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Post by Quazimoto on Feb 16, 2021 12:08:52 GMT -5
I have two big phobias...
Agoraphobia. Basically I get panic/anxiety attacks from being out of my house (or home area) for more than a little while. After years of effort, I'm able to handle small jaunts, like to the grocery store or to run an errand somewhere not too far from home, but I'm talking an hour or hour and a half (maybe two if I have someone I know well with me). And even that will result in an attack when I return home or on the way home. Im also not able to interact very well when I'm out. Typical pleasantries (like at a drive thru or checkout counter) are about all i can muster. Those little excruaions also leave me completely exhausted, so I can't do them everyday.
Also have Iatrophobia (fear of doctors) and pharmaphobia (fear of taking medicine). Really anything related to real life medical issues, but doctors and drugs especially. I can even watch real life medical shows (stuff like House or Grey's Anatomy are fine because they're ridiculously unrealistic). It'll cause a panic attack just thinking about having to go to the doctor or coming down with a condition that would require long term medicine use.
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Post by Quazimoto on Feb 6, 2021 20:09:07 GMT -5
It does. Far as I can tell only the latest four episodes of Impact are free though. As far as the sign in, I'm on the Roku app too and there should be an option to skip that step on the sign in page because I don't have an account, didn't sign up for one, and was still able to get in and watch.
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Post by Quazimoto on Jan 31, 2021 20:01:24 GMT -5
Crowds will return one day. Heck, reports are saying there may be upwards of 25,000 people allowed at WrestleMania this year. Sure, that's not a full stadium, but it's a lot of people. One day, covid will be less serious than it is now and you'll have jam packed stadiums again. It's just gonna be some time. Now, if I was being an arse, I could say that sold out crowds are already around. I mean, technically, if there's only 50 seats available and 50 people fill them, it's a sold out crowd regardless of how big the arena is.
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Post by Quazimoto on Jan 26, 2021 23:37:59 GMT -5
Had no idea this was a thing and now I want it so bad. LOL LOL I seen it mentioned once in a Playstation magazine in around 2000. At the peak of my South Park/ Beavis And Butthead/Attitude Era/Gaming phase. I waited and waited and it never happened! PlayStation Magazine... Man, that takes me back. Loved that every month. Missed most of 2000 issues, so probably why I didn't see the Beavis And Butt-Head. I do wish there were a good South Park game anywhere that wasn't turned based combat. Always hated that fighting system.
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Post by Quazimoto on Jan 26, 2021 10:59:20 GMT -5
Had no idea this was a thing and now I want it so bad. LOL
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Post by Quazimoto on Jan 7, 2021 19:08:41 GMT -5
Probably a bit on the obvious side, but...
Bret vs Bulldog from December's In Your House was excellent and rivals their SummerSlam 92 bout.
Bret Hart vs Hakushi from the first In Your House is great too. Lawler vs Bret layer that same night is good as well and a fun story.
Other notable ones from 1995...
123 Kid & Bob Holly vs Bam Bam Bigelow & Tatanka from Royal Rumble
Jeff Jarrett vs Razor Ramon from Royal Rumble
Shawn Michaels vs Kama from King Of The Ring
Shawn Michaels vs Jeff Jarrett from In Your House
Hakushi vs 123 Kid from SummerSlam
Bret Hart vs Jean Pierre Lafiet from In Your House
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Post by Quazimoto on Dec 29, 2020 23:36:40 GMT -5
So hard to narrow it down to just four, even when I'm not an album guy (I made custom collections of my favorite songs from my favorite artists). I did end up keeping some full albums from a handful of artists. I still can't pick just four, so I won't and just list a bunch of my favorites...
Alice Cooper: I could pick a bunch of his, but the real standouts for me are Welcome To My Nightmare, Alice Cooper Goes To Hell, From The Inside, Welcome 2 My Nightmare, and Brutal Planet.
Marilyn Manson: His four albums Antichriat Superstar, Mechanical Animals, Holy Wood, and The Golden Age Of Grotesque are all excellent and I could listen to them of repeat for days without getting tired of them. His new one We Are Chaos is quickly growing on me as well.
H.I.M.: All of them. Honestly all of them are great. If I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be Dark Light or Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights.
Jewel: Another artists where I'm literally like all her albums, thought Spirit and Perfectly Clear would probably edge out the others ever so slightly.
A Perfect Cricle: Again, I could listen to all four of their on and endless loop and it would be a long time before they wore out their welcome. That said, Eat The Elephant might actually be one of the finest albums ever made from anyone imho.
A Fine Frenzy: One Cell In The Sea and Bomb In A Birdcage are both stellar albums.
