Evening Reading: Synergy

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  the armed - these are lights || trashy dillinger worshiping hardcore w/ some jazzy clarinet http://www.th... : rick
  • dep has never been my thing. : feek
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  The Antlers - Hospice || Conceptually amazing dreamy, ethereal with pop overtones. www.myspace.com/thean... : tometome
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    i like the first two, but i dont know if i'd ever choose to listen to it if you know what i mean. : feek
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      You have bad taste in music? Sure, I know what you mean. : Drewus
      • haha i said i liked it!!! : feek
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      no I don't. I love both albums. Why wouldn't you listen to them if you like them? : tometome
      • because there's other stuff i'd rather listen to. i dont know, maybe i'll get them sometime. : feek
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  I'm stuck in bumfuck louisiana and so my nonsensical descriptor creativity is dead. However, I can past : hatelull
  • Where in Louisiana are you? : freshyk
• Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest and The Antlers - Hospice are easily my top 2 albums of the year : Drewus
• The Root of All Evil - Arch Enemy By far my favourite album of the year, I've been listening to it pre... : Mr. Goodwrench
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  that looks like the most retarded indie list I have ever seen, without the links I would have thought the... : gmd
  • You tell em gmd, you tell em. : NastyJack
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    Honestly these threads always strike me as "name the most obscure bands possible". : Evil Benius
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      hahah some motherfucker ALWAYS says this yet I'm sure there are tons of people here who have heard of the... : NastyJack
      • I never said they suck. : Evil Benius
    • This is pretty much it. : Drewus
    • the only thing really obscure might be red pens. maybe cult ritual, but that lp sells for 100+ dollars on... : feek
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    which was your favorite, gmd? : feek
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      Unfiltered goldfish semen - Holocaust Pizza Oven Porcupine Tree - The Incident : gmd
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        Who's Porcupine Tree? : Drewus
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          One of the most obscure bands possible. : NastyJack
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            fucking retarded indie shit : DrWaffles
            • What a big bunch of homo's : Drewus
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    You should go rev your corvette some more. : whodares
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      Oh man burnnn : gmd
      • No I mean it's good music. : whodares
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  Definitely the Super Furry Animals - Dark Days / Light Years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntAMPyaCc... : NastyJack
  • this shit is weird : feek
  • I really wish they'd named their album after this track :( : NastyJack
  • Honorable mention has to go to Edan - Echo Party http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDbBL9IFpCg The alb... : NastyJack
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    I love the sound but I don't enjoy the vocalist at all. : Whistler77
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      That's too bad. He's got a weird inflexion when speaking English because he's Welsh. I like his voice tho... : NastyJack
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        I listened to a few of their other songs, and I don't mind him as much in them. Unfortunately I didn't f... : Whistler77
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          These are some my favs of theirs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHzbYEiibx0 http://www.youtube.com/w... : NastyJack
          • Those are all good songs. A lot better than the ones I listened to earlier. I think they were from the ... : Whistler77
          • They have 9 albums and consequently have their fair share of bad songs. Alot more good than bad though! : NastyJack
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  stardeath and white dwarfs - the birth summer cats - songs for tuesdays dinosaur jr - farm the s... : nutop
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    Wait a goddam second. I've never heard of this Boat band and goddamit that means I'm going to become indi... : NastyJack
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      i really loved "lets drag our feet". havent heard this new one! magic marker records is one of my favorit... : feek
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        same. they put out quality releases. the dear nora compilation is pretty fantastic, too. plus, the guy... : nutop
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          listen to plastic mastery - in the fall of unearthly angels. i can say it's one of my favorite records ev... : feek
          • already have it and it is quite fantastic! : nutop
• Andrew Bird - Noble Beast Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career I'm terrible at these kinds of lists but... : shotgun1
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  Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix : coldfusioncs
  • This probably gets my vote as well. : Whistler77
  • No question in my mind. : deject
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  August Burns Red-Constellations saw them on Sun with Underoath and they both rocked the house especial... : eforce98
  • ABR is great, I usually see them atleast once a year since they do so many shows back at chameleon in lan... : DonarUDL
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    i fucking hate underoath : feek
    • I can easily understand why but their instrumentalists work too well together for me not to like em : eforce98
  • you beat me to the punch. : BaronVonSnakPak
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  I really liked the new Lights album "The Listening". It's a really solid album. If it weren't for the r... : electroly
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    this could easily be a guilty pleasure : feek
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      It is such a good album. It's delightful without being too saccharine, you know? It doesn't give me cav... : electroly
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        i dont know dude, if that's not too saccharine i cant imagine what else you listen to. i mean. i guess it... : feek
        • ask him who his favorite singer is : fishbone
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          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mz0Z7yx_4s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY04KNJZeFQ http://www.youtub... : electroly
          • these are all excellent tracks btw but they didn't come out in 2009 : electroly
  • My favorite is Lions. I love all of her acoustic covers on youtube, they enforce the reality that even t... : R@zzle
  • I gave this a listen, thought it was pretty cool. It's been twenty minutes and I CANNOT GET IT OUT OF MY ... : Orange Pylon
• I really liked the Wodensthrone album. http://www.myspace.com/wodensthrone They are good metal. : tomservo
• Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue Puscifer - C Is For (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Refere... : NastyNorman
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  Also Girl - Album http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuoTjYYqe4c ^Lust For Life http://www.youtube.co... : tometome
  • oh yeah. i like the first track on that album a lot. : feek
  • spoiler : tometome
