Morning Discussion

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  thx intro : mnsnota
  • ^^ this! : newek
  • This is my trigger for the "I'm at the movies!Awesome!" feeling, too. It just sounds epic to me. : Corvus orru
  • this : boarder2
  • ^^this : kaankasim
  • <Boom!> You are now deaf. : Sailor of Fortune
  • We had the "singing plants" one for Star Trek, my favorite one. There's a copyright at the bottom for "D... : spazzium
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  Not a movie studio, but I really like the old HBO intro from the 80's with the lights spinning in the O a... : sigpro
  • Yeah, that was kinda cool. : ShoCon
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cobKjqWOcFw Watching that just gets me ready for a movie or Fraggle Rock!... : .sticks.
    • yeah, that intro is just badass : grandmasterlee
    • The music kicks so much ass. : sigpro
    • Here's the Making Of that intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Et_LsxlX8Y&fmt=18 What's crazy is it... : Hiro
  • watching that before a new movie at 8pm on saturday night always got me SO PUMPED UP : dirge23
• lucasfilms shimmer of their logo : proclone1
• Lionsgate. Their logo animation is badass, plus I love pretty much everything they make. : Rehevkor
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjdrEbDXVC4 : ass-street
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  the pixar intro. it's a throw back to their first 3d animation test : cptstern
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    That happened to me when I saw the trailer for Up at Star Trek yesterday. The lights went down for the p... : ZTac
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      I saw the animation when it was first made. had a film presentation at school and they said 3d animation ... : cptstern
      • That's awesome. I don't have the same personal connection (I was 2 back in 1986), but Pixar's films are ... : ZTac
      • wow, 1986. I wonder how many days that took to render. : pancake humper
• The old TRI-STAR was awesome. I loved the music. : orgcaptainnemo
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  The old Disney intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMaYkN78hOY : cptn.peachfuzz
  • that is a pretty classic one : Begawkiness
  • I remember "The Wonderful World of Disney" intro vividly from when I was a kid: http://vids.myspace.co... : Hiro
• The miramax film reel logo. : darcspeed
• Fox and paramount. : voodooraze
• The Regency jingle was always a favorite of mine: http://www.jraf.org/static/jingles/Regency_(1998)/Re... : eldersveld
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  Universal, every single time. Sometimes that was the best part of a movie for me when I was a kid. : king_darius
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwi-131_8Lc : eldersveld
• I think Universal's spinning globe is pretty nice. Also Dreamworks SKG with the little boy fishing on th... : Xin Jing Client 1a
• I always get a little excited when I see Tohoscope, Golden Harvest, Janus films, and from my formative ye... : cerealSAM2
• The age verification information screen. : Dave-A
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  I've always liked it when the intros were customized / integrated into the movie in some way. Like the Pa... : shyguy74
  • Waterworld, The Core, X-Men : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • Gladiator! : glebo
  • The Dreamworks and Paramount with Transformers sound was a great way to start a blockbuster movie about r... : Sailor of Fortune
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  the newline logo will always be associated with the tmnt movie for me : whereiwannab
  • it's totally Nightmare on Elm Street for me : dirge23
  • newline = tmnt, touchstone = ernest goes to camp : pupismyname
  • Haha, same here. :D : DOOManiac
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xPy0ECbuaQ : retardhumper
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  OT - I just have to compliment you on your use of the word "w00t" as "hooray!" rather than the more commo... : Marrbe
  • What? Not sure I've ever seen it used for 'what'. That's just crazy talk. : asylumn
  • I have never seen it used as "what" : Begawkiness
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    w00t the fuck are you talking about : dirge23
    • Canadian detected : Home Nugget
  • What messageboards do you frequent : fishbone
  • Haha, what the fuck W00t means "hooray", not "what" : Drewus
  • WTF, where is that more common? I've never seen people use "w00t" as "what" : shika.art
• the AMC "Silence is Golden" film strip dude surfing. : mrvandelay
• I get chills from the Universal globe & music, but I think that's because I first saw it when I was watch... : Caboose
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  Carolco : FrayLo
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19887949#itemanchor_19887949 YES! : ass-street
• Paramount : Link.
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  For me nothing beats the old HBO intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1NKoMNy5bY : [fry]
  • They've always had some remarkable ones. I also like the DC Comics one with the dots? Which also reminds ... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • aaah yeah. that brings back some memories. I was raised on HBO : wtf242
  • FUCK YOU [fry] that was my suggestion way up at the fucking top of the thread. : sigpro
  • That one was excellent too. : king_darius
  • holy shit YES! lol : das_runt
  • I wish HBO was still this badass. : heartsauce
  • why is the whole family white? are they saying only white families can afford HBO? fucking racists!! : EvilDolemite
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etWi1bOotd0#t=0m40s : Mr.Fusion
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etWi1bOotd0#t=1m45s too right? : deathofrats
  • Its only a model. : GloriousCow
  • Good times, my fellow geezers! : Bold
  • haha I remember the making of back then too. today it would all be CGI : cap n KRUNCH
• The 'Bad Robot' little into animation to ST was freaky : royalally
• It used to be 20th Century Fox, but the newest series of Star Wars films ruined it for me. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Lucasfilm and New Line have that effect. So does Paramount. : Lone Swordsman
  • The New Line noise. And that fact that sometimes they do it 3 times in a row. : hawke
• I've always liked the themed WB intros, particularly the one in The Matrix. : Ellissd
• The old, 1930s-style Universal logo, because that means I'm probably watching The Sting. : ZTac
• Check out this Justice music video if you haven't seen it. It's a 3 minute take on every type of title f... : midgetherder
• This is the Tristar one I was talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rEAFjb94M8 : Don Vito Corleone
• just play the goddamn movie! : mindshot
• Classic movie studio header - "Warner Bros A Kenny Company". It's at the beginning of 'The Omega Man' : Xin Jing Client 1a
• Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves. I love the publisher thing at the beggining of that one : Sparticuse
• It's an advertising company rather than a studio, but some variant of these theme has been used in UK cin... : Alice O'Connor
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  I M A X intro is fucking awesome and surpassed the WTFAWESOME-Sauce of the DTS and THX intros from days g... : dedgecko
  • i hate that fucking laser show : dantastic
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    Haha that IMAX intro is like 5 minutes long. I hate it :( : r_picmip 5
    • haha there are speakers here, AND HERE AND HERE AND HERE AND HERE AND HERE....and theyre all pinholed or ... : Chandler55
  • only if it's Leonard Nemoy doing the old intro to the IMAX screen at the Mugar Omni Theatre at the Museum... : Cheeziologist
  • all you fags hating - i'm talking about this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGRBIIcy1Dc&feature=r... : dedgecko
• JANUS Films! TOHO Films! SHAW -SCOPE! But this happens all too rarely at a theater. (Kill Bill made me la... : AxeMan808
• matrix reloaded intro with the green wb logo, gave me chills, the hype was so crazy : Chandler55
• All the major studio intros work for me, but the one that I probably associate the most with that feeling... : action wombmate
• nothing to me says "i'm at the movies" like a couple of fuckers talking near the back of the theatre : itsjames
• I'm brainwashed by the New Line logo since for three years running I was psyched for the LOTR films. Luc... : dael
• I liked the warner bros matrix intro : yautja
• Wow - just found this COMPILATION: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egEDkyXQJvY&feature=related : Don Vito Corleone
• This for sure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d3in9MVstU&feature=related : ninjase
• Wingnut : Rigor Morts

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• hahaha great timing. I am listening to the replay now. LOL. : ckaps
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  Hahah. I love how Artie always goofs on the Mets about being gay. : Phil
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    Artie is in the background on the left : Lawgiver
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      Was that him getting the fuck outta the way? He's dropped some pretty serious weight if so. : Phil
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        I've been listening to the show on my itouch, but i'm only on April 7th right now. I've got a backlog. : Phil
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          yeah that was him yeah he is losing weight : Lawgiver
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            I love that guy. He's got the greatest job in the world. : Phil
            • yeah, he was hittin close to 300 lbs and they were really concerned about his health. Glad he's losing so... : whistletits
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              he's my hero : Lawgiver
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                Fred's sound effects and Artie's zings really make that show. I love Howard but his staff really makes t... : Phil
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                  also Richard and Sal with their stuff (TRadio, etc). So fucking hilarious. : Phil
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                    lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEkf0MxDXbk : Phil
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                      John Gulbonny. : edgewise
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                        They are so damn retarded it's just solid gold. Richard selling that thermometer with 5,500 different fe... : Phil
                        • I'm in tears. : edgewise
                  • it's chewsday welcome to tray-dee-oh! : Dave-A
                  • I've been listening to prank calls all afternoon, lol. : whistletits
                  • Needs more "Ham Hands". : Godhatesfatpeople
                  • "thank you for your call!" : Lawgiver
            • read his book "Too Fat to Fish" , it was freaking excellent : dignan
  • Phil, you should call in to the show. : stuka
• haha, i love the songs they use to make fun of bababooey : whistletits
• Wow that was terrible. lol :D : DM7
