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• More like Terminator: Shit. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Some say yes. Some say no. Others have not seen it but still say yes or no. : pigvomit
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  I went to the midnight screening last night and people booed at the end. : socksta
  • Booing at a midnight screening...not a good sign. : PenicillinX57
  • That's pretty hilarious. : ejectorpod
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    Our crowd laughed. And one person yelled out, "Shoulda watched Star Trek instead!" lol : Godhatesfatpeople
    • About half way through people started getting fed up. One guy was doing sarcastic laughs and a group was ... : socksta
  • yeah but austinites are assholes : proclone1
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    Were these tickets free? : pigvomit
    • $9 : socksta
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    Really? People were clapping at the end here. : DOOManiac
    • you live in Florida right? : melt_core
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  I wouldn't expect some masterpiece. From what I understand, it's not as good as the previous Terminator ... : jingletard
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    Generic action flick with robots and explosions is what I want/expect. : walker270
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      Yeah, I think everyone was completely disappointed because when you compare it to the previous Terminator... : jingletard
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        I had watched the 3rd one for the firtst time last weekend, and it was better than I thought. The 20 minu... : ghost hacker
        • Yeah that was a pants-crapping action scene : chrisschutz
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        I went in expecting nothing and still hated it. usually I don't mind these generic action movies, but th... : choppp
        • sit back and enjoy time travel, robots, and explosions? just throwing it out there. : Downforce
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    It's an action movie with Transformers in it. And some crybaby named "John Connor". : Godhatesfatpeople
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      if John Connor were so smart he would have negotiated us into a cybernetic symbiosis with machines. What ... : ryuuseki
      • or traveled back in time to kill McG's mom. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    If it's not as good as Terminator 3...well, fuck, that's pretty damning. : Conan
    • Read the AICN review it's really funny... it has spoilers though :[ : ghost in my shell
• It sounds like its one of those moments where its fun and exciting to drop a big turd. Then when its all ... : technotica
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  http://www.cr3static.com/data/gif/salvationquest.gif : Bamtan
  • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Ahahahaha. : brickmatt
  • excellent : smax
• I liked it. : DOOManiac
• 33% with 112 reviews.. not a good sign. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator_salvation/ : TreMetal
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  Cameron should have fought tooth and nail to keep this property. The Terminator franchise has been used ... : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • You'd think they'd learn to take some of the enormous budgets they have these days and spend a little mor... : Dynotaku
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    Cameron never had the property in the first place, he signed it away when he sold the script of The Termi... : Serpico74
    • What script has Arnold ever not been ok with doing? Did you see "Junior"? : riptyde
• 8.3 on imdb! 3.3 on RT and 5.1 on RT users ranking, lol : abrasion
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  subthread: Why do people clap or boo a film in the US? (is this only in America?) I've not seen it happen... : niceguynick
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    It happens here too, sometimes when the movie is so kickass it just adds to the atmosphere. (Everyone ch... : abrasion
    • The aggregated intelligence in that room must have been phenomenal : hankyJR
  • it happens in canada too :/ : nova_x
  • Just a reaction I guess. Or when something particularly awesome happens, like when the arnold terminator : the_burd
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    sometimes I shoot at the screen with my glock : spiderfill
    • Boyz N' The Hood ya'll : snuff
  • It's what Lincoln would do at the end of play. American clap/boo at the end of movies to commemorate thei... : melt_core
  • People don't usually do it here in the US. I've never heard booing at a movie. I've only heard clapping a... : weaselmeister
  • Also I think for special showings or midnight openers this happens more often at least from what I have s... : Dr Van Nostrand
  • This drives me nuts. : ieGod
  • The only time I've ever done this was during Bride Of Chucky. The scene where the annoying gay friend ge... : MacemanInTW
  • People like to have fun and it's a fun thing to do. : chrisschutz
  • Haven't had the....pleasure(?) of that happening yet. : thejm4n
• I liked it. Giant robots! Badass first hour. Shit blew up good and there was a hot chick. It wasn't as st... : pandasrus
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  i just got back. i dont see the hate at all, it was a great terminator movie. : papaskot
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    To say you think it was a great movie is fine but to say it was a great terminator movie is fucking insul... : socksta
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      That is idiotic imho and will set you up to hate everything. But, of course some people enjoy finding re... : rasputinreborn
      • There is no objective quality to anything, everything in the world is subjective and you are just the dre... : locater16
    • dude it had robots and explosion, and ass kicking. im not seeing whats missing. : papaskot
• I thought it was good. Come on people it the Machine War not fucking Macbeth I want a new movie cal... : fadetofunk
• Not as good as part 2, but then again, what is? It blows the pants off part 3, though. : DerHuhnTeufel

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  First can I just say how amazingly shocked I was to find that the demo is well done? Its long, took ... : smacknca
