Morning Discussion

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• /fapfapfapfap : Iwannaacura
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  nice! I need to jump back in. Took a break to get out in some nice weather (and actually get to bed early... : zakazi
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    I know exactly what you mean. This game draws some nasty wife aggro for me. : kainen1
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      She doesn't get mad but it's difficult to play any game without a pause button since we're always chattin... : zakazi
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        i dont get wife aggro, i get kid aggro. and i feel stressed because i dont want to be a dick to them a... : m0rfus
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          well I get both. But the wife is pretty understanding. My kid though is 3 months old so that comes firs... : kainen1
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            Three kids (2,3 & 7) and a wife. Hardly any gaming during daytime. : [7]kami
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              three kids (5,10,12) + domestic partner (we dont believe in that marriage horseshit) : m0rfus
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                (your face is horseshit) : [7]kami
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                  look, it's not a competition. im sure our penis size is the same. : m0rfus
                  • penisduel! : [7]kami
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  Has the NDA been lifted? : re-verse
  • Yes. Although no media (screenshots/video). : kainen1
• Nice, i'll update and start playing again :D : barichnikov
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  Nice. I'm actually finally getting beyond my noob status. I can usually come out pretty far ahead with th... : re-verse
  • There's plenty of old dota builds that you can look up. : c0bra
  • dude there's ton of info in the forums, both in HoN under strategies section (just search) or DOTA stuff ... : kainen1
  • that is my main problem too, no idea wtf to buy : Patch-e
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    I played in a game last night that has some super noobs (like me 2 weeks ago) I went 31:2 with Night H... : action roommate
    • err, Hack & Slash, not just Slash : action roommate
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      that's disgusting : c0bra
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        I know. I looked down at one point and had 8300g. I was like "zomg I gotta spend this shit". My back : action roommate
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          I've played 500+ games and never had a 31/2 game. Did you farm their fountain or something? : kgargs
          • 31 is excessive, but I've been to 22 with Defiler, never quite had a loadout like that, no one else must ... : graceofdragons
          • Uh, sorta. My team was kinda green too. They held out a last stand at their fountain for a while - it w... : action roommate
        • Backstabs? I need to play this game more : thecatinthehat
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      What's geometer's bane? : kgargs
      • 3 action roommates for the price of 1 : Audhuml4
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        Manta Style basically. The evolution of Diffusal Blade (or Nullfire Blade in HoN). Creates images. : kainen1
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          I've actually never used that. I build nullfire on Nighthound everytime though. Used him on madman last... : kgargs
          • you have to activate it. : action roommate
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            Dude, it's not that more expensive from Diffusal and it's pretty much the shit. Never discount the fact ... : kainen1
            • ty dog ty - that's why I love this game - can play forever and still learn new stuff : kgargs
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              Not to mention that to make it you combine it w/a beastheart, so you get HP from it too. It goes from ... : action roommate
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                oh, and +250 health, durrr : action roommate
                • I don't think so actually - it may be a bug but every time I looked at making a Manta/Geometer's, I notic... : icking fudiot
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      Super noobs is right dude, that loadout is a sign that they had ZERO idea of how to play to let you get f... : kainen1
      • Yup. There was 2 of them on the other team that would just sorta stand there when I attacked them - even... : action roommate
    • wtf newbs who just started using mouse and first pc game? : Iwannaacura
• Thanks for the update bud. Look forward to testing it out tonight. : bongturbo
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  About time! Granted, reset stats means it will be harder to filter pros from beginner games, but oh well,... : Audhuml4
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    Well that and remember that matchmaking is going in and they will include 'blind stats' game. Instead of... : kainen1
    • It will take awhile before K:D and # of games is an accurate representation of skill. I have heard that t... : Audhuml4
  • I am glad it is being reset. They need to fix the leave percentage on your own private games. I have a te... : twifosp
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  Madman nerfs plx. : [7]kami
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    They already did in the last patch. : c0bra
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      That was not a nerf. Both predator and he were buffed. : kainen1
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        all I know is I haven't been raped by him since the patch : c0bra
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          He's even more so ridiculuous now. I love it. : kgargs
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            ugh. After a couple back to back matches of him being just incredibly unbalanced I swore I wouldn't play ... : c0bra
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              I haven't really been raped by him. I know in his patch before last nerf/buff he had to be farmed before... : kgargs
              • The games I played him the only way he could be stopped was to constantly gank him, which is hard to do b... : c0bra
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      More Madman nerfs plx. : [7]kami
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        And while you're at it: nerf Thunderfgt too! : [7]kami
        • i love that guy, but his end game is not so amazing (at least for me). however early-mid-game he is just ... : Audhuml4
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          nah dude he's fine. Zeus just seems powerful at first, because early to mid game his nukes hurt...but by... : kainen1
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            I really have to start L2P AGI classes. Sofar i'm running around with Demented Shaman (Dazzle) supporting... : [7]kami
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              I mostly play support as well. I just don't find agi all that fun :\ : c0bra
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                agi is great fun but you have to take care on how you build them. They are almost all by nature item dep... : kainen1
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                  I've focused mostly on AGI characters (Night Hound being my favorite) and I can totally agree with this. ... : action roommate
