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  i do : wtf242
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    Same here, but I don't 0wn it yet. : CrustaR
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      i don't even know what dow2 stands for : wtf242
      • I knew it, you tease! : daedraug
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        Dawn of Warcraft 2. It's the prequel of WoW. : CrustaR
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          The second prequel. : c0bra
          • You're right, c0bra! They skipped the first one because they thought it was kind of pointless. : CrustaR
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        Dicks on Women 2 : SiW.
        • hahaha : Nitrium
        • I don't know why this made me laugh, but it did. : CrustaR
      • Deers of War : SolveChrist
      • me neither, though I see it quite frequently... : Butters Scotch
      • Donkeys on Water 2 : Nitrium
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19011912#itemanchor_19011912 : papaskot
      • Devious Ontario Women : walker270
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  POST YOUR GAMES FOR WINDOWS TAG HERE so we can have a massive friends game orgy : DrFlammable
  • Majuju : Majuju
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    DrFlammable : DrFlammable
    • this is gonna be great for vanity search! : Majuju
  • eeeealmo : eeeealmo
  • Bouncy Hedgehog >:( : daedraug
  • UnbreakableNub : kpxkrnjc
  • silent bob uk81 : silentbobuk
  • melkore4003 I think I have most of you already : melkore
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    feeked : feek
    • your friends list is full >:( : DrFlammable
  • thecityofdis (but I won't be on for another week :[) : disposition
  • ImageTKD : ImageOmega
  • Posted mine in the other thread, but that's long gone... MrTinnedPeach. : cptn.peachfuzz
  • faggotmouth : Mr.SEX
  • DschinghisKhan6 : Dschinghis Khan
  • DurionJon2 : Jonathan
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    noobja : noobja
    • It says it doesn't exist : melkore
    • n00bja oops. ZEROS!@ : noobja
  • mynameismathyou : mathyou
  • kelbane : kelbane
  • Durandalis : Durandal07
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    how does this work? you can't just use the steam friends list to join friends' games? : ]pm[chem
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      Nope - it's the same thing as xbox live, except for ur PC. Not to mention all you pussies blabbering a... : dedgecko
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        I have never used xbox live either. it seems weird that the game pushes people to need 2 different frien... : ]pm[chem
        • Well, you don't actually need the steam list for the game. : daedraug
  • thedope : DoPEaMiNE
  • Enyak : enyakk
  • Psigun1 : Psigun
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    damn it, I just picked it up: zakazi : zakazi
    • (I haven't played an RTS since, uh, hmmm. a few games of StarCraft in 2001? This should be hilarious) : zakazi
  • ninj0rc's gamertag is ninj0rc yes oh yes it is... I'm going to add just about everyone to my friends l... : ninj0rc
  • Mr Finkster : Mr.Finkster
  • Aldebrand. : Aragoat
  • xkill9x i hate GFW : kill9
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  LET'S TALK ABOUT STRATEGY (??) after playing a few games last night, and getting curbstomped in the on... : Majuju
  • assign groups of units a # by selecting them and hitting cntrl-# then, double tap that number on the k... : eeeealmo
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    "putting your Force Commander into Terminator armor sucks, don't ever do it." Huh? Don't you realise t... : MozzerV12
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      No he's right, putting a force commander into melee armor is pretty dumb. The Force Commander is a mel... : kpxkrnjc
      • Yeah, it gives him 3500 hit points, but he gets slow as hell, and I think actually *loses* melee ability. : Majuju
      • oops that should say terminator not melee : kpxkrnjc
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        What if you drop the teleport pack onto him? : cptn.peachfuzz
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          There's a teleport pack? When you upgrade to Terminator armor, you lose all the regular power armor upgr... : Majuju
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            In lore, terminator squads all come with teleport homing beacons in their suits. The exclusion of said... : kpxkrnjc
            • Yeah, I know the lore; just thought I somehow mysteriously missed it in the game. : Majuju
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        You also stop leveling up your force commander when you put it on. : melkore
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          wow, that's a sacrifice : crummynz
          • I read on the forum that it is a design decision and not a bug but yeah, that's pretty huge. : melkore
    • haha wtf : ass-street
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    - Key to winning is staying mobile and minimizing losses in every engagement. -Divide and Conquer is a... : kpxkrnjc
    • ^^These are all great tips here. One thing I'd like to add is how to be faster at the start. When you : ImageOmega
  • Yes, the Termigaunts and Hormigaunts benefit greatly from being in the presence of Synaptic relay Tyranid... : kpxkrnjc
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    For Eldar rape get the gun platform first and have that camp a victory spot. Once the platform sets up i... : melkore
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      someone tried to do that to my orks and the Stormboyz had to axe them some questions. : mjcrash
      • hahahaha : kpxkrnjc
      • Haha yeah a good counter would be any unit that can get up to it quickly but it's great for early game an... : melkore
      • lol nice. : ImageOmega
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    As some of you may know I am a designer on DoW2, if you have any questions about what some of the abiliti... : DoPEaMiNE
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      are you going to publicly release this information for all the units in the game? : eeeealmo
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        Not sure what the plans are, but probably not. Like in a lot of other online games this information is u... : DoPEaMiNE
        • Also, a lot of these are subject to balance changes and so those numbers may vary at the time of release. : DoPEaMiNE
        • Not going to release the effects of abilities, or the actual numbers? The effects of abilities are most ... : walker270
        • Why is that? : CRasterImage
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      How do you feel about the criticism (on the official Relic boards) being leveled at some of the design de... : Attica Blue
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        I think your last sentence sums up the complaints. It does play differently and some people won't like th... : crummynz
        • eh, my biggest gripe in my very limited time is just the break from what CoH established as acceptable co... : dedgecko
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        Well we definitely read the forums, though much of the criticism is valid my read through the big "reacti... : DoPEaMiNE
        • The way I see it, the horrors of the official DoW 2 forums break down this way: - People who wanted : CRasterImage
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          glad to hear you plan on prompt patches: that means a lot to me (well, to most people I guess). will the... : ]pm[chem
          • yea, that's the best thing to hear, especially after the debacle that the coh balancing has become... ... : dedgecko
    • Im a big fan of DOW1 and CoH, and i like how multiplayer games of DOW2 work out so much better. Keep up t... : mjcrash
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      this is cool, glad you're here. has anyone on the team played shattered galaxy? (see my subthread below... : ]pm[chem
      • I don't deal with that particular side of things so it's just an educated guess - but you'll have to re-d... : DoPEaMiNE
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      I hope you don't visit the DOW2 official forums. That place is... I guess "horrible" is the closest wor... : CRasterImage
      • I do visit it, most of us do. I actually trolled there for the first few weeks but I just couldn't keep ... : DoPEaMiNE
    • Could you mention what the Ravener Hero's synapes upgrade does, and if it only affects lesser Tyranids. ... : RedDevilCG
  • Though some of you probably already know this - one of the big things that makes this game different is t... : DoPEaMiNE
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  how is match making? Battle.net quality? Can it auto match 2v2 ? : Neech
  • have you not played CoH? god whats wrong with you non CoH playing infidels! : kn1fe
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    I think they said something about adding 2v2 in, but as it is there is only 1v1 and 3v3 automatching. : kpxkrnjc
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      You can however make a game with buddies and close off 2 slots for 2v2. Or even play against the PC. : ImageOmega
      • Yeah, those are custom and don't count towards leaderboards/rank though. I got up to rank 4 yesterday ... : kpxkrnjc
• Steam Group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/shackdow2 It's public and easy to join right now. ... : ImageOmega
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  Cool tidbit here for those who play ranked multiplayer: Gaining rank unlocks special aesthetic upgrades ... : kpxkrnjc
  • that is awesome. this game keeps getting better and better lol : eeeealmo
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    I love this game so much, I wanna take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant. : cptn.peachfuzz
    • haha O_o : Godhatesfatpeople
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    holy fuck, I'm gonna play ranked, oh man : Majuju
    • oh do these affect units in non-ranked games too? : Majuju
  • Shit. I suck at RTS and have always been afraid to play serious multiplayer, but I want the shinies. : jet-poop
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    how do you know if a game is ranked or not? : eeeealmo
    • you do the match making instead of the custom game : dedgecko
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  It's interesting how closely tied in the game is to GFWL and Steam. I thought Steam was purely for distri... : crummynz
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    crummy I have a GFWL question up above in this thread, please help :) considering getting DoW2... : ]pm[chem
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19014614#itemanchor_19014614 ? Yes, you need Steam to install the ga... : crummynz
• Ok, i'm beginning my DoW2 foray : noobja
• dear god - been on the relic forums - Why the fuck does everyone not use a similar thread functionality l... : dedgecko
• technical question: does the game run smoothly on a mobile x1600 gpu? : the username you want
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  anyone get it running in windows 7? it crashes just after i launch it(get a black screen with the cursor)... : re4ctor
