DrVenkman PhD

I watched a seriously messed up house show from January 91 (MSG) on 24/7. It has the possibly once in a lifetime announce team of Sean Mooney and Bobby Heenan (I thought I was going to be doing this broadcast by myself *looks at Mooney* I guess I am). The opening match is Shane Douglas vs Paul Roma, which Roma wins twice. The ref counted three on something he probably shouldn't have, and Douglas ends up looking like a poor sport face because he continues wrestling while the bell rings multiple times. Roma looks all pissed, yells at the ref, then they do a sequence that I guess was originally going to end the match, all while Heenan and Mooney have no idea what the hell is going on. The ref does a quick 3 count and Roma just keeps yelling - it's really hard to tell if he's pissed off or in character as a heel (it seems to be the former). The ref is also some old, short, bald man. The next match is arm wrestling between Bulldog and Warlord which was really a very long stall by Warlord. There was also a face vs face match between Tito and Koko - Tito won and Koko did not shake hands. That went nowhere. The main event, a steel cage match between Warrior and Savage, had SAVAGE winning. I didn't think heels won house show main events if no belt was on the line, especially if it's someone like Warrior wrestling. I think he lost because Sherri came into the cage and had her clothes ripped off by Warrior while Savage escaped. It just seemed very oddly booked. Oh, Heenan also left the announce table when Bossman came out, causing it to become Mooney and Brother Love. Yeah. Edit: As I wrote this, this seemed more like a "What are you watching now" instead of a "Notes from the past" deal - just another reason why I think we need some sort of merged CTDWAT thread here, but I digress.

This was the buzz at high school the next day. Everyone - fans, non fans - were discussing it. It was the non/casual fans that pointed out the large amount of styrofoam that was in there to help the fall. Off topic, but it kinda sucks that I don't get to have spirited wrestling discussions at work like I did at school in the 90s, although two weeks ago there was a random debate out of nowhere between two co-workers that there were multiple Undertakers. At 10 years old, I didn't quite know what to make of Earthquake squashing a snake or Macho Man being bitten by one. As a point of reference, 1991 was when I started watching wrestling. I also got antsy watching Berzerker matches after the sword incident because for some reason I thought he was going to go rogue and use it for real. I have no idea why. I seem to recall him taking a swing at Mr. Perfect as well, but he hit the ring post. I thought Yokozuna was Japanese, if that counts as being worked by an angle. I bought into the Liz/Savage wedding, but that was one of the first angles I ever saw and really, how the hell would I know they were married for years?

You never know with roms if it's an original game problem or one exclusive to the rom, but when I played Genesis VF2 on a homemade Genesis disc for DC, it looked really great but played SOOOO SLOOOOW. It's as if transferring 3d graphics into good looking - especially for the Genesis - 2d fighters put a lot of strain on the gameplay. I only played it for a few minutes before trying the Genesis version of Duke Nukem 3D (which was as bad as it sounds).

I started a Raw season mode with Flair but ended up with the WWE title in a month and did the rest of the season as a champion. . Overall, I'm enjoying the storylines. In regards to other titles:

I need to read a FAQ about environmental finishers. I knew about the parking lot hearse and announce table, didn't know about the ladder. Edit: No luck at GameFAQs, but I did read you need to win the MITB Trophy to wrestle in the ONS arena. In other words, I will never be in that arena.

My favourite line was "I WAS IN SCHWETY BALLS!"

Yo.

Cutting SoR from one of the Sonic comps because it would make the game T (for teen) instead of E KINDA made sense (you'd think the majority of people are buying the game out of nostalgia and thus would be in their teens or later). Keeping it off of a comp already rated T is baffling.

http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/_midnig...=&langid=EN So, I called my local Future Shop and they told me they are expecting 40 Wii units. I like that number. Knowing a number is a great help as I have myself set to swing by Future Shop tomorrow and use my store card to pick one up. If I see more than 40 people outside (and I don't really anticipate that, but who knows) then I will quietly leave. If it's looking ok, I will stay and buy one. I have it in my mind that there is no way this can fail due to the store location and the fact I am only using it due to my store card; it's right next to a TRU and across the street from a mall with an EB Games and Zellers. It's also near a Best Buy (who, being the same company, are also expecting 40 units).

I was thinking of cheating all of those by adjusting the AI sliders to never reverse, but since it auto-sets the difficulty of the challenge, it might negate that as well. I tried a MITB match today after work, it was really fun. I didn't think I'd win (and I didn't), but it was just so chaotic I was actually having fun losing. For the record, I was The Great Khali and my opponents were Kid Kash, Rey Mysterio, Chavo Guerrero, Psicosis, and Super Crazy. Chokeslamming people from the ring to the floor with the UMC is incredibly fun and awesome. I also liked that as Khali, I could essentially take one (sometimes two) grabs for the briefcase before his big clumsy ass fell off the ladder. Regarding the weight class complaints, I think that while frustrating, it is fun and adds an odd level of thinking to the game. I also noted that while in season as Carlito, in my first match with Khali, he wouldn't sell my clotheslines at first, but once his body damage showed some colour, he started selling. That was neat.

Someone wrote this on wikipedia - it will probably be erased by someone else in the future, but I found it funny: "Although, in the "money in the bank" mode, it is seemingly impossible to actually win. In the match, a player is expected to set up a ladder and grab the breifcase suspended atop the ring, but this task proves utterly unprobable as the other 5 computer players constantly knock you off the ladder. After hours and hours of gameplay, there is no possible way to knock them out. In addition, if you get onto the ladder, there will literally be a line of computer controlled players waiting to knock you off, systematically. The real fun in this mode would probably best be derived from laughing at the hopelessness of the situation. In this mode, if you play to the bitter end, the only concievable way to achieve victory, is to bet on another player and win. As for you, the player, it looks like "money in the bank" mode is bankrupt for you."

