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I saw this on the boards front page... I think I felt my brain break.

Hades - may I suggest a change of avatar: Hitler was democratically elected as well. It doesn't matter if they got 100% of the votes, or if God himself appointed them as rightful rulers of that land. What they are up to is against the interests of those who have the big bucks. Which means they'll get their asses handed to them time and time again, until they freaking knock it off. And quite frankly, I don't have a problem with that. Sorry. The world doesn't work like that. It can't work like that, either. You are proof of that, yourself, sitting on your comfy chair, ranting on the internets, and making your purchases at Wal-Mart (or similar). So, there. Fortunately, you don't. You do have the ability to end your oh so excruciating pain, though. It's not against the rules to post complete nonsense, but I think you were warned against advocating genocide. So, watch it.

Yeah, well. I was being sarcastic, if you couldn't tell. I believe that at the end of Silent Assassin, it's established pretty clearly that 47 is a killing machine, plain and simple, and that it's pointless for him to fight what he is. This is not to say he doesn't have any feelings (as illustrated in his relation with Diana), but those just don't operate in the same level as those of a "normal" person. He was, after all, genetically engineered with a single purpose in mind. Again, your opinion is that of an unlicensed Mr. Nobody, just like mine. I do not believe that a (even slightly) emotional 47 would be coherent with what we have seen thus far in the games, but hell, they even made the goddamn Terminator look like Father of the Year so he could be the central figure in the movie.

There goes the neighborhood.

Word.

No, actually D's build is wrong for 47. He's a bit too short, and much too muscular. If they could get Statham to shave his perennial 3-day beard, he would be the man for the movie. I don't have anything against Vin, by the way. I like Pitch Black quite a lot, and even enjoyed The Chronicles of Riddick (yes, I actually admitted to that). It's just he's not the first person that comes to mind when talking about 47.

With a bit of luck, this will spread, and people will get word of it. At least Zizou will get that. I doubt that's enough to have Materazzi punished by FIFA, and at any rate, it'll be too little, too late.

You forgot: Must not be made by Bethesda.

Give it time. If it's garbage, it'll eventually be dismissed as such, and it'll go the way of the aether.

This question only makes sense in basic, euclidean geometry. There are other accepted geometric models, which you are obviously unaware of. Euclidean geometry is probably the most "intuitive" one, but is a tad outdated, and wholly insufficient when dealing with problems more complicated than calculating volumes and distances. The same can be said for any number of natural phenomena we know about only from mathematical predictions, and later, indirect evidence. So, yeah. I guess the weak nuclear force doesn't exist, either. You can do that in your imagination, not in mathematics. I'll leave the implications of that for you to deduce. He said "maybe". You see, it's pointless to try and explain quantum physics to somebody that can't properly solve an integral (this is just an example, I'm not making any assumptions about Kafty here), and so on, and so forth. If anyone could be a theoretical physicist, there would be no need for candidates to undergo several years of training in mathematics alone. It's fine for people to have a philosophical take on existance and a cosmogony of their own, but sometimes, that is going to conflict with hard, cold facts provided by science. I know about your little logical loophole that allows you to disregard anything you wish, be it theory or "facts" (I know you will chuckle at this), but for most people, being stuck in a philosophical insufficiency supported by nothing just doesn't cut it. It's pointless to continue the discussion, though. Laozi won the thread in like, page 2: Good ultimatum, since it can't be met. As I assume your defenition of "real" is probably defined by what we can see and experience as humans. As a matter of fact, that's a pretty poor "ultimatum". Alan provided a good example that takes root in our lack of proper understanding of time. But take it a little further, and try and make me a drawing of time itself. You can't draw an electron in 3D. It's just not possible, but you can easily die from having one too many of these little buggers. You can't also draw light, and tell me light doesn't exist. You can't draw cold or heat. So there. The list goes on and on.

Eh? I remember discussing this stuff with you but I don't remember the arguments exactly. Must've made you quite mad if you still remember everything in such detail... heh. No. Italy attacked a lot during the first half, but only because they were losing. Once they got their equalizer, they fell back and let their magic defense do their stuff. I had really hoped they would play as they had in their last matches, but it seems the perspective of winning the world cup reverts them to their "primal self". France kept up the pace, but they were unlucky. And, there's this guy called Buffon, too. Also, I'm surprised nobody mentioned that second penalty they were robbed of. Yeah. Kinda reminded me of Klose's style... lol @ berserk Zidane.

Playmates these days...

It's a great source of games, though.

The part about "surviving because nobody can seem to break through their defense" can be applied to any team, any time. So, whatever. The thing is, France is constantly on the offensive, trying to get the ball to Henry or Ribery, and pressuring the goal. They rarely fall back (with their defenders line being more in the middle than in the rear). and don't rely on counterhits to get their goals. I'm going to take your word for it about the match vs SK as I didn't watch it, but then again, their game has only picked up since the match against Spain. They almost didn't make it to the second round, so... Ah, right. So now because they have an awesome bunch of players in the middle of the field that cut most passes and prevent the other teams from playing at their leisure, they are boring, nay, destructive? So what should they do, let everyone pass and have Barthez save it at the last moment? Get real. Also, goals are seldom a good indicative of anything. Good games have often ended in 0-0, and it's not uncommon in boring matches that two or three goals are scored, because of counterhit tactics. Eh? Where did I say you aren't entitled to your opinion? I'm just saying you're wrong at best, and completely clueless at worst. That's my opinion. Don't get all snappy on me. Meh. They need to fix the refereeing so the amount of mistakes is reduced to a minimum. Be it unintentional or forced, it makes no sense that with technology available that could easily put a stop to it, they still do it the old fashioned way.

Oh please. Stop trying to be clever, it's not like you are new here. I was in fact granting you the benefit of doubt, as only someone that hadn't watched the games could say that France plays defensively. Usually I'd agree with that statement applying to Italy, but their last two matches at least prove they don't always do that. It's not a matter of opinion either, pally. So, have it your way. You have watched the games. The only conclusion then is that you just have no idea what you're talking about. He's overrated. He dives when he should take it like a man and keep going. He would rather get a penalty kick than a fair goal. That's enough for me to dislike a player. Sure, he's not the only one doing that. But I don't like those others that do the same, either.

Jens Lehmann.

Funny thing is, Coupet is a great keeper in his own right...

Aww, yeah baby. Give 'em hell with your mad vector analysis skillz.

Also, they need to get rid of Barthez.

Fix'd. The game's a dungeon crawler, what did you expect?

Don't get me started on that...

Is this some kind of bait for Baley?

I'm going to assume you haven't been watching the last games. So, before making this sort of clueless comment, watch the games.

Ah, of course. The Boreadore. Blame it on the lack of sleep.

Come again? And, um. Redemption sucks.