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  Due to my rapidly shrinking pool of free time, I'm stepping down from my position as head moderator. Nobo... : filtersweep
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    Grats Helvetica! : bRAINsick
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      Thanks! The first order of business will be getting this image attached to every nuked message: http://fa... : helvetica
      • Does this mean we get cupcakes if we are good? : bRAINsick
      • That makes me look forward to getting nuked. : trOmblyj
      • Glorious. : grover69
      • yay, more peegies! : waxthirteen
      • bring on the nukes! (I actually lol'd IRL when I saw that) : niceguynick
      • Stifling laughter at a client site, awesome. : spazzium
      • peeg the enforcer. domination peeg. i like it. : arcane_
      • Hahaha. Awesome. : Ormsbee
      • PEEEG POLIZIA : cerealSAM2
      • hahaha awesome : NFXFSX
      • lol! : yosemiteclimber
      • I hope this doesn't mean a decrease in snackordie posting frequency~ : Agrona
      • This is going to be awesome. : Kentor
      • How about this one instead? http://i43.tinypic.com/4vjsqo.jpg : Old_Fart
      • haha oh snap. : bakanoodle
      • that is flippin' awesome. : yacoub35
      • We'll never see it :( : RikiTiki2
      • You know, that works. : five_percent
      • hahahahaa : Maddog_Delphi97
  • shouldn't she be in the kitchen because she's a woman lmao : mr.sleepy
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    tl;dr: filtersweep is going to do more drugs : Mr.SEX
    • ps i want in : Mr.SEX
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    Oh, I thought geedeck was the lead mod. Anyway, good luck in your future endeavors! I would have chosen... : CrustaR
    • There were always three of us. Geedeck used to be community manager, but then there was that incident at... : filtersweep
  • WOOT GRATS FONT LADY!!!!!! : fleabug
  • this is an outrage : lakren
  • Congrats to you both! : Megara9
  • Yay Helvetica =) : Just A Girl
  • congrats! : Dave-A
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    This must have something to do with Gamefly, the moderation staff or one of us. : Wyvern
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      it was you. you caused this. : Xanthos
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        No, it was gegtik. : CrustaR
        • this i believe : trOmblyj
  • Shacknews: It gets you peegs. : critch
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    Hmm, thanks for all the work. Congrats to helvetica. If you've done things right, people won't be sure... : Sailor of Fortune
    • I enjoy your Futurama reference : noodleboy723
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    We're doomed. : omnova
    • You shut the hell up mister. Just imagine what it would be like if they'd put Genjuro in charge. : capt tripps
  • Thanks filtersweep and yay helvy! : deject
  • about damn time. : cltcprd
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    free jcutner : feek
    • jcutners will be prosecuted. : skinlab133
    • free klerck : gmd
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      when peegs fly : filtersweep
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        when they peegs fly from my gaping asshole! : askedrelic
        • Knowing you that will be tomorrow night when they find their way out after you stuff them up your ass. : sigpro
      • http://www.break.com/index/kid-throws-guinea-pig-off-building.html : urban garlic
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    more like the women are taking over. First, A Sponge, now helvy taking over moderations! Next thing you k... : askedrelic
    • When their cycles sync, we're all doomed. : Deathlove
    • we must rely on them to propagate the shack species : kainen1
    • Shacknews - It really does get you chicks : scottythejock
    • Maybe they can finally do something about all that stupid ILTC crap, no wait - oh nm. : cerealSAM2
    • Witness the birth of Girlshack. : nurglich
    • David Hodess, CEO & President Sean Spector, Co-Founder and VP of Business Development and Marketing Jun... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      well at least we time their bad moods : [7]kami
      • I smell a greasemonkey script!! : askedrelic
    • Didn't Steve sell the Shack because of a woman technically speaking? : Sailor of Fortune
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    I didn't even know there were levels of moderators. : Lawgiver
    • One moderator to rule them all. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Congrats helvetica! : Link.
