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I don't have much time. But I'm going to share what I've learned in hopes that someone, somewhere, can make use of it. Yes, every moderator of Debate and Discussion is a literal, inhuman monster. And no, I'm not talking about their silly Halloween themed usernames. Heh...classic misdirection. But I've been compiling this information for a while now. Some of it may be wrong. But at least some of it has to be right, because it's been made clear I've come too close to the truth. So, let me open my dossiers and pray that it is not too late... Exmarx Am I the only one that saw his quickly-deleted post about being "very excited" to be dating a phlebotomist? And it just got weirder from there. Its all well and good that he's a card-carrying communist, but I don't think "equal distribution of precious, precious blood" is orthodox Marxist thought. More importantly, what is his connection to Grigori Exmarxovitch, the cruel and arrogant advisor to Czar Nicholas II, who disappeared mysteriously shortly before the October Revolution? AbsurdAlhazred Ever notice how he never posts or does mod duties during the night of a full moon? What makes this really weird is that I know for a fact he was the irl inspiration for the fat vampire from Blade. Hold on. I think there's something outside. OK, never mind. Since I started this research I've installed floodlights and security cams. All seems clear. Fans A mysterious figure. I thought I had hit a dead end until I received a package from the Special Collections department at the library of Al-Azhar University. When viewed through the Crystal Eye of Horus, Fans' profile page writhes with necrotic energies. The very letters on the screen bend and warp until they become animate squiggles, then form into strange pictograms that seem to parade Sorry, power went out. Battery dying. Anyway, Fans is clearly the Nameless Pharaoh, but apparently all he does is rest quietly in his Ebon Sarcophagus. But who knows what secrets the beetles whisper to him in the darkness... [bBrownM Window broke, sorry. A little out of breath. Locked myself in bathroom with two bottles of wine and a knife and the laptop. BrownMoses BrownMoses is just a big fat giant spider. When he's not spinning fables about "war crimes," he's spinning giant webs to trap animals and men, where he cocoons them to devour later. I know this is true because Baba Yaga told me so. Vilerat That which is not dead may eternal post, And in strange emails vilerat's a ghost Something banging the door. Screaming everywhere. Laughing. They found me Tell the world I died posting. I love you mom. The truth is out there
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# ? May 5, 2024 11:46 |
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Agreed.
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 19:43 |
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and this isnt even beginning to touch on the unspeakable nature of the admins. take FactsAreUseless, for example. all i can say is that facts are most assuredly useless in the face of this mind-rending terror from the darkness between the stars.
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 19:44 |
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paranoid randroid posted:all i can say is that facts are most assuredly useless in the face of this mind-rending terror from the darkness between the stars. It's true. I heard about something like this one time. Some dude died.
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 19:48 |
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Absurd Alhazred has a ponytail, that should be proof enough.
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 19:48 |
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You did good, Sharkie. I would have liked to call you "friend".
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 20:05 |
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Your fears are unwarranted. There is no cause for alarm. This will all be over soon.
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 21:15 |
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Chelb posted:Agreed.
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 21:19 |
Mods knew the unspeakable name of the Dweller in the Darkness
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 21:52 |
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Mods did 9/11. The admins let it happen to use it as an excuse to seize power so they could delete DPPH.
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 21:58 |
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DPPH being removed was a false flag op OP is woke.
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 22:04 |
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volkerball should be a mod so we can have each side of the conflict probated on a month to month rotation
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 22:09 |
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Facts Are Useless claimed to fix GBS but it's even worse than before.