• oh man i cant wait to listen now after him saying last week about how he could throw 95 out of 100 perfec... : podizzle
• Thats like if I threw with my off-hand... :( : chilln
• fucking lol, poor Gary will never live that down : stuka
• man they were abusing him so bad this morning I thought he'd start crying or quit : bozer
• He trained for that. lol. : pigvomit
• lol, that poor ugly bastard. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  who is that guy? That was a hilarious first pitch. : redfive
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    Howard Stern's producer. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      http://howardstern.com/image.hs?ts=1&i=/RS-10-31-07---gary-dell-abate-crying-on-air-3_97096.jpg : Dave-A
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        I love when they turn on each other on that show. It's the best shit ever. : Godhatesfatpeople
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          I liked it when Howard asked Artie if he had a choice between performing the girlie throw or the heroin a... : Dave-A
          • lol, yes. : Godhatesfatpeople
          • Hahah : Phil
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    The missing link. : pigvomit
    • http://www.anniemayhem.com/blog%20pics/MissingLink.jpg : redfive
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  This morning's show and the fallout of this was some of the funniest radio I've ever heard. Dan Patrick ... : Dimmona
  • I can't wait to listen to the show. I'm going to skip ahead (I'm like a month behind) and listen to it t... : Phil
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  This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by MLB Advanced Media. : Downforce
  • Didn't know bababooey was owned by the MLB. :P : DM7
  • Just search on 'bababooey pitch' : Dimmona
  • http://agentpothead.com/bababooey.mp4 : AgentPothead

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  Clifton Collins Jr was Nero's right hand man, too. He's not as well known but I still thought it was a go... : royalally
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    Yeah, I recognized him right away, but I almost always recognize people even under piles of makeup. : action wombmate
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      Same. I recognized Eric Bana but it took me awhile to realize who it was. I am glad I didn't watc... : pancake humper
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        Trailers and advance media for movies are both a blessing and a curse. I love seeing tidbits sneak out a : action wombmate
        • Yep, it was really hard to do this for this media. I made a conscious effort though and it paid off. I en : pancake humper
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          I saw the matrix "blind" as it were, not really knowing what it was about... THAT was a O_O experience : Toraz Chryx
          • that must have been a life changing experience. I'm going to quit watching trailers from this day fo... : johnwissinger
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  who the fuck is eric bana : papaskot
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    the bad hulk : FS|Archangel
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      Is the new one good btw? : humbleone
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        yes, much better : historyinthemaking
        • Depends on your definition of "good". I thought it was pretty weak. The first one was far from perfect ... : action wombmate
    • That Hulk beat up more stuff than Iron Man did. : Sailor of Fortune
    • the good Hulk you mean. : Clay
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      You mean The Abomination? : Dynotaku
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        no, he means Ang Lee's hulk. : biskits
        • Oh, well you can see where I could be confused : Dynotaku
    • wrong! : biskits
  • The badass in Munich : pancake humper
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    Chopper. : eskimo spy
    • DAMMIT! : heartsauce
  • Chopper Read. : heartsauce
  • Kilo 61 : Sailor of Fortune
  • Hector is one man! : Xanthos
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    Hoot : Wyvern
    • "There's plenty of time to think about that later, believe me." : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • "Sargeant, is that a hot weapon?" "Oh that's just my trigger finger, sir." : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • poita : CoRDS
  • the Australian Steve Gibson. : edgewise
  • he's who you get when Christian Bale is busy : midgetherder
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    He played John McClane in the Die Hard movies. : NastyJack
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      Haha, that was Rick Moranis. Look at how wrong you are. : jingletard
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        You're both wrong, it was Dame Judy Dench. : cerealSAM2
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          look at how wrong you are, it was Betty white : CoRDS
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            No, you're thinking Rambo. : cerealSAM2
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              That was Christopher Walken, stupid. : Ride-My-Rocket
              • In my defense, he kind of looked like betty white in that dress. : cerealSAM2
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    Chopper! : trevis
    • Some of those prison scenes were just...WHAT!?! Good movie! : AxeMan808
  • Dude from Black Hawk Down whose trigger finger is his safety. : Bold
  • the good hulk : smax
  • He plays a mean Jew. : pigvomit
  • He played Eomer in LOTR : spiderfill
  • He was the non pussy brother in Troy. : sigpro
• Live long and prosper, mate! : Goblin au
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  you dont recognize him in many films because he's really not that good of an actor. aka 'forgettable'.... : -=kodiak=-
  • you die now. : CoRDS
  • Your just wrong. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • he started life as a comedian : hankyJR
• Hyjackman: A local radio station here is doing an Wolverine/X-Box promotion. Hugh Jackman is talking in... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  re: Nero. Is it just me, or when we first see him (hailing the Kelvin to demand their captain come over : riptyde
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    He didn't speak at all for the first scene, that was his first officer. His only line was: "AAAAAAAA : HojuSimpson
    • Hi Christopher ! I'm Nero ! great line : gmd
  • Yes, I did believe I read he changed his mind : Maarten Goldstein
• Neither did Steven Spielberg. : Mad Brahmin Disease

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  Working with Flash/Flex is a lot more fun than you might think, I like it a lot more than straight ASP.NE... : MagicWishMonkey
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    I am just starting to get into this and it's really cool stuff! : mwasher
    • I was tricked into learning flash to rescue a project a few years back and I really dig it. It's pretty p... : MagicWishMonkey
• I would be interested in this stuff as well... Also 27... with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism, and : etherboy
• Yeah, I'd stray away from games if you have a kid on the way... : dravalen
• in this economy? keep your job. : edgewise
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  desktop software development. it isn't the wild west like web development is -- it actually has mature t... : electroly
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    ^^ This. Web development is fucking horrible. Everyone's re-creating all the usability shit that deskto... : boarder2
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      hmm..I have avoided Web development like the plague and was thinking I had made a mistake. Now this is re... : peter
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        I think MOST of the horrible shit is flash. Flash completely throws out all of the usability/accessibili... : boarder2
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          Well, to be honest, most of this is result of bad written/designed Flash content. With proper coding you ... : Nitrium
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            Right, but the problem is, it requires you to REWRITE the same shit, instead of already existing. : boarder2
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              No, you're wrong. Flash has a ton of accessibility shit built in, it's pretty easy to use if you need it. : MagicWishMonkey
              • Ah, I will admit that I haven't looked at flash in a real long time so my vision is out of date. I guess... : boarder2
        • Flash actually supports all of those things with no added effort. : electroly
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      The idea of shipping applications on physical media is anathema to me. : Ride-My-Rocket
      • So make the app available on your website? : boarder2
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        why? i find it hard to believe that the delivery mechanism has that big of an impact. : electroly
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          here are some benefits of desktop software development: - you don't have to ensure your product's upti... : electroly
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            Your second and last points aren't issues when developing .net websites, because you use the same tools a... : Balboa
            • I really don't think you can argue that webdev tools and APIs as a whole are as mature as desktop app one... : derelict515
            • Win32 API has been around a hell of a lot longer than .net/etc. I'd have to agree with derelict. : dravalen
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              ASP.NET is in theory the same tools as desktop .NET, but any experienced programmer will tell you that is... : electroly
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                The only big difference between ASP.NET and a native windows app is the UI (dragging files into a dialog ... : MagicWishMonkey
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                  Really? Not a single thing? Really? Give me five minutes. : electroly
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                    And of course it's a UI issue. That's kind of the entire point here. : electroly
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                      And now that you mention it, is your argument for web apps seriously that you have the ability to launch ... : electroly
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                        No, my example was meant to illustrate that you can do pretty much anything a windows app can do via ASP.... : MagicWishMonkey
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                          And my example was meant to illustrate that you cannot :) Ultimately what I'm saying is that for a 27 ye : electroly
                          • That's true, maybe I've been living in web-developer land too long ;) : MagicWishMonkey
                  • - Interaction with other applications on the computer. Try writing a taskbar replacement as a web applic... : electroly