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  i'll admit, i didn't get into a lot of 2009 releases, but i will say i have been playing the hell out of ... : anthonybean
  • i saw them live a few times when they were just starting out...they've definitely progressed from basic f... : CecilPhilpot
• Clark - Totems Flare ...everything good about his back catalog wrapped in one album : CecilPhilpot
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  Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion was by far my favorite release this past year, but these w... : pandastrong
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    Bottom 3 are awesome. I'm not familiar with any of the others not counting AC. I'm listening to MPP right... : tometome
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      I have not, but I'll definitely look into them! : pandastrong
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        one of the best songs of the year, bibio - fire ant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2JWq5GL0Us : mXENO
        • mXeno knows what's up. : tometome
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  coldplay - clocks : FrayLo
  • oh i forgot about that one. so good brah. : tometome
  • Not from this year dude : Whistler77
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  porcupine tree the incident : valael
  • I love "Time Flies"' : jcrockerman
  • I've gotta go with this. Porcupine Tree always manages to come up with some astoundingly good music. : Orange Pylon
• Katatonia - Night is the New Day : ninjase
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  Fuck this indie no-name shit. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3. : airrob
  • Yea I think its funny. If only 3 people from the arctic circle play icicle chimes some idiot would buy i... : erebus
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  Mons - Self Titled : Juno
  • wow,I realize this is actually the only album from this year I have bought, so yeah our buddy vantage ge... : Juno
• I'll tell you a secret, let's make this perfectly clear: Swoon by Silversun Pickups. : Wikus Van De Merwe
• Octahedron by The Mars Volta. Copernicus is probably my favorite song of the year. http://www.youtube.... : ArcKnight
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  I generally dislike indie rock soo, I'm prepared to be yelled at for my choices: Kid Cudi - Man on the... : Amnesty_intl2
  • me too : feek
• 3 inches of blood - Here Waits Thy Doom Tyr - By the Light of the Northern Star Suidakra - Crogacht Ni... : CyCo_PL
• Immerse in Infinity by Lost Soul. It's a metal album that totally came out of nowhere for me and just ble... : Gojirah
• Hope Sandoval's Through The Devil Softly : kramweil
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  Kingdom of Rust - Doves, is fan-fucking-tastic! : steve_o
  • True that. : NastyJack
• isis - wavering radiant devildriver - pray for villians devin townsend project - ki devin townsend pr... : synaptic revolt

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  use the App Store in iTunes : prime8
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    that's difficult to do with the Droid. : cltcprd
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      it's easy if he gets an iPhone : prime8
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        why would he want to downgrade? : cltcprd
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          you mean upgrade. To the future. : prime8
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            upgrade and at&t dont go together : kelerian
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              they do if you are canceling service : massdev
              • thats true! : kelerian
          • i can clearly see that you need a brain upgrade : hanged_man
  • There's an app for that. : daVinci1980
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  Do they have a top or best of list or anything? : hirosushima
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    Most of the "top apps" are for things like Twitter and Facebook that I won't use :( : Flying h4x0r
    • your phone is useless. : j0nchan
• Someone posted a 'best of' Droid apps a few days ago, but I can't remember the link! : phate81
• There's a Top 10 list for that. : Whistler77
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  Well if you want to root it I have all the files and instructions heh ;-) : hashd
  • i'll root it eventually :D : Flying h4x0r
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  youjizz.com works great on the droid. : wurt
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    pornhub as well! : hashd
    • Finally, something I would get a Droid for! : Phreakin
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21642349#itemanchor_21642349 : Draugluin
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  What is the best Droid forum? Something like xda-developers? : Flying h4x0r
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    http://androidforums.com/ XDA is for developers and not for regular android users. As for the news,... : hanged_man
    • XDA-developers is mostly for HTC, so they don't have a dedicated Droid forum, but they do have a good amo... : Flying h4x0r
  • http://www.sholes.info/ http://www.droidforums.net/forum/ http://alldroid.org/ : hashd
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  Who's leg do I have to hump to get a fucking slingbox app? :( : virus
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    i want a VLC app :( : Flying h4x0r
    • "Video Player" in the app market is pretty decent. : virus
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  Speedtest.net is available for it! : haiku
  • Where's my engrish tshirt design, cap'n shillypants? : Dave-A
  • they actually had it loaded on a couple of phones at the Verizon store I visited yesterday. I thought of... : DonkeyPopsicle
  • i tried it when i got the phone at first but the app insisted i was in kansas :D : xsoulbrothax
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  http://www.stonedonkey.com/ShackDroid/latest/ has the only app you'll ever need. Here's a direct li... : deveus1
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    I am having issues with that app it seems whenever I upload a photo and choose to create a new post it fa... : hashd
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      Its a bug, it works if u do a new post then click upload. : stonedonkey
      • Ahh ok cool. : hashd
  • This is the shackdroid app. : DM7
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  I went to the Verizon store during lunch to test Exchange functionality but I couldn't get it to sync. I ... : armybob
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    I have set up Exchange on Android at least 25 times. It works every single time. : virus
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      There is something up with our Exchange server, I don't think it's the phone. : armybob
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        Hmm...shackmessage me your googletalk or gmail username and we can chat about what you need to do to set ... : virus
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          I'd appreciate that! I'm on both gtalk/gmail during work it's talphier at gmail dot com : armybob
          • SM'd you also. Thanks man! : armybob
  • other then that though, I really liked it as a whole. I don't care about the slide out keyboard but the o... : armybob
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    exchange support is an extra $20/month : Flying h4x0r
    • how would that work with downloadable apps though. Touchdown wouldn't be tied to any Verizon activation r... : armybob
    • Nah. I don't pay the extra and have no problems. : kbaxter
    • this does not seem to be the case. Business line data packages are $15 more, but both business and home ... : DonkeyPopsicle
    • Not for the Eris, unless verizon royally fucked something up. : dravalen
    • this would be intolerably stupid - like RIM's business model. : gokart.
