Evening Reading

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  the Halo or Republic Commando books are good! : g0nk
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    The Halo books are fantastic. Minus "The Flood" : glio1337
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      Yeah, The Flood is basically reading Halo CE in book form. Fall of Reach and First Strike are the best... : Sailor of Fortune
      • "The Flood" is horrible but the rest of the halo series is kickass. : r3ckless
  • The first Mass Effect Book was a good read. Definitely helps build the foundation leading into the first ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Armor. Starship Troopers : stump
  • If the movie would have followed the book.... <sigh> : erebus
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    Definitely Armor. Armor doesn't get near enough love. : emnii
    • I love it enough for those who do not. : AxeMan808
• i really enjoyed Old Man's War too : QMS|superdave
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  Old Man's War is great. Also, The Lost Fleet series is extremely well done if you are into realistic star... : theangrywaffles
  • http://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Lost-Fleet-Book-1/dp/0441014186/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245896083... : theangrywaffles
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    There's nothing realistic about The Lost Fleet at all. That said, I heartily recommend them for pulp spa... : Wadmaasi
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      Ha. Your definition of 'realistic' must be quite different from my own. I actually grew tired of the spac... : theangrywaffles
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        Have you read Weber's Honor Harrington books? Best modern depiction of realistic (or, at least, physics- : Wadmaasi
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          Really? I'll have to check it out. I didn't think I'd be interested in realistic space warfare, but The L : theangrywaffles
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            David Weber more in the vein of The Lost Fleet (this is REALLY fun series, but it died prematurely after ... : Wadmaasi
            • Yeah, it's realistic, but realistic within it's scifi boundaries. Like there's science in the FTL travel,... : geedeck
            • one of my favorite book series.... in fact my computer name is dahak =P : ssj4megaman
            • Also if you like Mutineers moon, get Empire from the ashes omnibus.. it contains all 3 book in the series... : ssj4megaman
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    lost fleet sucked after the first book. I put the 2nd one down a lot and then gave up on the 3rd : deadfish
    • I'm not saying its the best thing ever written, but it is pretty entertaining. : theangrywaffles
• http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?Starfire : r3ckless
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  The Forever War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forever_War Better then Old Man's imo : graceofdragons
  • Really? I thought it was good on the overall, but for me Old Man's War had some really mind boggling idea... : theangrywaffles
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    while not a bad book, i didnt think it was that great. the use of pot seemed to be hippie inspired, howev : QMS|superdave
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      i couldn't explain it, my friends agree with you, Forever just stuck with me, the pacing and storytelling... : graceofdragons
      • I agree with you. It's one of my top three books of all time. It is at one time, a great science fict... : cerealSAM2
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        while i can appreciate the story on its basic level, it just didnt have whatever it is that grabs you and... : QMS|superdave
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          It's a complete story in and of itself. It wasn't written to draw you into any sequels. Which is a ... : cerealSAM2
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            i get that, but it didnt leave me with the feeling "i wish there was more" (a good thing, unlike "there s... : QMS|superdave
            • when I put it down I thought "I wish it had been longer" : graceofdragons
• I like Larry Bond. Check out Red Phoenix and Vortex. : deject
• the shadow series? they're the only books in that genre that I've read. : sabadog
• Tactics of Mistake, by Gordon R. Dickson : cerealSAM2
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  The Founding by Dan Abnett (the first omnibus of the Gaunt's Ghosts series) http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=... : Poor Yurik
  • Abnett, Stackpole, David Drake, David Weber for space combat, John Ringo, Steve White. Lots of good sci... : loboca
  • Bah! You beat me to it : CRasterImage
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  John Ringo </brokenrecord> http://www.webscription.net/showSection.aspx?Sectionid=84&CategoryFilterID=1 : Arcanum
  • ^^^ Excellent suggestion. : Colleton
  • yea this guy is entertaining as hell : deadfish
  • This too! And Honor fucking Harrington. : geedeck
  • I would like to expand and say John Ringo and David Weber with their series, March Upcountry, March to th... : YerMothah
  • Thanks for it, Arcanum. : Nitrium
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  In addition to some of the books listed above (Armor, Starship Troopers, Old Man's War/The Ghost Brigades... : Colleton
  • Also, The Road To Damascus bu John Ringo and Linda Evans. One of my all time favorites. Read this book. : Colleton
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  Honor Harrington series is very fun. Think Tom Clancy in space. : miasma(&)
  • I have been meaning to check this out. thanks for the reminder. : hirez
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    Harrington is fucking awesome, but calling her Tom Clancy in space is kind of a disservice to both her bo... : geedeck
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      Hmmm i was kind of thinking of the focus on technical details that only military geeks would slaver over.... : miasma(&)
      • Oh it's got that. As another poster said, nuclear-pumped laser missles. And they make sense. Wormholes, L... : geedeck
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  That new david weber series (At armageddon reef) is fucking amazing. March to the series (first 3 books)... : LordPall
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    Big david webber fan here. I am currently reading "In Death Ground" . The entire series is available free... : r3ckless
    • In Death Ground is an amazing series. Pure non-stop action : loboca
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      Free you say? I can't seem to get it to work...any hints? : Enkidu
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        Whoops...here's the correct link... http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/09-AtAllCostsCD/AtAllCostsCD/Th... : r3ckless
        • Yah this is the stars at war omnibus's... Its a 4 book set by him... Stars at war 1 = 1st 2 books ... : ssj4megaman
  • I just started reading Off Armageddon Reef! Its great! He took a lot from his trilogy of Empire From t... : YerMothah
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man%27s_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Trilogy : hirez
  • ^^^ Heritage Trilogy is William H. Keith, Jr. writing as Ian Douglas. : Wadmaasi
• ender's game? : multisync
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  Startide Rising, the author's name is escaping me at the moment. I never made it through all of the sequ : Wadmaasi
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    David Brin... but I would read Sundiver first, since it gives a lot of background about the universe in t... : elosorojo
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      That's it, David Brin. Sundiver is a completely different sort of book, though. I didn't enjoy it or : Wadmaasi
      • I tried reading SR before Sundiver, and I couldn't make it past the first 50 pages. Went back and read S... : elosorojo
• Book books : hobosapien
• Altered Carbon : Rodeoclash
• The series that this is part of: http://www.amazon.com/Gaunts-Ghosts-Founding-Ghost/dp/1844163695/ref=sr... : CRasterImage
