Pandalsson 1st MRB

Not even close lol Not a big Stephen A. Smith fan but he wasn't getting butt-reemed like Skip.

Please note that this guy was banned this morning for intentional TK (and TW), not for wearing tags (I would have banned him if Marsden - I think - didn't already beat me to it). Wearing MRB tags is a separate issue which only makes matters worse. Please update his ban status to 7 days.

Gut feeling was heat in 7 (with Bosh return and Lebron change in psychology). Sentimental choice was with OKC though. OKC will still have their chances. They're like the heat of 2011: no killer instinct and too much solo-play in crunch time. Didn't see a potential heat in 5 though.

Name: [bCOD]LuCkyFred Steam I.D: STEAM_0:1:48610974 Reasons for the Ban: Intentional TK and fleeing server to avoid response Recommended duration of ban: 1 week Demo Provided?: N/A

Not really a question of Bosh healthy or not. You can't start a NBA finals game 25-8 and hope to win. OKC is the stronger 2nd half team so as long as they keep it close in the first half, the trophy is theirs to lose imo. But it's certainly shaping up to be a 7-game gem. And as far as the Lebron hate goes, it's not so much the player as the perceived arrogance. However, crap like that can change if/when he starts winning titles. As far as I'm concerned, Lebron is the best player (physically) the NBA has ever seen. Mentally, he's got a ways to go before he's even in the discussion with the likes of Nowitzki, Rondo, Thomas let alone Jordan, Kobe, Bird, Magic. This series will go a long way to showing he's ready to match his physical talents with a cold-blooded will to win. And as far as the stupid glasses go, I guess if I made THAT much money, I'd probably not care how I looked to others lol But man, RW, the disco age passed. let it go. Focus on not making boneheaded plays.

Each "turn" is primarily made up of 2 elements: Income gets added Ships get produced at planets (automated - based on planet's production value) With income you can: - improve planet (specific to that planet, e.g. produces more ships) - instant since you pay $ to improve - create fleets by buying carriers to transport ships from one planet to another With fleets you can: - initiate a move to a visible planet (ties in to scanning) on your star map - this takes real time depending on distance and speed of your carriers a- to enemy/neutral planets = attack b- to friendly planets = reinforce planet or increase size of fleet by "picking up" ships on the planet With Civilization tech: - tech points renew every hour and are assigned to the branch you've set to research - you can change the branch you research at any time but already assigned tech points remain with the branch they've been assigned to - you can also queue your researches so that once a branch level is completed, it auto switches a different branch (default is staying on a branch) Turns are really "soft" turns since combat happens as soon as a fleet arrives at a planet (that's real-time based) and you can give orders to your fleet at any time. Just think of it as renewing your resources at specific times of the day. An actual combat is 100% predictable as the algorithm is pretty straight-forward - damage is just based is on your total COMBAT RATING (civ's weapons tech + some basic mods) and not on the # of ships in a given fleet. - Size of fleet/planetary defense = "hit points" - Defenders always get 1st strike and alternates back and forth with attacker getting the next hit, and so on - Side with last ship standing wins combat Ex 1. I attack a planet with only 1 defending ship who's total combat rating = 6. I have a total combat rating of 4. If I attack with 6 ships or less, my fleet would get wiped out because defender would do 6 damage before I even attack. But if I attack with 7 ships, I would lose 6 and since I still have 1 ship left, I would counter and kill the defender (4 damage, only 1 defending ship). Ex 2. Mostly same situation except the defending planet has 5 ships: - Defender strikes at 6 (I have 1 ships left) - I attack at 4 (defender has 1 ship left) - Defender strikes at 6 (I have 0 ships left) - combat concluded, defender wins with 1 ship left. So you can generally anticipate combat results (you can check opponent's current tech levels but you can't tell what their current research is and % of completion). That's pretty much a run-down of the game. The other part is diplomacy and negotiations with other players. Here's a vid on how the game works

Looking for 4-6 players to start up a game. It's your pretty basic galaxy conquering stuff. Build up ships. Invest in tech. Wipe out enemies. http://np.ironhelmet.com/ Click here for the rules. Probably do 1 to 2 turns a day (but not more) depending on what people want. Let me know if you'd like to join in the fun.

"bounced back"... took a goal of the tourney from a sub to get them the win over Denmark. I've pretty much seen most of the matches so far, and Portugal and Holland have been pretty disappointing so far (although the games have been not so bad). So far, favourites are likely to be Germany from A/B pools and Italy (really liked the attacking game they had vs Spain) as dark horse from C/D pools. Although Croatia/Ukraine could surprise. Pretty much some awesome football though. Even from lesser knowns like Ireland!

I thought so too about italy ever since ... ever. Hated their strategy and diving . But yesterday's game vs Spain was quite beautiful to see. They carved up the Spanish defense and had some amazing thru-balls and shots on net/keeper. And only a couple of horrible acting jobs in the 1st half. I credit the referee for doing a fantastic job (all the 2nd half yellows were totally warranted). If they keep this up, it would totally change my mind. However, today's England/France game will likely be the worst of the Euro so far (even the Ireland/Croatia game was fairly entertaining despite the controversy). Two countries with too much reputation to lose with so-so sides on paper at least (although France has yet to lose at the international level since Domenech got canned so we'll see how this new squad does when it finally counts). Spain need a striker not named Torres badly (the Villa injury might hurt their chances to repeat). As for Portugal, Ronaldo can score but he's still a midfielder (albeit an attacking one). A team with only midfielders will miss many long-ball opportunities since no one is playing the striker position. They have to move the ball up more methodically or up the wings instead of the middle which gives opposing defenses a chance to fall back. When Torres subbed in yesterday, you saw that the Spanish side had cleaner breaks on goal than with Fabregas. But Torres doesn't fit into the Spanish game as well (he's not a great passer) which is probably why they went 4-3-3 instead. For me, I'd like to see just how good this Russian side is. Sadly group A is the weakest group so we won't know until round 2.

When you can sub-in Klose, that's ridiculous. Port has no finisher. They really need a starting striker. Badly. As for me, I hope Germany wins it. Anyone except the Italians. God I hate Italian-style football. Hope Spain destroys Italy tomorrow.

Please note that the initial named he came in with was "dud" and not to be confused with another player named ballsacknoodles. Here is his steam profile: http://steamcommunity.com/id/xyroder/

you'd have to wait in line Parker. Parise is the leader montreal needs. I would even do stuff with Engle if that meant Parise signing with the Habs. Seriously. With Engle. That's how much.

I was meant to as a comment on the selfishness of certain athletes. This 6 yrs old kid gave up the money in his piggy bank to ask Jacobs to stay since he was told $ was the issue. It's about the ideal that players stay with their teams without needing ridiculous financial compensation. It's almost a Capra-esque moment really.

Name: ! # Boss - BR Steam I.D: STEAM_0:0:12400229 Duration of Ban: Permanent - needs to be changed to 1 day (as of June 7th - 3h15 PM) Reasons for the Ban: Intentional TK/TW Comments: Was given perm ban instead of the selected 1 day ban. Please note that this is not the first time I've had this glitch (1 day bans be turned into perm bans despite selecting 1 day in admin options) - wondering if anyone else has had this issue?

Shame on you for raising the hopes of Leafs fans all over, only to have the harsh steamroller of reality come flatting all their hopes. For shame sir. Yzerman is too smart to have that kind of albatross contract on his team. Unless Gillis is willing to take back Lecavalier's albatross. But it's not as if Tampa is deep on the fwds pool either. They don't have much in the pipeline when MStL retires if they lose Lecavalier.

People can probably scratch off #5 on the list...

Bernier and Lindback are getting to their RFA status. I get the feeling that teams will come a-knocking to see what the price would be. Kipper would probably find the best fit in TO as the cap hit is more manageable than Luongo's. The team that would be the most interesting to see what they would do is Tampa. This offseason is going to be one BUSY one it seems (Nash, Radulov, Parise, Suter, Luongo, Iginla/Kipper?) with goalies oddly headlining in lots of markets.

Name: SAMPSON Steam I.D: STEAM_0:0:1648744 Reasons for the Ban: Intentional TK and general douchebaggery Demo Provided?: N Comments: Teamwounding people while coming out of spawn, intentional TKs, etc. etc. Given permban.

Cutts, can't help but interject that, at this rate, Kirk might escalate his "won't take seriously" to life itself instead of just people's opinions lol

DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT keep your STEAM client running. If you do, do so at your own risk. STEAM notifications, like "MG MOS now starting!", *might* shell you out of your game at which point, by the time you shell back in, your character will be dead. Even if it's a stupid fight against some crappy creatures that would normally die to simple air exposure. BG STEAM. Sigh. Despite wanting to punch Gabe Newell in the face right now, at least I only lost 6h30 hours of my life because of this... Back to the drawing boards.

I'd suggest for clan name: Pandamonium LOL Also I have 4 guest passes.

whoa. congrats. now you can field 6 for your cal-team!

I can see the wtf value but what does it have to do with donuts?