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  Those huge bird/pterodactyls in Morrowind... hated those things so much, flying up in my shit every 2 sec... : MagicWishMonkey
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    cliff racers; i can still hear their aggro sound : ucanbfuzzy
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      Apparently you can kill every last one of them if you're patient enough, at least a friend of mine claims... : MagicWishMonkey
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        Your "friend" is bullshitting you. : TShandy
        • what a jerk : MagicWishMonkey
      • They are random encounter, so it's not possible. : mem
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      This ytmnds for you. http://cliffracer.ytmnd.com/ : AgentPothead
      • oh fuckkin lol i've seen that too many damn times : ucanbfuzzy
  • Cliff Racer Remover is a fantastic mod. : ZTac
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  FUCKIN GODDAMN DEATHCLAWS : mrseldowski
  • Also Zodiark from FFXII is a bitch and he can eat shit and die. : mrseldowski
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  Diablo 2 Act 3. Those faggot spear throwing and blow gun douches. The little Pigmy things. : pancake humper
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    wrong. those goddamn cockroaches that use chain lightning in episode 2. : NeoMoose
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      I don't remember any that *use* it, just the ones that pop out a ton of lightning every time you hit them... : Vincent Grayson
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        the ones where you hit them. GOD i hate those things. : NeoMoose
        • Yes, the beetles throw charged bolts when you hit them. Not chain lightning (that would be insanity but ... : Omaha
  • Yeah I hated those guys, too. : action wombmate
  • Ugh, the blowdart dudes and the shaman are the fucking worst. : Head Rush
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  Stygian Dolls in Diablo 2... can fuck off and die. : RogerDandy
  • I'd like to see the stats on how many HC characters died to a solo stygian bum rushing them. : Wombat Woo
  • is it bad that one of my hidden passions in Diablo 2 is watching some melee guy fighting a bunch of explo... : Omaha
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  Those fucking birds in WOW that could DAZE you on your mount and cause you to fall to your death :( : Iwannaacura
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    i actually called them "Fuck You Birds" ... i don't remember their real name... =\ : yAak
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      I only carried feathers on my priest for those dailies. : Iwannaacura
      • i liked that the only way to save my shamans ass was to grind THOSE dailies for the rep to buy the cloak ... : yAak
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  I think I hate Mirelurks more than Deathclaws : melt_core
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    Those fuckers are everywhere. Even when I feel I start getting the upper hand I find a more powerful stra... : Sturm08
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      Yeah they're annoying. The trick is to activate vats when they're close enough to use your shotgun on the... : sanchez
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        My mirelurk solution = about 2-3 frag mines : Delaric
        • Same for deathclaws if you'te fast enough : r3dn3ck
    • Mirelurk Kings are supposed to be scariest, but they are easiest :/ : mem
  • Yeah, I hate Mirelurks too. Fuck those little assholes. : thetangent
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  My bottlecap mines get along splendidly with those assholes. : ieGod
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    Yes, but those are rare and precious... : Sturm08
    • I found the commons and invested in the junk trader, so now he always carries the supplies I need to make... : ieGod
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      No, not really. : randomjgj
      • I've built up about 35 of them. Too many to carry around all the time. : deject
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  That giant two-legged beast in Half-Life 1 that wasn't Nihilanth. : Lone Swordsman
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    The gargantua? : Omaha
    • Yes, that thing. It made my life a living hell for a few days. : Lone Swordsman
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    The testicle monster? : TShandy
    • I thought that was 3 legged. : bolneze
• The flower mini boss in Hornet Man's stage in Mega Man 9. FUCK THAT GUY AND HIS SPINNING PINWHEEL OF DEA... : changejar419
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  The UFLL and AFR in Far Cry 2. Stop making everything a "top secret" mission. It would be nice to not b... : Schnauss
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    I hate a few things about FC 2. If I clear out a fucking check point on the road and scout it, it should ... : sigpro
    • I have purposely blown up all structures at a guard post, run down the road, and then ran back to find th... : Schnauss
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  Spearman; my poor choppers and tanks did not stand a chance :( : deviantpaul
  • also those epichsomething flower thingies in Witcher >:| : deviantpaul
• Just cripple one of their legs and then you can just backpedal and waste them. : sanchez
• The thought of playing myself in, say, q3 or tf2 (a team of "myselves") is pretty terrifying. The digit... : thief
• Ghost Fish in Ninja Gaiden Sigama, and the Black Ninjas. : baronzemo78
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  Any baddie in a game that stuns me and takes all my weapons to advance the story! : Wyvern
  • haha totally. That's the lamest shit ever. : thecray
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    Ah yes, the Combine's ingenious Deus Ex Machine, which steals all of your weapons except for the Gravity : Omaha
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      I'd say giving all of your current weapons in exchange for the god of all weapons is fair. : DrFlammable
      • I hated that weapon. So incredibly lame. : Delaric
• The Brown Ninjas that throw incendiary bombs in Ninja Gaiden : I7 SilverFox
• Umax in a tiger tank. : rosewood
• The Marlboro from most FF games, but my least fav was in FF8. You needed to kill a bunch to get the coole... : Juno
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  dart gun those motherfuckers : DonkeyPopsicle
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    Where do I get the dart gun? : Sturm08
    • You build it. : Simulacrum
• All the red thinigs in Mirrors Edge that don't turn red until you're right infront of them, mostly the pi... : not work safe
• Revolve Ocelot. And Sarah Kerrigan, just because I liked her as a Ghost..and then the Zerg corrupted her. : RevRaven
• Carnage in Spider-Man Maximum Carnage, no matter how hard i tried i couldn't beat that fucker, got close ... : Dschinghis Khan
• Flimsy wooden doors that only open with the right key and are utterly impervious to the 17 metric asstons... : Teiresias
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  Murlocs : royalally
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    ^^^ High on my list as well. : LemonJoose
    • ^^ Must play a mage or warlock gogo Tidewalker! : walker270
  • ohhhhh gobble gobble gobble!!! : sludge vohaul
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  Pretty much anything in XCom : zakazi
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    o_O : CRasterImage
    • I get raped so often. =( : zakazi
• gims in BF1942 : Downforce
• The cyclops dude in Megaman 1. Still can't beat him without cheating. : riptyde
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  Every Mega Man boss. : bRAINsick
  • Then you are fighting them in the wrong order. : AgentPothead
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  Torpedoe in Starlancer : Sailor of Fortune
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    ^^^^^ Oh god yes. And in almost every space sim game. Hunting down torpedoes to stop them from killing yo... : baronzemo78
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      That and escort missions are the worst part about space sims, even TIE Fighter : riptyde
      • I blew up the Emperor's shuttle once in TIE Fighter. I saved millions of lives and prevented untold amou... : Omaha
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  Grue : Crimsonbeak
  • ^^^ Seconded. : LemonJoose
• Gloams in Diablo 2 Hell difficulty. I've never fucking hated lightning bolts so much before in my life. ... : jingletard
• Shit, there are many -but the first that comes to mind is the Nightmare creature from DMC. In hindsight,... : dopeman
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  Motherfucking rotating spike logs of Hades in God of War. : sgtsanity
  • Also, Montezuma is the biggest asshole in all of history. : sgtsanity
  • Jesus Christ, I hated those things! I almost cried after reaching the top...no lie. : ConsFEARacy
• Evil Otto (Berzerk) Sinistar (Sinistar) Tiny flying saucer (Asteroids) Trolls (Rogue) Grues (Zork) A... : LemonJoose
