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Title: Hey, I need some advice.
Post by: nickmitch on September 17, 2006, 06:55:34 PM: My mom gave me $150 for being a national acheivement semifinalist. So now I got to decide how to spend it. I'm thinking of either getting a black DSL because it's more portable and the hinge on my DSPhat is broken or saving it for the Wii launch.

So, what do you think I should do?
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Post by: wandering on September 17, 2006, 07:26:28 PM: Well, that depends on what's more important to you, I suppose. Personally, I'd save for the Wii, because, come Novemeber, broken or not, I'd still have the ability to control my games with a stylus, but not the ability to control my games by waving my arms around.
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Post by: nickmitch on September 18, 2006, 06:26:17 PM: Thanks, my friend, Sid, said the same thing.
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Post by: 18 Days on September 18, 2006, 06:53:22 PM: I recommend you start callling the old DS DS hevy becuase saying phat makes you a retard. Oh boy if the Natioinal Acheivement people heard that… ooooh.
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Post by: ThePerm on September 18, 2006, 07:44:46 PM: lol black dsl?
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Post by: Svevan on September 18, 2006, 09:20:35 PM: I just can't play Star Fox Command on my old DS, so it's a good investment if you have a lot of DS games. However, if that delays your purchase of a Wii, I am against it.
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Post by: Caterkiller on September 18, 2006, 11:03:02 PM: Go for the Wii, it comes out in like 60 days. By then there could be a rumor on a DSL price drop, but not bloody likely. Wii!!

Oh and tell me what a National acheivement semifinalist is? what did you do? And congradulations on making it that far.
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Post by: ShyGuy on September 19, 2006, 04:21:56 AM: Why has no one mentioned the PS3 as an option here? TEH BIAS!
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Post by: Ceric on September 19, 2006, 05:13:09 AM: You could donate your money to someone for buying a community PS3 that you can enshrine and share in the middle of your neighborhood on its pedestal with its 108" plasma. There you go ShyGuy.
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Post by: Svevan on September 19, 2006, 04:24:04 PM: Or sell said PS3 on Ebay and feed your neighbors for months.
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Post by: nickmitch on September 19, 2006, 05:20:20 PM: Quote
Originally posted by: ThePerm
lol black dsl?

I just don't see the difference between and black and onyx, oh wait. I get it. LOL.

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Oh and tell me what a National acheivement semifinalist is? what did you do? And congradulations on making it that far.

I did well on the PSAT last fall. There are 3 different awards given out: National Merit (for whites and asians), National Acheivement (for african americans) and another for hispanics. I don't remember what the last one was called.
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Post by: Ceric on September 19, 2006, 05:40:56 PM: Isn't that Discrimination by race?

I know it's still a great accomplishment and all but it sort of diminishes the whole impact because it splits them all up into a smaller pools. On the flip side I didn't even now they gave awards.

Hopefully you'll get a scholarship from it. Let me tell you something I learned the hard way. You High School grades means squat to get a scholarship compared to your ACT and SAT. Ace those and you have it made. (Plus take all of the advance placement courses you can.)