Morning Discussion: Labor Day Edition

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• dont toke and drive : gmd
• That sucks :( : trOmblyj
• FUCK >:( those guys were great, Shawn Elliot will be pissed. : abrasion
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  of course it's a young woman. REMOVING HER SWEATER WHILE HER FRIEND HOLDS ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL. : moe6
  • Lunacy. Should never be allowed to drive again. : MeestaNob
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  According to the spokesperson, the crash was triggered when Weichert decided to take off her sweater or j : AgentPothead
  • vivisection : strandgeck
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    while under the influence of pot, no less. : deathofrats
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      I'm pretty sure the stupid is the reason she tried to take off her sweater while driving a vehicle 75 mph... : AgentPothead
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        does the same go for people who drink and drive or is that different in your opinion? : deathofrats
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          You're damn right the same goes. What the fuck ever happened to personal responsibility? : AgentPothead
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            Went around the same time as common sense iirc : purekillforce
            • ^^^^^^^^^^^ : GBeer11
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            lol @ situation + your name. not biased at all eh? : deadfish
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              The article never mentioned weed or marijuana. It mentioned a person under the influence of drugs. Unless : AgentPothead
              • my source; http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23918222#itemanchor_23918222 why yes. yes i have been dr... : deadfish
              • Police have a habit of hitting people like that with a blood test and then charging them for any and ever... : HockeyJohnston
        • I think they are probably both bad... but alcohol is far more dangerous a drug while driving. Alcohol ph... : Gwyndion
  • a nice heinleinian public whipping : miasma&!
  • Confirmed she was also under the influence : VegasX
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  Saw this on kotaku. What a waste. I hipe that bitch goes down. I read they wete charging her friend aswel... : purekillforce
  • Odd, I didn't see a mention of 'Mr. Aswel' in the article. : jwnin
  • What is going on in this post? : HamChowder
• :( : maulla
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  A buddy of my dad's was killed when a woman turned into oncoming traffic to commit suicide after she had ... : Super Sparker
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    I always have a fear of someone at a crosswalk jumping out in front of my car right as I pass ._. : iamgoat
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      Try being a train driver. Poor bastards will likely have one suicide during their career. : Beady
      • Don't subway drivers have a suicide rate approaching the air traffic controllers? : AgentPothead
      • My grandfather drove the metro (subway) in Montreal. Someone jumped in from of his train - he never went ... : Super Sparker
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    This is why defensive rocket launchers need to be installed in every car. : sanchez
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      and when the shrapnel, explosive shockwave, and fire kills someone then what? : RikiTiki2
      • Drive a tank. : FlamingGimp
  • You referring to the crash in Chicago? My buddy's was in a band with the 4 other guys killed in the crash... : graincloud
• Damn, that's awful. : ShoCon
• This is all sorts of wrong. Pours one out. : massdev
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  Dude his six month pregnant wife :( : oldschoolbob-o
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    I know man, i really hope her and the kid make it. : purekillforce
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      totally, but even still the kid has to grow up with no father now :( : oldschoolbob-o
      • Yeh, but atleast he will live on through his child. God damn, im so mad :( : purekillforce
  • yeah thats the worst, kid isn't even going to see his dad :( : stgdz
  • that part kills me is painful to read. : Agrona
• oh you stupid cunt : SpaecKow
• That's majorly :( : Toraz Chryx
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  2 lane highways scare the shit out of me for just this reason. : jayacheess
  • I've driven that highway quite a few times in the dark and it's a bit white-knuckle inducing. Worse tha... : swiftB3
  • Just think, a lane divider installed on every road could save lots of lives.. but it costs too much. : rasputinreborn
  • all I've got in Wyoming :( : MamiyaOtaru
  • probably wouldn't be so scary in one of these. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpvgjWBXCPs : palewussy
• :( : Snipergen
• Angry now. >:[ : StolenNosferatu
• Damn :( : .Jayson
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  How is it possible for someone to even entertain that thought? I'll take off my sweater while driving, wh... : Marrbe
  • The passenger was steering? Both of them being charged the same makes sense then. Like 2 hrld the gun and... : purekillforce
  • I've seen people doing amazingly stupid things while driving. I just have to shake my head and hope when ... : Fred Garvin
• lol stupid bitch kills two of her friends in the process too? whatever shitty life she has left is gonna ... : rolecks
• oh man that is horrible. I feel so bad for his wife :( : Silent Wolf
• well shit. : bombay
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  What a terrible incident. How the fuck do those two in the front of the Blazier survive but the people in... : Tincan
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    Wudnt surprise me if they werent wearing seatbelts. : purekillforce
    • One was, one wasn't, but they both died. : gibolas1234
  • the two in front were ejected from the blazer... : dedgecko
• Ugh, this is fucking awful. : Legolas5
• dude, drugs. : greenbergMD
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  Man the two guys also killed sound like good people. Terrible all around. Francis Malloy and his bro : Tincan
  • Correction Francis Malloy was the one killed, his brother wasn't the other passenger. : Tincan
  • Who the fuck lets their baby's stroller roll off a dock. Jesus Christ people are irresponsible. : chrisschutz
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  i've taken a jacket off while driving before :( : GloriousCow
  • you jacket off while driving? : Ziz
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    If it were a sweater with the zipper going down the middle, I see no problem with that. Now buttons or ha... : negativepower
    • i've ripped a sweater off over my head before. took a split second. Still dumb, but less so than wrestl... : MamiyaOtaru
  • I think it's more the fact that she was drunk / on drugs. I'm sure we've all done stupid stuff that we la... : ateam311
  • Is this you? http://www.adamicenogle.com/Media/PTAJohn1.jpg : guido anchovy
• Wow, that is terrible. My prayers are with his family. : ROCKETR
• At least they're going after homicide charges instead of manslaughter. : Entity
• Brian and I worked together at Timegate, on Kohan: Kings of War and Axis & Allies. He's a great guy, g... : daVinci1980
• Aw shit. My condolences to his friends and family. I love COH ;_; : ETPC1
• that's terrible. i really hope wife & baby (to be) are go;ng to be ok. : hirez
• This is really tragic. As it often happens its the person responsible who manages to live but there is n... : Lightzout
• My condolences. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Shitty. =/ : Senate5000
• Awful, and very depressing. I know it's reactionary and helps nothing, but I hope that driver spends the ... : Lord Skellington
• so sad : lukej1337
• My condolences to his family. : BlockheadBrown
• Stupid. Fucking. Cunts. Every single person in that Blazer. : TheVietSpecial
• Not good :( : DonarUDL
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  Those motherfucker DUI drivers always fucking live. Damn. : pigvomit
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    Why is it that that always happens? : CrustaR
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      I've actually heard it's because their body is relaxed when they crash and not all tensed up -it at leas... : abrasion
      • I've heard this as well, it's as good an explanation as any. : spazzium
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        I heard it's because they're assholes, and assholes live the longest. : gibolas1234
        • i genuinely lol'd :( : abrasion
      • Didn't they debunk that on mythbusters? : ysbreker
    • Confirmation bias : Arctic Fox
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    From the article it sounds like when the Blazer jumped the divider it landed on Subaru more on the top si... : Sailor of Fortune
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      it wasn't a divided highway, just a 2 lane. : cltcprd
      • I saw the footage of it on the news just now, it does actually look like the suv landed on the top of the... : VegasX
• sad : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  a sad reminder that death awaits you at all times, usually at the hands of some idiot. : Theos
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    God called theses people into his divine embrace Actually no, life sucks and then you die, pointless... : rasputinreborn
    • Or life is great and you get killed by some idiot. : Theos
• Fucking terrible. : prime8
• That is so fucking terrible. Fuck that woman. : ateam311
• God this sucks so fucking much. Don't fucking drink and drive. : Brian Leahy
• This is terrible =( Condolences to the friends and family of Brian Wood. : Sailor of Fortune
• Wow that is horrible :( : yosemiteclimber
• Sad news : Navy Spitfire
• omfg :( : Downforce
• Terrible. One of my favorite games of all time. He was a talented guy. : gibolas1234
• Jebus, :( : Alco23
• So senseless and tragic. Thoughts and prayers go out to the families. : freakynipples69
• Fuuck, that's awful regardless of the CoH connection. : timaste
• As a long time RTS fan, my condolences go out to Mr. Wood's family. Fuck the bitch who drove the blaze... : Amnesty_intl2
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  Fuck you drunken sluts! RIP B. Wood. : dedgecko
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    Would it say she was under the influence of drugs if she was drunk? Alcohol is a drug and all but it woul... : pyide
    • Actually they confirmed on the news just now that she was : VegasX
• that is really sad :( : even4
• RIP. This is why I never drive unless I have to. Too many fucking idiots behind the wheel. : herradura99
• terrible news. I hope his wife and kid pull through. What an ordeal to have to go through for them :( : moshman
