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• Maybe it's that you've gotten burned out with it : RikiTiki2
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  750 hours? holy crap. that's like twice as much time as I've put into WOW since the game released. and... : mwasher
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    I am calling bullshit on that. 31 days played since release and you have two 80's??? What do you just hit... : erebus
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      pretty much. no arena, no pvp, no toying with the auction house, no crafting. did raid on the rogue for... : mwasher
      • oh i raided on the warlock a bit too at 60, but never did anything beyond get her to 80 after that : mwasher
      • I had like 150 days played between my priest/rogue. Was an MCRAIDER though. <---Loser :( : erebus
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      I had 2 60s and 67 when I quit (one month after Burning Crusade's release), and I had 3 months of played ... : kallanta
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        shit tons easier with the second one. but both of them i followed jame's leveling guide which made it st... : mwasher
        • sigh... I miss my mage... and my warrior... : kallanta
    • haha that is amazingly accurate for mwasher : electroly
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    You think 375 is a lot for WoW? Check this guy on my xfire friend list http://fr.xfire.com/profile/patri... : razlebol
    • holy fuck. 6190 hours is alot. : chilln
    • that is 258 days of constant playing. over 2/3'ds of a YEAR. O_o : d0pamine
    • king_darius on the one year anniversary of WoW. http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=oneyear_npayrbc... : invisible_kid
  • I had like 2500 hours played in wow and that was only in current accounts. I had an old account that prob... : chrisschutz
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  switch games, play some l4d : filthysock
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    or perhaps go outside or talk to a rl human : filthysock
    • Why go outside when you can do that... inside... ¬_¬ : SigENeaT
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      i did that. :P they were no where near as entertaining. unless i was having sex with her. : i poop from there
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        Ninja-sex some girls. : SigENeaT
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          we have a word for that in the realm of law enforcement : Veegeezee
          • "Awesome" Amirite? : SigENeaT
    • where does one find these rocket launcher humans? : CoRDS
• take a break for a while and you might get back into it later : datoo
• my dream is nerfed pyro's and no uber : gyokuro
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  I've played roughly the same amount as you, and these days I will take two week breaks from the game when... : Wisp!
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    your "WTF Really?!" ex-girlfriend moments..... i dated a chick who i knew in high school a couple year... : i poop from there
    • wth why did this reply when i clicked New Comment....doh.... : i poop from there
• I've only played about half of what you have, but even I'm burnt out. The updates keep me coming back, bu... : Space Cadet Harris
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  482.1 hours as an Engineer 290.2 hours as a Pyro 136.1 hours as a Soldier 89.6 hours as a Heavy 80.... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • You have spent much more than that. The stats do not track time spent waiting to respawn. So unless you p... : Wisp!
• I play Pyro till I get tired of it, then I switch to Spy. Sometimes I switch to Soldier for defense in th... : kramweil
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  lol so you want no other classes to have stuff, but you want your class to have something. : papaskot
  • To be fair, the thing he wants (pyro airblast) wasn't an unlockable. : pyide
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    no thats not it. i think the one thing the pyro was missing to put his level equal to the other classes ... : i poop from there
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      I can't tell if this is a serious post or not. : dkrulz
      • again, im talking before his update. id ambush ppl and not kill them with my FT in their back........ : i poop from there
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      The Pyro is and has always been the easiest class to learn. Hold down Mouse 1 and you're good to go. ... : Wisp!
      • Yeah but to do well is tough. Being new at the game, trying to take someone else down with a pyro without... : invisible_kid
    • pyro is hard. : D45hiz
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      I'm kind of interested as to how you could get to this conclusion (the exact opposite of reality). Is it ... : Felraiser
      • im talking before he was updated. i used to stand behind enemies with the FT going full throttle and no ... : i poop from there
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        To me, Pyro class was different because it required more predicting what the enemy will do, where they wi... : ninjamoo
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          There is absolutely nothing in your post specific to pyro. Learn to dodge as all classes and you can do ... : alias
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            Your second paragraph applies to every class. : ninjamoo
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              no point in arguing with either of them about it. they've been saying that ever since TF2 came out, or cl... : RikiTiki2
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                I think the burden of proof is on you guys here. You're saying no class has to think about things as tact... : Felraiser
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                  i didn't say anything other than that you and alias aren't going to change your opinions, and you won't c... : RikiTiki2
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                    I just sort of view posts like the original one as an oddity and try to understand what caused them. It's... : Felraiser
                    • Seriously, every class benefits from tactical play. I can't tell you how annoying tactical scouts are for... : terath
        • To echo Fireman, every class has dilemmas like this where they need to create or wait for a situation whe : Felraiser
• I just hit 100 hours with heavy today. and that's my most played class. : hirez
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  meh.. some unlocks are good, some are worthless.. and then there's the fucking Sandman. I hate that pos..... : K1Bond007
  • I've been rocking the sandman lately. It's fucking awesome. : dmason
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  I can't fuckin wait for the last 3 unlocks... unleashing the full chaos of TF2 !!!!! : Downforce
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    I still don't have a clue as to what the demoman will have... Detpacks? Suicide Bomb Shirts? Grenades? : Grumbeld
    • i could see something like a self-destruct weapon : RikiTiki2
