Morning Discussion

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  whats a can? : Degenerate
  • a cargo container. : trOmblyj
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    jettisoned cargo cannister used to hold ore because ship cargo is too small (jettisoned cans have massive... : kpxkrnjc
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      so you fill up a canister, jettison it and keep mining? after your done mining do you just make a few tri... : Degenerate
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        yeah either a buddy uses a Hauler (ie Badger Mk II, Iteron Mark V etc) to pull it en masse back to the st... : kpxkrnjc
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          so I guess the hauler also supplies the empty cans and jettisons them for the miners to use? : Degenerate
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            no the cans are spontaneously generated when you jettison cargo from your ship. they're free :P In mo... : kpxkrnjc
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              ahhh, ok. thanks! : Degenerate
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                and jettisoned cans like that only last 1 hour. : JuffoWup
                • 2 hours EVE time - ProTip: rename your can as soon as it jettisons to the timestamp of EVE time so you kn... : m0rfus
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  i want to come flip some of your cans :D : kpxkrnjc
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    I'm going to start a PvP training 'program' of sorts of folks in PHOTN who're new to the game so that nex... : MisterPhoton
    • Add me to the list. :) : g0nk
    • that would be cool, if you need help let me know i wouldn't mind helping out : kpxkrnjc
    • awesome. : re-verse
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      i'd be happy to help out if you let me know in advance. : m0rfus
      • also, will volunteer to be enemy and ally for training situations : m0rfus
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      Definitely interested in this. I have no idea what PvP is going to be like once I get involved and I'd l... : hawkeye
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        it's terrifying as hell, and flying cheap frigates means it never really costs you *that* much. : Majuju
        • Posts like this make me glad I'm a miner. LOL : Clasifyd
        • terrifying? more like RAGING HARDON!! : m0rfus
• I'd like to mine with you guys if you're around tonight. I've been working pretty steadily on veld. : re-verse
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  How many ways is that split at this point, Photon? : Fayk
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    I'm paying people for the minerals they mine and deposit. So you get back whatever you put into it, reall... : MisterPhoton
    • Ponzi Scheme here folks. : mnsnota
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  Is salvaging still insanely profitable? When I played last, I could get about 5m ISK per level 2 mission ... : ChibiJosh
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    If you're in a huge corp/alliance, it's very profitable since barely anyone non-newbie salvages when ratt... : Link.
    • Lol. That's funny. and totally untrue. : loboca
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      I salvage all the time. Down here in 0.0 it doesn't seem as profitable as it was in high sec. : melkore
      • In a relative sense, it isn't as profitable, because the 0.0 loot is worth so much more (drone loot, mine... : loboca
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  You people are going to make me play again. I'm sure Goonswarm misses me. : unjustend
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    the way I read it, it's like that WoW south park episode. now that BoB is gone, we can actually enjoy the... : Downforce
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      I have a supreme mining alt, and a decent Battleship pilot, just chilling out in the south. I haven't pl... : unjustend
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        I'm on the trial again. it's like crack. I gotta get those damn learning books. mother shitters. my ol... : Downforce
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          you do know that most/all learning books have a floor because the newbie npc stations sell them as well r... : JuffoWup
          • yep. but it's like asking for 500G for a level 5 green belt in WoW. :P hence putting in a buy order for... : Downforce
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  HEY. use that to fill the buy orders of the lowbie skill book orders I placed! :P All 5 from the lear... : Downforce
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    Why would we have lowbie skillbooks to sell you? :P : r_picmip 5
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      that's what goonfleet did during noob drives! we were trained to place buy orders and folks around would... : Downforce
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        1) Where are you located, and what's your in-game name? 2) What skill books do you need? : MisterPhoton
        • I parked at Jita to cook for 24 hours before doing the industry mission chain. Which will be tonight, rap... : Downforce
      • atleast in a frig, 12 jumps is like, 5 minutes. <3 warp to 0 on stargates. : JuffoWup
• holy shit you almost had a pvp encounter!!!!!!! : brewsterdog
• I made this alone in 2 hours of mining back in the goon days :) : Geoffrois
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  I wish we could have one eve thread where no one talked about goonfags >:[ : kpxkrnjc
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    go back to watching anime, KenGoku :Þ : Majuju
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      :O : kpxkrnjc
      • your space bushido cannot save you now! : Majuju
  • I'm afraid I'm trapped in their lands, so its like the only way I can get my miner outa there =P : unjustend
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    You could try getting over it instead of railing about goons in every thread. : deveus1
    • seriously : loboca
  • MY KENZOKU : Ride-My-Rocket
  • KENGOKU : Link.
• hey PHOTN do you guys want my empire freighter alt to come help you when he's done cooking in about a wee... : Majuju
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  Onyx are tough little bastards dude. mine tanks as well as my raven with 20k shield. :P : m0rfus
  • btw...i love these EVE threads. i need to jump back to empire and come rabble with you guys : m0rfus
  • he had an ishkur on back up :D : JuffoWup
  • yeah, I know - there's almost no chance we could've actually taken down his Onyx. If we'd had more pilots... : MisterPhoton
• FFS ive been pestered to play this by at least 6 people IRL and now the shack has daily updates... think ... : Vincenoir
• I get my T2 mining lasers today. I just wanted you all to know. =) : Clasifyd
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  Haha I think my percentage of that will be like 600K isk :/ Pretty awesome though! Good job guys! : r_picmip 5
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    I can't remember who you are in-game :( otherwise I could tell you your share : MisterPhoton
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      Dupont. I had the unlabeled storage container in the corp hangar. : r_picmip 5
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        well geez you have to label your shit, man :D I sent a corpmail about it this morning : MisterPhoton
        • Actually, you'll be paid 1.8 million isk for your minerals. : MisterPhoton
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    how do you determine percentage? : dael
    • I'm going by how much my minerals would have netted me on the open market. : r_picmip 5
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  Is it true that EVE players are to nerds what nerds are to regular people? : OverloadUT
  • not really. If thats the case, a lot of these shackers coming in are the nerds of nerds! :) : JuffoWup
  • I think Eve -> gamers is like Bridge->Poker : azenmaster
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  I had like 20mil skillpoints, and havent played in over 2 years...im really tempted to get back into it f... : hobosapien
  • never stop training. ever. : m0rfus
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    yeah im downloading the client, im rejoining :[ its been two years fuck : hobosapien
    • a LOT has changed in 2 years. and I do mean a LOT. : JuffoWup
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      2 years inactive will mean your character is deleted, i think. : re-verse
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        Uh, they never delete characters..? : loboca
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          pretty sure they delete trial accounts : Downforce
          • well yeah trial accounts. My 2 accounts, both inactive for 2 years, good to go. Though they might get a... : unjustend
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        nope still there, 24mil SPs : hobosapien
        • lol nice.. same here. 24 mil sp when i got back. : ssj4megaman
• HOLY FUCK ARE YOU SERIOUS? GOD DAMN DUDE TEXT ME NEXT TIME THAT SHIT HAPPENS, I WOULD HAVE FLOWN IN ON M... : ejectorpod
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  Is there a Shackcorp in EVE? I would be interested in joining, if it would be tolerated that I just put i... : utgaardsloke
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    there are two. PHOTN = MisterPhoton's low sec of mining fun and NWS = DragonFangs 0.0 romper room : m0rfus
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      join the Shacknews channel : m0rfus
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        What's the shack channel called, or is there a way to search for a channel? Forgive me for not being ver... : Clasifyd
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          shacknews. : mindfk
          • /facepalm : Clasifyd
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      we're not lowsec - we're medium sec :) : MisterPhoton
      • And we're not all miners, it's just my day job. At night I'm a masked avenger destroying enemies of the ... : ejectorpod
  • There are two. NWS which is in 0.0 space and Photon Ventures which is in 0.5 Torrinos : ejectorpod
• i have no interest playing the game but EVE threads are among my favorite ones for some reason : xsii
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  We should do a "What skill are you training now?" thread? I'm training Hull Upgrades III. : Link.
  • Heavy Missiles V (16 days to go!) : ejectorpod
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    By the way, I still love the skill queue, despite some bugs here and there. It allows me to be that much ... : Link.
