Morning Discussion: Must Be The Moon

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  seems like the 360 just came out, but i guess it was 4 years ago. : electroly
  • That's how I feel as well. Really hard to believe that it came out 4 (well, 3.5) years ago. : bipolar
  • seems like the SNES just came out : mrtony
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  I wish MS would release an updated, 100% backwards compatible console. I'm fucking sick of its RRoD bulls... : theangrywaffles
  • My 360 has gone over 3 years now without a RRoD - I even tried to kill it using the towel gimmick in hope... : dedgecko
  • My old Xbox is starting to go out and I may have to wind up replacing it just to be able to play all of m... : roushimsx
  • The Jasper supposedly fixes heat issues. I have one *thumbs up* : SigENeaT
• PS3 Slim and marginal price cut this fall, this will be an effort to increase interest and I think is a g... : WhatIsThisFor
• At least another two years. As the wii showed - you can make a good console using older tech and selling... : dedgecko
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  I really wish the expected active life was more like 10 years instead of 5 w/ a ~3yr overlap. There's alw... : roushimsx
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    bail paid big bucks by console makers to take advantage of the new hotness : dedgecko
    • Yea, I think it's neat that they try to get some really good showcase software out there early for the ne... : roushimsx
  • I have a feeling that moving forward, this is what's going to happen. Maybe not 10 years, but I'd say 8 f... : Entity
  • i think i would love this. also it would be great if the dev kits/tools were really fully featured and e... : Mr.SEX
  • I do not mind the way things work now. Once you hit that fifth year I really start looking forward to wha... : Evil Benius
  • Don't underestimate how many bail midway because they suck, can't finish a project, and hop from job to j... : Harbinger
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    I want a new Wii with a GPU that supports widescreen, shaders, and complicated algorithms like physics. ... : Defacil
    • Wii supports widescreen. Doesn't support HD resolutions above 480p but it does support 16:9 widescreen (s... : Schnapple
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  Something to remember about the console race since the n64 i guess is that there was a big push to always... : SigENeaT
  • Crysis on consoles will look amazing all the way up until the pixel counters get an unstretched screencap... : roushimsx
• This generation will be longer due to higher investment and less return on graphical fidelity plus the ec... : abrasion
• I think this generation is making things plateau a bit. : stuka
• Microsoft has the IP for both the processor and the GPU on the 360 (something they didn't had on the Xbox... : ErneX
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  I think 2011 we'll probably see a new Xbox console. The DVD format is really starting to show it's limit... : shirif
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    how so : Mr.SEX
    • In that it doesn't hold enough data. Games get bigger, the DVD stays the same size. : Vincent Grayson
    • id's rage had to be cut down to fit on consoles : Topaz
  • Yep, That's my guess too. 2011 or 2012 for next xbox and playstation. : razlebol
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    I prefer DVD over anything else right now, since you don't have to install your games to your HD. : crazywigga
    • Not to mention that the biggest ps3 game released so far was only like 30gigs and had 8 languages in HD a... : crazywigga
• All the consoles feels old to me, but I got them near launch... and Wii was outdated when it launched. : Sixcos
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  Which is why rumors are going around of Natal being bundled with a new Xbox with slightly beefed up specs... : Evil Benius
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    I should add that I wish we were getting a completely new Xbox next fall, but I will take what I can get.... : Evil Benius
    • I'd guess that MS is still sore from the Xbox360 considering the 60%+ failure rate and how they've prett... : Saman
  • I don't know if I can see the next Xbox just being "slightly" beefed up. Microsoft is on top of the high... : DinK
• both sony and microsoft took a bath trying to dominate the market and need to recoup their money. i woul... : handofthrawn
• to add: Nintendo GameCube (GCN, 2001) and Wii (2006). : tunis5000

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  What's your display? At least 24'? IMHO you're going to see a big improvement, especially at high resolut... : Nitrium
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    Yeah, Samsung T240HD 1920x1200 is my resolution : kainen1
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      kainen1 i have some video card that a shacker sold me that I never installed. I think I need a new power... : kgargs
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        Whats the video card, whats the power supply... ? : Toraz Chryx
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          Video card is hatelull's EVGA 8800 GTS 320 MB and here's a link to the PC I bought: https://support.dell... : kgargs
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            Could be a fan, most likely the mobo or the PSU (as you mentioned) not being happy with your 8800. What ... : one random winner
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              1 223-2222 Inspiron 530,Intel Core2 Duo processor E6550 (2.33GHz 1333FSB) w/Dual Core Technology and 4MB ... : kgargs
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                Assuming your PSU looks something like this: http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff167/thevagraunt/IMG_050... : one random winner
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                  Actually, considering the price of this one, this guy http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82... : one random winner
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                    Thanks, I'll order this! : kgargs
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                      Don't order anything, your PSU can support the video card. lol. I've seen the dell 530 PSU power 88... : boomstickah
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                        wait all this is assuming you plugged in the power on the end, right? : boomstickah
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                          Yes, I'm assuming you've got everything plugged in correctly here too, and are still receiving these issu... : one random winner
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                            Actually I just remembered that I don't have a power chord to plug into the PSU. Like the card didn't co... : kgargs
                            • http://www.xpcgear.com/6pinpciexpress.html : boomstickah
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            Definitely sounds like the PSU. Go to Best Buy and pick one up. Return it after testing! : MuteMode
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              What kind do I get though?! : kgargs
              • Anything that doesn't say Dynex : MuteMode
          • loud beep = usually not enough power. my 8800gts and 4870 cried loudly if plugs were not plugged in for p... : Iwannaacura
    • Yeah, the difference should be pretty enormous. Here's a chart (from Toms, I can't wait until we get a... : one random winner
• It will be a very large increase. : deject
• huge i did 8600GT -> 4850 and it was amazing : cpt_gloval
• Huge improvement. You've been horribly bottlenecked with that 8600GT. : Link.
