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• fuck this game looks so great I can't wait. : RogerDandy
• I can't wait for this game to come out. I will probably spend the entire holiday season addicted to it. : theangrywaffles
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  This is the first thing I've read about the game but it sounds pretty cool. It's coming out for pc right... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    It's not like the founder of Shacknews sold the site and left to go work on it or anything i mean jeez : Dave-A
    • I've known about the game and the basic premise but I never read any previews about it. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  weeee sounds great, this is coming to the pc right? : cptstern
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    It's not like the founder of Shacknews sold the site and left to go work on it or anything i mean jeez : RogerDandy
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      shackfounder : deject
      • which founder is this : tomservo
• Awesome, I didn't know it had all those rpg elements. On my face please. : shortbuscaptain
• yes pls. now. right now. : Fyunch Click
• I love the style and can't wait to try it out. : .frame
• It looks great. I can't watch this video yet. The previous gameplay footage sort of softens the hype ... : jet-poop
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  Ok I was only mildly interested in this before because I loved the art style but not so much the setting.... : Begawkiness
  • it does sound nifty now. : hamachi
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  DIe-ob-low? Dee-ob-low, learn to say it right dude. the more i watch the more i want 3rd person. :( feels... : BauriceMastard
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    For some reason I feel like it should be third person too : Begawkiness
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      I think it's the open world aspect, I just want it to feel like Crackdown, GTA, Red Faction G or Saints R... : BauriceMastard
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        Fallout 3 works fine as a FPS. I couldn't even play it as third person actually. : freakynipples69
        • Its pretty bad in 3rd person. Only cool to look at your guys but compbat is terrible. : Sgt_Boomstick
        • Fallout3 works because of vats and the general more RPG'y style of play. BUT done correctly fallout3 coul... : BauriceMastard
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    I noticed his pronunciation as well, how weird. : chungathebunga
    • If you cant pronounce it, you cant emulate it! : spiderfill
  • And Gearbox is in Texas. There's enough people that speak spanish here that he should know the proper wa... : mrwolf710
• Thank god there is a variety of environments. I was starting to worry it was all gray wasteland. : silent prophet
• This is not the game I was expecting it to be. This was a good read: The inner OCD MMO junkie in me is no... : Entity
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  * H E L L G A T E L O N D O N ' D * ? : mwasher
  • I doubt it. This looks more like an FPS with RPG elements than a RPG with FPS elements like Hellgate. If ... : pyide
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    Also, it doesn't look like it will suck. : deject
    • agreed. i really hope that is true. : mwasher
  • I thought the same thing when I saw the first gameplay vid : ]pm[chem
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  Please don't suck. Please don't suck. Please don't suck. PLEASE DON'T SUCK!!!!!! : Matt Burris
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    It won't. I have the power to just know. I'm always right. : freakynipples69
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      If you had the power to know what wouldn't suck, why the fuck didn't you warn me about my wife?!?!? : RomSteady
      • Women are an entirely different beast to video games. : Matt Burris
      • applies to video games and transexuals only. I could have told you if you wife had a penis or not, that's... : freakynipples69
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  That guy Randy is interviewing, he EXUDES passion for his game. It is so nice to see that in a developer... : Matt Burris
  • the giant bomb guy is inverviewing Randy Pitchford... and yes, Randy is very excited :D : zerog83
• I'm super excited for this. Gearbox has come a long way from making Half-Life stuff. Good for them. :) : tomservo
• Too much interface. I don't need to see 16 damage each time I hit something. Although they might end up... : neokolonial
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  Damn. Looks better than I thought. Is this PC right off the bat? Or XBox first? : vile
  • I think it's multiplatform release, isn't it? I want to get Xbox 360 for comfort but I have a feeling ... : freakynipples69
• Looks good! : project13
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  I say if Gamefly ever kills the Shack that we all move to GiantBomb. : mrwolf710
  • I agree. : ashkie
  • Sounds good to me. Love the podcast. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  Do they really have a 117 part Let's Play of Persona 4? Holy shit, that's hardcore. : slax0r
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    My friend claims to have spent over 100 hours on that game. : Sailor of Fortune
    • Oh, I believe it, and I can easily see that with JRPGs. I've got something like 80 hours racked up on FF... : slax0r
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  Very nice! But there isn't enough info coming out for the game. How many players for competitive ... : razlebol
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    Do you not LIKE mods? : AxeMan808
    • Hmm yes. I'm talking about a mod system for guns. : razlebol
• I would've liked to see more gameplay while they were talking, but I'm still hard looking forward to this... : AxeMan808

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• The five people you meet in heaven The Last lecture : Iwannaacura
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  The Design of Everyday Things. Covering some basics of functional design. http://www.amazon.com/Design-E... : spiderfill
  • that was actually the set-text for one of my computer science classes : captfarrell
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  Read A Game of Thrones. It is the first book in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. The ... : SockMonkeh
  • I'll put my money on boner-inducing. : RogerDandy
  • I need to read this : Patch-e
  • I have it in my pile of books to read. It came in my WE. : DrZettl
  • I second this : sexydingo
  • I'm currently reading that for the 3rd [maybe 4th] time : captfarrell
  • i don't normally read fantasy but i did really like this. i tried reading the second book right after bu... : dromo5
  • This is totally true. I literally read it the first time because I couldn't sleep and fantasy is usually ... : uncleanmonkey
• The Lies of Locke Lamorra, The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, Snow Crash, Dante's Inferno, Treasure Isl... : Megara9
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  God Emperor of Dune Unfortunately it would require reading the first 3 Dune books for it to have as mu... : hawkeye
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    Really? I stopped after the 3rd because I heard that the 4th kind of derails the series and isn't as good... : Ebu
    • 4 is almost entirely talking and a large part of that talking is the God Emperor thinking to himself but ... : hawkeye
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  A Wizard of Earthsea - It's aimed at children/preteens, but I reread it every few years and enjoy it ever... : ZTac
  • ^ probably the only book you will ever read written by an author named "Ursula." : c0bra
• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn It's not my favorite book but I think everyone should read it. It's just one of : wtf242
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  Guns Germs and Steel was pretty eye opening when I first read it. : MagicWishMonkey
  • According to the author, an alternative title would be A short history about everyone for the last 13,000 : MagicWishMonkey
  • I've been making slow progress through it and it's an interesting read. : hawkeye
  • it took me like 2yrs to read this on and off, but it's an excellent book. : gokart.
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  the Phantom Tollbooth - because it is the best book ever. : whippedcracker
  • this is where i learned the word Dodecahedron and the phrase merciless cunt : spiderfill
  • Loved this book as a kid! : tcxsnoop
• Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard. It's an epic tale of romantic adventure written in 1893. : helvetica
• The Oblivion Society and John Dies at the End. So awesome. : Rehevkor
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  Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy. It's a western about the violence inherent in human nature. : dirge23
  • I love Blood Meridian, but I don't think I could convince anyone to actually read it. : thecatinthehat
• Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It's a classic of Science Fiction/Humor, and unless yo... : Ormsbee
• The Giver, it's a young adult book yet I will never forget it and it got me into reading literature. It's... : shortbuscaptain
• I really liked SPHERE : GBeer11
• Elizabeth Haydon - Rhapsody, high fantasy of the sublimest kind, a Bard and Assassin and a Furbolg travel... : graceofdragons
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson : mysled
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  One Second After - It's about living in a small town after an EMP takes out electronics in the US. : mrvandelay
  • Seconded. Great read. : trebarg
• Favorite: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quintet by Douglas Adams A Good Read: Empire by Orson S... : RomSteady
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  The Fountainhead : ra1n
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    i am so fucking angry we share the same favorite book because i know we like it for entirely different re... : dahanese
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      everyone sucks but me? : thenoodleincident
      • huh? there was a thread where ra1n expounded on his philosophy re: that book and it made me kill a kit... : dahanese
    • Maybe we can share our lives together, too? : ra1n
• Everyone Poops - by Tarō Gomi. Its all about pooping : retardhumper
• illusions - richard bach short book discussing the illusory nature of life and the power we have in ou... : liquidlies
• Terry Pratchett : Small Gods. Screamingly funny, wise and witty. : master_disaster_17
• I know you asked for one, but Ender's Game and A Game of Thrones are my two must read books. : airrob
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  A Prayer for Owen Meany. : hmesser
  • awesome book : SeanJuan04
• I, Claudius by Robert Graves. : nevicata
• Moby Dick : tashtego
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  The Everlasting Man - by G. K. Chesterton Written as a response to H. G. Wells' Outline of History, th... : c0bra
  • You can read it for free online here: http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/chesterton/everlasting/conten... : c0bra
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  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is a book everyone should read. It's just a fantastic book. : mmogger
  • ^ This. : Adm.Snackbar
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    I never finished Catch-22, I made it about 1/3rd to 1/2th the way through and lost interest. : acidnynex
    • you made it further than me. It just seemed like it was deliberately trying to confuse. : captfarrell
• Hagakure : Mr. Goodwrench
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  The entire Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series (including the Dirk Gently series) by Douglas Adams. A... : m0nkz
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    Only if you must, it's really tragically boring :( : Paranoid Android
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      ahahahah, A+ : mmogger
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        9 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and change it took, waiting for that moment. : Paranoid Android
        • and you've just been waiting for it, much like Marvin : mmogger
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      Rofl, you're my new favorite poster :D : m0nkz
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        I think there must not be many of us who've read Hitchhiker. : mmogger
        • That's really strange because I thought it was a very popular book : m0nkz
    • It's like the planets just aligned on my face. : Phil
    • lol. Bravo sir, this post is amazing. : Ormsbee
    • hahaha well done : Arctic Fox
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    i've read all the books before but this just prompted me to go buy the audio version of restaurant at the... : dromo5
    • You should check out the BBC Radio drama version of the series, it's awesome. : m0nkz
• Time Traveller's Wife Kafka on the Shore : dahanese
