Announcing the Mile High Hockey "Predict & Win Contest"!
by Brett Shumway on Aug 31, 2010 8:00 AM MDT
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PrintGood morning dear readers,
In a recent post, many of you (meaning two) discussed how you would enjoy a forum to show off your powers of prediction and/or drunk luck, in guessing how the 2010-2011 season would unfold for our beloved Avalanche. So, in an effort to show we listen to our beleaguered league of faithful followers (and to kill some more time until Oct 7th), we are pleased to announce the first ever "Mile High Hockey Predict and Win Contest Extravaganza of Fun Time Merrymaking and Passing the Time Until the Season Starts Contest"! There will be prizes! There will be rules!! There will be Arby's sauce!
Here's how it will work: Tomorrow morning, Wednesday, September 1st, at 10am MST, we will post the actual forum for you to make your predictions. The post will be open for 48 hours, after which, it will close and all predictions will do like Moses and his ten commandments and be set in stone. **if you are not currently a member of SBN and MHH, first, why the hell aren't you? And second, you can sign up today and then be able to comment now, and cast your prediction tomorrow. So don't wait!**
Rules:
- Be nice. All predictions are created equal, so no attacking anyone or their prediction!! No name calling, no biting, no hair-pulling, no crying, no running near the swimming pool. Leave those types of surly shenanigans for the clever fans of the winged wheel.
- You only get ONE prediction. Once you've had your say, you're done. You can't change your story five times throughout the post - that's why we're giving you a day's notice to ponder and utilize all your mind grapes to come up with the best prediction you possibly can.
You must predict the following 4 items to enter the contest and be eligible for the sweet prizes:
- What do you predict will be the point total the Avs will amass over the 82 game season?
- First tie-breaker: What round (if any) of the playoffs will the Avs get to? First? Second? Miss playoffs? Cup Champs? Etc., etc..
- Second tie-breaker: Guess the Avs regular season final conference standing.
- Third tie-breaker: How many starts for Peter Budaj?
So your prediction could read something like this: I predict the Avs will finish with 95 points, get tossed in the second round, finish 7th in the West, and Budaj will start a measly 1 start.
Prizes: The winner will receive a pair of season tickets! $25 gift certificate to the MHH store, a front page article declaring and celebrating the winner's amazing skills (photo of yourself included!), bragging rights all summer long (unless you get too annoying), and Mike will take you out for an Arby's lunch where he will personally punch the Arby's sandwich of your choosing.
All of this is subject to change as we see fit/our lawyer (Joe) advises. But please have fun and enjoy yourselves. Feel free to use today's post to get out all your thinking/debating so that your prediction is fine tuned and ready to rock Wednesday morning.
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Just noticed the caption on top of the page:
“Mile High Hockey -
A Colorado Avalanche community that usually operates below the cap floor”
You guys are never getting a press credential.
ever.
The 8th month is the month for Wolskis
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 31, 2010 8:53 AM MDT up reply actions
And that
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 31, 2010 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
And that’s the way I like it *uh-hunh
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 31, 2010 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
DDC and the MHH Crew
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 31, 2010 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions
I can’t believe I lived through the 70’s.
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by Bob in Boulder on Aug 31, 2010 9:59 AM MDT up reply actions
I wish I could go back
The 8th month is the month for Wolskis
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 31, 2010 10:09 AM MDT up reply actions
Missed them by that much (born in early 80)
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 31, 2010 10:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Quit playing the “I was born in early 80” card. We know you are an older man, so we can trust what you say.
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by Bob in Boulder on Aug 31, 2010 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions
I missed them too, ’84.
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 31, 2010 10:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Got myself a full dose. It wasn’t pretty.
Now, everyone off the lawn.
Running-dog lackey counter-revolutionary malcontent, Not an expert.
by Busted Twigg on Aug 31, 2010 10:55 AM MDT up reply actions
I was born in 71, so I was there for the whole shebang. but I wasn’t old enough to really enjoy them, if you catch my drift
The 8th month is the month for Wolskis
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 31, 2010 11:01 AM MDT up reply actions
You and me both, my friend.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 31, 2010 11:09 AM MDT up reply actions
I was born just in time to see Tricky Dick bow out. I had me some bitchin’ kids clothes, I tell you true!
