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11/03/09
Loop goes something like this:
wake up, shove glasses on floor - get toothpaste on shirt - mismatch socks - hot humid day, entire body itches - annoying people - more annoying people - boring work - traffic - car trouble - noisy neighbors - everything that can go wrong goes wrong - suck at game - break something - more bad stuff - go to sleep unfulfilled - rinse, repeat.
Yeah not very witty, but you get the point. #nba
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Also, at least you aren't the Rams. Turn an interception into a safety. Stoopid.
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lol if that's true, then he might win all the time if he plays Shinobi for the ps2 on super difficulty before every game (^_~) #nba
11/03/09
Don't ragequit kids! Learn from your mistakes and come back stronger - this applies to just about anything that requires any semblance of skill. #nba
11/03/09
To quote from Batman Begins "Why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up."
Something that bugs me about this "everyone's a winner! Nobody loses!" mentality drummed into kids is that it offers no scope for improvement.
My friend dominated me in Street Fighter on the weekend by using Blanka and flowcharting. Instead of getting pissed off and not playing, I learned what I was doing wrong, stopped doing it and improved.
It's like when I was at school. Everyone always told me I was smart, and I managed o get by without doing any work so I believed them. Now I have severe motivational issues when it comes to trying to learn in a typical school (or college) environment and I've become an autodidact to compensate.
The only problem with being an autodidact is that most of the time your teacher is an idiot who knows nothing about the subject.
Tangential much? #nba
11/03/09
I sort of that take built up aggression and use it on my girlfriend, sadly she doesn't lose her power at ALL and I'm the one left whimpering before closing my eyes to indicate "losing power".
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Takes em down every time. #nba
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10/31/09
Count with me, kids!
NBA2K = #1!
NBA2k1 = #2!
NBA2k2 = #3!
NBA2k3 = #4!
ESPN NBA Basketball 2k4 = #5!
ESPN NBA2k5 = #6!
NBA2k6= #7!
NBA2k7 = #8!
NBA2k8 = #9!
NBA2k9 = #10!
NBA2k10 = ...gasp. #11!
And yet, they have "10th anniversary" splashed all over the boxes. Is basic math a problem for basketball players? Or did somebody drop the ball in marketing last year and they're hoping nobody will notice this year? #nba2k10
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Go watch Johnny Dangerously. Now. #nba2k10
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No, that's one of the villains. Er, one of the bad-guy villains, that is. Um...one of the bad-guy villain criminals, I should say. (I think that eliminates pretty much everyone other than him and Johnny's nemesis, right?) And his character has a less than perfect grasp of the finer points of the English language. #nba2k10
10/31/09
On the Playstation was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball with friends from school
When a couple of publishers were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
They got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said 'You're goin'outside to play in the fresh air'
I went out to a court but when I got near
I saw the markings were worn and there was no gear
If anything I can say this can't compare
To my b-ball game. 'Yeah. I'm going back there'
I walked up to my house it was getting late
And I yelled to my mom 'Yo, why such a hater?'
I got to my room
And she was there
Sitting on my throne playing WarioWare
10/31/09
As with most savvy gamers, i've been in the scene long enough to take these stories with a grain of salt. This is dick-measuring 101 and while i find the conduct of both corporational speakers unnecassarily childish, it does light the spark of competition.
If it leads to innovative design decisions, revamps and additional tweaks, the games are all the more richer for it. Sadly, this playground mentality offers nothing more than insight in the severe lacking of diplomacy, in this business.
I don't know if this is a purely "western" thing but i find it laughable that grown men in freshly pressed suits, roll op their sleeves one afternoon for a yellow snowball fight. Truly a sad sight to behold.
How does it make you feel when you report on these matters, Owen? #nba2k10
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