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  Kindle Link = http://www.amazon.com/Open-Heart-Practicing-Compassion-ebook/dp/B000SEHT48/ref=ed_oe_k I... : Phil
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    other Kindle links of books I like: http://www.amazon.com/Altered-Carbon/dp/B000FBFMZ2 http://www.a... : Phil
    • I have to strongly agree with the Cryptonomicon/Snow Crash suggestions. Lots of fun to read. : Ormsbee
• The Stranger by Camus All the mother fucking Harry Potter books Shogun by Clavell Nausea by Sartre : thenoodleincident
• A Short History of Nearly Everything : indosauros
• Mein Kampf or The Communist Manifesto maybe? : retardhumper
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Man commits murder, very pschological, one of the greatest wor... : Lexicon_Leidun
• I just finished Middlesex, and it was highly entertaining. : digweed014
• There isn't one. There are a lot of books that are freaking amazing, but no book is going to be right for... : Ebu
• Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace is a book that recently kicked me in the gut. I... : sgtsanity
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  either Stumbling on Happiness or Fooled by Randomness. Both are 'popular science' books. The first is w... : DonkeyPopsicle
  • as for fiction, Moby-Dick is the best novel ever written. Read it non-allegorically. And if you're : DonkeyPopsicle
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  The Bible. : theangrywaffles
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    TLDR: Happy Ending? : Lightzout
    • depends on whether your Kirk Cameron or not. : Fyunch Click
• Bookmarking this awesome book thread :D : Arctic Fox
• Wow, super awesome. Glad people felt like recommending some books, keep it up! I realize that people are... : sammyjojo
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  Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison Short story collection themed around modern gods. Neil Gaiman cites ... : jet-poop
  • I just picked up a first edition hardback of this a month ago. It's in pristine condition, 34 years old. : jet-poop
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  Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. Mostly indescribable, but fantastic on several levels. : bipolar
  • also, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. An examination of the problems the author has with west... : bipolar
  • Damn. This was my pick : hamachi
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    i just picked this up on your recommendation bipolar thanks! : boring gegtik
    • Let me know what you think! : bipolar
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  The Odyssey by Homer : grandmasterlee
  • In Latin if you are core. : Lightzout
• Some SciFi: By Larry Niven and/or Jerry Pournelle: Ringworld Mote in God's Eye Lucifer's Hammer ... : rt702
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  Kurt Vonnegut's Timequake - hard to describe, but I've always considered it the book I'd shoot into space... : Vangoghs Ear
  • Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, really. There's nothing of his I haven't thoroughly enjoyed. I'd highly re... : Danny5225
• The Stand by Stephen King. But do yourself a favour and get the complete and uncut version.Y : Solstice
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  1984. : On the Brane
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    Avoid this book at all costs. It taught me to hate the world we live in. I was much happier before seeing... : Marauder IIC
    • You should read 'Brave New World'. : Danny5225
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  If I may, sammy, I'd suggest you take a look at Pandora's Star, and if you like it, the sequal, Judas Unc : LoioshDwaggie
  • They're good, but the Night's Dawn trilogy is his best work. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle. I hope one does not look down upon this because of the movie. I don' : King Kavik
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    Oh my god I suck. How do I do the spoiler things? : King Kavik
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      o left bracket spoilter stuff right bracket o No space between the o and the bracket. : LoioshDwaggie
      • omit : King Kavik
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  Jimmy Corrigan The Smartest Kid on Earth : hirosushima
  • I thought you meant Billy Corrigan for a sec, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he wrote an aut... : MagicWishMonkey
• some free short stories? Grab some of Poe's stuff. Like 'the pit and the pendulum'. Its a bit difficult t... : filthysock
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  'A Perfect Day For Bananafish' by J.D. Salinger isn't a book, but it's an excellent quick story to read t... : Danny5225
  • What a fucking horrible story... as I finish reading the last sentence. Would of been great without that : King Kavik
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  pushing ice by alastair reynolds.It's hardcore science fiction space opera at it's best. Go read it (And ... : ysbreker
  • I thoroughly enjoyed the Redemption Ark series. I was also interested in his other works and stumbled up... : kpxkrnjc
  • I've read all of his books, and that was the only one I didn't like. I really didn't like it. For a stand... : GreatGooglyMoogly
• Also, something you're not going to hear too much about, any of Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John stories ... : jet-poop
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  Hesse's Siddhartha was the last thing that really got in my head. Themes include balance, rebirth, intros... : wasylm
  • Siddhartha is truly a classic. : nrgXs
• Dark Tower series. Getting ready for a second reading after summer session is over. : tcxsnoop
• The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. It is at once, a classic SF story, a social commentary, and a love st... : cerealSAM2
• The Night Watch by Terry Pratchett. I think it was easily one of his best novels : kpxkrnjc
• American Psycho. : bimd
• The Shadow of the Torturer (and the series is The Book of the New Sun). Gene Wolfe. : steelsamurai
• I don't really have a favourite book, but one that really stuck itself to my brain was Salman Rushdie's T... : GreatGooglyMoogly
• Quarentine by Greg Egan The solar system has been encased with some field that blocks out all the star... : ghost hacker
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  Old Man's War. It's about a guy who gets drafted for an interstellar war against another species. Due ... : ColoradoCNC
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    you mean The Forever War : QMS|superdave
    • Oops, yeah. The Forever War. I just read that and Old Man's War and always get the names confused. : ColoradoCNC
  • yeah john scalzi (sp?) is pretty good : proclone1
• Halo: The Fall of Reach. This book was a lot of fun to read and I liked space battles in the Halo univ... : Sailor of Fortune
• I have to say that a reading list like this makes this Evil Corporate Overlord proud of the Shack!. : ECO
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  Neuromancer and The Elegant Universe. Neuromancer is a cyberpunk book about... cyber punks basically. ... : vile
  • These are actually just the last two books I read, both chosen based on significant Shack praise. I stand... : vile
  • If you want a great, easy-to-read book that is about as all-encompassing as A Brief History of Time, I st : Arctic Fox
• Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. Just a fun and mostly uplifting story about a guy who deserves more... : Spezzer
• I'm going to second Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. Aside from being funny and entertaining, it presents : Arcanum
• Old Man's War, by John Scalzi . If you like science fiction. hmmm, also read Dies the Fire by S.M. Sti... : hmonster

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  I can't tell the difference. : Drewus
  • PS3 version looks like it's been AA'd to hell and back. : acidnynex
  • go to the link there's shots of how low quality the textures look on PS3 version water also looks much... : quadalupeupe
  • I visited the website and did the rollovers Yeah, now I can tell the difference. : Drewus
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  there're many many multiplatform games that run better on the 360. It's really not surprising. : TPSReport
  • I got bad company for both ps3 and 360 and the PS3 version looked better...the tree textures were clearer... : quadalupeupe
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  Pffft. Only difference is the colors. The 360 shot looks a little more saturated. The pictures are pra... : jahulio2
  • you can definitely tell in the examples in the link... the 360 has higher res textures. the 360 also see... : kch
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    if u check the link the PS3 has much lower res textures and is missing a layer of bump/normal mapping. : Shadowdane
    • I see it now! : jahulio2
• Doesn't everything? Sad thing is the PS3 is suppose to be the better speced hardware. : freakynipples69
• PS3 has more clouds : watcherxp
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  This is one reason I'm hesitant to buy the PC version, no chance in hell it will run anywhere near as wel... : acidnynex
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    on your system? I don't understand. : malloc
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      I have it on the 360 already, my PC can barely run a WoW raid at 1680x1050 with minimum settings. : acidnynex
      • ok gotcha. hopefully it won't be long that a $400 pc can outdo a $400 console graphics-wise. : malloc
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        Well BF43 only runs at 30 FPS @ 1280x720 on the 360. You don't think your PC could swing that? : pyide
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          Weird, it has 1080p support. Is it just upscaling 1280x720? My PC could probably do that, but fucked up a... : acidnynex
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            The 360 doesn't run games at 1080p, it just upscales to that res. : Whistler77
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              Should note that the PS3 does this as well. Don't know why I singled out the 360. : Whistler77
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                I think there are a few games on both platforms that sport native 1080p. On the PS3 it's mostly the 2D do... : pyide
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                  I knew the PS3 had a few 2D games, but I didn't think the 360 was actually capable of 1080p games at all. : Whistler77
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                    It's quite common for XBLA releases of old N64/Playstation era games. : uncleanmonkey
                    • Yeah that's right. For some reason I thought the 360 could only do 720p and then upscale to 1080p. : Whistler77
            • Some games do run at 1080p actually. : uncleanmonkey
            • Not true. : Fred Garvin
• They both look like iphone games. : egg5hen
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  Who cares? It looks like shit either way. I like the color palettes, since they are much more refreshi... : theangrywaffles
  • It looks better than anything I can run at 1920x1080 on my PC. : acidnynex
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    yeah man, it's like i'm playing a fucking Atari game or something. Blocky, shitty looking graphics and al... : Drewus
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      Its Arcade shooter. I'm not sure what people expect for $15. : theangrywaffles
      • Its an Arcade shooter, too. : theangrywaffles
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  Colours a bit more bland on the PS3, resolution I can't spot - at least in a pic that size. : abrasion
  • Check the link. Bigger pictures. There is a bit of a difference. : jahulio2
  • and Ps3 has microphone problems :( : quadalupeupe
  • 360 version definitely has better textures. : pyide
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    The 360 has 512MB of video memory as opposed to the PS3's 256MB. So no wonder the PS3 has blurrier textur... : Drewus
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      The PS3 has more processing power *in theory*. By the time you use all of that to do various graphics tas... : uncleanmonkey
      • This I didn't know : Drewus
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        you got this info from the avsforums from a poster named joker454 http://archive2.avsforum.com/avs-vb/sho... : quadalupeupe
        • Uh...No I didn't actuall... If two different people mention the same well known fact, then it's probably ... : uncleanmonkey
• they look pretty close to me. 360 has more contrast though. : bakanoodle
• It looks pretty crappy on both so what's the big deal? : SockMonkeh
• Why the FUCK would you use a compressed jpg when comparing picture quality. That whole picture has jpg ar... : OverloadUT
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  I love how 42% in that poll still thinks the PS3 is better... : uncleanmonkey
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    your wingman won't rrod on you : Chandler55
    • I assumed the poll was about graphics, since that's what the page is about. : uncleanmonkey
