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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 16, 2014 9:55:40 GMT -5
I've literally seen all of the matches on wwe.com's list (actually own most of them too). Clearly, this means that I... A) Am Totally Freakin' Awesome, B) Can Die Now, Knowing I've Had A Rich, Fulfilling Life, and C) Probably Need To Get Out More.
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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 15, 2014 23:44:23 GMT -5
Not sure exactly, but I think the RetroDuo and similar systems started showing up in the late 2000s, when classic gaming started to gain popularity.
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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 13, 2014 21:17:57 GMT -5
Yep... Was probably the RetroDuo. It's a decent enough system if you're not too into gaming and just want to play a few classic games. There's also the RetroN (RetroN 5 is the latest ones). However, if you're at all serious about gaming, I would HIGHLY suggest just getting the genuine systems. Both the RetroN and RetroDuo have issues with working properly after a few months of use. It's really a better investment to buy the genuine consoles IMO. SNES and Genesis are incredibly durable and built to last (I've had about 100 or so of them through my hands at some point in my life and only ever had issues that couldn't be easily fixed with a handful, which is fantastic odds for a 20+ year old system). NES systems can be touchy (due largely to a poorly designed cartridge loading system), but can be pretty easily fixed with a new pin connector being installed (they're about $10 - always make sure to get the ones made in Taiwan, NOT the ones from China).
If you did happen to go the emulation machine route (ie RetroDuo/RetroN), be sure to get some genuine controllers. I don't know why, but the controllers that come with either system are absolute crap. Generic aftermarket SNES/NES/Genesis controllers are largely hit and miss as well. You should be able to get original controllers for any of the classic systems for under $15 each, which is well worth it.
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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 11, 2014 2:36:26 GMT -5
CBS
Weeds Fraggle Rock
The Wonder Years Tosh.O
FOX
Married...with Children Alf
Animaniacs Twin Peaks
ABC
Dexter Scrubs
King of the Hill Pup Named Scooby Doo
ESPN
Cheers Justified
The X-Files Freeks and Geeks
Comedy Central
Angel Full House
Boardwalk Empire Hannibal
TBS
Boy Meets World South Park
Whose Line Is It, Anyway? Boston Legal
HBO
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Addams Family
Tiny Toon Adventures Community
AMC
Big Bang Theory I Love Lucy
Sopranos The Muppet Show
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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 8, 2014 4:06:45 GMT -5
I used to collect a ton of things. Not so much anymore, but I do have a few things that I regularly look out for...
- Just about anything Bigfoot/Sasquatch related. Books, movies (decent ones), statues, figurines, photos, specials, etc... Anything really.
- Vintage Nude Photos. Only tasteful stuff from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Nothing too raunchy or graphic. More art than pornography. Unfortunately, originals from this time period tend to be kinda pricey, so most my collection is reprints, but that works alright for me.
- Muppet Stuff, especially Fraggle Rock. Anything and everything Muppet/Fraggle related. Only has to be unique, well-made, or fun.
- Battle Beasts. Love these little rubber armored animals from the late 80s. While technically I don't collect them anymore because I have a complete set already, there are three playsets I don't yet have that I'd like to one day.
- Classic Video Games & Consoles. Most notably Sega Genesis. Don't really have the money or space to get into it a lot right now, but I do have about 100 or so Genesis games (wanted to concentrate on that systems first because it was always my favorite).
- Vintage Books. Hardcover Western and Romance novels mainly, but anything that looks/sounds interesting. Gotta be from the 1950s or earlier (generally) and has to have at most of the original dust jacket in-tact.
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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 8, 2014 4:06:25 GMT -5
I used to collect a ton of things. Not so much anymore, but I do have a few things that I regularly look out for...
- Just about anything Bigfoot/Sasquatch related. Books, movies (decent ones), statues, figurines, photos, specials, etc... Anything really.
