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1. gangsteruwa - 3317 2. Fear Havoc - 2270 3. benoitrulz4life - 1785

Sorry if you misinterpreted me, man. I'm not a fan of death/grindcore at all, and thinking you were figured you wouldn't give a crap about being named best metalhead on some message board. It's hard to detect these things when you're typing BTW, your score was 3317, mine was 1785.

Yeah, I know, but would a real death metal/grindcore fan give a shit if he's called a metal-head? Wouldn't that be considered an insult?

Ya know if Ozzy, Slayer, Motörhead, Pantera, and Anthrax all played at the same Ozzfest, I would quit typing right now and run out and buy tickets.

For those of you who don't know, I made a Megadeth compilation CD a couple months ago and posted it here. I've taken your suggestions, listened to lots more songs and now I'm back with Megadeth Comp. No. 2. No. 1: Reposted: 1. Wake up Dead 2. The Conjuring 3. Peace Sells 4. My Last Words 5. In My Darkest Hour 6. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due 7. Hangar 18 8. Tornado of Souls 9. Rust in Peace...Polaris 10. Skin O' My Teeth 11. Symphony of Destruction 12. Sweating Bullets 13. Countdown to Extinction 14. Train of Consequences 15. A Tout le Monde 16. Angry Again No. 2: 1. Mechanix 2. Good Mourning/Black Friday 3. Hook in Mouth 4. Five Magics 5. Go to Hell 6. Architecture of Aggression 7. Foreclosure of a Dream 8. This Was My Life 9. Ashes in Your Mouth 10. 99 Ways to Die 11. Reckoning Day 12. Addicted to Chaos 13. Family Tree 14. Youthanasia 15. Trust 16. Almost Honest 17. She-Wolf

Every time I try to get on the internet, it says "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." I can only get on the internet by going to a folder and typing an http address in the address bar, but no other way. Can someone help me?

It seems like satellite pirating is a lot more popular than cable pirating. At least it was at one time, it seemed like everybody who had satellite had a fixed card. I, myself, prefer to just suck it up and order what I want.

I did one from the 17th, and it STILL doesn't work. I'm tempted to call Gateway and ask them, but you guys are quicker

I must really be a moron... how do you do a System Restore?

On a somewhat unrelated note, do you think you can answer a couple questions for me Mrant? 1. How do you compress the files on your computer to make more space? Do you need to backup your hard drive first? 2. How do you make the taskbar empty when you start the computer up? All those things on I don't need except the firewall and the anti-virus and everything else loading up is really slowing down my start-up time. Sorry if I'm a little vague about this...

I got the dreaded RED X OF DEATH which contained a message in it's box reading: "Error loading setupwbv.dll" "The specified module could not be found"

Yeah, I run XP, but do you think you could dumb that down just a little bit? I know a little bit about computers but not enough to not have to have my hand held through repair procedures.

I skimmed through this issue of Uncut magazine that had the top 30 Clash songs of all time on it the other week. I came back today to buy it, but this month's edition was now out. If anybody owns that issue or knows where I can find a list of the top 30, do they think they can help me out? Thanks

I meant killed by Iraqis. Sorry if I wasn't clear enough, dude.

All I know is there are 500 dead Americans at the hands of Iraqis since we invaded, compared to zero before.

All I know is there are 500 dead Americans at the hands of Iraqis since we invaded, compared to zero before.

A+ in American History I A- in American Government B- in Intro to New Testament B in Social Problems C+ in Intro to Computers (always made perfect on hands-on, but when it came to vocabulary and objective answers I sucked it up)

Why is Big Show on this list? Oh, right. He sucks.

Like I said in the title, there is still three weeks until the Pride card so expect all or some of these matches to change in that time. Still... From fightsport.com Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fedor Emelianenko Wanderlei Silva vs. Yuki Kondo Murilo Bustamante vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara Ricardo Arona vs. Sanae Kikuta Assuerio Silva vs. Hirotaka Yokoi Anderson Silva vs. Yuki Sasaki Rodrigo Gracie vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Shungo Oyama

