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  I shall go pick it up later today. : lakren
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    Are you going to play Left4Dead, lakren? I need your mic banter in that game. : vile
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      yes! I've already played the demo god knows how much. : lakren
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        more than q3test or bf1942 demo? : kainen1
        • I sure have... 20 hours on a 2 level demo? Yowzer. I am so hard for this game. : vile
• Pretty awesome man, congratulations on the release. : -efx-
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  Epic! That must be the coolest thing ever. I'll definitely buy a copy :) Since I've not followed this ... : nukewinter
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    Well, this is a video game website so I am, of course, the big fat dude. :) On the back of the CD and ... : vile
    • HAHA, I was wondering. I guessed right :) : Zakko
• It's on zune marketplace too, checking it out. : reznory
• Listening to Hedonist on MySpace. This song has ENERGY. Congratulations on making it to retail! : Zakko
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  Even on Amazonmp3. http://www.amazon.com/Singularity/dp/B001KQK418/ref=dm_ap_alb1?ie=UTF8&qid=1226508175... : Iwannaacura
  • sweet, i'm buying more and more albums from amazon instead : vov1n
  • Excellent, now I can buy this. But not until next month, probably. *shakes fist at credit card balance* : Wadmaasi
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  Woot, that's awesome! Congrats mang. : gnomish
  • Thanks, dude! Coy is the drummer, by the way :) : vile
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  i'm gonna check it out on myspace and then if i like it which i think i will i'll itunes it for gym worko... : xxiv
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    also this is big news congrats! : xxiv
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      Thanks dude! If you get it and you like it, would you write us a little review on iTunes? You'd be sur... : vile
      • most definetly. : xxiv
• Awesome stuff, congrats! : SiW.
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  awesome. best of luck with this. oh and * B O U G H T ' D* : blindi0815
  • Thank you, sir! If you like it and have the time, write us a review on whatever site you got it from! : vile
• very awesome, congrats! : siknsyko
• Yay for metal! : jussar
• congrats man. Metal really isn't my thing(except for Dethklok), but thats excellent dude. Also is there s... : Dschinghis Khan
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  awesome! I don't really like metal like this, but my friend tomservo does. I'll let him know : wtf242
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    Tomservo is going to listen to it in a cemetery while writing bad poetry. : gmd
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      I hope so, man. you're not listening to it right otherwise. : vile
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        I am going to listen to it on my balcony in a white tux while drinking a mint julep : gmd
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          actually... maybe this is the right way. : vile
          • I'm going to listen to it on a balcony overlooking a cemetery while wearing a white tux and drinking a mi... : changejar419
    • While jumping into giant piles of burning leaves. : DrZettl
• nice man congrats! ill pick it up this weekend \m/ : re4ctor
• Awesome, 'grats! : Lethal01
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  /Really/ good stuff, great guitar work. WIll pick up whenever I see it in store, curse you Canuckistan. ... : Crankladon
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    Yep... around the end of January with 2 Metal Blade bands... Brother Von Doom and Destroy Destroy Destroy... : vile
    • Post up if you guys are ever on the west coast! : Crankladon
• Congrats.. I'll have to pick this up, I remember checking it out a while ago when you posted about getti... : FirmButtstone
• I'll have to check this out when I get home. : NFXFSX
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  Sounds pretty metally until the singer stops screaming, but that's nu metal I guess. Congrats and good ... : Sludgehead
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    haha what, they sound maybe a little bit nu metal but comparing them to linkin park is retarded. : lakren
    • I think he just means killing Linkin Park... not necessarily a comparison. : vile
    • I wasn't comparing them, just holding on to my dream that someone will put the park out of our misery. : Sludgehead
  • TRUSTKILL'D : feek
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    nu metal, what?! : blindi0815
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      ^^^^ hahaha ahh well.. we've been called more random things than that, I guess. : vile
      • Nu-Thrash/Gothenburg Lightly-blackened Melodic Pagan Death Metal? : NeoMoose
  • So not nu-metal. : stelth
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  come to houston dammit. : NeoMoose
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    Want to real bad! :( Won't be on the tour in January, but we're submitted for a Cryptopsy tour after t... : vile
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      thats ok. cryptopsy is so much better than other lineup you mentioned. : NeoMoose
      • hahaha ooooooooh yeah. : vile
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  Can you tell us who recorded & produced your album? The name of the engineer(s)? : industro
  • n/m i see it in the bio now : industro
  • Fred Garvin : gmd
• Wow! Awesome, I didn't know you were in a band! Congrats. :) : terath
• Sounds pretty good, I don't have my headphones on, but the guitar work sounds very nice.. Never been a... : davidc02
• if it's just one guy singing... wow he does it all hehe : davidc02
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  That is rad. BTW- It looks like if you were in a street fight with Metallica your team would win. : Lightzout
  • so would a clan of girl scouts. : reznory
• congrats! I like how the songs change several times throughout..keeps it interesting. : fathertime
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_a_Second_Story_Window : mystikal
• Congrats, mister! : tomservo
• I haven't purchased a CD in so many years, but I have to go to Best Buy later anyway to get my wife a Wii... : DinK
• which one are you? : Fredrik S
• Congrats dude! : Cygnus X-1
• I'll give it a listen and buy it if it's swell : supermonkeyballz
• Awesome, I'll try to pick it up later today. : devi| dog
• Wow man, congratulations on that. For real. Listening to the music on MySpace now. Gotta say. I did the ... : stelth
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  hey vile do you know if the CD would be in less brand name stores? there's a few really big music stores ... : lakren
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    Could be... not sure, to be honest. : vile
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      vile how do you not know whether or not my local store will have your cd in stock, this is unacceptable. : lakren
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        I forgot to check when I was in your tree watching you through your bedroom window last night. I'll make ... : vile
        • More like a METAL note. \m/ : Phreakin
• Congrats. That's pretty damn cool. : FormerHPB
• It's available on emusic, too... which is good for me, since that's the only place I get music from now! ... : frib

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  Space Giraffe? really? : Deathlove
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    I can't wait to listen to that part. I can only imagine what they say about it. : pancake humper