• Snorks in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Dragonian Wyrm-Mages in Titan Quest the blue Jackal guys from Commander Keen : deject
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  Any oscillating flying bullshit in Castlevania games where you're trying to scale a level. : kainen1
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    clock towers, with medusa and spikes...worst thing ever. : deathofrats
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      fucking medusas : crummynz
      • i can just hear the game over song now 'do-dee -do-do-dee -do-do-deeeeeeeee' : kainen1
  • Especially the levels near the end of the game where the screen scrolls up automatically. : Omaha
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  - Exploding shuriken ninjas (Ninja Gaiden) - Any baddy w/an arrow, especially thieves (Castle Crashers) ... : action roommate
  • yeah those arrows are sons of bitches. The guys in the last arena will use them to shoot just over your ... : Fish_Bulb
• The Tank : skinlab133
• I always fucking HATED A-wings in TIE-Fighter. They were almost always faster than me, and more maneuvera... : thetangent
• Jackel Snipers. Legendary. : pun][sher
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  Poison headcrab tossers. : kallanta
  • oh sweet baby Jesus I hate them so much : deject
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    THOSE. I'm the type of gamer who conserves every explosive like they're precious, fragile gold artifa... : yAak
    • fusion cores baby : deject
    • I save rockets like they're made of platinum, but once one of those fuckers show up I throw the best of m... : kallanta
• The treaded robodroids from the later levels of Deus Ex. : Zolneirz
• Bloatflies man... fuck'n bloatflies.... : breal0
• Z blocks - Tetris : d fluke
• Eggplant Wizard : dirge23
• spiders.* : thejm4n
• Fucking Headcrabs. They irritate me to no end. : Pettytheft
• Barry Zito - Fantasy Baseball 2007 : judoka2
• gravity : stgulik
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  Panzer IVs with veterancy. Fuck them in their tank raping holes. : Marauder IIC
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    Nah - King Tiger that has .00005% health but manages to limp away from the front line while 10 AT shots b... : dedgecko
    • That's what stickies are for. Immobilize the sucker, nevermind the riflemen's outcry of "ARE YOU FUCKING ... : Marauder IIC
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  They arent THAT bad. : bolneze
  • 1 at a time from a distance are ok. 2 jumping on you from nowhere suck! : radula
• Abandoned cars in L4D : bad_fish
• The tsetse flies in the raiders of the lost ark game for the atari 2600. I'm pretty sure I almost buste... : whodares
• Chrysalids from X-COM : Code RedBeard
• Sackboy Chainsaw dudes from RE4 : Simulacrum
• Chrysalids. Lobstermen. : genom
• Everything in Ninja Gaiden Black >:( : Perturbation
• The Flood. : Rauol Duke
• Any WoW NPC that doesn't drop loot. : pigvomit
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  Bloodfiles from the Malazan mmo : lightly inclined
  • Bloodflies... : lightly inclined
• ... me. : the archvile
• asteroids! : Unleashed
• Battletoads : Rag and Bone Man
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  Shivan dragons in Freespace 2. : emnii
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    Like from Magic? : _jon
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      Like from Freespace 2. Please try to keep up. : emnii
      • Dude. Google. : _jon
  • I like how they outmaneuvered everything you could ever pilot. Fuckers. : pwnage1232
• God damned ghost fish. : DOOManiac
• Those fucking begger ladies in assassin's creed. PLEASE SIR MAY I HAVE SOME MONEY NO YOU DONT UNDERSTAN... : GloriousCow
• The last boss in Shinobi for PS2. :[ : CrustaR
• Explosive shruiken throwing ninjas in NInja Gaiden 1 and 2 on the Xboxes. : antareus

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  all you have to do is change the file names? ...heh : dirge23
  • yeah pretty much : sanchez
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  whoa cool! yeah, i need more versus maps, too. it's pretty much all i've played! : feek
  • I need to get back into vs. I took a little break. : pancake humper
• Sweet! : yosemiteclimber
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  Are the maps complete? In the demo, you could use a few console commands to play on the Infected side but... : A Sponge
  • Well the VS maps are actually different than the normal version for the other campaigns. Considering this... : Iwannaacura
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    I haven't played through but I'm guessing they're not complete since they weren't made for versus. : sanchez
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      the pawprints aren't there but the func_ladder still is, as you need it for the NPCs anyways, so you'll j... : DrFlammable
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        ok if i can climb and snag people in the airport this will be even more awesome. : Iwannaacura
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          I'm barely familiar with the other two campaigns, I played them a few times right at release and all I've... : sanchez
          • The inside airport level is so cool with the shipping belts, and alarms. : Iwannaacura
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      Can someone actually try playing these levels to make sure they are playable? Kind of silly to ask Hirez ... : OverloadUT
      • They're playable, I just tried it on my server. The only issue is that certain textures are all white, th... : sanchez
• FUCK YEAH i was starting to get a bit bored, PLEASE DO THIS SERVER ADMINS : DrFlammable
• I still have not played this game. I need to try it out. : risimage
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  Wait, if this is for the server, what about client side? Same process? : Sailor of Fortune
  • Hmm I'm guessing they will have to. Can someone test this? If you haven't ran the batch file then try... : sanchez
• Looks like some textures are showing up as all white, fixing it is a pain in the ass :/ : sanchez
• +INF this. Awesome. Best thing about this is there's no client side edits needed. I'm somehow not tir... : kainen1
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  Fucking shit. Wish I had a better computer. I've got the XBOX version and even tho I love it, goddamn t... : icon_of_syn
  • Reason 1: It's Valve. : Sailor of Fortune
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    it's not a demanding game. Is your PC even at all decent? I mean, playing any 'twitch' shooter on cons... : kainen1
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      3500+ with a 6600 GT. Demo ran like shit. I'm used to the twitch shooter on consoles...and have written... : icon_of_syn
      • yeah but that game is frantic and reaction speed is huge to surviving...or on the flip side, being effect... : kainen1
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  Yeah, but are these maps even remotely designed with VS in mind? They could be lacking climb points on b... : jingletard
  • Climb points work but they don't have the hand marks on them so finding them might be harder. I doubt the... : sanchez
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  DO NOT use the batch file! Instead download these maps here: Deathtoll: http://www.mediafire.com/?u... : sanchez
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    sv_downloadurl work in L4D i wonder? : Rich McNinch
    • Don't know, but they're 40 and 75MB. : sanchez
    • Late update but yes, this is a valid CVAR. Should be able to bz2 compress them and throw them in a publi... : Rich McNinch
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    MIRRORS! http://home.comcast.net/~jackbauer001/deathtollvs.rar http://home.comcast.net/~jackbauer001/... : sanchez
    • where do we put these? : pancake humper
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      Btw, put these in D:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\maps : sanchez
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        I don't know how fast these are downloading for people, if someone could maybe make a shackspace mirror p... : sanchez
        • 5 mins each. First is 74MB, second 39 : persuxe
    • GET THESE FILES^^^^^ Ignore the root post. : sanchez
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  What's this about a batch file? Not all of us run Micro$oft $erver$. : RyDogg1
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    look at the batch file, it's just a bunch of copy commands. it would be trivial to convert it to a bash ... : electroly
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      don't even use it, just download the maps from the link above : sanchez
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        Bummer they are in rar format. I'm not sure about this, looks like a perfect recipe for server crashes a... : RyDogg1
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          Plus sv_urldownload has not been talked about on the HLDS mailing list, there are a lot of features that ... : RyDogg1
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            Well we can do two things, just run the batch file to copy the maps into versus so nobody has to download... : sanchez
