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Agent.X7 wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 23:44:xXBatmanXx wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 22:20:
With all of the great video games available, and most for less, I can't believe they are trying to push Evolve for 60!!! What a joke. And what moron at the company thought Dying Light (a Dead Island clone) thought it would be a good idea to come out on GTA5 day!?
Evolve is like a bad mod. I can't believe they think it's worth the same price as GTA V or any other game, really. Limited maps and gameplay. Left 4 Dead and the sequel did well because they WERE NOT 60 FUCKING DOLLARS! I sure wouldn't have purchased them if they were.
L4D also wasn't built on the shitty CryEngine for multiplayer. I don't know why Turtle Rock wanted out of Valve so badly but it isn't doing them any favors, I've played in three different closed Evolve events and once at a tradeshow, the game has yet to give me a single minute of enjoyment. It's a boring, drab game. They came with all of these interesting ideas but ruined them trying to pander to the console audience.
xXBatmanXx wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 17:26:
Hay Seph, just post your whole deal, I am sure Blue can edit if he is admin....
I'm looking, but I don't seen anything that allows me to edit player picks. Sorry about the crappy interface there.
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xXBatmanXx wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 22:20:
With all of the great video games available, and most for less, I can't believe they are trying to push Evolve for 60!!! What a joke. And what moron at the company thought Dying Light (a Dead Island clone) thought it would be a good idea to come out on GTA5 day!?
I have a feeling Evolve is going to be Titanfall all over again. A game with great graphics, and a fun time for like 10 days, then pow, suddenly the servers are empty. Only a handful of maps, and gameplay not deep enough to keep interest. And without modding or offline play, no reason to keep it on the harddrive. I wonder if this game will have any single player or coop at all. I played L4D either by myself, or coop with my brother. We never did PUGs with strangers. It would be just another game I would scratch off the list with no offline mode.
RIP RedEye9. We miss you.
1badmf wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 18:43:WarPig wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 13:18:
Blue, I see 17 people in the pool. Click on the "Results" header.
Btw I have the Panthers, Steelers, Bengals, and Cowboys - I just mention that as a helpful guide of who not to pick seeing as my prognostication skills have been terrible this year.
Oh, and going with Reagle's "Blue For a Day" prize scheme, I'd keep everything the same (including all the news stories because I'm lazy) but I'd rename "Out of the Blue" to "The Sausage Fest".
one of these days we should do this for loose change, if only because i seem to be pretty good at this prognosticating thing heheh. with 80 people in the pickem league, it would add up to lots of sofa coins.
You mean as a charity drive for Blue's? Great idea!
RIP RedEye9. We miss you.
xXBatmanXx wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 22:20:
With all of the great video games available, and most for less, I can't believe they are trying to push Evolve for 60!!! What a joke. And what moron at the company thought Dying Light (a Dead Island clone) thought it would be a good idea to come out on GTA5 day!?
Well, they'd picked their release date quite a bit before Rockstar announced the 27th for the PC, and it's GTA5 day only for the PC, and Dying Light comes out on bone and PS4 too. I doubt they care much about PC sales anyway.
xXBatmanXx wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 22:20:
With all of the great video games available, and most for less, I can't believe they are trying to push Evolve for 60!!! What a joke. And what moron at the company thought Dying Light (a Dead Island clone) thought it would be a good idea to come out on GTA5 day!?
Evolve is like a bad mod. I can't believe they think it's worth the same price as GTA V or any other game, really. Limited maps and gameplay. Left 4 Dead and the sequel did well because they WERE NOT 60 FUCKING DOLLARS! I sure wouldn't have purchased them if they were.
With all of the great video games available, and most for less, I can't believe they are trying to push Evolve for 60!!! What a joke. And what moron at the company thought Dying Light (a Dead Island clone) thought it would be a good idea to come out on GTA5 day!?
Like whatever! It was a rough start for GB, but they've been in the zone the last several weeks and that's what counts. They're definitely the strongest contender atm.
