Originally posted by Röland
NOT AS TERRIBLE AS THIS JOKE.
A WOMAN HAS TWO CHILDREN. A HOMICIDAL MURDERER TELLS HER SHE CAN ONLY KEEP ONE. WHICH ONE DOES SHE LET HIM KILL?
THAT'S TERRIBLE!
WRONG, THE UGLY ONE!
SO IT BACKFIRED.
WHAT KIND OF SIG?
Sporting goods stores once didn't have Michael Vick jerseys because they flew off the shelves. Now, they don't have them, most likely for a far different reason.
Multiple metro Atlanta locations of sporting goods retailers Dick's Sporting Goods and Sports Authority contacted Friday said they are not carrying them. Employees declined to answer whether the jerseys have been pulled, referring questions to their respective corporate offices. Calls seeking comment to Dick's and the Sports Authority main offices were not immediately returned.
That his jerseys are not for sale seems to be further indication of Vick's declining public standing in the wake of the federal charges that he faces for dogfighting. Vick entered a plea of not guilty Thursday at a federal courthouse in Richmond, Va.
Further, the NFL's merchandise Web site sells Falcons jerseys for players no longer on the team, but not for the player whose jersey was the league's top seller in 2002.
While jerseys for ex-Falcons players such as Patrick Kerney and T.J. Duckett, along with current stars like Alge Crumpler and DeAngelo Hall, are on the nflshop.com Web site, Vick's No. 7 jersey is not for sale. Even if a fan tries to purchase a Vick jersey using the customized jersey function, the Web site prohibits it.
An attempt to enter "Vick" and "7" prompts a message that "Your current entry cannot be processed. Some entries are prohibited due to guidelines for past and present player names. Please create a new entry."
Among the Web site's rules for jersey customization is that "league player names must match current team rosters and the team for which they currently play." Monday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell ordered Vick to stay away from the team's training camp until the league reviewed the charges filed against him.
Vick jerseys are still for sale at Champs Sports stores and also at the team's Falcons 365 locations
YOUR ACTUAL SIGNATURE IN PNG FORM.
Speaking at the Develop Conference in Brighton, UK, Peter Molyneux acknowledged that he is not only aware of a need to simplify complex game controls in order to reach a wider audience, but he and the team at Lionhead Studios are hard at work making it a reality for Fable 2. How he is going to go about offering a deep, sophisticated combat model that relies on a single button to accomplish is going to be interesting, to say the least.
Citing his disdain for "button-mashing" games, Molyneax wants gamers to know that they will be rewarded for their desire to master the controls by unlocking greater power-ups and other in-game skills than their counterparts. So what is the reasoning behind his angst?
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“I hate that we spend millions of dollars designing our games and only 1 percent of people finish them. If they don’t finish the game, it’s like leaving the movie halfway through, so it’s a rubbish movie to some extent, and that responsibility is on our shoulders. We often make casual gamers feel dumb, stupid and intimidated. We want to make those people feel as good as hardcore gamers."
Even if you happen to be one of those undesirables that just mash buttons in a futile effort just to get by, all is not lost. Fable 2 is designed to be very forgivable -- even to the point of offering reminders to ease you back into gameplay if you happened to set the game down for a few weeks and come back to it. As Peter said, he wants "Granny Mojo" (whoever that is) to be able to pick up and play the game immediately. As for me, I just want it to be a great game that justifies a $60 purchase.