• Hammer's Slammers by David Drake. They're short stories, they're gritty and nasty. And a freaking class... : LilCrypto
• most of the sci-fi by L.E. Modesitt Jr. has the main character involved in the military. : retardhumper
• Lois Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga. It's pretty good with likeable characters and action. : deathofrats
• Honor Harrington is the best series I have found. And it is LONG. I enjoy it because it is mostly hard ... : Cottc Cid
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  Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I've read Forever War & Armor and they were both awesome, So I can't... : JohnnyRey
  • Starship Troopers first then to complete the classic powered armour triumvirate! : miasma(&)
• Falkenbergs Legion - Jerry Pournelle : graah
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  David Drake. Hammer's Slammers, Lieutenant Leary Commanding, Northworld Trilogy, The General, Belesarius,... : AxeMan808
  • add to my list: Keith Laumer - Bolo series! : AxeMan808
• The stars at war omnibus 1 and 2... by david weber. : ssj4megaman
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  Oh man this my thread! I love military scifi. Glen Cook needs to be at the top of your list. He has writt : Magus
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    Did you just fucking literally judge a book by it's cover? That's cliche even for the Shack : geedeck
    • Yes I often read the inside jacket of the book - like I just said - and make a decision on whether or not... : Magus
  • The Honor Harrington Series is one of my favorites, you should give it a try. : JohnnyRey

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  I'm off to see it in IMAX today for a little work outing, with expectations pre-lowered to subbasement le... : Dave-A
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    I saw the first one with low expectations, it delivered'1 : abrasion
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      ^ I wished I would have done what you guys did. : jodiuh
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        I'm saying it delivered on the low expectations, I don't mind dumb action - this was stupid action. : abrasion
        • If you thought the 1st was rough, wait til you see this one, haha. : jodiuh
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  Actually that looks like a Gundam toy. : not work safe
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    Actually that looks like a Gundam Macross toy. : Frank_Mackey
    • Macross + and Macross 0, two excellent animes that can be watched instead of this. : jodiuh
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      Yeah, looks more like a Macross Valkyrie than the Jetfire I remember from the cartoon. : ZTac
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        That's really what it is. Hasbro did it for some reason or another. : h0cake
        • $$$$$ : ZTac
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  nice fucking spoilers asshole : stgdz
  • I gave no spoilers. : jodiuh
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    what? he didn't spoiler anything. : xxiv
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      the fact that optimus prime does NOT die is just as much of a spoiler as if he did : OrkO
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        man get the fuck outta here lol : xxiv
        • spoiler alert: megan fox does not show full frontal nudity. : wimpy1
• it sort of looks like an F-14; but come on, which one is more iconic these days? : DonkeyPopsicle
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  oh man, that transformer with its metal wheels that would fling open right on your finger! shit was so p... : papaskot
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    Haha, these? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/jodiuh/IMG_3050.jpg Shame I lost/broke a lot of... : jodiuh
    • haha yeah, cuz that switch that opens it is in the direction they open, and for some reason 100lb/in spri... : papaskot
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  Umm, no, not at all. That looks exactly like an F-14 Tomcat without its twin tails. It is angular, swivel... : LoioshDwaggie
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    And yet that's exactly what Jetfire is in the movie, an old, busted, worn out SR 71 Blackbird. : jodiuh
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      So jetfire is a different model jet now. Big whoop : RikiTiki2
      • Not just a different model jet. His voice's completely wrong, he's old and rotting, can't really fight. T... : jodiuh
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    thats because the twin tails broke off on his version of the toy.. : wimpy1
    • *sniffle* I still have them somewhere here... : jodiuh
• Who cares that they changed some of the vehicles? The SR-71 is an infinitely sexier plane than that one a... : Evil Benius
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  THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE! MICHAEL "GAY" WILL HEAR FROM MY LAWYER! WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE THI... : walker270
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    It's the quotes on gay which seals it, lol : abrasion
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      PUN INTENDED : walker270
      • Woooo! Sweet burn! /highfive : Rotten Deadite
• Does anyone think that maybe this is a case of "the movie isn't for you"? You're not their target demogr... : fishbone
• Original Starscream was an F-15, Bay's Starscream was a F-22, both the premiere air force fighters of the... : lordlobo
• wait you are bitching about them making him a sr71 and not a fictional robotech ripoff? wtf : gmd
• I had that transformer... : ShadowRam
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  IT'S A FUCKING VERITECH!! Which makes Jetfire the coolest Transformer out here. : g0nk
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    Autobots, Transform and shoot-impossibly-large-numbers-of-missiles-at-everything! : ZTac
    • lol : jodiuh
• That is Jetfire, I owned that toy. Interesting note which most people won't know without having read the... : grandmasterlee

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• HAHAHAHAHA : Shadowdane
• fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck lol : abrasion
• haha, wtf : pres589
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  this shit is bananas : Frozen Pixel
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    just the tip, just to see how it feels : synapse19
    • Nothing wrong with that at all. : doozer667
• Outstanding : Sailor of Fortune
• yessssssss : askedrelic
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  Oh god, that made my stomach hurt from laughing. The original was funny, but this just took it to a wh... : paulatreus
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    Link to original? : nurglich
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMdxCVuGR0 : synapse19
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        Oh is that what it's about. I didn't watch that because it sounded too dumb. : nurglich
        • It was : Ziz
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        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcuvlWIWhsc&feature=related : gyokuro
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          lol @ 6:35 : zebosausamite
          • Ahahahah I : abrasion
      • holy fuck : spaceless
      • is this shit fake? : mlev
• ahahah those jokes that take multiple days to set up are some of the best LOL's : gyokuro
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bCs8eu6hAs : Link.
  • oh wow : aurealis
  • HAHAHAHAHAHA : Megara9
  • Internet, marry me! : abrasion
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    lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcuvlWIWhsc&feature=related : fletch_
    • That had me crying too, there's more humour per day on the internet than there is in a season of TV shows... : abrasion
  • Sweet jesus that is amazing. : chazums
  • Bwahaha : Danny5225
  • i had to re-watch this smash bros video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY7xg92aNrY : j0nchan
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgaBBK_r5Mc : Link.
    • WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!! hahaha : abrasion
    • hahaha fuck : mrvandelay
    • absolutely brilliant : moshman
    • Those Japanese sure have l33t video editing skills. : slacko
    • genius. : metralgia
  • hahahahahah perfect! : Shadowdane
  • man WTF HAHAHAH : Nitrium
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    Japan doesn't normally catch on to our memes and viral stuff right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXCi4U... : abrasion
    • hahahah the terminator one, I was thinking that as well. Too bad they didn't add a king kong or something... : gakera

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• I'd like one if you got a spare! : darcspeed
• Me me me : Zek
• I would like one : fishbone
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  Damn it, I'm always late to these. : Dontdrop
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    not today! SM me your email address : tashtego
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      can i get one?!? : Vincenoir
      • DON'T GET GREEDY I only had one : tashtego
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  I've been laying low, but still would love to check it out if there is a spare key. : Demius
  • SM me your email. : stonedonkey
• I've been consistently failing at getting one. Anyone have one? : ohhjebus
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  Wow, they sure are giving out a lot of them. Let's go with the forth responder to my message gets the pr... : walker270
  • 1 : Vincenoir
  • 2 : Vincenoir
  • 3 : Vincenoir
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    4? : aggressor
    • Wow.. sniped.. sm me your e-mail. : walker270
    • lol that's just cold :P : alnya
    • hahahahahaha : ateam311
    • rofl : deveus1
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    FUUUUUUUUUUUUU : Vincenoir
    • hahah perfect : gakera
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      SM me your email : pancake humper
      • Thanks dude. : Vincenoir
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  Horny Old Nazis? : voodooraze
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    Hungry Odd Ninjas : Demius
    • Hairy Open Navels : voodooraze
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  don't know which of you have lucked out. have 1, 1st reply gets it. : stgulik
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    sdfgasdff! : zebosausamite
    • sm me your email and i will do it to it. : stgulik
• I wouldn't mind giving the game a spin. : ju$tmon3y
• I would, por favor! : skanky08
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  I have one. 3rd reply gets it. : razlebol
  • 3rd reply : ohhjebus
  • 3rd reply : Zek
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    3rd reply : Zek
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      (Haven't heard from pancake humper, will pass it on if he sends me one) : Zek
      • take razlebol's, I am not sure if I can give my last one out yet. : pancake humper
      • send me your email via sm. : razlebol
• I'd like to try this out. : pandastrong
• I can't stress enough about the NDA. Please read it and respect it. People who send invites can be held r... : pancake humper
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  So is this http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/ everone keeps talking about? I read alot about it and saw ... : nosseman
  • Yes : pancake humper
• i'm keen if anyone still has an invite. : even4
• i'll take one : Mikuya

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• I just got back too, action was even better, dialogue even worse. But I enjoyed it quite a bit. : threeup
• *hi5* yes, it was awesome. the sound i agree was glorious! : g0nk
• i can't wait, there is no bluray better than transformers in sound. : jayares
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  Does Megan Fox show her tits or her putting things inside herself? : abrasion
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    Yes. She gets pregnant and births a hybrid Transformer. : pimpium
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      ^^^^^^^^^ THIS WOULD BE THE BEST CAP TO THE TRILOGY EVER : disposition
      • lol.. I agree.... it would be the birth of the Borg... to coincide with the new Star Trek : ShadowRam
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      Should have used a contracepticon. : Rich McNinch
      • you mean contradecepticon : dfz0r
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    like eating? : capt tripps
    • If it's cock, then yes. 1/10 : bling1bling
  • she gets fucked by a decepticon near the end. : marmite
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  I would watch two hours of Megatron and Starscream bitching at each other. : pimpium
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    The Odd Decepticon Couple! Someone needs to make this into a show. : pimpium
    • It would be like an evil Bert & Ernie. : pigvomit
  • I'd take some Shockwave incompetence too. : Sailor of Fortune
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  I'm not gonna start a new thread, but I also returned from Transformers 2. It was ok. Not great, not ba... : pigvomit
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    Also, Devastator was a bitch. He went down pretty easy to that rail gun. Also Mudflap fucked him up, I : pigvomit
    • yeah that was bullshit. I was expecting him to fuck shit up big time and some dinky little monkey car rip : pukerat
• I think I read in a thread earlier this week that Bay proclaimed he's done everything he could do with th... : focusdaily
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  I just want to know if there is a bigger and better focus on the autobots and decepticons. I just didn't... : manlyman
  • Decepticons have a lot more on screen this go round. Lots of good banter between Megatron and Starscream. : pimpium
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  Also, Bay definately has friends in the Military. He consistantly has great shots and cooperation from th... : pimpium
  • i really don't think he needs friends. i'm sure the military jumped at the opportunity to promote themsel... : JINKY
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  I thought it was great and terrible at the same time. : phipple
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    So it was... Awefulsome? : Toraz Chryx
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      I was completely entertained. I even laughed at most of the jokes. But seriously, some of the slapstick... : phipple
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        oh yeah, and the one dude had a fucking cane? C'mon. : phipple
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          I dunno, the cane actually makes sense. He's old. The other two things though, I agree were stupid. : Vincent Grayson
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            It makes sense I guess, but what are the chances an alien robot is going to act and move exactly like a f... : phipple
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              I'm actually more curious as to why Jetfire was in the form of an SR71, if he hadn't been active since th : Vincent Grayson
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                Can't they pick whatever form they want whenever they want? : Sailor of Fortune
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                  At least within the film, they've only shown them taking forms by scanning something else, so if he's bee : Vincent Grayson
                  • Should've transformed into a rock. : FlatlineDixay
              • It's funny you bring that up, that confused the hell out of me as well. : phipple
              • I wish I hadn't clicked the spoiler, I would've wet myself on Sunday when I see it. : On the Brane
• Sold out for me : ( : locater16
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  It was fucking awesome. Best moments: Forest fight and Prime's death. I didn't see that coming at all : Vincent Grayson
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    oh man i ACCIDENTALLY clicked that - balls. : mankeroo
    • Me too : rosewood
    • YOU'VE GOT THE TOUCH : johngloid
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  i loved every minute of it, the only thing i didnt really like was the small "infant" decepticons in the : g0nk
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    I would gather we are going to learn more about that with the third one. Looks like unicron is going t : stgdz
    • oh holy fuck. :O : g0nk
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  just as good as the first. Awesome, that seals it I won't be spending money on that. : Fred Garvin
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    How is this post even necessary? Isn't it pretty much a given that if you didn't like the first that you ... : Vincent Grayson
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      Because we're suppose to care what he things : NukemFornever
      • My things? : Fred Garvin
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      You need to be more direct like I was below. Asking him questions is only going to make him upset and whi... : ateam311
      • You zinged me baby!! : Fred Garvin
  • That's really good to hear. Really. I'm sure everyone here is glad to know that the one and only Fred Gar... : ateam311
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  From Faraci's review on CHUD: "Terry Schiavo would have been bored by this bloated, ponderous piece of sh : randomposter
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    Post another comic : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Cry more. : randomposter
  • Hahaha : aeg1x
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  I love how the day crowd absolutely ripped and shit all over this movie, but the night crew seems to actu... : g0nk
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    No, we crapped on it pretty hard last night. :) : Serpico74
    • well poo on you all then!!! : g0nk
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    More proof that movie "discussion" on the shack internet is a joke. : WhatIsThisFor
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      There's not really much to discuss in Transformers. It's one thing when you can discuss the intricacie... : Vincent Grayson
      • Exactly :) : WhatIsThisFor
  • probably had something to do with none of those people actually seeing the movie : brainchild420
• i thing i liked was soundwave, the forest fight scene and megan fox's appearence : char2009
• You're a liar. Rotten Tomatores said it was awful, so how can both be true sir? : graceofdragons
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  are you kidding me? it was the worst movie I've seen all year. : afrochops
  • are you kidding me? he said it was great : stump
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    agreed, it was an abomination and clusterfuck rolled up into a groanfest....it had no redeeming qualities... : NastyNorman
    • The cg was good. : lodit
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    I honestly enjoyed Terminator less. : Conan