Ours: Distorted Lullabies is brilliant. Kind of a shame they weren't able to capture that same magic in subsequent albums.
Virgos Merlot: They only had one album (Signs Of A Vacant Soul), but it remains one of the most criminally unknown albums (and bands) of all time if you ask me.
That's a lot more than four. LOL. There's a few more I could mention as well from lesser known bands like KidneyThieves, Free Dominguez, Tapping The Vein, and UPO, but I'll stop here.
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Post by Quazimoto on Dec 28, 2020 19:19:08 GMT -5
Like many of you, there's one car that I'd love to have back and that would be my 94 Ford Probe... I was a little older and wiser when I got that and it's the first car I purchased and cared for entirely on my own (parents helped with down payment and insurance on the other ones to that point). Needed a little cosmetic TLC when I first purchased it and that's the car where I learned to do a lot of the little maintenance things myself (ie changing light bulbs and such). Even pulled out the old cassette player that was in there and installed a wicked cool CD stereo system myself. Wanted to spice it up a little while I waited and saved money to get a new paint job and new rims on it, so I bought a couple rolls of cheapo racing strips at autozone and cut some designs out. They're crude and cheaply done, but man... I felt like I was tooling around in a Fast And Furious car with that done. Loved that car so much and had many great memories riding around in it. Life changed and I never did get a new paint job or rims on it. Ending up having to sell it when our family moved to Florida, but was pretty proud of the fact that I got $400 more for it that I paid after driving around with it for two years. Truth be told, I'm probably too old and decrepit to get in and out of it without a huge struggle nowadays, so having the Probe back or a Mitsubishi Eclipse or Mazda RX-8 (the other two cars I really wanted when I was younger) wouldn't be such a great idea. Realistically, I'd just love to have a new Kia Soul that's fully paid for. That's a dream car to me at this point. LOL.
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Post by Quazimoto on Dec 19, 2020 15:52:40 GMT -5
NXT: I've got to give it to Io Shirai on the women's side. She's stood head and shoulders above the rest in a stacked division. Honorable mention to Shi-Tzu Blackheart, who has improved a ton this year. The male WOTY is much harder. A case can certainly be made for Kyle O'Reilly and/or Finn Balor. You could also make a big case for Damien Priest who seems to have taken a few huge steps towards main event status. But, I've got to give the nod to Johnny Gargano. He totally reinvented his character and took huge leaps in terms of his out of ring abilities.
Main roster is much easier. No one had a better year than Bayley for the women and she proved time and again why she's on another level than most women in the business. For the men, it has to be Randy Orton. He's been doing the best work of his career this year and that's saying a lot for someone who has already had a hall of fame worthy career. Honorable mention to Drew McIntyre who finally is the main event level superstar he was always meant to be.
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Post by Quazimoto on Dec 17, 2020 13:55:42 GMT -5
In your minds, whom was the most innovative wrestler in terms of moves created and done? I don't think you can really name just one person who's been the most innovative wrestler ever. There's a ton of guys who added a little something here and a little something there. Dynamite Kid and Shawn Michaels would have to be up there, but there's a whole slew of others throughout history who could easily be mentioned... Rey Mysterio, Vader, Bret Hart, Jushin Liger, Eddie Guerrero, Jack Evans, The Hardy Boys, Edge & Christian... There's a huge list really.
Most important move in wrestling? Another tough one, but if I had to choose one, it would probably be the standing dropkick. Before someone threw a standing dropkick, wrestling was entirely mat based and very grappling heavy. A dropkick might not seem like much today, but it was pretty well the first time someone left their feet to deliver an offensive maneuver. Without the standing dropkick, you wouldn't see any dives, flips, flops, or flying.
The best promo? Mick Foley and Jake Roberts. Both had an incredible ability to draw their audience in and didn't need to resort to being loud, boisterous, or crude. You listened because you believed whatever they had to say would be important.
The best gimmick or look? Best gimmick: The Undertaker, without question. Best Look: Frankly impossible to pick just one. Ultimate Warrior had an amazing look. He was a real life superhero. Just about any iteration of The Undertaker. I always though Bret Hart had a great look as a pro wrestler. Kurt Angle look like a legit wrestling machine once he went bald. Randy Orton and Drew McIntyre are basically prototype wrestlers for the modern era. Rey Mysterio used his talent to overcome his lack of size, but his visual appeal was a tremendous factor in making him a legend in the business. Tons of others who could be mentioned as well.