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  Is this worse than people who are texting? : capt tripps
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    what is your point : boring gegtik
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      Lots of hate, and rightfully so, but how many people react the same way when they see somebody texting w... : capt tripps
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        I feel the same about people who drink and drive, toke and drive and text and drive. They're idiots. : master_disaster_17
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          how about people who drive with one hand? : spiderfill
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            I drive with only one hand most of the time, but I'm not being distracted by phone calls/texting/being dr... : HamChowder
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              good thing cause now i can give you a high five on that other hand congratulations : boring gegtik
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                I've actually done that before with a passenger in my friend's car. Suffice to say that it's not a good i... : HamChowder
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                  what if you high fived a guy and then crashed ur car into tim tebow? then u would be pretty embarased : spiderfill
                  • If it was Tim Tebow, my co-worker (graduated from UF) would kill me. Like Edward-Norton-curb-stomp kill... : HamChowder
      • Really? Is this the right thread for this right now? : VegasX
  • I DEMAND TO YOU ALL REFUNNEL YOUR RAGE TOWARDS MY PET TOPIC : retarded talking dinosaur
• Terrible and sad. :( : Mmmmmoo
• that fucking sucks >:( : theWhite
• Oh man that's terrible. : node
• Awww, fuck. That's horrible. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
• I hate people. : Moonbase Commander
• stupid motherfuckers : mystikal
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  What sort of sentence will she get? : mattavius
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    whatever it is... it's most likely not enough... : Gwyndion
    • Although.. in all reality.. she will probably be haunted by this event for the rest of her life.. so that... : Gwyndion
• No one deserves to go like that. :( : freshyk

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  power goo : spiderfill
  • Kai's : sgtsanity
  • Exactly. It looks just like someone loaded up power goo and went apeshit. : guido anchovy
• lol, that's terrible but unsurprising : derelict515
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  It also doesn't appear to lose any paint during crashes. In the video the destroyed sections are perfectl... : thecray
  • I know; I feel like saying that Need for Speed II modeled damage better than this, but my memory's a litt... : the archvile
• wouldnt carbon fiber or whatever just crack i dont know anything about playdoh so forgive me : spaceless
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  I wish they had left it out because vehicle damage in a racing simulation game is stupid. Hell, vehicle d... : Modica Sol Solis
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    This is a ridiculously stupid comment. In a realistic racer like GT5 or Forza, damage is absolutely neces... : ArcKnight
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      I don't think it adds anything to the game, unless you of course have car damage actually affect the car'... : Modica Sol Solis
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        Do you actually play realistic racing games at all? Because in a game which so specifically calls out rea... : derelict515
        • I played the shit out of every Gran Turismo, and I played Forza but didn't like it at all. Most of the ga... : Modica Sol Solis
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        Dude, are you even reading the shit that you post? The car damage comes about by driving like a fucking r... : ArcKnight
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          Generally in the GT series, hitting other cars slowed you down a lot more than it slowed them down. At le... : Modica Sol Solis
          • I want to spend hours tweaking my tuning settings without having to worry if they're going to get ruined : ovrlrd
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            Gran Turismo and Forza both have a 'test drive' mode where you can tweak and test your settings before yo... : Ajax
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              Yes, they do. But when you actually race, if car damage were to ruin my tuning settings as per real life,... : Modica Sol Solis
              • Then don't fucking crash? Welcome to the real world of racing. Taking damage means your car isn't going... : TheStupidOne
              • So what you're saying is that you actually can't handle realistic racers. Don't start no wreck, won't : ArcKnight
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                So you're no good at sim racing basically. : Ajax
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                  I'm not great, but I'm decent, especially with some of the big arcade rigs with the actual wheel and what... : Modica Sol Solis
                  • Devs of sim racers know there is people like you, I know other people like you who play sim racers for th : ovrlrd
                • This is pretty much it. : deject
        • Well to be fair, in GT5 Prologue s-class races, if you tried playing bumper cars, you would be penalized ... : Ellissd
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        I mean, this: I find that to be a big pain in the ass and a waste of time on the part of the developer : derelict515
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          At the end of the day driving a car in the video game is not like driving a car at all, even with a wheel... : Boxelder
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            ok... you could say the same about every videogame : derelict515
            • yeah : Boxelder
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              At the end of the day shooting a gun in the video game is not like shooting a gun at all, even with a mou : derelict515
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                I don't think most people would call those games simulations of anything other than macho fantasy. : Boxelder
                • did you actually have a point in this subthread that was relevant to car damage and why it's a good thing... : derelict515
                • Boxelder has clearly never played ArmA. : ArcKnight
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                CS, MW2, and ArmA don't accurately represent the act of shooting a gun. : soggybagel
                • I think ArmA II supports Novint Falcon, so at least it's a little closer. : Fenring42
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      In a realistic racer, it's game over when your car is damaged anyway. : HockeyJohnston
      • this! even running off the road, you should just restat the race. : radula
    • I have this issue with shift. You can slam into people with no worry on the car's handling. Where if you ... : TOnez
  • yeah bouncing off walls undamaged is totally realistic. It also makes for great multiplayer. : derelict515
  • I love when you post about games : zakk
  • I'd believe the opposite to be more true. : pigvomit
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    What are you doing? Seriously... Why are you doing this to us? : Ajax
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      I think person damage in FPS games is stupid too. When you fire your weapon at an antagonist in Modern Wa... : Dave-A
      • So basically you want all games to be like the America's Army MILES training? : ArcKnight
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    I think damage does affect performance, at least in forza. Mess up the front bumper and it will affect t... : Prozium
    • It does in Forza, not in Gran Turismo 5 from all reports. : Modica Sol Solis
  • This is a pretty ignorant statement. There is a balance that makes it fun to have damage. Just like tire ... : Fred Garvin
  • Leave the trolling to mr.sleepy, this is just facepalm-worthy : Satyric0n
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  Emotion Engine'd : Godhatesfatpeople
  • From those screen shots, it seems like Sony has anxious and worried covered pretty well. : pigvomit
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  hilariously bad. wtf were they spending the last 5 years doing? : edgewise
  • modeling cars and tracks to a degree no one cares about and ignoring what their competitors are doing : derelict515
• Omg that is comically bad. Embarrassing if true. : Goto10
• haha, looks terrible : megarust32
• "Okay, you want car damage? Here you go! Look, we did it! It's what you asked for! Hey, hey where are... : action wombmate
• Allow me to say: Bwahahahahaha. : SilverSnake
• Jesus that looks stupid. If that is what they have, just leave out car damage. : soggybagel
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  Those Burnout Paradise crashes look awesome, I need to play that again. : Dave-A
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    Yeah, Burnout has some really beautiful car damage. I think Forza 3 does a decent job at it as well. F... : SilverSnake
    • The carmageddon engine is one of the few that actually let you wrap your car around a tree. : AgentPothead
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  i think it looks much better than forza3 damages anyway : HisKillSkill
  • Are you a blind person? : h o s t i l e
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  unexpectedly horrible... it doesn't even look like actual polygonal transformation but more like a "blur... : technotica
  • Here is what damage looks like in rFactor - http://www.virtualr.net/wp-content/gallery/1098/2.jpg It d... : ovrlrd
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  http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/09/b803f15f0258221061a0c98b76afde51/original.jpg : devpaul
  • It would be awesome if the car stretched out like Noby Noby Boy, complete with bowwwwwwwww sound effect. : Dave-A
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  Carmageddon 2 had the best car damage ever : sanchez
  • This is exceptionally true. : freshyk
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    I remember it having good crashes, but when you look at it now, there really isn't anything super impress... : pigvomit
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      Yeah, burnout and gta have gone way beyond that simple tech. Sure was impressive for the time though. : Dave-A
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        GTA doesn't really have much car damage though : sanchez
        • They also have WAY less cars than GT5, and that's something that many people seem to be missing in this t... : ovrlrd
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-iBJv_H5Ms : Dave-A