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              The maps being in rar means I can't wget them right to the servers and extract. I'll have to download th... : RyDogg1
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                http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=8021668 Near the bottom, post by Morkath He just ra... : sanchez
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                  I could recompress them into something that works for you, I'm on windows though. : sanchez
                  • Thanks, but working on this now. Should have a custom server up in a few. : RyDogg1
• I'm so in if this gets working : timaste
• Cool. I'll give this a whirl tonight. : Alco23
• Does anyone know the differences between the coop and vs maps? I've only noticed the obvious change to... : TroZ
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  Okay I have this working. Make sure to download the maps Sanchez posted in teh thread. Then connect t... : RyDogg1
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    Bump! Everyone download the maps I posted, it's time for some versus death toll and dead air! : sanchez
    • i will be ready in 2.5 hours! : Iwannaacura
  • Can't wait to try this!!! : ConsFEARacy
  • I'm so trying this once my render finishes....eventually : timaste
  • 36 is full, fill up 35 guys! : sanchez
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    I'm at 68.142.120.176:27035 right now. Harvester is here as well. lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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      I'm dl'ing maps, will brt : Skull the Troll
      • MAPS here: http://yosemiteclimber.shackspace.com/L4DvsMAPS : yosemiteclimber
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18588163#itemanchor_18588163 Be sure to read this. That is what I... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • save me space! : okhelosir
  • I'm getting a "Your string table differs from the server's" error on 35 : snuff
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    shackwest has these now too. : hirez
    • check your shackmessages plz, one more sent : sanchez
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  do i need to do something to play now? i keep getting errors joining servers : feek
  • same here : persuxe
• Can I get a community invite? http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nahrungsmittel : snuff
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  This stuff works. Just tested it! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Get back in the bathtub bitch! : NastyJack
  • Yosemite and I are on versus on Hirez's server, need 6 more for Death Toll! (the boat finale campaign) : persuxe
• I like getting disconnected and then having my slot taken >:/ : okhelosir

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  Porsche Unleashed on PC was my favorite. I played the fuck out of that one. : Frank_Mackey
  • Amen. : AscorSix
  • This is only NFS that I truly loved. Ferrari Unleashed please! : TrptJim
  • Same with me, the multiplayer component was great too, worked very well with 6 players on average interne... : shotgun1
  • Yep, loved it. I still have the CD (somewhere...) : PoopStewart
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    right on, brother. NFS III: Hot Pursuit was also fantastic. : cdbeckman
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      This plus High Stakes are my favorite of the NFS series. : sigpro
      • Yes. A working damage model, where you had to drive well. : carrioN luggagE
    • hell yeah. NFS III was so good. : bakanoodle
  • Good memories. I used to crash on purpose just to see the cars deform. : f3ynm
  • Fully agree. Porsche Unleashed is my favorite. All I really wanted was Porsche Unleashed style game with ... : Helios150
  • ^^^This. Truth. : RookieCAF
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  You mean Most Wanted 3, right? : LoioshDwaggie
  • Undercover is a disaster and should not be compared to MW : retarded talking dinosaur
• I dunno, they appear (graphically) to taken a major step forward in nearly every release in the video...s... : Saman
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  fucking racing hummers, jesus fuck. MW was the best in the series since porsche unleashed. : mindshot
  • It really was. : crummynz
• motor city online was fun. i was pretty pissed when they killed it. : industro
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  Wait so Undercover isn't like MW? Does it suck? I know it's out but I've been holding back on getting ... : xylothan
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    still haven't finished it. Its better than Carbon so far still pretty silly though, you can be driving ... : retardhumper
    • Sounds like the same slingshot shit from MW. But better then Carbon and ProStreet isn't a high bar real... : xylothan
  • I heard its a pile of crap... controls are just rubbish, i had it on my Gamefly queue and I already remo... : Shadowdane
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  I enjoyed the first NFS: Underground. : acidnynex
  • That's the last NFS game I liked. : deject
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  Yeah, everything just really dies hard once underground hits. : spazzium
  • Also, I played NFS on the 3do thoroughly. : spazzium
  • I like NFSU & NFSU2, but everything after Most Wanted has been utter crap. : Shadowdane
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  don't let Ajax see this. He'll cry about MCO. : cltcprd
  • I still have my beta CD. :( : Ajax
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  I don't think I can think of a game series where I've played as many of the games as I did with Need For ... : aaarrrgh
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    What didn't you like about high stakes? : sigpro
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      I don't remember specifically nowadays, but I do remember disliking the game a whole lot, after Hot Pursu... : aaarrrgh
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        It wasn't as good as Hot Pursuit to me because I loved the police chases in that, but I enjoyed High Stak... : sigpro
        • i liked damage feature, i would always go get hit by the train. : mindshot
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  Wait I remember playing older NFS's then what was shown. EGA color... : timaste
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    Maybe you are thinking of the original Test Drive games. : sigpro
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      btw, any of you remember Stunt Car Racer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkgfXyAaNgw : humbleone
      • yes yes!!! I played this at school, the big Roller Coaster level was the best, we just played to see how ... : pukerat
      • hell yeah, that game was so awesome. : timaste
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        And later on "Stunts": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhOHJ9zw3rM : timaste
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          Man, that game was the shit. I loved it. : crummynz
          • haha, that looked like fun. Never tried it /o\ : humbleone
        • Also played the shit out of Street Rod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIn3ZKHiLlY : timaste
    • Ohhhhh yeah I think that is what it is. : timaste
    • Yeah this was the one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fif3mb3TkKc&feature=related : timaste
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  I think NFS2 also was a big seller or title game for 3dfx cards back in the day. The gfx shown there for ... : royalally
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    Need For Speed 2: Special Edition had Glide support. I played this in multiplayer, alot. : aaarrrgh
    • It was so fucking amazing looking back then, zomg : Halen
    • oh my god, so did I. We used to have 8 player LAN games in my college dorms that were epic. I think tho... : jasonepowell
• NFS: PU and NFS: MW are my two favourites. : SenorSpine
• I really enjoyed NFS: Most Wanted. Easy to play, seamless massive world, looked great, exciting chases wi... : sonicdeathwalrus
• I know a lot of people loved Porche unleashed, but that video did not do it any favors. It looked like o... : dilutedq
• Most Wanted was really fun and I too wish a sequel : ErneX
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  I used to LOVE the old NFS games on PC. NFS1, NFS2: SE, NFSIII: Hot Pursuit, NFS: Porsche Unleashed. : EvilDolemite
  • I have great memories playing 3, 4, and Porsche on PC... love the music too. : digweed014
• Any one notice the license plat at about 3:15? HAX : Awun

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• hormone levels and its relation to muscle development, i'd think. : arizona bay
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  mostly because they have smaller brains and lose control of their emotions easily. : gmd
  • It's gotta be that whole making %60 of what we make thing. : snuff
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  According to the googlebox - we have testosterone which makes our muscles bigger. : snuff
