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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 12:03 PM) Attempted home fix of my PS3 was a big fail. Worked for 10 minutes, then shut off with the same problem. Madden is stuck in there too. Dammit. http://www.gophermods.com/ Save yourself the hastle and go there. My PS3 was one of the 5% that was so burned out they couldn't repair it and didn't charge me anything other than shipping, then they paid for shipping when they thought reballing it would work. Still didn't. Eventually, one of my friends fat PS3's AV ports and stuff became broken. They were able to transfer that processor to my old PS3 which allowed me to retrieve all my saved data. (Friend got the old PS3 because I had gotten a slim at this point).

QUOTE (scenario @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 01:40 AM) AJ had the best commercials. The Buehrle part at the end of that is amazing.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 12:08 AM) II was the best. There's generally not much argument about that. However, I would say the only reason Brotherhood and Revelations didn't quite match up is because they didn't have the origin story. Origin stories are hard to top, especially with the quality one ACII had. ACB was basically the same game as II, but with one city instead of many. To be honest, I quite liked not having to travel from city to city to do stuff. The loading screens in II wore on me. But yeah, the epic moments were severely lacking in III. The size/scale, graphics, depth and NPCs are III are incredible, top tier as far as games are concerned. It's a 50-hour game if you want to do everything (I know because other than full synching a ridiculously hard privateer mission I've got 100% synch). The Ezio trilogy comes in at about 25-30 hours each. The Boston Tea Party mission was amazing and some of the Kidd missions were really fun, but the main story missions were almost bothersome. There weren't enough missions where you had to sneak around and figure out how it was possible to stay undetected. There weren't as many of the awesome tomb missions of previous games. I'd rate ACR as the worst of the Ezio trilogy, but that game still have lots of fast-paced missions and memorable moments. ACIII was a disappointment only because it had super high expectations, but for the first time in an AC game the main story missions were less fun than the secondary stuff. Part of that is because the secondary stuff in this game is f***ing incredible. Although, I must say I don't agree with your gripe with the end of the game. It's already sold 7 million copies so you know they're going to make more games. I'd like to see them go to a two-year development cycle from now on. They said they would, but recent rumors have come out saying they might make another game. You don't want over saturation and after III's relative disappointment they should take some time to think about that. http://www.shacknews.com/article/76422/ass...-creed-3-review This review says it best for me. Characters were underdeveloped, Connor was kind of boring, etc. My gripe with the ending is that it was pretty much s***, it was almost a carbon copy of ME3. It was supposed to be the wrap up game, but it's the most ambiguous yet. And it didn't have any emotional "I want to destroy this guy" moments like the Ezio trilogy (towards the end of Revelations, finally getting Borgia, Cesare, etc.). Lee and Haytham had alot of potential for villains that didn't get used. Especially Haytham. Edit: In the end, I think they might have been better off just scrapping the animus all together and had Altair leave Ezio clues, Ezio leave clues that somehow get to Connor, and Connor leave Desmond clues with Desmond getting a full fledged game. The overarching storyline (and AC3's lack of epic moments) are my main gripes. Lucy was poorly handled, Daniel Cross was set up perfectly as a rival that never fleshed out, Subject 16 was handled well enough, and Vidic needed more confrontation time.

Also, Assassins Creed II is the best game in the series. Best characters, protagonist, settings, pacing, travel, etc. and you weren't as overpowered. You had to think about how you would Assassinate people (shooting a man on a boat in Venice, but having it match up with a firework explosion was genius). Brotherhood and Revelations were pretty good, but got a bit boring with only one major city in each. My biggest gripe is III missed out on a lot of epic moments, like, I don't know, everything in the commercials. The hope that the story would be good made me overlook it, but f*** that ending. All that being said, the Naval battles were fantastic.

Just finished Assassins Creed III.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 05:43 PM) Hookers and blow all night long I imagine that 12/22/12 will be the day where Plan B sees record highs in sales.

Great run for AJ, but it was time. Thanks for all the years AJ, 2nd best catcher in Sox history.

So, world's ending tomorrow. Plans anyone?