    • same here! the queue was a foregone conclusion in terms of in-game addition. I haven't set up evemon ... : Downforce
  • Astrogeology lvl5. 4 days left. : re-verse
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    Only interesting one is Jump Drive level 5. 4th carrier pilot ahoy! : loboca
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      only 4? : Reptile
      • shaddup you. : loboca
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        Actually I need to make the isk for the carrier and cap ship book.. sigh. : loboca
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          well you missed out on a couple good sessions The haul from those anomalies a couple days ago was arou... : Reptile
          • ya, stupid job and sleep. : loboca
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            something tells me i should have helped you guys out. i did have a 3 pat spawn i was working on, but stil... : mindfk
            • you were probably fine with the pat spawn : Reptile
  • working on mining foreman 2 I think at this time. And I have 3 queued afterwards. : JuffoWup
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    Mining IV! I'm so excited to get that done! : Clasifyd
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      if you're going to keep mining, expect a looong road of training ahead :( : re-verse
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        Yeah... I've been looking at all the shit I need to get... I'm just happy to get the T2 lasers, though. ... : Clasifyd
        • i just recently got to be able to use strip miners, and then fit crystals on these miners... its huge bei... : re-verse
  • main: scout drone op 5 alt: astrogeology 5 : mindfk
  • Drone Interfacing V <--finally finishing on the 24th. : melkore
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    6d left on Minmatar BS 5 : Reptile
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      how long total? : dael
      • my BS V was 40 days : m0rfus
      • 32-36, don't recall : Reptile
  • Getting my secondary learning skills to 4. I parked them at 3 for a bit as I was training up for an Inte... : r_picmip 5
  • Main: Industrial Command Ships 3 finishes tonight, then Skirmish Warfare 4 Alt: Industry 5 in 4 days, th... : MisterPhoton
  • Torps V - 5 days 4 hours : m0rfus
  • I'm getting my gunner skills up and then Learning V. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Drone Interfacing 4 : cygnus
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  lets liven it up with some pics. perhaps boring pics. http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=Archonca... : JuffoWup
  • That last one is pretty cool. : loboca
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    how do you take pics without all the HUD and shit? : ejectorpod
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      ctrl - f maybe? : loboca
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        ctrl-F = fps : Reptile
        • Ctrl-Tab can hide the ui : Reptile
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          ctrl-h ? : loboca
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            I have no idea what to do now I'm going to try ctrl f, ctrl tab, and ctrl h and see what happens : ejectorpod
            • its ctrl-tab reptile is correct. : JuffoWup
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  Alright, so I've got another newb question that's been bugging the piss out of me. Do asteroids reappear... : Clasifyd
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    Asteroids are re-populated every downtime, and during downtime, existing asteroids get a little bigger (i... : loboca
    • Rgr. Thanks for clearing that up for me. : Clasifyd
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  Fuck you shack. ok i resubbed also. My uber 3 battleship dude who used to be uber to shit is now just one... : ssj4megaman
  • Ph V is out in Turrinos : Clasifyd
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    Like he said, we're in Torrinos, based out of the Home Guard Logistics Support station at Torrinos VI - i... : MisterPhoton
    • Rgr will look you up in game... I need to get the skinny on my old corp. What their plans are, then ill c... : ssj4megaman
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    uber 3 BS? pfffffft...want to spar? : m0rfus
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      not anymore.. i would gladly 3/4 years ago. I think imma make a interceptor, put a mwd like i had before ... : ssj4megaman
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        I'm in kinda the same boat, was a badass BS pilot back in the day, now I'm enjoying the Tech 2 Frigate ga... : Finestaut
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          i find that most fights are cloak and dagger. intell is SO important, you send out the scouts to hunt and... : m0rfus
          • Yeah, I don't have nearly the skill or initiative to be a good scouter, so I just spend most of my time a... : Finestaut
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  I like EVE Stories, but I think the game (like all MMOs) is a fucking drag, so this way I get the best of... : Dynotaku
  • Seconded. : Damodred
  • So true. The stories are so much better than the game. Keep them coming I say. : .sticks.
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  Is there any shack interest in Wormhole exploration? Doesn't seem like something to attempt alone. : Finestaut
  • We had one of us going in and doing gas mining by themselves. Not sure on the isk return tho. : loboca
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    How do you find them? : byorn
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      probe deep : m0rfus
      • <whips out his deep probes> : Reptile
      • man I've been probin' bitches for years now : MisterPhoton
      • Someone call for some deep pubes? : ArcKnight
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    I went in one and found an abandoned thorax, dude had a probe launcher fitted but no probes so he was stu... : sanchez
    • Now that's got to be creepy. I'd just about pee myself if that happened. : silentw
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  hey whats this thing http://www.helpmewithmygameproblems.com/wiki/index.php/Photon_Ventures_Inc : MisterPhoton
  • besides a ridiculously long URL, obviously : MisterPhoton
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  OH DEAR GOD MINING!!! : Caoster007
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    hey whatever finances the pew pew right? : mindfk
    • industry is the foundation of pvp : zerog83
    • High Security mining is the least time effective way to make money. Mission running, or anything in low ... : Caoster007
• this thread needs MOAR ♥ : m0rfus
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  ok, something has already gone horribly wrong. I signed up for a trial and downloaded the client earlier ... : Degenerate
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    It hasn't been updated to account for the new character creation process yet. : ArcKnight
    • this would explain my boggle! : Degenerate
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    The apothabla update did away with that. : Ratalon
    • thank you sir! : Degenerate
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    Don't worry, you will be fine. Make SURE to do the tutorial. : m0rfus
    • you have no idea how retarded I am : Degenerate
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      question, i did all 10 starter quests for military last night and i don't know where to go next? before i... : whereiwannab
      • lol oh man I guess your not whereuwannab? : hashd
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  Thanks to you bastards and all your EVE posts I am downloading the trial now and will be trying to play t... : hashd
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    just so you know, you dont have to add attribute points during the creation process. if anybody says you ... : Degenerate
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      Hahaha I just read your post and I think I want to go the same route as you by glancing over the builds. ... : hashd
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        I'm sure it wont work out exactly as it's laid out there but fuck it, I spent too much time making a cros... : Degenerate
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          LOL! I like the idea of being able to move around fast to stay out of trouble early on as well as access ... : hashd
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            my starting ship looks like somebody slapped three engines on a big flat piece that fell off of the ISS. : Degenerate
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              Wahahahah, you must be minmitar. ENJOY UR DUCTAEP SHIPS, LOL. : silentw
              • :D : Degenerate
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              welcome to the race of ducttape : JuffoWup
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                Lol what? So what is a good race to start with? : hashd
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                  Minmatar! : Degenerate
                  • I will join you in your duct tape mastery! About an hour to go on the download so it says. : hashd