    • this isn't true btw : Draugluin
    • that's not true on tmobile or sprint i know for a fact. : slickdoody
    • for verizon to give you access to their own hosted Exchange server is $20/mo. exchange support is nati... : xsoulbrothax
  • My base android mytouch 3g from t-mobile had an exchange app, it works great. : NexusOne
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  A pretty decent list: http://gizmodo.com/5423054/essential-android-apps/ : PointlesS76
  • thanks i grabbed a bunch of these : lacker
• dildroid eot. : packav
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  Where online can one purchase an unlocked Droid? For Canada : whippy
  • Might be able to order from the Motorola store. http://www.store.motorola.com/mot/en/US/adirect/motorola : Whistler77
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  I went to go check one out and the Verizon sales rep started talking down using voice/data at the same ti... : jingletard
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    Oh, and grats on the phone. I don't mean to shit on your thread, I just wondered if this actually bother... : jingletard
    • I could see this being an issue if you are using a bluetooth headset or speaker phone on a regular basis ... : wurt
    • i specifically haven't. i guess it's odd if i spent an hour on a cellphone call, which is pretty rare - t... : xsoulbrothax
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    yea, I like being able to talk on the phone and look at google maps' traffic while driving : epit
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      While your other hand plays DS? : DarkWolf5
      • no, that would be dangerous. I'm holding a cheeseburger in the other hand : epit
  • I have never been in a situation where I HAD to talk on the phone AND browse the web. This limitation wil... : hashd
  • Honestly, I've wished for this feature maybe two times ever. It's a nice to have, but hardly a dealbreake... : boomstickah
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  download Dolphin Browser and use that. The default browser is slow and sucks compared to dolphin : epit
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    that's not even possible, Dolphin uses the default browser to render the pages, it just adds stuff on top... : nudder
    • yeah, dolphin sucks.. not sure why it gets any love beyond proving that your phone can do multi-touch whe... : dextius

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• Good god : gmd
• Hahaha : Evil Benius
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  The resolution isn't very good! : quadeh
  • yes it is! : DapperDan
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    That is the best part after fucking zooming in on an eye : gmd
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      and the angle changed too, so its obviously a 3d camera amirite?! : vitek r
      • perspective correction in photoshop! : imperator
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  http://fukung.net/v/20779/7e31e5d67ca87f292cbb1d71aff297fc.jpg : Nixx2004
  • lol : lord_omega
  • Hehe, awesome. : code-e255
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  I wonder if someone had to code them a GUI in Visual Basic to do that. : SpaecKow
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    I always feel for the poor donkey that must have to code all those nonsensical graphs and fake OSes that ... : reelbk
    • He probably makes a 100 grand a year, and the only real function of his program is that it has to respond... : skitzo
    • I don't know if they actually program stuff. It would be a lot more flexible to composite in the motion g... : jipey
    • I dunno, so long as I'm not writing it in VB, it could actually be fun. : steauengeglase
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rGTXHvPCQ : tometome
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    This is the worst thing ever : guido anchovy
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      No, the worst is the one (cant recall if it's CSI or another show) where they have to play a video game a... : riptyde
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        that is NCIS I believe : gmd
        • They've played MMORPGs on there before, but not to unlock something IIRC. They once tracked a terrorist t... : K1Bond007
      • Seriously? God I'm glad I don't watch these shows. : guido anchovy
      • Wasnt that Life? : awaypaster
      • That was Life. : NFXFSX
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbqshTREcpA : hirosushima
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9fY47md_Ww : Arsenal
    • bwhahahha!! "Luckily I speak L33T"... 'That's hawt" : Cubictoast
  • oh. my. god... : bad_fish
  • this is amazing : gmd
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    Can we get a screenshot? My lord. : deskill
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      it's the pause that kills me. between her "*phew* got the screenshot" & her speaking l33t. : goatjc
      • The best part was they made it seem like the chatroom, and consequently the log, was just going to vanish... : deskill
  • aaaaaaaahahahahaha : thekidd
  • They can't be tracked! There's no log! Ahhh! And I can't stop laughing. : DHAvatar
  • Oh for fucks sake! : thetangent
  • fucking amatures : ghost hacker
  • And to talk about videogames and share porn. : soggybagel
  • Hahahaha. Luckily I speak leet! : Aragoat
  • I kept thinking that due to lag she timed her print screen hit poorly and didn't get the screen shot. ... : Cubictoast
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    imagine, some writer collected a paycheck for that. : anthonybean
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      infuriating. : skinlab133
      • I'm betting the writer did that just to piss off the nerds who would notice. : fsck
  • hahah the boat analogy : Reeves
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    Quick someone take a screenshot of the shack : skelom
    • In all fairness, there really isn't any other way to check what people posted in the past 90% of the time... : SockMonkeh
• Hahaha that's amazing. : Whistler77
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  You know what the worst part is? People believe they can do that crap and that the shows are like real li... : Pacalon
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    Can you send that to my screen? : Delithio
    • /sends live satellite feed to your PDA. : stump
  • Related to this - these shows make a lot of people unnecessarily afraid of real life technology too - the... : TabsAZ
• I think I've watched 2 episodes of CSI and I mean any of it's incarnations. Can't stand the show. From sh... : Fred Garvin
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  It's funny how far from the truth CSI: NY is. This guy worked there for 15 years and still didn't know h... : neokolonial
  • He was probably too busy bathing in the mood lighting and flat panel displays. : Fred Garvin
• "Looks like a guy in a t-shirt". : mnsnota
• my face hurts from laughing so hard. : BaronVonSnakPak
• Ahahaha, for fucks sake, who the hell thinks this is even remotely realistic!? o_O : thetangent
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  Related and I think it's a repost: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUFkb0d1kbU : guido anchovy
  • This takes enhance far beyond CSI. : DHAvatar
  • nice : lord_omega
  • Those episodes were in part a tribute to Blade Runner so that scene is directly referencing (and making f... : nudel
  • ahaha this show is great : MrBig0
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk : jojomcbobo
  • very mild battlestar spoilers :'( : MrBig0
• hahahaha : NFXFSX
• Hahaha awesome : bolneze
• jeez : anthonybean
• What the bullshit is this fuck : Rag and Bone Man
• This is so sad. : ashkie
• WOW. : skelom
• I hate knowing that this kind of stuff is impossible. I wish I could be as ignorant as the people who bel... : dpgagnon
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R94jWItg95w : SockMonkeh

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• Link's Awakening was my favorite. The dungeons were plentiful and challenging. : herradura99
• A Link to the Past, now and forever. It is one of the three games to get me into gaming. : Bean
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  It's all about Link to the Past in every possible way. Zelda 1 is a time-honored classic. 2 is most assur : RevRaven
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    Ocarina was LttP in 3D and more epic. : David Craddock
