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  Conan the Barbarian has probably my favorite movie soundtrack. : mechanicalgrape
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    Just bought this one. Thanks. : myfasha
    • You will not be disappointed. : mechanicalgrape
• Conan the Barbarian soundtrack : Magus
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  Fountain, Pi, Requiem. : abrasion
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    Gattaca : abrasion
    • gattaca definately, the whole soundtrack comes together perfectly. : klearlyunseen
  • Everything by Clint Mansell is awesome. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • These are also my trilogy of moving soundtracks. Also the films themselves. : Flint Ironstag
• Visions - Unbreakable Soundtrack, Sunshine Soundtrack, The Dark Knight and Batman Begins Soundtrack. : r3ckless
• 12 Monkeys soundtrack is pretty good : hobosapien
• i've had the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack in my cd player since 1982 : indosauros
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  I kind of like the soundtrack (score) to Contact. Also the score to Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country... : Thresher
  • i just want to point out that both of those movies are in my top 5 most watched. I love them both, and th... : Cheeziologist
• Master & Commander, Heat, Cinderella Man [The Fountain and Gattaca were already mentioned and I can't rec... : PlanetPerfecto
• Foot Loose : RuffasBluetain
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  Vangelis's Blade Runner Trilogy CD set. : DooBall
  • Anything Vangelis : anhero
• 'death is the road to awe' from the fountain : aurealis
• Solaris soundtrack : pupismyname
• Titanic, Jurrassic Park, Edward Scissorhands : Cihte
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  Last of the Mohicans. : ashkie
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    Hells Yeah. : Kaiser
    • Yea I gotta agree here. : c0bra
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  The Thin red line : klearlyunseen
  • DOUGH! : klearlyunseen
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  Not a movie, but the Battlestar Galactica soundtracks rock. Love all of them. : NFXFSX
  • This. Also, Schindler's List. : Merlin13x
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  Sunshine : jingletard
  • ^ This : Rodeoclash
• Forrest Gump. That movie had one hell of a soundtrack. : magistersmax
• the soundtrack in ravenous was pretty cool : wetard
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  The opera aria/Leelo fight music from 5th Element. : Masem
  • Are you joking? : sanchez
• Elizabethtown : RuffasBluetain
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  Battlestar Galactica : Dschinghis Khan
  • right on : megarust32
• LOST season one soundtrack : jcrockerman
• The Rock : bolneze
• Not sure if it was "moving", but Duel Of The Fates in Star Wars, Ep. 1 was great. The way the music buil... : afty04
• The cheap answer to this is always Amadeus. I've seen the movie about 20 times, and purchased the 2-disk ... : afty04
• Pulp Fiction : BaronVonChocula
• Crimson Tide : Sailor of Fortune
• LOTR. End of thread. : Birchman
• Ten years ago ± I had sex to the trainspotting soundtrack - it was nice. : anhero
• Ernest Goes to Camp : c0bra
• Fountain. 28 days later. : timaste
• Wanted to add that Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent) is pretty awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeGd... : Sailor of Fortune
• Friday Night Lights : Link.
• Lost In Translation : coldfusioncs
• I always say Last of the Mohicans & Requiem in these threads but I'll change it up and go 'Crimson Tide'.... : icon_of_syn
• Music for the Last Temptation of Christ : drucifer
• Cinema Paradiso High FIdelity Other great soundtracks: Darjeeling Limited The BIg Lebowski Forrest... : henrikb

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  Skip season 2 and move on to 3 and you'll be fine, a little confused at first, but fine : uglysad
  • i wouldn't skip any of it : Mansmells
  • What? No - sit and watch them all, there's no reason to skip any of the episodes... : dedgecko
  • What? That's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard. : K1Bond007
  • fuck no : sumo-hacker
  • Horrible suggestion. : devi| dog
  • no : derelict515
  • agree, horrible shit : Gauss
  • As bad as some the episodes were in season 2, each episode is only 45 minutes, there is no reason to skip... : ovrlrd
  • that's dumb : Modica Sol Solis
  • stfu : opengl128
  • ^^^ This, except the opposite : indosauros
  • shows alot faster when u dont have commercials and weeks in between episodes to suffer. : chilln
  • what r u on : spaceyme
  • i say skip it all : cerealSAM2
  • hahahahahaahahaahahahahahaahaha lol lol what : virus
  • Do not do this, the correct answer is watch them all in sequential order, like a sane person. : klearlyunseen
  • the only painful part of season 2 is the first 2-3 episodes that show the same exact scene over and over : pharom
  • I'll get in on this fail thread. : Whistler77
  • season 2 sucks when you realize in retrospect that very little that happens during the season really matt : dirge23
  • That's a *skipping portion of sentence* idea! : .sticks.
