kev211

Why did the cubs lose the red brims on the road? Red brims > Blue brims

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Apr 4, 2009 -> 03:37 AM) har. Not to brag or anything because U of I is definitely a better school, but you dont even know the drinking scene that takes place in Carbondale. If you want to learn s*** go to champaign, but if you want to get smashed 5 nights a week and barely function is a member of society then you belong at SIU. Either that or you had a 1.6 GPA in HS and couldn't get in anywhere else. note- King Cobra has been officially renamed King Cutler. Tonight I had 5 of them and puked after the 5th, they are a force to be reckoned with. according to this class i had to take here at ISU alcohol 101 basically for getting caught drinking in the dorms...ISU has the highest numbers in the state for drinking... more then SIU and EIU id get the numbers for you but im too drunk to go get the sheet or care really

weak episode first of the season though imo

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 31, 2009 -> 11:17 AM) So, I was just listening to The LOST Podcast with Jay and Jack. Embedded in that crazy brainwash video Carl had to watch in "Not in Portland" (season 3, Episode 7) is a hidden message "only fools are enslaved by time and space" (i knew that when the episode first aired, you have to play the video backward to hear it)... According to a few internet sites (and I did a google search on this and it is true!), apparently that is an anagram for "Bones of Nadlers may lay lost deep in cave". The Nadlers are... Rose and Bernard! And what bones? Adam and Eve from season one! And what did those bones have on them? Two stones: one white... one black! Craziness!!! If you didn't understand anything he just said these links may help you. http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Adam_And_Eve http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Anagram http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Nadler Because I didn't understand anything I read there so I had to do some research myself . But now that I did that's crazy and awesome at the same time. It becomes more obvious daily that the writers had this all mapped out from day 1.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Mar 31, 2009 -> 01:07 PM) Thank you very much for your post, I appreciate it. A post like that is good enough, because it makes it less frustrating than checking this thread everyday to see if anyone responded to my posts only to find out that there's no replies and that I might just being ignored and disregarded. I only asked cause you guys seem much more knowledgeable than the "casual" Lost fans I know personally. And that picture, I believe it was just a few episodes ago, either the beginning of season 5 or end of season 4. Also remember people really only post in this thread on tuesday-thursday from friday-mon its kind of dead because were not really thinking about Lost anymore until we get excited again when tuesday comes because lost is the next day

2 run double for alexei...just loves hitting with the bases loaded

QUOTE (onedude @ Mar 26, 2009 -> 05:50 PM) When I make my goals, i get rewarded nicely, might be different for pitchers and hitters Probably. I'll probably try a hitter at one point or another.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Mar 26, 2009 -> 03:21 AM) Illinois State fans will not want a beefed up Indy State.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Mar 26, 2009 -> 01:44 PM) No way to defend them, its laughable in every scenario. Seriously? If the selection comitee wants to turn the tournament into a BCS tournament which they are doing it with 4 at larges to mid majors this year. How on earth can you blame the students of a mid major for celebrating an NIT final four?

