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yes...major league baseball...since this is the off topic forum, and spring exhibition games are just days away!
I invite all baseball fans to talk about their teams, likes, dislikes, views on specific players
..as everyon can see from my avatar, I am an AVID yankee fan, and am fairly confident 2009 = 27
even if we 'bought' our team, its the yankees being the yankees, hate it or love it (i love it)
and NO I am not a fan because of there extensive pay roll or all-star lineup

Boooooooo! Orioles!

chrisrc1985 said:
yes...major league baseball...since this is the off topic forum, and spring exhibition games are just days away!
I invite all baseball fans to talk about their teams, likes, dislikes, views on specific players
..as everyon can see from my avatar, I am an AVID yankee fan, and am fairly confident 2009 = 27
even if we 'bought' our team, its the yankees being the yankees, hate it or love it (i love it)
and NO I am not a fan because of there extensive pay roll or all-star lineup
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You are hereby expelled from Red Sox Nation and have 30 days to move out of R I .
Even with your " bought team ", I will make some predictions. Burnett will turn into the Burnett the Jays wasted millions on. Sabathia will wilt under the pressure and media glare of New York ( ala Randy Johnson ), Hal and Hank are just idiots and will never measure up to Dad, No matter how much money they spend.
Joba will never live up to the hype, too much too soon. Alex will be dogged and distracted all year by steroids and Madonna. We will see how Teixeira plays now that he is a rich man, set for life and really has everything to prove, but nothing to play for anymore. Posada is done, Matsui is done. Damon is done.
And Girardi won't be able to keep the circus together, like Torre did.
Watching the RED SOX in the World Series will be tough for N.Y. but hey they must be getting used to it by now. Go Sox

denco7 said:
You are hereby expelled from Red Sox Nation and have 30 days to move out of R I .
Even with your " bought team ", I will make some predictions. Burnett will turn into the Burnett the Jays wasted millions on. Sabathia will wilt under the pressure and media glare of New York ( ala Randy Johnson ), Hal and Hank are just idiots and will never measure up to Dad, No matter how much money they spend.
Joba will never live up to the hype, too much too soon. Alex will be dogged and distracted all year by steroids and Madonna. We will see how Teixeira plays now that he is a rich man, set for life and really has everything to prove, but nothing to play for anymore. Posada is done, Matsui is done. Damon is done.
And Girardi won't be able to keep the circus together, like Torre did.
Watching the RED SOX in the World Series will be tough for N.Y. but hey they must be getting used to it by now. Go Sox
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*tear*
nothing can be said on burnette and sabathia, except that ..YOUR WRONG haha...we will have to wait until the season begins, however, Burnette will be getting better run support which will lead to more wins, giving him better confidence, and check his stats, last year, 35 games 231SO 86BB, not so shabby, that 18w 10L will translate to 21-9, and sabathia, im going to say 23w - 7L
damon, done. this is true, cabrera will step up his season, if he doesnt then he goes bye bye, and he wants to stay in NY.
Matsui is still a quality hitter, if we already have a DH he will be a valuable trade option, perhaps up the bullpen. Joba has pretty much already proven himself. Phil Hughes, should take his job as set up man, unless there is a injury to the starting rotation. and Giradi has already done a hell of a job last season with the mess he was brought into
hank + hals dicks will never be as big as Georgey boy, this is true
and p.s I excommunicated myself from R.S nation a long time ago...born a yankee fan
..anything i miss lol

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wow..thats sweet..thanks a lot man!
not so bad for a redsox fan lol

Red Sox are going all the way this year ! NYY spent tons of $$$ just to lose again this year....
Sorry, I had to.....

i know this is a bit outdated...however to my 2 friendly redsox fans above me id like to remind you A-Rod, first at bat HOMER BABY! =]

Germany Vs. England (COME ON ENGLAND)

i hope england win tonight against germany
post your thoughts on the upcoming match here!

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Oh and regards game i had to turn it off!

dam this game was insane!! 4-1! i root for england 24/7 but dam they got murdered!

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Oh and regards game i had to turn it off!
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[clap, clap] for germany.. obviously they were the better team..

So england are out the world cup?

