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• Shacktag FAILED! : freakynipples69
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  You have to do that quest step in the correct order, I believe. Otherwise, it won't work. : felicia
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    can I reset the quest? Cause I've already fucked it up I think. : freakynipples69
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      I don't think it's resettable, but I honestly have no idea. I've never had a problem with that part. I mi... : felicia
      • It resets whenever you get one wrong. : Arcanum
  • This is correct, you have to slash the paintings in order. : Mr. Goodwrench
• "for that slut vampire" i don't know why this amuses me but it does : das_runt
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  Best thing to do is apply the latest patch, then the unofficial patch, then the widescreen fix (if you ha... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    crap so I guess I need to uninstall everything and lose my saved games? : freakynipples69
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      I see no reason why you wouldn't be able to use your saves, but to be honest, where you are isn't very fa... : Mr. Goodwrench
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        let me try slashing them in the correct order and see if that works. : freakynipples69
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          I can't remember that part too well, but it usually starts with Birth of Cain, Cain Kills Abel, Fall of ... : Mr. Goodwrench
          • ^^ This : felicia
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  On a side note, any chance Bethesda would make a sequel? : freakynipples69
  • Doubtful, but jesus fucking christ I would be so happy. : Mr. Goodwrench
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    I wish :( : felicia
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      Then again, since they ended the 'masquerade' world, they'd have to do it in the 'Requiem' world now. : felicia
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        Yeah and that's just eeew, I mean NWoD is apparently great from a pnp gameplay perspective but it doesn't... : SpaecKow
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          Give it time. OWoD was around for how many years before it finally got replaced? : ArcKnight
          • The whole point of NWoD is to not give it flavor, though. It's supposed to be more modular. : SockMonkeh
        • I wouldn't know, haven't played the new setting yet. Supposed to get a game going of it soon, though! ... : felicia
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    Bethesda? Bethesda has never made a game this good. I'mma cut you for sayin some shit like that. So n... : SpaecKow
    • I only suggested Bethesda because Fallout 3 is in the same style as Vampire. : freakynipples69
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      Too bad Troika was incapable of releasing a finished product and had to rely on fans to make their games ... : roushimsx
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        I guess in that sense they are like Bethesda. Except that Bethesda rely on fans to make their games fun. : SpaecKow
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          Ahahahaaaaa : felicia
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            :P : SpaecKow
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              PS. Yo f-dawg we gotta give that new L4D campaign a run through lata eh? : SpaecKow
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                I thought it was out in September? And yes, once it's out we will be PLAYING IT UNTIL WE ARE TIRED OF PLA... : felicia
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                  O. I didn't read that part of the news post :(((((((((( : SpaecKow
                  • It's okay, muffin. I'm going to go home and eat some Tim Tams. And then sleep. And it will be good. : felicia
            • asdjpaisjdpajsda : SpaecKow
        • LOL. I would have to agree with that from Oblivion onwards. : Mr. Goodwrench
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          wait wait wait.... Hasn't someone been quite enjoying Fallout 3 recently??? : shavenewok
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            I MUST DEFEND TROIKAS HONOUR AGAINST ALL SLIGHTS >:( : SpaecKow
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              Mwuhahahaha you praise Trokia yet play Bethesda.... so be it : shavenewok
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                These are dark times, I am as a noble crusader knight, sworn to bear the PC cross, but out of necessity f... : SpaecKow
                • Do not yield brother! One day, the PC gaming scene will overtake the console games! : Aragoat
        • lol i enjoyed this very much : RetroRedEyeJr
    • I'm so glad I refreshed this thread. You said exactly what I wanted to say. : Aragoat
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    CCP is making a MMO set in the greater World of Darkness setting (Vampire:TM is set in this). That is ... : Psigun
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      If this is comes out near the time that SW:TOR does, I will never, ever have free time. : felicia
