Evening Reading

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  first one was ace..this looks like it could be good too : okellyc
  • I went into the first one not even knowing it was a horror movie. can't reproduce that with a sequel : Shai-Tan
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  sweet. I liked the first one. so, I guess they're going with the American ending from the first one : Magus
  • Which was terrible. I dunno. I loved the first film, and I'll probably see this, but the fact that Nei... : Arceihn
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    um... what was the American Ending? When I saw it, She thinks she gets out, and drives for a while, b : Shivawn
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      the US theatrical release she does the same thing except after she drives she doesn't reawaken back in th : derelict515
      • which was retarded. the sequel is gonna suck because its happening after the shitty ending. : mindshot
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        WHAT!? Fuck, the original ending was so much more badass. Because it was totally 'fuck you, she's scre : Shivawn
        • Seriously. That ending was awesome and super fucked up. : riptyde
        • Yeah, that was the best horror film ending I've seen in a while. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      that's the awesome UK ending, the american one cuts right before she wakes back up in the cave. she's in : MrBig0
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        Because American audiences apparently can't handle it when everybody dies and the ending isn't all happin : rudds
        • I prefer that kind of ending. Fucking Americans. : uglysad
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          Did the change the ending of Rec/Quarantine in the remake? : nodebug
          • no but apparently they spoil it in the ads for everyone. Which pisses me off because I haven't had a cha... : deathofrats
      • Besides just being a generally dumber ending, the final jump-scare doesn't even make much sense in that v... : Johnny Law
  • that ending did kind of scream for a sequel; the first one was well done : eforce98
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  Why does this need to be made : mittense
  • people like sequels and remakes : RikiTiki2
  • Hats. They must buy them with money. : Kaerof
• Shitastic : FiReaNG3L
• so it's exactly like "aliens" but with cave monsters? : wtf242
• At least they didn't do the Tremors thing where there are now 10 different mutations of those things, and... : Don Vito Corleone
• Goddammit, what a fucking shitfest this is going to be. This doesn't make any sense. : MrBig0
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  Same director? Shame they are using the american ending.. It would have been better had they sent down ... : deathofrats
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    BAH it's not even the same director...this is going to suck : deathofrats
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      Oh and apparently it's using the 'uk ending' but they are writing that she got out some how "Well it... : deathofrats
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        wow that sounds fucking terrible. : Modica Sol Solis
        • In fact, that sounds like complete and utter shit. They should have used your idea. : Modica Sol Solis
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  The Descent is one of the few horror movies I've ever seen that I thought was truly scary. It doesn't he... : riptyde
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    there is a cave in austin with what is called the 'birth canal' where you have to crawl ~20 feet on your ... : deathofrats
    • Fuck. That. Shit. : riptyde
    • awesome : Magus
    • Fuck That. Even thinking about it, I break out into a sweat : usedillusion
• The original was surprisingly good, especially with the dark ending. This won't be. : Kaerof
• Speaking of Descent, when is Dog Soldiers 2 coming out? I thought the director was working on a direct s... : deathofrats
• The first one is probably the scariest movie I've ever seen. : WhatIsThisFor

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  Yea, I wanted to make a big shitlist, but I wanted to be sure I was reading the list correctly before I d... : askedrelic
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    seriously. it's pretty fucking lame that so many people every year DO NOT participate in this in the for... : ejectorpod
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      I was all sorts of fail the first time I entered. I'd like to be able to enter again though. : spazzium
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        It's not rocket science here. : ra1n
        • Yeah, that's the thing. I understand people being busy on the holidays and not sending or posting right a... : baronzemo78
• I mailed mine last Tuesday :( :( : Majuju
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  Still waiting for cords to send last years. : intothefray
  • that was sent before feb 2008 it just never arrived :( <pissed off as well because it cost me $48 in shi... : CoRDS
• So 33% of the participants didn't send. Hmmmf...well I thought the WE i sent was sucky..but atleast I sen... : r3ckless
• I have been lucky. Got my WE 2 years in a row now, and also sent. : ant_hillbilly
• I also mailed mine :( : Yanks
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  second year where I haven't received anything. Also the second year where the poster hasn't posted pics ... : ant321
  • Not a bad idea... : jasoncrowley
  • I still haven't got mine. I have to admit, though, that mine didn't get sent out until very recently to m... : ColoradoCNC
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  I sent mine, and I received as well - I'll talk to my WE later (I already talked to him a while back as I... : jbury
