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  miscommunication kills in the military. we were doing training at some base during a really dry summer... : mindfk
  • Dude that is insane. Incredibly lucky to be alive I'd say : SatansFist
  • God damn man. You are fucking lucky. : dudehoyt
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    I forget, were/are you in special forces. I remember someone floating around here is. They posted a sto... : stgdz
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      I think you mean deadfish, but I don't think he is SF : AlexXdude
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17852894 : AlexXdude
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      naw just marines. : mindfk
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        no I'm not. : deadfish
        • heh o you... fail at early morning reading : deadfish
    • you're talking about spacerat i think who told that story, who is NOT special forces. : xxiv
  • whoa. military intelligence! : hirez
  • fantastic story, I'm surprised you didn't try to get your CO written up or something? : PlanetPerfecto
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    You have a new CO & 1st Sgt because the others got busted down? : Ride-My-Rocket
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      naw they just rotated out. : mindfk
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        haha.....were they "took other assignments" fired or genuinely completed their company command time? : xxiv
        • nope, both genuinely completed their time. our CO at the time was a CWO who was pulling temporary duty as... : mindfk
  • Jesus Christ, man... : DingoStoleMyBaby
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    glad you made it out of that ok! nobody wants to be the guy killed in training. side note: i thou... : xxiv
    • gunnery sgt = e7 master sgt/1st sgt = e8 sgt maj/master gunnery sgt = e9 we have a company-level gun... : mindfk
  • This whole scenario seems incredibly consistent with everything I've ever experienced in the Military. : zerog83
• a car almost flipped onto mine. but i swerved and it didn't. i might not have died, though, so my stor : dahanese
• One winter we spun out on a bridge, there was a seventy or eighty foot drop, and our back end was hanging... : Modica Sol Solis
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  When I was 18 I lived at college and worked at a restaurant about 15 miles away. Most of that distance wa : ConfusedUs
  • :| Glad you were ok. : GoodBoy
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  when i was a youngster and doing the dumb things youngsters do - a drunken friend of mine decided it woul : Dave-A
  • Wow. : Wisp!
  • that would deserve a serious beatdown : GloriousCow
  • You can thank your special angel for that : FiReaNG3L
  • You don't hang out with that guy anymore do you? : SockMonkeh
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    now you have to do something special with your life. : .sticks.
    • *bends over and spreads his cheeks* It's special. Go at it, son. : disposition
  • Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck. : Super Sparker
  • It didnt jam, the meager .22 bounced off your shirt and back into the barrel. : noobja
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    how did it jam before a round was fired. WHAT JAMMED?!?! : [fry]
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      i could be wrong, i was only like 12 at the time. whatever happened, didn't fire anyway. : Dave-A
      • It was empty. : coldfusioncs
      • it did fire, dave. you've only been seeing what you wanted to see. :( : [fry]
      • sure the safety wasn't on? : even4
      • Safety was on. : GoodBoy
    • we had just been shooting at a water tank : Dave-A
  • OMFG. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Luck +7? : soapland
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  Before I was adopted I was living in Sudan, and my father rented me out as a prostitute when I was seven.... : Hello Kitty
  • are you serious? : MagicWishMonkey
  • GTFO. Seriously? : godhatingatheist
  • How much did you cost? : sweat
  • Very nice, how much? : rosewood
  • The fuck? : disposition
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18350815 : AlexXdude
    • Holy shit ArB, its now my life goal to find you and verify if this is true or not. : noobja
  • I wasn't going to kill you. Just cut you a little. : bRAINsick
  • where did your adoptive family live? : RikiTiki2
  • And now you live in the Spokane Valley? Your life sounds like it sucks. : ejectorpod
  • go on.... : mega man
  • Either you have a great imagination, or your life kind of sucked. : Rominas
  • Shit, so your dad was a real pimp daddy huh? : voodooraze
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  I drank too much chocolate milk the other day : TheFatMom
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    And.... you are lactose intolerant? : semaphore
    • I don't know. So I think not : TheFatMom
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  this one time i was just continuously eating baked beans. for some reason i just felt compelled to keep s... : DrFlammable
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    were they Boston or Black? : kill9
    • Busch's. : DrFlammable
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  When I was in 1st grade I was invited to a pool party for this kids birthday. As everyone was getting ou... : dopeman
  • Was also in various car accidents, but none were super life threatening. : dopeman
  • I had the same thing happen to me. I came to on my own though and started barfing up water. : plunkymeadows
• When I was a kid I thought I was a pretty good swimmer. So I thought I could handle being out in a very l... : rosewood
• Real simple. Installing an evaporative mist cooling system on the top of USC's (South Carolina) indo... : mafu5150
• OK, I'll play along. I was in second grade when my mom asked me to take out the trash. The trash bag w... : dudehoyt
• I almost choked to death at lunch in high school, a piece of food that I swallowed go lodge in my esophog... : stgdz
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  One time, back when I was about 7 years old, I decided to play around in the creek that is behind my hous... : lakren
  • wut : reverend~heresy
  • Now this is the story all about how My fourth dimension got flipped, turned upside down And Id like to ... : DrFlammable
• i almost drowned in my pond, and I've choked two times. I have also saved my mother's life too. : vital3d
• Back when I lived in the hood I was known to be the tuffest mother fucker in the place. So of course ever... : Utopia
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  I've almost died several times as a kid because of my defective heart but i don't really remember those t... : baron calamity
  • Fucking hell, that sounds terrible :( : Bamtan
  • Did the professor get in some big time shit for that?! : Super Sparker
  • Holy shit. That's really dangerous. It's not uncommon to find students sleeping in the halls. If you h... : spazzium
  • Tell me you sued the school, holy shit. : ant_hillbilly
  • Holee shit man. I hope you kept the appendix and mailed it to that prof. : Ovate
  • wow. just dragged you into the hall. wtf. : hirez
  • I would think that they would at least call a doctor over if that happened. Dragging you out after you p... : DHAvatar
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    So did you pass/no pass that class? : Karnov
    • I passed the class. No small part thanks to sitting around the hospital for a month with nothing to do bu... : baron calamity
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    I don't normally advocate suing but I'd make an exception in your case. : ArtilleryMarker
    • I looked into it but ultimately I didn't. Maryland law protects untrain people giving aid quite a bit and... : baron calamity
  • Jesus. I would have found the people in your class, starting with your professor, and rammed my fucking f... : PlanetPerfecto
  • did you ever try to sue or file a claim with the police against any of them? : biskits
  • Wow. We need to know what happened afterward with the school. : ieGod
  • You could have sued the school, I think; whether or not you should have I don't know. : thief
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    What happened after that?!?!??! : CrustaR
    • Nothing really. I got better, went back to school and aced all my classes thanks to my extended study tim... : baron calamity