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    This is exactly how I feel about the demo. It's awesome. : razlebol
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      i miss my ps3 =/ my damn lamp went out on my tv, so i've been stuck not playing my ps3 for a week now : Break
      • Same thing happened to me a few months ago on my Sony SXRD. Couldn't play anything except PC for like a ... : deadhorse
      • That sucks. At least it gives you more time to study for your finals :p And also play some more DoW2. : razlebol
  • more fun crackdown = SOLD when I get a ps3 : Yanks
  • Cool, good to know, I really want to try this tonight after all the good reviews its receiving. If I enj... : Begawkiness
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    Nice, this game sounds really cool. I found the gametrailers review to be particularly informative. : Dontdrop
    • oh nice, didnt know they had posted their review yet but just watched it. if i hadnt had the demo that r... : smacknca
  • Good deal. I will give this a look and see if I can fit it into my budget (read as convince my wife that... : obiquatro
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    It's a lot harder than I expected. I got fucking owned a ton of times on the "save the medical crate" mis... : Vincent Grayson
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      Use the map to see them before they get to the crate area and use the cluster grenades while they're all : sethmarc
      • You can also heal quicker by draining electricity. Use L3 to see all nearby electric spot on the minimap.... : razlebol
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  Why couldn't this come out this week? It would have been so nice to have for the long weekend. :( : wretchedradio
  • seriously, I dont get that either. its the same way I never used to get why big games would hit in septe... : smacknca
  • no clue, it really sucks though :( : qwpeoriu
• Thanks for the heads up, downloading now! : marmite
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  hey, does it give you all the powers in the demo? I was thinking I would avoid playing it if that's the c... : Shai-Tan
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    ... and getting all the powers in the demo would ruin it to some extent : Shai-Tan
    • if that's the case I'll just play more of Saint's Row 2 and maybe replay Crackdown while I wait : Shai-Tan
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      I cant imagine what I played were all the powers. it jumps you a couple of times to different points in ... : smacknca
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        ok the gametrailers review shows that there is a lot more to building your character than they showed. t... : smacknca
        • cool, thanks : Shai-Tan
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    It gives you quite a bit, but nowhere near everything. Each power has ~3 upgrade levels and none of the p... : getfrisky
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      They give you less than half the powers but most that they give you in the demo are maxed out. I think th... : razlebol
      • yea just saw that on my second play through. also the game is defaulted on easy. so on the bright side,... : smacknca
• Aaaaargh! Why didn't I see this as soon as I got home from work? I've been hyped about this since the ... : Wikidd
• srsly, that is a good demo. Meaty enough to leave you wanting more. : ThrillKill
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  so... when in the evening do they update in the US store? I so badly want this demo! : .sticks.
  • Depends. Just create a euro account. The demos often come earlier on that store and sometimes you can dow... : razlebol
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    UPDATE: US store has it now : .sticks.
    • Confirmed! Downloading now. : pimpium
• Hmm might have to try this out tonight... : etherboy
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  The game is excellent, I'm on the last few missions now and it's gotten more fun and interesting the furt... : rudds
  • Man, I always look forward to watching your quick-looks on Giantbomb. They are good quality video and sho... : pancake humper
  • You're from Giantbomb, who are you? : abrasion
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  The demo was kind of fun. The one mission where you had to protect the medical crate drop kind of sucked.... : Ellissd
  • It didn't teleport me me there. I stayed where I was when the other waves started. : razlebol
• some trickazz busta in a plane dropped a box of medical supplies and somehow it's MY problem >:( and now... : Dave-A

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• What is Evony and How Do I Get Started? Evony is a Flash-based MMO running on a cheap $2 whore of a serv : Ride-My-Rocket
• Noob Guides & Helpful Info (Updated 2009-05-15) 1) Do not upgrade your Town Hall to Level 5. Doing so wi : Ride-My-Rocket
• War Zone Download the latest list of enemies here ( http://ride-my-rocket.shackspace.com/evony/Enemies.p : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Whelp, oop, and will prob attack my first lvl 1 npc town in a few hours. about 1500 warriors, some transp... : loboca
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    FYI, ballista + transports are able to raid NPC towns with zero losses. I've been using 25 ballista & 5... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      I'm still over 24 hours from having lvl 9 barracks and archery lvl needed. Had to build up defenses for c... : loboca
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        coming out party here as well. probably just gonna get raped instead. : tomatoactivator
        • tons of archer towers and archers make a great defense. Like, tens of thousands. : Agrona
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      15 ballista 34 transports for lvl 1 30 ballista 45 transports for lvl 2 The transports may need to b... : edgewise
      • Thanks for the info man, I'm gonna put that into action as soon as I can build ballista. : slickdoody
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      These values are with a 80-110 or so attack leader. They result in 0 losses if you only send Ballistae a... : Agrona
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        those are waaaayyy too much. I'll send ANY hero into battle at the L1 or L2 level (I'm talking heroes wit... : edgewise
