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  Is it better than "Cars" atleast? Think thats the only pixar film I have not seen in the theatre. : bld
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    its better than Cars and the Incredibles and Madagascar : spiderfill
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      pixar didn't do madagascar : deathofrats
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        I had to look that up to make sure. I thought cars was "meh" but still felt like a pixar film. I just d... : bld
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          The secret there is simple. Dreamworks flicks tend to rely on cheap pop references which instantly dates ... : gooblerampling
          • Kung Fu Panda is the best Dreamworks film, and it still falls short of about half of what Pixar has put o... : one random winner
          • good point : riptyde
          • They also use celebrity actors which takes away from the characters. : Wisp!
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      Cars is my least favorite Pixar film, but I don't know that they can top the Incredibles. : ieGod
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        how do you feel about Cars against other films not made by Pixar? : RikiTiki2
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          Cars > non pixar CGI movies. Cars was the only pixar film to not "do it" for me. It is still a damn g... : bld
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            Shrek is much better than Cars, so is Monsters and Ice age. : razlebol
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              Also Madagascar. : razlebol
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                But Madagascar 2 was pure crap. : excessus
                • I thought it was actually better than the original, which was filled with awkward. : one random winner
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                Madagascar is an awful awful movie I'm sorry : Begawkiness
                • I enjoyed it more than Cars. : razlebol
            • Oh wait, Monster inc is pixar. : razlebol
      • really? that and finding nemo are my least favorite by far : kainen1
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    to me, Cars was Pixar's worst movie. but it was still enjoyable to some level. i guess i just have very... : Korban
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      If Cars is the worst Pixar has ever done, they're the best studio in Hollywood. : MercFox1
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        Agreed. I think some of the distaste for cars was that it was only a "good" movie. Not a timeless class... : bld
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          Yeah, it wasn't bad at all, it was just pretty generic. : nurglich
          • It was just much more of a kids movie than the others. It didn't have the depth that something like Up, W... : Gonzo
      • They are from the Bay Area, not Hollywood.... : Wisp!
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    They go in this order for me: The Incredibles > Wall-E > Up > Toy Story 2 > Finding Nemo > Toy Story 1... : Gonzo
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      Not mine but close, I can buy it. The crazy thing is that movies in the middle like Nemo and Monsters Inc : Serpico74
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        Totally agree. Really, it doesn't fall apart until you get down to Bug's Life, which is merely good. Mon... : Gonzo
        • I've been watching Bugs Life a bunch lately because my daughter likes it. I think it holds up better tha... : riptyde
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      Not bad! I would rate Finding Nemo below Toy Story 1 and Bug's Life above Monsters, but it's pretty clos... : spazzium
      • I'm not sure if that's the final placement for Up, but it really delivered on a first viewing. I think I'... : Gonzo
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        Also, you should rewatch Monsters. I guarantee it's better than your remember it being. : Gonzo
        • And Nemo. For a while it was my second favorite behind Toy Story 2. : Serpico74
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      I'd go Up > Incredibles > Ratatouille > Wall-E > Nemo > Monsters Inc > Toy Story 1/2/Bug's Life > Cars. : Vincent Grayson
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        No, the proper order is: Ratatouille > Wall-E > Up > Toy Story 1/2 > Cars > Monsters Inc > Incredibles> ... : kainen1
        • Finding Nemo is infinitely better than Cars and A Bug's Life. It's not even close. : Wisp!
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      lol, i like how everyone just ignores Ice Age and Ice Age 2. : dopeman
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        JUST KIDDING. for some reason i thought that these were pixar films. wtf? they totally had the trailer... : dopeman
        • It's not like the trailers before a film are just ones from the same studio. Usually, they're (in my expe... : Vincent Grayson
        • Actually Ice Age(s) are awesome. So far... : bld
  • Cars was ok, but it was amazing if you're a gearhead. There were so many little visual jokes. I need to s... : h0cake
• As long as it's better than Wall-E : abrasion
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  I wish people would stop comparing pixar films to their own films. Incredibles is a completely different... : deathofrats
  • But wouldn't it be awesome if an alien jumped into the car with them while they were making out in Titani... : plunkymeadows
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    But they're in their own class. Watch something like Happy Feet or even Shrek, then go back and watch Car... : Gonzo
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      I think PIXAR is the new classic Disney. They have not made a single bad movie, but the standards keep ge... : bld
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        you're not gonna pass the syntax check :( : biskits
        • I know that :( Have not coded in years, not my thing. Just making a sloppy reference. : bld
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    Pixar should just make an Aliens movie. : Sapiens
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      It would be better than the AVP movies atleast. : bld
      • I'd just like them to do a "serious" movie to see what it looks like. : Sapiens
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      I'd love to see how a violent movie from them would turn out. : razlebol
      • I think the good nature of their films is where all the charm is though - and it's great. : abrasion
  • Isn't Pixars primary demographic for every movie it makes anybody aged 3-dead? : theghostofsmdever
  • Exactly. Animation isn't a genre, it's a format. : Drewus
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    Aliens > The Fountain : spiderfill
    • The Fountain > The Hottie & The Nottie. : Klebold
  • I'll never stop comparing their previous work to their latest, sorry. While they are completely different : ieGod
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  Finding Nemo is my favorite Pixar movie by far. I don't know why. : gibolas1234
  • Agreed. : lightly inclined
  • The father/son stuff in that movie is pretty powerful. Either Finding Nemo or Up are my personal favorit... : hawkeye
  • Incredibles is my favorite, but I think Finding Nemo has the most touching story. : riptyde
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    i love the fact that the film caused tonnes of kids to ask for clown fish as xmas presents which subseque... : Klebold
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      To this day, if my daughter sees a clown fish, she immediately yells out "NEMO FISH!" and runs over and s... : riptyde
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        Unfortunately she's 28. : SiW.
