Morning Discussion

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  it was deadfish and he wussed out : MagicWishMonkey
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    He did? : Vincent Grayson
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      Didn't he? I thought he did, I wasn't paying all that much attention though so I could be wrong. : MagicWishMonkey
      • I thought he went through with it. I wasn't paying close attention either though. : electroly
    • No, he went through with it. : walker270
  • no he went through it and even posted afterwards : hobosapien
• No one escapes the Sarlacc. : trOmblyj
• he fell in :( : askedrelic
• She was a reaver. The rest is too horrible to recount. : capt tripps
• It was deadfish, and he did post about it. : DOOManiac
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  He described it as having sex with a bag of water with a hot hole... or something like that : Marauder IIC
  • hahaha : Ellissd
  • i giant balloon filled with hot water with a hole apparently : filthysock
  • For some reason I don't see the bad part here. : Da Username J00 Want
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19658189#itemanchor_19658189 : skunk_ape
  • How did I miss this : wasylm
  • Oooooooh THATS what happened... : bolneze
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  More importantly, I don't think he ever posted pics of the supposed hot redhead friend he was doing the f... : thetangent
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    I thought he was doing the fat chick so his friend could hit the hot redhead. : Evil Benius
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      he did the fat chick as a fav for the redhead : CoRDS
      • Now she owe him a favor she can not refuse. : soapland
    • I thought he was doing his friend so the fat redhead could hit the fat chick : abovedefault
    • he was already tapping the hot redhead off and on and had been for a while, it was just doing her a favor... : xsoulbrothax
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  That just leaves more fatties for me. You guys don't know what you're missing. They're the horniest girls... : On the Brane
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    My brain can't wrap itself around this one. It's like trying to comprehend the size of the universe or ti... : bstrad
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      you just have to let go man. Just do it. The hardest part is getting started, like they say. Trust me on ... : On the Brane
      • Yeah, well, it's a bit too late for me as I just got engaged. You might have convinced me about a year ag... : bstrad
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    I have to use a BiPap to breath at night as it is. That's all I need is to have a fat chick role on top o... : theangrywaffles
    • role roll : theangrywaffles
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      who said anything about having them at night? that's the fucking beauty of it all. there are so many in t... : On the Brane
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        wtf is a fatty hotspot? McDonalds? : abovedefault
        • my place : pancake humper : ateam311
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    oh man, one of my biggest fears is going down on a fat chick that smells. I fingered a fat ex of mine and... : sparkly
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      they have tea tree oil that you can rub up your nose, it's like those tooth picks they sell. Really stron... : On the Brane
      • damn i thought this was a joke t until I read this post. you got everything thought out! : Unleashed
      • A general rule of life: If you have to put shit up your nose to cover up the stench, you probably shoul... : DOOManiac
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    I just listened to this in a Billy Mays voice. : MercFox1
    • Dirty snatch? Clean it up with Oxy-Clean! : ofcedeot
  • This is the greatest fakepost I've read in weeks. : Link.
  • Note to self: I do not want to live. : lokdown
  • If you are trolling I love you man. If you aren't still this is a great post. : boomstickah
  • that is probably the grossest thing ive ever read. you should probably kill yourself. : eeeealmo
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    the show deadliest catch got a new theme : oHnOES
    • I'm a cowboy... : sanchez
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    Granted, the Shack is particularly retarded about the way they view women's physical beauty, but I attrib : Ajax
    • ROFL. perfect : GoodBoy
    • fucking LOL this is absolutely brilliant *worship* : ninj0rc
    • this is an incredible post : unreleased
    • HOLY CRAP lololol : Downforce
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      My god, I wish this whole post could fit onto the front page for all shackers to see. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
      • Unfortunately, most shackers don't read the front page. : trOmblyj
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      I always imagined it would be a lot like doing it with a gigantic bean bag chair : mikecyb
      • You seem like the kind of guy who would say that. Of course you also seem like the kind of guy that would... : Ajax
      • bags of sand : brickmatt
    • This post is amazing. : boarder2
    • holy shit!!! hahaha. This is awesome. : senseimoron
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      after reading this I feel like the blind guy in Amelie : niceguynick
      • Oh I love that movie. : warcrow
    • i think this is the funniest thing i've read all week : qwpeoriu
    • This is easily the best post you've ever made. Ever. : fuell
    • Awesome. : Sumantro
    • I think he was trolling. : romulan
    • "meatpaws"? Haha--oh Ajax that's a new one for me. You crack me up sometimes. : warcrow
    • Oh god ahahahaha : Link.
