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  55318008 : FrayLo
  • We used a 7 for our "boobless" and a 1 for "boobies" : guido anchovy
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  touching your thumb and pointer finger and then punching people if they looked at it : Horn
  • Yes! A friend of mine played that game throughout the entire school year once, tallying up the score and ... : tomservo
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    My wife and I were talking about this the other day- no one at her school did it. She didn't even know wh... : tashtego
    • I mostly remember it from church camp when I was about 10. I think that's when we started playing it anyw... : tomservo
    • i've never heard of it. : kbnerd
    • I never saw it until two guys I worked with did it. : Deathlove
  • the best part is if you had it over your balls and you caught them looking. then you could call them a fa... : maulla
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    Gayzer : Slowtreme
    • people i work with still do this. : pandastrong
  • that game ruled : riptyde
  • For us it had to be below the waist though or else you'd get to punch the guy making the circle. : Bull
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    What? : action wombmate
    • http://theangrytiki.com/2008/05/circle-game.html : Horn
  • Had to be below the shoulders though. : Chew
  • This game survived well into the 90s and 2000s. I grew up playing it and kids still play it now. : renegade732
  • http://www.bustedtees.com/punchinggame : marmite
  • my roomate did this in college. suffice to say, a lot of his friends were walking around with sore arms ... : dopeman
  • Some of my friends and I still play the circle game. : woodchuck70
  • best shit ever. we used to do that in high school : Yanks
  • heh, so many bruises because of this. : bakanoodle
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    When we played, if you were able to poke your finger through the hold without them catching your finger, ... : ghostmac
    • Our rules are you get to give two punches if you can poke the circle without looking at it. Must be below... : Serpico74
  • I still play this game with my crew, specifically my grips. So dumb but it's still hilarious : Serpico74
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    In my school it only "counted" if the circle was held below the waist. : jan0r pants
    • Yup, that and the person has to actually look down at it. They can't already be looking below your waist ... : Serpico74
  • I did this my senior year of high school. : FPSDavid
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  Don't step on a crack in the sidewalk or ... (insert any number of things) : PapaBoo
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    I think he means the 1980's, papaboo. : boring gegtik
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      Step on a line and you break James A. Garfield's Oxen Yoke. : tomservo
      • fucking lol :D : stelth
      • instalolled : Draugluin
      • ahahahahahahhahhaha : the city
      • I'm still laughing at this on the lol page : CapnChaos
      • oh christ must not laugh out loud..... : proclone1
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  ahomosayswhat...? : HojuSimpson
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    what? : waxthirteen
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU : Endymion_
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  Pipebomb in the elevator : dognose
  • Pipebomb + tripmine combo for massive damage! : tomservo
• The outstretched hand which moves effortlessly to the neener neener position when the other party reaches... : A Sponge
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  God, I remember when someone made me join the Pen15 club :( I walked around all day covering my hand bec... : m0nkz
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    You didn't just rub it off? I believe I pulled my hand away mid-club-admission because I didn't trust th... : perstephanie
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      I bet you did! : A Sponge
      • Sorry, I meant to say I rubbed one out. : perstephanie
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      They used permenant marker >:( : m0nkz
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        It still rubs off, "permanent" marker is a lie. : Cliffzorz
        • you basically just have to rub off your skin at the point. but not all of it, just the top layers. but ... : perstephanie
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    hand? in my school we tricked kids into writing it on their forehead : das_runt
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      I feel like the teachers would have noticed and stepped in... Actually the critical thing here is that m... : perstephanie
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        yes, the forehead would have caused teachers to intervene after a short while... that's why we did it at ... : das_runt
        • there were tons of teachers at lunch though, and a few at recess... and if a series of kids walk up to th... : perstephanie
  • was it just the Pen15 club? We had the Small pen15 club at my school. : Vincent Grayson
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  I don't know when this originated but the "Your epidermis is showing" always through people for a loop : Begawkiness
  • Or possibly even threw people for a loop, if we decide to speak english. : Begawkiness
  • Yeah, we did this a lot. : guido anchovy
  • Also, "I can't believe you're masticating in public." : perstephanie
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    For my group, The Simpsons made this one popular. : renegade732
    • epidermis means your hair! : zerog83
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  Punch Buggy, "what's a dickfor?", "a faggot says what?", "hurts donut", etc. : riptyde
  • How could your forget Hawaiian Punch! : pheral
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  While friend is sleeping put shaving cream in his hand then tickle his face : Just A Girl
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    or cum in his hand!!!!! : boring gegtik
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      !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : boring gegtik
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        !!!!!!!!!!!! : boring gegtik
        • fag : nomaad
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    Or put his hand in warm water : riptyde
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      or just pee on them : Horn
      • Definitely a 90s thing, that. : Endymion_
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  I'm self-proclaimed champion of HOT HANDS. I could really beat Bruce Lee if challenged :( : icon_of_syn
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    i would hope so since he's dead : Deathlove
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      That's why I frowned. Oh the battle that could have been. : icon_of_syn
      • you would have slapped his hand and he would have 1 inch punched you across the room WAAAATAAAAAAAAAHHHHH... : grandmasterlee
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  Jinx, double jinx, personal jinx? Cootie shots? : perstephanie
  • circle circle dot dot ... : PapaBoo
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  Didn't the "Your mamas so fat" jokes start in the 80s? : mojorisen1117
  • The Dozens are from like...the 30s? : AxeMan808
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  it was about first or second grade and i was pretty small for my age and there was this bully in my grade... : mr.sleepy
  • Maybe you SHOULD go to jail... : ejectorpod
  • A++++ would LOL again. : waxthirteen
  • nice : EvilDolemite
  • Oh man where do I get that LOL thing from? : RogerDandy
• When someone is sleeping, put their hand in a bowl of warm water. : Phreakin
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  Pencil Fights. : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • This was really big where I grew up. : action wombmate
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    Or pencils between the fingers like Bishop in Aliens :D : tomservo
    • ^^^ YES : ninjase
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    is this like sword fights in the boys room? : waxthirteen
    • Only if they are endored by the NFL. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    Dude. Heath #2's were totally outlawed in our Pencil Pop league! : AxeMan808
    • those were those almost rubbery ones weren't they. Fucking cheaters. : .frame
  • once our lunch lady crew wanted to do something nice for the school and bought us all pencils. they hande... : das_runt
  • Eraser burns!! : risimage
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    Then you have that shithead kid who brought one of those fat pencils that construction workers use. Fuck ... : smackpiece
    • the HUSKY always won : dignan
• Truth, Dare, Double-Dare, Promise to Repeat. I'm sure this is older than the 1980s though. : TwiLyght
• Four words: PORN IN THE WOODS. : Endymion_
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  I witnessed a chinese situp early in college. Probably was 91 or so, but holy crap was that terrible. I... : FormerHPB
  • That was a common thing in football practice. I've seen more than a few guys get a face full of sweaty l... : riptyde
• Someone broke my nose from the hand and face thing. To give him credit he totally got me though. : Bumpmapped
• do your parents know you're gay was a common one too : Horn
• I was a pretty naive kid. The worst one I remember is I actually got convinced to let some kid put two l : beastrabban
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  tell a kid "you've got gum on your shoe" and then wait to see which DIRECTION he pulls his leg to check t... : das_runt
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    The girl version of this was various tests like that and if you did it wrong then OH MY GOD YOU'RE A BOY.... : perstephanie
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      Yep, we did the exact same things. The palm facing away thing meant you were a girl, btw. : guido anchovy
      • I was never a girl. :( Okay I only took the test once, but if they'd found out I played video games and ... : perstephanie
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      This is actually really nice from an animation reference point of view - body language like this is a rea... : jbury
      • errr ignore this post : jbury
  • Same thing with "look at your fingernails". : Xin Jing Client 1a
• the token retarded kid in school who inevitably pulls down his pants during PE and starts pulling it : grandmasterlee
• Running around shouting "HO!" at everyone was acceptable due to ThunderCats. : David Craddock
• In school, "open campus" for lunch. I know a few restaurants that went out of business after my HS chang... : Xin Jing Client 1a
• fun times with the ouija board : kainen1
• Straw + paper = spit balls. Could also use a pen tube for increased support. : Chew
• The art of paper airplanes is dead nowadays too. : Chew
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  What was that phenomenon, where you touch your thumb and middle finger together, then flick your index fi... : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • Thump Wars. did you play against cupped hollow hand, or closed fist? Knuckles were the target, either way... : AxeMan808
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  Gleeking. : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • Forgot about this. What a disgusting thing to do. I was always pissed off cause I couldn't. : ghostmac
• "If Jack helped you on the horse, would you help Jack off the horse?" The problem being in that elemen... : abunch
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  Paper Triangle Football and 3 Penny Soccer/Hockey on the lunchroom tables. Laying down fat Afrika Bambaat... : AxeMan808
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    we used three quarters, but that game was way more fun than it should've been. : Agrona
    • Hahaha! If you used 3 quarters at my school, someone WOULD walk by and steal your $.075. : AxeMan808
• a few that were best played with a small group of kids who agreed to get bruises. Open Chest - leave y... : siknsyko
• ARE YOU PT? : nurglich
• "Smile if you've had enough" : Xin Jing Client 1a
• "Close your legs, the war is over" : Xin Jing Client 1a
• mountain dew kills your sperm : flagg209
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  tell a kid "if you masturbate, you'll get hairy palms" and then see if he looks at his hands BECAUSE IF H... : das_runt
  • Fuck that is hilarious :/ : crummynz
  • Other version: tell a guy that if you masturbate you get deaf and then pronounce deaf so bad and silent t... : Bamii
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  I use to like telling the girls to try and touch their elbows behind their back. :) : flubba79
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    wait what does this do lol : boomstickah
    • boobies : das_runt
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    I got it! It took me 20 years, but I just got it!! : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • pics + divx : Endymion_
    • Well it's not like there was much to see back then. I remember some situation where a girl in like sec... : Schnapple
  • genius : wendigo
• "I call you out", an invitation to engage in fisticuffs with a childhood adversary. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  "If you read this you're gay." : niceguynick
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    FUCK : pukerat
    • haha you got OWNED BRAH : the city
• What is the capital of Thailand? BANGCOCK *punch in the nuts* What's the state? I-da-ho or You-da-ho... : changejar419
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  "Do you want to go with me?" : edgewise
