Morning Discussion

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  Also mark what consoles you have on your WE profile for easy game gifting! : mancide
  • Do this now! : Whistler77
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    You can set that in shackapp now. It's in your info. : tashtego
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      Exactly what I was referring too! : mancide
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        duh I am a dummy send me coal : tashtego
        • If only I had you again. <rubs knuckles menacingly> : Totenjaeger
  • Awesome. I got a bonafide shack superstar. I have to send a good one. : NastyJack
• Yaaaay! : helvetica
• Yes, got my victim! The profile link on the top right of the site is borked! : Patch-e
• sweet, I got matched with someone whose nick I actually recognize this time! : tashtego
• Got mine. Gotta start compiling crap! : jason bergman
• Well this should be fun! : hashd
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  WOOT : PapaBoo
  • I wish I would have gotten matched with you : Patch-e
• Thank god I have so much shit to get rid of. : ieGod
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  Mine's a cool shacker. I'll feel slightly guilty unloading a box full of vhs movies on him. : bipolar
  • exactly what i was thinking. : kbnerd
  • The cooler they are, the more likely they are to appreciate a box of junk! : ieGod
• Oh man, I love my victim for this year. I am so glad I signed up last minute. : tomservo
• Sweet, I want to find a few more things to fill out the box and then I will send it on its way. : mtgDoofy
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  Yes! Got my buddy. But why isn't there a PC option in the "Update console" section? I don't have any of t... : Dschinghis Khan
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    no one plays pc games anymore DK : FrayLo
    • Oh, drat. :( : Dschinghis Khan
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    I think PC is assumed : tashtego
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      Those of us running Macs would be rather dismayed by that. : umcpwintermute
      • It's WE would you really be mad if someone sent you PC games they didn't want anymore along with all the ... : tashtego
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    i was sad to not see anything pre-nintendo :( cuz i have them all! : dignan
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      Yeah, me too. Well just an Atari. : Dschinghis Khan
      • my guy is getting a Vectrex and a Ti99/a : dignan
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      YOU CAN'T TAKE MY ET CART FROM ME, DIGNAN. : jasonepowell
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        you know there's like 2 million of those bastards buried in the sand right? : dignan
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          But you can't have mine. So stop begging! : jasonepowell
          • I have a signed copy :) thanks to Google. got a Pitfall signed too. SASE and trusting the creator to ... : dignan
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      this man knows whats up! i got some AWESOME CRAP stuff from him last year! : m0rfus
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        i did throw you some 2600 carts right? the pecans are great this year too! i use real pecans instead o... : dignan
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          i think there was one or two in there. one of the stupidly large HDDs is going to someone this year. i li... : m0rfus
          • thank god for flat rate , those bastards are heavy! I can't remember if i put any data on them for you t... : dignan
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    but but but... aren't you viewing the site through a personal computar? or iphone : sikander
    • we need latestchatty for 360 like the new last.fm and FB plugins! : dignan
    • Well, a lot of people view the site through non-gaming computers. : Dschinghis Khan
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    Also a NES but no SNES? : Agrona
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      The SNES icon was pretty ugly so I went with the Famicom one : sikander
      • i must be missing the famicom. what one is that? : mindmann
      • liar!!! : buzzbat
• Awesome. Going to do some preliminary stalking on my victim, and should have a box of useless crap gifts... : o0JediBeavis0o
• Nice. My first time participating. Looking forward to putting crap in a box. : Bull
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  So....do the things we send have to be strictly gaming related? I mean I'm going to have plenty of gaming... : JohnnyRey
  • if my box had actually arrived last year, el tigre would've gotten some vh1 bumper stickers : FrayLo
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    doesnt have to be gaming related at all : Patch-e
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      Sweet. Whomever I get is going to have to have a strong back because I am sending a LOT of stuff. : JohnnyRey
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        Word. I don't think I've sent less than 25 pounds yet. My WE recipient is kinda getting screwed tho... : jasonepowell
        • I sent out two last year (because I send out hawkeyes too) and my box was still 19 lbs :( : laurgasms
  • You send junk. Junk that you don't want. One man's junk is another man's treasure. : ieGod
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  I would like to thank the gods for my recipient. : ra1n
  • your welcome : sikander
• hooray - great timing since i'm moving to a new house so its time to unload all the shit i don't want to ... : Crw22
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  Sikander , i'd like to thank you for your time and effort again this year. great work on the app. btw, ... : dignan
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    I have a secret deal with the USPS and all other major courier services. All packages sent to the address : sikander
    • Excellent plan! You are a devious bastard!! : OverBurN
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  So is the person that we have the person who has us? : hashd
  • no : dignan
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  When can we send this? Anytime? : JohnnyRey
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    Yeah, November would be excellent, December would be cool.. January is still good February is too late : sikander
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      Sweet. I will have mine out by next week. When we send it out, Is there a spot I can put the tracking num... : JohnnyRey
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        Yep, I'll add those in soon. There will be inputs for Sent date, Received date, Tracking URL, Gallery... : sikander
        • Diggin the new site design! : YerMothah
        • There should be a twitter feed of WE posts - like whenever someone fills out the Shack Post URL, it goes ... : jasonepowell
    • But! If Feruary comes and you still haven't sent yet, do it anyway! : nurglich
    • It's never too late. I just got my 2006 WE. Damned happy about it too. : mindmann
  • Preferably before the next shack white elephant. : DM7
  • I usually wait until mid-December so my WE buddy can update his game library/profile so I don't send game... : digital_d
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  let the STALKING BEGIN!!! : m0rfus
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    Just send isk! : hashd
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      this is an excellent idea. maybe in the giving spirit, i will pass out ISK POPs in NWS tonight. : m0rfus
      • I need to login tonight! LOL will probably be on my alt though. : hashd
    • You want Icelandic Kronur? Why? : Cheeziologist
  • wow...i got a youngin' =-\ : m0rfus
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  Yaay! This time I got someone whose nick I recognize - having a target with 10 times more posts than myse... : Lightbulb
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    You're the only Austrian so the couldn't really do local matching for you.. but hey at least the shacker ... : sikander
    • EU-wide matching is OK because you don't have to deal with customs, even if mailing is a little more expe : Lightbulb
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  Hay, what if my WE is a fggt and I wanna trade? : whistletits
  • You got yourself? : voodooraze
  • Sorry I'll be less of a fgt : supermonkeyballz
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  btw: we still doing a contest for best write up? : dignan
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    yes, its an excellent idea! : sikander
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      i completely forgot about all the other details though... what was the prize? title ala The Baron ? : dignan
