Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

Another Wrestling Death In The Making?

A quote from Wade Keller, a writer of PWTorch.com:

“There is a top wrestler in WWE today who is considered to be on the unofficial death watch, whose death, due to his credentials, would make the considerable news coverage of Eddie Guerrero’s death this week look minor by comparison. It’s no secret to most within WWE; if it’s not known by Vince McMahon, someone needs to tell him the system needs to be changed. It’s one thing to show how much you care about a colleague by crying on the air after he dies. It’s another to care enough about someone to do what it takes while he’s alive to keep him from dying – even at the expense of box office receipts, storyline interruptions, and being deemed pushy, nosy, or a nark.”

Now I’m not going to speculate who it is, nor will I speculate if there’s any truth to it. I don’t know the whole story nor do I claim to, but if a top wrestler is on the death watch, it’s time to do what it takes to keep him alive. The last thing we need is another wrestler death, especially that of a major star. While Eddie Guerrero wasn’t a huge star, he was and is still well respected and well admired by fans and wrestlers alike… imagine the shockwave a bigger name passing away will cause, mostly because of the ineptitude of a company who knew about his condition and did nothing to remedy it.

One is enough. And we’ve had more than that already.

We don’t need another wrestling-related death this year.

It’s Snowing

When I was praying, I had asked God for many things. Among these things, I had asked God to wait until Christmas time to starting pouring in the snow.

It’s snowing today. Not much, but it’s snowing.

Apparently, Eddie Guerrero is God’s Favorite Wrestler too.

Speaking of which, I saw the tribute show. That was a hard show for me to watch emotionally, but it turned out to be a well-produced show. Wrestlers would speak a few words and also there would be memorable Eddie moments, such as when he won the title and when he spewed Big Show with crap.

Eddie Guerrero (1967-2005) – A Tribute To A Champion

The following post is a compilation of individual posts from the old DTM Blog that was eventually combined to its own tribute page on the old DTM Webstation. It has been mostly preserved for the sake of historical context.

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First Impressions: Taito Legends (Xbox)

Before I start on the current post, I should probably remind you to watch RAW tonight, which is the first of two Eddie tribute shows. I might put together a review of the shows some time this week and whatnot. Any way, I know I was supposed to have some updates done, but what can I say? Long answer: see the post below. Short answer: I lied. That’s okay, though: Eddie would have wanted it that way anyway…

Ahem.

Now then… Taito Legends. The latest in a series of classic game compilations. For what it’s worth, the selection of games are pretty good for the most part. I remember Jungle Hunt back from the Atari days and I had only vaguely remember Bubble Bobble from the arcades. The games play rather well and seem to have their own level of enjoyment. It’s a well-rounded package that is worth picking up.

SPD Over? Hooray!

The long nightmare is finally over. Power Rangers Space Patrol Delta. Or SPD if you will. Its final episode recently came to pass.

Admittedly, I have seen roughly 10 percent of the entire series. The premiere episodes did NOTHING for me and the subsequent episode was actually an early sign that this wouldn’t be worth my time. In addition to that, I watched the episode that aired early in Canada (Wormhole) and thought that was horrible. And then there was the finale, which had to salvage the series in some form or another.

I don’t know. Call me harsh, but the finale was almost as bad as the rest of what I’ve seen. It proved that I didn’t really miss out on anything. Some time ago, I had complained about Ninja Storm, but at least it had a few good episodes to its credit… not to mention I’ve regretted missing the finale. But SPD does nothing for me and from what I’ve been hearing, there isn’t really much reason for me to commit to the show.

One can only hope Mystic Force turns out better than this piece of shit.

Next.

Say Goodbye to Used Games

I’ve picked up this article and question its validity concerning the subject matter. For the sake of clarity, I’ll post it here:

SCE has secured the patent for a new disc technology that, if used, would not allow the PS3 to read used games for that platform. The technology was invented by Kutaragi himself, as well as two others.

Details regarding the patent are featured here: http://www.ipdl.ncipi.go.jp/homepg.ipdl

It is indicated specifically that the technology is to prevent the use of used as well as pirated software.

The technology involves actually rendering a authentication code originally encrypted on the game disk unreadable to other machines once the disk it is used.

This would mean that Net-based and other such games will not be the only ones to be affected by the technology.

