Evening Reading

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• Schedule of Events Rangemeet 10am: Meet at Richmond Rod and Gun ( www.richmondrodandgun.com ) ~12pm: : OverloadUT
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  That's like only a few days after I'm leaving that area. You make me so sad. :( : Koral06
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    I posted a few threads to find the data that the most people could make. :( : OverloadUT
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      It's ok. Next time! : Koral06
      • At how often we do things like this 'next time' will be 2011 :( : xsoulbrothax
  • W. T. F. : spazzium
• wow, that's coming up. Should be fun. : mojo the helpr monke
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  I will definitely attempt to show up for the second half : Chris Remo
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    Oh come on, you should totally show up and shoot guns with silly hats on! : xsoulbrothax
    • Remo doesn't need bullets. He'll put holes in you with his mind. : happynoodle
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    Hmm. I might try to make it if I can either find a place to crash, or get a cheap room somewhere. Wha... : Ctrl-Phreak
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      You must have missed the schedule of events reply. Check above! And you're welcome to crash at my plac... : OverloadUT
      • Yup, I'm retarded. Totally missed that post. I might have to take you up on that offer. Haven't been ... : Ctrl-Phreak
  • I will groom my chest hair for you. : hirez
  • This is a shackmeet with guns! If you come and shoot with us Chris you can leverage it as another item... : Sailor of Fortune
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  I am most likely, probably thinking I might consider showing up, maybe. : bobbman
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    I love your dedication : OverloadUT
    • Alright count me in. I just hope I'm not supposed to have duty that day. : bobbman
• I'm definitely going to the shack meet, but may not make it to the gun range. I have some acquaintances ... : spazzium
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  I'm calling the comfy couch for the night! If I'm coming up from santa cruz I deserve a good night's res... : SolveChrist
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    Depending on how much I drink, I call dibs on another couch if there is one. I'm coming from Sac with FPS : mojo the helpr monke
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      I'm coming from Santa Rosa, I guess I have nothing on you two :) : spazzium
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        I will oust all of you fuckers if I come. Riverside represent bitches. : Ctrl-Phreak
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          I have clients there, you driving all the way up? : spazzium
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            Yeah, thinking about it. I've been to quite a few shackmeets up there. It's not a bad drive. Navato is ma... : Ctrl-Phreak
            • Dude, you should totally carpool with SoCal shackers like xsoulbrothax and I did. that way you can help u... : Sailor of Fortune
        • now THAT would be a barge. : SolveChrist
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          I WIN!!!! http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Riverside&1s=CA&1y=US&1l=33.9533&1g=-117.395302&1v=CITY&2c=Nov... : bobbman
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            Wow, how close were you to the fires last year? : spazzium
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              Only a few miles, we were the only camp on base that didn't evacuate. I got to see the flames just over t... : bobbman
              • Holy crap. Yeah that area was the closest I ever got to the fires. I drove through the camp on 101 just... : spazzium
          • Damn yous! : Ctrl-Phreak
          • you live real close to some friends of mine. my wife and i have even considered moving to that area some ... : SolveChrist
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      We're staying overnight now? : FPSDavid
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        If he has the car, you're doing whatever the fuck he wants to do I think. : Ctrl-Phreak
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          lol obviously, nohomo : FPSDavid
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            I pmed you about it didn't I? I thought I asked you if it was a possibility. If you can't I'll just take ... : mojo the helpr monke
            • I'm down for whatever, bro. : FPSDavid
  • I hadn't thought about that. I'm not a fighter fan but it would probably be a great game to have there. I... : OverloadUT
• I was considering coming to this with Yosemite, and would have brought my HK USP .40 and my PX4 Storm 9mm... : racer5
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  I am gonna be there, and you all will love it. : sesmaster
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    oh snaps. I thought I got rid of you? :D : Ctrl-Phreak
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      I dug myself out after punching through the pine coffin! : sesmaster
      • Good to know. I'll upgrade to steel next time. : Ctrl-Phreak
  • I'll make sure to load the blanks for you =D : Sailor of Fortune
• I will meet you all at moylan's! : hirez
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  Is anyone considering bringing PCs? I'm down for what ever so it doesn't matter to me. : bobbman
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    No one has mentioned anything about it yet. I'll probably be hooking up my computer monitor to the second... : OverloadUT
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      Will it be worth bringing a PC? Shouldn't be too hard... : FPSDavid
      • I kinda drive like an asshole, so you might want to securely mount your shit in my trunk if you do bring ... : mojo the helpr monke
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    no way that shit is for nerds. I wanna play rock band and smash bros! : mikecyb
    • im going to bring my PC and huddle in a corner and play DOW2 just to smite you. : happynoodle
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  ER'd Rangemeet Preliminary Details: this is a long part but important and essentially a draft, details wi : Sailor of Fortune
  • I'm not going to make this shooting fun, but I can donate up to a case of Fiocchi .40 FMJ 170gr. I can ha... : racer5
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    Is there anything I should know about buying ammo in California? If its nothing major I'll be willing to ... : bobbman
    • hmm, nothing really. don't buy Hollow point or anything like that since we're only shooting paper and not... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Guns I'm bringing: Mosin Nagant (Carbine) Remmington 870 Notes about ammo: The mosin fires 7.62x : mojo the helpr monke
    • I've seen 7.62x54r at some offshoot Sporting goods shops. And yes, it's a motherfucking big ass round to ... : Sailor of Fortune
• Alright alright I'll change my response to "I'll go for sure" now since I'm definitely in for the Rangeme... : AltZero
• cant wait to have a day filled w/ shackers again. Its been a while. : happynoodle

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  oh god remember when fanta had something like this, there were so many fucking lols from shacker made one... : papaskot
  • Yeah I remember those. : DOOManiac
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    Oh dude, I was so bummed when that site eventually went away. : Serpico74
    • !! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19306753#itemanchor_19306753 : papaskot
    • it's too bad that it's gone. lots of lol's from that site. although i must admit, i still haven't had the... : Mmmmmoo
  • yeah we had a lot of fun from those fanta shokata commercials. : barichnikov
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  My contribution: http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/index.php?module=see&lang=uk&code=9ec2ad6c53629e067... : pigvomit
  • Holy shit dude, hahahahah. The ending! : notd665
  • Oh lol brilliant. : Dontdrop
  • i lol'd : Mmmmmoo
  • LOL this was amazing : noodleboy723
  • haha. good shit pig. : chilln
  • HAHAHAHAHA holy fucking omfg lol : Downforce
  • HAHA, holy shit. : Visceral Monkey
  • HAHAHAHAHAHAHA holy fuck you win mr vomit : crummynz
  • olol : lightly inclined
  • Holy lol. : spazzium
  • lol, well done : stuka
  • lol I busted out laughing and woke my roommate up : sparkly
  • pure gold : MikkleThePickle
  • well deserved lol : dooberzoo
  • perfect. : klearlyunseen
  • Well played sir. : five_percent
  • hahahaha : thekidd
  • haha this is great : jimmy_legs
  • oh noooooos : mmaster_pw
  • well done : redfive
  • A+ lol : ThomW
  • oh man this is great : prime8
  • Awesome last line. : BoKnows
  • hahaha winner : kill9
  • wow wow wow hahaha : GBeer11
  • win :-) : biofrog
  • Funniest thing I will see today. Absolutely wonderful ending. : Lionhart32935
  • rofl god : ateam311
  • hahahahahahahahaha. GOLDEN : AMikaboshi
  • hahahahha oh fuck : Bull
  • haha nice : breadsticks
  • holy shit i'm surprised at how funny that was, gj : kgargonmagrix79
  • LOL! : zohar79
  • Perfectly done. : dumb.
