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  I've had this happen to me a bunch of times, it's pretty weird and they're pushy as hell. : MrBig0
  • Same, I just say I don't have any money and they tend to leave pretty quickly. : peat
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  Does that ever actually work... : semaphore
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    worked on a roommate of mine. we all just shook our heads when he ran in and told us about the amazing de... : stgulik
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      Did the speakers even function? : sanchez
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        I have a friend who bought some way back in the day when the scam was fairly new. They worked fine. : Delaric
        • Yah I had a friend fall for that and they worked but sounded like utter crap. : Shadowdane
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  I had a roommate that had done that for a while and he'd laugh about how stupid the whole scam was. I th... : Goto10
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    You mean he actually got speakers and not bricks? : Slowtreme
    • Speakers are so cheap now there's no reason for them not to be "real." But they'll be $25 speakers made t... : batkiwi
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  I have little to no sympathy for people who fall for this. "Well I was going to buy some home theater equ... : SiW.
  • I rank this slightly below "fresh" shrimp sold out of a pickup truck. : o0JediBeavis0o
  • Some gang or whatever in my city regularly show up at a specific gas station late at night selling gas fo : SilverSnake
• i was at the leaving the grocery store the other day and some guys were asking people if they wanted dent... : extrahappyturtle
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  Every time I've turned them down they get super roid rage pissed off. : .frame
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    Yea, they did the same thing. Made some remark about how if it was a cheese burger that I'd be all over i : liqker
    • I don't think I'd trust a cheeseburger sold by them. Probably dog meat. : pigvomit
• I dream of the day I can open up my true audiophile van and put these guys out of business. My biggest pr... : DarkWolf5
• I've been approached by these guys three times in 8 years. : m0rfus
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  funny story, true story, I saw some dudes doing this while getting gas about 6 months ago. & I am at a st... : hirez
  • Fuggin pwned lol. Nice work. : HL3dsx
  • Well Jade's parents can't afford soccer registration fees now, you jerk! : Afterglow
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    Wow, how did he afford soccer for his girl? : disposition
    • her mom was a stripper. : hirez
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  I've had someone offer me a trashbag full of porn at a gas station before. Oh, also he was going to thro... : Fish_Bulb
  • Now that sounds like a deal : semaphore
  • lmfao, that is fucking gold : zombie man
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  now that i think of it, my brother in law fell for this. One time we were at the inlaws, he comes home fr... : NukemFornever
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    confront him, then further humiliate him by sleeping with his wife : proclone1
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      this could, in theory, mean he'd be fucking his sister. : alias bean
      • What are you trying to say? : DJ Clipdat
• my dumbass roommate from a long time ago fell for this and the speakers were shitty and stopped working a... : hobosapien
• It's active in Australia too, my ex-housemate fell for it too. : filthysock
• My boss paid $800 for some last year http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19508597 : WadeMcLain
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  I don't quite get why this is considered a "scam". Unethical yes, but I don't see how it is illegal. If s... : steauengeglase
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    It's a scam because they say they will sell you $2000 speakers for like $200 but in reality you get speak... : OmegaRed59
    • It's like on lost where Sawyer sells the bronze necklaces for $100 each and the chick he's with comes in ... : Xencer
• When I worked at Staples one of my coworkers said he used to sell them. It was an organized operation whe... : OmegaRed59

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  There not finished yet, Plus im pretty sure i've read somewhere that they are going to nuke talents like ... : Vincenoir
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    Yea I'm just saying, being locked into one tree to hit the 31 point talent makes me feel like I'd be putt... : Nerdsbeware
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      who cares it's not like i won't just google a spec and cookie cutter it anyway. : xxiv
      • March to the beat of your own drum dammit! I'll probably do the same once I hit 85 :( : Nerdsbeware
      • Feels like there's more personal choice now - less about min/max DPS and you'll have to factor in things ... : node
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      I'm pretty sure Blizzard revamped them to avoid your problem and continue to do so. : Derringer
      • Well that's what I'm saying, I still feel like I'm putting points into stuff I don't use or wouldn't thin... : Nerdsbeware
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      It keeps people from wasting points in random trees and pushes them into useful talents. The opposite of ... : Slowtreme
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        Yea that kinda sucks, but I see what they are trying to do. Again, games not out so I really don't know ... : Nerdsbeware
        • Don't they put the item level right on the gear now? I think that whole thing is stupid. Basically tak... : Slowtreme
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  someone give me a beta key and I'll let you know! : maulla
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    324GV-KI590-KS183-YME00-B38NE : xxiv
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      :( : maulla
      • that was evil, i am sorry maulla : xxiv
• Messed with Resto shammy and Hunter. Like it so far, talent trees were too huge before. More focus and va... : node
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  Also, I just hit 47 on my warlock, good zone to go level in now? : Nerdsbeware
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    Horde or Alliance? Eastern Kingdoms or Kalimdor? Ferallas or Tanaris probably. : node
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      Horde. I went to Felwood, but no one had quests for me, at most 2-3 people but that was it. Once I hit ... : Nerdsbeware
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        47 could do Tanaris or Burning Steepes. 50 opens a ton, with Hinterlands being one of my favorites due t... : breadsticks
        • Yeah, but there are some crazy-annoying low-drop-rate collection quests in Hinter. : ChibiJosh
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  I'm level 84 now and they're working out pretty well, provided they take care of the trees. They've done ... : Marrbe
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    Well thats good to hear at least, what class are you playing? : Nerdsbeware
    • Objectivist : ChibiJosh
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      Elemental shaman. It's pretty wild when the RNG is on a roll, so to speak. : Marrbe
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        When Cata hits, I was going to roll shaman, any tips? I have only ever played one until like level 30 at... : Nerdsbeware
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          Elemental should be fine from the start, and much more so in Cata, where you get a chunk of stuff right a... : Marrbe
          • Well endgame probably healing or support magic DPS, I've heard good things about going melee dps too but ... : Nerdsbeware
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          Enhancement is a lot of fun for PvE, but agonizing in PvP. That might change in Cata with the increased h... : ucanbfuzzy
          • enhancement pvp is the following. target enemy, stormstike stunned dead. : NukemFornever
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  I bought my sons of hodir rep, and got 2 pieces of badge loot. lmao. boy they sure want everyone to enjoy... : Downforce
  • i have full t9 or whatever the trophy's get you. a first for me, having full tier xyz gear. : xxiv
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  My warrior is 76, and my tank set is starting to really fill out! : NexusOne
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    It seems like its taking me forever to get through the 70s. : chungathebunga
    • My average time as been ~2hrs/level : mobab
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      same here, i lvl'd a DK from 55 to 70 in like, 2 weekends, and now i've been from 70-71.5 for the last 3 ... : g0nk
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        tank dk or dps? : mobab
        • tank : g0nk
      • take a break every time you run out of rested xp : maulla
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      I've been drain tanking like crazy and there is almost NO downtime, its great. I pull 4-5 mobs at once, ... : Nerdsbeware
      • 60-70 is retardedly easy just que for dungeons and hit hellfire, you will hit 63-64 fast then its over to... : Vincenoir
    • that's because it hasn't been accelerated, whereas all the lower levels go faster now : Goncyn
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  There's a few design caveats with the new trees you'll probably need to be aware of: 1. The trees are ... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • Awesome, thanks, gives me a better understanding of what they wanted to do with the new trees. I was look... : Nerdsbeware
• I've messed with them a little, but they're changing so much I think I'm just going to stop looking at ga... : action wombmate

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  Meh. The powers this "character" has are so completely over powered, pisses me off.. : g0nk
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    To arcade crazy for you? Probably looking for something more realistic. My self this is the stuff I lo... : valcan_s
    • Well usually when you base a game off of a franchise, you want it to be consistent with the movies. Not ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    he's only a force candle burning on both ends papa g0nk : packav
    • A candle made out of thermite : swimteampie
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  Hmm watched this vid again and I think I am gona role the dice and say --> This may be the best Star Wars... : valcan_s
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    So what you are telling me right now is that this is better than X-Wing and Tie Fighter. Gotcha. : enyakk
    • Best Jedi Star Wars Game is what I should of said :) : valcan_s
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    Better than Dark Forces: Jedi Knight or Jedi Knight 2? : Sailor of Fortune
    • It just might be, I like the style they use, even though JK2 is king this really cranks my chain, we shal... : valcan_s
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    seriously? how old are you? : deathofrats
    • 32 in Feb, I am all about progression you gota let go the classics eventually go to the new if the style ... : valcan_s
  • KOTOR, X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter, Rogue Squadron, and Super Star Wars are all better than this crap. : theangrywaffles
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  haha, that combo with the dual sabers is pretty much God of War 101. Not that I'm complaining, lord kn... : Deathlove
  • @ 1:15, I mean. : Deathlove
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  well the combat looks like JK2 and thats a good thing : stgdz
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    This :) that is exactly what I thought, plus those Jedi powers looks nutz and the graphics have been twea... : valcan_s
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      but that's rock band 3 day D: : Deathlove
      • God I know :) and that game will have priority for a long time, I can not wait to play drums in pro mode. : valcan_s
• It looks good, but that guy narrating is such a gigantic douche. : ChibiJosh
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  I like how the developer says "light sabers actually matter" and then they show video of the light sabers... : not work safe
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    This is what saddened me the most about the first one :( : Begawkiness
    • They do note there is dismemberment in this game from the saber so that is a massive move in the right di... : valcan_s
