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Saan replied on Tue, Sep 29 2009 2:15 PM

FEAR, NG2, HALO 1, 2, 3. and the best of all time.  Civ

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I practice parkour... not very good at it at all, but it's fun regardless of skill level. I used to do a lot of programming, but I got kind of bored with it. Same with gaming... spent a lot of time playing WoW, some playing Warhammer, and then games like Tron too. Now a lot of my time is spent working, reading, and seeing movies (which is convenient, because I work for a movie theater).

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Historical reenacting, firearms, historical-themed video games (think: Victoria and Hearts of Iron), horror and sci fi films/short stories, model railroading, computers.

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I like  watching DVDs from netflix, playing video games, reading books.  I love my PSP.  The PSP is an awesome system (as well as the DS). 

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Vitor replied on Tue, Sep 29 2009 8:46 PM

Playing long and rewarding games (like Zelda, Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime), riding my bike til the end of the world and practicing Krav-Maga (fun and actually useful martial art)

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bbnet replied on Tue, Sep 29 2009 9:06 PM

Not much for vid games but my fav is Tempest 2000 for the Atari Jaguar, also play a few classics on mame like I Robot.

Mainly play disc golf and poker, ride longboard skateboards and motorcycles.

Also saving for my next supa sweet rifle

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Vitor:

and practicing Krav-Maga (fun and actually useful martial art)

I first found out about Krav Maga several weeks ago. I've been meaning to find a place and start taking classes. What's the learning curve like?

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jtucker replied on Tue, Sep 29 2009 9:54 PM

Direct a choir that specializes in the polyphonic repertoire of the Renaissance.

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Vitor replied on Tue, Sep 29 2009 10:25 PM

Justin Spahr-Summers:
Vitor:

and practicing Krav-Maga (fun and actually useful martial art)

I first found out about Krav Maga several weeks ago. I've been meaning to find a place and start taking classes. What's the learning curve like?

Well, must of the moves are simple and effective, no mumbo jumbo, the main kick of Krav-Maga is the good old kick to the groin, fine-tunning the moves to be able to use effectively even if you exhausted or caught by surprise that is part of the fun. Although Krav-Maga is brutal and not very artsy, it requires a lot of discipline and will.

Of course there are plenty complex and advanced techniques, as well defense against knives and guns. The physical trainning that is quite demanding, so if you have been sedentary for long, you might struggle at first, but no big deal, nothing you dont get used to by the 2nd month.

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ITT: People who only do productive things Dx

Saan:

FEAR, NG2, HALO 1, 2, 3. and the best of all time.  Civ

Civ would be awesome as hell if you could build a Laissez-Faire economy with the gold standard, and private property.

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Democracy for Breakfast:
Civ would be awesome as hell if you could build a Laissez-Faire economy with the gold standard, and private property.

Boring.

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Nitroadict replied on Tue, Sep 29 2009 10:42 PM

laminustacitus:

Democracy for Breakfast:
Civ would be awesome as hell if you could build a Laissez-Faire economy with the gold standard, and private property.

Boring.

Yeah, it's called modding. 

An unofficial economic system trainer for the game would make it interesting, especially if you could define what private property, what standard, etc. are (i.e. instead of private property in say, a strict sense, you could make it more Georgian or more Mutualist or whatever).

Points if you did this & made a N.A.C. map :D

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jtucker:

Direct a choir that specializes in the polyphonic repertoire of the Renaissance.

 

Now that's what I call a hobby. So much to study, never a boring moment.

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Chris replied on Tue, Sep 29 2009 10:52 PM

Hanging out with my girlfriend, power lifting, reading, watching sports (Yankees, Devils, Giants), etc.  I used to love playing Halo 2 and 3 for Xbox then my 360 broke and I just stopped playing, I may start again though.

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Jason replied on Tue, Sep 29 2009 11:34 PM

Ham Radio.  Linux.  Theology.  Libertarian stuff.

 

 

God, I'm a nerd.

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