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    Yeah, works for me. : crummynz
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      hmm, wonder wtf is wrong then. logfile says something about some dll files. AirfoilInject3.dll and msdia8... : re4ctor
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        Actually, I had some hassle. I had to manually find some d3d file and put in my DoW2 directory, then GFWL... : crummynz
        • tried all that, still not working. theres supposedly a patch that fixes it for vista, but i guess they ha... : re4ctor
  • Works just fine for me, too. : DianeOfTheMoon
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  wow, do you know what this game is like? Shattered Galaxy. I just watched the 21 minute DoW2 gameplay vi... : ]pm[chem
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19013710#itemanchor_19013710 :) : Godhatesfatpeople
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      yeah that's the video. anyone else play shattered galaxy? : ]pm[chem
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        I played it a LOT. I can sorta see the parallels, but the unit types in DoW2 are less varied (no fliers, ... : Majuju
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          what the hell, DoW2 is a RTS without flying units? I really wish someone would remake SG. Blizzard coul... : ]pm[chem
          • I've never enjoyed Starcraft's 'style' :( always more of a TA guy. There are jump-pack and burrowing u... : Majuju
• i want to play right now motherfuckers add me to your friends list and lets play DrFlammable : DrFlammable
• join custom game SHACKNEWS or add me to friends and ill invite you lets do this : DrFlammable
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  Me! Oh wait, it crashes on the fucking intro video. >:( : node
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    In the Steam launch options add in "-nomovies" without the ""s. It will start without playing the intro m... : Old_Fart
    • Much love buddy, thanks! Gotta sleep but now I'm all excited about tomorrow evening. :D : node
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  GFW question Anyone having any problems with getting a mic to work in Games for Windows? Voice thresho... : mjcrash
  • I did nothing and voice worked. Didn't even need to tweak levels. Quality is crap though. : crummynz
• I just put up the game Shacknews Newbs 3v3. Lets do this. I have no idea what's going on in the game yet ... : Psigun
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  ugh, i'm trying to so hard to like this game, I want to love it. I love DoW1 but DoW2 seems like a comple... : jayares
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    It is a completely different game. DoW 1 was large scale battles. DoW 2 is small scale skirmishes. : CRasterImage
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      They really should of called it something else other than dawn of war, i can't think of too many games wh... : jayares
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        It's so undeniably DoW though. The whole atmosphere, I mean. : crummynz
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          yeah, the atmosphere is defiantly there I just don't think i'll be buying this. I never thought i'd say t... : jayares
          • Actually, this game focuses on Single Player. The beta is just for the sake of multi-player balancing. : CRasterImage
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            You can still do skirmishes, yeah? Just play a custom game and select computer players as opponents. : crummynz
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              The beta forced me to sign up for Live, I wasn't too pleased with that. : jayares
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                Oh yeah. I think the game requires Steam, too. : crummynz
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                  really? :O : jayares
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                    Yes, all of the DRM and patching of the game is handled by Steam. Picking up DoW 2 will be just like get... : dedgecko
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                      I guess my sarcasm didn't translate very well, its obvious that I use steam since I am playing the beta. ... : jayares
                      • One thing GFWL does very well is matchmaking. I suppose Steam is starting to do this with L4D but I don't... : crummynz
                      • steam doesn't do rankings and decent match making, so no it's not quite the same. Biggest thing that GFW... : dedgecko
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                        I love most new games being on steam. if starcraft 2 is not on steam, I will have much hatred for blizza... : ]pm[chem
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                          It likely won't be, because I'm sure if they wanted to they'd have released WoW over Steam by now. Also,... : Majuju
                          • presumably it takes two companies to negotiate. Valve could help make it happen, but neither company can... : ]pm[chem
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                          blizzard has their own online distribution site. : jayares
                          • This is why it won't happen. Blizzard's digital distro is really nice but I'll still be bummed if it does... : crummynz
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                            I like Blizzard's online distribution stuff better than steam. :( : walker270
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                              I've never tried it -- I just like steam and want everything in one spot. ease of use. : ]pm[chem
                              • You download an installation package for the game, and that's the extent of it. Everything else is just ... : walker270
      • Then play the first title instead? : Godhatesfatpeople
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        People are not happy when they keep it the same as the original and people are not happy when they change... : razlebol
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          Well you can't attribute that to me, i'm happy Blizzard didn't radically change SC2. : jayares
          • That's what I said. Some people love changes, some just want the same old good stuff with prettier graphi... : razlebol
  • That was the point. It is supposed to differ from the first. They wanted to have smaller squads with more... : Godhatesfatpeople
• GDI. This is so tempting for me to pre-order even though I'm a hardcore blizzard girl and didn't play muc... : Zhaneel
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  I'd love to but I am too cheap and waiting for the open beta. : razlebol
  • Ah man, I watched that 21 minute video and now I really want to play. :( : razlebol
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  Shacknews 3v3 is up in public custom games. : Psigun
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    Gah, I get "NAT negotiation failure" when I try to connect to 3v3 games :( : daedraug
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      Do you have UPnP enabled on your router? I think the game wil use that if available. : crummynz
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        It is enabled by default, does port-forwarding override it? : daedraug
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          I would imagine, but as long as it's enabled yo ushould be fine. I think GFW in the settings somewhere mi... : crummynz
          • I think I may have solved something by shutting down spotify. Maybe it was clogging my ports :( : daedraug
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  Does anyone wants to play now? : Nitrium
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    I do! : daedraug
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      Added and calling you there. : Nitrium
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        I do! Add me as Psigun1 and invite me on GFWL : Psigun
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          Nice, calling you there. Need someone else for a shack rape squad, as it seems that psigun1 is busy oblit... : Nitrium
          • I'm up for another game, someone invite me. : Psigun
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  /!\ HOLY SHIT /!\ You can apparently move your commander onto a dead allied commander to revive them f... : Majuju
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    We definitely need to look at that UI, it's not obvious enough:( : DoPEaMiNE
    • I kept trying to click on allied commanders to revive them the same way I would revive my own, thinking t... : SockMonkeh
  • This beta has been kinda frustrating because there is no documentation of half of the stuff you can do. ... : mjcrash
• downloading now... : datoo
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  so far about 80% of my games result in my opponent ragequitibg :( dont they know how quickly this game ca... : silentbobuk
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    are people doing this to somehow affect their GFWL matchmaking rank? avoid a lower rating? or quit a su... : ]pm[chem
    • don't know if it effects rank probably the last reason you gave there, but there are few few instances th... : silentbobuk
  • Should be less frequent after release. Most of these people will probably never touch the game again. : razlebol
  • I don't know that it is all that easy to turn things around. If you reach the midgame and get your ass h... : CRasterImage
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  ok, dl'ing beta now, I also need GFWL 2.0 from MS, right? This link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads... : ]pm[chem
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    The steam bits include the GFWL 2.0 install. For me it took a long time to install. If you're unsure if... : jake
    • oh blah, I just installed that GWFL link stuff. I'm mostly done with the DL, another half hour maybe. : ]pm[chem
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  This upgraded my version of directx, which completely hosed my ability to remote into my machine via rdp ... : rmjackson
  • ugh, I hope it does not touch my DX. I have the latest MS redist of 9.0c (XP). : ]pm[chem

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• http://www.capcitycomedy.com/comedians/joe_rogan.html or call 512-467-2333 : socksta
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  he yells a lot on stage : EvilDolemite
  • Thats just to prove he is indeed a Shacker. Its like a secret message to us. : socksta
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  i find him to be annoying as shit. :( thanks tho socksta! : mwasher
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    thanks socksta you just ruined mwasher's day : EvilDolemite
    • that happened at about 11:20 this morning when I sat down at my desk : mwasher
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  I didn't know this. What was Joe Rogans shack name? : mace
  • Primate : socksta
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  Make a "Shacknews Loves You! Come Home, Prodigal Son!!" sign. : .sticks.
