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  Pretty good for 8 : ColoradoCNC
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    I thought so too. He showed me and I just stood there saying man this is awesome. Your pretty good. He ju... : myfasha
    • can he draw a fox : spaceless
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  That's the most anatomically incorrect person I've ever seen. : Jobos
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    that's because he is automatonically correct. : SolveChrist
    • Hahaha, nicely done. : coldfusioncs
    • :D. : kaddar0
    • hehehehe : Merconium
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  I like the human thumb. : mechanicalgrape
  • Yea hehe. : myfasha
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    at first i thoguht it was a hole, like in the toys where you put a gun in. i guess its a thumb though : Chandler55
    • It could be the hole for the gun - the second smaller circle being the exit and the white space is the si... : Jonathan
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  I was expecting a penis. You have failed as a shack-father. : cetra00
  • this made me lol : SniperWolf22
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  He is sitting at the table still drawing stuff. Been there for about 2 hours. : myfasha
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    tell him to draw optimus prime fighting a tyrannosaurus : GloriousCow
    • This. : jodiuh
    • He is headed to bed, but I told him to draw that tomorrow. I will take a picture of this epic battle and ... : myfasha
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    I used to draw for hours when I was that young too. My favorite type of drawing (call it a genre) was dr... : trOmblyj
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      That's awesome. Your parents keep any of that stuff? I put everything he has drawn that is awesome in a b... : myfasha
      • I doubt it. We're talking almost 30 years ago. I always had a stack of sketch pads. Some days after sc... : trOmblyj
    • hahaha, i did that too. I think my mom saved a few somewhere. I had spike pits, places for people to sl... : deathofrats
    • I would also do similar stuff, and then draw in where the guns and such would fire and blow up a part of ... : riptyde
    • DUDE! I did that too! It was usually a sort of obstacle course that a stick man had to go through, an... : focusdaily
    • hehe, I did that too.. but epic space battles...(I was hooked on Battlestar Galactica and Star Wars at th... : jdcope
    • Hey, me too! I then went on to draw underground vaults in mountains and stuff. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • In high school, I went the stick figure route and drew comically violent situations for the figures to fi... : MurrayTheSkull
    • Awesome, did the same kind of thing here. Though I think more often I had some big giant aircraft on one... : DinK
    • for me it was always the aircraft carrier and the ensuing GIjoe vs Cobra battle, with the characters that... : stgdz
    • I would redraw (not tracing but having it right there beside me) comic book pages or sunday comics that I... : kevp
    • You guys would LOVE dwarf fortress : Jinxplayer
• Well done. : pupismyname
• He has more talent than I do, I'm sure some people are just gifted with that and some without. : abrasion
• I used to always draw Transformers when I was younger. I remember making some up on paper : redfive
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  Well he got one thing from the movies: toe thumb : zakazi
  • Haha. : myfasha
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  Wow! Keep encouraging him! : mayooms
  • I keep him stocked up with ton's of art supplies. For his birthday I am buying him a drawing table with a... : myfasha
• That kid has got talent man; beat it out of him before he dreams too big! : quadeh
• HELL YEAH!! : CrustaR
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  Sorry, Update he heard that I put the picture online for you guys to see so he took a paper plate and dre... : myfasha
  • wow! is that an ergonomic keyboard i see! oh nice pic btw. still better than me. : Jikim
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    One of those pictures seems out of place. I just can't quite put my finger on it. : thecray
    • nobody has meetings about balloons in the sky, do they? i watched the sixth sense a few nights ago : oHnOES
  • Haha, awesome : Drewus
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    lol the bomb voyage : Blucklesworth
    • the bomb voyage is awesome! : Borzoi
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    does that say $5.99 beside the transformer lol : Chandler55
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      Yea he is obsessed with selling shit. : myfasha
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        I'll paypal him a buck for the robot one in the lower left, seriously. : dignan
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          thats creepy : oHnOES
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            why? i like it and it'll encourage him : dignan
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              its 5.99 you cheapskate : GloriousCow
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                guy, he's a single parent. He can't afford that. A single parent. : sharpie
                • if i was a single mom would you give me shit? jesus... i'd always admired single parents for sticking th... : dignan
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                wrong drawing genius, pay attention. : dignan
                • I hate you more every post : anhero
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    Just wondering, but is he spelling Gutaur like that because it's a cross between a Minotaur and a Guitar,... : edgewise
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      I want to see a half-man, half-guitar : GloriousCow
      • So do I, GloriousCow. So do I. : CrustaR
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      I am not sure about that. I will aak him in the morning. : myfasha
      • don't bother. it's genetic. : lacker
    • this is what i was hoping too : MrBig0
  • Looks like you got the next Michael Bay there : Sailor of Fortune
  • £10 for a blowjob? : aeg1x
  • lol @ "bomb" voyage. : punchdog
  • "bomb voyage" aaaahahaha! : Megara9
• draws better than me already. : Jikim
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  that's not bad at all! : edgewise
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    here's something my 6 year old did last year http://edgewise.shackspace.com/Medusa.jpg : edgewise
    • YES! : sparkly
    • a scene from the Clash of the Titans remake? : .Jayson
    • Bad ass. I do love the YES! : myfasha
