Morning Discussion

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  Needs more Drew Carey show. : Chepito.
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    How much do you think he gets paid? I think taking the PiR job was a wise decision, he's practically ass : Lunatic Angelic
    • I don't think he's doing it for the money. His show went long enough to get into syndication, so he's pre... : zohar79
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      he's not a very good host though :( : thekidd
      • Just takes practice. He's a great stand up comedian and host. And his sitcom was great. : not work safe
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  I was expecting him to win both showcases but HOLY SHIT. Never saw the double wheel win while a kid. : Skoal^Fyfan
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    I've seen the double dollars once or twice as a kid, but back then a dollar on the second spin got you $1... : riptyde
    • Ah back in the day, home sick from school. : bombay
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  that's the first double wheel win I have ever seen : bRAINsick
  • you dont watch enough day time tv : oHnOES
• shit : jonin
• Haha this is awesome : royalally
• 2 cars, double wheel and a scooter, wtf my head would explode. : hirosushima
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  Wow, two new cars and a scooter. Lucky son of a bitch indeed. : Sailor of Fortune
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    + 25k in cash : sigpro
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      Problem is he's now got to pay tax on all of that. : sigpro
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        45% baby! I'm pretty sure that he can take the cash value of any\all prizes if he wants. That should he... : HojuSimpson
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          Why is the prize tax so high? To avoid corporate loopholes (ie have a company contest, that's rigged so ... : EvilDolemite
          • I have no idea, but it's not like that 45% is gone forever. Afaik at the end of the year it just counts ... : riptyde
          • The prize tax is so high for the same reason why any tax is so high or low or any type of income or gaine... : HojuSimpson
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            Yeah, imagine the loopholes you could create with a non-taxed Prize category. Our entire country would t... : kgargonmagrix79
            • Other countries haven't fallen into such a state. There's no such tax in Canada, for example. : ieGod
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        I dont see the problem : Slowtreme
        • It depends on how he took the winnings. If he was able to get it as cash then it's not so bad. If he got ... : sigpro
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      And a trip to Boston! wtf : bRAINsick
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        fuck going to Boston. : sigpro
        • sometimes I think you might have had an uncle that touched you in bad places in Boston, sigpro. : HojuSimpson
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        that was the best prize of the bunch. Crappy base model mustang and charger. yuck. : FormerHPB
        • he could sell those cars for $20k a piece and buy something good. : re4ctor
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        For Markie Mark day. what? : magistersmax
        • Say hi to your mom for me. : Slowtreme
• holy shit that's amazing. : chazums
• oh man I saw that yesterday. Poor guy just kept winning : thekidd
• Let em burn, just like the banks should of. Others will rise up and take their place. : jayares
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  WTF happened to Drew Carey!?! Did he get more fat?! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • he went wide screen on us : zakazi
• I'm laughing my ass off. THIS IS AWESOME. :D : Rice-Rocketeer
• Needs more hair whipping : tangles
• Why does he use such a cheapass mic? : losimagic
• Drew Carey used to be a Marine?! He looks like a greaser in his marine pic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... : uncle slappy

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  Skankcore told me my WE from him takes up so much space his roommates or parents or visitors get upset th... : thief
  • Well it's not easy to store a dead hooker in an apartment. : ejectorpod
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    how do you already know who you got? : Slowtreme
    • This is from last year's white elephant. So there's been time for it to collect on the floor. : thief
  • I got a new job, thief. Money will flow and White Elephants will fly, I assure you. And yes, my parents u... : skankcore
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  thats a lot more expensive than it was last year : feek
  • i know :( like, 4 more bucks. : anthonybean
  • you can still get the normal flat rate box that is a tiny bit smaller for $9.80, prices did go up though,... : randomnull
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  How do i get into WE? I wanted to do it this year but have seen no posts saying how to get in? : trevis
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    http://sikander.org/etc/shack/shackapp/we2008/index : anthonybean
    • Thanks. : trevis
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      When do we find out who we have gotten so we can go ahead and mail out our stuff? : risimage