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      And Wolverine, for me. I think TF2 and Star Trek are the only two summer movies I've seen so far that ... : Vincent Grayson
      • Yeah, and Wolverine. I'd already forgotten about that flick, which says pretty much everything. : Conan
  • You need to watch more movies : RikiTiki2
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  Optimus prime ruled this movie. Holy shit the dive out of the plane transformation, the forest fight, and : NukemFornever
  • Don't forget him ripping out the Fallen's spark, which was fucking great. : Vincent Grayson
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  the shack is starting to remind me of /v/ on 4chan. : miasma(&)
  • */tv/ : miasma(&)
• I lost count, were there more scenes of robots fighting or Megan Fox running in slow motion? Movie was a... : Schnapple
• For my part, I'm sad that I gave money to Michael Bay to see this movie. I might have been more entertain... : FlatlineDixay
• Could definitely have cut 20-30 minutes towards the end, but I still had a blast. Some silliness aside, l... : opengl128
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  It was Baytastic. It was very long. It was awesome. Robot Heaven lol! Other than that I guess i... : fleabug
  • But where would all the calculators go? : Toth21
• It was a fucking mess of a movie. But boy was it fantastic. Some of the action scenes were jaw-dropping. : Flynn
• Ok, fuck you guys, I'm going to watch the first one just to see if it's shit or not. It better not have ... : devi| dog
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  Movie critic comments http://www.movieline.com/2009/06/the-9-most-scathing-critical-responses-to-transfo... : Optimus Prime
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    My favorite is a twitter from an AVClub.com critic after seeing it: "Going to see "Transformers 2" is lik : Serpico74
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      You a member? : abrasion
      • I'm not, I followed the link from someplace else. : Serpico74
  • Those are fantastic. I must see this movie. : Clay
• the more spoilers I read the more horrified I become : Megara9
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  I took my kids (4 and 7) to see it tonight and they loved it. There were some slow parts, where my young : Scrimbo Obeer
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    fuck i clicked it, so tempting, does that really happen, come on, wtf. did they not learn from the past y : Chandler55
    • What bothered me more was the cavalier treatment of what is essentially a corpse. They flew his body in : Scrimbo Obeer
    • It's not like he had any fucking character in the new movies, what's the difference? : abrasion
  • My 5 year old was the same way. She also didn't like the scene where Sam gets held down and the weird lit : Vincent Grayson
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  I didn't enjoy the last (pure action) part of Transformers 1. Will I enjoy 2? : matthaeus
  • absolutely : stgdz
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  How many sunsets are there in the movie? : alnya
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    one for every Linkin Park song. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • Linkin Park Green Day : Schnapple
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=59277 : broly1718
• if all the faggots here hate it for being a big dumb action movie, im pretty sure im gonna absolutely lov... : arizona bay
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  Did anyone find it odd that they acknowledged Obama as the President instead of making up a fake one ("Pr : Schnapple
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    Yep and even saying that they should negotiate and hand over Sam. Loved it the swipe at Obama was gre... : NukemFornever
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      well it's especially odd since Hollywood is so liberal, I figured they'd make up a fake president instead : Schnapple
      • I liked the dubbed in line for the swine flu : redfive
• I hope Bay ends up an alcoholic on Skid Row. : Lone Swordsman
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  I liked it, don't get all this Bay hate though, could've used more robot fighting, was mostly humans vs r... : ClawHammR
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    Consider that what most people consider a throwaway piece of junky entertainment cost $200 million to mak... : Lone Swordsman
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      Mental pollution of it's advertising? Are you fucking kidding me? This shit again? It's TRANSFORMERS. ... : Schnapple
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        I'm not that nostalgic for Transformers actually, so arguably, the original series was mental pollution t... : Lone Swordsman
        • That makes the assumption that if Megan Fox wasn't on that they'd cover the legitimate content. They w... : hawkeye
• going to see it tomorrow : mcborn
• so you're saying a worse director will come on board for the 3rd sequel, screw it up and ruin the other t... : cptstern
• I haven't seen it yet but it's bullshit megatyron is back. They fucking killed him at the end of the las... : GoodBoy

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  In that case, sentry farms are overpowered then demomen are overpowered then snipers are overpowered t... : yautja
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    No, I've play tons of the engineer (more than 2 straight days in all likelihood), the balance for them is... : locater16
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      ive played a game where an engineers defense was unbreakable, even with spys & demos. Sure, the SG's were... : yautja
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        Then the server you played on sucks, I've played enough to know every turret spot on every Valve map and ... : locater16
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          This spot was a bitch. i cant remember the map name, its the new cart one, 2nd last stage i think With ... : yautja
          • Hoodoo, Played that, Seen it destroyed, it's just really hard : locater16
        • I've seen some really weird sentry placements using the dispenser to jump up to spots where you can't nor... : Rodeoclash
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  The engineers job is to take it in the ass even from classes they counter. At best they counter scouts t... : D45hiz
  • That's neither useful nor fun : ( : locater16
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    I love engi too, and I agree. And I had a scout destroy my level 2 sentry and dispensor in 1 clip last ni... : graceofdragons
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      Well one main problem is people don't really support engineers. They expect them to be self sufficient, w... : D45hiz
      • As a pyro, I love airblasting the ubered pair (even if you hit just one it's still great), and watching t... : Dusty_Slim
      • That's another thing. Well placed rockets and stickies at the feet of ubered enemies will blast them apar... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • No, the engineers job is to build teleporters and hope that they don't die. : Dessicator82
  • This is so true, and even a scout can take out a gun with the pistol. : terath
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  Uber ruins the game imo (oh and pyros need to be nerfed back down) : gyokuro
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    back down from what? : RikiTiki2
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      to TF2 v1.0 state : gyokuro
      • So you mean from very weak to completely useless? : terath
  • ugh, pyros are already one of the worst classes in the game, and you want to nerf them? : YamatoTwinkie
  • Uber does not ruin this game, sorry man. : Dschinghis Khan
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    I think uber keeps the game from turning into a slow and boring standoff. : midgetherder
    • i like slow and boring standoffs though. : gyokuro
  • Naw, it's a great player dynamic design in TF2. It's powerful but fragile. Having a solid Medic is vital.... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • laff you're an idiot if you think pyros are OP'd at all. They are the weakest class in the game unless... : dedgecko
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  you should play a class that doesn't sit in one position wrenching things. Your problems will magically d... : aeg1x
  • I play every class, in fact I play entirely too much Tf2. The classes aren't overpowered (except spy) so ... : locater16
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  And Soldiers need 5 rockets ffs : graceofdragons
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    Congrats, you just discovered the unlockable weapon. 5 capacity rocket launcher that does 75% less damage : skinlab133
    • i'd like a single capacity, 400% damage rocket : RikiTiki2
  • reload? : Dusty_Slim
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    The Soldier is pretty much perfect in that regard. Use the shotgun if you're in a rut, or reload in betwe... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • always a rocket short it seems is all : graceofdragons
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  play and offensive engineer and spy on defense : Dschinghis Khan
  • Oh I do play Offensive Engineer (he's offensive) and the turret is even more useless most of the time, yo... : locater16
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    I have massive amounts of fun doing this, engineers are awesome if you get the jump on people. Otherwise... : jingletard
    • You just need 1 engie buddy at least at the setup to upgrade your entrance as you build the exit way out ... : invisible_kid
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    People that get frustrated at engineer really just suck at playing it right. Most of the same people hav... : H@rvester
    • H@rvester dropping knowledge. A+, would read again! : alias
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      Hell no, I'm kick ass Engie, hell I figured out that you can build a teleporter entrance and exit on the ... : locater16
      • the shotgun is a damn good gun, what are you talking about? : EvilDolemite
      • No, you are a shitty engi I can tell from reading your original post. : H@rvester
      • I have 320 Hours as engineer. You have 35. I would re-read my advice if you aren't trying to troll. : H@rvester
    • How do you do so much work on offense yet still be right there on the spot to de-sap your buildings? : ZombieAcademy
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  You are assuming that the goal is balance. The game is designed more about chaos than anything else. I ... : conandan
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    IAWTP and the guy who says we should bring pyros back to TF2 1.0 state. : dkrulz
    • I only play on crit servers, fuck balance dog. : D45hiz
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    No, your opinion is that its not made for competitive play - which is fucking false. I guess that's w... : Wisp!
