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Re: Lame |
Aug 29, 2003, 22:16 |
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It's called a competitive advantage. FilePlanet had a perfectly legitimate one until its competitors whined, colluded, and extorted it away. Such behaviour shouldn't be called capitalism.
Extorted it? Bullcaca. That's business buddy. You don't think that companies in competition play hardball? That IS capitalism in its purest form. And it WAS the consumers that were complaining extremely vociferously as well, or did you not notice the huge threads on this board and many others?
I have yet to see how this situation differs from the case where magazines are packaged with exclusive demos.
It's not different really, but by the time most people know about it, it's usually too late to do anything.
Suppose you own Fox News and I own CNN. If CNN secures an exclusive interview with some VIP no one can get too, is CNN obligated to share it with every other news network immediately?
This isn't an exclusive interview. It's a game demo. An interactive advertisement. That's why Activision made the judgement call that they did. It made good business sense for them.
Either way, it costs the consumer nothing, and the VIP, if they are trying to get their message out, wants it to reach as many people as possible. Well, it costs the consumer whatever his cable bill is, but that's not the point. If the VIP actually has something they want to get out as widely as possible then doing an exclusive interview may not be the best idea.
But FilePlanet didn't do anything wrong. Gamers have a right to complain, but it's pretty lame of all of FilePlanet's competitors to get together and outmuscle them of something that they earned.
That's the way business works. It's supposed to work that way. They convinced Activision that it was not in its best interest to make the demo exclusive. That's how business works every day in this country and that's how it will continue to be. You're not entitled to anything that you can't secure for yourself.
Supporter of the "a happy fredster is a wet fredster with jumper cables attached to his nads" fanclub. |
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1. |
Aug 29, 02:06 |
Wow! |
ZigZang |
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4. |
Aug 29, 02:08 |
Re: Wow! |
Maestro |
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5. |
Aug 29, 02:11 |
Re: Wow! |
Psycho Suicider |
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6. |
Aug 29, 02:15 |
Re: Wow! |
Hellbinder |
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7. |
Aug 29, 02:17 |
Re: Wow! |
Maestro |
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13. |
Aug 29, 02:28 |
AHHAHAAAA!!! |
MeatForce |
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14. |
Aug 29, 02:29 |
Re: AHHAHAAAA!!! |
MindTrigger |
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16. |
Aug 29, 02:31 |
Re: AHHAHAAAA!!! |
MindTrigger |
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18. |
Aug 29, 02:33 |
Re: AHHAHAAAA!!! |
Wowbagger_TIP |
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22. |
Aug 29, 02:38 |
Re: AHHAHAAAA!!! |
Gunz |
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185. |
Aug 29, 17:30 |
Re: AHHAHAAAA!!! |
ZzeusS |
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220. |
Aug 29, 21:25 |
Re: AHHAHAAAA!!! |
c r i s p y |
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152. |
Aug 29, 14:01 |
To all upset |
Darkhand Brackstone |
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2. |
Aug 29, 02:06 |
No subject |
Mark |
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3. |
Aug 29, 02:06 |
Poor GameSpy |
Golbez |
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8. |
Aug 29, 02:20 |
The POWER of posting |
Cheese |
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9. |
Aug 29, 02:23 |
Re: The POWER of posting |
Halo |
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10. |
Aug 29, 02:23 |
No subject |
Rictor |
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11. |
Aug 29, 02:26 |
Re: No subject |
Blue |
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12. |
Aug 29, 02:27 |
Re: No subject |
fredrickson |
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20. |
Aug 29, 02:36 |
Re: No subject |
Meezy |
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23. |
Aug 29, 02:39 |
Re: No subject |
Unmaker |
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25. |
Aug 29, 02:42 |
Re: No subject |
Meezy |
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28. |
Aug 29, 02:43 |
Re: No subject |
Unmaker |
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32. |
Aug 29, 02:48 |
Re: No subject |
WebDemon |
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38. |
Aug 29, 02:55 |
Re: No subject |
MindTrigger |
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40. |
Aug 29, 02:57 |
Re: No subject |
MindTrigger |
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41. |
Aug 29, 02:58 |
Re: No subject |
Maestro |
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15. |
Aug 29, 02:29 |
Congratulations |
Paradroid |
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17. |
Aug 29, 02:31 |
Holly! |
Maestro |
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19. |
Aug 29, 02:34 |
Hoorj! |
sexninja |
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21. |
Aug 29, 02:36 |
Hooah! |
Unmaker |