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  Why do cross platform games always look a little more desaturated on the PS3? : PointlesS76
  • i wonder if they enable RGB Full range to full instead of limited my games look much better when its o... : quadalupeupe

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  wut. : Yanks
  • retranslation: In Win7, is there a way to display a hard drive's free space in the status bar of Windows ... : suqur
• View as Tiles or Content. : mrvandelay
• my head hurts from this. : rmjackson
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  I complained about this for 3 months on the Windows 7 feedback forums, the ONLY way to get drive space fr... : abrasion
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    (for what it's worth a shitload of others were complaining with me too, obviously other people who actual... : abrasion
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      Microsoft saw how stupid your drive naming conventions are and took it out. Sorry. : Goalie
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        Changed them since that picture actually, thanks to the last thread on it. : abrasion
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          Explorer has always sucked. Is there a good 3rd party alternative? I haven't found one :( It can't b... : unjustend
          • I use xplorer2 pro; great Explorer alternative, customizable, and super cheap compared to the obnoxiously... : buroja
  • I miss being able to tell how much space I have at a glance... thought I'd missed an option somewhere but... : nephilem
  • The best part, for me, is that if you have your hard drives linked in the "Favorite Links" pane and you r : electroly
  • Can you shift-right click on folders and get an "open command prompt here" in Win7 like in Vista? I do th... : mroizo40
  • whoa, even osx still has that free space listing : fsck
  • If it's like Vista it shows up if you set focus on the right part of explorer, but not on any file or fol... : SilverSnake
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    Yea, what gets me is that if you select a bunch of files it won't tell you the combined file size. Th... : Ebu
    • OK that will irritate me a lot : Begawkiness
    • Then it definitively sounds like they've removed features from the status bar since Vista. : SilverSnake
    • This place fucks me off ebu, I complain about the same thing 6 weeks ago and end up with a 150 reply subt... : abrasion
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      It does for me in my status bar and you can also right click properties and it will tell you the combined... : sigpro
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        Oh I do it this way since XP doesn't bother giving you the subfolder combined size. As long as the proper... : ieGod
        • Oh, yeah, ditto. Phew! : Begawkiness
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          I have no idea what they are complaining about, unless I totally misunderstand what they are trying to do... : sigpro
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            That is not the status bar. That's the humongous info field. The status bar is this non-retarded one-line... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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              Functions the same and doesn't look like shit when using aero so yeah I'll call that my status bar even i... : sigpro
              • It's huge and lists a lot of irrelevant metadata. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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      What!? I use that feature multiple times in any given computing session. God damnit. : ieGod
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        Rubbish, you don't use it, you're dumb lol - who uses that nowadays lol lol, how is classic mode working : abrasion
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          Hehe, it's funny how you can voice the same complaint at different times and the reaction can vary from a... : nudel
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            It pisses me off, I like consistency and predictability - in my computers, my software, my file system, e... : abrasion
            • Hehe, don't be too hard on them, Microsoft ignored almost all of the feedback anyway because by the time ... : nudel
    • I'm so used to dragging over a group hitting right click/properties I don't knew when if ever MS added a ... : Slowtreme
    • yeah, that pisses me right off : moshman
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      Same in Vista, except that it sometimes worked there. But only sometimes. For no discernible reason. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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        Apparently, it's like this in 7, also. After seeing aggressor's post I checked and some of the directorie... : Ebu
        • Which folders did it not work in? It's worked in all the ones I've tried it in so far. : sigpro
    • What? It does for me: http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6181/60295250.png : aggressor
  • Nah this is one of the times I'll agree with you. It's dumb to remove it especially since there is so muc... : Chod
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    your drive naming convention is a fucking abortion : Degenerate
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      Now that's more like it, this is what I'm talking about - thank you. : abrasion
      • no problem sir! : Degenerate
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        Not to mention classic looks horrible in Win7 : melkore
        • Not to mention classic looks horrible in Win7 : zerog83
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          Exactly, I think it's far more consistent we discuss this than the issue at hand, you guys had me worried... : abrasion
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            I'd have to check from home with my Win7 boxes but I've never noticed the size status being removed in 7.... : melkore
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              To be honest, the free space is the icing, the real issue is the 'calculation' when you select 5 files an... : abrasion
              • You think their calculated size is off when you select multiple files? : Dave-A
              • Look at my post above. It does if you aren't using classic mode. : sigpro
      • And you should be using Opus instead of Explorer, you convict!! :-) :-) : nudel
  • Just click on My Computer. It'll list free space for all drives :) : cltcprd
  • Have to admit that is a pretty amazing omission. : Conan
• Computer shows me the space free by default with a bar under the drive letter : melkore
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  can you click computer? : Slowtreme
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    Incredibly in-efficient if you do a lot of file work. : abrasion
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      I didn't even know XP tells you space left on the drive. I use it every single day at work and I can't sa... : Slowtreme
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        You're the minority, most people who actually work in explorer a lot use that feature all the time, it's ... : abrasion
        • i really don't think you can comprehend just how much I use explorer, moving data, searching strings, fil... : Slowtreme
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          i hate explorer, been using powerdesk for like 10 years now. it's basically like a new version of file ma... : brainchild420
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            I've been using Xtree for 18 years now, microsoft STILL don't ship it with every copy of Windows, so I ca... : abrasion
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              Wait... what? You rely on shitloads of third party software, why would the file management be different? : electroly
              • I mean, the first thing out of your mouth any time you have a problem is "CAN I GET A 300KB THIRD PARTY E... : electroly
            • XTree Gold was an MS product? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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        Me either. I wonder if it's because hard drives have gotten so big that I rarely get close to filling the... : Dave-A
        • I seem to acquire enough data (+ backups of said data) to fill up whatever amount of storage I put in my ... : nudel
      • yah I never really noticed it... granted I've always had a pretty good handle on how much space I have o... : Shadowdane
    • I have a shortcut in my taskbar. Easy peasy. : MagicWishMonkey
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      Have you ever considered using a third party file management tool like a Norton Commander clone? For som... : electroly
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        How delightful is it, exactly? : MagicWishMonkey
        • About this much [-------] : electroly
        • quite nearly as delightful as it is excellent : mmogger
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        I can do things in Ztree so quickly it would terrify you, but Ztree isn't installed on all OS's - and tha... : abrasion
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          I highly doubt that it would "terrify" me but I'll let the point stand. (I type 140WPM sustained and I u... : electroly
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            christ, what file manager do you use, out of curiousity : mmogger
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              GNU Midnight Commander. It's an open source clone of Norton Commander. http://www.midnight-commander.... : electroly
              • oh man f5 being copy would fuck me up. I'm used to f5 being refresh in everything. : sigpro
            • He uses midnight commander. it's this delightful [--------] : MagicWishMonkey
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            I work in support man, I use up to 500 different computers a year, otherwise I'd completely agree with yo... : abrasion
            • So your technical brain is unable to adapt? Tsk ;-) : electroly
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          Use backspace instead of an up button. So much faster : melkore
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            Backspace doesn't do the same thing as the up button. It goes back in your history, not up the tree. : electroly
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              Well if you need to go up a few level the breadcrumb is pretty awesome at that. Click the folder you wan... : melkore
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                The location of what you just described is in a different spot each time........ the up button is consist... : abrasion
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                  You know about the Alt-Up keyboard shortcut, right? Once somebody told me about that keystroke I stopped... : electroly
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                    Yeah I do thanks man but I'm not used to it, my hand is generally on the left side of the keyboard and th... : abrasion
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                      They need to make AltGr-Up work as well. At least then, when I'm doing some "late-night file manageme... : nudel
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                        If you're on an American keyboard, the right Alt does indeed work for Alt-Up. Sorry for you guys with we... : electroly
                        • Damn you! First you dump our tea in the river, now this! You've gone too far! : nudel
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                  you play War3 and yet you can't click a target unless it is in exactly the same pixel place every time. d... : Slowtreme
                  • based on my current win record, you'd think so :( I lost 6 in a row the other night, SIX. : abrasion
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              From Vista and onwards yes. That pissed/pisses me off even more. Let's change something that's been estab : GreatGooglyMoogly
              • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : abrasion
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                Indeed, you can turn off all the toolbars and even the menu bar if you don't want them in Opus. :) If ... : nudel
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                  hmm, I think I'm going to use this if Microsoft doesn't reconsider adding more details to the status bar. : razlebol
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                    Here's a useful thread if you're interested in status bar tweaking, linking to my current status bar: ... : nudel
                    • Hmm. That does look pretty sweet. I'm going to give the trial a shot. : razlebol
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                  Yeah I've done all that jazz. Thanks for suggesting looking into Opus again btw (I think it was you). ... : GreatGooglyMoogly
                  • Oh neat, I didn't realise that Ctrl-Tab worked between top-level windows too. I've always used it to swit... : nudel