Let's make a compromise. Conservatives get to keep their guns, but have to give up the battle for gay rights, abortion, stem cells, euthanasia, remove "God" from the Pledge, etc. Why? Because those all are treading on people's rights or forcing them to do something they don't want to or not letting them make a choice.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 12:40 AM) Actually by saying you dont drink you're also saying "I dont suffer or inflict on others the negative consequences of drinking". When I say I have firearms, but dont commit crimes with them I'm also saying "I dont suffer or inflict on others the negative consequences of gun rights". No, by saying I don't drink I'm saying that your argument that "Quin doesn't want alcohol banned cause he and others drink" didn't work.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 10:26 PM) I don't use my guns to kill people. Try again. You said that I don't want the government to ban alcohol because I drink and like it. I don't drink. You do however own a gun and don't want the government to ban it (if it's an assault rifle/automatic gun, which was the comparison) because you like having it. So no, your comeback was kind of pointless.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 08:28 PM) Because they like drinking and don't want the government telling them they can't do it anymore. I don't drink due to medical reasons. Try again.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 07:24 PM) It's the same argument about needing a beer. You don't need one but want one. How many drunk drivers kill people each year? So let's go back to prohibition to save all of the people which could possibly die in a drunk driving accident. However, I do agree that automatic weapons should be illegal, they do not serve a legal purpose. That is waaaaay different and you know it. But I'm glad we agree.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 04:49 PM) Nickname you team something that nobody can pronounce. That is great marketing. Rougarou is pronounced how it's spelled... Roo-gah-roo It's Scooby Doo up in this b****.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 03:28 PM) Florida man gets angry at Little Caesar's over late pizza, gets into shoving match with the guy in front of him. Shoots the guy in front of him. Has used the stand your ground defense. Police have charged him, SYG hearing could knock that out. If the guy in front of him had a gun, it could have been avoided.

I actually like Pelicans. It's kind of old school.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 03:11 PM) via Oh what the f*** man. Also, my friend put on facebook "No thanks Obama, I'll keep my AK-47." WHY THE f*** DOES A 19 YEAR OLD GIRL IN COLLEGE NEED A GODDAMN AK-47.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 12, 2012 -> 10:56 AM) Scored 104 points in My Player in NBA2k12 (and I am aware that it is not '13) Oh man, the one skill I dumped everything into was 3 pointers. Once I became a sixth man I added to strength, dribbling, and layups. So my 6'4" SG dropped like 30-40-50-50-78 in the span of 5 games. Shooting 3s off of picks was deadly. QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 02:15 AM) Got the Solstheim DLC for Skyrim. I played it for 20 minutes and had goosebumps the entire time. So, so, soooo many flashbacks to playing Morrowind. There was something about picking trama root and ash yams that sent me flying back through time. I really wish that I could go back to Morrowind with updated graphics. Is that kind of what Solstheim is? Is it a good throw back? http://morroblivion.com/forums/skyrim/skywind-development This mod might make that real.

LMAO at the parents mad about this. It's a wonderful thing for the Sox to do. Seriously, do they know how incredibly awesome that is?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 07:36 PM) Greetings, friends. Do you wish to look as happy as me? Well, you've got the power inside you right now. So, use it, and send one dollar to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Don't delay, eternal happiness is just a dollar away. I only have dimes.

I like that Jo retired the six shooters routine. He's replaced it with jazz hands.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 06:16 PM) Video Games Are Not The Problem I love that argument. It's the one that both the left and right media bring up. But the only thing that video games have made me want to do is that after playing five Assassins Creed video games, I want to climb everything.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 07:11 AM) Greg, nobody here is saying that Obama being a religious man or that speech is offensive. Huckabee(and you) is saying that the removal of god from a public school is the reason that this happened. That is absolute bulls***. This isnt a matter of believing and non believing

If it helps, I hate all of you. As for SoxTalk Group Think, it's true. SS2k5 and Balta get along perfectly.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 03:12 PM) Accidental firearm deaths are about ~600 a year. The FBI keeps records of successful uses of guns to defend a home, and that is about 200 a year. The FBI does not keep records of what Steve said...unsuccessful uses of guns to defend a home. I think this right here is an important statistic.