Evening Reading

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  A fish tank. That's what I use it for. : Fenring42
  • What kind of tanks do you run? : bombay
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  Measure the temperature of your eyes : mobab
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    >:-( : boring gegtik
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      >.-( : threeup
      • Hahahaha : Volatus32x
  • hahaha! : yosemiteclimber
  • Hahahaha : HL3dsx
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  Measure my balls. : abrasion
  • present them. : Delaric
  • Mine are like an oven, constantly. I'd be rather curious to know what temp they run. : Madwacker
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  How much? : gibolas1234
  • it was on sale for 30 down from 80 : boring gegtik
• How are they? I've been considering getting one. : steauengeglase
• dunno but you made me think of this http://www.bookofratings.com/catalogstuff.html : eldersveld
• see if it can measure the jet engine on a plane flying overhead! : IcomeINpeace
• sounds like an awesome gadget : BouillonCubes
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  Point it at the moon. : CrazyPants
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    the distance to spot ratio is 8:1 so the moon would have to be 48000km wide for me to measure it but its ... : boring gegtik
    • What a shame : CrazyPants
• Measure the internal temperature of a watermelon on top of a high building. Then walk down to the bottom : gnomish
• Your pc case/laptop Ice cube Ceiling vs. Floor Dog Tv screen : action wombmate
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  Doesn't matter as long as you hit non reflective surfaces You will get wildly shitty results for anythin... : conandan
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    my main use will be for measuring the temp of my bbq : boring gegtik
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      I figured. Measuring the temperature of metals will give you shitty results because the gun would have to... : conandan
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        there is a table of refractive indices I can probably calculate it : boring gegtik
        • You'll be looking for this http://www.monarchserver.com/TableofEmissivity.pdf : nurglich
      • way to ruin his fun conandan >:( : r3dn3ck
  • so freshly shaved balls...out of the question? : devnullgt
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  so much fun. I measured the windows in the office on a hot day and they were 86C. :( : filthysock
  • Jesus christ! : abrasion
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    Likely not to be the correct temperature. : conandan
    • 40+ outside with broken air con inside, windows in direct sunlight for most of the afternoon. : filthysock
• Walls, doors, and windowsills. : Odoyle
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  The inside of your asshole. : brickmatt
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    I mean, stick it in your ass. : brickmatt
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      As in, go fuck yourself. : brickmatt
      • Nobody understands your fancy metaphors : caveatemptor
• cat's butt : reelbk
• When I read the sentence, I instantly thought nutsac. Handy to know the temp of your swimmers, heh. : CaptainSurly
• your poop and your pet's poop : stoned wallaby crop circle
• stove, frying pans, computer, monitor, walls, light switches. that's what I do with mine :( : AssGoblin
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  Measure the temperature of the temperature reading gun using a mirror. : ArB
  • Put it in your nose. : ArB
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  - Fire up your gas stove + cast iron skillet for 10 minutes or so on high and check the temps in differen... : Farbauti
  • I would think that has more to do with the adjustment than the quality of the hardware. Freezers are jus... : DinK
• You'll make a man very happy one day. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Perfectly cooled outside of the body, as they're meant to be. Well done. Now measure your lust for Ayumi ... : ieGod
• Thermal imaging cameras are fun to play with too. It's interesting to be able to just see the temperatur... : DinK
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  your erection. : RogerDandy
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    soft weiner: 31.5C hard weiner: 33.5C : boring gegtik
    • What about a semi? : rosewood
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      I want to know if this is true so much, lol : abrasion
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        would i lie about something like this : boring gegtik
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          difficult to tell since it makes sense. supply of body temp (37C) blood flowing into the area, etc. : DinK
          • Test with your mouth DinK : abrasion
• The taint. : Distortion462
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  fresh poop, you have to make sure some of it is sticking out of the water and do it fast before too much ... : spaceless
  • no.. i cant have this beautiful thread nuked.... : boring gegtik
  • Just lift your legs up and aim between the rim and the seat : rosewood
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    hypothesis: spicy poop is COLDER because you poop it out faster than a normal poop which you would rather... : spaceless
    • Spice must flow : Dong Patrol
• The best use is intake/output temps for your air conditioner. The temp at the intake (usually where yo... : jimmy-buffett
• Make some candy and compare the surface temp of the candy compared to the candy thermometer's reading ... : rosewood
• Use it to test how dangerous your laser is: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/easier-laser-safety : Nixx2004
• I used to have one to take ocean temperature readings because I was curious, then it broke and couldn't g... : shortbuscaptain
• the sun : cpt_gloval
• Use it to ensure that your steak remains medium-rare. : Lukiopimp

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• It's fucking brilliant though, for the old folks who hate the satan machines known as computers. : jingletard
• I love the black and white. I was actually surprised when I didn't see it at first, but the snuck it in ... : slax0r
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  Brilliant!! Perfect for old folks on a fixed income! (or) It's an insurance scheme to get old people out : Odoyle