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    Some merit for sure but he does mention that units have resistance, I doubt any Star Wars game would ever... : valcan_s
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      Jedi Knight 2 with "g_saberRealisticCombat 3000" console command for SP or "cg_dismember 2" for MP : Sailor of Fortune
      • yeah, I liked to call that the Jedi Cuisinart code. : kek
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        Ahh memories. Loved chopping arms off troopers. : sigpro
        • The best is when you just keep doing it and they turn into bite sized pieces. I think you had o set disme... : Sailor of Fortune
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      what about general grevious' bodygaurds and their giant electrified Q-tips?they stop light sabres. and in... : cptstern
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        IIRC they introduced it in the original SW:KotOR, the Cortosis weave, it's supposed to be ridiculously ra... : one random winner
        • Cortosis weave makes the baby canon jesus cry. : AhmNee
    • Jedi Power Battles for PS1 had an unlockable "realistic lightsaber" mode where you'd one-shot everything. : HamChowder
    • The new Metal Gear Solid game is the only one I'm aware of that attempts something like this. : ChibiJosh
  • I dunno, if every attack ended up with massive dismemberments and buckets of blood it just wouldn't feel ... : Dimmona
• I really enjoyed the first one, towards the end when your powers were maxed and you could beat the shit o... : Nerdsbeware
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  I just picked up the first one at Kmart for $10 in the clearance bin. Is it good? : saunders45
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    Assuming you picked it up for the 360/PS3/PC, yes. : one random winner
    • Personally I'd give it an 8/10, sometimes there's simply too much on the screen and there's on part in pa... : one random winner
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      Yeah, 360. I loved JK but this didn't really interest me when I first saw it. But for $10, what the hell? : saunders45
      • It's a bit more "arcadey" than JK, but still pretty fun. : one random winner
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    It's a decent game but the last level may break your will to continue on. At least it's a "prequel" story... : Sailor of Fortune
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      That first room is the last level was such a motherfucker until I read gamefaqs and it told me how to sho... : Deathlove
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        the only way I figured how to do it was basically the cheap way, rely on the AI's difficulty in turning a : proclone1
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          run into the room, force-bubble through the floor : Deathlove
          • lol that is indeed quite simpler (and cheap!!) : proclone1
  • It was alright, a fun romp somewhat akin to games like God of War. Play through on Normal your first tim... : Begawkiness
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    You will get your money's worth : SkipperMcG
    • Also I recommend the Cybernetic Reconstruction DLC character: http://ui31.gamespot.com/2238/1007491_2.... : SkipperMcG
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  I hope this game turns out good for those guys. Seems like I keep hearing of bad things happening to the ... : Iazu
  • Like, they all got fired? : SkipperMcG
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  I heard this one was actually pretty badass. : Dschinghis Khan
  • the first one was actually pretty badass. this must be just asshole ripping force ownage. : Downforce
• that looks pretty damn good for a xbox 360 game, looks more fluid then the first game for some reason : NukemFornever
• looks rad : BouillonCubes
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  Garnett gives it a lot of love on WC this week. : Deathlove
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    Garnett gives a lot of things love though. : Haxim
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      yes, but this is something i care about : Deathlove
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        You care about a lot of things though. : Haxim
        • I have a big heart. : Deathlove
        • Yer mom cares about a lot of things. : one random winner
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  wow --- Looks like God of War... : dedgecko
  • With light sabers, hurrrrrp : Dschinghis Khan
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    Unfortunately yeah :/ : one random winner
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      oh no, i'd hate for games to emulate one of the best series of the last decade terrible! : Deathlove
      • Just didn't really want GoW in space. The last one felt really powerful, but it didn't feel like GoW (at... : one random winner
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        Eh, it just destroys the predefined visual style of light saber battles in star wars. Lightsabers don... : dedgecko
        • it'd be cooler if they did : Deathlove
• The force was cool when it was super low level power applied intelligently, this guy looks like he could : Dynotaku
• I just got the ultimate sith edition at Target, i've still not beat it on 360. Not sure if i want to now ... : Ziz
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  Unfortunately they keep inflating the force powers in and out of cannon. So, they make a Star Wars game, ... : AhmNee
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    A Mass Effect MMO would be awesome. : theangrywaffles
    • I second this opinion. : ChibiJosh
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  Hear hear, valcan, I adored the first one as well (that first level always sends chills down my spine). Y... : drbriefs
  • Totally, the SNES version was rad, total arcade madness, juiced up Jedi, saber action and a laser gun tha... : valcan_s
• Improving on the very enjoyable original first one in all the right ways. : node
• Looks good, but it also looks like it might suffer from some of the same problems as the first. Looking a... : -JLN-
• despite all the hate the first one got, i really enjoyed it, and looks like this one will be even more fu... : skelom
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  trying to watch the video with closed captioning at work http://slot9productions.com/random/force_airpor... : lukej1337
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    These are unbelievable: http://slot9productions.com/random/tracy.png http://slot9productions.com/random... : lukej1337
    • ^This post needs more love. : one random winner
    • hahahah : skinlab133
• Even though he comments on the targeting and locking being improved, I'm still wait and see. The fact tha... : SkipperMcG

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• did anyone ever get Dognose one of these? i think he'd look absolutely stunning with it. : waxthirteen
• Drinking beer, shooting roids, pumping iron and practicing his kick to the face of a pigcop everyday for ... : sigpro
• Hookers and blow. : hbalce1
• Doing the Bartman. : slax0r
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  I would imagine he has been Jimmy Buffet these last 13 years : watcherxp
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    In before Canada starts whining : watcherxp
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      if only jimmy-buffett was more like Jimmy Buffett : RikiTiki2
      • I was avoiding trademark misuse : watcherxp
    • :,( : skelom
• I imagine him doing kinda the whole Bruce Willis in Die Hard type of thing... Working on a hangover while... : Demius
• He's been banging chicks non-stop : EricZBA
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  just give it to dognose : MurrayTheSkull
  • IAWTGTDP : DJ Clipdat
  • I believe he was sent one : pancake humper
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    I whole-heartedly agree. Hell, if I won it, I'd give it to dognose. : DrWaffles
    • same here. I'd enter just to be a dognose placeholder. : Downforce
  • this : DonarUDL
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    This, if dahanese hasn't already. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I'm pretty positive she already did. Didn't she get offended for us even suggesting that she wouldn't? : laurgasms
      • I think so http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23921555#itemanchor_23921555 : Haxim
  • Signed. : paulatreus
  • i entered just so i can give it to dognose in case i win : dirge23
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    but for an entry.... "Wake up, Duke." "Fuck you." "We gotta go!" "I ain't goin' anywhere. Qui : MurrayTheSkull
    • Goosebumps, I has them. : unjustend
  • I vote this and every future Duke Nukem related price are automatically awarded to dognose : razorblade79
  • Agreed : Phreakin
  • Agreed. He should automatically get every duke related prize. He won then all years ago. : Ctrl-Phreak
  • ^^^ THIS ^^^ : digital_d
  • yes. : spazzium
  • fully agreed, as long as he posts pics and I can touch it next year at Qcon : Halen
  • Or, we the community, can just give it to dognose, if we win. : CRasterImage
  • yup this : royalally
• Secretly dressed up as a plumber and went around saving princesses. : ImageOmega
• pontificating : usmcmueller
• He has probably been trolling the shit out of the Internet : pancake humper
• Trying to find the right pack of damned bubble gum. Big league chew is tough to find these days. : twifosp
• just give it to dognose. : sweat
• It's a trap!!! : Haxim
• Strip Club Owner, who also was the bouncer. : ant_hillbilly
• Duke has been constipated and still trying to shit down that aliens neck : pimpium
• hanging out with dognose give it to dognose : Yanks
• Living in a trailer out in the desert while having a part time job as a bouncer at the local strip joint : wurt
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  I think he changes his name to Dognose and spent the years posting about how his new adventures are gonna... : Malku
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    Why did I spend my time writing something out if you were just gonna phone in the same idea? Weak sauce. : laurgasms
    • Didn't see it sorry. I usually just leave one horrible grammar filled post for these contests and leave.... : Malku
• I think Duke settled down a bit. One day he became so smitten with a particular stripper that he could li... : laurgasms
• Proving P != NP, now that his work is done it's time to return to kicking ass. : strandgeck
• The Duke, Never a man to take life too seriously has been resting his boots on a motel couch, drinking ho... : master_disaster_17
• Duke Nukem became hermetic; nothing and noone for company except the plants from his garden. : the if
• For the last 7(?) years was prolly playing WoW before that he played EQ.. no wonder this game took so lon... : gornl1
• He became a greeter at Wal-Mart in Florida. Worked his way up to the Customer Service booth with his awes... : Nerdsbeware
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  Selling "health" supplements on the internet. "Nuke-ums" : geedeck
  • I'd buy one : strandgeck
  • Kicking baby pigs : pukerat
• I think the government screwed him over and sent him to jail. They blamed him for all the destruction in ... : AMikaboshi
• Hunting Bin Laden : trOmblyj
• Reading Nicholas Sparks novels and crying himself to sleep. : liqker
• Touring the world, sampling the finest in cigars, alcohol, and women. : Agrona
• I think that he entered into a deep state of thought surrounding his actions. Was it really morally right... : skizl
• Riding bareback on a horse holding diamonds, turning them into tickets to that thing you want. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Duke has been in the wilds of Alaska, stomping Kodiak bears to death with his boot. : zohar79
• endless hookers and blow, naturally. : deject
• http://www.bruceongames.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/solitaire-for-windows.gif : Slowtreme
• One long piss. : exigence7
• Watching The A-Team reruns : jcrockerman
• Stuck in a dead end job as an insurance adjuster, with a wife who barely looks at him and is cheating wit... : TheStupidOne
• Polishing his ass kicking skills in console FPS games. : jingletard
• Kicking baby pigs (reposting from phone reply fail) : pukerat
• making babies : mysled
• Driving a van, eating ethnic foods, and cruising the best malls. : Crabs Jarrard
• He got himself a harem and some hash! : dnagenome
• He won a bubblegum chewing contest in 1997, and the grand prize was a lifetime supply of bubblegum. Well, : paulatreus
• I think he was probably playing Duke3d.exe for the past 13 years reminiscing. That's what I've been doin... : CrustaR
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  what's the point of even bothering to put some thought into this when the winner is random? : deathofrats
  • Just some fun. What's the point of your post? : paulatreus
  • What's the point of this when we all know what shacker SHOULD get this belt buckle? : ZombieAcademy