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24. |
Aug 29, 02:40 |
Re: Hooah! |
MindTrigger |
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26. |
Aug 29, 02:42 |
Re: Hooah! |
MindTrigger |
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29. |
Aug 29, 02:43 |
Re: Hooah! |
MeatForce |
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30. |
Aug 29, 02:45 |
Re: Hooah! |
MindTrigger |
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35. |
Aug 29, 02:51 |
Re: Hooah! |
fredrickson |
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31. |
Aug 29, 02:46 |
Re: Hooah! |
Gunz |
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27. |
Aug 29, 02:43 |
No subject |
Rictor |
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34. |
Aug 29, 02:50 |
Re: No subject |
Meezy |
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33. |
Aug 29, 02:48 |
No subject |
Rictor |
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37. |
Aug 29, 02:54 |
Re: No subject |
Merc248 |
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39. |
Aug 29, 02:56 |
Re: No subject |
Merc248 |
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36. |
Aug 29, 02:54 |
No subject |
Smiwi |
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43. |
Aug 29, 02:59 |
Re: No subject |
Meezy |
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44. |
Aug 29, 03:00 |
Re: No subject |
Captain Beatdown |
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46. |
Aug 29, 03:01 |
Re: No subject |
Captain Beatdown |
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45. |
Aug 29, 03:01 |
Re: No subject |
ExcessDan |
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50. |
Aug 29, 03:04 |
Re: No subject |
MindTrigger |
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42. |
Aug 29, 02:59 |
Meezy Dude |
Paradroid |
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49. |
Aug 29, 03:04 |
Re: Meezy Dude |
Meezy |
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47. |
Aug 29, 03:02 |
No subject |
Rictor |
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48. |
Aug 29, 03:03 |
Re: No subject |
fredrickson |
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51. |
Aug 29, 03:08 |
Re: No subject |
Meezy |
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52. |
Aug 29, 03:13 |
Re: No subject |
WebDemon |
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54. |
Aug 29, 03:18 |
Re: No subject |
fallguy |
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57. |
Aug 29, 03:21 |
Re: No subject |
Maestro |
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55. |
Aug 29, 03:19 |
Re: No subject |
MindTrigger |
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73. |
Aug 29, 04:09 |
Re: No subject |
Sty |
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93. |
Aug 29, 07:31 |
Re: No subject |
Ventura |
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94. |
Aug 29, 07:39 |
Re: No subject |
Mr Gar |
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110. |
Aug 29, 09:54 |
Re: No subject |
[AIX]Hood |
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53. |
Aug 29, 03:18 |
Re: No subject |
Maestro |
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60. |
Aug 29, 03:28 |
Re: No subject |
MindTrigger |
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61. |
Aug 29, 03:29 |
Re: No subject |
fredrickson |
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63. |
Aug 29, 03:33 |
Re: No subject |
MindTrigger |
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62. |
Aug 29, 03:32 |
Re: No subject |
Maestro |
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66. |
Aug 29, 03:44 |
Re: No subject |
MindTrigger |
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67. |
Aug 29, 03:50 |
Re: No subject |
Maestro |
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75. |
Aug 29, 04:13 |
Re: No subject |
WebDemon |
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69. |
Aug 29, 04:01 |
Re: No subject |
ExcessDan |
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78. |
Aug 29, 04:18 |
Re: No subject |
Hump |
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56. |
Aug 29, 03:19 |
No subject |
Rictor |
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58. |
Aug 29, 03:24 |
No subject |
Rictor |
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59. |
Aug 29, 03:28 |
To Meezy Again |
Paradroid |
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79. |
Aug 29, 04:36 |
Re: To Meezy Again |
Mystical PotatoHead Groove Thang |
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64. |
Aug 29, 03:33 |
Yeah right... |
Maliciuos |
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65. |
Aug 29, 03:39 |
Re: Yeah right... |
MindTrigger |
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80. |
Aug 29, 04:42 |
Re: Yeah right... |
Maliciuos |
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81. |
Aug 29, 05:35 |
Re: Yeah right... |
Raiz |
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68. |
Aug 29, 03:55 |
Bittersweet |
Boston |
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70. |
Aug 29, 04:03 |
Rock Climber makes some good points |
Psycho Suicider |
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72. |
Aug 29, 04:07 |
heh.. FP updated |
Merc248 |
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74. |
Aug 29, 04:10 |
Re: Rock Climber makes some good points |
LlamaRama |
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71. |