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      They added it for the small population of idiots trying to declare their twitch reflex superiority to oth... : conandan
      • If you want to get into validity of competitive gaming, that's an entirely different debate. But as it tu... : Wisp!
    • lol : mittense
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  Maybe wait for the Engineer update? : action wombmate
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    definitely a great point. the game isn't even done yet. probably some level 4 sentry shit that can shoot... : Downforce
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      They should shoot away everything. Even sappers off of friendly sentry. And they should heal their engi... : omnova
      • lmao that would RULE. if the term "NERF ENGINEERS" is ever used seriously, that would bring me tears of j... : Downforce
      • You should be able to build the suppressor from that rooftop in HL2. : ZombieAcademy
  • yea, this is the biggest one i think. frankly, CP and PL maps really hurt the engineers.. in CTF maps, s... : wimpy1
• Spies aren't overpowered but the two points they get for a backstab is. I remember getting a run of five ... : Rodeoclash
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  Pyro's should be helping blow back those ubered enemies. It annoys me seeing forward-rushing Pyros with t... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    As a regular pyro, I wholeheartedly agree. I find the airpoof a thousand times more useful in clearing st... : emnii
    • Exactly. I mean the BB is fine if that's "all" you plan to do, attack from behind. If not, use the FT ple... : Godhatesfatpeople
• So you want teams to spend 2 minutes of ubers and teamwork and aiming to counter something you set up by : Felraiser
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  Most teams have figured out that they need one engy to stay at spawn at all times to unsap the teles : sikander
  • That's another incredibly annoying thing, a good spy can make the teleporters useless on certain levels, ... : locater16
  • That's a waste of a teammate and most intelligent teams do not do that. : Wisp!
• You know, I just play the game and have fun. If I'm not, then I change my class. I see how people can tal... : kramweil
• no offense but this thread is full of totally baseless and terrible criticism of class balance in TF2. ... : kainen1
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  First realize that engineer is only a delay, not a defense. Second, stop playing SimCity. Third, sp... : alias
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    Wow a Fireman post I actually agree with : H@rvester
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20255244#itemanchor_20255244 : alias
    • He's so right here. : SockMonkeh
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    You don't play against good enough spies : locater16
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      If you aren't going to listen why do you bother posting? : alias
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        He's right. I just played some spy and lead my team in points by a large margin. Way overpowered. Nerf... : omnova
        • You stab me too much! NURF! : MurrayTheSkull
  • its called Team Fortress not Team Deathmatch : gyokuro
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  this thread represents everything, and everyone, that makes tf2 not fun. screw you all, fucking whinos... : mwasher
  • oh sholina :( : electroly
  • way to be above the fray and whine at the whiners. good job. : gyokuro
  • i agree with the man washer. Just play and have fun. If you're not having fun, move on to a game that h... : bipolar
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    I have the mother fuckin FRO. so there : Downforce
    • This was a very insensitive and hateful comment to post. : midgetherder
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    <3 : mittense
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      Screw you guys! I'll start my own TF2 server. With hookers! And blackjack. In fact, forget the TF2 server... : brickmatt
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        I want to play L4D campaign and more TF2 and HoN so bad. :( : mittense
        • start up steam, launch L4D, TF2 and also launch HoN, problem solved : bipolar
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    All criticism towards video games is a detriment to the community and is now banned. The man washer decr... : omnova
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      oh hey it's sarcasm : mittense
      • In case you were hoping for a gold star, I'm fresh out. : omnova
• I am going to have to agree. ever since they made it so spies can backstab from behind and from the side,... : mcborn
• Look, if you want more armor on your sentry, it's gonna have to lose some firepower. : _jon
• Lol, those are all the reasons TF2 is so fun! I play a demoman exclusively. Those damn turrets have... : GoodBoy

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  Seen Voyager? Despite everyones hate for it, its my favorite star trek. The characters are just so likabl... : yautja
  • voyager was better than enterprise. that the best thing i can say about the series. but yes some of the c... : Hoax
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    i loved voyager. : CoRDS
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      see that completely proves my point. : Hoax
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        no, i only like crap movies, not crap tv, you ma'am are incorrect : CoRDS
        • your love for voyager tells a different story. its like you think you are just bi-curious instead of full... : Hoax
    • me too : flagg209
  • I liked all the characters except Janeway and I especially don't like how she became Picard's boss. Rega... : Edges
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    janeway likeable?? : MoreVespeneGas
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      yes, whats wrong with her? shes a hot MILF : yautja
      • hot? hahaha. no : moshman
      • She was cast as the bitchy ex wife in Throw Momma From the Train. : kek
    • Yes, she was likeable. These other guys on here are weird. : GoodBoy
  • Voyager characters are annoying and almost universally unlikeable. : cerealSAM2
  • in the dictionary next to the word "intolerable" they have a picture of the voyager cast : electroly
  • I used to watch Voyager on and off when it was on TV...I did enjoy the characters a bit, but I don't reme... : Rasnowl
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    aside from the doctor, I hoped everyone would die a fiery death every episode. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • Surely not the one with the boobs and tight uniforms? : cerealSAM2
  • Voyagers Borg encounters where my fav. : Vincenoir
• heh yeah, I bought DS9 dvd's, seasons 3-7, and continue to watch them again and again. : TPSReport
• Yeah, I miss DS9. If I could choose one series to completely forget and then be able to see again for th... : electroly
• I literally did this a year ago. And your post reflects my thoughts pretty well. Great series. Now go on ... : eonix
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  How would DS9 play to someone for whom ST: TNG is the best show of all time but who hates Voyager? I only... : rudds
  • You will be doing yourself a huge favor by watching DS9. I was exactly the same way before watching it. ... : electroly
  • well it can be a bit slow before the dominion war, but i guarantee you that it will be enjoyable to a TNG... : Cheeziologist
  • Voyager shares almost nothing with DS9. I don't think you'll be disappointed in DS9. : enyakk
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    If you can fight through the first two crappy seasons of DS9, you'll like it more than Voyager. I wat : cerealSAM2
    • By the end of the series, I felt the Ferengi episodes were some of the most enjoyable. They rarely advanc... : Bold
• Firefly wasn't on long enough to get too worked up over. : FlatlineDixay
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  I just can't get through Season 1. It's just so boring. =( : Frozen Pixel
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    I'm almost tempted to say skip it. You'll miss out on early character development, but I'd say start wit... : Rasnowl
    • Way of the Warrior at the beginning of season 4 also acts as a good springboard. : Jonathan
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  DS9 is the best ST just because of Garak alone. : nakor_
  • All of the Cardassians were totally awesome. Gul Dukat was the best villain in a Star Trek series IMO. : electroly
  • This man knows what's up : TPSReport
  • Just a simple tailor! : Toraz Chryx
  • You mean Quark, though Garak and Odo tie for second. : Lone Swordsman
• I just watched ALL GOOD THINGS again today at work... I still get just a tiny bit choked up at the end wh... : rgoer
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  Yeah, picked this up after finishing Babylon 5. Looks very promising. : Arceihn
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    Does Babylon 5 get less cheesy? I know some of these shows start off slow but the first season is a litt... : Horn
    • It doesn't start to shed the serious cheese until about the third season. Even then it holds on to some. : Lone Swordsman
    • I really loved B5 back in the day. I've been rewatching it lately. In my opinion, the first two seasons... : mathyou
