Morning Discussion: Post-It From America

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• only thing good that would come of that would be GameFly has more stock to fucking send out finally. All ... : g0nk
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  That's pretty crazy. I hope not. I've always liked GameFly, but I can in no way say the same thing about ... : geedeck
  • IAWTP wholeheartedly. : thetangent
• Oh god. They would take our skin to put on the racks but keep our innards locked away! : NFXFSX
• that would really suck balls : Yanks
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  Time for me to start buying lotto tickets : dognose
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    We need to buy this place back. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I could pony up $20k, but then I'll be cleaned out. : coyoterys
  • Ditto. : ThomW
• I wouldn't give two shits unless they censored our hate of gamestop... : dedgecko
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  ign.shacknews.com : freakynipples69
  • shacknews.ign.com :`( : suqur
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  I'm worried that Gamefly would just get shut down once purchased and the Shack goes along with it. Why w... : manlyman
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    Well if they own avenues for both reviewing, buying, and renting games, they have a nicely rounded out se... : riptyde
    • ^This, expanding their influence on the medium via which they make money. : one random winner
• The only thing worse is if Disney bought Gamefly. : Wolfanoz
• now the revolution starts : kpxkrnjc
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  Shacknews: It sells you games! : AMikaboshi
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    Shacknews: WOULD YOU LIKE TO PREORDER HANNA MONTANA FOR THE WII FOR AN EXTRA $5 WITH YOUR PURCHASE? : Wolfanoz
    • I'd have to cap a web designer. : one random winner
    • And if so, you can get 10% off the strategy guide! : jonin
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  Interesting side note: When you cancel your Mercury subscription, your Mercury options page goes away, a... : riptyde
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    and they still charge you, right? : xxiv
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      That's flair, like they made the Jews wear. : Wolfanoz
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        i'm going to write a GM script to change the lightning bolt to the star of david : manero
        • I would install this : Majuju
      • wow i probably shouldn't laugh at this but I can't help it. : notdeadyeti
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      The charge issue really should not be a problem at this time. If anyone doesn't know where to get assista... : geedeck
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        I need some assistance finding a muffler for an 82 Nova geedeck. : Rauol Duke
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          i don't think Novas were made in 82 were they? : kbnerd
          • It's was custom built by a blind elderly black man who only spoke in a blues song cadence. "I got dis ... : Rauol Duke
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            Correct, that was in the time gap between Gen 4 and Gen 5 : rosewood
            • woohoo! : kbnerd
        • Just watch and hope, watch and hope http://batonrouge.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=199&subAreaID=&que... : geedeck
    • What? They better not. I cancelled and have yet to be charged since cancelling. I won't be happy if they ... : avatar_58
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    yeah, my lightning bolt was stuck "on" for years, I only turned Mercury back on in the last month or two.... : g0nk
    • Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh : manlyman
  • I can't cancel due to shackspace hosting. : stgdz
  • Yeah I canceled mine and it still shows up. : NFXFSX
  • Wait.. you were able to cancel? lol.. I had to wait till a new credit card was issued to me. : K1Bond007
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    really? : moshman
    • oh yeah, never noticed mine was still there : moshman
• That would probably signify the beginning of the end, for real. : orgcaptainnemo
• I won't support gamestop by visiting one of their sites. Thank god for the shack steam community! : .frame
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  Just curious, why do people hate GameStop so much? : freakynipples69
  • the worst customer service anyone has experienced ever since people threw bricks through windows in order... : kbnerd
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    Go to one and you'll find out. : Conan
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      I do occasionally since there's one so close to my house. I go in, get game, walk out. Never had a proble... : freakynipples69
      • You got lucky. Most of them you can't do that without putting up with a fair amount of bullshit. : Conan
      • Some are acceptable. Very few are even excellent. But the overwhelming majority of GameStop employees a... : Rotten Deadite
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    Nothing better than a know it all lazy good for nothing 18 year old to ruin your day while asking you to ... : Yanks
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      Honestly, I get more shit like that when I buy something from best buy than I do gamestop, "Would you lik... : DonarUDL
      • Seriously, people who hate the store because they get asked about other deals while at the register need ... : Lionhart32935
    • I'm lucky, the Gamestop where I live isn't horrible to go into. Sure they ask me to pre-order stuff and s... : pukerat
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    Used games are typically overpriced and their trade-in value is terrible, I tend to hate the people that ... : K1Bond007
    • Okay I agree, they overprice used games and give you shit for trade-ins. : freakynipples69
  • I haven't had that bad an experience in any of them. But their used games sure are a total rip-off. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Their used games are a rip-off, their staff is aggressive and obnoxious, they understock new releases so ... : deveus1
  • They're pretty parasitic towards the games industry. : Jonathan
  • Their 'used' games sell for ~$5 under new game prices. Such a deal! : deathofrats
  • you can't by a brand new game that's still in the wrapper. their used games are ok if they work. : cryptical
  • You're treated like an idiot if you don't buy scratch protection You're treated like an idiot for thinki... : Entity
• We would have to go through multiple offers for magazines and strategy guides before posting comments. : o0JediBeavis0o
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  Gamestop is on the perfect path of unsustainable growth. It will implode and it will take down all its pr... : Home Nugget
