DrVenkman PhD

Yeah it doesn't even work - you can see why it was not used.

http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=93111 for those of you who never frequent the WWE folder and would have no idea about this new Year End Awards initiative, that's the link.

Who needs the WON Awards when we have the 1st Annual TSM Forums SLAM-E awards (Alternate unused title - The FORUM Awards: Fantastic Or Respectable Outstanding Universal Merit)? Much like the TSM Great Wrestling Survey, this is actually about all wrestling companies, but for traffic purposes will be held here. It's all very easy - there are categories, you vote on the winners. Some have one answer, some have three (with a point scale to determine winners - 1st choice is worth 3 points, 2nd is worth 2, 3rd is worth 1). This can either be a fun annual event or a huge disaster, but we won't know until we try. VOTING TIMELINE: Voting will remain open until January 1, 2009 (as in, it closes at the end of the day on Wednesday, December 31st). The cut-off date for the awards is December 14th, and as far as I know I'm not planning on counting votes as they happen so if you decide to vote before Sunday for, say, SummerSlam as the PPV of the year but it turns out Armageddon is really awesome, or Rey vs. CM Punk becomes one of your MOTYCs, edit away. BEST OF: A. Performer Of The Year - the best overall combination of someone who can back it up in the ring but can entertain on promos. 1. 2. 3. B. Wrestler Of The Year - the wrestler who can best work a technical match. Though part of "working" is the ability to entertain a crowd (this is why Hulk Hogan can never be called a bad worker - bad mat technician yes, but the man could work a crowd), this is meant for those who may not be over with Casual Joe, but Hardcore Henry says he's the greatest of all time. 1. 2. 3. C. Entertainer Of The Year - while everyone is eligable of course, the idea here is that just because all their matches are about * or less, you find them to be a guilty pleasure or hilarious or what not. I already know who the winner is but we'll go through the motions. 1. Santino Marella (except for Spaceman Spiff). 2. 3. D. Tag-Team Of The Year: 1. 2. 3. E. PPV Of The Year: 1. 2. 3. F. Match Of The Year: 1. 2. 3. G. Best Television Show Of The Year: 1. H. Smart-Mark Out Moment Of The Year: 1. I. DVD Of The Year (note: The SummerSlam Anthology is eligible for this): 1. J. Feud Of The Year: 1. K. Angle Of The Year: 1. L. Non-Match / Segment Of The Year: 1. M. Female Of The Year (either for wrestling ability or because you find them hot, I don't care): 1. 2. 3. N. Announcer / Colour Commentator Of The Year (one or the other): 1. WORST OF: A. Least Entertaining Wrestler (Don't use the "Best Of" classifications, this is for the person who you hate to see in the ring because you find no redeeming entertainment value with them - it probably goes without saying they can't wrestle): 1. 2. 3. B. Worst Interviews/Promos/Non-wrestling Segments: 1. C. Worst Tag Team Of The Year: 1. D. Worst PPV Of The Year: 1. E. Worst Match Of The Year: 1. F. Worst Television Show Of The Year: 1. G. 2008's "Embarrassed to be a Wrestling Fan" Moment: 1. H. Worst / Most Disappointing DVD Of The Year: 1. I. Worst Feud: 1. J. Worst Angle: 1. K. Worst Announcer / Colour Commentator (one or the other): 1. L. Worst Non-Match/Segment Of The Year: 1. M. Worst Female Of The Year 1.

Are the sandwich artists trained to never guess / assume what a customer wants? For a period in 2006 I was going to the same Subway around the same time every Monday, getting the same basic sub (tuna on honey oat), always toasted, etc. Not once did she ever greet me like I was a regular or say "tuna today?" or anything. I always found it a bit odd. One time a friend and I went to the Subway near the local university but the douchebag student on shift claimed they were closed while he studied.

I heard Max and Joel's characters will be reduced to 'merry mischief makers' who sell fireworks when they have the earlier slot.

I think the last anyone heard he was hospitalized, then a rumour that he was near death made the rounds but I don't think there was anything behind it.

