Morning Discussion

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• Holy crap! That's really amazing! : tcs
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  cool (but you gotta stop using shackpics) : RikiTiki2
  • What's the new standard again? : get_navi
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    NEVER; what's latest on SAVE Shackpics ECO! : massdev
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      It really makes me sad. Not having an integrated photo uploader built into the ios chatty app will be a ... : riptyde
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        i'm sure squeegy and co will come up with some solution. : ass-street
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          IMGUR : kabex
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            imgur doesn't like NWS though :( : Majuju
            • oh yeah :( : ass-street
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            i meant for integration into the mobile apps. imgur does seem like the best hosting solution though. : ass-street
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              kabex meant that, too. there's no reason we can't just hook the api up to another image host : electroly
              • there we go then...problem solved. : ass-street
    • making progress on finding a way to preserve it. a few IP and legal hurdles to clear, but we are trying t... : ECO
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    Aren't there talks of someone else taking over the domain again? : TheNiXXeD
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      as far as I remember it used to belong to Matt Burris and he gave it to Shacknews prior to the Gamefly pu... : massdev
      • Already discussions going on this way. Mentioned in both omg huge threads. : LoioshDwaggie
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        matt has requested it back, and there is no new news last I heard. : Slowtreme
        • Yeah I initially though Matt gave it to Shacknews because his host had problems with NWS. But in that po... : spazzium
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  Wait, that Grievous one is blown glass? What manner of wizardry is this? : riptyde
  • He's insane. I've honestly never seen stuff like this, he makes it look really easy. : get_navi
• That's pretty damned awesome! : SgtPepper78
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  I love it. Do you know if he shows at SOFA or anything like that? : geedeck
  • He said he was coming to SOFA 2009 then either blew me off, or didn't make it out, I never got an answer.... : get_navi
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  does he have a website? i want the general : noobja
  • I want the General with 4 arms and 4 sabers, otherwise yeah, incredible. : Lightzout
  • No he's fairly low tech. The best I can tell you is to contact him via Facebook http://www.facebook.com/p... : get_navi
• Wow, those are great : boarder2
• I would kill for that xenomorph head. : Lone Swordsman
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  does he have a site or gallery? These are really cool : Slowtreme
  • Would be awesome if he made things by request (probably cost a lot though) : humbleone
• Unique! : Just A Girl
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  What once began as a need for a proper bong, has now evolved into an actual artform. : Ellissd
  • seriously, this is how he started and he's so crazy focused when it comes to making stuff that it's not a... : get_navi
• paging geedeck : Deathlove
• he must get a lot of cuts around his mouth : EvilDolemite
• But can he make a klein bottle? : Vividvoid
• Holy shit, those are fucking awesome. : Senate5000
• that is all fucking beautiful. I hope he makes a good living doing that- he certainly deserves to. : PlanetPerfecto
• God damn! That's amazing. : Head Rush
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  i really want that general grievous! : mayooms
  • No deal it is mine! : Piett23
• he is very talented! glass is hot & hard (insert penif joke) : pointyelbows
• Nice stuff but, where's the bowl? : Anastomosis
• =O : g0nk
• HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. That's amazing. : Phil
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  geedeck needs to get a load of this : multisync
  • o nevermind he did : multisync
• Wow. Very inspiring. : Goblin au

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  probably can be done, but it is worth the processing cost over other areas? : watcherxp
  • yes because it would look so fucking badass to see the smoke reacting to whatever comes in ! : HisKillSkill
• ArmA2 has a pretty bad ass Smoke MOD which looks realistic. I don't have the link handy but I'm sure mor... : tboomer2
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  BFBC2 smoke in 40mm grenades is actually pretty useful for assaulting camped positions on some of the mor... : jimmy-buffett
  • I'm surprised at how few people use it in BLOPS when playing Headquarters. Some of the HQ locations are ... : riptyde
  • that has absolutely nothing to do with pysics, the smoke is still static, running through it wont "move" ... : HisKillSkill
• http://nzone.nvidia.com/object/nzone_boxofsmoke_downloads.html : Crabs Jarrard
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  Probably need a PhysX card for that : riptyde
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    physx was such a big fucking joke, just like sound card equipped with EAX, just look (or rather listen) w... : HisKillSkill
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      Well that's because EAX became a thing of the past with DX10 / DX11 iirc. Hence why creative nixed a lot... : dedgecko
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        i dont care, dice showed how fucking useless it was and could be done in engine without any extra hardwar... : HisKillSkill
        • It sure was neat in HL1 and Thief, though. : Marrbe
        • ...I don't think you understand the technological advances both in hardware / software since the late 90'... : dedgecko
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      EAX was never about surround sound or anything more than a fancy term for reverb or something dumb like t... : Sailor of Fortune
      • who talked about surround sound? i know what EAX did and bc1/2 do the same without it. : HisKillSkill
  • Yup Batman: AA had smoke physics when using PhysX cards. ---- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luSAnouAFJs&... : Shadowdane
• yeah that shit would be bad ass and would be sweet if the map has a changing wind direction too so you go... : moe6
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  Too expensive. : Fred Garvin
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    its that much taxing ? :( : HisKillSkill
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      I remember when Counter-Strike smoke used to kill my FPS back in the day. : sanchez
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        but that had nothing to do with physics : HisKillSkill
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          oh you mean like people pushing smoke around as they walk through it? : sanchez
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            yes : HisKillSkill
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              Wouldn't that 0wn? : CrustaR
              • yes, i even started a thread about it ! : HisKillSkill
    • Yeah, particles and volumetric effects can be very intensive. : Fred Garvin
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      Fluidic simulation, which is basically what realistic smoke is, is extremely taxing. That's why you basi... : Arcanum
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        that makes sense since smoke is flying water ! : HisKillSkill
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          what : Hoax
          • Deep Purple, man. : silent prophet
        • In fluid dynamics, you use the same formulas for a liquid and a gas like air, i.e. smoke, albiet with dif... : nickjolly
      • ^^^ this. : byorn
    • Yeah. :( To get smoke that reacts to game objects you (more or less) need to run a fluid simulation on to... : mn3m0n1c
• Batman did a great job with volumetric fog when enabling physx. : ajvitaly
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  Batman AA has this with PhysX : Sailor of Fortune
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    just watched a youtube video of it and it looks kinda crappy.. : HisKillSkill
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      BAM!! That's why it's not in games. : dedgecko
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        that batman fake smoke physics looks crappy, but a real thing like the nvidia demo would so fucking owns ... : HisKillSkill
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          Yah but those are rendering pretty much nothing but just the smoke or water physics and run slow as crap. : Shadowdane
          • BUT WHAT ABOUT SANDY BRIDGE : HisKillSkill
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          But it's entirely unnecessary in games at this time except for a slight increase in visual appeal. Until... : dedgecko
          • More likely you'd see other fluids an important part of gameplay with fog and smoke effects a bonus. I... : Arcanum
