Weekend Discussion

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  I'll re-post my reply too. There is a funny story about the chick FPSDavid was hitting on (With the he... : Githyanki
  • haha...nice : vikramwillrock
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    Not as funny, but as a follow up I was talking to the gamefly overlords and she said almost the same thin... : spazzium
    • follow up - follow up , the gamefly guys were great. Thanks guys! : dignan
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  One more... dignan's daughter likes playing with her balls on top of his head... http://www.shackpics... : RomSteady
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    that belt buckle is fantastic : Horn
    • So is the shirt. : FormerHPB
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    damn, thats a great picture! i didn't know Jen had those balls on top of my head, LOL. Rom: can you e... : dignan
    • ILTB , i love the balls : dignan
  • haha teabagged by a 4 year old GIRL : Bamtan
  • also, i loved how Jen designated dognose as "wet dognose" , i laughed everytime she called him that : dignan
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  lol dognose is wearing a hanna montana shirt! : askedrelic
  • I believe that's Avril : bad_fish
  • he's gonna kick your ass for getting that wrong! : DonkeyPopsicle
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    I would not wear my Hannah Montana shirt to a Shackmeet silly : dognose
    • Yeah it what he wears to bed each night : Crimsonbeak
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      how come you don't smile : papaskot
      • He'll smiling when he's ripping off your head and shitting down your neck! : iamgoat
      • he has only smiled once, and that was when DNF was first announced. : grandmasterlee
    • that shirt is the jizz rag? : askedrelic
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      My hatred for you knows no bounds. </3 : Shivawn
      • your life must be so sad :[ : dahanese
    • yea, he was going after a different set of jailbait with avril.... ;) : dignan
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    He looks like he walked straight in from the Matrix : jbury
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      No kidding. Dognose, why do you wear a coat in Texas? : ctlaltl33t
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        it was fucking cold as hell : FPSDavid
        • It's never cold in Texas. Cold is frostbite and two feet of snow. : Lone Swordsman
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          I can't figure out how you left your jacket in our car! : ThomW
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            I had it w/ me from when you guys picked us sup at the hotel, didn't bring it into the mall or the Main E... : FPSDavid
            • doh : rosewood
      • it was 38 here last night and the wind was fucking insane! : dignan
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  This sounds like it was brilliant. Has anyone typed up a huge summary of the event yet? Or has there been... : Bamtan
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    It's coming out in bits and pieces. : spazzium
    • I would suggest more fiber in your diet. : trOmblyj
• lol that is EPIC :D : Downforce
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  Dognose - you look amazing. Texas has done wonderful things for you. :D : virus
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    He looks like a rockstar or an actor. You go Dognose! : Simulacrum
    • He looks like Mickey Rourke from the wrestler. : DM7
  • Dognose is one of the nicest guys I have ever met. He is one friendly dude : byorn
  • I'd swear that the last pic I saw of Dognose his head was shaved? Dude's hair grows fast... (for a herb... : hoopfam4
  • YES. i agree. i told him he is not allowed to cut his hair short ever : mr.sleepy
• that's a pretty cool shirt dognose : electroly
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  its 4pm est and these are all the pics we have? wtf people? : maulla
  • Don't worry our Ohio shackmeet will blow that away!!! Right? right...? right.... :~( : DM7
  • lots of people took videos , i think most pics were taken with cell phones. I didn't snap a single pic, ... : dignan
  • Yea I am curious where all the shackmeet write up's are. There was a record amount of shackmeets yesterd... : ant_hillbilly
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    Basically it was amazing meeting all these great shackers. Githyanki, Papaboo, Thomw, Socksta, Fleabug, : spazzium
    • Thanks again for letting me get a few hours of shuteye. I ended up being up pretty late last night so tha... : rosewood
    • ah yes, you know it's the good stuff when it's in the back of a macys cool writeup : feek
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      Nice write up! It was nice to meet you! I think I started at the bar too early. Haha! : flubba79
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        When we left for iHop, we thought we were the last to leave; we were surprised you were still there. Well... : rosewood
        • Hehe Summer and I are troopers : flubba79
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      Aww, forgotten already. : Just A Girl
      • Forgotten??? I remember you! I remember all the girls. *stares up at the ceiling for a moment* I just... : spazzium
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  The only pic I took during the entire shackmeet was latenight shenanigans at Denny's, a collaboration bet... : FPSDavid
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    I think it's the face of Jesus. : sHugamom
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      i'm guessing you never met our friend goatse : silversurfer
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        different social circles ... and that's okay. I ignore goatse. : sHugamom
        • is that possible? : Ride-My-Rocket
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      sHUGamom! I missed you on the way out. Thanks for organizing such an awesome shack meet! : spazzium
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        I missed you too but the GameFly Evil Overlord spoke highly of your chat with him, by name. You musta sa... : sHugamom
        • thank you for the great time, im saving my giveaway presents for qcon :( I got tired of carrying around... : dignan
        • Hahaha, I hope that was honestly a good mention. Some of us were giving him a royal grilling. : spazzium
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          He needs to register GameFly Evil Overlord as his shack name : shavenewok
          • This. I'll have new found respect for our overlords if they actually do this. : Dontdrop
  • nice detail with the ring ! : gmd
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  That LOL cushion is seven different kinds of awesome. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • It is pretty sweet. :) : ThomW
• If only bowling was done in Source, the score would be completely different... : dfz0r
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  You all got beaten by Papaboo? Embarrassing. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Papaboob puts spin on his balls, we don't have that kind of expertise. I kept holding onto the ball like ... : rosewood
• After seeing pictures of Dognose in an avril shirt, he is now my new favorite shacker! : risimage
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  I cannot upload my pics from my iPhone. Wtf? : flubba79
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    Alright finally gave up on the iphone upload I arrived at the Main Event at around 2:30-3:00ish and st... : flubba79
    • my release and dismount are a thing of art : PapaBoo
• I'm pretty sure I need bumpers for bowling :( : FPSDavid

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  Is that red ink or bruising? : Havoc1c4
  • it's not red.. it's a "warm" black/grey ink or something. He uses some kind of different black ink that i... : wtf242
  • It'll heal and turn blacker. : not work safe
  • Its the ink mine looked that way till a few days ago. : hashd
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  kinda seems unfinished when it just stops abruptly at the elbow :\ : dantastic
  • ehhh has to stop somewhere. didn't really want a full sleeve : wtf242
• Do you have a heartwrenching Miami Ink-style story for getting this tattoo, wtf242? Plus you certainly... : Snuffles-
• Looking good nice shading so far. I am dreading going back for more on my underarm :( : hashd
• impressive : Downforce
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  Also i didn't think shading hurt nearly as much as the outline. it's a duller pain. After a few hours tho... : wtf242
  • You would think using more needles at once would hurt more but yeah its not as bad as the outline. Plus t... : hashd
  • just wait for the layering, when he goes over the same area 3 or more times is FUN. ow. : phokz
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    I think the shading on my chest has been less tolerable than the outlining. : not work safe
