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• awesome : eeeealmo
• nailed it. Also laughing at the imagery used for his interface 101: "the less clicks the better" : Masem
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  Phew. Glad I didn't buy that game. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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    I got like 30 hours of it and had a good deal of fun playing. Bugs aside, I found it to be a decent game ... : askedrelic
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      It is a fun game. It's more fun if you can play on-line with people. The zombie DLC was well worth a play... : mancide
      • You don't get XP for kills in The Underdome. Just FYI. : deject
    • I had fun playing co-op. haven't touched it since being mentally abused by that ending, though : wurt
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      I own a gifted copy and haven't started it yet; I'm waiting for some vacation time. Doesn't seem like a ... : dognose
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        gotta play it with at least one friend to really see it shine : silent prophet
        • Pretty much everyone here owns a Steam copy, shouldn't be too hard to find someone : dognose
  • It's completely awesome if you have friends to play with. The fact that somebody can point out a bunch o... : DinK
  • It's probably the most fun I've had playing an FPS in 2 years : riptyde
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    It was really fun for a bit, but it could have been SO MUCH BETTER. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Unfortunately, the "fun bit" was between the 5th and 8th hour. Bell curve style. : Ebu
  • Your loss : SlingBlaze
  • It's fun for a while if you have a friend to play with. Otherwise avoid it. : atom519
  • It's a good game but sooner or later someone is going to make a great one with the same ideas. : flooq
• lol : Godhatesfatpeople
• That'll be fun to watch. Borderlands is one of those games that I completely loved but can see all the i... : DinK
• I really wish he'd review the latest silent hill. I'm really curious what he'd think of it. : Conan
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  still waiting for it to dip down to a more respectable $20-$30. really microsoft needs to take a hint fro... : cptstern
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    How much control does Valve/Steam have over that though? That Saw game has been $50 since release and I ... : dognose
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      dognose, someday it will drop in price. :[ : CrustaR
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        Are there alerts you can set up somehow? The day it hits $20 is the day I buy it, but somehow I don't se... : dognose
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          I am certain a website called www.shacknews.com will provide you will adequate updates on their front pag... : CrustaR
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            http://vggb.org/onsale/sale.xml : datoo
            • Good lord! : CrustaR
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              Wow this is a really cool link thank you!!! This is like that streamingsoon thing for Netflix. : dognose
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                link? : skilesare
                • http://streamingsoon.com/ : dognose
            • This is a very nice steam rss feed of exciting things and deals! : geedeck
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              Well this is dangerous. : zakazi
              • My thoughts exactly. : Veegeezee
              • Too dangerous... : limpossible
            • this is awesome : oHnOES
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              I'm going to conveniently forget that I ever saw this feed, lest I become very, very broke. : dumb.
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                I added it to my Outlook RSS Feed. :| : CrustaR
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                  its directly in a little box in my firefox window :O : oHnOES
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                    lucasarts premier pack 124.95 for 49.95 http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2532 luckily the link doesn... : oHnOES
                    • I'm actually fairly frugal about my purchases, so I would not have purchased that. :[ Something in the $... : CrustaR
            • xxxooo : loppsided
            • Bless you. : kelzmelzer
            • http://store.steampowered.com/feeds/news.xml : zebosausamite
            • omfg. awesome. : jimmy_legs
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            Normally yes but Saw? I am but one of probably three people who give a damn about this game. : dognose
            • mr nose, I was trying to pimp the front page. :[ : CrustaR
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      none of it is controlled by valve but they set the precedent with cheap prices during sales and other pub... : cptstern
      • its been on sale multiple times. i think 20? or 25 : Iwannaacura
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    yea, I buy game on steam that I never even downloaded just because they are cheap. Just in case I have a ... : mnok
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      Titan quest is awesome, I regret not buying it before. Some of the mods make the game fun/harder : Iwannaacura
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        Electroly and I are up to level 20 and are just part way through Egypt. People need to join us! : mwasher
        • paging moe6!! : CrustaR
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          I ended up beating it on normal, but then i got towards like almost end of EPIC and mobs told the vendor ... : Iwannaacura
          • tqdefiler is too much fun. i made this video of my Dream, Warfare, Earth, Storm, and Rogue hybrid (each ... : electroly
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            with these characters our rule seems to be no cheating other than allowing respec if needed. : mwasher
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              yeah tqdefiler kinda ruins it if you're actually playing the game and not just fucking around : electroly
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                just knowing it's available makes it kinda shitty since it kind of ruins the illusion of doing something ... : mwasher
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                  you should create a ridiculous tqdefiler character just to get it out of your system. it's fun to set th... : electroly
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                    I probably will. TQ is just missing that whole aspect of showing off your phat loots and awesome skills ... : mwasher
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                      i keep telling you to resubscribe to WoW but you don't listen to me : electroly
                      • nah. i quite enjoy playing lots of different games now :) : mwasher
            • oh i know its just the way the loot in this game works, is that that you can treally grind a boss for loo... : Iwannaacura
        • I would really like to play with people I know don't cheat. Is there like a permanent game name that you... : mnok
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  And here come the apologists.... : watcherxp
  • I LOVED IT! I don't think we need to rehash all the Borderlands discussions we've had so far to be hon... : deject
  • I apologize for having fun with a videogame. : Geoffrois
  • I apologize that I had a bunch of fun with it while you presumably did not. : DinK
  • I apologize for that time I touched your personal area. I was excited and couldn't contain myself. : dumb.
