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• I like it. You rock, haiku. : laurgasms
• It looks pretty good to me, but I agree the blueness of the user names seems a little too bright. If that... : PointlesS76
• when launch i want it : spiderfill
• nice. I have enjoyed reading your posts about design recently : hamachi
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  Did you cover why the names in the post byline are off white / light yellow rather than blue? : pyide
  • Or any color for that matter. Kind of blends in with the text and doesn't really match anything else. Sup... : pyide
  • There was a big discussion about it the other day. Used to be solid white, then white with a black backg... : Sapiens
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  What's up with the font? Looks a bit bold and slightly fuzzy : sanchez
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    My laptop has strong anti-aliasing settings. On my screen, it's fine for me but when you guys see it, it'... : haiku
    • Font hinting is a good thing, even if apple disagrees :( : Nali4Freedom
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  See: http://cl.ly/2X3u2y2w1f3W463z3900 - You have to admit, the more sandy-vagina-yellow gets used, the m... : haiku
  • I like this. : Nali4Freedom
  • I prefer the yellow colouring by far. Everything just seems much more together. : aeg1x
  • I definitely prefer the consistency of this to the blue names + sandy vagina yellow. : pyide
  • I like this version better. Electric blue should be used very sparingly. It's a fatiguing color to look a... : Albemuth
  • I like this 1000% better : rosewood
  • This is way better and doing it this way, you can make the signed-in username blue instead of pink. : Herman Toothrot
  • I like the first one you posted more, especially if the root author remains yellow through the thread. : re-verse
  • I like this a lot. you should do this design thing for a living, haiku : sgtsanity
  • I like it better. : Warmaker
  • the customer is always wrong! : slickdoody
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    I like this. I assume our own name in the one line preview will show as blue? : TroZ
    • Blue or hot pink. And don't shit all over hot pink just because it's hot pink. It looks quite nice. Howev... : haiku
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    I like it, haiku. Looks somewhat bold/bright/jarring, but I'm assuming that's the font smoothing/setting... : Vantage
    • My anti-aliasing settings are clearly controversial shit. I should probably just upload my working page s... : haiku
  • I like how the names are sort of in the background now : Chandler55
  • Is this what stoofoo used to look like? : d0gbert
  • so much better : opengl128
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    Yellow is the secondary color to blue, makes sense that they would compliment each other well. : Serpico74
    • Yeah, it's just surprising to me how well this particular shade of yellow is working. 1) because I li... : haiku
  • I like the blue better. : dumb.
  • pick a strong color, or pick bold; you can't have both without it overpowering the post contents. : MikkleThePickle
  • reminds me of stoofoo : filthysock
  • This + blue for your own username = win. Nice job dude. :) : thetangent
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    I concur, make it so number one. : Mister Groin
    • I pronounce you Man and Man. Engage. : Vantage
  • Look at that! Even in example images, I'm ending threads by simply appearing in them! : AxeMan808
  • I FUCKING LOVE SANDY VAGINE YELLOW : mysled
  • much better, the usernames stood out a lot before (my eye was always drawn to the right). : aethyr
  • How about root poster name blue, sandy vagina names for everything else? I feel using yellow for both do... : ant_hillbilly
  • I've been trying to like the blue, because typically I do like blue, but this is much easier on the eyes. : swiftB3
  • This is so much easier to read than the blue names. : OmegaRed59
  • See this is what I was saying! : MercFox1
  • Better than the blue experiment : Cashh
  • love it! : Flying h4x0r
  • Try making the parent post user name blue. : silent prophet
• looking very shack-retro. I am shackcited. : aeg1x
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  That looks quite nice. I mentioned in an earlier thread the idea that maybe a thread that has been po... : re-verse
  • Big threads get too unwieldy. Difficult to read and follow. Replies get lost. Mobile devices struggle. Th... : Dave-A
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    Really, I can't be of much help here. My only involvement is in styling what exists. Functionality and ru... : haiku
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      Has it been revealed yet what the new chatty structures name is? I each iteration had its own name (funk.... : re-verse
      • netfli.x : Dave-A
      • buttse.x : dumb.
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        well we've had jaz.z, funk.y, and laryn.x, so it should end with a 'w' unless they want to change it up. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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          Oh, true. iamthela.w : Vantage
          • Actually how about sho.w : Vantage
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          thom.w : TylerJSmith
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            THIS IS THE BEST SUGGESTION I'VE EVER HEARD : ThomW
            • +1 : Ebu
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          rainbo.w Let's be honest shack, it's the only logical choice. : Mister Groin
          • Haha, yes. : SockMonkeh
          • Yes. : Wisp!
        • haha.w : pyide
        • urafage.t : guido anchovy
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          pewpe.w : historyinthemaking
          • I like this one. : datoo
        • awehellna.w : Prozium
        • meo.w : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
        • shackwo.w : cerealSAM2
        • apocno.w : Sailor of Fortune
        • but jaz.z came before laryn.x! It screws up the order! : Halen
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        /chatty exciting, isn't it? Direct URLs are like chatty#itemanchor_25295889 : haiku
        • That's not so bad. Better than what Dave-A came up with. : dumb.
