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[Deleted member 47027]

I knew there was a reason I liked you, Vince.

My rating system goes;

. That was bad
. That was fine
. That was good
. That was great
. That was AWESOME

Looks like a cool five categories. Maybe you should put circles next to them. A five circle match!

On my top tier matches, it plays out in my head like IF YOU WATCH THIS AMAZING MATCH WE CAN BE THE BEST OF FRIENDS AND BE TOTALLY HYPED FOR THIS MATCH! SHOW IT TO PEOPLE WHO DONT CARE AND THEY WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH WRESTLING BUT THEY NEVER ACTUALLY DO

 

[Aiii]

GAF should use some of that cloud power that Titanfall uses for its AI to pre-render all the .gifs and avatars and have a more powerful streamlined service!

 

[avengers23]

Titanfall and Dark Souls 2 are taking GAF down.

As for Buff Bagwell, I lay much of WCW's demise at the feet of his crappy match with Booker T. Extenuating circumstances and all, but that match sealed WCW's fate.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

GAF should use some of that cloud power that Titanfall uses for its AI to pre-render all the .gifs and avatars and have a more powerful streamlined service!

We could have animated avatars again

please

 

[lovely ladies]

Well..Driveclub got canned...

Meltdowns over Drive Club lol, I mean I liked their Motorstorm games but you can't have meltdowns over practically vapoware.

 

[Raw64life]

We could have animated avatars again

please

Or more likely, ads for Titanfall taking up 60% of the screen.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Driveclub didn't actually get canned, right? I thought that was just them saying they needed to rework development a ways back. Boots is gonna riot if it was...

 

[jmdajr]

Driveclub didn't actually get canned, right? I thought that was just them saying they needed to rework development a ways back. Boots is gonna riot if it was...

It's an an exaggeration, but those reworkings sometimes means it's never coming out.
Oh well. I just thought it was going to be a great freebee.

 

[Aiii]

Driveclub didn't actually get canned, right? I thought that was just them saying they needed to rework development a ways back. Boots is gonna riot if it was...

Believe so, but this wouldn't be GAF without all the hyperbole replies.

 

[British Monsoon]

I like how the DriveClub guy talking about Sony being willing to eat the cost of delaying a game in the past tense results in hilarious over-reactions and just the general sort of idiotic flailing of opinions without any real facts that gaming side so specialises in. I mean, shit, just wait for E3 and remember that if you're gleefully posting about "delaystation" or "lol, 720" you should probably take a step back and examine yourself for a second.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Believe so, but this wouldn't be GAF without all the hyperbole replies.

I think the world would be ok if Driveclub never sees the light of day. Too much competition.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I hope WWE Network incorporates some kind of URL with a location stop. Would make recommending matches easier. The match stops are nice, but it'd be cool to say "hey this match from No Way Out 2009 was amazing" with a link to the match beginning.

 

[British Monsoon]

I think the world would be ok if Driveclub never sees the light of day. Too much competition.

Screw that. There is no true PGR successor, these days - Need for Speed, Grid, Dirt, etc, just don't cut it and Forza & GT are entirely different sorts of animals. I want my goddamn PGR fix and perhaps if Microsoft hadn't so undervalued the series, I might be gaming on an Xbone at the moment.

 

[Batigol]

Can we define what we mean by "five-star match" instead? Because if it's your own rating of Cena matches, responding to "I don't think John Cena has had any good matches" with "haven't you seen my five-star ratings for all of these John Cena matches" is quite possibly the dumbest argument ever.

John Cena had WWE's only Dave Meltzer five-star match of the past ten years and that's great for him.

Downside is that it's still Dave Meltzer.

 

[jred2k]

I wonder if there were wrestling-related message boards that went down after the thread "Bobby Lashley Returns to Wrestling! TNA!" was created. That would be about the equivalent.

 

[jmdajr]

I hope WWE Network incorporates some kind of URL with a location stop. Would make recommending matches easier. The match stops are nice, but it'd be cool to say "hey this match from No Way Out 2009 was amazing" with a link to the match beginning.

It does no? There is a twitter,email,facebook icon.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Screw that. There is no true PGR successor, these days - Need for Speed, Grid, Dirt, etc, just don't cut it and Forza & GT are entirely different sorts of animals. I want my goddamn PGR fix and perhaps if Microsoft hadn't so undervalued the series, I might be gaming on an Xbone at the moment.

I dunno if Driveclub will be the answer for that.

I need to earn Kudos. PGR4 is still really good, dammit...

It does no? There is a twitter,email,facebook icon.

Unless I'm mistaken it just links to the event in whole. I'll doublecheck though.

 

[jmdajr]

I hope WWE Network incorporates some kind of URL with a location stop. Would make recommending matches easier. The match stops are nice, but it'd be cool to say "hey this match from No Way Out 2009 was amazing" with a link to the match beginning.

http://network.wwe.com/share/video/31337809

check*

Yup just seems to be the whole event. Well it's a start.

I look forward to more feature like what's trending on WWE network and a fan rating system.

 

[lovely ladies]

I was watching a Smackdown repeat on the Universal HD channel and I seriously have to ask, is Christian sick? He just looks really off for some reason, really gangly looking.

 

[jmdajr]

I was watching a Smackdown repeat on the Universal HD channel and I seriously have to ask, is Christian sick? He just looks really off for some reason, really gangly looking.

I'm sure if he was fucked up he wouldn't be able to compete.

 

[Aiii]

I was watching a Smackdown repeat on the Universal HD channel and I seriously have to ask, is Christian sick? He just looks really off for some reason, really gangly looking.

He has a newborn kid.

 

[Serpentine]

speaking of Christian, how'd Shark get done in?

 

[Sephzilla]

I wish the events/chapters/whatever on WWE Network would include wrestler intros instead of the straight up beginning of the match.

 

[Vylash]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCgeb2ecCc8&feature=youtu.be

THE CHAMP IS BACK! I'M MARKIN OUT BRO!

 

[BronsonLee]

speaking of Christian, how'd Shark get done in?

WHAT NO
My Blue Man Group is falling apart!

I wish the events/chapters/whatever on WWE Network would include wrestler intros instead of the straight up beginning of the match.

Cosign. I hate having to scrub back to the awesome Mania entrances and such.
Also stop cutting out New Jack

 

[lovely ladies]

He has a newborn kid.

Ah, that's understandable. I always thought he was much more entertaining in his first WWE run (even after he broke off from Edge) than his return after his stint in TNA. I remember him being pretty funny and an above average promo guy and all that was kind of neutered or taken away from him after he came back.

 

[UberTag]

speaking of Christian, how'd Shark get done in?

WHAT NO
My Blue Man Group is falling apart!

<pours one out for Shark Johnson> He will be missed.

Christian needs all the fans he can get.

He has a newborn kid.

Does his baby have a blue dot for a face? Or was he/she able to avoid inheriting that genetic trait?

 

[El Pescado]

John Cena is in two of my all time favorite matches so he can be carried to greatness...

 

[Spider from Mars]

Wait until Vince sees Adrian Neville.
Not a big enough or blue enough dot in the world to cover that face and those ears.

 

[Perspicacity]

Star ratings are bullshit because you shouldn't quantify the enjoyment you get out of a performance. The most of I've ever enjoyed a match was Steen vs Generico at Showdown in the Sun, but I would readily admit it probably wouldn't rate on anyone else's greatest match lists. It was a personal experience that can't be conveyed by some stupid ratings system.

Further to that, if I were to point to a match I didn't experience live in person then it would absolutely be John Cena/Punk MITB 2011 because of the work done to emotionally invest me in the story. It wasn't the best technical match the two of them even had that year but that doesn't fucking matter.

Does his baby have a blue dot for a face? Or was he/she able to avoid inheriting that genetic trait?

 

[Evening Musuko]

I wish the events/chapters/whatever on WWE Network would include wrestler intros instead of the straight up beginning of the match.

Agreed. I also don't get why you can select the endings as well. It should be intros then the beginning of the match. Maybe add chapters for promos or whatever too.

 

[BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!]

Looking forward to reading Ithil's reactions to the Emma-Santino segment tonight. My favorite part of Raw.

You and me both, brother!

 

[Ithil]

Looking forward to reading Ithil's reactions to the Emma-Santino segment tonight. My favorite part of Raw.

I don't recall having any particular reaction to these segments other than them being a waste of time.

 

[strobogo]

I nearly went full Zandig at the Walmart tire center. I finally get my sick ass up and out of bed to get my tire fixed. I'm THE ONLY car. None inside, none parked outside. I'm literally the only customer they have. I tell the guy I need a new tire and go ahead for an oil change while I'm there. He walks out to get the VIN, then comes back in and says, "Oh, you needed a tire, right? I forgot to look at your size. I'll be right back.' Dude spends 5 minutes out there. Over an hour later, it is done. I only knew it was done because I checked on a scanner in the store. They never called on the intercom or my phone. When I go up to pay, there is no one there. WHen someone finally does show up, he walks off and I stand there for another 5 minutes (real 5 minutes, not exaggerated 5 minutes) and they tell me they didn't change my tire because of rim damage. Something this fucking guy should have told me the second he looked at my god damn tire and not had me wait a fucking hour to tell me this. And it shouldn't take a fucking hour to change oil on ONE FUCKING VEHICLE. oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH YOU'RE GONNA DIE YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

 

[G-Fex]

which dingus is making the Raw thread in OT?

 

[lovely ladies]

Wait until Vince sees Adrian Neville.
Not a big enough or blue enough dot in the world to cover that face and those ears.

I think Bo Dallas looks weirder, just me

 

[jobber]

Undertaker has a WM announcement tonight? Could this be his final match?

it's that their match is a no dq match

and with that spoiled i think i'm going away for a while.

 

[jmdajr]

I nearly went full Zandig at the Walmart tire center. I finally get my sick ass up and out of bed to get my tire fixed. I'm THE ONLY car. None inside, none parked outside. I'm literally the only customer they have. I tell the guy I need a new tire and go ahead for an oil change while I'm there. He walks out to get the VIN, then comes back in and says, "Oh, you needed a tire, right? I forgot to look at your size. I'll be right back.' Dude spends 5 minutes out there. Over an hour later, it is done. I only knew it was done because I checked on a scanner in the store. They never called on the intercom or my phone. When I go up to pay, there is no one there. WHen someone finally does show up, he walks off and I stand there for another 5 minutes (real 5 minutes, not exaggerated 5 minutes) and they tell me they didn't change my tire because of rim damage. Something this fucking guy should have told me the second he looked at my god damn tire and not had me wait a fucking hour to tell me this. And it shouldn't take a fucking hour to change oil on ONE FUCKING VEHICLE. oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH YOU'RE GONNA DIE YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

God damn. No doubt I would have fucking lost it.

 

[BronsonLee]

it's that their match is a no dq match

and with that spoiled i think i'm going away for a while.

DAMN YOU JOBBER
You got to go to court now

 

[Spider from Mars]

Taker can't have matches that don't involve weapon spots were he can lay on the mat for 20 minutes

 

[Plywood]

which dingus is making the Raw thread in OT?

The Heaby Onech, alway he swear thatta Punk gonna come back. Punk never comuh back to fightch again.

 

[strobogo]

God damn. No doubt I would have fucking lost it.

I was really close and held back because the guy I was dealing with A. Had some handicaps and B. Wasn't the guy who should have told me in the first place. In fact, I believe he was currently covering for that shit head who was no where to be found.

 

[G-Fex]

The Heaby Onech, alway he swear thatta Punk gonna come back. Punk never comuh back to fightch again.

so bangaio?

 

[British Monsoon]

You fucks better not make another OT for another run-of-the-mill RAW. We've got standards to keep, people.

Wait until Vince sees Adrian Neville.
Not a big enough or blue enough dot in the world to cover that face and those ears.

They should just play up on his gargoyle-ish features and put him in The Ascension. They're meant to be vampires or some shit, right?

 

[Shamrock7r]

A lot of moves doesn't make a guy a good wrestler. The Rock before he got into acting was a better wrestler than Cena ever was and he didn't use a lot of moves and Austin after the neck injury only did a few moves and was still better than Cena. You don't need a lot of moves to put on a good match. The flow of the match and the story the wrestlers are bringing to the match and the one they tell in the ring is what matters. Its why people buy into Bryan and Punk's striking based offense as being deadly and always get up for their matches or how the Rock can get a huge pop for doing ducking under a punch versus Cena would be caught in a hold, do something flashy to get out of it, and still get boring/Cena sucks/boos.

You're right a lot of moves don't make a good guy a wrester, but Cena has had matches with good chemistry, pace, and storytelling, and to deny that is denial.

When I think of average wrestlers, I think of people like Miz, Darren Young, Wade Barrett, Roman Reigns, Sheamus. When I think below average I think of people like Batista.

 

[Sephzilla]

You're right a lot of moves don't make a good guy a wrester, but Cena has had matches with good chemistry, pace, and storytelling, and to deny that is denial.

When I think of average wrestlers, I think of people like Miz, Darren Young, Wade Barrett, Roman Reigns, Sheamus. When I think below average I think of people like Batista.

When I hear someone say that Cena had a great match I immediately see who he was wrestling, because I can't think of a time when Cena carried a match and made it look like something I'd call great.

 

[British Monsoon]

I'm not going to make out like Cena's horrible in the ring, because he isn't, but what I find really telling about Cena is the matches he has with guys who AREN'T great wrestlers - look at the match with Miz at Mania whatever, for example. The onus was on John to carry Miz and help make him a star. Instead, he put in a severely lacklustre performance and just looked like he didn't want to be there, I'm assuming because he was butthurt about Rocky being the real main event. That match was real bad, but at no fault of The Miz.

 

[bean breath]

I don't recall having any particular reaction to these segments other than them being a waste of time.

Wot?

They handled Emma's debut about as terribly as they could, but I think she's talented and likable enough that she'll get over anyway.

JBL's commentary is just fucking awful. He just buries people.

Summer Rae is actually very passionate about doing well in wrestling, from what folks in NXT say.

Taking Emma wholesale from NXT without any context is really not clever.

But Emma is a solid wrestler and Summer Rae is decent for her experience level.

But she was a heel when she debuted on NXT. No one said "but no one will take her seriously". She was supposed to be a goofy heel.
That her dance caught on was unexpected, and they turned her face as a result.

They start her out here doing all her face stuff from NXT, with no context, with whitebread Cole going "LOOK AT HOW FUN IT IS TO DO THIS DANCE!".

Meanwhile.

Great call on that move, guys. Vague noises.

Let's not show her actually good match from NXT or anything.

Apparently, you can't quote from locked threads, thanks for that Sandman, so those first few are just copy/paste jobs.

At any rate, please look forward to it, Ithil.

I hope to see Emma in wrestling action. Lip wrestling, that is.

 

[Shamrock7r]

When I hear someone say that Cena had a great match I immediately see who he was wrestling, because I can't think of a time when Cena carried a match and made it look like something I'd call great.

Great wrestlers don't always have good matches with bad wrestlers. Cena is not a bad wrestler.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

http://network.wwe.com/share/video/31337809

check*

Yup just seems to be the whole event. Well it's a start.

I look forward to more feature like what's trending on WWE network and a fan rating system.

Yeah. Cliche as it is I'm looking forward to the apps on PS4 and Xbox One to allow you to make votes, etc.

WHAT NO
My Blue Man Group is falling apart!



Cosign. I hate having to scrub back to the awesome Mania entrances and such.
Also stop cutting out New Jack

What'd Jark Shonson do?

I nearly went full Zandig at the Walmart tire center. I finally get my sick ass up and out of bed to get my tire fixed. I'm THE ONLY car. None inside, none parked outside. I'm literally the only customer they have. I tell the guy I need a new tire and go ahead for an oil change while I'm there. He walks out to get the VIN, then comes back in and says, "Oh, you needed a tire, right? I forgot to look at your size. I'll be right back.' Dude spends 5 minutes out there. Over an hour later, it is done. I only knew it was done because I checked on a scanner in the store. They never called on the intercom or my phone. When I go up to pay, there is no one there. WHen someone finally does show up, he walks off and I stand there for another 5 minutes (real 5 minutes, not exaggerated 5 minutes) and they tell me they didn't change my tire because of rim damage. Something this fucking guy should have told me the second he looked at my god damn tire and not had me wait a fucking hour to tell me this. And it shouldn't take a fucking hour to change oil on ONE FUCKING VEHICLE. oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH YOU'RE GONNA DIE YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

Never again is Wal-Mart worth a flying fuck. Better off finding a tire barn or some shit that exclusively does tires.

You fucks better not make another OT for another run-of-the-mill RAW. We've got standards to keep, people.



They should just play up on his gargoyle-ish features and put him in The Ascension. They're meant to be vampires or some shit, right?

Well Neville already had to cut a promo where he made fun of his elfin features. While Renee Young TOWERED over him.

If they're careful with his matchups he can get over real easily.

AND NO RAW THREAD PLEASE. This is gonna be a dumptastic Raw that I'm skipping, and you all should too.