    • First season's shit. Stick with it - the cheese never really goes away but the long-form storytelling mak... : Arceihn
• garak's character developed so well over the series, at first I thought. Hey here is this boring tailo... : stgdz
• This thread is making me want to rewatch the series. Is there an affordable way to do this? : baron calamity
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  Ok that does it. After YEARS of inaction this post combined with the fact that I just got paid today made... : marmite
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    ... just realize all the good, serialized war drama and stuff starts with season 3. :| : silent prophet
    • Oh I know, I've seen it before on TV (although not really in the correct order). I just found the first 2... : marmite
• the ongoing Bajor drama kinda turned me off the series. it was probably my least favourite after Enterpri... : cptstern
• You should look into the novel continuations of DS9. They are really captivating. Plus, they add my fav : Kiyohime

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  For the uninitiated, WinChatty is a desktop client for the Shacknews latest chatty, similar to SqueegyTBS : electroly
  • i'll download this at work, nice! : xxiv
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    This thing is fucking awesome : pancake humper
    • i had to bust my ass to finish it all last night when i found out 1.4 was completely broken. lol : electroly
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    I am posting from it right now! It's not too shabby. : OverloadUT
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      Hmm, some suggestions: 1. Thread categories. I like my colors so I can see what threads are about at a... : OverloadUT
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        The little flags on the right are the mod flags. Red is NWS, blue is Informative, green is political. I... : electroly
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          You should do yellow for political, since that's what my script does and now the iPhone app too. Green me... : OverloadUT
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            I can change it in 2.1. Pretty sure I've got a yellow flag icon I can use. I don't think I'm gonna put ... : electroly
            • Yeah it usually is a lot of them. That's why I like the "bar" paradigm that the iPhone app uses. It's uno... : OverloadUT
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    Is the server well-behaved? It isn't going to totally destroy the shack when tons of people are running ... : Agrona
    • Nah, it doesn't do anything more than you do right now in your web browser. When you F5 in WinChatty it'... : electroly
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      It puts LESS stress on the shack server than using the shack itself. : OverloadUT
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        Well that's cool. Didn't realize you had to refresh the server; I figured that was automatic? : Agrona
        • Ultimately it all has to get scraped off of the actual Shack page, so there's not much we can do for real... : electroly
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    Nice gets. =D Does WinChatty Server play nice with proxy servers? I am behind one at work and it's faili... : SigENeaT
    • Yeah, it doesn't have any support for proxy servers at the moment. It opens a connection directly to sha... : electroly
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    Tangent: do you know of a good SVN GUI client that doesn't integrate with Explorer? I wish Tortoise woul... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • I use SmartSVN and I hate it. I mean, it works well when it works, but then sometimes I'll get a checksu... : electroly
    • If you are looking for a Visual Studio plugin, AnkhSVN is pretty nice. http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/ : bording
  • omg this is like the most awesome thing ever. this will be perfect for work. mwahahahaha /fired :) : Do_Or_Die
  • Cool stuff. I'll have to check it out after work. : MacemanInTW
  • Nice, thanks! : Colleton
  • Sweet : Sailor of Fortune
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    What's+the+flag+icon?++It's+really+nice+I+have+to+say.+ : SqueegyTBS
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      wtf : electroly
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        tell me you didn't post that with winchatty >< the flags are the moderation categories; red=nws, blu... : electroly
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          Haha.+Oops.+This+a+bug+I+just+introduced+in+the+iPhone+App.+ : SqueegyTBS
          • Thank god. You scared me for a minute there. : electroly
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    Very nice. Only uses 6-10% CPU at idle which is pretty damn good for an AIR app! :D : Yanks
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      it uses exactly 2.80% at idle on my iMac. wish i could tell you what it's doing with that 2.80% : electroly
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        We have an AIR app we made that churns like 15%ish at idle. It's kind of ridiculous but what can you do : Yanks
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          Oh also it helps if you use the Flex4 beta which allows you to use the Flash10 bundled AIR : Yanks
          • Is that better? I usually don't touch beta frameworks, I got burned on the .NET beta when they broke all... : electroly
        • Yeah, I'd rather have a minor amount of wasted CPU time than have to work 10x as hard to create the same ... : electroly
      • 0% on windows on my work pc (lol sempron) : shotgun1
  • fucking sweet. : dopeman
  • This is quite slick! : Orange Pylon
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    can I install this to a thumbdrive? : FormerHPB
    • I believe so, but the system needs to have Adobe AIR installed, which most people don't at this point. C... : electroly
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    After 1000 chatty/thread refreshes, the memory usage can reach as high as 15MB (i.e. lol). I'll be ... : rosewood
    • Also cover any holes in your body you don't want my dick to go into. : rosewood
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      It's amazing how fast that request count goes up. I was up around 4000 today when I was testing it, and ... : electroly
      • Ok, I'm lubed up and ready for you : rosewood
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    Ha! I just noticed the Shackmessages menu option and thought "No Way! That would be waaaay too much wor... : CRasterImage
    • Next version will have proper support :) Squeegy already created the API for it, I just have to hook it ... : electroly
    • The API supports it reading + sending, so it's not that much work on his part. And the iPhone app curren... : SqueegyTBS
  • I'll have to try this tomorrow. Good job! : prime8
  • trying it out now on my mac! it's very slick. : suqur
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    electroly - if I could make a suggestion. Being legally blind, I tend to be pickier than most, but in th... : Matt Burris
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      Do you use the inverted color mode? There are some bugs with that, I haven't gotten around to fixing the... : electroly
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        Yes I am, should've mentioned that. Black background on white text is easier for me with the way my eyes... : Matt Burris
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          I'll see what I can do about fixing it for the next release. : electroly
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            It's not a showstopping issue. I'll still be using the living shit out of this app. I'm already enjoyin... : Matt Burris
            • Glad to hear it. :-) : electroly
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    It's cool. Thanks. Some minor nitpicks. - Allow the option of using 'Shackgrey' for the background... : Optimus Prime
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      That option already exists in the form of the "Invert colors" checkbox in the options. It's not perfect ... : electroly
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        No, I am using that right now. It's black, and what I meant was an option for dark grey. Sorry for not b... : Optimus Prime
        • Ahh, I see. : electroly
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    i downloaded and was using winchatty today but it wouldn't register when i changed the posting API locat... : boring gegtik
    • It should be. : electroly
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    What are the advantages of using AIR? : jonas54
    • Development productivity, mostly. You can get a lot done with very little code. Dealing with XML web se... : electroly
  • Great work electroly! Love the icon too, action wombmate. : hoov1185
• have my baby : Metasparks
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  I can't post from it :( my password is remarkably long, could that have something to do with it? : Draugluin
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    It's possible, though it shouldn't be doing it on WinChatty's end. WinChatty uses a special URL Maarten ... : electroly
    • shit! : Draugluin
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    testiclebabies : Draugluin
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      is that your password : electroly
      • hah no : Draugluin