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    I know. I think Digital Distribution is going to be the final nail in their coffin. It's already started ... : suqur
    • I'd wager you that they'd almost certainly prefer to outsource it to another company, or rather just buy ... : Rotten Deadite
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  welp time to start squabble development back up : Clay
  • YAY! Whoooooooooooo! : loboca
  • inf'd! : suqur
  • OH man I can only dream... : Rotten Deadite
  • i actually did a pretty significant chunk of development at the beginning of the year (and if look you ha... : Clay
  • Jesus - about time Clay. Bring it the fuck back already. :) : PowerofA
  • Turn it all on, Clay : drodver
  • good. : orgcaptainnemo
  • I think Squeegy should turn his API pro. : Dave-A
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  GameStopFly? : Ziz
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    GameStopFlyNews? : thetangent
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      StopFlyGameShack? : suqur
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        GameShackFlyStop : notdeadyeti
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          FlyGameShackStop : metalremains
          • ShackStopGameFly! : Darthbrooks
          • ShackStopGameFly O_O : sasoi
  • Mcdonalds need to by gamefly and have Mcfly Kiosks in every location. : baron calamity
• They don't need to keep us around when they have Game Informer. :| : DarkWolf5
• Don't worry, shortly after they buy, they'll sell it back off to someone else at a ridiculous markup. : reign27
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  wut. i hope this is a rumor (which it probably just is). but if this pans out to be true, if anyone if... : anthonybean
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    ...this conversation again. You ALL know that you'll still be here, no matter who the overlord. We've bee... : devnullgt
    • You know, this might become an annual thing. : thetangent
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      There's not many but Gamestop is one of the owners I would abandon the shack. I dislike them and really r... : Jonathan
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        I wouldn't. I hate gamestop but, like game fly, if they don't change the shack I have no reason to leave. : baron calamity
        • That's pretty much me as well. As long as there are no dramatic changes to latestchatty, I couldnt really... : devnullgt
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        Because other retailers aren't willing to pony up the money to have exclusives, you resent Gamestop for o... : Deathlove
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          I resent being forced to choose a retailer to get a "full" game. If you're going to do exclusives make it... : Jonathan
          • Also it seems incredibly short sighted to take money from a company that makes most of its money from cut... : Jonathan
        • hahah gamestop doesn't pay to have exclusives. they say "give us an exclusive or we won't sell your game... : mikecyb
    • as long as nothing changes. : DrFlammable
• If I can preorder a game and get rid of the PRL, I'm all for it. : rosewood
• It actually makes a lot of sense to both parties to be honest. Gamestop could be a game pick up/drop of p... : baron calamity
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  I think NetFlix should buy GameFly. ShackNews: It gets you flicks : Dave-A
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    While I would like netflix to (effectively) bulk up gamefly's distribution process, I can't see netflix r... : Jonathan
    • Maybe shack becomes an infection. No body really wants the shack but oh they will get it. : baron calamity
  • More like "It gets you flix" : Clay
  • If GameFly was anything like Netflix, I'd be in heaven. Awesome availability, fast shipping/receiving ... : freakynipples69
• Dear god I hope not. : MercFox1
• haha ouch : Godhatesfatpeople
• I have complete faith in ThomW or Clay to come up with a latestchatty supplement. : dmason

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  twobacca : oHnOES
  • ^^ : BlackCat9
• bananas : jingletard
• Smokey : Schnapple
• Shredder : Ride-My-Rocket
• fhdwgads : crummynz
• Chicken : Serpico74
• yellow fever : Mad Brahmin Disease
• CRACK : LoioshDwaggie
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    or Anastasia de Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús Rodríguez Hernández : sparkly
    • sparkly I think you're trying to say something about latina women but I'm not quite getting it. : ArcKnight
• Jess : TastyWheat
• Sookie. You will name her Sookie. : Home Nugget
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  GIANT FAGGOT : Drewus
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    My wife walked by and said "What is a giant fah got?" : PenicillinX57
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      Is your wife foreign or something? : ArcKnight
      • No, we both died of laughter when she realized what she was seeing. : PenicillinX57
• pad thai : Clay
• Smatterchew. Or Meerferaminit. : Rotten Deadite
• fathead : stump
• Moses : Zombie Vonnegut
• Sarah Palin : locater16
• Big Mclargehuge : beastrabban
• The Hero of Kvatch : thetangent
• Sushi : chungathebunga
• Pink Panther... http://www.northumbrianfinefoods.com/Images/Pink-panther-pic.gif : PenicillinX57
• Twitchy : dirtboxer
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  • either that or Mrs. Mayor McCheese : EvilDolemite
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• Loco : shadebane
• Princess Angelina Countessa Louisa Francesca Banana-fana-bo-besca the Third aka "Dot" : Arcanum
• Starebot O.O : Megara9
• Smokey : K0LM
• kitty bungle : CoRDS
• Captain Insano : guyver-za
• Crank. She looks wired. : Thresher
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  Xerxes and I would like a copy of Left4Dead. It costs more than $20 but there are two "X"s in the name... : NexusOne
  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/sugarfreak/1715199256/ : drucifer
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    that would be worth big points in scrabble !! : ghost hacker
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      Too bad it's a proper noun : SwiftyPants
      • dreams = dashed : ghost hacker
• O'RLY : Utopia
• Felicia : spazzium
• Buttwagon. : jahulio2
• Sharmuta : dognose
• Wyatt Durp : mnsnota
• Ms. Fancypants Wigglebottom IV : drucifer
• Smoke. : Marrbe
• Vanglorious : Mansmells
• The Hero of Kvatch! : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  • Sweet Pea. : ArcKnight
• Carmen : Jackass1233
• Graybies or Tinkleton : Pacalon
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• oowutzthat wutz for short : esecasco
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  name her "!" when you need to say the name out loud, you just make a really excited face : jenisthebest