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      That video is working against your point. SO FUCKING AWESOME! : sanchez
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        The vehicles are certainly tossing around nicely, but there's hardly any damage on the models. : pigvomit
        • those are not the standard car2 vehicles though, the ones you normally play with have lots of damage : sanchez
  • I was about to say this. Carmageddon is the only game where I've seen the car models actually able to bre... : LoioshDwaggie
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    I have some good memories of Destruction Derby.. It was nice; for the time. : pillzer
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      Yeah it was. I actually had the most fun doing normal racing but going backwards in the track and wreckin... : sanchez
      • This was DD2 btw : sanchez
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    Still disappointed that the company I was going to work for went tits up. They were going to do the next ... : Fred Garvin
    • Tell us more... : Crabs Jarrard
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    Gearbox should by the rights to that next and remake it. Loved me some Carmageddon. : Goto10
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      they should also buy the rights to magic carpet, twinsen's odyssey, syndicate, terminal velocity, descent... : Chandler55
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        They should not buy the rights to Magic Carpet, Twinsens Odyssey, Syndicate or Crusader. : Drewus
        • The other two they can ruin as much as they like. : Drewus
  • hah true, it was soooo good : Nitrium
  • God Carmageddon 1 + 2 were such satisfying games to play. Chasing after a dude so you can smash him up... : Drewus
• Chandigarh, wtf is this shit? : MrBig0
• I thought they solved it with the slow down penalty? been a while I admit :( : Downforce
• Man, that looks really bad. I'd almost have left it out as opposed to include that. : Fred Garvin
• Kotaku has even more images: http://kotaku.com/5630851/lets-look-at-damaged-gran-turismo-5-cars/gallery/ : the archvile
• To be fair, GT5 went into development before there were cars. : pres589
• That reminds me, I should really play through Burnout Paradise again. : Johnnsen
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  bwahahaha after all this tife, when it comes out right after forza 7, the game will still suck : JohnnyRey
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    I wouldn't really judge it on the damage system. If "bad damage system=suck" then what were the other gam... : Johnnsen
    • I'm just saying, if after all this time they can't get the damage modeling right, what else did they fuck... : JohnnyRey
• Look on the bright side, 80% of the cars don't have damage anyway : red2lucas

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• just go. : gydot
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  You don't owe a company anything. They'd let you go the second the second they had to. Do why's best for ... : Super Sparker
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    I have no issue with leaving the company, I am just debating if I should tell my boss that I might be lea... : maulla
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      No. You tell him after you have received word that you got the other job. : Fredrik S
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        Don't tell him until you're 100% signed on. : ThomW
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          How do you even go about finding a new job without using your current employment as reference? : ieGod
          • It's not that normal to let your current employer know you're looking for another gig. : HockeyJohnston
      • I gotta agree with this. It's fine to be concerned about what happens to your current employer, but you h... : deject
  • This : hanged_man
• Depends on relationship with boss - but look after number one ultimately. : abrasion
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  It's just business : kill9
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    ^ This. : iamgoat
    • Learned it from Don Draper : kill9
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  You can't say anything - it's best to find a job and give notice if you get it. As much as you like your ... : even4
  • ^^^ This is the correct answer : RookieCAF
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  Don't mention it unless you have an offer. If the offer doesn't materialize for some reason, things will ... : Deathlove
  • yea I know this is the smart thing to do, I will just feel terrible if it all plays out like I think it w... : maulla
• As much as you like that guy, doing something like that for someone is TERRIBLY STUPID. (i mean no harm, ... : squigiliwams
• I'd make a judgement call based on my bosses personality and whether or not I trust him to understand and... : ramshot
• Take the new job and the give your boss a killer recommendation so that way he gets hired over there as w... : Dessicator82
• You are not leaving because you have no offer... yet. If and when you have the offer, then speak to your... : kramweil
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  It's super simple. If you get offered the other job, immediately put in your two weeks notice at your cur... : Trips
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    I'm in a similar situation, but I gave more time for my start date so I could wrap up some existing proje... : Rasnowl
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      so you're definitely making the move? : sposh
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        Looking at all my options sposh. Nothing definite yet but you'll be the last to know! : Rasnowl
        • wouldn't have it any other way! : sposh
• If for some reason you don't get hired at the other company you'll be in a really bad position; the boss ... : Talonus.
• Don't say anything until you know you have the job maulla. It will just backfire. : JohnnyRey
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  Wait for offer, do not consider negotiating with current employer if they become desperate. : Audhuml4
  • A dead end is a dead end. If you have hopes to ever stop doing support, there has to be another job there... : ThomW
  • I have already told myself that I will leave my current company regardless of if they come up with a coun... : maulla
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  don't let him know, give 3 or 4 weeks notice if the new job allows so they have time to interview candida... : fletch_
  • That sounds all together reasonable. : Deathlove
  • Probably not viable. I would be able to give 2.5ish weeks notice and then start the first monday of Octob... : maulla
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  You are the only person who can look out for yourself. : mancide
  • great now i have to listen to a grand don't come for free tomorrow : Deathlove
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  Leave him hanging for as long as possible and then call a press conference to tell him you are taking you... : edgewise
  • the only difference would be that I would actually be going to cleveland instead of away! : maulla
  • not funny : sposh
  • this needs more love : DonarUDL
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  Look out for yourself. : Freon
  • ^ yup. Your own well-being comes first. You don't need to completely burn your bridges behind you, but do... : rolecks
• Assuming you negotiate and agree on a decent deal with the new company, how much notice can you give? How... : SigENeaT
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  in this economy wont he have the pick of the litter when replacing both of you anyway? : spiderfill
  • maybe he will hire a new guy with some etiquette : spiderfill
  • This. You would be risking a lot for a guy who apparently isn't trying very hard to find a guy to help yo... : Chunks
  • ^^^ He might not be finding anyone decent at the salary wage he's offering (ie he's lowballing the shit o... : proclone1
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  Don't say a word till you have your offer, then give two weeks notice. Business is business. : zohar79
  • The correct and only response. : jedi_27
• 2 weeks notice is perfect. : StriderNL
• Don't say anything until a deal is hammered out with the new company. Set your start date with them so yo... : fonz72
• Odds are your new job will be a room full of guy a's. : Darthbrooks
• In IT, the day you hint that you're interviewing someplace else is the last day they let you come in to w... : BlackCat9
• I'm in a similar situation and have been told a few times that the company wouldn't give you the same con... : cookblaze
• thanks for the input guys. I knew keeping quiet was the smart thing to do but I just needed some reassura... : maulla
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  I feel bad for all the shackers that have such a terrible relationship with their company. People at my c... : daVinci1980
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    It's not a terrible relationship, it's common sense. No matter how good you are with your company, they ... : critch
    • There are companies like that. There are also companies that want to attract and retain top talent, and y... : daVinci1980
• they wouldn't give you heads up if they we're trying to let you go. : chodog

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  Minecraft is one of those things that makes me think I'm getting old, I really don't get what it is at al... : Geoffrois
  • nah man minecraft is OLD SCHOOL a 1 man PC only investors-not-involved gaming goodness : lukej1337
  • It's a sandbox game in it's purest form. It also seems like it would be the perfect engine for an rpg. Yo... : AgentPothead
  • also best way to learn (for me) was to get on the minecraft IRC while playing SP to ask questions when th... : lukej1337
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    It's just like Lego really, it's what you make of it. : niceguynick
    • ^ Build shit and show it off to others. : limpossible
  • I'm a bit confused as well. Sure, I think it's a bit quaint and cute, but I couldn't keep my interest up ... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  thanks fucking god, the moron nearly killed the momentum of the game by fucking around the world. : scener
  • meanwhile he sold a kazillion copies : lukej1337
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    oh wow, seems like hes working on another game again. Fuck off. Fix the basic shit for fucks sake. : scener
    • Did you... did you even read that post? : Rotten Deadite
    • did you even read it? His friend is working on the other game and he's working on minecraft they're just ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • Shut the hell up already. First of fucking all, he even said he's going to continue working on Minecraft... : Zips
    • wow, the self entitlement you have is amazing. you paid $16 for a game easily worth more. He's just one... : deathofrats
    • you are a complete faggot shut up : boring gegtik
    • haha... learn to read much? : Shadowdane
  • Spoiled PC gamer here : MurrayTheSkull
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  So... no deal with Valve then? He's going rogue? : jingletard
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    don't break what ain't fixed : lukej1337
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      that doesnt make sense : peetabix01
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        Don't look gift whores in the mouth. : Goto10
        • One in the Ham is worth two in the bush. : DM7
  • He really doesn't need money, and I think Minecraft is simple enough for now that he can develop it himse... : Freon
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    Pretty much as expected. Valve acquiring him was a very low probability. Notch laid out his plans for fut... : MercFox1
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      I'll admit that I don't know the first thing about this stuff - but wouldn't every indie developers dream... : jingletard
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        He's making a lot more now than he would make at Valve. : cltcprd
        • It also occurred to me that if he sold Minecraft on Steam the price would have to go up, otherwise he wou... : Rotten Deadite
      • But then they wouldn't be indie anymore. : uncleanmonkey
    • I was really just hoping he'd put minecraft on steam. I hate paypal. : deathofrats
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    Valve isn't a corporation though... which I thought odd that he had to bring that up. : dedgecko
    • Uhh sure they are? Look at their website copyright for example "© 2010 Valve Corporation, all right... : lord cecil
    • what. : manero
    • The name is Valve CORPORATION. : Fenring42
    • Valve is a corporation, its not publicly traded though : johnlocks
    • Lol - my bad. : dedgecko
• Sweet! : Fenring42
• Well, it sounds good, but I'll be more at peace with this if he starts releasing some fucking updates, li... : Visceral Monkey
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  how much has he made from that game? : maulla
  • 'bout a million. Really. : systatic
  • like 1.15mil euro : AlexXdude
  • 100,000 copies x 10 euros each = THAT SHIT IS BANANAS. : TemporalParadox
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    $100 after Swedish taxes. : herradura99
    • Even at 50% tax he's made as much as you would working for 18 years with the average salary in Sweden. : daedraug
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    Nothing after paypal see the money and just lock his account. : Beady
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      They already did that and he got it resolved : pancake humper
      • well, he is selling crack : devpaul
    • PayPal is a bunch of bullshit. They are always locking accounts with lots of money in them. : Vividvoid
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    The guy's made like a million bucks : manero
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1qETwnZrvo#t=32s : manero
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  I still have no clue what minecraft is. :( : freshyk
  • Better get on that. : Rotten Deadite
  • me neither. i haven't been following the threads : thekidd
  • Watch this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI-s6HqPbS4 : AgentPothead
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    It is sort of like Legos... : barcibus
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      Survival Lego. : Snipergen
      • Lego with guns zombies. : DHAvatar
  • It's a game where you cause message board drama. : sgtsanity
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  Anyone think this game is more a fad? Obviously, he's made his million, but is it dumb to continue workin... : freakynipples69
  • i'd say this is true of any game : boring gegtik
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    The game ins't even fucking done, so he better fucking continue working on it. : JohnnyRey
    • fucking motherfucker!!!!!!!!!!!!! : JINKY
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      It can only get better! and thus sell moooooooore : Cliffzorz
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        i trust cliffzorz, he is a maths teacher : spaceless
        • this subthread is an embarrasement of riches : lukej1337
  • No, it's awesome. For me at least, it's GOTY, I've gotten the most out of it than any other game. : Visceral Monkey
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  In before he sells it to Gearbox. : systatic
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    Can you imagine Minecraft designed for the 360 controller? <shudder> : watcherxp
    • [ ] [ ] instead of [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] *shudder* indeed : devpaul
    • TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW! : lukej1337
    • you know I think that would actually work out fine : boring gegtik
    • It wouldn't be so bad, I suppose the inventory stuff would get a little awkward. : Cliffzorz
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      BUT A CONTROLLER IS SO MUCH INTUITIVE AND I CAN SIT BACK ON MY COUCH AND RELAX INSTEAD OF HUNCHING OVER T... : DrWaffles
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        It probably won't be that different than using a keyboard. The inventory and crafting menus would need a... : DrWaffles
        • probably just needs you to be able to click on a target crafting box and be able to scroll through your a... : boring gegtik
    • Yeah how would they even find room on the controller to map right click and left click to buttons. : CrazyPants

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  I wonder what George actually does now. Does he just get his old stuff rereleased and make money from it... : kingdepork
  • George needs to go into the PR business, ideally for Duke. While I'm just a nerd on a messageboard, I get... : Entity
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  They sold the Prey IP as well. : Crimsonbeak
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    And Max Payne with Remedy. Maybe they are just consultants of some sort with Gearbox now? Their logo was ... : manlyman
    • I think that's probably just because they used 3DRs work on the game. Even if they had rewrote it from sc... : flooq
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  Has 3dRealms sold the Duke Nukem IP? : matthaeus
  • Yup. Read MorrisCNN's articly, he linked it in the previous chatty. : master_disaster_17
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  Can't imagine what George has gone through with this. To pour so much of your life and money into this an... : Tincan
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    I'm certain he'll be involved with the development in some capacity, even if it's just as a consultant or... : jujubeads
    • I'm sure he's excited to still get to see his idea created too : deadfish
  • In the end though, I think he swallowed his pride and just wanted DNF to be released, no matter how it wa... : freakynipples69
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  Now they have time to work on the old prey, and maybe beat portal to non-coop mutiplayer portals. http:/... : eisencc
  • wow that was mind blowing alright, the other guy had like a genuine orgasmic experience he couldn't belie... : umegastar
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    It's crazy how both Prey and DNF have been resurrected now... : roggor
    • I wish prey 2 was being worked on. : baron calamity
  • Wow, imagine if this game had come out in 1998. : The Grolar Bear
• ID software are you fucken serious? : voodoo401
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  Shadow Warrior is ready for a come back! : pimpium
  • IAWTSWCBP : freakynipples69
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : r3dn3ck
  • most definitely : dirge23
  • i tried to find a soundboard or quote video like the Duke one that was posted a couple of days ago, but i... : mindmann
  • oh sweet heavenly god, i definitely wanta some wang! : Korban
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  For those that saw the demo/played, is this engine all new or is it still the Unreal tech? : sukabljat
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    super modified UE2 stuff :D : roushimsx
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      Really? UE2 stuff? Hmmm. : freakynipples69
      • super modified! probably more extensively than Goldsrc vs idtech2 : roushimsx
      • George said that they pretty much rewrote the entire renderer : GloriousCow
      • Sounds like they need to switch engines! : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    I think they have their own renderer and all other kinds of custom tech, but are still using things like ... : SpaecKow
    • Yah afaik they are using the Unreal toolset, but the renderer is custom. : Shadowdane
  • many people said the graphics look dated : matthaeus
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  Whoa, my radiation detector just went haywire in this thread...!! : u sir name
  • heh, same here. :) I wonder what we missed? : mn3m0n1c
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  A part of me thought George was being stubborn by trying to finish the game with what he had left, which : jingletard
  • Sure That was exactly what happened. : doomed
• I imagine George will be at Gearbox soon? : systatic

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• Yea, it's pretty fucking terrible. : MrBig0
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  I wonder how they obscure the answer and still make it SEO FRIENDLY. : squigiliwams
  • Javascript, it clearly violates Google's SEO rules... I wonder why they let them get away with it? : MagicWishMonkey
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  Expert Sexchange : avatar_58
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    pretty sure no-one wants an amateur one : Arctic Fox
    • just cut that shit off, no one can tell the difference anyway. : Hemtroll
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  Google needs a way to block domains from your search results. : Arcanum
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    This is actually something I could get behind. It would stop all of those other bullshit sites that just ... : MrBig0
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      Yes those are so bad. : Trepex
      • One of the Google people we have on here should suggest this to the search team. : Arcanum
    • i would support this. : AMikaboshi
    • An easy way to do this would be great. I hope you die, About.com : passingstranger
    • So angry, agreeing too hard >:( : abrasion
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    There are Greasemonkey scripts just for blocking Expert's Exchange in results you can install. : Talonus.