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    blocked at work, wtf. will check out at home. : Phil
    • it was glorious and lol worthy! : Phil
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  these are just hilarious considering I can understand what they're actually saying... and the text that's... : ninjamoo
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    now you know how I feel about all those führer's bunker scenes from the downfall : AbortedFetusChristi
    • I know what they're saying too because I saw the movie. : datoo
  • lol so what are they saying : hobosapien
  • You mean they're not actually talking about TF2? : bipolar
  • Heh, similarly amusing for me. : Dontdrop
  • you should translate them for us : AllYourBase
• My scout movie: http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/index.php?module=see&lang=uk&code=2a8d228ae78bb7d235bf9... : chilln
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  this took much longer than 30 seconds: http://www.grapheine.com/classiktv/index.php?module=see&lang=uk&c... : abovedefault
  • hhahahah. I love how abruptly it ends. : Agrona
• http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/index.php?module=see&lang=uk&code=4eba2fe4a0ecaf5840f727a5db10060f : mr.sleepy
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  http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/index.php?module=see&lang=uk&code=0d1c737bdae3bf87f7fda8a61ac1c0f1 : mr.sleepy
  • HAHHHAAHAAHAHAHA So good i cant even get the ratio of H's to A's right : johnwissinger
  • lol : .frame
  • The very last part needs an 'I came' : Clasifyd
  • fucking amazing : boring gegtik
  • wtf sleepy, you made something that's actually funny. : action roommate

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  AHHHHHH. I can definitely hear it. I can also hear CRT TVs 15khz hum. It's really annoying to wal... : Freon
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    Yep. I can hear a CRT TV turn on rooms away, even if it's muted. : ArcKnight
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      yeah me too. I hate that noise. Also, the noise backlighting of things like Indiglo or a Logitech Harmo... : jimmy_legs
      • Me three. It gets pretty irritating. : quadeh
    • I could do that as a kid, no more :( I could still hear that sound in the OP. : dael
    • That's pretty much what it sounds like to me too : peter
• oh yes, i hear that : EvilDolemite
• That sound was pretty annoying. : pigvomit
• Ow! Why did I click that? Ugh. I wouldn't mind being deaf to that pitch to be honest. It would make CR... : cannelbrae
• AH FUCK OFF WITH THAT I'm 28 : stelth
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  that's gotta be bullshit. Who the hell can't hear that? : edgewise
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    I'm with you. It's way too loud and clear for it to be something anyone would have trouble with. I've hea... : Ctrl-Phreak
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      I guess the question is, can the average computer speaker/set of headphones output the actual sound frequ... : ArcKnight
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        More specifically, if the sound is out of range (.wav, mp3, whatever), what will the software codecs do? : jimmy_legs
        • Rape your ears apparently. : Ctrl-Phreak
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          the software doesn't know what the frequency range of your speakers is. it will just output the sound and... : Mansmells
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            Yeah that makes sense. didn't think that process through before opening my mouth :) : jimmy_legs
            • You made sense though, you can encode MP3s to cut out high and low frequencies, which could result in tha... : OmegaRed59
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        That's probably a good question. I would imagine it would just output nothing if it couldn't handle it th... : Ctrl-Phreak
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          Average hearing range goes up to something like 20KHz a bit less for adults/those with loss (http://hyper... : jimmy_legs
          • Update: my brother ran it through audacity, 14KHz. : jimmy_legs
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        my Logitech's don't, I think its just outside the range of these speakers. I plugged in headphones and... : Shadowdane
        • nevermind i turned up the volume a bit and I definitely hear it... didn't realize how low I had the vo... : Shadowdane
      • ^^^^^^^^^ : ieGod
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  Jesus fucking christ that's a horrible sound. I can't imagine not being able to hear that. : Ctrl-Phreak
  • It'd be awesome if I couldn't : valael
• I can barely hear it, but after it stops playing my ears are still ringing. :X : DOOManiac
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  My hearing is fucked, I can't hear people in bars when they talk to me but I can hear that. : Rodeoclash
  • Same, trying to hear a voice in bars or with music loud in the bg sucks. I'm always saying "what" waaaay ... : Super Sparker
  • Same, trying to hear a voice in bars or with music loud in the bg sucks. I'm always saying "what" waaaay ... : Super Sparker
• I can hear it, even though I'm 36 and likely have hearing loss due to years of playing in music groups. : Bold
• I'm older than you and I can definitely (painfully!) hear it. Then again I've been fairly cautious about... : LilCrypto
• I'm so glad that's not the brown noise. : pigvomit
• With a URL like that, I'll pass. : Bumpmapped
• Dude my phones screen makes this noise whenever it's on, SO fucking annoying! The TV too, my roommates mo... : noodleboy723
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  That made my face scrunch up involuntarily :( : thecray
  • I twitched and yanked my headphones off my head... it probably didn't help that I turned them up quite a ... : Ctrl-Phreak
• jesus fucking christ I HATE YOU >:( : Megara9
• I didn't hear a fucking thing! Then I turned off mute and heard an annoying sound. : classicfork
• is it michael jackson? i'm 33 and I can hear a really high-pitched noise that drills into my brain. : radula
• I WISH I couldn't hear that God damnit OW fuck you >:( : Begawkiness
• I can hear it. : lightly inclined
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  I can't hear a thing. Is this supposed to be a joke? :| : mwasher
  • try headphones or different speakers : jimmy_legs
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    me either! : Dave-A
    • hmm with headphones i can hear a slight kind of buzzing noise : Dave-A
  • try the mp3. the link doesn't work for me in chrome, and is wacky in FF3. I had to download the mp3, an... : dopeman
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  28 years old and that was piecing my ears. And my hearing is terrible from over 100 concerts without ear ... : NexusOne
  • Created by Train Horns Sound Experts - Make your car or truck loud as hell! lol at the tagline at the bo... : NexusOne
• I'm 26 and don't hear anything, is this a joke dudes : firebone
• I hear it. I turn 25 in two weeks, I'll let you know if something changes. : megarust32
• I hear it. : ant_hillbilly
• I have some pretty bad hearing damage and tinnitus and I can hear that loud and clear : lord_omega
• Reminds me of the ringing in my ears the day after an AC/DC concert. Our seats were right below a bank o... : riptyde
• I'm 25 and I . . . wish I couldn't hear it! : OmegaRed59
• I can totally hear it and its goddamn obnoxious. (37) : hirez
• my ears, they bleed : buzzbat
• ahhh it sounds like the ringing in my ears. i can sorta hear it but it just sounds like my ears are ringi... : [fry]
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  Here ----> http://www.philsized.com/mosquito.mp3 This is supposed to be the sound only kids can hear.... : Phil
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    Jesus fuck that's painful. : ArcKnight
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      I can only hear the background crowd noise. But my kids say there's a fucking horrendous REEEEK REREEEEK... : Phil
      • It is kinda annoying. Also, I think I'm going deaf in my left ear, as it is quieter in that one. : Rag and Bone Man
      • that is fucking annoying. For me I don't hear a sound as if it were coming from my speakers, it sounds : esecasco
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    I hear a squeaking noise that oscillates between silence. Do kids hear something in the silent part? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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      I can't hear (or supposedly people over 25 can't hear, this squeaking part) : Phil
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        fuck it phil we may be old but that doesn't stop us from jerking off to pictures of young chicks. am i ri... : [fry]
        • i really should just drain the fucking ATM and head south. it would be glorious. : Phil
        • I think you're channeling mace tonight. : ArcKnight
        • go on.... : wtf242
  • once again, 33 and I can hear it : fatalsync
  • I hear it, like a pulscating high pitched squeal. It's barely audible, but if I didn't expect to hear som... : .sticks.
