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• Last night's episode took place both 3 years after Locke left and immediately after Locke left. It jumpe : zebosausamite
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  the show is turning into one hell of a Love Quadrilateral : smax
  • you complete my square : grandmasterlee
  • Thats not complicated enough for this show. They are aiming for a love icosahedron : uglysad
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  here's the timeline: 1. Oceanic Six leave island. Three years pass for them, taking them to c. 2007 : dirge23
  • Sun and Sayid are in 1974 (Seen in the preview of the next episode). : zebosausamite
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    Yeah, that's about right, including #6 - though they haven't explicitly said when Ben, Locke and the Ajir : mn3m0n1c
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      Yea, there's no present clue as to when Ben, Locke, and the other Ajira passengers are (the only hint: th : Masem
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        Yeah. I'm betting lots of little things we've seen, and new things, will turn into messages that the O6 h : Bamtan
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          whoa, awesome. makes sense : dirge23
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            For one - I think that the O6 have ALWAYS gone to the past. They aren't course-correcting anything by int : Bamtan
            • That's what I agree with all this is to avoid the predestination paradox, as warned by Eloise, which is w : Masem
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              Of course they have. Daniel alluded to this when Sawyer asked them if they could do anything or not when : HojuSimpson
              • Yep. Poor Faraday; being a physicist who specializes in time-travel theory must be a real bitch when you' : mn3m0n1c
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                man I hope faraday does go all emo now that charolette is dead. He is an awesome character, hopefully he ... : maulla
                • Faraday needs an episode like "The Constant". Something to give him better closure on the whole Charlott... : Masem
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        I don't think the Ajira passengers are going to line up with Locke; remember Walt's vision of Locke in a : melt_core
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          Yes, I agree. Caesar and what's her name (at least) work for Widmore - I'm sure of that. The other Ajira : mn3m0n1c
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            It seems like if this were the case, Cesar and that chick would have already killed Ben. I mean, last tim : dirge23
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              They are mushrooms, grunts, shock troops - Widmore is not telling them anything they don't 'need to know' : mn3m0n1c
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                I am sure that Cesar and that chick have some agenda and are not on the island by mistake, but I'm skepti : dirge23
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                  If Ceasar was working for Ben he wouldn't have acted like that and shown the wounded to Locke like that. : melt_core
                  • probably not, no : dirge23
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                Also, remember that Ben himself said that once he (Ben) left, he'd never be able to return to the island. : mn3m0n1c
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                  I think absolutely nothing that Ben says should be considered reliable. He seems to be a pathological lia... : dirge23
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                    In a way I think he's got the same problem Locke has - he so wants to be "special" and at the center of a : mn3m0n1c
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                      I think we'll find out before the end of the show that Ben's motivation for remaining on/in control of th : melt_core
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                        ...and if it turns out that due to time-shifting whackiness or whatever, dead folks really do come back h... : mn3m0n1c
                        • This already appears to be the case for Locke, and to a lesser extent for Christian. : dirge23
                      • well in the history of the show, the writers have been criticized for having most of the major characters... : whereiwannab
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            I'm not too sure they work together. He was really sneaky and intentional when he hid that sawed-off sho : HojuSimpson
            • Given what we've seen of Widmore's other operations (the freighter crew, Faraday and co. and Keamy's stri : mn3m0n1c
    • I'm pretty sure that Locke is in 2007, based on the canoes with the Ajira water bottle found at the aband : dirge23
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    I didn't agree with you on #3 at first, but the more I think about it (and last week's Locke episode), th... : notd665
    • It sort of makes sense (inasmuch as anything does), because Locke is skipping around through time before : dirge23
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    so it would have been a total of 6 years passed for the oceanic six before they get back? it doesnt seem : maulla
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      No, 3 years for the Six. They leave the island and three years pass for them; Locke then turns up, but it : dirge23
      • I assume they come back to the island shortly after Locke's death. It's probably only a week or two. : dirge23
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      or did the 3 years that passed for the people on the island "catch them up" with the real world? : maulla
      • O6: 3 years. 2004-2007. Survivors: 3 years. 1974-1977. Ben: 2 years. 2005-2007. Somehow he moved 10 mon : Bamtan
      • If you plot the linear timelines of the O6 and Sawyer et al ignoring their absolute position in time, the : Masem
    • What? No you got it wrong. : melt_core
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    Here's what I believe a better way to put it, in chronological order; 1-O6 leave. 2-The one that rema : melt_core
    • I'm 100% positive that the Aljira flight passengers are in "present day" time. : HojuSimpson
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  why'd it get nuked? im glad I have it open in another tab, I haven't watched it yet. : dignan
  • it just got MD'd : dirge23
  • Most likely because it consisted of a single word and nothing more, to which our follow up replies were p... : breadsticks
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    it didn't get nuked: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19361819#itemanchor_19361819 : mikecyb
    • there was one in MD that i'm pretty sure got nuked. the message telling me I was trying to post in a n... : maulla
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  Re last nights episode: So last night showed we will finally find out about those 2 skeletons they fou... : ashkie
  • I love that quote. Great to show to people who think the writers didn't know wtf they were going with the... : Patch-e
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    can you explain more about how last night's show did that? : deathofrats
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      yea, I'm kind of confused too. I thought he might have meant the trailer for the next episode ("Namaste"... : aethyr
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        I think ashkie means explained in the sense that combined with what we now know about the island's skippi : mn3m0n1c
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          Pretty much. I basically mean we will find out how those 2 people died as we will see it happen with the ... : ashkie
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            And also, they always meant to send them back in time, i.e why they can say they had it planned all along... : ashkie
            • Yes, this alone makes them awesome in my book. :) : mn3m0n1c
    • i think the feb 7th ep anagram he was referring to was the van Ben was driving around had an anagram for ... : ozfactor
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  perhaps boat crashes/plane crashes are a looping event in the islands timeline, a requirement to fulfil t... : adev
  • but for what purpose? : ashkie
  • thats why the 2nd plane crash had to be very similar to the first, "someone in handcuffs" , "jack in a su... : dignan
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  I'm predicting that the baby that was born is going to be Ethan. : HojuSimpson
  • That would fit the timeline we have so far; I like it. :) : mn3m0n1c
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    Why? I mean specifically. : Totenjaeger
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      Because we're talking about LOST, the show where every occurrence fits in with several others. : HojuSimpson
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        But why couldn't it have been Goodwin or somebody else is all I'm saying? : Totenjaeger
        • Ethan's apparent age (approx. 30 years) makes him the best fit. Goodwin looks older than that (as do most : mn3m0n1c
        • It's just a hunch. Also, the actor that plays Goodwin (born in '56) is ~10 years older than the actor tha : HojuSimpson
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        except that ethan is in bens gang. so he either was taken off of the island and came back, got exiled fro : maulla
        • Ben is part of Dharma until the Purge. It seems likely to me that some of the Dharma people defected to t : dirge23
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    Babby Jacob : baronzemo78
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      ^^ didnt horace build jacobs cabin? i see a good relation here : maulla