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    hi! :) I hope it arrives this week because I am gonna be on holiday for a month from friday :( : moshman
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      Oh balls, I'm going to see if we have a tracking number or something : jbury
      • sweet, ta! : moshman
  • same here. it was awesome, and worth all the years i didn't get anything. <3 Ajax and Edlin. : mindmann
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  I got mine, a great package from a cool shacker! I even sent mine to a cool shacker! I had a good WE! : Juno
  • :) : PapaBoo
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  I could have sword I marked mine as sent. I even sent my WE buddy a message with the tracking number. But... : Nali4Freedom
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    you sword!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : moshman
    • Hey, I'll mother fucking sword if I wanna mother fucking sword. I've been up all night god dammit. : Nali4Freedom
  • Yeah, I'm pretty sure that I filled out the date I sent mine as well, but it's not there now. I know he r... : skizl
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  maybe only proven participants can play next year? bit harsh on newbies who will actually send. : radula
  • Pair up these groups: Proven senders Failed senders Newbies Newbies and Failed Senders can move u... : Zakko
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  I still have mine sitting here behind me in my computer room. been 3 straight months of sickness here be... : beastrabban
  • hrm, maybe I don't think you should send it. I don't want your crazy sicknesses. For serious. : Galadriel07
• yay! Now I can send another WE to someone who didn't get one :D : Megara9
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  Mine was confirmed received (shackmessage) 2 months ago yet no post about it yet :( that makes me sad : moshman
  • ditto :( : MorrisatCNN
  • same :( : handofthrawn
  • At least it was confirmed that it was received. Mine from last year was not confirmed and no post about i... : razlebol
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    happened to me last year too, one of the reasons I didn't participate this year. Half the fun is in seei... : bipolar
    • exactly, and he promised he would post about it in a shackmsg on dec 21st :( : moshman
  • yah same here... understandable as my shacker is banned. But I offered to post it a write up for him, ... : Shadowdane
• Sent and recieved. Was good after not receiving and my package not reaching its recipient last year. A... : nodebug
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  link?? : lasercat
  • if you're in the WE, you got sent a link : moshman
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  twice in a row I got nothing. WTF! I send every time. : mikefr24
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    I'm the asshole who never sent this man his WE this time. I have it all packed and ready to go and I actu... : uglysad
    • Why can't you just drop it by the post office? : adhy
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      I really don't think it's that difficult to send unless you've had serious, tragic family accidents for m... : Modica Sol Solis
      • 5 minutes at the post office, tops : MagicWishMonkey
    • haha its been 4 months, how could you have an excuse for 4 months? : dantastic
    • did you break both of your legs and no one to help you bring it to the post office? : jenisthebest
    • could you not stop playing wow and have become so obese you don't fit through the door? : moshman
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      I'm sorry that people are pissing all over you for not mailing. That more than anything causes me to reco... : Jonathan
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        At the 4 month mark you deserve being pissed all over. Seriously, how do you pay bills if you can't mail ... : mancide
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          Because paying bills is considerably more important than mailing someone free stuff. : Jonathan
          • Also it's 3 months - stop pretending we had all of November. : Jonathan
          • are people assuming that shipping shit is free when they sign up? there's no excuse really, it's 5-10 dol... : feek
        • you dont even have to leave your house ffs. you can pay and print the slip at home. : feek
      • I don't really see any hardcore pissing, just people that don't get how it can take someone 4 months : moshman
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  Haven't received anything yet, either. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
  • but at least now you know who the loser is that didn't send you anything : moshman
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  yeah i havent done WE in a ccuple of years, gave away to much cool shit and never got anything back : / : disembodied potato
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    yea same. I think i won't participate anymore unless they vastly change hte rules and dole out some lifet... : deadfish
    • Same here! I have been stuck with a bunch of lazy bums for three years in a row. I think we should ... : MrLobo
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  i like the big disparity between not sent and received. I spy'd on my WE deadbeat but has some random po... : deadfish
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    You can't trust the received/not received numbers- it's pretty common for people to not update WE once th... : tashtego
    • By the same token, though, last year my guy said he sent it to me but he never posted tracking and I neve... : Conan
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    Well, I suppose all I can say is that it *was* indeed sent. I apologize that you didn't receive it, and ... : genom