  • I apologize for all the predictable "I apologize" posts that have ensued and will continue to ensue : rosewood
  • Apologists for what? Liking a game that you didn't? : OverloadUT
  • I'm really sorry they didn't patch the multiplayer in the game to work properly until a week ago. : CyCo_PL
  • I apologize that you seem to take ZP's reviews seriously. : ArcKnight
  • I am sorry I haven't played this yet, got it for Christmas and haven't played a good SP game in a while : dognose
  • Sorry it was so awesome =( : the city
  • I loved the game, it was the best coop experience I had last year, and I played the fuck outta l4d2 as we... : klearlyunseen
  • I apologize for all these damned apologists. : StolenNosferatu
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  This is a game only worth anything if played with others. It would be unbearable by yourself. : locater16
  • I actually played through mostly solo (about 1 hour playing with two other people at the beginning of the... : TroZ
• I need to give the game another chance. I hated the movement and floaty jumping so I uninstalled it after... : freshyk
• Neko is one of the Worst Words : cfalcon
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  Dear obnoxious fanboys: FUCK YOU ♥♥♥, Yahtzee : Teiresias
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    No, Fuck You for not validating our game choices. -- Anonymous Fanboys : Thresher
    • No.... fuck... you for... making... me pause.... every three... *wheeze* or four... seconds... to catch u... : RomSteady
  • ^^^ WARNING: SPOILERS : r_Ed
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    I had fun with the game but he is 100% right about the game. : Crimsonbeak
    • and nearly every other game out there. you can reduce any game to a retarded level of simplicity to cut ... : the city

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• I like this to do list! : CrustaR
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  http://i45.tinypic.com/2vnqrsn.jpg : tomservo
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    Kids are fucking smart. Seriously. : MagicWishMonkey
    • Definitely. That list is how I try to make all of my Saturdays. : tomservo
  • Play with the ice pops and get a 241 in there : rosewood
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    http://www.flickr.com/photos/halen/514233197/sizes/l/in/photostream/ When my now 11 year old was in ki... : Halen
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      hahaha, what was he actually trying to say? :( : mikecyb
      • shirts--he had a stack of old t-shirts he wanted to sell at the end of the driveway : Halen
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  3. Learn to spell : thecatinthehat
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    Yeah, what a loser! : geneshifter
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      Education? What joke. GG Obama. : jcrockerman
      • He has the utmost respect and admiration for corpse-men. : LemonJoose
  • Seriously. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/image_swobkjyglrwnary16red.png : sonicstorm
  • One of the few times I endorse the misuse of the tag feature : rosewood
  • 4's "titty bang" had me lolling : mrvandelay
  • wow this is awesome. revenge is sweet. : geneshifter
  • wow.. probably should have let the beer fly : stonedonkey
  • Holy shit that is kind of amazing : famine101
  • lol, I like how one of her friends says it's HIS fault for having the beer. Well I guess then this list ... : CyCo_PL
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    Jesus Christ LOL @ "I ♥ facebook like you ♥ cock." : Phil
    • Yes, that was my favorite line also : Ebu
    • that got me too.. awesome stuff. : ghost hacker
  • oops! : action wombmate
  • Fucking excellent. =D : Lucien Irenicus
  • aaahahaha. : mlev
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    Is this real? Are there teenagers that seriously do all that shit? Inssaaaannneeee. : ColonBlow1
    • now they've filled your head with all these sexy ideas : MrBig0
  • ahahahaha that's amazing. : Scotty22
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  Mine is pretty close to that, except I don't eat breakfast and replace age of empires with wipeout : haiku
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    I bet you use a better typeface : Degenerate
    • Zapf Dingbats - It's like a SECRET CODE! : ChibiJosh
• Fookin'ell I hate ten year olds* *yes, very jealous : locater16
• That's actually my to-do list for today. : Cliffzorz
• I think he meant RISE OF NATIONS BITCH : Milleh
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  You've got a list of 10 year olds to-do, also?! : NexusOne
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    http://i48.tinypic.com/6zud7c.jpg : Godhatesfatpeople
    • HAHAHA that is awful :( : crummynz
    • lolol : Phil
    • omfg.. so lol and non lol at the same time more lol omg : beastrabban
    • oh jesus : Halen
    • lmao : mrvandelay
    • hooolly shit. LMAO : royalally
    • Hahaaa : bolneze
    • lol'd and wtf'd : dysfunctional
    • lol wow : grabbie
    • holy shit fucking brutal lol : eeeealmo
    • haha amazing! : Shadowdane
    • ohhhhhh shittttttttttttt : Downforce
    • hahahahahahah perfect : askedrelic
    • omfg. how? : mlev
    • Epic lol : Mr. Goodwrench
    • Awesome : Drewus
    • hahahahahaha awesome : mwasher
    • oooof, hahahaha : delataur
    • that's so fucked up....yet so funny!!!! : jcrockerman
    • omg! : pigvomit
    • Holy hell LMFAO Fucking excellent! : SymGeo
    • hahahahha : r_picmip 5
    • haha shit, so fucking horrible! : StolenNosferatu
    • Epic lolol : Scotty22
    • awesome : oHnOES
    • I suppose you forge checks on the side, eh? gj! : Borzoi
    • hahaha, holy fuck that's funny : MagicWishMonkey
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      oh shit! : two50six
      • I think this may have officially beat my Sparkly comment when it comes to Shacknews currency. Lolz : two50six
    • hahahahahaha : NFXFSX
    • wow : Serpico74
    • Jesus christ looool : Danny5225
    • Hahahahahaha. I feel bad about laughing at this. : Ormsbee
    • ohdear : synapse19
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      That's some pretty impressive handwriting imitation : OverloadUT
      • imitation... right... that's it : Home Nugget
    • daaaaammn : ]pm[chem
    • That is so wrong, but I laughed anyways. : breadsticks
    • Keepin' it classy I see. Also lol. : TheVietSpecial
    • hahahahaha : timaste
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      funny.. now that i know the story. i didn't know who Soul C was until a few days ago when he was sentence... : sikander
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        backstory? : d0pamine
        • tl;dr: BAD TOUCH! : deject
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      I don't get it. : alexpr
      • I was going to point you to the wiki: http://shackwiki.com/wiki/Soul_colossus but no one has edited it ye... : c0bra
      • me either, I feel like I'm missing out on something hilarious though.. : bluewagon
      • Soul_Colossus was a shacker who was just sentenced to prison for have sexual relations with a 14 year old... : giant boy detective
    • WOW : yosemiteclimber
    • 10 year olds, dude. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • hahaha : thekidd
    • zing! : jimmy_legs
    • It might have been an easy laugh, but god damn you nailed the execution : SiW.
    • this is brutally hilarious : prime8
    • This is epic dude. : bakanoodle
    • ouch... lol. : chilln
    • that is fucking impressive : Bamtan
    • so wrololong! : Goblin au
    • lololol : lightly inclined
    • haaaahahaha : riptyde
    • lololololololol : PapaBoo
• 3. ? 4. Profit : tunis5000
• Holy shit did they pick this up from one of my step-brothers? This is seriously all they do in a day. : TheVietSpecial

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  How do you not close your window before one of the biggest snow storms of the decade? : Arcanum
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    The way the box was hanging there I think the window broke/got stuck right before the storm. It is not do... : Evil Benius
    • He chose....poorly. : Arcanum
• It's 56 degrees here. Just saying. : Clasifyd
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  Holy shit they are so fucked : opengl128
  • can't they just go out there and scoop all the snow out before it melts? : mwasher
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  But hes got a nice piece of cardboard right there! : pimpium
  • Yeah, there would have been an additional handful or two of snow without it... a true lifesaver. God bles... : dumb.
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  this is the funniest thing I've seen today http://www.flickr.com/photos/evilbenius/4346221457/in/set-7215... : drucifer
  • Hah, that's actually kinda clever : opengl128
  • this reminds me I have to buy saran wrap : trOmblyj
  • Haha genius. : Rasnowl
  • Haha I think the guy with the broken window needed to steal that. : Evil Benius
  • Doesn't want snow touching his civic? : DJ Clipdat
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    i've always wondered why we don't do this. wouldn't it be like 100x easier to remove snow from your car ... : electroly
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      There's a truck in the lot here at work that usually has a small tarp over the windshield on snowy days. ... : DinK
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        i'm picturing me just yanking the tarp off of the car to remove the snow. obviously there is some part o... : electroly
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          Snow is heavy. You couldn't just lift it off easily without making a huge fucking mess, more than just wi... : ieGod
          • You beat me to the punch. : quartic0
          • i'm okay with a mess, because clearing the snow and ice off my car is already a messy pain in the ass. b... : electroly
          • It would also be pretty easy to scratch the car up, unless the underside of the tarp is made of snuggies. : sweat
        • Snow is really heavy and ice would just make one huge car-shaped ice mold. : quartic0
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      what do you with the snowy tarp after? : crust
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        i'd assume you'd chuck it in the trunk until you park again : electroly
        • No no, you must burn it. It can only be used once. : Drewus
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      I'm going to start doing that to my house and yard. I'll just drape it in plastic and wait for the snow ... : ThomW
      • I leave mine like that all year round! : c0bra
    • pretty sure that here it would just freeze the plastic to your car, making a mess and being even harder t... : NexusOne
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      I tried this once and the tarp got stuck to the car with no way to remove it : rosewood
      • Yeah I was going to say this is a good reason to ruin your car. : soggybagel
  • wow, that's crazy. : bakanoodle
  • We used to get sleet and ice every winter here. I would cover all my windows with trash bags. I could com... : prime8
  • I imagine that the light adhesive might not be ideal for paint? : krym3
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  I had something similar happen to me once. If you hold the unlock button down on my car keys its rolls t... : ant_hillbilly
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    LOL that had to suck. : kagath
    • Luckily it was so cold out that the snow was really light powder. The cleanup wasn't that bad. : ant_hillbilly
  • ouch, haha : bakanoodle
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    I don't understand why this would be a desirable feature. : Arcanum
    • Walking to the car on a hot summer day, get a head start on getting those windows rolled down so the car ... : rosewood
  • Weird, my car has that same feature, but the button is hard to press down accidentally, and it only works... : CrustaR
  • what the fuck is this feature : LordHellMaX
• the first week my dad had radiation things were so fucked up that I left his minivan door wide open one n... : beastrabban
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  mine got ignored for good reason so ill repost them here http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmdvt/sets/72157... : gmd
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    Do people not do anything at all when it's snowy out there? Or do they go sledding and running around as ... : c0bra
    • I have yet to see anywhere good in the area for sledding. =/ : Evil Benius
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      it is extremely windy out now and very unpleasant : gmd
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        Haha that is something else I noticed, people here have no idea how to dress for this weather. I had my h... : Evil Benius
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          You'll never make it past the first marker! : c0bra
          • Make sure you take along a hobo Tantaun. : Lexicon_Leidun
      • That's the best sledding weather! : c0bra
    • In Dupont Circle they had a massive snowball fight that was organized via Facebook. : Hiro
  • I like how the only clear area is the grating in the one shot. I think we should just have a lane of grat... : Evil Benius
  • dude. :( EC+ 2 for snow : n0v4
• How do you guys get snow and we get rain. WTF, we're screwed again. I'm moving south to get some snow. : plunkymeadows
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  i almost burnt my hands off getting into my car yesterday, fucking thing was so damn hot i could have coo... : CoRDS
  • Fucking Aussies. : Arcanum
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    Maybe you should have, CoRDS! : CrustaR
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      CrustaR why would you wish that on poor CoRDS? : beastrabban
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        he wants me to eat steak, he is a good man : CoRDS
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          or maybe he wanted you handless.. : beastrabban
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            How can he eat steak with no hands? : rosewood
            • PRECISELY! : beastrabban
• that is not a good time. : metalremains
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  It's going to be 32C (89F) here today. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! : Drewus
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    i already have the air con on. it gets really hot upstairs in this house. huge windows front and back and... : CoRDS
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      I don't want summer to go away :( : Drewus
      • i do. i fucking hate summer. : CoRDS
• If he gets it cleaned out/blowed out before it melts, it won't be too bad. But if that stuff starts mel... : GoodBoy
• it won't be that bad if he can get all the snow out before it melts : headbone

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  get it on 360 and play MP with me tonight punkface : dahanese
  • That's IT, you're going down dude. : warcrow
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  achievements man : oHnOES
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    What about them? : warcrow
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      they....are cool? : oHnOES
      • Oh. :( : warcrow
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        Appropriate use of question mark. The answer however is no. : stygian_whisper
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          ^^^ Gamerscore of 750 : Head Rush
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            *scrubbing furiously with steel wool* Un-achieve, un-achieve! : stygian_whisper
            • lol : Head Rush
      • You get achievements on the PC too. IT's GFWL. : OverloadUT
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  If I can't get SP to work in the next couple of days I'm gonna get it on 360 through Gamefly and play it ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Dont they usually post stuff by release day? : warcrow
    • Sometimes sooner sometimes 3-4 days out =/ : Sailor of Fortune
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    email me if you are having SP issues - i'll try and work them out with you (did i already say this to you... : dahanese
    • No, I just SM'd you my info, thanks again. : Sailor of Fortune
• Speaking of graphics comparisons, is there a way to get the MP game to look like the SP? The MP maps are... : IndigoAK
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  I heard both console versions are just crappy PC ports. Like in the menus, it describes the left stick as... : dfay
  • Lol I'm sure that made it through all the levels of QA and approvals for the consoles. : DinK
  • Oh my god......TO THE STREETS!!! >:( : warcrow
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    wait what? : dahanese
    • Dude he read it on an internet forum, OK? : taronish
  • I think this is the first post complaining about a game being "pc-ified" instead of "consolized". : taronish
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    I have played it on both systems and there is nothing of this sort going on. The controls on both system... : DrillBit
    • Unless you try to remap the keys on the PC version... But that is an Unreal engine thing more than a BS2 ... : DrillBit
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    I heard the moon is made of cheese. : CyCo_PL
    • But what about BBQ spareribs? : warcrow
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    My friend did QA on the game. He assures me that the PC version is a direct port of the 360 version, whic... : Drewus
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      Also up until October, the menu's still said "press A to continue" and you could only play with a control... : Drewus
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        do you know how long ago October was? do you know what 2K Australia did for the PC game? i love tes... : dahanese
        • I don't think he's trashing the devs, I think he's saying that Bioshock on 360 never had the "WASD" and t... : CyCo_PL
      • OCTOBER : felicia
  • OK, this has been ER'd so I'm guessing no one will ever see this, but: I was joking! I was really temp... : dfay
• I'd be surprised if that was the case, given that it's coming out on all three platforms and I assume the... : DinK
• the biggest difference between the ps3 and x360 bioshock 1 on launch day was that there was no ps3 versio... : CoRDS
• dunno but I'm playing on 360, and it looks and runs beautifully. : opengl128

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• I get to own part of the fucking shack. : mrvandelay
• "YOU CAN'T BAN ME, I'M A SHAREHOLDER!" : jasonepowell
• I have shares!! Ban this man! : boring gegtik
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  GameFly is currently practicing a "quiet period" and representatives could not comment on this report. ... : Iwannaacura
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_period : RomSteady
    • Related to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_generation : c0bra
  • It's a legal thing, IIRC. It pretty much means what it literally implies though. : geedeck
  • a quiet period is the opposite of LOUD NOISES : Deathlove
  • When it comes to the malware advertisements here, they have been in a quiet period for some time AM I RIT... : rosewood
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  how i buy website of cock? : MercFox1
  • Inquire about cost of glennbeck.com. : RomSteady
  • Nice, hahahaha. : LoioshDwaggie
• Can we get some sort of mutual fund going to be a massive shareholder? We'd be able to dump the advertisi... : ryuuseki
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  Get ready for Evening Reading Brought To You By Deathlove, Who Is Fucking Awesome. : Deathlove
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    TSDR. : DarkWolf5
    • YOU ARE FIRST AGAINST THE WALL WHEN MY ONESHARE ORDER CLEARS : Deathlove
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  WERE GONNA BE RICH!!!! : multisync
  • It gets your Chicks Checks! : kanix
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  do mercury subscribers get some shares? : Smitty
  • Absolutely. Just send $1,000 by wire to my bank account as a security for your shares. : LoioshDwaggie
• are they going to give some of that back to the developers whose money they have stolen by causing people : mwasher
• If they can fucking get rid of virus ad vendors I might consider it. : Scotty22
• I own one share of Planet kajiggers so I'm entitled to some answers. Question 1: Why does no one vi... : alphablu
• It's rather funny reading their Risks part - One big earthquake and we're DOOOOOOMMMMMMEEEEED. It's like ... : Jonathan
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  Go Steve! :) The Company acquired ShackNews for an aggregate purchase price of $3.1 million, including t : multisync
  • Well played, old bean. : Deathlove
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    I think Maarten got a cut? : Clay
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      Actually, turns out he "got cut", as in my gold-digging niece got cut from the will. : silent prophet
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        really? how so? : conandan
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          nah, I'm just joking. They were going to give him the money, but he only took 200 space bucks for gas, lu... : silent prophet
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            It's tolls, but other than that, well done. : RomSteady
            • Oh. That explains why it never quite made sense to me. :) : silent prophet
            • HELLLOOO BAAAABYY! check please! : Halen
  • jinx : mwasher
  • nice haul! : trOmblyj
  • niiice : mrvandelay
  • I didn't even get a Christmas card. Fuck you, Steve. : Phil
  • Haha, so when are you guys getting paid? :) : LoioshDwaggie
  • Now he can pay off his BMW : tomservo
  • Damn. If I had won the lottery I would have so bought the Shack. : DarkWolf5
  • GAWD, $3.1 million!! : CrustaR
  • You here that, we are worth 2.2 million dollars, I DEMAND MY SHARE : snowwolf
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    That is actually a surprisingly low amount considering the amount of traffic this place probably generate... : Yanks
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      Dude got millions of dollars for a website where he talked about making donuts with a foot long penis. : rosewood
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        hard to believe that it all started with a simple page at http://www.canweb.net/~smiles/ (still in my bo... : Halen
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          It says "loading.." umm.. how long should I wait for it? I have a feeling it won't load anything. : Maddog_Delphi97
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            You just asked the 3 million dollar question. :) : silent prophet
            • oh. :[ : Maddog_Delphi97
      • he wins, basically : FrayLo
    • says an increase in revenue of $0.2 million primarily due to acquisition of shacknews.com : mwasher
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    so each post increases the shack's value by about 13 cents. pay dividends by postcount! : ]pm[chem
    • Wow, so by that math Gamefly owes me $3,529.89... er $3,530.02 : trOmblyj
    • sounds good to me! : bakanoodle
  • HOLY SHIT : slickdoody
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    Wow, Gamefly got a fucking deal of a lifetime. : pancake humper
    • For serious. An established, well-known property for a total of 500k in cash and 2.1m in revenue sharing ... : Yanks
    • Really : timaste
  • bravo! : MatzL.E.
