Morning Discussion: Holiday Edition

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  I think you have me added, anytime you want Lexi I am down to work on my 1v1. : bongturbo
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    I actually don't think I have you on my list anymore, you should add me ;) : Lexicon_Leidun
    • Nvm. I have you added. : Lexicon_Leidun
• I'll play you lex, but I'm very very rusty so I might not be much of a challenge for a while. I'll be in ... : Foxhawk
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  I have the opposite problem. I feel like my Terran opening is pretty good but it all falls apart mid to l... : Rethius
  • I have that problem too, but part of the opening is getting a strategy that can be viable mid-late game. ... : Lexicon_Leidun
  • Man, same here. I think the problem might be the huge gap between my early reaper harass and 1st medivac... : Fooldozer
  • Yea completely get owned mid-game as Terran too :( : Lionel2b
  • yup, same. The resource graph tells my story. :( : zakazi
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    Me too! Course I'm sure my opening could use some tuning, but mid to late game I just seem to fail so ha... : hoopfam4
    • Taking out tech buildings can often do almost as much damage as killing probes. : thecatinthehat
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  I am proud that just this morning I reached rank #1 in my silver division. How many do I need to win to b... : Patch-e
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    I beat a gold league rank #1 this morning too, not sure why I got matched with him to begin with though : Patch-e
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      remember that silver is now the equivalent of bronze of last patch : wurt
      • i mean gold = silver, ya know what i mean ! : wurt
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    You just need to keep winning and be in a good position when you reach a (hidden) review milestone. : Foxhawk
    • ah, I was assuming it went by points, everyone in the league is under 300 points and I am the only one wh... : Patch-e
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    I've never been able to reach #1 in my division. I always get promoted to the next league before I can ev... : Ellissd
    • Haha, even better! : d0gbert
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  So I'm working on my Terran build, an I played 2 Protoss' one after the other - both went with almost exc... : Fooldozer
  • yea, getting an early ghost or two is super effective against any protoss. it's really necessary. : wurt
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    I made a mostly stalker army with colossi. My opponent made battlecruisers. Stalkers don't do well at all... : kek
    • Nope, I've had that problem myself - if a Terran can get 4 or more BC's you're fucked. : abrasion
  • Marauders are also pretty powerful vs. Stalkers. Stalkers are armored units - something to keep in mind, ... : Lexicon_Leidun
  • i am now a total convert when it comes to blink stalkers against terran. its pretty much the best opening... : theWhite
  • You didn't mention marauders. Why not? : Agrona
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    QUESTION: What are the rules on blinking up a cliff? Do you need vision? It seems I've lost MORE than a f... : Wikus Van De Merwe
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      Gotta have vision for sure. Blink distance is limited, too, so if you have a huge blob of stalkers and yo... : ConfusedUs
      • Observers are one of the best spies in the game, and you should usually have one with any main force anyw... : ConfusedUs
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        actually, you can shift+blink. i think HDstarcraft has a tutorial on it in his youtube chanel : theWhite
        • nm it was posted below : theWhite
    • You do need vision of the location to which your blinking, yes. : Lexicon_Leidun
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      Smart blinking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQJHr7lQlOs&playnext_from=TL&videos=hbnO5RfJfQg : oldschoolbob-o
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        Oh man shift-queuing the blink is much better than manually selecting stalkers to blink in batches. Thank... : ConfusedUs
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          You guys aren't using SHIFT to queue commands??????? That was in SC1. Maybe i don't suck as much as i tho... : m0rfus
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            I only learned about it in SC2 :( : oldschoolbob-o
            • which probably explains why i was so bad at sc1 : oldschoolbob-o
          • I shift-queue, but I'd never thought about doing it for blink. :( : ConfusedUs
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  anyone care to play a bunch of 1v1s today? will be on in 20 min. username at g m a i l. : Lionel2b
  • Friend request sent. : KangDang
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  Wow I think I just found a bug... if you are typing a friend add in and then the game starts, your keyboa... : Freon
  • That sucks. : Lexicon_Leidun
  • Report that Crap. : DM7
• Anyone who wants to do 3s or 4s, I'm up for it today. or other crazy shack matches. I'm in diamond, but I... : NexusOne
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  I've been feeling really frustrated with Zerg vs. Terran lately (a frustration shared by others it seems)... : Lexicon_Leidun
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    ultras are pointless, especially vs mech. I've been doing mutas to banelings to hydras. : NexusOne
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      I don't know about that - with the armor and speed upgrades, once they close on an array of tanks they co... : Lexicon_Leidun
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        My problem with Hydras in the late-game is that they can't handle tanks at all. They just get ripped to s... : Lexicon_Leidun
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          late game i've seen heavy broodlords used to great effect, don't forget about the roach burrow movement, ... : entropy
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            I have yet to play a terran player in a ladder game who didn't have ravens out to support his tanks by th... : Lexicon_Leidun
            • after watching the qxc vs sheth games last night, I know all I need to know about 200 food mech vs zerg b... : NexusOne
          • Roach burrow works great, but if they have a wall of tanks your roaches go down fast. In my experienc... : shred.
        • Brood lords are so slow and go down fast to vikings, phoenix, mutas, corruptors, thors... And they take ... : Freon
      • "once they close on an array of tanks" except I've never seen that happen. they just get splattered befor... : NexusOne
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    I've got to say, the baneling bust (think Dimaga) works really well against most terran players. I am in ... : aaarrrgh
    • Also, do not underestimate roaches. The new pop requirements suck, but if the game is not super macro foc... : aaarrrgh
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  All I see today is zealot rushes and terran cheese : NexusOne
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    i always apply early pressure when playing zerg. : theWhite
    • playing *against* zerg : theWhite
    • all in zealot rushes or proxy hellion rushes? : NexusOne
  • I hate playing Terrans, so many noobs that don't expand and just build marines :( : askedrelic
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  lexi I'm online pretty often. I'll play you any time. I'm completely addicted to SC2! : m0rfus
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    I'd me - That'd be great. : Lexicon_Leidun
    • Wow.. that should be *add me - my brain is tired, apparently. : Lexicon_Leidun
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  Id love to play today. Add me. chriseustace at gmail : bagelcc
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    anyone up for a 1v1 now? : bagelcc
    • Sent you an invite, I'll play : R@zzle
• I feel like a retarded child when I play this game, basically. I'm good at getting marines out quickly, i... : Rethius

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  Hans Gruber. He's not even particularly sinister or that evil, he's just fucking awesome. : freshyk
  • /thread : swiftB3
  • Would Snape also qualify? : TrptJim
• Mao Zedong : yosemiteclimber
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  Your category is so broad I'm throwing the Emperor in there. Poor Alderan (SW is an action movie to me) : lpearl
  • Well I meant real world type baddies. Someone who could actually be real. : NFXFSX
• That Gylis guy was pretty malevolent too. : Gylis
• Joe Liberman : Sailor of Fortune
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  The Mongols win hands down. : InfoBiter
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    ^^^ this there is no debate on this. : theWhite
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      just to add something. The mongols obliterated entire cultures on their trek across the globe. they didnt... : theWhite
      • http://funnyaussiesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Ghengis_khan.jpg : d0pamine
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      Read this: http://www.cracked.com/article_18476_5-ancient-acts-war-that-changed-face-earth_p2.html # : InfoBiter
      • #3 is just as bad : MagicWishMonkey
      • lol they also took the #3 spot : theWhite
  • They were pretty serious dick heads. : Danny5225
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  Pol Pot hands down : spiffymc
  • Although something can be said for medevil Catholic Archbishops who were constantly finding new and inter... : spiffymc
• KNEEL BEFORE ZOD! : cerealSAM2
• Khan from TWOK is pretty awesome. : orgcaptainnemo
• The Vorlons : LoioshDwaggie
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  Xenu : boring gegtik
  • ah damn you : caveatemptor
• Kim Jong Il is an evil motherfucker. : ConfusedUs
• Killing billions of people in a volcano with atomic bombs is pretty badass. Xenu : caveatemptor
• Bobby Kotick : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Nazis are the PERFECT villains: -categorically evil, so it's ok to kill them in cold blood -obsessed wi... : Klebold
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    -extremely intelligent... They are never intelligent in the movies or TV though, always dumb as stumps, ... : retardhumper
    • the grunts are but the upper echelons are quite conniving and scheming. : Klebold
• Hannibal Lecter : retardhumper
• Xur and the Ko-dan armada : watcherxp
• Hitler : rmjackson
• Darth Vader : mrwolf710
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  Hannibal Lector is my favorite movie villian. : uglysad
  • Hannibal Lictor Alpha Sllrrlrlrlrlr : Marrbe
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  Frank Booth in honor of Dennis Hopper : cptstern
  • also HAL, lee van cleef "the bad", basil rathbone in the adventures of robin hood, sydney greenstreet, pe... : cptstern
• if there's anything i hate more than nazis and commies, it's nazi commies, or commie nazis, or zombie coz... : davislovestacobell

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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17636669 : JINKY
  • good call. LOL LIFE REQUIRES SOCIAL INTERACTION, SOOO HARD : askedrelic
  • I'll have you know I went right back to that fucking place and ordered some food, and when I was waiting ... : Slowtreme
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  This is why I don't ask people if they need help with anything at my crappy retail job : zombie man
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    I only did if the person looked fustrated in looking for something specific : JuffoWup
    • This is what I do. : NFXFSX
  • I try to do this also... But my boss is really hard on us all about chasing the customer and squeezing a ... : etherboy
• This is how the new Best Buy down the street from me was when it opened. If all you want to do is browse... : LilCrypto
