Morning Discussion

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• Yea, this episode better be commercial free and epic...and I still dont think they will fit everything in... : devnullgt
• "Earth is in our hearts. As long as we love each other we'll always a afoot on earth." lol. : melt_core
• Edward James Olmos being awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSFDrOxWCXY Even understanding that : hawkeye
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  SO SAY WE ALL! : dantastic
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    SO SAY WE ALL! : fsck
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      FRAKKIN CYLONS! : scorpiusman
      • TOASTER FRACKER! : dantastic
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        It's SYLONS now. : SlamDunk
        • hahahahaa : .Jayson
        • SYLENCE INFIDEL! : Ride-My-Rocket
        • lol : deviantpaul
• They'll find a planet that will have a donkey wheel sticking out of a wall of a underground cave, and Sta... : Masem
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  I'm so glad it's ending. I was very excited for S1/S2 and it's just been an annoying and long train-wrec... : zebosausamite
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    I've loved almost every episode of every season, I love living in my alternate reality where BSG is good.... : hawkeye
    • you're lucky! : kelerian
    • You miss the G-dub's Presidency too eh? : zebosausamite
    • Same here. I think the entire series has been fantastic as a whole, even if there is the occasional lame... : riptyde
    • Me too. Very few episodes I hated, so interesting and enjoyable. : node
    • I'm with you.. fuck the haters : sludge vohaul
    • I agree with you completely : Thomas Hace
    • me too : Dschinghis Khan
    • Yep. : walker270
    • same here! : marmite
  • I totally agree with you. : Nitrium
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  I asked laurgasms if I could come over and watch it with you but she said no. :( : kikilupo
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    I don't watch anything live, fuck commercials. : hawkeye
    • dvr, wait 10 minutes, fast forward though commercials. : kikilupo
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    What the fuck are you talking about, you liar. : laurgasms
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      Sorry if you were DRUNK and dont remember. >:( : kikilupo
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        I'm pretty sure that if either of us was drunk and forgot something, it was you. If you would like a dire... : laurgasms
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          That is completely unrelated and has no bearing on this situation. : kikilupo
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            Exhibits B, C, D, E, and F. "God dammit I'm out of whiskey... I can't work under these conditions! Gue... : laurgasms
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              I still dont see how this has any bearing on you being drunk. Maybe your problem is that you ARENT drunk.... : kikilupo
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                My point is you consistently mis-remember things due to your alcohol consumption. I don't. I win. You los... : laurgasms
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                  At least I'm not stuck at a Panera needing to pee but scared to leave my stuff on the table because the N... : kikilupo
                  • I'm more afraid of their wives. And less afraid of them stealing my laptop and books, and more afraid of ... : laurgasms
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  Sad to see the Space scifi tv show genre die tonight though. :( : stgdz
  • Bring back something from the Firefly/Serenity 'verse! : zebosausamite
  • STAY TUNED FOR BATTLESTAR LOLACTICA: ATLANTIS ON SYFY : halophoenix
  • I am wondering if the new Star Trek movie will fast track a new series http://sffmedia.com/tv/science-fic... : byorn
  • Well... until the "Caprica" spin-off gets going. : ChibiJosh
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  it's going disappoint you all : scorpiusman
  • I've read at least one lukewarm review, but I'm still very excited! : Thomas Hace
• I'm going on vacation for 2 weeks I probably won't be able to see it until I get back, kinda sucks :( : tunis5000
• Since the show is about the characters I believe the characters will have to sacrifice themselves to save... : handofthrawn
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  Enjoy your SHIP OF LIGHT!! Just kidding/trolling. : gimpx32
  • Nothing would surprise me. In a chat, Ron Moore said how he was pissed at the Sopranos ending because he... : riptyde
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  Someone convince me to start watching this. I asked another shacker to but the way he described it basica... : Mr.Finkster
  • Just watch the miniseries. If you don't like it don't bother to watch the rest : MrLobo
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  Who would win in a fight: Bill Adama with a flashlight vs. drunk Lee Adama with a broom : HojuSimpson
  • Shit this is a tough one. I'm going to go with the old man because he does that gnarly grimace with his c... : daneloire
  • Fat Lee or Skinny Lee? because Fat Lee could probably use the weight to win. : hirez
• For those who don't listen to the podcast, Roger had a pretty interesting debunk of a rumor concerning S : MrLobo
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  It's a good bellwether for our society's reaction to 9/11 and it's aftermath. The initial clarity of sur... : trove
  • It's perfect when you look at it that way. : trove
• this thread needs to go away, fuck you how come you've seen it :( : gakera
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  Speaking of BSG, does anyone know what job was being referred to in the very beginning that Adama thought... : riptyde
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    I believe that it was The Ceremony where he had to decommission the Galactica and had to give a speech : kikilupo
    • I was wondering if that was it. If so, I bet Adama must curse that guy nightly for talking him into it. : riptyde
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  so whats up with lee volunteering for the suicide mission, why didnt anyone in the room find that strange : Luminair
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    Why wouldn't Lee volunteer? He was a leader in the military for a long time, and his father is leading t : riptyde
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      you don't find it strange that the leadership of the human race just volunteered for a suicide mission : Luminair
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        At this point, what do they care? Earth is dead. Galactica is dead. The Council is very dead. The huma : riptyde
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          haha what do they care. something to do with saving the human race from extinction I guess? If you'd pi : Luminair
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            Galactica's dead. Earth is a dead world. They have no where else to go, and only one Baseship left to d : walker270
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              maybe you haven't been watching the show, but an hour before adama decided to go on the mission, he had d : Luminair
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                How can you say "everything was fine" at any point in BSG? : walker270
                • New Caprica pre-One Year Later + Fat Adama + Mustache Adama? : Deathlove
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                  did you really not understand : Luminair
                  • What? That Adama realized the importance of Hera and decided to go after her? : walker270
                  • Don't you understand that they'll always be on the run? Cavil will continue to hunt the human race down. : Bamtan
  • let the record show that adama promoted lieutenant hoshi to be admiral while he was gone, which was such ... : Luminair
• Whatever happens brickmatt will hate it. : gmd
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  Schedule Note: MY TIVO!!!! says tonight's episode is 2:11, starting at 8p and going to 10:11p (Central ti... : Deathlove
  • I set it to record a 5 hour block... just incase. : Edges
• I could not find this posted so apologies if it's a re-post. http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/videos/3... : abunch

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• Around $1300, so I'm pretty excited! Because I have no job right now. :( : dmason
• $120 despite having gone to school last year. :[ : CrustaR
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  Nothing. I owe some which is the "correct" way of doing it, as I understand it. Otherwise you're basica... : jingletard
  • I bet razlebol is just shaking his fist in anger over that $22 interest he gave the government. : walker270
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    here....we.....GO! : opengl128
    • Is this argued on here a lot? I don't know, I'd much rather get more money every check than have it give... : jingletard
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    Really? I had to pay likw $600 and I don't feel very happy about it. Especially when I just fucking paid ... : avatar_58
    • I've gotta pay about that and I'm not too happy about it either. : jingletard
  • This assumes you'll beat the rate of inflation which a lot of people don't do. : renegade732
• They took $4000 less from your earnings. Saints, all of 'em. : Marrbe
• Paying $2,000 :( It's going to suck. : aggressor
• This is the first time in my working life that I'm getting anything back - it was like $500. Maxed ou... : Floppygrandma
• I got back $149, and immediately sent it and another $80 to Utah for property taxes. : RomSteady
• $174. Almost right on the money. Wouldn't have minded a fat rebate check, but at least this way things we... : Jumperus
• just got $4000, toot toot : Majuju
• >6K$ : capt tripps
• I haven't done mine yet. I gotta leanr TurboTax and input my Lifetime learning credit thingy to maximize ... : RevRaven
• -$900 :-( : trevis
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  prob -3k : loke662
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    Gawd, you owe that much?? : CrustaR
    • Stock market winnings + contract job ... :( : loke662
  • Me too! : ArtilleryMarker
• owe around $850 : EvilDolemite
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  $4k back? Shit. We have owed over the last few years... : i am the baker
  • Me too. I got a kid at the end of 2006 and went back to school in 2007 so that's the reason why I got so ... : razlebol
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  Owe $10K. But, expected, so it's been budgeted in. Thank you, profitable business and lumber-yielding lan... : Deathlove
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    Do you reforest? I'm gathering that you cut your own trees for lumber. : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • We own some property in PA that's over-grown, we pay someone to cut. Still working on the specifics of re... : Deathlove
• While I'm reluctant to disclose a dollar figure, I can say that I used H&R Block again and I am getting : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  just under $10K but I'm not happy about giving them an interest free loan. : peter
  • same those fuckers : timaste
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    That is probably the level where that kind of bitching is warranted. People complaining about an interest... : Evil Benius
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      really, evil benius? $1000 means nothing to you? you wouldn't mind lending me $1000 right now and i'll ... : electroly
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        I am talking about the interest. Even given a generous return on investment of 10% that is only $100 diff... : Evil Benius
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          people don't give a shit that it's interest-free, people care that it's a loan to the government at all. ... : electroly
          • for instance, say instead of investing it and making an extra $100 during that time, say the alternative : electroly
• $934, went straight to the dentist. :( : shotgun1
• Getting back $2100. Would've been nice to have YESTERDAY!!! : hussdelrio
• Around $6500 : virus
• $400 : goatjc
• I got back around $600 which is going straight towards local income tax. : Evil Benius
• anyone that gets back that much is a god damn moran and needs to adjust their W-4 : gmd
• got back $5400, married with 1 child. Got it a few weeks ago and I got to purchase my 46" samsung 120hz 1... : shackwack
• 4500 and no kids! : Godhatesfatpeople
• I paid $36 : action roommate
• i don't pay taxes, i got a refund this year : Enraged Pineapple
• I paid $34 to the feds and $1500 to the state of GA : Dante

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• Gauntlet was indeed a quarter hog, later on the Ninja Turtles 4-way arcade machine ate a tony of my money... : Conan
• Anything I could get my hands on! Space Invaders, Pacman, Scramble, Galaxian, and Moon Patrol stand out. : Dave-A
• Pac Man and Donkey Kong : .Jayson
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  Listen old man I was born in 85 so we had this thing called an NES. Arcades....lol grandpa... : avatar_58
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    Arcades were still much better in the NES days : razlebol
    • some would say that between 85-94 arcade gaming was at its best : flagg209
• Gauntlet was awesome. I can't really think of a favorite, but gauntlet would definitely be a contender. ... : re-verse
• I would steal money from my mother to go to the grocery store to play 1942 when I was like 12 or 13. : Salad Sammich
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  Donkey Kong, Kangaroo, or Popeye. : Simulacrum
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    Popeye was an awesome game that I rarely see mentioned. Great graphics for its day and very fun gameplay... : ThomW
    • Indeed...it was basically a true sequel to Donkey Kong : Wolfanoz
• Double Dragon : bozer
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  The original Street Fighter 2, Fatal Fury, Mortal kombat. : razlebol
  • oh and SMASH TV : razlebol
• Commando for sure : redfive
• super sprint bionic commando : synaptic revolt
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  Galaga, Track and Field, Moon Patrol, Jungle Hunt, Donkey Kong, Pac Man, etc. Pretty much EVERYTHING. I... : FormerHPB
  • the mall near me has side by side Rush 2049 machines, wish I had the 3K to buy them for my garage. : metalremains
• I didn't have an arcade near me, but when I went bowling with my mom when I had school vacation, man did ... : Deathlove
• Operation Wolf, Gauntlet, Rush N' Attack, Slalom. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Dragons Lair and Gauntlet. : hrdwregk