      • I'll come up with something since it was my idea. : virus
• *deliciously evil laugh* : trOmblyj
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  Damnable. One of the items I was going to send is a NO-GO now. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Aw. NWS -NOT- Ok? : AxeMan808
• Once again, thanks Sikander! This is one of the best things we have going on the Shack, and you do a fan... : jasonepowell
• Awesome. Time to box up some crap. : ant_hillbilly
• Yeah, mine is already boxed up and good to go. But i couldn't find my copy of Duke3D and that pisses me o... : Dschinghis Khan
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  if my WE buddy does NOT post a write up this year, im hold you responsible sikander! : m0rfus
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    Lol....Hopefully this will be the best WE yet. Weeding out those that didn't send in previous WE's was a ... : JohnnyRey
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      I should note that this is my first WE, I'm just saying that I can imagine how much the above scenario (W... : JohnnyRey
      • it doesnt have to be all glorious with pics and stuff...but i SM'd the guy like 3 times just trying to ge... : m0rfus
• Sikander, thanks for your organizational skills once again! : Fredrik S
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  This is my first WE and I'm excited! Can't wait to gather tons of awesome crap and ship it out. We're... : freakynipples69
  • it should be a complete and utter shock : kbnerd
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  Ok fuck, guys Ive been here awhile and am scared to death to admit,....um...(gulp).....I don't know what ... : firewoodman
  • It a name of an excuse to give random people random junk. It's jolly good fun. : DM7
• Yeeeeeeeesssssssss...... Muhahahahahhaa!!! : g0nk
• I think my WE buddy lacks the ability of posting more than a sentence at a time :-) : dysfunctional
• That poor sonofabitch : watcherxp
• Cmonnnnnn help me menzzzarzzzz : firewoodman
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  oh my god hahahahahaha : mikecyb
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    If you have me please send me a lock of your hair : tomservo
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      see the only problem with this is now I have to put effort into this shit : mikecyb
      • Wait... You had me last year! :( : g0nk
• awesome! Now i just have to find shit to send. poor bastard. : mindmann
• Excellent. sikander, you are awesome for organizing this. Don't worry WE buddy, you may not have receiv... : Ormsbee
• Thanks Sikander! This will rock. : xoque
• I got a really awesome match and will be sending soon (HELL YEAH). : Majuju
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  Oooh, I think I've seen my WE on the Shack DoD:S server. That makes him instant cool. Also he is old a... : rotten element
  • http://www.steadyhealth.com/articles/user_files/4542/Image/dulcolax_laxative.jpg : Fredrik S
  • Prunes : zebosausamite
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    get him a tie and some argyle socks. maybe a pipe. : mindmann
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      Why did I read this as angry socks??? : hashd
      • Haha. I did too. : Ormsbee
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    I know who it is. : Dschinghis Khan
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      Oh wait, his steam pages shows he doesn't own DoD:S :F : rotten element
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        oh, then nevermind : Dschinghis Khan
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          hahaha yeah the list of 40-year-old DoD players we have on Thursdays is.... 1 person long. : Arctic Fox
          • and likes to talk about trout. : Alco23
  • Viagra, Neil Diamond : BongSlayerB
• omg fuck yes :D :D : virus
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  Hey Sikander how long until we can send anonymous shackmessages to our victims homies? : virus
  • This. : Visceral Monkey
• early this year! awesome. : dahanese
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  You know I only do this because I'm compiling a list of people to mailbomb in ten years, right? : SiW.
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    i can't imagine a lot of shackers would have the same address in 10 years. : mindmann
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      Thanks for ruining my day, jerk face. YOU'RE ON THE LIST. : SiW.
      • Just put "To whom it may concern" instead of their name. : YerMothah
      • Yay! You're sending me a white elephant? Please send it sooner than 10 years though. That's a bit late. =... : mindmann
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  hmmm...my person only has around 200 posts and I've never seen this shacker post. Hmmm..I hope this doesn... : jcrockerman
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    There is no correlation between post count and sending a WE. Forgot that it's an issue. : ieGod
    • Forget, rather. : ieGod
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    I suppose there's a CHANCE you get the person you got, unless sikander protected against that, but I don'... : AxeMan808
    • I mean, a chance that you get the person that got you. : AxeMan808
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  FINALLY I CAN CHANGE MY PASSWORD : RikiTiki2
  • and can i switch out of NWS? : RikiTiki2
  • yah i was having to reset it everytime I wanted to sign onto the website.. lol : Shadowdane
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  This is probably a dumb question, but I haven't done this in a while... Does my WE know who it is who's s... : WaterSign
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    only when they receive it, or when the list goes public : RikiTiki2
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      Nice. Someone is going to be very surprised. : WaterSign
      • You're passing on that well loved double ended jelly dildo eh? : DrZettl
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      And you can choose to be anonymous when you send it, too. Although the USPS doesn't really like it when ... : SiW.
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        Don't put your Shackname as your name for the Return Address, I remember someone got their WE returned ba... : Shadowdane
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          Haha, I believe that was `zzz.`kaboomz.z.z.1`1.1.` or however the hell his name is spelt. : DrWaffles
          • Yah I'm pretty sure that was it! hehe : Shadowdane
        • Actually, that was probably because the shacker name was something like kabooom.zz . Not really good to ... : bcyde
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  The password reset link sent to my inbox doesn't work :( : skunk_ape
  • It's there, it just doesn't show up that you nave one until you click on the shackmessages : Dschinghis Khan
• Sweet! Hopefully I can get all my shit together this long weekend and send it out early December. : bigblack
• Alright who has me o_O : thrallie200
• Awesome! Don't worry dude, I'll send ya' some stuff...heh : BongSlayerB
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  I AM EXCITEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED HONK : DrWaffles
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    Woo I got someone awesome. : DrWaffles
    • way to ruin the surprise. now i know you're sending it to me. =( : mindmann
    • Thanks, man! You're awesome too! : sublime
    • Thanks man, now I know I am not your WE! : TreMetal
    • aww shucks, thanks : indosauros
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      I guess I'm sending out a package to almost everyone, then. It's going to cost quite a lot, so I'll just... : DrWaffles
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        Better be Bacon Salt! : Alco23
        • Mmm.... I love that stuff. : Ormsbee
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  Crap.. My shacker said no NWS. I have to rethink my entire gift now. Anybody want a semi-used strap-on? : jcrockerman
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    [fry] was the first one to get paired up (randomly) because he would've killed me if he had gotten paired... : sikander
    • oh man i can't wait to see what his WE gets. : mindmann
• booyah : skelom
• Yeehah, I approve of the Shacker that I randomly drew :D : Arctic Fox
• HERRRO WRITE ELERPRANT! I got an Asian shacker!! : askedrelic
• Interesting. I'll have to go get a box today. : re-verse
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  WOO HOOO! My pube doll is almost ready to be sent out! : voodooraze
  • Glad I was already voodooraze's WE. I just got some awesome drawings instead. :D : DOOManiac
• Oh god, my matchup... what the hell am I going to do for this guy. : crummynz
