Evening Reading

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• perhaps the ai director thingy adjusts for that : Mansmells
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  man after playing GOW2 online i cant see how people play ANY game on the xbox. at least with the PC you h... : gyokuro
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    That's actually exactly how L4D match makes. It's totally console'd in that respect. : skinlab133
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      yup and instead of a numerical ping it shows a coloured graphic indicating your latency :( : flasher 907
      • net_graph 1 is your friend. : ImageOmega
      • also ~ping : extrahappyturtle
      • but you can still open a server brower, or at the very least bring up your ping in the dev console : Cihte
    • that's not the only way to play though : kill9
  • I only end up on a laggy server maybe one in ten or more games. Also you can always have a friend host on... : Evil Benius
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  People have been perfecting their thumb stick aiming since the original Halo. We can take you on, keyboa... : cool_canuckian
  • No console player would ever stand a chance against a decent KBM player, the difference in the fine aimin... : jimmy-buffett
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    you mean since goldeneye : happynoodle
    • Let them dream :(. : Malku
  • just not possible, sorry. : Yanks
  • You're talking about position mapping vs direction mapping. Provided I start out looking in the same dire... : aeg1x
  • I lol'd this just in case. : nyranger66
  • this i would have to see to believe. because its just not possible. like pissing into the wind. : hirez
  • no, you really can't : EvilDolemite
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    Dreamcast Q3 showed how wrong you are. Sorry. I love my consoles, but there's no comparison to the twitch... : node
    • yea i got raped on Q3 online on dreamcast w/ the controller. at the time i thought the gamepad control... : -=kodiak=-
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    That's ridiculous. I play every game FPS or not on a console these days, but it simply isn't possible to ... : PeanutsEnvy
    • believe it or not, COD4 has very minimal auto aim. It's got a tiny bit of the 'drag' stuff. You notice th... : -=kodiak=-
  • Even though I play every game on consoles these days I am going to say you are wrong. : Evil Benius
  • That's just silly. : ieGod
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    Haha, I wish there was a way for me to accept this challenge. : ImageOmega
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      SHADOWRUN TIME : johnwissinger
      • haha, the game that made the controls for the PC retarded to level the playing field. : zakazi
    • There is! Just get a PC game that accepts the 360 gamepad as input. Which is damn near any of them. : DOOManiac
  • I love the comfy gampad, but there is just no way : johnwissinger
  • no. : hirosushima
  • This post makes me laugh. : wytefang
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  Thanks for playing tonight, it was great fun (i was crimson_X) : Crimson
  • Ahh thanks for putting up with all my friendly fire and newbness, I'm getting the hang of it : jimmy-buffett
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  Download these maps so you can play Death Toll and Dead Air in versus mode: http://www.shacknews.com/lary... : sanchez
  • done! : jimmy-buffett
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  Jimmy, post your SteamID so we can get you in the Shack L4D group, I'd love to play with you through Expe... : RyDogg1
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    there is a shack L4D group? I want in!!!!! : sesmaster
    • Who wants to buy my copy of L4D now? : pancake humper
  • I'm in already, thanks! : jimmy-buffett
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  Finally something we can agree about. What is your favorite gun so far? I am finding the hunting rifles ... : IHATEDUST
  • I like a mix of shotgun and assault rifle, although i find that I can run out of ammo in the rifle, but I... : jimmy-buffett
• Good games last night, we finally wrangled those tanks outside and all made it safely to the boat. : hirosushima

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  So console games and PC games are too expensive? So you're saying you don't want to buy games anymore? PC... : coolbreezr
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    Sales on that level are not as common as you are trying to indicate. For the most part, you can expect... : Ebu
    • Yeah sales aren't on that scale normally. I really wasn't trying to say it was common, I just didn't thin... : coolbreezr
• Agreed 60 is too expensive, I think its limiting their sales and driving other markets like used games an... : johnlocks
• I agree and I have stopped buying at the $60 price point. I have found if I wait a month or so I can get... : the rizzo
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  Sorry, $60 is not a big deal. Video games are cheap entertainment in comparison to say...movies. : Wisp!
