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  It's true! I wish I can get more of those nights. Can't get the people together for the million point a... : pwnage1232
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    You only need three playing expert (well) on some of the longer, note-heavy songs. : Masem
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      You can do it with two people on that ungodly interminable CCR song. Maybe Heard It Through the Grapevine... : Deathlove
      • That would probably do it. I can get about 400,000 points by myself on expert drums. : obiquatro
      • yea, that song's long enough. Possibly the Who Superbowl thing too at 12 minutes. But it's much easie... : Masem
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  all's I need are the pro-guitar and 2 more microphones and i'd be fully decked out for a rock band night : RikiTiki2
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    Pro Guitar is decidedly un-Rock Band Night. Rock Band Night is all about the casual. : Deathlove
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      unless you go no-fail, all instruments modes : RikiTiki2
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        also i don't have many plastic guitar controllers (only 1) : RikiTiki2
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          You should get one more. Then you'll have two. : Deathlove
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            waiting for the real guitar :[ : RikiTiki2
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              You *have* ordered your midi adapter yes? (Mine's due to ship next week, yay) : Masem
              • fuck yessssss : Deathlove
            • You need two plastic guitars for Rock Band night, and one pro guitar for when no one is around and you ca... : Deathlove
  • I picked up 2 extra used mics for about $7 each for my recent Rock Band night and it was totally worth it... : prfectjon
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  How's your Killer Queen on expert? That's the song I really want to master. : tinfoilhatter
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    There is a house rule that I am not allowed to sing Queen any more after Something Awful gave me the brig... : Deathlove
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      Demand this song for DLC! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twghf0sniuI : Masem
      • I... what? huh :'( : pyros
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        masem, i am now angry with you : Deathlove
        • but we should stop and collaborate and listen. : Masem
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      Haha, serves you right. Is your house rule singers choice? I'm thinking most people play this way. : tinfoilhatter
      • Yeah, 99% of the time the singer chooses, if someone wants to REALLY play something, we'll do it, but it'... : Deathlove
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  aww i miss my GH metallica nights with my old roomies/ bffs ;( thanks for making me sad! whenever i hear ... : pointyelbows
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    we should totally have a rock band time at shackcon : Deathlove
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      I would totally be down with this : zerog83
      • more edgewise pls! : pointyelbows
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  need another player? I wouldn't mind joining in with you and the missus again! I promise I'll be (mostly)... : zerog83
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    thanks man but we're going to have like eight people over. REAL LIFE ROCK BAND~~~ : Deathlove
    • i had a 5-way rock band the other night, w/pro keys. hilarious and a trainwreck : FrayLo
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      8 people? man, you can't do that in RB3. That's why you need Guitar Hero: the Beatles with support for... : Masem
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        Somebody has to get beers! Also rotating. : Deathlove
        • Also I unlocked Ringo Starr's signature Fender. : Deathlove
    • I wish my friends still enjoyed doing this :( : zerog83
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  i'm coming over and you can't stop me (i'm not) : Mr.SEX
  • You totally should, man! Then we can go to Oak St. Beach together tomorrow. You should totally do it. Pol... : Deathlove
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  I ruined Rock Band night when I broke the bass drum pedal on my drum set :( Other than epoxy, what's the... : harpersmells
  • http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=rock+band+drums+bass+pedal&_sacat=See-All-C... : ryuuseki
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    Just get a Rock Pedal. Everything else is SHIT alt answer is go to a GameStop and see what they gots. : Deathlove
    • Rock Pedal is brilliant, thanks for putting me onto them. Makes double bass-kicks so much easier. : Arctic Fox
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    I epoxied a chunk of 2x4 to the top of my broken pedal. Don't think it will be breaking again. : sigpro
    • Mine actually broke at the bottom part. It's a RB2 pedal. My buddy brought his over and it's another RB... : harpersmells
• Lady Gaga drums are boring as hell. Disappointing since the songs themselves are fantastic. : DonkeyPopsicle

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  what about it? not sure I saw what happened? : dael
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    you may not be a soccer fan then, i crossed it, headed it down to the other striker who slid to put the b... : Dravenport
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      and then proceeded to do a cartwheel into the goal netting : Patch-e
      • i can't find the celebration to lift up my shirt revealing a message written in sharpie : Dravenport
      • Annoys me how there is so many animation glitches in all the latest FIFA games. Some of them does ruin... : humbleone
    • One of those goals that puts a big grin on my face when I'm playing. Nice :) : master_disaster_17
    • It looked like the dude in the red kicked in into his own goal. : daroach1414
• Gooooooooooooooooooooooool gol gol gol gol gooooooooool : Hemtroll
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  Meh, I scored a free kick from 47 metres (51 yards) with Ronaldo : natural born chaos
  • Since you were using Ronaldo this is not an accomplishment haha : Derringer
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  Any of you Fifa playing men any good at scoring goals from outside the box. My issue with the game is mos... : Dontdrop
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    I can score from pretty much anywhere, depending on which team, which player and which foot : Dravenport
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      for instance I can score with Ronaldo from anywhere around the box/inside the box : Dravenport
      • Yeah, me too. Any decent player on their correct foot can score from almost anywhere. I've scored some tr... : natural born chaos
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      I'm terrible at this game then :/ : Dontdrop
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        is it going over the net? getting saved? straight at the goalie? : Dravenport
        • Really late reply, but it pretty much always goes way wide. : Dontdrop
  • They did nerf scoring far distance goals since it was too easy in Fifa 10, but it's still possible. : Bamii
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  Nice goal, but check this out: http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/32157413 : Bamii
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    Oh and this: http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/19906273 : Bamii
    • Great, just saw those were all goals from 10 :/ : Bamii
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      both are a bit gay. imho. : [7]kami
      • Your face is gay. Also, you always lose from me. : Bamii
    • this one is lulz check this out: http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/13522697 : Dravenport
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  bamtan be-a-pro belter: http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/40667633 online volley: http://www.easp... : Foxhawk
  • nice dude, why are a couple of them so dark? : Dravenport
  • Second goal is the best. : Bamii
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  this goal isn't good, you know that right? : even4
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    really? please enlighten me : Dravenport
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      Sure - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLgScLsBERY Any of those are quality and aren't just pass and sh... : even4
      • More decent goals - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCj6ukEbyBI The Ronaldinho back flick and then free h... : even4
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        so you're telling me this goal is better than my goal? I think our opinions on this subject are slightly ... : Dravenport
        • There's more than one goal in that clip, and yes definitely. Yours took very little skill, the clips a... : even4
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  http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/11856491 : Dravenport
  • Niceeee. : c0ucheh
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  Can you play coop online yet? Just straight coop, you and a buddy vs computer teams. EA dropped that fe... : foo
  • dunno, i only play co op with my RL buddy : Dravenport
  • Negative, the number one feature I am waiting for in this series. : Derringer
• This is the only replay I have saved: http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/38767547 : obiquatro
• I liked this one enough to save it: http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/38686807 : Derringer
• Nice goal! : SAS_Ale

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• Claire Redfield : Dravenport
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  Since Winamp just started playing a song from Mass Effect I'll put Shepard. : dael
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATj3tIqSj5g#t=2m14s : the archvile
• The tomb raiderer : radula
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  Female Shepard, Renegade - Mass Effect. I can't think of any better female protagonist. I'd love to s... : CrustaR
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    Are there any details about mass effect that are different if you play it as a female? Aside from who yo... : twifosp
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      I think it's all the same apart from the dialogue. : CrustaR
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        So the best female protagonist is just a male character with chick shaped polygons. Word. : twifosp
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          Eh, no. The dialogue is different, but the main plotline is the same. It wouldn't make sense to make a ... : CrustaR
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            How is the dialouge different? I guess I need to play as a female or something to check it out. : twifosp
            • Yeah, check it out. It's awesome. : CrustaR
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              As far as I remember, there is a difference in dialogue only between paragons and renegades. I think that... : denixen
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                i think the same voice actress does the voice of the female tag along buddy in Bulletstorm : dantastic
                • Yup. That's pretty awesome. Also, Ohgren from DA:O aka Steve Blum! http://www.bulletstormforum.com/bul... : node
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                i remember the extremely creepy dialogue between male shepard and kaidan, there was so much gay subtext a : Hoax
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                  Space Hitler was way hotter, so Kaidan had to die. : Vantage
                  • Fuck that, she was a religious nutbag who annoyed me so the bitch died. : node
            • 95% of the dialogue is the same, the female lines are delivered better (for ME1). : breadsticks
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          thats what females are didnt you read tHE BIBLE : spiderfill
          • You missed Shift and hit CAPSLOCK : MercFox1
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          except she doesn't sound like she's reading from a piece of paper and truly seems like a bad ass : dantastic
          • Jennifer Hale is pretty awesome like that. : RaptorII
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    the gender of the protagonist is interchangeable , there is nothing defining about shepard as you even ha... : Hoax
    • Know your audience : one random winner
    • I found it difficult to make a cute female Shepard. I did my best but she still has a BIG head.... I wan... : akaigirl
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      I disagree. The voice acting makes the character badass as hell. : CrustaR
      • I think so too. : akaigirl
      • Yeah, definitely seemed a lot better than the male shepard : valael
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  Everybody hates Alyx, but I like her. I also liked Cerie from FF3. : The Grolar Bear
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    GrolaR, NO. :[ : CrustaR
    • I lol'd after reading your post and then seeing his. : Volatus32x
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      CrustaR, tell me you wouldn't date Alyx. Tell me right now!!! : The Grolar Bear
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        Probably not. She would talk my ear off...literally. : CrustaR
        • That's true, I do like quiet girls. : The Grolar Bear
        • I think it might be different if you could talk back. : TheNiXXeD
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          kinda sounds like you just hate wimmens : Drakoniac
          • Nope, just that one!! : CrustaR
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    Alyx is a great character. People seem to have pretty...strange reactions to her, though. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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      how is she a great character? : RikiTiki2
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        She's likeable and convincing and provides most of the story's emotional pull. She's as much a tool for m... : Happy Doodle Muffin
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          we'll have to agree to disagree. I found her unlikeable, unconvincing, and providing no emotional pull : RikiTiki2
          • RikiTiki, you have earned the gold star for the day. : CrustaR
          • Well maybe she's not your type. It all worked on me! : Halen
        • I'm totally with you on this. Alyx is a great case of technology serving the story/gameplay. Valve's fa... : action wombmate
  • Alyx was okay but I always felt they were trying too hard to make her likable. : Dr_Cube
  • God Alyx annoyed the hell out of me. Worst part of HL2 and episodes by far. Dog would have made an awesom... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • i hated Alyx after the prison rape level : gyokuro
• Radiant Jen Zi from Jade Empire : dumb.