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    women have testosterone too : justsayno
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      just not as much : dahanese
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        Would be interesting if, like when men get more estrogen than women when they got older, the same would b... : woddemandred
        • Bob had bitch tits. : Zolneirz
        • Women do have relatively more testosterone after menopause. It's why older women grow moustaches. It also... : Arctic Fox
  • ^^^This. Natural steroid. : Arctic Fox
• I'd imagine the lower body strength is comparable..? : egg5hen
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  so are male muscles denser / bigger ? or are women proportionate to their size and weight just as strong ... : r3ckless
  • They aren't in general because it's easier for men to develop muscle or something along those lines. : perstephanie
  • muscles are muscles; a female muscle of x density would be just as strong as a male muscle of x density -... : ninjase
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  Woman have a higher percentage of fat and water. : Flying h4x0r
  • this is known as "tits and ass" : skryte
• I wonder how much Buck Angel can bench press : skunk_ape
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  Women have less upper body strength, but we share the same abdominal qualities. Look at the US Army, t... : Sailor of Fortune
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    I'm ok with the push-up thing but it always kinda irritated me that the women had such a high passing tim... : whodares
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      Oh man, I wanted to add a comment about the run times and it's BS. I nearly scored 90% in all events (... : Sailor of Fortune
      • When I first got into the army years ago, my wife and I were driving through one of the local bases and s... : whodares
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      The average running time for a woman of similar fitness to a man is about 1 minute / mile slower. : aethyr
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        Maybe, but when you are talking about military fitness, especially in a line or near line unit, you are b... : whodares
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          But even among professional athletes, men's times are a little lower than womens' for running. : perstephanie
          • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18590393 : whodares
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      that's bull. take a look at records for running: 3000m mens 7:20 3000m womens: 8:06 : papaskot
      • they clearly aren't properly motivated. : dahanese
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        ..soo why do women get three minutes more to run the same distance if the difference is less than a minut... : Juno
        • because that is the world record : papaskot
      • You just quoted less than a minute difference in run times for a male vs female record holder. I would c... : whodares
      • right that's 46 seconds different and 3000m is a little under two miles. so someone in the army needs to... : mikecyb
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    are those the requirements for entry or what they're supposed to be at after basic? : gokart.
    • 50 points per event in Basic, goes to 60 at AIT and onward. Some units will put you on a probation if les... : Sailor of Fortune
  • At equal size, maybe 'strength,' yeah. The running time stuff.. I remember that in high school, I was put... : xsoulbrothax
• Baking a pie doesn't take much muscle growth. : walker270
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  Our boobs throw us off balance so it's hard to lift heavy things. : TheMonkeyWench
  • You really should be good at squats then. No falling over backwards. : yoonix
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    Use the inertia to your advantage. Grab the object you're lifting, lean way forward to get some boob swa... : action wombmate
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      I knew my stretchy pendulous breasts would come in handy some day. : TheMonkeyWench
      • WOW. Thank you for my new MSN name. :D : MrBig0
• because women are weak and girly! : voodooraze
• cause we have dongs and they dont : Utopia
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  It takes a lot of energy to be a cunt. : rosewood
  • ^^ divorce candidate : the moon and antarctica
• what. men of comparable weight, height and physical fitness arent even equally as strong. : mega man
• Gina Carano could kick my ass. : Rag and Bone Man
• no, and the answer is the extra testosterone that men produce : ninjase
• With only 1/3 of the brain capacity they aren't capable of using their body as efficiently. : dilutedq

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  Isn't a list of misconceptions that anyone can edit just as likely to be wrong as it is to be right? : elwood00
  • yes yes i i know it's "on the internet" and all, but heck it's still interesting :P : industro
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    ^^ should be on the list : d fluke
    • lol : Phil
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    it cites sources : dirge23
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      Yeah, I know Wiki is better than most people give it credit for, and that the wisdom of crowds wins out i... : elwood00
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        I find the idea of crowds having wisdom amusing. : asylumn
        • it's similar to the way the monkeys write shakespeare : dirge23
        • Almost as amusing as a single person having the corner on wisdom. : randomjgj
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        This was a few years ago, but I saw a study comparing margins of error across a broad range of articles b... : action wombmate
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          Yes, and wiki has tightened up both the review process and authorship process since then. : randomjgj
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            I've noticed a huge decline in vandalism since I started reading it a few years ago. I'm not sure how th... : elwood00
            • Most likely requiring people to have accounts for 6 months on any hot topic reduces the chances of people... : handofthrawn
• Well, there goes the rest of my afternoon >:( : Flying h4x0r
• Aha, some of my pet peeves are on that list, eeexcellent. : d fluke
• the misconceptions of evolution looks like an anti-evolution field guide for creationists : cptstern
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  In spite of reports of successful non-surgical techniques for penis enlargement, there is no known scient : Wyvern
  • NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : blindi0815
• that is probably the lowest quality wikipedia article I've seen : Luminair
• "In spite of reports of successful non-surgical techniques for penis enlargement, there is no known scien... : baronzemo78
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  Wow... Napolean was taller than me. : Edges
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    you short sons of bitches need to get with the future. : Zolneirz
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      Wrong. Small is the way to go. Reptiles shrunk for a reason and how can argue against Dinosaurs. : Edges
      • This post made me feel a lot better about myself today. : DOOManiac
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  Entrapment law in the United States does not forbid police officers from going undercover, or from denyin... : risimage
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    yeah entrapment is when you sort of force someone into doing something illegal rather than just letting t... : mikecyb
    • That's not even actually the case either...an officer has to identify himself as a police officer in the ... : whodares
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    Do you know a lot of escorts/hookers? : Ellissd
    • My dad used to have a car upholstery shop and the guy who had a transmission shop next to him owned sever... : risimage
  • yeah, a lot of people don't know the distinction between "entrapment" and "enticement" : riptyde
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  "Putting a teaspoon in the neck of an opened bottle of champagne will not help it retain its fizz." Wh... : skunk_ape
  • I'd heard it before : boring gegtik
  • I think they had a Mythbusters on this one, so I guess it was common enough for that... : DOOManiac
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  Ethidium bromide, despite its reputation in biological laboratories, is considered a possible mutagen but : Ovate
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    The last entry on evolution is also retarded. Evolution is not a process of "survival of the fit enoug... : Ovate
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      Who needs science anyway, right Ovate? : nevicata
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        Do not goad my nerd rage, nevicata. Oh well, at least this gives me today's excuse not to work on my p... : Ovate