                • it really doesn't matter and it matters even less with the latest changes to character creation. if i was... : mindfk
• I really want to head out to Torrinos soon, but I want to finish this second set of quests now. I think I... : Sailor of Fortune
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  that was indeed quite interesting last night. the best part was the conversation with the CEO of the corp... : cygnus
  • go into my doc->eve->logs you'll find the chatty log there for you :) : JuffoWup

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• BioShock, since I just finished it yesterday. : Marrbe
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  Sanitarium, I kept thinking about the whole thing tied together. Really well done. : avatar_58
  • This was an awesome game. : heartsauce
• l4d, But only because I want to shoot one of my friends in it. He was shooting me from the ground last n... : unjustend
• SFIV!!! : AroundTheFur1380
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  Dwarf Fortress. For a while there I was constantly thinking about what projects I would undertake next an... : Arceihn
  • I'm so terrible at that game, but I love it so. Losing is fun! : ZTac
• i do that a lot. WAR, EVE-O, GTA4, Fallout 3... : cpt_gloval
• I can't wait to play through Resident Evil 5 on Professional. That's my first order of business when I ge... : jayacheess
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  I remember being unable to sleep due to Tetris. Every time I closed my eyes, there were unending patterns... : vitaminzach
  • I did this when I was first learning Go. I'd play against myself in my head and stop every few minutes a... : Agrona
• Fallout 3 : wretchedradio
• SFIV most recently, stupid Guile turtles. : mechanicalgrape
• Left 4 Dead : ShoCon
• Left 4 Dead. : heartsauce
• Little Big Planet was the worst for me. The level creator can be consuming. : Boxelder
• Burnout and I am still playing it 35+ hours in : Begawkiness
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  I always thing about whatever game I am playing at the time. : SockMonkeh
  • Right now it's Baldur's Gate. : SockMonkeh
• Bejeweled Peggle RE5 is crap Bioshock was crap SF4 is awesome, but i dont really think about it. ... : james t kirk
• Mass Effect : Cheeziologist
• dwarf fortress, again. I hadn't played it since before Z-levels, but now I can't stop designing traps an... : Agrona
• Minesweeper. Its really slow at work right now. And now I'm seeing little blue ones in my dreams. : Adm.Snackbar
• i think about WoW all day when i'm at work :/ : electroly
• World of Goo. : Cowburn199
• Team Fortress 2 : Chris Remo
• I remember standing on the risers while in music class in 3rd or 4th grade obsessing about Super Mario Br... : mnsnota
• Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is my current game. before that, i think BioShock : Korban
• Fallout 3, and Eve Online again as of late : zerog83
• I keep thinking about how to modify my items in Star Ocean 4 to make finishing up the post-game less tedi... : Vincent Grayson
• WoW during our Undying attempt. : LoioshDwaggie
• Oblivion : dael
• I saw a game in target yesterday called Afro Samurai. I didnt buy it but I'm still thinking about it..wt... : fathertime
• lots.... SF4, WOW, Ninja Gaiden Black.... most because the game mechanics have some depth, or the game sc... : TPSReport
• tons of shit. I need another gaming vacation. want to play RE5 as well :( : Downforce
• Far Cry 2 : thejm4n
• I live and breathe DOTA. : Xanthos
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  TF2 I even had a dream I was running around in Well :( : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Sounds like a nightmare.... : frib
  • lol same here. Just a few nights ago I dreamt I stumbled across a three pack of BONK! energy drink. It ... : moneyshot
• Dungeons & Dragons Living Forgotten Realms I can't stop obsessing over the fact that my character will... : Wadmaasi
• Typically, whatever I'm playing at the moment. : Damodred
• Civilization IV. Thinking about how to handle the barbarian invasion while taking a shower is always a... : gzubluck
• Fallout 3 : Dan 101
• Left 4 Dead. Bought it on the day it was released and I was off work, so I jumped into a game straight... : Beady
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  Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard. : RuffasBluetain
  • Looks so good except for the aiming : Mondo
• Medieval II: Total War. Im stuck on the last game of the series while everyone else struggles with crash... : killerdeathman
• WoW..... :( : senor135

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  why? : RikiTiki2
  • Dudes, AIDS :[ : snicker-snack 2
• What? Elaborate. : ArcKnight
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  because they only went and gave me a job writing news and odds and ends. 'Coincidentally' this means I... : Alice O'Connor
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    Holeeee shit. Congratulations! I've always enjoyed your writing style. : ArcKnight
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      Also, Alice? It was Alice Sponge all along? You perpetuated a lie >:( : ArcKnight
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        http://www.shacknews.com/profile/alicey : Jonathan
        • I've gone all this time wondering what happened to that other british girl that played TF2. : pieman
  • Congrats! : ZeroSignal
  • I see no reason for your chatty persona to change despite your new corporate obligations : eldersveld
  • oh come on : haiku
  • Cool! Congrats! : project13
  • Craziness! : midgetherder
  • Well, cool! : thief
  • Pfft. Like being "employed" by Shacknews ever stopped anyone from posting berating belittlings and inane... : Arcanum
  • yayy!! congrats : re4ctor
  • Ohh, you're such a tease. (Although if it were me doing a name change, I'd have let loose with a "thanks.... : Bold
  • congrats! are you going to just do news blurbs or will you get in depth stuff as well? : hamachi
  • I disprove of this new Sponge : MrLobo
  • Whoa, metamorphosis. : zakazi
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    Oh Christ, shut it down Clary : ejectorpod
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      Clay* : ejectorpod
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        how did i get drug into this? : Clay
        • Roofies. : terath
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          Shut up Clary. : packav
          • This post made me laugh more than I should have. : rosewood
    • Hello Claryce : r3dn3ck
  • you should do a shack podcast in the same way you talk in TF2. you know, like all british and shit : eeeealmo
  • congrats! : itsjames
  • Hey, that's awesome. Congratulations Alice Sponge. You better outlast Aaron Linde, Carlos Bergfeld, and B... : mittense
  • no you should not do that! sellout! : mikecyb
  • YOU'RE KILLING INDEPENDENT GEORGE!!!! : r3dn3ck
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    hey, congrats. score a dow2 interview for the shack, please!] : ]pm[chem
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      Wasn't there.. Already one? : mittense
      • yes, but it's not like that was the end of all news regarding the game. I know there's a big upcoming pa... : ]pm[chem
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    in entirely unrelated news, we're proud to announce the addition of a kitchen to the shacknews office. : Chris Faylor
    • hahahaha : mittense
    • Damn, Sponge is putting you to work already? : Arcanum
    • Sandwiches for everybody! : GloriousCow
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      In entirely unrelated news, Christopher Faylor is not allowed dessert tonight and certainly no television... : Alice O'Connor
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        Also completely unrelated, A Sponge has set a world record for the shortest term ever in an online job a... : grandmasterlee
        • PAGING RA1N : halophoenix
        • i think you have it wrong grandmasterlee, she was doing all the harassing. : m0rfus
    • out of the park : SockMonkeh
    • lol : Phil
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      this is not getting enough appreciation : Yanks
      • update: still laughing : Yanks
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      but she's British! : re4ctor
      • That's why they're not even bothering getting salt and pepper shakers! : yoonix
    • Is she gonna jump the table?!? : Dave-A
    • Offices? : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Hahaha sandwitches for everyone!!! : SatansFist
    • Oh man wow ahahaha! : yosemiteclimber
    • when did you introduce a shacknews office to the shacknews staff? i was unaware of such expenses in the s... : Demius
    • Glorious. : grover69
    • This subthread delivers. : spazzium
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      PIE!!!! : virus
      • I like turtles pie : r3dn3ck
    • Hahahahah awesome : TastyWheat
    • haha give her an apron for her first performance bonus. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • you're like a pokemon! : das_runt
  • While this is great, I still think you should continue being your apathetic self. You should make a rea... : ArtilleryMarker
  • Congrats Sponge! : Zero|DPX
  • Congratulations Alice 'Sponge' O'Connor - the Shack just became 76% more perfect. : dumb.