  • HOLY SHIT! Did you get that teacher fired? : disposition
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    What the fuck I would have fucking gone Seung Hui Cho on that fucking class and professor and seriously f... : soggybagel
    • P.S. that was the Virginia tech shooter : soggybagel
  • What the hell school was that? : voodooraze
• i remember in stl i was stopped at a stoplight on an overpass. i waited for what seemed like 2 straight m... : reverend~heresy
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  Got drunk, rolled my vehicle, woke up in jail to them buzzing the door, didn't know WTF happened. No one... : goatjc
  • bastard : andre GiANT
• onetime i was in a rocking chair and rocked so vehemently that i fell over backward, didnt almost die or ... : papaskot
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  I was on Oceanic Flight 815 : SwiftyPants
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    I was on Pacific Air Flight 121 : reign27
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      I was on Air Force One : hirez
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        I was on United Airlines Flight 93 : Morgin
        • oh wait I fucked that up a bit didn't I : Morgin
• I was in a coma for a week when I was about 8, I should not have lived and if I did i should of been a ve... : jayares
• one time I was with friends in High School. we were young and very stupid. OMG, we were so stupid. ... : fatman
• When i was 9 or 10 i had a friend who had a psychotic older brother around 12/13 who used to follow us ar... : alphablu
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  As a child I was very hyper active. We had a Honda with a standard transmission and we lived in a traile... : conandan
  • did you die? : jaga
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  I think I might win this one. I was shot in the heart and lung with a BB Gun when I was in 8th grade. Had... : FormerHPB
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    That must've been one hell of a BB gun. : Conan
    • it was a Red Ryder : AlexXdude
    • no shit. we had bb gun fights back in the day and it was harmless fun. : goatjc
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    how exactly did that happen? : hirez
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      9 pumps : deadfish
      • hahah, i always hated the asshole kids who would pump their gun more than twice. Assholes. : MagicWishMonkey
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    More circumstances of the actual incident. Was it like point blank or something? : spazzium
    • Yeah, was it child suicide? : Rominas
    • Yes, it was point blank. It was one of those pump up one where you could keep pumping it up to build the... : FormerHPB
  • I've been shot in the neck with a BB gun (BB still in there) but it wasn't life threatening like that. : changejar419
• i was gnawing on a pen cap that had kind of a detachable bit at the top while i was reading dan quayle qu... : delataur
• Not very exciting, but after a day of eating shrooms and no nutritional meals I blacked out in the female... : hoov1185
• Pretty simple story .. as a ~16 year old teenager, went out and about doing the stupid things teens do ..... : strider_
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  During (my) birth, my mother lost oxygen for 2 minutes. Basically she died for a couple of minutes and su... : jane911
  • Or the 35 foot ladderfall which landed me on my back and fused my right elbow for the rest of my life....... : jane911
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    I was born blue, with an umbilical cord wrapped around my neck. Had my mother been standing while giving... : Rominas
    • Me too! Mine was tied in knots and shit! And then I got jaundice. : voodooraze
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    I was born with spinal meningitis and was pronounced dead just as they managed to resuscitate me. And I g... : Modica Sol Solis
    • high five zombie brother! : jane911
• i've almost died a ton from falling off a mountain to being shot at. i'm just too lazy to type it up and ... : deadfish
• We had this rig in Kindergarten, I'm not sure what to call it It was a wooden construction, about 2.5 - 3... : Marauder IIC
• Passed out on the preschool playground as a child. Woke up in a hospital. I was told epinephrine was gi... : sukabljat
• I was about 4 years old, my older sister was 7. We were playing "knights" and my sister was pushing me ar... : hirosushima
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  Freshman year of high school I had quite a few nosebleeds. Up until that time, they weren't really that ... : magistersmax
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    That is some very random crazy shit : rosewood
    • There were a few little warning signs. There were a ton of broken capillaries in my legs that I had show... : magistersmax
  • Another musing from this whole ordeal: Both times I went to the hospital, I had been sitting around ... : magistersmax
  • You sound like an episode of House, M.D., only they would have drilled into your brain or had to jumpstar... : cerealSAM2
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  not die, but this day sure sucked! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=10164040#itemanchor_10164040 ... : Morgin
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    Haha, see my musing post above. Amazing how much empty space we have in there. : magistersmax
    • its gross. also, the nose clot.. i know your pain. Mine was actually huge and hard and couldn't be blown ... : Morgin
• I rolled my precious '65 VW Notchback three and a half times at 75mph on a narrow mountain road. There ... : Sludgehead
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  When I was about 16 or 17, I was at home alone goofing around playing computer games. Eventually, I start... : MercFox1
  • I would have worried more about brain swelling/ concussion than of bleeding out. Also, the cells respons... : Rominas
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18288780 : mojo the helpr monke
• Just to contribute. Best friend and I, approximately 12 yrs old both. I had just learnt to mow the lawn o... : Skoal^Fyfan
• I used to drive for a living. I don't know how close I really came to death, and I'm not sure how such t... : Rominas
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  I fell 5 stories when I was a kid. My parents were out of town and I was supposed to be watched-over ... : Megara9
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    Do you have dreams of falling now? I mean, more than average, you think? : Rominas
    • no but I dream of flying all the time! :D Never had a dream where I've felt scared, either. Dreams are a... : Megara9
  • Has the fall and your memory of it given you any thoughts regarding fate? Just out of curiosity. Also, ho : PlanetPerfecto
• I fell off a tractor to land on the back of my head on the metal step, then fall to the ground while the ... : windowpane
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  During my last trip to Washington, DC, I was doing my downtown tourist thing. I really enjoyed my trip to... : Juno
  • holy shit what time did that happen? : kill9
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    Several times? Jeez man, you're a tank! : five_percent
    • he must have been spamming stimpacks like crazy... or he had some pliers handy : aeg1x
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  been shot 3 times on 2 separate occasions, all before i was the age of 13. both times were drive-by's. ... : siknsyko
  • Jesus christ. The shootings in this thread are freaking me out. That is so messed up. : Danny5225
  • cool thread, paco. no seriously though. glad you made it through, and that's a heck of a story, for sure.... : PlanetPerfecto
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    damn thats crazy. You should get the pneumonia vaccination; once now and once again when 65. : hirez
    • no joke, i hear you are more susceptible to it if you catch it young - which i suppose accounts for the 3... : siknsyko
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    to be fair, hombre, you look a fuckton like paco. my bad. : disposition
    • cold case = solved!! : siknsyko
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    2nd amendment for the win, paco. : steelsamurai
    • no shit. i fucking live in Texas, too. : siknsyko
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    holy shit dude - was there any motive behind this shit? i guess it's fucked up to imagine 2 dudes just s... : the city
