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by Crav
January 13, 2004, 3:00 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Houstonians?
Replies: 3
Views: 532

Hehe well since I can't see Clemens changing the way he pitches, I wonder how many times he's gonna get plunked now that he has to bat.
by Crav
January 8, 2004, 8:43 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Games now tend to suck
Replies: 14
Views: 1670

Yea Victoria can turn into a lot of work, but it's really a fun game. If you have any questions go to the forums, that's really the best part of any game made by Paradox, they make it very easy for the people to mod them. So a lot of people add new events that the developers didn't know about or did...
by Crav
January 8, 2004, 1:28 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: - a Spurrier + a childhood dream = Joe Gibbs comming back?
Replies: 14
Views: 1243

Hehe you know what I was thinking, it would have be so funny if Jimmie Johnson took the Giants job. Not that there was a chance in hell it would happen, but still it would have been nice to see the old NFC East, when they ran off so many Super Bowls.
by Crav
January 7, 2004, 12:58 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Games now tend to suck
Replies: 14
Views: 1670

If you get either of the games go to http://www.europa-universalis.com, they have some mods that make the games better. A lot of people put time into adding new events for the game.
by Crav
January 6, 2004, 11:21 pm
Forum: Ryyysfemorrrr!
Topic: Sexiest Lady in 2003 (Not NWS)
Replies: 61
Views: 11302

dont know why but i dont see the fascination in Kylie Minogue or Jessica Simpson, they dont look like they should be anywhere near the top 100 imo Well while I don't think they are in the top ten they should definitely be in the top 50. Check out this commercial The link is NWS. Oh and the old lady...
by Crav
January 6, 2004, 8:20 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Pirates!
Replies: 9
Views: 1040

Pirates!

Wow this alone will make the year worth while.

Sid Meier Pirates!

The originals Pirates was one of my favorate NES titles.
by Crav
January 6, 2004, 6:27 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Games now tend to suck
Replies: 14
Views: 1670

Hmm well it all depends on the type of games you like. For me I love rpgs, sports and some strategy games. If you like rpgs and weren't satified with KoTOR then I can't really recommend any that would be better. If you like sports then I would recommend Madden 2004 or NHL 2004. If your into strategy...
by Crav
January 6, 2004, 5:22 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Should be a Movie...
Replies: 33
Views: 8945

Well they will probably make a movie out of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons since a studio bought the rights to them. Oh and they are already making a live action Neon Genesis using Weta Workshop(the guys that did LotR) to do the special effects so I can't really ask for that.
by Crav
January 5, 2004, 4:46 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: King Arthur
Replies: 11
Views: 812

Well it looks interesting at least. It's written by the same person who wrote and produced Gladiator. It also has Kiera Knightley, so it can't be all bad :D. While I was at imdb looking to see who wrote it I found that the person that wrote it is also writing a movie about Hannibal, the Carthaginian...
by Crav
January 1, 2004, 10:04 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: The Racist Tapestry of Lord of the Rings
Replies: 59
Views: 3325

Personally I didn't care whether they included people of color in the trilogy, I say this as a dark skin hispanic. It's fantasy and has more religious overtones than racial anyways. Now to clear up some of the history being thrown around on this thread. There were three Crusades, lead by different n...
by Crav
December 17, 2003, 2:05 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Xenosaga
Replies: 8
Views: 1003

Hmm I enjoyed the story in Xenogears, I mean it's not the greatest story ever told, but it made me want to see the ending. I also enjoyed the story in Crono Trigger and Crono Cross. So what do people consider a good story in a game?
by Crav
December 17, 2003, 6:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Karae!
Replies: 18
Views: 1317

Happy Birthday K :D!
by Crav
December 8, 2003, 12:15 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: What happens when OK plays a team with Winning Record?
Replies: 40
Views: 6149

Well it's gonna be LSU vs. OU in the Sugar Bowl and USC vs. Michigan in the Rose Bowl. It's gonna be interesting if USC wins the Rose Bowl since the AP doesn't have to go with the winner of the BCS championship game as the national champion. I've never really been a big fan of a playoff system, but ...
by Crav
December 5, 2003, 6:58 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL execs are geniuses...
Replies: 5
Views: 812

Hmm got distracted didn't see it was pay per view. I blame that on the marketing department.
by Crav
December 4, 2003, 4:28 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL execs are geniuses...
Replies: 5
Views: 812

NFL execs are geniuses...

