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Well, that's fine, too. Underestimating Danny Williams often a nose-breaking mistake. No, it's cool. If I came off a little hard in my reply, it's really the first time I've ever had (in my opinion) a reason that was really supported by other evidence. And I think that, in retrospect, that storyline might have worked. You just came on too strong with it, and I didn't think was appropriate. If you had played it up as something small (Danny making headway, but constantly missing the Roaring Elbow, even at points where he SHOULD hit it) that really reflected a larger problem (Danny being slower than he normally is, perhaps due to the APJW Strong-Style against Toxxic's speedy Technical-Cruiser style, along with Danny just naturally slowing down from injuries) and in the end, finding a way around the problem (Rather than busting out the Rolling Elbow, he changes over to the Screaming Elbow (Shout-out to your extended series against Ejiro) to catch Toxxic offguard rather than just trying to beat him with speed, and using moves that you've learned from other people that resemble your moves, but change them enough to take Toxxic by surprise). Again, I don't really have too many problems with the psychology and moves itself. I thought it was great for what you were trying to accomplish. It's just not what the build really told me.

And hey, we both have back problems!

Uh... I'm in chat, if anyone wants to yell at me.

I approve of Spike's affinity for Ham Sandwiches.

Subtlety aside, I've been recovering from a car crash that occurred Wednesday night. Nothing serious, I just really bruised. I was sleeping most of last week and part of Sunday, and for the most part I've been trying to sleep it off and keep up with my classwork. I really didn't want to comment on the matches until I felt good enough to give you the explanation I really wanted. My biggest problem is the story you're going with. Toxxic, in my opinion, went with more of a straight match. I have my problems with that, considering the build-up, but I think yours is far more flawed, and here's why: With the build-up you've given me, with Danny coming back from Japan (And, presumably, wrestling there), along with intense training and a past history with Toxxic, makes it hard for me to buy that Danny comes into this even remotely as unprepared as you show Danny. I paid very close attention to the promos you guys wrote out during 'regular season', so to speak, and I didn't get any sort of impression that Danny was coming into this as the weak player. In fact, I got quite the opposite: That Danny was in ring shape. Here's my line of thinking. Now that, to me, says "Flesher, of course I'm in ring shape." Plus, add in this: Gives me the impression that you're actually still wrestling. Perhaps I missed where you were only acting as a trainer in Japan (And I'm serious, I may have. I'm very ADHD and I no longer have the excellent internet connection I once had), but I figured that you had continued wrestling. Adding in the fact that, for the show promo, it was you "Taking your ball away" makes it seem like you decided 'Nuts to this, I can wrestle in other places' the choice. Finally, your promo where Danny is training didn't give me any hints that you were off your game in the slightest. If anything (And by the by, that was a really, really great atmospheric promo. I always love the good ol' gym promo), plus the fact that you're fairly young and, even with injuries, you're at that age where you can still get in shape reasonably quick, especially if you've been active (Like I assumed you were instead of being Japan). I mean (NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ISN'T MEANT TO BE SELF-PROMOTIONAL AT ALL), if Danny were at old fogey Judge/Ric Flair age, I can see the plot being believable, especially if you were something like a Road Agent over there. But Danny, coming in from APJW (Or wherever you were, I'm taking where Toxxic said you were) where you were presumably active, along with your training, made me assume that the match would go like this: 1) Toxxic goes on the offensive early, thinking Danny is the old, battered, broken-spirited guy that he's been talking about in those promos. 2) Danny, being 26, not in a good mood, and training constantly with new drive to secure his legacy, shows Toxxic how painful being wrong can really be. 3) Toxxic manages to recover,-Insert whatever strategy in here for the center of the match. 4) In the end, Toxxic's early hubris takes its toll, making Toxxic too weak to completely recover from the early beating he took from Danny. Danny wins, etc etc. But that didn't happen. Actually, again, neither of you tried that plotline. But while Toxxic took a more regular approach to the match, I felt yours was more "against the grain" than his, and it made your match hard to reconcile overall. I didn't really have a problem with your spots, your psych, and other things. It was simply the story driving it all was against everything I saw in the build. I apologize if you don't agree. Maybe it's just the post-crash head trauma talking, but that's why I didn't choose it.

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Wow. Smitty's not a happy person today. Anyways, I'm not for a War in Iran with the current HoS. Bush isn't bat-shit crazy, nor do I think he out and out lied... but God damn if he isn't an utterly miserable leader, plus with a Congress that is ready to pull out of Iraq, why even try? I'd rather just We do eventually need to move onto Iran (For obvious reasons), but we can't right now. Re: Gulf of Tonkin - I don't think this is one of those situations. Firstly, the British are NOT going to go to war with "The Spare" in Iraq nearby. Maybe in a few months, if it lasts that long. Iran would be stupid to push the British into a conflict when they are about to pull back out of the region, and while I don't think that the Iranians are more savvy than Bush (Perhaps even less savvy), this would be beyond stupid.