    • They looked pretty good in STALKER... : Rotten Deadite
    • I think you need to readjust your expectations. We are going to be generally stuck with console like grap... : ajvitaly
• i need realistic bonghits!!! : ass-street
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  It should be present, but scalable. What's the difference between 3D smoke and fog? : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • Fog is usually just basic: a pixel or polygon that is farther away should be more foggy. It doesn't react : rick
  • fog is super super faked (distance from camera = amount of fog) and has been around forever. Real smoke ... : Agrona
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  Because it's a computationally hard problem. Showing smoke that interacts with characters is very hard th... : daVinci1980
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    could you sort of "fake it" by approximating the size of the player character as he moves through the smo... : EvilDolemite
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      Oh sure, that's what we do now--simplify the geometry we're colliding with. Usually a biped becomes a col... : daVinci1980
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        Didn't Doom3 use collision detection that wasn't simplified to a bounding model? Or maybe it was, just no... : rick
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          I think Doom 3 basically did simplified geometry (several bounding boxes, probably 9--4 for legs, 2 for a... : daVinci1980
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            I could have sworen doom 3 had per pixel hit detection. : lcizzle
            • sworn* : lcizzle
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              Oh, it was probably actually per-polygon. What you do is a tiered approach. You first decide if the sh... : daVinci1980
              • Pretty sure it did something like that, but only in single player. Multiplayer was right back to large bo... : RaptorII
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                Slightly related: I always wondered how games figure out collision between, say some particle, and some p... : rick
                • Anyone know? Was I coherent enough? Sometimes I'm not. : rick
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  Recently I saw some smoke coming out of big ole smokestacks against blue sky and it really looked like a ... : Chipwarrior
  • glitch in the matrix : OrkO
• Mirrors Edge with physx enabled did this as well. : Tech T
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  Metro2033 would like a word! : etherboy
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : Milleh
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  Carmack had working volumetric fog/smoke in Quake 3 but took it out because he said it was too taxing. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Um Q3 had an entire level covered in fog... Q3Tourney5 - http://www.tuco.de/home/mk/quake3/q3tourney5.jp... : Shadowdane
    • That's not the volumetric smoke I'm talking about. You walk into it and your body actually effects the fo... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I recall a GameDev article about Hellgate: London having limited amounts of realtime smoke coming from gr... : Agrona
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    Probably just big particles like every other game. : zehh
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      Haven't gotten through this deck but it looks legit enough: http://developer.download.nvidia.com/presenta... : Agrona
      • It does. Amazing : zehh
    • No they did it for real. Not worth it though. : Tchest
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  someone showed a video of this just a few weeks ago. two players blowing smoke at each other... : radula
  • found it. nvidia demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwoJ-upjeKo : radula
• It's not hard to put physics on a particle effect's movement. I guess the main reason you don't see it is... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  Before Unreal 3 came out there were videos showing the rocket trails being volumetric. : scottythejock
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    there was an unreal 3? : EvilDolemite
    • UT3 : scottythejock
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    Can't for the life of me find the video now, anyone else remember this? : scottythejock
    • Yeah I remember that. I think the smoke from the redeemer was supposed to be volumetric. Oh I almost thin... : AgentPothead
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    i thought that was in Unreal 2 : Korban
    • Unreal 2 multiplayer had some nifty smoke : megarust32
• That shit's hard to do son! An accelerated dynamic voxel data structure could do it. I believe Intel show... : locater16
• Wait... what about Bill's cigar in L4D! : excessus
• What was that effect that Doom3 used for the flashlight, the water drops in the beam? : Xin Jing Client 1a

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• On my face plz : EricZBA
• Very promising : rosewood
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  Whats been the best space flight sim so far? Seems like the only one I've ever played is tie fighter. : ecclesio
  • Freespace 2 : dedgecko
  • Freespace 2! : zerog83
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    Independence War : roushimsx
    • Agreed! : glebo
  • Freespace 1 & 2 were great. Freelancer was pretty good too though kinda bland still enjoyed it though.... : sasquatchxing
  • Freespace 1 & 2 : rosewood
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    Freespace 2 : MercFox1
    • See these posts: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22440167#itemanchor_22440167 http://www.shacknew... : MercFox1
  • Freespace 2 was awesome post TIE Fighter. I really loved Independence War and IW2: Edge of Chaos 2 as wel... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Wing Commander, Tie Fighter and maybe something named Freescape, Fritzcape, Frownspace, something like th... : Nitrium
  • Elite : watcherxp
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    I've Found Her, the Babylon 5 sim. : LoioshDwaggie
    • It's free, and awesome. : LoioshDwaggie
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    The first level of Shadows of the Empire on N64. : Crabs Jarrard
    • Oh god that was so awesome! : gokwyjibo
    • and the last level : sanchez
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    Privateer : Volatus32x
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      hehe, how many floppy discs was that with the voices? I seem to recall it being like a foot high stack. : watcherxp
      • i had the cd version :) : MamiyaOtaru
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    SubSpace : H@rvester
    • God I played the shit out of that game, and Continuum that followed. But I bought it retail and thought ... : agcrouton
    • yeah I loved this game. : jimmy_legs
    • 2d space sims are the best and most realistic : sposh
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    Independence War 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvIMfiZ7x8o : terath
    • So beautiful and fun. : sanchez
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      I love how ships took time to explode in that game. : Sailor of Fortune
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        I'd like to see games with better ship destructions. Not just one big blast which vaporises the ship. I w... : sanchez
        • I hope in Homeworld 3 has something like that where hulks of ships linger and collide with each other. : Sailor of Fortune
        • Klingon Academy was good at that. You could blow off a federation ships warp nacelles and blow holes in t... : pulse2115
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      Wow that looks spectacular! : spazzium
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        Besides I've Found Her, I-War was the only other popular non-neutonian space sim. The best part was the e : LoioshDwaggie
        • What do you mean by non-neutonian space sim, exactly? : Herman Toothrot
    • I really love this game : phate81
    • It's not often, but every now and then I want to touch dick tips with you. This is one of those times... : roushimsx
    • I'm re-installing IWAR2 right now! : sanchez
  • Freespace 1 & 2, the only real answer. : Toth21
  • X3 or Terran Conflict. TC is way easier to get into though. : Arcath
  • I really loved Descent 2 back in my Pentium 100Mhz days. : reelbk
  • I'm a big fan of Rogue Leader 2 and 3 for Gamcube. : BouillonCubes
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    TIE Fighter WAS the best. Second place is Independence War 2. Third place is Tachyon: The Fringe. : thetangent
    • Tie Fighter is the greatest of all. Ever. : uebersoldat
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      The Tie Interceptor is the most badass spacecraft ever. : shortbuscaptain
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        You mean the TIE Defender. :) : thetangent
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          Better ship but I really like the looks of the two wing interceptor. : shortbuscaptain