        • They managed to hide it for a while, but eventually the mental hospital caught up. : one random winner
  • I don't know why it would be anyone's favorite, either. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • it's my least favorite. The voice acting is saccharine and annoying : kainen1
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  Up is Pixar's best movie, I'd say. And yes, I have seen The Incredibles. : Lone Swordsman
  • Eh, I actually thought it was one of their weaker films. Still a good movie but not as good as many of t... : Begawkiness
  • I agree, and of course have seen every one as well. : Audhuml4
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  Why is the Incredibles so awesome on the Shack? What made it better than the others? : royalally
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    it's just a much deeper and more engaging children's cartoon for babies than the other ones : boring gegtik
    • I have a favourite pacifier : boring gegtik
  • Because it is awesome, duh. : Begawkiness
  • Because it was good, crazy concept yet true - ridiculous I know. : abrasion
  • Because the shack is full of nerds. : D45hiz
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  I thought Up pretty much sucked. I fell asleep about half way. I mean how much of a story can you develop... : bling1bling
  • It definitely really annoyed me yet again how many jokes they gave away in the trailer. I found myself r... : Begawkiness
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  i found the incredibles good but boring :( : fsck
  • o_O that movie is the complete opposite of boring to me : Begawkiness

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• Enjoy it while it lasts. : obiquatro
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  I'm 32 and still get carded all the damn time for games and beer at walmart. : sigpro
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    beer at walmart!? what kind of devilry is this! : zerog83
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      Super Walmart baby. Has full grocery section + everything else. They don't have the greatest selection bu... : sigpro
      • Hell, my local Super Walmart even has a modest selection of the more well-known craft brews. : Arcanum
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        depends on the state. In Kansas, the beer in grocery/big-box stores is 3.2%, so if you want normal beer y... : kevp
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          And this is why Missouri > Kansas : wykd
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            I laugh at that statement from my posh Johnson County apartment : kevp
            • I gleefully drive over my pothole-free roads. : c0bra
        • Here, our liquor stores cant sell beer. : broly1718
      • Deschutes is damn fine beer. Too bad we don't get it on the east coast. : h0cake
    • I used to think this until I walked into a Super Walmart. They are awesome, plus some decent prices on t... : ant_hillbilly
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      we can only get beer at licensed distributors in PA, and liquor at state stores :( : zerog83
      • California is pretty sweet because you can get hard liquor anywhere. Costco, safeway it's always crazy to... : sigpro
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    They card. They won't let you buy beer if you have your kid with you : melkore
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      haha what? I buy beer all the time when I have my kids with me they are like 4 and 7 though : sigpro
      • I guy I used to work with could not buy beer with his kids there. They ended up leaving over $200 worth ... : melkore
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      This was the craziest thing I've ever heard of. Back in CA they just card the person buying, but here I c... : mysled
      • We had a guy here who refused to let a Puerto Rican guy buy beer because the clerk was retarded and didn'... : Agrona
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  hobo beard adds at least 15 years : spiderfill
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    I can barely grow asshair length on my chin as well as a faint outline of a moustache. Yet without either... : avatar_58
    • I feel your pain. Everyone says that I will miss it when I am older. : VictoriouSecret
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  I've had the same thing happen to me all the time. Last weekend I got carded at a club I go to all the t... : MacemanInTW
  • (I'm 28) : MacemanInTW
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  Gamestop cards? : hoov1185
  • That was my reaction too -"Seriously?" : avatar_58
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    Yeah, and they should be doing that. : mittense
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      I've just never seen them do it. : hoov1185
      • I've seen them refusing to sell games to kids. They even refused buying games that are 18+ that the kid a... : razlebol
• I still get carded for R-rated movies. >:| A couple of years ago, the ticket holder actually asked me ... : mittense
• II'm 22 and I get carded 99% of the time everywhere. : Link.
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  You're lucky, I'm 25 and most people think I'm in my 30s. : eldiablo01
  • I'm the opposite.. I'm 31 and people think I'm about 24-25. : Shadowdane
• I haven't shaved in a while and haven't gotten carded in a while either. Why doesn't everyone just stop s... : Drakoniac
• I'm 26 and some guy the other day thought I was 40. : gibolas1234
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  they shouldn't card you for TW10. : Fyunch Click
  • They should seriously change that rating to M for all the profanity that goes on in that game. : Haxim
• I found it funny when I was 17 that I had to be 18 to buy an M rated game. M says 17 and above.. : thrallie200
• I'm 31 and I get carded at every bar. The legal age here is 18 too. : Edges
• I'm 23 and someone thought I was older than my sister who is 27. :( : Ellissd
• im 26 and i look 18. it has its pros and cons... mostly cons. : chilln
• 24 and I still get carded for cigarettes.... : thetangent
• I rarely get carded for anything at the age of 25. My family fucked me with a receding hairline. So I sh... : valael
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  2... rated R movies still =( : invisible_kid
  • That was supposed to be 27, I quit : invisible_kid
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  I got carded at 29 when I was buying a lottery ticket ...... : mystifier
  • Me too :( Or if I buy cigs for friends :( And I NEVER shave my beard!! : jessipoo
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  I'm 24 and my gf is 25, we were both carded at Best Buy the other day :( : meesterbill
  • I just realized how old all of us are. WTF. Also, this is why I try to keep some stubble :( : meesterbill
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  Got carded for Dead Space. I'm 27. : Anastomosis
  • 0wned!!! : CrustaR
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  I'm 37 and still getting carded. : ThomW
  • Having the youthful looks of an underwear model has it's cons apparently : MoreVespeneGas
• Exactly why I don't shave : locater16
• I didn't get carded on my 21st birthday. I usually don't get carded in bars, but I will in supermarkets a... : PointlesS76
• I was carded to see Watchmen and I am 26. I think they did it though because my girlfriend looks about 15... : Evil Benius
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  im 23 and didnt get carded on my first drink. eat it fags : feek
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    When I turned 21 and went into the liquor store for the first time I was actually looking forward to gett... : Begawkiness