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          have you ever put your cursor on the breadcrumbs bar? Because it's just a file path bar + UP button when ... : Slowtreme
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            To be fair to abrasion, there is not an up button anywhere on the breadcrumbs interface. There's that dr... : electroly
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              Sure there is, just click on the folder section you want to navigate to. It can be pretty frustrating occ... : MagicWishMonkey
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                You have to look at the bar and think about where to click each time. If you want to go up two levels you... : nudel
                • Yea, I agree with you. I miss the up bar but it's a relatively minor nuisance... I'm surprised I enjoy Wi... : MagicWishMonkey
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                  How can a folder two levels up from the one you are in not be there? It will show up in the address bar t... : sigpro
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                    No, it requires thinking, processing, finding, aiming. The up button requires one look, one find, and th... : abrasion
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                      You describe it like it's some huge monumental task that takes more braincells than curing cancer does. I... : sigpro
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                        How many hours a day would you say you spend in explorer and how much work do you do in it, say in a give... : abrasion
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                          I spend probably 12+ hours a day in explorer about 7 days a week. Never had a problem with the way the br... : sigpro
                          • I just work differently I guess, I mostly use the 80% keyboard, 20% mouse when using explorer and I hate ... : abrasion
                      • This "argument" could be applied to basically anything that is inconvenient in a user interface. "Oh, it... : electroly
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                    If the window isn't wide enough to show all of the breadcrumbs, it only shows the deepest ones. The "Com... : electroly
                    • You can always click the little drop down arrow next to the forward button and then click the folder you ... : sigpro
                  • If the folder names are wide, or the window thin, there won't be room for the full path in the breadcrumb... : nudel
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                    Unless you're quite deep, then it will only show what it has space for : Ebu
                    • Even then, if you have to click 2 times to get to a folder not shown, it's faster than hitting up up up u... : Slowtreme
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          How can you complain about non up button? Certainly someone with your scary efficieny level knows and onl... : derelict515
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            I will throw chip derelict :( : abrasion
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              Haha :p They left power user level access for what must've just been a power user feature (the average pe... : derelict515
              • To be fair, I answered that one before, alt up arrow is a difficult combination for me, it means moving m... : abrasion
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            Alt+Up requires two hands to pull off, or using the mousing hand on a US keyboard (European keyboards wit... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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              Backspace goes back, which is a pretty vital shortcut and the kep maps logically to that function (and co... : derelict515
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                I said it wasn't a one-handed move on non-US keyboards (and even on US keyboards it's a right-hand move..... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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                  And where did I say that wasn't the case? I said a two handed shortcut is hardly unheard of, especially s... : derelict515
                  • You brought nothing new to the discussion. I already brought up the one-handed/two-handed thing. I also s : GreatGooglyMoogly
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              Look at this man with small girl hands : rosewood
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                There isn't a right-alt key on some of our keyboards. UK keymap has AltGr instead, which does something d... : nudel
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                  Even still it's not a hard shortcut to use if you have 2 hands on the keyboard already. : derelict515
                  • True, the hotkey isn't difficult if you ignore all the situations where it is difficult. : nudel
                • Yep, same for Canadian French keyboard. Our right alt is Alt-Car for a third function on some keys. : razlebol
        • Every time you bitch about the breadcrumbs bar, I move Australia closer to India. : rosewood
• Could always use a sidebar widget for it. There are a few on the MS sidebar site : Beady
• omg wtf did I type... *how much used and left space left on a drive* : razlebol
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  Related thing about Win 7 explorer: Is it true that the folder tree (left panel) no longer scrolls hor... : nudel
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    Is it true that the folder tree (left panel) no longer scrolls horizontally at all? There is no horizon : razlebol
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      Thanks for confirming it. Wow... Seems like a very strange change indeed. All part of Microsoft's obvious... : nudel
      • Also, by default, they turned off folder expanding on the left bar. You have to manually change it in ord... : razlebol
  • Does seem to be that way. Never really notied as I hardly ever use the left pane for finding what I need ... : sigpro
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  Man it must suck ass to develop an OS, each iteration has a thousand little new quirks and if you ever re... : Zek
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    I don't think I've seen anyone -- not one single person -- who likes the overall set of changes made to E... : nudel
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      I don't dislike the Win7 Explorer. it is what they gave us, and I've adapted and don't really miss anythi... : Slowtreme
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        How many hours a day would you say you use in explorer or perhaps a week? : abrasion
        • In an 8 hour day at work I probably spend 70% of my time using explorer in some capacity with 3-4 windows... : Slowtreme
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        Do you use IE as well? IE functions as a web browser but I bet many of us love Firefox because it works b... : nudel
        • I use IE/FF/Chrome about the same, I use Chrome a little more than others just for speed of rendering. : Slowtreme
    • I don't hate it but I haven't really changed my usage of explorer since Win95. The only thing I've had t... : melkore
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      I am still really furious there is no way to disable per-folder views. I hate hate hate it remembering vi... : Goncyn
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        The blablaBag registry hack doesn't work in Windows 7? : GreatGooglyMoogly
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          I have yet to see any setting/hack that does what I want in Vista or Windows 7 : Goncyn
          • Oh okay, my bad. I thought you mean the "heyyyyy I see you have mp3s in this dir, let's change the view m... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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        That's how mine is set up. It's a registry hack, but it works : aggressor
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19841341#itemanchor_19841341 : aggressor
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            Like I said in that thread, this does not work. I just now followed your instructions again, to the lette... : Goncyn
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              Works for me, I don't know what to tell you. I have it set to Details view and I never see anything else : aggressor
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                Read what I wrote again. If I follow your instructions, yes, I get Details view everywhere, until I chang : Goncyn
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                  More specifically, if I change the view to Large Icons, I want it to stay on Large Icons everywhere, no m... : Goncyn
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                    really stupid question but after you change from details to large icons or whatever are you telling it to... : sigpro
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                      No. That's my whole point! I don't want there to be any concept of applying settings to folders! When I c... : Goncyn
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                        Then yeah that doesn't exist in windows explorer. What you have to do is to set the registry setting, the... : sigpro
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                          It did in XP, which is why it's so frustrating that it's gone. : Goncyn
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                            I've never had XP work that way. I change the views all the time on xp machines in a folder, then click b... : sigpro
                            • There was a checkbox in the advanced settings you could un-check, "Remember each folder's view settings,"... : Goncyn
      • Ugh I agree, that's extremely irritating. All they have to do is add a checkbox "Disable per-folder setti... : Zek
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        I really hate when it forgets the view I have set for a given folder :( : electroly
        • Me too. Considering custom folder views don't 'stick' properly in XP (or any previous Microsoft OS) I'm n : mn3m0n1c
    • I like the overall set of changes made to Explorer in Vista and Windows 7. : OverloadUT
    • I get the idea that if Microsoft put in a lot of the features people asked for, they'd be blamed for stea... : Entity
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  Urm, I assume you mean; Open Win Explorer Right-Click View by Content Maybe? : Mr. Goodwrench
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    This displays drive capacity, space used, space free in number and bar form. : Mr. Goodwrench
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      That only does it when you click computer itself and then select the drive on the right side. What he ... : sigpro
      • Ah, I get ya : Mr. Goodwrench
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        Honestly, I thought everyone used View > Details anyways. : one random winner
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          I used details for everything except for when I click computer. I like the drive icons and file space ind... : sigpro
          • Exactly the same here. : Mr. Goodwrench
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          I do. It still doesn't show how much space a folder is using or how much space for a combination of files... : razlebol
          • I guess I've just never had a problem that required a lot of looking at different file sizes. : one random winner
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  I think they got rid of this because Vista and now 7 use a lot of links and the size reporting takes a sh... : rosewood
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    Aren't all the links to the same HDD? So the free space count would still be accurate, in or out of the l... : nudel
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      Libraries can have files from different HDD. : razlebol
      • yup i added my Music, Documents, Videos, ect... folders from my E:\ drive to the default Libraries. : Shadowdane
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        Even with those, there's no overhead to calculating the selected file sizes if the sizes are shown at all... : nudel
        • They could also just disable how much space left for libraries but not for the rest. : razlebol
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  Another feature they removed.. Not that I really care that much for that. I can't crtl-a to select eve... : razlebol
  • It's hard to think of a downside to that key. Anyone who doesn't like it can simply not push it. o.O O... : nudel
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    Not really sure what you mean. ctrl+A still works the same : Slowtreme
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      There's Ctrl-A to select all files, and there's also Ctrl-A when doing an F2 rename to select all of the ... : nudel
