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What's this?

That's my mortar, that's my mortar.

Does it just shoot automatically?

Yeah.

Helldivers 2 is a game where you only need to know one thing and one thing only.

Oh, and also I should mention, this is a game where team killing will never not be funny.

That's like what 90 % of this game...

Oh, man.

And if you need more background on Helldivers 2, basically you get dropped in,

you don't ask questions, and you slaughter countless amounts of alien life forms.

And you may ask, Smitty, is that morally correct?

To which I say, don't ask questions.

I just told you that.

I am very excited to play more of this game.

So if you want to see more of it on the channel, either this channel or Smitty Plus, please leave a like to let me know.

I appreciate it.

Thank you so much for watching in the first place, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the video.

Fellas, do me a favor and stand right here.

Okay.

Oh, I see that says orbital.

It doesn't say anything about an orbital.

You don't have to worry about any of that.

Anyway.

Oh, forgive me.

Oh, my God.

They're not hitting.

We'll get one.

Dude.

No. Don't stand on that one.

You guys are in more danger than me.

How are you not dead, Matt?

You're the only one that did not move.

Okay, here we go.

Matt, take out all these little bugs first, and then we'll explain what we're doing.

Don't question the company.

Are we exterminators?

Like, uh.

Do not question, just obey.

Throw a grenade in there.

Why are we trying to get Bugs democracy?

I don't think

Bugs should care about democracy.

No, they're invading our democracy.

That's the problem.

There's oil on this planet.

We need it, boy!

Who the f* are you?

This way.

P1.

I'm P1.

It's P1.

Because his name starts with Puffer, it's a P.

It's mine starts S.

I don't think that's how it works.

No, it's how it works.

Yeah, because Big Unc and Blarg.

So we have B2 and B3.

Sorry, damn.

Let's go.

that's crazy dude what the hell sorry he killed me earlier

he's not team damage brother i just shot him in the face

i barraged him with 380mm what do you mean

this planet has oil we need it boys we need

it we're gonna get the oil we're gonna do it we're gonna do it well come on baby Matt

wow you're actually you are really lucky puffer didn't die we would have had to reset there dude

That was my next question is Do I have to throw the grenades in order for them to explode?

Okay, so if you hit tab you can see the map see yeah, we need to head towards those orange objectives

It's a good good.

We got to close up the holes

Oh, yeah hit all

Fucking neck Oh that but that grenade that grenade bounce that grenade bounce yummy almost yummy almost met bug God

I'm gonna get a resupply good idea.

We'd have a call to anything like fall for me

The control you just call shit in all right cool.

Yeah, whatever you want really yeah

Hey, what's he called that?

Nowhere?

Oh man.

I was not looking forward!

Why would you call that right next to the arena?

Hey guys, don't go in that little encamin, okay?

I'm going in there.

I wouldn't.

Call me a little Matt.

Matt, yummy.

Wait, is that a barrage?

Oh fuck!

Requesting sentry!

Hungry?

This looks like a bunker actually.

Oh, what the hell?

Where'd you come from?

I'm doing tricks.

Dude, where the fuck am I going?

What happened?

I absolutely just flew so far.

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What happened to you?

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I want that to happen to me.

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Did you see me go in the sky?

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Oh God, here's Shrek!

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Oh no!

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Shit!

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Oh my God!

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Man, watch out.

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Dude, I'm an entire

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Happy Meal right now.

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The iPad's not working.

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I need my dad.

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I'm gonna get on a southeast.

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That ain't coming!

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Oh, you got it?

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Other way, other way.

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Keep going, keep going, I'll tell you when.

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Oh, southeast?

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Sorry, I got it.

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Alright, stop it.

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Alright, that should be good.

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That looks pretty northeast to me.

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Trick shot!

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Bruh.

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That's cool that puffer killed me for doing my job.

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Bruh, why?

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We both killed him, we killed the two.

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You've failed to guide my ass, bro!

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I hear it.

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Oh yeah, hold on.

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That's definitely it.

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Um...

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Sending in an eagle!

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They don't even know, they're sleeping bro, they don't even see this coming.

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They're sleeping.

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It's dead.

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Perfect.

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How'd we win?

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Um, I threw an airstrike on the innocent bugs.

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Wooo!

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Hey, watch out!

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We're like the US but in space.

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Sample collect!

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Holy shit, wait, what?

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Wait, this is huge.

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That was awfully close, Yummy.

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Guys, I got a fun gun!

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A fun gun?

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Yeah, you wanna know how fun it is?

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No. I have a cunt gun.

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No. No. How fun is it?

