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• haha, that was pretty good! : atom519
• lol : abrasion
• lol : sanchez
• what a great commercial : gmd
• Hahaha : magistersmax
• http://alienlovespredator.com/ : c0bra
• Hahahahaha : pigvomit
• lol, i expected that to be balls, but was pretty funny : Mr. Goodwrench
• Took me a second to get it, but that's pretty awesome : sonicdeathwalrus
• the alien's chin nod totally makes it! : ofcedeot
• LOL : Shadowdane
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  That was better than both AVP films combined : Godhatesfatpeople
  • yes. yes it was. : mikecyb
  • and more realistic! 1 Predator owns 1 Alien. : abrasion
• Hahahhahahaa : Maddog_Delphi97
• hahahah better than I expected : Draugluin
• lol : grabbie
• that was pretty funny : mrtony
• That was funny. : breadsticks
• That's fantastic. : ieGod
• Yup, pretty imaginative. : plunkymeadows
• ok that was pretty funny : deject
• Ahahaha! : yosemiteclimber
• hahaha : Milleh
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  haha i fucking love the little "sup dude" head nod the alien gives at 5 seconds in : mwasher
  • haha yeah, that cracked meup : qwpeoriu
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  Why is Predator such an asshole? : pancake humper
  • Cause he's AWESOME. : abrasion
• Good stuff. : lightly inclined
• excellent : das_runt
• hahahahahaha : halophoenix
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  Am I the only one that doesn't think flushing the toilet changes the water temp all that much? I've neve... : Freon
  • depends on your plumbing. It can be a real bitch. : supersonic potato
  • Yeah he should have turned the hot water tap on. : crummynz
  • It does this at my apartment. My previous one didn't though.. : Landrosradick
  • In the Army at one the Barracks I stayed in you had to yell "Fire in the Hole" whenever a toilet is flush... : Sailor of Fortune
• Where the hell is the predator? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J2CdRfg6cU : chungathebunga
• Hahaha that was great. : bolneze
• funny on the second time watching it too : ]pm[chem
• this made me lol : quartic0

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  No. NO. Mace, seriously, no. If there is one piece of advice that you'll take from me, and you know I'... : electroly
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    what's the alternative for gearing up though. didn't they pretty much nix pvp gearing unless you do arena... : xxiv
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      You can get two tier pieces from doing 5-man heroics as well as a bunch of badge gear. PvP gear is ind... : electroly
      • I haven't raided since TBC, but doing 10 man Karazhan was the most fun I've had in the game. Once I start... : pyide
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        Yes, if you don't care about gear, what you can do is loot and scoot, drop your guild, quit your server a... : Entity
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          Pfft, I personally carried that guild through Naxxramas. I've paid my dues. : electroly
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            not to mention I'm still in the guild and sometimes my will power isn't enough and they successfully drag : electroly
            • Lol. : D45hiz
            • lol : pancake humper
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      In 3.2 you'll be able to gear up like crazy just running Heroics and the new 5 man dungeon being released... : icking fudiot
      • Specifically, they're making all badge drops Emblems of Conquest, and the heroic daily will give 2 of the... : icking fudiot
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    Raiding is fun, don't listen to this bitter man. :p : atom519
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      He's right more often then not. : mace
      • Yes, and I agree that it's really easy to get burnt out on raiding - I'm not sure how I'm still going aft... : atom519
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        Raiding requires some dedication. It doesn't have to require that you put in obscene amounts of hours lik... : Entity
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          Link to information about the raid lockout thing? That sounds pretty interesting. I think that would he... : electroly
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            http://www.wow.com/2009/06/29/patch-3-2-raid-lockouts-extendable/ : atom519
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              Any downsides? That seems pretty kickass. Before I quit raiding regularly, we kept getting up to Freya/... : electroly
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                The downside of course is that you get less lockouts and thus, less gear per month. ie, you couldn't repe... : Entity
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                  atom519's link seems to indicate that in the following week, you can "un-extend" your lockout and have it : electroly
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                    That's news to me. Pretty handy indeed. You can reach a point of saying 'fuck it' and reset and start ove... : Entity
                    • Yeah, that actually really excites me :( Fuck. Part of the reason I quit was because I got sick of seei... : electroly
    • I raided Molten Core, like, 3 times and never did again. Horrible, horrible experience. And I felt so pat... : Cihte
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    I knew this would bring you out. I was invited to a very nice guild this weekend. Got both my characters ... : mace
    • Remember when I said that with good people, heroics are fun? I was right about that too :P : electroly
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      http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t59457-moonkin_beginner_guide_updated_3_2_ptr/ : atom519
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        I don't understand the following from that site: "Hit cap is 263 (237 for Alliance with a Draenei in thei... : mace
        • Well, raid bosses are level 83, so I assume that means you need some +hit gear. : electroly
        • You don't really need +hit for world, non-elite mobs. Bosses are all level 83 and thus you would need 263... : Entity
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          You will need to reach hit cap, this is the most important stat until you do so. You (being a balanc... : atom519
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            To clarify, the 17% hit cap is only for bosses (skull & bones) - any other mob you only need like 3% (?) ... : atom519
            • Thank you. : mace
    • mace : get rawr and play around with stats to see what works. Its a really cool program to see how gear w... : kelbane
    • TLDR: Hit, then crit, then haste. I've never actually played balance myself, but the first thing to do is... : Entity
    • Hit to cap, Spell Power, Crit/Haste depends on your current crit/haste values. : acidnynex
  • What didn't he like about heroics? Raiding in general is fine, it's more about the guild you get in ... : Senate5000
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    I enjoyed raiding. I loved being a progression guild and getting server and wold first kills, and being t... : Slowtreme
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      I loved it too. Hell, I still love it. It takes every ounce of will power I can muster to click "Declin... : electroly
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        this my god, as soon as I was turning down real life shit in order to make it on time for raids I said "f... : Majuju
        • Playing ogame was so much more life leaching than a 7 day a week raiding schedule. : Slowtreme
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    Raiding is fun with a good group. My guild finally got Ignis down on Sunday after getting our guild first... : Vincent Grayson
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20461091#itemanchor_20461091 Why did you guys skip Ignis? We alwa... : electroly
      • Ignis, Council and Razorscale are all optionals. Most groups work to get the keepers (Mim, Freya, Thorim,... : Entity
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        The first couple times we went in, we'd plow through FL, down Razorscale, and then try Ignis, but we alwa... : Vincent Grayson
        • Auriaya and Ignis are both the kinds of fights where once your group downs them once, you'll down them ev... : electroly
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  If you really really really want to know, then go to www.tankspot.com, they have videos for every boss th... : electroly
  • Also wowwiki is a good source of information if you want it in text form and not as a video. Wowhead has... : electroly
  • This was my 40,000th post. Damnit, mace. : electroly
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  www.bosskillers.com tons of info and links to videos. Tankspot.com is good usually but even if you read... : bRAINsick
  • I've used bosskillers for a long time. I think they have the fastest-to-read guides that deliver all the ... : ramshot
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  www.tankspot.com : pancake humper
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    ^^ Project Marmot is the end all be all of rading. 'WELCOME BACK TO THE ULDUAR RAID GUIDE, MY NAMES C... : squigiliwams
