Morning Discussion

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  What difficulty settnigare you playing on? the AI doesn't start to cheat until after warlord. And then ... : twifosp
  • ^^ this. once you're up at the higher levels you need to have a really solid understanding of how the eco... : dirge23
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    It helps that the AI knows where everything is and knows the instant something has finished construction,... : riptyde
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      Why would you be busy watching two legions fight it out on a corner of the map? Especially on a turn-bas... : walker270
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        You don't watch battles to see the outcome? : riptyde
        • I can't sit there and watch battles if I don't need to do anything. RTS games have programmed me not to.... : walker270
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      i wish there was a way to stick a note on any unit or city so i can keep track of my shit : cpt_gloval
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        It would be nice if Civ had a feature like SupCom where you could have a second monitor just show a high-... : riptyde
        • I can only dream that Civ V has multi-monitor support. : Jonathan
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          Or just a single page where you can go directly to units instead of looking for them all over the map. Wo... : Pettytheft
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            this exists already. go to the military manager. : Foxhawk
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              i need a way to remind me what i sent that unit to do, six turns ago. cities, i can rename. units are mor... : cpt_gloval
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                Have you tried remembering? : twifosp
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                  when my turns can take a half hour, and i only have time to sit down and play 3-4 at a time, it helps to ... : cpt_gloval
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                    You know you can also do shift -moves, right? if you wanted to with a worker you can right click and say ... : Crimson
                    • i didn't realize, that's good to know. mostly it's my military units i have trouble with though; after a ... : cpt_gloval
          • It does have that functionality... look at the "military advisor" in the upper right hand corner. It then... : Crimson
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        If you aren't already using it, download and install the BUG mod. It helps greatly with city management a... : Attica Blue
        • well yeah but that'll just even the playing field for anyone that plays me. : Deathlove
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      yep, micromanagement is critical. the computer can do this in a flash, but it takes time for a human. : dirge23
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        Which is the fun part! I don't get why this is a complaint. The micro-management. The ability to fine ... : twifosp
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          I really have problems reading strategy game threads on this site because they always read like people do : walker270
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            No, that's not what I do. But if a battle is going on, I am micromanaging it and moving other units into... : riptyde
            • That's no excuse, you have infinite time to check on those things. There is no turn time limit, wtf. : twifosp
            • But.. it's turn based! Sure, what your saying would be an issue if it were real-time, but.. it's not... : walker270
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          Yep. Playing in the shack PitBoss game I routinely take about 30 minutes per turn. : dirge23
          • I regularly say out loud in a Hannibal voice "I love it when a plan comes together". On a related to... : twifosp
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            Because you have a gignormous empire that takes 30 minutes. I can get through all my cities and units in ... : Deathlove
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              micromanagement is what got me that ginormous empire! : dirge23
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                also not being on the world's tiniest land mass : Deathlove
                • i think moogle got the raw deal on that one : dirge23
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                  screenshot of known world in shack pitboss game please : Degenerate
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                    Really can't. Different people have different views on the current boundaries of the empires and forgett... : Zhaneel
                    • you'll trade world maps with everybody this very instant and get me my screen shot! : Degenerate
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                And two AIs to nom nom. =] : Zhaneel
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                  i can't be blamed for the fact that my neighbors despaired and quit playing :) : dirge23
                  • I would like in on a Pitboss game! : Vantage
                  • I know. I started on a choke point and SockMonkeh blocked me in. So I ate him (for which I apologize, b... : Zhaneel
                • One of them is barely nom-worthy, he's in one town on my island. I'm-a blow him up soon. : Deathlove
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        Everyone listen to this man. He's kicking ass in our Civ IV game. Holy shit. : Zhaneel
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          I really need to get in on the next shack pitboss game. I want to crush dirge under my boot. : twifosp
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            sorry, i'm retiring from civ for a while after this. i'm getting seriously burned out : dirge23
            • Time to pick up Galactic Civilizations 2! : walker270
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              How convenient and diplomatic of you. Clearly you fear confrontation from me. I see how it is. : twifosp
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                odds are once i go a full week without taking a turn i'll be ready to play again : dirge23
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                  when did the first shackbattle game start? like april of last year? : Deathlove
