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... in a statshot from The Onion :roll:

Apparently, we practice a hobby for the unemployed :D
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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HAHA that is great :D
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There's a number of sites which I amuse myself with while the epoxy cures :roll:
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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There's a number of sites which I amuse myself with while the epoxy cures
Classic. lol and there may be quite a bit of truth to that!! :D
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Current Project: None, I'm in Spudremission.
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Surprising... I love the onion, specially since it started in my hometown.
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Also featured in the latest OK Go video, at the end but worth watching if you like Heath Robinson type machines :)

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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Wow, a step up to sprinkler valve cannons. Chamber is a bit overkill though :roll:
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That was my first thought :)

And speaking of cool videos, not strictly spudgun related but you have to check outthis guy's stuff:

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those were AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing that! I love the third one--

"ugh i totally didn't want to fight bad guys today."
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They really are very well made, and if you see some of the behind the scenes commentary he really does make the point that professionally made action sequences really aren't as good as they should be, in spite of the much greater resources available to those who produce them.
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I think I'll go check out more of those, but I personally think they are done very well.

WOW!!!!!!!!! Crazy stuff he's got! THe MW2 vids are pretty awesome as well
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good stuff JSR good stuff.
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