Pride Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Vernon White (Pride 2) Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Carlos Newton (Pride 3) Carlos Newton vs. Daijiro Matsui (Pride 6) Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Anthony Macias (Pride 7) Wanderlei Silva vs. Guy Mezger (Pride 10) Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Renzo Gracie (Pride 10) Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson (Pride 12) Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Masaaki Satake (Pride 15) Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Quinton Jackson (Pride 15) Heath Herring vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Pride 17) Carlos Newton vs. Jose Landi-Jons (Pride 19) Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Enson Inoue (Pride 19) Mario Sperry vs. Murilo Rua (Pride 20) Wanderlei Silva vs. Mirko Filipovic (Pride 20) Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (Pride 21) Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Bob Sapp (Shockwave) Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Dan Henderson (Pride 24) Fedor Emelianenko vs. Kazuyuki Fujita (Pride 26) Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Hidehiko Yoshida (Total Elimination) Mauricio Rua vs. Akira Shoji (Bushido) UFC Don Frye vs. David Abbott (UU '96) Mark Coleman vs. Maurice Smith (UFC 14) Randy Couture vs. Vitor Belfort (UFC 15) Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz (UFC 22) Randy Couture vs. Pedro Rizzo (UFC 31) Randy Couture vs. Josh Barnett (UFC 36) Matt Serra vs. Kelly Dullanty (UFC 36) Robbie Lawler vs. Aaron Riley (UFC 37) Leigh Remedios vs. Genki Sudo (UFC 38) Phillip Miller vs. Mark Weir (UFC 40)

I haven't seen the fight, but from those on Sherdog who apparently have, Sperry's cut appeared to be quite brutal.

You got me Lei Tong. I always get those two mixed up for some strange reason.

Wow, forgot about Shooto. Add Egan Inoue to that group. People forget about him a lot, even if he did lose to F'n Carl Malenko.

If anyone's interested I can send a tape to them with a lot of good Pride matches on it. Just post a reply or drop me a line. As far as historical singnificance, you can't do much better than Pride 4, 8, Grand Prix Finals, and 10 (Return of the Warriors). After you watch those, you'll get an idea about what Pride is all about. Pretty much every Pride has been worth watching since no. 10, with possible exceptions being 18, 21, and 24; although 21 and 24 make up for it with two killer matches in Frye/Takayama and Nogueira/Henderson. If you're talking about matches, a good starting point for someone just getting into MMA is Newton/Matsui from Pride 6, probably the best Pride match ever, with the possible exception of Pele/Newton from Pride 19.

Okay, I'll try my hand at this. 1. PRIDE FC - Pride is fought in a regulation sized boxing ring, with the normal rounds being 10-5-5. No elbows or headbutts are allowed, but everything else is pretty much allowed, within reason (i.e. no groin shots, hair pulling, etc.) Popular Pride fighters: Kazushi Sakuraba, Igor Vovchanchyn, Wanderlei Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Cro Cop, Quinton Jackson 2. UFC - Basically the same rules as PRIDE except it's conducted in an octagonal ring surrounded by a fence or cage. Also, elbows are allowed, but knees and kicks to a downed opponent are not. Some famous UFC fighters, past and present: Randy Couture, Ken Shamrock, Frank Shamrock, Royce Gracie, Tito Ortiz, Mark Coleman, Tank Abbott 3. K-1, not really a MMA per se, but it pretty much attracts the same fans. Stand up fighting only, no elbows allowed. Downed fighters receive a ten count. Normal rounds are five three minute rounds, while tourney matches are three three minute rounds. Every year 16 fighters fight in an elimination round in October. The surviving eight fighters are paired up in a year-end tournament to crown the K-1 Champion. Famous K-1 fighters: Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts, Andy Hug (R.I.P.), Mike Bernardo, Jerome Le Banner. 4. Pancrase - Not really as knowledgable about this as the rest but Pancrase is probably the oldest MMA organization still around today. "Classic" Pancrase rules were similar in a way to Pride and UFC but with a few little twists. No closed hand strikes were allowed at all, knees and kicks only allowed while standing, and a down constituted a 10 count. Also, a fighter being put in a submission hold had the oppurtunity of grabbing the ropes and having the ref break the hold. Recently, the rules have started to conform more to "standard" MMA rules. Famous Pancrase fighters: Bas Rutten, Ken Shamrock, Frank Shamrock, Masaktsu Funaki, Minoru Suzuki, Semmy Schilt, Yuki Kondo 5. RINGS - Rings allowed all manner of strikes (sans elbows/headbutts) to the body while standing, but only punches to the body were allowed on the ground. No knees or kicks allowed on the ground. Famous Rings fighters: Rings never really had any main stays since their fighters usually just jumped around, but Tsuyoshi Kohsaka and Kiyoshi Tamura were two fighters who were real popular in Japan. As of this writing, I believe the Rings organization is currently defunct. There are some other organizations such as King of the Cage, Extreme Fighting Championships, all of which's rules are very similar to UFC. Hope I helped somebody out with my vague and rushed and probably flawed FAQ of MMA.