Aug 29, 04:06 |
Clearing something up |
Psycho Suicider |
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76. |
Aug 29, 04:13 |
No subject |
garry |
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77. |
Aug 29, 04:17 |
My my |
Creston |
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82. |
Aug 29, 05:48 |
No subject |
Enemy |
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85. |
Aug 29, 06:47 |
Re: No subject |
Jobz |
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86. |
Aug 29, 07:14 |
Re: No subject |
plzkthxdie |
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90. |
Aug 29, 07:18 |
Re: No subject |
plzkthxdie |
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83. |
Aug 29, 05:49 |
Go Blue! |
Elvis |
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84. |
Aug 29, 06:31 |
Re: Go Blue! |
swebarb |
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87. |
Aug 29, 07:15 |
Congratulations! |
JAGUART |
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157. |
Aug 29, 14:49 |
Re: Congratulations! |
Nuhauser |
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160. |
Aug 29, 15:19 |
Re: Congratulations! |
MonsieurEvil |
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161. |
Aug 29, 15:21 |
Re: Congratulations! |
MonsieurEvil |
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88. |
Aug 29, 07:15 |
On The Whole.... |
Sadogoat |
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89. |
Aug 29, 07:17 |
Support for FIleplanet |
Geese |
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95. |
Aug 29, 07:43 |
Re: Support for FIleplanet |
Hump |
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96. |
Aug 29, 07:57 |
Re: Support for Fileplanet |
Geese |
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97. |
Aug 29, 08:05 |
Re: Support for Fileplanet |
Jay K. |
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91. |
Aug 29, 07:23 |
God Bless Us Everyone |
JAGUART |
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92. |
Aug 29, 07:29 |
Nice One |
Quboid |
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98. |
Aug 29, 08:12 |
Demos will become Betas |
Roc |
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99. |
Aug 29, 08:23 |
Re: Demos will become Betas |
Scottish Martial Arts |
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100. |
Aug 29, 08:41 |
Re: Demos will become Betas |
Potato Joe |
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101. |
Aug 29, 08:44 |
Re: Demos will become Betas |
Hump |
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124. |
Aug 29, 11:27 |
Re: Demos will become Betas |
MonsieurEvil |
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129. |
Aug 29, 12:00 |
Re: Demos will become Betas |
Unmaker |
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102. |
Aug 29, 08:45 |
No subject |
Hump |
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103. |
Aug 29, 08:56 |
Re: No subject |
Scottish Martial Arts |
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112. |
Aug 29, 10:09 |
Single or MP |
Elvis |
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113. |
Aug 29, 10:13 |
Re: Single or MP |
nin |
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115. |
Aug 29, 10:21 |
Re: Single or MP |
Elvis |
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118. |
Aug 29, 10:53 |
Re: Single or MP |
Hump |
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119. |
Aug 29, 10:56 |
Re: Single or MP |
Bunko |
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120. |
Aug 29, 11:02 |
Re: Single or MP |
nin |
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121. |
Aug 29, 11:11 |
Re: Single or MP |
Atomic |
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123. |
Aug 29, 11:16 |
Yahoo for the Blue |
ButterBoned |
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132. |
Aug 29, 12:16 |
Re: Single or MP |
Bronco |
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145. |
Aug 29, 13:41 |
Re: Single or MP |
nin |
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146. |
Aug 29, 13:46 |
Re: Single or MP |
kyleb |
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147. |
Aug 29, 13:49 |
Re: Single or MP |
Two_Sheds |
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122. |
Aug 29, 11:13 |
Re: Single or MP |
Elvis |
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104. |
Aug 29, 09:02 |
GameSpy is evil |
dubfanatic |
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105. |
Aug 29, 09:07 |
Re: GameSpy is evil |
Sadogoat |
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107. |
Aug 29, 09:33 |
Re: GameSpy is evil |
MajorGeeks |
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106. |
Aug 29, 09:29 |
No subject |
Santiago |
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108. |
Aug 29, 09:35 |
Integrity on the line |
Atomic |
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109. |
Aug 29, 09:42 |
Next up... |
Morgan19 |
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114. |
Aug 29, 10:20 |
Re: Integrity on the line |
Elvis |
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111. |
Aug 29, 10:07 |
Well |
Bort |
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116. |
Aug 29, 10:25 |
Wow, a demo tongiht?! |
system81 |
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117. |
Aug 29, 10:49 |
No subject |
Bunko |
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125. |
Aug 29, 11:34 |
Was anything actually accomplished? |
