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  1. When someone is willing to spend a couple hundred bucks on an account with a couple of 60's, you can bet they're not going to just play it for a week and give up. I don't have a problem with people who buy accounts really.

    Either way, I'll eventually sell my account and make a hefty sum when both my hunter and druids are 70 and in T5

  2. I have it. Haven't played single player yet, but I love the multiplayer. You gotta play the right matches online though, if you play ranked anything but Team Survival, the game isn't fun at all. Too many people care about their rank, they do shit like spawn camp and do the cheesiest shit ever.

  3. My suggestion: don't reroll. You're gonna be so burned out on leveling by the time the expansion comes, you won't want to level anymore. I want to level up my mage (lvl 35 right now), but I know if I do, by the time TBC comes out, I'll be sick of the game again.

    Just play 360, there's too many good games right now.

  4. Anyone have any good CAWS of real wrestlers? I have a pretty badass Christian that I put together using various online Caws that I found. I also have a Jeff Hardy and a Chris Jericho that I got from random people on CAW Trading. They're both pretty accurate, except for the entrances. I was just too lazy to fix them. If you do, post your gamertag and we can set up some trades.

    GT - CKY2J

  5. How could you guys say he was a shit politician? In my opinion, he's one of the Top 5 Presidents America has had. When you really look back at it, he did a lot over his 8 years in the White House. I just think that it's assinine to say thigns like that, it's basically talking out of your ass. If you're not familiar with Reagan's term in the White House, don't discredit him as a politician just because he was a B movie actor.

  6. Existing enchants will stay. All you level 19 rogues can keep your Crusaders and +15/25 agility =)

    As for me, I've been playing this game since January. I have 2 level 60's, a Tauren Hunter and a Tauren Druid, both on the Alexstrasza server (PVE, USA). By far my favorite game in the world, even moreso when I started my Druid. I started my Druid in August and he now has 5/8 Tier 1, T2 Helm, and a bunch of other epic goodies.

    I'm currently in between guilds, but as for progression, I've cleared all of Zul'Gurub, Molten Core, Ahn'Quiraji 20 man (except ayamiss), Onyxia and Blackwing Lair up to Broodlord. I can't wait for the expansion, and I hope to reach Nefarion in Blackwing Lair before it comes out.

  7. No particular order, but my top 10 favorites of all time.

    CKY - Volume 1

    Opeth - Damnation

    Rascal Flatts - Me and My Gang

    Dream Theater - Images and Words

    James Labrie - Elements of Persuasion

    Opeth - Blackwater Park

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness

    Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons

    Agalloch - The Mantle

    ISIS - Panopticon

    If I took hours to actually think about this, I'm sure Coheed or Isis wouldn't make the list, but w/e

  8. Honestly, I'm glad the Braves are last in their division. THe team just simply doesn't try to improve despite aging stars. They seem to think that one free agent aquisition a year works, i.e Hudson and Renteria. It doesn't, baseball is about constant change and improvement. I understand Francouer, Langerhans and Laroche are the future of this team, but that doesn't mean they're ready for all the responsibility they've been given. And Poor Andruw Jones gives it everything he has on that team, but it's no where near enough.

    I live 20 miles or so from the Mariners ballpark, and while they're not my favorite team, I respect the fact that despite their struggles, they try to improve, unlike the Braves, who are rumored to do a total fire sale at the end of the year.

    anyways, go astros! I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Clemens is gonna carry them deep into the playoffs.

  9. Coheed and Cambria will be the biggest band of 2006. CKY will (or at least should) get some decent exposure as soon as Island gets off their ass and releases another single.Sigur Ros' won't do well in the mainstream, it's too far "out there" despite how awesome they are.

  10. gamefaqs.com -- I get some decent information sometimes, but I mainly visit for a good laugh. I like how there's little 14 year olds on there saying they've played XBOX360 games that my company hasn't even got beta builds of yet.

    Xbox.com -- A little more solid then gamefaqs, but just as much stupidity.

  11. Astros in 7. 3 complete games (Oswalt, Buehrle, Garland), CLEMENS 4 MVP. I trust Garner more, but think Chicago has a better shot at the WS next year. Both teams will make the playoffs and Clemens will go one more year, he can't retire after having a season with an ERA under 2.