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                  That's very wrong. Very very wrong. You're using interpreted code that may make some API calls on the b... : boarder2
                  • Oh, I fail at reading comprehension, sorry, disregard this. : boarder2
              • You said "things that are complicated in web applications" when talking about CSS and JS. I just meant I ... : Balboa
          • The trend seems to be against desktop, in the longer term. I'm glad MS are investing in better desktop... : jcupitt
      • what do you care as long as you get paid : peter
      • No it isn't. : vigilante
      • whether that's true or not it has nothing to do with whether it's a web app... : derelict515
  • lol not where I work. the web team is way more evolved than the desktop side of our business : manero
• If .Net WebForms is your idea of web development, you're doing it wrong. :( : DOOManiac
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  You don't always put in nightmarish hours as a game dev, just during crunch times (ie the closer a milest... : freakynipples69
  • and then you get fired without the product to be released : Utopia
• purchase shacknews back that would be a great career : Downforce
• I say spy, your shooting skills are horrid. : m0rfus
• As a former game developer, I can tell you it's a job like any other. It was actually very very similar ... : ra1n

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  A friend of mine does this and he says they never look or ask for an ID. : Phil
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    Didn't we talk about this once and figured out it violated some credit card company rules? People can't a... : Dave-A
    • "figure out"? it says right on the back of the card that it's invalid unless signed. : electroly
• i used to, and only the grocery store near where i lived ever asked for ID. (but they asked EVERY time.)... : electroly
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  My wife does it. Hardly anybody asks for it. Companies are not supposed to take your card if it isn... : RomSteady
  • I was going to reply the exact same thing re:my wife and them never asking : rt702
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  Yes I do and most of the time, no they don't. : breadsticks
  • But then it is also signed, so I guess they don't need too. : breadsticks
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  I have "See ID" on the back of my card, and nobody has ever checked. Not once. : m0nkz
  • same here : epit
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    You can pretty much sign anything you want on receipts, too. I usually just scribble. : Kerath
    • I sign as Zorro. : silent prophet
• I haven't signed one of my cards in several years of use and I've never had a problem using it. : dirge23
• Sign your name. If you write some other crap in there and the CC company discovers it they can refute any... : dravalen
• In 5 years, I think I've been asked maybe a dozen times to see ID when using my card. Certain stores are... : jingletard
• I never asked : burningpantsman
• Pretty sure you, as the cardholder, are not supposed to do this. Also pretty sure that the company usi... : Finestaut
• I write CID in mine. Usually they don't bother to ask. I thank the ones that do. : emnii
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  its dumb. no one will check and technically it makes the card invalid to begin with : ninjase
  • Yeah, you should read the fine print when you get your card. Also, writing your pin number on the back o... : midgetherder
  • ^^this - it's true, I used to do it and ninjase is right. Just sign the card. : virus
  • ^^^ Thank you. I love urban legends but the Ask for ID one is just annoying. The smugness of people who... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
• I don't sign mine to try and force them to look at my ID, they hardly ever do. : jonin
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  When i was manager at PIzza Hut I never did. I'd look at it, look up at them, roll my eyes and run the ca... : esmokah
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    Also, i never sign the back of my credit/debit cards. some cashiers yell at me but i don't care : esmokah
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      Nice! When I steal your card, I'll just sign YOUR name in MY handwriting, which will make it easier for m... : Bold
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        Waste of time, it'll be canceled before you can use it : esmokah
        • Not unless the fella above is quick as the wind... then he would have the time to buy all sort of shit. N... : Utopia
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          What's your rationale for not signing it in the first place? : Bold
          • lazy : esmokah
  • haha, exact same scenario here. : Agrona
• Back of card, right next to the place you sign, read what it says. "Not valid unless signed." Unles... : Ebu
• I signed the card, and put ASK FOR ID in the remaining space. No one checks except Best Buy, and I got th... : Caboose
• We finally implimented a pin system for our credit cards over here, less signing, more entering numbers, ... : abrasion
• I never even sign it. No one cares anymore since it's a terrible way to do fraud verification. : Yanks
• yes, I get asked about 5% of the time : opengl128
• i had a staples not allow me to buy something once when I tried to use my wife's card. That was the only... : .sticks.
• Mine isn't even signed, and in over 7 years, only one person told me he needed to see my ID because it wa... : Flying h4x0r
• Mine is completely rubbed off. I use my CCs for pretty much every purchase. Eeeeeeeevery now and again ... : boarder2
• Yeah I rarely have to take out my ID when I use my CC. I did find it funny when people got angry at me w... : jabuck

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  How did the star dates work? I obviously wasn't paying attention. : TwiLyght
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    This pretty well breaks down the common complaints: http://chud.com/articles/articles/19364/1/THE-DEVIN03... : Xevo
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      Complaints, lol : gakera
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        besides the horrible shakey cam and the light flares all over the bridge of the enterprise? : Sparticuse
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          I noticed the HDR thing too, but I think it was ok. I'm not entrenched in some "the way it should look" m... : gakera
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            I'm not talking about "way it was before" stuff here. I'm talking about being able to see what's actuall : Sparticuse
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              Honestly, I liked it, it had some style to it. So much cinematography these days is about making things ... : action wombmate
              • I agree, I thought the space shots in particular were amazing : gmd
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                So you are telling me you think its a GOOD thing when a combination of light flares and shakey cam makes ... : Sparticuse
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                  I don't know if I am broken or what but I don't get all the complaints about shakey cam shots. It seems t... : FrayLo
                  • I'm not talking about just shakey cam. : Sparticuse
                • It depends, what's the intent of the scene? Am I supposed to be watching nicely choreographed action? A... : action wombmate
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                  I can't think of one action scene that was a jumbled mess in that movie... : gakera
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                    every time missiles were fired from nero's ship. : Sparticuse
                    • Really? Maybe you saw it in a theater that under-lit their screen as so many of them are prone to do the... : action wombmate
                • I THINK he IS, YES. : heartsauce
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              If it's a decorative shot to compliment a conversation I don't mind there be some bloom. If it was an act... : gakera
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                except there was light flares in ALL the bridge shots. even during fights and while the camera was swini... : Sparticuse
                • I honestly didn't notice lens flare in the entire movie, maybe I am too dumb to notice or nitpick things ... : FrayLo
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                  You're assuming that the flare isn't supposed to be part of the shot and that it's "getting in the way". ... : action wombmate
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                    I don't care if the director intended it to block the shot, its still blocking the shot and i think thats... : Sparticuse
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                      He didn't intend for it to block the shot, he intended it to be a part of the shot, that's a big differen... : action wombmate
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                        My complaint with the light flares is two parts. 1) I felt they were distracting from the characters o... : Sparticuse
                        • Yeah, I think you're assessing to the flares too literally. They're there as part of a graphic style to ... : action wombmate
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          Lens flare! http://hijinksensue.com/2009/05/11/pieces-of-flare/ : Wadmaasi
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            ^^^ This is my thought every time i see a 10/10 review for this movie. : Sparticuse
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              I love Joel's expression in that last panel. I don't think I'm going to get to see it in theaters, I'm b... : Wadmaasi
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                oh don't feel bad. its a good movie but i really dont understand why its getting such rave reviews. : Sparticuse
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                  BECAUSE THE MOVIE IS ENTERTAINING : FrayLo
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                    FrayLo, you're asking for trouble if you're going to take on Star Trek canon snobs AND cinematography sno... : HojuSimpson
                    • The kobayashi maru scene sucked because abrams did not make effective use of the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Als... : FrayLo
                  • I mean to be fair I don't understand why some people found Crystal Skull to be an entertaining movie- but... : FrayLo
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                    BUT THEY'RE WEARING DIFFERENT UNIFORMS WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE : walker270
                    • what do you mean "you people" : FrayLo
                  • There are many different levels of entertaining. I've said already that I enjoyed it. If a movie has an... : Sparticuse
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        I agree 100% that the stuff there is ridiculously nitpicky. Since I haven't commented about the new Trek ... : Xevo
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          and omg spock never met future spock when he was younger, this is way off canon! : cpt_gloval
          • different timeline! They can now do anything and it won't affect original cannon : Topsiderover
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      oh noes!!!! 3. The outfits. Abrams' Star Trek takes place a decade or more before the events of the or : waxthirteen
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        That's actually a poor complaint. Being a restart did anyone expect bad effects and cheesy outfits? I did... : avatar_58
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          Yeah, I agree. You can only ask contemporary movie audiences to go so far, the uniforms had to be at lea... : action wombmate
          • I mean honestly - continuity is one thing, but their clothes? Really? I mean come on now. Let's complain ... : avatar_58
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        That one can be explained easy peasy. Once it's an alternate reality, all bets are off. What if the TOS' : geedeck
        • IMO it has nothing to do with alternate reality stuff, and is all about using a uniform style that connec... : riptyde
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      What the fuck. Every single one of those is refuted by the fact that THE TIMELINE WAS CHANGED STARTING O : walker270
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        Exactly! : mace
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          This is annoying... 5. Maybe the destruction of that "one" starship pushed back the production timelin : walker270
          • :-) This is the annoyed rage I get in whenever I read the "errors" pages on IMDb. So many of the "errors"... : nudel
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        I haven't seen it but how could the timeline be compressed so that Kirk was older than 12 or whatever if ... : nudel
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          It's just sloppy writing. They can just retcon details in later if it's a big deal. I don't think it's t... : trove
          • Do we even know if the Enterprise launched at the same date? Or is this just assumed? : walker270
          • It makes perfect sense. I giant expense starship was destroyed. I'm sure planning and production of these... : mace
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          I wasn't paying attention to stardates given in the movie, but its entirely reasonable to assume the dest : Sparticuse
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            Oh I see, I assumed the launch date was kept the same. If not then, yeah, that's a very dumb criticism. ... : nudel
            • Yeah, there's a 25 year jump after Kirk is born in the movie, and they specifically state that this sorti... : ZTac
      • Yes this is how I feel as well. A major federation vessel was destroyed in an attack which means that eve : OverloadUT
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        This can't be correct. What changed about Spock's life due to Kirk's dad being wasted by Nero? That seems... : randomposter
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          What changed about Uhura's life? Oh, her initial meeting with Kirk. Had Kirk not been a boozed-up tow : walker270
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            I'm talking about Spock. : randomposter
            • What's your point? Kirk doesn't have to effect both of them to negate the relationship -- just one. : walker270
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      The only major flaw, the only one that really bothered me, wasn't even listed there. The Red Matter, or w : bipolar
      • The comic made it clear it wasn't just a normal black hole and supernova, but yeah, they should have had ... : Conan
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        Also, they had ships that travel faster than the speed of light. Oh, and transporters. : walker270
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          Actually, they don't travel faster than light, sort of. Read up on an alcubierre drive for an explanation... : hbalce1
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            if you took the mass of a planet and sucked it down to a point you would get a small black hole. thats w... : Sparticuse
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              What does "suck" mean in a scientific context, though? What force would 'suck'? Gravity is the only pla... : bipolar
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                The fact that it was called "red matter" implied to me that it was an entirely new discovery. Something t... : OverloadUT
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                  Evidently it's hard for some people to grasp how made-up science in a science fiction movie works. : HojuSimpson
                  • That's a cop-out, though. They should still be operating within the limits of science, or posit a ration... : bipolar
• I saw it yesterday and really enjoyed it! I'm a pretty casual Trek fan. I never watched a whole lot of ... : ZTac
• haha that SNL vid was pretty good : Begawkiness
• Those are seriously retarded complaints. ESPECIALLY since its an alternate reality : Sparticuse
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  I had no idea that Kirk's mother was played by Dr. Cameron from House at the time, though I knew she look... : HojuSimpson
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    I was all like, DUDE IT'S CAMERON! (also the chick from C&C3), and then all ::(:::::::::::::::::::::::::: : walker270
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      I bought the soundtrack and the music on that part was great. The whole soundtrack is pretty awesome actu : Sailor of Fortune
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        Daddy Kirk talking to his wife about what to name their son, while he was literally watching the seconds : walker270
        • My wife and my friend's wife were balling during that scene : riptyde
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    I got in to an argument about this on the way home from the movie. It was "Wasn't what's his names mothe... : Crimsonbeak
    • Your ass can hold 12 black dildos? : Endymion_
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    what other famous cameos were there? I heard there were quite a few. : mindmann
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      Spock's mother was played by Winona Ryder - I totally did not recognize her : Schnapple
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        lol i find it amusing that you spoiler tagged that. : Sparticuse
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          So much for playing it safe : Schnapple
          • well, its not like she's in the credits or anything... : Sparticuse
      • I did and found it annoying as hell. Brought me out of the movie at once : knepus
      • neither did I : .Jayson
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      Roddenberry's wife did the Ship's Computer Voice before she passed away is another. That Black Dude th... : Sailor of Fortune
      • Holy crap, Majel Barrett died? : spazzium
      • I remember who the shuttle pilot was now, he's the Muslim Air Force Master Sergeant in E-Ring. : Sailor of Fortune
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      I'm pretty sure the dude that Kirk gives hit motorcycle to, before boarding the ship to star fleet was so... : Chunks
      • Reminded me of the General from Fifth Element that keeps pestering Bruce's character to work for him : breadsticks
      • that guy that got the keys to kirk's motorcycle is the tall guy from 'the guild' : whereiwannab
      • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003928/ : HojuSimpson
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        He's the pervy promiscuous Doctor in Scrubs : Bamtan
        • The Todd? : riptyde
      • Yeah, he's had a bunch of very bit parts (That 70's Show immediately comes to mind). : coldfusioncs
    • Looked like Tyler Perry heading the Academy council. : LeapingFool
    • was the red shirt sorta-famous? I thought he seemed familiar : buzzbat
    • I've read somewhere that Matt Damon was in the movie. : Nitrium
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    I had no idea Spock's mother was Winona Ryder! what the fuck she got old : mikecyb
    • I think they made her look older : Maarten Goldstein
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      Makeup! : lechuck59
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        I don't understand!!! : mikecyb
        • "Whoa, slow down. I'm a scientist and that was still fast for me." : ZTac
    • I would still have sex with her. : deject
• "But will the combination on the Captain's safe be the same as in episode 47? If not, my friends and I ar... : Totenjaeger
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  going again in half an hour. special digi projection super big screen thingie, although this time dubbed ... : xxx2xxx
  • From the people that have seen the German version I've heard they didn't think Kirk was anything like the... : Marauder IIC
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  Fantastic movie, saw it twice. I thought it was awesome how the black hole waited until Kirk was all gro : darcspeed
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    The fabric of space/time. Spocks ship entered the wormhole after the Romulan ship. It was only a few mome... : mace
    • Also: who gives a shit : action wombmate
    • Yea, I have no problem with this explanation. : mancide
    • do you need to pay for two seats at the theatre? : dfz0r
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    It's like there's Intelligent Design going on. : Sailor of Fortune
    • Feels like a book or movie script or something... : trove
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    the black hole told nero what to do. : stgdz
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      why's it gotta be black? : gmd
      • cause nero is one g short of negro. coincidence? no. : xxiv
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    Nero was jumpin thru time for 25 years looking for spok. Spok made one jump. : Darthbrooks
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      no he didn't. he was spat out early and then just hung out for 25 years waiting for spock to show up. t... : Sparticuse
      • Yea, Spock was making his escape when the black-hole started suck growing, thus the Romulan ship was over : mancide
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        And if rumors are to be believed then Nero was supposed to have been captured by the Klingons for some, i : Vincent Grayson
        • I think that was written out. : Sailor of Fortune
    • I'm convinced that no matter how simple you make a plot, there will always be people that just don't get ... : pigvomit
  • Thank goodness the rest of the movie contained no other convenient plot devices! : byorn
• I'm going to see it in IMAX tonight at 7pm ... can't wait. :D : virus
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  Where are the toilets on the Enterprise? : TwiLyght
  • deck p-p : xxiv
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    They have teleporta potties. : swenkcahs
    • The old teleport the poop onto the captains head prank. : pigvomit
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      Never go to planet Excrementus Disposalus : zebosausamite
      • Isnt that a harry potter spell? : Beady
  • for next generation at least they answered that question. in the documentary style thing that ran right ... : Sparticuse
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    The poop deck, seriously people. : mechanicalgrape
    • ^^ : TwiLyght
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    serious answer: they call it "waste extraction". i'm pretty sure they never actually say how it works, t... : electroly
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      They probably put it in the replicator and transporter matter banks. People and food are probably reasse... : pigvomit
      • The Soylent Green Corporation survived... : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • That term summons some interesting mental images. : Rotten Deadite
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      They actually describe how it works in Enterprise, like the 3rd or 4th episode of Season 1, when answerin... : Frozen Pixel
      • that explains why i've never seen it : electroly
  • You, you want to see Kirk in the head? : Sailor of Fortune
  • they just shit in their pants and transport it out : buzzbat
  • It's the future, people dont go to the bathroom anymore. : the_burd
• i was bored and confused throughout the entire movie. Me and my girl nearly got up and left. : ultramega
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  Regardless of your take on the callous disregard for the continuity and canon of Star Trek, the cinematog... : r_Ed
  • That's like, your opinion, man. But seriously, that was intentional so it isn't like they were incompete... : orgcaptainnemo
  • Really? I thought the lighting was really well done. : sparkly
  • Lens flare discussion here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=58566 : action wombmate
  • I really liked the omnipresent lens flare actually. It fit in with the documentary-style camera work. I... : qsylvr
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  One thing that disappointed me was how at the end, Leonard Nimoy read the "These are the voyages of the s : Goncyn
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    Actually, the ST:TNG theme is the theme from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which came out 8 years before... : action wombmate
    • Interesting. Regardless, I wanted to hear that music and was bummed when I didn't. : Goncyn
    • ^^^ This. : orgcaptainnemo
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      Also: who gives a shit : dfz0r
      • hahahahaha :P : action wombmate
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      the soundtrack overall was a bit of a letdown, it lacked the... epicness of prior Trek movies... okay, ma... : Toraz Chryx
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        I loved 4s. The opening is fantastic :/ : orgcaptainnemo
        • The score for VIII is fucking brilliant, though. Jerry Goldsmith's variation on his own theme is so fuck... : action wombmate
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        After sticking the soundtrack on for a day I've finally started to like it - It's not hugely epic but it'... : Jonathan
        • The track when they arrive at the Enterprise is pretty fun. : Sailor of Fortune
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    I was disappointed they used the phrasing from the TNG into and not that from the original series. It's a : Perturbation
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      I thought it was a 5-year mission : action wombmate
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        they said 'one' instead of 'man' : buzzbat
        • I don't think that's the part he was talking about : action wombmate
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          yes, but it was being read by Spock Prime, who would be used to the "one" version of it by this point. : riptyde
          • touche! : buzzbat
      • it was a 5 year mission.... : orgcaptainnemo
      • dang yeah you're right. :( : Perturbation
      • I thought it was a 3 hour tour? : two50six
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      I had more of a problem with the 'one' versus 'man' phrasing.. : deathofrats
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        Really? Why? Why should they go back to using "where no man has gone before"? That whole thing is like... : action wombmate
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          because people have become too sensitive. It's the classic use of the word 'man', not sexist. : deathofrats
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            they should've kicked that stupid bitch uhura off the ship : FrayLo
            • WHERE NO WHITE PROPERTY OWNING MALE HAS GONE BEFORE : gmd
          • Yeah, I understand that, but does it really matter? They even formally acknowledged the change at the end : action wombmate
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    Same, TNG music has that OOMF, TOS is just like heey maaaaan we're smoooooking in spaace lets dance : Bamtan
    • anyone remember when kirk went to some space bar and the little jazz trio was actually playing the theme ... : papaskot
  • To each his own. I thought it was awesome that they went w/ the original. : DOOManiac
  • he also said Lifeform instead of life, and some of his timings were off, it just made me want to watch TN... : graceofdragons
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  A blogger I like (works in the entertainment industry) talking about why he likes the writing in the movi... : riptyde
  • Nice writeup. : action wombmate
  • valid points and a good read. thanks for sharing that link : whereiwannab
  • Seems like a lot of words to say that Kirk is still Kirk. : Toth21
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    Cool write-up, he's right too. Brody is another example of a character who doesn't grow in any meaningful... : randomposter
    • Also, he's helped me realise that character arcs and deus ex machinas only matter in a negative light if ... : randomposter
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  Nerd pride: my daughter spent the weekend walking around the house with a Spock toy from Burger King, ho... : riptyde
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    You daughter truly understands women. : coldfusioncs
    • hahaha : Nitrium
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  A classic Star Trek skit from SNL: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_iv_the_voyage_home/news/181... : riptyde
  • i love this skit : FrayLo
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  Star Trek thoughts Cool movie, probably still only the third or fourth best Star Trek movie. I like ho... : randomposter
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    just wondering, is there any movie that you would say, "that movie was amazing and i cannot find anything... : FrayLo
    • The one he writes. : pigvomit
    • Contact. The movie adaptation was a perfect film. : Cheeziologist
    • Star Trek fans love 2 things in life: Star Trek, and nitpicking about Star Trek. : Finestaut
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      Why is being remotely critical of movies such a huge fucking problem? But since you asked: Jaws. The Sh... : randomposter
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        i just told you its personal preference, clean out your vagina : FrayLo
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          What? you jump into my subthread and demand I tell you what movies don't suck because I have a few quibbl... : randomposter
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            hey thewriter, i asked you a simple question, i wanted to know what movies you thought were great movies ... : FrayLo
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              Your question directly implies that I am incapable of enjoying movies without finding flaws. I think most... : randomposter
              • I think you inferred a little too much from his post. It really just seemed that he wanted to know what y... : MaxPete82
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                you should really clean out your vagina, seriously, you're going to hurt yourself acting like this when p... : FrayLo
                • Okay, if I inferred too much from your post I apologise. I just don't take kindly to the way people leap ... : randomposter
              • the interesting thing about narcissism is... : two50six
        • SPACE WHALES : two50six
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        It's kind of like if you started knocking Lego Star Wars for not having deep enough gameplay to keep you ... : sammyl
        • Uhhh, tell me where I attack Star Trek on such technicalities. I said it's a cool movie, does it's action... : randomposter
      • you should just break down and change your name tothecritic. : dopeman
      • You didn't find flaws with the original Matrix? You must have been too young. : stuka
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    you sound like a fun person to see a movie with. This is a STAR TREK movie, not Raging Bull or Citizen Ca... : byorn
    • Though I agree with you that not all movies are striving to be art cinema, that doesn't mean that they ca... : action wombmate
    • You think I sit there and criticise movies when I'm watching them? Or bag the fuck out of it after? Am... : randomposter
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    origin stories are often very much the same when boiled down. i see little relation between star trek and... : dahanese
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      Batman was not a farmboy called by destiny who got an award ceremony after saving the day, neither was Ir... : randomposter
      • "origin stories are very often muh the same when boiled down." kid loses loved one. kid goes on to g... : dahanese
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      I liked how Kirk didn't have have a proper character arc. He never changed! He was just vindicated. =) : brickmatt
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        He doesn't like to lose and he doesn't believe in the no-win scenario. That's the James T Kirk we all lo... : trove
        • And their refusal to give him a character arc is a good choice. : brickmatt
  • I actually thought Karl Urban sucked as Bones. His acting seemed like he thought he was in a lowbrow come... : stuka
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  Just saw it. Goddamn that movie broke a lot of series continuity, even with the time line thing. Mayb... : Thresher
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    But it's right there in the title. : action wombmate
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      And goddamn I want to bone Uhura. : mechanicalgrape
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        I agree with this assessment. : Thresher
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          I concur with this statement : stuka
          • it is only logical : crummynz

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  With "casual" games like Super Mario Galaxy, Viva Pinata, Peggle, etc? Probably a 6. I've yet to get ... : mafu5150
