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Yeah, sorry about the confusion, I was slightly confused a bit myself. That's what I get sneaking in reading posts and making them while at work. But yeah, it's applicable in either case.

You will never solve the problem of annoying fanboys shouting about stuff. They'll just shout about something different than numbers. Anyway, I'm all for trying to make a positive change. I very much have my doubts about this succeeding, but I'll do my part to try to help it do so. If I flushed $25 down the toilet then so be it, it's not the end of the world. Potentially getting Metacritic surgically removed from gaming's arse is worth a $25 risk to me (plus the time I'm going to put in on the site). I'm assuming they'll have user reviews too, I hope. I plan to write a bunch up with as much detail and as little bias as I can muster up. If they do, I hope the place doesn't get flooded with the stupid "This game set my cat on fire. 10/10 would set cat on fire again" joke reviews. Those don't help anyone. Hopefully they'll have a forum too, if so you'll see me on there likely (I already got my username reserved, same as this one).

They're only asking for 100k? If there is any goodness left in the world they will meet that goal in a matter of hours. Then they can open up PayPal support and I can toss them some moneyz.

Never heard of this, but it looks like it could be amusing.

It's a free Quest For Glory clone.

Still. Waiting. For. Linux. Version. Of. D:OS. Anyway, I still haven't played the Directors Cut version, but Dragonfall was awesome, I'm super excited for the incoming (today?) new Kickstarter for Hong Kong. Might & Magic X was a surprisingly good and faithful (maybe a little too faithful) throwback to old skool M&M games, I enjoyed it thoroughly. No comment on Neo Scavenger, haven't played it. I would personally put Wasteland 2 above all those games, but that's my own personal preference. I was a darn good year for RPGs.

Niche Gamer second interview with Christian Allen

Dang. Most of Something Awful is harmless with people just poking fun and such, but there are dark corners of that place where folks don't just joke about stuff, they're into that stuff for real. Some real sick people in those dark corners. If /b/ is much worse than that, then I shudder to think about that.

It's users from old /b/ who enjoy doxing and stuff. Best to avoid. Is it something like the seedier crevices of Something Awful?

Can someone explain this "Baphomet" business to me? I don't frequent 8chan, 4chan, or any other chan, so I have no clue what anyone is talking about.

Holy ****, that's a pretty awesome twitter rant by Based Biscuit. My favorite part was: The Cynical Brit at his most gloriously cynical.

Wooo, with hours to spare!

I'm looking forward to the prestigious first annual Gorgon Awards. Any special guests planned? Who can you get on short notice?

I remember this. At the beginning it looked like it had little chance to make its goal, but it's going to be close. Hopefully the goal is met.

Well yeah, karma is a b****. There's also the karma for the picked up flag in last week's game, so double karma payback.

Well, sure, but that's easy to say sitting at a computer. On a crucial 4th down play, making a spectacular grab, it's probably hard in that split second as all that happens to recall this ridiculous rule and make a judgement to tuck the ball rather than risk stretching out for the endzone. I would think instinct pretty much takes over at that point and it;s Dez's instinct, as a competitor, to try and score the TD on that play, it's what makes him a great player. It's the same reason I don't get too mad at DeMarco Murray when he fumbles when he's fighting for extra yardage. Part of me wants him to maybe not fight quite as hard and put more effort into securing the ball and less into trying to get extra yards, but it's the instinct and desire to keep fighting for extra yards that makes him a great runner.

Well, okay that clip doesn't start early enough, I guess, to show the ball as it's getting there, still he gets control of it almost immediately and before he even starts falling. More importantly, as a rule that's supposed to take judgement calls out of the game the Calvin Johnson Rule is a failure, since it still often comes down to a judgement call. The only difference being that the judgement call is now "did he make a 'football move'?" instead of "was that a catch?". Also, any rule, regardless of its good intentions that labels what is clearly a catch not a catch is a stupid rule. I still remember the original Calvin Johnson play. EVERYBODY thought that was a catch. Anyone with a set of eyeballs and a brain thought that was a catch. Even my sister, who doesn't watch or give a crap about football, came in the room as my pops and I were watching the replay and asked us "what's going on?". To which I replied "they're reviewing this catch". She watched a replay of it and asked "Why? That's clearly a catch."

