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Thursday Night Throwdown

Thursday Night Throwdown: 12/01/11

Warthog madness and neck-stabbing abound in this Halo Anniversary/AC Revelations double-header.

It's Thursday night and it's time for you to go up against us in a weekly throwdown of decidedly humble proportions.

Dec. 1 2011

Cast: Ryan, Brad

Posted by: Drew

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Tennmuerti

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@Baal_Sagoth said:

So don't be confused and act surprised when I call you out on your bullshit when you state the fucking obvious.

So wait. I's what I'm saying bullshit or is it the fucking obvious?

@Baal_Sagoth said:

@Tennmuerti: The thing you said I felt was bullshit was your statement that someone that was impressed with Ryan's performance on this week's TNT had to be joking (beacause of the obvious fact that he has more on his hands during these shows than handling the game. Got that now? Sweet.)

Hmm, i'm still confused on the whole issue of how what I said was bullshit and obvious at the same time. Doesn't me saying bullshit mean I'm somehow false, and isn't saying something obvious imply i'm saying something true? How does that apply to the same sentence: "You 2 got to be joking" Sorry mate I really am just not understanding what you're saying to me here :(

@Baal_Sagoth said:

somehow in your world I was being all mean and shit

Gee I wonder what would give that impression:

Damn this community is going downhill fast. It's so hard to find the worthwhile stuff amongst all the trash recently.

I call you out on your bullshit when you state the fucking obvious.

And the pill that makes me chill out without killing me doesn't exist when faced with quality comments such as yous...

wait ...

@Baal_Sagoth said:

All that after YOU felt neccessary to ramble on about a subject that has been discussed...oh... a million times on this site already?

Oh the irony!

mmmmmmmm so good, i love delicious irony /slurp

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man brad seemed 10 kinds of angry

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This pretty much demonstrates why I still love Halo multiplayer after all these years.  Sure, Battlefield has its moments, but nothing can match the sheer amount of fun unpredictability of a Halo match.

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As someone whoplayed ACB to like lvl 35 on 2 accounts, I have to say Ryan did pretty good in AC multiplayer. This is def a game that is worth to get good at, high level play is just tense and you get a real sense of satisfaction off getting kills off people

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@Darkstar_KoP: was that you? i couldn't stop laughing.

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This is really nitpicky of me but ive always hated how the GB fellas totally dismissed the hologram ability. I use it exclusively and people still fall for it all the time (usually because they don't have time to react).

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Playing Reach multiplayer always seems like a good idea till i see it someone put entire clips into people and i die inside.

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Heyyo!

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I enjoyed Will's little barb about the idiots this week who accused GB of hating Nintendo after Ryan's MK7 review went up.

- Scott

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Oh boy, this preview image is pretty special.

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@Pudge said:

I love how Brad not only reviewed this game, but also ran this TNT, and had NO IDEA about the Anniversary game type with the Halo 1 Pistol in it. How hard is it to do some simple research on the title?

EDIT: AND THEN he completely misses the point of the two different types of maps. It's an unprofessional level of unfamiliarity with a game that you reviewed!

It's perhaps worse that this does not surprise me at all. Ryan also demonstrated a similar lack of knowledge re: ACR multiplayer. Pretty sure it's patently untrue that your killer gets more points if he kills you after you did some dirt. I'm pretty used to them kind of talking out of their asses from time to time though.

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@Evil_Bunny_Hat said:

man brad seemed 10 kinds of angry

I think its because he had to play Halo...

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@Darkstar_KoP said:

I love you Brad =)

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Man oddball is annoying.
Ball taken. Ball dropped.  Ball taken. Ball dropped.  Ball taken. Ball dropped.  Ball taken. Ball dropped.  Ball taken. Ball dropped.  Ball taken. Ball dropped.  Ball taken. Ball dropped.  Ball taken. Ball dropped.  Ball taken. Ball dropped.  Ball taken. Ball dropped.  Ball taken. Ball dropped.

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I know it gets said a lot, but HOT DAMN has Whitta been dropping them pounds. He's like a new man now.

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@JauntyHat said:

@Darkstar_KoP said:

I love you Brad =)

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@Arrested_Developer said:

Man oddball is annoying. Ball taken. Ball dropped. Ball taken. Ball dropped. Ball taken. Ball dropped. Ball taken. Ball dropped. Ball taken. Ball dropped. Ball taken. Ball dropped. Ball taken. Ball dropped. Ball taken. Ball dropped. Ball taken. Ball dropped. Ball taken. Ball dropped. Ball taken. Ball dropped.

I thought it looked like a blast. Just complete chaos following that ball around the map. Almost made me want to throw the game in myself.

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Man, that CTF match was at a Battlefield level of crazy.

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@Tennmuerti: I'm not. Ryan did extremely well. I KNOW because I know how fucking hard it is to get a high score in Assassin's Creed.

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@Yagami said:

@Tennmuerti: I'm not. Ryan did extremely well. I KNOW because I know how fucking hard it is to get a high score in Assassin's Creed.

He came last twice and middle of the pack once. Out of 4 games! What high score, the one time he was in a team and his assassin opponent didn't know how to play (literally)? Last time I checked coming last was never "doing extremely well' regardless of game.

And it's not hard to get a high score in AC MP. Any semi good player should be almost always vying for 1st place. If you aren't, you are not very good at AC MP, just average or below.

This is an example of doing extremely well:

No Caption Provided
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It disturbs me how little Brad knows about Reach's multiplayer and how Anniversary integrates into it.

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Shooting and stabbing dudes all in one TNT.

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@Tennmuerti said:

@Yagami said:

@Tennmuerti: I'm not. Ryan did extremely well. I KNOW because I know how fucking hard it is to get a high score in Assassin's Creed.

He came last twice and middle of the pack once. Out of 4 games! What high score, the one time he was in a team and his assassin opponent didn't know how to play (literally)? Last time I checked coming last was never "doing extremely well' regardless of game.

And it's not hard to get a high score in AC MP. Any semi good player should be almost always vying for 1st place. If you aren't, you are not very good at AC MP, just average or below.

This is an example of doing extremely well:

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You must have an extremely large penis!
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@admanb: I do thanks.

On a serious note it was just a screenshot lying around that I could attach in 5 secs to reinforce a point. I couldn't give 2 shits about it being my game or not.

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blah blah blah gunz