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          Eh, I'd prefer /iamthela.w : locater16
          • I know it will never happen, but I like that one as well : Phreakin
        • how about /chatt.y ? : Robotic Puppy Eater
      • buz.z blit.z hert.z klut.z walt.z or Auschwit.z : Vantage
      • gamefl.y : ThomW
      • shatt.y : devpaul
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      I still like the idea that mods can give certain threads a 24h bump : Flinz
      • We'd never use it. We can always promote a thread to the front page via tag, that's good enough. : Dave-A
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  I cannot manage to find my way into a vagina : Dave-A
  • help vagina : Dave-A
  • goto vagina : rosewood
  • vagina --version : reelbk
  • cat self | vagina : Zero|DPX
  • Are we talk vagina here? Or vagina vagina? : Goblin au
  • man vagina : ArcKnight
  • apropos vagina : dafugg
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  Yeah, it's still kind of weird on the eyes. : CrustaR
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    it looks washed out, the yellow and white kinda blur? or is that the resolution of the pics? i dont mind... : radula
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      Maybe it's just the res of the pic or something. : CrustaR
      • it does look blurry though, doesn't it? : biskits
  • It's freaking me out man : packav
  • It feels like my eyes strain to tell if the names are white or actually have color. : Turd Ferguson
• It still looks like you unplugged a green component cable. : omnova
• What's with the bold white text in the comment body? That makes it so hard to read. And why are we back t... : Madwacker
• Tron exploded on the shack?! : gyokuro
• bluesnews! : flasher 907
• * B L U E ' S N E W S ' D * looking good! : moonbreaker
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  any previews of what your non-shacknews shacknews will look like? : nyranger66
  • No... and not to be rude but I won't really be soliciting any advice or feedback on that one. I'm giving ... : haiku
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  "They said they will implement a selector so people can choose. " <3 : Robotic Puppy Eater
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    haha yeah but that won't matter much if people don't like the haiku style! : haiku
    • Can I hire you to make a red style too? :P : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  Here dudes: http://haiku.shacknews.com/shack2011/chatty.html Now you can see it with your own fucking... : haiku
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    your name is green now? i thought it was hot pink? : DrFlammable
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      Moderators are going to appear differently. Not necessarily green, as I am messing with that, but they wi... : haiku
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        Or radiation symbols! : brickmatt
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          Or me on my knees jerking off everyone all at once because that's exactly what this styling process feels... : haiku
          • Aw, I don't want it to be like that. I appreciate your work on this, haiku! : brickmatt
          • Yes. : laurgasms
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    For the highlighting on mouse over, have you considered using relative positioning to keep the text in pl... : omnova
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      I am probably not keeping that mouse over style. I was just checking shit out. : haiku
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        I think it would look good as long as the text stayed in place. : omnova
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          Yeah the cost of that though is the normal one-line previews would have this awkward negative space aroun... : haiku
          • I like it outside of the rounded corners. : YerMothah
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    Looking at it this way, the poster name doesn't stand out enough from the rest of the post. Especially fo... : dumb.
    • agreed, the name doesn't really stand out : Hemtroll
  • This looks great! : zohar79
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    So just a link to the front page article in the post? What about adding the before-the-jump paragraph co... : indosauros
    • They are working on that. I want to see how I style those posts differently first before telling them exa... : haiku
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    the general contrast is a lot lower but that's probably just something i have to adjust to and will enjoy... : EvilDolemite
    • Maybe that's it... : CrustaR
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    Hmm, while I do like the curved corners on the hove of the one line preview, is there a way to set the ma... : TroZ
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      May I also suggest color: #09F; to .selected_page link/visited/active ? I always though the selecte... : TroZ
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        More specific plz? What does that control? The pagination at the top? : haiku
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          yes, it changes the current page to have a blue number. : TroZ
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            top and bottom page navigation number of the selected page. : TroZ
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              For me it's white. Screenshot? : haiku
              • http://troz.shackspace.com/shacktest_navblue.png For me, the blue 'active' number is much easier to see ... : TroZ
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      looks like for chrome, modifying the chatview.css selector at line 609 to this: div.oneline a:link, di... : TroZ
      • And when you're editing the styles anyway. Please add :focus to that list! It's the one pseudo class that... : ysbreker
  • I feel like the text is too dim. : CrustaR
  • I like this a lot. Pretty easy on the eyes (unlike the visual holocaust occurring on your dev machine!) ... : Vantage
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    Oh my goodness the reply box is ummmmmm startling : Slowtreme
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      I've worked on this for a total of like 2 hours so far since I first touched it. I have a lot to get to. ... : haiku
      • Then I say: keep up the good work old chap! : Slowtreme
  • It looks great. But it seems almost washed out or something. Like all the colours need to be brightened u... : SirX
  • My only criticism is the gray's look too light, it makes it seem like the color was washed out from the p... : furiouschuck
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    I can definitely deal with this, though the border on the reply box is a bad fit. : Conan
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      Knocking the saturation down and putting it around #3a627c works better. : Conan
      • And the blue text in the reply box maybe down to #1576b3 : Conan
    • This is my biggest criticism for sure. It looks nice otherwise! : ovrlrd
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    Is it just me or does the text look kind of...greyish? If it's not just me, is there a way it could be ma... : thetangent
    • Oh, and I mean the text in the root posts and the currently selected posts. Not the thread view of course... : thetangent
  • Neat, the name of the root poster has a slight drop shadow. : terath
  • I think it looks great, but I still think the blue looked cooler. : re-verse
  • This is awesome, haiku. : SockMonkeh
