One can maybe say that the "pow-ZAP" Batman wasn't serious enough. One can also possibly say that the "Dark Knight" series was too serious. Batman 1989 though was jusssst right. Batman 1989 was the ultimate standard setter for the Batman series as everything from that point was based on, and build apon Batman 1989. All the Batman movies have lead one another to come into fruition. That leads us to today - Ben Affleck's Batman - who is a masterfied, perfect combination and evolution of Batman in my opinion. A chizzled to perfection Batman, added all the elements that made Batman what he is today, throughout the times, and finally the perfect amount of all those elements. The perfect formula. This is thee evolution of THEE Batman ~
All of the Batman's that graced us were amazing, and did so much for their time. We wouldn't have one without the other. Maybe people who are born today, might not "get it", but if you were THERE, you know WHY the "Pow-Zap" Batman was so amazing. Not only was it awesome, and contributed so much to pop culture in general, it also lead to the creation of the 1989 Batman. If it wasn't for "Pow-Zap" we wouldn't have been lead to, or wanted a Batman 1989. This show showed how powerful and how much people wanted to see Batman, and the comics lead to people craving to see an on screen Batman, with the more serious subjects that were in the pages! "What would happen, if the awesomness of the on screen Batman we've seen so far combined with the more gritty, and adult tones of the comics?" Batman 1989 came, and BOOM! Cemented (if Batman wasn't ALREADY CEMENTED) and changed everything! "Pow-Zap" begot "1989" and 1989 begot everything we know today! Tim Burton nailed the elements that he added, and combined into Batman at the time. Tim Burton's elements into Batman lead to Batman making the equivalent impact of when McDonald's made the "Big Mac". Leading to an understanding, love, and need for Batman that went beyond. So far beyond, that everything that everything since then, has been based off of the 1989 Batman, or has tried to build apon it, or made decisions to evolve a certain way from it.
I briefly want to talk about "Batman Forever" and "Batman and Robin". These two movies "continued" the 1989 Batman story line, but were considered by some to veer off too much from what had come before, dropping too many elements that made that perfect recipe for the time, that everyone loved the taste of. Of course when I think about it now, I would love to see more characters molded in Tim Burton's vision, but I also understood what they were meaning, by where these movies were going. They were getting more fantastical, but I didn't feel like anything was being "ruined" because I saw that they were trying to throw back a little bit to the "Pow-Zap" Batman. Therefore I understood it. I didn't feel cheated, because they weren't trying to completely change Batman, but bring back some Batman elements from the past. So I did not feel as if they were making Batman something he wasn't, but rather, maybe for some people, they just put too much salt and pepper in the pot. A Batman with a sense of humor is an element of Batman, but perhaps they tried to take too much of the "serious" element out. But still, at that time, one of the "elements" was casting a famous actor, who was best suited for each Batman villain role, as they did with Jack Nicholson, Michelle Fiffer, Danny Divito, and now in Batman Forever, Jim Carry, who was definitely the best, famous actor, suited for the role of the Riddler at that time. I thought Tommy Lee Jones was great too, and played out a great, memorable rivalry with the actor who played Robin, but I can see if people were mad they never got to see Billie Dee Williams fulfill his role as Two-Face, who played Harvey Dent in Batman 1989, especially since Batman Forever was part of that series. Although, I did not feel any sting of that back then, but made it all the more beautiful to witness Billie ACTUALLY voice Two-Face in the LEGO Batman movie! Which had him finally fulfill the role he was supposed to portray, all those years ago... (oh man, I can't even with that! Too human, beautiful, and amazing!!) So I do feel like there was enough "elements" of "Batman" in those movies to love. I could see where their might have been in an imbalance though in the "series'" elements, which leads us to the next set of movies.
The Dark Knight series! Definitely a classic series! Although some scenes in #3, The Dark Knight Rises, were a little imbalanced in the brutality department, the series overall, as a whole was classic and great. Now see, if it wasn't for the imbalance of the "less serious" in Batman Forever and Batman and Robin, people wouldn't have been craving a "REALISTIC" Batman. Batman Forever and Batman and Robin left people hungry for the missing, "serious" ingredient in the cheeseburger. Therefore, the Dark Knight series was birthed. Now today, we have, one of my favorite Batmans of all time - Ben Affleck.
Ben Affleck's Batman you can maybe say was birthed from the Dark Knight series. It being TOO serious. It taking too many elements that came before, out. I feel though, as of today, they have MASTERED it! One of the first things I said about Ben Affleck's Batman, is that - "It's a perfect combination of Batman 1989, and The Dark Knight series". It brings back fantastical elements that contributed to Batman's rise to fame, but also keeping it in that realistic, brutal, Dark Knight style as well. to me, it's the Perfect combination.
Lets not forget Batman: The Animated Series!! Another thing I would also feel and say, is that - "This Batman also embodies an on screen version of the Batman from Batman: The Animated Series". There's so many things in this iteration of "B-Man" that is just everything to me. The perfect formula, and the perfect combination, of all the elements that helped Batman catapult to the heights the character has reached, through the times. And my god... hearing THEE Batman theme in the Justice League with THIS Batman especially... I think I saw GOD for a second! Ha! But it's not just the Batman aspect that I love. Bruce Wayne's portrayal goes hand and hand, and comes along with this whole package!
If it wasn't implied, when I say "Batman" I am also including Bruce Wayne in that word also. The Batman experience as a whole includes Bruce Wayne. As I mentioned before, one of the elements of Batman is humor, in some form or fashion. This Bruce Wayne knows when to not take himself too seriously, and knows how to balance his serious, alter life with some fun, and understands that constantly grinding isn't going to help him. His life is constantly as risk, so why take life so seriously? That was an element that was there in "Pow-Zap", but Tim Burton masterfully incorporated that into Michael Keaton's more "serious" Batman. Michael Keaton's Bruce Wayne knew how to mock a situation, knew how to mock himself, and other people in a truthful way, if needed. Batman having some sort of sense of humor, amongst all the craziness, is a classic Batman element. All the stuff that is going on IS CRAZY in the Batman universe, so Batman is even more of the man for the fact that he knows how to chill amoungst all the lunacy he's surrounded with. Laugh at the crazyness, but also knowing how to be completely bold, and serious at the same time. This is why I believe people love Superman as well, because he's not about being a downer. At the core, he's a jolly nerd, but also knows how to step up when the time comes. Being happy but bold when needed is very human, and something people innately want to be. No body wants to be completely serious all the time, because whats the sense in life, even in crazy situations, if we're not having fun? Who wants to be even MORE weight on their shoulders when surrounded by a serious situation, and who wants to be a coward in the face of danger? You feel close to Batman and Superman, because they're people you'd want to be in the situations they face, or people to learn from. Even Obi-Wan Kenobi, who is a Jedi and is supposed to be "serious minded" laughs in the face of a difficult situation, and has a sense of humor. This Bruce Wayne brings back that suave, laid back "F**K IT" attitude. A "let me have some fun, cause who knows when this ride could end" attitude. There's a recipe though. People like their Batman serious, but this Bruce Wayne gives the perfect amount of care free attitude to make him human, and relateable.
Overall, like I've said, I believe this Batman, is a perfect and masterful combination of all of the elements that have made us love Batman throughout the times. A finally chizzled to perfection Batman. A Batman where there's no imbalances. Ben Affleck is not too serious of a Batman, but also not a completely serious Batman either. He's intense and brutal, but also realizes that he's human, and because he realizes that he's human, we get to see how he achieves the fantastical through a human lens. I pray that he stays around for a very long time, as I do everybody they have picked for this current DC Universe so far. I believe that they all, are and have perfectly, and masterfully embodied and portrayed all of these DC Legends.
- Love
Joey JcM
Friday, January 12, 2018
Friday, May 31, 2013
Bootleg Wii U Pro Controllers that Will Fool You!
I've never seen a bootleg with such balls!
I recently bought a black Wii U Pro controller off of amazon.com from one of the sub-sellers. The controller was selling for around $35. I thought this was simply someone reselling the controllers from a previous $30ish sale that Best Buy had. From the moment I took it out of the box and put it in my hand, I knew something wasn't feeling right. Something was different. I thought it was just me.
Similar to how GameCube controller bootlegs that are available today, the buttons on this "Pro controller" were very TIGHT. At first I thought it was an update to the controller that Nintendo made.... until I played Call of Duty. I noticed right away that there was a problem.... the control sticks weren't working right.
The left stick wasn't working at a certain angle, and the right stick wasn't working when you clicked it in!
At this point it was clear that there was definitely a problem.... I went to BEST BUY to buy a REAL black controller, and compared the two, and sure enough, when looked at both up close, we definitely have a problem with the one I bought off of amazon.......
Above, the legit controller is the top one. From the front view, you can see the A,B,Y,X button and the D-Pad color difference between the two. The shine one the bootleg one (above/bottom) looks a little bit cheaper then the legit one (above/top). And if you look closely, the bootleg is even slightly shaped different!
At the time when I opened the bootleg black controller, I had already owned a White Pro controller. I knew something felt and looked a little different when I put this amazon bought controller in my hand. Since the controller was a different color, I thought maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me, and that the color was throwing me off on the different feel. But as I said, I immediately noticed the difference between the tightness of the buttons and sticks. I did feel a slight difference in shape, but again, thought the different color had my eyes playing tricks on me.
I recently bought a black Wii U Pro controller off of amazon.com from one of the sub-sellers. The controller was selling for around $35. I thought this was simply someone reselling the controllers from a previous $30ish sale that Best Buy had. From the moment I took it out of the box and put it in my hand, I knew something wasn't feeling right. Something was different. I thought it was just me.
Similar to how GameCube controller bootlegs that are available today, the buttons on this "Pro controller" were very TIGHT. At first I thought it was an update to the controller that Nintendo made.... until I played Call of Duty. I noticed right away that there was a problem.... the control sticks weren't working right.
The left stick wasn't working at a certain angle, and the right stick wasn't working when you clicked it in!
At this point it was clear that there was definitely a problem.... I went to BEST BUY to buy a REAL black controller, and compared the two, and sure enough, when looked at both up close, we definitely have a problem with the one I bought off of amazon.......
Can you spot the differences?