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      I have nature's tattoo on my chest, all black. : gmd
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        you should tattoo a giant hairy buff guy doing a dead lift on your chest : wtf242
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          but it would be hidden under the chest hair : gmd
          • Shave the bottom part of your stomach and tattoo a tree trunk there. : Senate5000
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        this might be a stupid question, but are there colorful inks that show up on dark skin, aka black skin? ... : deathofrats
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          They actually have white ink tattoos... http://images.google.com/images?q=white+ink+tattoo : wtf242
          • NWS for a set of titties in that search =) : hashd
        • but technically the ink is UNDER the skin not on top of it, so no matter what a white or light colored ta... : wtf242
  • Really I had a 3 hour shadding once and after awhile I didn't even feel it anymore. I think my back went ... : voodooraze
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  Like smoking eh? : DM7
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    those don't look anything like pot leaves : wtf242
    • Ok, I thought they were. : / : DM7
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      In a lot of drawings of pot leaves they tend to minimize the size of two of the leaves towards the bottom... : acidnynex
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        i swear, one of the reasons pot is illegal is because the leaf itself looks sinister : esmokah
        • then why aren't japanese maples illegal? : skryte
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      first thing I though when i saw them... : dignan
      • with the zig zagged pattern on the edge of the leafs... thats almost exactly like pot leafs : dignan
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        http://images.google.com/images?q=japanese+maple+leaf : wtf242
        • I have one of those in my yard. : zakazi
        • every image on the 1st page looks like a pot leaf and will to 90% of the population : dignan
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  you should water your grass : maulla
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    i am waiting for whistletits to come over and fill in the 100 holes his dog dug : wtf242
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      fuck that guy : maulla
      • :( : whistletits
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    It goes dormant in the winter. Everyone's in TX looks like that unless you planted winter rye. : Simulacrum
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      yeah it's st augustine. that shit will be thick carpet a foot tall in 2 months : wtf242
      • hate st. augie, makes me itch like crazy and grew like a mutant trying to take over in houston. could hav... : stgulik
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  Do they have white tattoo's for black people. What about neon or glow-in-the-dark? That would be cool. : capt tripps
  • They have tats that show up under a black-light. Those are interesting and I consider getting one. : DM7
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    http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&safe=off&q=glow+in+the+dark+tattoo&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Ru-qSdT3JYjHnQe2... : Haku-Jin
    • it's just a matter of time until someone get Fable tattoos. : jimmy_legs
  • freaky..we asked the same question at the same time. : deathofrats
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  I don't really understand the fascination with getting goldfish in tattoos. Do goldfish really hold that... : Vantage
  • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_a_koi_fish_tattoo_symbolize : hashd
  • Because us white folks have no interesting culture so we just draw other people's shit on ourselves. : the city
  • they're carp. i dont know wtf. : d0pamine
  • It's symbolic of pasty white men taking on Asian traditions as if they were their own. : deathofrats
  • I think they are pretty : wtf242
  • It's in remembrance of his dead Magikarp 1998-1999 : Bamtan
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  i like your nipples : MrBig0
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    thanks MrBig0, I'll post more nipple photos next time : wtf242
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      Put some goddam clothes on >:( : dognose
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        http://turnofthecrank.com/wtf/nude/cockballs.jpg : wtf242
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          Where I am from, gay men would call you a faggot >:( : dognose
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            i tried duke3d this weekend. I can't get past the 1st part. the pig cops keep shooting me in the face wit... : wtf242
            • Never in my life have I sided with the PigCops, don't make me start >:( : dognose
• that's looking very fuckin awesome. crazy how long it takes with a great artist, but at least you got one... : reverend~heresy
• Those pictures remind me a little too much of Juvenile Hall >:( : dognose
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  I know the tattoo artist is apparently a hotshot with a very long waiting list, but I'm not a big fan. So... : Ellissd
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    that's cool. It's a work on progress. I think once it's all colored and shaded it will look awesome : wtf242
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      I think it looks good so far. when should it all be done? : jimmy_legs
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        probably by july or august. 2 more appointments of work hopefully. I suspect he will finish the backgroun... : wtf242
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          why so much time between sessions? is it because he is so busy? : jimmy_legs
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            yeah. he's booked up solid 1.5-2 years in advance. he gives people who are in the middle of session prior... : wtf242
            • dang. if you don't mind me asking, what does something like that run from a guy like that? : jimmy_legs
• man I hate tattoos but that is pretty cool :( : aeg1x

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• creep : Juno
• link her to your post history. that should assure her that there's no chance of anything happening! : mikecyb
• Ups did not deliver :( : Iwannaacura
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  Are you fucking kidding, sparkly? You asked a model you've never met before to shoot nudes in a secluded ... : ArcKnight
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    I found this AWESOME location...and it's in the middle of this back bay thing..you've gotta hike a bit to... : sparkly
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      I would love to see the actual text of the message you sent. : ArcKnight
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        Because you're not making yourself sound any better. Right now, you're on par for a Lifetime home movie. ... : ArcKnight
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          I'm not gonna post that, but I really am stoked about this location and I want someone to realize that it... : sparkly
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            Hay, u gotz cameraz, rite? : ArcKnight
            • (Diversify your portfolio and show people your shooting locations at the same time!) : ArcKnight
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            and see, here's a good reply finally: "Thanks for the interest, this seems like so much fun! Being nak... : sparkly
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              sparkly I am curious have you ever photographed any fatties? like what if you work out something with a ... : mikecyb
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                I'm pretty selective, so no, I have not. I've had fatties approach me who wanted to do photoshoots and I'... : sparkly
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                  You sound like the kind of photographer I'd deck if ever met in person. : IndigoAK
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                    well, I'm really not. I don't get a lot of paid shoots. If I do, they're headshots or something boring wh... : sparkly
                    • I like fat people. : IndigoAK
                  • Why? It's not like he makes a living off his photography yet, so he needs to maximize is cost/benefit rat... : ArcKnight
                • "Fat chicks need love too but they gotta pay." : Karnov
            • Wow discounted nude shots?! You must have made a good impression. : IATEDUST
            • "I do offer a discounted price to select photographers, and you would definitely be one of them!" roughly... : riptyde
    • HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA : Shivawn
