Morning Discussion

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  Avira popped up saying the main exe was a trojan. The forums claim it's a false positive, and it seems to... : Guybrushed
  • Man, that's weak. :[ : CrustaR
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  I think AgentPothead might of. : dmason
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    Might have. I'm normally not a grammar Nazi, but this one annoys the shit out of me. : Rehevkor
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      It's alright, you're better than me. : dmason
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        If I wanted to be better than you, I wouldn't have pointed out your mistake. I'd just let you keep doing ... : Rehevkor
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          I'm clearly a better person because of it. : dmason
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            Well he saved you from looking like a moron in the future, so yes. : waxthirteen
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              Thank God correcting spelling and grammar aren't frowned upon here. : dmason
              • Aww, come on. This is the perfect setup. Feed me!!! : dmason
              • Actually, it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know because I've had a post nuked once. : CrustaR
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  I can't play it for 4 hours. :( When I get home I'm going to punch the hell out of some freaks and ste... : Psigun
  • I'm thinking about skipping my workout tonight to play some ZC...I just don't know. :| : CrustaR
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  Yeh, incredible art and the fighting is a lot of fun! : vtxrider80
  • Also, try not to take any acid or shrooms before playing this game. : vtxrider80
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  studies man : shirif
  • What the...you are not playing ZC because of school?!? : CrustaR
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    ok just tried it, not bad : shirif
    • Is it worth skipping a workout for this..?? : CrustaR
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  decrypting as I type. : ysbreker
  • You lucky mofo! I still have another 2.5 hours until I can play it. : CrustaR
• I'll be playing it in a few hours, I can't wait! : Cowburn199
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  No demo? It looks interesting but I don't know. : avatar_58
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    I got it for $10! It looked pretty cool. :O : CrustaR
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      Well it's $20 now and no demo....so... : avatar_58
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        I will let you know if it 0wns or not.. How about that? : CrustaR
        • I just watched the video on the front page. I'm almost sold.....still unsure. : avatar_58
• i cannot wait, i caved and bought it last night. it looks so awesome : kpxkrnjc
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  This dude sounds like he's voiced by Clint Eastwood : sKetchflow
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    That makes it sound even more badass! : CrustaR
    • It's fun, and bizarre but it's not the most enjoyable game on the planet :( : sKetchflow
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  how come this game's got so much shackhype for how little I know about it? : RikiTiki2
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    I am wondering the same thing. I have absolutely no idea what it is at all. I don't even know the genre. : OverloadUT
    • theres a video on the front page. ive seen a video for it and it looks like 5 minutes of fun till it get... : dantastic
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    RikiTiki, because I have been hyping it. :| It looks similar to Dark Messiah. : CrustaR
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      so that's why I haven't seen as much duke3d.exe lately? : RikiTiki2
      • zing : Downforce
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19538886#itemanchor_19538886 :[ :[ :[ : CrustaR
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  I really hope this is discussed on Idle Thumbs soon. : byorn
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    Ughh : manlyman
    • lol : Mr.SEX
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  So wait, is it all "arena" style combat as the video on the main page makes it look? : waxthirteen
  • never mind, just saw it's separate game mode. : waxthirteen
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  Good? yes/no? : bakanoodle
  • I will find out tonight! : CrustaR
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    Yes, for the price. I think it's worth supporting the art style alone, some very creative stuff. : vtxrider80
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      Is the combat anything like Dark Messiah? I loved that shit. : valael
      • I think it's similar to Dark Messiah. So if you liked the melee combat in that, you'll love this. : vtxrider80
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      its worth supporting the art style alone? wtf its a game, art style is secondary to the actual gameplay : dantastic
      • I thought it was worth supporting their art style alone. Whether you think it's worth it or not is up to ... : vtxrider80
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    I'm enjoying it thus far, but definitely not for the voice acting. : dirtboxer
    • What...? You don't like Clint Eastwood? : vtxrider80

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• Whoa, it has everything! : CrustaR
• that's ridiculous. : edgewise
• haha... it locked up this POS PC I'm on at work. : Shadowdane
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  That guy is a meme by himself. He makes all these church flash sites just like this one, each one more ov... : stuka
  • http://www.sharperfx.com/ fuck yes : boring gegtik
  • And based on the intros, this is what I think happens inside the churches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... : stuka
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    http://www.sharperfx.com/nb/ : Yanks
    • still my favorite : Foxhawk
    • FUCK YEAH This is shirt-rippingly-goats-blood-smearingly inspirational. : d fluke
    • I like the mime one. : not work safe
    • hahaha holy shit : virus
    • haha holy fuck : moshman
    • isnt that some music from the first metal gear solid? : HisKillSkill
    • hahaha the womans face at the end looks like she's receiving his mighty staff : nodebug
    • Haha, that's the fight music from The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay!!! : eiopa
    • ADVANCING THE KINGDOM!!!! : xxiv
  • http://www.sharperfx.com/ haha these are all great : kanix
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    the mimes are, by far, the most awesome http://www.sharperfx.com/kkmime/index3.htm : tashtego
    • fucking lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW7pX3Jw5SA&feature=related : askedrelic
    • That is utterly brilliant. I'm crying laughing here. : hawkeye
    • HOLY FUCK : virus
    • WITH QUICK REFLEXES. : Moonbase Commander
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      Holy shit I am going to convert : OverloadUT
      • Oh god I keep watching it and it's better each time : OverloadUT
    • i'm crying : moshman
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      Mime church? Wonder what the choir sounds like. : voodooraze
      • I think we just heard it! : OverloadUT
    • IN A WORLD : melkore
    • get ready to be catapulted to a new dimension of worship : Luminair
    • hahaha how can this be real : khaosman