  • Well I did, but that's because I'm destined to win. : one random winner
• I'm thinking he was in insurance, before the needs of the world called on him once again. : thekidd
• Fixing up his ride. : MercFox1
• I think that Duke must have started an unpopular war against an alien race that was ostensibly in possess... : noxiousgg
• Trying not to let his supply of gum outpace his desire to return to kicking ass. : vile
• Hopefully working on coming up with *original* catchphrases. : zipr
• the G-Man had him in stasis, but now he's going to wake up and smell the asses. the ones he's going to ki... : dirge23
• He was waiting for DNF to come out. : ThomW
• Playing LFD on easy : chungathebunga
• he's been day trading on the stock market, "it's time to sell short and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out ... : packav
• Eating the several thousand pounds of "bacon" he made in the last game. : Arcanum
• He applied for a job working on the Large Hardon Collider : Ziz
• It's really quiet awesome. He has been In Japan with Lo Wang since they had an arguement about who is a ... : kanix
• Action movie star washed up movie star found jesus world tour with the partridge family reunion tour ... : ejectorpod
• Hes been trapped fighting his way out of the asshole of a giant alien monster. : chilln
• chewing bubblegum since no ass was there to kick : dignan
• He was sent to the steamy jungles of Pandora to harvest blaguar meat for GeorgeB's daily feast : proclone1
• You know all those earthquakes and floods that have been happening around the world? Duke. : Rotten Deadite
• He was watching Star Wars Episodes 1-3 saying, "This dialog is shit! I can't use any of these lines!" : RomSteady
• rewriting his autobiography. http://www.3drealms.com/bio/images/dukebook.gif : Sole.exe
• traveling the world as a soldier of fortune. can't let those ass-kicking skills get rusty, you know. : drewroy
• Making belt buckles : askedrelic
• Duke Nukem was locked away in a hidden room in George's basement, just like a child slave. He was badly n... : NukemFornever
• Crocheting a new vest : H@rvester
• Between the occasional call from the President to take out terrorist leaders in secret and doing commando... : uebersoldat
• Working at S-Mart. : dfay
• http://www.shackpics.com/files/worstpsever_rz2padddpzdzmb67afki.jpg : industro
• Working as a consultant for action films. : InfoBiter
• and then..... : IA_Lanky
• He went to school with high hopes to receive a Doctorate in Nuclear Physics. After thirteen years he fina... : Sanityjr
• Became the biggest start in Gay Porn! Not only was the repeated hype of a game was fake...so was his man... : FreshlyShavenGreasedAndAngry
• He was posting on shacknews under the name "Mace". If I win, I'm sending the belt buckle to Dognose. ... : cornchak
• Drinking beer wasting his life away, until he got that call. : speirus
• He started a string of strip clubs, was hugely successful until his sexual assault lawsuit that involved ... : shortbuscaptain
• He was a script-writer for Sex and the City. : The Wilhelm Scream
• After getting tired of hookers and WoW, he registered the username dognose and started posting on the Sha... : Xevo
• He's been in a drawn out legal battle with Roddy Piper over IP. : mechanicalgrape
• Chewing bubble gum, cuz he was all out of ass to kick : YerMothah
• Pumping iron at the gym, buying a car and more gum, and preparing for the inevitable return of his enemie... : OmegaRed59
• He has been working tirelessly trying to get the stupid USA to open the electronic borders to allow Canad... : ionic.airblast
• Hookers and blow. : fleabug
• Kicking Ass and Chewing bubble gum! (in WoW) : JohnnyRey
• He got a job at 3DRealms and loomed over developers telling them "No, that's not what I would do! Now do ... : Dynotaku
• Buying ample amounts of bubble gum : SymGeo
• Running an online betting website in Costa Rica from his office above a strip club. : Lightzout
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  I like to imagine that he settled down out in the country. Built himself a house, tamed a wild wolf for c... : Drakoniac
  • possibly better: he was put into a coma after crashing his sports car while getting road head. while unco... : Drakoniac
• http://www.hunthogs.com/library/images/trophy_russian_boar/trophy_russian_boar_1.jpg : TheRealBigDumbass
• Microsoft sealed his mouth shut and put him in the Master Chief outfit. He's been in Halo all these years... : ErichTopp
• Duke Nukem moves along what once was a wall, now a broken barrier that most resembles swiss cheese. He c : conandan
• I think he works in the basement of a casino somewhere in Vegas where they bring people they catch cheati... : FormerHPB
• He was lifting that barbell : Schnapple
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  He was playing WoW. : Frozen Pixel
  • Wait, no EQ, then WoW. : Frozen Pixel
• Replacing engines. : yosemiteclimber
• Fathering Matt Hazard, and subsequently disowning him. : MarkovChain
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  The one random winner had better be dognose : DianeOfTheMoon
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    No, I'm pretty sure that's this guy: http://www.shacknews.com/profile/one+random+winner : BlackCat9
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      When I do win, I'll probably end up shipping it to dognose : one random winner
      • continuity win! : oldschoolbob-o
• Teaching kindergarten : goosetickler
• He played professional baseball and broke the homerun record... what with the steriods and all... : limpossible
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  Like you should do with the belt buckle, he was giving it to dognose : digital_d
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    If I win I fully intend to do just that. : JohnnyRey
    • Same : Schnapple
• He was a porn star. : theBorgie
• It's a trap! : BaronVonChocula
• :( no fair : CoRDS
• Chewing gum, duh. : cltcprd
• I'm not sure, but I bet he bought a tripod at some point : maulla
• I think he finally found some bubble gum, so you know... he's been chewing it. (that and kicking ass o... : Ormsbee
• he was playing halo : X-GOUKI
• First, he spent all his money on booze, whores, and bubblegum. Once he ran out, he tried to put a real G... : one random winner
• had a family and mastered the art of origami : mayooms
• US IS LAME GO BURN MORE KORANS : oldschoolbob-o
• Duke's been helping his dad run this place: http://www.dragonmans.com/ : Merconium
• Fuck this. The motherfucking DUKE NUKEM belt buckle is US only? THANKS : MrBig0
• He's training Chuck Norris to be a real man. : cerealSAM2
• Duke got hate from pig farmers. So much hate he had to go into hiding because they were always outside hi... : pun][sher
• I assumed he spent a lot of the last 13 years stocking up on bubble gum so he wouldn't run out. I bet he ... : rosewood
• 13 year Rocky-esque MONTAGE. : Deviaant
• probably played duke3d : valael
• Hunting baby seals for their succulent, delicious meat. : hussdelrio
• Strippers. He was doing strippers for the 13 years since his last starring role in a game. : hirez
• For 13 years duke was in a hottub with with the babes he saved smoking his cigars while watching reruns o... : whippy
• Working in a bar, fixing pinball machines and periodically blacking out and having visions of Pig Cops an... : kartooner
• Chewing ass and kicking bubble gum! : The Grolar Bear
• Duh, he's been working out nonstop, smoking cigars, and banging sluts. Duh. : virus
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  you all know what he has been doing for the past 13 years ... He to a leave of absence to hang out wit... : fuzzydamnit
  • Btw I think that who ever wins this should give it to Dognose. : fuzzydamnit
• He found some gum so he was mostly chewing that. It had long lasting flavor. : megarust32
• 0wning. : mrblarg
• The only reason he's coming back is because he finally ran out of bacon. He gathered quite a bit the last... : Orange Pylon
• He was kidnapped by Matt Hazard and held hostage :( : roushimsx
• I'm pretty sure he's been posting on Shacknews as Mace. : critch
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  worked as a shack moderator : Lawgiver
  • You mean stoofoo right? : Lightzout
• He got a job at S-Mart to try and get some new one-liners. : breadsticks
• Sleeps in the van by the river while working as a bouncer. : TreMetal
• He spent his time letting shackers know their posts suck : MisterPhoton
• He was the "Mr Miyagi" to Serious Sam. : The Wilhelm Scream
• Doing chicks, blow, and shooting up pig cops for fun : Koral06
• i imagine he was probably on some remote island, with hordes of women. Just waiting for the time he'd be ... : mindmann
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  He was trying to get in touch with his feminine side only to discover he didn't have one. : baron calamity
  • That's not true. She just happened to be a really butch lesbian. : Arcanum
• Playing Balls of Steel, drinking beer and banging whores!! : metldude
• MC Raiding. : crockroches
• Chewing bubblegum. : Zollington
• Only US? Tell you what, if I get picked I'll pay the shipping ;) : bob3578
• He was busy buying stocks at the stock market. Losing a big amount of it on by Investing in 3DRealms and... : HyperactiveSlob
• Duke has been undercover in the middle-east and Afghanistan since the last time he saved the earth babes. : cpt_gloval
• He's been working on his book, "Why I'm So Great" : pjargon
• Kicking ass, saving our chicks, and not chewing bubble gum. : MFAC
• Doing one sit-up, clenched for 13 years straight. : realenchilada
• Putting together a collection of erotic poetry that all contain the phrase, "Balls of steel". : Wyvern
• He was probably wiping his ass with old pre-order receipts from GameStop for DNF. After that I'd imagine ... : XSilencedXDream
• Twins. He's been doing Twins. : tasoli
• Having sex with men. It's not that he is gay he just ran out of women to sleep with : VivaMachete
• Duke has been busy opening up strip clubs : virtualsinner
• Crying into his bubble gum. : TShandy
• he was living in a vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan down by the river : r3dn3ck
• He started off Painting the side of a Taiwanese freighter, but a man can't spend every week covered in dr... : steauengeglase
• He was sitting on the can trying to push out an epic log. : Crimsonbeak
• He was probably stalking Dognose, waiting for the prime moment to jump out and yell "SURPRISE! Release!" : Pacalon
• He was playing Duke Nukem, obviously. : Crazy Hawaiian
• I think he got sad and old. He watched his legend fade into memory, and others rise into his place. He ... : brickmatt
• Duke destroyed all of Iraq's WMDs single-handedly. Then, he spent some relaxing years in Wyoming back cou... : genocidalrobot
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  Working as a respectable businessman by day, and Batman by night. Duke Nukem is Batman! :O : RustySpannerz
  • This isn't actually an entry as I live in the UK. : RustySpannerz
• Shackpics blocked at work. Duke has been in a cryostasis chamber in Area 51, put there by the government ... : Old_Fart
• Hopefully he fell into a time machine and went 13 (14) years into the future. Not really looking forward ... : intothefray
• I would assume the Duke got a job at Gearbox. He knew his time would come and where to be when it happen... : deadlypandaleader
• Like Jay and Silent Bob, he was keeping track of every mean thing people said on the internet about him, ... : Kniggit
• He was kicking ass and chewing bubblegum... But he was all out of ass kicking :( : Trips
• Thinking about how awesome it was gonna be when he finally hit it big again. THEN he would propose to do... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Practicing neck shitting. : skankcore
• The US government decided to reinstate the Star Wars project in secret, by having Duke Nukem intercept in... : Gamecraze
• Chewing bubblegum until he is all out of gum. : Lukiopimp
• Sneaking Mexicans across the border! : Embrionic
• Gettin laid : crummynz
• Kicking ass. He finally ran out of bubble gum. : silentw
• This explains it all: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/vgcon/17775-duke... : fade2black244

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• hater's gonna . . . something. i forgot what. : eeeealmo
• We don't get the front pagers a lot of times either. : pyide
• I still love you. : glio1337
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  It's not you, it's Steve. A lot of people are bitter. He acts like the Shack doesn't exist until he's g... : kingdepork
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    Brian is referring to Halo. : pandastrong
    • king's comment still applies : AlexXdude
• Me either, Brian. Not much you can do other than do your own thing and let people think what they're goi... : action wombmate
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  You are aware that something like 90% of people are classified as stupid? : AgentPothead
  • Yeah like the other 20% are all that smart! : Rooster Cockburn