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  HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE I just swapped out an 8800GTX for a 4890 (4x your card for ~15% more than a 4870) a... : Toraz Chryx
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    The 8800GTX is faster than my 8800gts640 right? Is it really that big a jump in visual quality as oppose... : Lightzout
    • the GTX is faster than the GTS yes : boomstickah
    • You should be able to get a 4890 for $200 now, actually. PowerColor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro... : one random winner
    • the GTX is indeed faster than the GTS640, 128 shaders vs 96, 384bit memory bus vs 320bit memory, and then... : Toraz Chryx
  • Yeah, I went from a 8800GTX to a Geforce 285 and it's the tits. : Nitrium
• Huge. : omnova
• Now you can play Crysis! : CrabsJarrard
• I agree. I went from the 8800gts320 and it really did't feel like much of an improvement over the 7900GT... : Lightzout
• You will definitely see a huge jump in performance. You'll also be able to jack up the effects settings. : Warrior5689
• 8800GT to 4870 was a huge improvement for me... : TabsAZ
• Huge. Get it if you can't afford a 4890 instead. : Sapiens
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  With the E8500, yeah big increase in speed. If you aren't running near 4ghz yet, pick up a good heatsink... : Freon
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    4ghz? I can't do it, I can only get to 3.2 and that's with a XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 slapped on it. : kainen1
    • your doing something quite wrong then : Shadowdane
    • you can only overclock an additional 40Mhz? um.... what? : Toraz Chryx

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• sweet, is it like blockland? : onji
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  I love griefing :) We can come up with something more devious let me learn to play real quick... : grandmasterlee
  • actually it might be worse if you build a tower around the spawn point and then FILL IT WITH SAND : boring gegtik
• Hahahahaha I have to try this : Vantage
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  this OWNS, we need to get some multiplayer going : Majuju
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    hello Majuju :D : aaarrrgh
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      majuju, get back in there on the same server :( : aaarrrgh
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        build a dong for me : boring gegtik
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          lol what server was that also I am making a custom skin now, I need suggestions!!! : Majuju
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            haha my Duke Nukem skin is a hit : Majuju
            • it's awesome. : aaarrrgh
• crashed after 1 minute. : rbjester
• what server are you guys on??? : grandmasterlee
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  crashes my browser when loading :( : ass-street
  • try another browser, or maybe goto java.sun.com and download the latest JRE : boring gegtik
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  boring gegtik, you can hit ENTER to designate a new spawn point for yourself. : DrWaffles
  • And this game is missing fullscreen >:( : DrWaffles
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    okay but if you start the game over a chasm you don't have any good place to create your new spawnpoint d... : boring gegtik
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      You can always dig yourself out or point down, jump, and create a cube. : DrWaffles
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        cube have to be attached to a wall : boring gegtik
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          So you go as far down as you can go and build up. I don't know why it's so difficult to communicate this... : DrWaffles
          • it's a pain in the ass that's why its called griefing : boring gegtik
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  Hey guys, my server is here: http://www.minecraft.net/play.jsp?server=a5f747a937e19db5674aa7ea6aee3aed ... : johnwissinger
  • someone digg a noob canyon in my honour : boring gegtik
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    crashes on me : Majuju
    • ahh there we go! : Majuju
  • nobody on the server seems to be chatting, is my connection fucked? : kaddar0
  • success! www.fletch-studios.com/internet/yay.jpg : fletch_
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    Who is katkong? : mace
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      And dogzilla? Are they shackers? : mace
      • I keep getting kicked now. LOL : mace
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    * S E R V E R I S F U L L ' D * : MisterPhoton
    • Dogzilla and katkong were getting pissy about is being on their building. I can see some fun from all thi... : mace
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    Is Johns server down? : mace
    • I am getting disconnected now too : Majuju
  • Hahah good times. twifosp and I built a ginormous castle. We have dubbed it the Shack tower!! http://w... : Solstice
  • Shackified. http://agentpothead.com/shackified.jpg : AgentPothead
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  Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Whoa. Where's the invert mouse option? : ieGod
  • hit 'Y' in the window : boring gegtik
• this reminds me of a counterstrike map I made once. : kaddar0
• I will investigate further : snuff
• I spent like an hour messin around with this the other night. I might throw the developer some cash, it s... : AgentPothead
• noting for later : CRasterImage
• Oh this is all kinds of awesome, good find :) : Kolpath
• Super fun. Needs more Shackers. : mrwolf710
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  I think I'm retarded, because I can see the game and everything but can't get out of the fucking menu : MisterPhoton
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    its like its not tying my mouse into the game or something, wtf : MisterPhoton
