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A Complete Guide to Maximizing M-Stats and Beating the Ocean City Boardwalk Games (without Shadow Taint)

2024.05.14 01:59 ForkShoeSpoon A Complete Guide to Maximizing M-Stats and Beating the Ocean City Boardwalk Games (without Shadow Taint)

Quick and Dirty: So long as you get Pep Talk by completing the first four dream quests, AND install Ye Olde Chemicker on Plunkett Street, you can get 15/15/15 on day 6 and beat the Ocean City Boardwalk games (Dream Cat not required). The rough outline: You get +2/+2/+2 from Ocean City perks and Charlestown State Pen perks, +1/+1/+1 from any number of hat and pants combos, +1/+1/+1 from the Monster Club sash, +1/+1/+1 from a Noble Elixir from Ye Olde Chemicker, +1/+1/+1 from the devil's food cake (throw a hot link down the H***hole), +1/+1/+1 from your choice of liquor and your bonus from the electrified orb, +1/+1/+1 from your Pep Talk perk and choice of cat, +1 to Moxie from a new set of teeth, +1 to Muscle from Chiropractic, +1 to mysticality from the statue of you, +1/+1/+1 from losing and getting Angry, Contemplative, and Aloof effects.
Beating the Ocean City Boardwalk games requires a minimum of 15/15/15 Mus/Mys/Mox stats. This is missable--it is possible to lock yourself out of being able to achieve such high stats. However, there are multiple ways to get your M-stats this high, meaning even if you miss one route to 15/15/15, another is likely still open. I wanted to make a quick guide about not only how to purely maximize stats, but the different options available to get yourself to 15/15/15.

Always Possible Stat Boosts

On any save file, 13/13/13 should be achievable. Here's how:
Those, which I assume most folks who made it through chapter 1 know about, bring you to 6/6/6. Potions, alcohol, and food will also easily net you +1, +1, +2 to your choice of stats (you can get higher boosts from food and potions, but they are unique and/or missable), bringing you to around 7/8/7. Then:
This brings us to 10/10/10. To get to 13/13/13:
So, this will get you to +13/+13/+13 fairly hassle free. But that still leaves us 6 points shy of victory. Thankfully, there are myriad ways to reach that final number (and beyond)

Bridging the final +6 gap

All of the following is content you can lock yourself out of, sometimes pretty easily, sometimes pretty early in the game. The good news is, there are so many options, it's likely a path to 15/15/15 still exists on your save file unless you've reached the very late game and aren't lucky.

Dreams

You can get an additional +4 from Dream-related events.

Clothing

This makes for a maximal +2 from better clothes.

Food

There are a number of food options to grant more than +1 to your M-stats, granting a maximal additional +2 to your M-stats overall.

Potions

Potion options are comparatively limited, but can grant an additional +2.

Other

There are a couple unique effects that you can use which will last 1 day only

Bonus Guide to Liquors

-Tequila grants +1 to Muscle and Mysticality and can be found in the Mob Submarine in The Big Moist, but only if you accept the Mob's offer on day 2. - Whiskey grants +1 to Muscle and Moxie and can be found in the Moonshiner's Cave in The Big Moist. - Absinthe grants +1 to Mysticality and Moxie and is found in Rufus' Lab) at S.I.T.
Shoutout to this previous post by u/Mr_Lisreal, which already covers most of what's in this post. My motivation behind making this was primarily that the wiki does not do a good job of displaying potion effects in a browsable way, and it wasn't clear to me if it was possible to completely box yourself out of being able to complete the boardwalk games (to my eye it appears possible, but uncommon). I also wanted a guide out there for freaks like me who enjoy petting cats, and therefore don't want to lean on the dream cat boon because it deprives you of the joy of petting all the other cats in the game.
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2024.05.08 13:59 shane_ask Map for Deleted Mission M1505

Map for Deleted Mission M1505
I've put a few hundred hours into Isolation, poked around in its files before, and am pretty familiar with its development and cut content so I wasn't expecting to find anything new about it after so long. But I was looking through the map UI and found something interesting. The game still includes the map, both levels, for the original Corporate Penthouse level that was deleted. Maybe this is floating around out there already, but I've never seen it before.
Map as extracted from the game
The labels are included in the map, but unfortunately set at runtime (for localization) so all of them are set to "TXT". I decided to take a stab at analyzing it for fun.
Map after filling in some labels
Some rooms are recognizable: the washrooms (appear in a couple DLCs), the lounge (same one from Systech Lobby), and the fancy apartment from Corporate Lockdown (though it has an extra compartment by the bed--maybe a private washroom?). The other labels are very speculative but I tried to make reasonable guesses. I am fairly certain the rooms in the center are smaller apartments (the "Prosperity Ring" mentioned in the deleted mission scripts) since the deleted content seems to indicate there are at least 5 apartments on this level. With so many washrooms on this level there must be some more bunks somewhere, and likely one of them is filled with showers rather than toilets.
Everything in blue is a purely hypothetical walkthrough that I did as an exercise to include what we know from the concept art (from both Edouard Caplain and Brad Wright) and the deleted content:
Setup: In the old plotline, the level begins with Amanda arriving in a private shuttle. She retrieves the key card of Executive Barker (Seegson guy in charge of shipping) from his personal effects in the Morgue. She is helping Waits catch Marlow who is the one setting up traps around the station and is on the run with the black box Amanda wants.
  1. Amanda somehow arrives above the level (Waits:"You need to be on the deck below") and seems to immediately be in Barker's apartment so I'm guessing that his apartment has direct access (probably via ladder in the area that becomes Ransome's computer room in the Corporate Lockdown DLC). She listens to his messages before leaving.
  2. Amanda exits into a lounge (see concept art). There is no indication where the upper level connects, but it seems to fit nicely in the middle. In Corporate Lockdown the apartments have a stairway up in their entrance so it stands to reason the stairs leading to the other four apartments in the center lead down. I'm guessing the whole central area is "Prosperity Ring, Executive Habitation".
  3. Amanda heads towards Ransome's apartment and find that the lounge outside his apartment has been breached (shows up a few times in concept art). Waits tells her she has to find a way in through an adjacent apartment.
  4. She heads back and find a notice posted on the vacant apartment: "For rent! To arrange a viewing, find Chet - your Seegson Accommodation Supervisor." She needs to find Chet.
  5. Game logic requires him to be on the opposite side of the map. Probably in a bunk area similar to what we see in Lingard's DLC Overrun, but fancier. There is also an announcement for this area that "Quarantine has been broken" so it probably happens now and the alien begins stalking. Maybe there is also a wealthy holdout or two still barricaded in one of the other apartments, and a couple hospitality Joes still manning the restaurants or bars.
  6. She heads across the map to find a computer terminal where Chet is conveniently still logged in and gets the code for the vacant apartment from his email.
  7. She heads back and enters the apartment. The hallways connecting the apartments are a bit odd, but I guess they must be some sort of shared utility/maintenance area. Whatever they are they let Amanda get into Ransome's apartment. Marlow was here and got the codes for the Anesidora.
  8. She needs to meet Waits at the Anesidora (which is in dry dock in this version of the plot). She heads to an elevator (probably hacks it open using an upgrade she finds in Ransome's apartment so she can't leave until she finishes the mission) and escapes. She does eventually catch Marlow somehow before letting him out to team up to destroy the station.
Hopefully that was interesting, but again a lot of speculation on my part. The only certain thing is the layout of the level and the locations of the labels so feel free to come up with your own interpretations.
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2024.05.06 15:33 Leather_Focus_6535 The 113 inmates executed by Virginia in the post Furman era and their crimes (warning, graphic content, please read at your own risk) [part 1, cases 1-58]

This is the list that I wrote for the 113 inmates executed by the state of Virginia, from the 1976 Gregg national reinstatement of the death penalty to the state abolishing it in 2021. For the sake of clarification, the dates given here are an approximate timeframe of the offender's earliest known criminal activities to their executions. Many of the crimes surveyed here are also extremely horrific, and the gory details are discussed in my descriptions. Please read at your own risk.
Unfortunately, as with Missouri, the list exceeds the maximum 40,000 character count Reddit allows for submissions, and thus I had to split it into two separate posts. Here is the link to part 2 of this list.
The 113 executed offenders:
1. Frank Coppola (~1960s-1982, electric chair): Coppola, his wife, and two other accomplices hatched a plan to rob Payton Wetchell, a 55 year old car dealer, at his home. One of the accomplices posed as a delivery girl, and lured Payton's wife, 51 year old Muriel, out by ringing the doorbell. The group then forced themselves inside at gunpoint and tried extorting from her valuables though beatings. Mariel’s head was slammed against the door numerous times, and she ended up dying from suffocating on her vomit and a brain hemorrhage. When Peyton arrived at the scene, he was beaten as well. Although he survived, the treatment for the fractures required Peyton to have a steel plate grafted on his forehead, and he took his own life about a decade after the incident. The Coppolas and their accomplices made off with $3,000 and 3 rings. Coppola was a career burglar, and lost his job as a policeman for failing to report inmate abuse. His execution caused some controversy, as a witnesses described Coppola's legs catching fire during the electrocution.
2. Linwood Briley (~1971-1984, electric chair): In 1971, at the age of 16, Briley killed his neighbor, 57 year old Orline Christian, in a sniper attack from his bedroom window while she was laying clothesline. He escaped prosecution by convincing authorities that it was an accident. 8 years later, Briley went on a rape and robbery spree with two of his brothers (including James) and another accomplice. They murdered anywhere between ~12-21 males and females in their attacks. Their means of killings were very diverse and circumstantial, and completely indiscriminate on who they killed. The eldest known victim was 76 year old Mary Gowen, whom they raped and shot to death, while their youngest was 5 year old Harvey Barton, who was shot dead after the gang gang-raped and murdered his pregnant mother, 23 year old Judy. Some like, 17 year old Christopher Philips had his head crushed with a concrete block, a few others like 62 year old Mary Wilfong were beaten to death with baseball bats, and 59 year old Charles Garner was fatally stabbed with scissors and a fork. Almost all the victims were murdered in their homes, but some were attacked at their jobs. While on death row, Briley and James escaped with 4 other inmates, but were recaptured after a 3 week long manhunt.
3. James Briley (~1970s-1985, electric chair): He was one of Linwood Briley's brothers, and he assisted in him in the robbery, rapes, and murders of at least 12 to 21 people. As previously mentioned, Briley and Linwood broke out of prison on death row with several other inmates, and were all recaptured within weeks after their escape.
4. Morris Mason (~1960s-1985, electric chair): Mason broke into the homes of two elderly women, 86 year old Ursula Stevenson and 71 year old Margaret Hand. In both attacks, the victims were raped, beaten with an ax handle, bound and nailed to chairs, and burned alive when he set their houses on fire. He also attacked a pair of sisters, who were 12 and 13 years old, in their home. The 13 year old grabbed a gun from their father’s closet for protection, but Mason wrestled the gun away, and shot her instead. She survived with crippling injuries. Mason then kidnapped the 12 year old, took her to a nearby forest, and sodomized her. He covered the girl with leaves, lit them on fire, but she survived with only minor burns to her hair and shirt. Mason was also responsible for several burglaries during his crime spree, and was convicted several previous times for arson attacks. Authorities believe that Mason was committing acts of arson since his childhood. His execution sparked some controversy, due to him allegedly having a cognitive disability.
5. Michael Smith (~1970s-1986, electric chair): Smith kidnapped 35 year old Audrey Weiler while she was walking from a beach. He dragged her into a forest and raped her. During the sexual assault, Smith stabbed Weiler and drowned her in a nearby river. At the time of the attack, Smith was a sex offender with a rape conviction, and had reoffended against Weiler only months after his release from prison.
6. Richard Whitley (1980-1987, electric chair): Whitley went to the home of his occasional employer, 63 year old Phoebe Parsons, to vent about his broken marriage. As they were conversing, he stabbed Parsons to death. During the attack, he sodomized Parsons with an umbrella, and engaged in sex acts with her body. He then sacked the home of any valuables, stole her car, and fled to Florida.
7. Earl Clanton Jr. (~1971-1988, electric chair): At the age of 17, Clanton killed an unidentified woman in circumstances largely undisclosed beyond it being a robbery. Although Clanton was given a 26-28 year sentence, he was paroled 8 years later. A year after his release, he strangled a neighbor, 38 year old Wilhemina Smith, during a robbery of her home. He also had a malicious wounding conviction when he badly injured a teenage boy with brass knuckles, and his mother had made complaints of him stealing money from her. However, Clanton claimed that she faked her complaints in retaliation for him refusing a sexual relationship with her. Clanton also took part in the mass prison escape orchestrated by the Briley brothers, but was recaptured with them.
8. Alton Waye (1977-1989, electric chair): Waye invaded the home of 61 year old Lavergne Marshall, and stabbed her 42 times. He then raped Marshall and poured bleach on her body.
9. Richard Boggs (1984-1990, electric chair): After Boggs killed an unidentified man in a hit and run accident, he rushed to the home of his neighbor, 87 year old Treeby Shaw. When she offered him tea, Boggs hit her in the head with a steel object, and stabbed her to death with a butcher knife. He stole some silver from the home, which was discovered by investigating police officers in his car. On an unrelated side note, Boggs' older brother was shot dead by police during a car chase some years after his execution.
10. Wilbert Evans (~1964-1990, electric chair): While incarcerated for a robbery in North Carolina, Evans was transferred to Virginia to testify at a murder trial. While being transported in a prison van, he decided to take the opportunity to escape, and seized a gun from one of his escorts, 47 year old William Truesdale. Truesdale was shot dead during the struggle and Evans used the gun to destroy his handcuffs. Although he managed to jump out of the van, Evans was cornered by police officers only a few blocks away, and was recaptured followed a bungled suicide attempt. Evans had an extensive criminal history, and was convicted of robbing a gas station at the age of 18. During his time on death row, he protected staff members held hostage from being raped and abused by the Briley brothers during their attempted escape. His execution caused some controversy, as blood was observed coming out of his blood, nose, and eyes during the fatal shocks.
11. Buddy Justus (1978-1990, electric chair): Justus abducted and raped 3 women, 32 year old Rosemary Jackson, 21 year old Stephanie Hawkins, and 21 year old Ida Moses, and shot them to death. He was charged with a 4th murder, as Moses was pregnant and her unborn child also died in the attack. In two of his known murders, Justus was assisted by an 18 year old man that he befriend after he picked him up hitchhiking. He also received several life and death sentences in the states of Georgia and Florida.
12. Albert Clozza (1983-1991, electric chair): Clozza snatched 13 year old Patricia Bolton while she was walking home from a bookmobile. He dragged the girl into a forest and sodomized her with a twig. She was also severely beaten in the attack, and the corner's report mentioned that Bolton was "asphyxiated by her own blood."
13. Derrick Peterson (1982-1991, electric chair): During a holdup of a grocery store, Peterson shot and killed the manger, 45 year old Howard Kauffman. He then ran off with thousands of dollars worth in checks and cash.
14. Roger Coleman (~1977-1992, electric chair): Coleman tricked his sister-in-law, 19 year old Wanda McCoy, into letting him inside her house. He then raped and stabbed her, and she was nearly decapitated in the attack. A long standing sex offender, Coleman was convicted of raping a woman in her home a few years prior to McCoy's murder, and had exposed himself to two other women just before the killing. Unfortunately for him, one of the women happened to be an artist, and she drew a sketch that enabled the police to identify him for the murder. Despite his past offenses, Coleman had a strong following for his innocence among the anti death penalty crowd. A notion that was debunked following a 2006 DNA test that concluded his guilt.
15. Edward Fitzgerald Sr. (1980-1992, electric chair): Out of fear of her being a police informant, Fitzgerald abducted his drug dealer, 22 year old Patricia Cubbage. He raped and stabbed her 184 times, and reportedly carved a "tick-tack-toe design" into Cubbage's back.
16. Willie Jones (1983-1992, electric chair): Jones tricked the parents of an acquaintance, 78 year old Myra and 80 year old Graham, into letting him inside their house by pretending to be an undercover cop searching for missing children. He shot and killed Graham, tied up and gagged Myra, locked her in a closet, and stole their entire life savings (which amounted to $30,000). To destroy any evidence of his crime, Jones set the house on fire. Myra, who was still tied up and trapped in her closet, was burned alive. Jones was also one of the inmates that escaped from death row with the Briley brothers, but was recaptured weeks after the breakout
17. Timothy Bunch (1982-1992, electric chair): Bunch, a then active service Marine, was dating Su Cha Thomas, a 40 year old South Korean immigrant. Believing that Thomas was too much like his “slut” ex wife, Bunch decided that he wanted to rob and kill her. He tricked Thomas into letting him inside her home with the promise of a date. She was shot in the head and Bunch hung the body to a closet doorknob with a scarf. Bunch then ransacked the home, and stole a watch, diamond ring, and a pearl necklace. According to investigators, he confided in them that he had an orgasm while robbing and murdering Thomas. After the killing, Bunch was deployed to Japan, but extradited back to Virginia to face trial for Thomas’ murder.
18. Charles Stamper (1978-1993, electric chair): While robbing a restaurant that he worked at, Stamper shot and killed three of his co workers, 43 year old Agnes Hicks, 35 year old Franklin Cooley, and 20 year old Steven. He stole a total of $4,000 in the robbery. On death row, Stamper was attacked by fellow death row inmate Lem Tuggle for allegedly being a snitch. The assault left him permanently paralyzed, which made his execution somewhat controversial.
19. Syvasky Poyner (~1970s-1993, electric chair): Poyner shot and killed 5 females, 72 year old Louise Paulett, 45 year old Joyce Baldwin, 44 year old Carolyn Hedrick, 43 year old Chestine Brooks, and 17 year old Vicki Ripple during a two week long robbery spree. He directed his attacks towards beauty parlors, supermarkets, ice cream shops, and motels. A life long career criminal, Poyner had several auto theft, forgery, and burglary convictions, and his earliest date back to when he was 14 years old.
20. Andrew Chabrol (1991-1993, electric chair): Chabrol, a Navy serviceman, made unwanted advances on a fellow married sailor, 27 year old Melissa Harrington, and refused to back down despite repeated rejections. Harrington filed sexual harassment charges, and Chabrol was dismissed from service following an investigation. Angered by the loss of his career and her rebuffing his advances, Chabrol kidnapped Harrington from her home with the help of a friend, and tied her to his bed. He then raped and strangled her to death. The case attracted outcry years later when it was discovered that Chabrol and Harrington’s remains were buried in close proximity to each other in the Arlington cemetery.
21. Joe Wise (1983-1993, electric chair): Wise abducted 45 year old William Ricketson during a robbery. He beat and shot his captive in the eye and chest, dumped him in a water hole used for an abandoned power plant's lavatory, and drove off with his truck. Although Ricketson survived the shooting, he drowned in the hole.
22. David Pruett (~1975-1993, electric chair): In 1975, Pruett fatally stabbed his co worker, 22 year old Debra McInnis, while robbing a restaurant they worked at together. As the investigators weren't able to solve the McInnis murder, Pruett remained a free man. 11 years later, he tied up his friend's wife, 35 year old Wilma Harvey, in the couple's home while her husband was out of town. He raped Harvey, stabbed her 29 times and slit her throat, ransacked the house for any valuables, and stole an undisclosed amount of money. Pruett was also tried and sentenced for an unrelated rape incident alongside Harvey and McInnis' murders.
23. Johnny Watkins Jr. (1983-1994, electric chair): Watkins gunned down two store clerks, 41 year old Carl Buchanan and 22 year old Betty Barker, during a week long robbery spree. In the robberies that killed Buchanan and Barker, Watkins stole a combined total of $125. His brother Ronald was also executed for an unrelated robbery murder [for more details, please see section 49 on Ronald Watkins].
24. Timothy Spencer (~1980s-1994, electric chair): Spencer broke into the residences of at least 5 women and girls, 44 year old Susan Tucker, 35 year old Debbie Davis, 32 year old Susan Hellams, 32 year old Carolyn Hamm, and Diane Cho, a 15 year old South Korean immigrant, and raped them. All the verified victims were strangled to death with ligatures and ratchets. Another man was falsey convicted of Hamm's murder, but was cleared of guilt in a 1989 DNA test. The falsely accused man was one of the first inmates to be exonerated using DNA testing, while paradoxically Spencer was the first serial killer to be convicted with DNA evidence. Spencer also had a history of burglaries before his killing sprees.
25. Dana Edmonds (1983-1995, lethal injection): During a robbery of a grocery store, Edmonds tied up a grocer, 62 year old John Elliott. He bashed Elliot's head with a brick, stabbed his neck, and took $40 from the register.
26. Willie Turner (~1970s-1995, lethal injection): In 1978, Turner shot and killed W. J. Smith, a 54 year old jeweler, during a jewelry store robbery. A few years prior to Smith's murder, Turner had killed an unidentified inmate in largely undisclosed circumstances while serving time for a malicious wounding conviction, but was let out on parole. While on death row, Turner took part in the Briley brothers led breakout, and made several escape attempts on his own. In one incident, Turner pretended to have smuggled a gun in his cell, and used the hoax to make threats against the prison staff.
27. Dennis Stockton (~1950s-1995, lethal injection): 18 year old Kenneth Arnder allegedly crossed a dealer during a drug deal. The dealer retaliated by paying Stockton $2,000 to kill him. Stockton lured Arnder in his car with the promise of driving him to safety, and shot the youth in the eyes. He cut the hands off his body to prevent identification and dumped it in a remote North Carolinan forest. Stockton had a long criminal history since he was a teenager, which included several convictions of arson, safecracking, drug dealing, and weapons possession charges. Police also found dismembered body parts kept in a jar in his home, but Stockton claimed that it was simply a gift given to him by a biker gang, and he only kept the remains to show off at parties.
28. Mickey Davidson (1990-1995, lethal injection): Davidson’s wife, 36 year old wife Doris, made a decision to leave him for her ex husband. In a jealous rage, he beat her and her two daughters, 14 year old Mamie and 13 year old Tammy Clutterback, to death with a crowbar.
29. Herman Barnes (1984-1995, lethal injection): Barnes held up a grocery store at gunpoint, and shot and killed the owner, 72 year old Clyde Jenkins. Mohammad Afifi, a 42 year old Palestinian immigrant that worked as the store’s clerk, was also gunned down when he came to his boss’s aid.
30. Walter Correll Jr. (1985-1996, lethal injection): Correll and two accomplices ambushed, carjacked, and kidnapped 24 year old Charles Bousman Jr. after they motioned him to stop on a remote highway. After they stole his rings and watch, they beat and stabbed Bousman to death, dumped his body in a nearby forest, and drove off with his car. His execution was a source of contention, as Correll's supporters and attorneys assert that he was an intellectually disabled man set up by his accomplices for lesser sentences.
31. Richard Townes Jr. (~1970s-1996, lethal injection): Townes shot a clerk, 32 year old Virginia Goebel, in the head while robbing a grocery store, and stole $183 from the register. He had a long history of violent robberies, and had shot and wounded a taxi driver after holding him hostage for 6 hours several years before Goebel's murder.
32. Joseph Savino III (~1980s-1996, lethal injection): After he was released on parole from an armed robbery conviction, Savino beat his boyfriend, 64 year old Thomas McWaters, to death with a hammer in their home. According to Savino, McWaters was pressuring him for sex, and threatened to have his parole revoked if it was withheld.
33. Ronald Bennett (1985-1996, lethal injection): Bennett broke into the home of Anne Vaden, a 28 year real estate agent. After he tied Vaden up, Bennett beat, strangled, and stabbed her to death. One of Vaden's rings was stolen in the robbery, and he gave it to his wife. The murder was left cold for a year, but was solved when Bennett's wife drunkenly confessed her husband's deeds to a friend while showing off the ring.
34. Gregory Beaver (~1980s-1996, lethal injection): After Beaver escaped from a Maryland rehab center, he went on a rampage that involved stealing a car and storming a restaurant his stepfather owned to rob and assault him. While speeding away from the scene with a hitchhiker he picked up, Beaver was pulled over by Leo Whitt, a 49 year old state trooper. In the scuffle that broke out, Beaver shot and killed Whitt. The hitchhiker then tricked Beaver into stopping at a nearby restaurant, and he used the payphone to call the police on him. Beaver previously had 10 unspecified felony convictions, which was why he was placed by his family in the Maryland rehab center.
35. Larry Stout (1987-1996, lethal injection): Stout assaulted a dry cleaning store with a knife, slashed the throat of the owner, 40 year old Jacqueline Kooshian, and stole $1,200.
36. Lem Tuggle Jr. (~1971-1996, lethal injection): In 1971, Tuggle raped and fatally strangled 16 year old Shirley Brickey, and was given a 20 year sentence for it. He was released from prison after serving 10 years. Two years after his release, Tuggle lured 52 year old Jessie Havens from a dance hall, and then raped and shot her to death. On death row, he participated in the mass escape orchestrated by the Briley brothers, and paralyzed the above mentioned Charles Stamper for allegedly being an informant.
37. Ronald Hoke (1985-1996, lethal injection): Hoke forced his way inside the home of 56 year old Virginia Stell, a woman he met at a bar. He raped and stabbed her to death with a knife taken from the kitchen, and stole some medication from Stell's purse.
38. Michael George (1979-1997, lethal injection): In 1979, George lured 9 year old Larry Perry from his grandparents' home, and shot the boy dead after raping him. As the body was never found and the prosecution couldn't disprove his claims of it being an accidental killing, George was able to secure an involuntary manslaughter plea deal from the courts, and was released within two years for good behavior. After his release, he molested several teenage boys, and expressed fantasies about them being sexually tortured by "evil creatures" in the forest in his written works of fiction. In 1990, George made his fantasies a reality when he ambushed and abducted 15 year old Alexander Sztanko while the boy was ridding a motorbike. He shackled Sztanko to a tree, sodomized him with a stun gun, sliced pieces of his skin with a machete, shot him in the head, and stole his motorbike. Other teenage boys in the area also reported being assaulted in the same manner as Sztanko by a “Rambo like” camouflaged assailant. Although it is strongly believed that George was responsible for the attacks, he wasn't convicted of them.
39. Coleman Gray (1985-1997, lethal injection): Gray kidnapped 49 year old Richard McClelland while robbing a store he managed. He forced McClelland to collect over $12,000 in cash, drove his captive to a remote dirt road, and shot him six times in the head.
40. Roy Smith (1988-1997, lethal injection): Smith got into a violent argument with his wife in their home, and the neighbors called the police on him. He fired on the responding officers, and killed John Conner, a 38 year old sergeant. The remaining officers managed to subdue him after a brief standoff and physical struggle.
41. Joseph O'Dell III (~1958-1997, lethal injection): O'Dell was condemned for the abduction, rape, and strangulation murder of 44 year old Helen Schartner. She was last seen leaving from a night club, and her body was found near a beach. His execution was controversial, as O'Dell had a massive support base who believed in his innocence. The circuit court's decision to burn the DNA evidence relating to the Schartner case in 2000 sparked further outcry from them. Despite this, O'Dell was a long time felon with over 17 convictions dating back to the 1950s, and a woman claimed to have escaped a kidnapping attempt from him.
42. Carlton Pope (~1982-1997, lethal injection): Pope shot and killed 24 year old Cynthia Gray and wounded her sister while robbing them at a pool. He had a malicious wounding conviction when he shot a friend in the toe, and was paroled months before Gray's murder for that sentence.
43. Mario Murphy (1992-1997, lethal injection): 37 year old James Radcliff's wife hired Murphy to kill him in order to collect a life insurance policy. She, her boyfriend, Murphy, and 3 other conspirators pounced on Radcliff while he was sleeping in his bed, and they stabbed and beat him to death with a metal pipe. Due to all the other conspirators accepting plea deals, Murphy was the only one sentenced to death for the murder, which he perceived was because of Mexican nationality. His death sentence and execution also caused a minor diplomatic dispute with Mexico.
44. Dawud Mu'Min (1973-1997, lethal injection): At the age of 19 in 1973, Mu'Min shot and killed Charles Shupe, a 43 year old taxi driver, while robbing his taxi. He was given a 48 year sentence for the murder. 15 years later, Mu'Min was assigned to a inmate labor program. While working on a road, he pretended to be on a lunch break, and took the opportunity to sneak away from his escorts and supervisors. Mu'Min broke into a shopping center, raped Gladys Nopwasky, a 42 year old retailer, and stabbed her 16 times with a screwdriver. After he stole $4 from her purse, Mu'Min returned back to the work program.
45. Michael Satcher (1990-1997, lethal injection): Satcher ambushed 23 year old Anne Borghesani while she was biking near a highway. He raped, beat, and stabbed her 16 times with an axl. Another young woman was also assaulted by Satcher in a similar fashion, but she survived the attack. Both of their purses were stolen and disposed of in the same bush.
46. Thomas Beavers Jr. (1990-1997, lethal injection): Beavers broke into the home of 61 year old Marguerite Lowery, and raped and suffocated her to death with a pillow. He sacked the house, stole her jewelry, and drove off with Lowery's car. The killing went unsolved until a year later when Beavers was arrested for sexually assaulting a neighbor in circumstances nearly identical to Lowery's murder. A police search while investigating the neighbor incident found Lowery's stolen jewelry in his house.
47. Tony Mackall (1986-1998, lethal injection): While holding up a gas station at gunpoint, Mackall shot the cashier, 31 year old Mary Dahn, and took $515 from the register.
48. Douglas Buchanan Jr. (1987-1998, lethal injection): Enraged that his father, 43 year old Douglas, married a much younger woman, 31 year old Geraldine, shortly after his mother's passing, Buchanan shot him to death in their home. He also gunned down and stabbed Geraldine and her two sons, 13 year old Joel and 10 year old Donnie.
49. Ronald Watkins (1988-1998, lethal injection): While robbing a store that he formerly work at, Watkins stabbed the store owner, 29 year old William McCauley, 7 time in his back and slit his throat. McCauley's body was discovered by his father, who stopped by to check on his son after he failed to return home on time. As a sidenote, Watkins was the younger brother of the above mentioned Johnny Watkins Jr..
50. Ángel Breard (1992-1998, lethal injection): Breard stabbed his neighbor, 29 year old Ruth Dickie, to death during a botched rape in her home. He also made another unsuccessful attempt at sexually assaulting a second neighbor half a year later, which enabled investigators to tie him to Dickie's murder. His death sentence and execution sparked outrage in his native Paraguay.
51. Dennis Eaton (1989-1998, lethal injection): Eaton and his girlfriend, 24 year old Judy McDonald, carjacked 68 year old Ripley Marston Sr. and 26 year old Walter Custer Jr., and shot them both dead. While speeding away from the murder scene, the couple were pulled over by a state trooper, 48 year old Jerry Hines, and gunned him down as well. In the following police chase, Eaton ended up crashing his car into a telephone pole, and injured McDonald in the process. As they were corned, Eaton finished off McDonald by shooting her in the head, and made an attempt to commit suicide before he was subdued.
52. Danny King (~1980s(?)-1998, lethal injection): King and his then wife duped Carolyn Rogers, a 55 year old real estate agent, into letting them inside a vacant house by posing as clients. They jumped Rogers as she was giving them a tour of the house. She was choked with King's bare hands and stabbed to death in the assault. The couple then stole rings and checks from her purse. Both King and his ex wife blamed each other for the murder, but King was the one that was convicted of it by the courts. King also had a long history of robbery and car thefts, and was released from prison 10 days before the murder.
53. Lance Chandler Jr. (~1987-1998, lethal injection): Chandler shot and killed a clerk, 33 year old William Dix, during a convenience store robbery. He had a criminal record dating back to the age of 14, and had previous arrests for armed robbery, assaulting officers, and public intoxication.
54. Johnile DuBois (~1990s-1998, lethal injection): During a convenience store robbery, DuBois and 3 teenage accomplices tried forcing the clerk, 39 year old Philip Council, to open the register for them. When they thought he was acting too slow, the DuBois and the other robbers beat Council and shot him to death. DuBois had a history of thefts, illicit firearms possessions, assault, and probation violations.
55. Kenneth Stewart Jr. (1991-1998, lethal injection): Stewart separated from his wife, 35 year old Cynthia, after their marriage disintegrated. He was forbidden by the courts from being in contact with their son, 5 month old Jonathan, without Cynthia's consent. To overcome the custody barriers, Stewart tried to reconcile with Cynthia. When she refused, he shot her and Jonathan dead in her home.
56. Dwayne Wright (1989-1998, lethal injection): Wright went on a weeklong crime spree in Maryland and Virginia. In his Maryland attacks, he shot and killed 31 year old Odell Thomas and 24 year old Reginald Turman, and stole Turman's car and a total of $400. He then drove to Virginia, and held Saba Tekle, a 34 year old Ethiopian refugee, at gunpoint in her apartment. Wright forced Tekle to undress, shot her dead when she resisted his attempts at sexual assault, and swapped Truman’s car for hers.
57. Ronald Fitzgerald (1993-1998, lethal injection): Fitzgerald shot and killed 39 year old Coy White in his home in order to get his hands on the man’s 13 year old daughter. He abducted and raped the girl after forcing her to steal money from her father’s pockets, and left her locked in the trunk of his car. After abandoning White’s daughter, Fitzgerald flagged down a taxi driver, Hugh Morrison (age unknown), and shot him dead. Fitzgerald used Morrison’s stolen taxi to kidnap an 18 year old woman and her two children, and drove them to a motel. He raped the 18 year old in the motel room while her two children were watching tv. The family were spared and released, and Fitzgerald forced a couple to drive him to a courthouse with the intentions of committing suicide there. However, the attempt failed with his gun jamming, and he was captured by the police.
58. Kenneth Wilson (1993-1998, lethal injection): Wilson forcibly entered the home of his cousin's girlfriend, 31 year old Jacqueline Stephen, with a knife. He bound Stephen to a bed, and tied her 12 year old daughter and her daughter's 14 year old friend to the bed's posts. Wilson then made an attempt to rape Stephen, and cut her and the girls' throats. Stephen died at the scene, while both of the girls survived their injuries.
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2024.04.26 18:15 Jr999977 Comprehensive list of Bapa’s celebrity encounters