  • i can hear background noise faintly like a crowd.... 26 here :\ : mwasher
  • 31 and I can hear it. : riptyde
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    22, couldn't hear it. : Bamtan
    • Oh wait, I turned it up, and yeah there's a screech. : Bamtan
  • Yeah. This is more like it. I can hear it, and it's annoying as fuck, but I can see where people may not ... : Ctrl-Phreak
  • I missed it the first time, but could barely make it out the second time. : Kaerof
  • i hear it : feek
  • I can hear it fairly well, an extremely high pitched ringing. I'd say that's pretty close to the top ran... : father_crown
  • 22 and REEK REEK REEK REEK! not strong at all, but enough to catch my attention within 5 minutues and mak... : noobja
  • i hear a bit of ear bleeding screeching : AMikaboshi
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    the pulsating noise is more annoying than the straight up one. I guess these things are meant to keep a ... : jimmy_legs
    • I don't hear any constant tone, just a high pitched heartbeat type of noise and that regular street backg... : edgewise
  • This one is good. Its barely audible, but very annoying. Even better than the noise on the iPhone Sound... : AltZero
  • I had to turn it up and put my ear next to the speaker to hear it, but when I did it was painful. : nurglich
  • If I turn it up I can hear it faintly... 34 : SeaLlama
  • i've been to many loud shows without plugs. too scared to try to listen to this : wtf242
  • I can hear it just fine. : edgewise
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    wtf that's not squeaking that kids' voices giggling and then shushing : Megara9
    • thats the only thing i am hearing too o - : minigomp
    • That high pitched squeak has frequency components centered around the same point as the op's website. If ... : ieGod
  • man, i'm 27 and i've been to a lot of loud shows and clubs and shit and i can still hear it that's goo... : Mr.SEX
  • 24 and I hear it just fine : sanchez
  • OWWWW. had my volume up too high, and i dont think i could have heard much worse of a noise than that. : abovedefault
  • 23 and I hear that. Which is surprising. I thought my hearing was awful. : mittense
  • 30 and can hear it, but i listen to a lot of strange mrsleepy approved music. : deathofrats
  • SOB, I can only hear that in my left ear. <sigh> : smacknca
  • Fuck that noise >:( : locater16
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    All I can hear is background noise. It is incredibly bizarre to think that there is actually also some lo... : Chris Remo
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      I wonder if, after turning this way up to try and hear it, I am inadvertently annoying the shit out of so... : Chris Remo
      • Open your windows, aim the speakers towards them, and watch the carnage on the streets below. : Prozium
      • hahaha, this gives me new ideas to try when the neighbor kids hide in my yard while playing hide and seek... : happynoodle
    • yea that was basically my reaction when i discovered i can only hear it in one ear. it proves i have in ... : smacknca
    • Unless your volume is cranked, it isn't all that loud. It's just a way higher frequency than all of the o... : ctlaltl33t
  • Wow, I can hear it. Yay. : WhatIsThisFor
  • I'm 24, that's an incredibly high pitch. : DerHuhnTeufel
  • Ok you know that was only slightly painful at first, but it seems to be getting worse long after I stoppe... : DerHuhnTeufel
  • All I hear is background noise :-( 29, : thedude
  • "An audio codec is needed to hear this file." I doubt I'd be able to hear it anyway. : LeapingFool
  • Yeah I got that one, but only when I turned it up alot. I never herd the OP. Im 26 fyi. : IATEDUST
  • I can barely hear it. That makes me feel old now :( : ColoradoCNC
  • 36 here and holy shit REEEEEK REEEEEK : stuka
  • I hear the squeaking sound along with all the background noise. I must have dog ears or something. : lightly inclined
  • sounds like a squeeky bike wheel : dopeman
  • I hear it. It's more annoying than the baconisgod's. : Conan
  • I've heard that they use this to keep kids away from areas. I have this idea that it won't scare them off... : DeBurgo
  • i can't hear it. :( god, how depressing. : biskits
  • I tried this last night and couldn't really hear it. :| : CrustaR
• 33, I can hear it : fatalsync
• 33 and I can hear it. It caught my cat's attention. : RuffasBluetain
• AGGHHH. THat does not sound like a mosquito buzzing. It's more like my head caving in with headphones o... : reelbk
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  ow it sounds like tinnitus : father_crown
  • yeah : shirif
• loud and clear : feek
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  I'm 28 and that's the most horrible sound ever, wtf? : skitzo
  • ich auch : MoreVespeneGas
• http://www.hulu.com/watch/31514/the-simpsons-hearing-test : Dschinghis Khan
• 32 and I can hear it although when it dims down it almost becomes inaudible. But damn, it's still ringin... : SolrFlare
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  I can't hear a constant sound but I do hear a really high pitched sound when the mp3 first starts. After... : bRAINsick
  • 28 btw : bRAINsick
• 27, i could hear it but both my parents (60+) cant : nova_x
• Crashed FF for me and my 400mb download :( : Iwannaacura
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  yeah this is like when fucking CRT televisions are turned on. I can hear that bullshit from two rooms awa... : aeg1x
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    Tested it on my mother (52) and she can't hear it at all. It's super clear for me so I was genuinely surp... : aeg1x
    • yah my Dad can't hear anything above about 14-15khz, the timer on the new oven they got. Yah he can't he... : Shadowdane
  • Yeah, my parents used to say they didnt believe me when I could hear that a TV was on. That confused me a... : jake2000
  • yeah i get that too : disembodied potato
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  26 and absolutley amazed I can hear that. I have been to many concerts and was in a few bands when I was... : bld
  • give it ten years :( : Dave-A
• Thanks, currently annoying my neighbor with this while he does his paper on my computer. I hear nothing ... : Boxelder
• Ahhh god that's annoying, 29 can hear it loud and clear. Sounds like a buzzing TV or electronic. Oww : thedude
• That's not that bad. It'd be annoying sure but nothing that'd stop me from hanging around someplace I lik... : DerHuhnTeufel
• It sounds like the noise that comes from tvs and monitors, AND HOLY GOD IS IT FUCKING ANNOYING : boarder2
• 27, can hear it easily despite hearing damage from playing in rock bands for half my life... This is gon... : TabsAZ
• i can hear it. also my cat wants to kill you : CoRDS
• 35, can't hear a damn thing. : Dimmona
• 31 and ouch, definitely can hear that : Holesinswiss
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  Well I don't know what the hell. Firefox doesn't load me any clickable button so I have to download it. I... : LeapingFool
  • Ah, I see that the source file is 48KHz, but my project was set at 44.1KHz. Once I sync up the frequency,... : LeapingFool
  • Maybe WMP's decoder is applying a high-freq filter. : nudel
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  I can hear it. 30 (I have tinnitus :[ ) : afrochops
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    i used to have tinnitus but i cured it : filthysock
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      are you serious? how? : afrochops
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        classical music on ultra low volume with the ipod a few hours a day, took a couple of weeks : filthysock
        • I did this with jurassic park. Just have it at the lowest possible level where you can barely hear. You c... : LoioshDwaggie
      • no one on the shack is serious : yautja
• 27 and i want to kill kittens now : happynoodle
• 34 and I can hear it. : ShoCon
• yeah i hear it, doesnt really bother me? : podizzle
• 25, and yes. Ow, jesus that hurt. : felicia
• I'm 36 and that's fucking annoying : skunk_ape
• OUCH. I guess my ears aren't that shot. :| : Rice-Rocketeer
• 37 and I can hear it. high pitched and annoying. I guess all the gunfire/APC riding/raves without earplug... : freakord
• I can hear it no problem at 29. Annoying sound. Then again, I hear CRT monitors. : Conan
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  44 and I can hear it, but mp3s don't go over 15khz, so this is a totally retarded test : jcupitt
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    Isn't that just a function of what the encoder is set to? : TabsAZ
