Morning Discussion

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  @xxiv lol u r gay : abrasion
  • RT @abrasion @xxiv lol u r gay : Durajim
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  Illneverusethis aka Phil is about the only reason I use twitter. : stonedonkey
  • He does make twitter more enjoyable. : Rag and Bone Man
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  I don't post very much, but my twitter name is my shack name. there are also boatloads of twitter follow ... : Slowtreme
  • OH Wait, Follow @BPGlobalPR and @Jesus Those are good for laughs. : Slowtreme
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  http://twitter.com/DrArcticFox <---- me http://twitter.com/liqker/shackers <---- list of shackers A f... : Arctic Fox
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    that shacker chick is following like 1100 people! can you even keep up with that? is that like having ... : xxiv
    • The trick to actually digesting that many feeds is to use lists, and then a Twitter aggregator like Tweet... : Arctic Fox
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      I'm only following 50 people and sometimes (Mainly because of shacklol) it gets out of control I'm fol... : Durajim
      • I had to stop following shacklol and lists because the noise ration was just too high. The people that do... : Slowtreme
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        i'll dl tweetdeck for iphone, i've got an ipad on order from apple too : xxiv
        • The tweetdeck app for windows/mac is pretty good too. : Arctic Fox
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          Tweetdeck for iPhone and Windows/Mac is excellent, but it has a few issues on the iPad. I'd grab Twitteri... : Head Rush
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            What issues does tweetdeck have on iPad at the moment? I was using twitterific but Tweetdeck is tons bett... : Durajim
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              It might have been fixed in the last patch, but it would double your columns. It also choked quite a bit ... : Head Rush
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                Well, I admit that I've only used it from the latest version :) : Durajim
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                  what about just the official twitter app. is that any good? : xxiv
                  • yeah i like it very much : mayooms
          • I've been messing with these plus the official Twitter app and I find myself using it the most. : prime8
    • TweetDeck and lists really help with this right now i have All, Mentions, following (which are people ... : vov1n
    • The trick is to realize that everything to do with Twitter (other than DM) is completely unimportant. ... : genom
    • I feel like this has been discussed way to many times on shack news. lol. But I keep up with shackers eas... : s0osleepie
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    How do you get on this leet list of shack twitterers? : arcane_
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23053143 : Arctic Fox
    • Oh nm I guess we're on it? : arcane_
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  If you want to follow shackers, a few people have made lists! http://twitter.com/liqker/shackers http... : Durajim
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    thanks! : xxiv
    • @shacklol too! : Durajim
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  Sarah144k61 Sarah Ramirez Just Lonely http://epicwa.net/hott6744 moon 17 minutes ago what the shit... : xxiv
  • oh it's got "hott" in the url. nevermind lol. : xxiv
  • That happens occasionally. Block 'em and/or report them for spam, easily defeated. : Lone Swordsman
• There's @charltonbrooker @stephenfry and @asponge in the UK. : Lone Swordsman
• I'm hilarious and I often tweet in Icelandic which is even more hilarious. username ---> : gakera
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  ochocinco tweets like every 5 minutes. : xxiv
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    Roger ebert also tweets about 100 times an hour, I had to unfollow him. : Arctic Fox
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      I did the same with The Onion. : barichnikov
      • It's better to just follow the individual writers. : Deathlove
    • He's easier once you shut off his RTs. : Deathlove
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    therealkevinsmith was the same way. I could only take so many, "I'm getting high and fucking my beauti... : Kaiser
    • oh yeah that guy too. I followed him about 2 days. : barichnikov
    • He also has a bad habit of making multi-part tweets, which earns an instant unfollow from me. : Arctic Fox
    • especially since his wife is not that hot : Modica Sol Solis
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      ThatKevinSmith is the real guy. He does do multi-part tweets though, albeit less than he used to. : Lone Swordsman
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        He fucking lost his brain on the say he got kicked out of a Southwest plane and just spewed garbage onto ... : Arctic Fox
        • say day : Arctic Fox
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          Can't entirely blame him, since it wrecked his day and by all accounts there was no legitimate reason to ... : Lone Swordsman
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            I know, but jeez man, have a little self-respect and bottle your embarrassment up like the rest of us nor... : Arctic Fox
            • I'd like to think I'd be a little more restrained than he was. : Lone Swordsman
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    Shaq was kinda interesting for a week or two. : Kaiser
    • yeah i got him added. : xxiv
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  http://twitter.com/conanobrien : stratedge
  • ^ got him already! : xxiv
• @Petsplus is my company, The Reptile King if your into reptiles : Tattoo Trav
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  @vogtuj - i'm not :( : Deathlove
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    lol i always wondered who vogtuj was : vov1n
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      "I have no idea who this person is, but their weight posts and retweets of baseball writers is AMAZIIIIII... : Deathlove
      • that was baseball? i don't keep up with that sport anymore, just hockey now : vov1n
      • I always keep waiting to see tweets of "Haxim crushed me at RftG again." : Haxim
• They other day Weird Al posted a Payphone number he said he was standing at and wanted people to call him... : Slowtreme
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  @nitrium : Nitrium
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    I would like to echo your hate for 4square tweets, Nitrium. : Durajim
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      I don't even know what they are, should I be glad? : Arctic Fox
      • I think so. : Nitrium
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      There is nothing I hate more on Twitter than 4sq tweets. "I'm at Safeway with 2 others". NO ONE CARES. : Head Rush
      • I care if I'm scouting their apartment/house to rob. :) : DHAvatar
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  what's your twitter username? @xxiv? : Nitrium
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    @strikehold xxiv is pretty much only used on the shack : xxiv
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      thanks, I'm following you now : Nitrium
      • you too! i just discovered lists : xxiv
• @joquers but my tweets are mostly in spanish hay problema? : r3dn3ck
• @melkore I don't tweet much so I won't be annoying like Kevin Smith sometimes is : melkore
• @sammyhancock don't follow me, i'm boring and stupid : vov1n
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  ATTN: I have 260 Shacker Twitteridiots here on this list: http://twitter.com/liqker/shackers If you wa... : liqker
  • add me! @strikehold : xxiv
  • @yukeake : genom
  • This is an awesome list, thanks again! : Head Rush
  • i'm not on :( please add @mayooms : mayooms
  • add me too! @chiisu81 : chiisu81
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    this seems like the best way to keep up with shackers feeds : xxiv
    • Yeah the shackers list is like a mini-shack, and then you can follow the shackers that post stuff that in... : Arctic Fox
• I'm in the same boat though I don't plan on posting anything. Just following. : prime8
• @DrunkHulk is who you want to follow for entertainment. I'm @geedeck, but i'm picky about who I follow, s... : geedeck
• @orgcaptainnemo, I'm awesome! : orgcaptainnemo
• @finallevel and @cocosworld for the good tweets : grendel
• @heymarkd : warcrow
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  @MorrisatLarge : MorrisatCNN
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    Freelancer <3 : Durajim
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      Well, it seemed appropriate. :) : MorrisatCNN
      • Stop boasting : rosewood
• @bleahy Sometimes I tweet when you can win Shack stuff. : Brian Leahy

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  Also post here if you've sent a SM. : -sk-
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    I signed up but no confirmation email yet. : Lightzout
    • I'm not sure if it sends any confirmation at all. Not sure :) : -sk-
    • same, no email ever came : timaste
  • SM sent : MuteMode
  • SM sent : jaa3rd
• I'd be pretty interested in having a looksie and would appreciate it! : Durajim
• SM'ed : Rasnowl
• SM'd : MisterPhoton
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  SM'd : kill9
  • also you're awesome -sk-, thanks : kill9
• SM'd : justwr!ght
• thanks! SM'd : gornl1
• Shackmassaged : notd665
• SM'ed. : sigpro
• Whoo, SM'd! : ieGod
• SM'D!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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  SM'd , still waiting for confirmation email though : dignan
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    Me too... o_O : code-e255
    • Good, made me wonder if I typed in the wrong address. : ieGod
• SM'd! thanks! : burningtrees
• shackmessaged! : hirez
• msg'd : givemesnacks
• Sent. : omnova
• SM'd : SymGeo
• Messaged! : Slawterr
• SM'd. : The Grolar Bear
• messaged, thanks : Foxhawk
• I would like to try this...so SM sent! : ConsFEARacy
• SM'd omgomgomg : ass-street
• cool, SM'd : _jon
• SM'd! : Navy Spitfire
• SM'd! : deject
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  SM'd : manero
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    ^^ #30 : dignan
    • i was pissed because my browser crashed just as I was trying to reply to everything, and after I got back... : manero
• SM'd! : megarust32
• Sent a few mins ago, no email like the others : 60days
• SM'd : deKaf
• SM sent. : miasma&!