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    Nice. I'd like root author to be a different color if possible. : Albemuth
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      Oh here we go with this shit again : haiku
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        What? : Albemuth
        • was a big thread the other day on this very topic : haiku
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          This is what GreaseMonkey/Chrome Shack scripts are for. : Sapiens
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            Root author in italics seems like a nice subtle compromise : indosauros
            • I could live with that. : Albemuth
    • Root author separate from replies separate from mods? : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • I like the new changes. The name colors are different enough without being distracting, and I like the th... : Teiresias
  • Looks good, although I think visually it would look better with a lighter shade, the one used for the top... : Frozen Pixel
  • Feels sluggish when scrolling with mouse wheel? : Cygnus X-1
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    maybe it's my monitor or something i dunno, but the thing as a whole just looks really washed out for som... : DrFlammable
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      The current comments design was based around one idea: To get the strongest contrast possible between all... : haiku
      • Guess nothing can really be done about that, then. Oh well. : DrFlammable
      • Is it possible to bump the contrast just a tiny bit on the yellow? The green mod colouring provides great... : terath
  • Ya, not liking this once you see it all together. It feels like somebody turned the brightness down on my... : historyinthemaking
  • #73626E http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37735/purplez.png : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    Is the root post of the article thread as shown here near final, or will the be differentiated more? : TroZ
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      Article threads haven't been touched yet. They will look different for sure. : haiku
      • ok :) I guess I'm saying that I currently don't see any specific class for them (besides the fpauthor_# ... : TroZ
  • The yellow colour is nice, if a little low contrast for my shitty monitor. The reply box blue is a litt... : ArB
  • Root OP names need to be a different color. Whether blue or something else I feel it doesn't change enou... : ant_hillbilly
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    its still washed out, the main text is greyish white on light grey! the yellow is only just off the main... : radula
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      Yeah, the greyish white text is kind of ugly. All the rest of it looks fine IMHO. I'd like to see the mai... : thetangent
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        What are you both talking about? The post body text is pure white. The one-line preview colors are exactl... : haiku
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          Really? Hell, I don't know then. It just all looks a bit washed out to me. Maybe it's an optical illusion... : thetangent
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            You're flipping back and forth between something you've used daily for years, and then a different colore... : haiku
            • Hmmm, fair enough. : thetangent
            • pic comparison! it looks better on the home PC than the work one. is the font thicker? what im used t... : radula
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    I don't often complain, but it just looks... Sick. Not in the good way. It looks like the web page is ph... : boarder2
    • I have to agree, unfortunately. The colors don't stand out enough from each other IMO. : Begawkiness
    • This^ : ant_hillbilly
  • I like it it but the roundness reminds me of a comic sans book. Like the square highligbht but that's ju... : Boxelder
  • I'm not sure what everyone is smoking, but sorry man that looks terrible. : even4
  • It's like I stared at the sun for ten minutes and decided to look at the computer. : brecht
  • The mod controls aren't working :( : Flying h4x0r
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  three quick questions: 1) what happened to that username style? I liked it quite a bit -- http://cl.ly... : MikkleThePickle
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    1. You have to look in my post history. I made a bunch of posts about it and my thinking behind all of it... : haiku
    • awesome, thanks. And I know I posted about this before, but I really think it's awesome how you involved ... : MikkleThePickle
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  The boldness kills me. Does that have to stay? : SockMonkeh
  • Oh shit, nevermind. This is amazing. : SockMonkeh
• I don't really care what it looks like as long as there is an API to get it some way else, like Shackdroi... : The Key
• Its Black! Everything will be just fine (rub my back) : Lightzout
• Hey why don't you write more haiku, haiku? : not work safe
• the yellow looks better because the saturated blue draws the eye more than the comment colors, so you end... : manero
• That yellow looks better when it's all the posters, but personally I think I still favor the white. I thi... : brickmatt
• haiku is it too much to ask for the ability to collapse a thread and keep it collapsed : grandmasterlee
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  Will WTFhorse still protect us from a certain person's archived posts? : Prozium
  • Yes. : Frozen Pixel
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    I forget who that was : Phreakin
    • Free jcutner! : greasyjohn
    • jcutner : edgewise
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  I have a question. You said I should post it so I'm posting it and I hope that is not a mistake because I... : laurgasms
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    There's not much of a concern. We'll swing many banhammers until people behave the way they need to for u... : haiku
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      Knowing that they will be held to the same Chatty standards is definitely comforting. I still expect a bi... : laurgasms
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        I think the learning period will go both ways. Chatty regulars crapping on frontpage newbies will be just... : edgewise
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          I for one am going to be particularly annoyed by that. : Borzoi
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            Well that's the funny thing about it. From the front-pagers perspective they're all herp derp gonna comme... : haiku
            • Training, not hate train! Anyhow, some of those front pagers actually like the weird jap console games I ... : Borzoi
            • Nice. : re-verse
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      It's going to be a very interesting transition, I'm looking forward to sitting back and seeing some drama... : thetangent
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        I can't wait. The latest chatty shack is so stodgy nowadays. : trove
        • Don't sell yourself short, my good man. : greasyjohn
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          hoping someone will take your side in the political threads? : RikiTiki2
          • more like new opponents to debate. : Borzoi
    • I don't think I like the kinder, gentler haiku : Phreakin
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      I'm happy about moderation clamping down on people being assholes to others. I kinda wish it hadn't cl... : Zero|DPX