  • "I LOVED YOU IN NEWS RADIO, JIMMY JAMES!" : Phil
  • R.I.P. cached.net He might like that one. : anhero
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  hahah tell him shacknews says hello if you get a chance : AlexXdude
  • I have every intention of talking to him after the show and getting him to go out drinking with us. : socksta
• Ask him why he thinks we faked the moon landing? lol : Godhatesfatpeople
• ask him where he buys his duct tape. : swoopx
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  Oh wow didn't know he was in town. : twifosp
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    Just got the last two tickets woot. : twifosp
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      man you're a ticket stealing machine today : EvilDolemite
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        You want em? 100 bucks! : twifosp
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          for Doug Stanhope? Sure! : EvilDolemite
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            June 13 homes http://dougstanhope.com/ : dognose
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              That's a weird venue for a stand up comic. : twifosp
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                Saw him in Dallas at a pool hall. : dognose
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                  Were there guys just shooting pool, annoyed at the interference? : EvilDolemite
                  • No the place was packed, standing room only. I was in a punk rock band and played at a redneck bar out... : dognose
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  What I want to know is did he really quit posting here? Because I'm pretty sure if I suddenly became rich... : bozer
  • a little too entertaining : reverend~heresy
  • For all we know, you could be Joe... : pun][sher
  • you'd figure if he did, he would post on the occasional mma threads or have some very well crafted and fu... : bosst0ne
  • lol the last three words : Luminair
  • he's now Lunatic Angelic. : cltcprd
  • I am Joe Regan : Utopia
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    Look at his history. He was pretty obnoxious and outspoken. I'm pretty sure you would know if he still p... : anhero
    • yeah, obnoxious and outspoken, he'd have stuck out like a sore virgin : EvilDolemite
    • Clearly there's no one like that currently posting. -_- : stump
  • he was posting here while he was still famous, or at least semi-famous. he started News Radio in '95 (it... : mikecyb
  • also, $1000000 says he thinks his forum is more entertaining than this one. he posts there and it is mor... : Luminair
• I've seen him twice and loved both shows. Good times. : Pettytheft
• I heard him on 101x this morning. I wish I could go but I got plans. : Simulacrum
• socksta, I missed out! : CrustaR

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• Mobile Oppression Palace. : obiquatro
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  To funnel money from the treasury into the hands of the emperors rich fatcat friends : MagicWishMonkey
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    "Neighborhood rehabilitation project" Get rid of the pesky Alderaanians : loboca
    • The Alderaanii shot first. : cerealSAM2
• Cool summer home : indosauros
• Prove the Moon was a hoax. : Sailor of Fortune
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  To keep the local systems in line? : SpaecKow
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    You're right, they pretty much did say exactly that. : Dave-A
    • How will the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy? The regional governors now have direct : DinK
• keep in mind who, specifically, wanted it built : Downforce
• We choose to build this moon. We choose to build this moon in this decade and do the other things, not be... : zohar79
• To create jobs for a bunch of stupid-ass space dragonflies. You know, the same ones you see all over the ... : rudds
• To blow shit up. : sigpro
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  A device capable of housing and maneuvering a laser large enough to blow up planets. Although I do li... : Schnapple
  • The damn thing was a gas giant, they could have shot right through it. They had a fucking wallhack and ev... : kungfusquirrel
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    incoming nerd information: iirc the original Death Star had a 24hr recharge time in between blasts, so i... : riptyde
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      I think blowing up Yavin would have really, really, really fucked up all of its moons. : walker270
      • Yeah wouldnt the moons then just go haywire without the gravitational mass of yavin? omgz lol : chilln
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    See, that's what I would have done if I were Vader.. right after death-choking the lever jockey who told : walker270
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      I also liked how the guy comes to Tarkin and said "we've analyzed their attack and there is a threat", an... : riptyde
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        Do you know how much it costs to create a proton-torpedo-proof grating that also allows for safe vention ... : kungfusquirrel
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          no, how much? : captfarrell
          • ...less than a trench lined with turbolasers? : kungfusquirrel
      • Hell yeah -- spawn camp the fucking exhaust port. Or land a Star Destroyer on it. What's the point of... : walker270
      • It was kind of an aesthetic choice... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcL6DwSufMI : harvord
    • Well for that matter, why does the laser blow up the planet? And so quickly? Wouldn't it drill a hole thr... : Schnapple
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  Lets think about this a minute. It was called a DEATH Star. Obviously it was meant to deliver pretty ... : kikilupo
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    I was asking about motivation, not ability : Dave-A
    • To blow shit up and give the emperor a sweet place to rule from. : kikilupo
• They built it so that the Emperor could confidently dismiss the entire Senate while maintaining control o... : Richese
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  to destroy planets with it's big fucking gun. : mwasher
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    maybe? : mwasher
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      I'm aware of what it did, o washer of men. I was ruminating on the point of having a planet-crackin' devi... : Dave-A
      • Easy -- why the fuck not. Seriously, are you telling me you wouldn't have a giant, planet-cracking dev... : walker270
      • Intimidation. Fear. Control. : node
      • I'm reminded of that bash quote: Emperor: So there I was building this big gun right... Critical Plan... : ieGod
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        FEAR WILL KEEP THE LOCAL SYSTEMS IN LINE. FEAR OF THIS BATTLESTATION. : skinlab133
        • don't be to proud of this technological terror you've constructed : nico2
• it's called a DEATH star.... I would assume it would help them with inflicting such things as death upon ... : moe6
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  Empires do these things as a show of power and to demoralize any potential enemies. Who would take up ar... : walker270
  • Worked a treat then didn't it : Dave-A
• make work project to buoy the economy after the galactic housing bubble burst : veras
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  there were so many deathstars! : MoreVespeneGas
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    first rule of government spending, why build one for x when you can build two for double! : smacknca
    • double quadruple. : walker270
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  It prevents systems from rebelling. Who'd rebel when they can blow up your freakin planet. : Conan
  • outlaw planets and only rebels will have planets! : kungfusquirrel
• to nuke the fuck out of Iraq the terrorists. : Agrona
• To make you argue about it on the internet, fucking nerds! : Utopia
• clearly your not empire material. : wimpy1
• to provide a mate for unicron. : j0nchan
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  So the Rebels can kill millions of innocent people who were building it. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    possibly true of the second, but the first was built over a prison planet which also doubled as its first... : kungfusquirrel
    • What were the people imprisoned for? Oh, that's right -- rebelling against the Empire. The Rebellion ... : walker270
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      Thanks for ruining it, NERD >:( : Godhatesfatpeople
      • star wars is serious business. : kungfusquirrel
• It was a government project, so originally it was supposed to be just a ship-sized laser delivery system.... : mmogger
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  Governor Tarkin: The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word th : beastrabban
  • ^^^^ this. : orgcaptainnemo
  • seems pretty reasonable really : cdbeckman
• They couldn't afford the servos and modular components to build Unicron, so they settled for Deathstar : shyguy74
• It was a giant government infrastructure project used to stimulate the economy : retardhumper
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  To pick up chicks. : RookieCAF
  • with dicks : sesmaster
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    Where were all the chicks anyway. Only on the rebel alliance? : chungathebunga
    • on the kitchen deck, obviously. : shyguy74
• Increase the Empire's cafeteria efficiency. It failed : Snuffles-
• Space Illuminati : ninjase
• I'm pretty sure it was just a 3rd grader's science project. : fathertime
• It was meant to keep systems in line through fear so that there would not have to be garrisons everywhere... : Evil Benius
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  All of what was said above, yes. But also in The Outbound Flight, and throughout anything to do with Thra... : theangrywaffles
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    Please tell me I'm not the only one who knows this :( : theangrywaffles
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      was this mostly from Outbound Flight? I read all of the Vong series but don't recall anything about Palpa... : shyguy74
