kumquatq3

I've got a good memory :D

The "Golden Age" has come and gone - and is unlikely to be reborn anytime soon. It's time we deal with it, kumquatq. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Don't get me wrong, I'm not losing sleep at night, but damn it is it that hard to make a solid rpg nowadays?

I don't really think anyone is really surprised by this news. I have to say, tho I havn't had much time with Bloodlines, I never cared much for their games. But I hate to think what this says about the CRPG market. It seems almost all the players left in the game are testing the console market to a degree. Kinda starting to feel like that next "golden age" is always another year away.

We have a "working" relationship actaully, seeing short clips of him on an episode of "Bull****!" (great show) is prolly the closest I'll ever come to meeting the man. Look, if we're going to head down this road (and stick to our DC comic theme), than I think it should be made clear that Batman is by far greater than Superman. He does all these heroic things without powers. It's all about the self sacrifice here. He faces his own mortality daily too help others. You can't beat that. Especially not with an invincible small town hick that gets his jollies wearing underwear around and wearing glasses as his big disguise.

Sam & Max: back from the dead? German developer Bad Brain dances around rumors that it will take over development of the cult favorite; official news due next week. Staffers at German startup developer Bad Brain entertainment Ltd. laughed their way through a brief phone conversation today, confirming they would be posting news of their first major game assignment on Monday. What exactly is that game? According to reports, Bad Brain has signed an agreement with LucasArts to take over development Sam & Max Freelance Police. When presented with the story the staffer did not confirm or deny the news, simply saying, "We will post news on our Web site Monday." The sequel to the 1993 cult favorite Sam & Max Hit the Road, Freelance was being internally developed at LucasArts until last March, when it was unceremoniously canceled. Fans of the whimsical original cried foul, and created online petitions calling for work to resume on the sequel. When contacted by GameSpot, LucasArts reps declined to comment on the game's status. Today's news, while short on specifics, should be fleshed out with additional data from Bad Brain next week. :cool: Smile

What boy? Timmy's introuble? Is it a well? Did Timmy fall down a well? No? Is Timmy on fire? No, huh? Damn it, he's trying to tell us something, but what........

Well, I should point out that there isn't anything solid (then again I'm not hitting the PMs like the old days, so there might be something out there), but afaik everyone is beating around the bush and/or giving negitive hints when asked about it. Not sounding good.

word coming in is that it is true and mass layoffs have already occured

First, as I said, penicillin was a fluke. I think that has to be figured into this arguement. It's not like the guy was trying to make it. Second, Norman didn't save millions. He saved HUNDREDS of millions. If not a Billion +. This didn't come about because some fungus fell in a dish either. He did it with years of research and self sacrifice.

you can tell from the amount of effort on the sites that they clearly hate America (aka "The Western Devil") the most

They're GOLD <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 1. I'm not buying the NDA line 2. Damn you Morgan Man!

Well, there is a good chance I already named him, but the purpose of this thread is to pick people for a contest that is running. Simple, for whatever reason, we automatically feel that pride. Call it pack instinct, call it meme or gene's, it's there. Is it smart or does it even make sense? Maybe not. But on the flip side, this man was able to accomplish what he did because of how this country is set up and run, because of the values that were taught to him. Maybe his accomplishments don't happen if he is born in another country. So, I suppose the pride that comes about is almost a sense of confirmation for the country you live in.

The article had this to say about the release date:

That was good

Batman :ph34r: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> .....god damn you Canadians

another person actaully worthy of being in the top 5

Pats, as much as I would like someone else to win (other than the Eagles, not to get into that topic again), the Pats are just too good of a team. I stress team. They are a perfect example of what football should be. To bad their fans are little bitches.

I'm not sure if they are a full 2 teams, much less 3. Anyways, as Hades says, he reads, but he doesn't post very much, but when he does say something (to his credit) it's usually the truth (as in what he actually believes). Tho I'd like to see some of those questions answered myself.