For historical purposes, I want to compile a list of celebrity connections bapa has. Everything in this list came from Bapa’s mouth. Feel free to add any I miss in the comments and I’ll update the list.
Casey Affleck - Came up to Brendan and pleaded with him to stop fighting, tearing up as he did so. He told Brendan, “You’re a smart kid and have too much going for you.”
Floyd Mayweather - Came up to Brendan at a restaurant and said “oh you’re the white boy who works too much.”
Adam Sandler - Came up to Brendan at the movie theatre and said “what’s up bro?” then said “You’re the ass kicker that tells jokes, right?” (Other variations not included)
Dave Chappelle - Came up to Brendan at the comedy store to talk “comedy and fighting.”Brendan then convinced Dave to throw away his vape because “they’re worse than cigarettes.” (but also didn’t in another version of the story).
Dennis Rodman - Came up to Brendan at a mall in Westfield and invited him to be on his podcast. Brendan turned him down because Dennis said they talk about “chicks” on his podcast.
Will Smith - Came up to Brendan at an Oscar party and asked if he would privately train with him. Brendan declined and said “nah I don’t hold mitts dawg.”
Robert Downey Jr. - Asked Brendan to train him in boxing
Head of North American Ferrari - Attended one of Brendan’s stand up shows, said he’s a big fan, and allowed Brendan to skip the waiting line to buy one of the new Ferraris.
Pete Davidson - Brendan said he and Pete are “boys”. Callen asked him where he sees Pete. Brendan stutters and says “the comedy store”. Callen notes that he’s at the comedy store a lot and has never seen Pete there once.
Margot Robbie - Brendan was working an event for E. As he waited for a car to pick him up Margot Robbie walked up next to him. He said she was also waiting for a car. Brendan said to her "long wait huh?" And she replied "yeah".
Travis Barker - Chased Brendan and Tiger down in his Porsche in the streets of LA, pulled up next to Brendan and yelled “yo what’s up bro?!”
Michael Irvin - Saw Brendan at a Super Bowl party and yelled “Schaub, get over here baby!” Then proceeded to grab Schaub, pull his head down and kiss him on the head.
Richard Simmons - Brendan was walking down West Hollywood in “tight jean shorts” and Richard pulled up in his car and yelled “heyyyyyyy where you going?!”. Brendan proceeded to run down the street.
The Rock - Told Brendan in an elevator that he’s a fan of him. Brendan replied “I wanna fucking fight you.”
Kanye West - This one is quite ambiguous. Brendan said “I know Kanye, I’ve talked to him” Callen asks, “he knows who you are?” And Brendan proceeds to say “I doubt it”
Aaron Rodgers - Casually mentioned in passing that he and Rodgers were in talks to be business partners for Tiger Thiccc. Never brought it up again.
Lead singer of imagine dragons - flew on the same plane as Brendan. Walked up and said “are you Brendan Schaub?”, then the two hit it off and chatted the entire flight.
Lewis Hamilton (F1 Racing Champion) - DM’d Brendan to talk about cars
Gypsy Rose Blanchard (girl famous for killing her mom) - DM’d Schaub. Unclear what was said.
Eminem - DM’d Brendan though it’s never said what they discussed, just that Eminem DM’d him first.
Rick Ross - DM’d Brendan to talk fish tanks.
Stephen Spielberg - Came up to Brendan at an In-and-Out burger bathroom and told him he’s a big fan, then offered him a cameo role in the next Indiana Jones film.
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2024.04.21 07:46 Kicker774 365 Reasons to Party

How many remember reading this entire poster while waiting on your parents at KMart?
January 1 - New Year's Day (as if you needed an excuse to party.)
January 2 - Maui International Surf Championships begin.
January 3 - Super Soakers appear on the market, 1991.
January 4 - The blender is invented, 1910.
January 5 - Tony Ferko sets a world record by juggling 7 ping pong balls with his mouth, 1987.
January 6 - The dorm room refrigerator is invented, 1956.
January 7 - The first ant farm is sold in America, 1958.
January 8 - Elvis Presley's birthday.
January 9 - Richard Nixon's birthday, 1913.
January 10 - In 1984, Wendy's spokesperson Clara Peller first asks, "Where's the beef?"
January 11 - Annual Snow Shovel Riding Contest, Ambridge, PA.
January 12 - The first Super Bowl occurs, 1967.
January 13 - Benedict Arnold's birthday,
January 14 - The Simpsons premiers, 1990.
January 15 - Chuck Berry's birthday, 1926.
January 16 - National Nothing Day, a day where you can celebrate not having to celebrate anything.
January 17 - The final episode of Bonanza airs, 1973.
January 18 - The original Morris The Cat dies, 1975.
January 19 - The front-hook bra is invented, 1951.
January 20 - George Burns' birthday, 1896.
January 21 - The microwave oven is invented, 1967.
January 22 - The first nude beach opens in the U,S.,1952.
January 23 - Tupperware is invented, 1942.
January 24 - John Belushi's birthday, 1949.
January 25 - Grand Rapids, MI becomes the first city to add fluoride to its water supply, 1945.
January 26 - Eddie Van Halen's birthday, 1957.
January 27 - Laverne and Shirley premiers, 1976.
January 28 - We Are The World raises hundreds of millions of dollars for starving Africans, 1985.
January 29 - Sweden becomes the first nation to curb the use of aerosol cans, 1978.
January 30 - The first fist fight in the U.S. House of Representatives occurs, 1798.
January 31 - The twist-off bottle top is invented, 1956.

February 1 - Fred Flintstone's birthday, 2 million B.C.
February 2 - Ground Hog Day.
February 3 - Thomas Crapper invents the first flush toilet,1837.
February 4 - Dan Quayle's birthday, 1947.
February 5 - New York becomes the first city to adopt 3-color traffic lights, 1952,
February 6 - Ronald Reagan's birthday, 1911.
February 7 - National Hangover Awareness Day.
February 8 - James Dean's birthday, 1931.
February 9 - The G.I. Joe doll is introduced, 1964,( Ken doll was invented, 1974) " F- G.I.Joe "
February 10 - The styrofoam cooler is invented, 1957.
February 11 - The "La-Z-Boy" chair is invented, 1948.
February 12 - Abraham Lincoln's birthday,1809.
February 13 - VJ Martha Quinn of MTV appears on the TV show The Bradys as Bobby Brady's fiancee,1990.
February 14 - Valentine's Day. (Go find someone to party with.)
February 15 - Valentine's candy goes on sale.
February 16 - Zsa Zsa Gabor's birthday (or National "Slap A Cop" day.)
February 17 - Michael Jordan's birthday, 1963.
February 18 - Vanna White's birthday,1957.
February 19 - The very first prize is inserted into a Cracker Jack box, 1913.
February 20 - Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day, when citizens are asked to go outside at noon local time and yell "Hoodie-Hoo" to chase winter away.
February 21 - Alka Seltzer is introduced, 1931.
February 22 - Julius Irving's birthday, 1950,
February 23 - The Tootsie Roll is introduced,1896.
February 24 - Wayne's World opens in American theatres,1992.
February 25 - Milli Vanilli wins a Grammy for "Best New Artist." (Oops.)1990.
February 26 - The first cartoon is shown in a movie theatre,1909.
February 27 - Elizabeth Taylor's birthday,1932.
February 28 - The last episode of M*A*S*H airs, with over 121 million viewers,1983.
February 29 - Leap Day.

March 1 - Roger Daltrey's birthday, 1944.
March 2 - In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in one basketball game.
March 3 - Harvard freshman, Lothrop Withington, Jr,, becomes the country's first goldfish swallower, 1959.
March 4 - Toothbrush bristles are changed from badger hair to nylon, 1938.
March 5 - The first breeding of a Great Dane and a Dachshund is performed, creating a "Great Dachshund", 1972.
March 6 - Ed McMahon's birthday, 1923.(I don't know how that is!)
March 7 - The Fourth Of July, Warsaw, Poland.(I wonder what part of "Fourth Of July" they didn't understand?)
March 8 - National Girl Scout Week begins.
March 9 - The Department of Agriculture declares ketchup a vegetable, 1981.
March 10 - The first confirmed octuplets are bornin Mexico, 1967.
March 11 - Lawrence Welk's birthday, 1903.
March 12 - The "Hell's Angels" are created, 1948,
March 13 - U2's Adam Clayton's birthday, 1960.
March 14 - The baseball cap is invented, 1860.
March 15 - The first baseball cap is worn backwards, 1860.
March 16 - Jerry Lewis' birthday, 1925.
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day.
March 18 - Leona Helmsley is sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax evasion, 1992.
March 19 - Chewing gum is invented,1871.
March 20 - The first official sighting of Elvis occurs, Butte, Montana, 1980.
March 21 - The first day of spring.
March 22 - New Kids On The Block and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles doll - sales exceed $1,8 billion, 1990.(Do you beleave that these caught on!)
March 23 - The Dixie Cup is invented, 1912.
March 24 - The first pine tree air freshener is introduced, 1971.
March 25 - Elton John's birthday, 1947.
March 26 - Martin Short's birthday, 1950.
March 27 - Liz Taylor's wedding anniversary.
March 28 - Liz Taylor's wedding anniversary.
March 29 - Liz Taylor's wedding anniversary.
March 30 - Eric Clapton's birthday, 1945,
March 31 - An easy listening radio station in Annandale, VA, is blown up, 1978.