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      Probably not what you think! : Evil Benius
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        I can see Chris digging the heck out of whatever Jeff Minter produces.. : deathofrats
        • I vaguely remember him talking it up around the time EEEE got released. : Deathlove
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    I tried the demo and was completely unimpressed. : Arcanum
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      Yeah, so did I; it was hyped as the next great thing and I was like "what." Just seems odd to be talking ... : Deathlove
      • It's really only a brief mention. But while we're on the topic, Jon Blow (of Braid fame) wrote an interes... : rock elf
  • Just a bit : Chris Remo
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    That game is genius. If you disagree you suck. : jason bergman
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      I think the game's biggest failure is its inability to convey and communicate its depth. Seriously. : Fayk
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        The tutorial helps a fucking ton. once I ran that I had a much better feel for the game. : mittense
        • I don't just mean how to play (though the tutorial doesn't help with people realizing you aren't supposed... : Fayk
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  also, re: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18431956 http://idlethumbs.net/remo/pizzanick.jpg : Chris Remo
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    Too late Remo. Breckon has been called out as the silverware-using-pizza-eater he is. As I pointed out : trOmblyj
    • Hey man, I fold my Goddamn pizza. : Chris Remo
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    re: Episode 5 http://pancake_humper.shackspace.com/iblameidlethumbs/IMG_0026.JPG hate you guys : pancake humper
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      I saw your original post and meant to bring it up this week... but forgot. : jake2000
      • :( : pancake humper
• i think they've talked about far cry 2 in every single episode : JINKY
• I just caught up with Episodes 5 and 6. That Wizard song was most excellent. : rock elf
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  These would be great with a little more structure. : vaniah
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    The lack of structure is what makes them great! : yosemiteclimber
    • This. : zakazi
    • Yup! : mittense
    • I agree. : aaarrrgh
  • Also, stop laughing so much. : notd665
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  That's my job, asshole. :D : notd665
  • We've fixed the glitch. : pancake humper
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  POSITIVELY SMITTEN. : mittense
  • is that a word play on your name because if it is i hate you : dantastic
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  rudds gets around the podcasts! all he needs to do is hit 1UP and it'll be a podcast trifecta. : Postal
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    rudds = brad shoemaker? : edgewise
    • yep : Maarten Goldstein
  • I've been on 1UP Yours before. :P : rudds
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  I love how you guys have talked about Far Cry 2 in every single episode except for I guess the very first... : mikecyb
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    I think we might be done but that's a hard thing to guarantee. : jake2000
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      it's just not Idle Thumbs without discussions about Far Cry 2 and poop though :( : mikecyb
      • Yeah sadly poop appeared yet again. At least it was care of Infinity Ward this time. Or, I guess of that ... : jake2000
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  Listening to these podcasts makes me want to start my own site so I can I talk about the same stuff as yo... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    Unfortunately it's a lot harder than that. I think what makes Idle Thumbs work so well is Chris/Jake/N... : pancake humper
    • Thats the thing, they're just like myself and my friends. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  Still loving the podcast. I need to start sending emails to you guys at your questions email address. : taronish
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    I just sent them a totally awesome contest idea. : mittense
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      Your idea is terrible : Chris Remo
      • I have no idea what Trent sent you, but I imagine this is pretty much an accurate reply. : notd665

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  The campaign was fun as hell playing through in co-op and I look forward to doing it again on insane. Mu... : mwasher
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    1. Why would they know? Probably didn't have any reason to search there in the first place. Who cares ... : mwasher
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      Hey, at no point did I say the gameplay was bad. I'm just saying that this "professional" writer who they... : sKetchflow
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        Also for point 3. they go to that "declassified" facility and discover locust mutant thingies, they a : sKetchflow
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          I thought that is the point at which they located the queen and realized oh shit it's under our city. I : mwasher
          • read my reply below. : sigpro
          • no it is! but that's not my gripe. my gripe is that there's a whole resarch facility full of mutant locus : sKetchflow
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        LORD OF THE RINGS?! WHY DIDN'T THEY RIDE THAT BIG FUCKING EAGLE THING TO MORDOR?!?!?t3rgewhwfwdsf I ne... : mwasher
        • They didn't do it for the same reason almost no one thought of this until now: we're stupid. : dpgagnon
    • Well, at least it is a trilogy. You don't see that often these days. : antareus
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  Part 1. Pay more fucking attention. The Hive was under the fucking mountain you learned about in #3. You ... : sigpro
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    then why not just blow a hole in the ocean someplace else? and how would it even help if it's that far aw... : sKetchflow
    • flooding jacinto was because the horde moved all their people there to try and sink the city, but they wa : sigpro
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  I haven't seen a single post or article saying the plots in Gears of War 1 and 2 are good. I have howeve... : Begawkiness
  • ^^^Gaming post of the day right here, folks. : Attica Blue
  • Also, while I'm only about halfway through the Gears 2 campaign, so far I have to say I completely agree ... : Begawkiness
  • I don't think the Half-Life games tell all that great a story either, it's just that they tell them in a ... : mittense
  • Praise. : brickmatt
  • I really enjoyed Halo 1-3. Great universe, interesting story with a ton of background information. Very w... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • I agree with everything you said. And yet, I'm still irked simply because Epic built up the games as havi : rock elf
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    Army of Two's story was awesome as a coop game. It didn't take itself seriously at all and my brother and... : OverloadUT
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      Are you kidding? That game is one of the worst offenders for stories that I've ever seen. The characters : mittense
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        Haha definitely agree on this. The only reason I finished this game was because there wasn't another co... : bcyde