  • ahahahahahaha somewhat polite rapist : Jackass1233
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    seems like it's worked before sooo : JINKY
    • still in awe about it actually working yesterday : sparkly
  • hahahaha oh man too good : jimmy_legs
  • hahahahhahahahahhaha : mittense
  • excuse me ma'am, may I offer you a gentle raping? : mindshot
  • the worst part is he takes these photos with a boner and his big googly eyes and that weird grin. he does... : Bamtan
  • HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. Ahahahahahaha! : yosemiteclimber
  • No shit. People can ask YOU to do those shots for them, but you're being a creep asking someone else for... : the city
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  Do you have a conversation with a human being that you don't post to ShackNews? This is getting kind of a... : mittense
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    of course I do, mittense :) Would you prefer I stop posting? : sparkly
    • Kind of, yeah. : mittense
    • dont listen sparkly, your posts are funny :D : d0pamine
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    I am getting a kick out of living vicariously through sparkly. I mean, how many chicks have you photogra... : IATEDUST
    • It's true, I haven't photographed any women nude. I have had sex with some, though. : mittense
  • shut up mittense. sparkly posts are a quarter of my entertainment here. : anhero
  • These posts are gold, mittense, why the hate? : randomposter
• nice try : Gojirah
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  actually this conversation = if you pay me enough I will do anything... : massdev
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    This is what I got from that. She want to get paid. : IATEDUST
    • She's working, so yeah, I can see that. I want to be paid when I'm working, don't you? : randomjgj
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  you know, maybe I spoke too soon. She was the first myspace girl to reply (I sent out like 40 of these me... : sparkly
  • you went to the right place to look for candidates for your hair brained scheme : Luminair
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    I am surprised none of these girls watch Law and Order or CSI... : deathofrats
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      I thought the same thing when he talked about the first one who offered discount rates, but now he mentio... : ArcKnight
      • not the one with the discounted rates * She's from an official modeling website. The responses I get on t... : sparkly
  • Holy Moses. : tboomer2
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    she's going to do it for free? You better post those! : cltcprd
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      do I ever let you guys down? : sparkly
      • with pics? no banging these chicks? yes :) : cltcprd
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  sparkly, you should be rolling in women on the dating scene if you can send a message asking that without... : devi| dog
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    one thing I've learned lately is that girls don't really dig being asked in person if they want to model ... : sparkly
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      dude you need to bring more thunder to the table. Saying do you want to model for me is like saying I'm m... : massdev
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        I need a business card to seal the deal too...working on that. : sparkly
        • Just to add to your finishing move, always have a business number on your business card. Obvious huh, but... : massdev
        • Don't ask them passively if they want to model for you either. Tell them, "I'm doing a shoot this and th... : midgetherder
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          Make sure you have a fancy-sounding company name. Like Polite Rapist Photography, LLC. : heartsauce
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            Polyterapist Photography? : Ebu
            • PeePee INC... : massdev
          • lol, just PRP Photography : zerog83
    • I wonder why. : notd665

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• X-Wing and TIE Fighter 2 or 3 times. Street Fighter 2 twice or thrice. Duke 3D at least three times. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• doom2 and starcraft twice : spaceyme
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  Three copies of Far Cry (one a gift), two of Diablo 2, and I bought Doom 3 and L4D on both PC and console : Dave-A
  • Oh yeah the steam packs got me too, so a lit of Epic, Valve, and id games too! : Dave-A
• I have bought a few copies of Half-Life, Raven Shield, StarCraft, WarCraft 3, Duke Nukem 3D, Diablo 2, an... : SockMonkeh
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  I've bought nearly every different version of Duke 3D that's come out over the years with the exception o... : roushimsx
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    Another good example of port differences is DOOM 64. How fucking different was that game? : TastyWheat
    • Doom 64 was pretty rad. I need to fire up that PC remake of it again sometime. <3 <3 dedicated mod teams : roushimsx
• Jagged Alliance 2 multiple times : kill9
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  I've purchased Ultima VII like 4 times. : dirge23
  • Oh, and various Infocom text games too. : dirge23
• Why did you buy SF2 four times? Different systems? : Grimp
• I've got two copies of Freespace 2. I think that's about it. : Arceihn
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  I've done that several times, most recently I bought two copies of GTA4 (one for PS3, another for 360), u... : MagicWishMonkey
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    I feel nothing but genuine sympathy for anyone who paid money for GTAIV PC : TastyWheat
    • Why? It's awesome! I got mine for free but I would have paid for it if I didn't. : SockMonkeh
    • Luckily my PC blows so I didn't buy it a 3rd time :) : MagicWishMonkey
• I think Ive bought the original Red Alert like 5 times now either as a stand-alone, in compilation packs,... : limpossible
• In our appt there are 20 copies that are either WC3 of TFT. Don't judge me. : dfz0r
• I've bought about 3 copies of Ultima VII over the years and I've still never played it. :( : Vantage
• fallout 3 and gta4 just in the past 5 months : oHnOES
• Rez, three times Japanese PS2, US PS2, HD on the 360 Half-Life 2 twice, like 90% of the shack : SiW.
• Descent 3 twice, Rome: Total War twice. Mech Warrior 4 Mercenaries twice. : yacoub35
• quake 3, supcom, coh and probably more... second or third purchases have been digital as part of a bundle... : dael
• Bought 5 copies of Dark Age of Camelot. That's about 3 copies of Shrouded Isles and two copies of Trials ... : ateam311
• I think the most is the original Half-life. Bought it 4 times. Starcraft I have three copies of, meaning,... : happynoodle
• Quake1 about 5 times I think : thekidd
• The Legend of Zelda (the first one, for the NES) - Gold cart back in like 1989 or whenever it was I go... : Schnapple
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  because of discs getting scratched up, and getting them with Xbox Live subscriptions when I was buying th... : Toraz Chryx
  • This is how I wound up with six copies of Crimson Skies High Road to Revenge. Not that I didn't love it t... : roushimsx
• The only time I did that was with Disgaea, and that was by accident. I sold the extra copy. : ieGod
• You suckers, I just download all my ... wait a second. : ra1n
• Q2 x2, Q3:A x2, StarCraft x3, Homeworld2 x2 : godhatingatheist
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  Zelda3 - 4 times Quake3 - 3 times SF2 - 5 or 6 times DOOM - a lot of times Farcry - twice Super Mari... : Vorlonesque
  • Also I buy copies for friends and family if I love something enough (some of that is included above...mos... : Vorlonesque

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  Oh yes, definitely. : jimmy_legs
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    I need to stop doing it in TLAD, I might make it through a mission then! : Dave-A
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      I had to use the cover system a bit more. What kind of problems are you having? I used my backup before ... : jimmy_legs
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        I'm trying to escape in Buyer's Market right now but can't lose the heat! Agree that the cover system (an... : Dave-A
        • yes, it is. I found that with the maneuverability of the bikes that the best thing to do is to zig-zag. : jimmy_legs
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        In at least one of the missions if you call for backup after being reminded via text, the mission seemed : nudel
        • Haha I didn't know you could call Roman, that sounds like it would have been much better : jimmy_legs
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      What's TLAD? : MagicWishMonkey
      • The Lost and Damned : mechanicalgrape
• yup : mechanicalgrape