  • Which means me. :( : NFXFSX
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  Why would someone who needs this product marketing angle find it on a website? : anhero
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    Great fucking point : rosewood
    • I hope it provides some solace. : anhero
  • because they clicked on it from an FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: email with a sig full of kittens : GloriousCow
• You know what. I would buy one. Just because. : dodob
• The sooner the computer illiterate generation dies off the better. : talonite
• Haha what the fuck is this : FlamingGimp
• Ahahaha genius : MrBig0
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  When we told my grandmother that if she got a new cell phone it was almost definitely going to have a cam... : mysled
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    For an older person, I'd almost suggest something like the Motofone F3. Dead simple, there's nothing for ... : Conan
    • I think something like 'jitterbug' was mentioned as a great old people phone. : anhero
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  I didn't even watch the whole thing, but if you print out all your photos, this could technically save yo... : Derringer
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    Except you can print digital photos at Walgreens for the same price as film. And the Walgreens clerk cou... : neokolonial
    • I work at Walgreens and old people can't do shit half the time. It could be film or digital, they know ja... : NFXFSX
    • Excellent, then this vivitar marketing ploy is indeed 100% shitty! : Derringer
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  It was nice to pass around a stack of 5x7 photos back in the day. It's nicer to pass around an iPad thoug... : noxiousgg
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    Number of iPads dropped by people coming through at work and breaking the screen: 16. That must really... : Derringer
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      Wait, really? How? : anhero
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        I'm a screening officer in Canada, people pull them out of their bags even though they aren't required to... : Derringer
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          Do they try to blame you out of frustration over their own clumsiness? : noxiousgg
          • I am incredibly late to this reply, but if you happen to see it, sometimes they say, "It wouldn't have ha... : Derringer
• Remember the days when you had 20 rolls of unprocessed film in a drawer and had no idea what was on them? : Prozium
• Old people will still fuck this up by forgetting how to use the fucking thing. : NFXFSX
• what are they doing outside of Country Kitchen Buffet : Metatron85
• Yeah, saw that on Engadget earlier. Hilarious. : Conan
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  I was thinking this might be actually easier for old people, but the print stores these days have nice bi... : K1Bond007
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    Yea, but....old people. : aggybong
    • They're so old. : focusdaily
• I remember the good old day. : BongSlayerB
• is this a joke? : GloriousCow
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  do you realize that you are advertising for them, right now, as we speak? : sharpie
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    Yes because the shack is going to buy this shit. Oh noes the shack gave them mind share that will get the : rosewood
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      I bought one for each reply. Just to spite you. : sharpie
      • You win this time : rosewood
  • Good point...PHIL, DO NOT BUY THIS : fishbone
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  what other old shit could we pawn off to gullible elderly people? Touch tone phones are too confusing : GloriousCow
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    I bet you could use the infomercial format to make playing with your one shit look like a value at 19.95 : rosewood
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      With my new Turd Circusâ„¢, bathroom time has never been so fun! : GloriousCow
      • but wait... order now, and we'll DOUBLE the number of Turd Trapezes you'll receive! Thats four Turd Trap... : GloriousCow
• I once spent 3 hours explaining a satellite tv remote to my wife's parents, writing the channel numbers d... : Old_Fart
• lol computer wiz : Mad Brahmin Disease

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• I won't cheese you Demius. : MercFox1
• you playing as protoss? maybe they are assuming you will. i see it a lot also : dignan
• Seems like everyone does those strategies. I encounter them a lot as well. : DHAvatar
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  Almost all the cheese strats I've fought against are primarily protoss. Proxy bases, early cannons, void... : ant321
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    There's a zvz strategy that involves trying to put a tentacle turret on the opposition's creep as soon as... : DM7
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      yeah I've definitely started to 8pool every time I face a zerg. It's pretty funny when you fight off ... : shogberg
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        I go for a 13 gas 12 pool in zvz and go for splings and roaches. Pretty baneling proof imo. But I'm upper... : Xencer
        • I think that is a fine opening too, but I haven't seen a zerg do anything other than speedling -> muta, w... : shogberg
    • Haha, tentacle turret. Interesting name for those. : DHAvatar
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      You can do that without playing zvz If you throw down a hatch and cancel it there is enough creep left t... : giant boy detective
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        That is filthy. I will try it. : gibolas1234
        • It's worth noting that the crawler will begin to take damage once all the creep from the cancelled hatch ... : On the Brane
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    reaper and void ray rushes kick my ass right now but i think i'm starting to figure out a decent counter ... : dromo5
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      If you scout a Void Ray rush its really easy to counter. 2-3 Stalkers will beat 1 Void Ray. 4-5 Marine... : Wisp!