  • Helvetica rules. : fishbone
  • congrats! : ZeroSignal
  • congratulations helvetica! : PapaBoo
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    I, for one, welcome our new penis-free overlord and look forward to more Lifetime.com leanings. : RyDogg1
    • The head moderation ball count is only being reduced by one so it won't be a huge change. : omnova
  • Yay! gg pld gz helvy! : node
  • yay mods! : c0bra
  • All posts talking about killing and/or maiming of peegs shall now be nuked+perma banned : Begawkiness
  • ooo! can your final act as head mod be making me a mod? i wanna nuke shit! : Korban
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    excellent choice. I for one welcome our new Overlord. : steelsamurai
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      overlady : dirge23
      • this makes me wanna give vag another try : Korban
  • Excellent choice. : Fyunch Click
  • i welcome the new Peggy overlords : mmaster_pw
  • lol, PEEG COPS! : Rigor Morts
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    good choice. she's a nice person and an incredibly fair moderator. : anthonybean
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      remember to cup the balls! : cpt_gloval
      • never forget : anthonybean
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    moderations is for fucking losers and you're all nazi shitheads who are just like nazing it up at the sha... : geedeck
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      Did you ever get paid for your stint as the community manager? : skitzo
      • apparently not : anthonybean
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        Did someone say I didn't? : geedeck
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          I'm implying you didn't, but I also phrased it as a question attempting to get an answer from you. : skitzo
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            geedeck please post your complete tax return for the last three years, including enumeration and valuatio... : Dave-A
            • are you saying I didn't file a tax return for the past three years? : geedeck
        • No, were implying that you shouldn't. : Githyanki
    • Nazi uniforms are rather snappy. Plus you could always just pretend you're in the Star Trek episode with ... : Jonathan
  • In order to honor this great new mod, I suggest the inclusion of a "What a peeg you are!" tag. : yoonix
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    you were a mod? shows ya how much i pay attention. : -=kodiak=-
    • I am a mod, at least people believe so when I threaten to ban them if they don't post pics : gmd
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      someone always assumes i'm a mod when i show up at shackmeets : cpt_gloval
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        when does that happen? :p : derelict515
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          Only in dreams. : hashd
          • hi Rivers ;p : cpt_gloval
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        it's the top hat : Degenerate
        • and the monocle : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I hope this means more peeg pictures! : losimagic
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    I like how you try and repaint that dramatic power struggle which resulted in 3 mods leaving the site as ... : haiku
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      You guys should get sexninja to do some more Shacktoons illustrating the byzantine power struggles and po... : Vantage
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        This ongoing bullshit has forced away drucifer, edlin, and carnivac. I can't actually do this it wasn't g... : haiku
        • let's pour 1 3 out for our beloved fallen soldiers : itsjames
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          carnivac's a mod?! : mikecyb
          • Apparently not anymore. : critch
        • whoa why isn't there a 300 post subthread here yet guess I'll start it i didn't even know drucifer or ca... : DrFlammable
        • who is drucifer : tashtego
        • WHAAaaaaAAAAAAAAAAT!? : Rice-Rocketeer
        • jeez and I thought the chatty bitches were drama whores : nomaad
        • I'm confused - if you'd said enigmatic, multisync and sexninja!!!! had been driven away I'd know you're j... : Jonathan
        • hahahaha your sense of humor is insane haiku. : azenmaster
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          Whoa. No idea edlin was gone. That's a bummer. Can anyone fill me in on the details? : Gary the Llama
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            In the event that we split up, edlin and I agreed that I would receive sole custody of the Shack. You kno... : Ajax
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              very sorry to hear that : itsjames
              • Nah, don't feel sorry. She brought it on herself. : Ajax
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              Lame. : omnova
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                You know, every time I see you post something I can't help but picture you sitting in front of your compu... : Ajax
                • I yell at more than bots these days. :/ : omnova
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              man I told her that stealing the blankets would make you snap one day : mikecyb
              • you know mike you try to be a good guy and roll with the punches but they keep pushing and pushing and pu... : Ajax
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              So, you have to sleep with a mod to become a mod? : skitzo
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                It worked for Dante, drucifer, edlin, hirez, genjuro, pupismyname and sexninja. It could work for you too : Ajax
                • Damn, won't be making to to qcon this year, i'm saving my money for Burning Man. : skitzo
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                  Hunh. Then what's the point of going if I can't get me a nice big slice of genjuro? Quakecon is officiall... : Alice O'Connor
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                    You'd have to wear wrestling headgear and smell like a high school gym locker room to get his attention. : Ajax
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                      You don't know her very well, do you? : Xevo
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                        No, but I've met the man who got kicked out of a strip club during quakecon 2k7 for going Chris Brown ups... : Ajax
                        • bahahahahha : nyranger66
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                  OH SHIT I'M NEXT : lefthighkick
                  • Nah, your title is "First Gentleman". Congrats! : Bold
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          I always kind of wondered why Drucifer left. I was happy just blaming you Haiku. : spazzium
          • haiku is joking. which i guess means you can continue to blame him lol : yacoub35
        • omfg this is so epic : Downforce
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          I always thought Drucifer left because you're a cock. I guess I'm wrong in some respects. : pieman