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  Samus : AgentPothead
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    Did you especially like the part when she talked about The Baby? : CrustaR
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      That was alternate universe whiny bitch Samus. And there for doesn't really exist. : Dschinghis Khan
      • Agreed. : CrustaR
  • Going to have to jump on this one. : one random winner
  • yup : Ride-My-Rocket
  • This, but definitely not for any of her "acting" : digital_d
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  My female Shepard in Mass Effect. : Sapiens
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    A wise choice! : CrustaR
    • The only good choice. : Sapiens
• Marle and Lucca : Rehevkor
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  Jade (Beyond Good & Evil) : Lawgiver
  • Definitely this. : BlackCat9
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  Cate archer - n.o.l.f. : arcane_
  • Cate gets my vote too, nothing beats a chick with a good sense of humor. : darcspeed
  • Shit, can I change my answer? : AgentPothead
  • This is a great one : MercFox1
  • Agreed : EricZBA
  • i'll put my coin here : RikiTiki2
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    What game is she from? : Dr_Cube
    • No One Lives Forever : Volatus32x
  • right here, the answer. : Deathlove
  • Misssssssss Archer : rosewood
  • Oh hells ya Cate, though voice actress from the first rather than second. : node
  • My vote too. : afty
  • She was wonderful, wasn't she? Gets my vote. : oo7|bond
  • Cate Archer gets my vote too. : Goblin au
• Cooking Mama : Chipwarrior
• Lara Croft, Aeris, Cate Archer from NOLF. : HL3dsx
• Cate Archer : Scotty22
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  This is kind of in the spirit of the thread. Have you seen this: http://www.overthinkingit.com/2010/10/11... : uglysad
  • hah, I hadn't seen that before. : Volatus32x
  • lmfao @ Michelle Rodriguez jab : deject
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  http://i46.tinypic.com/16lmuya.jpg because she manages to retain her femininity despite being a very smar... : jujubeads
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    what is this from? : ass-street
    • FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus : jujubeads
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    manages to retain her femininity be half naked : deject
    • Gotta have standards : Volatus32x
    • I was going to say: "femininity means not wearing clothes?" : Agrona
  • lol : Begawkiness
  • Clicking on that picture after reading your description was the funniest thing in this chatty so far. : Johnny Law
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  Elsa von Spielburg! : skizl
  • Nice! : breadsticks
  • As portrayed in 1 or 5? (classy pick) : Fayk
• Naija from Aquaria, though I guess that ultimately translates to Samus from Metroid. I had an 8-bit NE... : the archvile
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  Elena from Uncharted/2. : jason bergman
  • I'll have to go with Elena, she comes across like a real person. : Lone Swordsman
• The computer in Mechwarrior 2 (Carole Ruggier) : uebersoldat
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  Slight Hijack : Female villan? SHODAN : Volatus32x
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    SHODAN isn't really female though :/ : dumb.
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      Maniacal, lying, evil, taunting, impossible to please, bossy, unobtainable, how is she not a female? : Lucien Irenicus
      • Haha I stand humbly corrected. : dumb.
  • Maggie Chow! : Borzoi
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    Dark Queen from Battletoads. : CyCo_PL
    • Battletoads was such a rage fest : Volatus32x
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  Female Shepard from ME, or female darth revan from kotor : AMikaboshi
  • pfft, women can't be Sith Lords : Mr. Goodwrench
• Julie from Heavy Metal (F.A.K.K.) always comes to mind : dfz0r
• White Mage Rydia Ceres : Grumbeld
• Miranda DAT ASS : Hemtroll
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  I'd say Shepherd from ME but she honestly doesn't do anything womanly and basically could be a man (which... : mysled
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    Define "womanly." I would think you'd be insulted if she pulled the Normandy into the Citadel to do shoe... : Lone Swordsman
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      Haha, I would be. It's hard to explain, I guess the whole time I was playing though I didn't feel like I ... : mysled
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        I'm genuinely confused here, to me she just seems like what you'd expect from a woman put in command of a... : Lone Swordsman
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          What about Laura Roslin? Have you seen BSG? She's probably the best heroine of all time. She's in command... : mysled
          • I don't think Shepherd is hiding anything, that's my point. She's just behaving like a rational (bisexua... : Lone Swordsman
          • Yeah, but she's not Laura Roslin. She's a pissed off soldier who has to save the universe. So what if s... : CrustaR
      • Did you customize her looks? Default female Shepard is ugly : akaigirl
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    Actually that's true, she always had that tough-chick / lesbian vibe. Now I understand why, most of the l... : dumb.
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      Exactly :/ She just lacks any sense of female sexuality. Realistically women and men ARE different, as mu : mysled
      • Sled, I like you. That's always been my stance too: men and women and everything in between should be tre... : dumb.
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      Do tough chicks and lesbians count as men? : Happy Doodle Muffin
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        No but they don't seem 'womanly' at all. : dumb.
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          What womanly things should she have done? : Happy Doodle Muffin
          • Made me a sandwich. : dumb.
