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• Just mentally remove the "is" in that first sentence. Don't let it distract from my message. : [fry]
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  You still blabbing about that movie dude? A lot of people say it sucks donkey cocks. : MagicWishMonkey
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    Maybe [fry] has a donkey cock... That's explain everything. : nudel
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      that's the only possible explanation. I mean, that pic he posted is flat out gay no matter how you look a... : MagicWishMonkey
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        the only thing gay in that picture is the wii : [fry]
        • I think he's admitting something here guys, and I think we should all be supportive of him for it : locater16
      • But the day isnt long enough, I need at least another 10 hours. I need to move to mars and take advantage... : pwnjoo
• judging by that picture my opinion is the movie is terrible : Mansmells
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  Howcome, at the beginning, when the girl goes missing, and the teacher is searching the school for her, T... : father_crown
  • yeah and doesnt the little girl have parents or some shit? also, the aliens randomly appear for no rea... : hobosapien
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  Hmm... blending sci-fi and religion? Doesn't sound like I'd like it. : terath
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    i didn't notice anything religious in the movie i think the only people that did are people who are reall... : [fry]
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      haha come on. It basically forced the apocalypse shit in your face. There are four horsemen aliens, and t : aeg1x
      • Yeah I wonder how fry missed the giant angel wings on his bigass tv. He was probably jerking it to his nb... : ventro
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        you are trying way too hard to find something that isn't there buddy! the aliens just wanted to make sure : [fry]
        • I would have taken some post-pubescent humans myself. : aeg1x
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  my dad spoiled the whole thing for me over dinner when he was in town. it was lol'tastic. no desire to ... : mwasher
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    I don't get this shit, the story is no different from other scifi movies and it is fine, you people are j... : gmd
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      you don't get what? my dad told me the plot and it was funny as shit to me. get off my nuts gmd. : mwasher
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        ALIENS HAAHAHAHAHAH : gmd
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          maybe it was fantastic gmd. i will watch it just for you. don't want to leave you butthurt or anything. ... : mwasher
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            watch it at a drive in theater inside a corvette. : gmd
            • man that's one thing I miss about where I used to live. no drive in theaters :( : mwasher
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  http://gmd.shackspace.com/BestMovieEver.jpg : gmd
  • that is so awesome gmd. we are amazing. : [fry]
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  is that a large nba print/poster above your tv? : maulla
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    yeah. it's a big rockets thing. on the other wall i have a big astros thing. it's my testosteroom. : [fry]
    • where did you get it? i need to get a replica witness banner in my room :( http://www.waitingfornextye... : maulla
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      Testosteroom? Then why put a Astros anything in that room? : soggybagel
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        well we just got done beating the shit out of the dodgers for the second night in a row : [fry]
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          Face it fry. The astros suck and will always suck. : soggybagel
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            i'm not a fair weather fan, soggybagel. i will support their suckiness. how ur dodgers tonight. : [fry]
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              Huh? I'm from Minnesota and am a Twins fan. I hate the fucking dodgers. I hate every sports team in Ca... : soggybagel
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                P.S. Everyone forgets Kobe is a rapist. : soggybagel
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                  Your location in your profile says you're from LA you huge faggot and I never forgot Kobe was a rapist an... : [fry]
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                    [fry] why are you so angry tonight? : ArcKnight
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                      I'm really not I just get more eccentric on Fridays. : [fry]
                      • Sorry, kind of hard to tell your going all gmd through the drunken haze. : ArcKnight
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                    It says Location not "YOUR HOME TOWN/WHERE YOU PLEDGE SPORTS ALLEGIANCE!" so back off home slice before I... : soggybagel
                    • now that isn't mn nice of you :( : mnsnota
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    answer me you stupid faggot : maulla
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      look how stupid you are maulla : gmd
      • ALIENS HAAHAHAHAHAH : maulla
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  I watched it last week. I liked it more than I thought I would. I still thought it was mostly bad and d : dltrem
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    This is how I felt about it as well. It was definitely not a great movie, just better than I thought it w : ovrlrd
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      you guys are way too sensitive to the possibility of religion. maybe it's like homophobia, but with relig... : [fry]
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        It was actually one of the things that I liked about it. The fact that the aliens could be viewed as ang : dltrem
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          I just think they were too blatant to bring the religious element in. They kept talking about it and clea... : ovrlrd
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            man it's sad how you guys are so intolerant and scared of opposing beliefs that you can hate a movie for ... : [fry]
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              I don't care about opposing beliefs, and I never said I hate the movie. I actually liked some parts of it... : ovrlrd
              • Whatever, nazi. : [fry]
            • Same reason people were so mad about the ending of BSG. It doesn't appeal to rationality. : Bamtan
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              its not so much intolerance as it is. HERE YOU GO, LOOK AT OUR RELIGION, LOOK. ALSO MY BALLS. : mindshot
              • at least [fry] posted his balls on the shack, what about you? : RikiTiki2
• It was a mediocre film but the disaster scenes were really top notch. Much more visceral and real then, : bipolar
• still hiding behind a critic on this? be a man. just say you're gey for knowing. : BauriceMastard
• http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_zniwqd6xykubihbmpk2m.jpg : Dave-A
• i cant stand nicolas cage anymore :( : spaceless
• i couldn't stand it : Dravenport
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20387514#itemanchor_20387514 : deject
