Morning Discussion

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• Only play on shack servers, fuck the pubs. Join the Left 4 Dead Shack group. : jonin
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  You need an invite into the Shack L4D group on Steam. What's your Steam ID? : freakynipples69
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    I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I need an invite to the L4D group too. http://steamcommunity.co... : The Grolar Bear
    • Sent. : freakynipples69
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    http://steamcommunity.com/id/goatjc : goatjc
    • Sent. : freakynipples69
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    can someone invite me to the L4D shack group as well? my steam ID is the same as my Shack ID: OhSnapHighF... : OhSnapHighFive
    • Link your profile, Snap : LoioshDwaggie
    • http://shackpasswords.herokugarden.com/Requests/ should have all the info you need : Mmmmmoo
  • Ooh, me too, please: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197964107636 : zipr
  • Same thing happened to me last night, can someone hook me up http://steamcommunity.com/id/slushmore ? : hotel96
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    I need this too. SteamID is murraydaskull : MurrayTheSkull
    • http://steamcommunity.com/id/mtskull/ : MurrayTheSkull
  • Me too! http://steamcommunity.com/id/mukumuku : mukumuku
  • http://steamcommunity.com/id/millardkillmore/ Por favor. I played singleplayer for a while last night... : azshack
  • http://steamcommunity.com/id/derwikinger : Wikinger
  • One more please. http://steamcommunity.com/id/gyr : gyrfalcon
• I'm guessing you were wandering off on your own a lot. Maybe you should play singleplayer for a bit first... : Zek
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  This. The reason I mostly stopped playing L4D. Everyone takes it, espically VS. mode, too seriously a... : unholydonuts
  • all you need to do is stay together. it gets really fucking annoying when you have guys that run off on t... : zerog83
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    People taking it too seriously is annoying, I agree. I like to have fun. : ieGod
    • *are wtf. : ieGod
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    If you play on the shack servers until you get good you get kicked for destroying everyone, but at least ... : mysled
    • (not kicked from the shack servers, kicked from pubs) : mysled
• Yeah I just got it last night myself and did not get to play with any shackers :( : hashd
• I ONLY play with shackers. : sheepraper
• Just don't play versus/co-op until you finish single player. Practicing with bots is a bit easier than he... : jingletard
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  Only play with shackers! L4D has possibly the worst community of players I've seen in a while. Pro... : gnomish
  • L4D's community is tons better than HON's community. : WadeMcLain
• shackers probably won't kick you. they are polite enough to synchronize rage quit on you though. i never : arcane_
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  Hijacking this to see if anyone is around to do a coop game on the new map. Takers? : gnomish
  • If you mean right now, nope. If you mean after work, probably yes. : DHAvatar
  • I can do a quick run if you want. : dognose
• Only play with friends / shackers. I've been playing this game since launch, and yet I can count on one h : carbontree
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  I have never played with anyone but Shackers, except last night someone named "Do Not Resuscitate" joined... : dognose
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    I think that's a shacker or a shackers friend, they play on the shack L4D servers very often : pharom
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      DNR's on here I believe. He's a good player and fun. : LoioshDwaggie
      • I'm here! I've had a Shack account for a long time now and follow the threads, though I don't post very ... : DoNotResuscitate
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  Add me on steam, I'm a L4D whore :( http://steamcommunity.com/id/mysled : mysled
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    Can you play a quick game of coop? : dognose
    • I am about to play some SP :/ : dognose
• #1 problem with L4D or other coop focused games. They are terrible with pubbies. Play with friends or at ... : Sgt_Boomstick
• Anyone up for any map coop? I need to play with some competent individuals. http://steamcommunity.com/id/... : gyrfalcon

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• He's dead Jim. : R@zzle
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  I'm so scared. I have a launch 360. :( : whodares
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    Guess what mine was? : Clay
    • :(. : whodares
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    me too; makes every time i play special, knowing it may not have happened. : QMS|superdave
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      I feel this way when I look at my hair in the mirror. : davantalus
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        follicly challenged? : QMS|superdave
        • Not in the slightest. Just thankful. : davantalus
• this ain't your week : drucifer
• now you have no choice but to shut it all down.. : beastrabban
• I sent you a friend request. I bet that's what did it. : project13
• :( : FrayLo
• Aww I'm sorry clay, I thought the worst thing to happen to you today would be hearing that Delhomme is st... : DonarUDL
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  So it's a launch day model and I got it at Costco (on launch day). What are my options? : Clay
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    I'd say your best option is picking up a brand new Arcade unit. That way you get the newest hardware and ... : zerog83
    • If he's going to buy new, he should get an Elite since there's that $50 rebate MS is offering for all Exi... : Bold
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    You can pay 100 dollars to MS to have them try and repair it. If they can't repair it they send you a wo... : R@zzle
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      doesn't the costco return policy back from like 2005 replace anything forever? : Clay
      • I would try returning it at Costco first, doesn't hurt. : bawbeh
  • Buy a new arcade. Xclamp fix the old one and donate it to a fellow shacker who has good ideas : railchu
  • Take it back to Costco? : cltcprd
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    damn, put that in a museum. Cuz that has to be the longest launch day 360 out there. : -=kodiak=-
    • I should send it to MS so they can take it apart to figure out why it lived so long : Clay
    • We still have our launch 360. : sukkot
  • According to the Costco website you can return that thing right now for an instant replacement. It only g... : OverloadUT
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  the 3 red lights were blinking, does that mean anything? : Clay
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    They're laughing at you. : dmason
    • Carrie: –and the lights, they all laughed at me and threw things at me, Mama. : jcrockerman
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    It's laughing at you. : Nighteyes
    • Nooo! Shoulda refreshed. : Nighteyes
  • It's mocking you. : scottythejock
  • one for each loss the Panthers have this season : mikecyb
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  I just called Costco and they said "if it's not working, bring it back" : Clay
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    can I just swap the hard drives on a replacement or what? : Clay
    • Yes, its just an easy swap : railchu
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      Yes HOWEVER you will need to do this: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/licensemigrati... : OverloadUT
      • Do this or die! : Sailor of Fortune
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      Would they let you upgrade and pick up the elite tho? : abrasion
      • they are going to give me a refund. I'm missing my play & charge thingy and the project gotham racing ... : Clay
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    you are a lucky sunuvabetch. I gotta buy all my stuff at Costco from now on. : jcrockerman
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      assuming this all works out, they've got a customer for life : Clay
      • worked for me. Free upgrade too as you'll likely be able to afford an elite with the money you get back. : edgewise
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    Pay the upgrade for the new Jasper elite, so you can load to the hdd with 120gb : abrasion
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      Will probably just pick this up: http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11493178 Elite, ... : Clay
      • Make sure it's the 12.1a one in the new box which is a Jasper - it does NOT have component cables (as ind... : abrasion
• 0wned!!! : CrustaR
• that sucks.... i got an email today from xbox saying they've fixed mine... : skelom
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  Is it safe to say at this point that the majority of shackers who have purchased a 360 have RMAed/returne... : lightly inclined
  • I bought mine a year after launch. It froze as soon as I took it home. I took it back to Best Buy and I... : jcrockerman
• Warranty time man. Is it under 3 years old? : abrasion
• I didn't do it on purpose! : Dschinghis Khan
• what is your live name, mine is vectorbug! : not work safe
• I'm thinking of buying a replacement 360 for my launch unit. Can I just buy an arcade and swap my HD over... : deveus1

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• Mission accomplished. : Lone Swordsman
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  I saw there was a crap ton of people on L4D last night.... I just realized why. : Lexicon_Leidun
  • I've waited months for L4D to come out on offer again. And the second I saw it I cracked a stiffy and bro... : inchwide
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  LOOK AT HOW VALVE MANIPULATES US : geedeck
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    YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED YOU PIGS : geedeck
    • THEY MANIPULATE US INTO HAVING FUN : Johnnsen
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  I played through once, on normal just on my own, it was fun. : abrasion
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    It is good I played with CurstaR and a few others last night on expert. We almost had it at one point. : bombay
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      I've been heavy in to RTS and my FPS skill is way off, I'd be able to do advanced at best now :( : abrasion
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        I hadn't played in 3 months since being in your neck of the woods, but I'm getting back into it. What ... : bombay
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          Warcraft 3, best RTS ever made, I can't believe it's even better than I remember. : abrasion
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            Ah yes, I loved that one too. I still like CoH as well. : bombay
            • http://www.gosugamers.net/warcraft/news/10245-oversky-s-fpvod-and-what-we-call-skill If you play enough ... : abrasion