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        It is basically the plot to Outbound Flight. Revisionist as it might be, heh. Once you read Outbound Flig... : theangrywaffles
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          Is this part of a series of books? Or is it stand alone? : Modulus
          • It's a standalone book, written by Timothy Zahn. http://www.amazon.com/Outbound-Flight-Star-Wars-Timothy/... : theangrywaffles
      • Well now I have to tell you the plot, so you don't need to go read the story. Don't read this if you want : theangrywaffles
      • There were groups that knew of them as they had been doing recon on the galaxy for a while. : Evil Benius
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      you and I need to have a circle jerk. : g0nk
      • LOL'D : mmaster_pw
    • Once the Vong shit started, I stopped reading Star Wars novels. Seriously, the Vong are gay and I don't l... : askedrelic
    • I inferred as much from Hand of Thrawn/NJO. I promised myself to not buy more SW novels after NJO, maybe ... : d fluke
  • /!\ NERD ALERT /!\ : Snuffles-
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    But that is all retcon stuff. I don't think it had anything to do with the original creation of it. : uglysad
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      • That's my big beef with comics nowadays. Seemingly ever classic event now has deeper meaning and signific... : shyguy74
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        I think he was thinking of Kenner toys. : stuka
        • That might have been the case if Star Wars was a guaranteed success in 1977. At the time, the outlook fo... : action wombmate
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    haha.. I approve of anything that makes the rebellion look, and Luke Skywalker like a giant douche. : walker270
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      I agree. I always thought that the Dark Side only existed because the Jedi had their own personal L. Ron ... : zerog83
      • so yeah, basically, the Jedi were a bunch of private contractor-killing douches. : zerog83
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        The emotion thing in the Jedi lifestyle is based on Zen/Buddhism/Hinduism, not Scientology. : action wombmate
        • Do Not Want! : Lunatic Angelic
      • Some of the info on the SWTOR page is similar to this. : Richese
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        I'm an SW noob, but wasn't the Jedi order changed a lot to accomodate love and stuff when Luke became Jed... : Bamtan
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          The philosophy has changed a few times throughout many novels, as he is married to Mara Jade. The NJO att... : theangrywaffles
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            Yeah, didn't Verpere (or whatever her name was) basically say there is no Light or Dark side? : shyguy74
            • Basically. That is up for debate though, as it eventually comes to light that Vergere was actually a Sith... : theangrywaffles
      • the imagination is a powerful thing : Luminair
  • I read quite a few of the EU novels but I never thought of this/read this. Very interesting. : Moonbase Commander
  • sounds very cool. I'll have to read outbound flight. : AMikaboshi
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  You're asking what the point was for constructing a huge battle station that can destroy planets? : xjdrake32
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    Who are you, Eliza? : Dave-A
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      Tell me more about Eliza. Is this a friend? : Xin Jing Client 1a
      • Does it please you to believe I am just curious as to the perceived benefit of such a superweapon? : Dave-A
• The point was that the movie needed something big and dangerous for the rebels to blow up. : Sacred Sperm
• Economic stimulus package : Lightzout
• What the hell, they told you in the 1st movie. It was to be the ultimate power in the galaxy and would k... : GeorgeB3DR

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• Lets just do it, man. I feel like I need this type of backing. : zerog83
• There are already enough shitty IT people who still have jobs without unionizing and making it worse. : hawkeye
• I would join one, if there was one - but only if it was done right so it would actually benefit the non-s... : mrvandelay
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  What conditions would make creating a union viable? Having management use employees as punching bags for ... : The Key
  • ^^ this is really the truth, unions usually only result when employees feel that their employers don't ne... : zebrigazi
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  IT people have it so rough, you should definitely do this. : jingletard
  • yeah this is the only reason unions exist : FrayLo
  • yeah.. all i ever see the It at my work do is pick their noses.. their life must be hell : bamb
  • After working in IT for 20 years my knees and back are ruined. : orgcaptainnemo
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  MY CHAIR IS BROKEN COULD YOU FIX IT ASAP VWERY IMPAORTANT AND THE TOILET IS GLOCCED URGH RUGH URHGHGHUGGH... : d fluke
  • Please open a helpdesk ticket for this, thanks. : mrvandelay
  • IT - Information Toilet : .ka`boom.zZz.
• You're being fired in 3... 2... 1... : yakz
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  Yeah, absolutely unnecessary. This really shows how out of touch people today are with the real purpose ... : ra1n
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    It's only cushy if you ignore shit and be one of the deadbeat IT guys. If you're doing what you're suppo... : changejar419
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      P.S. - But I don't think we need to unionize. It's not THAT bad. : changejar419
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        I like how everyone thinks their job is how every other IT job is. : geedeck
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          This is true too. My buddy that works in IT for a different company has it flat out miserable. Some the... : changejar419
          • forming a union probably isn't going to change the reasons he hates his job. : Slowtreme
    • solution stop caring so much : EvilDolemite
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      It's cushy compared to a blue collar factory job that needs a union to help ensure basic safety. You can... : riptyde
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        The idea that unions are only reasonable if it's to save your life seems bizarre. : woddemandred
        • That's not what I said, but I don't see why IT people need a union to improve their work life. IT people... : riptyde
      • See but the blue collar factory job could be looked at as "People working standard work hours with manage... : changejar419
      • Oh I bet you will destroy your body it just probably won't be directly related to your job : johnlocks
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      Stress levels? Um.....ok. : BikeNamedMike
      • Have you ever had 100+ offices unable to do any work because something isn't working and every second is ... : d fluke
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        What's that supposed to mean? When people bitch at you for reasons beyond your control or annoy you to no... : avatar_58
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          Eh well I compare it to what I had to deal with when I was an investigator for child protective services.... : BikeNamedMike
          • see, something like that wouldnt stress me out : feek
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            This is a really stupid argument. : SenorSpine
            • It is an argument? I was saying what he said wouldnt stress me out but I can see how it could be stressfu... : BikeNamedMike
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          A union isn't going to stop people from being dicks to IT. I think that's just going to be a constant th... : riptyde
          • What? I'm referring to his post and nothing more, insinuating that IT isn't stressful. : avatar_58
      • I did it support as a part time job. It was more stressful than you'd imagine : itsjames
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        my job is long stretches of mellow, minor frustration, punctuated occasionally by the most stress i've ev... : cpt_gloval
        • i'm not saying i am for an IT union : cpt_gloval
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          ^^^ This is the true definition of being an IT Admin. Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of ab... : theargent
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            Pretty much IT in general though. Some days it seems like the cushiest job on the planet, then all the su... : avatar_58
            • it's always my fault : cpt_gloval
    • Oh get over yourself. All you have to deal with annoying people. : freshyk
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      Fix what shuts people up, and then go back to surfing the net. : NukemFornever
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        Fix what shuts people up, and then go back to surfing the net managing backups, testing DRP, fixing anoth... : changejar419
        • "managing backups" = change the tape "making sure systems are online" = if your servers/systems crash t... : NukemFornever
        • at least you're busy. : wetard
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      You fucking pussy. : Lunatic Angelic
      • ^^^Right here, folks. : ra1n
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    You are inside, have reaonable hours, get lunch breaks, have rights, and no fear of dismemberment. You... : ra1n
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      Ah yes the age old argument of "You work indoors so you have an easy job." Do other people have it worse... : changejar419
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        I never said it was easy. I said you have no reason for a union. By the way, it's pretty easy. : ra1n
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19012764#itemanchor_19012764 Oh so you were just trolling then. S... : changejar419
