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  i got about 1:30 in and found myself actually getting mad : EvilDolemite
  • Yeah, the game is literally so hard that simply watching it pisses you off lol. I've made it through the... : SolrFlare
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  lol, the angle he had to avoid those hidden blocks at must be impossible : anhero
  • also - are there any speed runs of this? : anhero
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    he said you have to "glitch" it : biskits
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      heard that - but seems like if you jump late enough to dodge the first, short enough to miss the second, ... : anhero
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        see 2:52 of below posted video, versus his later attempts in that video. : anhero
        • Yeah, it's just about pinpoint precision that would allow you to get through due to quirks in swm's mecha... : SolrFlare
• random: i had a lot of fun finishing smw. it was a great platformer. : FrayLo
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  This doesn't seem fun at all. : CyCo_PL
  • Well, at these difficulties it becomes more like a puzzle than a platformer. It has certain appeal for th... : SolrFlare
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  the next vid is horrible http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PORuNMKKn7M&fmt=18 : anhero
  • Did I glitch it or what . . . ? : Grimp
• This is like watching me play Braid. :( : Grimp
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  i'd like to see a playthrough where all the redoes are taken out and it's just a straight, perfect run th... : electroly
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    Or tool assisted runs, yes. Part of the enjoyment for me with these though is watching the fail. Keeps i... : SolrFlare
    • You would lose a significant amount of the lols. Stuff like hidden blocks (which are always good for laf... : cornchak
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    How about a perfect run through and all the fails at the same time? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2O... : MamiyaOtaru
    • okay that is pretty awesome : electroly
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    Yeah, this is what a TAS is. : Link.
    • i just watched one of this game on youtube, it's insane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGNt2vOMtXk ... : electroly
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  Wow. He has some serious patients. : terath
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    they are very ill : moshman
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      it's the right spelling. I even looked it up. :( Well, the non-plural version at least. : terath
      • Knowing homophones mean you're gay for spelling. Patience, maybe was what you were looking for. : cerealSAM2
      • You did the right thing looking up the spelling. What you forgot was to glance at the meaning. : GodZilly
      • *snicker* : Sapiens
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        You were looking for how to spell patience and it didn't bother you there was as singular and a plural ve... : MamiyaOtaru
        • Clearly you don't have enough patiences for him. : Sapiens
      • lol : moshman
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  The funny part is that Kaizo Mario is actually beatable without assisted tools, unlike some other harder,... : Link.
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    there is no possible way that is a human playing that : Jackass1233
    • Right. He's saying that's harder but the only way to do it is tool assisted unlike Kaizo Mario which is d... : SolrFlare
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  it cracks me up when he just kicks yoshi off the platform "yeah get the fuck off" lol : xsii
  • haha i thought that was great : Chandler55
• Jesus just watching that gave me a frustration headache. : cetra00
• Why is he doing this, did he lose a bet? : Serpico74
• Wow, I haven't got that mad watching someone play in awhile. : lightly inclined
• The run at 3:08 was great. Almost made it, and the fucker ate the block. So he just punts him off. : mrblarg

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    I upgraded from Tiger to Snow Leopard and so far so good! : sgtsanity
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  I've heard more people bitch about it rather than praise it. : jingletard
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    No, it's quite good, but these are just minor growing pains. It's faster in almost every respect. : askedrelic
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  get ready for more hard drive space thats completely and totally legit!! : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Indeed. About 4-6gb from the install, and a good 4-6gb more due to the spotlight index being much much m... : SolrFlare
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• wow, that's bad. : jingletard
• even worse than i thought it was going to be..... : Turd Ferguson
• Beyond the Cobain thing, why are the other characters air guitaring/drumming during parts of the song, an... : riptyde