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  What kind of SONY TV is that? : The Key
  • bravia 1080p something or another : [fry]
• Your Directv box is my Directv box's NEMESIS! http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/9414/dtvnemesis.jpg : shackwack
• That movie was OK - nothing great. I didn't really like the ending. :-/ : thetangent
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  Wait isnt this a shitty Nicholas Cage movie? : bolneze
  • Yes. I have no idea what movie [fry] watched but he is confusing it with Knowing. : InfoBiter
• rather.. "among the best bullshit creationist films..." I want my 2 hours back please :( : mbknielsen

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  I hated DotA and i hated HoN just as much :( : wurt
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    well in it's current state the problem is that it's a great game, great mechanics, great graphics - just ... : multisync
    • Well, one can state the skill level of the game one creates. But even in "Noob only" games, people talk l... : code-e255
  • Yep, pretty much. : abrasion
• The only push strategy game i've played that doesn't result in a bunch of pissed off people is Demigod, p... : Syixxs
• sorry to hear :/ if I ever see you on, I'd be more than happy to get a game going. there are plenty of... : Supine
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  You man up and just fucking ignore people and play the game, why is that so hard? : dkrulz
  • I've had a great attitude about it in pub games. It's just a game! But these are shackers. That's just no... : Juno
  • people don't like playing with douchebags, they have better things to do : derelict515
  • Communities like the shack shouldn't tolerate douchebags and idiots. : taronish
  • Yeah man up and play that game you don't have fun with. : filtersweep
  • it's funny because you're posting this : mittense
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    Because it makes it unfun? I play games to have fun, I don't know about you. : boarder2
    • LIVE TO PLAY PLAY TO WIN : Juno
  • Because it's not fun.? : Pettytheft
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    I'll try again... Ignore the shackers you don't want to play with and play with the people you do. It's ... : dkrulz
    • it's funny how when other certain players do this, they're fucking omg wtf douche nozzles : kpxkrnjc
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  just play with me and ignore that techy fella. I'm a good dyer/feeder! oh and never play against delu... : multisync
  • delusional fucking murders me but at least he's nice about it :( : Juno
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    Yeah, im a total ass. : Techpriest((Thc))
    • believe him, it's true : dantastic
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    Look man, I know you might be joking, but it's not cool for me to get kicked from shack games because you... : Delusional
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      oh no - you're the most helpful and awesome guy in town i agree with that 100%!! What sucks is when it's... : multisync
      • and stats mean nothing to me : multisync
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  I'm pretty sure the BURNING DESIRE TO WIN folks have tried to help you out, but after a few times of no o... : alias
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    I've read up on DoTA stuff. I still suck. There's a lot of skill that comes from practice. Your magic ... : TShandy
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      Of course it comes from practice. Even the hardcore people know that. But if players don't learn the ba... : alias
      • You're not listening to what's being said, man. A lot of us ARE learning the basics. Like I said before, ... : Juno
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        What do you mean by "the basics". Last hit/denial is basic, but I'm finding it very tricky to do well. : TShandy
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          Exactly. I haven't played HoN, but in DotA, those things were hard to pick up. I kinda quit after a whi... : nurglich
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            that whole last hit/denial is so fucking lame : dantastic
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              It's actually a pretty neat twitch game. At higher levels it's really awesome watching pros animation can... : miasma(&)
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                just seems like exploiting a bug or limitation of DOTA has become a major part of the gameplay : dantastic
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                  It's not a limitation or bug, as last hitting is an important part of Warcraft 3. You can steal your oppo... : miasma(&)
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                    So like, would the entire world be thrown into disarray if xp/gold were awarded by % damage done to a mob... : Agrona
                    • that would ruin the game almost entirely-- each lane would always be on top of a tower because of players... : kpxkrnjc
                • dota has always and will forevermore be a game of attrition and last hits/denies are an integral part of ... : kpxkrnjc
  • I've really improved a lot, though, that's the thing. I'm still totally and completely newb compared to m... : Juno
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    see this is just it. Compare this to DoW2 where people are more than willing to play with people who have... : derelict515
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      I think a big part of it is that DoTA is an old game. First version came out in 2003 (per wiki). So aft... : TShandy
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        the community has been shit to new players since probably a year after it started. : the city
        • this is true. I played dota back when it first came out. it went downhill fast, I think because war3 ju... : ]pm[chem
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  Honestly, I never played DOTA before HoN except maybe 3 games vs the AI and I got smoked. Since I have s... : Nighteyes
  • Ugh However, I still do not want to play vs pros : Nighteyes
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  How can you try a game without being new to it? : Psigun
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    If you played DotA (so I hear), it's no problem to jump right in. If you haven't spent 150+ hours of each... : Juno
    • nice exaggeration. DotA is really easy to pick up compared to a lot of other games out there. It has a... : miasma(&)
• I thought the community would break me but it ended up being the last-hit mechanic. I got the hang of it... : Wombat Woo
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  MAYBE IF YOU HAD SOME COMMON SENSE : Jackass1233
  • STICK WITH THE GROUP! : Skoal^Fyfan
  • Bwuahahahah I love it! :D : Techpriest((Thc))
• Nooooo Juno! D: I still cling to the hope that S2 will allow some sort of AI Skirmish mode, as I love ... : GrimmyD
• FRESH MEAT fuck you're making me hungry. : miasma(&)
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  the worst thing by far in hon is these fucking threads. stop crying : JINKY
  • seriously! this is truth. : zdiddy85
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  lol wtf is this : kgargs
  • that game was shit : multisync
• Trash talk and verbal abuse has been a fundamental part of DotA for a looooong time. It's almost becom... : miasma(&)
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  I've seen this in like 4-5 different threads now. What the hell is a feeder? : Agrona