      • marines decimate void rays if they are not charged. Positioning is always hard though : moshman
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  Cheese is super common. You think its bad in 1v1, play 2v2. The moment I see a probe cross my ramp, it di... : Serpico74
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    Playing fours a few nights ago, my base got hit with a 6 pool and a proxy rush. Amazingly, we ended up r... : slax0r
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      On the plus side, if you beat the cheese you can usually win. Not only are you usually ahead tech and eco... : Serpico74
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        I like surgical cheese. When you just know it's right to use at a very specific time and place. : enyakk
        • Yes, the ones you have to look out for are early attackers that have a transition to something else. : Serpico74
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    played a 2v2 the other day and the protoss on the other team saw my scouting probe leaving an empty base ... : theWhite
    • Rad : Serpico74
• ill cheese you to win motherfucker. : m0rfus
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  man this shit is so retarded. how do people have fucking fun rolling as 3 zerg and 7 pooling? : maulla
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    what are you talking about? we had fun doing that plenty of times. : mwasher
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      Ive never done that and you never play anymore! : maulla
      • i played a bunch last week, but had plans all weekend. i'll be on tonight. : mwasher
  • that was pretty gay. 3Z v 3P, HERE COMES THE TRIPLE 6 POOL : MercFox1
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  if you dont spot the canon rush until the pylons almost done in pvp are you already screwed? : extrahappyturtle
  • you gotta make sure you spot it, build buildings in such a way that you have vision around your base. if... : vitek r
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    even if you see the pylon very early, it's quite hard to defend unless you kill the probe. He'll just put... : razlebol
    • yeah but in pvp ive been having trouble catching the probe wiht another probe or a zealot : extrahappyturtle
  • No. The key to winning in that situation is to not panic. If he already has cannons up don't attack, bu... : TheVietSpecial
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  i see it as laziness. people just don't want to play 45minute macro wars. they'd rather play 6 matches ... : smax
  • it might be this, i got canon'd by a guy who had like 5-600 games of 1v1 its possible all his games are <... : extrahappyturtle
• Most everyone cheeses. It is pretty annoying. : TheVietSpecial
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  Cheese is a valid strat against weaker players probably over half way up the ladder. People can't beat... : abrasion
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    again, this is in diamond league : Demius
    • According to teamliquid diamond is huge, top diamond is good, bottom diamond are scrubs. : abrasion
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      Today I had a guy try to build a rax with a tech lab right by my base on Xel'naga Caverns. I succeeded. B... : frenziedbadger
      • what the fuck is a rax? you mean barracks? shit. : ArB
      • little mistype I meant to say "It succeeded." Yeah rax is short of barracks, though obvioulsy not a prope... : frenziedbadger
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  They are just strategies. Why is one strategy okay, and another is not? If the game lets you do it, noo... : Jimb0v2
  • Spending an hour or two playing nothing but against nothing but these 5-minute cheese builds is not fun, ... : walker270
  • Except when you go for a cheese build it's pretty much just an all-in. Or even if it's not, you are so f... : TheVietSpecial
  • Ideally you would want to play a match with players of equal strength and finesse. After an exciting figh... : enyakk
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    I totally agree. And pulling off the "cheeses" properly takes practise and good timing too : moshman
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      and what the hate is generally directed at is the people that only know the early game cheeses but fall a... : moshman
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        those guys are easy wins. I was able to fend off a zerg's early nyduses again and again because that's al... : SpaecKow
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          SpaecKow, what is this Terran shit. Explain yourself! People who play Terran really just want to play ... : enyakk
          • I'm switching to protoss I promse :( : SpaecKow
  • I like how tasteless calls them all ins because that's what they are : razorblade79
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    Everybody calls me a faggot for 6 pooling or whatever it's called. Defend it motherfuckeerrrrssssss : royalally
    • so easy to defend too. Terran 5 barracks rush is much more dangerous in the hands of a good player : moshman
• no such thing as cheese : dael
• I'm cheesing my fucking brains out right now, dude!! : BlackCat9
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  I held off the Planetary Fortress rush the other night, was pretty proud of myself haha. I should have s... : TabsAZ
  • never ever assume a terran player is just late on his rax :) : Lionel2b

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  Star Wars : dognose
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    dognose you're supposed to let others have a chance >: ( : locater16
    • OK then Ramona and Beezus : dognose
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  Bad Boys : Prozium
  • Bad Boys any Michael Bay flick with a club scene : Korban
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  Blade. The BLOOD BATH. : waxthirteen
  • True, after that there is really no point in trying. : steauengeglase
  • I remember watching that scene over and over when I was a kid. : ArtilleryMarker
  • The begining of that movie really hooked me. And it was kind of a suprise seeing Tracy Lords in it. : MacemanInTW
  • This. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mVHYdaL_m8 still so awesome : GloriousCow
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      man i had forgotten how awesome 1 and 2 were : bolneze
      • Two was crap. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • i was thinking blade 2 : bolneze
  • Yep, still the best. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Belly : fletch_
  • /EOT. : pgharavi
  • I STILL think that was Biggie Smalls in that opening sequence! : AxeMan808
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  Babel : mXENO
  • mine : mnsnota
• The Matrix : Halen
• Irreversible : GloriousCow
• Matrix Revolutions : rosewood
• Outland : Fenring42
• Cheaper by the Dozen 2 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Human Traffic : nem00
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  Jacob's Ladder. : DianeOfTheMoon
  • Oh my. Demon sex. : TemporalParadox
• arctic hunting: ruthless lumberjack savagery : spaceless
• Blade Runner. WATCH DE LADEE TAKE THE LOVE OF DE SNAKE! *Harrison Ford turns away in horror* : creeping-judas
• That movie where there's like 10 dudes and 45 gals and they spend 2 hours getting it on to bad euro-tranc... : Vantage
