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"Again, I still can't think of any scoring superstars that manage to keep up a decent point pace into their 40's. Defensemen and goalies play a very different game. I'm wracking my brain for one." It's true. jagr is not the same player who made scoring 100 points look easy back in the 90s; but nor is he expected to be. But, he is still one of the biggst threats in the league, and as shown in the playoffs he still has the ability to dominate and control games. Only a handful of player can do that. To me, I just don't feel signing someone like Jagr to 3 years (instead of 1) is an unbreakable risk. All contracts can be risky; but if you wnat to win you have to be bold. That's why I think Oilers screwed up. Theya re desperate to get a star player to Edmonton; and were willing to spend $8 mil on Jagr but 2 years is a no go? Come on, now. Again, anyone who seriously thinks that within a couple of years Jagr's skill would detoriate to nothing hasn't watched his career.

Not carry a team anymore? Jokin' right? Brodeur won ANOTHER Vezina this season. In fact, one could make the argument he's only getting better with age since he's won more Vezinas in the last few years than earlier on. *shrug* And, I'm no Brodeur supporter after his crying in the playoffs. L0L

NEWSFLASH: Jagr is a supeior player. He' stsilla superstar and is one of the best hockey player sin the world. He should get paid more. Besdies, once again, money per year was not the reason he's not in the NHL anymore.

JE is finished. ME is started. Both are better than either overrated KOTOR. Easily.

"To be honest, I probably watched more of Jagr than you did this season. Living in the New York area I have access to every Ranger game." Then, "to be honest', you should know Jagr is *anything* *but* *lazy*. P.S. It should be noted that the Wild of all teams had sign Owen Nolan of all people to a 5.5/2 YEAR DEAL yet Jagr - who isninfitely better and not broken down isn't worth 3 year out of fear of he'll retired when he has loudly an dpublically stated he planned to play 3 more seasons? Absolutely disgusting. Absolutely moronic. Absolutely pathetic. The 'new' NHL are pieces of crap. Them, and their near 60 mil salarcy cap where players cna get paid more then ever before. Where Mats Sundin is actually valued at about 10 mil depsite treading water in Leaf Land for years. R00fles!

"players over 35 are seen as a risk due to the possibility of retirement." Except, that's why he wanted a 3 year contract. He wnated to retire in 3 seasons time to go home. He just didn't want to go through the hassle of free agency again. "Of course, I only saw it in one game..." How many Ranger games did you exactly watch? I saw quite a few, and again, while he's not gonna win an award for it, he's no slouch on defense. P.S. Bettman can, and should shut the hell up. Gah, what a scumbag. I call him The Twelve Million Dollar Man. His lockout was a work of art.

"If this is a response to me, any shooting game that allows aiming while paused cannot be twitch" Nah, you are cool. (+5 suck up points) "They went down hill the moment they got into bed with EA." EA is awesome. No company has given so much awesome playing time with awesome games. NHL 08, and MVP 05 alone are beyond awesomeness. Only BIO's NWN has even come close to giving me the hours of fun play time. EA = Best Publisher/Developer In Business.

As opposed to you and others of your ilk whining repeatedly of how BIO is going 'downhill'? L0LLIGAGZ!

"Gotta love someone talking about Gomez, Drury and N

"You're missing very little, unless you want to see how far Bioware went down with their attempts at mainstreaming and rushed production. " Better than either KOTOR that is for sure. Easily.

NEWSFLASH: Real Time Doesn't Always Equal Twitch

It's sad that the word abuse is tossed around so easy nowadays. pretty much anything is 'abuse' currently. L0L "You looked a your child funny! That's abuse!"

Gomez is a punk. Way overpaid just like Drury. Jagr is an AWESOME captain. He's anything but lazy. One of the hardest working players in the league. Period. If we have a good year it's gonna be because of Lundqvist along with our actual improved defensive unti (which was already good and underrated last year). Not our loser 'offense'.

"Jagr's point totals have dwindled, so perhaps teams were hesitant to give him a long term contract because he is over 35 years old, so if he retires, the team is on the hook for the entire contract still from a cap hit perspective. It's something you see with every player that is 35 and over." 3 years isn't that long. And, at 38 he's still relatively young consideirng some of the old geezers playing in the league. He's still fast, skilled with the puck, and dominates games. And, while 70 or so points isn't classic Jagr numbers; it's still better than many players. the thing is, he is the best player on the team. I seriously doubt that within e years he'd be considered completely useless. Jagr, is also pretty durable for the most part too so injuries aren't a big thread since he's barely missed a game with the Rangers (sadly, some fo thsoe games wer eversus NJ after some cheap shots). Three years isn't asking too much - espicially since the Rangers opted to give the broken down Markus Naslund 2 years (IIRC), and Markus Naslund is no Jaromir Jagr. And, face it your GM is as dumb as my Gm for letting Jagr slip through his fingers over a couple of season. You say Oilers have a couple of young players needing contracts soon. Guess what? 3 years is not that long from now. It's not like he was aksing for a 10 year contratc or even 5. 3. Small number for one of the best players in the league. Well.. used to be before he had little choice to 3. Jagr's motivation for asking for 3 years was logical too - he wnated another 3 seasons in the NHL without having to worry about the whirlwind of free agency the next two off seasons before heading back home. I say give it to him. And, the Rangers espicially, have no real excuse for not doing so. Stupid unloyal, and pathetic teams. And, Markus Naslund is are replacement? LMAOATWTKKUYADYTATWARA

Side quests are good for the most part. Only bother going to planets of you have a quest to got there, and don't waste your time with the random collection type quests seen in your journal. Do that, and side quests/planets shouldn't bother you too much. Actual side quests that actually have plot usually are interesting. Otherwise, ignore 'em.

