Jumbie

High IQ's don't make for fun stories.

So, I'm betting McClane dies so his son can take up the mantle of World's Chief Terrorist Perforator.

Fuck Hollywood!

Of course, they may not put Shia le fuck in this and make something unexpected, but I'm not hoping much.

So far the books I liked seem to be the books everyone else liked (Batman, Animal Man, Frankenstein, Wonder Woman) and was disappointed by the books that generally disappointed others (Stormwatch, Catwoman) and ignored the books that others generally ignored (Red Hood, Legion stuff).

Except for Resurrection Man which got a low rating in that review Nick posted and no one else has given props to. I thought it was good first issue and the setup has me interested. Never read this character when the book was active before, but I'm gonna stick with it for a while.

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So, now that the 52 are out and we have 2 overarching storylines going, anyone want to comment and give guesses and rumors about where it's going?

First off, the whole disturbance in space thing from Stormwatch and Superman?

Second, the mystery woman who seems to know all about the nature of reality from flashpoint and who's been stalking everyone in New 52?

I think the hooded woman actually was given a name by one of the DC editors in an interview...

OK, been thinking about dipping into Morning Glories and now your little write-up has convinved me to give it a try.

Soon as I get up to date on Locke and Key and Moon Knight

Anytime someone mentions a 'fairytale' ending for a real life event, think on this:

from oglaf.com

So, one night I've got insomnia and I'm wandering around the FIU campus. Had to pee. I walk into the washroom an it's dark, so I search for the lights and there's this guy leaning against the sinks, while another guy is kneeling in front of him-

Oh wait, Are we talking MUSICAL acts we've seen live?

Um, The House Jacks stank up the room before a George Carlin concert once.

Just point me to the fan edits when they come out so that I can enjoy the awesome picture and sound quality and the extra dewbacks and fighters without my nephews growing up thinking that Greedo ever got the drop on Han.

Why won't anyone think of the CHILDREN?

Merry Xmas breeders! I am respectfully soliciting your support for my favorite futbol team, Argentina. Won't you join us?

When's the world cup again?

I voted for "YES, because they would have wanted the money". Oh wait, Jax didn't include that option, because musicians never let money decide their career path, right?

we have a guild?

Got an android phone and wanted some games. Unfortunately there's no android-affiliated carrier out here in the wild wild jungle, so when I went to the gameloft site for a copy of H.A.W.X. I was asked to pick my country out of a drop down menu and my country wasn't ON the menu.

cockblocked.

SO I emailed them and said basically, I want to pay for your game but there's no option on the website for people who aren't in some kind of plan.

I got back this reply:

> > > > Hello!

> > > >

> > > > My name is Igor at Gameloft Customer Care. I am happy to assist you. I want to thank you for your patience as you awaited a resolution to the issue you reported. If after reading this email you require more assistance, please do not hesitate to reply back to this email with your questions or concerns.

> > > >

> > > > I am very sorry to learn of your difficulties. In order for me to be able to assist you, please answer the following questions:

> > > >

> > > > - What model of phone do you have? To see the exact model, please, remove your battery.

> > > > - What is your complete mobile phone number with the country code?

> > > > - What is your country and service operator?

> > > >

> > > > Please get back to me. Thank you for understanding, I look forward to your reply. Have a great day!

> > > > -------------------------------

> > > > Igor Sukhorukov

> > > > Customer Care Representative

SO I gave them the info and got this back:

> > Hi!

> >

> > I thank you for your interest in Gameloft games.

> >

> > Unfortunately, we currently do not support your country. This may change in the future so please visit our Website periodically for the latest information at http://www.gameloft.com

> >

> > We want to make sure that our customers love their gaming experience. This is why we always try to work diligently to make all our games available for all customers all over the world.

> >

> >

> > You can also follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/gameloft/ to be the first to know!

> >

> >

> > You can also become our friend on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/gameloft

> >

> > Please get back to me and let me know if you have additional questions. Thank you for understanding, I look forward to your reply. Have a great day!

> > -------------------------------

> > Igor Sukhorukov

> > Customer Care Representative

Which pissed me off. So I replied:

> I'm off to pirate a copy of HAWX now. Before I go, I wanted to suggest that you put in place a way to pay directly for a download of your game the same way, for instance, that Docs to Go makes their program available to people like me who aren't lucky enough to live in one of your supported counties.

>

> Thanks.

Surprisingly, Igor replied to me:

Hi!

I'm really sorry such situation occurred.

I want to thank you for your suggestion. We are always happy to get feedback from our customers. Rest assured we have forwarded this information to the appropriate department for future consideration.

Please get back to me and let me know if you have additional questions.

