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The hammer knows all. And the hammer is also anxiously awaiting NWN2. Though I am thinking I'll probably hold the course and go with the noble Paladin my first playthrough (which is usually what I do for most D&D games it seems), I may consider something different. Not sure what though.

Little known fact: In Canada, Canadian Bacon is known as... Ham. It was funny, I was in the US a while back and we went for Pizza, and the place we were at had the "Canadian" which was pineapple, and canadian bacon. Here, we call that a Hawaiian. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Canadian Bacon is not ham. Canadian Bacon is back bacon, which comes from the loins in the back of the pig. Ham is from the thigh.

It's like the common house rule in blackjack that lets you win if you can successfully "hit" for 5 cards.

Talk with your school counselors and discuss financial assistance and trying to find a place close to your school. Also, explore avenues for public transportation. Where do you live?

Well, without Bioware we wouldn't currently be celebrating this game. Sure they'd be making another, but if NWN was really that horrible, I doubt any of us would be excited for NWN2.

Nah, they'd probably have a ton of AP or something and he'd accidentally click on the wrong spot to move to.

I don't remember an "aim for the head" quote. I suppose I'll have to watch again. I remember it being Hicks looking over to Ripley saying "Remember: short controlled bursts"

Aliens showed me the awesomeness that is Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton. Game over man!

It's a thread made about completely arbitrary value judgements (an IGN list) Argument comes naturally to it. You might as well start a "vanilla is better than chocolate" thread. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was more referring to Volo's rather tenacious reiterations of how much better JE is than the games he has listed. He's gone on about it numerous times before, and it seemed like this thread was just an excuse to start it up again, while falling back on the veil that it's a discussion about IGN's list.

Agreed.

This just seems like a thread created to start arguments.

Well, I made it to the Superbowl, where my QB faced off against fellow Pro Bowler Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Unfortunately for the Patriots, they were riddled with injuries. They were down to their third string HB, and most of the offensive line was also out for the game. Given I have one of the best defensive lines in the game, I almost felt bad for New England. To add insult to injury, good chunks of their secondary was hurt, which made dissecting their defense even easier. By the end of the 1st Quarter it was 21-0, and by the end of the half it was 35-0. Their first point came early in the third quarter, when Santana Moss fumbled a punt in our redzone. The score ended up 63-14, and Clinton Portis rushed for 260 yards, and 5 TDs, including a 74 yard TD. My QB was solid as well, throwing for 305 yards, going 17-20 on the night, with 3 TD passes. On the plus side, it seems like we were able to keep most of our core together. I told my agent I was interested in staying in Washington, and they rewarded me with a 3 year, 42 million contract, with an $11 million signing bonus. Brandon Lloyd also signed a 5 year deal, and most of the key players are here for 3-4 years. I smell potential dynasty here.

Cool. I never would have expected Call of Duty to be available via Steam.

Speaking of emoticons, aren't we supposed to have some new ones?

Indeed we did enjoy HotU. Drow rule supreme. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I knew it! You're a Hades Alt! I am teh bestest detective!!! Move over Lou Gutman. EDIT: Oh wait, I forgot: "It's Hammertime!"

I am then immediately reminded of the movie Airplane!

I made the playoffs for the second consecutive year, once again going 14-2-0. Unfortunately for Dallas, we played them in the last game of the season and Drew Bledsoe was hurt for 4 weeks. THat's gotta suck going into the first week of the playoffs. I also broke Peyton Manning's TD record of 49 by one, getting the elusive 50. It wasn't really supposed to happen, but after Bledsoe got hurt, some people were taking liberties with Santana Moss, and he ended up missing a bit of the game. Feeling it was retribution for the Bledsoe injury, my QB felt it prudent to try to embarass the Cowboys for their final game. He was much more aggressive in the passing department, which resulted in 2 INT and more incompletions, and he got his lowest QB rating of 102. He fell 200 yards short of his NFL record 5200 pass season, getting a shade below 5000. While he did have a 500 yard game once last season, he was just steady and consistent this season, typically getting 300-350 yards a game. He has also been named MVP for the second consecutive year. Though mad props has to be given to Moss, Lloyd, Randel El, and rookie TE Steve Hayden (who finally learned how to catch a football by midseason), for making some impressive catches. And Clinton Portis....what a machine! He's been solid, rushing for over 100 yards in all but the last game. He's also a solid contributor to the passing game, typically getting 1-5 yard sideline passes, and turning them into 20+ yard gains. And third year FB Cooley is also playing awesome. The Redskins have an excellent team, and they are a force to be reckoned with. Soon we will start the playoffs, and I'm hoping for some big success there again. The real fun should start next season though, as my QB will undoubtedly want a raise from the 1.8 million rookie contract he has had so far. Though he's enjoyed Washington and would like to remain with the team. Given his franchise QB status, I'm sure they wouldn't mind him back either.

I dropped Torres for him after a couple of days. I did some research on him and he could be one of those sleeper picks.

I know what Microsoft Works is. How is it different than Office though, which is a suite of packages that includes Word as well. It's been a while since I used Works (High School). I vaguely remember some drawing programs...or maybe that was ClarisWorks for the Mac.

I'd be careful saying stuff like this. You might make some scientists angry. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How so? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Because science is not just statistics. Especially when the term statistics by itself generally refers to descriptive statistics, as well as probability theory. Statistics is exceptionally common in the social sciences. Despite the social sciences' best efforts to be recognized as scientific, there is still way too much introspection into those statistics that the social sciences will probably always have the stigma of never truly being scientific. It's very easy to generate statistics, even with proper standard deviations, expected values, and variability taken into account. But that doesn't necessarily mean you can conclude anything about those statistics.

My QB is now a franchise QB, with a ranking of 96. As a rookie he was able to have the cinderella season of all cinderella seasons, and lead his team to a Super Bowl championship upsetting the Pittsburgh Steelers in a fantastic game. His Redskins got off to a slow start the next season, though my QB is having a much better season. His TD:Int ratio is significantly better, and he has a QB rating of 125 right now (next closest is Manning with 110, and third place has like 95). He had one game where he through for 6 TDs and over 450 yards. However, we lost some good players in the off season. Fauria was an excellent TE, and rookie Steve Hayden is struggling in his place. He has been dropping more passes than Fauria did. Moss and Randel El are both playing fantastic though. They have fantastic physical abilities and are able to consistently get open. As a result, my QB has a pass completion percent of 70% and an average of 12 yard per catch. Despite losing the first two games though, we have bounced back with 6 straight and hope to secure a playoff spot in the next couple of weeks.

I'd be careful saying stuff like this. You might make some scientists angry.

You forget what you post? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Did you actually read what you quoted? These two posts do NOT contradict each other.

I have never heard of Triton.