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 22:51 |
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no mods no masters
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 22:58 |
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Sharkie posted:I don't have much time. But I'm going to share what I've learned in hopes that someone, somewhere, can make use of it. Yes, every moderator of Debate and Discussion is a literal, inhuman monster. And no, I'm not talking about their silly Halloween themed usernames. Heh...classic misdirection. But I've been compiling this information for a while now. Some of it may be wrong. But at least some of it has to be right, because it's been made clear I've come too close to the truth. So, let me open my dossiers and pray that it is not too late... This post kind of reminds me of this one E3 UPDATE: Microsoft has announced a new model controller with bluetooth connectivity and other enhancements (including the ability to have one built with custom colors), as well as a new model of Xbox One, called the Xbox One S: as well as coming with the previously-mentioned new controller, being 40% smaller (still bigger than a PS4) and finally having its power brick internally, it will support 4K video output for streaming content and feature an UltraHD Blu-ray drive, as well as HDR color output on supported UHD TV's for certain future games such as Gears of War 4. Games won't otherwise be enhanced. They also decided to obsolete it as fast as possible by announcing they were planning to launch an all-new console for holiday 2017 codenamed Xbox Scorpio, featuring 6 teraflops of processing power, an unbelievable 12 gigs of the right RAM, while maintaining compatibility with all Xbox One games and accessories. That being said, Xbone is dead as far as exclusives are concerned, as Microsoft has decided to make a gaming push into Windows and appears to be intending for all future games to be released for the Windows 10 Store as well, which, to be fair, is its own type of exclusive with problems behind it, so all future "exclusives" should, via a single digital purchase, work on Windows 10, Xbox One and Xbox Scorpio, while retail titles should run on Xbox One and Xbox Scorpio. Here is the complete list of truly exclusive current content (i.e. not playable on PS4 or Windows 10), timed or otherwise, and this is likely not going to expand (it'll shrink if anything). Crimson Dragon - Downloadable title, true exclusive Dead Rising 3 Parody Capcom DLC (all other content is available on Steam) FIFA 14, 15 and 16 - Exclusive access to Fifa Ultimate Team Legends (specific high-end players for the card mode of the game), also on 360 Forza Horizon 2 - Retail title with some extra DLC, sort-of exclusive (toned-down version of the game is on 360) Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious - Downloadable title, sort-of exclusive (toned-down version of the game is on 360) Forza Motorsport 5 - Retail title with extra DLC and microtransactions, true exclusive Forza Motorsport 6 - Retail title with extra DLC and microtransactions, F2P version is available on Windows 10 Halo: Master Chief Collection - Individual games are all playable on 360 (minus online play for Halo 2), Halo 1 and 2 also on PC Halo 5: Guardians - Retail-tier title, Forge as well as ability to play custom matches will be releasing as a free package on Windows 10 in future Powerstar Golf - Downloadable title, true exclusive Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 - local 8-player mode exclusive, Playstation version has better resolution and other exclusive features but 4 local players max Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 - local 8-player mode exclusive, Playstation version has better resolution and other exclusive features but 4 local players max Raiden V - Retail-tier title, true exclusive Rare Replay - Low-cost retail-tier title, individual games available separately on various other platforms, mostly NES, N64 and 360 Shovel Knight - Battletoads extra content (all other content is available on literally every other console released from PS3 onwards) Sunset Overdrive - Retail-tier title with some extra DLC, true exclusive Also on 360 Screamride Zoo Tycoon Kinect required games Dance Central Spotlight (Downloadable dancing game, can use DLC from other Dance Central titles) Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved (also on 360) Fighter Within (Retail game, 23 on Metacritic) Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 (Downloadable game) Just Dance 2014 (6-player mode is exclusive to Xbox One version of the game, although the game is otherwise available on all other home consoles except the PSTV) Shape Up (Retail workout software) Xbox Fitness (Downloadable workout software, will be shutdown July 1st 2017) Note: Although this thread is predominantly about Microsoft and the Xbox One, we are equal-opportunity bad-console-make-fun-of-r's. Feel free to post new lows from Sony, Nintendo or whoever in the gaming industry. There are no sacred cows. Here's the list of future titles There's an interesting looking indie game that's getting released first on Playstation 4 but it should get released on Xbox One right? No. Microsoft has a "parity clause" for indie games which means they will refuse to publish an indie game on their platforms unless they get a same-day release (or released first). Indie studios don't have the resources to prepare multiple versions of their games immediately, and generally favor releasing on the better-selling Playstation platforms first. The only exceptions to this policy are if an indie game is so successful that Microsoft begs for them to come on board (think near-Minecraft levels of success), or dodging the rule by releasing a new version of the game