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  yeah fuck those guys trying to do their jobs pretending they give a shit what customers need. those ass... : X-GOUKI
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    dude, the guy 8 feet away just heard me say NO THANKS. seriously I usually spend $100 bucks easy when I w... : Slowtreme
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      Being friendly will kill you, I've seen it happen. : askedrelic
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        lol you guys are jerks. maybe I should have had them all gather around me as I moved from shelf to shelf? : Slowtreme
        • I've learned from the multisync the only way to help someone is to mercilessly insult them : askedrelic
    • Next time ask them to help you find the exit : pyide
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      That's their job. That's what their manager has told them is in the job description and what they're pai... : TwiLyght
      • He's not "hating on them [for] earning an honest living." He's pissed off because it is ANNOYING AS FU... : Ebu
• I get it. It's annoying. I get that they're doing their jobs but I don't want to be asked 400 times if I ... : jenisthebest
• Sounds like it's face kickin time >:( : dognose
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  I hate explaining my projects.... I ask for vacuum relief valves and they ask what Im working on instead... : bolus
  • that was my favorite Stark Trek episode : devpaul
  • you should just say "It's classified." and refuse to explain any further : electroly
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  Regional Manager must be in town. : owly
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    That's what I'm thinking, I worked in retail once and we were supposed to ask everyone if they needed hel... : DM7
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      Yeah my guess as well. Some kind of push from management. They don't trust the judgment of their employee... : ZombieAcademy
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        or they're anticipating a mystery shop. They pay people to walk into a store and if they're not offered... : GloriousCow
        • Yeah which always blew my mind really. I got mystery shopped maybe twice in my 3 and a half years of reta... : ZombieAcademy
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    ^^ I was thinking along these lines. Most of the time I couldn't get help in a retail store if i was blee... : GloriousCow
    • I shop at this store pretty often, never felt "assulted" before. There is usually enough people milling a... : Slowtreme
  • Doubtful, it's memorial day, most places are having huge sales, and expect a lot of business. It's the b... : Halen
• one time i went to home depot and stood at the key making machine for 5 minutes, no one asked if i needed... : FrayLo
• that's about the exact opposite of every experience i have ever had at home depot. but i like wanderin... : mwasher
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  You should have picked up a chainsaw, pulled it out of the box, and just walked around with it. I bet pe... : ImageOmega
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    the thing is, I actually had an item in my hand. Not a chainsaw, but I didn't feel like I looked lost and... : Slowtreme
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      I've seen you...you always look lost and in need of assistance. Let's face facts. : ImageOmega
      • fuck. : Slowtreme
• This happened to me a few years ago. Regional Mgmt was visiting and they had to over-staff and keep every... : Rigg5
• I would much rather they did this than most of the useless fucks at retail stores who will not even say h... : Evil Benius
• Jesus Christ people will fucking complain about anything. Hey Shack pretty fucked up day i am having s... : oneshot
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  Reminds me of this, #4 => http://deadspin.com/5342647/why-your-team-sucks-atlanta-falcons : orgcaptainnemo
  • Err, #2, that is. "2. Fuck you, Home Depot. Seriously, Arthur Blank. FUCK YOU. I hate your store. I ... : orgcaptainnemo
• keep giving them money : drucifer
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  or if could be like my local HD where you cant find anyone no matter what you fucking do. : papaskot
  • this is not normal for my HD : Slowtreme
  • Same here. I have to look around to find someone at my Home Depot. : Eric2025
• haha you probably look like a criminal : cpt_gloval
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  Shop at Lowes : tangles
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    I don't know why, but I don't like shopping there. I don't have a good reason either. : Slowtreme
    • I have kind of the same problem. I shop at Lowes and don't like home depot. I switched when we bought a ... : boarder2
    • Near our house we have a Lowes and an HD right next to each other in the same parking lot. It's conven... : tangles
  • Menards > Lowes : RobFlinn
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  Memorial Day, unofficial start for some to do projects around the house. Home Despot probably thought the... : PhoenixArisen
  • i was thinking maybe they get 1.5x pay so everyone came in and it was just overstaffed. There was quite h... : Slowtreme
• I know a guy who works at home depot. This is something new they've instituted where employees on the fl... : giant boy detective