    • Is that Optimus Prime speaking? : Phreakin
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      I looked up K&K Mime a few months back on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW7pX3Jw5SA Not gonn... : Serpico74
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        they make good money Im sure : two50six
        • There are other gospel mimes out there, so maybe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckN6dT0Wyo4 Burlier, ... : Serpico74
    • Tears were shed. This was awesome. : ant_hillbilly
    • This just gave me a Jesus induced seizure : two50six
    • This is epic. I need to go buy whatever it is they were selling. : MercFox1
    • hahahahaahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH : Downforce
    • hahaha god im losing my shit over here : SockMonkeh
    • Even god is impressed with this one. : wellesraphael
    • this is the most interesting thing I've seen in a week : Slowtreme
  • I figured this had to be related to all those other eXtreme site intros (many religious) that were popula... : DinK
  • he is making fun of these people by taking it this over the top. i love it. : d0pamine
  • I need spinnaz on mah God site. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • holy shit this guy is incredible : DrFlammable
• jfc : boring gegtik
• the need to redub that with main title of The Rock. : kanix
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  is this the same guy that did that christian mime site? : DonkeyPopsicle
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    yesss: http://www.sharperfx.com/kkmime/index3.htm : DonkeyPopsicle
    • 0_o : skelom
    • LOLOL this is too good! : d0pamine
    • aahahahah : delataur
  • YES YES IT IS : halophoenix
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  After that intro i feel compelled to join. : pimpium
  • the power of flash compels you!!! : xxiv
• holy shit : ass-street
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  I feel like I'm ready for battle now : grandmasterlee
  • I'm ready to watch some football. : drazz
• i'm dancing : WhatIsThisFor
• holy crap : carnivore
• * J A P A N E S E S E I Z U R E R O B O T S ' D * : DJ Clipdat
• It is like GDI (God) vs. NOD. : bombay
• These remind me of those cut scenes in the old arcade games in between battles. They are SEIZURETASTI : zipper76
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  I linked that on tumblr and it made its way all across the tumblr universe into whatever you read and now... : sgtsanity
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    Congratulations, but are you sure you were the first chain in the link? : rock elf
    • There was a big thread on this a while back, and I'm pretty sure sgtsanity is the one that linked it. : Serpico74
• That is the most epic thing I'll see today. : hawkeye
• oh god.. this is so awful it's turned into awesome : Fredrik S
• Hah hah WTF, weren't they paying attention when Jesus was all "be humble and walk around with sandals and... : Dynotaku
• Looks like a teleport gate from UT99 : Dave-A
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  It feels like those pregame animations you see before football games. I half expected the NFL logo to pop... : PointlesS76
  • amazingly enough, the NFL promos are 100x more subtle than this guys' work. : edgewise
• holy crap, i just had 2 open at once. i think i'm going to be sick. : waxthirteen
• LETS GO TO CHURCH RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!!!!! : virus
• this guy needs to do commercials for 24.. : g0nk
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  I think Michael Bay directed it : skelom
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    hahahaha! Cant wait for the sequel: International Congress of Churches and Ministers 2: JESUS ON FIRE : VictoriouSecret
    • truly EPIC : skelom
  • aww whoops : burning eye
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  did anyone else read all the text in the deep movie trailer voice : eyegeegeewhy
  • Yes. : Sebastian-TEC
• it needs to blow up at the end : [fry]
• Holy Red Bull tripping Christ I am super charged for the Lord. : trove
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  SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAYYYYYYY : xxiv
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    lol this is exactly what I thought : delataur
    • The key question is did you pay for the whole seat but only use the edge? : dafugg
• they need movie voice guy : crummynz
• It just kept on going. : Sebastian-TEC
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  I bet this is what fucking Space Marines see when they log onto their consoles and when Dreadnaughts powe... : kikilupo
  • For the Emperor! : DM7
  • you just got LOL'd : MercFox1
• Reminds me of the work that darude.de guy did. I think its darude, I dont remember the site has been arou... : two50six
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  hahaha... holy shit. This reminds me of that K&K Mime flash intro from a few years back. : bitter ego
  • lol : nova_x
• Oh fuck yeah! the Micheal Bay of web design. : burning eye
• http://www.sharperfx.com/nb/ : Warlock
• lol amazing : Mmmmmoo
• That was intense. Jesus : semaphore
• lol I keep playing through all of the intros on this guys site and the sound is scaring the shit out of m... : haiku
• gaudy shit : Godhatesfatpeople
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  haha does he just throw crap in there just to show that he can do it? That's awful. : Scotty22
  • That stuff isn't hard to do at all. I think he is just overly inspired by movie trailers and the motion g... : haiku
• This just made the rounds among the design and development teams at work. Thanks for making our day! : mathyou
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  http://www.2advanced.com/ better than those sites. Be sure the fully explore the site, as well as the... : GoodBoy
  • Be sure under "Site Navigation" to check out all the entries there too. :) But yeah, that wacky churc... : GoodBoy
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    oh god 2advanced is why people hate flash and hate the web : haiku
    • standby: digital atmosphere... loading...... : Downforce
    • absolutely yes : Yanks
• holy, wow. : bakanoodle
• that shit is mad hype : burningpantsman
• Someone needs to hire this guy to make something for the Shack. : Vincent Grayson
• And here I thought masturbation was a sin... : smegmar
• awesome..... : dozrzor
• this just makes me wonder what 2 has been doing lately : CoRDS
• Hahaha...needs some explosions and terminator soundtrack music! : r3ckless
• holy shit. I feel compelled to believe in God and follow Jesus Christ himself. : Goblin au

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  do you know anyone who has a metal detector? : dopeman
  • Not worth the time, especially since it rained fairly heavily the next day. It was a hand-me-down half-br... : pupismyname
• You should beat him about the face and neck with a lead pipe. Just bandy it about his personage and teach... : Bean
• it was probably a ghost pirate : MagicWishMonkey
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  Maybe it was brake lights from another car? : Deathlove
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    it'd have to be pre 1980's since cars have 3 red tail lights now. : edgewise
    • or it was a monster triclops. : edgewise
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    Unless the car's engine sounded like animal footsteps in the woods, I'd have to say no. : pupismyname
    • I just drove a mid-90s Geo Metro for an hour, that sounds like a rhino. : Deathlove
  • I would think pupismyname is smart enough to differentiate between the taillights of a car and a reflecti... : ArcKnight