- Vintage Nude Photos. Only tasteful stuff from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Nothing too raunchy or graphic. More art than pornography. Unfortunately, originals from this time period tend to be kinda pricey, so most my collection is reprints, but that works alright for me.
- Muppet Stuff, especially Fraggle Rock. Anything and everything Muppet/Fraggle related. Only has to be unique, well-made, or fun.
- Battle Beasts. Love these little rubber armored animals from the late 80s. While technically I don't collect them anymore because I have a complete set already, there are three playsets I don't yet have that I'd like to one day.
- Classic Video Games & Consoles. Most notably Sega Genesis. Don't really have the money or space to get into it a lot right now, but I do have about 100 or so Genesis games (wanted to concentrate on that systems first because it was always my favorite).
- Vintage Books. Hardcover Western and Romance novels mainly, but anything that looks/sounds interesting. Gotta be from the early to mid 1900s or later and has to have at least 75% of the original dust jacket in-tact.
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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 5, 2014 9:54:45 GMT -5
My favorite "myth" has to be the one involving Verne Gagne's offer to The Iron Sheik... If my memory is correct, the story is that before his match with Hulk Hogan, Verne Gagne offered then WWF Champion The Iron Sheik $100,000 to break Hulk Hogan's legs and bring the WWF Title to AWA. Sheik turned it down because he felt it would have been wrong to betray the company he was working for.
The Iron Sheik was a legit badass who could have easily broken Hogan's legs if he'd wanted to, so I've always marveled at the idea of what may have happened had Sheik taken Gagne's offer and not dropped the title to Hogan. Frankly, I think it may have actually destroyed WWF/WWE id Sheik had punked out their new golden boy and showed up in AWA with the WWF Championship strapped around his waist. At the time, WWF had pretty much banked everything on Hogan being THE star of the company so who knows what may have happened had he been laid up for a few months with some busted legs after being defeated by the guy who was most definitely the most hated man in wrestling at the time. WWF would have had no champion and no face of the company. WrestleMania might never have been created and we might just be watching the NWA Network today instead.
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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 5, 2014 0:24:52 GMT -5
I sliced my finger open with a box-cutter some years back. Cut right to the bone (but I didn't bother with stitches or any of that bunk - did the old Sabu treatment with some duck tape and went back to work). Hurt like a bugger for a week or so and mine was a pretty clean cut, so I'd imagine yours is a bit painful being all mangled-like and whatnot. Make sure to keep that thing clean fella. Infections in the fingers or hands are nasty (my uncle lost two fingers due to an infection after a little cut on the tip of his ring ringer).
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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 4, 2014 22:55:46 GMT -5
I'm gonna guess the teams will be...
Cena, Ziggler, Big Show, Sheamus, & Ryback vs Rollins, Kane, Rusev, Mark Henry, & The Miz
My money would be on Sheamus turning heel and joining the Authority. Just can't see the Authority storyline ending quite yet.
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Post by Quazimoto on Oct 30, 2014 9:26:14 GMT -5
Hey guys i plan on buying a ps4 mainly for wwe 2k15 but should i purchase it now or wait till black friday If you can handle waiting and don't mind dealing with the crowds, I'd wait. You're not likely to see a decrease in the price of the system itself, but Black Friday does usually have some nice bundles with games and whatnot.
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Post by Quazimoto on Oct 30, 2014 9:12:37 GMT -5
The thing I don't really understand with this new report is the change to no commitment for subscribers. I'm not real up on modern business models, but won't that result in a lot of people picking and choosing month to month and basically buying PPV events for $9.99?
I'd imagine a large portion of current subscribers are only in it for the PPVs and maybe watch something else every now and again (would be really interesting to see viewership statistics on the different programs and streams). This basically kills Pay Per View as it used to be. I mean, if you have access to the WWE Network at all you'd now have to be a total moron to buy an event for $39.99 (or whatever they are now) on Pay Per View rather than pay $9.99 for a month's worth of WWE Network.