    • This is the greatest post of all time. : MercFox1
    • To be quite honest I can't tell your posts from bean's. You both post with about the same frequency as w... : boomstickah
    • Oh Ajax you so dreamy : TastyWheat
    • You have painted such a surreal scenario here. All I feel like doing now is mounting a 400lbs so I can ex... : Goblin au
    • oh damn you just broke the internet. : hirez
    • You just won the internet, gg. : yosemiteclimber
    • INF + BMARK'D!! gg : jasoncrowley
    • Spectacular. Missed this due to illness. Also thanks to ThomW for the LOL page and the ability to revie... : Phil
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    potd : [fry]
    • qotd: "You really haven't lived unless you've been with a 400+ pound catch." : phipple
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    Fetal position: assumed! : xxx2xxx
    • You mean Stewie position assumed. : bstrad
  • we need reading of this : filthysock
  • You are why I love the internet, you can't get comedy like this on TV FYI fat girls are also usually t : abrasion
  • -9/10 : stuka
• Http://www.shacknews.com/online.x : pancake humper
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  yawn : deadfish
  • I'm sorry :( : Mecha Tofu Pirate

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  it really was. i feel bad for mr.sex. while my start position was crap production-wise, he was on a tiny ... : dahanese
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    I wish you guys had said something. Now we have to play you guys again with better starting positions and... : brickmatt
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      Also it was cool how we won in basically every way. : brickmatt
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        i was totally outpacing haiku for the first half of the game in tech, and then it was just like, PLUNK NO... : dahanese
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          didn't he get that wonder that gives you like 30 great people? I thought I heard you guys talking about ... : mikecyb
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            3, michael. 3! : brickmatt
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              no I'm pretty sure it's 30 : mikecyb
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                that wonder is pretty sweet though. it's terrible when you find it off on some island far from any of yo... : mikecyb
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                  That's exactly what he did, and it took like 12 turns or something. I was running interference with my sh... : brickmatt
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                    haha it's also funny because they had no idea. it was just like one moment they were playing and the nex... : mikecyb
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                      Well, the great people aren't really what did that. It was a pretty steady increase over the entire game.... : brickmatt
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                        oh well I was only watching randomly so I don't know the full story. I guess if you had good science pro... : mikecyb
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                          You can't trade techs as allies. Or we couldn't. : brickmatt
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                            what! are you sure, I thought I heard them doing it. I hope I'm not giving away industry secrets :( : mikecyb
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                              yeah we kept trying to do it and it would never give us the option : Mr.SEX
                              • Did you try after researching writing? I was wondering if that was a prereq. : brickmatt
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                Why. : brickmatt
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                  because I say so : mikecyb
                  • Why don't you play? : brickmatt
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              Actually it is only 2 : haiku
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                Sometimes it is 3 though : haiku
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                  I think it's random but I've never seen as few as two :( : mikecyb
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                    You never play how would you know? : brickmatt
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                      I play it all the time, but only on DS (it's the same game though) :( : mikecyb
                      • Lol DS wtg 12 year old mikey. : brickmatt
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          Outpacing by 1 or 2 techs because of writing as the Chinese! And you got Atlantis! : brickmatt
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            i was 3 ahead in the beginning! usually 1 or 2, however, you are right. and i got atlantis way in the beg... : dahanese
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              We were surprised when we caught up and then surpassed you. For a while haiku was comparing his tech to m... : brickmatt
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                yeah i was so confused how you got so much tech yet still had catapults. : dahanese
                • I was harassing Chris with my shitty units to keep him busy and to provide misinformation. I had a couple... : brickmatt
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    haha yeah he had the saddest island ever. it was like 4 or 5 tiles big! : mikecyb
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      I thought it was 7, and but tundra is ass. =( : brickmatt
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        the downfall was that i had a bunch of cities, but i had a fuckton of desert and so i had lots of trade b... : dahanese
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          Your cities freaked me out. So many! I thought you were on to something, but instead you were spread so t... : brickmatt
          • Moscow was a really good city too. : brickmatt
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    i totally dominated the north pole : Mr.SEX
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      And you're fat like Santa Claus. : brickmatt
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        i just ate a chipotle burrito and i sort of feel like vomiting now : Mr.SEX
        • Thank you for allowing me to live vicariously through you. That shit is heavy for lunch, you're crazy. : brickmatt
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  how much can you modify the map settings? In civ4 (and SMAC, which is where I've done this the most) you ... : Foxhawk
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    (meant in re: Mr. Sex on a tiny island) : Foxhawk
    • I've only played this version multi about 4 times but I think maps are random. : brickmatt
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    You can't really change it up much. : NFXFSX
    • I like the random nature of it, although I don't like anyone getting totally shafted. : brickmatt
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    you can't change the map. there are a couple scenarios you can download, however. : dahanese
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      Oh sweet! Are those something we should try? : brickmatt
      • yeah i have to go back and look at what the free vs. paid packs are as i can't remember. i'll do it tonig... : dahanese