Above, the legit controller is the top one. From the front view, you can see the A,B,Y,X button and the D-Pad color difference between the two. The shine one the bootleg one (above/bottom) looks a little bit cheaper then the legit one (above/top). And if you look closely, the bootleg is even slightly shaped different!
At the time when I opened the bootleg black controller, I had already owned a White Pro controller. I knew something felt and looked a little different when I put this amazon bought controller in my hand. Since the controller was a different color, I thought maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me, and that the color was throwing me off on the different feel. But as I said, I immediately noticed the difference between the tightness of the buttons and sticks. I did feel a slight difference in shape, but again, thought the different color had my eyes playing tricks on me.
Looking at the boxes, you would never know!
Can you tell which box is the fake?
(Legit box on left, bootleg on right)
Above, the fake box is on the right in both pics. The bootleg does have SLIGHTLY less
shine to the box, but the difference is so minimal, it was be almost
impossible to tell unless you have a reference box to put right next to
it!
Can you tell the difference from this view? They BOTH have the Nintendo logo!
(legit on top, bootleg on bottom)
We've went over some maybe not so obvious differences, at first glance, but now lets take a closer look at some pretty clear differences!
Here, the bootleg (on the right) clearly has higher sticks! (too bad they don't work right!)
Below, on the charging cables, we can see the lack of the Nintendo logo on the bootleg wires! And slightly different design!
These are not OFFICIALLY confirmed as fakes, and both even have the Nintendo logo on the back of the controllers! But it is obvious that these are not official Nintendo products. They don't work correctly, and there are clear differences. I've never seen a bootleg with such balls to have the box match, and to actually have a Nintendo logo on the controller. Is this a new breed of bootleg? Either way.....
The lesson learned here is that when it comes to controllers, we obviously need them to work right. So even if the controllers look legit, and the internet even shows a candid photo of the product instead of a generic jpeg, its better to just pay full price or wait for a sale at an official store that is legit like Best Buy, or Gamestop.
Could this be simply a factory defect? Well, considering that I ordered it from a sub seller on amazon, for a MUCH cheaper price, some parts didn't work, and some Nintendo logos are missing.... I would say "I don't think so Tim" to this being officially made!
- Joey JcM
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Why Nintendo's Surprise New E3 Strategy Could Be the Best Thing We've Heard in a Long Time!
BIG news days for Nintendo. It's going to be a big news WEEK for Nintendo! Wii U Virtual Console is set to officially launch, the huge Wii U system update is hitting us this week as well. But the week of massive Ninty love started off with the launch of MiiVerse on the web, and .... the news about Nintendo not hosting a traditional E3 press conference this year....
Many were sad.... scared, upset! What could this mean? HOW COULD THEY DO THIS?!?! NINTENDO IS SURELY DOOMED NOW!!!!.......
.... or are they?
Have you thought of it this way my friends?
We all remember how exciting E3 used to be. It used to be for US! Throughout the recent years, it's been downplayed and more of a show for "suits". Boring, with no moments of goosebumps. All those moments we always waited for, and looked forward to at every E3 have vanished. I'll even venture to say that E3 has left us, for the most part, disappointed in these recent years. We get EXCITED! .... only to feel "meh" everytime after....
Nintendo's Ultimate president, Satoru Iwata has stated that Nintendo will have a different strategy for E3 this year. They will break up presentations. Iwata said - he realizes that there are different groups of people who watch E3, the "suits", the vendors that are going to be selling their stuff, and then us.... the life of Nintendo; The FANS! Iwata in short, states - "why have to put fans through portions of the show that they don't even want to watch; or vice-versa" . Obviously those aren't the exact words, but when I read that part of the report, a thought that I already had in my head became more clear!
Having separate showcases might be the best thing we've heard in a LONG TIME! We might be able to actually have the exciting, never-forget memories once more! Iwata'ss said they are set in what they want to do for the business portion of their showcase to the two other groups, but are not sure yet and are still exploring what they want to do for the "show" for us basically. BUT THINK of the possibility's.....
If they don't have to be half serious/half trying to have an E3, and can focus souly on fun stuff for one of their E3 shows, we could be seeing the first steps back towards the E3 that we all crave! The E3 that we all want! The E3 that we all DESERVE! They tried to revive E3 a couple of years ago, but Nintendo, in all it's genius, can be giving us another great gift! Curing the E3 sickness!
"HEY ECKHART! THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE!" =D
- Joey JcM ;D
Many were sad.... scared, upset! What could this mean? HOW COULD THEY DO THIS?!?! NINTENDO IS SURELY DOOMED NOW!!!!.......
.... or are they?
Have you thought of it this way my friends?
We all remember how exciting E3 used to be. It used to be for US! Throughout the recent years, it's been downplayed and more of a show for "suits". Boring, with no moments of goosebumps. All those moments we always waited for, and looked forward to at every E3 have vanished. I'll even venture to say that E3 has left us, for the most part, disappointed in these recent years. We get EXCITED! .... only to feel "meh" everytime after....
Nintendo's Ultimate president, Satoru Iwata has stated that Nintendo will have a different strategy for E3 this year. They will break up presentations. Iwata said - he realizes that there are different groups of people who watch E3, the "suits", the vendors that are going to be selling their stuff, and then us.... the life of Nintendo; The FANS! Iwata in short, states - "why have to put fans through portions of the show that they don't even want to watch; or vice-versa" . Obviously those aren't the exact words, but when I read that part of the report, a thought that I already had in my head became more clear!
Having separate showcases might be the best thing we've heard in a LONG TIME! We might be able to actually have the exciting, never-forget memories once more! Iwata'ss said they are set in what they want to do for the business portion of their showcase to the two other groups, but are not sure yet and are still exploring what they want to do for the "show" for us basically. BUT THINK of the possibility's.....
If they don't have to be half serious/half trying to have an E3, and can focus souly on fun stuff for one of their E3 shows, we could be seeing the first steps back towards the E3 that we all crave! The E3 that we all want! The E3 that we all DESERVE! They tried to revive E3 a couple of years ago, but Nintendo, in all it's genius, can be giving us another great gift! Curing the E3 sickness!
"HEY ECKHART! THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE!" =D
- Joey JcM ;D
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
WrestleMania 29 (The Last Wrestling Event)
All hope for wresting was lost last night when the Rock lost to Cena. I was almost starting to believe again - The Rock gave so much life to the new belt; it was brought in in such a great way. The future was bright.
Cena's downfall would have been complete if he got beat by the Rock one more time, having already been obsessed with not being able to beat the Rock, and havinga horrible year since he lost to the Rock. After all this, he would have snapped, and might have had no choice but to resort to his own ways.
Rock is going to be around. He's going to be on the cover of this year's video game. So he's obviously not going anywhere TOO far for alittle while, so keep him champion! It was going so great, and there were SO many great reasons for Cena to fall from grace and possible snap. they could have had one more match at Summer Slam and Cena could have beat him by using dirty tactics.
Since it seems pretty obvious that The Rock is going to be making more movies, but is also going to stick around WWE for alittle while longer, this would have been perfect. There is no reason for Cena to be champion again under the same terms. The Rock was brought back to spice things up and get the blood pumping back into wrestling. He was obviously brought back for a reason. I had such high hopes. The new Championship belt was starting anew in WWE, brought in by the Rock, a real wrestling CHARACTER. Cena falling from grace would have made him a CHARACTER. Cena trying to be good just sucks the life out of wrestling. It holds his character back. I'm not ignorant to the fact that Cena CAN be GREAT, but he just holds back too much of his soul, and therefore sucks the soul out of wrestling. This is why the more "mature" wrestling fan chants "CENA SUCKS" because they are savy to Cena's character is being held back.
I look at my WrestleMania suvenier cup, with the Rock holding the belt..... all the other greats on it and say "Wow... this was the last wrestling event" - as in wrestling was waking up again, looking so great, and now that Cena is champion again under these cercumstances, back to sleep wrestling goes......
- Joey JcM
Cena's downfall would have been complete if he got beat by the Rock one more time, having already been obsessed with not being able to beat the Rock, and havinga horrible year since he lost to the Rock. After all this, he would have snapped, and might have had no choice but to resort to his own ways.
Rock is going to be around. He's going to be on the cover of this year's video game. So he's obviously not going anywhere TOO far for alittle while, so keep him champion! It was going so great, and there were SO many great reasons for Cena to fall from grace and possible snap. they could have had one more match at Summer Slam and Cena could have beat him by using dirty tactics.
Since it seems pretty obvious that The Rock is going to be making more movies, but is also going to stick around WWE for alittle while longer, this would have been perfect. There is no reason for Cena to be champion again under the same terms. The Rock was brought back to spice things up and get the blood pumping back into wrestling. He was obviously brought back for a reason. I had such high hopes. The new Championship belt was starting anew in WWE, brought in by the Rock, a real wrestling CHARACTER. Cena falling from grace would have made him a CHARACTER. Cena trying to be good just sucks the life out of wrestling. It holds his character back. I'm not ignorant to the fact that Cena CAN be GREAT, but he just holds back too much of his soul, and therefore sucks the soul out of wrestling. This is why the more "mature" wrestling fan chants "CENA SUCKS" because they are savy to Cena's character is being held back.
I look at my WrestleMania suvenier cup, with the Rock holding the belt..... all the other greats on it and say "Wow... this was the last wrestling event" - as in wrestling was waking up again, looking so great, and now that Cena is champion again under these cercumstances, back to sleep wrestling goes......
- Joey JcM
Thursday, March 21, 2013
A Different Perspective on Shigeru Miyamoto's "Retirement"
In the retirement of Shigeru Miyamoto, we might see more from him then we have in a long time! Whaaaa, you're saying? Well listen up!
I know the thought of Miyamoto retiring is a scary.... we tremble and pout at the very idea. Not only because he's such a pivital part of Nintendo's history, but because we simply just love him. He feels like he's a family member. He gave us so much over the years. We love him. Of course the thought of seeing him "go" troubles us greatly.... but actually.... maybe... just maybe not!
Why?
Think about it this way, first of all, we still do have a lot of Miyamoto time left, but when and if he does retire, 100 years from now, something even greater might come of that time! When Shiggy retires, he will have a lot more time for himself.... personal time. And you know what that could suggest? That he will not only have endless time to think..... but endless time to create new ideas! We might see more new Miyamoto games and ideas in his retirement then we are now! I mean you KNOW he will always be part of the company. He will be Nintendo for life!
If Shigz retires, he will have so much time to create what HE wants to create. Have endless time to think about new ideas. Think and create at his own pace. Look what happened when he took a little break and was in his garden - Pikmin was born. Now imagine a whole LOT more time like that for Mr. Miyamoto!
Thinking about Shiggy's retirement this way def gives a different perspecitive, and gets rid of most of the sad, and replaces it with excitement! =)
- Joey JcM
I know the thought of Miyamoto retiring is a scary.... we tremble and pout at the very idea. Not only because he's such a pivital part of Nintendo's history, but because we simply just love him. He feels like he's a family member. He gave us so much over the years. We love him. Of course the thought of seeing him "go" troubles us greatly.... but actually.... maybe... just maybe not!
Why?
Think about it this way, first of all, we still do have a lot of Miyamoto time left, but when and if he does retire, 100 years from now, something even greater might come of that time! When Shiggy retires, he will have a lot more time for himself.... personal time. And you know what that could suggest? That he will not only have endless time to think..... but endless time to create new ideas! We might see more new Miyamoto games and ideas in his retirement then we are now! I mean you KNOW he will always be part of the company. He will be Nintendo for life!
If Shigz retires, he will have so much time to create what HE wants to create. Have endless time to think about new ideas. Think and create at his own pace. Look what happened when he took a little break and was in his garden - Pikmin was born. Now imagine a whole LOT more time like that for Mr. Miyamoto!
Thinking about Shiggy's retirement this way def gives a different perspecitive, and gets rid of most of the sad, and replaces it with excitement! =)
- Joey JcM
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Dear THQ, WE Are NOT The Game Testers
Dear THQ. I'm glad to hear that you are doing all this work after your
"community" has made you aware of various issues....... I'll say it
before and i'll say it again: WWE 12 is a sexy new car.... with NO
wheels. We've been trying to drive this beautiful car, but we just can't drive it the way it should be driven.
Instead of pressing the gas and GO, we have to trudge out feet and drive
this car like the Flintstones. We shouldn't have to do that. We
buy the game because we're supposed to enjoy it, not have to put WORK into it. We work enough during the day.
I'll even give you that maybe you can't predict all the online issues, because of the mass amounts of people on the servers, bla bla bla..... but what kind of game testers do you have (if any at all) that they would miss OFFLINE glitches, like this!:
- DX entrance settings:
If you customize a wrestlers entrance with making their entrance DX style, the normal cut back and forth between the entrance video and the wrestlers walking down the ramp, is not there. Instead what you get is the video playing until your wrestlers enter the ring. In other words, you have a good minute or two where you don't know where your wrestlers are, because they are blocked and hidden by a full screen video. How can this even happen? The DX entrance has been in the game for years, and this year it happened to break? Worse off.... none of your testers caught this?
- Setting the Spray painted "World Title" to a wrestler doesn't work:
Instead what you get, is the wrestler walking to the ring with the WWE spray painted title. This takes even less effort to set up and test then an entrance, how was this missed?
- Viewing a Created Wrestler from the Community Creations Blocks Your Ability to edit:
So if you view a wrestler that you would like to download from the online community creation section, ya know, just to check him out and see if it's exactly what you want, it hinders your ability to edit that wrestlers moves if you download him directly after the view. Instead, if you want creative freedom, you have to view, back out, and then find the wrestler you want to download AGAIN and go straight to clicking download. Yes, the creator can choose whether they would like their wrestlers to be edited after they are downloaded or not. Most creators allow this, because they understand that not everyone wants the exact same thing. They know how it feels. But even when the wrestlers you downloaded have the ability to edit ON, this glitch still happens. This glitch was NOT present in the 2011 version of this game (Smackdown vs. RAW 2011)
- "Hero" Road to Wrestlemania storyline will enslave your CAW:
Ironically, the "hero" story in the Road to WrestleMania story mode will capture your created wrestler, and enslave it to be it's own - changing it's name and move set. So if you had dreams of taking your CAW through a wrestling adventure, think again. You instead have to create a BS CAW that you don't even want to use, just to be same, or else the CAW you would LIKE to use will get destroyed if you pick him. Why even ask the player to choose a CAW then, if them game if only going to destroy him? Another note: You won't be able to change your CAW's name back from the name it gives you either. Oh but don't worry, you can change the moves back... on a guy who you don't want anymore. Hope you have fun with all that useless work.
Just the other day I was playing in "Universe" mode: a Triple Threat match, using two CAWs (created-a-wrestlers, created wrestlers) and one stock wrestler. As the first CAW I made started to enter, I shortly saw that all his edited entrance features were gone. His theme song had reset to the first theme I had on him(?!!?!?), and I found out during the match, that all his moves have been set back to default as well! How the hell does this happen? It takes a good while to create a wrestler, thats enough work. Having to do it all over again for no reason is REAL work!
THQ just released a thread in it's WWE 12 forums that states that they are working on a "primary patch" to fix most of the games main glitches. They wanted to make it clear that the patch that they had already released (about a day ago) was NOT the "primary patch", but a minor patch that should help the online issues. They went on to thank "their community" for informing them of the issues with the game........
" Our primary patch will address some of the top-line bugs and glitches that YOU the community have helped us identify," - WWE Games
(NOTE: The servers for the community creations section in the online section of the game had been absolutly borken for the first several weeks. Only working about 2% of the time. And most of the time you couldn't even get on to do on online verses match either)
Online issues have been made better, but still have work to be done.
Mentioning all this though..... this is why I say, (even if you want to excuse the online being broken, which shouldn't be excused for the level of atrocity it is/was) I say this:
THQ. WE ARE NOT THE GAME TESTERS !
Even with the excuse that "We couldn't anitisipate the amount of people that would accupy the servers" there is still so many problems with the OFFLINE portion of this game! What kind of quality assurance is going on in this company? Obviously not enough help to have them finish the game.
Granted a lot of work was done to overhaul the game to "reboot" it, and a lot of that work is very impressive, but this game OBVIOUSLY wasn't finished. They want to make a game yearly, i'm not for it, but fine. But MAKE THE GAME. That intails FINISHING IT! Things like this need to be brought to light, because people are dropping $60 on ENTERAINMENT. I didn't know I was paying $60 to WORK for THQ?
Lets not forget to mention the countless threads on the message boards of people saying that they pre-ordered the special edition of the game, straight from THQ, and have not received it yet..... almost a month later. Once again, this is PRE-ORDERS not arriving a month later... of special editions.... that cost EXTRA money. - What the hell is going on at THQ??!?
So THQ, you want to thank your community for helping you find bugs? Why don't you hire a QA team to do that, so we feel like we're buying a video game, instead of feeling like we PAID YOU, to WORK FOR you - to inform you about bugs that a child could pick out. What does that say about your QA team?
I say this out of love, because I would have liked to see this otherwise beautiful game finished, but there's a line, and your at the point where you are taking advantage of people, and you have to hear our voices this time, because your not getting away with this one.
Joey
-JcM
Read THQ's message to the community below,
source:
http://wwe.thq.com/go/thread/view/136083/28748793/xbox-360-title-update-released---this-is-not-the-patch-youre-looking-for
I'll even give you that maybe you can't predict all the online issues, because of the mass amounts of people on the servers, bla bla bla..... but what kind of game testers do you have (if any at all) that they would miss OFFLINE glitches, like this!:
- DX entrance settings:
If you customize a wrestlers entrance with making their entrance DX style, the normal cut back and forth between the entrance video and the wrestlers walking down the ramp, is not there. Instead what you get is the video playing until your wrestlers enter the ring. In other words, you have a good minute or two where you don't know where your wrestlers are, because they are blocked and hidden by a full screen video. How can this even happen? The DX entrance has been in the game for years, and this year it happened to break? Worse off.... none of your testers caught this?
- Setting the Spray painted "World Title" to a wrestler doesn't work:
Instead what you get, is the wrestler walking to the ring with the WWE spray painted title. This takes even less effort to set up and test then an entrance, how was this missed?
- Viewing a Created Wrestler from the Community Creations Blocks Your Ability to edit:
So if you view a wrestler that you would like to download from the online community creation section, ya know, just to check him out and see if it's exactly what you want, it hinders your ability to edit that wrestlers moves if you download him directly after the view. Instead, if you want creative freedom, you have to view, back out, and then find the wrestler you want to download AGAIN and go straight to clicking download. Yes, the creator can choose whether they would like their wrestlers to be edited after they are downloaded or not. Most creators allow this, because they understand that not everyone wants the exact same thing. They know how it feels. But even when the wrestlers you downloaded have the ability to edit ON, this glitch still happens. This glitch was NOT present in the 2011 version of this game (Smackdown vs. RAW 2011)
- "Hero" Road to Wrestlemania storyline will enslave your CAW:
Ironically, the "hero" story in the Road to WrestleMania story mode will capture your created wrestler, and enslave it to be it's own - changing it's name and move set. So if you had dreams of taking your CAW through a wrestling adventure, think again. You instead have to create a BS CAW that you don't even want to use, just to be same, or else the CAW you would LIKE to use will get destroyed if you pick him. Why even ask the player to choose a CAW then, if them game if only going to destroy him? Another note: You won't be able to change your CAW's name back from the name it gives you either. Oh but don't worry, you can change the moves back... on a guy who you don't want anymore. Hope you have fun with all that useless work.
Just the other day I was playing in "Universe" mode: a Triple Threat match, using two CAWs (created-a-wrestlers, created wrestlers) and one stock wrestler. As the first CAW I made started to enter, I shortly saw that all his edited entrance features were gone. His theme song had reset to the first theme I had on him(?!!?!?), and I found out during the match, that all his moves have been set back to default as well! How the hell does this happen? It takes a good while to create a wrestler, thats enough work. Having to do it all over again for no reason is REAL work!
THQ just released a thread in it's WWE 12 forums that states that they are working on a "primary patch" to fix most of the games main glitches. They wanted to make it clear that the patch that they had already released (about a day ago) was NOT the "primary patch", but a minor patch that should help the online issues. They went on to thank "their community" for informing them of the issues with the game........