  • Fucking awesome! : orgcaptainnemo
  • That raises more questions for me than answers. : ra1n
  • goddamn son : JINKY
  • awesome steve and maarten, pure awesome. : moshman
  • So, mystery solved. 3.1 mil to then go onto making Borderlands and etc. Who the fuck wouldn't take that? ... : locater16
  • they should go public just to pay off steve. wtf 2014. : Downforce
  • wow...very impressive. : m0rfus
  • don't spend it all on one pair of jeans now. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  woah. the gibson got $3 million. : mwasher
  • Not all of it at once I would reckon. : Sailor of Fortune
• If I do, does that mean I can order Alice and Faylor around? : MorrisatCNN
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  I've worked on filing IPO's before at the printers and dear God is it a mess. But I got to eat all the fr... : Sailor of Fortune
  • I will glady be a "Limited Partner in a Fund"" : mwasher
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    the prospectus says deloitte. I would love to know who the public auditor would be. : Borzoi
    • Well, PwC audits something like 75% of all VC's in the US and growing. It's always them and all the VC's ... : Sailor of Fortune
• Can we have something next to our names that say how many shares we own? : mrvandelay
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  the hammer is gonna come down hard on latestchatty when gamefly goes public :( : slickdoody
  • why? : kainen1
  • yeah ok : trOmblyj
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    What evidence do you have? Because all my evidence says otherwise : geedeck
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      Well, it certainly opens up possibility of more, not less, control by the board. If they were to see thi... : ra1n
      • We need to get the Board to post in latestchatty.x : MercFox1
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      I'm just guessing of course. But public companies don't like their properties full of the kinds of things... : slickdoody
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        Everything that Gamefly has said to us both publicly and privately contradicts that perspective. While th... : geedeck
        • everything they've said publicly and privately kind of goes out the window when they become public : Halen
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          Don't the comments represent thousands upon thousands of ad views a day? I mean if I refresh the shack 20... : abrasion
          • Most ad services pay for clicks (or actions) and not impressions. : silent prophet
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            They're *terrible* ad views though. After seeing the ad 5321 times, you're highly unlikely to click throu... : geedeck
            • That sucks, doesn't brand recognition still work though - if I see the ad 10,000 times? That's pretty... : abrasion
            • I don't think I have clicked on a banner ad since 1996. Is that the only way they generate money? : SockMonkeh
  • GAMEFLY IS BUYING THE SHACK THE SHACK WILL NEVER BE THE SAME OH GOD WHERE WILL WE GO WHEN LATEST CHATTY G... : mwasher
  • shutdown like gizmodo! : multisync
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    Yours will be one of the first voices silenced. : Ajax
    • I just upgraded Gamefly to buy on that insider information : rosewood
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    Not if they keep showing infected Ads thats for sure. : YerMothah
    • Maybe an anti-virus or a mal-ware company will invest in the Shack and keep that tradition going as it se... : nudel
  • Just like shackspace was going to get shut down when Gamefly bought the shack. : rosewood
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  Why do they need the money? : ra1n
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    We intend to use the net proceeds to us from this offering primarily for general corporate purposes, : multisync
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      I'm suprised they haven't McGriddled it yet... : kagath
      • Was x-men'd for a bit. : dmason
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      tl;dr booze money : dmason
      • lol yup : Merconium
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      Maybe they should use that money to hire more people or get better distribution centers that can actually... : pancake humper
      • they listed Capital expenditures specifically so I'd assume they'd use the money for more distribution ce... : snowwolf
    • I smell executive cash out. I wonder how many top staff members will take their shares and run? : silent prophet
    • spendin' money on whatever : spiderfill
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      so in a nutshell - "just give us money, we don't have any plans for it right now, but we want some money" : retardhumper
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        i'm hoping some of it is towards writing classes for Garnett : multisync
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          You just can't raise that kind of capital in today's IPO market : rosewood
          • Lay off Garnet. He can't help it. : tometome
    • hookers and blow : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    It takes money to make money : Sailor of Fortune
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      Sure, but the question is whether it's worth giving up control. : ra1n
      • At this point if they're primarily funded by VC's they won't have any control. VC's will have already sti... : Sailor of Fortune
  • To get the files on fileshack up to date. Oh yeah I went there. : RyDogg1
  • They ran out of money to pay Steve... : lpearl
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  So how can I buy some of this when this happens? I have never bought stock before. : dognose
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    1. open an etrade account 2. put real money in 3. buy stock 4. Profit! 5. ??? start your own vegan re... : quazar
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      It's that easy? How much money do I have to put in? : dognose
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        I'm no expert either but afaik you'd need to buy at least one share, so the minimum price would depend on... : ramshot
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          Usually at an IPO if you buy it immediately it will continue to jump up a few bucks. : one random winner
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            So when will this go down? : famine101
            • The next day :p, few IPO's that I've actually tracked are price stable from at launch. : one random winner
      • It really is, back in the day I bought 5 shares of 3DO and every year I would get this cool packet in the... : quazar
  • I would not. : givemesnacks
  • If I buy Gamefly stock I want actual stock certificates. : rosewood
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    if every semi-regular LC poster just ponied up about 5-10k (rough estimate), we could control a majority ... : ]pm[chem
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      And finally move the Read the Rules button : indosauros
      • ... or just get the latest Chrome Extension. : ThomW
    • I vote for Phil to be on the board. : mrvandelay
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      When is their IPO scheduled? : LoioshDwaggie
      • They are in a quiet period which means that have already submitted their S-1 to the SEC. They have to wai... : Sailor of Fortune
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      Yes, I'm quite sure that in this IPO they will reveal more than 50% of the stock this is quite possibl... : Deathlove
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        yes, I am quite sure my post was a serious proposal this is quite possible : ]pm[chem
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          hey, i don't know how retarded you are : Deathlove
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            fucking retarded. like, sarah pailin levels. : proclone1
            • at least : ]pm[chem
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      BRING YOUR FUCKING CHECKBOOK : jingletard
      • nah - just pics+divx are required. : dedgecko
    • I got 5 on it. : TreMetal
    • Bro, I piss on 10K : kainen1
    • haha, and all the owners could appoint themselves mods, remove the PRL and make themselves exempt from th... : slickdoody
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      The Shack voting bloc at shareholder meetings would be ridiculous. I imagine there will be a lot of motio... : Cheeziologist
      • the two factions "jesslicaslumber party" and " lemon party" would control the votes. : CoRDS
      • TITS or GTFO Board. : massdev
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        haha how are you contractually prevented from participating in an IPO? : proclone1
        • He showed JessicaSlumberParty.avi to his broker. : Phil
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          it's exactly what it sounds like. Part the employment contract to which I've agreed stipulates that I can... : Cheeziologist
          • as an insider, as a consumer, as a proxy; all three? Do you work for the SEC? : massdev
        • He has a contract that prevents him from participating in an IPO : rosewood
        • He probably works for a financial institution or something, Auditing, Tax Prep, Investment, etc. My la... : Sailor of Fortune
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          more like contractually prevented from finish CIV4 pitboss turns : Foxhawk
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            I have 3 turns worth of commands queued up. Can anyone tell me why it's not auto-ending my turn? : Cheeziologist