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    Please add a "Listen to artcile" option to all your posts : sikander
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      This is something that MUST happen. DO IT! : FormerHPB
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        even better, read out the HTML source code!!!! this beats learning fluent Klingon! you stalkers! do eeeet : grandmasterlee
        • I just filled the cup : Goblin au
      • Front page posters would leave the site, disgusted by the falsified audio files. Don't you know that girl... : Bamtan
  • That's awesome, congrats! : helvetica
  • Wonderful. :) : nevicata
  • congratulations! : dahanese
  • Congrats! : silent prophet
  • yay! congrats to you! : deject
  • now we're going to have to blame you along with Faylor and Remo if people don't like RE5 : qwpeoriu
  • Congratulations! : OverloadUT
  • Congrats! : FormerHPB
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    No, this means you should write more berating belittlings and inane ramblings. Surely the mods can't ban... : Horn
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      You'd be surprised. : Chris Faylor
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        I smell dirty laundry. : ArcKnight
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          Steve sold shacknews out of spite because the mods banned him. : Modulus
          • STOP THE PRESSES! : r3dn3ck
          • One too many poop jokes, or not enough? : Derringer
      • I'd ban my own mother if she posted goatse. : pupismyname
  • Gratz Alice! I hope you will still join us for TF2 and DoD! : cjcharv
  • Hey congratulations, well done. : Chris Remo
  • Who's responsible for this tomfoolery? : smoove
  • No more belittings and ramblings? March 19th 2009. The day wit died on the shack. : twifosp
  • A O'Connor : SockMonkeh
  • woooo congrats. : Agrona
  • Congrats!!! : indosauros
  • Probably? I hope not! Congrats. : DrWaffles
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    a woman??? : feek
    • need pics on shack team page : feek
  • Congratulations! One step closer to your Dear Deidre dream. : Bamtan
  • Alice? Not Abigaile? for shame!! congrats!! : pukerat
  • congrats. a sponge no more. : dirge23
  • congrats sponge! : Xanthos
  • congratulations! : SolveChrist
  • That's awesome, congrats :D : avatar_58
  • CHARACTER ACCOUNT : CRasterImage
  • touts? you fucking made that word up : Deathlove
  • lmao what. who is running this place : Downforce
  • I'm happy for you Alice. Don't forget about us little people. : NastyJack
  • fabulous. : laurgasms
  • grats sponge! : zerog83
  • Congrats! : bombay
  • congrats but please don't ever change! : .frame
  • Congratulations. I hope this means they're flying you out to Quakecon to expose our insanity to the world... : Jonathan
  • About time!~ : hirez
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    Please audio record your news posts and don't type them. : pancake humper
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      a podcast if you will! : Mr.SEX
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        that name will never catch on! maybe call them talkie-blobs. : mikecyb
        • vlogs? : GloriousCow
    • 100% agree : retarded talking dinosaur
  • Splendid! Congratulations on the gig and welcome to the industry! : node
  • :) : felicia
  • this is the best news I've heard today. Congratulations!!! : trOmblyj
  • congratulations! : Dschinghis Khan
  • NANNY MCPHEE! : mnsnota
  • Did they realize you were a woman when you were hired? <3 congrats : K1Bond007
  • Fantastic! I expect great things to come from the frontpage, from now on! : aaarrrgh
  • Congrats! This should be interesting. : randomjgj
  • Congratulations! : PapaBoo
  • awesome stuff! congrats! : Mmmmmoo
  • Congrats. : ant_hillbilly
  • well deserved, you are awesome. : vikramwillrock
  • 'Coincidentally' this means I should probably post fewer berating belittlings and inane ramblings What... : Rag and Bone Man
  • Awesome! Congratulations. Does this mean you'll be on podcasts and such as well? More importantly, can we... : Kentor
  • Congratulations to you, Alice Odds'n'Ends. : cerealSAM2
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    Fucking woot. Congrats and well done on all sides. We all win. : dognose
    • Also now more than ever it is important that you know that DNF is gonna 0wn : dognose
  • Pics, Divx, 2 page report, double spaced. ON MY FACE DESK PLS. : Phil
  • Congrats! This comes as no surprise to me. : Nitrium
  • congrats, you are awesome! : thekidd
  • neat! : pyide
  • congratulations! Welcome to the wild world of technology blogging! There's hookers and blow the remnants : halophoenix
  • Where da white women at? errr I mean congratulations!! : boomstickah
  • woohoo! Congrats! <3 : CapnChaos
  • grats abby. now see how often you can work stereotypical britishisms into news posts. it will make me gig... : vile
  • Hahaha, awesome. Well played, Sponge. Well played. : famine101
  • thanks.txt : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Why would they hire you after you've already clearly peaked? http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/516... : pupismyname
    • I like to pretend that's actually her in the picture : zerog83
  • nuke + ban for character account j/k grats! : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Congrats! : Damodred
  • 'grats Alice! : Arctic Fox
  • Grats. Now make a column called Go Ask Alice where you can use the belittlings and ramblings on email que... : Fyunch Click
  • Woo congrats! : quadeh
  • Alice, who the fuck is Alice? Congrats A Sponge! :) : Alco23
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    A Sponge is / was a chick? I had no idea. PICS & DIVX!! : voodooraze
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      all you need is MP3 : zerog83
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        This man speaks the truth. Someone dig up the Faylor prank. : spazzium
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          Here it is! Enjoy (I still want to call her Abigail) Alice's finely crafted English accented radio quali... : spazzium
          • oh yeah, this was great. lol : Goblin au
          • Outstanding choice of ending credits. : Mr.Finkster
  • Schweet! : Waffles!
  • Why would Gamefly hire an android? That doesn't make a lick of sense. : DrFlammable
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    Congrats! I look forward to many articles extolling the virtues of an English, middle-class life, and how... : Mr.Finkster
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      I look forward to articles containing the word "colour" : dognose
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        This game takes less time to beat than it takes me to finish a packet of crisps. : lolpatrol
        • And an ice lolly! : dognose
    • lol : kainen1
  • Fantabulous. : Johnny Law
  • In Soviet Russia, girls get in your Shacknews!!!!! : askedrelic
  • Awesome, congrats : scottythejock
  • Nice! Congratulations Ms. Sponge/Ms. O'Connor. May fame and fortune follow this fantastic fortuity! : nomaad
  • Now you can bring a little British class to these Colonial riff-raff, congrats! : chazums
  • Congrats A! I guess I'm not too surprised though as Shacknews has had interests in you before and for go... : flubba79
  • yay, congrats! I always enjoy your posts. : MikkleThePickle
  • Congratulations, and don't think I didn't notice you doing that 'british' thing of putting ' instead of "... : sharpie
  • Nicely done sponge! : yosemiteclimber
  • Yay!! Now I know your real name! MUAHAHAHAHAHA : H@rvester
  • can I still call you Abby? also congrats! : Drakoniac
  • Does this mean your real name was not A Sponge?! Also, was this the job you were telling me about the... : mysled
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    Congrats, also you need to have the Shacknews "Team" page updated! : Sailor of Fortune
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      VILLAGERS Demand pics! : H@rvester
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        You're going to go full stalker, aren't you H@rvester? : yosemiteclimber
        • You should never go full stalker. : Smirks D
  • Oh and also will you at least still berate and belittle me on steam and/or Audiosurf sometimes? : NastyJack
  • Finally, someone to bring an air of class and sophistication to this wretched hive of scum and villainy. ... : BlackCat9
  • Congrats! You're a total babe with that brain of yours. : spazzium
  • ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED Congrats! : Goblin au
  • Irish? No wonder you can write interestingly. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • lol ok : randomposter
  • Hi Alice! : sanchez
  • Wow! Congrats! :D : virus
  • Congrats! : megarust32
  • Grats Sponge! :D : jbury
  • NICE! congrats! : theWhite
  • Cut and paste from a press release? : ease one
  • This is great. :D Congrats! : freshyk
  • A Sponge for the win! :D : thetangent
  • Alright! Congrats. : Stoned Gargoyle
  • Oh my GOD! She's ONE OF THEM! RUN! Congrats! Hope to see lots from you in the future. : silentw
  • My favourite British woman! (besides Kate Beckinsale) : TastyWheat
  • I'm looking forward to the word 'neat' appearing a lot more often on the front page. Congratulations :D : rock elf
  • Holy crap, great job getting hired! They couldn't have made a better choice! : Xevo
• Noooo! You're the funniest poster here (and we have the LOL metrics to back that up). What's goin' on?! : Bold
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  Ciao. : thief
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    (are we welcoming a new name? a cybernetic sponge is a good one) : thief
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      die : RikiTiki2
      • rofl : Arctic Fox
• Congratulations :) : AgentPothead
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  gentlemen we have a name : grandmasterlee
  • You could have gleaned this from the ShackCasts if you had paid attention (Faylure totally blew her cover... : Xevo
• Congrats! : Link.
