't really factor into their thought process eith... : xsoulbrothax
          • Ignorance is no excuse. : Trips
• Go for it. I leave my wifi open so that people can hop in in cases like this- it's pretty easy to tell wh... : tashtego
• Use it. : orgcaptainnemo
• I have done that when our internet was down for a few days or so... : .Jayson
• Also when your using Jesusphone you steal wifi all the time(although it can be public) it pics up all sig... : Iwannaacura
• Living off campus while in college, never paid for internet once. Steal away. The best were the people ... : ant_hillbilly
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  No password = too bad for whoever's wifi it is : FPSDavid
  • i hate to agree with FPSDavecrazyid, but... : skryte
  • I agree. : thejm4n
• It may be illegal depending on the laws of your area. Morally, I wouldn't consider it a big deal as long... : Arcanum
• use it and name your computer "Apartment X" where X is your neighbor. : grandmasterlee
• First thing I did when moving into my apartment was to look for an open wifi access point. : freshyk
• Just do it. If they were that worried about it they would have password protected it. And yeah, no torren... : perstephanie
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  Yea if it's open then they want you to connect. If they have WEP then they want you to connect but they w... : c0bra
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    Sometimes if you have WEP it's just because you don't want other people to connect but you want to be abl... : perstephanie
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      tough :( : c0bra
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        To be fair, I actually have WPA, and I think if I switched to WEP I'd also stop broadcasting, so, yeah. : perstephanie
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          I have a DS. So WEP. :( I don't SSID broadcast though. : xsoulbrothax
          • I've got a spare older router that I plug in when I wanna get the DS online. It also has it's firewall en... : Prozium
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  You're worse than Haiku, you thief. But I would do it. : .sticks.
  • You're worse than thief, you haiku. : perstephanie
• Why would it not be legal to use something that is broadcast into your apartment and asks you if you want... : hashd
• They're basically invading YOUR privacy by broadcasting that signal in YOUR apartment. Who do they think... : fishbone
• OMG I miss you!!1111 :D :D :D : Chepito.
• Use it, but don't abuse it. : Lukiopimp
• i say using it while you wait for your connection to be turned on is fine. if you planned to just leech o... : mindfk
• uhhh use it. duh : feek
• Go for it. Just don't be a bandwidth hog or go to any kiddie porn sites or warez or anything. : Jumperus
• I've been using an open wifi connection since I moved in in June. : not work safe
• this reminds me I need to finish my POST data logging transparent http proxy : zakk
• well, I'm on it. I don't think it's illegal in Washington DC. : Foxhawk

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  shack tags :( : PapaBoo
  • It's OK. You're out of practice. PS: You posted! I knew you'd be back. ;) : ThomW
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  I am coming to this with my lovely fiancee. : dirge23
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    pics of fiancee for prior approval : PapaBoo
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      you can take your own pics on oct 25 : dirge23
      • ooooh, private photo session : PapaBoo
      • PapaBoo bought a new camera just now. : ThomW
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        I am holding you to this. : Evil Benius
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          the key word is tasteful : dirge23
          • Welcome to Shacknews! Is this your first post? : ThomW
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            Oh there will be tasting... : Evil Benius
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              i assume you are referring to the delightful chocolate products that hershey, pa is famous for : dirge23
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                Oh there will be chocolate products.... : Evil Benius
                • You're bringing your colostomy bag? HAWT! : dedgecko
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  Didn't you quit the Shack? : Bull
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    I've been back all week, my life was flushed down the toilet so I came back to the shack : PapaBoo
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      I'm not sure how I feel about FormerHPB [lol]ing this post. lol : ThomW
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        My life's been in the toilet for 10 years now. I've been here for 10 years... : FormerHPB
        • Get your life out of the shitter and come to our Shackmeet! ;) : ThomW
        • I sense some type of connection between the two. : stump
  • The Shack will never quit you : Katarn3279
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  You didn't mention the hockey game! Papaboo wants to go to a Hershey Bears game as part of this thing. : ThomW
  • Bighamton is the AHL team for Ottawa. so you Senator Faggots Fans better represent. : PapaBoo
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  I'm kind of tempted to come, I'll see what I can do about getting to PA that weekend. : aethyr
  • Talk to Notd665. : ThomW
• Orange you glad you posted this? : rosewood
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  WE WILL PICK UP SHACKERS FROM TRAIN STATIONS AND AIRPORTS! : PapaBoo
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    They can ride in the back of your monster pickup truck. ;) : ThomW
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      I'm renting a vehile again, but it will NOT be a Tundra 4 door : PapaBoo
      • Get what I had for a rental: http://formerhpb.shackspace.com/junk/rental.jpg \m/ : FormerHPB
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  paging el tigre flagg209 : robbomc
  • I might be down for the hershey bears game, but I'm still waiting for you to toss that radio into my bath : flagg209
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  F2 F1 REQUESTING A PICKUP : feek
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    take a train? : zerog83
    • http://tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak/FareFinder?_tripType=Return&_origin=Philadelphia+-+30th+Street+Stati... : zerog83
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18009227#itemanchor_18009227 : PapaBoo
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      yeah, thanks. that's my backup plan, but i'd prefer to be picked up or take a septa train and be picked u... : feek
      • http://www.septa.org/slices/systemmap.jpg : feek
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  I'm coming from the DC Metro Area... so I can take 2 more shackers. Trust me no one would want to sit ... : Shadowdane
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    I should be able to make it this year and would appreciate the ride. : mtgDoofy
    • cool... well that is one seat gone : Shadowdane
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  I'd totally be all over this if I could :( : freak!