Well done Germany they deserved it,just the same old crap from england lots of promise but never ever deliver

What happened to Rooney? He did nothing, nothing I say

tough loss for england

Germany looks very strong for the next round

So after that shameful performance, does that mean they can start using some good players now then instead of the same players all the time,

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So after that shameful performance, does that mean they can start using some good players now then instead of the same players all the time,
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Hopefully it will mean we structure our team, tell them who is playing in a decent time before the game, and not field Heskey. Oh, and let the wags go with them into their rooms, you never know, they may actually score and transfer that to the pitch!
In fairness to the germans though, they found a gap in the defence and exploited it to their needs. There isn't anything James could have done - he had a great game in my opinion.
Hopefully this will be the shock we need to actually form a decent team, and let the players who had their go and failed to perform get on with their lives.
Germany vs Argentina should be a great game though!

I'm not one for football or jokes tbh but my old man just sent me this i had to laugh
substituting defoe for heskey when you need goals!!!Is like switching off porn when you fancy a wa^k
i liked it lol

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Hopefully it will mean we structure our team, tell them who is playing in a decent time before the game, and not field Heskey. Oh, and let the wags go with them into their rooms, you never know, they may actually score and transfer that to the pitch!
In fairness to the germans though, they found a gap in the defence and exploited it to their needs. There isn't anything James could have done - he had a great game in my opinion.
Hopefully this will be the shock we need to actually form a decent team, and let the players who had their go and failed to perform get on with their lives.
Germany vs Argentina should be a great game though!
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What about the coach, are U ok that Capello should be in the front of the team after his performance in the World Cup?

yes get rid of the gaffa, and what ever money they the players have made during the world cup should be given to a charity of some sort they shouldn't get paid for playing for there country especially when there performance was that bad.

well maybe the problem is not the coach or the players. the problem might be even bigger. all the good players in Premier league are not english. Italy has the same problem.

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well maybe the problem is not the coach or the players. the problem might be even bigger. all the good players in Premier league are not english. Italy has the same problem.
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Totality agree with you..

I don't agree with how Capello did things, hence me mentionning more notice for players and more free time and allow the wags.
I think Capello has done really poor as a manager for England, he should be gone, and we shouldn't have to be waiting the 2 weeks to know he has gone and Harry Redknapp is the new manager.
I wasn't happy with Capello before the world cup, let alone after, but lets face it, he was much better then Steve McLaren!
I think Redknapp would be godo for England, having had him manage both my local teams it should be a bit interesting, although with Redknapp you never know what Bungs he is going to do, I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to marry some foreign players so they can have an english passport and play for us

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well maybe the problem is not the coach or the players. the problem might be even bigger. all the good players in Premier league are not english. Italy has the same problem.
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You are absolutely right, while the leagues are advocating for including more foreign players they leave no space for national players to play in these great leagues

Sad.... England lost! eng team formation lacks defenders.....
didn't England supposed to have 2 goals? cause according to dad and uncle who watch the match that night, actually saw that the ball actually went into the goal for about few inches... keeper caught it, chucked it and pretended nothing happened and ref said no goal...
anyone saw that part as well? any chance for a vid link?
cheers

I don't have a vid link, but it did go over the goal, quite obviously as well... I also think the germans may have been offside for the first goal - but I have only seen that goal once as I walked past a TV at the airport! I'm pretty sure it will be on youtube somewhere (Can't find as I am at work...)
It is sad England lost, I still don't think it would have been too different if Rio hadn't been sent home injured.

Wedding Speech Extras

This is a bit of an odd one but I'm hoping you guys can help.
I'm getting married on the 10th October and have written the bulk of my speech (a bit of history, the thank you's, etc), I just want to add a bit extra to make it stand out and memorable. I'm "a bit of" a geek, I did Electronic Engineering at Uni, I keep upto date with gadget/tech news with sites like Engadget and Gizmodo, I've played about a bit with ROMs and tweaks for my HD2 to the point of being called "obsessed" and so on. So I want to add a bit of a geeky theme into parts of my speech.
I've already put in that the wedding date is 10/10/10, when 101010 in binary is converted to decimal; it is the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything (42).
What else do you guys think I should include?
Thanks for the help in advance!

if i may say so...dont add anything geeky to the wedding... afterall your wedding..leave tech for that day...it just doesnt suit for wedding speaches...but thats just my opinion

Congrats on the marriage!
In regards to the tech references, it does depend, at least in my opinion, what the other guests think of tech etc. If your Significent other it into Tech as well, I do not see much of an issue with it, as it is your wedding afterall.
I do like the 101010 part. Thats clever.
Sorry that I haven't been much use, just thought I would offer my opinion on the tech part.