Is new black employee the guy from the bank commercials? WAMU, maybe? Either way, it's the commercial with these old stuffy bankers talking about charging people for things whatever hip black man's bank doesn't.

It will be Triple H and he will pin all of the Squad himself. Also, since it seems SmackDown no longer warrants a thread, the way the Helms/Hardy match opened (with Helms doing a 'snap' missile dropkick while posing on the ropes) was awesome.

Lazy Scranton already had me laughing but Dwight jumping into the scene and being part of the video made it even better. I wasn't as enamoured with Andy in the Stamford episodes as everyone else (though I did find him funny), but wow was he great with Michael and Dwight.

Boo @ not being able to cheat the challenges by using a second player.

I was originally planning on heading to the local Future Shop sometime Sunday morning and scoping out what was going on outside, then go from there. If things looked good, I would go use my store card and pick one up with Zelda. If things looked bad, I would just leave. Now I'm thinking I might just not go. I just got FF XII and SvR2007 recently and they've been keeping me pretty busy, Zelda would just complicate matters. Since supply is allegedly going to be so good, I'm thinking I might just order one online in the near future and have it arrive whenever. Then again, I still might try for Sunday.

I was at Zellers on an unrelated mall trip today and noticed signs in the electronics department apologizing for Sony "not providing promised units" (or something similar). They only appeared to have 2 or 3 games and I don't even recall what they were.

The environmental finishing moves are cool, although it's silly that EVERYONE (I first discovered this finisher existed with Khali) can do Shane McMahon's announce table elbow drop finisher. Ending a parking lot brawl by locking someone in a casket, putting it in a hearse (which has Boogeyman hiding in the back) and watching it drive away is funny.

Anyone know if turning off the stamina meters (which I never used in SvR06) eliminate UCMs and environmental hotspots? I only played it for a bit before work and control is taking some time to get used to, but I noticed if I give up trying, "Type D" seems to be based on the 'classic' setup (pad for walking, x for strike, o for grapple). So far by biggest problem was when I went into create mode to listen to the new music (always my first thing), they make you watch the wrestler's entrance in the background. When the animation cycle completes, the theme starts over. That's fine if I'm only listening to a portion of it, but annoying none the less. The new locker room is neat. I like the bios as well. I couldn't seem to do a big splash off the top with Umaga so I'll have to edit the moves. What the hell is that song RVD comes out to? Is it from 'Wreckless Intent'? It's not bad sounding, actually.

I haven't made many CAWs in recent years, usually just me. Game should arrive in the mail tomorrow.

Wiki says "unreleased". "Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors is an unreleased video game planned for release initially on the Sega CD in April 1995 and to be followed by PC, 3DO versions later that year. The game starred the comedy-magician duo Penn & Teller. The developer Absolute Entertainment went out of business before they could release the game" "The game re-surfaced years later when Frank Cifaldi, editor of Lost Levels, a website dedicated to unreleased video games, received a copy of the game from a reviewer who had covered it years ago. The game is composed of several minigames and an adventure/platform game starring Penn & Teller. All the minigames were made for the sole purpose of enabling the owner of the game to fool their friends (except for the Desert Bus minigame, obstensibly a joke on the owner himself) by many different means" "The bus contains no passengers, and there is no scenery or other cars on the road. The bus veers to the right slightly; as a result, it is impossible to tape down a button to go do something else and have the game end properly. If the bus veers off the road it will stall and be towed back to Tucson, also in real time. If the player makes it to Las Vegas, they will score exactly one point. The player then gets the option to make the return trip to Tucson—for another point (a decision they must make in a few seconds or the game ends). Players may continue to make trips and score points as long as their endurance holds out. Some players who have completed the trip have also noted that, although the scenery never changes, a bug splats on the windscreen over halfway through the first trip, and on the return trip the light does fade, with differences at dusk, and later a pitch black road where the player is guided only with headlights." So, yeah, anyway, game length is overrated.

Penn and Teller: Smoke and Mirrors had a level that lasted 8 hours driving a bus down a highway. Or would have, if it came out. Kingdom Hearts II could have probably trimmed 3 hours (Roxas) and been even better. And so on.

"Brock Lesnar" is just uncalled for, Hawkman. Edit: Never mind, reread and noted it's not a current list (I only quickly glanced and saw Lesnar). Even prime vs. prime, I find that highly debatable, but I don't care much for online debates so I won't bother.

When I was supposed to be making a Sunstone I just ended up wandering the fields killing things. It really is nice knowing when you're running into an enemy. I also got great satisfaction out of getting a 2nd party member, buying some black magick, and kicking the mutant wolf mark's ass after he killed me multiple times when I was just starting out. I haven't had a lot of time to play so I'm not far into the game at all (just met Balthier and Fran - I can tell I'm going to like Balthier due to his accent and "stage direction" speaking manner) but after being on the fence about the game, I'm glad everyone else liked it enough for me to get it and enjoy it (Future Shop's $10 off sale didn't hurt either).

Didn't TNA pull Angle from this the other day? It's becoming very hard to follow Kurt's "I was on them / I've been clean for years" statements about painkillers. I'm also not sure what his involvement in Owen vs. Bret from WrestleMania X or Savage vs Steamboat from WrestleMania III was, but I guess that's a subjective "top 10" list.