            • In case you change your mind? Men are such fickle subjects. : StolenNosferatu
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              there is no "auto-ending", you just have to log in and hit enter : dirge23
              • (spacebar? whatever it is) : dirge23
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                Even if you have "Wait at end of turn" disabled? : SockMonkeh
                • huh, i dunno. : dirge23
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      i'd probably buy 5K worth of stock. depends how much it opens for though. : dopeman
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        If I had to make a guess based on absolutely nothing at all I'd say somewhere in the neighborhood of $15-... : one random winner
        • < $5/share : Zakko
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          whoa, i had it pegged at more like a third to a fifth of that price. : dopeman
          • As I said, based on absolutely nothing at all. : one random winner
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            I suspected penny stock honestly : rosewood
            • $50 mil.. will it even be a pink sheet? : loboca
      • How will we know when we can do this? If we only have3 a couple hundred to spend will that be OK? : dognose
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      sounds like a perfect way to run the site into the ground : maulla
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        The perfect way to run the site into the ground would be to give full control of the site to Phil. Talk a... : rosewood
        • The shack would be synonymous with pedophiles.com : one random winner
    • I would have to look at the company financial statements before committing to investing 10k. : spiffymc
    • We could do this just to extort things out of them. Threaten to all sell our shares simultaneously if the... : notd665
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  If i do, can i get a $ to go along with the Lightning bolt. : krym3
  • im with krym3, i want perma lighting bolt for buying stock : m0rfus
• Solid gold bans for everyone! : Rauol Duke
• And yet they still got a really crappy ad service that serves it's users virus on a weekly/monthly basis.... : deathofrats
• Stocks will go up and down depending to Phil's POSTS/LOLS Ratio : r3dn3ck
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  What will the ticker symbol be? NSFW ? : reelbk
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    it says it in the first sentence of the article D: : harold.johnson
    • I was on the iPod at the time : / : reelbk

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  sorry for my ignorance on the issue, i never paid any attention to the BC2 threads before 2 days ago : oHnOES
  • yeah i guess it doesnt like windowed mode : oHnOES
• It happens to me too. I'm not in windowed mode either. : SnakeIRye
• It does it sometimes when the map finishes loading for me. Not too often though. : intothefray
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  That's very strange, in other news, it handles ALT-TAB really well in my experience. : MercFox1
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    That's a mixed bag for me. If I try to Alt+Tab when the map is loading, in kill cam, and following squad ... : usmcmueller
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      I accidentally alt-tab a lot when talking on my mic (ALT) and checking the score screen (TAB). :[ : MercFox1
      • yes I see a possible conflict with those bindings : usmcmueller
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  I play fullscreen, and it's only happened to me once during an epic apache crash. I guess you could say I : dewdman
  • i took a shot at flying it last night with keyboard/mouse. not so good. : bosst0ne
  • Sounds like the "die in vehicle = ctd" bug. : Beady
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  In game name? I am sporting Kanix : kanix
  • dumb : dumb.
  • zebosausamite : zebosausamite
  • MercFox1 : MercFox1
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    Moose Drool : usmcmueller
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      good beer : c0bra
      • Indeed... however, the handle comes from my dog, Moose, who Drools uncontrollably at treats... it wasn't ... : usmcmueller
  • tboomer2 : tboomer2
  • ---------> : moe6
  • Dr Arctic Fox : Arctic Fox
  • DschinghisKhan. : Dschinghis Khan
  • Dr. Alco : Alco23
  • Rook-Alpha, but I throw my shack name into my prefix for good measure. : Full.Bleed
  • mechanicalgrape : mechanicalgrape
  • noobja : noobja
  • The Grolar Bear : The Grolar Bear
  • vile4ever : vile
  • RapierApe : FlamingGimp
  • ccHatchet : hatchet165
  • disdainmsh : disdain
  • the other thread is here http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22021990#itemanchor_22021990 mine is Kaizo : oHnOES
  • etherealtarget : etherboy
  • sanchezz : sanchez
  • Empyric : empy
  • Gnowknayme : Gnowknayme
  • L0wboy : hoopfam4
  • ANaturalFirmness : TheVietSpecial
  • Elastin (Bob was taken and I was studying biochem) : Bob_Loblaw
  • TrptJim : TrptJim
  • Topsiderover : Topsiderover
  • ArtilleryMarker : ArtilleryMarker
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  It seems to happen when I'm in a vehicle that explodes. : TaintedSyringe
  • Same here : re-verse
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  HIJACK We should play this tonight instead of UT3!! Who's in!? WOOOO!!! : Dschinghis Khan
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    Haha, stick a fork in UT3 nights, it's dead jim. So much for sweet jump boots. : MercFox1
    • BC2 has sweet jump boots! EFF YEAH! : Dschinghis Khan
    • UT2004 would probably get a better turnout : _jon
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    UT3 is dead just like dod:s. : Alco23
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      WHAT : Cliffzorz
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        PREORDER CANCELLED. : Cliffzorz
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          Like you care, you could never get in to a UT3 game anyway : Arctic Fox
          • I'd rather fail to join the UT3 game than play BC2 : Cliffzorz
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    if anyones playing early I'm in : moe6
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      last time I played "early" with you and axeman you left because the sun was coming UP. You, sir, need to ... : usmcmueller
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        it makes my skin shine like diamonds :(. : moe6
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          I see. I should be on in an hour or so. Gotta drive home from work and take the dog out. : usmcmueller
          • I should still be alive then. : moe6
    • Need invite http://steamcommunity.com/id/golbiga Thanks! : golbiga
• This reminds me. Anyone wanna play Battlefield Heros with me? I been playing for months... : FrenchVanilla
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  How did you get it to windowed mode in the first place? : bolneze
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    Oh alt+Enter, but it doesnt let me maximize the window like WoW =\ : bolneze
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      I still wonder how WoW alt-tabs and windows and such without issue. everything else is a crap shoot. : Downforce
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        Valve games do borderless full window perfectly : re-verse
        • Which is good, because they alt-tab horribly : Arctic Fox
      • Yeah its spoiled me : bolneze
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  BC2 HOBO HOMO'S IGI. one of the chicago servers. Find out on rydogg's TS3 server eh. Don't have enough r... : moe6
  • #14 : moe6
  • bleh, crashed. im going to go eat something for dinner. and moe6, i have a headset just not teamspeak : oHnOES
  • eltrucko, moe6, moose drool need your help! : moe6
  • I cant make TS3 work anymore. I join but there is no menu to join the bfbc2 channel. Yall still on #14? : Lightzout
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    NEW SERVER Gameservers.com BFBC2 BETA Chicago #31 : trOmblyj
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      hell of a fight goin on! requesting reinforcements! : moe6
      • IGI : Merconium
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    gg's everyone, especially mouse drool ;D : moe6
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      better not be over already : Lightzout
      • ill be back on a little later : oHnOES
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        We'll set up something at 10EST. : Arctic Fox
        • nice, ggs guys who were on : Merconium
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  question: how do you call out for a medic or ammo? in BF2 there was a menu with that stuff and little i... : oHnOES
  • medics and ammo-bearers will see a flashing icon on the map if you need health or ammo. Alternatively, y... : trOmblyj
  • aim crosshairs at a medic or a soldier, (a little health or ammo icon will appear in the center of your c... : yAak
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  I wonder if a beta refresh is going to be released : Downforce
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    Will this game ever have voice comms? : Lightzout
    • It would be a disaster not to have voice coms, hopefully they do it right though, with different push to ... : sreyes22
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    I mean really, I don't need a forced full refresh that includes international servers : Downforce
    • They should definitely have more options for the server browser, and not a force refresh right when you ... : sreyes22