Who needs a big name singer when you can just do this. *Sorta NWS*

I wonder how many protests and boycotts this is going to cause.
by Crav
December 3, 2003, 7:39 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: interesting
Replies: 106
Views: 6955

why are gay parents bad role models? I think what the people are saying is that in their opinions gay parents won't make their children conform to all of societies norms, since according to them gay parents themselves don't conform to the norms. While this may be true since a child of a gay couple ...
by Crav
November 29, 2003, 6:38 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Favorite old school game
Replies: 78
Views: 12607

Lets see. Keystone Capers(atari) Pirates(nes) Techmo Bowl(nes) Dragon Warrior series(nes) FF series(nes) Legend of Zelda(nes) Super Baseball Simulator 1000(nes)<--This game was really ahead of it's time. Bolo(mac)<--First multiplayer game with more than 2 people, used to play it in High School durin...
by Crav
November 26, 2003, 9:51 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: USC or LSU
Replies: 44
Views: 4714

Ok personally I hate OU with a passion, however, I also love college football and I haven't seen a team as dominate OU in a very long time. I've seen them play against North Texas, Texas, Texas A&M, OK St. and Texas Tech and the important thing about the stats and scores that were posted is that...
by Crav
November 24, 2003, 6:49 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Veeshanvault Game of the Year thread!
Replies: 28
Views: 3806

My vote goes to KotR, I got it for the PC on Friday and I am on the last planet right now. I think I got a total of 6-8 hours of sleep between Friday and Sunday. It's the buggest game I've seen in a while, but even through all that it's still the best game I've played in the last five years.
by Crav
November 19, 2003, 3:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Celebrities!
Replies: 8
Views: 838

Found this link from the site much more interesting.
Should mention it's sorta NWS.

http://ebaumsworld.com/dirtymindtest.html

Sad to say it took me way more than 3 seconds.
by Crav
November 17, 2003, 8:27 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Brain scan identifies racists says scientists...
Replies: 54
Views: 1910

The scientists first measured the racial bias of 30 white individuals using a standard technique. Volunteers were given a computer test to record the ease with which they associated with white and black racial groups with concepts that were positive or negative. Those with higher levels of racial b...
by Crav
November 17, 2003, 7:39 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Get them treehuggars!
Replies: 45
Views: 6950

Or we could just try to enforce the international treaties on illegal mahogany, fine the shipping and logging companies equal to the value of the wood they were transporting and confiscate the mahogany. Then sell the mahogany and use the money from the fines and the sales towards environmental initi...
by Crav
November 16, 2003, 6:05 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Get them treehuggars!
Replies: 45
Views: 6950

Phugg, the analogy is a bit flawed, but I won't really argue that point. The reason this situation has really got me upset isn't because they got arrested. I agree that if you break the law there should be consequences, however, to arrest the people and then use an obscure law to try to bring down t...
by Crav
November 15, 2003, 6:44 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Troy
Replies: 93
Views: 9597

This can be a pretty good movie, I just hope the acting is good and that the scripting isn't as bad as most of the other attempts at the Iliad and Odyssey.
by Crav
November 15, 2003, 6:31 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Get them treehuggars!
Replies: 45
Views: 6950

Honestly I don't agree with most of the things Greenpeace does, however, what I find somewhat worry some and that the main point of the article is that the government has never before attempted to prosecute an organization for using non-violent civil disobedience. While I know Greenpeace does not ha...
by Crav
November 15, 2003, 1:31 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Get them treehuggars!
Replies: 45
Views: 6950

Greenpeace goes over the line at times. They deserve whatever happens. But I'm sure they can accept those consequences. So basically because Greenpeace tends to over due it some times the Justice department should use a law that has only been used in two other cases in history to try to disband it?...
by Crav
November 15, 2003, 12:22 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Get them treehuggars!
Replies: 45
Views: 6950

Get them treehuggars!