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        "Note: The current plan is to close White Elephant enrollment at 11:59 PM (EST) on 23rd of November 2008.... : laurgasms
        • owned :( : filthysock
      • 'The current plan is to close White Elephant enrollment at 11:59 PM (EST) on 23rd of November 2008. ' So... : filthysock
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  I'll have to use them this year. I used USPS and my box I sent was lost. :( I think I paid close to th... : FormerHPB
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    WTF? That link was to the USPS, did you mean you used UPS last year? : sigpro
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      lol! i looked at the link quick and thought it was UPS. I used USPS last year and my package never made... : FormerHPB
      • sureee : feek
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  What's the go date for the WE? : ieGod
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    I've got shit to get rid of. : ieGod
    • I think we get our assignments next week? I'm going to put mine together and send it right after Thanksg... : ejectorpod
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    I think it is the 23rd. : Totenjaeger
    • November? : Pacalon
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  I'm trying to get my postcount to 100 to participate. I work with a fellow shacker, and watched him gath... : Garnock
  • What is your favorite movie? Also do you like Duke Nukem? : dognose
  • Gathering stuff up is so much fun. I don't have a stack of old PC games complete with fancy manuals this... : nurglich
  • just start posting in 3's like gegtik : .Jayson
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    Do you think Max Payne 1 or Max Payne 2 is the superior game? : OverloadUT
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      MP2 is this even a question : Yanks
      • I am trying to help Garnock here! : OverloadUT
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  I have the box steelsamurai sent me- it's about three feet long and two feet high, and I plan to send it ... : tashtego
  • I sent quite a large box last year, but this year I am responsible for sending both mine and hawkeyes so ... : laurgasms
• I've got some good stuff to send this year. We just cleaned out our basement! Some quality stuff was fo... : FormerHPB
• Just ordered 10! Thanks! : OverloadUT
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  one of these years i'll do this. I have all kinds of shit i can send someone : jonin
  • why talk about it when you can do it this year it doesnt take much effort. : Iwannaacura
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  I ordered 2 packs of 25, so 50 boxes, free. I don't think I'll use more than that ever. Why are they fre... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    Because the USPS is giving them to you and it's only legal to use them to ship via USPS. They get paid e... : nurglich
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      but what if i use most all of them to store junk : .ka`boom.zZz.
      • Then you are a dirty thief (no offense thief) and deserve the long lines you will stand in when you event : Ormsbee
      • its a felony to use other than for mailing.... according to them. also, don't turn them inside out! th... : dignan
• fuck, they raised the price $4 damn dollars... i'd hope they'd make the box bigger. $8.95 was much bette... : dignan

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  did agentlead change his name : wtf242
  • Yes, it is now DROPZONE4LIFE! : voodooraze
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    is this a question. : AgentPothead
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      He's trying to make jokes. See wtf242, see wtf242 try to make jokes. Bad wtf242. : voodooraze
      • wow I'm a dick, I'm sorry 242. Hugs? : voodooraze
    • It looks like a question, but it's got a period, instead of a question mark. Did you type it with an upw... : elwood00
  • there are no ellipses so it can't be him : Yanks
• excellent map : oHnOES
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  goddamn i'll never finish this game : SolveChrist
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    That was my first thought also : hrdwregk
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      i've covered 3/4 of the map's main area's (basically everything except DC), but after clicking on that "s... : SolveChrist
      • i have just been wandering around following the open triangles for new spots but still not even close to ... : hrdwregk
  • too bad the main quest felt like it covered 10-15% of the total wasteland : ballystix
• that is so freaking sweet! Thanks : deathofrats
• awesome : Angry Max
• +inf this is awesome : Sapiens
• That is a damn good map, very useful. : avatar_58
• Bump cause if you play fallout 3 you want this map. : AgentPothead
• awesome. : ass-street
• holy crap that is incredible : slickdoody
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  No Rockopolis or the Crash Site? Otherwise it is awesome. : Totenjaeger
  • Nevermind, just didn't click enough. : Totenjaeger
• That is an amazing map. It even has the locations of all the bobbleheads with screenshots. : OverloadUT
• That is fucking amazing. : jayacheess
• holy cow! I thought I was close to finding most of the places. : baron calamity
• This is outstanding. : heatmizer
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  That's pretty cool. It doesn't have all of the office buildings like lob enterprises though... : twifosp