• Oh yes. In fact, it makes me squirm to watch someone play with anything less than a full clip at all time... : David Craddock
• no, obsessive reloading gets you FUCKED UP : Luminair
• After playing L4D, yeah. With the autoshotty I hit R after every shot. : crummynz
• Yes. I reload after every enemy I kill if time allows. I'm well obsessive about it, to the point where it... : Mr. Goodwrench
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  I'm bad about this in multiplayer games - I usually reload after every kill. Too often this results in so... : ArcKnight
  • I do this too. I can usually get away with it in single player, but it's a one way ticket for the fail tr... : Hyrenguy
• Yes and its a bad habit when playing around other skilled players who hear you reloading and swing around... : Lightzout
• Reload before picking up ammo. : thejm4n
• A lot of times I die in games like CS:S or DOD:S when I take the initiative after an encounter is failing... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Yeah, in CS:S I do that constantly. : pres589
  • I do that in CS:S because I'm constantly shooting everyone in the face and need a fresh clip for more bla... : pres589
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  Always, except when the game uses actual clips instead of just a generic number count. Remember Action... : DOOManiac
  • YES! YES THEY DO! Games are too fucking convenient and simple now. : Mr. Goodwrench
  • yeah, in this case I make the mag last, unless there's a special condition where I may live longer if I r... : the archvile
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    I liked the games that had magazine-memory; ie while you wouldn't toss an 11/12 mag away like in Action Q... : proclone1
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      Agreed. First thing I do in any gun game is fire one bullet, reload and then see how many I have left ... : nudel
      • I don't know about Vegas but all of the original Rainbow Six games had "mag memory". : SockMonkeh
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    I do miss AHL sometimes :( I got really good with the HC + Slippers, and later I did single 1911 + Las... : n0v4
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      Sometimes I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and play it in its prime. :( And also pump & ... : DOOManiac
      • I have reinstalled it recently and it's just not that same (part of that may be the fact that no one is p... : SockMonkeh
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    Yeah this is what I do. There are a couple games that if you reload, you keep the mag, but the bullet... : K1Bond007
    • Yeah, I always liked that system. : basketofkittens
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    I remember how SWAT3 had two types of reloading. The quick reload where if you tap 'R' it drops whatever ... : Sailor of Fortune
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      Wasn't FLF. : DOOManiac
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        yeah, must have been Firearms mod then near the end of its life. That mod was great and then started addi... : Sailor of Fortune
        • FA had wondeful bugs. In 2.65 you could prone in the water and float around in a "dead" animation while s... : comiekazie
  • its realistic, but i hate that lol. : chilln
  • Mercenaries 2 works that way, but clips are plentiful and you can hold tons of em. : Code RedBeard
  • This post said exactly what I would. : AgentPothead
  • Battlefield 2 & 2142 do this. It took me a while to not hit the reload button right after downing a guy. : deject
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    I wish we could organize an Action Q2 or Action HL server. For some reason AQ2 always felt superior to... : heartsauce
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      That strafe jumping bullshit ruined Action Quake though. Once people discovered that you could exploit th... : DOOManiac
      • Definitely true, but probably wouldn't be a problem on a Shackserver! : heartsauce
  • Agreed. Some kind of clip management needs to become standard. Am I to believe that you save every bull... : IATEDUST
  • I'm an obsessive reloader, but I do wish more games did this. Makes it more interesting. : Arceihn
  • Yeah, I'm usually against too much of this type of realism, but I don't think I would mind this kind of m... : melt_core
  • AHL was the fucking BOMB, had so much fun with that game. : node
  • Psshh AHL... God I remember the good days of AQ2. : Defacil
  • Count down to the last round and reload once its chambered! Fuck yeah! : Vorlonesque
• only when the opportunity is right : kill9
• if the mag has under 75% and there's good cover and/or guaranteed clear for the reload period plus 2 seco... : the archvile
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  Gears of War makes reloading FUN!!!@! : SiW.
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    I quite like that mechanic! I hope some other games steal iterate on it. : Dave-A
    • I do too! I was only half sarcastic. : SiW.
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    I wonder if they toyed around with randomizing, pardon the Gears speak, "sweet spot." I feel they prob... : Sailor of Fortune
    • It's the same for every specific weapon, right? After awhile I had each weapon's reload time memorized an... : retarded talking dinosaur
• Hitting that R buttun like a motherfucker, bro : utgaardsloke
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  If i dont have a full clip i get paranoid and stop everything im doing and reload especially with shotgun... : ninjaman23
  • Well, shotguns let you fire mid-reload. With a clip gun, its all or nothing. : IATEDUST
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  Used to be, playing CS in CAL years ago changed my ways. : givemesnacks
  • same here : the rizzo
• Yes x 10, because im obsessive. I kind of like games that make you lose the remaining rounds in a clip fr... : Milleh
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  Every time I've got a break in the action. Nothing sucks more than going into a room and poping off a si... : MacemanInTW
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    That sounds like normal and healthy reloading, not Reloading Obsession Disorder. : Dave-A
    • Must have missed the obsessive part in the OP. Whoops. : MacemanInTW
  • Dying while reloading sucks more and happens much more often for me. : TrptJim
• Hehe I thought I was the only one. : RogerDandy
• Oh god YES. In fact a couple times recently I've started playing Titan Quest after being in Left 4 Dead,... : DinK
• I was in Gears of War 2 simply so I could get the acheivement for perfect reload. : Koral06
• obsessed as hell I would say; I especially noticed this last night at the Frisco shackmeet while playing : eforce98
• not really but I try to reload during lulls in combat and before picking up ammo. : prime8
• ive found that i died far too often while reloading... so i stopped that shit. : d0pamine
• Absolutely.. In fact, this leads to me dying while reloading which is very ironic. : menar003
• haha yes I thought I was the only one..especially in the arcade when I need to get my money's worth. : fathertime
• I tend to do this quite often in CS:S and it's usually the main reason why I get caught with my pants dow... : lightly inclined
• I wait to reload till I have 1-2 bullets left in the clip or when the clip runs out. : mahmoodpoya
• Yes, and it gets me killed quite often, especially in CoD 4 : Thresher
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  CoD4 cured me of that. I kept forgetting how much ammo I had left since most servers I play on don't have... : Marauder IIC
  • Heh, I just never worried about how much ammo I had because I always use Bandoleer and UAV Jammer in all ... : deject
  • This made it worse for me :| : Durajim
• Thank christ for auto-reload scripts (for weapons where you can do it) in Valve shooters : moneyshot
• It depends on the game, but if shoot someone down and then have half or less bullets left, or if I believ... : XSilencedXDream
• i wish in games, you lose the ammo if you dropped half ful clip, instead of that ammo still being in your... : papaskot
• every shot? lol : gyokuro
• Depends on Game mechanics. If ammunition is displayed on the screen and recycles back into inventory I wi... : comiekazie
• i think it was AQ2 where if u reloaded before your entire clip was out, you lost those bullets you didnt ... : mindshot
• I just noticed this week that I hammer on R endlessly, just while running around. It's getting VERY anno... : LeeMon
• I just shoot until I run out of bullets and it auto-reloads : binaryc
• I used to a LOT when I played 1.6 but BF2's magazine system cured me. : hobbseltoff
• Yes, and it is a touch habit to shake whenever I play a Battlefield game. : Serpico74
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  Yes, and Quake Live slightly blew my mind when I remembered I don't have to. : Chris Remo
  • ^^ This. Reminded me of when releading in games was a novelty. : Mr.Finkster
  • Same here. It's a lot of fun to just keep firing. : midgetherder
