Die Kolonie (GI Styles)

So far, it appears that the referees can allow Manly players to tackle players who are running from the ball off kicks (both through chip-and-chases and bombs) and get directly between their player with the ball and defensive players, without needing to worry about pesky little things like playing the ball correctly.

How can the Warriors fire back?

Do you think that there will be more Manly supporters attending the Qualifying Final game, or will more people come down from Brisbane to support the Broncos?

And if Manly supporters grow indignant as I question their levels of commitment....See last week.

How much help do they really need? I'm watching their game now, and even though they are 6-0 up against South Sydney, Creagh drops the ball dead, and Souths are penalised because of it. I would facepalm if this wasn't so bloody typical of the idiots hired to rule on games...

A couple of days ago, my suburb lost power, and since then the settings and resolution of my computer have been screwed up. More importantly, however, I can't get Team Fortress 2 to work properly, as everytime I try to play, all I can get is a screen every second, while I appear to be running at about 1/8th of the speed as I usually do.

Should I just reinstall the game onto my computer, or is there other options I should be taking?

I was re-reading the Sunday Herald this afternoon, and something odd caught my eye- An automatic assumption that Beau Scott would pair up with Creagh in the 2nd Row. Considering how useless Scott was on the Wing for NSW last year, why would anything even be considering his spot in Origin, yet alone guaranteeing it?

Almost makes me stop reading the Herald, if it weren't for the fact that the Telegraph is worse.

I'm thinking that if the game itself was a be-all-and-end-all for Origin selection, would we be facing the prospect of Hinchcliffe as Hooker? I like Hinchcliffe, but the prospect of him playing Origin seems somewhat absurd.

Comments?

I've got to head off to a Local and District Court (both of which I have decided), but I'm not sure when they are open. Does anyone have any idea?

How come there are many people in this section who ignore this, and while they bag on Cena, they praise Taker? Taker especially now has very limitted ability, and he has just derived his moveset into a bunch of shoddy punches and knee strikes. Cena is far from a wrestling God, but at least he does more than that. He loses more often as well, but then again how are you meant to beat a 90% winning record (9 wins for every 10 matches Taker has in the average year)?

Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair or The Undertaker?

This would be my selection personally;

1. Jarryd Hayne

2. Brett Morris

3. Josh Morris

4. Michael Jennings

5. Akuila Uate

6. Todd Carney

7. Peter Wallace (I really, really don't think Mitchell Pearce should be Halfback)

8. Michael Weyman

9. Michael Ennis

10. Tom Leoryd-Lahrs

11. Ben Creagh

12. Greg Bird

13. Chris Heighington

14. Kurt Gidley

15. Anthony Laffranchi

16. Aiden Tolman

17.Anthony Watmough

Now, as far as I am concerned, the NSW Hooker spot is a two-horse race- Ennis or Farah.

I personally prefer Ennis' play of style myself, but I can see the majority of the section prefers Farah. This leads to my question- Seeming Ennis is one of the few mainstays of the NSW team over the past couple of years, do you reckon that his status as one of the few men who have managed to play consecutive Origins would put him ahead of Farah in terms of suitability for the position, or do you believe that despite this, Farah should just stay Hooker?

All of his talk about Taker being great is just provocation for the knowledgable individuals in this section to get annoyed that some ZA-grade wrestler (yes, he is on the 259th level of wrestling skill). Obviously people should know the likes of Davey Richards, Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli and Austin Aries are the best wrestlers America has today (and that's not even going into Japan and Mexico), and yet LoD tries to insist a massive flame war by stating that Taker is some sort of 'legend', even though he has done nothing in the last 10 years to imply anything like that

WQ- Who has a better vertical kip-up? HBK or Chuck Taylor?

In the end, would Taker;

a) Be beaten so badly by the NOAH wrestling style, that he tears most of his muscles and will be forced to retire

b) Be beaten so badly by the NOAH wrestling style, that his bones breaks after about 5 minutes and will be forced to retire

c) Die after being dropped on his head a few times, as is the NOAH wrestling style

d) First either a or b, then c

Jamie Noble, Trevor Murdoch, TAKA Michinoku, Funaki, Mike Knox, Mike Knox's beard, Big Daddy V. They could have used any of those guys, they would have assured WM tickets would have been sold in a minute, and yet they get some never-was guy like the Rock. The Rock could never excite crowds like Murdoch could, and his fan base was insignificent compared to Mike Knox's beard.

If Vince wanted to go all out, why not go for any of those guys? Yeah, I know Simon Dean and Braden Walker would have been better choices, but WWE obviously can't afford their contracts. So why not pick up a lesser major star like Funaki, rather than The Rock, who was never able to reach the levels of the aforementioned wrestlers?

Would this not be the best match possible for Wrestlemania-

Undefeated WM Streak of Undertaker v Undefeated WM Streak of Yoshi Tatsu v Undefeated WWE Streak of Braden Walker v Undefeated WWE Streak of Frankie Kazarian

I don't know if the WWE would have enough money to get Braden Walker for Wrestlemania, but if they could get that match happening, would it not be a truly great classic for our time?

are coming back?

Of course, the two people returning are TAKA Michinoku and Sho Funaki, not other foolish suggestions like those overrated, untalented hacks HHH and the Undertaker. Hell, compared to the return of those two, The Rock is worth nothing. He will never be able to have the raw drawing power of the Kaientai stable, so why are people fussing over the Rock when the two-ever greatest WWE wrestlers are going to return?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpDSqcEuPtI

Now, in the video, the commentators seem to take the actions of Danshoku Dino in good faith, but in your opinion, is this a memorable gimmick which will suit Dino in his career in DDT wrestling, or is it just offensive to homosexuals?

In many of the Japanese companies I watch (Dragon Gate, NOAH, NJPW), I notice there are a lot of photographers around the ring, so does anyone know a website to find some good quality shots from these matches?

Pun very obviously intended.

I just bought TF2 on Steam, and I am trying to download it, but when it tries to "Create local game cache files", after loading for about 15 minutes, it says there is an error, and the Steam server is currently too busy to let me successfully download.

I come back after 10 minutes as it tells me to wait for a couple of minutes, yet it still fails. Does anyone know what I should do, or if there is anything I am missing? So far, I've tried and failed downloading it about 3 times, and I am really starting to get annoying.

Thank you to anyone who can help.