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                    This is the second one, but I think so. Also, I am beginning to think we should just call it for dirge : Zhaneel
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                      I think I'll go into shock if there's not another game to replace this one.... : Jonathan
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                        Let's do it! I'm in. : Vantage
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                          We could always start up our own. : twifosp
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                            If there's a way to host PitBoss on a Linux machine I would gladly host a game. : dirge23
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                              http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/24/civilization-iv-on-linux-updated-how-to/ http://forums.civfan... : twifosp
                              • i'll work on this over the weekend : dirge23
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                        Oh I'll be doing another one after this one for sure. I fucking love these games. : OverloadUT
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                          Overload, do you host the game on a Windows machine or what? : dirge23
                          • Yeah, it runs on a Windows Server 2008 machine I have in my closet. It also runs my torrents and soon wil... : OverloadUT
    • Eh, that's why the game is turned based. You are supposed to check all of that. Also if you turn on the... : twifosp
    • The AI doesn't have any more information than you do. Really. : Vantage
    • generally it will tell you when something has finished (because you get prompted). I wish they would... : lawnchair2442
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  play on marathon for a better time balance between war and tech progression : Foxhawk
  • I'll try that. : Pettytheft
  • i started doing that when i barely get to use my fancy new chariot before it becomes obsolete : RikiTiki2
• trade with other civs, probably. if you have the gold, buying prerequisite techs will advance your shit s... : cpt_gloval
• You have to approach research with your strategy and goals in mind. Look at the tech tree and work out wh... : PeanutsEnvy
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  I've tried to get into that game for the longest time, and it just isn't for me. Galactic Civ 2 however ... : Rag and Bone Man
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    I'm better at Civ4 than I am at GalCiv 2 which makes me sad. : NFXFSX
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      I completely suck at GalCiv 2, but for some reason I find it more fun. : Rag and Bone Man
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        Space is more fun than dirt! : walker270
        • Also shit blows up, and wiping out an entire planet feels satisfying. : Rag and Bone Man
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  I see what everyone is saying, it's just the rampant cheating that drives me nuts. I don't mind the CPU g... : Pettytheft
  • The AI doesn't do that. At higher difficulty levels, the human player gets disadvantages and the AI play... : Vantage
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    It's been a while since I played civ iv, but I'm pretty sure the AI does not just gets dealt technologies... : bamb
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      You are right, the AI don't get technologies out of thin air. But on the higher difficulties, they might... : twifosp
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        I'm guessing that PettyTheft is not playing on Emperor... : Vantage
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          Maybe Pettytheft is playing on the hardest difficulty because he thought that it was an even fight with t : OverloadUT
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            Perhaps, though don't most FPS's adjust difficult via enemy damage/health/numbers? As an aside, I use ... : Vantage
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              Also, as a first time player (or near to it), there's no way he'd last long enough to see musketeers at t... : Vantage
              • That is very true. : OverloadUT
            • I should have said "FPS Bots" as in games like Quake 3 and the UT games where you are playing the same ga... : OverloadUT
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    Like everyone else says, the AI does not cheat. The tech tree is very compressed in the late-middle game ... : Goncyn
    • It depends on what you definition of "AI cheating" is though. On higher difficulties it takes less resear... : OverloadUT
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    Try turning on No Technology Brokering. Basically the computer can't trade techs it got through trading ... : TinyWoodFarmer
    • Oh yeah, I always disable tech brokering. : Vantage
• for a second I thought you said GTA IV... mongolians and musketeers would have made that game so much bet... : hirez
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  Man, I hate Civ4 threads. Now I am going to have to start a new Emperor marathon game tonight. Thanks p... : twifosp
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    and you win or are competitive on Emperor? Monarch seems to be the best for me, and even then if the com... : TinyWoodFarmer
    • My only marathon/emperor win has come from Darius. It is also easy to praetorian rush with ceasar if you... : twifosp

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  no, the patch nerfed warlocks and we've all quit : Degenerate
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    I'll just pretend I know what that means and nod my head in agreement. : Saman
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      ^ Plays a Ret Pally. : tboomer2
      • Reticent? : lolpatrol
• don't. Techno soundtrack. : Fyunch Click
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  Yes, many shackers will. Please don't try vs though until you've played through the campaign a few times ... : re-verse
  • ^^^ : kainen1
• Sure, why not. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  i would also like to sign up for this "what the fuck do guns do" tutorial : Deathlove
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    oh hell naw! : Degenerate
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      jedi_27 joined one of my 360 L4D games recently. Fucker can NOT aim. : Fyunch Click