  12. I'm playing on pro right now as the pengiuns with updated rosters. I generally win by a 3 goal margin against a bad team, 1-2 goals against a good team. My only suggestion is to use the on the fly playcalling. Screening the Goalie and crashing the net works best. I usually score by passing from a wing to my center just as my wing is paralel to the net. hope that helps.

  13. I'm going for Astros/White Sox world series. The White Sox's just have the pitching. Contreras, Garland, Buehrle, Garcia, repeat. Yeah, I like it. As far as the Astros go, I think they can take the cardinals in 7 and correct the mistakes they made from last year. Overall, I'm not sure which would win between White Sox/Astros, but I almost don't really care because I love both teams. I'd like to see Clemens go out on top, but then again, I'd like to see Clemens pitch until he's 50.

  14. thanks everyone, and I agree with Ollie Break for the most part. The diaries in the HOF are VERY concept for the most part (although I haven't read them all). Maybe if I had written for 4 more months, I'd argue it's HOF worthy, but for the first month and a half or so, the writing is..well, in my opininon, terrible. The more I wrote the better I got. Pages 1-3 definitely don't deserve to be anywhere near the HOF.

    but yeah, thanks again. When work dies down around december/january, I'll probably get another diary going. I'm going to take a couple months or so off before I even think about starting another diary. But then...it's game on.

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    And The Rest...As They Say...Is History

    Monday, May 15th 2006 and beyond

    For nearly 4 months real time, and 10 months in game time, you've witnessed the uprising of WCW in 2005 inside of this diary. The diary went from a small time waster to a mammoth beast with over 500 responses and 17,000 views. So that's it huh? It was a great run. The readers helped push the diary to greatness and I helped the characters grow into memorable roles and great shows.

    So what did happen in the future you say? Are there questions left unanswered? Here's just a glimpse into the unwritten future.

    SLAMBOREE and THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE

    - So how'd the #1 contender's tournament finish? At Slamboree, Raven and Steve Austin battled in the finals of the tournament. However, Heavyweight champion Chris Jericho ran in on the match within the opening 5 minutes and, to the surprise of Raven and Chris Jericho, attacked the referee. The referee called for a no decision of the match, but Eric Bischoff would not have that, and made a triple threat match for later in the night. In the triple threat match, it looked as though Jericho's world title reign was going to come to a head, as Austin and Raven both dominated the match. However, that was not the case, as Austin hit a Stunner on Jericho and Raven hit the evenflow. Neither man wanted the other to win, so they duked it out with Jericho on the mat. Raven clotheslined Austin over the top rope, but Jericho schoolboy'd Raven and put his feet on the ropes to win.

    - Austin Aries and Torrie Wilson had became a couple in recent weeks, as you read. Well Billy Kidman wanted revenge, and a Jealous Stacy Keibler wanted her man back. Billy and Stacy formed an alliance, despite neither liking one another. Austin and Torrie faced off Against Stacy and Billy, and midmatch, Stacy turned on Kidman and tried to rejoin Austin. Austin obliged to the disgust of Torrie. Still wanting to get one over on Billy, Torrie left while holding onto the other hand of Austin Aries. The relationship between the three didn't last long however, as Stacy and Torrie were too interested in one another to pay attention to Austin!

    - Edge and RVD's feud continued, and we saw Edge defeat RVD in a hardcore match at slamboree that tied the feud at 1-1, after RVD defeated Edge in the first round of the #1 contenders tournament. RVD and Edge would go on to battle for months, with RVD finally coming out the better man in the feud, picking up a total of 4 wins over Edge, who won 3. The feud ended at Road Wild in a TLC match.

    - Regal and Eugene fought to count out draw at Slamboree. Their feud was one of the most violent WCW had seen in 2006, and Eugene brought out the fierce side in William Regal. in June, at the Great American Bash, Regal found an unlikely partner in Diamond Dallas Page, who Sting had attacked weeks before. Regal and DDP fell to Eugene and Sting. In July, at Bash at the Beach, Regal and Eugene fought in a Brass Knuckles on a pole match. Regal won, but only after he pulled a pair of knucks out of his tights while the referee was knocked out. Eugene had the other pair in his hand.

