DrVenkman PhD

My conversation synopsi ("Synopsinations"... no, that word doesn't work) include exclamations for emphasis. WWM: I think you missed what I was trying to say. Check your wall!

Yeah, I just wanted to quote Homer Simpson calling a sports radio show to complain about Flanders.

I think some valid points have been made by all today. WWM especially made some strong points that all should be read and considered by all (note to GQ - inside joke we discussed on IRC).

Some people would use that opening to say "The jews?" (jokingly of course), but I'm not some people.

Technically this is only the 3rd one being aired (the 3rd draft / 2nd draft lottery in 2005 was spaced out over 5 weeks to try and spread out the ratings gain of the 2004 show and also allowed them to send Cena to Raw with the WWE title while keeping Batista on Raw with the WHC until right after his last match with HHH on PPV) but the format has been as follows: 2002 - Vince and Ric picked the wrestlers out of the entire roster based on who they wanted. 2004 - Names in a hopper, lots of interpromotional matches. Heyman and Bischoff would periodically come out to announce whose name was picked. They also did "the next name I pick wrestles this next match" and "the next name wrestles HHH" (Rhyno and Eddie respectively, IIRC).

I remember when I played CT on an emulator. Couldn't do a door password sequence because you couldn't press L+R at the same time on a keyboard unless you programmed the same key to be booth and one of the areas had so much fog due to an emulation problem that it was hard to see. That was the day I realized emulation isn't all that and why I justify paying $30 for a bunch of Mega Man games I could play on my computer but just won't.

This is what I'm getting: WWM: I don't like WiiSports that much. It's tech demos and some of them aren't that fun, but that's my opinion based on my skill level. I eagerly anticipate fully developed sports title that cater to my gameplay skill and not as a casual pick-up game. MIB: WS is designed to be a casual pick-up game! You must recognize this and respect the fact that grandma and grandson can play tennis together so the controls are very simple! And you're both right. GQ seems to be condemned by the majority for disliking a game that he finds beneath his skill level. At no point has he said "Everyone on earth should hate this game" (though maybe what he has said could be interpeted that way) - he's stated his personal problems with the game without making anything up. Ditto goes for Chrono Trigger. If Grandma Jenkins and her 13 year old grandson Jamal are loving the quick, casual, and easy play of Wii Sports, great! If I think McDonald's Pizza was the best pizza ever and shouldn't have been discontinued, also great! Yeah, people can say "your taste is awful", but that's just their perogative. I've been distracted at work and long since lost the message I was going for, but it's in there somewhere. Be cool to each other.

This randomly brought back a memory of a grade 9 "Design Technology" (sitting in big chairs and drawing with a t-square) teacher getting uppity at someone after they did the pre-lunch announcements and prayer. He did the sign of the cross really fast or "disrespectfully" and the teacher made him repeat it until he was satisfied the sign was done correctly.

I have this strange feeling we're going to get CM Punk vs Randy Orton. Orton and Punk will have some confrontation where he talks trash, says he'll beat Punk tonight and never have to see him again, etc. He'll win via nefarious means, then pick CM Punk's name out of the hopper and do his Orton face.

I just hope you don't get forum related callers. "Yes, Mr. Kaufax, don't you think HTQ is a jerk?"

Watch the Star Wars rap on collegehumor

Add the nunchuck as a movement joystick and you have a good tennis game, but that would mean you would need 4 chucks. Generally at our Wii gatherings, I have a two remoted and a nunchuck and my other Wii owning friend (in the area, don't get offended GQ) also owns 2 remotes and one chuck. Basically, it's very easy for us to get 4 wiimotes but not 4 chucks.

I saw a commercial on youtube for "Fruit Wrinkles", it appeared to be a jelly bean type spin-off of Fruit Roll-ups. Did anyone ever have Starburst jellybeans? Those were ok, I seem to recall. Do they still exist? I also saw a commercial for Real Ghostbusters cereal which had a glow in the dark box (which WWM pointed out was a brilliant concept - a box that glows in the dark for a product generally used in the morning).

GQ, out of curiosity, which of the Wii Sports games were you referring to as having unresponsive control? That's the sort of thing that didn't interest me on May 4th but now I need specifics! From my experiences, Tennis is the best demo on the disc (rocks with 4 players), Bowling is a fun when I don't get yelled at for not releasing the button on time, I enjoy boxing but don't really know what I'm doing (sometimes he winds the punches up, sometimes not...), I enjoy swinging the wiimote like a baseball but find innings where I'm pitching to be dull, and golf is the worst. Everyone I know hates golf. Is this the unresponsive one?

Guess which company has a negative news story about them in Europe? You guessed it. Apparently the Church of England was not happy about Resistince featuring gun battles in a photo-realistic cathedral, citing igorance towards real gun violence problems in Manchester.

Scenario: Tonight on Raw, Cena beats Edge (clean, DQ, COR, however) and wins the right to pick a ball from the hopper for Raw. Before doing so, Vince tells Cena that whoever he picks, that will be his Vengeance: Night of Champions opponent. Cena picks a ball, reads the paper, and has the puzzled look of shock on his face. "Who'd ya pick?" "Sid.... Psycho f'n Sid". I would mark for that. Won't happen, but I would mark for it.

Not a bad idea, GQ. Not a bad idea at all.

Mighty Wings? I recall those being advertised in Michigan briefly and then nothing.

Vince said "regardless of where either of you end up after the draft" when making the match.

I don't agree with your opinion. The fact that you took the time to state the reasons for believing your opinion shows that talking with you might provoke critical thinking that opposes my view. I can't have that, so off to the land of ignore you go from whence you came, demon beast! Seriously though, hopefully ATS doesn't take me the wrong way there... I just think he was being a bit twitchy in his above reaction. That Silver Surfer ending sure seems exciting! (though that's about what I expected - a few screens saying a goal was accomplished and then credits).

Yes that happened to be because 3 of the shows expired and they forgot to add ECW and PTW, but then they did add them.

I liked Primetime. Heenan's lawyer, Ice Cream bar factory tour, Islanders Heel turn, Rick Martel doing a rana in 1987 WWF. I mean the matches were mostly dull but I enjoyed the above.

It's his character, though. So is not knowing about ways to make games easier. It's all explained in an FAQ somewhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp1Lbmutry0 Mario yelling at us in German

Hmm, tell WWE.com and your cable company you didn't get Primetime. That's the only other thing.