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        you've obviously never played a game with him before that included the use of firearms : Degenerate
        • Sadly, I have. They just had slower respawn rates so I could get more done. : Fyunch Click
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        who can aim with a joypad :( : Iwannaacura
        • Everyone else playing seemed to do just fine. He's just a bit....happy with liberating bullets from their... : Fyunch Click
      • jedi is "special" : Deathlove
      • It's the 360, no one can. : kainen1
      • WHAT! THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT!!!! WHAT!!!!! FUCK!!!! SHIT!!!! YOU!!!! HATE!!!! : jedi_27
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    get shotgun, shoot zombies, and melee whenever bullets are not traveling through the barrel. the end : Luminair
    • Which end of the gun do the bullets come out of? : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Work as a team, communicate, and punish those survivors who stray away on their own. That's really the on... : freakynipples69
  • Pretty much, yeah. The rest you'll pick up on the way. : Arctic Fox
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    so having a mic is a must for this game? : f3ynm
    • Absolutely. : kallanta
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      I play without one and it's actually not much of a problem. It's mostly useful to have a leader with one.... : Geoffrois
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        That's good to hear. I might buy L4D after all! : f3ynm
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          This kept me from buying the game for awhile too. Once I started playing I realized that there are a lot ... : Geoffrois
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            On expert and versus mics are essential, yes. On expert people die so fast that any squawk from a play... : Arctic Fox
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              And how many modes are there? : f3ynm
              • on co-op: Easy, Normal, Advanced, Expert and Versus is just the one mode. I suppose you can get by on ... : Arctic Fox
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    What about those who leave you mere feet away from the safehouse, not once, but twice. Fushugi I am look... : deathofrats
    • leave you to die, i mean. razor sharp claws tearing away your flesh as if you were a ripe banana. : deathofrats
• I suggest playing single player first to learn the ropes before jumping into multi. : Iwannaacura
• If you mean join a pub, be called a faggot then vote kicked off the server, then ABSOLUTELY! : jingletard
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  An elite fighter of zombies, or a zombie who is an elite fighter? : elwood00
  • Either way I'm down. : Saman
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  I think I will do this as well. Someone will teach me the ways? :D : virus
  • get your ass in the pudding! : kainen1
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  So does the Shack populace play this on their PC or is it mostly Xbox Live? I had planned on the Steam p... : Saman
  • PC has the bigger pool to play with. : Iwannaacura
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  PC or 360? Console versions of fast twitch shooters suck. You know it to be true. : RyDogg1
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    i love my 360 copy personally. : Silent Wolf
    • No you don't. : twifosp
  • I played this last week on the 360 at my cousins house. I was impressed, it works pretty damn good. : .Jayson
  • L4D is far from a twitch shooter. : maulla
  • works great on the 360. : Fyunch Click
  • PeeCee for mods, maps and shit, like all Source games. : Arctic Fox
• These people are fools, Saman--I will show you the proper way to shoot xeno out as he leaps in mid-air, b... : thief

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  this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E81uWNfRHbs : -=kodiak=-
  • thanks! : niceguynick
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  I didn't know they had finally gone ahead and started making this. BoB is the best WWII show/movie/etc an... : Wyvern
  • I can't wait to see the cast, story and locations mixing in with all the combat, I love BoB so much : niceguynick
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    did the 3 seconds of screen time at the end of 1 episode really bug the shit out of that many people? ... : -=kodiak=-
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      His appearance was distracting if you recognized him. It served no purpose and took you out of the show ... : lechuck59
      • served no purpose? he brought ammo to everyone... lol : -=kodiak=-
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        wtf are you talking about. motherfucking ROSS from FRIENDS had a major role and you're bitching about 4 s... : xxiv
        • yea, ross bugged me a hell of a lot more than some shitty ass comedian that was in the entire series for ... : -=kodiak=-
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          he was actually good : EvilDolemite
          • Yeah but after seeing him in Friends for 7 years it was really fucking hard to separate the actor from th... : Prozium
        • I'm not bitching. I'm explaining the popular objection to his cameo. It was dumb. : lechuck59
    • When has the Shack ever been a 'Glass is 99.9% full' kind of website? : Totenjaeger
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  2010? I want it now :( : Snuffles-
  • I'm surprised HBO is waiting that long. They finished filming in May 08, and most post production like on... : Chod
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  the battle that saved...Australia? I didn't know Australia was under any threat of being taken over duri... : deathofrats
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    You've never heard of the Battle of the Coral Sea? One of the major turning points in the Pacific nava... : Omaha
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      not really... I always thought the battles in the pacific took place on the islands dotting the way betw... : deathofrats
      • Have you seen Australian women and heard them talk? I'd fight over them too! : pancake humper
      • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea : lechuck59
      • Darwin (northernmost major city) was actually attacked by the Japanese in WW2. Two midget submarines were... : Drewus