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      I've always said they need to steal NOLF2's Angry Kitty. It's essentially a proximity mine that chases yo... : K1Bond007
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        for all the times I've played NOLF2, I never used it. didn't know it actually chased people : RikiTiki2
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          Yeah, it's funny to use. I tried searching for a video, but there doesn't appear to be one that shows it ... : K1Bond007
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            I love that game. I think the first one had a robotic poodle or something. : Mmmmmoo
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              yeah, it just stood there and emitted hearts to distract guard dogs : RikiTiki2
              • I should probably reinstall these games again. I remember some good times playing online games and coop i... : Mmmmmoo
      • they need the Magic Claw from Shogo. It's a squeaky toy doll that makes enemies stop and cry for a few se... : Old_Fart

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  jesus camp was pretty scary. youll feel creeped out for a good while afterwards : mega man
  • This is actually a pretty good suggestion. It really is a genuinely scary movie, but not in any conventi... : kallanta
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWIlgemp9k : spiderfill
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  The 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The only movie where the concept alone gives me chil... : kallanta
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    I've seen that as well. Perhaps I'm simply from a different time, but I haven't found that terribly frigh... : Shivawn
    • Different strokes, I think. You're not THAT much younger than I am. : kallanta
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  Maybe some old-school torture porn? I Spit On Your Grave, or Cannibal Holocaust are both films I wish I ... : kallanta
  • I Spit On Your Grave was great! I haven't seen it in forever though. : MacemanInTW
• Audition The Shining : orgcaptainnemo
• The Relic. Not so much a horror film, but when I saw it I was pretty damn scared. (I was like 12 at th... : ArcKnight
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  The Thing is the scariest movie ever. Also, the Omen, the Others. : nutrient
  • Good call. The Other is very unnerving. : orgcaptainnemo
  • Others is really good : davidc02
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090644/ : dognose
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  Do you really want to be scared? I mean seriously, this will make you crap your pants for ever, when you ... : davidc02
  • Oh and on the most scary part of the movie, they don't even use loud sound, yes that's right, they don't ... : davidc02
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    That sounds like that would do it. Basically a full on Poltergeist kind of flick with no holds barred wo... : SolrFlare
    • I watched pretty much all of the old horror flicks growing up, and I never had anything scare me that muc... : MacemanInTW
  • The Orphanage wasn't scary, but it was damn good. : Vincent Grayson
  • This movie isn't scary at all. I watched it with a bunch of girls, and instead of them being even remotel... : Pacalon
  • IAWTP. No horror movie has gotten me to scream, but this one certainly did. I was holding my girlfriend a... : disposition
  • Really? To me this was a thriller and didn't scare me at all. : Milleh
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    this wasnt a scary movie at all but I fully recommend people to see it, very good film. : klearlyunseen
    • Maybe 'cause I can speak spanish... but the 1, 2, 3 touch the wall part.... oh damn... : davidc02
• Sleepers is the scariest movie I have ever seen. : massdev
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  Scare you? Your woman is pregnant. : rosewood
  • If I could I would; LOL. : massdev
• I watched mirrors when it was in theaters. I watched it on Shrooms. Me and my friends were laughing so mu... : thrallie200
• original Dark Water : xsii
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  Haven't been scared in a long time, but I watch The Crate from Creepshow from time to time to give me tho... : siknsyko
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    also IT the series. : siknsyko
    • WE ALL FLOAT, DOWN HERE!! : siknsyko
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    Just tell it to call you Billie! : cerealSAM2
    • now i have chills :( : siknsyko
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    "The Raft" in Creepshow 2 freaked me out when I was a kid. : Dave-A
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      This is a great adaptation of the Stephen King story, which is even scarier than the movie. : dirge23
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        "Whatever you are. I beat you!" ... "AUGHHH!" : Dave-A
        • haha. that movie has an important moral about taunting : dirge23
    • same here! : c_man_tmt
• Candyman scared me the last time I watched it, but I was about 15 I'd guess. : cornchak
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  The Shining and Suspiria are the 2 that always come to mind first. Not technically horror, but Wax, or th... : Borzoi
  • oh and DOGNOSE - I finally watched Anguish! That was a super fucked up head trip....loved it! : Borzoi
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  The original Alien : Old_Fart
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    This would have to be the movie that has scared me the most. It's a bit dated now, but it really tore me ... : ramshot
    • me too. saw it when i was 4 or 5 and i couldn't sleep for a while after that : stoned wallaby crop circle
• What about IT? : Pacalon
• BOO ! : CoRDS
• Mirrors had ONE good scene - the bathtub scene. Also, they aren't scary but they are good recent ones ... : Milleh
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  "Threads" (BBC 1983, zero budget, nukes, shit your pants awful/depressing). "Thread" over, tee hee. : afo
  • haha yes this movie made me want to kill myself. :( : draconic
• This: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0856288/ This: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338095/ and this: http://... : preachy
• Thank you for this thread. I love a good horror and going for most of the recommendations here. Also I l... : Drankje
• Audition, but go into it knowing nothing other then that it's a Japanese film (so you can find it at Bloc... : bipolar
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  Isn't Rec supposed to be awesomely scary? I haven't watched it yet though. : DinK
  • Yeah it's pretty good. : lplasmatron
  • The original was good... : prime8
• i haven't been genuinely scared by a movie since i was little. - pumpkinhead. something about this mo... : xxiv
• "Blink". Not a movie, rather it's an episode from season three of the current Doctor Who series. ... : Sumantro
• The Changeling This one: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/ - not the Angelina Jolie one : freak!
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  Exorcist 3. : Fredrik S
  • ^ Fuck yeah! : NUZRUB
  • Definitely a good choice. : freak!