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      the only one i can call any motive to was the first one, where i hung out with friends who were in a gang... : siknsyko
      • I never lived in a messed up neighborhood like that but do people ever rat out the thugs that cause all t... : handofthrawn
  • Wow. Also shackers I propose this is the one case where a shackname change would be for the better, to P... : DinK
  • more like 75 cent. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • damn dude, makes me really appreciate the environment I grew up in. : MagicWishMonkey
  • wow, another shacker who survived a shooting. Congrats! You were shot with real guns though. I was sho... : FormerHPB
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  I don't really know if this is considered "almost dying", but I never have experienced anything that brou... : dilutedq
  • for reference http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16262778#itemanchor_16262778 was the original thread wh... : dilutedq
  • Christ I remember that post. Fucked up. : nomaad
• I burned my finger on the oven at the weekend. : rock elf
• I was tossed out of my parents truck when I was 5. My Mom was driving. We were turning left at a l... : jasoncrowley
• I have never had a near death experience except in dreams. You fuckers are nuts. : DingoStoleMyBaby
• Aged four I fell off my bike and smacked my head on a fence post. A quick trip to casualty and some stitc... : fen boi
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  Only one I can really think of is when I was a baby, my dad was tossing me in to the air and catching me ... : aeg1x
  • I'm always paranoid about throwing my cat into the ceiling fan. He doesn't like it much when I toss him u... : MagicWishMonkey
• I ruptured my spleen and lacerated my liver while snowboarding when I was 15. I bled internally for 6 ho... : changejar419
• Shooting seabirds out on a small boat with a few friends. Waters were a bit rough, but ok. My left ear ... : dael
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  I caught meningitis when I was 3, spent a week or so in the hospital. Oh and I had amnesia for about 8... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Ooh, a fellow meningitis dude! I had spinal meningitis when I was 2. Ran a fever of 106. Mom was a ... : cerealSAM2
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      Meningitis is some crazy shit. I remember watching Thriller that night before bed, and I wasn't feeling v... : MagicWishMonkey
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        You must be 80 and a half in a different base numbering system than I use. 'Cause I'm a lot older than... : cerealSAM2
        • haha, I'm 27 in person years. I don't remember being injected with anything, I know I was in the hosp... : MagicWishMonkey
• My dad fancies himself the chemist and one day invited me outside to watch him show off a thermite reacti... : Omaha
• The original thread had something about "Almost died, but ended up unharmed" I don't have any stories wor... : Slowtreme
• Summer after high school I went to the lake with friends. When we got there everyone ran out into the wa... : mrwolf710
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  I've got a couple of them, one I told last night.... I was about 22, and was camping with a bunch of f : zerog83
  • Electricity is fun. My Dad, when he was 16, had the bright idea to untangle a kite out of a power ... : jasoncrowley
• this thread is horrible ...cant stop reading it : cptstern

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  Uh...where have you been going to on the internet? : pigvomit
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    here, mostly. : nomaad
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      mostly. : disposition
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        here 8===D O: : nomaad
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          doesn't that penif look a little petite for your tastes? : disposition
          • I am many things, but I am not penisist : nomaad
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            Chubby penis. : pieman
            • he's just big boned! : dixieboi
    • Those ad's are pretty accurate then. : Drewus
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  jesus chrihst. : ejectorpod
  • you know you want it : yAak
• It's true, people in Iceland are really getting desperate :) : moshman
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  You have a lot of messages. : FirstPersonCooter
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    eh not after eight years of posting : nomaad
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      Damn, I've been here 7+ and I have 60 even. : Horn
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        1 year of active posting, 195 messages. The TF2 tournaments tended to bump up the level of SMs significan... : Arctic Fox
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          also, nukes :) : moshman
          • hahahaha true : Arctic Fox
  • lol n00b! :) : moshman
  • I have the same sitting in my inbox, and that's after a massive archiving. : ieGod
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    272 is not a lot of shackmessages. I'm at 1010 infact : Toraz Chryx
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      all bow to might Toraz : moshman
      • all glory to the hypnotoad : Toraz Chryx
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  This is how Steve gets people to join Mercury. : Wyvern
  • Indeed...I get pissed off when I see ads and then realize I'm signed out, I promptly sign back in to get ... : Scotty22
• So who did you pick? Stephen or Don? : sandcrab
• False advertising. Some of those guys are beyond chubby and well into portly territory. : rock elf
• gay chubby dating?! : justsayno
• user based advertising, fat fag : [7]kami
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  twinkie twinks? bubble bears? fatty fags? giant gays? humongous homos? corpulent queers? portly packers? : GloriousCow
  • affable alliterations? : festivalman
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    You're giving this too much thought, you know. : zehh
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      are you suggesting something good sir : GloriousCow
      • he was probably going to suggest boinking butt buddies. or something. : festivalman
• It was only a matter of time. lol : ThomW
• BHAHAHHAHAA : Maddog_Delphi97
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  hellloooo stephen28... you've got a prudy mouth.... : -=kodiak=-
  • BRING OUT THE SLING : [7]kami
  • yo kodiak is being a bear about fucking big fat dudes or is it just hairy burt reynolds motherfuckers? : SpaecKow
• Don't knock it till you've tried it. : someWayne
• they hit the right audience, the shack. LOL : AMikaboshi
• targeted ads :o : dantastic
• is that Goodman on the right? O_o : deviantpaul
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  what kind of searches have you done to get that!!! Oh man that's comedy : jedi_27
  • hey hey HEY. this is entirely you guys' fault. : nomaad
• wow. the guy on the right is surprisingly cute. go for it! : dopefish

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  With a lot of my friends having 360's, and loving them, this reason alone is the reason I won't own one. ... : Grandmoff
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    ok : boomstickah
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      Sorry for expressing my opinion on a video game console on a video game forum. : Grandmoff
      • Don't worry about it, we all have the right to share an opinion every now and then. Just don't do it too... : bitter ego
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        The sheer joy the 360 brings you is well worth the wait for a RROD'd console. Around here the xbox is th... : jingletard
        • I'd say he's doing a service to gamers by not supporting a console with the shelf life of a bic lighter. ... : Pneum0
      • it's just a worthless fear. I've had two die and it's still the best game machine I've owned in years. : hamachi
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        Your concerns are valid but just note that the more recent 360s have been refined and are not likely to f... : boomstickah
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          ok : CrustaR
          • no vanity search padding I am impressed : boomstickah
