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NFL 2014 Week 2 |OT| Thread Title Subject to Change Depending on Public Outrage

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Tom Penny

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Fox318 said:
If one owner opens his moth against the commissioner then the others are going to have to defend him. If a group comes out Kraft is going to be the only one defending Goodell.
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That must be why no owners have said shit. I'm sure it's .because they are all happy about Goodell and how he handled the Rice issue or maybe it's because the NFL is a business and plenty of them are clocking bank so they don't give a fuck. .
 
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Wynnebeck

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wienke said:
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Draxal

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MechDX said:
As a father of two sons who are into Minecraft I can honestly say: you have no idea how big that damn IP is. I have spent hundreds on the toys, clothing, games and everything else related to it.
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Problem with minecraft is i'm not sure how substainable it is. Look at angry birds, and how that ip was insane, but utterly nonsubstainable.

Mojang's second game scrolls was complete garbage,
 
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Draxal

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MechDX said:
Dude that shit is everywhere! When I pick up my son from school I see hundreds of Minecraft themed backpacks, lunchbox's, shirts, etc.... last Halloween I saw at least a dozen "Steve" costumes in a 2 block radius.

Amazon search for Minecraft:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...ps&field-keywords=minecraft&sprefix=minec,aps

44,070 results.
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Ayup, it would make sense to buy Mojang 4 years ago when this game was in beta, not at the peak of its popularity and when its second game is complete garbage.
 
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MechDX

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Draxal said:
Problem with minecraft is i'm not sure how substainable it is. Look at angry birds, and how that ip was insane, but utterly nonsubstainable.

Mojang's second game scrolls was complete garbage,
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http://www.lego.com/en-gb/minecraft

Yeah about that sustainable thing....... Funny enough when I opened this link and the video started my youngest, who is behind me playing of all things: Minecraft, looked up an yelled "New Lego Minecraft coming??Cool!'
 
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shadyspace

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I still don't get how kids are so drawn to Minecraft. There's no flagpoles at the ends of the levels, there's not even any levels.
 
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Grover Cleveland

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RellyRell28 said:
What the fuck is you on
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I'm with Gata on this one. The feel of the sticks is great but they are built like shit.

I love the PS4, but there are a lot of areas (build quality of the controller, wobble) where you can tell that Sony said "fuck it, we got to these out to production pronto" and skipped over the minor details.

That 399 doesn't come without a compromise or two
 
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Draxal

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MechDX said:
http://www.lego.com/en-gb/minecraft

Yeah about that sustainable thing....... Funny enough when I opened this link and the video started my youngest, who is behind me playing of all things, Minecraft looked up an yelled "New Lego Minecraft coming??Cool!'
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Is it going to last for a while. No doubt, but the insane popularity of it is not going to last forever.

I mean did you forget how big angry birds was 2 years ago, it's still a thing now, but no where near as popular as it was back then.
 
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Sweeney Tom

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Bisciotti released a statement

Sept. 9, 2014

Dear Ravens Stakeholder:

You deserve an explanation.

What happened with the Ray Rice incident? How could it come to this? Why didn’t we act earlier?

As a PSL holder, suite owner, sponsor and supporter, you have a stake in us. You have invested in us – emotionally as well as financially, trusted us, and believed in us. We value that trust and owe you full disclosure.

First, let us say that we did not do all we should have done and no amount of explanation can remedy that. What we can do now is share with you everything that occurred and vow to learn from all that has happened.

Here is how the situation unfolded, and here are our thoughts behind the decisions we made.

On the morning of Feb. 15, we learned that Ray and his then fiancé, Janay, had been arrested at an Atlantic City casino, and both had been charged with “simple assault” resulting from an altercation with each other. After the couple was taken to police headquarters, and after a report was written, they were allowed to leave together.

A number of Ravens’ representatives talked with Ray during the course of that day. His explanation was that after he and Janay had consumed a great deal of alcohol, they had had an argument and that they struck each other.

We at the Ravens organization issued a statement to the media that we were aware of the incident, that we had talked with Ray, and that he deserved the due process of law.

We then began our own process to discover as much as we could about what happened. We talked with representatives of the casino, the police who arrested the couple, the prosecutor and a lawyer who represented both Ray and Janay in the case. Soon after, the video of Janay and Ray coming out of the elevator became public.

We contacted the casino management and asked if there was video of the incident from inside the elevator that we could see. The casino would not share such video. We asked the local New Jersey police and the police refused as well. We asked the prosecutor’s office and that office refused. It was our understanding at that time that Ray’s attorney had not yet seen the video. NFL officials had been informed, and we know they were also trying to retrieve and/or see the video.

Assessing the situation at of the end of February, this is what we knew: A player who had been a model citizen in the community and terrific teammate for six seasons had been charged with simple assault against his fiancé. At that time, his fiancé Janay had been similarly charged.

Ray and Janay both told us nothing like this had happened before. He was showing great remorse; they were meeting regularly with our team chaplain and were diligently attending couples counseling.

In March, the prosecutor dropped the case against Janay, but elevated the charge against Ray from simple assault to aggravated assault. At this point, we decided to defer action until completion of the court proceedings. We stopped seeking to view or obtain a copy of the video. We halted our fact-finding. That was a mistake on our part.

In May, the prosecutor recommended, and the judge agreed, that Ray should be accepted into a pre-trial intervention program that will eventually have the assault charge dismissed from his record, pending a year of good behavior.
The police had seen video from inside the elevator. The prosecutor and the judge, who had also seen such video, allowed Ray into the program that would eventually clear him of the assault charge.

On June 16, Ray and Janay met with Commissioner Roger Goodell, who then announced on July 27 that Ray Rice would be suspended for the first two games of the season. Ray subsequently met with the media and answered questions.

Yesterday morning Sept 8, all of us saw the video from inside the elevator. It is violent and horrifying. I immediately came to the office and called a meeting with Dick Cass, Ozzie Newsome, John Harbaugh and Kevin Byrne. The meeting was relatively short. The decision to let Ray Rice go was unanimous. Seeing that video changed everything. We should have seen it earlier. We should have pursued our own investigation more vigorously. We didn’t and we were wrong.

We are moving forward and believe we can help put more of a spotlight on intimate partner violence, while increasing education and awareness to this issue to all in our organization. Our recently announced partnership with the House of Ruth is a start.

We view ourselves as a family. Like families, we have used tough love in the past (fines, benching and releases) with repeat offenders. Because of his positive contributions on and off the field over the last six years, Ray had earned every benefit of the doubt from our organization. We took everything we knew and decided to support Ray Rice until we could not.

We hope that Ray will continue to work to be the best husband, father and person he can be, and he will turn this awful situation into something positive. We also have learned a great deal and will continue to strive to be an organization and team you and Baltimore will be proud of. I am sorry we let you down.

Sincerely,

Stephen J. Bisciotti
Owner, Baltimore Ravens
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Alligatorjandro

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Grover Cleveland said:
I'm with Gata on this one. The feel of the sticks is great but they are built like shit.

I love the PS4, but you can tell there are a lot of areas (build quality of the controller, wobble) where you can tell that Sony said "fuck it, we got to these out to production pronto" and skipped over the minor details.

That 399 doesn't come without a compromise or two
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Some of the rubber already wore off.
 
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Fox318

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Tom Penny said:
That must be why no owners have said shit. I'm sure it's .because they are all happy about Goodell and how he handled the Rice issue or maybe it's because the NFL is a business and plenty of them are clocking bank so they don't give a fuck. .
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Mark Davis was about to move his team to San Antonio.

Hell what if the packers shareholders start protesting and the team is forced to make a statement.

Mike Brown has been trying to get player salaries and cost of team operations down for years. He would probably love a cap on what teams could spend to maintain facilities and divide the rest up as profit.

Only reason Kraft was the first person to speak out is because ESPN is filled with patriot heads and Goodell has them by the balls with their TV deal.

I can bet you that Goodell is calling everyone up and promising favors so that they can stay silent.


NBA just kicked an owner out for making disgusting statements in a private phone call that would have been illegal in a few states.

Ravens made a parade of Ray Rice and there is expected to be 0 repercussions?
 
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RellyRell28

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Grover Cleveland said:
I'm with Gata on this one. The feel of the sticks is great but they are built like shit.

I love the PS4, but you can tell there are a lot of areas (build quality of the controller, wobble) where you can tell that Sony said "fuck it, we got to these out to production pronto" and skipped over the minor details.

That 399 doesn't come without a compromise or two
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SMH whatever
 
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bionic77

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Bread said:
For the past year Microsoft has almost done nothing but positive things to restore their image, Sony side I mean gaming side needs to get the fuck over it.
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PS4 is more powerful.

Gaming side will always go to graphics. And the PS4 was cheaper and now the same price as Bone. The same thing happened with the 360. Cheaper and better graphics = happy obese gamers. They even put up with a defective product.

That's game, set, match at gaming side.
 
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slabrock

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From what I hear the newer ps4 controllers use a different plastic for the sticks that is more durable. I just bought some of those grip covers from amazon for like $3-4 and use them for my launch DS4.
 
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Grover Cleveland

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RellyRell28 said:
SMH whatever
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You missed the multiple threads on terribly built the DS4 is? Like I said the controller feels great, but I'd like it if my shit didn't fall apart after a couple months of use. Especially when it costs 50 bucks to get a new one.

EDIT: To show that I'm not console warrioring, my bro has gone through not one but two broken XB1 controllers. At least my DS4 still actually works as its supposed to.
 
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jakncoke

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The Cardinals drafted a WR in the 1st round with 17th Clyde Duncan, he had 4 catches 39 yards and a 1 td in his career lol
 
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eznark

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4 dual shock 4's, no issues. Maybe that's the secret though, constantly swapping them. That's why Sony made the batteries so shitty!
 
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Fox318

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shadyspace said:
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This is the face of the man that will bring down Roger Goodell.
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This is the face of the man that will bring down Roger Goodell.

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This is the face of the man that will bring down Roger Goodell.

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This is the face of the man that will bring down Roger Goodell.
 
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