  • It makes no sense to skip ANY of a show when you can watch episodes back-to-back and commercial free. Yo... : DinK
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  It will be fun to follow your enthusiasm turn to duisapointment and disdain over the next few weeks. It... : natural born chaos
  • the latest season was awesome. : valael
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    Season 1 was awesome. Season 2 lagged, but got okay near the end. Season 3 was fucking rad, as was Season... : Modica Sol Solis
    • The show is only good when you catch watch a bunch of episodes back to back. It's too frustrating otherwi... : natural born chaos
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  Pay attention to what Locke says during the game of Backgammon with Walt in the second episode. :D All : Magus
  • What does he say? Don't have my s1 disks to hand : Beady
  • Ohhh that's a good one! : TrptJim
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    When he says Walt, much like Backgammon's popularity you will be forgotten and mainly ignored in the futu : pharom
    • hahahahaha A++ reply : Modica Sol Solis
    • Walt do you like movies about Gladiators? : fathertime
• some of the best TV out there right now : sm00v3d
• I wouldnt say ridiculous, I would say awesome. The later seasons are some of my favorite, especially last... : klearlyunseen
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  JJ Abrams is the man. All of his stuff so far has been gold. Can't wait to see his Dark Tower translation... : Psigun
  • I'd rather have a smoke monster then lightsaber wielding doctor-doom-masked cyborg-nazi-bikers throwing h... : pharom
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  Watch the whole thing, every episode. Some are kinda meh, some are obviously filler, but overall it's a ... : boarder2
  • Totally agree. I hadn't seen a single episode of lost and had avoided all shack threads on the show for y... : pharom
  • I love Lost and put it right below Dexter and The Wire. I think it's a landmark show for television, in t... : Modica Sol Solis
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  I dunno, I just can't do it. I'm floundering 2/3rds through season 1. Too many flashbacks and not enough ... : skinlab133
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    It is a pretty slow show a lot of the time especially in earlier seasons. There were a couple characters... : fathertime
    • Yeah I think that's the problem, I don't care about any of these characters at all. : skinlab133
  • hurley's first flashback episode was pretty fucking the first time iirc. : barichnikov
  • It requires a lot of patience and if you're struggling with the first season I'd say stop to avoid the re... : Bamtan
• I especially liked Terry O'Quinn (Locke) in Millennium and Harsh Realm. : Ender.Wiggin
• You either watch religiously... or you don't watch it at all *chants* 4 8 15 16 23 42 : jcrockerman

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  How many canadians know where deleware and Idaho are on a map? : ninjase
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    thats a fair point, I actually could not pinpoint them exactly most probably.. but Quebec and Ontario wer... : mnok
    • The provinces are not exactly uniquely shaped to an outsider. I would imagine basic knowledge of American... : Morgin
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    oh come on sexninja, those ones are easy. Pick the hard states, like Vermont and New Hampshire. Who the f... : Morgin
    • Vermont is shaped like a V! : ninjase
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      How many AMERICANS know where Idaho and Delaware are on a map? : Vantage
      • Like a billion! : ninjase
  • More like delewhere? : stump
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    More like, how many Canadians know where California and Texas are on a map? Except Ontario and Quebec ar... : Vantage
    • but half as important. : Cihte
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      Yet combined, have populations less than either California and Texas! : alias
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        Like population matters. You probably know where Siberia is. : Whistler77
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          that's a great compariosn, because siberia is bigger than all of canada put together.. : bamb
          • I don't get it. : unsound
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    Not knowing where Ontario is is like not knowing where New York is. : Edges
    • What? Ontario is nowhere near as important or noteworthy in the global community and the shared collectiv... : Modica Sol Solis
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      What is in Ontario? : snuff
      • THE FUCKING MAKERS OF UNREAL TOURNAMENT some maps and models.... : Chandler55
    • Somebody needs to lay off the Molson Ice. : socksta
    • Lol not at all. : [7]kami
    • lol Canadians are so cute. : skinlab133
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  Not everyone has maps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww : Prozium
  • She's so hot tho, I wanna see a dick in her mouth. : abrasion
  • holy fuck I want to punch her then fuck her : valael
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  yeah we suck at european geography : dirge23
  • Fucking LOL. : ArcKnight
• Man these "tests" are so goddamn stupid. I probably couldn't find Connecticut or any of those other north... : Morgin
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  Maybe they simply don't care. : dissembler
  • Sort of like that gravity on the moon problem. Totally understandable that someone wouldn't know that th... : Vantage
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  Show me a map, I'll eventually find those places. : dognose
  • That's ok, the box is empty. : Morgin
• When we vote them into statehood I'll let you know. : cerealSAM2
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  They don't produce oil, beef, cheese or have a football team. They are no use to us. : devi| dog
  • Canadian football is where it"s at! actually the article also states that Canada is the #1 trade partner ... : mnok
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    The twice-a-year Ontario Bills disagree with your assessment : pharom
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      I remember them losing to the Buffalo Bills last year. : devi| dog
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        ... .... the Ontario Bills are the Buffalo Bills... ... i mean certainly there were some games that you c... : pharom
        • I'd disagree with this wholeheartedly, you are waay to sober to get it. Drink another 6 pack and come ba... : devi| dog
• That's actually more than I thought it would be. : PointlesS76
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  Most people don't know who the Secretary of State is either, I bet. : Link.