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      get that kid some proper markers : oHnOES
      • that was at the after school program he goes to. : edgewise
    • I love that it's drawn on terrible recycled construction paper that wrinkles if you even look at it the w... : DrWaffles
    • medusa a stone cold bitch : aeg1x
    • Haha YES! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I still read that as I killed Medusa with a chansaw, spencer (so you better look out because you are ... : rosewood
      • ^^This interpretation had me in tears. : Wikus Van De Merwe
      • this is also what i assumed at first : MrBig0
    • Every time I hear/see the name Spencer I always think of this awful you tube video http://www.youtube.com... : denixen
    • Gears of War 3 plot, right there. : Masem
• lol it has a thumb. THUMBOT! : Cygnus X-1
• woot transformers! give him some lego now : Chandler55
• He draws better than I do. Like, by miles and miles. : Orange Pylon
• I misread this as 'etch a sketch' for some reason and when I clicked the picture I was pretty much GOD DA... : zakk
• that's pretty awesome. he can draw better than i can. : [fry]
• Toe thumb! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• He actually does have a ton of artistic talent. Shows a ton on natural artistic ability already. Get th... : bld
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  My daughter is an art genius: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilrosewood/3399666265/ : rosewood
  • Your kids are disgusting ly cute :D! : mysled
• sub thread question for shack parents with boys Can you kids draw death and destruction at school or d... : stgdz
• that rules. : ass-street
• Transformers! Very impressive, myfasha... you have done well. : Megara9

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  How is the learning curve on this? I'm teaching the woman how to play this free MMO called Runes of Magi... : jingletard
  • its pretty easy to pick up. It has probably the best quick tips/tutorial Ive seen. actually has little vi... : maulla
  • AION is going to be love it of leave it. I wouldn't say it has a high learning curve, you'll learn what y... : Slowtreme
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  I've been wanting to get back into an MMO for awhile now (ever since I kicked WoW about a year ago) and I... : TheVietSpecial
  • for 50 bucks (or 28 bucks for a key from some internet site) It's totally worth it for a months worth of ... : Slowtreme
  • I'm really enjoying it. It's along the same lines as WoW, but is new enough to feel quite a bit different... : Reeves
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  my guy is fruity looking :( http://www.shackpics.com/files/Aion0000_3xrs8b69fe02v40hx0hi.jpg http://w... : maulla
  • Raidboss: http://www.shackpics.com/files/Aion0027_yt6epabp0y7kvshukft6.jpg : Slowtreme
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  What're the instances like? Since dropping my Assassin at level 15, I've just got a Gladiator up to 15 so... : -JLN-
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    the first one you can go in at lvl 25 is pretty basic. trash + bosses. Some of the bosses so damage other... : Slowtreme
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      How is loot? : jane911
      • So far, at level 25 (without doing the first instance), there is a lot of loot. Weapons and armor are har... : Reeves
• fuck you 1300 person queue : maulla
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  heres what I logged into within the first hour of the pre-select. It was a while before I tried to play ... : Lopsang
  • that was a good day haha : Slowtreme
  • Protip: Shift + F12 will make all other character models disappear so its easier to find what you're loo... : fleabug
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    hahaha. You can turn off names ya know. : Reeves
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      how will I know if im standing next to Arthas or CloudStrife then? : Lopsang
      • You don't, you're fucked and will never know. : Reeves
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  Worth buying at $50? Yes or no. : Metasparks
  • If you're a fan of MMO's I say yes. : Reeves
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    ATTENTION http://www.g2play.net/store/ $28 for regular $37 for collectors instant delivery. : mwasher
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      Ordered about 2 1/2 hours ago, still haven't gotten my keys - not quite instant. But that price is hard ... : idioglossia
      • hmm, sorry bout that. i 've used them a lot and always gotten the key within 2 minutes. :\ : mwasher
    • WARNING! I was sent two used keys by them before I received a valid key 2 days later. : doctorbfunk
    • they seem kinda shady : whistletits
• looks a lot like any other fantasy mmo, the most tired genre on the planet second to ww2. where's my good... : Yanks
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  AAAAAND server go BOOM : Slowtreme
  • yeah that rocks after waiting in line for an hour and just getting into it :/ little wonder Im still low ... : phokz
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    what a huge fucking surprise. god damnit : electroly
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      there's gonna be a queue by time i get back in, i can just tell : electroly
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        from now on, shackers are never allowed to vote on mmo servers. i hereby decree it. : electroly
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          how else would you suggest they are chosen? : Slowtreme
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            roll of the dice : electroly
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              We could have easily randomed a poor choice, considering 1/4 of the servers have these ques : Slowtreme
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                i don't mind the queues; they'll die down. azphel crashes noticeably more than the other servers. : electroly
                • which is weird, since there's only 2 physical machines that the servers run on. (unless things have chan... : mwasher
                • actually at the time we crashed, it looks like at least 3 others had just gone down : Slowtreme
              • I think the key is to be patient, wait a week, and then start the Shack guild on a server with a fairly l... : Vincent Grayson
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          im heading to the low pops : pancake humper
          • ph, let me know what server. : mwasher
  • I got home late last nite from work and got hit with a huge queue... I would be pissed if I actually got... : inc77
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  No more!!!! ...will it run ok on a 8800gts? : Visceral Monkey