    - What about Colt Cabana and CM Punk? Well, the two managed to both get themselves disqualified in the US Title at Slamboree after attempting simulatenous chairshots. Fed up with their antics and begging for rematches, Eric Bischoff pitted them against each other in a best of 7 series with the US Title going to the winner. As expected, the series went to a match 7, ending at Road Wild. So who won? CM Punk finally captured gold in WCW, but not before selling his soul to once former rival, RAVEN, joining the flock in the process.

    - So how'd the rest of the PPV go? AMW retained the tag team gold against the problematic Los Guerreros. In a match booked by dragonfyre513 for winning last month's PPV contest, Low-Ki retained the pure title against Paul Birchall in the sleeper match of the night that lasted nearly 25 minutes. Matt Hardy defeated Spanky, and after the match, Spanky got redemption with a steel chair shot and then he planted a huge kiss on Maria, which lit a fire under Matt Hardy. When Shane Helms returned from his promotional tour, him and Hardy saw differently, both wanting to resume the feud with Spanky. In the end, the three fought in a triple threat match at Great American Bash, where Hardy and Helms saw eye to eye on one thing, defeating Spanky.

    - What about the Booker T - Whiskey Marc feud? Well, Booker T won their #1 contenders tournament match May 15th on Nitro, but immediately after was attacked by the flock, who further damaged Booker T's nose, keeping him out of action for 6 weeks. Booker was unable to face Raven in the semi finals of the tournament, and Raven earned a bye directly to the PPV. The feud didn't pick back up.

    THE WORLD TITLE SCENE -- Jericho's Reign.

    - Did Chris Jericho do the unthinkable? Did he hold the heavyweight title for one full year? In June, Jericho successfully defending the heavyweight title against Whiskey Marc, who had been tearing through the competition to earn a shot at the title. In July, sick of Jericho's cocky "You can't fire me" attitude, Eric Bischoff stacked the deck against Jericho, pitting him inside of a hell in the cell against 5 superstars at Bash at the beach: Steve Austin, Raven, Edge, Rob Van Dam, and Booker T. Y2J started out in the ring with Edge, while the other four superstars were handcuffed to each ringpost. Every 4 minutes, a wrestler would be uncuffed. EDGE eliminated RVD, Booker T eliminated Raven, Austin eliminated Booker T and edge, but was eliminated cheaply by Raven. In the end, Raven fell victim to the liontamer.

    The night after Bash at the Beach, July 31st, 2006. Chris Jericho started off Nitro by coming to the ring and bragging about his victory. Immediately after he called himself the Greatest Heavyweight Champion of all time, a familiar theme hit, and the crowd went nuts. RIC FLAIR made his return to WCW and proclaimed himself the Greatest Champion of all time. Disgusted by the claim, Jericho agreed to a match against Flair, for the world title, at Road Wild. on August 27th, Jericho and Flair faced off in the main event at Road Wild. Right as the match tilted in Flair's favor, Jericho dissapointed the world by getting himself counted out. 364 days into Jericho's title reign, On September 24th, at Fall Brawl the two fought again in a rematch, with Mick Foley acting as the Special Referee. It had been well documented that Foley and Flair disliked each other, but Foley insisted as commissioner, he would remain impartial. Well, he didn't. As Jericho was about to hit Flair with a steel chair, Foley intervened and took the chair from Jericho, only to hit Flair himself. Jericho won the match and fans were left with a sickened taste in their mouth.

    The following night, on Nitro, Jericho hit the ring once again, and introduced Foley, who got huge boo's from the crowd. Foley explained that no matter how good the fans were to him, he would not allow Flair to become heavyweight champion, because Foley doesn't lie down when it comes to grudges. A timer counting down till the end of Nitro hit the tron, and Jericho announced that 11:04 PM, his title reign would reach one year. Bischoff interrupted Jericho and Foley, and in a shining speech, removed Foley as WCW commissioner. Bischoff also made the main event for Nitro, Jericho vs Flair one more time, in a submission match. AND if anyone interfered, the title would be STRIPPED from Chris Jericho. At 10:59pm, Chris Jericho passed out from the pain of the figure four after being in it for nearly 5 minutes, and his shoulders hit the mat as the ref spelled the end of Jericho's title reign, counting the 1 the 2 and the 3 as Flair captured the heavyweight title for the 17th time in his illustrious career.