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    Texas has a secretary? Is she hot? : Nobody Good
    • I can get you pictures, but you'd better really want them. : mafu5150
• I am part of the 2/3's majority. I'd probably get it right after a few guesses tho. : mwasher
• http://www.sporcle.com/games/caprovinces.php I only got Quebec and Ontario right : snuff
• That seems pretty high considering they are unexplored mountainous regions in the Antartic. Bravo america... : imcompa
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  I know! I've also been there! : drucifer
  • but I couldn't tell you shit about Mexico! : drucifer
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  Someone on the Daily Show last week didn't know where Iraq was and said he'd never heard of it, I'm not s... : graceofdragons
  • I'd be willing to bet that more americans not only know where Iraq is but could give MGRS grids from memo... : bostrov
• Who cares? How many Americans does this affect? Certainly not me. : dltrem
• we know they exist, that's enough. i bet there are some states you don't know where they are on the map : kpxkrnjc
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  Who cares? I got into sucked into an argument with my ex's daughter last weekend about how useless the le... : Marauder IIC
  • I don't see how learning the capitols of the wold (and their location) could ever be useless. It bugs me... : humbleone
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    What are you doing with your ex's daughter? : Marrbe
    • Nothing her husband would mind. : Marauder IIC
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      this is what i was wondering. : deadfish
      • I've known them all for a very long time, her, her husband, her little brother. I'm not going to ignore t... : Marauder IIC
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    It's not about facts. It's about living in the same world as everyone else and being connected to them. ... : Wheatloaf
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      How so? If so, maybe 12 years of geography 4 hours a week will do that to you. 90% of what I learned wasn... : Marauder IIC
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        wait are you even hinting at the fact that we should NOT teach youngsters about the world around them? ... : Juno
        • Nope. I'm saying that the focus should be on teaching children to learn, to give them tools (as in knowla... : Marauder IIC
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  Apparently only 0/3 of Americans know where Köyliönjärvi and Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä is... : Kerranger
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    my guess would be some country that ends in 'land' : drucifer
    • I gotta go with "stan" : Clay
  • iceland? : deadfish
• They will learn soon enough when they will invade us for our water : Utopia
• fucking canadian-sympathizers : Draugluin
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  Last time I saw a pool like that here in Brazil and there were awesome results too, like: 50% of brazili... : Nitrium
  • most people suck at basic science. why should geography be any different : deadfish
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  how many canadians know where north dakota is on a map? : Dravenport
  • above south dakota. Very boring to drive through. : retardhumper
• Shut up and give us more syrup. : phate81
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  I can get like 85% on that flash American map where you drag the state shapes onto where they're supposed... : Wheatloaf
  • *watchlisted* : deadfish

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  Someone please share my plight with me :( : orgcaptainnemo
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    try it now, I restarted the server : deviantpaul
    • lol : Phil
    • :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( : orgcaptainnemo
  • verizon is down in everett. We have no interwebs and all our locations cant process transactions : Iwannaacura
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  Amusingly Watchguard.com is down too - for a security firm that go on and on about 24/7 availability etc ... : cause&effect
  • Awesome. : orgcaptainnemo
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    works for me : peat
    • Aye, it came back up, it had been down for a few hours (i checked from a bunch of different places) inclu... : cause&effect
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  Apparently their data center burned down. : orgcaptainnemo
  • for real? : liqker
  • Lol what? : rosewood
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    try it now, I turned on the sprinklers : deviantpaul
    • my god, i lol'd hard at this too. : Phil
  • BEHOLD THE POWER OF SHACK. I did not burn any data centers down, my attorney would like me to state that : AgentPothead
  • Friday, July 3, 2009 08:04 PDT Due to a fire in the proximity of our location, web hosting and mail... : headbone
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    i remember getting a ticket saying there was an eletrical problem at the head office and the passcard doo... : Dravenport
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      do you work for them? : orgcaptainnemo
      • no, sorry, this was for Road Runner : Dravenport
    • My voice is my passport GOD DAMNIT! : TimeDoctor
  • i love fire, and I love you. I did your bidding my love...... : Big Luke
  • http://twitter.com/authorizenet : PointlesS76
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    Fuck them all. I hope they die in a fire, every single last one. olololol : geedeck
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      OH FUCK. I had no idea. : orgcaptainnemo
      • ^^^ at the time I posted that. : orgcaptainnemo
      • Call the police. And you are all witnesses. : ihya
      • they took your stapler, didn't they : fluke
      • we know you did it. you monster. : AMikaboshi
    • hshaha : foo
    • Ahahahaha this is fucking perfect : avatar_58
    • reported : Magus
  • brb. cat server room is on fire. : SilverSnake
  • * T Y L E R D U R D E N ' D * : Bold
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    Hahahaha you had one wish, and you used it for evil. : pigvomit
    • lol : Phil
  • http://dramabutton.com/ : manero
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    update:}r not only did the building catch on fire but it is only 1.9 miles from where i work. packing my ... : orgcaptainnemo
    • /sentinals dispatched : Phil
    • Yeah, you have motive, and your shack alibi doesn't look too good with that kind of distance. You're fuc... : pigvomit
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      Remember that time the Shacker accidentally bid on the car? Oh, and that time the other Shacker burnt do : dognose
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        Better that than the datagallop. : connor
        • lol : Draugluin
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      http://i43.tinypic.com/au8s36.jpg : niceguynick
      • ha : c0bra
      • 1 lol for your hard work : Slowtreme
      • hahahahah : orgcaptainnemo
  • This is just the beginning.... : eldiablo01
  • the truth comes out : niceguynick
  • This is awesome. : Moonbase Commander
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    BEJEWELED BLITZ IS CURRENTLY OFFLINE There was a major fire at Bejeweled Blitz's server hosting facili : barichnikov
    • Someone search org's post history for hate against Bejeweled Blitz! : Moonbase Commander
  • Oh, shit. We use them for our online store. Any way to check if transactions are working? : BlackCat9