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    thats what im using.. 60fps 1920xwhateverthefuck... : VuduChild
    • and its boring the shit outta me too... why cant all mmos that say they are for pvp have warhammers scena... : VuduChild
  • I have a dual core and a 8800 gts and it runs great COME JOIN US VISC!!!! : jane911
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  So, I am still not seeing how this is any better/different than WoW. Is it? : Fred Garvin
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    It's prettier. : slax0r
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      People need to take better screenshots then. : byorn
      • looks better in motion (as does WoW) but still : jane911
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    it's a completely new environment, new shit to explore, new class types, new skill system (chains), new c... : mwasher
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      How did you get the game for $30? : byorn
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        see that post i made about 10 replies above that has the big red ATTENTION ? : mwasher
        • Thanks! iPhone app made it easy to miss : byorn
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          fuck i didnt want to start a 3rd mmo but even getting a month out of it is nice for $30 : ghost in my shell
          • it's totally worth a month, or even just a lazy week of playing to lvl 10-20 for 30 bucks. There is a ... : Slowtreme
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      But it's still a rat killing grind your way to the top MMO right? : Fred Garvin
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        it's an MMO so killing shit is required, yes. : mwasher
        • i agree with this assessment of MMOs : Slowtreme
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  I want to like this but every time I watch videos of game play on Youtube it looks like Guild Wars and Te... : Visceral Monkey
  • hmm doesnt play liek that at all though...lol : italiano3d
• Lastnight was the first time I had a wait queue on Siel. It wasn't long just 5 min. : whistletits

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• yeh but it leaves a mark on them. : CoRDS
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  I want pancakes, not conveyercakes. Gross. : re-verse
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    How about pancakes in a can? http://www.batterblaster.com/ : cerealSAM2
    • WHO RUN BATTERTOWN : Mad Brahmin Disease
• this is like the computer science homework project from hell : manero
• premade pancakes suck with or with out robots : johnlocks
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  I see they misspelled labor. : cetra00
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    I see you misspelled cuntra00. : ArB
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      you misspelled arby's@ mmm. chicken bacon swiss! : papaskot
      • I was in a hurry. : ArB
    • Damn you got me, that name was already taken though. : cetra00
• Robo Pancake Humper? : SeaLlama
• So now the robots are going to kill us all and then turn us into neatly stacked pancakes? Fuck. : Nali4Freedom
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  operators manually check the pancakes for consistency. With their bare hands. wtf. : Amadan
  • its where pancake humper got his name : oHnOES
  • You mean people actually touch my food before I eat it? Outrageus! : Nali4Freedom
  • Yup, its natural and organic. : Smirks D
  • Don't ever eat in a nice restaurant. : graceofdragons
  • Would you prefer they pick their noses with gloves and then touch the pancakes instead? : SwiftyPants
• That is badass. But still people, make your own damn pancakes. : nurglich
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  They don't even look like pancakes..? : Tchest
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    That's what americanians call pancakes. What we call pancakes are their crepes. : d fluke
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      then wtf are your crepes? flavored paper? : graceofdragons
      • Crepes are pan cakes with fillings. : uncleanmonkey
      • As far as I know crepes is french for pancakes (real ones) : Tchest
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        crepes are very very thing, pancakes slightly thicker ~2 mm : imperator
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          What does ~ mean? More or less than? : abrasion
          • about/around/approximately : Psigun
          • Approximately. : ieGod
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      Well what do you call americanian pancakes? : baron calamity
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        No word for it in Norwegian, just prefix it with American. We do have fat ones like yours called "lapper"... : d fluke
        • And to be clear; The batter can be identical, it's the thickness/size that's different. : d fluke
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          Real pancakes are thick, they need to absorb plenty of maple syrup. : Lone Swordsman
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            Thick yes, maple syrup no! Lemon juice and sugar. : abrasion
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              Gah. No, pancakes are nothing without syrup. Do you even have maple trees in Australia? : Lone Swordsman
              • We have maple syrup here, the best kind comes from an old tin in the back of grandmas cupboard kind of th... : abrasion
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              This is so very, very wrong. It's not your fault, though; Australia suffers from a severe lack of maple ... : ZTac
              • It's english afaik, not aussie. : abrasion
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              Pancakes were only invented so that maple syrup could be applied. : ieGod
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                Try that in england! Also, ever had strawberries and icecream on a pancake? wow. : abrasion
                • Those are awesome in a crepe, but not a pancake. : ieGod
          • Thanks, Pancake Hitler >:( : d fluke
  • They look like glorious pancakes. : abrasion
  • America was founded on being different than Europe. : aldraek
• THE FINAL SOLUTION : soggybagel
• that's the sort of thing i (kind of) do for a living : Dante
• new favorite things: -Pancakes per minute (PPM) -Pancake buffer : DeBurgo
• looks like it has a lot of moving parts. Maintenance must be on top of things. : DonkeyPopsicle
• When i get a robot that makes pancakes im going to take over the world : Lakipo
• When I used to program robots, the local Adept rep loved to regale us with stories about a system they in... : ThomW