QUOTE (onedude @ Mar 23, 2009 -> 09:58 PM) not as far as i know....the team that developed the game are on vacation....and plan to make and release a patch for the game when they come back. Here is some problems I see with the game: I started the show, created my player, and entered the draft. Drafted for right field by the Cleveland Indians(I thought I'll see where this goes). #1-The game starts your ratings too low. With the default sliders, the game isn't too realistic with the hitting attributes. Me and my friends messed with the sliders to get a more realistic experience with the game. With how we fixed the sliders, the game was more fun than what it was with default sliders, and I collected realistic stats. First season .305 ave, 11 hr, 56 rbi's, 23 walks, 65 k's, .817 ops. Fixed with slider alteration. I plan to eventually turn sliders back to normal as my player progresses through his career. #2-Advancement goal period before the all-star break I only made 2 of the 6 goals and was put on the trade block. Cleveland proceeded to trade me to the Cardinals because of the failed goal period. You don't trade an 18 year old prospect in AA for Trevor Miller....just because of 1 goal period....not realistic. But I like the Cardinals and went with the trade anyway. Not able to fix this problem. #3-AI pitching is stellar, along with the defense. This was expected from all the specs I heard about the game. Except that it seems like all players are gold glovers. I turned the AI reaction down 2 notches. Got more realistic fielding. Fixed by turning Pitch control down 1-2 notches and fielding reaction time down 1-2 notches. This might stay the same throughout career as I get realistic walk rates and k rates....and get on base via believable errors. #4-At the beginning of second year....Cardinals saw my potential, bought out my contract, put me on the 40 man roster, and invited me to Spring Training. I thought this was realistic and awesome. I was rewarded by the Cardinals. I had a decent spring mainly batting in a pinch hitter role. Cardinals moved me up to AAA to start my second year. I proceed to bat .290 ave, 9 hr, 48 rbi's.....comparable bb/k ratio and ops. Cardinals bring me to the club as a September call-up. I play one game, and go 2-4 with a k. I get ready to play the next game and the game quits on me. Shoots me right to the PS3 XMB. I then retry 10 or so more times, with the same result. I go online and find that this is a problem with many people especially Sept. callups on the 14, 15, 16 of September. I hope that when the Development team gets back from vacation they can fix this problem, send a patch out, and I can get back to the best, realistic baseball game I've ever played. I'd hate to not be able to see where my career could have went. #4 Is the biggest problem for me.....the others can be worked with but this is a game issue or a ps3 issue and it worries me. Pleas let a patch be able to fix this problem Another problem with RTTS is the talents or whatever your not training drop so fast if you go so long without without training it. I made a starting pitcher put them in the white sox organization, actually played the guy the first year had like a 1.98 ERA yet never got called up to AAA and I met most of the goals. So I decided to sim until I made the majors. The next year my guy starts off in the bullpen in AA after having a 1.98 era the year before as a starter(I think you start where the contract says you do not matter what) went two periods in a row without meeting his goals and I got traded to the phillies. The phillies put me into the AA rotation and after 2.5 years of simming and getting up to AAA every so often only to miss 1 goal period out of the last 4 I met and get right put back into AA. In the offseason after my 4th year the phillies offered me a new MLB bullpen contract. I took it played the spring had a 0.87 ERA so I actually made the major league club out of spring training. I'm at the end of april now with about a 3.30 era and 24 innings pitched. I just got a spot start offered to me though so hopefully I do good and get put into the rotation. I know its hard to make the majors in real life, but I think they penalize you too much for missing goals and reward you too little for meeting them. It's also impossible to keep your overalls up in everything since you skills plumet if you don't train them. I've decided to neglect defense and just worry about pitching, and my guy is like 0 in everything defense now. Overall its one of the best baseball games ive ever played though.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 10:23 PM) They keep saying you cant change the past... but has anyone tried??? As best as I can tell, Desmond gave up because Mrs Hawkings told him he couldnt change the past. To my knowledge, a major time line changing event has never been attempted. If ben dies, then no one brings juliet to the island, and all of this stuff never happens

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 09:11 PM) I am sick of this "wait a week for the next episode" thing. Damnit. Tonight was awesome!!! Ben cannot be dead. As faraday said you cant change the past, and the universe has a way of course correcting itself.

wow

Matt Thornton 1 IP 3 k's Nice

QUOTE (kev211 @ Mar 18, 2009 -> 09:26 PM) I've never had a sports team leave me heartbroken so much times in 1 season. ISU losses 83-79 after somehow KSU got to inbound the ball with 1 second left instead of ISU after the ball went out of bounds on a free throw? Love to see what happened there. Then they took a shot to rub it in. 5 overtime losses I can't believe this season. Only 1 double digit loss all season.

I've never had a sports team leave me heartbroken so much times in 1 season.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Mar 18, 2009 -> 02:42 PM) Is this one going to be online? Yes

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 09:04 PM) Ill State's punishment, head to Manhattan Kansas, haha The selection committee also played with us in having two teams that we beat handily play in the play in game.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 08:13 PM) Nope, It's at Jankovich's alma mater so that's kind of cool. Still can't watch it though. I'm sure the NCAA did that on purpose for the story line too.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 08:09 PM) Illinois State and Northwestern in so far. It appears the ISU game isn't televised though..

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 05:07 PM) Let's go Birds! ^

Last night fallon had the guys from diggnation on. And they are now attempting to make a random audience member last night the most followed guy on twitter which is currently Barack Obama. I think fallon taping into the internet is a great idea. Tons of people there.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 02:00 PM) Think it lines up with May sweeps now or something. This is the reason.

QUOTE (Balance @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 01:04 PM) So, here's a slight change of subject. I've recently picked up a copy of The Show '09, and, well, I'm really bad at it. I've set the game to "Rookie" difficulty, and I still can't hit my way out of a paper bag. The game manual tells you what the controls are, but it doesn't really tell me how to bat. For example, is there a "batting cursor" that I just can't see? Am I supposed to do anything other than time my swing right? It's kind of frustrating. Defense is easier and more intuitive, at least. I guess at first, I'll just try to put as many features of the game on automatic (baserunning, etc.) and then try to figure it out. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a video game champion; I just like to play when I can. Anyone else have similar problems/difficulties? You need to put the left analog stick in the general area the pitch comes and time it correctly. Guessing helps a lot you can usually crush a pitch when you know what it is and where it is going.

3 absolutly heatbreaking losses this season for ISU. Indiana State Northern Iowa @ Redbird and today