      • You have to appreciate the principle of what the moderation really did. If you notice, we loosened up on ... : haiku
    • Haiku will be the Cesar Millan of the internet. Rehabilitating bad posters into contributing members of t... : Prozium
    • Well behaved? We are rabid dogs. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • It works well for GiantBomb, minus there stupid first post quest. They have a very similar system to what... : Frozen Pixel
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  What about a toggle for the username colors? There aren't very many user defined settings right now besi... : jingletard
  • Also, that begs the question - will there be more settings available to us to filter posts, change styles... : jingletard
  • There won't be any toggles or any user defined customization. It's a waste of development effort to serve... : haiku
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    You can always just apply a custom CSS to the site. : terath
    • For example: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/oiaejidbmkiecgbjeifoejpgmdaleoha?hl=en : terath
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  Digg, Gawker, and now ShackNews. Great decisions always comes in threes. : AgentPothead
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    I follow this train of thought. haiku seems to like money, but he likes principle more. So i'm giving him... : Phreakin
    • I am not involved in this project in any official capacity, and I am not being paid for anything I do on ... : haiku
  • I agree, they sky is falling. : Nali4Freedom
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    Comment system change is unneeded, the threads expiring in 24 hours is going to be a rough adjustment. ... : Darkstarblade
    • Latestchatty users are a very very small minority of total shacknews visitors. : Nali4Freedom
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  Suggestion! Can we turn the chatty page into an infinitely scrolling one, like the way Google image searc... : csana
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    My threads are purely style related. This would be a technical change to the page structure and code. Whe... : haiku
    • actually, when you reached a bottom, a greasemonkey script could make an ajax request for the next page, ... : TroZ
    • ah ok, got it, I'll let them know, thanks : csana
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  How about changing the colour of the OP's name based on the age of the thread. Say it starts off sandy v... : Beady
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    the posts have timestamps!! I don't want the comments looking like a rainbow of bullshit unless I am purp... : haiku
    • this is for people who want rainbow bullshit, especially if they uncomment the last line: http://www.s... : TroZ
    • Can you make each OP look like a progress bar with a gradient fill and once it fills up the post is archi... : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • I didn't mean a gradual change, just two states: Sandy V and Electric Boogaloo : Beady
• I'm looking forward to your new design! These threads kind of suck because the end result of everyone's f... : Morgin
• bit late to the thread, but thanks haiku ...also i like the blue usernames better : CecilPhilpot
• Every time I look at one of those I can't help but think that the faded yellow makes it look like some ki... : tcs
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  pic comparison! it looks better on the home PC than the work one. is the font thicker? what im used t... : radula
  • You know why we all like the pale yellow format? It reminds us of the green days / pre green days. It ... : bombay
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    One is windows and one is OS X? Looks like it to me. : ovrlrd
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      the one on left is my win7 box running chrome. the one on the right is root post. dont know what haiku wa... : radula
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        He's running OS X, but anyway, you should take a look at the link Haiku posted in this thread to get an i... : ovrlrd
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          thats better... still the bolder colours of normal shack help to break the chatty up into lines. the li... : radula
          • Haha, it is very different, less... stark. I think it'll be easier on the eyes, but I have to use it f... : LoioshDwaggie
• The colours are all too similar, as someone who is colourblind everything on there just blends together :... : jbury
• From my design perspective: I think the blue is too highly contrasted against the black, and the parent p... : silent prophet

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  who's the one sucker who uses shackmail? : yoonix
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25294481#itemanchor_25294481 : anhero
    • aw man, poor dude : yoonix
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      That sucks. Though I don't get the "y are u using shackmail for important things" comments. Shackmail i... : Senate5000
      • Typical shack dogpile. : pancake humper
      • I used skankywhores.com for my college webmail for a bit. : Grumbeld
    • that sucks, poor guy :( : Flying h4x0r
    • Aw, hopefully they can setup a redirect for him to give him some time to change his email address everywh... : terath
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      Loiosh, he just started using it, man! : Durajim
      • I feel so awesome. SHACK ADDRESS. : LoioshDwaggie
    • I thought we all learned that lesson back when we ditched our dialup accouts and the email that was attac... : ninjase
  • Haha, awesome. : CrustaR
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    Yeah, it's me. :( The main reason I signed up for Mercury all those years ago was (aside from wanting ... : bording
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      they should hook you up with a forward to a gmail account at least for a bit. It's time for you to switch... : yoonix
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        Yeah, if something like that could be set up, I could live with it. If I really have to go and change... : bording
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          Have you sent a SM to ECO or greg-m? : Mmmmmoo
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            Yes, I have sent SMs to both of them about it. : bording
            • Though I didn't specifically mention the forwarding idea. : bording
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          ECO, please help this man! by the way, i'd totally recommend registering your own vanity domain now. i... : yoonix
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            That's not a bad idea. I've always liked having something distinctive for email address. Of course, i... : bording
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              i have the luxury of sharing a last name with a Biblical bad guy and surprisingly no one had it registere... : yoonix
              • Johnny Satan?! Is that you?! : coyoterys
            • I think gmail also gives you pop and imap access. It's a pretty solid service. I have a few addresses tha... : reelbk
            • Or, if Shacknews would be so kind as to set up a permanent email forwarding service, it'd at least give b : famine101
        • I don't think shackmail is going offline next week, is it? : Dave-A
    • That sucks. Surprised they never sent out notices beforehand indicating that they were discontinuing serv... : Mmmmmoo