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  Wow, it's only $14.99 on Steam. Might be time for me to jump on this bandwagon or is L4D2 going to repla... : kek
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    I'm fairly sure L4D1 will stick around for some time. : geedeck
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      I agree, it may not be as big as it once was, but it will have a 'classic' following for a long time. : bombay
      • Its still a game that you will play through all of the campaigns at a lan party with 3 friends. Play thro... : TheDaFox
  • Tons of people still play the original Counterstrike. Yes, the one from seemingly 20 years ago. : digweed014
  • It's alot of fun and for 15$, it's a great deal. : jonin
  • You can't go wrong for $15. Besides, it's half off! Think of all the money you're saving! ;-) : JediDwag
  • Jump! Then get LFD2 when it becomes the same price... because you know they will do it eventually. : bob3578
• Crash Course seems pretty tough on Expert. Then again I haven't played in ages and I suck horribly in Vs... : melkore
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  I bought it and reloaded my computer last night. I had a copy of Vista lying around and finally did that ... : Rauol Duke
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    Get one of the admins to add you to the steam group. : bombay
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      Who are they? : Rauol Duke
      • I know CrustaR is one, if you check his steam id you can see the group and other admins too. : bombay
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    I added you. We should play! :D : thrallie200
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      Actually its saying it can't find you. : thrallie200
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        It's a dirty liar. >:( : Rauol Duke
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          Try Raoul Duke (the correct spelling) I don't know. I usually play on Live and I don't know how computers... : Rauol Duke
          • Now there is a ton of you listed. Which one are you? lol : thrallie200
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            Rauol link: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968381721 : Degenerate
            • Yeah that's it. : Rauol Duke
            • Yay! : thrallie200
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        Same here. Add me instead! http://www.steamcommunity.com/id/melkore : melkore
        • Added :D : thrallie200
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        Can ya add me too? http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197964107636 : zipr
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          Get yourself added to the Shack steam groups! : melkore
          • I'll never be lonely again! : zipr
      • http://steamcommunity.com/id/sheepraper You want to play some L4D tonight? I have played a few times,... : sheepraper
      • If there's some extra space on these teams... http://steamcommunity.com/id/millardkillmore/ : azshack
    • add me too pleaase http://steamcommunity.com/id/dignan : dignan
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    We should just play on the 360, I don't want to bootcamp windows again. =( : brickmatt
    • Playing fps games on 360 is lulz! : TheDaFox
• I'm glad to know they've written into the game a potential for 7 additional sequels :-) : Masem
• I just played a little single player, since I couldn't find any shack servers up. Alot of fun. Can't wai... : jonin
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  Played some crash course with my buddy last night and it definitely reinforced my ban on LFD2. I wouldn'... : bob3578
  • I have very similar feelings. The price is definitely an issue. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • Uh...it has more content than the original game. A lot more content. Like 50%. : Wisp!
• It had the opposite effect on me. It reminded how burnt out I am on L4D and judging from the previews, th... : Sgt_Boomstick
• I tried to play this 3 times yesterday and couldn't get into a game. I was even sent an invite to a Shack... : K1Bond007
• Splitscreen still isnt any easier to enable. Shouldnt that be a menu option by now? : Rich McNinch
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  kind of the opposite here. I thought the two levels were poorly designed. Half the time people were wan... : deathofrats
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    you know people did the same things in the other 20 maps the first day the game was released... lol : brainchild420
    • the other 20 maps were fun to wander around in, these two not so much. : mnsnota
  • What bothered me wasn't the navigation elements but rather how badly they screwed up versus mode with the... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    Same here, it was a huge let down comparing these two maps to any of the other maps from the original. S... : mnsnota
    • It was too open. Sure there were some warehouses you could run through, but for the most part they were ... : deathofrats
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  I hope in L4D2, if you have to play with AI, they will use molotovs and pipebombs. : dognose
  • It'd be nice if they'd at least give them to you if you don't have one. Also, being able to pass molotovs... : Mmmmmoo
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  I thought the new levels sucked. : NFXFSX
  • Agreed. : Sgt_Boomstick
• Can someone invite me to the Shack Steam group? I wanna play! http://steamcommunity.com/id/Niles_Crane/ : Dr.Drew

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  i'm more concerned that every person on this web forum feels it's necessary to inform every other person ... : [fry]
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    [fry] my birthday is in a couple of days should I tell you now or then? : Horn
    • so is mine i wonder if we have the same birthday!!! we won't know though until we post about it. how m... : [fry]
    • Mine too -- Monday. : zipr
  • Is it your birthday [fry]? Do you want to talk about it? How does it make you feel? : MagicWishMonkey
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    Welp the moon has made one more rotation around the earth I guess that means my vagina stinks : boring gegtik
    • this post is so terrible yet I laughed just the same :( : DonkeyPopsicle
    • i'd lol it again if i could : wendigo
    • best reply conceivable. : anhero
  • Fry just because you're a bitter dick like I am, doesn't mean some people celebrating their birthday is a... : abrasion
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    agreed. fucking attention whores : wtf242
    • look who's talking : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    just when I thought you couldn't get any more mean and crotchety : c0bra
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      am i really crotchety? i hope not. it just seems silly to see grown men prancing around about their birth... : [fry]
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        since when do you think that the internet should be a realistic mirror for how people act in real life? : c0bra
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          maybe that's my problem. it's probably why i get so confused at seeing you guys say "hooray" all the time... : [fry]
          • since you seem to be living in the '50s, can you invest $100 for me so i can retire off the millions gene... : Dave-A
      • I prance in real life. I do. : mindmann
  • Yay it's my 27th birthday. That means 27 slaps while wearing the gimp mask! : Crimsonbeak
  • I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO WORK ON MY BIRTHDAY. : DrWaffles
  • it was my birthday approximately 2 months ago! : cpt_gloval
  • i have to agree with fry the birthday posts are getting pretty lame : .frame
  • i was thinking the same thing. today put me over the edge : feek
  • MY BIRTHDAY : Mmmmmoo
  • hahahahahaha awesome : sKetchflow
  • agreed : AlexXdude
  • I'm signing this internet petition. : dkrulz
  • do leap year birthdays get bonus exp? : BaronVonSnakPak
  • Way ahead of you on this one. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21020629#itemanchor_21020629. I ... : treefingers1
  • It's right up there with the "<username> 2.0" baby announcements. : DinK
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  How else are you going to return the carriage to the left side of the paper? : trove
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    both keys should be discontinued and there should be a touchscreen with a carriage you swipe to the left : boring gegtik
    • the carriage moves to the left as you type, you have to push it back to the right in order to type on the... : lja83
    • I hope it still makes the ding at the end of the carriage and the ratcheting sound as you swipe it back. : guido anchovy
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  I don't have a MAC address, I use a PC! : jingletard
  • don't even joke about that =-( : kbnerd
  • haha that's awesome, can't wait until I hear it. : atom519
  • I always call it a "hardware address" to avoid this problem. : Captain Loco
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  Command + V or whatever is much harsher on the wrist than Control + V. The Command button is as unnecess... : EvilDolemite
  • command key is full of WIN lmao : boring gegtik
  • Put your hands on the home row, pull your left thumb in to cmd, and slide your left index down to V. you... : dopefish
  • I find cmd+V to be waaay easier because I don't even have to move my fingers off the home row, but maybe ... : mysled
  • Use your thumb for CMD. : walker270
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    Windows Key + Pause/Break, Windows Key + E, Windows Key + M and Windows Key + R all disagree with you : sludge vohaul
    • also Win+D, Win+L : Agrona
    • win+D is better than win+M , also win+f for those searchers : threeup
    • Also Win-Left and Win-Right in Win 7 for the win. : nudel
  • Harder on the thumb, maybe, but not the wrist. : maddy
  • I use the windows key all the time. What are you on about? : ieGod
• It's 2009 do apples really need to be compared to oranges : Lawgiver
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  I can't wait until they do away with keys and just read your mind. : guido anchovy
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    APPLE COMPUTER: FART : boring gegtik
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      God, imagine the posts that would come out of the mind reading contraption. Especially if you couldn't b... : guido anchovy
      • a computer that just shitted out whatever I was thinking wouldn't really change my posts : boring gegtik
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  bring back "xmit" : dantastic
  • hell yea! : RogerDandy
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  They need an "any key" : voodooraze
  • all keyboards should be equipped w/ this so people know which key it is. God forbid they hit the wrong "... : goatjc
• My MBP has a key that says both Enter and Return. WHICH IS IT? : Captain Loco
• for keyboards with a keypad: - the key above the right shift should function ONLY as a carriage return +... : dopeman
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  they're different keycodes. load up the keyboard viewer and press the function key to behold. some pro... : heuristic
