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by Sabek
November 12, 2008, 12:14 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Economy bailout funds being used to pay wall street bonuses
Replies: 18
Views: 1957

Re: Economy bailout funds being used to pay wall street bonuses

from: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/Story?id=6230878&page=2 Don't blame us! Right Time for Bonuses? Nearly everyone agrees that Wall Street has a PR problem. With Wall Street experiencing its worst season since the Great Depression, and with the federal government stepping in to gi...
by Sabek
November 7, 2008, 10:10 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: What 360 Game to buy?
Replies: 16
Views: 1703

Re: What 360 Game to buy?

Did you see the video for the "secret" co-op level after you beat CoD5?
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/42003.html

Looks pretty fun.
by Sabek
November 7, 2008, 3:03 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: What 360 Game to buy?
Replies: 16
Views: 1703

Re: What 360 Game to buy?

I'm really looking forward to Banjoe-Kazooie 3. I played the demo and really enjoyed it. It's gonna be priced at 39$ to boot. And if you pre-order, you get the original Banjoe-Kazooie for free.. I heard Fable 2 was great fun. Spidernam - Web of shadows is supposedly decent but a renter. The Mirror'...
by Sabek
November 7, 2008, 8:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Too may subforums diluting the Vault?
Replies: 10
Views: 1542

Re: Too may subforums diluting the Vault?

Truant wrote:this post should have it's own forum.

in fact, there should be a forum for requests for new forums.
Where each request is its' own subforum that you must first get permission to create.
by Sabek
November 5, 2008, 11:48 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Prop 8 California
Replies: 63
Views: 7679

Re: Prop 8 California

This is what I've moved to tracking now that the presidency is secured, and it's disheartening. Why can't the Christians (primarily in this country) honor the separation of church and state? Why does it matter if someone else's idea of marriage differs from your own? Contrary to some people's belie...
by Sabek
November 4, 2008, 4:34 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: 09 NBA Discussion Thread
Replies: 48
Views: 18739

Re: 09 NBA Discussion Thread

I read an interesting article this morning about why that Detroit/Denver trade went through, and basically it boiled down to putting Detroit in the driver's seat for signing Lebron in 2010. They'll have the cap space, youth, 2 All-Stars for him to play with (Rip and Tayshaun), etc. It'll be interes...
by Sabek
November 4, 2008, 9:30 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Who will have the worst record in the NFL this year?
Replies: 28
Views: 4982

Re: Who will have the worst record in the NFL this year?

Winnow wrote:Cardinals have a three game lead in the NFC West!

Watch them next Monday Night!
That's like crowing that you are the "King of Shit".
:)
by Sabek
November 3, 2008, 1:13 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

Can't be on top every year...the good news for MU fans is that indeed, they will be back. No chance they mire in the muck for eternity. PSU still #3...product of the bye week or product of Big10 hate? Also Texas Tech being over PSU is a complete non-issue anyway. If they win out they were going to ...
by Sabek
October 31, 2008, 2:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Guild Name
Replies: 60
Views: 9001

Re: Guild Name

<OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS>
by Sabek
October 30, 2008, 1:21 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Who will have the worst record in the NFL this year?
Replies: 28
Views: 4982

Re: Who will have the worst record in the NFL this year?

Sylvus wrote:I don't see the Lions winning a game.
And TJ Whosyourmama guaranteed that the Bengals would win A game this year. :)
by Sabek
October 29, 2008, 10:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Guild Name
Replies: 60
Views: 9001

Re: Guild Name

<lazors go pew pew>
by Sabek
October 24, 2008, 5:24 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Comcast to limit customers' Internet usage starting October
Replies: 24
Views: 3955

Re: Comcast to limit customers' Internet usage starting October

Trias wrote:just got my fios going...internet tv phone package deal

i'm at 20 Mbps/5 Mbps ...on speedtest.net i've doubled my comcast numbers and then some.

checking out some torrents now, i'll give an update in a new thread soon.
Trias' bandwidth increased tenfold. :)
by Sabek
October 21, 2008, 2:57 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Which team won't make the playoffs this decade?
Replies: 15
Views: 2508

Re: Which team won't make the playoffs this decade?

The real answer is the Browns.
by Sabek
October 14, 2008, 4:32 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: ACORN signs up the Dallas Cowboys to vote in Nevada
Replies: 10
Views: 1427

Re: ACORN signs up the Dallas Cowboys to vote in Nevada

miir wrote:John McCain is a noteworthy supporter of ACORN.
He was a keynote speaker at a one of their rallys in 2006.
I am not saying these stories are pro-McCain or Pro-Obama.
I just find it odd that they keep popping up.
by Sabek
October 14, 2008, 3:39 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: ACORN signs up the Dallas Cowboys to vote in Nevada
Replies: 10
Views: 1427

Re: ACORN signs up the Dallas Cowboys to vote in Nevada

Evidently ACORN is up to shenanigans in Ohio as well.
Of course in this case just like in Nevada it's "rogue operatives" that are the bad people not the whole structure.