  • "Let's go steady" : grandmasterlee
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    My experience with that question, "My mom won't let me." : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • 2nd experience: first date chaperoned by her mom to 'E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial'. We were late and got ... : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • That scene is why I love Donnie Darko so much. : tomservo
  • [ ] Yes [ ] No : m0rfus
• "IDT" : Ziz
• FYI this has nothing to do with the 80s. This stuff was going on before then and still goes on to this da... : OverloadUT
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  Did anyone do that stupid thing where you remove the eraser from your pencil and carve the crap out of th... : deathofrats
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    er, no, must have missed out on the self-mutilation games. : aethyr
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      that's a shame, I hear it was the cool thing to do. : bakanoodle
      • that's so weird...it was a trend at my school. looking back, I wonder if there was something deeper behi... : deathofrats
• Also the id10t club. : vitaminzach
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  Anyone play 'stretch' with knives? That was really popular in my trailer park. : deadhorse
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    Yes we did that, but we used lawn darts too..lol Then you throw it between there legs. We called it p... : risimage
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      mumblypeg is what we called it. My friend and I used to play it until our feet were maybe an inch apar... : Vincent Grayson
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        wtf is this game? you spread your legs and throw sharp objects at each others feet? : das_runt
        • Kinda. You start off with two people, facing each other maybe 5' apart, with their feet together. Pers... : Vincent Grayson
      • Haha, you just reminded me of the time I stabbed myself in the leg trying to play. : deadhorse
• Stand really close to someone and say, "My penis is hanging out." When he looks down, call him a faggo... : Omaha
• shooting those little folded up pieces of paper with rubber bands. Paper Football, Coin basketball! : .frame
• the game mercy - I have double jointed fingers so I loved that stuff. : zakazi
• Back when Roots was on, or the sequel, or some similarly-themed miniseries was on TV, a lot of kids in my... : Schnapple
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  Tell some kid that sniffing Wite-Out will get him high (or Liquid Paper - the white correction fluid/pain... : Schnapple
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    Did you at least get high? : nurglich
    • The funny part is that, to a one, every kid will try it even though you've heard "Just say no" and "drugs... : Schnapple
• Saying something was stuck on your heel and farting in their face when they bent down to look at it. : spectr3
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  "I say, my good man. Would you care to join in a rousing round of knuckle-bending, skin-twisting or ridd... : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • Cummination. : Cliffzorz
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  "Did you just fart?" "Yes." "DOORKNOBS!!" : zerog83
  • Haha, I remember this. I wanted to see if the rules were same... http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop... : Omaha
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  "How do you spell "hiv"?" "H-I-V" "Are you positive?" "yes" "AHAHA YOU HAVE AIDS" : pukerat
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    That's not funny guys :(... Magic Johnson : deathofrats
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      I never got that. He is a carrier, right? It's not like he's dying, he can just infect others. Or is... : Xin Jing Client 1a
      • It's in his basket balls. : voodooraze
      • He is HIV positive, which leads to AIDS and ultimately death if unchecked, but he probably takes all his ... : Flying h4x0r
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  How do you spell i cup? "I C U P" Haha you see me pee : sukkot
  • Spell PIG backwards, then say "funny colours!" : crummynz
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    Look down your shirt and spell Attic. : malevolence
    • Haha, I totally fell for that one... but they never told me to look down my shirt so it wasn't as funny. : sugarwaffle
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  You find the fat kid and beat him until he is crying : rosewood
  • Strangely, we didn't have any fat kids (myself included) who weren't also fairly big, so beating on the f... : Vincent Grayson
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  Kids who grew up in the late 90's had internet porn. They will be the ultimate human beings due to easy ... : trevis
  • Shut up, Trevis. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  Here's one: Schools that had you 'dress down' for gym in junior high. When gym class was over, there ... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    Holy cow, did this happen everywhere? It happened to me back in the 8th grade. TL;DR: A kid started a ... : zohar79
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      hahaha that's awesome. I was also in 7th grade when I punched the school "bad boy" for calling me a whore... : Megara9
      • He was asking you out when he called you a whore in the first place. He just didn't realize that you took : edgewise
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  The 80's sucked and you know it : locater16
  • i've been downloading 80s porn to relive my youth and i can agree with this post : TwiLyght
• hell, at work we still do the pu-55-y form joke on the new guys. it isnt really gunny anymore, but it pas... : returnofthepanda
• shotgun : drucifer
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  "Does your Mom ever catch you masturbating in the closet?" : Zero|DPX
  • (You can't say "yes", and "no" gets a "Must be a good spot then, huh?") : Zero|DPX
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  girls would gleek all over guy's notebook or binders. i pretended to hate it, but secretly liked it beca : vassili_zaitsev
  • I haven't heard the word gleek in a while. : deadhorse
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  Back in middle school (and possibly high school) kids used to take those rulers with the metal edges and ... : FPSDavid
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    "indian" sunburn remember that? : EvilDolemite
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      i remember indian burns, but indian sunburns? : FPSDavid
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        I'd have to wager a guess that it's an indian burn done to someone with a sunburn. OWIE : deadhorse
        • sun + magnifying glass + skin + indians = indian sunburn. : edgewise
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  we played open chest at my schools it got kinda brutal sometimes. I remember one kid wasnt paying attent... : riedlos
  • If you play this game, you have likely never grown ball hair. : FPSDavid
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  Pop Rocks and Soda, Whats Grosser Than Gross? Left Ear Pierced=Gay. : two50six
  • and paper football and pencil wars, Im just rambling off 80's fads : two50six
  • it was left ear straight. i don't know why i remember this. god the 80s were stupid. : Dave-A
• Paper bullets. Some would fold paper over and over and then have an inch long piece of paper they would ... : sweat

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  When I heard the Coldplay song I didn't think of Joe Satriani, I thought of Alizee. Here is another go... : MatthewPhillips
  • Thanks you posting this for booty posterity. Hall of Fame.. : Lightzout
  • This is the song I thought of too! I even pointed it out to my buddies at work who've never heard of Ali... : treefingers1
  • Ever since the first day I heard that Coldplay song, all I sawheard in my head was Alizee shaking her ass : action roommate
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  I heard this on Stern yesterday. Didn't they also find a similar song created before Satriani's? : pigvomit
  • Yeah apparently they had one that was way close to one of Ashlee Simpsons songs on their X,Y Album releas... : VictoriouSecret
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  Fascinating explanation of what is going on here. Remember when Susanne Vega sued the Stones (and won?) ... : Lightzout
  • KD Lang I meant. : Lightzout
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  This is a quicker comparison here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofFw9DKu_I&feature=related Seems to... : sharkII
  • hahaha! The "ROFL" on his turtleneck is awesome. : reelbk
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  Wait, I thought Vanilla Ice actively sampled Queen for Ice Ice Baby. : mrwolf710
  • no no no. Vanilla Ice's went "Duh Duh Duh Da Da Da Duh CHING" where queen just went "Duh Duh Duh Da Da Da... : hirez
  • IIRC he said his tune was totally different because he added the notes at the end. : baconisgod
  • He said he didn't, courts ruled that he essentially did. They have writers' credits on it now. : Deathlove
  • no, the bass line is a tiny bit different, one note to be exact : moshman
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    And I always get confused because I start singing "Stop! Collaborate and listen!" and it turns out to be ... : freshyk
    • Haha, same here! : CrustaR
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    I thought it was Bowie. : WaterSign
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      Bowie did some of the vocal on the song, but it was a Queen song. : sigpro
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        some of the vocal? more like 50%. btw, i saw bowie performing the song a couple of years back. awesome is... : blindi0815
        • Yes he sang the low parts and Freddie did the high ones. Bowie never did the song live until 92 and never... : sigpro
  • Whatever he did, there was never any question in my mind. I still can't hear the beginning of that Queen ... : Vincent Grayson
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  I really would not want to be in a court room with the likes of Satriani trying to argue against him on m... : jayacheess
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    "If it so entertains the jury, I'd like to present....COLDPLAY!" *Cheers* Hell yeah, watch a free ... : pigvomit
    • and the crowd goes *booooooo* : brainchild420
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    seriously, satriani is a wikipedia of musical theory knowledge. : moshman
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      Which is one more reason I believe he may actually have a case if he was willing to bring this forward, J... : VictoriouSecret
      • yeah, i really doubt he would have bothered otherwise. : moshman
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  They had an issue with the Creaky Boards and supposedly stealing from them as well. However, both bands : jingletard
  • Watch the quick comparison posted above. Even the singing in Coldplay's song emulates Satriani's lead gui... : jayacheess
  • a stretch? seriously? the melody is identical, so is the speed and the chord progression is essentially e... : moshman
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    if you actually watch that video, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8HDUiauiyM , i dont think you can c... : Maarten Goldstein
    • I kinda like this version : Slowtreme
    • Yeah, i've never heard this before. It's not a big stretch. I'd say the Creaky Boards' version versus C... : jingletard
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      In comparison to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1etjmGqp3vo is what I was speaking about. : jingletard
      • whoa wait, you think that song sounds more similar to Viva la Vida than the Satriani song? I completely ... : fishbone
    • It's already been established that the songs share 1) tempo and 2) a similar chord progression through t... : fishbone
  • My beef with the Creaky Beards' claim is the mustache. Chris Martin does not have a mustache. : yoonix
• Chris Martin wrote something unoriginal? Baffling. : Tawler
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  Tends to be that if you write something similar, even unknowingly, you'll lose. Remember when George Harr... : K1Bond007
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    Or how about Huey Louis and the News? Guy who wrote Ghostbusters theme got slapped because it sounded too... : VictoriouSecret
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      Wasn't that intentional though? They specifically wanted the theme to Ghostbusters to sound like Huey Lew... : K1Bond007
      • Yea, they wanted that song. Couldn't get it, so Ray Parker flipped it and reversed it or something. : mancide
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    no, that's with patents. copyright requires copying; independent creation is ok, even if it's an exact co... : RikiTiki2
    • ^^^trufe : sasoi
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      No because as I said there have been copyright cases where people have lost, but it was also concluded th... : K1Bond007
      • err by "did no wrong" - I mean not deliberate. : K1Bond007
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    George Harrison won. : bipolar
    • I stand corrected. : bipolar
• interesting. and seems to be pretty blatant. especially after hearing the mashup http://www.youtube.com... : mrsparil
• I think it's a telling statement on how simple our music is more than anything else. : cdbeckman
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  Recently I wrote a sketch that I found online about 2 weeks later with a VERY similar concept. Was I copi... : pauk111