" Our primary patch will address some of the top-line bugs and glitches that YOU the community have helped us identify," - WWE Games
(NOTE: The servers for the community creations section in the online section of the game had been absolutly borken for the first several weeks. Only working about 2% of the time. And most of the time you couldn't even get on to do on online verses match either)
Online issues have been made better, but still have work to be done.
Mentioning all this though..... this is why I say, (even if you want to excuse the online being broken, which shouldn't be excused for the level of atrocity it is/was) I say this:
THQ. WE ARE NOT THE GAME TESTERS !
Even with the excuse that "We couldn't anitisipate the amount of people that would accupy the servers" there is still so many problems with the OFFLINE portion of this game! What kind of quality assurance is going on in this company? Obviously not enough help to have them finish the game.
Granted a lot of work was done to overhaul the game to "reboot" it, and a lot of that work is very impressive, but this game OBVIOUSLY wasn't finished. They want to make a game yearly, i'm not for it, but fine. But MAKE THE GAME. That intails FINISHING IT! Things like this need to be brought to light, because people are dropping $60 on ENTERAINMENT. I didn't know I was paying $60 to WORK for THQ?
Lets not forget to mention the countless threads on the message boards of people saying that they pre-ordered the special edition of the game, straight from THQ, and have not received it yet..... almost a month later. Once again, this is PRE-ORDERS not arriving a month later... of special editions.... that cost EXTRA money. - What the hell is going on at THQ??!?
So THQ, you want to thank your community for helping you find bugs? Why don't you hire a QA team to do that, so we feel like we're buying a video game, instead of feeling like we PAID YOU, to WORK FOR you - to inform you about bugs that a child could pick out. What does that say about your QA team?
I say this out of love, because I would have liked to see this otherwise beautiful game finished, but there's a line, and your at the point where you are taking advantage of people, and you have to hear our voices this time, because your not getting away with this one.
Joey
-JcM
Read THQ's message to the community below,
source:
http://wwe.thq.com/go/thread/view/136083/28748793/xbox-360-title-update-released---this-is-not-the-patch-youre-looking-for
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Why Sonic Hasn't Sucked Since SEGA, & Why
Maybe Console Sonic's havn't been up to par since Sonic Adventure for most. I can't understand that, being a big Sonic fan myself. Although I do not own "Sonic the Hedgehog" for 360.. or "Sonic Unleashed" for 360.... or "Sonic and the Secret Rings" for Wii........ OR "Sonic and the Black Knight" for Wii.... ok, so maybe you Sonic haters have a point! Although I caught a glimpse of "Sonic Colors" for Wii, and that actually looked like that game was starting some momentum again for "CONSOLE SONIC".
But anyway, even though Sonic haters might have a point about Sonic on the console since after the Sonic Adventure series, Sonic DEFINITELY hasn't sucked since then. Why? Well god dam, have you guys NOT been playing the GBA Sonic's and the Nintendo DS Sonic's? If you havn't, I feel bad for you.
Sonic Advance 1-3 (GBA)
Sonic Rush (DS)
Sonic Rush Adventure (DS)
Sonic Colors (DS!!)
You want REAL Sonic? WITHOUT FAIL? Play ^ Those games!
You guys might live in the "Sonic has sucked for a while" world, but not me. I've been having a great Sonic experience since SEGA... since I was 6 (or 7).... for about 20 years! Enjoying Sonic never stopped for me!
When Sonic Advance came out, I was BLOWN away! I was like "WOW! A true sequel to 2D Sonic!". I'm not taking away from Sonic Adventure for DreamCast here; What i'm saying, is that at that time, never did I think that Sonic was going to go back to 2D. And when it did, it was seriously the true predecessor to the 2D Sonic's, 1-3, and Sonic and Knuckles. Sonic Advance 1 - 3: Such great experiences. It was great see how Sonic "advanced" (see what I did there) in a true, TRADITIONAL Sonic sequel.
Now onto Sonic Rush. Another TRUE Sonic series, that took advantage of the DS' two screens in SUCH a RADICAL way! Yet even more "advancement" over the Sonic Advance GBA games, in the best way that it could.
Sonic Rush Adventure I actually never got a chance to play, but it got RAVE reviews! It was actually a Sonic RPG, that still played like traditional Sonic I believe, with a little added spice.
So you see... even though console Sonic (supposedly) "hasn't been good" since Sonic Adventure 2 , Sonic has never really died, and I just showed you why and how.
I actually have Sonic Generations (waiting to be opened!). First console Sonic in a while. The demo was great, so i'm looking forward to a good Sonic experience returning to the big screen! SO many AAA games this holiday with SUCH high scores to choose from to play! But I'm dying to get around to this new Sonic though. Couldn't pass up a game with CLASSIC Sonic in it! Can't wait to see how they do the story! (I hope they're not two different 'people'), but either way, I'm sure it's going to to great! Oh, and I also couldn't pass up a Super Sonic Avatar Costume (with the pre-order). I'm a sucker for Sonic.... what can I say ? =/
Joey
- JcM
But anyway, even though Sonic haters might have a point about Sonic on the console since after the Sonic Adventure series, Sonic DEFINITELY hasn't sucked since then. Why? Well god dam, have you guys NOT been playing the GBA Sonic's and the Nintendo DS Sonic's? If you havn't, I feel bad for you.
Sonic Advance 1-3 (GBA)
Sonic Rush (DS)
Sonic Rush Adventure (DS)
Sonic Colors (DS!!)
You want REAL Sonic? WITHOUT FAIL? Play ^ Those games!
You guys might live in the "Sonic has sucked for a while" world, but not me. I've been having a great Sonic experience since SEGA... since I was 6 (or 7).... for about 20 years! Enjoying Sonic never stopped for me!
When Sonic Advance came out, I was BLOWN away! I was like "WOW! A true sequel to 2D Sonic!". I'm not taking away from Sonic Adventure for DreamCast here; What i'm saying, is that at that time, never did I think that Sonic was going to go back to 2D. And when it did, it was seriously the true predecessor to the 2D Sonic's, 1-3, and Sonic and Knuckles. Sonic Advance 1 - 3: Such great experiences. It was great see how Sonic "advanced" (see what I did there) in a true, TRADITIONAL Sonic sequel.
Now onto Sonic Rush. Another TRUE Sonic series, that took advantage of the DS' two screens in SUCH a RADICAL way! Yet even more "advancement" over the Sonic Advance GBA games, in the best way that it could.Sonic Rush Adventure I actually never got a chance to play, but it got RAVE reviews! It was actually a Sonic RPG, that still played like traditional Sonic I believe, with a little added spice.
So you see... even though console Sonic (supposedly) "hasn't been good" since Sonic Adventure 2 , Sonic has never really died, and I just showed you why and how.
I actually have Sonic Generations (waiting to be opened!). First console Sonic in a while. The demo was great, so i'm looking forward to a good Sonic experience returning to the big screen! SO many AAA games this holiday with SUCH high scores to choose from to play! But I'm dying to get around to this new Sonic though. Couldn't pass up a game with CLASSIC Sonic in it! Can't wait to see how they do the story! (I hope they're not two different 'people'), but either way, I'm sure it's going to to great! Oh, and I also couldn't pass up a Super Sonic Avatar Costume (with the pre-order). I'm a sucker for Sonic.... what can I say ? =/
Joey
- JcM
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Nintendo Wii U Achievements & Mii World
Now that Nintendo has changed the world and how we play yet AGAIN! It's time to get back to the basics. Nintendo has basically gave birth, and mastered the "casual" gaming experience, now it's time to combine it's old powers with the new.
Nintendo's next console, the Wii U, will be a Wii, with the idea of it's older systems..... but WITH MORE POWER!.... PLUS MORE even! Ah, what every one has been waiting for, even developers. An HD, POWER PACKED Nintendo console. The possibiltys are limitless. Especially with the new "tablet esc" controller for the new system. A controller with a touch screen right smack dab in the middle of a normal controller's buttons that we all know. But.......... although new is good, a lot has evolved on the hardcore scene since the GameCube.
Not the that Wii is a stranger to hardcore games even, but we all can admit (even me, the most hardcore Nintendo fan) that some things that we've come to love about systems like Xbox 360, were not as prevalent on the Wii. And we want to see it, we want Nintendo to reach it's full potential. So if Nintendo is going to put in the true potential of their other side (the "hardcore" side) back into their new system, now-a-days, a lot of people will raise the question - "How will Nintendo do achievements?"
Achievements are not important to everyone, but theres no doubt that there is a HUGE amount of people that they do mean something to today. Maybe Nintendo will make achievements exclusive to each game. Well, if they did do a console wide achievmenet system, there's SO much potential. Imagine this:
"The Nintendo World Channel"
Prizes
Awards
Medals
Nintendo World Channel:
A place for Mii's to gather, show off the gifts they have received for their achievements, and a place to start a voice chat. Also, a function or channel that can run in the background, so you can run other apps in front of it.
Prizes: Little gifts for your Mii for accomplishing tasks in games. A game specific hat, or shirt for your Mii? Maybe a posters to hang on your Nintendo world hang out spot. Little models to place around your hang out?
Awards: Imagine, beating Batman: Arkham City, and receiving a letter and a box from Alfred himself in your Nintendo World, and having a Batman suit pop out of the box for your Mii to wear? Or even receiving a new "hang out", a Batcave for your Mii's to hang out in? How cool would it be to feel like you've actually taken something "home" from the journey you've been on in your games, as if you had really been on an adventure. Like a war vet, now you can litterally say "I got this back in NOMMM", if you've scored "achievements" in a certain Call of Duty game you've played on Wii U.
Medals: Lets face it, game developers make some achievements a pain. So how about receiving a less cool gift to show off, but something that is more prestigious at the same time. Medals, for the most deserving gamer. for maybe completing 100% of a game? Something meaningful for those who like to go all the way, and something that wouldn't mean too much for people that just want to have fun and get the cool gifts that the prizes and awards would serve.
