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  1. Wombat

    Almost Human

    Because there are times (usually when you are trying to build an audience at the beginning, or trying to get the best ratings for sweeps) when not airing a clunker is the #1 goal. Personally, that Fox execs thought "Skin" was the best option out of at least four episodes (2, 3, 4, & 5) makes...
  2. Wombat

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

    Considering Iknowthat CoD just uses a chunk of the Quake(world) netcode for multiplayer (and not rendering or whatever it is you are suggesting), I wouldn't say everyone lol. The "truth" is that the CoDs are on such a tight production schedule that this year's entries are still firmly...
  3. Wombat

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

    As I've been saying, don't be surprised if the XB1 is a lot closer to the PS4 than the consensus thinks for the first four or five months. Of course, this is largely due to Supply, not Demand, though the wildcard remains Microsoft's willingness to checkbook exclusives (and we're already down...
  4. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Yeah, as long as it is limited to X per side, there's no downside to it, and it is a whole lot more consistent. I also advocate having allpotentialscoring plays automatically reviewed upstairs, not just the ones that are initially ruled as scores.
  5. Wombat

    Rerolled Fun League(s) - Fantasy Football

    Ah, round 1 of your playoffs is combined Weeks 14 & 15 as well. (How the hell did I make the playoffs? Wait, I see, pure luck - Spodermans and I tied for lowest Points Against.) How does 6 teams in your consolation bracket work with only 2 "games" remaining?
  6. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    And again, the lasting effect of the referee strike should have been... to make people realize how often even the real refs fuck up. Dunno what the blonde female official was mouthing in the background, looked like "fucked".
  7. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Wow, that 3rd down situation was fucked.
  8. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    I thought kicking the ball away was an auto-foul, why are they consulting.
  9. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    With games vs. Seahawks and @Lions remaining all but guaranteeing the Giants finish sub-.500, what do people think the odds are Coughlin retires? Also, this week's TNF game is probably the #1 draft pick bowl, isn't it.
  10. Wombat

    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    Out of curiosity, I checked out this episode after skipping everything since the pilot. I also just saw it as pure skillz and being remorseful she could kill so many people that day. Also, I am shocked as to how bad this show still is. Is this show really going to be this terrible for the...
  11. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    And in yet another weekly refrain, I have no idea who will be in the AFC Championship game: Broncos defense is weak, and who knows how much offense Manning will manage in mid-January weather. Patriots nearly lost to the last place Texans. Chiefs offense doesn't exist, though they could stun...
  12. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Last place is first place! (That said, I don't expect the Texans to even lose right, and I think one or two teams slip past them...)
  13. Wombat

    The Christmas Avatars Thread

    I could use a hat, for a change of pace. (I dunno if it should be upside-down because, you know, Australia.)
  14. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Err, what's left to be blown up? Yeah, they will draft Big Ben's eventual replacement this year (yet probably give him an extension for salary cap reasons), but Ike Taylor, Troy Polamalu, and Heath Miller are about the only guys whose salary situations would warrant them getting the axe (and I...
  15. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Well, the common explanation is that by the time the Packers get knocked out of the playoffs, all the good candidates are taken. That won't be an issue this year, obviously. As usual, the Packers have, on paper, a quality roster that just can't stay on the field. (Remember, the week before...
  16. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    It's a whopping half hour before the normal Sunday start times. Whoopideedoo? Also, it's cute that you think the rest of the country does, or should, care about your timezone. Those occasional MNF games that end at 1AM on the East Coast suck a lot more.
  17. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Yep, the best player on the field in high school is the average player in college, and the best player on the field in college is average, at best, in the NFL. QBs can get away with all sorts of things at lesser levels because they are virtually a man among boys out there. You try that crap...
  18. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Some buddies of mine were making plans to get together to watch the game a couple weeks back. I said "It's totally getting flexed out - both teams will be in third place in their divisions by then." Shows you what I know - the Falcons have already fallen to fourth place in the NFC South!
  19. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Of all the ways to end a game...
  20. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    In regards to the playoffs, I said it last week, and I'll say it again: I've got no clue who will be - or even should be - in the Conference games. In the NFC, you could make a strong case for the Saints losing at the Seahawks. But the AFC? Hell man, Bengals losing at the Patriots seems as...
  21. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Nah, they need to get Manning out of there anytime they are up by 21 or more.
  22. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Neither one of them collapsed, they just had lopsided schedules catch up to them. And speaking of the Packers, even with the return of the Once and Future King, Matt Flynn, we still can't even beat the Vikings without Rodgers.
  23. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Come on, throw to Colston for the TD!
  24. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    WHHHHHYYYY would you try for a field goal? Why?
  25. Wombat