    • well this was just last weekend : feek
    • Yeah I did not get carded on my 21st birthday either. : Evil Benius
  • You look like youre 17, so I am sure you get carded a lot regardless : maulla
  • The waitress was a pedophile and trying to get you sauced up for an amusing rape. : ThomW
• They carded me when I had a cobra 40 in my hand. : not work safe
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  I have this at the liquor store. Shave = carded, unshaven = no card. Luckily I do my drinking on the we... : Begawkiness
  • 24 here btw : Begawkiness
• hey, you and FPSDavid's have something in common : cptstern
• Guys, don't flatter yourselves. A lot of these companies scare employees into carding everyone who looks... : pigvomit
• stop eating oatmeal, you age slower with oatmeal Milk on the other hand, if you drink too much you wil... : quadalupeupe

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  You're the only one who still pushes a mouse button to move forward. :( : DOOManiac
  • AHEM : CoRDS
  • I held on to this ancient style of movement all the way through my over-long quake 3 phase. Hell I didn't... : InfoBiter
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    I do too. : gyokuro
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      Da hell is wrong with you? : locater16
      • SDF + mouse2 : gyokuro
    • Christ : Mondo
  • Not-uh. : nevicata
  • Nope, one more here. : MacemanInTW
  • WASD 4 life : voodooraze
  • I used to. I switched to classic WASD layout a couple years ago because I was tired of games that didn'... : CRasterImage
  • Correct. : abrasion
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    seriously, there are better ways to use your mouse and buttons, that has to be the weirdest control schem... : greh kleh
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      With forward, back and fire all on the mouse you can look and move with one hand. What could be better th... : nudel
      • God gave you two hands for a reason! : Perturbation
  • Ever play a game where you owned someone over and over and over again, that you ended up pitying that guy... : Matt Burris
  • you can pry my cold dead right index finger off my mouse button when I cant move anymore : cap n KRUNCH
  • I use mouse inverted, mouse2 for forward, mouse1 fire. space jump, a/d strafe, x back, z crouch, left alt... : jane911
  • Used to do it, stopped somehow around the BF2 & CS:S era I think. My best friend still uses it and is da... : TabsAZ
  • I do too. It's seriously something I hope to never lose. : braaains
  • I do too. It's a habit that I can't break from playing Quake. I also use the , and . to strafe left and ... : mayanobsidian
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    thats what i do : ( : disembodied potato
    • its wierd i do WASD except W is usually some special function like use or open door, and my rmb is forwar... : disembodied potato
  • I do. I have to! : baron calamity
  • I do as well : zerog83
• you use mouse buttons to move? you're one of those weirdos :( i thought i knew you...I THOUGHT : EvilDolemite
• Infotainment, they're trying to teach you the proper way of moving game characters. : boredguy
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  Just trying to break you of REALLY bad habits. : carbontree
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    max payne 2 broke my habit of inverse mouse : CoRDS
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      I played inverse mouse until one night when I decided to play quake 3 while drunk. I got really confused ... : meesterbill
      • Same minus the alcohol, started playing HL one day and took like a minute to figure out how to look up an... : dooberzoo
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      I've heard of inverse thumbsticks but inverse MOUSE!? Good god, shooters are not flight simulators. : Cliffzorz
      • You have never heard of inverted mouse before? : Vantage
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        think of it as your hand on the head of a character. you pull down on the hair to look up; up to look do... : EvilDolemite
        • In most games, if I wanted to pull hair, I would bind a key for that. : dognose
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        Of course not, but they ARE head/eye simulators and inverted STILL makes the most sense. =P : DinK
        • how could it make more sense than up = up and down = down? : dantastic
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          No. It might work for you, but it's 100% opposite from normal mouse movements. When you move your mouse ... : deject
          • You can't move a mouse "up" or "down". You can only move it forward and backward. :-) : Johnny Law
    • I forced myself out of inverse mouse for ArmA since the floating crosshair felt weird inverted. It only t... : SockMonkeh
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      Jedi Knight did the same for me : zerog83
      • or rather, Jedi Knight made me switch from normal to inverse : zerog83
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  who the fuck pushes a mouse button to control direction? @_@ : the city
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    In the limited sample that is my experience, there is a correlation between good players and ones who rig... : Agrona
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      also lol, did dognose just nuke his own post that was here a second ago, or am I insane? : Agrona
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        I misspelled both CoRDS and gyokuru names, hell yes I nuked and reposted. : dognose
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          you been drinkin? : CoRDS
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            Like multisync on a Friday night : dognose
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              slurp slurp][? : Maddog_Delphi97
              • I fucked it up, but I was trying to imply he drinks men : Maddog_Delphi97
        • You should have to live with your mistakes like the rest of us! : Agrona
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          abuse of power!!! : CRasterImage
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            We mod for free. It's one of the perks. Hell, it's the only perk. : dognose
            • Nuking and banning is a perk : CRasterImage
  • Apparently just me, CoRDS, and gyokuru. : dognose
  • I used to do this, LMB = fwd RMB = back. Space to shoot and I can't remember how I jumped. It actually wo... : TimeDoctor
  • Cool people. : project13
• my friend does this he used to be super pro at dod with those controls : Iwannaacura
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  Weird... mouse1 fwd, mouse2 back? What do you use for primary and alt fire? : cerealSAM2
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    Mouse 2 fwd, thumb back. Mouse 1 for primary fire, L Ctrl for alt : dognose
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      So do you use your pointer finger for strafe right and index for strafe left? Or ring strafe left? : cerealSAM2
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        I don't strafe. I play on easy mode. I am there for the game. not the challenge. : dognose
        • I used to deathmatch with the 2 time midwest doom champeen, so I felt the need to step up my game. :/ ... : cerealSAM2
        • Yeesh. It's no wonder you don't play multi. It sounds like you ARE playing for a challenge with that cont... : focusdaily
  • I'm an ESDF man myself... I even changed my City of Heroes key layout to be almost completely FPS-like. ... : cerealSAM2
• WASD Dognose. Since, like, forever ago... : meesterbill
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  Non-WASDers are nuts and probably brain damaged. : Link.