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    The female Shepard model doesn't have large boobs. Except for Miranda and Samara, I'd say that none of t... : Wadmaasi
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      http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/052/f/5/ME2__Female_Shepard_3_by_Den_chan.jpg That's at least a C... : mysled
      • In some games, the armor over the breasts is just so completely unrealistic. I really dislike super ches... : Volatus32x
      • She looks a lot smaller when she's in regular clothing than in her armor. : breadsticks
      • I haven't played ME2 as a fem-Shep yet. I don't remember them being that big from ME, but I don't claim... : Wadmaasi
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        I personally dislike individual boob shields on fiction armour, but it's a bit ridiculous to say that it'... : AlexW1203
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          i think halo reach did this right, FWIW : retarded talking dinosaur
          • ^This.^ The only difference between the male and female MJOLNIR armor was that the female armor was a lit... : coldfusioncs
    • I wish the user could customize the body :( : akaigirl
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    I would kill for a videogame set in the snowcrash universe with y.t. as the protagonist! Sadly this will ... : ysbreker
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      I always thought getting that right would be amazingly fun in a video game. Board+ grappel! : node
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        Imagine having the change to race around in a deliverator car! :) : ysbreker
        • Or this bike: Lagerquist is standing right on the edge of Mark Norman's 24/7 Motorcycle Mall, waiting,... : ysbreker
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  Faith from Mirror's Edge. : pigvomit
  • Excellent choice. : deject
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    No way. Utterly boring and characterless IMO, both in personality and visual design. : node
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      ^^^ Tits not big enough for this guy. : pigvomit
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        I agree with him. She was a nothing character with cruddy dialogue and overdramatic voice acting. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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          Look at half the characters listed in this thread. He chose this one to comment on personality and visua... : pigvomit
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            Not in the slightest. She had zero personality. Split toe runners and a star tatoo was a bland character ... : node
            • to be fair there wasn't much in the story of that game in general that was engaging in any way : mikecyb
• Terra, Samus and Zelda are my longest running favorites. Some new comers would be Alyx and Lightning. : breadsticks
• Alyx Vance. : freshyk
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  Aribeth ... couldn't save the bitch ;( : te[R]ror
  • Turning her to evil in Hordes of the Underdark was friggin' awesome though! : Rehevkor
• Julie from Heavy Metal FAKK2 or whatever it was called was pretty awesome : kill9
• Bastila Shan (Star Wars: KOTOR) Anna Grimsdóttír (Splinter Cell) And I wish that you got to inter... : MatthewPhillips
• DOA Volleyball - that chick with the big volleyballs : askedrelic
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  MONA SAX : hatelull
  • Amen. : TShandy
  • ^^ This, how did i forget : MatthewPhillips
  • This guy knows where his towel's at. : MBlueD
  • Ya definately : johnlocks
  • YESSSSS : umegastar
• Rosella from King's Quest IV - sorry, the post about the history of adventure games got me all nostalgic : daggot
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  Karen Sjet from Homeworld, despite how little she was in it, and the main character from The Longest Jour... : Dr_Cube
  • April Ryan. : RaptorII
• Jade from Beyond Good And Evil. : Kub666
• I actually really liked Blood Rayne. Not a feminist icon certainly, but I liked how totally flippant she ... : Dynotaku
• the most intelligent, charming and loveable character would be Edna from the soon to be released adventur : Hoax
• Bloodrayne 1. I think any character they could have put in that game would have been sweet just for the a... : podung
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  other than my Quinn, it's gotta be Yuna from FFX/X-2 : electroly
  • Fuck Yunalesca though. Hated that bitch, and that fight. : slax0r
• Lady Shepard from Mass Effect : dantastic
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  princess in smb2 : aurealis
  • actually, samus : aurealis
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  Nobody agrees with me, but Bayonetta's one of my favorites. I'm usually pretty annoyed with how women are... : Borzoi
  • Alex Roivas from Eternal Darkness is pretty good too. : Borzoi
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    i'm about 20 minutes into bayonetta and my gf saw me playing and i was embarrassed :( i hope you're right... : Mr.SEX
    • i sort of get the feeling guys will be a little more iffy about her character, just because of all the ov... : Borzoi
    • hahaha. i gotta play this game now. i bet my girlfriend and i would find it hilarious. : mindmann
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      http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/karensympathy/gun.jpg :[ : My Documents
      • lol crotch-shot : Megara9
      • well there's that : Mr.SEX
    • Haha, I showed my girlfriend all the videos and stuff when the game came out and we both got "Fly Me to t... : Herman Toothrot
• April Ryan from The Longest Journey. Awesome game. : duffman03
• my city elf chick in DAO :D : Downforce
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  Also Rydia from FF4. One of my favorite moments from the game is when she suddenly comes back all grown u : Rehevkor
  • Going to have to throw my weight behind this one. I was sitting here trying to think whether or not I wan... : Cheeziologist
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    i love that moment. i was young when that happened, so it was super badass. Like who is that mysterious w : mindmann
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      yeah, when I was young, in my mind Golbeze in my mind sounded like he was throwing a tantrum when you get... : Cheeziologist
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        BOOBS! http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7901/4efanartff4rydia11.jpg http://img504.imageshack.us/img... : Faluzure
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          From what I understood time simply moved a lot faster, so she'd be a 24 year old in a 24 year olds body, ... : one random winner
          • Ya, she comments that time flowed differently in the land of the monsters. : breadsticks
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            i think this is correct. she aged, just in a world where time ran differently than the real world. wh... : mindmann
            • It could be that once you enter that cave/land/area/whatever and leave it appears to the outside world as... : one random winner
        • Except by the point he gets introduced he doesn't know that and they never really in-story talk about it ... : breadsticks
  • Yes this is one of the most badass things in gaming history. : Mondo
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    Jesus Christ. I got goosebumps reading that and remembering the scene. RIP Square of old. You were awesom... : EricZBA
    • IAWTRIPS : Volatus32x
    • Square and Enix of old. I remember being initially excited at them joining forces, as they had the best ... : breadsticks
• I quite enjoyed Lightning in FF XIII. I also loved Lara Croft in the first Tomb Raider. : Vincent Grayson
• The female characters in Uncharted are, IMO, some of the most interesting and convincing by a long way. E... : node
• Ms. Pacman : SolveChrist
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  fucking samus. : dahanese
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    Did you identify with her as a young dahanese? : Snuffles-
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      i actually didn't get in to her games until i was a first year in college. so no :( : dahanese
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        what a poser : deKaf
        • i wasn't allowed to have consoles as a kid. : dahanese
• She's not the protagonist but the girl who played Heather Watson in Silent Hill 2 lives above me in my ap... : holinka
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  my girlfriend won't let me play games that have a female protagonist. It's mutual though it's okay our re... : pyros
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    Really? What's her reasoning? : HamChowder
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      Oh, it's a reference to http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25114925#itemanchor_25114925 Silly me. : HamChowder
      • wow what a clusterfuck! i love other people's retarded ass problems. makes me feel more less monsterous a... : pointyelbows
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        So will he ragequit the shack because of this, or take the advice and try to do something with the relati... : sanchez
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          He sounds like the type of person to refuse good advice from ~50+ strangers so I'm going to go with "rage... : HamChowder
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            look at his response later. : hirez
            • This one? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25115108#itemanchor_25115108 Yeah, both of them need som... : HamChowder
      • oh wow. just.... wow. : hirez
      • LOL!! : Volatus32x
      • thats fucking hilarious. Why did he tell his current gf? What kindof player is he? : gyokuro
      • holy lol thanks for posting that I missed that : bolneze
  • hahahaha : Creepin_Jeezus
  • Perfect after three months, too, I bet. : omnova
  • Haha yes : avatar_58
  • haha bravo : indosauros
  • haaaaaaaaaaahaa : Mondo
  • lol : RogerDandy
  • Lol what? Why? : Volatus32x
  • hahahaha : askedrelic
  • hahahahaha : kabex
  • lol : breadsticks
  • nice : boring gegtik
  • LOL ffs. : stygian_whisper
  • hahaha : qwpeoriu
  • Bwahahahaaha : thetangent
  • Hahahahaha : Link.
  • BAM!! : sKetchflow
  • Well played. : Johnny Law
  • haha. well done. : thecray
  • excellent : justwr!ght
  • Well played sir, well played. : squigiliwams
  • hhaahaha : zerog83
  • well played : Alastayr
  • haha lol : exit button
  • lolol : -hyroth-
  • well done : DewFuel
  • hahahahahahha : riptyde
  • fucking grand! i missed the ER, FANTABULOUS yay : pointyelbows
  • ahah : das_runt
  • I laughed, I cried. Well done. : dumb.