    • Cinderhelm is awesome. : pancake humper
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  i'm confused by this dual-spec thing ... is it worth it? i'm so torn! is it just like being able to roll ... : pointyelbows
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    It saves you the trip back to a capital city to respec (you can respec anywhere), each respec is free (af... : electroly
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      Oh, you don't have to keep re-buying your glyphs, either. Those are preserved and you have two sets to g... : electroly
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        ty electroly :) : pointyelbows
        • Also whatever spells you put on the action bar for each talent set will carry over. So as soon as you sw... : bRAINsick
  • It will set you back 1k gold, and you have to carry around another set of gear - but it's very worth it s... : atom519
• Dualspeccing tanking and healing is kind of silly. You should be dualspeccing either balance/healing or t... : Entity
• I like StratFu.com a lot, switched from boss killers. Just neater layout on the index and guides. : node
• Raiding = Hours and Hours of slamming your head against a wall to maybe down one boss. If you decide to... : Sole.exe
• Just got http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=3189 last night after hours of wiping for days. Was it worth... : spectr3

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  we love the moon. : Yanks
  • Because it's made of cheese! Cheese! *Hands shake excitedly in front of body* : Lexicon_Leidun
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  and do the other things : Slowtreme
  • nowat becaz they ah easy bot becaz they ah haad. : steelsamurai
• I chose to go see Moon on Saturday night : TroZ
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  http://wechoosethemoon.org/ 3 and 1/2 hours till separation for landing. : Slowtreme
  • this is pretty cool : trOmblyj
• Because it is there... and it's mocking us. : silent prophet
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  circa 1972 ... um hey lets forget about the moon okay guys? thanks : cap n KRUNCH
  • Can't really expect the public to remain interested after you've been there half a dozen times. : riptyde
• i chose rapture, you nerds keep your damn moon : Dave-A
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdT2HqoV198 : dirge23
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  Fucking Tru TV had a special on the moon landing conspiracy theories. It was enraging. They didn't even b... : baronzemo78
  • It would've ruined the show for showing how retarded those conspiracy's are. : ajvitaly
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  We need to blow it the fuck up already. : voodooraze
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    What would be the repercussions of blowing up the moon? : scottythejock
    • mass extinction. I saw a documentary on this once. : aeg1x
    • The Earth's axis would get all fucked up... basically it would fuck us up! : Shadowdane
    • Cheese for everyone! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      You know the tides? Yeah, they're gone. : AlexW1203
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        I think the giant chunks of moon showering down onto the Earth would fuck us up a bit more than the lack ... : MagicWishMonkey
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          as funny as your statement is, it's patently wrong. no tides --> no sea life --> no land life --> no life... : biskits
          • We wouldn't be around long enough to notice the effect of the tides on sea life. : MagicWishMonkey
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            I'm pretty sure he's right. Remember that asteroid that annihilated all the dinosaurs? Imagine we blow ... : electroly
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              what's to say we send all the shrapnel our way? use the force of the explosion to direct the chunks out o... : biskits
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                An explosion large enough to displace the mass of the moon would also completely eject Earth's atmosphere... : ChibiJosh
                • we'll just pull the moon from the other side with a chain and some hooks : Chandler55
                • another statement that probably is a bit far off. : italiano3d
              • Do like that NBC miniseries last night and use a half dozen icbms to knock a giant asteroid off course li... : riptyde
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            how would no sea life kill us, just eat some fruits and veggies in the mean time : Chandler55
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              are you familiar with the food chain? : derelict515
              • yea well we dont rely on animals, we can live off of plants : Chandler55
            • Wouldn't that mean the death of all phytoplankton, and killing most of the earths oxygen production, caus... : hatchet165
          • why would no tides mean no sea life? : GloriousCow
          • im not quite sure there would be no sea life, but the sea life as we know it would no longer exist. : italiano3d
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      Haven't you seen the newer Time Machine? : Chod
      • I Love that scene! : blue88
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      Where would all the moon chunks end up? Oh... : fishbone
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        In our tea! : c0bra
        • mmmm bet they taste better then honey in tea : notdeadyeti
    • Werewolf extinction. : Evil Benius
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      Ever see Thundarr the Barbarian? : Fyunch Click
      • Excellent. : d fluke
    • it would probably end life as we know it on earth. nothing too major... : virus
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      Absolutely nothing : rosewood
      • so so wrong... : derelict515
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        science fail, live from Kansas! : Enigme
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          Have you ever actually blown up the moon? Exactly. : rosewood
          • there's only one way to find out what will happen. i think we need to try it. : electroly
          • I have. But I was seriously tripping on acid at the time so it apparently had no long term effects. : Fyunch Click
    • We'd end up living in a Cowboy Bebop-esque future among the other planets and moons in the solar system. : ChibiJosh
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      MOTHERFUCKING THUNDAR THE BARBARIAN THAT'S WHAT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kIIc4tvtF0 : Home Nugget
      • As long as we get Moks, I would welcome the post-asteroid wasteland. : ZTac
      • this is like he-man AND star wars in one! WHATS NOT TO LIKE? : silentbobuk
  • O_o : Moonbase Commander
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    "CHA" : c0bra
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      I love that this defacement still showed up even in subsequent years! : Bold
      • that was pure brilliance : cap n KRUNCH
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csj7vMKy4EI : papaskot
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      somehow i missed this post : smegmar
      • its okay it deserves double posting as its awesome : papaskot
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    hmm, I am not sure we could do this even if we made our best effort with nukes. it's pretty massive. : ]pm[chem
    • but... have you seen armageddon? : dirge23
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      NUKE THE MOONr}]/ : scottythejock
      • AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH : scottythejock
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    somebody must stop this man. : steelsamurai
    • There's no stopping me now, my power is to great. : voodooraze
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csj7vMKy4EI : smegmar
  • It's already moving away at a speed of 3.8cm/year. That's roughly 1.5 inches. Not much, but give it some ... : Marrbe
  • You chose....poorly. : thetangent
• I'm listening to Brian Eno's Apollo album as we speak. : Lone Swordsman
• I love the internet for solidifying the conspiracy theorist movement that the moon landing was a hoax. Yo... : ajvitaly
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  From the Earth to the Moon has been added to the top of your queue. : Lunaran
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    also add The Right Stuff. : Fyunch Click
    • Hatch blower! : das_runt
    • these are easily my two favorite movies/series covering the space program. : dromo5
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    add Space Race and For All Man Kind : rosewood
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      add Robot Jox : smax
      • Crash and burn! : ZTac
• Why didn't get just choose to go to Reno or something? : DrZettl
• That's no moon..... : Wolfanoz
• I choo-choo-choose the moon : smax
• Very interesting reading http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4204/cover.html : themelon
• For All Mankind (1989) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097372/ : vx2o
• Zero zero one zero niner zero zero two. Minus. Zero zero zero seven six zero zero. Zero zero zero one ... : Lunaran
• I'm pretty sure she chose us : Snuffles-
• moonpie > moon : Prototype