  • yeah, I kepy bringing out the RL trying to reload. : brickmatt
• Yes. It's a habit now. ALWAYS reload. Even after a 3 shot burst I reload. There have been way too many ti... : Dr_Cube
• Yes, as long as the game doesn't make you lose the bullets that were in the gun or cycle clips. : nurikabe
• most of the time yeah. for games like CS where it's important to know when you can and should reload I s... : mikecyb
• Yes - every opportunity I get to reload I do so. Don't want to get caught in a firefight with only half a... : thetangent
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  I reload all the time. I got the KZ2 trophy for 150 reloads within an hour or so of getting the game. Eve... : Grayman222
  • Hah, yes, I always did that to get an extra bullet in games that allowed it. You never know when that one... : nudel
• Haha yeah, all the time. Nothing worse than a firefight with half the bullets in the clip. : pigvomit
• It's either that or bang-clicky-clicky-clicky- dammat! -reload-bang-bang : cerealSAM2
• Need more games with the old style rifles, where you reload 5-6 in a 'mag', and if you pop out that baby ... : biofrog
• Yep, I'm addicted to reloading : Johnnsen
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  CoD 4 made me reload so often, just to be double sure that for the next encounter against an enemy I woul... : Lukiopimp
  • The CoD series is particularly merciless about that. :) : mn3m0n1c
• CS has schooled me to *not* do it constantly, but rather switch around weapons more often, then do a roun... : d fluke
• Oh, yes. I reload SO FUCKING MUCH. : Rice-Rocketeer
• I typically reload after any single firefight, regardless of how many bullets I've used. After all, why n... : ramshot
• In HCS&D in CoD4 it makes noise and can give away your position so I only do it if I have to now. : gibolas1234
• I do usually. Cryostasis kinda helped though...In a sense, you have these horrible old weapons that take ... : Splinebastard
• yes : : Megara9
• Nope, only if I know my immediate area has been cleared or I have a partner covering me. : Magus
• Yes. I reload so much it sometimes gets me killed. : [7]kami
• No, just jump. I Get bored over long distances so bounce there. : node
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  My classic error is reloading while advancing. : dirge23
  • Same here. : PoopStewart
• Hell yes. And it's probably the one thing that gets me killed the most. : gohan2518
• Yes, except for Counter-Strike. Bad reload timing will get you killed! : helvetica
• That's the one thing I liked about Mass Effect combat - you just had to worry about overheating, not runn... : AisfortomAto
• if it works with the mechanics, yes. if the mechanics would make you waste the rest of the clip, then no. : yacoub35
• yes, with good reason. : re-verse
• Yes, I usually switch reload to the middle mouse button. : baronzemo78
• Yep. Always keep the clip full for when you need to empty it. : Ride-My-Rocket
• On the contrary. I have this weird OCD thing where I try to keep my ammunition count a multiple of the ma... : WildDanimal
• If you have a kill/reload problem play counter-strike for awhile. It will break your ass of that habbit ... : lcizzle
• Yes. Especially in Left 4 Dead. : mark.warner
• Hell yes, and I watch reload times, too. An effective soldier is always prepared for battle, Pvt. Dave-A! : mn3m0n1c
• in tactical shooters? Absolutely. There's nothing more frustrating than running out of rounds when your d... : cell9song
• Yes, constantly reloading. : BCFire
• nope, that's what i get the cheats for. : araczynski
• Recently, yes. : Sylvanus
• I probably die more as a result of this predicament than any other reason in multiplayer games...walk aro... : gekidoslair
• I have OCD, so I have to watch that I don't end up shooting off an extra round to make sure I've reloaded... : Vorlonesque

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  fuck me it looks like a photo : gmd
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    The ones from the other day were even more insane. : jimmy_legs
    • But goddamn these are awesome too : jimmy_legs
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      yah those used custom time of day settings... you can customize those in the editor too : Shadowdane
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        Yeah those must make systems run at like .01fps. lol. : jimmy_legs
        • These ones: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19326364#itemanchor_19326364 : jimmy_legs
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          no the time of day settings don't affect the framerate at all really.. : Shadowdane
          • Perhaps, but the great big fuckoff leaf textures do. : Rotten Deadite
    • this one looks more realistic to me because it doesn't have NK soldiers and nano suits : gmd
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  what does it take to run that? : Antilles_Prime
  • it doesn't run at that resolution... hell my monitor can only do 1680x1050. it just takes a mosaic scre... : Shadowdane
• this just became my new background, its simply stunning : eforce98
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  and modify the Time of Day settings and you get this: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/crysis_highres_tod... : Shadowdane
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    How do you modify the TOD? : Cygnus X-1
    • open a level in the editor and select "Time of Day" from the Terrain menu.. it gives you a TON of option... : Shadowdane
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  These Crysis shots all look so amazing and realistic, but something is always just slightly off. I think ... : Scoots06
  • I think you can only get uncanny valley on robots : retarded talking dinosaur
  • uncanny valley is when it gets revolting, and those trees dont fit the bill : Luminair
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  Man, I can't wait for the day every game will look this good and that it won't be a hassle to do. : razlebol
  • yah.. can't wait till I can run FSAA on Crysis with it maxed out. I tried it and it runs like crap! ... : Shadowdane
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  This should tell you how terrible it is that they fucked up FSAA in the game. The vegetation will not hav... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    I can't imagine what kind of performance hit AA on that much vegetation would do to the game. : Bamtan
    • I imagine it would be completely unplayable : zerog83
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    Edge AA helps a lot if that is turned on : Shadowdane
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      Does transparency AA work? I never thought to try it. : retarded talking dinosaur
      • the game as built-in Edge AA actually. It helps quite a bit smoothing out the vegetation. Create a s : Shadowdane
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  New pic - 3360x2100 - http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/crysis_hires_3360x2100.jpg : Shadowdane
  • is it bad that i've played the first level so many times that i recognize where the pics were taken? : retarded talking dinosaur
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    vehicles and dudes just can't match the environments : Dave-A
    • the vehicles cant but the enemy models are actually very very very good : retarded talking dinosaur
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  All of the shots I posted were in 1280 x 1024 and they still look crazy good http://www.shacknews.com/l... : DarkDeus
  • No custom textures here - http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/crysis_hires_1080p.jpg Just adjusted the Time... : Shadowdane
• more pls : tomservo
• Alternatively: Create autoexec.cfg, put it in Crysis root folder and edit it with Notepad: e_screen... : SlamDunk
• If you turn the res up high enough does it turn into a good game? : chazums
• Maybe slightly offtopic. But it is too good to be missed ;) Its a physics explosion video of crysis htt... : Josef

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  I haven't used Chrome yet. Could you describe what exactly it does? : Senate5000
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    Not without a NWS rating : ju$tmon3y
    • What the fuck does that even mean? Are you saying your description would be pornographic? WTF? : voodooraze
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    the search bar and address bar are the same thing. Type an address and it's an address bar, type anything... : derelict515
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      Ah, that makes sense. : Senate5000
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        also you can add custom searches, like you have in the side-search deal on FF. so, for wikipedia, I just... : jimmy_legs
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          Firefox can do the google search thing pretty easily. http://redchaos.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/set-googl... : Senate5000
          • Right. It's weird getting used to one bar to search for everything. I am very used to firefox. Thankfu... : jimmy_legs