    Jericho took time off from WCW after his loss to recover from some injuries and work with his band Fozzy. Meanwhile, Foley returned to semi- active competition finally and embarked in a feud with Ric Flair, but Flair won at both Halloween Havoc and Wargames in matches against Foley, extending his world title reign in what many considered one of the best 'work-shoot' feuds the wrestling industry had seen since Hardy-Edge.

    THE UPRISING AND DOWNFALL OF THE FLOCK

    - At Road Wild, CM Punk finally captured Gold by defeating Colt Cabana in a best of 7 series for the US Title. But not without the help of once former enemy Raven. As a member of the Flock, Punk turned against everything he stood for, but never confessed to anything. Punk began appearing strung out, sleep deprived and became an all out lunatic. The Flock became one of the most feared forces in WCW, and by September, it consisted of Raven, Whiskey Marc, Tajiri, CM Punk, Sean O'Haire and Austin Aries. The Flock triumped over a group of Flock flunkies that consisted of Whipwreck, Kidman and Richards. The Flock appeared unstoppable with Raven at the helm. At War Games, in the wargames matchup, Raven, Whiskey Marc and CM Punk were the finaly 3 men remaining in the ring, battling for a world heavyweight title shot. Raven pointed to the ground for Marc and Punk to lay down so he could pin them, but that didn't happen. Instead, Marc and Punk attacked Raven in a shocking turn of events. Punk and Marc bloodied Raven, knocking him out cold in the process. Punk pinned Raven, and then Whiskey Marc allowed Punk to pin him, earning a title shot at Starcade.

    Punk took over the Flock while Raven disappeared from WCW for some time. As a reward for his work, Punk gave the US title to Whiskey Marc, "knowing" that he could defeat Flair. At Starcade, the two faced off inside of a steelcage, a stipulation that they both agreed on. The match had an oldschool 80's feel to it, a nastolgia trip for oldschool Flair fans. Flair won the match via Figure four.

    The next night, Punk asked Marc for the US Title back, but Marc refused. The Flock crumbled amongst itself, as Punk and Marc fought in a bitter feud for three months. Tajiri, O'Haire and Aries simply stepped aside and let the two derranged maniac's go at it. Tajiri and O'Haire formed a tag team and captured the tag team titles during their tenure in the flock, and Aries continued to shine as a singles competitor, eventually being accepted back by Generation Next, which consisted of Roderick Strong, Jack Evans, Michael Shane and Jimmy Jacobs near the end of 2006. Birchall left Generation Next after Sinister Minister became his manager, and Jacobs betrayed Generation Now in September to join up with Generation Next.

    In March of 2007, at Clash of the Champions, Punk and Marc faced off in the final match of their feud. Punk defeated Whiskey Marc to recapture the US Title in the most violent match WCW had seen, a dog collar match. After the match was over, Raven made his return to WCW and attached himself to the other end of the dog collar and proceeded to beat the hell of CM Punk. I'll leave this storyline to your imagination.

    MICK FOLEY and STEVE AUSTIN -- The war of former commissioners

    - Mick Foley and Steve Austin feuded after Foley's feud with Ric Flair. Before that, Austin had bounced around quite a bit, and took a couple months off in mid 2006. Foley and Austin had a solid feud that brought out the best in each other, their abilities to brawl. The feud came to a head at Clash of the Champions, where Austin picked up the "W" against Foley in a classic Texas Deathmatch.

    CABANA AND CHRISTIAN -- The Greatest Tag Team in WCW History?

    - Following Cabana losing the US Title to Punk, Cabana and Christian, who still teamed occasionally, began teaming more often, and captured the tag team titles two times in 2006. They embarked in a feuds with AMW and Tajiri/O'Haire. However, Colt Cabana was once again betrayed by a teammate. In February of 07' , Christian turned on Colt Cabana to reunite with Edge.