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  Aliens; Mortal Kombat 2, Street Fighter 2, Killer Instinct 2, and Aliens vs Predator were my favorites an... : flagg209
  • wow i completely forgot about Aliens. I played it a lot as a kid but I hadn't seen the movie and didn't ... : ass-street
  • Aliens was fucking awesome. so gory and great action. I first found it in a hotel arcade in Florida, 199... : EvilDolemite
• I was an equal opportunity arcade gamer. I had to try everything at least once. I would raid the $10 roll... : bad_fish
• Track & Field and Gyruss. 'nuff said. : MorrisatCNN
• Asteroids, Defender, and then later that T2 shooter game. : metalremains
• fucking S.T.U.N. Runner! It took me a few minutes to remember the name. It's been a long time since i th : ass-street
• final fight, RAIDEN II (possibly my favorite arcade game ever), daytona usa, stun runner, lucky & wild : EvilDolemite
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  Wizard of Wor, Gorf, Karate Champ, Bubble Bobble, Wonderboy in Monsterland, Rygar, WWF Wrestlefest, Gaunt... : retardhumper
  • and TRON : retardhumper
• Slight Hijack: Favorite pinballs you remember playing. For me: Centaur, Gorgar, Silverball. And later i... : retardhumper
• There was only one arcade in the little town near where I lived, so I played pretty much anything they ha... : Arken.ca
• Street Fighter 1 with the big pads you had to actually HIT to play. http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?g... : onji
• That awesome 6-player X-Men game. Silent Scope and Hard Drivin' I spent so much money on Hard Drivin... : LoioshDwaggie
• Pole Position, Robotron, Rampart, Galaga, Rygar, Ghosts n Goblins, 1942 and tons more : cptstern
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  Smorga Bob's had a report card deal: 4 tokens for each A, 3 for each B and 1 for each C. I spent some en... : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • After I went to work at a family fun center, the keys to each game were accessable to the supervisor, who... : Xin Jing Client 1a
• I was spoiled as hell - my dad owned an arcade for a couple years. :D My favorites were Super Pac-Man,... : ThomW
• Dungeons and Dragons, ....."welcome to the D&D world!!!!" : baronzemo78

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• you're living it : randomposter
• Just keep posting until you get nuked/banned, then you've found something. : losimagic
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  See the "Read the Rules" link below the "Post" button? That's a good place to start. : Arcanum
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    This. If you get nuked for 30 minutes do not get your panties in a bunch and whine. A 30 minute nuke is... : redfive
    • :( : AlexXdude
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      How do you know if you're approaching week-long nukes status :( : Flying h4x0r
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        If you've been banned for a day or more, the step up after that is a week I think : AlexXdude
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          It also depends how many times you've previously been nuked for a specific issue : AlexXdude
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            also the severity of the issue that requires nuking : AlexXdude
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              This may or may not be true but it also seems to me like if you are "on a roll" you can ramp up your bank... : SockMonkeh
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                My mastery of English is not impressive. : SockMonkeh
                • We got the idea. : ieGod
            • I heard if you reply twice in a row to your own post they expatriate you to china. : azenmaster
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        you get one. Then you know. Then you sit and ponder in that week how not to be a shitty poster and come... : redfive
        • Nah, you just spend a week at some other site bitching about how much the mods are assholes and then come... : Vincent Grayson
      • If dognose has to nuke you : rosewood
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      I get months >: | : proclone1
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        this is going to come out wrong but whatever. Look at your reg date and if you still don't know the rul... : redfive
        • came out just fine! : proclone1
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    the rules basically say "don't be a jerk", they don't say "by the way, someone said this particular thing... : jenisthebest
    • Exactly. This is why I asked. : abovedefault
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      I agree there should be a list of banned catchphrases, but newbies are unlikely to accidentally stumble o... : Arcanum
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        I would not be surprised to see a new visitor make a tip thread : abovedefault
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          Wait, are these nukeable? : Majuju
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            I thought you hated everything. You like tip threads? : Phil
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              Him hating everything doesn't prevent him from being surprised that someone in power agrees with him. ... : Arcanum
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                a list of things I don't hate: - girls with freckles - boobs - MMOs : Majuju
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                  I'm not surprised that you're not on that list. : azenmaster
                  • my level of self-loathing is matched only by the hardness of mace's dick : Majuju
            • tip like "just the tip, just for a second, just to see how it feels?" : chilln
        • Yeah, it can happen. Just suck it up and don't do it again. You need either a real talent for inflammator... : Arcanum
      • no because we work for free and we're not going to update a list all the time. This is why the 30m bans ... : redfive
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      I don't think banned catchphrases get you banned. They just nuke your post and I guess give you the defau... : SockMonkeh
      • The reasoning behind that (according to an awesome post I saw earlier) is that it is more difficult to re... : LoioshDwaggie
    • I had this conversation the other day via shackmessage with another shacker. Here's what I said. The r : pupismyname
• Besides on the rules page. Like jeans threads and tip threads types of things. : abovedefault
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  It all depends on the discretion of whichever mod is doing the nuking. I've been nuked for things that ot... : AgentPothead
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    Yea, it also depends on who's on duty and how well they like you. : mancide
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      No one knows who I am, so I'm probably guaranteed to get no discrepancy, or at least that has been the ca... : abovedefault
      • Discrimination? : heartsauce
      • That can also works in your favor in going unnoticed : anhero
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  Yes, your post about how to pleasure farm animals will get nuked. : Sailor of Fortune
  • ^^^^experienced this exact nukeable offense : conandan
  • Oh, okay, I'm sure my Anonymous friends will appreciate it though. : abovedefault
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    remember to put the sheep near the edge of a cliff so it backs into you. : handofthrawn
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      in your case it would choose the cliff : trOmblyj
      • hey aooooo : handofthrawn
• just dont directly insult people or talk about piracy and you should be ok for the most part. : podizzle
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  Somewhat: http://portax.net/shackfaq/ : thejm4n
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    I have seen this, but it seems that there are only 8 things listed. : abovedefault
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      The basic rules are really damned simple. : Arcanum
      • But old phrases that I never knew were nukeable because I haven't been here very long are not. : abovedefault
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      Pretty much it's entirely up in the air. The lesson I've taken home is that don't be an ass and you'll di... : LoioshDwaggie
      • And generally speaking, a nuke here and a nuke there doesn't matter. You have to put real effort into get... : Arcanum
    • we need a shack wiki : anthonybean
  • This is interesting. : Koral06
• besides the rule list, it is mods discretion which i.e. highly subjective. : fathertime
• yeah, you never know when your thread about road rage gets nuked : MaverickOrig
• i keep all of my Duke Nuked nuke SMs as badges of honor : electroly
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  You have to suck off one of the mods and then you can post whatever you want. : SockMonkeh
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    who was your mod of honor? : Xanthos
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      I did them all just to be sure. : SockMonkeh
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        อ้_อ้ : helvetica
        • ahaha! : Megara9
        • I was actually debating between the answer I went with and "helvetica". : SockMonkeh
      • your technique was well practiced : busdriver3030
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        glad I was first... : hirez
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          he musta lined y'all up in order of size : Dave-A
          • of course. gotta get the big ones out of the way first. : hirez
      • Any differences in taste/colour/consistency? The more you know! : Mr.Finkster
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    I hear what you have to do is first thing go after the biggest, meanest, son of a bitch, cock and suck th... : massdev
    • Sounds like jail. : coolbreezr
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  I've gotten nuked for trolling people too hard. It was awesome. : S1ing B1ade
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    I got a 30day ban for trolling >:[ : abovedefault
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      Damn. You got me beat. I was trying to be funny but no one was getting it and were just getting their pan... : S1ing B1ade
      • i think it was because it had to do with obama : abovedefault
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    I got a week ban for "trolling for sport". : coolbreezr
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      That's a good achievement. Consider yourself an elite shacker. : ieGod
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        It wasn't. I don't feel good about it. But I wasn't trying to troll for sport. I got in an argument and t... : coolbreezr
        • Stop trollin' me! : ieGod
    • lol : abovedefault
• Yes, but posting it is nukable. : yoonix
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  NEW SUBTRHEAD. Hey mods, what is your most memorable nukes? : S1ing B1ade
  • this could actually be interesting! : yacoub35
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    Yeah, links to your best nukes please! : Mr.Finkster
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      wouldn't they be gone? : abovedefault
      • teehee : Mr.Finkster
    • this is funny Duke Nuked Wrote: ------- Just wanted to say hi and I hope you have a nice week coming... : redfive
    • For making a joke about console games needing patches from Genjuro (I think he was mad about all the samm : capt tripps
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    Strangely enough, I've never gotten a super nasty message after nuking. In fact, some messages are downri... : helvetica
    • JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU NUKE ME. : S1ing B1ade
    • ALL REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS ARE IDIOTS FUCKERS AND CUNTS ooh ooh me next.....can : devnullgt
    • im definitely writing you a nasty letter if you nuke me. one that involves lots of curse words like hamb... : handofthrawn
    • I try to leave nasty ones. : scorpiusman
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      damn. I can't count on one hand how many times I've bitched at redfive over PM ;) : Skoal^Fyfan
      • i pretty much tore apart Umax's thesis after he banned me. he was devastated : handofthrawn
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      I want you to nuke me. Kind of like, hover over the button for a little bit... Contemplate it. He's ... : Phil
      • exactly. edlin nukes are sometimes cozy, sometimes rough and terse. IT'S INCREDIBLE : Downforce
      • There Goes the Neighborhood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLhvDDeJem4 : capt tripps
  • better yet, what is your most memorable permaban? : dopeman
• If you mean a comment that reads "Bad ID", you can post a harmless mundane comment that is sandwiched bet... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  #1 on the list is asking for a list of nukable offenses : ThomW
  • of course : abovedefault
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  I wish there was a way to see all the currently banned shackers, seperated by their current ban-length : proclone1
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    there is a way! you have to be a mod to see it though. we're not fans of transparency, SIC SEMPRE TYRAN... : mikecyb
    • mike, the dino's died due to a big rock, not due to being banned from posting. : Fyunch Click
  • that would probably lead to too many "why was this person banned?" threads or speculation threads on what... : Fyunch Click
• I ate a list of nukable offenses : Yanks
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  DONT be like klerck. end of thread. : chilln
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    especially the killing yourself part. avoid that. : xxiv
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      well, yeah, that part is sad. : chilln
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        And worth a perma-ban. DON'T DO IT! : mem
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          That seems like rubbing salt in the wound though. Someone should go chisel "BANNED" into his headston... : Dynotaku
          • More like permabanned. Am I right, AMIRITE? : godhatingatheist
    • I can think of at least fifteen shackers who should become an hero. : Deathlove
• asking where is the list of nukable offenses is, is bannable. : Utopia
• just use trial and error and you'll be fine : dantastic
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  I'll say it here to maybe save us mods from nuking posts. The MY ______ is banned now because it's b... : redfive
  • the temptation here is immeasurable. : Xanthos
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    What else is notably banned? : dumb.
