The OTness

[bearsfwd]

I rented Super Street Fighter 4 lastnight, to see if it was worth dropping $36 on. At first I didn't like it cause it felt so slow compared to the games I've been playing lately. Then It got better. Then it annoyed me.

I really miss those early 90s Arcades.

I've only played Street Fighter 2 and Street Fighter 4. I was happy to see all the characters from 2 return.

However, I can't wait for another Mortal Kombat...I'm partial to that series.

[Shallowrain]

I do miss the arcades so much, especially now that there aren't any left in my town.

I don't, however, miss the kids on the DDR machine clogging up the place, or the roving gangs of people addicted to fighting games trying to bump me off when I just want to kill the final boss.

[Domitilde]

The arcade games I played in the 70's were so spartan compared with today's games, but oh how I thought they were so cool and only a quarter to play! Those were fun times.

[I.B. Ace]

Red Dead Redemption looks cool...

P.S. This is Ace ;)

[Mraezk]

I do miss the arcades so much, especially now that there aren't any left in my town.

I don't, however, miss the kids on the DDR machine clogging up the place, or the roving gangs of people addicted to fighting games trying to bump me off when I just want to kill the final boss.

You'd like SS4's arcade mode then. It has an option to mimic that by allowing you to be paired against people looking for an online game, while you play through arcade mode. It was hilarious. I'd fight the CPU for about 5 to 15 seconds, and them bam, "A New Challenger Appears!"

Unfortunately, after a while every match was against Sagat, Akuma, or Guile. So like with BB (Jin, Jin, Jin, Ragna, Jin.), it gets old quick. That's just the reality of online fighting games, I guess.

[I.B. Ace]

There's SF4 on the iPod touch now, with Bluetooth for multiplayer :)

[I.B. Ace]

My internets down for a bit, the wireless chip in my laptops gone all funny. I'm on my Dad's ancient 1980's pc at the moment :(

[Domitilde]

Laptops, to me, are fine for not-so-serious stuff, but I'll take my desktop over one anyday.

[I.B. Ace]

Ordered a new chip in my local pc shop, should arrive on Wednesday so by Thursday/Friday (depends on how complicated this new fangled SATA stuff is...) I should be back!

[I.B. Ace]

The chip arrived today but I missed the closing time of the shop by 1/2 hour... I'll pick it up tomorrow and plug it in then. Just finished stripping down my laptop because the warranties dead by a few weeks :(

Looking at getting a new mach though if anybody has any opinions?

[Mraezk]

Magic lost out to the Reftics. Next year, it might be a better idea to not go down 3-0 in the ECF.

Ah well. It's summer, time to enjoy it.

/rageface

[Domitilde]

The chip arrived today but I missed the closing time of the shop by 1/2 hour... I'll pick it up tomorrow and plug it in then. Just finished stripping down my laptop because the warranties dead by a few weeks :(

Looking at getting a new mach though if anybody has any opinions?

But now plagued with a bad Internet connection. Woe is you.

[I.B. Ace]

But now plagued with a bad Internet connection. Woe is you.

Indeed... Next door neighbour has an un-encrypted signal and said I can use it while it's turned on lol, no idea when he'll turn it off.

[jkensethdewalt]

Magic lost out to the Reftics. Next year, it might be a better idea to not go down 3-0 in the ECF.

Ah well. It's summer, time to enjoy it.

/rageface

Dont worry Lakers will take them out.

[Domitilde]

Had to buy a new (used) car today since my Daewoo Lanos decided to have brake caliper problems and the dealer said no one in the USA had it. So bought a 2006 Chrysler Sebring sedan. It is a nice car and that year had few complaints on ChryslerProblems.com. Far more comfortable, too.

[I.B. Ace]

Had to buy a new (used) car today since my Daewoo Lanos decided to have brake caliper problems and the dealer said no one in the USA had it. So bought a 2006 Chrysler Sebring sedan. It is a nice car and that year had few complaints on ChryslerProblems.com. Far more comfortable, too.

Haha, nice. I'm not sure about the whole car/bike thing so I don't even have my license yet...

[Nova N]

To bad about the Daewoo m8.

Wait what?

