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I agree that every game sets up the next game in the broadest of strokes, but you could absolutely play any game in the series without knowing a damn thing about any of the other games. Like I said in my last post, it feels like these games are developed without taking any of these things in mind, until they decide to put it in on the back end. I don't think any of these stories have been written to make the story complete, but were written independently and then tried to connect the dots on similar ideas. The world is mostly the same world, so they do have connections, but in my opinion these connections feel coincidental more than intentional. This has been my biggest criticism of the series since the second game. These games don't feel like games in a series as much as a games in a group. It's like you go to the produce section of the store, and see a bunch of apples piled up and think they're all the same, but some are tart, some are sweet, some are crisp, etc. They're all relatively delicious, but they also all doing their own thing that only kind of relates to the others.

I didn't watch much of the game last night, but I saw enough to say, the Ravens offense is crazy, and this Ravens defense is crazy in the exact opposite direction. There is absolutely no limit on what might happen on any given play with this team.

I honestly don't know why this is a series, because these games have never really told a long term story. All of them seem to be individual games that at some point during the development someone said, "hey, can you shoehorn some shit about a character form the last game in here somewhere?" At the very best, this is an anthology series where multiple games are happening in the same world, but even that is a stretch.

You act like anyone could have figured out how to give Emmitt Smith the ball 25 times every game.

I can see this. One of the criticisms that I saw that I think I might agree with is how unserious about everything the characters seem to be about everything. The stakes are too high for our only hope to be this flippant about it. Also, no one actually put these people in charge, they're kind of the only people in the world who seem to be doing anything about this global threat. You'd think that someone somewhere with some level of authority would be working on this, but it seems like it's just the people who kind of cause the issue in the first damn place. There is a chance I'm too early in the game, and there is someone in charge, but it sure seems like this is just a group of people Varric hastily put together.

I feel like sad sack, no roids, bodysuit-wearing Savage fighting for his woman is the only version that works in that program. Ric Flair comes in with his feathered robes, alligator shoes, and flying on a Learjet. Savage lost his woman, was wondering if he still had it, and this douchebag came in talking about exposing naughty pictures of the love of his life. Prime arrogant Savage doesn't work for that story, but Wrestlemania 8 Savage was perfect.

Flair vs. Savage was the right choice, the better choice, and ultimately the Flair vs. Savage story and match are way better than what we would have got from Flair and Hogan.

I'm a man with dreads, and this game has more options for dreads than any game in the history of mankind. I swear that they are trying to make up for the severe lack of options in every videogame up to this point. Good shit.

I don't think Justin Credible is anywhere close to the best terrible wrestler. He's a good terrible wrestler, but not anywhere close to the greatest.

No problem at all. Odessa, those are very well-known Quincy Jones songs, but he produced almost every hit Michael Jackson had as a solo artist. His first major hit as a producer was "It's My Party," by Lesley Gore.

I should probably star an individual thread about Quincy Jones, but seeing that I'm the first reply after 8 hours I won't. Quincy Jones is probably the second most important American musician of the post-Rock & Roll era behind James Brown. Every single pop song you listen to that has come out after 1960 or so has a Quincy Jones influence. Almost every song you hear from the biggest pop hit, to the background music in your favorite movie has his fingerprints on it. He's probably most famous for his Michael Jackson hits, but he either produced, composed, conducted, or arranged for everyone from Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, Little Richard, Donna Summer, Sarah Vaughan, Andy Williams, and Dizzy Gillespie. That list doesn't even consider his solo work that goes back to 1955, or the television and movie soundtracks that produced. You don't have to even know he existed to be familiar with countless songs that he had his hands on. Where James Brown's influence is based mostly on people who built on the foundation that James Brown built, Quincy Jones' influence is based on the fact that he was in the studio with an insane percentage of the most popular American musicians of all time. He is quite possibly the most ubiquitous American musician of all time, despite the fact that most of his contributions do not have his name on them. Rest in Peace to an absolute legend, who everyone knows is a legend, but most don't know the half. There will not be another Quincy Jones, he is the very definition of a one of one.

I have some scotch bonnets that are full size, but not ripe and I'm just hoping it doesn't get cold enough to kill them. I waited to late to plant them, so I might lose most of my crop. They grow well, but they take forever to ripen. They can be full grown for two whole months before they start to change color. So, I came up with a plan, I've planted some inside and the plan is to put them outside as soon as the weather changes in the spring, so they'll be fully grown and can start bearing fruit right away. They are on heating pads and in front of a window that gets great direct sunlight, I just have to make sure to keep them healthy until spring.

Jeff Jarrett is the best terrible wrestler of all time. He's Kirk Cousins.

Please don't make me post the video.

I was watching a YouTube video about the character creator that devolved into the guy complaining that you can't make a manly enough looking man. I thought it was a joke at first, and quickly realized that we as a species have devolved into the single dumbest animals on the face of the earth.

I went to Best Buy with my sister to buy a new TV, and the entire video game section could fit in my not very large kitchen and I'd still have enough room to cook dinner. I'm pretty sure the only reason that store still exists is that they sell TVs, speakers, and laptops that you kind of want to see, hear, and feel before buying them.

Honestly, Bartman touched a ball that would have been a pretty difficult catch for Moises Alou. This asshole literally tried to pry the ball out of Mookie's already closed glove. One of these people basically went into hiding, the other one is like, "yeah, that's what you do."

I propose that they should be allowed back...under the following exception. You tie him to a chair and allow every member of the Dodgers take one swing at him with a baseball bat. He can go to any game he wants after that as a warning to not be a complete and total asshole at a baseball game.

I feel like drafting Anthony Richardson where the Colts drafted him and then benching his 10th game as a pro is franchise malpractice. There is not a single person on earth who should have believed that he was ready to be a professional quarterback. He's played 34 games since he graduated from high school. The talent is apparent, but he needs reps. I don't think anyone believes the Colts are about to win the Super Bowl, but you drafted the guy hoping that he'd grow into the future of your franchise. Benching him is not only giving up on him, but giving up on your foreseeable future. You knew this was the issue when you drafted him. Why draft him if you aren't going to give him the reps he needs? He's the exact player you drafted.

Yeah, I'm going to get it any way. I've played and beat all of them, but EA gets no benefit of the doubt from me with their shitty practices.

I also think he was lying. He got tackled awkwardly, it probably hurt, but he was ultimately fine. He probably said this not wanting to sound like a bitch, but ended up sounding like an asshole.

So, apparently after the hand-on previews, EA basically decided to not send review copies to anyone who was still skeptical about the game. So, when you see early reviews, you should probably know that these reviews were from people who already liked the game when playing the preview. Anyone who had even minimal criticisms about the preview will have to wait until launch to play, so their opinions won't be heard for days or weeks after launch. Hopefully, the game is good and it won't matter, but that's a pretty shady business practice.

What percentage of that history is mutual hatred of their former quarterback?

I was about to say something very similar until I remembered this is exactly what I thought about Randy Moss at the time. For what it's worth Hopkins is two years older and as good as he was at his peak, he wasn't no damn Randy Moss. I did pick him up in a fantasy league just in case.

Is this the first time this phrase was ever used in a negative light?