"Phsycal" items are way more fun then simple score board. Imagine, instead of having a 50,000 gamerscore, you can have a whole city filled with artifacts you've received from your gaming journeys. Games would mean something again, instead of running through a game, not even enjoying it, just for some points......... that get you nothing but bragging rights. But instead, imagine receiving letters, or boxes at your Mii home of things you can actually don on your Mii. Use. Swings swords, drive Mario Karts, maybe even play little mini games to be active while your chatting with your friends.
Imagine - "This Mini game requires a sword to play", so then you say to yourself "Hmm... I need to visit the Sand of Time in Prince of Persea!" Even from a buisness perspective, then people want to go out and buy a Prince of Persia game, or rent it, to collect a sword. Go on that journey, bring something back from it that you can use, and make it mean something.
For me, games are a place I go to save a world, do something that I might not be able to do in real life, but then still be able to do it... because i'm playing the game ;). Ya know what I mean? Why do you think people used to LOVe to push graphics as "true game advancement" back before this past gen? Cause ALL people that play prob think like this on some level, and want to feel like they're looking at something that actually puts them "there". So now lets have an achievement system that we can look back on, or show off, that allows us to say "Wow! You really did take down Darth Vader! Because you have his lightsaber!"
- JcM
joeyjcm.com
Nintendo's next console, the Wii U, will be a Wii, with the idea of it's older systems..... but WITH MORE POWER!.... PLUS MORE even! Ah, what every one has been waiting for, even developers. An HD, POWER PACKED Nintendo console. The possibiltys are limitless. Especially with the new "tablet esc" controller for the new system. A controller with a touch screen right smack dab in the middle of a normal controller's buttons that we all know. But.......... although new is good, a lot has evolved on the hardcore scene since the GameCube.
Not the that Wii is a stranger to hardcore games even, but we all can admit (even me, the most hardcore Nintendo fan) that some things that we've come to love about systems like Xbox 360, were not as prevalent on the Wii. And we want to see it, we want Nintendo to reach it's full potential. So if Nintendo is going to put in the true potential of their other side (the "hardcore" side) back into their new system, now-a-days, a lot of people will raise the question - "How will Nintendo do achievements?"
Achievements are not important to everyone, but theres no doubt that there is a HUGE amount of people that they do mean something to today. Maybe Nintendo will make achievements exclusive to each game. Well, if they did do a console wide achievmenet system, there's SO much potential. Imagine this:
"The Nintendo World Channel"
Prizes
Awards
Medals
Nintendo World Channel:
A place for Mii's to gather, show off the gifts they have received for their achievements, and a place to start a voice chat. Also, a function or channel that can run in the background, so you can run other apps in front of it.
Prizes: Little gifts for your Mii for accomplishing tasks in games. A game specific hat, or shirt for your Mii? Maybe a posters to hang on your Nintendo world hang out spot. Little models to place around your hang out?
Awards: Imagine, beating Batman: Arkham City, and receiving a letter and a box from Alfred himself in your Nintendo World, and having a Batman suit pop out of the box for your Mii to wear? Or even receiving a new "hang out", a Batcave for your Mii's to hang out in? How cool would it be to feel like you've actually taken something "home" from the journey you've been on in your games, as if you had really been on an adventure. Like a war vet, now you can litterally say "I got this back in NOMMM", if you've scored "achievements" in a certain Call of Duty game you've played on Wii U.
Medals: Lets face it, game developers make some achievements a pain. So how about receiving a less cool gift to show off, but something that is more prestigious at the same time. Medals, for the most deserving gamer. for maybe completing 100% of a game? Something meaningful for those who like to go all the way, and something that wouldn't mean too much for people that just want to have fun and get the cool gifts that the prizes and awards would serve.
"Phsycal" items are way more fun then simple score board. Imagine, instead of having a 50,000 gamerscore, you can have a whole city filled with artifacts you've received from your gaming journeys. Games would mean something again, instead of running through a game, not even enjoying it, just for some points......... that get you nothing but bragging rights. But instead, imagine receiving letters, or boxes at your Mii home of things you can actually don on your Mii. Use. Swings swords, drive Mario Karts, maybe even play little mini games to be active while your chatting with your friends.
Imagine - "This Mini game requires a sword to play", so then you say to yourself "Hmm... I need to visit the Sand of Time in Prince of Persea!" Even from a buisness perspective, then people want to go out and buy a Prince of Persia game, or rent it, to collect a sword. Go on that journey, bring something back from it that you can use, and make it mean something.
For me, games are a place I go to save a world, do something that I might not be able to do in real life, but then still be able to do it... because i'm playing the game ;). Ya know what I mean? Why do you think people used to LOVe to push graphics as "true game advancement" back before this past gen? Cause ALL people that play prob think like this on some level, and want to feel like they're looking at something that actually puts them "there". So now lets have an achievement system that we can look back on, or show off, that allows us to say "Wow! You really did take down Darth Vader! Because you have his lightsaber!"
- JcM
joeyjcm.com
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Nintendo 3DS Player - It's Now Possible to Bring Your DS to Your TV!
Basically every Nintendo home console since Super Nintendo, there has been a device that allowed you to play Nintendo's handheld of that same era (all versions of the gameboy so far) on your television.
This tradition seems to have hit a little speed bump though though with Nintendo DS, and now 3DS..... UNTIL NOW.
How you may ask? My answer to your question is simple: the future release of Nintendo's next home console, the Wii U.
The Wii U has many functions, and can use all original Wii remotes for gameplay. The main Wii U controller however (if you havn't heard by now) sports a 6' touch screen, smack dab' in the middle of a traditional style modern controller. The touch screen is the key!
..... Now bring your mind into the handheld universe for a second..... but keep it open!
Think about a Nintendo DS or 3DS. Stay with me ....... the bottom half of a DS system (when opened to play mode) is basically acts as a mini Wii U tablet control. Traditional buttons, and a touch screen in the middle. Now, the top half of DS systems basically acts as a "television" screen. RIGHT!!?
SOOOOOOOOooooooo....
Up until the Wii U's announcement, it was basically impossible to bring the DS to the television, via something like a "DS Player" (as the "GameBoy Player" and the "GameBoy Advance Player" brought Gameboy games to the television on the Super Nintendo and GameCube systems). Even the N64 allowed you to bring Gameboy to the television in one way or another with the "GameBoy Transfer Pack". but now with the Wii U tablet it is possible, and makes perfect sense! In order to bring the DS to the television, Nintendo would have had to create a contrller with a screen on it.... but now thats EXACTLY what they have with the Wii U!
Imagine using your television screen as the top screen to your 3DS/DS, and the Wii U tablet controller as the bottom half your 3DS/DS system.
It is now possible to bring the DS to the television. To see your DS and 3DS games on the big screen! Nintendo seems to have had no problem scretching out the DS screen with the release of the DSi XL system. Why not stretch it out alittle more and go for the big time on the television?
With the release of the 3DS, handheld Nintendo games have officially made it to 3D home console status graphically, and Nintendo basically has a portible N64/GameCube on their hands. Take me for example: my original DS games I used to keep all in one DS designated little box. Now with my 3DS games when i'm not playing them, I put them in their respective game cases. I treat them like they are console status games, and they basically are, and can be if this thought is made true!
For me this is a great thought that now this is REALLY possible. I'm all about maximizing the experience. I know the difference between an S-Video wire and component dammit!So it's really cool imagining taking a DS game and advancing it to a home console experience. We should get the whole universe to foward this message to Nintendo. (as if we needed to buy another peripheral.... but, you know we would).
Hope this gets your juices flowing and imaginations running wild! I hope to see petitions for a 3DS players starting............... NOW! ;P
HoLLA!
- JcM
This tradition seems to have hit a little speed bump though though with Nintendo DS, and now 3DS..... UNTIL NOW.
How you may ask? My answer to your question is simple: the future release of Nintendo's next home console, the Wii U.
The Wii U has many functions, and can use all original Wii remotes for gameplay. The main Wii U controller however (if you havn't heard by now) sports a 6' touch screen, smack dab' in the middle of a traditional style modern controller. The touch screen is the key!
..... Now bring your mind into the handheld universe for a second..... but keep it open!
Think about a Nintendo DS or 3DS. Stay with me ....... the bottom half of a DS system (when opened to play mode) is basically acts as a mini Wii U tablet control. Traditional buttons, and a touch screen in the middle. Now, the top half of DS systems basically acts as a "television" screen. RIGHT!!?
SOOOOOOOOooooooo....
Up until the Wii U's announcement, it was basically impossible to bring the DS to the television, via something like a "DS Player" (as the "GameBoy Player" and the "GameBoy Advance Player" brought Gameboy games to the television on the Super Nintendo and GameCube systems). Even the N64 allowed you to bring Gameboy to the television in one way or another with the "GameBoy Transfer Pack". but now with the Wii U tablet it is possible, and makes perfect sense! In order to bring the DS to the television, Nintendo would have had to create a contrller with a screen on it.... but now thats EXACTLY what they have with the Wii U!
Imagine using your television screen as the top screen to your 3DS/DS, and the Wii U tablet controller as the bottom half your 3DS/DS system.
It is now possible to bring the DS to the television. To see your DS and 3DS games on the big screen! Nintendo seems to have had no problem scretching out the DS screen with the release of the DSi XL system. Why not stretch it out alittle more and go for the big time on the television?
With the release of the 3DS, handheld Nintendo games have officially made it to 3D home console status graphically, and Nintendo basically has a portible N64/GameCube on their hands. Take me for example: my original DS games I used to keep all in one DS designated little box. Now with my 3DS games when i'm not playing them, I put them in their respective game cases. I treat them like they are console status games, and they basically are, and can be if this thought is made true!
For me this is a great thought that now this is REALLY possible. I'm all about maximizing the experience. I know the difference between an S-Video wire and component dammit!So it's really cool imagining taking a DS game and advancing it to a home console experience. We should get the whole universe to foward this message to Nintendo. (as if we needed to buy another peripheral.... but, you know we would).
Hope this gets your juices flowing and imaginations running wild! I hope to see petitions for a 3DS players starting............... NOW! ;P
HoLLA!
- JcM
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
JcM's Wii U Prediction that Could Have Been, and Why It Wasn't.