          • Well duh he's a total cock. But that's not why drucifer left. : Ajax
        • hahaha, awesome. i never liked drucifer or edlin : Magus
      • well at least we now know, Moderation: serious business. : steelsamurai
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      this is some serious shit, why isn't this on tmz : FrayLo
      • check for photos on wwtdd.com : orgcaptainnemo
    • OH SNAP DRAMA BOMB : RyDogg1
    • I have no idea if you're being serious, but I love the idea of a power struggle over moderating a video g... : rock elf
    • I feel a documentary coming on... "King of Khan?" : jigstah
  • congrats Helvetica! in celebration, i say the shack should change the standard font to Helvetica instead ... : Mmmmmoo
  • yay helvetica! : afty
  • Congrats to both of you! And thanks filtersweep for time and effort you put in. : randomjgj
  • woof! : dognose
  • oh shit! now we are one step closer to ivillage.com =P thanks filtersweep and congrats helvetica!!... : .Jayson
  • First asponge, now helvy!! I for one welcome our beautiful female overlords!! : g0nk
  • so hailed! : thekidd
  • Congrats! Don't let the power go to your head all at once : quadeh
  • Grats helv and the peegs :D : jbury
  • you were head moderator? : Dravenport
  • she needs to be UPPER-CASE now : CoRDS
  • Except she doesn't like coat hanger jokes. :( : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I gotta answer to a chick now? : riptyde
    • Aren't you married anyway? : dognose
  • Grats :) : razlebol
  • WHAT HELVETICA IS A GIRL?? : gakera
  • congrats : Senate5000
  • Woohoo girl head mod! Nice going! : Koral06
  • lol : Downforce
  • Grats Helvetica, and fs, you did a good job! : zipper76
  • Helvetica nuked me on Mar 19, 2009 because she doesn't wipe when she pees. I didn't know whe was a mod, b... : Slowtreme
  • hmm. well its gonna be a little bit harder to hate the mods as much now. : Magus
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  Also, I don't want to alarm anyone but when we approached Helvetica about the job it went pretty much exa... : filtersweep
  • Fucking lol'd : theangrywaffles
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnFxaP3JYjU : Dave-A
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    do you have furry feet? wtf : hamachi
    • He does live in Oregon : pancake humper
  • lol, awesome. Congrat to H. : bombay
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    you stepped down just to use this clip, didn't you? well played : Audhuml4
    • I admire his conviction for [lol] : losimagic
  • hahhaha thats awesome : El Tigre
  • hawt. : kikilupo
  • We are so fucked D: : quadeh
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  I have respect for Helvetica because she plays Counterstrike Source with us shackers every now and then. ... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • and she's easy to kill :D : Rigor Morts
• in celebration, can i get my name changed :D : kpxkrnjc
• All hail Arial Helvetica! : Rice-Rocketeer
• Woooooooo! : brickmatt
• nice choice. i like helvetica. : arcane_
• Congratufuckinglations all involved. : AgentPothead
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  this is bar none the worst thing to ever happen to shacknews ever. goodbye shacknews : boring gegtik
  • this post is gay : mrvandelay
  • this is the best thing to happen to shacknews since China. : azenmaster
  • i know when i heard about the IGN buyout of shacknews the other day i was actually pretty happy but now e... : Dave-A
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    Your FACE is bar none the worst thing to ever happen to shacknews ever >:( : dognose
    • His face, his ass, what's the difference? : Chod
  • Good riddance :D : razlebol
  • they just keep lowering the bar for moderators! : askedrelic
• I was hoping it would be ComicSans :\ jkjkjkjkjkjk yay helvetica. peeg powah. : vile
• I vote that we get Counter-Strike cupcakes if we get enough INFs for a given post : Postal
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  how do u guys get mods? i mean do you apply or get approached? : X-GOUKI
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    dognose decides if the person is worthy or not. Most of the time, the person is not. :[ : CrustaR
    • I'd like to be a mod someday. I'd fucking make ash out of so many front page chatties. : dmason
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    First you have to hate everyone. Then you have to post about it for a couple years, without breaking any... : filtersweep
    • But I like most people and break guidelines :( I MUST PARTAKE OF THE DICKSLAPPING DANCE : Dave-A
    • so i have to wait until after quakecon then? : CoRDS
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      Then how did Helvetica get in? : Githyanki
      • she used a stunt cock : CoRDS
      • Helvetica has a dick and I sucked it to be immune from bans. We've covered this. : SockMonkeh
    • if this was actually true I would be king mod : gmd
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      Lies, Rauol Duke got in and he had more nukes then everyone combined! : skitzo
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        *It's a popularity contest : skitzo
        • so how the fuck id Rauol Duke get in ? : CoRDS
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          Well look at you going all Fred/Daphne/Velma/Shaggy/Scooby upside our asses. You totally solved the myste : Ajax
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            He was made a Mod to continue the deception, I'm sure you berate him daily on the super secret mod board. : skitzo
            • I berate pretty much everyone. Try again. : Ajax
          • no one can explain genjuro : CoRDS
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            Man I am not having it today with you or your belligerent text messages. I am on some Manowar album cover : genjuro
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              I'm unraveling the mystery, you may be an internet cop, but i'm the fucking internet detective >:( htt... : skitzo
              • And I'm spent http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=12552965#itemanchor_12552965 Tags: Mod. Genjuro. : skitzo
              • Come on... That IS a funny avatar! : Ajax
              • oh man I forgot filters weep only became a mod 3 years ago. his rise to power and subsequent fall was sh... : mikecyb
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              for shit's sake, are you drinking malt liquor again?! : filtersweep
              • It's fun to do Hood Rat things* * Latarian Milton and Ronnie Coleman are my Personal Obamas. : genjuro
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              Ajax respond immediately : genjuro
              • the witty side banter is an excellent distraction from the armageddon at hand : Downforce
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              Holy shit I googled Manowar album covers and the image search results made me do a spit-take all over my ... : Ajax
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                Yeah. Any of those could be used as a visual approximation of the way I feel when I'm all cracked out on ... : genjuro
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                  The King Cobra Challenge? Is that where you try to out-drink this guy? http://www.flickr.com/photos/swank... : Ajax