Colorado Avalanche Offseason Strategy - Please wake us in October
I missed most of the 80’s. ‘88 was my year. You’re all a bunch of old geezers.
There's a place out west where the Powder River rolls off the Bighorn Mountains. It's a land of red walls, blue sky, and clean air, where the eagle glides high above the canyons and makes its nest in the rocks that overlook the valleys where the sagebrush and cottonwoods grow. This is ranch country - has been for more than a hundred years.
Well things have changed some since the early days, but there's still a thread of character and tradition that runs true from one generation to the next. You can see it in the way folks out here set a horse; you can hear it in the way they talk. And when the work's all done, there's nothing they like better than to get together at the one room schoolhouse under the red wall for another down home, homegrown, Western Saturday night.
Get off of our lawn! And turn down that rap music. And pull up your pants.
Your 2010-2011 Colorado Avalanche: Reaching Up to the Cap Floor
by Bob in Boulder on Aug 31, 2010 2:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Fixed
And turn down that rap “music”.
There's a place out west where the Powder River rolls off the Bighorn Mountains. It's a land of red walls, blue sky, and clean air, where the eagle glides high above the canyons and makes its nest in the rocks that overlook the valleys where the sagebrush and cottonwoods grow. This is ranch country - has been for more than a hundred years.
Well things have changed some since the early days, but there's still a thread of character and tradition that runs true from one generation to the next. You can see it in the way folks out here set a horse; you can hear it in the way they talk. And when the work's all done, there's nothing they like better than to get together at the one room schoolhouse under the red wall for another down home, homegrown, Western Saturday night.
No way
Are you younger than me Jibbles…
(born in early 1880)
Fixed
My opinion is worth about what you paid for it: Nothing.
Shouldn’t we be counting something important? Examples:
- Length of Dario’s longest post of the regular season
- Number of punched sandwiches
- Number of obvious drunk Fanposts
- Number of times Beachie’s boy-toy age limit is tested
- Matt Duchene’s Corsi
Running-dog lackey counter-revolutionary malcontent, Not an expert.
number of Liles’ healthy scratches
The 8th month is the month for Wolskis
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 31, 2010 8:31 AM MDT up reply actions
- of Jibbles’ Jibblekopfs + # of Hopfenkopf’s Jibblekopfs
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 31, 2010 9:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Can anyone count that high?
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 31, 2010 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Number of…
- jokes stating Beachie has sex with JML (or insert player name)
- comments how Beachie will hate you if you criticize JML or suggest his trade
- comments that Beachie has no objective viewpoint on JML
- times Beachie and groin is mentioned in the same sentence
- times Beachie and sexual innuendos show up in a post each day
- times Beachie is referenced in the same sentence as nakedness
Wow, when you list the common Beachie memes out like that, I feel like you all think I’m an irrational whore.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 31, 2010 9:24 AM MDT up reply actions
No, not at all. I’m sure no one thinks you take money….
by Andy_ on Aug 31, 2010 9:31 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s cool; after 3 years, I’m used to people finding humor in making me out to be a slut.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 31, 2010 12:50 PM MDT up reply actions
that would be like people thinking I’m a drunk. Now where did I leave my beer?
Son, when you participate in sporting events - it's not whether you win or lose, it's how drunk you get.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 1:24 PM MDT up reply actions
I get the joke, but it really isn’t appreciated. Seriously, this meme has played itself out and it’s time to move on.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 31, 2010 2:11 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
friendly advice: ignore it and stop mentioning/responding to it and it will go away. when you keep bringing it up, it stays in the public consciousness. and some people will harp on it all the more if they know you don’t like it.
really, the internet is like middle school. :p
Man I hated middle school. Why do I keep coming here?
by MalachiConstant on Aug 31, 2010 3:25 PM MDT up reply actions
I get what you’re saying…and I tried that last season. Didn’t work out the way I hoped. This season is a new tactic: straight out, “It was fun, it’s not anymore, and please stop.” Hopefully, being direct will work better. I do really appreciate the advice, though…and now that I have said my piece, a few reminders here and there will be all I add.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 31, 2010 3:46 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
"It was fun, it’s not anymore, and please stop."