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        Except Richard knew of Jacob when they buried the bomb, so that doesn't work. : Totenjaeger
        • ah yes, he did. : maulla
      • That was the only reason I came up with that theory, but I have no clue really. : baronzemo78
    • HOW IS BABBY FORMED. HOW IS BABBY FORMED. HOW GRIL GET PRAGNENT : Endymion_
  • It's obviously Frogurt. : zebosausamite
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    I don't think so. Ethan looked way older than 29-30 : ashkie
    • this is known in television as "The 90210 Effect" : HojuSimpson
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      1974-2004 is 30 years. : Totenjaeger
      • NVM : Totenjaeger
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      Let's also do some math with Charlotte here. She was around 5 years old when Daniel saw her as a child i : HojuSimpson
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        Daniel saw a redheaded girl, but this doesn't necessarily make her Charlotte, even if Daniel thinks it do : dirge23
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          I think it was pretty heavy handed in making us think that. Charlotte herself said that she remembered Da : HojuSimpson
          • And Daniel mumbling all last night.... "I won't tell her... I won't tell her...." : zebosausamite
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        Theres some contention that that really isnt even Charlotte. According to information that was provided ... : ashkie
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          Ben's information seems to be wrong in this case, since Charlotte thinks she was born on the island and B : dirge23
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            She never said she was born on the island, just that she grew up there. : ashkie
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              It's not entirely clear, but she does say she is staying on the island to look for the place she was born : dirge23
              • Typical Lost. Too many retarded questions :P : ashkie
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              Regardless, that has to be her that Daniel sees in 1974. It's a completely wasted and irrelevant scene o : HojuSimpson
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                The emotional impact on Daniel is the important part, even if he's mistaken. In any case I suspect there : dirge23
                • Hahaha, "time fuckery" is now my favorite phrase for today. :) : mn3m0n1c
        • There is a good chance that once again, ben lied about that. he was very proud to claim that he was one o : maulla
  • his surgical training and connection with Mittlos Biotech(sp?) makes me think he was recruited by the oth : smax
  • I'm changing my theory about the baby. I think it's going to be Aldo. Aldo was played by Mac from It's ... : HojuSimpson
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  the whole Egyptian theory from last nights chatty was really interesting : homeboyJim
  • I'd go with Atlantis over Egypt though. : Totenjaeger
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    link? : Patch-e
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19362692#item_19362692 : homeboyJim
      • The cast from Stargate are going to come through in the last episode : nodebug
      • + there's the temple too. the place where the smoke monster resides. : SlamDunk
  • Diane thinks it's something like the statue of Ozymandias in Egypt. In the poem, it says: And on the p : BlackCat9
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  The thing that's weird to me: shouldn't Sawyer, Juliet and so on be living with the young boy Ben and his : dirge23
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    That's probably correct, but I have to imagine they have no idea of Ben's lineage, since he hasn't exactl : silent prophet
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      I'm sure they would notice some guy named Linus who has a kid though. : Totenjaeger
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        Yeah, I just thought about that. Seems odd. :( : silent prophet
        • I'm sure that will happen in the next few episodes. : ashkie
    • Some people have a false impression of Ben's lineage because Ben himself has told people in the past that : HojuSimpson
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    Ben's father didn't move onto the island right when it started, so maybe he isn't there yet. : Totenjaeger
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      Looking at screenshots, Horace appears to be younger when he welcomes Ben to the island than he is in las : dirge23
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        Um, probably because they filmed that years ago and people tend to look older as time goes by. : ashkie
        • It's not that, it's that he's got stubble and longer hair. : dirge23
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          I'm talking about the stubble and longer hair. He looks, I dunno, more grizzled in last night's episode.... : dirge23
          • er how did i post this twice god damn "read the rules" button : dirge23
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            People can shave and get hair cuts. : ashkie
            • This is all straining. Ben comes to the island when he's 11 and he's apparently born in the early 60s so : dirge23
          • He just recovered from a huge bender and he doesn't normally drink. : Totenjaeger
          • Well he was having a troubled time with his wife. : Bamtan
      • It isn't like they filmed this part before the last part. It has been a few years in real time. : Totenjaeger
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    I don't think they have arrived yet. : mn3m0n1c
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      More info; according to Lostpedia's obsessive researchers (:D) (http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:The_ : mn3m0n1c
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        Yeah, and by the time Sawyer's crew and Jack's crew reunite, it's 1977. So that's a full year of little B : dirge23
        • Yeah, I'm re-thinking my earlier assumption here. The other interesting thing's that if the Lostpedia sup : mn3m0n1c
  • We will see young Ben in the next episode according to the press release. : Chrrs
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  are there any theories as to why charlotte's body didnt make the final flash with the losties? maybe it h : maulla
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    Was Faraday touching her at the time? If not I can't imagine a non-living object would jump. : nurglich
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      The rope jumped, the guns jumped... etc. : zebosausamite
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        sawyer was holding the rope, they were holding the guns. if faraday was holding charlotte, then she possi... : Modica Sol Solis
        • He didn't bury her, she just didn't come with the party on the last jump because he wasn't holding her. : Totenjaeger
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          I doubt the burying part. He has no tools to do it, and even if he did, it isn't exactly a five minute ru : silent prophet
          • Not to mention that he said she just wasn't there after the last jump. : Totenjaeger
• Smoke Monster = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammit ? The dog-headed depiction fits with cerberus, judging : Bamtan
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  everyone else probably already realized this but the dynamite Horace was chucking around on his bender mu : smax
  • he might not have been lying. he might learn about the black rock in the 3 years between their first meet : dirge23
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    Why would the dynamite have to come from the Black Rock? It's perfectly conceivable that Dharma might ha : nurglich
    • But dynamite can only come from one source ever. : Totenjaeger
    • We know DHARMA had C4 in the Flame station. : dirge23
    • it just seemed like they took care to show closeup of the dynamite in that scene and it looked old and l : smax
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      i think it goes along with the show to assume it came from the black rock. im sure there is something abo : maulla
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        Widmore knew the BR crashed on the island, they probably stumbled upon it. So he was looking at its logs : Modica Sol Solis
        • I also think that Richard was probably on the Black Rock. : dirge23
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          The BR crew theory is pretty oldhat and it's been around since we found out Richard never ages. I find th : Bamtan
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            So what? Sayid's an Iraqi but nobody cares about that. : dirge23
            • rofl : Modica Sol Solis
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  my question is if Locke and the other people on the plane other than the Oceanic 6 are not in 1974. The p... : g0rmanat0r
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    Locke, Ben and the Ajira passengers are in the 'present,' aka 2007. : mn3m0n1c
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      was there anything to confirm they are still in 2007? i probably missed it but I was assuming the whole i... : thebigbeefsandwich
      • Nothing concrete yet. It makes a certain amount of sense given how both Ben and Locke left the island, an : mn3m0n1c
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        Yes. The one guy who was in the Hydra that Locke went to go see was looking at various documents that cou : K1Bond007
        • yeah I was thinking of that after awhile, plus the other stuff mn3m0n1c said I guess it all fits : thebigbeefsandwich
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    Someone said it earlier: By leaving the Island through the Orchid chamber, Ben and Locke de-synchronised : Bamtan
    • That's a good explanation for Lapidus; and for those who'll mention them, Faraday and Charlotte can (prob : mn3m0n1c
  • it is possible that they are writing a relationship between the departure of locke, the last flash of the... : Luminair
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  I loved the fear LaFleur inspired at the beginning of the episode. : Marauder IIC
  • "I'm not gonna knock; why don't you do it?" :D : mn3m0n1c
  • Only Sawyer could evoke that much fear in people in only three years. : Totenjaeger
  • Also, that chick that brought the brownies and danced with one of those security guys was the hottest one... : Marauder IIC
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  Here's what I think happened and what I don't get regarding the timeline: When thinking about each fla... : BlackCat9
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    I think the reason the O6 appeared in the 1970's is because they were supposed to have gotten there when ... : Totenjaeger
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      Hmm. I guess there's nothing to say that the flash that brought the O6 back to the island wasn't the last : BlackCat9
      • Then by that logic the chick who was guarding Sayid would have been transported to the past as well since... : Totenjaeger
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    Also, why did Ben moving the island cause it to flip out and John doing the exact same thing cause it to : kek
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      Ben turned the wheel, which seemed to be fixed/frozen in place before that. When Locke goes down there, i : dirge23
      • I like this answer better than the next two. Who was "supposed" to do it is weak. The fact that when Be... : kek
    • Well Jacob and Christian made it sound as if Ben wasn't the one who was supposed to do it. : Bamtan
    • Because Ben just wasn't supposed to do it. Christian pretty much confessed that to Locke in the wheel-ro... : HojuSimpson
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    I think that you've got the general idea. The O6 never lost sync with the Island, they just weren't on it : Bamtan
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      I think the point he's making is that the O6 got flashed off of the plane by John when he left the island... : kek
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        I think you've got your timelines confused. John left the Island a few days or so after the O6 left, back : Bamtan
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          Yup. The only person that "lost" (haha) 3 years was John Locke. Technically, he was "paused" for the th... : HojuSimpson
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            Actually, if you read my second post above, it's very likely that when John escaped the island, it was in... : BlackCat9
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              It can go either way, because when Ben yanked the wheel he was projected through time to Tunisia as well. : HojuSimpson
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                Was it through time? I thought he ended up at the same time as everyone else who had just left the island... : BlackCat9
                • When Ben made it to the hotel after jumping to Tunisia, one of the first things he asked was what the dat... : HojuSimpson
                • No. 10 months in the future. : Bamtan
          • I have good reason to believe that in the intervening years, he was in a state that precluded further dev : dirge23
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          I was under the impression that either one of the many many flashes the survivors had to endure a few epi... : kek
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            The last flash from John fixing the wheel brought the island folk to 1974 AND pulled the O6 off the plane... : HojuSimpson
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              I don't think thats accurate at all. The people were only pulled off the plane due to flying over the roa... : ashkie
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                Roaming disturbances that happen all the time? We've only seen the time jumps occurring between when Ben... : HojuSimpson
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                  Did you not see the episode with the Hawking chick and the big swinging pendulum that showed how Dharma g... : ashkie
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                    http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Pendulum : ashkie
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                      I'll bet you 5 dollars that I'm right when I say that Locke fixing the wheel brought the island folk to '... : HojuSimpson
                      • I know I'm right because if it wasn't the last flash then the O6 plane people would keep on jumping. The... : HojuSimpson
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                        So you're saying the instant that Lock moved the wheel, it took 3 years for the Jack and crew to actuall... : ashkie
                        • I don't like this explanation because it means that Locke moved himself with the wheel. I think there is ... : retarded talking dinosaur
                        • Also Ms. Hawking refers to the Lamp Post and the Island as "unique pocket[s] of electromagnetic energy. S... : ashkie
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                          What a coincidence if the island people landed in '74 and the plane folk landed in '77, eh? So now it tr... : HojuSimpson
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                            I think you're reaching for explanations that do not exist. : ashkie
                            • I think we're debating theories on a fantastic show that hasn't given us all the answers yet, so your the... : HojuSimpson
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                              I agree. The Island was the one who corrected their position in time, not Locke. : Bamtan
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                                I agree with that too. But I think that Locke kicked it off, and the island had a hand in directing the t... : HojuSimpson
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                                  I never debated that Locke unsticking the island allowed Ajira to catch the island but I dispute that the... : ashkie
                                  • Why is it hard to believe that Locke initiated an event that he had to catch up to in the future? : HojuSimpson
                                  • Again, if it wasn't the last jump that the plane people experienced, then they all would have kept on jum... : HojuSimpson
          • I now think that it probably was A. They were never unstuck in time, they just moved when the island move... : BlackCat9
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  Here's a question: why didn't they investigate the well in 1974? Maybe I don't remember a valid reason fo... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    They did, it was filled with rocks. Sawyer tried to jump into it. : ashkie
    • that and ... the time scientist (name escapes me - brain is spinning and all) was seen in one EP walking ... : Nation
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      yeah, now that I think about it, the well wasn't a modern construct like I had first thought. because wh : Luminair
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        Unless I'm mistaken and I missed a flash, then the time in which the well didn't exist at all and Sawyer ... : BlackCat9
        • yeah I think it is the way I described : Luminair
        • No, that was when they saw the statue so that was much much longer ago. : ashkie
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  I can buy that Locke and Ben escaping through the trap door has unsynched them from the O6 and that's why : retarded talking dinosaur
  • I think it's down to the exposure of the Island, and when you're on it. It seems weird that Frank isn't i : Bamtan
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  Whatever happened to Claire. When is she? : WhatIsThisFor
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    last we saw, she was hanging with jack's dad / jeremiah (or whatever) I don't know what time we shall see... : Nation
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      ack, crap, should be jacob, not jeramiah --- I suck at remembering names : Nation
      • Christian : BoKnows
  • We have no idea. Haven't seen her since she was chilling with Christian in Jacob's cabin. : Bamtan
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    claire has been timeshifted to season 6 since she had some contract dispute about season 5......iirc they... : ozfactor
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      pretty sure she appeared in season 5 though as a vision? : retarded talking dinosaur
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        footage from season 1 yes : ozfactor
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          where she tells kate not to dare bring him back? : retarded talking dinosaur
          • the only time she appeared this season was when sawyer saw her giving birth from s1......check the tv rel... : ozfactor
          • That was the season finale of S4, I think. : K1Bond007
  • She is with Jacob in his cabin. Possibly dead? Completely unclear IMO : retarded talking dinosaur

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  He should trade that car for a Mercury and get into the tuna scene : Dave-A
  • bwahaha fantastic!! Needs more love. : aux7
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  will it help if I tickle you? : edgewise
  • You're going to buy his car aren't you. : orgcaptainnemo