April 1 - April Fool's Day.
April 2 - Velcro is introduced, 1978.
April 3 - Eddie Murphy's birthday, 1961.
April 4 - Tater Day (a day that celebrates the potato), Benton, Kentucky.
April 5 - The first issue of TV Guide goes on the market,1953.
April 6 - Bob Marley's birthday, 1945.
April 7 - The final episode of Star Trek airs, 1969,
April 8 - Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record, 1974.
April 9 - Dennis Quaid's birthday, 1954.
April 10 - World Crits Festival, St. Ceorge, South Carolina, 1992.
April 11 - The Equal Opportunity Commission regulates that sexual harassment of women is illegal in the work place, 1980.
April 12 - David Letterman's birthday, 1947.
April 13 - World Cow Chip Throwing Championship, Beaver, Oklahoma.
April 14 - Dungeons and Dragons is invented, 1974.
April 15 - The bottle opener is invented, 1738.
April 16 - The first test-tube baby is born, 1986.
April 17 - The Ford Mustang makes its debut, 1964.
April 18 - The first "Walk/Don't Walk" signs are installed in a city, 1955.
April 19 - Reading Is Fun week begins.
April 20 - National Lingerie week begins.
April 21 - Iggy Pop's birthday, 1947.
April 22 - Jack Nicholson's birthday, 1937.
April 23 - Summer begins in Ireland.
April 24 - Rattlesnake Derby (a snake racing contest), begins in Mangum, Oklahoma.
April 25 - Elvis Presley hits number one with Heartbreak Hotel, 1956.
April 26 - The largest bank robbery in the U.S.-$3.3 million-occurs in Tucson, Arizona, 1981.
April 27 - Wide World Of Sports premiers on TV, 1961.
April 28 - Jay Leno's birthday, 1950.
April 29 - Michelle Pfeiffer's birthday, 1962.
April 30 - National Honesty Day.

May 1 - May Day.
May 2 - Engelbert Humperdinck's birthday, 1936.
May 3 - James Brown's birthday, 1934.
May 4 - The final episode of Laverne and Shirley airs, 1983.
May 5 - 1,904 pound "Big Boy," the world's largest pig, is born, 1939.
May 6 - Babe Ruth hits his first major league home run,1915.
May 7 - Hard Rock Cafe's World Cup of Windsurfing Championships, Maui.
May 8 - Jim Morrison's birthday, 1943.
May 9 - The FDA approves the first public sale of contraceptive pills, 1960.
May 10 - U2's Bono's birthday (b.Paul Hewson), 1960.
May 11 - The chair is invented, 2181 B.C.
May 12 - George Carlin's birthday,1937.
May 13 - The U.S. Postal Service introduces postcards,1873.
May 14 - David Byrne's birthday,1952.
May 15 - DuPont announces "Nylon Day" where nylons replace silk stockings, 1940.
May 16 - Janet Jackson's birthday, 1966.
May 17 - The rubberband is invented,1845.
May 18 - National Visit Your Relatives Day.
May 19 - The first department store opens,1848.
May 20 - Cher's birthday,1946.
May 21 - Mr. T's birthday, 1952.
May 22 - The lucky rabbit's foot is first used, 600 B.C.
May 23 - The first Cliff Notes appear in schools,1953.
May 24 - Mary Had A Little Lamb is written,1830.
May 25 - The movie Star Wars is released,1977.
May 26 - John Wayne's birthday,1907.
May 27 - The first black light is sold in a novelty shop, 1961.
May 28 - The first Batman comic book is introduced, 1939.
May 29 - The first people reach the top of Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain, 1953.
May 30 - The compact disc is introduced, 1981.
May 31 - Clint Eastwood's birthday, 1930.

June 1 - The first Superman comic book is published, 1938.
June 2 - Jerry Mathers'(Beaver Cleaver) birthday, 1948.
June 3 - The world's first tattoo is performed, 208 B.C.
June 4 - The world record for Hackey-Sacking is set: 48,825 consecutive times, 1988.
June 5 - The first drive-in theatre opens, 1933.
June 6 - Dana Carvey's birthday,1955.
June 7 - (the artist formaly known as) Prince's birthday,1958.
June 8 - The first stolen car is reported,1896.
June 9 - The NFL and the AFL merge,1966.
June 10 - The first drive-thru restaurant opens in America, 1952.
June 11 - The first teenager drives backward through a drive-thru restaurant, 1952.
June 12 - Jim Nabors' birthday.
June 13 - The Ford Foundation launches a study to raise the cultural level of TV shows, 1951.
June 14 - Mr. Ed premiers, 1951.
June 15 - Jim Belushi's birthday, 1954.
June 16 - The first baseball game is played,1846.
June 17 - The Broadway musical "Oh! Calcutta!" opens, using the naked human body for the first time as a stage costume, 1969.
June 18 - Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space, 1983.
June 19 - Batman Returns opens in U.S, theatres,1992.
June 20 - Noxema is named, because it "knocks eczema" out, 1914.
June 21 - CBS introduces the first long-playing record, 1948.
June 22 - The day disco officially died, 1979.
June 23 - The day disco should have died, 1974.
June 24 - A new world record is set for spitting a watermelon seed 68 feet,9 1/8 inches, 1989.
June 25 - The tennis shoe is invented,1947.
June 26 - The first movie theatre in the U.S. opens, with 10 cent movies, 1896.
June 27 - The first sighting of flying saucers is reported in the U.S., 1947.
June 28 - The first dog show is held, Newcastle, England, 1859.
June 29 - The first remote control is sold with a TV, 1964.
June 30 - Mike Tyson's (#316394) birthday, 1966.(also my mom's)

July 1 - Dan Aykroyd's birthday, 1952.
July 2 - A new record is set for throwing a Frisbee 623.6 feet, 1988.
July 3 - The last episode of Bewitched airs, 1972.
July 4 - The Fourth Of July.
July 5 - The bikini makes its debut at a fashion show in Paris, 1945.
July 6 - Elvis Presley, 19, makes his first record, 1954.
July 7 - Rodger Woodward, 7, falls out of a boat and becomes the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls, 1960.
July 8 - Annual Chesapeake Turtle Derby (turtle races), Baltimore, Maryland,1992.
July 9 - Tom Hanks' birthday, 1956.
July 10 - Fred Gwynne's (Herman Munster) birthday, 1926.
July 11 - Nolan Ryan is the first major league pitcher to strike out 4,000 batters, 1985.
July 12 - For the first time, a woman is ordered to pay alimony to her husband, 1981.
July 13 - Live Aid raises money for Africa's starving people, 1985.
July 14 - Lightning strikes New York City power lines and leaves the city in the dark for 25 hours, 1977.
July 15 - Law is passed requiring health warnings on cigarette packages, 1965.
July 16 - The safety pin is invented,1849.
July 17 - Soviet and American astronauts meet in space to shake hands, 1975.
July 18 - A world record is set for catching a grape in your mouth: 319 ft,8in., 1980.
July 19 - The first personal ad looking for a spouse is printed,1695.
July 20 - Madonna poses nude in Playboy, (What else is new?) 1992.
July 21 - Robin Williams' birthday, 1952.(also mine different year)
July 22 - The first Sony Walkman goes on sale, 1979.
July 23 - Mel Gibson decides to become an actor, 1960.
July 24 - Instant coffee is invented, 1938.
July 25 - The lowest temperature ever recorded is noted, -129 deg,in Antarctica, 1983.
July 26 - The Hula Hoop becomes popular, 1958.
July 27 - The 1ast episode of Taxi airs, 1983.
July 28 - The Hustle hits #1 on disco charts, 1975.
July 29 - Don Juan opens, with the most kisses (127) in a single movie, 1926.
July 30 - The last reported sighting of Jimmy Hoffa is recorded, 1975.
July 31 - America's last Playboy Club closes, in Lansing, Michigan, 1988.

August 1 - The song Chopsticks is written, 1877.
August 2 - The elevator is invented,1743.
August 3 - Jay North's (Dennis The Menace) birthday, 1952.
August 4 - Federal income tax is first collected, 1862.
August 5 - American Bandstand premiers, 1957.
August 6 - Santa Monica Skate Board Championships begin.
August 7 - Borden is sued for a Cracker Jack box containing no prize, 1982.
August 8 - The All-American Polka Festival occurs in Vernon, New Jersey, 1992.
August 9 - The first Guinness Book of World Records is released, 1955.
August 10 - Minimum wage jumps from 75 cents to a dollar an hour, 1955.
August 11 - Hulk Hogan's birthday, 1953.
August 12 - The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published,1954.
August 13 - A world record is set for throwing a cow chip 266 feet,1981.
August 14 - Magic Johnson's birthday, 1959.
August 15 - Woodstock festival begins, 1969.
August 16 - Madonna's birthday (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone), 1959.
August 17 - Woodstock festival ends, 1969.
August 18 - People who passed out at Woodstock realize the festival ended yesterday, 1969.
August 19 - Bill Clinton's birthday, 1946.
August 20 - Robert Plant's birthday, 1948.
August 21 - The first house made entirely of recycled products is finished, Richmond, Virginia, 1973.
August 22 - Nolan Ryan is the first major league pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters, 1989.
August 23 - Supermodel Paulina marries Ric Ocasek. (Go figure.) 1989.
August 24 - Music videos are now on MTV, 1981.
August 25 - Elvis Costello's birthday, 1954.
August 26 - The first roller coaster is built in America, 1929.
August 27 - The first American vomits after riding a roller coaster,1929.
August 28 - Cher gets her third tattoo. (Location unknown.) 1990.
August 29 - Michael Jackson's birthday, 1958.
August 30 - The last episode of The Brady Bunch airs, 1974.
August 31 - The Beatles make their last concert appearance, 1966.

September 1 - National Chicken Month begins.
September 2 - The bowling shirt is invented, 1921.
September 3 - The first bowling league is formed in America, 1921.
September 4 - Dick York's (the first Darrin Stevens) birthday, 1928.
September 5 - Hijacking planes becomes illegal, 1961.
September 6 - The last episode of The Alfred Hitchcock show airs, 1965.
September 7 - The last episode of the Beverly Hillbillies airs, 1971.
September 8 - The first Miss America Pageant takes place, 1921.
September 9 - Elvis sings on The Ed Sullivan Show, but is only shown from the waist up, 1956.
September 10 - The last episode of Mr. Ed airs, 1965.
September 11 - Mork and Mindy premiers, 1978.
September 12 - The last episode of Leave It To Beaver airs, 1963.
September 13 - M*A*S*H premiers, 1972.
September 14 - Pope John IV abolishes the 1500-year-old custom of the circular haircut for monks, 1972.
September 15 - In 1968, Presidential candidate Richard Nixon goes on Laugh-In and says, "Sockit to me!"
September 16 - The first baboon heart is transplanted into a human, 1984.
September 17 - Gilligan's Island premiers, 1964.
September 18 - Adam West's (television's Batman) birthday, 1928.
September 19 - National Singles Week begins,
September 20 - The Addams Family premiers, 1964.
September 21 - Bill Murray's birthday, 1950.
September 22 - The ice cream cone is invented, 1903.
September 23 - Ray Charles' birthday, 1930.
September 24 - A world record is set for the longest kiss:17 days, 10 1/2 hrs., 1984.
September 25 - Heather Locklear's birthday, 1961.
September 26 - The Brady Bunch premiers, 1969.
September 27 - The answering machine is invented, 1950.
September 28 - The Beverly Hillbillies premiers, 1962.
September 29 - The Munsters premiers, 1964.
September 30 - The Flintstones premiers, 1960.

October 1 - NASA discloses that each astronaut's suit costs $3.4million.
October 2 - The first cartoon strip appears in a newspaper, 1896.
October 3 - A 327 gallon Pina Colada becomes the world's largest cocktail, 1988.
October 4 - Leave It To Beaver premiers, 1957.
October 5 - Ashley-Whippet Dog Frisbee Championships, Washington, D.C.
October 6 - Reverend Jim Bakker is found guilty, 1989.
October 7 - The first perfect World Series game is pitched by Don Larsen of the NY Yankees, 1956.
October 8 - Chevy Chase's birthday,1948.
October 9 - Clarence Birdseye, inventor of the frozen dinner, dies, 1956.
October 10 - David Lee Roth's birthday,1955.
October 11 - Saturday Night Live premiers, 1975.
October 12 - Columbus Day.
October 13 - Sammy Hagar's birthday, 1949.
October 14 - Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier for the first time, 1947.
October 15 - The first televised weather report airs, 1953.
October 16 - The first correct televised weather report airs, 1953.
October 17 - George Wendt's (Norm from Cheers) birthday, 1948.
October 18 - The FDA declares marijuana to be as dangerous as alcohol, 1967.
October 19 - End-Of-Hurricane-Season Celebration, Virgin Islands.
October 20 - The world's largest popsicle is assembled: 5,7501bs., 1975.
October 21 - The annual 48-hour Marx Brothers Film Festival, Tampa, FL.
October 22 - The first used-car dealership opens, London,1897.
October 23 - Johnny Carson's birthday, 1925.
October 24 - Int'l Red Bean & Rice Festival, Jackson, Mississippi, 1992.
October 25 - The Twilight Zone premiers, 1959.
October 26 - Minimum wage is raised from 40 cents to 74 cents an hour, 1949.
October 27 - Boxer shorts are introduced, 1901.
October 28 - The first ticker tape parade is thrown; it honors The Statue of Liberty,1886.
October 29 - The first American ballpoint pen goes on sale, NYC, 1945.
October 30 - World's Ugliest Pick-Up Truck Parade occurs in Chadron, Nebraska, 1992.
October 31 - Halloween.

November 1 - The first issue of Playboy is published in Chicago by Hugh Hefner, 1953.
November 2 - The first radio program airs, Pittsburgh,1920.
November 3 - Roseanne Barr Arnold's birthday, 1952.
November 4 - "Laika," becomes the first dog launched into space, 1957.
November 5 - A world record is set for 106 hours of belly dancing, 1984.
November 6 - Saxophone Day.
November 7 - Sadie Hawkins Day.
November 8 - The tube top is invented, 1975.
November 9 - The Berlin Wall is opened, and hundreds of thousands of East Germans run into West Germany, 1989.
November 10 - Sesame Street makes its TV debut, 1969.
November 11 - Demi Moore's birthday, 1962.
November 12 - The first known Happy Hour is held, Ireland,1745.
November 13 - Press-on fingernails are introduced, 1952.
November 14 - The juke box is invented, 1883.
November 15 - The annual Three Stooges Festival, Harrisburg, PA.
November 16 - The touch-tone phone is introduced, 1963.
November 17 - Danny Devito's birthday, 1944.
November 18 - Mickey Mouse's birthday, 1928.
November 19 - The pop tart is invented, 1965.
November 20 - Bo Derek's birthday, 1956.
November 21 - Emilio Onra, the first human cannonball, is launched, 1871.
November 22 - Rodney Dangerfield's birthday, 1921.
November 23 - Vincent Paxton sets a new world record by playing his guitar for 300 continuous hours, 1986.
November 24 - The "Who Shot J.R." episode of Dallas airs to an audience of 83 million, 1980.
November 25 - Christina Applegate's (Kelly Bundy) birthday, 1972.
November 26 - Tina Turner's birthday.
November 27 - The first 3-D movie, Bwana Devil, premiers, 1952. It's Thanksgiving
November 28 - Enrico Fermi, inventor of the atom bomb, dies, 1954.
November 29 - The first Army-Navy football game is played,1890.
November 30 - Dick Clark's birthday, 1929.

December 1 - The Pope declares that Catholics are allowed to eat meat on Fridays, except during Lent, 1966.
December 2 - Barney Clark receives the first artificial heart, 1982.
December 3 - The world's largest bar opens,1829.
December 4 - Deely Bobbers become one of the holiday's hottest selling items, 1982.
December 5 - Blue jeans are invented, 1880.
December 6 - In 1983, a world record is set for continuous whistling: 45 hours, 20 minutes.
December 7 - The first instant replay airs during a TV sports event, 1963.
December 8 - Kim Basinger's birthday, 1953.
December 9 - A total lunar eclipse occurs, 1992. (Go moon somebody.)
December 10 - The Mighty Mouse show premiers, 1955.
December 11 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles becomes one of the top money-making movies of 1990.
December 12 - Bob Barker's birthday, 1923.
December 13 - The clip-on tie is invented, 1928.
December 14 - The South Pole is discovered, 1911.
December 15 - Christine Jorgenson becomes the first person in history to have a sex-change operation, 1952.
December 16 - The first color TV program goes on the air,1953.
December 17 - The Wright Brothers make their first flight,1903.
December 18 - Steven Spielberg's birthday, 1947.
December 19 - The "I've-fallen-and-I-can't-get-up" commercial first airs, 1985.
December 20 - Louisiana Purchase Day, 1803.
December 21 - Phil Donahue's birthday, 1935.
December 22 - "Colo" becomes the first gorilla born in captivity, 1956.
December 23 - Congress passes a tax simplification guide which is 1,379 pages in length, 1985.
December 24 - Christmas Eve.
December 25 - Christmas.
December 26 - National "Return-All-Of-Your-Ugly-Christmas-Gifts" day.
December 27 - The last pair of bell-bottoms is sold, Wichita, Kansas, 1981.
December 28 - Snowboarding Championships, White Bluff Mountain, Colorado.
December 29 - The bowling ball is invented, 1862.
December 30 - The leisure suit officially goes out of style, 1976.
December 31 - New Year's Eve.
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2024.04.16 19:22 Leather_Focus_6535 The currently 31 offenders executed by Arkansas since the 1970s and their crimes (warning, graphic content, please read at your own risk)