  • hahaha, i fucking love you. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Zing! HAHAHA you are correct, SIR!!! : Caoster007
  • HAHAHAHAHA. Well played sir. Well played indeed. : Techy007
  • Hahaha. Well played. : Ormsbee
  • *golfclub* : Snipergen
  • very nice : Bamtan
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      hahaha I belong in this sub thread. : Bull
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        Man, once he posted this, you could see the LOL bomb coming in for a landing. : MercFox1
        • * N U C L E A R L O L D E T E C T E D ' D * : one random winner
    • It was funny once I was directed to the other thread : the_burd
  • Ha, bravo : Zips
  • hahaha so perfect : hobohun7er
  • hahahahahaha : Merconium
  • hahahaa pyros : Nitrium
  • Oh shit! Superbly done. : paroxym
  • LOLOLOLOLOL : umegastar
  • sweet mother of internet is this post for real : dael
  • hahaha : bolneze
  • Over 9000 Internets for you sir! : MeestaNob
• N64 Joanna Dark. : threeup
• I'm in love with Alyx Vance. Also Cate Archer. : K1Bond007
• Sarah Kerrigan : My Documents
• Cate Archer from No One Lives Forever. : noxiousgg
• Agree with Terra, Cate is close 2nd. : Sixcos
• Rebecca Chambers maybe? : BouillonCubes
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  Alyx Vance : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Alyx definitely. : raija
• Wow, you're a barbarian, huh? : DrFlammable
• Just because nobody else mentioned her, Elaine Marley (Monkey Island). : BlackCat9
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  Tanya from Red Alert : _jon
  • I was thinking this too. But which one!? : thetangent
• Julia, Katrina, Jaana, and Mariah from Ultima VII. : AxeMan808
• The Pyro, from TF2, because the only things she says are muffled.... but seriously... Female shepard w... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  April Ryan and Zoe Castillo in the Longest Journey games. Also, the girl in Beyond Good and Evil, also, ... : Athlon7
  • April and Zoe are great. The ending of Dreamfall is rather depressing and the fact that Funcom continues... : deject
  • Love April, dislike Zoe personally. : ughhhhhhh
• Rachel from Ninja Gaiden Black http://www.gossipgamers.com/pics-of-rachel-from-ninja-gaiden/rachel_nin... : MPLStagger
• The Princess Daphne from Dragon's Lair http://www.vulcanjedi.com/images/daphne.jpg. She looks so fun. : Xin Jing Client 1a
• Elena Fisher from Uncharted series. AITOO? Thought I'd see a few votes for this. : Head Rush
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  Fleet Command from Homeworld http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_opA7j4wsIw : Beady
  • Good choice, I love her voice. : Thund3rball
  • Yup, this one wins. Great character, especially given that you basically never actually see her. : thetangent
  • ooooo Very good choice ! : jasoncrowley
• Alis from Phantasy Star has stuck with me all these years. It was the first game I ever played with a fem... : Rag and Bone Man
• ms. pacman : spectr3
• Faith from mirror edge : davislovestacobell

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  The controls are too bulky.....wtf was that shit last night? : james_austintx
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    Making fun of something dantastic said about magicka. You know how we do. : Duffman8369
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      That meme sentence was gold last night. : zebosausamite
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        I should have written it down. : Duffman8369
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          It was so natural, i el oh eled : zebosausamite
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            Wait what meme sentence? : Dschinghis Khan
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              Someone asked a question and duff just went on with a string of like six memes that flowed so naturally. ... : zebosausamite
              • Yeah i remember that. : Dschinghis Khan
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  You playing Crabs or did you uninstall this too? Just curious if we get movie trivia tonight.... : james_austintx
  • It only runs at 13 fps on his 640 x 420 display. : Duffman8369
  • Looking forward to movie trivia! We should add it to MNC : EricZBA
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    I be around! This game is actually fun! The one where Road Warrior and Denzel almost kiss each other b... : Crabs Jarrard
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      Lethal weapon 2. Was that supposed to be hard? : Duffman8369
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        The one where Radio's dad tricks James Bond into freeing Denzel from prison so Denzel can kill his parent... : Crabs Jarrard
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          Ok you got me on this one. : Duffman8369
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            same here : james_austintx
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              Radio is Cuba Gooding jr. james bond is connery, brosnan, craig? Denzel is apparently any and every black... : Duffman8369
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                I know movie, lawrence fishbourne is the sheriff, connery is the lawyer, and some tv actor is the prisone... : dnagenome
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                  I don't think I have seen this one. : james_austintx
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                    This one. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113501/ : Dschinghis Khan
                    • That's the one : dnagenome
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  ass-street i sent you a guest pass for MNC : Dschinghis Khan
  • omg awesome! : ass-street
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  It's funny because now with the Wii, all those older adults who use to jerk the controller around while t... : SolveChrist
  • haha, i did that, too. : Dschinghis Khan
• Thrillho : Dschinghis Khan
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  This is vanilla and not Vietnam tonight, right? : Haxim
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    Uh-huh. : Alco23
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      Yeah. : Dschinghis Khan
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        Hot Carl time! : dnagenome
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          What. : Dschinghis Khan
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            Uh huh. : jimmy_legs
            • Fuck my enemas, fuck ya foes Slam these hoes, you steppin' on my toes : Crabs Jarrard
            • C'mon. : Arctic Fox
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  Khan, there's something I always wanted you to say. Will you say passport for me? : Cheeziologist
  • My voice is my passport. Verify me. : MercFox1
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    Passport? Ok. Cheeziologist. Would you like to have breakfast with me? Should i phone you? Or nudge... : Dschinghis Khan
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      Check Please! This is my last compu-date! : Cheeziologist
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        A computer matched up him with her? I don't think so......Marty! : Dschinghis Khan
        • Too Many Secrets : Duffman8369
• penis : Hemtroll
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  EFF YEAH? : r3dn3ck
  • EFF YEAH! : Dschinghis Khan
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2USYrYv3EGg : Crabs Jarrard
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCUnhoe0rpU : Dschinghis Khan
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  Archer premiers tonight at 10! : h o s t i l e
  • I don't like to country. : Dschinghis Khan
• bump. : Dschinghis Khan
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  I may throw down, last time pb was giving me issues and i couldn't resolve them, I don't have vietnam tho... : Dravenport
  • Russians and Americans.. : james_austintx
  • i assume you are updated? : ant_hillbilly
• STILL APPLES SITLL APPLE STILL APPLES ^_^_^ : zebosausamite
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  hhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG : _jon
  • Stop... Whining? : Duffman8369
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    fgfffffffffffffffffffffff : Dschinghis Khan
    • prrrrlllllllll : Hemtroll
• I should be there. : disposition
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  Long distance 870 Compact Shotgun is fucking awesome (meaning the long distance perk) : Navy Spitfire
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    Slug upgrade? It's awesome out-sniping Recons. : HamChowder
    • Yessir : Navy Spitfire
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  I've got tomorrow off! The booze will flow and so will the rage! : Duffman8369
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    relax Duffman8369, why are you so upset? : Hemtroll
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      What's got you so mad? : Duffman8369
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        what's wrong? : Hemtroll
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          What? I'm not really mad. It's my drunken video game rage thing. It's funny. : Duffman8369
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            why are you denying it Duffman8369? Embrace your problems, only then can you overcome them. : Hemtroll
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              It's just because you're swedish. : Dschinghis Khan
              • KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN : Hemtroll
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            it stopped being funny in 2007 : twifosp
            • You know who else stopped being funny in 2007? Hitler. : Dschinghis Khan
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  I've never shackbattled before so if I get off work in time, I'll change that tonight. Anything I should... : Druuge
  • Yep, Teamspeak, details are in Alco23's profile. : Arctic Fox
  • Yes teamspeak. Also make sure your punkbuster is updated and you are authenticated with the server so yo : ant_hillbilly
• Will there be party vans? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3O0kqYDaTs : ant_hillbilly
• I have been having trouble adding a friend in BC2. We have both sent invites to eachother but neither of ... : BeowolfSchaefer

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• w00t. : ejectorpod
• Good call on the dates. Now I don't need to pass eye water. : Deathlove
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  It's gonna 0wn! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Oh God, flight ticket prices make me cry. Oh well, gotta combine it with a trip to Miami. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      eww, miami :/ : Deathlove
      • Well, actually it's worse, I have to go to Naples where my mom lives. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Let me know if you happen to find any good deals! : ysbreker
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        I kinda found deals for 600ish Euro but that's flying over Miami between June 25ish until July 10ish. I'm... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          I was planning on seeing Hoover Dam & the grand canyon too. I'm planning to go for 3 weeks. Maybe I can t... : ysbreker
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            Sure! Do you wanna hit up California or what are your plans? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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              Other than shackcon & the grand canyon/hoover dam I don't really have any plans yet :) I just want to spe... : ysbreker
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                i want to meet up with you guys in Amsterdam over some beers again :( : nyranger66
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                  They do have proper beer in Vegas, right?! : ysbreker
                  • Yes: http://www.hofbrauhauslasvegas.com/ : Mad Brahmin Disease
                • Same : Just A Girl