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    also, I don't get the reason we should be laughing at him. Sure the car looks silly, but I dunno, he's ac... : edgewise
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      She might move to Seattle and get a place with me. Good or bad idea? : orgcaptainnemo
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        good. you can set up a cam in her bathroom alot easier if you're living there. : edgewise
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          only if we get to see video of your wife fucking the pool boy. : orgcaptainnemo
          • ha! I AM the pool boy! at least until my son is old enough to do it... oh, that kid has no idea of the ki : edgewise
      • babies with webbed toes and no ears have some surprisingly cool advantages : Snuffles-
      • It's going to be pretty bad when she has her bf over and you hear them fucking, just keep that in mind. ... : ejectorpod
      • I'm coming to visit ! : gmd
      • FANTASTIC IDEA CARRY ON : Downforce
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        Good idea because she can come to my house and hook up with me : FrayLo
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          I already called dibs : gmd
          • you live in dc - are you going to move here? : FrayLo
    • IAWTP. It's good for people to have hobbies. : Zero|DPX
• He's the male equivalent of women who only talk about their kids on their online profiles and not about t... : Splinebastard
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  His car probably has more of a personality then he does. Honestly, he should just make a facebook profile... : Mr.Finkster
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    That's a pretty harsh thing to say, he sounds like he's excited to learn about cars... there's nothing wr... : MagicWishMonkey
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      All the italic text is from his "About me" and that's all that is there. So, he's right. : orgcaptainnemo
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        So what is he supposed to talk about in the about me section? For those who knew me, it wasn't that l : MagicWishMonkey
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          I was just confirming what Mr Finxster said, that all he had to say about himself was car related. I don... : orgcaptainnemo
          • That's a lie, I care enough to bitch about it online. But that isn't saying much. : orgcaptainnemo
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      Seriously. His taste in cars is much different than mine, but I can respect his hard work and the love an... : coldfusioncs
      • He sounds super excited about it which I can easily relate to, so maybe that's why I find these reactions... : MagicWishMonkey
    • No! I must destroy him and his hobby! : DarkWolf5
    • If the only thing you can think of to put on your profile is your car then yeah, I think its justified. I... : Mr.Finkster
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  4+ years and that's all he has to show for it? I'm surprised it even runs. : ateam311
  • If he couldn't change his oil when he started then that's pretty good progress imo. Especially if it was ... : acidnynex
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    hopefully he didn't do a shitty NA to turbo overhaul. that COULD take fuckin 4 years. : Downforce
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      heh no shit, an overhaul like that could be shortcutted significantly buy buying a turbo model motor. : cpt_gloval
      • A stock GSX is an all-wheel drive, turbo model. : Just A Girl
• The front looks like a bad facelift. Make sure to tell him that. : Klebold
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  good old Damian Cronkhite, always getting into trouble : mikecyb
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    You creepy fuck Mike. : ejectorpod
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      google and facebook make being a creepy stalker too easy. where's the challenge, Travis? : mikecyb
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        What, my name is San Miguel. : ejectorpod
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          I want to play. Je suis Pablo. : orgcaptainnemo
          • Bonjour Pablo! Votre soeur est attirante ! : ejectorpod
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    i hate it when you pull that shit. : Klebold
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      I don't believe I've ever pulled any similar shit before, but it's incredibly easy to find a facebook pro... : mikecyb
      • I've tried to warn people about that. Myspace doesn't seem to have the same issue : anhero
• INTERNET CRITICS : Modica Sol Solis
• probably has a nice engine setup but those body kits and doors are atrocious. : gmd
• I don't understand what we're laughing at. : thecray
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  Holy fuck thats ugly and stupid. Lambo doors on a fucking eclipse? Somebody call Uncle Ben's, I think the... : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • that and the itty bitty intercooler is also kinda cute. : yacoub35
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  http://breakfastrocket.com/shack/HOOOOOR.jpg : DrWaffles
  • holy fucking shit what the fuck hahhah : Utopia
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    :D http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6199/n27700028622190354253.jpg : Mr.Finkster
    • There was a mix of the above constipated guy and this car, but I couldn't find it. : DrWaffles
    • omg man ok thats creepy as shit : Utopia
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  The guy has a hobby and enjoys working on it, also he gets to learn about his car a lot more which helps ... : Nighteyes
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    yeah... i don't get it. I think the OP is jealous because he don't have lambo doors : Utopia
    • shit i didn't see those. not doing those could have paid for the Wolf3d, injectors, and a dyno session. :... : cpt_gloval
  • No. : Robotic Puppy Eater
• eclipse: lame shitball body kit with maaco special: ew but props on the teardown and rebuild, assumin... : cpt_gloval
• While the lambo doors are played out and stupid, if he did all the other work himself and went from not k... : DonarUDL
• Hmm, I don't think that having a hobby that you find enjoyable makes you a fucking idiot. : virus
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  I love this image http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/doors.jpg : Blackdawgg
  • haha that is great : Godhatesfatpeople
  • lol : nova_x
  • haha, nice : goatjc
• I respect the kid for having a worthwhile hobby, however that car looks like the bastard offspring of a C... : Arctic Fox
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  people who refer to cats and guns and stuff like that as if they're females are pretty creepy. the pr... : [fry]
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    what if the cat is actually female : electroly
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      either he meant to type "cars" or he's not entirely sure how animals work : Dave-A
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        i'm sure he meant "cars" but fry also strikes me as someone who refers to all cats as "it" : electroly
        • everything is an it when you only look at things through red-dot sights! : Dave-A
      • They just split. It kinda sucks when I get home and suddenly have 2 cats. : DarkWolf5
  • "foodie" : Godhatesfatpeople
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  So... this kid's probably what? 18ish maybe? That's a pretty nice car for a younger kid. Especially if... : boarder2
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    Bought after college graduation and was in the garage for 4+ years so I'm going to guess 26 or so. : angrytaxman
    • Ok, so still relatively young. If it's his first car, and there's more to it than just the body kit (whi... : boarder2
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      I think he's actually like 28 or 29, fairly certain he's older than I am. : ejectorpod
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        Yeah he took 6 years to finish college, he might be 30. : orgcaptainnemo
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          Riced out car like that at 30 is lols. : FormerHPB
          • http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rice If that car has motor mods, by popular definition, i... : boarder2
• Needs nicer wheels. : action wombmate
• Yeah because posting about something you like as a hobby makes you a fucking idiot. Yeah, that's right, ... : Rigor Morts
• bodykit before wheels? bold move. : xxiv
• he isn't trying to be a douche about it... just a kid with tastes that might not match yours (or mine for... : nova_x
• Somehow I missed the reason to make fun? : hashd
• Not my style and I'd never do it, but he if pulled that off himself that's a very impressive alien spacec... : xsoulbrothax
• While I don't care for the look, I fail to see how this makes him an idiot. : PointlesS76

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• Need helvetica pics first. : Visceral Monkey
• I could be convinced to bankroll a total assembly of shackchicks. the question is... what flavor of j : Downforce
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  If I have any stalkers I could use money for qcon too, thanks. : sparkly
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    me too! : Koral06
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      pay for sparkly and he'll pay for you. win-win. : j0nchan
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        They can set up a webcam and she can make sparkly a man and charge per minute to watch. : Rauol Duke
        • OK, I'm in, where to donate at ? : Githyanki
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  anyone who has a crush on me, pls send money so i can go to quakecon and go to the clubhouse with action ... : FrayLo