      • I'll basically be forced to move back in with my parents. : freakynipples69
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  Since troika is shut down who gets the money from sales on steam of Bloodlines? Does it all get split bet... : AgentPothead
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    Probably the original publisher gets it? : freakynipples69
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      Yeah that would be activision. That makes me sad :( : AgentPothead
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        <sigh> remember when the name Activision would go by at the beginning of a game you knew you were up for ... : smacknca
        • Cthulhu yes! I remember back when it was mostly ex Atari people! http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos/un : AgentPothead
      • Do not be sad. Troika was an absolute trainwreck, a complete clusterfuck. If Activision hadn't stepped in... : drhazard
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  I played this game the first time as a Malkavian (clearly the best) with general stealth and melee skills... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    Hahaha, my favourite clan to play was Malk. I loved convincing my old friend that I was her pet turtle th... : felicia
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      May I mine your gray matter? : Mr. Goodwrench
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        So many good quotes from that game. The writing was AMAZING. This one, or whatever it was, cracked me up:... : felicia
        • LOL. Classic! I may have to replay this again, and once again play as a Malkavian...it's the only way ... : Mr. Goodwrench
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          The best bit was the argument you could have with a stop sign if you were a Malkavian. "You have made ... : Aragoat
          • Oh fuck, I completely forgot about that LOL : Mr. Goodwrench
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          God damn you know I never heard that stuff? Oh dear, looks it's reinstall time again FUCK YEA. : SpaecKow
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            WHAT!? Not even the radioshow host with the smooth, silky voice? She sounded hot! And it was hilarious th... : felicia
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              No I heard her, talkin to Vigo and lollin it up, but I never heard that radio play thing somehow :( : SpaecKow
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                I remember grabbing the MP3 files for the radio and listening to them one after the other. They were jus... : Aragoat
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                  Yeah man, I also love the soundtrack, so atmospheric, especially the tune they play in the haunted house.... : SpaecKow
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                    You ever remember the main Title theme? How unbelieveably close it was to 'Angel' by Massive Attack? ... : Mr. Goodwrench
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                      Ummm, they licensed it and a few other tracks as well. : Rag and Bone Man
                      • Massive Attack licensed Angel to Vampire: TM: Bloodlines? : Mr. Goodwrench
                  • I agree on all points. The haunted house had me totally freaked out and then I was on edge for the tanke... : Aragoat
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                  Oh shit, I still have those somewhere! Man, someone should really get on mixing some of those into music.... : felicia
                  • "Blood's ya new fuckin heroin, kid!" awesome way to open up the game. : SpaecKow
  • You miss out on sooooo much if your first playthrough is as a Malkavian. Hell, one of his first lines in... : bipolar
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    Malkavian with melee and stealth is the ultimate build. : Anti_dentite
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      Definitely. As soon as you get a decent sword, you can just cut the enemy to fucking shreds. : Mr. Goodwrench
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        I loved using their stealth power and "silently" killing enemies with a sledgehammer. I want to replay... : Aragoat
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          Obfuscate! That power was fantastic. Vision of Death was awesome as well, killing an enemy in one s... : Mr. Goodwrench
          • That's the one! I don't remember using Vision of Death because I was having too much fun killing everyon... : Aragoat
• Slash them in order so they form a 'story' : bipolar
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  this is next on my list once i beat The Witcher! : mwasher
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    (does the steam version work in 7 perfectly?) : mwasher
    • Running 7 64x and I have no problems. : freakynipples69
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    I think I'll finally play The Witcher after I beat Vampire. : freakynipples69
    • we should trade games! : mwasher
• let me preface my post with the point that I LOVE bloodlines but everytime I hear about V:TM, I rememb... : edge198
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  can you install the community patch on the steam version? : Clay