    NICK DINSMORE -- Post Regal Feud

    - Following Dinsmore's loss of the Regal feud, Dinsmore started mauling through jobbers on nearly every show imagineable. Dinsmore then captured the television title and developed somewhat of a bully gimmick. Dinsmore finally dropped the TV Title to Alex Shelley and worked his way into a nice niche' in the uppermidcard scene. Essentially, he became the heel version of Matt Hardy. Always in featured feuds, just never really doing anything important.

    THE CRUISERWEIGHT DIVISION

    - The Amazing Red eventually dropped the cruiserweight title to Psychosis. Juvi remained jealous of Psychosis, and eventually cost Psychosis the title "accidently" to masked newcomer trueno de cielo (Sky Thunder), who may be better known as Essa Rios in WWF. The title changed hands a couple more times. In December, at Starcade, in a 20 man battle royal to decide the vacant WCW cruiserweight title (title vacated after Jody Fleisch got injured), Rey Mysterio made his surprise return and won the belt, last eliminating Juvi Guerrera. The two embarked in a memorable feud following.

    THOSE DISFUNCTIONAL GUERREROS

    - Chavo and Eddie attempted to capture the tag team titles in the months of May and June, but couldn't do it. Frustrated, Chavo turned against Eddie Guerrero, claiming he was the weak link of their team. Chavo and Eddie (now a face), feuded for 3 months, with Chavo surprisingly coming out on top the winner. Both Guerreros went their ways after the feud, with Eddie starting a feud with Edge and Chavo starting a feud with RVD after the Chavo-Eddie and RVD-Edge feuds ended at nearly the same time.

    THE MAPLE LEAF HIGH SOCIETY

    - Ah, those loveable canucks. The stable remained successful in the midcard circuit, and Petey Williams and Bobby Roode captured the tag team titles with the help of Chance Beckett. Beckett made his much anticipated in ring debut in August, and immediately gained popularity for his matches with superstars like Alex Shelley, James Gibson, Low-Ki and Tajiri. As his popularity grew, so did his ego. In November, despite not winning any championships, Beckett was comparing himself to the likes of Jericho, Benoit, Edge and Christian and the Legendary Hart family. A one time appearance by Bret Hart in November put Beckett in his place, as Hart slapped on the sharpshooter to Beckett on an episode of Nitro after Beckett announced that he had done more in 5 months then his whole country did in the last 20 years.

    THE MYSTERIOUS STING

    - So what about Sting? Sting became an Undertaker like figure for WCW in much of 2006, coming and going, randomly showing up and feuding with no one in particular for more then a month. Sting did have several great matches in 2006 against nearly all the top stars in WCW, but perhaps the best match would be the nastalgia match he had against DDP in October, as the two vets churned out one to remember.

    On the very first Nitro of 2007, Sting interrupted a Ric Flair in the middle of a speech Flair was giving following his defeat of CM Punk at Starcade. Sting and Flair embarked in a 2 month feud througout Souled Out and Superbrawl, swapping the heavyweight title in the process. Sting defeated Flair at Souled Out in controversy after Sting put Flair in the Scorpion Deathlock. As Flair was reaching for the ropes, his hand slipped, making it look like he tapped out. The following month, at SuperBrawl, Ric Flair defeated Sting, showing him just why he's the dirtiest player in the game.

    THE EPIC RETURN AND THE FEUD ONE YEAR IN THE MAKING

    In early March of 2007, after not hearing about him for nearly 6 months, CHRIS BENOIT made his return to WCW. During Benoit's return speech, Heavyweight champion Ric Flair came out and welcomed him back. Benoit asked Flair for a heavyweight title shot, and Flair told him that it'd be an honor. As friends, the two engaged in what many said was match of the night, a technical contest at Clash of the Champions. In what was nearly 18 months in the coming, Chris Benoit captured the WCW Heavyweight Title and embraced in a long hug with Ric Flair after the match. The next night on Nitro.. Chris Jericho made his return :D

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    A WAR FOR THE AGES

    So now that we've cleared up some of the individual rivalries of WCW, how about the big picture? How about WWE and ECW?

    SMACKDOWN VS THUNDER

    In August of 2006, WCW bought out their contract with MTV and immediately signed a deal with the USA network. On Thursday, August 10th, 2006, Thunder debuted on Thursday night at 8PM, The same time as Smackdown. A war raged on Thursday nights as the two battled tightly, neither winning the ratings war for a span longer then 4 weeks.