  • ok what's your address? : mikecyb
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  To my secret lovers (http://www.shacknews.com/online/): I take paypal directly. : ieGod
  • ieGod Secret Lovers List: 404 Does not exist : cornchak
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    no. : Super Sparker
    • This is an admission of love. : ieGod
• hiya, how'd those electric scissors work out? : dignan
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  this seems slightly strange to me. : carnivore
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    I would of baked some fucking cookies if I knew I'd get a free trip to quakecon. : pieman
    • So that's what they're calling it these days. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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      haha no shit. i thought it was kinda strange that it was asked but I figured what the hell I'll throw i... : mwasher
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        it wasn't something that was asked of shackers. It was something that the shackers at the Dallas meet ca... : Galadriel07
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          I was there. I showed up and it was asked of me to give. I don't know who started it nor am I upset abo... : mwasher
          • As long as they are extra tasty. : mwasher
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            I questioned each if they'd like to contribute - strictly voluntarily and no pressure. I am sorry if my : sHugamom
            • That seems as mean-spirited as the OP. Just saying. : Yanks
• Hahaha. I hope he lives in Texas. : spazzium
• Some assembly required, void where prohibited. Must be 18 or older to play, please drink responsibly, in... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  I need a help virus get to quake con because his wife doesn't want to go fund. lol : virus
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    All the married guys need a "wife doesn't want me to go" fund. ;) : ThomW
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      can I get on this free man train? : hamachi
      • Best ILTC ever. : ejectorpod
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  It's a trick question, who doesn't have a secret crush on helvetica?!/ : nyranger66
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    arial : DrWaffles
    • Times New Roman is also a dick. : trOmblyj
  • Not you or me anymore after I hit post : ryuuseki
  • \o : Korban
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    I have a not-so-secret crush on you, too! It's been soooo long since we've played "hide the knife" in a g... : Bold
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      Choke is too high for me on the server though :(. We could always shacksquad it up sometime! : nyranger66
      • Not to say that I won't play on the shack server : nyranger66
      • Can't I just SM you pictures of my junk? : Bold
• I could just give you the $50.. but I don't have a weird secret crush on H.. but I've given money to Shac... : fatman
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  In contrast, I don't have a secret crush on helvetica. I'll readily admit that I'm completely smitten! : Bold
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    So, you want to make her Mrs. Helvetica Bold? : BlackCat9
    • I know, right? But let's not jinx that possibility by talking about it... : Bold
• Hmm, how about a help bring Vantage to Quakecon in order to challenge lefthighkick to a fight to the deat... : Vantage
• Random acts of kindness, karma, cause and effect. Being thoughtful is its own reward but sometimes it's ... : sHugamom
• I'm so jealous I told lefthighkick that I was emailing his team at work and telling them not to let him t... : FormerHPB
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  Update: Fare for both is now covered. Thanks to all you kind and appreciative shackers who know that t... : sHugamom
  • That's cool. I think we should open it up and organize to allow shackers to donate to any other shacker a... : carnivore
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    that's awesome. i really hope we end up making it because i would love to meet the gal who made BioShock ... : dahanese
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      Get her to make some Duke Nukem popcorns too please :) : dognose
      • what like popcorns that look like Duke's head? that would be awesome actually : mikecyb
• i can bake cookies and want to go to quakecon : AlexXdude
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  I just want money but the love is nice too I guess. Send me something. : Rauol Duke
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    You're bitter and sarcastic and and now you want a free trip? lol : boomstickah
    • I read your words and yet I don't see any gifts. : Rauol Duke
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    This request prompted a perusal of the Canada Post mailing restrictions site, which came up with some int : Dave-A
    • I've already got those, but I could use some spinal fluid. : Rauol Duke
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      What about day-old chicks? Where do they fit in? : carnivore
      • maybe the anus? definitely the mouth. : skryte
      • I need all the crunchy chicks for myself : Dave-A
• i'm dirt poor nigga living in the 3rd world pleased to be sending teh funds i want visit big apple : doomed
• Hook a brother up! : brickmatt
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  Can you bring andromeda to QuakeCon too? She lived in Houston last I heard, shouldn't cost much : dognose
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    Let's go pick him up. ROAD TRIP! : Githyanki
    • Please tell me that was a typo : dognose
• Need reposts of blurry cosplay pictures for motivation? : Freon

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• you are capable of being tried as an adult now. : loke662
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  Heh I tried to get in one about a month or so back when some dude came talking shit to me for fucking his... : hashd
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    Whatever internet tough guy!! : Edges
    • lol yeah I am tough..... I think I look a little crazy when I am drunk and pissed so that usually scares ... : hashd
• heh. a buddy of mine got us into a fight outside a shitty bar a few years ago. cops showed up before it g... : cpt_gloval
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  Never.. Nobody has ever wanted to end me and vice versa. : Vantage
  • i want to end you, Vantage. i listened to that stupid mille song like fifty gazillion times at work toda... : electroly
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    You've never had a fight? Not even in school? How can you possibly know yourself if you have never bee... : Mr. Goodwrench
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      i might shoved someone into a locker in elementary school but that's about it. what's the point of fight... : electroly
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        lol, when you're in school? Like age 10? : Mr. Goodwrench
        • i dunno man i was never a big fan of pvp : electroly
    • lol : datoo
    • ^^^ Chav : Bold
    • lol ok, Tyler Durden : action wombmate
    • ok brad pitt : maulla
    • i've never been in a fight outside of a judo or kung fu match. : ibrokn
    • You're right. It *is* a good day to die. : carnivore
    • That's deep, bro. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • lolololo : skinlab133
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      Have you ever danced ballet, Mr. Goodwrench? Have you made a shoe? Have you baked a cake? Have y... : A Sponge
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        I've seen a whale with a polka-dot tail. And I've made a flan, and then squished it in my hand. : Dave-A
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          All very good starts! But I am afraid you cannot possibly know yourself until you have done the fandango. : A Sponge
          • thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening : wendigo
    • lol, didn't even realise as I typed that : Mr. Goodwrench
    • yeah... : derelict515
    • Why don't you make like a tree and get outta here : Prototype
    • sup caveman? : Enigme
    • You've never experienced the {dropzone} ? Not even in {the desert} ? How can you possibly know yourself : bashildy@speakeasy.net
    • seriously these dudes are not ready for the outworld invasion : ermac
    • Everything I know I learned from Chuck Palahniuk. : c0bra
    • Yeah, because beating up some other guy like a thoughtless ape is the pinnacle of human existence. Nice o... : lasercat
    • Not yet... Not yet... http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19369865#itemanchor_19369865 : Vantage
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  Yeah, never. Which really is amazing considering how much of a prick I've always been. : Splinebastard
  • Yeah, I think i should have been in a lot more fights than I have been. : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Back in '97, my and my GF at the time were at a nightclub busting some moves on the dance floor when some... : Dave-A
  • also we were trying to dance to "paranoid android" which was not possible : Dave-A
• High School. Almost got into a knock-down with a teacher in college, but I took the high road and walked... : guido anchovy
• I've never had one of those. Haven't hit someone / been hit since I was like 14. : aeg1x
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  7th grade. One hit wonder. Gave the kid stitches. haha. sigh. : noobja
  • I remember a fight I had in 7th grade. The guy hit me in the face with a master lock while we were in cl... : guido anchovy
• it's been at least 10 years now. I'm a weakling now. : redfive
• I've never had to fight anyone but my brothers. I had a knife pulled on me, but that was foreplay. : Rauol Duke
• 93 or so. he probably misses his real front teeth. : .sticks.