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  Wasn't it xXx where that dude with the awful accent was like, 'Bitches, come." That was kind of neat. : Hyper-r3v
  • Ahahah, yes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykbeQIYuEOs : Hyper-r3v
  • A few friends and I saw xXx in the theatre and laughed uncontrollably during that scene, no one else in t... : bld
  • and now the opposite courtesy of Clarence J. Boddicker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W6cT3Tvu9g&featur... : beastrabban
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  Requiem for a Dream : Trips
  • sex? club? : Kombit
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    Every time i think of the phrase "ass to ass" in my head i can't help but think it in the long drawn out ... : pixelat3d
    • I think maybe you should consider how the mo- ass to ass : Dong Patrol
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  Fight Club : pyide
  • Or Rushmore : pyide
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  Hackers : InfoBiter
  • That's my answer. I was so disappointed when I finally went to New York and found out that Cyberdelia did... : BlackCat9
• Casino : Odoyle
• Groove : Vincent Grayson
• Gattaca : greasyjohn
• The end of Unforgiven. I count it as a club. : uncle slappy
• I notice noone has suggested the club scene from Spiderman 3. All is well with the world. : nem00
• Schindler's List : Phreakin
• Irreversible. : nwillard
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  From Dusk 'Til Dawn: Salma Hayek as "Satánico Pandemónium" : MatthewPhillips
  • Can't really argue with this. : Lord Skellington
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  DeusEx??????? : DrFlammable
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : nwillard
• Groove? : Navy Spitfire
• Pft, REPLACEMENT KILLERS, duh : FS|Archangel

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  wow, i'm getting lazy doing my color tags : trOmblyj
  • Yeah, it fuckin' sucks, bro. : Dschinghis Khan
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwE-SLnLkqY : Dschinghis Khan
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    I wish I was Russell Brand's stunt penis. : trOmblyj
    • ditto. : Dschinghis Khan
  • The background sounded a little 16-bit, so http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnqQJjYFDSU&feature=related : mrblarg
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  Updated Port Valdez Layouts - Added additional items from this thread. http://www.shackpics.com/viewer... : zebosausamite
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    You didn't make the changes :( : Dschinghis Khan
    • He didn't make YOUR changes. : trOmblyj
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  I AM SUPER SERIAL RIGHT MEOW : Hemtroll
  • I am painting my entire body with cammo paint and cleaning my mouse with gun oil. : Lightzout
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  you guys are fucking SERS as fuk with this BZNS rite now : _jon
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    you guys are fucking HERP as fuk with this DERP rite now : Dschinghis Khan
    • ima render some HERP layouts so we can decide on our DERP strats : _jon
• all up ons! : ZenzenTen
• Great times as usual ladies. Thanks! : rheroux
• Great games everyone! See ya'll tomorrow for non faggy games! : Dschinghis Khan
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  GG's all! 26 shackers showed up tonight - excellent turnout - Wednesday night will obviously work well f... : trOmblyj
  • Yeah, I like wednesday nights. :) Good games guys. : silent prophet
  • Sorry for not showing up, had to do some things :( : Nitrium
• Good games guys! : Hemtroll
• Good games, sorry I fell a sleep and missed half of it ;( : Goncyn
• good times! : Clay
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  Much fun. Gonna crank up the Teamspeak, can't hear crap when stuff is blowing up. Apologies to whomever I... : ZenzenTen
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    Friendly Fire Happens. : trOmblyj
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      I find that most of my friendly fire happens when MercFox is in the front, don't know what's up with that... : Hemtroll
      • 100% of my friendly fire happens when I shoot a teammate. : trOmblyj
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  PC 1943 Released!! http://eastore.ea.com/DRHM/store?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=ea&Locale=en_... : ZenzenTen
  • What the HELL?!?!??! : watcherxp
  • what : The Grolar Bear
  • haha no fucking way!! : jimmy_legs
  • what the fucking shit? : Hemtroll
  • wtf : trOmblyj
  • holy shit : Metatron85
  • marketing fail : kill9
  • ?!?!?!?!?!? : eeeealmo
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    Good job letting everyone know about that EA : guido anchovy
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      no shit right? : Hemtroll
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        i don't believe it until someone says theyve played it : eeeealmo
        • I'm not spending $15 to find out! : guido anchovy
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          I'm ready to check out I'm just wondering if there is a chance in hell this comes to steam : rosewood
          • You don't get to fly a bomber rosie. You just sort of direct them from a ground installation. : pyide
        • Can you imagine the shitstorm if someone buys it and it turns out it was just a mistake? Fuck, after all ... : Hemtroll
  • OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... : rosewood
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    They had to sneak it out before DNF got released. : dmason
    • I figured they were going to roll it into the BC2 Vietnam DLC as a bonus but that would have been too awe... : pyide
  • oh wow. : atom519
  • Preorder Un-cancelled! : shirif
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    Link does not work for Aussies, nice. : abrasion
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      didn't work for me either but go to the EA store for your region and just search for 1943 : Hemtroll
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        Nothing in AU. : abrasion
        • Really? That sucks. Maybe it's a big scam and you're just really lucky? : Hemtroll
  • LOL what!? : opengl128
  • Wow, their marketing department is run by a bunch of fucking retards. First, the NBA JAM clusterfuck and ... : Nitrium
  • What...the....???? : CrustaR
  • Uhh, bought! : dextius
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    I bought it but can't find the download link anywhere : rosewood
    • Maybe it's actually their new secret project Battlefield Nigerian Prince : Hemtroll
    • Do you have to use EA's download service? I've never downloaded anything from them. : guido anchovy
    • uh-oh... : dmason
    • You have to get the EA Download Manager. : jimmy_legs
    • keep us posted rosie : trOmblyj
    • WELL!?!?! : eeeealmo
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      I bought it, downloaded their manager, and it says I have no entitlements... : dextius
      • fucking pc gamers mirite? : Hemtroll
      • yeah same. when i look up recent orders it's not there... fffuuuu : jimmy_legs
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        Where the fuck is their DL manager or whatever? The e-mail says look up my order (it shows no orders) ... : rosewood
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          Ok, got that figured out. http://help.eastore.com/cgi-bin/eastore.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=198... : rosewood