So first I just want to mention, the inspiration for this editorial comes from the fact that I had to get my information about my predictions out faster. I came VERY close to the mark on predicting what Nintendo's next console was going to be, but it wound up being a missed opportunity. I was planning on making my prediction in video form. It is to my disadvantage though that I cannot bring myself to do a simple vlog style video, because that is just... not my style. And if I were to make a vlog esc video, it would have to have the proper JcM flavor to it. I finally had a proper JcM way to release the information about my prediction in video form, but unfortunatly, more pressing matters were presented to me. Long story short, time goes by, and E3 2011 came and gone. It was too late to mention what my prediction for the next Nintendo console would be, but by god it was DAM CLOSE. Scary even. Therefore I have decided to release my prediction information in blog/editorial form. If I can make a video about my predictions before it is too late, I would love to. But sometimes you have to make the right decisions, even if it's against what you want to do. I would love to have my predictions made in video form, but time is of the essence, and I need to start releasing my secret weapons soon.
May this message serve as an invitation to join me on yet another form of entertainment and leisure activity I will be providing. And here, next... is alittle story of the prediction that could have been.......
Way before E3 2011, when the first Wii U details were released at the Nintendo E3 press conference, I just about predicted what the Wii U was going to be...and I was VERY close. My prediction of the next Wii was a system that had a screen on it. Very similar to an iPad. Something you can carry around with you, but also hook up to the TV as per usual home videogame console. 4 USB ports for multiplayer (if you chose to do wired remotes), or carry the system around with you where ever you wanted.
Further, I predicted that it would be a system you can take on the go with you not only for gaming purposes, but it would also expand on the brain age idea, and be something that would help kids out with their education process. A tool for learning, maybe something to help out with homework, along with being something kids can enjoy. Alittle Nintendo system companion.
In sort, my prediction was a Nintendo home console with a screen on the system itself, that you can take around with you if you wanted.In theory, I predicted the Wii U controller to the T technically.
Ofcorse this is the prediction that could have been. Now people who are reading this have a choice whether to believe me or not, rather then saying "Wow, the force is strong with him!" ;P So consider this the bottle that christens the prediction ship, so I can have my predictions post up as soon as possible in the fastest way... for when I do prediction editorials of course.
Here's to seeing the future! (And reporting it asap so I look awesome!)
- JcM
May this message serve as an invitation to join me on yet another form of entertainment and leisure activity I will be providing. And here, next... is alittle story of the prediction that could have been.......
Way before E3 2011, when the first Wii U details were released at the Nintendo E3 press conference, I just about predicted what the Wii U was going to be...and I was VERY close. My prediction of the next Wii was a system that had a screen on it. Very similar to an iPad. Something you can carry around with you, but also hook up to the TV as per usual home videogame console. 4 USB ports for multiplayer (if you chose to do wired remotes), or carry the system around with you where ever you wanted.
Further, I predicted that it would be a system you can take on the go with you not only for gaming purposes, but it would also expand on the brain age idea, and be something that would help kids out with their education process. A tool for learning, maybe something to help out with homework, along with being something kids can enjoy. Alittle Nintendo system companion.
In sort, my prediction was a Nintendo home console with a screen on the system itself, that you can take around with you if you wanted.In theory, I predicted the Wii U controller to the T technically.
Ofcorse this is the prediction that could have been. Now people who are reading this have a choice whether to believe me or not, rather then saying "Wow, the force is strong with him!" ;P So consider this the bottle that christens the prediction ship, so I can have my predictions post up as soon as possible in the fastest way... for when I do prediction editorials of course.
Here's to seeing the future! (And reporting it asap so I look awesome!)
- JcM
Friday, October 1, 2010
Surprise Event for "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
The first entry to my new "JcM Experiences" blog. Wanted to make something separate from my ranting and inspiring words blog. Seperate from my personal blog, this one this will have game reviews, and storys about events I will be attended, so you can put a story behind the pictures! But now that thats out of the way, here we go!
Ok, so the first event story I have for you is about a surprise event for the Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase, which took place in a small church in Paramas, NJ. It was a private event, that I was lucky enough to be invited to, thanks to this great agent friend of mine.
The guest of honor, Mr. Dibiase though he was just coming there to talk on that cloudy night, but the weather represented the total opposite of Mr. Dibiase was walking into! A surprise event honoring himself!
It was actually a taping for one of the last parts of a documentary that has been filming for two years, following the life (and rebirth) of the man we grew up watching, Ted Dibiase, the "Million Dollar Man". A guy who watched wrestle such men as Hulk Hogan, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and many other great wrestling heroes of the past two decades. If you did not know, Ted is a pastor now. He thought he was coming there to just to do a speech, but when he arrived he was met by some of his closest friends. One by one they came in to say something about Ted, the WWE hall of famer. Thanking him for all that he has done for them and such. Ted was also presented with an award, honoring him, and all he has given in the past 15 years, since he has turned his life around, and into the man he wants to be. I'm not sure I remember the exact name of the award though, unfortunately.
When I arrived I saw Sean Watlman! (AKA Xpac, 1-2-3- Kid, Syxx, Syxpac...shall I continue? lol) and Virgil! I was like AHHh! SO excited, as these are guys they inspired me to go through many of my own tables, and couches at home, when I was a teenager! But I kept my composure and acted cool... haha. But really though, this was a special honorary event, not a autograph signing, so I wanted to have the utmost respect that night. Xpac eventually asked me if I had a lighter for a cigarette. I SUPPOSEDLY thought I had one in my car, but I guess I didn't have the right thing? I thought you just shove it in the electric thing (can you tell I don't smoke?) But I guess not. He then actually got in my car and tried to use his own lighter once again. He didn't want to light his cigarette in front of the church and be disrespectful. Hell, I didn't mind. Xpac WAS IN MY CAR! ha! ;D. So yes, whoever sits in the passenger seat of my car may know that XPAC was in that seat! ;D
He's a great guy, and it was very cool to be able to hang out with not only him, but so many heroes of mine, and that me, friends and family were entertained by when I was a chibi.
Couple of other people then started to show up. Saw a beaauutiful woman walking down the street, trying to hold her dress down from the wind that was gusting from the not so pleassant weather. As this woman got closer, it turned out to be DAWN MARIE! I was like AHhhhhh! But again, tried to keep my composure. haha. She actually said "hi" to us, and I was like "Sup". hahaha, no I didn't say that, but I played it KOOL. ;D
Later on Greg the Hammer Valentine arrived, and George the animal steel! We all were waiting outside, and about an hour and a half before, we were all getting ready to walk to red carpet, as this was a shooting for a dvd. The big stars went first, and me and my buddy Dymetre wound up being the first of the "regular people" to walk the carpet, and say something to the camera for the dvd. We just happend to be standing in the right spot when the line formed, to be first! Naturally, being the big personality that I am, I hammed it up. Hopefully it makes it into the video!! I did my best, so ;D
So we all said alittle something for the man of honor, then proceeded to enter the church, and wait for Mr. Dibiase to arrive. Ted arrived alittle late, as he was waited for his beloved wife to arrive at the airport. She was running behind because she had just had had surgery, but wouldn't miss Ted's big surprise for nothing! All in all, Mrs. Dibiase was SUCH a trooper though, that some how, they weren't even that late!
Ted, being a pastor now, thought he was just coming to speak at a local church in Paramus NJ, but he soon found out that that wasn't all he was going to be doing, and that this wasn't going to just be an ordinary night for him!
Before the surprises, Ted did actually speak to us in the church that day. He conveyed the story of his life to us. He told of how he was a young boy, and was raised by his mother and his step father. He loved his step father dearly. The name Dibiase was even that of his step fathers. His step father was a wrestler actually, but that was the one thing that Ted wasn't going to take after his step father. Ted told us that his dreams were to go on to college, and eventually play PRO Football! Who would have though? Still a sport ofcorse, but can you imagine a world, a WWF/WWE WITHOUT the "Million Dollar Man"! Or even someone else playing him?!?!
IT would certainly would be a different world for sure but.... fortunately for us things turned out different. But what we don't know, was not too fortunate for Ted.... for a while atleast.
Ted went on to tell us that his stepfather actually died in a wrestling ring when he was about 15.... from a heart attack. After this unfortunate turn of events, Ted and his mother were forced to move to a small town somewhere (I forget the name....) and went to live with his mother's parents. Ted couldn't have been further from his dreams, as he would express what he wanted to do to his new friends int the small town, but they told him "Look around you Ted, your in one of the smallest towns in the country. Your not going anywhere". Ted said that that town only has four traffic lights, and then went on to say "It STILL only has four traffic lights!" lol.
Ted said though that he never went to hang out with the "cool" croud though. As he expressed that the only thing to do in that small town was to hang out and smoke a "doobie". He chose rather to get involved with his local church. This is the beginnings of what lead him to be the man that he is today, and inevitably save him!
Even though he didn't get involved with drugs, things seemed down for Ted, he himself expressed. He said one night he went back to his step father's grave, and cried out to god. Asked him to give him t he strength and power to go on to college, and fulfill his dreams dreams to play football.
Ted said that god actually granted him the power do go onto college. He expressed though, in college is when he first great failure came about. He said that when he was in college, he was already married at the age of 20, and also had a child. He was actually doing good, until his junior year about. He said that he had stopped caring. Thought he was a big shot, and that lead him down a very dark road. He soon found himself divorced... only able to see his child on weekends and holidays.
He had failed.....
He went back to god he says, and asked him for forgiveness.
He soon found himself in a profession that his stepfather was in. Wrestling.
Not too long after, he had found himself at Vince McMan's door step, and headed up to the TOP of titan tower. This is where Vince McMan proposed to role of the "Million Dollar Man" to Ted. Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly) Vince told Ted that the "Million Dollar Man" is the character that Vince himself would be if he was infact a WWE (WWF at the time) superstar.
This is something I didn't know: Back then we all know that wrestling was argued to be real. In other words, there were two wrestlers fighting in a ring, and there wasn't set finish, and whoever won was the guy who beat up his opponent "for real". In light of this fact, Vince had Ted riding around in limo's and even giving him money to have him pick up the tab for for a WHOLE restuarant, and let everyone know that he was "a millionaire" and to let them know his name. So when they turned on the TV, people would remember that guy they saw in the restuarant or where ever, and actually believe that the "Million Dollar Man" was "real". Thats great!