          • I will and can fly both, whatever suits the Emperors bidding best at the time is what I shall pilot and s... : uebersoldat
      • my favourite missions in the game were with the tie fighter and interceptor, soo easy to die in those ear... : thewindcriesmary
    • Except for those fucking escort missions. Step on the gas you fucking Imperial Shuttle driver! : riptyde
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    Freelancer was not the best, but was very, very entertaining. : coldfusioncs
    • We don't run the place but we have an understanding with the people that do. : sanchez
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      Amen. So sad they made such a huge world and did nothing with it worthwhile. The SP campaign is worth man... : Sailor of Fortune
      • Yeah. If they had included just two of the features that they had promised early in development (a dynami... : coldfusioncs
    • Yeah I played that beta a LOT when I selected for it... : Rasnowl
  • Wing Commander 3. You could make Luke Skywalker punch people, and it had Biff. Not to mention the classic... : Frozen Pixel
• Nice. But straightaway i want a BSG mod. : Snuffles-
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  Promising if that video wasn't dated Oct 2009. : greenbergMD
  • Yes.. they are taking their time lol : lotus2133
  • The forums are kinda dated too... I wonder what happened to this project? : spyrext
  • Oh shit, I didn't notice that... :( : reelbk
  • greenbergMD, destroyer of dreams :( : EricZBA
  • PREORDER CAN... oh damnit :( : zehh
  • lol, FAQ says Release Date: Yesterday : vynn
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    As someone else noted the forums are pretty dead on their site. Looks like one thread where a dude check... : greenbergMD
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      clicky for maximum lols? : disposition
      • http://forums.aureasection.com/showthread.php?tid=276 No lol's at all :( : bundy
  • Yeahhhh.... thanks for that. :( : zombie man
• That looks very good. : sanchez
• I'd be interested in it if it had RTS stuff or some exploration stuff or RPG elements, but I don't care f... : Fenring42
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  Looks kinda cool, but I wish we'd hit the point where stuff was completely 3D modeled instead of using mu... : ThomW
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    That video is from 2009 and they say they are reworking huge parts of it. : Johnnsen
    • I'm just saying in general. I've been playing UT2004 and there are some awesome maps that have amazing b... : ThomW
• YEEESSSS! I fucking love spaceship games, like Descent and Virgin's short lived Subspace. Please be good!... : reelbk
• I wonder what is up with that Black Prophecy game, there hasn't been much information released but the co... : shortbuscaptain
• Look great, but a few things annoy me: 1.) no single player campaign; 2.) the wise-ass FAQ on their websi... : amrbean
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  WHERE IS JUMPGATE EVOLUTION, GOD DAMN IT NETDEVIL HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU NEED TO REMAKE IT RIGHT WHEN IT G... : Frozen Pixel
  • ^^ IAWTP : rmjackson
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    checkout Black Prophecy: http://www.blackprophecy.com/ : byorn
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      wot is this? 360 controller friendly plz?!?!?! : disposition
      • In Black Prophecy you will be able to control your ship with the classical mouse/keyboard setup but also : disposition
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    It's pretty much dead http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/12/jumpgate-evolution-still-vapor-so-co... : phate81
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      That's 2 awesome looking projects that are dunbar. :[ I wanna fly around and shoot things either spaceshi... : disposition
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        Get Freespace 2 off of gog.com and set it up with Freespace open. The graphical upgrades are amazing and ... : DarkDeus
        • hot diggity damn. : delataur
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          I'm in the process of doing what this post suggested. This game better kick ass. : AgentPothead
          • This freespaceopen installer has been going for over an hour now. What the shit. : AgentPothead
• Hell yeah. : zehh
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  JOYSTICK MENZ I used to have a CH Flightstick pro (serial port!) and a Logitech Wingman (also serial p... : MeestaNob
  • I still am rocking my Saitek X45. HOTAS and also the drivers are excellent. Lets you remap the buttons to... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Hell yea, I had a CH Flightstick Pro as well. I played Descent, Duke3D, Tie Fighter, and Dark Forces with... : lyme
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    This is arguably the best available today: http://www.thrustmaster.com/product.aspx?ProductID=221&Platfo... : glebo
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      Oh yeah, and keep in mind that the first one I linked doesn't have rudder pedals (unlike the second two),... : glebo
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        Which totals out to ~$700. : ArcKnight
        • That's expensive, and ridiculous, and stupid. And I'm pretty sure I want it. : MeestaNob
    • fuuuu I just got a HOTAS Cougar, which is great, but stil uses potentiometers instead of Hall sensors, an... : MamiyaOtaru
• anybody know what the state of Black Prophecy is these days? (anyone not under NDA i guess) : Veegeezee
• On. My. Face. Please. : ieGod
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  Guess the game! http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/5454567326/in/set-72157626076507338/lightbox/ ... : DarkDeus
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    NICE TRY, SCREENSHOT NAME : MercFox1
    • oh damn lol i need to rename them real quick! : DarkDeus
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    Wow, is that the new Tie Fighter game that Lucasarts recently announced? : roushimsx
    • I wish, did they really announce a new Tie Fighter game?! : DarkDeus
  • the target distance font gave it away for me :D : R@zzle
  • What do you need to have that? : Sailor of Fortune
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    I am intrigued. I was going to guess Homeworld, but I never played, so I don't know what it looks like. M... : Fenring42
    • oh herpaderp, I closed the little window thing and saw the gallery name. : Fenring42
• i just sharted my jorts : spiderfill
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  I would kill for someone to release a Wing Commander remake with actual 3D models that felt just like the... : daVinci1980
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    we tried http://www.shackpics.com/files/vs5_3kyuboj632660ivsvhor.jpg http://www.shackpics.com/files/vs1... : MamiyaOtaru
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      Is it.... Is it good? I ask longingly. : daVinci1980
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        It was fun when it was impossible to collide with asteroids. Removed the primary frustration of a bulk of... : roushimsx
        • I used to just afterburn through the asteroid fields. Most of the time I'd make it through with little to... : LilCrypto
        • I used to just afterburn through the asteroid fields. Most of the time I'd make it through with little to... : LilCrypto
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        I thought so. I still play now and again and ponder fixing up the last remaining stuff : MamiyaOtaru
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          Oh, were you actually involved in development? Awesome! I will have to check it out. : daVinci1980
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            I headed up the remake to about 1.2 or so. still have all the source and art assets. Got burned out dur... : MamiyaOtaru
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              http://games.softpedia.com/get/Freeware-Games/Privateer-Remake.shtml <- 1.2 windows installer : MamiyaOtaru
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                What engine were you guys using before? Something hand rolled? OGL or D3D? (I'm guessing OGL, cause all i... : daVinci1980
                • Vegastrike engine. VS was originally a Wing Commander fan game, but turned into a massive Elite like gam... : MamiyaOtaru
• looks awesome. : jayares
• Looking awesome whatever this is : stuka

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  Start with OK Computer, it's the first one that gets really experimental and some people still think it's... : Captain Loco
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    I agree with this. In Rainbows might be a place to start as well. : rick
    • I agree, In Rainbows is probably the most approachable of their later work. : Captain Loco
  • Yeah, OK Computer still sounds fresh to this day. It's uncanny. : sgtsanity
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  The Bends? To me, that's right where they were starting to get their own style going while still sounding... : azuvatar
  • Agreed. Great album and very accessible. : Geoffrois
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    Yeah. The best idea is to just skip Pablo Honey and just listen to the rest chronologically. : Guypz0r