  • Click the *DC* and zoom into the DC area map. : AgentPothead
• oh this is very helpful, sweet! : tunis5000
• That is daunting. : Cliffzorz
• I've downloaded mods without registering. Nice map. Not going to look too closely, probably too many s... : Nixx2004
• That is cool, but some of them are marked very strangely. Arefu is an Office? You could have fooled me. : thecray
• now someone needs to make a DECENT character creator/planner : oHnOES
• that rocks, nice job : speon
• very nice. : bugsY
• wow, that's a really nice fallout map : skryte
• sweet. : delataur
• That kicks assssss : Ebu
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  Subthread: What are your must see locations in the game? I am not going to have time to explore this whol... : sammyl
  • coming up on the Capitol Building was pretty awesome. : reznory
  • is that the creepy one with the crazy gas that makes you see things? because that was awesome. The vario... : Teiresias
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    I thought the Dunwich Building was pretty interesting (assuming you find the audio tapes) : Horn
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      Maybe I missed the last tape, but it felt like kind of a letdown, I go all the way down, only to find the : Finestaut
      • I thought it was kind of interesting, how he slowly descended into madness, the story about joining the r : Horn
  • Andale is pretty freaky as well : Horn
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  semi-thread-hijack I'm trying really hard to get into this game. I really am. I put 3 hours in the o : virus
  • Depends on what type of char. you like. I like doing the sneak, vats headshot type char. For $$$ pick... : loke662
  • Yeah, I'm not too far in the game and trying to find a character that suits me well. : NFXFSX
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    Go to Megaton and talk to some people. Just about anyone. They will give you quests to do. Off you ... : Attica Blue
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      BTW, Megaton is east of your start location. You'll see it, if you don't see the signpost first. : Attica Blue
      • south-east i'd say. if you have the main quest toggled on in your quest list (on your pip-boy) then it s... : senor135
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    I'm on my second run-through. Going evil this time. Tips: 1. Conserve ammo by using VATS. 2. Mak... : Totenjaeger
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      I stole everything I could get my hands on and my karma rating was saintly. Stealing gives such a tiny h... : Horn
      • I finally got it to neutral with stealing since there are so many quests that give you good karma. : Totenjaeger
    • The school is definitely a great place to get a level or two and all the gear you'd need to start the gam... : Psigun
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    Don't bother re-rolling your character, it's pretty lenient as long as you didn't completely min/max your... : aethyr
    • er, "comprehension and educated perks" : aethyr
    • When you do the Wasteland Survival Guide make sure to do the Optional Objectives every single time. It wi... : Psigun
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    A couple bits of advice on character creation that will help you be much more powerful from the start: : Psigun
    • awesome thanks : virus
• awesome : rektify7

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• Asshole :D : jimmy_legs
• More like dozer? : TheNiXXeD
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  I wish that achievement was split up across the difficulties. : Evil Benius
  • me too. I got to 40 on insane the night before : bozer
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  Wait, this isn't 50 consecutive levels is it? You can just progress through and start on wave 49 if you'... : jingletard
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    yeah. you have to do each level but not in any order and can be done on casual i didn't know this unti... : bozer
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      I like that you don't have to do it in order. But there should be a bonus for the difficulty. : mancide
      • I agree. Achievements scaling upwards in points for Horde just like there is for Campaign. : jimmy_legs
• Last night we failed on Wave 10, and one of my friends was credited for the Dirty Dirty Horde achievement... : riptyde
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  You left out the part where you fell asleep with the controller in your hands and the headset on your hea... : jimmy_legs
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    I did that once in a shack game of Gears 1, except I was passed out drunk while my wife and kids were loc... : sigpro
    • Haha awesome : jimmy_legs
    • Hahaha : Evil Benius
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      I read a story in EGM (or another gaming mag) where a guy was playing on xbox live and got locked out of ... : Prozium
      • haha, that's awesome. would have loved to hear that conversation... : atom519
    • lol : oHnOES
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      i bet you were her favorite person after that : EvilDolemite
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        She was super fucking pissed. I woke up because I could hear he kicking the front door. : sigpro