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  "No one knows when or how man first landed on the moon..." : slax0r
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    One of these days, Alice... One of these days... : Amadan
    • He's just using space travel as a metaphor for beating his wife! : ColoradoCNC
  • We're whalers on the moon... : thetangent
• not because it is easy, but because it is hard. : cjcharv
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  For anyone thinking the moon landing was possibly a consipracy: PICTURES of the Apollo landers from a new... : GoodBoy
  • We've been though this and I think everyone is in agreement that if you don't think the landing was real,... : Slowtreme
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    If you don't believe the moon landing at this point the only thing that's going to convince you is actual... : hawkeye
    • lol true : GoodBoy
• Whitey's on the Moon. : sammyl
• ...We choose to go to the moon in this deCADE and do the othah things, not because they are easy, but bec : the archvile
• So awesome : dael
• "and do the other thing" what is the other thing? : radicus

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• voted : ass-street
• Voted. Good luck! : EricZBA
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  Voted again! I wonder what site JesseB is getting his votes from. : cyclonebee
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    Not 4chan, thank god. : SockMonkeh
    • I wouldn't have even bothered voting if we were up against 4chan. : one random winner
• Did vote : one random winner
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  Presidential elections are completed more quickly than this dirty apartment contest. : c0bra
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    The contest is based in Minnesota though. : tinfoilhatter
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      Yeah, I'm surprised with all the snow they've had up there this summer that the contest hasn't been postp... : one random winner
      • The only got a second senator a couple of weeks ago! : tinfoilhatter
• voted! you're up by 100 now! : zerog83
• voted! (3 times, possible 2 more later) : Korban
• Voted, pretty gross though, reminds me of my young days. : JesperKarlsson
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  LucyLuBot, be a good shacker and tell us where all the votes from JesseB are coming from. You gotta have ... : boring gegtik
  • i wish it was this guy http://www.vibe.to/vibe/95546 : Dave-A
  • Yeah, we need to know where to send the hit squad. : SockMonkeh
• voted twice! : ejectorpod
• voted from home and work. : xxiv
• Voted. Sockmonkeh is #1 with 776, JesseB is 2nd with 651. : Ride-My-Rocket
• voted again : retardhumper
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  I don't like that JesseB is my name IRL. : marmite
  • You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor! : ejectorpod
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  I don't know why but it isn't letting me vote again :( I didn't vote yet today!! I'll try again later : Galadriel07
  • When did you vote yesterday? Gotta wait until that time. : ant_hillbilly
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    I can't either, and I have only voted once weeks ago. : nodge69
    • Manually delete the cookie. In Firefox: 1) Right-click on the page, select View Page Info. 2) Click : Ride-My-Rocket
• been voting everytime i've seen a post. gl man. : AMikaboshi
• voted. now my parents cant say ive never been patriotic : spiderfill
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  We're 150 votes up on JesseB! Let's make it 200!! : SockMonkeh
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    You dirty whore. Post some gratuitous nudity or something for fucks sake. : Phil
    • I only want this if he wins, otherwise the only thing we deserve is the shame of losing to that son of a ... : ejectorpod
    • I'm at work but I'll see what I can round up, Phil. : SockMonkeh
• LucyLiubot how about a cleanest apt competition next time? I would kick ass and tidy afterwards! "It's a : Dave-A
• UPDATE @ 12:19pm EST - Sockmonkeh = 815, JesseB = 656. Keep piling on the hurt, people! : Ride-My-Rocket
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  i actually think i like m123's apartment the best. : wetard
  • er me123* : wetard
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  You don't deserve to win. That girls apartment is infinitely worse than yours. Yours is fairly clean comp... : pancake humper
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    Listen pancake humper you fucking son of a bitch this isn't about who has the messiest apartment, its abo : ejectorpod
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      I did vote...for LisaLisaLisa : pancake humper
      • yeah, that's a pretty good one. : wetard
      • Me too. : Jumperus
      • same here : lowayne
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        I honestly want this one to get some money too, so I'm voting for both every day : rbjester
        • Do it! Don't let that clown JesseB have second place! : SockMonkeh
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      You must be getting a cut, because you're easily his most vocal cheerleader. What's up with that : fishbone
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        ejectorpod is a real American. He fights for the rights of every man. : SockMonkeh
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          ^^^^ I also don't like JesseB, I know him in real life and he routinely fucks up people's lives. I saw... : ejectorpod
          • Hahah, fair enough, cheer on! : fishbone
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    I bet you hate tits, freedom and puppies. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • tits dog rocks : ass-street
  • Who gives a sweet owlish hoot! It's a silly online competition, they're not bidding to save the world fro... : Dave-A
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    I voted for SockMonkeh but it's true, LisaLisaLisa's apartment is about 100x more disgusting. : electroly
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      Not voting until I get a piece of that $1,000 : pancake humper
      • you can buy like 1000g from chinese gold farmers with your $1.21 share : electroly
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        I'll remember this should you call upon the shack for help one day. : ieGod
        • Cool man. : pancake humper
  • Are your morals or sense of internet fairness preventing you from voting from SockMonkeh? : slickdoody
• \/ : Wolfanoz
• Voted : WadeMcLain
• looks cleaner than my room. : unjustend
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  Hahah you can vote for more than one appartment!! So I voted Sockmonkeh, and then I voted Lisalisalisa... : Solstice
  • HOLY SHIT are you seriuos? yes! : ejectorpod
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    haha we should definitely try to attempt this, although we will have to do a lot by the 24th. : ant_hillbilly
    • This is Teh SHACK™!!! We can anything! Zombo ain't got shit on us! : Solstice
• Voted! : Mysig
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  holy shit, $1000 first place prize. you owe us :) voted. : i poop from there
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    Yea, mofo better at least post some damned good NWS : devnullgt
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      I have some. I am trying to figure out how to get it to you guys. : SockMonkeh
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        I have never created a torrent before, but I'm trying to figure it out now! : SockMonkeh
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          for $1000 i think you could get mercury and put it on shackspace : electroly
          • im uploading this one http://www.shackpics.com/files/PigTailsRoundAssesAllieSin_ttd98m0ih4hxvlgr5wda.jpg : SockMonkeh
• voted : Mmmmmoo
• UPDATE @ 3:47pm EST - Sockmonkeh = 882, JesseB = 679. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Voted. again since I also voted once last week. : GoodBoy
• where was that older picture of the apartment that literally had mounds of trash (for some reason empty 2... : fatbeaner
• I dunno, the guy in second has a really cool Fear and Loathing poster, but I voted for you anyway. : capt tripps
• voted. that son of a bitch is going down. : dopeman
• What do you get if you win. internet fame? : GoodBoy

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• Awesome casting. : Scalito22
• I must say, that's pretty good casting. : Haku-Jin
• What color is the throne at Hereford? : Fyunch Click
• Awesome! : uncleanmonkey
• can't fucking wait! : dromo5
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  I could not be more excited for this. HBO will have the balls to do this series right and not pull punche... : Rethius
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    Did you forget about Deadwood and Rome? I predict cancelled by Season 2 :( : ashkie
    • yeah, but deadwood and rome wouldn't have happened on any other network with the exception of *maybe* sho... : dromo5
    • I thought this was going to be a mini-series and not an actual television series? : Ellissd
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    I am entirely excited, but HBO really can't afford to go all out. They could only afford Rome due to the ... : Talonus.