        • I think Army of Two's successors have a chance to be really, really good games. I like the idea of a game... : mittense
      • I am pretty sure that is due to the heavy nature of the editing they had to do to make the game seem so g... : pancake humper
      • I never felt like it took itself seriously. It had a lot of faux-serious stuff which is why I loved it. I... : OverloadUT
  • Halo 3 had awesome gameplay especially its 4 player coop. The plot is best appreciated if you read the... : Sailor of Fortune
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    You can't dismiss a games story when it's as cinematic as Gears is, especially when critics are handing t... : SenorSpine
    • Logical fallacy detected: Appeal to authority (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_authority) : antareus
  • On the other hand I consider Mass Effect the exact opposite of this. One of the best presented stories ma... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • I think it's a bit short-sighted to say co-op games can't be immersive. I just don't think we're there y... : Tawler
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  Most of your "gripes" are all explained in-game. I mean, the story isn't great, but it doesn't seem to ha... : mittense
  • 2 of them are explained in game, and not well or to any point of logic. : sKetchflow
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  There were a couple of really fucking stupid "teammate" minigames that really pissed me off, just because : zerog83
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    The single player campaign was fun, but it's no better than the first Gears; and driving that tank thing : zerog83
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      but the Burak ride was fantastic near the end. Holy crap was that epic. : FormerHPB
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        You liked that? I thought it was neat for about thirty seconds then the rest of the sequence was just ann : mittense
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          I thought that one was a bit too long. lol. : FormerHPB
          • It was, but of the three segments like it it's the one that didn't make me want to stab CliffyB. : mittense
      • I agree I enjoyed the hell out of that part : dixieboi
    • It rotes so you can aim at people. Stop driving aim, kill people while not moving, then keep driving. : sigpro
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      That was terrible. I never think "Wow, I wish this action game had a vehicle segment" when I finish one. ... : mittense
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        they do work sometimes. COD4's AC-130 mission was fantastic. : FormerHPB
        • Yeah that level was really well done. : bcyde
  • Yeah, every time they say "let's split up" I look forward to there being no reason whatsoever to split th... : mittense
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  Single player is awesome, and it seems like all your gripes are just bitching about things you consider "... : nukewinter
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    way to gloss over the fact that I say that the gameplay was amazing about 20 times and that it's still ki... : sKetchflow
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      Those minor things REALLY effect the gameplay that much for you though? The gameplay is good by your own... : nukewinter
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        It's not ruining it by any means. What's aggravating to see is major reviewers with their tongues up the... : sKetchflow
        • I've only seen praise for the writing (which they actually got a writer for the game now) and not the sto... : Sailor of Fortune
• So it's basically the exact same situation as the first game? Fuckloads of praise for something that w... : Drewus
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  Right now the biggest thing that is frustrating me is the multiplayer. The chainsaw is overpowered. Y... : conandan
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    Isn't there a chainsaw battle mode : EvilDolemite
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      only if both of you have out a chainsaw, and both of you are pressing the B button at the same time. : conandan
      • And they're still random at best : Begawkiness
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    Agreed, and I don't know if it just seems worse because I'm rusty or if it actually is. It was always a ... : Begawkiness
    • no, it actually is. Its worse because of the lack of "knock back" effect from the weapons. If you are g... : conandan
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      Just roll out of the way or shoot them. Only time I get chainsawed is from behind : bozer
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        I saw a guy get chased over an entire map trying to do exactly what you are saying and the guy with the c... : conandan
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          Roll and then run away. Also shooting someone who is rolling will slow them down, and also shooting someo... : sigpro
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            read the epic forums on this. People are complaining that even though they are getting direct hits on pe... : conandan
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              Well, it does the lower the chainsaw, it just needs to have a bit more of a lasting effect. : mittense
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                maybe make the chainsaw have a longer reving time. Like 2 seconds or something. That way, its not insta... : conandan
                • someone shouldn't be able to complete and win and entire match by only chainsawing. Thats what a team wa... : conandan
        • LOL BATEMAN : Luminair
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        The point is I shouldn't have to roll out of the way unless they catch me by surprise. Otherwise, they s... : Begawkiness
        • Lies, all lies. : Masem
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          Yeah, you used to have it when you get shot you had press B again to respin it, that seems to have change... : boredguy
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            Still happens all the time to me in horde mode. I will be trying to saw the motherfucker in front of me a... : sigpro
            • I've been shooting a guy who had his chainsaw up as he walked into me and got the cut in, wasn't even the... : boredguy
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    there is no doubt something is wrong with the chainsaw, it used to be pretty hard to chainsaw someone in ... : plat2on1
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      yeah, its a big time flaw, so far epic has said nothing about it : conandan
      • Since it's a MGS-published game, I'm sure Gears of War 2 will receive balancing patches with greater ease... : mittense
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  It's all about the MP really. Im still on ACT 1 and will probably only play it for achievements. I've bee... : bozer
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    play more real MP instead of horde and you will see that MP is basically broken, once people figure out t... : conandan
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      Yeah, it is really overpowered. I never want to discard my lancer in multiplayer simply because the chain... : mittense
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        The problem is no other weapon has anywhere near as good melée power : derelict515
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          Yeah, melee on the whole is pretty strong, but the chainsaw is just fucking absurd. You can recover from ... : mittense
          • not even off guard, there are some serious flaws with the way EPIC tried to "fix" the shot gun. Like mak... : conandan