Unfortunately, TWSS
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 31, 2010 4:45 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
It’s called marriage.
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by Bob in Boulder on Sep 1, 2010 12:58 PM MDT up reply actions
as an impartial observer, I’d say it’s tapered off a ton. so the ignoring thing might be working. but it’s your call, just trying to help.
I thought so too, to be honest.
The 8th month is the month for Wolskis
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 31, 2010 7:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Thank you, very much. I really do appreciate it.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 31, 2010 8:45 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Beachie
We love you around here. No one here really thinks of you as a woman with loose morals. Sad to think what is supposed to be a laugh actually hurts you.
Hey, we all have our “images” on here: Jibble posting too fast in an incorrect fashion, BiB as a grumpy old man, Dan Winkler as a grumpier old man with Tourettes, DDC as the smart, responsible one and Mike as the sandwich punching slightly deranged one. However, it is only fun if all parties are enjoying it.
Hmm, two people here have access to the banhammer..maybe I should edit this…
My opinion is worth about what you paid for it: Nothing.
I'm sorry Beachie
Since I got this thread started, I’d like to offer my apologies. No offense intended in any way.
Running-dog lackey counter-revolutionary malcontent, Not an expert.
Stop the Beachie-Iz-Teh-Sluttorzzz meme? I'm down with that.
Beachie I’ve never thought of you as anything less than a passionate Avs fan. Those jokes are only fun if everyone is ok with them…especially the butt of the jokes.
Although this IS MHH. Memes don’t die quickly here. Who is that Tayler Arnoldsun character anyway? :P
"Joe Louis Arena is the Chipotle of Jackassery" - JIbblescribbits
Surely you don’t mean this guy.
There's a place out west where the Powder River rolls off the Bighorn Mountains. It's a land of red walls, blue sky, and clean air, where the eagle glides high above the canyons and makes its nest in the rocks that overlook the valleys where the sagebrush and cottonwoods grow. This is ranch country - has been for more than a hundred years.
Well things have changed some since the early days, but there's still a thread of character and tradition that runs true from one generation to the next. You can see it in the way folks out here set a horse; you can hear it in the way they talk. And when the work's all done, there's nothing they like better than to get together at the one room schoolhouse under the red wall for another down home, homegrown, Western Saturday night.
YouTube commenters crack me up
Guys such as dekstors, for example:
He is the worst player in latvian KHL club Dinamo Riga so far. He was very lazy on ice, he went to McDonalds every day and in the team everybody called him the cooker.
There's a place out west where the Powder River rolls off the Bighorn Mountains. It's a land of red walls, blue sky, and clean air, where the eagle glides high above the canyons and makes its nest in the rocks that overlook the valleys where the sagebrush and cottonwoods grow. This is ranch country - has been for more than a hundred years.
Well things have changed some since the early days, but there's still a thread of character and tradition that runs true from one generation to the next. You can see it in the way folks out here set a horse; you can hear it in the way they talk. And when the work's all done, there's nothing they like better than to get together at the one room schoolhouse under the red wall for another down home, homegrown, Western Saturday night.
And here I was giving you credit for showing restraint. You have your standards and you stick to them in spite of temptation. You have my highest respect.
Running-dog lackey counter-revolutionary malcontent, Not an expert.
by Busted Twigg on Aug 31, 2010 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions
1 down.
Beachie has no objective viewpoint on JML and will hate you if you criticize him or suggest that he’s traded because she’s doing naked “sandwich punches” with JML………groin.
"Joe Louis Arena is the Chipotle of Jackassery" - JIbblescribbits
Bonus points for throwing groin in there.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 31, 2010 9:55 AM MDT up reply actions
I win!
Dario’s longest post: 10 tweets worth
Punched sandwiches: 2
Drunk Fanposts: 50
Beachie boy-toy age limit tested: 3
Duchene’s Corsi: um….
and for extra bonus….
Number of drunken game-thread comments: Yes
"Joe Louis Arena is the Chipotle of Jackassery" - JIbblescribbits
I’m not sure I like the idea of measuring a post in # of tweets
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 31, 2010 10:41 AM MDT up reply actions
“It’s August 31st in the yearrrr of our loord 2010!”