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  It's the next Google Wave : MagicWishMonkey
  • Anyone Here? Here? here? here? : tboomer2
• dont think so. : IA_Lanky
• Nope, there's another thread talking about it. IMHO, it's more like Twitter+ or maybe Facebook Lite. : Clasifyd
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  Everyone is sick of this whole internet thing. It's almost over. : Phil
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    Google Buuzkiller Thanks Phil! : sesmaster
    • lol buuz : r_picmip 5
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      Fuck, my spelling skill needs more points put into it. : sesmaster
      • all that matters is you got your shacktags right. : RogerDandy
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    We should shut it all down, BSG style, and go back to hiding porn in the woods. : riptyde
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      Damn right. I found a CLUB Magazine under a 55 gallon barrel once and it was a life changing event. Cle... : Phil
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        was the bush, well, bushy? I thought 70s bush was like the impenetrable forest : epit
        • Oh dude back then I was like 11 and seeing a naked female of any kind was like pulling out the Master Swo... : Phil
        • 70s wide bush was a magical thing. In practice, I prefer it smoothed out, but as a kid it was a glorious... : riptyde
      • I learned about sex via a High Society I found once : riptyde
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        1990 was the year for me. I was walking ahead of my family on the way from our house to my Grandmother's. : sesmaster
        • LOL ghettowned : Phil
        • this explains so much : epit
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        Yeah! We need to go back to innocent times. I was embarrassed to look at the naked women who sat spead : Snuffles-
        • LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. Signed. : Phil
        • oh my lol. I was all pissed off and stressed out today but this got me laughing. : Delaric
• I still remember Yahoo buzz. : baconisgod
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  I have been using it all morning flying around to other cities on commenting on peoples posts. : hashd
  • It's nice cause it isn't blocked at work like other sites : sesmaster
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    hahaha this is great just search for names and hop into what people think is a private conversation lolol... : hashd
    • Comment |5:32 amJessica Kopp - Buzz - Public - Muted talking 2 Bianca Anastasio who says that the buz... : hashd
• Stephen Fry is following me, how bizzare. : pieman
• Why because google makes it? Sorry but much like msn I see no reason to change : avatar_58
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  THIS FUCKING THING keeps lighting up next to my inbox folder, and I just have to god damn click it becaus... : kaddar0
  • http://lifehacker.com/5468067/hideremove-google-buzz-updates-from-your-gmail-inbox ? : xsii
  • Not since I hit the "turn off buzz" at the bottom of gmail. : Deathlove
• and google is going to become an ISP as well now. interesting. : Downforce
• Seems like it's mean to be the next Twitter : riptyde
• Google Wave pt. 2 (im on there though) : bakanoodle
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  are people getting bored of Facebook and Twitter yet? : gyokuro
  • only thing is that buzz integrates with gmail and i already go to gmail for my email. if it wasn't integ... : dantastic
• I hate it already. : jenisthebest
• Still hasn't been added to my account : ateam311
• Seems pretty pointless within gmail but could be awesome when used with google maps : melkore
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  Took a look at it today and the only reason it's getting any movement is the integration into Gmail, othe... : stonedonkey
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    The integration into Google maps is really cool. I have already had a few conversations with people aroun... : hashd
    • I don't mind them adding it to maps as much as Gmail, it would have been nicer to just be able to opt in ... : stonedonkey
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      how does that work? I don't see anything obvious : hamachi
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        It came out last night for Android phones in a google maps update. You just have to add the layer. : hashd
        • ahh. thought it was part of the web version. : hamachi
• i think its pretty cool, at least more fun than twitter. i get to look around for people in my neighborho... : hanged_man
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  Google semi-force fed me with a TRY GOOGLE BUZZ NOW splash page when I logged into my Gmail. I said why t : dodob
  • Google Buzz on Gmail seems to be a completely different animal than Buzz on the iPhone/Safari mobile. ... : dodob

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  I really think you need to get rid of the massive amount of vertical scrolling : mwasher
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    hmmm i like vertical scrolling though, its much easier and quicker to navigate a load of visual content t... : disembodied potato
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      general rule of web design is the more vertical scrolling involved the less of your content they will see... : mwasher
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        you cant click on the contact link in the menu? Not trying to be argumentative or anything, but i know lo... : disembodied potato
        • oh there is a contact link there. i couldn't read it in that nasty font. : mwasher
        • The thing is, with that style of text and the general feel of the page, it didn't even cross my mind to c... : StolenNosferatu
  • agreed : bagelcc
  • also, I'm forced to use a 1024x768 display at work and there are horizontal scroll bars : sparkly
• I can't focus on anything on the site. The text is different on pages compared to others. Navigation in t... : pancake humper
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  you didn't fix the one thing that everyone agreed was terrible: the font :( : electroly
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    this is easily the worst part about your site : electroly
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      actually it is a different font :P : disembodied potato
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        in that case you chose a font that is every bit as horrible as the original one. at the very least, step... : electroly
        • i'm talking about the images btw. not just the actual html text. : electroly
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        Serif'd fonts make you look like an old fuddy-duddy : bipolar
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          i'm told they're all the rage at the moment by all my graphic design friends :( : disembodied potato
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            i bet your graphic designer friends don't use the italicized version of those fonts for an entire page, a... : electroly
            • also you should probably capitalize your last name at the very bottom of the page in your copyright notic... : electroly
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              yeah probably not :) ok agreed maybe i've made some pretty terrible design choices but i'll have to l... : disembodied potato
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                i really don't think the page layout is that bad, it's just the typeface is really illegible. if find it... : electroly
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                  yeah but that means re-doing everyone of those image links, (yeah yeah i know i shouldnt have used image... : disembodied potato
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                    Can you link to the original thread about this? I want to see what the feedback was from shackers. : pancake humper
                    • it was all the same stuff mentioned here, but i fiddled with it and thought it was improved a bit, but ob... : disembodied potato
                  • Do you have larger versions of those images? Like I mentioned above, having larger versions would help ma... : StolenNosferatu
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  Why do you repeatedly type "i'll" when you do use caps in other spots? : givemesnacks
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    thanks for the tip, i search the various pages and only found one instance, could you point me to the oth... : disembodied potato
    • there's a bunch of "i've" in there, too : zerog83
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      Here ya go: Right now i'm working on a couple of different projects. Firstly i've returned to an old idea : givemesnacks
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        yeah I should have used colored text. : givemesnacks
        • eh, while I wait: Right now i'm working on a couple of different projects. Firstly i've returned to an o : givemesnacks
• I have a hard time reading your site, new font or different background color? : quazar
• paging haiku : zerog83
• This layout hurts my head. Why are there multiple menus? Why is there so much verticality? Each menu item... : Albemuth
• thanks for all the feed back I'm making some drastic changes :P : disembodied potato
• Agreed on the font/kerning/italic comments from elecroly. Just make it legible :( Otherwise everything ... : J4NUS

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  Who the fuck said Calc 1 was harder than Calc 2? Calc 2 was notorious for chewing people up and spit... : MagicWishMonkey