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            That's the game though. Chainsaw is the selling point. I almost never use it and almost never get chainsa... : bozer
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              I fucking love chainsawing, I just think it's a bit powerful. It's always a great feeling when you pull i... : mittense
              • I agree, I don't care if I die while going for it because I love using the damn thing. : sigpro
      • Interesting. I have been usng the Hammerburst every time I play. Its much better at stopping people then ... : bozer
    • I've been playing regular MP. I don't mind it really. I think it's pretty cool. I tend to play where I ba... : bozer
• It's a dumb story, yes, I don't think you've articulated the problems of it right, and that's whay you're... : SpaecKow
• The story isn't great, but you can only do so much when people are mainly playing this as a co-op action ... : Helios150
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  Playing gears 2 and complaining about the story is like fucking a pornstar and complaining about the big ... : brickmatt
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18441462#itemanchor_18441462 : sKetchflow
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      None of the reviews I read said the story were good. Some said the story was better than gears 1 but so i... : brickmatt
      • Several of them comment on how the story is decent. The gametrailers review even makes a point of it and... : sKetchflow
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    When Epic actively talks about how awesome the story is, complaining about it is perfectly reasonable. : Arcanum
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      Would you expect them to say "Yeah, our story kind of sucks. I mean, it's not terrible, but if you guys t... : mittense
      • There were trailers dedicated just to the story. Interviews where Cliffy B went on and on about how it wa... : SenorSpine
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      Why listen to epic on this? We all played gears 1. Think for yourself. : brickmatt
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        So, wait, because something was mediocre-to-bad in the previous game, you shouldn't criticize the game wh... : Arcanum
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          You can be as critical as you want, but why would you ever believe them when they said the same about gea... : brickmatt
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            That's not his point. If Epic touted the story as a selling point then its it's fair game for criticism. : SpaecKow
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              No because it's epic. It's like phil touting the virtues of marriage. Consider the source. : brickmatt
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                I like to take cheap shots, then. Maybe that's our bag brickmatt why you gotta harsh our cool? : SpaecKow
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                  Because he is part of The Man, always trying to keep us down. : sigpro
                  • I'm just keeping it real minifridge. : brickmatt
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  While the plot may not be the focus of the game and the gameplay is, I will say that the atmosphere plays... : Simulacrum
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    the architecture and level design is incredible : mwasher
    • the end of Act 2 alone is worth half the $60 purchase price : mwasher
• The Lightmass bomb messed up the Locust pretty bad, they hinted at this. Even humans are as well with the : Sailor of Fortune
• I care a lot about story in games, but I didn't buy a game called "Gears of War 2" with soldiers in ridic... : Ely
• 1. The fucking hive was under the humans' last city?? And they didn't know it?? The entire planet was a : Super Sparker

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• What? : I7 SilverFox
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  What's the point? Getting the achievements in itself is supposed to be the fun part, not having them. The... : avatar_58
  • I agree who would care espcially on PC. : Iwannaacura
  • If you argue that its pointless, than you must agree that there is nothing wrong with knowing, either. : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • In certain PC games, achievements unlock new items/weapons, so they aren't really that meaningless. : Rag and Bone Man
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    I'm sure the shack has had this argument hundreds of times. If people want to cheat, let them. It doesn't... : .ka`boom.zZz.
    • OR. play as a good person and save at level 7 ,13, and 19. at level 7 kill a bunch of people level 8 as ... : oHnOES
  • Because it might lead to other fun things if the console commands work on the 360... : ghost in my shell
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    What do you mean especially? You do know that the achievements for FO3 PC apply to your 360 gamerscore ri... : TrptJim
    • you do know that he probably didnt know that right? : Luminair
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      I would suspect if one has a powerful enough PC to run FO3 then one also plays other AAA PC releases, man... : avatar_58
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        right, I need something that combines XBL, Steam, and PSN Trophies all into one Ubernerd score, so that I... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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          And that's why no one cares ;) : avatar_58
          • On an unrelated note, I noticed one of my IRL friends has a higher gamerscore than sigpro. Yea. I did a d... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  LOL, wouldn't Microsoft see that you got all at one time and just take them away or something? Or do the... : amrbean
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    Why would they? : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Achievements. Serious business. : Schnapple
    • Because they don't want to take away the entire purpose of achievements? : deadhorse
    • Honestly, I have no idea if they would or not. I wonder if they would care if someone was abusing their ... : amrbean
    • They actually don't like people fucking with their gamerscore by using save game stuff and if they find e... : sigpro
    • because they've done it before? http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_microsoft_gets_tough_on_xbox_ga... : zerog83
• Try hooking up a keyboard and seeing if the pc console commands work. I would try this but I'm at work. : ghost in my shell
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  Wave your arms in a mystical manner and say: "Achievements UNLOCKED!" with a voice like the thunder of a ... : Fyunch Click
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    It didn't work, but that was fun. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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      Try saying it in Latin. If that doesn't work, carve a lightning bolt into your forehead. : elwood00
      • Make sure it's not backwards and then sue J. K. Rowling. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  There is one that unlocks them one at a time AddAchievement <some number> : semaphore
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    Thank you. the numbers are 0 to 51 or 1 to 52 : .ka`boom.zZz.
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      Honestly, I love achievements and seeing you cheat to get them really pisses me off for some reason. I e... : amrbean
      • Nerd Rage Unlocked : Modulus
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        I didn't even fuckin use it yet wtf lol : .ka`boom.zZz.