Much better what you have now! :D
need more details ;)

[Domitilde]

It's nothing like the souped-up beast that you have, Nova, nor will it attrack the babes like bears to honey. Hmm, maybe I should have bought something more sporty? :devil:

[Nova N]

I think a Dodge Charger would look good with you :)
Also a sedan :D

And thanks, yea I love my car ^^

[Domitilde]

Maybe a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T
http://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/68%20Charger-05%20W.jpg

or a 1970 Plymouth AAR Cuda
http://www.stockmopar.com/_images/cuda/1970-blue-plymouth-aar-cuda-pictures/1970-blue-plymouth-aar-cuda-pictures-5.jpg

I kidded my wife that I was going to get a Direct Connection decal for the back window of the Sebring. My old Dodge muscle car had a 360 cid with 340 valves, 3/4 race cam, B&M transpack kit, original Chrysler 6 pack (3 Hollies on a high-rise aluminum manifold), custom exhaust with the Chrysler "H" bar to headers, 5:13 gear, H50 14 Mickey Thompson tires, and of course, a Direct Connection decal in the back window. Sometimes I'd put tranction bars on, but the true Mopar way is to use a rubber snubber on the gear hump, so when I was embarrased enough, I'd take them off. When I'd pop the hood, guys thought it was anything from a 340 High-Performace up to a 383 Magnum. Sounded really good with a very deep growl. When I'd do brake stands, the back end would swing to the left or right. I could pop the front wheels off the ground, but even with very firm shocks, it would still flatten some header pipes and that got to be expensive replacing the headers. Man, I wish I had that car... :cry:

[Mraezk]

I can hardly play any kind of fighting game these days without getting Nintendo thumbs. - Metal Gear Solid 4 is a neat game/movie. More movie, I suppose, but I do enjoy some of the silly things you're allowed to do during the stealthy bits. Any game where a "Playboy" is considered an offensive weapon has a lot going for it.

Non-stop rain for the last two weeks or so. The yard & driveway are now a jungle, people are taking tours, a tribe has been discovered, and a StR organization has chained themselves to the lawn mower.

[Rubi]

Send Izzy after the tree-huggers, she'll take 'em out.

And Dena? That Charger? Mrow.

[Domitilde]

It is terrifying how much those old Mopars sell for these days.

Azra, do you live in an area that the oil will be approaching?

[Mraezk]

I wish! . . or maybe not.

The yard is finally back in shape. But even now, I know it is out there . . . growing.

Demon's Soulsssseeseses has not arrived. The post office toying with me.

[Domitilde]

You would mention yard... Mine is starting to look like a jungle, but today is the first nice day to mow. Yay, I get to spend a nice day mowing! Did I ever mention I HATE yard work?

[Mraezk]

I killed a woman this morning.

Then she was really nice about it, and now I feel a bit guilty. She did backstab me with an axe a few times though, but then I ran off a ledge, circled back, and snuck up on her while the tried to kill the red eyed knight. It turns out that ramming a claymore through someone's back isn't as gratifying when you learn that they're still a bit green.

The system does make sure that you only fight folks around your level, but uh. . not all levels are created equal? I suppose the payback to being evil is fighting even tougher bosses while having even another penalty to your total health, so even left handed zombies can insta-kill you. :cloud9:

[Domitilde]

:laughing: What game is that?

[Mraezk]

Demon's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd5u_LrqmPo)Souls. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kUDZYfBugA)

The Zero Punctuation review is funnier but contains too much strong language to link. - Personally, I fell in love with the game when it. . .
made me another player's final boss in world 3.
That was a really cool, out of the blue surprise.

[Tom Nook]

Which you've just spoiled for anyone else...

[Mraezk]

Oh well. King Kong rule.

(Bruce Willis was dead the whole time!)

[I.B. Ace]

That's one of my favourite [scrubs] episodes, lol. The Janitor sitting in the broom cupboard looks so innocent...

[Mraezk]

I managed to obtain the "Friends" Ring in DS by farming invading black phantoms. This strikes me as funny cause it actually seemed more 'evil' than invading players myself. -- Basically, you go to a certain level's spawn point, and simply. . .wait. When another player invades, his back will be to you which allows for an easy 1000pt+ backstab.

Even so, the usual cat and mouse element to the pvp makes me open to the idea of world pvp in mmorpgs again. Too bad it's usually so easy to exploit in some manner or another.

[I.B. Ace]

Just got "Get Behind Me Satan" by The White Stripes, it's better than "Icky Thump" possibly better than "Elephant"...

[Domitilde]

Where do you find those groups?

[I.B. Ace]

The White Stripes are amazing! Try listening to Blue Orchid by them.

Death Cab For Cutie are amazing too...

So are Stereophonics. Have A Nice Day is one of their best.

[Tom Nook]

Where do you find those groups?

Give Pandora (http://www.pandora.com/) a try. It's a great way of finding similar music to what you already enjoy.

[I.B. Ace]

US only, I can't access it. I'll have to stick to genius on iTunes.

[I.B. Ace]

For all of the TRUE cat lovers http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10404251.stm

[Shallowrain]

Mr Fitzpatrick explained: "The real revolution with Oscar is [that] we have put a piece of metal and a flange into which skin grows into an extremely tight bone."


I'm a cat lover, but that part right there I find way cooler.