  • I had an idea for a blister pack opener about 5 years ago, never followed through on a patent or anything... : pigvomit
  • You damned plagiarist. : VictoriouSecret
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  I don't know, should we expect bands to know every single song that's ever been written to make sure they... : melt_core
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    it's more to do with money and profit than artistic liberty and license : porp
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      It'd be easy to make a parallel with patents, and show how much they don't really stimulate innovation... : melt_core
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        That's not really clear either way. I still think they help innovation more than they hurt it. : ra1n
        • I think there are argument in favor and arguments in disfavor. There will never be a clearcut answer, but... : melt_core
    • Obviously! I'm still waiting for someone to infringe on something of mine...free money here I come... : VictoriouSecret
  • with the same bpm and melody at the same timing? : moshman
• Using this kind of analysis, how many 4-chord progressions are possible? I don't know any music theory, ... : Ovate
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  Not the first time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0rYO1GDyis&feature=related : aux7
  • that said, this was much more in depth : aux7
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  I just hope this means someone punches Gwen Paltrow in the face. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • She's a very pretty Pepper Potts. :( : Lone Swordsman
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  Vanilla Ice didn't dance on that line. He pulled down his parachute pants and took a dump on it. He direc... : Fred Garvin
  • I'm genuinely surprised to hear that he has claimed it wasn't a direct sample. I had no idea. : edgewise
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    the Vanilla Ice riff has a beat of syncopation or two that the original doesn't. So it's not a direct co... : AssGoblin
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      http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=MxN_pbMOFk0 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=xtrEN-YKLBM He added so littl... : Fred Garvin
      • But this is the best version: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=0A7tLVIsuNw : Fred Garvin
• People have been ripping off my G-C-D invention for years, too. I don't have trouble believing that Co... : maddy
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  I sincerely doubt Coldplay sat down and were like "let's take this song and turn into this song." It is f... : SenorSpine
  • haha, asked "this guy" to use his song.. I think Satriani would have told them to fuck off and make thei... : FirmButtstone
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    Satriani is a pretty popular musician in the music world. If you play guitar, chances are you listen to, ... : jayacheess
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      Then they expected to not get busted on this? Copying a song from a fairly popular artist and releasing i... : SenorSpine
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        I honestly don't understand it myself. But its not as though people don't copy songs and attempt to get a... : jayacheess
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          Yeah, the only defense is that it is a pretty basic chord progression with a nice clean melody to follow ... : FirmButtstone
          • What sells me is that the singing exactly matches the lead guitar. That plus the matching chord progressi... : jayacheess
        • True enough I guess. It just seems odd though. They are big enough that they could pay whoever actually o... : SenorSpine
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      I've played guitar for a long time, including in a few bands, and I've never listened to Satriani except ... : Chris Remo
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        Same here (whats important musically), but I find it hard to believe you haven't listened to him if only ... : jayacheess
        • I'm the opposite. I think all 3 of the creates or have created music that makes me not think of it as "in... : -efx-
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          I used to listen to him quite a bit (Surfing with the Alien is so damn good). Was fun to try and play the... : FirmButtstone
          • oops, meant for Remo : FirmButtstone
          • See, that's the problem. People are basing their opinions on a "short comparison." A song is more than th... : Cihte
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          I'm not really into chops, that's basically it. I think when I was in my early teens or so I got a kick o... : Chris Remo
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            Gotcha. I'm definitely into growing technically as a guitarist, but I've always felt like a lot of potent... : jayacheess
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              I don't get that at all. Why wouldn't a technically proficient musician be able to as creative if not mor... : -efx-
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                The problem is there are musicians that are amazing technically, but lack feeling. Where they almost sou... : FirmButtstone
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                  Sure, but that hardly applies to most musicians who are technically proficient. The fact is that there is... : -efx-
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                    Yngwie himself is uninteresting. although i know what you're talking about i dont think there is a tab... : blindi0815
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                      Your Yngwie comment (and mine of course) is irrelevant though since such an opinion is subjective. But... : -efx-
                      • well that is not what i've said. but compared to jazz or classical music, higher technical profiency is n... : blindi0815
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                It's actually pretty strange. I don't know how to describe it accurately. It's almost as though they get ... : jayacheess
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                  I agree. But in Joe's defense, a lot of what he plays is played with genuine feeling, as opposed to Vai,... : Rotten Deadite
                  • Yep, agree completely. : jayacheess
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                    uh what? vai is technical exercises? you must be fucking kidding me : moshman
                    • Yeah, that's a pretty amusing view when (if you were forced to only make extreme, black-and-white judgmen... : Felraiser
                  • When I saw g3 Steve Vai had not one, nor two, but three fans pointed upwards at his face to blow his hair... : IgnoramusSA
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                  Ha ha, wow. His paintings are crap, I'm not nearly as technically as good as he is but I think I could ma... : locater16
                  • His work is pretty far away from crap if you ask me. Actually I think saying his work is crap is pretty d... : SatansFist
              • They're obviously not mutually exclusive, but when I listen to guys like Satriani, Vai, or Malmsteen, I j... : Chris Remo
              • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3H4liC2sWg FUCK YEAH DRAGONFORCE : retarded talking dinosaur
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          That's me with Vai and The Swedish Meatball, but Joe has a few songs that I genuinely love for the actual... : Rotten Deadite
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            I love the entire "The Extremist" album. : sharkII
            • I learned "Friends" from that album a while back. Such a fun song to learn. : -efx-
      • I'm with you on this one Remo. I have played guitar for 15 years now and I refuse to listen to these guys... : RogerDandy
    • as gay as coldplay is, I think they have a ton of talent, enough where they dont need to steal songs : bozer
  • I read a transcript from a documenatry about Coldplay from a while back where they referenced Satriani by... : -efx-
  • im sure they didnt do much thinking. they heard satrianis song, thought it sounded good, and used it. : maulla
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  Surprisingly there is a FOURTH element to this. Remember the french singler Alizee? http://www.youtube... : deathofrats
  • That was actually fun to listen to. Like some weird duet : spiderfill
  • Yeah I recall listenting to that song and instantly Alizee's song come to mind. It's not really that clo... : trove
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    godamn she is fucking hot. >=[ : mindfk
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      she is, but I suspect alot of her charm and beauty come from being 16. By 27, she'll be ordinary. : edgewise
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        she's 24 already man. : mindfk
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          she was 19 in that video and 15 when she released her first, and best selling album. : edgewise
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            yeah i guess i have no idea how hot she is now, you're probably right. : mindfk
            • She got huge for her pregnancy and stayed that way for about a year, now they're trying to get her next a : Lunatic Angelic
    • Her big fucking Tinkerbell tattoo is shit though \= : shyguy74
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18655169#itemanchor_18655169 : action roommate
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      yes, but I posted the youtube link to the videos... : deathofrats
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        i wasn't posting that in a "lol repost moran" manner, but as in a "let me re-iterate my point about Alize... : action roommate
        • ah gotcha. : deathofrats
  • thats pretty neat ... like the timbaland mix with mbaland, OneRepublic, Chris Cornell & PCD http://www... : kanix
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    I need more high quality video / picture of her wet. : mwasher
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      her wet what? : deathofrats
      • I have a thing for girls in tight, revealing clothes who are wet. This goes beyond a wet t-shirt fetish! : mwasher
  • well that was cool : packav
• You know what pisses me off? That Coldplay made such a catchy song. Fuck you! I'm supposed to think ev : Danny5225
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  So let's go back throughout history and find similar chord progressions and lyrics so everyone can sue th... : hirosushima
  • The only thing is these songs were written very close time wise (it is not like it is a copy of some chor... : FirmButtstone
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  Sonic Youth should sue Satriani for stealing from Sister. : heartsauce
  • guitarists everywhere should sue buckethead for making them look bad. : jujubees
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  Man, I'm less than two minutes in and I don't agree with this guy's analysis. First, this segment of t... : Zero|DPX
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    3:30 in. The Satriani piece clearly has a different chord progression: the first chord is a ii chord, no... : Zero|DPX
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      (Ah, the guy is noting sevenths in the Satriani piece -- he's right, these are 7th chords, I just omitted... : Zero|DPX
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        He agrees with my differentiation of the first chord's function, although he also claims the Satriani pie... : Zero|DPX
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          In short: you have different melody lines, different (though functionally similar) chord sequences, diffe... : Zero|DPX
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            so you agree that they copied each other? because he concludes that they have no court case.. : deathofrats
            • His conclusion was that it "doesn't look good for Coldplay", which I disagree with. He followed up in ... : Zero|DPX
          • you have cleverly avoided a wall of text by breaking the post into 5 different posts. i applaud you : electroly
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            hello music theory friend : Delaric
            • Love music theory. Besides my instrument lessons it was my favorite subject in college. : -efx-
          • you really think the melody lines are that different? : moshman
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            Only they still sound exactly the same in the exact same tempo and meter with nearly the exact same progr... : twifosp
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              They have the same meter: Yes, they're in 4/4, like 80% of the rest of Western music. They have very c : Zero|DPX
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                I think you're drastically over analyzing it. My extent of music theory is not as great as yours. I had... : twifosp
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                  When the chord sequences are ii-V-I plus a deceptive cadence, yeah, you DO wind up with similarities on a... : Zero|DPX
                  • Can you post an example of another song that sounds similar with that chord sequence? I'm not doubting y... : twifosp
        • because he is explained it to youtube people :) : moshman
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  Coldplay also ripped off Kraftwerk, will grab the name of both tunes in a second. When I first heard it I... : graincloud