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      I think it mostly depends on the bitrate. Even at 160 kb/s you get very little about 16 khz. Not an exper... : jcupitt
      • It's absolutely a function of bitrate. : trevis
  • you can force the encoder to not apply the high-pass filter : Shadowdane
• 31. can hear it. : fsck
• 38. Can't hear shit. : Tissen
• 33 and I have a ton of hearing damage from too much time spent screaming in a rock band. I hear it loud a... : master_disaster_17
• i'm going to blame the range of my headphones rather than my stupid ears : kill9
• 24, I hear it just like I can hear my TV left on after a console is turned off. I hate that. : Just A Girl
• Wow. I'm 38 and I can hear it. : godhatingatheist
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  my hi-freq hearing is really sensitive I can hear a TV that's been left on from rooms away (even if there... : boring gegtik
  • I can do that too. Drives the wife nuts when I tell her she left a TV on somewhere in the house. : tboomer2
• I can hear it and it makes my teeth hurt!! : risimage
• 33 and MAKE IT STOP PLEASE : inchwide
• 35 don't hear a damn thing. : stonedonkey
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  I just left this on in my office and the old dude who is 67 could hear it. : hirosushima
  • the old dude who is the guy I share an office with. : hirosushima
• 33 cant hear it. Do I need speakers ? : Cashh
• 23 and I couldnt hear it. : Unleashed
• 35 and it just sounds like speaker tweeter feedback. : MatthewPhillips
• 27 i can hear it : changejar419
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  I'm over 40 and can hear it : peter
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    haha! over 40! (sorry) : dfz0r
    • 41 : peter
• 39 and only my right ear hears it. : Jeepy McJeeperton
• 34 and I didn't hear it. : PoopStewart
• Should I be hearing voices howling awful truths? : c0bra
• Oh fuck, that's unpleasant. Yes, I can definitely hear it. 31 here. : gooblerampling
• 23 and I can hear it. It's not annoying though since I already have tinnitus. I shoulda worn ear plugs. : melkore
• 27, can hear it : ra1n
• 33, drummer, and i can hear it \o/ : [7]kami
• It hear can I. 35 am I. : SlamDunk
• That is awful and it pisses my dog off! : _myself_
• I'm 30 and hear it. It is super annoying. : baronzemo78
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  This is what I hear almost all the time, though this would be an ostentatious example of it at its worst. : thief
  • me too, great now I'm thinking about it AHHHH : kelerian
• 31 and I cant hear anything. my wife is 30 and can hear it. : rmjackson
• 30 and I can hear it. Its really loud. : .frame
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  28, can't hear anything : jbury
  • Ahhh my volume was off. Yeah I can hear it : jbury
• I really think the problem here is most sound cards/speakers/whatever aren't producing the sound at the e... : OverloadUT
• I'm 27 and i have hearing damage :( : biskits
• I can hear it good thing the clip isn't very long. 29. : RogerDandy
• i can hear it, 25 : disembodied potato
• 38...hell yes I heard that...and it was truly unpleasant... : SKI242
• 38 and i can hear it. What frequency is that? 16k? : trevis
• I'm 36 with poor hearing and I can hear that. : Pneum0

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• i don't think so, i am loving it. : Dschinghis Khan
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  i love the new scout. I'm addicted again : mista mista
  • Same. While pretty useless, the sandman makes for some fucking funny hijinks. : gnomish
• I like sniping with all the scouts running around. Utterly hopeless, but very fun. : daedraug
• nvidia driver update fixed all my issues. : hirez
• thought has crossed my mind as well, hoping once all the scouts die down it'll be ok : fletch_
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  the main thing to remember to counter the sandman, is to remember to always duck, you see a scout, just s... : Dschinghis Khan
  • heh, there's a duck button??? : Cihte
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    Haha you know that's considered a cheat in tournies. It actually screws with the model hit detection for ... : terath
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      Who in their right mind would consider ducking, which is a totally normal thing in shooters, to be cheati... : MacemanInTW
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        No if you spam the duck button apparently it causes the model to "pop" as it switches between states. Sup... : terath
        • Ahh. : MacemanInTW
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          I'm still not seeing the problem. Aim for their feet? : ieGod
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            yeah that's not a cheat, the button is there to be used and coded into the game. : redfive
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              It sounds like people are confusing "cheat" with "bug." : elwood00
              • Exploiting a bug would be cheating, no? : Haku-Jin
      • i remember NO JUMPING MoH servers : dantastic
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  bah, same thing happened with the pyro. Update comes out and everyone plays the class constantly, then in... : locater16
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    pyro stayed pretty popular on pubs for months : RikiTiki2
    • That's because Valve had their head up their ass for months and finally got around to removing the backbu... : DerHuhnTeufel
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  The more stun/slow/bounce around additions they add, the less I like the game. Next up, tar grenades, ice... : terath
  • what you don't like being tossed around? : RikiTiki2
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    Agreed. Anything in a video game that takes control of your character away from you is almost always a ba... : vile
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      nerf warlocks! : aldraek
      • lawl, l2p qq lol : bundy
    • Totally, roots in MMOs are fine, you can still react. Stuns/Fears in MMOs and other genres are just dumb... : Derringer
    • Yes, it drives me crazy. Especially when they lock the camera as well. So frustrating. Even when it's ... : nudel
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      like respawn timers? : dooberzoo
      • When there are workable alternatives to forcing people to sit and watch, yes. : Beady
    • It's not really opinion, it's more like rock solid fact... : frib
    • Nope, stun and slow effects have always been there. I just can't stand whining people anymore. ... : Johnnsen
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      I can't fully agree if you also apply this to things like cutscenes, but as part of the gameplay? Absolut... : Arceihn
      • Agreed. Cutscenes are fine but ANY kind of pause in a game must be cancellable. That includes death seque... : Marrbe
  • yup i hate having control taken away from me. : yacoub35
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  None of them are that special to me. I hate that they lowered the damage on the normal scattergun, and th... : DerHuhnTeufel
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    They lowered the damage on the scattergun? Do you have a link? : Juno
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      I'm wondering about that.. I played Scout for a while after being away for a few months, and it immediate... : xsoulbrothax
      • I dunno, I was having no problem flattening unsuspecting engineers from behind this evening. : Juno
  • They didnt lower the damage on the Scattergun? : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Im sure some PRO-gamer orginsation will develop a mod that will remove all the fun that you'll be able to... : VuduChild
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    Do you still not understand why leagues have rules like they do? They eliminate spam and randomness, acce... : Felraiser
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      I'm actually not to worried about the unlocks in 6v6 or 7v7. It'll be interesting to see how they are us... : terath
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        http://www.xfire.com/video/80657/ : Felraiser
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          Interesting use of the sandman there. Also, it's always amazing to watch scouts with aim like that. : terath
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            Yeah, it's great to see people who can really push a class near its theoretical limits play. : Felraiser
