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I'm planning to get it soon, because Going Commando was an awesome game that I think pretty clearly and decisively blew Jak II out of the water. However, I have tests and term papers to write, so for my academic sake, I'm not going to buy too many new games just *yet*.

THQ is a publisher, not a developer. Yukes developed both the GC and PS2 games. They've sold extremely well. Yes, the X-Box games suck. Unless AKI took on the WWE license (they're under EA now), there's no upside to having EA with the license. Remember Mayhem? Remember Backstage Assault? Do you want WWE games like that? WWE has an agreement with THQ until 2006, I believe. Unless the lawsuit somehow invalidates the contract (which it shouldn't, since the issue is with Jakks), then THQ and WWE will be staying together. THQ was the publisher for WWE games ever since Wrestlemania 2000. If WWE has a problem with THQ using certain developers (or not using them) for their games, then they should renegotiate the contract.

If he was one, ECW wouldn't have been handled in such a financially inept fashion.

Teke: I completely forgot about Maine and Nebraska. So yeah, there is some proportional representation in some states with electoral votes.

I'm sure somebody else will be glad to give CronoT the flaming he deserves... While he is correct on the historical origin, Mad Dog and Czech hit on why it is still being used. States with smaller populations and differing regional interests still get a significant voice, although they actually get few electoral votes. Every state is guaranteed at least 3. You get one for each member of Congress the state has (2 senators, one representative). Naturally, if you're a hardcore Democrat, you perhaps want to abolish the Electoral College, because then your candidate only needs to win a few large states to be elected. The downside is that the electoral votes are not divided proportionately (i.e., if a state had 10 electoral votes, and the major candidates went 60-40, the winning candidate gets all the votes, and not just 6 of them). There have been proposals to reform the electoral college, such as the proportional representation (controversial), and getting rid of the electors (which makes perfect sense, as they're completely unnecessary. We *actually* vote for the electors who vote for...well, as you can see, they're basically just middlemen). Before the two-party system took hold, the 2nd place candidate would be VP. You wouldn't have a "running mate" who would be VP if elected. More info on the College: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/ "Ultimately, the states elect the President of the United States. The highest popularly elected official in the United States is the state governor, not the president. Any change toward a popular voting system undermines the states, and the very basis for the Federal system." http://www.avagara.com/e_c/ In a smaller nation with less politically-diverse interests, a popular vote would be ok, but that isn't the case.

Thanks, EPD. Is the crappy balance (cruisers are only in the game to be squished by the larger wrestlers, strength is *the* determination of damage, therefore smaller wrestlers have no advantage) still a problem?

The problem I have with the Libertarians and other third parties... Rather than starting with a small, realistic grass-roots effort in a collection of states and trying to win seats in Congress while developing growing bases of support, they run a Presidential candidate right off the bat who doesn't even have a chance in hell of getting 6% of the vote, let alone having a realistic shot at the office they are running for. I suppose they're optimistic about getting federal funding by running a candidate who may be able to squeak enough votes for it, but by not actually getting a strong party base to begin with, they're being rather irresponsible with the small amount of funding they have. At least that's how I see it. If I'm missing something, or I'm flat out wrong, feel free to chime in and explain. I'm not seeing the point, though.

I assumed he was Canadian --- you know, a weak rip-off of a better American product. -=Mike I had always assumed he was you. A concern I had for a while, to be honest. -=Mike ...That people would think he were I, I mean... Sure he isn't the the little dog in your sig?

"Number 2 pencils only! Be sure to fill in the circle completely! If you want to change your vote, be sure to erase thoroughly!" That's messed up. We have machines that you push the lever to close the curtain, flip the little switches to select our choices, then pull the lever to lock in the vote and open the curtain (it uses punch cards, I believe). I've noticed plenty of people who can't figure it out, of all ages. *sigh*

Everyone in my family are registered Democrats (because of the primaries, as mentioned before), but we were bombarded with calls from Republicans and relatively few from the Dems.

I completely disagree. I even found the DC controller surprisingly accessible for fighters. It LOOKED weird but I thought it felt great. The N64's C buttons and d-pad were way too small, and it felt extremely cheap for a 1st party controller. If Nintendo actually made an NES TV games set with a nice selection of games, I'd get it. The bootleg units were so poorly made they weren't worth the money, though.

If you've got a name like "Badnarik" or "Grimes," being a politician would be rather tough, I think. OTOH I would think "Monica Moorehead" would get a good bit of votes for a 3rd party.

IF so, I guess there's one way Test is definitely better than Nash.

Come on now, it's perfectly okay to mock blacks, Asians, the mentally ill, the handicapped, overweight people, Arabs, etc, but I don't think WWE would do anything like that. yeah, maybe your right...that would be going too far. Even Parker/Stone tread lightly, only going for some mild Jewish stereotypes most of the time. Oh, and I forgot Mexicans. It's okay to make fun of Mexicans, even if they're actually Texans, in WWE-Land.

If they're cutting him now, that probably means he's healthy again. Vince doesn't usually cut injured workers. He'll usually wait until the guy's in working condition again, THEN boot the guy's ass out the door. He supposedly was about to be cut until his injury happened, so that's the only reason why he was still getting a paycheck this long. Also, yes, Holly would be the logical choice to be canned next (hey, it worked with Test, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed).

Doesn't surprise me all that much. I know "Hussein" (Hassan's OVW name, unless those earlier reports were wrong) is a Persian name, and from what I've gathered you won't find many Moslems among them. So basically Persians are just crackas who live in the Middle East region. This is surprising? Remember the way WWF treated the last Iraq war? Do you actually expect them to have done even 5 minutes of research on a gimmick before going ahead with it? WWE thinks they're PC and enlightened if Hassan doesn't run screaming at the ring brandishing a sword, wearing a turban, and yelling. Not really, he just sucked. Come on now, it's perfectly okay to mock blacks, Asians, the mentally ill, the handicapped, overweight people, Arabs, etc, but I don't think WWE would do anything like that.

John Kerry's campaign is sponsored by the hit movie "Day After Tommorow," now available on DVD! Learn the truth behind the threat of global warming! (C-Bacon) So, he really wanted to run as a Republican? (/C-Bacon)

Lil Naitch's sig is nearly to Yuna levels of excessive iconage~.

It sounds like Cena is doing a duet with MC Pee Pants on ThemeAddict.

This thread is just rife with Classic Thread-grade material tonight. Damn board slowdown is holding down my overexposed Critic references.

Bah--Seed of Chucky had me thinking Goldberg's dumb Santa movie was finally coming out.

Canadians saying "that's how I roll" doesn't sound right. VISC RETURNS!!!

You and your new music sucks, Edge.

6 foot chickens are going to be butchered, breaded, and cooked up live on PPV, I reckon.

Orton still sucks, though.