Thank you for your understanding. Have a great day!

Best regards,

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Igor Sukhorukov

UM, so does anyone know how to actually go about pirating a copy of HAWX?

I can't wait for Zack Snyder's Supermeng movie!

Also, spell check wouldn't have helped.

also 'worst'

TL;DR

But judging by the title and the cover pic, I'm guessing it's mostly about breast augmentation?

Did Hollywood ever make a Contra movie?

Some of the chief mistakes I often hear about in the American Godzilla was that the monster was dodging missiles and didn't have a fireball and seemed too small etc, because they were going for more realism.

I agree with that. Godzilla is a mythical destroyer and depowering him and making him slinky and speedy instead of monstrous and monolithic is losing the psychology of what makes him awe-inspiring and therefore awesome.

But here's a seldom asked question: What, if anything, worked in the American Godzilla?

I have to say I enjoyed seeing him fight submarines.

I enjoyed him interacting with the NY landmarks. (wonder how much chance of that there is since terrorism changed NYC into Holy Ground.)

Him having a more mobile tail as a visual worked for me.

What about you guys?

I heard comments elsewhere on the nets that the quality of the DVD ona good DVD player like a PS3 is so good that you don't need blueray.

(I have no clue personally, having never touched a PS3 or a Star Wars DVD in my life.)

English as a second lg maybe?

Greedo should also never shoot at the same time.

again: if ya'll are inclined to participate in politics - even casually - you're not gonna get a better time than now. you can really reshape the place with your efforts in there in a way that wasnt possible for years.

Remember, Politics belongs to everyone:

I wish to re-emphasize that, just like the classroom, pairs are for a month or so or for the duration of the project.

After all nobody wants to be stuck with pink hulk for eternity and then we'd have drama with people requesting partner changes etc.

It's strictly Square Dance style. Heck, we could call it Hondo's Square Dance...

On a cruise ship, the cruise director or social director, organises group activities for the guests so that they have a good time and all feel included.

What we need is a cruise director.

I've got a pretty low post count, especially when you consider that I've been here longer than most.

I just post in what I'm interested in or what seems like it could become interesting.

However, I do have a tendency to reply to a friend's thread more than someone I don't know much, but that's usually just to make fun of them or to hijack a boring topic and lead it somewhere interesting.

I wouldn't try to derail a topic from someone I didn't know well, so I just don't post in it if it's not in my area of interest.

POLITICS is a sore point for me. It's potentially got the widest appeal and the early discussions there were good before God and the Devil showed up to call each other names. (I'm a Preacher fan, so me calling one party God is actually not a compliment)

When Lycaon showed up and started posting in politics kinda regularly I was delighted and I tried to respond to everything he posted.

Now that Ly and Lindsay and others don't post in politics, *I* feel less like posting there. I've been posting less there because every time I think of something to post I realize I already know what Jax and Archangel will say about it and where they will steer it.

I would like to just clean the place up and make it newbie friendly by banning certain behaviour, but I can't see POLITICS working without the freedom to say anything.

I think the solution may like in a crowd response. Like the way social pressure works. If somebody cuts the line at the supermarket, there's no law against it, but if enough people speak against it, the offender usually backs off.

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But to get back to the general topic: I like the idea of making an intro thread mandatory.

We should also have an actual 'Welcome Committee' with rotating membership so that Newbies will get eased in at first. Just at first. After you reach 50 posts, you're on your own.

As for cliques: It's inevitable. We have different interests and areas of knowledge. I like movies and anime but I don't get to see a lot of them early on so I tend to stay away from those threads to avoid spoilers.

Plus we have geographical cliques and some of us have inside jokes from things that happened away from Hondos and mentioning those things will tend to create a barrier.

The solution? not sure. When I have a kid in class who's having trouble making friends, I usually assign one of the friendlier kids to sit next to them and maybe even set them some extra curricular task.

To prevent cliques forming in class I usually rotate who sits at what table, either on a permanent basis or on a task by task basis. I think Werewolf is a good example of how this could work at Hondos. I had never spoken to Amanda before the game and now I feel like I know her.

We should probably have some kinda 'pair up for a month' system where active members get assigned to create and manage a thread together etc? Maybe have a star of the week function where everyone gets a week where everything they post is golden and people have to reply to it? (Well not HAVE to, but it'll be as close to a rule as can be) it could make for some entertaining threads if everyone had to post in "Why I think Miley Cyrus should get an Oscar for her new movie."

Or maybe Admin could make one ignored thread a Golden thread. I seem to remember us having a thread of the week once that seemed to work pretty well.

Someone at MSN isn't paying attention. I snapped this screen cap about two hours ago: