Fierce_LiNk

Mourinho isn't at the top of his game after a disappointing season last year with Chelsea and United themselves had a not-so-great year with LVG. Both aren't particularly high on confidence. Benching Rooney is the right thing to do to start things off but there's so much that needs to be done.

Cool thread. I grew up being a massive fan of Ridley Scott's Alien and each of the subsequent sequels. The original holds a special place in my heart and a large part of that is down to the look of the Nostromo ship, the sounds, the aesthetics of the machinery and clothing that the crew wore. It felt very metallic in places yet warm and homely, too. The sound of the sirens as Ripley made her escape stayed with me for a very long time, as did the footsteps of the deadly Alien as it prowled the corridors. Alien : Isolation absolutely nailed all of these aspects, most notably the sound design. It is like somebody created a portal that you could jump into and land in Ridley Scott's nightmare. It's fantastic. Even down to the little details like the sounds of the air shafts opening and closing, the doors opening and making a thudding sound as they slam shut, the sound of your footsteps on the ground, the sirens echoing throughout the hallway, the motion tracker detecting signs of movement...it's all perfect. I'm a huge fan of that game anyway, but the sound design contributed so much to it being more than just an average horror game. The AI, the graphics, the lighting, sound and gameplay all came together to make one of my most memorable experiences of the past decade.

Awful performance, arguably worse than the one midweek. Too many players playing in the wrong positions. Why do managers do this? The team looked very disjointed and we looked second best in all areas of the pitch. The only player who I think had a decent-ish game was Fellaini. Rooney is finished at the top level. He's been lacklustre for about three years now and he's playing to the detriment of the team. If he was from Italy or Spain or anywhere else outside of the UK, there's no way in hell he'd get into this team. Him being English is the only reason he gets into the squad at all, let alone him being in the first 11. He was off the pace again today, slowed things down, didn't contribute any critical passes or shots, didn't really do anything defensively and didn't link up well with his team mates. The frustrating thing is that he'll start the next game or he might sit one out but be back the week after. Moyes' biggest failure as United manager was giving this guy a huge contract with obscene wages, thus making him unsellable. It's ridiculous that we're basing the team around him.

This is the one I've been waiting for the most. Chewwyyyyyyyyy.

I'd agree with that, but it's still a poor showing. A competition is a competition and there's still a trophy at the end of it. Quite a high scoring weekend, so far. Looking forward to Match of the Day tonight. Sad that Bournemouth got destroyed, but expected it to happen.

I had both, but I don't remember why. I remember getting a SNES and playing Super Mario All-Stars for the first time, but I don't remember my first experience with a Master System or Mega Drive. I never had a NES until yeeeears later, so I guess I must have been a SEGA fan to begin with. I did prefer the Sonic games up until I played Super Mario Bros 3. My brother was amazing at the first Mario game and I loved that. 2 was forgettable and we didn't like that. 3 was amazing and that made me a full-on Mario fan. It's still one of my favourite games to date. Once the transition to 3D kicked in, I definitely became Team Nintendo. Never bought a Saturn and didn't get a DreamCast until sometime later. So, I'd say that I loved both companies during the 2D years, with perhaps more of me leaning towards SEGA than Nintendo. I had waaaaay more games on the Mega Drive and that became my console of choice. As characters, I loved both Sonic and Mario at the time, which I think was unheard of amongst my friends.

All of me wishes this.

Terrible United performance. Mourinho won't win the fans with performances like that. It was all wrong. Can't think of any positives. We didn't really come close to scoring. Dull football.

The screen could also be split in half, taking footage of gameplay from the other end of the map, like in an FPS for example. Giving the illusion that your friend is playing there with you. Ooooh, what if you could even name your friend?!

I loved 15 but didn't like 16 anywhere near as much. Something about it feels off, almost like it's too slow. It's quite dull at times. I doubt I'll get either PES or FIFA this time around.

I'm using the No Man's Sky theme and can't remember what the notifications look like. This is a pointless post, really. The update is nice. Still don't see the point of folders, but am happy that they're there for those that care.

As if a month or however long it is will make any bit of difference at this stage. This game has had yeeeeeears to cook. I fear it may be overdone.

Amazing achievement, @Retro_Link. @Eenuh has donated already and she's just reminded me that I need to donate as well. Well done, once again!

When the BBC finally lose Match of the Day for good, that'll be the end of my tv licence. It's the biggest con going.

I used to be terrified about death. But now, I'm not. There's nothing we can do about it. It'll happen and whatever happens when you die will happen to all of us. I don't believe in there being a heaven or hell and I'm leaning massively towards the notion of there being some kind of reincarnation. In a strange sort of way, I accept this. Humans have a decent life span, but we are meant to encounter death. I don't know if it's all part of some big plan or journey that we must all go through, but it has to happen to us. So, why worry about it?

I landed on a planet earlier that was fucking freeeeeezing. As soon as I got out of my ship, my meters just plummeted and I had to run for cover. I hadn't had any of the thermal upgrades installed as I hadn't really needed them at that point, so I made an effort to install/upgrade those. Spent about 6 hours today on this and didn't really want to stop playing. @Eenuh is generally doing better at the game than I am. She's 100%ing the planets (finding all creatures) and has more exosuit upgrades and better ships and multi-tools than I have. A bit jealous.

Although I am disappointed United lost the game, my heart was racing throughout and it was breathtaking at times. City were the better team overall, but United potentially could have won it, too. This is miiiiiiiiles better than about 99% of what we produced last season. Rashford looked shit hot when he came on and Bailly looked absolutely exhausted by the end of it. He gave everything. A very high quality game. De Bruyne is the best player in the league. Phenomenal what he can do. He can do the simple stuff really well, too. Best player on the pitch by miles. Our players couldn't get near him. The one debatable moment for me is that possibly Bravo's tackle on Rooney should have resulted in a penalty. It wasn't particularly clean. I'm still 50/50 on that one.

...But it's still an Xbox One. If you're not interested in what the One has to offer with its library, why would you suddenly be interested with the upgrade? People have bought into the PS4 and its offerings, so it's natural for them to look at the Pro upgrade. To get an Xbox One, you'd basically be rebuilding your games library from scratch.

Because it's still an Xbox One, maybe?

It's really difficult to judge the improvements with the new model when streaming this conference/meeting. I'm not tempted in the slightest and am very content with what we've currently got. The way I see it, everyone wins. You're either happy with what you've got, you've got two different models to choose from if you haven't got one yet and finally you can sell your old PS4 and upgrade to either model if you wanted to.

Yaaaay. Call the kid Thierry! (or, if she's a girl, Thierrietta!)

I've been practising Dutch for about 2 weeks straight on DuoLingo and I'm determined to get better at it. I've made improvements already...it's just getting it to stick now!

They really are! Watching England take corners kills me. Every combination sucks. Can't do long corners because they don't make it past the first man and can't do short corners because...England. Short corners should be made illegal, I hate them! Especially when the ball doesn't make it into the box.

I've been looking at this board over the last few months and it's been interesting to see how people have been reacting to the NX news. Talks of it being a hybrid, of it being a portable, how it may leave behind the Wii name, etc. Considering we're a board full of people who follow this stuff closely, we're still in the dark about a lot of things. My question is how will Nintendo get its point or its message across to people who aren't in the know? They failed spectacularly trying to do this with the WiiU and it left a lot of consumers confused about why they needed this in the first place. So, how will they seek to do a better job here?