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          I hope you get fuckin eye cancer and die : boring gegtik
          • oh god whats happening, where did the shack go, I can't see. : .ka`boom.zZz.
      • LOL, achievements are serious business. : baronzemo78
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        The very concept of achievements piss me off. "You've played through level 1! Achievement unlocked!" ... : Dynotaku
        • THE god or A god? : oHnOES
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          Yeah, it's like a tally of how big of a nerd you are that you have time to do pointless stuff just to get... : baronzemo78
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            if you dont like them, dont pay attention to them : oHnOES
            • I really don't, I just think it's funny when people get all worked up about them. : baronzemo78
        • The only reason I like them is that it makes it easy to see where your buddies are in the game compared t... : FormerHPB
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    This would actually be handy for me because I switched Live profiles after the first few hours so some of... : hirosushima
    • I got to level 15 or so without being logged into Live (I wasn't playing on my main machine, and apparent... : Arcanum
    • yeah the first 10 hours I played I wasn't auto'd into live so I played without a profile. I copied the sa... : buzzbat
• Hm, wonder if there are any commands like this for other GFWL games? Shadowrun? lol. : .ka`boom.zZz.
• I'm pretty sure the next time through I'll go digging around in the game files and figure out how to conv... : CasbahBoy
• I didn't even realize the Windows version has achievements. That's the primary reason I got it for xbox, ... : Code RedBeard
• http://www.gemaga.com/2008/11/12/oops-fallout-3-just-made-gamerscore-cheating-too-easy : japoneez
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  HIJACK what is the key in VATS that allows me to zoom out to see all the targets for the PC? : oHnOES
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    just hold in the VATS key, I think? : zerog83
    • another gui bug. i have to hold V instead of my mouse button i bound VATS to : oHnOES
• For my second playthrough Ive been running round with godmode on, and yep, you still get achievements wit... : Beady

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  The car is a like a boat. I wouldn't take one personally and I love sports cars, but if everyone was lik... : devi| dog
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    hai. how's your blown engine, doughnut boy? : hirez
    • Lol, sidelined until I can drop the engine and grab a rebuild kit. : ( At least it's a winter project... : devi| dog
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    well that is the problem, its not a sports car, its a muscle car : topkatz
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      That's not a problem, that being too specific with the words I used. I've had both and the words are int... : devi| dog
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        You have an odd use of the words then. Most consider a sports car to be the cars that are as un-boat-lik... : DinK
        • iawtp : Katarn3279
        • Lol, well I group them together because I current have both and consider them both 'sports cars', they ar... : devi| dog
• I wouldn't but one, but thats me. : ant_hillbilly
• Lucky mofo. Make sure you post lots of pics when you get it. : stump
• Gas *will* shoot up. Don't buy it. : yoonix
• The one from Top Gear in sunday's episode is or was for sale. It was up on the top gear site, but they : retardhumper
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  You need it as much as I need a used 06 z06. : gmd
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    haha, what does need have to do with anything? :) : Colleton
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      I *need* one, waiting for my raise and only a few more months, they are at 50k now ! : gmd
      • Awesome! :) : Colleton
  • Just buy a new C6, the LS3 engine is good shit. : cltcprd
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  Gas will go up, so make certain you can easily afford $4/gallon gas for the next few years. : EvilDolemite
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    In that case it'd be $4 a gallon no matter which car I'd be driving. A tank a week either way. yeah, t... : Colleton
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      yeah but with the Challenger you may need to fill up the tank every week while with another econobox you'... : Prozium
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        Even with the GTI getting 28-30 mpg I have to fill up every 7 work days. So it's a little over a week. Th... : Colleton
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          Does "larger" mean twice the size? And it kinda doesn't matter anyway. The cost is going to be doub... : DinK
          • Larger means 5 gallons more. So at 4$ per gallon for gas that would be an additional $20 per complete fil... : Colleton
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  Arent they making a SRT-10 ?? : OverBurN
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    I doubt it. That was a car they made for SEMA or someting. I really doubt they will sell that car. : FormerHPB
    • Sux, it looked even meaner! : OverBurN
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  Sweet! You lucky SOB! I'd love one of those. : FormerHPB
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    I'm thinking real hard about it. They have one in TorRed down in Ft. Walton Beach... : Colleton
    • I've only seen the orange on the road. I'd love to see a red one. : FormerHPB
• I bought my mustang while gas was at 3.50 and rising. But that's the car I wanted so I did it. I knew wha... : Slowtreme
• If you want it, you want it. You can get a much better performing car for that amount of money, though. : filtersweep
• how much are they asking? might be able to get a used z06 for about the same, then you have an awesome ca... : re4ctor
• Just buy it, unless you're a hippy that's completely concerned with your carbon footprint or whatever the... : hoopfam4
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  You mean the one Richard Hammond drove around in last Sunday's Top Gear? Only drive around the Nevada des... : ysbreker
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    Pretty sure Colleton isn't intending on taking corners in his city at 80ph. : stump
    • 80mph : stump
    • Only a Saab can handle that kind of cornering. : riptyde
  • It's a muscle car. What do you expect? : Prozium
  • lol. I don't know about most shackers, but 95% of my driving is done ont he highway. No big twisties to... : FormerHPB
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  Go for it man! If you can afford the payments. I still get nice comments and turn heads on the road with ... : whistletits
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    It's funny how many heads are turned and comments are shouted out at people driving muscle cars. My frie... : stump
    • its just unique and hot chicks are always attracted to sexy men : whistletits