Yeah, yeah, but if you'll remember, the Hawks started the season pretty rough also. Honestly though, I'd hate to have to go to GB right now but the Packers on the road aren't nearly as scary.
Holy crap, that Panther's defense is looking freakin nasty right now.
WarPig wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 19:04:So how come Dallas at 12-4 has to play a WC game, and Seattle at 12-4 doesn't, even though Dallas beat Seattle during the regular season?
I think if Seattle and Dallas were the only two teams with 12-4 records Dallas would get the bye, but since Green Bay also is 12-4 and Seattle beat Green Bay (Cutter) the next tie-breaker is division record. I could be wrong though, and like I said before, I'm not looking it up 'cause I'm lazy.
Ah, that'd make sense.
Cutter wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 18:05:
Doesn't matter how everything else plays out as the Pack is going to win anyway.
Rather the Packers than the fucking Patriots...
WarPig wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 19:04:So how come Dallas at 12-4 has to play a WC game, and Seattle at 12-4 doesn't, even though Dallas beat Seattle during the regular season?
I think if Seattle and Dallas were the only two teams with 12-4 records Dallas would get the bye, but since Green Bay also is 12-4 and Seattle beat Green Bay (Cutter) the next tie-breaker is division record. I could be wrong though, and like I said before, I'm not looking it up 'cause I'm lazy.
Like whatever! It was a rough start for GB, but they've been in the zone the last several weeks and that's what counts. They're definitely the strongest contender atm.
So how come Dallas at 12-4 has to play a WC game, and Seattle at 12-4 doesn't, even though Dallas beat Seattle during the regular season?
I think if Seattle and Dallas were the only two teams with 12-4 records Dallas would get the bye, but since Green Bay also is 12-4 and Seattle beat Green Bay (Cutter) the next tie-breaker is division record. I could be wrong though, and like I said before, I'm not looking it up 'cause I'm lazy.
WarPig wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 13:18:
Blue, I see 17 people in the pool. Click on the "Results" header.
Btw I have the Panthers, Steelers, Bengals, and Cowboys - I just mention that as a helpful guide of who not to pick seeing as my prognostication skills have been terrible this year.
Oh, and going with Reagle's "Blue For a Day" prize scheme, I'd keep everything the same (including all the news stories because I'm lazy) but I'd rename "Out of the Blue" to "The Sausage Fest".
one of these days we should do this for loose change, if only because i seem to be pretty good at this prognosticating thing heheh. with 80 people in the pickem league, it would add up to lots of sofa coins.
Try living in Cincinnati where every fucking year the Bengal's get to the playoff game and just give up, but the cult of Bengal's fans love to say 'This is the year!'
Doesn't matter how everything else plays out as the Pack is going to win anyway.
So how come Dallas at 12-4 has to play a WC game, and Seattle at 12-4 doesn't, even though Dallas beat Seattle during the regular season? 
Hay Seph, just post your whole deal, I am sure Blue can edit if he is admin....
RoboNerd wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 14:01:
Re: 51 years after wreck. 7-inch car part found in Illionois man's arm.
Got to be a joke about hand signals in there somewhere...
I can't believe it didn't get infected. The turn indicator stalk is probably cleaner than the steering wheel, but not by much.
Also, the end is blunt and 1/2 an inch wide. How the hell did it get in there without them noticing?
RIP RedEye9. We miss you.
xXBatmanXx wrote on Jan 3, 2015, 15:15:
Got my picks in there Blue. LETS DO IT!
Thought I'd be the only one with Detroit. But then as I scroll, at the very bottom, there you are
I have no idea how to make my picks. I click edit picks and it shows me a diagram but nothing is interactive. Hmm.
Edit: Oh shit, I think the first game started the minute as I was signing up. Now I must be locked out.
Lions
Cardinals
Ravens
Bengals
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Seahawks
Packers
Patriots
Broncos
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Packers
Patriots
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Patriots
This comment was edited on Jan 3, 2015, 17:40.
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