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            I just don't have alot of tolerance for woe is me when it's not bad at all. : ra1n
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              Have you worked in IT professionally? : SenorSpine
              • Yes he has : rosewood
            • I wasn't at all saying "WOE IS ME." I said I don't think we need a union because it's not that bad, but ... : changejar419
    • Our souls and hopes are crushed every excruciating moment of every day. : c0bra
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      Ridiculous amount of work hours and the expectation that this is OK, responsibility for more potential do... : d fluke
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        ...are not reasons to unionize. Changing job description as a reason for unionizing? Please. : ra1n
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          I'm not arguing for that. I'm making a counter-point to your ridiculous post about IT having reasonable ... : d fluke
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            You have no rights. I apologize. : ra1n
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              I don't understand what you're arguing against any more. Yes, relative to a chinese swaetshop worker I'm ... : d fluke
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                I simply think your characterization of not having reasonable hours, or rights, is bullshit whining stemm... : ra1n
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                  A sense of entitlement might be inferred if someone in this thread at any point indicated that they didn'... : d fluke
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                    Out of curiosity, what "rights" don't you have that you would like? : ra1n
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                      We have rights. But then again, so does every other working American citizen. Rights come by law, not b... : changejar419
                      • d fluke said the idea of you having rights in your job was "ridiculous." Thoughts? : ra1n
        • Isn't that one of the major benefits of unionization: clear cut job descriptions? But, honestly, that ... : anhero
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      That job sounds nice... Unfortunately that situation isn't always so common: lunch breaks often fade away... : zakazi
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        Absolutely false. I've worked as a programmer, now I work as a lawyer. I can tell you, being a programm... : ra1n
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          I call bullshit, you can't tell us that you aren't fairly compensated for every hour you work compared to... : skitzo
          • also, being a programmer is nowhere near the same as being a systems administrator or a network engineer... : zerog83
          • I sure as shit can tell you that. I've worked in both fields, and you haven't so take my word on this on... : ra1n
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          and you probably make 3 times what I did at the 16 hour a day job. (and it was only 16 because I stopped ... : zakazi
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            Wow, if it's really as bad as you say, which I don't believe for a second, you're a fool for doing that f... : ra1n
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              I appreciate your confidence in my word. It was that bad and I was happy when I got my raise to 45k, from... : zakazi
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                btw I posted about that job on the shack after my first few weeks or so - funny even at that point the ho... : zakazi
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                  I believe you, I just tend to think everyone wants their condition to be worse than it is for story telli... : ra1n
                  • I'd agree with that. Something to be careful of certainly. Esp on the internet. : zakazi
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        If you weren't getting overtime, then that probably didn't have anything to do with you being in IT, it p... : DianeOfTheMoon
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          A lot of companies see IT as "office worker" so they automatically say "Hey, salary!" Subaru was the only... : zakazi
          • Salary != no overtime. Salary changes the rules in which you get paid, but the rules for being an exempt... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      reasonable hours? are you kidding me? I'm on call 24/7 and can't even count how many times I've come into... : zerog83
      • and it's VERY rare that I get a full hour for lunch. and maybe I should mention I'm paid on salary with n... : zerog83
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        Staying till 6/7 sounds reasonable to me. I'm on call 24/7, and I stay until 9 at night. Still no reaso... : ra1n
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          and you're probably horribly overpaid for that job as well, whereas a large portion of IT workers are gro... : zerog83
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            What stops you from renegotiating your contract to get said compensation? : rosewood
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              The same laziness that is driving his excuses here. : ra1n
              • Nice reply. It's just that renegotiating isn't always an option, especially seeing as the industry as a w... : d fluke
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                kinda like your whole argument about how having experience as a programmer somehow qualifies you pass jud... : zerog83
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                  Your IT boy zakazi is the one who lumped programmers/IT people together. I just ran with it. : ra1n
                  • it's because half my career was as a network admin and half as a dev. (though I did quite a bit of progra... : zakazi
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                  You make it sound like IT is this noble profession while the programmers are hacks who have it easy. : ra1n
                  • Never said that. Programming is something that is way beyond me. I'm saying, don't apply your position as : zerog83
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                  experience as a programmer somehow qualifies you pass judgement about what real, actual IT workers do : DianeOfTheMoon
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                    Being a sys admin is a very small part of my job, and it's definitely not the easiest. It's not all "ok i : zerog83
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                      This is starting to sound like you think your job is way more important than it actually is. And no, I w... : ra1n
                      • Kind of like how lawyers seem to present themselves... : zerog83
            • the fact that the only complaint I have about my job is what I'm paid. I've already been given over 10% t... : zerog83
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            No, I don't. It's called being a salaried employee. I'm not overpaid, I work for what I'm paid. And I ... : ra1n
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              Lawyers, in my opinion, are all horribly overpaid. : zerog83
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                And I once worked with a lawyer, so I know exactly how it is. : zerog83
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                  Oh LOL. I have a black friend so I can't be racist. : ra1n
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                    sorry, I was just borrowing your thought process. : zerog83
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                      Let's compare: "IT / programming are not the same, so your experiences are irrelevant" to "I once worked... : ra1n
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                        no, I'm comparing my "working with a lawyer" to your blanket statement saying "I once worked as a program... : zerog83
                        • I don't know, I'm pretty sure working as a programmer in the tech industry qualifies me to know a little ... : ra1n
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                    I have 2 lawyers in my immediate family and they will tell you that they are incredibly overpaid. Both co... : rhuntley12
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                      That doesn't make her overpaid. She had to have an incredibly increased level of education, and worked a... : ra1n
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                        or it could mean that all lawyers are overpaid? : zerog83
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                          Just because lawyers get paid a lot more than you doesn't mean it isn't reflected in the level of intelli... : ra1n
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                            I wouldn't go as far as saying it doesn't reflect the level of intelligence, because I'm sure there are t... : zerog83
                            • This is killing me. You guys are saying that lawyers have it cushy compared to IT workers. That they'r : Danny5225
              • No they are not. : freshyk
      • i got called in on my honeymoon, no fucking shit. because the president of the company TURNED OFF THE CLI... : cpt_gloval
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  don't you dare. You know why there aren't unions? Cause people get booted and jump ship constantly. ... : lordlobo
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    Wouldn't that only motivate companies to improve the conditions to the level that employees won't jump sh... : woddemandred
    • No, it wouldn't. There's too much specialization and too many individuals. Companies suffer at their ... : lordlobo
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  I think we need to get the ball rolling on having more places institute telecommuting. The last few jobs ... : c0bra
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    Managers want to see you on site so they know you are there and doing work, and not playing xbox. Yes it... : riptyde
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      ^^this. The best way to get allowed to telecommute is make yourself irreplaceable then move outside of co... : MisterPhoton