  • 2 motorbikes : CoRDS
• It was a crazy hobo, kind of like the ones in Condemned. : CrustaR
• Reloading!!! : tomservo
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  I was waiting for this to turn into an ILTC post. I'm disappointed. : boarder2
  • Or to transition into the Fresh Prince. : Arctic Fox
• A real father would have attacked the eyes and wrestled the body they were attached too to the ground scr... : breadsticks
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  I bet your son saw his first nudie magazine. : pancake humper
  • It really depends on where you're from, but I would guess it was most likely a varmint of some sort(oposs... : uncle slappy
• The people that stayed in the hotel room next to yours, that were killed, had pale white skin and red eye... : not work safe
• Bigfoot? : watcherxp
• maybe a raccoon. : azenmaster
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  if a vibrating phone scares your kid, he needs to grow a pair. : d0pamine
  • What about a pear? : Drewus
  • maybe he had a bad vibrator incident, I'm sure it could be traumatizing : azenmaster
• "Gosh, it's dark and scary here!" "You're telling me? I have to walk home alone!" : Omaha
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  You named your son Toby? : Xanthos
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    Kunta Kinte, actually. : Bean
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      "Your name....is TOBY!" : ArcKnight
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        my .... name..... is..... kunta kinte : gmd
        • *whipcrack* : ArcKnight
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/glow_zltnt23oioed8mxbwmhb.jpg : SockMonkeh
  • hahaha : get_navi
  • That took me a while to figure out :) : king_darius
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  Raccoons most likely. : drodver
  • This or a possum, fox, maybe a weasel. It really depends on the size of the eye and their height from th... : obiquatro
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  I would guess a Deer- they're nocturnal and the eyes would probably be around your eye level : noven
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    shows how much you know. it was obviously a Chupacabra : cptstern
    • Nah, those are only south of the border. It was clearly a Snipe. : ArcKnight
    • Or a puma. : DarkWolf5
  • a deer's eyes usually reflect a greenish color. From what I've seen a predator's eyes have usually been ... : .frame
• Wolf : hoov1185
• I'll be the first to answer the question? I think the Slate is a fine phone for its price, and it's got a... : RikiTiki2
• I bet it was a dinosaur... how fucking cool would that be : Utopia
• It bugs me that so many phones have built in GPS and the carriers can track you at their convenience but ... : rosewood
• Chubacabra : TPSReport
• i lost my phone once walking back from this bar to my friends house. I was completely drunk and it someho... : mindshot
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  I'm guessing it was the Rapeasauras. : walker270
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    Here: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=Rapeasarus_Size_Comparison_erjsoz5r8sfx3tpy12hy.png (WS) : walker270
    • D: : tomservo
• i think Toby is too young to have a cell phone, but if you're gonna buy him another one get an old phone... : silversurfer
• Usually when I go through that much trouble I left back at home on the charger... : melt_core
• sorry, anything by Pantech sucks ass. : g0nk
• it was probably this following you around. Make sure you show your daughter :P http://www.phantasmpsire... : plunkymeadows
• It's those red eye creatures from that X-Files episode that scared the shit put of me. : soggybagel
• way to represent the top of the food chain :-) : jimmy-buffett
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  i bet noone finds porn in woods anymore :( : filthysock
  • :( : davantalus
• red eyeshine occurs in rodents, opossums and birds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum : buzzbat
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  Freeze your account immediately, you are responsible for long distance charges if someone finds it. This... : kaddar0
  • note: that will make it hard to find the phone :( : kaddar0
• wow pup must be so sad reading all your replies. thats what he gets for not going with fresh prince or so... : mega man

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  this show was on my radar but $45 is pretty high given that the show is probably going to be somewhat bor : kn1fe
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    What? MBV is totally awesome....except for Kevin Shields monstrous ego. That guy is something else. Sti... : kainen1
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      I've heard their set at coachella was awesome. not sure the setlist but they mentioned tracks off of love... : wtf242
      • their stuff on my space is really good but i don't think it's from either album right? : EvilDolemite
  • Man, Loveless is an incredible album. I don't even like pot. : systatic
• i love them, but i didn't know about it : EvilDolemite
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  prepare for the loudest show you have ever been to : nutop
  • I still need to see Spiritualized live -- I heard they're beyond loud and awesome live. : sparkly
• are you fucking kidding me!! they sold out here in like 5 seconds : Mr.SEX
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  bring earplugs : Mr.SEX
  • I believe they hand them out at the show for free... 'you're going to need these' : Yanks
  • And for the last 10 minutes you should pack those ear covers they wear on aircraft carrier flight decks. : Ely
• Hmm, I thought this was a teen slasher flick. : packav
• i am listening to isn't anything right now and it's a lot better than i have given it credit for gener... : EvilDolemite
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  $45 tickets?! : not work safe
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    (you could buy a 5 car garage house for that much) : not work safe
    • Then it cost me about a 3 car garage house for my tickets to see DOVES next month. Now that's a show I'm ... : sparkly
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  God, I wish. WHAT?! IT'S NOT EVEN SOLD OUT!? WTF WTF... Shit... It's temping to drive up there just for t... : systatic
  • Ah! It's just a concert. Once it's over it won't matter anyway. I think I heard about this and disregarde... : systatic
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  So if doors open at 8PM, what time do you think they will come on? I am thinking I will get there at 10. : wendigo
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    I think doors at 7, show at 8. I think i'll get there at 9. I think there's 1 opening band? : wtf242
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      2 opening bands. yuck. Josh T. Pearson (Lift to Experience), Kurt Heasley : wtf242
      • Doors were at 8. I'll be there before 10. I really don't want to see Kurt whatever. : wendigo
• this is at the Austin Music Hall yea? if they have it a Mars Volta sound levels you are going to be dea... : mwasher
• I wish. Thought about driving there just to go :( Took a nap instead. : anhero
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  Is that seriously what the city is like? I have My Bloody Valentine to look forward to? I feel like I mig... : Bean
  • =( : fleabug
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    oh you know you'll like it, cmon bean, i know you and you wouldn't just jump into a city you know aust... : EvilDolemite
    • Yeah. I was *this* close to going to CA, but then I did some math and realized I will make 29% LESS just ... : Bean