    • Firefox isn't my primary browser, and I want a generalized solution that follows my account. I want to b... : Arcanum
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    hmm? you can do that.. try searching for: expert exchange -site:experts-exchange.com : OrkO
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      I assume he means more permanent, like 'mark as spam' : derelict515
      • ^^ Exactly. Next to the "Cached" and "Similar" links, put a "Block <domain>" link that makes the domain ... : Arcanum
      • There was that google wiki thing where you could upvote/downvote answers. I'm not sure it's still around... : Agrona
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    -site:domain.tld searchterm : anhero
    • Everyone pay attention to this man. : ieGod
    • Yeah, but you have to do it every search. : Arcanum
• Yeah it sucks. I remember reading something about Google saying they would remove their results if they d... : nodebug
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  my ex girlfriend works for them. shes super defensive about how horrible the site is. shes also crazy. : dearjamie
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    i hope she dies in a fire : boring gegtik
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      Can we get pics before she dies in a fire? : rosewood
      • or after, whatever : MrBig0
  • to torment her you should send her links to stackoverlfow on a regular basis. "Oh hey was just thinkin... : slickdoody
• We have a shacker who is an expert on sex changes, just ask Diane and I'm sure she will answer your quest... : rosewood
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  stack overflow has kind of killed that shitty site : wtf242
  • yeah, and it's sister sites superuser and serverfault : gakera
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  stackoverflow.com has the answer you seek. : flibble2k
  • yeah, everyone should use this instead : meesterbill
  • hell yea. i love stackoverflow. hasn't let me down yet with anything perl, sql, or php related. : rolecks
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  Get This: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/37941 It removes everything except the answer. : LoioshDwaggie
  • I used to do that manually with Firebug if I absolutely had to see the answers. But this makes it laughab... : YerMothah
  • Nice, seems to work! : Freon
  • INF this shit! This is awesome! : Trips
  • Works like a charm : rosewood
  • Cool, will have to check this out. : goatjc
  • very nice, needs an inf. : hirosushima
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    does this not work in Chrome Dev for anyone else? : indosauros
    • doesnt work for me : boring gegtik
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      Isn't it for Greasemonkey? : Crimsonbeak
      • chrome natively supports GM script now : boring gegtik
  • This is a pleasant surprise! : SAS_Ale
• http://www.smart-it-consulting.com/internet/google/googlebot-spoofer/index.htm They use the user agent... : RomSteady
• If you take that URL and plug it into Google, the suggested solutions will be displayed. http://www.go... : DrWaffles
• I must admit I am pretty sick of my search results being full of their bullshit : g3dHorse
• i assume that if you pay for the site you wouldn't have that problem : dantastic
• I only learned a couple months ago that the answers and replies were actually all under that crap the sti... : Mmmmmoo
• Why do people post questions/answers on that site anyways? : lukej1337
• Google cache will reveal the answer every time. : goatjc
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  This is why StackOverflow exists. So decent people don't have to deal with such bullshit. : passingstranger
  • experts exchange is such a shitty business model anyway. "charge people for user generated content that t... : slickdoody
• Google NEEDS an omit domain option so fucking badly. : abrasion
• It was a great site until they went to pay with outrageous prices. : prime8

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  That wasn't 5 seconds, and none of them were funny by themselves. : Freon
  • Oh come on, you had to have chuckled at the little boy one. : Lionhart32935
• i liked it : eeeealmo
• The very last one was okay. I wish they'd bring back the meeps. : greenbergMD
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  haha, haven't seen this one before: http://5secondfilms.com/watch/blind_mans_bluff : ThrillKill
  • ⠠⠽⠠⠕⠠⠥ ⠠⠛⠠⠥⠠⠽⠠⠎ â  â Žâ Â... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  QUAD DAMAGE http://5secondfilms.com/watch/bark_bark/ : homeboyJim
  • That audio clipping is like the worst thing I've ever heard. : heartsauce
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  Dude not talking looks a lot like adam sandler : oldschoolbob-o
  • Totally thought it was him the first time. : heartsauce
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  http://5secondfilms.com/watch/bad_catnip ahahaha.. I don't even know why it's funny. : ThrillKill
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    http://5secondfilms.com/watch/vinyl_condoms oh man : ThrillKill
    • his pants are still on : inf3d3l
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  This is still the best one, and a perfect summary of almost every day of my life: http://5secondfilms.com... : kallanta
  • This is the best., imho. I share it with friends on a regular basis. : greenbergMD
• meh : Cheeziologist
• ahahahaha http://5secondfilms.com/watch/practice_makes_perfect ZANDERFLEX! : deject
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  I've always liked this one: http://5secondfilms.com/watch/magic_show_volunteer : Arceihn
  • LOL : inf3d3l
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  haha : Godhatesfatpeople
  • God damn, Olivia is so fucking hot. : Godhatesfatpeople
• WAIT : Mad Brahmin Disease
• http://5secondfilms.com/watch/a_farewell_to_arms : ArtilleryMarker
• Ask A Lobster: http://5secondfilms.com/watch/ask_a_lobster : RomSteady
• http://5secondfilms.com/watch/practice_makes_perfect : Turd Ferguson
• This one should resonate with the shack http://5secondfilms.com/watch/just_a_game/ : g3dHorse
• http://5secondfilms.com/watch/snack_time : inf3d3l
• ...what? : MrBig0
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  no means meow! http://5secondfilms.com/watch/sex_kitten : scapin
  • Hahaha. They took the audio into the 1 extra second of end titles this time. I wonder how much of their... : barcibus
• http://5secondfilms.com/watch/dont_thinko_de_mayo : Werkin
• Always found that one hilarious http://5secondfilms.com/watch/and_the_winner_is : LordHellMaX

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  Torchlight - http://store.steampowered.com/app/41500/ Company of Heroes Complete Pack is still 75% off -... : ROCKETR
  • Thanks, but I have played all of those. :| : CrustaR
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  The adventure game bundle that telltale is doing! http://www.telltalegames.com/adventurebundle : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • ^^^^ This. : guigr
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  Reccettear is out in four days though- they could really use your money. But what else are you looking f... : TShandy
  • DWII is 14.95 at D2D, if you don't have that. : TShandy
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    Does PQ2 0wn? : CrustaR
    • Dunno, you could ask my wife but she hasn't even installed it yet. : TShandy
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      It's frustrating like the first one. The AI gets Heroic Moves all the time. With the new blocking syste... : Derringer
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        Oh, I guess I'll pass on that then... : CrustaR
        • Even when you lose you still get money and exp and you never have to reload. You can level up when you l... : Derringer
• CrustaR. CrustaR Crustar Malkovich CrustaR? Have you already played all of the fine L4D2 addon campaign... : dognose
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  The Wticher http://store.steampowered.com/app/20900/ : mechanicalgrape
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    This one is hard to get into but if you give it love it will love you back long time : dael
    • That's a very apt description : RogerDandy
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  I don't know, but I'm replaying The Longest Journey and Dreamfall... : Athlon7
  • I love those. People rag on Dreamfall and it isn't a very difficult game, but it is one of the best stor... : deject
• Minecraft - http://minecraft.net/ $13, and easily worth much more even in its Alpha. : TemporalParadox
• duke3dw.exe : EricZBA
• http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=383302 : jujubeads
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  CrustaR, you need to upgrade your computer and play Just Cause 2!! : The Grolar Bear
  • This. : Alastayr
  • Only need the demo which is free. : lukej1337
• Maybe some mods for games? HL2 has all sorts of fun mods you can try out, Research and Development was gr... : u sir name
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  Amnesia comes out tomorrow! $16 on steam! :) : ajvitaly
  • Try the demo. It's short, but effective. : Marrbe
  • yea def check this out! : DarkDeus
  • Can't wait! Love that team. : deathofrats
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  Crustar, Rocket Knight is really fun if you like fun platformers & sidescrolling shooters. Try the demo! : jimmy_legs
  • it's a great game! : shirif
• http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1529/ : Godhatesfatpeople
• I've been playing the penumbra series....same people who are doing amnesia. It's fantastic. : JohnnyRey
• maybe dawn of discovery gold if there's a deal somewhere : Foxhawk
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  what's got you down, CrustaR? : Korban
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    I've played basically every good game in existence. :[ : CrustaR
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      Have you? HAVE YOU? Did you play Don't Shit Your Pants? http://www.kongregate.com/games/Rete/dont-shit... : u sir name
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        Yup. :| : CrustaR