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Pretty fun.

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Ow.

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Avoid drowning.

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You know what?

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What's crazy is like, I knew it was for me.

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I knew that those guys could walk up safely, and there I was.

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It's a fucking railgun.

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I got railed.

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I feel adequately railed, Smitty.

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Thank you.

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I have a railgun that one -shots.

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This is actually sick.

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Guys, I can confirm it one -shots.

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Is extraction where the Orgero is?

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Yeah.

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Oh, yeah.

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On these bishes, you can roll a lot more.

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They died.

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Matt Randy, you see the barrage happening and you run into it.

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I don't understand.

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Also, we can do a lot more here.

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We don't have to leave.

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Orbital pressure.

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What else can we do?

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There's that, uh, question mark over here.

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Brody, this whole game's a question mark for me.

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Yeah.

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Look, we're here to restore peace to our planet that we may or may not own.

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Don't ask questions.

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Why is there a - Bruh.

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Bruh.

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You really can't stop killing him, bro.

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Kill me!

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Away!

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What the hell?

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Oh, we gotta close the bug holes.

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What do you want to do with the bug hole?

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Bug.

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Will you let me put it in your bug hole?

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He has a railgun.

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He wouldn't shoot.

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Railgun the bug hole.

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Is your name bug hole, Blarg?

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My name, Bug Hole.

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My name most definitely be Bug Hole.

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Oh, I found the kill feed where it says Blarg died 990.

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Yeah, he's died a lot of times.

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What is that?

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Stop doing that to me!

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It's just the reason.

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Stop doing this.

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There's another one!

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Oh my god.

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Smitty, pull one down there.

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That wasn't me.

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All right, Matt.

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Get on the terminal.

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You got to hit...

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See that?

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That's like what 90 % of this...

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Oh, man.

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What was that?

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Dude, I died!

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All right, we can't die.

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We can't die anymore.

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Yeah, no more funny moments.

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No more funny moments, guys.

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That's enough.

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Look at my jump moves.

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I bet you can't get up here.

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Let me get up there.

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Hold up.

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I'm gonna do something crazy.

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Fuck you.

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Dive off the rock.

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Dude.

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I was crazy.

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I'm like the terminator, look.

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Guys, guys, we can't die anymore.

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Jumpsoft rocket.

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Oh my god.

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Oh no!

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Don't worry, we're good.

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Look out.

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I'm apparently a bug.

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There's so many fucking bugs.

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Look out, hold on, you might die.

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Get off that, get off.

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Smitty, why can't the - I died, you gotta wait four minutes.

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You gotta wait four minutes.

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That's crazy.

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Alright, Matt, um, call in reinforcements now.

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Alright, that's - Close enough.

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I'm glad you survived.

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There's a big guy you could use a real gun on.

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Enemy patrol, south west.

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I'll get him.

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Oh, Matt.

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Matt, don't die.

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Over here, yummy.

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Looks like there's only one more guy you can trick shot down there.

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Don't do it.

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It's ridiculous.

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Okay, you have to hold it.

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Hold on.

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Okay, this is supposed to be an easy mission.

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Yeah.

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Where do we go?

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We are the biggest enemies of ourselves.

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I jumped off the cliff.

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The thing is here, Matt.

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I'm coming back.

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How much time do we have to get in?

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Take care of the ship, Mike.

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It'll say.

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Oh, ouch!

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Cool.

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Everything is a hazard.

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Diamond, you're cool.

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There you go.

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Nice first mission, boys.

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Good work.

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How do you have four slots and I have two?

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Level?

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Oh, it's Diamond.

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I just wanna be the best.

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You look the best, at least.

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Thank you, Adam.

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You do look cool as hell.

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You look dumb as shit.

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You look like a stupid noob!

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You look like you killed ten bugs ever

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You've only killed ten bugs ever alright fellas it's dark

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Be quiet on this planet boys Alright.

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Woo!

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Matt!

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Let's go fuck some bugs!

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They might come out if you say that.

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Stop.

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I'm gonna fuck bug holes.

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We're singling.

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You guys are getting snuck up on.

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What are you talking about?

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You're playing right around the rosie with this guy.

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You're playing right around the rosie with this guy.

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You're playing right around the rosie with this guy.

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Hell.

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Nothing's happened.

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Is that it now?

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Man.

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Freddie you think you're funny or something?

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I'm getting out of here Huffer where the hell are you taking us?

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I don't know.

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Matt wanted to go to Steven.

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We're going to Steven Steven!

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Steven!

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Steven!

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Is it actually called Steven?