    • LTTP > Ocarina : irrerno
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  A Link to the Past is mankinds greatest achievement. : EricZBA
  • Yes! one of the only games I come back to again and again! : shakybonez31
  • This is my favorite Zelda by far. : irrerno
  • Yep, not even a contest. It's the best game I've ever played. : GodZilly
  • If anyone ever makes a co-op mod for the rom, you'll let me know, right? : Fooldozer
• Hope that the next Zelda for wii comes out next year... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Majora's Mask. The world felt alive and I loved the more ominous tone. : David Craddock
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  Majora's Mask. I have no idea why but I really got into that game. I usually hate grinding but getting ... : Moonbase Commander
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    Actually, I do know why. I actually wanted to learn more about the story. Few games have made me want t... : Moonbase Commander
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      Yeah, definitely. Good ominous story with lots of sidequest meat. Unfortunately, there are 52 fucking ... : Jumperus
      • Really? I can say with complete honesty that I got them all and it wasn't a chore. Also, I mentioned ... : Moonbase Commander
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  Honestly, Link to the Past has been soundly beaten by Ocarina, Majora's, and Twilight for me. At the time... : Jumperus
  • Get Link's Awakening DX (the Gameboy Color update) if you want to (re-)play it as it adds a couple of thi... : nudel
• I don't know to be honest. I could say Link to the Past, Ocarina or Wind Waker and be satisfied with each... : K1Bond007
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  You can disable those controls you know. I didn't find out until after I'd beaten the game though :( : Malku
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    Wait, what? I remember poking around and never found anything where you could use a button to swing the s... : Jumperus
    • Maybe I'm wrong then. I remember it also allowing you to use a button to swing. : Malku
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  That reminds me I need to finish OoT. I got all old and lost and started to lose interest. But I must fin... : Cliffzorz
  • A dude who played and never finished OoT. I have seen it all D: : Malku
• 2D - LTTP 3D -Wind Waker, even with the Triforce hunt towards the end : Serpico74
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  A Link To The Past, simply because I think none of the 3D Zeldas ever came close to the perfection of tha... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    What was so perfect about it? Some of the boss fights were fun, but most of the rest of it felt kind of..... : Jumperus
    • For its time it had the perfect blend of graphics, music, puzzles, level design, exploration (hidden shit... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Right amount of puzzle and fighting, without hand holding or ever needing to fight the camera. OoT was a... : bld
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        Damn right about not aging well. Majora's Mask looks like shit on my 40". Makes me wish I had a cable wit... : Jumperus
        • 16-bit era games I can still play with out the OMG THIS IS UGLY thing, but 32-64 (and some PS2/Xbox1/Drea... : bld
    • The overworld was really quite amazing for the time the first game I ever played that had a real feeling ... : johnlocks
• As a huge Zelda fan and nerd who owns 3 Zelda shirts, I'd have to say A Link to the Past is my fav. Secon... : happynoodle
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  My favorite changes often. Right now, I'm going with Wind Waker. i think there's a lot of hate for the ... : mrblarg
  • i'm with you on this. i had a lot of fun simply sailing around, having those fishy fuckers draw on my ma... : Korban
• Ocarina of Time was fucking amazing, and I honestly doubt it'll be surpassed by a future Zelda game. : thetangent

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• At this point, I would say the greatest changes in our physical forms are likely to come from non-biologi... : Vincent Grayson
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  Stagnation is what I'm guessing. When there is no survival of the fittest, what is there? Currently, it's... : DeejayKnight
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    It's not survival of the most financially well off. Evolution cares nothing for money, all it cares about... : uncleanmonkey
    • The human mutation / evolution race is increasing massively right now. : LoioshDwaggie
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  From my observations, I believe the human race, sadly, is degenerating to fat globs of shit. : mofo
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    Jersey Shore disagrees : MamiyaOtaru
    • Everyone should evolve massive abs. : askedrelic
  • Refer to Wall-E : yautja
• Natural selection will always happen (something like 1/30 people carry the cystic fibrosis gene in the u.... : Ovate
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  There are still a lot of evolutionary forces at work, just a bit less death. Evolution isn't just dri... : jcupitt
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    The circumcised? You weird dick dudes are digging deep to defend your delusions. : Modica Sol Solis
    • ^^ has little sensation in his penif and is therefore uninterested in sex : jcupitt
    • I think you'll find that your recent financial woes are directly linked to your lack of this crucial anat... : uncleanmonkey
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  There was a story on the BBC a while back where some guy predicts that we will split into two species. Du... : theghostofsmdever
  • If you've ever taken a flight between Scotland and Stockholm the stark contrast would make you think we'r... : uncleanmonkey
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    Morlocks and Eloi? : Old_Fart
    • Exactly what i was thinking. : erebus
  • Ah yes, the Walmartian and Starbuckian theory. : gooblerampling
• http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0134.html?printable=1 : spectr3
• Biology is cool and all, but our 'evolution' in the last 100 years is a testament to our own ability to s... : ryuuseki
• Survival of the fittest is already removed from "developed" cultures. Survival of the economy may be the... : bld
• C.H.U.D.S. : drucifer
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  We're fucked. Fact. The way the world government systems work is we will choose greed & growth above and... : yautja
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    That will never happen. I don't think I would even want it too. Humans have gotten this far because of dr... : erebus
    • wont happen. the universe will only stretch and destroy the next planet we goto. The universe is young. ... : yautja
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    That sounds like a shitty, stagnant existence to me. : Arcanum
    • in your perspective, yes. But visit a country like vietnam and see how happy they are living on next to n... : yautja
    • Continual expansion isn't sustainable, at some time we have to stop. : NexusOne
  • You should read Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. : gooblerampling
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    • actually communes in scandinavia and the northwest u.s. have been working in green shelters making speci... : akirabob
  • we're supposed to outgrow our environment until it's unsustainable. to say otherwise would be to imply th... : aldraek
• We'll probably just keep going until some mega-virus wipes us all out since we keep the weakest people al... : mrwolf710
• Compare the population of the 1st world to the population of the 3rd world. We are insanely outnumbered.... : legsbrogan
• well, likely our noses will become less and less prominent and eventually we may evolve a new set of cone... : akirabob

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  Did you see it in IMAX? : ventro
  • oh hell yeah. The sound was incredible too. All I can think about now is how much I wish Peter Jackson h... : GloriousCow
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  Any headaches from the glasses? I've never seen a modern 3d movie. : pigvomit
  • No, no headache. After a little bit, you are just IN the movie. It is not awkward at all. : bombay