        • Judging by the amount of people in this thread that have broken 360's out for repair or dirty disc errors... : Pneum0
      • I bet you also refuse to own pets. : DarkWolf5
  • hay guys i'm not gonna drive my super awesome car, I might wreck it or it might breakdown. : reznory
  • Mine just RROD'ed, and the day it arrived at the depot they shipped one back to me. It comes on Friday. ... : Ovate
  • Man, I wonder how you feel about regular computers. : Sailor of Fortune
  • lol : mwasher
• Once they are up it's pretty quick. Mine went out sometime last week and on thursday evening I went onlin... : Prozium
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  Now I remember why I stick to PC gaming. If my computer breaks, I can fix it myself usually. : WildDanimal
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    yeah you just solder up that shit and you're good to go : derelict515
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      Not even that, usually! I've never had to solder anything in a computer. If it's a hardware problem, you ... : WildDanimal
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        well the thread is about hardware issues, and in that case you still have to rely on someone else to get ... : derelict515
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          True, but you can just go to a computer store and buy a replacement part. Which I find preferable to havi... : WildDanimal
          • What if you don't know which part is causing you problems? : Longinus00
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            that requires isolating the offending part, figuring out a suitable replacement, and finding a local stor... : derelict515
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              Sure, but PC gamers have gotten pretty good at isolating the component in question. (It's typically the P... : enyakk
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                typically nothing, troubleshooting broken hardware is far from trivial, and is an extreme annoyance. At l... : derelict515
                • Bullshit, I do it several times a day. : sheepraper
          • What if it's a laptop? : Sailor of Fortune
          • If we're taking buying a replacement part, you can buy a replacement 360 for very little money (cheaper t... : nudel
      • Nothing beats FREE hardware repair though -- which MS has done pretty good to counterbalance the RROD. : changejar419
    • Do not use solder and PC in the same sentence, please. : sheepraper
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    All the threads about Fallout on the PC crashing remind me of why I tend to get the 360 versions of most ... : nudel
    • Fuck you. : coolbreezr
• My 3rd 360 just red ringed on me too. I don't know if I even care enough to get it fixed this time. : valael
• They are taking forever to send me a "new" one. : Boxelder
• Ms continues to fuck this up in epic proportions for no reason other than large company bueracracy : japoneez
• Despite having a RRoD, I do not regret my 360 purchase AT ALL. : Rice-Rocketeer
• I've been getting a lot of dirty disc errors lately.... I think my optical drive is getting ready to give... : c_man_tmt
• PC gaming. Nuff said. My pc doesn't RROD. :D : coolbreezr
• Dude, I picked up Fallout 3 and 2 days later my 3rd RRoD. I share your pain. I managed to get my box in... : an_avenger

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  So modeled & textured? What about lighting? : eonix
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    All of it. : lplasmatron
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      I might put up a lighting/clutter gallery later, since there are lots of areas that I didn't "build" that... : lplasmatron
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        Do you guys have separate world artists and level builders? : Chris Remo
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          Yeah, there is an LD department. We (mostly me and like 2 other people) create kits for the LDs to use to... : lplasmatron
          • That's cool to know. I haven't gotten to either of those places yet. :( : SockMonkeh
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  heavenofrags.de... now there's a blast from the past. :O : DOOManiac
  • Heaven of Rags! : SockMonkeh
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  as someone who has yet to buy FO3... those aren't in-game shots, right? just concept art? : AbortedFetusChristi
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    No those are ingame. : lplasmatron
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      O_O jesus fuck me with a ketchup bottle, if asked to look either at tits or those shots BUT NOT BOTH I re... : AbortedFetusChristi
      • I had no idea either! Everything I've seen looks like they replaced the rolling hills of Oblivion with r... : ThomW
      • That cavern city was one of the most impressive moments of the game because you really don't expect it, a... : Rominas
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        Seriously? Is it really that impressive? I'm not shitting on lplasma's rose cause he's done a fantastic j... : Skoal^Fyfan
        • if you think its easy to make a wasteland look beautiful you are woefully underestimating things. Look at... : derelict515
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  So would you be the one to harass about the lack of shadows? Because seriously, I really want shadows ... : Vincent Grayson
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    That's a programmer thing, trust me, as an artist, I definitely wanted it. Given the poly density of the ... : lplasmatron
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      I don't...it just seems very striking looking at all the other big releases this year. I mean, I know the... : Vincent Grayson
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        And what's that underground area? I haven't been there yet. : Vincent Grayson
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          Little Lamplight : lplasmatron
          • Luray Caverns? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  God damn, Purkeypile. : mittense
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    Also, while navigating Little Lamplight (that's what the first set is, right?) was annoying, it was certa... : mittense
    • Yeah they are kinda dickheads. :) : lplasmatron
• i've just started playing, i dont want spoilers! :( Will check out later : filthysock
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  does the last image make anyone else hungry for sausage : Luminair
  • ___second : Luminair
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  Desert crisis mod! I helped beta test it back in the day.. that's awesome. : jingletard
  • Haha, awesome. Those were some fun times. : lplasmatron
  • Yeah me and my friends used to lan this mod all the time! : choppp
• Needs more joining the super mutant faction ending option for Fallout 3! : alias
• oh cool, you're responsible for like 75% of the "holy shit this looks awesome" environments, nice job :D : Majuju
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  There better not be any spoilers in here, guy. : SockMonkeh
  • It's mostly major locations, so if you consider getting a look at those areas a spoiler, it would be. But... : lplasmatron
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  I just found that kids' city today in FO3, it was one of the greatest "oh shit that's amazing" gaming mom... : Rominas
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    Thanks man, I put a lot of time into that one. We even went on a 3 hour tour of some caves around here an... : lplasmatron
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      Did you just show up with a camera and say you were making a video game? Did you flash an id at them or ... : Rominas
      • Yeah, we told them we were making a game, and they were really open to it. We didn't have to pay extra or... : lplasmatron
      • Cavers are generally pretty amicable if you're willing to take cave conservation seriously. They just rea... : Dan[WSB]
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  I can't stand looking at Fallout 3 screen shots. I had to turn all of the settings down to the minimum to... : Anti_dentite
  • Ouch, dude. Time to upgrade. : Rominas
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    Specs? : Trips
    • Geforce 6600 Pentium 4 2.6ghz 2gb of ram It ran doom 3 well enough with the settings on medium, but ... : Anti_dentite
• Your work is as awesome as your name. Totally. : SiW.
