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When was the last time a #1 movie had an 80 percent dropoff in it's second weekend? It's great to see that Fired Up bombed. That is what they get for putting a 31 year old actor (Eric Olsen) to be the star of a High School movie.

You are missing Ricky the Dragon Steamboat. Former IC Champ. One of the best wrestlers ever. Demolition. 3 Time Tag Team Champs. They were apart of WrestleMania IV through VII. Wrestled for the titles at WM IV through VI. Tito Santana. Wrestled at the first 9 WrestleMania's. He is more of a legend than 70 percent of the roster in the game. Former IC and Tag Team Champion. Rick Martel. 3 Time Tag Team Champion. Upper mid card heel and had decent feuds with Shawn Michaels, Jake the Snake and Tito Santana. Owen Hart is not in due to Martha hating Vince and the WWE. Kevin Nash is under contract with TNA. Foley is under contract with TNA and pissed off Vince for leaving. He was supposed to be in the game and was taken out.

Yeah I was thinking of Golden Palace where they ran a hotel and Bea Arthur left the show and Cheech Marin came on.

This movie dropped off quite a bit this weekend. Last weekend it did 40 million in the box office. So far this weekend it did less than 3 million on Friday. It looks to be a 75-80 percent drop for the weekend.

I have to nominate who ever ran CBS in the early 1990's. Every show that they had was with someone over the age of 70 and geared towards senior citizens. Golden Girls, Murder She Wrote, Matlock and Dick Van Dykes crime show.

I wouldn't go that far. The Knicks will be under the cap and have Fat Eddie and JJ coming off the books in 2011 unless they are able to get rid of them sooner. It would be a miracle. The fact is that the Knicks will have a chance in getting some worth wild and if that doesn't hapen they are still under the cap for the next year or the year after. I rather see the team have a payroll of 40 million and go 41-41 instead of a payroll of 120 million and go 31-51 like they have done the last several years. Jimmy, why did the Pirates trade Aramis? I know that he was a butcher in the field 6-9 years ago but it just doesn't make any sense to trade him for a person who is 10 years older. Especially when Aramis had some decent seasons on some pretty bad teams.

The thing though is that Leiter and Piazza were salary dumps when the Mets traded for them. Steve wasn't the genius who decided lets get Piazza. It was Nelson Doubleday who wanted Piazza and pushed Coupon Fred into making the trade and adding the payroll.

Wasn't he GM when the Mets made the World Series, and drafted Kazmir, Wright and signed Reyes, along with trading for Piazza and Leiter? I think Strummer was thinking of Burnitz, Mo Vaughn, Robbie Alomar and Art Howe as the manager. He was also foolish for trading for Kenny Rogers. Rogers proved in 1996 and 1997 that he couldn't cut it in NY and was the second coming of Ed Whitson. Bob I am sure you are/were very happy that Rogers pitched for the Mets in 1999 and was on the mound at the end of game 6 1999 NLCS.

I was having a conversation with my best friend the other day about Downloadable Content and the role that it plays with videogames today. He is strictly against it due to the fact that developers might hold off on some stuff and release it later for people to spend more money on the game. He's argument is that if you are paying full price for the game you should be receiving 100 percent of the game. He was also saying that if DLC becomes too popular that would just give the developers even more of a reason to release unfinished 100 percent games. I understand the point that he was making. I feel that if a developer wants to add some new skins, weapons, characters, maps and levels a couple of months after the game comes out it is not a big deal. I especially do not mind if the sequels usually take another 2-3 years to come out and the DLC is 5-10 dollars tops. My main problem is when you see DLC coming out for a game that was just released a month or two prior. I understand that the developer is walking a very thin line of when to release it. They have to release it while people are still interested in the game and striking when the iron is hot. It just feels like a ripoff and why wasn't that put into the game already. What do you think the future of DLC is going to be? Are developers just going to release games and then an update every couple of months for the game instead of coming out with sequels? I read a post awhile ago about how someone wants the Smackdown series to be. I think it might be possible on the next gen videogame systems. Their argument is that THQ should release the game lets say it is Smackdown 2012 for the PS4. The game comes out with all the current wrestlers, ppvs, story mode, attires, options, etc. Instead of THQ making Smackdown 2013 they should just come out with DLC every 2 months with New Wrestlers, updated PPV arenas, new moves, Legends, etc. You are still paying 60 dollars every year but instead of buying a new game you are adding to the base of your current game. This persons argument is that if you do this after 3-4 years you would have a base game that had 1000's of moves, a roster around 200, 3-4 attires per wrestler, 70 different arenas, a ton of story modes, etc.