    • Try ESC. : AgentPothead
• I was just disconnected :( : aaarrrgh
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  I wonder how this game's renderer is setup to trivially reject occluded cubes. The whole world is destru... : CRasterImage
  • yeah, I'd love to know this too. : aaarrrgh
  • Well, I skimmed through the development blog looking for an explanation. Nothing jumped out at me. : CRasterImage
• I wish the water had volume. So if I let in 12 boxes worth of water, it would always stay at 12 boxes wor... : AgentPothead
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  arrgh we need a new server, I am sick of drilling down and getting flooded :( : Majuju
  • Man, I spent way too much time on that, but it was fun. : mace
• and im spent www.fletch-studios.com/internet/yaay.jpg : fletch_
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  Can you get water out of a room once it floods? Some people say yes and some say no. If it's yes then h... : mrwolf710
  • You can, but it's extremely time consuming. First you need to cover up the leak. Then, you basically star... : aaarrrgh
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  Oh my god this is awesome. First thing I did was bury down as far as I could to see what would happen.... : MercFox1
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    Ya, I had the same moment. When I dug down and discovered underground caves. I didn't expect that... : CRasterImage
    • Yeah, finding caves owns. I was working on channeling out a huge underground cavern to build a castle in... : Majuju
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  This needs some guns in it. Especially a rocket launcher that can chew out a section with a radius of ... : CRasterImage
  • then it's just 8-bit Red Faction! : Majuju
• I'm trying to dig to HELL. : ADSliv
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  this is lots of fun, but it would be cool if there was actually something to do once you build your shit.... : skizl
  • Some folks are working on that I think. : mrwolf710

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  Haha maybe they should invalidate your degree if you file bankruptcy protection against your student loan... : pigvomit
  • but that wouldn't be fair! : MagicWishMonkey
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    That would be utterly retarded. : yoonix
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      I'm pretty sure you can work with your loan providers to delay payment if you are having a hard time cove... : MagicWishMonkey
      • I think a better strategy would be to find a way to lower interest rates on student loans, not make it e... : MagicWishMonkey
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        You can do hardship deferments and all that, but that still accumulates the almost-predatory interest. I ... : yoonix
        • Because almost everything else, you lose what they gave you. : Phreakin
        • Just because other people act stupid doesn't mean you should be able to as well. It doesn't take a gen... : MagicWishMonkey
        • you too are among those people if you were irresponsible enough to borrow more than you can afford to rep... : Trepex
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        except, you know, people who would want another loan sometime in the future. ie, everyone. : NexusOne
        • Maybe it would be fair if you leave a big fat red mark on their credit for 20-30 years instead of 7. : MagicWishMonkey
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      But i'll bet it would make you think twice about including your student loans. That's exactly why people ... : Phreakin
      • Knowledge = tangible? If so, my school if completely fucking me over. : ninj0rc
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        What if I was a gambler and spent myself into a deep hole? How does a bankruptcy court repossess the fee... : trove
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          debtors' prison : dirge23
          • Well, that's one option. Nowadays they call it "public service". Deferral on loans as long as you serve... : trove
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          First they'd have to restore the common sense that you're obviously missing. Again, people with their ent... : Phreakin
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            Well, what is the penalty for my not keeping my word? What is yoonix's? Why are school loans treated di... : trove
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              You can't be serious. First of all, you signed a legal binding contract when you got the student loan. I'... : Phreakin
              • People sign legally binding contracts all the time agreeing to pay this loan back or that loan back. Wha... : trove
            • Let me fill in the blanks. Student loan default are very very high. Why? You can probably guess. Stu... : trove
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            Way to answer a legitimate question with a flame. Education != tangible, and anyone who thinks so lacks ... : ninj0rc
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              Is that job you get from it tangible? What about the income you make from it? What about the property you... : Phreakin
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                As a side note, please explain to me why you guys feel you should be allowed to claim bankruptcy on your ... : Phreakin
                • You can claim bankruptcy for any other debt. The better question is why shouldn't you be allowed to do s... : trove
    • You're right, the government should perform a lobotomy. : skitzo
  • That's not really a good argument for keeping the bankruptcy laws concerning student loans the way they a... : trove
  • seriously. : Trepex
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  Who the hell is paying that high of an interest rate on student loans? Mine are like 4.5% and I have some... : Evil Benius
  • mine range from 2.48% to 8.5% : dirge23
