NoCalMike

Just to let the PS2 league know.......I work monday - friday 8am - 5pm......and then have class from 6- 9:30pm Mon-Thursdays. So My league games will have to be either late-night on weeknights or on the weekends........Thanks.

MikeOfEvil basically is suggesting the one form of the GM role I could live with, the impartial GM. No more screwjob GMs.

I am sure Julius Jones is really happy about that. He can join Antonio Bryant on the bench complaining about game time. yeah because we all know the force that is MeShawn Johnson Well as a Skins fan it makes me happy that Dallas drafted a RB that is being groomed for the depth chart.....

The NFC is tough to pick. The Eagles are the frontrunners, but after that it is one huge gray area. No one expects the Panthers to be AS GOOD this year, even though it woudn't be unheard of, but other then those two, I see at least 5-8 teams no better then one another afterwards.

True Dat! All it is going to take really, is for that one rogue group of smarky fans in the crowd to start a "Eugene sucks" chant, and when the marks smell blood they will sheepishly join in with the chant like clockwork, and when the viewers witness that, you can bet it will catch on like wildfire, and see ya later Eugene. Really now, why does anyone expect the Eugene character to work on the main event level?

It's not going to happen, so quit repeating it like it's a fresh, new, idea you've had. You bring it up EVERY TIME the subject of authority figures in WWE is discussed. We get it, you don't like them. As long as WWE continues to put out stupidity like the GM roles, then it should rightfully be pointed out. I also vote for NO GM.

This is EXACTLY what I thought, first impression-wise, but I started playing random people online, and whenever I came upon control issues, such as the difference in passing techniques from madden, I would ask the person I was playing, they would help me out, and now I have about 5-6 online games under my belt and a few of those celebrity phone games down, and I must say, I think ESPN 2K5 is seriously starting to win me over, I am not ready to put that stashed $50 back in the bankjust yet, but for the first time in approx 10 years, I am seriously not sure if I am going to buy Madden or not.

What would justify Orton getting a title shot though? He just lost to Edge twice.

Not to start another rant on "mainstream american filmakers/film studios" but quite honestly, they just DON'T GET IT. I mean the fact that all these other countries are churning out spectacular zombie films and I haven't got tired in the least of them, you'd think america could better then Resident Evil and/or Dawn of the Dead remake(even though I thought both were decent, they pale in comparison) Since Romero has had his 4th dead film greenlighted, and he is pushing for it to be shot in Pittsburgh, hopefully another fantastic zombie movie will be on it's way in the not to distant future. Oh and it got a name change also, "Land of the Dead"

If they go with Triple H vs. Edge at Summerslam then there is going to be monumental pressure on Edge to get himself over considering half the crowd is cheering for Orton in all of their matches. Now the crowd might just hate Triple H enough to get behind Edge, but who knows.

JOTW, I would go see it, but it isn't showing in Sacramento yet......if you enjoyed it which you seem to, partially, I recommed "The Corporation" I saw that and it was pretty fantastic and depressing at the same time.

Every A's game I have been this year play's GBA first, and then Take me out to the ballgame

I am sure Julius Jones is really happy about that.

If DC gets baseball back, will they rename the expos, the Senators?

Indeed, well at least it has yet to be proven. The "socks & underwear" thing was started as fuel on the fire by some columnist, and then every right winder started to just repeat it to try and add to the effect of the story.......

I will play anyone that wants to, on the PS2, tonight after I get out of class approx 9:30pm pacific time.....I am "NoCalSkn" for the online user ID......

In other more exciting news, The Horror Channel is supposed to be launching October 2004 and they are in negotiations with pretty much every major distributor~! The horror channel