[I.B. Ace]

Bionic limbs :)

[Tom Nook]

US only, I can't access it. I'll have to stick to genius on iTunes.

Indeed.
But since Dom is in the U.S. it all works out rather nicely. :smiley:

Try last.fm (http://www.last.fm/) as an alternative. Don't use it myself, but I've heard good things about it.

[Domitilde]

I'll give pandora and last.fm a try.

[Mraezk]

I'll give pandora and last.fm a try. I would have probably not finished Vanquishing if not for Pandora.
--

Goose Howard. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q81ptFSA4mk) Sometimes the Internet is awesome.

[Domitilde]

I misread my PAL expiration date thanks to those Europeans and their backwards writing of dates. It might be the 23 of July, but it is 7/23/2010 thank you very much. So I renewed my gold membership for 6 months and then discover that the current subscription wasn't to expire until September. But Bella, being the sweet thing she is fixed it so the renewal won't activate till the other expires.

To go along with "My Fair Lady" and "Why can't the English learn to speak?" I add, and why can't they use a proper date format like the Americans? With that I better go and :hide:

[Tom Nook]

I misread my PAL expiration date thanks to those Europeans and their backwards writing of dates. It might be the 23 of July, but it is 7/23/2010 thank you very much. So I renewed my gold membership for 6 months and then discover that the current subscription wasn't to expire until September. But Bella, being the sweet thing she is fixed it so the renewal won't activate till the other expires.

To go along with "My Fair Lady" and "Why can't the English learn to speak?" I add, and why can't they use a proper date format like the Americans? With that I better go and :hide:

You so backwards.

[Domitilde]

You so backwards.

Bah! I can add to the list of goofy things Europeans and Commonwealth nations use that is so wrong:
Liters instead of pints, quarts, and gallons
Meters instead of inches, foot, yard, and mile
Centigrade instead of Fahrenheit.

If we could spread Levi's around the world, when will the US get the world to using our measurements? :fortuneteller: :wave: :innocent:

[Auntie I]

A liter is a liter is a liter...how many pints in a quart? Quarts in a gallon? Imperial gallon / US gallon?

Distance is all base 10, no need to figure how many inches in a foot or yard or mile...I need a conversion calculator to figure it all out.

And Celcius make so much more sense than Fahrenheit. If it's below zero, everything is frozen, if it's above, it's not...so simple.

Jeans make sense, so does metric...hence the use of both.

[Shallowrain]

I honestly know metric better than I know the American systems due to the fact that I use them more often in classes. I had no idea how many ounces were in a quart when a kid asked me.

[Domitilde]

Oh, you two are something. I know how many ounces to a gallon, I just have to look it up first. :scratch: What I don't like was the move to metric in the US was a flop and yet many car parts might require metric tools. :banghead:

I remember our trip to Victoria, B.C., such a beautiful town (been there twice) and the first time we went by a gas station and thought, "Wow, gas is only a dollar something a gallon here!"

[Shallowrain]

What I don't like was the move to metric in the US was a flop and yet many car parts might require metric tools. :banghead:

This is a major source of rage to me, at least for the fact that it's somehow even possible for that tiny difference to matter so much.

[Tom Nook]

Bah! I can add to the list of goofy things Europeans and Commonwealth nations use that is so wrong:
Liters instead of pints, quarts, and gallons
Meters instead of inches, foot, yard, and mile
Centigrade instead of Fahrenheit.

If we could spread Levi's around the world, when will the US get the world to using our measurements? :fortuneteller: :wave: :innocent:

Your idea to adopt the Levi as a universal unit of measurement is intriguing.
This way I would be two levis tall and weigh sixteen levis. But I think that working out how many levis to the levi my car manages would be somewhat problematic.

Also it's Litre and Metre.


Oh, you two are something. I know how many ounces to a gallon, I just have to look it up first. :scratch: What I don't like was the move to metric in the US was a flop and yet many car parts might require metric tools. :banghead:

I remember our trip to Victoria, B.C., such a beautiful town (been there twice) and the first time we went by a gas station and thought, "Wow, gas is only a dollar something a gallon here!"

Does your car get 40 rods to the hogshead though?

[Domitilde]

No, no, no. I was referring to the fact that Levi's are well-known and worn around the world, so if the rest of the world could adopt a pair of jeans, then the rest of the world should adopt more of the US's ways. :tongue:

[Domitilde]

Is this a double post? I can't remember what they look like.

So, has anyone noticed that Rubi (Ari) has two guild tags? Hooray for Rubi!

[Rubi]

Oh my goodness, look at that!

[Auntie I]

Hax!

And such....

[I.B. Ace]

I would just like to add (to the measuring debate) that grams and kilograms are much easier to use when it comes to chemistry. It's something my teacher says when we complain about the difficulty "At least you don't have to weigh eighths out!".