Here is the list I pre wrote for Arkansas' execution roster since the 1970s reinstatement of the death penalty. The dates given here don't always correlate with time spent on death row, and are often more of a loose timeline of their criminal activities. For example, if an offender's first convicted offense was them stealing a car as a teenager, I often include that in the date. Another issue that needs to be addressed is many of these cases are extremely graphic in nature, so please read at your own risk.
Due to it being near finals for my classes, I'll probably delay releasing my lists for the remaining states of Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, Virginia, Oklahoma, and the still in progress Texas for the next few weeks. However, Georgia will likely be the next one I'll share here.
The currently executed 31 offenders:
1.John Swindler (~1977-1990, electric chair): Swindler was sentenced to death for the killing of a 30 year old policeman named Randy Basnett. Basnatt pulled over Swindler while he was driving a stolen car, and the latter fatally shot the former in the ensuring confrontation. Swindler was also responsible for the abductions and double shootings of a teenage couple, 18 year old Greg Becknell and 18 year old Dorothy Rhodes, and the killing of 25 year old Jeffrey McNerney was attributed to him despite failing to be convicted of it in court.
2.Ronald Simmons (1987-1990, lethal injection): Simmons massacred his family, which consisted of his 46 year old wife Bersabe, his 8 children (all between the ages from 7 to 26 years old, with the youngest being conceived through sexually abusing one of his daughters), his 33 year old son-in-law Dennis McNulty, his 23 year old daughter-in-law Renata, and 4 grandchildren (all between 3 to 7 years old, including the eldest who was also the aforementioned youngest child he fathered with one of his daughters). He murdered his relatives through shootings, strangulations, and drownings. After murdering his own family, Simmons opened fire on his workplace. Simmons killed 23 year old Kathy Kendrick, a co worker he sexually harassed, and 33 year old James Chaffi, a random customer, in his rampage.
3.Ricky Rector (1981-1992, lethal injection): When Rector and a group of his friends drove to a home style restaurant, one of his friends was denied entry for not being able to pay for a ticket. Enraged, Rector pulled out a gun and fired into the establishment. Two patrons were wounded, and a third, 33 year old Arthur Criswell, died from a hit to the throat. Rector went on the run for 3 days, until his sister and a police officer that was also a family friend, Bob Martin (age unknown), convinced him to surrender. Despite his promises of surrendering, Rector fatally shot Martin in the back when he turned to walk away from the scene. Rector's execution was a source of controversy, as he acquired a cognitive disability from a botched suicide.
4.Steven Hill (1984-1992, lethal injection): After escaping from the custody of a corrections facility, Hill and an accomplice broke into a nearby home. They tied up the elderly homeowners and intimidated them into complacency with rape threats. He almost murdered them until his accomplice talked him out of it. They then stole the couple's truck, and tried fleeing the scene. Responding police officers forced the two into bunkering in a nearby house. In the following confrontation, Hill shot and killed one of the officers, 39 year old Robert Klain.
5.Edward Pickens (~1975-1994, lethal injection): Pickens and two accomplices held up a grocery store at gunpoint. Two of them gang raped a 23 year old female clerk, while they cleared out the register and stole her diamond wedding ring. They then lined her, the store owner, and 7 customers on the ground, and shot them multiple times. Two of the hostages, Westley Nobles [the sources are very inconsistent on his exact age, and they range anywhere from 64 to 76 year old] and 31 year old James Scherm, were killed while the others survived their injuries. A third man, 33 year old Theordore Criner, was carjacked and shot in the head by Pickens' accomplices, and his car was used as a getaway vehicle in the robbery.
6.Jonas Whitmore (1986-1994, lethal injection): 62 year old Essie Black welcomed Whitmore inside her home to share her homemade cookies with him. He repaid Black's kindness by stabbing her 10 times and slitting her throat. Whitmore then ransacked her house and stole $250 in cash. On death row, Whitmore attacked Ronald Simmons for waiving his appeals, as he believed that him volunteering for execution would compromise his battle against his.
7.Hoyt Clines (1981-1994, lethal injection): Clines and 3 other men forced themselves inside the home of 47 year old Donald Lehman. They beat Lehman with a motorcycle chain and shot 3 him times in front of his wife and daughter. The assailants then stole $1,000 and several of Lehman's guns.
8.Darryl Richley (1981-1994, lethal injection): Richley was one of Clines' accomplices. He assisted him in murdering Lehman and robbing his family.
9.James Holmes (1981-1994, lethal injection): Holmes was the third member of Clines' gang. He also partook in the home invasion that killed Lehman.
10.Richard Snell (1983-1995, lethal injection): Snell was a militant of the white supremacist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSA). He shot and killed a pawn shop owner, 36 year old William Stumpp, on the mistaken belief that he was Jewish, and a police officer, 37 year old Louis Bryant, for being black. Prior to his murder sprees, Snell was also involved in a few failed terrorist attacks.
11.Barry Fairchild (1984-1996, lethal injection): Fairchild was convicted of abducting army nurse, 22 year old Marjorie Mason. According to prosecutors, he sodomized and shot her to death in a barn. Fairchild's death sentence and execution has been scrutinized, as there are strong accusations of police coercion and misconduct involved in the case. More specifically, the defense attorneys have alleged that Fairchild had a intellectual disability, which supposedly left him vulnerable to exploitation by investigators. Other questioned suspects have also claimed that they were beaten while detained by the officers.
12.William Parker (1984-1996, lethal injection): Parker shot his ex-wife's parents, 49 year old James and Sandra (age unknown) Warren, when he ambushed them while they were pulling out of their driveway. He blamed them for the disintegration of his marriage with their daughter and sought vengeance. A day after the killings, Parker kidnapped his ex wife, 27 year old Pam, and opened fire on police officers trying to intervene. Pam and an officer, 41 year old Mauris Feyen, were hit by Parker's gunfire, but both survived their injuries.
13.Paul Ruiz (1977-1997, lethal injection): Ruiz broke out of prison with his accomplice Earl Denton. He and Denton ambushed two park rangers, 55 year old Opal James and 27 year old David Small, and a marshal, 42 year old Marvin Richie, while on the run. They robbed Richie and the rangers of their wallets at gunpoint and abducted them. They tied their captives up with their own handcuffs, and shot them execution style. James and Richie were killed by gunshots to the head and neck respectively, while Small survived with a bullet wound to his chest.
14.Earl Denton (1977-1997, lethal injection): Denton was an accomplice to the above mentioned Ruiz. As discussed under Ruiz's section, Denton assisted him in the robbery abductions of two park rangers and a marshal while on the run from a prison breakout. He took part in the killings of two of their hostages, and the attempted murder of the survivor.
15.Kirt Wainwright (1988-1997, lethal injection): Wainright robbed a convenience store at gunpoint, and fatally shot the clerks, 37 year old Karen Ross and 28 year old Barbara Smith.
16.Eugene Perry (1980-1997, lethal injection): Perry held up a jewelry store owned by the Staton family. He tied up the owner, 53 year old Kenneth and his daughter, 24 year old Suzanne, and shot them both twice in the head at point blank range. After the killings, Perry stole up to $100,000 in jewelry.
17.Wilburn Henderson (1980-1998, lethal injection): Henderson broke into a furniture store owned by 50 year old Willa O'Neal and her husband. He shot Willa dead and took $41 from the cash register.
18.Johnie Cox (1989-1999, lethal injection): Cox tied up his step grandmother, 68 year old Marie Sullens, and two distant relatives, 34 year old Margaret and 32 year Billy Brown, in their home. He stabbed, strangled, and shot them all to death, and then burned down their house with their bodies inside.
19.Marion Pruett (~1981-1999, lethal injection): A few years after being released from a federal prison and placed in the witness protection program, Pruett went on a nationwide crime spree. In Mississippi, he abducted a loan officer, 43 year old Peggy Lowe, while robbing a bank and shot her to death. While robbing two convenience stores in Colorado, Pruett fatally shot two clerks, 24 year old James Balderson and 21 year old Anthony Taitt. The murder that got him condemned in Arkansas was 30 year old Bobbie Robertson, a clerk he kidnapped from a convenience store and shot dead. Pruett also beat his common law wife, 25 year old Pamela Barker, with a clawhammer and burned her body while stealing money for cocaine.
20.Mark Gardner (1985-1999, lethal injection): Gardner forced his way into the home of 60 year old Martha and 57 year old Joe Joyce, and bound them and their daughter, 31 year old Sara McCurdy. After he finished restraining his captives, he sexually assaulted Sara in front of her parents, and strangled all of them to death with a belt. He then ransacked the house, snatched jewelry, and drove away with the Joyces' car. While awaiting execution, Gardner raped Damien Echols, one of the accused West Memphis Three.
21.Alan Willett (1993-1999, lethal injection): Willett assaulted his 3 children, 17 year old Ruby, 13 year old Eric, 8 year old John, and his intellectually disabled brother, 43 year old Roger, under his care with a window weight in their trailer home. Eric and Roger were killed in the attack, while Ruby shielded John with her own body and dragged him and herself to the safety of a neighbor's house. Several teachers and a visiting pastor filled numerous complaints about the children's malnourished looking appearances and the family's filthy living conditions to social services before the murders, but were all dismissed by the investigating case workers.
22.Christina Riggs (1997-2000, lethal injection): Riggs poisoned her children, 5 year old Justin Thomas and 2 year old Shelby, with a combination of potassium chloride, amitriptyline sedative pills, and morphine. When that failed to immediately kill them, Riggs switched to suffocating them with a pillow.
23.David Johnson (1989-2000, lethal injection): Johnson duped Leon Brown, a 67 year old watchman, into letting him in the Little Rock Crate warehouse he was guarding. After entry, he beat Brown to death with a 2x4 lumber, stole a car, and drove off with Brown's body.
24.Clay Smith (1998-2001, lethal injection): Misty Erwin, Smith's 20 year old girlfriend, accused him of domestic abuse and initially requested police protection. However, she withdrew her complaints, and continued her relationship with Smith. A few days later, Smith shot Erwin, her cousin, 24 year old Shelley Sorg, Sorg's two children, 5 year old Sean and 3 year old Taylor, and a babysitter, 12 year old Samantha Rhodes, to death with his rifle.
25.Riley Noel (1995-2003, lethal injection): Noel's brother was previously killed in a drive by shooting, and he believed that 19 year old Yashica Young was responsible for setting up the murder. In retaliation, Noel and 3 other gang members broke into her family's home in search of her. They rounded up Yashica's younger siblings, 17 year old Marchell, 12 year old Mustafa, and 10 year old Malak Hussian, forced them to lie on the ground, and executed them with a shotgun. When Noel tried to do the same with the siblings' mother, 34 year old Mary, the gun jammed. She was able to wrestle the gun away, and chase Noel and his gang out of her home.
26.Charles Singleton (~1979-2005, lethal injection): While robbing York's Grocery Store, Singleton stabbed the owner, 19 year old Mary Lou York, twice in the neck.
27.Eric Nance (1993-2005, lethal injection): Nance found 18 year old Julie Heath broken down on the side of the highway. He lured her into his car with the offer of a ride. Nance then raped Heath and slit her throat with box cutters. On an unrelated side note, Heath's mother took her own life a year after the murder reportedly out of overwhelming grief.
28.Ledell Lee (~1989-2017, lethal injection): Lee was given a death sentence for the rape and murder of 26 year old Debra Reese, who was fatally struck 36 times with a tire thumper. He was also trialed for the murder of 22 year old Christine Lewis, but was acquitted from the inablity of the jury to reach a verdict. His execution is controversial due to the mixed results of a 2021 DNA test. More specifically, a DNA of an unknown man was found on the tire thumper (which was owned by Reese and her husband), but it still remained a "moderate" possibility that blood found on Lee's shoes could've belonged to Reese. Despite the DNA controversies, Lee had several unrelated rape convictions and accusations, and bills found in his possession had serial numbers that were traced back to money stolen from Reese.
29.Jack Jones (~1983-2017, lethal injection): In 1983, Jones abducted 20 year old Regina Harrison in Florida while she was going on a nightly bike ride. He raped and strangled her to death, and dumped Harrison's body in a nearby forest. Harrison's killing was originally pinned on Ronald Stewart, another sex offender with several previous rape convictions, until a DNA testing in 2019 proved Jones' responsibility. Jones committed his second verified murder in 1991, when he raped and strangled 32 year old Lorraine Barrett in her motel room. His last known murder occurred in 1995, when he broke in a home that 34 year old Mary Philps shared with her 11 year old daughter Lacey. Jones raped and strangled Mary to death, beat Lacey unconscious, tied the girl to a chair, and fled the residence.
30.Marcel Williams (1994-2017, lethal injection): Williams abducted 22 year old Stacy Errickson from a gas station, and forced her to withdraw money from a ATM. He then raped and murdered her through beating and strangulation attacks, and buried her body near the Arkansas River. Williams had a long history of sexual predations, and had at least two rape convictions prior to Errickson's murder.
31.Kenneth Williams (1998-2017, lethal injection): In 1998, Williams shot and killed 36 year old Jerrell Jenkins during a robbery. Days after Jenkins' murder, he kidnapped 19 year old Dominique Hurd and her boyfriend at gunpoint. After he forced them to withdraw money, Williams shot both of them. Hurd was killed in the shooting, while her boyfriend survived his injuries. A year later, Williams escaped from prison and broke into the home of 57 year old Cecil Boren. He stole one of Boren's guns and fatally shot him 6 times with it. Williams then stole Boren's wallet, jewelry, clothes, and other guns, and drove away in his truck. The following police chase caused a traffic collision that took the life of a delivery truck driver, 24 year old Michael Greenwood. Beyond his murder convictions, Williams also abducted a 39 year old woman, molested several children as a child himself, and was part of the Gangsters Disciples gang.
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2024.04.15 01:07 OShaunesssy I read former RAW writer Brian Gewirtz book over the weekend and was curious if this sub would be interested in some stories I pulled from there