• SM'D too ... although I am probably too late. : X Fuzion
• SM'd. : photonzach
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  This is what effing happens when you leave the shack for an hour :( : limpossible
  • -P.S. SM*D. Probably too late. : limpossible
• SM'd : Durandal07
• SM'd : tfsbrian
• SM'd! : timaste
• Sm'd. : bawbeh
• SM'd, Signed up by no confirmation came : Patch-e
• ARGH, NOOoooo!! : CrustaR
• SM'd! I know I'm late, but you know I'm good for it! : SolveChrist
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  NO MORE SM's PLEASE. I'm out of beta keys now. Thanks all. : -sk-
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    Exactly how many beta keys is it? : Maddog_Delphi97
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      30 for now. More might be available later :) : -sk-
      • Cool. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • I can nuke the thread if people keep hassling you. : Carnivac
  • Man, I totally missed out. :[ I asked about getting in the beta a while back. :[ : CrustaR
  • SM'd : indosauros
  • Re-Emailed to confirm address. : limpossible
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    did you reply to the SMs for people who made it in time? : dignan
    • Nope. : -sk-
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  I JUST GOT AN EMAIL!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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    I mean, from the Tactical Intervention admin in Korea. : Maddog_Delphi97
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      mine just says "please confirm your email" and nothing else :| : deKaf
      • Same here : bawbeh
      • i replied to it with the ID i registered w/.../shrug : ass-street
      • ditto : manero
      • same. : atom519
      • That is what mine says : Maddog_Delphi97
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        There's a bug in the system and it's been looked into. Did you guys get 1 or 2 emails? It should have ... : -sk-
        • 1 email w/ no link. : sigpro
        • Just one blank one : kill9
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          1 email No comfirmation URL - just a blank message with "Please Confirm Your Email Address" as the subjec... : limpossible
          • got this too : gornl1
        • I got a blank email with only "Please confirm your email address." in the subject line. : Maddog_Delphi97
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          UPDATE We are re-sending the emails soon. : -sk-
          • GO GO GO!! : Maddog_Delphi97
          • just got it with a link to confirm, worked. thanks : dignan
          • Got an email with link and it worked, thanks a bunch : SymGeo
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            Patiently refreshing gmail... : Slawterr
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              check your spam filter : ass-street
              • Nothing yet... Hoefully I made the cut. :D : Slawterr
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            eff yeah. thanks -sk-! : ass-street
            • Wait, was this just an email address confirmation or an entrance to the beta? If it's the latter I guess ... : ConsFEARacy
    • Did it have anything in it? Mine didn't. : burningtrees
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      i didn't :( : ass-street
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        oh shit. check your spam filters folks. mine got flagged. : ass-street
        • Ah mine too. : ieGod
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    i just got mine too but its blank. "Please confirm your email" and nothing in the email... : dignan
    • That is what I got too. I think we are now being assimilated. : Lightzout
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  so this looks just like counter strike. what sets it apart? : valael
  • Hopefully it will have Claymores and lasers. : Lightzout
  • i think there are dogs. : ass-street
  • this one is counter counter strike : sikander
  • SM'd : zehh
  • Ya that was kinda what I thought. Not to shit on it but it seems to be that he would only catch lightning... : Phreakin
  • It contains maps you havent played for years and years and years. : limpossible
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    Omnova gets kicked automatically. : Maddog_Delphi97
    • yes! : tometome
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    Noob tubes and kill streaks. : lcizzle
    • But this isnt Call of Duty right? : X Fuzion
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    Riot Shield. : RyDogg1
    • Fuck yeah! : pieman
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    The most important question: does it support towering? If not, I may as well stick with CS:S : Rasnowl
    • TOWAH OF POWAH!!! : ConsFEARacy
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  Testicular Intervention Beta Keys It's a game about vasectomies. : ChibiJosh
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    and the smell of burnted flesh afterwards! : X Fuzion
    • the doc told me it was just ionized air but i didn't believe him : riptyde
• Check your email again, guys. I finally got an email with a link for me to click. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Damn. Too late, huh. : TrptJim
  • Dammit, Jim. : Maddog_Delphi97

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  No thoughts on The Road or how to survive the end of civilization? : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    Buy Guns and Ammo. Steal from the ones that prepared better. : trove
    • my parents bought a shotgun for this very reason, they always have a bunch of food and water for hurrican... : peat
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    I was looking for the awesome guide that someone posted from a guy in Argentina who was around for the co... : Arctic Fox
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      a-ha, here's a mirror: http://ar15chatterbox.21.forumer.com/a/ferfals-survival-guide-to-the-post-ecocolla... : Arctic Fox
      • INF.. : limpossible
      • this is pretty sweet : AlexXdude
      • That is a very good read. : zohar79
      • good stuff Arctic Fox. thanks. : RogerDandy
    • That's a good one. Crazyness. : trove
    • haha sweet : proclone1
  • I would have stayed in that bunker until the food ran out. in the book he gets spooked by a dog that is : GloriousCow
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  i didn't think it was that good. but then again i didn't like the book. i thought there were far too ma... : ibrokn
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    There was one aspect that seemed illogical to me. The cataclysm started before the Boy was born and the : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • The book goes into less detail because the details are not important. : NastyJack
• You definitely need to read the book, goes into a lot more detail into why they did and didn't do certain : ttyRazor
• none of those questions were answered in the book... other than 3 which is just ash : wtf242
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  i hated that book he spent hundreds of pages setting up these elaborate questions and didn't answer any o... : EvilDolemite
  • agreed. It's why LOST is the worst show ever on TV. stupid fucking writers making shit up as they go : wtf242
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    You're missing the whole point of the book. The "why" doesn't matter. It's about morality and what is jus... : Albemuth
    • To be fair he didn't read the book so missing the point would be fairly easy. : NastyJack
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    I just wondered if it explained the complete disappearance of govenment institutions that are designed to... : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • nothing at all is explained. the story is about a father and a son.. not what happened : wtf242
    • He doesn't. The focus is the subjects not the maze. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    That's not what he intended. As someone said. The "why?" part doesn't matter it's about the characters go... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      sounds like a solid storytelling device : EvilDolemite
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        It let's you worry about that stuff in other time. Some writers are great at creating such rich character... : Godhatesfatpeople
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          I saw several parallels between The Road and Pan's Labyrinth believe it or not. Both were great films se... : Xin Jing Client 1a
          • That's not a bad comparison. I really wish Del Toro would make more spanish movies. He seems to do better... : Godhatesfatpeople
      • You're right, it was a solid storytelling device. Which is why the book is so critically acclaimed. : Modica Sol Solis
      • Sounds like something more like World War Z would be up your alley : kill9
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    Is this a serious post? Good entertainment doesn't have to answer every question it proposes. : soggybagel
    • I'm pretty sure it's a sarcastic remark referencing the LOST finale. : deveus1
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    I get the point of the "how" and the "why" not being the book/movie's point, but the complete lack of bac... : Stage
    • I throughly enjoyed the film. I was sad, I wiped tears, it was wonderful. But I agree it's a detail tha... : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_capability : Bamtan
  • Stop Trolling: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22146851#itemanchor_22146851 : sigpro
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    You guys are all missing that this is just ED saying people who wanted answers in the Lost finale were wa... : Evil Benius
    • I'm glad someone finally noticed. : DarkWolf5
    • oh : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I don't think it mattered why. It wouldn't change the story. Volcano or nuclear explosions? Who cares.... : twifosp
    • oh, I should read the subthread before replying :( : twifosp
• I always have similar questions with these kinds of films but I apteciated it for what it was: the story ... : silentbobuk
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  I just assumed a gigantic mega volcano erupted and destroyed everything. : ant_hillbilly
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    Yeah that is my guess as well. There is a scene where theres a ton of shit on fire too. : bozer
    • I interpreted that scene as all the dead trees burning, as in a forest fire possibly ignited by lightenin... : Xin Jing Client 1a
• I read that the author based the fall on a super volcano erupting, a cloud covers the earth and all major... : baron calamity
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  Every time I pass that book in the book store I have to pick it up and read the last passage. The prose ... : hanfeitzu
  • the road doesn't hold a candle in this regard to the border trilogy and blood meridian. the descriptive w... : dirge23
• I always thought that the implied disaster in the book was nuclear war, and what resulted was a nuclear w : Arctic Fox

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  Rush plz. : justwr!ght
  • GTFO !!! : MercFox1
  • GTFO !!! : Nitrium
  • STOP WHINING : Duffman8369
  • Rush is only better on Laguna Presa! : Crabs Jarrard
  • Squad Rush : mrblarg
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  JERKFOX! You forgot the 6 drink minimum! : Duffman8369
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    FFFFFUUUUUUUUU----- : MercFox1
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      Also why isn't Khan doing these anymore? Did he get banned again? : Duffman8369
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        No, he asked me to do this week since he's getting his wisdom teeth pulled right now. : MercFox1
        • 0wned!! : ass-street
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          Oh nice, hopefully he'll be hopped up on Pain Killers tonight. I wonder if even Khan can rage through Vic... : Duffman8369