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    Movies generally cost $30 less... : IndigoAK
    • Not the ones deliver in plain brown boxes...... : ju$tmon3y
  • that doesn't mean its 'worth it' at that price point for me.. hell i don't goto the movies because they'r... : Demius
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    they are? What movie have you seen that costs more than $60? : Megara9
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      i think it's assuming you finish the video game, then $40-60 for 8+ hours is in the same ballpark as $10 ... : xsoulbrothax
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        you can buy a movie for $15-$20 and watch it 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 times : Megara9
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          You can do the same with a game. : Evil Benius
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            You can buy a game for $15 - $20 and play it 10,000,000,000,000,000? NO you cant. That is the point, it... : risimage
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              Her argument was that it does not matter that you get less hours out of a movie because you can just watc... : Evil Benius
              • I'm disappointed less often with movies, trailers and opinions from other people tend to be more reliable... : MagicWishMonkey
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                Yes, but the main point is not everyone makes a lot of money. So they can afford the 10 movies for $100 ... : risimage
                • True, but that is not what she was arguing. : Evil Benius
            • Exactly, and if the game sucks you're stuck with it. Most games provide less than 1 hour of entertain... : MagicWishMonkey
            • risimage you're ignoring PC gaming. There are many games out there for $10 currently, that are good. Max ... : coolbreezr
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      I think he means cost in relation to time spent enjoying said purchase. A movie may only entertain you fo... : acidnynex
      • only 3 times? you must've hated the game : zerog83
    • I think is point is a movie is $30 or so and you get 2 hours out of it. Games...hopefully more than 4 ho... : SlingBlaze
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    This was a much more valid argument when games weren't only 12 hours long. : DOOManiac
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      I remember some PSX RPG's that people typically took 60-80 hours to complete (I was never one of those pe... : acidnynex
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        Xenogears tooke me 70+ hours. To this day it remains the only JRPG I've ever finished. I've owned a lot o... : Cihte
        • I'd be surprised if you started FFIX and never finished it. It was easy and short. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Most of the games I have snagged recently I have sunk at least 30-50 hours into. Off the top of my head t... : Evil Benius
    • I've been playing Fallout 3 for 56 hours now and I'm nowhere near complete. Like, maybe 30% complete. : Vantage
  • Movies are way too dam expensive. : johnlocks
  • 60 dollars on a good game is no big deal. 60 dollars on a shitty game is a huge waste of money. : Horn
• I see it a different way. my main issue is there aren't games that I actually want to play. If I know... : esecasco
• Agreed. I own more games for the DS than any system ever. The price point makes it just above impulse. $6... : zakazi
• I find it much easier to justify console purchases, because I know I can get at least half that price bac... : Vincent Grayson
• the last game i paid full price was Gears2, everything else i wait for price drops or buy used. shit, i ... : X-GOUKI
• seems like I've been playing GTA4 forever, and I'm only half done. Come to think of it, I'm getting prett... : ultramega
• Generally the only full price games I buy are mutliplayer games. It has to be a hell of a good singleplay... : aeg1x
• I pay anywer between £35-50 per game..... Standard. : Vincenoir
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  60 is much too expensive. I have bought exactly 1 xbox game at full price (GTA 4). Everything else, I wai... : silent prophet
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    exactly. i got gta4 and wait til it's down to 15-30 : AMikaboshi
    • I think the psychological effect of the price point is substantial. I'm pretty sure if the average AAA ga... : silent prophet
• Why do you think the used game market is so profitable? : hirosushima
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  Thankfully PC games retail around $30-50 at the most. Whew! : wytefang
  • Yeah and in a year those $50 games will be selling for $20. PC Gaming is by far the cheapest for buying g... : coolbreezr

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• Hooray! : H@rvester
• fuck yeah! Tuesday rule now! : Dschinghis Khan
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  Should I buy this?! :D : Koral06
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    you should buy it for this night alone. : Dschinghis Khan
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      How much is it?! : Koral06
      • $20 : extrahappyturtle
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  FREEZING FUCKING COLD I'M IN! I bought a bottle of wine just for this:) : .frame
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    I love these 40 degree drops in 3 hours. : twifosp
    • yeah no shit it just sleeted on us going in the grocery store! I hope my house doesn't blow away from th... : .frame
• Finally. Been wanting to get my TF2 On. : famine101
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  I'll be there shortly, BRAH. : WaterSign
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    Where the fuck is everybody? : WaterSign
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      How is the future? : .frame
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        OOOps. Pacific. Well... I'll be there anyway. : WaterSign
        • I've got to practice running around in circles and swinging my bad, ya' know? : WaterSign
    • LoL JPB : H@rvester
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  Ok I'll play this if someone wants to take me under their wing and show me the ropes. : Koral06
  • We'll all help. It's a team effort, you know. That's why they call it TEAM Fortress 2. : WaterSign
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    when playing with shackers, you're going to need a lot of tolerance for: 1) mic/music spam depending on ... : RikiTiki2
    • i think i was on the receiving end of the steamroll every round last time I played:( : .frame
  • if you've got a mic, just let us know that you're interested in being shown the ropes and we'll be fill y... : pharoah mike
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    go as a Soldier if you're totally new - you'll learn the combat mechanics then. then you can move up to ... : Postal
    • I think she might want to start with the least complicated class.....The heavy, maybe some medic? : dkrulz
• A) Geometry jokes, eh? Not a-really acute. ahem. B) I'll be there, though I assume everyone knew th... : vile
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  What the? Servers too busy to process my request?! Mofos : Koral06
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    you will not have it downloaded in an hour anyways unless your connection is amazing; it's 7gb : DrFlammable
    • I dont think the download is 7gb tho : extrahappyturtle
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      If Koral starts now, the game will just be getting into full swing when the download is ready. : WaterSign