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    Sure can! Just remember to turn off the auto-update otherwise Steam may try to fix the changed files. G... : Aragoat
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      ok i'm sick of hearing people talk about this game, i'm going to give it a go. : Clay
      • I'm glad that we can annoy people in to trying this fantastic game. :-) : Aragoat
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  I bought this game a while ago, but I never got around to playing it. Someone please link me to where I c... : Bean
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    http://www.patches-scrolls.de/vampire_bloodlines.php get da latest one from there. Also in the end you re... : SpaecKow
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      i don't see any full/minimum stuff here : Clay
      • It's been a while since I've patched but I believe it's the same installer but it gives you an option of ... : Aragoat
    • Thanks Outer Space Bovine! : Bean
• So does this game work right on Vista64 with 4 gigs of ram yet? : Vincent Grayson

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  You either: 1. Have your parents pay for it all 2. Get a combination of Federal/state/private grant... : Prozium
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    get married and have kids. : mindshot
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      How does that generate money for going to school? : Prozium
      • take out life insurance policy on wife, kill her. then sell your kids. bing badda boom. : mindshot
  • 4. Work while going to school. : Sirus2400
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  you wouldn't qualify. you'd get student loans (if available) that would cover tuition + boarding expense... : EvilDolemite
  • This is what I did. 20 hrs/wk working + student loans. Still managed to save a little money. And I was... : wattss
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  And we wonder why everything in our system is broken, we have the entire world sucking off us and they do... : pwnjoo
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    i believe he was just asking a question, not actually representing the entire world nor actually sucking ... : EvilDolemite
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      Yeah, he is aussie and he asked how he could come here and have you and I pay for him to live and attend ... : pwnjoo
      • his and at least 35-40 million other people's thinking* : pwnjoo
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        our problems are not the fault of legal immigrants or visa holders. we have plenty to work on without las... : EvilDolemite
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          Im not talking about legals or visa holders, Im talking about how he said how can i get on welfare to pay... : pwnjoo
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            illegals aren't even the source of our problems. immigrants in general do plenty of positive things for ... : EvilDolemite
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              They cause a lot of problems around here, and we have to pay billions every year cleaning up after them o... : pwnjoo
              • Lou Dobbs? : riptyde
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            he asked a question. that doesn't mean what he hopes can happen actually happens. also way to blame fo... : dahanese
            • Duh, if the rest of the worlds population was wiped out than us american's wouldn't have any problems. : Prozium
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        Yeah, that's the reason. Hate to break it to you, but he wouldn't get any funding. : Conan
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          no, yautja is personally out to bring down the US by asking questions about how he can get money for scho : Prozium
          • yautja mostly comes out at night....mostly. : Mr. Goodwrench
          • Yauuuuutjaaaa!!!! : snuff
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        But i will pay back what i received via taxes when i get a job : yautja
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          Dont get me wrong here it was just the way it was worded. You seem eager, willing and smart. Just get a l... : pwnjoo
          • Other countries typically support students as they know that it will inevitably lead to a higher GDP per ... : batkiwi
  • Oh shit i forgot the Minister of Finance was going to be shacknews today doing his Q+A. Get financial adv... : MrBig0
  • What services? This whole thread is about how he'd pretty much get nothing if he moved here. : digweed014
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  You take out huge loans and get a job. There is no welfare for College. Or, if you're a gifted student, t... : Visceral Monkey
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    3d option: You join the military and they pay for your education. : Visceral Monkey
    • And the new GI bill went into effect August 1, and there are some nice education benefits all up in there... : riptyde
  • Protip for all Shack college students. Apply for all those $500 scholarships offered by the school/alumn... : riptyde
• You can go to college for free but your degree with say Juan Pablo on it and you will have to live with t... : rosewood