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    wrong, you make a clicking sound ... : ghost hacker
    • wrong, in my version you just make a really excited face ... : jenisthebest
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    Or the guard alert sound. : Marrbe
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      !]r]b : quadeh
      • argh failed so hard it hurts :( : quadeh
  • or stand around and ask people to kill 5 boars : dooberzoo
• name her Ex-Wife : Rigg5
• Moisha : abrasion
• Raymond Luxury Yacht : drucifer
• Mr Peeps : chilln
• Lilith. Or Jezebel. : underground banana plantation
• Miss Thang : ass-street
• Jean Grey? : Wolfanoz
• New-fangles : mnsnota
• Name it Hot-Wet, so you can talk about your hot, wet pussy and mean it. : edgewise
• Bobby Bonilla : mnsnota
• Tenderoni : Mansmells
• Hello Moto : mnsnota
• Bastard : hussdelrio
• my girl friend says "Ash!" (ketchum) gotta catch 'em all. : StolenNosferatu
• Yawn. Smoke etc is so bland. I propose... Scroti after Cancer Scroti, a cancer of the balls that ch... : S1ing B1ade
• Frost : mystifier
• crazy eyes.. beyond insane. how bout liza minelli? : re4ctor
• http://images1.cafepress.com/product/205399541v8_350x350_Front.jpg : slickdoody
• Obama : TPSReport
• Peeves : phokz
• Rear Admiral Willimena Roolpillingsworth aka RAWR! : zebosausamite
• She looks just like my cat!!! You should name her Lizzie Borden. : tashtego
• Beyonsane : IcomeINpeace
• Dusty! : Lionhart32935
• Hurricane cyclone : xzhixia
• Dinner : r3dn3ck
• kiki : wurt
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  • or "Blirp Mcfuckingasshole" : two50six
• Seeegahh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgA5rpmZ5H8 : Jenings
• My two cats are named Mary Ann and Ginger : digital_d
• Briseis : Herse00
• Opus, Dumpleton, Fozzy, Rexy, Lexy, Janga, Foxy, Abigail, Marsha, Ruby : jane911
• bucket : verginator
• -----> : Flint Ironstag
• Kiggy. Chiana. Bast. Goldie. Paingasm. Aeryn. Delerium. Bubastis. : Vorlonesque

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• Microsoft won't let just anyone host such a party though; the company is being very selective. If you're ... : GodZilly
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  This reminds me, did anyone else sign up for the Late Oct thing in burbank for Developers and IT people? ... : Demius
  • I tried to, but it was already sold out when I got to it. : angrytaxman
  • Did anyone sign up for this in the Detroit area? : Link.
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  I applied. Looks like they want people who can invite at least 10 guests. If accepted.. Utah Shackmeet at... : vynn
  • Sounds like the perfect excuse for a shackmeet. Plus we take great and horrible pictures :) : LoioshDwaggie
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  OverloadUT, make it happen! I know you wanted to have another Shackmeet around September, no? :D : xsoulbrothax
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    October : LoioshDwaggie
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      I think I will do this! : OverloadUT
      • Okay I applied : OverloadUT
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  So who's up for a Charlotte launch party? : Clay
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    I'd be down. : jonin
    • I signed up for it, we'll see what happens. : Clay
• holy shit they're using survey monkey :( : slickdoody
• i signed up for a Houston one. : kbnerd
• Well I signed up for the party! All you UK fags that want to properly show up the americans, let me k... : steve_o
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  just signed up to host a party in the Portland, OR area. : MisterPhoton
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    Fuck you I already did. : sigpro
    • we'll see who gets chosen! I linked it to my facebook so all my nerdy facebook friends can be invited to ... : MisterPhoton
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  Following link after link after link, I learned some new Win7 fun: Click a taskbar icon and quickly move ... : Entity
  • That doesn't always work depending on where your taskbar is located. If you taskbar is on the left side y... : sigpro
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  Does it need to happen at someone's house? Or could we have an NYC Shackmeet somewhere? : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Haha, ya, but who would get the copy of windows? I have an msdn account myself, so I don't care : loboca
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      Raffle that shit off -- give folks an incentive to show up. Plus, one of the 64 hosts will win a free la... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        Close, they're giving away 64 laptops. They haven't said how many hosts they're going to use, but they j : o0JediBeavis0o
        • Ya, I don't get it. So only a limited number of parties will be 'allowed' to be thrown, or they have chos... : loboca
  • Lets do this. I have MSDN now so I don't need it but I'll join in for a free party pack and see what else... : yoonix
• Oh good golly I hope they pick me : rosewood
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  Their TOS is messed up: >> I am eighteen (18) years of age or older. I agree that as consideration for : sikander
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    baa... basically MS / House Party can use you and your children's name, image, voice, words, etc for what... : sikander
    • That's more than once around the sun for you science types. : unjustend
    • I think that's just in relation to any shit you generate from the party, like blog posts/pictures/yada ya... : SenorSpine
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  Can it be a party of i invite just me, myself and i? : Ziz
  • If you are all 3 and 1/3 peoples then I believe you are welcome to apply for it. : devi| dog
• Are they going to send random strangers to my house for this party? : deveus1
• I already signed up for one of those developer conference things. : MaxPete82
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  I signed up for it, so we'll see. If I get accepted I'll be inviting everyone to my party in Temecula Ca. : hax3d
  • SWEET : Megara9
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  Thanks to technet I have more windows 7 cd keys than I know what to do with :( : re-verse
  • I know what you can do with one of them : )))))) : hax3d
• Anyone aware of a Montréal party? : mnok

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  It's fucking Blizzard man not EA. : Ellissd
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    who's fucking Blizzard? : phate81
    • Chris Metzen : LoioshDwaggie
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  diablo 3 was delayed? : mwasher
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    Not really. It was announced for 2011, though there was never a release date in the first place. : Link.