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    the trick seems to be not to fight the focus. The eye wants to flit around and look at things in the scen... : GloriousCow
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      I didn't notice tough focus at all, though I just sat back and went HOLY SHIT. : bombay
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        the 3d trailers before the movie felt really jarring. There was a trailer for some CG animated dragon mo... : GloriousCow
        • For real, I agree. This is the first time, someone has set out and exploited (hehe) the medium and made s... : bombay
• Yes, Yes and tripple Yes. : bombay
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  Would you still suggest seeing it in a regular theater if 3D glasses / movies don't work because of a bum... : pyide
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    Yes, I saw it in the Real3d or whatever that is regular theater and was holy shit wtf wow awesome. : bombay
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      Err. I guess I wasn't clear. Is it worth seeing in 2D? Any sort of 3D imagery with stereoscopic glasses /... : pyide
      • I'd see it big screen anyway. Just for the awesome sound system and size. I am sorry tho, you are missing... : bombay
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        Unfortunately you'll have to or you'll see a blurry mess. : Yanks
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          It looks perfectly fine if you close one eye. It might be a little silly but you could definitely check t... : GloriousCow
          • Yeah, for sure. It is polarized, so without one seeing it just 2d. I do feel bad for someone not able to ... : bombay
      • I'm wondering this too. Some footage I've seen on TV looks to be in "converted from 3D" format. Fuzzy and... : at0micgarden
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    Absolutely, 3D aside it is still a kickass Cameron action flick. The man has lost none of his talent for ... : GloriousCow
    • Cool thanks. : pyide
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    See it in one of these screens if possible, better than Real3D: http://www.xpandcinema.com/ List isn't... : Serpico74
    • Oh interesting, the ghosting in 3D is particularly jarring for me for some reason. It's a bit distracting... : nomaad
• Just got home from checking this one out in 3D. Unequivocally agreed. See this in 3D or you're missing... : DeejayKnight
• Can't wait. : Nixx2004
• Yeah, if this doesn't sell 3D (on a good screen, at least), nothing will. At Drafthouse village it was si... : Conan
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  oh i nearly forgot. There is definitely bloobage. : GloriousCow
  • bloobage : Serpico74
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    oh man, i had so much trouble not looking at their tits for the whole movie : MrBig0
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      * i don't mean i did not look, i meant that i looked virtually every time there was exposed breast, even : MrBig0
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        lol, i kept thinking i'm must search for nip for the shack! : GloriousCow
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          i was thinking throughout most of the movie how disappointing it is that I will never see those things fu... : MrBig0
          • also, if I were worthington, I'd have taken my supercock for a spin nearly instantly : MrBig0
  • bloobs : cerealSAM2
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  I agree with everything that was said here. The movie was absolutely stunning. I loved the movie as a mov... : MrBig0
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    I should mention that I had absolutely sky-high expectations going into the movie, due to hype and the go... : MrBig0
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      James Cameron and NO Laughable or lame scenes? I'll believe that when I see it. (This Saturday) : themaestro2657
      • He did it in the 80s. Cross fingers. : Serpico74
      • Yup, didn't hear one snicker from anyone in the theatre. Obviously, there were intentionally funny scenes... : MrBig0
• Fuck fuck fuck fuck... The most beautiful thing I have ever seen on the big screen. Go see in imax3D.. Pl... : lodit
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  Just got back too. To reiterate what GloriousCow said: FUCKING SEE IT IN 3D. Holy shit this is one ... : Ormsbee
  • Yep, they are coming in, the shack reviews. The movie is amazing. There's nothing like it. I was shocked ... : bombay
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  Is the 3D blurry? I remember going to an IMAX theater (an actual IMAX theater, mind you) to see Superman ... : freakynipples69
  • it was amazingly crisp. There are some shots of things very far off in the distance and its amazing how ... : GloriousCow
  • I saw some 3D IMAX stuff a few years ago and it wasn't blurry at all. (The Titanic documentary thing that... : nudel
  • The only time I experienced that the glasses were broken. Plus Superman is a few years ago, probably not ... : Maarten Goldstein

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  Regular posters may have noticed that this year I haven't quite posted as much as past years. This is mai... : TastyWheat
  • Life is really cool, isn't it? : Juno
  • Wow, i'm glad you're feeling better Tasty. Sounds like you did the right thing for sure. Even though we'r... : GloriousCow
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    Best of luck to ya, man. You seemed pretty cool at Quakecon; I'm sure you'll do fine. : Conan
    • gratuitous TastyWheat at QuakeCon pics repost: http://the_archvile.shackspace.com/qcon09/d3_IMG_0668.j... : the archvile
  • glad you're feeling better, and in the end that's all that matters. : moshman
  • This needs a +INF. : Galadriel07
  • Good luck. : Nixx2004
  • Good for you tasty! I had no idea that you Hated your job so much. I hope you find happiness out of the f... : tinfoilhatter
  • smoke weed every day. : Rigg5
  • wow, good luck to you dude. I think you'll be alright. : mikecyb
  • Best of luck dude! : ZeroSignal
  • A friend of mine is interviewing at Sony here in the UK on Monday. If he gets the job hopefully I'll buy ... : marmite
  • Well done, man. And good luck with Sony. I hope they give lots of discount swag. : Whistler77
  • Congrats, dude! That's good to hear. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I'm glad that you're better, Tasty. Best of luck to you. : Nitrium
  • Congratulations and good luck finding your new mission. : [7]kami
  • If you're happier you did the right thing, welcome back :) : jbury
  • Fuck yeah TastyWheat is back motherfuckas!! : Malku
  • Damn dude, good on you. From all I've seen, it looks like a thankless shit of a job. Good for you. : OwenButler
  • It takes a lot of balls to walk away from a career you've made a commitment to and that guarantees you st... : peanut-
  • Congrats! : prime8
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    good for you dude. I could never handle the stress of being a cop and have nothing but respect for those... : beastrabban
    • I'm a Sony guy! PSTRIPLES YO! : TastyWheat
  • Awesome. Best of luck, TW. : ThomW
  • I'm glad you seem happier dude, you're one dingum bloke! : ejectorpod
  • Congrats; this is pretty much why my sister turned away from wanting to join the police. The stuff you h... : the archvile
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    Congrats dude! Who did you sex up at QuakeCon though : nomaad
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      Mace : Old_Fart
      • It all makes sense now. : erebus
  • Quakecon saves lives, people!!!! I'm really happy for you. Glad you were able to make it through. Th... : mrwolf710
  • wow.....glad you made it. : Jinxplayer
  • Good thing too, your aim is terrible. : askedrelic
  • Man, much respect for giving policing a go. Best of luck in Sony land. : five_percent
  • this is the best post because it explains why you were so terrible at the shooting game at Qcon <3 <3 : Deathlove
  • Glad to hear that you came out well on the other side! : trOmblyj
  • when i nod its really loud because my neck cracks a lot : aeg1x
  • Congrats and thanks for sharing this with us. I know I sometimes forget what those in the service give u... : DscytheX
  • Good luck man. Glad you came out of that un-shot. That's a scary profession. : Phil
  • right on man. well done and it's good to hear you analyze your situation and make a change!! : Downforce