  • How did I miss this thread, this is awesome. : spazzium
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  what have you done http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009415646_webfisherplaza04.html ... : Downforce
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    Sounds like poor data center design, don't they have a remote site as a failover for BCP? : phate81
    • they did and it failed as well : sumo-hacker
• This sucked, luckily last time they went down we setup a process to queue up transactions. : iamgoat
• http://twitter.com/AuthorizeNet for status updates. Seems like everything is back up and running, but it ... : BlackCat9

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  If your reason for more "fast zombie" movies is a generalization about it being "hard" to make a compelli... : das_runt
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    I didn't say you couldn't make a fun movie out of them, I just don't think you can make an interesting th... : FlatlineDixay
    • It's basically a numbers problem. Yes, a small outbreak is easy to put down if people are prepared and k : Arcanum
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      i think you're missing the ideas of the book. the idea of the slow zombie and what makes them scary is... : das_runt
      • Best rundown of the book I've read so far, spot on : Serpico74
      • Nice post, I agree completely. The original Dawn Of The Dead is my favorite zombie movie because halfw... : NastyJack
      • Agreed. : Arcanum
      • yup.. nice review.. I enjoyed the book, and look forward to the movie.. (especially the female military p... : dextius
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        You're right, the book isn't so much about the specifics as it is the ideas (although many of the specifi... : FlatlineDixay
        • I think it holds up. I think even with slow zombies it would spread incredibly fast in urban centers. The... : NastyJack
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          Please, scrutinize. What specific threats of the slow zombie do you find lacking? 1. They are slow. : das_runt
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            I get slow zombies. I may have somehow miscommunicated this, but I think slow zombies are pretty neat, an... : FlatlineDixay
            • When they use explosives in the book, they explain how useless they prove to be. Explosives blow off limb... : das_runt
            • I agree, even in the Night of the Living Dead, Barbara, once she leaves the house, she just easily walks ... : millakazuya
            • I think what World War Z did better than any other work of zombie fiction/fantasy/horror or whatever is t : Modica Sol Solis
      • das_runt, I agree here. : CrustaR
      • Oh yay a good post in this thread, well done. : brickmatt
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  Also, about the book... I have mixed feelings on it. I really liked some of the stories but some of them,... : das_runt
  • That was my only real problem with the book, nearly everybody sounded the same. : Serpico74
  • I'm only halfway through. All the stories sounded the same in that it was one organization after another ... : Magus
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  zombieland looks pretty good, but its more of a comedy http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/zom... : ultramega
  • I will watch it and probably enjoy it. : FlatlineDixay
  • US version of Shaun of the Dead? Looks good. : dognose
• JMS of Babylon 5 fame is the screenwriter for the movie. : Sailor of Fortune
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  Slow zombie movies are generally about people trying to live with zombies while fast zombie movies are ab... : NastyJack
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    Ironically, you can run away from fast zombies, but not from slow zombies. : Arcanum
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      yep. it's the creeping inevitability of slow zombies that makes them so terrifying. : dirge23
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        I think that's one aspect of it, but you've got a lot of different factors that make them frightening. Yo... : FlatlineDixay
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          No it's not key. But fast zombies and slow zombies make for very, very different movies and I think with ... : NastyJack
          • I just popped in the original Dawn Of The Dead and it opens with two guys on a talk show arguing about wh... : NastyJack
• I almost bought that at the book store today. Then I put it back on the shelf. Now I'm gonna have to go... : mrwolf710
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  Anyone see Fido? That movie was pretty hilarious. It's available on Netflix for streaming. : iamgoat
  • hilarious and excellent zombie movie : phokz
  • Brilliant movie. : DrZettl
• I really like the recent comic series Crossed by Garth Ennis which can be considered "fast zombie". ve... : smax
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  The battle of yonkers will change that thought, you are forgetting the million+ hordes. : shortbuscaptain
  • the vast swaths of miles of undead walking across the plains. : hirez
  • That's actually one of the parts of the book that I thought was well-written, but that I have a hard time... : FlatlineDixay
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  Sigh, fast zombies ignore what zombies are entirely about, our own mortality. The idea of something slowl... : thewindcriesmary
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    Oh, well now that we know what zombies are supposed to be I guess the debate is over. Thanks! : FlatlineDixay
    • There can be only one! : LilCrypto
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      No but thats my opinion on what zombies are suppose to be, dont act like a dick. : thewindcriesmary
      • It's a good explanation. My take on it is that zombies represent the group mind. People stop thinking for... : lacker
      • pot, kettle, black, lulz : FlatlineDixay
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  The audio book is fantastic. : lacker
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    abridged :( : smax
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      still worth it for the great voice acting : lacker
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        That may be, but I will never listen to or buy an abridged audiobook. I want an audio version of the actu... : taronish
        • You are missing out, then. Look at the cast of readers. It is amazing. : lacker
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          In this case abridged doesn't mean what you think it means. They are actual interviews. The thing that as... : Marauder IIC
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            Ah, I think I could live with that. I mean specifically abridged like they do with things like the Count ... : taronish
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              Well, not to kick you in the balls but some of the interviews in the book are not in the audio. I think t... : Modica Sol Solis
              • The blind samurai is on there. The shield society guy, right? : Marauder IIC

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  That is way too close. : abrasion
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    I found battlefield Heroes to be worse in a lot of ways - but there is no denying their inspiration here.... : zakazi
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      How is Battlefield Heroes comparable to TF2 in anything but being stylized? : mittense