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          Not to work on your what? I'm moving worms around. It's fun. They have b-catenins that are quite simi... : nevicata
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            A perspective is when a second journal likes a paper you wrote and gives you a bonus, shorter paper :D ... : Ovate
            • It takes practice. I worked with flies before which are less delicate and have very pretty wings. I'd lik... : nevicata
    • Take it up with this woman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenie_Carol_Scott The "survival of the fit ... : walker270
    • Actually he is unless there's a natural predator that will kill off his children before they can reach ma... : WhiteHatVeteran
  • Yeah, I didn't see this. It seems an odd distinction to say it is a mutagen but not a carcinogen when can : nevicata
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  Lemmings do not engage in suicidal dives off cliffs when migrating. This misconception is due largely to ... : boring gegtik
  • I'd heard this before, but I'm still amazed that the people involved thought this was a good idea. "He... : elwood00
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  Hahaha, I remember my AP US History teacher telling us the Emancipation Proclamation didn't free any slav... : Sailor of Fortune
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    I WAS THERE : FPSDavid
    • You never left : ateam311
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  Seasons are not caused by Earth being closer to the sun in summer than in winter. I'm always amazed th... : Whistler77
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    why is it amazing that people would think this? is an elliptical orbit really so unbelievable that this m... : boring gegtik
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      If it were the case, wouldn't it be summer all over the globe at the same time? : Ovate
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        I tihnk you'll find many people who haven't travelled the world to the other hemisphere. I'd be intereste... : boring gegtik
        • ITS HARD NOT TO. : Zolneirz
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      More the fact that this is taught in elementary school. : Whistler77
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        I was taught that different parts of the tongue detected different tastes in elementary school. Which is... : Bruzilla
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          That does not invalidate my point. : Whistler77
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            So are you saying the changing of seasons is taught correctly in elementary schools, or incorrectly? Bec... : Bruzilla
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              I was just saying that it had no baring on my post. : Whistler77
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                you should have been taught the difference between baring and bearing in school >:-( : boring gegtik
                • Bares walk up to this shit. : TrptJim
              • I agree with that point. It's taught in school so no matter if correct or not you should have learned it.... : TrptJim
        • I was taught this as well and remember being embarrassed that my tongue seemingly didn't reflect the char... : TwiLyght
    • Probably because that would mean there'd be the double amount of seasonal variation in a year since it's ... : d fluke
    • I've been taught since elementary school and possibly before that our seasons are due to the tilt in the ... : jet-poop
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    LOL. I was just about to post the same thing. That's like taking one step closer to a bonfire thats 3 m... : SqueegyTBS
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      at your scale of 3 miles, "one step" would be equal to if not more exagerrated than the seasons than we h... : kungfusquirrel
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        Yeah, seasons for a specific location are caused by that location of the Earth being a different distance... : walker270
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          the tilt is right around the 22.5 degree mark, so you could probably approximate the math from there... b... : kungfusquirrel
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            There's also the increased atmospheric scatter/absorption form the lower solar elevation angles. I'm not... : walker270
            • The Earth's elliptical orbit does have some very minor effect, making seasons milder in the northern hemi... : gnomish
        • Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you meant, but no. Wrong. The seasons are caused by the angle of the ... : gnomish
  • I learned about the reasons for the seasons (which part of the earth is tilted towards or away from the s... : riptyde
• Entrapment law in the United States does not forbid police officers from going undercover, or from denyin : jet-poop
• Okay, this one is technically true, but mutagens, by nature of causing mutations, may lead to cancer even : nevicata
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_engine whoa : hirosushima
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  Although common colds are seasonal, with more occurring during winter, it is not because one's immune sys : SqueegyTBS
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    Put on a jacket or you'll catch your death : riptyde
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      halp i have caught death what do i do with him? : Dave-A
      • pass it on to someone else to save yourself : elwood00
      • stick a pineapple up his ass. : sigpro
      • Have him fill in for Santa : d fluke
  • Moms people. I still hear people around me all the time talking about "catching cold" from the weather. ... : action wombmate
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    Couldn't it be argued that the extra energy devoted to keeping your body warm would normally be used to k... : glio1337
    • It could be argued, yeah. Effectively? Probably not much. Another huge contributing factor to people g... : action wombmate
  • I didn't know this until today. Craziness! : handofthrawn
  • I always understood that if you kept warm your immune system would perform better, but if you catch the c... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Napoleon had really high pants. : Drewus
  • ^this is not a misconception : Drewus
• Black holes, unlike the common image, do not act as cosmic vacuum cleaners any more than do other stars.]... : edgewise
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  Shacknews does NOT actually get you chicks. : edgewise
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    It got me my wife. : ChibiJosh
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      is her name Jessica? :p : edgewise
      • they met at a Lemon Party : Sailor of Fortune
• Lemmings do not engage in suicidal dives off cliffs when migrating. This misconception is due largely to : stgulik
• damn that entrapment one TO HELL >:( : Downforce
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  So we use more than 10% of our brain....really? ;) : DM7
  • i know, it seems some people really do. especially at work. : reverend~heresy
• You know, you're about to waste my entire afternoon. : I7 SilverFox
• Thanks, that was a good read. : randomjgj
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  The misconception regarding the black hole is not entirely correct. Simply put a black hole is formed wh... : twifosp
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    So if instead of the sun there were a black hole of the same mass, the planets would keep their orbits? Y... : xxx2xxx
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      ( . Y . ) : Delaric
      • more like (. Y. ) : mmogger
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    Doesn't it have more to do with density, rather than gravity per se? A singularity is a point of infinit... : Thresher
    • not really, it's the distance from the mass. the distance away from the center of the black hole where t... : deject
    • The sun is far enough away that we can treat it like energy and gravity are coming from a single point, e... : SqueegyTBS
    • http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/30/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-black-holes/ ... : Marlin
    • Yes. As long as any amount of mass is greater than the plank space in any given "frame" you have a black... : twifosp
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  When I read these, in my head I hear them all prefaced with "Actually..." : rosewood
  • I was hearing them as read by Cliff Clavin : gimpi
• See also World population: Number of humans who have ever lived. *Click* HEAD ASPLODE : Delaric
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  Okay, the one about near-sightedness has some really sketchy "proof". The link they cite is: http://ww... : SatansFist
  • Immediate medical attention for a black eye? I can see why that could be a good idea, but.. geez... : walker270