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  The Flex Picker is an amazing piece of machinery. Unfortunately its limited to very small loads right ... : ShadowRam
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    This is one of the best videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHuDvVa7mkw&feature=related : ShadowRam
    • Haha I love the music, reminds me of Deus Ex. Fits perfectly with our robot overlords. : Havain
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      Novint Falcon Extreme : MrBig0
      • but holy shit that video was cool : MrBig0
• I can't believe they're still using Pickmaster 3.2. : stamps
• That robot looks like something you'd have to fight in a Half Life game. : DinK
• Dey tuk mah jerrrrb! : Rotten Deadite
• I for one welcome our new pancake sorting robot overlords! : fathertime

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  I've been a Far Cry 2 "hater" for a pretty long time. I bought it at release because I loved the (unrelat... : Felraiser
  • i agree with you sir. : shadebane
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    hang on, they silently flank you but run at you idiotically? I haven't played this game btw. : filthysock
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      Well, those are two different situations. In the former, you're inside a camp, trying to kill things at s... : Felraiser
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        sounds like my kind of game, fucking Crysis keeps owning me. I'll be sniping a camp and then 12 guys appe... : filthysock
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          How the hell do you get flanked in a game where you have stealth camouflage and the ability to track enem... : omnova
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            cause it runs out. And I'm hiding behind a rock. but guys behind me can see me. : filthysock
            • and its not flanking, they just fucking appear. : filthysock
  • I really liked farcry 2. Think I'll play through it again shortly. : kelerian
  • I bought it, played it only about an hour or so. The only feeling I got was meh. : legsbrogan
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    I just hate the mouse control (it don't feel right!) and the fact that it usually CTD's within 15 minutes... : SolveChrist
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      Yeah, the mousing is completely messed up. I tried to stay away from relatively superficial issues like t... : Felraiser
      • I'm sure they do, I just can't get a chance to find them since I can't play more than 15 minutes at a giv... : SolveChrist
    • yup, agreed. Even Wolfenstein controls are better than this game. Just felt sluggish or something. : geneshifter
  • I'm not going to read all of that but all I have to say is that it got really boring always having to go ... : Longinus00
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    Why would you play for 15 hours if you dislike it that much? You certainly wouldn't need to play that lon... : mechanicalgrape
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      I'm weird like that. As noted, I formed an opinion pretty quickly the first time, but I respect guys like... : Felraiser
      • I also feel obligated to give a game a shot. Hell I usually payed $40+ for a game, so I better get someth... : Modulus
    • he wants to be the new roushimx (sorry roush just saying) : X-GOUKI
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    You choose your weapons and you go make stuff dead or explode, this was fun to me. Deeply flawed game VS.... : Geoffrois
    • That sums it up pretty well for me too. : ShoCon
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    Far Cry 2 is a great game. It's flawed in some ways, but the narrative format is unique and awesome. I : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Sniping would have been more fun if it weren't for the constant "VRRROOOMM" s of the enemy jeeps sneaking... : Longinus00
      • Don't stand on or near the road when your sniping. : Haku-Jin
      • the second I heard that sound I switched to the SAW and jumped to the side. the patrol jeep guys aren't ... : mikecyb
  • totally agree with you. I don't understand the why this game was praised. I might have enjoyed the game... : Modulus
  • I liked, so i dunno, maybe there is something wrong with me, but i really didn't mind the stuff you compl... : Dschinghis Khan
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    Far Cry 2 is about the experience you get when playing it. I don't think anyone is saying it's perfect, : mikecyb
    • this is a great post. : Downforce
    • I loved how chaotic the game was to you where other shooters you were the one who caused the chaos. : Sailor of Fortune
    • I love all that good stuff in theory, but their execution was lacking. : brickmatt
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      The problem with the variation in Far Cry 2 is that the random occurrences themselves are very manageable... : Felraiser
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        In other words, I've never had to think about what to do in the game. The randomness just presents new ac... : Felraiser
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          well it's never really trying to be splinter cell + FPS : Downforce
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            What? I have no idea what you're responding to or talking about here. : Felraiser
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              responding to your judgment on what the game isn't even trying to be, but you rate it down because it lac... : Downforce
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                Did you read my post? I still have no idea what you are responding to. : Felraiser
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                  yep. your 'clarifications' made it worse, hence needing to jump in to correct. it boils down to throwing... : Downforce
                  • Where the hell did I say there was too little action, or that I wanted run-and-gun? I love FEAR, and I la... : Felraiser
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        I wouldn't consider them distractions. I'd consider them as on-the-fly pacing markers. You have a moment ... : Drewus
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          I think his point (which I agree with) is that they never really required you to rethink the situation. ... : Arcanum
          • right, but on a smaller scale it caused you to rethink the moment. As opposed to other shooters where you... : Drewus
      • well they weren't supposed to upset the way you did a mission. if a gun jammed then you unjam it. if yo... : mikecyb
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      Good post. The thing I loved about the game was that it was ballsy enough to punish you for doing nothing... : Drewus