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        I'm sure telecommuting is going to start becoming more and more popular for companies. Heck, even some s... : riptyde
        • heh, my employer gets a huge break with me, all they pay is my salary, the associated taxes they have to ... : MisterPhoton
• What do you mean? I'm working as IT help desk and I am technically in this company's union. I see no reas... : avatar_58
• I don't see the point of an IT union unless the place you work at sucks fucking dick and you want to kill... : pukerat
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  IT isn't only the helpdesk guys you people seem to think it is. A lot of things (phones, email, internet,... : d fluke
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    That said, I wouldn't want to join a union if that meant I couldn't pull those insane shifts, though actu... : d fluke
    • See this is interesting to me, being in a union. We HAVE to be compensated. There's no such thing as work... : avatar_58
• I have thought about doing this before. I am totally in if you get this thing started, I will pay my dues... : woodchuck70
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  Ugh no. Never once in over 10 years of IT have I wished that I'd be in a union. I've done work in a ... : stump
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    Well that sounds like a badly organized one. I think there can be both well done unions and poorly done o... : geedeck
    • Surprisingly, it's a company that consistently nominated one of the best places to work in BC but unions ... : stump
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    What? I'd love that. Fuck printers in their god damn stupid asses. On the other hand, the Printer IT... : hawkeye
    • Why is this bad? : mrvandelay
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    Woah woah slow down SLOW DOWN - you have a printer guy? Stop the fucking presses, how do I get my work to... : avatar_58
    • iawtp : mrvandelay
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      how do you find someone who hates himself enough to be willing to deal exclusively with printer issues? ... : electroly
      • I'm willing to submit my 2 weeks right now if such a promised land exists. : avatar_58
    • Haha. I don't work at that place anymore. One of my coworkers has that contract now. We do have a gu... : stump
    • When you have a set of printers that are too expensive to buy, you lease em and they usually come with on... : not work safe
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    FUCK PRINTERS. : NukemFornever
    • This will replace my motto of "BACON IS LIFE" one day. : mrvandelay
    • IAWTFPP : zerog83
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      Your average joe just doesn't understand how bad printers are. Sure they get the occasional jam or derang... : avatar_58
      • lol. I like this philosophy and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. : Ormsbee
      • Reason for above voodoo; Service contracts :D : d fluke
      • 1. In AD 2009, Xerox becomes self aware 2. ? 3. End of the world : phate81
      • ROFL. Awesome. And so true. : vitaminzach
      • In this school district there must be about 3-400 inkjet printers in use, and about 30-40 lasers. 10 majo... : d0gbert
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      i told my boss no inkjets or bubblejets or whatever. laser only. what did he do? buy a bullshit inkjet... : cpt_gloval
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        here's another FUCK COLOR LASER PRINTERS I had all these fucking users would abuse the shit out of th... : NukemFornever
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          we have a color laser print device. i installed two printers that output to it on our print server, one b... : cpt_gloval
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            mother fuck finishing units. they don't finish anything but themselves : Downforce
            • some days i want to suplex the duplexer : cpt_gloval
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  The existence of shitty IT workers makes the rest of us look better to employers. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    I get weird looks when I show up minutes after a ticket is entered. I guess people expect me to ignore th... : avatar_58
    • Yep. And that buys you a ton of slack on those days when you don't respond right away, either because yo... : Ride-My-Rocket
• There's too many IT people to make a union. If you tried, everyone involved would be fired. : Sailor of Fortune
• My job classification is union represented, and it's an IT-related position. This particular union I'm i... : HojuSimpson
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  IT Unions would only help exacerbate a lot of current problems in IT. Old farts who are years behind ... : rosewood
  • what about the guys with a two year degree who weren't learning anything in college and accel at their jo... : zerog83
  • There is one professional class that I think could benefit from a union and that would nursing. They o... : rosewood
  • For such a fast changing field the old farts are a serious problem, and there's definitely too large a "p... : d fluke
• step 1) go to blockbuster and rent Norma Rae step 2) get out your markers and construction paper step 3... : .Jayson
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  hahaha I'm so glad I got out of IT. worst ever : mikecyb
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    But wait I thought it was a completely stressless job that is inside with reasonable hours and is pretty ... : OverloadUT
    • you're talking about coding : cpt_gloval
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    More like you were the worst IT worker ever. : sigpro
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      nah I was awesome at it. I got shit done, got it done quickly and I was never rude to anyone regardless ... : mikecyb
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        Are you doing Web dev stuff now or are you out of IT entirely? : helvetica
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          I wouldn't consider web development as part of IT at all. If you did then all programmers are "IT" : OverloadUT
          • I'm a web dev and I'm considered IT along with our programmers. I understand it varies greatly from place... : helvetica
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            Outside of a software company, software development (and yes, even web development) is typically classifi... : DianeOfTheMoon
            • Ahh okay that does make sense I suppose. In this thread though I assume when people say "IT" they mean th... : OverloadUT
        • I've been out of IT for like three or four years now :D : mikecyb
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          Experienced web developers get sucked back into IT-type stuff, unless they're hellbent on during pure dev... : Ride-My-Rocket
          • I know what you mean, I got sucked into video editing of all things the other day. Someone decided they w... : helvetica
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            well I can set up Apache and configure PHP but beyond that I refuse to do any other shit. That part is n... : mikecyb
            • Haha yeah I was about to say you better continue not knowing how to do it or you'll regret it! : OverloadUT
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  What motivates you to want to unionize? : vitaminzach
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    No ketchup packets in the lunch room. : Sailor of Fortune
    • Heh, but I'm serious. I'm wondering what unionizing would might solve for geedeck. : vitaminzach
• There is already one. http://www.iww.org/ Join today! I think IT is IU 560. : ostrichboy
• In today's credit-squeezed, downsizing, unstable market economy, why would you want to do that? So you c : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  Unions are generally considered "low class" / "blue collar" -- something a lot of IT people think they're... : walker270
  • I think they tried, didn't they? It makes more sense there... there are a lot of similarities between fi... : Wheatloaf
• Would you really want it to work this way? Everyone in a union is specialized. If you step on someone's s... : anhero

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  Seal Team and Jetpack - Christmas Edition are two of my all-time favorite games : MagicWishMonkey
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    Seal Team is obscure or not well known? :( : genericuser
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      I never really hear anyone talk about it, maybe I'm wrong? I wish someone would make a game like that,... : MagicWishMonkey
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        Well... http://www.theunsung.ofpnam.com/news.php http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikon... : genericuser
        • Hmmm, interesting. I'll have to check into those. : MagicWishMonkey
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        I loved it so much. : tomservo
        • I wish they would make a new one with the graphics of COD4, the ability to direct your squad ala Brother... : MagicWishMonkey
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        Dude! I posted a scan of my Seal Team discs a couple of weeks ago, because I got so excited that someone ... : AxeMan808
        • I still have the Seal Team box but I don't have the disks (I'm missing one or two). Here's the box: h... : MagicWishMonkey
  • Jetpack was TONS of fun. : sasoi
  • SEAL Team was a Fabulous Game.. : RookieCAF
• This Super Famicom baseball game where each team is a different kind of animal and they all have soft dri... : nurglich
• I used to play Milon's Secret Castle. That game rocked even though it was crazy hard. : Xanthos
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  Wizard on the C64 was awesome. We spent hours & hours making & playing our own levels. http://www.arc... : mafu5150
  • Wizard was a great Jumpman clone, i played the shit out of it : dignan
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  I played Milon's. That game was annoying though becuase there wasn't many areas you can go to. Did yo... : kainen1
  • Nope, haven't heard of that one, but now I want to check it out. : DHAvatar