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      I believe the reproductive fluids of a certain striped quadruped is also an instant nuke : flagg209
      • Tiger semen? You mean equid. : trove
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    i actually don't know what this is referring to and i am glad. : kbnerd
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      it is inconceivable that you missed the eight trillion posts with that meme in there. : Xanthos
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        well it's true. i'm sorry to disappoint. : kbnerd
        • Usually in relation to friends of the female persuasion. : Zero|DPX
  • But what if I'm quoting the lyrics to "My Dick" from the Harold and Kumar 2 soundtrack? : devnullgt
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    Are there any catch phrases that have been out of style so long that they're no longer taboo? I haven'... : itsjames
    • Please no. Once they are buried they need to stay buried. they get rather smelly. : Fyunch Click
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    this is unacceptable. how am I supposed to refer to the wife that I am currently married to? : Slowtreme
    • try: the woman who refuses to have sex with me. : Fyunch Click
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      Saying "my wife" and "my girlfriend" are fine. It's replying to a post in which someone referred to one o... : OverloadUT
      • he can nuke you for memeing : azenmaster
  • My Neighbor : Xin Jing Client 1a
• my only nuked post was for being a smartass and correcting somebody's grammar. i think it was a your/you'... : dirge23
• Don't talk about * USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST * : RomSteady
• I got nuked for posting images of Red Steel right after a mod said not to. : melkore
• I was nuked once. Don't remember why.. i'll have to look at the SM again. : happynoodle
• I learned that Helvetia doesn't wipe after she pees. But it took a 30 min ban. : Slowtreme
• I just post on /b/ if i got any nukeables : Sixcos

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• World of Warcraft. : notd665
• I feel the same way about your mom WoW. : rosewood
• Starcraft : pancake humper
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  All rhythm games like rock band etc, and casual games like peggle. : baronzemo78
  • i forgot about rhythm games i hate those fucking things. : wetard
  • I can't get into these either they're just gayballs. : RogerDandy
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  any Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft game. : Korban
  • So you hate fun I see. : Chod
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  Bioshock is amazingly, superbly, astoundingly, jaw-droppingly, impressively beautiful. : dognose
  • Yeah, it's alright I guess : notd665
  • Agreed. It also completely failed to grab me. Installed it, played through the first firefight and big da... : Adm.Snackbar
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  You know this thread is going to turn into a flame-otron right? To answer your question, I would say F... : DrillBit
  • I would just like throw out a preemptive "Fuck you! You have no idea what the hell you are talking about ... : silent prophet
• World of Warcraft. : mittense
• All Blizzard games.. Nothing against them, they seem like a pretty cool company, I just don't like their ... : abovedefault
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  WoW (any MMORPG) GTA Resident Evil Final Fantasy : Thund3rball
  • yeah, I just can't get into MMO's. Too much grind, not enough investment in the world. : kenmis
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  Despite being fully aware of the quality of the game, I just don't care about Fallout 3. Something about... : Begawkiness
  • Oh and I really don't like pretty much any JRPG : Begawkiness
  • Fallout 3 did nothing for me. I got it as a gift, and got bored of it very quickly. : g0rmanat0r
• EVE : halophoenix
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  Sins. i even own it and can't find the interest to play it. Fucking love Civ and many many many other 4x'... : Xanthos
  • Same here. I really want to like it but I can't get into it. : melkore
  • Same. I gave it about 3-4 hours and just couldnt get into it. : Head Rush
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  Anything Halo and Gears related. Those two, to me, are like the left and right armpits of the current gen... : Mr.Finkster
  • I kinda got into Halo (I mean, it's a good game, but not an OMG STAND IN LINE FOR 6 HOURS game) , but I'm... : halophoenix
• Lots. Pretty much all of BioWare's RPGs except Mass Effect, WoW, Halo, Bioshock... My list is much longer... : ieGod
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  Hl1/Hl2 : skitzo
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    :[ : basketofkittens
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      you just made a basket of kittens frown... shake on skitzo : conandan
      • Shake yo Ass mama! : skitzo
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  Halo anything. : Arcanum
  • I tried to like those games. Got Halo1 pc and holy crap boring. Then I got a 360 and picked up Halo 3 a... : FormerHPB
• left for dead - I really wanted to play it, but as it got closer and closer my apatite for it got smaller... : flagg209
• Metal Gear Solid. Stealth games can blow me. : Deathlove
• WoW, Diablo, Halo. Actually, a lot of games. All three have good points, but I just have no desire to... : Finestaut
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  Starcraft. I love real-time and turn-based strategy games, but I could never get into this for some reaso... : vitaminzach
  • same here :( I really dislike the macro side of Blizzard RTS's. : aeg1x
• any first person shooter. : ibrokn
• WoW, any Rock Band/Cuitar games, MGS, any RTS. : senseimoron
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  Final Fantasy. The series killed itself for me after the one that introduced Blitzball. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Also, the Metal Gear and Tom Clancy games. I'd probably enjoy watching somebody else play, but I don't h... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    I gave up after X-2. I borrowed it from a friend, barely made it past the opening sequence, and then gave... : Mr.Finkster
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      FFX-2 was not that bad and your characterization of the battle system is totally misguided. The "changin... : electroly
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        All that stuff sounds neat and all, but it still involves far too much singing and changing clothes for m... : Mr.Finkster
        • You don't have to sing or change clothes if you don't want to :P I mean don't get me wrong, that game wa... : electroly
  • The one that introduced it (X) killed it form me. What a terrible game. : ieGod
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  Street Fighter 4. I understand why people like it, but I just have absolutely no desire to fighting gam... : jingletard
  • The good thing about Street Fighter 4 is the move lists are still pretty basic and simple compared to alm... : pyide
• Starcraft. Just couldn't get into it at all. : tashtego
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  spore, metal gear solid series, anything final fantasy (Except tactics). : -=kodiak=-
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    Tactics is so good. I want another true sequel by the original team :( : Godhatesfatpeople
    • yea they are the only FF games i can tolerate. Plus i love turn based tactical rpg's in that style. Og... : -=kodiak=-
    • I'm actually playing through it right now on the PSP. Sooooo fucking brilliant. : disposition
• Does Braid count? : hoov1185
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  Super Mario Sunshine, the Halo series, the Gears series (mainly because I don't have a paid live account ... : guido anchovy
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    Gears has splitscreen coop and my buddy who got back from Iraq a week before it came out played it with m... : Sailor of Fortune
    • I have nobody to play co-op with locally since my bro moved to NYC. :( : guido anchovy
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  Fallout 3, as well as any RTS game. : atom519
  • IAWTP. Biggest disappointment of last year for me, even though I appreciate the visual style of the game. : Bamtan
• me too : timaste
• championship manager! : Unleashed
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  I can't even accept that it's a good game, sockmonkeh! : randomposter
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    I really really hate that game!!!! : randomposter
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      You should probably kill yourself, you seem to be dead inside anyway. : abovedefault
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        I can't be dead if I have so much hate burning in me! : randomposter
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          The hate of the undead burns eternal. : Lone Swordsman
          • does this mean he's a dreadnaught? : Break
• WoW : Godhatesfatpeople
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  All the Blizzard games (old and upcoming). Any MMORPG. : nomaad
  • Metal Gear Solid games and all fighting games as well. : nomaad
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    lost vikings and blackthorne are awesome! : wetard
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      Rock and Roll Racing, sir. : LoioshDwaggie
      • yeah i thought about throwing that in but it'd be insincere on my part since i never really played it. : wetard
• Fallout. Love the concept, hate the execution. : Thresher
• pretty much any RTS game, "tactical shooters" you know like urban ops crap and those ones where they try ... : wetard
• farcry and farcry2. also the prince of persia games. : stgdz
• Quake III : action wombmate
• WoW ..I played at release for a few months but never leveled a character past lvl43 ..it just got really ... : cptstern
• Bioshock yeah, but also the Halo series for some reason. I haven't played Gears of War yet, but I do have... : melt_core
• WOW....or any RPGs/RTSs I guess : thejm4n
• WOW : anthonybean
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  Everything Blizzard released except Diablo, Spore, The Sims, Wii : mnsnota
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    Oh, and console FPS's all of them. : mnsnota
    • any game that involves plastic musical instruments. : mnsnota
• All RTS games. And all turn based games. I'd rather watch paint dry. : bozer
• MMOs, Metroid Prime series, Bioshock to an extent (I'll give it another try) : SiW.