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          Yeah L1 and L2 can definitely be done with that few : OverloadUT
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            Also I'm using 250 on a L4 right now. I am afraid to try less. : OverloadUT
            • I gradually tried dropping the count by 10 each time, but I wasn't waiting long enough for the towns to r... : Agrona
        • Yeah, the 1-3 are overkill. But the 5-6 are just about right, I think. In my defense, I said "sufficien... : Agrona
    • There are guides on bbs.com, but you should be able to fully raid a lvl1 with no losses with 19 ballistas... : riptyde
• Lumber was a .2 this morning.. I made lots of duckets. : stonedonkey
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  Getting tired of hearing about Empire attacks on our newer members. Tempted to start hitting the Empire g... : fuell
  • patience, try RMR-style diplomacy first, messaging them and letting them know we will retaliate if this c... : ]pm[chem
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  annd its down again : deadfish
  • it goes up quickly usually. : tomatoactivator
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  BigTunak 719,218 Tunisia SHAK flag : tunis5000
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    send me (SN/Aggie) a mail in game. : Agrona
    • request sent : tunis5000
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  I moved. Im not sure who I need to tell but my cities new coords. are : Kilppa (797,274) and Tlam (682, 2... : Lrd_Cujo
  • Here's fine -- I'll update my spreadsheet as soon as possible. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Noob help... I'm having trouble keeping enough gold to research anything. I've had to keep raising my ... : lyme
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    First, make sure you have enough jobs (farm, lumber, stone or iron plots in City view). More people work : Ride-My-Rocket
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      I'm pretty sure idle villagers pay tax... has this changed? : Agrona
      • Also, I'm positive you need idle villagers to recruit an army. Then they grow back... : Agrona
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    Post your coords. Someone will send you gold to help out. : fuell
    • Gothica (721, 264). I also need an invite to one of the Shack groups, or I guess I could upgrade my embas... : lyme
    • could use some gold at 629,389 to help with research. : even4
  • Gotta use comforting to keep your loyalty up. That only costs food. : trove
  • 1) your tax rate should be 50% if you can afford the capacity. 2) build more cottages (I have 1 of each ... : Agrona
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  I'm thinking making a second alliance wasn't necessary. There's only like 7 people in it and we have more... : edgewise
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    My opinion is that the second alliance should be for people under a certain amount of prestige who move t... : fuell
    • I wanted to avoid this thing because I felt it was a little silly. I would've liked to see them as a uni... : Agrona
    • 2nd alliance would also be good to keep newcomers under the radar of Horde etc... (who the main alliance : x4nth3
• Man it is too early for this shit to be down : vov1n
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  Caoster 1 : Daddicus 0 battle5.evony.com/default.html?logfile/f9/4f/5b/7b/f94f5b7b5cd7d9aa845f78a0e45b... : Caoster007
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    psst http:// : buzzbat
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      d'oh i just copied from the report : Caoster007
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        Caliban, this one's for you. I present...the raping of saur....an act in 2 parts. (for now) Last ... : Caoster007
        • niiice : buzzbat
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  Here's a ripe target for anyone in the vicinity: a player named Herman(Lor (with around 80k prestige) att : fuell
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    Scouting report on city "V": http://battle5.evony.com/default.html?logfile/d0/f8/fa/55/d0f8fa55e31ceb7f44... : fuell
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      Wait what, he must have a massive army to move around, because those defences be wack yo : d fluke
      • His army isn't even that massive : OverloadUT
  • Edit: 622,285 is his Capital. 624,285 is an empty flat. : fuell
  • he needs to die, local shackers coordinate and get on it : ]pm[chem
  • Herman: http://battle5.evony.com/default.html?logfile/b5/83/fe/47/b583fe4708c66b0ea03f96ce6dcc9b66.xml I... : fuell
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    chatlog To [Herman(Lor]: Friendly advice: stop hitting Sanchez From [Herman(Lor] : i just took a col : fuell
    • Yeah, Shaq is #9 by honor because you guys are some crazy motherfuckers : d fluke
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    I'M HITTING HERMAN once my troops return from the field. It's about 2h20m with no mechanical units and... : fuell
    • Change of plans. While I'd love to hit him, for me to send a force that would be an assured victory, it w... : fuell
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    Oh you will ruin his fucking day so hard. It can be done, but coordination and enough participants is ke... : Agrona
    • that is kind of amusing. I'll never spend $ on this game though. : ]pm[chem
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  Noob question I'm going to be out of town the next few days and unable to access. Is there a way to "s... : kelzmelzer
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    nope. give someone you trust the pw : deadfish
    • there's no vacation mode?! LOL OK "this game is my life there are no breaks!" : tunis5000
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  I'm being attacked. Server crashed before I could get a look at who it was. approx 2 hours eta. I suspect : edgewise
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    plus it's directed at my capital city which has over 6k archer towers in it. so anyone coming is bringing... : edgewise
    • Think I'm the closest to you at 602,214. But most I could send is 500 archers, 2000 warriors, and I'm not... : loboca
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      What are your coords? : fuell