          • I'm pretty sure FF has done that "w search wikipedia" thing for a while. Opera was first. And FF will se... : node
        • wiki shacknews in the address bar in FF3.0 sends me to the wikipedia article on shacknews : GloriousCow
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      does ff3 kind of do this? Except it goes one stage further and presumes what your looking for, if i type ... : disembodied potato
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        Yup. Plus in Firefox (and IE) with the keywords stuff you can also have things like "g blah blah" bring u... : nudel
        • yeah it saves so much time, especially with wikipedia stuff. Tbh i'm not that fanatical about browsers,... : disembodied potato
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      Also, you can type in an address, press tab and then you are just searching that site only. : alias
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        I can do the same in FF if I type this into the address bar, for example: g site:shacknews.com I love ... : nudel
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          Hmm... I guess not. It only works for certain sites like YouTube. But when it works it is quite nice.... : alias
          • That does sound a bit better, at least for people that don't know or don't want to set up keywords and fo... : nudel
    • I do that in Firefox. I just type stuff in the address bar and it searches. I've never added an add on ... : mrwolf710
• http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/smart-keywords.html : factor27
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  The fact that it launches instantly and is generally tons faster than FF/IE does not make a difference to... : sanchez
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    i cant live without a few select extensions. notably Foxmarks, DownThemAll, and a few others. : NeoMoose
    • otherwise i would switch. : NeoMoose
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      Those two plus AdBlock Plus are what clinch it for me. : gimpx32
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        i could really just use this, and find as you type but i would miss grease monkey. im fucking sick of fi... : dantastic
        • FF seems pretty stable to me. I think the irony is that it's the extensions which can make it crash. i.e.... : nudel
    • I switch over to firefox when I need DTA, not that often really : dael
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      I felt that way for awhile and then decided to go ahead and use Chrome full-time while building it and ve... : Zero|DPX
      • Yeah I was surprised how quickly I got over not having extensions. : aeg1x
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        since development stopped on laryn.x ages ago, greasemonkey is pretty much essential for shacking : filthysock
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          What do you use it for other than lolling stuff? (Genuine question as I've stayed away from GM. Seems ... : nudel
          • only: Working Collapse, Comment Filter, Message This User, CommentTags, PostPreview, TimeZone, New Commen... : filthysock
      • Same. Greasemonkey is the only thing I really miss. : timaste
      • Plus prixovy doesn't care what browser accesses it. : dmason
  • I fucking love how you can have a flash video playing in a tab, and after undocking the tab, the video co... : basketofkittens
  • I have to have Flashblock. I'm tired of killing the CPU-hogging plugin. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    It also seems to be slower and use more memory with 20+ tabs open due to the fact that each one is a sepa... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • Yes, use about:memory to get good numbers rather than Task Manager, since Task Manager (at least in XP) o... : Zero|DPX
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  is there a greasemonkey equivalent for Chrome yet? I don't want to live without the LOL button and the I... : Galadriel07
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    coming this year : Thomas Hace
    • sweet!! I can't wait. : Galadriel07
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  the ONLY reason I won't use chrome is because it doesn't scale images along with text. Because i have a g... : getfrisky
  • It also can't properly handle animated gifs for some reason. Its like a slideshow : ctlaltl33t
  • Try using the Dev channel builds, we use full-page zoom there. In other words, you'll have it in the nex... : Zero|DPX
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  Opera has done this for a long time, btw. : stuka
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    No one likes Opera. It's the Fat Girl in the bar. It will do anything you ask it too, but it's ugly and e... : Slowtreme
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      Haha, well put. I used Opera for a while, but it really is just ugly, especially in OSX. Plus its compata... : node
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        Speed is absolutely superior to Firefox in every way, so is memory usage, so is stability. Compatibility ... : stuka
        • isn't ff3 ahead of opera9.5 on memory use? and it wins sunspider too, for what that's worth (last time I ... : jcupitt
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      Yeah, yeah that's exactly it. Or maybe Firefox and Chrome are like retarded blondes who have big tits but... : stuka
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLl9KN-Dx00&feature=related : Arcanum
    • its funny because its true : halophoenix
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      this is the best description of Opera I have ever seen. except you should also add that the people who ar... : mikecyb
      • michael cyber, that is an excellent addition to the description. : deject
      • beer goggles : Slowtreme
• Chrome needs Print Preview : TPSReport
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  As the guy who conceived of, designed, and wrote that feature, I can tell you definitively that no one el... : Zero|DPX
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    Zero|DPX: In Google, for certain webpages like the online Japanese <-> English dictionary site that I : Nighteyes
    • Uh, "In Chrome" I mean : Nighteyes
    • No :( : Zero|DPX
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    I don't hand out many compliments but I'll point out now that, as a "facilitating feature", the chrome ad... : Luminair
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      Thanks! There are indeed plans for a visual/behavioral refresh, but I'm kinda burned out on that code af... : Zero|DPX
      • hah, I was just bitching yesterday about not being able to fullscreen, good to hear. : graceofdragons
  • Way to go, this is the best feature. I'm totally hooked on it. : timaste
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    I must be misunderstanding what behaviour you're all taking about as my Firefox 3.0.5 does google search ... : mactu
    • There are a few differences: * By default, Fx 3 does a "browse by name" search, which means if Google th... : Zero|DPX
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    Zero, I love you man, but you're wrong. I just typed some random shit on my Opera address bar and it gave... : stuka
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      Firefox shows you Google results for "typing in random shit" too. That's not what we're talking about. ... : Zero|DPX
      • I see there's a lot of detail that is different and better in Chrome, but the OP and other people were ta... : stuka
  • it is the best feature in a web browser today but i cant stand giving up some of the other stuff i've gro... : NeoMoose
  • I just love that it works not only with the usual stuff like google and wikipedia, but amazon, imdb, and ... : kungfusquirrel
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  What's so hard about ctrl-K, type, enter? : Ovate
  • whoa. thats what i'm talkin bout!! : NeoMoose
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    Yeah, I think a lot of people don't know about this shortcut. I love it. I just press ctrl-L or ctrl-K de... : Chris Remo
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      The main thing we were going for with unifying the boxes is that there's a tiny, nearly-unnoticeable but ... : Zero|DPX
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        No, I mean that makes complete sense and I understand what you're saying. I'm just noting, I know a bunch... : Chris Remo
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          I made sure to support ctrl-K in Chrome for those people that did know :) : Zero|DPX
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            I'd rather have middle click! : yosemiteclimber
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              Use a dev channel build, it works there. : Zero|DPX
              • Really? zomg thanks! : yosemiteclimber
          • I didn't even realize the bar normally does a search because I used ctrl-k from the start. It even puts ... : Ovate