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        Stylized art and sound, low mechanical skill focus, unlock-centric metagame. I don't think the criticism ... : Felraiser
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          I don't really think of Team Fortress 2 as having stylized sound design -- at least not for the most part... : mittense
          • Well, with TF2, I was thinking more about the silly vocalization than weapon sounds, which is where you s : Felraiser
          • also BF:heroes had unlocks before TF2 : aeg1x
          • this made me lol.. a high skill focus for engie? like where to place a teleporter and sentry gun OooOOo a... : rbjester
    • What? Did you watch the video? It's exactly the same game. : razlebol
• lol at demoman rip off : Mmmmmoo
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  remember when games ripped each other off all the time and nobody cared? : bakanoodle
  • No and I'm glad I don't. : Moonbase Commander
• The Korean one is hotter IMO : SenorSpine
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  haha holy shit : Godhatesfatpeople
  • haha that is so blatant. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Yeah, I agree, it's way too similar to TF2. But it'd still be fun to play. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • it's like they said, "TF2 is fun, BUT WE REALLY LIKE ANIME so we'll make it in an anime style" no tas... : manero
  • Download TF2 anime doll model mods or something : Godhatesfatpeople
• ANIME GIRLS: The Game : DrFlammable
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  I don't see a spy, though. : jingletard
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    nor medic or pyro in that trailer. but everything else is near a direct copy. : greydog
    • I saw some little green medic crosses floating up as someone ran by : MamiyaOtaru
  • that mean's he's effective : pharom
• Jesus Christ, even their UI and map assets look like direct lifts http://memolog.blog.naver.com/mouse234... : Godhatesfatpeople
• The sniper rifle sounds the same. : pigvomit
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  They either lifted the TF2 sound effects or used the exact same sounds from the same library as Valve. Th... : Ajax
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    Looking at those map shots again. I wouldn't be surprised if they did use the actual assets from TF2 eith... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      The blood animation looked like a direct rip with a hue change. : Bamtan
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        Wow the anime girl with the bat does a double-jump and everything. I don't think Team Triforce minds borr... : Ajax
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          This is their CEO http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8972/216126.png : Godhatesfatpeople
          • All i need now is for the anime girl to emote "BON-KUUU!!" when you taunt opposing players. : Ajax
• If I can be a hot anime figurine carrying around "Sasha", I don't care how much of a rip-off it is. I'll ... : BlackCat9
• GLASS PARKING LOT lol : flagg209
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  Dude Small Soldiers the game! Who cares if it rips off TF2. That's not a bad thing it's progression IMO.... : Darthbrooks
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    How the hell is that "progression" exactly? : Godhatesfatpeople
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      Just the same way that Generic Space Marine 12 saves the galaxy yet again in Sci Fi Shooter 33. : alias
      • oh, that/] progression! : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I was thinking of the same thing. Rip off or not, it still looks like a lot of fun. : liqker
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  It's funny how so many of these Asian countries appear to have no concept of intellectual property whatso... : FlatlineDixay
  • What's weird is it's a Korean company, usually its a Chinese one. : lightsam
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  Really, the only reason those screens look similar is because of the blatant staging of the characters in... : jayacheess
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    OR they copied everything right down to the grenades : Slowtreme
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      I don't doubt the game could be a complete rip-off, but making that determination from those screen compa... : jayacheess
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        did you watch the video, and listen to the music and sfx? : Slowtreme
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          Oh fuck. Didn't even notice those there. : jayacheess
          • The sfx were the most blatant thing there (besides the grenade design), imo. The sniper rifle and gatling... : xsoulbrothax
  • Did you watch the video? : razlebol
• one might say Valve's original unlock system was ripped off from Korea : grandmasterlee
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  I'm sorry but it looks frankly more interesting than TF2. : scener
  • ... what. : sevogajre
  • I almost took you seriously. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Both games seem to be based on the Evil Genius world anyhow... The announcer in tf2 sounds exactly like t... : Wheatloaf
  • Who are you kidding? Do you know the original sources these games took their inspiration from? Evil Geniu... : Godhatesfatpeople
• it's a ripoff but a ripoff I would play. : baron calamity
• Nope. Can't say I give a shit one way or the other. : capt tripps
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  Fucking stupid. Say hello to your lawsuit. : Moonbase Commander
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    I'm not sure there's much that can be done about it unless they're lifting assets. : capt tripps
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      really? in this case I should start up an overseas game company immediately : Downforce
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        What exactly would they be charged with if they have legal rights to all their assets? : capt tripps
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          Well Valve could claim this is a derivative work. That'll at least get them into court. Might be a tough ... : K1Bond007
          • That might work if TF2 was the only game of it's kind, but it's not. : capt tripps
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            lol this is hardly any more derivative than most of the shit coming out all the time. : aeg1x
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              No, here's the thing: It *IS* more derivative! And that's not going to change no matter how many times yo... : FlatlineDixay
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                Hey look I'll advance my counter argument: No it *isn't* more derivative. And that's not going to change ... : aeg1x
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                  Okay, here's the difference between what I said and what you said: There are multiple web sites compiling... : FlatlineDixay
                  • Here ya go. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_work : capt tripps
• looks fun to me : dignan
• definitely looks like a ripoff : AMikaboshi
• lol that's so blatant I would have thought it was a garry's mod production : Downforce
• I vote for more anime girls. :P : cerealSAM2
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  I think it says alot that it looks more interesting than tf2. : dissembler
  • haha : Godhatesfatpeople
• Total cheap ripoff but it looks fun. : SiW.