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                    I love the HoN build. 3 duck boots ftw! : kgargs
                    • *HoN forums that is* - also I used that build on madmen and faired pretty well : kgargs
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                    Dude, by level 7-8 you shouldn't be using Runes any more for healing. I never use more than 3-6 of them ... : kainen1
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                      yeah, I'm still messing with diff items - that's a good tip. The more I play the more I realize the gu... : action roommate
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                        this item guide contains by far the most useful summaries i've seen, http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/sh... : Audhuml4
                        • Thanks, great help and a good read. : [7]kami
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                agi or a straight-forward rape int(thunderbringer) player is all that i play in my pub games. You can't ... : kgargs
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                  Completely agree, I do the same. Playing support in pub has led to more frustration than I'm willing to p... : Head Rush
                  • well yea, that would suck : c0bra
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                  Playing support is the best man!!! If you want to win... play support and just boss your team around. ... : miasma(&)
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                    same thing with lich and a rushed mekansm. : miasma(&)
                    • man most of these people have like 10 games under their belt. Bossing and what have you isn't gonna fix ... : kgargs
            • Demented Shaman is death to melee heroes. I have nabbed many a kill when they get in melee with the cree... : DanaCrysalis
          • I love playing him early game! : kgargs
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  Did everyone who wanted a key already get one? : c0bra
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    I'd like to give the game a try if you have a key.. SM me if anyone has a spare they wouldn't mind partin... : hadronflux
    • sm me your email : c0bra
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  ohh the stats reset is going to awaken the stats whores. Good times. : boomstickah
  • see my post above about stats issues. Trust me, you eventually won't have to worry about it at all if yo... : kainen1
• Thank god. Perhaps I'll start playing on lightly again. : lightly inclined
• Beta Keys SM Me. Lets get some more games going, the few i have played with shackers have been rather en... : shadebane
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  I hope the penalty for leavers is fucking bomb sent to there home computers. : mmaster_pw
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    Tad extreme there, mmaster_pw. : lightly inclined
    • i think not!! : mmaster_pw
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    It's funny how many leavers are already on my BL : bongturbo
    • eventually higher levels will have people who know how to play less leavers so it all works out ala elo r... : Iwannaacura
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    it's kinda ridiculous how the regular group of people I play HoN with can rarely get through a game witho... : DrFlammable
    • So you are teamstacking with your group of friends against randomly assembled pubs, and you claim their l... : Zek
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  WTF do I buy with ranged int classes. All I've been doing is getting the int version of that bracelet th... : zebosausamite
  • hellflower or staff of master (if it ups your ultimate) is what i usually go for : multisync
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    For intelligence heroes you have a couple of routes you can take....what's important generally in early m... : kainen1
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      I was turned into chattering teeth more times than I could count last night. Fortunately never died fr : action roommate
      • well that's just it, taking someone out of the battle effectively for 4 seconds is pretty dope, especiall... : kainen1
  • int seems to have the most options! do you want to help disable? staff of kuldra ! frostfield plate! ... : kgargs
  • mostly the game will have same builds you do over time for each hero or changeup to counter theirs. exa... : Iwannaacura
  • It really depends on which int hero, as there are so many different types. It basically depends on whe... : miasma(&)
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  Is there a patch that gets rid of the whiny assholes that play that game? : DrZettl
  • Stop playing with shackers? : loboca
• I really dunno wtf with these dota games. i really have no idea whats going on. its like starting playing... : Hoax
• What is the Vote System? Do you mean like voting to concede a game? : Zek
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  I need to find a hero that is easier to use. So far I have used Moon Queen, Defiler, and MageBane. I di... : c_man_tmt
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    I'm basically the best HoN player here so I advise scout. : kgargs
    • I'll give him a try next time I play. : c_man_tmt
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      kuhgargs the only hero anyone ever needs to play is pebbles : DrFlammable
      • Triple T's nukka! : kainen1
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  I am a nub. But I think I'm getting better. I played a couple games last night and in one game, I only... : das_runt
  • nub playing scout itt : action roommate
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    use the hell out of your seeing eye ward thing, which grants visibility to some section of the map. eithe... : Audhuml4
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      I played in a match the other day and couldn't for the life of me figure out how to re-plant that sucker.... : action roommate
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        isn't the shortcut W? i remember clicking it and not seeing anything happen, but i just started using W (... : Audhuml4
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          You might be right - maybe it's W. Regardless, once I put it down I couldn't figure out how to re-plan... : action roommate
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            I think you just put it down again and the old one disappears : crummynz
            • maybe I was being a huge idiot and actually pressing the wrong button <_< >_> : action roommate
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    when playing scout if you go stealth dont attack until your cooldown is up so you can backstab+stealth ag... : Iwannaacura
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      also you can ult from stealth alot of people dont realize this : Iwannaacura
      • ooh good idea :) : das_runt
  • Thats pretty much all I do. You want to harrass your lane opponent(s) so they leave you alone to farm, be... : Adm.Snackbar
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    For scout do the following things to have a good game: -Maximize Vanish and his Passive Evade only unt... : kainen1
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      What exactly is backstabbing? : c_man_tmt
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        I think it's attacking when "vanished" (you do more damage when you do this) : crummynz
        • ok simple enough. : c_man_tmt
      • i think spell is called backstab : Iwannaacura