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  So you want a realistic down-to-earth show that's completely off the wall and swarming with magic robots? : Deathlove
  • Yeah, you know - like Sienfeld : lukej1337
• You do good work sir. : lukej1337
• the trick is not to read the comments : wendigo
• Payola is REAL bleahy, http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/47243 : semaphore
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  All the people on the front page is a whole different breed. I appreciate the content Brian. : pun][sher
  • *are : pun][sher
• Don't go to the front page comments unless you are drunk : rosewood
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  herpers gonna derp : zakazi
  • +INF! : lukej1337
  • This accurately sums up my feelings on the matter. : Ormsbee
  • I laughed. : MercFox1
  • Good show old bean. : BaronVonChocula
• You may only play games that no one has ever heard of, including their creators. : locater16
• Yeah I saw that. I decided I had errands to run and got out of the house for a while. Jesus. : dognose
• Brian, I totally understand where you are coming from: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23887006#itema... : hirez
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  Can we just turn off comments on articles that aren't Latest Chatty? : pandastrong
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    Then they will start posting here. : Evil Benius
    • We can't have that. Front page chatty's are a necessary buffer to keep the tard out. : melkore
• Game devs get the same treatment. Everyone bitches every time news of a sequel is released, that no one d... : SkipperMcG
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  One guy makes a (really) stupid post and it's a shacknews contributor dogpile + pity party nuke it an... : Foxhawk
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    But how will they learn? : Brian Leahy
    • They never do. That's why you ignore it and move on. : pgharavi
    • He won't if he's dumb enough to think that article's a shill : Foxhawk
    • They're mostly young misguided newbs who live in their basements on the front page. Ignore them and trust... : niceguynick
    • Can't save the world Brian. : bashildy@speakeasy.net
    • Chances are, all the reasoning in the world isn't going to change their mind. Some people need to just b... : omnova
    • frontpagers, they have no capacity to learn : dantastic
    • They don't ever learn : rosewood
    • who cares? if you believe in the content you're putting out there, just do it. you won't please everyone. : even4
    • Most people that see the articles rarely stay around to prove a point they try to make or even back up th... : felicia
• Brian don't lie I saw them hand you that envelope full of money. (am i doing it right front page poste... : ejectorpod
• You can't with with some people. The content you guys have been putting out has been really good. : melkore
• Don't read front page comments unless they are relevant to the content or present a justifiable argument. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• I'd be more interested to know the dollar amount you guys got for pushing Civ 5. All those "articles" you... : Haxim
• I've come to accept the rules of the Internet. At first you think people are ass-holes. Then you see the ... : steauengeglase
• Paid off for what? Halo? It's a polarizing series and both sides have these terrible arguments both for... : jingletard
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  We really need to merge chatty and the frontpage in a similar fashion as Newspond. Having special news po... : Kentor
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    They'd probably have to add a lot more mods. : zohar79
    • I don't have any statistics, but I'd hazard to guess that the vast majority of Shacknews' traffic in fron... : Kentor
• To make up for it you should make a guide for competitive Oregon's Trail. That would actually be sort of... : Agrona
• Comprehensive and insightful reviews and editorials while you're at it, pls. : SpaecKow
• ah dont worry bryguy, we still love you : vitek r
• Basically? We're "fags" and AWP whores. Toughen up a little. : The Wilhelm Scream
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  You need to be CRITICAL on occasion if you are going to write original content. Simple. "Original content... : Freon
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    So a glowing review of SC2 or Civ5 will leave you skeptical too? : derelict515
    • It's unfortunate that your takeaway from what I wrote is that I based my opinions on single reviews. Not... : Freon
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  Brian - do you consider yourself a game journalist? I promise you this is not a troll, nor am I bating... : eonix
  • I should have worded it without GAME journalist, but rather a journalist. : eonix
  • Question for you, I'm curious what you thought of the minipanel during the Giantbomb panel at PAX. : Haxim
• For what it's worth, I think you're one of the best writers on this website. : The Grolar Bear
• leahy, this threat you made to a front pager is gold http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23960806#itemanc... : dantastic
• Internetâ„¢ : pixelat3d
• I like articles like this one http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=283. Also, if I had an xbox s... : RuffasBluetain
• It doesn't matter what you post - some people are going to like it, and others hate it. Grow a thicker sp... : theangrywaffles
• It's just nonsensical bitching from front page. One thing I would like to see is some more interviews cat... : shortbuscaptain
• With an audience this large you can't but have both. Ignore them. : dael
• The front page is a nasty world. I for one appreciate your contributions to this lovely website. : niiftyniichy
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  More people need to be on the Freelove Freeway, BL. : Dschinghis Khan
  • I was conceived there! : Crabs Jarrard
• As someone who's been in your situation, I applaud the influx of original content on the site. Don't list... : David Craddock
• Most people who bother posting love complaining. Sometimes it's hard to read front page comments because ... : flooq
• Jesus Christ, I hate front pagers so much. : Super Sparker

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• Me neither. O.o : wurt
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  The chatty system is really poor for things like this. I feel like you need to repost updates twice a day... : Blucklesworth
  • I sent out a mass SM too, guess either people ignored it or I didn't explain it well enough :\ : TheStupidOne
  • I find it completely impossible to read forums though after getting used to the chatty. I constantly feel... : RetroRedEyeJr
• I hope not. I won't get my power supply until around the 13th. : Foxhawk
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  is this pancake humper's tournament or the stupid one's tournament? : flagg209
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    I think this is what's confusing people most. two concurrently running tourneys is kind of a lot to deal... : kainen1
    • It's not really that bad, one BO3 shouldn't take more than an hour, unless it's tvt lolol. If you can't m... : RetroRedEyeJr
  • SSL (or League) is run by the stupidone Sponsored shack tourney is humper's : oldschoolbob-o
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  Yes, I need replays by this Sunday, 8PM EST. I will post Week 1 results that Monday/ : TheStupidOne
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    BTW, this is also why I made a steam group for this shit so there's a calendar reminder telling you exact... : TheStupidOne
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      ITST we ask for invites to the Starleague shackgroup http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/7656119800241081... : RetroRedEyeJr
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        Yes please, I can give invites while I'm here twiddling my thumbs at work. : TheStupidOne
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          I tried to add you as friend online : oldschoolbob-o
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            Oh? I think I accepted it, I'll check when I get home. : TheStupidOne
            • oh wait nevermind I can check invites from the community page now awesome : TheStupidOne
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        http://steamcommunity.com/id/giant_boy_detective : giant boy detective
        • done! : TheStupidOne
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        Can you invite me? http://steamcommunity.com/id/Vietspecial : TheVietSpecial
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          done~ : TheStupidOne
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            Did you get the replays I sent you? I never got a confirmation email or anything back, so I'm just curio... : TheVietSpecial
            • Yup I got them, thanks! : TheStupidOne
            • Yup I got them, thanks! : TheStupidOne
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        me too me too http://steamcommunity.com/id/marcwilkinson : goatboy
        • invite sent : devnullgt
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        http://steamcommunity.com/id/MercFox1 : MercFox1
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          invite sent. Also, I have your replays from you vs camel_jockey that I'll post up : devnullgt
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            sweet thanks, Im really excited to watch myself again >_< : MercFox1
            • fucking diamonds : MercFox1
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        http://steamcommunity.com/id/kainen1 : kainen1
        • invited'd : devnullgt
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        http://steamcommunity.com/id/agrona/ : Agrona
        • Done :O : TheStupidOne
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        http://steamcommunity.com/id/Junosword : Juno
        • dune :B : TheStupidOne
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        http://steamcommunity.com/id/mstarr : mstarr
        • i dun invite u : TheStupidOne
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        http://steamcommunity.com/id/eirei : dfay
        • goddamn you just keep on coming and coming : TheStupidOne
      • OMG I'm ALREADY THERE! : Zhaneel
      • http://steamcommunity.com/id/jonathus/ : Magus
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    The SM that was sent out seemed to state this pretty clearly. I'm not sure what the confusion is about. : snot3353
    • Word to this. I think TheStupidOne has been very clear & consistent throughout his organization. : Zhaneel
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    Is there a schedule for casting of the replays? : Demius
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      Please someone answer this question. : slax0r
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        For the group stage it's all up to the casters who or what tehy want to cast. I've given all the interes... : TheStupidOne
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          Without any sort of public casting of replays, you may loose interest before it gets that far.. Just sayi... : Demius
          • Well that's what the casters are doing. They got access to the email and they're just picking and choosi... : TheStupidOne
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  Is there a reserve signup for this? : etherboy
  • Not this time, I have 2 dropouts but it'd be a whole lot of extra work trying to get subs in this late in... : TheStupidOne
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  my opponent dropped out, what do I do? : lonepie
  • You win! Huzzah! : lolpatrol
  • You get a free bye so huzzah : TheStupidOne
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    Cellawerra is the sub! Good luck! : Blucklesworth
    • HOLY CHECK! Is this many marauder yes? : TheStupidOne
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      He lost in GSL :( : etherboy
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        I can't believe he had Holy Check written on his hand. lol : pancake humper
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          wtf does "Holy Check" mean anyway? I know he says it alot--is this some engrish thing or is there some m... : bolange
          • I think it's just his horrible accent trying to say 'Holy shit' : pancake humper
      • Cellawerra has a lot of untapped potential. : morsxcessum
      • lonepie has a chance then! : Serpico74
  • let me play !! : rbjester
• Looking forward to finding out where all the games ended up. Also for those interested, non-updated ... : Zhaneel
• I just got owned! : jamiejme
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  Playing mine tonight and tomorrow. : squigiliwams
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    We need to play. Hit me up tonight if you're around. : snot3353
    • P.S. Are you good at starcraft? : snot3353
