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  dude with a little eye liner and some lip gloss, i'd hit it. : Phil
  • ^^^^^ What he said : Moonraker7
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  why didnt you get the big one? : oHnOES
  • lol : Phil
  • :-p It's a medium actually. Got that shit like 70% off too. Originally $230. : mlev
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    http://home.comcast.net/~guidoanchovy/thebigone.jpg : guido anchovy
    • LOL : mrvandelay
    • Hahahaha : OverloadUT
    • haha awesome : sparkly
    • omfg hahahah thats fucking surprised me : Utopia
    • hahahah : Bamtan
    • lol right here folks. : c_man_tmt
    • lol : delataur
    • hahahahahah... nice : skryte
    • holy shit I bet he's warm : bad_fish
    • hahaha, awesome : MagicWishMonkey
    • lol that's great : Perturbation
    • Looks comfy! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
    • haha, you win. that's awesome : noodleboy723
    • hahahaha holy shit : SatansFist
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      this is still really funny even though the chatty is gone :( : [fry]
      • Got home from work and had to reload for maximum LOL's : bashildy@speakeasy.net
  • hahaha : bashildy@speakeasy.net
• Do you have a Dagobah Swamp-Luke outfit too, or just this Hoth Han Solo number? : Drifter141
• Le Tigre! : DonkeyPopsicle
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  Are you gonna crawl into a Tauntaun next? : ashkie
  • lol : rmjackson
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  It looks like you at least live someplace where a coat like that is appropriate. : action roommate
  • ACTION WOMBMATE AND I ARE TWINS!!! : anhero
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    The day I took that picture, we got 2 inches of snow in a half hour. I walked into the building for my 3... : mlev
    • goddamnit. stop stealing my twin! : anhero
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  That looks just like a jacket I have. OMG we are twins. : Koral06
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    No, me and the guy above you are twins. : action wombmate
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      That's quite the sandwich you got going there.... : Jonathan
      • HOT : r3dn3ck
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    ..... in california? : oHnOES
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      We're wimps when it comes to cold weather. :( : Koral06
      • don't you live south of me? i would swelter in a jacket like that in SF, so you must be dying! : dahanese
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      fuck you. it gets cold here. : mysled
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        lolz : Drakoniac
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          hay. the only difference between what I wear here and what I wear when I'm visiting you is hats, gloves, ... : mysled
          • lolz : Drakoniac
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        Not really :/ : yosemiteclimber
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          Drakoniac and I are having the most intense fight we've ever had over this. : mysled
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            Mysled's view of weather is terribly skewed, I imagine because Californians have some weird world view wh... : Drakoniac
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              All I'm saying is that when it is "chilly" outside (according to your definition), I could wear that jack... : mysled
              • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19361129#itemanchor_19361129 : yosemiteclimber
            • you are so right. people who have been born and bread here have no circulation or something. my sister... : dahanese
            • HEY MAN! THAT TWO HOURS OF FOG AND WIND IS SERIOUS BUSINESS : anhero
      • LOL : askedrelic
  • ^^^^not me : Korban
• well, fucking the haters is a pretty gay gesture. : barichnikov
• Looks like a nice warm coat. : mathyou
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  I have never seen a man's jacket with fur trim until today. It does look nice and warm! : helvetica
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    I have a ushanka hat that's flannel with "fur" like that. it's the warmest hat I've ever worn. I love it. : Drakoniac
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      Those hats do look toasty! My brother has a Mad Bomber Hat, which also looks quite warm. : helvetica
      • actually I think mine might be a mad bomber hat now.. : Drakoniac
• did you get a dogsled & some huskies with that? : jimmy_legs
• here's the parts to make your gun: http://www.partsofsw.com/dl44hesb.htm : skryte
• LOL : royalally
• Yeah that coat is pretty gay. : Magus
• All this time I thought you were a dude! : Dave-A
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  The frozen tundra of Lambeau Field... : the archvile
  • ^ This. : mlev

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• That has to be consumer only then. : Phreakin
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  HELLO THIS IS STEVE AND THIS CALL IS FREE. : Phil
  • hahahaha : .Jayson
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  Chat is the only way to go. : goatjc
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    I'm helping out with the chat platinum team right now :D chat in and speak to me! : mwasher
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      i just got disconnected when i logged on and said "where's the man washer you faggot?" : ejectorpod
      • hahahahaha yea that won't work. : mwasher
      • lol : Phil
      • lol : derelict515
      • HAHA : Shivawn
      • hahahah : AlexXdude
      • lol : r3dn3ck
      • lolz : prime8
      • I giggled : ateam311
      • hahahaha : virus
      • hahaha good stuff : lookitzpancakes
      • lol I can't say I'm surprised : gakera
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      You work for dell tech support? : MagicWishMonkey
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        Enterprise Server right now. Hopefully moving to their Storage Implementation group soon. Find out on F... : mwasher
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          That's pretty cool dude, good luck with your promotion! : MagicWishMonkey
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            Thanks! :) : mwasher
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              hows the pay? : r3ckless
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                Not good for the amount of work that I do. Decent for the amount of work most people on my team do. ... : mwasher
                • Good luck! : r3ckless
                • Hey, what's the hiring looking like up there? : coraldayton
        • can you tell the mothafukka in charge of the phone queue to disable that fucking intro music ('yours is h... : deviantpaul
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          You're not the jackass in chat that keyed in my service tag wrong and never bothered to check the physica... : o0JediBeavis0o
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            I only deal with PowerEdge / PowerVault products. : mwasher
            • hey are 2950s almost end-of-life? what comes after them? : nadasurf2
    • what are you wearing? : r3dn3ck
• This must be for a desktop/laptop.... : mwasher
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  Also, in trying to return a camera to Dell... I've successfully been transferred 5 times to 5 different I... : disposition
  • You gotta remember there's over a billion people in India. : Saman
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    Wouldn't it be awesome if it was actually the same guy the entire time just putting you on hold for set i... : Danny5225
    • thats eddie murphy's next movie. : Turd Ferguson
    • i had a friend working tech support who did that. fucker liked to alternate between australian and americ... : whereiwannab
• HI GUYS, DELL GUY HERE, JUST SAYING IF YOU PAY THE PREMIUM I'LL TALK TO YOU, K BYE : scorpiusman
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  call the dell Canada number and choose french, then talk to the person in English. : retardhumper
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    Right now all Canadian enterprise level support comes to the Round Rock campus. I have to deal with at l... : mwasher
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      OW DO YOO UTILISER L'ORDINATOOOOOR? : Rice-Rocketeer
      • ahahhaahha : Utopia
      • I don't understand this at all, but it is somehow very similar to shit I've heard before. O.o : mwasher
  • lol protip : nova_x
• I prefer the British-flavoured English with my tech chatty, thanks. : Lightzout
• I don't give a fucking shit where the support people are talking to me from as long as they're not god da... : SenorSpine

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  I guess i can see depp as flava flav but can bale really pull off a convincing chuck d? : re-verse
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    Your words just blew my mind. : trevis
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      I can't stop imagining it. : re-verse
      • I want this. Now. : ETPC1
• what's with the female lead? are the attractive actresses on strike at the time of casting? : dantastic
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  looks good! it's refreshing to see Depp playing someone "normal" for a change. : waxthirteen
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    He looks fucking mean. God I love that man. He's going to dwarf Bale on the screen. : dumb.
    • who's Bale? : reverend~heresy
• HD: http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/publicenemies/hd/ : K1Bond007
• UNF : lodit
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  I hope we get "HEAT" level sounds from the gunfights and not the muffled shitty miami vice gunfight. : stgdz
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : lodit
  • I read some early preview of it and said the gunfights were crazy loud just like heat. : EagleSweet
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    I'd love to see ANY movie attempt to replicate that. Why the fuck are canned sounds still the standard? : jayacheess
    • I would hazard a guess that it saves a lot of money : Magus
  • don't forget collateral : miasma(&)
  • sure didn't sound like anything but canned sounds : proclone1
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  It's kinda weird - the lighting looks 'off' in some of these shots, looks like it was filmed with cheaper... : sonicdeathwalrus
  • Mann rarely uses sets/outside lighting. : lodit
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    Looked like video as compared to film, like the inside-the-taxi shots in Collateral. : sgtsanity
    • You can tell especially with two shots - the one inside the car where Depp is waving, and the earlier sho... : sonicdeathwalrus
  • Michael Mann has been using digital video in his movies for a while now. : action wombmate
  • Bale did the lighting himself this time : dfz0r
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  They had techno in the 30s? : spiderfill
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    are you expecting music only from the 30s to be in the movie? : carnivore
    • No but it would help if it wasn't music created by cold cold machinery from the future : spiderfill
• Looks like there will be plenty of gun porn. :D : sgtsanity
• Can't wait fort his :D : Godhatesfatpeople
• Looking good! I'd love to sucessfully rob a bank without killing anyone. : Snuffles-
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  Looks cool, but Mann doesn't know WTF with HD. Smeary, artifacted shit all over the place. Miami Vice was... : Super Sparker
  • Mann goes for atmosphere to make you feel a certain way. : plunkymeadows
  • I'm pretty sure it has to do with the cameras he is using, unless Fincher is using the same ones. : dopeman
• Interesting looking movie, cant wait. What's with the image quality, it looks all sped up and slightly... : MeestaNob
• I kind of wish it was Adam West instead. lol : drazz
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  IS it just me, or did that trailer basically show you the whole movie? : SirX
  • Well it's based on a true story. Not like history can be spoiled. : pyide
• Michael Mann is one of my favorite directors. Can't wait to see this. : mmt681
• that looks fucking amateur! what the fuck are you doing, michael mann? are you professional or not? for f... : liquidlies

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  That would be impossible to top, but I am watching now anyways. : Lunatic Angelic
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    lol, that was really good, but not an escalation at all... Amir has to die for that Yankee Stadium one. : Lunatic Angelic
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      That Yankee Stadium one was kind of mean though. :( I thought this one was just... better. : yoonix
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        Oh it was mean, it was immensely destructive. I will always remember him saying "but I don't want to mar : Lunatic Angelic
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          I may be remembering it incorrectly, but I thought he said, "I don't want to fucking marry you..." If I ... : bcyde
          • Oh I think you may be right.... holy shit that was uncomfortable to hear him complete that sentence. : Lunatic Angelic
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          Yeah. I really have to say that the Yankee Stadium cannot be topped. That was just on a different level... : sKetchflow
          • It was crossing a line though - that fucked with the girl he was with. Keep the pranks to the people and... : the city
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        Granted it was mean and possibly destructive, but I did feel bad for that one when they pretended to film... : amrbean
        • That one was awesome. : ieGod
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          Yeah but the difference there is that it was only Amir that was being fucked with. Yankee Stadium brought... : yoonix
          • Exactly! : the city
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          Link? : acidnynex
          • Nevermind, I found it . http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1759206 : acidnynex
      • his face when he saw streeker. absolutly perfect. : barichnikov
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      The Yankee Stadium one was over the line IMO, very funny, but way over the line. : SenorSpine
      • It wouldn't have been quite as bad if Streeter didn't yell "I DON'T WANT TO FUCKING MARRY YOU!" in front ... : acidnynex
• amazing : maulla
• haha awesome. not as severe as the proposal one, but damn good. i look forward to Amir's response. :D : mwasher
• hahahah these things have grown epic : askedrelic
• HOLY SHIT HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA : ateam311
• HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA : Phreakin
• That was great! : givemesnacks
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  Hahaha, it must be so god damned fun to work at Connected Ventures. : DrWaffles
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    I just don't see how it's a profitable venture, they hired a bunch of "no fatties" hipster kids who make : Lunatic Angelic
    • I'm still surprised that they seem to be afloat since 1999. Vimeo is fantastic, though. : DrWaffles
    • perfect job for me ! : gmd
• I look forward to the further esculation of this war until one of them rapes the other. : amrbean
• that was really great :D : niceguynick
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  HOLY FUCKING SHIT WATCH THIS http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1902812#1902698 Oh god hahahahahahah... : MagicWishMonkey
  • we just did : bipolar
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    That's the same video? : devi| dog
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      The wrestling video? : MagicWishMonkey
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        It links to the basketball one. : devi| dog
        • FIXED LINK : http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1902698 : MagicWishMonkey
• That was beautiful. : Deathlove
• haha, tricksy : Audhuml4
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  Beautiful - not as deliciously cruel as the Yankee Stadium one, but I'm definitely looking forward to the... : sonicdeathwalrus
  • Amir's going to prank him to death with a tire iron. : cerealSAM2
• That was awesome. Too bad Wake Forrest won the game :( : rosewood
• Glorious. : notd665
• looooool : ieGod
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  how come no one thinks these are fake? : fletch_
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    They could be, but why would you when you have such an awesome prank to actually pull on someone? : devi| dog
    • tons of ensuing web hits? I guess there is a big part of me that could not care less about anything colle... : fletch_
  • doesn't really matter to me if it is or it isn't. still funny as shit either way. : mwasher
  • I do. They've seemed fake since the beginning. : jason bergman
  • I do, but I still think its kinda funny. : nyranger66
  • i don't see how it matters : dromo5
• I want the link to the yankee stadium one : hobosapien
• hahahah the look on his face when he sees his friend, fantastic : bipolar
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  Did they ever talk about what happened between him and his girlfriend after the yankee one? : kaddar0
  • At the end of this clip he says he doesn't have a gf anymore... so they broke up some time ago : Iwannaacura
• Solid. I am definitely not a fan of that website or those guys but that was solid work. : pauk111
• amazing. i really fucking love these guys. i hope the tv show doesn't bomb. : industro
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  Brilliant marketing and awesomely hilarious, but fake. It's too big of a monetary gamble to have not bee... : godhatingatheist
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    I don't think you are supposed to believe the contest is legit... : mwasher
    • No, not necessarily the contest, but all the money and logistics that went into organizing the prank. I ... : godhatingatheist
  • that's kind of the entire point : Deathlove
  • Is it fun being that guy? : the city
• I could see this escalating to the point where one of these guys stages a suicide because of one of the p... : flagg209
• The proposal prank was so wrong but so funny! I'll have to check this one out later. : AltZero
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  Pretty weaksauce compared to the proposal prank imho. : randomjgj
  • It's way less cruel but getting thousands of people in on the actual prank was genius. : Bamtan
• that was a way better, non-cheap way to get back at him. : barichnikov

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• barter.. um.. medicine.. : -=kodiak=-
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  i guess i'd say barter, big guns, and sneak are the weakest.. sneak only because it's really hard to snea... : wetard
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    Agree on all three, but especially barter and big guns. Any points I ever put into those were a complete... : BoKnows
    • I chose to overload on big guns early on...little did I know what a total waste that would be. Bah. : Ovate
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    it's not hard to sneak in the game at all.. sneak is a great skill : -=kodiak=-
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      i've found it's pretty useless if you're actually sneaking effectively in a dungeon it doesn't really mat... : wetard
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        you wearing power armor while sneaking or something? lol. sure there's a payout into putting points... : -=kodiak=-
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          well i guess it depends on what route you're taking.. it's hard to sneak up on a guy and crit in melee.. ... : wetard
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            it's not hard to sneak up on someone and melee at all..... if your sneak sucks (below 60 id say), yea ... : -=kodiak=-
            • I sneak up behind characters and manually sniper headshot them from 50 meters : Luminair
      • much of a gay out for putting pricks into it : Luminair
      • I maxed out sneak and it proved to be extremely effective. I'd get close to enemies and 1 shot them in th... : PointlesS76
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    Personally, I'd add melee to that list. I don't think I used a melee weapon once I got to Megaton. Mayb... : Grumbeld
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      same, i kindof assumed there are melee characters out there though.. big guns just seems pointless to me ... : wetard
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        it's less useful, but I think big guns are way more enjoyable to use than energy weapons. Having a ridic... : DonkeyPopsicle
        • the only thing i've used energy weapons so far for is the mesmetron i think.. it is kinda useful being ab... : wetard
      • once I had enough gatling laser ammo at the end of the game, I switched to using that and just excessivel... : Luminair
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  Skip the Swift Learner perk... you don't need it. : dumb.
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    yeah, the wiki has some pretty good commentary on various perks too most of it i would agree with.. http:... : wetard
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      ill never understand half of those lame ass "stop putting points into X at Y level, cuz it's already soft... : -=kodiak=-
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        i think it's more a point of "don't get perks that just add points to your skills if you've already plann... : wetard
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          yea but even then... are you seriously going to use a guide and track down all 25 books of any skill? : -=kodiak=-
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            i wasn't suggesting you should, but the more books you do get the more points you have to spread.. it's p... : wetard
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              i had no problem using the educated perk w/ +10 int and getting a good 65+ in all skills by the time i wa... : -=kodiak=-
              • yep, i think last roll i had like medicine, barter, unarmed, sneak, lockpick, science, repair, speech pre... : wetard
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  all you need to know is that shit breaks down in a broken down world, therefore being practiced in the us... : Luminair
  • oh, and that your level and skills and attributes are capped (meaning that maxing something early could m... : Luminair
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  Avoid big guns unless you also take small guns. There is neither enough ammo, or spare parts in the game... : Finestaut
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    That Ranger Armor is the best in the game? : hatelull
    • it's easily the best 'light' armor for it's weight. : -=kodiak=-
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      that's my favorite, it's kindof a must if you're trying to max out your AP : wetard
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        I heard their was power armor with with no agility decrease, but I haven't bothered looking for it. Not ... : hatelull
        • yeah i think that's prolly a good trade-off in terms of DR.. i like the extra AP from the ranger bonus th... : wetard
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          Yeah I got mine from an o{Enclave}o guy. Tesla armor or something like that. : hoov1185
          • So much for that. : hoov1185
        • yes, there is. Bit of a pain in the ass to get, it's a part of the 'shoot them in the head' quest. : -=kodiak=-
    • Overall, I think so. Power armor provides better protection, but the agility penalty is prohibitive, and... : Finestaut
• A lot of the skills can be increased with books & bobbleheads you'll find throughout the world. : jingletard
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  Are the pew pew Laser Weapons worth investing? I've put a decent amount of points into it,but so far all... : hatelull
  • not until later in the game, small guns will be far more useful at first : derelict515
  • Energy weapons are great in the late game, but hard to find parts for. Laser weapons are nothing more th... : Finestaut
  • the alien blaster is good and uses the Energy Weapons skill, but ammo is scarce (less than 400 rounds in ... : Joseph
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    I'm doing Energy Weapons right now and they do less damage per shot, but shoot much much faster at a lowe... : ConfusedUs
    • Also you can get good EW guns pretty early if you know what you're doing. There's two or three laser pist... : ConfusedUs
• Just make sure you go big on Repair. : SiW.
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  One general comment I would make is that it's fine to get suggestions like the stuff in this thread, but ... : Johnny Law
  • Oh yeah and keep in mind that a higher INT gives you more skill points per level. : Johnny Law
• Wow, this thread is a lot bigger than I anticipated. Thanks, guys! I'll probably start on it tomorrow o... : Grimp

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  The untold portion: the money is long since spent on booze and strippers : bipolar
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    I didn't want to say that but yea... : razlebol
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      Ouch :( please don't spend money that isn't yours. The rule is the same if your bank accidentally deposit... : LilCrypto
      • If it's an astronomical amount fine. But 2 weeks pay? That's enough the some people wouldn't even notice ... : Skoal^Fyfan
      • It's been 1 month.. : razlebol
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  seven months ago? what the fuck? their problem dont call back. maybe if it was within 2 months but 7 fuck... : med1c
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    Yeah, I heard the boss actually fired the woman that was taking care of this a few months after I left. : razlebol
    • i wouldnt call back unless you get something nasty in writing. : NeoMoose
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  a company i worked for payed me 95 hours of unused OT when I left and they never asked for it back, it wa... : Yanks
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    oh this was OT that I never could have gained, I only got about 14 hours worth while I was there : Yanks
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      You sure it wasn't vacation time? : MagicWishMonkey
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        That's what I meant, actually. Brain fart. I worked an internship there 2 years in a row, but I never wen... : Yanks
        • Ahhh ok, looks like you lucked out :) : MagicWishMonkey
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  What the fuck is a climatisation? I'm not trying to be an ass I just really want to know. : DrillBit
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    Well I don't know how to say it in english... Cold air for when it's hot. : razlebol
    • Ah, we call it air conditioning here in the states. I like climatisation better it is more accurate. : DrillBit
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      I didn't realize you were a frenchie! : boring gegtik
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        are you dumb, hes name is french : Utopia
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          half of these names have no language at all how is razzle ball french asshole!!!!! : boring gegtik
          • by the way -- gegtik is lithuanian!!!! : boring gegtik
  • climate station? : givemesnacks
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    context would suggest air conditioning. It's not that far off since they call automatic HVAC "climate co... : DinK
    • That is what I thought it might be but I wanted to make sure I like picking up new words. : DrillBit
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  If it's a mistake then you owe it and they can come after you for it. If you think they can't prove it, t... : yakz
  • FUCK :( : razlebol
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    How can they do that? A deposit is a deposit. I'm not trying to be smart or anything, I just don't see ho... : not work safe
    • if a bank accidentally deposits someone else's money into your account, you don't get to keep it. it's no... : dahanese
    • Because "A deposit is a deposit" is your belief and now law. They can and will take it away. : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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      what's at issue is who owns the money, not who possesses the money. : skryte
      • Interesting. I thought that if they went through the trouble of entering my name in a thing that says "ar... : not work safe
      • This sound like a problem with pay roll not a bank mistake as far as the bank knows this is exactly what ... : johnlocks
      • technically if it's my account - i PWN the moneyhat$. : Skoal^Fyfan
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      Direct deposits can be reversed pretty easily. : dravalen
      • Ya but theres probably a time limit that is already passed : johnlocks
  • No they can't. This happened to me, and I consulted a lawyer about it. He said they can't collect after... : Halen
• fuck em. keep it until they send you a lawyergram. they probably don't have the balls to go that far. : NeoMoose
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  not fucking kidding: return it due to jail : johnwissinger
  • they havent even told him what its about. he left a vague "call me back" message to try to trap him in. ... : NeoMoose
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  Could be a bonus? Fiscal year? Bonus for being there x years? Sign on bonus? : Iwannaacura
  • Bonus, him.. No fucking way. I'm pretty sure they had already gave me all the money they owed me which w... : razlebol
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  did you get you 4% when you left? This happened to me when I was younger and know nothing about the work ... : Utopia
  • They only gave it to me 2-3 months after I quit. It's like they gave it twice.. : razlebol
• Don't call him back. If they end up contacting you some other way tell them you couldn't because the pho... : nem00
• Don't call him back, it's his issue, not yours. Ignore unless you receive something from a lawfirm. : Visceral Monkey
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  Problem is they can take that money out at any time, even if you transfer it elsewhere. Only option t... : MoreVespeneGas
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    No, they can't take it back after 7 days. : Halen
    • lol : MoreVespeneGas

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  a 1/4 mile radius, what will we do?!!? : grandmasterlee
  • Haha yeah that's a pretty small radius : OverloadUT
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    whatever. one mile then. it really doesn't matter. the PCs will be level 1 or 2 anyway so they can't just... : abovedefault
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      I just mean a kobold lair 1/4 mile away from a town would be like... right in the back yard. I mean peopl... : OverloadUT
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        It's obviously a bog deal then. I should probably just quit right now. : abovedefault
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          Dude I'm just giving you a hard time; you really need to learn to take that if you are going to post here... : OverloadUT
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            sorry, i just got back from 4chan. they suggested 'play shadowrun instead' and 'you are not a DM you just... : abovedefault
            • mmm, shadowrun. Perhaps convince them they want to play Paranoia instead? : Fyunch Click
            • And that really exemplifies what I love about the Shack. We are just as or perhaps even more likely to go... : OverloadUT
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        If you can throw stones over 440 yards I want to see it : bRAINsick
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          I am the hulk : OverloadUT
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            kobold camp is now a quarter mile underground. what do you do. : abovedefault
            • Underground is scary :( : OverloadUT
            • > go west : Lightbulb
        • pebbles could kill kobolds with glancing blows. : Fyunch Click
• PCs come across a den of knob gobblers that have been spreading disease among the local male populous and... : Modulus
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  So are you looking for "moral dilemma" situations or "twist ending" situations? Your example sounds like ... : OverloadUT
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    they will have plenty of chance to look into it if they bother. but my group doesn't, so this will teach ... : abovedefault
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      probably not. You really can't alter a group's dynamic or playstyle. It is what it is. And hitting them o... : Fyunch Click
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        This is my experience as well. Something to remember is that you are trying to craft a game that is enjoy... : OverloadUT
        • and it is something that can suck, especially if you have limited players to choose from and you are sick... : Fyunch Click
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    Where's the moral dlemma? Step on the eggs and slam the babes against the wall, that way the nest won't s... : SockMonkeh
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      slaughtering defenseless creatures is not a good act. even if one PC is neutral, the good PCs are incline... : abovedefault
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        They're defenseless, but inherently evil. Letting them live wouldn't be a good act. : Vincent Grayson
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          Kobolds aren't inherently evil. : hawkeye
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            Since when? : Vincent Grayson
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              I don't recall them ever being inherently evil. They're dumb, selfish, and tribal. They're not world ra... : hawkeye
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                Orcs and goblins aren't inherently evil in most settings, either. They have a tendency to be selfish and... : ZTac
                • That's true. Very few creatures are 100% evil. : hawkeye
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                  the 3.5 MM says usually evil for orcs, goblins, and kobolds. but i have encountered nonevil kobold NPCs i... : abovedefault
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                    There is no basic evilness about the existance of orcs, goblins or kobolds. They are not inherently evil... : ZTac
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                      Psssht! Evil is all relative. I *never* do alignment in my campaigns, because it's stupid. : Rice-Rocketeer
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                        in my campaign everyone is a philosopher to overcome alignment based damage reduction : abovedefault
                        • Hahahaha. :D : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Holy fuck, I'm never giving Durgas a chance to do anything like that. : Wadmaasi
      • They are Kobolds, Wadmassi. : SockMonkeh
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  PCs are hired to defend a small town against the depredations of a some local bandits/werewolves/some cur... : trove
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    I like this one. i would like to give the players a chance to figure it out before they do this though. i... : abovedefault
    • They could find the ruins of the town/village that existed before the new people arrived and took over. ... : trove
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  What level are the PC's? : K0LM
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    we haven't started yet, but we are only going 1-20, so any ideas in that range will be helpful. : abovedefault
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      Which setting are you using? : K0LM
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        no official setting, i guess it's average fantasy. : abovedefault
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          Let me try and find some of my old adventure hooks and I will post them when I get them. : K0LM
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            cool, i appreciate it. : abovedefault
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              And why are you not running 4th Ed. 3.5 is convoluted mess compare to 4th. : K0LM
              • I have tried 4th, and I do not enjoy it as much. That's all there is to it. : abovedefault
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  It is the Friday. The band of adventurers are enjoying a swig of ale at the local whore'n'mead; a damp b... : kaddar0
  • WUT : abovedefault
• Put the PCs's good alignment in conflict with the players' natural inclination to loot for magical items.... : dirge23
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  How about this, the party quests for a shield of truth which has been taken by cult of witches who worshi... : kaddar0
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    this one is pretty good. i just hope the PCs don't think of asking them beforehand. even if i just say th... : abovedefault
    • maybe have it be an underling of a lord who hires you, the underling won't have a motive, the lord will b... : kaddar0
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  I think you want morally ambiguous, not Shamalamanan lame "You were wrong!" choices. Two pricesses are... : Cottc Cid
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    These are great, although these may be more than a little frustrating. especially the little girl scenari... : abovedefault
    • I think that's Cottc Cid's point. All of those are situations with no clear "right" answer. I'd expand ... : Finestaut
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  Are kobolds supposed to be sympathetic creatures? If not, fuck them and their eggs. : deject
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    yeah, but they will feel kinda bad about abandoning babies, even if they are gross scaly babies that only... : abovedefault
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      I was involved in a campaign where we played kobolds. Slightly mutated by "magic fungus" but it was overa... : Fyunch Click
      • I believe Pun-Pun was a kobold : abovedefault
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    Deekin! : ZTac
    • deekin say he the best awesome sidekick of master, next only to legendary one, the chattering skull they ... : vikramwillrock
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  a psionic leech has attached itself to a local fair maiden, a just and generous merchant's daughter, and ... : AbortedFetusChristi
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    wow. this... wow. i will do this. : abovedefault
    • awesome. if you actually do, I'd very much like to know how it played out. : AbortedFetusChristi
  • Impressive : Ebu
• If you're trying to 'teach' them with a moral dilemma, instead of leaving it on them to investigate somet... : Fayk
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  How about some political commentary? The party is a group of volunteer police for a small village. to c... : kaddar0
  • you can use the Strike team from the shield for adventure ideas. : Fyunch Click

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  The Black Headcrabs and the fucking Ghost Fish in Ninja Gaiden >:( : Godhatesfatpeople
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    FUCKING GHOST FISH. >:( : DOOManiac
    • YEAH FUCK THEM IN THEIR GHOST ASSES >:( : r3dn3ck
• Fuck poison headcrabs. It's not the damage they deal or even their appearance. It's the fucking NOISE tha... : ConfusedUs
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  Ugh Zan III : retarded talking dinosaur
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJOVj3uc5_I : retarded talking dinosaur
  • This guy was awesome, what the hell are you smoking? : ConfusedUs
• marlboros. fucking marlboros. : Modica Sol Solis
• I agree with the poisonous headcrabs, also special mention to the bloodsucker in Stalker >:E and the spid... : r3dn3ck
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  Master Tonberry, Stygian Dolls, Cacataur : Iwannaacura
  • this. a hundred times this. : Modica Sol Solis
• Aliens as a marine in Aliens versus Predator 2. : manlyman
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  Just about any damned thing in the water. There's something about water levels in games that makes me un... : DrWaffles
  • oh fuck yes I agree. It's like the normal laws of physics no longer apply and you have to scramble aroun... : aux7
  • Same here. I don't like going underwater for whatever reason. : helvetica
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    I think it's the fact that they can come from any direction, plus movement is usually worse in water leve... : DHAvatar
    • Yeah, the possibility of getting attacked from any direction is probably the biggest reason. Even the wa... : DrWaffles
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  The headcrab tossers for me. I'm super-conservative in how I spend my ammo in games, but whenever I see ... : kallanta
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    The poison headcrab zombie? : Dave-A
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      Yeah, the dude that makes the gross gurgle sounds and throws those hateful little fuckers at you. : aux7
      • You mean the Crazy Cat Lady? : SiW.
      • The poison zombie is one of the scariest things I've seen or heard in any game. The sound design is amazi : Dave-A
• That guy in the coolie hat that blows himself up in Shadow Warrior and then comes back as a ghost, he dis... : dognose
• - flying enemies that suicide into you and are difficult to see and kill. - water enemies - black headc... : itsjames
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  i hate really small, fast opponents in FPS games. It becomes frustrating and lame when games make you fi... : burning eye
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    Hello, Half-Life Ninja! : SiW.
    • Man those chicks always gave me a hair trigger : johnlocks
    • Oh crap, I had completely forgotten about them! My god were they aggravating! : aux7
• the bitches in diablo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz_gJlWlxXs : Luminair
• I'll go with the black headcrabs. The only thing that's actually scared me in a game. Fuck you, you stupi... : locater16
• Archviles. : coldfusioncs
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  Boomers. Especially when they come out from behind a wall. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Now I'm imagining him as the kool-aid man. OH YEAH! : DHAvatar
• Invisible pinky : PointlesS76
• I hate being in the water when I play FPS's. Even in games that have no enemies in the water. I can't h... : Haku-Jin

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  Bliz games are special in that they never require the new and greatest rigs... you can play it on what yo... : Demius
  • Too true...It's usually the FPS games I'm playing that force me to upgrade. : Mad Mort
  • Yep. I'm pretty sure that 95% of the people on this website have more than what it takes to run the game,... : bob3578
• Yeah but it'd be great to run it without a hitch, my 7800GT is wheezing :-( : grizzly yeroc
• Did system requirements get released? : trOmblyj
• No reason to. : breadsticks
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  yeah, might need to upgrade that pentium 2 : feek
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    my Cyrix will run that shit just fine. : DonkeyPopsicle
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      On my 486, if I just need it to go faster, I hit the TURBO button. : trOmblyj
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        Oh man! I haven't seen a Turbo button in over a 10 years!! LOL : Mad Mort
        • I can sort of seeing this making a comeback, like a instant way to overclock a PC without too much tinker... : Sailor of Fortune
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        It actually goes slower when you hit turbo. : qwplayer
        • that means you were already in Turbo mode : trOmblyj
  • I'm sure it will run fine on my abacus. : Helios150
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  I don't think the system specs will be very harsh, I completely expect it to be well playable on a 6600GT... : sonicdeathwalrus
  • It's safe to say you'll need a new videocard. The 6600 is woefully obsolete. : h0cake
• If it comes out after the holiday season, I'll have a new rig due to my bi-annual refresh, but I'm not go... : zerog83
• I guess we'll see : grizzly yeroc
• i doubt diablo3 will even push any of the crysis rigs we have already built. : Klebold
• not me. doesn't really look like a game that would tax my 1.5 year old hardware : dantastic
• I'm due for an upgrade in 2011 anyway : bipolar
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  Do I need to build a new rig for a game that looks pretty bland? Its like mini-WoW. What are the recom... : Lightzout
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    ...... : [7]kami
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      Oh snap. kami is gonna flip the fuck out. : ateam311
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        TRYING TO KEEP MY CALM, K : [7]kami
        • it's okay man, IT'S OKAY. HE DOESNT KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING. : halophoenix
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    Killing yourself. : walker270
    • lol this is such a good answer to so many things and it's always funny : [fry]
  • Recommended spec is to cut yourself. : Chod
  • Bland? No. You are wrong. Good day. sir. : jingletard
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    min requirements: -Being fucking familiar with Diablo -Knowing WoW took more from Diablo than Diablo ... : EvilDolemite
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      I love Diablo 2. The art direction in Diablo 3 appears to take more from the pallet of WoW's past... : Lightzout
      • I really don't see how you can complain about D3 not being dark and gritty and then mention how good TQ l... : derelict515
      • I would love to see another way to evolve from sprites to polygons with a different art direction than Di... : SigENeaT
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  No, i am building a new rig for the fuck of it. : [7]kami
  • Now there's a phrase I need to incorporate more often into my daily discussions, "For the fuck of it". "... : Mad Mort
• You'll have to make sure your video card can display every color in the rainbow. : Matt Burris
• i dont think we're going to see diablo until 2010 at the earliest : eeeealmo
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  I thought at one point they said it was going to be out before starcraft 2... : grizzly yeroc
  • I'm upgrading my late 04/early 05 rig for this. : givemesnacks
  • actually they said the opposite, SC2 will be out first : derelict515
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  diablo 3 shouldnt be a hog : SoNiC :<
  • Hopefully it won't but its still a good excuse to upgrade if you missed Crysis : rainboy1981
• I am just going to hit the turbo button my 486. That should get me the extra power i need. : spackleboy81
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  Yes, I am building a special rotary clicking mechanism for my mouse. 400 clicks a second. : twifosp
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    seriously. I'm going to avoid Repetitive Stress Injury 3. : Delaric
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      you know, ever since diablo 2 you could just hold down the button to continuously attack. : mwasher
      • Stop ruining my jokes with your "facts". : twifosp
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        but honestly, did you do this? : zerog83
        • Of course? Why wouldn't I? : Ebu
      • that would have maybe been helpful if it didn't lock you on to one enemy. But holding it down, you attack... : Jackass1233
      • Sure, you could, but that's not how you're supposed to play Diablo : sonicdeathwalrus
      • so play dungeon siege you lazy sod : nrgXs
      • No one did this though. Well, unless you were a little bitch : ateam311
      • your mom holds down the button to continuously attack SNAP : Delaric
      • Your face holds down the button to continuously attack. : ieGod
• I'm building a new rig... in my pants : sKetchflow
• I bought a Dia3 t-shirt in preperation. : RogerDandy
• I'll get it for 360 probably WHHHAAAAAAAAAT? : grandmasterlee
• I'm probably fine already. : Lone Swordsman
• I am going to figure out how to get it to run on the Kindle2 so it will have no color at all. : not work safe
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  I'm thinking of buying the 3D stereo vision thing from nvidia just for Diablo 3. : stuka
  • Do tell more? : rainboy1981
• Why would you need to? Blizzard is notorious for catering to the lowest-common denominator among PC hard... : wytefang
• I'm on my 5th new rig for Duke Nukem Forever : NukemFornever
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  yes and no It's just time ... I am using the same box that I have for between 4 and 6 years now. I can... : Nation
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    hey if you are locked in an agp rig, i just put an ati 3850 agp in my machine and my old athlon xp 2700+ ... : brainchild420
    • that's cool ... my CPU is a athlon xp 2500+ (the one tons of shackers were getting at one point) ... I am... : Nation
• hopefully i wont have to :D : halophoenix
• I am. My 3 yr old rig was low end when I built it. Just waiting until closer to release for the cheapes... : darcspeed
• I should be fine for D3 in terms of cpu/ram (3.2 quadcore, 4gigs) but I will buy whatever video card I ne... : johnny rotten
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  click click click click click : gmd
  • I am definitely getting a new mouse for this game. Diablo 2 was what drove me to my first laser mouse. : Lightzout
• no because Blizzard games manage to look pretty cool without requiring next generation hardware. : trelain
• New PC will not be needed for Diablo 3. New PC will be needed for Empire however :) : Sgt_Boomstick
• I'd imagine if you can run Titan Quest maxed out you can run Diablo 3. : EvilDolemite
• Makes no sense to build a new comp for D3 now, when you can get the same hardware much cheaper at the tim... : Marrbe
• I'd wager most of us already have rigs that'll run it maxed. : Vincent Grayson
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  I'll have one by the time it comes out, but it's looking a bit WoW-ish in art style so i'm not particular... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    god knows I played D2 for the graphics : derelict515
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      I can't tell if you are being sarcastic. My point is D1 and D2 had very gothic, isolated atmospheres to t... : Mr. Goodwrench
      • Very sarcastic. And I find the whole omg D3 looks like WoW thing pretty silly. oh noes colors! The game s... : derelict515
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        D2 was filled with bright purple, green, and pink monsters and armor. The landscapes outside of caves te... : walker270
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          I dont recall any of what you speak. The only colourful creatures I saw were the champions or unique char... : Mr. Goodwrench
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            Let me help you: http://infoceptor.net/strategy/diablo2/walkthrough/mission30/shot3.jpg : midgetherder
            • jesus fucking christ that game was ugly. : PlanetPerfecto
          • there was definitely some very purple Necro armor, bright green Fallens, etc. : derelict515
• I will use my work computer. :) : matrixneo42
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  I will be, although, I'll probably play TF:2 more w/ settings cranked up. : goatjc
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    I play tf2 in dx8 with 8800gt, 4gigs ram, and a q6700 to get the most FPS i can lol. dx9 looks all glo... : chilln
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        also, 19" viewsonic tube when the res is turned up above 1024 you can't read anything b/c it's so blurry. : goatjc
        • lol. my roomie has like a 2.4 ghz pentium 4 with like 768 megs of ram... if I can ever get him to play tf... : chilln
• Agree with above /\ No reason to build a new rig for it. : CyberStud69
• Already built. I'm enjoying all games at max settings right now. :D : Magus
• I just did actually. However i had no choice. DoW2 was running on low settings, and that just won't do ... : jedi_27
• I should be good to play it. I'll prob update my video card in a year but the current one I have should ... : grabbie
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  the only thing I'll do is buy a new netbook because in 2010 they'll be good enough to run diablo 3 : Luminair
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    yeah but you'll need to plug in a mouse to play (I played D2 and TQ with a trackpad and that was bad enou... : derelict515
    • well my cell phone can plug into my 30" monitor so I don't see why my netbook won't : Luminair
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  PULLING THE TRIGGER on my RIG : arizona bay
  • gross : DonkeyPopsicle
  • hahaha : My Documents
  • needs more pink : yacoub35
  • hot : Phil
  • this reads like so many threads on Anandtech. GUYS IM ABOUT TO PULL THE TRIGGER YES/NO : yacoub35
• No reason to. Blizzard isn't known to make you build brand-new equipment even at their highest of graphic... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  god i hope it supports 1024x768 now!! : xsoulbrothax
  • lol, no shit. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I just hope we don't have to wait for an expansion to get 800x600 : capt tripps
• my comp wasnt built in 1993, so no. : senor135
• Is the person building your rig a rigger? : elwood00
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  The game is probably at least two years off, so I'll most likely have a new system by then. : Ellissd
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    This. I don't think people realize how far away the release is. My money is still on Q4 2011. : gia-
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      Does Blizzard normally show 20 minute playable demos 2+ years prior to release? : derelict515
      • Yes. : DOOManiac
      • SC2 was shown quite awhile ago. : Nighteyes
• Hopefully shouldnt have too, looks fairly undemanding. : silentbobuk
• is it coming out in '09? or '10? : deviantpaul
• What's the odds we see a beta before 2011? -_- : DM7
• More like stovepiping on my rig : Kerranger

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• damnit, I wish I didnt have a homo electric stove. :( : Degenerate
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  how do you keep the wok from tilting over on your stove? : EvilDolemite
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    The ring helps balance the wok on a stove. Basically just a stand you sit the Wok in. : Degenerate
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      i am a retard : EvilDolemite
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        well, he makes it sound like he didnt get the ring so after re-reading your question I thought you were r... : Degenerate
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          gotta have the wokring. makes it firmer longer. : Fyunch Click
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            everybody loves a little firm wok : Degenerate
            • ILTW post. : Fyunch Click
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    wait, I see what youre really asking now. My answer doesnt help! : Degenerate
    • you can still tip it over i guess if you're retarded. jbury and korban please skip this post : wtf242
• awesome all around. I can't wait until I have free time again :( : Yanks
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  Traditional Chinese: like steamed Ginger root or something? : sKetchflow
  • I am mostly cooking sichuan dishes.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szechuan_cuisine : wtf242
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  i hate my electric stove. : MisterClaw
  • they really do suck for cooking : EvilDolemite
• i thought wok rings kept it hard longer. : ass-street
• My stove is in one of dopefish's movies : dognose
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  i think it was in the 80s or early 90s but there was some huge wok fad that was on informercials, i think... : [fry]
  • Sham Wok : OverloadUT
• If it's a ring like the one that came with mine, you can use it both on electic and gas. Just put the sm... : theargent
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  real chefs don't go near anything aluminum to cook in, stainless steel only sir! : dignan
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    real chefs don't use cast iron? : EvilDolemite
    • Proper cornbread needs a good cast iron skillet! : helvetica
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16432961#itemanchor_16432961 : PlanetPerfecto
      • i can't support this communism : EvilDolemite
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    aluminum? : Degenerate
    • aluminium? : anhero
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    yeah i know.. which is why this is cast iron not aluminum : wtf242
    • well you did mention an aluminum lid : dignan
  • only the lid is aluminum : Just A Girl
  • you're on my radar : boring gegtik
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    All my food is cooked in aluminum foil over coal fires. : c0bra
    • well, thats perfectly acceptable of course! : dignan
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      this works too http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SIKwYsEmqGI/AAAAAAAAVxc/38OziOZfEsU/s1600-h/8135.jpg you ... : dignan
      • http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/b/BANGORWALKER/15.jpg : EvilDolemite
      • Ghettoliscious! : erebus
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    i guess i forgot the sarcasm tags : dignan
    • lol. can't back pedal out of that one. : anhero
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  What's wrong with electric? : ieGod
  • you can't really heat a round-bottomed wok properly on a flat element, you need a gas flame : boring gegtik
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    heat accuracy, less heat given off in the room, heating ramp-up are some benefits of gas. when you tur... : EvilDolemite
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      i make perfect stir fry on an electric coil. all you gotta do is crank it up to high and use a nice all ... : kn1fe
      • It's just not the same. Once you go gas you .... As EvilDolemite says above it's about instant tempera... : Alco23
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  I just use a regular saute pan when I make Chinese. Never saw the point of a wok. : tashtego
  • different COOKING ZONES : boring gegtik
  • one thing i've noticed is that in many chinese or indian dishes one of the first steps is creating an inf... : wtf242
  • Usually you use less oil in a wok : Just A Girl
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  Awesome. Ironically, I just used my wok last night to make an awesome teriyaki chicken stir fry! : DJ Clipdat
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    That is pretty ironic!!! Cast Ironic that is!!! LMAO : boring gegtik
    • oh hell no.. lol! : DJ Clipdat
    • you have reached a new low : Modica Sol Solis
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  Best thread on egullet: http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=75962&st=0 : scythide
  • this is awesome, thanks : Degenerate
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  what is with all the unopened sauces and shit ?? : jane911
  • I just got back from the chinese market. : wtf242
• I use my wok almost every night! you can cook tons of random shit in it! Just curious, what does your ... : zerog83
• wok cooking ftw. i got a nice wok for xmas and have been getting into thai and chinese, making new dishes... : bimd
• i've been to that shop. the ladies inside were really nice and helpful. : ibrokn
• will you cook me dinner when I visit Austin in 2034? : gmd
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  I might have to replace my thin carbon steel wok for one of these. are they heavy & do they hold their h... : jimmy_legs
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    not that heavy. nothing compared to a CI Skillet. There are whole szechuan peppercorns in there... crazie... : wtf242
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      Does that wok only have those two side handles? I'd like a cast iron wok but the way I cook I'd really n... : midgetherder
      • I don't think they carry a cast iron one with a big handle... only carbon or stainless steel. : wtf242
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      Hm, mine right now is a sturdy (but local store have thicker) carbon steel, and well seasoned. Do you ha... : jimmy_legs
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        I'm not sure. 1st time i've owned a wok. Same recipe.. from the famous "land of plenty" book from Fuchsia... : wtf242
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          Nice. Do you have the book? I have been thinking of picking it up but haven't. : jimmy_legs
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            yeah i've only cooked 3 things out of it so far though. It's very authentic which can be kind of disgusti... : wtf242
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              Awww come on, really? It might be really good. What else have you cooked from it? : jimmy_legs
              • some other chicken dish I forgot the name of and dan dan noodles which I somehow fucked up. I overcooked... : wtf242
• Are you holding the wok in the "traditional" way and mixing in the wave-like motion? : Alco23
• You seriously need to put the recipe for that Kung Pao Chicken on your food blog. It looks delicious. ... : amankhan

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• This is my biggest complaint with the game, the story is crap and doesn't interest me at all. Also, the ... : Moonraker7
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  The 40k universe is pretty badass actually. The games just do a poor job of conveying it. Who really play... : aeg1x
  • final fantasy 3/6 wants to talk ! >:( : oHnOES
  • games cant tell a good story : Luminair
  • I think you may have hurt silent hill 2's feelings with that one. : silentbobuk
  • GW's really smart about this. They wrote a universe that's kind of weak in originality but it contains e... : Rotten Deadite
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  I think this does a pretty good jopb of summing it up http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10/ : capt tripps
  • pretty much : r3dn3ck
• Normally I'd agree, but I wiki'd the history and it actually comes across as a decent story. For a while. : Visceral Monkey
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  the story is very gay. the god-emperor and warmaster horus were lovers but then horus said something abou... : GloriousCow
  • This is also how The 5th Element starts. : capt tripps
  • actually, horus was a clone of the emperor. So, it wasn't gay, just masterbation. : captfarrell
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  If you can't appreciate a story where the good guys are theocratic space Nazis, well.. I just don't know ... : woddemandred
  • This story has good guys? : brickmatt
• It's pretty goofy, but no more so than the majority of sci-fi and fantasy. I appreciate that they didn't ... : Ely
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  HERETIC! Warhammer 40k is the distillation of every cool thing in the universe. : Albemuth
  • POWER ARMOR. SPACE SHIPS SHAPED LIKE GUNS. YEAAAAAAAH. : brickmatt
• 40K appeals to my xenophobic nature. : Sailor of Fortune
• I see what you did there... Clever. : pturvz
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  The story in Dawn of War II is retarded to the point that I don't care about it whatsoever and actively a... : Chris Remo
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    well said thaddeus. those orcs have been a blight on the imperium of man for far too long. my rage will... : Mr.SEX
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      fuck : Mr.SEX
      • Yes, Brother. Indeed, Brother. : brickmatt
    • nice one Mr.SEX : Luminair
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    Is the story any more than this? Orks show up on some human breeding worlds. Humans are all like WHAT : walker270
    • Pretty much. : Jonathan
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      I'm sorry, but I'm not going to read this post, because there's no way this many words written about the ... : Chris Remo
      • You should. Report back when done. : Jonathan
  • That's why I was asking about the source material. My biggest frustration with DoW2 is when I can't do a... : brickmatt
  • Repelling alien invasion, not much more complicated than that really : Magus
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  The Space Marines are a hilarious take on the future of the human race. Just so you get a taste: they are... : Bamtan
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    to keep him alive : Bamtan
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      Techmarines <> Tech-Priests. : Majuju
      • Ah right, sorry. Only read up on it once. : Bamtan
  • IIRC the Emperor acts as the beacon in hyperspace so people can travel the stars, without him they can't ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • See, now I read somewhere that the Emperor said religion is the bane of mankind and sought to abolish it,... : Magus
• I've been playing the Relic games and read zero story but the space marine unit speech has spiked my inte... : dael
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  I find that Space Marines are written one of two ways. Myopic Warrior Monks who kill and Thoughtful Warri... : Jonathan
  • Thought begets Heresy; Heresy begets Retribution. : mem
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  it's a pretty interesting and amusing universe, but I don't think anything worth a damn has ever been wri... : DonkeyPopsicle
  • I've been working my way through the Horus Heresy set of book and it isn't bad. It might help that I like... : Jonathan
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    Dan Abnett is the finest writer in their stable. Highly recommended. : Albemuth
    • In their stable. Is that like being pretty for a fat chick? : brickmatt
  • Gaunt's Ghost books by Dan Abnett are pretty awesome : Yabrodan
  • Yeah I kinda got this impression, too. Despite the clamor for Dan Abnett, that's like saying on a scale o... : Magus
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  Gears of War 2... oh shit did I just break your scale? : Toth21
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    I didn't specify because I couldn't decide which was gayer! : brickmatt
    • Shall we consult dude huge? : MoreVespeneGas
• You don't even deserve to know the Emperor's NAME : Mondo
• The story and dialogue isn't great but I enjoy it nonetheless. And I love the banter hahaha. I know it's ... : Magus