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      what did you send? could you post photos of the life that never was? : kaddar0
      • I don't have pics of it (why would I have taken pics?), but I remember most of what was in there: * An... : genom
• Didn't get mine, but at least the guy I sent to did a good writeup, so it's all good, I guess. : Conan
• I'm a lazy ass but I did finally send mine on Friday. Make that 114! : yoonix
• Aux7 received me WE but never changed it on the page. :( : paroxym
• First year I've ever been burned. :( never got anything, but at least mine got the one I sent and did a w... : halophoenix
• Still got nothing. Big frownie face. : Rotten Deadite
• Now I don't feel so bad for sending mine after christmas : d fluke
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  This WE was my first and I had a great time. My WE package was full of random stuff that made me laugh a ... : ShekkyBoy
  • It was a really cool package, and I hate you forever for the mystery meat :( I was almost sick opening th : nodebug
• Dang I sent mine but forgot to update the sent date. I hope he got it, he hasn't posted since early Dec. : jimmy_legs
• i didn't receive mine. maybe it got lost in the mail? : wvuong
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  Would anyone who didn't receive anything like some sugar cookies? I'd like to test out shipping cookies a... : helvetica
  • This is an awesome offer! : Dave-A
  • would you ship to canada ? :D : r3ckless
• Nice my guy recieved one from another shacker, never posted about it, then didn't send mine. GG WE. : RyDogg1
• My receiver posted that he got the package, but apparently lost his cameras :( : tomservo
• My dude kept sending messages apologizing about being late. I still don't have it. I just lol at it. : lowayne
• I sent mine, but Hamachi never posted that he received it =( : spiffymc
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  i neither sent nor received, i suck. : dirge23
  • sigh...lawyers : devnullgt
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  yoonix i sent you shit and it said it was delivered!! : feek
  • GUYS FEEK IS COOL. You did! Shit I forgot to mark it. I just updated the info. Promise I'll post the pics... : yoonix
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  I think the WE should be moved. Tying it to the holidays is a bad idea since there's the combined problem... : ieGod
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    that's no fun. it's not that hard, people should be able to judge for themselves whether they'll be able ... : feek
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      Well the other thing is that it's not a secret santa, I don't like that idea. It's always funnier when ju... : ieGod
      • i agree with that : feek
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    considering the amount of people that say they have the package all ready but just haven't sent it yet, I... : moshman
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      End of the year is particularly busy - I pretty much knew that if I didn't get it out before thanksgiving... : Jonathan
      • Oh come on, it takes maximum an hour of time all-in-all to do everything. : moshman
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        how? honest question. Are there no post offices after thanksgiving? The most amusing ones are people that... : Slowtreme
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          because frankly in a 60 hour week getting a bundle of stuff in a box and to a post office really isn't to... : Jonathan
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            Then don't sign up. : Zakko
            • ^^^^^^^ : dantastic
            • ^^^^^^ Don't cry about being busy just don't participate. : baronzemo78
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              Oh so actually even though I did sent stuff in January it wasn't acceptable and really if you can't do it... : Jonathan
              • And yet some people Still have not sent theirs. : Slowtreme
              • I'm not getting on anyone's case for sending in January. More the February or later or not at all. : Zakko
              • dude this whole subthread you came off as a guy that hasn't sent his yet at all which you've proved you h... : dantastic
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              this is what it comes down to. you should know if you have the ability (time or money) to do it when you ... : feek
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                because not everything goes to plan and while not everyone really tries to get theirs out it's absurd to ... : Jonathan
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                  well, you probably shouldnt sign up with that attitude :| : feek
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                    Feek - you don't give a shit about the person who didn't send - that's why I think you shouldn't sign up. : Jonathan
                    • why are you freaking out? i didn't get stuff for 2 of the 4 years i have participated. each time i was... : dahanese
                    • huh : feek
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                  If you think the whole thing is not important why do you participate? : baronzemo78
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                    I think it's fun, it's about celebrating the people who come here and the random stuff we collect. I enjo... : Jonathan
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                      This is victimizing them, which I don't really think is reasonable. : kaddar0
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                        I don't think that demanding justification for not sending is reasonable. : Jonathan
