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I know IGN has. And I'm pretty sure I've read about them in pretty much every news source.

Even the fact that you acknowledge that he has the "possibility" of breaking his records implies much more than just being the next dominant player of his era. I'm not saying that he is expected to break it. But he must be able to put up totals that can make you think it's a "possibility" that he could break a record...in your own words. If I read "way more" in to the hype, then so did everyone else. How many people point out the lacrosse goal and stuff like that. The kid has been receiving HUGE praise for a long time already, and is even known to non-hockey fans.

New engine for a Kotor-game... And I would expect Elektra before U3. U3 is still primarily a engine for FPS, and making a Kotor-like game of it would probably take some time, especially if you are one of the first devs in game-country doing it and thus not be able to lend from their ideas or ask Epic about how others did such things before... If it does use U3, I think we would see PNJ first, despite which company would made KOTOR3... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What are you talking about? An engine is an engine. A home made mod team made an RTS mod out of the Unreal Engine. I wouldn't think a team of professional developers would really have all that difficult of a time adapting it. The important stuff in the engine isn't the perspective, but the actual data for the engine itself.

I've heard it's actually possible to avoid him just by running around outside.

I think it's clear that not many of you have been to E3. Even if you claim that you have no problems concentrating on the games, it's quite obvious you haven't even noticed the people around you.

It's obvious. There's a finite amount of resources to go around. Therefore, there's a finite amount of articles to write. Every article written about the booth babes, is not one being written about the games. Or worse yet, collectively a little bit less written about every game. Then this has zero effect on you. Yes, I am serious. If you're so interested in the games though, why is it a concern to any of you?

Yzerman has had an excellent career, and has been my favourite player in the NHL since I started watching it again in 2000. But you're fooling yourself if people aren't expecting Gretzky/Lemieux greatness out of him. For LeBron to be the next Michael Jordan, he does have to be dominating. In every aspect of the game, with an insane intensity and an ability to come through in the clutch. Yes he does. Not absolute numbers, but relative numbers. He can't just be "a little" better than the Kovalchuks and the Ovechkins. Again, it's all relative. If he's the "most dominating" player in the NBA, but not in the way that Jordan was, then he doesn't live up to the hype. He'll need to be dominating offensively, defensively, and especially in the clutch. As an aside, while I don't watch much basketball, LeBron doesn't seem to be that similar of a player to Jordan anyways.

If there's a new KOTOR it probably won't be on a new engine, but the Unreal 3 engine.

Yeah, but every article put out about the booth babes by the media is not an article put out about a game. Furthermore, how many "smaller" game studios have the $$$$ to bring out the booth babes to draw out a crowd. I wouldn't mind a bit more exposure to other games.

You are welcome to get back to your werewolves anytime. ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ROFL!

Why is that? I wouldn't be surprised either way really.

I should load up BG2 again some day. It's been a long time. I'll put it at the end of the queue, involving HOI2, and Rome: Total War. Unfortunately, both those games can take up months of my time, and my "break" from Civ4 can end at any time. I could probably squeeze in some time around 2008

I wouldn't be too surprised about that.

Given the retarded amount of exposure he seems to get from the media, if he has a Steve Yzerman career, he will not have lived up to the hype. People weren't calling him "The Next One" for no reason.

I always shake my head with a smile when I hear about signs things such as signs that have to have the French part twice as big as the English part and all that sort of stuff.

I'm trying to figure out why we should care.

I think you did a fantastic job of not really reading what we're writing.

Fair enough with my QMJHL numbers being incorrect. It's hard to ignore the 133 goal season he had, in addition to the insane improvements he had each season in the QMJHL. Compared to his first season, Crosby's progression was not nearly as good as Lemieux's (doubled his rookie performance in his second year, and tripled it in his third year). The thing I never liked about many media "experts" is how they would jump on the gun with players like Daigle and Crosby, indicating that they scored more points than Lemieux did in his rookie season, when looking at the stats it's clear Lemieux was just starting to tap his potential when he entered the league. You may not have been saying Sid will or will not be better than Mario, but you should not be surprised to have people challenging the comparison as soon as you point out their respective rookie years. I'm curious how well Sid is going to do, now that both Mario and Palffy are out of the picture.

A lot of love here for the NDP. I'm not so sure why. I'd personally be terrified if they came to power.

I don't like the insta-feedback, unless we have some sort of ability to have premonitions. Jade Empire had the same thing, which was just irritating.

For some reason I can hear Imoen saying that

The thing about the World of Darkness is that humanity waaaaay outnumbers the vampires.

Alexander Daigle scored more goals his rookie season in the QMJHL than Mario did (and total points). If anything, I'd say Mario's rookie season in the QMJHL is the anamoly. It's quite clear he was just starting to tap what was his game, as indicated in his next two seasons. I don't know enough about minor hockey, but the people I know that do "claim" to know about the CHL feel that the QMJHL isn't as strong of a league as it once was.