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          oh my wife would be furious. then again i wouldn't blame her :( : EvilDolemite
          • Yeah I guess I shouldn't have been taking shots of JD every time I died. I think I got up to about 8 in m... : sigpro
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          so did your wife forget her key or what? why couldn't she get in? : electroly
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            She had just grabbed a set of car keys that didn't have the house key on them for some reason that I don'... : sigpro
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              this is just me but i usually blame the person that forgot their keys : electroly
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                trust me I tried that defense. It didn't work to well. : sigpro
                • hahahah. : edgewise
    • Why didn't they have keys? : Rag and Bone Man
    • See kids, this is why his gamerscore is that high. : SiW.
  • My friend did this once in a game of Vegas, and he was the host. :/ We heard slight breathing over the... : hoov1185
  • A friend of us passed out drunk at a lan-party once while playing HL Deathmatch. We were wondering why th... : Bamii
  • We had this in a WoW raid once. A guy fell asleep and we all had to wait for his death timer to tick ou... : DrZettl
  • ask king_darius about this : Downforce
  • My buddy would always fall asleep playing CS on the lan at school. We would be drinking all night then h... : ant_hillbilly
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  What fucking game are we talking about, because I'm wracking my brain trying to think of whatin WoW could... : g0nk
  • Gears 2 : umcpwintermute
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    Dude.... Are you living under a rock? ;) : Sylvanus
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      Well honestly, to someone who doesn't play X360 but does play WoW and sees Horde, it's easy to make the c... : Entity
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        My card must be lost in the mail, then. : hoov1185
        • weird, mine too. : skryte
• Achievement Unlocked: Narcoleptic! : Enkidu
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  General achievement question: Do all games have it so when you get multiple achievements at the same time... : Hello Kitty
  • Yes they do. : Entity
• I got drunk and passed out at the computer while playing UT2k4 Invasion (which is basically the same thin... : jet-poop
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  How the fuck do you fall asleep while playing a game unless you're completely drunk??? : Begawkiness
  • Exhausted from work. It was sometimes after 2am and I was yawning constantly. Woke up around 3:30am with ... : bozer
  • I did that the other night going through Developer commentary in L4D waiting for the helicopter. It neve... : melkore
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    I've fallen asleep at the PC while gaming. Now that takes talent. : Prozium
    • Not really because I've done it before and I have zero talent. : Edges
  • Civ4 has done this to me before : buzzbat
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    i used to fall asleep playing Metalgear2 ... those scenes took forever. : Iwannaacura
    • OK I could see this but at that point you're not really "playing" : Begawkiness
  • I start to doze sometimes when I play after work from exhaustion. If I am playing a single player game I ... : Evil Benius
  • ...... :~( : king_darius
  • I have done it a couple of times playing WoW : .Jayson
• I still don't have that achievement. I want to play more Horde with Shackers. Who's with me? : Simulacrum

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  I installed one game because that's all I can fit. :( Waiting for my 120 gig hd also. But holy crap is... : FormerHPB
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    I installed GTA 4 to test out the hdd install, and even with my headphones on the first thing I noticed w... : AgentPothead
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      how bout the pop-in? : oHnOES
      • I didn't honestly notice, we only played 2 rounds of deathmatch which took longer to find than to actuall... : AgentPothead
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  The transfer is easy and it walks u threw the whole thing. : Winok17
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    Quoted for truth. You hook the 120GB drive up to the transfer USB cable and plug it in the back, throw th... : Entity
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      I presume it copies over all profiles, correct? My fiance has a profile as well. : David Craddock
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        It copies over EVERYTHING. Profiles, settings, all of it. I also found it to be a much faster HD overal... : kallanta
        • Good to know, thanks! : David Craddock
    • lol 10-15 minutes? Every one that I have seen is like 55 minutes (mine and an old roommates). : cltcprd
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  How does it work if my HDD is from another console? I got my original console switched out a while back b... : nomaad
  • Works the same I had an original to. : Winok17
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  How much is a transfer cable? : breadsticks
  • It comes with the 120 :-) . : Winok17
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  It's easy, just mind to plug the USB cable into the USB port at the BACK of the xbox. : MatzL.E.