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    you're aware of how stafford loans work, right? everybody who gets a loan that year gets the same fixed : electroly
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      Yes I am aware and I assumed rates would be getting better and not worse with the way the economy is. : Evil Benius
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        they did get a little better (6.8% -> 6.0%) : electroly
        • Damn people were getting fucked even worse. : Evil Benius
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    Are yours variable rate? A lot of people go with graduate plus loans for graduate school because they're... : Ovate
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      No mine are fixed. : Evil Benius
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        Well then how the hell did you get fixed 4.5% education loans? After having just gone through the proces... : Ovate
        • I graduated back in 2006 and yes my credit is almost over 800. : Evil Benius
• What kind of authority do bankruptcy judges have to restructure student loans? Can they change the intere... : dirge23
• I'd be curious to hear the outcome of this. I know the "undue hardship" in bankruptcy could is next to i... : silent77
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  w00t! Hell yeah, I'm gonna' go back to graduate school at the most expensive university I can find, then ... : Bold
  • along with his credit : packav

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  RPGA: LURU 1-1 is this Wednesday night! : zebosausamite
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    OverloadUT and Delaric, did you guys end up playing over the weekend? : Wadmaasi
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      My session Sunday got canceled, and I was angry. : zebosausamite
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        That's a pisser. My Bravelord has his first 4-7 adventures this coming Sat, w00! : Wadmaasi
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          I was going to play my elf barbarian that uses a longspear.... and focuses on charging.... so awesome. : zebosausamite
          • This is the first time I'll get to use my Bravelord with the Harlequin Style feat he took at 4th. Every : Wadmaasi
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      I played with the stragglers on Sunday, it was awesome. I was mad deadly with a sling. I was going to... : Delaric
      • Sounds fun! Several of the stores around here run a regular campaign on the weekends, but I have enough ... : Wadmaasi
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      I did. It kind of sucked but wasn't horrible. Here were the problems: 1. The shop was totally unorgani : OverloadUT
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        Wow thanks for letting me know how it went. Dang. I've seen the kids there before when I go in to look ... : Delaric
        • I think getting the four of us all to go one day would be pretty awesome. I am going to also email the st... : OverloadUT
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        That sounds painful, and nothing at all like how the local group handles it. The group itself is indepen : Wadmaasi
        • That's how I figured it was going to be, but when I asked them about it and they mentioned the cover and : OverloadUT
  • Crimsonbeak Delaric OverloadUT hbalce1 ErikTehRed gendail Vincent Grayson I have envelopes andst... : Wadmaasi
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    Hey Wadmaasi, how about you schedule the next session? Huh? Huh? : zebosausamite
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      It's already scheduled in my head; Tues the 23rd. amrbean and I need to figure out which 1-4 modules his... : Wadmaasi
      • Spousal approval...granted. List of played adventures...received. WotC Event Sanctioning...progressing. : Wadmaasi
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      The one I am running in a few weeks might be my last for awhile. The dreaded classes start soon. : amrbean
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        The last you run? Or last you participate in? : zebosausamite
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          Both. Until I see how I handle my classes, at least. : amrbean
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            Poorly. : Wadmaasi
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              So wait, do you want to run Sael on the 23rd, then, or Telaraa? : Wadmaasi
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                I guess it would depend on what magic items are available, hehe. In all seriousness it doesn't matter to... : amrbean
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                  I'm thinking of CORE1-1, since no one has played that. Loot is Delver's Armor +1 and Symbol of Life +1 ( : Wadmaasi
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                    Bah, don't post loot please! : zebosausamite
                    • Whatever, that's not all of it anyhow! : Wadmaasi
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    so im just reading up on the RPGA stuff right now, and it sounds like a really awesome time. : Jinxplayer
    • It is. =D : Wadmaasi
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      The only thing thats keeping me back is 4e : Jinxplayer
      • and id have to find my last DCI card : Jinxplayer
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        Ok then, go play Pathfinder or something. This be a 4E thread. : zebosausamite
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          I prefer Alternity myself : Jinxplayer
          • i really liked alternity... until i sat down with my own copy of the PHB and read all the rules. : Sparticuse
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        Because you don't own 4e books yet, or because (gasp!) it's 4e? : Wadmaasi
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          Because i dont own. I think the last sets i bought were 3, diddnt have the money/desire to get the 3.5 w... : Jinxplayer