      • Austrailia was always somewhat of a traget for a myriad of reasons, here's a few : 1) Fortress Austrai... : bombay
    • is that the one with the two carrier ships? : feek
  • I heard there was some fighting in Russia too. Crazy. : lechuck59
  • The trailer is obviously made for an Australian audience. The voiceover guy is straight from a specific t... : Drewus
  • Please dont forget Poland. : hirez
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  Whoa. Why am I only now hearing about this? : theangrywaffles
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    It isn't a direct sequel. Just some of the same writers, etc. : orgcaptainnemo
    • I think I might be full of shit. : orgcaptainnemo
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      I heard that they actually play it off as scientists from the future come back and take Dick Winters back... : Omaha
      • I would watch that miniseries. : orgcaptainnemo
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        Grandpa, were you a hero in the war? No, but i served in a company of mother fucking chrono-troopers! : Snuffles-
        • Haha. CoD5 perhaps? : theangrywaffles
      • If you could go back in time and kill Hitler before WW2, would you do it? THEY WOULD. : dirge23
• there wasn't anything really to it : dignan
• Haha woah, just recognized that Joseph Mazzello guy is in it...the kid from Jurassic Park and Radio Flyer... : MaxPete82

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  "So why are some people standing in 12 inches of water, while others are being rescued in a raft?" hah... : Luminair
  • LOL. That's awesome. : hawkeye
  • Hahaha, Christ : Chris Remo
  • they are waiting for an escape goat. : hirez
  • /facepalm : riptyde
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    clearly, that is first class. : SolveChrist
    • or the wing is underneath, guess I shoulda scrolled to see the rest of the pics :( : SolveChrist
  • sadly enough, the guy in the desk next to me asked that question. i had to tell him that planes have win... : industro
  • Jesus rides with US Airways : askedrelic
  • oh god. that is terrible. : anhero
  • Oh bah. He replied to his own post less than a minute admitting his mistake. : OverloadUT
  • You don't think they're standing on the wings? : action roommate
  • they are standing on the wing : Unleashed
• whoa, that's an awesome picture : sammyl
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  There obviously weren't any shackers on that plane. They'd have been like, "Hang on Pilot. I'm going to... : hawkeye
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    "quick shack, there is this girl in plane that is about to crash. We are getting along. Should i ask her ... : blindi0815
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      "How badly will this Hudson River water damage my 300 dollar raw denim jeans? Should I take them off and ... : deveus1
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        "Should I tip the ferry driver who plucked us out of the water?" : laurgasms
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          This thread is fantastic. : hawkeye
          • I agree so much. : mysled
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          "Generally when two planes intersect, you have a line showing where they intersected. I wasn't expecting... : RomSteady
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            "God this airplane food sucks, I think they used canned hollandaise, wait what the fuck I think the plane... : laurgasms
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              "JESUS CHRIST WE HIT A SQUIRREL GET OUT OF THE PLANE" : RomSteady
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                "I can't believe the pilot is circumcised... how could his parents mutilate him like that?" : rgoer
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                  "guys we crashed now it's darker than doom 3 LOL" : crummynz
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                    "Stop screaming...did you reboot the plane to see if that fixes the crash?" : RomSteady
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                      Fuck! My WE not only arrived late, it's all WET on top of that! : suruwek
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                        "LOL Vista sux" : hoov1185
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                          "hay guys! dropzone IS life!" : shyguy74
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                            "All these dumb people on the plane are praying, LOL. WHERE IS YOUR MESSIAH NOW?!" : Sacred Sperm
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                              "Jesus is my co-pilot, but he can't steer for shit with those holes in his hands..." : RomSteady
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                                "Our plane is crashing because it tried to take off on a conveyor belt! I told you it wouldn't work!" : OverloadUT
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                                  This is the best sub-thread ever. : yosemiteclimber
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                                    its running on Windows 7, so it might crash at any time. dont be surprised. : hirez
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                                      "I bet M$ had $omething to do with thi$ plane" : Zero|DPX
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                                        "planes don't work on water unless you got power!" : Majuju
                                        • "I'm about to pull the trigger on getting in this life raft. Let me know what you guys think." : Delaric
                                    • Hey guys I am here to fuck breakfast foods. : pancake humper
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    (10:06am) Shack, my plane just crashed into the Hudson River. (10:10am) Should I get out? (10:15a... : Phil
    • brilliant. : Ormsbee
    • hahaha : thekidd
    • lol I think that perfectly captures the essence of wtf242. : ThomW
    • (10.37am) I want to take up drowning but I hate it : Dave-A
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  that water must be fucking cold :( : pyide
  • That water in the Hudson is always cold. : cjcharv
• wow that is a ridiculous fucking picture. good lord : mikecyb
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  Still the best Twitter: http://twitter.com/MelvinBison : deathofrats