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  Civilization. I could never get past the turn-based gameplay. I'm more of an RTS type of guy. : electroly
  • Oh yeah, Civ. It's not the turn-based aspect that puts me off, it's that every time I see my wife play i... : SiW.
• WOW or any MMMORG (though Eve intrigues me to some degree). : Masem
• I didn't play Bioshock either, but only because it's too damn unnerving. : Geoffrois
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  Any Mario, Zelda, or Metal Gear Solid game. Might as well throw fighting games and RTS games in there too... : Dave-A
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    I used to like you, man :( : SiW.
    • no worries, i still think you're sweeter than honey from a honeybee, SiW. : Dave-A
• RPG's in particular MMO's : marmite
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  anything that's not an FPS, really. : Megara9
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    well i guess i've found my nemesis : Mr.SEX
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      the nemesis of sex is woman? : Megara9
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        only post marriage. : Fyunch Click
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          that's an argument for gay marriage if I ever heard one : Megara9
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            i wonder if a lesbian marriage implodes or just turns into really comfy friendship. : Fyunch Click
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              according to the 1-couple sample size of my previous roommates, it's a bunch of yelling : Megara9
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                ... and screaming and moaning, amirite? : waxthirteen
                • urwrong :/ : Megara9
      • apparently!! : Mr.SEX
• WoW, except for Mr. Wiggles. He's a pretty cool pet. : helvetica
• Blizzard RTS's, MMO's, TF2 : DonkeyPopsicle
• same , also Mass Effect. Bioshock i went through the whole beginning movie and was pumped, ut then once... : papaskot
• same i cant start bioshock for some reason but know i will someday : podizzle
• WoW, Fallout, GTA : godhatingatheist
• WOW, Diablo, Metal Gear Solid : ant_hillbilly
• Can't stand: Final Fantasy, MMORPGs... Don't care: Bioshock, Duke3D, Diablo, most RTS : guigr
• medieval fantasy based MMOs : riptyde
• GTA and Halo (bought Halo 3... traded a week or so later) are my big two... : etherboy
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  I shocked only 1 person has said Sims. Aren't the Sims games frequently on the best seller lists? And y... : AltZero
  • I think gamers don't think of the sims cuz their gaming friends usually aren't pining over it. : kingdepork
• I think the Metal Gear games are absolute nonsense. : wretchedradio
• Halo and WoW : CrustaR
• Warcraft 3, Starcraft, STALKER : cpt_gloval
• Metal Gear, System Shock, WoW, any old console game shrouded in child nostalgia. : kingdepork
• BioShock for me too. I'm struggling to finish the game. I've bought it on the release day. : Nitrium
• MMORPGs Any FPS (or any other type, I guess) that exists solely for multiplayer and has no compelling SP... : mafu5150
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  GTA , not even sure why> i must be broken :( : vrocket
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    i can't be bothered to give a shit about this either. : Mr.SEX
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      I enjoyed screwing around in the video editor more than playing the actual game. :| : CrustaR
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        Duke3d.exe on 360 has a video editor. : pancake humper
        • Whoa, really??? : CrustaR
  • It's not even really a game. : guigr
• Sims, Stalker, WoW : Dschinghis Khan
• "Myst" takes the cake for me. : icon_of_syn
• Civilization : bad_fish
• Gran Turism games, Starcraft. : sevogajre
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  The World Ends With You. I've even tried it multiple times since I thought I must be broken for not likin... : waxthirteen
  • Oh, I can easily see someone hating this though. I think you have to dig the Japanese street culture vib... : SiW.
• Guitar Hero. It's like the connect-the-dots of video games. : Psigun
• Gears of War. I've tried to play both games, and I got very bored very quickly in both instances. : Vincent Grayson
• Wow, any RPG : nickjolly
• World of warcraft, or any mmo for that matter. : Arken.ca
• World of warcraft, or any mmo for that matter. : Arken.ca
• Any RPG, Sims, and RTS game. : FormerHPB
• WoW, most RTS games, pretty much any JRPG : Code RedBeard
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  anything xbox, anything halo, didn't like dead space, didn't like F.E.A.R and L4D online isn't fun. : scorpiusman
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    Prefer playing canasta with the girls down at the senior's center? : dumb.
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      I wish, but I like games like Starcraft, Fallout 3 : scorpiusman
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        Slower-paced, thinking man's games? Nothing wrong with that. I bet you're good at chess ;) : dumb.
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          Starcraft is far faster paced than any of the games he listed. : SockMonkeh
          • Not the way I play it. Shit maybe that's why I lose so often... hmm. : dumb.
• RTS. I bought Company of Heroes, installed, played through a few of the tutorials, then never played aga... : TVsRobLowe
• Baldur's Gate. I've tried to play it several times but it's just not fun for me. : ErikTehRed
• games like Civilization. i've never played it, and i don't really have any interest in doing so either :... : dopeman
• MMORPGs in general. : K1Bond007
• WoW, Diablo, MMO's, Sims, Guitar Hero.. : virus
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  I'm at odds often with the shack about what I like: I have no interest in the following WoW LFD TF2 ... : Visceral Monkey
  • I agree here, I liked TF2 at first, but original TF was much better. Bioshock got boring towards the end. : scorpiusman
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  Mass Effect & Bioshock were 2 for me... : Skoal^Fyfan
  • ahhh. just realized I don't own any Rock Band or Guitar Hero's as well .... :) : Skoal^Fyfan
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    You have no soul. : disposition
    • The primary reason I own an xbox is for FIFA09. Most other games are secondary. : Skoal^Fyfan
• Morrowind, Fallout 3, Oblivion... just cannot get into them even after trying several separate times. : digweed014
• Company of Heroes World of Warcraft Starcraft (except watching Korean pro games) Guitar Hero & Rock Ba... : deject
• Gears, Halo, GTA,.. (probably why I have no interest in owning a 360) : ShadowRam
• Bioshock, yeah, I got through the demo area in the full game, turned it off, never picked it up again, so... : Zolneirz
• World of Warcraft : dmason
• Console games 'coz they are for kids : nrgXs
• thank you for assembling this list of known terrorists : Downforce
• sure, WoW, MMOs in general. All Blizzard games to date except WarCraft2. BioShock. Lots of games, really. : yacoub35
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  Nearly any MMO. (Also, somebody apparently hacked my disused years-old WoW account, used their own credit... : Chris Remo
  • Can you cancel it, or wrest control of it? : Dave-A
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    So what is to stop you from taking control of the account and selling it on ebay? : midgetherder
    • It's probably still worthless. : Nali4Freedom
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      The guy has only been doing it for a couple months, his dudes are quite low-level. (I spent hours yesterd... : Chris Remo
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        I guess lvl 80 accounts only go for about $15 on ebay now anyway. Not so long ago it was $$$. : midgetherder
        • You didn't read enough. Those are "level 80 account guides" or some BS. http://www.playerauctions.c... : valael
      • Let it brew for a while, then re-jack it and sell it on e-bay! : SockMonkeh
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    Same thing happened to me. I called them and got control back of the account. A few months later, they sa... : razlebol
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      I just talked to them on the phone. The credit card has been removed from my account. Annoyingly, the guy... : Chris Remo
      • Yep, that's exactly what they said to me and guess what, the charges were contested. What I suggest is to... : razlebol
  • No kidding. I managed to play WoW for a month and i think i only reached level 30. Just wasn't really h... : burning eye
• No. : Nali4Freedom
• Final Fantasy, Halo, Madden, Need For Speed, most Japanese games, most EA games, Bioshock. : not work safe
• I've been feeling that way about StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3. I'll probably end up buying them anyways, but... : valael
• WOW, mostly cause it's pay to play just can't get past any game that i have to pay twice for, RB/GH games... : boomdeath
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  Oblivion, Half Life 2, TF2, DoW2, Braid, Guild Wars, Final Fantasy 8+, GTA4, Halo, Spore. : Sixcos
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    so you like The Sims and nothing else? : hirez
    • I still like L4D, Portal, FO3, CIV4, Fear2, UT3, RA3, and Blizzard games. Sims2 is okay, I got bored of ... : Sixcos
• Blizzard, everything they've ever done. And any MMO. : peanut-
• Bioshock, Fallout 3, DoW2 ... I think I'm getting old. :( : Matt Burris
• Halo. The one thing that finally got me almost interested was having the music played at Video Games Liv... : Zhaneel
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  any RPG game. ive tried, i bought mass effect and oblivion and i just cant get into them. i think i h... : CoRDS
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    Have you played any of the Fallout games? : phlebotomy
    • i tried one of them but i did not enjoy : CoRDS
• Halo/GTA/Saints Row/Call of Duty : happynoodle
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  Far Cry 2 :( I bought it and got R E M O W N ' D Played it once or twice, got bored with the exact sa... : TimeDoctor
  • People seem pretty split on Far Cry 2, though. : SockMonkeh
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    I bought it on release after seeing the positive reviews, since I'm a Far Cry 1/Crysis fan, and I had the... : Felraiser
    • Yep, if ever there were a game where I felt betrayed by my own ignorance of the critical response in the ... : TimeDoctor
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    Can't you uninstall the game to get back an "install"? : razlebol
    • I have no idea, and I shouldn't need to. Completely ridiculous limitation when the game already has Steam... : TimeDoctor
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    This game reminded me of Assassin's Creed when it came to an open worlds game that felt very repetitive a... : byorn
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      BTW I feel both AC and FC2 have great components, but neither used them had the motivation to really driv... : byorn
      • I have AC for my PS3 and really enjoy picking it up for a few minutes every so often. It isn't anywhere n... : TimeDoctor
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      If anything, I found FC2 *more* repetitive than AC. : Vincent Grayson
      • This is the truth. : TimeDoctor
  • I feel a lot the same about FC2. I've probably played 3 2-3 hour sessions. I enjoy it when I'm playing an... : Gonzo
• Dito with Bioshock. I feel the same way about the Halo sequels and as much as i want to i have never bee... : trevis
• disgaea which is weird since i normally like strategy rpgs in that style!! : JINKY
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  Final Fantasy Series. I liked FF9Tactics though. : leutroyal
  • FF9 and tactics are 2 different games. : razlebol
• Dawn of War 2, I was totally psyched for it until I played the beta, then I found out it was nothing at a... : Cliffzorz
• Halo : tomservo
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  WOW. This is a long shit list. Who knew Shackers' favorite pastime is shitting on stuff. : CRasterImage