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            ARE YOU PLAYING YET : eeeealmo
            • No, I'm in EA Support chat and Simon has been "responding" for 10 minutes but nothing is in the chat wind... : rosewood
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          Bought it, shows nothing in recent purchases, no entitlements under their Download Manager, i think we've... : VictoriouSecret
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            Points at ZenzenTen - it's his fault! GET HIM! *grabs torch, noose* : trOmblyj
            • Kill the messenger!!! : ZenzenTen
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    I didn't even know this was in development. That's how you fucking release a game! : slax0r
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      it's been out on consoles for months : Metatron85
      • think he means in development for PC : Hemtroll
  • WTF... : etherboy
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    Cool, I knew it was coming out in Sept --> http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23641379 (used to say Sep ... : valcan_s
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      wikipedia had it listed as sept 8 as a placeholder (since july), EERIE : Chandler55
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        Weird? At first I thought it was a joke :) I just bought it is the real deal. But where the shit is my... : valcan_s
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          "At first I thought it was a joke ... it is the real deal ... But where the shit is my serial" Sooo y... : reZaun
          • I thought it was a joke back in Aug when I first found it listed. I paypaled the game(can get a refund... : valcan_s
  • Twenty minutes ago no one even thought about this and now we're all pissing ourselves. At least it'll liv... : Hemtroll
  • Holy Shit, No fucking way. I was so stoked for this game like 2 years ago... Wow. I guess I'll have to du... : reZaun
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    lol : _jon
    • hah this is the funniest thing I've seen. I hope its true : Chandler55
  • Talk about under the radar... : Alco23
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    No, not really Simon: I understand the inconvenience you have experienced. I have checked the details : rosewood
    • Oh, I guess cancelled is British : rosewood
  • It's not actually out. http://twitter.com/OfficialBF1943/status/23990478939 : Brian Leahy
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  Can we get some of the hardcore checkboxes checked? For example KillCam, which ruins anybody trying to s... : jimmy-buffett
  • Yes. Will try to implement HC for next match. : trOmblyj
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    I won't play if hardcore is enabled. Switching off killcam is fine. : Goncyn
    • OK Killcam off only is fine with me if we can get a consensus. : trOmblyj
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    kill cam off + friendly fire is a good setup. : ant_hillbilly
    • Very much this person's opinion is the the number one opinion! : zebosausamite
    • yup, that sounds good to me : Goncyn
  • It doesn't ruin it for anybody that tries to snipe. It just ruins it for the campers ;P. : Alco23
  • snipers love hardcore because there's no killcam or spotting. but that makes life horrible for any groun... : EvilDolemite
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    I think anything that aids snipers sucks gigantic dicks. : vile
    • I don't care either way on the killcam. I just don't want full-on hardcore mode enabled. : Goncyn

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  shallots aren't garlic : multisync
  • 1 shallot = http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.direct-foods.co.uk/images/Shallots.jpg&imgrefu... : multisync
  • But if they were the same, it would mean 2 heads of garlic. : C@ffine
  • how dis werk daaaaaaaaaa : fishbone
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  a shallot is usually called a spring onion... it is the size of a golf ball. : jane911
  • spring onions are not challots. : disembodied potato
• 2 of the equivalent of cloves of shallot : jimmy_legs
• A shallot is a delicious vegetable. Purple, kind of similar to an onion. : dmason
• Sorry but hahahahahaah : stonedonkey
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  well what i mean is that when i unwrap a shallot, there are two separate bulbs inside : FrayLo
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    which resemble cloves but are clearly not cloves. come on stonedonkey i'm not jbury here : FrayLo
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      LOL OK that makes more sense : stonedonkey
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        http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_pr4ezfo7jg1crt3r9bq1.jpg : FrayLo
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          That whole thing in that picture would count as one shallot : ninjase
          • including the thumb - THE GODS OF COOKING DEMAND IT : multisync
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    then I would use 2 shallots like the recipe calls for. Your example would be one shallot. : redfive
    • yep. everything in one skin is a shallot. : jimmy_legs
  • no you want 2 of them - even if they have 2 bulbs. unless it's a huge ass shallot. : dahanese
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shallot : Hoax
• Shallots are similar to onions, nothing at all like garlic : ninjase
• lol fraylo those arent even the same plant!! : boring gegtik
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  individual bulbs= 1 shallot maybe 2=1 if they are small : .Jayson
  • though it sounds like I have been doing it wrong now that I am reading the other replies. I don't use t... : .Jayson
• shallot + rosemary + wine + butter + browned bits = awesome sauce : radicus
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  I dont' understand how people are misinterpreting your question. : mobab
  • Me either, there are bulbs inside. : FrayLo
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    I at first thought he was trying to substitute garlic for shallots (onion for shallots would at least mak... : ninjase
    • That's what I thought too. : edgewise
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    well you see it's because they're fucking idiots : fishbone
    • jk!! : fishbone
  • i know, it's pretty clear that he knows they aren't the same.. yet everyone responded telling him that th... : dopeman
• Don't worry FrayLo, I understand what you are asking, and I don't think it's an unreasonable one for a no... : Bean
• Shallots are pretty mild anyway -- even if you overdid it, it would still probably be fine. : zipr
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  It means two shallots -- the entire thing. Shallots are like tiny onions, but they taste very different ... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Trader Joe's has an onion/shallot/garlic mix already all chopped up and fresh... makes a fucking amazing ... : laurgasms
• I think it's like 2 shallots. : walker270
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  u shallot pass : spaceless
  • iawtp : boring gegtik
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  Next time on COOKING WITH JBURY... : systatic
  • oh never mind, I see what you're asking. apologies. : systatic