                        • of course it is. otherwise, demand justification for signing up : moshman
          • what about the other 108 hours in the week? : Slowtreme
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            then why the hell sign up? : moshman
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              because I got it out in January. : Jonathan
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                aren't we talking about people that haven't sent theirs? : moshman
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                  No - we're talking about moving it off the end of the year here. : Jonathan
                  • I like to think of it like a normal curve distribution over the holidays, january is fine. : kaddar0
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                  yeah but he didnt tell us till later that he already sent his : dantastic
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                    Did it matter that I sent mine? I've always sent one when I've signed up but I could see how the shitstor... : Jonathan
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                      yeah, it does matter if you sent yours. if you sent it, you are cool. if you sent it after christmas, you... : dahanese
                      • Oh how thin the line is between cool and poo. : Jonathan
        • haha plus all you have to do is open a box and toss random junk around your house in it? put out a box i... : dantastic
    • That's true :( : ieGod
  • I like this idea! : helvetica
  • ahh bullshit, it only takes a few minutes. People put too much effort into NOT packing up junk and droppi... : Slowtreme
  • except that they were given january and half of february as well which isn't a part of the busy holiday s... : dantastic
• Riptyde posted where I sent his, but never updated his. I also was slacking, but just updated so [fry] is... : mancide
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  No need for all the butthurt, just exclude these people from next years run. Simple. If you're on the s... : Phil
  • this has been suggested for the last 5 years, and always gets abandoned because of good will (lol). this... : moshman
  • I thought this year non-senders from last year were matches with each other? Interesting to know the sta... : alnya
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  why don't we just ban people who don't send? or some other nasty punishment... : niceguynick
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    Oh god, lets really overreact. Perhaps if we can't get more that 75% participation by June we should ban ... : Jonathan
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      ^^ outed for not sending his :o : dantastic
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        Look how wrong you are - http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19217567 : Jonathan
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          why do you make it sound like you didnt send one above because you were so busy? who cares if it came in... : dantastic
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            because if a white elephant really meant anything about the people rather than the stuff then people shou... : Jonathan
            • i think you're really reaching : dantastic
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              thats a valid point...i don't know why the rest of 'em are hating on you for saying it. : vikramwillrock
              • ugh, although, reading dantastic's post here http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19230145#itemanchor_1923... : vikramwillrock
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              it's not about getting good stuff. it's about giving and receiving and the surprise and the sharing. ... : dahanese
              • haha, why you just repeat what he said?...i cannot even comprehend what is going on in this thread anymor... : vikramwillrock
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    WE is technically not a shacknews function. That's like banning shackers for posting on IGN : Slowtreme
    • In wouldn't have a problem with that specific thing...... : Phreakin
    • I have no problem with that. kidding :D : mn3m0n1c
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  Nothing proves that the Shack is a bunch of butthurt whiners more than the annual WE fiasco threads. : tashtego
  • no, more like too many people sign up that are too lazy to spend one freakin hour to collect some random ... : moshman
  • that's such a dumb phrase and such a silly thing to say. people are bummed because members they talk to a... : dahanese
• DooBall needs to update his WE page! : ass-street
• eek, this can't be right. shugamom, raoul duke, virus? these people would send. maybe they just didn't ch... : dahanese

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• Wait... something doesn't quite add up here... : Rotten Deadite
• Seems like he lost his head there for a sec. : -efx-
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  Best caption ever : http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments... : mmogger
  • Oh lawdy that is terrible : Dave-A
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    That article is completely fucking racist. It's suggesting that being Muslim makes you kill your wife,... : nudel
    • we should all kill our wives to protest this article! : theWhite
    • Agreed, it's revolting. : jcupitt
    • Being muslim doesn't make you kill your wife. being married does. : Fyunch Click
    • And their web server is fucked so I couldn't even register my outrage. : nudel
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      i agree. but in all honesty certain cultures perform certain acts more prevalently than others. and i've ... : eggnoodles