  • thats stupid get with the web2.0 program assholes : boring gegtik
• I'm sure they're trying. : not work safe
• yeah : rgoer

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  No limit, $5/GB. : one random winner
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    I think there should be an average amount that everyone gets included with their monthly rate. Then say a... : mancide
    • 100% metered puts it well on its way to utility status. : one random winner
    • Cellular plans are well on their way to unlimited. (ie, non-metered) Sprint just started adverstizing... : hawke
    • i get 95 GB and so many $/GB after that with a cap of $25 in overages. the cap on overages is really imp... : dantastic
  • its gotta be cheaper than that. like $1/GB or less : retardhumper
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    That would be awful. It would cost 15 dollars to install games from steam. : Horn
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      Yeah, maybe I put it a little high in retrospect, $1/GB seems about right, although I was thinking about ... : one random winner
      • That's still wayyyyy too much. It shouldn't be more than $.15/GB : h0cake
      • That's crazy. Maybe it should be in-line with hard drives, at ~$0.10 / GB : Vantage
  • This whole concept is terrible. This would just hurt digital delivery of anything. Especially if it's goi... : TheNiXXeD
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    $5/GB is ridiculous, $1/GB is closer to in-line with what people are probably paying now. I generally do... : boarder2
    • If so then I want a reduced bill, for not using a GB/mo. $2/mo for my current DSL service sounds pretty f... : steauengeglase
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    are you INSANE : CasbahBoy
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21031243#itemanchor_21031243 : one random winner
  • My connection's been up for two days and a quick calculation puts my incoming data at 1GB and that's with... : mn3m0n1c
  • More like 5gb/$1 : ninjase
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  If it's truly metered, meaning you pay for what you use only ala utilities; Wouldn't that actually lessen... : TheNiXXeD
  • no, they would increase the line charges. : stgdz
  • of course they'll find a way to screw everybody. : opengl128
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    As others have stated they would just have a minimum fee. Say $40 just to have "access". : Chod
    • Which would be bullshit and IMO could possibly be regulated to be illegal if ISPs want data to be a genui... : DinK
  • If it is really done that way, then yes, they would lose a ton of cash. Grandparents who download 4 or 5 ... : steauengeglase
• My online backup strategy says NO! : Spoetzl
• i don't think there is a fair amount, as i see it as totally batshit. i'm dropping a hundred a month for... : harold.johnson
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  there goes high-def streaming and digital software distribution. greedy fuckers : freakord
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    ^^^ this. the internet we have now was built on always on services. metered systems over the last 2 dec... : harold.johnson
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      Electricity is metered, but it didn't hurt the microwave. Metering is fair, prices just need to be reason... : wasylm
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        yep I agree actually.. it's not really fair that some 3x a month email checking granny pay as much for in... : boring gegtik
        • I'd want it billed yearly then. What do they call it with power. "Equal pay" or something like that. ... : hawke
        • they don't they get rogers ultra light for 25/month while i pay 60ish + overages for rogers extreme : dantastic
      • Sure, but it doesn't cost me $5 to microwave something. As for being fair, this is the telcos... even he... : losimagic
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        Things like electricity and water are tangible, consumable products though. : ninjase
        • This should be more akin to tolls on the interstate. : one random winner
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          Electricity is exactly as tangible as data, as in not at all. I mean the electrons that let each work ar... : DinK
          • It requires tangible sources of fuel (coal, etc) to be consumed for it's production, so yes it is quite t... : ninjase
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    Net neutrality. Someone has to pay for all this magic bandwidth that new media requires. : trove
    • We already do? Bandwidth gets cheaper every year, ISPs aren't going broke. They just figure they could ge... : SenorSpine
• Metered pricing is perfectly reasonable, as long as it's not ridiculously expensive(which of course it wi... : Zek
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  *in with Australia* paying $70 per month for 10/15GB (10am-2am peak/off peak) : biofrog
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    That seems a bit steep. What sort of connection is it? We pay about $55 for 20/20GB ADSL2. : Arceihn
    • Best you can get in Australia is ADSL2+ (24MB/s down and 3MB/s up). Australians pay the price for havi... : Alco23
    • I'm stuck on an old Westnet Optus ULL with ADSL2+ 20000/820kbit, and my exchange is completely chockers..... : biofrog
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  This would stifle innovation pretty hardcore..... Say good bye to all the media on demand that's on the h... : ninjase
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    which means the cable companies get to stay the primary outlet for media : zerog83
    • Which is why this is lame : ninjase
• No chance they will be fair. I hope Cablevision holds off on this notion forever. However recent talkin... : ant_hillbilly
• I pay 50 cents/gig if you consider the 60gig cap ($30/mo), but they dont' seem to care if you go over, un... : headbone
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  Metered is bullshit. We all would end up paying for adverts.. fuck that... : ShadowRam
  • also good point to why metered is a bad idea.... http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21032191#itemanchor... : ShadowRam
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    You pay for adverts in other services as well. If you're watching television and are forced to do 20 minu... : ieGod
    • The problem is that It so ripe for abuse. You can only pay so much in electricity and cable/satellite cos... : steauengeglase
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  This is why ISPs are so against net neutrality. As soon as broadband is metered they'll cut sweetheart de... : Albemuth
  • You're probably right. :( : DinK
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  If they want metered broadband then I propose they give us metered TV as well, instead of forcing me to p... : Bruzilla
  • until your show is canceled because you and only a thousand other people are paying to watch it. : DarkWolf5
  • This is probably one of the reasons why they want to meter internet. It's because people like me do NOT s... : Alco23
• With the ever-increasing and unfettered number of advertisements, I say metered is a crock of shit. Unm... : cerealSAM2
• Speeds are constantly increasing. It makes little sense. : aldraek
• With the amount of network communication leaking current devices do I just don't see metered Internet bec... : cetra00

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  Not so anonymous now. :P : thrallie200
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    Hey they don't know who it came from and not enough of you know my real name to dime me out :D Plus no on... : Solstice
    • I'm not attacking you! lol. It feels good to donate to a good cause. : thrallie200
  • Haha reminds me of the Curb Your Enthusiasm ep with Ted Danson's anonymous donation. : bolneze
• Nice job cutting that shit off your head! Congrats! : shwortdogg
• Well done, good sir. Well done. If my hair didn't weigh a million pounds when it is long I would join y... : Galadriel07
• you remind me of a minotaur for some reason : mmogger
• Yeah, I just did the same. Though only 19", not 3 feet. : Conan
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  Bullshit! God has horns! : bRAINsick
  • hahahaha : fsck
  • Good one. : phil_mckraken
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  Jesus Christ I bet people hide their fucking coke from you!!!! : mace
  • hahaha : xxiv
  • lmao : filtersweep
• good job : wtf242
• before clicking on pics, i thought you were a girl. no offense. : StolenNosferatu
• Cool haircut bro : notd665
• I'm pretty sure I've seen that basement before in a movie called Silence of the Lambs. : wendigo
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  got any before pics? : sparkly
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    Not the best, but: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=LegolasHair001_5ibviruehl9eu8oavo9v.jpg d... : Solstice
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      Dude, you were fucking Legolas with a beard! : locater16
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        How does that work? : Code RedBeard
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          Well, first he was eating an strawberry out of his navel, and well, it just kind of happened. : Kniggit
          • hahahaahahah : Downforce
          • lol : ColoradoCNC
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      I must say the haircut is an incredible improvement. : SigENeaT
      • ^^^^^ : bolneze
    • You should have gone to quakecon with sparkly, dressed up as legolas and frodo. : cerealSAM2
    • http://www.starwars.england.freeservers.com/images/qui_gon.jpg Dragon drop. : Nali4Freedom
• 1st pic vaguely reminds me of Jeremy Roenick. : lpearl
• holy shit! : drucifer
• nws : DooBall
• Looks better...now all you gotta do is start wearing a shirt. : skunk_ape
• I guess we have to stop it with the Kid Rock jokes now huh? :P Looks good and all for a good cause.... : .Jayson
• Put a goddamn shirt on you ice hippie. PS: Flames suck. <3 : NFXFSX
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  You look like Jeremy Roenick now. : Edges
  • ahahha spot on! I was wondering where I saw that face!!! : Utopia
• get a haircut you hippy uh... looks good : trOmblyj
• Sup Sawyer : Sailor of Fortune
• http://lemurpants.com/images/solsticeapproved.jpg : Bean
• Ah. I see you got the Ryan Smyth hair cut. : jamesray
• hi erik : CoRDS
• Way to go Mr. Longhair : zigzag
• I am glad you went with the new Metallica hair style. : cjcharv
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  How come you're not wearing a shirt? : TwiLyght
  • I'm pretty sure Solstice doesn't know how to wear anything other than a hockey jersey. : Moonbase Commander
• my hair donation has been sitting in my glove box for months. i have been waiting for someone to open it ... : stgulik
• Looks good dude : Reeves
• The new cut looks nice and that's a good cause for your flowing locks! : helvetica
• Has anyone ever told you that you look like the Pirate guy from Dodgeball? : chadg033

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  i'd be surprised if it's anywhere near Oblivion thread levels : electroly
  • I'm thinking more like Prey thread levels. : SiW.
