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Old Apr 5, 2012, 01:45 AM   #1
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The Giveaways Continue: Metro 2033

The responses from my last giveaway say that this game is better than Dead Island, so for the next giveaway someone will receive a Steam redeemable key for-


Make sure your computer is up to the task!

With all the good things people said about the game, I did end up buying an extra copy for myself ().

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-If you've won software from me already, please sit this out.

To enter, post your hobby outside of computers. I do a lot of automotive work in my free time- everything from maintenance to modifications


I will close the thread and select a winner tonight at around 7PM Pacific 4/5/12.




*As always, this is not affliated with TPU & W1z seems to be fine with me doing these.

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Thanks again Dub !!

My hobby outside of computers is modding my Jeep Wrangler. Talk about a money sink.
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I do not have 250 posts but my job and hobby are the same automotive. Mechanic by trade, hotrod at heart Current project resto 1972 Cutlass going for sleeper cruiser.
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Put me in. I like Brandonwh64 am into Dsm's. What a great hobby it is. One day you are billy badass, the next day you want to go hang yourself for ever fooling with the cursed thing in the first place. And as we know DSM stands for Don't start monthly.
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i work 50 hours a week, so between that and gaming TPU would have to be my hobby.
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wow nice giveaway.
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Some very interesting hobbies, some I can't say I expected. I figured a lot of us would be auto enthusiasts, esp after reading and posting over at GN

As far as the game, I think everyone who said Metro was good had it right. I got a chance to DL and play my personal copy and it is very engaging. It definitely is a system killer though, my 580 is barely keeping me at 30FPS- might have to lower the details to get a more consistent framrate
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Im a geeeeetarist! I record all my own audio and one day I'll be famous, doing lots of drugs and getting STDs and being a goddamn rock star, or I WILL die trying, I guarantee you that. Sad part is I'm not joking.
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looks like a good game :-).
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looks like a good game :-).
WOW welcome back maple, were you been? We have missed your knifing in BF3!
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WOW welcome back maple, were you been? We have missed your knifing in BF3!
tried this "life" everyone speaks of, to expansive for its own good :-p, oh and friends convinced me to get an xbox 360 kinda waste of money IMO computer games are much better.



and on topic, i game, go biking, i drink enough slurpees it could be considered one of my hobbies. well and the gf takes up a bit of time also.
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tried this "life" everyone speaks of, to expansive for its own good :-p, oh and friends convinced me to get an xbox 360 kinda waste of money IMO computer games are much better.
Well we would love to see you in TS for a good knife session like old times. Just check out the BF3 Clubhouse OP for TS info! We are always on in the afternoons!

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This is a great giveaway. Good one theonedub
I already have the game and it is amazing if you have halfway decent hardware to run it with. It's VERY stressing on any and every system out there.
Anyway, just wanted to bump up this thread and say haiiiii
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Im a multi-hobbyist, I like to go out on my bicycle both on and off road, I used to collect stamps but that bores me to shit.

I used to play guitar for a fair few bands that played in local pubs and small music venues quite often. Im a multi-instrumentalist so i play drums, bass, guitar and a little piano. If i had the money id seperate my house and turn one half into a music studio and another one into a air conditioned pc gaming room.

I like to go fishing when i can. best catch so far is a 29lb common carp but that was years ago.

I also quite like to build models like these



but ive put that hobby on hold as i dont exactly have my own place and i have no cabinet or shelf to put them on where they will be safe from the fate of falling to their death.
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