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            The Player's Handbook is $20 from Amazon, and that's all you need to play. Minis are fun, but you can us... : Wadmaasi
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              Is the players handbook II the DM manual? : Jinxplayer
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                PHB2 is additional races and classes, but NOT the core rules. PHB has base races and classes and all t... : zebosausamite
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                  Reading the reviews for the 4th ed DM guide, its saying that all of the new core DM rules are included in... : Jinxplayer
                  • In short, yes. All the core "how to play" rules are in the PHB (not repeated in PHB2). The DMG contains... : Wadmaasi
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    i'm still trying to find a damned membership form. tried over the weekend, and i couldn't find any place ... : mindmann
    • Sign up and play. We'll hold off reporting until after we get you a membership. If nothing else I'll beg... : Wadmaasi
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    CORE1-1 Tuesday, June 23rd @ 1900 Eastern http://shackdnd.greglaabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=68 : Wadmaasi
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      Have you run/played this one before? I've heard it's absolutely terrible. : Bold
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        I have not. The blurb sounded interesting, but...that's what blurbs are supposed to do. So it could ver... : Wadmaasi
        • It was the first Core mod, written before 4E was finished. The author/editors didn't yet have a good feel... : Bold
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      OH GOD PLEASE SOMEONE RUN SOMETHING IN A WEST COAST FRIENDLY TIME :((( : OverloadUT
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        also not tuesday or thursday : OverloadUT
        • I'll do my next game on a Sat. It probably won't be a for a couple weeks, though. : Wadmaasi
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    It looks like I'll be able to get 5 or so more DCI/RPGA membership forms this Saturday. I've got one res... : Wadmaasi
    • I got a couple forms from the shop I went to on Saturday as well. : OverloadUT
  • I have DCI/RPGA membership forms. : Wadmaasi
• It also has threatening reach so you're fucked if you're a melee character. =D : Wadmaasi
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  I feel like I been out of this for awhile. Consider me back in! : amrbean
  • You were gone? I missed you, Little One. : Wadmaasi
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  When you run a skill challenge, do you inform your players what the primary skills are? Do you have them... : zebosausamite
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    Wow, does it really? I don't remember that at all (not that I've memorized the DMG). No, I've never don... : Wadmaasi
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      Vic did this in the adventure I did with him but it was more of an organizational tool to make sure every... : amrbean
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        Interesting. That's a good reason to do it that way, but I'm still not sure it would balance out. That s... : Wadmaasi
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          The only problem I had with it was that it made clear definitions of when the skill challenge began and e... : amrbean
          • they were aiming for a cohesive system. the reason they present it with init in the book is so 1) everyo... : Sparticuse
  • I'm pretty sure there is some stuff in the DMG errata about skill challenges. I don't remember what it wa... : Goncyn
  • Rolling initiative is pointless; it just makes the player order hard to remember. I prefer to just go aro... : OverloadUT
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    Other part of the question: Do you inform the players of the primary skills? : zebosausamite
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      I answered that in my post above. :) : OverloadUT
      • Er wait I guess I didn't explicitly answer. I prefer not to tell them but I will hint them towards certai... : OverloadUT
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  I dont understand how this works over a computar. Can someone enlighten me? : whistletits
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    Shared virtual table-top + Ventrilo VOIP. : zebosausamite
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      i see, and just shackers? : whistletits
      • So far, yes. There was some talk of allowing non-Shackers, but the general consensus was only if we coul... : Wadmaasi
  • main screen turn on. : Delaric
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  STRAGGLERS had session 3 yesterday, update your little graph! It went well, too. I think so, anyway. Exce... : Goncyn
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    Isn't that the most frustrating feeling? You don't think so now, but it's actually even worse when you'r... : Wadmaasi
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      Yeah, we did one encounter that should have been difficult and two that should have been average, but abo... : Goncyn
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        If I could relay one little tidbit from last night: Pale Jon kicked the door open to a torture room wi... : Delaric
        • I really should have described the (hob)goblins as being in the middle of torturing a lizardman, I just w... : Goncyn
  • Related: I foresee a problem with the pace of advancement. We started really last yesterday, we did a lit : Goncyn
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    I know I suck, I tried to get home in time, it just didnt work out, if you guys want me to just mosey on ... : only4prophet
    • Yeah, I'm sorry but it doesn't work to have someone keep saying they will be there and then not showing. ... : Goncyn
• How is the central party progressing? : whistletits