The most influential wrestler(s) for you, and overall? Most influential for me would probably be The Undertaker and Bret Hart. Most influential overall... How could it not be Gorgeous George? Like, seriously... who else changed the professional wrestling business on such a fundamental level. He brought the entertainment aspect to it. You could make a case for guys to Superstar Billy Graham, Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Bret Hart, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Dynamite Kid, Trish Stratus, Lita, The Hardy Boyz, Jushin Liger, Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow, Ric Flair, Mil Mascaras, and a whole host of other guys and gals throughout history as being hugely influential to the history of the business and the wrestlers themselves, but none of them had the impact that Gorgeous George did. Without Gorgeous George, wrestling would look a lot different today.
What have you learned from wrestling that you apply to life? That life, like wrestling, should be a little bit of a lot of different things.
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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 14, 2020 14:40:34 GMT -5
All four times Walmart listed it I had it in my cart as far as confirming the order. And every time I hit place order it would say the item was now sold out. Seriously they need to fix the system to account for people having it in their cart for checkout. I am so tired of going through all the steps on these sites for preordering anything only to have them remove it from my cart for someone else’s order. There needs to be a way to account for items in people’s carts. Same thing happened to me with every Walmart drop. Also had it in my cart, to be told it sold out as I tried to complete the order three times at Best Buy. Then the debacle of the Playstation Direct queue. I was waiting online, periodically refreshing, since a little before midnight est both 11/12 and 11/13. Managed to get it in my cart once on the 12th, only to be told it sold out after I entered the cc info. On the 13th, I got put in the queue. Initially said about a four minute wait. About one minute after that, it shot up to over and hour and NEVER moved after that. Like, literally, didn't move at all. I sat there waiting for almost three hours and the queue wait time didn't budge at all. On a whim, I opened a new tab and was actually let into the site, where the add to cart button was showing (the queue was still stalled on my other tab). As fast as my fingers could manage, I went through the process and thought I had it finally. Clicked the confirm the order and it sat spinning for a while and then... BAM! Sorry, It's Sold Out. Completely ridiculous (I want to add a bunch of bad words before that in all honesty, and I don't swear much). Honestly, I wouldn't even care that much if I was trying to get this for myself, but being that I'm trying to nab one as a x-mas gift for my Brother (who's been pretty depressed lately), it's very irritating.
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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 12, 2020 14:16:29 GMT -5
today is the day! I ended up dropping the coin for one, pickup is later today Where'd you manage it? I've been trying all day to get one for my Brother for Christmas. Got it in my cart at Best Buy three times and it sold out before I could complete the purchase each time. Was in the Sony store que for hours without it moving at all and the time to be let in just increasing. Got it in my cart at Walmart as well, but was met with the spinning wheel of death trying to checkout and it went out of stock. Kinda expected problems like that, but it's still frustrating as all heck.
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Post by Quazimoto on Nov 7, 2020 15:43:34 GMT -5
Agree withbtje sentiment here. I just recently built a collection of these and when I heard a Kurt Angle was coming, I was so excited. This new false scarcity tactic just dampens my spirits for Micro Brawler completely. I will NEVER be able to justify those type of prices on the secondary market and frankly, real collectors have so little chance of nabbing new figures on the initial drop that it just completely sours me on the line entirely and I'm seriously considering justbselling the ones I have and calling it a day.
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Post by Quazimoto on Oct 13, 2020 12:09:48 GMT -5
Like other's have said, it's most likely either the game itself or the laser in your PS2. Do you have other games you can pop in and try? If so, give a few of them a try out. If you experience similar issues with other games, it's most likely the laser. If it's just that one game, it's probably a damaged disc somehow (could be damaged without being visibly marred too). Thankfully, neither issue is a super big problem. If it's the game, just buy a new one. If it's the system, you can replace the laser. It takes some time and patience, but it's not too terribly difficult. Or, you can get a new used PS2 for not too much right now.
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Post by Quazimoto on Oct 13, 2020 10:04:01 GMT -5
Beavis And Butt-Head comes to mind immediately.
I've got Impractical Jokers basically permanently on my DVR and have probably seen every episode at least three times.
Code Monkeys on the old G4TV was awesome!
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Post by Quazimoto on Oct 12, 2020 20:06:45 GMT -5
Literally been battling it my whole life. Caused a serious pill addiction for a while. Tried killing myself at least twice (honestly think I succeeded the once, but was sent back, but that's a story for some other time). Meds never worked and always either made me sick physically or made the negative thoughts worse.