• Prince of Darkness-John Carpenter : blakhawkjohn
• Aliens : GoodBoy
• Your social security check is late! Stuff costs more than it used to! Young people use curse words! : Rotten Deadite
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  Event Horizon Session 9 [REC] (be warned it's shaky cam but it's well used) The Grudge (either, but th... : hawkeye
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    Ignore everything except for [REC]. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I admit I have much different taste in horror movies than most of the shack. : hawkeye
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    I did not think Session 9 was the least bit scary. :/ I watched it on the Shack's recommendation but foun... : fuell
    • Session 9 was scary to me because of the whole idea of a relatively normal person going completely and to : hawkeye
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  Silence of the Lambs. : Fred Garvin
  • oh man, this. this movie isn't really horror but it's scarier than almost all horror movies. : dirge23
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I'm watching it now and just go to the part with Jabba's gay Capote-esque Uncl : voodooraze
• Kairo, aka Pulse. Some people don't think its scary because it doesn't have the sudden jump type of scare... : dnuts

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• Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels good gangster movie. different vein but quite fun. : Supine
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  Millers Crossing, if you want something in a similar time setting : alnya
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    I'm not sure why, but this one is gets name dropped by everyone, but no one seems to have ever seen it. : steauengeglase
    • I've seen it - its fucking awesome. : alnya
    • It has the most badassest comebacks from a failed assassination attempt in movie history. Yes, better tha... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Goodfellas, donnie darko : rmjackson
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    Yeah, Donnie Darko was a fascinating look into the Sparkle Power gang. : trOmblyj
    • fuck, wrong movie.. i was thinking of the one about donnie brasco : rmjackson
    • hahaha, I want to see a re-cut trailer of that : hawkeye
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      "Sorry, Paulie, but I'm beginning to doubt your... commitment to Sparkle Motion." "No, Don Darko. Plea... : dirge23
      • Lol. : nodge69
    • "I'm beginning to seriously doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion." : c0bra
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  The untouchables : r3dn3ck
  • definitely : humbleone
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  I really like history of violence. : Fish_Bulb
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    Underrated flick. : SigENeaT
    • Agreed, extremely good movie. : dirge23
• scarface, carlito's way, casino : bozer
• Bonnie & Clyde (67) : siknsyko
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  Try Layer Cake, it's a british mob/gangster flick starring Daniel Craig : jimmy-buffett
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    I totally developed a crush on Daniel Craig because of that movie. I mean Sienna Miller, a crush on Si... : hawkeye
    • I loved the part in the bar when they first met, he's trying to leave, he runs into the goofy kid an stil... : jimmy-buffett
• Ooh, this is just in time. Go rent Le samourai, a French movie from 1967. It's a precursor to movies li... : Lone Swordsman
• Gangster No. 1, Once Upon a Time in America : _jon
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  Goodfellas! See this flick next if you haven't seen it before. One of my favorite movies of all time. : FormerHPB
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    lol finally someone said it. : strikingcobra78
    • finally? it was the 3rd reply. : _jon
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  My Fav Mob Hits that haven't already been mentioned. Goodfellas (can't believe it hasn't been said yet... : strikingcobra78
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    ok well while I was making this list some of them were posted. Either way enjoy! : strikingcobra78
    • Jackie Brown (how could I forget that) : strikingcobra78
  • Bronx Tale, Pulp Fiction, and Reservoir Dogs are all really good. : FormerHPB
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    Some secondary mob movies: Analyze This and also Analyze That Mickey Blue Eyes The Freshman My Blue... : strikingcobra78
    • You forgot Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood : mrsparil
  • Eastern Promises, a great movie if you haven't seen enough of Aragorn's nuts flopping around : jimmy-buffett
• American Gangster- Ridley Scott- Under-rated : Lightzout
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  I really really want this movie to come out on blu-ray, I think the cinematography is gorgeous in it and ... : Begawkiness
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    Conrad Hall :( : alnya
    • Seriously. He was amazing :( : hawkeye
• The Departed. : magistersmax
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  Part 2 and 3 are still fantastic movies. : lowayne
  • Three isn't very good. : / : DM7

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• Depends on the series, and length of the filler arc. I've actually seen some pretty decent filler arc's ... : catman1027
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  I know I'm going to catch a lot of flak for this, but you know what had WAY too much filler? Samurai Cham... : ArcKnight
  • I love Samurai Champloo and... you're still right. It's sad that even some of the best series suffer from... : dfay
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    I don't think that really counts as filler per se, since those Champloo episodes weren't created because ... : Sapiens
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      I consider it filler if it has nothing to do with the main plotline and is ignored by the rest of the ser... : ArcKnight
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        Your definition is wrong. : miasma(&)
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          Then correct me! : ArcKnight
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            When you use filler in the context of anime, you're referring to non-manga storylines and content. Most o... : miasma(&)
            • o and you can replace manga with whatever source material the anime is derived from. : miasma(&)
            • Exactly. Even if it's not part of the "main" storyline it's still a part of the story. A lot of times i... : Sapiens
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  ugh the last 100+ episodes of the original Naruto were filler : spiffymc
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    At that point isn't it kinda obvious they just don't know where to take it? : Conan
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      In Naruto's case, I don't think so. IIRC, the reason why they did so many filler episodes is to avoid cat... : DJ Clipdat
      • ack.. *expense : DJ Clipdat
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        Yes same shit happens in both Naruto and Bleach. They can do 5 weeks of Manga material in a single episo... : Crimsonbeak
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          It seems like just being an animated version of the comic is kinda silly if they have to resort to that. : Conan
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            that's the issue though, they shine when they are animated versions of the comics, and get all out of pro... : pharom
            • well with the filler they can't actually do anything. They can't give naruto some new technique or whate... : Crimsonbeak
        • that's because nothing ever fucking happens in a single manga chapter. If you compare Naruto and Bleach ... : bRAINsick
  • yeah i heard somewhere that at some point they announced that the 2 following SEASONS !!!! were going to ... : barichnikov
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  Just watched the samurai champloo meteor episode last night. That one is always a huge wtf : jigstah
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    But awesome. Did you watch the credits? : Conan
    • hmm, I did a while ago, but skipped them this latest viewing. forgot what happened : jigstah
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  ya they started that shit again with bleach, ugh. one piece's was only 2 eps tho, yay. : AMikaboshi
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    haha, this is what prompted my post. FUCKING FIGHT DAMN IT : BenMurphy
    • Filler sucks, but when they do comedy it's almost always hilarious. : o0JediBeavis0o
    • needs more general yamamoto fighting. : AMikaboshi
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    That's because One Piece >>> Bleach/Naruto : bRAINsick
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      I have a hard time watching shows that never end, One Piece is the king (kaizoku if you will) of that : Yanks
      • The manga feels like it might be getting closer to the end though it seems there are a lot of loose ends : bRAINsick
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    The Bleach filler looks like it's going to be pretty short, and Captain Commander's fight in 226 was fuck... : Sapiens
    • totally epic : flagg209
    • epic. fucking epic. : AMikaboshi
    • The last Bleach episode wasn't all filler, it's covering some of the side-stories from the manga. : Zek
• That's why I love 13 episode series. Very little filler, easy to watch the whole thing. : nurglich
• Yeah they really ruin a lot. : bolneze
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  Sooo.. Every episode of Inuyasha ever? : noodleboy723
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    KAGOME!!! : guido anchovy
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      INUYASHA!!! : geedeck
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        KAGOME!!! : guido anchovy
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          INUYASHAAA!!!!!! : noodleboy723
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            KAAAAGOOOOOMMMMEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! : guido anchovy
            • This made me laugh very hard. : zakazi
            • http://home.comcast.net/~guidoanchovy/kagome.png : guido anchovy
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    Painfully true =( rather sad since I otherwise enjoyed it. : LoioshDwaggie
    • I enjoyed it too, but that's why I can make fun of it. : guido anchovy
  • i saw the whole series and movies and there was no ending. that annoys the fuck outta me. : AMikaboshi
  • Maison Ikkoku makes up for those other series of hers (I like them all though), recommended reading. : dooberzoo
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  I don't understand how you guys can even watch those shows. I mean, there's plenty of good anime, but I'v... : Vincent Grayson
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    Personal Preferences for 500 Alex : Sapiens
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      Sure, but why do people put up with filler? It seems like everyone hates it but they continue to watch th... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
      • You don't have to "put up with" filler in most anime if you don't want to (just don't watch it), and some... : Sapiens
  • I'd like to disagree, but I can't think of any example that really works. : Conan
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    I'm kind of harping on this but for me One Piece has avoided a lot of these traps. I haven't watch the A... : bRAINsick
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      My brother loves One Piece and keeps trying to get me to watch it. I feel guilty for not giving it a chan... : Conan
      • It's a little intimidating when you have so many episodes to get through but it's worth it. If you sit d... : bRAINsick
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      Manga is a totally different animal then Anime. : graceofdragons
      • I mean to say, the Anime usually suffers more than Manga due to cost/mass appeal issues, while the Manga'... : graceofdragons
      • Jump on the Hajime no Ippo bandwagon then! 858 chapters and counting, and it's all about.... BOXING!! Act... : u sir name
    • I stopped watching the anime around 100-something when they had some stupid filler arc with some kid chef... : dooberzoo
  • Who do people watch soap operas? : LilCrypto
  • That's one of the things I love about anime, though...there's so much of it that has a beginning, a middl... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • I don't think I have watched one over 2 seasons. : Moonbase Commander
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    Do you watch Lost? Alias? XFiles? A show can run longer than 2 seaons if it has characters you like. ... : deathofrats
    • It *can*, but generally without an end date any show with an overall arc ends up with a lot of filler. ... : Vincent Grayson
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    Why do people read American comics? They never end. : slacko
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      It's not about not ending, it's about the fact that nothing lasting happens in most of the long running a... : Conan
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        How would you do it then, when the anime had caught up with the manga, without using fillers or long draw... : slacko
        • I can only go by the ones I've seen, where they don't. Obviously the answer is just quality writing, but ... : Conan
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      There are good ones out there: Y The Last Man, Preacher, Sandman, The Watchmen. Coincidentally all of tho... : LoioshDwaggie
      • You forgot The Walking Dead. : ArcKnight
    • I agree. The best comics are shorter stories that have a beginning middle and end, and stop there. : Vincent Grayson
  • i like the "finite" series. 13 or 26 episodes, already over, and just the main storyline. fuck the rest. ... : barichnikov
  • Gundam Wing was still good even after 54 episodes. : ArcKnight
  • I totally agree. Serial anime is just awful. Its usually poorly animated, full of exposition and wankery,... : kenmis
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  Death Note's great. Pretty much no filler. Even though it comes down to the last minute, every episode re... : BlackCat9
  • Couldn't agree more. Just finished the series and was very happy with the whole thing. : the_burd
  • It had no filler because the manga was already done when they decided to make it into an anime series. : slacko
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  Is Last Exile worth watching? I saw a few episodes a couple years ago and fell in love with the art style... : Greymatter42
  • Yes, Last Exile is great. I love Range Murata's style as well. :D : Sapiens
  • Fantastic anime, do watch. : Cliffzorz
  • Art style is great, sometimes it's hard to follow wtf is going on when they switch around with the contex... : famine101
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  Save yourself angst and just read the Bleach manga. I read all the way up to the current stuff so now I'v... : 5150Joker
  • The manga is so frustrating right now. Their are just playing the power reveal game and not making any p... : bRAINsick
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  Nadesico has the best filler. So does Cardcaptor Sakura. : Link.
  • creepy, I was thinking that too : graceofdragons
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  How about the current Hurahi situation. The characters in the series are currently stuck in a time loop a... : pigz
  • It's the funniest thing ever, yeah. I hope they have the balls to continue it for the entire summer. : Link.