Yes, that's true. But I think beating Nashville and Anaheim to snap their inexplicable losing streak (Which should have ended against the Blues, damned stupid referees...) will definitely help. Of course, we are a lot closer to Columbus than we should be in the season series, but I have a feeling the Wings are finally gelling after getting back all those hurt players. Plus we have Zetterberg to still look forwards to soon.

Crucial win in Nashville for the Wings. A real nail-biter, too. Bertuzzi gets two assists, which is a good start, and hopefully he can start turning into the dominant player that he could be. Also, the Wings win the season series 6-1-1.

The "Tiger Guy" is Bronze Tiger, top-class martial artist. He's a perennial Suicide Squad member (Appearing in a recent Checkmate comic to save Rick Flagg from some God-forsaken foreign prison), has beaten Batman one-on-one, trained Cassandra Cain, and is a close friend of Richard Dragon (The top martial artist in DC). Actually, if you look at the screen Waller shows Atom Smasher for him to choose his team from, he's actually on it in the middle. Him being on one of the covers probably means Waller is making a move during World War III. Oh, and that isn't Dick Grayson. That's Jason Todd. That must be where he got the Nightwing uniform that he had One Year Later, and you can see him also holding his Red Hood helmet. If you hadn't heard,

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From what I know, he's actually dead. What Ms. Marvel is talking about is something different that will be explained later.

The weirdest difference with the Ultimate Avengers is that, for whatever reason, Iron Man's identity is secret. I didn't even get why it was, and why he was trying so hard to hide it. It was one of those weird subplots that just didn't really do anything.

Judging from what I'm hearing about a few other comic book titles (Particularly Civil War: The Initiative), that might be what's happening.

Oh son of a bitch. I didn't notice the news post I stole this from was necroposted. Fuck me. Delete, please.

Yes. Sally Whatever is the stupidest bitch of all time. Seriously, she does what amounts to me as a 180, says that "Capt doesn't understand America" because he doesn't know what MySpace is (Wow, because THAT'S what really defines America. Great point, Sally!), and thanks Tony Stark for nearly starting a war (Which, again, makes no sense at all). It comes off as contrived and counter-productive to the Registration side, and frankly it was just moronic. I hated it, and it just makes me angry. Oh, and fuck spoilers, no one should read that piece of crap.

"TELL ME WHERE THE BOMB IS!... AND SOMEONE GET ME A DRINK!"

No, I understand. Sometimes clarification is needed. For me, reasonable is around 10:00 PM EST. After that, you are drifting into borrowed time because I don't like holding up shows (Even though I inevitably do ). I got Johnny's PM around 7:30 and he said he'd need a little more time to finish it. I assumed (Apparently wrong) that he'd have it done in a few hours, and since I was busy with my own stuff, I figured he'd just send it in when he was done. I don't normally send replies about extensions, because most of the people who ask for them send them in in an hour or two or don't send one at all. Trust me, I was surprised when I woke up to find you getting me the match. I apologize for interpreting the situation wrong. Next time, I'll clarify what time you need it in by. I simply didn't expect things to turn out like they did.

I'm pretty happy with the Wings pick-ups. Calder has obviously paid off quite well so far, looking at his first game. He seems to fit right into the Wings system. Of course, this is Chicago, so we can't take this as the sign. But I don't think that Calder has as much pressure to succeed here. Yes, the Wings are expected to go deep into the playoffs... but that doesn't rest solely on Calder. He doesn't have carry a team anymore, which I think will help his play on the second line. Bertuzzi worries me, but honestly I think he'll benefit from being on something like a 3rd/Checking line, where he can provide a serious scoring threat along with the physicality that the Wings have really been in need of all season. A lot of this hinges on him getting back and staying healthy, but I think putting him in that sort of 'role-playing' position where he can be a threat but doesn't need to be the threat of the team will help him. For a prospect and a draft pick, I'd say that the Wings came out way ahead on this one.

IF this is about me, I've never really turned down a deadline. I don't think I've ever PMed someone back about it, I've just allowed it. If the match gets in time within reason for me, I'm okay with it (Of course, I also deduct points and it'll come into play if it's close). So I'm sorry if I didn't PM you back, I've just always tacitly allowed it and judged it on when it came in. I apologize if this caused some sort of confusion, and from now on I will do it because, well, someone asked me to. But I just wanted to say that I've never done it before because normally people started sending me matches anyways, and I figured it was more of a warning rather than a request.

I'm kinda disappointed in that. I thought was a much better choice for . Hopefully lives up to his name and .

I don't think that there's any shame in reusing spots, dialog , and other things from a losing match. I know I've done it before. I'd recommend not reusing a losing match, though, since it obviously lost for a reason, and also because things often change before you get a rematch with people.

"Once again, the conservative, sandwich-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor!"

Question: Are we sure it's "What would Mary Marvel do?", rather than "What will Mary Marvel do?"

I can't find a listing of the next episode. This episode was pretty good. The Michael/Jan Relationship just keeps getting weirder and weirder, Dwight had some golden moments (Him in the rocking chair was great), and the bar stuff was pretty good. Creed gets another moment in the sun, Toby continues his quiet quest for Pam, and Roy is going to tear through Halpert next episode.