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  Did they ever patch this game to fix the inability to pass through your teammates territory? What a terr... : Medster
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    Yeah, they did! : brickmatt
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      wtf really? : armybob
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        Yup, it'd be unplayable with teams otherwise. : brickmatt
        • yes! this was my biggest problem with the game. The game itself is so awesome but the team play was broke... : armybob
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  Sounds like fun. Wish you had a replay of this. : humbleone
  • yeah rly, where's the zeroDPX style coverage : Downforce
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  I assume this was PC and not 360? I never have anyone to play with on the 360 anymore :( : Phreakin
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    Civ Rev is a console title only : humbleone
    • Oh I guess you were joking :( : humbleone
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  i should finally get in on one of these games havent played civ rev in a while : -=kodiak=-
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    I'm going to be supplying applications people can fill out and send to me to apply for a game with me. I'... : haiku
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      I am totally not getting enough credit here. At least set up a screening for 2 vs 2 with us as partners. : brickmatt
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        Once you stopped freaking out about dahanese, you became a good asset. Your ancient era panic was a bit o... : haiku
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          brickmatt in 1500 b.c.: We're fucked. She has fucking knights. Fuck it, we're done. I can't defend agains... : haiku
          • Ahaha, what a difference 3k years makes. Those knights freaked me out, mostly do their timing. I attribu... : brickmatt
        • Ahaha, sorry for being Major Buzzkill during the ancient times! Turns out a healthy dose of engineering a... : brickmatt
    • you must enjoy the smell of your own farts 24/7 : -=kodiak=-

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• yessssss : AlexXdude
• Yaaaay. : DrWaffles
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  Haha 4 drink minimum, turning into DoD:S nights ;) : vov1n
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    I originally put 2 drinks. Khan informed me I was wrong. : hirez
    • It really should be 6 imo... : yosemiteclimber
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      I thought DoD:S was up to a 6 drink minimum. : ArcKnight
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        it is, but not a lot of people like to drink on a tuesday. : Dschinghis Khan
        • it's true, I reserve pretty much all of my drinking for fridays and saturdays now : AlexXdude
      • DoD:S is a 6 drink minimum which usually gets us west coaster pretty well loopy in the first hour while w... : .Jayson
• afternoon reminder bump : hirez
• FUCK YES UNF : yosemiteclimber
• Awesome, won't be able to make it tonight, but next week it's on. : bcyde
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  I am gonna try to make it tonight but what are some likely custom maps that will be played tonight? : RetroRedEyeJr
  • tonight I will keep it vanilla maps only. : hirez
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  Alltalk on sucks a hard one :(. : Ecks
  • see rule #6. : hirez
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  why you gotta be racist against "pros" hirez? just cause im a million times better than anyone else at tf... : DrFlammable
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    see rule #6 : hirez
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      im just kidding hirez will you put awesomeball v6 on the server? : DrFlammable
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        sure, send me a link. : hirez
        • still working on it haha : DrFlammable
• Awesome. : ant_hillbilly
• oh you silly fuckers. I have enough booze again to level 100 square miles. I may have to be the permanent... : Downforce
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  rule #6 blows... : Demius
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    See rule # 6? : Demius
    • now you're getting it! : hirez
• See you there! : WaterSign
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  #8. CTF and Arena maps may actually cause mirth and in extreme cases, have been to known to convert non : Lightzout
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    false : xjdrake32
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      embarrassing : DrFlammable
      • What, arena mode? very. : xjdrake32
  • agreed. those Arena sessions have been quite fun. : hirez
  • Yes pls, those last few were a blast :) : yosemiteclimber
• I haven't played TF2 in like 8 months but I'll play tonight! : sparkly
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  ShackWestSouthCentral was the pinnacle of TF2 shackbattles. Your silly ShackWest is inferior. : omnova
  • Omnova? More like OmnotgonnahostTF2shackbattleslikeisaidiwould : xjdrake32
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    You and your timezone can SUCK IT : yosemiteclimber
    • We played for like three hours half the time so you still had plenty of opportunity to get dominated. : omnova
  • Yep, get your own server and make it so. : dkrulz
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    See Rule #6. and do whatever you want and take your little friends with you, please. : hirez
    • Where does complaining about complaints fall? I need to know this, hirez. I need closure! : omnova
  • do yours on wednesday then? : RikiTiki2
• sounds like some good times to be had, i will be there. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Have you decided on the map rotation hirez? cp_yukon is pretty sweet, though I have no clue if you've pl... : FlamingGimp
  • tourneyfag maps are auto-vetoed : DrFlammable
  • cp_yukon worked out fairly well the one time it got played. I should have packed in with the jump maps a... : omnova
  • I will check these out for next week. Vanilla maps tonight. : hirez
  • Well I've played yukon and I can verify that it kicks all kinda ass. Probably the best custom I've playe... : kainen1
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  8. Embarassing. : dkrulz
  • i actually thought it was spelt embarassing. turns out it's embarrassing. embarassing. : DrFlammable
  • see rule #6 : hirez
• Cool. :D : Maddog_Delphi97

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• link to new lineup details? : hamachi
• I just discussed this with my old job today. Exchange 2010 won't be on anything in house for at least the... : Phreakin
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  We just upgraded to Exchange 2007 (from Exch2000) last year. There's no way we'll be upgrading again any... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Also, we're still running Office 2003 and maybe 1-2 clients with Office 2000. It's not worth it (to us) ... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      So no autodiscover for you or cached mode? : Phreakin
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        Autodiscover is more pain than it's worth. : yonderboy
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          How? Add a couple of DNS records and you're good to go. : Phreakin
          • i can say second hand that it doesn't necessarily scale well in a very large global organization without ... : jwnin
    • Extended Support for the Office 2003 ends January 14, 2014. : metalremains
