The UNOFFICIAL Insider's Guide to slickdeals.net

Tech Support - ZOMG I can't post on the intarwebz! What do I do? If you are prepared to answer a 200-question quiz about your computer, and have already run 37 virus and spyware scans, go ahead and post your question and we'll tell you to reboot. When you come back, we'll try to help, but we can almost guarantee it's your fault somehow. We're nice about it, though, not like those farkers in the Lounge. If you're quick at posting www.hijackthis.com or "boot to safe mode and run a spyware scan" then you are welcome to assist here. Make sure you have an opinion about the best free disk-partitioning program and be prepared to defend it to the death. You can also find support for your car, microwave oven, llama, unmanned surveillance aircraft, and chia pets here.

The Lounge - At some point, probably around 3 a.m. on a weeknight, you'll have maxed out all of your credit cards, ordered every freebie you can find, signed up for all the contests and magazines that are available, bled out your ears enough trying to help people in the Tech Support forum that don't know it's their fault, and finished taking notes about how to coax cashiers into doing the price match without getting a manager's approval. You'll be refreshing Hot Deals every three minutes, hoping that you can finally get in on one of Selma's late-night blu-ray bundles, and your mouse will wander over to the Forum Jump box. "Hmm," you'll think, "what are these lower fora all about anyhow?" The first, and most inviting, is The Lounge.

Gamer's Lounge - Arguments about which console is the l33t357 and whether Zelda would make out with Princess Peach. Stop by here to brag about your latest killing streak in Halo or to find some other suckzors to pwn at Left 4 Dead. There are also FAQs and game strategy guides for many popular titles, and release dates/rumors for upcoming games. Face it, if you're here and you're over the age of 14, you probably still live with Mom and don't have a girlfriend. That's okay. We don't judge. Check out the latest issue of CTRL-ALT-DEL or Penny Arcade, order a Panormous pizza, and get out the Kleenex. Samus is taking off her armor just for you, baby. Yeah.