                  • No, it's where he squats over the bottle with an olympic bar on his shoulders. Then he has people add we... : filtersweep
              • He'd cute when he acts like we enjoy talking to him. : brickmatt
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            Shit this is why I never got into all that "Aww shacknews is supportive, shack news is a family ::group h... : genjuro
            • So young... So angry... DAMN THAT RAP MUSIC! : Ajax
    • im surprised im not a mod yet, but im the opposite, instead of hating everyone, everyone hates me. : g0nk
    • Man, I totally hate everyone! But I'm soooo lazy--I can't be clicking buttons all day to tag posts. That ... : Bold
  • Blowjobs. : mrvandelay
  • It's like Scientology. You have to pay more money to be enlightened and work up the chain. : Chod
• My most heartfelt congratulations/commiserations, helvetiva! (delete as applicable) : Alice O'Connor
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  i thought she was already a mod : AlexXdude
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    Now she's a head moderator, which means that Geedeck , Ajax, and Helvetica have final say in bans and g... : UtilityMaximizer
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      ah, alright, makes a bit more sense! - reading comprehension for me : AlexXdude
      • It's like being the teachers assistant to a special needs class! : skitzo
• yay helvetica. i still think peegs taste like chicken. : naabster
• What version are the mod tools up to? : Xin Jing Client 1a
• you guys misspelled zerologik ! : sikander
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  Shacknews being ruled by a woman? My god what have we become : MrLobo
  • hahah : AlexXdude
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    Well, it certainly hints at bringing a fresh perspective to moderation. I would think (and hope) that sh... : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • the sucking up in this thread is awesome! now say I LOVE PEEGS !!! ^_^ :D :D :D : Downforce
    • I hope all that text is just code for 'more boobies', Xin Jing Client 1a : anhero
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    DEATH BY SNOO SNOO : mechanicalgrape
    • :) :( :) :( :) :( :) : Dynotaku
  • Shacknews, it's made of chicks. : g0nk
  • all part of our destiny. Bakeoffs within a year, peeg mascot replaces shack within 18 months, pink site o... : steelsamurai
  • What happened the first time a woman was put in charge of the Enterprise-D? She crashed it into the plan... : walker270
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  Crap. Oh helvetica, remember all those Ann Arbor / Michigan jokes I made to you in the past? Well, I stil... : DM7
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    you're first against the wall : Postal
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      I will stand next to him and proudly sing "I don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan"! um.... : dudehoyt
      • I balance out Helvetica, the real question is where does Ajax stand : geedeck
• My momma told me not to trust anyone without serifs. : festivalman

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  Yeah I use it. However it really doesn't work well with 1080p large file encoding. It just skips like mad... : avatar_58
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    I used it for a 1080p file the other day with no problems. : bRAINsick
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      I didnt either, but mine is on a wired network. The problem is streaming over wireless, I think the file... : .Jayson
      • Yeah streaming 6 or 7 gigs over wireless probably isn't going to be a good experience : bRAINsick
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        I don't understand though, my PS3 doesn't even have an ethernet port.... : avatar_58
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          what? look again : .Jayson
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            I did check and didn't see one, I assumed it was due to being a new model or something. Now I'm going to ... : avatar_58
            • every PS3 ever produced has an ethernet port : electroly
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  Yep I use it exclusively now. It even has 360 support as of 1.10, I think. : skinlab133
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    yes it does : .Jayson
    • What's the best way to stream content (especially .mkv files) to an Xbox360? This, or TVersity, or...? : Bold
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  Do you know if it can reencode files loading subtitles from external files? : Nitrium
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    I don't think it can. : bRAINsick
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      If anybody's interested, it worked flawlessly transcoding my content WITH subtitles! HORRAY FOR ME! Thank : Nitrium
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        You're welcome. So it loaded the subs from a separate file? That's awesome. How did you set it up? : bRAINsick
        • Yeah, it loaded the subtitles from a .srt file and it embeds into the video when it transcodes for the PS... : Nitrium
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  why is it better than tversity? not that i love tversity, but it does work for the most part (few things... : smacknca
  • I can't tell you anything beyond my personal experience with TVersity. With TVersity I had to constantly... : bRAINsick
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    It plays .mkv perfectly with no re encoding from what I can tell, which TVersity would not do. : skinlab133
    • Yeah this was a huge plus for me. Though I think it just transcodes on the fly. : bRAINsick
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      What does it do with the audio? Does it get downsampled, or stay in ac3, dts, etc? : mafu5150
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        According to the site: Remux PS3 compatible H264/MPEG2 video and all audio tracks to AC3/DTS/LPCM in real... : skinlab133
        • It supports DD 5.1, DTS, LPCM 5.1 (through hdmi) : razlebol
        • What it probably does is strip the h.264 video and DD/DTS audio from the mkv and remux them as a hacked t... : Prozium
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    TVersity would not play 90% of the MKVs I tried with it, no HD MKVs at all. OGM's not at all. Anything ... : .Jayson
    • I should add that your PC will take a hit performance wise when you first start streaming any video other... : .Jayson
• Heard about this yesterday, I really need to install this. : Begawkiness
• Thanx, installing it now : Bamii
• Holy crap. No more fussing with MKVs. : Greymatter42
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  Using it right now and it is great, even on my 360. It does mkvs with no problem unlike tvertisty which I... : Visceral Monkey
  • So it works with the 360 as well? Hmmm... : mancide
• I know it caters to a relatively small niche but I wish the big two would just give in and give us a more... : paroxym
• Can stream internet radio with this thing? : Visceral Monkey
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  This is better than TVersity? : razlebol