  • i'd be suprised it it gets more than a couple hundred comments. : kbnerd
• I don't even know what it is - Oblivion was amazing though. : kgargs
• I think it's going to be their best tech demo yet. : omnova
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  Soooo not going to happen. I don't forsee anything hitting Oblivion levels for a long time. : Sgt_Boomstick
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    Next thing to hit that will be Starcraft 2, then perhaps Diablo 3. : vitek r
    • It's no Borderlands (which won't have massive threads either. I hope they make it interesting. I hope the... : LoioshDwaggie
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      Neither of those games offer the experiences that are as discussion worthy of an oblivion type game. Gre... : Sgt_Boomstick
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        People still talk about Starcraft 1 almost daily here.. : razlebol
        • But it doesn't generate 5k post threads daily. : Sgt_Boomstick
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    Fallout:New Vegas might. : Haku-Jin
    • I'd take this one for the win. : steauengeglase
    • This is the only one that has potential to come close. : Sgt_Boomstick
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      But it's not really Bethesda, it's Obsidian so.. I'm gonna say no, it won't. Fallout 4 on the other hand.... : K1Bond007
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        I hope you realize some of Fallout's creators work at Obsidian... : rudds
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          I do, but that doesn't mean they're going to get the same amount of fan reaction as Bethesda would. : K1Bond007
          • I wager it will. : Haku-Jin
  • Half-Life 3 : Sailor of Fortune
  • Diablo 3 or Starcraft 2 might : ninjase
  • Agreed. I think most of the reason Oblivion had those threads was not because it was a huge hit, but beca... : Vincent Grayson
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  Soooo not going to happen. I don't forsee anything hitting Oblivion levels for a long time. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • Yep. Maybe if Borderlands was an epic open RPG more like Fallout 3 than Diablo, we'd have some shackers ... : DinK
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  time has marched past iD games : EvilDolemite
  • definitely not, just wait until the thundershitting comments happen. it will be: 1) OMFG why did th : Downforce
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    id hasn't done anything interesting in 10 years : ]pm[chem
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      Quake III Arena (also known as Quake 3; abbreviated as Q3A or Q3), is a multiplayer first-person shooter : stonedonkey
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        wow it's been THAT long?! : bawbeh
        • yeah that is my point of reference :/ : ]pm[chem
    • I can't say it holds for everyone, but I remain fairly interested in what they're doing. : Conan
    • Unfortunately, I agree. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • yup, they're not on my radar. : Begawkiness
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      Apart from Doom 3, what have they done? : marmite
      • iPhone games, Megatexture and support work for their properties they aren't primarily developing. It'... : K1Bond007
    • imo it's been longer than that. : DapperDan
    • Id put out ONE GAME in the last ten years. I think a company is allowed 1 screwup. They already said they... : locater16
• It will be a very passive thread. : pimpium
• its going to be huge like quake 4 : boring gegtik
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  It'll be as big as this one : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I certainly hope not because ID will probably close it's doors then. : pancake humper
    • Is there a bigger bunch of former id fanboys than here at the Shack? Where else would they go for affirm... : Rich McNinch
    • iD got bought out by zenimax, they don't have anything to worry about if another of their games sells shi... : AgentPothead
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  Whats RAGE? : ShadowRam
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    Some cereal. Supposed to be good for you. : Salad Sammich
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      I'm not gonna try it. : Cygnus X-1
      • Let's get Mikey! : schwinky
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    It's a game where you 0wn dudes in the desert. : CrustaR
    • Yeah it's a slavery simulator : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • it's what Phil makes comics about. : DapperDan
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    A noun meaning violent, explosive anger : Rag and Bone Man
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      ...but that's not important right now. : drazz
      • lol : Rag and Bone Man
      • That's a perfect response! : dudehoyt
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    what you get by playing shinobi goddamn motherfucking game : homeboyJim
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      The PS2 version? That was an awesome game but I could never beat the last boss. : CrustaR
      • yeah, the ps2 version ... i'm getting frustrated just remembering the pain : homeboyJim
    • also luigi's purple coin's in super mario galaxy : homeboyJim
  • The WoW druid bear form, and warrior combat resource. : Entity
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    Rosewood in game format : CoRDS
    • More of an API really : rosewood
  • It turned all those people into zombies. : action wombmate
• I wouldn't get your hopes up. : PenicillinX57
• hmm...I think maybe the next HL2 title can do that level of excitment, but beyond that I suspect the days... : smacknca
• i think the racing will prevent this : indosauros
• doubtfull, I dont think that many people are at that hype level : maulla
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  I really hope they make a worthwhile mutiplayer mode. : Shodai80
  • 2 player deathmatch : Halen
  • Same here, it's been awhile since we have had decent MP from id :( (other than Quake Live/Quake 3). : bawbeh
• After seeing it at quakecon. I Highly doubt it. : hirosushima
• maybe this comment about the potential comment will out do all of them combined? : RogerDandy
• I doubt that'll happen. id software just isn't as relevant as they use to be : TPSReport
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  Rage looks really dumb so hopefully not. They should stick to Quake and Doom games. : yacoub35
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    Why does it look dumb? : Shodai80
    • because it looks like some sort of stupid Star Wars podracer knock-off with ugly character modeling : yacoub35
  • yeah, totally looks stupid. quake and doom are so much more interesting. : atom519
• nothing has been quite as anticipated / hyped as Q3 or DOOM 3 in a while. : dopeman
• I don't think the hypeometer is running as high for rage as it was Oblivion or Doom 3, not even close (ye... : abrasion
• I love you sweetpeach :} the Quake 3 chat was epic. : Postal

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• I've got one of their cylinder subs. If this is anything like mine, enjoy the ride :) : DapperDan
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  from your link, my guess is it is this big - Size: 27” D x 20.5 " W x 22" H (w/o grill) : mwasher
  • marimbawasher, I laughed. : deject
• Size: 27” D x 20.5 " W x 22" H (w/o grill) : industro
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  or you know, you could look at the "Size: 27” D x 20.5 " W x 22" H (w/o grill) " under features ... : papaskot
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    I did. And I took a tape measure to my current sub to compare, but there's a bit of a difference when yo : walker270
    • I went to the UPS station to pick up my 5.1 SVS speakers, and the guys there looked doubtfully at my litt... : Bold
• jesus christ : zerog83
• yea, you pretty much bought a tank with a subwoofer in it. I have the pb12+ and i find that one fucki... : theWhite
• Size: 27” D x 20.5 " W x 22" H (w/o grill) : pancake humper
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  I have 2 PB10's One for each side of the sofa for max awesomeness ... <3 SVS subs : eums
  • Size: 30" wide x 38" high x 42" deep : papaskot
  • they are like the size of large end tables : eums
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    I have just one of those, and it's fucking huge. < my entire 5.1 SVS setup. : Bold
    • Huh. My heart broke. Lemme try that again: <3 SVS : Bold
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  http://home.myfairpoint.net/~brinkk1/PhotoAlbums/setup/DSC01590.JPG to give people an idea : theWhite
  • Crivens! : Rotten Deadite
  • holy shit that looks almost like Size: Approx. 24” deep x 19" wide x 21" high. : papaskot
  • hahahahahah holy shit! : terath
  • hahahahaha : moe6
  • god damn... : Shadowdane
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    nice setup. : mwasher
    • thats not me, just a pic of the ultra i saved because its so OMGHUGE : theWhite
  • wow, thats badass! I want one. :D : chilln
  • xbox huge : hobosapien
  • Christ almighty : tomservo
  • very nice : kevp
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    horrible placement..... : -=kodiak=-
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      whether or not placement is good is determined by the acoustic properties of the room. yeah it might look... : zerog83
      • heh maybe, but it is a hell of a nice looking massive sub regardless. yea im jealous just something t... : -=kodiak=-
    • sub isn't directional, is it? : 60days