  • I've totally missed the new season so far. :( : guido anchovy
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    wait are you serious? Why is there filler for that show? I thought they were based on a series of light... : deathofrats
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      oh wait, are you talking about something other than the Melancholy of Hurahi? : deathofrats
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        damn why do the names have to be so similar..it's Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.. : deathofrats
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          Huh, apparently they made a second season. http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4141,hfjvcj,suzumiya_har... : famine101
          • Ah, here we go, more information: Note: This new series includes the first 14 episodes of the original se... : famine101
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  Half of all the Dragonball series were filler episodes of intense staring. : glio1337
  • and grunting. : Delithio
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    Half? You're being too kind. : Conan
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      Fucking agreed. I absolutely hate the Dragonball series - if I wanted to watch people pretend to be const... : ArcKnight
      • They do it so they can re-release it years later with fillers cut out. A la DBZ Kai. So expect Bleach Kai... : pobone
  • DragonBall Kai has been so awesome thanks to the HEAVY editing out of filler. : Cliffzorz
  • do NOT talk shit about the ginyu squad. : Downforce
  • People actually take Dragonball seriously? It's like following Power Rangers continuity. : Lone Swordsman
  • That's ridiculous. You're completely ignoring all the interesting time spent charging and/or discussing ... : DinK
• Bleach :(. Next 6+ weeks of filler :( : moe6
• Dear anime series: Can we make an interesting filler arc when the magna falls behind? Do a story ar... : bld
• I couldn't stand the naruto fillers before the age leap. Kakashi's fish lip face.....wtf seriously? : handofthrawn
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  Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop had fantastic filler episodes. Wouldn't be the same without them. : Mr. Goodwrench
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    Those aren't filler. Filler is when there's some need to fill the episodes with junk to keep the show on ... : Zek
    • btw this is why ongoing anime shows would be much, MUCH better if they follow the American notion of TV s... : Zek
    • I just assumed by 'filler' he meant episodes that have nothing to do with the plot : Mr. Goodwrench
• The only one I ever got into was gundam seed, that was a great series on CN. : stgdz
• I shit fire once. : voodooraze

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• Nice, that Smooth streaming is pretty nifty : sikander
• I like the slider bar, where I can change the quality on the fly. kinda nifty. : chilln
• That's pretty impressive. : MagicWishMonkey
• Video that looks great, with all of those overlays on top. All using less CPU than a regular youtube ... : Yanks
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  Wow here comes microsoft to strongarm yet another market. Why does their browser still suck so much? : boomstickah
  • They probably have to support 20 years worth of stupid crap/ : MagicWishMonkey
  • not really, 3rd parties can play this, its partly based on this http://www.openvideoplayer.com/ : filthysock
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    you'd prefer Flash have no competition? : derelict515
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      I'd prefer cross browser canvas and fast javascript, with a usable video element. : Conan
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        Though to be fair, moonlight does solve most of my non-technical issues with silverlight. : Conan
        • and they've been given access to the SL test suite to check their compatibility so there's no need to red... : derelict515
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        that's fine but neither Silverlight nor Flash exist solely to play video : derelict515
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          Yeah, hence the canvas and javascript parts of my comment. : Conan
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            Why require everything be done in JS? Silverlight gives you a pretty excellent freedom to choose what lan... : derelict515
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              Because the plugin isn't available for all architectures and OSs? : Conan
              • I thought silverlight worked on Windows, Mac and Linux? : mnok
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                But there's a SL plugin for Windows, Linux and OSX for IE and Firefox. : derelict515
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                  But not your phone or other devices. With very featureful webkit (and soon moz-based) browsers hitting a ... : Conan
                  • Universal coverage for a small set of applications. You can't write one application and have it run on e... : adpalumbo
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                    there is a mobile version of SL too. I'm not arguing against what you're proposing, just that SL and ... : derelict515
                    • If/When SL can run on the Iphone I will be an happy man : mnok
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            Javascript is a interesting but under-developed language, and the tools available for it are abysmal. Su... : adpalumbo
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              I'm perfectly fine with using whatever language you want; having universal support is the issue that conc... : Conan
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                I like the way things are now... Microsoft is not forcing Silverlight down people's throat... if it turns... : mnok
                • Check out Prism, it's a paterns and practices thing that is attempting to make the transition between a d... : boarder2
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        I think I would shotgun my head if I had to write enterprise-level applications in javascript. : mnok
        • I do it. It's not so bad with the proper framework. : Conan
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    That's good. It took Microsoft to make the Browser market move forward. Do you remember Netscape 4? : Pettytheft
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      It also took Microsoft to make the Browser market stagnate for years. Do you remember how long it was be... : adpalumbo
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        it's not their fault nobody stepped up to the plate. : zerog83
        • It's there fault that they used illegal techniques to drive the viable competitors out of business. Othe... : adpalumbo
      • you're blaming MS for Netscape's decision to rewrite their browser from scratch? : derelict515
  • plays in chrome, and I like ie8. : unsound
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  That video was pretty sweet. Check the credits, though. Software used: Ubuntu : stelth
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    haha, was that the software used to render the movie? : MagicWishMonkey
    • No, its a Blender demo video for their new version. Showing off hair, fur, grass as well as a number of o... : NoCopy
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  That's pretty awesome, I'm gonna check this out on my netbook later, see how it adapts to lacking process... : boarder2
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    Unless you somehow have an Ion netbook (lol), Atom netbooks have no GPU acceleration. : Link.