  • What's stopping you? : ThomW
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    He's not allowed to be around that many children at once anymore. : notd665
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      That's actually the exact reason why - also adults though. My immune system is compromised right now due... : freak!
      • Oh yeah. That might not be a good idea. Lots of kids with snot running down their faces. :P : ThomW
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  maybe i'll come : lakren
  • you should come and pick me up on the way if you drive : feek
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    bring your daughter : SockMonkeh
    • Oh jesus christ I'm lol'ing this so hard. : notd665
• oh hey. only if drucifer comes along. : askedrelic
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  I swear to fucking christ, Korban better not come again this year. That motherfucker is going to break th... : notd665
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    oh your pelvis! is there alcohol allowed in the park? : askedrelic
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      There's a restaurant near the Kissing Tower and Great Bear where they serve beer, but that's really it. ... : ThomW
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        do you they strip search you on entry? I have multiple flasks. : askedrelic
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          If every Shacker brings a flask full of something different and yummy, it will be an extremely fascinatin : perstephanie
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            are you coming this time? : askedrelic
            • Maybe. Frisbee. Saturdays are bad for me like 80% of the year. : perstephanie
        • No, they don't strip search you. But I might... : notd665
        • Hmm I might have to do this. Me being intoxicated always works out well. : Evil Benius
  • I WILL DESTROY YOU : Korban
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  But I have a frisbee game. No, seriously, I do. I haven't decided whether I'm skipping it yet but I'm st... : perstephanie
  • oh come on : robbomc
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    YOU'VE HAD PLENTY OF NOTICE! : PapaBoo
    • I KNOW! It's not like I can demand that the entire league change their schedules just so I don't have to : perstephanie
• I'll know if I can come or not later on. Hard for me to say at this point. : lplasmatron
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  Anyone from the Albany area going? : DrWaffles
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    maybe you can hitch on the Bighamton team bus. : PapaBoo
    • >:( : DrWaffles
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    Where in Albany? I live on Long Island but have a house upstate, Columbia County. : notd665
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      Troy, NY, specifically. It's about a 5-ish minute trip from Albany. Exit 23 on the Thruway, exit 9W on ... : DrWaffles
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        hi troy friend! are you in rpi or something? : ibrokn
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          Yep! : DrWaffles
          • I almost went there. We have at least two Shackers who have graduated and one other who is there now. : notd665
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    I'm coming from Rochester. Want to meet in Binghamton, NY and carpool maybe? : askedrelic
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      I've made the drive from Rochester. I don't envy you :( : PapaBoo
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        God I ahte driving in upstate NY. SO BORING! So glad I don't have to go back out that way again... : FormerHPB
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          it's a pretty drive, but it just seems like it takes forever to get through PA. : PapaBoo
          • PA seems to move so much faster then going from NY through Ohio though :( : pharoah mike
    • It might be cheaper/easier for me to just take a round trip train. :( : DrWaffles
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    I just moved to PA from alb : | : adsriordan
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      Meet your new neighbors - come to our super cool Shackmeet. : ThomW
      • I should be able to make it. : adsriordan
• Thom can you come pick me up? : MoreVespeneGas
• I'll be there and I might bring a +1 : StuMan1337
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  if anyone wants to ride amtrak i found this companion fare coupon http://dealspl.us/amtrak-coupons v454 : feek
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    lol amtrak, never again : askedrelic
    • The Keystone line is actually really decent. The cars are almost always completely empty and it is pretty... : Evil Benius
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      It's still about 2348235% better than Amway. : FormerHPB
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        i don't see how the two are connected : PapaBoo
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          Am. Thing. : perstephanie
          • ... : PapaBoo
