Hawkius Maximus

I have a strong feeling that Jericho walks out with the belt Sunday. Number of reasons. First and foremost, he was supposed to return then anyway. Secondly, if Hunter might win the belt they'd probably want to advertise it. Thirdly, they were very vauge on ECW. There's a reason for this. Either they have NO IDEA at all, or they don't want to give it away. If they were simply going to do Orton vs. Hunter vs. Umaga, I have a feeling they'd have said so on ECW. WWE is usually very disorganized, but not to that degree. Their generally able to think on their feet, and if that was the case I feel they would have announced it. My theory is they keep it in the dark all PPV. Orton comes out, demands to be given the title. Then a Save_us222 video airs, and morphs into Break the Walls Down. Jericho comes out, beats Orton, and then they'll feud for awhile. Most likely, Orton would win the title and move to WM to defend against Hunter. Makes the most logical sense given where they want to end up.

I rank Lyoto so high because he's fought some pretty decent names, and he's never once been in any real danger. Plus, like I said in another thread, his style facinates me. Lyoto doesn't just beat people, he BREAKS them mentally. Plus, he's one of those fighters who appears to not have any weakness at all. He doesn't get tired, he can take shots, it's hard to hit him, it's hard to take him down, and when he gets down he has fantastic ground work. But yeah. I overrank him a little bit much. He still hasn't beaten anyone in my top ten. I'd still put him in the top ten if I reworked it if only for his promise.

Pushing Daisies was fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.

I do admit I overrank Lyoto. I can't really argue that.

I could see ranking Arona, like I said in my list...but when you really look at Lil'Nog's record, you can't honestly rank him. He has all the talent in the world, but the guy BARELY fights at all. On top of that, none of his wins, sans Henderson are really that impressive when you break them down. Beating Nakamura twice doesn't really impress me. Overeem depends on WHICH Overeem shows up mentally...Beyond those, Kosaka is the next impressive to me and that happened in DEEP. I mean, seriously...I've read people say you can't put Fedor at #1 in HW due to inactivity...but he's fought 2.5 TIMES what Lil'Nog has in the last three years, and people still rank Rogerio. Doesn't add up. I also strongly disagree with Henderson being ranked. Everything I've heard says he's going back to Middleweight, which would be the smartest move for him. If he doesn't then fine...but like I said, everything I've heard says he is dropping back down. Jardine being ranked so high is really just "What have you done for me lately?" type deal. He beat an unranked (in my eyes) Forrest, and then beat Liddell who was coming off a loss. I'm fine with him being in the top ten...but FOUR? Ahead of Forrest who has also won two in a row, but finished Shogun? I dunno. That's really the problem with top tens. Their inherently selective. I look at overall records, and importance of the wins. Others, like this list, seem to go on recent events or hype.

And the world goes mild. I really don't get why they'd make that fight. I guess because Kongo beat Cro Cop...but that's about it. Kongo hasn't really shown any serious KO potential in any of his big fights, and has no real ground ability. Inless Kongo works incredibly hard on not going to the ground, he's not making it out of the first round. Working on his ground abilities won't save him against Noguiera. He'd have to train specifically not to get taken down AT ALL.

Green Bay vs. Chicago intrigues me. You have two teams with two different paths. On one end, the Packers are playing WAY better then I, and I assume most, thought they would. The Bears are playing way worse then I thought they would. I figure Green Bay keeps it going to 5-0 here. The other game that really intrigues me is Seahawks vs. Steelers. Most likely because I live in Washington. Both teams are 3-1. Both teams have lost to the Cardnials. If the Seahawk's win this game, it is possible that they could get 12 or more wins based on their schedule. They have some big games coming up, but most if not all of their really tough games are at home, and Seattle is one of the toughest teams to beat at home. The rest of their schedule includes: Road: Steelers, Browns, Rams, Eagles, Panthers, Falcons Home: Saints, Rams, Niners, Bears, Cardnials, Ravens There's some decently tough games, but they do not have ANY of the other really strong teams outside of the Steelers. Out of all the teams they have to play their biggest threats are Browns, Saints, Bears, Eagles, Panthers, Cardnials and Ravens. I would have included the Niners if Alex Smith wasn't possibly out of the season. Four of those are at home, and really, none of the teams have looked THAT good so far. Their all 2-2 or less, and have some kind of gapping hole in their game that Seattle just doesn't have right now. If Seattle can keep up with Green Bay, and Dallas, the NFC will be VERY interesting as we progress. Or I could be underestimating the schedule and Seattle implodes. Who knows.