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    Myth: Blind people, to maintain secrecy and security, staff the snack bars at the CIA. LOL : SqueegyTBS
    • haha actually you do see a lot of blind people staffing cafeterias and such in state and federal building... : SatansFist
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  So, let's talk about the abortion one real quick. Specifically (and please, just this specific topic), t : exigence7
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    lets not talk about abortion : mindshot
    • I don't really want to talk about abortion either ( hence the "Specifically and please, just this specifi... : exigence7
  • ABORT ABORT : Delaric
  • I guess it plays to a general misconception that all christians define their morality via the bible. : rosewood
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  The German crowd witnessing John F. Kennedy's speech in Berlin in 1963 did not mistake Ich bin ein Berlin : treefingers1
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    Um... yes? I heard of it ages ago and it's been parodied in a lot of shows IIRC : SatansFist
    • I read it in a book about JFK's most famous speeches. : ejectorpod
  • i dunno, but i'm going to start spreading it around. : zebrigazi
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  The one about Zero G is retarded. "0.000000000001 does not equal zero!" Thanks, genius. : TShandy
  • You arent even near zero G. You are at like .8G. You feel weightless because the shuttle is falling tow... : SqueegyTBS
• what really happens when people are exposed in space sounds way more dramatic than just turning into a po... : shika.art
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  Space is not cold -- that's such a technicality though. : Yanks
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      you might freeze eventually but not before your blood boils and you lose consciousness. you wouldn't fre... : shika.art
      • man stupid physics in a vacuum >:( : mikecyb
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        wouldn't you expand a ton too? : edgewise
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          Nope. The steam may bloat the body to twice its normal size and slow circulation, but tissues are elas : Sailor of Fortune
          • Oops, I read expand as "explode" : Sailor of Fortune
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            also, because of this, you would lose the saturation of oxygen and other essential gasses that your body ... : conandan
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              oh yeah you'd be dead in seconds but I'm not really even considering all the ways a vacuum would kill you... : mikecyb
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                I am not even saying that you would be dead in seconds. You might go unconscious within a minute, but yo... : conandan
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                  looks like you get about 20 - 30 seconds of consciousness at best and after 90 - 120 you would be dead. ... : mikecyb
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                    oh also you go blind after 20 seconds too : mikecyb
                    • at what point does space dementia set in? : beastrabban
        • http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=741 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin_accident check th... : shika.art
      • radiation of heat : Mr.Fusion
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        Your blood wouldn't boil, but your saliva might. : Delusional
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          yes it would -- in the absence of any kind of atmospheric pressure it would transfer to a gaseous state (... : ninjase
          • Blood will boil in a vacuum, but it will not boil in a human body exposed to a vacuum, at least not until... : Delusional
      • Anyone know what effect radiation would have on your body floating in space? We have the atmosphere to bl... : WhiteHatVeteran
    • but there is no equilibrium temperature, right? : edgewise
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      If there is nothing to conduct that heat, how would you lose it so fast? : pigvomit
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        you radiate heat in infrared : GloriousCow
        • You do, but not quickly. : SqueegyTBS
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          not that fast. Radiant heat that we commonly think of is based on transmission of heat through air, whic... : conandan
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            Exactly. We commonly think of cold in atmospheric terms. Cold air saps away our body heat as the heat t... : pigvomit
            • I think that people also forget that because air acts as a liquid that it is subject to currents based on... : conandan
        • very very slowly : Scoots06
      • exactly. More likely is that you would burn from solar radiation : conandan
      • I'm basing it on the wiki article, it says the heat radiated by your body would eventually equal heat rec... : mikecyb
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      In the Sunshine commentary the science adviser talks at length about this, and from what I remember in a ... : Marauder IIC
      • y'all too fast for me : Marauder IIC
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        and yet in the movie, The guy who got stuck out in space freezes within seconds : Mr.Fusion
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          meaning that they didn't take the science advisor's advice :( : Mr.Fusion
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            If they would have stuck to his advice all the time there wouldn't have been a movie, just a very long, r... : Marauder IIC
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              Given the turn the movie takes, I'd rather watch cool space shots of the sun and planets set to the movie... : pigvomit
              • I like the movie, but I'd pay for the documentary with Sunshine soundtrack, too. And I wouldn't make t... : Marauder IIC
    • Do you feel your body temperature drop dramatically if you pass through the shadow of a tree or somethin... : uncleanmonkey
    • You'd probably lose heat a lot slower than in a meat freezer or whatnot. From what I can remember from wh... : CrazyPants
  • It's also not warm. It's NEUTRAL! : Gonzo
  • Coldness is when a mass has a low amount of molecular kinetic energy. You feel cold because cold matter ... : SqueegyTBS
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  The word "theory" in "the theory of evolution" does not imply doubt in mainstream science about the valid... : littlecassius
  • Funny there's a part in that same article about separation of church and state: The phrase "separation : Sailor of Fortune
• Wow, sucks about all those people who have killed themselves trying to get to the top of everest and its ... : GloriousCow
• Also, ENIAC did not use binary arithmetic, as the above three did (and as modern computers do); it used d : DOOManiac
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  Thank god on the black hole thing. That is so difficult to explain to people. : Cottc Cid
  • I think that the explanation is a bit wrong. Then again I could be wrong. BUT, it explains how the ma... : conandan
  • Isn't the bigger issue that our fucking sun is gone? I like warmth. :( : DarkWolf5
• maybe I'm just awesome but very few of these were unknown to me. That electrons in a wire one was surpris... : aeg1x
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  The canon of the New Testament was not selected by Constantine at the First Council of Nicaea. Constantin... : the moon and antarctica
  • these was a lot of dissent, especially around the nature of God and the whole trinity thing : Clay

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  Watch both. : sanchez
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    If I had unlimited time I would. I like to watch tv shows from start to finish so I only watch a few at ... : Horn
    • Well if you have to choose then go for The Wire. : sanchez
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  The Shield. I couldn't make it past the halfway point for season 1 of The Wire. The acting just seemed ... : mwasher
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    You really think the acting in The Wire is more forced than The Shield? I'd say it's the other way aroun... : Medster
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      Yes, but I'm sure my opinion is skewed by other things such as the show being high energy and not boring.... : mwasher
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        I'm just starting Season 4 of The Wire and it is <3<3<3. The first 5 episodes of Season 1 were somewhat ... : grayscale
        • Watch this, and you'll see how close the wire got to the actual reality: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x... : ysbreker
        • After a full season of The Shield, you'll be forgetting The Commish. : trOmblyj
        • don't say that about the commish :( : mikecyb
        • It took a lot of effort for me to really get into The Wire, since it requires a lot of attention (So many : valael