    • Pablo Honey has "Creep" on it though :/ : jbury
  • yessss this. takes me back! : pointyelbows
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    Yeah but the bends is pretty straight up rock. They don't seem to revisit that sort of simplicity later o... : emcea
    • Love the video for Just though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFLtNYI3Ls : emcea
  • I would also say the Bends, and then the rest in order. : Chew
• I'd suggest In Rainbows, but you may like some of the tracks from Hail to the Thief if you are looking fo... : choppp
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  I vaguely remember reading an interview right after OK Computer came out they said they were just about t... : not work safe
  • I can believe it, that's how it kind of sounds to me. So far, a couple songs into the Bends and it's mu... : ibrokn
  • otoh that "we can't release it until it's finished!!" feeling is dangerous to an album. see: chinese demo... : dirge23
• I got started with In Rainbows. Worked for me! : kallanta
• OK Computah : tohm82
• The Bends > OK Computer > In Rainbows > then the rest, in my opinion. : niceguynick
• listen to "Karma Police" then move on : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• If I didn't hear OK Computer all the way through, I probably wouldn't be a Radiohead fan. : sukabljat
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  once you listen to the rest, come back to Kid A and it will be your favorite : indosauros
  • This. : Ormsbee
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    Kid A is just mind blowing. Idioteque is possibly one of the best songs ever made. : deject
    • Ideoteque AND National Anthem! I still like Hail To The Thief best as a "full album listening experience"... : AxeMan808
    • Yeah, Idiotheque is fantastic. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      idioteque is really quite amazing... it's my ringtone :D : skelom
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        in fact Idioteque and Where I End And You Begin are Radiohead's 2 best songs IMO : skelom
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          add All I Need to that list and we're getting somewhere : deject
          • oh absolutely... so many brilliant songs : skelom
      • i thought it was an aphex twin song when it first started, but the drums weren't anywhere near as interes... : ibrokn
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      The chord progression was lifted from a noise artist who recorded glacier movements. I forgot his name, b... : graincloud
      • Yeah, here we go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZDxMb4nago http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioteque : graincloud
  • yup. : emcea
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    Good point. I also think ibrokn would find "Optimistic" to be a fairly good start on this album. That son... : reelbk
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      i liked Everything in it's Right Place and Optimistic. I didn't like anything else on the album. : ibrokn
      • how weird : c0bra
      • Cool. Take a look at my other recommendations below and they might also be along your tastes. I found tha... : reelbk
      • How can you not like Idioteque? : deject
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  You really have to listen to them a few times to start to "get" the music. It's well worth the investmen... : Ormsbee
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    then I guess I'm not going to get them. A couple singles work for me, but most of the album seems pretty... : ibrokn
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      Here a few singles that really give you a nice feel for the band: Kid A - Optimistic (good start to th... : reelbk
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        thanks for the suggestions, but, i guess Radiohead just isn't my thing. : ibrokn
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          i would say, they're ok, but really not anything i'd want to sit down and listen to, which is weird, I th... : ibrokn
          • Yeah, weird. I also really like all those bands you listed. : reelbk
• i'd start with The Bends and just go chronologically : dirge23
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  The Bends, OK Computer, In Rainbows. I'd listen to those in that order. : underground banana plantation
  • I would probably recommend this as well. The Bends and OK Computer were the easiest to fall in love with ... : afty04
• OK Computer is a great place to start : skelom
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  Radiohead is funny. I KNOW it is good music but sometimes it just bores me. They should be listened to, h... : lowayne
  • Their music fits a particular mood, kind of a desperate melancholy. If you're not in the mood for that k... : Captain Loco
  • Yeah, they're definitely an alone at the computer kind of band. You don't have a house party and throw do... : reelbk
• Here's a couple of cool songs: There, There: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AQSLozK7aA Let Down: h... : Dave-A
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  Check out their album "Absolution". : Godhatesfatpeople
  • lol Time is running out is a great tune : skelom
• in rainbows : retarded talking dinosaur
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  Start with Muse and skip Radiohead : marmite
  • no. hell no. : PlanetPerfecto
  • I'm sorry, I love Muse, but Radiohead is way out of their league : skelom
  • about as wrong as it gets : gnomish
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    Expert troll? : photonzach
    • no, expert troll would be start with coldplay, skip radiohead then move on to muse : DeBurgo
  • I get more of a Queen vibe from Muse. : Crabs Jarrard
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    Muse just gets worse and worse. More and more pretention with less and less actual creative music. : rick
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      pssst. Almost all musicians are pretentious. : VegasX
      • But not all of them spew it into their music in a bad way like Muse and The Mars Volta have. : rick
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  START HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8byXSML4bY brilliant live show : skelom
  • although is mostly In Rainbows : skelom
  • ah yes, this is fantastic. : dirge23
  • I got to 7:40 and had to stop. Guys a great singer but the clean guitar sound doesnt fit IMO. The vibe ... : Cygnus X-1
• And if you end liking Radiohead and you like reggae, check out Radiodread, by Easy All Stars. : hunhauu
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  You'll probably find In Rainbows and OK Computer to be their most accessible albums. The new one, The Kin : coldfusioncs
  • King of Limbs takes a while to warm up to, but it gets better after each listen : skelom
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    Actually the Bends would be the most accessible. I'd even put In Rainbows as being more accessible than... : deathofrats
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      It is more accessible in that the music is less out there, but its much more dated sounding and less good... : rick
      • This is a great assessment. : coldfusioncs
    • I agree about IR being more accessible than OKC, but I think the latter two sound more like "Radiohead." ... : coldfusioncs
• The Bends is still my favorite album of theirs. : Serpico74
• just listen to the bends, one of the best CDs ever : FrayLo
• I like to play all their songs at once. : voodooraze
• woah. look what I found : http://www.npr.org/2011/02/19/94315732/radiohead-live-in-concert : mwasher
• Listen to ok computer : beedeegee
• listen to their albums in order... 1 month at a time. You can skip Pablo Honey :) : MikkleThePickle
• Another vote for In Rainbows. It's easily their most accessible album IMO. : whodares

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• check the wiki : watcherxp
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  http://shackwiki.com/wiki/Shack_memes#Thanks.txt Who posted them recently? : Fenring42
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    Haha I had no idea about the "Television, had quite a bit of work experience." incident. It's funny cause... : Geoffrois
    • This was my thought when I first read about that one too. : jeffmoeller
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      Isn't there a screenshot of that one somewhere? I remember seeing it. : ArB
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        http://shackwiki.com/wiki/images/7/75/Television.png : Fenring42
        • That screenshot is all sorts of awesome. : Mmmmmoo
        • That's the greatest. ha. I don't think he should have lost his job over that though. : ArB
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          Haha whoever took that screenshot LOVED those quicklaunch toolbars. : datoo
          • Haha. His name is labeled on it. Toraz! : TheNiXXeD
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            damned straight! : Toraz Chryx
            • lol, i put out the Toraz signal. : laurgasms
            • Me too! I can't figure out how to do it in win7 though :( : Vantage