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      Where/where was the 2011 announcement made? Or are you talking about the two games coming out in 2010 and... : Zombie Vonnegut
      • at blizzcon. : razlebol
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  It's possible, though more likely that Blizzard doesn't want to cannibalize SC2 and Cataclysm sales. : Link.
  • This seems most likely : unjustend
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  How would you ClickClickClick on a 360 controller? : MercFox1
  • Not exactly sure...a proximity based cursor system I guess. : Vangoghs Ear
  • They've got these raised plastic switches that you can press on to perform actions, right there on the co... : Dave-A
  • A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A : beanman101283
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    You only have to click once. : SockMonkeh
    • Blasphemy! : sonicdeathwalrus
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    they could turn it into a dual stick sort of thing, where left stick moves, right stick does some kind of... : Shai-Tan
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      You've pretty much described the Everquest PS2 games. There's also not that much difference between Diabl... : Jonathan
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        Marverl ultimate alliance has no loot and also less moves. : razlebol
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          I'm pretty sure there is loot in Ultimate Alliance and while there are less powers - there are considerab... : Jonathan
          • You don't have to manage a huge amount of loot in Ultimate alliance like in Diablo... : razlebol
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  No. Blizzard is like Valve they will move things back until they're happy with them. : chazums
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    so are we gonna get Diablo 4 ten months after Diablo 3 is released? : gyokuro
    • C'mon... Starcraft 2 been divided into 3 parts. It's clearly the low-hanging fruit in this situation. : das_runt
    • I hope so : thrallie200
    • No, but possibly an expansion 12 months later. LoD came out exactly one year after Diablo 2. : pyide
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  how can you delay something without a release date : razorblade79
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    I guess not so much officially delayed but seemingly pushed back if you want to get heavy into semantics. : Vangoghs Ear
    • I didn't want to, I didn't know about any date at all, except those which someone seemingly pulled out of... : razorblade79
• Very unlikely. This is Blizzard we're talking about, we shouldn't have to come up with an excuse for thei... : Zek
• Battlenet 2.0 is the largest part of the puzzle that makes me think no go on consoles (YO JOE!). I think ... : Zombie Vonnegut
• fuck starcraft 2. just give us diablo 3 : burningpantsman
• Reading the latest interview with the producer, it's clear that the game is nowhere near complete. Yes, : PenicillinX57
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  Nope. Not what so ever. They would have had to hire a console staff and that would have been advertis... : geedeck
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    but what if they're hiring one RIGHT NOW?! SECRETLY : mikecyb
    • that's where boring gegtik went : pancake humper
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  My thoughts are they want to milk Starcraft 2 for all its worth. Release it, release some expansions, and... : zuff
  • You have a point. I suppose we will see. : Vangoghs Ear

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  http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html : EvilDolemite
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    Holy shit. $100k in Dallas is equivalent to $238k in NYC....that's insane. : MagicWishMonkey
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      Dallas is insane. For like $300k you get a friggin mansion. : riptyde
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        Dallas is awesome, I really dig it here. : MagicWishMonkey
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          As do I. : cjcharv
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            I'm really surprised by how many shackers live in Texas. Nothing against Texans, but it doesn't matter ho... : Rooster Cockburn
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              there are pockets of sanity and quality life in texas and it's big enough that the stupidity affecting th : EvilDolemite
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                I never really run into crazy religious people but the politics here can be a bit frustrating. I just don... : MagicWishMonkey
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                  you might feel more comfortable here : EvilDolemite
                  • Yea, the Austin/Roundrock area sounds really nice, my gf is at SMU right now so I'll be here for at least... : MagicWishMonkey
          • Me too :) : dognose
    • yeah. one of my biggest draws to moving here was being able to afford a home and live well on reasonable... : EvilDolemite
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      Haha, $100K here (Pittsburgh) is almost the exact same as Dallas. ($99,589 there) And housing is 7% less... : DinK
      • Ouch, randomly picked orange county CA and housing is 242% more. WTF242? : DinK
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    fuuuuckk If you move from Jacksonville, FL to Baltimore, MD.... Housing will cost: 87% more : mrvandelay
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      in baltimore? damn : EvilDolemite
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        I think people still barter with animal skins in central Florida. : On the Brane
        • jacksonville to baltimore is like choosing to eat a shiny turd or drink a blended tumor : EvilDolemite
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        florida is stupidly cheap. my grandma owns a condo there (but lives in upstate NY for 80% of the year) a... : mikecyb
        • Real estate is still overpriced in Miami but my property tax went down by almost 60% last year. : Endymion_
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          I grew up in Clearwater and would never move back for any reason at all. : tharger
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            I wouldn't want to live there at all but it's awesome to visit for like two weeks of vacation : mikecyb
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              also it's not in Clearwater proper, it's some tiny island full of hotels and condos called Sand Key : mikecyb
              • I wonder what her homeowners insurance is like...? : silent prophet
        • Not everywhere in FL is stupidly cheap... : Ebu
        • Is there anyplace that is cheaper than Oklahoma City, Oklahoma? Not that I would really want to move t... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    I live in suburban NJ and get ripped off because there's nothing here but I'm technically close enough fo... : Zek
