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Wonder what would happen to USC if they faced a heavy defensive team.

Washington inching closer to the upset.

Ohio State scores 70. At the same time, Toledo puts up the biggest fight a team facing a Top 5 team today has put up by scoring 21.

LeonhartFour posted...

Texas A&M trying to get their entire defense thrown out for targeting

They found their excuse for losing. "We have no players!"

Texas would never live it down.

RGIII: Big Penix Energy

I appreciate the fact that no higher ups are holding the innuendos against him.

Michigan St. really has to fix their secondary. They cannot win anything with a secondary so easily worked over. They also lack the offense needed to explode other defenses as a counter.

Those fans are going to be MISERABLE until that defense improves.

Toledo's QB is going to keep the team close with Ohio State or die trying. Wow.

Kansas replaying their win against Texas in their heads is giving them motivation.

Crescent-Moon posted...

Did I just see App St. win on a 4th down hail mary with 2 seconds left in the glimpse I saw the score of this game

Yes. LMAO!

Notre Dame survives and gets their first win.

_PandaMaster_ posted...

Uhoh! BYU is in TROUBLE!

UHOH! Upset on the horizon!

Uhoh! BYU is in TROUBLE!

Nebraska has had 385 CONSECUTIVE sellout crowds, an FBS record. Those poor, poor fans. That's intense devotion.

Poor Rattler.

Poor Nebraska too. They forgot a football game is more than 5min.

Uhoh!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/0/1/AAZ8TZAADrmJ.jpg

For comedy's sake, don't remove these translation errors!

https://www.rockman-corner.com/2022/09/notes-from-eguchis-mega-man-battle.html

• Eguchi says his team planned to include online communication features from the start of development.
• When MMBNLC was first announced, the demand for online functionality was greater than Eguchi expected. It was clear that online play was a shared dream between fans and MMBNLC staff.
• Eguchi says they are investing a lot of time and effort in various aspects of the collection, not just online functionality. He declined to share further details at this time.
• The games aren't emulated - they're fresh ports. Eguchi says this was necessary because each game required changes to better suit current-generation hardware/ecosystems. Porting all ten games and rebuilding their respective communication features for online play required a significant amount of work.
• 3 MILLION WORDS across ten games (7,500 pages when collected into a single script) had to be translated into multiple languages. Bug checks for all ten titles was extraordinarily time-consuming.
• Some old design documents and planning materials (such as maps drawn on paper with pencil) from the GBA era were not in perfect condition. To remedy this, the MMBNLC team consulted with former Battle Network staff members. Eguchi admits he sometimes found it difficult to answer questions from the staff in charge of porting.
• The dev team have yet to determine if special event-exclusive distribution Battle Chips (such as GateMan SP, Gospel, etc.) will be included in the collection. (via 4Gamer)

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Jimmy G and pornstars
Trey Lance and strippers

When Brock Purdy starts he'll get caught with street walkers. Why do Niners QBs focus so much on the wrong end zones?

Nanis23 posted...

Mr Famous

It's Famous. JUST Famous.

Re: Endings
I'll preface by saying I agree with both TC and kevwaffles on their particular assessments. In totality though, all the endings are an obscene mix of "makes sense," "stupid," "absurd," and "y tho." This is coming from someone who did NOT hate the endings like everyone else. The more you pick them, the more ridiculous they seem due to the inconsistency of it all. Another clear sign of what happens when your head writer isn't finishing the writing.

Destroy: Narratively before ME3, destroy should have no flaw to it. By the time ME3 arrives destroy is forcibly riddled with flaws. Countless events push the mentality that "destruction won't solve anything or will make things worse." The Geth/Quarians are one of the biggest examples. The Quarian desire for destructive actions made them lose their homes, respect of the galaxy, countless lives. The Krogan become another example. "If they can't be used, they should be destroyed." If memory serves, Wrex will make a point of this when he confronts you over your betrayal of him. Both Liara and Javik make notes about the "galactic cycle of destruction." Then, the Catalyst itself notes the endless chaotic cycles only made things worse and "JUSTIFIED THE REAPER HARVEST". Biggest problem becomes the writing at this point. If Shepherd does the impossible, then destroying the Reapers is bafflingly painted as "hypocrisy." If you could work with the Geth(impossible), and the Rachni(impossible yet also implied to have been used by the Reapers leading to the Rachni Wars), and the Krogan(impossible), how could destroying the Reapers be acceptable if every other GALACTIC THREAT is given a chance? Because only ONE ending is written in consideration to narrative actions taken, the others are dulled by it. Destroy in theory should be the most to-the-point ending but is bludgeoned into a weird box where it's narratively "right but wrong but right but wrong."

