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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Naseem_Hamed

Apparently, he retired and got sent to jail for a bit of time. His boxing style is something to behold though. I think only Emmanuel Augustus had a stranger approach.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

No, but I saw it on ESPN2. After all the ******** they've been doing about Mosley/Pacquiao, Klitschko/Haye, and Lara/Williams, this fight was insane. The commentators were going ape**** out of respect for the action. As soon as you get a chance, you have to watch. One of the fighters ends up looking like Sloth from the Goonies.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

First I get Grand Magus - Iron Will (THE SHADOW KNOWS)! Now I've seen the fight of the year on Friday Night Fights between Wolak/Rodriguez. Awesome day.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

If Mysterio gets killed for those lame victories, Sin Cara won't get off either.

**** you WWE. Cara's not Mikey Whipwreck. No offense means you shouldn't win...ever.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Now Listening to: Grand Magus - Iron Will

THE SHADOW KNOWS!

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

For the love of god...why was Batman and Robin put into production? I remember reading a VERY harsh critique while rewatching the movie a couple years ago; good lord.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

But that would mean giving MITB to someone (Sheamus) who doesn't need it. It's like Punk winning it a second time...totally unnecessary.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

It's amazing how WWE works. McIntyre was kicking all sorts of ass in the EC back in February. Now, he's lost to Chris Masters and Zack Ryder. After all that, he gets destroyed by Chocolate Train and gets ignored (when he took the hardest fall). No one's fallen that far since MVP. He never recovered.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

I haven't seen Lebowski either. Groundhog Day is another one.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Shawshank, Cuckoo's Nest, and Fight Club should be next on your watch list.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

After one week, I've already given up on Twitter.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

*Persona 3 Update*

YA KU SHI MA!

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

final bump

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Cena still grew up in that culture. Anyone and everyone around the Boston area (as far as I know) bleeds red and gray if you so much as mention the Sox. Maybe that's a media fabrication, but the entire psyche of that town has been "we're downtrodden, we've been the whipping boy for so long, we're going to **** you guys up." That's no longer the case, but Cena was defending the Boston sentiments, and his own pride.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Nothing yet

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

The only scenarios at play on SD

Orton retains and faces Henry/Sheamus (BLARGH)
Christian wins and faces Orton (DOUBLE BLARGH)
Orton wins and Heel MITB winner takes it
Christian wins it and face MITB winner takes it (building them up immediately)
Christian wins it and random wrestler jumps up in the card out of necessity (like Ziggler did when he faced Edge)

Either way, SD has Orton and Kane at the top of the face crop, and that backloaded midcard. Someone has to get pushed to even it out.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

In a rare situation, I pull double duty with the soapbox today. I started thinking about Harry Potter, and it occured to me that I've never watched or read the movies or books. There have to be other things that people might think 'WTF' when they hear the phrase, "I've never watched...I've never played...I've never read..." whatever. Here's a chance to see what things people have yet to do. What also counts are media you tried, but only managed a few minutes or an hour before giving up. I'll start off.

Games I've Never Played

Kirby
Pokemon
Resident Evil 4 (only for a few minutes)
Metroid (Super for only a few minutes)
Any Sonic 3D games (probably to my benefit)
Uncharted
Mass Effect (2 for only a few minutes)
Devil May Cry
Super Smash Bros Melee
Call of Duty
Halo
Goldeneye (N64)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Portable Ops
Elder Scrolls/Fallout
Starcraft
Bioshock

Movies I've Never Watched

Gone with the Wind
Casablanca
Godfather
Scarface
Predator
Jaws
Braveheart
Indiana Jones
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings (fell asleep 10 minutes in)
Star Wars (except Return of the Jedi)
Transformers
The Hangover
Superman
Fantasia
Beauty and the Beast
Little Mermaid
Pulp Fiction

90s-Current Television Shows I've Never Watched

Lost
Sopranos
Friends
Two and a Half Men
Everybody Loves Raymond
Survivor
American Idol
Jersey Shore
Spin City
Law and Order (original series)
CSI

Other Things I've Never Done

Drugs (aside from alcohol...twice)
Rode on Rollercoasters
Skydived/Bungee Jumped
Went in a Mosh Pit

There's so much other there on the tip of my tongue, but that's what I can recall.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

I recently joined Twitter last week, and I'm already bored. I've never been the most socialable person in the world. I felt instant messaging was a great step forward for me, because as a teenager, I had a great fear of rejection. I grew out of it and now, I don't really bother with people in general anymore. If I do, it is in face to face meetings. Posting meaningless status updates or playing FarmVille doesn't strike me as evolutionary progress. While it does give access to more people at once, I think it also creates plenty of problems. People on Facebook tried to use my likeness to screw with my relatives, and I've seen people posting to each other on Twitter while "chatting" face to face. There's the case of Roy Williams (Cowboys WR) sending a $76,000 engagement ring through the mail. Obviously, that failed, and one has to wonder if in this age of internet interaction, we've lost how to communicate with people. Social interactions will continue to change. What way will they change, and what impact will they have?

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Considering XIII was the first Final Fantasy game I never finished, I have low enough expectations already.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Yes. Nier was my favorite RPG to come for a long time, simply due to the real-time encounters. Glory of Heracles and Mimana Chronicles can go suck donkey balls for continuing the "tradition" of random battles.