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0rYO1GDyis there we go : graincloud
  • This again? THEY GOT PERMISSION! : glio1337
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    No they did not. Kraftwerk shared in writing credits from the get go. : InfoBiter
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_(song) yah meant to do that first. : InfoBiter
    • My bad! : graincloud
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    Run DMC totally ripped off Aerosmith. They even got a Steven Tyler impersonator and everything. : pupismyname
    • Yeah, well Aerosmith totally ripped off Eminem !! : Shivawn
• Somehow I doubt they are ripping off music, most of their tunes use very basic and obvious melodies. It'... : Richese
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  The fact that there are now 3 songs that people are claiming Coldplay ripped this one song from makes me ... : InfoBiter
  • Exactly. There have been so many songs throughout history that have sounded very similar in some regard. ... : glio1337
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    Coldplay is just a big band that everyone knows about so they are an easy target. : hirosushima
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      nobody wants to sue somebody with no money : RikiTiki2
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        i do : boring gegtik
        • You proved RikiTiki wrong! : CrustaR
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  Coldplay is overrated, depressing and sucks, so I'd love to see them go down, intentional plagiarism or n... : Kerranger
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    Wow, I was shocked to see that you're in Finland. I thought that retarded justification for lawsuits was... : fishbone
    • I'm edgy and hardcore like that : Kerranger
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  I used to love Satriani, but live he sounds horrible; he's a great studio musician. Conversely, Yngwie M... : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • Oh, and add Bruce Kulick to the guitar gods list. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  Funny, indeed. But it's nothing compared to what Dream Theater have done on their past, I don't know, 5 a... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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    Dream Theater has been ripping off Joe Satriani? : grendel
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      Nah, they lift riffs, sections or even complete songs. Off the top of my head: Peter Gabriel, Muse, Megad... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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        Oh yeah, and here's their "version" of Gabriel's Solsbury Hill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPd4UQvfo... : GreatGooglyMoogly
        • yes their "VERSION" ARGH it's obviously a tribute and it's one song from a double album : JINKY
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        uhh none of those are that similar, and they're all picking out tiny sections of really varied, 10 minute... : JINKY
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          You, sir, are either deaf of completely musically challenged if you, with a straight face, can say that "... : GreatGooglyMoogly
          • It doesn't take a musical degree to notice that the first video at least is completely dishonest in is pr... : Vantage
          • They are similar in that the songs chosen use similar musical structures and have been edited to sound ev... : nurglich
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        I had a big post typed up but you know what? You only have to listen to that first example to see how fu... : Vantage
        • Completely agree, I don't see much evidence of blatant plagiarism. : SatansFist
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          Wow. I can agree that the first video is a major stretch (one can say I got caught up in the moment Youtu... : GreatGooglyMoogly
          • -first video +last video : GreatGooglyMoogly
          • If by "identical" you mean with totally different notes, then maybe. : Vantage
  • Dream Theater plays so many notes per minute that it's inevitable that some of them resemble other songs : spiderfill
• Maybe these guys should sue Satriani: (Enanitos Verdes - Frances Limon) http://www.youtube.com/wat... : Cihte
• I hope Joe wins : jonin
• This is ridiculous. I don't even like coldplay but this is pretty fucking stupid. You don't hold proper... : kainen1
• this is just like that time I wrote dexter and got ripped off : randomposter
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  You've all probably seen this before but I still get a kick out of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... : SatansFist
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    too bad it's too old to have US (C) protection : RikiTiki2
    • Yeah but it's a cool video nonetheless. I really need to learn music theory. : SatansFist
• http://whatchuknow2.ytmnd.com/ : Rag and Bone Man

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  Currently it's being used to pad my resume, as I'm a web developer who, having just graduated with my Bac : Rotten Deadite
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    What do you mean mob icon? : h o s t i l e
    • I mean a small, 23x23 pixel icon representing a monster of some kind. Eventually there will be different... : Rotten Deadite
    • short for mobile - a badguy that moves : Agrona
• Wow, that got knocked off the first page pretty quick... : Rotten Deadite
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  looks pretty cool man, what server-side platform are you using? : MagicWishMonkey
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    Heh, right now it's PHP and MySQL. It will eventually get a server-side .exe to manage things like mob r : Rotten Deadite
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      it's on Dreamhosting Expect your game to become unusably slow once a few people start playing it. I b... : electroly
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        Oh sure. I know it. But it's only on Dreamhosting while I'm developing it. I'm not going to move it an... : Rotten Deadite
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          dreamhost has an option where they will just move your existing account onto a special server where you g... : electroly
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            Could be. But if I'm right about the executable restriction than I'm going to have to go with someone el... : Rotten Deadite
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              You can run executables on a Dreamhost PS. I run Perforce and Ventrilo on mine and I have even run Steam ... : OverloadUT
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                Interesting. Of course these programs would have to be compiled for linux, right? : Rotten Deadite
                • I would expect so unless they would run under WINE or something but I am pretty sure that is just emulati... : OverloadUT
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                  yes : electroly
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                    you should really just do it in a scripting language though. you could even use php, which has a command... : electroly
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                      And I probably would use PHP, as while my C# skills are much better than my PHP skills, I've written so m... : Rotten Deadite
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                        nah, it won't matter. go with whatever is easier. the issue with the web-facing php scripts is latency,... : electroly
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                          So how would a command-line PHP script be more lightweight than a PHP-driven webpage? Because Apache wou... : Rotten Deadite
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                            well, Apache isn't really the issue. the latency comes from 1) launching the interpreter, and 2) the net... : electroly
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                              Interesting... Where can I read up on this stuff? php.net have any sections I should be studying? : Rotten Deadite
                              • not really... what i said is pretty much it actually :) you can run a php script from the command line b... : electroly
• Can't contribute but I'll definitely play when it's ready! : Edges
• Makes me think of Jagged Alliance and Wages of War as well. :D : tomservo
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  I would've kept the lint. : jingletard
  • Nah. Had to make room for more ball of twine. : Rotten Deadite
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  Looks cool, I've gotten started on a game a few times and keep getting side tracked.. I should have poste... : stonedonkey
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    http://www.lordsofkingdoms.com heh.. forgot I even got a domain for it.. should work for the most part i... : stonedonkey
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      I'd considered doing a game like that, and it would've been easier in some ways (I wouldn't have had to s... : Rotten Deadite
      • Man, those kittens sure are ferocious. : Rotten Deadite
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        Yea too many ideas is a killer. I had ideas for arenas for pvp, and markets,crafting etc. I just got ... : stonedonkey
        • Feature bloat's a problem. I've gotta start writing up a milestone document so I can keep it in check. : Rotten Deadite
  • For anyone wanting to do a turn based game send me a SM...or visit TouchLeague.com. http://www.holdeml... : skilesare
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  isn't never the less one word? : bamb
  • I seem to keep using that word. I don't think it means what I think it means. : Rotten Deadite

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  I jizzed in my pants. : Fred Garvin
  • That Philip Glass track for Pruitt-Igoe is getting a good trailer-workout these days : Dave-A
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  So has it actually been confirmed that they changed the ending? : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    ^^^ this is want I want to know. The ending is essential. : senseimoron
    • i have heard no definitively, but who the hell knows. : dahanese
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  I tried reading that comic and I could not get even halfway through. Not because it's bad or anything - i... : mr.sleepy
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    It's at least a two-reader. First to get to the end, second to understand how the end works. : Masem
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      Really? I didn't think it was all the complex or confusing, assuming you read the entire thing. : Vincent Grayson
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        No, but at least some of the depth does depend on a little knowledge of the normal comic book tropes. I c... : Conan
        • Yeah, that I can see. : Vincent Grayson
        • That may help with some of the specific references, but I've never read superhero comics and I didn't fee... : Chris Remo
  • I noticed that when I read a graphic novel it can be hard for me to differentiate between characters. Wh... : Fish_Bulb
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    I had no clue what was going on in that trailer. : dilutedq
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      i feel like that trailer was for fans who have already read the comic, and not new people. : dahanese
      • It looked cool atleast. : dilutedq
  • once i hit the woefully written 'extracts', i couldn't go on. : filthysock
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  The running time of the theatrical version had been trimmed to 155 minutes, while the director's cut vers : Dave-A
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    Wait, so they're filming all the Black Freighter stuff, but not putting it into the theatrical cut? Grant... : Vincent Grayson
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      It's going to be animation I think. : randomposter
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        This. I think they're also going to be distributing it as a free promo disc or something. : Conan
        • I don't think it's going to be free but supposed to be out right around the time the movie comes out (sim... : mikecyb
    • I figured the Black Freighter would be cut, both for time, and because it wouldn't really work in a movie... : BlackCat9
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    they could shave that down by half if they cut out all the slow-mo :( : mikecyb
    • I think the slow mo stuff helps it mimic the comic book frames. (As seen in Sin City and 300) : pigvomit
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      It irritates me so goddamn much. It feels like such a cheap trick, not a genuinely affecting cinematic ch... : Chris Remo
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        I am okay with it being used once in a while for dramatic effect or something but for this movie of all t... : mikecyb
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          It's super fucking lame. It feels like a switch, to turn on instant gravitas. It's generally meaningless ... : Chris Remo
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            It could just be for the trailer... : Dave-A
            • This trailer obviously had a lot of extra slow-mo, but I'd be enormously surprised if the technique wasn'... : Chris Remo
• I'm gonna avoid this till I finish the comic! : DOOManiac
• thanks for being a fag, itunes. i like it lets you watch a preview, but not the full thing without regist... : gokart.