• In case my buddy cares, I like board games, old pc games, electronics, gizmos, etc, and long walks on th... : JohnnyRey
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  Who got me? I want to know up front, that way I'll know if I need to wear gloves and a mask when I open t... : voodooraze
  • Best to be safe and go with the full-on biohazard suit. At least, my guy should. BWAHAHAHAHAAHAAA : Teiresias
  • I will be sending Anthrax might want to invest in a bio suit! : hashd
• Woot, now to scur the house for some useless stuff! : cjcharv
• good golly, i got someone that i've heard of! : Dave-A
• Dear mother of god I have so much shit to ship....I'm going to have to split this shit into like 3 shipme... : JohnnyRey
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  Hurray! : Mmmmmoo
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    Is there no option to ship within the same region anymore? I'm afraid of how much this is gonna cost me f... : Mmmmmoo
    • There should have been an option when you signed up this year. : DrWaffles
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  The shackapp.com username login is limited to 20 characters. Maybe this should be modified? I'm not the o... : underground banana plantation
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    no that sounds about right to me : tashtego
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      retarded talking dinosaur wouldn't be able to login either. : underground banana plantation
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        Maybe that's a good thing. : thrallie200
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          Aren't you in San Diego? Do you want me to come see exactly what an underground banana plantation is? : underground banana plantation
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            uhhhh I think you got it. : underground banana plantation
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              When I am too high to post, I just don't post. : dognose
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                Oh come on. Take out the "me" and it makes sense. As a side note, I haven't smoked in ~ 40 days. Quit... : underground banana plantation
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                  I am grateful for my insomnia and constant back pain because it gives me an excuse. : dognose
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                    An excuse for who? Not the authorities, clearly. Calm the schism within yourself, Mr. 'nose. You don't ne... : underground banana plantation
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                      Why, for Shacknews, silly! The only people who matter besides family, and they don't care. : dognose
                      • i'm pretty sure we don't care either. about anything. : StolenNosferatu
          • what? : thrallie200
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            how many do you have down there? : Dave-A
            • Two, but one is presently fallow. : underground banana plantation
  • shit, thats whats going on with my password too then. It have a ridiculously long password. Sikander why ... : GloriousCow
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  my password stopped working, which is weird because its the one i've used the last two years for register... : GloriousCow
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    Same. Just request a reset. : AxeMan808
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      the reset link doesn't work, it just takes me back to http://shackapp.com/home/index : GloriousCow
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        It logs you in, then you go under My Info or whatever it is and change the password. : thrallie200
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          oic : GloriousCow
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            sweet my WE is down with the NWS FURRY PORN GALORE : GloriousCow
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              Oh gosh I'm thinking checking that box was a huge mistake. : DrWaffles
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                there's going to be so much goat porn in this thing that pictures of the unboxing will be nukeable : GloriousCow
                • what about goats? : StolenNosferatu
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  I'm going to be expressing my thanks for Shacknews' help during my cancer treatments by providing the mos... : freak!
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    Wait....we're supposed to buy stuff? I though it was just passing on junk/things you don't want anymore? : JohnnyRey
    • That is the way it is meant to work. it is a regifting of crap that you dont want / use. : Ratalon
    • I have a lot of really cool crap. I'm not intending on spending any money on anything other than shippin... : freak!
• oh shit yes. : khaosman
• I'm so excited to send mine! My person is going to get some awesome cookies. I just hope I don't end up... : gigaduck
• As well as consoles listed, it would be cool to know our victims Steam ID in case we want to gift them so... : Visceral Monkey
• I hope edgewise got me, I need braces and a bridge for my lower teeth. : dognose
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  Im going to send my buddy Windows 7 Premuime. Its from ACER. You know, the copy you get for buying thei... : posito
  • It can with some bios hackery. : Visceral Monkey
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  My girlfriend used to be a designer at Viz media and has a ton of shitty manga in storage that she would ... : Ely
  • Ohh man does she have tons of yaoi cause that would be aweso... err GAY! : Ratalon
  • Viz is great! I wish they'd grab up the canceled Rai-Jin Comics, and start publishing it. : AxeMan808

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• send that information to helvetica or greg-m : Sothebys
• I have gotten that as well, I closed it to quick to get any information. : WadeMcLain
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  A friend of mine got that (not from the Shack) but she believed that she actually did have a virus, so sh... : sukkot
  • wtf : ninjase
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    IT people are inherently lazy. I work IT. I am inherently lazy. Easier to kick out someone sayin... : YerMothah
    • Although I wouldn't lie to someone like that, thats dick. : YerMothah
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    My experience is most IT don't know WTF... which makes sense, because if they really knew anything, they... : ShadowRam
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      Or people just expect IT to know everything. : rhuntley12
      • I think it's both, which is why people get so frustrated. : ra1n
  • what the hell? that's pathetic. : deject
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    if it's a personal laptop, meaning not issued by the school, I'd do the same thing. they know the rule, ... : Downforce
    • Yea, I hate people coming in and asking for spare laptop power cords. Like we have a magic supply of fuck... : mancide
  • what the fuck : opengl128
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    IT people are lazy, but then again customers sometimes don't understand what they are being told, which i... : trove
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      Customers don't know what they want is a huge issue too. Most of my tickets are people asking for shit th... : Madwacker
      • There is that too. I'm just pointing out that the info that "IT told me to buy a new computer" is second... : trove
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      as a reminder, there is no explaining clearly. IT either works as the user expects, or it doesn't. there : Downforce
      • Sometimes people don't want to have to think. IT people too. I don't want to know WHY this fucking java... : trove
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  I have an idea, how about disable ads on the shack until they figure this shit out. This is ridiculous. ... : kek
  • And lose moneyhats? UNPOSSIBLE! : Rehevkor
  • this, by the way is what MSE came up with after I saw the above in the OP. Burning eye, if you didn't ge... : kek
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    They probably rented the ad space and would be breach of contract if they did that. : tboomer2
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      So serving malware isn't a breach? Shitty contract. I don't think their contract justifies distribu... : kek
      • maybe thats what the contract is all about : doomed
      • Excactly. There's no excuse for the shack serving fucking malware to people for this amount of time. I... : nudel
    • this excuse is getting old. it's a administrative oversight either in their contract, or their enforcemen... : gokart.