• In high school I was a wrestler (a pretty good one at that, state & all that jazz). Some dude comes up t... : goatjc
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  High school, though I almost got into a fight the opening night of Hannibal. Went to the theater with a g... : Conan
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    And I never started one. : Conan
    • Me either : Mr. Goodwrench
• Yeah, I once fought a guy over the internet for a women none of us had ever met. I'm not sure who won. : Splinebastard
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  I have never fought anyone in my life. This is probably the most amazing thing about me to most people I... : mwasher
  • yea... I'm not really an amazing person :( : mwasher
• Not since college, so probably a good 5 years ago. : ant_hillbilly
• 1986. got into it with some townie punks.. I latched on to the leader's neck and just squoze with both m... : beastrabban
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  ~3 years. Got jumped walking back to my apartment at University. Two chavs, 17ish, asked me for a cig in ... : Bamtan
  • See this is a proper fight story! You were violently mugged and fought back! To hell with all that sta... : Splinebastard
• Last year of high school? I didn't actually get to hit the guy. My 6'3", 250 pound friend managed to sing... : Ellissd
• Never. I kind of want to, though. I'm sure that would wear off as soon as I got punched or kicked, though... : silentw
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  Dunno, I just think there are a lot of assholes out there, especially on a night out in a town center ful... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    There are indeed a lot of assholes out there. : woddemandred
    • Some of us stay indoors. : Splinebastard
  • It'll be just like the movies! Except the winner will have broken hands, the loser will be in the hospita... : derelict515
• Never, cause I'm so charming. : HighSpeedChase
• jesus. seven years ago now. some kid broke into my house and stole some stuff, we found out who it was so... : gokart.
• I've been in a few over the years and I've since decided to try to never fight again. I'm horrified of br... : bozer
• 5 minutes ago. She told me I came too fast. : Utopia
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  physically? college, my last year. almost took out a gal heckling my friend who was playing rugby. : dahanese
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    When was your last psionic fight then? : Splinebastard
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      well i try not to punch out my coworkers but i do have some epic battles with them. and not those passive... : dahanese
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        Dribbley frothy ones with stinkeye and lots and lots of loathing? : Splinebastard
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          no that sounds stupid : dahanese
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            This is the Shack. : Splinebastard
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              touche! : dahanese
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                Toupè indeed. : Splinebastard
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                  poopie : dahanese
                  • This got dumb, I'm not going to keep replying to this subthread, even if you are a woman. : Splinebastard
• 7th grade, I beat up the school bully (through careful use of leverage and wrasslin' when he was only goo... : MagicWishMonkey
• Never been in a fight. Shit I've only actually been in a yelling fight maybe once or twice in my life. I'... : pukerat
• Not since grade school. I've had a couple of tussles since then, and been sucker punched a few times, bu... : randomjgj
• Hey man, Hey! Hey man, I wanna have a fight with you. : tashtego
• never : dael
• Never. : chuck577
• Never. I'm saving it all up for my mortal enemy, who I presumably have not yet encountered. : delataur
• It's been a long time. Probably since middle or high school. : Vincent Grayson
• The time I ran after a guy with a stapler whacking him in the back with it, punching staples into him. Th... : mmogger
• after my grandfather's funeral, my brother and I got into a real fistfight, that was ten years ago : rgoer
• New Year's Eve : Gojirah

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• >:( : yosemiteclimber
• Count me in! Judging by those stats, I'm convinced of AlexXdudes hacking, and I plan on ousting him toni... : aux7
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  Alexdude is a sniping bitch. Also, how is 'Skill' calculated? : Sailor of Fortune
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    PsychoStats version 3.0 uses the ELO formula to calculate skill values for players. In a nutshell, ELO tr : Alco23
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      We're using v3.1 so I'm not sure... ??? : Alco23
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        Do you know if it's like HLStatsX and factors the weapon difficulty in too? : Arctic Fox
        • Not too sure what the current config is running... but the sniper modifier is a bit too high :P : Alco23
  • hahah yessssss : AlexXdude
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    and you're an mg whore. you two should meet in the middle. : happynoodle
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      That was just a fluke, I usually Bazooka it up but for some reason I'm not a fan of the Panzershreck. : Sailor of Fortune
      • just busting balls :) : happynoodle
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  Alco do you have dod_caen in the rotation? If not, would you consider it? I loved this map in the orig... : dumb.
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    he said something it originally wasn't liked but that was when the games were small. I asked the same que... : Sailor of Fortune
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      I'm adding it now... : Alco23
      • Sweet! You're a god among men. : dumb.
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  I'm taking a screenshot of that page because I don't think I'll ever be first again : AlexXdude
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    Yeah once everyone realizes you're a robot with sniping skills far beyond what any human could accomplish... : dumb.
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      Best malapropism ever. : heartsauce
      • It is pretty impressive, up there with the old escape goat. : Arctic Fox
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  right on, i'll see if i can make it tonight : Dschinghis Khan
  • The free world is depending on you, Khan. Do not let it down. : dumb.
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  Looking forward to rapid deterioration into madness and funpool. And can everybody get a button, so if... : heartsauce
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    you faggots set sanchez on fire : AlexXdude
    • If faggots = Khan, then yes. :P : Alco23
    • You can't complain about him - you're both dirty cheaters. : dumb.
• I'll see if I can jump in tonight... I love this game. : Madwacker
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  I'm back from the land of Oz, so I'll be back and punching fools tonight! : Arctic Fox
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    I will fuck you up ! : AlexXdude
    • Oh it's on now. : Arctic Fox
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      Do you remember my spade? Time for you two to get reacquainted. : Alco23
      • if you spent less time spading and more time killing you, too, might be number 1! :D : AlexXdude
• fuck i tried to join in last week but the server was full : flubba79
• Last week I actually drank too much to play DOD:S with you all. : .frame
• Hah my skills are improving! Right behind you Khan! : Lightzout
• wicked, im setting a google calendar reminder, no excuses! : flasher 907
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  Forgot about the stats, time to pick it up!!! : chungathebunga
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    Hmm registration is closed. How do you get registered? Is it invite only? : Lightzout
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      Registration? : Arctic Fox
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        shhhhhhhhhhhh : happynoodle
        • registration costs you 5 drinks : .frame
    • Registration is closed... Although I can open them for beer :P. : Alco23
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  I have never played the source version but I liked the original back in their first few version. Tempted ... : razlebol
  • Someone mentioned that they did a couple weeks back, so keep bumping this thread. If not, DoD:S is only $... : Arctic Fox
• I need to go and buy a new mouse, so I may be a bit late. I just can't handle that old POS anymore. : .Jayson
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  did you guys ever decide on a second day, other than thursday? i can't make it tonight :( : arcane_
  • We used to play on a second day and get an OK turnout both nights (~6 vs 6 or so). We decided it was bett... : Arctic Fox
• I can't wait to get a bit tipsy & snipe the fuck all out of everyone. : goatjc
• i think i might be there tonight! : braaains
• it's on! : flasher 907

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  Tales of Vesperia was pretty okay, if only for the combat system. The storyline was pretty mediocre, ove... : Clasifyd
  • I've been enjoying Blue Dragon pretty much because it's vanilla. I haven't played a lot of RPGs since ... : dumb.