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  Wait, your real name isn't Sponge?!?! :[ : CrustaR
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    this is what bothers me as well : haiku
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      or Abigail? My world is crashing down around me. : pupismyname
      • If she's that deceptive with her name... : silent prophet
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    all my spermicidal fantasies are shot to hell : Halen
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      I doubt you were spongeworthy anyway. : SockMonkeh
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        SockMonkeh, what are we gonna do now that the cat is out of the bag?? : CrustaR
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          Duke3d.exe : SockMonkeh
          • fag : r3dn3ck
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    I am also not an Arctic Fox. So stop SMing me, furries. : Arctic Fox
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      a quick GIS gives me this: http://fc51.deviantart.com/fs30/f/2008/074/c/3/Arctic_Fox_TF2_Prop_Poster_by_J... : re-verse
      • That'd be him! : guido anchovy
      • That's fucking cool : TastyWheat
  • my real last name is sex at least! : Mr.SEX
• I guess it is no coincidence then that that game you were hyped about made the front page of shacknews ea... : flagg209
• Congrats : SolrFlare
• Congrats! : mad-d00d
• Sponge, I think this means you're going to have to get one of those new-fangled console thingies. : rock elf
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  all of your news thingies should be audio : Clay
  • True that : dognose
  • She has a lovely speaking voice. : yosemiteclimber
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  Congrats, Not A Sponge! For a pom, you ain't too shabby! : Dave-A
  • She looks nothing like a pomegranate. : Ride-My-Rocket
• more like A News Sponge! hopefully this still leaves time for L4D and TF2 games : Postal
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  Finally the Shack got us a chick! : byorn
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    I expect more reviews of puzzle, adventure and horse riding games now. : Dynotaku
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      At last, someone who might appreciate Bratz: Forever Diamonds as much as I do. : yoonix
      • yet it will not be as creepy : byorn
• We have a name! looking you up on myspace now : bling1bling
• Well, I guess we know what you've been up to. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  If only the shack would take game reviewers... :-) : Masem
  • new management, let's find out : RikiTiki2
• You know, I'm pretty much just a lurker most of the time, but even I knew of this whole Abigail Sponge th... : exponen7

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• not for a long time my friend...not for a long long time. : r3ckless
• Have they fixed the compatibility? MS's own site didn't work with it as early as 3 weeks ago, LOL : geneshifter
• where's the Windows ME version? : GloriousCow
• so anyone have a site with all the IE8 DOM+CSS fixes? fuck ie : lordlobo
• You can't kill IE6. : Deathlove
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  good luck with that. We're still running IE6 at my company. : FormerHPB
  • why do you hate america? : manero
  • IE6 is still the main browser at my work too. it's a shame. but i managed to install FF3, so i don't ca... : Korban
  • same here... government job, IE6 here too. :( : Shadowdane
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  IE6 4 LIFE! : metalremains
  • WORD! i love how it handles css box models :D : xsii
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    more like: IE6 F OR LI FE : get_navi
    • awesome : Goblin au
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  considering that even though IE7 wasn't that good it was a 'forced upgrade' and tons of places are still ... : Yanks
  • yeah, all those crappy IE6-only ActiveX controls have the corporate workplace locked into IE6 forever ... : tashtego
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  60% of my users are still on IE6. Good times. : asylumn
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    Here's our browser usage breakdown: 50.41% = IE7 22.39% = IE6 12.18% = Firefox 2 5.84% = Firefox 3 5 : Ride-My-Rocket
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      So it's 22% not 60%? : suqur
      • Ride my rocket is not asylumn : chungathebunga
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      Why the hell would there be that many people on FF2? FF users generally know to upgrade I'd think, or is ... : Dynotaku
      • Yeah, I'm not sure myself. It could be a bug in how I boil user agent strings down to browsers & version... : Ride-My-Rocket
      • awesomebar rage, I think. : Agrona
    • I got more hits from the yahoo bot this month than FF2. : pieman
  • ours hover around 6%, though it's down from nearly 8% in October of last year. although the majority of ... : mikecyb
  • 65% IE of that. 55% are IE 7 and 44% are IE 6 27.5% Firefox 6% Safari : digital_d
  • Ours is around 50% and slowly dropping. Yay for now supporting 3 versions of IE. Kill me. : Chod
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  more CSS3 please :( : pyros
  • seems to be DOA, along with the next version of javascript and the next version of XHTML. Looks like we'l... : Cheeziologist
• everyone should be on FF3 with adblock at least, it should be like a world browser minimum requirement :) : niceguynick
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  I managed to get X-UA-Compatible on our servers just in time for it. Our current skin has a major issue ... : RomSteady
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    Yeah, we're patching this "just-in-time" too :P : Damodred
    • "just-too-late" : uncleanmonkey
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  I installed, IE8 freezes and I get (not responding) when I refresh the shack, then it pops up after a cou... : grandmasterlee
  • I don't have any of those problems. It did tell me that hp installed some kind of crappy addon that I sh... : capt tripps
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  IE8 is so much better than IE7 it's ridiculous. Props to the IE team for delivering a solid release. Le... : Zero|DPX
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    it's weird to get regular IE releases after IE6 being the only one for years. I was expecting IE8 to com... : mikecyb
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      haha seriously! i feel like ie7 was out for a year and about 10 people used it and now it's replaced : Mr.SEX
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        V I S T A ' D : Cheeziologist
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          that might not be too far from the truth since IE7 kind of sucks. I mean it's a vast improvement over IE... : mikecyb
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            I'd love it if MS just dropped support for IE6 and started developing to comply with standards again. Th... : Ride-My-Rocket
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              They sort of are going back to standards conformance - the default rendering engine in IE8 is pretty damn... : nomaad
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                Precisely. Our current site is broken in IE8, but the replacement site we have coming out in six weeks i... : RomSteady
                • Everyone out there is writing their sites to be standards compliant and then adding conditional fixes for... : BlackCat9
  • great improvements, no doubt, but Trident still has issues. I hope Balmer hinting at webkit is real. Then... : Cheeziologist
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    By the time they get to IE10 thy might be as fast as FF1! : Dynotaku
    • lol : RikiTiki2
    • I've always found FF slower than IE at rendering most pages : Halen
    • From what I understand IE6/7 had pretty fast dom rendering, but I think slower in javascript? : r3ckless
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    There were rumors about using Gazelle for the next browser... : uncleanmonkey
    • That will never happen, Gazelle basically can't run the web. : Zero|DPX
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    can you expand on why its better? : hamachi
    • Much more standards compliant, faster, tons of holes fixed, lots better user experience. Basically every... : Zero|DPX
  • Agreed.I like the debug/developer tools a lot, they make my life much easier. : nomaad
  • Remember when IE5 was da bomb, because the competition was Netscape 6, which blew? : dognose
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  Opening a new tab takes 3-4 seconds...anyone else have this? : Dr Van Nostrand
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    Not 3-4 seconds, but about 2 seconds. Still a shitty browser IMHO. The number of nag screens when open... : Nitrium
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      What exactly is bad about accelerators? Right clicking an address and clicking map is worse than having t... : derelict515
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        The concept is not wrong, but the way they do it. When you open the program for the first time, it isn't ... : Nitrium
        • You've got to call it something and people usually prefer one or two word names so unless you have a bett... : derelict515
• I feel so incredibly old for having used the pre-1.0 versions of the original Mozilla (not even Firefox).... : sgtsanity
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  IE8 doesn't impress me at all. I mean, I guess I'm glad they fixed some of their CSS stuff, but compared ... : Conan
  • I prefer IE over FF, and anything else. : wykd
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  "This installation does not support your system architecture (32/64bits)." :( wtf : Maarten Goldstein
  • ok what the installer really meant to say was that it didnt support 64bit. they really couldnt make that ... : Maarten Goldstein
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    download the right version? thats why there is seperate 32/64bit versions :) : x[sliver]
    • yeah i have that now, but i sure didnt learn that through that error message : Maarten Goldstein

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• Hi Chepito! : r3dn3ck
• Chepitoes. See my other thread :( : kainen1
• Chepito. : re-verse
• Che Pito : xjdrake32
• Puffins! : melkore
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  Its sad to see that RE5 isn't drawing them in, I have not thought about a game while not playing it for a... : manlyman
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    Yes there is a fourth difficulty, its called professional and unlocks after you beat Veteran. No idea ho... : manlyman
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      Pretty short and useless impressions, basically saying that the game was too difficult, there are some bu... : manlyman
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        I doubt anyone is being a "sheep," we're not ordering people not to play it. We just didn't find it to be... : Chris Remo
        • Since I haven't listed to it yet, what gun thing are you talking about? : sigpro
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          From what I can tell, you CAN swap weapons between the A.I. and yourself (I've heard Chris say "Give me a... : sevogajre
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            Gun swapping is different in co-op than it is in single-player. : mittense
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              Well, from what I can tell, I HAVE NOT been able to give weapons to my friend in online coop, just like C... : sevogajre
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                I believe that's the reason; you can only swap weapons if a friend has "unlocked" that weapon or somethin... : mittense
                • And its so you can't give a player a high upgraded weapon, have them drop out of the game, and you get no... : manlyman
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                I can't see why you would want to do this. All guns except the secret ones are dirt cheap and/or free if ... : MoreVespeneGas
                • I've switched guns a few times in the SP because I was using pistol/shotgun/mp5 and had given sheva the ... : sigpro
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          Some people here follow your podcasts and always bring up your impressions on IdleThumbs to bash a game t... : manlyman
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            What? So he needs to, what, not talk about his opinions on the game because people on Shacknews can't mak... : mittense
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              No, I am just basically stating the fact that some people here cannot make their own decisions based on e... : manlyman
              • Sorry that some people do not like your favorite game. I generally do not have time to download every de... : TreMetal
              • why do you assume that people haven't been making up their own minds? just because others have echoed wh... : Mr.SEX
              • Are you talking to Shacknews commenters, or Idle Thumbs hosts? : crummynz
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                So, because some people base their purchasing decisions on the feedback of others, you feel this overwhel... : UselessHack