  • I thought 1 was harder.. I took it 3 times until I had a teacher that explained it in a way that made it ... : strandgeck
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    I think the main issue with calc2 being so tough is that there are so many "special situations" that requ... : Prozium
    • Exactly. Pretty much every fucking problem on every test of mine in Calc 2 was a "special situation" one ... : The Grolar Bear
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    I think electroly said that the hardest part was where you're given an integral and you hve to figure out... : Demius
    • IMO the hardest part in Calc 2 is just all the rote memorization, particularly when you get to sequences ... : electroly
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  Were you allowed to bring a cheat sheet of trig subs or did you have to memorize them? : alias
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    had to memorize them : Demius
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      I wish teachers would do something like "1 or 2 sheets of paper anything you want, turn it in with the te... : alias
      • My physics teacher does this... you're allowed one cheat sheet and can put whatever you want on it.. just... : Demius
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  Calc 3 is the easier one. : yakz
  • Calc 3 was a cakewalk compared to 2 : smackpiece
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    ^^^^ Calc 2 was the hardest class I took in college, but everything after that was simple as hell. : The Grolar Bear
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      Oh .. been meaning to telly ou... i got accepted to CSUCI, just waiting on my application for SacState an... : Demius
      • Nice! Congrats, man. Let me know how that goes. : The Grolar Bear
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  bring a fancy calculator : crummynz
  • can't use any calculators in class. She doesn't have any need for them though... her tests are straightfo... : Demius
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  Calc 2 is the hardest. Calc 3 is the easiest. : dodob
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    Calc 3? We didn't have that. We had 1 and 2 and then had Diff Eq. Is that what Calc 3 is? : DonkeyPopsicle
    • Calc 3 = multivariable/vector calculus : electroly
    • i heard calc 3 is like calc 1 with multi-variables, and thats where you learn partial derivatives : Demius
    • Calc 3 is 3+ dimensional integrals and derivatives. Not quite Diff Eq. : alias
    • calc 3 for me was sequences and series.. after that it was multivariable calculus, which was easier than ... : dopeman
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  Calc 2 really be called The Dildo of Integration 101...math doesn't really get interesting/impossible to ... : r_Ed
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    I would say that this class is interesting.. im having more fun in this class than pre-calc classes... bu... : Demius
    • Ah but nothing blows ones mind like proving that there is a one to one correspondence between every whole... : r_Ed
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  i don't know anyone who would say that calc 1 is harder than calc 2. : dopeman
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    I remember asking the the question before i started taking calc, and it was split... little under half sa... : Demius
    • well, i think after reading this thread the answer should be clear :) : dopeman
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  2 > 1 > 3, and high level math proofs can suck a fuck : Audhuml4
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    Yeah but then everything after Calc 3 turns in to brutal mindfuck math. : Crimsonbeak
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      nah, the stuff you do as a CS major isn't that bad. i took discrete math, linear algebra, and differenti... : electroly
      • LA was theoretically easy, but god damn if i don't have a grudge against being tested on obscure proofs. ... : Audhuml4
• who says that!? I switched my major because of Calc 2 :( : bluewagon
• I think you are confused, everyone says Calc 3 is easier than Calc 2, not that Calc 2 is easier than Calc... : Crimsonbeak
• This is bullshit. CALC 2>>>>>>>>>>>CALC1>CALC3 : conandan
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  If Calc is making you cry, don't bother taking organic chemistry. BOND ANGLES : Boring Writer
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    they say theres a class that if you can pass, you'll get your degree... Apparently my college has a f... : Demius
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      the best way to succeed at a CS degree is to take as few hard sciences as humanly possible. you want to ... : electroly
      • i KNEW i should have taken that instead of Bio M01! : Demius
      • i took a bug class. aced it! : dopeman
• That's easy, the answer is x + c ;) : reelbk
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  Try Calc 4, prediction of future through math. My equation shows this post getting ignored. : chilln
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    actually i remember learning how to change a fraction to a decimal without a calculator, and i can't remm... : Demius
    • crap, supposed to be for Cihte below : Demius
    • you just do long division : electroly
• I'm in Intermediate Algebra. I learned how to change a decimal into a fraction : Cihte

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  You get money every day they make the cut. : mancide
  • And the people you're sponsoring get an XP boost as well. : Haxim
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  sponsor me because I'm awesome! : Degenerate
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    I am! Now play your goddamned round! : ChibiJosh
    • I will as soon as I get home :( : Degenerate
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    OK! Guess you have to shoot better than 66! : Nixx2004
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      consider it done! : Degenerate
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        St. Andrews on easy settings here you come, amiright? : Haxim
        • lol, no. I'll just play the daily tournament. but if I dont make it during that then yes, St Andrews here... : Degenerate
• in other news, expert greens are fucking impossible. : virus
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  I can't believe I haven't been using 'K' to check the lie of my ball until today. Saved me so many stroke... : Haxim
  • lol : Degenerate
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    What is this witchcraftery you speak of? : Nixx2004
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      press K in game and see :D : Degenerate
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        There needs to be a list of keys. Found out yesterday that R does a replay. : Nixx2004
        • you can do replays? shit : cltcprd
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        OK, I see...but I'm not sure how I'd use that information. I know you have to adjust if you're on a slope... : Nixx2004
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          Correct your aim opposite the slope (right slope: aim left and visa versa). : ChibiJosh
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            So if the ground is sloping away from me (right slope?) then I aim left more? : Nixx2004
            • if the ball is higher than your feet adjust your aim away from you. : Degenerate
  • Oh what the fuck is this!!! FUCK YOU EA!!! : Bean
  • Ok...what other keys can you use? : skilesare
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    And how the hell do I find out what I ended up wining in a tournament? : skilesare
    • Apparently you just have to know how much you had before. : Nixx2004
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  I set mine up yesterday. degenerate and Haxim better get their shit together. : Fyunch Click
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    you cut me deep :( : cltcprd
    • You may be my third one actually. : Fyunch Click
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    Hm, I may have to throw my rounds tomorrow now that I know you're sponsoring me. : Haxim
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      I'm going to poop in your golf shoes. :( : Fyunch Click
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        Damn, and I won't be able to buy new ones until they roll out the pro shop. I hope they have some $2000 j... : Haxim
        • Kilt + Cowboy Boots + pink sleeveless t-shirt = awesometypical weekend golfer in this area : Fyunch Click
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  me of course. and not degenerate. : cltcprd
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    Well I just chose the top 3 in the group. You only have yourself to blame! : Nixx2004
    • I hope you at least used average score to do that. Because best score is a stupid indicator. : cltcprd
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  Is there any way to see the slope of the green when still out on the fairway? It's hard to tell which way... : Nixx2004
  • Seems like G should do it, but it doesn't. :( : Nixx2004
• I love hitting 25 foot eagles (didn't use the putt helper thing). : Nixx2004
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  Just noticed the scroll wheel changes clubs. : Nixx2004
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    I really hate how the unity player will register mouseclicks even when the window's not focused. I've bot... : Haxim
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      I 'think' I've discovered that if you start a swing and then don't click again that it eventually resets ... : skilesare
