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December 10, 2007 11:00 PM

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So it looks like the first Halo 3 map pack is impending. Both the Chris' chimed in with their impressions here. I'm curious to see how players react to it, as on one hand new content is great, but do you want to pony up another $10 to keep playing with your friends? I for one wonder if we'll start seeing the collector's editions and such start coming with pre-paid vouchers for the downloadable content.

So White Elephant season seems to be in full effect. There's a boggling array of holiday spirit to be found in the informative comments, and it's only occasionally scary, so give it a look if you haven't already.

Jeff "geedeck" Gondek

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c0bra

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December 11, 2007 5:46 AM

Incoming WEATHER thread

Power outages all around KC but they don't sound too extensive. Hope everyone else is having good luck with tree limbs and power lines and the like. On the way in to work (at 5:30am, because I couldn't sleep with the power off) I drove under several sets of low-hanging, ice-covered power lines.

Let's turn this into a MORNING thread as well. I hope yours is going better than mine! (I did get tea though, that's a plus).
- Lynn Minmei
  
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  December 11, 2007 5:49 AM
  
  80 degree weather down here in AL
  - ece_ssg
    
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    December 11, 2007 5:51 AM
    
    morning, fellow alabamaian!
    - Lynn Minmei
      
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      December 11, 2007 8:14 AM
      
      Howdy! Where you at? I'm near Jacksonville
- jasoncrowley
  
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  December 11, 2007 5:49 AM
  
  Tea heals all wounds. mmmmm. Tea.
  - c0bra
    
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    December 11, 2007 5:51 AM
    
    So far it hasn't healed my sleep deprivation, but here's to hoping.
    - jasoncrowley
      
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      December 11, 2007 5:55 AM
      
      Needs more dosage. And ginseng, if available.
      - c0bra
        
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        December 11, 2007 5:56 AM
        
        I've got loose leaf early grey and that's it :(
- PapaBoo
  
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  December 11, 2007 5:58 AM
  
  my cell phone rang as I was walking out the door and I spilled hot coffee all over my hands :(
  - c0bra
    
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    December 11, 2007 6:05 AM
    
    ow :( no lid?
    - PapaBoo
      
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      December 11, 2007 6:06 AM
      
      i didn't have it "on" completely :(
- rosewood
  
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  December 11, 2007 6:06 AM
  
  I broke my toe and had to set it myself this morning. That was fun!
  - c0bra
    
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    December 11, 2007 6:08 AM
    
    Are you still coming to KC?
    - rosewood
      
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      December 11, 2007 9:55 AM
      
      Unless you guys are still an ice palace but yes.
      - c0bra
        
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        December 11, 2007 11:31 AM
        
        What's your itinerary look like? Will there be time for the meeting of shacks?
- goatjc
  
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  December 11, 2007 6:08 AM
  
  oh yeah, so I was just leaving for work and I guess the frozen ice decided to pry open my sun roof and it looked like a fucking rainstorm inside my car while driving. F this.
  - c0bra
    
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    December 11, 2007 6:10 AM
    
    oh crap :(
    
    what kind of car do you have?
    - goatjc
      
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      December 11, 2007 6:15 AM
      
      92 Maxima. . .dont worry, it's a piece of shit :) I just hate being late for work, so waiting on the g/f to take me.
      - c0bra
        
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        December 11, 2007 6:16 AM
        
        will the roof not close now? That sucks pretty hard. Hope you can get it thawed or summat.
        
        goatjc
        
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        December 11, 2007 6:21 AM
        
        it's closed, I think the water got into the cracks, froze, so when I was halfway to work and the ice on top starting thawing, it all just started coming in. Moved my refinishing project aside and it's in the garage w/ a fan inside.
        
        goatjc
        
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        December 11, 2007 7:00 AM
        
        Update: g/f car did the same thing. So, after changing clothes from my sunroof soaking me, I get 3/4 the way to work w/ the g/f, and her shit pisses all over me. So I'm at work, damp. . .I should just go home, get drunk and play tf2.
        
        c0bra
        
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        December 11, 2007 7:04 AM
        
        dude :(
        
        What part of town do you work in? I'd offer to take you to lunch if you're close enough.
        
        goatjc
        
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        December 11, 2007 7:12 AM
        
        L-town, so you're quite a ways away. Thanks tho :)
        
        c0bra
        
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        December 11, 2007 7:16 AM
        