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    nevermind.. should have read the other post. I'll give it a try even though I never had any problems with... : razlebol
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      Ok, this shit is way better than Tversity. Im keeping it. : razlebol
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        You need to say why! I've been using TVersity, and I want to know what kind of advantages this has. I c... : treefingers1
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          Well converting with mkv2vob takes time and extra HD storage space. Media Server transcodes on the fly w... : bRAINsick
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            That and it works with all the files I have unlike Tversity where some didn't work. It also does DD which... : razlebol
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              DD? : bRAINsick
              • Oh, Dolby Digital k. : bRAINsick
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  How does it find the PS3? I have my PS3, but it's not seeing it. : Vincent Grayson
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    On the PS3 go to the video section and the PS3mediaServer should show up towards the top of the list. : Prozium
    • also make sure you enabled the media server in the ps3 options. : razlebol
• HIJACK - any easy way to hardcode subtitles to an avi/divx in order to stream them to ps3 and watch them ... : EagleSweet

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  i can't believe no one in the thread had said anything yet. : wtf242
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    You said something about it. Not sure if human resource really would care that much, but it's a reason... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Gratz anyway maddog, watch out for that balls of steel drugs test! : pieman
      • What? They test against usage of duke3d.exe? CrustaR, and Dognose would most certainly fail. Altho... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      you posted salary and the name of the company. companies are very confidential about salary information. ... : wtf242
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        Would leaving out the name of the company be enough to protect against that? : Maddog_Delphi97
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          why not just leave all of that information out completely and not have to worry about it : [fry]
          • Ok, I won't even mention I got a job offer!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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          You could just say you got the offer from company name. Don't include salary and you'd be fine. : Chod
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            Personally I would not publicly post the name of the company at all. I don't think it's a good thing for ... : wtf242
            • That's wicked paranoid. : MaJeStu
        • You never seen TV shows or that Microsoft dinosaur ads where someone accidentally the entire thing sent o... : Sailor of Fortune
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        Yeah it reminded me of http://ciscofatty.com/ : rossimo
        • Damn, it sucks to be her. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • i didn't read it that carefully. i'm a skimmer! : Dave-A
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  I guess I missed it... did he post TMI? : TheNiXXeD
  • Yes, my apologies. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • yeah like basically copy/pasted his acceptance letter lol :) : yacoub35
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  Is this the hand of Gamefly or whoever it is? : bolneze
  • Nope. And if I gave you more information, I'd have to kill you in a game of cs:s. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    It was for his own good, not a mod slap-down (AFAIK). : zebosausamite
    • That's correct. I won't hold it against the mods for this. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  helvetica's reign of terror begins : azenmaster
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    It wasn't helvetica. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
    • I know! that's the joke! : azenmaster
    • Its lawless now! : chungathebunga
    • That's what she wants you to think : xjdrake32
  • when that thread disappeared this was my first thought. The new sheriff cuttin'em down. : trevis
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    She's invoking Tina Turner and the Shack is BarterTown! : massdev
    • who run barter town? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgq4w4dqKsU : AgentPothead
• It was certainly more info than I would've posted : Begawkiness
• Let's get him a GIFT_REDACTED and ACTION_REDACTED his wife in the ORFICE_REDACTED. : Xin Jing Client 1a
• Oh shit, that's why that thread got nuked. Doah. : trevis
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  Hooray for maddog! : H@rvester
  • Thank you!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  <JACK BAUER> WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR!!!!? </JACK BAUER> : sanchez
  • I don't think we can ever guess. there are a myriad of choices. : re-verse
• congrats! working is fun better than being broke! : gokart.

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• Yes, and its fucking annoying. : pieman
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  god damn i want to login and headshot drake32 so bad HURRY VALVE FIX : Chandler55
  • I think I had too many kar 98 kills last night, must have overloaded the steam servers. : xjdrake32
• Its cause of the awesome weekend deal on Ubisoft games : FiReaNG3L
• Yeah, i want in on that deal damnit! : preacher
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  haha wtf routine maintenance my friends list says. who does routine maintenance on a friday afternoon/ea... : dantastic
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    I'm beginning to notice a trend in this, it seems to go down every Friday afternoon/evening, a really rid... : pieman
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      I guess early morning in the middle of the week didn't work for them. : capt tripps
      • so fucking lame. : ass-street
      • economy has hit them hard they cant pay a couple of dudes to do over time : dantastic
• Yeah. I want to play CoD4. :( : Dynotaku
• Yes, and I was just about to play some TF2. : ant_hillbilly
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  Gah I was already on steam and I came back to play far cry 2 and it wouldn't launch :( Does it really st... : Lionhart32935
  • ditto but i just launched assassins creed successfully. posting from in game : dantastic
• uuuuugggghhhhhhh : ass-street
• still .... :( : El Guapo
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  Oh, well. NCAA Basketball to the rescue! : dmason
  • ^^^ this. ragequitted CS *AND* L4D !!!!!!!!!!! onward to march madness !!!!!!!!!! : Downforce
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  A big downside to Steam being a free service. :( : DrWaffles
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    The outages are a direct and necessary consequence of Steam being free? : Felraiser
    • If we paid for it they'd have more hamsters to power their servers. : c0bra