    • its ok, I use it as well. Although, the server has for a long time hated me for outgoing mail (I'm not a... : JuffoWup
    • I feel your pain, I (stupidly) used my work email address for everything for 8 years, then got a new job.... : s2jason
  • They really should do something for email. Even if they just leave one email address around for him. Or g... : Robotic Puppy Eater
• The shack had an email? I would've used it if I had known. : Endymion_
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  So Shackpics might still be alive? Woo! : Ambient80
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    my suggestion is just shut down uploads, keep the content. It would likely kill most of the traffic it re... : anhero
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      Just give it back to the shack Matt Burris. Seems stupid to kill it when it was born out of the community... : Slowtreme
      • YES for great justice. : massdev
      • Agreed : Robotic Puppy Eater
      • Absolutely. : Ellissd
      • yes yes y'all : fart
      • Don't think he wants it. : SockMonkeh
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    What are some alternatives to shackpics that are just as easy? No login to upload required, no annoying a... : sanchez
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      http://www.easyscreens.info/ , made by http://www.shacknews.com/profile/knitemare : yonderboy
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        Did we every figure out why he hasn't he posted since 2007? : Flying h4x0r
        • LOLcat millionaire. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14775852#itemanchor_14775852 : yonderboy
      • didnt he do www.shackifieds.com too? : 65532l
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      Imgur fucking owns. : ConfusedUs
      • You can't hit recent uploads and see all the cool pics shackers uploaded this week : Slowtreme
      • It does. Also cool: http://min.us/ : terath
    • get your own domain you bum : shirif
    • dropbox? : Viprime
  • please this : MamiyaOtaru
  • Please keep shackpics. A no bullshit place to upload and link images (and it happens to belong to our com... : royalally
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    if shackpics stays...you know what I've always wanted? A way to "retrolink" from the pics in shackpics to... : SolveChrist
    • they might be used in twenty posts, though. : biskits
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      You fucking guys need to actually read the last chatty to kill time instead of just sitting around whinin... : ThomW
      • Yanks even posted about it again!!! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25296268#itemanchor_25296268 : ThomW
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        That's cool that the community is stepping up again, to save the data we created. But the right thing to ... : Slowtreme
        • Uh, ya it is. Burris got sick of maintaining it, handed steve the reigns, steve included it in shack prop... : anhero
• ECO is so cool :( : laurgasms
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  I could never get shackmail to work. Couldn't even log in once. : Dave-A
  • It's shackmale. : massdev
  • I think I gave it one half-assed attempt before forgetting all about it : InfoBiter
• <3 ECO : Danny5225
• Hey, just wanted to say thanks for at least asking for our input. It's cool to see you guys at least payi... : mindmann
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  Oh God, please keep shackpics. It's honestly the best most recent addition to the community side. It ma... : spazzium
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    I don't think it's a big deal - someone will just change the code to upload and link to imgur.com or some... : ThomW
    • I will eagerly await the updated lol script as well. :) Shacklol and shackpics make the site 300% better... : spazzium
• ECO / Gamefly - thanks for keeping our chatty and investing in the site. Very much appreciated. : bombay
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  Has anyone made the suggestion of adding an "expiring soon" type of notification to the "post reply" form... : lonepie
  • Good suggestion : royalally
  • Yes, I posted about it and this is the second time I'm agreeing with someone elses identical idea. : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • I'm sure someone will write a Greasemonkey script and add it to the Chrome extension to make it obvious w... : ThomW
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    Will it really stop anyone from hitting post? People go back and reply to threads that are a week old : Slowtreme
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      Yhink the idea is the threads just get hidden from latest chatty after 24h. I don't see why they would be... : flasher 907
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        You can still reply to them, forever. : Slowtreme
        • if a tree falls in the woods... : flasher 907
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    But the thread doesn't really "expire", it just doesn't get retrieved by the latest chatty link. The disc... : Dave-A
    • It's not that I'm breaking up with you, I just want to hang out elsewhere! : slickdoody
    • Yeah but it can be a heads up that the thread is about to stop showing up so people aren't surprised. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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      Maybe a mod tool too add 12 hours to a thread or something lke that. So that way we can have a thread on ... : SirX
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        Sadly, as good of an idea as this is, it's something that is impractical. Then we'll get into mod fights ... : LoioshDwaggie
        • MOD FIGHTS!! I challenge Michael Cyber! : Dave-A
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      I think you're being entirely too optimistic about that. There's going to be some hot topic of discu... : ThomW
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        Does that happen now at the MD/ER changeover? I fail to see what is different. : Dave-A
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          The idea of the warning is so that we know the thread drop is coming. I can look at the clock now and kno... : Robotic Puppy Eater
          • I'm sure someone will write a greasemonkey script that change the root post time, yellow at 1 hour left, ... : TroZ
          • I'm sure someone will write a script, but it would be a waste of resources for the site to expend dev eff... : Dave-A
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        What makes you think front pagers are coming to chatty? My understanding is front page articles have a fi... : anhero
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          The problem isn't that the front page comments are going to contain the latestchatty comments, but the la... : ThomW
          • Oh ok. Well, maybe collapse will finally work! Or, it'd be easy to regex them out if they are in a standa... : anhero
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      It seems everybody is concerned with threads "disappearing". Here's my suggestion: Put a countdown timer... : Code RedBeard
      • This is what I've been saying >_< : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • Don't worry, there will still be a new AV recommendation thread every day. : dmason
• HTML5 video player plz : flasher 907
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  what I want to see is haiku's infamous * R A I N B O W N U K E D * tag made public. : Postal
  • I respect the effort you put into this post. Well done. : dumb.