“Two and a half weeeeeks until training camp with no Stewart or Mueller signed, and aaaaallllls wellllllll!!”
-Avalanche Town crier.
oo-de-lally oo-de-lally
Now I have all of the disney robin hood songs stuck in my head.
by MalachiConstant on Aug 31, 2010 8:44 AM MDT up reply actions
if you are not currently a member of SBN and MHH, first, why the hell aren’t you? And second, you can sign up today and then be able to comment tomorrow. So don’t wait!**
we don’t got no stinkin’ waiting period here. we roll like gangsters!
The 8th month is the month for Wolskis
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 31, 2010 8:53 AM MDT reply actions
4 realz dawg? Oh snap, I played myself!
Mile High Drive By!
by Brett Shumway on Aug 31, 2010 12:51 PM MDT up reply actions
My guess
19
The right answer to any question.
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 31, 2010 9:10 AM MDT reply actions 6 recs
I thought it was 42?
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by Bob in Boulder on Aug 31, 2010 9:28 AM MDT up reply actions
Not for the Avs.
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 31, 2010 9:36 AM MDT up reply actions
That’s because the Avs don’t really know the question, therefore they have no idea what the answer means.
MHH- A drinking site with a hockey problem
Hockeytown was a marketing invention to draw fans to a team that had less gate than the atlanta thrashers.
I appreciate both answers, 19 and 42. The sum of which is 61 — a number completely irrelevant to the Avalanche in every way. Coincide?
by MalachiConstant on Aug 31, 2010 7:58 PM MDT up reply actions
The difference, however
(23) continues to be highly relevant – to this very day!
Colorado Avalanche Offseason Strategy - Please wake us in October
That's slightly creepy
In a coincidental way…
Dear Colorado Avalanche: Thank you for the excitement, see you in October.
Actually, it’s just really, really, Improbable.
MHH- A drinking site with a hockey problem
Hockeytown was a marketing invention to draw fans to a team that had less gate than the atlanta thrashers.
Either way
I’m taking it as a sign, Boots will get 23 starts, our leading scorer will have 42 goals, and Andy will get 19 penalties.
Dear Colorado Avalanche: Thank you for the excitement, see you in October.
Hmmmmmmmm
Am I pissed that the Avs are sitting below the cap floor and basically haven’t done a damn thing to get better this offseason? Yep. Do I think this being cheaper than hell building from within strategy could backfire? Yep. However, I was pretty doom and gloom before last season, and the youngsters surprised the heck out of me. So:
Points: 98
Playoffs: Eliminated in Rd 2.
Place in West: 6th
Budaj starts: 18
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this is the jokey, make fun each other thread. tomorrow we’ll do it for real
The 8th month is the month for Wolskis
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 31, 2010 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh. You think I actually read these damn things?
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by Bob in Boulder on Aug 31, 2010 9:47 AM MDT up reply actions
And now I’ve gone and posted the key.
Your 2010-2011 Colorado Avalanche: Reaching Up to the Cap Floor
by Bob in Boulder on Aug 31, 2010 9:47 AM MDT up reply actions
Somewhere, Tychus Findlay is smirking.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
by A.J. Haefele on Aug 31, 2010 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions
ah, a SC2 reference. nice. I assume you play?
I’m running through the campaign a 2nd time on hard to get all the hard achievements. hard itself isn’t too bad, but some of these achievements are freaking frustrating. killing 4 hatcheries on hard on that last Mar Sara mission…omg, that sucked.
How do you guys like SC2? My bootcamped HD can only handle one memory eater at a time and I’m trying to hold out for Civ5.
by MalachiConstant on Aug 31, 2010 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
it’s great. i haven’t gotten into the MP yet, just trying to get my skills back some (it’s been a long time since I’ve played an RTS seriously), but the campaign is really fun and varied. the story telling is predictable, but the cinematics are well done as usual. but the missions themselves are really good, I’m very impressed. the achievement system is also addictive and fun.
I’ve been reading up on the MP, and they fixed my major complaints to the matchmaking system in WC3 – basically the way good players could make new characters to play easier competition. for a casual player like me, it was very frustrating to get hammered by 0 – 0 players and get in this cycle of playing really bad players or really good players relative to me. no fun to only either beat the crap out of some super noob or get hammered by some guy that has no business playing me.