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    Why that port, specifically? : David Craddock
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      It has more power to it than the front controller ones. : Entity
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        Really? Mind blown. That's... bizarre. Why not make all three ports the same, I wonder? : David Craddock
        • Circuits my man probably easier to get vcc off a <500MA trace around the front then bring in the full >50... : pwnjoo
        • I imagine it's on some shared power in the front due to the controllers needing less power to operate. Si... : Entity
    • I don't know. The manual says that in underlined words. I'd rather stick to that than lose data becaus... : MatzL.E.
    • I used my front one. : tree8
• Is the 120gb being replaced with the new 60gb bundle that's coming out? I'm wondering if I need to run ou... : MaxPete82
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  If anyone out there picked there 360 at bestbuy and got the warrenty they will let u upgrade to the elite... : Winok17
  • The horrible typing...the horrible typing... : Lone Swordsman
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  Thanks for the replies, Shack. One more question. I foresee only keeping a game installed while I'm playi... : David Craddock
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    MS couldn't be stupid enough to have that kind of setup, can they? I'm sure they are in different locati... : FormerHPB
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      Yeah, I would think so, but A) it's M$, and B) you can never be too sure. : David Craddock
      • You just used M$. Why do you do this to me? : Halen
  • It just deletes the installed game. : Carnivac
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  U will not lose your game saves if u uninstall the game, they are two different saves. : Winok17
  • Thanks! : David Craddock
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    Gah. This isn't AIM or SMS you know, you can spell out whole words. : Lone Swordsman
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      Like AmericaOnline Instant Messenger and Short Messaging Service? : AgentPothead
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        hahahaha : Chris Faylor
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          I think you mean ROFLMAO. : David Craddock
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            you mean Rolling on the Floor Laughing My Ass Off? : Fyunch Click
            • Really, Old Friend. Lost My Appetite Over (this) : smegmar
          • OMGWTFBBQ-Tyrana-SAUCE-a-licious GRAMMAR NAZI! : m0rfus
      • Shush! : Lone Swordsman
      • brevity burn : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • OK, then please use real words. Gah is not one of them. : Phreakin
  • i had no idea: http://www.netlingo.com/top50teens.cfm - Phil - do you have a secret decoder ring? : m0rfus
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  anyone find the 120GB drives at circuit city for $99 or was that a myth? : reznory
  • Got mine today. : tree8
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  I've heard there can be problems with Arcade purchases transferring over, but I gather no one here has ha... : Lone Swordsman
  • I've been through a few drives now as part of my console swapping with RRoDs, and have never once had any... : Entity
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    those can always be downloaded again anyways, right? : FormerHPB
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      If it breaks, not without calling Microsoft, I think. : Lone Swordsman
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        That's completely wrong. You can redownload any XBLA content you've purchased, anytime and anywhere you : adpalumbo
        • And it's precisely this reason you are prompted for your console's serial number when transferring the dr... : Entity
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          Ah, it's the DRM transfer I think people may have had problems with. : Lone Swordsman
          • Well up to about 6 months ago there was no real way to transfer the console DRM to a new console. You cou... : Prozium
      • you don't have to call, there's a license transfer tool on xbox.com : reznory
• So is it true that some brick and mortar stores have these on sale this week for like $90 or $100? I'll ... : Begawkiness
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  I just bought an Elite to upgrade by old Pro which I gave to MY GIRLFRIEND. The Elite didn't come with a ... : ashkie
  • have any problems returning it? Where did you get it? I'm thinking about doing the same thing. : reznory

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• after a minor bout of food poisoning on Tuesday my stomach is less queasy and my poop is more solid. : pukerat
• wow you messed that up, next time you let the producers freak out and pay a HUGE SUM of money to the owne... : grandmasterlee