  • I had a similar (non police) experience at Cisco. I hated that job, I hated myself working there, I hate... : Thornfist
• They will buy you back with the last of the v8's : theghostofsmdever
• I hope things work out for you. Glad to hear that you feel better already. I've known a few police and fi... : Old_Fart
• Good on you. Sometimes depression is adaptive - your body/mind telling you you need a change. : Ovate
• Do what you need to do. Life's too short to stay in a situation that's making you unhappy. good luck! : smax
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  For what's it worth, thanks for doing what you did and being someone able to save people's lives. Peop... : Derringer
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    I was doing security at a 3 day music festival (I got to hang out with Twisted Sister after the show in... : Derringer
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      Yeah, been in similar situations. I saw it all the time and we were always the first ones to get called i... : TastyWheat
      • I'm sorry that dumb people caused you a lot of trouble :/ : Derringer
• I used to love reading about ex-NYC Police officer Rich's police experiences on his "Gone Gold" gaming we... : Ender.Wiggin
• It is a thankless job and people are cunts. : erebus
• anything you need, just give me a yell. : radula
• Good for you. It isn't ever easy stepping away from something you know so well. It seemslike things are g... : Chod
• I just got done reading the book " Circle of Six" about a month ago. I mean jesus! I knew corruption wa... : Ulfie

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  I thought it was boring as hell, but the magic draw system thingy was a neat attempt to mix things up a b... : roushimsx
  • You may not like the combat, but I think it actually has one of the stronger storylines in the FF series. : TShandy
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    I don't have nearly the same tolerance for stupid japanese RPG plots as I did when I was 18, and this one... : geedeck
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      FF8 has no grinding, monsters scale to your level - the game is actually harder at higher level : veras
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        I might be remembering wrong on the second part but I'm pretty sure the first part is true! : veras
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          It's not so much "harder" at higher level as it is harder if you let Squall's level outpace everyone else... : Vincent Grayson
          • yeah, Encounter-None rules - that game has a lot of hilarious combat abuses though, like using Aura spell... : veras
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        Let me clarify, you have to grind the spell draws and the summon guys. Admittedly, I have very little... : geedeck
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          if you refine things into spells using whatever summony dude has that abil you don't have to grind spells... : veras
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            The formula for FF8 is; Get to Galbadia>>>>>find Adamantoise on the beach>>>>>>draw max Curagas>>>>>>D... : Mr. Goodwrench
            • well fine jesus apparently you smartey men have it all figured out! ...uh I don't like random battles... : geedeck
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    It also has one of the more hated main heros: Squall. : SolrFlare
    • Yeah he's a giant asshole, also the gunsword is one of the stupidest weapons ever (not as dumb as the gun... : Mr.SEX
  • The magic draw system was easily the worst thing about the game. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I liked FFVIII a lot, it has flaws (a fair number of them!) but they did some extremely interesting stuff... : veras
• I loved FFVIII : pigvomit
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  Holy fuck yes it is. IMO, 7>8>9>6>all others. Point is, 8 is absolutely immense and defintely worth... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    You're so broken putting anything but 7 above 6 (even then it's a stretch IMO) : etherboy
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      9 is as good as 7. : Marrbe
      • Nope. : CyCo_PL
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    You can tell what generation this guy is from. : Nighteyes
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      Or continent he might be from. I haven't seen a FF game released here before FF7 (other than on the Gameb... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        OH except for FF Mystic Quest that was a POS. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          do I respond to this? is this a trap? Anyway, I don't know if it hit advertisements like ff7 did, but... : JuffoWup
          • MBD lives in Amsterdam. : ArcKnight
          • FF 6/3 and FF 4/2 are awesome. Grew up on those games. : bld
• It was good enough for me to play through and finish the japanese version even if i could not read japane... : fsck
• 8 was the worst of the ps1 series. : j0nchan
• I liked it a lot. The draw system gave you so much variation in how you could set up your characters. : riptyde
• It's stupid and shitty : Mr.SEX
• 8 is the worst of the entire lot. : kallanta
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  FF8 has the best music in the series. I even had the soundtrack lol. : TwiLyght
  • This is true. : WhatIsThisFor
  • I still have the soundtrack :D : Juno
• Not my favorite but awesome ending : Mondo
• No it's one of the worst FF games combat-wise and story-wise but it has nice FMV that you can just watch ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I'm personally a big FF8 fan. pros: Great graphics, some of the best music in the series, good support... : Juno
• It was okay but it has one of the best goddamn intro FMVs ever. : Modica Sol Solis
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  Guys guys guys..... let's just all agree that Final Fantasy is awesome and anyone who dislikes these game... : Orange Pylon
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    Sounds about right. There's a lot of things about a lot of JRPGs that suck, but aside from the SMT series... : Vincent Grayson
    • I'll take the Star Ocean games over the Final Fantasy games any day of the week. : roushimsx
• Save yourself the time and play another game. : mobab
• VIII is terrible. : Daggoth
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  here is what you can look forward to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=138Tqvwas2g : X-GOUKI
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    haha yeah the summons were a bit over the top. and sooooo long. I don't know who thought forcing the play... : Perturbation
    • That's another great thing about 9. You could skip the summons! : roushimsx
• how much is it $10 like ff7? I might get it later on, I have been looking for a physical copy, but ... : X-GOUKI
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  I never played it, but man, does it feel like everybody says "terrible until you 'get it'". I hate playin... : Deathlove
  • Any game that requires a FAQ to enjoy can bite me :( : roushimsx

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  Are you serious? Like what? IGI! : Lightzout
  • Yeah, but the server is pretty unstable. People started getting tons of items, but we couldnt equip them.... : awaypaster
  • phat lewt : gyokuro
• I was, but I keep getting d/c'ed from every server... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• lmao yeah, got the boots and didn't see 'em... they were with FOUR other items hahaha : Downforce
• all of these items are fucking awesome : Downforce
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  Is the sword a drop? I've gotten all 3 demo milestones and haven't gotten the sword. : guido anchovy
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    I got the sword. : Maddog_Delphi97
    • :( I have the new sticky launcher and the Chargin' Targe, but no sword. : guido anchovy
  • What are milestones and how do you get them? : Reeves
• I LOVE the new rocket launcher for the soldier.. The equalizer is pretty awesome too, not being healed w... : dextius
• I can't get my game to stay connected to steam... can I still get drops and achievements like this? : zombie man
• Yeah, there are CRAZY drops in TF2 tonight. I already have all the stuff I wanted, and I barely played fo... : TaintedSyringe
• AHAHAHAHAHAHA! TwAck! : IcomeINpeace