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    i like http://twitter.com/the_real_shaq : manero
    • Bernie macs last movie soul man is the funniest movie ever hahaha : maulla
• Jesus those people must be freezing their balls off. Its insanely cold here today. Coldest day of the yea... : bozer
• LOL this plane was going to come to Seattle to cause harm! : Iwannaacura

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• wow that's really fun : tashtego
• what an evil little game! : hirez
• took me a while to figure out how to play CLICKAN TO CLIMBAN !!! : rookieone
• such a simple and fun game ! : barichnikov
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  Wow, such a simple mechanic but it completely dominated me for the last 5 minutes. How is everyone doi... : mjcrash
  • I got 576m. The guy behind me at work has 816m and now the whole office it trying to beat him : marmite
  • 580 is my best so far.... this game is stressful. : voodooraze
• Oh man, there goes the rest of my day. : voodooraze
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  Needs more Excel version :( : pancake humper
  • lol, what version was the last one to contain the flight sim? That was hilarious. : bombay
• 864 and my fucking hand hurts:( : .frame
• My record last time I got hooked (heh) on it was around 2km. But I never broke that. : hawkeye
• 647! I'm hooked! : voodooraze
• 628. This rules. : Clone42
• 667 so far : dromo5
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  I blowed up :( : dognose
  • i blowed up over and over and over. :( : cerealSAM2
• music b for the win : oHnOES
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  i cant figure out how to start the game : feek
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    click start : oHnOES
    • start play : oHnOES
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    The game is pretty tall - on my resolution-locked work computer (lol) I had to hit F11 to fullscreen my b... : DonkleyPunch
    • that was it : feek
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  892. It was epic. : Clone42
  • 925. Can't. Stop. Paying. : Clone42
• this sounds awesome but I am at work :( : Yanks
• oh jesus : Audhuml4
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  lol so you entire office is not productive right now? : papaskot
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    I sent it to the whole of EA Casual. :( : marmite
    • in the UK : marmite
    • "research" : zakazi
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  Wow, I am NOT good at this game. : virus
  • Yeah this is hard. : skinlab133
  • Yeah this game is fookin' difficult. : Scotty22
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  998m, but now I gotta keep going until I crack 1000m. :( : Barnahog
  • 1007m and I give up : Barnahog
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  i prefer the osmos game that they mentioned last week http://digitaltools.node3000.com/blog/osmos_-_indie... : dantastic
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    Yeah I played this too, it's awesome but very short. : marmite
    • i zoomed around after it told me to hit space .. i wanted to absorb the sun in that one level but there w... : dantastic
• blocked at work :( : pandastrong
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  Sort of reminds me of http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm : extrahappyturtle
  • oh wow this is fun too! : marmite
  • i know what this is without clicking :( played too much of that. the newer, cars one is better tho... : barichnikov
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  Wow, I really fucking suck at this game. : deadhorse
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    its not just you. I was excited to break 100m : epit
    • I couldn't get past 99m but I did bookmark it for later when people aren't watching me. : Slowtreme
    • I'm at 99 right now. :) : hawke
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      I got to 121 and then I gave up in sadness :( : mikecyb
      • I got to 316 once after a lifetime at 80, now I can't break it again FUCK : Deathlove
• i really suck at this game :( : moe6
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  this would be fun on the iPhone/Touch : prime8
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    Yes! ...checks app store : AltZero
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      Can't you just load it in the browser? Would work on the wii as well. : OverloadUT
      • iphone doesnt do flash :[ : Chandler55
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  fuck I suck at this game >:( : mikecyb
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    the 'cyb' stands for 'crashin your bombs' : boring gegtik
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      I thought it was "Chuggin' JYager Bombs" : action wombmate
      • Mike cuddles young boys. : voodooraze
• 511 and i gave up, good game : GBeer11
• impossible to play on a trackpad : mr.sleepy
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  any other good games to pass the time? I am transfering a shit ton of files and there is nothing left fo... : conandan
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18953599#itemanchor_18953599 : dantastic
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      crayon physics deluxe is pretty fun. it's pretty easy starting out but gets more challenging later on : dantastic
      • also i couldnt really get into it but jen got into world of goo as an alternative to solitaire : dantastic
• wooo 744 that was hard : Reeves
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  1067m so far. I couldn't find anything to grab on above it. :( : omnova
  • Every now and then when you get that high all the pegs are off screen. You have to hang on them till you... : hawkeye
  • hahaha I just beat you by 1m, what a twitchy nerve-wracking experience : Majuju
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  this would be more fun for more people if the acceleration curve was more linear. you could sell a tweak... : Luminair
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    What? The acceleration curve is what makes it a challenge. The closer you get to death the faster and h... : hawkeye
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      exactly. so you make it less challenging and sell it that way because you make more money selling to nor... : Luminair
      • Ah, I see your point. Design for the masses. : hawkeye
  • This would sell like fucking crazy on iPhone. Hell I'd buy it. : node