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    How do you like 2007? I had a vendor tell us it was crap, but then again, those guys were full of shit wi... : vov1n
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      It's a damn sight better than Exchange 2000. However, the management console is a fucking resource hog. ... : Ride-My-Rocket
      • Also, built-in support for managing public folders is garbage. Complete and utter garbage. : Ride-My-Rocket
      • Agreed it's super slow. I found limiting the amount of mailboxes it shows to say, 100 or 200, and just s... : scan
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  Question: How many companies have started rolling out Office 2007? How is the new interface going over wi... : spiffymc
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    I just tell my users to get used to it and stfu. : mancide
    • ^^^ this. : brainchild420
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    We rolled it out last year to 1200+ users along with Exchange 2007 and besides the initial whining, every... : Phreakin
    • same. the 15 min "OMG WTF" wears off surprisingly quickly. then it's "hmmm everything is up there in a p... : Downforce
  • I put it out to a small company of 27 people. Almost everyone loved the new interface even though it was ... : hirosushima
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    We rolled it out to ~4000 users a year+ ago and had very few complaints. Once we told everyone to "forget... : radicus
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      holy shit, If I told my users to forget what they know it'd be like the beginning of 2001 :( : hawkeye
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        they'd be a bunch of apes grunting and screaming at each other? : pukerat
        • Exactly :( They'd just start banging at the keyboards and throwing rocks...so not a huge step backward... : hawkeye
  • Most users hate it, 2003 is by far in demand, had a couple of people ask to have 2007 removed also. : abrasion
  • 8,000 users here, all laptops. After an reorientation bump, the response has been overwhelmingly positiv... : eldersveld
  • Right now I'm the only one in my company actively using Office 2007, and that's because I need to demo Sh... : zerog83
  • We rolled it out for the sharepoint support, it has worked out great. : nomaad
  • I'm forcing it out to a lot of SMB clients we have - it takes a week of getting used to and in the case o... : xsoulbrothax
  • We rolled it out this year, and there have been minimal issues. What's really dumb though is that our ... : fleabug
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  We are going straight to Exchange 2010 (14) here. We just went to 2007 this past year. : mancide
  • Yeah, my previous job did a full 64bit overhaul and the whole 2007/2008 suite, and it was vastly improved... : Downforce
  • how is that 'straight to 2010'? Also,get ready to buy swing servers, can't do an upgrade in place... : jwnin
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  All my workstations are P4 2.4GHz with super slow hard drives, 512MB RAM, and 17" LCDs. It sucks. They ... : hawkeye
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    $350 for a new Compaq Presario ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883109029 ) and ma... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      I can get Dell Optiplex's for about $500 each but the problem is upgrading 30 workstations. $15,000 we d... : hawkeye
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        See if they'll give you a quantity discount? : Ride-My-Rocket
        • They will but it's not enough : hawkeye
  • seriously :( 5400rpm drives with a MONSTER pagefile that's constantly thrashing because people have 7 ap... : Downforce
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  So it's not just me with the Win7 SSD fantasy. I just have it in my mind that in about 3 years time, a... : abrasion
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    The manageability stuff that 2008/Vista/Win7 have really has me excited. : hawkeye
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      I know it's sad but the re-boot times (and less re-boots) gets me excited, working on users shitty machin... : abrasion
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        i put myself on a shitbox cause i am apparently the only one here who doesn't get offended at having to r... : cpt_gloval
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          my shitbox was a 2ghz p4 with 512 of RAM for a while :) oh yeaaa : xsoulbrothax
          • for the first couple years here, i was on a 800MHz P3 with 768MB. : cpt_gloval
        • I need a boatload of RAM for the super bloated SQL tools and Visual Studio : hawkeye
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      we're about to switch to a Server 2008 domain controller, and getting ready to roll out with WIndows 7. T... : zerog83
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        You serious? Roll out Windows 7?! How big is your organisation and do you already have Vista or have you ... : abrasion
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          He has probably been doing testing with the Windows 7 beta and RC : OverloadUT
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            ^^^ Windows 7 behaves wonderfully on a domain :) : zerog83
            • Agreed, we've had 0 problems on ours : chiisu81
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          Only a few of us here have Windows Vista right now. We're not going to go replacing Windows XP on all of ... : zerog83
          • Oh that's not how bigger organisations work at all - smaller shop I gather or a place with a heck of a lo... : abrasion
      • Very nice. I'm just excited to be deploying a Win2008 / SQL2008 dev server. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  2000? hah more like office 97! : RobFlinn
  • it's funny, management gets new cars in shorter intervals than business infrastructure upgrades. : Downforce
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    we still use word 97 here :( : Affliated
    • TBH, I'm not sure I'd know the difference. Outlook 2007 is a nice improvement over 2003, but I probably ... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I'm having a hard enough time getting my people to upgrade from their Optiplex GX 240's. . . : goatjc
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    hahah, Optiplex GX270's here *high-five* : hawkeye
    • Ahh I hate these fucking GX270s the fucking motherboards on them keep dying. We have a new one every few ... : angrytaxman

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  The head guy for Office 2007 was told to work on Windows after the whole Vista problem. Windows 7 is the... : metalremains
  • I'd love read about more of the admin tools. but I have yet to try it in anything besides a demo situati... : hamachi
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    I'm guessing you're talking about the girl in charge of user experience : Luminair
    • i think he's talking about steven sinofsky : feek
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    That man is a fucking genius then. Office 2007 was amazing. Windows 7 is looking like it will be the same... : thecray
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      2007 seems like a fucking nightmare to use from the few minutes I was asked by a family member to show of... : pres589
      • And someone sitting in front of Word 03 for the first time is going to know where everything is? : derelict515
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  They didn't become the richest software company in the world for no reason. : 5150Joker