• The Eyelander is by far the most awesome melee weapon in the game, holy shit its awesome chopping heads o... : Jackass1233
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  I joined a server just before, and saw a guy get every drop at once, So-and-so has found x So-and-so h... : Cliffzorz
  • It's broken : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• it crashed out : redfive
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  robin said they were dropping items 60x as fast as they intended, and they "just fixed it" : J4NUS
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    I hauled in the boots, horn, targe, pick axe, and a bunch of other class items : snuff
    • got all but the bugle for the soldier and i got all the demo items. and i love them all. : theWhite
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    i got em all, but i feel bad using the direct hit. i'm avoiding it until they rebalance it. : RikiTiki2
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      The new unlocks are all overpowered and a fucking mess. It's a shitstorm right now. And I can't wait for ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        the demoman's stuff seems fine to me : RikiTiki2
        • The sword and shield are nothing but novelty items. They do nothing for the team dynamic. At least the Sa... : Godhatesfatpeople
• Shit yes, got about 3 dozen drops in 2 hours or so. Sometimes 3 drops for one death. : re-verse
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  I didnt get any drops. : ant_hillbilly
  • I was on a server that was dropping like mad. I didn't get anything but Yamato received seven or eight Bl... : Merconium
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  awwww how did i miss this... D: : bluewagon
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    I'm with you buddy. Started playing right when they fixed it :(. : Malku
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      me, too, and then you shot me in the head >:( : Juno
      • Your whole team had it coming >:(! And your fucking sniper buddy killed me right before I broke my Heads... : Malku
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    You're not missing much. I expect a nerf tomorrow and for the next week a few more patches. This update w... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      Which ones are imba? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      • Sword, shield, pick axe. The Pick Axe the most because theres no real drawback to it other than getting h... : Godhatesfatpeople
• fixed :( : Nitrium
• I got the sword as a drop but that's it :( also I got soldier milestone 1 and it didn't unlock a weapo... : mikecyb

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  Oh shit, I should restart my steam then : Maddog_Delphi97
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    well, shit... servers are too busy now. : Maddog_Delphi97
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      I've been at 1% for 5 minutes now lol : ant_hillbilly
      • I got to 10%, and now it's back to "Download starting..." : YamatoTwinkie
      • I changed my content server to Iceland and it got much faster, just FYI : awaypaster
• Yes!!! : ant_hillbilly
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  Updates! Team Fortress 2 New Content Added new control point map Gorge Added new capture th... : ant_hillbilly
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    SOLIDER GETS IT! : Jiven
    • fanTASTIC!!!! : yacoub35
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    The scout sandman change is interesting. : ant_hillbilly
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      HAHAHAHAHA how many changes do they need until they get the fucking picture and take that thing back to ... : Fayk
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        I, for one, prefer the fleeing animation to the bonk. Much more gratifying. : On the Brane
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          Yeah being able to run away is better than what it was before. : ant_hillbilly
          • I'm not saying it's ineffective (haven't tried it) I just have never been very pleased at all with the sc... : Fayk
          • I wonder if this includes the min distance as well, even for the half second of disorientation rather tha... : On the Brane
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      a bit less effective for the scout but possibly more hilarious : mikecyb
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        which is win, as far as I'm concerned. : On the Brane
        • yeah I love the hell out of the sandman but I use it almost entirely for the griefing factor, so a dude b... : mikecyb
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  Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam ... : TroZ
  • YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAomgomgogmog : Downforce
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    damage text is awesome, i love knowing how much damage i did : Chandler55
    • holy shit, didnt see that one. combat text is fucking awesome. Big numbers is what kept me playing wow fo... : theWhite
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    what the hell is a fleeing state? is it like the ghost on that holloween map? : mista mista
    • I assume how you act after you lose a round and run to hide. : ant_hillbilly
• Begin pumping! FOOMF-F-F-FOOMFOOMFOOM : yacoub35
• HOLY SHIT. NEW MAPS......YES. Some good old fashioned classic TF style maps, and not a bunch of new gamem... : Wisp!
• rocketjump boots! : haccess
• yay TF2 tonight! : mwasher
• Guess this means it's time to go home : Cheeziologist
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  crafting minithread!!! lots of "crafting failed, no matching blueprint" so far. so far no dice with: ... : Downforce
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    does it use your items when you craft and it fails? : DrFlammable
    • negative : Downforce
  • ez new blueprint: 3 of the same melee weapon = 1 scrap metal : Downforce
  • I just hope to be able to craft my cheaters lament into something hilarious : On the Brane
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    I got 'scrap metal' from a Natasha, a Sandvich, and a KGB : TroZ
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      some on the TF2 forums are saying 3 scraps make a reclaimed metal, 3 reclaimeds make a random hat : RikiTiki2
      • yes - those are listed in the 'known blueprints' on the crafting screen : TroZ
      • 3 reclaimeds made a refined metal here? And i'm guessing 3 refineds = new weapon when combined with a slo... : marku5
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    made these so far: scrap metal slot token: melee slot token: secondary slot token: primary : Downforce
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      4 class weapons allegedly make a class token, so a class token and a slot token make whatever go there : RikiTiki2
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        does this thing protect you from crafting your first copy of each item so you don't lose them? : yacoub35
        • No :( : awaypaster
      • maybe on that last part. a class token and 4 reclaimeds make that specific class's hat : RikiTiki2
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        negative on this - made a heavy class token, no combination with a primary token. I'll add some scrap ... : Downforce
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          oh well fuck that was a waste - that made a NATASCHA. new blueprint of fail. DO NOT USE : Downforce
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            so a class token + scrap metal makes a class primary weapon? : RikiTiki2
            • yep - class token + slot token + 1 scrap metal makes the "alternate" weapon I guess. So I made the nat... : Downforce
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        I have 6 known blueprints...do you guys not see these? : .frame
        • i haven't even loaded the game yet : RikiTiki2
      • I made a Pyro class token out of four flare guns. can't seem to combine it with other things so far. : SolveChrist
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      and 4 of the same slot make a slot token : RikiTiki2
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        I just changed my content server to Iceland and its much faster. Just FYI. : awaypaster
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          Fuck, iphone misreply : awaypaster