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      Intentionally serving this shit is illegal. They don't really have much choice. : Conan
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        I'm sure there's a grey area for everyone to hide in. Either way it's dirty play on the ad site to take o... : tboomer2
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          I doubt it, actually. If they're clearly aware of it (and they have to be by now), there's not much excus... : Conan
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            Could just be as simple as ra1n had said in another post. If it's making money it's not a problem. : tboomer2
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              Except that it's illegal. : Conan
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                A redirect is illegal or is this redirect trying to install applications without consent? : tboomer2
                • Not the redirect, but mimicking the windows interface in order to convince people they have a virus and t... : Conan
              • So under you scenario, the shack is both annoying us and breaking the law? : ra1n
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          It's the same grey area that keeps bittorrent websites from being instantly shut down. You serve the con... : Rotten Deadite
          • That's not how bittorrent works... : kek
          • That's both technically wrong and not applicable here. In the case of bittorrent trackers, it's because y... : Conan
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    Just install some nice Extensions That Shall Remain Nameless to alleviate this issue. : ieGod
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      Voldemort? : kek
      • Macbeth? : threeup
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    what ads? : m0rfus
    • Seriously, cheap asses... : virus
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    it would be nice to get ECO's input on this BS. Stand up for your website, dude. : deathofrats
    • greg-m is the content manager. He posted last night asking for people to send him any info. they can so t... : dmason
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  I've been seeing those security virus a bit. Seems to be a firefox virus? I've only see it pop up with ... : exigence7
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    Out of curiosity, which browser are you guys/gals who see the virus' using? : exigence7
    • I'm using Firefox 3.5.5 : kek
• Just take a picture and it will be fixed! amirite? : jingletard
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  I just got this also. This is ridiculous. : lplasmatron
  • I did a while ago too. Now I understand what all the fuss is about. : zipr
• lol I'm dying for this to happen to me so I can see what all the hubbub is about! : ThomW
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  Maybe you have a virus? I'd click it and take advantage of the generous free scan. : Mr. Goodwrench
  • you know, after saving numerous Nigerian royal family members i'm not so sure i trust this virus scanner.... : burning eye
• I'll say it again: Firefox + ad block plus. Especially given the horrible problems some people are havin... : Loofus
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  Is everyone seeing this in FireFox only? Has anyone seen it in any other browser? : greg-m
  • Yes, I've seen it in IE8. I'll try to get a capture of the ads if it happens again. If I remember it was ... : jonin
  • We're forced to use IE at work, haven't really seen it happen there... yet. However, it's so infrequent... : burning eye
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  Is this even with the JS resize stuff disabled? Prefs / Content / Javascript / Advanced, then disable eve... : jcupitt
  • It is. :( I've always had all that stuff disabled -- *I* create/resize the top-level windows around here!... : nudel
• also, at this point it's reasonable for anyone to defend themselves by whatever means necessary. : Downforce
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  solution: WinChatty. : mwasher
  • solution 2: Live in Canada. I've not seen a single pop-up at all on Shacknews. : tboomer2
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  We're trying to figure it out, but nobody here has been able to recreate this problem, so it's proven to ... : greg-m
  • thanks for the update! : ass-street
  • Sigh, that's not so good. : trove
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    This is probably unrelated but worth mentioning. I didn't start getting these ads until I installed MW2 a... : jard
    • nope I got it on my work computer with zero games installed : WadeMcLain
    • That Heuristics warning is steam encrypting their games. I get that all the time with new releases. : tboomer2
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    if i am reading this right, you are saying that the virus problem is on our end not the ads? Considering... : deathofrats
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      Maybe you should take your computer down to Best Buy and have them clean it for you? : trove
      • I heard if you get a virus you're supposed to just buy a new computer. : tboomer2
    • He's not saying it's the case, just that it's a possibility. It's not like they're ruling out a problem o... : uncleanmonkey
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      Those ads you're talking about are annoying yes, and when they are reported we've removed them. Howev... : greg-m
      • Also just so someone actually does it, thanks for removing those annoying ads that we report. My least f... : kaddar0
    • I read it about five times because it seems like he is implying we have a virus. : fathertime
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      That would be weird since I've gotten it on OS X. : dmason
      • Seconded. Had an odd javascript execution attempt under linux from an ad. : dafugg
  • They've probably got your domain on an ACL so all you guys see are sunshine and rainbows. : tboomer2
  • not getting it from australia, or even via my works .eu proxy : CoRDS
  • not getting anything here (brazil), so I guess it's some kind of targeted ad : Nitrium
  • I haven't gotten any of these up here in Canada : AlexXdude
  • God I hate vundo so much. It's a pain in the ass. : TrptJim
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    So I read this article by an ad spammer on facebook. Their strategy was to figure out the IPs of the com... : kaddar0
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      Well, it at least seems to be limited to the US shackers. : dmason
      • If it is limited to the US Shackers that implies the possibility of targeted advertising, so I think I am... : kaddar0
      • I got a redirect (no malware AFAIK) multiple times and I'm in the UK. It appeared to be to a William-Hill... : nudel

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  Looks awesome. I will probably resub when it comes out.. I would actually resub now, but I don't really h... : Reeves
  • well its one of the biggest timesinks for an MMO ive played, thats for sure. : Klebold
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  is this talking about the 1.6 patch? if this is supposed to be after 1.6 we'll never see it. 1.6 was an... : electroly
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    and did i miss it or are there no clerics in this video. classist bastards : electroly
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      they're being removed from the game entirely :) : Majuju
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        Noooo my chanter! : breadsticks
        • there's a chanter in the video. just no cleric. : electroly
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  This sort of overhaul must be a long ways out. Seems like something just to keep the fans interested. : byorn
  • Its nice to have that "on the horizon" aspect though. With lots of new mmos, the dev teams just locked in... : Klebold
• this game was boring : whistletits
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  What happened to Aion anyway, I heard a lot of buzz when it came out... did it fizzle? : Loofus
  • For me it was all the botting I encountered while leveling. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21485569 : Home Nugget
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    Here's the rundown on MMO launches on the shack, and presumably elsewhere: 1 year out: Hey check this ... : Dynotaku
    • Well, Aion did last longer then Conan, WAR, etc. There are still shackers playing it, but the massive rel... : Frozen Pixel
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      if they had patched Aion, it would've lasted a lot longer. the 1.6 patch which was announced before the : electroly
      • this also gives me very little hope of ever seeing the stuff in this video : electroly
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        Mate, you're botting so you're heart wasn't in it in the first place. Even before the 1.6 patch the playe... : Klebold
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          i haven't done any botting, you're thinking of Slowtreme. : electroly
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            i got the impression you were taken under his wing after: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21431946#it... : Klebold
            • nah i've toyed with the idea but i've never actually done it. the bot he uses costs money : electroly
  • To many console games to play forced me to stop playing, as I had a greater interest in those. : breadsticks
  • The goons are claiming they launched about 1200 members, and are now under a hundred. : ghost in my shell
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  I can only imagine the how those big battles will be like if they still haven't fixed the same memory bug... : Frozen Pixel
  • That was fixed in the last patch. : Sapiens