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  wow, thats pretty evil I feel bad when people make addictive and brilliant games like this and probabl... : jbury
  • Some get jobs out of them though, so you never know.. but it's a good point. : stonedonkey
  • theyre good resume builders for game developres : Chandler55
• this is brilliant. well worth the +inf. : SlamDunk
• countdown to a hald dozen iphone ripoffs.... : snicker-snack 2
• this should be a weapon in Half Life 3 CTF : kaddar0
• I'm gonna get fired. =( : fleabug
• this is pretty awesome : Modica Sol Solis
• That's a really cool idea. I too, fucking suck at it, though. : Begawkiness
• Great game! I suck at it though. 298 my best so far : AltZero
• Oh my fucking god, damn you. Not only is this 16 bit fucking HOTNESS with the gfx/sound but my god what a... : node
• too hard on mouse pad :( : chazums
• lol @ the high scores : maulla
• This reminds me I actually need to play Pixeljunk Eden, I have it installed but I just messed with the me... : d fluke
• Yeah I keep playing it pretty much every day : Chris Remo
• I always liked this game: http://www.addictinggames.com/airbattle.html : Drewus
• man F this game : onji
• WTB easy mode that goes half as fast :( i don't have the reaction time for this : electroly
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  1061 on my seventh try. Here is how I play the game: It actually helps sometimes to not hold onto one m... : thief
  • Oh shit, 1323 and then nothing but blackness. You need momentum! Fun game, but not as fun as...reading ... : thief
  • I can't reposition. By the time I manage to drag top ones down, I already have too much downward speed to... : Caboose
• 1603m - Just got it after playing all day at work. : cyclonebee
• well damn. : hirosushima
• that's awesome. got to 813 after a few tries. really fun game. : mindmann
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  1099 with a thinkpad nipple : scythide
  • mad props. : cyclonebee
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  Wow I really suck. 377 : ieGod
  • i could only get to 202 : Cheeziologist
• 1263. now I need a break. : aaarrrgh
• I got 1300 and change after waaaaay too many tries...I kept getting hung up around 700-900 or so, where y... : AxeMan808

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  I've sent about 5 my entire life. I've always been confused as to why people would rather do this than us... : Visceral Monkey
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    Because one party may not be directly available to chat? : hoov1185
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      ...voice mail? : Visceral Monkey
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        Maybe you are the party who can't get on the phone to start blabbing, but you have a few seconds to type ... : deveus1
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          Yeah I think teenagers texting in class, and young adults texting in noisy bars are a major source. I'm ... : Solar Jetman
          • I'll use texts typically in situations where I really don't have a lot to say and a phone call would be k... : deveus1
      • Voice mail is a pox. A pox I say! : c0bra
  • ... he says as he types his 26,443rd post on Shacknews. : electroly
  • talking on the phone is for chumps! : cpt_gloval
  • exactly, because it's impersonal. if i want to tell you that i found a book on sale that you want, i don'... : skizl
  • get with the times old man : RikiTiki2
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    Because I can say what needs to be said in once sentence. If I call my friends its: Hey whats up Wh... : bozer
    • this is exactly why i do it. : zebrigazi
  • curse those young whipper snappers! : Korban
  • It's easier to text someone that's in a bar than it is to try and hear over the roar of the crowd. Same f... : Modica Sol Solis
  • even my mom gets why people would text and she's 50 : FrayLo
  • The cellphone connections here are bad (Asiacell is so so, but not available throughout the base, Iraqna ... : bostrov
  • i hate talking on the phone. loathe it. cut the bullshit, text what you want. i send very few texts, o... : dahanese
  • Because both parties aren't always available and I can read faster than I can listen to a voicemail where... : Richese
  • Talking on the phone is a lot more work than texting... you have to focus your attention on the conversat... : MagicWishMonkey
  • because it's quick and easy : mikecyb
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    It all comes back to our addiction to delayed conversation. With text messaging, you have as much time a... : fishbone
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      I love that this isn't the first reply. : rosewood
      • lol : Richese
      • That does indeed make it a bit ironic : MacemanInTW
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    I do not even own a cellphone, never have. Beat that. Talking on the phone is impersonal. The people who ... : vikramwillrock
    • I hope you don't email or IM... or use message boards either then. : orgcaptainnemo
  • There are times I'd rather text, like to/from a noisy bar or just to get a detail on plans, but generally... : nurglich
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    because when you have a bunch of hot actresses in your apartment and you notice that your flat mate's fli... : marmite
    • I would have thought he was just thinking ahead! : MacemanInTW
  • easiest way to coax women, doesn't require any wit or charm, because you have as much time to respond wi... : disembodied potato
  • I would reply to this but I can't understand why I would do this rather than use the phone to speak to yo... : yoonix
  • Because some communications don't require stopping what you're doing to make a call and get engaged in a ... : DinK
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  How in the fuck is that possible? : NFXFSX
  • probably simple HI, NO, NO U , LOL, LOL, LOL type replies : Iwannaacura
  • A friend's brother goes through over 2000 texts a month by basically never using a period. If you text h... : treefingers1
  • are you kidding? You and I can text 500 times in one day to each other sometimes. Add like all the othe... : Galadriel07
• easiest way to do that is with groups/distribution lists. I went over my 400 limit cause I would send my ... : epit
• I probably go about 600 or so in a month. Mostly it's just easier to get a hold of some of my friends th... : MacemanInTW

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  trying to get his billables right? :P : RikiTiki2