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  The great chamber is awesome. I couldnt find anything to do in there but I did enjoy just looking at. ... : smacknca
  • Yeah, I really wish we actually put some stuff to do in there, heh. : lplasmatron
• So basically what you're saying is, you designed some of the most incredible areas in fallout 3. : cdbeckman
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  What's the unannounced project? : stump
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    Something tells me we're not allowed to know yet :( I mean, I guess it's a given there'll be more Fall... : Vincent Grayson
    • Well, didn't they just confirm that Elder Scrolls V is in the works at least? They also have the Star ... : IndigoAK
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  Damn I need to play more. I have video settings on Ultra, and I haven't come across anything that looks ... : twifosp
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    My thoughts too, the game I'm playing doesn't look that good. : voodooraze
    • The only thing special I did was up the contrast a tad on a few shots, since it's on a lightish backgroun... : lplasmatron
• The Great Hall in Little Lamplight is just stunning. Great work! : SeaLlama
• yargh i hated the great hall. 'massively confusing when I was looking for the leader, who was just walkin... : Foxhawk
• Congratulations! That is some great stuff, props on some excellent work. : okhelosir
• Well done! : Rampancy
• That's awesome thanks man! : shavenewok
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  Tech/engine question: Why are we seeing dithered alpha blending in games again? Like this: http://www.... : nudel
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    In that case it's probably just because Metroid Prime 3 is on the Wii, which is indeed 2 gamecubes taped ... : lplasmatron
    • I see this in Fallout 3 too though, but only with AA. : DinK
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      Even on the Wii it seems odd to me that doing it that way is much cheaper than doing proper alpha-blendin... : nudel
      • Transparency of any kind has always been a huge sticking point in game engines. It's almost always slow a... : lplasmatron
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  There's something really weird I found in Fallout and since there was no explination maybe you know the s... : Marauder IIC
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    pics http://www.shackpics.com/files/1_ytz5qk58efr047k52k6w.jpg http://www.shackpics.com/files/2_ke7qn... : Marauder IIC
    • Haha, that's something I made. Initially it was along the main quest in Taft Tunnel, but we decided to mo... : lplasmatron
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  You guys looking for animators? ;) : Drewus
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    Also, what software are you guys using for animation/modelling? Max? Maya? XSI? : Drewus
    • Max. Thankfully, I can't stand Maya. : lplasmatron
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    I hope they are. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • And if they aren't they should be! : pyide
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    they should be :< It's always been the weakest part of their games imo. It's like these awesome worlds an... : aeg1x
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      That's a tech issue FYI, not something the animators actually did/didn't do. : lplasmatron
      • Time to upgrade that tech, then. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      they just need motion capture :( : pancake humper
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        We have a motion capture studio. The engine just doesn't do blending and things like that. : lplasmatron
        • really? You guys used mocap on fallout 3? : aeg1x
• nice work : synapse19
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  hee hee. your stuff was in grandma's boy. rite? that was the same demonik. cancelled majesco game? : draconic
  • Heh, yeah that's the one. That was going to be a real game (with Clive Barker attached to it), but it got... : lplasmatron
• Beautiful. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Very Impressive! : cjcharv
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  WHAT IS "UNANNOUNCED PROJECT" >:-( http://www.lplasma.com/resume.html : boring gegtik
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    he's making a brahmin armor shop for the dlc : aeg1x
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      Whores Armor actually. Nah just kidding, the DLC is Knights of the Nine size. :P : lplasmatron
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        Is this a lot? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Yeah, that is pretty big. Not Shivering Isles huge, but pretty dang huge. : lplasmatron
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            Can you disclose if it's a new area or the same map? Bodymore?! Philly? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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              Leesburg : zakazi
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                Historic Williamsburg : zakazi
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                  Busch Gardens : dirge23
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                    Virginia Beach! : Mad Brahmin Disease
                    • Tyson's Corner, but just II because that's the rich people side : qwpeoriu
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              Bethesda's offices : ThomW
              • hahaha : silent prophet
            • Jamestown : ateam311
            • I'm sure we'll get around to announcing it eventually. : lplasmatron
• Very, very cool! : silent prophet
• Those stills are awesome : I7 SilverFox
• Damn, I didn't need to see that. I HAVE to go out and buy it today. This sucks. (Pure, Fable2, Saints Row : Werkin
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  So looking at those Bloodrayne 2 shots, did you do the similar style statues I've seen in Fallout 3? Lik... : DinK
  • No I didn't do that Underworld one, but it is definitely a similar style. I did do a lot of the lighting/... : lplasmatron
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  Dude you did Little Lamplight? That was one of the biggest visual treats in the game! Nice work! : zerog83
  • agreed, this was one of the moments where i paused and said "wow!" : dirge23
  • Thanks. That's what happens if they just let me go nuts for a couple months. :P : lplasmatron
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  Metroid Prime 3 looks so much better in motion than in screenshots - such a shame. : c_man_tmt
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    Agreed, honestly a big part of why I left is the lackluster tech. : lplasmatron
    • lol watch out bethesda... : ThomW
• Thanks for sharing. It's a pleasure to walk through your work. : Wolfanoz
• I want to make love to your hands. :( : skitzo
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  lots of nice atmosphere in these! really excellent job. i better go pick up fallout 3, soon :) : robingchyo
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    did you work off any concept art? i'm assuming you did : robingchyo
    • In some cases, but not always. : lplasmatron

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• I've been all over that building and can't find it either. : guido anchovy
• Lovecraft FTW : Master Tonberry
• I just went through that building today and didn't find anything of the sort. Found a bobblehead though. : alarm cock
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  I don't think there is one. I even broke out the Guide book to see if there was anything else. I was dis... : Modulus
  • Agreed. Fantastic build-up that just ends with that one encounter. I expected to find something else down... : Vincent Grayson
• Oh man I wish I hadn't clicked that. :/ : DOOManiac
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  Is there a basement below the building? I can't remember. : guido anchovy
  • Yes, and some small cavern. : Conan
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  perks question, Educated is still a good choice right? : filthysock
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    right? : filthysock
    • i always take it. : DrFlammable
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    I always take xp boosting and skill point boosting perks asap. : edgewise
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      I decided not to do any xp boosting, because I heard there's a level cap. : Juno
      • Yeah. The free instant level one is kind of a trap too. You end up with one fewer perk than you would hav... : Gonzo
    • Xp boosting is a waste. You should get other perks. If you want more XP, put it on hard or very hard. Yo... : razlebol
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  The book isn't actually in there. I did the thing at the very bottom of it though. It was never scheduled... : lplasmatron
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    But it ends so abruptly and with no resolution! I mean, it was a cool dungeon, but it just seemed like... : Vincent Grayson
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      I know. It needed A giant Mirelurk or something. Also a necronomicon would be a cool item to put in your : Modulus
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        Speaking of ambiguous dungeon endings, I launched the ICBM in whatever building it was that had the crazy : Vincent Grayson
        • Good question. I don't think I ever did that. : lplasmatron