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              But you know what, I'm not the type of guy who pushes a class near/to its theoretical limits, nor are mos : yosemiteclimber
              • Good games tonight, by the way. : Felraiser
      • jeez this person is making all those jumps in one try. : papaskot
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        Shotgun jumping? As an ex-Quakeworld player that just seems wrong to me. Ignoring the fact it seems silly... : nudel
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          The problem with this weapon jump is that you can't not do it if you're in midair. As a result, in a sens... : Felraiser
          • Seems sort of unfair that the Pyros air-blast doesnt achieve the same end result to me too : VuduChild
    • im just stirring, like last time, no fires here. : VuduChild
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  TF Games always used to be about movement. For some reason (well, to make the game playable on consoles),... : Beady
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    Yeah. My first impressions of the new scout gun are negative. I like the idea that you can do cool trick ... : datoo
    • I don't have a problem with the FAN or the Bonk drink. It's The Sandman that seems to be the culprit here... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • That's whats its feeling like at the moment after playing for 2 days now. It's the first weapon where it ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  the scout's role changed drastically, i think the only thing scouts effectively can't do as of now are he... : DrFlammable
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    lol yeah if you think so. I can't kill shit with the force a nature. You can launch people, but killing a... : Johnnsen
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      You're doing it wrong then. : DrFlammable
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        Yeah sure, killing heavy's running around the battlefield. But if you can kill a medic+heavy pair with it... : Johnnsen
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          Unlike you ,Flammable is actually good at TF2. : alias
          • alias post : RikiTiki2
• I don't think so. : Johnnsen
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  People need to calm down. Look, the scouts have more versatility to deal with dumb shit on the field, as... : kainen1
  • There you go off on expecting teamwork for shack servers. How DARE you! : alias
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    re: dumb shit - not really. when I used to play 6v6 clan matches my main job as a scout was to intercept ... : DrFlammable
    • Oh no we agree - that's what I'm trying to say, it's the scouts job in life to pick off, harass, and inte... : kainen1
• In two months, I think all good scouts (ie .1% of current scouts) will use the original 3 weapons, with t... : pleasedpig
• Scouts burn really well and suck at taking out an entrenched defense. I love it. : melkore
• Sandman is unbelievably overpowered, if you can aim the ball it pretty much guarantees you a free kill. ... : Darky_06
• Don't play for a week and it'll all settle out. : Pneum0

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• The stuff you mention makes sense if you've watched the whole series, but there is still lots of stuff th... : riptyde
• I had similar thoughts when my mom and sister decided to watch BSG with me last Friday. Absolutely worst ... : theangrywaffles
• It makes plenty of sense. Stuff is unexplained, this is the penultimate season. If you watched the show f... : Bamtan
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  God you're a fucking idiot. How have we been friends for 8 years, I seriously want to know. I fucking t... : ejectorpod
  • ^^^^^^ : barichnikov
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    Nah, he's been sensible. If you can't enter a show at any stage and have at least a vague idea of what's ... : randomposter
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      I have no fucking idea why I thought you were a cool guy. : ejectorpod
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        Also your opinion is dead wrong, and not just about Lost. Should you be able to pick up a book, skip 3/4... : ejectorpod
        • Also my previous reply was too mean, I think I'm just in a fighting mood tonight because I want Locke to : ejectorpod
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          See post below, this was meant explicitly about recurring TV shows that aren't inherently episodic in nat... : randomposter
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            No I think you missed the point that you're wrong. Most if not all TV shows as defined are RECURRING. Y... : ejectorpod
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              No. I'm really not meaning that. : randomposter
              • Okay then. : ejectorpod
    • Bullshit. : airrob
    • That's obviously your opinion, and not an indisputable fact. This isn't a sitcom. : MaxPete82
    • wrong : opengl128
    • That's a pretty silly sentiment. The show is heavily serialized just like Babylon 5, Deadwood, Dexter an... : WhatIsThisFor
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      yes, if you can't ignore 50 hours of previous character and plot development and immediately understand w... : derelict515
      • also any movie you can't start halfway through and understand completely = stupid shit. you heard it here... : derelict515
    • hahaha I always knew I didn't like you for a reason : boomstickah
    • yeah i often throw on a movie and fast forward to the last fifteen minutes, and if i don't know what's go... : EvilDolemite
    • That's ridiculous. It is irrational to expect, for example, a book to make sense if you start 2/3rds of ... : Vantage
    • The show you're looking for is called a "procedural." I have some issues with the writing on Lost (I s... : Nobody Good
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      yeah i immediately label the author of a book retarded if i can't pick it up 2/3rds of the way through an... : gokart.
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        ALLOWED. Anyway, I never said anything about books. This was a discussion on TV shows. Nice strawman t... : randomposter
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          what is so unique about tv rather than books and movies that this law of yours doesn't apply? I'd love to... : derelict515
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            Seriously, I want to know this too. : ejectorpod
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              You guys honestly think medium means nothing? Here's the fucking difference: YOU DONT JUST STUMBLE UPO... : randomposter
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                So, because Lost is...something different than most other TV shows in your view, it's bad writing? Maybe... : ejectorpod
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                  This is exactly it. This isn't TV in the 1980s where you could only see what's coming in from your cable ... : Prozium
                  • I'm totally fine with him saying it's not friendly to new viewers, but to say that makes it BAD WRITING i... : ejectorpod
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                So, you're basically saying that no work of fiction in a given medium can break the constraints of that m... : Nobody Good
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                  i give up : randomposter
                  • Awesome! I win! : Nobody Good
                • Granted, if Lost were airing in a time before DVD or streaming internet, I think it would be a failure. ... : Nobody Good
              • you say that as if the show is written with any intention to let new viewers in via a random episode. Why... : derelict515
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                If you want formulaic tv than stick to formulaic shows such as House, ER, Quantum Leap, Star Trek and jus... : two50six
                • Just FYI although I've already capitulated on this debate, I hate formulaic TV. If that seems contrary to : randomposter
        • It's the same deal. You're saying that if you walk in mid-way through a story you should be able to get ... : WhatIsThisFor
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          i don't understand you're difficulty understanding what is basically a direct comparison, nor you unwilli... : gokart.
          • man my grammar is fucked tonight. i'm gonna remove myself from the internets. : gokart.
