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So, out of the top QBs drafted last year: Russell - Held out forever, benched, fatty Quinn - Benched, assaults gays Kolb - Benched and probably won't play again this year either Beck - Played briefly, looked terrible. Team is rumored to be drafting a QB. Stanton - Injured in training camp, spent entire season on IR At least Trent Edwards did ok.

Yeah, that does make sense. Even if they only draw a fraction of Red Sox/Yankees fans, that's a huge win for the NHL. I can see why they'd go with Boston/NYR. They really should try to showcase Ovechkin though...the guy is a million times more interesting than Crosby.

The Bruins aren't interesting enough for an outdoors game. The NHL wants to market it's stars, so it will probably be Washington or Pittsburgh.

Agreed, the earlier parts were better than the later parts Indeed. Hai. Ja. Si. Ya. Duh. Oui Stop. No.

They did. But really, if they have money kicking around for T.J. "washed up three years ago" Duckett, you'd think they could have scrounged something up for Josh Brown.

It doesn't make any sense...Jones was terrible in Dallas compared to Marion Barber, and Duckett was a bad third down back. What are they doing? Especially with so many talented RBs in this year's draft...

What about Matt Jones and Reggie Williams? Are they still on the Jags?

I actually thought Flacco was a bit odd...I mean, you gotta give John Beck a chance right? That being said, at the latest Scouts.com Mock Draft, they have the Dolphins trading back into the first round to take Brohm. So I guess taking a QB high could happen. Aren't there other needs for Miami though, like WR?

Because they're losers and like to troll new characters. Once you get past level 1 the majority of those types disappear.

Click "main board" on the left. There's some instructions in the middle of the screen IIRC.

The Seahawks are sad about the various trench guys that have gone already. They were hoping that one would drop. That being said, we will reach a bit for: Martellus Bennett, TE, Texas A&M From nfldraftcountdown.com: For the Seahawks, he provides a huge target in the red zone and could be the long term solution at TE that Jerramy Stevens was supposed to be. His timed speed is unfortunate, but after losing the Alge Crumpler sweepstakes the Seahawks need someone and Bennett has the ability to become an all-purpose TE. They still might be in the market for a veteran to contribute if Bennett can't grasp the offense right away. I was also looking for DT or a tackle/guard, but there's been a big run on linemen and no run really jumps out.

I don't know, I think Walker is better than Bernard Berrian, and Berrian got that same 16 million guaranteed. It seems that's the going rate for a #1 WR now, Moss just (stupidly) took less money to be in New England.

Maybe the Packers will end up with Culpepper. He has to go somewhere, right?

You could put all of your tech points in Escape Artist...that'll be your main submission defense. Also, this is more of a general tip, but you should level up any moves you use to level 5. Try to disable the garbage moves you have, as it increases the chance that your good moves will actually be used.

So Randy Moss is apparently getting 12 million guaranteed according to profootballtalk.com. Meanwhile, Bernard freaking Berrian gets 16 million. What kind of crazy moon logic is this? Why didn't the Vikings offer Moss that 16 mil guaranteed?

Uh...there's nothing to download. It's all through your browser. You just make an account and play.

The Saints just signed a pash rusher today, a DE named Bobby McCray, to a 5 year deal worth $20 million.