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  Grats dude, if you can afford it I say go ahead, but keep in mind gas will not be this low always :) I... : nukewinter
  • Well, the GTI just kinda whetted my whistle. It gave me the bug for fast and now I want more. :) I hon... : Colleton

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  No, Warhammer dying because it got boring and shitty after the first month. : DrFlammable
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    I sadly awtp. :( : devi| dog
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      nah, WAR is going strong with a promising big patch coming up within the next couple weeks, plus 2 new cl... : fufux
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        I wanted something different, it's just too boring for me and the mechanics of the game are really broken... : devi| dog
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          NOT MY FAULT THIS TIME FUCKER : Visceral Monkey
          • Lol, yes it is, YOU NEVER ONCE GROUPED WITH ME! : devi| dog
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        I went into the beta just to check it out and find out what it was like. I didn't really have any expecta : Goncyn
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          I don't know, aside from the standard shit I don't think it's more "WOW" like the any other game, to be h... : nukewinter
          • I didn't say WoW was original. I said it is extremely high quality. Yes, Age of Conan was more creative, ... : Goncyn
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          Shit class design? Really? Hunh. (agree with the rest though, sadly) : Damodred
          • Some of the class-specific mechanics are clever, but overall I found the abilities and class concepts uni... : Goncyn
  • I was so pumped about WarHammer and I played it for a while and got bored quickly...It was good...just no... : pun][sher
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    I think this happens with every MMO besides wow on the shack. It's not a bad or boring game, it just nee... : nukewinter
    • With AoC you felt more like the developers were actively creating issues, not ignoring them :P : DerHuhnTeufel
  • this is true. : Ziz
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  I hope not :( I think warhammer will be really awesome once they get things balanced and make more incen... : nukewinter
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    They need to datamine instead of saying "Oh increasing rvr area exp by 100% is equal to a steady rate of ... : DrFlammable
    • Yeah, it's not just the XP, it's the steadiness of gameplay. :/ : Damodred
• Phoenix Throne isnt. Zones have been locking in T4 despite it being a pain to do so. There were multiple ... : Tommy Toolbag
• fallout 3 has kept me away, and school. plan on returning soon though. : stgulik
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  Warshack is dead. Leaders are no where to be seen. I'm usually the only one on at night (west coast) a... : Edges
  • LOL : Tommy Toolbag
  • haha shackhype = ( : Break
  • hahahaha : DrFlammable
  • i knew you fags wouldnt last : oHnOES
  • Sorry to hear that dude, shackers rolling together is hella fun, that's an incredible decline. :( : node
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    Age of Conan'd : stump
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      man I hope warhammer is better than that turd : datoo
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        I'm sure it was but it looks like it lasted about the same amount of time. : stump
        • Well just because the shack quit playing doesn't mean the game is dead! People on the shack are super fi... : nukewinter
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        oh its much better than AoC, much much better. : hirez
        • and yet they had the same longevity. The length of the 1 free month. : Slowtreme
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        While I didn't play AoC, WAR itself is pretty good. Badlands is just a shitty server to be stuck on. T4... : walker270
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          Thats not really true. Keeps and BOs are weighed a lot more in the points calculation. The PQs are are th... : Tommy Toolbag
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            Right, but you can't lock a zone with just the keeps and BOs. If you're just trading scenarios (and only... : walker270
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              I do think the zone locking system is flawed. We managed to lock a zone on Saturday, and Destruction lock... : Tommy Toolbag
              • On Badlands whichever realm has a group of ~10-12 people on the latest is the one that controls the keeps... : walker270
        • I'm on that server, only thing I have a problem with is I have bad luck with getting into REALLY bad scen... : sartori69
  • which sucks. I like WAR, but then Fallout 3, and now Left4Dead, and some TF2, add in fewer shackers, and ... : hirez
  • lool...learned my lesson with LOTRO. Never trust shackhype on an mmo. : deathofrats
  • Yea most people hit T4 then quit, the whole server took a pretty hard hit. Doesn't help that Fallout 3, F... : shortbuscaptain
  • The problem with Badlands is the two realms are evenly matched in T4, and everything about the game is de... : walker270
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    Too much other stuff too play with FO3 and Gears 2 coming out. Then next week L4D is out too. T3 was ge... : boredguy
    • Yeah, there's no keep fighting in T4 because there's no actual incentive (realm-wise) to hold the keep. ... : walker270
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    the guild was truly never a guild =(. leaders need to lead, officers need to organize, guild needs an id... : greydog
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      The biggest problem is that the shack needs two guilds - one for the achievers and one for the social... ... : Jonathan
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        WAR was the second Shack guild I've personally seen fail. The first Shack guild I was a part of was th... : walker270
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          CoH, EQ2, FFXI, WoW I'm done playing with the shack in MMOs. : Ebu
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            We should start an anti-shack guild for people no longer joining shack guilds! : walker270
            • I'd join! wait... : Ebu
          • There was a CoH guild? :( I must have either missed it or been stuck in one of my CoH disgruntle moments. : Jonathan
        • Yeah completely agree with effect, not so sure about motive. : Jonathan
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      THIS IS WHY I WENT EMPIRE AND FOUND AN ESTABLISHED BETA GUILD : oHnOES
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        you're crazy, random people who have not played together always become a cohesive and organized group. i... : Luminair
        • luckily i was in the beta for about 7 months : oHnOES
  • And you fags almost convinced me to pre-order. It wasn't until I got that sarcastic reply on one of my p... : Malku