Honestly does the DoJ have nothing better to do? Link U.S. takes hard line on Greenpeace By Kari Huus, MSNBC When Greenpeace activists illegally scrambled aboard the cargo ship APL Jade, it was the start of a pretty typical day. Convinced the ship was hauling contraband mahogany from Brazil, the env...
by Crav
November 12, 2003, 2:54 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Miami goes down like a nickel hooker!
Replies: 6
Views: 879

Link

Found it funny that Coker sits two player for penalties. Cause you know Miami never has penalties :lol:. I guess he has to try to deflect the blame somewhere.
by Crav
November 11, 2003, 2:14 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Entertaining article from EGM...
Replies: 1
Views: 489

Entertaining article from EGM...

Not sure if this had been posted before, if it has then I apologize, but hey a vv is a vv :wink:.

Link

Not having kids I don't get a chance to talk to any about games. So I found it funny.
by Crav
November 6, 2003, 7:44 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Bush's new Homeland Security hard at work...
Replies: 31
Views: 3677

It sounds like Canadian Intelligence provided the U.S. with information on possible terrorist and Maher Arar was on that list because of his association with Abdullah Almalki. Then we interogated him hoping to find some intel, but having failed that deported him to Syria because he was on Canda's po...
by Crav
November 4, 2003, 3:49 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Another Abrams taken out
Replies: 14
Views: 974

The javelin video was nice, also liked the AC130 Spectre video on that site. Man would suck to have been the guy they were chasing there, they dropped enough munitions on him to level a few buildings.
by Crav
October 28, 2003, 6:00 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: New Kobe/Shaq feud
Replies: 21
Views: 1738

Here's a link to this years salary numbers. The Lakers are 7th on the list at $64 million. Funny looking at those numbers and thinking that the salary cap is at $43.84 million. I think the Lakers and Yankee are the same in that fans either love them or hate them there is very little middle ground. O...
by Crav
October 28, 2003, 2:33 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: New Kobe/Shaq feud
Replies: 21
Views: 1738

I wonder if he'll actually leave L.A. and if he does wonder what team he'll go to (assuming he is found innocent). Oh and yea fuck the Lakers.
by Crav
October 26, 2003, 5:55 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Fuck the Yankees
Replies: 17
Views: 1928

Really happy to see Pudge(possibly the greatest overall catcher in baseball history) get a championship in his career. Also nice to see him give a big FU to all the people that kept saying he couldn't handle a pitching staff, I guess it was the craptastic Ranger's pitching staff that made him look b...
by Crav
October 17, 2003, 12:38 am
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: iTunes for Windows
Replies: 8
Views: 1112

Been waiting for ITunes to be available for PC, my friends use it on their Macs and it's really good. Now I'll probably have to go and get an IPod as well.
by Crav
October 14, 2003, 2:18 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Wolfowitz Man of the Year!
Replies: 10
Views: 672

Wolfowitz Man of the Year!