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        Once again I am confused as to how this is not working for razlebol. I can press f2 to rename a file w... : sigpro
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          That's an improvement over previous Microsoft OSes (like XP) that highlight filename & extension. : mn3m0n1c
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            It's a small thing, but it's something I noticed right away and was so happy for. : sigpro
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              Yeah it's great (Opus did it back in 2001 I think, heh), especially for avoiding that irritating confirma... : nudel
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                yah I get that pretty frequently at work, someone renames a file and removes the extension completely. T... : Shadowdane
                • The easiest way for me to do that has been opening it with notepad and trying to parse through the gobble... : one random winner
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          If I do this, when I press ctrl+A it just BINGs at me and does nothing productive. : Ebu
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            I had an external drive that I couldn't ctrl-a on nor could I drag and select all the files (this was on... : sigpro
            • This is the single, internal, NTFS hard drive. : Ebu
        • It does automatically select the filename when I press F2 on a file which is really great but it CTRL doe... : razlebol
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        i'm thinking you (they) have something installed that is altering the default control of the shortcut.. L... : Slowtreme
        • Nope, this is a fresh win7 install. : razlebol
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    I don't know, works on Win7 for me. F2 and the filename sans extension is selected to be editable, ctrl-A... : derelict515
    • yep, works for me as well. : thecray
    • It doesn't grab anything at all. The only way I can grab everything is by right-clicking the text and cho... : razlebol

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• Everytime I get too much off I get compliments. I've learned to just forget what I like about my hair and... : avatar_58
• You look like more of a child molester in the after... : mancide
• The short look works. : Lone Swordsman
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  It doesn't look that bad at all. Perhaps your stormtrooper helmet will fit better now? : theangrywaffles
  • Just don't take off the helmet. : askedrelic
• Are you posing as a pedophile in that second photo? : breadsticks
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  Did you sell your cube car for a rapist van yet? You should. : orgcaptainnemo
  • dude, the xB is already lowered, makes it easier to be at eye level when i pull up to kids.. : g0nk
• I like the google/shacknews shirts. :p : acidnynex
• Nice pedo smile. : thrallie200
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  you look kind of like dognose : wtf242
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    sorry dognose : wtf242
    • hahahaha : askedrelic
  • For some reason in the second picture he reminds me of Danny Elfman. : acidnynex
• hey I want a shack t-shirt : silentbobuk
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  ok, how about with an old hat i haven't worn in years? http://www.mobypicture.com/user/g0nk/view/384586 : g0nk
  • Are you drinking on duty, trooper? : Jonathan
• Fuck that, short hair is awesome. I get up, use just a little shampoo in the shower 'cuz that's all it t... : boarder2
• it looks better, you just have to get rid of the goatee : JINKY
• I went like 1 year 3 months and cut it off yesterday. It grows slow. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_35Hfh_m7mmA... : cpt_gloval
• AFTER works but drop the crazy smile :D - haircut makes you look 5 yrs younger : GBeer11
• Muuuch better. Ditch the goat and you'll look way younger. : Vantage
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  wtf that's six months of hair? fuck I look like Eric from That 70s Show if I go more than a month and a ... : mikecyb
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    THAT'S RIGHT AJAX I'M TAKING IT FROM YOU : mikecyb
    • /me rips off shirt : Mr.SEX
• dude that trim took like 15 years off your face go with it! : RogerDandy
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  HELLO LADIES /pours chloroform into rag : Phil
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    http://www.lolblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/2hx1um9.jpg : Phil
    • this made me laugh, thanks Phil : grendel
    • Best fuuuuu of all time : Utopia
    • omg hahahahahaha : cptstern
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  Jesus that's all your hair grew in 6 months??? I hate you. : Begawkiness
  • yeah I should post a pic of my hair after 9 months, it's a LOT longer than that : mmogger
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  also please shave off that goatee shit. Only dorks still living in the 90s or IT guys sport that shit. Th... : wtf242
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    well, i'm an IT guy. and was a teenager in the early 90s.. :( also, if i shave it off, i look really w... : g0nk
    • You'll still be better looking than with the goatee. Or at least trim the thing up a bit. You look like... : riptyde
    • go mustache then : Mr.SEX
    • looking weird without a goatee is better than looking weird with one : busdriver3030
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      You probably only think so because you're so used to having the goatee. I know exactly how you feel, but... : Vantage
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        but maaaaan do i hate shaving, i'm so lazy at it.. i shave like once a week, at best.. and it's not becau... : g0nk
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          not shaving is fine. You don't have to be clean shaven every single day. I shave like once a week : wtf242
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            Here's my own facial hair progression from full beard until now: http://vantage.shackspace.com/facial-... : Vantage
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              vantage you're awesome and a good looking guy but i want to punch Vantage 2007 in the face : busdriver3030
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                You mean the silly face in the second one? Haha, girls like that one for some reason. : Vantage
                • haha yeah the middle one : busdriver3030
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              Looks like you lost a few pounds from 2004 too : Entity
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                erm, 2002 : Entity
                • Yeah, about 100 pounds or so from early 2003-2004. : Vantage
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              Sup Richard Garriott circa 2003 :P : Danny5225
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                Really? Richard Garriott? Drucifer says Hans Gruber :( : Vantage
                • Haha. That's not a bad comparison. : Danny5225
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                  rofl Hans Gruber is an awesome comparison. : royalally
                  • inorite? : drucifer
            • You looked good with amish goatee thing. : .sticks.
            • You get younger looking the more hair you lose. : SigENeaT
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              2009 is awesome. Just shaved look for everyone : askedrelic
              • Yeah, I do that one a lot now. The ladies dig it (until you kiss them, haha) and it means I only have to... : Vantage
            • What is that pose in the bottom middle picture? Blue Steele? : conandan
      • Totally agreed. I had a goatee for four years. Shaved it (accidentally, if you'll believe that; wrong s... : electroly
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    shaving isn't the only option. Go for the beard. They are manly. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • i used to sport a beard a couple years ago, might do this again. : g0nk
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    My wife loves facial hair which is why I have a goatee. She would be crushed if I shaved it off. : OverloadUT
    • but... but wtf242 said so... are you sure your wife is really a chick? : mikecyb
  • my girlfriend loves my facial hair, and likes it when i don't shave for a few days : pukerat
  • No, wtf242, lots of women love facial hair. : .sticks.
  • Pick up a Wahl(Or other bearding accessory) and use it to trim your face every few days. If you use it wi... : Danny5225
  • Not really : fishbone
• nice rape face : gmd
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  g0nk, for some reason i imagined you as being fat. glad to know you are not! : mwasher
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    i myspace angled it.. i'm at about 185lbs right now. although i've lost about 15lbs since i moved to VA,... : g0nk
    • I'm only 175! Down 10lbs from jogging like a fiend the last couple weeks. Course I'm 6'5", so the scal : Ebu
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      better than me. i'm ~195. I was 165 when I moved to Austin 2 years ago. : mwasher
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        i'm weighing in at 195 too. :( : Audhuml4
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          bullshit, unless you've bulked up. you're skinny.. : mwasher
          • am i? WAS I? ok so i still mostly am but i guess i have a bigger gut now. i've started running recently t... : Audhuml4
  • weightist : Phil
  • Haha so did I! Sorry g0nk. : freshyk
  • no way to be fat and fit in stormtrooper armor. just not possible. : beastrabban
• rape rape rape rape rape rape rape rape rape rape : redfive
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  remember when you were 13 and the chick cutting your hair rubbed her boob on you accidentally? that was a... : smax
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    the hairdresser i see has big boobs and short arms : cpt_gloval
    • Smart decision : melkore
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    remember when real men get their hair cut at a mans barber shop filled with cigarette smoke, and titty ma... : papaskot
    • no because I wasn't alive during the 50s : mikecyb
    • i prefer a cheeky accidental boob rub instead of looking at titty mags and hiding a boner while a man sta... : Snuffles-
    • the barbershop i usually go to is like this the last one i went to tho seemed like the "salon" type ba... : lja83
• New one suits you more than the old one, IMO. : Entity
• Please rock a Super Trooper Stach, thanks. : historyinthemaking
• Dude wtf., no no NO no no., NO. With that haircut no wonder people kept hitting on you in EvE :P N... : Kolpath
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  looks good Francis : drucifer
  • but everybody calls me psycho, now any of you homos touch me and i'll kill ya. http://www.youtube.com/wat... : BauriceMastard
• I didn't know Daniel Stern posted on shacknews. http://j.bdbphotos.com/pictures/R/3/R3E3T3.jpg : AMikaboshi
• 1.go get clippers, take it down to the wood. ... 2.???? 3. Profit. : ghost hacker
• sup dwight. : mindfk
• Hey Dr. Freeman. I had a bunch of messages for you, but we had a system crash about 20 minutes ago, and i... : Snuffles-
• now lose that fucking goatee : filthysock
• My hair will grow to my knees if i wait 6 months... you must be part sloth. : imperator
• I need one; I haven't cut my hair in 2 1/2 years. Before that it was always short. Thinking of donating i... : Conan

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  Princess Bride : Wyvern
  • Shit this is a good one. : stonedonkey
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    To this day, I've never seen this movie. :/ : Faluzure
    • more like Failuzure. : Omning
    • Go and rent it now.. jesus.. it's like never having eaten a candy bar. : stonedonkey
    • i haven't either :( : Shadowdane
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    Even with the campiness, this is still one of the finest movies ever made. The big scene with Inigo (y... : ZTac
    • I still wanna go to a real wedding that the pastor opens with 'MAWWAGE' : epit
  • Such a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. : SqueegyTBS
  • Goonies and Princess Bride are practice intertwined in my mind. Such classic movies... I actually made th... : SatansFist
• Hook is a good one for kids : MaxPete82
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  SANDLOT : nyranger66
  • oh god how I love that movie! it's just as fun now as it was when I was a kid! : zerog83
• not sure about neverending story : RikiTiki2
• Exorcist? : dael
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  Flight of the Navigator, The Last Starfighter, Bill & Ted \m/ : onji
  • Watched Halloween last night, didn't know the kid from Last Starfighter was in it. : breadsticks
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    Oh hell yeah, the Last Starfighter! : Wolfanoz
    • Wow, someone made freeware version of the game they played in the movie since Atari couldnt produce the g... : Wolfanoz
• Star Wars. My youngest sister loved it at that age. : Frozen Pixel