• I played my first set of matches today. I shant spoil anything, but it was god damn exhilarating to play ... : Theatrikal

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  meh... no 1920x1200 : Shadowdane
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    It's a dying ratio, unfortunately. : one random winner
    • yah after using 16:10 for a while now, i don't know if I could get use to 16:9 for my PC. : Shadowdane
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  16:9? Stupid fucking trend. : Beady
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    16:10 needs to fucking die already : Vanitas
    • No thanks. : ( : TehShadow
    • You're horrible. : MrBig0
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      Agreed. Fuck black bars when watching an HD television show. : treefingers1
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        you must hate watching movies. Are any movies filmed at the 16:9 aspect ratio? Also wtf are you doing ... : Modulus
        • Some people watch TV on their computers! : OmegaRed59
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        seriously, i paid for a whole video, not one with the top and bottom chopped off! : cpt_gloval
        • ^^^ this : Vanitas
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          paging Downforce. : cltcprd
          • /sips coffee SUP GUYS :D : Downforce
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          This is why I boycotted Bioshock. Then I found out the 'fix' just cut the top and bottom off the view in ... : 60days
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            That is why you boycotted Bioshock? Not the horrific DRM, but because they cheaped out on 16:9? : one random winner
            • They fixed that in a patch anyway.. : Shadowdane
            • the 16:9 thing was retarded was more my point : 60days
          • woosh, i think. : cpt_gloval
    • Die in a fire : YerMothah
    • haha, no, 16:10 is way better for PCs. PC != TV. : aethyr
    • fuck it, we're doing 16:11 : Ride-My-Rocket
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      how about you need to fucking die already? : moe6
      • u mad bro? : Vanitas
    • damn right it does. So 4:3 can come back : MamiyaOtaru
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    All they need to do now is make them glossy. : abrasion
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      With a fixed non-detachable stand, and permanent logos all around : sanchez
      • permanent logo etched into the center glass : skryte
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        Don't forget a bright blue led! : PointlesS76
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          I have all of mine monitor LEDs set to turn off after 15 seconds as long as they are displaying a picture... : MrBig0
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            I just put electrical tape over them now. : PointlesS76
            • there are usually just configuration utilities on the manufacturers website for doing what i describe : MrBig0
        • Our office LCD's have bright blue LEDs. :( : Beady
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    Why is that, exactly? : Milleh
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      There's not really a compelling reason to switch to 16:9 for computer screens. TVs and computer screens a... : Modulus
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        i think its mostly retarded consumers wanting HD resolution and manufactors wanting to put 1080p on every... : Shadowdane
        • Dude, just turn it from 1080p to 1080p+ and you win. : one random winner
        • 16:9 is way cheaper for panel manufacturers because they can get more 16:9 screens out of the substrate t... : GreatGooglyMoogly
      • the tv and computer are merging. didn't you get the memo? : emcea
      • Though I agree wrt how I personally use a monitor vs a TV, I see the gap between TV and monitor closing i... : Milleh
      • Economics is a compelling reason, and the only reason you're seeing manufacturers do it. : Conan
    • 16:10 was pretty much designed to allow two full pages of text to sit side by side. It also lets you w... : Beady
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    Is 1920x1200 being phased out? If so, this pisses me off. : falkan
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      Yes, 16:9 is the much more common standard and it makes sense that we'd move in a direction of using the ... : OverloadUT
      • Every car doesn't need to be an SUV. Every screen doesn't need to be 16:9 :( : Modulus
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  I want a 120 Hz ips pls : razorblade79
  • Yes this. 30" and under $1000 if at all possible. Which it probably isn't for the next 3-5 years. : Dynotaku
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    There's no way I could go back to 60hz after gaming on a 120hz. There is no substitute for Vsync+120fps. : loppsided
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      I haven't really seen much need to use vsync at 120hz. I don't see much tearing. Is there another reason ... : Modulus
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        its not the tearing its the smoothness in frames. I OC'ed my LCD from 60hz to 76hz and the difference in ... : gyokuro
        • this is with Vsync off in both cases : gyokuro
      • Actually you raise a good point; I've been forcing Vsync for so long that I really have no idea what it's... : loppsided
      • if you never see tearing you shouldn't turn vsync on, it will only cost you fps if your vid card drops be... : Enraged Pineapple
  • ^^^ This right here ^^^^ : ant_hillbilly
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  Fuck that where's my ultra thin magic CRT :( Years ago, I remember reading that Samsung was researching ... : DrWaffles
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    Those were SEDs, which are for most intents and all purposes dead OLEDs are teh thing man, http://www.... : lukej1337
    • er... I meant http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/03/lgs-31-inch-oled-spin-slices-its-way-into-our-cold-lcd-h... : lukej1337
  • I was *very* close to buying a used Sony WEGA Crt that took a 1080i hdmi input JUST for video games. ... : sukabljat
• Available in 20", 21.5" and 23" sizes...why so small? in before that's what she said I get the 20" and 23... : Prototype
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  No Display Port? Shame. LED + IPS = sexy though. : node
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    Does LED increase the picture quality or is it just a power efficiency thing? : Dontdrop
    • It's mostly a power-saving and durability thing, yes. Also LED monitors can be shallower than CCFL LCDs. : mn3m0n1c
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      Biggest thing, as far as picture quality goes, is better black levels (because they can turn individual L... : one random winner
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        I doubt it has local dimming LEDs : cltcprd
        • Really no reason to go LED if you don't have local dimming, power savings is nice but they're not that ba... : one random winner
• I like vertical space and I don't mind leterboxing haha I sound like you 16:10 fuckers complaining about... : MamiyaOtaru
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  A little under-delivery don'tcha think? We need eIPS+LED+all the right sizes+ports : Rigg5
  • I think they're aiming for lower than normal prices with these offerings, considering how much is cut bac... : one random winner
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  I WANT MY 2048x1152!! WTF happened to that res?!?! : rick
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    What screen ratio is that? : one random winner
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      16:retard : PointlesS76
      • Mistyping the equation makes for fail posts. : one random winner

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  Mainstream, yeah that was pretty good, but our local favorite was UGK's Supertight, and Ridin' Dirty. Ou... : bling1bling
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    Never got into UGK myself. I'd put Aquemini slightly above ATLiens, but both were excellent. : atom519
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      They are pretty vulgar and talk about pussy a lot. It might be too hardcore for some to listen to. : bling1bling
      • As dumb as it sounds, I would much rather listen to someone rapping about killing people and being a bada... : atom519
  • This man speaks the truth! "south texas mother fucker that's where I stay." Aquemini is a better album th... : jasenmp
• Album isn't the best but.....Ras Kass Nature of the threat is fucking outstanding! http://listen.groov... : gustjar
• wu tang forever : arizona bay
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  Street Hop by Royce da 5'9'' for a recent recommendation and Ready to Die by B.I.G. : okhelosir
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    Street Hop is so fucking good. I'm glad to see another shacker is a big fan. : h o s t i l e
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      hell yeah, so slept on. I'm just hoping Slaughterhouse doesn't get caught up in record label hell. : okhelosir
      • royce is the greatest rapper alive..amazing. : alanboom
  • I only know of him from his song on one of the GTA games, GTA3 I think? : atom519
• Old school Rap.... NWA- Straight outta Compton. : Thresher
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  It's clearly It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back. I mean sure, it's not some undiscovered gem, ... : SiW.
  • that's my pick too. every song is awesome. : uuneter
  • Yup this would be my choice : milkandcheese
  • I was always partial to Apocalypse '91: The Enemy Strikes Black, which now that I type it out is the dumb... : Schnapple
  • Damn, you won. I was looking for "Public Enemy" first, and the title second. : AxeMan808
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  BDP - By All Means Necessary : jvox
  • Edutainment. : AxeMan808
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  That's a tough question. Chronic by Dr Dre. Followed by Wu Tang Forever : theghostofsmdever
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    Damn, how could I forget about The Chronic. Great album. : atom519
    • You forgot about The Chronic? FAIL : cltcprd
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      I guess you.. Forgot About Dre HAHAHAHAHAHAHA : SiW.
      • :( *pours one out* : atom519
  • Have to go with Chronic as well : DonarUDL
  • Illmatic followed by Liquid Swords. : tcxsnoop
  • oh man 2001 is so good too : okhelosir
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  It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. After that, slot up Straight outta Compton : kainen1
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    Mix-A-Lot: Testarossa or Digital Underground: Sex Packets. : chadg033
    • Sex Packets would be my #2, that or License to Ill : Slowtreme
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  Doggystyle. : Hitman05
  • This gets my vote. : paulatreus
  • agreed : duncan432
• I never get tired of Illmatic. : peanut-
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  Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) : randomnull
  • This guy knows whats up : jaxpunk
  • I think so too, it's a tough choice though but that album had so much : moshman
  • This. : basketofkittens
  • winner : braker
  • I hate rap and even I know this is the winner. : Crabs Jarrard
  • Winner. : yldragon
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  Macho Man - Be A Man : ctlaltl33t
  • This gets my vote. : Nerdsbeware
  • Macho, macho, man!! I want to be...A macho man!! : CrustaR
  • You were my perfect friend, right there until the end! : hussdelrio
• ready to die : wvuong
• Rappy Mc Rapperton - Expand your Butthole. : mastermike569
• Makaveli, The 7 Day Theory : jasenmp
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  Deltron 3030, Midnight Marauders, Enter the Wu-Tang, Liquid Swords, only built 4 cuban linx : wtf242
  • Awesome picks - especially Deltron3030 : dengar65
• Enter the wutang A Tribe Called Quest, Low End Theory : stonedonkey
• The chronic. Still listen to it a couple of times a year, and I don't even like rap anymore. : granpachook
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  Ill Communication : ninjase
  • I love that album, but I still like Paul's Boutique a bit better : stonedonkey
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  Illmatic : Draugluin
  • ^^Love this album. : d-sided
• Fear of a Black Planet or Paul's Boutique. : kramweil
• Fresh Prince. : Vikingzombie
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  Chronic by Dr. Dre. Reasonable Doubt from Jay-Z is pretty sick as well. : Ackbar2020
  • Another vorte for the chronic : alexpr
• I don't know enough about rap to make a qualified decision, but Paul's Botique is a fantastic album. : beastrabban
