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[EDIT] I'm glad that we've gone full circle on this. I took a screen shot that I'd like to share right now.

Wow, Kitty, those are some sweet screen shots! What game is this again?

I'm playing Age of Mythology right now. Cool stuff.

Okay, I hate the name marginally less knowing you suggested it. :Cant's wry grin icon:

Well, I agree that playing outside with friends is the best bet. Organized sports are still a good, though. In my opinion, kids should get most of their exercise in regular outdoor play, but school physical education and organized sports are part of the equation as well. By the time kids reach highschool, there's a good number of them who want to participate in organized sports and I think it's good that the opportunity exists for them to do so. What I'd really like, and this won't be the case in the foreseeable future, is a better variety of organized sports with decent funding. Problem is, someone has to foot the bill.

I was platinum blond when I was a kid. I mean, I was white haired. I always wanted to have darker hair and I've preferred a darker haired look over the years.

Oh, you're not alone. I still like to think my sprinkles of grey make me look distinguished. hahaha

Yes, but those are unhealthy tendencies. Victory is the central goal in sports. However, most folks probably wouldn't consider sleeping with their best friends wives as victorious. Speaking as someone who is married and has a lot of friends with wives, that's not how you look at it unless you're not a very good friend anyhow. Sleeping with someone for the "victory" value is a ridiculous notion to most mature adults. Sure, there are a lot of bad apples out there, but so what? Most of all, because some folks take sports or the idea of competing to outlandish extremes is a poor argument at any rate. ...Or are you saying that we should ban video games because of the extreme cases found in news reports? striving and competing is part of life. Sports can be an effective way to teach participants a healthier way to view competition.

Okay, I official hate the forum name! hahahaha. Well, as long as Skeeter is a nice guy, it won't matter much. :D

No one has truly "black" hair in that, viewed under a microscope, it is some shade of brown, even verging on red. However, I agree with Hades. Let's not overengineer our view of hair color. Water is not blue, but the ocean is.

Oh, I was just thinking that, if we're going to use terms like Nascar dads and Soccer moms, maybe we could spread the offense to other parts of the world. You've got to watch out. If someone decides to ridicule your passtime, then you might have a wikipedia entry to support the obnoxious behavior. So, I suppse we can agree that all parents who cheer at their child's soccer game are trying to usurp the coach? Not all dads who watch nascar are ignorant, knee jerking, bigots? Not all moms who take kids to soccer games do so in a mini-van? Not all Europeans who enjoy watching "football" trample each other to death? I find the term nascar dad particularly offensive. So, I'll retract my comment about European Football fans. After all, two wrongs can't make a right? Right? As for sporting events in general, I'd like to say that I think there is value in sports other than winning the game. Trying hard and doing your best are an important part of sports. Bring a good sport and working as a team and learning from your mistakes are all worthy skills that sports help to inculcate into participants of all ages. Just as the European Football fans must bear the reputation that plagues the sport, so must Nascar dads and Soccer moms and parents at any sporting event live with the reputation they've received because of stereotypes and prejudices. The point remains, however, that a big part of sports, undoubtedly the single biggest part of sports, is competition. It's impossible to remove. It is unwise to try.

No, I think good sportsmanship and fair play are a part of any good sporting event. What I don't like is the idea that you're somehow the equivalent of a European Football fan if you do nothing more than cheer and yell encouragement to the team. Hell, I was applauding and taking note of great plays by both teams. The goalie, in particular, did a great job for the other team. Hell, most of the game was played around the opposing team's goal.

The primary goal of any game is to have fun. However, the pathway for fun to most folks is being competive and making a good showing. There is no better showing than winning. After fun and winning, you get to the whole take part and do you best philosophy. However, the idea that the point behind a game is to "take part and do your best," has led to outrageous notions like we shouldn't cheer at sporting events.