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    // ==UserScript== // @name SHACKLTC // @namespace http://troz.shackspace.com // @includ... : TroZ
    • hahaha holy shit. what about the blink stuff that was in for a short while lol : Downforce
• Will we get the silent clock when particularly good threads die? : Beady
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  Suggestion! Can we turn the chatty page into an infinitely scrolling one, like the way Google image searc... : csana
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    impossible, with the intention of letting them fall off after 24 hrs. : biskits
    • If a thread expires after 24h, it doesn't matter than if it's at the top of the first page or just part o... : csana
    • He is just saying for the active threads. There will still be a page 2 as there is now. : rosewood
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    I sort of like this uses. Rather than reaching the bottom and hitting next page our refresh you can just... : Agrona
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      That's the idea. It would also reduce the need to bump posts because they fell down to page 7 - I think p... : csana
      • I really like this idea : nodebug
  • I bet some smart shacker can make this work with some fancy user scripting. : ysbreker
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    it would be very inaccurate, as when you reach the bottom, press 2, you see some of the same posts that g... : umegastar
    • You could compare root post ids to the ones already on the page and not show them. Hell, if you're doing ... : Agrona
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  I think the theme song for the new chatty should be Jem - 24 : retarded talking dinosaur
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtfRJcWNhI the lyrics are pretty apt : retarded talking dinosaur
  • I think it should be that Independent Bitch song someone posted in MD. : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • We need to have Jack Bauer icons. : fsck
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  I'm glad to see 24'd is catching on. I thought I was the first to suggest it, but winchatty search says t : daVinci1980
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    Not to be crass, but none of you new comers, have caught on to why we like it so much. I don't even th... : bombay
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      It did remind me of the pre-2007 look, a little. : Dave-A
      • New one is much nicer: http://www.shackpics.com/files/oldvsnew_wqvhzmyyx71mhv3e839h.png : Dave-A
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        Don't worry Dave, I will still touch you. Maybe I will even humble or be humbled by you. : bombay
        • Sadly our paths shall never cross. You'll be striking forth across the briney stew, and I shall be lubbin... : Dave-A

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  What have you done. : TylerJSmith
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    9/11 x 1000 : Crabs Jarrard
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      But that's... : greh kleh
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        818.1818181818182 : sanchez
        • This just in, that is not a real phone number. : Fenring42
• SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, JOHNNYREY. : Goblin au
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  Sweet Jesus, what is this. : TheVietSpecial
  • Blame JohnnyRey : Arcath
• Beautiful. : Creepin_Jeezus
• Bwahahahahah this is awesome : JohnnyRey
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  WALL OF TEXT CRITS YOU FOR 9999 GAY DAMAGE you die : r3dn3ck
  • mo'fuckin' GAY DAMAGE, shiiiiiit : DrFlammable
  • Your resistance to GAY must be low. : Herman Toothrot
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  wow, this really sucks with image embedder on :( : TroZ
  • haha : ( : shirif
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  â–« â–« â–“ â–“ â–“ â–“ : devpaul
  • lol : Goblin au
  • It's a caterpillar until you expand the comment. : Herman Toothrot
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  Yes, I know MercFox1 is down. I cannot justify running a server when only 5 people have logged in over t... : foo
  • Worst Admin Ever! : Arcath
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    Please tell me Foo1 is not in the same danger : BeowolfSchaefer
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      Goblin_au: 91 BeowolfSchaefer: 59 ogre1994: 8 Maddog_Delphi97: 6 Vividvoid: 5 : foo
      • I've been busy. : Goblin au
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        Personally I think you and mercfox should team up with Morfus : BarrowWight
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          Problem with that is the old MercFox users don't want PVP in the morfus sense. They want structure, not ... : foo
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            I got the itch to play again but yeah, I don't want a full out pvp outing. : Arcath
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              Help me build a big cude on foo1 : Goblin au
              • Maybe tomorrow. Work is almost over. : Arcath
              • cude? cube : Goblin au
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    late night vividvoid and maddog JO sessions?? : Drakoniac
    • Mmm, yeah. : Vividvoid
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    can we get a copy of it if it is down for good? : watcherxp
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      It was 2.5GB last I knew... : Goblin au
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        if that means "no" that's pretty much why I stopped playing there : MamiyaOtaru