    • This is what I'm thinking also and even Rome went low budget on all of their larger war scenes. It'll be ... : ashkie
    • This will also be co-produced with the BBC. : Haku-Jin
    • This is my chief concern as well. : The Grolar Bear
• I have high hopes for this show but HBO rapes its series and cancels them too soon :( : ashkie
• Wow. That is a great cast. So psyched for this. : Danny5225
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  these guys are fucked when the realize the series will never be finished : wendigo
  • Captain Doom's Day. Gotta have some hope dude. : tsuba
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  haha this was pretty much a given. He's kind of type cast but it works so whatever. : skinlab133
  • Mark Addy will have to win me over though. All I see is Fred Flintstone :( : skinlab133
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    Typecast as MAJOR BOOK SPOILER the guy who always gets killed big time : Deathlove
    • I'm not reading this because I still plan on trying the books again, but I already know what the spoiler ... : skinlab133
    • LOL. I was thinking the same thing. If he were in Harry Potter, he'd be Sirius Black, or in Mistborn, he' : shyguy74
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  Kings is cancelled, they need to get Ian McShane in this thing some how : jimmy-buffett
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    Some kind of Greyjoy. : SockMonkeh
    • Victarion! He could do Stannis too. : uncleanmonkey
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    What role, though? I don't really see him in anything other than Stannis and hes not bald so.. : ashkie
    • Hardly an insurmountable problem. : uncleanmonkey
    • Dude, it's Ian McShane. If a character doesn't exist that is a good fit, make one up. : jimmy-buffett
• They need to use Karl Urban in there somehow. He's pretty awesome, too. : Ride-My-Rocket
• looks promising! I'm torn on Sean Bean tho : Megara9
• Good casting for Tyrion. : mrwolf710
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  He better dye his hair black. : spectr3
  • More like brown. : SockMonkeh
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  i still don't know how HBO is going to afford this series. There is a huge cast of characters, the major : deathofrats
  • I dont see how they could do the series without the wolves. : ashkie
  • then again, who else would you trust to make such a thing? : spiderfill
  • For a huge amount of the series the direwolves could probably just be some dog/wolf mix. It's only when t... : uncleanmonkey
• Yes. : MuteMode
• he'll always be the guy that was ambushed by a cup of coffee : supersonic potato

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• Madness -- http://www.amazon.com/Madness-Bipolar-Life-Marya-Hornbacher/dp/0618754458/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s... : dahanese
• Reading this on my Kindle right now: http://www.amazon.com/Gang-Leader-Day-Sociologist-Streets/dp/0143114... : Serpico74
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  Giving the Malazan series again after having 2 other failed attempts to get through Gardens of the Moon. ... : ashkie
  • I've also given up on that book twice. And the first book of the Black Company series too. : Omning
  • I enjoyed book one but book two is probably the most epic feeling book I've ever read. : graah
• I need to get one of those. : thecatinthehat
• http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-After-William-Forstchen/dp/0765317583 : mrvandelay
• right now it is Rant by Chuck Palahniuk, but I heard that Ron Pearlman did the narration for "The Strain"... : fatbeaner
• Code Complete 2nd edition on the side, but I just ordered -How Would You Move Mount Fuji? -First Things... : askedrelic
• When it arrives in the mail it will be the first EVE novel. : NFXFSX
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  far too many to count, but the most recently published is Edouard Machery's Doing Without Concepts: http:... : DonkeyPopsicle
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    you are reading too many books at once to count? : dahanese
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      moment construed broadly; obviously not simultaneously. : DonkeyPopsicle
      • i read max 3 things at a time. but i finished everything -- are these text books? : dahanese
• The Supreme Commander by Stephen Ambrose. : Fyunch Click
• Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks. I enjoyed the first one, bought it because of it's cover alone, second one... : Omning
• http://www.amazon.com/Symmetry-Journey-into-Patterns-Nature/dp/0060789417/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=... : Cheeziologist
• Far Side of the World, by Patrick O'Brian : riptyde
• http://www.amazon.com/Years-Rice-Salt-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0553580078/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=12481... : hirez
• House of Chains - Steven Erickson Got about 400 pages to go, then I'll be reading Sword of Storms A... : Halen
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    Any good? Her last series showed promise then bored me to tears, and I adored her other stuff. Oh, an... : node
    • i read the first book in her last series with great difficulty then couldn;t go any farther! Just fin... : cara1701d
• Just finished The Strand, by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. Pretty meh. I'd give it a 6/10 at be... : Anti_dentite
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  No Country for Old Men. : magistersmax
  • So far I like the story, but I'm being constantly reminded why I don't like Cormac McCarthy's writing sty... : magistersmax
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  I read Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk yesterday. Wow, what a strange book. o__O : DM7
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    That's my favorite Palahniuk book, wish the movie hadn't been scrapped.. : mrasparagus
    • Mine as well. That lobster scene though, it shocked me to my core. Damn you Palahuniuk, I know it's just : Marauder IIC
• I just started reading With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa last night. It's a WWII memoir. : jason bergman
• Atlas Chugged or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Jaegerbomb : Delaric
• Gardens of the Moon. : The Grolar Bear
• The Count of Monte Cristo : jimmy-buffett
• The Garden of Rama. So far it is almost infinitely better than Rama II, which was way too much soap oper... : cornchak
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  are you going to be cooking up a batch of 2-ci after reading that ? : botch
  • 2c-e : mrasparagus
• The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters: :D http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Books-Dream-Eaters-Two/dp/055338586... : Megara9
• Started to read "The Road" : WadeMcLain
• I just finished Revolutionary Road... it was okay, but I didn't love it. Reading it also decreased my de... : eugthinks
• American Gods. I like it so far. : edgewise
• Emergency by Neil Strauss : the archvile
• Reading the Silver Chair from the Chronicles of Narnia (almost done with the whole series!) : notdeadyeti
• The Dream Machine: JCR Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal : themaestro2657
• just started tender is the night today (fitzgerald). I hope it's good! : itsjames
• The Book of the Law; by Aleister Crowley It's fucking awesome : Mr. Goodwrench
• Book 7 of Malazan, Reaper's Gale : indosauros
• Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences : andrew``
• a murder mystery my uncle wrote, not sure if its getting published or not : filthysock
• I'm trying to read A Game of Thrones, but I'm having a hard time getting into it. : dltrem
• Altered Carbon, soon to start Rendezvous with Rama : givemesnacks
• http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1610052?shelf=currently-reading : helvetica
• Der Untertan, by Heinrich Mann : woddemandred
• Hyperion II : Clay
• The Republic of Wine by Mo Yan which is absolutely incredible : eforce98
• I'm reading Neuromancer. Pretty stellar so far. : vile
• Re-reading the HHGttG series. Currently about two thirds through The Restaurant at the End of the Univers... : AlexW1203
• John Keegan - The Second World War : stump
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  House of Leaves : Modica Sol Solis
  • Which is currently blowing my mind, I should mention. : Modica Sol Solis
• Just finished Blood Meridian : kill9
• Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet : Audhuml4