We'll have to address the state of spelling, punctuation, and grammar some other day. Threads like this one do virtually nothing to improve spelling and are a real downer for the community. I'm glad you like it here, Anphrax, and I hope you stay and participate in our many off topic threads.

Recently, I went on a trip to visit friends in Nor Cal. While I was there, I attended the eldest child's soccer game. It was the usual fare, with the parents sitting on one side of the field and the children on the team sitting on the other. Makes sense, the kids really don't need the parents to breath down their necks the whole game. While the kids played a few of us were yelling and cheering. This is part of any normal sporting event. If you have a problem with it, you've undoubtedly got a problem. I didn't hear anyone yell a negative comment. Nothing like, "you need to run faster" or "that's not how you do it!" For my part, I cheered for good plays on both sides. This is part of being a good sport. However, having driven some 400 miles, I was cheering louder for my friend's team. That's part of sports also. I was also yelling what I thought were encouraging remarks. No, I wasn't screaming at the top of my lungs. Neither were any of the three or four other parents who were cheering at the game. Mostly I called out things like, "That right! Keep the pressure on 'em! You're doing it!" One of the parents behind me turned to his friend and said, "Too many coaches for the teams, huh?" What a jackass. In the old days, when parents would ruin kids' sports by being over competetive, folks decided to ratched down the hostility a little. Now, however, we're going the other direction. When it's considered over the top to yell, "Great running guys! Keep going!" then I have to wonder if sports are on the wrong path. We should never forget that sports are a competition. The point of any sporting event is to win. Sure, there are "sports" that aren't really competitions. In fact, I think it's a great idea to put off keeping score at the young kids events. Let them get used to the sport in a safe environment where they can learn some of the important aspects sports, like fairplay and good sportsmanship. Nevertheless, it eventually ends up in the same place: a contest between teams. One will win and one will lose. It's part of our human nature and we shouldn't mistake enthusiasm combined with genuine good-will for agressive hostility. The following article is what made me think of this today and I thought I'd share. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/...htmare&GT1=8404

I've seen Kung Pao: Enter the Fist and Unbreakable lately. Kung Pao was a comedy and so stupid it was actually quite funny. Unbreakable was panned by the critics, but I rather like it. Second viewing on that one.

Sounds like Fionavar was right. I will not give my opinion regarding the idea of getting a permanent identifying mark on your body. After all, most of you are only a step away from hardened criminal-hood. You know how dangerous easily identifiable features are for folks like you. At any rate, old-fashioned or not, please make a new thread if you want to discuss tattoos in gerneral. If you have an answer for eddo, please send it to him via PM.

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I actually enjoyed Lionheart. Call me crazy. The only thing is, the later half is a slogfest with boring monsters. Still, it got a lot of undeserved grief. Combined with the richly deserved grief it received, Lionheart never got any street cred. Hell, the Black Isle folks did everything but wear t-shirts that said, "It's not our fault."

It's a bit staid, but I like Tech Plaza also.

Bite your tongue, you swine! Seriously, we don't want to give the impression that this is a forum for technical help regarding any specific title. It's really a forum for discussing new technologies and techniques. In fact, Fionavar and meta have created some useful threads that are quite helpful to the resident floundering geeks among us. I count myself in that number.

This is why I thought we should wait. It wouldn't matter, Epiphany, even if you were right. It's simply unseemly to gloat in the first place and it's silly to gloat before the match is over. I don't say that with any animosity. Imagine how much worse it would be if I had not edited your original comments? You'd have a whole year of crow on which to dine. Please, folks, be adult and reasonable about these consoles. Don't go vendetta on each other over a gaming rig.

Iron Man -- Black Sabbath

hahaha Centerfold is a classic. I'm off to listen to more spanish guitar. I finally got a new cd! Don't worry, I won't bore you guys with the details!

I liked it so much, I decided I need to listen to Pancho and Lefty again. There's a peculiar quality to the song. Now, I'm listening to Guantan Amera -- Celia Cruz.