Technico Support

A character in a book I'm reading right now said: In the US, we don't have a justice system, we have a legal system.

I thought it was as simple as: if you come in with your name and they let you keep it, then you sign it over to them for licensing, and then you get it back, free and clear, when you leave. But if they rename you, you can't take that name with you under any circumstances. But I have no idea why the Dudleys had to change their names in TNA but RVD didn't, even though their circumstances were exactly the same.

How are Kirkland's other beers? My Costco doesn't have them because you can't get beer in grocery stores in most counties in Maryland. There was one Shopper's Food Warehouse around here that had beer and wine because it was grandfathered in at some point, but they closed down. Maryland has all kind of weird liquor laws that differ from county to county, but it could be worse...I could live in PA, which has even weirder laws. I picked up the last remaining six of Lagunitas Shugga from the good beer store a few weeks ago. I know that shit had been sitting around since Christmas but it was still delicious. I haven't been updating this thread recently because I haven't really been buying anything different. My most recent beers, aside from the Shugga, were Lagunitas IPA and Bell's Two-Hearted.

Most cursed food item since Mama Cass’ ham sandwich!

The latter. My specific problems are having to memorize new attacks and things like that — God of War was like that. I’m just trying to enjoy a game, not learn a brand new button combo every time I level up slightly. And also, like I mentioned, worrying about missing some important upgrade because I upgraded something else that wasn’t so important. @Casey telling me that there’s enough points to do the whole tree and that it’s all bound to the same button sounds great and alleviates all this. One other note on skill trees is that I hate it when it’s obvious the developers put them there just to have one, and they really make no sense to be there. Like Spider Man 1. In storyline, Peter had been Spider Man for years at the start of the game. What was the point of a skill tree then? I can understand Miles having one in his game, but OG Spider Man having one in the first game was nonsense.

For me, it’s a matter of having to constantly memorize new shit, along with FOMO messing with my OCD brain, like “what if I upgrade the wrong thing or don’t upgrade something I need to?!” I like it better when games just level up my skills automatically without having to pick and choose and learn shit when I’m just trying to enjoy a game.

I played the beginning of Horizon and got to the part where they cut to older Aloy. Pretty fun! Then the game prompts me to open A FUCKING SKILL TREE. I was like Vader at the end of episode 3. NOOOOOOOOOOOO I’ll keep playing, but god damn.

Or, God willing, at some point, in that other, um, thread where we occasionally discuss aged hall of famers who, um, make news for certain reasons.

Knight Moves, The Freaks Come Out at Knight, Knight Fever, it’s endless.

Between Reigns and Knight, it’s too easy, feels like cheating.

Have you used “Blame it on the Reigns” for a WWE thread yet?

That mirror shot is amazing. Always put your forks and knives in the dishwasher sharp side down.

Well UFC has no salary, just pay per fight, right? So just wait…TKO is going to take WWE back to tiny downside guarantees and paying per appearance, except for a handful of top guys. Maybe they can find some old heads who still know the ancient methods of Carny Math, who can devine exactly what percentage of a house each guy should get.

.........KENNEDY!

I don't even feel like AEW should sign MCMG. There's no debating their influence and what they meant to indy wrestling, etc from the mid 2000s to the mid teens, but do they have anything in 2026 that's not done better by younger teams on the roster? I mean I guess TK could do a short-term pickup for dream matches for the sickos (Bucks, FTR, E&C, etc), but The Rascalz are essentially 2006 MCMG, so no need for them to be around long term. Seriously. When all those companies were walking back their support for DEI, we were all in on quitting Target, Wal Mart, Amazon, etc. But shit, when the economy is in the shitter and you're barely getting by paycheck to paycheck, it's hard to shop with your morals in mind. So we regrettably just shop wherever's cheapest now. But regarding supporting WWE being okay because every company supports Republicans in some way...come on. There's a difference between "well these guys gave to both parties last election" and "these guys know Trump personally and are part of his cabinet."

Sleeping Dogs remains one of my biggest video games disappointments. I got a ways into it and was really loving it, when I hit a mission I couldn't pass and just gave it up. There was a mission where there's an unavoidable shootout with multiple guys in some little one story building with a bunch of tables, and the only way to succeed is to perfectly slide across one table at a time, and each time you need to shoot these guys as you slid to fill up some meter. Like maybe it was a bullet time/slo mo meter that only fills by using it successfully, so it's like "slide, slow time, shoot perfectly, meter fills, repeat." You couldn't succeed without filling the meter each time, but getting the shots perfectly to fill it was a labor. Even dumber is that the room was in Quonset hut type place and you could have easily just driven around the back side if the game allowed more mission freedom, but nope, the game made you go do this ridiculously hard shootout. The control scheme was also weird, making this so wonky and un-fun, and the fact that this was the only way to beat it was so dumb and gimmicky.

Ah yes, Disclosure. The third (and least) in what the Rewatchables pod described as the "Michael Douglas' Dick Gets Him in Trouble Trilogy."

Thanks, now that Spin Doctors song is in my head

One would hope so, but they've been in bed with this regime since 2016 (the reason I stopped watching them).

To piggyback on @Ziggy’s post, I wonder if the paymasters at TKO, due to their MMA background, don’t really understand the draw of, or care about, tag teams. Like the old Vince idea that “why the fuck am I paying four guys for a match when I can just be paying two?” Maybe they feel like tags between singles stars are cool for setting up/prolonging programs, but dedicated teams are a waste.

Thanks for the responses, all! I’ll give it a shot. I’ve never played any Ubisoft games, since it was asked.

You know why AEW is awesome? Because there's definitely a chance Myron Reed could be a top guy there. Just the idea that AEW is a place where that could realistically happen is wild.

It's secretly what the "E" in their name stands for now. They want to hold off on Oba for Summerslam or maybe even Mania, so instead of having some cool programs as a detour, they're going to do this hackneyed open challenge shit. You know, because holding off as long as you can on belting up a hot act never fails in pro wrestling. Punk and Cody would definitely take pay cuts. Punk because he has nowhere else to go, Cody because he's a mark and would stick around for a belt, a top guy spot, and compliments. Just tell him he's a big, strong boy and definitely as good as his dad was, and you're golden.

Can anyone tell me if I'd enjoy Horizon Zero Dawn? It on PS+ right now but its description as an "action RPG" is making me wary. This is opposed to the fact that most games I like are described as "action adventure" by Wikipedia. So for comparison, here are games I mostly enjoyed most recently: Huge fan of GTA and RDR The PS 4 & 5 Spider Man games God of War was okay, a little repetitive. I started the second but couldn't get into it Stray Last of Us 1 & 2 Control So would I like Horizon? I've never been a RPG guy and I hate, but tolerate, skill trees if they're not that complicated and accompany an otherwise good game. I kinda hate puzzles and, in my Spider Man replay, used the option to skip all puzzles. Because I am old and don't have a ton of time for gaming, I am casual as fuck and play everything in easy mode. Shit, I turned on one-hit kills in Control Is this game for me?

I feel like their whole audience is 1) people who simply have always watched WWE, and stay due to inertia or FOMO, and 2) newer fans who just know no better and think promos, catchphrases, entrances, finishers, and mOmEnTs = pro wrestling.