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  I'll give you the secret if you tell me how I can go to an Australian uni on welfare. : LilCrypto
  • Get Australian citizenship, bang, apply for government welfare via centrelink. : yautja
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  I'm fairly sure tuition for Out-Of-Country is an exorbitant amount of money. : anhero
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    Even with a green card? : yautja
    • No you would be a resident then. Why do you want to come here so much by the way? There are other ways t... : pwnjoo
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      You'd still pay exorbitant fees for first year, as you wouldn't be a resident of the state yet (that's ho... : crummynz
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        um...way more than just the first year. all his years. : gyokuro
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          Wouldn't he be a resident after the first year with a green card? I'm not entirely clued in. : crummynz
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            but he's a foreign student : gyokuro
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              but if you get a green card you're considered a permanent resident and thus eligible for in-state tuition... : Prozium
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                Depends on the state. Here in HI, they will *NEVER* consider me a resident, because I started school befo... : Vincent Grayson
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                  This is all foreign to me but, i should live in a state for a year before studying for full benefit ? : yautja
                  • You should check with the state (or university) to see exactly how they do things. : Vincent Grayson
                  • We have things called instate and out of state tuition. After you had been a residnet for a year you can ... : pwnjoo
          • Even if he was of the US, likely not of the state (most states don't let you become a resident unless you... : zakazi
  • For the first year he'd pay out of state rates, but by the start of the second year he'd have lived in th... : riptyde
• I hope you work hard. Otherwise this will be difficult. : thecatinthehat
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  Welfare pay for college? o_O : thetangent
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    It's not as outlandish as you may think - not by a longshot. In socialist paradise Denmark, you get pa... : evildanish
    • We're interested in preserving our class structure here, buddy. : underground banana plantation
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  getting a green card takes a LONG time : gyokuro
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    only 2 years : yautja
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      What makes you think that? On what grounds do you plan on getting a green card? : batkiwi
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        Marry an American girl : yautja
        • If you're serious about this SM me. There are some specific things you need to do, in a specific order, ... : batkiwi
• I will officially LOL this. : soggybagel
• get a job you bum! : nunami
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  Going to a university in the States makes you a temporary resident, and then you get RAPED with Out-of-co... : Flint Ironstag
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    You guys have fast internet but no welfare for students?? wtf, even backward australia has it :P : yautja
    • A decent amount of people get scholarships. Otherwise, it's student loans. : underground banana plantation
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      What does fast internet have anything to do with welfare? I mean, I kind of get what you're saying, bu... : Flint Ironstag
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        yeah i sorta already knew that. but i still want to explore the states. : yautja
        • It's one thing to explore and travel around the States. I encourage that! I do not encourage you to co... : Flint Ironstag
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  Why are you so desperate to go to the US? : Drewus
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    i wouldn't say desperate, but i want to spend abit of time there, get away from the comforts of my countr... : yautja
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      No offence to the Americans, but the US is probably the last place on the planet I would want to go. Espe... : Drewus
      • I'll be going to SE Asia end of the year first, Europe is too expensive for me. I love mountains. Americ... : yautja
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        I can imagine wanting to go before the place is in ruins like it will be in 20 or 30 years, I would kind ... : abrasion
        • The way i see it, im Australian born. If i dont like America or i fail hard trying to live here, i can al... : yautja
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          Living there and (like most americans) not going out of the US except for mexico/canada you don't realize... : batkiwi