• woot QoP is the only character i could ever play in DoTa :( WOOT! : brainchild420
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  After playing Demigod, and now this, I was surprised just how much this game is a direct almost 1 to 1 ma... : SqueegyTBS
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    I item UI is nice, but the taxonomy makes the nerd in me writhe a bit. Rings and armor under Weapons? ... : action roommate
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      they need to make it so you can buy a finished item if you have the money. i can build quickly but it wou... : Iwannaacura
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        Agreed. That would be a nice "reward" for the "risk" of carrying all that gold around with you. It's mi... : action roommate
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          Noob question. I keep hearing people talk about the stash, but I have know idea where it is, which hotkey... : Adm.Snackbar
          • i think it only shows up if you buy something while away from the store. : re-verse
          • When you hit 'B' or anytime you're at the store - lower right-hand corner. Basically, this lets you bu... : action roommate
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            before in dota you couldnt even buy unless in base or pet : Iwannaacura
            • But you can now : chungathebunga
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  Any tips on how to last hit/deny more frequently? I seem to only be able to do this consistently with a ... : G0aTCheeZ
  • Make judicious use of your 'H' key. it stops you in place and cancels auto-attack. Then you can click-a... : action roommate
  • its just timing and how much dmg you do to figure out when to attack to deny. : Iwannaacura
  • I move back and forth clicking constantly and hovering like a boxer or fighter....keeps your opponents gu... : kainen1
  • it's something you have to learn with each hero individually. They all have unique attack animations a... : miasma(&)
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  If you join pubs, search out Shuffle Teams. That'll ensure you don't stumble upon some stackers who will ... : crummynz
  • I agree with this, but I also like to play with my friend. We aren't bringing 5 guys, but we just want to... : Slowtreme
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  Control scheme for the FPS gamers: As a noob in most RTS games I couldn't figure out the keyboard shor... : crummynz
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    this is what I do except my space bar is 'Center' which centers camera on your hero in case things get lo... : kainen1
    • That's not a bad idea... I don't mind alt+whatever for inventory activation. I use mouse4 for voice an... : crummynz
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      this is fucking insane!!!! i just play as is1 : kgargs
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        No doubt. Default is the easiest IMO. Just bind your hero to 1 or use f1 and press it twice to get to yo... : bongturbo
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          I never read the keybindings, but figured out pretty quick that 'C' focuses on your hero by default. : action roommate
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            wow did not know that. i still dont even know the keys for my items very well :( : multisync
            • not sure on your mac, but it's Alt+Q/W/E for the top row of items, and Alt+A/S/D for the bottom row for m... : action roommate
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          How do you navigate around the map? I find it to be annoyingly slow to move my mouse to the top of the sc... : crummynz
          • I just click the mini map for a quick go for runes/mainbase/action : bongturbo
      • i can't donk as hard that way. And besides, using only mouse for camera movement IMO is a waste and awkw... : kainen1
    • V and C also center : c0bra
  • I will try this out. Thanks! : project13
  • Space bar is for JUMP. : Slowtreme
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  More interesting is to know how the DVD ended on the floor. The flapp0r had to be awesome! : excessus
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    Newerth Noob Sluts 9? : Patch-e
    • Jesus christ, how did this reply ended up in this thread? Was for a completely different one... lol : excessus
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  How does this compare with dota? : spectr3
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    Duplicate with better graphics (but only up to 6.59d for now) : kgargs
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      So it has the same heroes/items/map? : spectr3
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        Pretty much yes. Not all the heroes/items were ported and there are new ones. And there are other maps bu... : Zek
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          It's also much much much more polished and fully featured as a result of being a standalone game btw. Bet... : Zek
          • So the movement/hit/casting dynamics are the same? Because that's what made dota dota. : spectr3
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    missing many heroes, but they're working on that. no captain's mode. some UI improvements. purty... : miasma(&)
    • oh and they added a map... probably more to come in the future. : miasma(&)
• This game is amazing and thanks to Lexicon fror being a good coach. Im a noob but I follow orders abd do... : Lightzout
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  Okay, I haven't played with shackers yet. But I've played a few pubs. EVERYONE IS SUCH A BABY IN THIS ... : braaains
  • To be fair, yellow didnt know how to use his powers. : braaains
  • Meh, for a team multiplayer video game, having 1/5 people on your team be a douchebag doesn't strike me a... : J4NUS

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• That was pretty awesome. : acidnynex
• that was great LOL : i poop from there
• bahahahaha this guy is awesome : moe6
• Damn funny and not mean at all. That is so rare with internet pranks. : Sebastian-TEC
• haha, so fun! :D That girl asleep on her cam is a bit wierd though :/ : Snuffles-
• that is hilarious lol i'm crying. : onji
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  oh fuck when the fuck did hot bitches joined the internet? I want to to cyber cum on their feces :D : Utopia
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    christ, a not e A : Utopia
    • freudian lol : chazums
    • when tha fuck did hot bitchas joinad tha intanat? I wish I knaw bro, I wish I knaw. : losimagic
    • i call accident bullshit : buzzbat
  • lol : retardhumper
  • uhhh... ok : Mmmmmoo
  • Damn fecophilliacs : ColoradoCNC
  • look. everyone look. : indosauros
  • nuke for poop perversions : systatic
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    Well this post sure is a pissah. I've seen shitty posts before, but this one takes the bukcake : noodleboy723
    • You seem to have blown your load first go there. : braaains
  • hahahaha : razlebol
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    so the intentional misspelling is your new meme? : acheron
    • Utopia should rename himself to Memeboy : Bamtan
  • ahahahahahahah : ghost hacker
  • MARBLECAEK : datoo
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  What's that dance called? Damn, it's not the Running Man... I forget... : snuff
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    Someone said it was the cabbage patch in one of the chat rooms : OverloadUT
    • No no no, the Cabbage Patch is that stupid dance that white people took over as their generic celebration... : snuff