with new content (think a GOTY edition of an indie game). This thread is for more of the negative aspects of the Xbox and Microsoft's related practices. For actual positive discussion of Microsoft/the Xbox One or constructive discussion of technical issues you're having, you will be better off in the following thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3608847 There is no "bitching about the PS4" thread because Fame Lifeles still hasn't posted the thread. That being said, genuine problems with Sony or the PS4 can be discussed in the general PS4 thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3585608 What does Loss expert Tim Buckley think of the DisKinect? Is the Xbox One the next Dreamcast? "No," said Swery. "Xbone has no games" - Developer of Xbox One-exclusive game D4 (paraphrased), zero fucks given Previous threads (thanks Wiggly Wayne DDS!): 2013-05-21 - Next Generation Xbox Reveal Discussion Thread 2013-06-10 - E3 2013 Microsoft Chat: Xbox One is shaping up as terrible anti-gamer POS 2013-06-20 - Xbox One: Out 22 Nov 2013 (kids, stop fighting) 2013-11-06 - Xbox One: the technological tumor in your living room 2013-11-19 - Xbox One: general games, device and services thread. 2013-11-19 - Microsoft Gaming: Rendering concrete is overrated, jump in the shark tank 2013-11-26 - Xbox One General Discussion: Who cares about games, let's talk about headphones! 2014-02-14 - Xbox One General Discussion: Will Titanfall bring all the boys to the yard? 2014-02-27 - Xbox One Games Discussion Thread I don't have a list of all the GBS ones. Favorites from the web - http://www.somethingawful.com/news/xbox-one-underpowered/ - When White Supremacist forum Stormfront asked itself whether to get the all-American Xbox One or stoop to the Japanese made PS4, one of them had this to say: So what is everyone's problem with the Xbox One when the Xbox 360 did so well? There are a ton of reasons, but the shortest version is that Microsoft's actions appear to be predominantly dictated by the will of its shareholders and not of the customers or gamers, a sort of "you will buy what we provide and like it, dammit!" mentality. Initially, it was more expensive than the Playstation 4 (although stores are fire-saleing the Xbox One now to get rid of them, with free games/gift cards which can bring the console's raw cost well below the PS4's if you want what they're throwing in anyway) and is demonstrably significantly less powerful, with almost all multi-platform games performing significantly worse on the Xbox One. The console uses DDR3 RAM for the entire system, which is the memory used in budget-level $50-100 graphics cards for PC's, but has 32 megs of fast ESRAM to try and compensate. If 32 megs sounds unbelievable, you're right. (thanks, Wheany!) Many games have to sacrifice resolution, framerate, or graphical effects to make their games work. The system also has significant usability shortcomings even compared to the 360, such as its party system, and was even worse before they finally got around to patching in essential features like a battery indicator (seriously, you had no warning before that your controller was about to die, it would just die mid-game). Also Microsoft and their affiliates have a really bad habit of putting their foot in their mouth and demonstrating all of the worst aspects of gaming "culture". E3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbWgUO-Rqcw The E3 reveal was derided quite heavily for focusing the bulk of its time on the TV-related features of the system (which turned out to require an HDMI set-top box and work terribly in countries which broadcast in PAL), as well as dubious sports features less capable than what people were doing before with smart phones and/or tablets. Gaming only got briefly touched on at the end with a reveal of the next Call of Duty game, a title which ended up running significantly better on the Playstation 4, and the franchise is now developed primarily for PS4 (i.e. the one with 30-day early access to DLC) going forward. This also doesn't touch on Microsoft's original plan to force all games to register against online servers, severely limiting the ability to trade/sell games and making the console unusable if internet connectivity was lost for longer than a 24-hour period, with the only consumer-side positive being a weird system of digitally lending games to friends that was never elaborated on. Some people out there thought this meant they could share the new Call of Duty 10 ways at $6 each because this is exactly what the only company which paywalled access to Netflix would do, but Microsoft never went into specifics. The fact that the whole Edward Snowden incident went down immediately after, revealing that Microsoft was recording all Skype calls and providing email backdoors for the NSA, didn't help make a better case for an always-online box in your living room that had a camera you weren't allowed to unplug (at the time). Further digging found this video advertising...advertisements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixqwOIByMAc Sony, meanwhile, released the following video in response to Microsoft's always-online DRM which went viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA Microsoft stuck to its guns in the weeks following E3, even insulting its customer base with limited ability to access the internet like soldiers in the military: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yC8FbgGnd0 When it became clear they were losing the pre-order wars almost 20:1 with the PS4, they finally relented to a return to the status quo. So to be clear, if you do end up with an Xbox One, physical and digital games work essentially the same as they did on the 360. They put the family sharing plan on hold for now. You also no longer need