        No worries. Maybe some other time/shackmeet.
- phate81
  
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  December 11, 2007 6:12 AM
  
  Any Iowa Shackers online? Trying to decide if I should go to work this morning or just say fuck it. Looks pretty damn icy out.
  - bostrov
    
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    December 11, 2007 6:13 AM
    
    so the choice is shacking from work or shacking from home? Why not home? You can view NWS threads then.
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    December 11, 2007 7:10 AM
    
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  - Zakko
    
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    December 11, 2007 7:24 AM
    
    Working from home today in Cedar Rapids.
    - Bruzilla
      
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      December 11, 2007 7:41 AM
      
      Same here in North Liberty. Roads looked OK but I'm not sure how the afternoon is going to be, so VPN FTW
- c0bra
  
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  December 11, 2007 6:12 AM
  
  Crap. I forgot to unplug my computer too :(
  
  Hopefully the power doesn't go on and off several times today.
  - heatmizer
    
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    December 11, 2007 6:42 AM
    
    We've had 2 'surges' over here so far. Phone line has some static and the intarweb seems a bit slow too.
- FormerHPB
  
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  December 11, 2007 6:14 AM
  
  It was 18 degrees this AM according to my car. But the roads are fine. We are getting some rain later and if it's warm enough, it should be fine. But we're right on the line on the weather map where they say rain or ice...
- heatmizer
  
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  December 11, 2007 6:16 AM
  
  The2 young trees I have in my yard are looking sad and hanging down
  - c0bra
    
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    December 11, 2007 6:17 AM
    
    Yea the second I walked out the door one of my neighbor's trees lost a pretty large limb. Luckily it was just beyond their roof and not that high up.
- FirmButtstone
  
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  December 11, 2007 6:48 AM
  
  Yeah, fun times. It took quite a while to get to work. At least it was mostly slush and not complete ice. The power lines / trees are starting to get pretty badly coated though and there are quite a few more hours of this crap left.
- nodge69
  
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  December 11, 2007 6:48 AM
  
  So far I've still got power, we'll see if it lasts the rest of the day, it's still coming down. In the last big storm my power was out for 5 days, which sucketh.
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  December 11, 2007 7:04 AM
  
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  - c0bra
    
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    December 11, 2007 7:05 AM
    
    yea the roads were fine. I think it's just the power lines and trees that are in trouble.
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      December 11, 2007 7:09 AM
      
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      - c0bra
        
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        December 11, 2007 7:12 AM
        
        that would be nice. I'm not sure if I'm going to stay home if the power is still off.
        
        Luckily I have a mummy bag to keep me warm and a bowie knife to fight the wolves off with.
- changejar419
  
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  December 11, 2007 7:07 AM
  
  I'm just praying for good weather over next week. I'm going to be in New York and getting snowed in there for xmas would suck.
- c_man_tmt
  
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  December 11, 2007 7:13 AM
  
  Working from home today... however, our VPN servers seem to be overwhelmed this morning so I can't login.
- sticktastic
  
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  December 11, 2007 7:20 AM
  
  I just moved away from kc a couple of months ago, I lived there a long time I definatly do not miss the weather there, it was 80 yesterday down here in pensacola tho! :)
- AllYourBase
  
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  December 11, 2007 7:35 AM
  
  power down all over tulsa. of course, my work has power so I had to come in today :(
- sgtsanity
  
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  December 11, 2007 7:49 AM
  
  Off campus areas had their power gone by 9pm last night, and they closed the campus for today meaning all the finals get shoved back to Friday night and Saturday meaning the residence halls stay open for another day meaning I get to stick around for another day meaning I gonna have to be really creative with how I swing the whole "getting home" thing.
  - c0bra
    
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    December 11, 2007 7:54 AM
    
    If you need a ride let me know. Though my car doesn't have a whole lot of room if you're clearing out your dorm room :(
    - sgtsanity
      
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      December 11, 2007 8:08 AM
      
      Oh, I'll be fine. it just means one of my parents will probably have to drive up and give either me or my brother a ride home.
- zohar79
  
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  December 11, 2007 11:24 AM
  
  http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/3681/weathergq4.jpg
- Totenjaeger
  
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  December 11, 2007 11:30 AM
  
  It's all you people in Texas and your god damned weather machine.
  
  http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/currentweatherusnational/usdopplerradar_large_animated.html