In all honesty, it will never go away completely and NO ONE will ever understand unless they live with it themselves. That said, it can and does get better. Sometimes it gets better, then worse, then better again, and so on. Point is, it's not always soon and gloom. The real trick is not to try and solve it quick and easy. That doesn't work. Instead, try for healthy distractions to get you through a little bit at a time. Maybe a week or a day or just an hour. Alcohol and drugs are probably not a great idea. I mean, alcohol is literally a depressant and almost always only makes things worse and drugs can and often do lead to health problems which mostly just make you feel worse. So, find something simple to get you through a little bit ata time. Sounds typical, but music, movies, tv shows, games, and books help me. Sometimes one doesn't work as well as it did for a while, but usually at least one of those will help provide me with an escape for a bit.
It's probably a good idea to seek some sort of therapy. It can be hard to find a type and therapist that works for you, but when you do, it will probably help at least a little. I've never personally found psychotherapy helpful, but have honestly found cognitive behavioural therapy beneficial (really never thought I'd say those words a few years ago).
Most importantly, remember that feeling depressed is okay sometimes and doesn't have to last forever. If you allow yourself to wallow in it and let negative thoughts and actions fester it will get worse and worse. But, if you take some steps to better those feelings or even just temper them until they pass, it will get better. The key is really just finding those small mpments of joy among the chaos of a troubled mind and focus on those good/enjoyable things instead of the ones that cause pain and struggle
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 6, 2020 17:48:39 GMT -5
Managed to wrangle a Road Warriors set on eBay for a decent price. Would honestly have prefered the Legion Of Doom red version, but just to impossible to find or afford if I did, so is all good.
I'm giving up on Taz, Brooklyn Brawler, British Bulldog, and Ricky Steamboat. They're just too expensive for my budget when they do show up for sale.
So, down to just needing CM Punk to get all the ones I really wanted most (anyone happen to have an extra?). Macho King would be nice, but I do have the Macho Man Funko Mystery Mini, so I'm okay without the Micro Brawler unless I run into a great deal sometime.
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Post by Quazimoto on Aug 27, 2020 8:45:59 GMT -5
Got my Micro Brawlers in the other day. Order Terry Funk and Arn Anderson individually along with a 10 pack grab bag. From said grab bag I'm keeping Bret Hart, Raven, Eddie Guerrero, Kamala, and Demolition Smash. Picked up a Demolition Ax and Vader on eBay as well.
Also in the grab bag were Bruiser Brody, Hacksaw Jim Duggan (only not keeping him because I have the Funko Mystery Mini), Jeff Cobb, El Generico, and Brutus Beefcake that I'll hopefully going to trade or sell in order to pick up a couple others.
Decided to only go after legends that I really love, so gonna hopefully be able to add Road Warriors/Legion Of Doom (whichever version I can get cheaper), CM Punk, Macho King, Brooklyn Brawler, British Bulldog, Honky Tonk Man, and Ricky Steamboat. Maybe Ultimate Warrior if cheap enough.
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Post by Quazimoto on Aug 11, 2020 19:58:39 GMT -5
Just ordered my first Micro Brawlers. Got Arn Anderson, Terry Funk, and a 10 piece grab bag. Gonna hope for Bret Hart, Raven, Eddie Guerrero, Demolition, Road Warriors, Brooklyn Brawler, British Bulldog, Ricky Steamboat, Pentagon, Fenix, CM Punk, Andre, Warrior, Macho King, Taz, and especially Vader. Don't know how realistic some of those are though. Haven't really been following what was released where or when because I generally can't afford to hunt them down. But, had a small unexpected influx of funds and figured what the heck... Yeah a lot of those older legends are prob very unrealistic sorry to tell you. You will prob get the more recent crate figures. I was told a few months ago when I order my first grab bag that they mainly come from brawlers offered in the crates. Now I don’t know how far back it goes but in the most recent months I have no heard of one person getting a Taz, Pentagon, Steamboat or any of those older one in any grab bag. Bret, Raven, Macho King and Eddie are your best shots. Good luck though. I figured as much, but was money I wasn't counting on and all the bills are paid so o thought I'd take a chance. Hopefully I can sell or trade whatever ones I don't want and pick up a couple others.
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Post by Quazimoto on Aug 11, 2020 9:42:07 GMT -5
Just ordered my first Micro Brawlers. Got Arn Anderson, Terry Funk, and a 10 piece grab bag. Gonna hope for Bret Hart, Raven, Eddie Guerrero, Demolition, Road Warriors, Brooklyn Brawler, British Bulldog, Ricky Steamboat, Pentagon, Fenix, CM Punk, Andre, Warrior, Macho King, Taz, and especially Vader. Don't know how realistic some of those are though. Haven't really been following what was released where or when because I generally can't afford to hunt them down. But, had a small unexpected influx of funds and figured what the heck...
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