      • I don't know why anyone would tell you that, the first season is no different to any of the other seasons... : peanut-
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        Some people aren't bored by intellectual stimulation. Some people are bored by cliche macho bullshit w... : heartsauce
        • That's like the opposite of the Shack. : mittense
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  The Shield is pure ass kicking. I've never watched The Wire but my understanding is that it's more cerebr... : pauk111
  • More cerebral? More like more visceral. : randomjgj
• I prefer The Wire. It's simply a smarter show, but they're very different. The Wire is very procedural wh... : yoonix
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  The Shield is more entertaining, The Wire is more intelligent. : Bamtan
  • ^^^^^^ This. : sgtsanity
  • Yeah, this is a good way to put it. : yoonix
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  How does The Unit compare to those, if at all? : Dynotaku
  • I hate that show, the gun fights are too overdramatic and half the show is something you'd find on Lifeti... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Not very well. I stopped watching during the second season. : Bamtan
    • The second season finale was awesome and I thought the show was really going to take a new direction, and... : K1Bond007
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    The Unit is like a very toned-down Shield at its best moments. The main problem of the show is that they ... : K1Bond007
    • One sole Mara storyline is enough for me to start killing kittens. : sanchez
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      So it's like The Shield meets Desperate Housewives or something? : Dynotaku
      • umm... yeah. That's pretty much it. Throw in a little JAG / NCIS, "support the military"-cheese stories e... : K1Bond007
  • Not at all. Its more like a 24-lite : Beady
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  The Wire is entertaining because the show climaxes essentially at the end of each season. The Shield is ... : trOmblyj
  • JUST ANO-THER DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY : mwasher
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  Attn: mittense : pancake humper
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    This is the exact conversation we attempted having earlier but I've only seen the Shield so the onus of c... : mittense
    • This thread sums up everything I was trying to say. : pancake humper
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  The Shield is most definitely a TV show, not a sit with headphones on infront of monitor show. : Zolneirz
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    What? : mittense
    • He would not watch it on the internet? : nevicata
  • Wait what : yoonix
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    It loses a lot of what I enjoyed about the show when it was on my headphones, instead of coming out of my... : Zolneirz
    • Yes. I still don't get it. : sgtsanity
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      What. : mittense
      • Guys, what's so confusing? I interpreted what he was saying as being that some shows, etc., aren't as enj... : Attica Blue
    • Did you plug your headphones in? : breal0
    • WHAT. Naw, I know what you're saying. : jayacheess
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  thewirethewirethewirethewirethewirethewirethewirethewirethewirethewirethewirethewirethewirethewire : extrahappyturtle
  • x2 the wire is brilliant. : khaosman
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  The Wire makes all other cop shows look retarded. : NastyJack
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    the wire's not really a cop show though : qwpeoriu
    • Oh god. : NastyJack
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      why not : AlexXdude
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        it's a panoramic, multi-faceted view of the postmodern city and all its ills : sgtsanity
        • Which is exactly why, as a cop show, it puts all the others to shame. It's a deeper cop show than people ... : NastyJack
        • do you know what a plethora is : johnwissinger
      • It's about organizations and institutions, one of which happens to be the police department. : Sze Ior
• So far, after getting up to near the end of season 3 of the shield, I think the wire is more entertaining... : Beady
• The Wire. It's not TV, it's HBO.™ : jimvolk
• The Shield is a super intense cop show that takes lots of liberties with reality. Every episode is like a... : edgewise
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  The Wire is good stuff. It takes a while to get into it though and the humor is very subtle. I'm oddly en... : Marauder IIC
  • Omar is one of the best characters ever on TV. : edgewise
  • That was a bit more humorous than I was expecting (I know nothing about The Wire other than everyone tell... : mittense
• I love the Shield. But The Wire is on another level. : Pettytheft
• Life. : deject
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  The Wire. No comparison. Reality vs fantasy for one. Excellent documentary of urban troubles in big Am... : randomjgj
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    It's not a documentary. : ejectorpod
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      True. But it does do a good job of documenting them anyway. imho, ymmv. : randomjgj
      • I find it awesome how often my Crim Law prof (a former asst DA) references The Wire. I'm half-considering... : yoonix
• Watch the first episode of both? I've struggled with the wire. While I appreciate that it's well acted an... : marmite

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  I don't know. It doesn't really sound like the prodigy if you ask me. : ysbreker
  • It seems like a mix of their old school stuff with a touch of FOTL : two50six
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    that might be a good thing. early 90's "techno" doesn't age well. : captain hampton
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      Fat of the Land has aged brilliantly. The rest of their stuff... Not so much. :( : Vantage
      • Agreed. Smack My Bitch Up is still up there as one of my favorite songs of all time. : SatansFist
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      Underworld, Orbital and Future Sound of London disagree with you. : Vincent Grayson
      • 808 State on the other hand....phew.. : deathofrats
    • I still listen to old school chemical brothers and its still awesome : ninjase
• Better soundquality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTw2YvutJRA : mem
• Diggin it, but kind of reminds me of Pitchshifter more than Prodigy for some reason. : timaste
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  Oh God it's Pendulum Prodigy. What the fuck is this shit?! : mwasher
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    This is terrible. :( : mwasher
    • imitators must die : Audhuml4
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    How disappointing. There is nothing to this song beyond the semi-decent hook. : paroxym
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      ie. Most Pendulum tracks ever made. After perusing a couple music forums concerning this new Prodigy... : mwasher
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        What the fuck are you going on about, manwasher? : omnova
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          What part are you confused about? 1. IMO Pendulum has lost touch with creating unique and interesting ... : mwasher
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            1. Their new album might not match the quality of their older stuff, but that doesn't negate their previo... : omnova
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              I'm not speaking from the viewpoint of someone who recently found out about Pendulum and finds their song... : mwasher
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                You brought up Pendulum and made it sound like everything they do and touch becomes a travesty. I disagr... : omnova
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                  Ok omnova. You have won this internet debate. Good job! : mwasher
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                    Yesssssssss! : omnova
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                      Your multiple s's infuriate me. : mwasher
                      • wasssher of men, precioussssss! : Dave-A
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                ie. Most Pendulum tracks ever made. - manwasher, Dec 01, 2008 4:33pm CST Tell me it ain't so! : omnova
                • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18589611#itemanchor_18589611 : mwasher
• that fucking sucked : industro
• not very good at all :( : nomaad
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  i miss Fat of the Land Such an awesome awesome fucking album : indosauros
  • I think it must have been a mistake. Someone else must have written/produced that album, because the res... : Vantage
• I like it, but it's not at all like the prodigy of old. : terath