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    A 'feeder' in DotA terminology is someone who repeatedly rushes into the enemy heroes and dies, feeding ... : DanaCrysalis
    • Mmm, sounds like EVE whining, then =) : Agrona
  • a person who dies over and over again giving the enemy team gold and experience : kpxkrnjc
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    When you kill a player it's a very big dea. You get bonus XP and Gold, they Lose XP and Gold AND are out ... : graceofdragons
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      It's a really, really nasty slippery slope. Even just a couple deaths early on can make a lane really ha... : DanaCrysalis
      • Yeah, I don't feel the concept has matured yet, it will be a few more iterations before it's balanced, an... : graceofdragons
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      If S2 has a brain, this should be resolved at release. There is a big desire for this type of game, and ... : IncursionZ
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        the game does not have an "extreme" barrier, it's just filled with people who don't try to learn because ... : kpxkrnjc
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          You keep saying that they don't try to learn, but you don't really extrapolate on that and you don't seem... : BlackCat9
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            The game is not hardcore, jesus. Just because it takes more than one play through to get the basics nail... : kpxkrnjc
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              So what game is hardcore? : TShandy
              • don't know, don't care, those kind of labels are just flamebait and stupid as fuck if you ask me : kpxkrnjc
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              sounds hardcore to me.. only 2 games i know of have extreme learning curves where you WILL NOT LEARN the ... : ssj4megaman
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                what is a game of eve though :P : kpxkrnjc
                • getting warp scrambled and pumped in the ass... : ssj4megaman
• Really? Had two or three games with shackers last night and we had fun. ;( : lightly inclined
• man you're named after a pregnant teenager, who would've known you'd be the one to cry about a great game... : saltycoke
• i was lucky enough to get my hands on a beta key, and after a couple games I could clearly see where this... : michael walker

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• lol aw yeaaah : Techpriest((Thc))
• I dont get it. : bolneze
• haha, some things never change. : hirez
• Hahaha, did they really think anything would change in this regard? :D : thetangent
• Haha so true : Whistler77
• The best part was when mirror damage was ON in a server so people would just stand in front of planes try... : soggybagel
• hahaha A+ : Downforce
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  Oh I loved when FF was on and teammates would shoot you in the back with that goddamned BAR gun :( faggo... : Phil
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    The Browning Automatic Rifle gun. Yes, a fine weapon gun. : AxeMan808
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      STFU fuck up! : Phil
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        LOL Out Loud! : AxeMan808
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          I'm ROFLing : kallanta
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            My RAM memory got fried by an EMP pulse. :( : Marrbe
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              it killed my raid array =/ : Turd Ferguson
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                Need to go to the ATM machine to get money out to buy new RAM memory. : Gary the Llama
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                  I entered my PIN but they didn't have DDR in stock : Ride-My-Rocket
                  • way to ruin the thread there friend : theWhite
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              was that due to the close proximity of the PIN number on the EMP pulse? : Dschinghis Khan
              • this thread is making me LMAO my ass off!!! : mrvandelay
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  ahahahahaha It's always the worst when you start waiting then get bored so you look away for a second ... : deject
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    What was the key to get in? "E" wasn't it. I remember just sitting there hitting it repeatedly out on t... : Phil
    • it was E : RikiTiki2
    • lol, good times, good times. I sequestered a dual xeon with tons of ram from engineering as a 'bandwidth ... : bombay
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      Ahh memories http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=5351192 : sublime
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        LOL @ locobastard beaching ships : RikiTiki2
        • Yeah, I'm glad the ships are stationary and invulnerable in 1943. : ChibiJosh
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  Worst is when the asshole doesn't even bother to at least attempt to use the plane as anything more than ... : K1Bond007
  • This happened when i was playing a game earlier today. Dude stood there for ages waiting for the plane to... : Drewus
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    meh, taxiing is a valid tactic. someone gets to a capture point faster to help win the game, and you only... : maulla
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      Providing air cover does nothing for the team? : bundy
      • Pretty much. : uncleanmonkey
      • There are so few proficient bombers and so many AA emplacements on most maps that planes are rarely more ... : ChibiJosh
• lol hahah : dromo5
• hah. great one ^^ : exmx
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  Do you still have to spam the parachute button when you jump out of an airplane? : ventro
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    no parachute. : freakynipples69
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      Try pressing jump before you crater. : Haxim
      • ooooo coool. : freakynipples69
• haha the good old days, well done : graceofdragons
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  Those people slithered over to BF2 as well. I remember one guy kept getting shot down like 10 seconds aft... : eldiablo01
  • lol, sounds like a shitty bot. : Agrona
  • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
• War games. War games never change. : smegmar
• Go Allies. : Mr.Finkster
• very good. : freakynipples69
• haha so true and still true today : silent77
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  i think i might load up BF1942 on my i7 rig this weekend, wonder if it's still any fun.. : dextius
  • It holds up gameplay-wise. A bit angular, though. : ChibiJosh
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  It's weird they can't solve that problem. : Porkasaurus
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    A proximity based queue system, or maybe have the option of the commander deciding the queue : d fluke
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      Commanders generally have enough shit to worry about. : riptyde
      • A one-off prioritizing of players per game shouldn't be too hard, drag-n-drop queue for either single pla... : d fluke
  • It would be so easy to but they've never even taken a stab at it. : WhatIsThisFor
• So true : WhatIsThisFor
• i liked this one http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/7/15/ LOL MMA : Slowtreme

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  Can you add a "the best Aussie is not attending" mourning period for me? I think six hours should just ab... : Dave-A