• Predator, Robocop, Terminator : ass-street
• The Wizard of Oz Return to Oz Who Framed Roger Rabbit Popeye Batteries Not Included Princess Bride ... : cornchak
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  Willy Wonka : Wolfanoz
  • Oh and the Creepshow movies and Raiders of the Lost Ark : Wolfanoz
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    Depp or Wilder? : stonedonkey
    • Wilder, of course. : Wolfanoz
    • Wilder! by a long shot. i love depp, don't get me wrong. i'd eat the shit directly out of his ass. but... : Korban
    • Wilder : riptyde
    • This is not even a question. Wilder, obviously : themaestro2657
• Labyrinth, Goonies, Stand by Me, Princess Bride, Willow, Ferris Buehler's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Bi... : Psigun
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  Aliens, Robocop : Megara9
  • Predator : gmd
  • I think I watched Aliens with my oldest when she was 2 or 3 and she loved it. : Vincent Grayson
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  Commando : gmd
  • Let off some steam Bennett. : whistletits
• Police Adademy 1 : abrasion
• Willow : MagicWishMonkey
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  The Dark Crystal : unjustend
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    I'm upset that there is no shack love for one of the greatest movies ever made. :( : unjustend
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      ^^ This : samekh
      • Great movie. Needs more shack love. : mikefr24
    • I love it. : stuka
    • It really is a good movie. I remember being scared, but I still liked the movie as a kid. : Chod
    • aren't they doing a semi-sequal to this now? : hamachi
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    I think that it is important to show kids some of these darker type movies... Dark Crystal and The Secret... : leadgold
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      Son, your actions have consequences. You may think you only went over to your new friends house for dinn... : unjustend
      • I don't know if the story is necessarily "dark", but the art style and imagery is enough to be scary to c... : riptyde
    • agreed : riptyde
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  Poltergeist, House, Fright Night, Lost Boys, The Blob, etc. All movies I've watched before I was 12 and ... : Edges
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    Poltergeist pretty much damaged me for life.. I'm going to tell her it's nothing but 1 and a half hours o... : stonedonkey
    • Think I watched it for the first time when I was around 7 and remember loving it. : breadsticks
    • I only saw the one that had the worm that possessed the guy. That was enough to give me nightmares as a k... : thrallie200
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    Poltergeist is just terrible today. It doesn't hold up. The pacing, sound and music is just awful. It sca... : ieGod
    • Now I do remember Poltergeist 2 and 3 being far scarier, and they had a much darker ambience overall. I w... : ieGod
• Commando. My first Arnold movie. We saw it on TV so the part in the shed, the tits, and all the cussing w... : SockMonkeh
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  SPACE CAMP - OH GOD KELLY PRESTON FAP FAP FAP : PapaBoo
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    unfortunately her day has passed :( also, crazy scientologist : Halen
    • also, travolta's sloppy seconds : dirge23
• I started my daughter pretty early on favorites of mine. She's seen Goonies, Willow, Neverending Story, P... : Vincent Grayson
• Tron, Starman, Time Bandits, Willow : two50six
• Showed my 4 year old ET the other night and she absolutely loved it : dignan
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  GhostBusters. Was a big hit with my 8 year old. : acheron
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    Willow is next. : acheron
    • Oh yeah, Back to the Future trilogy was a big hit, forgot about that. : acheron
  • I tried to watch Ghostbusters this weekend with my 4 year old. We made it to the part in the beginning w... : SeanJuan04
• It's not really from when I was a kid but I just watched The Secret of Roan Inish yesterday and that's re... : action wombmate
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  TRON, The Last Starfighter, Flight of the Navigator, Princess Bride : samekh
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    Neverending Story : samekh
    • I rewatched this the other day and it is a fairly decent movie. Truely a kids movie, but still pretty go... : unjustend
• I've been doing this recently with my kids (almost 8 and 5 1/2 year olds). So far we've watched: The G... : Fyunch Click
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  Explorers. The one where they build a spaceship out of a trash can. It has a child Ethan Hawke and River ... : Cihte
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    lol. I don't think they make it out of a trash can. I may be wrong on that part. It came out 24 years ago... : Cihte
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      They make it out of one of those big Tilt-a-whirl things. There's a trashcan involved as well though. : Vincent Grayson
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        They made it out of one of the cars that you can spin around while the entire platform also spins. : sigpro
        • Yeah, that's what I was talking about. Maybe they're not called Tilt-a-whirls. : Vincent Grayson
• Big Trouble In Little China The Road Warrior Commando : Rag and Bone Man
• Jurassic Park, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.. they enjoy them a lot (4 and 8 years old) : excessus
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail : retardhumper
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  Time Bandits : riptyde
  • ^^^^ This and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080025/ : Wolfanoz
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  Terminator 1+2, Commando, Predator, Aliens, True Lies, Robocop 1+2, Starship Troopers, Total Recall, Ramb... : NFXFSX
  • Hell yes!!! : preacher
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    I thought this was a thread about movies we'd show our kids when they were still kids. lol : riptyde
    • I don't need no pussy kids. : NFXFSX
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  What was that movie with Tom Cruise and a huge devil-like bad guy? : stuka
  • I am Legend : DapperDan
  • Legend.. : sigpro
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    Top Gun? : retardhumper
    • Risky Business? : retardhumper
  • Legend : dignan
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    Valkyrie? : theangrywaffles
    • ^^^ I believe this one : Edges
  • Lol. Yeah, Legend. : stuka
  • Tropic Thunder? : dmason
  • Legend. : trove
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    for some reason this movie bored the shit out of me. : spectr3
    • probably because it was boring and sucked. : DapperDan
    • it's pretty shit. except the Tim Curry devil. : thebigbeefsandwich
  • Every Scientology promotional clip? : Lone Swordsman
  • Clue! : cornchak
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  Eraserhead : Mr. Goodwrench
  • Ahahaha. : theangrywaffles
  • wwhaaaaaa..... wwhaaaaaaaa.... wwhaaaaaaa.... : RogerDandy
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  mac and me : mindshot
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    Unless you want to expose your child to the dangers of being in a wheelchair and going near hills, wouldn... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • Don't forget the dangers of spontaneous dancing in McDonalds. : historyinthemaking
• The Iron Giant. : das_runt
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  D.A.R.Y.L.! : Cihte
  • ^^^^ Fuck yeah, 9 year old superkid flying an SR-71 Blackbird : stuka
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    That made me think of Cloak & Dagger. It was great as a kid. : DapperDan
    • I need to watch both of those now. : hrdwregk
  • This movie brings back memories, CQ to QC, come in QC! : cjcharv
  • data analyzing robot youth lifeform woo woo : acheron
  • my friends used to make fun of me because I used to act just like him in the movie. : bakanoodle
• Swiss Family Robinson, Bed Knobs and Broomsticks and Mary Poppins : grandmasterlee
• JINX. PUT. MAX. IN. SPACE. : zebosausamite
• Labyrinth, Time Bandits Also the original Star Wars movies, none of this special edition or prequel bu... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• Harvey. : breadsticks
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  Baron Munchausen. : DasCracky
  • I have been meaning to watch this for years but have somehow never gotten around to it. : ZTac
  • hah, as a kid, ~12 yo, I went to see that at the movies with a friend and my dad asked if he could come ... : dael
  • Oh man this movie fucking rules : stuka
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  Flight of the Navigator. : punchdog
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    ^^ this and Condor Man! : RogerDandy
    • Wow I haven't thought of Condor Man in 20+ years. hitting up you tube now. : themaestro2657
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    This and The Adventurers : graincloud
    • Ahah I mean "Explorers" my bad! So many good memories between that and the FotN : graincloud
• Gymkata : whistletits
• Sandlot : buzzbat
• The Burbs, Legend, Willow, The Neverending Story, The Princess Bride, Stand by Me : sexydingo
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  Cloak & Dagger! : icon_of_syn
  • word up! great movie. : BauriceMastard
  • This was all I thought about when I was on the riverwalk in san Antonio : stonedonkey
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  Castaways, Inner Space, FERRIS BUERLLER'S DAY OFF : themaestro2657
  • Jesus, I think I've seen InnerSpace about a hundred times : alnya
• Krull, i think thats the name of the movie I'm thinking of : Dunwich
• WAR GAMES! : anhero
• Monster Squad! : treefingers1
• Short Circuit : tbreffni
• The Neverending Story! : Dick Marcinko
• Yellow Submarine. : Lone Swordsman

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• East coast for sure. There's Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland (Gold Coast/Sunshine Coast). You'll definat... : TastyWheat
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  This is a great idea. Do you prefer tropical beaches, or big cities, or large red rocks in the middle of ... : Dave-A
  • Also I need someone to visit my parents to troubleshoot their printer problems, can you help? : Dave-A
  • I'm a big fan of nature and culture. So for me a excellent trip would be: scuba off the barrier reef, tr : hawkeye
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  East coast is where the civilised people are, I recommend you see NSW (Sydney) and VIC (Melbourne) Up... : abrasion
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    I expect you all to throw a shackmeet in our honor so we can meet you wacky fellows. : hawkeye
    • I'd be down for sure. : abrasion
  • NWS Sydney? Go there for sure! : thinkp0l
• Go to Melbourne and buy me a touristy tee shirt that I can wear around town. : kikilupo
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  how long have you got? the east cost, from top to bottom is epic, rainforests up top, beaches and warm ... : radula
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    We'll have just slightly less than 2 weeks. So really a highlights reel is what we'll have time for. : hawkeye
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      Go Melbourne, up to the Sunshine Coast : TastyWheat
      • I see that's where the Australia Zoo is, sounds fun! Sounds a little touristy though, what are the good ... : hawkeye
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      Going all the way to Aus for 2 weeks is a bit pointless, you'll spend half that time jet lagged. I'd s... : even4
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        If it takes someone a week to get over jetlag, they should pump the fuck up. : TastyWheat
        • you shouldn't go to quakecon unless you are staying in the States for at least 6 months to get over the j... : gmd
        • I wasn't being scientifically accurate in the length of jet lag or anything, but yeah 2 weeks? It's not a... : even4
      • I don't really get jetlagged (my butt gets sleepy though). I went to Japan for two weeks and was just fi... : hawkeye
      • I never had much of a problem going to Aus from Canada, coming back the other way would knock me out thou... : Dave-A
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        I have to admit, why do people go to huge countries (Australia) or like Europe for 2 weeks. Australia ... : abrasion
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          I'm already afraid I'm going to get fired for even suggesting I be out of the office for more than a few ... : laurgasms
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            Land of the free, urine tests and 2 week holidays. Land of the criminals, 4 week holidays and no urine t... : abrasion
            • I would visit if I could get a round trip plane ticket from Dulles for $300. : gmd
            • No way they'd adopt the metric system, the whole world's tried. : dissembler