Naturally third software developers would embrace this technology, and it would ensure sales of the inevitable “Best series” for the PS3, but used games shops would be put out of business if the PS3 were to become the primary platform in the next generation.

While information regarding the patent does not specify outright that the technology will be used in the PS3, Kutaragi has gone on record saying that copy management is absolutely necessary in order to endure that no “Napsters” of the game industry create problems in the future.

Yeah right. This kind of copy management is absolutely necessary so that the “Napsters” can’t cause problems that this little doohickey (if implemented) will cause. Used game shops will practically be put out of business because of this technology. Video game sections of rental chains such as Blockbuster won’t see as much business as before (or at least fall reign to other gaming consoles that lack this wretched technology). Friends can’t even trade games to play for the weekend. And what if your machine breaks and you have to get a new one? Does this mean you’ll have to rebuy all your games too just so they work? This is complete bullshit.

I’m not going to turn this into a pro-pirating or anti-pirating lecture. My line of thought is pretty blurred on the subject, but clearly if there had to be a means of fighting pirates, this isn’t one of them. If anything, you’re more likely to drive more people into piracy or purchasing bootleg materials that might be of an inferior make, but at least won’t have any restrictions. Hopefully, Sony will be smart and not implement such technology into their PS3. Whether you like or not, piracy is a rampant thing that is NEVER going to go away regardless of how much you try to stop. They’re everywhere!

There’s my rant of the day.

DTM BLOG Classics #11 – The Taboo Tuesday 2005 Collection

Okay, so tomorrow is the big WWE Taboo Tuesday pay-per-view, where fans can manipulate matches by voting. Sounds crooked to me. For those of you who have no godly idea what I’m talking about, allow me to offer some history behind this relatively new concept.

Last year, WWE had attempted a rather unique Pay-Per-View experiment… no, not the Tuesday PPV – THAT experiment had been done many years ago featuring a paltry rematch between Undertaker and Hulk Hogan. I’m talking about the interactive aspect of a show where fans have some control over what goes on in the match, either by choosing stipulations or choosing challengers to championships. Last year’s show seemed to be enough of a success that they’re trying it again this year. Now, to reiterate what I had said in the Taboo Tuesday 2004 ramblings, this wasn’t the greatest PPV I had seen, but it was something different and unique that broke the monotony of PPVs, all which seemed to booked in the same way.

Others might feel differently, but I thought that the Taboo Tuesday concept was a novel idea and shows that WWE are willing to take chances and try something different when they feel like it. Earlier this year, WWE suspended one of their regular PPVs and replaced it with an ECW one, a show that I can say was pretty entertaining. Not because the wrestling was any good, mind you, but mostly because it was a different offering from what we are commonly used to seeing from McWrestling.

Here we are: Taboo Tuesday 2005 is coming up in a few days and once again, we are given the power to vote. Now since I have night courses at school this year, I obviously won’t be able to update regularly on the blog. Instead, this’ll be a regular prediction sheet… I’ll put down what I’ve voted for, what I think would get the vote, and of course, who wins the frickin’ matches. So without further adieu, let’s get this thing done, shall we?

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Yep.

Looking back at the few entries of the Blog, I’ve noticed that the majority of stuff I wrote either relates to wrestling or maintenence of various websites and whatnot. Ramblings, Fiction Friday, and other categories have not seen their fair share of updates and it’s kind of sad that this blog is slowly turning into a wrestling forum, which is something that I don’t want it to be.

I wish it didn’t have to be this way, but the truth is that there isn’t much stuff that I want to post up concerning personal stuff. Other than the occasional show and whatnot, I generally don’t watch as much television as I should. I read a couple of books on occasion, but never really want to make it such a big deal by posting it here. I generally want to keep from turning this into a political forum concerning world events, which is sort of why such major events are not mentioned here, save for an off-comment here and there. In some way, this is sort of why I haven’t been posting here frequently, but it is something I hope to change.

Things are actually looking up and I’m starting to feel a whole lot better. Most of all, I don’t feel as depressed as before (although make no mistake; I’m still there) and that’s the reason for the change in style. Hopefully, this’ll be a sign of good times to come in my life and I’m hoping to reflect that sort of thing here. Having said that, I strongly urge you to visit the Twisted Realms page this coming Monday, where I’ll post up some stuff… I’m not saying.

Never believe. Dave