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                  I am not defending RE5 anymore, I am defending the need for comments to come from an individual's experie... : manlyman
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                    who is making comments about a game based on what other people have said? the only people's opinions you... : mikecyb
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                      Hey look its you sourcing it for someone who was looking for Shack commentary! http://www.shacknews.com/... : manlyman
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                        you silly faggot, i bought it for many reasons, part of which was because the idle thumbs guys enjoyed it... : Mr.SEX
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                          why are you all bent out of shape over this? did you work on re5 or something? you can't think that EVE... : Mr.SEX
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                            HAHAHAH! Seriously, did you read your own post "i bought it because of brickmatt and the idle thumb... : manlyman
                            • sorry man, i didn't know i had to be completely clear when going over my motivations and my decision maki... : Mr.SEX
                          • And no, I can't think that everyone will like the game. As I stated its not about RE5 anymore. : manlyman
            • "Recently, we played some Resident Evil 5. It is a game. Moving on..." : ZTac
          • chris you have a responsibility to like everything : Mr.SEX
      • argh you disagree with me your opinion must be destroyed!!!!!!!!!!!! : Mr.SEX
    • Correct. There is a hidden fourth difficulty. With regards to Chris and Steve's playthrough, getting th... : sevogajre
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    Manly, These posts would be cool if they were all by different people. You having a little chat with ... : RogerDandy
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      manlyman seems to have an unhealthy obsession with convincing people to like the game. http://www.shackn... : UselessHack
      • He owns Capcom stock. : TreMetal
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        Haha, people hate RE5 here, its a known fact and its been something that I, as someone who has enjoyed th... : manlyman
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          I actually thought most of my criticisms with the game were pretty constructive: http://www.polycat.net/1... : mittense
          • You have no idea the bullshit responses that others gave when the demo was released. : manlyman
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          So you're on a crusade against differing opinions? : UselessHack
          • There's opinions and then there's bullshit. You can say Deus Ex is a bad game and you'd be dead wrong,... : Marrbe
      • Awesome, a great refinement to Shack posting! : zakazi
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    You really think people like Nick and Chris would "jump on a hate train" because everyone else was doing ... : mittense
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      We should listen to his opinion because he had made 3 posts instead of the other guys who only made 1 pod... : TreMetal
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        replying to your own post any less than 3 times automatically makes you a sheep. : re-verse
        • peee-eee-arr-rrr-eee-llll : mittense
        • I was posting impressions while listening to the podcast. Sorry. : manlyman
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      I agree with you, but at the same time if you're going to complain that the game is too easy and you're n... : sevogajre
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        That's absurd. How do you know when a game is too easy? At what point do you figure out that the game is ... : mittense
        • Absurd? I don't agree with that. I guess I like to be challenged in my games, so yes, I do restart the ... : sevogajre
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        Well our first try was on the highest initially available one. But there was a part where we literally ju... : Chris Remo
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          Me and my buddy played through on the highest difficulty first time through. We only died 5 times in a ro... : jayacheess
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            Well yeah, I mean obviously we don't espouse the belief that this game is impossible to play on Hard. Cle... : Chris Remo
            • I listened to your guys' original idlethumbs about the first 3 chapters of RE5 and I was quite saddened -... : jayacheess
        • If that's the first big combat part from the demo, yeah, that was really tough. My friends and I had a l... : sevogajre
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      For what it's worth I found that review to be misleading and even incorrect on a few things. : MoreVespeneGas
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        Like what? : mittense
        • -The review opens saying that this is basically Gears of Resident Evil. While what is said isn't 100% fal : MoreVespeneGas
  • Its fun coop. Otherwise it doesnt fit the resident evil series to me. I just wish there was more creep... : chilln
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  did that picture of the puffin come from a Thule beer poster or something? : OrkO
  • Nope its from a box of "Puffins" cereal, the brand licensed for the Puffins game. : jake2000
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  did anyone notice that Chris Remo called himself "Chris Redfield" in the intro to the show? I think some... : Postal
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    i figured it was a joke of some sort. : feek
    • I'm not sure if it was! it seemed pretty deadpan :( : Postal
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  hey where do i collect my free wonderboner? : Mr.SEX
  • http://www.wonderboner.info : pancake humper
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  Just to be clear, the reason why I am defending my position is because of the impressions on the podcast.... : manlyman
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    I don't know why we should know about the extra difficulty level if we hadn't completed the game yet. Wha... : Chris Remo
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      Replay value is a big deal for consumers, especially with higher game prices in Canada, and the milking o... : manlyman
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        I really don't see how that would have fit into our discussion. "So, we played through a while of this ga... : Chris Remo
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          Fair enough, I have never listened to the podcast and didn't really know what the vibe was and now I do. ... : manlyman
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            I just listened to this week's to be clear. : manlyman
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              You should listen to "The Wizard" Idle Thumbs podcast. It's one of the earlier ones so the news will be o... : helvetica
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                WiiiizaAAAAaaaaaAAAAAaaard. The Wizard. : ZTac
                • I don't know what there is about it, but the way Remo says "The Wizard" cracks me up every time. : helvetica
                • god, by the time that joke got retired I was so fucking sick of it, but it was pretty god damn funny the ... : cdbeckman
          • I think you're overestimating the clout. : Boxelder
          • I listen to their podcasts frequently and I enjoy them, but I never let their opinion deter me from tryin... : Lawgiver
          • it's a great podcast, and they are great people (breckon and remo have written here, so they are known, w... : dahanese
        • "it's natural discussion between friends (because that's what it actually is for real, there are just mic... : sevogajre
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        It's a fuckin' podcast not a wiki. If you want to research yonder options for yonder game, go take to it... : kainen1
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          Given the amount of clout they have here on Shacker's opinions I expected more. Once again, I haven't li... : manlyman
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            its a podcast, who cares : feek
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              A lot of people here, that's the problem. : manlyman
              • They don't seem to have any issue with it. You appear to be the only one who cares. : ZTac
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                So you're bitching because you consider Shackers incredibly spineless and stupid people who will listen t... : mittense
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                  I really don't care anymore, I am just a no one, and I do not expect anyone to take my side. I cannot c... : manlyman
                  • I am going to buy Resident Evil 5 and Killzone 2 just to spite you. I don't even own a PS3! : DrWaffles
                • That about sums up the Shack. : Chod
                • I'm not buying KillZone 2 or RE 5... but that's because both are trash for what I like. : LoioshDwaggie
              • I didn't elect you to be my representative. : sludge vohaul
      • Why does it matter what is a big deal for consumers? The podcast is us talking about what we happen to th... : jake2000
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        i think you have to understand that idle thumbs doesn't purport to play through an entire game and report... : dahanese
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          didn't you use to be part of idle thumbs? What happened? : Modulus
          • i'm part of played. i have no thumbs, so i am offended by the title. : dahanese
      • lol no, only a tiny percent of gamers give a shit about replay value, which is why the resale market is h... : acheron
    • I can hear your voice in my head when I read your posts now. GET OUT OF MY HEAD! : Modulus
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    don't listen to it, it's simple. I can't stand Breckon's opinions which seem to range from "it's kinda fu... : Shai-Tan
    • you mean he's human? : dahanese
  • i listen to giant bomb too and make my own decisions. the decisions are still up to you. i don't think ... : dantastic
  • And yet I will listen to a friend's experience with a game and base a decision off of it even though he h... : Whistler77
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  I nominate manlyman for the position of Podcast Commissioner™ : brickmatt
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    What is wrong with someone presenting an alternate opinion on a game? I appreciate (some of) the discussi... : OverloadUT
    • Nothing wrong with that except that manlyman went off the rails by saying Idle Thumbs were somehow at fau... : NastyJack
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      The alternate opinion on the game isn't the point, it's bringing THE LAW™ to podcast, laying down all t... : brickmatt
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        He intends to defend his spending 'til the end, comprehend? Also, does the position come with some kin... : Dave-A
        • Oh, there's indeed a whistle. And perhaps one of those olde time megaphones. : brickmatt
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    I can somewhat agree with his opinion that gaming podcasts need to present more informed opinions overall... : Evil Benius
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      You can be his second in command of regulating this media, director of fact-checking. It's entertainme... : brickmatt
      • You have no problem with something that is one of the only source of gaming news to a pretty big group of... : Evil Benius
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      Perhaps podcasts are not for you? They tend to be fun, off-the-cuff opinions and riffing, not painstaking... : Dave-A
      • I am not even asking for tons of fact checking before hand, I am just asking for people to think more abo... : Evil Benius
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      Idle Thumbs is basically just a recorded conversation, not a news broadcast, and is advertised as such. T... : MaxPete82
      • Are they? : manlyman
• Its great to see all the personal attacks throughout the thread, its good to see you have some teeth on y... : manlyman

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  Everyone should come and listen to Khan come within milimeters of rage quitting! : ArcKnight
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    haha, i never rage quit! it's in bad taste and ruins the game. : Dschinghis Khan
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      This is true. We should be on the same team and make it our sole goal to kill anyone using an MG. : ArcKnight
      • that sounds like a good plan. To anyone using an MG, prepared to get sniped in the face or get a grenade ... : Dschinghis Khan
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  Congratulations on your shacktag success! This post is a flawless work of art, a shining example of the m... : dumb.