Dez was falling down when he gained control of the ball. He might have had a chance a non-falling catch if he'd secured control when the ball first arrived, but Shields got a hand in there and made Byrant bobble it a bit before he could control it. He got it in his hands as he stumbled forward, though. Then the ball touched the ground and he lost control. Ergo, incomplete. It's really quite an easy call-- controversial only in that some people don't like the underlying rule. Really? What bobble? Show me the bobble. Here is the play: Dez clearly has complete control of that ball. He has it securely in his hands and stretches his arm out, fully controlling the ball, toward the endzone. The ball comes loose when it hits the ground, he is in complete control of it up until that point. The "football move" part is important because if it is deemed that he has completed catching the ball and is making a "football move" then he is no longer considered to be in the process of catching the ball and is now considered a runner. The question is, is he still in the process of making the catch when the ball hits the ground or has he made a "football move"?

Here is the Calvin Johnson Rule in all its faulty glory: Part c is the important part and what is commonly referred to as making a "football move". The problem is that there is no clear definition of what is and isn't a "football move". They cite a few examples then give the all powerful et cetera at the end, which essentially boils down to "use your judgement", which is hilarious for a rule put in place to remove judgement calls from the refs. So, Dez fulfilled part a, he clearly had control of the ball, I don't think anyone questioned that. He fulfilled part b, both his feet came down inbounds and he took a couple steps on the way down. The question is, did he fulfill part c? That question boils down to whether stretching out towards the endzone is considered a "football move". I would say yes, apparently the officials disagree and think that stretching out toward the endzone is not an "act common to the game".

Angry Dez is pretty hilarious. He's almost as good as Harbaugh having a meltdown.

I started to play Metro 2033 Redux on my Linux machine then stopped. The game runs fine and the graphics are amazing, but there are several problems. First off, the graphical options are as follows: Overall graphical quality SSAA Texture Filtering Motion Blur VSYNC That's it, that's all of it. There isn't even a ****ING separate selection for ****ing resolution. WHAT THE ****!? Apparently, resolution is tied in to overall graphics? What kind of crap is that? I figured out how to change it in the config file, but still, that is NOT ACCEPTABLE. More so, the game does not recognize my extra mouse buttons. I have a 5 button mouse (works just fine with all other games), but anything beyond mouse1, mouse2, and the scroll wheel button (mouse 3) are invisible. What ****ing year is this, 1993? 5+ button mice have existed for ****ing DECADES! What kind of lazy ****ing **** is this? For anyone wanting to play this game on Linux, know this, the port is garbage. Absolute ****ing garbage. Anyway, in the more positive realm of things, I plan to restart Jagged Alliance Flashback. Not due to any fault of the game (other than explaining mechanics) but due to my own negligence. I didn't understand/remember all mechanics early on which caused me to neglect doing some things that would benefit me greatly now and are 100x harder to do now. I could continue and persevere with a handicap, but I'll wuss out and start over. I figure it's better to start over now while still early, than have to start over later.

You can't take on every foe at the same time. Big Publishers have big lawyers and tons of money to throw around. Taking on corrupted press AND SJWs (they are somewhat intertwined) is hard enough. Taking on the press, the SJWs, AND the publishers all at once would be folly. As much as it pains me to say it, you gotta pick your battles. For what it's worth, I battle the big publishers personally by no longer purchasing their games in many cases (Haven't purchaed an Activision game in 4 or 5 years, haven't purchased an EA game in at least 2 years, haven't purchased an Ubisoft game since Child of Light, so 8 months).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq2ohfX_AzI At least they're consistent with it. lol It was unbelievably wrong the first time, it was just as wrong this time. That rule is so messed up. The point of it, I guess, is to take the guesswork out of officiating... by calling what is CLEARLY a catch not a catch... Somehow this makes sense to the NFL. Edit: Regardless, the Cowboys had a great season. Now they need to build off this for next year. Pay Dez, shore up the defense and get a QB for the future. Romo isn't done yet, but he's a couple hits away from done, they need to start developing a replacement yesterday.

Cowboys got totally ****ed today. You can call it payback for last week's dubious no call, and that's fair, but that was ABSOLUTELY a catch by Dez. The Calvin Johnson Rule is utter garbage. Any rule where something 99% out of 100% of people with eyeballs and a brain decisively know was a catch is called not a catch is a retarded rule that has no place in the game. Oh well, still a great season by the Cowboys.

Also, don't let him call a timeout when you get a generous spot that gives you 1st down. What the **** was that timeout to give the refs a chance to review?