Who do you all of you think is/are the worst gm's to ever run a team. Name the gm and state your case. As a diehard Knicks fan I have to nominate Scott Layden and Isiah Thomas. Scott Layden inherited a 50 win team that had been to the playoffs the last 13 years. The Knicks were coming off of an Eastern Conference Championship in 1999 and a loss in the Eastern Conference Finals in 2000. How does Layden maintain and improve the team? Well Ed Tapscott is allowed to choose Frederick Weis in the draft over hometown star Ron Artest. Weis never makes it to the NBA and is traded a decade later for Patrick Ewing Jr. Ron Artest turns out to be an absolute nut job/head case but is one of the best defenders in the league and a decent scorer as well. Layden makes one of the ultimate bone head trades by trading Patrick Ewing and his expiring 18 million dollar deal and Chris Dudley who was a decent backup. These two are traded for Luc Longely, Travis Knight (2 stiffs), Vernon Maxwell and Glen Rice. It should be mentioned that Glen Rice was a has been at this point and the Knicks already had Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell as the SG/SF combo. The Knicks also felt the need to include a first round pick in that trade. The Knicks follow up that trade by sending Erick Strickland and another first round draft pick for Othella Harrington. The Knicks sure do not like to keep a first round pick which turns into a theme for the team for the whole decade. The Knicks then trade Chris Childs and another first round draft pick for the dinosaur named Marc Jackson. Scott Layden really starts to feel generous with the purse by giving Allan Houston a 6 year 100 million dollar deal. Layden follows that up by trading for Howard Eisely and Shannon Anderson who combined made 80 million dollars over the next 6 years. The 2002 NBA Draft was a nightmare for the Knicks. Layden decides to draft Nene Hilario and trade him with Marcus Camby for broken down Antonio McDyess. Amare Stoudemire, Caron Butler, Tayshaun Prince and Carlos Boozer were still available. The Knicks drafted Michael Sweetney in 2003 with Boris Diaw, Josh Howard and David West all still available. Isiah Thomas was next after replacing Scott Layden. Jim Dolan sure knew how to pick his gm's. He trades a bunch of players and two future first round draft picks for Marbury and Penny Hardaway. The Knicks finish below .500 and make the playoffs in 2004 while being swept by the Nets. The Arrival of the Twin Fat Fucks in Jerome James and Eddy Curry. Thomas gives a 5 year MLE contract to Jerome James plus a 1 year player option. Thomas trades a first round pick in 2006 and gives the Bulls the right to switch picks in 2007 plus players for Fat Eddy. The 2006 pick ends up being the #2 overall and the 2007 pick ends up being #9 overall. Thomas ends up trading for one bad contract after another. Jalen Rose, Steve Francis, Malik Rose are all traded for and Thomas gives a huge deal to Jared Jeffries. Thomas and the Knicks were sued by Anucha Sanders who looks like an ape for sexual harrassment by Thomas. The Knicks ended up paying close to 12 million dollars. The only credit that can be given to Thomas is his finding gems late in the draft. David Lee, Nate Robinson, Trevor Arriza and Wilson Chandler were all diamonds in the ruff. Over the course of a decade one of the top teams in the NBA turned into an absolute joke and an embarassment to the league. The Knicks have missed the playoffs the last 4 years and 6 out of the last 7. They haven't had an above .500 year since 2001. Knicks fans finally have some excitement now and are looking forward to the summer of 2010.

Bethesda I believe has an exclusive deal with Microsoft for the DLC. It's pretty shitty for PS3 owners who are missing out on 3 DLC packs and an increased Level Cap.

GOTY. It does have a couple of annoying glitches like npc's dying or going missing that hasn't been fixed. The game is great as a FPS and as a RPG. It offers replay value by playing as a good guy or as a bad guy. There is also a ton of area to explore. I had the PS3 version but I traded it in for the 360 version due to the exclusive DLC. The graphics/sound are nearly identical.

When was the last time a NBA team has scored 140 in 3 straight games? Edit The Blazers did it back in 1990.

Nocal, Did you pickup Fallout 3? I notice you like FPS but this is probably the best game that came out last year. I think you should check it out if you haven't.

The Raptors are getting slaughtered tonight by the Knicks. The Knicks have 100 points at the end of the 3rd quarter with 4 players with 20 points and a 30 point lead.