• they're killing you with kindness, the fiends! : cptstern
• Wait til next time when you go and you cont find what you're looking for or a Home Depot person to help y... : VegasX
• I actually appreciate it. Not being a very handy guy myself and having a job that occasionally requires ... : spazzium
• Secret shopper day. : shortbuscaptain

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• i am but our holiday weekend was last weekend : dantastic
• Nope, and it's my last week at work. : not work safe
• me too, all weekend :( : Ulfie
• 7.5 today, then 4 hours of classes after work. Monday - Thursday and the again the following week. : tboomer2
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  I'm on call and they called right at 8am : sposh
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    what faggots lawl! : oldschoolbob-o
    • lol, no shit wtf : Jinxplayer
• Half day today. Wish my holidays were actual full days off outside of Christmas and New Year's. : Lone Swordsman
• I am not ,but Skinlab the band is awesome. Hope this helps ;) : Neural Imbalance
• I had dental surgery Friday, put in six hours both Saturday and Sunday, and I need to put in four more ho... : RomSteady
• Yep, it just clocked midnight, I am going to go home. : abrasion
• I have this holiday off, but I work July 4th. We rotate holidays. : RookieCAF
• Not I.... Last week at this job too :) : rmjackson
• At least you show it me it could always be worse I worked 5 on Saturday, 0 yesterday and I'm here all ... : FreshwaterAU
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  what field do you work in? : xxiv
  • IT, obviously! : skinlab133
• I work twelve hours today as well! Let's high five! : DM7
• Self-employment for the win (yes I am working with a Guatemalan carpenter I hired) : Lightzout
• I'm working! If I wasn't hourly, this would suck a lot worse. : ChibiJosh
• I'm working...on my car. Stuck rotor screws suck. : lunarbunny
• I'm off, but on call 24/7/365. Of course, as luck would have it, I got a call this morning. Something ... : afty04
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  http://www.cartoonbarry.com/2010/05/im_an_evil_boss_working_on_mem.html : squigiliwams
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    I don't really get this! : skinlab133
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      Do you not understand why i posted it? Or why he says what he says. tl:dr - Im working. But its my cho... : squigiliwams
      • Commie! : YerMothah
      • I just didn't get the significance of the picture. I was looking for a car parked funny or something. : skinlab133
• I dodged the bullet this weekend! :D : SockMonkeh
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  More like what's a holiday? : slax0r
  • A holiday is just a day I make 2.5 times as much money doing the same thing I normally do on that day. :... : mwasher
• I worked Saturday, was canceled sunday and working tonight. which I don't mind since it's raining out an... : arcane_
• I worked a full day yesterday. : mathyou
• is this a... what day is it? : wendigo
• Yeah sure sucks to have a job. I've been on Holiday for 4 months! : negativepower
• Yep. : Ebu
• 12hrs saturday 16hours last night/today : creep
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  I will be working on Labor Day, Thanksgiving, my birthday, Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's Day, and St... : Squirrely
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    I've worked over 100 hours of voluntary overtime and holidays so far this year, and have another 40 or so... : mwasher
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      I don't know what I'm going to do when I go back to 40 hour work weeks almost guaranteed. I really don't.... : Squirrely
      • my overtime and holidays usually wind up being completely dead and i am there "just in case" and because ... : mwasher
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  3 off this week, working 3 days this week, off 3 next weekend too. I <3 being close to my PTO cap, makes... : Omning
  • PTO? : Squirrely
• 4 hours saturday, 5 sunday, 8 today. IAWTWH? : ColoradoCNC
• Worked Sat and Sunday but have today off. As an added bonus I still get paid 8 hours for today even thou... : SolrFlare

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  Haha, the Mega Man one is still a classic. : LoioshDwaggie
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    the sequel wasn't any better http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Megaman2_box.jpg : sludge vohaul
    • go through and look at all the covers from 3-10 - its awesome how they went back to the cheese for 9 and ... : sludge vohaul
  • before I even clicked on the link I knew that one would be on there. It just instantly springs to mind. : cigam
  • I knew you were gonna say that before you did! : pgharavi
• yep. some of those are terrifying. : wurt
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  When I clicked this link, the first thing I thought was "if Mega Man isn't on the list it's bullshit" : boring gegtik
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    Here's the Rockman 1 cover: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.nintendowiifanboy.com/media/2008/09/boxart-mm1-jp.... : stoned wallaby crop circle
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      wow that is soo much better compared to the one we got : Shadowdane
      • I couldn't disagree with you more! : heartsauce
• I disagree about Ninja Scooter Simulator - that box cover is perfectly appropriate to the game it represe... : dumb.