I’m not much into the multiplayer, but I played through the campaign once. I was a little upset that I only received 1/3 of a game for my money. I realize there are still 26 missions, but leaving the story like they did leaves a little sour taste in my mouth.
"Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental." -- Jim McKenny
i thought it was a fairly complete story arc, and the number of missions was certainly on par with other RTSs and blizzard games, but I had a bit of the same feeling too. Especially combined with how…simple the story was. I expect better story telling from blizzard, I guess. On the plus side, that’s at least 2 solid expansions for this game. That’s cool, as long as they don’t charge an arm and a leg for them.
But the missions themselves were so damn fun and the game is so polished I really can’t hold it against them. I just did the giant laser cannon one again on hard and went for the achievement as well (kill 50 protoss buildings). i tried once to do it with normal units but there’s just too many of them. so I floated my barracks over their base and used the laser cannon to wipe everything out. :D good times.
I agree about the quality. Unfortunately I have absolutely no idea how to play zerg or protoss because I count on the campaign to hold my hand through the explanation of the new units.
I think my favorite mission was the Protoss one where you are doomed to fall to the massive zerg attack.
"Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental." -- Jim McKenny
That's actually pretty clever.
Floating the rax to give vision is something you should keep in mind for the MP. I tend to use Factories (more HP =p), but the concept is the same. That said, I actually didn’t know killing 50 buildings was an achievement until after I beat it. I got it just because I was bored with sitting there (Siege Tanks with Bunkers + Vikings for the Colossus = gg) and wiped all their shit out using a basic MMM ball. Pretty awesome.
The last Toss mission where the zerg come at you in waves is insanely fun. Getting Colossus with range upgrade and carriers is a pretty sound strategy. If you can use Sentries to Force Field on choke pokes and micro some High Templar Psi Storms, they rip through Zerg ground like nothing else. Super sexy. Ultralisks are really the big problem because they’re a massive unit and will just plow through the forcefields and lol @ storms. Those baddies you can just throw waves of zealots with Charge or every Protoss noob’s failsafe unit, Void Rays! Multiple voids reaching critical mass on their charge up is pretty unstoppable. Just don’t do it in MP or I’ll kill you IRL. Cannons and upgrades from the Forge to further buff all units are also an extremely wise idea considering the unbelievable resources they give you. Dont forget to use the Nexus ability, Chronoboost, to pump out units 40% faster. =)
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
I'll be honest. This argument annoys me.
The idea that you’re only getting 1/3 of a game just because it’s campaign is focused almost entirely on the Terran side of things is, frankly, insane. Have you delved into any of the other stuff the game has to offer? obviously the MP has endless replayability and the Custom Game UMS scene is full of incredible games. Top down shooters and side scrolling beat em ups? In SC2? Absolutely. The Challenges are actually a phenomenal way to learn how to play the game. They teach you basic unit counters and provide a wonderful place to learn proper micro techniques. They explore the abilities of basically all the units for all the races. You’re getting a complete package here with the promise of the other two campaigns on the way in production (at least, Heart of the Swarm is).
The ending of the campaign was pretty uneven, imo. The resolution to Kerrigan’s situation was a point of huge annoyance for me at first but after giving it some thought, it sets up some extremely interesting storytelling possibilities from the Zerg side. If you view the campaign in a vacuum, it’s pretty fucking Hollywood. If you view it as setting up more branches and story arcs from the Zerg especially, things get very interesting. I have no idea where they’re going with the Protoss but there were some huge “Holy shit!” reveal moments in their tiny storyline. The way they handled Tychus in the end is flat-out unforgivable, though. No way would that situation have played out in any capacity. I’m still annoyed by it.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
This is pretty much my complaint about every multi-player ever. I almost always end up quitting a game because I’m not having fun with the multi-player because I’m getting crushed by players who have been able to hone their craft for 80/hrs a week.
I just don’t have that kind of time to put into a video game… I mean I have a blog to occasionally write too.
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 31, 2010 11:23 AM MDT up reply actions
yeah, me too. the matchmaking in SC2 is supposed to fix this, and by all accounts from my similarly time-strapped friends, it has. we’ll see.
I was in the beta and for the most part I stayed around my skill level beyond the setup matches. Occasionally (I assume due to low # of players when I played) I would get some one of way higher skill or way lower. The thing that sucked was most people at my level would kamikaze rush which took some time to figure out how to stop but if you did they were pretty much screwed. Personally I loved the campaign and I am going through it again to get achievements they are rough for sure.
by Freakoffaleash on Aug 31, 2010 7:17 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
boozing fills up my time.
I’m waiting for:
1. Fallout Vegas
2. Arkham City but not in that order.
I’m not sure about
DC online. Worried if you make your own guy that he’ll just seem like a second rate batman or superman. I’m not sure about NHL11 either, did they really improve anything? I’ll probably get Dead Rising 2 cause I’m a zombie killing whore and the same with star wars so foce unleashed 2 will be in my PS3 sometime soon.
Son, when you participate in sporting events - it's not whether you win or lose, it's how drunk you get.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 11:41 AM MDT up reply actions
I’ll believe that’s coming out once they put a date on it.
Son, when you participate in sporting events - it's not whether you win or lose, it's how drunk you get.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 12:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Assassin's Creed Three
I can’t wait to play that game. Loved the first two. The whole Modern-day storyline sucks, but man do I love killing me some Templar Knights.
Also I am looking forward to DC online. and Star Wars: The Old Republic (although I have no idea when it will be released)
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 31, 2010 12:01 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I love the AC games too. they’re certainly not perfect (though I thought 2 was way better than 1), but damn are they fun.
yeah
part 1 could be way too repetitive, but part 2 solved a lot of that.
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 31, 2010 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
I wonder what the modern storyline will lead to
Will AC3 have modern-day missions? Because that would be awesome.
Or more likely, AC4 will do this.
Dear Colorado Avalanche: Thank you for the excitement, see you in October.
they’ve always said it was a trilogy, so im guessing there will be some in the next one as it concludes. im hoping for some ninja action as the “flashback” section too.
But isn't Brotherhood the third one?
How can it be a trilogy with four games?
Dear Colorado Avalanche: Thank you for the excitement, see you in October.
i thought it was more like a standalone expansion, like…ummm…homeworld: cataclysm (which was great, and that franchise needs another game).
Fallout new vegas!
The E3 previews looked sick hope it lives up to the franchise
by Freakoffaleash on Aug 31, 2010 10:43 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I’ve never been one for RTS multiplayer, especially not with today’s RTS games. There’s just too much going on. C&C: Red Alert and Warcraft 2 were about the max for me to handle.
by MalachiConstant on Aug 31, 2010 12:38 PM MDT up reply actions
sounds like you do civ though — we should do a MHH civ 5 pitboss game after it comes out. the civs can be hockey teams (red wing unique unit: the douche)! :)
Fuck my LIFE I MISSED MY OWN GAMING CONVERSATION
Okay, since I’m not one for brevity when it comes to my thoughts on a game, let’s just crack open a cold one and watch me talk endlessly in a thread people won’t even come back to.
To answer the first question, oh hell yes I play. I played a bit in the beta but since full release, I’ve kicked back and started playing a lot more pretty regularly. The campaign was awesome. It’s not more fun than the Dawn of War II campaigns, but still a great campaign for an RTS. My issue was I played on Normal mode the first time, which was absurdly easy, and had a tendency to 200/200 on every mission. Fun, but at the beginning when all you have are some Rax and can pump marines and firebats….gets a little old. The Medics are insanely amazing though. Holy crap are they powerful. The Terran MMM ball (Marine Marauder Medivac) is basically an unstoppable force of death once you get stim packs and some upgrades. Consider that a protip for the MP portion as well =)
The matchmaking system in SC2 is, at the moment, severely flawed, but with Blizzard acknowledging some of the shortcomings, it should be patched and closer to optimized soon enough. That said, most of the issues are at the tops of the ladders and if you guys are just getting back into some RTS, you definitely don’t have anything to worry about it. The game does a greatgreatgreat job of letting you ween your way into the MP by offering 50 slow-paced, tutorial type matches that allow you to play at your own pace, read the descriptions, and give you little tips along the way. Once you skip those, it’s into the 5 Placement Matches before being placed into a league. If you aren’t very good, chances are you’re looking at Bronze or Silver league. Ain’t no shame in that because most people are in those leagues and you get plenty of time to cut your teeth. Occasionally you’ll get a “wtf” matchup against someone who roflstomps your face into the dirt, but those are pretty few and far between.