• looks better than TF2. No kidding. : ultramega
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  They already ripped off CS, so that's not surprising. : slacko
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    And sadly, like the CS ripoff, it will do better than the original game in Korea. : slacko
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      what was the CS ripoff? : smax
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        It's called Sudden Attack. They have big competitions over there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iOtrtCG... : slacko
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          The models/animations are fucked up ! : cygnus
          • I don't think so... It appears there is no penalty for ducking so the players use it as a semi-active do... : alias
        • Wow, this is a huge rip. I've heard of a CS clone, but never saw a vid. This is pretty impressive. : sukabljat
        • pro-gamers : RikiTiki2
        • lol @ the cheap lawn chairs for the audience. : ysbreker
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          I think sudden attack is free, thats why its so popular : Nighteyes
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            There is actually a free Korean version of CS named Counter-Strike Online, supported by micropayments. ... : Alice O'Connor
            • Actually while the guns are the prettiest part (go look, you can swap out parts of your gun in pretty maj... : Alice O'Connor
        • awesome music choices hehe : moshman
        • Sudden Attack is absolutely awful. There's an American beta going on now if you fancy giving it a bash. ... : Alice O'Connor
        • why do they all have Beatles haircuts? : drucifer
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  Meh whatever, TF 1 and TFC were remade over and over in many mods. Consider it a compliment. : cncpun
  • Those games were free just like the original version though. : razlebol
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  I'm always amazed how a distinct subset of gamers will declare this better, solely because of the inclusi... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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    don't think of them as a subset of gamers, they're a different kind of nerd : RikiTiki2
    • Or just close minded people : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    It's a terrible rip off. It has none of the awesome visual style that ties together Valve Games. You can ... : Rodeoclash
    • Nice comment, and I agree about them superficially copying this while missing the important design consid... : ahlee
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  I'm surprised they never ripped off Starcraft. : pigvomit
  • you underestimate the sacredness of starcraft over there, everyone knows that there is no chance of ever ... : kpxkrnjc
  • To even think of doing such a thing is punishable by death. : Modica Sol Solis
  • http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=67139 : madspacemarinemustdie
  • They didn't have to, they just pirate the game and connect via LAN proxy avoiding authentication. : Slowtreme
• I think the name is what cracks me up the most, and for no real reason. H.A.V.E. ONLINE, OH YES. : PlanetPerfecto
• The grenades in TF2 and this are just 40mm grenades with a team based band of colour. Hope this dosent... : Beady
• That looks fun. : ihya
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  Oh wow, just the music is so derivative of TF2. Jesus. : brickmatt
  • I'm actually more offended that they ripped the music style instead of the actual game play and graphic s... : Wombat Woo
  • Yeah. I was going to say that. Even the music is a rip off. : razlebol
• I sure hope they somehow bought the rights or ask for permissions. If not, I hope valve sue the fuck out ... : razlebol

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• yes please. I got in an played 1 game. : imcompa
• sure, I think my k:d is 0:50 so you may win : egg5hen
• there's a shack channel in the chat. let's put a game together. : yakz
• yeah I'd be down too : RetroRedEyeJr
• Yes. I was thinking of heading back in. I've only played 3 games so far, so I know the general mechanics ... : Mr. Goodwrench
• Yes! I'll be chillin in the shack channel : Nighteyes
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  HoN? : Sturm08
  • Heroes of Newerth : Mr. Goodwrench
• Sure, i'll be jumping in soon : tcxsnoop
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  How deep is this game compared to Dota? : synapse19
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    it's near identical port. missing some of the old heroes, adds a few new heroes. no captain's mode. ... : miasma(&)
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      from what ive found in my brief research it does seem to be a direct port of dota with a couple extra thr... : synapse19
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        not til the NDA is lifted : Demius
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          shadiness~ : synapse19
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            okay so doing more of my own sleuthing apparently s2 contacted icefrog (the current maintainer of dota) a... : synapse19
            • hmmm you're overthinking this thing. : boomstickah
            • why is that a problem? : kpxkrnjc
    • This is the only official word on it: http://www.playdota.com/forums/showpost.php?p=47254&postcount=12 : s2jason
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      Dota's learning curve was so steep, it looked like a fun game but I got bitched at every game I joined be... : SynthetiX
      • HoN is going to be worse than DOTA. You are gonna have all the new players and DOTA pro players entering ... : Nighteyes
  • NDA!!! : massdev
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  Those were some good Noob Friendly Learning Sessions just now. If anyone wants to learn this game let me... : H@rvester
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    ^^^ solicitation for rape victims : yakz
    • *raises hand* I was raped by them. And I got bitched at by Xanthos. ;_; : miasma(&)
  • You are going on my list now. : Slowtreme
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    I just got totally raped by these guys. I'll have to figure out what the fuck is really going on here be... : boarder2
    • Get a mouse. You need to be able to right-click. : JarEme
  • *raises hand* : PoopStewart
  • *RAISES HIS MOTHERFUCKING HAND* *RAISES THE OTHER ONE TOO COS GODDAMNIT HE SUCKS* : Cliffzorz
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    I keep getting kicked by fucking assholes because my stats are so bad. :'( Man, normally people are fr... : code-e255
    • What's more annoying is that the game seems fun, but most of the players seem to be real jerks. : code-e255
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  Firefox remembered my email, not my username so it kept trying to log me in with the wrong username :( I... : abrasion
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    Oh one other thing, is this going to be a pay to play MMO style game or just a single, retail game. : abrasion
    • 1 time pay : Nighteyes
• me me me~!~ : vrocket
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  Goddamn, this is the second time both my monitors have suddenly failed mid-game. I wonder what's up wi... : Vincent Grayson