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  Hey West played Wednesday; update the chart! : OverloadUT
  • I dont know if I'd call that 'playing', Bob, as much as I'd call it 'being the buffet'. : hirez
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    Chart updated, and whistletits, you can see how Central's progression is going now in that chart. : zebosausamite
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      I just added RPGA on there now too. :) : zebosausamite
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        Did CENTRAL die also? : Wadmaasi
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          AFAIK, no one took over for c0bra : zebosausamite
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            i know a guy i used to play with who knows DnD in and out. I'll ask him if he wants to DM. : whistletits
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              Probably alright... if he's a shacker, and the rest of Central wants him. : zebosausamite
              • well, he's not a shacker and he's never Dm'd 4E or a virtual game...so prolly not gonna happen. : whistletits
              • I'd be down for it. I bought both player handbooks specifically for Central : melkore
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  Anyone using Fantasygrounds? www.fanastygrounds.com : whistletits
  • I think we are all using MapTool because it does the job pretty well and it's free. : Goncyn
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    Yeah, we discussed a lot of options months ago when these threads started, and MapTool gets the job done ... : zebosausamite
    • Yeah, I've heard maptool is good too and free is always good. : whistletits

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  I chose my ID number as my username. In retrospect, I should've picked "profile.php" : electroly
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    that would have been fantastic. : dahanese
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      http://facebook.com/Default.aspx : sikander
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        haha that is awesome : electroly
        • you managed to find the 1 girl that graduated from RIT : electroly
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        Hah, I have common friends with her : wasylm
        • as do i, which is really odd =( : pharoah mike
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        Did they just fix this, just now? It worked 5 minutes ago, I made a post about it, and now it doesn't wo... : electroly
        • it's sad they took that down. not her fault they were dumb and didn't put up rules against that! : dahanese
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    I never really noticed it until now but it's bizarre that facebook doesn't do any sort of mod_rewrite stu... : mikecyb
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      Well, you never noticed it until now, so how important is it really? :-) I agree though. : electroly
      • I never noticed it because I very rarely use facebook :( : mikecyb
      • REST URLS ARE COOLER (they are) : Clay
• real name : dirge23
• I didn't on facebook. I am actually trying to be normal there. Even though there are links to my twitter ... : mancide
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  I used my internet handle, because I use it for everything and it would feel weird deviating from that. : wasylm
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    yeah, i felt a little weird not going with dahanese. life's blended the two a lot, but i have some distan... : dahanese
    • It helps that my internet handle is my middle name and last initial. : wasylm
• Real name. I'm trying to dissociate from the internet handle these days, but vogtuj would suck as a Shack... : Deathlove
• this dude messaged me about not being able to get what he wanted .. lol http://facebook.com/sikander3 : sikander
• I used my real name. : hirez
• Real name, because I had to make one for work. : Conan
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  I am trying to distance myself from "Chunks" so I went with my real name. I need a new handle, but eve... : Chunks
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    Anti-Chunks? : Gonzo
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      That's the best suggestion I've had, and better than anything I've come up with. My ideas have all bee... : Chunks
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        Didn't he kiss Kelly Kapowski though? : Gonzo
        • Didn't everyone? : reznory
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  I used notthatwillsmith, because someone at Facebook reserved willsmith for the other Will Smith. : Gonzo
  • you're the only Will Smith that matters anyways! : pukerat
• Real name even though I thought I wasn't going to do that. It's the same as my official gmail email addre... : freshyk
• Neither. : delataur
• I got my internet handle that I use for just about everything anyway. : malevolence
• I'm jasonepowell everywhere else, so I wanted to use that on facebook too. : jasonepowell
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  Liked the idea of rich.mcninch but ultimately went with richmcninch because I've already used that everyw... : Rich McNinch
  • They aren't distinct - I reserved first.last and it works as facebook.com/firstlast as well. : icking fudiot
• Real name. : Merlin13x
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  I used my full real name (no stupid dot) because Facebook is only for friends and family so that's what t... : OverloadUT
  • i didn't do my full name because mike said it was too long and people are too lazy to type it all out :-(... : dahanese
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    See above post..works w/ the dot as well, kinda like gmail : icking fudiot
    • Oh sweet that's really cool. : OverloadUT
• variation of my nickname, I didn't want to use this username :P : gakera
• First name and initials of my last name since it's the variation I've used for email addresses and domain... : Afterglow