          • All ctrl+k does for me is print a ? character in the location bar : Ebu
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  Damn it, I installed Chrome again to play with it and upon opening my first new tab I remembered why I un... : dirtboxer
  • Yeah, my #1 beef with Chrome is the notion that Chrome Knows Best And You Should Get With The Program. I ... : gameindustryplant
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    While there isn't a setting to change the default, shift-middle-click will do this. (Or shift-control-cl... : Zero|DPX
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      Yeah, I know you can use Shift, but I open pretty much every link in a new tab and it seems inefficient t... : dirtboxer
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        Your left hand isn't already on the keyboard? Anyway, if you open every link this way, why not just us... : Zero|DPX
        • Well, like when I'm just reading tons of linked articles, such as when you go on a tangent after looking ... : dirtboxer
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19335425#itemanchor_19335425 This is why I don't use your browser, : Bean
          • It's not just my philosophy, it's consistent across most of the team. We were going to write a long blog... : Zero|DPX
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            This is basically how I feel. When I tried Chrome for a few weeks, there were so many tiny little things ... : Chris Remo
            • You haven't read the Harry Potter books? You sir, hate fun. : ArcKnight
• Doesn't firefox do that already? I always search using the adress bar in FF3. : razlebol
• I'd love to use Chrome but tabs start to randomly lock up while opening certain websites, including the S... : jayacheess
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  I can't stand having tabs at the top of the window. In fullscreen especially it is really obnoxious. I sp... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    What? No. You spend more time clicking tabs, so Fitts' Law-wise, they should be the easiest thing to ta... : Zero|DPX
    • but i have to move my mouse and eyes farther, over space that i use far less often : retarded talking dinosaur
  • I like having that extra half inch of screen space that is saved by putting the tabs on the top bar rathe... : the_burd
• FF3 wins this battle also. : swenkcahs
• I love that Firefox does a Google "I'm feeling lucky" for most anything I type into the address bar. I en... : jake2000
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  If this is the thread where we asked Zero|DPX questions about Chrome, I really like how opening a new tab... : crummynz
  • Also it is a testament to the awesomeness of Chrome that I'm still willing to use it on Windows 7. It's b... : crummynz
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    There's no shortcut for those specifically, but if you start typing one into the address bar and hit tab,... : Zero|DPX
    • WHOA. OK that'll do fine! : crummynz
• I anxiously await Mac OS X and Linux versions. : dmason
• Quite frankly Safari 4 beta is 'so close' to being as good as Firefox it just makes Chrome all that more ... : Optimus Prime
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  This thread made me decide to download Chrome again (probably because I'm drunk). And I got to say, it i... : pop_secret
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    If you read the thread, you would see I said to use a Dev channel build if you want this. That has the l... : Zero|DPX
    • I really didn't read the thread but now I suppose I have too... : pop_secret

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  The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks : mechanicalgrape
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    ^getting behind this suggestion, also Excession by the same author and Hyperion by Dan Simmons. : nomaad
    • Excession should never be anyone's first culture novel : batkiwi
    • 500 reviews on Amazon with 4.5+ average, plus I've seen it pimped here on the Shack before numerous times... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Peter Watts - Blindsight A hard sci-fi novel where vampries (which turn into an evolutionary dead end ... : Rodeoclash
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    Reading the reviews on Amazon, I think I'm biased against hard sci-fi: I don't want to get so lost in the... : Ride-My-Rocket
    • It can be a bit dry but since moving on to that style of sci-fi I've found I can't go back to the old sty... : Rodeoclash
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  I just finished Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke. One of the best scifi books i've read. It's very shor... : wtf242
  • I liked the part about the aliens having visited earth before, and their image is what gave rise to the m : proclone1
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  I don't know that I can place anything I've read on the same level as the Song of Ice & Fire books, but I... : fuell
  • ^^^Seconded on MS&T : acheron
  • Read that series years ago, back when I was in elementary school and high school. Good stuff, although I... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Some fun books to read are the dresden files books by jim butcher... they aren't masterpieces but they ar... : ju$tmon3y
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  Have you read the first three Black Company books? Those are superior to Malazan (and were Erickson's ad... : acheron
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    Can anybody corroborate or refute this claim? : Ride-My-Rocket
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      I enjoyed reading them, but I think they're very different stylistically, and I'm not sure "superior" is ... : Zero|DPX
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        I wouldn't have compared them that way except Erickson himself considers them great. : acheron
        • Oh, and in my opinion (admittedly) they are slightly better paced and have a more pronounced (enjoyable t... : acheron
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          Cool. Plus, I see it comes in an $11 omnibus edition ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765319233/ ), so I can ... : Ride-My-Rocket
          • That's how I consumed it. I wish you much joy with Croaker, One Eye, Goblin and the rest! : acheron
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      Well, let's try this...of the Malazan books so far, my favorite two were Deadhouse Gates and Midnight Tid... : acheron
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        For me, the book that introduced Karsa was the one I enjoyed the most. However, the others have been gre... : Ride-My-Rocket
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          Karsa is such a weird thing for me. I hate everything he represents at the beginning of his arc, and at ... : acheron
          • And I guess I should admit Karsa's intro book (House of Chains) is my 3rd favorite so far, because the Se... : acheron
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      They're very good, but absolutely not superior. The scope is also entirely different (much smaller). E... : Vantage
      • The focus is smaller (one group of badasses) but the scope eventually spans two continents if you get int... : acheron
  • I found the Black Company novels to be somehow both great and terribly mediocre. There are some great id... : LilCrypto
• posting for bookmark : nevlos
• Have Fun, Don't get Kidnapped, For Fantasy might I recommend, the first 3 Symphony of Ages by Elizabeth H... : graceofdragons
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  The Road is very good. Also check out Dune if you havent. Reading it now for class and its A++. Readi... : braaains
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    The Road looks great -- I added it to my Wish List -- and I read all of the Dune books back in elementar... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      The Road will blow by fast...but it really is very good. : acheron
      • Yeah really. It's like a 2 day read. Such simple writing, but its so good. : braaains
      • Its really good and a fast read. : trOmblyj
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  Definitely get David Zindell's "Neverness" and the subsequent "Requiem for Homo Sapiens" trilogy (The Bro... : Vantage
  • Added Neverness to my Wish List... I'd seen that mentioned in a few other threads. Tx! : Ride-My-Rocket
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    I also recommend The Algebraist. Also also, C.S.Friedman's Coldfire trilogy is an interesting mix of ... : Vantage
    • Agreed with both of these recommendations! Coldfire took a bit of effort to get into for me (not as much... : acheron
    • The Coldfire trilogy is definitely worth reading, seconded. : Zero|DPX
    • Awesome... added. Tx! : Ride-My-Rocket
• After the story I just watched on 60 minutes, I would not be going NEAR Mexico anytime soon. : Galadriel07