  • do you have to do that? you know that isn't the point of this thread. I shit on your shitting : hamachi
  • Who didn't know that? P.S. WORST. POST. EVER. : yoonix
  • I'd say that's the whole purpose of the Internet. : Kaerof
• Halo, Call of Duty and most Nintendo franchises (Mario, I'm looking at you fatass) : DrZettl
• World of Warcraft, Warcraft, Starcraft, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Diablo dont know how successf... : Mmmmmoo
• Any MMO. : lplasmatron
• Halo, Fallout 3. : heartsauce
• Pretty much anything on the 360. XBox Live seems awesome, but there just isn't a single title for that s... : lefthighkick
• any grand theft auto game. i've tried playing them and lose all interest in 5 seconds (literally) : drewroy
• Starcraft, Starcraft 2 : stump

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  I'm so damned lost. I just ran around doing random delivery missions last night trying to earn some cash. : Degenerate
  • I played for about 5 hours last night I am still lost but working on more tutorials this morning. : hashd
• gawd damn it. : m0rfus
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  I'm sure the mining experts amongst us can give you some good advice. I believe modules called co-proce... : r_picmip 5
  • Also, I'd like to be someone's hauling bitch in the Torrinos area to earn some cash. I don't plan on tra... : r_picmip 5
  • skill is better than modules. you waste slots when you do that. try and work towards skill. : m0rfus
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  look at your engineering skills. those skills can add 5% per level to your cap, cpu, and shield regen ... : m0rfus
  • For the drones, before I can just tank rats, what stat will I be looking at for attack power, or the like... : Clasifyd
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  because i was little too late... here is something that i found helpful regarding rails and missiles: ... : m0rfus
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    my ship came with a civilian turret that was so shitty it actually added points back on to the target whe... : Degenerate
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      why is this a waste? : m0rfus
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        I just figured I made a bad choice and bought something that be useful for very long and I would have to ... : Degenerate
        • I ended up doing something very similar, with a couple of railguns and it's made a huge difference in my ... : daneloire
        • From the limited fighting experience I've had, I think you'll probably be good to go for a while. At lea... : Clasifyd
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          Upgrading your guns is never a waste. : Finestaut
          • Not to mention you can resell them for basically what you bought them for. : Majuju
        • In EVE, unlike WoW, you can always resell or reprocess stuff you don't need anymore. The only thing you r... : Goncyn
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      this is the one I bought: http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/200mm_AutoCannon_I : Degenerate
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        As far as I know, noobs should stick with hybrid turrets. Most frigates give bonuses to them. : jayares
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          Only if your starting race is Gallente or Caldari. Preferred weapon types vary by race. Most noobs te... : Finestaut
          • Also, preferred weapons only really come into play when you see ship bonuses. So most gallente ships wil... : Finestaut
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  I don't know if it's still up to date, but Eve Fitting Tool (EFT was fantastic. Would let you import you... : Thomas Hace
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    It is updated and extremely useful, you can find it on the official forums @ Ships and Modules: http://w... : kpxkrnjc
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      Here's an example of what EFT is and why it's so great: http://i41.tinypic.com/29wwzzr.jpg : kpxkrnjc
      • also...unless it has changed...export your char from Evemon in long XML format, then you can input it int... : m0rfus
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        Showing off the DPS graph http://www.shackpics.com/files/eftdpsPNG_0yhimuptqe0fige3e6f8.png : melkore
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          hey melk are those 350mm railgun ii's? : mindfk
          • Just I's I still need to train that skill up but I left the books in high sec when I moved down to 0.0. : melkore
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          ~*MY DOMINIX*~ http://www.shackpics.com/files/domnix_020oiyt6nllh6clvwqfe.jpg : Majuju
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            Do you have a PvP setup? I've been looking at getting gear for a PvP fit just in case I need it or want ... : melkore
            • PvP setup is basically "more neuts in high, a scram in medium" and fitting dual large repairers. That se... : Majuju
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            Your armor hardners are kinda one sided. Try 2 T2 EANMs (energized adaptive nano-membranes), and one hard... : loboca
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              It's for ratting Blood Raiders in, I can tank triple-battleships effortlessly, plus having the web means ... : Majuju
              • gotcha : loboca
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            nice, thanks for posting this. i just bought a domi off contract for 50mil last night with a full t2 f... : mindfk
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              Just note that, as I mentioned, it's specifically for ratting Blood Raiders in Delve. Swap around the ha... : Majuju
              • yup, already swapped some stuff around to be geared towards the ratting we do. it's good start though. : mindfk
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  What the hell does the Training Time Multiplier mean? Why is Gallente Cruiser (x5) but Drones (x1)? Are... : hawkeye
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    It works backwards. Drones are faster than cruiser skills. I still haven't maxed out my cruiser skills ... : melkore
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      Ohhhh, ok, that makes me feel much better. I thought I had picked a race or bloodline with really shitty... : hawkeye
      • race has no bearing on training of skills. Just your stats and your skillset at the start. : JuffoWup
    • To elaborate, the multiplier refers to the base time it takes to train. Say you could train a 1x skill... : Finestaut
  • Thanks for pointing that out... I never realized it mattered until now. : Clasifyd
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  NWS space in 0.0 is getting crowded now. We have to fight over rats :) : melkore
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    what are the prerequisites for getting into NWS? : byorn
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      dongs : Degenerate
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        You need more than one? If so, I may need to reroll whatever race it is that comes equipped with multple ... : daneloire
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          mmmmm, MCH. so dirty : Degenerate
          • kneepads help too : m0rfus
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      you have to be able to survive ratting out in 0.0 and you can't be a dumbass. as far as the surviving ... : mindfk
      • sounds like Degenerate will never be able to roll with NWS. : Degenerate
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    only when we're all on and feel like ratting =p : mindfk
    • mirv btw --> : mindfk
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  NEW MARKET TOOL This site is like eve-central, but newer and the uploader for it scrapes the eve cache... : MisterPhoton
  • Oh man this is awesome. The manual upload nature of Eve-Central made things pretty inaccurate and a hass... : r_picmip 5
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    that's really cool. you should let lobo know so he can use it for his ticker tool. : mindfk
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      done and done :) I talked to him about it last night and he added something to it: join channel met th... : MisterPhoton
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        oh nice, that'll be useful. i used it last night when i was evaluating the value of a couple contracts... : mindfk
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          Cool, glad you guys find it useful. If you want to pass it on to other Shackers in our corps, go ahead an... : loboca
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            yeah, I wouldn't really pass it around too much, I don't want your internet to come down!! : MisterPhoton
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              lol seriously. : loboca
              • But on a serious note, these calls are so miniscule, 100 people on it prob wouldn't be a problem. Just th... : loboca
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    hrmm, the Rifter I was looking at is apparently much more affordable than I thought it would be! http:... : Degenerate
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      yes it is awesome : semaphore
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        sweet, maybe I'll try and buy one this afternoon and move my one worldly possession over to it! :D it ... : Degenerate
        • just go do the tutorial missions, you get one free, not to mention all the other ships and skill books...... : AbortedFetusChristi
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      first figure out where you went wrong with finishing the tutorials because like others have said, you'll ... : mindfk
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        including a rifter, I might add : AbortedFetusChristi
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          what? A free Rifter you say? Even better! : Degenerate
          • Yeah, if you're having trouble finding the tutorial agents, open the 'help' box, and there's a button tha... : Clasifyd
    • You get a Rifter from tutorial missions I got one last night still training to be able to drive it though... : hashd
    • As far as frigates go, Rifters are awesome. Properly fitted, they're pretty versatile. : Fayk
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    I'm Gallente flying an Exequror. : Clasifyd
    • ah shit, I know nothing about gallente ships. My best advice is to look at mining loadouts here: ht... : MisterPhoton
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  newb ship question - roughly how long should you keep rocking the newb ship? When you do move on to s... : Degenerate
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    Definitely better to get into a frig over a noob ship once you have the ISK. Speaking of ISK, what's y... : MisterPhoton
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      I'll have to take a look at ship prices tonight and see how it looks. I think I have around 280,000 ISK r... : Degenerate
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        if you need ISK I'm currently makin' it rain over here, so I'd be happy to throw a couple million at you : MisterPhoton
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          I thought you couldnt send ISK to trial accounts? or is it that you just cant send ISK from trial acco... : Degenerate
          • we can send ISK to trial accts. i would happy to help out as well. : m0rfus
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    The tutorial missions give you a ship at the end but yeah get your own if you can afford it. : melkore
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      well crap, I've obviously gotten off track of the specific tutorial missions then. Last night I would do : Degenerate
      • as you progress up the spaceship command skills, it is crucial that you are getting the supporting skills... : m0rfus
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        you flew out to 0.2 in the starter ship and nobody bothered you? : Lunaran
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          haha yeah. I was worried as hell when I noticed the drop point was in 0.2 but I had already accepted the ... : Degenerate