• I went with my neo-internet handle, 'zakklol' : zakk
• i used my SSN. Now everyone will know EXACTLY who I am. This was a great idea, right? : Cheeziologist
• Internet handles are so 1990s : sammyl
• I used the same as here : ErneX
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  is this the new "low ICQ number" thing, for myfacebookspacebloggers? :D : Downforce
  • I got a low ICQ number, wanna buy it? : watcherxp
• internet handle : Nitrium
• I used thedirtyburger, just so I can introduce people to The Trailer Park Boy's when they ask about it. : theangrywaffles
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  I picked a name detached from anything else I've used online. But then again who cares because I never u... : DrWaffles
  • So yes, I basically wasted a unique identifier haw haw. : DrWaffles
• Scrimbo, because my name is quite common. : Scrimbo Obeer
• real name : thekidd
• i claimed my last name : Audhuml4
• Tried to use my real name variation which is Pol, but the bastards wanted 5 letters. =( So i reverted to ... : Thisispol
• Chose my own name, had immediate regret and wished I'd picked /notthefather instead : Serpico74
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  Dr.<RealLastName> : edgewise
  • is it Feelgood? : zakk
  • Madison finally got her braces off! <like> <comment> : davantalus
• handle, got it, no numbers on the end or anything, v happy. Then I looked up who got my first name and... : hankyJR
• firstname.lastname same as my gmail : jimmy-buffett
• I just used my real name. I don't want to go out of my way to associate my internet handle, since I use t... : Vincent Grayson
• I thought my real name would be best. : Sacred Sperm
• I just got this alias. I've used it everywhere for a great many years so it's as much of my identity as m... : InfoBiter
• I tried firstname.lastname but it was taken within 20 seconds of the page going live, so i ended up using... : riptyde
• the first one, which is also the second one : biskits

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• Hahah, that's fucked up. : magistersmax
• Ha I met a whiskey tango chick like that a few months back she said she had been married 2.5 times (the l... : jimmy-buffett
• fuck i really need this game : Mr.SEX
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  I have a close friend who is always at our house, so we had him live with us in Sims 3. For a long time m... : VictoriouSecret
  • ! : SiW.
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    Oh wow that sounded worse than I meant...he didn't sleep with her until she became a consenting adult LOL : VictoriouSecret
    • Jesus. "I fuck kids!" "LOL no wait I mean I fuck adults that were kids once!" : SiW.
• Gah, I need to buy that soon. : Altanar
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  You guys need to stop. This is the kind of thing that addicted me to the original. I don't need another g... : avatar_58
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    i am fucking every girl in the neighborhood and knocking them up. i'm going to see if you can have babies... : dahanese
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      and then you're gonna play Sims 3! : mikecyb
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        /rimshot : avatar_58
        • right after I posted that my bowtie spun around and I danced off the stage : mikecyb
      • awesome : papaskot
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      Eventually your gene pool will reduce the townspeople to horribly disfigured mutants! : VictoriouSecret
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        i'm making my newborn girl have ever horrible trait possible, and then when she grows up i'm going to pla... : dahanese
        • Yeah, I got my life goals met on all four of us, tons of money, huge mansion. Got completely bored, now I... : VictoriouSecret
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      Wait, can you knock them up without marrying them first? : SilverSnake
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        hell yes. and then right after you fuck them and they get pregnant, you tell them you just want to be ... : dahanese
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          although the downside of this is that when i married my wife, she came with a newborn and i have no idea ... : dahanese
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            if she came with the newborn the father is probably black!!! Because the baby must have had a rather larg... : boring gegtik
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              actually it's funny you mention that because the baby does look black, or at least he's way darker skinne... : mikecyb
              • ROFL awesome : bolneze
        • Awesome. I guess I wasn't trying hard enough (ha!). I also love the inappropriate trait. :) : SilverSnake
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  I adopted an infant. Left it outside my house until it died. : Birchman
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    in the game...fuck. : Birchman
    • hahah i scrolled past the beginning of this thread where it mentioned sims 3 and just saw this post and w... : Maarten Goldstein
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    they can't die. they get taken by child services. : dahanese
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      yeah well i built a wall around the child services and the lady starved to death : Birchman
      • haha, that game sounds pretty amazing : MagicWishMonkey
      • lol : ThomW
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        they didn't send another one? did the baby actually die? i am so surprised you can kill a kid! : dahanese
        • yes they sent another one. its leading me to believe that they are cylons, and that the baby is also cylo... : Birchman
        • think about who you're talking to : RikiTiki2
      • This game just gets better and better. : zehh
      • hahahaha this is such a Sims thing to do : Begawkiness
      • I need this game. : voodooraze
      • Ahaha. : thejm4n
      • Holy shit ahahaha : Link.