Congrats Man can't say i's be of much help though either ;D

Cheers guys, I can see why it is and isn't something that should be part of it. The reason why I thought of it was that my university friends will be there and I want to try to include them in my speech as well, whether as a joke or something else. Also, my dad and older brother have passed their geekyness onto me, which I suppose is why I took my course.
The opening line I've used is:
"I'm sure you'll all know it's been an emotional day, even the cake is in Tiers!"
I was looking for a couple more nerdy jokes to put the finishing touches to it.

As thats the case, then i would put a few more in, but not overload it. i.e don't do it in the tone of yoda throughout
(I actually lol'd about the cake...)
The cake is a lie....

Yeoldgreat1,
Firstly, congratulations on the marriage plans!
Secondly, my first son is due on 10/10/10 and I'd worked out the binary value too. Excellent work, great minds think alike!
Thirdly, congratulations on supporting the greatest team known to man. Arteta for England!!
Fourthly, I have no suggestions for your speech...

b0dge said:
Yeoldgreat1,
Firstly, congratulations on the marriage plans!
Secondly, my first son is due on 10/10/10 and I'd worked out the binary value too. Excellent work, great minds think alike!
Thirdly, congratulations on supporting the greatest team known to man. Arteta for England!!
Fourthly, I have no suggestions for your speech...
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hahaha sorry found that funny

Thanks, I was looking for some smart/geeky jokes to put in, I know it's hard to find some suitable ones.
b0dge said:
Secondly, my first son is due on 10/10/10 and I'd worked out the binary value too. Excellent work, great minds think alike!
Thirdly, congratulations on supporting the greatest team known to man. Arteta for England!!
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Congrats with your son, I hope he becomes the biggest blue ever

First of all, congrats!
Now to business...
There's bound to be people who don't understand your 101010 joke. So you can follow that up with "There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't."
Then, of course, there are the classics:
"All my base are belong to you."
"I knew it was love when I memorized your IP number to skip DNS overhead."
Seriously though, don't overdo the geek stuff. Mix in some material to get the tears flowing. Those are the lines that will be most memorable, not any of the geek jokes.
Here's a line I used as a closing to my wedding speech:
"Sometimes, you would laugh and giggle, and I think to myself, what a wonderful world."

yeoldgreat1 said:
Congrats with your son, I hope he becomes the biggest blue ever
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Cheers, and he will. He'll be the Premiership's top scorer in 2029/30!

Call of Duty? FIFA? GT?

I couldn't possibly care less about these sort of games. This puts me in, I'd venture, less than 3% of the young male population of this country who can buy an Xbox or whatnot in the first place.
Discuss.

Homework or a public speaking competition? Sweet Idea, will post my arguments once others give me ideas
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More like inciting a flame war. ^_^ j/k
I've never liked racing, shooting, or sports games, which I've found doesn't sit well with most men my age (22). Just wondering what fellow techies think.
Usually I get a "wow, I can't believe another human being has different tastes than me" response. I don't think I've ran into a "Wow you're so gay" response but it's only a matter of time. =/

ninestraycats said:
More like inciting a flame war. ^_^ j/k
I've never liked racing, shooting, or sports games, which I've found doesn't sit well with most men my age (22). Just wondering what fellow techies think.
Usually I get a "wow, I can't believe another human being has different tastes than me" response. I don't think I've ran into a "Wow you're so gay" response but it's only a matter of time. =/
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Yep same. I'm different to everyone in my school. Everyones got iphoned, I got a Desire, now everyones jealous haha.. anyways, I like racing and shooting games. Just the real ones. CoD and GT not things like killzone or WoW. Though I don't play often, every 2–3 weeks maybe, I do enjoy some adrenalin pumping through my veins when I due just begore the end of the mussion. It makes me more determined to finish correctly the next time etc..
Everyones always asking me when I'm online next to play a bit of CoD or whatever and I just don't understand how you can become addicted to something that doesn't actually exist. Well it does but not really, you know what I mean : )
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LOL been a gamer for too long. But I have never told anyone that they were "gay" because they didn't like to game.
But.. usually they were women.