• well then it looks like this shot..... is picture perfect. : HojuSimpson
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  you're on the set of what? i'm confused. : mwasher
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    They're sometimes referred to as "adult films." : Prozium
    • Those vintage velvet Elvis paintings are hard to replace. : erebus
  • csi dummy, can't you read? : reznory
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    i work for a tv production company, we're shooting a low budget teen thriller series. : jenisthebest
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      let us know when it comes out, so we can give it the proper shack treatment. : reznory
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        i don't know if that's a good or bad thing! : jenisthebest
        • yeah, really. : reznory
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  whoa private eye photography work, nice. how did you that job? must be fun. : arcane_
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    i work for the production company! we're shooting this series with a lot of interactive/online elements... : jenisthebest
    • god sounds like an awesome job. i'm stuck in scrubs all night with no camera to play with. i envy you. : arcane_
• jen truly is the best :[ : electroly
• that just means that you're the one who cut it before anyone else got there : kill9
• I actually had work to do at work and so will get paid for another day. Doubtful for tomorrow or next we... : plunkymeadows
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  jen can i see a pic of you : japoneez
  • haha you are my new favorite shacker for your posts : EvilDolemite
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    http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/860/lady7qf.jpg : jenisthebest
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      Verified. This is her. : laurgasms
      • Good, I was beginning to suspect something awry. : Zolneirz
    • jen that is not you : AlexXdude
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      that pic just turned me straight. : -=kodiak=-
      • wierd it turned me gay : japoneez
    • can you crush coconuts with your buttocks? : indosauros
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      wtf is that you for real? if so you're fucking ugly no offense : Utopia
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        yes, it's real and i'm deeply offended. : jenisthebest
        • Kick his ass SeaBass! : AgentPothead
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          so funny how hard you lie. : med1c
          • you call it lying, i call it "seriously? we're having this conversation?" : jenisthebest
    • That is one hell of an ass there jen : ColoradoCNC
    • Wow, you ARE the best! : Vantage
    • YEAH BRO !! : gmd
    • I think you can bench more than Obama, or maybe bench press Obama himself : cap n KRUNCH
    • Update: still fapping. : sukabljat
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    who are you : Horn
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      Whoooo arrrre yooooouuuuuuuuu? : dognose
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        I really want to know : Horn
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          Who the fuck are you?!?!?! : AgentPothead
          • Who is your daddy? : RikiTiki2
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            why would any of you think you know me? I have a gf and like no friends atm : japoneez
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              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_FZVD5lsAw : AgentPothead
              • I don't approve of that band. : japoneez
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        \m/ sabbath \m/ : skryte
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          Robocop, actually :/ : dognose
          • Bitches, leave. : AgentPothead
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18505167 : opengl128
    • hay now : japoneez
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  Today at work I had to play Counter-Strike with a mouse with no thumb button :( : dognose
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    What do you use the thumb button for? : windowpane
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      Backwards. I don't do WASD : dognose
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        You're like the Zoolander of games. : windowpane
        • or maybe the mr. magoo. : arcane_
• What gear are you using? Do you have a blimp? Did you get the same blimp that everyone gets or is it so : Wheatloaf
• I held a first edition copy of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. $60,000. It was cool. : Home Nugget
• Which CSI? NY? Miami? I love Miami because it's so horrible. : prime8

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• Splinter Cell has me very very excited, I hope it ends up rocking. Their decision to start over even ins... : Lionhart32935
• Teamfortress 2 : Iwannaacura