  • Oh it's the Bobby Brown rendition of the Running Man, lol : snuff
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  wtf there are webcam communities where people just sit and WATCH EACH OTHER CHAT. Stupidest thing ever. : askedrelic
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    Isn't chatting to each other with voice and video more natural than something like the Shack where we're ... : OverloadUT
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      talking is slower than typing, and only half duplex. : NexusOne
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        You're joking right? Verbal communication is WAY faster than textual, even on instant services like IM. : OverloadUT
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          I can type pretty much as fast as I can talk, and as both sides can be typing (or all sides, in more than... : NexusOne
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            You can't really talk and listen at the same time though. You're leaving out the most important differenc... : OverloadUT
            • I love IM and email for actually exchanging information or for just maintaining a long off-and-on convers... : nurglich
          • But you lose tone and body language, making it less effective. : OmegaRed59
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          with a community this size, i imagine typing will allow everyone to eventually catch up with eachothers p... : pharom
          • one on one, or even a small group, sure, but a video chat chatty would mean we couldn't go back and exper... : pharom
      • half duplex? never watched cnn then? : pyros
  • also flex : mega man
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    isnt it just an excuse for dudes to try and get girls to kiss and take their clothes off? : sludge vohaul
    • Yes, and if they dont, they just point their camera down at their dick to show them masturbating. : snuff
    • If by "it" you mean civilization as we know it, yes. : pupismyname
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  What the fuck is this shit? IRC with video? : razlebol
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    Yes it's video chat. Is this really new to some of you? Video chat has been around for a long time. : OverloadUT
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      1 to 1 yes. Chat rooms with video for everyone is news to me. : razlebol
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        Ah. Yeah they've been around for quite a while. I've seen a few different sites dedicated to it but never... : OverloadUT
        • but... but... you'll never see my bad ass bear suit that way. : bakanoodle
    • I guess I knew it existed, but I've never used it or known anyone who did. But then I also don't really ... : nurglich
  • shacknews 2.0 beta, invite only sry noob : fathertime
  • stickam.com : mwasher
• INTERNET : c0bra
• That was awesome. : Ride-My-Rocket
• at work, cannot watch :( : Unleashed
• That's absolutely hilarious :D : Solstice
• that was fantastic, he was great : ghost hacker
• wow. awesome. I didn't even know that kind of webcam chat existed : bakanoodle
• lol : Godhatesfatpeople
• hahaha that was awesome : peat

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  1. Join QA. 2. Work for many years doing tons of unpaid overtime. 3. Become a producer in the game indu... : dravalen
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    Already at 3+ years of QA, that's part of the reason I'm looking at going back to school. I know it may n... : ColoradoCNC
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      Ah sorry didn't realize you'd already been in QA. Most of my producers moved up due to the the people ... : dravalen
      • I'm doing a pretty decent job at networking so far, but hiring out around here seems pretty slow right no... : ColoradoCNC
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  Any other advice? : ColoradoCNC
  • *pitybump* : ColoradoCNC
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    General business classes - learn how business works. Econ probably couldn't hurt. Project management cl... : kirstk
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      Don't listen to her she doesn't know wtf. : yosemiteclimber
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        I'm gonna cut you next time I see you. : kirstk
        • The Mounties will protect me! : yosemiteclimber
• Probably things that fall under the realm of "project management". I don't know what business schools of... : holinka
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  so, you wanna be a giant douchebag, who makes a nice salary and usually has no clue whats fun...? swee... : rmjackson
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    this actually brings up an interesting question. whats your motivation for wanting to be a producer? : spiderfill
    • $$$? : braaains
    • The challenge, the money, and a general masochistic streak. I've gone from wanting to do design when I st : ColoradoCNC
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    Within game development teams, douchebaggery is not restricted to the Producer role. But it's true. N... : kirstk
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      In my experience, Producer's almost never play their own games, much less those considered benchmarks in ... : rmjackson
      • Switch producers with any discipline really beyond QA. The industry in general is really bad about it. : Delithio
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        I have a feeling we have the same beefs with the stereotypical games industry development life cycle. ... : kirstk
        • haha producer that is bad with time management...thats like a hand model with no hands : spiderfill
        • I am generalizing a good bit, and I will concede, at least pray, that there are some shining examples of ... : rmjackson
• Most of the people I have met moved along one of the following paths. Management outside the industry -... : byorn
• my gf has produced some small online games for disney. Budget and people management are the big ones. Hav... : filthysock
• i know someone at MS who is the equivalent of a "program manager" working in their games studio. She has ... : Antilles_Prime
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  Unfortunately, school won't help you. At all. In fact those years you're out of the industry will look ba... : jason bergman
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    This may just be the stupidest thing I have ever read. You actually think you will be frowned upon for ge... : yosemiteclimber
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      Considering who made that post, it is likely a statement made from direct observation. : zakk
      • I'm sorry man, but I find it pretty hard to believe that any industry would frown on you further educatin... : yosemiteclimber
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      Too bad he's right. People in the industry only care about industry years. People who have even more scho... : lplasmatron
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        Sorry, that's just not true. All of the people I know in the industry with master's degrees make more mo... : kirstk
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          So because you know some people where that is the case, you think that's true for everyone? Every game de... : lplasmatron
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            No, no , no, let's subscribe to your generalization instead. And my google fu is failing me since I ca... : kirstk