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          Ok Crusty, now I have a challenge, to find you a game that can entertain you and make your day happy. ... : u sir name
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            Challenge extended. : The Grolar Bear
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              How about.. Doom Roguelike ( This is AWESOME SAUCE!) http://doom.chaosforge.org/ How about.. Castlevania... : u sir name
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                Challenge extended even further. : The Grolar Bear
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                  CrustaR needs to acknowledge all this so I can say "Challenge accepted." =( : The Grolar Bear
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                    None of those really look interesting to me. :[ I've also tried a few of 'em back in the past as well. ... : CrustaR
                    • Challenge decline. =( : The Grolar Bear
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  mass effect! : jayares
  • I got to the end of that, but now my computer won't run the game. I get a black screen of death now when... : CrustaR
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  Company of Heroes if the weekend deal is still active. : OverloadUT
  • I defeated it already a while back. :| : CrustaR
• Sounds like CrustaR needs to go outside. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  If you have a 360 get Case Zero for $5. If you don't, then quit being silly and get a 360. : Rauol Duke
  • A thousand times this. I need to finish my third playthrough. : OverloadUT
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    Is it on the PS3? : CrustaR
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      I think it was a 360 exclusive, but I'm not sure on that. : Rauol Duke
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        it is : HisKillSkill
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          :[ : CrustaR
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            its alright, i got a ps3 too : HisKillSkill
            • Me too : RogerDandy
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  Castle Crashers just came for ps3 : RikiTiki2
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    is that fun co-op? I saw that the other night, and remmebered some shack hype. Is this something i could ... : mindmann
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      It's a beat em up, it's best played coop. It can get kind of old quickly if you are playing alone. : AgentPothead
      • cool. i might check it out. I've been looking for a new game for me and my gf to play together. : mindmann
    • My girlfriend and I played it and beat it together, at first she was very skeptical but after a little bi... : stophelping37
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  Uncharted 1 and 2? Batman Arkham Asylum, Limbo? : marmite
  • I defeated all of those. Limbo is an XBox game. :[ : CrustaR
• Yeah, bummer of a time right now. I've spun myself in circles looking for a new solid single player RPG, ... : Visceral Monkey
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  Play Alien Swarm for free. : ZenzenTen
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    Oh believe me, I have. :[ : CrustaR
    • Nation Red? : ZenzenTen
• League of Legends ! : botch
• I know you don't have a 360 so I'll stick with games on Steam Flotilla Puzzle Quest 2 Gratuitous Spa... : freakynipples69
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  Kick it old school. Have you played Harvey's Humongous Adventure? : Dschinghis Khan
  • Sorry, Harley's Humongous Adventure. : Dschinghis Khan
• Replay the Recettear demo until you've done min/maxed your way 100k in cash. The save will carry over fro... : Talonus.
• I had this recently too, what got me through it was The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2. I ha... : Gore87
• http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=4058 : Frank_Mackey
• Counter Strike: source. I started playing again after about a 3 year pause, on the right servers it is st... : quazar

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• oops, hadn't seen this. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  What happened to survey1!? : InfoBiter
  • We fed it, groomed it, polished it, and made it into the growed up Survey2 you see today. : laurgasms
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  orgasms are a good cure for the hiccups fyi : thekidd
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    Uh where can I buy those : laurgasms
    • usually any streetcorner : thekidd
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  You're serious about the karaoke right? That's not a joke? : dognose
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    If dognose is doing karaoke can I change my answer to "very interested"? : InfoBiter
    • Yeah I need to re-vote to if it includes any notorious music droppers in MP games like a D-Khan vs. Harve... : Lightzout
    • ^^^^^^ : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I hope it doesn't get beat out by "gentleman's club" >:( : Juno
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      What I'm pretty sure will end up happening is that we will have an assortment of things that people can c... : laurgasms
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        Perfect! (Now just ditch the awards idea) : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          You're in the minority on that MBD. : nyranger66
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            I hope we are more vocal! : Mad Brahmin Disease
            • Im not going on who's more vocal, this is what the survey results have said so far. : nyranger66
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          Well, like nyranger66 says, it's a very very popular idea. I think we just need to make sure that it's do... : laurgasms
          • I completely trust you guys. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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            it's always a popularity contest : Slowtreme
            • I was thinking maybe to avoid that we could potentially do things based on stats. Most lol's (though moth... : laurgasms
        • yeah i dont understand the awards when not everyone from shacknews will be there so what's the point. i ... : dantastic
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          I don't get that. Unless haiku shows there's no point unless we can award Best at Shacknews. : ThomW
          • Or Phil, like you said, no point. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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            it'll be something to do along with the big meal or whatever : RikiTiki2
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              I'm thinking everyone work up three minutes of standup comedy. : dognose
              • A dognose and a Duke Nukem walk into a bar... : laurgasms
              • Nukem? He barely knew them! : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • looks like some other people had the same suggestion i did :) : maulla
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        You should include this in the header of the survey, that is important info. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Man I am thinking up a lot of this stuff as we go, cut me some slack :( : laurgasms
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            And you are doing a great job! I just think your intentions behind some of the questions might need to be... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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              Yeahhh at this point we wanted to do a bit more targeted data mining than the first survey. We took a lot... : laurgasms
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                Do we actually have a shacker in Vegas? : Mad Brahmin Disease
                • I believe there are a few vagasians (?) on here. : ysbreker
                • There's a couple who have responded that they'd be willing to do some groundwork for us. : laurgasms
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        I honestly am more interested in karaoke than going to see naked women with a bunch of nerds (no offense ... : ejectorpod
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          No strip club for me either. It's you and me! I sure hope you like Taylor Swift : dognose
          • i really don't :( : dantastic
          • will the karaoke machine have the Grudges on it? : Juno
          • MARRY ME JULIET YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO BE ALONE I LOVE YOU AND THAT'S ALL I REALLY KNOW : ejectorpod
          • I'll be hanging back with you guys too. : ThomW
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          yeah, i'm not really into strip clubs either : dantastic
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            Don't get me wrong, I like naked ladies, but the novelty of strip clubs wore off. I went to one last yea... : ejectorpod
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              What if the naked women were singing Taylor Swift. : laurgasms
              • That would help, I think. : ejectorpod
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              you're supposed to give more money to the strippers so they grind in your lap so you either get a boner h... : dantastic
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                See, I don't get why this is legal, and prostitution isn't. : ejectorpod
                • isn't it legal in vegas? : dantastic
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                  ... its Nevada. Prostitution is legal. lol : ThomW
                  • Oh well good for them. Makes sense. : ejectorpod
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                    not in vegas it isn't. it's legal everywhere in nevada EXCEPT vegas : electroly
                    • It's legal by county, so it's also illegal in Reno and other areas (most counties with any kind of big to : mysled
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          Couldn't Karaoke be the same event as the Rock Band outing? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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            we can't do both? : ejectorpod
