The Tino Standard

Wasn't the reason that the plans for giving Luger the title in '94 were scrapped was because he leaked out the information early? I'd be pretty surprised if actual information like that would be spread nowadays.

Nah. It'll just be a slight improvement over the existing games, but still be "revolutionary", and "mind-blowing"..and be mentioned about five million times more than it deserves. And I'll STILL buy it the day it comes out and enjoy it like the total GTA mark that I am.

You betcha.

That article had it listed as "Grand Theft Auto IV: Sin City"... So does this mean that it will NOT be part of the Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City series?

... and how even though you might try your damndest, you won't even come close, H.

What a shame most of those won't come true... I kinda like a few of those ideas, especially the Batista one.

Well, this year, an LSU-USC bonus "undisputed championship game" would seem to solve all the problems, but I really hope that's not what they would make as a permanent solution. There would be just as many scenarios where that would be a problem. For instance, look at last year... Ohio State beat Miami to become the only undefeated team remaining and the clear-cut national champion... Why should they have to play another game? And who would they play? I wish they would just pick a system and stick with it. Nothing is ever going to be perfect outside of a postseason tournament, like basketball (or EVERY SINGLE OTHER DIVISION OF NCAA FOOTBALL), but unfortunately, that doesn't seem like it will ever happen. I just think that changing the system almost every year starts to cheapen things.

LMAO

No. Boiler Room. Then again, his part was completely insignificant to the main plotline, as I recall.

... but therein lies the problem... NOBODY GIVES A FLYING FUCK ABOUT HARDCORE HOLLY.

Choice of playbook doesn't affect your prestige. I've often used 3 or 4 different playbooks within the same season.

Wow... just... wow.

You missed the point of my question. I don't care about fantasy booking. It's a waste of time. I meant, what's "better" as in what qualities do you look for when defining what is good? Making money? Entertaining casual fans? Putting on good technical wrestling matches? Keeping the wrestlers on your roster happy? Pleasing Internet fans?

Rudo, what is your idea of "better"?

So, you have a scenario in your mind that you want to see, while I happen to find the scenario that is rumored to take place to be not all bad, but I'm wrong for thinking that way? Am I not allow to have an idea of what I'd like to see too? It's not my "ultimate dream scenario," but then again, I don't have one because I'm not staying up nights losing sleep over this. But keep this in mind, no matter what YOUR dream scenario is, there's going to be somebody else out there with a different idea of what is best. Quite frankly, I think people posting on here complaining about this are shooting themselves in the foot. I mean, if I'm Vince McMahon and I'm aware of the consensus opinions online about Benoit and HHH, then hear that people online are complaining about the possibility of Benoit beating HHH in the biggest show in WWE history for the World championship, my first reaction is "Fuck 'em."

Christ on crutches... Let me see if I understand this... Rumor has it that Chris Benoit (probably the IWC's most beloved cult figure) is being booked to face HHH (probably the IWC's most hated villain) in a world championship match at Wrestlemania XX (the biggest show ever) at MSG (the 'World's Most Famous Arena')... And people on here are shitting all over the idea of Benoit winning? Fuck that. You're mad because it's not the WWE Championship they'll be fighting for... You're mad because it's just some political scheme for HHH to get a win back later... You know what? You're just plain paranoid, delusional and sad. Does the World Heavyweight Championship have the lineage and history of the WWE title? No, of course not. The title was created in Sept. 2002. Some of you (cough *Ravishing Rick Rudo* cough, cough) need to read that last sentence again. That title is NOT the WCW title. The WCW title was absorbed into the WWE title in Dec. 2001. The physical belt is the same, but it is a different championship. It is a very nice looking championship belt, so they decided to use it for their new championship instead of creating a new belt. Why don't people get this? Also, I think this proves that no matter what happens, people will bitch. That's the problem with message boards like this. No matter what is ever done, SOMEBODY is going to be pissed off, and it wrecks the fun for everybody else. Benoit winning the Royal Rumble, then beating HHH to win the World championship at WrestleMania at MSG. Excuse me for "settling for less than the best," but I think that scenario sounds pretty fucking good.

Hey, the Repo Man and Skinner put on a 45-minute 5-star classic in Guadalahara back in '91... Leave them alone.

If you have a Sharkport or whatever the hell that thing is called, you can download a roster file that has the name of every player in D-1 for NCAA. It costs like 5 bucks to download, but it is definitely worth it. My boss has the Sharkport to save files to his computer hard drive, so a bunch of us chipped in a buck each and shared it. I like college football more than NFL football in real life, so for that reason alone, I lean towards the college game.

Man... No SNL on Comedy Central? That's just going to be.... weird. And if that's the case, it's kinda odd to be doing a big SNL marathon at this point, no? I mean, as soon as it concludes, the show is going to disappear off the network with no explanation and I think a lot of people will be left saying "WTF?"

So if E! is getting access to all seasons of SNL and Comedy Central is going to start airing Mad TV starting in January, does this all mean that Comedy Central will no longer have SNL? If that's the case, talk about being bounced back to the minors... Yikes.

Yeah, that's the one. Thanks.

El Nino vs. Ric Flair? How in the fuck have I never seen this?! Also, I thought the opening monologue to the Robin Williams episode was hilarious yesterday. His standup bit was good stuff.

That SmackDown cage match from last month... Heyman coming out to check with the referees to see who won, then having the refs fuck up their lines. Heyman: Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE Cena was the winner? Ref: Yes. Cena's feet hit the floor first. He was the winner. Doh.

McMahon has to be ready to melt wearing a full black suit in that 150-degree weather.

I'm pretty sure it is just whoever they can sign. Carson Palmer won last year's Heisman and he was on this year's EA game cover. I'll be curious to see who goes on the cover of EA's NCAA 2005 because Jason White will still be at Oklahoma.