        • Foo wouldn't deny us.....right foo? RIGHT FOO?!??!? : Arcath
      • So? : watcherxp
  • foo shut it all down :( : EricZBA
• haha what : Shadowdane
• Haha yes! : r4wk
• lol : aurealis
• Oh my god, it's beautiful. I'm going to cry. Thank you, friend. : noknyc
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  this is the bestest :'-) : uebersoldat
  • I didn't even Dong Patrol it up any. : Arcath
• You know what? You've inspired me. Let's get the band back together. My vendetta against notch is hereby : JohnnyRey
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  YOU FOOL!!!! You've killed us all! : EricZBA
  • It's just a flesh wound. : Arcath

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• if I haven't passed out by then I'll be there : AlexXdude
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  Book here for a ride in the Nurgle Jeep! : Alco23
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    who's the designated driver? : Metatron85
    • Whoever Nurgles touches at night. : Alco23
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  I will probably hop on at 9 if anyone is interested. Need to bow out around 10:30 so want to get my bfbc... : ant_hillbilly
  • I hear that. I'm in. : freekazoidd
  • Word. See you there. : Navy Spitfire
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  If we don't get to play Port Valdez Rush tonight, I'm gonna stop trivia, cornhole every one of you, and t... : Crabs Jarrard
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    /me switches it to Vietnam. : Alco23
    • I would like to play some Vietnam. : Lightzout
    • YOU'RE GONNA WISH YOU DIDN'T FUCK WITH THE BIG DOG! YOU THINK I'M JUST GONNA PLOW YOUR FIELD FOR FUN? BIT... : Crabs Jarrard
  • Awwww yeah! : MercFox1
• Space Marine? Is that some kind of SC ripoff? : Xencer
• Teamspeak info is in my profile. FOR NOW. : RyDogg1
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  but i'm le tired : r3dn3ck
  • Vous pouvez dormir quand vous êtes morts! : Zakko
• I'll be there shortly after 10! : Vorlonesque
• hey guys what do fags eat for breakfast? faguettes : Hemtroll
• Yay!! : Dschinghis Khan
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  igi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Zakko
  • same here : ant_hillbilly
• Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo. : vile
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  do i still have to use the authentication thinger again? : RikiTiki2
  • once you're registered in the authenticator, you'll never be kicked. the only time you'll need to use it... : jimmy_legs
• Rush mode this week? : watcherxp
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  WTF?! I cannot select shack server!!? Not selectable? : freekazoidd
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    Did you accidentally load Vietnam? : spazzium
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      No. It is like it is not up. I dunno. shit : freekazoidd
      • yeah, I got it. : freekazoidd
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    not showing up for me : stgdz
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      oh you faggots are playing hardcore : stgdz
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        Uh... No. : Nitrium
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          well now it doesn't show up anymore either. : stgdz
          • oh durr, you guys are playing rush : stgdz
• gg guys : Nitrium
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  Dschinghis, I can't seem to find the server in the browser. What am I doing (stupid) wrong? Also, can... : wytefang
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    check your filters : Metatron85
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      How should they be set? I assume Ranked and Punkbuster, yes? : wytefang
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        Clear them all : Crabs Jarrard
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          DId, still didn't work. :( : wytefang
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            Shoulda pre-ordered : Crabs Jarrard
            • Did. Bought 2 copies, actually. : wytefang
• gee gees : Metatron85
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  you guys still playing? : EvilDolemite
  • I don't think so. I can't find their server anywhere, even with all filters set off. :( : wytefang
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    Just stopped, i'm afraid :( : Dschinghis Khan
    • D'oh. I snoozed and losed. : wytefang
  • nope everyone left to play Left 4 Dead 1.5 : Hemtroll
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    fuck, i usually can't play until 10pm CST on thursdays, and the matches go from 8-10. i need it later :( : EvilDolemite
    • Same here. :( : wytefang
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  One hour. You guys are lightweights. : dumb.
  • seriously, i had more rockets :( : RikiTiki2
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    oh well, it was fun, i still suck and everyone still talks shit, its like i never left : ghost in my shell
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      Suck? You and hemtroll were my official rapists for the evening. : dumb.
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        i was killing you with splash damage garbage, not with any real skill :( : ghost in my shell
        • doesn't matter as long as you live and they don't : Hemtroll
        • Well your dick is stained with my ass blood... so be proud, soldier. : dumb.
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    well if people would push the time up to 8:30 or 8 then some of us would play longer. : stgdz
    • I couldn't agree more. Actually, let me try... hrrrnnnngg yep there we go, I agree more. : dumb.