Control: Narratively, the concept of control is consistently shown to be unfeasible when done by a non-Reaper entity. Cerberus is the main component of narrative control, so perhaps THAT is why it's always shown to be a fool's errand. However, were that the case, using it as a valid option is contradicting and pointless. Why constantly show the failure of controlling powerful entities, collectives and species just to then go "well, you could control the galactic monsters and push the galaxy into an unfathomable utopia" and everything comes up Milhouse........if you wanna? Narratively, the world of Mass Effect shows that only the oldest galactic creatures can TRULY control other entities. Every other instance of control comes off more as an imperialist dream(Prothean dominion of the galaxy) that eventually fails. Rachni can't be controlled by Cerberus(ME1), but the Reapers allegedly could dominate them(claim in ME2 that the "peaceful Rachni" were forced to war by Shepherd's enemy). Geth can't be fully controlled by Cerberus(Overlord), but that doesn't stop the Reapers. The thorian was likely as old as a Leviathan, and Cerberus couldn't control their thralls(ME1). The Thorian control was similar in concept to Reaper control(sensing a theme with control). Cerberus control fails, but Reaper control continually succeeds. Then the Reaper Conscience admits they can be overridden by a will strong enough to pull it off. "You can override that which overrides everything in the galaxy, even its creators." It's far too convenient for a narrative that constantly shows the continued failures of control by anything that is NOT A REAPER to indicate control not only works but brings eternal happiness(assuming you go maximum Paragon)

Synthesis: Honestly wish this ending was presented as more than a "magic golden ending." The actual potential of solving the answer between two species through a merging of those species is not irrational. The argument presented by the Catalyst/Reaper Conscience is not a bad one. Truly, it's right. Organics, at large want a "synthetic-like" form of perfection as synthetics already are built upon. Synthetics that evolve will eventually desire to understand beyond its programming, just as organics desire understanding. Why wait until the LAST GAME to entertain this idea?!? Countless organics end up with synthetic components(Shepherd included), yet it's never presented as a unique thing. The Quarians repeat galactic history and allow the Geth to merge into their suits as a species from Javik's era did(without the horror story to follow). The MASTER THIEF has synthetic eyes. Kai Leng is an organic with a largely synthetic body. The ILLUSIVE MAN has synthetic eyes. The hybrids already exist in small doses of varying degrees. WHY is it never touched on? Why is it never brought up? This final evolution is again, NOT UNREASONABLE. Organics are trending there. Not even the smartest minds in the galaxy consider the potential or possibility? Just an ancient conscience that only realizes it because Shepherd commits to doing the impossible? A realization meant to completely invalidate the other two possibilities because Shepherd shows neither is necessary? You chose neither to destroy or subjugate the other galactic threats. You chose coexistence. Synthesis is just EXTREME HARMONY that creates ethical questions that aren't allowed to be discussed because Shepherd rapid-charges the process. It's a brilliant concept with embarrassingly bad execution locked into the last sequence of one game that is only brought up under special conditions as a maguffin designed to attempt to convince you the other two choices are unnecessary.

Refuse: Remember Fallout 3? Remember when the DLC was released that allowed you to continue playing post-PP activation? Remember when the narrator condemns you for not being selfless enough to follow the script? That's the refuse ending. The kick to the crotch for not just being happy you got an ending in the first place.

Again, didn't hate the endings like others did, but continuous playthroughs really shows the immense cracks in the foundations of each choice. Next Mass Effect needs its head writer to be there THROUGHOUT DEVELOPMENT and not cut out during pivotal moments.

Set Sail!
https://www.gematsu.com/2022/09/one-piece-odyssey-launches-january-13-2023

Clash 4 just released and already, a new unit has it. Haaaaa.

TeamRocketElite posted...

Check your Arena Medals. Do you actually have enough to use the Dew? I can barely cover it and I was doing better than most who don't grind for Medals.