http://www.wbns10tv.com/live/content/on ... ml?sid=102
by Sabek
October 13, 2008, 12:54 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

Sueven wrote:You know, I haven't heard anything about how Arizona State is doing recently. What have they been up to?
Hell at least Ohio State kicked a field goal on USC. :lol:
by Sabek
October 9, 2008, 3:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Some poetry and other musings
Replies: 14
Views: 1069

Re: Some poetry and other musings

I would have figured that Xyun would with something like:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Obama rox
And so do you

:lol:
by Sabek
October 8, 2008, 11:33 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: ACORN signs up the Dallas Cowboys to vote in Nevada
Replies: 10
Views: 1427

ACORN signs up the Dallas Cowboys to vote in Nevada

Apparently a group called ACORN, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, has been having some "fun" registering people to vote in Nevada. Evidently the entire Dallas Cowboys starting line up was registered by them to vote in Nevada. http://www.star-telegram.com/332/story/958...
by Sabek
October 8, 2008, 11:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Insert your own techno babble.
Replies: 11
Views: 1147

Re: Insert your own techno babble.

Not techno-babble but manager speak which is just as funny.

"We need to table this discussion until we can circle back around to it later. This way we can implement a tactical solution until the strategic end point is determined to leverage the synergies across the entire enterprise."
by Sabek
October 3, 2008, 9:31 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Rock Band 2 Setlist
Replies: 62
Views: 7044

Re: Rock Band 2 Setlist

Any one buying the AC/DC Track pack disc?
by Sabek
September 29, 2008, 3:17 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

OSU has Illinois at Illinois. That concerns me given what Juice did last year.
by Sabek
September 28, 2008, 2:45 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

PSU>Pac10 sirs! And by god, they finally play good and I am stuck here not able to watch a single fucking game. How depressing. That PSU team looks really strong. OSU seemed to get things back on track with Beanie in the game and Pryor getting some more experience. If OSU beats Wisconsin next week ...
by Sabek
September 27, 2008, 9:37 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

And the gators go down to Ole Miss in the swamp.
by Sabek
September 26, 2008, 10:55 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

Penn St stomped Oregon St 45 to 14 Oregon St beat USC 27 to 21 Does that mean Penn St > USC? :) No. It means OhioSU is really really really bad. All Pac 10 teams come to play against their own conference. Gotta love that competitive spirit! USC knew the Pac 10 was taking some heat this year so they...
by Sabek
September 26, 2008, 4:18 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: First Bengals warrant of the year!
Replies: 11
Views: 2500

Re: First Bengals warrant of the year!

Of this? I could make a hat, a brooch, a pterydactyl.
by Sabek
September 26, 2008, 4:17 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

Penn St stomped Oregon St 45 to 14
Oregon St beat USC 27 to 21

Does that mean Penn St > USC? :)
by Sabek
September 26, 2008, 11:54 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

How bad is your conference when the coach everyone said was going to get fired this year is leading the conference at 3-1?

3-1
3-1
2-1
2-2
2-2
2-2
2-1
1-2
1-3
0-3

vs

4-0
4-0
4-0
3-0
3-1
3-1
3-1
2-1
2-1
2-1
1-2
by Sabek
September 26, 2008, 7:30 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

:lol:
That is all
ESPN wrote:It means a team needs to exhibit more than talent alone if it wants to compete for a national championship.

It means the Pac-10's shocking spiral into the muck of irrelevancy is complete.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/pac10/0-2-17 ... State.html
by Sabek
September 23, 2008, 4:53 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

Crummy Conference Of The Week The Pacific-10 (31). Every team but You Know Who has lost at least once. Every team but You Know Who is unranked. Six Pac-10 teams have lost to a non-BCS team. Two Pac-10 coaches rank among the leading candidates nationally to be fired (Washington's Ty Willingham and A...
by Sabek
September 21, 2008, 11:27 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

USC is rolling. Grats on OhioSU pulling out a win over...Troy? Timewarp? Pac Ten has the #1 team in the nation...Big Ten (11) has....? Michigan can't even beat Notre Dame anymore and OhioSU FINALLY is getting shit on like it deserves by the press. They shouldn't have been anywhere near the BCS last...
by Sabek
September 14, 2008, 9:59 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

I feel terrible for ohio state people since they are all brain washed to love and adore jim tressel. Him and that coaching staff cannot put a gameplan together to save their lives in these big games. OSU played like they didn't even deserve to be on that field yesterday. Gameplan was awful, executi...
by Sabek
September 13, 2008, 3:21 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Rock Band 2 Setlist
Replies: 62
Views: 7044

Re: Rock Band 2 Setlist

Got my RB2 drums yesterday. So far they are pretty nice.
Pedal seems solid, drum heads aren't overly noisy, and wireless on top of it all.
by Sabek
September 10, 2008, 8:49 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Rock Band 2 Setlist
Replies: 62
Views: 7044