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    Super Mario Galaxy is hardcore. : Cihte
    • 2 the max : Cihte
• probably an 8 or 9. she's a similar type of gamer to me. plays mostly older RPGs (planescape, arcanum, et... : mindmann
• I've probably been like a 3 for the past couple years :( : Flying h4x0r
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  -1. : dahanese
  • lol : action wombmate
  • cyborg you gonna take that?? : deject
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    DEAD SPACE : mikecyb
    • Then her score is accurate. : Shivawn
• 1 : midgetherder
• Mine's a 1, maybe a 2. She doesn't really like games at all, but we've played a teeny bit of Sega Genesi... : action wombmate
• Wife: 3 or 4. She loves nes games but that's about it. Maybe a few for the wii but it's more of a her j... : rt702
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  NULL : DOOManiac
  • ^^^ : delataur
• I would say 6.5 or so we've played through every coop FPS on the 360 together, but she doesn't want to... : MagicWishMonkey
• 1-2 She'll play Wii sometimes... : etherboy
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  I'd give her a 6. She's completed COD4, Bioshock and Halo and nearly completed HL2. That said she mostly ... : marmite
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    you give that a 6? what does it take to get to 8 or 9, nightly sessions in L4D? : dahanese
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      On the marmite scale an 8 is works for a game company, a 9 is a game developer. : Kentor
      • And to get a 10 you need to be a character in a game. : digital_d
    • I think to score higher (bearing in mind that 10 is Shacker level) she'd have to do some of he following:... : marmite
• 10. She was surprised I knew what the difference between ps3s where when we met. : chungathebunga
• Doesn't like computer/video games. Probably a 1.5. : DJ Clipdat
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  2 - 3. She plays some super casual stuff on her iphone, but for a very long time she was addicted to The ... : jason bergman
  • I'm surprised! given your job, you'd think she'd pick it up from osmosis. : Postal
• 4. She refuses to play FPS :( : ryuuseki
• 3-4, she likes Civ, AOE, and some RPGish stuff like Bloodlines, FF, etc. : boarder2
• 2 .. she likes to play super mario bros 1 and 3 and a little of puzzle bobble. There is stops. And she... : gummijoh
• close to zero : filthysock
• 4/10. My wife played Half-Life 1, but she's not really into games these days. : Ride-My-Rocket
• i'm a 4 or so myself :( : supersonic potato
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  Maybe a 7? : OverloadUT
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    But wait this whole scale doesn't make sense because you didn't define what a 10 is. Am I a 10? I am a Sh... : OverloadUT
    • And my complaints are validated by the answers in this thread. Some people are placing Civ players at a 4... : OverloadUT
• 2 or 3 :( : Milleh
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  Drakoniac would probably be a 10, and i would probably be a -5. : mysled
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    you play no games? : dahanese
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      I play L4D, WoW, Supreme Commander, Brain, Plants vs Zombies, and a little bit of TF2 now. I'm still work... : mysled
      • then you aren't a -5 by any means. : dahanese
      • You have played over 250 games of L4D. Killed over 45,000 zombies. That's more than a 5. It's, like, an 1... : Cihte
  • That's harsh, you're a 7 at least. : Nitrium
• i read this as 'grammar' scale for some reason, and thought to myself, "we aren't very good with grammar ... : FrayLo
• 4, she plays a lot of Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies and The Sims 2. But that's it. : Nitrium
• 3ish. . .she'll pretty much play anything on the Wii, but forget it if it were to come to a 360 or a comp... : goatjc
• I remember when I cared about this sort of thing ... it was some sort of qualifier. Don't like video game... : sparkly
• 2 or 3. Occasional Mario Kart or Wii Bowling but that's about it. : jasonepowell
• 3-5? My girlfriend loves playing games on her ipod touch and casual flashed based games on the internet. : freakynipples69
• my wife gets a 4 : spaceless
• i once played strip doom deathmatch with her fwiw. : ninjase
• wife: 2 - she likes to wii-bowl, but thats about it. : virus
• Roushimsx cranks this scale to 11. : Kniggit
• Maybe a 2. Samba Di Amigo and Wii Fit are it. : Head Rush
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  I give her an 8 or 9. She plays tons of games and is a hardcore raider in WoW (We downed Vezax in 10 and ... : Simulacrum
  • I'm going with 8 or 9. Being that as soon as Viva Pinata was purchased, I lost her 10 days straight. she : m0rfus
• he's probably a 10, i'm probably a 7. but he's not a shacker. : jessipoo
• My wife is probably a 7 or 8. She beat Bioshock, Square games, and is a capable and helpful RE5 partner.... : kainen1
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  Wife: 2 Girlfriend: 4 Husband: 7 Boyfriend: 8 Together we form a giant polyamorous heteroflexible voltro... : Dave-A
  • This needs to be explained. : m0rfus
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    flowchart plz : sevogajre
    • Remember to make it ISO compatible. : Caoster007
• my wife 7, shes pretty good at guitar hero, and like platforms, but sucks at anything 3d. my 4yr old son ... : shackwack
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  My wife kills anybody at Tetris. Other than that, she doesn't play any games at all. Heck, she's bel... : hawke
  • The old Nintendo Tetris had levels 1-10, but if you held down B when you started, it jumped them from 11-... : cerealSAM2
• 1, and not only that she views any gaming at all as an addiction that needs treatment. I think she thinks... : bostrov
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  1, except for on Viva Pinata Party Animals. : devi| dog
  • Then she's like a 9. : devi| dog
• 0 he plays NOTHING. : suicidemachine
• I would not rate a hardcore WOW gamer as a 9 by any means. Do you know how many people play WOW but woul... : abrasion
• 2 and only because she occasionally plays solitaire or whatever. : [fry]
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  probably a 2. PS3 Jewel Quest and Wii Bowling would be about it for her. : .frame
  • What's jewel quest? I've never even heard of it. : abrasion
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  1, and just because she actually watched me beat FFVII and Braid in their entirety. : stuka
  • Actually 2, she does like bejeweled quite a bit. : stuka
• Wife: 5/6. She gets addicted to civilisation/city-building games and puzzle games too. She loves Lucas... : randomposter
• My wife's about a 3, constantly there, but dormant as of late. : Deathlove
• I've converted mine from a 0 to a 8. It has taken me awhile, but it's worth it. : jingletard
• If the average grandmother is a 1 and Shackers are 10s, a grandmother who played pinball once in 1957 mus... : Alice O'Connor
• 10. She plays more games than me, and she leads 10-man raids in WoW three times a week. Any free time she... : BlackCat9
• Interesting. Looks like most Shackers are with people that don't play nearly as much as they do. So in... : mrwolf710

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  your house will soon be egged/dog poo shoved up the tailpipe of your car : cptstern
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    They already doorbell ditch me like 2 or 3 times a week. I don't care about Eggs/Toilet Paper because I i... : haiku
    • Make your doorbell shock them and tell your friends to knock. : ArcKnight
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      you should rig up a c4 pack that explodes from beneath the ground when the doorbell is pushed : lakren
      • lakren for president. : vile
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      same kids? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17217724 : das_runt
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        Yeah, it's all the same group of kids. They go to school 2 blocks from me. I'm not the only doorbell they... : haiku
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          What ethnicity are they? So I can better equip my replies to these posts. : Godhatesfatpeople
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            Mostly puerto rican, a few halfies, and the occasional white kid : haiku
            • You know the white kid is the "crazy" one in the group to hang with the brown ones. : Godhatesfatpeople
            • You have puerto ricans in your neighborhood? : heartsauce
        • I like that you told us Gilbert's name. : rock elf
        • We used to pull chains back in the day, two people skipping every other house all the way down the street... : davantalus
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      We had a different term for this when I was a kid :( : Phreakin
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        Really? I'm 42 and we called it doorbell ditch when I was a kid. Maybe it's a regional thing (this was in... : LeapingFool
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          I think the one he's thinking of is far worse on the PC meter and perhaps of the southern/midwest vibe. : royalally
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            I had to look this game up on Wikipedia to find the name you're talking about. This game goes by a fuck-t... : OverloadUT
            • We called it Ding Dong Ditch back in Wisconsin : shwortdogg
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      Tell them you know what their friends are doing behind the dumpster and if they ring your doorbell again ... : jenisthebest
      • better get your cane and inhaler ready : electroly
    • HEY YOU KIDS GET OFF THE LAWN! : esmokah
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  you should blackmail them all into giving you a handjob, one after the other : boring gegtik
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    Does the age law matter if they are minorities? : haiku
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      law + minorities = ??? : boring gegtik
      • lol : Mr.SEX
      • yeah I don't think the kids should go to jail. : monikerdaven
    • i believe you can sum the ages in a group situation : Dave-A
    • I love this post. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I NEED AN ADULT!!! : Phil
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  You don't always have to Mod you know? : socksta
  • hahahaha : nobugnobug
  • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
• That's pretty mean haiku. : ieGod
• or you could join in : feek
• Free sex, no guilt. : Link.
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  we were talking to some thirteen year old last night and he asked us if we ever had sex with our wives. w... : [fry]
  • hahahah what the fuck : AlexXdude
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    why were you talking to a thirteen year old last night : electroly
    • speed dating. : pupismyname
    • too old? : S1ing B1ade
    • Xbox live I'm guessing. : ieGod
    • why do you think his xbox name is dollhands : azenmaster
  • lol...stop picking up 13 year olds off the street : CapnChaos
  • Nice! : Link.