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            From my experience it seem to be crazy everywhere, just different types of crazy. : pwnjoo
            • Agreed. I think it's silly of people to overemphasize how "awesome" it is "everywhere else". It gets o... : Rice-Rocketeer
            • It's true. Traveled all over and everywhere is different and fairly unique. Some may feel crazier than ot... : zakazi
          • crazy how? When I went to Ireland, a rapping Catholic priest was on the top 10 countdown. Now that was ... : DonkeyPopsicle
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          haha abrasion, it's cute you think the US is going to be in ruins in 20 years : EvilDolemite
          • Could be sooner! : abrasion
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        ^^^ An ignorant comment : phreakshow
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          What? get fucked. Nowhere did I say that America sucks and you're all a big bunch of fags. It's simply th... : Drewus
          • So you've never been here? It may surprise you. I understand your point - but US is a large and extremely... : zakazi
    • you're about the 4'th Aussie ever who wants to see the US before London, the rest of them go straight to ... : abrasion
• We've done the AU->US thing (wife) and the US->AU thing (me). 1. HOW do you plan on getting this gre... : batkiwi

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  I've never used one except for ;) : abrasion
  • i think abrasion wants to have sex with you mindshot : Chandler55
• It's not dead; some people still use it. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• i think you're wrong; some people still use the semicolon : FrayLo
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  Not if you're literate, no. You should go back to school and learn how to use it; it's a useful tool. : electroly
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    no, school sucks. except for college, which helped me get laid; the semicolon wont help with that. did... : mindshot
    • more or less : electroly
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      semicolons won't help me get laid; they might actually inhibit my sex life. that's a bit better becaus... : dahanese
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        you should be a teacher. : mindshot
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          i don't know if you are kidding. :-( i hate people but i love the english language and creative writing. ... : dahanese
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            like just have a blog or something with your own input that people could reference to and those who legit... : mindshot
            • oh you kiss ass : dahanese
  • if (!grad) return; : Demius
  • I had a college English professor who said that if you used a semicolon incorrectly on a paper, you lost ... : riptyde
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  it's not a comma. it separates two thoughts. you can basically use a period instead of a semi colon, beca... : dahanese
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    I like this explanation by dahanese; she is a smart shacker. : SockMonkeh
    • The correct version of this is: "I like this explanation by daganese; smart shacker." : Rigg5
  • This is pretty much it. You use the semicolon more in formal writing, but use the IDEA in normal day to ... : batkiwi
• the semicolon has cancer........................?no? : qwertopuss
• There's nothing wrong with the semicolon; it's an incredibly useful tool. : Conan
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  tl;dr : veras
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    Really, this is a great concise example of it's use. : Conan
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      but "too long" and "didn't read" aren't complete sentences :-( : electroly
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        It's an abbreviation, man. Clearly there's an implied "The article is too long; I didn't read it". : Conan
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          In that case a semi colon acts as a kind of 'therefore' function : Mr. Goodwrench
          • As in, the article is too long, therefore I did not read it : Mr. Goodwrench
        • i am going to go with electroly that the abbreviation is an incorrect usage. your sentence here works tho... : dahanese
  • Fantastic example; I couldn't think of a better one. : rosewood
  • lol, nicely done : riptyde
  • lol, I wanna hit you, but you are absolutely right (according to my English degree) : Mr. Goodwrench
• Semi colon is a mark of sophistication. : thecatinthehat
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  I use it quite liberally. : Judicus
  • me too;;;;;;;; : skryte
• No. It binds a compound sentence without use of a conjunction. : boomstickah
• there's no point to capitalization either, but ppl keep using it. : spectr3
• Hay what is the matter; donut you know how to you it?; the semicolon? dang. : snuff
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  Semicolons are awesome. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/nyregion/18semicolon.html?_r=1&ex=1204088400... : underground banana plantation
  • Also, semicolons are incredibly useful visual cues for speech rhythm when reading aloud. : underground banana plantation