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              I hope you're kidding. Saying your personal experience is more valid than statistics is crazy talk. : lplasmatron
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                Statistics that I can't find and you haven't produced? Well sure, why not say that literally nothing is ... : kirstk
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                  It was in Game Developer, go find the magazine if you want. You have to pay for them to see them online. ... : lplasmatron
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                    You're the one using statistics to bolster your claim that people with education don't make any more mone... : kirstk
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                      Damnit that second comma was supposed to be a semicolon. Whatever. Fixing previous statement.... W... : kirstk
                      • Believe whatever you want. You're just throwing away surveys I've brought up because they are print only ... : lplasmatron
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    I realize that, in all likelihood, the piece of paper isn't going to make a big difference (if any) when ... : ColoradoCNC
    • Is this a post-graduate degree or a BS? : holinka
• All of the producers at my company come from other parts of the industry. Either QA, design, art or progr... : lplasmatron

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  Good...GOOD! Those are excellent choices. : CrustaR
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    I didn't like Gears of War too much, but I heard the second game is supposed to be better + hoard mode or... : roushimsx
    • Depends on whose balls you're talking about. : legato17
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  You still haven't played Resident Evil 4, have you? : pyide
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    Nope. Going to replay the whole series on Gamecube before I get to RE5. : roushimsx
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      should switch that to Wii : MoreVespeneGas
      • Gamecube is hooked up to the CRT in the bedroom so I can play it while I'm snuggled up in my bed with my ... : roushimsx
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      You should play RE4 for the first time before replaying the ones you've already played. It's good enough ... : pyide
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        but I haven't played RE2 or 3 in like, nearly 10 years and I loved those to bits :( The only ones I'm ... : roushimsx
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          I can't even remember CV, but I did appreciate going back to the REmake after experiencing all the upgrad... : pyide
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            You need to learn to hate yourself more! One of my favorite RE upgrades was the ability to run up and ... : roushimsx
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              when u say assfuckingly difficult you mean RE3 not CV right? the nemesis has to be the hardest antagonist... : peat
              • No way, RE3 wasn't that bad at all (especially if you play it after having played through RE2 a few times... : roushimsx
    • Just play 4, then 5 (if you want) Then Dead Space. If you play Dead Space before RE you'll hate the stub... : Ebu
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  remember if dead space gets to be too scary, play some music in the background http://vids.myspace.com... : snidely sid
  • Seriously? Scary? What? : Ebu
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  I got Virtua Fighter 5, Skate and Gears of Wars 2 yesterday for $55 total. Yay old game club. : ErikTehRed
  • I still haven't picked up Virtua Fighter 5 and I feel terrible for it. :( Maybe next month I'll correc... : roushimsx
• Ok, So-so, fucking awesome : Ebu
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  dude do you have xbx live? : X-GOUKI
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    Yea, XBL name = Shack name. Going to be hopping on in a few minutes to finish playing through Wolf3D E... : roushimsx
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      1943? : pharom
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        Haven't found time to play it yet. Maybe the week after next. : roushimsx
        • let us know, we've got quite a few active players! : pharom
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  and by New Game Club you mean "only several months old instead of years!" : Postal
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    several months new! : roushimsx
    • at least you're optimistic :) one day you'll catch up : Postal
• Welcome to New Game Club. Healthy respect for 1, absolutely love 3. : MercFox1
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  BF:Bad Company is hitting the bargain bins. Buy it and play online with meeeee...! : ThomW
  • I'm new to the Xbox scene as well. I picked up BF:Bad Company, although it's still in the shrinkwrap--I a... : Bold
  • bought it new from Best Buy for like $10 last year or something when they had that sale. Ninja Gaiden II ... : roushimsx
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  I'm housesitting for a buddy of mine so I packed up the original XBOX for the week and have been playing ... : Ajax
  • Fuck Battlecry. I love Robotech to bits and pieces, but why must so many of the games blow? Battlecry was... : roushimsx
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  That's old game club, New game club is Bf1943, Monkey Island Special Edition, and Red Faction 3 : locater16
  • Got 1943 and Monkey Island, but isn't Monkey Island just Monkey Island with optional new graphics? That's... : roushimsx
• Future Game Club! I'm starting it in ten minutes. Man I had a kickass imaginary game of Rage just now. vr... : Dave-A

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  What's their retention like? : ieGod
  • 325 days : mrasparagus
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  This probably shouldn't matter to you all, but they restrict access to one IP at a time. : crummynz
  • So does Giganews. : skankcore
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  I love their pay-by-download plan. 180GB for $25. For a casual user, that could easily represent a couple... : Alf Alpha
  • I think I just found a reason to cancel my giganews subscription! : sludge vohaul
  • ^^ This is great. Plus grab sabnzbd+ as CoRDS mentions and you're set. : sirkne
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  i saw that, but I don't know if I could manage without easynews' web interface :( : supersonic potato
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    sadnzbd+ is what you need : CoRDS
    • this is probably the best thing ever : crummynz
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      This is far and away the best newsgroup binary grabber. : boarder2
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        you're welcome : Clay
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          What? If anything I told YOU about this, bitch :p : boarder2
          • are you off your nut? : Clay
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      how does that differ from like newsbin or grabit? : sludge vohaul
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        it does pretty much everything you give it a newzbin post ID, it downloads the NZB file, adds all appr... : crummynz
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          and it will run on a linux box or whatever you have sitting in the corner collecting dust : Clay
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            and you can SSH your tomato router, then access the web interface from any browser to add stuff to downlo... : crummynz