• i'm currently chewing my way through this: http://www.amazon.com/Food-Cooking-Science-Lore-Kitchen/dp/068... : mindmann
• This should be coming tomorrow: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Served-Cold-Joe-Abercrombie/dp/0316044962/r... : ADSliv
• I want to start reading the Harry Potter series again, so hopefully that soon : glio1337
• Memories of Ice : graah

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  however their frosty-cino is damned tasty. : darcspeed
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    I shudder to think of the calories in those. : hirez
    • 520 cal. 12g of fat. Large. : Cihte
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      540 Calories 21g (15g Saturated) Fat 61g Sugar 270mg Sodium : acidnynex
      • ^ This is in the Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty (so damn tasty) : acidnynex
• yeah, those things always looked nasty judging by the photos. if I wanted thai chicken, Wendys would be ... : atom519
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  Spicy chicken is the only thing I'll stray off the dollar menu for. : MuteMode
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    That and the Spicy Baconator are the only things worth buying not from the dollar menu. : ant_hillbilly
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      Uhhh.....did you just say spicy baconator?!1 : Jinxplayer
      • hell yes, it came with jalapenos and had pepper jack cheese. It was godly. : ant_hillbilly
  • Their chicken club is pretty good too. : Evil Benius
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    Agreed. Why anyone would order anything other than spicy chicken at wendy's is beyond me. : wendigo
    • seriously. Their other stuff is good, but nothing tops the ol' #6 : riptyde
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  yup i was forced to eat at wendy's the other day and tried their "spicy asian chicken". nuggets that did... : EvilDolemite
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    don't order anything from wendy's except for the spicy chicken sandwich : mikecyb
    • yah that is pretty much the only thing I'll get from Wendy's : Shadowdane
    • ^^^Knows what's up : Phreakin
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      baconator + spicy chicken + 5 piece nugget : gmd
      • All at once? : anhero
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    There should be a law requiring people who bitch about HFCS be punched in the face. : walker270
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      i don't like it. it's no big deal. i'd rather not eat it if possible. i don't see why that makes me a ... : EvilDolemite
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        You're a dick by association. Bitching about HFCS is currently the "in" thing in the hippy crowds. An... : walker270
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          omfg HFCS I can't eat that I will die !!!! : gmd
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            holy shit it also has sodium omfg : gmd
            • what the fuck even is a thiosulphate I mean I can't find it in my broccoli!!! : Majuju
        • I don't know what your weird baggage is about HFCS. Do you bitch out people who prefer real maple syrup o... : heartsauce
  • I love sweet & sour sauce. : hoov1185
  • 'forced'? at gunpoint? : filthysock
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  didn't wendy's used to have big chicken strips? : RikiTiki2
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    awww they got rid of the chicken strips. laaaame : RikiTiki2
    • http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3055/search6de.gif : Lau_Dividni
• Fries, chicken nuggets, and frosties. Why do you guys buy anything else? :( : MercFox1
• I suspected as much. : pigvomit
• Oh my gods, that sounds HIDEOUS. I'd only eat that shit if I were TRYING to grow a third arm. Thanks f... : Corvus orru
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  boneless wings??? I've never even heard of this before. : moe6
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    all my wife will eat is boneless wings. she will NOT eat meat if it's on a bone. : kbnerd
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      you poor poor man. this is what happens when you get married : RikiTiki2
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        her mom and sisters are like that too. =-( : kbnerd
        • wow, you really get around. : hirez
    • you poor man. : hirez
    • "She don't eat meat but she sure like the BONE!!!" : baronzemo78
    • The bone's the best part sometimes! : focusdaily
  • Yeah, just a silly name. More like breaded chunk of chicken, fried and tossed in sauce. : pigvomit
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    it's not actually a wing, it's mulched up chicken shit covered in garbage and fried then covered in more ... : veras
    • there was a place near my college that had fucking amazing boneless buffalo wings. they were just strips... : mikecyb
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    they are from boneless chickens :( : drucifer
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      I keep trying to convince my niece that boneless chickens are real, and they are river chickens but swim ... : moe6
      • http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/5/174055.jpg : drucifer
      • hahaha : peat
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  I dined at Pizza Hut for the first time in several years yesterday. One large barbecue chicken deep dish ... : ShekkyBoy
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    Italian thin crust? Cheesy bites crust? What the fuck kind of Pizza Hut did you go to? : ArcKnight
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      You haven't seen this: http://www.losanjealous.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/cheesy-bites-pizza-7422501... : riptyde
      • This is not pizza : ghostmac
  • I'd be surprised if you only had 1000 calories. If it was deep dish pizza, Pizza Huts crams an almost un... : riptyde
• Duh? That's exactly what they looked like on the commercials... : walker270
• forget wendy's what you want is burger king's rodeo burger with extra jalapeños : snidely sid
• They aren't anything like their normal nuggets. Different meat, different breading. It's more like mal... : Zeeliv
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  re: nuggets. they raised them from 99 cents to $1.29 and they are smaller in size now :( : dignan
  • Sucks for your dollar menu. : ant_hillbilly
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    • Oh fuck that's good hahahahha : Utopia
    • lol nice : riptyde
• everyone in this thread insulting wendys is a giant faggot : gmd
• I'm not sure why this would surprise anyone. : yakz
• I've strayed from the jr. bacon cheeseburger a few times after seeing a good-looking ad, and lived to reg... : Ovate
• I haven't had the Honey BBQ ones but I thought the bold buffalo ones were alright. : slax0r
• Only thing I get from Wendy's is the junior bacon cheeseburgers and frosty's : jonin
• Speaking of fast food, those new angus burgers from McDonalds aren't very good. The meat tastes exactly ... : riptyde
• Is there a way to order a "Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty" without having to say those words to another hum... : heartsauce
• well that's unfortunate. :( : halophoenix
• See what you get when you stray from the value menu? : bolneze
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  Should I be alarmed that every time I go there for lunch and place my order at the drive thru... the girl... : snuff
  • next time don't stop as you're driving up and just snatch it out of her hands. : Prozium
• 2 Jr Bacons, 1 caesar side salad, and possibly 1 small frosty, depending on if you are in the mood. That... : mrazzino

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  My son turned 9 yesterday and we bought him an xbox 360 arcade (i had my old 20GB HDD for it) and got him... : armybob
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    There has to be a way to let him change his age right? On the EA side at least? : pun][sher
    • nope because EA pulls it's information directly from Microsoft's information on the live account. : armybob
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    already learning to hate EA at the age of 9! damn that sucks : spiderfill
    • hah yea. : humbleone
    • At least the boy's on the right track. When you're a video game company and you don't know how to please ... : Rooster Cockburn