    South Park

    Meh, very little progression in any plotline, like many South Park middle chapters. (Strictly speaking, weren't most of the weiners inserted (/drumroll) by the tv producers? If Martin had a chorus of excessive coverage, it would be about food.) Am I the only one that honestly hopes they...
  26. Wombat

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Nah, it's even goofier - Garrosh showed up there two or three years ago, so its like 27 or 28 years in the past. So it's an alternate universe AND time traveling portal.
  27. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    PI should be, at most, 15 yards (maybe an auto First Down, maybe). Getting a 80 yard penalty because the guymighthave been able to catch it is the same sort of "guessing the future" nonsense that led to the end of the force out penalty. Looking at the standings, when the hell did the...
  28. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    If the Panthers only get a field goal here, they lose. Dunno why they aren't trying to stay inbounds either.
  29. Wombat

    2013 VGX Awards (Formerly known as the VGAs)

    Why the hate with the date? What games are still coming out this year, and why wouldn't you think the game reviewers that vote for these things wouldn't be able to play release candidates for them at this point anyway? Honestly, the only thing that jumps out at me is PC game. I find it...
  30. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Let's be clear, everyone has them and KC as playoff teams. That's not remotely the same thing as saying you expect them to make a playoff run. Given the way the Patriots, Bengals, and Colts have played in any given week though, I honestly have no clue what the AFC Championship game will...
  31. Wombat

    Almost Human

    Meh. Admittedly, I fell out of Fringe, and only caught the final season months later. But there's little here to suggest that I won't catch up to AH this summer as well, assuming it survives. The twist was weak - as soon as you saw girl legs, there were only two candidates, girlfriend and...
  32. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Did Tolzien even look anywhere else? This ain't Brady-at-his-prime the Giants are beating here.
  33. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    You guys ready for the return of the Once and Future King, Matt Flynn, next week!.... Anyone? Maybe the Packers can squeeze out one win (between the Vikings and Falcons in Green Bay) before Rodgers comes back.
  34. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Big Ben is on fire in that prison jumper. Weird.
  35. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    It's the usual stars vs. scrubs salary cap issue. They have, what, 8 guys taking up half their cap? If more than 2 of them get injured, you're done. Honestly, the last couple years suggest that depth is the biggest issue in the modern era, given how often people get hurt. (See San Fran...
  36. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    I think God is punishing the Bears for their incompetence. "You injured the Packers out of the playoff race, and you're still going to lose the division to the Lions? No more football for you, you don't deserve it." I could do without the flooding in my basement that punishment is currently...
  37. Wombat

    What is the Best first episode?

    The Shield, especially for the time. Lost has a lot of supporters with the plane crash sequence.
  38. Wombat

    Fallout 4

    Bah, just realized that 2299 puts it at only 21 years after F3 / 18 years after FNV. Was hoping for a different era - honestly, bouncing between super sci-fi MIT and the Wasteland (as rumored) might not be such a terrible idea.
  39. Wombat

    Fallout 4

    I didn't say I wanted it on a console, I meant that I hope it is designed around systems with at least 5 GB of memory and decent graphics, and not designed for something that will be (at that point) a decade old. Hell, just for bug fixes alone you should be playing on PC.
  40. Wombat

    Fallout 4

    Sure smells like a cinematic at the VGAs. As the game I was most bummed to not have an appearance at E3, about time. I sure hope it is next gen only.