            • you can run ssh tunnels to the tomato router? that's awesome, i had no idea : Clay
            • You can just direct/forward the appropriate ports to your sabnzbd box and access from any web browser wit... : ieGod
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          there's a plugin that will actually add icons to newzbin that will send it automatically to sabnzbd ht... : Clay
          • this does it for greasemonkey, too http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/6094 : crummynz
          • i love this plugin : CoRDS
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        i just use newzbin and you can drop nbz in just about anything now and connect to where ever you want. : Slowtreme
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          you can also feed it an rss to something like a newzbin saved search and let it go to town : Clay
          • you can combine this feature (and sabznbd's filtering) with http://tvnzb.com/ for awesome results i ho : crummynz
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      is it any good without a newzbin account. I've been screwing around with it for 5 minutes and still haven... : supersonic potato
      • that period was a question mark : supersonic potato
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        binsearch.info is what I use : sludge vohaul
        • binsearch.info + SABNZBD is all you need. End of thread. : ieGod
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        because it doesnt have a search option. its great with newzbin from what i read but you have to use other... : Hoax
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          what? this is wrong, : Clay
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            no it's right, sabnzbd does not have a search feature. you use your favourite usenet search engine (newzb... : crummynz
            • ^^yeah. i can see how my sentence might have confused him though. : Hoax
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      Or Newsleecher. : hashd
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        newsleecher is way better than sabnzbd+ especially the search option. i wish there was an osx version of ... : Hoax
        • <3 SuperSearch : pancake humper
        • Supersearch is the shit! : hashd
  • Global search on easynews is the best thing since usenet binary. : spazzium
• Including SSL. Dang. Pay-By-Download here I come. : boarder2
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  i'm totally new to this. what am i looking at exactly and how do i learn wtf. can somebody sm me or w... : xxiv
  • Ditto, I always heard about this and I am now trying to learn as much as I can : Lionhart32935
• Oh boy, now I can download all the LINUX ISO'S I want instead of dealing with pesky seeders & leechers! : jingletard

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  mercury rising : xjdrake32
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    Fucking a man. Thanks : Solstice
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      unintentional LOLs generated from this post should be high : Majuju
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        punctuation, or a lack thereof, is a wonderful thing : xsoulbrothax
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          Hahahahahahah.. I just saw that. Should read as "Fucking A, man!" : Solstice
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            I don't think the shack will agree with you there. : Super Sparker
            • The Shack has yet to agree with me on anything. The day it happens Hell will have frozen over :D : Solstice
          • Bart: A thousand dollars. But your ad says "no money down". Hutz: Oh, they got this all screwed up. [co... : NastyNorman
        • for one man, it may just be : pharom
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      mercury rising: it get's you gaybuttsex : sparkly
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        OH GOD MY MERCURY IS RISING OH GOD HERE IT COMES : sparkly
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          LMAO with SparklyScript™ this post is the win. : Solstice
          • i keep a laptop around with all the shack comic strip greasemonkeys just for posts like this : xsoulbrothax
          • So many posts are. These are no different. :D : DinK
  • ^^ : sanchez
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    Man, I've seen that but I barely remember anything about it. : action wombmate
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      sounds like any other Mumbes WIllis movie... : drucifer
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        It's weird when I think back on it. There are literally hundreds of movies I've seen where I could barel... : action wombmate
        • Yeah all I could remember from this movie was that line "Sip Slooooowly" until I read the plot synopsis o... : Solstice
        • I have the same thing, and I really li8ke it. I can be surprised by a movie's twist several times : bipolar
• The Last Boy Scout : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Momeeeeeeeee : invisible_kid
  • simon is hommmeee : SockMonkeh
• Deathwish : mega man
• Over the Hedge : drucifer
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  Teenage Anal Sluts 5 : capt tripps
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    Brian? Is that you? : Mrs. Buttslutt : MercFox1
    • Hahahaha!!! : shwortdogg
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  There was a Baldwin Brother in that movie IIRC. : Sailor of Fortune
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    You do. It was Alec. : Solstice
    • He's the greatest actor in the world! : Sailor of Fortune
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  http://lmgtfy.com/?q=movie+autistic+kid+bruce+willis : PoopStewart
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    LET ME BE A PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE DOUCHEBAG : Ajax
    • http://lmbapad.com is available... : PoopStewart
  • But why bother with google when the Shack is so much more entertaining? : Solstice
  • That's one of the best websites to happen in a long time. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  he stars in The Sixth Sense a year later? what an odd coincidence : spiderfill
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    WTF? It's not the same kid at all. The kid in Mercury Rising is the same one that says "Boys have a pe... : MaxPete82
    • i meant bruce willis : spiderfill
• burn after breeding : mnsnota
• Autism, The Slow Sipper : filthysock

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• I'm in. : MercFox1
• like donkey kong : lacker
• i will probably be there. : feek
• OoOooO BABY : _jon
• I'll join for a round or two! : helvetica
• I'll probably hop on to para some peeps : MuteMode
• i might be able to make it. : ass-street
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  sounds fun. : kbnerd
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    "This is Jimmy." "Oh yeaah." : Dschinghis Khan
    • lol : kbnerd
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  I'm in if it's not that stupid Warcraft CS:S thing! : Rasnowl
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    it isn't : Dschinghis Khan
    • Isn't it? : Rasnowl
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    if it is i won't be playing. : kbnerd
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      it isn't : Dschinghis Khan
      • it isn't? : lightly inclined
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    IT BETTER NOT BE : dmason
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      it isn't : Dschinghis Khan
