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Hope you had a great birthday Edd !

Mule, good job raising a fine young man and I wish you both the best. P.S. Nice Fish !

Hagar43 - Clan Tags Just a casual observation from an old gamer and perhaps a discussion on clan tags. Why must a potential member be required to drop their clan tags before joining XI? You can't get married again until the divorce is final.

Hello czech, welcome to the forums. Always nice playing with you.

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If you ever get danko out of the tunnel, come thaw me ~ X p 3 r T `

Don't everybody want to move here at once lol

I knew it!! (at least read the last couple of lines) May 26, 2010 A new study from the East Carolina University Psychophysiology Department shows cognitive responsiveness increases after casual gaming. Video games are good for you and can make you smarter! It is now a proven fact. Or at least one study seems to think so. A six-month-long study that focused on U.S. consumers age 50 and older shows a link between casual gaming and significant cognitive increase. According to a press releases sent out by Pop Cap Games, makers of the games Bejeweled and Peggle among others, the study focused on over 40 individuals as they played casual games, such as Bejeweled. Pop Cap Games did not underwrite the study. The study measured the brain waves of the subjects before and after playing casual games. Subjects that played games like Bejeweled for a 30-minute period showed an 87 percent improvement in cognitive response time, and a 215 percent increase in executive functioning (the frequency of correctly completing parts of the task) compared to the control group. The Director of the Psychophysiology department, Dr. Carmen Russoniello, will present the preliminary result to the sixth annual Games for Health Conference in Boston. The full study results will be submitted later this fall. “The initial results of the study are very intriguing, in that they suggest that the ‘active participation’ required while playing a casual video game like Bejeweled provides an opportunity for mental exercise that more passive activities, like watching television, do not,” Russoniello said. “Future applications could include prescriptive applications using casual video games to potentially stave off Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-type disorders.” And as awesome as cheating Alzheimer’s through video games might sound, it might not just be the casual gamers that may reap the benefits either. “Video games with more complex rules and controls, and more sophisticated or detailed imagery — so-called ‘hardcore’ video games — might provide similar cognitive benefits for many people,” Russoniello said in the press release. “But those games take significantly longer to learn to play and appeal to a considerably narrower subset of the overall population, especially older consumers. In our experience, ‘casual’ video games are ideal both in terms of their accessibility and ease of understanding and because they appeal to nearly everyone.” Therefore, logically hardcore gamers will soon be the smartest people alive, and we will live longer than anyone else either- assuming the intense online matches of Modern Warfare don’t cause us to have a heart attacks, of course.

You can have what I'm having ..... Happy Birthday !

beware Chen .................. And welcome

Hi Rascal !!

These Medals ROCK!

This shout out to to all of you who make me laugh every day !! love it love it love it

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Hey Chen, you act more mature in the server then some of the "adults" lol

I was born is Missoula Montana, grew up in a very small town in MT called Hamilton. Moved to Wyoming and settled in Casper.

Maybe a Political Discussion forum ?

Not sure what kind of work you do Teleck but the public library should have shelves of books on cd - you could just pick out some random stuff to listen to while you work. When I used to take alot of road trips I'd just check out a few cds' and enjoy. Stephen King is my favorite author but I'll read just about anything I can get my hands on. Ron Paul has some good stuff if you're into that kind of thing. and don't forget

B-Rad you idiot !

Have a great day Killgore!

bummer..... Wendy Dio, wife/manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW), has released the following statement: “Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45am 16th May. Many, many friends and family were able to say their private good-byes before he peacefully passed away. Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all. We so appreciate the love and support that you have all given us. Please give us a few days of privacy to deal with this terrible loss. Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever.” Wendy Next Time You Raise the Devil Horns Remember!

mann !!

LOL pigdog..... I always wondered !

I like the fast paced maps, forlorn is on my favorites list right now... that map is a blast.