• You should ask Gene : slickdoody
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  wow how stupid are you??? : maulla
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    for my next trick i will buy dlc : FrayLo
    • would you try to buy it with shallots though?? : Downforce
• Just make some garlic shallots. : dognose
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  I think this thread is an interesting study of how reading the Shack chatty ruins your ability to properl... : fishbone
  • Yes .. first thought was "OMG shallots are not garlic!!! WTF!" Cook-Rage-Post, then seeing the last words... : Lukiopimp
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  Shallots are more like onions actually. If you don't have any take a spring onion instead. : Lukiopimp
  • My bad .. 2 shallots would be like four cloves of garlic quantify wise. : Lukiopimp

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  who is the guy that keeps green lighting his films? : Metatron85
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    Nazi gold : Mondo
    • lol : MagicWishMonkey
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      That joke at the end of Postal 2 was.. just.. rude :) "My grandfather died at Auschwitz too; he fell f... : Tech T
      • (err, the Postal Movie) : Tech T
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    It's some German tax loophole. : givemesnacks
    • I believe that closed a couple of films ago. : Haku-Jin
    • I believe that's not the case for quite some time. : phil_mckraken
    • his films always make a profit? : filthysock
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  lets all agree to never pay attention to him again : boring gegtik
  • Cosigned. : SigmaDraconis
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  i hope he concentrates on this one : CoRDS
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    Itll help if he has a captive audience : pwnjoo
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      people will camp outside cinemas lining up to see it : CoRDS
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        I will nazi it. : Wyvern
        • Why won't jew? : rosewood
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  Rampage was probably the closest he come to a decent film. : greasyjohn
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    Watching this now. I hope it isnt bad :( : limpossible
    • An interesting film, thats for sure. : limpossible
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      I thought it was gripping and cohesive, unlike his other flicks. Definitely decent, however. : CrustaR
      • That I can agree to. If you look at it in one light, it is definitly unsettling, which I think Uwe has al... : limpossible
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    I haven't seen Rampage, but Postal was actually pretty good. : Poor Yurik
    • wash out your mouth with buckshot : VivaMachete
    • Rampage surprised me, how much it did not suck. : dognose
• I can appreciate the Boll hate, but what movie has Mel made that sucked? Granted, he's got issues, but ... : capt tripps
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  Let's hope he goes with a comedy. : sukabljat
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    Didn't some other director do something like that already? Life is Beautiful I think it was. fuck, I hate... : ArB
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      That...that wasn't a comedy. : lolpatrol
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        Well, it's no Dumb & Dumber, but it got a few chuckles. Overall, though it was in poor taste. : ArB
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          What? : lefthighkick
          • IAWTW : lolpatrol
• Tittays! : Haku-Jin
• Amazing, he found a genre that no amount of bad acting or low budget can possibly mess up. : steauengeglase
• As if the Holocaust wasn't awful enough on its own... : ShoCon
• those roasted babies would be tasty with some cajun seasoning : crypt420
• I kind of want to see more details on the Max Schmeling movie he is working on. : limpossible
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  NEVER FORGET : SatansFist
  • I forgot wuts aushwitz : Bl00dBought
  • Fucking seriously. I can tell this movie is going to be terrible just based on that alone. : Drewus
  • .. FIRST PANTS, THEN SHOES! : Lukiopimp
• I'll give him an honest chance with this. I really will. And here's why: This is far too sensitive a... : kallanta
• It's gonna be epic. : dodob

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  Of course. I hope we get to hear about it soon :) : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • To be fair though, we know nothing about the game, except that it was referred to as DotA : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  is there room for it with HoN/LoL out there? : wurt
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    as much as love HoN, I'm fairly certain it will die if icefrog makes anything that resembles DOTA. : DrFlammable
    • i love* : DrFlammable
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    Definitely. I really like HoN but one thing that still kinda sucks about it is that it's hard to get into... : SockMonkeh
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      I actually think S2 has done a superb job with their online service. One of the best out there for games... : D45hiz
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        It does a great job of tracking stats, saving replays, and many other things but it still sucks trying to... : SockMonkeh
        • Really? I think the matchmaking is one of the best implementations in a game so far. It's the non-exis... : even4
    • What? What portion of Steamworks are you referring to? L4D is the only game with any sort of matchmakin... : R@zzle
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    Has HoN been released yet? Or is it still in its eternal beta? : sanchez
    • It's out! You should buy it! : SockMonkeh
    • It has been for months : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      ill just leave this here http://www.shackpics.com/files/heroesofunfulfilledpromises_pi3ggon7trdps5araepg.... : DrFlammable
      • oh yea, team match making and the map editor have been "top priorities" for months now. the devs won't... : DrFlammable
      • Well it is a $30 "indie" game, ehh : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • I think so, LoL doesn't offer any offline or LAN play. I'm not sure if HoN does or not, but Valve could ... : dextius
• Soooo awesome : locater16
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  I think so. They have an amazing sense of design. So I look forward to what they do as a theme and how th... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • handle it* ;p : Godhatesfatpeople
• the way valve works is, they dont release it if its not sweet so it must be sweet if it gets released but... : spiderfill
• as long as it has collectible hats : harold.johnson
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  Only if Basshunter does a track. I love that song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXKd7uuehlw : Lightzout
  • Basshunter rules. : SockMonkeh
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    I find it hilarious that he re-did it with non-DOTA lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3CxhBIrBho : lunarbunny
    • ...did he just say "drum and bass"? What the fuck is this shit. : Moonbase Commander