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          we don't have three weeks to spend! even if you get over two weeks of vacation here (which is honestly p... : EvilDolemite
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            I don't think that's his point though. Typically, when you do something like this, you miss out on so... : aaarrrgh
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              i'd rather go for two weeks than not at all! : EvilDolemite
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                You're still missing the point. Nobody's saying you can't go. Just that the experience would be ex... : aaarrrgh
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                  The experience would also be exponentially better if I had an unlimited budget and never had to work agai... : laurgasms
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                    How's this - come here, it's a great place but at least don't try to squeeze too much in, maybe just go t... : abrasion
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                      That was our point in asking what are the must-see areas for a trip like this! We don't WANT to squeeze t... : laurgasms
                      • Sorry I'm not trying to bust your balls - it's an awesome place and that's a nice warm time of year. I t... : abrasion
                  • huh : aaarrrgh
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                  i'm sure they're not going to try to tour australia and will pick a specific city and outer region : EvilDolemite
                  • I have to admit, why do people go to huge countries (Australia) or like Europe for 2 weeks. : aaarrrgh
              • This. Plus, I'd rather just pick a couple of cities and focus in on them. We're pretty understanding that... : laurgasms
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              The two weeks I spent in Japan are probably two of the best weeks of my life so I completely disagree tha... : hawkeye
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                Wow, is abrasion and my point going completely over people's heads? : aaarrrgh
                • No, it's just completely irrelevant and useless nitpicking. : laurgasms
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                Hawkeye, Japan is about the size of Victoria (Melbourne) alone, an entire country the size of 1/8'th of o... : abrasion
                • If Japan is 1/8th the size and I didn't see all of it, why would I think I could see all of Australia? T... : hawkeye
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            It's a honeymoon, don't you guys have holiday pay that 'builds up' ? Like only take 1 week 1 year and the... : abrasion
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              no, a lot of places don't let you carry over vacation : EvilDolemite
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                Wow! man,.......... god, we really do have it good here - 10 public holidays a year (just 10 random days ... : abrasion
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                  we have nothing mandated. decent to good jobs will have a solid package. my current job gives three wee... : EvilDolemite
                  • Your current job is pretty amazing. 3 weeks, plus 3 weeks of sick days, and 2 weeks Christmas is more tha... : Chod
            • After 4 years I'll have 4 weeks. I'll have 3 weeks by honeymoon time but I can't take it all at once. : hawkeye
            • If I don't use my vacation by the end of the year, I lose it. This is fairly common. : electroly
            • I'll probably be an account executive by that time. If I leave, someone else has to be able to do my job,... : laurgasms
            • It depends a lot on the industry, the company, and the state laws. For instance, your employer either ha... : one random winner
        • Um, not everyone gets 6 weeks of vacation off to do something like that. : ateam311
        • Anything more than 2 weeks in the US practically counts as a sabbatical. : hawkeye
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          Two weeks is plenty of time to have a great time in Aus, but just don't try and do the whole damn country : peanut-
          • ^^ This. : aaarrrgh
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            Our Europe plan was London for 4-5 days, Paris for 2-3, and Rome for 4-5. It would work but it's not qui... : hawkeye
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              Rome isn't very big, Paris is. I would have swapped the times for Rome and Paris. Rome can be done in 3 d... : moshman
              • having said that, you're not doing that anyway. My tip for Australia is fly to sydney, spend a few day... : moshman
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                I don't want to go to Paris though. The 3 days was the limit for me to agree to going there at all. I fig... : laurgasms
                • why don't you want to go to Paris? : moshman
              • The tourist stuff in Paris can be done in a day. I'd spend 2 days there max and go on a weekday so you ca... : even4
  • oh yeah, should mention the far south west of WA - considering I was born there - but that's cool too. Ma... : even4
• I would do Perth and the north coast of WA, and then do around past Darwin and the top of QLD. Sydney ... : even4
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  Aus is full of man eating spiders. Fuck that. : marmite
  • That's not a nice way to talk about abrasion. : hawkeye
• dont go to north territory lols : Slowtreme
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  There's a big rock in the middle somewheres. I forget what it's called. : cerealSAM2
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    What's the best way to go see Ayers rock and is it really worth it? : hawkeye
    • Well as far as I know you can't climb it anymore. : Whistler77
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      Ayers rock is amazing, it's not worth it if your holiday is only 2 weeks. You have to fly there and ther... : abrasion
      • Man that thing is in the middle of NOWHERE. I think I will skip it. : hawkeye
    • I think it's the other end of the grand canyon. : cerealSAM2
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  can i be your flower girl? : Korban
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    Would you actually come? There are still a couple of seats left at the Shacker table, I need to fill it u... : laurgasms
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      dood! of course i would!!! : Korban
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        what other shackers are going? : Korban
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          not 100% sure yet, but Vantage is playing piano during dinner, Gala, Ratalon, Felicia, ImageOmega, Slowtr... : laurgasms
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            I'm gonna get so drunk. : kikilupo
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              good, that'll make it easier for me to violate you with my mangina : Korban
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                Will you offer me some Baileys? :D : kikilupo
                • oh, most def. and ruficoladas : Korban
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            invite me and dan! i promise a sweet present! : jenisthebest
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              Dan said he wouldn't go, I already asked >:( : laurgasms
              • don't listen to dan, he doesn't know what he's talking about. : jenisthebest
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        k SM me your address pls. this is seriously shaping up to be the most awesome shackmeet ever. : laurgasms
        • See, you're still organizing shackmeets! Retirement is a myth! : Jonathan
        • Where's it at? : breadsticks
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      lol @ shacker table. Are you trying to protect the shackers or your family from the shackers.. :) : metalremains
      • A little of both :) : hawkeye
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        Both. : laurgasms
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          Is there an open bar? : askedrelic
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            Do you have single sisters? : askedrelic
            • Yes, no, fuck you I've tried to get you to come to Florida already >:[ : laurgasms
      • Yes. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Reasons to go to Australia: Fun, warm, beaches, cool people, great cities, all kinds of awesomeness R... : jasonepowell
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  mini-plan. two weeks! not long. friday, fly out, lunchtime or something saturday GONE! land sunday i... : radula
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    oh, and FYI, the entire state of Victoria will be burnt to a crisp in Jan/Feb 2010. there will be fire. : radula
    • When he says late February, he means he's retarded, we wouldn't even get there until March 3rd or so. ... : laurgasms
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  don't fly from LA to Sydney. Worst plane flight ever...so fucking long and terrible. : ass-street
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    How's it compare to O'Hare>Tokyo...god that flight was awful :( : hawkeye
    • you can go O'Hare, Tokyo, Sydney! :O : radula
  • there isn't really much choice is there : moshman
• Also you should shackmessage carnivac, as an Aussie living here I can't really be too helpful, I can walk... : abrasion

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  Just hope Valve doesn't decide to update TF2 just like last time you were in charge :P. : Alco23
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    i know, those fuckers! : Dschinghis Khan
    • i should be able to rdp into the server and make sure its up to date this time. Last time i had no intern... : hirez
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  Is there a list of the custom maps on the server right now? I hate downloading from the server. : deject
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    in hirez's shackspace http://hirez.shackspace.com/tf/maps : Dschinghis Khan
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      He needs to update the map list. I see a few missing that I know we have played. : ant_hillbilly
      • they are all on alco's server now. : hirez
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        http://dr-alco.com/TF2/maps/ : Alco23
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          wow that's a lot : deject
          • yeah I have like 2.6GB of custom maps, just to play with you guys. : deject
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  team feek for life. : ass-street
  • fo life... : Dschinghis Khan
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  sniper fort! : papaskot
  • ok : Dschinghis Khan
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  AwesomeTower : dmason
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    i don't think he has that on the sever but we will definitely play AwesomeBall in the beginning : Dschinghis Khan
    • fucking love me some awesome ball : ass-street
• hirez is in atlanta D: : kpxkrnjc
• Yay, it's ShackWest time again. : skankcore
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  do they need to be on the server already, or can you add new stuff? : Merconium
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    shackmessage me links, and i should be able to get them added : hirez
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      SM'd, but http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/78364 pl_waste http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/97830 pl_zig_z2a : KatyAnna
      • Uploading them to webhost now. Still needs hirez to add them to his game server though. : Alco23
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  i heard we havent played dustbowl much lately : Chandler55
  • say hi to your mom for me! : hirez
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  Shafted omnova! : FlamingGimp
  • Just the way he likes it. :P : Alco23
  • Wat. : omnova
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  cp_gaybar : vile
  • cp_girl, I want to take you to a cp_gaybar! : deject
  • if only that were a real map : Dschinghis Khan
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  CP_FOLLOWER comes up in the ARS rotation a lot and I really like it! : .frame
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    You can't be serious. Follower is worse than Egypt. : skankcore
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      Hahahahaha : Felraiser
      • You know what is funny Felraiser? The fact that I played and enjoyed all of tonight's ShackW game when yo... : skankcore
• SM me the password and I will be in. : Griffin13
• http://www.rathergood.com/gaybar.html : smegmar
• need password pls.. : watcherxp

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  They are on top of my Most Hated Bands List. Directly above Led Zeppelin. : ra1n
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    you have bad taste in music : retardhumper