to have the Kinect hooked up, and most bundles sold today don't include one. But I heard it was Sony's plan to do this too and they quickly reversed course when they saw the pushback Microsoft received. You heard lies, not a loving chance. Even though the conference hall confirmed they received Sony's presentation material in advance with no last-minute changes, and this isn't some trivial change for which you can make a decision over lunch and throw a switch (a lot of legal details have to be arranged and this takes time), Sony is a Japanese company. In Japan, video game rental is banned, and there is a HUGE aftermarket for games, with even small towns having several stores where you can buy/sell/trade games, some of which are run by retirees with zero computer skills (even their cash register will be mechanical, since Japan is a cash-based society no one pays by card) and wouldn't get on board with a digital trade-in system (plus again, since few in Japan have cards, they'd still have to go to a store to get point cards, and hell might as well get the disc version in that case...) Launch At launch, even sites with a reputation for being positive about Microsoft had a lot of negative things to say about the system. Despite a $750,000 cheque from Microsoft to fund a documentary, Polygon's livestream was filled with groans and frustration as the voice commands and snapping repeatedly failed to do what they were trying to show off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbjes4_vL7Y Dead Rising 3, one of the flagship exclusive launch titles, was bogged down by minute-long load times (despite being completely installed to the hard drive) and occasional poor performance (dipping as low as 10fps according to Digital Foundry) despite running at 720p, the same resolution as several games on the Xbox 360. Attempts to resolve these issues via patches only revealed new shortcomings in the Xbox One console, as the patches were 13 gigabytes (larger than every entire downloadable 360 game except GTA 5) and cancelling the download (like if you just wanted to play now and didn't want to get overage charges on a patch) would instead delete the game entirely without warning. Many who got the console quickly got similarly frustrated with the console, whether they paid for it or not. The court of popular opinion continues to turn against Microsoft, even game designers: And the much-touted party system that was in the 360 has taken a massive step backwards on the Xbox One. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa2ngB6s3Z8 Current estimates suggest that the PS4 worldwide is outselling the Xbox One by a huge factor. English-speaking countries (especially the U.S., U.K., and Australia) appear to be the only countries where the Xbox One has any relevance at all, and even in these areas the PS4 has an undeniable commanding lead. In Japan, despite a slow start for the PS4, it is now selling nearly 30,000 units a week, while the Xbox One has sold 65,000 total. In China, Xbox One got an official head start although their console was completely locked down with a library of only about 10 state-approved games; the PS4, meanwhile, although it forces you to use a Chinese PSN account, it can play disc-based games from anywhere. Microsoft has since patched the Chinese edition console to be region-free like its foreign counterparts. Regardless, state mandates aren't as set-in-stone as one would think over there, and grey market region-free Western consoles and games imported from Hong Kong and Taiwan have been available since their original 2013 launch. Street vendors, for what it's worth, claim the PS4 has a strong lead. The future Microsoft is in full damage control mode as they scramble to find ways of making the system relevant, although it's likely too little too late, and they have suddenly closed several studios such as Lionhead Studios and cancelled all of their related titles with no warning (Sony has since poached the talent from there). While many Western-made games are still coming to it (as well as PS4), many are ending up with clearly inferior versions, with sub-1080p resolutions (including for games from traditionally Xbox-centric series like Trials Fusion) and a lack of content found on the PS4 version (such as most Ubisoft games having some extra missions for many of their games). Although there was an initial belief the originally-mandatory Kinect pack-in would encourage development for a proper Kinect game, this hasn't manifested itself at all; Kinect Sports Rivals arrived months late and only built on people's frustrations with the Kinect (on top of the game completely missing the point of a pick up and play sports title, with the reviewers having to waste over a half-hour just to unlock the quick play feature, finally deciding they were better off sticking with the launch pack-in Wii Sports from 8 years prior). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URdvQ2j6BpE The Kinect's unbundling (a.k.a. DisKinect) has effectively sealed its fate and it will never be more relevant than it was with the Xbox 360. A bulleted list of issues:
So what "justifiable" reasons are there for getting an Xbox One? Very, very little. - Has a few streaming apps Playstation doesn't, like SlingTV for Americans (subscription-based streaming TV service), as well as MLG apps (yay). - Disc installs and online installs are identical. If you wanted to convert a disc install to a digital purchase on PS4 you have to re-download everything while on Bone it's an instant conversion. - Can use external drives for game storage, which is actually really nice when your game collection starts getting huge. And with how long game installs take you really don't want to have to keep redoing them. - Can play Audio CD's. Welcome to the shark tank!