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    You got it. Can't really say no in the legal market today, you'll get canned. : ra1n
    • Well and it had to be done. : ra1n
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  I've been in around 72 - 80 for MRP conversion cutovers. Brutal, but you only have so much time to get t... : bombay
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    80 hours straight? Holy god. : ra1n
    • Yeah, you get little rests. Towards then end you end up blowing off mean times / breaks and just drifting... : bombay
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    What the hell is an MRP conversion cutover, and why did it last 80 hours? : d0gbert
    • MRP = Manufacturing Resouce Planning. Thing of everything a manufacturing company does. Every process.... : bombay
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  Isn't lack of sleep of more than 40 hours lethal? : suruwek
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    no but after a few days without sleep you can start hallucinating : Mr.SEX
    • that's some good times right there : xjdrake32
  • I'm proof it is not : Slowtreme
  • lol no : mwasher
  • You can't really be this dumb. : Ebu
  • I'm still alive! : DrWaffles
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    So you've spent your whole life thinking pulling an all nighter may take you to the brink of death? : derelict515
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      no I just forgot add one zero, should have been 400 hours : suruwek
      • Yes 400 hours would most likely kill you. : Chod
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      So when did days become 40 hours? : Derringer
      • Well, he said brink... if you pull an all nighter there are good chances that you'll be up for 16 more ho... : Grumbeld
  • I found this pretty interesting, it's a story about a family who all get this disease during midlife that... : Penis Brittle
• 35 hours. basically a full all nighter and a regular shift afterward. i took a 3 hour nap in the car befo... : cpt_gloval
• when i was in college and i was working on the side doing some development work with some friends, we sta... : Mr.SEX
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  I pulled two all-nighters and slept three hours on a roller chair on the third night in the computer clus... : Ovate
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    Pretty sure a rested person could do that in a few hours... Should've just slept first. : uncleanmonkey
    • We definitely should've slept more. But yeah...that takes a lot more than a few hours. I went into this... : Ovate
• as high as two to three hours, straight : EvilDolemite
• about 20. : action roommate
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  Not long ago I had my longest stretch. This weightloss drug I'm on is an amphetamine and one of the more ... : rosewood
  • *BREAKING NEWS* a side effect of amphetamines is losing sleep! : mwasher
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    dieting didn't occur to you before taking meth to lose some weight? : dignan
    • rosewood never half-asses anything, it's always balls to the wall hardcore : Bamtan
    • He saw Requiem for a Dream and figured it worked for Mrs. Goldfarb, so he'd have a go. : lechuck59
    • I lost 200 pounds in 3 days and I found out that I'M THE DEVIL! : c0bra
  • what drug is it? : jasonepowell
• easily 24+ with tiny breaks and chemical help gone a good 55-60 without sleep before tho : mwasher
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  40+ hours straight over a weekend after I managed to delete all the users in active directory. >.> : mrvandelay
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    hahahaha you brought that on yourself though : hamachi
    • Yea it was my first time working with exchange... apparently when you delete the mailbox it deletes the w... : mrvandelay
• routinely did 30+ hours without sleep while on my surgery rotation a couple of months ago. : infallible
• I probably worked about a day straight on various things in preparation for 2 presentations and 2 exams t... : Yanks
• I've never worked any gay hours. :[ : Ebu
• I wrote my college English final paper in the 24 hours before it was due, nonstop. I haven't had to work : omnova
• 27 laying carpet and tile.. did that 3 or 4 times. : GonzoRookie
• Can I count raiding in Everquest? : breadsticks
• about 30 in a frozen house : .sticks.
• 25.5 is my record, but I've done plenty of 18+ shifts. My dad works in the same business as me and has w... : Scythe99
• Longest I've worked is 16, with an hour commute on each end. I routinely work 14 hour days now, but with ... : RookieCAF
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  i used to eat meth and go 2 nights without sleeping wondering if i would ever be able to sleep again! dur... : mr.sleepy
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    Are you my girlfriend? : ra1n
    • Got any meth? : .sticks.
  • hahahaha : MagicWishMonkey
• Worked 17.5 last monday although most of my crazy hours is over a period of months. : dravalen
• If anyone here has ever been aircrew in the US military, you know there are specific parameters that dict... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  ~107 hour week. monday to thursday were 16 hour days. then i worked 8 am friday to 6pm sunday. i did this... : XchumpoX
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    Yep, cutovers. Get you every time. : bombay
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      this is why i'm moving into sales! my soul is overrated. : XchumpoX
      • Prob why I am just going to get out and do my own thing, hehe :) : bombay
• I've worked 48 hours straight on several occasions, it's pretty easy to do with adderall, and it will fuc... : MagicWishMonkey
• It seems like at that point everything he produced would be virtually worthless. I'd rather have a well r... : SenorSpine
• 10ish : thejm4n
• I knew a guy that worked about 140 hours (seriously) pretty regularly for about 2 months. He was this In... : guido anchovy
• I pulled 3 all-nighters in a row once last year. But I was definitely not straight! Err... : father_crown
• probably around 16 - 18? : mikecyb
• My wife is a pediatrics resident. Every 4th night she works a 30 hour shift. Every 4th night. : afty
• 95 hours one week, 5 days. the last night of it I nearly knocked myself out cold in a garage walking to ... : beastrabban
• like 14 hours.. wtf is wrong with all the people in this thread : OrkO
• Once did 23 hours, 1 hour of sleep then 23 more =[ : randomnull