They even had him offer children $500 if one of them in the group could shoot and score a basketball. Ted proceeded to kick the ball away from the kid! After a few minutes of the kid not being able to get the ball in! To sell that he was really rich, and that he was REALLY a jerk. He said to the kid "IF you can't do the job, you don't get paid!!". Mind you, the kid was about 7 years old! So in turn, it was even BETTER when you saw Hulk Hogan beat the crap out of him on TV! lol. There was a tern for doing things like that, that Virgil mentioned, but I forgot what it was, in the midst of all the excitement.
Ted would be asked to stop speaking inbetween his surprised guests entering the church, to congradulate him, and say a few words. Along with Sean Waltman (Xpac/1-2-3 Kind), Virgil, and Dawn Marie, and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Ted was also surprised by his very close friend who is also a pastor, and a couple of independent wrestlers that he is close with and helped morally through the years.
Ted kept coming back up though, and continuing his story. He told about how he had had his second great failure. One that was so great, it would be his last.
Ted had remarried before he entered WWF, to a christian woman. He told us how throughout the years, he kept his faith and god, and explained the difference though from being "really religious" and actually having a relationship with god. Well, in his beginnings in WWF though 1992, he claimed that he was just being "really religious" and just going through the motions of practicing God in his life. He said that while he was on the top of the world, rich and famous as the "million Dollar Man", not "having a relationship" with god, lead him down the darkest road he had ever faced, while at the top of fame and fortune.
He said that god had given him a second chance, and gave him everything his heart desired once more. in 1992 Ted had been again using some drugs (which he says "he was never addicted to, thank god") and had commited adultery on his second wife.
At this time, Ted had had two more kids with his second wife. He again faced a situation where he would be alone, and be seeing his children once again, only on weekends. He told that he had lost a woman that stuck with him through his whole WWF career, it being a hard life, and a woman who had taken in his first son, from his first marriage, as her own.
His wife found out about what he had done. He had lost everything....
His wife told him not to come home, because he is not welcome.
He says that he went crying on his knees to his close pastor friend, who had stuck with him throughout everything. At this point it was when Ted decided to "finally grow up".
He says that "Some people never stop being a teenager" and added "it took me 38 years to do that", meaning that he was 38 by the time he realized, and in the hardest way possible, that it was time to be a man.
He says he went in front of 15,000 kids at a holy gathering. Kids who all recognized his face, and his blond hair. That night they met a different "Million Dollar Man" though, as Ted went up in front of the alter, in efforts to absolve himself from his sins, and admitted to everything he had done. He had dropped to his knees... crying, in front of 15,000 kids.
He told an amazing story! And some of the sentences he spoke were SO intelligent, and inspiring. I believe that he went through such hell, because he was meant to be the great speaker, and inspiration that he is today, in order to help SO many people who have lost themselves.
In the end, his wife, furious, had though said "I made a vow to you, and God, and out of obedience for my god, I forgive you". Ted explained that for two years after the incident, that it was "hell on Earth" between him and his wife. But eventually, the pain had passed.
Ted had described, that we all have a whole inside of us. Some people think by becoming rich and famous, that they can fill that whole, but that whole NEVEr gets filled without god. He went on to say that you may think the money will fill the whole... then you'll want alittle more. You think that the women will fill the whole, but then you will want alittle more. You'll want alittle more, until you start doing drugs, and you'll want alittle more of that as well. He tried to make the point of - when will you reallize, that alittle of all these material things will never be enough? Unfortunately for some it is too late, and thats why he does what he does.
Ted Dibiase's main motive today, is to fill yourself with the spiritual, or else you will never be a whole person, and you will never be a man. And that if you don't, you will always want and want, because you think the next thing, and the next thing will fill you, but it won't. He uses himself as an example.
Ted was so passion during his speech, that he was interrupted due to time and schedule, for the next surprise speaker to come in, he told his agent to hold on, and continued to speak ever so passionately. He was given a gift, and you can tell, with his new found happiness, that he is just as passionate everytime he gives a speech. No matter where he is, or how many time he does it. He is def the man for the job, and like I said, I believe he went through everything he did, because a higher power chose him to do something special, and no matter how bad the pain, he needed to be able to see his mission clearly, and he certainly has been rewarded, with a beautiful family, and a bunch of great friends who truly love him.
After his speech, Ted actually gave us a slight prayer service. He asked us to close our eyes. bow our heads, and join him in prayer. With our eyes closed and heads down, he asked us a couple of personal questions, and asked us to raise our hands if we had anger we had been holding on to, and things as such. I certainly raised my hand for two out of 3 of his questions, one being the anger I had been held on too. He prayed for us, and asked that we let go of the hate, and be absolved of our sins. I hadn't been to church in a long time, but I tell you, it felt good. Even better that one of my heroes was giving his heart for me to be happy. It was an AMAZING experience.
He told us that it might be hard to do but to give ourselves to god, and he will help us with everything we needed.
He even told of an amazing story where he was doing something similar somewhere else in his travels, and a young black man came up to him in tears, and hugged him and thanked him. Ted said to him "God bless you young man" and the young black fellow said "No you don't understand, I saw my parents murdered in front of me, and I couldn't let go of that anger until tonight". Ted said that he broke down in tears and embraced the young man.
It was truly an amazing night, and to spend it with all those heroes I grew up watching? UNREAL. I felt really good after that night, and I have Ted to thank for it. I'm sure many people have him to thank. His guest speakers certainly did.
From old to young, Greg the Hammer Valentine, to Xpac, to some young independent wrestlers, where all there to certainly thank Ted for how he has helped them, and turned their not so pleasant lives around.
All in all he is an amazing speaker, but we all know that already, even when he was a "bad guy". He certainly is far from that now. He makes a lot of sense in what he says, and is a great man. I am very happy for Ted, as he seems to have a great family, and it's a beautiful thing that his him and his wife were able to heal from what had happened.
Honestly, even if your not into the church thing, or are not religious, if you get a chance to see Ted speak, at the very least, church or none church related, he has some GREAT things to say, and some great advice.
After we got to take some pictures, and I got to talk to Dawn Marie, Virgil and everyone else for a bit.
All and all it was a great experience, and all the stars were SO great. I got there about 5:45 for the "red carpet" and got out of there at about 11! It didn't get feel like it was that long! I'm glad I got to hear Ted speak, and got to hang with all the people I grew up watching. I wish them all the best and glad that they are doing good.
This event was filmed, and was one of the last parts of a two year documentary based around the "Million Dollar Man" called "Price of Fame", by 815 Films. It is said to be based on the movie "The Wrestler", but a real life version, rather then fiction.
The moral of the story: If you are doing things only for self, you may think being on the top of the world will cure your selfish needs. But the truth is, no matter how big you make it, you will never be satisfied, until you are laid out on the floor, dead from a drug overdose. Family and love are the only things that will help you survive through any situation.
Fulfill your dreams based on putting food on your family's table. Fulfill your dreams based on love. If your only think about yourself, and money you will never find an answer, until it's too late. Until you are dead.
- Joey JcM
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Ok, so the first event story I have for you is about a surprise event for the Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase, which took place in a small church in Paramas, NJ. It was a private event, that I was lucky enough to be invited to, thanks to this great agent friend of mine.
The guest of honor, Mr. Dibiase though he was just coming there to talk on that cloudy night, but the weather represented the total opposite of Mr. Dibiase was walking into! A surprise event honoring himself!
It was actually a taping for one of the last parts of a documentary that has been filming for two years, following the life (and rebirth) of the man we grew up watching, Ted Dibiase, the "Million Dollar Man". A guy who watched wrestle such men as Hulk Hogan, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and many other great wrestling heroes of the past two decades. If you did not know, Ted is a pastor now. He thought he was coming there to just to do a speech, but when he arrived he was met by some of his closest friends. One by one they came in to say something about Ted, the WWE hall of famer. Thanking him for all that he has done for them and such. Ted was also presented with an award, honoring him, and all he has given in the past 15 years, since he has turned his life around, and into the man he wants to be. I'm not sure I remember the exact name of the award though, unfortunately.
When I arrived I saw Sean Watlman! (AKA Xpac, 1-2-3- Kid, Syxx, Syxpac...shall I continue? lol) and Virgil! I was like AHHh! SO excited, as these are guys they inspired me to go through many of my own tables, and couches at home, when I was a teenager! But I kept my composure and acted cool... haha. But really though, this was a special honorary event, not a autograph signing, so I wanted to have the utmost respect that night. Xpac eventually asked me if I had a lighter for a cigarette. I SUPPOSEDLY thought I had one in my car, but I guess I didn't have the right thing? I thought you just shove it in the electric thing (can you tell I don't smoke?) But I guess not. He then actually got in my car and tried to use his own lighter once again. He didn't want to light his cigarette in front of the church and be disrespectful. Hell, I didn't mind. Xpac WAS IN MY CAR! ha! ;D. So yes, whoever sits in the passenger seat of my car may know that XPAC was in that seat! ;D
He's a great guy, and it was very cool to be able to hang out with not only him, but so many heroes of mine, and that me, friends and family were entertained by when I was a chibi.
Couple of other people then started to show up. Saw a beaauutiful woman walking down the street, trying to hold her dress down from the wind that was gusting from the not so pleassant weather. As this woman got closer, it turned out to be DAWN MARIE! I was like AHhhhhh! But again, tried to keep my composure. haha. She actually said "hi" to us, and I was like "Sup". hahaha, no I didn't say that, but I played it KOOL. ;D
Later on Greg the Hammer Valentine arrived, and George the animal steel! We all were waiting outside, and about an hour and a half before, we were all getting ready to walk to red carpet, as this was a shooting for a dvd. The big stars went first, and me and my buddy Dymetre wound up being the first of the "regular people" to walk the carpet, and say something to the camera for the dvd. We just happend to be standing in the right spot when the line formed, to be first! Naturally, being the big personality that I am, I hammed it up. Hopefully it makes it into the video!! I did my best, so ;D
So we all said alittle something for the man of honor, then proceeded to enter the church, and wait for Mr. Dibiase to arrive. Ted arrived alittle late, as he was waited for his beloved wife to arrive at the airport. She was running behind because she had just had had surgery, but wouldn't miss Ted's big surprise for nothing! All in all, Mrs. Dibiase was SUCH a trooper though, that some how, they weren't even that late!