        • lol. I just launched that, too. "Intercontinental Ballistic Missile." We just launched a missile towards ... : Cihte
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        I think the idea was to make it vague and stuff. I kind of agree though. : lplasmatron
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          btw is this your Lincoln shrine? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18330225#itemanchor_18330225 http:... : Modulus
          • Haha, yeah that is my Lincoln shrine. :) : lplasmatron
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  I just did the "follow in his footsteps" quest. Mother fucker! I want to wear the power armour! DAMN YOU! : avatar_58
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    but dont do the same mistake I made. leave it there for now and save some inventory space. trust me, you ... : TheFatMom
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      I repaired it together and stashed it in my house. : avatar_58
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        but the enclave power armor is much better. And you will fight them just before going to the citadel, whe : TheFatMom
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          .....I can't read any of that. :( Don't want it spoiled. : avatar_58
          • in other words, if you somehow short on capsule, sell it. : TheFatMom
• I agree, I dont remember a video game makes me waking up a 5am to play. damn I had 4days off to play non ... : TheFatMom
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  I am thinking of going full blown evil mofo with my next character. I want to be a sneaker who has the Ni... : NastyJack
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    the only thing I hate about being evil is you sometime "miss" some contents/stuff. I mean I can't expect ... : TheFatMom
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      you also miss content if you're good or neutral : aeg1x
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        not nearly as much as if you're evil though : derelict515
        • but thats ok with me. You sometimes just need more exploration/investigation, I guess its the price to pa... : TheFatMom
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          how so? For every instance in which you do something nice for someone you're missing out on the chance to... : aeg1x
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            the best exemple is probably megaton, if you blow this shit out at the begenning you miss alot of content... : TheFatMom
            • I didnt blew megaton yet, but I guess you get eveil karma points for this right? : TheFatMom
            • haha yeah I actually did do that :P : aeg1x
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              Yeah but on the flipside most people go into Paradise Falls shooting and they miss out on that town. : lplasmatron
              • I went in, got a quest to save kids, and followed through. But one kid didn't want to leave unless someon : reign27
              • I just went through there last night with a Brotherhood of Steel NPC as backup we completely destroyed th : Priest77
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                I haven't gotten there yet but I just think in general it pays better to be good, which isn't really a bi... : derelict515
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                  Fable? I dunno : Majuju
                  • I haven't given Fable 2 any time but Fable really didn't have the same sort of scope with the lack of dia... : derelict515
    • It's funny, I stopped caring about that. I accidentally blew away the first scavenger I came across, and... : SatansFist
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    I don't understand the Mister Sandman perk. I haven't really come across any situations where someone was... : Modulus
    • Yeah, it's much more for evil characters who might be killing people at night in town. : Vincent Grayson
    • I agree I don't see it being "useful" whatsoever but I could see it being very fun if you are playing str... : NastyJack
  • I like being an evil character. If someone so much as looks at me wrong, I cap their asses. That doctor... : riptyde
  • I'll be evil next time but not full blown evil. I won't start killing everyone. : razlebol
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  quest re: fort britannica this place is full of talons. Is there a quest to deal with it or can I just c : Foxhawk
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    you mean Fort Bannister? I killed all the Talon Company motherfuckers there, including everyone in the b : deject
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      yea whoops, haha. FORT ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, home of the arch enemies of FORT ENCARTA : Foxhawk
      • Governed by Encyclopedia Brown? : brickmatt
      • lol! by the way, if you do fight the Commander guy, it's a really good idea to place a bunch of mines : deject
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  The Shishkabob made quick work of The Glowing One at the end of it. It did freak me out though. : deject
  • I really enjoyed it, especially listening to the audio notes you found around... : Juno
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  Radio Audio Problem Does anyone else have the popping with your radio music? It doesn't occur when the ... : twifosp
  • Yep, and I have no idea how to fix it. : hirosushima
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    some say FFDshow filter needs to be disabled/unistalled. : hirez
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      How does one do this? : ADSliv
      • I don't think it's true. I still have a problem with popping. Turning off the radio and then turning it b... : Marauder IIC
    • The game really, really hates "weird" audio/video codecs. I had an AC3 decoder that was installed as par... : Arcanum
  • Im having the same problem : extrahappyturtle
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    I had this problem which I fixed by popping in my soundblaster instead of using the onboard audio. Us... : cowbs
    • BTW I also had problems with FFDshow but it was causing serious crashing outside the vault. Tagging fallo... : cowbs
  • If you have ffdshow installed, go into Audio Codec Options and make sure "fallout3.exe" and any other ass... : EvilDolemite
• I can't agree enough. I've been playing for around 25 hours now, and I'm actually enjoying the game more : mmt681
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  The building was fucking creepy as hell. Is it part of a quest or something? : ErikTehRed
  • Nope, it's just something put out there for people to find. :) : Arcanum
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  I'm 56hrs in and I can't find the guy to allow me to wear power armor and I'm afraid to do the main quest... : Frozen Pixel
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    How far into the main quest am I? I've finished Tranquility Lane and gone to talk to dad at Rivet City, b... : Frozen Pixel
    • They spell it out for you when it becomes available, so keep going. : sleepytea
    • i just read that BoS Sarah Lyons is on the way to the GNR building, and if you're like me, you skipped th... : cygnus
• I was just there tonight. I have no new info but holy fuck that place was freaky. : stump
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  stuck at work, wish i was playing. all i have is the bongo bongo bongo song in my head. it's been hauntin... : arcane_
  • bingo bango bongo I'm so happy in the congo : Juno
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  In Minefield (the town): who the fuck was that old sniper asshole? I wanted to try to talk to him, since : EvilDolemite
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    some random guy afaik, if you kill him you get his house key. It's the one at the end of the road. It did... : mojo the helpr monke
    • Gronak comic, 4-5 stimpacks, maybe 50 bottle caps, that's about it. : EvilDolemite
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      There's a very hard lock in there, in a doll house. I bet something really good is inside. : Boxelder
      • oh yea, I couldn't unlock it at the time though. : mojo the helpr monke
    • Key unlocks every house in the town. Each house had a safe with stuff in it. : jayacheess
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    I think he's named because he's one of the few people/places to get a sniper rifle : warcrow
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      Yeah well, he's dead now :) Asshole! He blew up a goddamn car which landed on me and crippled my head a... : EvilDolemite
      • you can take him as a slaver target : RetroRedEyeJr
  • he was taking potshots at me so I hid and crouched behind something. then I got out of cover and shot him... : r3ckless
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  Question: I'm in Vault-Tec HQ and I got to the top floor where the computer is and I need a key to get in : sanchez
  • ahh never mind : sanchez
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  I'M LOST INT HE DAMN SUBWAY. : Boxelder
  • Heh, I hate the subway tunnels. Reminds me of Hellgate and those annoying windy oblivion mines. : Beady
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  Loving this game long time here! Can anybody tell me if radiation actually wears of by itself? In real... : tcs
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    RADs do wear off over time. On the PC version you can assign weapons to 123 etc. by holding down the n... : sanchez
