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  1. Szlia

    Tennis

    Several players have their papers in Monaco, but that's purely for fiscal reasons (no income tax in Monaco). As for the formation of the players, it's an interesting question, but in this day and age I doubt that would boost the USA that much. On the ATP you could add Nishikori and Haas...
  2. Szlia

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Expect only half a dose of reach around though.
  3. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Out of that poll I also gather there are more people that own a X360 than people that don't? Seems odd to me, unless PC gamers don't use gamefaqs. They have some other fun polls in there about various topics: Almost half the people lend games (now & then 35%, all the time 14%). Almost...
  4. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Booted or not, if true, that screams 'panic mode is cranked up to 11'.
  5. Szlia

    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    I have no idea how all these free agent, draft picks or salary cap shenanigans work, but should James leave the Heat, could he end up at the Thunder? That would be worth a laugh or two and a ring or three.
  6. Szlia

    Tennis

    The US had four female players in the round of 16, the most of any nation! One was obviously Serena, another was Mattek-Sands who can play really well but who, at 28, is not exactly the future. The future is Jamie Hampton who is on the rise and Sloane Stephens who is a top 20 player already! You...
  7. Szlia

    Tennis

    Djokovic vs Nadal: At the very beginning of the match, it felt like Djokovic was in for the kill. He won the first five points very convincingly and it took a very resilient Nadal to win his first service game without facing a break point. Then, as the set went on, Nadal won his service games...
  8. Szlia

    E3 2013 June 11-13

    Do you prefer them doing their own thing with the IP or attempting to do a proper sequel without the people that created it (Silicon Knights' Denis Dyack sold the IP to Crystal Dynamics after the first one, Amy Hennig who helped with the first and then wrote and directed the sequels left Crystal...
  9. Szlia

    Tennis

    It took 3.5 sets to become epic, but it was good in the end. I'll post some homemade stats later.
  10. Szlia

    Texas Says It's OK to Shoot an Escort If She Won't Have Sex With You

    So 'feeling robbed' is enough to constitute theft?
  11. Szlia

    Mad Men

    Suicide and murder are two different beasts. In a show like Mad Men, if characters start to kill each others, it's shark jumping, and if some out of nowhere nobody kills a character, it's lame. Now, great writing can make just about anything work (after all, Peggy almost killed Abe, but the thin...
  12. Szlia

    Tennis

    I wanted to add that by reaching the semi final the other day, Djokovic brought his grand slam semi-final streak to 12. For perspective, Laver and Lendl are tied at the 3rd spot with 10 and Federer leads with a mind boggling 23.
  13. Szlia

    Tennis

    In the past, Serena has been world N?1 without knowing how to play tennis. And now she knows how to play tennis. I don't expect her to lose more than 5 matches a year if she stays healthy and focused on the sport. So far in 2013 she is at 43 wins for 2 losses. As far wta matches having big...
  14. Szlia

    The Last of Us

    Vaio exclusive!
  15. Szlia

    Murdered Soul Suspect

    This looks pretty great and reminded me I need to play Ghost Trick!
  16. Szlia

    Tennis

    I realized something amusing the other day: Jankovic does not peep when she plays yet she is the one with the totally broken voice!
  17. Szlia

    Tennis

    What I would find funny: Djokovic in 5. Ferrer in 3. What will happen: Nadal in 3. Tsonga in 3.
  18. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Am I right to assume Sony will not have these yield problems because they went for faster ram and faster bus instead of ESRAM on the chip?
  19. Szlia

    The Last of Us

    Let's just hope it will feel more cohesive than Uncharted 3 that suffered from the 'Hey! We made all these cool set pieces, can the writers come up with something that could somewhat tie them all together?' syndrome.
  20. Szlia

    Tennis

    I did not see the matches today Both favorites managed to win in straight sets, Nadal with a bigger margin than Djokovic. As a result we get the blockbuster Nadal vs Djokovic semi that was both hoped and expected when we saw the draw. From all accounts (including Nadal's), the spaniard played...
  21. Szlia

    Expeditions Conquistador

    A general gameplay question: all the part about managing the injured, does that really happen or does that simply mean you reload battles that don't go perfectly?
  22. Szlia

    Only God Forgives- Ryan Gosling

    My verdict is 'meh'. Refn shoots for super stylish Oedipus-fueled greek tragedy and in the end it is very well shot, very ballsy in how extreme the execution of the concept is, but it is also very very dumb. It's made even more frustrating by the fact you can feel a great movie was almost there...
  23. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Not having to pay for something I don't want brings comfort to both my mind and my wallet!
  24. Szlia

    After Earth

    Technically, Signs cannot have plot holes since the whole message of the movie is "god works in mysterious ways." The fact that it is the single most retarded point you can make in a work of fiction is another debate.
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    It's a morality thing, not an oath thing. His oath was left somewhere by a hot spring.
  26. Szlia

    Tennis

    It was a strange match, Tsonga started by serving supremely well, Federer no so much, but he dictated play in almost all the rallies or turned defense into attack in them, making the odd unforced error here and there. So already at 2-2 Tsonga felt the pressure after losing a rally behind a...
  27. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Where does the price difference in components come from between the Xbone and the PS4? Kinect is super expensive to build compared to the PS Eye? Sony sell them Blue Ray drives at a "friendly" price?
  28. Szlia

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Don't you fiction? No problems = no story.
  29. Szlia

    After Earth

    Also remember that there is an additional layer of middlemen and of localization costs to take off those worldwide $$.
  30. Szlia

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    But Tuco, target practice on hookers is not cruelty, they are not real people!
  31. Szlia

    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    This is not a thriller.
  32. Szlia

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    I'll watch anyway, but they have just the finale to make me eagerly look forward to the next season like I did the previous two.
  33. Szlia

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    I can accept the idea that the war was a chapter and that a new chapter will begin, but at this point there is nothing in sight that could make a new chapter with the same kind of scope and complexity (The three big potential invaders have the right scope but no complexity and the King's Landing...
  34. Szlia

    Mammoth Blood Found in Siberia

    I think the calf would kill the elephant for being a freak!
  35. Szlia

    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    9 turn over to 2, less offensive rebounds and the pacers win the first quarter? I need to start watching.
  36. Szlia

    Tennis

    I'll play: Djokovic in 5 with a 6-1 or 6-2 final set. Nadal in 4 with Wawrinka winning the first but unable to keep it up. Ferrer in straight sets with one sided scores in 2nd and 3rd. Federer in four sets because: Clay.
  37. Szlia

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    The fact he is a cruel despotic coward can lead people to dislike him. Note that not a single character in the story like him and that the only reason he is still alive is because Tyrion and Tywin are stand up guys, Cersei is his mother and Littlefinger feels he can manipulate him. I would...
  38. Szlia

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    My jimmies are rustled, but it's not because I liked Robb or Cat, it's because the main driving force behind the whole show (the war for the iron throne) is now gone. Now we are just left with several side stories that, without the context of the war, all reach 'who cares?' level. Sam, girl and...
  39. Szlia

    Tennis

    It's quarter finals time! Djokovicstarted a bit flat against Kohschreiber and the german capitalized on it with great opportunism to bag the first set. Kohlschreiber is a top tier guy, but he is stuck navigating between the 30s and the mid teens because he has no big weapon, 'just' a solid...