• 16 hours, not that hardcore :( : fishbone
• 40+ hours, not sure if it counts since it was military. It consisted of a 12 hour convoy since our LT go... : skitzo
• I once drove a car from Portland to the north east corner of Kansas for 25 hours straight, alone, does th... : pres589
• I think it was 18 hours on Jan 2nd. We were adding a new disk to an array after hours and that rebuild to... : vov1n
• 5 rounds of focused 45-minute sessions with 15-minute breaks. : kramweil
• the network admin at my old job, probably about 25 to 30 hours after he destroyed our active directory wh... : packav
• The first year our ISP was under our new managing partner our VP of Tech would show up, say, on a Monday ... : PoopStewart
• that's stupid. i bet he's been productive about 10% of that time too. : pullmyfinger
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  I worked for 16 hours straight one time unloading trucks for Target one time. I can't officially say tha... : conandan
  • you badass mofucka : packav
• I have played a lot of games in 1-2 sittings. Serious sam 2 in one sitting. The witcher in 2 sittings. I ... : vikramwillrock
• Three and a half days. I slept for almost a day after that though. : MacemanInTW
• I drove for 32 hours straight from NYC en route to Colorado. I stopped for a 2-hour siesta after I start... : Ride-My-Rocket
• I've gotten close to 30 studying for finals. I edited for about 20 hours straight on episode 4 of Shacker : socksta
• 29 hours here, drafting for an engineering firm trying to meet a deadline. 8am - 1pm the NEXT day , oh m... : dignan
• I did 3 days at the office with 2 hour sleep breaks every night on a couch in my edit suite. : Super Sparker
• I worked a 36 hour day once. Back when I did industrial automation stuff I had to get a machine working f... : ThomW
• About 70+ hours in college. At the end I couldn't tell the difference between walking left or right. : Fredrik S
• I worked 24 hours straight last month. : newek
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  I worked 46 out of 52 hours once in 2007. It was a technology transfer and the first full-scale run. My... : Amadan
  • Oh and I had just flown halfway around the world, so you have to compound that with jet lag. I actually ... : Amadan
• 56 hours on a Friday - Sunday stint during the move of our corporate headquarters (and our datacenter) to... : halophoenix
• I've worked 42 hours straight a couple different times. I usually work somewhere between 90 and 110 hours... : fatman

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• Custom maps this week Dijon There are five flags total, including a two-man cap at the middle (inside : Alco23
• I shall be there, last week was a lot of fun! : Arctic Fox
• I'll try to be there tonight i just d/l source last week its been years since i played dod. : Iwannaacura
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  bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahaah... : sanchez
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    ...? : Arctic Fox
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      That is the sound of Thompson rape. : yosemiteclimber
      • I think I'll have to install the mod where I can assign Sanchez any weapon besides a Thompson :P. : Alco23
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  See this Dschinghis Khan? No shacktags! : yosemiteclimber
  • hey, i didn't have any fuck ups last week either, besides the shack tags grab attention. : Dschinghis Khan
• i shall try to make an appearance : kbnerd
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  I'll try and be there mates. I have class until 9:35pm eastern. Let the slaughter begin. : hirosushima
  • but i don't want to die...more than 10 times in a minute =-( : kbnerd
  • Oh the party will still be rolling when you return :) : Arctic Fox
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  I wasn't planning to drink tonight, but it is mandatory that I drink when playing this game with you guys... : .frame
  • ^^^ A true dod-shacker :) : Alco23
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  We'll play some Reverse-tag to warm up. Any opinions on the mod for those that it played last week? : Alco23
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    I missed it, what is it exactly? : sanchez
    • http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=726567 : Arctic Fox
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    i think it's pretty cool...i just wish my teammates wouldn't kill me when i'm not it =-( : kbnerd
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      FF is on??? uh oh... : Iwannaacura
      • Yeah, FF is always on. I think everyone has gotten use to it and doesn't think much of it. Just adds to t... : Alco23
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        Don't worry, no-one gets too annoyed about accidental FF kills. About the worst you'll hear is "Awwwww...... : Arctic Fox
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          Except when I'm on level 20 in gungame >:( : sanchez
          • Those are intentional FF kills dude. : Arctic Fox
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          Ok i might accidently kill someone but its been so long since i played dod and i dont know the maps.. but... : Iwannaacura
          • Just stick with one of the regulars every time you spawn and you'll learn the maps soon enough without ge... : Arctic Fox
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    I think it was a lot more fun rockets only than it was spades only. : Arctic Fox
    • One weapon mode works now so we can turn rockets only when reverse-tag is on! :O : Alco23
    • agreed. rockets on the 4 towers map was fun. : braaains
• I have to close at work tonight so I'll be missing out, but kill some for me. : braaains
• crap, i knew i forgot to do something today, thanks Alco. I have class tonight so i might be a bit late. : Dschinghis Khan
• I will do my best to be there tonight. : cjcharv
• Afternoon BUMP : Arctic Fox
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  BIZUMP : Dschinghis Khan
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    Mine's better. : Arctic Fox
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      no it isn't : Dschinghis Khan
      • fuck you Baltimore! : Arctic Fox
• I'll be there! : AlexXdude
• Pre ER BUMP! : Dschinghis Khan
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  Server uses different class tables? wtf? : gyrfalcon
  • There was an update yesterday, that means we need to install it. Thanks for the heads up. : Arctic Fox