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    ESDF! There's a reason there's a bump on the F key. : cerealSAM2
    • I switch between this and WASD depending upon how lazy I am about switching default controls. Games I ge... : bld
    • haha! i don't think i tried this until Tribes 2, and i loved it. : Korban
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      my pinkie cant reach ctrl with ESDF :( : smax
      • your doing it wrong. ESDF lets you map many controls much closer to the normal QWERTY setting. : bld
      • every time this discussion comes up on the shack I reconsider the key mapping and realize I've been playi... : focusdaily
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      I was using ESDF before but then I got lazy and started using WASD which is pretty much the same thing no... : razlebol
      • WAT?! Games are ridiculously more complex now than the olden days. : cerealSAM2
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    ,AOE : Agrona
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      Does this mean like End Of Thread? Because OK. But I am trying to play Stranglehold, which has excellen... : dognose
      • It's WASD in dvorak =\ : Agrona
      • ARROWS OVER EVERYTHING : Mondo
  • okl; : SigENeaT
  • numpad for life, perfect amount of buttons : dignan
  • My non-WASD key format begs to differ. : MercFox1
  • ESDF man, WASD is from the late 90's bro. : abrasion
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    I like WAXD, more relaxed position for my thumb. I use S to reload instead. : Serpico74
    • You move back with your thumb? I just use my index for both moving back and forward. My thumb is always o... : razlebol
  • Kick his ass, Seabass! : Matt Burris
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    Arrow keys and left hand on mouse hehe : Trips
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      I'm a lefty as well but find the arrow keys pretty cramped. If you havent already it would be worth givi... : SigENeaT
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        If I was left handed I would use numpad : datoo
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          You have to jump across the arrow keys/home/end etc to get any more buttons though. : SigENeaT
          • I suppose it is a little cramped, but there are a lot of buttons there. : datoo
  • OKL: for me : sikander
  • YGHJ fuck yea! : RogerDandy
  • I miss using the number pad, the Unreal default, since it's square. But so many games use WASD, plus WoW ... : node
  • WAXD : Marrbe
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  WTF are you talking about? Why would you want to do that? : thetangent
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    In the early DOS days of gaming, you could hold down a mouse button for move forward. : abrasion
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      they used arrow keys for movement too but you don't see people still using those : smax
      • Well I think using a mouse button to move is kind of dopey but I'll fight for dognoses right to have it -... : abrasion
      • I use arrow keys for game like Unreal Tournament where I want more space than WASD. That allows me to re... : guigr
      • I used arrows for years playing HL, CS and DOD. Then I got a laptop for college and had to embrace the WA... : carbontree
  • It was a Quake1 thing, when constant moving forward was a good thing. Not so much in today's FPS's : ShadowRam
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  WoW has made me want to hold down both mouse buttons to move forward in all games :-( : electroly
  • Autorun on MB4 is easier for me. : graceofdragons
  • yeah they got that from EQ1 : gyokuro
• This is why I bought Hitman but never played it. Stupid thing forced RMB to be a context menu or somethin... : nudel
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  WASD, Ctrl for crouch, Space for jump, R reload, E use, Q last weapon. Until Half-Life, I used the game's... : quadeh
  • Half Life made me switch and I've never looked back. : IHATEDUST
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    Same. Except C for crouch. : Izanaki
    • ya, always C, ctrl is bleh for crouch.... : ShadowRam
• All right hand mouse movement: this means you don't mess up your accuracy by firing with the same mechani... : spyrext
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  If I cannot bind mouse2 to move forward , the game is dead to me. : PlanetPerfecto
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    I like your thinking! : baron calamity
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      Hey man I was wondering, do you have any kind of foot pedal rig, USB or anything? Like 1/2/3 buttons or s... : abrasion
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        I have them. I don't use them that often. I guess I should but often I just make do with the my razor dia... : baron calamity
        • I might see if I can google up the frag pedals, they look kinda cool :) : abrasion
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  Because it's plain wrong. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • btw, Peggle is fun, it's extending my toilet sessions quite a bit, though. : Mad Brahmin Disease

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• Probably Batman Begins, followed by Casino Royale. : ShekkyBoy
• Dracula (1931) after Nosferatu (1922) : spiderfill
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  Well, they kind of did that with the Hulk already didn't they? Although I guess technically the story kin... : gooblerampling
  • yeah what the hell was that. I don't really count that as a reboot tho, I don't know why but it doesn't f... : gakera
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  The Incredible Hulk was a rebooted reboot. Also The Sum of All Fears was a reboot. : rosewood
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    Incredible Hulk wasn't really a pure reboot, there was a loose connection to the earlier film, I thought : Halen
    • It seemed like it was left pretty vague. You could reasonably argue either way. : Arcanum
    • Banner starts where he went at the end of the Ang Lee one, but everything else is different. : alnya
    • You are right. it was more of... this isn't a reboot, more of another story in the series but we are just... : baron calamity
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  i dont see a problem with people doing a re telling of a story, think of it as a different production of ... : filthysock
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    Yeah retelling stories is something man has done...forever. : Evil Benius
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      Yes, telling stories in a slightly different way is something mankind has done...for ages. : rosewood
      • Yep, ever since a caveman told a great story and his dumbass friend told it to his friends but left out a... : spiderfill
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    These days it's more like changing the presentation to fit the modern audience. Which isn't bad per se. ... : Schnapple
    • Your confusing the Tim Burton batman (dark, gothic) with the Joel Schumacher Batman (bright, wacky, shite... : alnya
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  Hulk seemed to double re-boot in like 4 years? It was retarded. : abrasion
  • Well it is not like they had a lot to build off of there and they need the reboot for Avengers. : Evil Benius
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  Superman will also be re-rebooted : matthaeus
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    doesnt fly, fights huge mechanical spider : spiderfill
    • Is he played by Will Smith and it is set in the wild west? : Evil Benius
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      So long as Sups isn't an Emo stalking dead beat dad, I can get behind. Oh also I never want to see comica... : baron calamity
      • actually i would like to see the superman dies storyline : spiderfill
      • WRONG! : riptyde
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    Wasn't really a reboot : Halen
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      Superman vs the mole men - Superman (1977) was a reboot : baron calamity
      • lol, damn I guess that's true : Halen
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  In any case it shows Hollywood is in dire need of good scripts. Someone with a bit of talent could do a b... : excessus
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    Good scripts mean nothing. They want IP with large mind share. : baron calamity
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      Still couldnt see much movies in 2008 that pushed me... so something is wrong there. : excessus
      • Same here. In fact I've basically given up watching movies in general. I think i've watched maybe 8 movie... : baron calamity
    • IPv6! i'll get writing straight away : radula
  • You don't know much about Hollywood do you? Why do you think there are so many good indie films? : chiisu81
• Happens a lot actually. Fantastic Four and Punisher have had several attempts. Lots of non comic ... : MoreVespeneGas
• already happening. reboot of evil dead soon evil dead 2 was as reboot of evil dead 1 : CoRDS
• James Bond. The original version was a TV movie that featured an American Jimmy Bond. No I'm not making i... : baron calamity
• Isn't the whole concept of storytelling to begin with in essence a 'reboot'? Or is the term because we s... : TheNiXXeD

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  what are bag fries? : trOmblyj
  • big greasy fries that they just throw in a bag, dump in salt and shake it around. then the bag gets all d... : mindshot
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    Delicious fries that fell into the bag. : soggybagel
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      Those are tasty hidden treats. : trOmblyj
      • I prefer the ones I find in my couch four months later. : soggybagel
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  Five Guys fries are like this. And amazing. : Wolfanoz
  • Primary reason I go there, mmmmmm : Begawkiness
  • hell yes they are.. now I know what I'm getting tomorrow night for dinner! yummmm : Shadowdane
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    yeah i actually saw them scoop up an extra helping and put them directly in the bag after they've put the... : deathofrats
    • The cup is sort of like a cartoon character trying to catch a whole lot of falling crap. Just when he thi... : Arcanum
    • thats pretty much how they do it. : Slowtreme
  • Five guys is a quality heart attack meal experience overall. : h0cake
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  Cup fries are better because you can pour malt vinegar on them without the bottom breaking apart. : eldiablo01
  • i like the chip (fries) cups that are made from potato that you can eat when you run out of fries : CoRDS
  • i love malt vinegar on my fries..mmmmm : agentlead
• Obviously, you've never had a barrel of fries. : BanjoBoy
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  Good seasoned steak fries are greaaaaaaaaaat. : Link.