  • Too many awesome games right now. Sad too, because I really enjoy it as a wind down game at night. Fallou... : zakazi
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    Glad i resisted Shackhype on this one. : [7]kami
    • haha, like you were ever going to quit wow. : porp
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    yeah, :( : Clay
    • SUP BURST BRO ??? :D :D :D : Downforce
  • THANK GOD I resisted the ShackHype on this one. : Home Nugget
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    yea i went to another guild. I think that maybe my last shackguild. : jonin
    • This is the real key. The Shack as a collective is the real problem with Shackhype, as its a flaky as hel... : Tommy Toolbag
  • I'm still playing several nights a week.. but it's lonely in guild chat. : R.Cade
  • Aw, man. That sucks. My WAR group is pretty strong, still. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
  • It just hit me that the game didn't feel as good as WoW. It tried so hard to mimick and improve upon WoW ... : Entity
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17929539 : freakord
    • lol nice. : royalally
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    I put my Chosen to sleep for a bit until he gets some love with patch 1.05. meanwhile, i rolled a mara... : eisencc
    • The latest update to the test server gave sorcs two of the big advantages BW's had over them (resist debu... : walker270
  • We never really organized anything or grouped past the first week or so. I'm tempted to join another gui... : melkore
• I still mean to give it a few months at least. Old warhammer tabletop player so I want to see more of the... : node
• I like WAR a lot but the world really wasn't seamless at all which i think made the game get boring very ... : choppp
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  I thought the combat responsiveness in WAR was terrible. I was used to WoW where everything happened prec... : Ellissd
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    It's improved a lot, I think most of the issues though were skill timers not displaying properly, so a sk... : nukewinter
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      Yea, that drove me crazy. Like screaming at the computer at 2AM crazy. : Visceral Monkey
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        Haha tell me about it "FUCKING MORALE HEAL DIDNT WORK AGAIN @#()*$*()@#()*$(*)@#$*()@#" : nukewinter
        • DIng ding! That's the exact one I'm talking about. : Visceral Monkey
• I expect to put a lot more time in to WAR in the spring. Right now all of my time is spend on the flurry ... : OverloadUT
• I'm still having fun, and the pvp last night in the tier 4 lands was outstanding. I think with a few mor... : jonin
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  i'm worse than all of you. i have my warhammer box still sealed, not opened even once. didn't even instal... : [fry]
  • Return that shit and get $. : DM7
  • I'm worse than that. I opened it and played it like 3 teams after release. I probably spent as much tim... : pyrogen
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    I just opened my box finally, installed it, and activated my account. This thread makes me not want to p... : phipple
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      i was really hoping for daoc2 :( : [fry]
      • weren't we all :( : graceofdragons
  • I bought it, installed and subscribed only to find out after the login/patcher tool ran 6-7 times and dow... : GrimmyD
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  Dying? No. Facing a reality check? Yes. WAR is a good game and I think it will have a decent subscrib... : lefthighkick
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    that last part is what makes it fun, oh snap! : cpt_gloval
    • I was referring to it not being a mega-success! : lefthighkick
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    They've said they never had any intention of dethroning wow though, but I think they may have released at... : nukewinter
    • There were plenty of rather delusional people that were convinced it would dethrone WoW. What they never... : action wombmate
    • Yeah, I'm sure they are going to see a lot of subscriptions run out in the coming 30 days. Some may come ... : SilverSnake
    • I wish the industry would start releasing MMOs in Feb or March. There is no time for these. : byorn
  • It was always going to have a substantial drop after the first month. I think they actually have the high... : aeg1x
• I'm kind of glad I didn't join the Shack guild. My family's tiny guild is having a blast in open RvR. : Moonbase Commander
• ShackHype. I want my damn 50 bucks back. : chuck577

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• oh god...just be happy if it works : whistletits
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  It's your whiskers to tell you how wide of a vagina you can fit in. : pancake humper
  • Hahaha : yosemiteclimber
  • I probably shouldn't have said whisker like. They don't stick outwards. I just meant that they are very t... : dearjamie
  • lollllllllllllllllllll... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    Fucking LOL I just got a visual of a cat with a dick shaped head poking at a vagina and started cracking ... : El Tigre
    • :======3 : pancake humper
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  does it tickle your SO? : Demius
  • you mean his hand? : trOmblyj
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  I do, but I shave them. : changejar419
  • Same. : ateam311
  • me too : riptyde
  • wouldn't that just turn them into spiky barbs for 80% of the time? : 60days
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  As I've said before, the underside of my penis is like an uncombed hedgehog. : aaarrrgh
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    As I've said before.... WHY : skinlab133
    • Haha. : aaarrrgh
  • aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhh aaarrrgh : Delaric
  • Hahahahaha this whole thread is going to get me in trouble : El Tigre
• ^^^Shack post : Attica Blue
• wtf? no. : [fry]
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  what would you do if we all said no? : redfive
  • leave the shack. : Vincenoir
• pretty sure this is normal : trelain
• howard stern has them : OrkO
• just burn them off with a lighter : grabbie
• the last time i replied to this i got burned :( : GloriousCow
• Informative post :P : mem
• why yes I do! : justsayno
• Yah it's caused by excessive prostate pumping : HeXoN
• maybe your dick is really small so the odd hair or two an inch or so from the hairy forest isnt that big ... : cptstern
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  I just had to pull out my dick at my desk, but yeah I got a few on the lower end of the shaft. : voodooraze
  • Yes, mine are on the underside as well. : dearjamie
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  Yes. It's hella easy to shave however. I shave all the hair from roughly 1 inch above the base of my s... : mace
  • Anyone else, I would have called for proof. You, I believe. : Githyanki
• sure do. I'm also Robin Williams style hairy, so YMMV : epit