• You use it when you don't have the strength to write a full colon. : BlackCat9
• I read that as a intestinal problem... : IncursionZ
• C# and it's ilk won't know where your lines end. So no, the semi-colon is not defunct. : DrZettl
• I use it all the fucking time; look no hands! : massdev
• It goes at the end of SQL statements! : Majuju
• The main use of the colon is to connect one independent clause to something that illustrates, clarifies, ... : Birchman
• Programming aside, I actually use it somewhat often when writing sentences. : Begawkiness
• It's for when you need more than a pause but not quite an end. : prime8
• It's uncommon but useful. : Arcanum

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• When did youtube implement video ads? Just got an ad for Broadview security. : pigvomit
• "They are uhh...uh...." beating the shit out of him! : sanchez
• "They are uhh...uh...." beating the shit out of him! : sanchez
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  "They are uhh...uh...." beating the shit out of him! : sanchez
  • Keep posting I don't think we heard you enough. : thecatinthehat
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    Thank god for you Agent Pothead http://agentpothead.com/sanchez.jpg : Solstice
    • I do what I can. : AgentPothead
    • haha, i like how they kept 3 of them and nuked the rest. : papaskot
• THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME : ejectorpod
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xR_dDerPdM#t=2m39s is exactly when a Socal cop starts shooting. Also, ... : snuff
• I like the guy in the white shirt getting in his face as they cart him away at 6:20, hahaha. : father_crown
• Oh god the cops make me laugh so hard, there's literally 7 cops beating the shit out of the guy on the gr... : abrasion
• America, FUCK YEAH! This is what makes the place great! (From an Aussie's point of view) After she sai... : MeestaNob
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  wow holy shit... at 2:40, that is RESTRAINT from the police not shooting right through his windshield as ... : proclone1
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    But you know that a million people will be up in arms about the beatdown the guy got at the end of it... : VictoriouSecret
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      because the beating is somehow justified? : cptstern
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        Trying to run over a police office is justified as well? : DM7
        • officer* lol :[ : DM7
      • I am pretty sure that if I was one of those cops, I'd probably kick him in the nuts. I'm not saying it wo... : tashtego
  • That was probably more because they were in such close proximity to other people. Had there been noone e... : Senate5000
  • The only reason they didn't was because of the rush hour traffic. Had a stray bullet hit anyone else by a... : Flint Ironstag
• Oh man, I thought he was gonna try to get away from the cops when they were about to put him in the car, ... : Trips
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  That is rush hour traffic in Pittsburgh? Holy crap that is like the least traffic I've ever seen on a str... : socksta
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    Have these police officers never played a video game before? The angles they are hitting the car at are h... : socksta
    • yeah, not boxing him in or pit manouver. : radula
• So why did that cop just decide to start banging into the van's side instead of trying to PIT him or some... : valael
• Someone should put the wanted level stars on there. : vx2o
• I was waiting for them to quarter him and start running around with his limbs. : topkatz
• That, is a lot of cops. : Begawkiness
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  What that criminal...... WHITE ?? That is some Obama Administration Racial Profiling. : Phil
  • What Was : Phil

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  Valve needs to buy me a car when I buy L4D2 : Godhatesfatpeople
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    The sense of entitlement is strong with this one. Check his medichlorians. : jingletard
    • .. and hope they're very low? : one random winner
• what a sad day this be! : thekidd
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  I'm still not happy. How about spending some time on Episode 3 and Portal 2? : ventro
  • wah wah wahhhh : felicia
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    Those are different teams though, right? (though apparently there's bleed over between projects?) : roushimsx
    • Yes. Different teams for the most part : glio1337
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    Yeah, I'm eagerly awaiting EP3 more than anything else. We need some more Gordon. : jingletard
    • I predict there will be portal technology in HL3. : DM7
    • Portal 2 is what I'm gayest for by far. : SpaecKow
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    I think it's ridiculous how long it's taking for Ep3. That's the only thing that bugs me about the Left 4... : K1Bond007
    • ^This exactly. That's exactly what made me so upset about the whole L4D2 thing. I don't care about entitl... : The Grolar Bear
    • Episode 3 requires a lot more playtesting, writing, and just...fucking everything. It's a much bigger cha... : Wisp!