    The Monday Night Wars

    in May of 2006, WCW Nitro had began to beat WWE Raw and ECW's Hardcore TV in the rating wars. WCW's victories over WWE grew larger, and by mid 2007, they were beating them by nearly a half of point week in and week out.

    THE RISE AND FALL OF ECW...AGAIN

    In late 2007, after teetering near Global and National for 2 years, Eric Bischoff finally did Paul Heyman in for good. WCW, who had been manufacturing their superstars, while ECW continued to sign former big names, finally overcame ECW in the star power department, and ECW immediately dropped to National. 2 months later, ECW lost their TV deal and were headed towards backruptcy near late 2008. Superstars began jumping ship. WCW saw new superstars in The Dudleys, Sabu, Samoa Joe and Nunzio, but WWE scored the big ones, as AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, The Rock, Rhyno, Goldberg, Ken Shamrock and even Paul Heyman all signed with WWE.

    TNA and the independents

    NWA TNA continued to have moderate success as a National division, but never were able to reach global status again. in 2009, there were two independent promotions about to hit on a national level, Pro Wrestling Guerilla, who had formed a friendly relationship with Eric Bischoff and WCW, and Ring of Glory, a rip off west coast version of Ring of Honor that captured the American Strong Style feel of ROH while bringing in japanese talent for shows.

    AND THE REST IS HISTORY....

    So what about WWE and WCW? Did WCW finally become the number one promotion in North America? WCW reached 85% PI by the end of 2009, while WWE clenched on to it's 100% PI that it had reached way back in 2005. By 2009, WWE stars like the Undertaker, Batista, Kevin Nash, Kane and The Undertaker were long gone. Kurt Angle, Triple H, Randy Orton, JBL and The Big Show had lost a step, and The Rock, HBK and Vince Mcmahon were still hanging around, despite the majority of the wrestling community thinking they had worn out their welcome. For WCW, Ric Flair was no longer competing, but acting as commissioner. DDP, Mick Foley, Steve Austin, Raven, Rob Van Dam, William Regal and Sting were no longer with the company as they had retired from pro wrestling. Jericho, Benoit and Eddie Guerrero were still going strong as they neared or had entered their 40's. WCW had given way to it's younger talent, and as expected, guys like Samoa Joe, CM Punk, Colt Cabana, Edge, Christian, James Gibson, Homicide, Whiskey Marc and the rest of WCW's youth shined in WCW.

    Did Eric Bischoff ever take down the big 'E? Well, in 2010, with both companies running 3 shows a week that were all highly rated, WCW did what WWE did to them roughly 10 years ago. On an episode of Nitro, Brock Lesnar, AJ Styles, Shelton Benjamin and Paul London showed up in the front row, and soon became major players thereafter. I'll leave the rest up to you to figure out...

  16. I've thought about it, and I've finally decided what a lot of you don't want me to do, but hopefully you'lle understand why. I just don't have the time I use to to work on this diary. I'm not happy with the recap style I've been writing, and even then I have a hard time finding the time to write shows. I started this in June, when I had nothing going on and my life wasn't nearly as hectic as it is now

    I'd like to thank all of the readers who supported my diary throughout the the last 4 months. Much thanks to everyone who's read, commented, suggested, participated in contests, and even decided some of my diary. I'm happy with ending it. I'm happy with the four months I poured all my freetime into the diary. I've became a much better writer in the process, and hopefully gave something to the dome that people will still read and lookback on when this diary reaches the 20th page of the dome. I don't consider this diary to be nearly as good as diaries such as Reverse figure4's LAW or AllDawson's WWE, but as a first attempt at a diary, I think it's pretty damn good. This won't be my only diary, at some point, I will be back. When I have more time, perhaps when I'm not working 3 different jobs, I'll return to the dome with something else. Maybe it will be as successful and on the same level as this diary, maybe it won't, who knows.

    Like I said, I'm not going to leave the readers hanging. I've written an ending to the diary over the last couple days, and will be positing it shortly. So yeah, thanks for being apart of my diary, and to quote WCW commissioner Mick Foley.. "BANG BANG" ...and thanks.

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