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sportsgenius86 posted:That's the only episode on the schedule all week so I'd imagine it's a repeat. That's a bummer because it's the least interesting one so far. I want to see The Mega Powers!
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projecthalaxy posted:Tonight's Countdown is the 10 Wildest Ladder Matches. Should be good. Looking forward to them showing the 10 matches before the countdown even starts
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May 13, 2014 19:11
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Better include Taker vs Jeff Hardy! Guess it might not have been the "wildest" but drat it was awesome.
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May 13, 2014 19:17
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Lawler is apparently straightening out the Memphis library in order to sell it to WWE. Can't wait to not see it on the network!
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May 13, 2014 20:00
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Mob posted:I'm a real big fan of the non-Flair Legends of Wrestling roundtables but I've never watched any of these early ones that just concentrate on two older stars. I'll probably start with the Lawler/JYD one since it seems the most personally interesting, though I'm sure the Piper one has a ton of poo poo worth seeing. They span like 5 years I want them to upload all of them so I can binge watch
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May 13, 2014 21:00
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Trying to watch the Flair/Steamboat 5-star matches, but neither Clash 6 or Chi-Town Rumble have milestones 
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May 13, 2014 21:03
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Cromulent posted:Lawler is apparently straightening out the Memphis library in order to sell it to WWE. Can't wait to not see it on the network! I thought all the early masters were wiped and only available as third-generation VHS copies and the later masters were owned by 5 different people and were a clusterfuck of rights.
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May 13, 2014 22:16
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DudeDeuce posted:So what the hell is Wrestlemania Rewind tonight? Preview last week said Hogan vs Savage from WM5 but schedule says Triple H vs Jericho, which I think they already showed. I remember that episode was 90% HHH return, 10% HHH-Jericho feud. Funny enough, that's actually how the feud went in real time as well!
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May 13, 2014 22:21
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projecthalaxy posted:Tonight's Countdown is the 10 Wildest Ladder Matches. Should be good. Can't wait for the top 3 to just be Dudleys/Hardys/E&C matches.
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May 13, 2014 22:26
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Luigi Thirty posted:I thought all the early masters were wiped and only available as third-generation VHS copies and the later masters were owned by 5 different people and were a clusterfuck of rights. Some of the original tapes exist and Jim Cornette has a decent amount of post VCR stuff on VHS in decent quality. No clue if they'd use that. The rights situation has been getting worked out in recent years, and Lawler has been talking as if it is almost a done deal. I'd guess recent deaths of some of the claimants has made the situation a bit more clear cut.
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May 13, 2014 22:29
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If you are an Xbox One or Xbox 360 user, helpful and useful info:quote:"Coming in June, all Xbox 360 and Xbox One owners will get access to popular entertainment apps, like Netflix, YouTube, Machinima, and more on Xbox without needing an Xbox Live Gold membership*. This means that everyone can enjoy the amazing gaming, TV and entertainment experiences that Xbox has to offer, right out of the box." I assume that will include WWE Network.
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May 13, 2014 23:08
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Daniel Bryan posted:If you are an Xbox One or Xbox 360 user, helpful and useful info: I love that apparently "using apps" is a special feature on Microsoft systems.
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May 14, 2014 00:13
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Deadpool posted:I love that apparently "using apps" is a special feature on Microsoft systems. Eh it originates from a time when microsoft was literally the only place with Netflix, followed by HBO Go, followed by WatchESPN. It made a lot more sense when they had some level of exclusivity.
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May 14, 2014 03:32
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MJBuddy posted:Eh it originates from a time when microsoft was literally the only place with Netflix, followed by HBO Go, followed by WatchESPN. Paying to use a service I have to pay for? No, that never made sense. I mean from a company stand point of "Can't wait to wring ALL the dollars, totally.
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May 14, 2014 03:37
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Onmi posted:Paying to use a service I have to pay for? No, that never made sense. I mean from a company stand point of "Can't wait to wring ALL the dollars, totally. God paying for internet to use Netflix? Stop being dense
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May 14, 2014 04:39
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MJBuddy posted:God paying for internet to use Netflix? netflix being behind x-box live's paywall is incredibly stupid, though. It's been stupid for years, and especially stupid when every competing service ever doesn't have that restriction.
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May 14, 2014 04:45
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MJBuddy posted:God paying for internet to use Netflix? You paid like 400 bucks for an x box, you're paying probably 80 bucks for Internet, and 8 bucks a month for Netflix.and I'm expected to pay extra so that I can go online with my system and use an app I pay for?
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May 14, 2014 04:59
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The_Rob posted:You paid like 400 bucks for an x box, you're paying probably 80 bucks for Internet, and 8 bucks a month for Netflix.and I'm expected to pay extra so that I can go online with my system and use an app I pay for? Netflix is everywhere now. You almost cannot buy a TV peripheral (or even some TVs) that don't have Netflix access. You can probably buy a dishwasher that has Netflix access on it somewhere. The fact it took Microsoft apparently just realized/stopped fighting internally about how it hasn't been a selling point for Gold for many years looks really bad.
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May 14, 2014 05:59
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oatgan posted:netflix being behind x-box live's paywall is incredibly stupid, though. It's been stupid for years, and especially stupid when every competing service ever doesn't have that restriction. That's what I said. When you can buy a 35 dollar dongle and get the same products, it's dumb. When you can't, it's not. You can now, and Microsoft originally used that Xbox live fee to pay for exclusivity/front the money for Netflix to develop those apps. It had a place, but post-2010 I didn't get it. Granted, I had my Live account to play games, so I just had it, but I wouldn't pay for just it, and didn't consider it a value proposition. I'd say in a post-Roku world it's absurd, but really even Roku didn't have HBO Go and WatchESPN, so it's not quite 1:1. The_Rob posted:You paid like 400 bucks for an x box, you're paying probably 80 bucks for Internet, and 8 bucks a month for Netflix.and I'm expected to pay extra so that I can go online with my system and use an app I pay for? You paid money for a TV too. And a house. And a couch to sit on. This argument is stupid because you can literally extend it to "I lived for 26 years and now you expect me to pay [anything] for [anything]!?!?!" It's a false dichotomy. You're attempting to point at the contrast of a one thing to another when the correct logic is "Is this worth X?" which at one point the pay wall on Xbox Live was absolutely worth it. It's not anymore, for the reasons Nut Bunnies listed. But it was, at a point, absolutely worth it, and if that angered you, I suggest introspection on the nature of value over banging your fist about greed.
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May 14, 2014 13:46
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I stopped using my Xbox period after I let my gold lapse. Now that I can use the entertainment apps, I might hook it back up and who knows, I might even buy a game!
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May 14, 2014 13:53
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Canada was late to the Netflix party and you could get it on nearly any device at launch here but how long was Netflix streaming exclusive to Xbox Live? You couldn't get it on a computer, even?
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May 14, 2014 16:13
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flashy_mcflash posted:Canada was late to the Netflix party and you could get it on nearly any device at launch here but how long was Netflix streaming exclusive to Xbox Live? Never
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May 14, 2014 16:33
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epitasis posted:Never So is he straight-up lying or what?
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May 14, 2014 16:59
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flashy_mcflash posted:Canada was late to the Netflix party and you could get it on nearly any device at launch here but how long was Netflix streaming exclusive to Xbox Live? You couldn't get it on a computer, even? You could stream on a computer or using a Roku box that capped out at SD. Xbox had console exclusivity for a bit and soon after "web ready" blu ray players and tvs and such emerged as well. Fall 2008 wad Netflix on Xbox, June 2008 was Roku. It was released on PS3 fall 2009. Later on Wii but capped at SD. The Xbox release was a huge success and they had some standard Microsoft exclusivity deal. It occurred at a time when people questioned the value of Gold, so Microsoft put it behind the pay wall to increase the value of the gold sub. Same logic as the present, except Netflix behind the pay wall doesn't increase the value of the gold account due to it being wildly available. I had Netflix on my iPhone a year after the PS3 release. Fall 2010. Really it was late summer I guess.