Fact is that the product they're putting out, while enjoyable enough to a lifelong fan such as myself, just isn't interesting enough to garner the mass appeal that it once did years ago. Now, with no six month commitment for subscribers, I'd imagine there will be a lot of people who buy it for something like WrestleMania or Royal Rumble, but cancel and don't subscribe for things like TLC or Night Of Champions and thus wouldn't WWE be, in effect, losing more money than they'd be making with a six month commitment from each subscriber?
I'm sure they're thinking this will lead to more subscribers in the long run. And it probably will during some months. I worry a bit that whoever is making these decisions keeps insisting that WWE is mainstream and just like Netflix or Hulu. They aren't. Never have been. Never will be. WWE and the wrestling business as a whole is unique and completely unlike anything else. I really wish they would embrace that difference rather that trying to be a mainstream entertainment company. But, that's leading into a broader discussion than network subscriptions. With the network now having launched in a large number of countries outside the United States, I can't imagine they're too thrilled about the 731,000 subscriber count.
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Post by Quazimoto on Oct 27, 2014 9:05:28 GMT -5
Flippin' LOVE it! The wait for his new album seems excruciatingly long. But, at least I've got eight other stellar albums to listen to in the mean time.
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Post by Quazimoto on Oct 7, 2014 22:11:47 GMT -5
Bunny Picnic is one of my favorite Jim Henson specials. I, too, remember being freaked out by the big Bunny, but it was alright 'cause the awesomeness of the dog more than made up for it.
FYI: I believe the VHS version is missing the intro from Jim Henson. Don't remember if that got the Emmet Otter treatment or not (Kermit was cut from the beginning of the VHS and DVD releases of Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas). Jim Henson's part was cut from the ending sequence of the VHS/DVD release of A Muppet Family Christmas and I think his intro to Bunny Picnic suffered the same fate, but I could be wrong about that. I've always watched it off the old TV recording I had on VHS (and now dubbed to DVD), which was from the first airing, so the Henson introduction is in-tact.
Also, if you like The Tale Of Bunny Picnic and haven't already, please do check out DOG CITY (the live action special, not the cartoon of the same name). It's an incredibly awesome, but terribly little known Jim Henson creation. Ditto for SONG OF THE CLOUD FOREST, THE MUPPET MUSICIANS OF BREMEN, and THE FROG PRINCE.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 26, 2014 20:57:59 GMT -5
They definitely have the talent to usher in a whole new era in professional wrestling (I don't buy this "our roster is thin" crap - the roster is outstanding, your writers just suck at using them). However, I think the sad fact is that we will NEVER truly see a new generation until either John Cena is no longer around or Vince McMahon retires and lets Triple H and Stephanie take over for real.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 21, 2014 20:27:47 GMT -5
Wish I could offer some solid advice or help to you OP, but I'm pretty in the same situation (my own story is eerily similar to (S)aint Bartman's (like, seriously scary close to the same experience). 'Cept, in my case, I'm now 31 years old, no friends, haven't had a girlfriend in almost eleven years, physically wrecked, and social anxiety/depression so bad that it actually prevents me from working, so I'm broke too. It's been a long and at times very painful journey, but I have learned a few things over the years. Don't know how much any of them may help you, but...
- It's far more important for you to be happy with you, flaws and all. Nobody else will ever accept you if you can't accept yourself. I know this sounds cliché and trite, but it really is true.
- Psychiatrists are a flippin' joke and waste of money. At least that's been my experience. I've been to several and tried everything they've suggested trying. Nothing's worked. If you absolutely need someone to talk to and vent at, you might find them helpful to a point, but if you're looking for a magical cure-all to life's woes, don't bother in the least, because a psychiatrist isn't it (hint: there is no magic cure-all to life's woes. None.)