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    If you send me a photo of your head, I might be able to tape it to a stick and we can carry you around. : TastyWheat
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      ^^ use the rapeface pic dave : AlexXdude
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        Cool choice, bro! http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=lol_l5ndc2vgdkh3mndoeor3.jpg : Dave-A
        • hahahah yessssss : AlexXdude
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    Be easier if you just went, don't you think? : dognose
    • You know, I was considering that, but now I'm starting to warm to this photo-on-a-stick caper! : Dave-A
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  Mikecyb, OverloadUT, and I fly in to love field at 3:30 on the 13th! : dahanese
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    I'm gonna take a stab and say that's PM? :P : TastyWheat
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      Seeing as all the times are in the Sydney timezone - does it matter? : Jonathan
      • Heh. I'll fix that. : TastyWheat
• w00t thanks for adding us! : helvetica
• I'll be arriving at DFW on the 12th at 12:05. : the archvile
• I'd be willing to make a taxi run by the airport on my way to the Gaylord if anyone needs a ride in the m... : omnova
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  I just got word that some stuff may get rescheduled and I may be able to still come down. : rosewood
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    FUCKING AWESOME : CoRDS
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      well, it may be : CoRDS
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        that's why I scheduled my time off way back in March. : the archvile
        • i put in my leave forms in jan :) : CoRDS
  • dang : Deathlove
  • WOOT!!! : dognose
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    welp, trip cancelled : mikecyb
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      I call dibs on sitting next to rosewoof if we go to the movies : dognose
      • do you bark in movies : GloriousCow
• There needs to be a facerape section that goes from the 12th-16th. : felicia
• god damn do i need to book my flight : Deathlove
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  re: LA meet- pretty sure i told you but in case i didn't- i'll be making it up there and will be happy t... : PlanetPerfecto
  • yes, i too would like to know when this L.A. shackmeet will be! (l.a. native here - good for recommending... : Borzoi
  • yeah, I'd really like to go to this one! Someone plan it ! :p : edgewise
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    Good idea, pp. Since neither of us have been to LA before, what would be some good spots? We need local i... : TastyWheat
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      what part of town are you staying in? Also, will you be renting a car or be otherwise mobile without taxi... : Borzoi
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        We're in LA for 3 days, so might be taxi'ing depending on what we decide to do. I believe the plan is to ... : TastyWheat
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          where are you staying? Hollywood, downtown, by the beach? : Borzoi
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            I believe he said they were going to be in Koreatown : Galadriel07
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              oh good location.....we should go out for all you can eat Korean bbq at Mu Dong San! http://www.yelp.co... : Borzoi
              • As for bars....the list is mighty loooong. Just message me. : Borzoi
              • Borzoi These are all excellent ideas, give them a bit of the LA/SoCal experience. i'd also suggest checki : PlanetPerfecto
              • corned beef gives me an instant migrane :( : CoRDS
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  i want to go :( : jenisthebest
  • Please go! :( : felicia
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    Then go! I'm going, if I can you can : dognose
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      dognose you live in Dallas, and don't need to stay at a hotel. : ArcKnight
      • Wrong, I moved 5 miles outside of Dallas : dognose
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  how do i add this to my google calendar? : RikiTiki2
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    You should just be able to log into your google account, and then select 'copy to my calendar' from the p... : felicia
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      Oop, nope. You have to do it with individual items. :/ : felicia
      • i found the shortcut, use that :D : RikiTiki2
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      oh, i saw that thing in the lower right corner and clicked that and it worked. good stuff! : RikiTiki2
      • Sweet, thanks!! : felicia
• Bump for quakecon scheduling : felicia
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  3 weeks to the day till we leave OHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAH . this is going to fucking own : CoRDS
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    Are you smuggling the koalas in your suitcase, or an orifice? : felicia
    • what would you prefer ;) : CoRDS
• I've added those people who messaged me and have added which airport they're all flying into/leaving from... : TastyWheat
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  Wow, I'm already on there. Thanks for stalking me! : nyranger66
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    Also, I'm coming in from DFW, and leaving on the on the 16th at 11:40. : nyranger66
    • Gotcha. About to leave for a pizza, but will update it when I get home. : TastyWheat
• I will be around, I will be back and fourth between other stuff while at the con this year unfortunately ... : Normality
• There is no way I can make it to Quakecon but I'll be able to make it the the L.A. shackmeet. : bobbman
• Fuck. I guess I should have a party in my room the last night, no? : freakynipples69

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  I played the demo again after getting a computer that could run it and was not entertained at all. Basica... : ovrlrd
  • yeah i bought it and felt the same. just not really my kind of game i guess. : Mansmells
• I tried to like it a few months ago. It ran alright on my mid-range hardware, but the game also bored th... : Clone42
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  I recommend you disregard this, and play Crysis: Warhead instead. It ran beautifully well on my POS at ne... : graceofdragons
  • Crysis Warhead might run better but it's not half the game Crysis is unfortunately. : abrasion
  • Crysis is clearly a better game. Warhead feels like a rail shooter. : guigr
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    I just finished Crysis and just started Warhead... Performance seems pretty similar to me on my two-year-... : nudel
    • I thought they patched crysis with some of the performance boosts found in warhead. : Turd Ferguson
  • I never even finished Warhead. :( : SockMonkeh
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  The game is quite scalable, what it's not is pretty on anything but the highest settings. : SpaecKow
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    It's pretty on the second highest settings, just not ridiculous. It's pretty ugly on medium and low, thou... : SockMonkeh
    • It doesn't look bad at all on High. However, on the second highest settings its a game that looks no bett... : SpaecKow