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        I'll tell you when the server comes back... approx 763,223 or something. : edgewise
        • Oh, guess you moved. : loboca
        • this downed server crap is bullshit. : edgewise
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          Gah.. that's mad far away from me. : fuell
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            the only people who could possibly help at this point are probably overlordUT, swiftant and sacrelige : edgewise
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              and me, I can send 10k archers your way : terath
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                sweet. now if only the server would cooperate. : edgewise
                • it's up : fuell
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                it's great to see this cooperation. everyone needs tons of spare troops for this sort of community defe... : Agrona
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                  sucks you cant read the alliance chat anymore. the cooperation is amazing. : edgewise
                  • I hear bits and pieces. I'm glad to see that taking off =) : Agrona
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                  How much will 2500 ballista fuck us up? : daedraug
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                    we'll see... : edgewise
                    • apparently it wasn't who we thought it would be. Shacker cooperation is a powerful thing. Check out the n... : edgewise
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          it's up 752, 263. 2:24 min : edgewise
          • sorry, was going to send 6k warriors but I'm 6 hours away. : cyclonebee
          • yikes, that's a long ways. The only thing I have that can get to you in time are scouts. : riptyde
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    AMAZING DEFENSE right here: http://battle5.evony.com/default.html?logfile/80/3b/ef/1b/803bef1be191a3030a1 : fuell
    • 117,000 archers... unbelievable. : edgewise
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      scouting report on her http://battle5.evony.com/default.html?logfile/86/b4/ef/d5/86b4efd560fa5ff73c215c76... : edgewise
      • Looks like she lost the lion's share of her army in that attack. Now would be the perfect time for retali... : fuell
• Found JamzFace [horde] (JamesCity @ 653, 247) : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Teleported my 3rd city, Mejis. New location: 764,344, near re-Verse, cyclonebee, sunsavatar, byorn, and a... : fuell
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    why'd you teleport it? : edgewise
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      he wanted better targets i believe : crust
      • Wanted to try to get closer to other shackers too. : fuell
• Protip: Remember to hide your gold and resources in the market when you are afk, especially if you are b... : riptyde
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  Preliminary Empire scouting within 30 miles of me: Lluren - SkyCamelot(628, 371), Mantua (632, 369) Y : buzzbat
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    so empire means empire + empire2 + empire3 ? : naabster
    • all cities with the Ǿ Ǿ tag : buzzbat
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  hey kids if your near 790 380 PLEASE GOD GIVE ME SOMEONE TO KILL :[ : deadfish
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    750 352, it's kinda far, but there you go : ]pm[chem
    • bit outta my league :[ : deadfish
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  So now that that whole Edgewise v LadySoreAss thing has been resolved I'd appreciate some estimates on th... : e3_Jeb
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    you can't take somebody's only city : RetroRedEyeJr
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      Crap really? So abandoned cities just get farmed forever? : e3_Jeb
      • basically. After a while they get ignored for being small fries, but if you need a quick resource fix, t... : Agrona
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  Compass/Horseback tech seems to be broken. Balls. http://bbs.evony.com/showthread.php?t=11690 : fuell
  • Lame. : Agrona
  • LOL and I just started researching compass 4. : riptyde
• wrong server, but, - http://battle1.evony.com/default.html?logfile/19/44/4c/fc/19444cfc9851d22f4e8c5fb3f6... : Agrona

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  Jetpack is neat, but I hope its life as an extension is short and it's rolled into the main app. : ThomW
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    Sure, once they figure out how to do what they want they'll pull it in to the main app. : Zero|DPX
    • I posted about Jetpack this morning. I was kind of annoyed that in their video an adblocker was one of th : ThomW
• thanks for the update...I just updated to 2.0.181.1...looking good so far. : Smitty
• The Mac builds are getting relatively stable so I've been using them occasionally. Is there a way to ena... : hawkeye
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  Thanks for the update.. Can´t hope to wonder though, are you indian? : davidc02
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    ? no : Zero|DPX
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      hehe it´s just that I´ve seen like 10 new product/features videos from google, and it seems like thereÂ... : davidc02
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        I can't recall a single Chrome-related video with anyone Indian in it, from today's all the way back to o... : Zero|DPX
        • Which is why I said Google products/features... Off the top of my head... http://www.youtube.com/watch... : davidc02
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  is there any way to turn off middle mouse autoscroll? I hate that shit. : DapperDan
  • Yeah, it´s called don´t middle click.. : davidc02
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    As a developer all I can think is "Damned if you do, damned if you don't." : Yanks
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      That's always how it is, you just roll with it (and put up with Bean telling you have have an Applonian d... : Zero|DPX
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        Is there any way to improve how it detects the release of the middle click? That's my only real (minor) ... : SiW.