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      There's a good way to do it for realtime combat, I'd just like to switch them in VATS or any other paused... : tcs
      • Yeah it does not look like there is a way, of course you were able to do this in Fallout 1/2 but at an AP... : sanchez
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  LOL i broke the fucking game. im at the temple of the union and one of the merchants is selling me a 70 ... : oHnOES
  • I haven't found too many bugs, but the ones I have found have been hilarious. I was escorting someo : jasoncrowley
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    hahahha my vendor named crow is ALL bugged for some reason. sometimes when i buy the cheap armor it aut : oHnOES
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      this is on xbox : oHnOES
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        what the hell, this totally ruins the game. the weapons merchant is broken also, i just bought a 17 cred... : oHnOES
        • atleast some of my earlier games on this character arent ruined. i wonder what i did : oHnOES
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  Threadjack: How far does the area spread beyond D.C., north/southbound-wise? : Wolfanoz
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    Central DC is in the South-Eastern corner of the map, Germantown and Bethesda are in it, so I'd say it go... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • And by Arlington I mean Alexandria. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Awesome... I'll have to roam around my ole digs in Herndon and Leesburg and see if messicans are still th : Wolfanoz
    • Expansion? : Crimsonbeak
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  ok is there anyway to get into Little Lamplight other than having to go rescue those stupid kids, but i c : onji
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    There's more stuff later on. But if you go on a killing spree in Paradise, the only affect on your karma ... : geedeck
    • interesting, time to gear up and unload on them i guess : onji

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  I've been playing good only because I want people to give me missions. Killing someone randomly is fun s... : Rominas
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    wtf? replay value is bad? : hamachi
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      It depends how you play, why you play, and why you replay. Personally I like to find everything on the m... : Rominas
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        I guess when I play a game for the first time, I do so as a total badass and kill everything that moves a... : Modica Sol Solis
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          What the fuck. Why are you being an asshole? : Rominas
          • I'm not trying to be! I just think the first playthrough is best spent playing the game, learning about t... : Modica Sol Solis
      • I was doing the "Check everything" way of playing, but now I've decided to stick with the main quest a li... : valael
      • I'm of this mindset as well. As much as I'm enjoying Fallout 3, I don't see myself really replaying it. N... : ieGod
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      I find that every time I replay, I end up doing the same shit. I TRY to be bad, but then I can't. I fe... : Rice-Rocketeer
      • I intend on playing a drug-addled thieving maniac next game but I know I'll end up being a Paladin or som... : Psigun
  • this is seriously the first time i've ever heard this complaint about replay value. : pandastrong
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    You have empirically proven that you cannot please anyone in any facet of anything ever. : Chris Remo
    • Everyone in every facet of anything, but yes I agree. : Priest77
    • what? : Rominas
  • I usually do any quests i can then kill everyone in that town once im done especially if the quest gives ... : storyeye
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    What the hell. Real consequences in an RPG are rare, and awesome. : EvilDolemite
    • I agree, it's good fun. It's just fun that I can't stand to repeat again and again. : Rominas
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  I'm playing a good guy kleptomaniac, so I have no idea how it's going to turn out. : Boxelder
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    I am a "Dignitary", High Speech/High Mercantile/High Intelligence/High Charisma. I'm also a crack shot ... : EvilDolemite
    • I steal all their stuff but then I feel bad about it. No, I don't not give it back. : Boxelder
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  i tried. i really wanted a book. it was red, but i picked it up (to see if i could get away with it innoc... : arcane_
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    you can make donations to the Church of Atom and repair your karma : Borzoi
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      ahh? i've been meaning to go in there! i am very meticulous in games about looking through everything; i ... : arcane_
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        You cant get everything by having good karma only. Some stuff will only be available with bad karma. : razlebol
        • I tried killing Jericho because he annoys the fuck out of me, but then the Megatonners decided they were : ieGod
    • I repair all of my karma by giving away purified water from my house : re-verse
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  I was planning to play the good guy until Burke attacked the Sheriff so I killed Burke but then everyone : vynn
  • talked walked : vynn
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    That's odd. I did the same and no one attacked me. : EvilDolemite
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      Maybe I hit Gob with a stray bullet lol : vynn
      • Probably. : razlebol
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      Same here. : Sebastian-TEC
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        I was actually trying to kill Burke before he killed the sheriff. : Sebastian-TEC
        • I did it both ways, since the script seems buggy sometimes the sheriff would die before Burke even took h : valael
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      Likewise - as soon as Burke killed the sheriff, he was fair game, so far as the rest were concerned. I'v... : genom
      • Are you sure your bullets didn't miss and hit one of the other people? I killed him before he pulled his... : valael
• I hit the evil incarnate level quite a while ago so I guess I'm playing a total jackass. :) : stump
• I swing back and forth: Early game spoilers i helped negogiate a deal between the vampires and the town, : filthysock
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  I just nuked megaton and the reward was a surprise. :) : Visceral Monkey
  • I'm not even done with my current character (good guy), but I'm tempted to make a new game just to watch ... : valael
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  When I start playing the game for real, I plan on making, more or less, a character that is very intellig... : Modica Sol Solis
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    I like to plant mines in all the beds... for instance, throughout Paradise City. : jasoncrowley
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      wow, that brilliant :D : Marauder IIC
      • I need to find a city where all the residents sleep in the same room. Then I'll try to use fraps for eter : jasoncrowley
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  uhh, I just slept with a dude. after talking to Three Dog, I rested in one of the nearby beds, when I wo : vynn
  • bwahaha ok that's funny stuff : Borzoi
  • haha! you got it on with three dog. i know i've been hurting for health so bad, i tried to attempt to sle... : arcane_
  • Bow Wow Wow Chiiiildreeen! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • rdid he offer a backrub? Its only a backrub, no harm in that, right? : cap n KRUNCH
• Whats the deal with the Chinese radio station? I left my chicka in Vault 106 for the night. Hopefully tom... : jasoncrowley
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  is the reward from collecting 30 nuke-cola quantums any good? because i really love the nuke grenades ... : smax
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    nuke grenades > all else. That's my take. Those and cap mines are my favorites. : jasoncrowley
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      those cap mines do 3/4 the damage of a mininuke, its insane : nem00
      • I tried using a mine to kill one of those flying robots, not a good idea :( : sanchez
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        i love those cap mines : shavenewok
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          how do you use them? Just throw like grenades? : filthysock
          • nah they drop just in front of you so you need to drop em then lure whoever so they run over it. Just ... : shavenewok
      • Whaaaaa for real? I have to start building these asap I've got all the ingredients. : ieGod
  • You can buy the Schematic from some caravan trader, and save the 30 quantums for grenades. The are semi-... : tree8
  • an achievement for one..... : -=kodiak=-
  • Trade-off is this: one schematic for 30 Nuka-Grenades. You can get the schematic off of Doc Hoff, the ca... : Majuju
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  hey what followers do you all have and where did you get them? : deadfish
  • i dont have followers cause i shoot everyone : filthysock
  • I picked up Dogmeat, lots of people have said they found him around the scrapyard (near minefield) but I : Sebastian-TEC