  • Fortress raids go as smooth as butter for me now. : Finestaut
  • like previously stated that was fixed in the last patch : italiano3d
• I hate MMOs, but this game looks fucking beautiful. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  that video just blew every mmo teaser trailer out of the water. epic : italiano3d
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    it almost makes me want to play it right now, but I have no time :( : Sixcos
    • That video is a lot like all of the EVE videos you seem. Very pretty to look at, but once you start playi... : ashkie
• yeah I think I might get back into this tonight, since I've cleaned out the massive pipe-jam of games fro... : Majuju
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  Aion was always a pretty game, but it was a grindy piece of shit game. It was catered to the "hardcore" a... : ashkie
  • That's primary reason I stay away from Korean mmo's. Friends were trying to get me to play this at releas... : kelerian
• crap I was hoping my friends would drop the grindfest once they reach lvl50 ... that might keep them long... : Frush81
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  I have a vision too! It involves not having to kill 10,000 creatures to go from level 45 to 46. The tradi... : CoreContingency
  • Large continuous story lines are great for single player but break apart in multiplayer since no one want... : LilCrypto
• looks cool. Wish I didn't have 300 Single Player games to play. I'm into Age of Conan too but I let my su... : Shai-Tan
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  1. Is this the patch that fixes the gold farmers, botters, and spammers? 2. Will it make the game less o... : mwasher
  • they banned 16,000 bots in one day. Each patch from here out is going to allieviate the grind xp wise. ... : italiano3d

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  "And then in the time he was recovering, Phil decided that he only had one life to live so he better get ... : azenmaster
  • [ E ], definitely [ E ] : one random winner
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    lol @ zing :) love you azenmaster. : Phil
    • perv : azenmaster
  • I'm tossed between b) and c) : RogerDandy
• Phils buys an exciting sports car that keeps him awake and gets him chicks : Patch-e
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  Christian Phil is the worst Phil http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21484644#itemanchor_21484644 : tomservo
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    I'd give you a high five, but would it be a side-five? a holy five? a sinful hand-slap? I dont know anymo... : azenmaster
    • Just as long as you leave room for the Holy Spirit : tomservo
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      You don't know where his hands have been, stick with the Demolition Man high five. : o0JediBeavis0o
      • No high fives. Respek Knuckles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geZSBEi9afo : Rotten Deadite
• bump for afternoon stories. : azenmaster
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  He was obviously bustin' AutoTuneTM rhymes on his phone and not paying attention to the road. : SolveChrist
  • the point was what comes after, not what happened before. : azenmaster
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  derail, but what kind of comment is this? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21487522#itemanchor_2148752... : dahanese
  • Yeah it's kind of douchey : spiffymc
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    someone's always gotta be that guy : mikecyb
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      Ummmm........... : filtersweep
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        uhhhhh........ : two50six
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          Errrrrrrrr.....cyber mike : CrustaR
          • Really makes you think : tomservo
  • that does seem like some bullshit. phil clearly states he passed out while driving - I'm sure he'd be th... : trOmblyj
  • This is the Internet so most people don't trust what others say with pretty good reason. Now I think Phil... : Chod
  • it's a cunt kind of comment : Bamtan
  • Theres one at *every* party : two50six
  • yeah he's a faggot. >:\ : virus
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    I, for one, wish Phil had died instead in that accident. : askedrelic
    • daaaaang : ass-street
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      At least he didn't end up in a coma for 23 years and was aware. It would take him a whole day to make a s... : jane911
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        The worst part is that the "helper" is just typing for the dude, so Phil would be there thinking about 15... : tashtego
        • no his helper would be typing FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU for the rest of his life since... : jane911
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        http://shack.k1bond007.com/Phil.gif : K1Bond007
        • HAHA that is def what a shacker would do if they were his helper : jane911
        • hahahahaha : tomservo
        • hahaha : indosauros
        • LMAO : Downforce
        • Snot landed on my keyboard. : Loofus
        • proof that you dont have to be an artist to be funny! : skunk_ape
        • looooooooooooooooool : Phil
        • Priceless. : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • HAHAHAHAH oh my god I was so close to laughing out loud in my office just now. : Ride-My-Rocket
        • hahahahahahahaha oh fuck : virus
        • hahaha : khaosman
        • hehhe : naabster
        • hahaha YES! : ThomW
        • genuine lols. : Klebold
        • hahahaha : sanchez
        • Bwahahahahaha!!! : thetangent
        • HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHAH <3 Phil : ErneX
        • HAHAHAHAHAHA : boarder2
        • Bahahaha. : Danny5225
        • jesus tittyfucking christ lol : mrvandelay
        • lmao : MercFox1
        • hahaha : Mmmmmoo
        • Lol well played! : yosemiteclimber
        • lols : anthonybean
        • hahhaa : Jiven
        • This was [lol] was made for. : dmason
        • holy shit lololol : jdmSlix
        • Hahahha! It's so true! : oo7|bond
      • Phil in a coma would have been awesome. I imagine he would wake up and touch people, and psychically tell... : Endymion_
    • hahaha YOUUUUU SON OF A BITCH! : Phil
  • Insensitive. I'm sure it was just the booze. : Loofus
  • http://www.shackpics.com/files/CheeseHeadedHockeyCock_0zqvb2u9ipl787el622d.jpg : Ride-My-Rocket
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  He should post about his black out on the Mosaic messageboard : two50six
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    He says he doesn't remember anything. You know what that means... : silent prophet
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      in auto auto erotic asphyxiation? : edgewise
      • this post needs more love : ArcKnight
• good to see he's ok but in all seriousness it could have turned out very badly. a good friend of mine was... : cptstern
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  Did he drop any good loot? : Godhatesfatpeople
  • yeah but the shadow priest won with a 99 roll. much ffffuuuuuuu'ing was had : electroly
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  He brings a lawsuit against Honda when it's revealed that the electromagnetic field generated by the Insi... : edgewise
  • Wife divorcing him? Sounds like a WIN! : MercFox1
  • That would be a very larry david ending : rosewood
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    It brought I tear to my eye. : Phil
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      So you are OK now right? : dognose
      • I'm pretty fucking faaaaaaaaaar from ok man. Wait I just realized, he was in a wreck just like Marce... : Rauol Duke
  • lolol : DJ Clipdat
  • This makes my whole thread worth it! : azenmaster
• I'm posting this song in honor of Phil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb32OICl4go : Prozium
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  Phil decides life is too short so he becomes a mall Santa so he can show his love for kids. (Actually he ... : peter
  • Catholic All Girls High School Santa 7 starring Phil. : edgewise
• He records a new pitch-corrected song retelling the events he remembers, embellished with mexicans, dog r... : yacoub35

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• A parole violation that is for sure. : DarkWolf5
• put a metal file in there as well. : CoRDS
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  I they blocked the internet where he was currently. : Rauol Duke
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    You they!? : multisync
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      Yes am! >:( : Rauol Duke
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        If : drucifer
        • WATER : Rauol Duke
• Someone punked you! : multisync
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  lol wut? He hasn't posted in years? : hashd
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    Because he's in pedo jail. : TheMonkeyWench
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      I've been around for a few years but I think I missed out on this bit of shack history : uglysad
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        he convinced mr. sleepy to visit him for a 'LAN party' but actually molested him (this was a few yrs ago ... : multisync
        • lmbo : Deathlove
        • ajsd;flkzvjla'sdf'alksj : mr.sleepy
        • hahahaha : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • This is exactly what happened : [fry]
        • hahah, poor sleepy. btw, are you still making music? : deathofrats
        • hahahahhaaa : Maddog_Delphi97
        • hahahah : fishbone
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        same here, I have no idea whether these guys are just poking fun or being serious : X-GOUKI
        • I cannot believe you guys don't know this story. : MercFox1