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            he'll be raging once those dry sockets kick in : ass-street
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              Is this another butt-chug reference I don't understand? : Duffman8369
              • it will be. : ass-street
              • Don't play coy... : Crabs Jarrard
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            It's actually Darvicet and eveything is still really numb and i am enjoying sugar free lime jell-o fgt. : Dschinghis Khan
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              I think the best part about having teeth pulled (save the drugs) is the diet means you drop like 10lbs in... : one random winner
              • haha yep :) : Dschinghis Khan
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                i really liked being put under. : ass-street
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                  Yeah that was really cool. All i remember is laughing at something, saying, "Man this stuff works fast." : Dschinghis Khan
                  • they asked me what i studied in i school and i said "i'm stuuudddyyyyiiiinnnnnnn-" then i came to in my m... : ass-street
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              sugar free jell-o? WEAKSAUCE : r3dn3ck
              • It's just as good! : Dschinghis Khan
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            Rage Mumbles!! : ant_hillbilly
            • you bughrahhghrhghgghhhghgh! : Merconium
  • Are you playing tonight, faggot? : Nitrium
• yah... thankfully my RMA'd GTX260 is due in today! :D Have they released the BC2 patch yet? : Shadowdane
• Hardcore yes/no? : Slawterr
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  I hate this because after playing a few times with Shackers I now like Conquest more than Rush. Fuck tha... : mrwolf710
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    that's because Conquest = Friendly bar like Cheers, where everyone knows your name and we're always glad ... : Dschinghis Khan
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      I prefer Conquest more just because its not as predictable. In Rush you always know where people are goin... : Slawterr
      • Ah little, yeah. : Dschinghis Khan
      • I still love to roll out with the tanks in rush in Arica Harbor :D : raxtor
  • I think I like Conquest more because unlike Rush if your team is weak a few people can make a difference.... : zardoz555
• I will pop by for 30-40minutes, got a full day to help rebuild a car after. : moe6
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  vgjhfhgdfhg : Dschinghis Khan
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    are you so pilled up that you can't even type?? : ass-street
    • http://video.adultswim.com/sealab-2021/they-destroyed-themselves.html : mrblarg
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      Those pills are damn strong, i only had one :( : Dschinghis Khan
      • Here watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiXJrsZk0AI : ant_hillbilly
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  needs a frickin PATCH : Downforce
  • also lol @ conquest. :D : Downforce
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  I will be there and I am bringing major baggage. : Lightzout
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    Cool, he can hang out with Lieutenant Luggage and Sargent Storage. : Duffman8369
    • Sergeant you illiterate buffoon! : ArcKnight
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  hey look who fucked up the colors again : ArcKnight
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    and didn't put the TS info in the post : ArcKnight
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      Colors are fine. USE THE CALENDAR FOR TS INFO FAGGOT : MercFox1
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        hey look no link to the calendar, big surprise there because MercFox1 can't do anything right (especially... : ArcKnight
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          And no the colors aren't fine, it's Thursday Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Shackbattle MercFox1 Enjoys t : ArcKnight
          • ^^^^^ Next weeks Edition. : Dschinghis Khan
      • You should get admin access to setup event reminds on steam. : ant_hillbilly
• Indie music bump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuG_jxi37RM : ArcKnight
• Wife watching stupid British period-piece TV shows thus kicking you off the TV? Then play HOT CARL with a : etherboy
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  Roll Tide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM : ArcKnight
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    whoops, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAeyBi-vgMs : ArcKnight
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      Rollout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t21DFnu00Dc Also youtube has shat the bed today, so fucking ... : ant_hillbilly
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUX9ja5ZY6M : Dschinghis Khan
      • speaking of Luda see my Bradley? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aW4u0d9MNs : ArcKnight
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  How about you bastards play for more than an hour this time so I can actually get in on it? >:P : ColoradoCNC
  • YESSSSSS : Dschinghis Khan
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    Last week we had a serious shortage of rage - lots of people missing. : ArcKnight
    • Shackers > Pubbies = More fun for everyone! : Slawterr
• what's the TeamSpeak ip? : iroller

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• Henry Hatsworth. : Masem
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  Milon's Secret Castle (NES) : Anastomosis
  • Ha, I loved that game. Played it all the time but yeah it was hard. I think I got to the last boss once b... : invisible_kid
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  Ninja Gaiden (Original) : Amnesty_intl2
  • Same. Did you see the AVGN video on it? http://www.cinemassacre.com/2010/02/04/avgn-ninja-gaiden/ : Schnapple
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  Super Mario Brothers. It's still hard now. : DooBall
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    what? no. : manero
    • All those pipes with killer plants, spinning fireball sticks, moving platforms. Shit is hard. : DooBall
• Mickey's Mousecapade : mindmann
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  Deadly Towers (NES) : redfive
  • oh man I forgot about this one. So very hard. : sm00v3d
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  TMNT on the NES : dedgecko
  • Oh god that game was a bitch. : saunders45
• Ninja Gaiden Black : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I played a lot of NES games where the difficulty ramped up to the point of me just saying "FUCK THIS" I'm : hatelull
  • we put up with a lot as kids :( : oHnOES
• Tetris : rick
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  God damned electric seaweed underwater bomb level in TMNT for the NES. : Omning
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    wasn't that like the second level? : cpt_gloval
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      lol yes, second or third : oHnOES
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        that made it so much worse :( : cpt_gloval
        • it was the developers way of saying "F U if you think you'll be beating this game" : skelom
  • ^ EOT : riptyde
• Heroes of Newerth : SockMonkeh
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  Sin: Episode 1 before they patched the difficulty was pretty brutal, I was proud of myself there. : crummynz
  • More recently, I beat Bayonetta on Normal. Very hard but rarely felt cheap, very enjoyable. : crummynz
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    Same. The last bit was insane. : NFXFSX
    • Come around a corner and met with 9 guys with chainguns. I still love the dynamic diffuculty of that game... : thejay247
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  Ninja Gaiden. Battletoads was mostly memorization. Ninja Gaiden has some flat-out evil sections : RikiTiki2
  • and yet I've finished every NG game i've ever played and I still haven't been able to beat battletoads : skelom
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  Blaster Master NES : PowerofA
  • Beat this one on an emulator... Agree it's really difficult without the aid of instant saves/reloads. : Leshrac55
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  Ghosts and Gobline EOT : grandmasterlee
  • *Goblins : grandmasterlee
  • This. Nothing else comes close. : cetra00
  • errr.. the one for NES?? i beat that even after the last boss : oHnOES
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    I have never beaten that game. Same for Top Gun : riptyde
    • How could I forget about Top Gun?! I spent a month hacking the ROM so I could finally finish the game! : cetra00
  • I lost all my clothes all the time. : kramweil
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  X-com. : ryuuseki
  • I think you mean 'x-com: terror from the deep' : quartic0
• Peggle. : Alice O'Connor
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  Bayou Billy : kallanta
  • this game was impossible to beat. : oHnOES
• Women, any year. : orgcaptainnemo
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  Battletoads: The game I've spent hours to master, and I still can't beat the fucking Hypno-Ball! : Grumbeld
  • I'm sorry... hours years. : Grumbeld
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    Jurassic Park on SNES. Fucker had NO save. And the damn trex. I'm thinking of giving it another shot now ... : Korban
    • Oops meant for OP. But yeah. BT was a cock smoker too. : Korban
    • i hated that stupid game : riptyde
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      I bought that game as a kid with my allowance money and hated it, was going to return it (Babbage's had a... : Leshrac55
      • I guess the person who stole it got the bad end of the deal! : CrustaR
    • hahah fuck that game so bad. me and a friend beat it, but it took weeks : jimmy_legs
• TMNT (NES) : sm00v3d
• Ghouls N Ghosts. Fuck that game. : Head Rush
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  to fuel the fire http://www.dorkly.com/article/1622/the-15-most-annoying-levels-in-video-game-history/pag... : skelom
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    Good list, although both the Contra waterfall level and Mike Tyson are rather easy once you learn the pat... : riptyde
    • i agree with this. i also didn't think that mega man 9 was too bad. : akirabob
• The Smurfs on Genesis. Fuck that game. : thecray
• never got past that tube of death with the chompers on the walls : mindshot
• As a kid, Battletoads was a 3 level game that always had you losing at the end : PointlesS76
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  Fuck this game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_of_the_Beast : Rag and Bone Man
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    Holy fuck what a shitty game. I never got past the first level, but I'm glad I didn't, because here's th... : Rag and Bone Man
    • hahah what a shitty game... did they just run out of time to finish the game or something? also it doesn'... : skelom
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GunValkyrie Gun Valkyrie is one of the hardest in recent memory. : pixelat3d
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    I loved that game on the Xbox. Once you got the flight down and the chaining, it wasn't that bad, but st... : Rag and Bone Man
    • I enjoyed it quite a bit, that one vertical level with the gass pond and mushrooms boss at the top in tha... : pixelat3d
• God, yes.. Battletoads. Even on an emulator when I have unlimited retries and instant-saves I still coul... : Leshrac55
• The boss level of Streets of Rage, SO unfair. : theydobecauseitis
• Not counting utterly ridiculous SMW romhacks, Silver Surfer (NES). That game is almost impossible. : Link.