I like to do random book reports on wrestlers and such I post in other subs and was curious if anyone here would appreciate these stories? If not let me know and I won't post here again.
It's one of the few wrestling books not presented in chronological order, so if you think it's odd this because I had to put it all in order myself. Each chapter is just random stories that jump back and forth from 1999 - 2015, so it was admittedly not easy to follow. I try to do all these reports in chronological order, though, so I did my best in that regard. But be warned, I may have messed up the timeframe on one or two occasions. I hope you can find something interesting...
Brian makes a quick joke about nepotism, but it's clear he kinda benefited from it. His uncle Howard Gerwitz is a moderately successful TV writer and producer with a ton of credits to his name from the 80s and 90s. Howard got Brian some of his early gigs, and while Brian tries to present himself as a naive kid who was giving good ideas and jokes to other writers, his uncle had to sit him down and tell him Brian needs to step up and that a lot of other writers would kill for his opportunities.
After several failed tv show writing credits, Brian found himself out of work and collecting unemployment for nearly a year. Until his sister, who worked at MTV, called him up, saying MTV is producing a ton of vignets for the SummerSlam 1999 ppv, and she got him the gig as writer for the vignets
While working those MTV vignets, he heard MTV wasn't happy that their exclusive match was just Hardy Boyz vs. Edge and Christian. I guess MTV got to air a match exclusively on their network and felt cheated when they didn't get Undertaker vs. Stone Cold.
Brian got to work with a ton of stars like Hardyz, Edge/Christian, Mick Foley, and Triple H, who he immediately got on the wrong side of. Brian didn't know Chyna would be there and so hadn't written anything for her. Brian says Triple H was very professional but was obviously annoyed and asked why Chyna had no lines.
Brian says he met The Rock for the first time here and kick-start a 2 decade-long partnership from here. Brian remembers how Rock read what Brian wrote for him, liked it, but then said the same thing he would say every single time Brian presented Rock material, "This is great, but how can we make it better?"
Brian says The Rock asked him to consider writing for the WWF and got him an interview. The first interview was basic "get to know you" with human resources. The next interview was with Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara. Brain calls Ed friendly, but he says Russo clearly just wanted it over with asap.
His next interview was with Shane McMahon, and while Brian says Shane is one of the warmest and nicest men he knows, his first impression was the opposite of that. Brian also remembers saying something about the Mets, to which Shane responded with "I'm a Yankees fan."
His final interview was with Vince McMahon, and Brian said they hit it off immediately, and it was like 2 old friends talking. Vince told Brian that the WWF would make him an offer he couldn't refuse. The offer was to write for their website, and Brian refused it.
Brian instead went to work on the show "Big Wolf On Campus" for the Fox Kids channel. (Side note: as a Canadian who grew up with YTV and Fox kids, this show was something of a guilty pleasure of my 11 year old self. Of course, Brian worked on it. I even did a dumb reddit post on it on the ytv retro subreddit group, lol.
After Russo and Ferarra jumped to WCW, Brian got a call back from WWF, and this time, as a writer for their tv shows.
Brian's first day was November 1st, 1999, and he remembers sitting in the production meeting and being uncomfortable because Vince didn't introduce him and about 60 wrestlers were staring at him and wondering what he was doing there.
The only other writer on staff was Tommy Blacha, and he took Brian under his wing. They had zero writing assignments, so they walked around with a pen and paper and asked random wrestlers if they needed help with a promo.
Brian remembers Tommy introducing him to everyone and even commenting on some people like, "No one knows what Sgt Slaughter does here."
After the show, he drove to the next town with Tommy, and the McMahon's, Shane driving, Vince in passenger, and Steph in the back with Tommy and Brian.
At one point, Vince said, "This is where we would dump your body if you did a bad job," and for some reason, Brian stupidly said, "Is that what happened to KoKo B Wear?" Brian said what followed was a very awkward and long silence.
Brian makes a note on the difference between writing WWE now and back then. He said he and Tommy would meet with Vince and Shane in Vince's hotel room the morning of the show and write the whole thing. Brian says Stephanie's job was to take food orders and say she wasn't a writer, but within a year, she would be head of creative.
Brian says if they were back in the hotel room on Monday night, they would put on WCW Nitro to laugh at while they planned the next show. He remembers Vince quoting a line from Nitro as hilariously bad whenever someone had a bad idea.
Brian remembers how one time Vince McMahon randomly said in a meeting, "What kind of name is AL Snow? That's awful!" And no one was talking about or bringing up Al Snow.
Brian remembers Vince once telling him that there was nothing funnier than someone stepping in dog shit, and if he could film an entire show of just that, he would.
Brian says in January 2000, Shane insisted on the writers learning what it's like to take a bump. They did a bit of basic stuff like a flat back and running the ropes, but Brian tapped out after 10 minutes. He says later, Bubba Ray Dudley gave him a powerbomb from the second rope as a bunch of wrestlers stopped watching. He says it knocked the wind out of him bad.
Brian says he got some of the boys to participate in Royal Rumble pools, where each guy would put $10 in the pot and pick a royal rumble number. If their number won, they would win the pot. At the 2000 Rumble, Al Snow was told he would be coming out at number 20, and Brian remembers Al just getting pissed off because number 20 was his Rumble Pool number. Brian remembers Al saying, "Ah shit, there goes $10 down the drain."
Brian says he got into a heated argument with Vince McMahon on Wrestlemania weekend in 2000 and was later told by Kevin Dunn to learn how to eat shit and like it.
One time, Brian used Vince's private office bathroom and accidentally locked himself in, missing a production meeting.
Brian remembers one time going over a promo with Degeneration-X and saying to them all, "Does anyone have any questions?" To which Billy Gunn replied with, "Yeah, who the fuck are you?"
Brian says he came up with the idea for The Rock to mock Triple H's speech cadence with the "uuuuhhh's" at the end of every sentence. He says Rock brought him to Triple H and Vince to suggest the idea and when it came time to demonstrate, Rock made Brian do it, saying, "Come on you do it like you did in the hallway, everyone was laughing!" Brian says his impression got a big laugh from Vince and nod from Triple H, but he could see the look on Triple H's face suggested otherwise.
Brian says he noticed Triple H started dropping the "Uuuhhh" pattern from his promos and thinks he deserves an apology. This is kind said tongue in cheek.
Brian says that Michael Cole would say the word "now" so much on air that Vince McMahon ended up fining Cole everytime he said the word, until Cole cut it out.
Brian says Triple H hated him from the start, and thinks the jokes about Stephanie McMahon that Brian wrote for Rock and Chris Jericho played a part in that. Brian remembers when Triple H was booked to lose to Brooklyn Brawler, that Triple H marched up to Brian backstage and said "This had to be you!"
Stone Cold didn't like Brian from the start, because Stone Cold left for a year the month that Brian started, and by the time Stone Cold came back, Vince was relying more on writers and Stone Cold even said in an interview with WWF Magazine that he wouldnt be taking orders from "some kid straight out of sitcom school."
Brian says most writers meetings would start with the question of "How is Stone Cold going to raise hell this week?" And Brian came to hate this because it felt forced. Vince wanted Brian to have a good relationship with Stone Cold but Steve was resistant at every turn. Austin would tell other guys like Bruce Pritchard and Micheal Hayes or later on Paul Heyman why he disagreed with an idea, but with Brian he would just say "Nope." And that was it.
Brian worked with The Rock on his legendary imitation promo leading up to the six man Hell in a Cell at Armageddon 2000. Brian said the promo pissed off the imitated guys quite a bit. In fact, he said Rock's exact words to Brian were, "Hey, great promo last night. By the way, the boys are fucking pissed!" After confirming with with Kurt Angle, whom Brian says he was friends with from the start, Brian realized he pissed off 5 top guys in one fell swoop. (I'd just say he pissed off 4 top guys and Rikishi)
Brian says he was known from that point on as a "Rock guy" and had a hard time working with other top stars like Stone Cold or Triple H.
Brian says Micheal Hayes and Bruce Pritchard joined the creative team in Feb 2001, though they worked in other roles prior to then. In JR's book, he describes Bruce as on the creative team as early as 1996 or 1997. Brian says Bruce was in Talent Relations prior to this, but according to JR that was only for a couple weeks between JJ Dillon and JR in the mid-90s.
Brian says he came up with the hilarious match finish where William Regal hit Big Show with the brass knuckles, only for Show to fall ontop of Regal and get the win.
Brian says he and Bruce Pritchard had to come up with backstories and personalities for all the XFL cheerleaders.
Brian remembers working on these awful vignents he and Bruce filmed with a bunch of XFL cheerleaders and players, saying he is still haunted by how bad they were.
Brian recalls an incident when Hayes and Pritchard tried to rib Brian, saying they are gonna tell Rock and Kurt Angle that Brian was bad mouthing them. An enraged Brain ended up slamming a hotel chair up against a wall. Stephanie told him the next day to take a couple days off. Brian says working nonstop on Wrestling and XFL stressed him to this point
In 2001, shortly after Wrestlemania that year, Brian remembers one day Edge gave him an action figure if The Flash superhero, but after Hardcore Holly saw this, the rumors started swirling that Edge & Christian were bribing writers for TV time. So Brian, Edge and Christian were hauled into "Wrestlers Court" to plead there case. "Wrestlers Court" was a silly concept where the boys would police themselves if someone backstage violated some unwritten rule, like a writer being friends with some of the boys. Brian found out about his "Wrestlers Court" hearing an hour before it happened.
Brian was warned by Stephanie McMahon that he should bring pizza and beer to "Wrestlers Court" so he got 1 large pizza and a six pack. Brian was shocked to find over 100 people present for "Wrestlers Court" including all the wrestlers, producers and even seamstresses and other random backstage officials.
One particular face present really pissed Brian off. It was fellow writer Jamie Morris, someone who started six months after Brian. Brian said this pissed him off so much, and so he marched up to Stephanie and told her Jamie has to leave. Brian said he would take his punishment but he won't have some asshole writer snickering in meetings and telling new writers about this. Brian said he was legit ready to quit. Brian says that to Stephanie's credit, she saw he was serious he was and had Jamie removed from the room.
Brian saw Triple H shaking his head in disgust at him as he sat next to Edge and Christian, with Brian trying to hide the 6 pack of beer under his chair. JBL was playing the role of "prosecution," Kane was the "baliff" and Undertaker was the "judge." JBL started by purposely mispronouncing Brian's last name trying to piss him off. Brian took the bait and told JBL to pronounce it right and then called this trial a sham. He expected a round of applause but instead was met with awkward silence and an even more pissed off Undertaker and Triple H.
Brian says Edge and Christian had been given a heads up because they had prepared a fake book as a gift titled "Edge and Christian's guide to kissing ass" and they got a big laugh from everyone. Brian was upset that they didn't warn him or invite him into their plan, because now all the heat had fallen on him.
Brian remembers Perry Saturn "testifying" at "Wrestlers Court" giving examples of all the times Brian failed to say hello or didn't shake Saturn's hand. Brian says he later imitated Saturn's testimony and that led to his moppy character arc. Brian says the moppy gimmick wasn't punishment of any kind and he genuinely thought it would get Saturn over.
Brian remembers XPac speaking as well and yelling a bunch of insults at Brian before Kane had to physically restrain XPac. Brian says he and XPac never got along, and again assumes it's because he wrote jokes for wrestlers to use against XPac in promos. Brian remembers one time he entered the male locker room and got yelled at by XPac because Brian wasn't talent. Brian remembers another time XPac yelled at Brian because Brian didn't recognize legend Lez Thatcher backstage once.
Hardcore Holly and Pat Patterson also testified with Holly detailing how he saw Edge give Brian the Flash toy and Pat screamed about Brian changes finishes to matches.
Paul Heyman testified about how Brian once said he didn't have to shake Funaki's hand. Brian explains how he had already greeted Funkai earlier that day but it didn't matter, it seemed like the writer was big shotting a beloved jobber.
Brian said he noticed Kurt Angle shaking his head in disgust because he was friends with Brian, but when JBL asked if Kurt wanted to speak, Kurt said no. Brian felt that was a betrayal. Brian said he also noticed Stone Cold get up and walk out of the room around this time. He thinks Stone Cold saw himself as above this silliness.
Undertaker dismissed the trial and afterwards Vince had a good laugh when he asked Brian how it went. Brian said it took him a while, but eventually he saw the honor in being the first writer ever sent to wrestlers court, that this is how the boys brought you in closer.
Pat Patterson later apologized to Brian for his remarks, with Pat saying he thought it was all a silly rib and didn't realize how upset some guys genuinely were. Paul Heyman later told Brian that the Dudley Boys had overheard their conversation about Funaki, so Paul felt like he had to say it first.
Brian would later ask Hardcore Holly if they were cool, to which Holly said "Fuck no!" And stormed off.
Brian quickly mentions how the guy who was managing the WWE restaurant in New York, actually stole over $400,000 while running the place until it closed down.
In 2002, after The Rock cut a scathing promo on NWO, where he called Kevin Nash, "Big Daddy Bitch" Brian says that Kevin Nash and Scott Hall were both pretty upset by the promo. Brian remembers how later when Nash got physical in the ring with Rock, there is a spot where he shoves Rock into the corner and screams in Rocks face, "Who's the bitch now!" Brian says Nash was legit hot over insult.
Brain seemed shocked when WWE announced a brand split and said there would be 2 creative teams, one headed by Paul Heyman, and one headed by Brian. Brian says he and Paul butted heads over everything and Paul would tell Brian, "It's okay we fight, I was hired to fight with you."
Brian and Paul heard the rosters for each show and considering how close Brian was to all the guys on SmackDown, he assumed that would be his show. All the guys on RAW were close with Heyman, so both guys were shocked when Vince gave RAW to Brian and SmackDown to Heyman. Brian thinks this was Vince trying to get each writer to get out of their comfort zones.
Brian said he pitched Stone Cold vs Brock Lesnar on free TV, citing how Hogan vs Andre at Shea Stadium in the early 80s didn't take away from their match at Wrestlemania 3. He says Vince and all the writers/ agents and producers debated this before Vince decided it was the right call. Obviously Stone Cold hated it and it was the breaking point to him walking out on the WWE. I've never heard it mention that it originally came from Brian though.
One time on a plane, Paul Heyman got so upset with Brian that he offered Brian 3 free punches to Paul, so long as Paul got just 1 free one after. Brian declined, despite an excited Shane McMahon offering to show Brian how to punch.
Brian says he was on a RAW conference call when someone randomly dropped out of the call. Everyone was accounted for so someone extra was listening in. The call was traced back to Paul Heyman's number, though Brian says Paul denies it was him.
Brian says he would mock and imitate Paul Heyman on those calls, and wonders how many times Paul was listening in. He also suggests that Paul was feeding dirt sheet websites disparaging information on Brian.
Brian says one time he pissed Paul off so much that Paul lunged at him and had to be pulled off. Stephanie McMahon ended up suspending both men for a week, with pay. Brian says Micheal Hayes tried to stick up for him and tell Stephanie that the incident was all on Paul.
Brian says he and Paul Heyman agreed that bringing back Vince Russo in summer 2002 was a mistake. Brian said he didn't think it relevant for his book, but lately Russo told a deranged version of the story where he met with "20 nameless and faceless writers" who all "buried me to Vince afterwards." In truth, Russo met with Brian, Heyman, Hayes, and Pritchard and pitched several bad ideas that Vince McMahon ended up hearing about and hating. Brian says Vince said to the writers, "I'm sorry I brought back that asshole." Brian says they didn't bury his ideas, but presented them as Russo did, and Vince hated them all.
Some of Russo's ideas included "bringing in Eric Bishoff to fued with Shane McMahon because everyone knows their real life heat." As well as "Stripping The Undertaker of his WWE Championship "because he isn't hip or cool and then having a tournament that RVD should win." He also suggested turning top heel Triple H babyface by reforming DX and bringing back Chyna. Russo didn't know the main event of Mania that year was Triple H vs. Chris Jericho and asked the writers what they thought of those 2 working a program together.
Vince wanted a big "cliff hanger" ending for the RAW Roulette episode in 2002, so he told the writers, "What if Triple H comes out after Kane wins the TLC match and calls him a murderer to end the show?" When they asked Vince what happens next, it sounds like Vince channeled his inner Ole Anderson when he said,"I don't know, you're the writers, you figure it out."
Originally Kane was to have "killed" a young developmental star named Shane Vick, but when Vince deemed Shane too green, they kept the name Vick, but used it on a fictional character whom they called Katie.
Brian remembers Triple H asking a million questions about the angle and telling everyone how stupid he thought it was.
Brian remembers seeing Kane, who is a pro and always 100% on board with ideas, die inside as they explained this new backstory to him where he had a high school girlfriend and he accidentally killed her. Brian says Stephanie was assigned to write the big promo that explained it and says she looked shell-shocked all day with that assignment.
Brian says he tried to point out in meetings how this new backstory contradicted Kane's previous backstory, but Vince blew those concerns off.
Brian also remembers how Vince was strangely obsessed with the idea of using Kane's semen in the story and promo.
Brian says no one objected when Vince pitched the idea of Triple H imitating Kane and having sex with a corpse. Brian said no one stood up to object, but everyone one of them should have.
Vince apparently wanted the segment to end with Triple H scooping some goop out of Katie's head and flinging it at the wall, before saying, "I just fucked your brains out!" Wow.
When they filmed the segment at a real funeral home, there was a real legit funeral happening down the hall. Brian says Triple H and Bruce Pritchard tried to save face by attempting to do it as over the top and silly possible, but Vince insisted on it being 100% serious.
Bruce Pritchard was the one who pitched Roddy Piper interfering in Hulk Hogan vs Mr McMahon match at Wrestlemania 19.
Brian remembers how tense Roddy and Vince got in rooms together, saying while they respected one another, it was clear they drove each other insane while talking anything over.
Brian says Rock turned heel after getting a lukewarm response to a prepared video he sent in when RAW celebrated the best Superstar of the decade by fan vote. Brian says Stone Cold winning the vote also helped push Rock towards deciding on the heel turn.
Brian says the Hurricane/ Rock stuff from 2003 was his idea and something he pushed after he bonded with Hurricane over their mutual love of comic books. Its stuff like this that leads credence to Hardcore Holly's issues with Brian imo.
In 2003, the night after Wrestlemania 19, Brian was working with The Rock and Goldberg, going over their planned confrontation for the show that night. Brian remembers how hesitant Goldberg was to do anything that someone else did before him. First, Brian and Rock pitched Goldberg and Rock standing face to face to soak in the crowd, but Goldber said, "I ain't Hulk Hogan." Then Brian pitched Goldberg starting on the ring to say his line, but Goldberg said, "I ain't Chris Jericho." So they settled on the two men circling each other in the ring because no one else had really done that one with The Rock before.
Brian says he was the one who pitched the lame Goldust/ Goldberg backstage segment where Goldust put his wig on Goldberg. Brian says that's an example of an idea looking better on paper than in real life.
Brian says Goldberg resisted almost every idea and kept asking them to just do what WCW did with him.
Brian remembers one time, Michael Hayes legitimately asked him "Do Jews celebrate Thanksgiving?"
Brian says he got to write the first Pipers Pit Segment in over a decade, with Vince as the guest. Brian says it was done old school, with guys going over a few points before calling it all on the fly in the ring. Brian remembers how Vince legitimately pissed Roddy off by pointing out his big gut, so Roddy responded by pointing out Vince's failures and said the only thing Vince was succesful at was the thing his daddy handed to him. He also called Vince "Junior" which Vince hated.
During the infamous "Diss the Diva" segment of the 2003 Diva Search Competition, one of the contestants called another girl a "cum-burping gutter slut" on live TV. (look it up, its fucking amazing they let these women loose on the mic like that) Brian says a few guys backstage were upset because they can't even call someone a "bitch."
Brian was put in charge of writing two segments at Wrestlemania 21, the Hulk and Eugene confronted by Muhammed Hassain and the Pipers Pit with Stone Cold. He quickly wrote up the Hogan slot before devoting all attention to the Pipers Pit segment.
Vince gave Brian 2 directives for the Wrestlemania 21 Pipers Pit segment, Brian was to keep them within their alloted time and Brian was to ensure no one swore. Roddy promised not to, but almost immediately he screamed "Bullshit" at the crowd. Brian and Vince were at Gorilla Position with headsets on when this happened. An irate Vince jumped up and yelled at Brian, "Did you know he would do that!?" When Brian said no, Vince slammed his own headset on the table and screamed "Fuck!"
Vince told Brian he had to scold Roddy afterward, and when Brian tried to, Roddy asked if "bullshit" was even a swear word before laughing it off.
In 2005, Brian was asked by Vince to write a full movie script for Eugene. They wanted it to be like "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" but with the wrestler Eugene. Brian said he spent months writing the first draft and finished up around SummerSlam 2005. That was the event where Eugene got squashed by Kurt Angle and the fans boo'd the shit out of the babyface. Plans for the movie were scrapped immediately.
Brian said he would try to avoid Wrestlemania after parties because as a writer, he would usually spend the whole party being cornered by various drunk wrestlers who were pitching ideas that would never make it to air.
Brian says when he pitched Edge slapping John Cena's dad, Cena just smiled and said, "So your gonna get a taste of Johnny Fabulous huh? Have fun." When Brian Googled John Cena Sr, he was shocked to find the man already worked the independents as "Johnny Fabulous" an over the top manager. When they filmed at the house, they couldn't get John Cena Sr to act normal, he just kept cutting over the top promos about beating up Edge with lines like "sending you over the moon with a baking spoon!" The next day when they showed Vince the footage, he honestly said, "This might be the worst thing we have ever done."
Both Brian and Bruce Pritchard produced the segment, but when Vince saw it, he just said to Bruce, "I'm very disappointed in you Bruce." Brian knew it was wrong, but he kept his mouth shut and let Bruce take all the blame.
Brian says he pitched Roddy Piper and Ric Flair winning the tag titles in 2006, because he wanted to see his childhood hero Piper with a title. He said it's the only time he pitched something just because he wanted to see it as a fan.
Brian also backs up everyone else's claim that the Cyber Sunday/Taboo Tuesday voting was 100% legitimate and something Vince insisted on, while plenty of people backstage thought they should rig the voting.
Brian says he was the one who pitched Mike Adamle as RAW GM in 2008. Brian says he pitched it as opposed to a heel or babyface GM, Mike was supposed to be the clueless, in over his head and maybe a tad offensive boss. Brian essentially pitched it like Micheal Scott from The Office being GM of RAW. The only issue? Mike Adamle wasn't a comedic actor nor near as talented as Steve Carell.
After Adamle was out, someone suggested the idea of a rotating GM position with various names and Stephanie McMahon pitched an idea of it maybe being a celebrity. Vince's eyes lit up as he said, "what about a new celebrity GM every week!" And thus, the terrible "Guest GM Era" of RAW was born. Vince wanted mainstream exposure from the concept.
Brian remembers being told by Jeremy Pivon's team prior to him coming in to host, that Jeremy wanted a big entrance and big pink robe. They later heard back that Jeremy Pivon hated everything they pitched in the script, including the pink robe.
Ken Jeong was worried about the bump he had to take where Cena would toss him from the ring into a bunch of wrestlers. Ken was assured that he would be caught, but of course his head hit the mat so hard he needed stitches. Ken was thrilled about it though and wore the stitches like a badge of honor backstage, showing them to everyone.
Brian says the day they brought Mike Tyson in as guest host, Tyson actually went missing for an hour or so very close to showtime. Turns out he was just getting stoned and didn't want to do it around his kids who he brought with him.
A writer at the time named Erik was a huge old school fan and had a magazine from the 80's which featured both Hulk Hogan and Mike Tyson on the cover with a hypothetical dream match being the centerpiece of the magazine. Erik brought it to the show after seeing Tyson signed a glove for Brian, and Erik asked Tyson to sign this 20+ year old magazine. Tyson flipped out when he saw it and said, "Oh my God! The magazine with me and Hogan! I've been looking for this for years! You don't mind if I keep this do you? Okay bye!" And Tyson walked off with the magazine before the writer could even respond. Brian says he feels bad but calls this one of the funniest things he was ever present for.
Brian remembers Vince McMahon and Michael Hayes being very excited when they got Cheech and Chong to come guest host.
Brian is a self admitted massive Price is Right fan so he was thrilled to write all the Price is Right segments. Bob Barker was there to promote his book and his animal charity. Vince made sure to have the book all over the screen and advertised, but initially pushed the segment promoting his animal charity group to WWE website instead. Bob wasn't happy with this and called them to his hotel when he made it clear this was a deal breaker. Brian called Vince and they got the segment back on the air.
Brian remembers Bob Barker being impressed by Brian who actually read his book.
Brian said Chris Jericho needed to be convinced on the idea of wearing his Price is Right nametag on his bare chest.
Brian says no one had anyone idea who the Anonymous RAW GM would be, with Vince just saying they will figure it out eventually. There was no end game.
One time Brian pitched the Anonymous GM speaking but using a Stephen Hawking type voice, but Vince McMahon had no idea who Stephen Hawking was. After Brian tried and failed at explaining the voice, Vince made Brian do the voice for the show and just imitate a robot. It sounded bad but Brian had fun with it and it made him appreciate how tough it is for the guys to follow the script and not improvise. Brian makes a comment here saying he hopes fully scripted promos just go away in the future and that the bullet point apporach is better. Not something you expect from a writer tbh.
Brian remembers one time Chris Jericho got NFL star Terrell Owens confused for rapper Ney-O and was upset that Owens didn't want to talk music with him.
When Stephanie McMahon was moved into a higher management role in 2010, Brian got her job but essentially crashed pretty hard. He couldn't handle the responsibilities of it as well as with it while also still trying to write. He ended up blowing off an important meeting so he could write, which resulted in him losing his new gig and being back to just writing the show.
At Survivor Series 2010, Brian had a line for Miz but Vince thought it was too sports related and they argued over it. It was a heated argument where they kept tension between Brian and Vince for weeks until Brian tried to bury the hatchet by pointing out the perception of the other writers. Vince reasoned with "Fuck them and fuck you too."
Eventually he and Vince sat down to discuss the issues and it was a heated hour long talk where Vince accused Brian of not being a team player and just trying to get his own shit in. Brian later found out that Vince started looking for Brian's replacement after that meeting, but also says he started looking for work elsewhere as well.
In 2010, The Rock called Vince and said he wanted to come "give back" to the WWE. Vince suggested a match and Rock said no. Hilariously enough, when Vince suggested a 3 year Wrestlemania main event story with a couple of matches, Rock said yes immediately. Brian doesn't say it, but it sounds like Rock's position on the Mania card was a big factor in whether or not he was coming back.
When The Rock came back to WWE in 2011, Vince said to Brian, "You get to work with The Rock on his promos. It's the easiest job in the world."
Vince didnt want to leak that Rock was coming back so they didn't mention his name in production meetings and Rock wasn't on the RAW call sheet for the night he came back. Apparently, John Cena wasn't even told that Rock was coming back.
Brian worked with Rock for his big promo when he came back and while he can't confirm this, he suspects John Cena wasn't too happy with it. He isn't sure whether it was the promo itself or how John wasn't told about the 3 year Mania plan beforehand.
A week after John Cena cut a rap style promo on Rock, the plan was to spoof a recent "Funny or Die" skit (the ome where Will Ferral gets insulted by a toddler) and have a 10 year old kid rap a bunch of insults at Rock and Cena. This was filmed the day before it was set to air, but when it came time to film, the father of the kid refused to let him say anything. So Rock improvised his own promo that came off as a little harsh towards Cena. Vince McMahon wasn't thrilled with the end result either.
Brian makes it a point to say that outside of WWE, he calls The Rock "DJ" but when they are at WWE shows, he calls him "Rock" like everyone else. I think Brian wants us al to know how close he and The Rock are.
Brian says Rock came up with all his catchphrases, except one. Brian said he thought of "The People's Stroudle," but it's clear Brian is mocking himself here.
Brian stresses that The Rock doesn't use scripted promos, but Brian and Rock come up with some fun lines and bullet points. Brian says he would stand behind the camera in backstage promos with "cue cards" of lines or bullet points for the Rock. The Rock wore shades, so you couldn't tell he was reading.
At a live event in Australia that year, Cena cut a blistering promo on Rock, calling him a liar for coming back and then leaving again. This legit pissed The Rock off, so he cut a scathing promo on Facebook and this legit pissed Cena off. Vince was pissed and told both guys to go radio silent on the other until they were back in the same ring together.
At Survivor Series 2011, the Rock sang a song backstage and had Brian hold the words up behind the camera for him. Brian fucked up and held the cards the wrong way so Rock had to remember the lines off the top of his head. It was nearly a disaster because it was a live promo at Madison Square Garden.
The first night Cena and Rock were in the same locker room together since Survivor Series a few months earlier, Cena and Rock went over their promos and Brian remembers it being cordial. Rock went out first, and in Gorilla, John was waiting for his cue when he spotted lines written on The Rock's arm, but Brian didn't think this was a big deal since Roddy Piper had done that back in 2003 when he returned. Cena figured because the lines were visible on the monitors, that it was fair game to talk about. Brian thinks Cena went too far by mentioning the lines in the promo, and while Rock played it off as cool, Brian knew Rock was pissed.
Brian says that after Cena called out Rock on live TV for the lines being on his arm, they stopped meeting beforehand to go over their promos or what would be said. Brian said it was his job to be the middle man and relay what each guy was planning to the other.
Brian criticizes Cena for undercutting Rock's seriousness in the ring with kids jokes and by smiling and laughing (no selling) everything Rock said. Brian said Cena only got serious on the mic once Rock left the ring.
One week when Rock couldn't be there, he cut a tapped promo, so Cena doctored his own custom Rock shirt that said "Bring It ... Via Satellite." When Cena got backstage he alledgedly whipped the tshirt at Brian who was sitting Gorilla. Brian says he still has the shirt.
When Cena did his Thugganomics rap, Brian sat watching with Rock, who smiled and said what he had planned that night would be better. Later that night The Rock did one of his Rock Concerts performances and Brian remembers watching from Gorilla and hearing Cena yell, "That's the Rock I've been wating for!" With a huge grin on Cena's face. Cena waited in Gorilla for Rock so he could personally congratulate Rock on the segment. Brian says the tensions cooled a bit following that night and the rest of their program went off with no issues.
Brian knew Rock was going back to Holywood after Wrestlemania 28 and he wanted to go with him. He reached out to Rock's business partner and heard of a production company they were starting soon. Brian was invited to be part of it when it was ready to go.
In October 2012, RAW got one of its lowest ratings of all time, so Vince panicked and wanted change across the board. They offered Brian 2 options, he could resign from WWE or take a consulting role with a reduced salary. Considering how Brian was just waiting for Rock's production company to start, he took the reduced salary role.
Brian takea a moment to dispute dirt sheet claims on him being forced out, how his consultant role was meaningless and how he had no say. He refutes all claims. He says Vince used a lot of his ideas or suggestions in this time.
Brian notes how the Cena/Rock return program in 2013 was a lot more cordial and enjoyable for all involved, with all that past tension and animosity gone. Cena and Rock have been friends ever since, according to Brian.
Brian says he wrote the Kane and Daniel Bryan therapy session segment from 2013, and it was inspired by Dr Evil's therapy session from the Austin Powers movie.
Brian says that Vince was paranoid about leaks going into Wrestlemania 30 with Hogan, Rock, and Austin all coming up to start the show. So he didn't tell Hogan about Rock or Austin coming out, just told Hogan to react appropriately to whomever interrupts him. Hogan had no idea that Rock and Austion would join him at Mania 30, according to Brian.
Brian remembers Stephanie McMahon once saying to Brian that she wished Vince listened to her, as he did to Brian.
Brian said one time Vince McMahon told him he loves confrontation so much that he looks forward to being pulled over by a cop.
Backstage at Wrestlemania 30, before the show started, The Rock told Brian that he heard Brock Lesnar would be ending the streak. It's interesting that Rock knew hours beforehand and was telling people, and it didn't leak.
Brian says that Triple H/ Stephanie vs Ronda Rousey/ Kurt Angle was originally planned with Rock as Rousey's partner with the seeds planted at Wrestlemania 31 where all 4 had a confrontation at the show. Rock's movie schedule put the nix on that, and eventually, they went with Kurt.
After spending several years working side jobs for Rock's production company, in mid-2015, Brian finally got the call that the production company is ready for him to come on full time. Brian's last day with WWE was June 29, 2015. Vince told Brian that he loved him when they said their goodbyes, and Brian was genuinely taken back by that.
Every wrestling book has several pictures included, Brian's book is the first and only book I've seen where one of these pictures is just a screenshot from a 2016 Reddit post on that Squared Circle sub (That I'm banned from) Someone made a post theorizing that Brian Gewertz wasn't a real person, and Brian found this funny. The post in question
Brian briefly shades Jim Cornette, who has publicly criticized having "comedy writers" in wrestling, since Jim got in trouble for making a bad racist joke on Tv a couple years before the book came out.
Brian spent 16 years working in WWE and was called the "Hollywood Guy" the entire time, now that he is back in Hollywood and working on shows like "Young Rock" he is known as the "Wrestling Guy."
Brian is greatful for his time in WWE because in Hollywood everyone always tries to act tough and intimidate you, but after a decade and a half of fighting with Vince McMahon, Brian feels like he can't be intimidated anymore.
Fun book, but not nearly as self-aware as I was hoping. I don't know if I'd recommend it, to be honest, but I'm glad I read it.
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2024.04.15 01:05 OShaunesssy Not sure if this sub will appreciate, but I read Brian Gewirtz book over the weekend and wanted to share some interesting stories. (Brian is The Rock's personal stooge/writer)