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Yeah, his plan is named Steven.

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Well, I vacationed here before I don't really like it right on the broadcast tower

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Wild Titan Yeah, we gotta do that.

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Oh these things are fucking snoring.

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Oh, they're sleeping.

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Oh my god

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Yes, these bugs are significantly larger.

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Hey, watch out for that

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Here a big bug.

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Oh, he's hiding in the cornfield

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He's hiding in the corn!

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Big corn!

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Lots of big corn!

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Two big bugs!

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Two big bugs!

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Two big bugs on Tuesday!

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I kept panicking.

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I threw an airstrike.

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I'm gonna do that.

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I'm gonna do that.

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It's coming on me!

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Did you call me in the bugs?

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Oh, there's more.

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Oh, okay.

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Oh man, that's a big guy.

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Oh, there's one here too!

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They're not growing explosives!

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I'm throwing all I had!

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There's a big guy I don't know if he's gonna he might have no he's on me

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My leg is injured I have an injured line

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I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got him with the next

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Hit the line I died I got eliminated by Charger You're a little weird man you'll stop in your tracks bitch

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Oh shit oh shit

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Bro will not die Matt land on him land on him

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Okay Shoot his green butt

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Where is he?

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Oh, you missed!

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He got nicked at him!

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You did it!

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Oh, we got him!

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Wait, he's getting disabled.

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Bro, perfect!

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No, he doesn't care.

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Guys, he's - he's still kicking.

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Now he's dead.

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Sorry, Mark.

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Do you want to destroy this bug nest over here?

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Uh, sure.

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Bro, this is a hefty amount of bug holes.

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I'm going in!

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I'm going in!

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Koby!

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I didn't throw it.

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I didn't throw the grenade.

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I'm on their ass.

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I'm controlling.

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I'm dead.

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Oh, shit.

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Here, reinforce!

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Reinforce!

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Here I come, fellas!

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Game restarted.

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I can't say that.

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Let's get into it.

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Oh, my God.

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I might have just killed him by shooting him.

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Did you land and kill one of us?

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No, I landed over here, dumb bitch.

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That's a lot of bugs.

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Oh, shit.

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What is going on?

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Matt.

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Oh Smitty, you wanna see something cool?

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Turn around.

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Watch this.

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He didn't go anywhere.

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He didn't do anything on my screen.

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Here's a big one.

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Lots of goo on that.

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Oh my god!

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What?

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I actually need some ammo.

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Oh, nobody shot it.

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I have no ammo.

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Oh my god!

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He died!

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He landed the tree!

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You got impaled by a tree.

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I think we have to get up there.

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How do we go through here?

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I have just a way to get there.

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Dammit.

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I'm sorry. So close.

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You're almost there.

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Oh, this one's good.

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I'm gonna be up there.

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See you guys up there.

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Alright.

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Man, I flew so far the opposite way.

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No!

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Dan, did he die?

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How did he die?

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Cause I went so high in the air.

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Oh, I got a fucking glitch, bot.

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Oh my god.

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How'd you get up there?

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I'm the goat.

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Ah, I'm creepin'!

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Just keep rolling down the hill, why'd you do that?

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Are you diving at all?

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Every button.

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Nope.

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Oh, okay, that's why.

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Oh, there we go.

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Man!

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Why did I get pushed?

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Why did I just go flying into my own grenade?

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How did you push him?

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Oh my god, you fucking killed him!

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How the hell did you push me?

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You are.

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Are you gonna tell us about how to do that?

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Cause I'd like to be nefarious.

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I fucking dropped a grenade on you.

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Oh, yeah, that'll do it. On a bug leg.

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No, he didn't.

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He fixed it.

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I don't know how he's pushing, but he's doing it.

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He ain't pushing.

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He's meleeing!

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It's a melee!

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It's a melee!

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No!

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Oh, wow.

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It's half!

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It's half!

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It's half!

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You gatekeeping asshole!

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Let's see what happens if I throw an airstrike up there.

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Hello, bitch.

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Oh, no. You guys okay?

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Watch out for that gatling.

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Oh!

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Huffer, why?!

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Huffer.

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What?

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You had six accidentals, dude.

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It was that one air strike!

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It was like an accident.

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Let's be honest, I should have one.

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That was not one air strike!

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Let's be honest, I should at least have one, because I pushed Matt to the stage.

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Yes, mate, you did fu - Yeah, you did push me off a cliff into my own grenade.

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Editor, let's omit that from the footage, shall we?

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Well, keep it in, just don't put a number there.

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What is this?

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Oh, shit!