[ReZon]

Just a random post - I'm teaching a college course this semester. It's an online class, so I'll be more of a facilitator than a teacher, but I'm pretty excited about it. Who knows, this might be the beginning of something completely out of the realm of what I had imagined doing as a career.

[Tom Nook]

You always imagined being a circus performer, right? :smiley:

[Domitilde]

He did indeed, Tom, until he found out that unicorns and leprechauns were only myths.

*offers good luck to ReZon and hopes it works out*

[ReZon]

You always imagined being a circus performer, right? :smiley:

Of course.. doesn't everybody?


He did indeed, Tom, until he found out that unicorns and leprechauns were only myths.

Lies!

[Shallowrain]

Let me know if you ever want any teacher input. I adore a chance to, you know, ACTUALLY USE what I went to college for.

[Domitilde]

My mom taught for 32 years and went the first 6 years before she started making more than $1,000/year. I think when she retired she was only making around $17k. Not a profession to get rich.

[I.B. Ace]

In the UK, head teachers have been getting up to 6 figure salaries.

[Rhokk of Drogbar]

Teachers at the college level? Or highschool/middle/elementary teachers?

[I.B. Ace]

We call it secondary school, err, ages are the best gauge here, so I'd say 13-18.

[Domitilde]

In the UK, head teachers have been getting up to 6 figure salaries.

Do those 6 figures include ".00"? :laugh: :tongue:

[I.B. Ace]

Lol, they don't. There was controversy at the time it was published...

[Tsukasa Kusanagi]

I am getting my wisdom teeth pulled today. I am horrified!

[Shallowrain]

I hope you have ice bags ready. Also, go for the anesthetic, especially if its of the 'we're going to shatter the teeth and pull out the pieces' variety.

Blargh.

[Domitilde]

I had mine all pulled at the same visit. Wasn't bad and I got the Tylenol with codeine which was okay.

[Tsukasa Kusanagi]

Strangely, it's day two. .and I haven't taken any pain meds all day. and feel normal. Weird.

[Neos]

Sometimes it's like that. I haven't had to have my wisdom teeth out, but when I had a root canal, I had a similar situation. Just didn't seem to need the meds. On the contrary, when my brother had his wisdom teeth out he was drugged up and knocked out for about three days. Win some lose some I guess.

Good to hear you are feeling well though. :grin:

[Domitilde]

Strangely, it's day two. .and I haven't taken any pain meds all day. and feel normal. Weird.

Look at a mirror and if you can't see yourself, then there is another explanation.

[Domitilde]

Ari was going where for a few days? Fun or work or both? Will she be back for Christmas? :undecided:

[Nova N]

Just tried to buy some materials for a few consets.

People ask way more then the trader asks for them :(

[Domitilde]

Try thievery.

[I.B. Ace]

My friend just sent me this link (http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2010/apr/22/chicken-causes-homosexuality-evo-morales), I can't believe this person is allowed to be in charge of a country.

[Domitilde]

It makes perfectly good sense to me. I once saw a rooster eat a man and it grew a man-sized scrotum. Really, I saw it.

[Suburbhousewife]

I was running around town yesterday and was excited to see that a Target store I go to finally carries E.L.F. Cosmetics....

[Domitilde]

Hard to really find anything about that company on the Web, so how did you hear about E.L.F.?

[Suburbhousewife]

Somehow I ended up reading mommy blogs/videos. They did a lot of giveaways and ELF happened to be one of the popular prizes. ELF has a website and a bunch of vids on youtube about individual makeup they sell.

[Domitilde]

They'd meet their match if they tried to make me look good.

[Tom Nook]

ELF is too close to LEPRECHAUN for me. :scared:

[Domitilde]

Leprechauns are mean little guys.

[Mraezk]

This thread keeps trying to die.

I found a dvd collection of Arli$$ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115101/) at the bottom of a bargain bin in a run down department store. W00t. I don't care if I am the only person on the planet who liked that show, it was funny.

[Domitilde]

I did some research and found that a guy in Nunavut watched all seasons of it.

[Tom Nook]

This thread keeps trying to die.

I found a dvd collection of Arli$$ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115101/) at the bottom of a bargain bin in a run down department store. W00t. I don't care if I am the only person on the planet who liked that show, it was funny.

It must be bad. I've never heard of it.

[Mraezk]

Man, I forgot how adorably hawt Sandra Oh was on this show. I wonder what she's up to these days.

Christ, those horrible bars and number things are back. Can we please have a way to at least turn that crap off? Or at least make it smaller and take the bold off. VERTICALLY STRETCHED POSTS MAKES ME CAPRAGE. ARGH

* Looks like this is the only DvD release HBO plans to do for the show. So out of 7 years and 80 episodes, only 13 of them are on DvD. Good frickin' grief. Meanwhile HBO goes all George Lucas with Sex and City. Blah.