I have over 12,000. I'm as much a tightwad with game currency as I am in real life.

Dark_Young_Link posted...

999 divine dews

Someone check on Commander Anna. She must not be feeling well.

ReArmed Heroes.

Oh lordy, here we go!

https://twitter.com/Atlus_West/status/1570065860391473153?t=5GYo9BtNhR0aqL420QIiKg&s=19

Akechi Bag! Get your Akechi Bag here!

Sony.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/5/3/AAMk6OAADq5p.jpg

Honestly the title sounds like something from a mecha anime, which makes me enjoy constantly saying IT different ways the past few hours.. PepsiDragon is GOOD. Not BAD.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/5/3/AAMk6OAADq5p.jpg

Fist of the North Star will have a fitness game. Yep.

I always wanted to marry Camilla and have her soul follow me around for all eternity because it was trapped in the engagement ring. That's LOVE!

Heroes.....ENGAGE!

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Symphonia HD is also coming to Playstation thankfully.

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1569703708761665538

LOL that fucking case.

Corrine as the steelbook image is certainly a unique choice.

Better be able to name the new FE Protag Pepsi-Chan.

Better!

Hmm.

Let. Geno. Cook.

Nintendo: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

If I can personally say one thing about the catalyst, it's that the concept is brilliant(as long as you include the Leviathan DLC) and the execution is poor. Likely due to the head writer not finishing the writing for the trilogy. Of course, everything depends on one question: Do you, the player, trust the creation of the Leviathans to stick to its original programming? [Monologue incoming]

Narratively, the Leviathans wanted galactic order among organic and synthetic life. They create an "observer" to determine the cause of the chaos and how to bring order to it. The "observer" concludes organics must be "preserved" as a solution because organics cannot natively reach galactic order. Upon millennia after millennia, the "observer" perpetuates the cycle because organics repeat the process of sowing chaos with synthetics. Then you reach Shepherd's cycle. The cycle of a soldier who (potentially) does the impossible countless times and braves new frontiers. Shepherd reaches the control station of the Catalyst and the Reaper Conscience shares "truths" that Shepherd "earns." But, do you believe the "truths?" The entire goal of the Catalyst was to obsere and find a solution to Galactic Chaos. Harvesting to prevent "hyper advancement" keeps order, according to the Reapers. Then Shepherd appears in front of it. The "impossible is made possible" through one soldier and the Catalyst supposedly readjusts itself to that.

What makes it interesting is that, unless the conscience reaches "Legion-grade" evolution, it shouldn't have the capacity to lie. The cognitive capacity to lie is inherently NOT a synthetic function. Legion for example, could not understand other Geth processes spying on it in ME2 but with upgrades in ME3, Legion could obscure truth, feel shame and even comprehend moral dilemmas. An AI, no matter how evolved, would be cold and objective unless it's an organic hybrid(see also: EDI) The Reapers themselves were partially hybrids due to using the majority of Leviathans as bases but the conscience itself? There's no proof in either direction it would have organic elements. Going by the innate concept of synthetic life, only organics can muster the contradictive process to lie. So the Catalyst/Reaper Conscience would either be EXACTLY what it was waiting for(a hybrid that could see both sides and bring order) but lost its purpose because it's a hybrid(contradictory organic nature overtakes linear synthetic reason) or it's a full synthetic that can only perceive through its designed systems. Conceptually it really sounds complex and well-designed on paper. The execution is just so BLAH that BLAH is all most even consider to think on it.

Have thoughts on the ending choices as well, but typed out too much on the Catalyst/Reaper Conscience. Sooo..........will wait on those other thoughts.

Dak needs hand surgery.

Rodgers: Team Chemistry? Is that a new drug?

I like SotFS.

How badly will these renewed Giants beat the breaks off of Carolina?

Sorozone posted...

Frost is out.

Nebraska wins the B1G now......CONFIRMED. Nebraska will UNLEASH THE CORN upon their opponents.

......or something.

Feels good knowing my team is the worst in the league. Don't even have to watch. Can just FEEL the disappointment! Can SMELL the lethargy of it all. Can TASTE the misery in the air.

Meh, week 3 of College ball can't come soon enough.

Poor EJ Smith. He has his father's immense talent, but CANNOT hold onto the ball.

Caleb Williams stiff-armed a guy into oblivion. Haaa