      • haha picking up a busted RPG was one of my favorite things. it took me like two shots before I realized ... : mikecyb
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      One of the cool things about the game is how well they transition between the things your character does.... : LilCrypto
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        I keep telling y'all that I see Checkpoint Reinforcements walking along the road ALL THE TIME. I had two ... : AxeMan808
        • AxeMan, I noticed this as well, and the outposts in more open country often have two or three guys out on... : mn3m0n1c
      • I agree with this everyone is out to kill you. I wished they actually showed more situations where the di... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I'd just like to say that I appreciate you taking over the typing duties for this pro-FC2 subthread. : Johnny Law
    • I hate to agree with mikey : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I really liked how shit could just turn on you so fast. The best / worst I had was where you have to blo... : FirmButtstone
    • Great post, and I agree with all of it. : Milleh
  • the feel of the movement in the game ruins it for me. it's way too stiff. : Mansmells
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    I fully agree Felraiser! I played for about 2 hours and uninstalled it. Sometimes I see it on the shelf... : .frame
    • also spreadsheets! : .frame
  • Respawning checkpoints killed this game for me. : The Grolar Bear
  • I gave up after 10 hours or so for the same reasons. I also like how they've spent all this effort to inc... : Sze Ior
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    -"enormity of travel time": i actually like driving around, but i've noticed that too. driving to next mi : arcane_
    • Out of all of those, the one thing that bothers me the most is the Rubberband-style driving. That shit... : Jumperus
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    Is it anything like Crysis? If so it's probably boring and uninspired. : NastyJack
    • no its not, Crysis is infinately better, so in that case you'll probably love FC2, good luck. : spaceyme
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      I liked crysis more than FC2 : byorn
      • Crysis bored me, but I love FC2. : Jumperus
    • I loved the combat in Far Cry 2. Everything felt solid. Weapons hurt enemies and they reacted to being hi... : pyide
  • GOTY 2008 for me. Dead Space sucked balls. : Drewus
  • I agree, I finished the game because I like to finish games but it was a waste of time and pure boredom f... : spaceyme
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    I used a cheat to make the weapons not decay and it surprisingly made the game a lot more fun. But the g... : Jobos
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      I've never had a problem with weapon decay. I visit the weapon houses pretty often. I actually love it wh... : Rice-Rocketeer
      • Press 'R' and wait 3 seconds? : FlamingGimp
  • I totally agree, it only took me a few hours until I realized that I had already witnessed all the game ... : mnsnota
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    The complaints about respawning enemies at checkpoints are what's repetitive, and unwarranted, given you ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Playing through the game a second time now, I still have no issues with avoiding checkpoints. It's pre... : Drewus
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      What are you responding to? He didn't complain about respawning enemies anywhere in his post. : FlamingGimp
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        Respond to: In my first playthrough, I noticed the respawning checkpoints, bad voice acting, bland com : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          So the only mention of it was in a segue into a main point? Seems like you might be overplaying that quot... : Felraiser
          • It wasn't directed at you in specific, don't take me wrong, but I think people's complaints about respawn... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Avoiding them wasn't any fun, and you had to do it constantly. They ruined the game for me more than anyt... : ramshot
      • And it's not about that only either, it's also about immersion. I like to "imagine being there" and if I ... : ramshot
  • In complete agreement. I was hoping Far Cry 2 would have more of a STALKER feel to it, being an open-worl... : carbontree
  • I agree with you 100%. One of the biggest disappointments of late years for me. If you're going to put me... : ramshot
  • You forgot to mention that while the enemies are shooting you through obstacles with precision accuracy, ... : Tech T
  • Gonna agree with you on this Fel. 100% It looked nice but played like a dog. : kainen1
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  I came to shit in every Farcry 2 thread, there was yet people would not listen. I even sold my copy to a... : Iwannaacura
  • Hey, I loved it! : ADSliv
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  ATTN: Far Cry 2 is a great game However, it's also a terrible game. Totally depends on the person a... : Jumperus
  • You have nailed it. : Geoffrois
  • It sounds like you need to play Red Faction: Guerrilla : dafugg
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  I won't disagree with you, Felraiser. Far Cry 2 is a good game only if you figure out how to play it. : CrustaR
  • ^^^^ : eeeealmo
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  I largely agree with everything you said, and the inevitable 'guard post' complaints. However the one ... : MaddeningLoop
  • I pretty much did the same thing in order to start having fun in that game. : CrustaR
  • Agreed. If they patched co-op into FarCry2 or released a booster pack that added a co-op campaign the exp... : Ajax
  • Why is it "artificially" creating tension? It's the whole point. You approach the mission the way you wan... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Is there no modifications to make the single player experience more fun? : Metasparks
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    Did I just crit English grammar? : Metasparks
    • You did :-) but anyway the game is very mod-unfriendly. : Johnny Law
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  It's a good game, lol at you playing it for 15 hours to gather more evidence at how bad it is. : abrasion
  • abrasion, I laughed : CrustaR
  • He himself said he played it more to make sure he wasn't missing out on anything. Way to put words into s... : ramshot
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  I uploaded a video of me playing FC2 on pc and honestly, I think if it had some kind of fast travel syste... : X-GOUKI