I got some money yesterday, and then blew it all on Ebay. I feel very shitty about it today.

I bought an Xbox 360, Halo 3, Oblivion, and Fight Night Round 3 off ebay last night because I'm a fucking moron. Looking forward to it!

The best of the best~! The best of the best bah gawd! I'm excited to have made it this far on my first attempt.

I enjoyed it...I basically explained it to someone else as House meets a cop drama. Which is pretty much what it is. The only issue I had, is I think him being a genius for this stuff and his weird comments might get old...But it was a good pilot. The end was very good with him studying his self-created evidence/whodunit wall.

That review basically sold it on the deathmatch elements...Which is fine, I suppose. There's no other game on the market with so many deathmatch possibilities. Kinda no-sold the rest of it off a little...Sounds like they were playing on a low difficulty and still got their asses kicked. I've never really gotten the whole "Fire Pro has a steep learning curve" thing. Going back from the modern Fire Pro's to play XP, Special, Queens Special, and others IS a huge step due to the timing...but the newer games are pretty easy to learn I think. R should be even easier since the AI are programmed to do specific things, so usually no cheap cheese pins.

Hawkstah's LHW TOP TEN~!~!~!~one #1: Quinton Jackson - Unquestionably the top guy in the division now. While his run in PRIDE didn't exactly end with the brightest flash ever, he's went 3-0 in UFC, won the UFC LHW title and the PRIDE LHW title. You can't really argue with that. #2: Shogun - Until the fight with Forrest, Shogun was in my mind the unquestionable #1 fighter at 205 in the world. His performence against Forrest wasn't great, but until he loses another fight I won't take him out of the top five. I'm hoping it was just a glitch in his training that led to that loss, but we'll see. #3: Lyoto Machida - 11-0, three wins in the UFC, and while most of his wins have been by decision, they haven't even been close. Machida's style just eats away at an opponent until they have nothing left. I don't think there's anyone he couldn't beat, and hopefully in his next UFC fight we'll see him against a legit top guy and see how he pans out. #4: Forrest Griffin - Might not have been in my top ten had he not just beat Shogun, which shows how impressive it was. Forrest looked like a world beater in that fight, using a strategy to exploit Shogun's gas tank which no one had ever been able to do before. #5: Wanderlai Silva - Has lost two back to back fights both by KO...but has only lost two fights in the 205 division since 2000. He also claims to have been deathly sick for the Henderson fight, so who really knows if he had been 100% how that fight would have went or if he's lying. Until he loses atleast one more fight to a 205 pounder, he remains in the top five. #6: Chuck Liddell - I really didn't want to initially rank Liddell at all...but the more I've thought about it, the more he's deserved it then an Arona or Lil'Nog. Liddell RULED UFC's LHW division for a long period of time, and then before that outside of a few set backs had been a top contender for some time as well. He's lost two in a row, and he could be on the decline, but he could also rally any time. #7: Tito Ortiz - Tito's odd, in that he's Tito Ortiz but since 2004 he hasn't really done much. He's went 5-1-1 since the first loss to Chuck Liddel...but two of those were against Ken Shamrock, and one of them was against a green Forrest that I still believe he lost. If he beats Rashad he'll probably go up...or he'll go down if he loses. #8: Sokoudjou - Between Houston Alexander and Soko, I chose to list Sokoudjou if only because his two wins were of higher quality. Sokoudjou beat Lil' Nog and Arona in less then two minutes both times. No one else has ever done that. He's going to fall out of the top ten if he doesn't do something real soon though. #9: Keith Jardine - I'm only listing Jardine because I have to, pretty much. I don't see him as a top ten fighter. He beat Chuck Liddell, but while I think Chuck is just slipping right now, I don't think Jardine would beat anyone in front of him on the rankings (and yes, I remember he beat Forrest...but Forrest has improved DRAMATICALLY), and in fact, I don't think he could beat many outside of my top ten. His record outside of the Forrest and Liddel fights isn't impressive. If Jardine is matched up against a top guy in his next fight, I think we'll know for sure if he's legit or not. #10: Rashad Evans - Rashad is kind of like Jardine, in that I REALLY don't know if I buy the hype, but he has went 5-0-1 in the UFC, and while he hasn't really beaten anyone of note, he nearly beat Ortiz and if he fights damn hard he might be able to do it in the rematch. If not, he falls out of the top ten for me. He's on the bubble as is. Also rans: Ricardo Arona - My first instinct was to rank Arona...but upon further inspection of his record, he REALLY hasn't beaten that many elite guys at 205. He has the decision win over Silva, a win over Lister, Overeem, Horn, and Mezger spread out over many years...Everyone else is either a bulked up fighter above their weightclass, or an alsoran. On top of that, he's lost three of his last five fights with two KO's...He's VERY close to the top ten, but until he signs with a company and does something, I can't in good faith rank him. Antonio Rogerio Nogueria - Falls in with Arona, in that my first instinct is to rank him...but he's only fought two times from 2006 to 2007, and then only twice in 2005. In his two fights from 2006-2007, he went 1-1 with a win over Overeem and a loss to Sokoudjou. I think he, like Arona, has all the tools to be a top ten...but his record and in his case, inactivity keeps me from ranking him confidently. Houston Alexander - I basically decided I had to choose either Sokoudjou or Alexander to rank due to their similiarities...I chose Soko because of WHO he beat, while Alexander beat Jardine and then Sakara...Jardine before the Liddell fight might have been in my top twenty...but Sakara isn't anywhere near that for me. Their spots will easily change if Alexander keeps it up. Hidehiko Yoshida - I honestly believe Yoshida is the toughest 205 pounder in the world. Almost to an idiotic level. Yoshida is naturally tough, strong, and talented...he's just not on an elite level. That being said, his idiotic toughness keeps him in fights LONG after he shouldn't be in them. I personally believe he won one of the Silva fights (I believe the second, but it's been so long since I saw them), and if he had, he'd be in my top ten...but with a 7-5-1 record I can't rank him...Although I REALLYWANNA. Dan Henderson - Seems odd that he's not ranked, but there's a legitimate reason for it: I don't view him as a 205 fighter. Same thing with Sakuraba, who could still probably be ranked if you really wanted to. Henderson is a Middleweight Fighter who bulks up to LHW. Hopefully he moves to his natural weightclass now. Agree or Disagree as you wish.

It really amused me that many people thought Machida/Nakamura would be a great fight because of Nakamura...I had honestly wondered if anyone had seen him fight before. Nakamura was severely disliked by the Japanese because he had boring fights. Nakamura/Nakajima is one of those fights that the usual polite Japanese fans turned on VIOLENTLY. I don't find Machida boring. I've watched many of his fights, and he doesn't bore me...If anything, his style facinates me. There is no one in MMA right now that fights like Lyoto. He is probably easily in the top five right now, I've never seen him in danger in any aspect of his fights, and his style gives people major problems...He's a counter fighter. He waits for the opponent to do something, then counters. In this fight, he actually went on the aggression some which was nice to see...but that was most likely because he didn't respect Nakamura as an elite fighter. There was no aspect of this fight that Nakamura had any hope for. He couldn't take Machida down very easily, and when he did, Machida was just waiting for a submission. On the feet, Nakamura got the rare shot, but Machida was just griding him down into nothing. I'd really like to see Machida against a hyper aggressive fighter like Houston Alexander. Although I think Machida could take him out with his style, it'd be interesting to watch.