        • "Allowed"? lol are you kidding me? : two50six
        • Even tho Lost is one of my favoritte shows, the writing really isnt all that good. They do make up shit a... : minigomp
    • Looks like you should stick to sitcoms. : devi| dog
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      Ahahaha, yes THE WRITER. All TV must be episodic. CORRECT. : brickmatt
      • Lol, I had no idea this was the same guy. It's not even worth arguing about now. : devi| dog
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      Clarification: This is a recurring tv show, right? I can pick up an episode of 24 halfway through a se : randomposter
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        Dude just stop, we're going to pick this apart too. Partly because you're saying LOST has bad writing an : ejectorpod
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          I could have reasonably chosen any show that's not inherently episodic to illustrate my point. I can watc : randomposter
          • themartyr : Nobody Good
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            LOL dude, I don't know. You're picking out aspects that are convenient for a show as if I couldn't do th... : ejectorpod
            • Or, better yet, maybe you think you're making solid arguments and we're all pissed that you're dissing ou... : ejectorpod
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              The whole point is that the OP COULDN'T do that with Lost. : randomposter
              • Actually I don't think that's what he was saying at all. All of the things he mentioned are O_o that mos... : ejectorpod
      • So your complaint is one of positioning / marketing. How does that imply bad writing? : Nobody Good
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        thewriter says serial tv shows are not allowed to exist, everything must be one-off episodes, make it so : derelict515
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          how bout you derelict my balls but seriously, I didn't say that - ANYWHERE. read. : randomposter
          • he can derelict his own balls thank you : Jackass1233
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        I hope far more shows in the future have such problems, and it seems they are heading that way - all the ... : VuduChild
        • The whole thing about story arcs and character development have nothing to do with being able to hit the ... : randomposter
    • You are so incredibly wrong. Of course it would be easier for a show to gain viewers if they did this, b... : boarder2
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      totally agreed, ignore all the lost homers, they are just pissed they've vested so much of their lives in... : Jackass1233
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        yes because Lost is the only show with a long running story that requires that you watch every episode : derelict515
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          okay, lost and all the TV shows like it fucking blow : Jackass1233
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            Awesome? Any other opinions you want to share? I'm about to go to bed so make it snappyl. : WhatIsThisFor
            • Yeah in my opinion my opinion is by far the most important which makes me king : Jackass1233
          • i hear books are for fags confirm/deny : derelict515
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      it's a good thing you changed your username : mikecyb
      • Mike it's good to have you in this subthread. : ejectorpod
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      same goes for books if I can't just pick a page and have it make sense it's pretty bullshit if you ask me : filtersweep
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        ok you guys read some bad fucking books if you compare all of them to Lost, a TV show, where the writing ... : randomposter
        • Funny thing is that you don't even know what a strawman is. : WhatIsThisFor
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          it's cool man I just read comic books because I can just pick them up whenever I want and don't have to w... : filtersweep
          • I will pretty much only read the hours between 3am and 10am in the TV Guide and I totally know what's on ... : mikecyb
        • strawman is the new internet defense for 'I didn't think this out enough to realize there are plenty of a... : derelict515
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          Dude this is basically what it sounds like: Lost's writing is bad because you can't just jump into the m... : ejectorpod
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            I'm saying that the OP essentially demonstrated that Lost is entirely inaccessible to new viewers, I reck... : randomposter
            • You reckon wrong. Try re-recoking. : WhatIsThisFor
            • they have recap episodes all the time, ads on abc.com are 5 minute series recaps, etc. They show is desig... : derelict515
            • They don't need to do that. Their audience is built-in. It was large enough from season 1 and 2 that th... : EvilDolemite
            • Lost is incredibly unfriendly to new viewers, but that doesn't make the writing bad. All the shit captai... : mikecyb
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              I agree.. I can't get into the season right now because what goes on in any given episode makes no sense ... : Megara9
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                if your goals don't align with thewriter's then you pretty much have failed at life, there's a right way ... : derelict515
                • If only someone with quite a bit of experience in television would chime in. : Prozium
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                  wtf are you talking about my goals align with the writer's? That makes no sense whatsoever : Megara9
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                    my point was just you're in the same boat but you realize it has nothing to do with bad writing, while he... : derelict515
                    • isn't done his way then it's bad yeah because my credits include working on every successful sitcom ev... : randomposter
        • Where are the rules written that the TV medium MUST be this certain way? Shows like Lost tells a story, m... : MaxPete82
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      Clarification: I think Lost sucks. You think I suck. The end. You guys win! Have a party. : randomposter
      • oh come on don't bail out on us you were doing so well! : mikecyb
      • Cool, it's going to be a DVD party. Know what we're watching? Sopranos, because the party can only be a : ejectorpod
      • no, i don't think you suck. i think you criticizing a long-running show without knowing its foundations ... : EvilDolemite
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        it's mostly your authoritarian take on something completely subjective that millions of people seem to no... : derelict515
        • ^^ well put and spot on : two50six
      • This subthread was pretty awesome. and more proof that we need "retarded" tags to go with lol and inf. : Senate5000
      • PARTY! *<8) : Vantage
      • we dont think you suck, we just know youre wrong. : klearlyunseen
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      i agree with you. Twice now ive seen the first season. Bits and pieces of the show when it first original... : -=kodiak=-
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        notice how no one who's actually watching the show and commenting in the threads ever say 'omg wtf they'r... : derelict515
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          well to be fair some of the first season and especially the second season is pretty meandering and almost... : mikecyb
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            That's a pretty good description of how it was heh. I'm really curious to see how well shows could be do... : Senate5000
            • well especially early on like a season 1 they need to keep the show accessible until they reach some crit... : derelict515
          • certainly true, although even when it was plodding along I never thought the writing itself was really ba... : derelict515
          • exactly. The first season has NO focus, nothing but questions, no real answers... no real plot, character... : -=kodiak=-
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          I know more than one person who watches the show avidly who's said lately it seems they're making it up a... : rudds
          • I really don't see why they would think that. More than ever the show has been tying off loose ends at a ... : derelict515
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          while you brought up BSG, i dont think that show is all that and a bag of fries to begin with. again, ... : -=kodiak=-
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            well I won't comment on the sillyness of catching random late season episodes ;) But yes, my point was... : derelict515
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              hey when i catch a BSG epsidode of dudes kicking ass... or that 1 epsiode where starbuck was going to inv... : -=kodiak=-
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                You don't care about it because you don't know anything about the characters and have no vested emotion e... : Vantage
                • yea i get where you're going with this. i think the main problem is i knew too much about the characte... : -=kodiak=-
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        Not every show is going to appeal to everyone. So if you didn't like the first season you probably would... : Senate5000
        • i caught a lot of re run episodes of season 4 of lost... between reading the shack and what my friends ha... : -=kodiak=-
    • lol please stop. The show is very well written and does as intended. lexiphanic. : two50six
    • Babylon 5 called and said you suck. : Conan
    • Lost, Heroes, 24, other popular TV show that's complete crap... they're all crap. : sKetchflow
    • This subthread is done to death, but The Wire called and wants to know what the fuck you are talking abou... : peanut-
    • I cannot take your posts seriously about any kind of media. : Evil Benius
