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Friday, March 25, 2005

Regarding new Cam requirement. Poll

Ok, regarding this new change, I understand there are so many little things that will have to be done everytime you want to record a game.
So, I also thought of a much simpler and easier solution, even though many people might be against it, I think that the time has come for everyone to start recording their games FULL SCREEN, that way there won't be anymore hassle about task managers. Now, with this new requirement inserted... it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that many many people will be confused and many problems may arise for this new requirement, as an innocent thing could happen like simply forgetting to show that the speed setting is on normal or high.
As I've said above, we are asking for your opinion. Is it time to take camtasia to another level and simply use 1 FRAME PER SECOND and record FULL SCREEN?. Please we welcome any interesting ideas you guys might have regarding this important topic.

And this post had to be reviewed by cubby like 20 times... just because I made one small suggestion lolol :p

Stock Watch

In another pathetic attempt to rip an ESPN idea, I'm stealing Dick Vitale's stock watch idea lol. Basically from the week I'm taking people who've done really well in the Up category, and the opposite in the Down category.

STOCK UP:
Pool Outlaws - Taking control of the Atlantic Division with another blowout victory. Any time a team gets hot like this they're hard to bring down, no matter who their opponents are.

PoolFiction - A big 6-0 start...Again with their 3rd consecutive 6-0 win, and their 4th overall. They're blowing opponents away, just like the Outlaws have been.

8BallRunners - Big upset baby. They come in on MZ's room and take 'em down. If that's not a big-time win I don't know what is. This completely validates the phrase "that's why we play the games." With their blowout win last week, and this one, 8BR could really be getting in a zone...and what if they beat the Outlaws? Yo.

Absolute Finest's MLP Team - For sticking together through all of this controversy, and working out a deal with their H/A to at least finish out the MLP Season together before they either move on to another league or quit entirely. While I questioned them at first, I can see that they just want to play it out, and to be 100% honest if it came down to PFN and AF, I could want PFN to win as a player, but as a reporter? I'd certainly cheer for AF's team.

PF's Corey - Won his second Cam Tourney in March alone, great individual effort on his part. But come on only 2 wins and it's week 6??? SLACKER!! ;) Kidding, great work Corey.

Bandit600Rider - Great display of sportsmanship in the Reg. Tourney this past week, tapping back when it pretty much meant game over. A rare treat in any interleague hell it's rare in YPool overall.

MLP Admins - For performing real well under a lot of pressure with Trace leaving. They've done a great job so far, and yes, MLP blows the other interleagues outta the water ;)

STOCK DOWN:

BlackSilver - Obviously the most underachieving team in MLP. They got their clocks cleaned by PoolMasters 6-1 this week, dropping to an MLP-worst 1-5 along with 4 other teams, possibly 5. Something needs to start clicking, because it may become desperation time soon.

Me - For falling asleep early every GD night. God I suck. -_-

PoolPimps - For not even being prepared for their match against HotShotz on Monday.

MadSkillz - Falling out of the lead in the Atlantic, but it's not as bad as it may sound...They could regain the lead with a simple Outlaw slip, so no need to panic right off.

Sean (8ballhustler) - For getting caught in MLP, again, as pakipoolking666, blowing just about any chance of being unbanned when he could easily have been unbanned at the end of this season. Says he doesn't care, everyone knows he does, it's really sad.

Badking (of UnitedPool) - He's on a -10 streak in MLP, tied for the worst in MLP. He gets more mention than kiss_rulzs because, let's be honest here which one has higher expectations? I rest my case.

Luis - FOR BEING A LITTLE JACKASS AND MAKING ME RE-EDIT MY CAM POST A BILLION TIMES MAKE UP YOUR GD MIND!!! BLEH :(( lol that's all for this week =D


More Cam Stuff

Another flaw in Cam and Task Manager has been found, so immediately Luis came up with this idea: Effective as soon as possible, a rule forcing players to click on the View tab and prove they have their Update Speed option set to "Normal" or "High." A test tape will be provided ASAP, I've already got one ready from Luis, and the admins have been given the idea as well. I had considered waiting for the rule to become official because people like jammy_hure would take advantage of it if not enforced immediately :( lmao. Redhot joked while I was typing this "how about a dna sample and a signed statement from the pope for each game, just to make sure?" Go get a win first Dave you're -7 :P lol all kidding aside, this rule would obviously hurt a few newbies to this whole Cam stuff early, but next week the problem (for the most part) should be very minimal. If any other flaws are found and brought to the Admins' attention, it'll obviously be fixed and I'll post on it.