Here's some more information from a goon about things he wished he knew. Pretty useful for beginners: -------------------- Tips for Rookies: (aka, Stuff I wish I had known) 1) Do the tutorial. You only get paid 5000-7000 Euros a week, so the 45,000$ you get for the tutorial is how you're going to maintain yourself for a long time. 2) Play to your style. There are five options for starting characters, and each of them gives you more points to a specific skill set when you level up. (i.e Strength wrestlers receive more points for getting to level 13 strength than a level 13 speed guy would. Technical: These guys are mainly submission wrestlers, though they're also very good at grappling in general. You'll want to level up Mastery, Ruthless Grasp, and Feint primarily, but the tech tree is ALL good, and starts learning submission moves at an awesome pace. Submission wrestlers can really whittle down Resilient wrestlers, and once levelled, can be a very tough opponent. Speed: Speed wretlers are all about, well speed. This makes them a defensive class, good at going first, then avoiding what the opponent fires back with. With the exception of elasticity, all the speed abilities are pretty good. (Unless you're into flash pins.) However, if it were up to me, I wouldn't rely on speed to carry you through the day, and would probably choose to level everything up equally, and just enjoy the benefits. Speed wrestlers get a lot of non-damaging pin moves. You'll want to equip one, maybe two of these, tops. The big benefit of speed wrestlers is that they can come off the top rope at almost any point in a match, and even if they miss, they're not that bad off. Tope Rope moves are generally very damaging. Strength: Strength contains two very important abilities, regardles of what class of wrestler you choose: Rage and Might. Rage allows you to gain momentum at a rate of your rage level x the number of moves you hit during a match. In turn, momentum allows you to hit finishers; so, the higher your rage is, the faster you'll get to your finishers. Plus, the general accepted rate for how powerful you can make a finisher is Rage level x 35. So keep that in mind when creating your finisher. Might increases damage by 1% per hit per level. If you want to be a hardcore wrestler though, you might be interested in Stiff Blow, which raises the chance of causing bleeding by 1% per level. Beware though, you can only bust someone open if you do more than 20 damage in one blow. Moves that have no chance of wonding, never will, no matter how high you raise this stat. Bleeding injures your opponent and offers an alternate win condition: you can knock someone out by busting them open enough. Resilience: Hit points. Stamina. Damage Reduction. rear end-based offence. If any of this appeals, you might want to think about Resilience. This is the only class where you can conceivably not train in any other skill, and still succeed. If you want to be a tank, try this class. Balanced: I'm not 100% sure about everything these guys get, but I do know of two advantages they have: Expanded, exclusive moveset, and a slight discount on all the other four skill sets. They also have a greatly expanded outside the ring set, so if you want to take this for a spin, you might try a hardcore style, with lots of stiff blow, and then grab a lot of moves that knock people out of the ring. (So far, I've only found two: Discus Clothesline, and the Lariat.) 3) To advance in level, you have to defeat the "master" of the stage. Think of them as bosses that you need to beat to rise to the next level of difficulty. You can stay as a level one as long as you like, but eventually, these bosses will challenge you, and if you're too buff, you'll probably auto-level. You can only challenge people within one level of yourself, however, this is a bit misleading. Most people power level at every stage, bully weaker wrestlers, and generally makes asses of themselves, training their skills to the point where they're at level one for weeks, challenging new players. Block these assholes by blacklisting them. As a comparaison, it took me about a day to finish level 1. Why level then? Well, benefits. At level 2, you can issue challenges, asking for specific levels of players for a fight. At 3, so long as you subscribe, you get to make a tag team, which is pretty cool beans. At 5, as a subscriber, you can unlock a special type of match, things like submission, I Quit, Last man standing, etc. If you don't subscribe, generally things things take 2 extra levels. 4) Skill Levels vs Actual level Skill levels are the combined score of your abilities combined. For instance, I think I'm level 13 Strength, level 13 Speed, Level 16 Resilience and level 24 tech, for a combined score of 66. So generally, I'll have a decent chance against anyone from 1-76. Actually, I'll probably crush anyone below 56. Actual levels are gain through beating the masters. Aside from unlocking more of the game, you generally get more HP, stamina and money. 5) What moves should I improve? Simply put, make sure you have as few flash pins as possible, and then level the Double axe handle and Samoan Drop to at least level 5 when you start out. The Samoan Drop is a move everyone starts with, and from what I've seen, never stops being good. Past that, it's mostly flavour, though the moves you get later on do swarf your starting moves. A word to the wise though, XP earned isn't based on winning or losing. You actually get one star in your match rating for every unique move that you do. Every ten stars earns you an XP. XP can be exchanged from imporved techniques, and more match types. So really, it's not whether you win or lose... it's how good the match is. And that's why it's better to challenge someone who'll put up a fight; you both get more XP. ------------------------

His avatar should be the Picard sigh. Every one of his posts deserves that picture.

That was kind of a lackluster ending to the whole thing.

I haven't heard of any of these so-called sports figures. The only TV I watch is pro wrestling. My girlfriend watches whatever she watches, but I don't usually pay attention. I've never read a newspaper, nor do I listen to the radio. I can understand people who don't watch tv or whatever, but no newspaper or radio either? How do you get news? Do you understand it's possible for one to read a newspaper yet skip the sports section entirely? Do you understand how to read? Look at the bolded part of his post.

Sure, but then the dolls need someone in their corner. Maybe Joe Scarola.

Ok, now for something completely different. Me and a buddy were discussing the XC CBS deal, and then Kimbo. I'm not sure how it got there, but someone suggested that Kimbo should take over that Pussycat Dolls show. And then the discussion moved to "How many Pussycat Dolls could Kimbo take in a fight". So, mma people...how many could he take on? Since the reality show has like a zillion pussycat wannabes, this wouldn't be limited to just the current size of the band. My friend figures that he could take a pretty large amount...15. His reasoning is that they won't all attack at once, some will stay back out of fear. I figure it's closer to 7...if they can surround him they could do some damage. Thoughts?

I haven't heard of any of these so-called sports figures. The only TV I watch is pro wrestling. My girlfriend watches whatever she watches, but I don't usually pay attention. I've never read a newspaper, nor do I listen to the radio. I can understand people who don't watch tv or whatever, but no newspaper or radio either? How do you get news?

Steve Bernier is a good player. I was really hoping the Canucks could land him, he would be great with the Sedins.