• stop masturbating so much, it makes it grow in thicker : m0rfus
• HAY GUYS I HAS A PENIS : avatar_58
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  yes and i'm really self-conscious about it. i try to shave it with my beard trimmer but that's always a ... : electroly
  • Go buy a Gillette Fusion razor. : pancake humper
  • Use a Quattro dude. That's what you should be using on your balls anyway. : ateam311
  • Do not use a beard trimmer, safety razors are fine in the junkal region. : aethyr
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  my entire tip is covered in thick wooly hair. : mindshot
  • Goes in like a lion, comes out like a sheep : El Tigre
• hell yeah like 1/3 of the way up : JINKY
• those are hairs trying to escape the base of your penis. : someWayne
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  pix + divx wait, no... : retardhumper
  • i think it looks like http://www.petuniversity.com/assets/003/7715.jpg : Demius
  • with xbox controller please. : Iwannaacura
• Yeah some hedge clippers will do the trick though. : hoov1185
• Wtf, penis hair thread deja vu : nodebug
• When I don't shave it, I have a pretty large amount of hair all around the base. So I shave it and my bal... : WaterSign
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  this thread is fucking terrible. pretty sure this is one of the unlabeled steps on [fry]'s shacknews slid... : mindfk
  • OH GOD THE WEBSITE IS TALKING ABOUT MY BATHING SUIT AREA. THEY ARE SO GAY. : pancake humper
• think of it as moss growing on a tree. : SolveChrist
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  my penis is hairy like a wildebeast : dahanese
  • o_O I knew it! : naabster
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    i know you're lying because it's spelled 'wildebeest' : xsoulbrothax
    • thanks for mocking my illiteracy moran : dahanese
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  I'd try to shave mine, but I'm afraid of slicing off my micro penis. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I'm afraid of shaving my Penis' Elbow : SlingBlaze
• I do, but I'm a freak. I have hair EVERYWHERE. I have more hair on my back than I do on top of my hea... : Frank_Mackey
• Shave the shaft, trim the base. : Edges
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  yes, it's normal. depends on the method of circumcision.. whether they just took the foreskin off around... : wetard
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    Really? where did you learn that? : dearjamie
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      Well, I'm not going to go looking up a bunch of circumcision reference material here at work, but.. the f... : wetard
      • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreskin#Surgical_and_other_modifications_of_the_foreskin : wetard
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        goddamnit how am i getting into circumcision talks again. i've never seen an uncircumcised guy with a ... : dahanese
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          yeah you'd have to be super hairy. And even so I still don't see what circumcision has to do with anythin... : aeg1x
          • yeah. i'm not saying that people don't have hairy dicks. i've never seen one, but i don't think that just... : dahanese
  • wut? That makes no sense. : Albemuth
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    why would cutting off the foreskin affect hair growth on the shaft? : aeg1x
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      foreskin = outside skin so it has hair just like all those other parts of the body, arms, legs, chest, et... : wetard
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        OP asked about the shaft, not the head. It's not like you're going to get hair on your foreskin if you do... : aeg1x
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          from post above: Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin, either partially or completely. It may b : wetard
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            uh... the foreskin terminates at the base of the head. You think an uncircumcised guy can retract his for... : aeg1x
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              it's all connected, why would they specify "partial" circumcision... you can cut it back a lot or a littl... : wetard
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                shit i'm going to draw a diagram hold on : aeg1x
                • http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/virtual_journal/v1n1.html here ya go they talk about the two d... : wetard
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                  http://www.shackpics.com/files/penor_e5d6qdeudxlo9wfb79ru.png : aeg1x
                  • you love playing this semantic game with me.. notice: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18442963#ite : wetard
              • Holy fuck, do you not have a penis? : Slowtreme
      • Uh.. hrm.. shit I 'm speechless. : hadronflux
• your dick has sideburns : smax
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  exactly four hairs grow out the side of my shaft. i went to town on that bitch with a beard trimmer la... : gokart.
  • Do you use the same beard trimmer for your face? : Simulacrum
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  This reminds me of a special kid I knew in highschool. He apparently dropped his pants to his ankles to p... : TheMonkeyWench
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    It's like the Beavis and Butthead episode where they cut their hair and glue it to their face to make bea... : pancake humper
    • i was just about to mention that. damn we're smooth uhuhuh : ninjase
• get the tweezers out and start plucking!!!!!! : OverBurN
• wow you're a freak!!!11 : japoneez
• wax that shit, son! : whereiwannab
• hah yea, i get a couple rogue hairs along the shaft of my cock. dont matter anyways, i trim/shave down... : -=kodiak=-
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  secure that shit. Seriously, just shave it. Besides, men with shaved balls are more likely to have them s... : Fyunch Click
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    nair, you neanderthals. : [fry]
    • but it smells so disgusting, EW. : noobja
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      All the cool guys use Veet not Nair : Phreakin
      • ^^ this doesn't smell as bad and no burning or crazyness like that : Halen
    • Sensitive skin and chemicals hurt. :( : Fyunch Click
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      why would I want to set my balls on fire? : mmogger
      • For our entertainment. : Githyanki
      • I don't want to set my ballllls onnn fiiiiiiiiiireee : aeg1x
    • I bought some nair once and tested it on a small patch on my arm as instructed before hand. It did nothin... : ieGod
• I do and it's like a cactus : Utopia
• Yes. As an addendum, one day I woke up with a red, painful bump 1/3 of the way up the underside of m... : ucanbfuzzy
• some on the underside. should i pull them out? : dodob
• You guys should read the guide to getting it on. That book knows everything, it even has diagrams of what... : gigaduck