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      that did it. FYI you can't use the password m5(:=YC.DPfHp"U8Q;hp%N>xfBrt`p : Draugluin
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        please god tell me that wasn't your password what the fuck is this : Yanks
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          swear to god it was. of course, I never had to type it. KeePass ftw. : Draugluin
          • Yeah that's what my password looks like for a lot of sites. : OverloadUT
      • electroly what a broken piece of crap! :P : c0bra
• replying with this cool tool!!! : podizzle
• man this is sweet. good work! : tashtego
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  Do I need WinChatty Server or can I run WinChatty alone? What difference would it make? : noodleboy723
  • WinChatty Server is 100% optional. By default WinChatty connects to shackchatty.com (SqueegyTBS's server... : electroly
• this is great! awesome job! : lonepie
• Needs the sparkly script. : cyclonebee
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  The only bug is that spoiler text isn't hidden in the "thread" view, only in the post itself. : tashtego
  • I plan to do a bug fix release in about a week, I'll make sure to fix this one. : electroly
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    I have found a bug as well i think... if you click a link to a shackpics hosted image it seems to open ww... : SigENeaT
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      Yeah, that's a longstanding bug that I haven't figured out yet. It seems to only affect shackpics, which... : electroly
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        It's their referrer. SqueegyTBS had to do something as well. : pancake humper
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          Aha. I have ways around that. : electroly
          • In the iPhone app, I set the base of the HTML views the post content is in as existing on the shacknews.c... : SqueegyTBS
      • I bet it happened when i hacked the gibson. : SigENeaT
• Just what I needed thanks for the hard work! The server works great too! :) : shotgun1
• Wow this is sweet! Good job dude. My one request would be to put the contents of the news post when y... : Whistler77
• this thing is awesome. sent from WinChatty : jabuck
• Damn that's pretty hot. : c0bra
• Sounds sweet!!! I will try it out right away. Funny, I remember suggesting such a beast in the past ... : CRasterImage
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  Are you ready for suggestions? : CRasterImage
  • Yup, always. : electroly
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    - Custom colors for background and foreground. - Support Shack's various degrees of brightness/darknes... : CRasterImage
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      There's a checkbox for inverting all the colors so it's white text on a black background if that's what y... : electroly
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        On the Shack, each thread has it's own refresh button. It's is that little circular arrow icon on the le... : CRasterImage
        • True enough. You make a good argument. I'll slate it for the next release. : electroly
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        But the shack doesn't only have one refresh button, so I actually think it's less familiar in your app. ;... : OverloadUT
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          Look at how slow I am : OverloadUT
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            AITOO that knows about the thread refresh button in laryn.x? : CRasterImage
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              Ironically, I use it all the time. : electroly
              • ^ : c0bra
              • Same here, I use it extensively. : Matt Burris
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              Didn't you reply to a post in which I talked about its existence? Also I am the one that wrote the GM scr... : OverloadUT
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                If the conversation was a year or so ago, perhaps. : CRasterImage
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                  Okay I am just really confused now. I made a post basically saying "The shack has refresh buttons in each... : OverloadUT
                  • I was the confused one. I misread your original post. I am contrary that way... : CRasterImage
            • I should use it more than I do : rosewood
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              I'm deciding between two ways of implementing it: - I could just slap another Refresh button up top ne... : electroly
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                You could just use the blue circular arrow icon that you use in the existing refresh button. That is pr... : CRasterImage
                • OOH! I was able to use square brackets without accidentally the whole thing! Awesome! : CRasterImage
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                  pancake humper has been bugging me for a permalink button anyway, so I think I might go that route. : electroly
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                    wouldn't that be just like your "double-click to spawn a new window" idea? : CRasterImage
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                      He wants to actually link it to people, like have it copy the URL to the clipboard. : electroly
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                        Ah. Everybody wants what they want... I asked for thread spawns in new windows because that is how I... : CRasterImage
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                          Yup. It's always a little difficult to juggle everyone's pet features with what's best for everyone, as ... : electroly
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                            Just wait till someone asks you for "flat mode" :-O : CRasterImage
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                              Hey, now that is an idea! : rosewood
                              • That's where I draw the line. ;) : electroly
      • I think changing the color of the text will be more eye-catching than using a side indicator. Also, it w... : CRasterImage
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    One other thing missing: The visual cues (branching lines) that tell the user which posts are children o... : CRasterImage
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      The branching lines probably aren't going to happen. I'm sure it would be possible to do it somehow, may... : electroly
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        Aww, common! "Rolling Your Own" puts hair on your chest! ;-) : CRasterImage
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          You're talking to a guy who wrote a multithreaded webserver with a Windows GUI that uses a hand-written p : electroly
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            You didn't write it in assembly? *pssssh* Amature! : CRasterImage
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              Don't think I didn't consider it ;) It was a big decision to include zlib though. At least I didn't hav... : electroly
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                Why was including zlib a big decision? Were you trying to keep the size footprint down? : CRasterImage
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                  Yeah, I didn't want to include any libraries or anything. More from a principle standpoint than anything... : electroly
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                    When I think of "rolling your own", I don't usually consider writing your own version of zlib as a good i... : CRasterImage
                    • Hence the decision to include zlib :P : electroly
      • A couple more reasons to roll your own: - Functional Shack Tags in preview text. - Colored names - M... : CRasterImage
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    One more suggestion: Can the list items have more than one line of text in their previews? I think th... : CRasterImage
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      I hope you don't hit the PRL because then you'll find out how WinChatty handles the PRL. It doesn't. ... : electroly
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        When you say it doesn't, do you mean it defeats PRL or do you mean it slams it's face into a wall and doe : CRasterImage
        • It just silently fails and eats your post. : electroly
• This is awesome. At first I wasn't quite sure how to install it on OS X because Safari kept downloading t... : qwpeoriu
• THANK YOU, SIR : nevlos
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  My text is super-aliased. Does this application not use ClearType? : Jobos
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    It uses ClearType here. Does your text not look like the screenshot I posted? : electroly
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      I believe it's using the Adobe PDF smoothing, actually. Looks to be a grayscale antialiasing. But it sh... : electroly
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        It appears to be jagged in some areas and not others. Not nearly as good as ClearType. I want to say it l... : OverloadUT
        • Yeah, that's what mine looks like too. It's odd, it uses the native font smoothing on OSX, but not on Wi... : electroly