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                I suggest this weekend at De Zotte, they have free wireless if I remember correctly? I will bring the iPa... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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                  Also there's a mini-shackmeet on the February 1st, as underground banana plantation will be in town. Keep... : Mad Brahmin Disease
                  • Excellent! I shall be there! : ysbreker
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                  Sounds like a plan. This Saturday around 7-8? : ysbreker
                  • Deal. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Looks great. You're a fine coordinator and I'm glad you didn't completely disregard my suggestions the ot... : ateam311
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  can i get metric shit ton converted to imperial please? : nyranger66
  • imperial shit load. : laurgasms
  • 1.5 fortnights : ateam311
• I am sad you did not register www.shackacon.com : tinfoilhatter
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  also you fags that were asking for the date early? It was on the shackcon website since sunday you morans... : nyranger66
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    A) No one goes there B) You'd have to hit it one of the rare times it was actually up. THANKS WEB HOS... : ThomW
    • I would LOL and INF this but I still don't have access to any of your domains. : laurgasms
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  I wish I could go :( I demand many ITLC posts. They've been in short supply lately. : TylerJSmith
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    I tickle little cocks? : taylorwp2
    • Yes, you do. I need to pay more attention to what I'm typing. : TylerJSmith
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  Hmm... bad timing for me, but I wonder if I could get a life-sized cardboard cutout of myself made up and : Bean
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    Cancel everything. : laurgasms
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      Hmm... I don't know how well that will go over! I mean, it makes sense to me, but it's hard to explain to... : Bean
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        I hate you. : laurgasms
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          True, I am sort of a first-class asshole! I will say that Japan is overrated though. It's all full of asi... : Bean
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            so much truth in this post : azenmaster
            • post + username : rodneystubbs
          • It used to be awesome back in the day. There was power in being illiterate and parting the salmon as you ... : bombay
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    well fuck it I'm out. : ejectorpod
    • * E V EN Y E A R ' D * : omnova
  • It's ok Bean, I'll go and lawyer the fuck out of everyone on your behalf. : Morgin
  • DAMN IT. : spazzium
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  Oh shit, July 10 is my birthday. That would be awesome. : mrwolf710
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    Uh speaking of birthdays, none will be celebrated except mine, because it was supposed to be on my birthd... : laurgasms
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      For all the work you and ranger are putting in on this, if you have to buy any drinks all weekend, I'll b... : Deathlove
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        it's been all laurgasms thus far. i've been sort of a 5th wheel. : nyranger66
        • You and ThomW have both been necessary. I'm just especially anal retentive. And unemployed. : laurgasms
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          then fuck you, ugly >:( : Deathlove
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            i'm defriending you on facebook. : nyranger66
            • that seems fair : Deathlove
      • What deathlove said for sure. I can only imagine how much fun it is to try to plan something like this fo... : mrwolf710
    • The ShackCon 500 baby! : HL3dsx
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      I beg to differ sweetheart, mine will be celebrated because it IS on my birthday.and I'm turning 40 : hirez
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        You are one of the reasons the date had to change. WE ARE NO LONGER FRIENDS. : laurgasms
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          respect your elders. and I'll buy you a Cosmo. : hirez
          • Congrats, your new nickname is jopapa. Embrace it. : laurgasms
      • Bwahahah you are so old. (I'm turning 36 :( : mrwolf710
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        when is your birthday? mine's july 8th! could be a fun birthday : Drakoniac
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          Drak, do we really have the same birthday? that's pretty awesome. : hirez
          • that is pretty cool! what better people to share the same birthday. : Drakoniac
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          you would go without me baby? :( : mysled
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            absolutely! : Drakoniac
            • Does this mean I'll have to yell at drunk bitches? : laurgasms
      • make sure someone brings hirez a walker and a couple cases of ensure so he can get through the weekend : rosewood
      • 40? Holy shit, that sucks! I thought my life was basically over at 30. I'd probably be close to killing m... : Bean
      • You are getting old, Paranoid Android. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • oh shit are you going hirez? canceling plane tickets : MisterPhoton
    • what happened to having it that weekend? That was a perfect weekend to have it! : mindmann
  • My birthday is July 10th as well :) : bongturbo
• Kick ass. I also got news today that my financial situation will probably be much better than I thought, ... : ArcKnight
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  Was I the first one to get scammed buy a ticket? : EricZBA
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    sucker. : nyranger66
    • According to the wepay page, i was! : EricZBA
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  laurgasms, I'd buy you a drink for setting this up, but I'm not going : Dravenport
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    https://www.wepay.com/donate/37519 : laurgasms
    • are you going to virtually give me some action in return? this deal is not acceptable! : Dravenport
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  What's the 100 bucks for? : fletch_
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    There will be a dinner on Saturday night and probably (more than likely) some sort of event space at a ho... : laurgasms
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      fancy dinner, you kids have fun. : fletch_
      • well if it's only going to be the dinner(unlikely) the difference will be repaid. : nyranger66
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  wooo, where is the public list of everyone going? : askedrelic
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    Public? in your face. I wasn't sure how to handle that. There's no way through WePay to show shack nam... : laurgasms
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      shackmeet page, people can self-assign. : ejectorpod
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        Once it works :( : laurgasms
        • Paging greg-m again (as it he does vanity searches). : spazzium
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      We can keep a running thing on the shackcon page ourselves. Really shouldn't be *that* hard to keep upda... : ThomW
      • ^^^^ this. use a google spreadsheet or post it in a dead chatty somewhere. : biskits
  • not until the gamefly fixes the damn shackmeet page to reflect 2011 as an option to plan meets! : ejectorpod
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  This is going to own. And end in lawsuits. And rape. : ColoradoCNC
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    To be fair, it's probably going to start with rapes, as well. : Deathlove
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      Speaking of rapes, are you coming? : ThomW
      • The wife says it's cool. 8) : Deathlove
    • those'll start the lawsuits. : Fyunch Click
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  I'm (hopefully) going to Vegas to watch a bunch of other internet losers get drunk, beaten, robbed by a h... : locater16
  • Of course. : ColoradoCNC
• Yay! Looking forward to if. : Just A Girl
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  I can't pay the registration fees :( wePay doesn't allow non-US payments >:( From their FAQ: https://w : ysbreker
  • Oh no. H'm. We will figure out something. : laurgasms
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    I think if you use a CC, you should be okay. : nyranger66
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      Nope, can't register my CC since it needs an US address : ysbreker
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        you can probably just paypal one of us and we'll make the payment for you. : nyranger66
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          how many times you want to do that lol. : RogerDandy
          • I doubt there will be hundreds of transactions done that way. If ranger doesn't want to use his, I'll giv... : laurgasms
          • As many as needed! Americans are overrated anyways. : nyranger66
  • damn I totally wanted to go too. : RogerDandy
  • Can you do Amazon WebPay? No fees, unlike PayPal. : Merconium
• Yay! I'm so there! : mayooms
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  Holy shit this is the weekend before TAM9, which I am going to. I was planning on doing both events and n... : OverloadUT
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    That'd be...something. You should go to Tahoe during the week instead. : Deathlove
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      I might do something like that too. The point is I can save on airfare and headache by only having to fly... : OverloadUT
      • Can't wait to meet you, oat! : EricZBA
  • You are welcome? :D : laurgasms
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  I've never flown so if I can make it I'll be a mess when we hit the ground. I hope you guys have shots r... : melkore
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    question: What is the ballpark number for the number of shackers you are expecting? 50? 100? That woul... : melkore
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      That's the whole poing of taking money now for registration. We'll have a good number to go off of on Mar... : OverloadUT
      • Pretty much this. I originally estimated maybe 60, we got over 100 final survey responses. If I had to gu... : laurgasms
      • I guess I was more curious on expectations. If I come I'll be bringing the lady friend and probably regi... : melkore
  • You'll be fine once you're on the ground again, you'll need those shots before the flight : Just A Girl
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  How can I join the WePay group so I can see the account? I created a WePlay account : OverloadUT
  • Same question : EricZBA
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    Doesn't it give you an option? I have no freaking idea. Try this. https://www.wepay.com/group/view/17... : laurgasms
    • That worked! I'm in your group stealing tour monies : EricZBA
• Wewt this is gonna be a blast : Juno
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  Just for clarification, what is the registration fee going toward? Will it get us food/drinks or is it ju... : mysled
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    wait, reading comprehension fail NVM : mysled
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      The tldr is that you should register now and come! : OverloadUT
      • It depends where I end up working this summer. $500 to fly to LV from New Hampshire plus $100 in registra... : mysled
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    Right now it's going toward ??? The whole point is that they don't know what they can afford until the : OverloadUT
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      At the very least, we will do a dinner on Saturday night. The VERY least. And if that's all we do, any le... : laurgasms