Anybody who is interested in rocking some team games or UMS or just practicing some 1v1, just email me and I’ll kick you my info. Because of the real ID stuff, I play under a fake name (Rex Grossman lolol) so just searching for me via Facebook or my email probably won’t work out.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
I for one, thought you were rather brief.
by Dario on Sep 1, 2010 8:50 AM MDT up reply actions 4 recs
Beat me to the punch
I was going to make a sarcastic remark.
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Sep 1, 2010 10:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Aaaaaand we're back.
At least MHH is consistent.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
the MMM thing is really ridiculous, im learning. i used it on the terrazine gas level to get the hard achievement (don’t let the protoss cap an altar) after failing miserably trying to do it with goliaths. the bang/buck thing is very true. i think my next one is stopping the purifier on haven on hard without losing more than 2 colonies. ugh.
yeah, i will drop you an email after i’m feeling a bit more comfortable, i’d love to play some 2v2 with someone that doesn’t suck.
You're assuming I don't suck.
I’m certainly not filled with disgusting noob tendencies, but I’m still a solid gold level player. I’m stuck in that “know how to play better than I can actually play” mode. One thing you’ll learn is that each race really sticks to their personality. Terran is the blunt force of the game with the relatively immobile MMM/Mech builds based upon pure power, Protoss is the highly specialized race which focuses more on cool abilities and clever micro, and Zerg is of course about a macro-oriented style and pure numbers. Most of the community at this point feels Terran is seriously OP and the crying is severe enough that this song even exists (NSFW lolol). Def hit me up sometime. I dig team games waaay more than 1v1 games just because it’s in my nature. I play with people who are literally just playing RTS for the first time in their lives, so no worries. We can do some comp stomps until you’re comfortable enough with some stuff to take on the real cheese-loving community.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
Because me and my bro live under the same roof
And I’m too cheap to pay for a second copy of a game I split on in the first place just so I can use my own b.net account, I play multiplayer under my bro’s account.
Zarlock is the username.
Dear Colorado Avalanche: Thank you for the excitement, see you in October.
In that vein:
I must break you.
Son, when you participate in sporting events - it's not whether you win or lose, it's how drunk you get.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 11:32 AM MDT up reply actions
“You see! You see! He’s not a machine, he’s a man!”
by Brett Shumway on Aug 31, 2010 1:08 PM MDT up reply actions
If Joe isn’t around to see our initial predictions, are they legally binding?
There's a place out west where the Powder River rolls off the Bighorn Mountains. It's a land of red walls, blue sky, and clean air, where the eagle glides high above the canyons and makes its nest in the rocks that overlook the valleys where the sagebrush and cottonwoods grow. This is ranch country - has been for more than a hundred years.
Well things have changed some since the early days, but there's still a thread of character and tradition that runs true from one generation to the next. You can see it in the way folks out here set a horse; you can hear it in the way they talk. And when the work's all done, there's nothing they like better than to get together at the one room schoolhouse under the red wall for another down home, homegrown, Western Saturday night.
and Mike will take you out for an Arby’s lunch where he will personally punch the Arby’s sandwich of your choosing.
Can we hold you to this?
If you can get to OKC, I’m sure we can take whoever out. I for one would love to see this in public as I’ve only seen it in our kitchen, and I do not want to clean it up again. :-)
How about we ship you an Arby’s sandwich? Mike punches it. Then you ship it back? We can then light it on fire and leave it on Enos’ doorstep.
by MalachiConstant on Aug 31, 2010 3:26 PM MDT up reply actions
You know, there's a much simpler way to state rule number 1
“1.Be nice. All predictions are created equal, so no attacking anyone or their prediction!! No name calling, no biting, no hair-pulling, no crying, no running near the swimming pool. Leave those types of surly shenanigans for the clever fans of the winged wheel.”
How about just, “Don’t be Sidney Crosby?”
2010 Opening Night minus 46
MHH: Where Avs fans go when friends and relatives tell them to quit ranting about hockey 24/7.
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