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May 14, 2014 17:14
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MJBuddy posted:You could stream on a computer or using a Roku box that capped out at SD. Xbox had console exclusivity for a bit and soon after "web ready" blu ray players and tvs and such emerged as well. Fall 2008 wad Netflix on Xbox, June 2008 was Roku. Interesting - thanks for the rundown (and sorry for the derail folks). So have they confirmed yet that the Network will come out from behind the paywall on the Bone along with the other apps?
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May 14, 2014 17:26
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MJBuddy posted:You paid money for a TV too. And a house. And a couch to sit on. This argument is stupid because you can literally extend it to "I lived for 26 years and now you expect me to pay [anything] for [anything]!?!?!" Sums that up pretty well... http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/08/25
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May 15, 2014 06:26
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lol, an XFL ad followed by the commentators hyping up an upcoming game, during the "Best of Smackdown" that's airing right now.
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May 15, 2014 08:42
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I know it would never happen with NBC owning the broadcast rights but the XFL showing up on the network would be the greatest achievement in the history of man.
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Just saw they added a ton of new episodes of Harcore TV. Looking forward to checking out the Cactus Jack/Mikey Whipwreck run and the beginning of the Raven run.
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Luigi Thirty posted:I know it would never happen with NBC owning the broadcast rights but the XFL showing up on the network would be the greatest achievement in the history of man. WBF would be the greatest achievement 
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May 15, 2014 20:16
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Haha I'm watching Survivor Series 2003, and they just announce Nathan Jones as "from Australia" 
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May 16, 2014 00:29
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They used to announce Gail Kim as being from "Korea"!
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Probably the all-time worst was Benoit being announced from Atlanta and Chris Jericho from New York. I guess there's maybe three American wrestling fans who still cared about that.
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May 16, 2014 03:26
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Probably the all-time worst was Benoit being announced from Atlanta and Chris Jericho from New York. I guess there's maybe three American wrestling fans who still cared about that. They were announced as RESIDING IN, which was funny. For some reason they kept doing it even after they abandoned the atrocious Hirohito gimmick for Kenzo Suzuki that it was meant to counteract.
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Nut Bunnies posted:They were announced as RESIDING IN, which was funny. It was a novel approach that somehow simultaneously presumed that you the viewer were both completely ignorant of either guy's background (which they spent a lot of time selling for both guys) and a USA vs. Canada mark. Suzuki also brings up that the company seems hell-bent on always having exactly one Japanese guy that they make sure to do the exact same gimmick/nothing with.
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Probably the all-time worst was Benoit being announced from Atlanta and Chris Jericho from New York. I guess there's maybe three American wrestling fans who still cared about that. Hogan isn't from Venice Beach, Undertaker isn't from Death Valley, and the Dudleys aren't from Dudleyville.
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Probably the all-time worst was Benoit being announced from Atlanta and Chris Jericho from New York. I guess there's maybe three American wrestling fans who still cared about that. They would do this whenever they turned the guys face. I think they announced Christian from somewhere in Florida for a time too, although I may be wrong. Wow Eddie had pretty bad acne on his back from all the steroids in 2003
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May 16, 2014 12:02
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Christian was announced as being from Tampa at WMX8 to get him heel heat in Toronto.
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titties posted:Hogan isn't from Venice Beach, Undertaker isn't from Death Valley, and the Dudleys aren't from Dudleyville. These are bad examples because two of them are meant to be kayfabe places related to the unique gimmicks of the guys using them (UT and the Dudleys), and in Hogan's case, it's basically exchanging one very warm place with a lot of beaches (Florida, where he actually grew up) for another (Calfornia), and they're still in the same country. Atlanta and Edmonton are not interchangeable. Neither are Winnipeg and Manhasset.
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