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      Which means it should be shitty and adapt to that shittiness, right? : boarder2
      • And it does exactly that, that's pretty fucking awesome. The idea that you could just run a youtube vide... : boarder2
• Pretty nice. My only problem was when I moused over my PIP overlay, the video would exit full screen. : silaslang
• The audio is all gimped for me. I wonder what is up. : SenorSpine
• Adobe is a giant mess, a half competent MS should stomp them if they can market it and make a good UI. : threeup
• I'll have to check this out. : Maddog_Delphi97
• Does it output video fullscreen to a secondary display? I hate that Flash doesn't do this. : Fred Garvin
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  The demo worked for me without updating Silverlight. I'm still on version 2. : afty
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    the smooth streaming was in Silverlight 2 (ex. for the Olympics) but GPU acceleration was not : derelict515
    • Is there a way to confirm that CPU acceleration is working? : Maddog_Delphi97

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  I think you may be able to get GCR from the owner ya know. : hashd
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    Yeah I would way prefer that.. 3 letter tickers are like low ICQ numbers.. meaningless but still makes y... : Ratalon
    • Looks like everything is already setup Rat now your drunk ass just needs to get back lol! : hashd
  • RE: My earlier post about those of us whom have been in EvE for many years. I will let people do whatever... : loboca
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  I think I'm missing the Rosetta Stone to translate this. : ArcKnight
  • EVE ONLINE THREAD DETECTED : trOmblyj
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    You can catch up here lol http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20369558 : hashd
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      Oh god that thread. I have no idea what's going on there, but that last little bit by MisterPhoton is som... : ArcKnight
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        yeah, I've moved on from eve, but reading that really burned. Not that I ever made it up to the point whe... : cdbeckman
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          lol, internet spaceships, serious business. : cdbeckman
          • I've never looked at it like that - whether it's online or not, it's the intent behind it that matters. : ArcKnight
          • yay spaceships??? : trove
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        From my reading isn't that the entire point of EVE? Pull the biggest dick move you can within the game me... : sm00v3d
        • Yup and it happens on a much larger scale all the time. : hashd
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          Technically, there is no 'point' to EVE beyond what the players make of it. From what I've read, MisterPh... : ArcKnight
          • Every EVE post I've ever seen MisterPhoton make has been whiny and pouty. I've never played EVE but I am... : fishbone
    • that thread was a bunch of horse shit with nobody answering any goddamn questions : Sapiens
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      I don't understand what is going on here. Why are you guys mad at each other? Why is NWS making war on PH... : Goncyn
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        What're you talking about? We're all happy happy buddies in the shacknews channel : Reptile
        • and Photon doesn't exist anymore lol : AlexXdude
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          Yeah we had 30 people in the shack channel tonight and nobody was fighting. : hashd
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            I find it really funny how that works out lol : AlexXdude
            • Kind of ironic. : ejectorpod
          • And actually being chatty... : Reptile
        • Well that's good, I guess? Lots of bad feelings in the earlier thread. I'm still too busy being a WoW idi... : Goncyn
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        there was some cock swordfighting involved, but in the end it has calmed down and people can go back to w... : cygnus
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          Yeah, there finally seems to be some shack EVE unity : AlexXdude
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            War doesn't decide who's right, only who's left. =D : Sailor of Fortune
            • Hahahaha : hashd
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            War's over when everyone's dead, AMIRITE?! : MercFox1
            • unless they're zombies, then it's just round 2, so urkindarite : Joseph
    • good lord there are a lot of douchebags in that thread : fletch_
    • What the hell. What an idiot. : r_picmip 5
    • wow, that game sure sounds like a blast. : skizl
• LOL. : g0nk
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  Oh Ratty. I got your port thrusters homie. : NFXFSX
  • ok a little gay, pull it back. : Ratalon
• I'm always down! But I don't have any corp name ideas at the moment :(. : cygnus
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  jesus christ I post some trolling bullshit from the goddamn hospital because my wife fucked up her back r... : MisterPhoton
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    you were trolling us with the notice of your account going up for sale? this doesn't make much sense, ... : cygnus
    • yeah, sorry bout that :( it was just a hard afternoon for me. Having a screaming needy wife doesn't make ... : MisterPhoton
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    I don't even know what this post is trying to say???? : hashd
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      shitty day for me, also everyone's troll/sarcasm detectors are broke'd : MisterPhoton
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        Hey man give the shit to rat and we can sort it out from there. : hashd
        • Eh.... Yeah that's one option. Other would be to sell everything then divide it amongstt the members sinc... : ejectorpod
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    hello kitty online is due to be released in north america later this year : electroly
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      Where do I sign up for the beta??? : sanchez
      • it ended last year :( http://homepage.mac.com/brianluft/img/hko-character.jpg : electroly
  • you're whiny and overly dramatic. : fishbone
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    you can't lose your temper and go off on people and then later just say it was trolling that's kind of la... : [fry]
    • [fry] I am incredibly angry with you but won't be later, kay? : c0bra
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  I have no idea what to do now :( : ejectorpod
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    What's up with investments? Are people getting paid back? : r_picmip 5
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      I hope so. I have no access to wallet or assets so I can't ensure that will happen. I personally would li... : ejectorpod
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        You're a good man ejectorpod. I wish this had turned out better but I just want to say it's been a pleas... : r_picmip 5
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          Honestly I might just pay people out of pocket depending on what happens with photn assets. Just waiting ... : ejectorpod
          • Finestaut will be like OK GUYS, WAR CHEST HAS A BALANCE OF 0 ISK. BETTER NOT GET YOUR ASSES SHOT! : MercFox1
• HWM? : TastyWheat

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  I see a WRT54G-2 exists..any good? : IcomeINpeace
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    No. Do not get the new inner-antenna models, they're surprisingly bad. You can get them refurbished all o... : famine101
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      Mine's been running great vOv : Majuju
      • Mine too, although it's got all of 0 distance to anything I want it to get to. : one random winner