    • Well, Baltimore could be considered the same thing for DC. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    If you move from Oklahoma City, OK to Dallas, TX.... Groceries will cost: 10%more Housing will cost: 10... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      You'll also get paid a lot more here, I imagine. There are tons and tons of software jobs around here... : MagicWishMonkey
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        Well, this web site said I would make 3.92 percent more by moving to Dallas. Meh, doesn't seem like "a l... : Maddog_Delphi97
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          If you move from Oklahoma City, OK to Bakersfield, CA.... Groceries will cost: 20%more Housing will cos... : Maddog_Delphi97
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            no I don't think it's really comparing salaries since that would vary based on the industry and your skil... : mikecyb
            • Oh, ok, I didn't think of it that way. : Maddog_Delphi97
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          I know mediocre web developers that aren't even that good that make 75-80k working for ad agencies. You c... : MagicWishMonkey
          • (by web developers I mean C#/ASP.NET programmers, not html/css guys) : MagicWishMonkey
• Denver is relatively expensive compared to some areas, but it's super cheap compared to the major coastal... : riptyde
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  Geneva is #3 in the world for cost of living. A furnished apartment can go for more than $80 a square foo... : MisterClaw
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    i've heard it's not that nice : EvilDolemite
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      It's ok so far. But it's really an odd city, with all the international organizations in such a relativel... : MisterClaw
      • All NGOs and other world government jobs. : trove
  • wow, that's absurd, I pay like $2.60 per square foot in san francisco and the majority of people here wou... : mikecyb
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    $80? so a 1000sqft apartment is $80,000 a month? I think you've misplaced a decimal somewhere. : edgewise
    • yeah I'm calling bullshit: http://www.cnbc.com/id/31783095?slide=13 also it's only ranked 4th, mother ... : mikecyb
    • yeah, off by a power of ten. 2500 USD for a ~300 square foot studio. : MisterClaw
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  I moved from NYC to Cincinnati and holy shit I have tons of money now. : sergeon
  • you can buy wkrp! : EvilDolemite
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  i liked that my COL would be twice as much moving from seattle to san francisco : FrayLo
  • moving from manhattan to SF I think I managed to move from the only place in the US with a higher COL tha... : mikecyb
• I would like to know, too. : Nitrium

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  ]tSc[_,.-~*`*~-.,_HoMeBoYjiM_.,-~*`*~-.,_ : jane911
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    i was ]tSc[ agamemnon actually ... homeboyJim is the crappy shack username I chose that I now regret :D : homeboyJim
    • wait, from maine? : vov1n
• sup : Robotic Puppy Eater
• [cK] : underground banana plantation
• I'd still be playing nightly if it weren't for things like BF1942 and WoW (mostly WoW these days) : beastrabban
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  CrustaR was in that clan. I played for legacy back then. Why doesn't the shack do some clan arena shack b... : twifosp
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    holy shit.. ca was the best. I was .. are you ready for this.. m4y'n4rd. I know.. I'm embarrassed. I w... : kgargs
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      Would love to play some ca again : chungathebunga
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        twifosp if you could muster enough people I'll re-install! I STILL have my original Quake1 disc and litt... : .frame
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          I tried playing again as soon as 7 years ago and the game is so fast it's crazy. But I'd be willing to t... : kgargs
          • the rockets and grenades are just as awesome as I remember them! So fast and powerful! : .frame
        • I keep a copy of quakeworld and CA (and a hundred other mods including CAPTURE THE FRO) on my PC at all t... : twifosp
    • at least you didn't create your shack account back when you had that 1337 username. : J4NUS
• I remember the stone clan.. I think there are a few players that i used to play with here, but for the mo... : Demius
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  >-|o for life yo : handofthrawn
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    who were you in stickmen? : pancake humper
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      I remember doggod but that's about it. And that one 18 year old kid that won 5k at a q3 tournament in NY... : kgargs
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        wasn't steve a stickman? : .frame
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          r3v iirc : Ziggurat
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            yeah r3v. I remember watching a gameplay video from his POV and he was pretty bad. sTeve : kgargs
            • lol : .frame
        • he was a revolting cock! : pancake humper
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  [R2] and ]km[ for me : pancake humper
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    Rangers and Knightmare? You were good :) : sexydingo
    • knightmare... i know a few members who were idling in our IRC channel back in the day... do you know serm... : r3dn3ck
    • Kilgore fucking trounced me in 1v1 during my tryout but still made the team. Was so embarassing. Rangers ... : pancake humper
    • I remember having an amazing informal scrimmage with ]km[ -- went on for hours and nobody wanted to stop,... : Ride-My-Rocket
• the notorious wu-tang clan : oHnOES
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  Blackwatch Clan! a bunch of interplay employees playing on their LPB connection from work, and then my ... : mwasher
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    With blackacid, touchtone? : blklight
    • couldn't tell you.. :\ I played under the name 'sho' : mwasher
  • i think i was the last HPB from all of the people I knew. Started out in ]x[ and eventually ended up play... : Demius
• Hosted telefrag.com with CO2 quake comic (nop) : blklight
• MBC / IVth yeah!!!!!! : mystifier
• clan Havoc represent! : Jimb0v2
• HEH, really? I think I was like ]tSc[Crusader or something like that. I switched over to Legion of Dead... : CrustaR
• D|S (actually q2 and q3 though) : Slowtreme
• [KoN] here. Good days though. : zakazi
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  I was in an old clan called Nightbreed waaay back in the day. : .frame
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    I remember you guys because everyone always used to confuse you and Negative Burn (nb vs nB) : Ziggurat
    • I can still see the turquoise and purple colors:) : .frame
• gunslingers, hifi, lsd, cv, qs. I was really active in the q1 ctf scene for many years. : Ziggurat