      • isn't it? : one random winner
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    It better be or I'm not playing. : Alice O'Connor
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      it is, : one random winner
      • it is? : Dschinghis Khan
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    That mod was stupid as hell. It's like playing cops and robbers and inviting the emo kids to play. : Sailor of Fortune
    • it is. : MercFox1
  • What. is. it? : pharom
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  Know idea what you're talking about. : heartsauce
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    Do you no how dum this is? : mrvandelay
    • It is good to no that I am not the only one who knowticed this. : Sebastian-TEC
• I'll be there : edge198
• No, that's all wrong for CS. You meant this: Terrorists: "LOL WERE BOMBIN U FGT N00BZ" Counter-Terror : Rehevkor
• I had a dream about CS:S last night, and I haven't played in like a year. : NexusOne
• Oh know!!! : InfoBiter
• bump. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Is whining and crying allowed? Encouraged? : Lightzout
  • only if have a few drinks first : Dschinghis Khan
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    Has to be allowed or there wouldn't be enough people to fill the server, and it's encouraged by anyone aw... : pharom
    • I can promise lots of crying. : InfoBiter
  • I'm in chaps. etherealTarget reporting for ownage being owned. : etherboy
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  sounds like fun. : deject
  • "This should be good." "Ooh yeah." : Dschinghis Khan
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  IMPORTANT NOTICE Standard, mandatory 6 drink minimum for DoD:S shackbattles applies to this shackbattl... : Dschinghis Khan
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    I'm surprised no-one has come up with a ShackBattle drinking game. : MercFox1
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      everytime i die of a headshot i take a shot everytime i'm the last person alive on my team i shoot " fou... : kbnerd
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        god i'd be drunk as hell sooooo fast. : ass-street
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          i don't think you'd be the last person alive on your team that often. : kbnerd
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            har har. i meant dying from headshots :( : ass-street
            • it happens to the best of us...and me : kbnerd
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      the drinking makes the game more fun, and less serious business. In fact we need to have alltalk on again... : Dschinghis Khan
      • AllTalk is a lot more fun. : MercFox1
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      plant the bomb and it explodes, T's drink. defuse bomb, CT's drink. Kill a hostage, All players drink ... : Sailor of Fortune
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        Someone plays a soundboard clip, All players drink Dualies kill, T's drink Animated spray, Everyone who... : MercFox1
        • every round that has one team stacked, everyone takes a drink non-stacked or severely undermanned team w... : pharom
  • i was trashed yesterday during tf2 : papaskot
• I'll play : Cheeziologist
• I'll try to be in on this in a timely manner, may have some stuff going on, but I doubt it. : pres589
• bump. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Too early :( : yosemiteclimber
  • too late for me :( I have to get up to go to work at 01:15 : Old_Fart
• My ping will probably be horrendous since I have tether with my cellphone because I'm still waiting for i... : Flying h4x0r
• bump - starts in 30 mins! : _jon
• Bump! Starts in 5 mins! Time to get your pregame on. : MercFox1
• can you guys connect to steam right now? Can't seem to connect atm. : wurt
• IGI : mista mista
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  I'll hop in 'till the little woman shows up. : yosemiteclimber
  • Oh crap, I never installed it after loading up Win 7. This may take a while :( : yosemiteclimber

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• haha Phil do not click that post. : Slowtreme
• god damn that bitch needs a pedi : mrvandelay
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  hahahahahahahahahah : Serpico74
  • WOW : Serpico74
• hahah : Shadowdane
• :OOOOO : sparkly
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  Haha awesome. People having a sense of humor about themselves is awesome : OverloadUT
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    It's why The Extras is so awesome : OverloadUT
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      And why I now love Orlando Bloom instead of always being annoyed at him : OverloadUT
      • C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!! : noodleboy723
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        Why, what did he do? : action wombmate
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          Well, I disliked Orlando Bloom because to me he seemed like one of those dudes who got by on his good loo : OverloadUT
          • that's pretty awesome : Megara9
          • Yeah, I think most perceptions about the attitudes of famous people are exactly that - perceptions. I tr... : action wombmate
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            The Orlando Bloom episode of Extras is one of my favorite moments of teevee ever. : itsjames
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              Sir Ian McKellen explaining to Ricky Gervais how he acts so well is amazing too : AlexXdude
              • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43sbtkQM6zc :D : AlexXdude
              • Extras is just an awesome show all around. : ieGod
    • Extras was great, but there were so many British in-jokes that my friend was just constantly stopping to ... : sirkne
  • It's why I love this photo. So cool. : Godhatesfatpeople
• lol nice. : Hoax
• Anyone got a straight razor? We can fix this right now. : Freon
• That is really cool! Thanks Mr. People. : Alice O'Connor
• lolol... : Megara9
• according to rule 34, there should be a deformed type fetish but my google skills are failing me : fathertime
• evolution : dnurk
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  My same two toes are webbed like that. : paulatreus
  • do you have a cool tattoo? : veras
• My buddy has a dotted line around his big toe and it says "place tag here" next to it. : yosemiteclimber
• lol great tattoo : zerog83

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• Northeastern Death Moth : drucifer
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  God damn that is huge. Fuck that. : sigpro
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    It's not that big to do that.... : DM7
    • speak for yourself : fathertime
• Move. : wellesraphael
• Fuck.. what the fuck : snuff
• OH SHIIIIII--- ITS A ZERG KILL IT : MercFox1
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  pretty! :D : Megara9
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    I agree, it's neat looking. :) : nevicata
    • when I was in Costa Rica earlier this year we visited some hotsprings and inside the girls bathroom high ... : Megara9
• Kill it with FIRE!! : noodleboy723
• jesus fucking christ : mrvandelay
• Jesus christ. Let those eggs hatch! : famine101
• Mothra! : Saman
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  these are from 4-5 years ago http://gmd.shackspace.com/Mothra1.jpg http://gmd.shackspace.com/Mothra2.... : gmd
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    is it me or does it have the head of a squirrel : niceguynick