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    WRT54GL. Slap Tomato on it. : Jumperus
    • this. no need to go hunting : Draugluin
    • This! : bolneze
    • Very much this. : DinK
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      Wouldn't he be better off going with an N router at this point? : h o s t i l e
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        The minute I can put Tomato on a router supporting 802.11n, I am all over that shit. : Helter Skelter
        • Yup. Ditto. Until then. WRT54GL is still ultimate win. : node
        • They've got very alpha versions of DD-WRT running on the WRT610N. Dudes need to hurry up because that ro... : hawkeye
        • Um... install DD-WRT on a WRT-310N ? : mystifier
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          I paid $23 for an N router that I installed dd-wrt on. The installation process took about 3 minutes ... : boomstickah
          • Which router? : h0cake
    • This : Cheeziologist
    • http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833162134 Better router. Cheaper. Tomato ready... : pancake humper
    • agreed ihave bought a few of them and all worked great. the normal firmware is good as well. i have the f... : Hoax
    • <3 tomato : epit
    • THIS. : magistersmax
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  Anyone know if the new line of Buffalo routers supports Tomato? : pancake humper
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    The new wireless N without gigabit eternet supports DD-WRT. i think tomato is coming soon. : sheepraper
    • Yeah, I just went ahead and ordered a WHR-54GS : pancake humper
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      I wish Tomato had a good blog. Where'd you hear about possible N support? : node
      • I meant the wireless N buffalo router. Not that the firmware has anything to do with it. I have not tri... : sheepraper
• WRT300N : bipolar
• Don't buy a linksys POS. : sheepraper
• Anybody have a recommendation for a gigabit 802.11n wireless router? : dirge23
• I got this Asus WL-520gU off someone's recommendation in the last router thread, and this thing has been ... : skanky08
• Apple "pear" base station, thank me later. : Lightzout
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  I have one of those. We have a lot of random network-related problems. Do you guys think installing 3rd p... : SockMonkeh
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    Yes. If it supports Tomato/DDWRT. : Yanks
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      Which is better, Tomato or DD-WRT? : SockMonkeh
      • Tomato is simpler. DD-WRT has more features. Tomato should be fine, it's got the basics that most peo... : hawkeye
      • I like tomato's interface better, but i understand for more complicated setups, DD-WRT is better : Cheeziologist
      • Tried both, prefer Tomato for the UI and it has all the features I need. I don't know what it's missing t... : node
  • If they're wireless related maybe. Linksys firmwares are shit. : hawkeye
• Either a Tomato-supported .g router (I recommend Buffalo) or an Airport Extreme Base Station. : Yanks
• 610n is a really nice router a bit pricey but im really impressed so far. : pwnjoo
• D-Link gaming routers. Avoid linksys like the plague. : GoodBoy

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• yeah the game is terrible : hobosapien
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  wassup everybody!! Hello! i hope everything is well on this day for you!! if you know anything about m... : abrasion
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    the amazing thing is his myspace, last I checked a few months ago, is still logged in frequently AND stil... : anhero
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      http://www.myspace.com/mastatec : anhero
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        from his comments Feb 6 2009 5:02 AM Whats up man? How u been? U here the 'news' about Mxo... I... : anhero
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          This is one of his top friends http://www.myspace.com/mxospace man, he very well not have been paid... : anhero
          • Seriously, four years later - and he still has this shit in his profile. : anhero
• hahah, Amanda Mattricks! :D : bad_fish
• I want to play! : choppp
• Yeah, I watched the whole thing. I wonder if they'll ever see anyone else playing it in future endurance... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• I love Giant Bomb videos like this. The dudes are always hilarious : AlexXdude
• Yeah, I was watching that earlier. Their Punisher quick look is pretty damn funny too: http://www.gian... : mechanicalgrape
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  this is great : dignan
  • Handle: Neo , "I bet thats not taken" , lol! : dignan
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  amanda matricks : deathofrats
  • LOL'd : BauriceMastard
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  do they get paid to do this? if so, dreams do come true it could happen to you. : BauriceMastard
  • Yes, they do. : mechanicalgrape
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  good grief no wonder this game failed. Didn't someone here work on the game? Can you spill any dirt? : deathofrats
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    I was looking around on their forum after I saw this to see if anyone was still playing the game and I gu... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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      I should clarify that statement. The game has been dark for the past two weeks because people requested ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
      • maybe as part of the story arc of the matrix shutting down? : filthysock
  • We had a shill which was close enough. : Sailor of Fortune
• This is awesome haha : TabsAZ
• haha, this is pretty amazing... and makes me glad I never played this game. : hirez
• way more entertaining than i thought it would be lol : mega man
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  They had me at Amanda : rosewood
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    thats Ms. Mattricks to you. : hirez
    • if you're nasty : siknsyko
• hah nice. : hirosushima
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  oh damn. they just put on the oversized shirt and now I cannot stop laughing. this is amazing. : thecray
  • this is what cracked me up. The oversized shirt with the oversized jacket : pancake humper
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  The dancing and the part where they find Overdrive were just hilarious : bigexplosions
  • Awwk-ward! Finally got some sweet leather pants, tho. :D : mn3m0n1c
• I was watching this at work this afternoon and I thought they'd think I'd lost my mind. Couldn't stop la... : mrwolf710

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  sorry, Underground Banana Plantation is already taken. : biskits
  • seriously. : AMikaboshi
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  Really Prime? Really? Better hand over the Autobot Matrix. : mechanicalgrape
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    Gonk, get over here. I have good news for you! /shoves Matrix of Leadership into his chest Ciao! /T... : Optimus Prime
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      holy shit it tingles! : g0nk
      • g0nkimus Prime! : Gojirah
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  Name changes aren't really done : geedeck
  • what if he paid maarten : DrFlammable
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  Optimus Prime Rib? : Porkasaurus
  • I like the cut of your Rib. : MercFox1
• jesus god no :-( : opengl128
• Do it. Make a new account right now. And the post here so we can have a happy night. : noodleboy723
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  Wait, I thought username change requests weren't allowed PERIOD? I've been on shack for a good 10 year... : batkiwi
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    How high were you when you decided on batkiwi? : skitzo
    • Fuckin high dude : MagicWishMonkey
