Upvote for the Shat alone.

Romney is a douche. He's the very definition of a panderer, changing his mind according to who he is talking to and what he thinks will advance his career. He made such a hard drive in MA, won, and then shat all over us after he left.

>> ^Offsajdh:
>> ^BillOreilly:
...noone wants to buy a 4 year old game with horrible graphics and a monthly fee...

Apparently over 11 million people pay that monthly fee, and the latest expansion sold (a record breaking) 2.8 million copies during the first 24 hours of launch. Love it or hate it, doesnt really matter, World of Warcraft will still go down as the defining game of this generation.


And yet it's such a shame to better games that it was just a fluke of circumstance, imo. It was made to be very accessible with scatter gun tactics.. attract as many mmo fans as you can by putting as many elements of mmo games as possible into it, whether it worked correctly or not.

Though i hate to do it, i have to admit lich king was excellently done, at least from a solo-questing/storyline standpoint. I got some of the best storylines and emotional feeling from it since baldur's gate and that's saying a lot. However if we forget lich king for a minute and pretend it isn't out yet, 50% of the wow community would probably tell you that the game isn't particularly good, enjoyable, well done, and 75% would almost certainly tell you that blizzard treat the community like groupies to be shat on at will and they feel that they're cheated with the price they pay against the service they recieve. Still pay it though.

I think most of the popularity of the game came about because it was released at the right time. A time which will never happen again. The internet became huge. People will tell you the internet became huge before that, but it didn't become REALLY huge. 5-10 years before that a lot of people had the internet but if you played games on it as a schoolkid, at school you were still a nerd. Nowadays even the cool people at school do it. (god that sounds crap, but it's the best way to get my point across)

I'll tell you i thought everquest was the be-all and end-all of mmo's - but perhaps it's because i was really young when i played it and i was more susceptible to mystery and fantasy.

To summarize, i'm amazed the game became as big as it did, because it really isn't good enough, isn't maintained well enough, etc. etc. I'm sure someone will argue this point with me, but they won't be able to argue that half the people playing it think all this, and that's really the point - half the people playing it (11 million? at £9.99/$xx.xx per month) don't think it's good enough. (again, all pre-expansion, it's too early to speak averages otherwise)

And furthermore obviously i haven't spoken to 5.5 million wow players, i've spoken to/heard from thousands and thousands whilst playing and at least half were of this opinion.

Nerdspeech over.

Well what the fuck do you expect.

Our last administration shat all over every thing.

Who made this report? The rand corporation?

The problem with think tanks, is they don't think. Or they do and its group think.

There are certain realities in this world that hardcore moonbats (but not you) simply can't accept. One is that America is the greatest country on God's green earth. Another is that communism and its addle-brained cousin socialism are both failures that calcify the human spirit. A third is that it's beyond foolish to compare the merits of 7th-century savages with the modern West.

While latte-sippers argue the merits of the term, "Islamofascism" the animals themselves are still beating their wives and sisters to death under the guise of "honor killings". They don't have debates, they run knives through the necks of those that disagree with them. And because 9-11 happened so very long ago, it's now OK for you to forget they're out there.

Well, they haven't forgotten you.

The left acknowledges this threat to the West, you say? When? Was it when Sean Penn visited saddam in his palace? Or the string of anti-American, anti-US-military flops being shat out of whoreywood by liberal celebrities? THAT is their 'thank you' to the soldiers who put their lives on the line so they have the freedom to churn out such vile, contemptible crap and show ingratitude to the millions of decent Americans who put as many dollars in their pockets.

You're delusional. You hate Bush (and now McCain) more than bin laden. You sneer at the righteous disposal of a worthless cur like saddam and cluck your tongues at the Iraqis trying on freedom instead of living under a tyrant's whip. Who are you to be ashamed of America, the greatest force for good in this world? Who sapped your values and stole your beliefs? It had to be Bush, right? The same guy that "caused" Katrina? Please.

Do you even know what a "neocon" is? How could you compare this phony term when you don't know the first thing about conservatism except what your media masters and corrupt government schools (and liberalsift) have preached?