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  I was in a TF clan called [BK] : DJ Clipdat
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    Burger King? : CrustaR
    • Bitch Killers, IIRC. : DJ Clipdat
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    Heh I was in [UN] and [OSKI] later. I ran a huge TF website back then as well. I hate these nostalgia t... : pancake humper
    • Oh shit. Clan OSKI was fucking badass. Everyone in it was so good. : DJ Clipdat
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  [e8] and ]k for me, quakeworld both : sexydingo
  • owned by tags : sexydingo
• quake 2 [DeD] and [Dw2] : grendel
• r3v, pB : scan
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  Eo3 : Rauol Duke
  • end of threed? : Dave-A
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  Anyone else remember 20ID and The Tards? : Robotic Puppy Eater
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    Yes I remember 20ID : RogerDandy
    • i don't remember them from Q1 : Slowtreme
• I was in clan [ASH] for a while. Ah, for the good old days of Quake and QuakeSpy.... : Arcanum
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  EG - Evil Geniuses, ahhh yea we were the shit! : shackwack
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    http://methosq.com/qdemos.htm - scroll down to the end to see EG|Drakken's POV (that was me) vs r3v, I on... : shackwack
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      Drak was so good at Q1 : scan
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        Oh wait YOU'RE Drak. You're awesome~!! : scan
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          haha thanks yea the whole qw clan period was the most fun I've ever had on a computer, nothing will ever ... : shackwack
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            I played with r3v (on that page you linked it had Pure one of our better players for example) and pB (Poi... : scan
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              Yah, we had a bunch of canadians, NaTaS, Dakine, mikej. : shackwack
              • Yeah I knew Dakine and others too from around town, was a long time ago heh! : scan
          • I agree. Except tribes. : twifosp
    • EG was good! I played a lot with lakerman WAYYYY later in q1's life. : kgargs
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    I tried out for EG once. I didn't have my mojo going during the tryout, so I didn't get in. : CrustaR
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      yeah it was pretty tough to get in, I remember trying out fatal1ty, I destroyed him 1on1 dm6, then he bea... : shackwack
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        he was in ]TMG[ with me. It was weird.. he went from not really contributing much in a team game to havi... : kgargs
        • There're such different games. I try to get into Q3/QuakeLive and just can't. So railgun/LG heavy, while ... : pauk111
• mostly q2/q3: es (elite strike) for me (and vynn is around here somewhere) : boofy
• [SFA] for Q1 CTF & Q2 LMCTF : Shadowdane
• Pink Fuzzy Bunnies for life : freak!
• http://gunslingers.org/html/matches.html some old ass ctf clans listed here : Ziggurat
• yea but in sweden. was a very active and fun QW community. oh the memories : xsii
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  I played in FLAG and Xenocide as Q-Man back then : GMRiggs
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    who were you in FLAG? I kept in touch with a few people for a while after quake, like mostly harmless, va... : Ziggurat
    • Either Q-Man or Riggs... I don't remember if I had switched names by then : GMRiggs
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  Hijack Post here if you are interested in a shack CLAN ARENA battle. If you don't have quakeworld c... : twifosp
  • I'm up for it. : J4NUS
• dude, WHAT, it's broken!!!! : vov1n
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  I was in clan Muppets. We were lead by Statler and Waldorf. : LoioshDwaggie
  • haha, I remember playing against you fuckers! http://www.muppetclan.com/history/ : Ride-My-Rocket
• [M] team fortress : sreyes22
• Ocaran. Lived in Germany back then. : Neech
• shit i have some ]tSc[ screen caps at home, but loginme doesn't want to work for me in win 7 and my mac i... : vov1n
• our IT guy set up a a static IP on our work server, and we ran our own quake map rotation, and all the co... : cap n KRUNCH
• I still play regularly as my steam friends can attest! : Wheatloaf
• Virtual Vindicators : Ride-My-Rocket
• Dont know if you're aware of it, but EZ quake is a great mod to find and play classic Quake DM and CTF. : happynoodle

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  I have: - Hit up Carytown. It's awesome. Chop Suey Tuey is a lovely bookshop, Galaxy Diner make a mean... : Alice O'Connor
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    Go to DC. Go into Maryland and come by the Bethesda office. That's all I got. (I haven't been here long e... : jason bergman
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      wait, you ended up at Bethesda? : zakk
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        Ayup. Been here since July. : jason bergman
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          They should really change the name to Rockvillesoft : gmd
          • Bethesda sounds better! I used to live near Reader's Digest's headquarters in Chappaqua NY. The compan... : jason bergman
        • Nice, where is it? I live in North Bethesda/Rockville and I have no idea where the building is located : shwortdogg
        • Hey cool, congrats! Get back to work on Fallout 4, please. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • All considered this sounds like a good idea. Get some exclusive shacknews announcements like "Brahmin arm... : locater16
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    If you go to Baltimore, go to the National Aquarium. It's amazing! : helvetica
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      also as a word of warning: do NOT go to the 'National Aquarium' in DC. It's in the basement of the Com... : zakk
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        What? They just did extensive renovations there not too long ago. I've heard that it's much improved? : ateam311
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          I think he means that there are no dolphins. Its just a lot of indoor aquarium displays. : ann thracks
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            Well yes, that's true. I highly doubt they put a dolphin exhibit in unless they're displaying expired dol... : ateam311
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              You know what, I had only recently heard of the Aquarium (or else I had already forgotten in) in the Comm... : jasonepowell
              • It's really not that bad :( lots of fishies, just no whales / sharks / dolphins. Yeah, it's dark and ... : ateam311
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    jesus A.Sponge, you're a visitor to our country, don't torture yourself by watching Nationals baseball : Deathlove
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      But at least they're playing the Marlins this weekend! I would rather see the Orioles, though. : Alice O'Connor