  • I seem to recall there were many areas, especially once you got the tools that could cut through windows ... : Omaha
• Milon's was tough. My vote is Jim Power for SNES. Bought it at a flea market. : fathertime
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  i don't know, have any of you guys played Ecstatica? : cpt_gloval
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    I couldn't. It ran at ~5 fps on my old 486 DX40. Everyone was impressed how great it looked back then, an... : genericuser
    • worked well on the ol' DX2/66 :) but it probably only ran at like 15fps. : cpt_gloval
  • yess. loved the concept but was damn difficult. atleast back then : xsii
• I have a copy of Rondo of Blood for the TG16. Not that obscure, though. : Conan
• Clash at Demonhead : Iwannaacura
• Demons to Diamonds on my Atari 2600, and a really really crazy Doom mod, with chickens and a whole bunch ... : Dschinghis Khan
• VGA Planets =D : genericuser
• King of Dragon Pass. It's awesome. : lightly inclined
• Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri. Very fun game, my CD was scratched so I never got to finish it and th... : umcpwintermute
• Before this internet thing, I thought it was Earthbound. For years I never met anyone else that loved tha... : rosewood
• "Eat My Photons" on the Apple ][ : Demius
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  Flashback. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I loved flashback : Demius
  • I think that's one game I need to play through. I've played the first few levels in a store long ago. I... : DHAvatar
  • I loved that game and would love a new entry to the series. I never did finish Fade to Black. : breadsticks
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    Check out 1314 its VERY similar and free to download : dignan
    • interesting...will check it out, thanks! : JohnnyDanger
• Quarterstaff: The tomb of Setmoth on the old old old macintosh. : baronzemo78
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  World of Warcraft : ninjase
  • Oh aren't you funny. : Shivawn
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  The Last Ninja - Commodore 64 : kainen1
  • yes! And The Last Ninja II! : bakanoodle
  • Very popular actually. : stuka
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  Bad Milk. Everyone needs to play this. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • Wow! I forgot all about this one. Really cool game. : airmaus
• Chex Quest! altho i don't think it's really all that obscure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chex_Quest : lja83
• Bastard!, a Japanese import for the PSX that no matter how hard we tried no one at the game store I worke... : acidnynex
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  Blackthorne. I loved that game! : zerog83
  • major thumbs up for this game. : brainchild420
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  Throne of Darkness! It was Diablo with samurai and party mode. : Majuju
  • i remember that one!! still have it somewhere. : Borzoi
• Anyone play Shufflepuck Cafe on an old Mac? That's one I remember playing a ton when I was a kid, it was... : intangir21
• Killing Time - 3DO : o0JediBeavis0o
• Ganbare Dunk Heroes. Best basketball game ever. It's a shame it hasn't been remade for the DS yet (lik... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Not really obscure, but Sega Touring Car Championship was pretty awesome. On the Saturn, the graphics ... : Rag and Bone Man
• Robot Rascals, the card-collecting multiplayer strategy game that was 20 years ahead of its time (Commod... : MatthewPhillips
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  Probably Ys: Oath in Felghana. I think maybe five people on this site know of it. It's a shame that ser... : omnova
  • English Patch is out :D I love the Ys series. I was hosting one of the opening videos for the Ys comple... : breadsticks
• Bop'n Rumble/Bad Street Brawler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdh-6SlssPE There was apparently a NES... : My Documents
• Bignose the Caveman! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNPgoHwLNkI : buzzbat
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  I thought Operation Neptune was pretty obscure, but Chris Remo mentioned it on a recent podcast. : crummynz
  • Ha! I think I played that on a friend's Schneider CPC. : genericuser
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    no way, you played that too?? : Mr.SEX
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      Yeah. I loved the music. Probably the first game I ever beat, too. : crummynz
      • i think the music is one of the only reasons i remember that game. for some reason it just got into my h... : Mr.SEX
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    I loved that and the other Learning Company games. I want to find them again so I can give them to my ni... : Aragoat
    • What the fuck... Learning Company? I thought you were talking about the Infogrames one where you'd have t... : genericuser
• Blue Force : melt_core
• Ascendancy : Fredrik S
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  Burn Cycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_cycle : BongSlayerB
  • I loved FMV games, Fork in the Tale and Johnny Mnemonic were my favs : dignan
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  Kohan : mjcrash
  • ^ This. : cptn.peachfuzz
• Chelnov for the Genesis - US name was Atomic Runner. Game was hard as hell. : mroizo40
• Dragon Lore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Lore : hawthor
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  We had some Sachen (NES clone) games and an adaptor so they'd work on the NES. I just remember an awesome... : d fluke
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    This was one of them: 3"%¤"#%# http://www.nesplayer.com/features/sachen/490.gif : d fluke
    • what in the hell : crummynz
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  Sacrifice - Best Strategy Game of All Time : trevis
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    Was this the one with the Manahoar? : Omaha
    • yes. it was a pretty incredible game when it came out, and there still hasn't been another game like it. : datoo
  • loved this. the art and design were incredible, gameplay was fresh. : miasma(&)
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  Blue Max - commodore 64 : hirez
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    I played that game a lot way back in the day. What about lazy jones? It was the first game with a bunch... : FormerHPB
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      I dont remember that one. I played a lot of Jumpman! and Impossible Mission and Neuromancer. : hirez
      • Lazy Jones info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Jones : FormerHPB
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  Bad Mojo. Loved the concept of playing as a cockroach. : Stoned Gargoyle
  • great adventure game : Fredrik S
• I don't know if it's obscure, but it was damn fun, Star Reach. I played the shit out of this game. ht... : TinyWoodFarmer
• Mr. Mosquito. : Edges
• One that comes to mind Total Eclipse on the 3DO. This might be cheating since the 3DO was basically a ... : Omaha
• Secret Command on the MS, pic: http://retromedia.ign.com/retro/image/article/878/878444/rambo-videogames-... : niceguynick
• Anything on the Intellivision. Everyone I knew had Atari or Commadore. : deathofrats
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  BUG HUNT, THELDROW, THE COLONY, CONTINUUM, SPACESTATION PHETA : rgoer
  • I think I learned the word 'pilfer' from Theldrow. : Fayk
• "The Stone of Sisyphus" and its sequel "Morton's Fork" - I played them on a CP/M system probably around 1... : retardhumper
• There was a baseball game for original nintendo that I loved where you were wizards and random things. I ... : BikeNamedMike
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  Many C-64 games come to mind. Pyjamarama? How hell...never got close to finishing that game. So tough.... : Don Vito Corleone
  • Also - Telengard. Insane hours spent there.... : Don Vito Corleone
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  Megrace 2!!! I actually thought it was fun. I think PC Gamer gave it like a 40%. This was back when magaz... : locater16
  • Haha I never knew they made a sequel, I beat the original game. : Evil Benius
• Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVyxK6Wm2gE : notd665
• Fool's Errand is one that comes to mind. The original Mutant Storm and Warning Forever are two more. : stuka
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  Big Red Racing : sasoi
  • Fucking loved that game : pukerat
  • Hell yeah. Played the crap out of the demo. : crummynz
• I've never heard anyone talk about Silent Service for the NES. Also I played some game that plays a lot ... : Agrona
• super mario brothers... it was on the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) : boring gegtik
• Rocket Jockeys. : ra1n
• FX Fighter, a 3d PC fighting game from 1995 : EvilDolemite
• i hated that game : qwpeoriu
• Off the top of my head, Severance: Blade of Darkness. 3rd-person action game. It had real-time lighting... : Arcanum
• Terranigma : pukerat
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  High Octane. Hovering 18 "wheelers" in races of death. at least i think it was obscure, never heard of it... : barichnikov
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    I played a game called HiOctane, it was a futuristic combat racer though. : crummynz
    • Wait, you said hovering. It must have been the same game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Octane : crummynz
    • yeah that's it, i didnt rememeber about combat though... but yes. : barichnikov
  • I loved this game. They need more racing games with chainguns and rocket launchers. : Aragoat
• Donald Duck's Playground... Made by Al Lowe of Leisure Suit Larry fame : knepus
• Highway Hawks: http://hol.abime.net/708 : newek
• Anyone play StarFlight for the Genesis? It was really good, kind of involved, but good. : kainen1
• I still load up Birth of the Federation every couple of years. It was a good 4X game, but if you play it... : DonkeyPopsicle
• Tunnels of Doom on the TI99/4A. Awesome RPG for its day (early 80's). Saving games onto an audio casset... : ann thracks
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  Is Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES) obscure? : the moon and antarctica