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  wtf242 find me an engineering job in austin : gmd
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    Come work for me! But I can only pay you in Baconators. : Bean
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      100k/year in baconators? : gmd
      • shit, find me a $100k/yr engineering job in austin : biskits
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        Sure! : Bean
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          alright I am putting my condo on the market and buying plane tickets now : gmd
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            I'll buy your condo for a baconator. : DarkWolf5
            • 375k baconators : gmd
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      I can work for baconators : RikiTiki2
      • That's about what firms are paying these days, haha. : Bean
• im so pissed i can't go to the dallas show tomorrow. : pandastrong

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• Excellent! : dmason
• Just about to post this. WOOHOO! : notd665
• 68% get it now before the horde shows up and rapes bandwidth! : Lunatic Angelic
• Updating at a rate of roughly 1% per second or two. Now at 29% : Sailor of Fortune
• Yep just signed in and it immediately started. Whewt! : DinK
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  Release notes: The Left 4 Dead Survival Pack is now available for the PC and Xbox 360, free of charge... : ermac
  • Fixed being able to start a swing as an infected, then teleport to the survivors and have the claw swing : notd665
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    Wait, what? Fixed an exploit where you could load the chamber of a weapon with bullets by holding dow : Nighteyes
    • I think it might be something to do with the last bullet in a shotgun. : crummynz
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      From what I remember, it was something like you could "charge" all your bullets to be fired as one super-... : ermac
      • ^ This. : Godhatesfatpeople
• sweet, haven't played in a few months! : re4ctor
• Stuck at 99%... awesoooooooooome. : vile
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  confirmed!!! The Left 4 Dead Survival Pack is now available for the PC and Xbox 360, free of charge to... : Downforce
  • oh whoops already in this thread nuke ahoy : Downforce
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  Ooo the menu screen is all lighthousey now. : Lunatic Angelic
  • whose dick did you suck to get the thing to finish updating?!? son of a bitch! : vile
  • Yes, yes it is :) : Godhatesfatpeople
• Half a meg a second, not too shabby. : Beady
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  :O : Godhatesfatpeople
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    http://www.steampowered.com/platform/update_history/index.php?skin=0&id=500 The Left 4 Dead Survival P : Godhatesfatpeople
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      16 new maps? I'm assuming they're also including the 10 for the versus versions of Dead Air and Death Tol... : Mmmmmoo
      • No, that's referring to Survival mode, which has 16 maps, one of which is new. : Vincent Grayson
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        I think it's actually 1 genuinely new survival map and 15 survival maps derived from the existing campaig... : DinK
        • ding ding ding : Arctic Fox
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  Can someone confirm that Death Toll and Dead Air maps have been included for VS gaming? : dedgecko
  • Yes, both of those are now official VS maps. : Godhatesfatpeople
• fuck, its 8am here, im at work for HOURS! : radula
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  fucking dicks,i got class in 7 minutes, i wanna play damn it!! : Dschinghis Khan
  • message me when you get home and we'll play Survival :D : Arctic Fox
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  Patching LA server now! : Alco23
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    UPDATED! Currently on L4D_sv_lighthouse : Alco23
    • IGI!!!!!! : Bamtan
  • I'll be home in a bit to patch the 2 shackwest servers. : hirez
• I'm dying here! : CrimsonHandHiro
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  Okay, I'm not seeing any new maps. Did all they do was add survival mode or am I missing something? : Bean
  • Okay, I suck and missed it. : Bean
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  JOIN UP MOTHERFUCKERS! : EricZBA
  • Bamtam and I are waiting, join up! : EricZBA
• seems like the bikini skins made it in! try this cvar: ld_sexy_skins = true : fathertime
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  Oh my god at 5:00 in survival mode it was too insane, hunter hunter hunter tank hunter ahhhhhhhhhhhh] : Lunatic Angelic
  • and don't forget the horde : CrimsonHandHiro
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  Okay finally got the Dallas servers back up, patching now!!! : RyDogg1
  • Dallas servers should all be showing up on the Steam group lists. : RyDogg1
• who wants to help on shack steamgroup server? 1 spot left. : Klebold
• Very fun, only tried the new map. So far so good. I look forward to more late-night games. : dmason
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  can someone add me to the l4d shackgroup? : sKetchflow
  • oh wait... NM I'M AN IDIOT : sKetchflow
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  Patch Verdict: MEH Survival mode is more boring than co-op and all we get is rebalanced VS versions of... : sanchez
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    versus is slightly better than survival and coop sucks dick : DrFlammable
    • I like L4D co-op! I still haven't beaten Episodes 3 and 4 on expert yet. :( : DM7
  • meh : Godhatesfatpeople
  • All I wanted was rebalanced DA/DT. Yay :D : ermac
  • WTF. Survival mode is really intense. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I like survival mode, particularly if you just want a quick game. After about 5 minutes the challenge ram... : Arctic Fox
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  Starting a VS game on rydoggs! come join! : sanchez
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    cmon bitches! : sanchez
    • still working :( : midgetherder
    • Eating lunch, save me a spot : persuxe
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  Armybob and I are looking for 2 awesome team mates for L4D. Anyone interested? Send Armybob or Tsuba a ... : tsuba
  • XBOX 360 version that is. : tsuba

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  I hate you all. : derelict515
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    You can derelict my balls! : lolpatrol
    • Just kidding. Let's not fight ^_~ : lolpatrol
  • Piss off - I was busy. Last night's was pretty bad assed. The only things left that I would like to s : mafu5150
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    derelick my balls : dopeman
    • fuck i was too late :( : dopeman
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  It was pretty much perfect season, if not series finale. But we get one next week too! : Clay
  • yeah it's crazy that that wasn't even the finale. The next episode will surely have some crazy twists/cli... : derelict515
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  If Chuck makes it back another season I hope he becomes a real spy apprenticed to Orion without the inter : Psigun
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    yeah I'm not sure where they'll take it. It's odd because despite his years of service Chuck really has n : derelict515