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    ATI 4890? : abrasion
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      Nah, 8800gtx : Vincent Grayson
      • So I'm not the only one with that issue? Thank goodness... and I wish I had a clue on it...could try u... : Reptile
      • I have a 8800 GTS i think, and no problems. Try updating drivers? Although mine are kind of old... : imcompa
• continues to be pretty awesome. ggs all this evening. : zakazi
• Linux client is out so I'm installing it on my Linux Mint partition right now. Hope it performs like it ... : melkore
• Join channel shack : [7]kami
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  New players on the Shack the best thing you guys could do to not hate the game is only play games with ot... : Psigun
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    yeah it is crazy. I was in a game today and at one point I was running by guys because I felt so guilty f... : boomstickah
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      I mean, if you're a new player view the stats of your enemies. If they all have over a 1:1 K:D and a high... : Psigun
      • T_T : Cliffzorz
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      fuck you, seriously :) : [7]kami
      • lol after about 25 games, you'll be kicking my ass I'm sure. : boomstickah

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• Also a very slow DDL: http://neotokyo.ww3gaming.com/ : GrimmyD
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  4h :| : miasma(&)
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    35mins for me :3 : Bamtan
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      1.4Mbps, I'll have it in 5 more minutes, too bad I gotta work tonight :) : GrimmyD
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        using the torrent? how the fuck. : mwasher
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          yea, im getting a whopping 8k/s : dignan
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            I'm up to about 50 but that's nowhere near 1.4Mbps : mwasher
            • woohoo, torrent is up to 800kB/s now : dignan
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  Torrent is kind of slow right now. Probably faster in like 3 hours when everyone is seeding it. : PointlesS76
  • That's sort of the point. You join in to help spread the torrent so more people can play. I'm leaving the... : GrimmyD
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  http://neotokyo.zero-flame.net/ http://neotokyo.ww3gaming.com/ http://www.heavyweaponsguy.com/neotokyo/... : GrimmyD
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    Any new mirrors yet? : sanchez
    • http://www.moddb.com/mods/neotokyo/downloads/neotokyo-client-07032009 I'm off to work, someone bump th... : GrimmyD
• GO FASTER DAMMIT : sanchez
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  Is there something going for this other than a futuristic Counter Strike? : alias
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    You can cloak! It's like TF2! : sanchez
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      There's got to be a trivial way to counter that... Such a huge advantage to give someone invisibility and... : alias
      • Everybody can cloak. Only in short bursts though. I think a class has a vision mode that defeats cloak. : miasma(&)
      • No you can't. Everyone just runs around shooting at air because no one can see each other. : PointlesS76
  • Does it have to be more than "a futuristic Counter Strike" to be fun? :) : GrimmyD
  • early preview writeups of it were very positive : mwasher
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  what game is this a mod for? : dignan
  • HL2 I think : Nighteyes
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  FAST MIRROR: http://www.filefront.com/13962729/NeotokyoInstaller_07032009.exe/ Getting about 1.04MB/s ... : sanchez
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    Only going at 100~ KB/s for me :( : dissembler
    • 1.29MB/s for me now, use a download manager like DTA which will download multiple chunks. : sanchez
  • ^^ working for me. ~700KBps : mwasher
• Oh fuck me, my download is corrupted. : hoov1185
• is this available on steam? : ]pm[chem
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  Splor http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/14716/Neotokyo+v07032009+Client : Alice O'Connor
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    Nicely done. : AxeMan808
    • Why thank you! I do believe that's the first time I have been complimented on FileShacking. : Alice O'Connor
  • this is actually faster than the one sanchez posted above, cheers Alice. : Dschinghis Khan
  • 4.2 megs/sec :D : deadfish
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  This looks AWESOME but I don't think there's gonna be a server where I live. :/ : bryanvlo
  • I just had a go and it seems pretty meh. I prefer Dystopia more. There is nothing new about NeoTokyo. :| : Bamtan
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  Its a free game? : r3ckless
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    Mod for HL2. Though I think if you just have CS:S or DOD:S it'll also work. : PointlesS76
    • Does it 0wn or what? : CrustaR
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  Sanchez has requested a Shack server, any interest? : RyDogg1
  • yes : ]pm[chem
  • yes : jonin
  • hell yes : pancake humper
  • very much so : mwasher
  • Sure! : TrptJim
  • Yes! : mojo the helpr monke
  • definitely : Mikuya
  • the villagers demand it : lefthighkick
  • absolutely : DrFlammable
  • yes! : ass-street
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    That would be good. : Kentor
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      Can do. Give me a day or so, this only runs on Windows. : RyDogg1
      • Sweet -- thanks RyDogg1! : Kentor
      • Hooray, tanks Rydogg! : TShandy
  • i want a return of the ETQW shackbattles. put up a server for that. : valael
  • Shacknews NEOTOKYO!!! IP: rydogg.dnsalias.net:27015 PW: penisface Only a test server right now, ... : RyDogg1
• ok where are you folks playing? : jonin
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  so... how do i launch it? it installed but don't see any EXEs or shortcuts : deviantpaul
  • nm, had to restart Steam and now showing in my games list : deviantpaul
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  It's a gorgeous Counter-Strike with flags and guns which don't feel fun. If you like Counter-Strike and t... : Alice O'Connor
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    the earlier guns kinda suck i think. the assault class supa auto purple shotgun on the bottom owns and so... : DrFlammable
    • XP isn't dependent on class - get your XP with assault or whatever and then change classes. I know for Re... : ArcKnight
  • The low level weapons suck ass, the higher ones are better and none of them seem to have the randomness o... : sanchez
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  feels like a slower paced css : Chandler55
  • i wish the recon could super jump more than twice in a row. sacrifice cloak for mobility maybe or somethi... : DrFlammable
• Ok I like this game a lot. Guns though are a bit redundant. And a bit of conefire. The maps are gor... : miasma(&)
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  Didn't this used to be a UT200X mod? : Priest77
  • yes : MamiyaOtaru
• http://www.steamcommunity.com/groups/shacknt Join the Shack group! : Wisp!