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    I tried to convince Jericho in Megaton to join me, but it said I was too good of a character, so I'm assu... : valael
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      he does... for a price of 1000 caps. : -=kodiak=-
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        So how are followers in this game? Useful or shitty? I found Dogmeat, but sent him to vault 101 because... : valael
        • followers are good. they don't usually shoot you, and they can be very helpful. my favorite is, without a : Supine
        • dogmeat died on me real quick, before i could even send him to vault 101... cuz when i walked otu of the ... : -=kodiak=-
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          You guys are missing the entire point of Dogmeat. You are supposed to protect him, it makes the game much... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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            I AM protecting him, by keeping him at Vault 101 and out of the line of fire! : valael
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              Exactly. I can't keep using my resources on him because I don't have many to begin with. When he charges ... : ieGod
              • If you are playing a stealthy character, then you don't need companions in the first place. : Mad Brahmin Disease
            • No, that's not having him be part of the fun! : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • I sent dogmeat to go find ammo. Instead he kind of stuttered around a pool table, then shortly later disa... : re-verse
  • If you're a good karma character, someone from the Brotherhood of Steel will join you when you get to the : reign27
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  Whats with the basement in tenpenny tower? Can you open the containment door to let in hordes of ghoul : Beady
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    You can send the feral ghoul army into the tenpenny tower but you have to first work it out with the ghou : Sebastian-TEC
    • Awesome. Shall try that next time! : Beady
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  Fuck Mirelurks >:( : shavenewok
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    You have to shoot them in their crab-faces! But yeah... fuck them. : Sebastian-TEC
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      yeah but even that seems to do fuck all 1/2 the time, but my trusty cap mines seem to bring them to a gri... : shavenewok
      • The Dart Gun owns fast-moving assholes SO HARD. : Majuju
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    But their meat is so tasty. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Yeah no shite I stocked up big time. : nodge69
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  If you want a real challenge play a Melee character... it is so hard to stay alive. It doesn't seem like ... : Sebastian-TEC
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    I like using the Chinese Army Sword when things get personal. There is something rewarding about hacking : jasoncrowley
    • Rephrase... if only VATS worked better with melee weapons : jasoncrowley
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    ive been playing a melee/small guns character. It was hard in the beginning of the game because i couldnt... : -=kodiak=-
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      i have about 45 sneak or so and get spotted every fucking time. i'm not even sure i want to invest more ... : mwasher
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        Yeah I'm noticing that too. I wonder if it has to be maxed to be really effective, I can't justify inves... : nodge69
        • also bear in mind that running affects your sneaks. until you get a silent running perk, which could take... : Supine
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        Sneak seems fucking useless in a thief / rogue sense, I always get spotted unless I happen to be hiding b... : breadsticks
        • if you walk instead of run while sneaking, you can stay hidden quite easily, provided you weren't already... : Supine
• So I just finished the part of the main quest that brought me to Vault 112 . I found out later that I co : valael
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  How can you tell what your karma is? I can't seem to find it on the Pipboy :( : phate81
  • I think it's under "general" with your stats. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Yeah I usually do "good" on a first play through but I'm way evil this time. I guess I was evil the firs... : DinK
• I went to the library in arlington for moira last night. Interesting place. The only thing I don't ... : flagg209
• I still wish there were more dialogue/choice paths. example: I found Gob's "mom" in the ghoul city, an : re-verse
• I tried to be good but because of a little mistake in megaton the whole town killed me my dumbass last sa : hrdwregk
• Yea I cannot be a good guy. I shoot anyone in the face that gives me a hint of trouble. God I cannot even... : myfasha

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• I love how you can actually run along those unconventional paths without some stupid invisible wall or ma... : h o s t i l e
• that looks amazing and i think i can't play it. : lacker
• Now this one is impressive, the earlier one posted only really did the steps in the building thing. : SiW.
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  i'm gonna get motion sickness from the game. :( : j0nchan
  • it seriously doesn't happen for most people somehow. some DICE guys mentioned in old interviews how th... : xsoulbrothax
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    People who get motion sickness need to be weeded out so we as a race no longer have these flaws! : Modica Sol Solis
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      race species lols : Modica Sol Solis
      • speciest! : DOOManiac
    • ^^^ Racist freerunner. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • hahahahahah : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/11/03/ : weaselmeister
    • ROR! : Ride-My-Rocket
• Speed runs from this game will be GREAT. : Masem
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  Fucking fuck holy shit That was incredible. : Modica Sol Solis
  • I think this is going to be my most enjoyed game since Sonic the Hedgehog. Good god, unf : Modica Sol Solis
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  video is not as high quality, but this guy shaved another 5s off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvTP... : MikkleThePickle
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    whats the longest you could really wallrun in real life? is there a world record for that? : GloriousCow
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      My longest time is about nine seconds. I used to be really good at it, could get a nice five step before ... : Modica Sol Solis
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        Nine seconds? Try counting that loud and see if you still think five steps would take NINE SECONDS. : GodZilly
        • He apparently used to be quite good at levitation. Not so good at counting maybe. : nodebug
        • I guess it seemed a lot longer than it was :( Maybe I should see if I can still do it! : Modica Sol Solis
      • lol : kevp
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    He's 4 - 5 seconds slower than the original video posted by riptyde. : Kentor
    • that's so great... here is the link if anyone else missed it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvRmtG_tr... : MikkleThePickle
• Don't think falling has ever been done so well in a game. First time, I fell off a building, it felt like... : Gojirah
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  I thought this was coming on PC, is that later? Or is there a demo out on PC? Also can anybody tell m... : jane911
  • It's coming to PC and that's what I'm getting it for. I hope it's not one of those games that's optimized... : Modica Sol Solis
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  Okay, this is seriously starting to feel like an emperor's new clothes thing. I was brutally disappointe : Wiimope
  • Runner vision can be turned off, even in the demo. Try it. : FirstPersonCooter
  • Um... runner vision can be disabled and even the dot in the center can be remove if one so desires. : SlamDunk
  • how is he not taking different routes outside, after going through the building? thats very different fro... : Maarten Goldstein
  • For me this game is more of promoting the speedrun to one of the main aspects of the game, something wher... : woddemandred
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  I always buy multiplatform games for the 360 instead of ps3... but I played the demo first on the ps3, an... : mankeroo
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    Exclusive DLC on PS3 as well (not sure what it is though) : cookblaze
    • Ive also heard this, though i couldnt tell you what it is :(. : Vincenoir
  • yeah, that's my major beef with it, as well. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• :O : xsii
• wow - that just illustrates how badly I played this demo (I ran up all the stairs :( : AisfortomAto
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  it looks cool but how many times did you have to go through the same level until you knew all the spots t... : dantastic
  • I don't understand. : SlamDunk
• this just shows all the crazy shit you can do in the game... this is awesome : prime8
• friend of mine told me he downloaded the demo and "got bored." When pressed, he said he got stuck and cou... : cdbeckman