  • crinkle fries are the worst i cant believe they even make them : spiderfill
• real hand-cut fries, with skins, are exceedingly rare and also excellent. you want them to be crisp on... : EvilDolemite
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  Donner kebab + chips : meesterbill
  • + hotsauce : meesterbill
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  I hear sex is good. : voodooraze
  • Sometimes blowjobs are better. Just sit back enjoy, no need to do any work. : bld
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  Fries and mayonnaise = awesome : TastyWheat
  • AGREED!!! : Solstice
  • LOL : RikiTiki2
  • that is actually good, but i like horseradish + mayo and some red pepper. good mix. : EvilDolemite
  • FREAKSHOW : gmd
  • DUTCHMAN : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • get out : Clay
  • most of my coworkers do mayo + ketchup to dip fries in. : fatman
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  chili cheese fries : RikiTiki2
  • can't get behind that. too much stuff on the fries. cheese maybe, but add the chili and it's just way t... : EvilDolemite
• With gravy? No - virtually nothing. : abrasion
• Why are bag fries so much better? I mean, they totally are, but why? And for that matter if they're so ... : kallanta
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  If you mean Five Guys fries, then most positively YES. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • By which I mean most negatively NO. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• poutine? : sugarwaffle

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  REBOOT EVERYTHING : pyrogen
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    Movies are turning into comic books from the late 90s. : obiquatro
    • Yup, hopefully the same thing will happen with video games for the 90's on the next platform generation, ... : one random winner
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  Who? : stump
  • anyone is better than brett ratner at this point : grabbie
• Why not just make a "new" conan movie. A reboot would be better than a remake. It's not like there's a ... : capt tripps
• I think Nipsy Russell would have been a better choice. too bad he's dead =( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... : hirez
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  I thought that the Conan stories and other works of Robert E. Howard were now in the public domain due to... : LemonJoose
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    You mean like Mikey Mouse? : capt tripps
    • From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian The name Conan and the names of Ro... : LemonJoose
• the original still stands up really well today : hobosapien
• He's a good choice since they wouldnt get John Milius back. : pimpium
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  Christ. My thought process: Hmm, Marcus Nispel. His name sounds familar, that's probably a good sign. : das_runt
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    The only appropriate director is Peter Jackson. : Lone Swordsman
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      Ridley Scott would be an even better choice : emacs
      • Yeah man, I can see that working. : nodebug
  • oh god this guy is as bad as Uwe Boll : tunis5000
  • NNnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo : AMikaboshi
  • He did the The Very Best of Cher. So he knows how to direct a man in skimpy clothes. : baron calamity
• 2 shitty remakes and they give him this one? I hate Hollywood : Godhatesfatpeople
• The production company mostly makes awful B movies...this has very little chance of being great : spiderfill
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  I refuse to see any Conan movie where Schwarzenegger isn't Conan. He's the only person who is perfect fo... : jimmy-buffett
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    its probably going to be John Cena and the soundtrack will have hiphop : spiderfill
    • close, HHH and motorhead. : goatboy
  • I swear when I saw 13th Warrior I thought that was Ted Levine. I was like, "wow, Buffalo Bill put on som... : Rotten Deadite
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  I think they should just use CG Arnold for this. : baron calamity
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    I think they should use a CG Arnold for everything. : SockMonkeh
    • I like your thinking also! : baron calamity
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    I think if you paid Arnold enough, he'd be willing to make CG cameos in every movie. Let's make it happen... : silent prophet
    • Seinfeld Vision : Crimsonbeak
  • I think they should get someone that actually looks like Conan. : Haku-Jin
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  The laziness in Hollywood is EPIC. : Fred Garvin
  • It's not laziness, it's just business savvy paired with a complete disinterest in artistic merit. This... : Lone Swordsman
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  What the fuck is wrong with Hollywood? : spdon
  • TV, Cable, Theaters, Scripts, Cameras, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!!!! : jasoncrowley
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  I always thought it would be cool if they made another Conan movie with Arnold being all hold. Make it a... : ADSliv
  • hold - old : ADSliv
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    Its cool until you realize Conan will have a son played by Shia LeBeouf. : silent prophet
    • That just made me cringe. : ADSliv
    • thats evil... : baron calamity
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    He would also shave his head and move to Sao Paolo and start wearing cargo pants and a wife beater. : SockMonkeh
    • Why would he do that? : ADSliv

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  That last paragraph is hilarious. : Evil Benius
  • yo dawg! : MagicWishMonkey
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    That's pretty much how dumb this whole thing is in a nutshell. : hawkeye
    • no u : ateam311
  • You know, I defend the EU a lot, but that's fucking retarded : alnya
• "Consumers will also be able to add any Web browser to their PCs, to supplement or replace the browsers p : riptyde
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  FUCKING.STUPID. : abrasion
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    You would think that if someone was savvy enough to know they want Firefox/etc over IE, then they would h... : riptyde
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      I bet >50% of computer users have no idea how to download and install a different browser : MagicWishMonkey
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        Most of my users don't even understand the concept of a browser. It's magic to them how the internet wor... : hawkeye
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          you mean it isn't magic? : kbnerd
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            How do you get on the internet? I just click on "THE INTERNET" button, duh! *sigh* : hawkeye
            • when i stopped working in IT i thought i would get away from all that. my family doesn't use computers at : kbnerd
    • ding ding ding : abrasion
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  you've been able to get mozilla by ftp since forever : Cheeziologist
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    Raise your hand if you think more than, say, 5% of all computer users would have any clue how to get a fi... : riptyde
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      with the amount of computer users out there I would say less than 1% actually know what FTP is. : stgdz