  • not at all. I believe it was a huge series in Japan called Goemen of something. Freaking fun game though.... : zakazi
• GATO for my Atari XE also, when i got my first pc (386, used from a friend) there was a platformer o... : brainchild420
• Defenders of Oasis on the Game Gear. Fun little RPG I've never seen or heard anyone talk about. : Modica Sol Solis
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  Whacky Racers. Or at least I've never talked to anyone about it :( : braaains
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    is that the one with the animals in a Mario Kart-like game? : pukerat
    • Yeah I remember this one too : wasylm
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    Wacky Wheels. It was a pretty blatant Mario Kart clone but it was from Apogee which ruled. You fired hedg... : crummynz
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      I actually bought the full version of that game long ago. It wasn't really fair on the races since the d... : DHAvatar
      • Yeah. There was some cheat in the demo to access ice weapons instead of hedgehogs, and an extra level ... : crummynz
• Allegience (now Free Allegience, I think) : Cheeziologist
• Under a Killing Moon - \m/ Tex Murphy \m/ 1 game on 4 CD's in 1994 blew my freakin mind. : zyklonbee
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  Montezuma's revenge on C-64!!! : .frame
  • awesome! a game about diarrhea. : baronzemo78
  • loved it, H.E.R.O. and Spelunker too. all very similar : dignan
  • haha i played that : gyokuro
• StarBlade has always been a favorite of mine. Still have my PS1 version. : SinistarX
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  Aerobiz for SNES was a Japanese Airline company simulator. It came from the desert took a best of a ma... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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    I LOVED Aerobiz so much. My nephew and I would play that game so much. Never did play the sequel - Supers... : zakazi
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      Liked the original better. It was tough to find anyone who was willing to spend a few hours to play a ro... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
      • Yeah everything I heard about Supersonic was that it was rather "meh". The nephew (who's the same age) an... : zakazi
  • I played the shit out of Aerobiz and Simcity on the SNES. Aerobiz was an amazing game, and I think you'l... : jingletard
  • i prefered aerobiz supersonic. my brother and i would play all the time. : threeup
• killer 7 : arcane_
• http://spring.clan-sy.com/ open source 3d rts engine made by an old Total Annihilation clan/modders. : miasma(&)
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  OGRE for the PC/Apple based on the Steve Jackson game. Build a giant tank with tone of armor and weapons... : Awun
  • Steve Jackson is awesome : Delaric
  • I love this game. :D : hiloopy
• Darkseed. Art done by H.R. Geiger and it was a point & click adventure horror game. Very freaky looking... : jingletard
• Hide Uncle Jimmi's Thumb : sesmaster
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  Vice: Project Doom for the NES I think is not a well known game. It was really good too. It switches from... : Helios150
  • Toonstruck - it was an adventure game that had Doc from Back to the future as the main character. : Helios150
• ooh ooh Street Fighter: 2010 fucking awesome game : EvilDolemite
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  How about some Star Tropics love? : breadsticks
  • hell yea, NES Zelda clone at its finest! beat the hell out of that game, took me forever. a yo-yo for a... : dignan
• Famicom Detective Club II and Clock Tower, not sure if they count since they're pretty popular (but not i... : aethyr
• Mad Martha on the Spectrum. I so wanted to see something titillating. : SiW.
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  Space Bar, which still is the quirkiest adventure game I've ever played, with the widest range of funny, ... : Borzoi
  • I remember it, never played it though : zakazi
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  Metal Kombat, the Super Scope Mech game. One of the best games ever made. : exigence7
  • And it's a travesty that this game hasn't been redone for the Wii. : exigence7
• Fork in the Tale (starring Rob Snider, from Duece Bigalow) and Johnny Mnemonic , both FMV games : dignan
• maze hunter 3d on the master system? : ibrokn
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  In Search of the Most Amazing Thing. C64 : Zhaneel
  • very disappointing ending, what cheese. : sergeon
• Outwars. I used to play it all the time when I was 13 or so. : StuMan1337
• enemy nations : mindshot
• The Dark Eye. It's an adventure game based on three works by Edgar Allen Poe. Very weird. http://www.a... : Psigun
• Don't know that it was obscure but Deja Vu on the nintendo. Oddly fun. : zakazi
• Great Greed -- a messed up rpg for the original gameboy, where everything is based on food. http://en.... : Kniggit
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  Zaxxon! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0CW9vlVPPU : DOOManiac
  • That game was awesome! : terath
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    I had the Zaxxon board game. Beat that! : SiW.
    • I still have it... and most other VG board games from the era. Tetris the board game is prob the most fu... : dignan
    • Me too! :D : DOOManiac
  • didn't every arcade in the 80s have this game? : bakanoodle
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  Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos I think everyone thought it was too hard. :( And as mentioned before... : gyrfalcon
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    <3 IWar2. The only hard bit in that game was the convoy mission but then I found out that the ships heal... : Aragoat
    • I started playing Iwar2 months ago but only put several hours into it before getting distracted. I reall... : DinK
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  Silent Bomber for PS1 is always my answer on this kind of thread. So. Awesome. : lefthighkick
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOUSMx7z2BQ : lefthighkick
• Mar Tesoro on the Atari 800 : sergeon
• Uniracers......EOT : Rigor Morts
• Metal Masters on the Amiga : kaewan
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  When I was younger, I played the shit out of The Learning Company games. Some games that immediately com : DrWaffles
  • Haha, what a trainwreck of a post. I got too excited. : DrWaffles
• ASYLUM : kill9
• Legion Arena. Cheap game that was incredibly fun. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/legionar... : bipolar
• The Castles of Dr. Creep on the C64. Great game, but way too hard. Would have been awesome with multiplay... : Tissen

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  If the Sims was the game of the Era of the housing boom - what's the game of the economic crisis going to... : Jonathan
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    Sub-Prime Mortgage Tycoon : HojuSimpson
    • That'd be amazing. The first half the the game is very easy and tycoon like. The second half is a shooter... : zakazi
  • Short Selling Market Tycoon : yoonix
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    This is a good question for Chris Morris when he comes on the show next episode. : warcrow
    • the Chris Morris? British talk show comedian? : deathofrats
  • http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/56896 : SockMonkeh
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  How you're all missing The Office to record a stupid podcast. : ThomW
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    DVRs ThomW! : warcrow
    • Is "DVR's ThomW" like "Television's Kirk Cameron"? : Dave-A
• [fry]'s balls : FrayLo
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  Duke Nukem's birthsign, and what this means for Him now that Venus is retrograde : dognose
  • dognose, that is a grand idea! : CrustaR
• Tapioca Pudding & the fate of the western world. : hirez
• The end of GFW / Lanparty, EGM live, 1up in general and how it's a tragedy :( : abrasion
• The Friends of Pluto movement. : lightly inclined
• Dawn of War 2. Geforce 3D Vision (which is awesome btw) : Modulus
• -Closure of 1Up -Economic downturn's effect on gamers and their budgets -FEAR 2 and how Monolith is way... : EvilDolemite
• NecroVision. It's out in one month after all! : Psigun
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  How Rolando's price drop today may scare away AAA iphone titles? Or do we even need them? We do need more... : sergeon
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    I think "AAA" and "iPhone title" are mutually contradictory. : Arcanum
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      There are some pretty awesome iPhone games that have come out recently, actually. I just purchased Galcon... : BlackCat9
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        I'm not saying there aren't great iPhone games. I'm saying that the nature of iPhone games (small, relat... : Arcanum
        • Yeah, I guess so if you look at all games, but I think you have to talk about what's AAA relative to the ... : BlackCat9
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  talk about your preview copy of Killzone. I know you can't disclose much, but give us a yay or nay if yo... : bagelcc
  • so close to the embargo date . :( : warcrow
• THE FUTURE OF RTS GAMES. Talking points: DoW2's simplification of the genre Starcraft2's sgkjnwhkmwrhk... : DrFlammable
• Wizards. : TreMetal
• microtransaction rant my Remo 4 win!!!! : Nation
• Discuss best genesis games of all time :), Dawn of War 2, Killzone, The Maw, Is Valkyrie Chronicles any ... : kainen1
• Dawn of War 2 : Tincan
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  oh oh ! about time ! how about talking (without specifics, just "good,bad,mindblowing,meh") about kill... : barichnikov
  • ok ok..... : warcrow
• Noby Noby Boy! : Mansmells
• If the rumor about Gamestop not selling Dawn of War 2 because it's on Steam is still credible, I'd like t... : BlackCat9
• Sony's CEO opinions on the complexity of programming for the PS3; if Killzone2 doesn't sell well (which w... : Nitrium
• PROJECT ORIGIN! : pwnage1232
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  A look of what to expect in 2009 with gaming. : razlebol
  • Sequels! : BlackCat9
  • GoW III :D : warcrow