  • hahah jesus : WhatIsThisFor
  • oh holy jesus : Audhuml4
  • wow thats an awesome setup. can you list your audio setup? wow! : dignan
  • hahah that's a table, not a subwoofer : askedrelic
  • holy CRAP it took me a minute : halophoenix
  • you ever turn it up very loud and have sex on it? : sanchez
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/bigspeakers_qsn7cessoo47rblvlx8i.jpg : Phil
    • lol that one actually made me laugh phil. gj : chilln
    • LOL and then some more : skelom
  • you better doublemount that tv now. It's gonna shake right off the wall. infact, you better double wall t... : SolveChrist
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    Your decor is so fucking distracting. How the hell does it not bother you while watching TV? I look at ev... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      if that was my decor i would agree :) You just know that dude has a wife and that he had to cut some sort... : theWhite
      • ha, I thought it was your place! Yeah man, my eyes cannot see the TV through that Willy Wonka shit. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I was thinking the exact same thing. : notd665
  • aaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha : thekidd
  • That's a safe with "subwoofer" disguise panels. : Marrbe
  • Big badda boom! : Karnov
  • Looks about the size of my 1x15 bass cab I lug around for practice. For a sub that does look pretty fuck... : melkore
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    How many people own that who live in an apartment! : abrasion
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      If I win the lottery I'm going to move in to your building. : DarkWolf5
      • We could hang out and play video games and play soggy biscuit. : abrasion
      • Actually, i won't even have to move, just have a timer or remote connection. : DarkWolf5
  • there is no way that's your setup fgt : Downforce
  • lol what the : chungathebunga
  • Fucking amazing, I love it. : unsound
  • what's worse is that's a 120" TV! : mikecyb
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    All of that hardware and only a Wii? lol. : thecray
    • well he has a PS3 but when the subwoofer showed up it was no longer the biggest piece of electronics so i... : mikecyb
  • it would make a good end table : ultramega
  • That subwoofer pisses me off because it matches the speakers in every single way except the color of the ... : Modica Sol Solis
• Thank you for supporting a manufacturer that still actually makes something not drug related from my home... : mystikal
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  hopefully that is for a house : gmd
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    Seriously, if not, you'll get assaulted within days. : Marrbe
    • or he'll have made new friends that want to use him for his new boom boom pow action. in a few weeks, he'... : arcane_
  • Yes, it is. : walker270
  • id like to see it in a car. : CoRDS
• If it ends but being too big, SVS makes a great closed subwoofer that is much smaller and still powerful ... : LilCrypto
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  Hahaha. I got the PB10-NSD with the 5.1 set and I still get made fun of by family because of how huge it... : omnova
  • yah i have the same sub, the thing is huge. But damn it sounds good!! : Shadowdane
• You should see Merconium and Katy's sub in their living room it's like a f'n washing machine : jimmy-buffett
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  HOLY FUCKING SHIT update This is the greatest endtable/washing machine I have ever owned.... that's ju... : walker270
  • Also, eventually I'll actually watch all of Master and Commander, instead of just the ship battle scene. ... : walker270
• you will love it (out of production PB12-Plus here) : kevp
• Unboxing update: OH GOD THE CORRUGATED CARDBOARD CUT ME I'M BLEEDING EVERYWHERE : cpt_gloval
• One of my friends has one, it will make your internal organs feel strange. : yakz
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  I've got one of those in my GTI. : not work safe
  • I have a GTI in one of those. : edgewise
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  Looks awesome, i donno why people are so obsessed with hiding all their speakers and having tiny little ... : zeejay
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    i love my floor speakers. wife hates them, but then she complains about our friend's TV's speakers and ho... : cpt_gloval
    • ^^ Exactly. Need to build this stuff while single and convert the womenz that way.. : walker270
  • ^^^Say hello to the single guy. or at least a guy who lives alone]- : edgewise
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  Right there with ya. I got my Paradigm 12" sub and wish I'd gone with the 10" for both size and power. : cerealSAM2
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    I don't regret the purchase. The beast sounds amazing. : walker270
    • Mine sounds amazing, too. But I think I could easily have gotten as much amazing in a smaller size & low... : cerealSAM2
• my buddy has one of these tall svs subs that shook the whole room in college: http://www.polkaudio.com/im... : seanisdabomb
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  hey how come nobody is bitching at him for spending ~$1600 on a sub-woofer? I could rent a building it M... : mikecyb
  • Because it's manly. : Nali4Freedom
  • how much is that per hz? : CoRDS
  • Well, if I'm willing to spend that much on a subwoofer, I probably don't give a fuck. : walker270
  • I used to rent an apartment in emeryville for that much : not work safe
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    I pay more for rent :( : freakynipples69
    • And plus, it's not like he bought $1,600 jeans. : freakynipples69
  • It's because I have subwoofer envy. : Moonbase Commander
  • at least it makes noise. : edgewise
• Is it the size of a 5150 Amp? : cjcharv
• I feel your pain. Did you see the telescope I accidentally bought? http://www.hairlessape.com/shack/lo... : ChibiJosh

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  I quiver in anticipation. : one random winner
  • I anticipate your quivering. : Haku-Jin
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  how could anyone take a roadtrip with sparkly without killing themselves? : gmd
  • Look at how mean you are :( : dognose
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    maybe that's why he hasn't posted the reply yet : tashtego
    • good point, RIP askedrelic, 9/30/09 never forget, truly an American icon. : gmd
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    After spending time with him, I can say you're so, so wrong. Sparkly is awesome : Demius
    • True : dognose
  • sparkly was awesome. i got him a teen beat magazine and he immediately started masturbating! : EvilDolemite
  • ^^^ see? This is why we have to have ads on the shack --- to pay for the mean : Antilles_Prime
• Another broken bot post from askedrelic : dognose
• Relic, you're the closest thing to a professional Shacker and we've ended up with this? Oh dear. : Jonathan
• How long can the suspense go on? : cerealSAM2
• his mac blue screened : Patch-e
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  Don't forget to mention my hooker shirt : genjuro
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    on second thought - don't : genjuro
    • i did not mention your name atleast :D : askedrelic
• I bet he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror and now he's just making googly eyes at his reflection... : trOmblyj
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  One month ago, I took three weeks to drive down to Quakecon from Rochester, NY and stopped off in New Orl : askedrelic
  • fuck you all, this shit is like 7 pages : askedrelic
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    Nice, thanks! Also what's wrong with driving in Dallas? : dognose
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      People are nuts! So much traffic along with really weird roads. I had a GPS and got lost multiple times. ... : askedrelic
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        Coming from the California Bay Area, I find Dallas driving easy and relaxing in comparison. : dognose
        • This nose speaks the truth. : spazzium
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        Driving in Dallas was a breeze compared to NYC/CT. : freakynipples69
        • But I think I understand what you mean. It seemed they would build roads and stop half way. Plus that who... : freakynipples69
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          ^^This. I was doing a lot of traveling last year and had to drive from La Guardia to Stamford and back tw... : kelzmelzer
          • fuuuuck that. 95 is so terrible. Why not just take the Metro North? : Yanks
      • it took us so long just to get beer, but it was worth it : CoRDS
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    Awesome sauce, although next time you copy and paste from notepad into the shack you might want to turn o... : one random winner
    • Here, if it helps. One month ago, I took three weeks to drive down to Quakecon from Rochester, NY and : askedrelic
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      HERE REALLY FIXED One month ago, I took three weeks to drive down to Quakecon from Rochester, NY and sto : askedrelic
      • Thanks x 1,000,000! : one random winner
      • looked better the first time :) : Slowtreme
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        fu : maulla
        • lol : askedrelic
      • U fail : doomed
      • holy shit that's awesome good thing it isn't pictures of BEAN : Downforce
  • Sounds like you had the time of your life dude! All 14 pages of it. : Link.