• Ninja Gaiden, old and new. To lesser extent Ratchet and Clank : Dschinghis Khan
• Played: TMNT Beaten: Bit.Trip.Beat : mrblarg
• Disciples II The most fucking cheap and unforgiving campaign of any game ever created. : SniperWolf22
• Blaster Master (nes). No saving! : eggnoodles
• Spelunker for the NES. I still have nightmares. : Fooldozer
• Robotron : xpogox
• Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles for the PS1 : ukmostwanted
• Recently? Halo 2 on Legendary, Cairo Station. Fuck that level. : magistersmax
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  i'm surprised at the lack of Demons's Souls'sss posts... I thought all those hard game club members would : skelom
  • it doesn't really qualify imo because you can try over and over until you get it, a lot of the hardest ga... : grandmasterlee
• Silent Bomber, PS1. That game will make you raaaaaaaage. : granpachook
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  Why console only? : watcherxp
  • no, like i said anything goes... any platform works : skelom
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  X-COM fuckkk, still struggling getting past the first month on beginner :( A friend at work finished i... : dael
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    oh, console... Ikaruga I guess. : dael
    • nah, any platform : skelom
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  Defender II (Stargate : watcherxp
  • I didn't play that one but the original arcade Defender was very tough (and possibly my favourite arcade ... : mactu
• Life - I've been playing it non-stop since 1978, I still haven't finished it. :( Mind you I'm still on my... : pillzer
• FESTER'S QUEST! : D-OveRMinD
• Milon's Secret Castle : Haku-Jin
• Soldier of Fortune (the original) with 2 saves per level and everything else as hard as possible. Motherf... : ZaldronGG
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  Super Ghouls n Ghosts (SNES) - Rented a SNES and this game because that's all I had money for. Kept get... : o0JediBeavis0o
  • I was hoping someone would mention that game. I used to love it. But yeah, it's so hard. : HappyFishYams
• Tetris. : wytefang
• Spiderman on the Atari 2600. Fuck you automatic draining of web fluid. : Derringer
• Impossible Mission (C64) : aasyranth
• Modern Warfare. Never played most of the super hard NES games. : jeffmoeller
• My vote is also for Battletoads. My friend and I couldn't beat it even WITH save states. : HappyFishYams
• Space Ace (Space Age?) for the SNES. I remember a competition where the winner would be he/she who could ... : GodZilly

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  subthread: who would you cast as Case? or Molly? : smax
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    Wil Wheaton! : daneloire
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      what's the fascination with him? he's not a very good actor and he's incredibly self important ... : ibrokn
      • Self important? He's one of the most self deprecating people I've ever seen. : Conan
  • i hate to say it but wesley and fox from wanted. james mcavoy and angelina jolie : spiderfill
  • Molly - michelle rodriguez : Alpha Class Android
  • Shia LaBeouf : DooBall
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    Ed Norton as Case! : Majuju
    • or maybe Jay Baruchel if they wanted someone young. : Majuju
  • Nicolas Cage : Sailor of Fortune
• Awww, no Keanu Reeves? : pimpium
• that seems like the kind of film that Hollywood would likely fuck up really badly : riptyde
• ahh fuck. : liquidlies
• I don't think it's possible for Hollywood to make thisfilm without completely fucking it up. : stuka
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  Hopefully it goes well. Would love to see cyberpunk come back in style in games and movies. : zakazi
  • Cyberpunk is my favourite genre and I would LOVE some new games and movies with this epic theme. : theydobecauseitis
• o-ver-ra-ted *clap clap clapclapclap* : Deathlove
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  I've only seen Cube, so I don't have such a good grasp of the director's vision and ability. I think I... : miasma&!
  • Cypher is pretty decent, I enjoyed it. Also he was the storyboard artist of Ginger Snaps.. weird. : theydobecauseitis
• These is no possible way this could be done well. Let them try I guess. : rick
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  As Case? Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad. As Molly? Dunno. : lightly inclined
  • Meant for smax's subthread. : lightly inclined
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  I never read Neuromancer, guess I shall : grandmasterlee
  • me too. :D : akirabob
  • It's a great fuckin book! : datoo
  • Me either, if it's that good I have to see what all the fuss is about : jonin
  • It's absolutely one of the best sci-fi novels ever. : vile
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  The title to this article confuses me because they already made a Dune movie. : datoo
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    and they're making another one aren't they? : miasma&!
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      Yeah... but I'm not gonna get my hopes up. : datoo
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        Didn't they already make it twice? : cerealSAM2
        • If you count the miniseries, yes. I personally hated it. : datoo
• they better not fuck it up : Alpha Class Android
• i thought the greatest scifi novel, hithhiker's guide to the galaxy, was already filmed. and yes they did... : whereiwannab
• I read the book for a college class. I couldn't believe my professor would assign such kick-ass literatu... : Grumbeld
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  So what sort of concepts would make this a unique movie? I have not read the book, but the description so... : byorn
  • Yeah it's like Enter the Dragon. It's been copied so much that it seems like a re hash. : ZombieAcademy
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    nihilistic technofetish subcultures attempt to survive against a rogue sentient AI conspiracy : spiderfill
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      what? that's not what it's about at all! : Majuju
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        maybe i am thinking of some other book. what was it then : spiderfill
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          well you're vaguely right except there's only one nihilist, and he ends up facilitating the AI conspiracy : Majuju
          • oh yeah you are right. altho hey maybe the panther moderns were nihilists too they helped : spiderfill
    • fuck that sounds sweet : crummynz
• As usual, I have high hopes that will be destroyed. : Fred Garvin
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  I can't wait for all the "Matrix rip-off" comments when this comes out. : BlackCat9
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    is it an action novel or more of a drama/thriller? : byorn
    • a lot of all things, honestly. action, drama, mystery. : Majuju
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      it's about everything and nothing at the same time. : MrLobo
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        so its like a cyberpunk seinfeld? : GloriousCow
        • I'm trying to imagine what this'd be like but I honestly can't. :S : miasma&!