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiUJVk9N1BQ : X-GOUKI
    • Great video. : Drewus
    • How does that bandage keep falling off your right arm?? : CrustaR
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      after watching this video and playing crysis it makes me realize that Farcry 2 really needs a radar. T... : stgdz
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        Nah, I'm glad it's HUD was as minimal as it was. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Agreed. I liked that it wasn't in my face all the time, it really aided the sense of immersion. : mn3m0n1c
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            yeah it was really great seeing the screen turn red and with little red stripes going across it and heari... : stgdz
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              You mean you were forced to actually look for the shooter in a dense jungle? Oh no! There are a couple of... : Mad Brahmin Disease
              • it was on the level of SOF2 where it was "QUIDADO!" Kabloey grenade and you are dead, the game play of th... : stgdz
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              I found that when things like that happened it was because I'd rushed into a situation when I should have : mn3m0n1c
              • Also, stories like this are why they should have included a record feature. I'd love to have video of som : mn3m0n1c
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  Yeah fuck that game. : hirosushima
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    yeah really, that game raped my dog and kicked my grandma!!!! seriously though, this thread had made : Dschinghis Khan
    • I have played maybe 2 or 3 hours of games in the last month and a half. School is consuming me. After I a... : hirosushima
    • I started playing through it again a few nights ago. : Drewus
• It had its moments, which were matched by sheer frustration. : baconisgod
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  I haven't double-checked the Journal of Games after reading your post, but I did edit the whole thing and... : Chris Remo
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    Sorry if that was in error. I believe it was a reprinted story which might have been in four separate par... : Felraiser
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      Ah yeah, it was dropped by Steve Gaynor as an example of a game he found particular immersive for that re... : Chris Remo
      • Well, I'll definitely take overstatement over outright falsehood. Thanks for the clarification. : Felraiser
• The game sucked unless you cheated and got unlimited money for the upgrades. Very boring and repetitive. : bolneze
• Pretty much agree. I thought it was a great "platform" for a game, but with no variation or narrative it ... : Conan
• Anyone else think it's good that we have these games which are polarizing? Far Cry 2 took a lot of risks ... : Schnapple
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  About ammo: ammo for all your weapons can always be found at any safe house or gun shop. You can also buy... : mn3m0n1c
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    It's been a while, but you have to unlock the ammo for Secondary and special weapons, no? : melt_core
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      The ammo for special weapons at safe houses is an unlockable, but the gunshops always have ammo for every... : mn3m0n1c
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        Also, a handy way around the special weapons unlockable is to store a 'fresh' copy of what you're carryin... : mn3m0n1c
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          Yeah that's what I would do too, swap the same weapons for ammo and wear and tear... : melt_core
          • I spent a lot of time stocking my safe house and stuff, 'specially since I really liked having the AR as ... : mn3m0n1c
• That was my biggest gaming disappointment of the last year. It could so easily be fixed with a simple mod... : Dynotaku
• It took me 10 hours or so to really start enjoying the game. : Milleh
• It's probably one of my favorite game, not because I think it's perfect - it clearly isn't - but because ... : melt_core

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• the drugs probably had some influence : oHnOES
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  I thought you were "quitting" the shack? : moshman
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    i already explained this, i was taking a break but i didnt mention until i found a job and that got me nu... : oHnOES
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      so did you find a job? : moshman
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        im supposed to show up tonight and my alarm is about to go off (from when i was supposed to take a nap) b... : oHnOES
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          i can tell you are very committed : moshman
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            not to be a crutch or anything but i didnt take my medicine tonight and feel very fucked up : oHnOES
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              i didnt take it so i wouldnt be drowsy : oHnOES
              • From the little I know I think you should take at least some :/ : Reeves
              • So you're not going to show up to your first day of work? Don't be an idiot. Suck it up. : Drewus
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  I just got into techno and trance a few months ago.. I have heard some of the old stuff and I like the ne... : Reeves
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    so..... what have you heard? : oHnOES
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      Honestly I've mainly been listening through Pandora and I don't even know half of what I'm listening to. ... : Reeves
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        The last few songs on the list are by Motorcycle, DJ X-Dream, Above and Beyond, Andy and the Lamboy, Late... : Reeves
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          Also if you have any recommendations I love hearing new stuff, old or new :D : Reeves
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            http://www.amazon.com/Clubbers-Guide-Ibiza-Summer-2000/dp/B00004TB6H/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=12542... : oHnOES
            • Sweet, thanks. Ill check it out after I peel myself away from Aion :D. : Reeves
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  98-99 was the pinnacle of trance imo : gyokuro
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    paul oakenfold essential mix china : oHnOES
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      The Essential Mix is still good for techno/trance. In general I think there's just less "anthems" being p... : d fluke