    • I usually think you are a little too "thewriter-ish" but I totally agree with you there. : gooblerampling
    • That's total bull. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • ejectorpod ftw : VuduChild
• Man, it's like that with any drama series. Imagine trying to explain the main story thread of X-Files 5 s... : MaxPete82
• Dunno what you expect out of a serialized sci-fi flavored adventure show. : jake2000
• it's a year 2009 soap opera. nothing more. people die and undie or time moves or whatever, just like days... : [fry]
• I can say for certain that not one person in this world knows what's going on. Not even the writers them... : Edges
• I tried watching the first few episodes and it didn't really grab me. While I can appreciate going for a ... : ColoradoCNC
• a) spoiler that shit b) It's good stuff. Inconsistent, but often clever too with threads weaving througho... : node
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  i stopped watching after the second episode of this season. it just got so dumb. : jono181
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    your dumb. : scottythejock
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      you're : ass-street
      • No, your : scottythejock
  • lol : silent prophet
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  i'd love to hear what you think is a GOOD show, because it probably sucks even more than Lost : kill9
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    if that was intended for me as a mispost, my favourite shows are (in no particular order) are The Soprano... : randomposter
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      it wasn't intended for you at all, and i happen to like all the shows you listed (that i have seen at lea... : kill9
      • then I apologise, I've been jumped on a bit today. sorry. : randomposter
    • Jesus christ....LOL L-O-FUCKING-L : ejectorpod
• kinda always going in my head '...riiiight' when my friend is talking about it hasn't for some while tho... : ClawHammR

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• ePaper and bundled wireless access. (I wonder when Amazon starts losing money on the wireless?) : hawkeye
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  That 'e-paper' display shit's not cheap, apparently. Jon Stewart feels your pain, tho. :) http://www.thed... : mn3m0n1c
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    Do you think Bezos practised that laugh before going on air? : losimagic
    • Yeah that's pretty much the only thing I can recall about Bezos : Home Nugget
    • No idea, but he does seem easily amused. (I would be too if I had an Amazon moneyhat. :D) : mn3m0n1c
  • You can read with one hand! : melkore
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  Only 2g of ram? It displays text... how much ram do you think it really needs? : riptyde
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    I have no idea, but 2 gigs of ram now days seems a bit low to me. : risimage
    • its not a computer, its an e-book reader. : maulla
    • Compared to what? This isn't a full fledged 3d graphics accelerated gui for real time control of a nuclea... : ieGod
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  Risimage, is there a day that goes by where I wont see a post about your gf? : noobja
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    yeah the day you put out your eyes or possibly when you die : boring gegtik
    • Im going to get my own gf and start a gf wars thread everyday. : noobja
  • it does seem to be a bit of a trend! : [fry]
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  good get 10-15 instead of new boobs : gmd
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    *could : gmd
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      maybe he could find a less expensive and more immediate way to cripple her, like foot binding : boring gegtik
      • misery style? : gmd
      • I'd rather see him force her to wear those rings around her neck so she looks like a giraffe. : jasonepowell
      • Lip-stretching? : Vincenoir
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  Guys lets all make this into a megathread about risimage's girlfriend. HOW ABOUT HER NIPPLE PIERCINGS ... : yoonix
  • risimage the kindle is a bad idea she will need a backpack full of books as a counterbalance : boring gegtik
• Whoa you have a real live GIRLFRIEND? : Begawkiness
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  Yeah, I'm not paying $360 to be able to read a book. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • dont give up there are community college courses you can take for free : boring gegtik
• E-paper is expensive and doesn't do color yet, and it comes with free 3G wireless access. : Arcanum
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  She reads? : Phil
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    yeah she reads. the bill for how much her new titties will cost. : xxiv
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      did you know his girlfriend is getting a kindle put into her breasts? : gmd
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        Is it big enough though because she wants A REALLY BIG BOOB JOB FOR HER PIERCED BOOBS : yoonix
        • She'll never be able to remove the piercings because the filling will seep out the holes. : Sacred Sperm
        • Yo dawg, I herd u like big titties, so we put a kindle in yo titties so you can look at yo titties in yo ... : Phil
    • 36 DOUBLE D O DOUBLE G : PapaBoo
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  I'd so buy one if I read a ton of books. But as it stands I pass out reading a book most of the time now ... : vov1n
  • Reading a book causes you to pass out? I thought I had health problems. : slax0r
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  srsly. Why doesnt apple make one that looks pretty. You can be grossly overpriced or generic looking but... : trevis
  • I'm pretty sure they're trying to push a new aesthetic but gene roddenberry's dead so they should give it... : boring gegtik
  • She reads books on her Iphone but it is too small. : risimage
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  Wow....You can afford a fucking BOOB JOB for her but you can't even get a Kindle? Tsk-Tsk Risimage =) : JohnnyRey
  • P.S. She doesn't need a boob job. : JohnnyRey
  • she's paying for her boobjob : AllYourBase

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  My favorite was the SRV/Satriani one. : -efx-
  • Oh you had better link to this. : Rotten Deadite
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  Nirvana unplugged is still the gold standard. : IATEDUST
  • Not even close, Layne Staley is a fucking wreck in AIC Unplugged, watching it is a harrowing experience. ... : ryuuseki
  • oh god no : whistletits
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  Wow, this is a great song. I've never heard Alice in Chains before I don't think. I know the name but yea... : randomposter
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    What the hell? Feek doesn't know soundgarden, you don't know AiC, what is wrong with today's youth? : bipolar
    • i've heard soundgarden, i just didnt know the dude's name. i havent heard zz top, though. or whatever. or... : feek
  • You'd probably like this song too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEeFNvvR-ng Easily my two favorite d... : Chunks
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    You should be ashamed of yourself. : riptyde
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      Well, I'm not but I consider myself opened up to a new bunch of music! Which is good. : randomposter
      • Well you can start by checking out Dirt, Jar of Flies, and Alice in Chains, which were their 3 main comme... : riptyde
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        I have a winamp playlist that is something like 12 hours of nothing but early 90s. There's so much music... : bipolar
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          I only know like 6 of those. Thanks for the list! : randomposter
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            You could probably skip faith no more and apex twin out of the first set of names. : ju$tmon3y
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              what : bipolar
              • Not arguing the whole list. Just those two. And I like the addition of Jeff Buckley in there. That mig... : ju$tmon3y
            • Ignore this fool. : Ride-My-Rocket
            • Faith No More is fantastic! : FormerHPB
            • you are dead to me now : riptyde
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              Just to confirm my initial thought. I youtube'd them and, yes, they still suck. : ju$tmon3y
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                wtf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P3Wc-37pC4 Fuck computers, modern medicine, the scientific method,... : bipolar
                • removed >:( try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7ovoPCZSQw : bipolar
            • Angel Dust is coming to your house right now to punch you inna face : mn3m0n1c
        • typo, 120 hours :[ : bipolar
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ra-CFL7BkA&feature=related This '92 show is still killer for me. : kramweil
• Not "one of". "The". Alice in Chains is still one of the greatest bands of all time, in my eyes. : foo
• jab at metallica is still funny : MoreVespeneGas
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  I'm not a huge AiC fan, but I LOVE their unplugged album. : changejar419
  • You should get their greatest hits they put out a few years ago. It has a lot more songs than I thought ... : ju$tmon3y
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  Best unplugged sets: 1. Clapton 2. Alice in Chains 3. Nirvana A special shout-out has to go to Bo... : riptyde
  • Pearl Jam should be up there. Seeing Vedder trying to fly on his seat was pretty memorable. : romulan
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  LL Cool J unplugged? : semaphore
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    My main memory of that is LL having chunks of anti-perspirant in his armpit hair. : riptyde
    • keep'n it fresh. yo! : ju$tmon3y
• This one isn't too bad either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcRngPhn0pE : Rag and Bone Man