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  i threw up a little, in my mouth : harold.johnson
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    nope, that was me..... : Turd Ferguson
    • you threw up a little in his mouth? : Sapiens
• hahaha : WhatIsThisFor
• Not cool. : abrasion
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  there's a joke to be made between Courtney Love and the song in the video being "You Give Love A Bad Name... : Schnapple
  • that's ok, the author of the article already did right below the video : busdriver3030
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  hahaha fuck i made it like 30 seconds : busdriver3030
  • You should watch the end. Cobain convulsing spastically on stage to David Bowie's "Fame" has got to be th... : BlackCat9
• All Apologies? : DaMojo
• I think this is hilarious and awesome. : soggybagel
• That's wrong on multiple levels : ColoradoCNC
• WOW : Serpico74
• Ahahahahahah! : thetangent
• Pretty fucked up. : ateam311
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  Is it worse that Kurt Cobain is singing it, or that his band is comprised of a skeleton with a mohawk and... : BlackCat9
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    you do understand that the 8 year olds are their target market, right? it's the kids with parents' money ... : biskits
    • I'm pretty sure that Guitar Hero didn't originate as a game targeted to younger kids. I don't know what A... : BlackCat9
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      I know you're being sarcastic (or maybe you're not), but Activision is not targeting pre-teens. They know... : ateam311
      • Yes, bros love rocking out to Talking Heads songs. No, wait, that's me. *goes to try out another $25 of D... : BlackCat9
    • Activision has a family version called Band Hero coming out later in the fall. Guitar Hero is definitely ... : rudds
    • I'm pretty sure most sales data completely contradicts that. : Vincent Grayson
• I suppose you can do this with Johnny Cash as well? : Dravenport
• Most of that is pretty funny, the only real travesty is Bush. That shitty wanna-be grunge has no place w... : bipolar
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  This will work with Rockband 2 controllers right? And that looks freaking hard! I'm still trying to get t... : Ziz
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    yeah it will, and guitar hero is much harder than rockband, but not in a fun way. : headbone
    • GH:World Tour and GH:Metallica aren't so bad, Rock Band 1 is a bit too easy, haven't played Rock Band 2 y... : thecray
• That's just evil. I thought maybe they'd add him in and treat it with respect but obviously not. That's... : mrwolf710
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  fuck the guitar hero franchise : EvilDolemite
  • Fuck its dying corpse. : NastyJack
• another reason to hate activision.. : deathofrats
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  The funny thing is, this is probably only offensive to late 20s-30somethings. You know...us. : owly
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    how is it offensive? I'm not getting the outrage in this thread : RikiTiki2
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      Of course it's offensive. It's having a CG Charleton Heston promote gun control. Cobain would have hated... : sirsteven
      • Which is exactly why they had to do it. : pres589
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    i don't find it offensive, just tacky and typical of the franchise. it treats its source material with l... : EvilDolemite
    • Sorry...offensive was the wrong word. Please don't be offended. : owly
    • Yeah, it's crass. I'm not a huge Nirvana fan but Cobain is a guy who died for his art. This is not what ... : dirge23
• they didn't even use expert : gyokuro
• I think I'm going to throw up. : NastyJack
• why would anyone be upset by this? some funny clips there, haha. : mwasher
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  I thought Yoko and company were kinda douchey about the Beatles: Rock Band stuff. NOW I UNDERSTAND. : dirge23
  • ^^^^ this x 1000 : Schnapple
  • "Okay so as you see, you can guide the Beatles on trippy journey throughout their careers, including high : EvilDolemite
  • the beatles doing metallica would rock though : gyokuro
• whoooooooo-ooa, you're a loaded guuuun! *record scratch* : bad_fish
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  Well that's that I hate guitar games now. Its got over milked madden syndrome written all over it. Let'... : Darthbrooks
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    please don't lump harmonix products in with activision/neversoft stuff. harmonix goes about this genre... : EvilDolemite
    • More like ten characters and stages. : Deathlove
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  whats with all the rage with this? They even use johnny cash in the game and no ones complaining about th... : klearlyunseen
  • Kurt Cobain hated being a celebrity. Better to burn out than to fade away. : Deathlove
  • well nobody posted a movie of Johnny cash singing these songs, I'm sure it would be equally tacky. : thecray
• Taken out of context.. He wouldn't appear that way in the career mode anyway. : humbleone
• I don't think it's offensive, but it certainly doesn't make any sense at all. Why would you have virtual ... : Drewus
• At least it was a way to make Kurt appear happy while performing, even if it is just a game, and of cours... : pres589

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  Go on.... : menar003
  • use your imagination! : jane911
• blankety blank : Unleashed
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  eat white dog shit : Tommy Toolbag
  • not enough blanks please try again : Modica Sol Solis
• eat grapes : Modica Sol Solis
• shoot jane911 : geneshifter
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  google aion : papaskot
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    k, so now that i know what aion is, i would give away an aion beta key! : papaskot
    • You have an extra? : menar003
• thank you : BongSlayerB
• suck cocks : PointlesS76
• Eat A Klondike Bar : cerealSAM2
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  I would have sex with drakoniac for an Aion beta key. : mysled
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    I'd have sex with me too : Drakoniac
    • you already do. : creep
• fluff donkeys : MagicWishMonkey
• fuck a Klondike bar : Yabrodan
• I watched a friend of mine playing this and it's a total love child from Shadowbane + WoW. It looks like... : jingletard
• Isn't it in open beta this coming weekend? : notdeadyeti
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  my sub ran out on FP after Huxley beta and I refuuuuuuuse to renew it. Just wasn't worth it IMO. Also, Hu... : jane911
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    Like Planetside combat wasn't anything special TBH. But the scale of combat (or atleast perception of sca... : jane911
    • lol I thought this was someone replying. just you talking to yourself :D : Lionel2b
    • Need TRIBES FPS PVP MMO (I'd pay) - or BATTLE.NET style. I'd be down. Give it the obligatory skill tree s... : jane911
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      Nothing beat Planetside in that dept. God I miss that game. : RyDogg1
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        Dude you're so right. Nothing felt better than taking a continent by storm via Galaxies, Vanguards, Enfor... : MercFox1
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          If only the engine weren't such shit. I mean at the time, large scale battles were probably a network ni... : RyDogg1
          • I was just thinking of all the cloaking shenanigans... sending them into pistol ambush snipers before the... : jane911
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            Bee-Eff-Arrs and Caverns. What the fuck, SOE. The Beta of Planetside + Platoons, CRs, a high BR level, th : MercFox1
            • I miss planetside too. Especially the old days when you'd use a lasher on everything. And the lancer wa... : JuffoWup
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  check your SM's : notdeadyeti
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    A true scholar! So, the answer to my OP would be: post here Thanks NDY! : jane911
    • <3 if only I had more to give :( : notdeadyeti
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      Good luck trying to patch it! lol :( 3000:34 remaining : Frozen Pixel
      • I see this 3gb patch I have to grab after the 9gb client. Sweet! It doesn't matter, I am stoked! : jane911
  • someones gettin a reach around tonight : dantastic
  • here is a thank you.. a nws aion forum signature for when the game goes retail. http://www.easyscreens.in... : jane911
• fuck kodiak : zerog83
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  (____|____) I completed the picture! : delataur
  • o o : Majuju
• poop pants : jenisthebest
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  If there happen to be any others up for grabs I'd be very interested! : braaains
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    Sorry mine was a one time deal, but for the cool price of the game you can have one too! (I think...) : notdeadyeti
    • I could subscribe to File Planet too, but I refuse to pay for a 'beta'. : braaains
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  So I got a beta key and loaded the game up, but can't connect. What's up with that? : RyDogg1
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    Beta only runs during the weekend. : notdeadyeti
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      Okay. Guess I'll wait to check it out. : RyDogg1
      • No good sir! Invent a time machine to play the game in the future. : notdeadyeti
  • Open Beta starts on the 6th, and ends on the 13th. : Frozen Pixel
• ask politely : Zips
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  I will give a big hug for a key! : mwasher
  • Dont you mean "hug sensually" : bolneze
  • I might have one for you! : Majuju
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  let a corporation root my box : NexusOne
  • mine was already rooted when I installed and played phantasy star universe. So I just go with the flow o... : JuffoWup
• We should get a thread going of where/which race everyone is playing when pre-selection/character creatio... : Link.
• do nothing : thejm4n
• ask nicely : Juno
• it's a 2d representation of your open for business asshole : llamameat

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• steal that car : Deathlove
• Holy shit : psxtim
• may be Ralph Lauren's car? : cjcharv
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  I'll show you what happens when you meet a stranger in the Alps!!!!!!! : LilCrypto
  • THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY!! : Maddog_Delphi97
• it looks really shiny : retardhumper
• Lean up against it and smoke some cigarettes until the owner comes back out. : Nobody Good
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  Get it towed : stump
  • find a random shopping cart. : creep
• I don't dig the color, but I'd drive it even if it was yellow/pink with leopard print interior, I don't c... : jingletard
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  Fastest production car in the world :) : Reeves
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    Aaaactually, no it's not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSC_Aero : coldfusioncs
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      It's ugly though, and I doubt it's very drivable : Reeves
      • It's very drivable. At 255 mph. As long as you're not planning on turning. : coldfusioncs
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  Wow. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Gotta say, though, that two-tone looks kinda tacky. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  i would have sex with that car : r3dn3ck
  • are you a dragon? : sirsteven
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  Oh dude. I could have looked out my window and seen this. : davantalus
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    So what are you saying? You have one parked outside your $20M home? : posito
    • LOL. This car literally. See the apartments in the background? : davantalus
• It needs to turn around and eat that fgt prius. The veyron is probably at 250mph when the prius hits 60. : dmaownsyou
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  Awesome car. Weak color. : CrustaR
  • CrustaR, I agree. : jane911
• Reminds me of the movie "The Wraith" : bozer
• The car may be fast, but holy shit it's ugly : Drewus
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  jeez, what is it? : Jobos
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron : valael
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  Find the little door button that makes it hug the ground. I love that car as much as I love Top Gear. : spazzium
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    you need to put the key into a hole on the door sill and turn it to push that button. : CoRDS
    • Keep going ... : rosewood
• Is that the Irvine Spectrum? : hatchet165
• stand by the car and wait for the owner. ask for a ride. : khaosman
• Daaaamn $1.6 million base price? But its so ugly : bolneze
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  wait, do you work in 8105 : rgoer
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    oh lol, saw your profile, you do work in 8105--me too, different floor though :] : rgoer
    • yeep... @ obsidian :) I think I've met you before at a socal shackmeet a few years ago at iamgoat's. : Jabby
• Look, a VW ! : xxx2xxx
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  LOL it's funny that you mention this because a few weeks ago, an old high school friend posted some pictu... : ateam311
  • (forgot to mention: this is over in Herndon, VA) : ateam311
  • Shoulda went all out and jumped in for a photo lawl : bolneze
  • Pictures next to it are cool but you don't touch another mans million dollar car, wtf! : abrasion
  • Those people are clearly too poor to be allowed to touch that vehicle. : FlatlineDixay
  • man that's a clean car. : mwasher
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    who cares if they touch it? : biskits
    • Can't touch this? : Drewus
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      It's a fucking >$1.2 million car. Regardless, you do not: 1) Touch other peoples' cars 2) Touch othe... : ateam311
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        I love cars, and I love mine, but I see no reason to be this anal about it. The wear and tear the body o... : mwasher
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          It's just rude. If you go to a car show and started putting your hands on everyone's cars you'd get some... : spazzium
          • They normally have signs that say no touch. Also there is a difference between some 400lb jackass lean... : rosewood
          • Normally, I'd agree. But with this cars price tag, I'd never dream of touching it. : valael
  • Fuck. With that car being so expensive AND being a convertible, I don't think I'd ever be able to leave ... : valael
• jerk off on it : deject
• Bonus irony points for parking next to the Prius : onwhite1
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  Leave a note that says " Why the blue eyeshadow?" The cars gorgeous but not that one. : Darthbrooks
  • I would still kill you to own that car. : rosewood
• Funny I saw the landscaping and I knew where you were. : ZombieAcademy
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  I would be humping it furiously : rosewood
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    Hey now, you have to draw the line at getting bodily fluids on somebody else's expensive car. : FlatlineDixay
    • 1) It is a sign of affection 2) I can use a rubber if needed : rosewood
• Park your Yaris next to it. : cerealSAM2
• Wow, if I had that car I would have a bodyguard (carguard ?) stand next to it with an Uzi if I parked it ... : sikander
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  I actually like the color. : Helter Skelter
  • It's not HORRIBLE, but it wouldn't be my first choice. I like the other one posted above more. And I re... : valael
• key it like a normal person would : Mansmells