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Sniper on my phone.

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Wait, does this explode?

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Man...

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Man...

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Stop dropping roll!

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Oh no!

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MEEE! Who died?

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I noticed it!

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Too late!

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Nice.

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I already hit it.

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We got the launch codes.

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Now we have to go back to that area.

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Okay, so remember guys, when this launches, we need to all stand here and salute.

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Got it?

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Yes, sir.

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Okay. Does that explode?

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No. Can we stop asking if things explode?

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Wasn't me.

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Wow, he killed birds with a close -said fucking barrel.

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I wonder if it explodes.

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You're welcome for the reloading sniper back, you piece of shit.

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I just threw it down.

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I just threw it down.

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Let it show.

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I just threw it down.

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Puffer shot it.

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Disengage all the locks.

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Guys, go down there and break all the locks. That might do something.

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That might actually...

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That might do it.

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I don't know.

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Puffer!

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That's not even me, you fucking idiot!

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Hold on, hold on, hold on.

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We're confused.

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Stop, dude.

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We need to figure out where to launch that.

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What are you doing?

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I got it.

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Use terminal to lock in the gr - I don't know what that means though.

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Oh, it's gotta turn green, I got it.

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Okay, bring it up, left.

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Oh, let me on it.

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Oh, let me on it.

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Oh, let me on it.

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NO, LODY, WHAT THE FUCK?

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I WAS JUST STANDING THERE!

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10 seconds, boys!

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Get ready!

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Get over here!

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They hit me down there!

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Hold on, I'm down here!

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I'm down there!

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I'M GONNA WATCH IT!

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No, who's walking towards it?

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I'm jumping in!

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Bruh.

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Where's that?

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I want to go guys.

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Did you see where that launched keep an eye on it?

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Oh, man We might not even see it so fucking oh never mind

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My god incoming

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Nuclear warhead action, baby

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That's my mortar it's my mortar

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Does it just shoot on man?

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Yeah?

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Did I die or did I die?

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Yeah, I fucking died.

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You killed me.

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I was next to it.

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Nothing but tech issues, baby, but we're here to slaughter more bugs.

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Let's get out of here.

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What do you mean, dude?

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I love...

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No, okay, never mind.

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Fine.

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I'll be over here.

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Oh, yeah, you guys know how to do this.

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Okay, I'll show you how.

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So you grab things like this.

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See this guy?

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Yeah.

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And you load it in.

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So there's another one on the ground there.

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There's another one right there.

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What do you load it?

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In the thing over here.

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I'll show you.

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Why is my top speed one mile per day?

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Because it's heavy as hell, buddy.

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And then you put it in like this.

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We need to put five of them in here.

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And then we have a little orbital cannon set up.

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A little rail gun.

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Okay, so this thing is ready to go.

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So I am going to go ahead and just do this.

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Big, big strike, big strike, big strike.

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I don't know how big this is gonna be, but...

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I mean, he tried to kill everyone.

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Oh, wait, I didn't...

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That's pretty much all it does.

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It's pretty useful if we had actual things to kill, but...

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Oh, wait, what's this over here?

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Yeah, I'm already doing it.

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That is insane.

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That is insane, dude.

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Oh my god!

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That was almost amazing!

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Were you trying to do that?

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That would've been so good.

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Damn, there's a rolling bug leg right there.

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Rolling bug leg, rolling bug leg.

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That is dinner.

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Pfft.

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What the hell?

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What's he doing?

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He's chasing after me.

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That's a lot of bucks, Puffer!

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We should put our differences - AHH!

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The ship's here.

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Get in!

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He's coming.

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Oh, I'm coming.

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Hold on, I'm coming.

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Man, I knew it was gonna happen!

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Get in!

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Get in!

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Just get in!

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We gotta go!

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What the fuck?!

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I saw Puffer standing there, like, that motherfucker gonna land.

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You go into the back of the ship I knew it honestly it's deserved I was trying to call it orbital strike

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Guys you keep messing around I'm gonna have to crack some skulls

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Okay, we have guys we have to get civilians I'm gonna open this up for him.

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Okay, I'm throwing an orbital strike on the robots.

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They're coming out!

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Um, the - hopefully they run into it.

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Here comes the civvies!

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Here comes the - oh man, that's a bad spot for - Well - Oh, oh, oh, oh!

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Don't shoot the - Oh, they're killing them!

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What the fuck?!

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I'm blasting them!

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What is wrong with you?!

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I'm blasting them!

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I didn't know they were guys.

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Oh yeah, the sixth time I said watch out for the civvies.

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That's it.