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  That's because JRPGs have failed to modernize. To do so, they'd need real stories with thorough character... : Modica Sol Solis
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    It seems to me to be a genre that is held in thrall by its own fanbase. : action wombmate
    • It's waning though, and all the developers know it. Cause the genre has gotten too self-indulgent, it's s... : Modica Sol Solis
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  If you have a PS2 or a BC-PS3, get Persona 4. It is about as good an "I hate JRPGs!" entry-level game as... : Masem
  • I found Persona 3 and 4 to be excellent games. Shadow Hearts 2 is also an excellent jrpg for the PS2. ... : ZTac
  • What? That game was boring as shit, and as JRPG as it possibly gets! : kainen1
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  My two favorites right now are The Witcher and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. : melt_core
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    ooh, forgot about The witcher, the thing is as much as it's an awesome RPG, it is also a great action gam... : Sailor of Fortune
    • Yeah the Witcher is great, it's more of an action rpg but it's extremely well done. : ErikTehRed
• King's Bounty I heard is pretty good, it's for PC. Mount and Blade is sort of RPGish but I liken it to... : Sailor of Fortune
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  If you liked FF7, you'll probably like FF9 as well. Have you tried Chrono Trigger (SNES)? : Marrbe
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    I tried it when I was a kid, but I was more into contra and ninja turtles back then, so I didn't apprecia... : X-GOUKI
    • Rent/Borrow/Steal to play Chrono Trigger. On the DS is just as good if not better than the SNES version. ... : SigENeaT
  • FF9 was my favorite 3D FF : buzzbat
• Dawn of War 2 has enough RPG elements that it might suit. : Wadmaasi
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  If you've played one you've pretty much played them all. Terrible story, writing, overly dramatic, cheez... : jingletard
  • But seriously, who doesn't like laser titties? : Clasifyd
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  the last great jrpg was skies of arcadia :( : jayares
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    It was pretty generic... : r_picmip 5
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      The story and character concepts are fairly generic, but the presentation is a lot of fun. It's upbeat a... : ZTac
      • Agreed, visually the game was pretty damn awesome. Everything else was about as cliche as you could get ... : r_picmip 5
  • I really tried to like that game, but I couldn't stop myself from getting bored when I played it. : dumb.
  • It was the last one that I enjoyed. I bought it for the GC when that came out and I think I liked the Dr... : WadeMcLain
  • That game was awesome : armybob
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  I'm going to assume it needs to be on the PC in which case The Witcher is pretty fantastic. Have you pla... : r_picmip 5
  • ^^^ This, The Witcher is required reading for any RPG fan. Do not post again, or go to work, or talk to y... : Finestaut
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    Jade Empire was good but not great. I would not, however, avoid it. Play KOTOR 1&2 then Jade Empire. : buzzbat
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      I will physically fight you in an alley if you think Jade Empire is a good game. I'm not talking about t... : r_picmip 5
      • i do have Jade Empire, but I remember forcing myself to play it. It wasn't very interesting imo. Never f... : X-GOUKI
      • pick the alley, i'll be there! : buzzbat
• Fable 2! : locater16
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  I thought the dreams were the most interesting part of that game. That would probably explain why I quit... : Grimp
  • Funny, I also stopped at disk 4. I have like, two dungeons left and I'm done with game. Battles get so ... : breadsticks
• "specially those dreams that i had to read? wtf?" You don't have to read them. : Rehevkor
• The Witcher, KOTOR : EvilDolemite
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  For Lost Odyssey you could have skipped past reading the dreams either when it triggered or anytime in th... : mo13
  • Yeah I didn't read a single one. Just jump through. : kainen1
• Valkyrie Profile Valkyrie Profile 2 i recommend them every rpg/jrpg thread i see, but for good reas... : cpt_gloval
• Agreed. It's a stale genre. Mass Effect is pretty awesome. : ieGod
• On a tangent, whats with the overwhelming love for The Witcher? Now i held out to buy the Enhanced Edi... : SigENeaT
• Chrono Trigger is the only JRPG that's held my attention for more than 30 minutes (I'm loving Chrono Trig... : PenicillinX57
• Play more Bioware-style rpgs. I've been going through Neverwinter Nights 2 with a friend (coop) and it's... : Vantage

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  The population cap bug is the only issue I have with it right now, and this is the latest official word o... : daedraug
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    So do they have to get every patch certified by Microsoft? If so that is dumb. I can understand the want : Modulus
    • Also a beta patch would be a good compromise, but I suppose you can't do that with Steam. : Modulus
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      I don't understand why they need GFWL and Steam. Isn't having both a little redundant? : midgetherder
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        GFWL has a more established automatching system than Steamworks afaik. And Steam is a superior digital d... : kpxkrnjc
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          I guess that makes sense, except that the matchmaking is borderline broked. : midgetherder
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            why do you say that? : dael
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              The main problems are: -It can take roughly 10 minutes or more to find a match -Ranked matches are ofte... : midgetherder
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                points 1 and 2 are part of the same spectrum though. If not enough people are playing for you to get a go... : aeg1x
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                  Point taken, although those two issues wouldn't be so completely conjoined if they had designed a better ... : midgetherder
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                    I honestly believe that the matchup you receive in ranked games at any given time are pretty much the bes... : dael
                    • I don't think you can arrange a ranked custom game, but yes you can make a private or public custom game ... : midgetherder
              • Those may be artifacts of people currently online, although unlikely. I'd be curious to see what is exa... : dael
  • I'm having a problem about once every 3 games where after a lag spike ONE of my units becomes unresponsiv... : midgetherder
  • God damnit. That bug is lame as hell. I wish I could get my money back then rebuy the damn thing after ... : r_picmip 5
  • I love this game, but MS or not, I'm displeased they haven't put a real patch out yet. : ]pm[chem
  • Is it just me or is the color scheme on their website horrendous? : okhelosir
  • Relic really cannot get the whole concept of "patching" correct, can they? : walker270
• Give 2vs2 goddamnit! : Splinebastard
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  lol. The drop bug has been happening since CoH, it's not going away any time soon. : aeg1x
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    Whyfore? : Splinebastard
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      we're talking about relic here splinebastard : aeg1x
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        Awww yea. "Our statistic show no one played the 2vs2 gamemode in the beta, so we didn't include it in ... : Splinebastard
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          "Our statistics showed everyone played on the 7 maps we included, so we won't be releasing any further ma... : aeg1x
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            Yes eggsackly. I've been trying to come up with a valid stab at their reasoning behind skipping 2vs2 and ... : Splinebastard
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              there's no way 3v3 was more popular than 2v2 AT in CoH. 2v2 AT was the most popular game mode after 1v1, ... : aeg1x
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                Awww yea, only thing I played. It's nice playing with a friend. Having 3 asses online at the same time wh... : Splinebastard
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                  only thing I played as well. Did you play much? You probably played us at some point. YOUTHINKTHISIS / KI... : aeg1x
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                    Nah I didn't play much, I was kinda late to the party. : Splinebastard
                    • And I was never any good. : Splinebastard
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          Guys... you are spreading disinformation by saying there isn't a 2v2 gamemode. You can play 2v2 on a the... : r_picmip 5
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            Yeah and I can rip off my nuts cut two small slits under my nipples and shove them in there and pretend t... : Splinebastard
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              OK you got me there. : r_picmip 5
              • A man willing to rip off his testicles to prove a point is horribly hard to argue with. It's kinda li... : Splinebastard
• If each patch takes this long to put out when there are game-breaking bugs, I'm expecting the community t... : disposition