  • cool writeup! yeah, middle ohio is all fields, really boring. then there are some suburbs and then shitho... : anthonybean
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    no wonder it took so long to post. thats a lot of bytes : Slowtreme
    • haha yea, that's why I've put off writing it up for a month. When you travel for 3 weeks and meet so many... : askedrelic
  • Awesome writeup, thanks for posting! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • jesus, just reading this makes me tired : EvilDolemite
  • Good write-up man! : kgargs
  • That's sounds like an awesome trip. Thanks for putting this up! : silent prophet
  • awesome writeup! : moshman
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    looks like you had a pretty awesome time dude. hope you come down to the city sometime! : Yanks
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      Definitely, looking to get back to NYC sometime soon. : askedrelic
      • I was just at Aurealis' bar last night saying we needed a shackmeet. : loboca
  • AR, you are pretty hardcore. : filtersweep
  • It was very "new orleans." .... hehe : sparkly
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    Entering combat. Wall of Text hits you for 985 damage. You attempt to hit Wall of Text, but Wall of Tex : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • a generic but prettier version is here http://asktherelic.com/2009/09/30/bourbon-roadtrip-writeup/ : askedrelic
  • when y'all view threads like this how do you look at all the pics? scroll wheel click 5 or so at a time... : dignan
  • awesome post! : mwasher
  • This all sounds awesome, all of it. : spazzium
  • That was awesome. I had a chance to drive cross country back in college but passed it up. I still regret ... : skinlab133
  • Great writeup man, sounds like a helluva time. : focusdaily
• I was, and still am, mad jelous of your trip. It's something I want to do badly! Anyways can't wait to re... : freakynipples69
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  Cheerleader conventions and no pics? Good work. http://www.philsized.com/lol/dontteaseme.jpg : Phil
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      you could tell how old they were by looking up their skirts? : trOmblyj
      • Used to be you could, but now everyone shaves : tashtego
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        he's a professional shacknews poster : Phil
        • I guess I need some training. Off to the mall to hang out by the escalator. : trOmblyj
• get a faster webserver! : nyranger66
• Shop this around for a book deal. I want more. I want it in print for my coffee table. :) : g.lee

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• Dark City. (I'm a sucker for sci fi, though.) : elocanth
• battle royale or dark city. depends on your mood. dark city is more serious and battle royale is a viol... : dantastic
• Battle Royale is fantastic. : dognose
• Battle Royale : thekidd
• Dark City or Battle Royale, both are great. : Haku-Jin
• If you haven't seen any of them before, I recommend Dark City. : azshack
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  Have you already seen all of them? If not I would go with Watchmen. : mnsnota
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    I haven't seen any of them. BR is winning so far.. : niceguynick
    • as it should. : On the Brane
• I really liked Apocalypto... very pretty movie. I also enjoyed Dark City. : WaterSign
• They're all good, DARK movies. Do you want Slaughter and Island, Sacrifice and Jungle, Mental Powers and... : AxeMan808
• Battle Royale Wins, will watch DC tomorrow I think, thanks people : niceguynick
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  Dark City's a classic. The others aren't essential. : Link.
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    Battle Royale not essential? What fucking world do you live in? : _jon
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      The one where silly action/gore movies don't get pushed on people as being better than legitimately inter... : Vincent Grayson
      • Silly action/gore movies can be essential. : _jon
    • Battle Royale's a great film, but it's nowhere near Dark City in my eyes. : Link.
• Battle Royale is fantastic. Watchmen is good. Haven't seen Dark City, but I'm goin to after seeing this t... : re4ctor
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  Battle Royale is okay. I don't understand why it's become such a geek favorite, but there are much better... : Vincent Grayson
  • Yeah I never loved Battle Royale for some reason. : bolneze
• I know the top 2 are good, never seen watchmen and I don't rate Dark City. : abrasion
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  Here's a 45 page paper I wrote about Dark City: http://www.sparklyfresh.com/DarkCityNPT.pdf : sparkly
  • (it's a good movie -- one of my favorites) : sparkly
  • I'm so thankful all of my professors valued saying things concisely and wanted things to be less pages ra... : exigence7
• Apocalypto is actually pretty damned fun. : Tawler
• Dark City is a classic. The rest are just fun movies and not much more. : NastyJack
• Dark City : akirabob
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  Dark City is one of my all time favorites. : SqueegyTBS
  • agree : The Fork Ninja
• dark city. : CoRDS
• dark city : eeeealmo
• You can't really go wrong in that bunch imo. : Kniggit
• Dark City, Apocalypto, Battle Royale, Watchmen : Rasnowl
• Dark City, hands down. : Milleh
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  this was a debacle. Battle Royale is an overrated piece of shit. Dark City is by far the best film out of... : wretchedradio
  • BR is not high art but it's a damn fun movie. : Haku-Jin
  • woof :( : thrallie200
  • Takeshi Kitano has already killed you. You'll realize that shortly. : AxeMan808
• I join the horde and throw my weight behind Dark City. One of my favorites. : thejay247
• Never seen dark city. All the others have their appeal. I only saw Watchmen in a theatter and it was my... : Lightzout
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  Battle Royale Don't ever watch Apocalypto. : jcrockerman
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    Apocalypto is a great movie, considering Mel Gibson is a loony I was surprised it was actually good. : abrasion
    • I agree, it's worth watching for sure. : Haku-Jin
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      I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. I can be a puss with some gore and nothing bothered me. The plot... : Lightzout
      • Actually I should revise my post, battle royal is ok but it is not great, apocalypto is the best of the b... : abrasion
    • Say what you will about Mel Gibson, the son of a bitch knows story structure : cpt_gloval
  • Why not? Mel Gibson is mad as a hatter, but the man knows how to direct a damned good chase movie. : ColoradoCNC
• Dark City. : bolneze
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  i guess i gotta watch Dark City again. caught it in theaters when it came out and i thought it blew : cpt_gloval
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    You must be broken. : Haku-Jin
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      i couldn't even tell you why i thought it blew, didn't it come out like 10 years ago? it's been a while s... : cpt_gloval
      • It came out right around the Matrix, so yeah it's been 10 years. : exigence7
      • You should give it another chance then. It was pretty underrated at the time. : Haku-Jin
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  As a man who loved Dark City when it came out (around when I was like 12 or so), and just watched it YEST... : kershner25
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    see this just solidifies my impression from a decade ago : cpt_gloval
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      The movie has a great look, no doubt. But holy shit, it's just like mediocre piled on top of mediocre in... : kershner25
      • still best of the choices offered : ultramega
• Watchmen and Apocalypto are the real movies there. Battle Royale is great for the first half hour or so,... : GeorgeB3DR
• Hated Dark City. Watchmen or Apocalypto. : gibolas1234
• Dark City, then Apocalypto, which I was pleasantly surprised by. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Battle Royale is terrible and dumb. The premise alone is utterly nonsensical. Then it gets dumber from th... : Attica Blue
• I really liked Dark City when I first saw it but looking back I don't think I'm that fond of it. I haven'... : DeBurgo
• Dark City is the worst one on your list, skip it : grendel
• Dark City or Watchmen. : thetangent
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  just done watching it! wow that was great fun, haha. I said holy shit a bunch of times :D awesome film. D... : niceguynick
  • what did you watch? : unsound

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  People will find a way, however ludicrous, to stratify themselves. Blame it on the ego. : Shodai80
  • the first word i thought of when i saw OP was stratify! : StolenNosferatu
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  D&D is definitely way more geeky than playing an MMO. sorry dude. :\ that's not a bad thing, I'm frie... : mwasher
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    haha not really. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      you're out of your mind. : mwasher
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        This argument is retarded. They're both uber-nerdy. There is no greater or less than. : David Craddock
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          there are plenty of people i would not classify as anywhere near "geek" or "nerd" who will jump on an hou... : mwasher