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        Have you met the French? They were guillotining people as late as 1977. : Jonathan
        • and now they are rapidly becoming a muslim country! So you are saying beheading causes Islam. : Fyunch Click
      • Its not news because he killed his wife, its news because he beheaded her. Plus the irony of him foundin... : swoopx
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        Beheadings, probably, but murder is murder. Who cares about the method of murder? (Or what happens aft... : nudel
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          beheadings are particularly vile. if you dont recognize that i cant help. maybe others are taught differe... : eggnoodles
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            I can't really argue rationally if you're going to go "the body is a temple" on me. : nudel
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              lol, duck the issue. so typical : eggnoodles
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                lol, expect people to continue a discussion about murder/racism into spiritual mumbo-jumbo : nudel
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                  sorry man. you have no argument so you attack me. its ok, its the first defense people resort to when the... : eggnoodles
                  • I'm pretty sure you're full on trolling at this point. : Jonathan
                  • I for one am discounting your argument for throwing in a little personal opinion : jcupitt
                  • Look, if you read my reply to swoopx directly below this subthread you'll see I did respond to the idea. : nudel
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                but it's fucking retarded. murder is murder. the body is a temple idea somehow being more violated by beh... : carnivore
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                  beheading someone is not easy. maybe with a guillotine. you are sending a message to the world at larg... : eggnoodles
                  • And murdering someone is easy to do and isn't sending the world a message? Nobody is saying that behea... : nudel
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          murder may be murder by beheading is definitely a way more fucked up way to kill someone. : swoopx
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            For sure, but the bigger crime is that the man killed his wife, not what he did afterwards. : nudel
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              if he had sex with the neckstump it might. : Fyunch Click
              • wow, I learned a new word! : sandcrab
              • eeeeeww, pointy neck stump, no thanks : jcupitt
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              I think you are wrong. : -phazey-
              • hello phazey : jcupitt
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      "Islamic" isn't a race. It is, in fact, a religion, a cultural feature, and one whose fundamentalist adh... : Arcanum
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        If you want to play semantics, look up the definition of racism in a good source. It isn't literally abou... : nudel
        • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism : Arcanum
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      The amount of casual anti-Islamic racism in American public discourse at the moment is really shocking. ... : PeanutsEnvy
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        (though in this case the source is Australian). : PeanutsEnvy
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          The amount of Islamic violence against women is really shocking. Obviously this doesn't mean that all Is... : baronzemo78
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            It's not particularly Islamic, it's part of the local culture. "honor killing" is a south-east asian thin... : jcupitt
            • I agree all that shit is bad. Rather then whining about people reporting the news maybe they should try t... : baronzemo78
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      Maybe rather then whining about racism the Islamic community should do something about their attitudes to... : baronzemo78
      • That's like Jack Thompson saying the gaming community should take responsibility for all the gamers who k... : Jonathan
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        Four women are killed by domestic violence every day in the US. There is about 170,000 cases of domestic ... : PeanutsEnvy
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          And there are programs all over the place and messages to people not do do that shit. Maybe I've been mis... : baronzemo78
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            It's not just honor killings. It's everything else as well. Women are essentially property of men, rape... : Arcanum
            • Shutup you fucking racist!!! Reporting when women are murdered is racist!!! : baronzemo78
        • The difference here is that no reasonably mainstream US religion or culture condones or endorses this kin... : mn3m0n1c
• Supposedly she was pregnant as well. : LoioshDwaggie
• it's the lopper : whistletits
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  normal people just shoot them : IgnoramusSA
  • well if you take their head off first, its harder for them to come back as a zombie : wvuong
• Looks like their arguments finally came to a head : wasylm
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  Look at her! I'd cut her head off to! : Silent Wolf
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    He should've made her shave her ass and just walk backwards. : Phil
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      looks like Micheal Jackson : Slowtreme
      • the bitch look more like Freddy Jackson... : Phil