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  I was banned during my first-ever session. :( http://edgegamers.org/forums/showthread.php?p=907814&pos... : Micand
  • need an account to view. laaame : deadfish
• Whats the difference between the first 3 recon guns(or any of the starting guns)? They are all small mac... : Nighteyes

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  you need some good sake then. Some nice cold unfiltered sake is delicious AND gets you fucked up : deadfish
  • I would like to try that some time. : Thresher
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    I wanna try warm sake. cold sake is alright. but then again i had the cheap $10/bottle stuff. : AMikaboshi
    • warming up sake is a dumb idea and I don't know why people do it. : valael
• OMGHTD!!! :O : dognose
• Awesome man, congrats! 8D : Colleton
• lold too! : drucifer
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  congrats, man. : Fredrik S
  • Just glad to be walking at this point. : Thresher
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  Damn, you are almost 20 years older than me. You poor old motherfucker. Just kidding :D : Utopia
  • You kids stay off of my lawn! : Thresher
• Happy Birthday! : Mmmmmoo
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  happy birthday, dude! Fun playing TF2 earlier. : Dschinghis Khan
  • I've been playing so much Fallout 3, my FPS gaming skills are wasting away. : Thresher
• come on tell us some stories about the disco days..oh wait you weren't much older than me : peter
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  What was the 60s like? : slacko
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    I spent all Saturday morning watching cartoons and eating Quisp cereal, which came with toys in the box t... : Thresher
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      and cans had pull tabs on them : peter
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        Which caused us to cut our feet when walking on the beach. Life was very painful in the 60's and early... : Thresher
        • also remember the transition to plastic bottles from glass. The good old days of broken green glass and p... : peter
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          wow : slacko
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            Cool thing was that the pull part had a little notch on either side, so you could rip the tab part off an... : Thresher
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              You could make chains and curtains of them too. I saw lots of those. : Colleton
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                I forgot about that. In the old days, the cans were actually made out much thicker aluminum and sometime... : Thresher
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                  Back when it was manly to crush a can in one hand. : cerealSAM2
                  • heh, beat me to it. : Colleton
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                  Yeah, if you could crush a steel beer/soda can one handed you were pretty strong. : Colleton
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                    You know what I miss? Those tubby little 16 oz glass bottles of coke, with the thin foam wrapper. I... : cerealSAM2
                    • holey smokes, maybe those were the mid 90s. nm. : cerealSAM2
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                      Back in the old days, the largest bottles of soda were 32oz and they had screw caps. That was the Family... : Thresher
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                        Yup, I remember glass 32 oz. Coke and 7-Up bottles. And the bottoms of the metal caps were lethal litt... : cerealSAM2
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                          Cans of soda used to be "straighter", and then they introduced the extra indentation at the top. They eve... : Bold
                          • I remember seeing the goofy looking can of Coke for the first time in Dana's refrigerator in Ghostbusters : cerealSAM2
• The wife and I went to the lake with friends. We swam and he pulled us all around on a tube with the ski ... : Old_Fart
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  Congrats! Hope things are good for you, I'm about to turn 34 and it's not fun getting old :( : Da Username J00 Want
  • I think 35 was the most difficult for me. : Thresher
• congrats man! : Nitrium
• Happy b-day Thresher (and Old_Fart)! Btw, you need good sake, and drink it cold like the natives. :) : racer5
• Happy Birthday! : cerealSAM2
• Happy Birthday! Old Thresher! : siknsyko
• Happy B-Day man : NastyJack
• Wow, that makes 2 people who are older than me on the Shack. I feel younger. : LemonJoose
• time to get a convertible roadster! : Mondo
• happy birthday sir. not sure that im looking forward to mine on the 11th, but i am happy to be alive that... : PlanetPerfecto
• Happy Birthday, man! I turned 40 in May. It's all good. : i am the baker
• Happy birthday! : felicia
• happy birthday! : rmjackson
• Happy Birthday man! : ErneX
• happy birthday! : xsii
• happy birthday! it's awesome having all these older shackers here.. and by older I mean older than me. ... : beastrabban