[Rubi]

I watched the season finale of Castle today. I cried and cried and cried. Damn you, show.

I cried even more than I did at the end of the last episode of Bones. Stupid shows dancing on my poor heartstrings.

[Mraezk]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/711346-nba-playoffs-2011-james-harden-and-the-5-worst-flops-of-the-year

Today's NBA. :undecided: I wouldn't be surprised if Big Baby's big stunt from last years ECF was a flop too.

[teina]

NBA

Is that still going on? Didn't Oprah preempt it or something?

-T

[Mraezk]

She tried, but LeBron dunked on her. Well, ran at her and drew the foul. :afro:

[Suburbhousewife]

Three days ago I decided to contact Taco Bell online to let them know I got tired of them switching my beans to rice when asking for a fresco burrito (more than once)...just got a call from one of the chains I go to and she explained that I may need to be sure I say, "Fresco" first, or that sometimes they just didn't hear me say it. I was actually hoping for a coupon for a free burrito instead of a call...bummer

[Mraezk]

Oh. My.

That was possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen.

[Domitilde]

Three days ago I decided to contact Taco Bell online to let them know I got tired of them switching my beans to rice when asking for a fresco burrito (more than once)...just got a call from one of the chains I go to and she explained that I may need to be sure I say, "Fresco" first, or that sometimes they just didn't hear me say it. I was actually hoping for a coupon for a free burrito instead of a call...bummer

My wife would have gotten a coupon for a free one. Whenever an order is messed up, she gets a freebie out of it. To the restaurant, it's written off as promotional.

[Suburbhousewife]

The ones on this end obviously don't view it that way. One of the locations is a month old and you would think they would offer coupons for things like that.... oh well, maybe next time :D


sitting watching (sort of) QVC, philosophy beauty stuff and about to do a lil bit of GW...waiting patiently to put kids to bed :D

[Domitilde]

I tried to participate in this site's GW2 poll. I selected elementalist (what else?) and clicked on "vote." A message box came up saying to please select a valid poll entry! I know an admin is a mesmer, as are some mods, but this anti-ele poll went too far! :soapbox:

[Tom Nook]

They're just sore that there's not going to be any Mesmers in GW2. :hide:

[Suburbhousewife]

noticing as I am reading through my guild threads, the website (screen) is shifting itself to the right?!

[The Pointless]

noticing as I am reading through my guild threads, the website (screen) is shifting itself to the right?!

It's the news ticker at the top of the page shunting everything over there whenever it displays a long title. :undecided:

[Domitilde]

Apparently the site was created on a TRS-80 and no one is around who can fix it.

[Mraezk]

I blame the horrible Xp bars.

The Mavs win. The world rejoices. The summer becomes boring.

[Domitilde]

NHL season is way too long. Stanley Cup Finals in June and the season starts in August or September?

[Mraezk]

I dunno. Hockey is for girls.

[teina]

I dunno. Hockey is for girls.

That's because girls enjoy watching real men.

-T

[Domitilde]

And y eah

[Mraezk]

You're just mad cause Kareem took your hot dog.

[Domitilde]

Roger, Roger.

[Mraezk]

And don't call me Shirley.

[teina]

Wrong thread.

-T

[Mraezk]

Nothing that feels this good could ever be wrong.

[Neos]

Nothing that feels this good could ever be wrong.
O RLY?
http://i56.tinypic.com/2qvcpco.jpg
Why don't you take a seat over there? :tongue:

[Mraezk]

Dammit, not you again!:hide:

[Mraezk]

I watched Hockey.

Boston won. This is obviously a horrible sport indeed.

[shawn]

I feel that way about most sports.

[Mehtis]

Me too. No surprise that I frequate a gaming forum, instead of sports ones, eh?

[Tom Nook]

I watched Hockey.

Boston won. This is obviously a horrible sport indeed.

If it's any consolation, I've never liked any of their songs.

[Mraezk]

Apparently people in Vancouver are suffering from large amounts of Mad as a result.

http://images.scribblelive.com/2011/6/15/1bf6d9da-82b7-4b83-b2a5-e0e25b5f5260_500.jpg

And people say I overreact.

[Domitilde]

Yes, the reports of rioting were amazing. Now me being a true NY Rangers fan, I grew up during the time that the Rangers and Bruins were a really big rivalry and I hated Boston. During those good old days, TV cameras couldn't show the crowds close to the nose-bleed areas in MSG because of too many signs with foul language.

[Alaris]

My gf was upset at yesterday's game, but not as much as that guy in the pic. But he lost all credibility because his underwear is showing.

[teina]

Apparently people in Vancouver are suffering from large amounts of Mad as a result.