  • why thank you, dumb. : Dschinghis Khan
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  >:( : yosemiteclimber
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    I know, we should move these to Wednesday nights. There's no official shackbattle one Wednesday nights! : ArcKnight
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      Next Thursday is the last class, finally... : yosemiteclimber
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        so after that will you stop the >:( and start with the >:) : Dschinghis Khan
        • No, it's kind of a tradition now. : yosemiteclimber
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      yeah I wish they were too selfishly, so the Thursday TF2 nights could resume. :) : kainen1
      • hirez took TF2 thursday nights down for whatever reason, so we took, if he wants it back, we can move to ... : Dschinghis Khan
    • Nooo, I'm fine with my productivity being killed on Fridays, but Thursdays may be a problem, lol. : Arctic Fox
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      Didn't the UT3 guys want to claim Wednesdays? : Alco23
      • lol poor omnova. : yosemiteclimber
      • What like 3 of them? : Sailor of Fortune
• I may be here if dow2 and ut3 don't pull me away. : re-verse
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  Wonder who'll get the "Golden Shower" and "Bukkake" awards this week. : Alco23
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    i got ''Golden Shower" last week. : Dschinghis Khan
    • Or so you think... ;P : Alco23
    • Too much information, Khan. : Arctic Fox
  • looks like someone's been taking their Vitamin B! : Arctic Fox
• i'll be there fags : mrvandelay
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  This time I'm going to log in an hour early so I actually have a spot >:) : chungathebunga
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    Yeah last week was crazy, I didn't get home till after 9pm and still had to wait a bit for a spot to open... : yosemiteclimber
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      yeah, so quit yo bitchin' : Dschinghis Khan
      • You better still be playing when I get home so I can shoot you in the face >:( : yosemiteclimber
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    gonna snipe you so hard! You'll have wished... I didnt snipe you so hard! : AlexXdude
    • Oh its on! : chungathebunga
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  Do you think we are going to have the same server problems tonight, Alco? : Dschinghis Khan
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    There's a correlation between admin abuse and server downtime so... I don't know Khan, will we have serve... : Alco23
    • ewwwwwwwww he told you! : .frame
    • Haha so true : yosemiteclimber
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      hahah : AlexXdude
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        update: still laughing when I read this post : AlexXdude
        • update: so gonna get slayed tonight. : Dschinghis Khan
    • ouch :( : Dschinghis Khan
    • Beacon placed on AlexXdude! : ArcKnight
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      Dr Alco, as a previous server admin, I agree so much. 9 times out of 10 any time a server admin does anyt... : re-verse
      • yeah but i only ever do stuff if the game is dying down, or its just in good fun. If people really don't ... : Dschinghis Khan
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      I only do it when I'm drunk : .Jayson
      • I do it to slow down sanchez from winning GunGame Every. Damn. Time. : Arctic Fox
    • haha awesome : chungathebunga
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  how the hell did you misspell my name? and you thought your little pretty post was perfect =P : .Jayson
  • i thought there were two of you :( : Dschinghis Khan
• bump. : Dschinghis Khan
• The lady is out of town, so I have free reign 2nite. I'll be gobbling (as in turkey gobbles) my ass all ... : goatjc
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  I will be there tonight, as always. Got to get my punching achievement one of these days! I think I'm abo... : Arctic Fox
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    just punch AlexXdude. : Dschinghis Khan
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      PROTIP: It's easier when he's on your team. : CrimsonHandHiro
      • Doesn't help me get the achievement though, lol : Arctic Fox
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4oDDmoWf1M&feature=related : Dschinghis Khan
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    More like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GusLypfx7OQ : ArcKnight
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      I was expecting yakity sax : yosemiteclimber
      • That's more towards the end of the night when we're on the mario map. : ArcKnight
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      no, more like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_48BtomJR2c&feature=related : Dschinghis Khan
      • More like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bydf0FRVLLM : ArcKnight
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  I'll be there tonight, it'll be the second to last DOD:S night until I'm gone for 2 weeks. Though if I ha... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Might have another impromptu DoD:S shackbattle on Sunday ;)... : Alco23
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  I think I'll just MG camp the garden the whole time. : sanchez
  • I'm going to be drunk tonight so I can't be held responsible for the filth that will pour out of my mouth... : ArcKnight
• Less than 2 hours to 0-hour! : ArcKnight
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  Did DoD:S just update or something? Steam just popped up and said it had 'finished downloading'... as wel... : dumb.
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    Fuck.... let me check the server is updated... garrr happens every week I tell you. : Alco23
    • Checked and server is good to go... : Alco23

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  Posting a hot car to counteract that fugly car: http://www.dieselstation.com/wallpapers/albums/Lotus/2010... : DJ Clipdat
  • on my face pls : cpt_gloval
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    hot linking sucks dude. : Skoal^Fyfan
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      wow.. are you serious? : DJ Clipdat
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        click on the link without dragon drop : c0bra
        • Ah shit, it was already in my cache so I didn't realize you had to d&d : DJ Clipdat
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    Is that really a roof scoop? : loboca
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      I think it's a fully functional scoop, yeah. : DJ Clipdat
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        does it cool the driver, or is it plumbing for a ram air i wonder : cpt_gloval
        • It feeds straight to the intercooler : sigpro
  • damnit the lotus looks like a spider of a car. I just want to step on it. : gakera
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  This angle looks Much better: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedans/112_0903_2010_porsche_panamera_f... : loboca
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    it looks like someone sat on a Cayenne, which is just as fugly but taller : cpt_gloval
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      The Cayenne is about 50x better looking than the panamera. : sigpro
      • i wouldn't argue with 50% : cpt_gloval
  • nope it's still fugly : deject
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  I'm kind of torn. On one hand I kind of like it, on the other I wouldn't be caught dead buying one of tho... : Ellissd
  • Except maybe the Cayenne. : Ellissd
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  I wonder if Lamborghini will ever put the Estoque on production. http://www.highroadag.com/media/imag... : Greymatter42
  • Gorgeous. Lamborghini shows how it's done. : ShekkyBoy
• I would like to like this car. From the front it looks like a mix between the Carrera GT, Corvette and Fe... : not work safe
• Wow that's terrible. : twifosp
• Porsche is so awesome, they went from making the ugliest SUV ever made to making the ugliest sedan ever m... : arizona bay
• doesn't look that bad to me : RikiTiki2
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  Audi's answer to that is 1000% sexier: http://www.autoblog.com/photos/audi-sportback-concept/1280207/ ... : nomaad
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    i dont understand the car industries current infatuation with these weird quasi-crossover looking things.... : arizona bay
    • that looks like a fastback sedan to me. : cpt_gloval
  • Looks better than the porsche for sure, but still not pretty. The back end looks stolen from a DB7, whic... : twifosp
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    why do people like to look at wood trim inside their cars? i don't get it. : vassili_zaitsev
    • wood trim outside is way better : cpt_gloval
  • I thought I saw the next A5 will be based off of this as well : kungfusquirrel
  • the fact that it's a diesel makes this vehicle infinitely more appealing to me. : PlanetPerfecto
• rear-engine shape + 4 doors == lol : eeeealmo
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  Named after the picture type needed to capture it all. : twifosp
  • Close, but not quite the same. It's named after the Carrera Panamericana endurance race. : sigpro
• It's like an elongated PT Cruiser. : yoonix
• Not sure what they were thinking. It is hideous from the side. : Freon
• Aston Martin Rapide wins... fatality! http://www.leftlanenews.com/aston-martin-rapide.html : Postal
• a Chrysler Crossfire rear ended a 911....and they just kind of Bondo'd the chassis' together. Eww : devnullgt
• fucking ugly : opengl128
• Man welcome to 1978. It's the 928 all over again. : steelsamurai
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  Has Porsche _ever_ made a good-looking car? I think I've hated the styling on every one I've seen. : Zero|DPX
  • 70's whale tail 911s. : deject
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    http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/dic/pix/porsche914.jpg http://media.motortopia.com/files/2975/vehi... : cpt_gloval
    • 993 turbos are hot too http://www.fahrcar.com/porsche-993tt.jpg : cpt_gloval
  • lol : RikiTiki2
  • I totally agree with this : Maarten Goldstein
  • getting on this band wagon : AlexXdude
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    You know, I actually agree. I think the only Porsches I've ever liked were totally blinged out 911's. : yoonix
    • 935 Slant nose were nice. : bombay
  • Carerra GT ... shut it. http://www.motorpasion.com/images/galleries/porsche-carrera-gt-en-el-salon-de-... : ghost hacker
  • I always thought the 911 turbos looked good. I feel so ronery :( : abovedefault
  • Are you kidding? The 550c spyder is legendarily good looking. : Lunatic Angelic
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  This isn't the refreshed 928 is it? Because if it is, they've failed. : bombay
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    Ok, no, looked it up. Due in 2012 after this Panamera thingy : http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/16/2012... : bombay
    • I'm glad they are pricing it above the 911 so they don't have to neuter it like they did the Cayman. : abunch
• Fuuuuuugly. : thejm4n

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  yeah i dont think ive ever visited twitter in my life. im not even sure i know what it fully is, or if i... : arizona bay
  • Companies are using it for more casual news updates which is kinda interesting. I just see it as blogs... : node
  • It is completely pointless unless you really care about the mundane minutia of people's lives, or think t... : dumb.