      • yeah thats what i miss most i guess, the anthems and catchy riffs : oHnOES
    • yeah i have that one too : gyokuro
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  I slowly migrated to liquid drum and bass after finding out there was actually a sub-genre of the stuff t... : cetra00
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    i migrated to alot of streams on www.di.fm not necessarily the trance or techno streams but some of the ... : gyokuro
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      Yeah I listen to the chillout dreams stream at work and it has pretty good stuff often. And holy cra... : cetra00
      • yeah thats some Chillaxin' stuff : gyokuro
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        That one's really good. I'll have to find more by Apex. Thanks. : ArB
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          He's the one that remixed the song used in the GT5 Ferrari video if you haven't seen it yet: http://ww... : cetra00
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            Oh yeah, I'm just listening to that on his myspace page. I was trying to remember where the hell I heard ... : ArB
            • One more before I head to bed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwchxz5wgrQ&fmt=18 This guy seems to ... : cetra00
  • That's pretty good. Sorry for calling you cuntra00 earlier. You're cuntra01 in my book. : ArB
  • Camo & Krooked are awesome. : mwasher
• i've always preferred goa and psy to that anthem crap. the progressive psy stuff coming out of northern e... : skryte
• see if you like this mix http://soundcloud.com/mj-cole/mj-cole-fact-magazine-mix : Break
• Do you like this type at all? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdp1vko_Lk It goes into some other so... : Reeves
• you tried www.di.fm ? lots of trance and ambient channels : xsii
• Psytrance is still going strong. : Lone Swordsman
• All of you guys are foggies. Just like me, I loved trance and "that period." But just saying "that period... : Metasparks

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  This one is pretty tame compared to the others they made... Imagine eating supper with family and seeing ... : ArtilleryMarker
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    You mean like this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etjMGcBBNl0 That one is awful! : soggybagel
    • lol : riptyde
    • Holy shit. That's insane. : myfasha
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      Yes this was one of the worst... Some other government organization did the same kind of ads but for drun... : ArtilleryMarker
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        One of them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrSLW8Pi5Po&NR=1 : ArtilleryMarker
        • oh shit, that ad was hardcore! The crash was awesome : MrBig0
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      and that my friends is why you lock out, tag out : Dante
      • exactally what i was thinking. : broly1718
      • We don't have that option :/ : ShadowRam
      • bingo : Turd Ferguson
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      I've once met this huge dude, who later supposedly got both his arms pinched clear off in a from tool mak... : Werkin
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        Why would a press not have a light curtain? : fishbone
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          ridiculously expensive : ShadowRam
          • Light curtains aren't ridiculously expensive, unless this would be some crazy application : fishbone
          • lol : ThomW
        • Some Try-Out Presses don't come equipped with them, and it can still be to code. You just have cages or p... : Werkin
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        Best way to operate a press http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMOBqRVDOYQ : ShadowRam
        • Oh my lord..................... : abrasion
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          That first cycle scared the shit out of me : fishbone
          • I thought it was an extermination camp or something O_O : gakera
        • Why is everyone crying NO SAFETY when clearly those guys are wearing gloves?????????? : MrBig0
        • Yeah, I posted this a while back. So wrong. But then, from the practices I hear about, lives are a dime a... : Werkin
    • this one was even worse, because they also played the other version, where the dude had disabled his mach... : barichnikov
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      That's why you put a lock on the electrical disconnect when working on the machine. Idiots. : ThomW
      • or work in a cube in front of a computer all day : mrtony
    • hahaha WTF : mrtony
• Wasn't there one where a guy didn't lock-out-tag-out and crushed a co-worker in a kick press? : Dechter
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlejxn5k55M : semaphore
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  http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2F9mWxiePyKqs&video2=http%3A%2F%2F... : DrWaffles
  • Ha, amazing. : jjjapan
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    the Benny Hill theme makes anything funny. hahaha : Dschinghis Khan
    • No it doesn't >:( : ieGod
  • You seem so normal in real life. lol : ThomW
  • oh god : mrtony
• go watch the machinist now : oHnOES
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  what? take off your shirt O_o : yautja
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    Or at least pull hard enough to pop the button. : Merconium
    • yeah seriously, was that button attached to that shirt with reinforced steel wires or something? : Dschinghis Khan
• They used to show these all the time during hockey commercials. SO ANNOYING : MrLobo

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• Peggy is agrarian but not weird, imagine naming your child Chrystal. : SpaecKow
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  DELORIS!!!!! : oHnOES
  • Mulva? : dltrem
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    (Dolores) : biskits
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      not according to firefox spell check : oHnOES
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        http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=dolores&word2=deloris : biskits
        • You both lose: http://tinyurl.com/ydwdm4b : FirstPersonCooter
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  Beatrice : Nali4Freedom
  • kiddo : oHnOES
  • You might be able to get away with that as long as you show them Kill Bill ASAP. : Lone Swordsman
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  her name could be margaret. http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/764/why-is-peggy-the-nickname-for... : FrayLo