Don't you think you need more information that? Why were they not in school? Sickness, problems with bullies? Problems with teacher? Why did this just start? Why did they miss 39 days but not all the other days? Missing school by itself is not a reason to rmeove children. now, if they were rmeoved because the parents were abusing them or whatever then yeah take them away. But, to me, removing chidlren form their parental home should be a last resort, and only used when said children are under extreme cases of abuse - physically or emotional. Not just because you think someone is a poor parent.

"It has nothing to do with a piece of paper. Its all nice that your dad got on without a proper education, but that is one case in millions." L0L It is rathe rcommon in the boonies where I live. Not a smuch now; but espicially true back when my dad was growing up. He's definitely not unique or special. " Also Canada tends to be more of a nanny state than the US so that makes a huge world of difference as well." What does Canada being a 'nanny state' have to do with having a career at 16? If anything, a nanny state would imply forcing the child/teen into school espicially sinc epeople think a piece of paper = intelligence. " Besides, an education is more about self improvement than getting a better job." there's plenty of ways to 'self improve' yourself without education. My example of cooking is a fine example. Travelling abrod is another way to self improve (if it's an option). " Education allows a person to enrich themselves and become a better, more knowledgable person, which in my ever so humble opinion is more important than a higher paygrade. " Hate to go there; but George Bush? the guy you hate. Highly educated, and by all acounts, a pretty good IQ, and has quite a bit knowledge.. but, people make fun of his intelligence and the way he speaks all the time. Seesm to me that education isn't the be all end all you calim it to be. You can enrich yourself, better yourself, become more knowledge in plenty of ways. Education is just the easiest ways to do so espciially in most Western countries where lower end education happens to be free or affordable. But, its' FAR from the only way.

"I disagree." Many people have managed to find their way in this world over the years without formal training. There are other ways to learn a trade scale. Example, I was never much of a cook.. until I was trained ON THE JOB at my last job. *shrug* My dad was very successful at his chosen profession which he started at 16 after he dropped out of high school (he eventually got his diploma many years later). He paid his taxes, took care of his family, work long hours, and was (and, still is at nearly 60) in general a very productive member of society without that preciosu piece of paper from his teen years. Nice try, though.

"Not sending your children to school is neglect." No. Plenty of people are productive without schooling. Espicially in regards to formal schooling. And, 39 days isn't neccesssarily end of the world.

"A full class list would include all prestige classes as well." Nope. They have similarities but they are different. Full class list is Fighter/Spellcaster/Rogue.

Nah. I cna sue logic. And, my using a keyboard is undebateable. My 'skills' (or lack thereof) is horrid. L0L Still, let's stick with the topics. The Oilers are nothing without Pronger. lowe, and company have sacred all the good players away from Edmonton. Glen Sather is a moron who lost one of the best player sin the league - not for money - but haggling over years and the replacement he gets is a punk who is still living off of 5 years ago when he was actually a superstar. LMAO

With Pronger they go to Cup Fianls. Without, they suck the big one. I cna't eblieve people atcually this is debateable.

It was ALL Pronger. No doubt about it. How did Roloson do after Pronger left? Oh yeah, I forgot. Not so good. Exactly.

Dave Gaider wrote: "This is one of those neat phrases that marketing likes to pretend isn't misunderstood by the fans. There's quite a few: What we say: "This game is the spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate 2, NWN and KotOR." What the fan hears: "This game will be exactly like Baldur's Gate 2. With NWN's toolset. Yay!" Game over, MAN, game over. P.S. Do a quick search you'll find a BUNCH of posts and threads talking about what BIO means when they 'spiritual successor' and what games they refer to when saying it. 'Tis a shame you ignore the information so eaisly at your fingertips.

"yes, i'm sure Bio has been planning this marketing push for months (possibly even years), and that E3 is also a huge factor. but that don't mean that Bio ain't keeping a close eye on Blizzard." I doubt they are worried about what Blizaard does in the sense it won't effect their plans all that much. "after all, Diablo 2 and Baldur's Gate 2 were released within 3 months of one another in 2000. you think it's pure coincidence that, 8 years later & within days of Diablo 3 being announced, we're suddenly getting a whole lot more info on the so-called spiritual successor to BG2?" Irrelevant. I'm sure they pay attention to Blizzard/D3 just like they would any other; but I seriosuly doubt it effects when theyannounce stuff about DA. Afterall, EA had announced DA impending release early-mid next year BEFORE the D3 announcement. And, E3 is coming up. That's why we're about to get more push in the press - the game is gonna be released about a year from now. It's time to pimp it to the mainstream, and not just the interent geeks of the world who care about stuff like BIO or BIS or Blizzard or Bethesda or other such nonsense. And, it's not really the 'so called spiritual successor to BG2' as you put it. More of your igorance showing. It's a spiritual successor to to multiple BIO games including BG2, NWN, and KOTOR. It also doesn't mean 'copy of' either. If you actually read what the BIO guys say, you'd know this... just like a bunch of other DA info. L0L R00fles!