What happened? What went wrong? Where did it all really start to fall apart for Metallica? As I sit writing this I've just come from seeing Some Kind Of Monster, the documentary that shows the creation of St Anger, an album which may go down in history as one of the all time worst Metallica records ever. The entire movie is them bitching and moaning about their "feelings" and how this creates a "negative energy" and all this new age bullshit that-when held up to who they used to be-makes you wonder who these guys are claiming to be Metallica. The movie starts off with Jason Newsted leaving the band after 14 years, part of which was because Metallica had decided to get a "Performance Coach" to sit around and spew dime store psychology shit for 40gs a month. Newsted knew, as I do, how lame that really is. Have the three men who brought the world to it's knees with Kill 'Em All actually turned into a bad episode of Thirtysomething or Dr. Phil> Yes ladies and gentlemen, they have. Some Kind Of Monster as a movie is really good, if a tad bit long but watching it is almost painful because it's such self-involved, high school drama and what's worse, it's not rock. I doubt Lemmy gets weepy eyed about his feelings and I know Anthrax and Exodus would probably slit their wrists before paying 40gs a month to a head shrink to tell them shit that any human should know. As you watch the film unfold you begin to understand why St Anger sucks so badly, because it's not made by Metallica, it's these three old men who've gone from timeless to silly because they won't just rock, they won't just fucking put their bullshit aside and write an album, everything has to be some new age committee meeting. The first and foremost thing this movie does is cement the fact that Lars Ulrich is a dick, just a crying, whining dick. He bitches about playing drums, that it's too hard, he says shit like "When does an album begin and when does it end, what does that even mean?" It means write ten or twelve good songs and shut up about it. Then there's the scene when the band is looking for a new bass player and Lars actually says "If Cliff Burton walked in right now, I don't know if he'd be the right guy for the job." What an asshole thing to say, forget that Cliff Burton is still fairly unmatched in his bass skills, that just isn't something you say about a friend. In my opinion (and many others) Metallica's soul died with Cliff and as we watch the subsequent albums, we can see the failure scale start to rise. Lars seems way more into sitting in a private booth and auctioning off his art for millions then he does writing a record. He'd rather discuss and argue and talk shit then fucking play drums and in one scene he actually complains about a drum part being too hard and that he doesn't want to play it anymore. It's almost like Metallica is a way for him to be able to buy art, rather than his life's blood. Dude, if that's what you think then get gone, you're doing nobody any favors staying in the band. Another great part is after they've auditioned Scott Reeder (Kyuss, Obsessed), Twiggy (Marilyn Manson, A Perfect Circle) and a few other players Lars says that only Rob Trujillo could "Keep up." And that the rest seemed like they "were struggling". I seriously doubt Scott Reeder or Twiggy were struggling with "Frantic", know what I mean. Don't get me wrong, I like Rob, he seems like a good guy and a great player but what Lars said about the other bassists is really fucked up. Next up is James Hetfield and one thing Some Kind Of Monster did for me was make me sad for him. I think it's great that he stopped drinking and that he wants to focus on his family, but then dude, break Metallica up, call it a day, it's not like you need the cash. Watching Hetfield, especially after he gets out of re-hab, makes me think he's scared of releasing the James that wrote those masterpieces of music in the eighties. He seems rigid, self-aware and homogenized to the point of where it gives you douche chills watching him try and write. The 12 stepper lyrics just don't fit Metallica. I mean Christ at one point he lets Lars write lyrics defending the whole Napster thing, and it just doesn't work. I think somewhere deep inside there lies the man that was James Hetfield and I personally think he could let that man out without giving up all he's accomplished on the sobriety front. I think that comes with change, a change of band and a change of headspace. I don't drink and I think working with Lars would drive me to become an alcoholic, so maybe the problem is the company he keeps. Watching the movie you can see hints and whispers of the driving creative force that Hetfield once was and that he's afraid to "rock" at all for fear it'll release the demons that almost destroyed him. As for Kirk, he just seems like a confused friend caught in a war between 12 Step Guy and the Danish Ego. Kirk is a huge talent but I think he's happy with his place just doing what he needs to do to get by and doesn't want to rock the boat too hard. By the end of the movie I just felt that Metallica was done and over. A band that's let everything influence how they write and now they're just writing crappy songs to try and re-capture what they were. Most defenders of that record say "The songs are good, it's the production" my response is "They let it be produced that way." Metallica calls it bucking the trends, I call it an insincere attempt to be "rebels". Everything they do now smacks of insincerity, especially the MTV Icon Metallica show (which I was on so I know how bad it was) where nobody from Metallica's past was on hand to help them celebrate, just a bunch of hack bands who couldn't cover Metallica songs on their best day. If I brought the Metal Up Your Ass-era Metallica to that show and showed them Limp Bizkit and Avril Lavigne performing their songs, they'd have given up right then and there. I know there are still millions of Metallica fans who think St Anger is good, but hey 8 or 9 million people bought the Macarena record, doesn't make them right. I can already hear people clamoring for my head but I swear my heart is in the right place. I love Metallica, I always will and I want them to be remembered as one of the greatest forces in music, not a band that overstayed their welcome. I could be like certain "Radio Personalities" and kiss Metallica's ass but I respect them too much to do that, even if people don't like me for it. I'm not here to be popular, just honest. My advice to James is to end Metallica, call up Newsted and Mustaine and find a fucking killer drummer and start again. I think that could be the beginning of another revolution, spearheaded by one of the great geniuses of heavy metal.

Ok as a first time ESPN Football player I have hit a frustration point with the QB position. Now if you have some advice for me please tell..... Whenever I drop back to throw, it seems like the QB will refuse to throw it unless he is standing there PERFECTLY and the receiver is WIDE OPEN. MY QB is getting stuck in the backfield like a duck on just about every passing play I run. What the hell is this, and why can't I get my QB to throw on the run? I did read the manual, and it said you can throw on the run and if the QB is scrambling or not set, but the accuracy will go down, which is fine and I understand, but whenever my QB is not PERFECTLY set, he just pump fakes it all to hell about 5 times, while the DL breaks through the line......UGH. Help.

I suck at passing so far, all my guys seem to be constantly blanketed. Oh well maybe I should do that basic training thing.........

I am ready to play anyone online that has a PS2........right now!

I just got home from my girlfriend's house with the game, so I am gonna go check it out for a bit. I want to get a PS2 league started, but not sure how many takers there are on this board for it..........bbl.

I definately wish to participate in the PS2 league. I have the game waiting for me, but like I said in the other thread, by the time I am done with work and out of class, it will probably be around 10:30pm, so if the league is started I can still use whatever the login/password is as it will be dropped in this thread, and if anyone is awake at 11pm pacific time tonight, I will be ready to play league or no leage~!

Michael Westbrook. Considering the first time he touched the ball as a rookie, he scored on a reverse screen. It was pretty much downhill from there......The worst was when he cost the Redskins a win and potential WildCard spot when against the Giants, he took off his helmet resulting in a 15yd penalty and taking the Skins out of field goal range....the game ended in a tie.