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    More like Johnny Mnemonic ripoff! : Grumbeld
    • I can't wait for this to happen. : d fluke

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• That is awesome, I was *really* hoping for something like that, it kind of dead-ended with them. Also,... : Durajim
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  hurley eats ben : gmd
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    So that's what Hurley meant by the line "You were a great number two"? : Masem
    • ^ LOL : Begawkiness
    • Hahah that's horrible : Rasnowl
    • it is all so clear ! : gmd
    • hah : tfsbrian
    • hahah : Bamtan
    • Perfect : SockMonkeh
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      I made this joke the night this was on and everyone in the room thought I was unfunny and immature =( : bozer
      • But now you're on the Shack so ... : Attica Blue
      • its all about the timing : onji
      • Know your audience... : dfay
      • welcome home : liquidlies
      • I'll give you a sympathy LOL : Dimmona
    • It makes since since he was referring to his favorite chicken combo meal. : pimpium
    • ahahahahaha : PixelPie
    • shack of the week right here. is his post going to show up unhidden on the thomw lolshack page? : kaddar0
    • hahaha omg : Shadowdane
    • hahahah : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • this took me a while : fsck
• oooh awesome :-) : opengl128
• That is awesome but I wish it answers more mysteries and I don't think it will : spiderfill
• Series was an enjoyable six years for me, but it's over and done with for me. I also don't get why people... : kramweil
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  alternate ending: http://i.imgur.com/wtzBE.gif : smax
  • Still cracks me up. : Masem
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    The dog is Matthew Fox's dog in real life. : Crimsonbeak
    • the one running ? :P : barichnikov
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      Where the hell are people getting this info? http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Vincent : mrvandelay
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        lol at the trivia If you spell DOG backwards ... it's GOD. Well, that's my mind blown! : Durajim
        • fuck : kingdepork
      • That website informed me that DOG backwards is GOD. INF INF INF. : kingdepork
      • they're all stalkers : deject
    • Jin & Sun ate the original Vincent. :( : o0JediBeavis0o
  • half joke half finale spoiler just in case people get clicky :P : dantastic
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  Who killed the Ajira passengers? : zebosausamite
  • It doesn't matter. Everyone had a reason to. : brecht
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    ajira passengers? : EvilDolemite
    • lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Ajira_massacre : zebosausamite
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    Oh, let's say...Miles. : kek
    • He was lonely and wanted people to talk to. : zebosausamite
  • MAGIC : slickdoody
  • I don't see any reason not to think it was Smokey. : Zek
  • I thought it was Widmores team? If not, then I say Smokey : pukerat
  • Given that the Tina Fey chick was trying to pose as them when we first encountered them, I'd say Widmore : Masem
  • The motherfucking wizard : beanman101283
  • correct answer: Ben: "Who cares?" : smax
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  who's going to get the complete series on blu-ray? me, at whatever the price : EvilDolemite
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    fuck yeah. Then I'm marathon re-watching the whole series : pukerat
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      same here. i was watching "favorite moments" on youtube and it reminded me of all these great scenes whi... : EvilDolemite
      • One of my favorite moments was Charlie's deadpan after they first encounter the smoke monster: http://... : riptyde
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    The entire series is $150 for pre-order on amazon right now. Pretty damned cheap for 6 seasons. : riptyde
    • Regular dvd. I thought it was $150 for the blu-ray :( : Chrrs
    • It's $194 on blu-ray on Amazon, where are you seeing $150? : Begawkiness
  • I watched the two hour special that aired before the last episode last night. I'm pretty sure that's goo... : kek
  • I would like to own it and go through a marathon, haven't decided if I'm willing to pay $194 yet though : Begawkiness
  • I will. : Bamtan
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    Im tempted but is it really worth it? To watch it once more? Im sure it will be on TV in syndication too.... : bozer
    • waiting several years to watch all in syndication is not worth a measly $150 for me. plus lost is probab... : EvilDolemite
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    it's $150 for preorder on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036EH3WU?ie=UTF8&tag=contrariwiseo-2... : jenisthebest
    • oops that's not blu ray. :( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036EH3WK?ie=UTF8&tag=contrariwiseo-20&l... : jenisthebest
  • Will probably get it for my mom since she loves the show, but has only watched the first season. So...i'... : sreyes22
  • Honestly I think I will and I don't have a BR player yet, so this might push me to buy one. : ejectorpod
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    I like to think I'd get it, but I'm not sure I actually want to sit through all six seasons when I alread... : Attica Blue
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      i suppose if you watched everything recently it would not be as fun. i watched the seasons all live on T... : EvilDolemite
      • True. That's what I'm hoping is the case, but I'm going to have to convince myself before dropping the $2... : Attica Blue
  • preordering now : davislovestacobell
  • i dunno. is there a list of special features anywhere? : smax
  • Hell yes I am : invisible_kid
  • havent seen it on bluray yet... is the quality that much better over DVDs? : liquidlies
  • Are they going to release an "Ultimate Collection" that has more features and whatnot in a year? I hate ... : hussdelrio
  • I would but I'll probably never watch it so I won't bother : mikecyb
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  Can we tag Lost threads something so we can filter it out once and for all? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • as long as we can get a Mad Brahmin Disease tag. : disembodied potato
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  Don't really care. There is no point, we know what happened to them in the end. : deathofrats
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    Serious post? I mean yeah, they die eventually. We still have no idea how Hurley ran the island which wou : Zek
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      i also hope its a chance to give answers they normally couldnt on the main show : spiderfill
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        http://twitpic.com/1rdvxv : Zek
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          these comics are almost better than the finale! http://twitpic.com/1qjgw5 : spiderfill
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            oh man I love nedroid. : deathofrats
            • like to all of them: http://twitpic.com/photos/nedroid : deathofrats

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• it's got colors, and texture mapping and shit. that's high tech : cpt_gloval
• Running in with 2 diamond monster's in SLI mode heh. : echoinggreen
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  I had that issue and (stupidly) recycled my yearly subscription issues a few years back. Best magazine ev... : ieGod
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    No, that was PC Accelerator : Ebu
    • SHIT YES : givemesnacks
    • More like PC Exaggerator. : Amnesty_intl2
    • Signed! : paulatreus
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  lol i had that issue what the hell was wrong with us : das_runt
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    in 2020 you are going to look back on RDR, Crysis, Fallout 3, etc and wonder the same thing. : hirez
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      That's why more games need to adopt stylized graphics. You can't claim a stylized game looks unrealistic ... : David Craddock
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        pffft. katamari damacy looked totally realistic. i meet people that look like the King of all Cosmos ever : mindmann
        • Wakka wakka wiki wiki wiki wakka wakka. Wiki wiki wiki. : squigiliwams
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        this is why Wind Waker is still one of the best looking games ever. : cltcprd
        • You are correct, sir. : sogelegos
  • We were young, impressionable, and the potential for the platform at the time was astounding and wondrous... : ieGod
  • haha same. given my loyalty to quake, i recall being annoyed as well. : liquidlies
  • Good grief, it was 13 years ago. That looked amazing for the time, of course it looks goofy now, but you... : deathofrats
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  That was such a great magazine, the production values and writing were fantastic. : theghostofsmdever
  • Just the texture of the cover gave me wood. : zohar79
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  what the hell is a M2 : GloriousCow
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    It was never released: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panasonic_M2 : MaxPete82
    • hahaha The M2 technology is still in use today. It is mostly used in automated teller machines, and in Ja... : zakazi
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  "And it's coming to Nintendo 64" Did it? : Goto10
  • cancelled : ass-street
  • haha that's the funniest bit : crummynz
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  When things like that get printed these days it's for different reasons, no? Back then it was "holy cr... : Durajim
  • When they were carving out literally another dimension for the first time, that was gonna stay the most i... : Marrbe
• The clipmapped blades are extra nasty with those non antialiased edges! : Cubictoast
• How dare they badmouth sf3 : mayooms
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  Even then I wasn't THAT impressed with the screenshot. I knew it would look great in person, but they so... : Lone Swordsman
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    Pretty good memory on you : givemesnacks
    • I was much more obsessed with gaming then than I am now. : Lone Swordsman
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  I remember being stunned by the graphics back then. Still remember the moment when I came out of the ship... : Dynotaku