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    How the fuck would they NOT give you a refund if they don't let you play the game? : ThomW
    • I'll find out, I've always noticed that all DLC has a "no refund for this item" tag on it so I'll see how... : armybob
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    That's a real shame, especially since the system sounds nice and locked down for your boy to keep him cle... : abrasion
    • yeah the parental controls are great on 360/Live. The only thing I wish they'd add is specific set of hou... : armybob
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    cant you make him "14" and still have those parental controls in place? : .Jayson
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      I can't adjust his age until he's 18 and I can then promote him to an adult account. I could always creat... : armybob
      • that really sucks : .Jayson
  • that blows. basically EA is letting you down. the system and your setup sounds perfect, and works with ... : greydog
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    Can't you fax EA something to get around the age registration thing? : rosewood
    • Nope, it auto registers based on you're live account http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20458208#ite... : armybob
  • I ran into this same problem. I found somewhere on EA's site that you can contact their privacy group to... : jake
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    you have a 9 year old? I had no idea. : edgewise
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17521956#itemanchor_17521956 : armybob
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        wait, you have a kid? how? : edgewise
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          lol, i probably never got back to checking on that post... he better be a Laker fan... : edgewise
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            oh man he's a huge Lakers fan!! We watched almost all the playoff games (and the regular season games I c... : armybob
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              He'll come into the light eventually. : cltcprd
              • don't try to corrupt my child with your devil worshiping ways : armybob
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    there are some serious restrictions with marketing to kids under 13. i would guess they could get in lega... : dahanese
    • Easy solution, don't market to him if he's under 13 but let him sign into the EA servers and let him play... : armybob
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  Is the demo on PS3? I heard it was extended and I haven't turned on the PS3 in 3 weeks :( : abrasion
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    there was last week i played it but then realized fps on console suck : Iwannaacura
    • you're missing out. 1943 is brilliant fun! : marmite
    • for me atleast, not trolling you xbox and ps3 homies : Iwannaacura
    • I think you mean that you suck at playing FPS's on a console. : Haku-Jin
    • This is a horrible troll : ColoradoCNC
  • Yes, the demo is on the PS3, and it works great. If you really want to, you can create multiple PSN ac... : carbontree
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  Can't you create his EA account on the EA website first before joining the game? : razlebol
  • He'd need a new live ID. Once you link your gamertag to your EA ID, it's linked for good. : FormerHPB
  • I tried that, when you do that and add a "persona" to your ea.com account it tells you to play any EA gam... : armybob
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  The maps are too big for the number of players. : Albemuth
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    Really? I actually thought they were kinda small. : theangrywaffles
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      Coral Sea can feel too big if all the action is on the far end of the island and some dick stole the boat... : ChibiJosh
      • Doh! Not Coral Sea! Wake Island : ChibiJosh
      • So join a squad and spawn on a team mate. Saves walking. : Fyunch Click
  • No way. It wouldn't be a battlefield game without some hiking involved. Any smaller and planes would be... : pigvomit
  • Since they reduced the map size from the ones in 1942, I'm wondering about your sense of scale. : Fyunch Click
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    No way, if they reduced the size of the maps it would just be like any other shooter. I like the way I ca... : trelain
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      Exactly, this isn't Call of Duty. I never liked the small Battlefield maps. : pigvomit
      • word. Stalingrad and Berlin were freaking slaughterhouses. There was nowhere to take a break from the act... : Jeepy McJeeperton
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        there were some maps that were waaaay to big for the average server though: the original Guadalcanal or t... : Fyunch Click
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          Oh but those maps were amazing with 64 players, especially Invasion of the Philippines. By the time Phi... : pigvomit
          • not denying that. I'm just recalling shack games. : Fyunch Click
    • They did reduce the size of the maps, and of course you can sprint now. : pyide
  • This is not true at all. : pun][sher
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    I think they are perfect. : freakynipples69
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      It feels like war without being a clusterfuck. : freakynipples69
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        If he hate's BF1943's map size, he needs to try out WW2Online. I spent almost 45 minutes in the back of ... : pigvomit
        • Oh shit, I forgot about that game. : mancide
        • Haha that sucks. Realism is bullshit. : bling1bling
    • Agreed, I was as wary as everyone else with the size limit but it does not seem to matter. There is typic... : hoov1185
  • and too small for the experienced players. but seriously big? man the flags are about 10 seconds apart. : thebigbeefsandwich
  • Not even close : Ebu
  • I think if the maps were any smaller they'd end up like Ascension from Bad Company. I love that map, but ... : hoov1185
  • actually I think they are perfect - and I have to say - sniping someone walking along the beach heading f... : dedgecko
  • Untrue : acheron
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    Yeah, it does. I wish they add smaller versions of the maps. Maybe they will come with dlc. : razlebol
    • Play CoD if you want a smaller version of the map - 43's maps are the perfect size to prevent nade spammi... : dedgecko
  • No. Not at all. : NastyJack
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  Does anyone know a way to stay on the same team when playing with friends? I'm in a squad with a buddy or... : bozer
  • nobody knows. Worst design decision ever. : bozer
  • I haven't messed with it enough - only just picked up the full version this weekend. : dedgecko
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    I believe you can hit the Start button in game and go to the squad assignments. : bling1bling
    • Hmmmm.... I will check this out and report back, sir : bozer
  • Also - do you guys get split up when you start the game using the "play with friends in a squad" option? ... : dedgecko
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  Hi-Jack Who's going to be up for some 1943 tonight? Impromptu Shack meet? Any particular time? : dedgecko
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    I would be down. JanitorsRevenge is the gamertag : dixieboi
    • Added - I'm BellyItch btw : dedgecko
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    There are normally several of us on sometime through the night. I probably won't play until later as I st... : mancide
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      I think you are afraid of my rifle grenades >:) : maulla
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        Yea, I think I need to cheese the rifle grenades like you guys are doing. : mancide
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          those matches pissed me off so much yesterday. you guys were down 3 players for 3 rounds and we still kep... : maulla
          • We are just that good! I had some of my best rounds yesterday. : mancide
  • I'll be on. : BongSlayerB
  • I need people to group up with add me gamertag is In my shack profile : hirosushima