      • Sorry guys I can't get this thing to download. :( I've tried several times. I'll have to try again later.... : Koral06
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  Anything like this happen for us Easties? : ImageOmega
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    sunday night or just stay up for this like i do : DrFlammable
    • word. tell em, flammable. : vile
    • Actually, the time is good -- I just don't like playing with a higher ping. ;) : ImageOmega
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    Thursdays. I think. : WaterSign
    • I mean Sundays. : WaterSign
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    sunday, 9est, shackeast, server's in my profile : n0v4
    • Thank you kind sir. You are both a scholar and a gentleman. : ImageOmega
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  hrmmmm why must you tempt me so? : Grumbeld
  • its in my nature to do so! : hirez
• Is a rhombus more of a dork compared to a square? Either way, I'm in!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I'm totally waiting for some target practice. Take your time and all. I'm catching up on Limbaugh's show ... : WaterSign
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    Are you a dittohead? : uncle slappy
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      I am indeed! : WaterSign
      • :( : uncle slappy
• Somebody named JonathanParkerBedrava has been there for 45 minutes. lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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  If someone would send me the ip and the p/w Ill join in for some fun... I haven't played in a month or tw... : ju$tmon3y
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    Someone send me the info on steam my name is: ju$tm0n3y : ju$tmon3y
    • check your shackmessages : RikiTiki2
• IGI : yosemiteclimber
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  Gonna join us as soon as somebody sends me the password. :) : Gary the Llama
  • somebody just sent you : RikiTiki2
• surf revolution huh?! : extrahappyturtle
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  REJOIN PLS. I downloaded & transferred a bunch of maps to the server today so they would autodownload.I m... : hirez
  • the map should autodownload now. : hirez
• http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/download/56562 Map we just played a minute ago. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Oh, for fuck's sake. : WaterSign
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    What happened? : dmason
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      It isn't automatically downloading these gay maps for me. : WaterSign
      • It should be fixed now. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Seriously? : ju$tmon3y
  • deadly serious business man. deadly. : hirez
• ggs all! sorry about the map fuck up earlier, totally my fault, you should ask for a refund if you feel h... : hirez
• Awesome games! : WaterSign
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  ggs indeed. Hirez your server really struggles with 24 people on crowded maps like Dustbowl/Goldrush/B... : FlamingGimp
  • obviously this is why lakren sucked so bad : extrahappyturtle
  • Yeah it was pretty laggy tonight, other than that it was awesome! : yosemiteclimber
  • I should probably shut off the L4D servers. : hirez

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• I hope theres dragons and matthew mcauganahay. : mindshot
• That Terminator guy seems to act awfully human. Oh, Helena Bonham Carter is in this too. : Bamtan
• Ooo, May 2009. I could've sworn I had read this as a 2010 release. : Jobos
• that thing at the end was choice : redfive
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  i hate their dumb fucking downloader : SockMonkeh
  • fuck this i give up : SockMonkeh
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    What downloader? It's just Quicktime. That said, I hope they really do a good job on the next release... : K1Bond007
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      you don't get a "MOV DL Tool" popup when you click one of the HD links? : SockMonkeh
      • nope, just a movie : xsoulbrothax
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        No. Quicktime pops up and then the little slider bar darkens as it downloads the trailer. : K1Bond007
        • what the fuck? : SockMonkeh
      • You're doing it wrong. : Super Sparker
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        fuck i gotta find out what that is and reinstall it for my new vista install. it'll play it in WMP afte... : dantastic
        • it wouldnt play when i finally got it downloaded, btw : SockMonkeh
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      Quicktime Alternative? : MrBig0
      • so can quicktime alternative not do hd quicktime movies? do i need to get another codec for that? i dont ... : SockMonkeh
      • Unfortunately if you use iTunes at all, it freaks out if you remove quicktime and replace it with anythin... : ErikTehRed
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        i just read that QT A is not being updated anymore and QT-Lite is now the program of choice. just instal... : dantastic
        • http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/QT_Lite/1182968126/1 lets you view the movies in WMP instead of Q... : dantastic
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    use quicktime alternative! : anthonybean
    • ^ : shirif
    • i am, it is still making me use the downloaded and when it finished it wouldnt play... i have version 2.7... : SockMonkeh
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      this is funny because this is actually what is causing the thing he is complaining about. : Arsenal
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        i just installed it too :( : SockMonkeh
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          apparently it sucks as much as regular quicktime! : SockMonkeh
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            Well its better if you don't watch HD trailers or use itunes.. otherwise its more of a pain in the ass th... : Arsenal
            • i watch hd trailers :( : SockMonkeh
            • i LOVE it for HD trailers... so good. quicktime is bloated, slow for hd movies and i've never had a probl... : MrBig0
            • Use VLC player, for reals. : Godhatesfatpeople
• gurgle : Luminair
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  I've been really excited about this, but seeing this trailer kind of makes me *yawn* : zipper76
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    Curious! I was pretty uninterested in this until I saw this trailer. : Arceihn
    • ditto - this looks hot! : dedgecko
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  This movie looks like crap. : dodob
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    Desert, Bale mumbling in a low voice, desert, spotlights at night, explosion, cgi robot, Bale mumbling ab... : dodob
    • What the hell man. : pigvomit
    • trailers are often like that you know. : shirif
    • I don't get what part of giant cgi robot and Christian Bale you don't like. : locater16
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  Anyone got a link to the Japanese one posted earlier? : Sgt_Boomstick
  • this one literally just tacked on another 15 seconds or so on the beginning of that one : MrBig0
• I think it looks promising mostly because it's actually fresh. It's not a rip off of the other Terminator... : K1Bond007
• Damn it, they showed way too much. : Havoc1c4