      • Don't I feel special :D : GodZilly
      • Face To Palm? Right? : Goblin au
• Eurosuck, FUCK YEAH!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  So if you open of file explorer and type a web address... what happens? : baron calamity
  • blue screen : alnya
  • that's a very good question. I'd laugh if it actually worked and the EU bullshit was circumvented that wa... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• thats... pretty dumb. : unsound
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  Way to go anti-trust lawsuites you really helped the people with that one, meanwhile osx/linux can have a... : pwnjoo
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    linux isn't on 98% of all pc's : xxx2xxx
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      And the point is? : Fred Garvin
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        One is an effective monopoly and the other isn't? : MagicWishMonkey
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          One is a far better desktop then the other? : Phreakin
          • This is my favorite comeback of the night. : LoioshDwaggie
          • no argument here, I loves me some Windows :) : MagicWishMonkey
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  Yeah, this didn't make it easier for anybody. What the fuck EU? : aaarrrgh
  • I don't think it was ever about making things easier. : retardhumper
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  lol ms could have included a dialogue in the install process to chose the browser and then install the on... : xxx2xxx
  • uh are you saying MS or the EURO comm is being annoying? : stgdz
  • What browsers do you include? Just the big 4's, or more? Who deals with the support calls MS will get ... : Beady
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    Yes, because it should be Microsoft's responsibility to put other browsers on their own software. Maybe w... : Phreakin
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      "Thank you for visiting McDonalds. With that Big Mac, would you like McDonald's Fries, Arby's Curly Fries... : Clay
      • I want a Wendy's Baked Potato, thanks. : fatman
  • You must be a US Senator but which one? : pwnjoo
• I love the boobtastic ways of pervasive nudity in Europe, but business wise they seem to be the suck. : Fred Garvin
• Unintended consequences. Oh man. : lowayne
• Freedom wins again! : D45hiz

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  I recommend WATCHMEN. : trOmblyj
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    I'm thinking that's not 5 year old appropriate. : angrytaxman
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      Better yet, you could read this to them right before you serve the cake: Rorshacks Journal, October 12 : trOmblyj
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        Of course, I meant Rorschach, not Rorshack lol : trOmblyj
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          i had a dog named that as a kid, it was a dalmation. i wonder if my dad was reading watchmen : oHnOES
          • Thats an awesome name for a dog : nodebug
    • So Sin City is out, then? : Gonzo
• Heavy Metal : stump
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  Go to your local comic book store, they should have boxes full of obscure old worthless comics where you ... : shortbuscaptain
  • The comic store I used to go to as a kid got shut down. Apparently putting all the porn comics in a bo... : DOOManiac
• Go as Blankman. : soggybagel
• Tank Girl. : doc.solo
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  Atomic Robo! : Deathlove
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    This needs more love. : halophoenix
    • Agreed, Atomic Robo FTW! : one random winner
• Go to a used comic store and find Archie's Super Heroes. : dognose
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  Try to choose one which will keep you out of trouble from other parents. : abrasion
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    That's why I was coming to the shack for help, but they seem to be recommending the exact opposite of wha... : angrytaxman
    • Just do the opposite of what we say and you'll be set. : DOOManiac
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      Sorry I don't read comics but I figure this is one of those things where a nice gesture could end up in a... : abrasion
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        As long as he doesn't get something like Spawn or Fuck Vixens or something how could it? Just get some... : DOOManiac
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          Do comics ever get down to $1 a piece or so? : angrytaxman
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            They had $0.25 ones when I was a kid, so surely they at least have $1 ones now... : DOOManiac
            • when I was a kid, so what, 20 years ago? I think you've underestimated inflation, not that you can't fin... : one random winner
      • Very true. I was just trying to keep with the theme, but I might skip it if I can't find something very c... : angrytaxman
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      You may be able to find a bunch of old school Super Friends comics for cheap, no way in hell a parent can... : shortbuscaptain
      • Awesome idea, I'll look for some. Thanks : angrytaxman
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        I can't believe I still call it Super Friends, look for JUSTICE LEAGUE. Seriously get them some Justic... : shortbuscaptain
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          Cool. Thanks! : angrytaxman
          • It looks like they remade Super Friends recently and made it even more kid friendly. http://images1.wi... : shortbuscaptain
    • OMG SUPER POWERS... WITCHCRAFT. That is Un-Christian! : LoioshDwaggie
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    Something like Richie Rich is usually a safe choice. : Maddog_Delphi97
    • Although, I just realized that's not a superhero. Um... superman or early batman comic books? : Maddog_Delphi97
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  do the power puff girls have a comic book? :D : jessipoo
  • ppg were awesome : boomstickah
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    if this were facebook i would click "like" on this post : FrayLo
    • werd. : Deathlove
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    Mojo Jojo likes your ingenuity, little girl! : AxeMan808
    • The Beat Alls! : Sailor of Fortune
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    so because its a girl she can only give out girl comics? how patronizing : spiderfill
    • the ppg are a thousand times better for a little girl to read than the fucking bullshit that passes for w... : jessipoo
    • Tank Girl, She-Hulk, Spiderwoman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fray, Danger Girl, Dazzler, Yotsuba&, Habaner... : cerealSAM2
    • PPG transcends the gender barrier! Despite being about cute girls, it is fun for all kinds of kids. I... : fleabug
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      haha, way to lose the forest in the trees! : biskits
      • Seriously, also, almost any other female super hero comic is likely to have way out of proportion boobs a... : one random winner
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  The Marvel Adventures line is just the ticket, little 'uns love 'em: http://marvel.com/comics/Marvel_Adve... : Alice O'Connor
  • Alice comes through again. : disposition
  • Awesome! Thanks! : angrytaxman
  • God damn it I was just typing this. : SiW.