  • I'll probably be online for a few matches. GT: Fobouspod : pun][sher
  • I'll be on at some point : Fyunch Click
  • are the shack games on ps3 or 360 usually? : dromo5
  • add me. gt: tpsreport : TPSReport
  • I'd be up for some BF1943... : Shadowdane
  • I'll probably be around. I got some of you on my friends list. reply with your gt if you want an invite. : silent prophet
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    • You only hear voice chat for people in your Squad if your in one... if your not in a squad I don't think... : Shadowdane
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  Post your Soldier! Go to http://www.battlefield1943.com/leaderboards and look yourself up, and post a ... : Code RedBeard
  • dang - you put me to shame http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/profile/187876370/360 : honkfrog
  • Mine: http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/profile/174404786/360 : Fyunch Click
  • Mine: http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/profile/197549391/360, although I'm not so sure this is enti... : Jeepy McJeeperton
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    EA's stupid fucking website never works. cant find myself on that page, never could. Even though i am ... : -=kodiak=-
    • I couldn't find you either. Or me. : pun][sher
    • are you logged into your ea account, and do you have it linked to your gamer tag? : maulla
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      when i log into my account it says i haven't played at all. when i search on my gamertag is says my soldi... : Mansmells
      • I'm getting the same thing :/ : yosemiteclimber
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    my soldier doesn't even show up, wtf : Shadowdane
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      Check your case? Mine didn't show up until I capitalized the H in hoov. : hoov1185
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        yah i tried Shadowdane & shadowdane... nothing found : Shadowdane
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          same. WTF? : freakynipples69
          • I think you have to be above a certain rank. Mines not showing either. : theangrywaffles
  • Apparently my W/L are dead even, and my accuracy sucks. Probably because I fly as high as I can then para... : hoov1185
  • http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/profile/201115958/ps3 : dromo5
  • http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/profile/937931/360 : mancide
  • http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier Booya! : dedgecko
  • http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/profile/201098764/360 : opengl128
  • http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/profile/104050105/360 : Haxim
  • http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/profile/191117166/360 : pun][sher
  • http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/profile/200837340/360 : soulwaxx
  • http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/profile/186917180/360 : riptyde
  • http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/178470963/360 : PoopStewart
  • I don't get it. My favorite vehicle is the Chi-Ha, wtf?? I don't remember getting any kills in that jee... : bling1bling
  • http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier/profile/185310196/360 : Silent Wolf
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  I don't normally play xbox live games with randoms... are they all filled with such asshat-ery? On Coral ... : honkfrog
  • there are smacktards, but for the most part I've done fairly well in "pubs". : Fyunch Click
  • So what, it's not like they can kill you. I do it to kill time until a plane spawns. I have seen the enem... : hoov1185
  • It's a problem - but I blame it on people that don't even know shit about the AA guns. That and it's a f... : dedgecko
• Everytime I see one of these 1943 posts, I think you guys mean the arcade game \= : shyguy74
• Am I retarded? There is a PC version right? : glio1337

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  yes. 1)go to costco 2)pick out one you like. 3) buy that one : kbnerd
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    http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11473585&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&lang=en-US : x4nth3
    • One word of advice on this TV, I've got the same model and the audio sucks. Yeah, you buy the TV for the... : chadg033
  • This is why I can't wait for costco here. : dafugg
• Buy a vizio and call it a day : rosewood
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  http://www.6ave.com/SHOP/product.aspx?sku=PANTCP50S1 It's $1100, but 6th ave has there Name your Price... : ant_hillbilly
  • actually yeah do this, much better deal than the smaller version i linked : qwpeoriu
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    What's the difference between the S1 and G10 lines/ : airrob
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      g10 has THX. If you dont care for that at all, then go for the S1. : ant_hillbilly
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        What does THX mean in that contex? : airrob
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          More options you can tweak. Consider having a service panel with a hundred more options to toy with the ... : sukabljat
          • Man, a 50" NeoPDP set for a grand. It would be so nice to upgrade TVs. I like my set but it's just a 37... : DinK
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  Also if they dont accept the $1000 offer. Here is a link to them for the same tv for $1033 shipped with ... : ant_hillbilly
  • Forgot link. http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=1461119 : ant_hillbilly
• Find sets you like the size and price of, then look up the cnet reviews for them. I like cnet's reviews b... : mn3m0n1c
• i've heard good stuff about this set: http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-VIERA-TC-P42G10-42-Inch-Plasma/dp/B... : qwpeoriu
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  Plasma. Even a cheaper plasma is better than a more expensive LCD. They're flat out better across the boa... : Serpico74
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    oh no, here we go with plasma vs LCD... : Helios150
    • Well Serpico is correct, though there are other considerations that might make an LCD the more apt choice... : mn3m0n1c
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    My room has a fair amount of glare, so I've heard LCD would be better? : airrob
    • LCDs do have higher light output; try to get a matte screen if you can (just like MacBooks, lol). : mn3m0n1c
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    Except for power consumption, heat, and weight : mroizo40
    • From what I've seen, newer plasmas have come a long way as far as power consumption. : qwpeoriu
    • Picture quality > mother earth : Serpico74
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      yeah I like to carry my tv's around alot so it's really important that it remains cool and is light. : moe6
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        hey, 50 lbs vs 43 lbs is a huge difference when you have to carry the TV in from the car and then put it ... : Prozium
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          50 lbs? My 50" plasma weighs fucking 150 lbs. : snuff
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            It must be a really old one then because most 50" plasmas from the last couple years weight around 75lbs. : Prozium
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              seriously, what's the make/model of your plasma. I'm having trouble finding any 50" model that weighs any... : Prozium
              • checked your post history and saw that you had a samsung HP-T5054 which according to amazon, cnet, and ev... : Prozium
          • <public enemy> Get up. A-Get Dooowwwn. My TV weighs a ton. </> : nudel
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        :/ I've worked with both, you'd might surprised how much heat a 50" Pioneer PDP puts out compared to a 52 : mn3m0n1c
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          but you're moving them around for a job. Few people are ever going to move their flat screens once they i... : edgewise
          • True, and I do like the plasma picture. I just hate moving the fuckers. :D : mn3m0n1c
        • I know in certain conditions that it can have it's pro's and con's. I'm just busting mroizo40's balls for... : moe6