          • this subthread is a spy! : On the Brane
  • rebuild headgear: 2 hats --> hat : RikiTiki2
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    I don't get this crafting stuff. I had a sniper token so I went to the crafting screen and it automatical... : eldiablo01
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      make items and hats : RikiTiki2
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        I didn't get anything, and someone was on the server who found an exploit and just kept getting all the s... : eldiablo01
        • crafting is kind of buggy still, you'll get your stuff eventually, you may have to join a server first. I... : mysled
        • that's lag, and it doesn't go in your pack : Downforce
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          i've been reading, and it seems the crafting / item servers are being overwhelmed at the moment : RikiTiki2
          • yeah I got milestone 1, for the pick, and I kept re-getting it every 30 seconds or so lol : Downforce
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  FUUUUUCK NO WORK IS GOING TO GET DONE : DrWaffles
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    JUUUUUUUUMP BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTS : DrWaffles
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      I need the shack codes for these fancy fonts/sizes please k thx : ErneX
      • you, and a lot of other people. : On the Brane
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        http://rock_elf.shackspace.com/tags/index.html : Dschinghis Khan
        • just don't overdo it and get a nice thing taken away. : yacoub35
      • www.shackwiki.com : OverloadUT
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      July 17th, 2009 : http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20443317#itemanchor_20443317 :D :D :D :D :D: D : mwasher
      • you're a prophet : Dschinghis Khan
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        I will consult you if I ever buy a lottery ticket. : DrWaffles
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          I will consult him if I ever feel the need to wash men : sikander
          • you will be sadly disappointed :( : mwasher
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        Huh, I forgot I'd called the AP rockets in that same thread: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20444012... : AxeMan808
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          where's our royalties? : mwasher
          • Note: Pretty much any time we reveal a new weapon, somebody on the forums claims they thought of it first : mwasher
    • sweet : SolveChrist
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  damn you slow internet, getting my second drink : On the Brane
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    third drink, definitely playing soldier tonight. : On the Brane
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      4th. this is why it sucks to steal internet. : On the Brane
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        huzzah it is finished! (Yes, I'm just posting this to attempt to qualify for the fucking Civ4 year long g... : On the Brane
        • No shame in the game. : Jinxplayer
• 86%! come on.... : Unleashed
• Update...must...go...faster... : surley_monkey
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  Are there any shack servers updated yet? : TroZ
  • No :( : DrWaffles
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    I just reinstalled, which profile has the server info again? or can I get an SM? : dearjamie
    • Rydogg1 and Hirez hosts TF2 server. Although it's mostly been Rydogg1 lately. And his server hasn't bee... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • No, I wish there was... :( Network: IP 192.168.1.100, mode MP, dedicated No, ports 27015 SV / 27005 ... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    We need a shack server updated, pronto! : paulatreus
    • a bunch of shackers on with nowhere to go :[ : gnomish
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    I'm in the process of building a shack chicago server. Expect it up in about... 5 minutes. : re-verse
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      almost there! : re-verse
      • update? : ant_hillbilly
  • shack chicago is back to life. 75.102.17.203:27225 same dutch password as the servers generally had... : re-verse
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  Getting 350k/s on the Iceland & Greenland server. : Nitrium
  • This worked for me also, getting much better speeds. : ant_hillbilly
  • This works great, thanks : Whistler77
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    How do you connect to the Greenland server? : thecatinthehat
    • Settings - Downloads IIRC : Nitrium
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    China is good too 350 steady : IcomeINpeace
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      too bad you can only join RED afterwards : awaypaster
      • hahahaha : Nitrium
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  I heard that if you restart your computer it gives you all of the new unlocks. Go ahead and try it everyo... : Bob_Loblaw
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    That worked... Its not downloading! : Bob_Loblaw
    • er... "it's" and "now" : Bob_Loblaw
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  the size of this update blows my fucking mind considering how little I paid and how long ago it was I bou... : mwasher
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    companies spend millions of dollars to establish brand loyalty. It's just rare that they do so by provid... : On the Brane
    • only $10 right now! : mwasher
    • yeha. that's always impressed me about games like Diablo 2, as well. : mindmann
• Update download Protip - if you are getting slow speeds try changing your location for downloads. I went... : IcomeINpeace
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  So it is rocket-jump boots? Sounds right, since this would have been appropriate for either soldier or d... : PenicillinX57
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    the actual item would have depended on which class won. : yacoub35
    • naw, i bet its the same regardless. Or the other item will be available via crafting very soon. : DogDharma
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  Ok, why aren't any of the shack servers updated? Fuck this bullshit, get on the ball! Shackwest was up fo... : Dschinghis Khan
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    Cause I just got off a fucking plane. Give me an hour. : RyDogg1
    • no talking, more updating! : jonin
  • :( : StolenNosferatu
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  Anyone else having a problem connecting to Steam from the character loadout screen? : Mmmmmoo
  • yeah it's getting fucking HAMMERED. : Downforce
• holy balls I can't wait fo rthe ENGY UPDATE NOW :D:D:D:D:D : Downforce
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  So i attempted to merge 3 flare guns.. Said It failed due to crafting servers being unavailable, but it t... : Reeves
  • yeah, mysled had the same thing but it gave her the stuff later once it connected. : Drakoniac
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  So what did the soldier get? : dodob
  • Boots that reduce rocket jump damage, but you lose your shotgun. : DrWaffles
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  holy fuckin LOL the pick taunt is a suicide grenade ahahahahahah : Downforce
  • yeah. I spend every round start suiciding at the gates. It's way better than the shovel too. You run r... : cfalcon
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  martini in hand, game updated, need server stat! : mwasher
  • yay, 2 minutes in and i get a scout hat! : mwasher
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  What do you know, everyone is playing demos and soldiers. I'll try playing again in a month : snuff
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    why would that be? how do the unlocks work now? not random anymore? : mwasher
    • man i have 0 soldier achievements but i want that new rocket launcher and boots arghhhh : mwasher
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      Its stupid right now, you can't walk out of spawn without getting hit with splash damage from everywhere.... : snuff
      • some of these sound like a pain in the ass :( : mwasher
  • After a update, its always best to be pyro, because they are all flammable : Jinxplayer