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            It is all subjective, yes, but I'd have to say the act of playing such things is nerdy; that doesn't mean... : David Craddock
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              And really, for everyone but the DM, playing D&D requires about as much prep work as anything else you mi... : Vincent Grayson
              • it takes a heightened level of nerdiness to sit in front of other people and go through the motions of dn... : mwasher
            • ^^ Nerd I'm probably a lot nerdier : Reeves
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    Wrong. : zebosausamite
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      how the fuck is that wrong? I did not say that there are not a certain subset of wow players who are not... : mwasher
      • If by geeky you mean more intelligently engaging I agree. It's a fucking shit ton harder to be a good ... : R@zzle
  • that's....not the case at all. : thekidd
• Only nerds play video games. Oh but Halo's cool and Madden I guess. : Rotten Deadite
• I think what it boils down to is that, yes, D&D players interact face to face, but most WoW players, if t... : ArcKnight
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  Those "real life humans" are other D&D nerds. I can't agree with you on this one. In no universe is WoW... : electroly
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    Endgame raiding is probably just as "hardcore" as anything listed under that category as well. : Haxim
    • Sure, but not every WoW player is a hardcore endgame raider. They get their own subcategory. :) : Teiresias
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  I think it is dumb of them for making fun of a D&D player, but I would not say they are worse off without : Evil Benius
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    I do sword fighting, but not in costume, where does that put me? : one random winner
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      Mega-nerd : Godhatesfatpeople
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        I was going to put "even if it's with real blades and martial technique?" but then I realized that only e... : one random winner
        • were you disappointed to discover that it is not like inuyasha : Zek
    • so, you're a sword fighter? Is that what you're saying? : retardhumper
    • That puts you in the 'homosexual' camp. : ArcKnight
    • I would say that is awesome. : Evil Benius
    • You'd be forgiven if it's kinda like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BjT38B2-KY : Rag and Bone Man
• I would say WoW probably has more players than D&D, not to mention a lot more recent media attention, and... : one random winner
• Nah, Dice Rolling RPG has got to be on the other side of MMOs because you need to use more imagination, a... : AxeMan808
• http://www.brunching.com/geekhierarchy.html : drhazard
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  So why do LARPers come last? Real social interactions Physical activity outside of rolling dice/movin... : Zakko
  • "Lightning BOLT!" "Magic Missile! Magic Missile! Magic Missile!" : AxeMan808
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    LARPers become last because they seem the most out-of-touch with reality. At least in my experience, most... : Vincent Grayson
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      I would say this is a pretty good explanation. Or maybe it's just that every single group wants to define... : OverloadUT
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        That is also possible. But LARPers and furries seem to be pretty universally loathed or deemed the "worst... : Vincent Grayson
        • Well, LARPing is the combination of other geeky activities, which gives people the assumption that the en... : BlackCat9
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  Your nerdy friends could all take turns rimming each other complete with reach-arounds and it still would... : Ajax
  • You have presented a very compelling point here Sir Ajax : OverloadUT
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  People are free to do what they want, but I won't deny that D&D players are the nerds that nerds are to n... : Entity
  • lol look at the window licker on the short bus making fun of the palsy kid in the wheelchair trying to ge... : Ajax
• From personal experience D&D players are more obsessive and I usually find out they play D&D without even... : cetra00
• I've been known to play WoW while playing D&D. I'm not sure where that puts me. : Vincent Grayson
• The irony of the average WoW player is that you surround yourself in a nerdy environment and put down tho... : R@zzle
• RPG = NERD ALERT : cpt_gloval
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  D&D is way more nerdy than WoW. Like by about a billion times. : Phil
  • A hole is a hole, Phil. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • same shit different pile : retardhumper
  • not if you're doing raids... : alexthegreat2
  • ......says Phil's wife. : g.lee
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  This argument is retarded. : David Craddock
  • And nerdy. : David Craddock
• I find stories like these particularly ironic since almost all RPGs have been heavily influenced by D&D. : ErikTehRed
• LARPers definetly nerdiest. Watching them (even on the internet) make me cringe... : ColonBlow1
• This is like asking, "Who's more gay, Sigfried or Roy?" : coyoterys
• Anything someone loves and enjoys is infinitely less geeky than things others love and enjoy. Everyone... : DianeOfTheMoon
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  My personal list would have to be: Sports Gamers < FPS Gamers < RPG Gamers < RTS Gamers < MMO Gamers <... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • But LARPing is just doing improv acting in empty locations at night! : BlackCat9
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    I agree with this list only I'd move MMO Gamers between Sports and FPS Gamers. So many people play WoW th... : helvetica
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      I guess you could split MMO Gamers into casual and hardcore...hardcore MMO gamers are just about as geeky... : DianeOfTheMoon
      • Yeah maybe that's the big missing distinction because this keeps coming up. The players heckling my frien... : OverloadUT
• speaking as someone who plays neither MMOs nor D&D, pen & paper/tabletop stuff is waaay nerdier than even... : mikecyb
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  One guys take on it as a flow chart: http://www.brunching.com/geekhierarchy.html I think the most insi... : nem00
  • This is important, it's not a rule, it's just how the participants consider themselves. : Sarcastro
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  There's a giant webgraphic somewhere of a nerd hierarchy about groups who think they're less nerdy than o... : Agrona
  • http://www.brunching.com/images/geekchartbig.gif : Deathlove
• i think many of you underestimate the reach and wide player base that wow has : maulla
• Of you are a player of either game and feel compelled to heckle someone and call them geeky for engaging ... : dahanese
• I dunno. It's hard to say, I think they're about equal. I mean, LARPs:D&D::Second Life:MMOs The thi... : DeBurgo

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• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20592722#itemanchor_20592722 Oh god I want one. : Ecks
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19750948 : WhatIsThisFor
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  what is Wave anyway? I could look it up but I'll just ask you instead : mikecyb
  • oh, here I guess: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20960761#itemanchor_20960761 : mikecyb
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    Some insane thing where you put every conceivable communication method into one screen and do them all at... : Zero|DPX
    • ALLATONCE'D : askedrelic
• how about an old one asking you about firefox? plz? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17313934 : dopefish
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20567047 I find Chrome works best on my netbook! : trOmblyj
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18136036 : FrayLo
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20223675 HRRGNN : DrWaffles
  • Haha, I remembered this post: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19616244 What was I on? : DrWaffles
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19454411 : DapperDan
• Here's mine! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19803069 : OverloadUT
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  Damn, I'm always too slow. But I'd LOVE one of these invites Zero. : Phil
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    damn that michael cyber and his hax0ring abilities : geedeck
    • 0wned! : mikecyb
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20688890 : geedeck
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18619682 Color profiles still don't work for me on chrome :( But I w... : willardjuice
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17908771 : indosauros
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  INVITES GONE, sorry! : Zero|DPX
  • Haha doh. I just copied the link. Oh well. : Senate5000
  • In this subthread we politely request shackers who get invites spread the love :) : kaddar0
  • What! I'm your biggest fan! :( http://lmnopc.com/greasemonkey/shacklol/user.php?fanclub=Zero|DPX : shotgun1
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20115681 : mindmann
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    damn. i knew i should've refreshed first. ah well. : mindmann
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      question: When i was searching, i came across this: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14716834 wha... : mindmann