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      This is one of my beefs as well. Who among us, if regularly put in those kinds of situations, wouldn't d... : mafu5150
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        Forget the training. Why isn't Chuck getting paid? Last night, Beckman was going to let him go without : elwood00
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          well, you could argue that it's important for Chuck's cover that he doesn't appear to have extra money (e... : derelict515
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            They could fake Chuck winning the lottery or some forgotten, rich uncle dying. It wouldn't be any more p... : elwood00
            • that would draw a lot of attention to him. He has certainly earned it, I just imagine he'll get paid at t... : derelict515
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          In the season finale, Casey gives him his pay and then tells him that if he's a real patriot, he wouldn't : Clay
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            That would make Casey kind of a hypocrite, since he didn't seem to mind skipping a rank to Colonel. : elwood00
            • what do you want from me? : Clay
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              what did he skip? : retarded talking dinosaur
              • He went from Major to Colonel, skipping Lt. Colonel. I know that sometimes people say Colonel as a short : elwood00
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    Yeah, I've been kinda wondering what will happen next, since the entire premise of the show hinges around... : Arctic Fox
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      There's a few options. 1) Make him into a real agent, or an Orion-esque figure. 2) Something will hap : brickmatt
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        i gotta go with #2 : Clay
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          Me too. And this is my problem with a series setup like this: the entire thing is predicated on a plot ar... : Arctic Fox
          • Well Lost was predicated upon people needing to get off an island. Look how that's turned out. : Clay
          • We'll see. And honestly, it's all in how they do it. They could do a bit of a combo of #1 and #2, that'd... : brickmatt
• I just caught it. Really good. Can't wait to see what happens next. : thejm4n
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    Same. I never used to watch tv shows twice, and certainly not shortly after the first viewing but I watch... : derelict515
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      Yeah, I was talking to my wife about watching it again. I never do that. : brickmatt
      • I almost wanted to watch it again right afterwards because it was so great. Definitely watching it again ... : derelict515
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    False, the 3d episode sucked. All of the rest of it was great though. : retarded talking dinosaur
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      which one was that? : derelict515
      • The one right after the Superbowl. It was more gimmicky than it had to be. : Totenjaeger
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      I didn't have glasses for that one but from what I remember I still enjoyed it. : Ellissd
      • yeah, I definitely still enjoyed it quite a bit. No episode of Chuck has even sniffed being actually bad,... : derelict515
• The ending made me laugh with Morgan at the end. : hrdwregk
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  I watched the first couple ep's when the first season aired but it didn't really hook me so I stopped. D... : indosauros
  • Yes, a lot. The first couple episodes are different because it's not Chuck, Sarah and Casey working toget... : derelict515
  • Yeah, it hits a great pace with very few duds. : brickmatt
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  i guess i'm missing out then cause i've never seen it : RikiTiki2
  • you are correct, you should remedy this immediately : derelict515
• I don't watch TV. Though I did see part of an episode of the first season and it was amusing. : breadsticks
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  I swear to god if NBC kills Chuck for Jay fucking Leno I am going to be SOOOO PISSED : retarded talking dinosaur
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    seriously, who are all these jackanapes watching his show? It's terrible. : derelict515
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      old people : dantastic
      • time to implement the final solution : derelict515
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    I starting to hate Jay Leno. There really isn't enough Leno hate sentiment going around considering what ... : AlvinKlein
    • oops, ^^ + 'm. : AlvinKlein
    • Yep. It really pisses me off. JUST DIE ALREADY : retarded talking dinosaur
    • i dont understand how jay leno changes anything, does his show at 10 mean news have to come on at 9? who ... : Chandler55
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  why does hulu delete episodes? : mindshot
  • contractual obligations, eating into DVD sales, etc. It's unfortunate but I also have no idea why they do... : derelict515
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  Just saw the first several episodes of Chuck over the past couple of days since you guys keep fapping ove... : hiloopy
  • You have time to catch up in time for the finale! (which you should watch live or DVR) : derelict515
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    Tell your friends. If it gets canceled, I'll be royally pissed. : mafu5150
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      apparently with the way the finale goes it'll be even worse if there's never any more (as opposed to if t... : derelict515
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        maybe if they cancel it, they wont show the next episode. : retarded talking dinosaur
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          where did you hear that? : monikerdaven
          • it was a joke (that would never happen, plus they won't decide whether to cancel it before the finale air... : derelict515
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  my favorite chuck moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PG-XIJ2WT0 : Marauder IIC
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    this reaffirms that i shouldnt watch this show. so dumb : dantastic
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      Considering you watch Heroes I wouldn't have thought you to be all about the high brow entertainment. : Marauder IIC
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        yeah Heroes is miles worse than Chuck. Even season 1 of Heroes isn't as good or consistent as Chuck is no... : derelict515
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          wtf theres been some cringeworthy heroes moments but nothing worse than that clip i just watched of chuck... : dantastic
          • don't be stupid, I could find some horrific clips from Heroes, The Office, 30 Rock, Fringe, Lost or anyth... : derelict515
    • It's dumb in an Arnie movie kinda way though. Leave your sense of disbelief at the door. : Arctic Fox
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    This one is fresh in my mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzP2Dv7dmq0 She looks pretty good i : Ellissd
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      That actress is so incredibly hot, it's redicoulous. In fact, that's true for basically all women on the ... : Marauder IIC
      • Sarah is unbelievable and way above the other chicks in the show. : derelict515
      • rofl, it's so blatant. I love it. : Ellissd