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          It's like looking thru a goddamn time machine. : cerealSAM2
          • The worst part is I could tell you what hardware that screenshot was taken on. : Toraz Chryx
        • hahahha woooowwww : laurgasms
        • awww Dthread mode : mad-d00d
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    Haha, beautiful. I love it when people go out with a dramatic bang. : pillzer
    • Also that only happened 8 years ago; I caught up fast on that one. :| : pillzer
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    Why isn't the IT professional on there yet? : Thisispol
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      Because not very many people edit the wiki. : Fenring42
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        They should, it's fun! : askedrelic
        • I will edit something just for you. : Fenring42
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          I did it twice. I'm not sure if you have to approve anything or what not. : Fenring42
          • The edit shows up immediately. Unless you skipped the math problem, in which case it does not save. A... : Turd Ferguson
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      it is, though it's under famous posts: http://shackwiki.com/wiki/Famous_Posts#Douchebags : indosauros
      • speaking of shackwiki I added the IMDB thread to gimmick threads. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=54... : Turd Ferguson
  • lol classic : Odoyle
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25325650#itemanchor_25325650 : jimmy_legs
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=3431733#itemanchor_3431733 rofl : Godhatesfatpeople
  • 4 port usb hub...... =/ I had fun with that guy in habo hotel "SHOW US YOUR PANCAKE SIZED NIPPLES... : Turd Ferguson
  • he gave up when he got to me :( : spaceless
  • Oh shit I had seen the television thing but had no idea about the origin. That is super hilarious. : Agrona
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  Update: still crying : gmd
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    Did anyone else notice that he still posts here? : disposition
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      wtf? what is his name now : spaceless
      • Ro something : FrayLo
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  Best thanks.txt is when porkasaurus recorded someones post and uploaded. : Iwannaacura
  • no lookizpancakes had the best thanks.txt of all time : twifosp
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  http://cygnus.shackspace.com/thanks.txt lol I am the first one mentioned : haiku
  • "One of these days you'll probably come to your senses" boy was he wrong ! : gmd
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    sort of disappointed he didn't tell Klerck to kill himself : gmd
    • I remember klerck one day said something along the lines of "tonight is the night...the night I finally d... : Vorlonesque
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    dognose - Good luck on the wedding. looooooooooooooooo : haiku
    • haha I just saw that. sorry dognose :( : cryptical
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    who the hell was 179-99.res.unf.edu ? : gmd
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      apparently a really good troll haha : disposition
      • we had some great trolls back then. : Turd Ferguson
      • He beat out vt.edu and syr.edu ! : gmd
    • was it madgrad : spaceless
  • "Quake 3 Announcer - Whoops, forgot I really have nothing to say to you." That's because the announcer... : slax0r
  • it's too bad you depend on wunderbred's txt file to make yourself look better : disposition
  • My sole desire is you do one and I get mentioned. I would cry like a girl you fag : Phreakin
  • "SatansFist - You've got a good girl. Hang on to her." - between this & the one about dognose... he was ... : hirez
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    Man, I made that list and don't remember it or what I said! : pandastrong
    • i bet this was it. lame. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=3429802#itemanchor_3429802 : pandastrong
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    Remember the time when Sander took over the Shack during Quakecon(or was it E3?) way back when? That was ... : Rag and Bone Man
    • Oh that was a great trainwreck : rosewood
    • ah man I totally remember that. Hilarious! : afrochops
    • Was that when B.E.E.R got posted ? : MrLobo
  • so many shackers lost in the wind : MrLobo
  • Wow I just realized I've been coming here for over 10 years. : not work safe
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    Not just first but also the longest response, you are the victor : ughhhhhhh
    • haiku. driving people away from the site for 10 years. : haiku
  • Ha.... I still feel bad for wunder. I miss the days before the PRL. : radicus
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  thanks.pdf is the acceptable alternative for a classier exit. : Dave-A
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    tl;dr.txt for the brevity. : coldfusioncs
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      thanks.xls for a pivot grid of people and disappointment levels over time : Dave-A
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        thanks.xml for web 2.0 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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          thanks.swf if you hate iOS devices. : coldfusioncs
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            thanks.jpg for the depression : Jiven
            • depression compression : coldfusioncs
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              thanks.tex if you're hardcore. : Nali4Freedom
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                thanks.exe if you want immediate revenge : Skrynkelberg
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                  thanks.dmg if they're on a mac : Fenring42
                  • I always read that as "damage" >:-] : RageQuit
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                thanks.gif if you have a funny one to post. : steelsamurai
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                  thanks.cgi if you're a spam bot : ArcKnight
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                    thanks.cfg for customization. : Marrbe
                    • thanks.rep to check your apm : razorblade79
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    thanks.wwf you mean. : TreMetal
    • It's for the environment! : trove
  • What about thanks.docx? : Fred Garvin
• Was it an original shack meme? : fsck
• * dognose - Good luck on the wedding. Be happy. That's what it's all about anyway, man. Quakecon '02 or... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• This new thanks.txt meme!??!?!?! : MercFox1
• lol "new" : nyranger66
• Its certainly not new...it scares me that I knew wunderbread started that and remembered it without even ... : Vorlonesque
• It's so super sad I wasn't mentioned. : brickmatt
• You are pretty late to the thanks.txt party. : thetangent
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  Does tomservo still post? Lots of names in there I kind of remember! : Morgin
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    lets try to make him appear.. DEUS EX, DEUS EX, DEUS EX : filthysock
    • http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mNcyVZsUp3k/TDAg9rHpRbI/AAAAAAAAAC8/JIgLR7ZVm0k/s1600/Deus+Ex.jpeg : Marrbe

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  You know, the way the world is setup with the random events happening all the time, open world pvp might ... : Geoffrois
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    I think I love the idea of pvp more than the pvp itself. I used to love it in UO playing as a PK but m... : jbury
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      Pretty much. PvP is fun if you aren't on the receiving end of getting rushed by a dozen dudes. The idea ... : jingletard
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        I think it fits more in Rift because the game already encourages you to group while questing in the wild ... : Geoffrois
        • Absolutely. Rifts are distracting so you'll not only have to keep an eye out for the mobs, but other play... : jingletard
      • Nothing in life is fun when you're on the receiving end of getting rushed by a dozen dudes. : noxiousgg
    • Yeah, open world PVP is a double-edged sword for me. Absolutely love it when I'm hiding behind some tree... : Drifter141
    • yeah, for me though, if I want to pvp, eve can quench it. I'm finding that dice roll pvp such as warcraf... : JuffoWup
    • I grew out of open world pvp a few years back. Now I'd rather just be left alone, instead of having a : walker270
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      World PvP is never as fun as it seems. It's always one-sided. Basically comes down to unless you're the o... : TheNiXXeD
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        Back in the early days of WoW, Hillsbrad was fun. Now with arenas, battlegrounds, PvP zones, etc "open... : walker270
        • I dunno, I thought Hillsbrad was always terrible and WoW had terrible PvP until the battlegrounds came ab... : Talonus.