This thread has reminded me why I avoid most of the folders on here for the most part aside from the MMA one...but I rarely post in this or the WWE one most of all the folders. Reason you so humbly ask? Their both fucking retarded. WWE Folder's retardation is kind of amusing. It's a loveable retardation, in that you understand that the posters are in fact, retarded, but you can appreciate them in the way that a person goes to the zoo to look at animals with nothing better to do. In essence, they are amusing because of what they are. Lord knows I can't bring myself to post there much, because their retardation may, in fact, spread to me but I still enjoy reading the folder. Now this folder on the other hand is around nine times out of ten retarded as well. But it's a different type of retardation. It's an annoying retardation, in that the people posting in this folder assume that they are somehow normal, thereby attacking the above mentioned loveable retards with posts that are equally bad, pointless and crude idotic humor, that fails roughly everytime it's employed. And while the retardation in this folder is less severe, it loses the charming quality while gaining an air of arrogance in the events folding around it. But I will admit that the going ons in this folder, and this topic are of a smarter, perhaps more intelligent variety. Still makes it fucking retarded.

It's a shame that match had whacky rules...A straight four war would have been fantastic as that was going.

I'm backing New England, for all the reasons listed. I can't in any way or form see the Patriots not smash the Bills into paste. We're talking a team that just HUMBLED the Chargers, against a team who have went 0-2, at the Patriot's home. No-brainer to me.

I've played every Fire Pro with the exception of Six Man Scramble, because I never got a Saturn. I'll buy this, if only for the insane price, but if you already own the game in Japanese there isn't much incentive, there's even an english patch for the Japanese verison...and if it's true they've messed with the movesets of the defaults then there is even less reason. As long as they don't yank out entire modes like they did for the bastardized Final Fire Pro port, it'll be alright.

I'm rather proud that I survived week two. Both my picks have been crushing wins too, so yay!

I started playing D&D with friends a month or two back. None of us have any idea how to play D&D, so we got the booklets, and I ended up inheriting the role of "rule guy" and DM. It's fun. We've stuck to modules (or adventures) because we're still new, and alot of modules come with maps. Premade Maps = HANDY. I'm sure a veteran D&D player would lose their mind playing with us, since alot of the rules are still hazy, but we make it work.

So no one knows if the problems have been fixed? I regrabbed Steam...it seems faster then it was, but CSS is a big download for my DSL connection, and I dunno if I wanna do it if the game is still broke as hell.

Hmm...Before CSS, I had never seen a game updated into being unplayable, hence my questions. Kinda sucks though, because we used to play the hell out of the game, and now we haven't touched it in months due to the issues.

Not to hijack your thread... But have they fixed the issues with Steam? I used to play CSS quite often with friends, and then a few months back they did some type of major update to Steam, and this led to all kinds of things going funky. The game would regularly completely hang and blow up our computers, forcing us to disconnect the power cord to get anything back. Then, when that seemed to stop happening, trying to host a personal server became a nightmare. Instead of displaying information on the server, it would bug out and display server information as vertical bars. Such as this: "llll lll l ll l lll lllll lll l l l ll l" and maybe some numbers. Another issue we began to have, is latency started becoming an issue. When we first started playing CSS, everything ran crisp (my friend who has a super high powered Cable connection would host) with almost litterally no lag...but as they continuously updated Steam, CSS began to suffer from lag and other issues. In other words: CSS kicks ass. Steam fucking blows.

The main reason to watch Women's Ninja Warrior, is for Rie Komiya. Ayako Miyake (Nagano-like chick whose won three times) isn't bad to look at either.

It is random, because if you repeated that same takedown in a difference place in the octagon, at a different time, with Gonzaga not grabbing the fence, his nose/face most likely would not have been smashed to bits. It's called variables, it was a freak occurance during a takedown that even IF you repeated that same situation with the same variables again probably would not happen in that correct order with the same result. Repeat that again, and Gonzaga might have just banged his nose, again and it might have done nothing to him. Again and that angle could have KO'd him. That is the definition of "random".