    • lol yeah I let out an involuntary whimper at that point last night. My wife just laughed at me. : Arctic Fox
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      I LOL'd at the Morgan note in the wallet : jimmy-buffett
      • yeah, then I cried for Chuck though : derelict515
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    lol the only good thing about that was when jayne showed up. the implementation of the arnold line was s... : Luminair
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      I laughed my ass of when I saw it for the first time. Not saying it's the best moment, just my personal f... : Marauder IIC
      • he killed me mal, he killed me with his sword :( : Luminair
  • Surely you realize it's SUPPOSED to be corny. It's awesome precisely because it doesn't take itself serio... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • i did not know that stormtroopers could fly helicopters : sgtsanity
• Chuck is such a good show. Easily my favorite on TV anymore. I'll be pissed if they take it off the air... : Tripps
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  isnt this the show thats about a dude who gets the entire CIA archives downloaded into his brain, then th... : johnwissinger
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19730447 : Arctic Fox
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    because you are, it's not Lost, it's an action/comedy that knows exactly what it's doing. Example, when r... : derelict515
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      not to mention if you boil other shows down to lines like that without context they all sound dumb (Lost,... : derelict515
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        The office: funny things happen in an office full of funny wierd people and 2 people who are normal but ... : johnwissinger
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          The Office: an insufferable, socially inept, borish man leads an Office full of disgruntled employees res... : derelict515
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            if you can't suspend your disbelief for it's premise I think you'd have a hard time watching much else on : mafu5150
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              I think it's an entirely separate problem. Plenty of the same people watch that and American Idol as well... : derelict515
              • You obviously hang out with a higher quality of person than I do :) My wife and most of my friends wat : mafu5150
  • you're wrong because the show knows how ridiculous it is : retarded talking dinosaur
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    There's a bit more to the backstory than that, but it really doesn't matter, because this isn't the type ... : Orange Pylon
    • no reason for it to be a guilty pleasure, it's a full pleasure : derelict515
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  Chuck is indeed a good show. Show.. hah, i sound like an american. "Show.." : doomed
  • "Show" is the proper term. Any other term is just communist speak. : Matt Burris
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  Chuck is one of those rare comedies that has me in stitches just about every episode. Right up there wit... : Matt Burris
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    yeah every week it got closer and closer to being my favorite show. I put it right alongside Lost in term... : derelict515
    • yep. LOST is an amazing experience but the filler episodes are truly dreary : retarded talking dinosaur

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  East Coast Shackers: Tonight is the night! I am pumped. I'll be there 6:30ish to play around with recor... : amrbean
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    you're all gonna die : c0bra
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      this is very possible. monsters are much more powerful in 4E : Sparticuse
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        I die about 50% of the time during LFR sessions. It sucks. =D : Wadmaasi
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          Get used to it *E-VILE GRIN!* : zebosausamite
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            Just let us earn enough money for a Raise Dead ritual before you off me, yeah? At least in LFR it's free... : Wadmaasi
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              Rocks fall, everyone dies. : hbalce1
              • You don't even need stuff like that. I was killing players with Kobolds! heres a tip for all the DM's i... : Sparticuse
        • But you live 100% of the time I am there. Coinsidence? I think not. : amrbean
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    I haven't used Ventrillo before, so please bear with me while I get it setup. Also, I won't be ready to ... : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Vent's simple. I'll help you out whenever you arrive. : zebosausamite
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    For the record: zebosausamite - DM amrbean - striker (avenger) ErikTheRed - leader (cleric) Ride-My : Wadmaasi
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      To set expectations, let's plan on a minimum of maybe three encounters. I want to use tonight to iron ou... : zebosausamite
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        I'm willing to play until amrbean falls asleep and we have our way with him. I'm a god damn insomniac an... : Wadmaasi
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          I'm willing to play until MY GIRLFRIEND comes in and starts making fun of me. : zebosausamite
          • I'm willing to play while MY WIFE sleeps on the couch. : Wadmaasi
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          Why am I the one who falls asleep? I am the young one with no signs of male pattern baldness. : amrbean
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            Because you're the pansy who posted on the Shack a few months ago all whiny about not being able to stay ... : Wadmaasi
            • That was a phase. I think I am over that. I hope at least. : amrbean
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    BTW zebo, you never flat out said I couldn't roll dice, so that's my plan. I hooked my webcam up, so if ... : Wadmaasi
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      We'll see how it goes. Be prepared to use MapTool if I find it slightly annoying. i.e. having to ask wh... : zebosausamite
      • That's fair! : Wadmaasi
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    rain + thunder + lightning If I don't show up rest assured that I'm out in the front yard pulling a Lt... : Wadmaasi
    • you fuckers have no excuse! : zebosausamite
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    Update It's happening, right now! We're fighting goblins! : SockMonkeh
    • http://www.shackpics.com/files/dnd_56cr13xvphcazi9aokt1.jpg : SockMonkeh
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  I went to try to make my character in Character Tool but I couldn't find a module for 4e. I think they w... : melkore
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    http://forums.rptools.net/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6276 here ya go : Sparticuse
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      I was looking for that for nearly an hour last night! Thanks : melkore
      • I have it bookmarked :) : Sparticuse
• Here's your babble of the day: An adventure's beginning is a proposal of a problem, sometimes suggesti : zebosausamite
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  I hope you're not a DM. You walk into the area, see some shit, and then a creature attacks! : silent prophet