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  Fucking great game! Although it's STILL not silky butter smooth on my new rig :( : abrasion
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    Yeah, I tried the demo and I'm lucky if I get 30 FPS on medium / high settings and a resolution below nat... : pyide
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      Fortunately as it's an SP game, 30fps is acceptable - it's well worth it. : abrasion
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        "lucky if I get 30 FPS" meaning most of the time it's much lower and quite unplayable. I wouldn't mind a ... : pyide
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          what are the specs of your rig? I easily averaged 30fps with my Q6600 and radeon HD4850 on the crysis dem... : Prozium
          • oh, and this was at 1920x1200 on medium settings. : Prozium
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            Q6600 and GF260, 4 GB ram on W7 : pyide
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              Optimal settings button picks high for everything but I've tried medium and it doesn't improve it much at... : pyide
              • That's weird. I have same amount of RAM and a GF260, albeit on XP, and it's perfectly fine with everythin... : Conan
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              Enable DX9 mode and disable DX10, there's a switch to do it and it makes it significantly faster and look... : abrasion
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                -dx9 did give it a boost, still dropping into the lows 20s though. It seems a bit smoother overall, not a... : pyide
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                  You're not one of those guys who is firm on being in native resolution, even in games are you? I've got ... : abrasion
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                    What clock did you end up leaving your i7 at? Is it stable now? : bostrov
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                      Stock :( When something runs slow, I'll buy a new cooler :/ : abrasion
                      • haa haaa : Toraz Chryx
                      • lol : Toraz Chryx
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                        I swear I'd forgotten that I'd replied and I was posting from an unrefreshed copy of the thread. als : Toraz Chryx
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                          Stability > speed. : abrasion
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                            Maybe if you listened to me once in a while you'd have BOTH >:( : Toraz Chryx
                            • I finally got my E8500 stable at 4.2Ghz :) It ran through Memtest successfully for 8 Hours (4 Passes... : Shadowdane
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                              You want me to spend 40 quid just for some speed I don't need? I don't think so! Especially seeing as I ... : abrasion
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                                You probably can on stock cooling if your room temp is pretty chilly and your case has great cooling. B... : Shadowdane
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                                  I've done it so many times before and it's been completely fine. It is as low as 15c in this room at tim... : abrasion
                                  • i assume your setting the voltage manually?? if your letting the BIOS adjust things it usually feeds th... : Shadowdane
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                                you don't want to spend for speed you don't need? fuck off back to dualcores then! : Toraz Chryx
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                                  Hey I paid about 150 quid to get all this gear :) : abrasion
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                                    which was £150 you didn't need to spend, and bizarrely you're bemoaning £40 to make a much larger diffe... : Toraz Chryx
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                                      Warcraft 3 seems fine, that's what is important! : abrasion
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                                        Needs more Homeworld : Toraz Chryx
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                                          Maybe I'll just wait for a 32nm chip and buy one of those for 4ghz? :) : abrasion
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                                            Sure, you can wait that long, and have to spend more money, and not be able to enjoy the performance in t... : Toraz Chryx
                                            • I don't think I can be assed de-mounting a board between now and the end of the year for a cooler which w... : abrasion
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                    My native res is 1680x1050 and I like I said above, lowering the resolution didn't have much of an impact... : pyide
                    • You should be able to pull a playable framerate at that resolution with that system. Makes me wonder if t... : Conan
                    • Wow, ok resolution made huge changes here, I run 1280x800 on my 8800GT (and my 4870) at maximum DX9 detai... : abrasion
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                      you probably have AA on which KILLS performance in this game, turn that shit OFF. : spaceyme
                      • Yeah there's a reason it isn't in the advanced settings box but right there next to res. Which, again, is... : SpaecKow
            • With those kinds of specs, you should NOT be running into any framerate issues at all. : CrustaR
    • I don't think the demo is a great indicator of how the actual game will run, from what I remember, didn't... : lightly inclined
• It runs pretty well on my current system, but I always get bored after the first few "levels" : valael
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  Great game. Be sure to check out the MsterConfig: Even better visuals at higher FPS. : matthaeus
  • Use my config :P http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/Crysis : Shadowdane
• want to play it, never could. still typing on a system that could barely make this post - but really, wha... : siknsyko
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  Speaking of Crysis: Anyone know how to fix it not mapping the mouse pointer to the screen properly every ... : nudel
  • Running in DX9 mode seemed to fix that for me. : Shadowdane
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  Actually, I feel it runs much better today than it did at release on the same hardware. They did a lot o... : mrwolf710
  • yah that and newer drivers helped a bit too : Shadowdane
• Recently got a great new system that crushes it at my monitor's 1280x800 resolution, all Very High, 4xAA.... : AlexW1203
• I think I'll play through this again this weekend, its been awhile. : kelerian
• I still don't have a system capable of running it at any reasonable speed. I get 30FPS tops in DX9 mode ... : Turd Ferguson
• Meh, it was great in the beginning, then went to shit. I don't want to ruin it for anyone so I'll leave ... : JohnnyRey
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  Crysis is indeed fun but the real reason that few people bought it is because it didn't run worth a shit.... : Schnapple
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    1+ million is "few people"? : Arcanum
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      Yeah. Considering the marketing push and everything, people were expecting the game to sell multi-million... : SpaecKow