  • Steam isn't exactly free when you have to pay for the games. : walker270
  • free? heh : dirge23
  • Impulse and GoG are free, they don't need to have their native clients running to play any games. : Sailor of Fortune
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    What about WoW and it's Tuesday maintenance? : ArtilleryMarker
    • scheduled maintenance for game upkeep != random outage. especially since its been that way for years. : maulla
• Thought it was just me! : acheron
• yes argh i'm trying to buy some shit here : Agrona
• IT'S BACK GO GO GO : ass-street
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  Anyone else having trouble logging in? It's back up but I may be putting in the wrong password. : Dynotaku
  • I did the password reset, but the email never came. Yes I checked the spam box. : Dynotaku
• Sorry I'm downloading the Ubisoft Classic Pack and eating up all the bandwidth : sm00v3d
• Works now http://store.steampowered.com/stats/ : sanchez
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  Jesus christ, I hope you guys give IL2 a chance. Me and another shacker play it online almost nightly. ... : valael
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    and if anyone is interested in playing online (most people just play it as a team deathmatch and avoid ob... : valael
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      I just got the steam pack with it so might give it a go. Is this something that I should really have a jo... : jbury
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        Unless you want to set it to easy (which basically removes its awesome flight model), yeah, you really do... : valael
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          Spit Dweebs Sorry, Just a instinctual reply from my SVGA Air Warrior Days :) : RookieCAF
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            Nothing wrong with the Spitfire! It's one of the most forgiving planes there are for newbies. Zeroes ar... : valael
            • Nothing wrong with a Spit, Especially MkIX or later, as long as you fly it like a FW190! Love E Fight... : RookieCAF

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  Individual weapon awards: Riflemen: 10. "Patience" award: lightzout ( 28 kills wi : Arctic Fox
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    I'm falling in love with the MP44 now. The BAR is starting to kick ass. It's like you have to trust it be... : Sailor of Fortune
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      i went through a support class phase recently (but now im on assault), it's great if you can run up, get ... : flasher 907
      • It's the perfect double kill weapon, if there's two dudes in front of you, each bullet the misses it seem... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Damn, I wish I had been able to play. Also, lol@ Squawkbox award. : ArcKnight
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      I just found that I've killed you the most. Sorry!! : chungathebunga
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        That's OK, I've killed Arctic Fox the most and AlexXdude is in my top 5. : ArcKnight
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          Wow. AlexDude has killed Khan 79 times! (Hes only killed me 17 times, ha!) : chungathebunga
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            There is an incredible amount of information logged in those stats pages, if you dig around a bit. For ex... : Arctic Fox
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              I only have 4 punches!? Argh : chungathebunga
              • I don't have any, I always forget to use it when i get the drop on someone. :( : yosemiteclimber
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            Looks like AlexXdude doesn't like the Admins much. :P Top 3 killed are admins (and Fox is #6)! : Alco23
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              That's because I'm always trying to sneak around him, so I can knife him right in the taint. : Arctic Fox
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                and look how often you fail !! : AlexXdude
                • That just makes the successes all the more glorious. : Arctic Fox
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19534983 : Arctic Fox
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    lol! Squawkbox, nice. Also i'm gonna start working on other weapons. : Dschinghis Khan
    • Just noticed that, nice touch. : Felraiser
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  Damn I knew I killed a bunch of friendlies, but 8 seems excessive. : AgentPothead
  • I'm surprised that i didn't win that one. I killed a lot of friendlies with the MG last night. Acce... : .Jayson
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  Can you track stats for rifle grenades or are those considered part of the K98 / Garand? : .Jayson
  • I believe those are under the Rgrenade categories. http://www.dr-alco.com/hlstats.php?mode=weaponinfo&wea... : AgentPothead
  • Rifle grenades are tracked separately. Hell, kills from smoke grenades are tracked. I could make an aw... : Arctic Fox
• Winner!!! How's that Chepito! Welcome to all the new shackbattle players last night. Hope you all h... : Alco23
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  Self-hijack: Potential Saturday shackbattle? Tell us what you think of this. The admins (well OK, me a... : Arctic Fox
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    k : Chepito.
    • Succinct. : Arctic Fox
  • sounds good if there are players......saturday seems very quiet for the shack but who knows : Chandler55
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    I will try and be there for those The only thing that bothered me about shackwest besides being picked : .Jayson
    • That's why we're thinking about a randomized team choice. Press a button, done. The Shack skill-set seems... : Arctic Fox
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    Okay but at what time? : quadeh
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      I think the same time as the current Thursday Shackbattle, 10EST / 7PST. Not too late for East-Coasters, ... : Arctic Fox
      • Sounds good, I'll stop by if I'm not already too smashed :). : quadeh
  • I would do this however this Saturday I will be at a NERD concert and NCAA tournament is on. : h o s t i l e
  • yes.please. : hirosushima
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    ssounds good, but you havent been to shackwest in awhile, it's really not all that serious, haha. : Dschinghis Khan
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      I don't think Arctic Fox has ever been to a ShackWest. Too late for CST :P The point is it'll be semi-... : Alco23
      • I've been to ShackWest, but you're right, not for a good while. I'm usually working that night, and I hav... : Arctic Fox
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    I love things the way they are now, we shouldn't "Serious Business" it up imo : AlexXdude
    • I'll still play though because I'm a sniping fgt : AlexXdude
    • That's why Thursday night will remain exactly the same. : Arctic Fox
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    6 drink minimum still required tho, right? : yosemiteclimber