  • Oh man, you totally got surprised and shit. "Exclamation!" says the thing. "Get those guys!" : zebosausamite
• West Coast Do what we normally do on the west coast here. : hbalce1
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  WEST COAST - Our first session is April 29th. The following people have sent me their characters: ham : OverloadUT
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    Regarding yesterdays thread, I decided to stick with dragonborn for my warlord. I finally decided that br... : hbalce1
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      (Fire is the most common form of resistance amongst monsters. Lightning all the way!) : Wadmaasi
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        I picked lightning just cause it seemed more fun and different. : hbalce1
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          I picked lightning 'cause I'm still a huge TRIBES fanboi and all (three) of my dragonborn are from Clan S... : Wadmaasi
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            I'd choose acid cuz its just downright mean. : Sparticuse
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              If it automatically did on-going I'd agree with you. : Wadmaasi
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                Hehe, 1 additional turn of 1d4 per successful hit = KO yay house rules! : one random winner
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                  That fucks over all the other damage types, though. Unless it applies to them as well? : Wadmaasi
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                    It was based on the element, everything had something additional as long as it wasn't blunt, piercing, or... : one random winner
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                      Also, we tended to play in very low magic worlds, so if you did manage to find something flaming/acid/wha... : one random winner
                      • OK, that kind of house ruling I can get behind. : Wadmaasi
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        Even electricity isn't that uncommon. Sonic FTW! : Arcanum
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          Not an option for dragonbreath. : Wadmaasi
          • I belch on you very loudly! : Wadmaasi
  • I'll send it tonight. I have a wonderful rogue ready to tumble into trouble. : hirez
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    Update: I AM REALLY EXCITED : OverloadUT
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      I still don't entirely understand what I need to do to be prepared beyond having downloaded MapTool and m... : Vincent Grayson
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        Neither am I actually. To be honest I don't expect to get much actual gameplay done in our first session.... : OverloadUT
        • We will, however, have the advantage of seeing how the first sessions went for the other groups, which mi... : OverloadUT
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          If you can email me the character files you have so far, I can prepare other peoples characters and then ... : hbalce1
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            You mean prepare them in MapTool? I might do that. I also want to be sure I know how to do it inside and ... : OverloadUT
            • Yes I meant in maptool. I can send you a couple of token files so you will have some more templates if yo... : hbalce1
      • Fap furiously You should be all set. Just for clarity, have you downloaded the 4e campaign framework (htt... : hbalce1
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  haha wow : scener
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    wow, totally : zebosausamite
    • Totally, wow[/!]/ : Wadmaasi
• STRAGGLERS check your shackmessages : Goncyn
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  Dice Box for MapTool: http://lmwcs.com/rptools/wiki/Dice_Box GUI macro for picking the dice you need t... : Wadmaasi
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    Seems a little quirky with the most recent MapTool release, but it appears to be working OK. : Wadmaasi
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      And for the truly lazy: http://lmwcs.com/rptools/wiki/Dice_Expressions : hbalce1
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        I'm playing around with creating Global Macros for all my attack/damage rolls, since we're not using the ... : Wadmaasi
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          You can export/import macros, so they are global in that sense, not sure if they are tied to the campaign... : hbalce1
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            It's gotta be somewhere else besides File | Export, then, 'cause I don't see it. : Wadmaasi
            • I think you can right click on a macro button and save/export it IIRC. : hbalce1
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  Do you guys play mostly tactical combat type things? : Rice-Rocketeer
  • My group (West) will be. I'm only the DM out of necessity and I don't have the creative energy to do any ... : OverloadUT

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  Sorry to hear that dude, hope your company gets some monies shortly. : one random winner
  • Thanks. :/ : ThomW
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  Schools do their budgets in the summer and right now I am sure their budgets are getting slashed! Do y... : quazar
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    Schools are getting piles of federal funding this year. 50% more compared to last year through stimulus ... : ThomW
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      But that's a very SMALL part of each district's budget. The vast majority of a school's budget is based o... : Bold
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        Our product only costs $2600 to outfit a lab of computers, and a lot of the schools my bosses work with a... : ThomW
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          wow, that's weird, you'd think you guys would be in the money. : slickdoody
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            That's what the three of us are thinking as well. Why aren't people buying this shit? : ThomW
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              Who are you marketing to? The teachers? The people in charge of the computer networks? The school dist... : crimrOw
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                That's one of the things I struggle with personally. The teachers don't seem to have the power to mak... : ThomW
                • Perhaps this isn't the kind of thing you solve with more code? Whoever is responsible the marketing in y... : crimrOw
    • It's probably going to be spent on things other than education. : Sailor of Fortune
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      Despite the federal funding, my school is cutting more than half of the PE programs, less than half from ... : mysled
      • Also, many classes use iClickers already :/ : mysled
• hard time to be selling that right now with all the cut backs in education =( : hirez
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  Promethean? Smart Technologies? Turning Point? : Warlock
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    I know we just lost a potential customer to Promethean's ActiVote software. I haven't seen it in action ... : ThomW
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      ActivExpression does multiple input types (MC, TF, Text, Numeric, Likert Scale) ActiVote is only A-F mul... : Warlock