  • This video is like that movie you see on cable TV that you just have to watch. No matter how many times ... : slax0r
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  Absoloutely not, I think it'll be one of their first flops in a while. : abrasion
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    tag abrasion dota flop : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • thanks, this is definitely something that will need to be referenced later : valael
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    what do you know? : boomstickah
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      Almost nothing but he asked, that's my opinion. I think DOTA and it's derivative games should die in a f... : abrasion
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        We don't even know what it's going to be :/ could be something like MNC or first person or anything reall... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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          Bookmark my post, DOTA flop - abrasion prediction, 2010. Hell I predicted Portal would be awesome. : abrasion
          • To be fair, it wasn't that hard to predict that Portal would be awesome. : nwillard
      • It's valid as a mod. It might even be valid as a full 3D action MP game that follows the spirit of DOTA, ... : enyakk
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        You want the entire genre to die because DotA clogged up the UMS list? Or what? : Beaginator
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          I just don't like the game, the community is pretty vile and that type of behaviour seems to follow both ... : abrasion
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            I think you would fit right in! : D45hiz
            • I can tell you've never played a game with me. : abrasion
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        No, the DOTA community needs to DIAF or at least be efficiently segregated. The game type in itself is a... : Wombat Woo
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          i think what is interesting is that there was a significant crossover between cs and dota players. cs pl... : mXENO
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            I was thinking of bringing up CS but I don't ever recall them being that bad. CS fuck-ups are immediate.... : Wombat Woo
            • i think i would fool myself into thinking cs players weren't that bad, then i would load it up after not ... : mXENO
        • I've never tried any of those games and the sole reason is the stories I hear of the communities. I'm too... : ramshot
      • I never played DoTA but the game and it's derivatives are fantastic. Any gamer should agree. : boomstickah
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        Abrasion, your opinions suck a lot. >:( Like seriously. "I don't like this entire genre, because I'm b... : geedeck
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          Are you sure it isn't just us, geedeck. Maybe he isn't the problem. Maybe everyone else is just making ... : brickmatt
          • Thank you Brickmatt for chiming in, much appreciated. : abrasion
        • I am :( War 3. <3 : abrasion
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    Your abrasion post of the day : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Sup Mad Brahmin Disease, you haven't said hi in a while, what's news? : abrasion
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        Hi, there, I still enjoy you hating everything, how are things down under? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Good man, I'm working late on printers tonight. I love TGS tho because The littlest hobo guardian will ... : abrasion
          • Fuck printers. Take them out and give them the baseball treatment. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        I'm drunk. : ramshot
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          What else is new in Finland, hehe? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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            Well, in all truthfulness, I'm at work (and hence not drunk, really!), was just making fun of the fact th... : ramshot
            • wiz! I remember how, wiz! : ramshot
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              I was kidding, it's Auschwitz. Get drunk for great justice, tomorrow is my turn. : Mad Brahmin Disease
              • You shouldn't kid on the internet without trailing it with a dozen million smilies!1!!! : ramshot
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    Just like the iPad was a flop : Serpico74
    • I don't guarantee a 100% hit rate Serpico. : abrasion
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    Next step: no matter how well it does call it a flop : Draugluin
    • Why would I do that? I'm not delusional, if I'm wrong I'm wrong and I say so - sometimes I even apologise... : abrasion
• have a feeling they'll aim at a more casual design, maybe shorter games. : Chandler55
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  Will the Shack bitch about it? : Crabs Jarrard
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    Does a bear shit in the woods? : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Maybe, but Marrisa Mayer DEFINITELY shits in the shower. : vile
    • Are catholic priests good baby sitters? : Johnnsen
• Yes. I will buy it and play it for two months. : lightly inclined
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  Well, at least they are not making a tower defense game, but I dunno, those sub-RTS genres are pretty vil... : enyakk
  • I'm so Raven. : vile
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  The outlook is real positive for this collaboration. Valve's shown that they can make a competitive game... : SigmaDraconis
  • This nails it. DOTA, HoN etc. always looks cool but the vertical learning curve puts me off quickly every... : node
• I think it will be the first Valve game in a long time that I have no interest in. : rock elf
• I'm looking forward to it! If theres anyone that can make an accessible game its Valve, I love the concep... : nodebug
• Not for me because I don't care for DOTA. : baron calamity
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  I'm hoping it's the first DOTA game that doesn't have a gigantic learning curve with absolutely no tutori... : valael
  • *and a completely shit community : multisync
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    I'm not sure how that's possible.. DOTA, being a multiplayer game, requires you to understand a lot of s... : dextius
    • that assumes it's exactly like DOTA : RikiTiki2

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  Cellular is not bad http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337921/ but the best is Saw : dognose
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    Already saw (heh) them though. Cellular sounds good. : Johnnsen
    • Kind of not what you are looking for but you might like The Game and The Stunt Man : dognose
• The king of them all: The Day Of The Jackal. : NastyJack
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  Catch Me If You Can? : _jon
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    ^^^ So excellent : Serpico74
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      the book is really good, they really skipped over how bad the prison in France was and how long he was th... : dignan
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        Definitely checking it out : Serpico74