• that was great : fathertime
• Alice in Chains Unplugged is my favorite AiC album. Jar of Flies is a really close second. They're li... : slax0r

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• I mean NES of course : lasercat
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  No, but I remember $80 N64 games. : dmason
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    What N64 game cost $80? : Priest77
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      the star wars game did, Mario 64 was 69. : Frozen Pixel
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        When Zelda: The Ocarina of Time was first released it was $79.99. I remember saving up for that one. :/ : Frozen Pixel
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          Oh man, you were lucky to even find it at release. That game was sold out everywhere around me when it ca... : Cihte
          • lol, my parents rented an N64 for me from Blockbuster when i was younger and I bought OoT, then I bought ... : Darkfox76
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      final fantasy 3 cost around 75 when it first came out for the snes : oHnOES
      • and it was worth every single penny : Horn
      • And I happily paid it. : funnynamehere
      • Yep. Broke my bank but I'd pay twice that to have that month again. : davantalus
    • ^^^ A lot of them. It was insanely awesome and I loved the n64. : orgcaptainnemo
    • Fucking Turok : MaxPete82
    • When I was given Chrono Trigger as a lone birthday present (after renting it three times the preceding ye... : CasbahBoy
  • Fucking Killer Instinct :( : riptyde
  • Huh, weird. I only remember ever paying $50 for my console games but I'm sure I'm wrong about that. Int... : Begawkiness
  • That was one of the big reasons I never saved up for an N64. : rosewood
• I was little during that era (read: parents/grandparents were buying games for me)..but I always remember... : RevRaven
• No, I thought they were always $50 and PC games were $30. : not work safe
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  Bargain bin games were moving for $20 when retailers were trying to make space for newer titles which ten... : roushimsx
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    yup, here's a collection of scans from older Sears catalogs. http://www.huguesjohnson.com/features/sea... : Prozium
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      slight threadjack What's up with the false advertising in those pictures! Look at the Karate Kid picture... : flagg209
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        I think at that time it was pretty damn well understood the game wouldn't look like that. : rosewood
        • I don't know dude - I remember buying many a game and being like WTF?! (the original NES, I was 8 years ... : flagg209
• Yeah, i'm pretty sure that never happened. In fact, the $250 console in 1987 would be the equivalent of p... : Cihte
• i remember street fighter II for the snes was like 80 or 90 brand new : wtf242
• ya, I remember paying like $80 CDN for Double Dragon III : SirX
• I remember my mom paying $50 for NES Double Dragon. : lacker
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  Baseball Stars was $60 for NES IIRC : cltcprd
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    And worth 6000. : acheron
    • so true : cltcprd
  • SMB3 was $65, iirc : riptyde
• I remember when those damn Genesis cartridges were near $70 or 80 : Gojirah
• $80 for Mystic Defender on the Genesis. Most expensive game Ive bought : bozer
• Nope. They were $50 right out of the gate. : Serpico74
• Nope. In fact, bargain-bin $20 and under games weren't very prevalent until the CD era of PC CD-ROM and ... : EvilDolemite
• i remember paying 80 dollars for Robocop for the gameboy : burning eye
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  I remember that. Last $20 NES game I got was Top Gun. Glad I didn't pay $50 for it. :P : DOOManiac
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    Fuck that impossible game right in it's impossible ass. I defy anyone here to say, with a straight face,... : riptyde
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      ANYONE who claims he or she landed the fucking plane on level two is a LIAR literally impossible : EvilDolemite
      • I got to level 4 one time. Whenever I finished another game, and didn't have anything to play for a month... : Gonzo
      • That was easy, refueling was harder. And fuck level 3! : brickmatt
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        You need to play more Flight Sims. It was significantly easier than something like F-19 Stealth Fighter o... : LoioshDwaggie
        • LOVED F-19 Stealth Fighter. I got so fucking good at that game. : fishbone
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      I landed on the carrier twice though. : DOOManiac
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        I could land on the carrier maybe half the time. Refueling on level 2 was nearly impossible. I maybe go... : riptyde
        • I was able to refuel once too. :X : DOOManiac
      • same LOL. that game was SO SO SO frustrating. I played it for hours trying to get on that damn carrier. s... : chilln
    • Beating the levels was easy, landing was hard. You could just go all the way to the top and fly over ever... : sigpro
    • beat it? I had enough trouble just landing! : cltcprd
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofM11nPzFo0 I remember only ever once making it to refuel the game and ... : Sailor of Fortune
      • I love how if you miss refueling the plane just flies away and you crash : EvilDolemite
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        The best is what happened later during his powerglove review when he tried it on top gun: http://www.yout... : SolrFlare
        • lol, "it's easier to do a handstand while taking a shit!" : Sailor of Fortune
      • ooooh I could never remember the name of that game. i do remember how hard it was though! : datoo
    • bah, fuck that stupid refueling bullshit game. : lowpoly
    • so many bad memories. : shyguy74
    • I don't know. I got pretty far because it was one of the few games I owned. Took me like a month to lea... : icon_of_syn
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      I blew up the space shuttle! : rosewood
      • worst "boss" ever : riptyde
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    That was my first NES game...I had a choice between that or Pinball. Loved it to bits and I always laugh ... : roushimsx
    • From what I remember, I think you can just ignore what's showing on your screen as long as you synchroniz... : Grimp
    • Looking back nostalgically we tend to overlook the frustrating aspects of games. If I wasn't a video game... : ieGod
• I remember Mortal Kombat for snes being $99 cdn : godm0de
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  i remember sf2 on snes was like 70 or 80 dollars when it came out : SoNiC :<
  • Yeah, I remember paying $80 or maybe it was $90 to order it from Sears. Still the most expensive game I'v... : Arken.ca
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  Tons of them did. People crying about game prices today always choose to ignore the fact that they're act... : synapse19
  • bah, fucking hell that was supposed to be a reply to the "What N64 game cost $80?" and no. i dont reme... : synapse19
  • but those games were cartridges... these games are discs. I guess blu-ray is an expensive format... dv... : chilln
• There are still $20 DS and Wii games. THey tend to be the shi... less good ones pumped out by every comp... : Agrona
• It's like that right now for a lot of older Star Trek games. Elite Forces 2 was a pain in the ass to buy : Optimus Prime
• I guess I have to repost this every couple of years: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14852205 (I h... : LeapingFool
• I remember James Pond being $20, but I didn't have a Genesis : smegmar
• i remember paying the equivalent of $110 for dead space. : imperator
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  Streetfighter 2 turbo on SNES cost my mom around 75-80$, that was the only game I owned for a year. : hirosushima
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    that game + mario kart is all i need for an snes : boring gegtik
    • Pretty much, plus I could either rent or trade with friends at school for anything else. It was amazing t... : hirosushima
    • Seriously. Those two games represented probably about 90% of my SNES playing for a couple of years strai... : riptyde
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      Yes the pleebs enjoyed battle mode and beating the shit out of each other while the really high class peo... : stgdz
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        battle mode is stupid 150cc races are the shit : boring gegtik
        • yeah nothing was better then starting the first track on special cup, only to have that fagot yoshi run m... : stgdz
    • + Super Mario World : fishbone
• It got worse from there. I paid around $95 for the original Resident Evil. An SNES or N64 cartridge I can... : ieGod
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  nope. I remember street fighter 2 for the genesis was $80 though. : MoreVespeneGas
  • plus the cost of buying a couple of 6-button controllers : riptyde
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  I paid $90 for Strider on the Genesis, which I had saved up for a long while as a kid. My brother then p... : Rag and Bone Man
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    But I remember it being pretty hard. Fond memories of beating up the mech gorilla. : Head Rush
    • The Anti-Gravity Boss was the worst. If you didn't get it right, you were pretty much fucked. : Rag and Bone Man
  • I remember paying a shit load for that game. It was like Crysis level graphics of the day. I preordered... : trevis
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  Most I ever payed for a video game was Flashback on the Genesis...what an awesome game. : Saman
  • Mmmmmm Flashback one of my favorite games of all time : Begawkiness
  • Flashback was my favorite game of that generation. It was the perfect blend of adventure and action. It... : Rag and Bone Man
• I think I paid something like $180 for the Menacer and some shitty game. Used all of my Christmas money p... : Head Rush