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      Story time: I picked the name "kiwi" due to an obsession my group of friends in high school had with all... : batkiwi
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        There we go, registered it in case anyone felt like stealing it :p : bbqninja
        • What if we like batkiwi better :( : dognose
        • Wait wait let me guess, you and some friends are obsessed with grilling and what's better than a BBQ? A ... : DinK
        • batkiwi was way better also you're going to get one of these accounts nuked now good job. : ieGod
        • Wow, you're really not good at picking out names are you? : voodooraze
      • "The caped fruit-sader" : Robotic Puppy Eater
      • caped fruit-sader lol : El Tigre
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    I believe you're allowed to register a new account, but your old account will get permabanned because mul... : aeg1x
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      Is this why ekuriox allowed to post, as I am sure thats a character account. : bld
      • Is this why = Why is this. Fuck I drank too much. : bld
    • RIP Marcus Allen : creep
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  Out with it! What is this new username? : CrustaR
  • It's going to change Shacknews forever. Also, talk about an attention whore post. : Nighteyes
• please don't do this : opengl128
• Name changes here never work out well. : abrasion
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  when you die, we're all going to play the touch. : j0nchan
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    YOU GOT THE TOUCH! YOU GOT THE POWWWEEEEERRR! YEEEAAH!!! : silentbobuk
    • Day Man aaahhhaaaahhh Fighter of the Night Man aaahhhaaaahhh Champion of the sun aaahhhaaaahhh You're ... : voodooraze
• Post Optimus Prime? Trannyformer? : Caoster007
• Poptimus Rhyme : delataur
• Rodimus Prime? : riptyde
• Batkiwi? : skitzo
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  Dude, you have the best username in the world. Why would you change it : slacko
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    You think that's the best username? I'd take 'Skynet' over that any day of the week. : Grumbeld
    • Skynet is alright. Optimus Prime is timeless. lol : slacko
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  Optimus Sub-Prime? : crummynz
  • Mortgages? : famine101
• michaelbayruinedmychildhood : Chandler55
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  Bamtan? : noodleboy723
  • Hopefully he become Ribon : Bamtan
• MODERATORS, ROLL OUT! : askedrelic
• damnit no, Optimus Prime. this is unacceptable. you will not change your name >:( : electroly
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  Your name is Optimus Prime. What are you going to change it to, Scott Nall? : kungfusquirrel
  • Optimus gay : FrayLo
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  I've been kind of wondering why nobody's registered as "interesting gegtik". : eugthinks
  • Because the mere suggestion of a gegtik that was interesting would destroy the universe as we know it. : ColoradoCNC
  • Do you really want to be associated with gegtik? : silent prophet
  • you stole the idea! Optimus Prime : silentbobuk
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  just sign up for the new name, and message a mod. we'll take care of the rest. : hirez
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    yes, the mods will ban the new account instantly because they chances of you coming up with a better name... : DrFlammable
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      that would rise to about 99.9% in my case... : deviantpaul
      • I suggest regularpaul : aeg1x
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  Dunno man. Mine sets the bar pretty high for stupid. : godhatingatheist
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    god hat in g at heist indeed : aeg1x
    • I thought it was a reference to that zany Bollywood farces Go Dhat Inga Heist! : Dave-A
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  More like Optimus Dumb. Name changes are stupid we've discussed this several times. : ieGod
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    why do you fear change, ieGod? : Dave-A
    • I don't fear changes, I just know that the inevitable name change is never as good as the one it was tryi... : ieGod

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  Humans hate silence. : theghostofsmdever
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    No, they just have a limited vocabulary and assume that adding literally before describing a supposedly u... : nodebug
    • "I LITERALLY jumped out of my skin!" : Lunaran
    • Yes, but they choose those words, or words like those, or they use umm..uhh.to fill the silence when thei... : theghostofsmdever
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      Yes! Thank you. It just annoys me. The occasional one, fine, but there are some people who, you know, I m... : node
      • You know commas in a sentence are not meant to signify pauses? :p I'm totally bust'n you chops here ;) : warcrow
    • I just literally'd in my pants. : bigexplosions
• Right before the words 'fail' and 'epic'. *sigh* : famine101
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  I actually had a professor who despised the word 'actually'. : JHelgie
  • I'm pretty sick of Basically myself. I cringe when I catch myself saying it. : Lunaran
• Such a ea do topic but I was literally thinking about this just the other day. : stonedonkey
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  I know right? it's litterally is like totally random. : silentbobuk
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    Actually I have to admit, when I'm at work I start a lot of sentences with "As I said..." even though I h... : silentbobuk
    • I used to work with a guy who'd prefix every sentence with "If I'm being honest..." - obviously we never ... : alnya
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      I say to be fair a lot. : marmite
      • yeah, you do lol : silentbobuk
      • I think everyone has some kind of verbal signature like that, but some people just use these words consta... : node
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  Literally bugs me, as its almost always used incorrectly: used in phrases to mean figuratively : alnya
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    The word literally is just broken. The dictionary definition is basically: 1. Literally 2. Not liter... : DinK
    • Imagine a recursive definition whose stop condition was its opposite O_o : ieGod
    • All because fuckwads that didn't know what it meant assumed it could be used just like "seriously" or "ac... : fishbone
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  hero, also. hero is used if you help somebody cross the street these days. michael jackson is not a h... : xxiv
  • Legend. Or genius too. : node
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  I'll take responsibility for the whole "random" thing, sorry about that. : one random winner
  • change your name to one winner, literally : mrvandelay
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    thewriter beat you to it. He was literally the first person to start using random in his handle here. : SockMonkeh
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      shh, I was being sarcastic >.> <.< plus I figured the site (in some form) has had many, many "random" nam : one random winner
      • I just wanted to make node's head explode by randomly sneaking literally both of those words into the sam... : SockMonkeh
      • I just wanted to make node's head explode by randomly sneaking literally both of those words into the sam... : SockMonkeh
• literally randomly : manero
• Since never because what you just said is not true. : Lightzout
• Since people have been playing BF1943 - "I literally get disconnected in a random fashion every game." : Fred Garvin
• like, omg, since forever dude. : edgewise
• basically it was random and literally overnight, you know? : losimagic
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  the english language, or the society that uses it, is broken. : yautja
  • We're long overdue a fuckwit cull. : node