Some people. Most Canadians, including many Vancouverians (Vancouverites?) are appalled at the "hockey hooligans". My favorite reader quote from a news story:

"Lets hope Vancouver does not make it to the playoffs again for another 20 years! Canada does not need the embarrassment."

(Apparently there was a riot back in 1994 after Vancouver lost to the Rangers in game 7)

-T

[The Boz]

Noneuropean sports fans are noneuropean.

[Mraezk]

Some people. Most Canadians, including many Vancouverians (Vancouverites?) are appalled at the "hockey hooligans". My favorite reader quote from a news story

I think we all know Steve Nash was behind it.

Today's Silly was brought by Germany: Some newspaper over there said Dirk defeated "ghetto basketball." (http://deadspin.com/5811983/german-newspaper-credits-dirk-first-white-mvp-since-larry-bird-with-defeating-ghetto-basketball)

Reading the article, apparently the writer meant exactly that. Wowza. Gold chains, really? Also: "he (Dirk) is the first white MVP since Larry Bird!"

See, this is why Nash started those riots. Even the Germans are trolling him.

German dude, Dirk wasn't MVP. That was Rose. Dirk was finals MVP. And, you know, there was a two-time "white" MVP a few years ago (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nash). Okay, maybe he was born in Africa, but c'mon. He's whiter than Bird ever was.

[Mraezk]

Ron Artest is changing his name to "World Peace."

This is the guy who got into the fan brawl back in Detroit. Crazy Eyes. He's been in therapy for a long time, and he's actually been doing some really cool stuff to promote mental health. He auctioned his championship ring last year for charity and all.

Still, World Peace. That's going to be hilarious for the Lakers announcers to call out.

"WORLD PEACE SHOOTING TWO!"
"Double Technical on Peace."
"World Peace has been ejected!"

[Domitilde]

Guess I'll change mine to Runny Nose.

[Mraezk]

No NBA. :hang:

[Tom Nook]

No NBA. :hang:

Is that a bad thing?

[Domitilde]

No, it is not a bad thing. Oh, you probably weren't asking me.

[Mraezk]

I'm glad you guys are sensitive to my needs. :cool:

[Domitilde]

What else are fake friends for?

[Mraezk]

Breakin' my heart! :angry:

[Rubi]

Like none at all? They canceled it for good? /confused

[Mraezk]

Seems like. Owners aren't going to budge on the hard cap ( I don't blame them) and the players think they have all the control with the Euro leagues begging them to come over.

And Gilbert closed his twitter. :sad:

[Domitilde]

They'll reach an agreement like the NFL.

[Auntie I]

They'll reach an agreement like the NFL.

I dunno about that. The NFL were a lot closer to agreeing on a deal the whole way through their process than the NBA seems to be. All the NFL insiders agreed that a deal would get done, it was just a matter of when and how many legal hoops everyone would have to jump through. The NBA and the NBA Players Association seem (to me at least) further apart than there NFL counterparts ever were.

[Domitilde]

Regardless, they're all overpaid. I am amazed that the average working stiff can afford tickets.

[Mraezk]

In some cases they can't. Lakers are a probably the worst example. I've had fans tell me it cost more than $100 a seat for any big season game, and Playoff time is simply insane. The only people who can afford courtside tickets are the bandwagon movie star / VIP types. It is like that for most big market teams.

This is why small market teams have the best crowds in the playoffs. Memphis and OKC were simply stacked with real fans (seas of blue!), and the commentators has to scream into the mics to be heard.

[Domitilde]

Major league sports fans who buy season's tickets must have to take out second mortgages.

[Mraezk]

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Football is okay too.

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Sorta sucks today's games feature the refs more than the actual game.

[Domitilde]

Go, Bears! I mean, get going, Bears!

[Mraezk]

I guess I should watch football this year since there isn't much else going on. Long as it doesn't come down to the Steelers and Patriots. Hate those guys.

[teina]

I guess I should watch football this year since there isn't much else going on. Long as it doesn't come down to the Steelers and Patriots. Hate those guys.

Root for Detroit. They're 4-0, if you can believe that.

-T

[Auntie I]

So are Green Bay, and they are expected to make it to the Super Bowl again...

[teina]

So are Green Bay, and they are expected to make it to the Super Bowl again...

But that's just it, they are expected. :wink:

Detroit... it's like watching the scrappy little underdog kicking the big bullies between the legs when everyone expects them to be beaten to a pulp. :laughing:

-T

[Auntie I]

True, it's also fun watching the Cowboys get their butts kicked...

[Mraezk]

Oh. I was going to ask you which team was this years scrappy underdog.


True, it's also fun watching the Cowboys get their butts kicked...

I was just reading about that. I wish I'd watched it. Think I'll snoop around for a replay.