          • works for me. I don't know what poopbaa's problem is. : zerog83
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  OK, so PapaBoo said that Shackers can be picked up (and dropped off?) at train stations. Which station i... : DrWaffles
  • E-town will probably work; Harrisburg might be better if Thom or Papaboo are going to pick you up on the ... : zerog83
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    Harrisburg. I live in Mechanicsburg and E-town's out of the way from my place and it's not in my pat... : ThomW
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      Damn, the earliest train arrives at 2:30 pm. I was thinking about hanging out at the station if I could ... : DrWaffles
      • Wow really? Trains from Philly should be running every few hours. : Evil Benius
      • you can hang at my house the night before and we can do the companion fare together in the morning : feek
    • Holy shit, I can do this round trip for $70, which is really good. Maybe I'll go and just say fuck drivin... : Yanks
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  road trip from ohio?! anyone? : synack
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    What part? : ADSliv
    • columbus! : synack
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  God it's like $600.00 to fly :( : Phil
  • I know. I was looking at tickets to go to the Nov 1 Shackmeet in Dallas. :( : ThomW
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    i have enough points to fly there and back 3 times, but who the hell wants me there!! : Dave-A
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      Who doesn't want you there? : perstephanie
      • Pennsyltucky has a restraining order : drucifer
  • can't you just make yourself some jet fuel these days, wtf : Downforce
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  Anyone from Jersey or NYC going? I'm tossing around the idea still... : Chunks
  • Maybe. : Yanks
• I could get down with this. : ADSliv
• IMPORTANT CARPOOLING SUBTHREAD Alright, I decided. If you're in the metropolitan New York area, yo : notd665

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  Apparently I'm a "Who's Who" in 3d according to Blue's News 8 years ago. http://www.bluesnews.com/guide/... : mwasher
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    Lies, that's not Man Washer! : FormerHPB
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      tis! I used to go by the handle "sho" i was younger then. and cooler. : mwasher
      • in fact it is purely because of the shack that i use the name 'mwasher' now. : mwasher
  • holy shit. I cant believe for the last 2 years I'd forgotten Blues News existed. : two50six
  • same here buddy :D Hamilton, Ben:: aka PSX. (webmaster at planetquake) - contributor to ritualistic.c : liqker
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    Whoa... didn't you design his logo and shit? (wow, I haven't visited Blues in years) : ThrillKill
    • design who's logo? Blue's News? no I did all design and backend development for UnrealNation. : mwasher
  • oh wait, our website was mentioned in the New York Times - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?re... : mwasher
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  I guess I'm the only fag on here then. : orgcaptainnemo
  • nice try : boring gegtik
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  I made this Wolf:ET video a few years ago, and people still comment on it daily. http://www.youtube.c... : Trips
  • That was a big hit with the guys who worked on ET over here =) : deveus1
  • Cause it's pretty good! I loved that game :( It's too bad about Quake Wars. : aggressor
  • Just watching this brings back memories :). Agree with above, real shame about quake wars. I blame the sh... : retarded talking dinosaur
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  Brokeback to the future is better! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uwuLxrv8jY : risimage
  • Yeah I really like that one. : orgcaptainnemo
• I am a tag along internet famous person. When I worked with Eli Stone (who drew 'The Tick' comics for New... : jane911
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  No, though I see people use strategies I come up with for FPS's all the time. In fact if any of you play ... : locater16
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    I thought up the idea for Die Hard before the movie came out. I have the napkin. : orgcaptainnemo
    • Your so awesome, I love you want to be genetically engineered into a demon chick so I can have your hell ... : locater16
• Edgewise is. He's even on Snopes for the goatse cloud photoshop he did. : Fyunch Click
• Only when I walk around with my pubes out. : voodooraze
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  I got recognized once for xbox three sixty!!!!!! : El Tigre
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    haha, what did you do when you were recognized? : bakanoodle
    • I started cracking up of course and said "yep yep that as me!" : El Tigre
• Oh man I had this happen and it was awesome. I was at a bar talking to a friend who I hadn't seen in year... : OverloadUT
• I'm more e-famous than the entire community of ShackNews. : FPSDavid
