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QUOTE (zenryan @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 05:15 AM) Duncan sat for 30 seconds and Parker sat for the first 90 seconds of the 4th. Both teams scored 3 points during that stretch. Miami really took advantage of that time on the bench. Given the 8-0 in the first half and the 3-0 run you mention, yes, I'd say it is fair to say Miami took advantage whdn Duncan and Parker were out together. 11-0 is a big deal.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 05:05 AM) Duncan was on the bench fconds. Parker for slightly over a minute. They were getting a bit of extra rest, they weren't "benched". At the end of the game spurs needed threes. I woulda taken Parker out too. They were out together in the first half together too. Heat saw blood in the water when this happened as fathom mentioned. If they needed a three you would not have known by what popovich drew up.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 04:52 AM) Completely disagree with the Pop criticism tonight. Game 6? Yes. Tonight I'm not sure what else he could have done. Players gotta play He benched Parker and Duncan to start the fourth quarter. The same exact decision that already cost them a championship in game 6. Benching Duncan and Parker together at all is laughably dumb. Then he inexplicably takes Parker out on the last meaningful possession while drawing up a give and go for Ginobli. Just terrible.

Can we put the "genius" of pop to bed? Good god he was beyond awful this series.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 04:43 PM) Patriots went from having two of the best TE in football to having none. Tebow.

I have about 100 games on Steam. Most of which I have never played. Bigger releases like Skyrim I buy the disk. I dont mind the DRM on the digital store when they are offering the prices at insane deals like 90% off, or bundles that make games cost a quarter. I dont see MS coming close to that though. In fact I would say the games woulx just get more expensive.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 03:20 PM) While Taylorst and Capn can insult everyone in the thread, it just does not make logical sense what they are arguing from a consumer perspective. Most reasonable people agree that choice is better than no choice. So why would anyone want to have no choice to buy a physical game and instead have to rely on a steam like system. And even though I have a steam account, I prefer to buy the games in the store and have the physical media. That way I dont have to worry about steam not working, steam screwing up or steam going out of business and not having access to the game. So yeah, there are plenty of great reasons why I would actually want to have something tangible in my possession. And if Xbox wants to make systems with no optical drive, all online, what is stopping them? Its not impossible. So you can go buy that if you want. Ill keep buying my computers with optical drives, on the off chance I might need one. Because it doesnt slow my computers performance, it doesnt make my computer all of a sudden go from good to bad, so I have no idea why it would at all impact the Xbox performance. I guess Steam has been around so long I didnt realize that was any sort of future. I thought the gaming industry realized that while some people may be okay with a steam like platform it wasnt for everyone. Saving $5-$10 per game isnt worth not having my own disk to put under my pillow at night, especially as an optical drive does other things like play dvd, blue ray, etc, so I would still rather my next generation machine could do that. Call me old fashioned though. It isnt widely known, but DRM on Steam is left up to publishers and not mandatory. You can DL games off Steam store and still play them bypassing Steam completely. It also has an offline mode. And of course you have the disk option as you mention. I think even Steam is a lot better than what MS was trying to do. Speaking of Steam, there was a big leak yesterday confirming the existence of Half Life 3 and L4D3, the Steambox console, and a potential game sharing program.

I just think there's a big difference between an actual plan and consideration. Im sure they considered all bases whereas a plan infers that that idea was realistic, which it isn't.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 04:01 PM) http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/di...n_Consoles.html Check again. ? I dont see anywhere where it says this was their plan. Nor was it some last second decision. 70% of bought games are retail. That number presumably a lot higher on consoles. It would be one of the worst business decisions ever to get rid of the optical drive now.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 03:50 PM) From what I can recall, the original idea was to leave the optical drives off of the new consoles all together, both Sony and MS supported that idea. No, it wasn't.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 03:45 PM) Sony doesn't have the network to phase out physical media. To put thing's in perspective, when's the last time you used the optical drive of your computer? A lot of people are just taking the drive out all together. They're no longer needed. Microsoft intended to drive retail down on new games. No more pre-orders for games. No need to head out to the store to buy them. No need to take them over to a friend's house. Everything would have been in your account. Everything from the games you play, to the music you buy, to the TV and movies you watch would have all been through the Xbox network. People really are stupid and fear change. Uh, but the benefit to that is still there. Now people just have choice. How does that make them stupid?

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 02:34 PM) These aren't 'next gen' consoles, they're just Xbox 360.2 and PS3.2 now. I have no idea why people want to rail MS for the connect every 24 hours thing and the games 'in the cloud' components. That IS what makes the console 'next generation'...the fact that physical media was being phased out, playability from anywhere you can log into XBL.... But no, idiots hear 'DRM' and go bats*** crazy, or just jump on the bandwagon. Oh hey, Sony fanboys, you DO remember that Sony was the lynchpin behind rootkits in your music, years ago, right? And by all accounts from what we've heard, the PS4 AND the XB1 were both supposed to go the way of 'cloud/digital media', but something made Sony back down late in the game, or they saw the flak that MS was getting about it. Something happened there in the 11th hour. Why would anyone give up ownership rights for something that gives no actual benefit? QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 02:39 PM) It was mostly people with an after-market HDD that had problems. http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/201...artner=yahootix Yeah but it didnt brick anything. Sony is fixing it with another patch.

The ps3 update did not brick anything to be fair.

PS4 was cheered on Jimmy Fallon last night for promoting used games. Funny if that was the tipping point.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 08:53 PM) If so, it's better to admit you made a mistake and fix it then to stubbornly stick by a flawed product and fail. Story broke right after I posted. From GiantBomb: Microsoft to Pull Complete Reversal on Xbox One DRM Policies by Patrick Klepek on June 19, 2013 Sources indicate Microsoft is going to move away much of what's caused the company so much headache. The tug-of-war between Microsoft and Sony just got more interesting. Multiple sources inform me Microsoft will announce what amounts to a complete reversal on its DRM policies for Xbox One today. What does this mean? No more always online requirement The console no longer has to check in every 24 hours All game discs will work on Xbox One as they do on Xbox 360 Authentication is no longer necessary An Internet connection is only required when initially setting up the console All downloaded games will function the same when online or offline No additional restrictions on trading games or loaning discs Region locks have been dropped

ounds like Microsoft is backtracking heavily on its plans for the Xbox One. Should hear more today or tomorrow. Wow if so.

Pops with one of the worst coached finals games in history.

Offensive foul and off LeBron and he still cries.

Wow Popovich has been just terrible

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 03:38 AM) Did you miss the first three quarters? It was all Spurs and then LeBron said no. Im aware and I was tuning in and out. Seemed like it was all Duncan with a side of Leonard.

It's a miracle this game is close. Pops, Green, Ginobli, and Parker have all been just awful meanwhile LeBron is going off and the role players are playing very well.

The GOAT coach is blowing the game here.

Is it really necessary to sit Duncan to start the fourth in Game 6 of the finals?

Didnt watch to much but did we really try and pitch Troncoso multiple late innings? Awesome.

Heat defense would be so much better if they didnt leave a man behind crying to the refs.