• Speaking of DoWII can I get an invite to the steam group please? http://steamcommunity.com/id/okhelosir/h... : okhelosir

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  i cast magic missle. : jayares
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    I ATTACK THE DARKNESS! : disposition
    • Where is the Cheetoes?!? : K0LM
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      poor Volition - everyone remembers that video, but no one remembers their crappy Summoner game : tashtego
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        No, not poor Volition. I say poor Dead Alewives, because everyone seems to think that Volition created th... : OverloadUT
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          Poor both of them. I already knew it was a Dead Alewives skit. : tashtego
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            Internet knowledge PROVEN! Move along. : zebosausamite
            • I KNEW THAT : tashtego
          • Well yeah but I have met a lot of people who think the entire thing was made up by the creators of Summon... : OverloadUT
        • Meh, it was the only good Dead Alewives bit, AFAIK. I loved that skit, so I looked for more of their mate... : Bold
      • They remember Red Faction though. : disposition
      • I remember that game. It was crappy. : DrZettl
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      if there are girls there i want to DO them! : grendel
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        Our sessions have long had a ban on any references to that skit. It was funny when it came out but I swea... : OverloadUT
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          I actually hear them more from people who don't play D&D. : zebosausamite
          • (I prefer "LIGHTNING BOLT... LIGHTNING BOLT......... SLEEP!") : zebosausamite
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  Sweet! Need the WM one back now that I'm doing LFR events as a player. It hasn't been updated since N... : Wadmaasi
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    I've got the old CAB for WinMo version, but weren't you having problems getting it running? I'm gonna r... : zebosausamite
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      I was, but that was in WM5 and I've since hacked my Treo to get WM6.1 on it. : Wadmaasi
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        Try this, I think it's the latest version I had... http://80bower.net/bonustracker/files/BonusTracker.... : zebosausamite
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          Thanks, but I'm getting a generic error that installation was unsuccessful. : Wadmaasi
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            Try this version.... http://80bower.net/bonustracker/files/BonusTracker.WinMo.0.3.CAB : zebosausamite
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              Nope, same error. Don't worry about it, I'll just wait for the port of the new version. Thanks though... : Wadmaasi
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                Do you have the .NET Compact framework 2.0 installed? : zebosausamite
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                  You know what, I may not have reinstalled it after I flashed to WM6.1. I'll give that a shot. : Wadmaasi
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                    Any luck? : zebosausamite
                    • I'll try tonight or tomorrow and SM you, not sure when I'll get a chance. : Wadmaasi
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  None of your vaunted tools will help loboca roll higher than a 3. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    We suffered a TPK last weekend because one of the parties wizards (there three FFS) took about 6 or 7 rou... : Wadmaasi
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      PARTY'S =( : Wadmaasi
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        I thought his class was a "Party Wizard" : OverloadUT
        • He certainly entertained our corpses with his comically wretched rolls. (God damn, I typed "roles." I n... : Wadmaasi
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    Nothing can help loboca other than one thing: a single command... he knows what it is................. : zebosausamite
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      I'm going to go hide in a corner until my dailys regen. : loboca
      • "It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue." : Ride-My-Rocket
  • :( : loboca
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  As a tool for DMs to track all the characters it's pretty cool. Can't see much use for just one person t... : hawkeye
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    The original version was mobile. Also I think I'd use it a lot on a netbook. When I was playing I act... : zebosausamite
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      The way I use my laptop for DMing a netbook screen would kill me. I've got flowcharts for dialog trees a... : hawkeye
      • Yeah, that's why I was thinking netbook for a player, not the DM. :) : zebosausamite
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        dialog trees? Jesus man. I suck at running dialog. :( : OverloadUT
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          Me too. My voices are even worse; Splug sounds like a cross between Yoda and Gollum on the extremely rar... : Wadmaasi
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            Hehehe, my goblins end up sounding something like Fallen from Diablo 2. Eleves always have a stiff (badl... : hawkeye
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              Ooo, recognizably-bad accents are a turnoff since the other players ignore what you're saying and instead... : Bold
              • I just assume that elves naturally sound like a bad English accent. Therefore in game it's not a bad acc... : hawkeye
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          I start with an NPC. Give him a name and brief backstory. I describe his motivations and purpose in the... : hawkeye
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            My problem is when the players interact with any of the billions of random guys I can't plan for. Like th... : OverloadUT
            • That's easy. Pre-built characters. Have 4-5 "random NPC personalities" + names built for when they do t... : hawkeye
        • I dunno, I just improvise. I think it helps to know the character's motivation, and maybe to base his/her : Bold
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  I am playing tonight! I think we're going to have some deaths. :( : OverloadUT
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    Post your character sheet! : Wadmaasi
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      Here he is! http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/26620/Arath.pdf He has one unspent feat because I was planning ... : OverloadUT
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        Agh, level 6, so jealous. Going to take me months to get there with my LFR character: http://wadmaasi.s... : Wadmaasi
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          It's because you're a two-handed weapon defender! Yeah to offset that you'll probably need to snag Toughn... : OverloadUT
          • Yeah, I pretty much built him as a defender who wants to be a striker. He's kind of difficult to use giv : Wadmaasi
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          I just hit level 2 with my (only) LFR character. I had a dozen LG characters from 1st- to 14th-level, so ... : Bold
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            The only thing I really don't like about LFR is that you're barred from creating a higher-level character... : Wadmaasi
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              See, I like that--it makes the higher levels more meaningful because you actually earned them through pla... : Bold
              • I get where you're coming from, and in an ideal world I'd be right there with you. Wife, child, house, f : Wadmaasi
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        20 Int? : CRasterImage
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          Yessir : OverloadUT
          • Started at 17, Eladrin get +2, added +1 at level 3. : OverloadUT
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        Needs more backstory! :) : hawkeye
        • Oh man I wish. I am also the DM so what little time I have to dedicated to D&D goes towards converting th : OverloadUT
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        jeez, I havent played since 2nd Ed. (moved on to Warhammer tabletop). The character sheets are so long a... : hoopfam4
        • Well, it's just really verbose. On a handwritten sheet most of that info probably wouldn't be there. Peop... : OverloadUT
        • The system is far more streamlined than it was back in the 2nd Edition days. The most elegant part of the... : Bold
  • Nothing kills players better than "Tomb of Horrors". One of my favorite sadistic dungeons. : CRasterImage
• I think I still have my 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 50, 100 sided dice around somewhere. Crystal dice FTW! : fusionrx
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  iphone please! : hamachi
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    My problem right now is I have no fucking clue about iPhone dev. : zebosausamite
    • great time to learn! I have no clue either, but I'm just asking for freebies and I like the idea to he... : hamachi
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  I need a group viewable online percentile dice rolling program. : AxeMan808
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    This is kind of like that http://www.rpglibrary.org/software/securedice/ It allows you to roll dice an... : OverloadUT
    • Hmmmm..Close. It's two steps further than I had before, anyway, thanks. I'll have to see if there's sou... : AxeMan808