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        seems silly to just make up a magic number but then again i won't be going : fletch_
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          You mean $100? That was based on a shit ton of calculations as the minimum we'd be comfortable charging i... : laurgasms
          • did you have to rent some time on cray? : fletch_
• is 242 going? : ass-street
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  I just convinced m0rfus to join us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : EricZBA
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    Seriously?? I owe that clown a drink, or he owes me one, I don't remember which! : Juno
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      I owe YOU a drink sir! : m0rfus
      • You drive a hard bargain, but it's a deal! : Juno
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    Did he pay already? Someone just paid and didn't READ THE INSTRUCTIONS and I don't know their shack na... : laurgasms
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      Yews, I just bought tickets. What did I do wrong? : m0rfus
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        You didn't give your shack name in the notes :( : laurgasms
        • Because I'm dumb. Very sorry. I put "Do I get to meet Phil in person?" : m0rfus
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      I paid, but I'm 99% sure I put my shackname in the memo. Or maybe I didn't when I switched browsers (wepa... : Deathlove
      • You put it there, you are fine :) : laurgasms
    • m0rfus: in the optional field i put.... m0rfus: "Do i get to meet Phil in person?" m0rfus: i think i wa... : EricZBA
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  I'm going to stay at the hotel and just lodge complaints all weekend. : azenmaster
  • kind of like boring gegtik does on the shack. : azenmaster
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  dammit. the one weekend i couldn't go. my mom's wedding is that weekend. oh well. have fun! : mindmann
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    oh, I can't go either then, wouldn't be a wedding without the groom : azenmaster
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      hah. you think you're the groom? You're just the guy on the side. sorry to break it to ya. =/ : mindmann
      • double-team honeymoon : azenmaster
• Soo wish I could make it, but I am on my family vacation that week. Another year I guess. I really hope t... : SirX
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  Is the $100 per person? Like, if my wife is coming do I need to buy two tickets? : mancide
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    Yes if she is to partake int he festivities : EricZBA
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      Which night is ladies night? : tinfoilhatter
      • All of them. : laurgasms
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  I'll need to see a guest list before I make my decision. I don't hang out with just anyone. : tashtego
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    I'll be there. ~~game mid-afternoon because night will be for drinking and carousing~~ : Deathlove
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      what is up with you and ~~this shit~~ : tashtego
      • I don't know. : Deathlove
• Woohoo! First ever Shackmeet I can go to is also the biggest (I hope)! : dfay
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  You fuckers. I'm so jealous >:( : Megara9
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    Take a break from your awesome adventures and come hang out with us plz :( : EricZBA
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      I can't I've already paid da moneys :( : Megara9
      • Telepresence unit? : EricZBA
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        We'll totally have a webcam set up or something. : BlackCat9
        • save me a copy of the sex tape! : Megara9
        • it will be pointed at my balls : zerog83
• FUCK YEAH I'M GOING! I'll register in the next few weeks : zerog83
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  Arrggg! The James Randi Amazing Meeting is also in Vegas from the 14th to the 17th. : Lucien Irenicus
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    That's not a bad thing; look at my post above!! : OverloadUT
    • Man that's a lot of time farking around in the desert. And expensive... that's like an extra $400 a day ... : Lucien Irenicus
• ARE WE GOING TO GET DRUNK!??????!!! : mwasher
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  Philly area shackers! $194 round-trip on Southwest! NO EXCUSES! : zerog83
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    Fuck that's $100 cheaper than from Austin. What the shit? : mwasher
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      lot more rich people in Austin : zerog83
      • also, it's ALWAYS cheap to fly to Vegas from the NE. last summer you could get round-trip for $140 O_o : zerog83
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    Really? It's typically ~$200 from Seattle. Damn. : FrayLo
    • $400 from Chicago on SW. Fuck, I thought it'd be cheaper from here. But I'm sure there will be a billion ... : Deathlove
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    Where are you finding that? I see $194 one-way. : ThomW
    • oh, son of a bitch. I read it wrong. holy shit, flying is expensive :( : zerog83
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    nice. its currently $300 from sacramento. : hirez
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      $202 round trip, nonstop from SFO on Virgin America. : laurgasms
      • \m/ : dahanese
  • shit, it's like almost $400 from atlanta right now, but that should change as we get closer, buddy of min... : vov1n
• Glad I get paid tomorrow. Should be able to register then. : RomSteady
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  What hotel were you thinking of getting the group-rate at if you did that? I remember you talking about i... : mancide
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    We announced one off-strip, there was a bit of backlash but I don't give a fuck, then our rep didn't get ... : laurgasms
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      Yea, I was just looking at packages on Vegas.com and was going to attempt to find something close or at t... : mancide
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        The riviera? Pay a few bucks more and stay at a better hotel! : FrayLo
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          What is a better hotel? I'm trying to do this on the cheap! : mancide
          • Oh fuck, Main Street Brewery & Casino... I wouldn't make it to Shackcon then! : mancide
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            What's your price range per night? : FrayLo
            • I dunno, that $520 per person was the cheapest for flight + hotel on Vegas.com period. I'd probably be wi... : mancide
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      Well the Amazing Meeting is at the Southpoint. But eh, that's pretty far off the strip, unless we had ch... : Lucien Irenicus
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        Southpoint has free shuttles to and from the strip, like all off-strip hotels do. I went to and from the ... : OverloadUT
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          I stand corrected! That works pretty well. : Lucien Irenicus
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            Yeah. My current super tentative plan is to stay in the Shackcon hotel from Friday to Thursday, and then ... : OverloadUT
            • Whore yourself for cash. : Lucien Irenicus
• I'll see if I can make this happen. : FrayLo
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  MGM Grand is the best price/value I've found on the strip so far. $279 total for both nights in a double... : mwasher
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    The last bachelor party I did in Vegas we got a huge 4-rm 8-bed suite at the MGM. I think it was about $7... : Merconium
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      I totally would love to get a huge multiroom suite if we could get people together and organized to do th... : mwasher
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        I'd be down for this. Keep me in mind. : Deathlove
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          $600 seems like a pipedream to me :( : mwasher
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            With eight people, tho, it's $75 per person. Totally reasonable. : Deathlove
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              The pipedream is finding that for $600. From looking at prices and room sizes available at many differen... : mwasher
              • I posted below, and perhaps this simply cannot be done (but it was June, as I recall). It could be that M... : Merconium
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      I would definitely, definitely, be down to go in on something like that. Let me know if you end up doing ... : ColoradoCNC
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        The prices I am seeing for multiroom suites are in the $2k/night realm starting. Not sure how they swun... : mwasher
        • oral sex : Lucien Irenicus
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          Yeah, I am staying in a 2 bedroom suite at mirage in about a month, Saturday night is ~$700 ($425 for Sun... : FrayLo
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            Yea, even if you pack 4 people into one of those that's a lot more than $150/night for a 2 queen bed room... : mwasher
            • Man I can do stuff like 2 nights at the Aria with 2 queen beds including flight for $600. Just need so... : mwasher
          • Fwiw the 2 bedroom suite is ~1600 sq ft. So use that as a benchmark, $725 for a Saturday night in march. ... : FrayLo
        • This was a few years ago, but my understanding was phone call + bachelor party = they think you'll lose t... : Merconium
        • I stayed at the MGM tower suites on Halloween weekend this year and it was still only 500 or 600 per nigh... : rodneystubbs
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    is it annoying because that place is directly next to an international airport? : dantastic
    • I'm not sure what you are asking : mwasher
• Sweet! I hope I can go. I don't know my schedule for July yet, but I hope I can go! : Flying h4x0r
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  so is there a cutoff date for registration? I wont know if I will be able to make it until late may/early... : maulla
  • The current cutoff is June 8th (one month before). There will be one more registration option after that,... : laurgasms
  • March 1 at the lower price. It's $25 extra after that : OverloadUT
• Fatal error: Call to undefined function detectblackberrytouch() in /home/shackcon/public_html/wp/wp-conte... : anhero
• Lauren answer my question http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25121997 : OverloadUT
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  Who's driving with me from Los Angeles? I have a Ford Fusion Sport or a Ford Edge that we can take depend... : angrytaxman
  • Meanwhile this promotion just ended I think http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/26/news/la-trb-southw... : CrimsonHandHiro
  • i'll most likely be coming up from los angeles. definitely interested in a car pool. : rodneystubbs
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    At what point does the gas cost more than the flight? : FrayLo
    • I'm looking at well below $100 in gas costs round trip, even if I just split that with one other person t... : angrytaxman
    • /4 in car tho : extrahappyturtle
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    I'll carpool with ya....i have to wait a week or so to know for sure if i'm going, but we'll be in touch. : Borzoi
    • Sounds good. : angrytaxman
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  Anyone from Iowa going? hehe,..... : IA_Lanky
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    I'm looking at going with the GF. Trying to find those fabled $99 vega deals I hear about : melkore
    • Lowest is $288 leaving friday and coming back monday : melkore
• OMG sausage fest! I better bring lots of mouthwash. : Lucien Irenicus
• Score! This is going to be awesome! : shred.