• playing DoW2 has made me somewhat curious if there are any Warhammer 40k novels out there worth reading. : Degenerate
• Watch out for Cartels : Mondo
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  I asked a similar question earlier and these were recommended in the Sci-fi category. The Forever War ... : gyrfalcon
  • And Foundation by Isaac Asimov : gyrfalcon
  • Already read Forever, Altered Carbon, Dune and Ender's Game. I just ordered Moon Is A Harsh Mistress -- ... : Ride-My-Rocket

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  smurfs, gummi bears, thundercats, C.O.P.S., Voltron, Duck tales, Tale spin, G.I. FUCKING JOE : med1c
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    FUCKING DUCK TALES! AND DARKWING DUCK! : Mr. Goodwrench
    • Darkwing Duck all damn day. : okhelosir
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    yay someone else who watched C.O.P.S.!! :D The Big Boss, Miss Demeanor, Buttons McBoomBoom, Mace. How the : yacoub35
    • It's crime fighting time! : quanta88
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  The only ones I remember specifically are thundarr the barbarian, voltron, tmnt, gi joe, transformers, an... : haiku
  • I feel as though GI Joe and Transformers were on one right the other in the morning which was a BADASS wa... : eforce98
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  Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers. : zach`
  • lol. i think i remember that... : d0pamine
• 20 Minute Workout!...oh wait those were the teen years : peter
• HEeeeeeeeeeey DUDE : rtjd22
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  Grape Ape , Hong Kong Phoey, The Littles , gummi bears , Buford : dignan
  • Swat Katz! : Blackdawgg
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  The Godzilla Power Hour. : cerealSAM2
  • I hated the Godzuki character even though I was really young, I could see through the pandering even at t... : cap n KRUNCH
• Captain Power, with the lightgun : spiderfill
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  Doug and Beast Wars : gyrfalcon
  • i loved those old CG cartoons like beast wars and reboot. : Darky_06
• Totally. 80s was the golden age of cartoons / toys marketting. : Edges
• legend of the hidden temple : Jrsol
• Caaaaaaaaaptain cave man : ju$tmon3y
• Pee Wee's Playhouse. : freshyk
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  robotech : wvuong
  • Me and my brother used to watch this before school. It was amazing. : BenMurphy
• The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers http://www.thegalaxyrangers.com : kramweil
• Gargoyles, X-Men, : ant_hillbilly
• Belle and Sebastian. You Can't Do That on Television. : owly
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  Rescue 911 and Unsolved Mysteries, unF! : iamgoat
  • unsolved mysteries used to scare the crap out of me : opengl128
  • My town's sheriffs office was featured on Rescue 911 once. They told Shatner several times that Ouachita... : o0JediBeavis0o
• TMHT (as they were/are known in Europe), Duck Tales, Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck. : Marrbe
• Inspector Gadget, Gobots... : lefthighkick
• Freakazoid! Animaniacs Rescue Rangers Ninja Turtles And when I was a bit younger Heman GI Joe Th... : phiglit
• Samurai Pizza Cats, Doug, Gummi Bears and Inspector Gadget. : Big Luke
• Kung-Fu Theater and The 3 Stooges : Godhatesfatpeople
• Laff-A-Lympics & Super Friends : mafu5150
• Care Bears (lol), Captain Planet, Ghostbusters, Hercules, TMNT, Sesame Street : Scoots06
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  Morning: Thundercats, Transformers, He-Man, G.I.Joe, M.A.S.K., Evening: TMNT, C.O.P.S., DuckTales, Resc : yacoub35
  • omg i forgot Tom & Jerry and Looney Toons! : yacoub35
• I used watch this one a ton but no one else remember it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72rYHuWidSM : notext
• Pole Position, Kidd Video, Dragon's Lair, Dungeons & Dragons, C.O.P.S., G.I. Joe, M.A.S.K (acronyms were ... : o0JediBeavis0o
• The Sid and Marty Kroft stuff was by far the best TV. Shit Land of the Lost is a movie now. Sleestacks ... : romulan
• I recently made a post about how well The Real Ghostbusters cartoon holds up to this day. I would recomme... : fuell
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  HR Pufnstuf, Lidsville, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Uncle Croc's Block, The Flintstones, The Addams Fam... : Thresher
  • ^^knows what's up : romulan
  • The Krofft stuff was great. It really seemed other-worldly to me, and made me feel slightly apprehensive... : yourGarbageMan
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  Dungeons & Dragons. Hmm.. haven't thought about that show in years! Maybe I'll pick up the DVD box set! : nutrient
  • I loved that show. I was always pissed that no one had a sword though. It seemed unnatural. : Albemuth
  • Yes! Also: Superfriends, Laff-O-Lympics, and the Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Hour. : Bold
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  CONAN The Adventurer : SockMonkeh
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    CONAN! ADVENTURER! WARRIOR WITHOUT FEAR! : Mr. Goodwrench
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      He's more powerful than any man, his legend spreads across the land and sea! : Caoster007
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        CONAN, the mightiest warrior ever. : SockMonkeh
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emy4p2iW7b8 : SockMonkeh
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  Robotech and Star Blazers. : g0nk
  • "...for if we don't, in just one year...Our Mother Earth, will disappeaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr!" Also, Captain H... : AxeMan808
• Some Exo Squad! : johnwissinger
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  Star Blazers eot : Don Vito Corleone
  • oh shit...this wasn't Sat. mornings, Star Blazers was a weekday show. : Don Vito Corleone
  • Still get the theme song stuck in my head every once in a while. Such an awesome show, made even moreso ... : genom
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  The Racoons! : NastyJack
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    Cyrill Sneer was the fucking man : Mr. Goodwrench
    • haha yes. With his limp-dick nose. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1067/1469341577_d9322ea8bc.jpg : NastyJack
• Bozo the Clown : phate81
• Fraggle Rock, Winnie the Pooh (I'm surprised that there aren't more that list this...wtf people), Care Be... : Frozen Pixel
• Street Sharks : notdeadyeti
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  How is it possible that no-one has said Batman yet? : yourGarbageMan
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    Batman the Animated Series was the most brutal kids show ever. That shit should have received award after... : Mr. Goodwrench
    • It did, didn't it? : glio1337
    • yeah the whole dini verse was pretty sweet. : stgdz
• The Animals of Farthing Wood!!!!! : Mr. Goodwrench
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  The Super Mario Bros. cartoon with live action segments starring Cap'n Lou Albano. On Fridays it switched... : rudds
  • Yess! Yet another reason why Fridays were great. : BenMurphy
  • Link was a total twat in the Zelda cartoon. And Zelda was a bitch. : SiW.
• rocky and bullwinkle kid video uhh. i forgot a lot : esmokah
• Samurai Pizza Cats! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXiJYcK4-GU : Gojirah
• astro-boy, kimba, gatcheman (battle of the planets), starblazers! : radula
• Thunder Cats was awesome. : Vincenoir
• Samurai Pizza Cats, mofos. : DinK
• Battle of the Planets : vorm
• EXO-Squad, ReBoot, Centurians, Ghostbusters, Inspector Gadget, TMNT, G.I. Joe, it goes on... : tcxsnoop
• Incredible Hulk / Spiderman Hour, Superfriends, M.A.S.K. : Wolfanoz
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  Thundar the Barbarian, Space Giants : prime8
  • "The year: 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unlea... : genom
• Rocket Robin Hood, Spiderman, Hercules, Hilarious House of Frightenstein, Dungeons & Dragons cartoon : retardhumper
• Centurions : dael
• Kidd Video : SinistarX
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  X-men , didn't matter if it was a rerun or not : GBeer11
  • I'm still pissed off they seem to refuse to release the X-men cartoon on DVD. Hell even my parents like i... : Chod
• For some reason I loved the Gummi Bears. Bouncing here and there and everywhere! High adventure that : Schnapple
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  Bionic Six. I'd get up at 5:30, watch the Pledge of Allegience take the place of static, and then CARTOO... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • damn I don't even remember when they stopped playing the Pledge or the SSB at the end of the broadcast d... : creep
• i don't see DINO RIDERS in this list. : Agrona
• MIGHTY MOTHERFUCKING MAX. : creep
• SMURFS : AisfortomAto
• whe-wh-whe-wh-whe-whe-where's wally : Arceihn
• Does anyone remember a show called Mot? I think that's what it was called. It was about a big purple or p : Arceihn
• Denver The Last Dinosaur : boarder2