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 23:46 |
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excuse me sir i just asked if you wanted a drink with your meal
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 23:49 |
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Well I certainly learned something about video gaming i guess
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# ? Oct 31, 2016 23:56 |
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what the gently caress is that poo poo you god damned idiot
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 00:01 |
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I agree with sharkie but not the video game dude he should probably go outside
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 00:07 |
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the scariest post of all walls these forums on All Hallows Eve
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 00:18 |
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They did nothing to stop the Black Death's ravages in the 14th century.
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 02:03 |
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Sharkie posted:That which is not dead may eternal post,
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 02:05 |
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You can't trust anything the mods say about themselves. ExMarx, for example, claims to be from New Zealand, but that's impossible because he is not a sheep. I know this because sheep can't post.
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 02:18 |
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paragon1 posted:You can't trust anything the mods say about themselves. ExMarx, for example, claims to be from New Zealand, but that's impossible because he is not a sheep. I know this because sheep can't post. I believe they can, but only very carefully. That's why his posts are rarely long
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 02:23 |
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kyoon thread
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 02:23 |
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Chelb posted:I believe they can, but only very carefully. That's why his posts are rarely long vampire sheep calling it now
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 02:25 |
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Lastgirl's "nickname" is literal. She is the last woman on Earth, IKing C-Spam through an elaborate time-ethernet connection. Everyone else is dead because she killed them. Well, in a sense. Their bodies still live on as empty puppets of unspeakable forces.
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 02:27 |
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It isn't wise to speak, post, or think about who or what Baloogan really is. Don't ask about Peckerwoods. I was never here. You never read this post.
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 02:30 |
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Hodgepodge posted:Lastgirl's "nickname" is literal. She is the last woman on Earth, IKing C-Spam through an elaborate time-ethernet connection. Lol!!!!!
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 02:30 |
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sshhhhhh Homework Explainer is one of them! I saw what he did.
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 02:38 |
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paragon1 posted:sshhhhhh post badly?
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 02:45 |
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paranoid randroid posted:what the gently caress is that poo poo you god damned idiot they tried to summon the dark one through sacrifice ritual, but used the wrong kind of ram.
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 04:16 |
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Pinch Me Im Meming posted:You did good, Sharkie. I would have liked to call you "friend". YOU FOOL, SHARKIE IS DEAD!
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# ? Nov 2, 2016 02:12 |
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Brown Moses actually has ten legs and his web spreads to and from adjacent organic surfaces, but I understand the confusion. Ramzan Kadyrov's "missing" cat is leading a cat army to keep his influence from overwhelming Chechnya.
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# ? Nov 2, 2016 02:18 |
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Dreylad posted:kyoon thread unban keep it real
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# ? Nov 2, 2016 02:20 |
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gently caress DA MODS
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# ? Nov 2, 2016 02:59 |
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Mods can't melt steel email servers.
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# ? Nov 2, 2016 04:07 |
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Dreylad posted:kyoon thread
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# ? Nov 2, 2016 05:19 |
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Kyoon was good as heck.
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# ? Nov 2, 2016 06:01 |
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Lumpy the Cook posted:This post kind of reminds me of this one E3 UPDATE: Microsoft has announced a new model controller with bluetooth connectivity and other enhancements (including the ability to have one built with custom colors), as well as a new model of Xbox One, called the Xbox One S: as well as coming with the previously-mentioned new controller, being 40% smaller (still bigger than a PS4) and finally having its power brick internally, it will support 4K video output for streaming content and feature an UltraHD Blu-ray drive, as well as HDR color output on supported UHD TV's for certain future games such as Gears of War 4. Games won't otherwise be enhanced. Thank you
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