      • I'd say make the trip and watch the lesser of two evils :P Plus while you are in baltimore you can hit t... : DonarUDL
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    -you need to go to pasta luna and celesti gelata on the west end. killer family style pasta, and the bes... : mrsparil
    • I hit Short Pump this afternoon. At first it looked watch too posh and expensive for a commoner like me, ... : Alice O'Connor
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    OMG - you are in the Maryland area - skip Popeyes and find a Roy Rogers chicken - it's better : flagg209
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      popeyes is only good if you get the spicy chicken strips. i have no knowledge of Roy Rogers. : kbnerd
      • Roy Rogers is awesome! : Shadowdane
      • kb - you need to find yourself a Roys - they used to be a big chain, but now they are isolated to a few p... : flagg209
      • I've only heard of Roy Rogers, but never seen one. : shwortdogg
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      what, are there any roy rogers even left? : gmd
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        We've got 2 in Leesburg! : jasonepowell
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          UNACCEPTABLE : gmd
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            oh god - you hate Roys? Please tell me this isn't true : flagg209
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              no I love it, leesburg is just too far. I use to go to the one in vienna that is now a mexican restauran... : gmd
              • oh man - yeah, there are 2 that are just a little too far away for me - : flagg209
        • yah we have 1 in Gaithersburg, MD & 2 in Germantown, MD about a 20-25 min drive for me : Shadowdane
    • Popeyes is so much better than Roy Rogers. I haven't eaten meat for years, but I still mouthwater over t... : skanky08
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    i really enjoyed 821 cafe and bottoms up pizza when i was in richmond a couple weeks ago. you should go t... : feek
    • i should say bottoms up is some of the best pizza ive ever had probably : feek
  • also you go to rita's for the water ice, not custard : feek
  • Please come to DC. During the week so it's less crowded (except around rush hour, of course. Leave Rich... : jasonepowell
  • DC has more than 1-2 days worth of stuff to see. Make sure to visit the Lincoln and FDR memorials, both ... : grendel
  • Alice, As a native Richmonder I can honestly say you've hit the highlights. There is the Richmond Zo... : RyDogg1
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  Fly elsewhere? You're missing out on the best parts of America if you don't hit up the Rockies and west : Lunatic Angelic
  • That's for another holiday. : Alice O'Connor
  • Why not hit up the Smithsonian, that's like 2.5 hours away no? : Lunatic Angelic
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  DC has tons of stuff. Norfolk/Portsmouth is very pleasant. Raleigh-Durham (just a mere 3.5 hours away) ... : DonkeyPopsicle
  • I gotta say I had a fun time in Raleigh when I was there a few months ago. I ate at some Pizza place wit... : ant_hillbilly
• Move to Dallas. : dognose
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  i still say head to charlottesville (like 70 miles away) and check out the university of virginia,classes... : peat
  • this ! : andrew``
• I hope you take lots of photos of your adventures and post them on the shack : niceguynick
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  Visit the Shennandoah Valley, drive down the Skyline Drive. Lots of Civil War battlefields in that area ... : wendigo
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    That name's been thrown at me a few times, I think it might be on the cards. : Alice O'Connor
    • Skyline Drive is the most beautiful Virginia has to offer, imo. I think a trip from Richmond, down the e... : wendigo
    • Any drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway or Skyline Drive will just leave you stunned. You could take 64 t... : jasonepowell
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  If you come to DC I wouldn't mind being your tour guide for a day. I'm pretty familiar with museums and ... : ann thracks
  • In DC you should take the Tourmobile. Its a great way to get around and see all the touristy things. ht... : ann thracks
• go to a gun range. : stgdz
• Go to the Amish Market in Annapolis! http://padutchfarmmarket.com/ : fbsh
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  Go to a Walmart or nearby Greyhound Station and have your mind blown by the sheer volume of crazy people ... : Vangoghs Ear
  • Also, randomly run into places and announce that "the British are coming". Then stand and stare, expectan... : Vangoghs Ear
  • Have you read her chatty posts? She'd be right at home with those wackos. : NastyJack
  • Nobody will take me to a Walmart, they are such jerks. I'll hitch-hike my way there, then they'll be sorr... : Alice O'Connor
• Come spend the day with me. I work in DC and live in Baltimore. Both places have tons of things to do and... : zipr
• Virginia Beach is only ~2.5-3 hours away : strandgeck
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  Alice you haven't lived until you have spent an entire weekend chained to a wall inside my closet and ran... : gmd
  • lol : rmjackson
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    I hear that's the real America, gmd. : Alice O'Connor
    • except the mayo part : Downforce
• I'm almost willing to pay for Abby to be taken to Atlanta, put in the Nascar Experience car before the ra : Lunatic Angelic
• SHOE ON HEAD! : r3dn3ck
• After dark, hang 2 lanterns in your window and see what happens. : Clay
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  Get on an airplane and come visit the West Coast. : thetangent
  • Or just drive to Kitty Hawk and visit one of the first places humans took flight. The Outer Banks are pu... : Lightzout
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  Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. You are all special, wonderful and oh so dear to me. Even people wh... : Alice O'Connor
  • Halifax, NS is the one true America! : Dave-A
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    So we aren't worth $600 and 12 hours of your time even if you get showered in squid ink on arrival? : Lightzout
    • Well, I'm going home in a week so... : Alice O'Connor
  • Honestly, it really doesn't get much better then a September Saturday evening football game in Memorial S... : bipolar
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  How much weight have you put on? : underground banana plantation
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    More than I would have though possible in a single week. Your junk food is just too good. Today I ate ... : Alice O'Connor
    • I used to work at a Cold Stone when I was 16. Sweet cream ice cream + apple pie filling + graham cracker ... : underground banana plantation
• Depending how into museums you are, you can easily fill 2-3 days with the Smithsonian. The Aeronautics m... : bipolar