Reason I pulled the posts

After talking with AF player Austen, I decided that I would set my beliefs aside and remove the posts where I had insulted AF H/A canadian_payne. Austen even though i rated him a 4, from 1-10 on how annoying he can get, I do like to consider a good friend and I've found quite a bit of respect for some of the players on the AF team. It was brought up to me that they just wanted to finish out the season together, and after sitting down for about 10 minutes after deciding not to, I would take down the posts if it meant these guys could at least finish what they started. Plus, hey, it's gonna make a hell of an end of season post, how these guys still stuck together through all of this. I won't throw out any apologies, since frankly that wasn't part of the deal. But I have kept up my end to let the AF team play this out, under the extra condition that Chuck allows them at least 1 game every so often to keep them under 21 days idle. Aside from that, from my understanding, he has agreed to let them finish out the season so...Best of luck to you guys, I really would like to see you guys, as a team, win this whole damned thing.

That time of the week

Okie dokie, time for my weekly post.

So, what's been happening lately in MLP?

First off, Trace's departure from MLP... I hope she can work out whatever it's going on with her life and she can return soon. She's always been known for her great work capability and effort, as well for her strong personality, she will be greatly missed.

This week's results... There were some blow outs around and I'll get to them in a few, but there were a couple of huge matches this week and a third that never happened (BBM vs PF), that of course will get my attention. 8BR gets the spotlight this week after taking an incredible huge win at MZ's home; mike_scop and his crew got it done this week and they want to prove they want to get into that atlantic conference convo; for MZ, it was a bit of a shocker and they fall 1 game behind the Outlaws in the atlantic. AF also got one huge win at LKP's backyard when they were capable of overcoming the pressure of being undefeated and they still remain that way. For LKP, it was one nasty break of bad luck when one of their players didn't have the sufficient games to play and that meant a free win in the end, that was the key moment of that match; they still have one game in hand vs BE and I'm sure they will make the most of it. Regarding AF's present situation, I will get back to them in my weekly "rambling" section lol.

Ohh the usual blow outs lol, PFN yet again lolol they won their match with ease 6-1 and they also remain undefeated in the Central Division, doesn't look like they want to leave that spot and their winning streak gets double digits, 10 counting last season's playoffs. PH, PO, TP and PM also cruised in their matches winning with a large 6-1; got to mention PM for taking a still shaky BS team that has more skills than their 1-5 record at the moment; that alarm must be ringing by now and they better get their act together, remember playoffs spots go to top 4 in each division, so they're 2 games behind in that race. And last, but not least, HS and REG get the weekly skanks after shutting out PLP and BE respectively. HS is still hot and Glenno's crew keep their mojo going and for REG, it was a much needed win after last week's lost to PH.

OK, AF's admin apparently lost it and booted a few players off the league and, what it seems to be one stupid and silly mistake about camtasia has become in what it could be the turning point for AF this season in MLP. I hope AF and their admins are reading this, these kind of mistakes happen all the time, specially when one doesn't know the exact functioning of a program or whatever, so if you guys are having small doubts regarding camtasia, feel free to drop me a message, and this goes to everyone in MLP, it's not that simple like turning it on and off whenever you want it.

And we've reached the best part of this week's post lolol. At this point I take it Pita is expecting to be mentioned because he wants the attention, so let's talk about him lolol j/k. Anywayyyy, according to my informants (cubby lol), this week didn't seem to bring many problems to admins and big congrats to umpires for being there each week. Their job is not always appreciated as it should be and Sofia and her crew are keeping it really tight this season with only very very few delays in the matches and don't be surprised if I'm wrong (lol what's new) but I dare to say only 1 match has begun with a small delay lol. So after each match is over, even though the umpires will not admit it, believe me, they all love to see those small and friendly words "tyfh", only 4 letters and I'm sure every player can take the time to type those before they leave, even for the losers who leave on a stomp as if they were in hurry, they can still thank the umpires for taking their time to make this possible.

This week's goodie medal goes to bp_Banditrider for showing some great deal of sportmanship, tapping the cue back after his opponent had been yahooed, but not only that, his opponent was on 8 ball when this happened and Bandit still gave it back. These are the kind of things that I like to mention each week and if you know of other cases please by all means comment on them.

And I'll close this week's post with my weekly sport issue. errr ok ok since this is what most of you guys are talking about, I guess I'll just have to mention it as well lolol NCAA tourney is taking place and yesterday Rick Pitino's Cardinals blew Washington away and reach the Elite 8 (people might actually think I'm a bball expert lol) and the top seed of the country, Illinois, also made it to the Elite 8. Anyway, all this will mean squat when Duke gets to action and they end this thing lolol yes that's right, Go Duke!!! lolol.

And before I leave, please post a topic or whatever that you guys want us to discuss during next week, it can be anything you have in mind, any huge matches, just anything !!! lolol.

Peace
que la paz sea con vosotros.