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  Octagonecologyst : cpt_gloval
  • What a strange, wonderful, album. : Delithio
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  36 Chambers. No question about it. : ass-street
  • The game of chess is like a sword fight....you must think before you move! : grendel
  • Absolutely. : Ride-My-Rocket
• LOVED Bone Thugs. LIstened to E. 1999 Eternal non stop, but my vote is All Eyez on Me by Tupac. : H@rvester
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  The Chronic : Lucy Labia
  • 2001 : Navy Spitfire
• Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde : pyide
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  Shadows of the Sun by Brother Ali. : akirabob
  • Yes! Thank you : shorynot
• my personal favourite will always be 2pac's Makaveli 7 Day Theory. : moe6
• I'ma let you finish but.... : lukej1337
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  NWA Straight Outta Compton : Slowtreme
  • This album is awesome. : Navy Spitfire
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    The first rap album to scare white people. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • It's the Slayer - Reign In Blood of rap. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Of all time? That's a fucking tough one dude. But I will say I rank Both Sides of the Brain by Del the Fu... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  specifically to be consumed as an album, I'll have to say Cannibal Ox - Cold Vein : boring gegtik
  • But oooo, gegtik brought a worthy contender. : AxeMan808
• Illmatic followed by Liquid Swords. : tcxsnoop
• Oh, I'm sorry. The correct answer was: Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back. : AxeMan808
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  illmatic, easily but my favorite rap album ever? college dropout : Modica Sol Solis
  • kanye gets alot of shit but that's a pretty decent album also skits have always and will always suck : boring gegtik
  • Second college dropout as a great listen. Dude needs to learn to stfu sometimes and not get all Tracey Jo... : squigiliwams
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  Marshall Mathers LP is up there no matter what anyone says. One of my recent personal faves would be ... : h o s t i l e
  • Kid Cudi's album was amazing, his new one is supposed to be out in Nov sometime. : DonarUDL
• Lyricist Lounge Vol. 1 CD2 specifically is full of amazing. : fleabug
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  Where's the underground love? Brother ali - shadows on the sun Atmosphere - God loves ugly : shorynot
  • Murs - 3:16 : kershner25
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    Pharoahe Monch - Desire : okhelosir
    • That album from start to finish is great. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • That took me a while to get into really, but I loved it once I did. : moshman
• Before 2000 then I would pick either A Low End Theory followed by It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold U... : redfive
• Ready To Die. : ant_hillbilly
• Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest. Don't start a flame war over Low End Theory or Midnight Ma : squigiliwams
• Vanilla Ice - To The Extreme : pimpium
• Sir Mix-a-Lot - Swass. : jdcope
• ODB: Return to the 36 Chambers : The Wilhelm Scream
• Spice 1 - AmeriKKKa's Worst Nightmare Bone Thugs in Harmony - E. 1999 Dayton Family - F.B.I. A... : fatman
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  DJ Magic Mike & The Royal Posse : o0JediBeavis0o
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    Ahhh yeah boy. Used to have a couple DJ Magic Mike albums in high school. Mainly to test out the bass h... : atom519
    • I credit my Kicker 10's for my now horrible hearing! I had an S-10 Blazer and the box we built took up t... : o0JediBeavis0o
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  Best rap album? that is like asking "what is your favorite venereal disease" : CoRDS
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    Gonorrhea probably. Has the best name. : ant_hillbilly
    • Did someone forget about Scabies? : atom519
  • http://www.chaobell.net/newgallery/d/2759-1/hurrburr.jpg : Godhatesfatpeople
• Whodini: Back in Black : AhmNee
• Jay-Z Black Album , best mix to me of solid music production and strong rhymes/flow. : threeup
• Fugees - The Score : alias bean
• 2001 : ramshot

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• Probably Fallout 3... about 90hrs on my main character. : Shadowdane
• Fallout 3 at 145 some hours. Don't ask me how. Next would probably be Mass Effect or Oblivion with combi... : paroxym
• It's either Final Fantasy 7, Oblivion, or Kotor with the edge probably given to FF7. I've played FF7 3 t... : Dorf
• i think i had 140 hours clocked in oblivion, but i'm pretty sure i spent more time than that playing some... : wendigo
• Fallout 3 - 225 hours (1 playthrough on the 360, 2 on the PC). : theangrywaffles
• about a 100 into Fallout 3, similar story with Oblivion. i'm going on 50 hours in my current Valkyrie ... : cpt_gloval
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  I have over 400 hours on FFX :/ : sticktastic
  • Damn. : tinfoilhatter
• i think i've got like 300 in Medieval 2 total war. : RetroRedEyeJr
• Pretty sure I played Final Fantasy Tactics Advance for 80 hours or something. I was on vacation and it w : Ecks
• Does Tekken 3 arcade mode count as single player? : yonderboy
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  In a single playthrough, or counting all playthroughs together? Dragon Age is probably the longest single... : beanman101283
  • Did you play in multiplayer? What did you do for 120 hours in BP? : Johnnsen
• Total hours probably Diablo 2. Longest single session Oblivion, around ~16 hours : strandgeck
• The last zelda was pretty hefty, ME2 and SC2s multiplayer lasted quite awhile too. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Probably FF7. I know I played through that game at least 5 times. Or maybe Chrono Trigger. Fallout 3 i... : snot3353
• 200 ish for baldur's gate : Enraged Pineapple
• Around 800 in Vice City. : Johnnsen
• I made it half way through as an asshole, then restarted as a good guy and beat everything with most of t... : kingdepork
• can I combine KOTOR 1 and 2? so probably 700 trillion hours or so : Downforce
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  Fallout 3, 180 hours. Dragon Age Origins, 71 hours. GTA IV, 90 hours. Left 4 Dead single player,... : Rooster Cockburn
  • Left 4 Dead singleplayer? : Johnnsen
  • wow, that's some serious game time right there. : dextius
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    Last Man of Earth mutation? : tinfoilhatter
    • Left 4 Dead 1, not 2. 53,595 achievement wasn't going to earn itself! I put in around 400 hours total in ... : Rooster Cockburn
• 135 hours in Oblivion. 65 in Fallout 3. : Sturm08
• 205 hours in Mount & Blade (not including an additional 44 hours in Mount & Blade: Warband) : mysled
• Fallout 3 - 70 Hours (including the DLC) Oblivion - 110 (including DLC) : manlyman
• I think I went just over 80 hours in FFTA .... or was it FFT? One of those. : dumb.
• lumines, oblivion, mass effect : dael
• About 60-80 hours in Demon Souls... probably more on older games but they didn't always track that. : wtNORTHMAN
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  Diablo 2 - must be over 1,000 hours : sonicdeathwalrus
  • In single player? : razlebol
• Does Civ 4 count? that'd be several hundred hours. XCOM is probably up there too : retardhumper
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  TF2, hundreds of hours. : BouillonCubes
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    must have been boring running around the maps by yourself :( : Omning
    • Oh snap, my bad. Oblivion then if we're only counting single play-throughs. Otherwise FF6 or 7 or 12. : BouillonCubes
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  Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - went over 120 hours on that damn game. Story was incredibly dumb but the... : CyCo_PL
  • I just lost my save game in that :( had 30ish hours : kgargs
• i put hundreds of hours into leveling up characters in ff6 : ass-street
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  i think in final fantasy 7 i maxed the clock at 99 hours 99 minutes : electroly
  • or i guess it was more likely to be 99:59 : electroly
• 450+ on ff tactics, psx. : granpachook
• 90 hours, Fallout 3 90 hours, FFTA/FFTA2 : dextius
• Not on a single playthrough, but I've easily spent 300 hours on Morrowind. Easy. I probably put 150 in... : jason bergman
• Currently 44+ hours into Valkyria Chronicles (chapter 17 I think). : Frank_Mackey
• Fallout 3, 80+ FF VII, 40+ I guess Deus Ex, several playthroughs BG1+BG2, also a lot : csana
• I don't know how much time I've put into Fallout 3 or other Bethesda games. I'd guess under 100. I def... : Vincent Grayson
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  300+ hours in Baldur's Gate 1 and 2. Damn, those games were epic. : herradura99
  • same here, first thing that came to mind : tunis5000
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  I've probably pegged the timer in FF6 four times. that's over 400 hrs : Draugluin
  • I did the same thing in FF7 :/ damn those chocobo races : Juno
  • ^This. : one random winner
• It looks like the Final Fantasy series definitely wins for time suck. : tinfoilhatter
• Fallout 3 GOTY, 139 hours : matthaeus
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  Fallout 3, 79 hours. Followed by Far Cry 2 with 43 hours. : Dschinghis Khan
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    Did you finish Fallout 3? : Lightzout
    • Yep. : Dschinghis Khan
• If Steam is to be believed and I really put 75 hours into X-COM then that's near the top. With the oth : Johnny Law
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  EverQuest! Somewhere in the neighborhood of 6000 hours. 250 days /played over 6 years. : dex.collins
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    Oh, singleplayer. I'm an idiot. Around 400 hours in Baldur's Gate 2, then. : dex.collins
    • Lol, yes if we were talking multi-player everyone would have to move the decimal point over to the right. : tinfoilhatter
• 104 hours on borderlands. Still haven't beaten crawmerax or the arenas in underdrome. : JuffoWup
• hundreds and hundreds of hours on Diablo II - back before I spent even MORE time on battle.net playing Di... : uebersoldat
• Fallout 3, Gran Turismo 4, Oblivion, Quake series. : not work safe
• Doom 1, like 1 million hours : ninjase
• Ultima Underworld, Tie Fighter, Minecraft : watcherxp
• Probably some Pokemon game, possibly Silver. The game reset itself a couple of times, so I couldn't know ... : mollikka
• I'm at a disadvantage since I mostly play shooters, but I did put over 60 hours into Far Cry 2 the first : mn3m0n1c
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  Oblivion PC at around 300 hours. : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • Probably close to that in Oblivion for me too, but split between PC and 360 years later. Likely the r... : pyide
• Fallout 3 for me as well. I'm about 50 hours in and I've barely started the main quest. : renegade732
• i have 890 hours in Subspace :( : cygnus
• Fallout 3 as well. Probably pushing 200 hours on my second run through the game. : racer5
• 120+ in Fallout 3. God I loved that game! Maybe my favorite of all time. : at0micgarden
• 100ish in Morrowind, followed by a similar amount in Fallout 3. : the_burd
• All Bethesda games consume my life for weeks on end : eeeealmo
• 120+ hours in Oblivion. Fewer (80-100ish) in Fallout 3, but more enjoyable overall. Uncountable hours p... : Arcanum
• A bit over hundred hours on Empire: Total War. It's pretty sweet with mods (or a mod, in my case). : Gylis
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  200 hours in Bladur's Gate 2 plus the expansion pack. I completed just about every side quest. : greenbergMD
  • Yeah, BG 2 clocked in close to 200 for me too. Even more time on that character since I imported it from ... : jad3d
  • I don't think I was quite at the 200 mark, but probably 100-120. I can't believe how long that game was ... : valael
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  Hijack: What about multiplayer? I have spent easily 2000+ hours playing the first Counter-Strike. Ahh,... : _jon
  • See my post below yours :( : aggybong
  • EVE Online. I lost so many years of my life to that game. : theangrywaffles
  • Raptr/Steam says I have 1200+ hours in Dawn of War 2, and I know I clocked at least 2k in a little golf g... : TheStupidOne
  • SC1, by far, and I still suck. : one random winner
  • Diablo 2 by far, I don't even want to know the number : randomnull
  • I played CS from '98 to '06, thousands of hours there. Then Eve from '05 til the present (in the last yea... : cygnus
  • World of Warcraft : pyide
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    WoW EOT : EricZBA
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      Not EOT, WatchThread! : dnagenome