    • But yeah I'd be up for that. : yosemiteclimber
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      Of course! The best strats come after a decent amount of drinks. :p : Alco23
      • I'm reminded of the optimal drink ratios required for playing billiards/snooker :P : Arctic Fox
    • I'm drinking right now! Too bad there's no DoD game going : AlexXdude
    • of course it is! what is this? Soviet Russia? In Soviet Russia, 6 drink minimum requires you! : Dschinghis Khan
  • Sounds fun but I'll still have many drinks before. : .frame
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    Sweet jesus YES please. Fuck fuck fuck fuckfuck. : Cliffzorz
    • Cliffzorz's prostate is pumping. : Dschinghis Khan
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    If this happens I might be FORCED to buy it just to get it on the goodness : kainen1
    • Well make sure you've got it downloaded before tomorrow night then ;) : Arctic Fox
  • sure why not? : Sailor of Fortune
  • Fine. I'll even reinstall it. : Whistler77
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    Okay folks, since there was overwhelming support in this thread, we're going to see if we can get a Shack : Arctic Fox
    • It will also be announced int he Shack DoD:S steam group. : Alco23
• I was having fun but then I got a damn powercut! : Cowburn199
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  Where is Hans Shoveler :( : H@rvester
  • You actually need to KILL things with that shovel, you know. : Arctic Fox
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  How ironic that chandler won the Bukkake award! http://www.shackpics.com/files/l4d_vs_hospital01_apart... : DOOManiac
  • lol : Arctic Fox
  • bwahahahahaha.... : Alco23

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• no : JINKY
• sure if you want to attract other homosexuals. : Hoax
• yea thats preety cool : supermonkeyballz
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  SUP HIGH ROLLER. : kikilupo
  • CRAPS !!!!!! : ghost hacker
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  Nah my HJC CS-5 owns! http://www.cruisercustomizing.com/images/HJC-CS-5-BLK.jpg olol : zyklonbee
  • Hi2u from 1978! : Lunatic Angelic
• It may hinder the aerodynamics of it, but you need a gargoyle perched on the top of it (or bat wings comi... : fuell
• Nice, dawg. : CrustaR
• RICE : CapnChaos
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  Too good for a Kaiser helmet? : Wyvern
  • I needed another helmet that could actually meet race inspection. : Lunatic Angelic
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  Very understated and elegant. : steelsamurai
  • haha : [fry]
  • lol : NastyJack
• YO DICE! : cptstern
• Really cool. Don't care for the die on the side but everthing else looks great. : baron calamity
• looks very cool : Head Rush
• are you asian? do you play poker? : orgcaptainnemo
• I thought the logo said SODOMY at first glance. : Dynotaku
• no..... : ShadowRam
• Love the helmet. The graphics are booty though. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  So from the front it's black and from the back it's white? Are you trying to hide from polar bears or som... : AgentPothead
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    From modded gixxers and R1s on the track mostly. : Lunatic Angelic
    • David Attenborough should do a Planet Earth on motorcyle racers. : AgentPothead
• mine is just plain white, so this is certainly an improvement. : PapaBoo
• Fuck no. For some reason I thought you had better taste than this. Also, Arai 4 life. : lechuck59
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  Where is the 'Helmet Laws Suck!" sticker? : erebus
  • fuck not wearing a helmet. I wouldn't ever ride without it. : PapaBoo
  • I own 9 helmets now, I'm probably not a prime candidate to be sporting one of those. : Lunatic Angelic
• there's an awful lot of it : cpt_gloval
• Nice. I still want to find a flat-black convertible full-face. : mancide
• misspelled SUOMI : Deathlove
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  It's a Suomy, you paid too much. : jingletard
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    I don't think lunatic cares how much he paid. : sigpro
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      Probably not, but I've seen some Sumoy lids go for close to a grand, if not a bit more. I looked up that... : jingletard
      • the counter argument is always "how much is your head worth to you?" Now maybe these things are cheape... : steelsamurai
• Don't like the graphics. : pun][sher
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  i was really hoping for a new helmet album :( : ass-street
  • You and me both :I : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Mine: http://www.rent-a-tech.org/hjc-clsp-animus.jpg : opengl128
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    i had that, its fucking HEAVY : mrvandelay
    • odd, i actually think its kinda light : opengl128
• I was all ready to dog you out, but, uh, yeah, that's pretty slick. GJ man. : capt tripps
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  in this subthread we post our beef helmets : GloriousCow
  • uh : opengl128
  • oh you. http://www.designboom.com/trash/img/40.jpg : anhero
  • http://www.hatsofmeat.com/ : capt tripps
  • http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-iN-28VxLQ4/RuFY5MWprYI/AAAAAAAABBo/eGu752Nkecs/s400/feli2_gr.jpg : mindshot
• SUE ME? Is that really something you want on your forehead... : gakera

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  Avast! replies go here : indosauros
  • this is what i use, works pretty well as far as i can tell. : RetroRedEyeJr
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    end of thread : mikecyb
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      No it's not. I'm going to side with redfive and say if you are cheap and don't want to pay for AV then us... : sigpro
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        I SAID END OF THREAD : mikecyb
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          OBJECTION! You don't know WTF when it comes to AV and spyware killing like redfive. : sigpro
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            does redfive really recommend avira? i'll go with his suggestion : dignan
            • Only if you don't want to pay for AV he thinks that is the free one to use, but he still says to overall ... : sigpro
          • yeah but what has he done for me lately? : mikecyb
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        avira has some annoying popup ads and prompts to update. seems good but i like stealth : dantastic
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          If you've got about 90 seconds free you can disable all the popups and make everything background/invis :... : xsoulbrothax
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            i'll look next time im on my work laptop. using nod32 at home : dantastic
            • for the updates, you go into administration and it's just a 'popup/minimized/invisible' thing. for the... : xsoulbrothax
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    is it still really intrusive? i used it a few years ago and it did little pop ups all the time. i just ... : dignan
    • You can easily turn the pop-ops off. It has a "silent mode" checkbox in the options. : indosauros