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  Directed by McG. is that seriously his fucking name? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629334/ : kill9
  • Birth Name Joseph McGinty Nichol : Ctrl-Phreak
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  Hey, it's got the asian girl who is in Sarah Conner Chronicles. Does this movie have anything to do w/... : DOOManiac
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    Not the same girl. They kinda look alike though. T:S follows T3 and disregards the TV series. Actually... : K1Bond007
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      I think the girl is Moon Bloodgood. Chick from Journeyman. : K1Bond007
      • Sounds like one of David Ryder's many names. : Nighteyes
    • i havent watched this trailer but it was mentioned in the jap trailer that this is a different future. w... : dantastic
    • all rook same : aeg1x
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      that sucks. T1 was an excellent movie and they shouldn't be fucking with it. : biskits
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        Eh, it's time travel, so you can regard the entire series of film and the TV show as canon and still chan... : Vincent Grayson
        • hell even the TV series seems to have overlapping continuities cropping up within itself as a consequence... : ttyRazor
  • Not the same chick. : newek
  • Do we all look alike to you motherfucker? : nyranger66
  • This post is so racist : rosewood
  • NO IT DOESNT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1089338/ : CoRDS
• neat. : sKetchflow
• I am hoping that the Jonathan Nolan on-set rewrites made this movie good. *crosses fingers* : sgtsanity
• Oh cool, it's Barricade and Friends! : Godhatesfatpeople
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  wtf quicktime isn't dead yet? : gyokuro
  • Troll. : Mystery0000
• CUM. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  WHAT THE FUCK . why didnt those idiots use the people from the tv series. the sarah connor chronicles is ... : CoRDS
  • Because that wouldn't make any sense? The movie is about the war, the actor playing John Connor is too yo... : Vincent Grayson
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    lol, because most people don't give a fuck about that show and think it's lame, while most people think C... : derelict515
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      most people are idiots also bale is a huge turd and cant act for shit. YEH I FUCKING SAID IT. also he suc... : CoRDS
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        I don't think I've ever seen a Bale movie that wasn't great, I personally think he's one of the best acto... : MrBig0
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          just because he gets put in good movies does not make him a good actor. : CoRDS
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            Sorry, perhaps I should have used a semicolon. "I don't think I've ever seen a Bale movie that wasn't gre... : MrBig0
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              damn you, how dare you have an opinion that i must respect regardless of how much i disagree :) : CoRDS
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                Point taken, but you didn't think he was good in these movies? 3:10 to Yuma, The Prestige, American Psyc... : MrBig0
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                  no i didnt : CoRDS
                  • cords you are wrong :( : nomaad
                  • hmm okay : MrBig0
          • you're right, except he is very good and that's part of the reason his movies are : derelict515
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        I have never seen a person be more wrong. Not only do you not like Bale, you think the Terminator TV seri... : aeg1x
        • hahaa I agree, wtf CoRDS : niceguynick
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          total platonic reversal : Bamtan
          • he crossed the streams : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
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      ^^^ This. The show started ok but just went to shit. The second Shirley Manson morphed from a fucking URI... : node
      • Shame, the show they did in Mexico vs Chromarti was a close to the Terminator franchise i've seen on TV..... : stonedonkey
• yup... still got a bad feeling about this. guaranteed suckage. : SlamDunk
• Now I'm as gay for Bale as any other shacker but if this wasn't tied into the terminator franchise I don'... : -efx-
• holy fuck that looks awful. and why does Bale speak in that voice :( : moshman
• is Megatron doing a cameo? : ultramega
• Jizz. In. My pants. : Mr.Finkster
• Nice explosions. : freshyk
• McG in the heezy fo sheezy : porp
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  Any idea who that is Bale's talking to face to face? : ImageOmega
  • A stand-in. : RomSteady
  • Marcus Wright, the supporting character to John Connor : Bamtan
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  I wonder if he makes Kyle Reese wear metal underpants. : pieman
  • I wonder if they show him making that baby with that woman : conandan
  • "...uhhh sorry sir! That's not rust. I blame it on your coffee!!!" : OhMyHip
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  "What year is this" "2018" : marmite
  • haha I didn't catch that. : nomaad
  • I know now why you cry : Bamtan
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  I love Bale and I love Terminator, and this looks decent enough but why is he using what sounds like a to... : Begawkiness
  • He's still in character : Bamtan
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  WTF Terminator design. I still think terminators would be two smart to make 2 wheeled motorcycles. What a... : lowayne
  • Seems to work well in the setting they were deployed in. : Evil Benius
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    You realize it's for the purpose of selling toys, right? : kramweil
    • should we expect ewoks, then? : dirge23
  • theyre built for speed. from the info that came out a while back about the different terminators, these ... : dantastic
• I plan to miss this movie. I'm just not impressed. Plus do I want to see another movie where people fail ... : baron calamity

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  oh wait, it does but only as an array of strings, wtf : filthysock
  • An array can have one item you know. If it's really that big of a deal just write an extension method ... : thecray
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  You also used to leave the house with a chin beard too.... : The Key
  • and weigh 230+ lbs and couldn't bench 130... : filthysock
• I thought you could split via another string. It might have to be a string array maybe? : StuMan1337
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  What? The latest .NET is the most awesome development platform I've ever seen. I want to lick the taint o... : Bean
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    the one coming out? Yes yes, i've been on their treadmill for 9 years now, its always "The next one is aw... : filthysock
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      I dunno man. I love LINQ. I think we're just going to have to disagree and start acting like internet tou... : Bean
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        LINQ is better than datasets for sure, but its still a clumsy db mapping disaster : filthysock
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          What ORM isn't? Hibernate is horribly complex. : antareus
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            ruby on rails : filthysock