Saw this as I was flipping through channel, don't remember the station. Had to find it on the internet. Link BRET STEPHENS: --------------------------------------------------------- Man of the Year NO question: This was Paul Wolfowitz's year. On September 15, 2001, at a meeting in Camp David, he adv...
by Crav
October 10, 2003, 7:54 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Kill-Bill
Replies: 62
Views: 7862

Just saw it and I have to say that is the most entertaining movie I've seen all year, maybe even within the last few years(Excluding the two LotR movies, yes I'm a nerd!). Gonna go see it again this weekend.
by Crav
October 9, 2003, 11:43 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: F#*K Politics!
Replies: 4
Views: 534

The Rock as Conan! Mongol General: We have won again. That is good! But what is best in life? Mongol General: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcon on your wrist, wind in your hair! Mongol General: Wrong! Conan, what is best in life? Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to he...
by Crav
October 9, 2003, 4:06 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Canadian artist inspired by Politics, understanding this era
Replies: 5
Views: 384

Speaking of how long has it been since a Canadian team won the cup :wink:.
by Crav
October 7, 2003, 11:33 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: DVD Releases - Oct 07 2003
Replies: 12
Views: 1035

Actually just bought PCU at Blockbuster tonight.
by Crav
October 7, 2003, 7:54 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: God all mighty....(just an expression)
Replies: 14
Views: 936

Why is it scary they are selling lab equipment for cheap? Mostly because in a time when we should be trying to tighten restrictions on the sales of equipment that can be used to produce potentially harmful agents we are not. As I stated in the first post the scary part is that these items can be so...
by Crav
October 7, 2003, 4:44 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: God all mighty....(just an expression)
Replies: 14
Views: 936

God all mighty....(just an expression)

What kind of ass monkeys do we have running the DoD? Link Like the article pointed out it's not that these items can't be bought by the public outside of the DoD(which is a little scary) it's just that they are selling them so cheap and with very little regard as to whom they are selling it to. I al...
by Crav
October 5, 2003, 9:18 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Anyone else think...
Replies: 80
Views: 10709

Anyone else think...

That we're gonna get caught in the middle of this when the shit hits the fan? Link Isn't launching attacks on soveriegn soil by another government an act of war? Syria asks U.N. to condemn Israel UNITED NATIONS (CNN) --Syria has called for the U.N. Security Council to condemn Sunday's Israeli airstr...
by Crav
October 5, 2003, 2:18 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Another shitty week
Replies: 6
Views: 768

I thought this week had some really good close games, but of course the Longhorns actually pulled out a win in a tough game. I probably would think it was a shitty week if they had lost.
by Crav
October 3, 2003, 6:44 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rush Limbaugh resigns
Replies: 41
Views: 3310

I guess if I had never seen football or understood it at all then yes it would sum up the situation quite nicely. Unfortunately I do watch football and have followed it (H.S. football, College and Pros) since I was around 6 or 7 years old. So I tend to understand that while stats are nice and entert...
by Crav
October 3, 2003, 4:43 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rush Limbaugh resigns
Replies: 41
Views: 3310

Griese wasn't that hyped coming into the league. Hell, Charlie Batch was drafted higher than him, and Batch is a piece of shit. Coming out of college no, but after one or two good season he was ranked amoung the top QBs in the league. Hell I remember playing FF and seeing Griese get picked over Man...
by Crav
October 2, 2003, 11:15 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Angel: New season
Replies: 16
Views: 1753

I thought the opening scene with the lawyers and the wetworks team showing up was really funny. Overall I thought it was a good first episode.
by Crav
October 2, 2003, 10:27 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rush Limbaugh resigns
Replies: 41
Views: 3310

Jake Plummer has been hyped since he came into the league, and hasn't done nearly as well as McNabb. Oh and how about Brian Griese?
by Crav
October 2, 2003, 9:55 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rush Limbaugh resigns
Replies: 41
Views: 3310

No he hit it dead on saying he wasnt AS good as a quaterback as the media was showing him out to be. The past 2 years, his teams main highlight was the defense. But he got all the credit. Hasn't it always been the case that QBs get way more credit then they deserve when their team is winning and wa...
by Crav
October 2, 2003, 1:59 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Amazing...
Replies: 7
Views: 587

Amazing...

Really that's the only thing I can say about this story . This baby's mom should be charge with attempted murder because really this goes way beyond child abuse. That baby is amazing, thank god for human survival instincts. Toddler survives three weeks alone on ketchup, dry pasta JACKSONVILLE, Flori...