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    How many comics is in a wodge? :( : dognose
    • threeve : c0bra
    • Elevensies : cerealSAM2
    • Twelvety-seven : focusdaily
    • that depends on the size of the orifice : aeg1x
• Marvel Adventures, because kids probably want someone they've actually heard of. Spider-Man and The Aven... : SiW.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpjXFF0zIJY : skitzo
• Scan a few frames from random ones and rewrite the text so it mentions all of the kids who are coming (gi... : 60days
• don't be a cheap bastard, get them all superman #1 : AllYourBase
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  JLA would be a great book for kiddies. It has some more mature themes, but stays innocent enough for the ... : bld
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    These are five-year olds he's dealing with - anything other than the Marvel Adventures or the Johnny DC l... : Waverider
    • Depends, I would recommend scanning any comic. Seems to be growing into an "adult" medium rather than a ... : bld
• Go with Tiny Titans: http://www.artbaltazar.com/tinytitans : DerHuhnTeufel
• The Johnny DC line is all pretty good stuff too (http://www.dccomics.com/dckids/) I'd suggest the foll... : Waverider
• You might see if you can find the Super Friends for kids stuff. My 4 year old has some books of theirs an... : sigpro
• Lobo! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Go to a local comic shop, and ask if they have any leftovers from free comic book day. Lots of kid-orient... : geedeck
• Boom Comics have alot of kids-oriented stuff. go to a local comic book store and ask for it ;) : barichnikov
• Old School Conan!!!! Hell yeah!!! : mace
• Tiny Titans. : Crimsonbeak

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  this is an avicularia peruvian purple pinktoe from brazil fyi : agentlead
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    AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Damn they grow up fast AHH... : Lionhart32935
    • this is what he looked like 2 months ago http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3406225824_7f89f6e227_b.j... : agentlead
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  Cool. Is that surface he's on a gangrenous, necrotizing, rotting patch of skin where he bit you recently... : LemonJoose
  • Looks like a BACON Quiche to me. : intothefray
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    yes, either that or corkbark : agentlead
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      and he does not bite. : agentlead
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        Then how does he eat? : chadg033
        • he does not bite people. jeez do i have to spell everything out. : agentlead
        • Agent regurgitates into its mouth. : lechuck59
  • Zerg creep. : BlackCat9
• I want to kill it with buckshot. : mwasher
• Is it wearing a re-imagined Spiderman costume? : obiquatro
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  How big is that? It's hard to judge scale from that picture. : capt tripps
  • its about 2 inches in diameter : agentlead
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    its on jupiter's surface, those red marks are crators : niceguynick
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      Nuke it from orbit! : DarkWolf5
      • its the only way to be sure : X-GOUKI
    • jupiter has craters? : valael
    • jupiter is made of gas :( : re-verse
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    this is the same tarantula on my hand for scale http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/3602297388_d910ee8... : agentlead
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      He's pretty cute. I had a tarantula when I was young. Some kind of generic red thing. I had a lot of u... : capt tripps
      • what the fuck is cute about that thing!? : zerog83
• Is that on top of a cheese sandwich? : dafugg
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  So what happens when those fuckers bite? What makes them so tame? : wykd
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    this species, avicularia, is the most docile of all tarantula's. docile in terms of being aggressive, not... : agentlead
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      Therein lies the rub: the only way I'll handle a tarantula is if I'm blind-stinking drunk. : Home Nugget
      • haha, well said : Lionel2b
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      This is one reason why I don't desire to have a pet that's too dumb to realize that I'm not vegetation. : FlatlineDixay
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        its like skydiving, its not for everyone. : agentlead
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          * D A V I D C A R R A D I N E ' D * : capt tripps
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            too early.. :( : thrallie200
            • just keeping posting it, it'll eventually work : ShadowRam
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      What are the rewards? : lechuck59
      • You can train them to kill scare the shit out of your enemies. : nevicata
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        Watching them grow from a pinprick to a full grown tarantula, all the while changing wild colors with ev... : agentlead
        • You have perdy kitties. : nevicata
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      Sooo..if you're being completely still they think they are walking on a tree branch? Which begs a furthe : icon_of_syn
      • Sometimes they will actually dig their fangs into something to hold on to it. Which would produce a dry b... : agentlead
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    Bite is nothing really. If the decide to nettle thats a bigger problem. : bld
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      im not sure what this means : agentlead
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        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urticating_hair : bld
        • Oh, yes of course. I had never heard the term nettle before. These tarantulas pictured in this thread do ... : agentlead
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      New world = bit no worry, Old world = bite is problem. Should clarify that. : bld
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        correct. you do not want to get tagged by an old world species : agentlead
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          You raise any other critters? Bugs freak me out in general but spiders never really bothered me. I gues... : bld
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            honestly im not a huge fan of regular spiders. i do love tarantulas tho. i dont have anything else right ... : agentlead
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              i have about 25 tarantulas right now tho : agentlead
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                Damn. Pretty impressive. Dunno how exciting a mantid would be. They tend to be pretty solitary, and do... : bld
                • haha i will take a picture of all of them : agentlead
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                In how many aquariums or whatever you call them? In other words, do these guys get agressive towards e... : ramshot
                • they all have diff cages : agentlead
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  He looks PISSED as hell!! : CrustaR
  • Okay, not really, though. Nice tarantula. I've always kind of wanted one. : CrustaR
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    this is what pissed looks like! http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=keello_2uf8d6l7s8ayp0vq93ge.jpg : agentlead
    • 0_0 /runs away : Colleton
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  I assume these are special breed and cost a fair amount? : Lionel2b
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    this guy was about 70 bucks for a spiderling half the size of my thumbnail. the avicularia fasciculata... : agentlead
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      ahh not too bad price wise- that last link was absolutely crazy. you'll have to take pictures when it get... : Lionel2b
      • i have 2 of those guys, one just molted tonight, still all indigo blue right now but a few more molts and... : agentlead
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      how long do they live? : bad_fish