• Bionic Commando better work. : pancake humper
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  Doom 3? I haven't played it but it looks pretty good. : baronzemo78
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    It's awesome. Great stmosphere and lots of tense moments. End boss is pretty fun too. : Pneum0
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      That mod Classic Doom for Doom 3 was pretty good, too. :O : CrustaR
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        seriously, I thought it was more fun than Doom 3 : razorblade79
        • I liked Doom 3, and I totally agree. : silent prophet
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    It is if you don't go in expecting Doom1 and Doom2. Monster closet gets annoying, but the core gameplay, ... : Entity
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      I didn't like the map design at all. It was really linear, and still I thought some rooms were a little c... : razorblade79
      • I'll give you that: They hid far too much of the game's great visuals with some terrible lighting (see: n... : Entity
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    was that a reboot? seemed like a continuation of the "story" from the original dooms. but the game plays ... : XchumpoX
    • If anything, it was more like a prequel to the things that happened in Doom1, though it's intention was t... : Entity
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  Remember the first Prince of Persia reboot (ie, Prince of Persia 3d)? That was terrible. :[ I liked B... : CrustaR
  • Yeah, PoP's been through, what, 3 reboots now? Original/2 1 - "3d" 2 - Sands of Time trilogy 3 - Th... : genom
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    Rearmed isn't a reboot though, it's a remake. : avatar_58
    • I suppose it's dependent on your definition of reboot. : CrustaR
• Grand Theft Auto? : Thomas Hace
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  I'm hoping Deus Ex 3 comes out right. : Bumpmapped
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    I am from the future and it will suck. The fucking lead designer biffed it in a recent interview. : disposition
    • :( : breadsticks
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      link please : lightly inclined
      • http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/1235578 : avatar_58
• tomb raider. gave up on it after tr2, came back and played legend (there reboot), and it kicked ass. : anthonybean
• Tron 2.0 wasn't really a reboot but it was awesome. : baronzemo78
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  Worked: Prince of Persia, FF7, Metroid Prime, Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Sid Meier's Pirates, Resid... : spiderfill
  • The new AitD was pretty good. :| : CrustaR
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    FFVII, Mario 64 and OOT aren't reboots. Every FF uses a different story, same gameplay so it's a sequel. ... : avatar_58
    • I guess we should be clearer on what is meant by "reboot". A clean sweep and restart ala Batman Begins to... : ieGod
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  Wait what? Splinter Cell 5 is a reboot? I thought it was supposed to be after 4? : avatar_58
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    No more silent shadow creeping. More like Assassin's Creed with social stealth. : spiderfill
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      Yes but reboot implies it's throwing the story out and starting over. I assumed this was taking place rig... : avatar_58
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        Yeah not very different story-wise I think. Other than he has a beard : spiderfill
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          I just wondered if you knew something, given that he looks like 20 years younger for some stupid reason. ... : avatar_58
          • He's still old. http://www.gameguru.in/images/sam-fisher-conviction-1.jpg : spiderfill
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        Yeah some people here are confused what a reboot means. : Evil Benius
        • A reboot to me is like Batman Begins or Prince of Persia Sands of Time. Restarting a franchise but keepin... : avatar_58
    • Social stealth and concealment. No more hiding in oddly convenient pools of inky blackness. : Arcanum
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  They supposedly restarted development of Splinter Cell but they aren't rebooting the story. : Bull
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    You're right, I guess Splinter Cell 5 is not a true 'reboot' if they're carrying on the storyline. : MatthewPhillips
    • So the definition of a reboot is a massive story change? : spiderfill
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  Do predictions count? : dognose
  • Duke3D is among the best reboots ever. I didn't think 1 or 2 were that good to begin with while 3D is amo... : razorblade79

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  I'm about halfway through it, it's not "wait thirteen years" good, but it's all right. Three straight slo... : Deathlove