well im different to everyone in my school.
most of the lads in my year like football and cod.
"medal of honor- is ****"
"driving games - ****"
"every other game apart from cod and fifa- is ****"
i have been called gay because i have long hair and i like rock music and drum and bass (and others).
i think the reason they call you gay is because they don't like people that are different and like other things.
about 1 year ago everyones phones where sony ericssons (crap ones)
and samsung tocco lites (horrible)
but 1 lad had a t-mobile g1.
i had my 7 year old htc himalaya brick (excellent phone)
now quite a few have htc's desires, hero, legend. (and obviously don't know about xda (what a pitty))
people seem to follow other people and call you weird because you are not following.
sorry if i drifted off topic.
i like driving games, fps (half-life excellent!!)

im a gran turismo guy i love that game, i also enjoy a nice helping of cod now and then too, i cant stand football soccer or basketball games though

COD - meh
FIFA - meh
GT5 - drool
Well, an explanation is warranted for the above...
I never really got the hang of FPS games in multiplayer, mostly because I used to pwn at CounterStrike and Half-Life, but a hiatus during my formative days (read, TEENAGE) lost my edge in FPS games. Mostly I will check out the single player experience, and if it gains enough traction amongst my friends, I'll get the original copy. Mostly, for group enjoyment purposes, we game L4D if we wanna play FPS. I'm just waiting for Crysis 2 (as an excuse to upgrade my Gfx card more than anything else )
FIFA... well... is a game for douchetards who imagine that they have the skills needed to take Leo Messi/CR to whatever glories that in real life they couldn't achieve (both for the gamers and the players). Simply said, it gives little to none benefits, and merely act as an escapement and commercial device. For the more serious guys, we play futsal, which is like football played in a netball field. Pacing is fun, especially since players with less stamina can join in and height doesn't bring that much of a benefit (read, GIRLS CAN PLAY TOO). And for the brainiacs, we play Football Manager 2011.
GT5 is going to be something of a old history for me. It's more of a nostalgia device than something of real enjoyment. Back in the days, me and my brother played GT1, GT2, GT3, and probably GT4. To my brother, who is an engineer by now, it is the most accurate depiction of a car on the race-track. I'll skip the nostalgia bit... Anyway, since neither of us own a PS3, and neither of us plans to own a PS3, this game will forever reside in the droolworthy section of our hindbrains, possibly forever.
The problem with me is I'm probably in the less than 0.05% zone. I'm a self-professed geek that likes to party and do sports. I could, enjoyably, spend the afternoon tinkering with my PC/phone or just dump everything to hang out with friends, chilling out and maybe finding the answers to life (we checked, its not 42).
So gaming is cool and all that, but it's not the be all and end all for me

Gotta say... I love GT5 lol. I think I like it more than GT3 or 4 because I'm actually trying now lol. I used to have a Game Shark, Code Breaker, and Action Replay to cheat my way to having (basically) infinite cash, the AI guys wouldn't move, and every car would have like 16x acceleration lol. It made it fun cause I could get what I wanted when I wanted, but ruined the sense of accomplishment needed to make it feel way better. I actually HAVE to try and succeed in this now, which is awesome imo.
Call of Duty is cool, but I'm not into it as much anymore as I am with GT5 now.
FIFA is a game I'll never play. I don't do sports, nor like them; especially soccer.
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sakai4eva said:
To my brother, who is an engineer by now, it is the most accurate depiction of a car on the race-track.
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That is VERY cool and I didn't know that. Sucker as I am for new experiences, it makes me want to play it again with this knowledge.
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Pacing is fun, especially since players with less stamina can join in and height doesn't bring that much of a benefit (read, GIRLS CAN PLAY TOO).
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Haha, I hope I'm reading your implications right: b/c size isn't an issue, women can play the sport side-by-side with men. The other implication would be a little... off-putting. >.<