      • It will, but if you're window is behind something like the shack and you happen to be clicking through co... : Haxim
      • that happened for me once, and when I tried to repeat it, it resulted in a really weak swing when the met... : jvox
    • oh god this infuriates me :( : Degenerate
    • ha. that happened to me yesterday. I started a round, went to do something else, came back and saw that I... : jvox
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  http://tigerwoodsonline.ea.com/leaderboards/career/AllTime_Career_dbl_bogies 891 in 95 rounds? I don't... : Degenerate
  • What's worse is Shacknews isn't even in the top 20 for crappy play which, given that I'm a member seems u : Fyunch Click
  • What? He double bogey's about half the holes he plays. : virus
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  I think you should make your choices based on the players in the shack group with the longest putts. : Magmaticzebra
  • I agree. : Haxim
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    Wow, Haxim made a 123 foot one. He is one of my picks already heh. : Nixx2004
    • St. Andrews has some stupidly large greens. : Haxim
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  OK, I started this game yesterday due to the Shackhype. It's a lot of fun, except for the putting, which ... : Bean
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    Press 'P' for putt preview, and dump all your cash into buying additional previews. : Haxim
    • Is there a key list somewhere? : Bean
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      I don't know if spending on more previews is a good idea. They are so expensive. Have you added to you... : Nixx2004
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        I am up to 10 putt previews. I'd say it gains me a couple eagles and a couple birdies each round, and sa... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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          I've been thinking about this. I think I'm going to go this rout with my cash from now on. What is th... : skilesare
          • Power is the Full swing, with the power% at the bottom. There is a skill that improves just power. Its ... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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          How do the previews work? I just spent some money and got up to 5... do you have that many for the entire... : Bean
          • Yeah, you'll have that many previews each round. : Haxim
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            Yeah. At the bottom right it says like 'Putt Preview x3'. That means you have 3 left. Click that (or hit ... : Nixx2004
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              ah, rad! I am such and idiot. :< : Bean
              • Same here. I've even bought two and never used them. LOL : virus
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          Hmmm. How close do you usually get with your initial aiming before you preview it? Do you use multiple... : Nixx2004
          • No you get 10 putt previews per round, so you do a lot of careful adjustment and then do a preview. Hope... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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    for each inch the hole is above your ball, move your target out one foot for each inch the hole is below... : Degenerate
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      Menu -> Settings and Controls -> Controls has some. Although it seems to be missing ball lie slope lines ... : Haxim
      • Meant for Bean's inquiry to key lists. : Haxim
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  yeah its free, you only gain xp/cash. Sponsor people who play regularly. Haxim is a good choice. I'm a... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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    haxim is a cock and didnt play his round on super bowl Sunday. : Degenerate
    • I did! It's not my fault the servers are in the wrong timezone. And I think you mean Scotties Sunday. : Haxim
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  Another thing I learned today is use the arrow keys for fine adjustments when putting. Moving the aim wit... : Nixx2004
  • oh man, I almost ALWAYS aim with the arrow keys instead of the mouse. : Degenerate

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• http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62318 : mwasher
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  Awesomeness. I wonder if the new BNET will support groups. At this point we need to come up with a goo : Sailor of Fortune
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    BNet will support clans/groups. : pancake humper
    • That's a horrible name for the ShackClan =P : Sailor of Fortune
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  ABRASION! : mwasher
  • WE'RE ALREADY IN THE SC2 THREAD OK?! : pancake humper
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  I updated my system specs for my Windows 7 install (as opposed to OSX). I hope that increases my chances ... : Yanks
  • Beta is only Windows isnt it? : MoreVespeneGas
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    I don't see why it would. Seems Blizzard would want a broad spectrum of beta testers, from low-end to hig... : The Grolar Bear
    • Oh wait, I just re-read what you said. Yeah, I think that would help. =) : The Grolar Bear
• fucking awesome! I'm hoping for a pretty great birthday present from Blizzard on the 26th : RetroRedEyeJr
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  FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!! Listen ass hats and man washers, we have to pull the shack collecti... : mace
  • I am hyped. I hope this game hooks me like the first one did, but it has been a longgggg time. : mwasher
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  Sure hope that code I got at blizzcon 18 months ago is still in effect. : NexusOne
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    Have you not redeemed it yet? : pancake humper
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      I entered it in their website not long after blizzcon. : NexusOne
      • you are good to go : pancake humper
• I've basically just been screaming since I read this. : TheVietSpecial
• Well...can't wait for y'all to start posting youtube vids : givemesnacks
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  mwasher i look forward to being as terrible at SC2 as i am at the original SC : electroly
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    I had a 2v2 buddy for SC1. You can be my 2v2 buddy for SC2. : mwasher
    • ok as long as you're cool with always losing : electroly
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      Maybe we should play 3v3. >:( : pancake humper
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        I would like to join this group of bad rts players. : bcyde
        • i will heckle from the rafters : Audhuml4
        • Maybe us bad RTS players should get a separate clan : r_Ed
  • fingers crossed someone ports the entirety of Warcraft 3 to the new engine. : abrasion
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  Except getting a key will not be easy. : abrasion
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    I expect to have one any minute now. : mwasher
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      Paying for it? : abrasion
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        no. i am just infinitely more awesome than you. : mwasher
        • Tell me your secrets please mwasher. : abrasion
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        Just think if Blizzard decided to sell oh, 500,000 beta keys for ~$50 ea, limit 1 per CC#. How fast woul... : yAak
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          2 minutes : SockMonkeh
          • would you buy one? if it gave me access to the mod/mapper tools, i'd probably buy one : yAak
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    I will happy sell the two that I have for a decent price! : ghost in my shell
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      What is a decent price? SM me. : mwasher
      • !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : mwasher
    • oh ffs : the city
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      i will trade you mwasher's anal virginity. SM me : electroly
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        electroly doesn't own it. please to be ignoring him. : mwasher
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          I'd say he owns it, considering he already took it from you. lol awesome : MisterPhoton
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            if ghost in the shell does not respond to me I will be taking his : mwasher
            • he's busy creating an ebay entry : yAak
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  How many people here ACTUALLY have keys? I know PH obtained one, that's it. : abrasion
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    I actually have 2 keys now. : pancake humper
    • You WILL give one to me *Waves hand : locater16
    • As I said above, what is a decent price? SM me. : mwasher
    • I have no idea what they are worth, what do you reckon? at least 50$ US right - if not more. : abrasion
  • :< I'm just hoping I win the beta lottery. Please Blizzard, have mercy. : Dontdrop
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  I'd like to think I would play this, but in reality I'll only play SCII for the single player and maybe a... : capt tripps
  • why not Coop vs AI? : yAak
• Prostate pumping! : Dontdrop
• From my source, it was supposed to launch at the end of last year also. Maybe its for real this time tho... : sreyes22