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            Wow you are one lucky motherfucker lol. Autopiloting around forces you to stop 15k from a jumpgate. In ... : r_picmip 5
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              Configure an overview tab just to show jumpgates wtf is this voodoo magic you speak of? : Degenerate
              • At the top of your overview is an arrow pointing to the right. Click it and you can choose to configure ... : r_picmip 5
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                I prefer to remove the stations and jump gates from the overview, you can navigate through them all with ... : Drakoniac
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                  unless you're in an interceptor that goes 700m/s with just impulse, 5km/s with MWD :D : MisterPhoton
                  • well that too : Drakoniac
                • especially with a slow ship like the wreathe. I was hauling some trit around earlier and had to make 9 ju... : AbortedFetusChristi
                • I really, really like having jump gates in the overview. There's usually only a handful of them, so I do... : Finestaut
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                SO much to learn its like watching people talk in a foreign language in the shack chat channel today I do... : hashd
                • ask questions get answers :D there is a wide variety of knowledge pooled here to help with most anything... : JuffoWup
                • Dude, I hear that... I've been buggin the hell out of people with questions. They have to be getting ti... : Clasifyd
                • Ask questions. It doesn't hurt to be a noob among friends. Everyone on the shack channel has been ove... : Finestaut
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                please see these vids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-wL8bGCWCQ&feature=related - overview settings ... : m0rfus
                • Nice info thanks. : hashd
        • A lot of people would either assume it is a throwaway alt scout or just not worth the sec status hit to g... : semaphore
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          why would they? no profit : m0rfus
          • lols. : mindfk
    • I have 7 ships right now, and didn't buy a single one myself, got them all from the tutorial missions... : AbortedFetusChristi
  • This is the one case where you want to upgrade as soon as you can afford it. Noob ships are crap, you'... : Finestaut
  • Seriously, just do the tutorial missions, and you'll be swimming in frigates. There's no need to buy any... : Clasifyd
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  The certification planner is really useful for finding skills that I have missed. If you look at certi... : dael
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    Agreed. For all the certificate-hate around here, I really appreciate them. : re-verse
    • certificates are good as long as you don't treat them as gospel. the core ones are particularly useful be... : mindfk
• going back to the op here. I want to mention that shield/armor repair drones are to be used on other pla... : JuffoWup
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  God damn, I wish there was a native OS X client for this so I could have it running in the background whi... : ChibiJosh
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    Holy shit! There is an OS X executible on Apple's site! http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/de... : ChibiJosh
    • dude. http://www.eveonline.com/download/ click on mac. : mindfk
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    There is? It works great on my previous gen MBP. : hawkeye
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      I'm such a dumb-ass. I hadn't even bothered to check from, like, 2 years ago. : ChibiJosh
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        dude...EVE is calling. now we just have to suck kami back in : m0rfus
        • I don't even remember where my skills are. I know I left it training some 30 day skill when I quit last t... : ChibiJosh
  • uhmm, there is a mac client. native as can be since its cedega writing the wrapper. : JuffoWup
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  since m0rfus's thread died. its been awesome seeing so many shackers jumping in. new pic for today... : JuffoWup
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    are those covetors? i can't tell. : mindfk
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      I believe they both are in covetors, yes. I think we only have a couple people in the corp who have hulks : MisterPhoton
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        actually, myself is in a hulk which is the t2 covetor so easy to confuse it. ratalon is in a covetor tho... : JuffoWup
        • ah.. i didn't realize the hulk was the same hull as the covetor. good to know! : mindfk
        • ahh, I guess I wasn't out there when you were in your mining ship, didn't know you could Hulk it :) I'll ... : MisterPhoton
      • just bought mine (for my alt) last night for 12m which is a damn good price anyway but even better becaus... : mindfk
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    LAZERS!! how do you guys with rat spawns out there? is someone tanking? : m0rfus
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      my mining drones switch out to 5x t2 lights. : JuffoWup
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        bah! you guys need a tank to just sit there. youre wasting valuable mining time killing the rats. ill jum... : m0rfus
        • the main output of any barge are the strip lasers. The mining drones run on a really fucked up system th... : JuffoWup
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      I have a drone bay full of drones. The mining drones don't make sense for me right now, as when I finish ... : re-verse
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        yeah, I have mining drones in my hulk, but don't use them as often as I should :( they mess with my syste... : MisterPhoton
        • with mining drones, I go 4 at a time. drones get a nearby roid, and then out from there with the lasers.... : JuffoWup
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        stagger your mining lasers so you can drag ore to a can as each one finishes, keeping room in your cargo ... : Goncyn
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          I have nobody to pick up my cans, so when my cargo hold is full, i drop i toff myself :/ : re-verse
          • ya, you really need to join in on corp mining ops. : loboca
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            I'm the same way... I'm hoping to get my industrial up so I can just warp back to station and grab a haul... : Clasifyd
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              Uhm, just so you're not disappointed later. Expect bad things to happen to your cans. : loboca
              • Whatever do you mean loboca? What could possibly happen to my great big unattended pile of money? : Finestaut
  • Once again, you're getting some great shots. Nice composition. : loboca
  • Jumping in on day 1 of my trial tonight because of shack posts like this! : nevlos
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  I'm having fun trying to plan my mastermind guy. as little combat exposure as possible. what I want to... : Downforce
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    let me know if you need minerals. We can source them to you at a good price :) : MisterPhoton
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      I did the industry tutorial and that funded the mass production book and another expensive one (at noob l... : Downforce
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        if you want, I can check the factory slots of stations down near us, if you'd be interested in relocating... : MisterPhoton
        • just really quick ran to factory stations in Torrinos, there's currently 15 open manufacturing slots in o... : MisterPhoton
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          I'm squatting uitria or whatever in the noob corp and I can tell I'll already need private manufacturing ... : Downforce
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            research is a bitch right now. There's not an open Material Research slot in the entire Lonetrek region. ... : MisterPhoton
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              That is interesting - and exactly my motivation. The war machine is at capacity, and with the influx of n... : Downforce
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                i have a med true-sansha death star i can set up...if you guy are interested in fueling it. it's really e... : m0rfus
                • i'd need to put my alt in your corp Photon. : m0rfus
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                  we don't have high enough caldari rep to put it in empire :( need everyone to run caldari missions! : MisterPhoton
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                    who runs the space just inside low sec where you guys are? : m0rfus
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                      IRON has the 0.0 region next to us : MisterPhoton
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                        What's the feasibility of taking something like that over? : Clasifyd
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                          slim to none : MisterPhoton
                          • Figured as much, just checking. : Clasifyd
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                          dont have to put it in 0.0, can place it in .4 or lower : m0rfus
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                            Don't have to put it in 0.4, can put in hi-sec with the proper standings. : loboca
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                              but what fun is that?! : m0rfus
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                                Please be sure to let DF know where you put the tower. He likes to take his dreads out for a spin every o... : loboca
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                                  he's trying to push me into a dread too! like he needs more toys. :P : m0rfus
                                  • If I had an extra 4-bil laying around I'd pick up a few. : loboca
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                    how does rep work exactly? is it a lump sum of all the characters? fuck here goes another firefox tab... : Downforce
                    • its an average of the rep of everyone in a corporation : MisterPhoton
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                      Yeah it will build within a corp. NWS has awesome standings with Sisters of Eve because that what a lot... : melkore
                      • Alot of us nothing, those Sisters standings are all Unctom (aka semaphore) : Reptile
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                    What we do is have someone with enough standings with the proper race start a corp, then you buy the corp... : loboca
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                      lobo - you nuked the ILTC corp right? : m0rfus
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                        Yup. what did you have in mind? : loboca
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                          just wanted to know because Smuggler was in it and if im going to deploy this for them, i need to put Smu... : m0rfus
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                            Unless he can adequately adjust the standings toward whichever race, it ain't gonna happen. : loboca
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                              Unless you're talking about deploying to 0.4 or under, of course. : loboca
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                                ill go check out the system. i really dont care and putting it in .4 space would give them all a place to... : m0rfus
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                                  ya ya, deathstar : loboca