First, that is retarded logic, and pretty ignorant. I can only hope your kidding. Second, I will now tell you who the greatest American is. He also most likely happens to be the worlds greatest person to ever live. I guess you might say that he is the worlds greatest hero. Norman Ernest Borlaug was born on March 25, 1914 on a farm near Cresco, Iowa. After completing his primary and secondary education in Cresco, Borlaug enrolled in the University of Minnesota where he studied forestry. Immediately before and immediately after receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in 1937, he worked for the U.S. Forestry Service at stations in Massachusetts and Idaho. Returning to the University of Minnesota to study plant pathology, he received the master's degree in 1939 and the doctorate in 1942. From 1942 to 1944, he was a microbiologist on the staff of the du Pont de Nemours Foundation where he was in charge of research on industrial and agricultural bactericides, fungicides, and preservatives. Pretty humble start right? Doesn't sound like the worlds greatest hero to me, I've never even heard of the guy, right? In 1944, the Rockefeller Foundation invited him to work on a project to boost wheat production in Mexico. At the time Mexico was importing a good share of its grain. There Norman breed a new kind of high-yielding short-strawed, disease-resistant wheat over the course of almost 20 years. In the late 1960s, most experts were speaking of imminent global famines in which billions would perish. "The battle to feed all of humanity is over," biologist Paul Ehrlich famously wrote in his 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb. "In the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now." Ehrlich also said, "I have yet to meet anyone familiar with the situation who thinks India will be self-sufficient in food by 1971." He insisted that "India couldn't possibly feed two hundred million more people by 1980." He was wrong. Normans efforts in Mexico landed him numerous university honors from around the world. He is estimated to have saved a million plus lives in Mexico, at least, and raised the quality of life for millions of others there. You can live better lives when wondering what you'll eat today isn't your first concern. A million people saved and millions more able to have access to sufficent quantity of food is a good start for the worlds greatest hero, but Norman Borlaug was far from done. He took his wheat to India and Pakistan. You have to remember, India alone at that time was looking at mass starvation in the the near future numbering in the tens of millions if not hundreds of millions. Norman Borlaug went in with a team and gave the new wheat, which was altered for the areas condidtions, to the farmers, and stuck around to teach local farmers how to cultivate it properly. This I suppose is nice enough, but he did this while the two countries were at war. In Pakistan, wheat yields rose from 4.6 million tons in 1965 to 8.4 million in 1970. In India, they rose from 12.3 million tons to 20 million. This happened, you have to remember, in only about 5-6 years. And the yields continue to increase. In 1999, India harvested a record 73.5 million tons of wheat, up 11.5 percent from 1998. Contrary to popular belief at the time, hundreds of millions didn't die in massive famines. India fed far more than 200 million more people, and it was just about self-sufficiency in food production by 1971 . India's population has more than doubled, its wheat production has more than tripled, and its economy has grown nine-fold. The expected quality of life for these people has jumped by leaps and bounds. Norman is the reason Indias future went from starvation in the streets to the US worrying about them taking IT jobs. For his efforts, Norman won the Nobel peace Prize in 1970 and started a movement called "The Green Revolution". Shortly after their work in India. Norman and his team created high-yield rice varieties that quickly spread through out Asia. Norman also introduces wheat grains to any African nation that will allow him to come. All told, it is estimated that the number of lives saved by Norman numbers in the hundreds of milllions, maybe into to the BILLIONS, and the numbers continue to rise. Most of these lives, I think it is worthy to note, were of people that were a different race than him and that he had never met. The number of lives, in terms of quality, that he effected for the better may never be known. Just stop and think about these numbers for a second. If you ask Norman, the last info I could found said he was still teaching at Texas A&M at the age of 86 and speaking about his causes, what his greatest honor ever bestowed on him was (and there are many) he will tell you it is a little street that was named after him in Mexico near where he first invented his wheat grain. Millions, if not a billions, of people saved. Not bad for a kid from Iowa. I only hope that my short and skinny rendition of his life didn't do him an injustice. So that is my nomination for the worlds greatest hero and the greatest American. Whats yours? (I hope the guy who voted for Bush reads this) Links: Nobel prize website to Norman

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God Dam...gzzzz....errr.....um....noooooooo " But I'll give you a hint: He played running back for the Chicago Bears. Seriously, this person saved millions (if not an estimated BILLION, BILLION with a B) of lives (without killing anyone else) and this person did it with self sacrifice, hard earned knowledge in this persons field (this person didn't save lives because of of fluke, a la Penicillin), and this person won a nobel prize for his efforts. Yet I'd bet 9 out of 10 Americans, at least, have never heard of this person. Until about a year ago, I hadn't either. This person may be responsible for more lives lived and a higher quality of life for these people than any one person to ever live. and this person is American In fact, I'd argue that short of Jesus actually being the son of god , this person is the greatest person to ever live (and even then I could make a good case). Guesses anyone?

I think it was a few more than that, but you don't rate a guy who has made the pro bowl every previous year he played by one season.

Ok, I know it fashionable to call Urlacher "overrated" right now, but Roosey wasn't better. In fact, I'm glad we let him get away. We got another amazing young LB now to replace him.

I'm going to wait a little, and then I will tell you who the greatest American is. Once I present my case, there will be little doubt. you'll see I'm not kidding either

No, I wouldn't know how to post it; and it