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        Seems OK. One of my shoes has the corner of the heel felt peeling slightly. I should re-glue it. Other... : Zero|DPX
        • yeah, that's really common. I don't think i've had a pair of shoes that didn't do that. It's really easy ... : mindmann
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  You know I had to link this one: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19336593#itemanchor_19336593 : Bean
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    Haha, I knew what that was before opening it. You're still awesome, Bean, and we still aren't going to... : Zero|DPX
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      I love you too Zero. I actually use chrome about 25% of the time now. It's coming along, but it still doe... : Bean
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        Hey, as long as he's using Firefox instead of IE, I'm not complaining. There's no accounting for taste... : Zero|DPX
        • What's the status of the Mac version of Chrome? : Bean
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        If you press CTRL-B the bookmark bar will go away. : OverloadUT
        • His problem is not that the bar exists. He wants the bar. He just doesn't want the "Other bookmarks" butt... : Bean
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17836846#itemanchor_17836846 alternatively: http://www.shacknew... : kaddar0
• Aw, I was too slow. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19546398#itemanchor_19546398 : mathyou
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  Damn comments search, it took way too long to find my post about Chrome. My suggestion was the best thoug... : railchu
  • yeah I typed in kaddar instead of kaddar0. Stupid kaddar being registered on shacknews somehow. : kaddar0
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    I believe we do this now! : Zero|DPX
    • You do, thanks to me! See how I also thanked you in advance? I am great : railchu
• goddamit :( : filthysock
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18618555 : DrillBit
  • Fuck! : DrillBit
• I thought maybe all google emplyees would be using it... To be honest, it sounds like a great idea, b... : Demius
• Zero|DPX, where's the love? :( : Yanks
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  damnit, this is what happens when you don't shack at work : Cheeziologist
  • yep, i was in a fucking meeting : filthysock
• I've been on sandbox for months, so I should have some soon. : batkiwi
• goddammit. Wanted Wave soooooo bad. : Sgt_Boomstick
• I was waiting all day for a post like this. Damn the commute!!! : skilesare

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• I still need to play it :( Wife leaves for a week in a few dayyysssss : Milleh
• Yeah I'm having a lot of fun with this demo (even though I'm horrible at it and die a lot) : Rasnowl
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  If you think Uncharted is the height of multiplayer gaming, you need to have your head examined. : Wisp!
  • It's definitely the most fun I've had on a console-exclusive title. : Vincent Grayson
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    I suspect this to be the truth, it looks like a fun, though temporary diversion. I can't see it competing... : Milleh
    • agreed : abrasion
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      The only multiplayer game coming out this holiday that will be more fun than Uncharted 2 is Modern Warfar... : grendel
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        boorrderrllaannndsss : Milleh
        • ODST (already out, sure), L4D2 : Milleh
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        Left 4 Dead 2? Natural Selection 2? : Wisp!
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          Is NS2 coming out this year? : Sgt_Boomstick
          • No. Maybe, MAYBE the alpha will be out. But only for people who preorder the deluxe edition. : carbontree
        • alright I will concede Left 4 Dead 2. : grendel
      • Gonna go with Borderlands and MW2. : Sgt_Boomstick
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    Good thing that's not what he said, Trolly McTrollerstein. : Ebu
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      Oh come on, "I'd never thought i'd enjoy a multiplayer game so much". It's insinuated. : Milleh
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        No, it really isn't. : Ebu
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          Well I think it was. : Milleh
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            Well, you're wrong. :/ : Ebu
            • I think that you're wrong : Milleh
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  What sets it apart from other console MP titles? : Sgt_Boomstick
  • the treasure mode is interesting - it's one-flag CTF except the treasure is too heavy to (safely) carry b... : Postal
• Objectives is fun against the CPU AI. : TwiLyght
• Has much changed since the beta I played a month or two ago? It wasnt very good back then : maulla
• I'm always interested in comments like this. Do you play a lot of competitive MP games? Uncharted 2 mp so... : Sgt_Boomstick
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  http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/uncharted2amongthieves : irrerno
  • Indeed!!! : Milleh
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    made up scores mean nothing in my enjoyment of a game. : i poop from there
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      That's great Mr Moneypants who can afford every game that exists and can always accurately judge a game o... : Sgt_Boomstick
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        renting doesnt exist anymore? and because someone gives a game a great score doesnt mean I think its... : i poop from there
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          renting one of the most highly acclaimed titles of the year makes me sad. : irrerno
          • well im not Mr. Moneypants like Sgt assumed i was. i also have to think about what games i want to buy. ... : i poop from there
  • I still think it is amazing Eurogamer gave it a 10/10. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/uncharted-2-a... : irrerno
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  I tried it this morning. I did a quick round of Coop Objective and then Coop Arena. It was okay, but i... : OverloadUT
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    Also why why why why the fuck doesn't Sony ship a headset with the PS3? Online play would be so much fuck... : OverloadUT
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      Yes, not a very smart decision on Sony's part. : Milleh
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        In games like Socom or MAG there is tons of communication. Even in Fat Princess. It is kind of like P... : irrerno
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          Though I agree, it's still a needless barrier to entry for mp peeps who wish to communicate :\ : Milleh
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            NO it's not. It keeps the riffraff out. : treefingers1
            • It doesn't matter how you look at it, it is a barrier for some people. Me for example, I'd like to commun... : Milleh
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      So that every 14 year old who has one isn't screaming nigger at me into a mic? Most people who will use t... : gibolas1234
      • Sadly this is what I think about when I imagine everyone having a microphone. : irrerno
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        umm, not really, I've encountered plenty of immature douchebags on PSN. : DeBurgo
        • Can't eliminate them completely. =[ : irrerno
      • This is absolutely false. I would FAR prefer too much talking to not enough talking. You can mute people ... : OverloadUT
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    You should spend more time with it before judging. : irrerno
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      I plan on it. I'm just saying it barely passed the 10-minute-test. : OverloadUT
      • I'll play with you if you want =]. Remember to look around for platforming. : irrerno
• I went ahead and pre-ordered it, which I never do with games. I thought the controls felt perfect. I was ... : d3tached
• Post your multiplayer stats! http://www.naughtydog.com/stats/index/Magos : irrerno
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  http://g4tv.com/videos/41828/Sesslers-Soapbox-Uncharted-2-is-Awesome/ : irrerno
  • that's pretty great, and his review of it is is great too : grendel
  • Fantastic. Everyone should watch this. Please repost when it gets ER'd. He is such an intelligent and ... : treefingers1
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  I wish shackers were more accepting of games that aren't Call of Duty, Halo, or Gears of War when it com... : treefingers1
  • No one is saying that shackers aren't accepting enough of non Halo / COD type games - it just so happens ... : Milleh
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  I'm getting on now if anyone wants to play. PSN Magos : irrerno
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    Bastard! You've reached your Friends limit. Add me: Treefingers1 : treefingers1
    • I got 100 active people =p. I'm in a 5v5 game right now. : irrerno
  • add me as well :) psn: dakry : d3tached
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  so co-op is awesome and all but does anyone else find DM to be kind of broken? It doesn't play like a cov... : DeBurgo
  • It works well. I've been playing games with rank 30-40 players. It gets really competitive. Watch re... : irrerno
  • Deathmatch in Crushing mode (think hardcore in COD4) is a lot more cover-centric. It's only an option in ... : carbontree