jayseven

mr-paul cast your mind back; how early did I call out Tales as a traitor? DAY ONE! We hadn't even had our first night yet and I already smelt something fishy. BAM. Awesome.

Sing me up, please

The main point is - do not talk about mafia games outside of the game thread until it is finished! Mafia tactics in game are enough, I don't need my mind meta-fucked by seeing tactics spilled over into this thread.

Vote: Go to the abandoned warehouse Fuck me I saw that days ago and just forgot to get round to PMing R_A about it. JUST CLICKED. Dazz; game = awesome again :P I highly recommend more like that!

Excellent! I always want to catch stuff up but never wanted to sacrifice surfing the internet at the same time :P Although admittedly I've rather underused the skyplayer - but we have a basic package so I never watch anything anyway.

I have two sides to my wardrobe. The clothes I acquired when I was 17 and the clothes my girlfriend's given me/chosen for me since then. I have a t-shirt that was made in 1996.

Jon; I think we're both looking at different black-and-whites :P If a player's arm is out and the ball hits it, but the end result is to their advantage, then does that mean it's a foul merely due to the advantage? Actual instances of handball are always subjective, but the rules try to be very specific - or at least cover all bases. I think the best compromise is to increase the role of technology in teh game and allow for there to be an external referee to views incidences and advises the man on the ground. Best suggestion I heard was to do something similar to what you see in tennis - allow both teams a certain number of "check it more closely!" shouts per half or game. Rather than surround the ref when they think he made a bad decision (whether right or wrong - the ref, as we know, never changes his mind) they can get a review/replay/second opinion. There should be more consideration/flexibility for adjusting the game, given the technological advances in recent years. Considering there is tech that exists that can give the correct judgement on out-of-play/over-the-goal-line incidents, why not allow it at the top level? (I understand that part of FIFA's old-fashioned approach is to do with how they couldn't roll out such tech to all teams at all levels, but I think it's far more sensible to at least start... blahbalhlalblalhalbla)

Currently this thread is a precautionary measure. It may be too early to tell to what extent the boards will be 'purged' -- I know that Ashley's been deleting the wastelands (where some threads were moved to, rather than deleted). Gen Chit-Chat does take up the majority of the posts on these boards, which is why there's a post in here rather than globally, for now. But you can feel free to suggest any thread from anywhere that you think should be kept, for whatever reason you wish to give.

You got a draw from me because i forgot tactics. I WILL OWN YOU NEXT TIME, BABY!

But you are mental, crazy, weird.

Simply because it is another sci-fi idea being brought to life, I give this my thumbs up.

Then request to see the landlord's copy, ol' buddy ol' pal. If you think they've altered the copy after y'all signed it then that's fraud or whate'er, 'ey? '''''poop

? Yeah ok so that's not really 'little'...

Happy birthday platty!

In response to the above; yes.

I CAME HERE FOR GIFS GIVE ME THE GIFS

Does anyone in the house have a copy of the contract? Need the contract!

Links? 10char

The idea of 'intentional' and 'accidental' hand-ball. We get super-slow-mo replays and think decisions are obvious but in real-time often it's impossible for a defender to move their arm out of the way of a shot. The difference between ball-to-arm and arm-to-ball, the accounting for a player to realistically get their arm out fo the way... The VDV situation is admittedly not the sort of hand-ball I'm thinking of, but I really do think that the shoulder area that was used... well frankly who gives a shit. It's not a maradonna-esque cheat so I'm all for it.

I thought the VDV goal was perfectly fine. It's certainly more shoulder than arm, and frankly the hand-ball rule needs a good hard look anyway. Newcastle sitting pretty up north -- two seasons ago they were in the championship. It won't last for them, but still it's nice to see. Man C and Chelsea both showed strong form this weekend - Man U once again showed a dodgy defense and perhaps an over-reliance on endurance. I like to think that Man U vs. Man C later this month will show us where this season will be going. I still love the fact that every week, city's performed fantastic but Man U seem to do one better in order to stay top.

(I knew that would be first suggestion :P)

There's a weight on n-e's shoulders, and it's our past. There's over a 25k threads and 1m posts on these boards, and the majority of them hold no value whatsoever anymore. We're trying to reduce the 503s and streamline our servers so we can reduce downtime as much as possible. ... But there are some threads which are a part of our history - threads which shouldn't be forgotten, threads which added to the definition of n-e as it stands today. We are hoping to set up a read-only board for the elite threads - a hal of fame of classic moments that have occured during the n-e campaign. And we need your help. The first step in the process is to identify those key threads. We're asking you to simply cast your mind back and, using the forum search function, bring us the link for any thread from any board that you think is something that should survive the great purge. We will of course endeavour to support as many threads as suggested, for it isn't just the admin or moderator opinion of greatness that we're after, and there's no guarentee that an archived thread will live forever either, but we hope that by asking the forumites at large for their suggestions we will be able to protect what makes n-e what it is today. There is no fixed timetable for this activity, and the precise methods we'll be using in the future are not set in stone just yet. We appreciate any help you guys can offer, and we appreciate your patience as we deal with the server struggles that occur from time to time. Please leave a link and a thread title for any suggestions for archiving that you have. A summary and perhaps your reasons as to why you think that thread should live would be very helpful.

Jimbo; lol newport. They get rid of that awesome moving clock with the intention to move it to a new 'centre' or something... and yeah. The place is a dive. So many empty shops, it's depressing.

Realistically, the only reason I use facebook at the moment is to play a chess app, which I could use direct on the chess.com website. I used to like catching up on pictures and statuses of people but I do really feel that the news feed makes it more difficult and generally makes the whole facebook experience a lot less trivial. I'm seriously considering getting all my pics off the site (to maintain a copy, as I've been through a few laptops/computers and don't generally have copies of them anymore) and just leaving facebook. But then again, I really feel like I'm being an old man with how I approach the whole thing. I don't use modern social networking to any sort of personal advantage. I'd rather retreat and just use whatever services the internet provides if and when I need them. Facebook's IM/chat system is pretty much all that keeps me there, after chess. There's like 3 people I chat to frequently... bleh. Just... bleh.

A Mokong post and no youtube plug? HAPPY BIRTHDAY!