        • it's 100% serious. he was convicted and jailed : electroly
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        http://cbs13.com/video/?id=23983@kovr.dayport.com&cid=6 Yes, that's him. http://web.archive.org/web... : roushimsx
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          just found the thread: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15268612#itemanchor_15268612 : the archvile
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            holy shit! wasnt he dating a shacker from egypt that also posts regularly now? perstephanie maybe? bah... : walker270
            • So much gay. : g.lee
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              Perstephanie doesn't post much anymore. I miss her, smart and funny. : bipolar
              • lol are we thinking of the same perstephanie : Majuju
              • If she's not posting anymore, then she really is smart. : IndigoAK
              • She was dating a shacker i think, and one of the conditions of something was that she stop posting. Or so... : Dschinghis Khan
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          Haha! Epic fail. You think he will start posting again when/if he gets out? : uglysad
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            If so, I hope to god the comment history is lost beforehand so that he can't do a vanity search. Last thi... : roushimsx
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              Another? Who was the first? : deathofrats
              • futtbucker :( : multisync
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                http://web.archive.org/web/20080101061241/http://www.klerckisdead.com/work/suicide/index.html : roushimsx
                • Klerck was haikus character account : multisync
        • Wow. I just posted about that game he was tracked down to yesterday ( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?i... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
    • Damn pedestrians : trove
  • Posted bail amirite? : Rauol Duke
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    work release : cpt_gloval
    • wank release : multisync
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    He's been sat in Sacramento county jail for 2 years or so at this point : Toraz Chryx
    • yeah, that seems awfully long to go without going to trial. Doesn't really seem fair (at least convict h... : boofy
• fedex him one of the kids : Dave-A
• lol, for serious? : GloriousCow
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  I think my user name disqualified me. I definitely registered and got the shack message, but I just notic... : underground banana plantation
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    That is what you get for having such a long ass lame username Mr. UBP! : hashd
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      I can't even remember what his name used to be. TERRORISTS WIN : MercFox1
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        I believe it was "the moon and antarctica" : Vincent Grayson
        • Equally shitty : multisync
        • aw i love the moon and antarctica, really good album =) : Amandies
      • Coincidentally, my previous name wouldn't have worked either. : underground banana plantation
      • Hint: it wasn't that much shorter. : ninj0rc
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  OMFG, that's hilarious. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • PROTIP: NWS is not okay. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  i haven't received a message about it:( whats the WE site again? : filthysock
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    http://shackapp.com/ : Mmmmmoo
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      *sigh* I got a lurker : filthysock
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        white elephants bring lurkers into the fold....which is good. : drucifer
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          I am in the process of converting tranny porn to put on an old ipod for some poor sap! : hashd
          • Unless it's kokujin who would be elated. : multisync
      • Pros: No one will care if you don't send him anything good. Cons: He won't post a writeup. : AxeMan808
      • That can be a good thing. I got a lurker two years ago and enjoyed the experience immensely. Cool dude ... : dognose
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        What qualifies as a lurker? I don't want to be a lurker but I guess I'm just not a chatty bitch :( : gigaduck
        • 10,000 posts or get the fuck out! : multisync
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        Same, less than 3K posts, odds on posting what I send him... : RyDogg1
        • 3k is a lurker? That seems about "normal" : boarder2
        • I've got a bit over 3k, and I'm no lurker, just not much of a chatty bitch. : MacemanInTW
        • I'm still under 3K posts :S... : Alco23
        • I've got just over 3k posts, but they're all since this time last year. : MrBig0
  • http://shackapp.com/ : drucifer
• Send him a copy of Midnight Express : bipolar
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  Someone should go visit him =[ http://www.sacsheriff.com/inmate_information/inmate_details.cfm?a=FFE97... : krym3
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    Looks like they take care packages, so RoushiMSX isn't totally screwed! :P : guido anchovy
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      I would send him Soap-on-a-Rope : drucifer
      • it would be more fun to just send soap. : trOmblyj
• BOX OF CRAP, FILLING UP : r3dn3ck
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  What the hell kind of address did he give? : thekidd
  • around the back, deliver in the rear : drucifer
• send him a pair of panties and rub some tuna on it before you pack it up : SockMonkeh

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• I'm traveling for the holidays and had to leave it at DNA sequence, it's killing me. This and Batman:AA h... : Head Rush
• I don't have anything to contribute as I haven't played the game yet; I just wanted to be part of the ine : Rehevkor
• hardfl1p, thank you for warning about spoilers and actually using the tag. The shack has been spoiler-ri... : CrustaR
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  wow... every day a new GOTY comes out : mrtony
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    To be fair, only people who haven't played Demon's Souls are proclaiming new GOTY's every other minute. ... : walker270
    • Wrong. I've played Demon's Souls - good game, yes. GOTY? No. : ArcKnight
    • I like Demon's Souls, but it's probably #4 on my list at this point, behind UC2, DA and AC2. : Vincent Grayson
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      I played the shit out of Demon's Souls, and while it was amazing, Uncharted 2 has it beat for GOTY in my ... : Ctrl-Phreak
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        Uncharted 2 and Infamous are the top of mine. : uglysad
        • I agree with Infamous as well, I had a ton of fun with that game. It has been a while since I've played t... : Ctrl-Phreak
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    I can only hope that one day 'Generals of the Yakuza', or something with a similar title, comes out, so w... : Clasifyd
    • You mean MW2 and Mechwarrior 2 :P : Whistler77
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  I'm not going to read your spoilers because I'm not finished but can you tell me if those 20 glyphs that : stump
  • Not all of them are in one city, and yes you have to hunt them down yourself, there aren't specific missi... : daneloire
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    you have to hunt them down, they're just on landmarks in the different cities. when you find the landmark... : dirge23
    • Ah good to know. Thanks for the info. I'll have to start hunting more of those tonight then. : stump
• Waiting for it on the PC where I played AC1. :( : AhmNee
• i was thinking the sequel might go this way too, since they imply that Desmond might learn to access memo : dirge23
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  i still can get over how awesome the ending is where you get to fistfight the pope : dirge23
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    Don't forget choking his bitch ass out. Definitely the highlight of the ending. Also, regarding Desmon : ArcKnight
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      yeah i never bought those, gotta do that. you need them for some of the achievements. : dirge23
      • Yeah. I had no idea until I went back after the end of the game. : ArcKnight
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      ending question: did Borgia die? the dialogue suggests that Ezio spared him. : dirge23
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        He looked like he died in the cutscene, but afterwards you can't touch his body so I'm guessing he's stil : ArcKnight
        • fighting through the vatican guards on the walls was an awesome little sequence too : dirge23
    • Haha, I didn't know that either about the fighting trainer. : stump
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  fuck looks like i should have skipped the 1st and went straight for the sequel. the original game is sti... : vassili_zaitsev
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    Same here. but people are saying we need to finish up the first in order to enjoy the story. I just can't... : wurt
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      I never played the first, but read details online. I've noticed a bit of throwback to the original, bu... : mwasher
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        The fight vs 12 Templars is an exercise in frustration. The combat in AC1 was actually challenging so mor... : jackrabbit
        • Really? The combat in both games is a little weak, though the first is incredibly weak. In the first ... : R4di4ti0n.