indiv |
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126. |
Aug 29, 11:39 |
No subject |
Rictor |
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127. |
Aug 29, 11:43 |
Re: No subject |
MonsieurEvil |
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128. |
Aug 29, 11:55 |
In the end... |
c r i s p y |
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130. |
Aug 29, 12:05 |
Re: In the end... |
Unmaker |
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131. |
Aug 29, 12:14 |
Re: In the end... |
Quboid |
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134. |
Aug 29, 12:26 |
Re: In the end... |
Keex |
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133. |
Aug 29, 12:25 |
Re: In the end... |
Raiz |
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135. |
Aug 29, 12:26 |
In the words of John Lennon... |
Halsy |
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136. |
Aug 29, 12:30 |
Re: In the words of John Lennon... |
jm0ris0n |
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137. |
Aug 29, 12:45 |
Gamespy deserves to die |
fredrickson |
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139. |
Aug 29, 13:00 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Trebek |
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140. |
Aug 29, 13:13 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
jomisab |
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141. |
Aug 29, 13:16 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Unmaker |
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142. |
Aug 29, 13:18 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Unmaker |
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143. |
Aug 29, 13:22 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
kyleb |
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144. |
Aug 29, 13:24 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
SubhumaN |
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148. |
Aug 29, 13:50 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Quboid |
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149. |
Aug 29, 13:50 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Trebek |
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150. |
Aug 29, 13:54 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Trebek |
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153. |
Aug 29, 14:11 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
MonsieurEvil |
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154. |
Aug 29, 14:24 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Rico |
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155. |
Aug 29, 14:24 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Merc248 |
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151. |
Aug 29, 13:58 |
The economist in all of us... |
jm0ris0n |
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158. |
Aug 29, 15:03 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
WebDemon |
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162. |
Aug 29, 15:24 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Trebek |
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163. |
Aug 29, 15:36 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
WebDemon |
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165. |
Aug 29, 15:48 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
WebDemon |
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166. |
Aug 29, 15:50 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
MonsieurEvil |
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167. |
Aug 29, 15:55 |
#166 |
Morgan19 |
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168. |
Aug 29, 15:58 |
Re: #166 |
MonsieurEvil |
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169. |
Aug 29, 16:01 |
Sweet |
JediLuke |
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170. |
Aug 29, 16:02 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
WebDemon |
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172. |
Aug 29, 16:09 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Maestro |
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173. |
Aug 29, 16:25 |
Gamespot subscriber here... |
DefBringer |
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174. |
Aug 29, 16:25 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
WebDemon |
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175. |
Aug 29, 16:26 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
MonsieurEvil |
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176. |
Aug 29, 16:32 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
kyleb |
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177. |
Aug 29, 17:07 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
WebDemon |
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178. |
Aug 29, 17:10 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
WebDemon |
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179. |
Aug 29, 17:21 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Chipper |
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189. |
Aug 29, 18:25 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
MrShoop |
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182. |
Aug 29, 17:28 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Wowbagger_TIP |
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190. |