            • do you mean ActiveRecord specifically? if so, check out SubSonic, it's pretty slick : MikkleThePickle
          • also, Hibernate makes me want to kill myself : filthysock
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          if all you're using LINQ for is to SQL then you're missing out on just how flexible it is : derelict515
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            LINQ to SQL is going away anyway. Switch to the Entity Framework for that but LINQ will still be there f... : smegmar
            • We've been using LINQ to SQL and have been very pleased.. were looking to shift to EF, but have some rese... : stonedonkey
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          LINQ is NOTHING to do with ORM. You are either thinking of LINQ to SQL (Which has been canned) or the... : breal0
          • Er, sorry Knuth, I was thinking of the Entity Framework. : antareus
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            LINQ to SQL has not been canned. It was in 3.5 stock, and you can get third-party providers to many othe... : RomSteady
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              A lot of people think this http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2008/10/29/update-on-linq-to-sql-and-linq... : Jonathan
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                It means that the EF is where they want to go, but LINQ to SQL is "good enough" now. It does exactly wha... : RomSteady
                • For all intents and purposes, LINQ to SQL will no longer be developed. The Entity Framework, when comp... : breal0
    • I honestly couldn't disagree more. I've loved .net since 2.0 sure stuff could be "better" but its a hell... : SlingBlaze
    • also WPF is doing quite well with more desktop apps using it and Silverlight. Did you not see what's bein... : derelict515
    • 3.5 has been out for a year now and it is pretty sweet. : nomaad
    • LINQ != LINQ to SQL. LINQ as a functional programming platform is awesome. LINQ to objects is invaluable ... : Phunk
    • WPF is in use quite a bit by many development houses. It does require a mental shift in order to properl... : RomSteady
  • You write software? : MagicWishMonkey
• I think you need to take a step back and rethink what you are trying to do. : sharkII
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  You can get that via Regex.Split. Retarded that it's not built into string. : jra101
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    Make an extension method and use that. : antareus
    • A co-worker puts ALL the good regex functions into a string extension method in our core library. : batkiwi
  • No, it would be retarded if it was put into string. Regex uses strings, strings on the other hand has not... : uncleanmonkey
  • ^^ this : stonedonkey
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  it needs to stop being retarded and buged with DX9 on vista 64 bit, Also I hate it anyways : johnlocks
  • It's because the Managed DirectX assembly is marked as 32-bit only. Mark your assembly as 32-bit only at... : RomSteady
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  While we're on .Net and arguing about LINQ/EF/ORM does anyone have a favorite ORM? I've been spoiled by ... : Horn
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    Heard good things about, but never used, http://www.llblgen.com/defaultgeneric.aspx : Phunk
    • Full entity type inheritance unnnnnnnnnnnnnnf. The way our apps are setup having an ORM with full t... : Horn
  • I really like the simplicity of linq but ms is killing it : mnok
• Errr... I'm pretty sure it can take a string as a delimiter... And not in an array : mnok
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  What do people who want to develop for the Mac do? Nothing or is there a programming platform available f... : pauk111
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    Objective-C and Cocoa I believe. Of course they have the cross platform tools like python and ruby. : Horn
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      Is Cocoa similar to Visual C++? I'm just curious if the Mac is easier to program for compared to Windows.... : pauk111
      • Objective C is a bit quirky, but yeah, once you get into it it's fairly similar to C++. The apple dev st... : alnya
      • also, if someone wanted to make a desktop app for both platforms, what would be the best language or appr... : epit
      • while I don't have as much experience with the tools I don't find Obj-C and XCode anywhere near as nice a... : derelict515

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  :( I like mayo on my fries but thats fucked up. You should at least have her put ranch on some of that st... : Maarten Goldstein
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    I ate mayo on my fries since I was a kid, my mom tought me to do it. I didn't learn till later it's a "e... : Solipsism
    • I like mayo on Chik-fil-a waffle fries : ttyRazor
    • It's certainly not a french thing to do. That's why we look so thin. : guigr
  • I love mayo on my fries, but all that other stuff... no way. : voodooraze
• We're not all that bad! : Bamii
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  Except the BBQ ribs I don't see any problem. The corn dog is sort of a grey area... : melt_core
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    Mayo on fried chicken? Really? : bipolar
    • It's awesome! : melt_core
    • Never had a Wendy's chicken sammich? Or KFC, McD's, Arby's etc. etc.? They all have mayo. : mn3m0n1c
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  Pics + Divx Come on, people! : kramweil
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/IMAG0024_zd0a30l1ibf1gvca9yn0.jpg : bipolar
    • Ok, she lies about being dutch. : Bamii
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  Mayonnaise on fried chicken or BBQ ribs is a fucking tragedy. Almost as bad as putting ketchup on fries (... : sonicdeathwalrus
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    Exactly, the right way is to let the fries swim in ketchup. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      You sick bastard. You suck as much at eating fries as you do at Burnout or that silly Street Fighter game... : sonicdeathwalrus
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        But I kicked your ass in both! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Hell no, you tied me in Burnout, on your precious Xbox with plenty of practice on the 4th of 5th iteratio... : sonicdeathwalrus
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            all I hear is waaah waaah : Mad Brahmin Disease
            • Shut your mouth. See, much better : sonicdeathwalrus
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      we are no longer friends : Maarten Goldstein
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        Hey, I like fries with mayo, too, but when I choose to have them with ketchup it's ketchup with some frie... : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • you are forgiven : Maarten Goldstein
  • ketchup + a load of pepper is how I eat my fries. Same for my burgers. In both instances the ketchup is... : Horn
  • What the fuck? Ketchup was MADE for fries. : Bamtan
  • What kind of ketchup? This scares me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_ketchup : uglysad
• Ugh I cannot even stand mayo on things people normally like it on. : Evil Benius
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  Hi, i'm Dutch and i would do the same. Mayo and knoflooksaus, k? : [7]kami
  • Clog-wearing bastards. : Lone Swordsman
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    Zacht wit bolletje met kibbeling en knoflooksaus! : sonicdeathwalrus