It becomes not-that-tough-but-still-really-hard when you adjust to it (as in, get used to the timed jumps and realize that the first few times you play a level you should concentrate on collecting bolts so you can buy E-tanks), but then I tried playing as Protoman a few weeks ago and it's harder than ever. I still haven't beat the fortress levels either.

Amen to that. Anyway I'm sure we've all read about the poor transfer to standard DVD that was done (along with the missing extras that only Blu-Ray snobs get) just to ensure more Blu-Ray sales. Has anyone else noticed the transfer issues that were complained about, or we the people who got review copies just looking too hard?

All they need is to use archived recordings of "WILL YOU STOP / BE SERIOUS!" and we're set.

Not always. I've never worked at a mall (though I knew some people that did and they seemed ok) but in my experience, while you have the guards who think this is their big ticket into the police force and act like douches when they really have no authority, the majority realize this is a run out the clock and collect a cheque situation. In any security job I've had, I've revelled in the fact that anything that got too dicey required a call to the police, and once people with REAL authority showed up, I could go back to unlocking doors for building staff.

I read that roster in WON but since Meltzer only gets video game news from already printed sources, I was trying to figure out where it came from. That story also contains one of my biggest issues with news sites that just get their news from other sites: They took a TWO SENTENCE blurb from this week's WON and turned it into a multi-paragraph story and credited the whole thing as a WON story, though this particular story isn't that bad and acknowledges the bottom of the story was previously reported.

No. Second place behind Beth, the greatest of all the times.

"They" meaning PRISM or 24/7?

Does Mick Foley count? A lot of people have called him God.

That's right - I knew I remembered that JYD/Hercules finish. The way Duggan did his finisher was pretty cool. Royal Rumble hype!

This PTW episode currently has too much bad wrestling and too little Heenan / Monsoon. Didn't we already see this Warrior / Iron Mike match a few months ago? Maybe it was on an Old School show before.

My Xbox has been really hit and miss (mostly miss) with automatically logging my profile in lately. I have no idea why.

I've always found part of Conan's charm is being an underdog who interviews people in Texas about his show airing at 2:35 am, airs bumpers from NBC that have a 30 second long Leno ad followed by a 1 second mention of his show, and stuff like "Kid's Drawings" that show Jerry Seinfeld with a wheelbarrow of money and Conan with one coin. Conan getting 'the big show' is like The Connors winning the lottery.

I read a recap that said they had the Slammy on the announce... thing. That's good enough for me.

That's not my usual way of doing things, I just didn't think anyone would notice because they were older than the last few newest posts. They were basically just "Enigma is bad!" posts so I thought they'd fit right in, but the duplicate Styles deal / "I didn't notice" really have no place here. It was a quick and not that well done transition.

Very well then, American Destroyer. Also Jesus Christ, don't you know when someone is kidding?

You're fraudulent attempts at being Canadian, now by singing the praises of Scott D'amore, will forever annoy me. Speaking of Scott, it's too bad I'm going to be out of town during the BCW 15th Anniversary show. There was an article in the local paper focusing on Kevin Nash!

I just sent my boss an e-mail saying I don't think any of the people that called in sick this week will provide a doctor's note as per their new collective agreement because her e-mail about it was "borderline deceiving". She told the regular employees they had to provide a note to get paid for a sick day - implying they only had to do so to get paid a sick day, otherwise we didn't care, but then sent a supervisors only e-mail stating their new agreement removed the previous clause (3 consecutive days or 2 non-consecutive days in a calendar month) and we had to ask for every single sick call, then write-up those who didn't have one. I don't think this will go over well with here, and part of me thinks I should have just kept quiet about it (as I had for the past 2 weeks or so since it had been sent out) but it really was bothering me.

I view myself as the opposite - people may be fine with me online but I've upset more than a few people by being a smart ass in real life too. It doesn't help that my core group of friends are all correct-each-other-and-argue types that make fun of everything for being stupid. Or maybe I'm just normal.

Happy Birthday to Czech, Czech, al, Czech, 909, Cezch, and Czech! That's pretty wacky that 3 Admins have birthdays on the same day. Broward also gets the birthday wishes nod! Might as well had Si82 as well!