  • Yeah definitely a defining FPS moment! : etherboy
  • Vortex Rikers is correct. : vx2o
  • Soooooooooooo good : givemesnacks
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    Holy hell that part was awesome. Remember the water? And the fish!?!?! : rick
    • The water was friggen amazing : guido anchovy
  • yeah, that was great! although, when I think of it, I cannot remember any other scene of the game. not a ... : JohnnyDanger
  • Yeah there was a great sense of scale there, it was pretty awesome. : Barnahog
• "Has anyone ever died playing a video game?" i lol'd : MaverickOrig
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  Wait, Better than Quake? : cjcharv
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    playing GL Quake for the first time is still my biggest "HOLY FUCKING SHIT" gaming moment ever. : riptyde
    • I CAN SEE THROUGH THE WATER IN DM3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111!!!!! : Scotty22
  • unpossible : Johnny Law
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  I remember thinking this was photo realistic: http://img.brothersoft.com/screenshots/softimage/m/mortal_k... : bozer
  • It's a pretty decent attempt, imo. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • I guess it is photo realistic since the animation is made up of photos of real people. : alphablu
• Holy shit look at the detail in that texture, you can see perfectly formed alien abs,pecs, and fangs. Ho... : semaphore
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  I remember being blown away by the first Rise Of The Triad screenshots http://www.nag.co.za/wp-content/u... : ninjase
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    that game 0wned : ass-street
    • we used to play that for hours every weekend. so goofy : hamachi
    • mmmmmm mrrrrrrmmmmm mwwooooorrrr mmmrrrmmmmmmmm : mwasher
  • look at the hand realism, amazing! : Scotty22
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  I've been replaying SC1 lately and this reminds me of that. I remember how incredible the cutscenes were... : valael
  • ha yeah. The old Blizzard stuff is hard to watch now. Especially when you see some of the incredible intr... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Same with the MechWarrior 2 intro...I remember thinking "there's no way games could ever actually look li... : ninjase
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      Ok after watching it again it's not as bad as I thought but there could totally be a game with better gra... : ninjase
      • yeah the MW2 has held up better i think because there are no people in it. maybe not as good as it was, ... : valael
  • I still love the original SC cinematics... the tech is old now but they have soooo much character. : TabsAZ
• MMX for life! : vx2o
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  wow only $4.99 : Metatron85
  • I just paid $10 for a magazine the other day :( : Evil Benius
• I'm gonna have to buy a new pc, again!! Sent from my G1. : Xencer
• I remember that colored lighting in Quake 2 was really impressive : fluffy64
• Whoa. I remember reading that one oh so long ago. : Mmmmmoo
• I wish I still had that issue so I could see what they said about street fighter 3. : owtwerd
• Isssss so reeeeeeeeeeeeal! http://itsoreal.ytmnd.com/ : zardoz555

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  get her an ipad : boring gegtik
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    Writing any serious piece of work on the iPad would be such a pain in the ass. I can, however, see it : Modica Sol Solis
    • let's be honest she's never writing that novel : boring gegtik
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      Bluetooth keyboard and a dock (not THE dock) : red2lucas
      • The keyboard isn't the problem. I've used the iPad for a bit (friend has one) and one thing that kills it... : Modica Sol Solis
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        is there any way to use the dock + bluetooth keyboard in the same way you could sit with a laptop? : Jenings
        • Tape. Lots and lots of tape. : noxiousgg
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  Get the Sony CW...I have a VPCCW21FX Vaio and it's incredible....we love it. Slick, adequate video card... : kainen1
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    Notebook review or someone keeps talking about weird battery draining issues. Do you have any of that? ... : hanfeitzu
    • nope, i like my battery life performance a lot. But I haven't tried putting it through extensive testing... : kainen1
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    i tried out a number of laptop keyboards, and the vaio was probably my favorite. that said, i've been rec... : Audhuml4
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      Where I work, we've had every VAIO laptop we've bought in the past two years need repair of some sort in ... : genom
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        my last shop had nothing but alienware, and it was hilariously bad. : Audhuml4
        • Well, they /are/ a branch of Dell now ;P We've been having decent luck with HP laptops, but haven't mo... : genom
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  Dont buy a sony unless you like buying a new laptop every other year. : Jinxplayer
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    ^^^ I'd suggest a Macbook or a small, lightweight netbook by Dell or Asus' EEE PC. The one thing I wil... : Modica Sol Solis
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      Also, given the premium price you're paying for Vaios, Macbooks are a much more attractive option. For a ... : Modica Sol Solis
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        The CWs can be had for $800 or less. Macbooks are a lot more, right? : hanfeitzu
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          $1100 IIRC. It's worth the money imo. : mrvandelay
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            Macs are really a non starter. They don't work with my home server for backup, she has existing writing ... : hanfeitzu
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              Bootcamp + Windows. : umcpwintermute
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                VMWare Fusion / Parallels as well. : genom
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                  so $1100 plus a windows license. Not terribly price competitive. : hanfeitzu
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                    it's a nicer machine though, worth the extra $$ IMO : jcupitt
                    • snake oil salesman, the lot of you : dantastic
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                yeah but that's forcing a square peg in a round hole. Don't contiuously recommend him a solution that is... : kainen1
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                  Mac have some of the best hardware out there, along with Lenovo. I fail to see why recommending a great p... : Arctic Fox
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                    because he already listed two large factors in his decision....the incompatability with his existing wind... : kainen1
                    • Installing windows is easy. The price concern I can understand, however. : Arctic Fox
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          13" MBP is about $1100, near $1k if you can get any kind of a discount. If there's any question about if ... : umcpwintermute
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            The new MBPs fail on the "cool running" criterion though, I hear they get quite hot. : Arctic Fox
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              I don't know about 15/17s, but my fiancee's 13" stays cool. She doesn't game, just web/e-mail/documents. : umcpwintermute
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                The older ones were nice and cool, the new ones are warmer based on Anandtech. : Arctic Fox
                • I have (don't ask) a 3.06 C2D 15" mbp and a core i7 15" mbp and so far as I can tell, the i7 is quite a b... : bostrov
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              If you are doing something processor intensive they get warm, but just writing a novel isn't processor in... : bostrov
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                There have been numerous reports of the latest macbooks freezing from either heat or, some suspect, a gp... : Tommy Toolbag
                • The only problem I have is in bootcamp the new mbp will not run MW2, other than that it's been stable. : bostrov
  • Don't buy a Sony unless she's going to do her makeup in the mirror that is the shitty Vaio glossy screen ... : abrasion
  • Sony seems to build very fragile or perfectly amazingly flawless computers. It's just like what day of th... : geedeck
• I don't know about the CW, but I know the SR is really nice, super-light 13" notebook, well put together.... : csana
• The Lenovo t410 is probobly the best Laptop I have seen in a long time for work. Quiet, cool, not that h... : Crimsonbeak
• A Dell with an i3 processor should be pretty cool? : Pantene Pro-V
• Get a 13" MBP? I got my fiancee one and she absolutely LOVES it. It stays very cool and is pretty nice lo... : umcpwintermute
• check out www.notebookreviews.com The forums are usually a good source of info on specific models. : renegade732
• I've got a Vaio CW, a Core i3 model with a GeForce 320M, to be exact. It even comes with Chrome pre-ins... : Lone Swordsman
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  sony laptops are the biggest pieces of shit, the management wants them because they look cool but good go... : stgdz
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    with that being said, get a toshiba or HP. : stgdz
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      Her current one is an HP and lasted the shortest of all that she's had. My parents both have toshibas an... : hanfeitzu
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        Just buy her a Macbook. : peanut-
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          I had two new mbp hard drives crap out on me - one a month or so after I got it, one only two days after ... : bostrov
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            Replace them with a 640gb WD Scorpio Blue. Goddamn they are nice. : Shivawn
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              I replaced it with a 1 TB Scorpio blue : bostrov
              • You one upped me. =( : Shivawn
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        HP corporate model laptops are a lot better made than the consumer ones you can get at best buy. : dantastic
        • I hope so. I have yet to have a good experience with an HP consumer laptop. : TrptJim