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              rockband is karaoke except people who don't like to sing can also play : dantastic
              • Isn't that why they invented alcohol? : ejectorpod
  • Born to be wi-ild : rosewood
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  I think I goofed up mine and put 1ft instead of 1inch on the question of how big my taint is. : rosewood
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    That's ok, we're rounding everyones answers down by 8 inches anyway. : laurgasms
    • Fair enough : rosewood
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  I added this stuff in the survey but i'll post it here. Both these places can accommodate a lot of peo... : hatchet165
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    I really really like the hofbrauhaus suggestion for the main event/banquet type dealie. Working on some d... : laurgasms
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      Oh and the idea of doing a sausage buffet is making me giggle like a retard. : laurgasms
      • lol sausage fest! : ysbreker
      • I am sure it will be a big hit with shackers. : hatchet165
    • I'm fluent in German and know a bit about Bavarian cuisine, if you have questions/need food suggestion. I... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Holy crap, there is a Hofbräuhaus in Vegas?! Sweet. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I'm willing to help on the website. Not much of a backend guy but I think I can still be of help with bui... : ysbreker
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  laurgasms and others, thanks for putting this together! To quote dognose, its gonna own :) : EricZBA
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    I think that might have to be the slogan :( : laurgasms
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      Slogan: Shacknews, it gets you chicks....to your room in 20 minutes. : H@rvester
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        That's gross, H@rvester, I'm disappointed. : laurgasms
        • So...you're saying that hookers WON'T be comped? : ejectorpod
    • I thought it was "one big sausage fest"? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I can definitely help out with the website when the time comes. :-) : Legolas5
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  I'm actually really excited about this. I have been trying to convince Dan to go to Vegas for a long wee... : jenisthebest
  • Good, maybe I can actually spend some time with you guys this time ;) : laurgasms
• Answered. I figure I can only go during the summer as I would no longer be in school. : Fenring42
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  listen extrahappyturtle, we know you're extra happy and excited for this event, but you didn't need to su : nyranger66
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    SO HAPPY SO HAPPY SO HAPPY SO HAPPY SO HAPPY SO HAPPY SO HAPPY : laurgasms
    • !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... : ejectorpod
  • haha i thought safari was locked up =O : extrahappyturtle
  • He just really wanted his results to be known : rosewood
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  If you can do it in the summer (june/july/early august) I can come, and what's more, I can do pictures! I... : ConfusedUs
  • That would actually be pretty cool : ejectorpod
  • Or we could call it Dukemas and have a Duke lookalike dressed as Santa and you could take pictures of sha... : laurgasms
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  I wasn't online since I was moving to my new house. I hope I like everyone else's answers : Slowtreme
  • You can still respond, nerd. : laurgasms
• I can supply webspace if needed. : prime8

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  Condemned 3 please! I want that thing to either wrap itself up or dump another shitty ending all over me. : Dong Patrol
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    Was the second one any good? The first one had awesome melee, but the ending was kind of WTF for me. : AgentPothead
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      Eh, not really. Not a crap game, level design was pretty fun for a horror game until the end when you in : Masem
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        Does it tie into or explain the ending of Condemend 1 any? I was left with practically no fucking idea wh... : AgentPothead
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          It does, but I don't think even the writers of Condemned 1 knew what the fuck they were trying to do with... : qwpeoriu
          • I think that's part of what made the first one interesting and scary though, in a similar vein to the Sil... : -JLN-
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        ^^^Pretty much this, unfortunately. There was a major improvement to the systems that make up the game, b... : Dong Patrol
        • Yeah, the fighting system is much more improved as well as the CSI stuff compared to the 1st game. Tho... : HamChowder
    • I want to play it on pc like the first. Don`t want to get it on the xbox, but I might :/ : shirif
    • Second one had better melee but that's basically it. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I would easily take a NOLF1 remake for modern systems. : Masem
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    hmm, I wonder how well NOLF runs on modern hardware... I've got the discs around here somewhere... :p : Toraz Chryx
    • Go with the software renderer. Many modern video card drivers have issues rendering the menus in hardwar... : RomSteady
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  Shogo!!!! : Rauol Duke
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS : r3dn3ck
  • shogo is...a no go : spiderfill
  • Such a fun game : Rasnowl
  • With a modern engine this could rock quite a lot.. : pillzer
  • That would be awesome sauce on my face and i'd LIKE IT : happynoodle
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    Half the fun of that game were the really bad racial jokes and stereotypes. Do you think they could pull ... : reZaun
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      Wait, Maybe im thinking of another game... : reZaun
      • Shadow Warrior. : ThomW
  • yes indeed, i loved that game : strider_
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    I met a guy who worked on this a few weeks ago, and he was STUNNED that I had played it, let alone loved ... : systatic
    • Played it in co-op a while ago. Technically a bit flawed but it was pretty fun. I could see a remake happ... : Marrbe
  • ehhh : bolneze
  • PLEASE~! : Goblin au
  • almost everybody hates anime now, but they especially anime from western developers. they missed their wi... : DeBurgo
• I think we need a new NOLF or Blood. : The Grolar Bear
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  It's too bad that comedy in games is seen as such a bad thing that only indie games seem to embrace it th... : Fred Garvin
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    I don't really think that's the problem. It's that most of the time when people do try to be funny in gam... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • That's not always been the case. You can drop humor in a game once in a while, but most games where humor... : Fred Garvin
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    NOLF's humor was 1a but the game play was 1b. I wouldn't give a shit about the bloody henchmen if they di... : rosewood
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      Agreed and that's sort of my point. Comedy can be a great tool in story telling, but for some reason game... : Fred Garvin
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        I think it's partially because it's difficult to make a funny game, which makes attempting it risky. Ther... : -JLN-
        • Well, I'd like a little more variety. That's why I don't play many games now where it's me against the wo... : Fred Garvin
• NOLF was made for Fox. Monolith is now owned by Warner Bros. Unless WB bought the IP from Fox, I don't th... : jet-poop
• Shogo - Mobile Armor Division !!!! : Games
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  Tron 3.0. I can dream, can't I? :( : eldersveld
  • Nuh uh.. Considering Disney disowned Tron 2.0 as part of the Tron canon and they are developping the new ... : pillzer
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  NOLF 1 is easily one of the best games ever made. : deject
  • Yes, very much so. : abrasion
  • yes easily. : shirif
  • deject, I agree. : drazz
  • Ya ,it really was a great game for it's time. I think I may need to go searching in my closets now. : inf3d3l
  • I agree but I think NOLF 2 is better In fact the rpg elements in NOLF 2 were very ahead of the curve : EvilDolemite
  • Actually Tron 2.0 is one of the best monolith games, they took all that they learned from the games befor... : stgdz
• Shogo and Nolf was their best. I remember them talking about making a sequel to Shogo including a teaser ... : Godhatesfatpeople
• Monolith can't do another NOLF game without the approval of Vivendi (who absorbed Fox Interactive some ye... : Sadogoat
• I hope they're working on a new IP and not Condemned 3. : freshyk
• Also I used to hate on Fear2 based on the demo. Then I got to play the game. That game is awesome (except : shirif
• A new Shogo, NOLF or Blood would make me happy. I'm leaning towards Blood. : steauengeglase
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  Didnt Garnett hint on Weekend Confirmed that he had seen a game with a protaganist named Archer. : swimteampie
  • I recall a podcast like that... cant remember which number though. : limpossible
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  Shogo. Mech combat in cities with destructible buildings would be amazing. I just want to get a frag by t... : Serpico74
  • Is there a game with bf1942ish mech combat? : lee majors
• WTF. Blood 3. Give me blood 3 damnit. screw everything else : AMikaboshi
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  I need more Descent : rosewood
  • (man hug) : watcherxp
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    Are there Windows 7 Spaceorb 360 drivers? : pancake humper