[Domitilde]

Root for Detroit. They're 4-0, if you can believe that.

-T

Like some floods, it can happen every 100 years.


So are Green Bay, and they are expected to make it to the Super Bowl again...

Green Who?


True, it's also fun watching the Cowboys get their butts kicked...

With that, I completely agree. Who the heck started the term of "America's Team" for the Cowboys?

[Mraezk]

With that, I completely agree. Who the heck started the term of "America's Team" for the Cowboys?

I was telling Teina earlier about that. I remember it mostly around mid 90s, the weirdo country music types started hyping them, and then all the local yokels got into it. Suddenly kids in school started bandwagoning and so on. But looks like it came from NFL films in the late 70s.

Also, Raiders 4 life, yo. . . Err.. Al Davis' life. Unlife. Something. Nevermind.

Apparently the lockout hasn't stopped the NBA/owners from raising ticket prices again. Good times.

[Mraezk]

Watched Moday Night football, and I got annoyed at all the stoppage from the Refs. The Bear's offensive line was just turrible. Missed Megatron's td due to a LoL match. Still, Lions were fun to watch.

/hops on bandwagon.

[Domitilde]

I didn't have the ability to watch the game, but being a Bears fan, I guess it was good I didn't see it

[Juiced]

Why do you call it football if you play it mostly with your hands? At least put the American in front of it you petty name thieves!

Handball or 'chicken rugby' would suit it better :tongue:

[Auntie I]

Actually "chicken rugby" is pretty descriptive of the game.

Put most of those guys in a real rugby games and they'd just cry...and watching grown men cry (for no particular reason) is just disturbing.


And on a different topic....
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[Mraezk]

The average NFL linebacker is one stress headache away from being a mass murderer at any given time. I think they'd do okay in against the wee little rugby men. :tongue: But I still think Dwight and LeBron are the most physically able athletes in the world.

[Mraezk]

The Lions lost cause I wasn't home to watch them.

The Raiders won cause I wasn't home to watch them.

:fortuneteller:

[Domitilde]

So am I a minority in that I am a liberal who is a staunch gun advocate, Second Amendment supporter, and member of the NRA? Others seem to think those cannot go together, but I see no conflict. Just glad I don't live in California, Illinois, or DC.

[Mraezk]

Not in reality.

I'm really liberal about some things, but 'conservative' on some others like crime, etc. Although conservative views are so radically different these days than what I grew up with, I'm not even sure if that is still accurate.

[Domitilde]

And with crime, what do we do with the overcrowded prisons? Seems some people no longer serve time because of no room at the inn. Why at this moment in time is capacity a problem? If it's a person committing a minor crime, let the prison be nice. If it's a rapist, molester, murderer, kidnapper type, then let the prison be like something in the 1800's.

[Tom Nook]

And with crime, what do we do with the overcrowded prisons? Seems some people no longer serve time because of no room at the inn. Why at this moment in time is capacity a problem? If it's a person committing a minor crime, let the prison be nice. If it's a rapist, molester, murderer, kidnapper type, then let the prison be like something in the 1800's.

If the U.S. is anything like here, it's because people have too many rights these days.

[Domitilde]

Including the ones who should have none once convicted.

I know this is GW related, but can I sue ArenaNet for carpal tunnel from opening so many ToT bags?

[Tom Nook]

Including the ones who should have none once convicted.

I know this is GW related, but can I sue ArenaNet for carpal tunnel from opening so many ToT bags?

For every lawsuit received, ANet puts the Guild Wars 2 release date back by six months. Your call.

[Domitilde]

Then ArenaNet must get lots of lawsuits!

It snowed here for the first time this season. Wet, heavy, sloppy crap. At least it's to immediately warm up enough to melt it.

[Mraezk]

Bears vs Raiders today. Worth watching?:undecided:

Lions disappointed Thursday. Meh.

[Tom Nook]

Bears vs Raiders today. Worth watching?:undecided:

Lions disappointed Thursday. Meh.

Animal cruelty!

[Rubi]

Went to my youngest daughter's school Christmas play tonight. Unintentional hilarity ensued when one of the dancers bumped into the manger on stage and knocked the baby Jesus to the floor. Oops.

[Tsukasa Kusanagi]

Went to my youngest daughter's school Christmas play tonight. Unintentional hilarity ensued when one of the dancers bumped into the manger on stage and knocked the baby Jesus to the floor. Oops.
This made me think of the Gilmore Girls episode where they have the nativity scene and the Baby Jesus is missing an arm . . .