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      I would much rather see Episode 3 before L4D2. : pyide
      • Which you will play through in about 3 hours. : Techpriest((Thc))
      • I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who would disagree with you. : abrasion
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      I WISH VALVE HAD 100 ARMS : Godhatesfatpeople
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        I wish Valve knew what an episodic game was. Great games as they are, the episodes are a horrible failure... : K1Bond007
        • Didn't they already say they screwed that up and took the blame for the episodic thing not working out? H... : Godhatesfatpeople
      • lol : digweed014
    • Agree with all points raised in this post. : abrasion
    • Yeah I was hoping that with all the Source upgrades they made for Ep2, that episode 3 would not require a... : Begawkiness
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  Shit! The natives are angry! We better ship out that campaign that sucked that we never finished! He : Lunatic Angelic
  • Oh man, green period guy is here. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • acci-lol : shika.art
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  why isn't the 360 version free? is that just microsoft saying what's up? : das_runt
  • How did you miss the tons of news items about different (typically PC) developers wanting to release stuf... : Tchest
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  I wonder if this is them just being lazy or actually trying to make a shorter campaign. Either way I'm in... : DrFlammable
  • They may be making a shorter campaign to reduce ragequiting. : thecatinthehat
• The only problem I have with left for dead 2 is that it looks EXACTLY like l4d. The gameplay I've seen sh... : papaskot
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  Valve needs to get me laid. Otherwise I will never forgive them for existing. : Mr. Goodwrench
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    and Half LIfe 1 is still the best game they've ever made : Mr. Goodwrench
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      Half Life 1 Half Life 2 fixed that for you : jingletard
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        HALF LIFE 2 was lame : Mr. Goodwrench
        • Wrong. : pyide
        • So broken. : mattavius
        • More like Badwrench. : jamesray
        • I was your buddy in the Vampire: The Masquerade thread, but here we must part ways. :( : felicia
        • I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS I GUESS NOT ANYMORE I WANT MY JOURNEY ALBUMS BACK : jingletard
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          LOL, I jest. HAlf Life 2 was a good game, I just don't think it deserves the props it is given as 'the... : Mr. Goodwrench
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            Yeah, HL1 had that whole "I've got to get the hell out of here" feeling as you were playing it. You felt ... : The Grolar Bear
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              I agree completely. HL 2 shat all over the story arc that the first HL had set up, to the point where ... : Mr. Goodwrench
              • While your last sentence is a good point, the questions you ask about the plot show that you didn't pay e... : Nighteyes
              • http://members.shaw.ca/halflifestory/ Written by a Shacker, too. : Arctic Fox
              • The pieces that you're fed in HL2 are great. Especially since the Episodes after it give all of that more... : Godhatesfatpeople
          • You are correct. HL2 made a lot of improvements but the pacing in HL1 was just incredible. : datoo
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          yo fuck all of you I actually believe this HL1 was so fucking good, HL2 was so not : Majuju
          • Amen : Mr. Goodwrench
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          hl1 was revolutionary, hl2 was evolutionary(still great tho) imo : Unleashed
          • I like this idea the best. I thought HL2 was the perfect] sequel to a game, I thought it improved upon e... : jingletard
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        No he was right the first time, HL1 > HL2 : abrasion
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          i think this may be correct but i enjoyed episode 2 more than both. This just reminded me of how excite... : RetroRedEyeJr
          • Ep 2 really was great, first HL2 bit which kicked ass completely : abrasion
          • I agree with this, Black Mesa Source should hopefully put HL 2 in it's fucking place. : Mr. Goodwrench

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  I'd love to see updated graphics - but I still want the complex, sim-like gameplay. : abrasion
  • It's being converted over to a SCUMM engine game. : guido anchovy
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  XBLA please! : Dave-A
  • Oh hells yes. : freakynipples69
  • I'd be down for that : pharom
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    Only if it's not dumbed down. If Wing Commander worked on a SNES controller, they can map all controls in... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Not impossible when you factor in for D-pad and depressed stick inputs: http://strategywiki.org/wiki/S... : Lunatic Angelic
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      That would be tricky. If I remember correctly, there's a lot of stuff you were doing in X-Wing with power... : Dave-A
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        map those to the shoulder buttons. the tricky part would be the wingman commands : FrayLo
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          I'll map you to the shoulder buttons young man! Perhaps they could do voice recognition for the wingmandy... : Dave-A
          • STAY ON TARGET, FAGGOT! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      http://wiki.rebelsquadrons.org/index.php/Xwing_Keyboard_Commands lol. : abrasion