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  DNF Tourney? I'm in, I just don't know quite how I'd get my PC and gear over there. : Lucien Irenicus
  • When we pick a location, we'll figure out a lot more details for the actual events. And if there is a tou... : laurgasms
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  Who's bringing their non-Shacker wife/girlfriend/whatever? I don't want my wife to be all freaked out ... : MisterPhoton
  • If I come my wife will be coming as well. She's not a shacker, she knows of it, and she plays some games ... : mancide
  • If we can swing it I'll be bringing the gf. She's been warned of you guys already and thinks she can han... : melkore
  • My wife will be coming but she is a Shacker : OverloadUT
  • MY WIFE will be attending as well : EricZBA
  • If I go my wife will be there but she's gone to quakecon Shack parties like 4 times now so she knows what... : mrwolf710
  • My GF will be there. : m0rfus
  • Non shacker wife coming with me. : legsbrogan
• Wish I could go :| Have fun folks : foo
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  Any Aussie shackers going? : CoRDS
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    You better : OverloadUT
    • i cant. i start a new job next month and wont be able to a: afford it, and b: get the time off :( : CoRDS
  • i'll be in africa on honeymoon : filthysock
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  i think we can go. i will know when i hear back from my mom about our europe trip. she wants to go in j... : jenisthebest
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    i'm looking at hotwire right now and it looks like the MGM has the best deal. is that where everyone who... : jenisthebest
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      We don't even know what the shacknews hotel is :( I just re-submitted my request for proposal for only... : laurgasms
      • we have a $200 hotwire credit that expires on the 31st, so we have to book our flights by then if we wan... : jenisthebest
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      If I go I'm not staying at MGM. As I said in a previous Vegas thread that hotel is too big for it's own g... : FrayLo
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        on hotwire i was seeing $545/person for the MGM (for flights + hotel for the weekend), and like $600 for ... : jenisthebest
        • I'd check out the other hotels near bellagio. Ballys, Harrahs, Paris, Planet hollywood are all really nic... : maulla
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      Why wouldn't you stay in the ShackCon hotel? It will make a LOT more sense to stay in the same hotel as e... : OverloadUT
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        It would be nice if we knew what the hotel was so we could look at that or the area. I understand people ... : mancide
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          People threw a bitchfest, AND our representative hasn't gotten back to me with something she was supposed... : laurgasms
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            Is the bitchfest you're talking about related to CC, or is this something else? : OverloadUT
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              Also, have you looked in to the Southpoint? : OverloadUT
              • I did, they are on my list to re-evaluate. : laurgasms
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              The thread before that one, where maulla got sand in his vagina about an off-strip hotel. : laurgasms
              • I think you have found that several people share my feelings on the matter. but I didnt agree with you... : maulla
          • 35% off on the lower end rooms on Vegas.com, so it's like a $40 average over the weekend. : mancide
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        price, wanting to be on the strip, etc. i'm sure we'll wait and see what everyone else is doing. : jenisthebest
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          (also because i could book it through hotwire with my flight and get a sweet deal) : jenisthebest
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            The deal makes sense but I really don't understand why you want to be on the strip. All off-strip hotels ... : OverloadUT
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              shuttles dont run all night, and its much better to be in walking distance of all the cool shit in vegas ... : maulla
              • Why do people think staying on the strip is retarded?!!!!! : FrayLo
            • because i've never been to vegas and i saw a lot of shackers talking about the MGM grand so i was curious... : jenisthebest
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              why would you not want to be? : mwasher
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                Because you should want to be at the official ShackCon hotel, because that is where the majority of Shack... : OverloadUT
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                  Eh, that's what phones are for. : mwasher
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                    Also it depends on the hotel that because the "official ShackCon hotel." : mwasher
                    • becomes* : mwasher
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                  I personally expect you to knock on my door if something awesome goes down and invite me. unless the s : ejectorpod
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                    I'm gonna push you innit. : laurgasms
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                      I did that to orgcaptainnemo once and he got really pissed but everyone else laughed. : ejectorpod
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                        Did you guys kiss and make up afterward? : mwasher
                        • No he was pretty much mad at me the entire night. I think his ex girlfriend was there too. : ejectorpod
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                        i was so mad. i started to drag you into the pool but my gf at the time convinced me to not. and by con... : orgcaptainnemo
                        • oh you guys were dating at that time? hahaha pretty awesome, I'm a jerk. : ejectorpod
                  • It's weird, the pool at the SP last year was CHILLED down so cold that it was unbearable (for me, I'm not... : Lucien Irenicus
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                  if you are at your hotel longer than it takes to shower and slam a 5 hr energy, you're already doing it w... : biskits
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                    I agree! And going along with that school of thought, why would you go out of your way to get an on-strip... : OverloadUT
                    • i have no idea. : biskits
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                      Because I don't want to stay in a shitty room just because it's super cheap. As has been repeateadly sai... : mwasher
                      • Well yeah I'm not advocating for a shitty hotel. I'm just saying that staying at a different hotel for th : OverloadUT
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                      Because some people like being on the strip. Free shuttles aside it is nice to be able to walk right outs... : FrayLo
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                        haha, "minutes". you're 15 min away form the edge of your own hotel when you exit the building. : biskits
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                          I've been to Vegas 15+ times. I stayed off strip twice, once at palms. Palms is great but I disliked stay... : FrayLo
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                            u mad bro : biskits
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                              No but it cracks me up that people are asking what is so great about staying on strip bro : FrayLo
                              • I am the one who started this subthread, and I am NOT asking that. If you actually read my posts, you'd s... : OverloadUT
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                      i am not going out of my way. i have never been to vegas. that's why i was asking. it's actually much ... : jenisthebest
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                        also here's a reason: if i look at flights alone, it's $545 per person. if i look at flight + hotel, it... : jenisthebest
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                          Wait tell me where these amazing deals are : OverloadUT
                          • hotwire.com : jenisthebest
                        • example: round trip flight for 2 people (no hotel): $1,089.30 round trip flight for 2 people + 2 n... : jenisthebest
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                    But my beauty sleep! : omnova
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                      You'd need to sleep forever :( : mwasher
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                        Go wash some men. : omnova
                        • I am feeling a little dirty : mwasher
                  • See, this sounds like a terrible way to do Vegas. But I guess I am just a party pooper :P : Galadriel07
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                Because I'm going to Vegas to do Shackcon, I'm not going to Shackcon to do Vegas. I don't give a fuck wh... : Halen
                • right on dude! : mwasher
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                  i'm definitely going to shackcon to do vegas. and i still agree with you. : biskits
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                    Well if this is the case then right on and do whatever you want. I am just trying to give advice for peop... : OverloadUT
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                      oh my god you (and others) are acting like staying at a separate hotel makes it impossible to hang with s... : mwasher
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                        also, what are the arguments for the "official shackcon hotel" being off the strip? pricing? how much c... : mwasher
                        • The official shackcon hotel will be wherever we are able to reserve event space. A lot of the on-strip ho... : laurgasms
                        • Laurgasms wants a hotel that will give us a meeting space, and thestrip hotels are mucho $$$. I'm not sur... : FrayLo
                        • Impossible to get a hotel that lets us use a meeting room without spending $10,000 on food and booze. : BlackCat9
                        • manwasher, what are you doing?!? We had this thread 3 days ago and it was not pretty!! : nyranger66
                      • Mwasher, I agree!!!!!! : FrayLo
                • ^^^ this. if you've been to quakecon, you understand this. you want to be there to hang out and to get me... : dahanese
  • Any other Toronto Shackers going? : Afterglow
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  aaaaawwwww yeah. get your suit cleaned and shine those shoes. : biskits
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    who's coming in thursday or leaving monday to save money on airfare? : biskits
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      I'm probably coming in the weekend before, because I'm insane. : laurgasms
      • yeah but you have cooties : biskits
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      appears to be an identical price from Austin when I checked. plus you have to pay 2 extra nights of hote... : mwasher
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        no you don't, you pussy. :P : biskits
        • I see what you are getting at and I like your plan : mwasher
    • I might do that. When I went to Vegas last year it was cheaper for me to stay Sunday night to fly back Mo... : OverloadUT
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      what are the odds of grabbing an airfare deal to vegas between now and then to avoid spending $350? : biskits
      • I'll probably set some alerts until at least March. Honestly if there's no great deals I'll just convince... : laurgasms
      • I'm making a fake business meeting to pay for it : gmd
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        set up a price alert on Kayak. : hirez
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          what kind? i'm talking about those mailing list offers that airlines give you when business is slow. : biskits
          • oh just a price alert to let me know current prices daily. : hirez
• I am the entertainer, I bring to you my songs. I'm going to spend a day or two. I hope you come along. : H@rvester
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  Just spoke to my wife about it. I'm going solo for this one! Double-plus-good. : RomSteady
  • Flights are $350 from D/FW, $420 from Love Field. Guess I'm going to D/FW. : RomSteady
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    Hookers & blow! : Lucien Irenicus
    • No on the blow. Hookers...I'd probably feel too guilty about it. : RomSteady
  • hmm, the more I think about it, the more I want to leave my wife at home : MisterPhoton
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  Can we go rent machine guns? : The Wilhelm Scream
  • oh my god I am so down for this you have no idea : bitchesbecrazy
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    duh. what else are you gonna do during the day? the pool usually sucks and if you're caught up on sleep a... : biskits
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      I'm just saying with a group we might be able to get the party room at the machine gun place. : The Wilhelm Scream
      • hooooooooooooooly shit yes : biskits
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  http://www.allegiantair.com/ is a decent place to check for cheap flights into or out of Las Vegas. My pa... : GrimmyD
  • thanks! : biskits

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  you're in china right now? : Dravenport
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    Yeah, got deported. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • that's fucked up man! : Dravenport
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      Wtf. What for? : utgaardsloke
      • Govmint didn't like his rice promoting ways. : ieGod
    • Seriously? : one random winner
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      LOL you even from china? : voodooraze
      • Maybe he's Polish? : Ride-My-Rocket
    • I hope you're not serious : moshman
    • No more stealing our jobs! Actually, that kinda sucks man : Topsiderover
    • I lol'd this but may take it back. : ryuuseki
    • Wait, what? : Nitrium
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      Good, now maybe people will stop getting you and I confused! I am truely sorry for your lots : Ride-My-Rocket
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        Dude why were you deported? : dumb.