      • Damn you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : EricZBA
  • 5000+ hours in WoW. Most of it in the first couple years, much less now except when expansions launch. : granpachook
  • TF2 is my most played mp game. Pyro and Engie are just too fun! : dnagenome
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    Well over 5000 hours in WoW. Fuck that game. : boarder2
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      why fuck it? by the look of it, you had fun : cpt_gloval
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        http://www.shackpics.com/files/wow2_dzmeljdvum5577lgfc0y.jpg : _jon
        • South Park is pretty cool. : cpt_gloval
      • I wasted a lot of my life playing that game. It also caused substantial real life drama. I was never ... : boarder2
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      That's like 208 days, straight. wow. How long did it take you to do this? : dextius
      • 209 days, took one off to fap : SlingBlaze
      • Probably over 3-4 years I think? : boarder2
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    shit, that's a tough one. it'd be a draw between -quake world team fortress -counter strike -rocket... : dopeman
    • actually, looking at my total TF2 hours it isn't bad at all. it's probably mostly QWTF and RA3 to be hon... : dopeman
  • CS / Q3 / DoD : synapse19
  • I think i've played more TF2 than all games i've ever played combined! Maybe. Pyro is the best class! : Snuffles-
  • this isn't even fair if MMOs are allowed : electroly
  • It hurts me to think about it. Probably pretty even between Jedi Knight, Quake 2 and Quake 3, but DAOC w... : Omning
  • Quake 1. I probably spent at least 1500-2000 hours playing it. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • currently have 230-something hours in Bad Company 2, not counting MMOs I'd say that's the highest I have ... : Hemtroll
  • TF2 358 hours. : Dschinghis Khan
  • Quake 1/2/3, thousands of hours probably. : dael
  • WoW is the obvious answer. Quake is probably the next. I have to have spent thousands of hours on it. : Vincent Grayson
  • Probably a tossup between RTCW and TF2. RTCW was amazing competitively, and TF2 just never gets old to... : gnomish
  • Subspace/Continumn: 13,000+ hours - granted a good chunk of that was in spectator mode calling people new... : johnshermanhoyt
  • Tribes/Tribes 2 : My Documents
  • EverQuest. Non-MMO, it's a tie between ET, IL2, and now SC2 : valael
  • thousand upon thousands of hours in Spreadsheets Eve Online : zerog83
• Oblivion for single player. Clocked in 53 hours. I don't play very many RPGs and I usually hate long game... : aggybong
• I had 114 hours in Oblivion, not counting Shivering Isles. I think I had another 40ish there. : kikilupo
• 55 hours in Oblivion I guess. I don't play many single player games for that long. : kgargs
• Ultima IV or maybe Alternate Reality: The Dungeon. I can only guess something approaching months of my l... : TheMongbat
• Probably oblivion. Over 120 hours. : spazzium
• I got 150 hours on my current P3:FES save and I still haven't beaten it yet... : TheStupidOne
• Borderlands ~110hrs SP : Thund3rball
• Probably Chrono Cross or FF7. I've played through those probably 5 times+ each, so 100+ hours total per g... : Yanks
• I've defiantly spent 100s in both Fallout 3 and Oblivion... probably Morrowind too. A lot of that is o... : Miller_TYM
• I got about 200+ hours in PvZ : Awun
• Close to 200 hours in the Baldur's Gate games with the same character from BG1 to BG2: ToB. : The Grolar Bear
• Oblivion, a little over 100. : Milleh
• Wow, some of you guys are animals. I cant believe some games hold your attention for so long. Wish I ha... : mastermike569
• im pretty casual nowadays, but .... Empire: Total War 183.7 hrs on record : kingfish
• I'm currently at 171hours on my current playthrough of Pokemon SoulSilver. : Cliffzorz
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  Either Ultima V or Wizardry 1.... probably Wizardry because I was young and clueless and that game was TO... : Gwyndion
  • Fallout 3 would probalby be next. I'm at about 70 hours right now... and I haven't even started the DLC ... : Gwyndion
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  In an MMO, that would have to be EQ. In a regular game...um, Quake. I don't even want to type out the tot... : Frozen Pixel
  • SP wise, it would have to be Civ 3. : Frozen Pixel
  • Oh shit.. didn't think about Quake. That would probably take it for me. But that was all co-op or death... : Gwyndion
• What...no love in here for Plants vs Zombies? I've around 120 hours in that alone. : wfalcon
• I'd guess probably somewhere around 700 hours in Oblivion spread over xbox 360 and PC. I currently have a... : Hemtroll
• I'm up over 250 hours on Boarderlands according to Steam. : AhmNee
• Monster Hunter Tri - 250+ Hours : lcizzle
• 160 Hours in Pokemon Diamond. Some of that was in Wi-Fi battles, but most was SP. : Commander4904
• I'm pretty sure I have 200+ hours in Fallout 3. I spend *a lot* of time considering what I'm gonna sel... : cerealSAM2
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  I've probably played Chrono Trigger for close to 1000 total hours in my lifespan so far. No end in sig... : fleabug
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    My favorite JPRG, together with FF9 and 7. I don't get why 9 hasn't received more praise. CT is well know... : Marrbe
    • The story was rather bland and everyone seemed to be a homo. I enjoyed the gameplay though. : one random winner
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  I maxed out either FFVII or FF3 (for snes) at 99 hours on the clock, though I played for more beyond that... : dedgecko
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    Additionally I have over 200 hours in CoD MW2 MP, and nearly 200 hours between CoH OF / ToV according to ... : dedgecko
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      ...hmm, looking at my games in Steam, there's a typo in Hitman: Bloodmoney --- .4 hours my ass, should be... : dedgecko
      • Yeah I don't think they started tracking game play times till semi recently right? : chungathebunga
• Elite Must be close to 5 years! : Rex_the_Runt
• Probably the Quake series, but I know for certain I've put 220 so odd hours into Baldur's Gate 2 and the ... : Kentor
• It took me 5 years to finally finish Ultima IV: Quest Of The Avatar (C-64), I only had the game and not... : MatthewPhillips
• Although not a single player game, i played it only in single player, Phantasy Star Online. Over 700 hou... : SlingBlaze
• I've also maxed out the clock on FF7, as well as played it several times over. : Vegetolo
• Spent around 140 hours with Fallout 3.... Dragon Age: Origins 120 hours. : nin-a
• I feel like I spent at least two weeks straight playing Ultima VII parts 1 and 2 in the mid '90s, so comb... : Ely
• Probably about 120 in Oblivion, about 100 in FO3. : hussdelrio
• ff6 = 60-70 hours, 50 for fallout 3 : sanewave
• That I know the number for, Disgaea with about 135. I have a lot in Daggerfall, Morrowind and Oblivion, ... : Ebu
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  105 hours, final fantasy 7. : virus
  • Dragon Age: Origins was around 55 hours for me, GTA4 was around 35 hours. : virus
• Trials HD. I put a 100+ hours in to Fallout 3 and Oblivion like everyone else, but I'm pretty sure if I c... : -JLN-
• hundreds for civ, followed by sim city. : dahanese
• Probably BG2 + ToB : valael
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  Either Fallout 3 or (shamefully) EQ2 : The Wilhelm Scream
  • Dammit, SP. So Fallout 3 or Oblivion then. : The Wilhelm Scream
• Dragon Age was about 70 hours and I didn't finish it even : Koral06
• Oblivion was like 90 hrs. Dragon age was a lot, as was FFXII : mankeroo
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  Monkey Island 1. Aunt gave it to me but lost the game wheel so I couldn't get by the copy protection. I... : exigence7
  • Monkey Island is about 2-3 hours long...... : even4
• I've played about 500 hours of Titan Quest, of which a good 450 is single player. : deject
• probably Final Fantasy VII. I've played through that game at least a dozen times at over 50+ hours each t... : zerog83
• I cannot count the amount of time I've spent in Civ II : Agrona
• Over 200 hours in Oblivion. : ShoCon
• Probably Painkiller. I dunno the amount of hours...but a lot. Maybe Doom if you count all the platforms I... : bouxdag
• Fallout3, 70 hrs, no expansions... yet. : bob3578
• I've put in at least 105 hours into Dragon Quest VIII, and I still need to go back and get the second end... : Sideways Bob

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• Did they limit themselves to one episode per show? : Deathlove
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  No ST:TNG - All Good Things. : atom519
  • ^^^ this : Ariakus
  • this was sort of a two-part episode though! : Majuju
• There an inexorably cascading series of events makes him, finally, heart-rendingly, face a very personal : peanut-
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  Objects in Space > Out of Gas! : seaNity
  • eeeesh, coinflip. I'll take either in a firefight. : Deathlove
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  Yesterday's Enterprise over Inner Light? You've got to be kidding me : Cheeziologist
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    Inner Light is one of the best TNG stories - but it is also a story that could be transplanted to any oth... : Masem
    • If that's your criteria, then I'd suggest The Best of Both Worlds (both parts) as a replacement on the li... : thetangent
  • I liked it better than inner light : cptstern
  • I hated Yesterday's Enterprise, It was so lame. : baron calamity
  • Agreed. In fact, I wouldn't put Yesterday's Enterprise anywhere near the top ten TNG episodes even. : thetangent
  • The Visitor from DS9 is also good like that. : deject
• there are a lot more great star trek episodes besides City wtf : RikiTiki2
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  They seemed to pick episodes that had some unique, edgy, or risky element (in their respective times) to ... : walker270
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    if they wanted edgy, the Kirk-Uhura kiss was pretty hardcore : RikiTiki2
    • There were multiple things Star Trek did that were considered edgy for its time. City on the Edge of F... : walker270
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  ST:TNG - Inner Light : spazzium
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    im just gonna roll a Darmok out right here, see if any body be hatin : vitek r
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      Shaka, when the walls fell. : spazzium
      • Darmok, at tanogra. : AMikaboshi
    • Darmok rules, when people hate on it real talk I'm all Zinda, his face black, his eyes red! : rgoer
  • oh hell yes. one of my favorites. : AMikaboshi
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  where is BSG - the whole thing : mysled
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    BSG - 33 at the very least. I think the rest of the series had enough low spots that I wouldn't qualify t... : Psigun
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      Flight of the Phoenix > 33 : Dschinghis Khan
      • I dunno. 33 is so intense. It's the best post-pilot series starter I've ever seen. FotP is powerful at : mrblarg
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      I'd take 33 or Someone to Watch Over Me (even though that episode wound up being pretty much totally unre... : mysled
      • I didn't notice 33 was on there until just now haha. can't read abbreviations :( : mysled
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      Exodus Parts 1 & 2 : deject
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        Is that the one with the Adama maneuver? Best part of the series right there. : norulez
        • Yeah, they're episodes 3 and 4 in Season 3. : deject
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  Buffy TVS: Once more with feeling! : dextius
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    That whole episode was pretty good, but the main bad guy (dancing demon pimp?) had the best song. : daneloire
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      I actually thought the montage/group song (the one about fire near the end) was the best of the episode. ... : thetangent
      • it was a great episode, it was very WTF when you say the promo but then it all just kind of worked when t... : vitek r
  • Yes. Also, "Conversations with dead people" was good. : CRasterImage
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    Very good one. What a creative way to allow the characters to reveal things that they couldn't in 'real l... : zipr
    • It's pretty powerful stuff. I actually can't watch it anymore because it hits a little too close to home. : thetangent
    • Ya, The Body was powerful. The scene that gets me the most is the one where Buffy sees her mother get rec... : CRasterImage
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  There were some pretty great Babylon 5 episodes : gebz