(If this type of content isn't for this sub, let me know, and I won't post here again. In the past, I posted here about The Young Bucks book, and it got some fun responses, but I understand this may not be the same)
Hey y'all, I love to do random wrestling book reports, and my latest one is someone this Sub may have an opinion on. The Rock's personal stooge/ writer, Brian Gewirtz, who worked for WWE for over 15 years.
It's one of the few wrestling books not presented in chronological order, so if you think it's odd this because I had to put it all in order myself. Each chapter is just random stories that jump back and forth from 1999 - 2015, so it was admittedly not easy to follow. I try to do all these reports in chronological order, though, so I did my best in that regard. But be warned, I may have messed up the timeframe on one or two occasions. I hope you can find something interesting...
Brian makes a quick joke about nepotism, but it's clear he kinda benefited from it. His uncle Howard Gerwitz is a moderately successful TV writer and producer with a ton of credits to his name from the 80s and 90s. Howard got Brian some of his early gigs, and while Brian tries to present himself as a naive kid who was giving good ideas and jokes to other writers, his uncle had to sit him down and tell him Brian needs to step up and that a lot of other writers would kill for his opportunities.
After several failed tv show writing credits, Brian found himself out of work and collecting unemployment for nearly a year. Until his sister, who worked at MTV, called him up, saying MTV is producing a ton of vignets for the SummerSlam 1999 ppv, and she got him the gig as writer for the vignets
While working those MTV vignets, he heard MTV wasn't happy that their exclusive match was just Hardy Boyz vs. Edge and Christian. I guess MTV got to air a match exclusively on their network and felt cheated when they didn't get Undertaker vs. Stone Cold.
Brian got to work with a ton of stars like Hardyz, Edge/Christian, Mick Foley, and Triple H, who he immediately got on the wrong side of. Brian didn't know Chyna would be there and so hadn't written anything for her. Brian says Triple H was very professional but was obviously annoyed and asked why Chyna had no lines.
Brian says he met The Rock for the first time here and kick-start a 2 decade-long partnership from here. Brian remembers how Rock read what Brian wrote for him, liked it, but then said the same thing he would say every single time Brian presented Rock material, "This is great, but how can we make it better?"
Brian says The Rock asked him to consider writing for the WWF and got him an interview. The first interview was basic "get to know you" with human resources. The next interview was with Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara. Brain calls Ed friendly, but he says Russo clearly just wanted it over with asap.
His next interview was with Shane McMahon, and while Brian says Shane is one of the warmest and nicest men he knows, his first impression was the opposite of that. Brian also remembers saying something about the Mets, to which Shane responded with "I'm a Yankees fan."
His final interview was with Vince McMahon, and Brian said they hit it off immediately, and it was like 2 old friends talking. Vince told Brian that the WWF would make him an offer he couldn't refuse. The offer was to write for their website, and Brian refused it.
Brian instead went to work on the show "Big Wolf On Campus" for the Fox Kids channel. (Side note: as a Canadian who grew up with YTV and Fox kids, this show was something of a guilty pleasure of my 11 year old self. Of course, Brian worked on it. I even did a dumb reddit post on it on the ytv retro subreddit group, lol.
After Russo and Ferarra jumped to WCW, Brian got a call back from WWF, and this time, as a writer for their tv shows.
Brian's first day was November 1st, 1999, and he remembers sitting in the production meeting and being uncomfortable because Vince didn't introduce him and about 60 wrestlers were staring at him and wondering what he was doing there.
The only other writer on staff was Tommy Blacha, and he took Brian under his wing. They had zero writing assignments, so they walked around with a pen and paper and asked random wrestlers if they needed help with a promo.
Brian remembers Tommy introducing him to everyone and even commenting on some people like, "No one knows what Sgt Slaughter does here."
After the show, he drove to the next town with Tommy, and the McMahon's, Shane driving, Vince in passenger, and Steph in the back with Tommy and Brian.
At one point, Vince said, "This is where we would dump your body if you did a bad job," and for some reason, Brian stupidly said, "Is that what happened to KoKo B Wear?" Brian said what followed was a very awkward and long silence.
Brian makes a note on the difference between writing WWE now and back then. He said he and Tommy would meet with Vince and Shane in Vince's hotel room the morning of the show and write the whole thing. Brian says Stephanie's job was to take food orders and say she wasn't a writer, but within a year, she would be head of creative.
Brian says if they were back in the hotel room on Monday night, they would put on WCW Nitro to laugh at while they planned the next show. He remembers Vince quoting a line from Nitro as hilariously bad whenever someone had a bad idea.
Brian remembers how one time Vince McMahon randomly said in a meeting, "What kind of name is AL Snow? That's awful!" And no one was talking about or bringing up Al Snow.
Brian remembers Vince once telling him that there was nothing funnier than someone stepping in dog shit, and if he could film an entire show of just that, he would.
Brian says in January 2000, Shane insisted on the writers learning what it's like to take a bump. They did a bit of basic stuff like a flat back and running the ropes, but Brian tapped out after 10 minutes. He says later, Bubba Ray Dudley gave him a powerbomb from the second rope as a bunch of wrestlers stopped watching. He says it knocked the wind out of him bad.
Brian says he got some of the boys to participate in Royal Rumble pools, where each guy would put $10 in the pot and pick a royal rumble number. If their number won, they would win the pot. At the 2000 Rumble, Al Snow was told he would be coming out at number 20, and Brian remembers Al just getting pissed off because number 20 was his Rumble Pool number. Brian remembers Al saying, "Ah shit, there goes $10 down the drain."
Brian says he got into a heated argument with Vince McMahon on Wrestlemania weekend in 2000 and was later told by Kevin Dunn to learn how to eat shit and like it.
One time, Brian used Vince's private office bathroom and accidentally locked himself in, missing a production meeting.
Brian remembers one time going over a promo with Degeneration-X and saying to them all, "Does anyone have any questions?" To which Billy Gunn replied with, "Yeah, who the fuck are you?"
Brian says he came up with the idea for The Rock to mock Triple H's speech cadence with the "uuuuhhh's" at the end of every sentence. He says Rock brought him to Triple H and Vince to suggest the idea and when it came time to demonstrate, Rock made Brian do it, saying, "Come on you do it like you did in the hallway, everyone was laughing!" Brian says his impression got a big laugh from Vince and nod from Triple H, but he could see the look on Triple H's face suggested otherwise.
Brian says he noticed Triple H started dropping the "Uuuhhh" pattern from his promos and thinks he deserves an apology. This is kind said tongue in cheek.
Brian says that Michael Cole would say the word "now" so much on air that Vince McMahon ended up fining Cole everytime he said the word, until Cole cut it out.
Brian says Triple H hated him from the start, and thinks the jokes about Stephanie McMahon that Brian wrote for Rock and Chris Jericho played a part in that. Brian remembers when Triple H was booked to lose to Brooklyn Brawler, that Triple H marched up to Brian backstage and said "This had to be you!"
Stone Cold didn't like Brian from the start, because Stone Cold left for a year the month that Brian started, and by the time Stone Cold came back, Vince was relying more on writers and Stone Cold even said in an interview with WWF Magazine that he wouldnt be taking orders from "some kid straight out of sitcom school."
Brian says most writers meetings would start with the question of "How is Stone Cold going to raise hell this week?" And Brian came to hate this because it felt forced. Vince wanted Brian to have a good relationship with Stone Cold but Steve was resistant at every turn. Austin would tell other guys like Bruce Pritchard and Micheal Hayes or later on Paul Heyman why he disagreed with an idea, but with Brian he would just say "Nope." And that was it.
Brian worked with The Rock on his legendary imitation promo leading up to the six man Hell in a Cell at Armageddon 2000. Brian said the promo pissed off the imitated guys quite a bit. In fact, he said Rock's exact words to Brian were, "Hey, great promo last night. By the way, the boys are fucking pissed!" After confirming with with Kurt Angle, whom Brian says he was friends with from the start, Brian realized he pissed off 5 top guys in one fell swoop. (I'd just say he pissed off 4 top guys and Rikishi)
Brian says he was known from that point on as a "Rock guy" and had a hard time working with other top stars like Stone Cold or Triple H.
Brian says Micheal Hayes and Bruce Pritchard joined the creative team in Feb 2001, though they worked in other roles prior to then. In JR's book, he describes Bruce as on the creative team as early as 1996 or 1997. Brian says Bruce was in Talent Relations prior to this, but according to JR that was only for a couple weeks between JJ Dillon and JR in the mid-90s.
Brian says he came up with the hilarious match finish where William Regal hit Big Show with the brass knuckles, only for Show to fall ontop of Regal and get the win.
Brian says he and Bruce Pritchard had to come up with backstories and personalities for all the XFL cheerleaders.
Brian remembers working on these awful vignents he and Bruce filmed with a bunch of XFL cheerleaders and players, saying he is still haunted by how bad they were.
Brian recalls an incident when Hayes and Pritchard tried to rib Brian, saying they are gonna tell Rock and Kurt Angle that Brian was bad mouthing them. An enraged Brain ended up slamming a hotel chair up against a wall. Stephanie told him the next day to take a couple days off. Brian says working nonstop on Wrestling and XFL stressed him to this point
In 2001, shortly after Wrestlemania that year, Brian remembers one day Edge gave him an action figure if The Flash superhero, but after Hardcore Holly saw this, the rumors started swirling that Edge & Christian were bribing writers for TV time. So Brian, Edge and Christian were hauled into "Wrestlers Court" to plead there case. "Wrestlers Court" was a silly concept where the boys would police themselves if someone backstage violated some unwritten rule, like a writer being friends with some of the boys. Brian found out about his "Wrestlers Court" hearing an hour before it happened.
Brian was warned by Stephanie McMahon that he should bring pizza and beer to "Wrestlers Court" so he got 1 large pizza and a six pack. Brian was shocked to find over 100 people present for "Wrestlers Court" including all the wrestlers, producers and even seamstresses and other random backstage officials.
One particular face present really pissed Brian off. It was fellow writer Jamie Morris, someone who started six months after Brian. Brian said this pissed him off so much, and so he marched up to Stephanie and told her Jamie has to leave. Brian said he would take his punishment but he won't have some asshole writer snickering in meetings and telling new writers about this. Brian said he was legit ready to quit. Brian says that to Stephanie's credit, she saw he was serious he was and had Jamie removed from the room.
Brian saw Triple H shaking his head in disgust at him as he sat next to Edge and Christian, with Brian trying to hide the 6 pack of beer under his chair. JBL was playing the role of "prosecution," Kane was the "baliff" and Undertaker was the "judge." JBL started by purposely mispronouncing Brian's last name trying to piss him off. Brian took the bait and told JBL to pronounce it right and then called this trial a sham. He expected a round of applause but instead was met with awkward silence and an even more pissed off Undertaker and Triple H.
Brian says Edge and Christian had been given a heads up because they had prepared a fake book as a gift titled "Edge and Christian's guide to kissing ass" and they got a big laugh from everyone. Brian was upset that they didn't warn him or invite him into their plan, because now all the heat had fallen on him.
Brian remembers Perry Saturn "testifying" at "Wrestlers Court" giving examples of all the times Brian failed to say hello or didn't shake Saturn's hand. Brian says he later imitated Saturn's testimony and that led to his moppy character arc. Brian says the moppy gimmick wasn't punishment of any kind and he genuinely thought it would get Saturn over.
Brian remembers XPac speaking as well and yelling a bunch of insults at Brian before Kane had to physically restrain XPac. Brian says he and XPac never got along, and again assumes it's because he wrote jokes for wrestlers to use against XPac in promos. Brian remembers one time he entered the male locker room and got yelled at by XPac because Brian wasn't talent. Brian remembers another time XPac yelled at Brian because Brian didn't recognize legend Lez Thatcher backstage once.
Hardcore Holly and Pat Patterson also testified with Holly detailing how he saw Edge give Brian the Flash toy and Pat screamed about Brian changes finishes to matches.
Paul Heyman testified about how Brian once said he didn't have to shake Funaki's hand. Brian explains how he had already greeted Funkai earlier that day but it didn't matter, it seemed like the writer was big shotting a beloved jobber.
Brian said he noticed Kurt Angle shaking his head in disgust because he was friends with Brian, but when JBL asked if Kurt wanted to speak, Kurt said no. Brian felt that was a betrayal. Brian said he also noticed Stone Cold get up and walk out of the room around this time. He thinks Stone Cold saw himself as above this silliness.
Undertaker dismissed the trial and afterwards Vince had a good laugh when he asked Brian how it went. Brian said it took him a while, but eventually he saw the honor in being the first writer ever sent to wrestlers court, that this is how the boys brought you in closer.
Pat Patterson later apologized to Brian for his remarks, with Pat saying he thought it was all a silly rib and didn't realize how upset some guys genuinely were. Paul Heyman later told Brian that the Dudley Boys had overheard their conversation about Funaki, so Paul felt like he had to say it first.
Brian would later ask Hardcore Holly if they were cool, to which Holly said "Fuck no!" And stormed off.
Brian quickly mentions how the guy who was managing the WWE restaurant in New York, actually stole over $400,000 while running the place until it closed down.
In 2002, after The Rock cut a scathing promo on NWO, where he called Kevin Nash, "Big Daddy Bitch" Brian says that Kevin Nash and Scott Hall were both pretty upset by the promo. Brian remembers how later when Nash got physical in the ring with Rock, there is a spot where he shoves Rock into the corner and screams in Rocks face, "Who's the bitch now!" Brian says Nash was legit hot over insult.
Brain seemed shocked when WWE announced a brand split and said there would be 2 creative teams, one headed by Paul Heyman, and one headed by Brian. Brian says he and Paul butted heads over everything and Paul would tell Brian, "It's okay we fight, I was hired to fight with you."
Brian and Paul heard the rosters for each show and considering how close Brian was to all the guys on SmackDown, he assumed that would be his show. All the guys on RAW were close with Heyman, so both guys were shocked when Vince gave RAW to Brian and SmackDown to Heyman. Brian thinks this was Vince trying to get each writer to get out of their comfort zones.
Brian said he pitched Stone Cold vs Brock Lesnar on free TV, citing how Hogan vs Andre at Shea Stadium in the early 80s didn't take away from their match at Wrestlemania 3. He says Vince and all the writers/ agents and producers debated this before Vince decided it was the right call. Obviously Stone Cold hated it and it was the breaking point to him walking out on the WWE. I've never heard it mention that it originally came from Brian though.
One time on a plane, Paul Heyman got so upset with Brian that he offered Brian 3 free punches to Paul, so long as Paul got just 1 free one after. Brian declined, despite an excited Shane McMahon offering to show Brian how to punch.
Brian says he was on a RAW conference call when someone randomly dropped out of the call. Everyone was accounted for so someone extra was listening in. The call was traced back to Paul Heyman's number, though Brian says Paul denies it was him.
Brian says he would mock and imitate Paul Heyman on those calls, and wonders how many times Paul was listening in. He also suggests that Paul was feeding dirt sheet websites disparaging information on Brian.
Brian says one time he pissed Paul off so much that Paul lunged at him and had to be pulled off. Stephanie McMahon ended up suspending both men for a week, with pay. Brian says Micheal Hayes tried to stick up for him and tell Stephanie that the incident was all on Paul.
Brian says he and Paul Heyman agreed that bringing back Vince Russo in summer 2002 was a mistake. Brian said he didn't think it relevant for his book, but lately Russo told a deranged version of the story where he met with "20 nameless and faceless writers" who all "buried me to Vince afterwards." In truth, Russo met with Brian, Heyman, Hayes, and Pritchard and pitched several bad ideas that Vince McMahon ended up hearing about and hating. Brian says Vince said to the writers, "I'm sorry I brought back that asshole." Brian says they didn't bury his ideas, but presented them as Russo did, and Vince hated them all.
Some of Russo's ideas included "bringing in Eric Bishoff to fued with Shane McMahon because everyone knows their real life heat." As well as "Stripping The Undertaker of his WWE Championship "because he isn't hip or cool and then having a tournament that RVD should win." He also suggested turning top heel Triple H babyface by reforming DX and bringing back Chyna. Russo didn't know the main event of Mania that year was Triple H vs. Chris Jericho and asked the writers what they thought of those 2 working a program together.
Vince wanted a big "cliff hanger" ending for the RAW Roulette episode in 2002, so he told the writers, "What if Triple H comes out after Kane wins the TLC match and calls him a murderer to end the show?" When they asked Vince what happens next, it sounds like Vince channeled his inner Ole Anderson when he said,"I don't know, you're the writers, you figure it out."
Originally Kane was to have "killed" a young developmental star named Shane Vick, but when Vince deemed Shane too green, they kept the name Vick, but used it on a fictional character whom they called Katie.
Brian remembers Triple H asking a million questions about the angle and telling everyone how stupid he thought it was.
Brian remembers seeing Kane, who is a pro and always 100% on board with ideas, die inside as they explained this new backstory to him where he had a high school girlfriend and he accidentally killed her. Brian says Stephanie was assigned to write the big promo that explained it and says she looked shell-shocked all day with that assignment.
Brian says he tried to point out in meetings how this new backstory contradicted Kane's previous backstory, but Vince blew those concerns off.
Brian also remembers how Vince was strangely obsessed with the idea of using Kane's semen in the story and promo.
Brian says no one objected when Vince pitched the idea of Triple H imitating Kane and having sex with a corpse. Brian said no one stood up to object, but everyone one of them should have.
Vince apparently wanted the segment to end with Triple H scooping some goop out of Katie's head and flinging it at the wall, before saying, "I just fucked your brains out!" Wow.
When they filmed the segment at a real funeral home, there was a real legit funeral happening down the hall. Brian says Triple H and Bruce Pritchard tried to save face by attempting to do it as over the top and silly possible, but Vince insisted on it being 100% serious.
Bruce Pritchard was the one who pitched Roddy Piper interfering in Hulk Hogan vs Mr McMahon match at Wrestlemania 19.
Brian remembers how tense Roddy and Vince got in rooms together, saying while they respected one another, it was clear they drove each other insane while talking anything over.
Brian says Rock turned heel after getting a lukewarm response to a prepared video he sent in when RAW celebrated the best Superstar of the decade by fan vote. Brian says Stone Cold winning the vote also helped push Rock towards deciding on the heel turn.
Brian says the Hurricane/ Rock stuff from 2003 was his idea and something he pushed after he bonded with Hurricane over their mutual love of comic books. Its stuff like this that leads credence to Hardcore Holly's issues with Brian imo.
In 2003, the night after Wrestlemania 19, Brian was working with The Rock and Goldberg, going over their planned confrontation for the show that night. Brian remembers how hesitant Goldberg was to do anything that someone else did before him. First, Brian and Rock pitched Goldberg and Rock standing face to face to soak in the crowd, but Goldber said, "I ain't Hulk Hogan." Then Brian pitched Goldberg starting on the ring to say his line, but Goldberg said, "I ain't Chris Jericho." So they settled on the two men circling each other in the ring because no one else had really done that one with The Rock before.
Brian says he was the one who pitched the lame Goldust/ Goldberg backstage segment where Goldust put his wig on Goldberg. Brian says that's an example of an idea looking better on paper than in real life.
Brian says Goldberg resisted almost every idea and kept asking them to just do what WCW did with him.
Brian remembers one time, Michael Hayes legitimately asked him "Do Jews celebrate Thanksgiving?"
Brian says he got to write the first Pipers Pit Segment in over a decade, with Vince as the guest. Brian says it was done old school, with guys going over a few points before calling it all on the fly in the ring. Brian remembers how Vince legitimately pissed Roddy off by pointing out his big gut, so Roddy responded by pointing out Vince's failures and said the only thing Vince was succesful at was the thing his daddy handed to him. He also called Vince "Junior" which Vince hated.
During the infamous "Diss the Diva" segment of the 2003 Diva Search Competition, one of the contestants called another girl a "cum-burping gutter slut" on live TV. (look it up, its fucking amazing they let these women loose on the mic like that) Brian says a few guys backstage were upset because they can't even call someone a "bitch."
Brian was put in charge of writing two segments at Wrestlemania 21, the Hulk and Eugene confronted by Muhammed Hassain and the Pipers Pit with Stone Cold. He quickly wrote up the Hogan slot before devoting all attention to the Pipers Pit segment.
Vince gave Brian 2 directives for the Wrestlemania 21 Pipers Pit segment, Brian was to keep them within their alloted time and Brian was to ensure no one swore. Roddy promised not to, but almost immediately he screamed "Bullshit" at the crowd. Brian and Vince were at Gorilla Position with headsets on when this happened. An irate Vince jumped up and yelled at Brian, "Did you know he would do that!?" When Brian said no, Vince slammed his own headset on the table and screamed "Fuck!"
Vince told Brian he had to scold Roddy afterward, and when Brian tried to, Roddy asked if "bullshit" was even a swear word before laughing it off.
In 2005, Brian was asked by Vince to write a full movie script for Eugene. They wanted it to be like "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" but with the wrestler Eugene. Brian said he spent months writing the first draft and finished up around SummerSlam 2005. That was the event where Eugene got squashed by Kurt Angle and the fans boo'd the shit out of the babyface. Plans for the movie were scrapped immediately.
Brian said he would try to avoid Wrestlemania after parties because as a writer, he would usually spend the whole party being cornered by various drunk wrestlers who were pitching ideas that would never make it to air.
Brian says when he pitched Edge slapping John Cena's dad, Cena just smiled and said, "So your gonna get a taste of Johnny Fabulous huh? Have fun." When Brian Googled John Cena Sr, he was shocked to find the man already worked the independents as "Johnny Fabulous" an over the top manager. When they filmed at the house, they couldn't get John Cena Sr to act normal, he just kept cutting over the top promos about beating up Edge with lines like "sending you over the moon with a baking spoon!" The next day when they showed Vince the footage, he honestly said, "This might be the worst thing we have ever done."
Both Brian and Bruce Pritchard produced the segment, but when Vince saw it, he just said to Bruce, "I'm very disappointed in you Bruce." Brian knew it was wrong, but he kept his mouth shut and let Bruce take all the blame.
Brian says he pitched Roddy Piper and Ric Flair winning the tag titles in 2006, because he wanted to see his childhood hero Piper with a title. He said it's the only time he pitched something just because he wanted to see it as a fan.
Brian also backs up everyone else's claim that the Cyber Sunday/Taboo Tuesday voting was 100% legitimate and something Vince insisted on, while plenty of people backstage thought they should rig the voting.
Brian says he was the one who pitched Mike Adamle as RAW GM in 2008. Brian says he pitched it as opposed to a heel or babyface GM, Mike was supposed to be the clueless, in over his head and maybe a tad offensive boss. Brian essentially pitched it like Micheal Scott from The Office being GM of RAW. The only issue? Mike Adamle wasn't a comedic actor nor near as talented as Steve Carell.
After Adamle was out, someone suggested the idea of a rotating GM position with various names and Stephanie McMahon pitched an idea of it maybe being a celebrity. Vince's eyes lit up as he said, "what about a new celebrity GM every week!" And thus, the terrible "Guest GM Era" of RAW was born. Vince wanted mainstream exposure from the concept.
Brian remembers being told by Jeremy Pivon's team prior to h8m coming in to host, that Jeremy wanted a big entrance and big pink robe. They later heard back that Jeremy Pivon hated everything they pitched in the script, including the pink robe.
Ken Jeong was worried about the bump he had to take where Cena would toss him from the ring into a bunch of wrestlers. Ken was assured that he would be caught, but of course his head hit the mat so hard he needed stitches. Ken was thrilled about it though and wore the stitches like a badge of honor backstage, showing them to everyone.
Brian says the day they brought Mike Tyson in as guest host, Tyson actually went missing for an hour or so very close to showtime. Turns out he was just getting stoned and didn't want to do it around his kids who he brought with him.
A writer at the time named Erik was a huge old school fan and had a magazine from the 80's which featured both Hulk Hogan and Mike Tyson on the cover with a hypothetical dream match being the centerpiece of the magazine. Erik brought it to the show after seeing Tyson signed a glove for Brian, and Erik asked Tyson to sign this 20+ year old magazine. Tyson flipped out when he saw it and said, "Oh my God! The magazine with me and Hogan! I've been looking for this for years! You don't mind if I keep this do you? Okay bye!" And Tyson walked off with the magazine before the writer could even respond. Brian says he feels bad but calls this one of the funniest things he was ever present for.
Brian remembers Vince McMahon and Michael Hayes being very excited when they got Cheech and Chong to come guest host.
Brian is a self admitted massive Price is Right fan so he was thrilled to write all the Price is Right segments. Bob Barker was there to promote his book and his animal charity. Vince made sure to have the book all over the screen and advertised, but initially pushed the segment promoting his animal charity group to WWE website instead. Bob wasn't happy with this and called them to his hotel when he made it clear this was a deal breaker. Brian called Vince and they got the segment back on the air.
Brian remembers Bob Barker being impressed by Brian who actually read his book.
Brian said Chris Jericho needed to be convinced on the idea of wearing his Price is Right nametag on his bare chest.
Brian says no one had anyone idea who the Anonymous RAW GM would be, with Vince just saying they will figure it out eventually. There was no end game.
One time Brian pitched the Anonymous GM speaking but using a Stephen Hawking type voice, but Vince McMahon had no idea who Stephen Hawking was. After Brian tried and failed at explaining the voice, Vince made Brian do the voice for the show and just imitate a robot. It sounded bad but Brian had fun with it and it made him appreciate how tough it is for the guys to follow the script and not improvise. Brian makes a comment here saying he hopes fully scripted promos just go away in the future and that the bullet point apporach is better. Not something you expect from a writer tbh.
Brian remembers one time Chris Jericho got NFL star Terrell Owens confused for rapper Ney-O and was upset that Owens didn't want to talk music with him.
When Stephanie McMahon was moved into a higher management role in 2010, Brian got her job but essentially crashed pretty hard. He couldn't handle the responsibilities of it as well as with it while also still trying to write. He ended up blowing off an important meeting so he could write, which resulted in him losing his new gig and being back to just writing the show.
At Survivor Series 2010, Brian had a line for Miz but Vince thought it was too sports related and they argued over it. It was a heated argument where they kept tension between Brian and Vince for weeks until Brian tried to bury the hatchet by pointing out the perception of the other writers. Vince reasoned with "Fuck them and fuck you too."
Eventually he and Vince sat down to discuss the issues and it was a heated hour long talk where Vince accused Brian of not being a team player and just trying to get his own shit in. Brian later found out that Vince started looking for Brian's replacement after that meeting, but also says he started looking for work elsewhere as well.
In 2010, The Rock called Vince and said he wanted to come "give back" to the WWE. Vince suggested a match and Rock said no. Hilariously enough, when Vince suggested a 3 year Wrestlemania main event story with a couple of matches, Rock said yes immediately. Brian doesn't say it, but it sounds like Rock's position on the Mania card was a big factor in whether or not he was coming back.
When The Rock came back to WWE in 2011, Vince said to Brian, "You get to work with The Rock on his promos. It's the easiest job in the world."
Vince didnt want to leak that Rock was coming back so they didn't mention his name in production meetings and Rock wasn't on the RAW call sheet for the night he came back. Apparently, John Cena wasn't even told that Rock was coming back.
Brian worked with Rock for his big promo when he came back and while he can't confirm this, he suspects John Cena wasn't too happy with it. He isn't sure whether it was the promo itself or how John wasn't told about the 3 year Mania plan beforehand.
A week after John Cena cut a rap style promo on Rock, the plan was to spoof a recent "Funny or Die" skit (the ome where Will Ferral gets insulted by a toddler) and have a 10 year old kid rap a bunch of insults at Rock and Cena. This was filmed the day before it was set to air, but when it came time to film, the father of the kid refused to let him say anything. So Rock improvised his own promo that came off as a little harsh towards Cena. Vince McMahon wasn't thrilled with the end result either.
Brian makes it a point to say that outside of WWE, he calls The Rock "DJ" but when they are at WWE shows, he calls him "Rock" like everyone else. I think Brian wants us al to know how close he and The Rock are.
Brian says Rock came up with all his catchphrases, except one. Brian said he thought of "The People's Stroudle," but it's clear Brian is mocking himself here.
Brian stresses that The Rock doesn't use scripted promos, but Brian and Rock come up with some fun lines and bullet points. Brian says he would stand behind the camera in backstage promos with "cue cards" of lines or bullet points for the Rock. The Rock wore shades, so you couldn't tell he was reading.
At a live event in Australia that year, Cena cut a blistering promo on Rock, calling him a liar for coming back and then leaving again. This legit pissed The Rock off, so he cut a scathing promo on Facebook and this legit pissed Cena off. Vince was pissed and told both guys to go radio silent on the other until they were back in the same ring together.
At Survivor Series 2011, the Rock sang a song backstage and had Brian hold the words up behind the camera for him. Brian fucked up and held the cards the wrong way so Rock had to remember the lines off the top of his head. It was nearly a disaster because it was a live promo at Madison Square Garden.
The first night Cena and Rock were in the same locker room together since Survivor Series a few months earlier, Cena and Rock went over their promos and Brian remembers it being cordial. Rock went out first, and in Gorilla, John was waiting for his cue when he spotted lines written on The Rock's arm, but Brian didn't think this was a big deal since Roddy Piper had done that back in 2003 when he returned. Cena figured because the lines were visible on the monitors, that it was fair game to talk about. Brian thinks Cena went too far by mentioning the lines in the promo, and while Rock played it off as cool, Brian knew Rock was pissed.
Brian says that after Cena called out Rock on live TV for the lines being on his arm, they stopped meeting beforehand to go over their promos or what would be said. Brian said it was his job to be the middle man and relay what each guy was planning to the other.
Brian criticizes Cena for undercutting Rock's seriousness in the ring with kids jokes and by smiling and laughing (no selling) everything Rock said. Brian said Cena only got serious on the mic once Rock left the ring.
One week when Rock couldn't be there, he cut a tapped promo, so Cena doctored his own custom Rock shirt that said "Bring It ... Via Satellite." When Cena got backstage he alledgedly whipped the tshirt at Brian who was sitting Gorilla. Brian says he still has the shirt.
When Cena did his Thugganomics rap, Brian sat watching with Rock, who smiled and said what he had planned that night would be better. Later that night The Rock did one of his Rock Concerts performances and Brian remembers watching from Gorilla and hearing Cena yell, "That's the Rock I've been wating for!" With a huge grin on Cena's face. Cena waited in Gorilla for Rock so he could personally congratulate Rock on the segment. Brian says the tensions cooled a bit following that night and the rest of their program went off with no issues.
Brian knew Rock was going back to Holywood after Wrestlemania 28 and he wanted to go with him. He reached out to Rock's business partner and heard of a production company they were starting soon. Brian was invited to be part of it when it was ready to go.
In October 2012, RAW got one of its lowest ratings of all time, so Vince panicked and wanted change across the board. They offered Brian 2 options, he could resign from WWE or take a consulting role with a reduced salary. Considering how Brian was just waiting for Rock's production company to start, he took the reduced salary role.
Brian takea a moment to dispute dirt sheet claims on him being forced out, how his consultant role was meaningless and how he had no say. He refutes all claims. He says Vince used a lot of his ideas or suggestions in this time.
Brian notes how the Cena/Rock return program in 2013 was a lot more cordial and enjoyable for all involved, with all that past tension and animosity gone. Cena and Rock have been friends ever since, according to Brian.
Brian says he wrote the Kane and Daniel Bryan therapy session segment from 2013, and it was inspired by Dr Evil's therapy session from the Austin Powers movie.
Brian says that Vince was paranoid about leaks going into Wrestlemania 30 with Hogan, Rock, and Austin all coming up to start the show. So he didn't tell Hogan about Rock or Austin coming out, just told Hogan to react appropriately to whomever interrupts him. Hogan had no idea that Rock and Austion would join him at Mania 30, according to Brian.
Brian remembers Stephanie McMahon once saying to Brian that she wished Vince listened to her, as he did to Brian.
Brian said one time Vince McMahon told him he loves confrontation so much that he looks forward to being pulled over by a cop.
Backstage at Wrestlemania 30, before the show started, The Rock told Brian that he heard Brock Lesnar would be ending the streak. It's interesting that Rock knew hours beforehand and was telling people, and it didn't leak.
Brian says that Triple H/ Stephanie vs Ronda Rousey/ Kurt Angle was originally planned with Rock as Rousey's partner with the seeds planted at Wrestlemania 31 where all 4 had a confrontation at the show. Rock's movie schedule put the nix on that, and eventually, they went with Kurt.
After spending several years working side jobs for Rock's production company, in mid-2015, Brian finally got the call that the production company is ready for him to come on full time. Brian's last day with WWE was June 29, 2015. Vince told Brian that he loved him when they said their goodbyes, and Brian was genuinely taken back by that.
Every wrestling book has several pictures included, Brian's book is the first and only book I've seen where one of these pictures is just a screenshot from a 2016 Reddit post on that Squared Circle sub (That I'm banned from) Someone made a post theorizing that Brian Gewertz wasn't a real person, and Brian found this funny. The post in question
Brian briefly shades Jim Cornette, who has publicly criticized having "comedy writers" in wrestling, since Jim got in trouble for making a bad racist joke on Tv a couple years before the book came out.
Brian spent 16 years working in WWE and was called the "Hollywood Guy" the entire time, now that he is back in Hollywood and working on shows like "Young Rock" he is known as the "Wrestling Guy."
Brian is greatful for his time in WWE because in Hollywood everyone always tries to act tough and intimidate you, but after a decade and a half of fighting with Vince McMahon, Brian feels like he can't be intimidated anymore.
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2024.04.06 23:44 Bpatt12 Stand up questions/advice

  1. Do comedy clubs like "The comedy store" and other A list clubs have a lite version? Meaning, are there clubs that exist outside of those iconic ones that function as a full time comedy dedicated venue? I ask because I'd like to work as a doorman/barker for a place like that but I live in Boston and am only aware of those famous venues that would have those kinds of jobs available. Or do those jobs exist at bars/restaurants that dually serve as comedy venues on weekends?
  2. What kind of day job do stand up comics typically have? Not people who do it as a hobby but people that are chasing their dream to become a standup and are only working to pay for living expenses? I can't imagine what kinds of work it would take to be able to live in NYC or LA while pursuing comedy.
  3. When I hear the term "doorguy at the comedy store" referenced on podcasts I never considered if that was a comedy specific occupation or not. Is that the only 'entry level' job that would get my foot in the door at a comedy club? I'd obviously like to be able to parlay that into stagetime at a later date but I have no idea how this process works.
i'm very new to this so any help would be appreciated.

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2024.04.05 04:10 DarkTower7899 DarkTower7899's List of games that will run on the GTX950, GTX1050, rx560, or faster. Over 3000 games!


Dark Age of Camelot

Heli Heroes

America's Army

Live for Speed

Medieval: Total War

Paradise Cracked

Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra

Crimsonland

One Must Fall: Battlegrounds

Premier Manager 2002/2003 Season

Line of Sight: Vietnam

MapleStory

Enter the Matrix

Pure Pinball

Colin McRae Rally 3

MotoGP 2

Midnight Club II

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight

Republic: The Revolution

AquaNox 2: Revelation

Kreed

No Man's Land

Homeworld 2

Conflict: Desert Storm II

Gun Metal

Halo: Combat Evolved

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

MTV Celebrity Deathmatch

Bionicle: The Game

Battle Engine Aquila

Dead to Rights

Need for Speed: Underground

Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance

Hot Wheels World Race

Premier Manager 2003-04

Armed and Dangerous

Beyond Good & Evil

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Airborne Troops: Countdown to D-Day

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

Kill Switch

Bad Boys: Miami Takedown

Battlefield Vietnam

Breed

Colin McRae Rally 04

Painkiller

Crusader Kings

I-Ninja

CSI: Miami

Beyond Divinity

Perimeter

Pac-Man World 2

Alias

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising

Codename: Panzers - Phase One

Asterix & Obelix XXL

Ground Control II: Operation Exodus

Mabinogi

Kreed: Battle for Savitar

Puyo Puyo Fever

Chaos League

Mashed

John Deere: American Farmer

Army Men: Sarge's War

Catwoman

Chessmaster 10th Edition

Medieval Lords: Build, Defend, Expand

18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal

Conflict: Vietnam

Chris Sawyer's Locomotion

Full Spectrum Warrior

Kohan II: Kings of War

Colin McRae Rally 2005

Evil Genius

Myst IV: Revelation

Aladdin Chess Adventures

Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude

Counter-Strike: Source

Club Football 2005

LMA Professional Manager 2005

Ford Racing 3

Men of Valor

Axis & Allies (2004)

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

FlatOut

Nexus: The Jupiter Incident

Children of the Nile

Need for Speed: Underground 2

Project Freedom

Pool Shark 2

Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge

MTX: Mototrax

Half-Life 2

Half-Life: Source

Fire Department 2

Jets'n'Guns

PC Fútbol 2005

Armies of Exigo

JBMod

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Bad Mojo Redux

Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone

Battlestrike: The Road to Berlin

Garry's Mod

Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure

Bratz: Rock Angelz

Garfield's It's All About Thinking Skills

John Deere: North American Farmer

Living World Racing

Playboy: The Mansion

Country Justice: Revenge of the Rednecks

Constantine

Project Snowblind

MVP Baseball 2005

Darwinia

GTR - FIA GT Racing Game

Act of War: Direct Action

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Driv3r

Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich

Close Quarters Conflict

CT Special Forces: Fire for Effect

Elite Warriors: Vietnam

Hellforces

Cold Fear

Dynasty Warriors 4: Hyper

Lego Star Wars: The Video Game

Psychonauts

Guild Wars

Dungeon Lords

Maniac Mansion Mania

7 Sins

Daemonica

Imperial Glory

Delta Force: Xtreme

Boiling Point: Road to Hell

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Cross Racing Championship 2005

Earth 2160

Area 51 (2005)

Pathologic

Juiced

Battlefield 2

Lula 3D

Fantastic 4

Midnight Outlaw: 6 Hours to SunUp

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Brian Lara International Cricket 2005

Codename: Panzers - Phase Two

Narcissu

Battle of Europe

Dead to Rights II

Dungeon Siege II

Night Watch

Neuro Hunter

JetFighter 2015

Conflict: Global Terror

Evil Dead: Regeneration

Fahrenheit

Fable: The Lost Chapters

Myst V: End of Ages

Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard

Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport

Day of Defeat: Source

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2

Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures

Garfield: Saving Arlene

Blitzkrieg 2

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood

Battlestrike: The Siege

Black & White 2

Rag Doll Kung Fu

GT Legends

Age of Empires III

F.E.A.R.