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    well? : deveus1
    • still waiting : das_runt
  • straight lol : boring gegtik
  • hahah : delataur
  • technical virgin'd : cryptical
  • Fucking lol : ShekkyBoy
  • First one, then the other. : timmie
  • he'll be asking for pix + divx next : retardhumper
  • You should have said in the ear. : ColoradoCNC
  • hahahahaha : virus
  • Hahaha this is awesome : OverloadUT
  • hahahahha. : Agrona
  • but I poop from there... : Goblin au
• ugh minorities : Mr.SEX
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  Dude, it's 2009. They're not making out, they're having anal sex. : pupismyname
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    pics of this. : baronzemo78
    • request for kiddy porn noted. FBI alerted. : one random winner
• IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO RAISE A CHILD : Xin Jing Client 1a
• do you realize how old you'd appear doing that as well? : carnivore
• It may be time to move into that Nursing home gramps. : DarkWolf5
• Tell them to get off your lawn while you're at it. : r_Ed
• Go round and if they're still out there, put a hand down your pants and stare at them. Creepy lols ftw... : Wikidd
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  One day I just want to sit on my front porch shaking my cane at kids as they walk by : sparkly
  • You could do that on your back porch with weeds. : tashtego
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  the mexicans that live next to me have a birthday party every weekend when the weather is warm. Complete ... : not work safe
  • ITSA MY BIRTHDAY TOOO : boomstickah

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  mostly games: Latest Chatty Sim City Field Runners Flight Control (awesome game for $.99!) Wolf 3D : zerog83
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    Thanks for that. How does Sim City actually play? Works good? And any applications too? Like Last.f... : Johnnsen
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      Sim City works surprisingly well. I thought it'd be more clunky, but it's not. As far as micromanagement ... : zerog83
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        I heard SimCity was ultra buggy on the touch and fairly limited? Is it nice and smooth now? : tboomer2
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          yeah it runs pretty good. but just like any SimCity game, when the map gets full things tend to slow down... : zerog83
          • I'm fine with that. Just not looking forward to crashes and whatnot. : tboomer2
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    i picked up Wolf3D when it went on sale and it's exactly what I expect: terrible to control on a touchscr... : yacoub35
    • expected. : yacoub35
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      It has a learning curve. Took me a while but circle strafing and aiming are pretty easy now. : midgetherder
      • yep, after about a half hour with it, it feels pretty good. : zerog83
  • God this all lined up on the comment line and I saw "Simcity Field Runner Flight Control", I was like "Wh... : arsonide
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    Shack responses to my question "is the Apple Touch a great game platform?" were not encouraging. Has som... : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • i dont think its something to buy a touch for... but its a good bonus. I wouldn't go out and buy a touch ... : Demius
    • It's not a "great game platform" but there are a few excellent time-killers available that are great for ... : zerog83
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      The App Store is really the thing that makes the iphone/touch interesting. The fact that anyone can make... : jasonepowell
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        this right here. And it doesn't even have to be a lot of money. Small-time devs can spend a few weeks mak... : zerog83
        • Okay, so if I am looking for a new PDA and would like to play games on it, now is not the time to make th... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  Etrade mobile pro Latest chatty Pandora Last.fm The VOID - shacker made Jelly blocks - shacker made MGS ... : Demius
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    Chess with friends buddy! How do we start a game? : digital_d
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      My username is Craiggiles.. There are quite a few shackers playing :) : Demius
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        Is there a list anywhere? my username is jasonepowell. : jasonepowell
        • I think I just started a game with you. Go easy on me, I'm new. : jasonepowell
  • Oh forgot mint, skype, and bliz authenticator : Demius
• Card games: SolFree Durak iSpadez iHearts SpeedFiend Egyptian War Tower Defense: Besiegement 7 : yacoub35
• I use the AP news app and an rss reader quite a lot. Geodefense is awesome! : Thomas Hace
• I'm not only looking for games tho. :) Any ideas are welcome. And is it smart to buy an ipod touch now... : Johnnsen
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  wait until june for the love of god do not buy apple products for one month : Deathlove
  • Touches are usually updated in September. : Lone Swordsman
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    What? I didn't buy any apple products yet, the way you say it it sounds like I buy apple stuff every mont... : Johnnsen
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      I'm betting on iPhone/Touch Mini. : Deathlove
      • The popularity of the first two iPhones have trapped them in some ways-- they can't really make a "faster... : sasoi
  • i'd like an ipod touch with a built in cellular phone. : packav
  • do not buy gasoline on may 13th to destroy the evil oil empires! : yoonix
• The one that let's be kill babies. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Everyone is only talking about games. Aren't there any cool applications besides Last.fm and pandora (not... : Johnnsen
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    Phone Flix is pretty good - mobile Netflix que manager (assuming you'll be connecting to wifi) : AisfortomAto
    • Step Trak Light is a good free pedometer, Lose It! is a great calorie counter, of course Facebook and Tw... : AisfortomAto
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      No need for wifi to use Phone Flix. I use it over 3G all the time, works great. : asylumn
      • This is correct. I use Phone Flix over 3G all the time. I really like Phone Flix for choosing Watch Ins... : jcrockerman
  • Facebook, Stanza, Comiczeal, dictionaries... : Albemuth
  • I use latest chatty, mint, the mail app for my gmail account. Facebook, twitteriffic and I like the built... : voodooraze
  • maybe for the phone, but since the touch is only WiFi and I usually turn that off for better battery life... : yacoub35

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• Heretic, when you try to use a Doom cheat code. : Arcanum
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  Dopefish. : NexusOne
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    :D : dopefish
    • You're my favorite easter egg too. : AgentPothead
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  I could swear I used that to kill an enemy player once : Postal
  • Like the end to Die Hard 3. "Just show me that smiling face!" : Omaha
  • yeah I'm pretty sure it did a tiny amount of damage. : stuka
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  Ferret in cs_office: http://www.nflight.com/files/Counter-Strike/cs1.6office.jpg : helvetica
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    you're still disappointed there isn't a peeg Easter Egg, aren't you? : Postal
    • That would be glorious and cute! : helvetica
• there were a lot in serious sam that i enjoyed. can't think of a specific one, though. : mindmann
• Hondo maps for AHL. : SockMonkeh
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  shacknews in doom 3 : feek
  • Shacknews in fallout3 : voodooraze
  • or the shack symbol in fallout 3 : bakanoodle
  • lol.. the m. goldstein PDA : DJ Clipdat
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    Shacknews is also on cs_office correct? : atom519
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      not as far as i can tell : feek
      • Maybe it's only in 1.6 and not source? I remember seeing it at one point. : atom519
      • it is, the original CS version not Source : pharoah mike
    • Yep, it's on one of the monitors. : helvetica
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  Exploding turd??? : CrustaR
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    It's in the original cs. If you slice the turd in the toilet with your knife it explodes. : norulez
    • You can also shoot it : Omaha
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      original? Like beta 5.2? : c0bra
      • It's still in 1.6 afaik ? : Toraz Chryx
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  Max (Sam and Max) in Jedi Knight, and he would shoot guys too : DHAvatar
  • the woman needed to open the door always got hung up on geometry for me. : Sparticuse
• I'm partial to the reams of TPS reports in cs_office : stuka
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  Cow level from D2 : kainen1
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    Moo : Wyvern
    • m00 : CrustaR
• There's about 10 billion of them in WoW. : action wombmate
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  Doomed space marine in Duke3d : foo
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    haha the audio clip is priceless. : ass-street
    • commander keen in doom is better. : Sparticuse
• Quite a few in Shadow Warrior that were great. : paulatreus
• Entire game of Serious Sam :FE : vikramwillrock
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  The memorial room in Max Payne 2 was nice. : bakanoodle
  • Yeah, I thought of that too when I saw this thread. : Rehevkor
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  The tank game in NBA Jam. : o0JediBeavis0o
  • what is this? : ass-street
• Romero's head on a stick : dael
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  The Lost references in half life 2 episode 2 were neat. : grabbie
  • eh : opengl128
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    I didn't watch Lost till after i played episode two...what are they? : choppp
    • There's a Dharma logo on the wall and one of the computer screens has the famous Lost numbers. Other n... : grabbie
• Spy Hunter game in office 2000 was pretty cool http://www.eeggs.com/items/8240.html : mukumuku
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  Seeing the Shack logo in Fallout 3 was good. :) : DM7
  • oh i forgot about that - where is it? : trOmblyj
• WORLD -1 in Super Mario Bros,. : Skoal^Fyfan
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  there was one with a level that Mustaine designed and it said on the wall that you're not supposed to be ... : redfive
  • There was a room in DOOM64 that had a wall that said "I SUCK AT MAKING LEVELS" or something beacuse you c... : Omaha
• Max Payne playing the theme on a piano when you interacted with it and then messes up at the end. : Sailor of Fortune
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  Monolith in Big Red Racing : cpt_gloval
  • oh and the wankel rotary graffifi in HL2 is pretty awesome :) : cpt_gloval
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  AYABUTU, quake 3 : Downforce
  • nice typo. AYBABTU. or anywhere else that's been snuck in, I chortle. : Downforce

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  how the hell are people getting their stats so high : creep
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    there are many exploits with the pupil system. apparently you can clone things now. I mean look at my... : Downforce
    • yah I've seen people at level 2 or 3 with bars doubling over or HP close to 90-100. wtf : Shadowdane
    • I don't get it, I seem to only get XP from 2 of my pupils when they level up but none of the others. : vynn
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    Seriously. I win maybe 1 game in 6 nowadays. : Rotten Deadite
    • if you get a rape bear or that stone hammer you are set though : eldiablo01
• http://stonedonkey.mybrute.com .. my poor lowely guy. : stonedonkey
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  http://shadowdane.mybrute.com - Level 5 http://mrsmackdown.mybrute.com - Level 5 : Shadowdane
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    chrisschutz vs. shadowdane : chrisschutz
    • http://chrisschutz.mybrute.com/fight/171858587 : chrisschutz
  • wow- kicked mr smackdown's ASS http://chrisschutz.mybrute.com/fight/171865794 : chrisschutz
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  Question: How come my character hasn't received anything by going up in level for two levels now? : Totenjaeger
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    You're guaranteed one stat increase per level (health, strength, agility, or speed), but a bonus (weapon,... : reign27
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      Then how do you explain people with three weapons in three levels? : Totenjaeger
      • welcome to mybrute. : Downforce
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        it's the roll of the dice. they got lucky. : electroly
        • ^^^ My character started with 2 weapons. Getting a third within 3 levels didn't happen to me, but defini... : reign27
    • i'm pretty sure my brute has had the same stats for the last 3 levels : skelom
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  http://ragingchubs.mybrute.com (L7) I need more pupils! And some of the stats are ridiculous, level 51 p... : MercFox1
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    http://hatelull.mybrute.com/fight/170707736 over before it started. : hatelull
    • Your mace is ridiculous. : MercFox1
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    what do pupils do? and how do you get them? What benefit do pupils get? : mindmann
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      i would like to know this too... i have 2 or 3 pupils. But no idea how I got them : Shadowdane
      • The only thing pupils are good for is 1 xp per level they gain for your main guy. Not all pupils give yo... : sigpro
    • when you click on someone's link and fight them with a new character they are pupils. when pupils go up i... : wtf242
• http://reign27.mybrute.com Just got a net! But he still sucks. : reign27
• http://harry-ord.mybrute.com level 8 : Link.