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        males live for about 2-3 years, hit maturity, and will either die shortly thereafter or you can ship him ... : agentlead
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          So the males stay alive if they keep breeding, or do they die shortly afterward? : Colleton
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            depending on species the male has a good chance of getting eaten after mating. but you can stud the male ... : agentlead
            • hahaha, damn. : Colleton
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              Oh god I am glad we do not work this way. Not only do you stop getting laid, but then you die because of ... : Evil Benius
              • Marriage? : ShadowRam
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      I love how they start out so tiny : delataur
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        http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3406246238_b6a6a880ca_b.jpg : agentlead
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          :D : delataur
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            and this is what he looks like tonight, just took this http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3568/3618953928_f7... : agentlead
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              For a second I thought I was looking at your butt from the side : renegade732
              • lol that would be a monster tarantula if that was the case! : agentlead
• Ever let him "spin web" in your mouth? : voodooraze
• NOT CLICKING!! : bolneze
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  How is the upkeep and feeding of these guys? That blue-ish one is so cool. : umeko
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    they need VERY little attention, in fact they are happiest when you go out of town for a week or 2. th... : agentlead
    • gast fast : agentlead
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  I love your kitty posts. I don't know why it never occurred to me that the big hairy motherfuckers sta... : fleabug
  • anything from the avicularia family will be a good start.. pm me if you really want to get one : agentlead
• wow he looks really cool : skryte
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  Your tarantulas look awesome. : Poor Yurik
  • thanks! : agentlead
• Hit it's weak point for massive damage : Drewus
• Nuke. Orbit. Only way. : Rehevkor
• have you ever been bitten? : maulla
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  I used to be an underground tarantula dealer. I profited off of kids who needed their 'rantula fix. Mos... : ra1n
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    I've never heard anyone refer to BJ's as "underground tarantula" before : MoreVespeneGas
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20148340#itemanchor_20148340 : mmaster_pw
      • Well that worked out nicely. : ra1n
  • You heartless son of a bitch. : Arcanum
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  what the heck is it on? : Gizzmo_jr
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    Domino's American Legends Pizza : vrocket
    • the spiders are the side dish? : Gizzmo_jr
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  Dude FUCK THAT! I like shit like titties and puppies. : mace
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    You strike me as more of the "pet boa constrictor" type. : Lone Swordsman
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      HOLY FUCK SNAKES! I hate snakes with everything that could possibly represent hate. Fuck that shit to ... : mace
      • for some reason i find this amusing. : kbnerd
      • Voodooraze, add this one to the list. : CrustaR
      • Yet you wrestle an aggro one daily, GARRRRR MUST PUMP MANSAUCE. : abrasion
      • I hate snakes, Jock! I hate 'em! : Lone Swordsman
  • mace, you don't have a tarantula fetish? : CrustaR
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  do you have pics of these web tunnels you're talking about all the time? : azenmaster
  • also do you feel bad that your hobby causes these species to be over-harvested in the wild and therefore ... : azenmaster

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• Ach, Mein Thirsten! : riptyde
• haha : megarust32
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  haha thats just terrible. DICE is always trying to hit an all time low. : gyokuro
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    you'd rather have some fake company's ad there instead? : RikiTiki2
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      I would! It is an opportunity for game designers to be creative. Like the DICEcream sign in BF2. : TimeDoctor
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        fake ads always look so fake : spiderfill
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          Real ads look so real? Ok, you've got me with that great argument. Lets pay for advertising! : TimeDoctor
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            how do you feel when you pay to see a movie and the box of cereal in a kitchen scene says Breakfast O's i... : RikiTiki2
            • I think it is sad when they aren't a little bit more creative than that. Is the movie RUINED because they... : TimeDoctor
        • I don't know if I should laugh with you, at you or slap you :( : abrasion
        • Fake ads at least fit with the environment more. Putting a bright red Wendy's sign on a map that's suppos... : PointlesS76
        • thats the fucking point, they're an easy opportunity for creative parody, serious or hilarious or both : CasbahBoy
    • This is pretty much how I feel. If I'm playing a semi-realistic game I'd rather have real ads in there t... : ColoradoCNC
    • I prefer GTA-style comedy ads, where you're "rewarded" for looking at them and getting a laugh. I don't h... : Entity
  • who gives a shit? when you play the game you don't have time to stand there and stare at those ads anywa... : X-GOUKI
• This is Sparta! http://pebui.shackspace.com/Pictures/Games/Rainbow%20Six%20Vegas%20360/P1010614.JPG : Sailor of Fortune
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  I like how the terrain all around has been completely thrashed, but the billboard is unharmed. : riptyde
  • looks pretty battle worn to me or at least weathered, It's also fallen to the ground. if I was just movin... : Slowtreme
• At least they looked normal in City of Heroes. Although there were a couple wasteland instances that ... : cerealSAM2
• ARe these only on US games? Because I swear I haven't seen any in game ad's : Drewus
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  Just wait till you see those in BF1943. : pigvomit
  • billboard ads for the new Air Naismith? : riptyde
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  something like that would kill me in battle. I'd be like shooting motherfuckers and then "mmmm frosty sha... : moe6
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    In-game ads doesn't bother me at all - I don't understand all the fuss. In fact, it improves the immersio... : Nitrium
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      yeah as long as your gun doesnt have an ad on it, or the fricking med pack. They in places ads would be I... : barichnikov
      • VIAGRA stim packs. For all your pro gaming stimulation needs. : jasoncrowley
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      Are you serious?? I big ass red sign like this http://mediasrv01.eaeurope.eu/bfbc/pm_albums/20352111_1.j... : ShadowRam
      • It's well integrated into the environment. Placed in front of the sandbags next to a gun emplacement! : Lionhart32935
      • not really no. it's not moving around or anything. the guy stopped and took a screenshot. : Slowtreme
      • do you get distracted by all bright colors in games? sure the ads seem a bit out of place, but they are i... : maulla
      • Once you know it's there it's not a distraction. I had to stop and look at previous ads in Bad Company be... : hoov1185
      • Heh, calm down. No, I'm not blind, but how's that different from a fake ad? I will start complaining the... : Nitrium
  • its well deserved, as traditional frosty's are the only way to go : maulla
• I love the fake ads that are in the new Burnout Paradise Big Surf Island addon. They're all billboards a... : Begawkiness
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  it's ok because it makes the games cheaper... oh wait : thebigbeefsandwich
  • ^^ MY BEEF WITH ADS IN GAMES. : metalremains
• BUT THEY WEATHERED IT TO MAKE IT FIT IN : aeg1x