And this messiah you have chosen? The One who promises to punish all those evil rich people (who already pay 60% of the nation's taxes). Barry has already covered his ass this week, reminding his staff (with the media watching) that the people who vote for him shouldn't expect too much, right away. In other words, he pumped ya up, and he doesn't want anyone deflating too quickly when they discover he has no special powers.

Divisive language? No doubt. But I'm not sending people to the gallows for violating a fascistic politically-correct speech code.

You should be grateful, you American sifters, for all you have RIGHT NOW, and not pine for what treasures Barry promises to plunder on your behalf.

Am I "insane"? As I 'sift' through stomach-churning comments of hatred towards God and country, the wretched cynicism and bitterness of people too young for either, I half-wish I was insane.

If I insulted thee, I meant it. That doesn't mean I don't love you. I prefer clarity to agreement. And that's how it will be.

>> ^quantumushroom:
As if nowhere in The Greatest Country on God's Green Earth(TM) McCain banners and signs haven't been torn down, stolen or torched.

Have any been shat upon yet?

I just shat my pants.

Let me guess, everyone alive was there except Shat Man right?

2 Cheese classics: http://www.videosift.com/video/Shatner-sings-Mr-Tambourine-Man

http://www.videosift.com/video/Shat-tastic-rendition-of-Lucy-in-the-Sky-with-Diamonds

>> ^muddro:
edit: And I don't think putting him in his place is irrational, and the attacks weren't against him in a bigoted nature, just over the manor of his behavior in a court of law, I think she was in her rights as a judge to put the defendant in his proper place...I would expect no less from a civil servent doing any of their varius roles and duities.

It's her court and he shat in it. She presides, she controls the process, and she has the soapbox. Disrespecting that is just begging for a lashing or as others have pointed out often worse.
He thinks because he's a law student and she plays a judge on TV that he knows more than she does, and acts accordingly.



Bingo, but I guess people have in their minds a more somber setting for legistation what a judge should be like, and a vision on a way a judge should carry themselves. I look at it the other way around, that judges are doing a job, and have their own personalities. As a result, you get different judges that play by a different set of personality rules; none being right or wrong persay, just different. My 2 cents.

Someone mentioned that they aren't real municipalities at all, just private arbitrators, thats neat actually, wonder how true that is...anyone else second this claim? I also wonder how legaly binding their final desisions are...do you have to sign a contract before going on stating you will be held liable to the fake judges ruling? More info on that would be interesting.

edit: And I don't think putting him in his place is irrational, and the attacks weren't against him in a bigoted nature, just over the manor of his behavior in a court of law, I think she was in her rights as a judge to put the defendant in his proper place...I would expect no less from a civil servent doing any of their varius roles and duities.

It's her court and he shat in it. She presides, she controls the process, and she has the soapbox. Disrespecting that is just begging for a lashing or as others have pointed out often worse.

He thinks because he's a law student and she plays a judge on TV that he knows more than she does, and acts accordingly.

Hey Swampgirl, thought I'd share this conversation I had with Schmawy; were your ears burning? >
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In reply to this comment by critttter:
"Hey, Schmaw, I posted the Peggy Lee lyrics to my cheery little song."

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
"Let me take a wild guess, the next line is "is that all there is"? I agree that would be an excellent cover for The Shat."

In reply to this comment by critttter:
"I can hear it in my head now, this must be what it feels like to be Swampy...not bad!"
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I can hear it in my head now, this must be what it feels like to be Swampy...not so bad!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Let me take a wild guess, the next line is "is that all there is"? I agree that would be an excellent cover for The Shat.

In reply to this comment by critttter:
Hey, Schmaw, I posted the Peggy Lee lyrics to my cheery little song.

Let me take a wild guess, the next line is "is that all there is"? I agree that would be an excellent cover for The Shat.

In reply to this comment by critttter:
Hey, Schmaw, I posted the Peggy Lee lyrics to my cheery little song.

*promote this Shat-tastic performance!