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    No but it seems their success just might be legitimate now. : dognose
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      They still make some decisions which seem downright experimental and clueless though like "how should we ... : abrasion
      • see: talking paper clips : chrisschutz
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  I never really used Vista that much but I'm loving 7, however, that might be beacause everyone is praisi... : knepus
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    Vista's problems were plenty in the first year of it's life. The main gripe is the resources that it tak... : redfive
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      yah on bootup my Windows 7 install uses about 900mb of ram, with Vista it was about 1800mb. lol : Shadowdane
      • i still suspect a lot of that's in simply how they report it - my vista and win7 both have about the same... : xsoulbrothax
      • ^ this is mis-information. "used" as in used for caching maybe, but probably same amount of "available" ... : x[sliver]
  • It was... small problems. They just added up. Win7 really just took everything from OSX, and streamli... : Shivawn
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    Vista was fine. It was an improvement over XP, and Win7 is an improvement on top of that. : uncleanmonkey
    • Vista is a pile of shit. I'll explain why as soon as my vista workstation lets me copy this file from the... : ghost in my shell
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  I skipped Vista because I hated it's RC1, but Windows 7 is excellent, first time i've ever liked using Wi... : graceofdragons
  • I still prefer using Directory Opus, but overall yeah, the new Windows Explorer is much better. : Nitrium
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  I put 7 on my EEE 901 (with an upgraded SSD) and it's been awesome so far. I also put it on my parent'... : Portax
  • "Never touch our computer again, Son." : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Windows 7 will be the next Windows 2000. : matthaeus
  • No, it'll be the next XP. Vista is the next 2000. : DOOManiac
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  How's about the 'named' 'size' date modified' bars in Windows Explorer, they don't look like shit anymore... : abrasion
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    you are so broken : feek
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      Why, because it looks like cluttered shit and a heap of people report they prefer the new explorer? ok! : abrasion
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        it doesnt look bad if you stop emulating windows 98 : feek
        • They fixed the problem in 7, obviously they realised it was stupid. : abrasion
• I have an incredibly important question. If you use the drop down address bar in My Computer and Explorer... : skinlab133
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  Is the "Apply to all folders" bug fixed in Windows 7? : LeapingFool
  • Yes. It's incredible that bug is still around in Vista. : evildanish
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    No it is not and I don't know why people keep saying it is, there are fixes on the web but the bug remain... : abrasion
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      God damn that is stupid. : WhatIsThisFor
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        Some people seem to think it started ni Vista but I have the issue in XP also, only I have to set it abou... : abrasion
        • This issue was fixed in one of the service packs for XP, I think SP3. : WhatIsThisFor
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      It's funny because people have clearly identified the exact source of the problem, fixed it, but microsof... : thecray
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        I think they consider it a feature. I wish they didn't, but I don't think it's a "bug" per se. : uncleanmonkey
        • I dunno, it was on their list of bugs they were going to address for Windows 7 but I guess they forgot. : WhatIsThisFor
  • fuck that bug so hard : moshman
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    I really wish I could disable per-folder view settings completely. I don't want them. : Goncyn
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      Same here! Name, size, type, date only. : abrasion
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        no no, I mean, I don't want it to save separate view settings for each folder. I want a single view setti... : Goncyn
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          tools>options>folder options (view all folders this way) sorta thing? Thats been in all versions of windo... : bozer
          • yes, but it doesn't work in vista. it automatically sets media folder views to folders if it finds any m... : deathmuppeter
        • That feature has been available for a long time. : WhatIsThisFor
        • Exactly, and that single view setting should be the standard file only view, Name, Size, Type, Date only. : abrasion
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          You can do that! I've been doing it this way and it works perfectly: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechN... : aggressor
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            That's probably a similar fix for Windows 7 - the thing is APPLY TO ALL FOLDERS should mean... umm to app... : abrasion
            • Yea, it works fine with Windows 7. And yes, it's still broken and I don't know why they haven't fixed ... : aggressor
          • gotta try this when i get home : Unleashed
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            how do you merge the reg file? and into what file do you merge it? : deathofrats
            • Uhh, you just create a text file, insert the stuff it tells you to insert, and save it as whatever.reg D... : aggressor
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          ^ all of you are answering like I'm crazy, but I guarantee if I do what you are suggesting, then go and c... : Goncyn
          • I swear I beat that by breaking default inheritable permissions and ensuring I was added to the C: as hav... : Downforce
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            as far as i can tell, it's random. i set my folders to list when i first installed vista, and later on i ... : xsoulbrothax
            • ah yeah, like aggressor's post above iirc : xsoulbrothax
        • I have the same exact problem with Vista..is there a fix? : deathofrats
  • They should just rename it to "Apply to all folders of this type" and add a second button for "Apply to a... : Sapiens
• Yup I'm loving WIndows 7. It's the first OS from MS that I've been excited about since Windows 2000. It's... : armybob
• After Vista, I was extremely reluctant to even consider an upgrade, but I really haven't heard a single b... : freakynipples69
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  When is this thing shipping to retail? : yAak
  • Supposed to be around October - December of this year. I can't wait! : Shivawn
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  If i'm not gaming on my computer do you think a reformatted AMD 3500+ with 1gb of RAM would run win 7? I... : icon_of_syn
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    People are already running it on netbooks and shit, so yeah - it's apparently better optimized than Vista... : mn3m0n1c
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      Go with 64-bit. There is no reason to use 32-bit with your system. : Link.
      • Yeah, that's what I'm thinking - amazingly enough there even x64 Vista drivers for my mobo and audio (Abi... : mn3m0n1c
  • absolutely. the performance of windows 7 is pretty good. : carnivore
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    i installed windows 7 on a P3 1ghz with 512mb ram. it was a little sluggish but still usable. : retarded talking dinosaur
    • I did the same with aon old Compaq laptop. I was pretty shocked that it was usable. : melkore
    • Sounds good. Where's the best place to get the latest release? : icon_of_syn
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  Question: Is Windows Explorer more like XP or Vista? Vista, besides Favourite Folders, sucks when it come... : eonix
  • It is closer to Vista but heading back to XP ways (I am also mostly fussy on explorer) : abrasion
• How do I alter the color scheme of the highlighted windows in the taskbar. Shit glows at me when its the... : ant_hillbilly
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  It's fantastic. It blows all other OSes away. Why couldn't Microsoft just waited to make Vista like this ... : f1kt1t1ous
  • nobody is as hit-or-miss as microsoft. nobody. : Audhuml4
  • they couldn't wait because they felt that they needed to have a new major consumer OS release every three... : the archvile
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  Question: I am running Windows Vista 64. I just downloaded the RC for Windows 7. Do I need to burn the fi... : handofthrawn
  • You should be able to extract the iso to a folder and run setup from there. However I would just burn th... : ant_hillbilly
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  How do you get rid of those shortcut arrows on desktop icons? They're so big and ugly. : Mmmmmoo
  • No need for them anymore. Just pin them to windows explorer so when you want to access them just right c... : ant_hillbilly
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  It's slower than Vista 64 in terms of gaming performance. L4D has definitely taken a hit in framerate on... : jingletard
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    that's because most everyone else (and benchmarks I believe) have found it faster than Vista. Certainly n... : derelict515
    • http://gizmodo.com/5233098/windows-7-release-candidate-1-vs-vista-first-benchmarks I think it's more d... : jingletard
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    you installed the nvidia win7 beta drivers, right? : synack
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      ^^^^^ This. Or their Vista 64 ones. The one that comes w/ the OS is shit. Always, regardless of OS. : DOOManiac
      • Yeah, I did that with everything I could find that had 64 bit drivers, which really was only the audio/di... : jingletard
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    Sounds like driver issue. : ant_hillbilly
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      I'm using the beta nvidia display drivers for 7, and Vista 64 Realtek HD Audio drivers. Otherwise, every... : jingletard
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        I have to use the nvidia Vista 64 drivers as I've found their beta 7 drives to be pretty sucky on my rig. : Whistler77
        • I had the same problem on the Beta. : DOOManiac
        • yup same here... the Windows 7 drivers were running my video card at full speed all the time even on the... : Shadowdane
        • They released new win7 drivers a few days ago I think : crummynz
• I used the beta but it just had too many bugs to use as a primary OS at the time. I'm considering tryi... : DOOManiac
• I have it installed on my m15x. SO far I love it, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get t... : VectorJKL
• Anyone tried Win7 with mame? : Dynotaku

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• my avatar has great style! http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/nanohawk/avatar-body.png : gigaduck
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  http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/zerosandohs/avatar-body.png : haiku
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    roflmao. Now THAT'S black : Phreakin
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      lol now that's what I call a sticky situation!! : haiku
      • You're not just whistling dixie there! : snuff
• mine isn't funny :\ http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/UltraJen/avatar-body.png last week it was wearing... : jenisthebest
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  My dude is BAD ASS http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/MagicWishMonkey/avatar-body.png : MagicWishMonkey
  • Hahahaha, nice pig tails : Phreakin
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    best avatar ever : zerog83
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      I disagree http://emptydrink.com/sigpro/duke.jpg George B's kicks his ass. : sigpro
      • hmmm http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/davidallen72/avatar-body.png : Dave-A
• Mini isn't funny now: http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/SiW73/avatar-body.png : SiW.
• bleh...? http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/fishbobz/avatar-body.png : Fish_Bulb
• Give him a flannel shirt and you've got yourself Earl J. Hickey. : fuell
• I like my tux http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/brainsick80/avatar-body.png : bRAINsick
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  Thank ThomW for this gallery http://shackers.gamewith.us/360/avatars : sigpro
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    I AM BUMPING THIS USEFUL AND INFORMATIVE POST. : spazzium
    • Nobody fucking cares. :P : ThomW
• Repost of Mansmells' avatar: http://home.comcast.net/~jerryatrick/mansmells-kodama.gif : guido anchovy
• My guy is terrifying. http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/TheKingOPork/avatar-body.png : kingdepork
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  remo's is my favorite: http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/The%20Idle%20Thumb/avatar-body.png : haiku
  • His always throws me off when I am browsing my friends list. : sigpro
  • his is my doppleganger, almost. : MagicWishMonkey
  • http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/idlethumbs/avatar-body.png http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/idlethumb... : dahanese
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  Conan O'brien: http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/eonixxx/avatar-body.png : eonix
  • Hahah, that's great. : notd665
• http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/sika%202025/avatar-body.png : shika.art
• weirdest has to be unleashed's one: http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/hellospanky/avatar-body.png : Klebold
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  warcrow's freaks me out - http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/v0mitg0d/avatar-body.png : Dave-A
  • Dave-A this hurts me--that's what I really look like. :( : warcrow
• http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/lucifunk/avatar-body.png : Rauol Duke
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  mine is shit http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/marmite22/avatar-body.png : marmite
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    it doesn't look like alan carr at all. it Must be wrong. : Klebold
    • :( : marmite
• cowboy suit up http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/morginq/avatar-body.png : Morgin
• http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/soapland/avatar-body.png : soapland