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          the guy the movie is about is who wrote the book. its a great read, i love books that make you laugh out... : dignan
          • Awesome, I love the film. Will check out the book now. Thanks! : nodebug
        • Book is excellent. I read it twice. : action roommate
      • Can't believe I never thought to pick up the book. : givemesnacks
  • Great movie. Spielberg needs to do more dramas. : lodit
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  Catch me if you Can! : LoioshDwaggie
  • Already seen it, was excellent. Didn't even think of putting it on the list, but you are right (As well a... : Johnnsen
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  I can't believe none of you guys said The Fugitive wtf. : chrisschutz
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    It's implied, okay? Nobody can forget The Fugitive. I DIDN'T KILL MY WIFE : aggybong
    • I DON'T CARE : soggybagel
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      IT WASNT ME IT WAS THE ONE ARMED MAN : disembodied potato
      • Wrongfully accused! I'm as sure as thats an Anaconda. : HL3dsx
  • Zardoz : -=kodiak=-
• No Way Out with Costner : baconisgod
• Silence of the Lambs : jcrockerman
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  Se7en : quadeh
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    That movie is fucking great. It's one of those movies that you get so into that it ends and you leave the... : snot3353
    • I totally forgot that sensation, it's been so long. I shall actively seek that slice of climatic heaven. : disposition
• First blood, fugitive, training day : tostador
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  Kind of on the same vein: Taken : mindmann
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    you mean cat eating all the mice : AlexXdude
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      Seriously. I can only imagine the brainstorming while writing the script... Guy A: We should make a mo : Magitek
      • also the guy's an unstoppable badass motherfucker : sneakyalmond
• "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" : supermonkeyballz
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  no country for old men? : shika.art
  • sup ! : shirif
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  No country for old men : shirif
  • EPIC movie. : HL3dsx
• Three Days of the Condor is streaming on Netflix. : zohar79
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  The Game was fucking great : Disarray
  • I love coming across that movie when its on tv alwasy entertaining : NGFodder
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  Zodiac. : TaintedSyringe
  • I love Zodiac so much. : sgtsanity
  • THIS! Great movie, fuck I'm gonna have to watch it tomorrow again. It's been awhile. : gornl1
  • I need to watch this again. : jamesray
  • That is a 7-course meal of a movie. Great stuff. : kallanta
• I like to agree with this post, I liked 3 of those 4 movies and haven't seen the 4'th (Phone booth was un... : abrasion
• In the Line of Fire is one of my favorite films of all time. : roushimsx
• If you like Phone Booth, you need to watch Liberty Standing Still : dumbacid
• thief : crypt420
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  North by Northwest. The Edge. : edgewise
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    North By Northwest is one of the best movies ever! : SolveChrist
    • yeah it is! : jimmy_legs
    • ^^ this!! : watcherxp
    • Agreed. : mopic42
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    Ooh, I think The Edge is one of those more underrated and unheard of movies out there. Good movie. : invisible_kid
    • I fucking loved the Edge. Only watched it once but its one of the few movies that has stuck in my mind as... : rick
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZfPE4qwQeY : dirge23
• Enemy at the Gates? : stratedge
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  Does Heat count? : pyide
  • Heat fucking does count. : dumb.
  • this. : danws6
• Cloak & Dagger? : dealie
• Ice Spiders : Dong Patrol
• Surviving the Game : ColoradoCNC
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  The Maltese Falcon. Oldie but a goodie. : action wombmate
  • Oh and you might like The Game, with Michael Douglas. It's an early David Fincher flick. : action wombmate
• the fugitive, Virtuosity, basic instinct, the saw movies, blown away, the negotiator, Assassins, US Marsh... : mista mista
• Inside Man. : Dschinghis Khan
• the game (kind of) : umegastar
• Ronin, sort of : gmd
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  Cloak & Dagger : hirez
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    also: Gotcha! : hirez
    • I watch Gotcha so many times during summers at my dads house. Cloak & Dagger is also a favorite of mine f... : sigpro
• The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum No? : Confrustrating
• Speed, 12 Rounds, Bourne series., Next (nic cage) : pobone
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  The Hunted, Surviving the Game, Demolition Man, Spy Game, Enemy of the State, Point Blank, Speed, The Rec... : skitzo
  • The Hunted (2003) was great. Not to be confused with the 1995 The Hunted featuring Chris Lambert going af... : Godhatesfatpeople
• Man On Fire : Godhatesfatpeople
• Predat0r 2 Predat0r How to Catch a Predat0r : CrustaR
• Terminator Terminator 2 Running Man : SockMonkeh
• megalodon vs. giant octopuss : whistletits
• Spartan http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360009/ Its good. : james_austintx
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  Eagle Eye : rosewood
  • And Hot Fuzz kind of. Quite frankly you should just watch Hot Fuzz regardless of your criterion (if you h... : rosewood
• DIRTY HARRY : deject
• classics - so many. The Day of the Jackal (must-see). The French Connection. : ]pm[chem
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  Oceans *, Italian Job : surround
  • Also: Spy Game, Sneakers : surround
  • How do these qualify? I fail to see the similarity. : Johnnsen
• Seven? : Odoyle
• Thomas Crown Affair, both the Brosnan and the McQueen version. : K1Bond007
• Gattaca might count, and even if it doesn't it's a still a movie that you should watch. : Dong Patrol
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  The Outlaw Josie Wales : owly
  • Josey* : owly
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  The Jackal! Willis, Gere, Poitier. Best Jack Black performance to date! Also, Izo, Zatoichi and The Chest... : AxeMan808
  • He's better off watching Day of the Jackal which is much much better. : sigpro
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    Is that like a Seagal joke where his best movie thus far is Executive Decision? : K1Bond007
    • Very much like that, yes. And the earlier mention of "Day Of" is what put this one on the tip of my finge... : AxeMan808
• Ronin Except both the mice and cats have guns. : Sailor of Fortune
• sin nombre : shika.art
• Marathon Man is excellent. Also, you won't look at dentists the same way again. "Is it safe?" : SigmaDraconis
• The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly The Conversation : mopic42
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  "Blown Away" with Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones : firewoodman
  • good movie : silentbobuk
  • this : Milleh
• Salt : kramweil
• Mouse Hunt : verginator
• enemy of the state : sroylance