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        THE CASK OF AMONTILLANDO'D : mnsnota
        • -N : mnsnota
      • hahahahaha : virus
      • in the sims 2 the child service lady would just walk through the wall : shika.art
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    Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2EQEsGFCc : Begawkiness
    • hahaha wow : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Wow, that's horrible. : zehh
    • lol : riptyde
    • hahaha that is awesome : electroly
    • awesome. : mrvandelay
    • O_Ö : humbleone
    • hahahahahhahhaha OMFG The dog going AAAAAOOOOUUUHHHHHH while the baby is grilling was fucking perfect hah... : Utopia
    • wow, lol : redfive
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      hhahaha : Merconium
      • golden brown : Merconium
    • OMG LOLOLOLOL : pigvomit
    • how is babby served?!? : Dave-A
    • dear sweet jesus : GloriousCow
    • just burst into laughter here at work, thanks. : atom519
    • Hahaha I can't wait for the modders to make fucked up stuff for The Sims 3. : OverloadUT
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      hahaha wtf ... also, is the game really "laggy" like that? : virus
      • Not at all, they must be on something pretty old. : melkore
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        could also be the video encoding : RikiTiki2
        • or the video recording while playing the game, takes cpu : Chandler55
    • Put another shrimp on the baby! : Matt Burris
    • ahahaha, omg I feel dirty for watching that. Wow. : Scotty22
    • hahahaha : delataur
    • omg ahahaha! : yosemiteclimber
    • I am actually shocked. WTF?! : freakynipples69
    • what.the.fuck. : chazums
    • hahahaha : Head Rush
    • LOL : Phil
    • That actually horrified me more than made me laugh : Lionhart32935
    • I also love how the well-dressed woman at the very end dumps her trash on the lawn and walks away. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • LOL!!!!!!! : kainen1
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      How you even pitch that? "We need to have the option to cook your baby or anyone's baby on a grill!" ... : DM7
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        I think it's a mod... they replaced the model of some food with the baby model + animation. : zehh
        • Is it? Booo!! : pigvomit
      • lol you think they would allow this in a game : Chandler55
      • Pretty sure it's a mod and not in the game by default. : sigpro
    • Oh Sims games what won't you do next. : Chod
    • didn't make enough for everyone =( : pharoah mike
    • Wowww : bolneze
    • That is beautiful, I think I'd do that every time while playing if I could. : Lone Swordsman
• so you slept with your step daughter? is this the Hee Haw version of the Sims? "Sims 3: Country Bumpkins ... : cptstern
• lol. i really wanted an evil character, but accidentally turned her into a lab-rat, mother of 2 with a sl... : arcane_
• I bought this fucking game. Played it for 10 mins and didn't know what the fuck I was doing. In those ten... : .sticks.
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  Never played any of the Sims games, - what am I missing out on, - apart from sex with randoms? : Kolpath
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    Being a serial killer by inviting the neighbors over and have them go into a room which you sell the door... : Sailor of Fortune
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      Also equally fun is making a swimming pool with no ladder to get out on. You can mix it up by making an i... : sigpro
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        They don't need a ladder anymore to get out of the pool. : ashkie
        • Weak. : sigpro
      • So essentially all the fun to be had in this game is just making life as miserable as possible for The Si... : CrustaR
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      Dude WTF..!?!? I'm still traumatised by having to slap my Cow in Black & White then watching him cry. Thi... : Kolpath
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        That cow was a mouthy bitch, though. : ra1n
        • Having him take a dump on my village and then eat the people who ran screaming from the houses, pretty mu... : Kolpath
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        If only they could track the disturbed players somehow... and put them all in an institution. : cerealSAM2
        • one with no exits? : Fyunch Click
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        You say that now, but you'd be surprised at how fast a person will whip out the build walls tool after so... : Haxim
        • LOL now this I can understand. : Kolpath
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        That cow was the dumbest POS in the game and pretty much made me hate the game and I went with the cow as... : Sailor of Fortune
        • Meaning how dumb the cow was not the game. : Sailor of Fortune
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      Ok, well does The Sims 3 add anything that makes it worth buying for anyone that's tired of The Sims 1 or... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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        yeah, fucking everyone in the neighborhood and seeing all your kids grow up around you! : dahanese
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          can the half siblings breed? If so, then you'll soon be recreating rural Arkansas. : Fyunch Click
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            that's my goal! i'm hoping to see if they can breed by tonight. we'll see. : dahanese
            • If it does allow inbreeding of a sort I can't wait for the Shadow Over Innsmouth mod, where slowly your t... : Fyunch Click
      • I was wondering this too : Begawkiness
• This is the first thing Ive heard about the game that interests me. : bolneze