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          The way I see it, all those people who rolled pvp server and ended up in arenas misrolled servers. You sh... : AgentPothead
          • I frequently attacked people while farming ore and stuff. But that's it. : TheNiXXeD
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  I didn't play Beta on a PVP server but had over 2600 kills by the time beta ended and at the higher level... : hashd
  • Balancing will be the bane of the PvP server, I suspect. With both OP class combos as well as population.... : jingletard
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    lol you grinded the shit out of PvP at the end... but yeah, from the sounds of things Mages may be fucked... : Xevo
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      I was shooting for the 50k favor achievement but there wasn't enough matches I only got to 42k heh : hashd
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        still, impressive man... and you ended only 1 level out from the cap, or 2? : Xevo
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          Cap was 42 so 1 :-) : hashd
          • you obviously could have hit it easily doing quests or instances. : Xevo
• I'm a big fan of open world pvp, even counting all the lopsided ganks, lockdown of questing areas, and be... : Finestaut
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  where is the shack guild rolling for retail? And which faction? I can't believe I'm going to buy and p... : fotografico
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    oh btw, I was Veritable. Warrior/Riftblade/Champ/Paragon : fotografico
    • ah i was wondering which shacker you were :o : bosst0ne
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    currently, I believe it'll be faeblight as defiant. The server may change depending on where this old sc... : JuffoWup
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      Hopefully I can talk one of you kind head starters to park my chicks name for me ;-) : hashd
      • If you're planning on playing, why not play at head start? : TheNiXXeD
      • I'll park your name for you. Just send it via SM! : Kiyohime
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  I still come back to this, even last night I was mulling it over. In the end though, I think the port sci... : Visceral Monkey
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    just tell me which server to play on. : hirez
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      I should be able to post it tomorrow hopefully. : Visceral Monkey
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        Are they releasing server lists tomorrow? : jingletard
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          Supposedly. : Visceral Monkey
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            Are we still rolling on the unofficial old school mmo players server ? : gendail
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              Yes. Unless a large group of people here wants to call another vote. : Visceral Monkey
              • Cool! I say you veto any idea for a re-vote :p : gendail
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              Man I hope so, would love to see some of the old M59 and UO players (i.e. Cuchalain [sp]) : Xevo
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                Wow you went waaay old school, M59! Id be happy just seeing some of the old EQ1 crowd and some vanilla U... : gendail
                • To be fair, I did play M59 from Beta through the first expansion, but I also played the relaunch they did... : Xevo
  • Yeah I think the PvP balance isn't there for us to roll PvP at launch. Also, there are plenty of PvP opti... : Xevo
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  I don't find pvp very fun. I switched out Bard for Bladedancer. I'm now going to be Nightblade/riftstal... : Lakipo
  • Gave..up....Bard? You are a sick, sick man! : Visceral Monkey
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    That's what I am going with! I tried Nightblade just to mess around and found it much more fun than Assa... : fried sushi
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      Assassin is so unfun to play... I will have to try Nightblade on one of my soul builds, but I will not ta... : Xevo
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        How is assassin unfun to play? I stealth up to something, put a debuff on it, then kill it in 6-10 second... : AgentPothead
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          Yeah I saw you using it, I just couldn't find a good layout of hotkeys that I liked. Also, a lot of the a... : Xevo
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            The only ability I have that requires being behind them is assassinate, but I went for dot/poisons over d... : AgentPothead
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              The bard stuff I use is mainly buffs, along with power chord to quickly get in good damage and 2 combo po... : Xevo
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                Thinking about it, I say under 10 seconds, but 10-15 is probably more accurate for an on-level enemy. So ... : Xevo
                • I haven't touched any of the pvp souls yet so I can't comment on those. : AgentPothead
                • As a dps cleric I can often kill an enemy before it reaches me lol. But that's if I get my proc. So like ... : TheNiXXeD
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  The class system makes me dread PVP in this game. Something tells me there will be hundreds of "FOTM" bui... : limpossible
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    I'm hearing form someone that went to cap during beta saying that most classes suck ass at pvp in the upp... : JuffoWup
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      or they just add more pvp souls later on? : bosst0ne
      • that has been my thought as well. There are still some callings that don't have any cross overs thou... : JuffoWup
      • The pvp soul kinda is single purpose. Seems odd to make more. : TheNiXXeD
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      I was 41 at close of beta today and I did nothing but pvp to lvl from 39 to 41 no quests and it was frust... : hashd
      • Interesting to hear. A friend and a friend of my friend will be playing at launch on the same server. I h... : limpossible
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      Based on what I've read on the forums, it seems a large majority of people are picking rogue callings. I ... : jingletard
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        I am still gonna roll a mage but yeah most everyone has a rogue :( : hashd
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          The problem is I think all the obviously fun souls are in Rogue, and the other classes have much more sit... : Xevo
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            I'm still gunning for cleric which is really odd for me. Now if they can fix cabalist to be functional, ... : JuffoWup
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              So mad about cavalier being broken. : Visceral Monkey
              • WTF iPod. Cabalist. : Visceral Monkey
            • I think Cleric may end up my alt, just because it has less gear crossover with Rogue than Warrior. What a... : Xevo
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          I think most MMO's ruined tanks/healers for everyone, specifically WoW up until WOTLK. I remember having ... : jingletard
          • Tanks and healers were just completely useless for anything beyond group play. Trying to solo or pvp (ex... : walker270
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        I'll have to admit, I had more fun with my MM/Ranger/Nightblade than I did with my Warlord/Paladin/Reaver... : gendail
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          I don't know if the mages need an increase across the board, or if their high end stuff is just so good t... : Xevo
          • I'm hoping that they are worth the struggle to be honest. : gendail
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          I'm still up in the air as well, I really do not want to pick a gimped combo or anything and I hate to ad... : jingletard
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            The official forums are great for that -- http://forums.riftgame.com/forumdisplay.php?4-Classes-of-Telara... : Xevo
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              I saw this flowchart too that might be helpful : http://i.imgur.com/OOP1Q.png : jingletard
              • That charts cool but it doesn't have all the classes on it. I noticed Paragon missing from it, not sure ... : gendail
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            Yeah I'm kinda in the same boat. I didn't really do a lot of homework on them either, just went with wha... : gendail
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              I guess we'll just hope to pick that one combo that everyone screams is OP and you'll go around ganking p... : jingletard
              • The great thing is that changing builds is a snap, and you can easily swap them around when you find a fe... : Xevo
  • This is true of all class-based games. There will be always be a most effective build for low skill le... : walker270
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  End of Beta screenies: Me and my melee gear as I looked at the end: http://www.shackpics.com/files/Rif... : Xevo
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    nice post, will we see you in retail? : shadebane
    • Yeah I pre-ordered yesterday, so I'm there! : Xevo
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    I took a Few screenshots of the dance party in Meridian but I can't find them anymore. : Lakipo
    • heh I didn't see the dance party, must've been cool tho : Xevo
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      There should be a couple in my stash I'll have to find them. : AgentPothead
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        I guess only 1 of the dance party. http://steamcommunity.com/id/agentpothead/screenshot/54176067023968936... : AgentPothead
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          That was me! : hashd
          • That's what I thought, but I didn't wanna be all hey check out hashd in his awesome lich form only to hav... : AgentPothead
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    So many dudes playing fem mmo characters on the shack. Am I weird for playing male characters? wtf. Al... : royalally
    • I only play male characters. Bonus if they get armor that shows off their manchest http://www.shackpics.c... : kikilupo
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      for me it's not so much the "if I've got to look at an ass for 100 hours, it better be hot" argument so m... : Xevo
      • Yeah in Rift's case the female animations seem a lot better, I like the Eth female dual wield animations ... : fried sushi
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      You're not weird for picking either one, I know plenty of chicks who play guy characters because they don... : jingletard
      • No doubt. : royalally
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  man, for some reason i had it in my head that the beta ended tonight, not this morning. bugger. ahh well,... : stgulik
  • Not soon enough! : kikilupo
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  Originally meant for ER, but it looks like the last ER has come and gone. Ahh yes, can you smell it? : Visceral Monkey
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    That's a cool idea, should be easy enough to stay alive if we make a raid. : Xevo
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      Well, the chests in the lake take a while to respawn, so you might want not want to take more than 4 or s... : Visceral Monkey
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        oh right, hm... do we know when the servers go up on Thursday? : Xevo
        • Not yet. : Visceral Monkey
        • I read 10am PST : jingletard
• Alpha patch notes: http://leakerz.net/wp/2011/02/21/rift-alpha-27-11-b-patchnotes/#more-8831 : Visceral Monkey
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  Lets see your screenshots! Here are a few I took and you get to see my cluttered UI https://picasaweb.goo... : hashd
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/hashdout/Rift#5576494364902222210 Ahahahaha dood I do the exact same thing! ... : AgentPothead