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                                    it has 7 med beam lasers loaded with large crystals : m0rfus
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                                      Pfft, my Maller could tank that. : loboca
                                      • i can add more...ill throw on all the neuts like DF's setups : m0rfus
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    not to burst your eve bubble or anything but you're gonna need a shitload of startup capital to properly ... : mindfk
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      yeah I know, that's going to be a challenge. I'll do my best via alts and such. : Downforce
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        start up capitol is already taken care of. Photon has a couple of "investors" when the time is right. : m0rfus
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          hopefully I'm not fucking it up TOO badly but I'm following the internet so what could possibly go wrong!... : Downforce
          • superficial only. : mindfk
          • What threads or resources are you using to learn the manufacturing game? Its been a long long time for me... : ssj4megaman
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  my EVE just told me only one character per account can be learning a skill at any given time. is that fuc... : AbortedFetusChristi
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    Yeah, I just found that out last night... kinda sucks... I was gonna have a couple of alts just sitting t... : Clasifyd
    • I was going to play with some alts while my main just sits there skilling up. he's currently at a point w... : AbortedFetusChristi
  • yep :( : Drakoniac
  • Correct. Only one character (of the 3) on an account can be training at a single time. : loboca
  • yes, alts = different accounts. : mindfk
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    think of it this way: in other MMOs where you have to do shit to gain levels/skills, can you log into the... : MisterPhoton
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      while true on one hand, what I can do in other games is gather ressources with my main, transfer them to ... : AbortedFetusChristi
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        Go ahead. Mine ore with one alt while another skills up.. pass ore to the skilling-up alt and use it to b... : hadronflux
        • this is why you just start a 2nd account and use that. : mindfk
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    They do this specifically so people don't specialize characters and thus essentially advance at 3 times t... : Lunaran
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      actually I'll never be bothering with alts in the first place now... which is a real shame, because I lik... : AbortedFetusChristi
      • Three days is completely insignificant in the grand scheme of things. : Clasifyd
      • THREE WHOLE DAYS? : Finestaut
      • Switch now, before you get to training 40 day skills. : re-verse
      • i did this after i figured out that i did some stupid shit with my first character. of course that was ba... : mindfk
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  Kaltooth and I found a wormhole in our T2 frigates: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=20090320190... : MisterPhoton
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/20090320183940_2cq1d13xf9jig9kedze0.jpg Covert ops Anathema with what a... : Reptile
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      Too small, needs 2560x1600 for background. : loboca
      • get your ass online and take a screenshot then :) : Reptile
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  Hey photon.. My old corp/buddies may want to do a mining op for a few weeks in 0.0 space and maybe you gu... : ssj4megaman
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    jumping ore with a carrier....there goes your profit margins : Reptile
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      I used to do this all the time in deep 0.0 with drone ores. Carrier fuel isn't all that expensive when i... : Finestaut
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        that was valid before the great carrier nerf it isn't now.... : Reptile
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          aye, yet another reason keeping me from getting a dread. how about jump freighter? : m0rfus
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            We were talking about carriers...not dreads :) Jump freighter would be what he needs...team it with a ... : Reptile
            • i have to talk to him for the exact info. The corp has done something similar and made billions and billi... : ssj4megaman
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          Oh poop. Probably a good thing. It never felt right to use a massive warship as a uhaul. : Finestaut
          • At least the ship maint was increased....so it can carry some : Reptile
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  You can mine with me... In Darkfall : Reeves
  • If they were selling it he could! : hashd
  • already there my friend. :D : m0rfus
  • All I ever do in that game is pick a random direction to run in and I see what I can find. Not much else... : Penis Brittle
• I didn't have much fun the first time I tried this years ago but have had a ton of fun last night and tod... : hashd
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  Why are there so many threads about this recently? Did it get better or is it just a random resurgence li... : OverloadUT
  • New expansion, new pretty stuff, etc. : loboca
  • Its kinda nice to be able to play a game that you can set up to do something and go cook dinner or do shi... : hashd
  • do not play this game. : m0rfus
  • New expansion released : retardhumper
  • do eet and never turn back. if you go in thinking you will be bored, it will be boring. Go in thinking IN... : ssj4megaman
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    three reasons. one, the fall of band of brothers news got people interested in playing again because t... : mindfk
    • Eve isn't boring per se (depending what you enjoy) but it's very much a game where you only get out of it... : Fayk
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  has anything come out of those wormholes or gone in? : jayares
  • quite a bit actually, I know I've heard the blueprints for the new t3 ships have arrived in normal space.... : JuffoWup
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  someone needs to make a port of Evemon to the iPhone. PAGING: SqueegyTBS : m0rfus
  • What they need is a client that can log in and move skills around to be trained etc from phones like BB a... : hashd
  • why? just have it email your iphone's email account. : JuffoWup
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    strongly considering creating a webapp that does what evemon does. and eventually EFT. natural progressio... : mindfk
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      dooooo eeeeeeet!! i already have the EveTracker on mine. : m0rfus
      • Log on soon, should have something different for you to shoot : Reptile
    • there is a guy that pretty much has a facebook app written that tracks like evemon. : JuffoWup

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  I had to wait something like 30 days for something of ours to get approved :( : Yanks
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    What the shit. How recent ago was that? : SqueegyTBS
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      Maybe Apple is discriminating against you for saying things like "How recent ago" : Dynotaku
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        Their out to get me. What the hell is they're damn problem, really? Irregardless, my faith is strong. : SqueegyTBS
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          I hope they send a van full of dudes around to your house to stab you. : nem00
          • Geez, dude. :) : grover69
• That sucks. I'm definitely getting this when it's out. : midgetherder
• there were some complaints about this on either daringfireball or appleinsider lately too. good luck. I... : ]pm[chem
• I am going to buy the shit out of that game when it comes out! : Dave-A
• They're too busy playing it : ZeroSignal
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  Oh there is a Lite version up? I just got an iPhone so I guess I'll give this a try! : OverloadUT
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    iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301641126 Enjoy! : indosauros
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      Argh it's over 10mb. I'll have to wait until I get home. : OverloadUT
      • Thank indosauros here for that. It's got 6 nice long music tracks in it that you can rock out to all nig... : SqueegyTBS
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  Apple's Delays Could Cost iPhone Developer $600K http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/developer-inves... : glio1337
  • ^^^ These fingers are in apple's cookie jar; similar situation with the tethering app's... : massdev
• Speak of the devil... They just approved the new lite version. Let's hope big daddy's right around the ... : SqueegyTBS
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  SqueegyTBS, you know they are pouring through all that code and gameplay looking for giant cocks... : massdev
  • Well, he is a shacker... : Hiro
• Whoa, that looks damn good, Squeegy! Hope you get the approval you're seeking soon. : i am the baker
• I AM WAITING Squeegy! VOIDlite is kewl and i would love to play the full release! : m0rfus
• More gameplay footage than that, pls. : anhero
• love this game man... hope you hear back from them soon : skelom
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  I take back everything APPROVED Watch your app store later tonight, peoples. It's almost here. No... : SqueegyTBS
  • grats dude : mwasher
  • lol : Yanks
  • im already sold sir, cant wait! : m0rfus
  • hmmm... do we have a mysterious apple lurker? or did you just post before you checked your email today : GloriousCow
  • Clearly Steve Jobs is a shacker. : yoonix
  • Yes! : indosauros
  • I wonder if there is a shacker who works for apple approving stuff. : DarkWolf5
  • Fantastic timing, haha : Serpico74
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  Now port it to Android! I guarantee ONE (1) sale! : Damodred
  • Does android have OpenGL? : SqueegyTBS
• Looks cool. : thejm4n

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  25450 down 6650 up 16ms ping on the old one 23724 down 5980 up 15ms ping on the new one : NexusOne
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    This would be the Twin Cities, MN server. : NexusOne
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      Erm, you on campus or something? : Shivawn
      • same results on comcast, except my ping was 33ms : scorpiusman
      • Nope, at work (at an ISP/datacenter) : NexusOne
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  washington dc server (test from work in arlington) 28xxx down, 10xxx up the first time. 23xxx down,... : xxiv
  • 3ms both times. : xxiv
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  haiku do you work on dev for this site? I use it all the time, and btw the beta is faster than the regula... : scorpiusman
  • yes I do! Thanks for using it! : haiku
• i like the old design better but the fact that the old design didn't really afford for having like 123142... : Yanks
• I got the same for both, but the beta site's interface does less of a slide-show. : yonderboy
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  Essentially the same results, +/- 20kbps. No bugs on the beta site, MUCH faster on my POS setup here. : Deathlove
  • That's great to know. The entire re-design of the test was organized around performing better on weaker m... : haiku
• Here are my results: 1. 1375 Down / 1380 Up - Server: LA - Ping 43 2. 1411 Down / 1406 Up - Server: L... : AltZero
• Same result for me. : bawbeh
• Exact same results on both. : freshyk
• beta site was a lot faster to load. my results were ~100 kb/s faster download and 140+ kb/s faster upl... : kbnerd
• Toronto Server Production: 110ms ping, 13355 X 2133 Beta: 109ms ping, 14736 x 2099 No bugs that... : trebarg
• Chicago server Original: 7504/484/68ms Beta: 7444/486/63ms So yeah, more or less the same. The be... : SiW.