• http://fobouspod.mybrute.com ATTACK! : pun][sher
• http://j2analog.mybrute.com http://j2glitch.mybrute.com Bring it on! : J2 Analog
• http://ajax242.mybrute.com level 8 http://dmode242.mybrute.com level 7 http://mode-depeche.mybrute.com/... : wtf242
• http://shamus-bamus.mybrute.com/ please kill him : eldiablo01
• http://mindmann.mybrute.com/ - i just made this guy. level 3. i seem to be winning all my fights (haven'... : mindmann
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  http://wishmonkey.mybrute.com : MagicWishMonkey
  • Level 2, help me out fellas! : MagicWishMonkey
• http://khaaaaaaan.mybrute.com level 4 :( : kaankasim
• http://trasec.mybrute.com lvl 4 :( : Ariakus
• http://sticksnstones.mybrute.com Bring that SHIT, mang! : .sticks.
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  http://omahamh2.mybrute.com Level 5 now. Still unstoppable. : Omaha
  • Unfortunately I think his clobbering abilities will fade as he starts to level up more. : Omaha
• http://trestus.mybrute.com : SeanJuan04
• http://chrisschutz.mybrute.com : chrisschutz
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  Lvl 5: http://hoov1185.mybrute.com Can you guys note your levels when you post your brutes? It's easi... : hoov1185
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    KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN http://actionwombat.mybrute.com/fight/172315280 : action wombmate
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      Haha damn, I was getting ready to add you to my list, but you scratched yourself off already. : hoov1185
      • That was some of the gayest shit I've ever seen :( : action wombmate
• http://mace232.mybrute.com/ <--- she's black with a club! : mace
• http://jayx77.mybrute.com lvl 7 I need more pupils : .Jayson
• Morkern, Leons and Stegosor are 2pt win fodder for L7 & L8 toons who can do decent DPS. : Ride-My-Rocket
• http://happyburn.mybrute.com lvl 6 smash me : thedude
• http://ajax075.mybrute.com/ I still hate this game : Ajax

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  Just so ya'll know, several alliance members have been working the in-game market -- which can be accesse... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    its at 0.184 right now, but i dont have the cash to get in the lumber broker business : naabster
    • I've been buying as much as I can. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Lumber will remain the hottest commodity, too, if the other servers are any indication. : Agrona
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      agrona what happens when you take over a city? are buildings razed? do you get it entirely intact? : ]pm[chem
      • I'm guessing it's like Ikariam where you just plunder them into oblivion and you can't raze them to the g... : Haxim
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        no, it remains intact. Then you get pissed off because whoever you took it from designed it like an assh... : Agrona
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          To conquer, you have to lower their loyalty to 0. Loyalty is lowered by a few points every attack, but t : Agrona
          • ok cool. hey for defending my main city, I have L7 walls (day 5 or so into the game) and 500-1000 of ea... : ]pm[chem
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    So tempted just to bulldoze all the fields in my 2nd city and make massive lumbermills. : Haxim
    • not a half bad idea, just creating an econ city. ship the profits home! : ]pm[chem
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    Honestly you can stop it with the tax thing after a while. Once your tech gets high enough (I think the ... : Agrona
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      wow you can raid npc cities every hour? I wouldnt have expected them to restock so fast. can you take o... : ]pm[chem
      • They regain 2 loyalty (not to mention a bunch of defenses and resources) every 5 minutes... so you *might... : Agrona
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        Don't know if you saw this from last night: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19885885#itemanchor_1988... : Agrona
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          that is ridiculous. did he send the transporters with just to carry back more loot? and how stupid is the... : ]pm[chem
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            Yeah, the transporters were just for more loot. The ballistas were able to destroy the towers and the wa... : Agrona
            • (I'm pretty sure my description of combat is correct. You can use the rally point's "exercise" to revers... : Agrona
  • need to add this to list, # of each unit by scouting report (packs etc): http://bbs.evony.com/showthread... : ]pm[chem
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  I really hate the name of this game...which is why I have been completely ignoring these threads :/ : sparkly
  • Civony was at least passable, but Evony is definitely pretty lame. They have some sort of plan for a p... : Agrona
  • I bet you couldn't handle the extreme awesomeness of this game anyways. : buzzbat
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    It's a good think you take photographs of hot chicks and post them on the Internet, or I'd be going Aaron... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      think thing : Ride-My-Rocket
      • alexander hamilton shot alexander hamilton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_DsL1x1uY&feature=channel_pa... : sparkly
• Bouncing between this and Kingdom of Loathing means I don't have to be bored at work! : CapnChaos
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  Any tips to get medals? I keep attacking flats but none have yielded any medals yet. : Lrd_Cujo
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    Check this out if you haven't seen it yet: http://bbs.evony.com/showthread.php?t=1854 : fuell
    • Very helpful, thanks! I found this: http://bbs.evony.com/showthread.php?t=7239 which makes it sound li... : Lrd_Cujo
    • attacked a lvl 5 valley with a hero and 10 scouts? That's it? : edgewise
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  Im playing as alphablu, my city is Coolsville, can i get an invite? im a scared newbie and i need a bosom... : alphablu
  • you're in! also approved rikitiki2 and maarten : ]pm[chem
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  btw, new players, we are in Server 5 in the state of Morovia : ]pm[chem
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    how do we get into the alliance? : dromo5
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      play game, server 5 in morovia, make an embassy, post here with your game name : ]pm[chem
      • done, done, done, dromo5 : dromo5
• why did we pick morovia? can we conquor the other countries? : naabster
• The game seems to take a couple days to get into (it did for me at least) but once you start seeing more ... : fuell
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  Odd, it seems to have frozen for me. It just sits there with the little clock and won't show anything upo... : terath
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    same here : dromo5
    • yeah it either crashed or theyre done some kind of patch :| : ]pm[chem
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    great. I have my tax rate at 100%. By the time I get back on, I bet my entire city will be empty. : edgewise
    • pwned : alphablu
    • I am thinking of deleting my tax tip since this seems to happen to people... I'm running at 50% full time... : ]pm[chem
    • same for me :( : naabster
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      it's back up. : terath
      • lol back down. I think some alliance put left brackets in their name and busted it. : terath
    • Just rename your city to Flint : bashildy@speakeasy.net
  • seems to be back up now : dromo5
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  anyone else having problems connecting? : edgewise
  • Yeah i stupidly logged out because it was getting slow and now i cant get back in. : alphablu
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  does "ultimate guidelines" last forever or for just one project? : re-verse
  • each guideline is consumed when you use it. : Agrona
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  can i get an invite when someone has a chance? my name is dromo5 and i'm on server 5 in moravia. : dromo5
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    you're invited (I'm back in game now) : ]pm[chem
    • pchem = teh ghey : CalibanX