    • i was thinking chipmunk, but yes, yes indeed : pharom
• Wow, it looks incredible : niceguynick
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  My parents have a photo somewhere with one a bit bigger than that on my hand, they are awesome. : abrasion
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    large insect photos don't count if they are from Australia : gmd
    • they're OK if a fatality was involved : Old_Fart
• ive eaten a moth that big on a dare once. i was pretty drunk : i poop from there
• thats not a moth its a flying lobster >:( : disembodied potato
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  Cecropia moths are cool but not as cool as Luna moths http://images.google.com/images?q=cecropia%20m : mn3m0n1c
  • awesome!! : Megara9
• You sure this isn't part of the B-17 thread? : cerealSAM2
• Egads Man!!! Kill that fucker!!! : shwortdogg
• whoa, cool. : bakanoodle
• That's not right man... not right at all : Utopia
• That is a big bitch! : yosemiteclimber
• That's no moon moth. OMG WHERES GOJIRRA, MOTHRA!!!!!!!!!!! : Wolfanoz
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  that's not fur on its body, those are stingers. stay far away from it, do not touch. http://en.wikiped... : mmogger
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    i couldn't even reach it if I tried... i think it might be dead anyway it hasn't moved in 24hrs : Shadowdane
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      it is waiting : gmd
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        and plotting the most painful death : Utopia
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          It's waiting for it's minions to hatch so they can launch an all out war : shwortdogg
          • ...But it needs more overlords first. : Sebastian-TEC
  • http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/regal_moth.htm http://bugguide.net/node/view/3559/bgpage : sKetchflow
• "Its coming this way! KILL IT!" : ukmostwanted

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  Obligatory: http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/onion_imagearticle2505.article_0.jpg : trOmblyj
  • I love the bottom right article headline : Godhatesfatpeople
• That is so awe-inspiring! : cjcharv
• Those are some awesome photos! : Shadowdane
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  Shane Sherman took the pics with his medium format yamahashkizu : gmd
  • Which he misplaced in the Lunar Lander before the trip back home to Earth : _jon
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  AMERICA! FUCK YEEEAAAAH! : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Steak and eggs breakfast before lunch, fuck yeah. : action wombmate
    • \m/ : Godhatesfatpeople
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      this is why we haven't been back, no one eats the proper breakfast for getting to the moon anymore. : NexusOne
      • hahahhahaha : slickdoody
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      such a perfect breakfast : gmd
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        eggs also must be over easy so I can dip my toast in the yolk. : gmd
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          you can cook them any other way? blasphemy : mrvandelay
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            it might be illegal : gmd
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              it sure the hell should be : mrvandelay
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                also: http://www.sequoiacidermill.com/pb/wp_ea337451/images/img2995647d6fbb0be920.jpg : mrvandelay
                • replace that toast with biscuits. Also not enough gravy. : braaains
          • ^^ seriously, there shouldn't be any other way. : AlexXdude
        • You need to do english style eggs boil that bad boy for about 4 min at sealevel youll get yolk godness! : pwnjoo
  • You mean Deustchland, Sieg Heil - right? : SpaecKow
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  Must have sucked to be Michael Collins : riptyde
  • Who? lol jk : trOmblyj
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    I recently watched the superb documentary In the Shadow of the Moon, and in it Collins talks about how mu... : action wombmate
    • He's a super-cool dude, by the way. Of all the astronauts they interviewed for that documentary he was e... : action wombmate
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    Yeah, but imagine the power he had. I bet those two were certain not to piss off Michael Collins. : pigvomit
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      "both of you are giving me blowjobs or you're not docking" : GloriousCow
      • "And then we're docking after you're docking" : Omaha
      • "...unless it's cock docking." : bling1bling
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  yeah there were plans for a venus orbit with Saturn V's. The lessons they would learn from this would he... : stgdz
  • I remember reading that the module they would have used to house them for the longer trip with all the fo... : Sailor of Fortune
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  what makes you think these pictures are real : FrayLo
  • Took longer than I though. : pigvomit
  • what makes you think HE thinks these pictures are real?? : das_runt
• God I love that site. Amazing photos so many years later. This should be required viewing for any perso... : Tripps
• More here for those interested: http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html : dmason
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  Let's not forget to link: http://wechoosethemoon.org/ Fuck yes, 1 day. : LoioshDwaggie
  • I hope it goes off without a hitch. :D : DM7
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  What's fucked up and kind of depressing is that I am close to the Cape (Can see the VAB every morning whi... : kikilupo
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    B.S., you saw a launch just a couple hours ago! : ucanbfuzzy
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      Walked outside, saw about 2 seconds of it and then into the clouds :( : kikilupo
      • I was down there from Saturday through the Monday launch attempt. God damned afternoon thunderstorms. : ucanbfuzzy
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  This one is quite powerful, even more so after reading the caption: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2... : DrWaffles
  • Yeah, that's pretty goddamned awesome. : action wombmate
  • Wow...he took a picture in which he was the only human alive that wasn't caught in the viewing angle. : fishbone
• Picture number 30 makes me feel so small. Imagine, people are fighting over small little land masses on t... : DM7
• I never thought of #35 that way, that in that shot, Michael Collins is the only person in the entire spec... : Omaha
• This reminds me that I need to get the box set of When We Left the Earth. : Omaha
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  I saw this the other night and it made me think that if the USSR made it to the moon the cosmonauts proba... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Is that for real? Almost seems impossible considering how small the lunar module already is. : action wombmate
    • They have to spoon in it. : braaains
    • Apparently they tested it in Earth orbit. I read that the N-1 Russian Moon rocket was built outside of... : Sailor of Fortune
• Also I just got this from Amazon and watched it last night. Great documentary. It had awesome commentary ... : Sailor of Fortune
• I didnt know they had digital cameras back then : Slowtreme
• This reminded me to go watch Buzz punch out that conspiracy nut again. : lodit