        • WebKit doesn't yet seem to support scroll-while-pressed, just toggle. Feel free to patch upstream! : Zero|DPX
      • or you add a checkbox to turn it off like FireFox does :*( : DapperDan
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      So I guess you've forgot about options then? Options are not your enemy, they really aren't. They allow y : retarded talking dinosaur
      • I'm not going to give you the twenty minute spiel on precisely why options are not the panacea you might ... : Zero|DPX
    • "Preferences" : Fayk
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  the regular person chrome channel was unusably bad last time I tried, I think it was a 1.0 branch and dev... : Luminair
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    Yes. : Zero|DPX
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      then chrome has truly come into its own. this is the SUMMER OF CHROME! : Luminair
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        Um, well, we do in fact have 5 or so Summer Of Code students... : Zero|DPX
        • I cant say the guy who named summer of code was thinking of seinfeld at the time, but I was http://www.yo... : Luminair
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  Does this build not crash with win7? : crummynz
  • Correct : Zero|DPX
  • ambiguously worded question. interpretation of answer is up to the reader. : boring gegtik
• So this new stable build does not have extensions, right? : deveus1
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  How does Chrome work on Windows 7? : dael
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    spiffingly? : Goncyn
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      Still doesn't work on my install for some reason. : mancide
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        Completely uninstall and reinstall from a fresh download. See if that works. : Zero|DPX
        • That worked for me. : Gonzo
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        Weird, I say that, then load it and it works for the first time in months. : mancide
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          google updater'd : Luminair
          • And it's back to not rendering again. : mancide
      • I'm running the dev channel and it works great. Stable channel did not work (prior to now?) : Goncyn
  • works fine. Use it as my main browser. : AMikaboshi
  • It's slow as a snail for me. I switched back to Firefox. : WhatIsThisFor
  • it installed just fine and runs just lovely :) : dael
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  doh, you can remove sites from the new tab page? How =( I've been on dev and haven't ben able to figure... : Agrona
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    Hit "Remove thumbnails" at the lower left, then click an X on anything you want to get rid of, then Done : Zero|DPX
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      that is not user friendly at all :/ i was afraid to click it because the text pretty clearly suggests th... : electroly
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        I was under the same impression. Nice to know it's there. Maybe "Edit Thumbnails" would be more descripti... : pupismyname
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          Yeah, if you come up with good naming that'd be great. It's a stopgap really, we're working on completel... : Zero|DPX
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            Just a suggestion, but what about a minor tweak like "Remove a thumbnail" so it doesn't imply that it cle... : electroly
            • or "Thumbnail remover" : Visceral Monkey
            • "Remove N thumbnails" Or just put in the right-click context menu, or a little red "x" in the top righ... : uncleanmonkey
            • Yeah, I already filed a bug asking if we could change to that wording. Great minds think alike. : Zero|DPX
    • I... never noticed that. Thanks! : Agrona
  • i too would like to know this : electroly
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  Someone explain what middle-mouse auto scroll is. Is it just middle clicking and then moving the mouse c... : spazzium
  • Yes : crummynz
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  Can someone link me to the chrome shack extensions page? : Visceral Monkey
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    http://code.google.com/p/shackscripts/downloads/list : Agrona
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      please don't think this page, link here http://code.google.com/p/shackscripts/wiki/Main Installing the e... : filthysock
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        think = link : filthysock
        • Ah right, thanks for that. I just posted it from my bookmarks and wasn't thinking. : Agrona
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  Chrome Javascript Debugger Apparently such a beast exists? Or is this blog full of bs? http://www.al... : Agrona
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    Javascript console is ctrl + shift + J. You can then click on the scripts tag and debug shit all you want : Cheeziologist
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      whooo, thanks : Agrona
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        chrome debugger seems to rage-crash on win7 for me :( : filthysock
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          actually it appears its disabled in the lastest update : filthysock
          • works for me, shack has lots and lots of reds : dael
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  great work Zero|DPX. Auto-updating extensions is kickass news, i'll implement that as soon as its availab... : filthysock
  • Hopefully you're subscribed to chromium-dev (and hopefully we post about things there)! : Zero|DPX
  • That is awesome. I think we can safely say screw user scripts at this point. : ThomW
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  Only thing I want is a better download manager. Chrome is now my primary browser. : irrerno