flyboyovyick said:
well im different to everyone in my school.
i have been called gay because i have long hair and i like rock music and drum and bass (and others).
i think the reason they call you gay is because they don't like people that are different and like other things.
i like driving games, fps (half-life excellent!!)
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Sorry I paraphrased your Quote
1) Nothing wrong with Long Hair and playing Bass. I did both for a long time - but now the hair fell out and I play a little guitar (i.e. it stares at me taunting me on the wall collecting dust due to RL stealing all my time)
2) Your unique... just like everybody else
3) Half Life is probably the BEST GAME EVER. And I'm a sucker for driving games. I haven't purchased GT yet as I know my wife would kill me while I was going around the track at 4am.

YOU DON'T LIKE THOSE GAMES!!! wow!!, i didn't know another human being could have such different taste to me.
But seriously 'normal' at my school is f'd up compared to everybody elses, screamo metalheads and emos rule the street and jocks are considered to be on the same level as the scum you find in public toilets... its a weird place.
Im lucky anyway because im a self admitted nerd at school but for some strange reason nobody believes me? (WTF's with that!?!) Which is especially strange considering people are paying me to set up snow leopard hackintosh on their pc's.
My favorite shooter is Gears o' War 2 (can't really call it fps), but, uh, what do you guys think of bioshock? I personally don't like it, much to the disdain of all my friends who are obsessed with it.

urbanengine1 said:
But seriously 'normal' at my school is f'd up compared to everybody elses, screamo metalheads and emos rule the street and jocks are considered to be on the same level as the scum you find in public toilets... its a weird place.
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Wow, that is strange. At my school there was no "jock" contingency either, but why would there necessarily have to be, stereotypes are stereotypes.
What IS indeed common to probably every school ever are cliques. I'm guessing it's the 'us vs. them' mentality that's so crucial to so many living things.

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FIFA?
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Soccer is the worst game (notice I didn't call it a sport) in the history of mankind.

Any Gay here who still can't accept himself?

I'm gay and I'm always wondering if there is somebody like me who still can't accept themselves as a gay men. I believed I'm already Gay since I was a kid like 4, because I've had a feeling towards men in that age already. Like having a crush with them. I clearly remember that. And the usual kids were making a jokes of marrying a woman, but not me, I want to marry a boy instead. Lol.
In my case, you won't notice I'm Gay. I dressed like a real guy, I moved and speak like a real man. My family don't even know I'm gay. I lived in a Muslim country and in a muslim community. In short I am a Muslim(please no bad comments just because I am a Muslim). It's quite difficult for me to reveal my real identity because of my surroundings. Though I fallen in love already with my best friend, I still managed myself not to pursue what I wanted. There were also so many gays who entertained me, but because I am not serious about it, I always ignored them. I really wanted to be a real man. I always pray that one morning I woke up and becomes straight already. But this is me. This is inborn. Nothings happen really!
I've always dreaming of marrying a woman, having kids and a normal family. But I am very afraid that I might just hurt my wife because I can't really love a woman truly.
Anyone here like me too? Well I guess......... I don't know. Lol

Just cause you like dudes doesn't mean you're not a "real man", bro
I hope you can find some support here or irl, it must be quite difficult for you in the situation you're in but you have my acceptance even if you can't accept yourself (Y)

Thank you so much! Your comment are really appreciated. :angel: God bless you and your family.

I'm not gay but my entire family is.

wizkid92 said:
I'm not gay but my entire family is.
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God blessed you mate and to your family too. You must be very careful to your sorroundings and in social media too. I am in Malaysia and even the majority of people here are Muslims, Gays are everywhere and it is spreading rapidly. It's worldwide. Take care mate and I belived it's hard to convert back to straight.

Having a preference for the same gender is always a choice of *will* more so than any other factor realistically speaking. Be that as it may, those choices reside betwixt you and God alone. That being stated, coming from a Muslim related country, you are indeed wise to tread carefully. Even in Malaysia.
God's wisdom be with you always.