• Wow. I read "daily dongs", and was still agreeing with you as far as the lack of interest. : mafu5150
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  i like facebook status messages a lot better than twitter, it's much more well thought out and less of a ... : electroly
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    Yeah, the @user shit seems so absurdly low tech to me as well. They just really caught onto the approach ... : node
    • originally IIRC the @ sign didn't do anything special, it was just the way the community would do replies... : zakazi
• Ah, Twitter Shitter. : dmason
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  I may be totally wrong on this, but I consider Twitter to be interim technology. That is to say that feed... : haiku
  • How would they evolve like that though? They still need to be attached to something since they're persist... : node
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    this is interesting and a great corollary. I think twitter will burn itself out like ring tones and cell ... : Downforce
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      Have either of those things burned out? If anything, it seems like they've been commoditized -- they're ... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        That's what he means... they become commodities. They are established as the market standard that are out... : haiku
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          have any standards been proposed yet? who will offer the generic equivalent soon? : hamachi
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            I don't think it is a question of proposing standards or a generic equivalent. You're thinking like an en... : haiku
            • I understand all of that. and I was just thinking more in terms of who will do what and how. not keepin... : hamachi
        • Ah. Then yeah, I can't wait untl Twitter and its ilk fail to be a big deal anymore. Or at least, until ... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I think you're dead on. : wasylm
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    I'm not sure what can really unseat Twitter though, the whole idea is useless without your "friends" bein : hawkeye
    • Principles and mechanisms of the marketplace never change. What you may think is a set-in-stone standard ... : haiku
  • I'm shocked that this hasn't happened already. : fishbone
• twitter is for a generation that doesn't relate to the concept of privacy or self very well but just want... : thebigbeefsandwich
• I check lance armstrongs twitter. he posts pictures and stuff. : not work safe
• All the complaining about twitter is hilarious for such a simple thing. Then again the way it works is ri... : zakazi
• I read that as "celebs and their daily dongs". Read that as you will. : Damodred
• It's worked well for me. I use it in some work I do for a local bike shop, and it has been a good way to... : SinistarX
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  those kids and their rap music : sgtsanity
  • I know. This shit makes me feel old. :( : node
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  I only subscribe to people who are totally awesome. I actually had to unfollow shaq the other week becau... : mikecyb
  • it takes some serious effort to filter out the good tweets from the crap have they opened up the archi... : hamachi
• don't follow celebs, then - focus on techies and other marketers : Postal
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  With the new Facebook build I fear it's going to go the way of Twitter unfortunately.. : melt_core
  • I like it better, you've got more streamlined options, and you can see features on the right real clean l... : kainen1
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  I'd kill myself if I was in Online Marketing! I salute you, sir. : The Key
  • Would you kill me, i too am in Online Marketing : krym3
  • Honestly, it's just community management, with events, fansites, blogs, forums, and some cool ideas like ... : node
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  The person who invented the word Twitter is worse than Hitler because he doesn't just hate a few groups o... : NastyJack
  • I don't normally agree with you NastyJack, but this is the fucking truth. : ArcKnight
  • ^^^^ This. Twitter is the equivalent of the youtube video Phil linked this morning with the disabled peo... : baronzemo78
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  Dear node, please kill all forms of image advertising and branding. Thank you. : Lone Swordsman
  • Yeah, thankfully I don't touch ads, except on our own sites, which is fine since they're own-game related... : node
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  What do celebrities hve to do with it? I follow people I know and whose comments are interesting or usefu... : Chris Remo
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    I've never seen an example of a interesting or useful twitter. I mean that. I encourage anyone to show me... : NastyJack
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      The people I follow are almost entirely people I know. They're interesting to me because we share interes... : Chris Remo
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        ^^^ this is the point people seem to miss. : zakazi
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          I'm not convinced that just because someone follows their friends on it that it isn't a vapid and pointle... : NastyJack
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            Yes. Exactly. My god. It's mini-celebs and people who think we care. I, for one, don't. : node
            • That's what's nice about Twitter. Your stuff is only broadcast to people who specifically request it. By ... : Chris Remo
          • I find your constant rebukes pretty funny. For someone who doesn't give a shit, you certainly love to let... : ieGod
          • You don't find that stance a bit ironic given how much time you spend on the shack? This place is full of... : derelict515
• That sounds like an information overload of boredom. Who knew that such a thing could exist. : Marauder IIC
• I use twitter for online marketing as well and I love it. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  If you don't care about it then why are you posting about it? : WhatIsThisFor
  • That, my friend is the conundrum. It bothers him so much, he can't be bothered to care. So he says! : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    Because fucking everyone in marketing and online thinks it's the SHIT. When it's just retarded. : node
    • Why don't you jump on the team and come on in for the big win? : trove
• you should tweet about this : Maarten Goldstein
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  you are reading uninteresting twitters. i think the site is really cool. it's all the fucktards writin... : dahanese
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    Link a good one and prove us non-believers wrong. : NastyJack
    • http://twitter.com/cwalken http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/17071046.rss : heuristic
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      here's a variety: woot - http://twitter.com/woot george - http://twitter.com/georgeb3dr npr - http:/... : dahanese
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        rss does all this already : kill9
        • right, which is why i say this is the simple man's rss feed. for those who don't use those. do you know h... : dahanese
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        That George one is awful. It's just bad shack posts. The news ones are cool but like you said they are ju... : NastyJack
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          how many people do you know use RSS feeds that do not do a lot of tech related stuff? the advent of i... : dahanese
          • also, i'll add, twitter is AMAZING at what it does. where can a person find out about gaming podcasts, th... : dahanese
        • Fine, if that's actually why it was created, I have no problem "facing it." But what difference does it m... : Chris Remo
      • i love my nytimes app for the iphone so i looked at their tweet Obamas Prepare to Plant White House Ve... : handofthrawn
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  You might not personally care about Twitter, but as someone who's doing online marketing, isn't part of y... : BlackCat9
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    We do have a company Twitter account, and it's a nice casual news feed. But the hype on this one is just ... : node
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      all social networking is being overblown. the idea is to not be like everyone else to jump on the band wa... : dahanese
      • Oh hell no. If we're doing shit, I'd sooner kill myself than do it for the sake of it. Been doing online ... : node
• I can't wait until South Park does a show about it. : baconisgod
• Let's! All sing like the bir-dies sing! Tweet! Tweet tweet! Tweet tweet! : dognose
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  I have to write this whole social marketing strategy document for my boss, but I figure that if I begin t... : TwiLyght
  • that's really dumb. : dahanese
• I must be the most un-social person on the internet. I've visited Twitter maybe 3 times, Facebook and MyS... : MikkleThePickle
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/ : the archvile
• I use it to keep track of game devs: http://twitter.com/NS2 http://twitter.com/ValveSoftware http://... : aeg1x