        • 50" PDP and my livingroom gets bastard hot after a while if we shut the doors to keep the sound out/in. ... : nudel
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      I've tested my plasma and LCD's for power consumption 50" plasma = 175 watts 37" lcd = 135 watts. : edgewise
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        For reference, two comparable popular sets calibrated for proper output in a dark room (40FtL). The Panas : mn3m0n1c
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          at default settings my Pioneer plasma is too bright to look at. : edgewise
          • Yeah, the Pioneers are set up better out-of-the-box than the Panasonics, generally speaking. Too bad the... : mn3m0n1c
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    thoughts on the panasonic linked above? http://www.6ave.com/SHOP/product.aspx?sku=PANTCP50S1 : sposh
    • excellent display for a bargain price : jcupitt
• 50" samsung LCD's are always on sale somewhere, for around that price. great TV too, I always buy samsung... : Disarray
• I am very content with my 50" LG PS8000 plasma, quite a looker compared to those Panasonic plastic tvs : mbknielsen
• I just bought the 47 inch lg LCD that is on sale at best buy this week for $1079. It's 120hz, great pict... : Matto357
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  Samsung anything. Panasonic Viera Plasma. : freqq28
  • New Samsung Plasma's have a few problems from what I hear. : ant_hillbilly
• Tell me, airrob, do you know what a plethora is? : phate81
• I enjoy my 46" Panasonic plasma. Get one! : jingletard
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  50" 720p Panasonic plasma. : abrasion
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    I was about 2 seconds from buying this yesterday at Costco http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?P... : Old_Fart
    • That is what I own, I can assure you that 1080p shit still looks sweet as fuck on it. : abrasion
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  save some more and try to find a pioneer kuro : HisKillSkill
  • Question: Didn't Pioneer say they were gonna continue making next gen Kuros, but from some Panasonic part... : MeestaNob

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  My Thoughts This game was bad. Maybe not Blue Dragon bad, but bad. The combat was repetive, boring, and : cornchak
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    wasn't this game available on the GameCube? : kbnerd
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      No. The Tales series is just as long as the Final Fantasy series. : IndigoAK
      • the only one i have played was the gamecube one. : kbnerd
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    It got really good reviews because it was an awesome game. It sounds to me like you're simply not a JRPG... : IndigoAK
    • I have been playing and enjoying JRPGs pretty much the entire time they have existed. It may be fair ... : cornchak
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      I honestly haven't played a good JRPG game this generation. I almost bought Eternal Sonata after playing... : melkore
      • Lost Odyssey was actually pretty good. Not a classic by any means, but I enjoyed it the whole time I was... : cornchak
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        I disagree with everything in this post except for Eternal Sonata. Eternal Sonata is easily the worst ... : IndigoAK
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          Points we agree on: Eternal Sonata sucked Lost Odyssey was awesome Folklore was awesome Points we c... : cornchak
          • Oh, and my offer still stands to the moon and antarctica: pm me your address and I will mail you the game... : cornchak
  • I actually really enjoyed the combat system. : rt702
  • Wow. Amazing how opinions can differ on a game. : breadsticks
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    My wife says you are dumb. Vesperia rules and Persona 4 is boring. Maybe you just got your shit backwar... : hanfeitzu
    • Well, no offense, but I think you wife is an insipid dullard. How many games does she need to play t... : cornchak
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  Help me pick my next game As usual, please pick one of the following games. Voting will end when the ... : cornchak
  • Everblue 2 Just so you get it out of the way asap. If anything why not just take your list and arrang... : ant_hillbilly
  • Sly 3 Jak3 Prey any of the 3 above since they are all great. : kbnerd
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    Shadow Hearts : From the New World for big cats doing parodies of action movies : abunch
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      I am definitely looking forward to getting back to this one. It was really weird and the action ring sys... : cornchak
      • I have to admit not finishing this one. I got about halfway through and hit a dungeon where most of the m... : abunch
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    That's a lot of hours. One question though, with your giant backlog, how would you finish a game like Sk... : dael
    • My rule, (which paid off big time with the terrible Ninety-Nine Nights) is if I can get a game to show me... : cornchak
  • Prey, I hear it's pretty short : melkore
  • i'd say Prey or R6: Vegas 1. i think you need a break from JRPGs and there's a few on that last. : waxthirteen
  • Prey.. : kahuuna
  • I'll just run down the list of those I've played: Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Good music, everyth... : omnova
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    You haven't played FF7? : spectr3
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      FF12. Which to be honest was my least favorite. Even behind FF8 which I hated. : melkore
      • I liked what I've played of it. At first I was all "WTF, I'm not really playing" and then I was all "Wel... : cornchak
  • PREY is a short game and its quite enjoyable. : X-GOUKI
  • Prey is great fun. It's got floor and wall vaginas that tough monsters pop out of. : afo
  • How about anything but Prey? I stopped playing about $2.50 through. The game is boring as all fuck. : My Documents
  • Prey if you want an FPS, Earth Defense Force if you have someone to play coop with. Friends tell me Fo... : Borzoi
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    Don't play Radiata Stories if you hated Vesperia. Nearly everything you hated in Vesperia is present in ... : breadsticks
    • And the combat is actually shit, instead of being awesome like ToV's. I mean, if you hate action rpgs, an... : Vincent Grayson
  • Sly 3, I am playing the series for the first time and they're really good games. : Cowburn199
  • SKATE! : woddemandred
  • I've never played most of those so I will say Vegas or Vegas 2... also don't listen to everyone saying Pr... : mikecyb
  • Prey. Short. Sweet. Doesn't wear out its welcome. Should be a nice change of pace from the past couple jr... : beanman101283
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    "I pretty much have to play all of these so I am interested in what other people thought about them." ... : humbleone
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      Well, it's self-imposed. I am beating all of the games on my backlog before buying new games (with some ... : cornchak
      • I wish I was able to do that actually.. The only way I would be able to avoid buying new games, was to s... : humbleone
  • Skate. Prey was ok, but Skate was great and you'll get a hell of a lot of play out of it. It's also a g... : boarder2
• 31 game backlog? I've already fully finished 24 games this year not including any sports games played. : sigpro
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  i can't believe you beat this game already. : Mr.SEX
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    also thanks for this review because i was considering getting this game if i could get it for cheap but i... : Mr.SEX
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      I'm surprised you gave it even a passing thought based on your apparent disdain for the genre. : omnova
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        i am in the middle of persona 4 right now and it's great! also i enjoyed a bunch of the snes and a few p... : Mr.SEX
        • I'd rent it, many of his points are just his opinion but the majority doesn't rule in his favor. I would... : breadsticks
• Read this and made a list of what I have to play in my backlog just for fun 39 games... I need to stop... : razlebol