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        I wish I could see pricing on that ActivExpression stuff. : ThomW
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          $91.76 each or $2,699.00 for 32. Real pricing is probably a little less, they just dropped the price of t... : Warlock
          • Assuming you're somewhere like PA where the schools already own the laptops, we're really competitive and... : ThomW
• Shit man. If I knew for sure the uni I work at needed something like that, I'd get more info on it. Good... : dudehoyt
• That sucks man :( I bet you wouldn't have trouble finding something else pretty quick if you did lose ... : MagicWishMonkey
• =( I hope your company does well. If things go south and you need a contract/money asap, just contact me. : Frozen Pixel
• you've wasted your life. most teachers have no use for that. they try to use it but it's just a pain in t... : burningpantsman
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  You guys are a little late. iClicker and Quizdom are pretty well the top systems out there now. : mancide
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    In Pennsylvania they had this Classroom of the Future program running the last few years, and the state b... : ThomW
    • I think maine has a laptop program too, you guys should look into them : kaddar0
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      That sounds awesome. We had a few instructors that went out and each got a different version of these cli... : mancide
      • I think that's our #1 competition. Closets of unused clickers. :P : ThomW
      • The professors paid for them at your school? The bad part about it here was that some classes used differ... : mysled
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  iphone apps are where da monies at. : edgewise
  • haha this is so true and yet so sad somehow : gakera
  • I'm thinking about making an iPhone app for Wishlist Buddy to get my feet wet with doing projects on it, ... : ThomW
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    There's so much more software being sold in the world than the stuff that gets talked about on the web. T... : rock elf
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      tell me about it. Dental software is ridiculously priced. : edgewise
      • At my new dentist they have a Microsoft Bob style system, that looks like the dental room. Interesting b... : trove
      • Fucking PracticeWorks can eat a bag of dicks. at least 5 years ago when I last had to deal with it...tho : hawkeye
• yeah, that's a shitty situation, similar thing has happened to me (smaller time investment though, 8 mont... : supersonic potato
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  Yeah, blackboard and webct is pretty much universally used here,  and I think the contracts aren't alway... : thief
  • Although what you're doing sounds a bit different and more narrowly focused. : thief
  • ^^^this. I've worked with a number of schools and they've all used Webct : cptstern
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    Those guys aren't really our competition. : ThomW
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      are you SURE? who's at the helm of your company? :( : Downforce
      • my interpretation of his post is that his software is like making all students feel like they are playing... : kaddar0
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        It's not a classroom management system. It's an interactive system for kids to respond to answers in rea... : ThomW
        • ... it's not web-based if that's what you're thinking. : ThomW
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    Blackboard is shitty. :( : MercFox1
    • Yeah, I don't like it. Very poor layout. : ArcKnight
  • moodle's awesome. I developed some things on the side to work with it at my old job : kgargs
  • I didnt realize you worked at UT : noobja
  • webct fucking blows : maulla
  • blackboard fucking sucks. : K1Bond007
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  Hire a business model : gakera
  • Make sure she's blonde with giant boobs. : jingletard
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  ThomW, you have great instinct when it comes to putting yourself in the shoes of the user and designing y... : dmason
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    If there were a "support ThomW" iPhone app I bet allot of shackers would buy it. It doesn't even have to... : gakera
    • I want to see a student response system iPhone app. : Warlock
• :( : askedrelic
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  Market your products to areas in the 'fly-over' states or places like Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri etc... M... : Scotty22
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    We're trying to launch this on the cheap and only working on PA at the moment. The web site will obvious... : ThomW
    • Yeah that's unfortunate :( Sorry to hear your woes man. I've looked at opening some small businesses an... : Scotty22
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  Is it available in foreign languages, say Japanese? : Lone Swordsman
  • No. That's not even on the radar at this point, unfortunately . : ThomW
• Best of luck. I hope it works out ok for you and your peers there. : bombay
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  Doh, that sucks. Do you also provide content for the system, or leave it up to the teachers to integrate... : Ovate
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    We're not selling content, so it's up to the teachers to create it. One of the things we want to do ... : ThomW
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      Hrmm...teachers are so overworked I'd doubt they'd be really thrilled about integrating curricula into a ... : Ovate
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        We're just trying to get into the budgets for next year, so we're not aiming to be a late in the year add... : ThomW
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          Mmm...well, good luck. I didn't mean to sound like I know how to run your company, since you guys are ob... : Ovate
          • Sorry if I seemed a little brusque... I'm stressed out. I do appreciate all the helpful things everyo... : ThomW
• I am the Director of Technology for a school system in Indiana... Can you post more detail and or a websi... : hawthor
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  The woes of an Internet Baron : MoreVespeneGas
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    I miss doing more Internet stuff. This thing is a Winforms app written in C# using .NET 2.0 . I've ... : ThomW
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      You should think about iPhone stuff. Seems like a good cash cow at the moment. You could prob make a ... : MoreVespeneGas
      • Unfortunately I don't think it'd get approved. :( : ThomW
• I might be able to help out. Got any details you can send me? : Dave-A
• Good luck man I went through something like that during the .com days. Hope things work out well in your... : bcyde
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  How have you been marketing it? What kind of sales model are you using? Do you offer a free demo? : theghostofsmdever
  • The bosses own an IT integration firm that does a lot of work in education and basically trying to sell i... : ThomW
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  Sorry to hear that, ThomW. I hope your program gets bought'd. In mostly unrelated news, we had a guy d... : Goncyn
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    Note: did not mean to imply that your software is not good :( : Goncyn
    • lol Don't worry. : ThomW
• just charge everyone 25 cents per [lol] : g0nk