• is there a single religion where women don't get treated like second class citizens? : vassili_zaitsev
• This has to be like the biggest facepalm possible for normal peaceful Muslims trying to live a normal lif... : Saman
• The sad thing is that this would have been legal in any middle-eastern country. : cjcharv

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  YES. This is so perfect. They are taking a centuries old work and EA'ing it. Now all it needs are naked l... : nomaad
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    At this point, you shouldn't even joke about that :( It's like they are going out of their way to appe... : ETPC1
    • The Stay Puft marshmallow man school of video game design? : gooblerampling
  • It seems more like a typical entertainment thing to do. Comics and movies have done this before. Take a c... : byorn
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  What, you thought it was going to just be some dude strolling about and talking to demons and dead philos... : kikilupo
  • I thought it would....it might..... Fuck it. Just fuck it. :( : ETPC1
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    If they don't want to make a game based on the thing they're naming it after they should name it somethin... : nudel
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      This is the point I've tried to make. The audience they're going after doesn't appreciate the source, an... : lechuck59
      • Can't this be said for many sequels in the last few years? : avatar_58
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  "The game shares the exact same control scheme as God Of War. Even down to Circle being used to open ches... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Good thing FPS games avoid sharing control schemes. : byorn
    • I use a different key for use in every single FPS to increase innovation. The problem is, I must have pla... : A Sponge
• Why is this shocking? He is actually more normal looking than I expected. : Evil Benius
• I suspect they're only making this game to give Idle Thumbs more material. : PeanutsEnvy
• CANNOT FUCKING WAIT : eggnoodles
• lol i was actually making jokes about that happening when it was first mentioned. back then only the name... : Hoax
• GOD OF WAR. EA STYLE. : creep
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  We need a Jesus themed Devil May Cry : d fluke
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    Actually instead of Jesus, just make it some bad ass Amish dude. : baron calamity
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      Fuck, I'd love that. Like a Dynasty Warriors style game where you can select through a bunch of badass am... : kikilupo
      • Dual wield scythes > * : d fluke
      • No, someone please steal that from him and make this happen! : baron calamity
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      I would love a Thomas Kane game! : Magus
      • lol oops I mean Solomon Kane : Magus
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  The circle didn't open chests, you had to hammer the shouler buttons : Omaha
  • the shoulder buttons where for doors I believe. : byorn
• *sigh*... : lplasmatron
• the only reason the game exists is because it is a god of war clone, not because it is a dantes inferno g... : Luminair
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  Yes there's no possible way this can ever be good ever so you should hate on it now while you still have ... : spiderfill
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    Hating one aspect of something is not the same as hating something. People can hate the idea of using ... : nudel
    • absolutely, but some people in this thread are jumping to the conclusion that this will suck. : byorn
• I think the best case scenario is that this ends up like the gaming entertainment of a summer popcorn fli... : ColoradoCNC
• Maybe it'll be like Dogma. (I liked Dogma.) : nudel
• I'm setting myself up for the first NPC I meet to be called Virgil, and he's going to tell me how to use ... : alnya
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  sounds awesome to me. What were the haters expecting? : ultramega
  • serious? for EA not to rape classics ? you're never read the divine comedy have you? : cptstern
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  Is anyone really surprised? : tomservo
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    I can't wait for the King Lear property that Activision has planned: Huge dragons, Mini-Coopers and it al... : Fyunch Click
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      Can they get along in the suburbs??? : tomservo
      • It has a happy ending. : Fyunch Click
• Man, it's just copying Sonic Unleashed! : Masem
• Well Wayne Barlowe is pretty awesome, so hopefully the game will at least look amazing : wasylm
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  I hope it has EA Trax. : SilverSnake
  • Right as you pin Lucifer to the ground and the final minigame starts, Party Hard starts up. : Omaha
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  I don't see the problem?? Sounds interesting to me. : icon_of_syn
  • glad its not just me. it looks fairly interesting. Ofcourse I was won over by Dead Space. Not sure I woul... : baron calamity
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    What about a Moby Dick game where Ishmael the Navy SEAL drives around in a speedboat and shoots whales wi... : ZTac
    • Sounds like a fun game to me, games are supposed to be fun and unrealistic that is what makes them fun. ... : stgdz
• God War meets Dead Space...I'll have one please. : Saman

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  i just saw that too. the demo nerf might be interesting : RikiTiki2
  • Nothing has changed besides idiots running up and winbombing you. : kpxkrnjc
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    How did it take them this long to conclude this was necessary ? Is Robin Walker stuck on a desert island,... : taronish
    • Your empty winebottle hypothesis could explain many Valve delays. : quadeh
  • It's pretty stupid and won't affect normal play that much. You have to launch a sticky from far away and... : omnova
• oh wow the server tags thing is great!!! I've been waiting for this feature for so long, now I can finall... : datoo
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  I posted this in the other update thread, so I'll put it here. So after some testing, we've come to th... : FlamingGimp
  • oh. that's weird : RikiTiki2
  • Interesting. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Good information here. : dmason
  • I thought it sounded strange that they compared it to the rocket and syringe gun. : .frame
  • is this damage to self or another player? im not surprised that valve would fuck it up but that might mat... : mega man
  • So now you are penalized for shooting out distance stickies? I'd love it if Valve gave descriptions as to... : mrwolf710
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    So they nerfed long range stickies instead of close range? I thought they were designed more for long ran... : skinlab133
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      It's possible they also nerfed the damage of close range stickies, but I could remember what they did ori... : FlamingGimp
      • But I couldn't remember*. This was tested on a server with TFTrue, which removes (for the most part) r... : FlamingGimp
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      they're more a medium-range weapon IMO they are designed to be used defensively, but good demos can us... : EvilDolemite
      • They're under-used because remote dets are so easy to use, even on offense, that there's very little reas... : DerHuhnTeufel
      • I use them offensively and they work well. Especially when faster classes are trying to chase you down. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    So we did some more testing and it looks like we got one thing wrong. Damage is based on your distance... : FlamingGimp
    • I wonder what instigated this new update for him. I can't say I've heard anyone complaining about the dam... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      ah. so it could actually be 1) nerf sticky jump, but 2) reduces self inflicted damage? : RikiTiki2
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        then again i have no idea what 512 units is : RikiTiki2
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16094190#itemanchor_16094190 <3 : fleabug
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        Damage falloff doesn't occur unless you're a moderate distance from the sticky, so you'll never see the e... : omnova
        • right. i forgot that it was reversed of what they said it was : RikiTiki2
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  Thanks for the reminder on why it has been a long time since I've played TF2 : rosewood
  • And why's that? : Godhatesfatpeople
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    it's still just as fun as ever. i ignored all achievements and recently got the axestinguisher and kritz... : EvilDolemite
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      Yeah, I love deploying or receiving that thing. :) : Godhatesfatpeople
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        as soon as i got it, kritzed two pyros, got about 25 points : EvilDolemite
        • The best run I had deploying was on a soldier who took out 12 people. It's was an amazing parade of carna... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • What are you rambling on about?! : alias
  • You sure showed them! : omnova
  • It is probably tough to play with your head in your ass! : taronish
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  Demo nerf won't matter that much. It's the splash damage that soldiers/demos receive back being so low th... : DerHuhnTeufel
  • If you think TF2 has the worst in-game browser ever, then I don't think you've seen many games. : datoo
  • The point of having a rocket launcher in TF2 is to excel at close to medium range combat. Soldier is onl... : kpxkrnjc
• Just wondering how many other people have broken Portal/Ep2 games since this source update, re broken ani... : MeestaNob

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  Fuck that, DOW2 is out :) : te[R]ror
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    OH SHIT NOW I WON'T AFFORD FOOD : TastyWheat
    • WON'T OR CAN'T : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Food is for the hungry! You, sir, will be full of gaming pleasure! : Goblin au
    • yah I know what you mean... be living on Ramen for a month. lol : Shadowdane
  • thanks. just picked up my copy :) : vomitgod
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    Although I keep hearing reports that people can't authenticate it. Would be hilarious. I still haven't tr... : te[R]ror
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      It seems like we can't authenticate yet, lol. : te[R]ror
      • steam just crashes when i try to authenticate the key. damn. cant even install it. : vomitgod
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    Too bad it doesn't unlock on Steam in 1.25 hours :( : Magus
    • ahh shit. i just realised this too. no wonder they dont give a toss they broke the street date, its unusa... : vomitgod
  • yea but you cant unlock the fucker on steam, EB GAYMES shouldnt have broken the street daYTE : spaceyme
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  hadooken mate : uncle slappy
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    CRIKEY SONIC BOOM YOU BLUDGER : TastyWheat
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      fosters tiger uppercut! : kallanta
      • I want to be in a Chun Li / Cammy sanger? : SiW.