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        A bunch of that could be moved into menus and/or "hold button + push in a direction" gestures, I think. : nudel
        • More power to all of you then, I wouldn't even consider such a game on a console personally and no I'm no... : abrasion
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    Dave-A, how is that even possible, - do you actually remember X-Wing (no seriously now, do you?) : abrasion
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      Yes, I bought it when it came out. : Dave-A
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20587002#itemanchor_20587002 : abrasion
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          yeah i guess at first i thought you could do it, but you would be missing some key commands left stick... : FrayLo
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            You can't think of it that way, or else you're in "holy heck an FPS could never work on a console I need ... : Dave-A
            • Exactly. That, and having energy (shields/weapons/engines) presets mapped to toggle on the back button co... : Ajax
          • Preeeeeeeeeeecisely, this game is a simulator of a fictional spacecraft, it's not for the faint hearted b... : abrasion
    • I played the shit out of the first 2 on my 386. Was sorta sweating getting num2 to run consistently on if : Antilles_Prime
• straight port to XBLA! : cpt_gloval
• Fuckin A. I've still got both installed. : tohm82
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  http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Page=6&Set=6206-1 : shortbuscaptain
  • PEW PEW : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I'd really like a brand new title, but will settle for a XBLA or Steam re-release. There haven't been any... : theangrywaffles
• Tie Fighter with updated graphics and 64 player MP w/ customizable ships : sanchez
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  ive always thought it was such an obvious use of the franchise to make a variant that was nothing but mas... : smacknca
  • I will give you money for this game. : tohm82
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    Imagine lan parties where you have people in a room controlling one Star Destroyer. One pilot, one on th... : Modica Sol Solis
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      and it would work so well because it doesnt have to be just mindless waves of killing. you would need me... : smacknca
      • do want. let's take a high profile person hostage to get the money to fund this. : Modica Sol Solis
    • UGH why hasn't this fucking been DONE YET : abrasion
    • UNF! : EricZBA
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      ... you fuck up and Darth Vader comes by and strangles you with his mind. : ThomW
      • I think he'd kill you with a tray. : zipr
    • No this should be addressed, WHY HASN'T IT BEEN DONE YET? It would kick so much ass >:( : abrasion
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      Derek Smart should make this game lol : Drewus
      • Hasn't he pretty much already done it with the Battlecruiser series? : roushimsx
      • Derek Smart you say? : trOmblyj
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      This sounds way better than it actually would be. 1 person gets to play Simon with the shield defenses... : Rampancy
      • Haha reality check. : rudds
      • I'd argue a middle ground. 1. Navigation / Shields - Trade offs between the two of propulsion and def... : geedeck
      • Stop ruining everyones fun, I bet it would be like BF1942 or TF2 and other team games, sure 75% is crap b... : abrasion
      • I remember people thinking BF2 was going to usher in some amazing new gameplay concepts with the whole Co... : Trips
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        yeah and if you got a noob on shields you'd fucking rage so hard. fucking CHRIST man we need to go fast n... : aeg1x
        • aeg1x do you like X-Wing and Tie Fighter? I loved them as a kid, a hell of a lot - they were incredible. ... : abrasion
      • Hahaha. This is hilarious and true. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • Yup : Begawkiness
  • Now if Lucas would get his fatass out of the way and let DICE do the game... : Antilles_Prime
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    During the heyday of TIE FIghter I used to fantasize about a game just like it that recreated a multiplay... : rudds
    • It's only been 15 years, these things take time dude. : abrasion
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  I want a hybrid port. I want the high res graphics of the disc version, with the old MIDI music. : ThomW
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    Plug your X-foils into the hybrid port for maximum mileage, Luke! : Dave-A
    • Thanks for your helpful and insightful comment, Dave-A! : ThomW
  • iMUSE really was awesome and it kinda is a shame that they can only be really done with MIDI. : fbsh
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  I refuse to get excited, they will just screw us over : Clay
  • ^^^^^ : nyranger66
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    Always negative clay, why can't you be more like me? : abrasion
    • lol : Downforce
    • oh my god i fell into negative world : Clay
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  iPhone port : Schnapple
  • What did I tell you? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20584501 : danielbrauer
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  I'm holding my breath for a full blown TIE-Fighter sequel, complete with all the things we loved about TI... : thetangent
  • INDEED. : Flinz
• Please yes! I want a full remake for PC and XBLA and modern netcode. : Link.
• i rotted on TIE Fighter as a kid. i want a full HD remake/sequel. please oh please make it happen...... : i poop from there