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        my dad (who I use as a yardstick for these things since he travels a lot and doesn't give a fuck about hi... : mikecyb
        • http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/toughbook-products.asp : Arctic Fox
  • We'll see, god I hope not. Ours so far 7 months in has been nothing short of amazing : kainen1
• Get a Dell and wait for it to have one of those new fancy Seagate mechanical/ssd hard drive. : ant_hillbilly
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  If i were in the market for another laptop i might have looked at one of these Asus higher end 13.3" note... : dantastic
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    ASUS also has a lot of flimsy plastic pieces of shit. : Arctic Fox
    • well if you want something small and cheap and still has a fair amount of kick to it, asus is where it's ... : dantastic
• http://www.apple.com/macbook/ : gdestiny

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• Honestly, I picked the Space Marines because I thought that they were the easiest to collect, who also lo... : amrbean
• My first "real" army was Tau, when they were first released. I was just getting into the game and no one... : zebosausamite
• I went with Eldar, partly because I didn't want to be yet another Space Marines player, and partly becaus... : The Grolar Bear
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  Have you bought anything from Ebay? : james_austintx
  • In terms of 40k stuff? No, but amrbean has and it worked out well for him. : Wadmaasi
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    I have! I bought my Black Reach Starter Set and my SM Battleforce. Both were new, in box though. Oh, I... : amrbean
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      i see a lot of IG lots that are complete and on the sprue but without the boxes... I have never put to... : james_austintx
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        I have seen those too and I would feel safe getting them. The sets don't come with tools and for most ... : amrbean
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          Lets be honest though....GW's vehicle directions leave a lot to be desired. : K0LM
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            Fuck yes they do. *sheesh* : Wadmaasi
            • I was putting together the Ork Trukk and those have to be the worst directions I have ever seen. It woul... : K0LM
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              They're absolutely horrible. I was trying to build a Fire Prism and ended up with a Wave Serpent. : The Grolar Bear
              • I would have been pissed. : K0LM
              • Ha ha! Oh man, that sucks. : Wadmaasi
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  I picked Tau for a variety of reasons, some fluff, some crunch, some aesthetic. This is blasphemy for : Wadmaasi
  • I picked Tau for mostly the same reasons. I loved the clean aesthetic, and I really liked the idea of a ... : Finestaut
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  Imperial Guard (Imperial Meat Shield) for the tanks. The Russ can be an ugly beast (which based on the mo... : nephilem
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    Which type of guardsmen? Throughout the years it's taken them a while to actually make miniatures that i ... : Klebold
    • I generally like the look of the Cadians. They're fairly generic but I've seen some pretty interesting he... : nephilem
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  I started my Chaos Nurgle army because I thought Chaos was awesome and the Nurgle stuff was especially co... : lplasmatron
  • Yea, I grabbed necrons because they are pretty much the epitome of death, and death is kewl. Grabbed n... : dedgecko
• I think the main reason i stuck with space marines was simply because i started with them. I remember vi... : rheroux
• I got the assault on black reach starter so that made choosing space marines pretty easy. Growing my ol... : K0LM
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  Does nobody play Warhammer original Tabletop here? : Mr. Goodwrench
  • Do you mean Warhammer Fantasy Battles? I did, I sold my armies a few years ago though. I prefer WFB's m... : zebosausamite
  • I'm hoping the new edition will make it interesting to me again. I have a horde of skaven waiting to c... : hamachi
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    I play Fantasy! I collect Dark Elves. I'm about 40% finished with the army so far. I started a blog ... : R@zzle
    • It's been a while since I played but I still have my three armies. I started out collecting Empire, of wh... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • I haven't played the original Warhammer in about 15 years. :O I think it was 4th edition back then? I s... : Aldebrand
• Tau because I like the design and they don't seem to be too popular in this area of the world. Space M... : melkore
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  I am reading the rule book and I notice that since Terminators have a powerfist in close combat their in... : K0LM
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    Make a cheat sheet. Totally helps : hamachi
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      Another thing we forgot about was AP on weapons. So if I am reading this right....a bolter with an AP 5 w... : K0LM
      • Pretty sure you are correct. : JohnnyRey
      • correct, it also would prevent 5+ armor saves but not invuln saves : On the Brane
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        It would not allow an Ork boy an armor save. They would still get a cover save (if applicable) or an inv... : Wadmaasi
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          It might be worth switching to 'ard boyz for the save of +4. : K0LM
          • just add more boys. 'ard boys are not really worth the points. : hatchet165
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          can you take a cover save and an armour save? If so it seems a bit of a chore to see if you kill somethin... : Klebold
          • No you can not make more than one save. for instance: Your squad has a 4+ save and a 5+ invun. They ar... : hatchet165
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  still can't choose between IG or Tau...i like both : james_austintx
  • pick Tau unless you like painting millions of little dudes or a half-dozen boring tanks. : Majuju
  • Or go with a "corrupted" IG army. Chaos + IG can be pretty awesome. : dedgecko
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  My first army was Chaos for Warhammer Fantasy. I don't remember what edition, but I chose them because t... : Derringer
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    I always wondered what drove people to chaos, they always looked so messy to me. I enjoy symmetry, clean... : Klebold
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      I liked the "dudes with the spikes and horns". I was in high school at the time, so it was pretty awesom... : Derringer
      • Not that there are very many "races" in the Warhammer 40k universe that really qualify as "good guys". Y... : Arcanum
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  I wish I knew someone around here to play with. I know absolutely nothing about the game, but I love the... : valael
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    That is probably the hardest thing about this hobby. You actually need cool people to play with or you ar... : K0LM
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      I don't even know of a single shop around here. I assume this is comic book store type stuff, right? I h... : valael
      • check online or in the back of a White Dwarf magazine. you may have a GW store near you, or a good local... : hamachi
• I picked nids cause I was hungry. : hatchet165
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  Nobody play Orks?! :( : stygian_whisper
  • I was going to, but I fell in love with Fantasy so I'm selling all of my ork models off. Painting a ho... : R@zzle
  • I have some orks that came with my black reach and have added a buggy and killer kan because I thought th... : silentbobuk
  • I've got an Ork army but it's only 1/20th of the way painted and the task is too overwhelming. : On the Brane
  • I play against Orks alot. =/ : hatchet165
• I chose spacearines because that's what came in the assault on black reach starter box. : silentbobuk
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  Is there a wiki or something that gives some history to the chapters? I chose crimson fists because: 1) ... : silentbobuk
  • This is a great site for the lore and background of the 40k universe - http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Cr... : Aldebrand
  • The space marine codex has most of what you need to know. You can go in depth as much as you like since m... : Klebold
  • Other than the Lexicanum site Aldebrand linked, you will find most of the lore (or fluff as it is commonl... : The Grolar Bear
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  nephilem and I started Warhammer 40k at about the same time (and actually, Warhammer but that was much, m... : Aldebrand
  • I forgot to mention that I have a squad of Elysians waiting to be built along with a Valkyrie that nephi : Aldebrand
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  Hey hey, check out the Steam Weekend Deal! http://store.steampowered.com/sub/4026/ Death to the False... : The Grolar Bear
  • Oooh, $15 for the expansion! : Arcanum
  • Sweet Jesus I was waiting for the expansion to go sale. : K0LM
  • Can anyone confirm that you can gift the extra DoWII vanilla? : midgetherder

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• Wow, that's pretty crazy : foo
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  I wonder if it really is that easy to get the data off the drives : chazums
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    Probably is because a lot of those copiers scan to PDF by default. : guido anchovy
    • Hahaha, what. What a joke : chazums
  • most just store them as pdfs. i know ricohs and savins do anyway. : [fry]
• haha damn. Never knew about the harddrive. : DooBall
• holy shit. : jonin
• As someone who has scanned their ass on the copier a few times I'm really getting a kick out of these rep... : uebersoldat
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  $500 extra charge just to have the machine auto-delete the image after being scanned. lol ripoff. : ant_hillbilly
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    Yeah, wtf. It should be a trivial option you set in the menu. : daVinci1980
    • From the sounds of it, they do delete them. They needed 12 hours to restore the files. What is missing is... : SilverSnake
  • yeah, my immediate thought "Fucking assholes" : proclone1
• I honestly hadn't thought about it. Kinda alarming. : ChibiJosh