Re: Rock Band 2 Setlist

I can't find a way to import original Rock Band songs so you might have to do that through XBox Live while connected. RB2 does download the music and some data to the hard drive in order to speed up load times. This is actually done in RB1. There was a recent update from xbox live that put in a new...
by Sabek
September 6, 2008, 9:37 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

Winnow wrote:Their weak performance today combined with a USC blowout should be enough even if they cruise through the Big Ten again.
Something we can agree on. I am completely in agreement that if USC blows out OSU they shouldnt be in the title hunt even if they win every other game by 50.
by Sabek
September 6, 2008, 6:05 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

Congrats to OhioSU squeaking by Ohio this week. Good luck @ USC next week! What's with the Big Ten (11) barely beating these scrub opponents? You can't pick any worse teams to play. Next year the conference should step up to playing the level just above scrub teams so they have something to fall ba...
by Sabek
September 3, 2008, 4:39 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Spore (all sorts of awesome)
Replies: 64
Views: 9563

Re: Spore (all sorts of awesome)

Spore needs its' own forum.
by Sabek
August 30, 2008, 9:05 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: College Football Talk 08
Replies: 195
Views: 33017

Re: College Football Talk 08

Early reports are saying Beanie Wells has no serious injury. Possible turf toe.
by Sabek
August 28, 2008, 2:27 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Talesof Vesperia (360)
Replies: 14
Views: 1703

Re: Talesof Vesperia (360)

I tried the demo of this after E3.
I was completely underwhelmed. Personally I thought Eternal Sonata was much better.
by Sabek
August 26, 2008, 4:29 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Too Human
Replies: 62
Views: 6364

Re: Too Human

Ran level two tonight with my brother-in-law. Human Bio Eng and cyber berserker is crazy good. He wails away at stuff while I damage and heal as needed. Also the spider shield from the skill tree affects both people in Co-Op. Group 50% heal + remove status effects for 1 combo point is really nice fo...
by Sabek
August 26, 2008, 4:24 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Facebook: Dungeons & Dragons - Tiny Adventures
Replies: 66
Views: 9026

Re: Facebook: Dungeons & Dragons - Tiny Adventures

I created a human cleric named Sabek.
Reminds me of Ogame, but seems to be a way to pass some time.
by Sabek
August 25, 2008, 8:38 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Too Human
Replies: 62
Views: 6364

Re: Too Human

the one think I thought was really cool with the Defender was the skill path that had the spider acting as a lazer turret. That think mowed down baddies like nobody's business. This is the tree I went down with my defender. I have that turret and I play with my brother-in-law who has a berserker. B...
by Sabek
August 25, 2008, 8:38 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Too Human
Replies: 62
Views: 6364

Re: Too Human

Picked this up over the weekend. I am enjoying it, playing the defender at the moment, however I am not sure how much replayability there is in doing the same levels repeatedly in multi-player.
by Sabek
August 22, 2008, 12:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Last game that cost you less than 1 dollar per hour to play?
Replies: 43
Views: 6567

Re: Last game that cost you less than 1 dollar per hour to play?

Ashur wrote: Mount&Blade
This is supposed to go full release and no longer be beta in September.
by Sabek
August 21, 2008, 4:38 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: RIP Gene Upshaw
Replies: 0
Views: 904

RIP Gene Upshaw

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3545830

Gene Upshaw dead at 63 from Pancreatic cancer.

Did a lot for the league in my opinion.
by Sabek
August 9, 2008, 12:40 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: It's finally time to get the shit talking going.
Replies: 32
Views: 8257

Re: It's finally time to get the shit talking going.

Zamtuk wrote:oh snap sanchez went down with a dislocated kneecap
Wonderful, now when OSU beats them Winnow and all the other PAC-10 fanbois will bitch that it is due to the lingering affects.
by Sabek
August 6, 2008, 11:14 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Braid
Replies: 21
Views: 1911

Re: Braid

I have to echo what Fairweather said. It seems very ingenious, and a normal platformer at first glance. However once you get into using the time control and manipulating things to get to places you thought you couldn't is where you see the depth of the puzzle portion. My only issue being the 1200 pt...
by Sabek
July 30, 2008, 2:14 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Strongest sports curse
Replies: 33
Views: 4762

Re: Strongest sports curse

You forgot the curse of the goat.
by Sabek
July 30, 2008, 1:55 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Space Siege
Replies: 8
Views: 1454

Re: Space Siege

Grabbed the demo and the graphics are definitely better than Dungeon Siege, but frankly the demo wasn't long enough to get a good feel for the overall game.
by Sabek
July 25, 2008, 11:48 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Wow ... just ... wow
Replies: 18
Views: 1941

Re: Wow ... just ... wow

The dogs name is lucky.
:lol:
by Sabek
July 24, 2008, 8:03 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: FANTASY FOOTBALL!!!
Replies: 150
Views: 24779

Re: FANTASY FOOTBALL!!!

I heard Cleveland Browns slogan for the year is:
There's always this year.