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    TBH I never really understood the need for fancy download managers. I download things occasionally in a ... : Zero|DPX
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      I don't think the problem with Chrome's downloader is that it's not fancy, the problem is that it's got s... : electroly
      • I also think that using a separate FTP client is exceedingly rare these days, but I don't have any number... : electroly
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        Yeah I agree, I really hate the way it's designed right now. : sanchez
        • I don't see what is wrong with a Firefox style download manager. I realize the Google way is to rethink ... : midgetherder
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        Originally I believe the UI thinking was that people generally downloaded one of two ways: * Something "... : Zero|DPX
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          I think keeping the shelf on all tabs would solve most of my issues. Generally when I'm downloading some... : electroly
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            We originally had download status in the throbber for the tab containing the download. I still feel like... : Zero|DPX
            • I'm not sure that would help me, but I'm also probably not the general case. I could see that working we... : electroly
      • if there's one thing that I miss from Firefox it's my downloadstatusbar extension. I liked it being spre... : Halen
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      Its not about what you want or understand, its what people that use Chrome would like to use. Download ma... : ashkie
      • Your first sentence is unnecessarily snarky. There's a lot of stuff in Chrome that's not for me. I was ... : Zero|DPX
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    I use it a lot more now, probably 50% of the time. My biggest gripes are the following: - I don't lik... : midgetherder
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      Would clicking "Home" to bring you back to the New Tab screen be a reasonable approximation of the dropdo... : electroly
      • Maybe. I suppose I could just get used to opening a new tab every time. : midgetherder
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      * "Don't like" is kinda vague, hard to respond to that * I think the nine icons in the New Tab page are ... : Zero|DPX
      • I'm going to try to get my brain used to making new tabs and running that way. My biggest problem with t... : midgetherder
  • I use Chrome primarily at work now, even after badmouthing it in the beginning. I think the thing that I... : boarder2
• Not sure if this is a Chrome issue, but updating broke the collapsible menu in Blackboard. Collapsed it w... : jonas54
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  Have you fixed the problem where when you close the last tab the browser closes? That seems like an odd t... : Dynotaku
  • Overlook? I assumed it was intentional. I generally middle-click the tab to close Chrome; I like it. : electroly
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    Why are you assuming it's an overlooked problem? As you say it'd be pretty odd for us not to notice that... : Zero|DPX
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      It's weird having a button that is a conditional function. If other tabs are opened, it closes the tab it... : Dynotaku
      • But the functionality of Chrome is consistent, Firefox isn't. When you close a tab, it goes away. When ... : OmegaRed59
      • Agree on the inconsistent close behaviour being irritating. : swampangel
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      It would be nice if instead of closing the browser it just makes that tab the tab page like you just open... : Frozen Pixel
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        I actually enjoy that it just closes the program. Maybe a preference to have the last closed tab open a ... : midgetherder
        • I don't really mind it, the way it works now. It just took a minor adjustment in thinking. : Frozen Pixel
    • because it doesnt make sense the way it works now : Luminair
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19336593#itemanchor_19336593 : fishbone
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19973371 : Zero|DPX
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  can someone point me in the direction of the shackscripts for this? im going to finally take the plunge (... : Klebold
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    http://code.google.com/p/shackscripts/ : Visceral Monkey
    • cheers : Klebold
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  When do we get the netflix player in chrome? : quazar
  • I think you should ask Netflix that. : ThomW

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  no one knows? : bagelcc
  • no one carreesss : feek
  • pretty sure HE GOT A LIFE : Luminair
  • he got attacked by a show : Cheeziologist
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  Last I heard his ass was on fire. : DOOManiac
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    Does anyone have a link to that twitter log? It was fucking hilarious, and I can't remember who posted i... : Clasifyd
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      http://www.shackpics.com/files/redhotpooper_isuznz1eint9jfceqp54.jpg : woddemandred
      • Thanks a lot, woddeman! And thanks, Phil! : Clasifyd
      • what the fuck is that. lol internet. kevin quit the pillow talk man! hahaha : Downforce
      • lolwtf : paulatreus
      • For backstory: http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/comedy/66805/Kevin-and-Olivia-Take-Shots-Of-Hot-Sauce.html : fishbone
    • phil, phil was that shacker : kaddar0
  • it's not funny : CoRDS
• What ever happened to Captain Immy? : pharoah mike
• What ever happened to Amelia Earhart? : eldiablo01
• What ever happened to Matt Lauer? : Phreakin