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  scanning to network destination FTW. nothing was ever stored on our copiers. but we didn't actually form... : Downforce
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    And since it's a scan there's no way it could have gone to both! : Agrona
    • Yeah, they used quantum copiers, so there was only one possible copy of the bits. : daVinci1980
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  Holy shit, never knew these things saved each image even if you didnt want to save it. That seems like qu... : Beady
  • so uhh... what kind of stuff do you copy? : proclone1
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  they don't save each image. The hard drives aren't that big (~40gig) in the ones we have and there is no... : retardhumper
  • how big do you think a scan is? it's probably like 300k PDFs : mikecyb
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    you could easily save 10,000 full-color, 300 dpi PDFs in 40GB. if it's black and white they could easily : electroly
    • Yeah, i actually work for a scanning company and you'd be surprised at how little space they take. : StolenNosferatu
  • we have a copier at a client with 2x160gb SATA drives, and they aren't used in a RAID. And yes, they do ... : trOmblyj
• Wait, how many boobs and ass cheeks did they find!? : tinfoilhatter
• Count me as part of that 60%. I had no idea that there were actual hard drives in the machines that reta... : deadhorse
• we should chip in and have someone try this to see if it actually works. : StolenNosferatu
• Why in the world do copiers need to store that and I don't know delete it? : Chod
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  Isn't this like a breach of privacy or something? I smell lawsuits. : inf3d3l
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    i don't think there's really an expectation of privacy here. probably mentions it in the user's manual t... : electroly
    • In the small print right! : inf3d3l
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    I think it would break some HIPAA rules. : StolenNosferatu
    • it definitely breaks some HIPAA rules but honestly there isnt really much you can do that doesnt break at... : Degenerate
    • jesus no kidding. Going to have to check out our copier : MamiyaOtaru
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  This is why we purchased a copier that encrypts its data and then wipes it every 24 hours. : warcrow
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    warcrow, welcome to the world of copying. you're in for a hellova ride : oHnOES
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      Strap yerself in! : warcrow
      • We're in for some chop : dael
• i wonder how many pressed hams these get : oHnOES

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  Admit how many you've seen! : PixelPie
  • I've probably seen them all except the pokemon and digimon movies. haha :O : shakybonez31
  • 10ish. Not as many as I thought : bolneze
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    2 : Jimbo Ro
    • me too, mario and tomb raider by any chance? : disembodied potato
  • Postal and it was 'terribad' awesome with other shacknerds. : abrasion
  • 13 : Audhuml4
  • At least 9, not sure about the Mortal Combat and Street Fighter movies, I think I've seen one or two, but... : SilverSnake
  • Sum total of one, Mortal Kombat. : Lone Swordsman
  • 5 : o0JediBeavis0o
  • I've seen 9 of them. : deject
  • 14 : ShadowRam
  • 2 : action roommate
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    0, thankfully. : ieGod
    • Of Boll's, that is.6 otherwise. : ieGod
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    12 : riptyde
    • Also 12. : limpossible
  • 11. plus i'm going to watch prince of persia this weekend. : fsck
  • 19 : uglysad
  • Only 1, Super Mario Bros. (when I was a kid). : aethyr
  • 3 - Wing Commander, Doom and Mortal Kombat (1995) : malevolence
  • 10, resident evil ones were great : handofthrawn
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    Give me a list I don't have to click through : Ebu
    • ^This. Also, the one's I remember seeing off the top of my head include Street Fighter Mortal Kombat 1... : one random winner
  • 9. ugh. : Xanthos
  • 13, though many of them on TV and that includes two of the Pokemon movies which I watched on video when I... : mikecyb
  • 8 - I am surprised that Final Fantasy is still #1 (discounting the new PoP movie). : thetangent
  • 8 after this weekend : TroZ
  • 9, not too bad. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • 5. : Agrona
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    ZERO. I netflix'd the Doom movie a while back, but I couldn't bring myself to watch it. : Frank_Mackey
    • oh shi....make that ONE. I did watch The Spirits Within and somewhat enjoyed it. : Frank_Mackey
  • 13, more than I thought : Begawkiness
  • 2 (Wing Commander and FF). and bits of 2 others (Doom, Tomb Raider) Videogame movie is more than like... : MamiyaOtaru
  • 21 of them. Jesus Christ. LOL. : Super Sparker
• 44% at RT isn't necessary bad. That means less than half the reviewers liked it - but importantly - a go... : Masem
• haha... those ratings are hilarious. you have to get to the top 15 before breaking out of the single dig... : mrtony
• 52% now : gmd
• I actually thought Silent Hill was alright...up until the last 15 minutes or so. Any time you have to res... : Conan
• They're missing Parasite Eve: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119860/ Or maybe that's considered to be b... : SilverSnake
• most of these are covered in Giantbomb's TANG : gx8
• Calling them the "best" is somewhat misleading, considering that list probably contains most of the video... : Arcanum
• Hitman was alright : lokdown
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  I'm surprised the Tomb Raider movies didn't rank higher, they were pretty high quality production. They w... : R@zzle
  • Yea I tend to agree with this.. Tomb Raider while not great had better direction and it felt like a real ... : stonedonkey
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  I've seen at least part of 12 or 13. Some of them are so bad they're hilarious (see: Dead or Alive). : omnova
  • Oh fuck you, misreply. : omnova
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  id like to see WoW made with avatar budget. : d0pamine
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    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0803096/ : action roommate
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      i thought it was canceled for good? : d0pamine
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        Let us hope so. : CrustaR
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          I heard something about it being live action. Just let the CG Animation people over at Blizzard make it, ... : limpossible
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            you mean the people at blur studios? : ibrokn
            • er, you're right blizzard. i forgot they don't just farm out to blur like everyone else. : ibrokn
          • Yea, I always thought this made the most sense.. the original WoW trailer still gets me pumped. : stonedonkey
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            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PNTcMm5-Mo&fmt=22 still awesome how many ever years later. : stonedonkey
            • Yeah, that's just fucking incredible. Everything about it : foo
            • Watching that video again after all this time makes me wonder... Why in the hell didn't Tauren Shaman eve... : Ajax
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            Yeah, Blizzard has an insanely talented animation team. To not take advantage of that is a big mistake, ... : foo
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              Well, their animation is average. Nothing bad, but not really amazing. It's their general art direction t... : Ebu
              • In my opinion it's everything. The directing, pacing, choice in music, etc. Ties everything together ve... : foo
      • It's not. Raimi and others involved are still working on the script. : pimpium
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        Link so source? As far as i know it's been in the script development stage for quite some time. : action roommate
        • As of last month, still in pre script stage. http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/704291/world-of-warcraf... : pimpium
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  9 of them! and they aren't the shitty ones either lol! : dopeman
  • whoops, meant for the first reply. also, they didn't include advent children -which was fucking aweso... : dopeman
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  Street Fighter and Dead or Alive are two of the most misunderstood video game adaptions and are fucking a... : roushimsx
  • Street Fighter should be #1 because it gave us this line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlhOUyy4wbs : ArcKnight
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  I am convinced that someone will someday make a great videogame based movie. I had high hopes for Halo... : thetangent
  • The Duke Nukem movie had better be good or y'all are going to read my name on the front page of the news : dognose
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    Max Payne should have been better : MamiyaOtaru
    • I haven't seen it (yet), but it certainly seemed like a prime candidate for a great movie adaptation. Fro... : thetangent
  • The Citizen Kane of video game movies? : BlackCat9
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  Silent Hill is the best videogame movie followed by the first Resident Evil. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Silent Hill did a great job at capturing the creepiness of the franchise. Not so much the psychological-... : walker270
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      I'd agree. The atmosphere was bang on, but I never felt the tension that is in the games. Resident Evil a... : Fred Garvin
      • They really are not that close which is what made the first one great. Some of the big points are there, ... : Evil Benius
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      pretty much agree, wasnt much tension but damn probably one of the most creepiest movies ive seen and the... : thewindcriesmary
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK13ntirEzE : thewindcriesmary
• such a shame Silent Hill isn't number one. That was the best one in my opinion. It may not have gotten ... : deathofrats
• was there ever any truth to that rumour about Eminem in a Deus Ex film? : MamiyaOtaru
• That list is bullshit. I don't care if people agree on which is better than which, but how is PoP #1 when... : Totenjaeger
• Mortal Kombat got robbed. It should have the top spot. : Ajax
• watch GB's TANG series it's awesome! : skelom