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        It sold better than EA expected. : Arcanum
        • Yeah I dunno that EA expected their game to sell less than a million copies - that would make it a commer... : SpaecKow
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        Also, breaking 1 million with a PC game is generally considered excellent sales numbers. : Arcanum
        • Apparently not good enough for the Crytek peeps. : lightly inclined
        • 1M is "barely okay". The fact that the PC market sucks enough for 1M to be good is sort of the problem. G... : uncleanmonkey
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      A few things 1. It's never been clear whether or not the 1 million figure is the number of units sold ... : Schnapple
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        IIRC COD4 sold <1M on the PC.. I'm not 100% sure about that one but I remember it being pathetically low ... : uncleanmonkey
        • That's pretty crazy when you think about it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it has cracked 1M on the PC b... : qwpeoriu
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        I wish the "ran like shit" stuff would die. The game scaled very well -- you just couldn't run it at 192... : walker270
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          When the demo came out I was running a 7800GT which at the time was admittedly a few notches below the ki... : Schnapple
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            Yah the GF7 series didn't the unified shader architecture, introduced with the GF8 series. The game ran ... : Shadowdane
            • Actually Crysis came out in 2007 so the GF7 was about two years old but your point stands about the card. : Schnapple
• I started a playthrough of Crysis on Crap but never finished it. The jist of it was single core 2ghz o... : stgdz
• The game crashing right at the end for me. : NFXFSX

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• http://www.fukung.net/v/5806/fruitsandvegetables.jpg : yosemiteclimber
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  FRAG OUT!! http://www.fukung.net/v/17449/35fd44cf5127e07f59f0bf8316699964.jpg : i poop from there
  • Holy crap I hope that was 'shopped a bit. : LemonJoose
  • That can't be real, has to be photo shopped. : Colleton
• http://www.fukung.net/v/9352/2m7xd85.jpg : indosauros
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  http://www.fukung.net/v/11224/085c769f7705fdb219d111f5cad6541c.png : indosauros
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    danger mouse was awesome. : hirez
    • i get all warm and fuzzy seeing the logo : indosauros
    • the first toon that caught my eye was Danger Mouse. he rocked : i poop from there
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    some of those are from the 60s : spiderfill
    • your mom is from the 60's : indosauros
  • Wow, the Dungeons & Dragons Saturday morning cartoon is nostalgia I would be happy to donate to 1990's ki... : LemonJoose
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    Is that a Sega Genesis? That belongs to the 1990's kids. : LemonJoose
    • It means kids Born in the 90s Genesis is definitely a 80s generation console since it came out around 19... : indosauros
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  http://www.fukung.net/v/14779/44edacc2bcf57b0186a24508b4bae9cd.jpg : indosauros
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    That's retarded. The only thing dark about that time is our record of it. : lechuck59
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      Uh, no. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages : AgentPothead
      • Notice how the first paragraph states that many historians avoid using the phrase entirely now? : datoo
      • Read the article. : lechuck59
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  LOL!! http://www.fukung.net/v/17444/5e53642f93c76a3eebd83816ec320f03.gif : i poop from there
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    lol, wtf is that?! : Ride-My-Rocket
    • its artie! the strongest man!!! in the world!!! Pete and Pete from Nickelodeon : i poop from there
  • Artie from Pete and Pete! :D : Wolfanoz
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  i am really whoring this post. NWS http://www.fukung.net/v/17445/e2a373e7896845f23eda5b87a9a66d5f.gif : i poop from there
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    thats not right : SqueegyTBS
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      grover begs to differ : i poop from there
      • giggity : Maddog_Delphi97
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  don't know what I'd do http://www.fukung.net/v/12441/ba42158f7bff35b9a298ba2ded6ef291.jpg : indosauros
  • The irony is palpable. : mystifier
  • pull the liner and replace it. : Slowtreme
• hahaha http://www.fukung.net/v/17426/c11988a984d4042647f07b4a7e83e489.jpg : yosemiteclimber
• http://www.fukung.net/v/17478/956a8e8c797ecda96d08b8a681a46c24..jpg : Wolfanoz
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  http://www.fukung.net/v/12167/khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.png : c0bra
  • what about searches for "KHN"? http://khn.ytmnd.com/ : the archvile
• http://www.fukung.net/v/5531/1014.jpg : SqueegyTBS
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  How could you arrest the creator of THIS: http://www.fukung.net/v/16706/trafficbarrelmanarrested.jpg : qaldar
  • you shouldnt....thats fucking art man....art.... : i poop from there
• http://www.fukung.net/v/11720/4e11cefdc6e86e1516d222630ab9b58d.jpg Sign maker fail. : SqueegyTBS
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  I laughed way too much at this http://www.fukung.net/v/11618/a65033e9dd5c91f0239e196633de8762.jpg : c0bra
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    Not to mention that is such a useless sign to begin with. : SqueegyTBS
    • not if you are the one about to enter it, and rounds are coming down! : Slowtreme
  • Not to mention that is such a useless sign to begin with. : SqueegyTBS
  • hehe, i lol'ed myself : i poop from there
• http://www.fukung.net/v/16424/c2c3a67e313b6199d9054fc2145a2c67.jpg : UselessHack
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  • hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! i fucking drooled laughing at that! : i poop from there
• http://www.fukung.net/v/16429/410a9a35bb8ccdfa3d764c3938536cc3.jpg : indosauros
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  http://www.fukung.net/v/11860/f3373770c52649de0ac9532e0d067d8f.jpg : indosauros
  • FUCK vi : atom519
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  oh man ahahaha http://www.fukung.net/v/14818/9f6ad1cabc51d02288de6454d39f747d.jpg : yosemiteclimber
  • guilty lol : Uninitialized
• nws http://www.fukung.net/v/2727/2839_HalloweenMask.gif : Ziz
• http://www.fukung.net/v/149/management.jpg : Ziz
• Fuck...this is hilarious. Fukung pic: http://www.fukung.net/v/9158/augher3.jpg Original Shack Post ... : zipper76

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• That's pretty fucked up. : pupismyname
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  ahahhah what does that kid yell after his dad yells? sounds like Oh My God!!! But in a Warcraft III peon ... : hirosushima
  • The guy at the door sounds like he is saying "AHHHHHHHHH There's a fat gas" : eldiablo01
• some major balls for chilling in the bushes during all that. : shackwack
• Ahah that's horrible :( : abrasion
• that's pretty uncool. un.cool.dude. : Cihte
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  it's weird the older i get, the less that sort of stuff is funny. I hope those kids get that done to the... : deathofrats