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  meh : mikecyb
  • this is like amateur hour why would anyone listen to this >:( : mikecyb
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  Is that mickey from Dr. Who? : losimagic
  • yep it is : two50six
• sounds more like a lousy imitation of a crappy Meat Beat Manifesto tune than Prodigy.. : deathofrats
• Screw the haters - I enjoyed it. : mockery
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  As a big Prodigy fan, I think it's absolute shit. : DJ Clipdat
  • its grown on me quite a bit : two50six
  • Im with you on this I turned it off before it was over... WTF happened to them after FOTL???? : hashd
• Ugh sounds like crap =( : SatansFist
• Someone has been playing fallout 3, more specifically that fucking fire ant town. : notdeadyeti
• dammit, like all the links are NO LONGER AVAILABLE. and one with: This video is no longer availab... : Downforce
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyRrCTJjigw Compared to any of their 90's songs, it sucks :( : d3pr1ved
  • you don't even need to compare it to their older songs it's just not good in general : mikecyb
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  Sounds like it'll make a great soundtrack for a car commercial but that's about it. : NastyJack
  • haha :( : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • That's what I think of pretty much every Moby song. : pigvomit
• I like it : aggressor
• I almost hear the music from Commando in that song. Almost. : pigvomit
• I'm enjoying it. : ant_hillbilly
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  the tune is great, i really like it. : ghost hacker
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    same. Not sure whats up with all the haters, The Prodigy always seem to take a new direction with each al... : two50six
    • you can download it for free on their site. : two50six
• I think its good. I'm really into Pendulum/Celldweller/DaftPunk shit though. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  it sounds too mass produced : spaceless
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    Speaking of this, are there any programs that randomly generate new music? I mean, with all the songs ou... : pigvomit
    • Oh sure there are. Feed the cat food and away it goes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ860P4iTaM : A Sponge
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL7m19z8fDg Man this takes me back. : Rag and Bone Man
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    How bout even further! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnCQcWPpIw8 I used to love this. : hashd
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRi8Sr68z_0 That's as far back as I go with them. : Rag and Bone Man
• I'm seeing them in april, not a fan of this track but their other new stuff sounds great. Can't wait to g... : niceguynick
• It's Mickey! : brickmatt
• I've liked everything the Prodigy has put out, even the last album which so many ppl hated. : stuka
• doesn't sound like the prodigy I knew. I like that their albums are markedly different from each other, b... : Supine
• their last album was fucking awful except for that spitfire song. but the rest was asstacular : ninjase

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  Assault Heroes, REZ HD, Pac Man CE, Ikaruga, Braid, or Symphony of the Night : EvilDolemite
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    If you could choose only 1 : razlebol
    • But I had forgotten about Braid. I have to download that demo. : razlebol
• Geometry Wars 2 : peanut-
• Castle Crashers is the only arcade game that gives me that "full" feeling. : kpxkrnjc
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  Castle Crashers or Geo Wars 2. : sigpro
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    ditto. : edgewise
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      signed. : bozer
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        Ditto signed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AirQuotes.jpg : RomSteady
        • "lasers" : jimmy_legs
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  Settlers of Catan : timaste
  • Ding. : jason bergman
• rez hd : Mr.SEX
• talisman. OH WAIT THAT GOT FUCKING CANCELED! FUCK! : XchumpoX
• Too many to choose from! Lumines, Geometry Wars 2, Assault Heroes, Puzzle Quest, Rez HD would be at the t... : Dave-A
• Braid : Perturbation
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  Super Street Fighter II HD Turbo Remix : ghostmac
  • hells. yes. : boring gegtik
  • This. There's more pure gameplay, and competitive bliss in this $15 package than there are in entire yea... : kallanta
  • ^^^ It's fucking tough as nails, though : hankyJR
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  Geoemtry Wars 2. : mwasher
  • or Settlers. But I'm not sure how popular that game is online now. I should start playing again. I was... : mwasher
• castle crashers : dantastic
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  Probably SotN. For exclusives I'd pick Pac-Man: Championship Edition. : pyide
  • Some of these people are right, it's hard to pick just one. The good thing is you can pick 4-6 for the sa... : pyide
• TMNT : pun][sher
• Geometry Wars 2 : .ka`boom.zZz.
• Castle Crashers : Mmmmmoo
• Pacman:CE or SSF2THDR : ThomW
• Geometry Wars If that doesn't count then likely Braid. : Zhaneel
• Geometry Wars 2 by a long shot. : LemonJoose
• Geometry Wars 2. Not by a long shot, but it's just so good for any mood. : xsoulbrothax
• PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION is basically the single greatest video game : rgoer
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  GripShift. :( : omnova
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    i got this the other day and it's really really good : Mansmells
    • It's amazing and nobody fucking bought it. :( : omnova
• I am getting on this Geometry Wars 2 love fest. : scottythejock
• ive played texas holdem more than any other game on my 360 except maybe ace combat 6 : ninjase
• Duke Nukem anyone? : bam87
• My recent playtime would indicate Age of Booty, although it'd probably be a tossup between that and Geome... : OverloadUT

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  Did you fuck that dude yet? : pancake humper
  • I think she's after the guy who can't make nachos now. : yoonix
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    Obviously not or I wouldn't be playing video games. : Koral06
    • Girls are strange :( : pancake humper
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      You can still fuck & play video games! Although, not both at the same time unless you're extremely talen... : jingletard
      • Or he's really bad. : breadsticks
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        I think she posted about shacking and sexing at the same time, or maybe that was someone else. : PapaBoo
        • No that was me....but shacking doesn't really require that much movement. :P Plus my partner was enjoying... : Koral06
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        http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/orl/740493470.html : woddemandred
        • which Florida shacker is this? : Fyunch Click
  • definitely wasn't me (yet) : aggressor
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  Some games have single-player. Maybe you could do that? : nevicata
  • Ouch... : Koral06
• i'm at work =-( : kbnerd
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  I'm too lazy to go through your list, but I called in sick today. What do you want to play? : Juno
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    Mercs 2, gears of war? : Koral06
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      GoW or GoW2? I have them both. : Juno
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        GoW intense mode. Up for it? : Koral06
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          sure, send me a friend request, KingRoland ii is my tag. I'll just go smoke a cigarette and be on in a co... : Juno
          • You're like the man of my dreams. : Koral06
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  Post more on the shack, what are you studying in school? : Sailor of Fortune
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    Biochemistry. I already post too much on the shack. :( : Koral06
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      Oh man biochem sucks. What's your major? : yoonix
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        I should clarify. Biochem is my major, I'm actually studying nuclear chemistry right now! And I'm gonna f... : Koral06
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          Ahh.. interesting... what's your favorite position? : Edges
          • lol love this : royalally
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            Plz reverse cowboy plz reverse cowboy : pancake humper
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              cowboy cowgirl Sigh : pancake humper
              • LMAO man I didn't catch it until you pointed it out. That shit is hilarious. : royalally
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              ^^^ this : grayscale
              • ILTC post : okhelosir
            • more like mancake lover! : FormerHPB