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  nice. Finished it but skipped collecting all gyphs and feathers. I got kinda confused at the end though w : Skoal^Fyfan
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    i can't believe there will be an AC without substantial historical stuff, that's the backbone of the seri... : dirge23
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      It was retarded at the VERY END Where you're Desmond escapnig the base, but you have the hidden blade and : Skoal^Fyfan
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        they have batons because they're trying to capture you alive, makes perfect sense : dirge23
        • Yeah. He even uses the blunt weapon moves. : ArcKnight
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          Kneecaps aren't a vital organ. Shoot them. : walker270
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            I know this is a joke post but we've been through this many, many times >:( : ArcKnight
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              I'd pretty much be the best video game or movie villain ever. None of this "we can't hurt the guy!" shit : walker270
              • deliberately breaking somebody's back without killing them seems like a nontrivial task : dirge23
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                It's not 'we can't hurt him' it's 'kneecapping a moving target is based more on luck than skill'. : ArcKnight
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                  yeah, you're gonna be really close to the femoral artery and game over : dirge23
                  • Not just that but the knee is a very very small target and is in constant motion when someone is moving. : uglysad
          • tasers would be a more appropriate choice, they really should have brought some : dirge23
  • The glyphs are pretty crucial to the experience imo. : mwasher
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    They'll reveal that Sam Fisher is actually Desmond's father! : daneloire
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      How disturbing would it be to live through his father's memories and bang his mother D: : ArcKnight
      • That would be... awkward. : daneloire
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    Here's the video put together (HUGE FUCKING SPOILERS) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNdigxXTV0Q All o... : Bamtan
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      Oh god I want to click this, I have 12 videos so far :[ Help me stay strong :[ : ghost in my shell
      • save it. it's better and makes more sense after you've done the glyph puzzles, which tell a lot of the ba... : dirge23
      • I have 2, I feel your pain. : ra1n
      • I have 15 of the glyph videos and it still doesn't make any sense to me yet... only just finished my fir... : mwasher
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  i wanna take inventory on the women ezio banged since this might actually be relevant to the plot of futu : dirge23
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    I didn't know about 4., but you know he banged the shit out of Rosa (the thief chick) but I think it didn : ArcKnight
    • Rosa is the mother. : massdev
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  So how many people would call this the best sequel ever? I mean the sequel with the greatest overall impr... : OverloadUT
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    I might be willing to agree. Uncharted 2 was an amazing sequel to a game that was already pretty great... : Vincent Grayson
    • Yea I wasn't even going to get it until I found out I could get almost $40 on a trade in of Borderlands a... : mwasher
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    I would argue Devil May Cry 2 -> Devil May Cry 3 but everyone hates those games (wrongly, I might add... : sevogajre
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      DMC2 -> DMC3 goes from one of the worst games in the genre, to arguably one of the best. I... don't re... : walker270
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        Yeah, it kind of blows my mind, especially considering it was largely the same team that developed the tw... : sevogajre
        • They thought they were focusing on awesome in DC2, but in fact they were focusing on suck, well they deci... : one random winner
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    I'd say it's the biggest improvement in a game series ever, yes. : Bamtan
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      i am thinking about the huge leap from GTA2 to GTA3, but GTA1 and 2 were pretty good in their own way : dirge23
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        Yeah, the game was certainly a big change and very good, but it's not like the previous games were bad at... : OverloadUT
        • And the GTA2->3 shift was also major more because of the huge change in technology than it was about impr... : Vincent Grayson
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    I think it went from niche appeal to mass appeal. Clearly a good thing for the publisher and the masses. ... : jackrabbit
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      AC1 was intended for a mass audience and had huge sales numbers, iirc : dirge23
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        I'm not so much talking about intent as reception. I think you'll find from comments above, many people d... : jackrabbit
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          I think the assassinations can be as complex as you want them to be, but I am interested in trying out AC... : mwasher
          • You'll claw your eyes out from boredom, I think. You're pretty limited in combat options and weapon op... : xsoulbrothax
      • They are saying AC2 sold 1.6 million in its first week which I think is quite awesome considering the com... : mwasher
    • The combat in AC1 was terrible and boring. It was only as hard as holding down the right trigger is on yo... : R4di4ti0n.
  • Xenosaga II (garbage) -> Xenosaga III (awesome). : omnova
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    SMB2 ->SMB3 : one random winner
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      Smb2 was awesome! : OverloadUT
      • SMB2 was awesome, but SMB3 was way super awesome. : one random winner
  • I fully agree. I can't stop thinking about the game. Last game that did this to me was Fallout 3 last yea... : at0micgarden
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    Hitman, dude. The first one was balls. The subsequent ones all learned from the mistakes. : MC Kingsley
    • I loved the first Hitman. Steep learning curve, perhaps, but it was a brilliant turn in the stealth genre... : Goblin au
  • Wow, I saw this quote on the front page and just assumed you were talking about Left 4 Dead 2. : hypn0t1c
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    What's so funny is that people where so badly burned by the first one, even when early adopters where pra... : massdev
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      There wasn't really any shackhype at all for this game originally. It's slowly picking up steam as peopl... : mwasher
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        I define shackhype as anyone on shack praising any product. With Ass Creed 2 there was so little that any... : massdev
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          The definition of "shackhype" sure has evolved over the years... Initially "ShackHype" was used to des... : walker270
          • I was merely commenting on what I believe it to be right now. Whether it has a value, or is trustworthy i... : massdev
        • No, it was more that those of us that were 'early adopters' as you called them enjoyed the fuck out of th... : ArcKnight
  • Diablo 3 is the best sequel ever... in 2011! FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU : yAak
  • AC1 was far from bad, or even mediocre. The addition of the ability to viably fight using the hidden b... : Cliffzorz
  • Ok, this is getting a bit ridiculous. AC2 is not that different from AC1. There's several minor improveme... : Magus
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  You fuckers are tempting me to buy this for 360 instead of PC. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    I quite enjoy the huge vistas and crawling around all over the place while relaxed on my couch watching l... : mwasher
    • Agreed, while I am generally a huge PC-gaming proponent, this game is absolutely a perfect fit for consol... : daneloire
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      Although after my roommate pointed out the nasty pop-in for some effects of like shadows, it's now someth... : ghost in my shell
      • haha I just noticed that shadow thing for the first time 18 hours after starting to play. I think it's a... : mwasher
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    I'm still waiting to find out if the PC version has enhancements like last time. I want to play the game ... : nudel
    • It'll be interesting to see what happens on that front. : Liquid
• I'm on the 2nd part of Venice... Incredible game. : etherboy
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  I really think the design is somewhat a groundbreaking accomplishment, I mean this is the first sandbox t... : thebigbeefsandwich
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    That is a huge accomplishment compared to the first game. : sevogajre
    • The first game had amazing technology and art, and a fairly novel (if strange) plot. The gameplay was un... : Arcanum
  • This game is better than GTA4 IMO. ive got some 16 hours into SP and I still love every second. Still doe... : retarded talking dinosaur
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  Do i have to play Ass-ass-ins Creed 1 to be able to get into this? : Drewus
  • this man's opinions on AC2 I can't wait to hear. : mwasher
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    lolololoololo You play it on a GAYSTATION. : SFtheWolf
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      More like on the SUCKBOX : Rotten Deadite
      • THREE SHITTY : Rotten Deadite
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    Can someone please answer the question? I'm interested in AC2 but am not interested in playing the first. : David Craddock
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      Play the first. If you're a broken person you'll rush the storyline by doing the least amount of side mis... : Cliffzorz
      • Cliffzorz you are awesome, have I ever told you that? Because I am. Right now. : ArcKnight