[Domitilde]

3 Our Fathers and 10 Hail Marys and the child will be forgiven.

[I.B. Ace]

Hey guys, been a long time :wink: I tried logging in during the week but the uni network "doesn't allow peer-to-peer connections"... It looks like the next time I'll be able to log in is early April :sad:

I'm sorry about the whole leaving thing, I just couldn't keep up with everything that was going on between everyone. I said I'd be back and, yeah, I'm back :smiley: I'd love to come back to TRUE if there's an empty slot but if not it'd be great just to catch up :grin:

[Tom Nook]

You're going to miss Guild Wars 2 unless you get your Uni to change its policies!

[I.B. Ace]

I enter the scary world of private renting next year :shocked: I should be okay for interwebs though :grin:

[I.B. Ace]

I got GW to work :grin: I should probably check with the IT guys to make sure I'm allowed to play on the network but for now, yay!

One of my chars had a birthday... Mini Rurik :smiley:

[Tom Nook]

Congratulations. Now get working on that HoM!

[I.B. Ace]

Not too far from the 30 :wink:

[I.B. Ace]

My girlfriend just got back from the US, oh my god Reese's Pieces are good.

[Domitilde]

Yesterday, I was to take one of our cars to a garage to have the right front wheel checked. I was also going to two other places and none were near the others. The garage mechanic was unable to help, so I drove to the only Chrysler dealer left in the city, and was told probably the ball joint or tie rod. Neither is cheap, but say not to drive the car since it was so bad that the tie rod could come off while driving. I tell them to do the nearest maintenance check, too. They offer me a shuttle ride home and will call with the estimate.

Our Ford F250 SuperDuty (ext cab, full box, V10, 4x4) sits around for weeks at a time since it slurps gas like I slurp down Dr Pepper. Naturally, as I am walking towards it, the lock isn't responding to the fob. At first I figure the fob is dead, but then wonder if the battery is dead. Open the door and no roof light. Try starting and it does nothing. So I spend around 30 minutes with a charger connected. Get it started and it's almost out of gas. Put in only 20 gallons which is about 3/4 a tank for $70 USD. Go about my other business and late in the afternoon, I get the bad news that it could cost up to $3,000 for everything. ARGH!!

At least I was lucky unlike a fellow TRUEbie in that I pre-ordered GW2 Deluxe before this happened. :azn:

[teina]

, I get the bad news that it could cost up to $3,000 for everything. ARGH!!

Ugh, my motorcycle was $800 at the shop last week, and I thought that was too much.

-T

[I.B. Ace]

They've hired someone else at work which has effectively cut my shifts and tips in half... More time to play I guess.

[Neos]

At least I was lucky unlike a fellow TRUEbie in that I pre-ordered GW2 Deluxe before this happened. :azn:

Insurance company finally got back to me on the hail damage...total loss. Car shopping starts today, woo!

[Domitilde]

But is that amount going to be enough to get a car equal to what you lost?

[Neos]

Probably not, but I have a bit saved up too and that will make a pretty good down payment on a much newer, much nicer car. We were planning on replacing it later this year, this just moves things up a bit, I suppose.

[Domitilde]

I want to choke the life out of this vanquinguyen person. He/she is creating one movie thread after another. Probably going to have 200 posts at the rate he is going. I go and click on new posts and it's nothing but his movies. :angry:

[chanaynay]

this made my day <3
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[Domitilde]

On 60 Minutes tonight, a segment about a city and its newspaper shutting down. I remember when Des Moines had both the Register in the morning and the Tribune in the afternoon.

Now Ultra HD is out with 4k resolution and greater (and for only around $10,000 USD to start) and yet it wasn't long ago my wife and I were talking about how great Blu-ray is and how we didn't see how it could be improved. Where will this resolution increase end? I can't even imagine something with twice the resolution of 1080p. But then I thought 480p was fantastic and so life like it would last forever.

[The Pointless]

Where will this resolution increase end? I can't even imagine something with twice the resolution of 1080p. But then I thought 480p was fantastic and so life like it would last forever.

I think I have a basic idea going off my iPhone's Retina display. :undecided:
To be honest, though, TV doesn't need another resolution increase right now. The developed world's barely getting a chance to get accustomed to 1080. >_>

[Domitilde]

My PC monitor is 1080p, but with only playing games, I can't say it's as good as a movie. What I do know is with higher resolution, I always need a bigger screen. So for me, if I bought a 4k or greater resolution TV, I'd need to have a 200 inch screen.

[Neos]

For those concerned about our attempts at the combo daily earlier:

The combo killer has been removed from the weekly rotation, clearly not working as intended.
Per Game Director Colin Johanson (https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Combo-Killer/page/3#post1311854)

[ZNoble]

So do we get super awesome points for completing it?

[Domitilde]

For those concerned about our attempts at the combo daily earlier:

The combo killer has been removed from the weekly rotation, clearly not working as intended.
Per Game Director Colin Johanson (https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Combo-Killer/page/3#post1311854)

It seemed to work fine for me. :liar: