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I thought we here at UF kindly asked that all *S* members of the CT tourney stay off the UF forums. We would imagine things would be busy enough to keep you all occupied over there. Because we're busy HERE. And lastly, WE'RE not over on the CT forums spamming and polluting your forums. We just ask for the same courtesy. So perhaps while you're over there at school, you may check into seeing if they have a course in Mutual Respect 101.

I played the demo and loved the premise and the action of jumping all over the place. But when I got to the tight rope portion, I couldn't successfully make it across on about 20 tries...so I shut it off. LOL What I did play of it, I liked.

LOL yeah, Astro, 'A Perfect Circle,' my former clan, was named after a band. A band I really liked and a band that seemed to fill in the 3-letter clan tag requirement...all at a time when, five years ago, the other 2 founders and I weren't taking it as anything other than something we were going to do 'leisurely' on Friday nights. After the group got bigger, the clan started to mean more...at that point, we saw no reason to change it. Many clans do that. Hell, even 'Stormwatch' was a comic book, Havoc admittingly stating so (a comic I was a fan of). There's a LOT of clan names out there 'inspired' by pre-existing, real life things. LOL it was a clan. Not like I created my own band swiping that name or, say, a tourney swiping (at/from, take your pick) a tourney.

You sure can make a statement with silence. But as many "lifers" here at UF will tell you, VERY rarely will I ever delete idiot threads and posts here on the UF forum. We take care of the SOURCE, not the product. If we deleted the idiot posts, then we'd have a harder time remembering who the idiots are.

That was weird....I didn't know exactly what this thread meant until RNG came in with the useful info. Soooooooo......that means....... CT spamming of UF: 2 UF spamming of CT: 0 LOL... I guess the first letter in CT stands for "classy." Good to know the classiness isn't JUST relegated to Havoc himself. What do you think, UF Community? Should we just put up a CT section here on the UF forum so they all have a place to play?!

Because no matter the case or cause, what we strive for here in THIS community and THIS forum is a peaceful, entertaining and friendly gaming environment. As paltry and childish of an attempt that was, Stonecold/Havoc's spamming here was still, essentially, an attack. We simply apologize for the inconvenience to our players, we put out the IP address of the attacker for everyone's reference on their own forum, and then we resume normal duties here at UF. Evidently, Havoc is still a little peeved at UF's podcast message letting him know, in no uncertain terms, to do his own work and that we won't be doing it for him. Otherwise, we would just call it "Urgent Fury." Seems he still can't comprehend the approach of letting his own tourney speak for itself and not have to use "UF" in some way, shape or form to help boost him and his product. But since he's "paid" someone piles and piles of cash (as he keeps reminding us LOL) to make the super-dooperest tourney ever, one must wonder if Havoc can even call THAT his. To Sniper and I (and from what I gather around here, to a few other people as well), Havoc was, is and most likely will always remain someone who doesn't have a whole lot of creativity in his soul. Just a lot of bitterness and jealousy...and the undying need to be "tha man." Usually, those characteristics cause people to do what Havoc did here last night. And usually, those types of things blow up in the wrong, unintended faces.

That is a BEAUTIFUL picture, Willywonka.

HEIL.... Furor... You said it yourself Tow. "I'm either Hitler or a marshlellow". PICK a side already, I'm getting dizzy.... ;D Do I need a camp fire or a swatsticka? I'm soooooo confuuuuuuussseed...... Yeah, I guess I DID say that once, didn't I? LOL Well.....sarcasm runs rampant in my family. You're a good man with a better memory, Hog.

Sent to my PM. I will not reveal this UF Community member's identity unless he wants to be identified anyway. So I retract my initial, hesitant statement.......I guess we DO know who it is. There you go, everyone. The "new caretaker of Chaos Tactics tourneys." At his finest. If I'm Hitler, I can only guess who this "director" with too much time on his hands would be. But then again, we're a little too busy around here in UF to worry about such things. Maybe Havoc has enough time to make another "documentary" and can illustrate it for us.

We'd like to apologize to all of our UF community members for the inconvenience of this "StoneCold" and his posting of a UF-bashing video on all of these public threads. We'd like you to know that his IP address is: 71.240.168.200 In case someone might have this player on THEIR forum and would like to circumvent any of this behavior on their own forum. We cannot say if this is someone FROM Stormwatch or Chaos Tactics.....but hey, you have what you have. Again, we apologize and we hope that everyone here can disregard the spamming posts and resume all threads as normal. Thank you. - Urgent Fury

I WANT THE STUPID ABILITY TO TURN TEAM-SWITCHING -OFF- LIKE YOUR OWN GAME MANUAL SAYS YOU CAN DO!

http://www.urgentfury.com/uf_forum/index.php?topic=11943.0

http://www.urgentfury.com/uf_forum/index.php?topic=11941.0

As I already have the super-cool Darklite bluetooth headset from Messiah paired with my PS3, as well as my Plantronics BT I have for my cell (and already paired with my PS3) AND my wired headset I bought a while ago, I had no need for the Socom headset. I only bought it because that's all Game Crazy had in on release day and I was determined to have it. I sold my Socom PS3 headset this past Friday on eBay for a total of $45.00 I basically bought Confrontation for $15 and, by the way, loving every measley penny spent.

LOL believe it or not, Nacku, I don't have anything to do with those 'Tow Tags', as Cmdr. Fury dubs them, at the end of the shows. He typically does those without my knowledge as he usually records all of our phone conversations when we're collaborating on episodes. Those things are out of my hands and I've taken a double-take now and then on what he's chosen to close an episode out with. I enjoy them just as much as hopefully most of you do.

The sign-ups for the UF: Crucible-3 tourney for CoD4 on the PS3 now has its own section up in the tourney sign-up section. You will have two weeks to sign up and get some friendly clans you game with online to sign up as well! Hoping for a good launch! - TOW

Some of us are late gamers. So how many of us just don't know when it's time to quit? ;D

Street.....you're going to temper your attitude towards fellow members here on this forum if you wish to continue to visit and post on it. Critikil....you're going to remove any political affiliations on your sigs or avatars that may spark any kind of political talk here that we do not allow at this time. And this thread is now locked.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A New Zealand rape victim drove her rapist to a police station when he fell asleep in his car after assaulting the woman, local media reported on Wednesday. Vipul Sharma, 22, was found guilty of abduction and two charges of rape by the Auckland District Court Tuesday, court officials told Reuters Wednesday. The New Zealand newspaper said Sharma met the woman at an Auckland bar in 2006 and later drove her first to a park where he raped her in the back seat of his car. After the attack Sharma allowed the woman to drive and fell asleep in the passenger seat, so the woman drove him to Auckland Central police station where he was arrested, said the newspaper. "She showed a lot of bravery and common sense. I have nothing but respect for what she has endured," police detective Simon Welsh told the newspaper.

Michael Crichton, the million-selling author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as "Jurassic Park," "Timeline" and "The Andromeda Strain," has died of cancer, his family said. Crichton died Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 66 after privately battling cancer. "Through his books, Michael Crichton served as an inspiration to students of all ages, challenged scientists in many fields, and illuminated the mysteries of the world in a way we could all understand," his family said in a statement. "While the world knew him as a great storyteller that challenged our preconceived notions about the world around us — and entertained us all while doing so — his wife Sherri, daughter Taylor, family and friends knew Michael Crichton as a devoted husband, loving father and generous friend who inspired each of us to strive to see the wonders of our world through new eyes." He was an experimenter and popularizer known for his stories of disaster and systematic breakdown, such as the rampant microbe of "The Andromeda Strain" or the dinosaurs running madly in "Jurassic Park." Many of his books became major Hollywood movies, including "Jurassic Park," "Rising Sun" and "Disclosure." Crichton himself directed and wrote "The Great Train Robbery" and he co-wrote the script for the blockbuster "Twister." In 1994, he created the award-winning TV hospital series "ER." He's even had a dinosaur named for him, Crichton's ankylosaur. "Michael's talent out-scaled even his own dinosaurs of `Jurassic Park,'" said "Jurassic Park" director Steven Spielberg, a friend of Crichton's for 40 years. "He was the greatest at blending science with big theatrical concepts, which is what gave credibility to dinosaurs again walking the Earth. ... Michael was a gentle soul who reserved his flamboyant side for his novels. There is no one in the wings that will ever take his place." John Wells, executive producer of "ER" called the author "an extraordinary man. Brilliant, funny, erudite, gracious, exceptionally inquisitive and always thoughtful. "No lunch with Michael lasted less than three hours and no subject was too prosaic or obscure to attract his interest. Sexual politics, medical and scientific ethics, anthropology, archaeology, economics, astronomy, astrology, quantum physics, and molecular biology were all regular topics of conversation." In recent years, he was the rare novelist granted a White House meeting with President Bush, perhaps because of his skepticism about global warming, which Crichton addressed in the 2004 novel, "State of Fear." Crichton's views were strongly condemned by environmentalists, who alleged that the author was hurting efforts to pass legislation to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide. If not a literary giant, he was a physical one, standing 6 feet and 9 inches, and ready for battle with the press. In a 2004 interview with The Associated Press, Crichton came with a tape recorder, text books and a pile of graphs and charts as he defended "State of Fear" and his take on global warming. "I have a lot of trouble with things that don't seem true to me," Crichton said at the time, his large, manicured hands gesturing to his graphs. "I'm very uncomfortable just accepting. There's something in me that wants to pound the table and say, 'That's not true.'" He spoke to few scientists about his questions, convinced that he could interpret the data himself. "If we put everything in the hands of experts and if we say that as intelligent outsiders, we are not qualified to look over the shoulder of anybody, then we're in some kind of really weird world," he said. A new novel by Crichton had been tentatively scheduled to come next month, but publisher HarperCollins said the book was postponed indefinitely because of his illness. One of four siblings, Crichton was born in Chicago and grew up in Roslyn, Long Island. His father was a journalist and young Michael spent much of his childhood writing extra papers for teachers. In third grade, he wrote a nine-page play that his father typed for him using carbon paper so the other kids would know their parts. He was tall, gangly and awkward, and used writing as a way to escape; Mark Twain and Alfred Hitchcock were his role models. Figuring he would not be able to make a living as writer, and not good enough at basketball, he decided to become a doctor. He studied anthropology at Harvard College, and later graduated from Harvard Medical School. During medical school, he turned out books under pseudonyms. (One that the tall author used was Jeffrey Hudson, a 17th-century dwarf in the court of King Charles II of England.) He had modest success with his writing and decided to pursue it. His first hit, "The Andromeda Strain," was written while he was still in medical school and quickly caught on upon its 1969 release. It was a featured selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and was sold to Universal in Hollywood for $250,000. "A few of the teachers feel I'm wasting my time, and that in some ways I have wasted theirs," he told The New York Times in 1969. "When I asked for a couple of days off to go to California about a movie sale, that raised an eyebrow." His books seemed designed to provoke debate, whether the theories of quantum physics in "Timeline," the reverse sexual discrimination of "Disclosure" or the spectre of Japanese eminence in "Rising Sun." "The initial response from the (Japanese) establishment was, 'You're a racist,'" he told the AP. "So then, because I'm always trying to deal with data, I went on a tour talking about it and gave a very careful argument, and their response came back, 'Well you say that but we know you're a racist.'" Crichton had a rigid work schedule: rising before dawn and writing from about 6 a.m. to around 3 p.m., breaking only for lunch. He enjoyed being one of the few novelists recognized in public, but he also felt limited by fame. "Of course, the celebrity is nice. But when I go do research, it's much more difficult now. The kind of freedom I had 10 years ago is gone," he told the AP. "You have to have good table manners; you can't have spaghetti hanging out of your mouth at a restaurant." Crichton was married five times and had one child. A private funeral is planned.

Okay, people. We let the "who you voting for" thread go on for 50+ pages during the weeks heading up to the election. We allowed a day-after election thread to go. Now it should pretty much be out of our systems (the arguing, that is). There's a new President in January, and I think what EVERYONE can agree on is that we're all going to be cautiously watching the next four years unfold and hopefully there will be a lot more good and a lot less bad for ALL of us. With that said, I'll be locking this topic and let's get back to what ALL can agree on any time of the day or night, and that's GAMING. - TOW

LOL......you guys are just silly.

Um....yeah. Now I gotta go ask my cat if anything happened when Tool was over. And when she denies it, I have to convince her that it's not her fault. It's his.

Here's a short 1min video I took from my camera where I was standing in the throngs of people. This was before anything was announced. The video I took of his speech is too long and I need to find a way to host it somewhere. But this video shows how many people were around me, and I was in one of about 7 different pockets of areas outside the main rally where the ticket holders were.