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      Eh, Led ripped the shit off of so many people, direct lifts, not even interpretations, it's easy to hate : Lunatic Angelic
      • led zepplin doesn't do anything for me, but I don't "hate" them. And AC/DC is awesome for driving : retardhumper
    • He probably enjoys this http://www.thedailytube.com/video/19246/hate-by-numbers-black-eyed-peas-and-the-... : SlingBlaze
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      I prefer music that sounds good to me, which consequently leads me to believe I have great taste in music... : ra1n
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        Yes, but Led Zeppelin. : Nali4Freedom
        • ...sucks? : waxthirteen
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    Jesus Christ. : Phil
    • Jesus Christ Superstar wasn't a good band. : Chod
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      Holy fucking Moses Malone! : Wolfanoz
      • Jesus Jones! : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I have to agree. I love rock and metal, but AC/DC just make me cringe : Mr. Goodwrench
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    I've never had anything against AC/DC, but if I hear Hells Bells on the radio one more time, I'm going to... : kelzmelzer
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      they play the bells part constantly at Patriots games. : metalremains
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        That was Trevor Hoffman's "entrance" music when he would close Padres games at Petco : HojuSimpson
        • Still is too. : PointlesS76
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    go to hell : biskits
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      acdc sucks, but zep > * : biskits
      • I should interpret that to say that you believe Led Zeppelin is the best band in history. Better than th : ra1n
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    holy shit what's on your most liked bands list? : mmogger
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      Every time we do this, people just go all crazy and get pissy. Ok then: Fall Out Boy Third Eye Blind... : ra1n
      • Nah, it's cool, I could give a shit what people like, just giving you grief. Different strokes and all th... : mmogger
      • god you are a fag : NexusOne
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        So Led Zeppelin sucks and Fall Out Boy rocks. Got it. : Phil
        • he cranks third eye blind in his huge navigator man : Downforce
      • haha dude this only makes it more hilarious. I mean, I can accept not liking AC/DC or Zeppelin (I am not... : mikecyb
      • bahahahahha : CapnChaos
      • hahhahahahahahahahahahaha : SockMonkeh
      • I broke my own "don't LOL and INF things" rule for you ra1n. : zebosausamite
      • hahahah hashahaha hhhhaaaahhhhaaaa : indosauros
      • um, k : riptyde
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        Third Eye Blind used to be one of my favorite bands *shrug* : theangrywaffles
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          i like their new song. the one about young, gay republicans : Cihte
          • Non Dairy Creamer, I do believe. It's on their Red Star EP. Their first single from Ursa Major, Don't Bel : theangrywaffles
        • Get used to shrugging. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • lol. The Used? LOL : Cihte
      • This explains so much : MrLobo
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20528041#itemanchor_20528041 : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • For everything else there's MasterCard : Bamtan
      • This is a joke...right? : mrvandelay
      • You can't write comedy like this, folks. : action wombmate
      • Gegtik you know how you sent me a cd full of kickass music? You need to do the same for ra1n immediately... : bipolar
      • If I was a mod, I would ban your ass. : mace
      • We're not the ones gone crazy, friend. : Ride-My-Rocket
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        Why does it matter to so many people what music I like? It's like "HAHAHA I KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT YOU BECAU... : ra1n
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          ra1n do you blast taking back sunday from your lincoln navigator enquiring minds want to know : ]pm[chem
          • I do, in fact. I prefer blasting "The Pros and Cons of Breathing" by Fall Out Boy, however. : ra1n
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          I get that you like these bands, but they are your favorite bands ever? These bands didn't exist 10 years... : MaxPete82
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            To be completely fair, I don't see why this matters. Some of my favorite bands of all times formed in th... : electroly
            • I guess I think of people's favorite bands building on each other (as far as style of music is concerned)... : MaxPete82
          • My favorite band was Metallica when I was fat and angsty. Sounded about right. : ra1n
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          But you are the one that came to a thread where no one was asking what you like and decided to announce t... : OverloadUT
          • I mean overall I like you ra1n but in this case you deserve the people shitting on you :( : OverloadUT
        • it matters because it's fucking hilarious : mikecyb
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          I'd kill for a youtube of ra1n car-dancing and bobbing his head side to side with a big happy grin on his... : HojuSimpson
          • this is the black ra1n: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGEs1i1za_U#t=0m15s : Bamtan
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          because people are fags about music. i don't give a shit if people like opeth or dream theater but appar... : FrayLo
          • Only to dream theater or wilco. : ra1n
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          Man up ra1n, you started this mess and they are going to finish it. : unsound
          • Groan, I knew where this was going to go before I even responded. Le sigh. : ra1n
      • I only like bands that are so good at singing and playing their instruments, that it sounds like they don... : ra1n
    • I couldn't possibly name a few, i'd end up naing a few dozen : Mr. Goodwrench
  • I don't hate them but I don't think I'd be caught dead at one of their concerts. : DeBurgo
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    How does anyone not like AC/DC? How the fuck is that even possible? : Entity
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      I don't like them. Rock for people with double digit iqs, imo. : bipolar
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        So solid blues-rock riffs are only for stupid people? Come on, now. : action wombmate
        • People with IQs in the 85-99 range function perfectly well in society and aren't necessarily especially d... : bipolar
  • hahahahahahah you crack me up lil' buddy. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Brian Johnson was on Top Gear this Sunday, he turned in a great time. : Lunatic Angelic
  • Who? The cricket player? : porp
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    Besides his face, how the fuck is he 60? did you see his arms? I've seen men in their 30's with worse arm... : abrasion
    • Cocaine, pills and Whiskey are better at building muscle than steroids. : spdon
    • yeah I was fucking surprised. 62? The guy looks like he's in his 40's : retardhumper
  • He's a little guy. The weight makes all the difference! : Ellissd
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  Yeah, we got 4 tickets in section b for roughly $94. Concerts are cheap this year. When I went to Judas P... : tetragrammaton
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    10 bucks for Mayhem? I paid 20 for mine : Birchman
    • I paid like $200 for my 3 heaven and hell tix before that so it kind of sucked. I'm pretty sure it was 10... : tetragrammaton
• I went earlier in the year and it was awesome. Not only the concert but the before and after parties. The... : PointlesS76

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  SO they'll get to season 5 and run out of material since he stopped writing? : brickmatt
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    If he hasn't finished A Dance With Dragons by then I will cry. : c0bra
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      I'm convinced he'll die of heart disease before the series is done. : rudds
      • Oh God, don't jinx it. Not like he hasn't done that already. : The Grolar Bear
  • No, no. They'll get to season 2 and HBO will say they've run out of money. Unless this show is incredibly... : NastyJack
  • Or the series will start to influence the plot of the new books and the whole thing will go to shit. : crimrOw
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  Sean Bean was actually the first actor that came to my mind when I thought of who should play Ned. So yay... : kelzmelzer
  • Side note, Stellan Skarsgard in King Arthur, playing Cerdic leading the Saxons, is exactly how I picture : kelzmelzer
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  Alexander Skarsgard needs to be Jaime. : uncleanmonkey
  • That would be a pretty good choice. : SockMonkeh
• One does not simply walk into winterfell. : spectr3
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  Does HBO have a track record with fantasy? Some of the books converted to TV have been pretty terrible. : dael
  • Rome comes close to a medieval setting and they did a fair job. Song of Ice and Fire doesn't have much f... : neokolonial
  • HBO has a track record of being awesome. But no, this would be the first "fantasy" series they've done. : Vincent Grayson
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    I am kind of afraid of how they will do the dragons and the others, mamooths etc... but if any TV channel... : mnok
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      yeah, I'm mostly scared of TV CGI, it tends to be... less than awesome : dael
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        BSG was pretty good, was it not? : c0bra
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          Spaceship CGI != dragon CGI. Lifelike stuff (e.g. things that are ALIVE) are much harder to pull off con... : orgcaptainnemo
          • Robodragons is the obvious solution. : c0bra
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      I hope they'll just use suggestion rather than showing them off in all their glory every single episode. ... : uncleanmonkey
      • yea, the most interesting stuff to me is the politics, not the magic/fantasy part : mnok
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        I don't really recall any fantasy elements in the first series... maybe something with Daenyres? : Grumbeld
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          I mean the first book. : Grumbeld
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            Off the top of my head, I can only think of the Others : fishbone
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              There's also the goddamn dragons. : SockMonkeh
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                yeah, it's been a few years since I read the series. I forgot which book those come in at. : Grumbeld
                • Though, to be fair, the only appear briefly at the very end. : SockMonkeh
              • That happens at the very end of the book 1, last page. : Chod
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          definitely fantasy stuff in the first book... the prologue, for instance has the Others [no point in spo : captfarrell
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            As far as screen time though, the Others would be like maybe 1-2 seconds of up-close shots, and likewise : uncleanmonkey
            • The big issue is the dire wolves but I figure they can use CGI-augmented real wolves for that and it won'... : SockMonkeh
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  I try to watch stuff with Sean Bean in it. His Sharpe's series from UK was a fun show for what I was able... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Yeah, he sucked me into the Sharpe series, as well. : Ride-My-Rocket
• There is a porno with this same name, and it is a shitty porno : unjustend
• Add http://winter-is-coming.blogspot.com/ to your favorite RSS reader. : airrob
• Wow these are better than what I hoped for. Especially for Ned Stark... it seems they are really putting ... : mnok
• This sounds good! Can't wait to watch this but it must still be so far away. : NastyJack
• "The things I do for love..." - Best line in the whole series. : Grumbeld
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  I swear sometimes these posts make me feel like I'm in the wrong chatty. Like somehow I went back in tim... : mrwolf710
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    Sometimes people accidentally repost but I think also sometimes people are aware that they missed the boa... : SockMonkeh
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      Personally, I could discuss ASOIAF time fingers started to bleed from typing so much. You can see how I a... : SockMonkeh
      • Yeah, I agree. So far the cast looks perfect. They even got Tyrion right. : mrwolf710