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      I know "bolletje" means "little ball" from my study of peegys! : helvetica
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        Wait...how are those two linked? : FPSDavid
        • Peegies can be a nice roundy shape at times! : helvetica
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        Close! Balletje means little ball : sonicdeathwalrus
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          I stand corrected! What does "Bolleje" mean? Or is that a misspelling? : helvetica
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            "Bolletje," that is! : helvetica
            • Bolletje is a bun made of soft bread which you cut in half to put foodstuffs inbetween the two halves. : sonicdeathwalrus
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            I guess that would be a misspelling, that doesn't mean anything. : sonicdeathwalrus
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              Ah okay! Next question - what's Dutch for "little fatty"? : helvetica
              • Dikkertje : sonicdeathwalrus
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                Mad Brahmin Disease i mean, what? : Maarten Goldstein
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                  He's not fat. He's just got a little lining around the edges. Padding. : sonicdeathwalrus
                  • Padding Pudding : Mad Brahmin Disease
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                  Oh, it's ON, Goldstein! : Mad Brahmin Disease
                  • :D : Maarten Goldstein
    • Go knoflooksaus yourself, pal. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Is that... garlic sauce? Couldn't be? : woddemandred
• yeah i dont get the mayo thing. even on fucking hot dogs. i dont get how they can have mayo at hot dog ... : dantastic
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  Note how that list contains some terribly fatty (and very tasty) food. Your Holland visitor should now u... : sukabljat
  • Look at her pic. There is no way she doesn't know what eating fatty foods leads to. : Githyanki
• i dont know of corn dogs that dont come on sticks. : mindshot
• I knew a Finnish dude that put mayo on lots of stuff, but this is something else. WTF Euros? : pres589
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  ugh that's gross.. especially the poptart thing. mayo is NOT that good. does she know it's bad for you? s... : arcane_
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    haha well he did mention she didnt eat the poptarts with mayo. that would be ultimate gross : Maarten Goldstein
    • oh i read that wrong. thank god for that! : arcane_
  • She leaves in a week. She's like 45 kilo (that's 100 lbs to us Americans), so she's got a bit of room to... : bipolar
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  My gf is german and has mayo on everything :[ : jbury
  • Mayo und SAUERKRAUT! : Bamii
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  You don't let someone but mayo on ribs. You just don't let them do that. Damn, I thought she was your fri : c0bra
  • Sounds good to me, actually. : Lone Swordsman
• I figured she'd put hollandaise on everything. : riptyde
• gross :( mayo is the most disgusting food stuff, I can't understand how so many people like it. : re4ctor
• Thankfully I've avoided this craze. My Dutch citizenship ass is mayonnaise free for like 3-4 years at a : Lunatic Angelic

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  So when is he gonna play Duke3D? I don't want to have to kick him in the face; I like him. But he will ... : dognose
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    Does the XBLA demo have multiplayer? If so I bet I could get him to try it. : pupismyname
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      Probably, I dunno, what's wrong with awesome single-player? : dognose
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        the graphics are dated and the gameplay has been recycled numerous times into better franchises : redfive
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          and mods ban other mods? : Horn
          • and can : Horn
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            he's busy collecting himself and then he'll ban me : redfive
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              I'm also not really slamming Duke here as it was an awesome game but I don't think some who hasn't played : redfive
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                Actually they do, for the awesome weapons alone. : Mad Brahmin Disease
                • Shrink Ray was pretty tight tbh : redfive
              • You were doing good at digging yourself out of the hole, then you shot yourself in the foot right at the ... : uglysad
              • so wrong! : Maarten Goldstein
              • red5, look how wrong you are. Even Maarten disagrees with you! : CrustaR
              • redfive why do you make me hit you : tomservo
• Bump for PapaBoo : pupismyname
• i think i might cave in and buy this game after christmas or something. : -=kodiak=-
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  I quite enjoyed it. There was a learning curve, but I had a lot of fun. : PapaBoo
  • one of ussss : dantastic
  • You'll join kodiak in the rape squad any day now! :) as the victim, of course : SilverSnake
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    Now pick up COD4 and play with kodiak, mattinfl, myself, and tons of other shackers. :) : FormerHPB
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      no, you guys pick up COD:5 : PapaBoo
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        are you buying the game? If so, I'd consider it. If you just rented it, well.... : FormerHPB
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          I just rented it, but I think I like it well enough i may ask for it for Christmas. : PapaBoo
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            Nice! Glad to see you branching out from EA Sports games. :) If you get it, I'd probably pick it up. T... : FormerHPB
            • it just takes a little (a lot) of convincing, and I eventually cave. : PapaBoo
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  at that rate it will take him approximately 5 years to reach max rank. : maulla
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    obligatory PapaBoo plays anything it's going to take him a long time to finish it post. : PapaBoo
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      oh it wasnt about that, if you average 4 kills a game it will take eons to get enough experience. : maulla
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        most people don't start playing an MP game and get 20+ kills/round. don't discourage him : dantastic
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          believe me, I was playing with some skilled players. I was thrilled not to be dying every five seconds. : PapaBoo
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            AND I KNIFED SOME DOGS. that was awesome. : PapaBoo
            • as long as you're having fun. don't let these dudes bring you down. you don't need to be top of the sco... : dantastic
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  PapaBoo is the shack student we all want to see pass : cdbeckman
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    honestly the multi-player is what made it so fun for me. if I had just started the game myself with no h... : PapaBoo
    • Which is why I love LAN party's. Unfortunately, I don't know how much longer I will be able to attend my ... : Githyanki