• I'm so H for this : egg5hen
• Looks like it could be pretty good. I've never read the comic so I have no idea what it's about though... : yosemiteclimber
• That was pretty damn excellent. : randomposter
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  I hope they change Doctor Manhattan's voice from the last trailer. I don't think it should sound the way... : Rag and Bone Man
  • Yeah, he definitely sounds a little too much like a normal person. : Vincent Grayson
  • I agree, I also thought that Rorschach sounded way too much like Christian Bale's Batman, whereas I'd alw... : Dave-A
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  hmpf - so that's philip glass? Dear god - though I did recognize the second half of the music - Don Simp... : dedgecko
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    all of that was philip glass : randomposter
    • that's what I said - JUNO REACTOR REMIXED THE LAST HALF OF THE STUFF IN THE TRAILER AND PUT IT IN MATRIX ... : dedgecko
• must get home to watch... : shavenewok

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• HELL YES!! : CrustaR
• hell yea you should : MagicWishMonkey
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  I love the 45-pound gap worth of people who can't use it. : RomSteady
  • lol, right? I like the security guards chasing the kids in the video, myself : drucifer
  • wait...really? Is there a reasoning behind that? : deathofrats
• shit, I may have to get these too : goatjc
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  http://previews.mobilefun.co.uk/colour-gifs/130x98/27018.gif : nevicata
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    >:( : drucifer
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      I found that just for you. : nevicata
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        you just made the list : drucifer
        • http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/2306935271_c9de47a210.jpg : nevicata
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  Make sure you have plenty of health insurance first. : jingletard
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    falling while running with these must be a spectacular, one time event. : grandmasterlee
    • I can't imagine how incredibly fucking hurt I would get on a pair of those if I fell down. : jingletard
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  Why wouldn't you?? : Rauol Duke
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    i can feel the sickening wet snap of my ankle already :( : Dave-A
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      I would make some serious divots in the sidewalk :[ : drucifer
      • they would make tennis more interesting : Dave-A
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        I want you to accidentally bounce into a tree and when you come back down on your pogo nerd legs your hea... : Rauol Duke
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          thanks, now I won't sleep tonight :( : drucifer
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            Is that... scratching I hear coming from your attic? : Rauol Duke
            • http://www.zarfprod.com/DELIRIUM/Resources/deli-squirrels-poster.jpeg : nevicata
• They will stay in a corner, gathering dust and mocking you with their very presence, forever. : Mr.Finkster
• Great gift for the whole family. Check out the SINGLE review at the bottom tl;dr "Couldn't actual... : Delaric
• Okay, which one of you guys wrote that review? lol... : K1Bond007
• I don't see anyone jumping 6 feet high or running anywhere near 20 mph. : edgewise
• Powered by the gravitational force created when the person using them applies downward pressure It's SCIE... : Wyvern
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  I want to go jogging around town with these while wearing full motorcycle track leathers + helmet. : eugthinks
  • haha such a good idea : sreyes22
• My boss has those and walked around the office in them once. They're nuts. : jason bergman
• Haha, the one user review is awesome. : dravalen
• Awesome, I was looking for a way to give myself a compound leg fracture this christmas! : Horseshorses
• They look pretty cool until you watch the video... : virus
• does amazon not moderate the comments anymore? i remeber having hell of a time posting something because... : vassili_zaitsev
• im really thinking about buying those but im scared of beeing beaten to death because of looking so gay : Utopia
• With a name like FlyJumpers I thought for sure that I would be able to jump into flying. I headed up to t... : FPSDavid
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYJgctfKbP8 : skunk_ape
  • they should use this video : drucifer

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• It's funny how different his personality is on his online car show. : Ellissd
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  Great car, but the interior still looks awful :( : sanchez
  • It's not bad at all. Have you actually been in one? It's not a luxury car. It didn't feel cheap at all... : FormerHPB
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  haha damn, guess he'll be full-time car guy after leaving the Tonight Show : futant
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    I heard lastnight that NBC is giving him a new talk show at 10:00 PM after he leaves the tonight show.. t... : alphablu
    • FUCK that's exactly what I was thinking while watching the video, he'd be perfect for that : futant
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      He declined the US version of Top Gear. Said there was no way they could do the british version justice. ... : Ellissd
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        I'd bet Jay Leno would do a pretty good job at a US Top Gear with the right co-hosts. : Enkidu
        • Yeah, I actually think Leno would be better on a show like Top Gear than the Tonight Show : boarder2
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        Well, you gotta give him props for that, because he's probably right. : action wombmate
        • Agreed. Mad props for that. :) I bet he downloads the new eps every week like most non-UKs who enjoy the ... : SilverSnake
      • it even failed to work here in aus, such a terribly bland version :( : filthysock
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        It's true. Jeremey Clarkson and Richard Hammond make the show. : Arcanum
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          No love for Captain Slow? : action wombmate
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            People always seem to say Jeremy and Hammond make the show, but I think it'd be completely different with... : magistersmax
            • I totally agree. : action wombmate
            • I can't figure out whether the captain slow thing is a gag or not. does he really dislike sports cars and... : retarded talking dinosaur
            • I just watched the one from (I think) last year where they go on a caravan holiday to Dorset or wherever,... : action wombmate
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              It was weird. The first season (or season and a half) without James May were clearly not up to the calib... : Enkidu
              • yeah that one guy they had on before may was knowledgeable and not a bad presenter or anything, but he la... : Mr.SEX
            • I couldn't agree more. The co-host chemistry is probably my favorite thing about the show. : zakazi
• ^Wants to explore Jay Leno's garage : Drewus
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  He seems waaaay knowledgeable when it comes to cars. I like "car Jay" over "tonight show jay". : DM7
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    hi :O : futant
    • ! Hey fuuuu, I sent you a shackmsg! : DM7
• I'd love to drive (or just ride in) his "Corvette suspensioned", 572 powered, 1955 Buick Roadmaster. :D : guido anchovy
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  I'd like to be able to take his opinion more seriously, but he goes way off track of the facts with all t... : stratedge
  • we dont really have tiny super car makers in america, so that any of the big 3 step up is rather impressi... : retarded talking dinosaur
• gmd is going to shit his pants : Utopia
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  The head's up display projected on the windscreen. Didn't the M5 or M6 have that already a few years ago?... : SilverSnake
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    I'm fairly certain that BMW doesn't use those in any major capacity. Corvettes have been using them for q... : zerog83
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      ok I'm wrong, BMW does use them, and fairly extensively (fully programmable!). But GM has had them in the... : zerog83
      • GM had a HUD projection system in the 1990 Pontiac Grand Prix, of call cars : guido anchovy
  • Corvettes have had those for awhile. My ex-coworker's Corvette has it, and the car's at least a 4-5 years... : shyguy74
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    my friends shitty old early 90's pontiac had that. I dunno if there's something special about the vette ... : slickdoody
    • Cool. I thought it was a fairly new gadget. :) : SilverSnake
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  what the fuck? 60k per gallon clear coat? insane : -=kodiak=-
  • its made out of platinum : Iwannaacura
  • thats the price for just the additive... its more like $1500/gal for the special clear and the special cl... : retarded talking dinosaur
• wow he has #1 made. : pancake humper
• i can't believe i'm going to say this but i kind of like it. that window on the hood is stupid as sh... : Mr.SEX
• I want this. : yoonix

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  I saw it two weekends ago with the girlfriend and did not think it was the worst thing ever. The author o... : Evil Benius
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    What mythology do you mean, exactly? : c0bra
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      For starters not making vampires elves who drink blood. In the movie I noticed the main guy had pointy ea : Evil Benius
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        Haha. : c0bra
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          Anyways, Bram Stoker's vampire is the best, in my opinion : c0bra
          • Hell yes. : Godhatesfatpeople
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            Of course, it's worth pointing out that Dracula walked around in daylight and had to sleep in the ground ... : woddemandred
            • i think the World of Darkness core vampire characteristics are the best, as long as you don't get too cau... : dirge23
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              Criticizing Twilight for not being accurate is pretty silly in general, considering vampires are imaginar... : nurglich
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                critical characteristics of vampirism, imo: 1. insatiable lust for human blood 2. paleness, fangs 3.... : dirge23
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                  5. Has an obsessive compulsion for counting : woddemandred
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                    Ahahahaha : sumo-hacker
                    • i think you mean A! HA! HA! HA! : dirge23
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                      Stop laughing, everyone, I was actually referring to the Well-Known Fact that if a vampire comes across, : woddemandred
                      • That would have been a hilarious way to end 30 Days of Night. : gooblerampling
                  • 6. A compulsion to untie knots : HojuSimpson
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                  this debate is about on par with the zombie running speed debate. Which is to say, completely ridiculous... : DonkeyPopsicle
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                    The Zombie running speed debate is ridiculous. There is no way a humanoid with decaying muscle mass could... : uglysad
                    • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
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                    i'm talking about what makes for good fiction. ps: slow zombies rule : dirge23
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                      I'm glad you have solved the mystery of fiction. Writers have been struggling with that for far too long. : A Sponge
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                        Now let's cure Aids! : Godhatesfatpeople
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                          Done and done. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/health/14hiv.html?bl&ex=1227243600&en=21630a148c19f857&e... : perstephanie
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                            Dang. With that done and dusted, I suppose we can get down to the one true science: swamp monster studies... : A Sponge
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                              critical characteristics of swamp hags: 1. green hair 2. barnacles 3. large cauldron containing magica... : dirge23
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                                I thought they had green skin and black hair? : c0bra
                                • burn the heretic! : dirge23
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                              Werewolves 101: Nards or Myth? : Godhatesfatpeople
                              • Wolfman has nards! : sigpro
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                                Monster Parties: Fact or Fiction? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo4tzrxyXsA : dirge23
                                • Fiction, but what about werewolf bar mitzvahs? : nurglich
                      • yes, please refer them to my post in the future : dirge23
                  • If by completely ridiculous you mean highly critical and absolutely worthwhile, since given that they don : perstephanie
              • Unless it's a head with its entrails hanging from it, I just can't believe in it. : woddemandred
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        Yep. When my wife told me about how Vampires worked in these books, I just hit my head on a table. A... : riptyde
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          I appreciate that you capitalised Vampires - more respect than Twilight would show - but pal, anyone who ... : A Sponge
          • Anyone who is in Cradle of Filth knows they are Vempires : dognose
        • I cannot wait to see her take on werewolves in the sequels. : Evil Benius
      • the Journal of Vampire Studies even put out an entire issue dedicated to debunking the factual claims mad... : DonkeyPopsicle
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        lol zero research into a made up "mythology". It's just another case of someone making up something new. : dilutedq
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          Then why even call them vampires? She obviously did that to attract a certain crowd and then did not live... : Evil Benius
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            is this what the centaurs in fallout 3 are? : dirge23
            • Yes the bastards stole my idea :( : Evil Benius
    • She did hold true to something that is made up. She must die. : pauk111
• my wife dragged me and it really wasn't as bad as i thought. like dawson's creek with vampires. : waxthirteen
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  Because Kristen Stewart? : dognose
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    She's semi-attractive, but I loathe her "acting". She is the Katie Holmes of this generation. : David Craddock
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      I thought Katie Holmes was the Katie Holmes of this generation? : c0bra
      • after not doing dark knight, her career is now washed up for this generation? : dantastic
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      I like Kristen Stewart for calling the fans of the book series pathetic :D : woddemandred
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        ohh please link me to that. : sigpro
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          http://movies.msn.com/movies/hitlist/11-11-08_2/ Some other sites with comment sections got quite inte... : woddemandred
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            pretty awesome. she knows its crap but it helped her other low budget stuff she was working on that she ... : dantastic
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              Of course, then there's the lead actor, who had interesting things to say about the author: http://www.r... : woddemandred
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                it'll be funny when they recast the 2 parts due to their poor attitude and they luck out of the easy mone... : dantastic
                • i just watched the video of the dude and it was kinda taken out of context. it wasnt necessarily negativ... : dantastic
        • http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=6134 : bigexplosions
• You should be. : sigpro
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  Too obvious. 3/10. : Phil
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    lol, i'm not saying it was the best movie ever but it wasn't terrible. You could definitely tell they are... : Phreakin
    • I think he was rating this as an ILTC post : AisfortomAto
  • Hahaha - I thought the same thing : MaddeningLoop
• I was so disappointed. They took out all the juicy high school drama from the book and just left the lam... : nurglich
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  Now go see Let the Right One In. : skankcore
  • I wish this was playing near me. : Link.
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  I didn't really "like" it, but I didn't hate it. I went with my girlfriend and was trying to be positive... : dilutedq
  • it must have been hard on you buddy. I do that all the time, I hate disappointing people. I guess that... : boomstickah
• My sister dragged me to the advance showing and I dragged one of my friends there. We were the only 2 guy : MrBig0
• dont worry. I even saw it, but I thought it was awful. No tits or good vamp stuff and it will get a thumb... : ultramega
• I liked it too! : cyclonebee
• you are old. Soon you will be waiting in line for the early bird specials at remarking on how pretty you... : conandan
• I had no idea what i was getting into... I went and saw this movie with a friend who said "it's about ... : mjcrash

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  And yet neither have been put into use. : skitzo
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    yes my genius is going to waste you agree! : grandmasterlee
    • Make it, sell it, let them come after you, then use the money you made to crush them through the legal sy... : skitzo
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    I've seen traffic screens before. : stump
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      I've read a few departments use them, but its definately not a widespread and therefore profitable thing... : grandmasterlee
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        What you have to do is invent, mass produce it, then lobby congress to make it a law that those screens h... : skitzo
        • ding! legislate business : retarded talking dinosaur
      • Yeah, i've only seen them a couple times and also in F1 races in the past couple years when there is a ba... : stump
      • It also doesn't work as people just look at the screen. : jasonepowell
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    They seem to be used with some frequency up here in Canada. : Kentor
    • Yeah, we loves us some nose filters. : stratedge
• When I was seven I invented perpetual motion. Then fucking friction came and stole it from me. : Jonathan
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  hamburger earmuffs : AssGoblin
  • they'll never figure out the pickle matrix : dirge23
  • I could never figure out how to get the pickle matrix to work with my prototype :( : HojuSimpson
  • HOYVIN-GLAYVIN : MrBig0
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  Heated steering wheels. (for us northerners) : Cheespuff
  • that's pretty awesome actually : grandmasterlee
  • Awesome. : Bumpmapped
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    Hm. Maybe a heating pad that goes around the steering wheel that plugs into the cigarette lighter. : stump
    • you could never sell that, people are dumb and would end up crashing when the cord gets wrapped up or som... : opengl128
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    Or, you know, gloves. : Teiresias
    • I would love heated gloves : spiderfill
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    My car has this. Heated seats and side mirrors too. For those frigid new jersey winters. : Chunks
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      your mirrors are heated? holy shit i am poor. : hirosushima
      • a lot of cars have heated mirrors. they are so awesome. not only do they melt ice/snow off, they keep the... : opengl128
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        the mirrors in my 20 year old Volvo are heated : OrkO
        • I guess this is not a common thing in Florida. : hirosushima
      • My '93 ford probe had heated mirrors too.. I don't think it's a huge luxury item. I'm actually looking t... : Chunks
      • heated wipers too : retardhumper
      • mine does, too. only I didn't realize this until the other day when I turned my car on before I scraped t... : zerog83
  • My car has it already : zerog83
• bulletball : mindshot
• plastic : boring gegtik
• color / temperature activating labels / bottle caps (not shitting you i had this idea 3 years ago and coo... : GBeer11
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  Thumbs. Turns out, almost everyone has them already. : Wyvern
  • I want an extra one on the other side of my pinky finger, so invent that! Wait, I think I just did. : Teiresias
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  How do you check to see if something has been patented? : sammyl
  • http://www.uspto.gov/main/profiles/acadres.htm or you build it, see if you're sued and then avoid double ... : Jonathan
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  when i was 5 i thought i invented the word yo : Mr.SEX
  • lol : boring gegtik
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  A really long straw for when you are driving. So you can put your cup in the cup holder and drink. : hirosushima
  • hahahaahah : MagicWishMonkey
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    yes I'd pay $5 for that : SlingBlaze
    • Maybe in the future a retractable model, We'll see what's in the budget. : hirosushima
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    just wear a beer helmet : Delaric
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      Ohh look what we've got here boys, one of the PR reps from the Beer helmet industry. Straws to the Walls ... : hirosushima
      • I'm guessing your primary marketing strategy involves commercials featuring Lil' Jon's "Get Low" to th : Delaric
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    haha. I got a really long straw as a birthday present once. it was really hard to drink with. Trying to k... : thecray
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      Yup, this idea doesn't work very well. The pressure head is too large. : Dusty_Slim
      • but what if you added a pump...hmmm : buzzbat
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  More relevant when VCR's where big: A device (integrated or other) that allows you to phone your home ... : punchdog
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    most people could never do it locally. Can you imagine some blue hair driving through traffic trying t... : Omaha
    • using a car phone? : MaddeningLoop
  • The idea was conceived prior to the ubiquity of cell phones/internet. : punchdog
• We have a competing design for a product that only has one company producing. As a result of no competit... : Wheatloaf
• A table-free, wysiwyg-CMS. Not a patent, but it was definitely one of the first out there. : Damodred
• i basically invented the idea for the camelback or whatever when i was like 7 : manero
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  your nosefilters were stolen by the train wreck of a movie called ULTRAVIOLET : m0rfus
  • Or maybe by Stephen King in the Running Man novella. : Stoned Gargoyle
• I had an early version of something similar to the Shazam app that didn't work on iPhones. It allowed yo... : ra1n
• And, of course, my super cool current patent app, but I think that one is unique. : ra1n
• a button on your TV you could press so that the remote control made a beeping sound when you couldn't fin... : flagg209
• Windshield covers so you don't have to scrape your windshields in the winter : spiderfill
• Considering the capital it takes to actually get a patent I've never even considered it. : InfoBiter
• $10 says a traffic screen would cause people to slow down even more in the hopes of finding a slim line o... : riptyde
• 3d mice, I wanted an orb I would hold with my hand to use to play everquest, you'd look up or down with i... : kaddar0
• All in one wire cutter, scissors, and screwdriver kit for opening gifts on Christmas morning. Ranted for... : SinistarX
• Zeitgeist (the feeling of "it's in the air" where things that are similar in nature occur at the same tim... : Xin Jing Client 1a

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  i hear there is alot of talk about FUR TILE ground : retarded talking dinosaur
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    I saw the comic and it doesn't bother me. Substitute in hyrule/foxhound/metroid whatever common words fro... : brickmatt
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      METAL GEAR!?! : brickmatt
      • Sometimes, i start screaming METAL GEAR with either a ! or a ?!. very few people get the reference but it... : retarded talking dinosaur
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  I haven't seen much of it but I really dig the art style it's done in : Megara9
  • It's very purty. I like it more than I thought I would. : brickmatt
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  Damn...I was looking for some people to play Horde with yesterday too :( : cookblaze
  • Your blazing cock missed out. : brickmatt
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  What bothered me more than the death mechanic is how he moves & jumps - none of it requires any skill, re... : jingletard
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    I can see thy bothering a lot of people. But like ico, the challenge isn't really the point of this game.... : brickmatt
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      I remember Ico having some decently challenging puzzles : Begawkiness
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        I don't remember it ever being really challenging. We will see about new pop. : brickmatt
        • Sorry but Pop has been brainless so far. Very pretty and the dialog (when they aren't talkig about fertil : Toth21
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        Challenging for the brain, maybe...but nothing that require a lot of player finesse. : Vincent Grayson
        • Yeah that's what I meant : Begawkiness
    • Yeah they tried to do some okami ico inspired stuff. Some of it worked, some didn't. Don't regret playi... : kingdepork
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    You still have to aim your jump and interact with things mid jump. I've fallen a shit load because I am u... : sigpro
    • Yeah, it isn't fullproof. : brickmatt
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  I really enjoy it as well. The fighting honestly seems kind of pointless since there's no risk and you c... : bagelcc
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    The whole game is pointless if put in that context. Combat is fun, I enjoy combos and maneuvering to knoc... : brickmatt
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      Is there any reason not to do the same combo repeatedly? : spiderfill
      • Fun? : brickmatt
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  Tomorrow now for PC right? : avatar_58
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    No idea. I have no understanding of why someone would get a game like this on the PC. : brickmatt
    • Because PC games are fun! :D : Chepito.
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      Why not? I would just rather have it on steam versus a disc + having to play it on a system other than my... : avatar_58
      • I just preordered it from Steam - $65 and I got the previous trilogy, too. : crummynz
      • I like platformers on my consoles. : brickmatt
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  I had a great time. Thanks for showing me the ropes. Sorry I had to bail, but the wife was needing some h... : edgewise
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    My pleasure! The timing worked out, I needed to cook dinner anyways. It was a lot of fun and we should d... : brickmatt
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      I wanna play some tonight, but my internet connection is all fubar'd again. I have no idea what the hell ... : edgewise
      • WTF. If you fix it, we'll be on again. : brickmatt
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  I found PoP pretty fun, but the ending is pretty predictable unless it is going to toss me for a twist so... : breadsticks
  • I felt the same, but the end was my fav part. : kingdepork
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  I liked it, but this http://www.destructoid.com/why-the-new-prince-of-persia-sucks-113790.phtml pretty mu... : sharpie
  • I'll have to read that when I'm done. : brickmatt
  • Wow that is absolutely spot on, although I admit to caring a little bit more about Elika than just an inv... : Toth21

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• HEH : feek
• +1 : .NeK
• Yeah if the consoles wanted to really erode PC gaming they'd do this. 90% of my gaming is done with games... : Dynotaku
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  I used to be pc fanboy ahoy. Now, even with a new rig, i rarely feel the need to touch it. Spore? hell ... : kingdepork
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    There are games other than Spore that use keyboard and mouse, King of Pork. : CrustaR
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      A vast majority of games that interest me are on multiple platforms. One of the PCs most anticipated gam... : kingdepork
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        It's always one or the other, but "both" is an option : EvilDolemite
        • I never said "pc games are for fags lololol" I have a fuckton of PC games. My point isn't to down pc... : kingdepork
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    Same. I always built all of my PCs, always had the latest and greatest. I'd rather sit in front of my 5... : phipple
    • That pretty much sums up my feelings too. : kingdepork
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      Because they don't want to force everyone to use a kb and mouse for it to be a level playing field : derelict515
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        fuck other players, like I give a shit? that's just a stupid reason. : proclone1
        • uh, right... : derelict515
    • I feel pretty much the same way at this point. Work has definitely helped me come to this decision; after... : Head Rush
    • Completely agree! : MaddeningLoop
  • Fuck Spore. I'm uninstalling it right now. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I think this is exactly why the 360 doesn't work with a kb + mouse. : DasCracky
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    Why? Because PC game development would suffer? : phipple
    • Because MS likely wants 360 and PC to remain separate platforms. If the 360 is seen as a 'PC replacement... : DasCracky
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    I think main concern would be skill level difference. Then they'd have to do a PS3 style segregation of ... : kingdepork
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      I bet less than 2% of Xbox 360 owners would utilize a mouse and keyboard. Not saying it wouldn't be a ... : EvilDolemite
      • That's a really good point. MS certification is a nightmare as it is. : kingdepork
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    No, the main reason would be "who the fuck wants a mouse and keyboard in their lap when they sit on the c... : SilverSnake
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      I've thought of this myself, but what if they developed something like the Phantom lapboard? : phipple
      • holy shit, they finally released it! : Fyunch Click
    • i attempted to do this w/ the dreamcast. i had the dreamcast mouse + keyboard and played quake 3 onlin... : -=kodiak=-
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  PS3 supports it yeah, but no developers take advantage of it in their games. I think UT3 is the only game... : pyide
  • yep, sadly. The only other console game that I can think of that does support it is FF7:Dirge of Cerberus... : razlebol
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  FPS gaming with a controller is awesome. Learn to adapt. : dilutedq
  • Half of the adapting is honestly living with the fact that you won't be as accurate as with a mouse. I ... : kingdepork
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    Meh, it's inferior to a mouse/kb. It's not as responsive. It feels unnatural and sluggish. : phipple
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      Then you just flat out don't know what you are doing. : dilutedq
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        Look you can be "good" with a controller. But there is no way that you wouldn't be better with a mouse. ... : twifosp
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          Completely depends on the game. I'm pretty sure you can rocket jump in TF2 on the Xbox pretty easily. : dilutedq
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            and fuck it, this doesn't even matter. My point was is that FPS with a controller isn't shit. That is a... : dilutedq
            • It's not shit. But for me, it's very annoying. : phipple
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              "Isn't shit" is a far cry from the initial "is awesome." It is not the ideal control scheme at all, but ... : omnova
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                Totally agree. I don't know where you were going with this diluted. FPS's with a controller isn't "awesom... : jamesray
                • No I think it's very awesome. For many reasons. One it feels natural due to the fact that you can't spi... : dilutedq
            • It gets the job done but if you gave me the opportunity to use a kb/mouse with proper support you can bet... : ieGod
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              For people like me who grew up with a keyboard and mouse, it's literally unusable. And yes, I've tried. : terath
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                Hmm, it's not for me. Weird. : EvilDolemite
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                  Really? How long is the learning curve? I mean, I gave it several hours and just couldn't get used to it.... : terath
                  • I grasped it pretty quickly and haven't minded since. I also play PC games. : EvilDolemite
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                    It took me a good while to get fully comfortable after doing it on the pc for 10 years. I fucking cursed... : kingdepork
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                      Perhaps I'll try again some time then. : terath
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                        Just don't have the aim expectations you had before. The aim in many games will nudge towards your targe... : kingdepork
                        • Ive found that if you get used to strafing to fine tune your horizontal aim it helps a lot. : johnwissinger
                  • You have how many years of PC experience? Put a non gamer at a PC with CoD4 and they won't fare any bette... : derelict515
              • I grew up with a keyboard and mouse, and it's not unusable. Games can be fun, too! : walker270
              • I was in the same boat. It does take a while. It's second nature now. I can play left 4 dead on 360 wi... : kingdepork
              • I grew up with a mouse and keyboard. So I don't see how that's an excuse. : dilutedq
              • i grew up on keyboard and mouse. you have to put in the hours. youve got countless hours on kb+m that you... : retarded talking dinosaur
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              Its not at all shit. But you just cant argue with the fact that with a mouse, I can look as fast as I can... : Cygnus X-1
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                Except games are built with those restrictions in mind, and everyone in multiplayer games are using the s... : walker270
                • Yay we can ALL wear handcuffs when we play! : Cygnus X-1
        • bzzzz wrong. you can RPG jump in COD4 to get up to some interesting areas in maps (downpour mainly). ... : -=kodiak=-
        • Controller isn't terrible. But put a person of equal skill against each other and a keyboard and mouse p... : kingdepork
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        Does to so there! You do know that most FPS console games are coded in a way that makes it easier to h... : DrillBit
        • Oh yeah, i forgot about auto-aim. : kingdepork
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        Your name should be Deludedq. Hurrr. Seriously though, you're deluded if you think that a controller can... : phipple
        • I don't see how anyone could argue with this. : kingdepork
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          You are changing the subject. I'm not comparing the two, I'm just saying FPS on a controller is awesome ... : dilutedq
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            so basically I'm saying you are making an excuse because you suck at games. : dilutedq
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              Maybe you just suck so bad at shooters with a mouse/keyboard that the slowness of a console controller su... : xjdrake32
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                Are you fucking kidding me? Because I love playing on a controller I obviously DON'T like playing on a k... : dilutedq
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                  I just don't think a good FPS player would ever think that playing FPS games with a controller is awesom... : xjdrake32
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                    The only people who think that are people who don't know what they are talking about. : dilutedq
                    • No the people who think that are the people who realize how much you lose going from a mouse/keyboard to ... : xjdrake32
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                Sup drake, I don't know why you bother in threads like these. : dkrulz
                • Whats up philly blunts. You know me, I can't resist. : xjdrake32
  • I agree : Milleh
  • FPS gaming with a controller works fine, especially with console shooters often having cover systems and : DinK
  • it works ok with halo style autoaim. but the mouse cannot be beaten. and i'm no pc fanboy; ive easily got... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • wrong - it's not awesome, but it can be. Console FPS's typically have slower gameplay, and when the ga... : dedgecko
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  * COLECOVISIONADAM'D * : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • By the way COLECO stands for COnnecticut LEather COmpany : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  Seriously add a full featured web browser, mouse/KB, and maybe Office or something and many people would ... : DinK
  • But then it would be a PC... : Dave-A
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  all the people on this thread loving their consoles, they are the same that defend the PC on the "pc gami... : doomed
  • Pfft, exactly. What kind of internet poster are you if you don't hold onto one platform and defend it to... : kingdepork
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    Yes, because people who don't claim console controllers are completely unusable for FPS games should beli... : walker270
    • ohh, so you cast sarcasm!!! there's no way i'm gonna win this thread now, i'm doomed :( all hail ma : doomed
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  They need a controller with a touchpad for aiming. : loke662
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    you know... not that it's the most efficient design... but putting a really sensitive touchpad where the ... : phipple
    • right analogue stick should be replaced with a trackball - EOT! : dedgecko
    • Go play a shooter with a laptop touchpad and get back to us, this isn't as good an idea as it sounds, cer... : derelict515
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  Still? We're still having these threads? Come on people -- get the fuck over it. : walker270
  • Clearly some new information will be revealed in this thread which will change minds. : stump
  • What internet did you think you connected to today? Of course these threads happen. : kingdepork
  • I can't. I know I'm beating my head against the wall, but I seriously want a kb/mouse on the XBOX, badly... : phipple
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  i'm still annoyed by the low resolution. if the next gen consoles are 1080P i might dump pc. but thatll b... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Yeah, I still haven't picked that up yet. Should I get the first one, or the new one? : phipple
    • alot of people don't like it, but i fucking love the shit out of it. crysis original has nonlinear parts ... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    1280 * 720 is pretty damn crisp IMO, on a nice TV. : EvilDolemite
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      i play on my 24" monitor, in front of my pc. i don't have a tv as i have no use for one. even gears2 look... : retarded talking dinosaur
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        hahaha no. The only PC game that you can even compare to gears of war 2 is Crysis. : dilutedq
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          seriously, what other game makes Gears 2 on an HDTV look dated? I wouldn't even say Crysis, only that Cry... : derelict515
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            I play gears of war 2 on my monitor every night for hours in multiplayer. i have 3 gold bars bitch! the t... : retarded talking dinosaur
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              I've played on 2 HDTVS and a monitor and the textures are far from low resolution. Don't look blocky. Y... : dilutedq
              • I haven't played Gears2 yet and while I know it is a much better showcase than this, I have to say, L4D l... : Fayk
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                • not that it really matters because you cant make out low res textures on a low res screen unless there is... : retarded talking dinosaur
          • also, try playing crysis on an HDTV. i brought my PC to a friends house, its fucking amazing. HDTV's have... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Resolution isn't everything. If a game looked like a DVD movie, would its graphics be good enough for you... : Bold
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      yes but PC's now have a leg up on both graphics quality AND resolution. i dont even know why there is deb... : retarded talking dinosaur
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        The only thing people were calling out is your claim that Gears 2 looks dated. What PC games make it look... : derelict515
        • it looks dated partially due to the hardware. Gears1 maxed on PC looks tons better than gears1 on 360 : retarded talking dinosaur
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        I'm merely responding to your opinion, "i'm still annoyed by the low resolution." As I've correctly point... : Bold
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          1. DVD looks like trash on HD, what do you think bluray is for? 2. cameras get free antialiasing because ... : retarded talking dinosaur
          • DVD still looks more realistic than even the best game. And your second point merely proves MY point, whi... : Bold

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• needs more lasers : deadfish
• What the shit? Reminds me of Lunar Lander... : DOOManiac
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  they should use them for room clearence : marmite
  • that's what I was actually thinking it was at first. then i read and was a bit let down. :( : mwasher
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    It seems like 100x less effective than grenades : sammyl
    • Yeah, but way more effective as a tool used to psychologically traumatize enemies. : WaterSign
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    yeah, i thought it was firing bullets at multiple targets in multiple directions, that would be awesome : FPSDavid
    • Send in Grammaton Cleric WALL-E. : jigstah
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  Here's a couple videos from 1989 that were buried in the comments too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... : lolbotomy
  • lol @ the guys yelling in the background : santa-s
  • the current test seems way more stable, but it sorely lacks the maniacal laughing. still the technology s... : packav
  • the op video seems like only a slight refinement of the tech in these 20 year old videos, pretty weird. : slickdoody
  • laff - isn't this the original star wars pseudo weapon systems that Reagan pushed? : dedgecko
• the control system on that thing is fucking incredible. : Theos
• That video looks like it came straight out of HL2 : Ovate
• Why does this feel like SDI? : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  "Ummm...from what I saw a $20 RC helicopter would do the same thing. Slap a tube with with a hyper-veloci... : stump
  • lmao. Oh, amateur weapons experts. Gotta love em. Reminds me of the "how many cats/5yearolds could yo... : Megara9
  • It's amazing, isn't it? Maybe the words "prototype" and "testing" passed through their brains as "finishe... : zigaroo
• Damn, that vid got me looking at RVs and I found this from a Minuteman Test, crazy. http://www.youtube... : santa-s
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  this is an anti missile weapon? Why bother making it hover 10 feet in the air? : edgewise
  • i think it's still under development? baby steps... : Dave-A
  • That's a test... next time... it goes higher. : sharkII
  • anti-mirv : geedeck
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    I think it's for blowing up cars and shit. I don't get the point of the hover either though. Why not just... : aeg1x
    • no its for taking out ICBMs, the test was done at 20 feet but the final version will be deployed way up i... : ninjase
  • also think of the potential home applications, for scaring off squirrels or cats from kitchen counters, o... : Dave-A
  • I think it will be doing minute adjustments as you see there, but while cruising super fast at high altit... : rossimo
  • cause your face is about 10' in the air, you freak : epit
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    It's going to be moving forward at a very, very high rate of speed. What you saw is a test of its reactio... : coldfusioncs
    • God this is cool. : Danny5225
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      why can't they just fire some missiles though? : aeg1x
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        multiple warheads. from a distance it's to far to tell the real warheads from decoys. This thing has to g... : senseimoron
        • I guess I'm skeptical that the cost of developing + producing these crazy things is actually less than ju... : aeg1x
      • Think about a MIRV. It splits into 10 or 20 smaller warheads. Firing a missile from the ground trying to ... : askedrelic
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        Like missiles from the surface to intercept? I think the speed at which the ICBM's are traveling is insan... : noobja
        • that and the break into multiple warheads like said above :( : noobja
        • anti-icbm weapons don't use explosive force to destroy their targets, they simply collide with them, the ... : lja83
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  When you spend your days working on things like that, there probably isn't a movie or video game in the w... : haiku
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    that is because you can't afford the movie or video games on your underpaid lockheed slave wage. : gmd
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      Are (i assume mech/aerospace engineers) really underpaid? What kind of numbers are we talking? : FPSDavid
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        the engineers are well laid. just not many other people are. : deadfish
        • I really doubt that : aeg1x
        • er paid... slight difference : deadfish
        • From what I understand Lockheed and JPL have very few available females. This coupled with the inborn so... : midgetherder
      • really depends on what division of Lockheed it is. that company is so large you can't even keep track th... : gmd
      • http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Lockheed_Martin_Corp/Salary http://www.glassdoor.com/Sala... : zigaroo
• holy fucking shit that is the most awesome thing ever and i've seen alot of awesome fucking things : rektify7
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  that is totally awesome and I want one, but then I think about how we could have core samples from mars w... : Luminair
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    It makes me wonder if they realize we're fighting real wars right now, and they ain't got mirvs. : vigilante
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      you have to prepare for all possible eventualities. we arent fighting anyone like that now, but 10, 20+ y... : ninjase
      • developing this is one thing, but deploying it is another.... MAD says you don't need this OR the missile... : Luminair
• did John Carmack make that? : gyokuro
• That's pretty fucking cool. And not scary at all. : boarder2