  • or...Maggie! : FirstPersonCooter
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    I'm seeing a Maggie right now. :\ : coldfusioncs
    • can she talk? or just suck? : skryte
• After say 1970? No idea, I know of really old ladies called Peggy but nowadays? No way - they are all ove... : abrasion
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  Hester is far worse. : bld
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    I know a pair of sisters names Hester and Isabelle. Such a crazy flip from awful name to beautiful name. : Juno
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      Hester is a girls name? : abrasion
      • I also know an esther : Juno
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  I know someone who named their kid Frank. not francis. FRANK. : beastrabban
  • My neighbor's named their daughter after the father. FRANKA (eyetalian) : Werkin
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  I have an Aunt Peggy. It's short for Margaret though, which I think is a pretty name. Why people shorte... : mikecyb
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    see above : FrayLo
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      your link doesn't explain why people knowingly shorten a nice name to a dumb-sounding one! fuck, use Magg... : mikecyb
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        did you read it? : oHnOES
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          "one historian writes, "the nicknames Mog and Meg later gave rise to the rhymed forms Pog(gy) and Peg(gy)... : oHnOES
          • yes I fully comprehend how Margaret became Peggy and Peg, I am just saying why the fuck would anyone chos... : mikecyb
  • My grandmother in law was named Margaret. HATED the name. She has always gone by Peggy, since she was a l : rosewood
• I know a 19 year old girl named Agnes. Seriously wtf. : notext
• it's short for peggle. : j0nchan
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  You think thats bad? I feel sorry for Bob Geldof's kids. Fifi Trixibelle Geldof and Peaches Honeybloss... : peetabix01
  • I forgot one, Little Pixie Geldof. : peetabix01
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  I read that as Peegy. : bolneze
  • Peggy! :D : Lone Swordsman
  • Peegy! :D : helvetica
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  Bertha : Godhatesfatpeople
  • yeah, I have to go with this one : retardhumper
• I met a Hildegarde once. : DrZettl
• A friend has just named her son Hector Aurealias Valentine Taylor-Ferguson (older brother Lucius argh) : jcupitt
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  Depends on whether your last name is Bundy or not. : matthaeus
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    i never found her hot : oHnOES
    • I don't think anyone was supposed to : Halen
• Eeznutz : drucifer
• That's my mom's name.... : dudehoyt
• I went to school with twins called Betty and Peggy : retardhumper
• retardation must run in the family too : dantastic
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  Maybe they really like Steely Dan. : malevolence
  • my hand to god im listening to peg as i read this and respond to it. creepy. : squigiliwams
• i dunno, why don't you ask my grandmother, asshole. : wetard
• Peggy from Married with children turns me the fuck ON! Even to this day. : mace

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  Dear Ms. Palmateer and Ms. Woolfe: I wish to address several galling errors made in the “Be wary... : Micand
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/tilt_p2lco553se4p6tp60m2k.gif : Dave-A
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      Well put. The video was funny at least. : terath
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        Well, darn it, I gave it my best shot. I thought it was Shack-worthy due to a combination of grossly inac... : Micand
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          I guess I didn't get it? You were trying to be funny by pointing out errors that weren't really errors? : Dave-A
          • To my mind they were errors -- particularly something as egregious as suggesting you "anonymize your IP a... : Micand
        • I think the total lack of capitalization irked me more than the content itself (at least on the web artic... : Sirus2400
  • You almost certainly meant to refer to Yahoo! Mail rather than “ymail,” for the latter does n : DJ Clipdat
  • This would have been MUCH better if you actually wrote a letter and sent it in the mail. That said, you c... : focusdaily
  • in re: point 7. Where do they say the "primary" email is one provided by the user's ISP? I consider m... : cornchak
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    What a polite way to call you a huge nerd. : randomjgj
    • lol : boring gegtik
  • lol what the hell : Mansmells
  • jesus christ mate, thats on of the worst letters i've ever seen. : filthysock
  • That was painful to read. Good job! : ArB
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    is your name really Winterpants ? : botch
    • This is all I want need to know!!! : zebosausamite
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    ever been to www.ymail.com ? : redfive
    • hahaha, it works :) : cncpun
    • But it doesnt exist! : pimpium
  • Haha well put but dude you have way too much times on your hands. :( I like your writing skills put them ... : Koral06
  • good job wasting everyone's time : deject
  • Maybe she didn't appreciate it because she realized she would never get back the 3 minutes of her life th... : Sapiens
  • IT'S PASSERSBY. Lrn2rite n00b : Home Nugget
  • I didn't read the article, but I read your post and was like "yea, you're right, whoever wrote that lette... : MrBig0
  • you are a tool : maulla
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  Is your last name really Winterpants? That's awesome. : cerealSAM2
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    For 3 months of the year it's shorts. : ryuuseki
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      At least it's not Summerthong. Although if he has a hot sister or mom... : cerealSAM2
      • three month banana hammock : lolpatrol
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    It's not -- I don't like telling the Internet my real name. But maybe I like living dangerously -- my las... : Micand
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      Winterpantsinger? : Dave-A
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        Wintergiantsandyvaginasinger? : mrvandelay
        • Must be German. : Home Nugget
  • haha shit, beat me to it : botch
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    My name used to be Winterbush. : trOmblyj
    • Pre-op? : zebosausamite
• Where do you live in Calgary so I can come punch you. : Blucklesworth
• Wow your post office must be incredibly fast. : DinK