- Don't get too hard on yourself about never having kissed a girl. Being 22 and never being kissed really isn't that weird. More importantly, when the time is right for you, it'll happen. It is sometimes hard to accept that that moment doesn't come as soon as we'd wish, but it will happen when it's supposed to happen.
- Life has a way of working things out. Yes, yes, I know this sounds like some corny ass line you'd likely here in a Lifetime Movies Of The Week, but it's absolutely, 100% true. Everything in life and everyone in life has a reason and purpose. Most of the time we don't really know what that reason or purpose is until it smacks us over the head one day, but rest assured, it's there.
- Find something to enjoy. Collecting, playing video games, movies, music, laying in cemeteries at night (I love this one, but it's definitely not for everyone), cooking, going on drives in the country, etc... Whatever it is, find something that you enjoy and use it as an escape for when you're feeling down.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 15, 2014 12:56:10 GMT -5
JYD for sure for me. Maybe Cesaro if I can find him at retail.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 9, 2014 22:04:17 GMT -5
I have a thing about odd numbers. Volume controls, timer settings, number of chicken nuggets I eat, etc... Has to be an odd number.
I have my alarm clock set 37 minutes ahead of the actual time. Don't know why 37, but setting it at the right time or any other time felt wrong, so it's 37 minutes fast.
Must shave my head and take a shower every day (sometimes twice on the shower).
I have to have cover art, cases, and instruction manuals for all my video games (only exception is Beyond: Two Souls, but that's only because the North American version didn't come with a manual and I can't afford to import a European version right now - this really bugs me).
I must have Chinese food at least once a week.
I don't eat in public. Ever.
Only have one meal a day and never before 8:00pm. Again, I have no earthly idea why, it just feels wrong to eat anything before then.
Whenever the car sits outside, I have to check under it for Alligators before getting in. Of course, I live in Florida, and alligators have been known to seek refuge under a car if they need to cool off after they've wandered away from water, so this might just be good sense more than anything.
I have to listen to music when driving. Trying to drive with no music makes me nervous and edgy. Totally fine with music on.
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Post by Quazimoto on Aug 20, 2014 21:31:34 GMT -5
Roman. Mania. If WWE truly wants Roman to be THE guy, the best possible way to make him is to have him win the Rumble and defeat Brock at Mania. Cena. Night of Champions. WWE truly wants John Cena to stay THE guy. Best possible way is to let him get the win back on Brock, making 2-1 for the series. I gotta say Hell In A Cell is more likely. Night Of Champions will probably end in some sort of draw. Or maybe that's when Lesnar makes Cena pass out to some submission so Cena can claim he never gave up and thus didn't really lose that match and deserves another one. I just can't see them passing up Lesnar vs Cena in Hell In A Cell. Seems too perfectly designed to garner more network buys/renewals not to do it.
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Post by Quazimoto on Aug 19, 2014 22:07:46 GMT -5
Night of Champions ends in a double count out, double DQ, or some sort of wonky finish that sees there not being a definitive winner, then Cena conquers the Beast, beats Lesnar, and wins his 16th World Championship inside Hell In A Cell. They seem to think Cena/Lesnar is the money match they need to garner more network buys/renewals, so it makes perfect sense to have the feud end in a match like Hell In A Cell.
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Post by Quazimoto on Aug 19, 2014 9:08:37 GMT -5
Easily Jake "The Snake" Roberts... Dude could have been top ten all time talents in the business and just oozed awesomeness. Unparalleled in-ring psychology and second to none on the mic. If he could have stayed clean and not let drugs and alcohol ruin his life and career, there's no question in my mind that anyone's list of the best of the best professional wrestlers of all time would have to include Jake Roberts.
I might have said the same about Scott Hall as well, but once he jumped to WCW, he was never going to allowed to outshine the like of Nash, Flair, Hogan, Savage, and the rest of that crew, even if he would have stayed clean. Had he stayed clean and not left WWE, Razor Ramon would be a much more prominent name in the annuls of wrestling history.
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