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  Where in Virginia are you? Where have you been? How about Virginia Beach (if you are more in the south-ea... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    - You've probably explored DC, there's so much stuff to see around the Mall, you could easily spend an en... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Oh, and if you are at the Mall, please go to the National Archives, pretty interesting stuff to see, like... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I should have read your post before replying. Screw Richmond and go to DC/Baltimore. : Mad Brahmin Disease

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  stab a few knights and then hit up some shorties at the club : spiderfill
  • the music and style of the trailer elicited a rofl from me : retarded talking dinosaur
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  I just started playing the first game and am really enjoying it, though I am still not very good at comba... : Captain Loco
  • Once you unlock counters, the combat becomes a lot easier. Until then I found very difficult. : UselessHack
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  horrible music choice. it's like the dude is about to bust a dance : thebigbeefsandwich
  • a 'dance off' would not have been an unwelcome diversion in the first game : lightly inclined
  • yeah wtf fuck is it with the terrible trailer music lately. dragonage also had some of the worst marketin... : Hoax
  • I thought MJ was going to moonwalk across screen as soon as the music hit. : project13
• Shouldn't he be driving a Cadillac to that music? Wasn't that the problem with the first game? It looke : Lunatic Angelic
• Damnit.... why must I be stuck at work!!!! :( : Q-ball
• DaVinci's flying machine, yes! : invisible_kid
• Those Frenchies at Ubi really love their Justice : MaxPete82
• offtopic: Can i get an Amen for January 1st 1900? : ) : pixelat3d
• What the fuck. This trailer is making me laugh pretty hard. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
• looks freaking sweet. cannot wait. november's gonna be fuckin expensive by the looks of it : steve_o
• Sick like me when I think of the first game? I really should rent it again some time or something and ... : DinK
• The game looks great, but holy shit, matched up with that Justice song I couldn't stop laughing. It doesn... : Home Nugget
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  HIJACK: How many people bought the first one, played, and never finished it because it was not as cool as... : Zombie Vonnegut
  • I finished it, just late in the game the combat and missions got so repetitive. Plus the ending sucked. : Techy007
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    As soon as I reached the 2nd city and saw the same mission design I was totally bored with it. : Lunatic Angelic
    • same : cltcprd
    • same : deathmuppeter
    • This. : wellesraphael
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    i played and enjoyed the first one quite a bit : grendel
    • Same here. Repetative, yes, but it was still a great game I thought : foo
  • I got bored pretty quickly :( : mikecyb
  • I rented it and played for a couple hours...that was all I needed. : MaxPete82
  • I think I played it for 2 weeks, got half way through and then never touched it again. : Bamtan
  • I borrowed a friend's copy that he rented and played for a couple hours and got bored. Looked nice but t... : stump
  • I played it for a few hours and had fun running around and being a dick and killing as many people as I c... : Dynotaku
  • Bought it off Steam at a discount. I knew what I was going to get going into it, so I wasn't let down or ... : Rag and Bone Man
  • I finished it and liked it. I think the historical setting and the conspiracy-theory storyline were parti... : dirge23
  • I played it at Awun's house 2 years ago. I had more fun pissing people off and then running away from the... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Once, I hit the second city, I put it away. Considering I didn't find the missions that much fun the fir... : pandastrong
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    I pick it up and complete another segment every couple months. I love the game but it's too repetitive to... : OverloadUT
    • This is what I'm doing as well. I played another assasination last night after a hiatus of about 2 months... : thecray
  • Bought, absolutely hated it, hope everyone involved dies in a fire. : uncleanmonkey
  • A friend of mine gave me a copy, I played the first level and that's about it. The combat was pretty shit... : MagicWishMonkey
  • it sucked. When i saw the new Splinter Cell video I thought that's what ass creed should have been : mista mista
  • Bought it for $20, tried it out and didn't really like it so I sold it for $20. I'll wait for reviews on... : Haku-Jin
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    I rented it and hated it. Never got past the first few training levels. : edgewise
    • I rented it and enjoyed it! Mostly because I could disable the entire HUD, which made the whole experienc... : pyide
  • I didn't finish but not because of the reasons you mentioned. I'm notorious for playing games and not fin... : prime8
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    Played it, beat it, found all the flags, got ALL the achievements except for that one where you had to ta... : Ecks
    • I salute you for the flags, that takes some effort : phokz
  • Bought it for 360, hated it, sold it on craigslist for $5 less, bought it again on Steam because it was c... : boarder2
  • played for a few hours, and It got boring REALLY fast : X-GOUKI
  • I rented it and played through the entire story. It was fun, if a little repetitive. : thetangent
  • I bought it, played through it, enjoyed it. : spazzium
  • the game is really weird, a lot of people I know who aren't usually real into games seem to love the heck... : DeBurgo
  • Played about 2h of it and then got bored. It's just another third-person shooter imo, in the likes of Pro... : Nitrium
  • I finished it because I finished pretty much all the games I play but I got bored of it very quickly. Not... : razlebol
  • I rented it and enjoyed it, but never actually finished it. : Vincent Grayson
  • finished it with all the optional stuff : filthysock
  • I finished it to spite it. : fleabug
• yeah but so did the trailers for the 1st one... : silentbobuk
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  I like the music, JUSTICE : sreyes22
  • yah Justice if sick. Great song, I thought it went well with the video. : zuff
  • You like Justice? Check out Danger http://www.myspace.com/2emedanger : piser
• That looks cool but it's not nearly bloody enough. I hope that is just for the trailer :( : pancake humper
• This is going to be horribly lame. Bleh. : Link.
• The guys at Ubi Montreal have some really good environment artists. I just hope their gameplay has a bit ... : nodebug
• Instant no-buy for me. This looks like it will suffer exactly the same horribly boring gameplay the firs... : boarder2
• Fix the repetitive missions & make the story not suck, and it'd be a great sequel. : jingletard
• I think I'm in the minority, but I loved the first game mainly because of the environment and the fluidit... : phokz