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  millions of 15yr old boys know me from my world of warcraft guild. not proud of it. : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • that was really just all of my alts : Slowtreme
  • Child porn is a crime. : soggybagel
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    www.illegalphoto.gov/16yo/boys/showerpic272.html : Melll
    • oh fuck read the link before clicking dumbass : azenmaster
• I created napster but that's about it. : stump
• yes i am : robbomc
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  i am worshipped as a god on this gaming website called shacknews : GloriousCow
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    www.shacknews.net : dirge23
    • I was the last person to own that domain before the current one : Phreakin
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  i once took a picture of a dog and posted about it on shacknews.com : PapaBoo
  • That was you?!?! : jingletard
  • Sign my chest! : itsjeff9
• no but i am the coolest guy on the internet. see pee tee, snatches : cpt_gloval
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  I was in charge of gameplay / class balance for the original Weapons Factory mods by the Reno brothers, b : Lunatic Angelic
  • Homing rocket alt fire was brilliant. You peaked to soon. : .sticks.
• my friend and i started songstowearpantsto.com. he gets recognized a lot, and i got my current job becau... : jenisthebest
• Once I posted a troll over at the 3DR Forums and someone there knew who I was : dognose
• Actually, yeah. I meet people pretty frequently at trade shows (mil stuff) who recognize me. I met someon... : Dslyecxi
• i still get a bit of emails about my maps -- http://www.levelarchitect.com : anthonybean
• I once ran the largest Carmageddon 2 site on the net. I was such a teenager back then. : Drewus
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  action roommate was sorta for some app he wrote like back in the stone age. : action wombmate
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    Ya, I kinda was, for a little bit. It even ended up on Hillary Clinton's website recently. lol : action roommate
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      Haha http://lavanyadeepak.blogspot.com/2006/06/fvalidate-full-fledged-form-validation.html Sometime : action roommate
      • wow, this article is still around, too http://www.itworld.com/nl/javascript/09102002/ Ah, the heyda... : action roommate
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        JESUS CHRIST YOU WROTE FVALIDATE : Deathlove
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          my sarcasm meter is broken. is this a serious question? yes, I did : action roommate
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            It wasn't a question, it was an exclamation. Holy shit that thing made my life easy on a multitude of sit... : Deathlove
            • Of course, my son... : action roommate
        • Makes you want to touch him, doesn't it? : action wombmate
        • I'm somewhat in agreement here...I used that shit back in the day, too. : rt702
    • she likes you AR, why don't you like her? :( : ejectorpod
• I made this gif http://drucifer.shackspace.com/lollercoaster.gif that got post 70 bizzilion times.. woo w... : drucifer
• I'm firebone. : Super Sparker
• I used to run Department of Engingeering for half lfe mods, and that had it's 15 seconds back in the day.... : alnya
• Um... Yes. I was 'soapboxed' on Gamespot (any editorial blog I wrote was on the front page of GS until i... : Zhaneel
• Not unless I get naked. : mace
• I get some pretty good feedback from this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIRsJwSmMzk : icon_of_syn
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  Everyone I meet my age has seen my ads on MySpace. : dearjamie
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    What do you mean? : krym3
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      I buy a lot of ad space for work. So when I tell people about my job I say "Have you seen banner XYZ?" an... : dearjamie
      • Ah, you can see us right now on MSN homepage and Yahoo homepage. =) (as well as Myspace, AOL, etc) Y... : krym3
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  Some random girl I met at a gaming convention turned out to be a huge fan of a creature idea I worked on ... : deathofrats
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    did you bang her? : Medster
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      I'd reckon he did : Phreakin
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        Nope. She had a boyfriend. : deathofrats
        • WHORE : gmd
• I'm guessing some people around here have used some code I've written. : Kentor
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  noone has forwarded me my cloudse.cx image to me yet. :( : edgewise
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    but would anyone believe you if you told them that you created that? : maulla
    • well the ones I've shown links to it have (like on christian sites and such), but I figure people who gen... : edgewise