• The skateboard game cover is EPIC! : MrLobo
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  I dunno about the Phalanx cover, I always thought it was pretty good. I mean, yeah, it had nothing to do ... : ucanbfuzzy
  • I'll say this about that cover, in the sea of other shoot-em-ups that came out for the SNES, that is the ... : deathofrats
  • I loved that cover :( : pyide
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  lol at the badcat one : davislovestacobell
  • hahaha, yea I want to play that. : MagicWishMonkey
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    LOL i had to check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Ss6K2GCuY : xsii
    • t.v. rappe : akirabob
    • fucking lol : baconisgod
    • Wow, so terrible. : ieGod
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      Ninja Scooter Simulator: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yc_FbwOq4s : mrtony
      • HATE THE HYPE! : mrtony
    • Haha, outstanding! : Omaha
    • Your mom loves dirty clothes : fishbone
    • I like the music at :16 : pyrogen
    • TAKE CARE, THE WATER IS WET! : SiW.
    • wut : NexusOne
    • the hand-clapping at the end is a nice touch : shyguy74
    • Hahaha, holy shit. Bad Cat is like a precursor to the "Animal Mascot with a 'TUDE" trend that would foll... : SigmaDraconis
    • A TURD : spazzium
    • Your mom loves dirty clothes. This game is awesome. But that is a terrible speedrun, he dies several t... : SilverSnake
    • rofl, so awesomely bad : pixelat3d
    • speedrun more like shitrun : devpaul
  • A scan of a magazine ad for Bad Cat: http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/adverts/full/bad_cat_01.jpg "The : SigmaDraconis
  • The "Euro Gold starline" thing in the bottom left corner makes me think it's a title that was available o... : Maddog_Delphi97
• Rival Turf was an AWESOME game. : dodob
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  how about some <3 Fabio <3 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/419757356_ce9c92baf2_o.jpg : stoned wallaby crop circle
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    Big sisters all over the world schlicked to that cover while their brothers were busy playing. : Marrbe
    • go on.... : sludge vohaul
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  haha OH MAN i remember that cover for rival turf : hobosapien
  • oh and phalanx, totally remember the old dude : hobosapien
• #1 deserves it, haha. : ieGod
• I actually had to check to see if some of these were real. : stelth
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  Serious Sam the first and second encounters both belong on that list as well. : jet-poop
  • that was done on purpose though : drucifer
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  hah, this made me look up Ghana movie posters. Awesome: http://www.beprimitive.com/Exhibitions/ghana_... : aethyr
  • LOL at the Starship Troopers poster's "Hero of the Pederation". Sounds like a rank in NAMBLA. : Full.Bleed
• hahahahahah : Milleh
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  I always wondered what was up with Phalanx, and I guess I always will. : not work safe
  • I had a friend who actually owned that game and, yah, it was terrible. : stelth
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    The wiki says that the box art designers admitted that they did it so that the game would stand out among... : fishbone
    • they were successful cause i certainly remember it : hobosapien
• This is quality! : inchwide
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  Mega Man has got to be the worst ever. : Patch-e
  • I passed on buying Mega Man because of the cover. It wasn't until I saw it at a friend's house that I act... : Ajax
• http://media.heavy.com/media/2010/04/bad-cat.jpg This one is the best, IMHO. Just a horribly bad cover... : fatman
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  Some more: http://www.gamespot.com/users/nicktarist/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25676033 : SiW.
  • Irritating Stick : mrtony
• Rival Turf box cover = NKOTB Hangin' Tough video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZusIOLDRs8 : SigmaDraconis