        • two deportations in one day. What are the odds? : DonkeyPopsicle
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          ALL ROCKET THE SAME : ryuuseki
          • ^^^^ : Lucien Irenicus
          • hahaha : Dravenport
          • lolz : askedrelic
          • hahaha : ShadowRam
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            ROR : hoov1185
            • http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/1/7/9/1/0/ror.jpg : Maddog_Delphi97
          • rmao : manero
          • HAHAHAHAHAHA : DewFuel
          • gold : mmaster_pw
          • lol'd...hard : Volatus32x
          • Hahaha, this is clever in context, bravo! : node
          • rawl : Metatron85
          • bwahahaha : sKetchflow
          • lol : Makenxero
          • Hahahaha : thetangent
          • Nice haha! : StriderNL
          • hehehehehe : umegastar
          • haha : sanchez
      • how's the food in China? : indosauros
      • Are you going to try to get back to the US or were you perma'd? : ThomW
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        Whoa, there's TWO of you "rocket" guys?! You've blown my mind. : Bold
        • I'm right there with you. I had no idea there were two. : marmite
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        I read both of your posts 5 times before I realized you were not the same person : kill9
        • Ride-My-Rice-Rocketeer-Nose : sikander
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      he's on vacation you tools :) : zerog83
      • no shit lol. also have fun out there Rice! : RogerDandy
      • Deported while on vacation... that's a bummer. :( : silent prophet
    • OMG REALLY NO WAY???? : gmd
• Proxy to my phone in hong kong, ill forward the requests on for you. : radula
• Like searching for music on youtube with Sony having it taken down : humbleone
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  Fukung was blocked in UAE : Just A Girl
  • weird : RogerDandy
• you should be happy the shack isnt blocked : YerMothah
• VPN mofucker : askedrelic
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  DEMOCRACY : Metatron85
  • *this post blocked by the Chinese Internet Agency* : Hemtroll
• Read a book! : ErneX
• Send me a message if you need a proxy set up stateside. : elocanth
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  so the great firewall of china is thorough enough to censor posts here? thats pretty interesting. : crypt420
  • FREEDOM!! : Volatus32x
  • Nothing on the Shack is blocked in terms of posts. Just the links (mostly youtube/blog sites/porn sites).... : darkT
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  *post redacted* : phate81
  • No no, in China, objectionable items are "Harmonized". :P : Vantage
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  Buy an Astrill subscription. I used it in China and it works great. Where are you at, and what are yo... : Vantage
  • I'm in Toi Shan City right now as part of a crew filming a documentary. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • ^^ yep, this. China peeps unite! : nwillard
• i feel sorry for those poor gooks :( : smax

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  finally it's time for those puppets to be put away : hanged_man
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    And the radicals to be put in place : stgdz
    • GWB was right all along!!!! : MrLobo
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      I think one of the frustrations of the current geopolitical environment is how false everything is. If t... : trove
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        I cannot believe I am saying this, but I completely agree with you, trove. : stygian_whisper
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          One of the problems of the strategy we had since WW2 is that everything revolves around order and stabili... : trove
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            We didn't think that way at first. The US actually backed the viet cong as we were coming out of WW2. : MPLStagger
            • I think you might be thinking of the Viet Minh. : trove
      • this : riptyde
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        well he was correct in that we should have been backing this guy all a long. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... : stgdz
        • We will start having to do the Airpower equivalent of gun boat diplomacy. You guys can do whatever you w... : Caoster007
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      asking for their rights is not radicalism, you people look at it either white or black. Israel doesn't wa... : hanged_man
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        The jews are responsible for most Arab states being dictatorships. : trove
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          haha, the israellis have to be getting a bit scared about this. Oh shit everyone is revolting what are w : stgdz
          • Then please Explain their concerns about the Tunisian revolution : hanged_man
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      democratically elected radicals > externally placed moderate dictators : NexusOne
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        I believe these are all internally placed dictators. : trove
        • Rather, internally sourced. : trove
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  YOU get to revolt! YOU get to revolt! EVERYBODY GETS TO REVOLT! : Clay
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    LOOK AT US! WE'RE REVOLTING TOO! : boring gegtik
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      You are most certainly revolting. : Clay
      • hahahaha : Hemtroll
  • Sweet! http://www.gamegoldies.org/old_game_files/2010/02/revolt-game-cover.jpg : PointlesS76
• All part of the Pentagon's New Map. : ghost hacker
• When do we start bombing? : riptyde
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  Previously the whole "Domino revolt" thing was bunk, I guess with communication and etc. it's sort of hol... : locater16
  • hasn't there been a bunch of talks/articles over the last couple of years about how nationalized states a... : stgdz
• Things will be ok after the next turn. : pimpium
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  If only we didn't invade Iraq, perhaps Saddam would be getting overthrown by now! OR their citizens coul... : handofthrawn
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    Iran gassed the Kurds and not Saddam, stop listening to Fox News : hanged_man
    • lol. You can't be serious? : roggor
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      What does Fox News have to do with this? How about you explain your sources? : Medster
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        Google it and none of the old regime has admitted it so far, they would have admitted sometime after all ... : hanged_man
        • Got nothing to lose? Other than being tried for committing crimes against humanity? : roggor
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          ^ rock-solid reasoning right here, folks : riptyde
          • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent : c0bra
        • They also admitted to Saddam getting 100% of the vote. You have got to be kidding me. : handofthrawn
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          LOL Why yes I did gas thousands of my countrymen because they have a different ethnic background and o : deject
          • He's admitted they gassed them, check underground's link. He's got no credibility. : bombay
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            different ethnic !!! Kurds in Iraq had the best conditions compared to other countries in the region (Syr... : hanged_man
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              I try not to take sides on political topics on the internet but get the fuck out of here with that shit, ... : Hemtroll
              • Haha, you know you're stupid when you piss off the Swedes for being inflammatory! : MercFox1
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                what about the leaders that were brought on American tanks ? the death and destruction that the Americans... : hanged_man
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                  I won't carry this any further in an old chatty but know this: you wouldn't be trying to make excuses for... : Hemtroll
                  • i respect a person and a party who eradicated illiteracy in Iraq, established a strong country, a very st... : hanged_man
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      i didn't know saddam apologists existed : RikiTiki2
      • hard to run a country for decades when EVERYONE hates you : Dravenport
      • Shacknews :: it gets you sarcasm : jcupitt
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        Come on, you're going to argue with this guy? I've linked these before, but it's worth it again: http:... : underground banana plantation
        • I know, I've run into him before. I believe the rational behind this one goes: Nationalist / Palest... : bombay
        • not arguing, just posting my thoughts : RikiTiki2
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      Wow, just wow. : bombay
      • lmao : Downforce
    • With this comment you just *puts on shades* hung yourself YEAHHHHHHHHHHH : handofthrawn
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      Sorry, it was Iraq who gassed during the Iran Iraq war : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halabja_poison_g... : bombay
      • ZIONIST MEDIA ZIONIST MEDIA I KNOW THE TRUTH!!!!1 : underground banana plantation
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        quoting from Wikipedia !!! way to go for the ultra reliable source of info : hanged_man
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          where's yours? : AlexXdude
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            Diaries of Saddam's lawyer and authors of several Arabic books : hanged_man
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              Quite them, then. Show us. : bombay
              • will do, i have to dig those books and read them again, ill send you in particular and show them to you : hanged_man
            • BTW, Saddam's lawyer is not a reliable source, far less souce than sourced wiki articles. Read the cited ... : bombay
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          How about I quote you instead? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19619122#itemanchor_19619122 "As... : bombay
          • i used to think that as a fact but it changed recently after reading several references : hanged_man
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      Where are you from? : Dr_Cube
      • profile says Jordan : Hemtroll
    • hanged man stop being such a fucking serb about being arab. : SpaecKow
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  I'm interested to see how this is all going to turn out, we could see some world maps redrawn in the comi... : Dravenport
  • That was already going to happen with South Sudan coming into existence. : Caoster007
  • looks like BF2 may not have been far off and we may see the MEC starting to form. : stgdz
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    if Egypt succeeds with this revolution then i can assure you that world map will changed, Egypt is the le... : hanged_man
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      You think the UAR will be back? I don't see Syria or the Saudi's really welcoming that concept. Not to m... : trove
      • true about Syria and Saudi but many things will start to change : hanged_man
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      The Muslim brotherhood will make a play. There will be no grand changes. : bombay
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        protesters yesterday and the day before has rejected Muslim Brotherhood offer to join the riots : hanged_man
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          The brother hood didn't offer to join the police day riots, they released a statement encouraging people ... : SpaecKow
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            Spaec, I think your info is a bit out of date : http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/27/egypt.p... : bombay
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              Yes, this is their latter-day bandwagoneering, which shows their flimsy support and lack of interest in t... : SpaecKow
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                They are gunna move on the government, they will wanna play similar to what just went down in Lebanon. : bombay
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                  Does the Muslim Brotherhood have a famous, recently bloodied paramilitary that's stronger than Egypt's na... : SpaecKow
                  • No, we both know not, but now is ripe for the picking. They'll make a move, it would be odd for them not ... : bombay
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25101340 : skinlab133
    • this is on a completely different scale and effecting more countries : Dravenport
  • I wonder how Israel feels about all of this. : MercFox1
  • hopefully some political stability and democracy will come out of all that shit. Modern arab nations are ... : Hemtroll
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  http://i.imgur.com/tX1VM.jpg ? all i'm gonna do today is post reddit images basically. i'm hoping to f... : [fry]
  • post the perfect reply to this post : boring gegtik
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  I've been watching Yemen for a while. This will be precarious, as it has potential to go really civil war... : bombay
  • yeah the saudis are probably really worried about this considering they have been throwing man and resour... : stgdz
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  We in the USA are pussy's when it comes to protesting, "The act is the latest in a wave of attempts at se... : TemporalParadox
  • nah we've had our share: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation#Political_protest : MamiyaOtaru