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  Giant picture and video post dognose posted the first picture, "OMG :O": http://www.shackpics.com/file : Zero|DPX
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    Holy shit, just how tall IS dognose?! Looks 7' tall: http://tinfoilhatter.imgur.com/rolly_coasters_with_... : Bold
    • He's taller than me and I'm 6'1" : spazzium
    • Superman had been modified to turn the cars around so they ran out and up backwards, then down and in for... : Zero|DPX
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      I think dognose is something like 6'8". : Zero|DPX
      • I had no idea! Since he loves Asian food, he should definitely go to East Asia for food and have people t : Bold
    • AITOO who sees a vague resemblance? http://www.shackpics.com/files/MuammarGaddafi_zn9le6zdabmd9dc0z1n1... : nem00
  • I remember waiting in line for 4 hours the summer Ninja opened. now it looks like a kiddy ride : Slowtreme
  • Awesome Dude, I envy such a get together must of been so cool and to be among the same kind of people :) ... : valcan_s
  • this is just the coolest thing I have seen all week. :) : uebersoldat
  • Great pics! Looks like and awesome time! : greenbergMD
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    Whoa, whoa, whoa. They still allow smoking in restaurants there? Eek! : Rice-Rocketeer
    • They don't. It was illegal, the restaurant didn't care (in fact, encouraged it). : Zero|DPX
• bump for Shacker pictures. : Zero|DPX
• So sorry I missed this, looks like a ton of fun. Hopefully you guys do something again soon! : The Grolar Bear
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  Dognose, come back so we can do this in Dallas. :( : omnova
  • No, you had your chance. : BlackCat9
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  it looks like it was great fun. i haven't been on any coasters in some time. i'm sure there are coaste... : kbnerd
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    Hehe, we were talking about your move and the Great Shacker Migration. It sounds like you're going to hav... : BlackCat9
    • anything is possible. i know my move out here is fairly temporary. probably 2 years at maximum. : kbnerd
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      bring cookies when you do. : hirez
      • if i move out that direction i will bake you at least 2 dozen of your choice of cookie. : kbnerd
• looks like fun indeed. Thanks for posting some pictures : humbleone
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  Sorry I missed it, but if there's another socal shackmeet I'll probably be out for that. : bcyde
  • You came up in conversation once or twice! Also since some of us were given free tickets to Magic Mounta... : Zero|DPX
• But did you rescue Gnome Chompski?!?! : Masem
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  Portax and his SO were at Six Flags. They would show up every now and then because they weren't riding th... : jcrockerman
  • Yeah, I forgot :( Too many people came and left and weren't there the whole time. I wonder what our p... : Zero|DPX
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    they were super friendly too. I was sad when they left : Megara9
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      Portax is a genuinely friendly guy who seems happy all the time. : dognose
      • yay for happy people =D : Megara9
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/raziel_e278iy9sl17hhebpfo5d.jpg : spazzium
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    If it's not ultra-creepy of me, I have to say that tinfoilhatter is quite beautiful! If it IS ultra-cr : Bold
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      pretty sure women hate compliments about their physical appearance : dirge23
      • That just means all guys are creeps. Ultra-creeps, even. : omnova
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      yes she is, and if you fap to her... i'll find you and destroy all that you hold dear. : entropy
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        Sir, I've been exposed to the Internet for too many years. I can only fap to the most depraved, sickening... : Bold
        • would that be internet rule 35? : entropy
      • Hahahahaha....you tell him! : jcrockerman
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    Is it a mockery of Michael Jackson (the scarf)? With the roller coasters/theme park? If so, that's fuckin... : arcane_
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      No it was because it was raining and it HURTS if the rain hits your face while on a coaster : OverloadUT
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        Oh I didn't know that. Shit, heh. : arcane_
        • Yeah I learned that the hard way >:( : dognose
• So pissed that I missed this. Looks like great fun. : rodneystubbs
• This makes me excited for ShackCon. : Grumbeld
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  The turnout was 26 total. 17 shackers and 9 friends/family of shackers. The complete list: Tinfoilhatte... : tinfoilhatter
  • Dang, that's awesome. : Zero|DPX
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    I expect every one of these people to go to ShackCon!!! : OverloadUT
    • I'd sign up, but I don't have a room to share nailed down yet :( : Borzoi
• that looks like it was alot of fun. where can i sell a kidney to i can go to shackcon? : drewroy
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  Thank you so much tinfoilhatter for organizing it and Borzoi for the ride and Megara9 for dinner and ever... : dognose
  • /me cues Carol Burnett theme song : drucifer
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    you should come to our shackchickmeet and sing miley with me after a few maitais : Megara9
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      I want to sing Avril and Miley and Beyonce :O : dognose
      • you drive a hard bargain DN, but...... ok xD : Megara9
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    dognose, how soon would you like to try a "coaster re-do" meet to use our free tickets and hopefully go w... : Zero|DPX
    • plz make it in the fall so I can come :( : Megara9
    • At any time :) : dognose
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      Do it in the fall. : ThomW
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        Why wait that long? : OverloadUT
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          that's what i was thinking! I say let's plan for the next half-rainy day - maybe we can string out these ... : Borzoi
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            Well, I'm going to be in the LA area for my college reunion April 29 - May 1. I could maybe do it May 1.... : Zero|DPX
            • Just gotta plan by rainy season and keep your fingers crossed :P : Borzoi
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          I'm just joking. Why would I have a vote in this? :D : ThomW
          • You have the power. By the way, if it wasn't for you, shackers wouldn't have brought goggles. : tinfoilhatter
    • I just bought a new house a few minutes away from Magic Mountain. We should close escrow at the end of Ma... : angrytaxman
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  Picture of tinfoilhatter taking a picture of us that I couldn't upload from my phone http://www.shackp... : dognose
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    i vote for zombie dognose pic. uploaded next! O_o : Borzoi
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      I don't know how to upload pics :( : dognose
      • that's ok, it's still comforting to know zombie dognose exists. O_o : Borzoi
• <3 : Portax
• The closing scene of Shacknews: The Movie :) http://tinfoilhatter.imgur.com/rolly_coasters_with_dogno... : eldersveld

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  There's no phone yet that holds my 120+ gb music collection. : Masem
  • yep, this is why I still use my old and busted ipod + computer : gnomish
  • preach it, brother. : freqq28
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    http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp : harold.johnson
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      I don't have web access whereever I might be. : Vorlonesque
      • It caches the songs you listen to most frequently... So you can listen to them when you don't have access... : daVinci1980
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      I've tried soooo many of these streaming apps and none of them work reliably enough, free or otherwise. I... : skinlab133
      • then you haven't tried subsonic. it's been flawless : harold.johnson
  • My entire collection doesn't fit on my phone either but so much of it is old / crap I never listen to. ... : pyide
  • There are no pants yet that hold my gigantic penis. : VegasX
  • Hey men, brother. HAY MEN. : disposition
  • There's no DAP that holds my >500 GB music collection, so I use my phone. : GreatGooglyMoogly
  • spotify does : Pandilex
• Not since I got my G2. Wireless syncing with my computer FTW. : coldfusioncs
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  i primarily use my main desktop as my music player, i usually use CDs in my car i use my iphone to listen... : wetard
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    pc or streaming to ps3 is my home audio, cd or radio in car. : radula
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      youtube at work :P : radula
      • i listened to Tron soundtrack yesterday and How To Train Your Dragon last week. : radula
• I loved my 120gb Zune until it broke. :( : slax0r
• Me, 2GB Sandisk Sansa. : PointlesS76
• I do, can't afford an iPhone. : Lone Swordsman
• i have a brand new unused ipod shuffle :( damn you iphone4 : HisKillSkill
• I think I'm gonna pick up a 32GB iPhone and just fill that with my most recent favorites. I can't afford ... : Navy Spitfire
• I have an ipod for my car, my phone for me, and my computer for home. : rick
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  i fucking hate touchscreens. i need buttons so i can use it with gloves and without looking at it while d... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • Same here. Buttons for life yo! : baron calamity
• I do! But that's because apple went and changed the plug for charging iPhones and my data cable in my car... : kikilupo
• I'm a segregated electronics user. I do. : Godhatesfatpeople
• I use a zune. No fucking way am I going to carry my phone around with me in the gym. Lots of sweat + 1... : MagicWishMonkey
• I have a 16 GB iPod Touch. Don't have a smartphone. : jeffmoeller
• I have an iPhone but I still prefer my 80gb iPod classic for music : uglysad
• I just use an 8Gb M2 in my Sony Ericsson. A few hundred songs is more than enough for my travels. : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Zune (flash based) or PC : Nation
  • i have started using the audible android app for books because of the bookmarks & a sansa clip for podcas... : Nation
• I have an iPod classic and an iPhone... up till recently i didn't use the iPhone for music but it slowly ... : skelom
• My Zune HD in my car. No music on my iPhone at all. Pandora on it sometimes. : Sailor of Fortune
• i use a zune hd because my phone sucks : R@zzle
• i do, because working out with a phone is retarded : kill9
• I use an 80gb iPod. Hope to upgrade to a 160gb at some point. The storage space on the iPhone is a joke a... : Schnapple
• I was forced to use my PSP after the 3.5 mm jack got fucked on my HTC. Seriously that thing is huge. F... : Snipergen
• I still use my 80gb zune : nukewinter
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  Me! Archos 504...160GB is great to have! : Vorlonesque
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    Also, not having to install software to get songs is great...I just plug the thing in and copy over anyth... : Vorlonesque
    • I own an iPod Touch 4G...and I'd never use that thing as an MP3 player...I've been spoiled by the large s... : Vorlonesque
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      So could i use that on OS X or Ubuntu as well? : chiisu81
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        I mean on MY computers...fuck your computers ;)...and REALLY fuck OS X. : Vorlonesque
        • Seriously though...it might work on OS X and Ubuntu (or another Linux Distro)...I mean it SHOULD assuming... : Vorlonesque
• I still use my Zune. I prefer to have a dedicated music device because I listen to music when I exercise... : fanax
• iPod for the car and it holds all of my music. I put all of my new music on my iPhone for quick access. : Greymatter42
• Zune HD. : EnderWigginDA
• Cowon D2 : miasma&!
• Bless you all who have Zunes :) : mayooms
• I use my 2nd gen 80GB Zune. : Madwacker
• only for secondary stuff. I have both an iPod shuffle and a Zune HD, both outcomes of my job. ironically... : Postal
• I still do. I own too much music. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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  How many of you bought a Sony 100 disc megastorage cd changer? And still use it? : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • hahaha, i remember those crazy things : filthysock
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  I do, and I hate the thought that they might get rid of the classic ipod line. And I don't want a fucking... : J2 Analog
  • I love tactile feedback...being able to adjust shit without looking at the damned touch screen. When I'm... : Vorlonesque
  • Whaaaat? Where has this nonsense been circulating? : disposition
• Me, my incredible won't hold enough with the sd card it came with. Until I buy a 16 gig sd or get a new p... : beedeegee
• Until Thursday I will be. After that I'm giving my ipod to my girlfriend...even though I know she's goin... : MacemanInTW
• > This guy < : thejm4n
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  As people are already talking about music players, I'm getting kind of tired of my 3rd Generation iPod To... : Cateroth
  • "I'd much prefer to treat my media player like a portable hard drive with folder navigation." Holy shi... : Vorlonesque
• Zune for my car! : Orange Pylon
• I listen to the radio. : ant_hillbilly
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  Creative Zen Vision M. This mp3 player is built like a tank. Not one problem 4+ years. : DewFuel
  • Old school 30GB Zen here : watcherxp
  • I loved my Zen 30GB, such a great MP3 player, only problem I had was the foward/back buttons, I tend to s... : Darkfox76
  • SAME. Had mine 5 years now, not a hiccup. : gydot
  • Oh shit, Creative MuVo 1g still rocking out over here. : u sir name
• my zune 120gb. the battery will just go too fast if i used my smartphone. : dantastic
• Hell yeah. Love my Zune HD and My HTC Surround. : silverback1138
• i still use a 3rd gen classic ipod : DrFlammable
• I use an iPod Nano because my phone is a landline! : OmegaRed59
• i prefer my zunes because i often listen for a long time and i dont want my phone dead. i have zune40 an... : threeup
• I have my laptop or my work laptop connected to a nice stereo system while I am at work or home. All musi... : VectorJKL
• Still use my iPod and once I get a new phone I'm sure I'll just repurpose my iPhone as a replacement for ... : K1Bond007
• Still on a 8GB Sansa e200 series. I can use it without looking at it, it runs Rockbox, and I've never had... : d fluke
• 150gig iPod : Grumbeld
• Listen to music on my phone? What crack are you smoking? : thecatinthehat
• Zune HD 16GB, still use it, bought the TV adapter for my work so I can always load it up with movies and... : Darkfox76
• i still use my old iPod nano instead of my smartphone — scroll wheel forever!!! : CecilPhilpot
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  Tangent: Who here really likes their Zune, but hates Microsoft's decision to be on a point-based purchasi... : Poor Yurik
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    really?! a hate the points system in XBLA : CecilPhilpot
    • *i hate : CecilPhilpot
  • Zune Pass > your silly idea I've never used a Zune/MS/M$ point ... always did Zune Pass time cards eve... : Nation
  • Zune pass gets you ten song credits a month so I rarely deal with points. : Sailor of Fortune
  • the store just locks up a few extra dollars in microsoft points for a short period, do you really need th... : threeup
• For a while, I was carrying an HTC desire, a iPhone 3gs, and my sony mp3 player :D Now, just the sony... : Chunks
• What do you mean "still"? I don't think I know anyone that uses their phones for this and I've only seen... : Moonbase Commander
• me. love my mp3 player : xsii
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  I gave up having a dedicated music player the second the iPhone came out. It's just a waste of pocket spa... : ovrlrd
  • Exactly (although I use an Android phone). I used to have a giant music collection, but it now mostly sit... : gingerninja
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  iPod touch 4g : Cobaek
  • I wish they would build this with a 160gb 1.8" hard disk. : TrptJim
• I just sold my old iPhone 3G so I can buy an iPod Classic 160GB. I have a decent amount of music in Apple... : TrptJim
• 160GB iPod Classic : NFXFSX
• i use zune 80gb but would like to replace it with a verizon windows phone. i'd probably keep the zune aro... : feek
• I recently soldered on a new battery for my Rio Karma. The hard drive seems to be dying though. I think i... : rhekua
• I still use an old-school iPod Mini 6-GB. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Yes, sony walkman NWZ-x1060. My phone can't play music. And if it could I'd still use my walkman since... : Teleporting Muffins
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  I do not use my phone for music, ever. The battery life is too short. : tinfoilhatter
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    an iphone shouldn't drain the battery severely when just playing music with the screen off. like 1-3% pe... : pyide
    • yeah as long as the screen is locked all the time and you're not skipping songs it has a long life : jimmy_legs
• I have an iPod to hold all my music but I find myself carrying around my iPhone for day-to-day. With roug... : sonicdeathwalrus
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  I used my iPhone for a while, but it just wasn't all that practical. I'd rather not have cables attached ... : ramshot
  • i use bluetooth headset in the gym with the iphone : filthysock
  • I use stereo bluetooth headphones, the only time I use wired headphones is when I am sitting still and re... : ovrlrd
• My dedicated music player is also my phone. : Lightzout
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  Yup, my old creative zen vision:m 30gb is still kickin! : niceguynick
  • Hey so is my wifes and mine. : sasquatchxing
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  I tend to use my iPod Touch for music/podcasts. My Droid battery life is less than desirable. : Zips
  • When I'm at home though I just use my computer. : Zips