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• lol he needs to just grab the portal gun already! : Shadowdane
• bumping, having fun : spazzium
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  Amazing death. : greasyjohn
  • Haha, Kaur: "I quit!" : LoioshDwaggie
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  on boy he's struggling : filthysock
  • YAY!!!! : filthysock
  • Watching people struggle with a game then have the 'AHHH-HUH!' moment where it all clicks is so immensely... : MeestaNob
• Man I figured out that game fairly quickly, I was disappointed because I thought it was longer. =/ : HL3dsx
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  What other games do you wish you could play for the first time again? : SqueegyTBS
  • Deus Ex, Tie Fighter : LoioshDwaggie
  • Half-Life 1 Fallout : Disarray
  • Mirror's Edge : ajvitaly
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    Planescape: Torment. HL2 and expansions. Halo. : brickmatt
    • Dues Ex. System shock. Half life 1. Me 1 and 2. Shit. Fall outs. Jeez. Anything good. : brickmatt
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    Doom. No question. : warcrow
    • i played doom at church no joke : spiderfill
  • TF. I'd love to be completed enamored again to the degree that I was. : spazzium
  • Zelda 3 : Shadowdane
  • demon's souls. : RogerDandy
  • tetris : danws6
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    Unreal, Quake : VegasX
    • A Link To The Past : VegasX
  • FFX : Thisispol
  • The first two Thief Games, Deus Ex, System Shock 2. Super Metroid. : Conan
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    Mass Effect 2 : Sapiens
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      Yeah, both Mass Effects. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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        For me, specifically the second one after importing my ME1 character. It's the most powerful gaming expe... : Sapiens
        • I get you. I fwas completely swept up in that game too. : Happy Doodle Muffin
        • definitely one of my most memorable gaming experiences...i just started a new character last night! : CecilPhilpot
  • Jedi Knight : SolveChrist
  • Vampire: Bloodlines, Max Payne, Fallout, Baldur's Gate II. : Alastayr
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    Every Lucas Arts and Sierra adventure game. Also Journeyman Project. : dex.collins
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      I should play Journeyman Project, I only played the demo of one of them a long long time ago. : Herman Toothrot
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        Hmm, GOG only has the second one. Do I need to have played the first one first? : Herman Toothrot
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          I've only played third, but it seemed to stand alone pretty well; if it referenced the previous 2 it wasn... : dex.collins
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            Shows what I know: apparently there is an over-arching storyline. That said, the 3rd was pretty good play... : dex.collins
            • Well the only one I can find is the 2nd one. : Herman Toothrot
  • Morrowind : the_burd
  • Half-Life 1, Fallout 1, Baldur's Gate 2, X-COM, : The Grolar Bear
  • Planescape: Torment. : Vantage
  • Mass Effect 1 and 2 : Mmmmmoo
  • Thief: The Dark Project System Shock 2 : Rag and Bone Man
  • Deus ex even though I have yet to finish it :( : Nali4Freedom
  • Wing Commander series. : Nitrium
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    KotOR, so I could play it without my friend telling me I'm Revan. That asshole. : Moonbase Commander
    • lol. that's got to be one of the worst spoilers ever : Mmmmmoo
    • ^^^^Sorry to bring more attention but BAN PLEASE : mrseldowski
    • I wasn't all that surprised. It was just time to fulfill my destiny. ;) : Donborvio
    • you dick! : even4
  • Big Rigs : Crabs Jarrard
  • Quake. One. Forever. : dumb.
  • Dark Forces. : Kub666
  • The original Fallout : shortbuscaptain
  • WoW back when it first came out. Just amazed me. Monster Hunter for the PS2 as well. : Confrustrating
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    Myst. I had never felt so deeply immersed in a world. : SqueegyTBS
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      Really? It was "wow, pretty" for a short time then "OMG fucking impossible puzzle /ragequit" for me. : Donborvio
      • I got way into it. kept a notebook for clues and everything. Refused to ask for help. I played throu... : SqueegyTBS
  • System Shock 2 : CecilPhilpot
• Haha! Wall owned. : Ambient80
• This is great, but would be so much better with a mic to hear his frustration : Rasnowl
• lulz the lemming approach to portal : SpaecKow
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  this is awesome, I can see him thinking. : SpaecKow
  • lol iawtp : lord_omega
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  oy, this is frustrating fun to watch : sanewave
  • It's absolutely hilarious : Rasnowl
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  Did JTV just die for anyone? : LoioshDwaggie
  • Not I! : Ambient80
• It's fascinating to watch someone work this stuff out for the first time. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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  your friend sure does get shot a lot : Crimson
  • lol he died 3 fucking times to that energy ball. DONT STAND IN ITS WAY DUDE : Crimson
• If you were watching, you just found out WHEN SHACKNEW COMES OUT ?!?!?!1leventY!! : LoioshDwaggie
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  Dark Forces, FFVI, CS beta5 : Navy Spitfire
  • Goddamnit, meant to post to SqueegyTBS' subthread : Navy Spitfire
• he's died 3 times at the same spot now, splat : foo
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  This is great, my dad and I are standing around the TV shouting at him now. Portal = spectator sport : MeestaNob
  • haha, nice : foo
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    Haha, awesome. This is one of my favorite streams now :D : Ambient80
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      We cheered when he got past the 2 sentries (after dieing numerous times), mum came in to see what the noi... : MeestaNob
      • hahaha that's awesome! : Shadowdane
      • I'm relaying to him what you guys are saying :) : LoioshDwaggie
  • FYI bros this is actually the way to play adventure games, one dude takes controls and everyone else natt... : SpaecKow
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  I wish I would have caught this at the beginning to watch him fumbling. : anhero
  • He's still fumbling now, join the party. : MeestaNob
• he's fucked now. : baconisgod
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  Haha sentries everywhere, he's gonna flip out. : MeestaNob
  • Haha, you totally saw that too. the music started and sentries are all like "There you are!" and he start... : Ambient80
• HE DID IT! : MeestaNob