    • Real men play kybd only : rosewood
• Monolith has at least one unnanounced project, and there was a reference to a "Project Hades" in a resume... : the archvile
• Talk to uh.. Fox.. no wait.. Sierra.. no wait.. Vivendi.. wait, no... NOLF is buried in some corporate... : Tech T
• I want a new IP. Fuck, their best games are always the first one they do in a new series, get a clue fuck... : node
• Tron 3.0? : The Wilhelm Scream
• Blood 3, but a proper sequel and nothing like Blood 2's awfulness. I'd like to see a new IP from them ... : Orange Pylon
• Blood or NOLF would be great. : Johnnsen
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  NOLF was kind of new-school even up to the present day. Vehicles, stealth, locational damage. : EvilDolemite
  • My only complaint on NOLF (and it is a little complaint) is that there was so much shit in the world that... : rosewood

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  No it wasn't, why do people hate the vehicle sections so much? :( : sanchez
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    Because they were mostly pointless. : Arcanum
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      It was a good change of pace. Shooting random dudes in the face x10000 instead of driving wouldn't have b... : MrBig0
      • By "pointless" I mean they did very little with them in terms of game mechanics. In the main game the ve... : Arcanum
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        Not only was it a nice change of pace, taken from a higher level, you could see the damage that the combi... : shirif
        • This is a good post and I agree. : MrBig0
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        It felt like they said "we need vehicle sections because all the cool kids have them", so they built thes... : Arcanum
        • at the time, not every game had vehicles. : shirif
        • I think you are overanaylzing. That may be true for some games, but as shirif's post pointed out they con... : g3dHorse
        • I thought the views while driving along the coast were some of the most memorable in the game : fishbone
  • I don't know Sanchez. I appreciated every second in the vehicles and the moments leading to them. : shirif
  • The end of the hovercraft bit was fucking mind-blowingly awesome the first time I hit it. It's even bette... : Arctic Fox
  • Because the vehicles were extremely floaty and the physics for them was terrible. They didn't really add ... : Modica Sol Solis
  • because they were long boring and terrible : dantastic
  • The same reason people hate swimming sections on 2d mario : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • The great part about HL2 was the variety. Just about everybody has a section or two they didn't like. F... : capt tripps
  • because they made me nauseus : proclone1
  • the vehicle controls were horrible. the car was very difficult to drive and it made all the car skill te... : wendigo
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  So wrong, and it's only one mug btw. : MrBig0
  • As in you can't choose between the colours... : MrBig0
• Fun wise maybe, but there wasnt really anything wrong with the vehicle itself. : imperator
• I liked the highway driving sections a lot. : thecatinthehat
• i loved it : eeeealmo
• I enjoyed all the driving parts. They may have went on a bit long but I loved that cruising around let me... : NastyJack
• I liked them. They made it feel like a road movie: a bit more epic look at the rundown parts of the world... : sgtsanity
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  The worst parts about the vehicle missions were source engine related... the bsp format just didn't suppo... : kaddar0
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    You'd be amazed how much time can be spent trying to get vehicles even someone functional... : RomSteady
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      One one ps2 project we had a fully working system from havok, that the coders found too heavy (but it wor... : imperator
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        Why are bad vehicle physics hilarious? That shit cracks me up everytime in a game. I swear GTA intent... : Porkasaurus
        • Crazy physics are part of what made BF1942 so fun. I wish they hadn't "fixed" that for all the sequels. : Serpico74
• I liked the driving parts in HL2 because for most of the game you're in urban areas. It was a good change... : PointlesS76
• :: breathes :: : Godhatesfatpeople
• Yeah, those were my favorite parts of the game. : The Grolar Bear
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  Umm the coffee mug has both logos on it http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=MU400 : Crimsonbeak
  • the bottom should read "fyi i am a spy" : AMikaboshi
• http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=G0327 Wish I still had an iphone. That's awesome. : freakynipples69
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  I don't get it? I loved the driving sections. : Drewus
  • especially in part deux : lukej1337
• Yeah, I also liked the driving sections and I had no idea this was so divisive an issue. : CrimsonHandHiro
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  I thought they were good. Nowhere near as boring as the "DONT TOUCH THE SAND" part of the game : manero
  • hey, i loved the stay-off-the-sand section! and the driving : CecilPhilpot
• Way too drawn out. : GreatGooglyMoogly
• There is only one coffee mug, it has both team logos on it. : Serpico74
• The driving sections were awesome! : dumb.
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  I enjoyed that entire game, every section. While I respect the opinions of those who don't like the game,... : Orange Pylon
  • lol : Godhatesfatpeople

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  yeah, i've never been cool enough to know either :( : nyranger66
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    also, what were those pills really made of? : nyranger66
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      they are totally breath mints : lukej1337
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        why'd you have to go spoil his fun. : dahanese
        • I wasn't there! : lukej1337
      • I'm always scared of promotional breath mints, especially because I'm never sure what kind of sweetener t... : the archvile
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        but...I need my 1000% daily value of awesome :( : nyranger66
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          and 300% your DV of attracting chicks and 200% of your DV of kicking ass? (had to grab it from my suit... : dahanese
          • You never know, MacGyver could have fashioned a sub-machine gun out of those fucking belt buckles. W... : DrWaffles
• Cowboy store : lukej1337
• Buy a nice belt and just remove the current buckle? : dumb.
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  Texas : sanchez
  • first thing that came to mind (as that's the only place where I've find those stores in the mall even) : zakazi
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  go to a department store and look at the belts, a lot of them have removable buckles : Juno
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    anything online? i went to a couple department stores a while back when i got my 2K belt buckle and found... : dahanese
    • well my plan plan involved actually holding the belt in your hand and inspecting for buckle-replacement-w... : Juno
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      This one says the buckle is snap-off, would that work? http://www.amazon.com/Levis-Mens-Leather-Antique-B... : AgentPothead
      • yes, it would! : dahanese
    • go hit amazon and search for "buckleless" you'll get a bunch of results : goatboy
• buy a larger one and then cut the old one off : redfive
• a girl....asking where to buy belts...up is down : spiderfill
• fetish store : boring gegtik
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  I'm pretty sure that belongs to Dognose. : systatic
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    I was about to post this. dahanese, I'm sure you already shipped dognose's his since you are a cool chic... : EricZBA
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      for shame you even have to post this : dahanese
      • I am so sorry I ever doubted you :( To make up for it, have a laugh at this plz: http://www.shackpics.c... : EricZBA
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  Do you know if those will be sold somewhere? : ejectorpod
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    not at the moment. i'm going to start scheming this week about cool shit to make. i'll let you guys know ... : dahanese
    • PLEASE DO. I'd like to wear one for Vegas. : ejectorpod
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      If you guys make shirts... PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MAKE THEM BLACK AND NOT WHITE. : vile
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        we made shirts for the event and they were red. in the four years i've worked at 2K Games i have never ma... : dahanese
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          yeah. I hope white shirts get ball cancer and die. but srsly make black shirts for me plz :-] black : vile
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            black shirts are a little too lan-party chic for me I prefer coloured shirts : boring gegtik
            • you put U's in the word color so your opinion is void. : vile
    • Can I have a two Duke bandolier's, coverd with Duke buckles? : u sir name
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  I like to get veg-tanned cowhide belts. Vegetable tanning is better because the color looks better, and v... : zohar79
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    i usually just buy ones from cole haan or something. i have a really soft black leather one with brown st... : dahanese
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      i think the smallest belt is too big for me. i don't have a 32" jean size :( : dahanese
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        If you call them up they will make you a belt any size you want. : zohar79
        • They're made by hand, so making you something different is no problem at all. They will literally