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    this list has no credibility without a B5 episode IMO : vitek r
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      To be fair, B5 is hard to break down into good single episodes. It was more about the overall arc. : Conan
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        sleeping in light was the the best finale episode ever though, noone can deny this. also the time travel... : vitek r
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          i shat bricks when i found out Sinclair is Valen : electroly
          • that was an awesome way to bring that character to an end : vitek r
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        The interrogation episode was awesome. I read that it was all filmed in one take too which is awesome. L... : Sailor of Fortune
        • Yeah, that's the episode that jumped to my mind immediately. : Grumbeld
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  Blink is hands down the best Doctor Who episode of the recent run, no doubt. It practically won the curre... : node
  • What about the black hole + suspended planet episode? That shit was fucking awesome. : d0gbert
  • I would rather have seen Girl in the Fireplace, but Blink was great too. : Stoned Gargoyle
• That's a really good list. : cerealSAM2
• I would have picked All Good Things or The Inner Light over Yesterday's Enterprise, personally. Still a ... : rgoer
• That's pretty time travel heavy. : Carnivac
• Eye of the Beholder messed with me when I was little. I mean, they were pretty damn ugly! : EruditeCaveman
• That was a good list, I think I've seen 5 or 6 of those, and I agreed with them all. Glad they included ... : Begawkiness
• Home is only on that list because of how fucked up it is. Also the BSG episode with the Adama Manueve... : phate81
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  Babylon 5!!! are you serious! : radula
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    Yes, there are some incredible episodes there : tcs
    • you cant have a pre-planned 5 season sci-fi, cut down to 4 seasons, then made back to 5 and not be mentio... : radula
  • Yea, big omission. Season3.* : BouillonCubes
• Needs more Farscape Revenging Angel. :/ : walker270
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  No Deep Space Nine or Stargate (SG1 or Atlantis)? Bleh. Also, I don't think Buffy qualifies as science... : adodric
  • Agreed. : one random winner
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    What would be your DS9 pick? My memory doesn't work the right way to pick one for certain, the last two s... : node
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      In the Pale Moonlight. : thetangent
      • Yep. : pyide
    • The Sound of Her Voice and The Visitor are the two best DS9 episodes for me. : Nitrium
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    Agreed. Buffy really isn't Sci-Fi. : thetangent
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      that depends on how you define it : RikiTiki2
      • How so? Where in Buffy does there exist any sci-fi (aside maybe from the season with Adam)? It's all fant... : thetangent
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  No Millennium on there >:( : Milleh
  • "A Room with No View" would win for Millennium, easily. : eldersveld
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  I disagree with the X-Files pick. It's a good episode, but not the best from that series. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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    Yeah. Either of the Tooms episodes are better than that. : jason bergman
    • Home was kinda wild though, i remember there was a little buzz about it being very graphic for a TV show ... : vitek r
    • How about Triangle from Season 6 with the amazing 15-minute long Tarantino-style takes? (upon watching th : Wikus Van De Merwe
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      I like the tongue-in-cheek episodes like Jose Chung's From Outer Space, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose. I ... : HamChowder
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        Agree re: Jose Chung's From Outer Space : c0bra
        • That is the best X-Files of all time. : mrblarg
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  Fringe - White Tulip was amazing. Probably the best episode of Fringe. : Bamtan
  • I won't lie, the end brought goddamn tears to my face. It was a PERFECT episode. : Super Sparker
  • YES I AGREE WITH THIS MAN RIGHT HERE YES RIGHT HERE : hobosapien
  • Yep, that was an amazing episode, especially the ending. : Clay
  • oh good call : homeboyJim
  • ahh yeah, i was trying to think of my favorite Fringe ep and you did it for me. : dirge23
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  Buffy is not science fiction. : serenj
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    Yeah I hate how often fantasy like Buffy or Xena gets lumped in with Sci-fi like it's come kind of blanke... : dumb.
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      Most sci-fi isn't sci-fi. Star Wars, Star Trek and Babalon 5, for example. : CRasterImage
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        i think a lot of original Star Trek episodes could be sci-fi : RikiTiki2
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          but yeah, star wars is a space opera really : RikiTiki2
          • I don't like making all the distinctions. It's all storytelling. Some people can write / tell good stor... : CRasterImage
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        and the original star trek was pretty much a western in space : cptstern
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          But they were based around scientific and technological advances of the future. : adodric
          • ..like analog read outs ;) : cptstern
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        All of those at least included hypothetical future technology, which can classify them as sci-fi. Vamp... : terath
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          But "the future" isn't what science fiction is about. Shakespear's "The Tepest" is considered Science Fi... : CRasterImage
          • Science Fiction is a broad genre that includes all work that include speculative or advanced technology. ... : walker270
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        Those are all Science Fiction. dear lord I'm going to regret posting this : walker270
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          Lets not debate what science fiction is. Even the people who write it have a hard time defining it. I ... : CRasterImage
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            I wasn't even going to attempt to define it. The genre is very loosely defined and takes on more of a "I... : walker270
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              People argue about Star Wars's definition all the time. For you to pretend it is "case closed" is dising... : CRasterImage
              • Star Wars is considered a "space opera." Space Opera is a subgenre of Science Fiction. Therefore, Star ... : walker270
      • Star wars is less scifi than fantasy Star trek has more sci fi than star wars but it is a bit of a social... : Sailor of Fortune
      • I know it's a pointless argument but I don't see how Star Trek could ever not be considered Sci-Fi and B5... : flooq
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  Objects in Space > Out of Gas : coldfusioncs
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    Objects in Space is indeed awesome, but I fucking love Out of Gas. I think it's also the most emotionall... : action wombmate
    • Objects in space was the "really makes you think" episode. Out of Gas was the endearing episode with how ... : AhmNee
  • Objects in Space in definitely my favorite too.... : Thomas Hace
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    War Stories is better than both, IMHO. : fatman
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      "What'd y'all order a dead guy for?" : CRasterImage
      • That's The Message, not War Stories : Thomas Hace
      • That was The Message. Which was also very good. : Dschinghis Khan
• Farscape - Won't Get Fooled Again is one of my favourite episodes of anything ever. : Arceihn
• Mostly solid, but BSG - Exodus Part 2 is probably at the top of my list. Glaring omission there. : Odoyle
• Kudos to Blink, love that episode. Girl in the Fireplace could easily be on that list too. : spazzium
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  Oh man I totally forgot about Outer Limits. I loved that show but I never really kept track of when it w... : Delaric
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    Hulu has every episode of the new outer limits which wasn't nearly as good but still extremely watchable. : getfrisky
    • I like the new Outer Limits way more than the older stuff. I hate that you can't buy it on DVD. : thetangent
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  Lost is sci-fi? : Lucien Irenicus
  • It isn't ???? : MrLobo
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    You never watched Lost, did you? That episode is the best time travel story I've ever seen. : Odoyle
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      Primer wants a word with you. Also, rampant schmaltz... : GreatGooglyMoogly
      • Ok, Primer wins "most mindbending" time travel story. Still, The Constant had an emotional edge that simp : Odoyle
    • Back to the Future wants a word with you : RikiTiki2
  • Lost is pretty much everything. : Bamtan
  • Obviously. It's also WTF-fi : K1Bond007
  • For a few seasons it was. Then it became Touched by an Angel : kingdepork
  • It was. Then it wasn't. Then it wasn't really sure. Then it looked like it was but it wasn't. Then it was : dfz0r
  • The episode they picked is. : flooq
• Girl in the Fireplace > Blink : ColoradoCNC
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  Everyone seems to rate "Out of Gas" as the best Firefly episode. Strange, I thought it was one of the wor... : surround
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    It's one of my favourites, definitely. I still point to it whenever multiple time periods are used in vis... : AlexW1203
    • Plus, it shows you how each member of the crew got on the ship, and the stories are actually good! How ca : action wombmate
• Invader Zim - Dark Harvest : AxeMan808
• Ironically enough, that Lost episode was the last one I saw. Still need to complete the series. : shyguy74
• Makes me so sad everytime I read about Firefly. Universally loved except for a few idiot execs. : Edges
• If this list were accurate, it would only be comprised of STTNG and Firefly. : sweat
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  still lollin at buffy and lost : Downforce
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    Why the Lost inclusion? The Constant was and is an amazing episode. And Lost is full of sci-fi. : glio1337
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      About as much sci-fi as Days of Our Lives. In fact, they're kind of similar shows altogether. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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        Have you even *watched* the episode in question? There's no doubt that episode is full-on sci-fi. : Vincent Grayson
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          Yes, I have. Nah, it's more supernatural. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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            Where any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Seriously, it's sci-fi. : Bamtan
            • Oh, I've read Clarke too. And he didn't write fantasy. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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            oh sweet you invented a hair splitting device : mikecyb
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              Have I really? The whole afterlife/purgatory/spiritual bullshit and all the other themes were sci-fi to y : GreatGooglyMoogly
              • Those themes weren't present in that episode though. It's a pretty pure time travel story. : flooq
      • Cool story bro : CRasterImage
• The Constant is one of my favorite episodes of any show. Hell, most Desmond episodes were fantastic. : KingJamesR
• Some of the most memorable ST eps were a result of a transporter accident or malfunction: ST:V "Tuvix" : Xin Jing Client 1a
• It's hard to pick a best TNG episode but the one they chose doesn't seem like one of the best ones. : sanchez
• What about the Tribbles! :( : owly
• star trek isnt science fiction : spiderfill
• That Buffy episode sucked. I had to watch it in a class. :( And I'm seriously surprised they didn't in... : sgtsanity
• They have my favorite Firefly episode, so I'm happy. : Grumbeld
• no farscape and no fringe makes that list fail. : jayares
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_Mercy_%28The_Outer_Limits%29 I always liked this one. : Freon