• What ever happened to predictability? The milk man, the paper boy, evening T.V? : kingdok
• Whatever happened to the Lindbergh baby? : Corvus orru
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  Which shacker is this? : Downforce
  • we must know which shacker it is : RikiTiki2
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  What ever happened to George Broussard? : pigvomit
  • I think he's in the bunker with eva and shatzie riding out the storm. cmon back George, we know you can ... : beastrabban
• He asked for donations and the Shackers ran him off. :( : Matt Burris
• Whatever happened to Mr. Green Jeans? : Xin Jing Client 1a
• Whatever happened to baby Jane? : mechanicalgrape
• What ever happened to Carmen San Diego? : jcrockerman
• What ever happened to baby Jane? : capt tripps
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  Whatever happened to the fifth Dinobot? : shyguy74
  • grimlock kicked his butt. : j0nchan
• Whatever happened to our love? : Geoffrois
• Where's Waldo?! : coraldayton
• Answer the man! : zebosausamite
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  Whatever happened to predictability? The newsman? The paper boy? : bozer
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    or the stock market going up? : j0nchan
    • FAIL :( : ejectorpod
    • I just cried on the inside : johngloid

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  It updated Plants vs Zombies u newb : MrLobo
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    jk its updating TF2 now : MrLobo
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      changelist: Maps Added new map, Pipeline. Pipeline is the first map in a new game mode named payl... : MrLobo
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        wait so theres no new melee weapon for sniper? thats kinda disappointing! : chilln
        • Yeah, Jarate ;) : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Flamethrower's air burst now extinguishes fire on friendly targets Grenades and rockets deflected by a : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Standard sniper rifle now shoots through friendly players YES!!! : DOOManiac
      • oh, and where are the hats? I WANT A HAT : chilln
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        They should add pl_swift next update. Played it for the first time yesterday and had fun on there. Way be... : pyide
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          That map looks great : Godhatesfatpeople
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            that's the old version I think, oops. http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/85660 either way it's small, so an... : pyide
            • yeah it was definitely a great time! : .frame
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        Spies can now use enemy teleporters Ohhhh shit : DrWaffles
        • O_o : Godhatesfatpeople
        • ^^^^^^^^^^^^ : niceguynick
    • Yeah you're a twat oh JK :) :) :) : Vangoghs Ear
• WRONG : Vangoghs Ear
• THIS IS LEGIT. im updating! : chilln
• UPDAAAATE : afrochops
• yup, 15% : goatjc
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  update notes: Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically... : AlexXdude
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    Standard sniper rifle now shoots through friendly players finally!!! : AlexXdude
    • ya that's pretty damn nice : Senate5000
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      I cannot count the number of times I've missed shots because friendlies ran in the way. :( : DOOManiac
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        Seriously. It's awesome. In combination with the Razorback not taking the Kukri slot, it's going to be mu... : AlexXdude
        • Sweet, wonderful murder. : DOOManiac
    • Seriously awesome. : spazzium
  • fucking hell, now THATS an update! : niceguynick
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    Spies can now pick up health kits for their "disguise health", even when uninjured so spies can run a... : pyide
    • No. Only water can wash off the Jarate at the moment. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • now that is an epic motherfucking jar-pissing update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Downforce
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  Standard sniper rifle now shoots through friendly players : pancake humper
  • that one is huge. I can't count how many times I've had people run in front of my headshots. : goatjc
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    This one is HUGE : MrLobo
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      spies can use enemy teleporters now too! holy shit : AlexXdude
      • haha holy shit that would be awesome : .frame
  • hell ya : .frame
• YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS : locater16
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  Awww yeah!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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    WTF, it stopped downloading at 20 percent. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Do a pause and resume. It did the same for me : MrLobo
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        Oh, it's working again.. and I didn't have to do a pause and resume. I will keep that in mind next tim... : Maddog_Delphi97
        • 100% DOWNLOADED, AWW YEAH!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
• yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh : Nitrium
• Standard sniper rifle now shoots through friendly players Added 54 new Sniper voice lines Interesting t... : reign27
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  Spies disguised as enemy spies now get a random mask to help complete the disguise, and their target id w : smax
  • I also like the new Scoreboard tweaks: * Dominations no longer get wiped when teams switch sides : Godhatesfatpeople
• right before the laker game,those bastards! : jonin