      • Yoga-roo : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Holy shit I laughed more at these than I thought I would :) : exponen7
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  Oh shits! Is it out everywhere? Palgn still lists thursday as the release date. : sethmarc
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    EB and JB are selling it. I'm about to go pick up my copy. : TastyWheat
    • One of these posts is not like the others. O_o : TrptJim
    • Work is now officially unbearable! I'm going to print out move lists and sit there in practice mode for h... : sethmarc
• Cool, it should be out here as well. Looks like I'm going shopping when I get out of the office in 2 hou... : MacemanInTW
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  SWEET http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_j2aa5yj6tgk2rx0xnt8p.jpg : TastyWheat
  • This packaging is so awesome I almost don't want to take it apart : TastyWheat
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  what about in the states? is availability today or Wednesday? : mwasher
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    Today (Tuesday) is "shipping day" - I'm guessing most places won't have it until Wednesday, but I'm sure ... : taronish
    • please tell me that's not true. I hate this shipping day bullshit : bagelcc
• also GTA 4 the lost and the damned is out in stores. but not on live : CoRDS
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  Chunners' ultra is epic : TastyWheat
  • does she actually cruch her opponents head with her thighs? : shavenewok
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  Initial Impressions - awesome. The CPU does that "Single Player Fighting Game" thing where it doesn't eve... : TastyWheat
  • I'm finding Seth in single player is damn near impossible on Medium difficulty. : bilbo202
  • ugh : pyide
  • Playing VS IS FUCKING AWESOME THOUGH OMG : TastyWheat
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  I just dont "get" 1 vs 1 fighting games. My attention span lasts for about an hour maximum before i'm bor... : Drewus
  • I'm kind of interested to see how long the hype lasts on this game. : contentious roy
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    They absolutely blow against the computer but are amazing against other people. Playing other people in-... : pyrogen
    • its really good the netcode i've been playing people from japan all week long and its been great... no... : nova_x
    • But even that doesn't hold my interest. I've played against other people in arcades and lounge rooms befo... : Drewus
  • It's not for everyone but a lot of people enjoy it. : razlebol
  • I cant speak for everyone, but I grew up playing fighting games. The original sf 2 at the local arcade, ... : sticktastic
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  HOLY SHIT. Trying to beat Seth with C.Viper is IMPOSSIBLE. She literally has nothing that is effective ag... : TastyWheat
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    From what I've read he counters everything you do if you try to fight him normally, but he falls for thin... : pyrogen
    • haha like the original sagat from sf1. i just leg sweeped him over and over till he was dead : podizzle
  • yep i just spent an hour stuck on this instead i beat it on medium with my main char guile then went o... : nova_x
• sweet action, i'm going away on holidays on Friday to the coast, hopefully I can pick it up before I go! ... : Smellsy
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  I hope it's out here today. Futureshop lists it for thursday only. I'll check ebgames. : razlebol
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    EB Games says tomorrow (18th), while FS says 19th for some reason. I'll try to pre-order at EB tonight. : mystifier
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      You called and they said 18th? Because sometime they say that just so you stop calling. They get so many ... : razlebol
      • Yeah they did. I know the guy, I don't think he'd lie to get out of it that way. He'll get in shit if it'... : mystifier
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  When is the PC version incoming? : MeestaNob
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    lol. as much as I like PC games for some things, this is a console game bub : kainen1
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      I am sure it is fine on PC if that's all he has. The original arcade version runs on a modified windows x... : razlebol
      • That the thing, I dont have a console and dont really want to buy one, so I'm just hanging out for a PC r... : MeestaNob
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  SHACK BATTLE. TONIGHT. THERE. WILL. BE. RAPE. : creep
  • awwww yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaah : r3dn3ck
  • I better be able to find a copy today, or heads will role. : mechanicalgrape