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  because the first two weren't actually any good, either. : biskits
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    Biskits, you son of a bitch! : Sailor of Fortune
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      Whatsamatter Sailor? CIA got you pushing too man pencils? : Cygnus X-1
      • I don't care what pet names you have for small dongs. But keep that shit out of Predator movie threads. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • excuse me I believe there is a sexual tyrannosaurus that would like to have a word with you : rgoer
  • You! get out! : Toraz Chryx
  • Nice try. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • bzzzzzzzzzz! wrong answer, go to the back of the line. : icon_of_syn
  • you! in the shirt! *fires rifle* : moe6
  • Hey maybe you're a fucking jerk you ever thought of that? : SpaecKow
  • biskits, you are such a slack jawed faggot! : -efx-
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    more like limp biskits : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • haha : Chris Remo
    • lol : lightly inclined
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      so the truth comes out, biskits is actually that toolbag that was the lead singer of limp biskit : conandan
      • He can take that attitude to the Matthew's bridge, or something : skitfish
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      It's BiZkit, you have to remember that to get the full mental image. : hirosushima
      • noone wants a mental image of them : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Hahaha. : ieGod
  • It's cool guys. He bleeds, we can kill him. : node
  • Trolling? :( Seriously :-( : MacemanInTW
  • WRONG : Sexpansion Pack
  • I don't know you anymore :( : ieGod
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  im busy writing alien5, give me time. : radula
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    Whoa, I forgot there was a fourth : Gojirah
    • since fucking when? : disposition
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      I did my best to forget : johnwissinger
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        Resurrection isnt as bad as 3. Having said that all the alien movies are pretty solid when it comes to go... : thewindcriesmary
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          You are so amazingly wrong about #3. : cerealSAM2
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            I wouldnt go as far as saying amazingly wrong. The story is better in Resurrection and the characters are... : thewindcriesmary
            • Characters are better in 3... much, much better. They're at least realistic. In 4, they're all cartoo... : cerealSAM2
        • Are you kidding? Ripley had sex with an alien. : uglysad
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  they have to make predator 2 before the do 3 you silly : X-GOUKI
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    2 wasnt THAT bad, but it definetly felt weird. : thewindcriesmary
    • It was the whole Murtaugh without Riggs thing. : cerealSAM2
  • No Arnold so it didn't count : Slowtreme
• Did you watch Predator 2 that's why we don't have a Predator 3. I'm getting to old for this shit. : woodchuck70
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  They could easily get work around Predator 2 by making it a prequel. Prequels are Hollywood's new answer... : Saman
  • lol mashup : Slowtreme

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  post some for lols : Mmmmmoo
  • this is the correct answer.. : Str8Dog
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    Paraphrasing. I've gotten messages along the lines of... You quote trend X. I have a single data p : RomSteady
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      Name that logical fallacy! : spiderfill
      • I know...I get enough logical fallacies dealing with creationists nowadays...I don't need to put up with ... : RomSteady
      • john carmack : spaceless
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      One of my favorite phrases from Google: "The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'." : Zero|DPX
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        is that published anywhere? i'd love to cite it sometime : RikiTiki2
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          Credit it to me. No one will know. : Zero|DPX
          • [1] Zero|DPX, Shacknews. Personal communication. : afty
      • That is awesome. :) : SilverSnake
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      Random thought: ever notice how when you talk about dead systems that were hurt by piracy (Dreamcast, Ami... : Fayk
      • nobody ever pirated DOS or Windows : gyokuro
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        You could pirate Dreamcast games? : Zolneirz
        • You sure as fuck could <_< >_> : Modica Sol Solis
        • They basically shipped that thing modded lol : Sailor of Fortune
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          My 2 friends with dreamcasts had burnt games. But really, sega was just shit then. : braaains
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            fuck you, the dreamcast was awesome >: best console ever : Modica Sol Solis
            • Yeah, fuck Sony for saying "our system has Emotion engine and they have nothing!" : Sailor of Fortune
            • Damn skippy. HUGE boner for the Dreamcast. : Salad Sammich
            • Sega Bass Fishing + fishing rod controller ftw. So much more fun than it had any right to be. : riptyde
        • you could pirate the fuck out of Dreamcast games with almost no effort. : riptyde
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        It's pretty easy to deny that piracy killed the amiga because Commodore managed to do that all by them : Toraz Chryx
        • Well, there's some (megatons) truth to that, certainly. But Commodore started fucking up long before the ... : Fayk
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          I'd also like to point out I didn't ever say piracy killed the amiga. I said it was a dead platform (Take... : Fayk
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            I'd like to point out that I didn't say anything about the rifeness of piracy on the Amiga, I just said t... : Toraz Chryx
            • Oh come on Toraz now you're just being obtuse :) It was implied since you replied directly to me. Also... : Fayk
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        Piracy had very little to do with the Amiga's demise. You're making RomSteady look bad. : stuka
        • Really? I'm not talking about the overall longevity of the platform (insofar as follow-on products and ma... : Fayk
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        Oh come on. The DC died because Sony's marketing machine was amazing and Sega's wasn't. Blaming piracy is... : Vincent Grayson
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          It's dead. I said it was hurt by piracy because piracy was fairly rampant (on a pretty noteworty scale co... : Fayk
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            In the end though, I think it was for the best....can you imagine if we had a fourth major console on the... : Vincent Grayson
            • Considering MS and Sega were kind of working together at the point of the DC, it's possible they would ha... : Halen
          • not only was the sony marketing brilliant, but the level of sheer stupidness when it comes to fanboydom, ... : -=kodiak=-
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            I'm amazed at how good the DC games were, such a fun era in gaming, it was like the Sega studios got thei... : node