  • Thats a lot of water. : soggybagel
  • Yeah, and I hope they stay off your lawn too. : Mr.Finkster
• that's when having night vision goggles and a gun with blanks would be an excellent return prank : mmogger
• I with YouTube would disable comments completely. : Cihte
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  Those kids are gonna get caught when the local CSI unit does an ENHANCE and BRIGHTEN on the police car wi... : Prozium
  • Tubby, possibly asian kid with a bowl cut.. shouldn't be too hard to find. : snuff
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  oh god this one is so much better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlncpCJ02YY&feature=related espec... : Cihte
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    See, this was funny: it was college, it was April Fools Day, it was a prank played upon a friend. Not ran... : Bold
    • Did you watch the video? : Prozium
  • That was fucking retarded. IT'S COMING. OH GOD IT'S COMING. : fishbone
  • That was a complete waste of my time, ESPECIALLY THE VERY END. : DooBall
  • that was lame. OH NO A PUDDLE : GloriousCow
  • You really enjoyed that? Not funny at all : bozer
• Hmm watch them get caught now because they've posted it on youtube. : Edges
• poo dollar is way more hilarious : hobosapien
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  This video led me around youtube for an hour or so and I came upon this little gem: http://www.youtube.co... : hirosushima
  • that dog looks tripped out! : cygnus
• I'm turning into an old geezer, but that is fucking mean. : cygnus
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  All you guys who are saying its not cool and what not. Come on...its fucking hilarious. : soggybagel
  • I dunno, that's a lot of water. I'd be freakin out about it getting under my floors. : cygnus
  • Water damage is a pretty serious threat to your home. Having a garbage can full dumped on your floors is ... : ieGod
  • I just bought a new house, and if someone did that to me I would be incredibly pissed off - there's nothi... : Milleh
  • All you guys who are saying you don't like, cmon! you're wrong, like it! : abrasion
  • nah, feels too malicious. Ringing the door bell is a prank. Possibly causing damage and then posting it o... : lowpoly
  • That water would have to sit for some time before it started to damage the floor. : eldiablo01
  • I am guessing you don't own a home : dnuts
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDhThhrd_UY : kill9
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    all of those people are lame. of course it would piss you off if this happened to you...that's the point... : ass-street
    • I have never played a prank on anyone, I guess I'm boring :[ : aethyr
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    If it's not something you'd do to a friend, it's malicious and shitty. Even then, you should be able ... : systatic
    • Pranks on strangers ought to be more clever and ironic than what you'd do to strangers. friends. : systatic
  • just because you're soggy doesn't mean we want to be : Audhuml4
  • 10 years ago the shack would probably have a difference response. lots of people here are homeowners now... : Waffles!
• hahaha. That's a pretty cruel prank, but hilarious. : braaains
• We did this once when I was an unruly teenager. It was awesome then, and it's still awesome now! : Drewus
• I guess I do not understand why this is funny. : TreMetal
• I'll side with the "that's fucked up" guys. : StolenNosferatu
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  hilarious but terrible haha oh man that poor fucking guy : the city
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    What's the big deal, a couple towels and no harm done : llamameat
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      GOSH I don't know, how could anyone POSSIBLY get upset about a garbage can full of (wonderfully fragrant ... : Sapiens
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        Exactly, it's a fucking stupid thing to do no matter how you look at it. How could anyone say that they w... : Milleh
        • Well you know, a couple towels and no harm done, RIGHT?! : Sapiens
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      If the floors were wooden he's fucked. He'd need good insurance. : dael
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        no : papaskot
        • no? : dael
      • Or a single ShamWow! : d fluke
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  harsh but hilarious, hopefully the man was a douche and not a random guy : niceguynick
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    ya i agree. harsh but kinda funny. i also hope the man was an asshole, if not may those kids get this sam... : AMikaboshi
    • he acted like an asshole : papaskot
• this is funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwSqdL7fiE8&feature=fvw : papaskot
• lol black mold and a potential couple thousand dollars in repairs is HILARIOUS! : Lunatic Angelic
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  Funniest video I've seen in a long time - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIEHI0vfCBk&feature=related : cyclonebee
  • ahahaha : AllYourBase
  • Hahah that Ken Sander fellow is unshakable, impressive. : bimd
• fucking stupid : kill9
• Some of you guys are scary. This isn't funny at all unless you're incapable of feeling empathy for other... : afo

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  I really enjoyed the first, would welcome a sequel if they can do a good job with it. : Rasnowl
  • I loved the setting. The water was awesome and the sound was great. It's one of my fave blu rays to watch... : pimpium
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  I really enjoyed the first one. One of those where I didn't expect much going in and was pleasantly surp... : indosauros
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    same here. although i kept worrying that a cabin boy would be molested at some point : yacoub35
    • Lucky Jack does not condone the buggery. : riptyde
• Woo another one would be great. : sanchez
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  20 novel series? christ : GloriousCow
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    20.5, technically : riptyde
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      Why dat? : NastyJack
      • The AubreyMaturin novels consists of 20 books and one partly written before his death in 2000 by O'Brian,... : pimpium
  • It goes quickly. :-) : Johnny Law
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  man I loved that first one so much, would be great if they made another...not too excited about a storyli... : Maarten Goldstein
  • Have you read the books? Jack chases tail like it's going out of style. : riptyde
• Only if Billy Boyd is in it again and WETA still does the effects. : MurrayTheSkull
• That would be excellent news. Love those types of movies. : Tincan
• omgyesplz!!!!!!! : riptyde
• Oh fuck yes. I don't often get excited for movies but this really does it for me. I loved the books and I... : NastyJack
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  i accidentally master and commander instead of seeing the matrix 3 on a date. we walked into the wrong th... : BauriceMastard
  • Did yourself a favour then. : Whistler77
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    The whole master and commander? : FirstPersonCooter
    • ya, once i knew we were in the wrong theater, i got up and checked the other other one with matrix 3, it : BauriceMastard
• The first one is awesome : WhatIsThisFor
• Holy fuck yes. I've been waiting for this day for six years. THIS MOVIE MUST BE GREEN LIT. : Wisp!
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  master and commander melted my two channel amp, it is in the process of being repaired but the canon shoo... : stgdz
  • haha, thats awesome : pimpium
• I loved master and commander, a sequel would be fucking awesome. : unsound
• The first Master & Commander was the best movie that came out that year (an LOTR year too!). I love that ... : edgewise
• I think I was the only one I know that actually liked the first movie :( : moe6
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  what the hell, i thought everyone hated that movie. : mindshot
  • for me it's the crackdown of movies. i tried to enjoy it several times but never could. : [fry]
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    Yeah same here. Its actually good? : bolneze
    • Yes, very good movie. : sanchez
    • I really didn't think I'd be into it at all but it really surprised me. Good flick. : yosemiteclimber
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    Yeah I dunno what every like about it. The visuals were pretty good, but a boat chase movie didn't do it... : retardhumper
    • ??? it was like a Rebel Cruiser vs Imperial Star Destroyer!!! I loved the tactics employed, the decoys, p... : edgewise
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  Hey guys i made a joke. They should rerelease the original on bluray and call it remastered & commander. ... : aeg1x
  • You're welcome. : Perturbation
  • Not bad. : bolneze
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  There are a lot of great parts in the novels (why am I the only one who is reading them?) and unlike Harr... : locater16
  • i've read them all too, great series. they also need to finish the hornblower mini-series they did ye... : gibbo
• Loved the music in that movie. Especially the duet he played with the doctor. : Edges
• Hellyes! The world is a far better place with more movies about men under square rigged masts. : Lightzout
• awesome. the first was fantastic : hobosapien
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  yay! first is one of my favorite movies : adsriordan
  • I agree, it was fantastic. Looking forward to this new one. : phate81
• awesome news. Wish he would have done it sooner : grabbie

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  why would anyone order something off craigslist that has to be shipped to you? I would think the fact it... : AllYourBase
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    It had worked out in the past a couple times, the camcorder itself goes for >$2000 on eBay so it didn't s... : Adrenaline
    • The problem is that money is gone, had you used paypal or better yet a credit card you could do something... : pwnjoo
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      holy shit please dont tell me you sent a money order of ~$1700. im afraid this has the makings of a scam : Chandler55
      • No it was for $600 thankfully. We had agreed to that number up front and then 2 additional payments (1 a... : Adrenaline
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  "Avoid scams and fraud by dealing locally! Beware any deal involving Western Union, Moneygram, wire trans... : urban garlic
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    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : RikiTiki2
    • hi RikiTiki2! : packav
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      RikiTiki, did you ever move in with 242? : CrustaR
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        maybe 242 was helping Riki move, that's why they both missed CASINO. : packav
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          no & no : RikiTiki2
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            RikiTiki, I can write a letter of recommendation if you'd like. I'm sure with that, 242 will allow you t... : CrustaR
            • I'm not sure. He's not a coked-up 21 year old hipster girl. : ChibiJosh
  • my aunt got scammed like that :( : AMikaboshi
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  this doesnt help, but always do face to face transactions for craiglist : papaskot
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    I definitely learned my lesson, but I was just curious about my options going forward. I wasn't sure if ... : Adrenaline
    • if this is the regular scam, most likely that house is vacant / for sale / abandoned so they can just wai... : GloriousCow
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  I can not believe you mailed a money order to someone on craigslist....... oh my. : abrasion
  • seriously : opengl128
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    yeah what the fuck were you thinking? : deject
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      I guess I am just too trusting, definitely never again... : Adrenaline
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        It's an expensive lesson, but you've gotta learn somehow. : CrustaR
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          Yeah definitely, $600 is quite a bit to loose, luckily I hadn't sold my current camcorder like I original... : Adrenaline
          • Holy moly, that's a lot of dough! Do what packav suggests. : CrustaR
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            You know, I think you did ok. If you spent $600 and learned a valuable lesson from it that you carry with... : Porkasaurus
            • Good point, I was looking around and found a guy on the www.dvinfo.net forums who is selling the camcorde... : Adrenaline
  • Yep. I got that far into the post and stopped reading. : dirge23
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  Kelso is no longer the king. : Toraz Chryx
  • lol on a completely side note, seeing your name reminds of the Max Payne vs Quake 3 Monster Thread 7-8 ye... : Adrenaline
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  where'd you get the money order? if it was from a CU you may be able to get a stop pay slapped onto it. h... : packav
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    I got it my local Bank of America branch :( : Adrenaline
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      good! go talk to them asap! they should be able to help you out if you explain what happened, they may re... : packav
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        and don't let the teller turn you away with a simple no, ask to speak with a manager. : packav
        • Good idea, I will definitely give that a try! Thanks! : Adrenaline
• What? Why would you do this? It is a terrible idea because of high risk that should be obvious to anyone. : kaddar0
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  What was the address you sent the money order to? There has to be someone in the shack family that lives... : legsbrogan
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    309 King Street Appalachia, VA 24216 : Adrenaline
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      thats a tiny hamlet in the middle of the jefferson national forest. : GloriousCow
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        Yeah I just google mapped it, middle of no where. : abrasion
        • Looks like a really nice place to live though : losimagic
  • That would be awesome if some one lived nearby, it's an 8 hour drive from where I am in Maryland. : Adrenaline
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  you got fucked. There is no camcorder :( : GloriousCow
  • Only Zoul : plunkymeadows