Ted, being a pastor now, thought he was just coming to speak at a local church in Paramus NJ, but he soon found out that that wasn't all he was going to be doing, and that this wasn't going to just be an ordinary night for him!
Before the surprises, Ted did actually speak to us in the church that day. He conveyed the story of his life to us. He told of how he was a young boy, and was raised by his mother and his step father. He loved his step father dearly. The name Dibiase was even that of his step fathers. His step father was a wrestler actually, but that was the one thing that Ted wasn't going to take after his step father. Ted told us that his dreams were to go on to college, and eventually play PRO Football! Who would have though? Still a sport ofcorse, but can you imagine a world, a WWF/WWE WITHOUT the "Million Dollar Man"! Or even someone else playing him?!?!
IT would certainly would be a different world for sure but.... fortunately for us things turned out different. But what we don't know, was not too fortunate for Ted.... for a while atleast.
Ted went on to tell us that his stepfather actually died in a wrestling ring when he was about 15.... from a heart attack. After this unfortunate turn of events, Ted and his mother were forced to move to a small town somewhere (I forget the name....) and went to live with his mother's parents. Ted couldn't have been further from his dreams, as he would express what he wanted to do to his new friends int the small town, but they told him "Look around you Ted, your in one of the smallest towns in the country. Your not going anywhere". Ted said that that town only has four traffic lights, and then went on to say "It STILL only has four traffic lights!" lol.
Ted said though that he never went to hang out with the "cool" croud though. As he expressed that the only thing to do in that small town was to hang out and smoke a "doobie". He chose rather to get involved with his local church. This is the beginnings of what lead him to be the man that he is today, and inevitably save him!
Even though he didn't get involved with drugs, things seemed down for Ted, he himself expressed. He said one night he went back to his step father's grave, and cried out to god. Asked him to give him t he strength and power to go on to college, and fulfill his dreams dreams to play football.
Ted said that god actually granted him the power do go onto college. He expressed though, in college is when he first great failure came about. He said that when he was in college, he was already married at the age of 20, and also had a child. He was actually doing good, until his junior year about. He said that he had stopped caring. Thought he was a big shot, and that lead him down a very dark road. He soon found himself divorced... only able to see his child on weekends and holidays.
He had failed.....
He went back to god he says, and asked him for forgiveness.
He soon found himself in a profession that his stepfather was in. Wrestling.
Not too long after, he had found himself at Vince McMan's door step, and headed up to the TOP of titan tower. This is where Vince McMan proposed to role of the "Million Dollar Man" to Ted. Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly) Vince told Ted that the "Million Dollar Man" is the character that Vince himself would be if he was infact a WWE (WWF at the time) superstar.
This is something I didn't know: Back then we all know that wrestling was argued to be real. In other words, there were two wrestlers fighting in a ring, and there wasn't set finish, and whoever won was the guy who beat up his opponent "for real". In light of this fact, Vince had Ted riding around in limo's and even giving him money to have him pick up the tab for for a WHOLE restuarant, and let everyone know that he was "a millionaire" and to let them know his name. So when they turned on the TV, people would remember that guy they saw in the restuarant or where ever, and actually believe that the "Million Dollar Man" was "real". Thats great!
They even had him offer children $500 if one of them in the group could shoot and score a basketball. Ted proceeded to kick the ball away from the kid! After a few minutes of the kid not being able to get the ball in! To sell that he was really rich, and that he was REALLY a jerk. He said to the kid "IF you can't do the job, you don't get paid!!". Mind you, the kid was about 7 years old! So in turn, it was even BETTER when you saw Hulk Hogan beat the crap out of him on TV! lol. There was a tern for doing things like that, that Virgil mentioned, but I forgot what it was, in the midst of all the excitement.
Ted would be asked to stop speaking inbetween his surprised guests entering the church, to congradulate him, and say a few words. Along with Sean Waltman (Xpac/1-2-3 Kind), Virgil, and Dawn Marie, and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Ted was also surprised by his very close friend who is also a pastor, and a couple of independent wrestlers that he is close with and helped morally through the years.
Ted kept coming back up though, and continuing his story. He told about how he had had his second great failure. One that was so great, it would be his last.
Ted had remarried before he entered WWF, to a christian woman. He told us how throughout the years, he kept his faith and god, and explained the difference though from being "really religious" and actually having a relationship with god. Well, in his beginnings in WWF though 1992, he claimed that he was just being "really religious" and just going through the motions of practicing God in his life. He said that while he was on the top of the world, rich and famous as the "million Dollar Man", not "having a relationship" with god, lead him down the darkest road he had ever faced, while at the top of fame and fortune.
He said that god had given him a second chance, and gave him everything his heart desired once more. in 1992 Ted had been again using some drugs (which he says "he was never addicted to, thank god") and had commited adultery on his second wife.
At this time, Ted had had two more kids with his second wife. He again faced a situation where he would be alone, and be seeing his children once again, only on weekends. He told that he had lost a woman that stuck with him through his whole WWF career, it being a hard life, and a woman who had taken in his first son, from his first marriage, as her own.
His wife found out about what he had done. He had lost everything....
His wife told him not to come home, because he is not welcome.
He says that he went crying on his knees to his close pastor friend, who had stuck with him throughout everything. At this point it was when Ted decided to "finally grow up".
He says that "Some people never stop being a teenager" and added "it took me 38 years to do that", meaning that he was 38 by the time he realized, and in the hardest way possible, that it was time to be a man.
He says he went in front of 15,000 kids at a holy gathering. Kids who all recognized his face, and his blond hair. That night they met a different "Million Dollar Man" though, as Ted went up in front of the alter, in efforts to absolve himself from his sins, and admitted to everything he had done. He had dropped to his knees... crying, in front of 15,000 kids.
He told an amazing story! And some of the sentences he spoke were SO intelligent, and inspiring. I believe that he went through such hell, because he was meant to be the great speaker, and inspiration that he is today, in order to help SO many people who have lost themselves.
In the end, his wife, furious, had though said "I made a vow to you, and God, and out of obedience for my god, I forgive you". Ted explained that for two years after the incident, that it was "hell on Earth" between him and his wife. But eventually, the pain had passed.
Ted had described, that we all have a whole inside of us. Some people think by becoming rich and famous, that they can fill that whole, but that whole NEVEr gets filled without god. He went on to say that you may think the money will fill the whole... then you'll want alittle more. You think that the women will fill the whole, but then you will want alittle more. You'll want alittle more, until you start doing drugs, and you'll want alittle more of that as well. He tried to make the point of - when will you reallize, that alittle of all these material things will never be enough? Unfortunately for some it is too late, and thats why he does what he does.
Ted Dibiase's main motive today, is to fill yourself with the spiritual, or else you will never be a whole person, and you will never be a man. And that if you don't, you will always want and want, because you think the next thing, and the next thing will fill you, but it won't. He uses himself as an example.
Ted was so passion during his speech, that he was interrupted due to time and schedule, for the next surprise speaker to come in, he told his agent to hold on, and continued to speak ever so passionately. He was given a gift, and you can tell, with his new found happiness, that he is just as passionate everytime he gives a speech. No matter where he is, or how many time he does it. He is def the man for the job, and like I said, I believe he went through everything he did, because a higher power chose him to do something special, and no matter how bad the pain, he needed to be able to see his mission clearly, and he certainly has been rewarded, with a beautiful family, and a bunch of great friends who truly love him.
After his speech, Ted actually gave us a slight prayer service. He asked us to close our eyes. bow our heads, and join him in prayer. With our eyes closed and heads down, he asked us a couple of personal questions, and asked us to raise our hands if we had anger we had been holding on to, and things as such. I certainly raised my hand for two out of 3 of his questions, one being the anger I had been held on too. He prayed for us, and asked that we let go of the hate, and be absolved of our sins. I hadn't been to church in a long time, but I tell you, it felt good. Even better that one of my heroes was giving his heart for me to be happy. It was an AMAZING experience.
He told us that it might be hard to do but to give ourselves to god, and he will help us with everything we needed.
He even told of an amazing story where he was doing something similar somewhere else in his travels, and a young black man came up to him in tears, and hugged him and thanked him. Ted said to him "God bless you young man" and the young black fellow said "No you don't understand, I saw my parents murdered in front of me, and I couldn't let go of that anger until tonight". Ted said that he broke down in tears and embraced the young man.
It was truly an amazing night, and to spend it with all those heroes I grew up watching? UNREAL. I felt really good after that night, and I have Ted to thank for it. I'm sure many people have him to thank. His guest speakers certainly did.
From old to young, Greg the Hammer Valentine, to Xpac, to some young independent wrestlers, where all there to certainly thank Ted for how he has helped them, and turned their not so pleasant lives around.
All in all he is an amazing speaker, but we all know that already, even when he was a "bad guy". He certainly is far from that now. He makes a lot of sense in what he says, and is a great man. I am very happy for Ted, as he seems to have a great family, and it's a beautiful thing that his him and his wife were able to heal from what had happened.
Honestly, even if your not into the church thing, or are not religious, if you get a chance to see Ted speak, at the very least, church or none church related, he has some GREAT things to say, and some great advice.
After we got to take some pictures, and I got to talk to Dawn Marie, Virgil and everyone else for a bit.
All and all it was a great experience, and all the stars were SO great. I got there about 5:45 for the "red carpet" and got out of there at about 11! It didn't get feel like it was that long! I'm glad I got to hear Ted speak, and got to hang with all the people I grew up watching. I wish them all the best and glad that they are doing good.
This event was filmed, and was one of the last parts of a two year documentary based around the "Million Dollar Man" called "Price of Fame", by 815 Films. It is said to be based on the movie "The Wrestler", but a real life version, rather then fiction.
The moral of the story: If you are doing things only for self, you may think being on the top of the world will cure your selfish needs. But the truth is, no matter how big you make it, you will never be satisfied, until you are laid out on the floor, dead from a drug overdose. Family and love are the only things that will help you survive through any situation.
Fulfill your dreams based on putting food on your family's table. Fulfill your dreams based on love. If your only think about yourself, and money you will never find an answer, until it's too late. Until you are dead.
- Joey JcM
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