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    I noticed the same thing and it's really annoying : OverloadUT
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      I see it too. But only on inverted mode. I wonder if the cleartype colors are being inverted... The ... : CRasterImage
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        No, I change the actual background and foreground colors. What I suspect is happening is that they are n... : electroly
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          With some DrawText API's you have the ability to specify a background color on the text itself. (as opp : CRasterImage
          • It's all ActionScript 3. That's why I don't have a choice in the matter -- I'm unable to call directly d... : electroly
        • FWIW, I've seen this issue in many AIR apps. I assumed it was just an Adobe problem at the core. : Matt Burris
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      Apparently this is being fixed in Flex 4. : electroly
      • Cool beans! : CRasterImage
• I'm not going to install this because it will destroy what little productivity I have left but it looks p... : SenorSpine
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  Nice work Sir. Its just unfortunate I won't be able to utilize this at work. : VectorJKL
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    They admin-lock you on your own machine? : CRasterImage
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      I have considered making a Flash applet version of WinChatty to assist in such situations. : electroly
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        You wont do it. You're scared. : Degenerate
        • Maybe so, Degenerate. Maybe so. : electroly
• You sir, are awesome. : WhatIsThisFor
• PROXY setting you piece of shit, do you understand? : multisync
• This is awesome, thanks so much : sethmarc
• Great Job! : irrerno
• Holy snot in a handbasket, this is awesome! Nice job putting this together! : Matt Burris
• Win7 menz: This is the perfect app to pin to the taskbar, especially with such a nice icon. :D : Matt Burris
• hey, I'm totally going to use this. thanks! : hirez
• Awesome. thank you for this! : mukumuku
• Bravo...going to take me a while to get used to :) : byorn
• This will work perfectly at work. Thanks! : sublime
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  My only problem with the app is I wish it had inverted colors for each line. Like have a darker lined the... : zdiddy85
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    It actually does have that already :) It's just very soft. Turn up your monitor's contrast. : electroly
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      Well does the inverted mode have it? I can't tell at all. And I'm playing on a LCD TV and it's extremely ... : zdiddy85
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        Inverted mode might not, I think I'm setting the background to be straight black in that case. : electroly
        • You should have just a darker grey alternating on the lines, it would really make my poor eyesight's day ... : zdiddy85
• Posting from WinChatty. This is pretty awesome. : joesnizzle
• awesome stuff, it'll be a bit of an adjustment at first : derelict515
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  Can you [inf] too? I only see [lol] Also, is there a way to view top [lol] and [inf] or do I have to g... : zdiddy85
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    Only LOL is available because INF is dumb :P For the moment you have to go to the shacklol page to view ... : electroly
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      INF can be quite useful. It's how I found your thread int he first place :P http://lmnopc.com/greasemonk... : zdiddy85
      • this thread already has the real INF tag : derelict515
• Great! Now, can you move the whole thing 2 pixels to the left? Much obliged. : CRasterImage
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  Early morning bump for people at work! : electroly
  • Lady at work just asked me why I have 2 Outlooks open : pancake humper
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    Is there a way to grab an HTTP link from a post in the app? So if I wanted to send a post to somebody I c... : Do_Or_Die
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      no, electroly is a stoner and forgot it in this release. I've been bugging him since 1.4 for that :( : pancake humper
      • Awww :( Pretty sweet app besides that electroly! : Do_Or_Die
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  electroly, links within SM's don't work. You click and nothing happens! : pancake humper
  • Seems to work for me? I can read messages and compose etc. : shotgun1
• anyone else having problems with this on the mac? if I unzip it at the command line I just get a bunch of... : TimeDoctor

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• I believe that is a spotted rosewood : MoreVespeneGas
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  Nutria Rat ? : theghostofsmdever
  • ^^^ this most likely. : MagicWishMonkey
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  did it look like this? http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2008/03/080306094624-large.jpg : theghostofsmdever
  • That would work, but this thing looks slender like a ferret. : jingletard
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  http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/living/graphics/muskrat1.jpg ? : helvetica
  • That could be it. It barely comes up above water, we've never seen the thing waking around. : jingletard
  • ^^^ most likely this. Other water mammals are going to be larger (otters, beavers (lol in IL?), or small... : jimmy_legs
• my first thought from your description was a duck-billed platypus, but I may be picturing it wrong. : ofcedeot
• http://www.fws.gov/huronwetlands/Photos/Wildlife/images/Common%20Muskrat_jpg.jpg muskrat : Majuju
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  Otter maybe? I would tell you to go and hug it, but it would eat your face off if you tried and I don't w... : kikilupo
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    Yeah, we're leaving it alone. It's just this curiosity I have, we see it swimming around all the time an... : jingletard
    • Take a picture of it! I wanna see. : kikilupo
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  Nice marmot. : Lunatic Angelic
  • What are you a fucking park ranger now? : jingletard
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    No man, i need my fucking johnson! : Jinxplayer
    • What do you need that for dude? : xjdrake32
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  Snipe? : ADSliv
  • Silly, everybody knows a snipe is a bird. : kikilupo
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    landshark. : Rotten Deadite
    • just a dolphin m'am : Audhuml4
  • Wolperdinger? : davantalus
• Shoot it with a pump action pellet gun. Pump that bitch ten times, perform head shot, and examine. : shwortdogg
• Its a water rat. We have one at work. They are pretty cool imo =P : SigENeaT
• Could be an aquatic chupacabra, be careful. : marku5
• platypus : aeg1x
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  It's an R.O.U.S. Or a nutria. : yonderboy
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    Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist. : BlackCat9
    • apparently neither do jokes. :) : StolenNosferatu
    • :: pounces on you :: : squigiliwams
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  It's a muskrat : fishbone
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskrat : fishbone
  • especially in illinois : buzzbat
• Here's my interpretation: http://home.comcast.net/~jerryatrick/creature.png : guido anchovy
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  Otter or groundhog of some kind, probably. Or maybe it's the Jersey Devil : action wombmate
  • Don't drive angry! http://kara.allthingsd.com/files/2008/01/big_bill_in_groundhog-731047.gif Not bad,... : Bold
  • i see your jersey devil and raise you chupacabra. Set. match. : deadfish
• Kind of looks like a molerat. : yakz
• most likely a plesiosaur : Ziz
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8iHPC-dGKY : abrasion
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  Mongoose : jane911
  • Actually I meant muskrat. lol. : jane911
• Wait, what the hell are yall smoking first?? : bling1bling
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  Cheers intro! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8ljNobUys : Draugluin
  • This is the far superior version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evKGz8U-PK0 : Rodeoclash
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  Amazonian river otter. 7 foot long and can kill a man in less than a second. Watch your step. : c0bra
  • they feed on fear! : deadfish
• that's a nice-looking beaver : r3dn3ck
• Mirelurk King : azuvatar
• Sharkticon *cough* : Optimus Prime
• Muskrat or a beaver? If it has a big flat tail, it's a beaver. Or it could be a martin/fisher. Where do ... : father_crown
• Norm! Carson! : d fluke
• Wait you have your OWN lake?! : bolneze
• And then a big brown shark came! : Bamii
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  manbearpig? : jimvolk
  • win +1 : Excacheon
• squid : cerealSAM2
• Aquachupacabra? : silent prophet
• is this what it looks like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQDMY2ZDSE0&feature=related : stgdz
• Martin/Otter/Fisher.. one of those : ShadowRam
• baby chupacabra : deadfish