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  damnit, my loadout says "cannot show loadout., not connected to steam" bugz0r already. : chilln
  • This always happen when the updates first roll out. It's the Steam servers getting hammered. Just give it... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  started at 500kb/s, now its hovering at around 25kb/s >:( : smax
  • Yeah, I'm getting like 20kb/s too between the small DoD:S update and the TF2 one :( : AlexXdude
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  so which shack servers are we going on? : Klebold
  • also who should i PM about the password? im assuming its not the old one. : Klebold
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    Dallas is still updating. Should be up in a few. : RyDogg1
    • Sweet! : spazzium
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    Hirez is there any way we could get shack west up? : spazzium
    • Nevermind, I guess it is :) : spazzium
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  this looks like quite the update. i hate spies but this is gonna be interesting : Mmmmmoo
  • this update should be fun for you then, there will be lots of really bad spies running around for you to ... : smax
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  14%!? FUCK YOU I WANT IT NOW! : Dschinghis Khan
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    fuck you! steam server are too busy. won't even start here :( : pyide
    • Yeah, it did that to me for a while too. : Durandal07
• Finally, the Ubercharge percentage shows up when disguised as a medic. : Durandal07
• I just noticed one Achievement for the Sniper Shafted - Stab an enemy with an arrow. I guess you ca... : Godhatesfatpeople
• It's not updating but when I check the history it says it's updated. Wtf. Also when I try to launch it sa... : ieGod
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  shackeast is updating now, should be a few minutes : n0v4
  • GO GO GO!!! : Maddog_Delphi97
• Any shack servers updated ? : MrLobo
• game unavailable. grrrrrr!!!!!! : Klebold
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  Anyone else getting the "Host_Error: Server is enforcing file consistency for particles\water_dx80.pcf" : mysled
  • yes i am : Klebold
• http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/ lol. the high lama of head trauma : pyide

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• I've been sitting here wondering the same thing. : getfrisky
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  updating right now at 1,8mb/s : Hoax
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    well played : kallanta
    • i usually fall for that one myself. : Hoax
• everyone is fired, remember? steam is probably running on a pentium pro with NT 4 : Downforce
• ugh i know... i hoped to get off work and have this tonight. : chilln
• probably 10-11:30 est as usual. : skinlab133
• furiously f5ing teamfortress.com right now : ass-street
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  My God TF2 will be unplayable against a team of all spies for the next many weeks. I am terrible at being... : invisible_kid
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    time to finish my pyro unlocks... : NexusOne
    • Seriously, it's going to be great. : skinlab133
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    It's pretty simple, playing as eng will be worthless for a while, but you will rack up serious kills play... : Cheeziologist
    • that could be reversed entirely. with spies doing dumb shit and snipers running all over throwing piss...... : Downforce
  • I predict two teams of spies cloaked as the other team's snipers pretending to shoot at each other on 2fo... : Adm.Snackbar
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  Gentlemen. I will enjoy the pleasure of hunting you all this weekend. : Techpriest((Thc))
  • Especially you doom. >:) : Techpriest((Thc))
  • and I will enjoy the pleasure of throwing a jar of piss on you : Cheeziologist
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  I'm gonna guess around 9 pm cst tonight. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    awwwwww yeeeeah : r3dn3ck
    • :D : Maddog_Delphi97
• not sure..I only have this pyro costume for a few more hours >:( : IcomeINpeace
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf7RTWpjxzs To kill time, its awesome ;) : Techpriest((Thc))
  • its like MXC ripoff for hallfife? lol : chilln
  • Haha, yes, yes it is. : DOOManiac
  • "yeeess, that's a grenade" BOOOOM!! : Maddog_Delphi97
  • LOL @ epilepsy rehab. : GrimmyD
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  So as a person who is coming back after have not played it since before the first unlockables, how screwe... : pancake humper
  • Not very, you'll just be jealous at wanting to try out some of the new gear ...or just go on an achv' ser : niceguynick
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    You'll be more screwed because you're rusty and unfamiliar with the new maps than you will be by not havi... : DOOManiac
    • will you teach me : pancake humper
  • Absolutely zero. The medic's blutsager and ubersaw are probably the only two with almost no downside... : FlamingGimp
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  Right now restart your steam! : quazar
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    good one, not. : Techpriest((Thc))
    • He's not JOKING! http://store.steampowered.com/news/2529/ : GrimmyD
  • ^^^^^ no shit : IcomeINpeace
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  Valve Time : RyDogg1
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    Dallas is updating right now btw. : RyDogg1
    • sweet : afrochops
    • You are a good and noble man. : DOOManiac
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  is anyway playing yet? i will be heading to dallas in a couple of mins : Techpriest((Thc))
  • I can't connect. :( Host_Error: Server is enforcing file consistency for particles\water_dx80.pcf : DOOManiac
• TF2 Whoville Server updated. Have fun Ladies : mmaster_pw