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      you need to really spend a bit on a deal for nod32. cant even tell its running : dantastic
      • for real, 4.0 by the way is quite similar to 3.0. Major difference is that it complains if your Windows : redfive
    • Doesn't bother me at all, you can register for Avast Home for a year, the only popups are when there are ... : acidnynex
  • I use Avast as well. : acidnynex
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  NOD32 replies go here : yacoub35
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    oh "free". Sorry. :( : yacoub35
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      p.s. if you keep an eye out for deals, NOD32 can be had pretty cheap (relative to regular price). : yacoub35
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        newegg does the 15 dollar OEM version at least once a month and it's good for a year. : grabbie
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          It's for version 3 though and they are on version 4 now. Not sure the exact differences though. : sigpro
          • you can update free to version 4 with the version 3 OEM. : grabbie
  • Not sure why, but on a fresh install NOD32 crashed my system twice just for launching firefox. :( : breadsticks
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  Avira Anti-Virus replies go here! : Shadowdane
  • Went to Avira from Avast! and like it a lot more! : xsoulbrothax
  • avg is for cockmonglers : GloriousCow
  • dis : aggressor
  • I'll reply here even though I mentioned it above. : sigpro
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    I use the free Avira and I really like it. Google the steps to remove the "This is free software please ... : H@rvester
    • Its a free service, I don't have a problem with the once a day ad, as its purpose is to bring in paid cus... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
  • I have been pimping avira on the shack since 2007, it's the best free AV : ]pm[chem
  • This. I'm a self-proclaimed Avira evangelist. Best AV out there. Been using Premium for years and lovi... : IndigoAK
• Real men use ClamWin. : Matt Burris
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  NWS replies go here! : pancake humper
  • ass tits pussy : themaestro2657
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  I Don't Use an Anti-Virus replies go here. : mrvandelay
  • I tried AVG and Avast! in Windows 7 beta and it would always lead to the OS crashing and rebooting random... : Sailor of Fortune
  • My iMac says hi. : node
  • I was going to reply OS X, but didn't want to start a flame war with the Microsoft fan boys. : DianeOfTheMoon
  • Haven't for a long time. Windows XP -> Vista -? 7 Beta Only been hurt once because I was being stupid... : Judicus
• LOL! I have a Mac replies go here. : g0nk
• this whole post needs to go back to 1996 : Downforce
• Antivirus 2009! just kidding! : trOmblyj
• But memory is there to be used... : tomwiththeweather
• I don't use one currently, http://virusscan.jotti.org/ handles most of my "wtf is that file" needs. I'... : GrimmyD
• AVG doesn't use that much memory. : swenkcahs
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  It uses under 8 megs =\ : kelerian
  • it's running something like 3-4 services, iirc : xsoulbrothax

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• damn he looks old in that pic : kpxkrnjc
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  She's hot too http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0327092sham2.html : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Decent, but not $1000 a session hot. o.O : Lunatic Angelic
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      The extra $700 was her fee for beating the shit out of him : tashtego
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvAs1pos3TA : peter
    • hard to say, mug shots make everyone look bad. : DapperDan
  • For a fucking giraffe. : heartsauce
  • maybe for $100, not worth $1000 : cptstern
• awesome! : peter
• Wow he looks like he's 60 years old. : PointlesS76
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  hahaha shamwow guy just became even more awesome : askedrelic
  • Getting your ass kicked by a girl does not make you awesome. : Godhatesfatpeople
• ouch, she bit down on is tongue AFter recieving a grand of cash. : MaverickOrig
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  sounds like she didn't love his nuts : kaddar0
  • Come on people this is the winning reply : Deathlove
  • sounds like she slapchopped his nuts : mo13
• damn he looks like he was pretty trashed. : anhero
• based on the comments, it sounds like she did not love his nuts : Cheeziologist
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  well..his career is shot. that's a shame, after all that struggle with the Scientologists, he blows his ... : deathofrats
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    In this subthread we discuss how the church of scientology actually hired the hooker to do this : Cheeziologist
    • oh wow..good point. she went directly for his tongue too... spooky : deathofrats
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    He's 44? He doesn't look it in the shamwow commercial... : GloriousCow
    • Good makeup + lighting. : 5150Joker
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    he had a problem with scientologists? : Agrona
    • more like he took there money to make that crappy "Underground Comedy Movie" and then they all flipped ou... : anhero
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  Look how much hooker blood it soaks up! : .frame
  • That should be his new commercial. : Chod
• My shamwow kinda sucks and now I hate Vince for lying to me. : devi| dog
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bDPAOuizsQ : yacoub35
• She broke all of his stupid crap. Moron. : Beady
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  thats how he normally looks in his commerical, is it not? : mindshot
  • cocaine is a bitch : GloriousCow
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  How about you come over here and say that to my face, tough guy.... BONK. : manero
  • check the 2 minute mark on this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbnf_JE2o2k rapper gucci mane ... : the city
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  hahaha - the winners get a DVD hahahahahaha god why is that so funny to me : virus
  • I'm not sure, why is that funny? : fishbone
• "Miami Beach hotel room". FLORIDA'D : biskits
• holy shit he's 44? : Agrona
• looks like she slap-chopped his face, zucchini, linguini, bikini! : grandmasterlee
• Billy Mays set him up. : ant_hillbilly
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  From reading that it sounds like she recognized him and decided to fuck him over for massive cash prizes ... : Poor Yurik
  • They hire professionals. : Haku-Jin
• Looks like McNulty in the side profile http://i.cdn.turner.com/trutv/thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art4/03... : aux7
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  wow... i just saw one of his "comedy" skits/videos on youtube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQZXta68... : Korban
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2eJJhQjr1I&feature=related Haha : cfalcon
    • holy effin' lol... : Korban