    • No, you don't need to. You'll be confused at the beginning, but it's nothing a quick journey to Wikipedia... : Vincent Grayson
    • No video game story is so good that you need to play the first in the series, just read wikipedia and sav... : Magus
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  is there any info about AC2 DLC yet? i saw a quote saying that the exclusive content from the various ret... : dirge23
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    the gamestop content was just a little templar lair to go through that had a bit of money. nothing reall... : mwasher
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      i am guessing that southern part of Florence which never unlocks might be for DLC : dirge23
      • yea there are 2 landmark buildings there that have to be for some use! : mwasher
  • I got the Australian Black Edition, which came with 3 side missions. Haven't played them yet. But in term... : Goblin au
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  so, what did they get right this time around? so many complaints about the 1st one, this surprises me : dignan
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    pretty much everything is good about this game. maybe nothing stands out as being exceptional, but the w... : mwasher
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      is it not as tedious as the first? : dignan
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        Ezio is a more charismatic main character than Altair which helps enormously : dirge23
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          I liked Altair :( : ArcKnight
          • so did i, but he was so serious. ezio is more fun. : dirge23
      • never played the first, but i have put about 18 hours into this one since last thursday and plan on playi... : mwasher
• GOTY for me too : retarded talking dinosaur
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  i'm so fucking happy AC2 is good. The first one had shitloads of potential. COME OUT FOR PC ALREADY FU... : GloriousCow
  • GOD DAMNIT MORE OPEN WORLD ASSASSINATION ACTION FFFFFFFUUUUUUUU : MercFox1
• I've been playing a lot since it came out. Such an incredible game. I'm in sequence 9, and I've done ever... : mmt681
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  yeah i am really enjoying it, i just made it to Venice and i am totally loaded. almost fully upgraded my... : grendel
  • I like how you leave Florence and you're thinking things are pretty fun, and the game basically goes ok, : Arcanum
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  How do you manage to get the double blade kill to happen consistently? My dude keeps picking one of the g... : brickmatt
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    I've noticed they have to be pretty close together - like the guards guarding the little rooms where you : ArcKnight
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      i've only been able to do it if performing an assassination with 'X' or as the first attack after walking... : mwasher
      • Yeah, it doesn't normally work in combat unless they're preoccupied fighting someone else and you're righ... : ArcKnight
• Waiting for the PC version. Want to put this 5870 to good use. : IndigoAK

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• that's it. i'm going to call you Mrs. Dash from now on. : kbnerd
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  Why is this considered a bad thing? : baron calamity
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    Cutscenes were never part of DX, really. There were realtime conversations, but that was the standard con... : senseimoron
    • I may be off base, but it doesn't say that they are writing the cinematics, just creating them. They coul... : MarkovChain
  • giant eyes and seizure inducing flashing lights ..dude giant eyes : cptstern
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  That is actually the first thing about Deus Ex 3 that has made me curious to see it. I mean I will fully ... : tomservo
  • I mean I will fully expect the typical Japanoanimeandrogynous look, Why? They're creating the cutscen... : ArcKnight
• "... aditionally, in the cutscenes, all the characters are inexplicably transformed to rail thin 13 year ... : Dynotaku
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  Yeah, because if there's one thing that Squeenix really fucks up on, it's their cinematics. What? : Deathlove
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    Seeing Paul try to cheer up JC by shouting laughter over a handrail will be delightful. : Snuffles-
    • Hahahahahaha : tomservo
    • Your post needs more lols because that is fucking on. : one random winner
  • I don't know. It doesn't jive really well stylistically with the first game at all... the second though? ... : tomservo
  • He's probably worried that Squeenix would make the game look similar to Final Fantasy which wouldn't sit ... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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    some people don't like 10 minutes of anime cutscenes in their games, especially a game like Deus Ex which... : derelict515
    • This. Cutscenes totally break the flow of the game and basically eliminate the player's freedom of choic... : hussdelrio
• cinematics? :( : cpt_gloval
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  Yeah I'm a bit concerned. I know they can do good cutscenes, but the fact that they're doing cutscenes ki... : PointlesS76
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    And the endings and intro, right? The PC did them in-engine, but the PS2 version had prerendered intro an... : Conan
    • perhaps it suggests the game is not as open as people would like? : ass-street
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      Cutscenes for the intro and endings worked for me. There were also a 5 second cutscene whenever you enter... : PointlesS76
      • Yeah, in-engine stuff are much less intrusive for me to the over all experience compared to rendered cuts... : tomservo
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        The jarring change in visual fidelity is largely a thing of the past when done right, though. Yes, back w... : Conan
        • Yeah, rendered cutscenes these days seem more rare, and remind me of the days when computer games discove... : tomservo
  • ^^^^ This. : senseimoron
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    Yeah, hopefully the cutscenes are limited to the beginning and ending like in the first game. I'm pretty ... : tomservo
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      the reason was he works for cheap : mikecyb
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        I know :( I just got kind of excited because then I thought maybe there was some sort of Walton Sim... : tomservo
        • On second thought, it's probably for the best that they didn't bring a W. Simons clone into the IW mix, b : tomservo
  • Not only did the action take place in front of you, but often how you played was the direct cause of the ... : Orange Pylon
  • "carefully contructed cutscene" Did we play the same game? : melt_core
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  For all you haters, just skip the cutscenes if they really bother you that much. Also, I doubt they will... : matrixneo42
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    I don't think anyone is hatin' we're more just speculating and being wary through gritted teeth and soft ... : tomservo
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      For what its worth, I read some reports from the recent Eidos Montreal open house and people seemed prett... : Conan
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        I'm pretty curious. This next year will probably be somewhat revealing maybe? So far it seems like they h... : tomservo
        • Looks like big reveal at E3'10, aiming for a Sept. '10 release from what was suggested at the open house. : Conan
  • People play these games for the narratives. They don't want to skip the story. That's why they don't want... : derelict515
  • So sayeth matrixneo42, and so it shall be. : pyrogen
• shit : filtersweep
• preordere CANCELLEEEEDDDDD : scener
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  Is this the same game that was going to have the weird pseudo-Victorian clothing? : Arcanum
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    Think you may be right sire. : Creepin_Jeezus
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      That and this announcement combined...really doesn't make me happy. : Arcanum
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        I dunno... depends on how well designed it is... If it isn't too gaudishly slapped around your face, and ... : Creepin_Jeezus
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          From what I remember of the concept art, it wasn't subtle. : Arcanum
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            http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc159/eternaltreasure/reinassance.jpg OK, subtle may not be the wor... : Creepin_Jeezus
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              See, I look at that, and combine it with Square-Enix doing the cinematics, and start suspecting that whoe... : Arcanum
              • final fantasy fps might not be that bad.... : DeBurgo
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          DX wasn't inspired by Matrix though. : Marrbe
          • No it wasn't, but the leather jackets and the indoor sunglasses are a similar vein. : Creepin_Jeezus
  • Oh jesus I forgot about that : tomservo
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  How do cutscenes and customizable character mesh? I'd better be able to choose my albino complexion : MamiyaOtaru
  • Hell yes. Albino forever. : tomservo
• And? I don't understand why anyone would be naive enough to think Deus Ex 3 will be anything but pure gar... : avatar_58
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  wtf guys?! the cinematic guys from square enix are amongst the best on the planet, so how can this be a : JohnnyDanger
  • Maybe people that played the original prefer in-game cinematics. : pyrogen
  • The fact that there ARE cinematics probably scares a lot of Deus Ex fans. The original didn't have length... : Orange Pylon
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    Yeah I'm reading the thread and wondering what the deal is here. Square does put out other games besides ... : ghost in my shell
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      You guys aren't actually reading what people are saying, are you? : Arcanum
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        Yeah, I did, and look what the original Edge article says, "Though the level of cinematic sequences in De... :