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I'm getting revenge.

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I'm getting revenge.

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Uh -oh.

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What?

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That guy's the biggest!

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I was trying to get mad, but it got shot.

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Why are these guys invisible?

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With the AT -STs, you have to get behind them and shoot them off of it. Or grenades.

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That works too.

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Okay, guys, that's enough.

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We've only evacuated two civilians?

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Yeah, cuz Matt shot the other one.

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We blasted some.

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Who's we?

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Wait, what do we do?

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We go up to the door?

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O 'Reilly's Auto Parts.

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Yeah, if you see a door with a yellow opening thing, you have to call it in.

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Oh, I got it, I got it, I see.

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Yeah, but you need to protect them.

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So those guys that are in front of you, you need to handle that.

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Follow me!

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I don't know where we're going, where we going?

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They'll just run, they'll run, they'll run.

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Hey, Chase, oh man, watch out!

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Oh my god, there's so many of them!

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Oh my god, YUMMY, RUN!

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YUMMY, RUN!

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What is the blue stuff okay?

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That's good.

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That's gonna stun them

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Holy fucka moly one two they probably can't keep getting to it because of all this

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They're going up oh I just got shot in the head.

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This is insane.

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Yeah, imagine if we do a hard difficulty Smash!

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Wait, this should be good as long as no one dies, we got them all!

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Uh -oh.

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Lots of guys coming in over.

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Oh, so many!

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I see them, I see them!

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Airstrikes!

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Ohhhh wow!

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That's gonna - Slug them!

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Docking cover!

658

That is such a bad orbital!

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What did that one?!

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That is such a bad one!

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Oh my god!

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I just threw a - I didn't even see it!

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I thought it was mine further away!

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You killed Rick!

665

That wasn't me!

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That wasn't me!

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Alright, now it's very calm.

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What the fuck am I doing?

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Yeah, they realized they lost.

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Are you okay?

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Oh Why My hands I could try to push me back

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Bullshit right now what I'm at a vending machine

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Oh, what the hell blew me up?

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Wow, we're out of reinforcements.

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Why did you kill me?

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Did you throw a grenade?

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I threw a fucking airstrike.

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Why would you do that?

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Alright, Mouse, get out of here.

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You see me?

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Matt, get on it.

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Just leave.

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I'm just kidding. Who died?

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Door not open yet.

685

Puffer killed me.

686

Yummy died.

687

I don't know how.

688

Dude, the airstrike was so unnecessary, Puffer.

689

The last one?

690

I - to be fair I threw it on Matt's uh respawn

691

Oh thanks man

692

Cool Killed everyone else

693

Oh to be fair I tried to kill somebody else

694

Great, sick, 95 XP for that whole thing

695

Great, great ordeal Fucking awesome

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Spreading Democracy by ANY MEANS NECESSARY”. This video has 695 sentences and 3618 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:53. The speaker talks at a natural 158 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 107 of its 695 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
bug noun	/bʌɡ/	An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
grenade noun	/ɡɹəˈneɪd/	A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
yummy adjective	/ˈjʌm.i/	Delicious.
orbital adjective	/ɔɹ.bət.l̩/	Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
explode verb	/ɪkˈsploʊd/	To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
mortar noun	/ˈmɔːtə/	A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
trick noun	/ˈtɹɪk/	Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
rail noun	/ɹeɪ(ə)l/	A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
insane adjective	/ɪnˈseɪn/	Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
blast noun	/blæst/	A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
corn noun	/ˈkɔːn/	Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
terminal noun	/ˈtɚmɪnəl/	A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
revenge noun	/ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/	Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
southeast noun	/sawˈθɪjst/	The intercardinal compass point halfway between east and south; specifically at a bearing of 135°.
dive verb	/daɪv/	To swim under water.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
watch out		Used to warn someone of an imminent danger.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
get off verb		To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
look out verb		To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.
close up verb	/kləʊzˈʌp/	To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
come back verb		To return to a place.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Freddie you think you're funny or something?
How'd you get up there?
Editor, let's omit that from the footage, shall we?
We've only evacuated two civilians?
I don't know where we're going, where we going?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	You've failed · You've only killed · We've only evacuated
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is named · is injured
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	may ask · may not own · might die
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	Avoid drowning · stop killing · kept panicking

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 181 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: southeast /sawˈθɪjst/, sixth /sɪksθ/, northeast /noːˈθɪjst/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, extraction /ɪkˈstɹækʃən/, barrage /bəˈɹɑʒ/, bish /bɪʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, unnecessary /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/, eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bug, grenade, yummy.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?