Here is how I would have done season mode/career mode. If not for the next game. The game covers WrestleMana 1-15. The game starts out in January of 1985. Your wrestler is the next big thing. Half of the roster would be unlockable and based off of the time period. If you start off as Hogan you would have JYD, Big John Studd, Piper, Bret Hart, Koko, Andre, Iron Sheik, Nikolai to feud with. The start of the game would include WWF Superstars every week which would have your wrestler going against jobbers to move you up the ranks and popularity. There would be a SNME once every month/2 months which would have top wrestlers going against eachother to develop or start feuds. It would be treated like the way Smackdown/Raw is treated now. There would be 1 WrestleMania per season. After the first couple of years some wresters would retire/leave (Piper, Andre, Studd) and some will enter (Million Dollar Man, Mr. Perfect, Ultimate Warrior). Royal Rumble, Summer Slam and Survivor Series will be introduced by 1988 in game time. Rumble would be treated like the way it used to be. The Main Eventers actually participated in the event while the undercard would be a feud match, Tag Team Championship match and IC Championship match. Summer Slam would be a card similiar to WrestleMania except that the Heavyweight Title as you are building a slow build towards the next WrestleMania. Survivor Series would be purely for 4 vrs 4 team matches. Your team and opponents would be based on current feud and popularity of the Wrestlers. When 1993 comes around WWF Superstars/SNME are no longer as WWF introduces Monday Night Raw as the weekly show for you to wrestle on. Your retirement match comes at WM 15 where you either pass the torch/championship to (Rock, Austin, HHH) or you lose a retirement match. A further note on the roster is that as the years pass a couple of more are introduced or come back while others leave/retire. The storyline could be that they either retired or went to a rival fed. This is how I would do the unlocking of wrestlers. Future playthroughs you would have the option on having the roster locked or unlocked and if people stay the whole time or leave. The game would have a ton of previous storylines from the past to use and choices for your wrestler to make to either be a face/heel. Some of the storylines could be that your main rival is making the moves on your valet or cheating with your gf/wife (Jake the Snake/ Rick Rude). Another storyline could be that your main rival attacks you during your championship match which you lose and you have a retirement match at WM (Warrior, Savage). Another storyline could be that you are the new big star and all of the Heel Managers want you to join with them. You could either join one of them or pass on the opportunity. If you pass they will send all of their stable against you and potentially cost you your championship. Your way of getting back is to feud with the whole stable starting from the bottom and working your way up to a heavyweight championship match at WrestleMania the next year.

Larry Miller the owner of the Jazz passed away today from type 2 Diabetes.

That is a steal. He was looking for 10 million a year. Even more of a steal when you figure Roberts just got what 4 years 40 million from the Orioles.

I have a question about skill points. When you level up do you have to use all of them or can you save some later?

I got scared for a second and thought he was fighting the leaking of video for live ppv.

Does anybody plan on picking up Star Ocean 4?

Rice or salt? Salt. I was thinking of something else while posting.

I forgot to mention that Heenan slips brass knuckles to Andre which looks stupid without a ref being there. Heenan also puts Andres foot on the bottom rope while Andre is being pinned to break the count.

IGN has a new video up of the role that the Manager plays in the game. Mr Fuji uses his cane to pull down the top rope, hit the wrestler, trip the wrestler and throws rice in the eyes. Jimmy Hart uses the Mega Phone, Heenan just attacks and Paul Bearer uses the Urn which also gives power to the Undertaker. The ref is missing and it looks odd to not have one in the ring.

What if they made the floor 75% of whatever the cap figure is? Even at a $75 Million floor (which would not be implemented due to outcry), only 17 teams topped that total last season, with 2 other teams apart by only $2 Million. That would still leave at least 11 teams needing to raise at least $6 Million to meet the floor. From the way it looks last season, it seems that a $100 Million Cap and $60 Million floor would be around the ideal. Only 6 teams were under $60 Million and 2 of those teams (KC at 58 and Washington at 54) were close. Florida was the large outlier at $22 Million but the other teams (Pittsburgh, Oakland, Tampa Bay) all spent at least $43 Million. 25 Man Roster at 100 Million = Average $4 Million per player salary. Only 9 teams exceeded that figure last season. 25 Man Roster at 60 Million = Average $2.4 Million per player salary. Only 10 teams underperformed that level with San Diego, Texas, and Arizona all in the $2.3 range. MLBPA would never agree to a cap. Players are making less percentage of revenue then they were before. The luxury tax was anything above 155 million. Lets say they put in a salary cap of 125 million. Well in football they have a salary floor of 85 percent which goes up to 90 percent by 2012. How many teams in baseball have a fanbase that can support a 110 million dollar team?