Probably that Syria thread. We're a threat to the free world, or at least I am talking.

Anyways, glad to see the place back. And much kudos to Will, Elmir, downliner, and whoever i'm forgetting behind the scenes that put in the work to keep it going.

I understand Dizzy's in "that" band and I understand his loyalty, not only to Axl, but the band itself... but again -- come the fuck on. You don't understand the fact that to this VERY GOD DAMN DAY, Guns N' Roses was Axl, Slash, Izzy & Duff, and to a lesser extent Steven. Outside of the handful of Axl fans across the world, nobody considers Guns N' Roses even breathing past 1993. All of the songs that Dizzy Reed has lived off of for the last 20+ years were written by those guys. Not Chinese fucking Democracy. And when Tommy Stinson goes into the Hall, and even in the annals of Rock history, nobody is going to say "Guns N' Roses bassist Tommy Stinson". They're gonna say "Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson" or whatever he fucking does, completely seperate from Guns N' Roses.

Bottom line, I would've joined Axl, Izzy & Dizzy for one reason only... i'm NOT paying you $3,500 per plate to honor me. From the mouth of Johnny Rotten -- "fuck off wanker"

That's the ONLY logical reason to no show the Hall. Beyond that you're just being ridiculous.

That's been my biggest complaint. I think the gun system is cumbersome, and I also think the cover system is clunky as hell. Max Payne 3 was basically Rockstar's "trial run" of GTAV's physics, and I had the exact same issues with Max 3. The cover system almost always never works correctly for me. I don't get it. Red Dead Redemption was two years before Payne 3 and three before GTAV, and the cover system worked damn near perfect for me. Perfect. It has seemingly gotten worse and worse the more time has went on for these Rockstar titles.

Not nuts about the invincibility of the police, but I guess realism is top-level.

Another complaint has been DISAPPEARING VEHICLES!!!! What the fuck is the point of dropping $20 grand in customizations at LS Customs on a ride that's just gonna vanish two missions later? Fucking bullshit, 'cause you don't get that money back.

I'm about half way through and the plot has been utterly boring to me, other than Trevor's stuff. Obviously Trevor is THE character of the game, and his stuff is always fun, but doesn't seem to have much direction so far. Wasting TONS of time on clunky mission setups, only to lose the money or the mission be "unbeatable" for the purpose of the plot... once... okay... twice? Fuck off. I just don't dig that kind of stuff. Seems counter-productive for me as a gamer. Why be invested in a mission is it depends on which one from mission to mission might be intentionally failed? Lame.

Other than that, the rest is pretty awesome. I haven't seen the "whole" collective story, but obviously looking back Vice City was the "movie" of the franchise with a very cinematic-quality script and enjoyable rememberance. I thought the gameplay for GTAIV was great, with the story lacking, and the real story being The Ballad of Gay Tony DLC, but compared to what i've been bored by so far in GTAV, GTAIV's story is looking like a crime epic.

The game definitely has a California-feel, and is way less dark, and more laid back than GTAIV.

The map is so insanely huge, you can't wrap your mind around discovering all of it. I'm still finding stuff.

Another complaint is that you can't sneak up on citizens with a silenced pistol and pick them off. Somehow they always seem to have eyes in the back of their head and notice you're pointing a gun at them, even though it'd be humanely impossible. That's irritating.

I still think I need time to soak it all in, I just wish there were more opportunities for big scores, specifically for Trevor and Michael. Basically they do a mission, then lie low. Franklin is a nobody and it seems everyone wants to do biz with him, which makes no sense to me.

The soundtrack is definitely interesting, but like GTAIV--again underwhelming. Although I think GTAIV was going for an accurate New York-style radio station in 2008-09, and GTAV is going for LA 2013, there's far too little rock, and too much black music (I don't know any other way to put it). I didn't know LA fancied themselves the Sunshine King of Soul, but there's like multiple soul stations, funk stations, to where it's like... you only need one. I get two rap stations, new era Radio Los Santos (from San Andreas), and Westcoast Classics (old Radio Los Santos). Radio X goes for a punk/metal thing, but I would've thought there would've at least been a straight up heavy metal station. Rock Radio sticks with classic rock, but an almost pop vibe trying to reflect the Hollywood-vibe with tracks like Don Johnson's "Heartbeat" (seriously?) popping up. Thought that was funny. Surprised Bruce Willis "Respect Yourself" or Patrick Swayze's "She's Like The Wind" or something by Frank Stallone or even Jon Bon Jovi's "Blaze of Glory" didn't show up, with with Kenny Loggins' hosting the station, plus one of his 80's cuts from Footloose on there just rounds out the Hollywood-vibe on the rock station. Surprised there wasn't a second classic rock station with older tunes, or maybe a mixture of 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s. Love the first GTA "pop" station. Thought the song selection nailed it. I think Rebel Radio (the classic country station) is entirely too short. Just 9-10 songs on it, and has way too much repetition. Would've been nice to see that station fleshed out more with more songs, and like Rock Radio, the Hollywood vibe could've been continued adding such tracks Lee Majors' "The Unknown Stuntman", Vicki Lawrence "The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia", John Schneider "I've Been Around Enough To Know", Kenny Rogers "The Gambler", Jerry Reed doing "East Bound & Down", etc.

Thought bringing back Lazlow & Fernando into the talk stations added nice continuity, and putting Danny "Kenny Fucking Powers" McBride on the country talk station was a complete masterstoke.

Well ala 24: Season 4, the show this year feels like a reinvention of sorts. Daryl is firmly the leader at this point, and almost a legend among the refugees, while Rick has been fine retreating back to just being a father to Carl, and potential boyfriend to Michonne.

Like when 24 rebooted itself mid-run, this again feels new. New characters, new situations, old characters have been re-invented, and it seems like new arc's will be started. It might take a few episodes to get going.

jmho