Getting onto the "interactive cutscene" discussion, I take this as the HD equivalent of FFVII and VIII. There were instances where your characters (in total **** renders) could wander around the actual cutscenes. It's possible Nomura went back and saw those and is hoping to tweak that into more impressive or important style.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

I meant random encounters you couldn't stop from occuring, like I-X-2. Stuff like CT, Mana, KH, I don't consider random.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Someone also mentioned to him that random battles suck. After that, he made Chrono Trigger...and THANK GOD FOR THAT! Someone should tell the rest of the JRPG/Anime Fantasy Adenture market to get with the program...15 YEARS LATER!

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson, and Samuel L. Jackson have no talent?

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

*Persona 3 Update*

Saving people is awesome...especially women. Annoying, fugly women, but women none the less.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

*Persona 3 Update*

BELIEVE IT OR DON'T!

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Thank God Funimation doesn't hire people like those...

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

I think what struck me about it was it was a Japanese RPG that DIDN"T center around an androgynous teenage boy...well, in the 360 version anyway. That said, Jameson Price did a fantastic job as the father. I knew he would when I heard his voice, but still.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Doesnt' that also depend on the budget a project is working with?

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

I'm calling them on their bull**** to see if they can back it up. If they put forth a good defense, more power to them. I want to wade through that sea of idiocy to see if there is any merit to what I feel is "blind hatred."

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

That's the crux of my problem. Too often, instead of stating "someone had a bad role," people will label the entire game or anime as a "bad dub" and call it a day.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

I knew something was wrong during FFXII. The story is all about Ashe and Basch, but some doofus, teenage, sky pirate wannabe with no shirt (much like a doofus, teenage, soccer star wannabe with no shirt) was given lead character status. I thought that trend would stop with XIII, but then some whiny, inept, mama's boy dominated half of the game. I think we've grown out of Square's target demographic. Unlike Pixar or SMT, they seem to be stuck TO that demographic too, instead of branching out.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Given who was cast in Persona, Mela was a shining example of "average" at best. I dobut anyone could get through a Fuuka/Natsuki scene without wishing for to skip it. After all, those were one of those times I said I hated Strassman's voice.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

Given my experience at cons, most of the fans actually appreciate the work (otherwise, they wouldn't be there). I will admit to some people getting mobbed, but that has dialed down.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

What's that mean?

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/59720277

The newest Soapbox: this time, on anime voice dubbing.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

I was browsing the Catherine message boards, and happened upon a topic all too familiar...

"The female voices are terrible."

This was in reference to the demo which showed off the English dub of the game. Featured in the game are Laura Bailey, Michelle Ruff, Troy Baker, Yuri Lowenthal, and countless other voice actors who lend their voices to countless anime and Japanese based videogames. There was an insinuation that without subbed audio, the game wouldn't sell enough to be profitable. This leads to the overall "dub/sub" argument that has hounded this industry (and ONLY this industry) for what seems forever. I say only because I've never heard people clamor for Seth McFarlane's head or claim that the old school Disney/Looney Toons actors sucked balls. Nor do I hear anyone ever say "so and so Japanese actor sucks." Only dub actors get said treatment, and I cannot gauge why. Part of it is due to being in (the apparent) minority of dub fans. The other is due to the bigger issue: zero accountability.

I called out the topic creator for justification as to why Bailey and Ruff are "terrible." As of yet, there's no response. I never do see answers. All I hear from others are phrases like "mediocre dub," or "SUBS ARE BETTER!" That would be fine if people actually stated what makes dubbing such a crime in their eyes (or ears). Here's a simple checklist to facilitate accountability.

1. The actors' voices are the problem.

I would have no problem if anyone stated "this person has a voice I can't stand." I myself can't stand Karen Strassman (with exception to some roles) or Aaron Dismuke, but at least I refrence them by name (or by role). However, the overarching sentiment is that "the dub as a whole" is the issue. If one person's voice is the issue, why should that ruin what could be a stellar performance by someone else? Otherwise, could it be a particular style that actor is fond of using? Laura Bailey for example has three voice tendencies, low and evil (Lust from FMA/CoD from Dissidia), timid or stoic (Henrietta from Gunslinger Girl), and hyper (Rise from P4, Catherine). Do you hate one style, but like another? As I stated before, no one takes those into account.

2. The director/casting was at fault

Actors are told exactly how to say lines and do them multiple takes. Perhaps the director was an idiot and didn't piece together the best takes to fit the subject matter. It could be they chose the wrong people for the wrong roles. One instance was Love Hina. Quality voice actors left and right, but so horribly miscast, I could only cringe.

3. Japanese actors did the voices first, so they did them right the first time

What percentage of fans actually know Japanese, much less know how they are acting? I don't know either. There seems to be this idolatry of the Japanese audio as if it can't be beat. I highly doubt the hundreds of posters in the corners of the internet causing this mess all know every nuance of acting and every cultural nook and cranny of Japan.

All I'm doing is opening people's eyes to the zero accountability shown by posters. Given the internet, it's nothing new. Why is there such fervor on one side (subbers), while dub fans rarely or never seem to go ape****? I'm certain there are instances, but the majority of topics are like what I described. I get the sense even if DA is implemented in everything, someone will still complain. After, if ther is one rule on the internet, it's this:

"You don't like what I like, so **** YOU!"

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

*Persona 3 Update*

A monster woman in spread eagle position couldn't disuade me from kicking her ass.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

It feels great.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

*Persona 3 Update*

Slacker Ass sucks ass.

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money

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"Should I slice off your tongue or break your countless bones? Either way, I get paid; you'll bleed to death and die alone." - Blood Money