Aug 29, 18:37 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Scottish Martial Arts |
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191. |
Aug 29, 18:42 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Earthworm |
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192. |
Aug 29, 18:49 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Scottish Martial Arts |
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193. |
Aug 29, 19:05 |
Re: Gamespy deserves to die |
Earthworm |
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138. |
Aug 29, 12:59 |
No subject |
space captain |
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156. |
Aug 29, 14:25 |
heh |
Wowbagger_TIP |
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159. |
Aug 29, 15:03 |
gamespy..... |
tempus |
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164. |
Aug 29, 15:44 |
Again |
Maestro |
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171. |
Aug 29, 16:09 |
spy this |
space captain |
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180. |
Aug 29, 17:21 |
Game just average |
Cheese |
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181. |
Aug 29, 17:23 |
Re: Game just average |
Ryan |
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183. |
Aug 29, 17:29 |
Re: Game just average |
Morgan19 |
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186. |
Aug 29, 17:43 |
Re: Game just average |
Quboid |
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184. |
Aug 29, 17:30 |
argh... |
Wowbagger_TIP |
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187. |
Aug 29, 17:56 |
No doubt |
Maestro |
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194. |
Aug 29, 19:11 |
Re: No doubt |
MindTrigger |
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195. |
Aug 29, 19:13 |
Re: No doubt |
ZzeusS |
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188. |
Aug 29, 18:04 |
No subject |
Nonicknameforme |
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196. |
Aug 29, 19:21 |
Lame |
Bob |
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197. |
Aug 29, 19:30 |
Re: Lame |
Earthworm |
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198. |
Aug 29, 19:32 |
Re: Lame |
ZzeusS |
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199. |
Aug 29, 19:37 |
Re: Lame |
future_man |
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200. |
Aug 29, 19:37 |
Re: Lame |
StaTik |
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201. |
Aug 29, 19:58 |
Re: Lame |
fredrickson |
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205. |
Aug 29, 20:15 |
Re: Lame |
Ventura |
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211. |
Aug 29, 20:25 |
Re: Lame |
Bob |
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213. |
Aug 29, 20:28 |
Re: Lame |
Bob |
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218. |
Aug 29, 21:14 |
Re: Lame |
Wowbagger_TIP |
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221. |
Aug 29, 21:53 |
Re: Lame |
Santiago |
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222. |
Aug 29, 22:08 |
Re: Lame |
Blue |
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223. |
Aug 29, 22:14 |
Re: Lame |
|o.O|Payback |
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224. |
Aug 29, 22:16 |
Re: Lame |
Wowbagger_TIP |
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202. |
Aug 29, 20:00 |
No subject |
Rictor |
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219. |
Aug 29, 21:18 |
Re: No subject |
Wowbagger_TIP |
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203. |
Aug 29, 20:14 |
It's out! |
Quboid |
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204. |
Aug 29, 20:15 |
Re: It's out! |
Quboid |
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206. |
Aug 29, 20:19 |
Re: It's out! |
Bronco |
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208. |
Aug 29, 20:21 |
Re: It's out! |
Quboid |
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212. |
Aug 29, 20:26 |
Re: It's out! |
Bronco |
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210. |
Aug 29, 20:24 |
Call of Duty Demo is Up! |
F7 |
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225. |
Aug 29, 22:30 |
Re: It's out! |
Xymph |
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207. |
Aug 29, 20:21 |
I know it's the current evil empire but |
Bronco |
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209. |
Aug 29, 20:22 |
Re: I know it's the current evil empire but |
swebarb |
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214. |
Aug 29, 20:29 |
No subject |
Rictor |
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215. |
Aug 29, 20:30 |
No subject |
Rictor |
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216. |
Aug 29, 20:31 |
Re: No subject |
F7 |
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217. |
Aug 29, 20:46 |
Wicked |
Hunterzyph |
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226. |
Aug 30, 00:34 |
Re: No subject |
WebDemon |
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227. |
Aug 30, 08:08 |
How it went down. |
Hump |
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228. |
Aug 30, 14:19 |
Re: How it went down. |
Wowbagger_TIP |
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229. |
Aug 30, 17:35 |
Re: How it went down. |
human |
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230. |
Aug 30, 20:15 |
Re: How it went down. |
Stylz |
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