            • Oh, but yeah, Sony fucked them. "I'll wait for PS2" was indeed insanely frequently heard. Now they're not... : node
            • id really REALLY love to see what sega could do on the ps3/360 in regards to a new Ecco the Dolphin game.... : -=kodiak=-
            • Do you remember Bleemcast? Console emulation's sole retail experiment, and as a follower of emulation fr... : Enkidu
        • dude one of my friends who had the Dreamcast didn't own a single legit game, they were all copies! : Shadowdane
• Examples please, this oughta be good! : yosemiteclimber
• doh. at least its just messages. : hirez
• Shack messages or just normal IM/email stuff? : pigvomit
• I figured they would ask you for links to all the hot warez : rosewood
• What did you say that made them so upset? : Vincent Grayson
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  Don't worry, those of us who count know you are right. : dognose
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    i can count to 17 on my fingers and toes : Borzoi
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      I can count to 23 if I use finger and toenails and take my pants off. : RomSteady
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        putcha goddam closebackon >:( : dognose
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          It's 12:30am and I'm heading to bed. I'm not getting dressed just to make you feel better. ;) : RomSteady
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            At least do it for your parole officer, he gets uncomfortable with it all hanging out there. : rosewood
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              parole officers that sit in your bedroom with you at night are the worst kind. : Borzoi
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                Fighting naked in a hallway of a hotel in Santa Barbara is worse :( : dognose
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                  b...b..but...if you do the splits, you'd be like JCVD. :( : Borzoi
                  • I don't wanna talk about it :( : dognose
• No one wants to hear what they're doing is wrong. : Kentor
• what's the point of arguing with someone if everyone else on the internet can't see how cool you are? : aeg1x
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  How could piracy possibly not be hurting PC gaming? It doesn't make any sense. : SockMonkeh
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    my lack of time is hurting PC gaming. :( : heuristic
    • me too, i've bought so many games thanks to steam, but i also buy a ton of 360 games i never play, dammit... : vov1n
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  I just downloaded your post with uTorrent. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    i just put it on rapidshit : moe6
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      just uploaded it to alt.computer.warez : burning eye
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        I copied it to a cassette tape and took it to my local computer club. : AgentPothead
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          I just grabbed the cassette and ran. : SockMonkeh
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            I put it on my BBS : -efx-
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              I'm selling it in the streets of Hong Kong! : r3dn3ck
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                I used a hole punch on a 5 1/4 floppy so I could distribute it on 1 diskette to all the kids in the apple... : cerealSAM2
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                  I just photocopied your punch card (ok I am out of ideas) : trOmblyj
                  • I reverse engineered your punch card and made a solid state version out of transistors and vacuum tubes. : AgentPothead
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  It's sad but warez games have been going on forever. My first games on a computer(Apple IIe) were cracked... : Reavers!
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    how the hell did you manage to download the matrix in 2 days on dialup??? : Toraz Chryx
    • Does not seem too nuts as I got almost 20MB/hour on 56k when I had it. : Evil Benius
  • Back in the day I used to get Amiga 500 games from car boot sales. The various groups were still putting ... : skitfish
• So where did you get your license from? : geedeck
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  you're an authority because you QA'd a couple of games? : alexthegreat2
  • no wai, hes gonna be a game designerrrrrrrrrrr one day youll seee! : scener
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  how do you become the authority on piracy? : lakren
  • He got interviewed by shacknews : skitzo

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• gummijorder : Solipsism
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  Joy Division : shavenewok
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    New Order : nomaad
    • New World Order : jasoncrowley
  • this is so awesome : erotic sock
• Poupon management. : cerealSAM2
• New World Order Order Eaters CHAOS - Computer Handled Automated Order System Senor Order : bashildy@speakeasy.net
• illuminati : drucifer
• Novus Ordo Seclorum : dirge23
• Blue Monday : Jonathan
• Poseidon Net : ryuuseki
• Order up! : five_percent
• Pro-fit : [7]kami
• Kaupþing PANT! Pantanamo bay OrMa - Ormur - Ormar - e'ð svoleiðs : gakera
• Skynet duh.... simple. : -=kodiak=-
• neXt : balaams_ass
• NOM NOM NOM? : Lone Swordsman
• mOrdor : johnwissinger
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  Cheeseburger Cheeseburger Cheeseburger Pepsi : zakazi
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    So many good suggestions! I like this one and mOrdor. And I love uranus, of course. : Bold
    • I'll show it to you later, if you'd like : zerog83
• K.A.R.R : silent prophet
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  uranus, then when talkiing to customers your sales people can say things like Hold the line, I'll just : jcupitt
  • feck : jcupitt
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    why is uranus yellow, jcupitt? : dirge23
    • Because he doesn't wash it ba dum dum tsh! : Mr.Finkster
    • No tag for brown, but Uranus would have been highly entertaining. : Githyanki
    • jaundice : uglysad
    • He is now a Simpson character. : Totenjaeger
• Zee Dispenser goes here : redfive
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  no skynet yet? : dantastic
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18662946 : Githyanki
• MARX - Management And Request eXchange., because [Karl] MARX was the foundation of a new order. : Enkidu
• the YWIW, or You Want It When? : Fyunch Click
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  sex ham : slickdoody
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    Ham hands : Dave-A
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      ham hands bill? : voodooraze
      • he's going to put some vaseline on the tip of the order. : Fyunch Click
• Alderaan : uglysad
• Central Order Control King(?) : Arcanum
• Ordotron : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Three dog awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! : r3dn3ck
• Type credit card details here. : Vincenoir
• Whatchu Gon Buy : wasylm
• Three Mile Island : Chod
• This should play when it starts up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlcvJjRvT7c : Rag and Bone Man
• YAMS - Yet Another Management System! : Baba Ghanoush
• Skeksionmyface : c0bra
• Super Mega Order-o-Matic 5000 : CapnChaos