• i impress a lot of nerds by telling them i was a founder/admin of #findscrim on gamesnet. : maulla
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  I can go to just about any major city in 48 states and find a scooter or motorcycle dealer that is carryi... : not work safe
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    What part did you design? : orgcaptainnemo
    • http://damianm.com/images/damianm_com/WindowsLiveWriter/TheMonocycle_961A/250px-IT_(South_Park;_The_Entit... : fishbone
• no and I am glad! fuck the internet : azenmaster
• I meet random people a lot these days on airplanes, in bars, restaurants, hotels etc who have used speedt... : haiku
• Nothing I do gets noticed in outside normal life. : gmd
• I made this: http://files.eatpolys.com/shack/doggycolossus.jpg It was just a joke photoshop for the sh... : aeg1x
• Back in Half-Life 1 modding was all the rage I was into that a bit. My biggest involvement being with Fro... : DOOManiac
• Hah.... once when I bought a gaming mouse from a small company, I got a note in the package along with it... : Johnny Law
• Nope. :| I wonder if GeorgeB has... : CrustaR
• I am an e-superstar. : randomposter
• I worked on Tux Racer. : SeaLlama

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  Last night was fun, hopefully we can get a few more players tonight without shackwest going down. : mrseldowski
  • My PC is fixed now so I'll play : Richese
• woohoo im omw : renoforrent
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  Downloading now! : yosemiteclimber
  • Crap I can't play tonight, BUT I have a 3 day guest pass if anyone would like to check it out. Post your ... : yosemiteclimber
• *ALSO* Post in this thread if you plan on playing on a regular basis (even if it's not tonight), I wan... : .Jayson
• Yay I have time to play tonight! : daedraug
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  I usually make an appearance for DoD Shackbattles, I play as Chaz Raab : cjcharv
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    nice to put a name to a... err.. name : .Jayson
    • See what happens when you don't pick the correct Shack name, I get stuck with my login name. : cjcharv
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    My name I use is Deadpool. : mrseldowski
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      Do you spout absurd nonsense and break the fourth wall while playing? : Arcanum
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        I try, but my writers are not that good in real-time. : mrseldowski
        • Ba-dum ching! : Damodred
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  If I am home and not studying at that time then I will play. Are you going to make an announcement in the... : freshyk
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    I messaged Alco to see if he can, I am not an admin in the group. : .Jayson
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      I can give you admin status on the main Shack Steam group which will let you send out an alert to over 15... : freshyk
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        awesome, thanks! : .Jayson
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          Done. I sent you message over Steam but your wife responded. Oops. : freshyk
          • hahaha : .Jayson
          • done and done, thank you good sir! : .Jayson
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        That was an idiotic decision, ban him from group please. : dkrulz
        • shacknews posted a new event! shacknews posted a new event! shacknews posted a new event! shacknews pos... : Trips
        • Aw, I only counted 4 announcements. : daedraug
        • :( : .Jayson
    • I added you to the admin list of the DoD:S group. You wife also responded to my steam messages... Good... : Alco23
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  If people join a bit earlier (15/30 mins), i'll totally do a couple maps : smegmar
  • 4am IS a bit late, I'd be up for earlier :( I'll be up all night writing anyway, so I'll be there wheneve... : daedraug
  • I plan on trying to get in there around 630 if possible : .Jayson
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  I'll play if I have internets at home. Huricane Ike has made my internet go in and out. :( : flubba79
  • Lock the door and close your windows :( : daedraug
  • No internets. Fuck you Ike! : flubba79
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  haha, i will be there. : Dschinghis Khan
  • =D : .Jayson
  • I'll spade you next week! :P : Alco23
• i will be there tonight! : AlexXdude
• Now that I have a fast internet connection for gaming I can actually attend these! :D : Lionhart32935
• I'll be there next week. : mnsnota
• mid afternoon bump! : .Jayson
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  I'd be there but I can't seem to unglue myself from WAR. : Damodred
  • It will be there when you finish playing DoD:S with us!!!! true story! : .Jayson
• I'm in. : Trips
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  I just restarted the server; dod_tunisia should NOT be in the lineup. let me know if there are any probl... : ]pm[chem
  • thanks! : .Jayson
• I should be able to come tonight. And I'm (mostly) a regular for the Shackbattles. : Arctic Fox