  • lol yeah, i kinda like them all tho. better is such a head nodder, and i really like how axl kinda update... : agentlead
  • I'll sort of agree, at least after 13 years they put out something I think most people will enjoy. It see... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  oh you're alive! : boomstickah
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    apparently they have wifi in the desert now : valael
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      you guys need to let it go. seriously. : agentlead
      • you have to admit, you set yourself up for a fall. get it? : deathofrats
      • Please for the love of God listen to him. : voodooraze
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        yeah really guys.. just dropzone it already. : industro
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          No doubt. This joke needs to be taken to the desert to die. : NastyJack
          • NO..... the joke you see.... is going to find itself.... ok..................................... : Downforce
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  I can't tell which songs have buckethead in them. Their leaked material it was easy to tell, he has a rea... : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • He definitely has the solos in Chinese Democracy and Shackler's Revenge. : Deathlove
  • Anything that sounds like Slash soloing is probably him. : silent prophet
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    pretty sure hes playing on better also : agentlead
    • yea thats the only song I can tell for sure so far. he pretty much shits on the other guitarist so i woul... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    (Not sure how accurate this is, but) Buckethead is credited on 3 songs (any song with "Brian Carroll" in ... : MatthewPhillips
    • I can pretty much 100% tell that the title song he is in it. I don't know how credible wiki is in this to... : mrseldowski
    • Madagascar...like Axl Rose could even find that shit on a map. : Porkasaurus
  • Bumblefoot is good too...I kinda dig his guitar playing as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWGKzgUC... : mrwolf710
• I read "steaming" : jimmy_legs
• the opening few songs are actually fairly weak -- Axl is trying to be all angsty. it's when he lets that... : Postal
• Free Dr. Pepper? http://www.chinesedemocracy.com/index.php/the-news/58-thank-you-axl-for-the-free-dr-p... : MatthewPhillips
• It is not good. : tashtego
• lolwut!? : mystikal
• why didnt you die out in the desert? : oHnOES
• I love Shackler's Revenge, a lot. : .ka`boom.zZz.
• pretty terrible... : re4ctor
• As a GNR fan who has followed this album from the first leaks I LOVE the finished product. That being sa... : ochuxgoon
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  I never understood the GNR craze. Was it the guitar solo's? Or the shrill sound of Axl Rose that hooked y... : hirosushima
  • I, for one, pretty much liked their absence. : melt_core
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    Way better then almost everything else back then. It was GNR or Poison : bozer
    • Yeah, this too. : mrwolf710
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    Appetite for Destruction is one of the best single albums of all time. A good chunk of the appeal com... : Schnapple
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      It's still astonishing to me the number of excellent songs on that album, and it was a debut. Pre-Nirvan... : action wombmate
      • no way, white lion was. : reznory
  • I never cared for Axl's voice; I found it annoying for the most part, but I really liked the music behind... : Entity
  • some of the songs are good : Luminair
  • i think it was the music : Mansmells
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    november rain was pretty awesome : [fry]
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      when it ends. : jamesray
      • it ends? : 60days
  • I think the only song of theirs I like unabashedly is Paradise City. Welcome to the Jungle is nice, but ... : Lone Swordsman
  • I liked the cussing...hadn't heard that much cussing in rock music before that. Also I was just getting ... : mrwolf710
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  no slash = no GnR : whistletits
  • Maybe this is just R. Axl was always the drama and theatrics. Slash was always the whiskey and guns. T... : mrwolf710
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  How's the quality? I'll probably just wait until Sunday but I'm excited to hear the songs that haven't be... : Bull
  • I don't know that I like the "sound" of it. I don't know if it's just the streaming or what. : jonin
• too cheesy metal-y : _jon
• OK between this, the fact that people who bought the album from BestBuy.com already have it in the mail, ... : Schnapple
• "there was a time" is surprisingly great. : liquidlies
• So far I like a lot of the songs. But then I was big GNR fan back in the late 80s/early 90s. The only p... : mrwolf710