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  very creative http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/feeked/avatar-body.png : feek
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    at least a virtual hat fits your giant bonce! : Dave-A
    • that is true : feek
• http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/SqueegyX/avatar-body.png Looks surprisingly like me. Except cooler,... : SqueegyTBS
• http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/dahanese/avatar-body.png it's me. : dahanese
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  High style! http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/ExcessusMentis/avatar-body.png : excessus
  • Wow, that one looks awesome. I need to rock some hair like that. : Phreakin
• http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Tashtego76/avatar-body.png : tashtego
• http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/D00Maniac/avatar-body.png My dude looks just like my Rock Band avata... : DOOManiac
• http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Ely114/avatar-body.png I don't think I've touched it since the day they... : Ely
• When they release some 19th century clothing my Poe will be complete. http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avata... : mechanicalgrape
• http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/zohar79/avatar-body.png : zohar79
• /facepalm http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/QuadRailgun/avatar-body.png : Downforce
• Yep. Exactly like me... http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/adev%20adev%20adev/avatar-body.png uhhh : adev
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  http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/ole%20gravy%20legs/avatar-body.png : pancake humper
  • That's perfect. : SqueegyTBS
• Me http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/TheGreatBundini/avatar-body.png : notd665

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  Tonight I fight eugthinks. We've got two supreme fighters lined up, this is going to be one hell of a sh... : Judecca
  • Why can't I mute you? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Looking at your PSN trophies and thinking about the implied amount of online play you've got under your b... : eugthinks
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  Always bet on gegtik. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • he beat me down : boomstickah
• Guess I need to figure out when Freon and I are gonna play. I'll send him an SM. : mechanicalgrape
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  Sevo and I square off tonight. Clash of the unstoppable vs the immovable :-o : riedlos
  • Wait which character do I pick again :o : sevogajre
• i hate you freon! : Dravenport
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  Oh shi! It's on eeeealmo! : bigblack
  • It sure is. SM me your schedule. I'm free most of the week : eeeealmo
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  If I manage to get by barude, it's Me vs Gegtik in a DAN-OFF at least for one of the fights, anyways I : AroundTheFur1380
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    my money's on you to win the tournament from what I know about all the players I guess we'll see how that... : boring gegtik
    • How can he defeat my invincible Koryuken? : Fayk
  • Haha, I'm really looking forward to the match up. It'll be fun to see how much I suck. I've been playing ... : barude
• who does meenmunky play as? : Foxhawk
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  Poll: Pad or Stick? : Judecca
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    i use the fightpad : boring gegtik
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      My fightpad broke :-( : Head Rush
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        what the hell how did you manage that : boring gegtik
        • D-pad just decided to stop working, midway through a championship match in a tourney. I do have a TE stic... : Head Rush
  • TE stick : eeeealmo
  • gamepad :( : Foxhawk
  • regular 360 controller :D : riedlos
  • beat up generic gamestop USB 360 controller. The stick is almost worn to the point of no return, but the ... : AroundTheFur1380
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    http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/karensympathy/abcxyz.jpg I use it for Wipeout HD, as well. :[ : My Documents
    • Haha, awesome : Judecca
  • Hori Fighting Stick 3 : Rehevkor
  • Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 : Judecca
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    HRAPE-X! (Hori Real Arcade Pro EX) Slightly modified: http://allthatsleftofproudtristram.blogspot.... : sevogajre
    • Nice. I have the same stick, I would like a similar type of mod (buttons and artwork). Looks really sli... : bcyde
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      BTW, is there a specific guide you followed for that? : bcyde
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        Not a specific guide, I had been reading HRAP threads on Shoryuken.com for a while. It's actually incred... : sevogajre
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          If you still have the best links you bookmarked I'd appreciate them. Also, how long did it take for you ... : bcyde
          • Yeah, I ordered through lizardlick, and they was backordered like crazy. I ordered at the end of Februar... : sevogajre
  • modded SE stick : mechanicalgrape
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    plain-jane 360 controller. wtf, i feel so bougie : xsoulbrothax
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      wait no i don't fuck : xsoulbrothax
      • You fucked that up. : eugthinks
    • You feel so prolat : Judecca
  • X-Arcade Tankstick. : Dynotaku
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    Pad is for toying around with someone else on a similar device. Joystick for real shit. Have a TE stick... : sukabljat
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      Do you like the octogate? I was thinking about switching to one but I really like my square gate now. : mechanicalgrape
      • Octogate is generally preferred for non charging characters. It's not that you can't play, but the corne... : sukabljat
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    DOOMStick! http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/Pictures/DOOMStick/001.jpg Yes I'm flaunting it again. : DOOManiac
    • asshole : Downforce
  • joytech4life www.fletch-studios.com/internet/bringit.jpg : fletch_
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    360 controller, I really wanted to get the arcade stick, but I was never able to find it when the game ca... : barude
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      Get one, you can use it for lots of other things, including your PC! : mechanicalgrape
      • Damn, I didn't know that, now I'm kind of angry I didn't get it sooner. Hopefully they're still not a has... : barude
  • Fightpad for now, although I wanna get a real stick in the future. : Atma Weapon
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  Its on now fletch!! : theWhite
  • yay i played for the first time in a month and downloaded the new tournament stuff, i won a couple! : fletch_
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  Fuckin' A. G2 grade is gonna be a grind, no real point advancement until the semifinals. : mechanicalgrape
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    how many points do you get for each tier? : eeeealmo
    • G3: G3 Cannot Earn more than 150 GP from a win. 1st Round Loss: 1 GP 2nd Round Loss: C... : mechanicalgrape
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  I beat AroundTheFur1380 today with ehonda. I win the tournament! who cares if he won every other match we : wtf242
  • we should play again sometime : boring gegtik
• eeeealmo I beat Crimsonbeak today in the losers bracket : wtf242
• I'm looking for people to fight against, not tonight, but I'm free all day tomorrow, my GT is Brofucius. ... : barude

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  cheese improves almost any dish : electroly
  • Cheese makes meals sing. : jet-poop
• I support this love of Wisconsin. I never really realized it but when I go home, I drink a shit ton more... : shwortdogg
• Fuck yeah! I just bought 4 gallons of milk while wearing my Badgers shirt today. : PointlesS76
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  first time in WI I was offered Cheese curds, which I turned down politely. Then after drinking til I was... : beastrabban
  • BTW, if you get real cheese curds, they are way better at room temperature! : crimrOw
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    They don't??? How can they not??? : thenoodleincident
    • It has something to do with new york state blocking the curds from migrating east. Everyone in Buffalo s... : beastrabban
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  cheese is only acceptable as a compliment to a meal, in 99% of the cases. grilled cheese sandwhiches,... : xxiv
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    This only goes to prove you haven't had good grilled cheese or mac n' cheese. Much like I believe I have... : one random winner
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      mac and cheese, i can't get past the fact that it looks like melted plastic and tastes about the same. : xxiv
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        Stop eating shitty mac & cheese. : walker270
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          but the box stuff is the popular stuff right? i mean i haven't in my life heard anybody go fuck yeah i'm ... : xxiv
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            Popular != good. The boxed stuff can barely be considered cheese. One of my friends makes badass mac ... : walker270
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              You need to find out and post it. From what I have heard, it can be tough to get right. Chedder is... : CRasterImage
              • I'm a fan of Velveta, although that's a hit or miss depending on what kind of cheeses you like. Mozzerell... : one random winner
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                No cheddar, no velveta. She's a straight-up New York-style "cultured" hippie, which means most of the ... : walker270
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                  Then what cheese does she use to get the sharp bite that mac and cheese needs? (also, why hate against... : CRasterImage
                  • Cheddar is a good, basic cheese. I use it for tons of stuff. Also, straight cheddar melted into becha... : ZTac
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                    I love cheddar. She's a NYC hippy. Anything considered "mainstream" is bad, apparently. : walker270
                    • Ah. One of those "If it didn't come from a Tibetan goat who fed exclusively on grasses grown on the east... : CRasterImage
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                  My mom's recipe is fairly easy. Milk + flour + veleveta + colby or cheddar. I've never seen her measure... : spazzium
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                    Do you know if she mixes it with just a spoon, or did she use an electric mixer? Did she heat them all ... : CRasterImage
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                      you know, I just noticed the "flour" part of your description. I wonder if that was what I was missing.... : CRasterImage
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                        She starts with just a little bit of butter and milk and then starts mixing in flour. This is the base, ... : spazzium
                        • Ok, makes sense. I am sure I had forgotten the flour part. : CRasterImage
            • I think the popularity of Kraft "Blue Box" mac and cheese is due to it's cheapness. I remember grabbing... : CRasterImage
          • Also try grilling up a couple brats and then chopping them up and adding them to the mix. Yummy!!! : CRasterImage
          • Holy fuck you've never had from scratch mac and cheese? It's not even the same thing as the kraft box. ... : filtersweep
          • i used to boil some noodles and then put butter and velveeta (i know, not actually cheese) in a pan and t... : Sparticuse
          • dude. duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. : electroly
          • The whole point of mac and cheese is that it's ridiculously easy to make. : rock elf
          • I made mac and cheese from scratch last night. Loaded it up with broccoli and a litte chopped bacon to k... : ZTac
          • I've made mac and cheese from scratch several times, and it's pretty much awesome. : thekidd
          • I <3 my mom's homemade mac and cheese. She never did the caserole style that's a little dry with crusty ... : spazzium
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            It's easy! White sauce, cheese, a squirt of mustard, pasta, more cheese, and bread crumbs. Horribly unhe... : helvetica
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              mustard? o_O : CRasterImage
              • It gives the sauce a little kick. All you need is a little squirt! : helvetica
          • Lol then you havent in your life ever been to wisconsin. When we make noodles, we dont put marinera on t... : mlev
          • I can make Kraft mac & cheese from the box taste delicious. : shwortdogg
        • This. Good mac & cheese is amazing. : Link.
  • don't you dare talk about grilled cheese that way : electroly
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    Fish doesn't work so well with cheese. Can't think of much else. : walker270
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      Wait, you just said grilled cheese sandwiches and mac & cheese are gross as fuck? Get the fuck off my ... : walker270
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        nou : xxiv
        • This planet is for cheese lovers, son. You're kind isn't welcome here. : walker270
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    you should check your ratio... 99% of all cases and then you list 2 out of your 4 examples as good despi... : Sparticuse
    • my internet ratio is perfectly accurate. : xxiv
  • What's wrong with you? : Link.
  • 24, have you ever had a cheese sandwich? Bread, cheese and mayo. Awesome. : geedeck
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    someone hasn't ever enjoyed chomping on a block of cheese? :( : RikiTiki2
    • I love those little red wax covered cheese wheels that come in boxed sets. With crackers and stuff. : CRasterImage
• My favorite things about wisconsin are fried cheese and beer. : Perturbation
• It's a well known fact that the white man loves good cheese. : Sparticuse
• There's a cheese ad overlooking the beltline in Madison that says "Cheese: Make a cracker smile." It a... : Lunaran
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  cheese is grate : manero
  • boohiss : MisterClaw
• I love cheese too. However, too much cheese will bind up your bowels. : CRasterImage
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  Cheddar/Colby + Red Delicious Apples = Oralgams : Dynotaku
  • Chedder + Colby is good on a lot of things. My favorites are corn chips and flour tortillas. : CRasterImage
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  None of that is Mexican food. I'm disappointed. : bstrad
  • He should have got nachos and cheese! : esmokah