• YOU ARE A RETARD. and I got the same results on both. no bugs. : hirez
• about the same, yeah. (beta site results were slightly faster) : ZeroSignal
• The Beta site is SEVERELY limiting my download speed. I'm getting 24000kbps or thereabouts on the norm... : digital_d
• Same results. : midgetherder
• lol. it says nashua, nh is my gold server. it gives me 1700 kbps. i use nyc and get 93055 kbps. : ibrokn
• Roughly the same with no bugs. You are a faggot. : TreMetal
• Same-ish results, 12624 down and 723 up on old, 11321 down and 723 up on beta. : phlebotomy
• Pretty damn close. : kanix
• 8977 / 795 old 12894 / 793 new Incidentally, I've noticed that the recommended server gives me worse ... : bipolar
• www. 7066 1031 40 Beta. 6324 1024 44 From a be unlimited connection that syncs at around 11... : Toraz Chryx
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  Same results on both, no bugs, thanks. : Zakko
  • And GODDAMN I wish I had this connection from home. 31444 kb/s down, 12153 kb/s up. http://www.speed... : Zakko
• Roughly the same. Old site Download: 9870 Upload: 816 Beta site Download: 9907 Upload: 814 : Colleton
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  lol. 18966 down, 35268 up on www recommended. 28030 down, 38251 up on beta recommended : loboca
  • oh, this was on the secaucus NJ server both times. : loboca
• Almost identical. : sirkne
• Beta: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433610850.png Normal: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433610503.pn... : devnullgt
• Tests were slightly different, nothing that couldn't be chalked up to transmission overhead in the lines.... : mancide
• My results were very similar. However I am on a huge shared connection so it could be affected by lots of... : OverloadUT
• regular: 35403, 2252, 23ms beta: 34047, 2092, 23ms pretty close, beta a tiny bit slower Bug: on th... : dantastic
• I liked how much faster the beta site loaded, and results are the same. : cr00kedview
• I got more than double the upload on the beta site. www: 3985/859, Ping: 36 Beta: 4074/1850, Ping: 19... : arhughes
• NY, NY server. Old: 6138 / 2076 13ms ping. New: 7986 / 2087 9ms ping. No bugs. : infallible
• How much is significant difference? : melt_core
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  Wow, I hope these are right :) Normal: Down: 59403 Up: 7492 Ping: 26 To: Data 393 Beta: Do... : bombay
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    Could you try that again on beta but maybe to the LA server? That's a really crazy connection you're on. : haiku
    • yeah, no prob. : bombay
    • Beta Again Down: 4557 Up: 5905 Ping: 104 To: San Diego I did not too, when I clicked in normal c... : bombay
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    hey i was just out at data393 the other day! : Mr.SEX
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      They have a pretty cool place. Inflow is kind of neat too, what ViaWest or whatever it is called now. ... : bombay
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        data centers are always kind of cool looking but i never really go to them since i rarely work on that ty... : Mr.SEX
        • I always get tours from their hot little marketing groups. ViaWest used to being us donuts and bagels eve... : bombay
• On 2mbps/512kbps difference between beta and regular is +/- 2kbs on up/down. : mem
• Just about the same. Old and Busted http://www.speedtest.net/result/433620432.png New Hotness http://ww... : CapnChaos
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  New one was way better! http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=speedtestcx_sm60jsfnkfxduhmjzmnu.png : Dave-A
  • Much cleaner design, and where to click to start the test is way more obvious. : Dave-A
  • hahaha you made he arc between client/server his ring!! : haiku
• The Nashua NH one. Old Down 7000 Up 1000 Beta Down 2000 Up 1000 : Crimsonbeak
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  Download was the same. Upload was about 75 higher on the beta. I found it interesting that the reco... : hawke
  • And...sorry to be contrary, but I prefer the old look quick a bit more. I think the new one is too 'pa... : hawke
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  Pretty much the same : Maarten Goldstein
  • actually one bug is that my ISP is still identified as Chello, but they've been UPC since last year. : Maarten Goldstein
• Somewhat different between the two: beta Down: 30,985 Up: 10,187 ping: 47ms Original flavor: Do... : slickdoody
• OLD: 2984/354 BETA: 2963/359 Same. No Bugs. : buzzbat
• Very nearly identical. : delataur
• old: 22213 / 382 new: 26615 / 868 I don't really know why the new site is so much faster. I bet it ha... : famine101
• God, I get a 54 ms ping to a server a hundred miles away. I fucking hate time warner. :/ : Zolneirz
• nowhere near the same. old one showed me as 8mbps down and the new showed 25mbps which is not true. sh... : mwasher
• About the same, no bugs - Current: 62178 down, 2371 up, ping 27 Beta: 59005 down, 2382 up, ping 26 : helvetica
• The beta site gave me a lower ping, but the numbers are roughly the same. : deject
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  About the same. The beta site actually ran noticeably better than the normal site for me. (Chrome on the ... : InfoBiter
  • Atlanta server if it matters. : InfoBiter
• Everything is fine here with my work pc, the flash ad on the normal site might have slowed me down a litt... : shotgun1
• Anyone near the Greensboro, NC server noticing unusually high ping times? We have a MAN for my work conn... : bRAINsick
• i like the new look of the site! : mankeroo
• Different. Nashua 1. DL 2192 UL 1313 L 71 2. DL 5196 UL 1425 L75 : plunkymeadows
• They are nearly the same : Wikinger
• The Beta speeds are wack on my side Normal : 33154 Down ~ 13549 Up http://www.speedtest.net/result/... : MrLobo
• My numbers are way below average! Old 2822 down 671 up 88 ping New 2675 down 691 up 86 ping : Just A Girl
• original: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433650730.png beta: http://www.speedtest.net/result/43365123... : trOmblyj
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  Basically the same results, and I like the new site a lot better - the original one always 'feels' sort o... : xsoulbrothax
  • yah these old computers at my job stutter like crazy with the old site, hell it outright froze up IE6 on ... : Shadowdane
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  Question! Most of you are typing in your results and posting them here. Is there any reason why you're... : haiku
  • I posted the images.... : devnullgt
  • I didn't even notice those buttons. : Just A Girl
  • Actually I just forgot I could. The new site makes is pretty easy to notice : melkore
  • i didn't notice it until after i typed it out. sorry =-( : kbnerd
  • you have to click the post and then click the url to see the image, if you type it out you can just see w... : electroly
  • I tried, but when I did it pulled up the results from Beta into noral, so I wanted to make sure that I ga... : bombay
  • I didn't notice that I could, but I really didn't look. There wasn't much of a difference for me, EXCEPT ... : Juno
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    I posted both are you happy ? : MrLobo
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      I'm just trying to assess usability! : haiku
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        oh huh sorry your post seemed like your usual snarky-self. I'd like a pure text copy for whats it wort... : MrLobo
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          I can't really be my normal self when dealing with this stuff since it's actually important. sad pand... : haiku
          • Good enough! Also you said the beta was more cpu-independant ? I just tried the Beta again without ... : MrLobo
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    the problem with that question is that images are useless here, so there is no reason to link to an image... : aggressor
    • (Maybe put Direct Link instead of Direct Link to Image and...uhh, something using two words for Forum Lin... : aggressor
  • I'm using different machines for testing and posting. : Judicus
  • Didn't know that I could. : Deathlove
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    Hey, the image has the old look! >:( http://www.speedtest.net/result/433662258.png I always get much b... : Dave-A
    • The on thing I will miss the old "yellow arc from the the little dude's crotch" as well, I liked to think... : Dave-A
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      If you change the URL to beta, you'll see the new img: http://beta.speedtest.net/result/433662258.png ... : haiku
      • Much nicer! I like how the step between the gradients on the glassy buttons is offset instead of being in : Dave-A
  • Just copying what other people are doing. : famine101
  • yeah im gonna add it to my sig : crazywigga
  • I like typing. Type to avoid zombie attack! : plunkymeadows
  • didn't know you could do that : EvilDolemite
  • I didn't notice I could except i saw people linking to .pngs and figured there must be some way to link s... : yacoub35
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  Pretty close Old: 2754/1437 New: 2714/1303 : melkore
  • Oh, I used the Minneapolis, MN server both times : melkore
• Beta download speeds are slower than. But the upload is the same as the old version. : ant_hillbilly
• 5/5: Old - 5/2.3 (Seattle) New - 5/2.2 (Seattle) Old - 5/3.2(Olympia) New - 5/3 (Olympia 25/2: Ol... : Judicus
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  3616/627 in the new test : not work safe
  • Oh whoops, sorry http://www.speedtest.net/result/433658443.png : not work safe
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  posting buttons since haiku said we should: www: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433657734.png beta: ht... : suqur
  • You can paste text, I just wanted to see if there was a reason that the share images were going unnoticed... : haiku
• The Toledo Ohio server seems to be broken. I get a "Latency Test Error" on it. The Radnor and Columbus, O... : Talosz
• about the same thing. the beta looks much better than the original : Mmmmmoo
• http://www.speedtest.net/result/433662744.png http://www.speedtest.net/result/433663799.png : Nitrium
• Could the flash interface be a little less bloated and slow pls? It "feels" like you can't trust the resu... : uncleanmonkey
• http://www.speedtest.net/result/433663346.png vs http://www.speedtest.net/result/433663742.png b... : Agrona
• Same results. No bugs. The new site felt snappier, less laggy. I like. : khaosman
• old: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433664119.png beta: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433663325.p... : Begawkiness
• Pretty close. Original: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433664436.png Beta: http://www.speedtest.net/... : zipper76
• Same results. Both also cause 100% CPU usage for the animations though. Tests maxed out my line at ~5200k... : SwiftyPants
• http://www.speedtest.net/result/433674298.png Almost identical to old one. : vitek r
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  1087 / 608 on first 1008 / 1018 on second take from that what you will. : CRasterImage
  • I don't read ahead. So fuck your image links. : CRasterImage
• Old site: 2662/192 New Site 2744/194 No bugs that I saw. : BingusLargus
• Faster D/L speed on beta site, you dildo-tastic, turtle-fucking, nazi piece of shit. 1. http://www.sp... : edlin
• No differences on my end: Old Site - http://www.speedtest.net/result/433689863.png New Site - http://... : Warrior5689
• Old: 2700 down New: 3800 down This is on a wireless connection btw. I didn't even realize it could g... : Ovate
• download within 15k of each other. <11920 vs 11935> upload within 7k of each other. <852 vs 859> : CoRDS
• Upload came out the same, download was 5000 kbps slower on the beta site, but both site measure my downlo... : Vincent Grayson
• Download was EXACTLY the same 18313kbps, which I found creepy. Upload was pretty close to the same: 3,07... : SqueegyTBS
• Beta: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433720705.png Old site: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433721... : RyDogg1
• Almost exactly the same. I think I'd prefer if the section tabs were more similar to the white background... : Kentor
• OLD-http://www.speedtest.net/result/433720183.png NEW-http://www.speedtest.net/result/433720660.png : ssj4megaman
• I got 2646/434 with a 12 ms ping on the old, 2576/435 with a 14 ms ping on the new. : randomjgj
• 1. 24856 / 1933 2. 23396 / 1939 : EvilDolemite
• imho the current site seems to offer more information and a more comfortable visual presentation. normal... : yacoub35
• 3 meg less on the new one for me, new site is much nice to use. 16k for the first, 13k for the second. : chazums
• Why did you use 800megs for a movie? The 'standard' is meant to fit on one CDR, which holds 700MB. Yes... : aggressor
• Tampa: Old: 13126 / 1699 Beta: 21095 / 1795 The beta site is more accurate to the kind of Down/... : Matt Burris
• Beta gave me a slower download speed, exact same upload. : nevlos
• nice still want bytes though : podizzle
• Pretty much the same here. Old: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433739153.png Beta: http://www.speedtes... : Shadowdane
• results were the same : sposh
• can i just say i like the original design more than the beta one. : jono181
• speed is about the same, but the site feels a little smother. : re4ctor
• Better results on the beta. : Trepex
• Standard: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433749062.png Beta: http://www.speedtest.net/result/433749... : Alco23
• Hot damn work has a nice connection: Beta: 86374 down, 21213 up, Regular: 64647 down, 22094 up. : tostador
• old: 92614 / 7375 http://www.speedtest.net/result/433755453.png new: 91228 / 7403 http://www.speedtest.n... : GreatGooglyMoogly
• gave me roughly the same results, I like the new one better and it worked fine. : AbortedFetusChristi
• the new was ~ 6000 slower on the download and ~1000 on the upload old http://www.speedtest.net/result... : eums