Adrenalin: Extreme Show

Call of Duty 2

Namco Museum 50th

Chaos League: Sudden Death

Ankh

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Gun

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Peter Jackson's King Kong

Peter Jackson's King Kong Gamer's Edition

Operation: Matriarchy

Combat Wings

Knights of the Temple II

Gene Troopers

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Hard Truck Apocalypse

Onimusha 3

Pac-Man World 3

Hammer & Sickle

Liquidator 2: Welcome to Hell

Catz

DMZ: North Korea

Dogz

John Deere: American Builder Deluxe

John Deere: American Farmer Deluxe

Kabus 22

Rat Hunter

MX vs. ATV Unleashed

25 to Life

Curious George

L.A. Rush

Bode Miller Alpine Skiing

Classic British Motor Racing

Jacked

Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords

Crashday

Dungeons & Dragons Online

PSI: Syberian Conflict

Empires

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

Commandos: Strike Force

Act of War: High Treason

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

Blazing Angels

Fire Department 3

Condemned: Criminal Origins

Dreamfall

Desperados 2

Over the Hedge

Evolution GT

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Darkstar One

Hitman: Blood Money

Half-Life 2: Episode One

Cars

NFL Head Coach

Micro Machines V4

OutRun 2006

Devil May Cry 3

FlatOut 2

Outlaw Chopper

CivCity: Rome

Pac-Man World Rally

GTI Racing

Reservoir Dogs

Call of Juarez

Faces of War

Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Alaskan Adventure

Caesar IV

Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales

Company of Heroes

Broken Sword 4: The Angel of Death

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel Special Edition

ParaWorld

Combat Wings: Battle of Britain

Ford Street Racing

Jaws Unleashed

LMA Manager 2007

El Matador

Mage Knight: Apocalypse

GTR 2 - FIA GT Racing Game

Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle

Heroes of Annihilated Empires

Death to Spies

Battlefield 2142

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Ankh: Heart of Osiris

Anno 1701

Neverwinter Nights 2

Dynasty Warriors Online Z

Paris Chase

Alarm for Cobra 11

Planet Alcatraz

Deal or No Deal

Made Man

Left Behind: Eternal Forces

D.I.R.T.: Origin of the Species

Arma: Armed Assault

Medieval II: Total War

Bionicle Heroes

Eragon

Happy Feet

Bass Pro Shops: Trophy Hunter

RACE - The WTCC Game

Harley-Davidson: Race to the Rally

L.A. Street Racing

Rayman Raving Rabbids

Alpha Prime

3D Instructor

Cinema Empire

Limbo of the Lost

Petz Horsez 2

Mr. Robot

Arthur and the Invisibles

Europa Universalis III

Ascension to the Throne

Battlestations: Midway

Chess Titans

Purble Place

Little Britain: The Video Game

Maelstrom: The Battle for Earth Begins

Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens

Myst Online: Uru Live

Marine Sharpshooter 3

Infernal

Jade Empire: Special Edition

Resident Evil 4

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

Bus Driver

Brian Lara International Cricket 2007

Left Behind: Tribulation Forces

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Ancient Wars: Sparta

Cellfactor: Revolution

Day Watch

Halo 2

Adrenalin 2: Rush Hour

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Helldorado

Bet on Soldier: Black-out Saigon

Hospital Tycoon

Colin McRae: DiRT

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Driver: Parallel Lines

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

Overlord

Ratatouille

Dead Reefs

Nitro Stunt Racing

A Tale of Two Kingdoms

Mountain of Faith

Need for Speed: Carbon

BioShock

7.62 High Calibre

Exodus from the Earth

Knytt Stories

Fantasy Wars

Blackwell Unbound

Medal of Honor: Airborne

ObsCure II

BMW M3 Challenge

Fortress Forever

Osu!

Ducati World Championship

Everlight: Of Magic & Power

Diabolik: The Original Sin

Portal

Half-Life 2: Episode Two

RACE 07 - Official WTCC Game

Rail Simulator

Hard to Be a God

Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition

Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge

Bee Movie Game

Clive Barker's Jericho

Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy

Escape from Paradise City

Cars Mater-National Championship

Avencast

Painkiller (all)

Hellgate: London

Empire Earth III

F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate

Gears of War

Dusk 12

BlackSite: Area 51

Beowulf

Crysis 1, 2, 3

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

Need for Speed: ProStreet

Petz Catz 2

A Farewell to Dragons

Hot Wheels: Beat That!

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

Ankh: Battle of the Gods

Deal or No Deal: Secret Vault Games

Flying Red Barrel: The Diary of a Little Aviator

Černaja Metka

Oval Office: Commander in Chief

FSR: French Street Racing

Conflict: Denied Ops

Kiss Before Midnight

John Deere: Drive Green

Audiosurf

Hour of Victory

Harvest: Massive Encounter

Operation Thunderstorm

Ninja Reflex

Lexus ISF Track Time

Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon

Assassin's Creed

Facewound

Europa Universalis: Rome

Citroën C4 Robot

Dream Pinball 3D

King's Bounty: The Legend

Project Torque

Elements of Destruction

Iron Man

Dracula: Origin

Ascension to the Throne: Valkyrie

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition

Mass Effect

Outcry

Nikita: The Mystery of the Hidden Treasure

Race Driver: Grid

Kung Fu Panda

Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

Rayman Raving Rabbids 2

Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

Insecticide

Petz Horsez 2 (2008)

Alone in the Dark (2008)

Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm

Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice

Beijing 2008

Devil May Cry 4

Dynasty Warriors 6

Marine Sharpshooter 4: Locked and Loaded

American McGee's Grimm

Drakensang: The Dark Eye

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage

Euro Truck Simulator

Bionic Commando Rearmed

Premier Manager 09

Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island

Enemy Engaged 2: Desert Operations

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals

Mount & Blade

Crysis Warhead

Ford Racing: Off Road

Lego Batman: The Videogame

Collapse

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Dead Space

Bully: Scholarship Edition

NHL 09

MorphX

Fallout 3

MySims

Petz Horse Club

007: Quantum of Solace

High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance

Madagascar

Petz Sports

Call of Duty: World at War

Evil Resistance

Left 4 Dead

Bolt

Legendary

Need for Speed: Undercover

Neopets: Puzzle Adventure

Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual

Crash Time 2

A Vampyre Story

Grand Ages: Rome

Grand Theft Auto 4 & 5

Prince of Persia

DYSNOMIA

Bundeskanzler

Cooking Academy 2: World Cuisine

Mirror's Edge

District Wars

Burnout Paradise

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

Art of Murder - Hunt for the Puppeteer

Art of Murder - Cards of Destiny

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix

Armed Forces Corp.

Ceville

Cryostasis

NecroVisioN

Empire: Total War

Codename: Panzers - Cold War

Men of War

Command & Conquer (all)

Hidden Target

Faerie Solitaire

Dark Sector

Monsters vs. Aliens

Ferrari Virtual Race

Elven Legacy

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Braid

King's Bounty: Armored Princess

Cogs

Demigod

Close Combat: The Longest Day

Mozart: The Conspirators of Prague

Death Track: Resurrection

Age of Pirates 2

Battlestations: Pacific

Killing Floor 1 & 2

Damnation

Restaurant Empire II

AI War: Fleet Command

Clutch

Delta Force: Xtreme 2

Light of Altair

Prototype

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

America's Army 3

Arma 2

Anno 1404

Overlord II

Battlefield Heroes

Droplitz

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Kodu Game Lab

Fuel

Battlestrike: Shadow of Stalingrad

G-Force

Divinity II: Developer's Cut

Guitar Hero: World Tour

Bionic Commando (2009)

East India Company

Ashes Cricket 2009

Death to Spies: Moment of Truth

Hearts of Iron III

100% Orange Juice!

Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures

Nation Red

Champions Online: Free For All

AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity

Drawn: The Painted Tower

Dawn of Magic 2

Pirate Hunter

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Mini Ninjas

Need for Speed: Shift

Red Faction: Guerrilla

Madballs in Babo: Invasion

Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

Resident Evil 5

Kitty Play

18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker

Black Mirror 2

Premier Manager 10

Pat & Mat

Lucidity

NBA 2K10

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Machinarium

CSI: Deadly Intent

Borderlands

Barbie and the Three Musketeers

League of Legends

Painkiller: Resurrection

Ninja Blade

Men of War: Red Tide

Manhunt 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 & 2

GM Rally

Dark Fall 3: Lost Souls

Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues

Gyromancer

Left 4 Dead 2

King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame

Crash Time 3

Metal Slug Collection PC

Musou Orochi Z

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game

Colin McRae: DiRT 2


Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword

Chronicles of Mystery - The Tree of Life

Greed: Black Border

Disciples III: Renaissance

Armored Hunter Gunhound

MechWarrior: Living Legends

Lethal Crisis

Combat Zone: Special Forces

Phase Shift

Pixeline: Jungleskatten

German Truck Simulator

Dark Void

Bob Came in Pieces

Mass Effect 2

Cursed Mountain

BioShock 2

Aliens vs. Predator (2010)

NecroVisioN: Lost Company

Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game

Napoleon: Total War

City Car Driving

Disco Tycoon

Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell's Adventure

Alice in Wonderland

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Assassin's Creed II

Double Spoiler

Metro 2033

Mount & Blade: Warband

Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West

Dark Void Zero

Fortix

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

Beat Hazard

Pac-Man Pizza Parlor

Eschalon: Book II

Collapse: The Rage

Blur

Alpha Protocol

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage

Puzzler World

Altered Beast (Genesis)

Ecco the Dolphin (2010)

Hotel Collectors Edition

Alien Breed: Impact

Jolly Rover

Nehrim: At Fate's Edge

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

Puzzle Dimension

Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4

APB Reloaded

Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent

Moonbase Alpha

Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge

Mytheon

Blacklight: Tango Down

Alien Swarm

Need for Speed: World

Rabbids Go Home

RefRain - Prism Memories

Croixleur

Fairy Wars

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

Black Sails - The Ghost Ship

Mafia II

Chime

Ferrari Virtual Academy

King's Bounty: Crossworlds

Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade

Alien Breed 2: Assault

Darksiders

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard

Lost Horizon

Dead Rising 2

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Final Fantasy XIV Online (2010)

Axel & Pixel

Front Mission Evolved

Agricultural Simulator 2011

Arcania: Gothic 4

Lost Planet 2

Medal of Honor (2010)

Fallout: New Vegas

DeathSpank

Lego Universe

Octodad

Bit.Trip Beat

James Bond 007: Blood Stone

Emergency 2012

Gray Matter

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Alien Breed 3: Descent

Poker Night at the Inventory

Perpetuum

MX vs. ATV Reflex

DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue

Nail'd

Disciples III: Resurrection

Bejeweled 3

IREM Arcade Hits

Greed Corp

Back to the Future: The Game

Clickr

Crash Time 4: The Syndicate

Pet Hotel Tycoon

18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker 2

Crimzon Clover

Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World

Monday Night Combat

Dead Space 2

Luxor 5th Passage

Magicka

Duty Calls: The Calm Before the Storm

Bird Assassin

Bulletstorm

Gemini Rue

Men of War: Assault Squad

Painkiller: Redemption

Bit.Trip Runner

Crazy Taxi (2011)

Dragon Age 1 & 2

Battle: Los Angeles

Cloning Clyde

Homefront

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Infinity Danger

Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

MIA (Mission in Asia)

Planet Stronghold

Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

Dino D-Day

Anomaly Warzone Earth

Black Mirror 3

Portal 2

Cargo! The Quest for Gravity

Operation Flashpoint: Red River

Hector: Badge of Carnage!

Capsized

Fortix 2

Faery: Legends of Avalon

Hydrophobia: Prophecy

Battle vs. Chess

Fable III

DiRT 3

Hunted: The Demon's Forge

Red Faction: Armageddon

Dracula: Love Kills

Duke Nukem Forever

Alice: Madness Returns

Dungeon Siege III

F.E.A.R. 3

Fruit Ninja

Puzzle Agent 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Breath of Death VII: The Beginning

Cthulhu Saves the World

IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover

Game Stock Car

E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy

Limbo

Pirates of Black Cove

Drakensang Online

Edge

Acceleration of SUGURI 2

Ether Vapor Remaster

Age of Empires Online

Bastion

From Dust

El Rock de tu Vida

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD

Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek

Driver: San Francisco

Dead Island

Call of Juarez: The Cartel

Men of War: Vietnam

Hard Reset

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

Nuclear Dawn

Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~

Fotonica

Blackwell Deception

MDK 2 HD

Orcs Must Die!

Costume Quest

Dungeon Defenders

Payday: The Heist

Airline Tycoon 2

Arcania: Fall of Setarrif

Disney Universe

No More Room in Hell

NCIS

L.A. Noire

CastleMiner Z

Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7

Nitronic Rush

Jurassic Park: The Game
Anno 2070

Moto Racer 15th Anniversary

Batman: Arkham City

AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome

Postal III

Afterfall: InSanity

Agricultural Simulator 2012

English Country Tune

Autobahn

Fractal: Make Blooms Not War

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

City Racing

FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

Final Combat

7554: Glorious Memories Revived

Q.U.B.E.

Lethal Crisis ProtoSphere

Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code

Doom & Destiny

Haunted Memories

Bridge Constructor

Metal Dead

Insane 2

Oil Rush

Deponia

King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame

Law & Order: Legacies

Analogue: A Hate Story

Gotham City Impostors

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Jagged Alliance: Back in Action

Crusader Kings II

Dear Esther

Alan Wake

Auditorium

Painkiller: Recurring Evil

Mass Effect 3

Mutant Storm: Reloaded

Lone Survivor

3SwitcheD

Rayman Origins

Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle

Blacklight: Retribution

Legend of Grimrock

Men of War: Condemned Heroes

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Disciples III: Reincarnation

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart

Blades of Time

A Valley Without Wind

Binary Domain

Nexuiz (2012)

Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage

Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants

Odysseus: Long Way Home

Diablo III

Game of Thrones

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Agricultural Simulator: Historical Farming

Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure

Mad Riders

Home (2012)

Max Payne 3

AFL Live

Brave: The Video Game

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Resonance

Beware Planet Earth

Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games

Blade & Soul

Endless Space

1953 - KGB Unleashed

La-Mulana

Howlville: The Dark Past

Anna - Extended Edition

Prototype 2

Cut the Rope

Orcs Must Die! 2

A Virus Named TOM

Awesomenauts

BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope for the Young Century

Darksiders II

Final Fantasy VII (2012)

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition

Jagged Alliance: Crossfire

I Am Alive

Intrusion 2

Borderlands 2

F1 2012

Jet Set Radio

Dogfight 1942

Castle Crashers

Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy

Little Racers Street

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

Cook, Serve, Delicious!

Dishonored

Retro City Rampage

Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition

Of Orcs and Men

R.A.W. Realms of Ancient War


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2024.03.26 00:16 DarkTower7899 Darktower7899's list of games for the AMD r7350/Nvidia 550ti or better.

*Updated 4/4/2024
-Added 500 more games. The count is over 1100 games!
DarkTower7899's list of games for r7 350/550ti or better.
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(S - Singleplayer)
(M - Multiplayer)
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Just Cause 3 and 4 [720p] (Third Person) S/M
Saints Row 1, 2, 3, and 4 [720p] (Third Person) S/M
Smalland [720p] (Looter Shooter) S/M
Borderlands 3 [720p] (Looter Shooter) S/M
Tiny Tina's Wonderland [720p] (Looter Shooter) S/M
The Witcher 3 [1080p] (RPG) S
Astroneer [1080p] (Adventure/Building) S
Cyberpunk 2077 [1024x768] With a hefty overclock I get 28fps on lowest settings. Without my overclock it was around 18.
Rune Factory 5 [1080p] (RPG/Adventure) S
Plague Inc [1080P] (Sim) S
Gorebox [1080P] (Sim) S
Journey to the Savage Planet [1080P] (Adventure/Exploration) S
Wreckfest [1080P] (Racing/Destruction Derby) S/M
Night of the Consumers [1080P] (Sim) S
Trash Sailors [1080P] S
FTL Faster Than Light [720p] S
10,000,000 [720p]
You Must Build A Boat [720p]
Valhiem [720p] (RPG) S
Valorant [720p] (FPS) S/M
Metro 2033 Remastered [720p] (Shooter)
FEAR 2 [720p] (Shooter) S
FEAR 3 [720p] (Shooter) S
Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9 originals [1080P] (RPG) S
Grounded [720p] (Survival) S/M
Only Up [720P] (Platformer) S
Assassin's Creed Rogue, Brotherhood, and Revelations [720p] (Action) S - Contributed by Klutzy-entertainer
Manhunt 1 and 2 [1080p] (Stealth) S - Contributed by Opening-Specialist97
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance [720p] (Action) S Contributed by Terrible_Movie8144
Resident Evil 2 Remake [720P] (Survival) S
Resident Evil 3 Remake [720P] (Survival) S
Red Dead Redemption [1080P] (RPG) S
Doom Eternal [720p] (Shooter) S/M
Animal Battle Revolt Simulator [1080P] (Sim) S
Epic Battle Simulator 2 [1080P] (Sim) S
Crysis 1 Remastered [720p] (Shooter) S/M
Crysis 2 Remastered [720p] (Shooter) S/M
Crysis 3 Remastered [720p] (Shooter) S/M
Goat Simulator 3 [1080p] (Sim, Adventure) S/M
Ice Age Scrat's Nutty Adventure [1080p] (Platformer) S
Bluey [1080p] (Puzzle, Kids) S/M
Carmageddon Max Damage [1080p] (Racing) S/M
Fallout 4 [1080p] (RPG) S
We love Katamari Reroll + [1080p] (Adventure) S
Attack on Titan 1 [1080p] (3rd person) S
Attack on Titan 2 [1080p] ( 3rd person) S
Juice Galaxy [1080p] (Adventure) S
Night of the consumers [1080p] (Sim) S
Falcon Age [1080p] (Adventure) S
Arcade Paradise [1080p] (Sim, Retro) S/M
Kingpin Reloaded [1080p] (Adventure) S
Guts and glory [720p] (Puzzle) S
Shadowrun (returns, dragonfall director's cut & Hong Kong) [1080p] (Cyberpunk, RPG) S - Contributed by Killdine
Battlechess [720p] (Board Game) S/M
Carnivores Dinosaur Hunter Reborn [720p] (Hunting) S
Contra Anniversary Collection [720p] (Shooter) S/M
Cuphead [720p] (Shooter) S/M
Hot Lava [720p] (Sim) S
Pikuniku [720p] (Platformer)
Summer in Mara [480p] (Adventure) S
Yooka - Laylee and the impossible lair [720p] (Platformer) S
Yooka - Laylee [480p] (Platformer) S/M
Borderlands 3 (with tweaks) [480p] (FPS/RPG) S/M
Carmageddon Max Damage [720p] (Racing) S/M
Fallout 4 [720p] (RPG) S
League of Legends [720p] (Strategy) M
Batman Arkham Knight [480p] (Fighting) S
Overwatch [720p] (Shooter) M
Fortnite [720p] (Shooter) M
The Escapists [720p] (Sim) S
Dirt 4 [720p] (Racing) S/M
Titanfall 2 [720p] (Shooter) S/M
Battlefield 1 [720p] (FPS) S/M
Civilization 6 [720p] (Sim) S/M
Doom 2016 [720p] (FPS) S/M
Just Cause 3 [720] (3rd) S/M
Battlefield 4 [720p] (FPS) S/M
The Elder Scrolls Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim [720p] (RPG) S
Might and Magic 6, 7, 8 [max res allowed] (RPG) S
Binding of Isaac (both) [Max] (RPG/ROGUE/ACTION) S
Warframe (free) [1080p] (Third person shooter) S/M
Mirrors Edge [1080p] (Action/FPS) S
Burnout Paradise [1080p] (Racing/Demolition) S/M
Call of Duty Modern Warfare, MW2, WAW, Black Ops, BO2 [1080p] (FPS) S/M
Borderlands 1, 2, pre-sequel [1080p] (FPS/RPG) S/M
Baldurs Gate 1, 2 [1080p] (RPG)S/M
Torchlight 1, 2 [1080p] (RPG) S/M
Bastion [1080p] (Action/Adventure) S
Unreal Tournament 2004, UT 3 [1080p] (FPS) S/M
BioShock 1, 2 [1080p] (FPS) 1ST - S 2ND - S/M
Spiderman 2 [1080p] (Action/Adventure) S
Lego Games (Marvel, DC, etc) [1080p] (Action/Adventure) S/M
Minecraft [1080p] (Building) S/M
Carmageddon 2 [max res allowed] (Racing) S/M
Doom 3 [1080p] (FPS/Horror) S/M
Quake 4 [1080p] (FPS/Horror) S/M
Road Rash [max res allowed] (Racing/Fighting) S
Red Nation [1080p] (Survival) S/M
Slime Rancher [1080p] (FPS?) S
Doom 64 (PC port) [1080p] (FPS) S
The Maw [1080p] (Action/Adventure/Puzzle) S
Tiny and Big Grandpa's Leftovers [1080p] (Action/Adventure/Puzzle) S
Crazy Taxi [1080p] (Racing?) S
Sonic Adventure DX [1080p] (Platformer) S
Sonic Generations [1080p] (Platformer) S
Mechwarrior (all) [1080p] (FPS/3PS) S/M
World of Goo [1080p] (Puzzle) S
Incredipede [1080p] (Puzzle) S
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic [1080p] (Action/RPG) S/M
Far Cry 1, 2, 3 [1080p] (FPS) S
Darkstone [1080p] (RPG) S
The Revenant [1080p] (RPG) S
Midtown Madness [max res allowed] (Racing) S
Elder Scrolls Online [720p] (MMORPG) S/M
Guild Wars 1, 2 [720p] S/M
Resident Evil 4, 5 [720p] (Action/Horror) S
Crysis 1,2,3 [720p] (FPS) S/M
Final Fantasy 7 [max res allowed] (RPG) S
All Half Lifes [1080p] (FPS/Action) S/M
Day of Defeat Source [1080p] (FPS) M
Left 4 Dead 1, 2 [1080p] (FPS) S/M
Team Fortress 2 [1080p] (FPS) M
Portal 1, 2 [1080p] (Puzzle/FPS) S/M
Civilization 3, 4, 5 [1080p] (RTS) S/M
Spore [1080p] (Creation/Adventure?) S/M
Chuzzle [max res allowed] (Puzzle) S
Bookworm [max res allowed] (Puzzle) S
Peggle [max res allowed] (Puzzle) S/M
Battlefield 2, 3 [720p] (FPS) S/M
Diablo 2 [max res allowed] (RPG) S/M
Aaaaaaaah A Reckless Disregard for Gravity [max res allowed] (Can't describe. Try it.) S
Alice Madness Returns [1080p] (Adventure) S
Audiosurf [1080p] (Music Simulator) S
Duke Nukem (all) [1080p] (3rd/FPS) S/M
Warcraft 1, 2, 3 [max res allowed] (Strategy) S
WoW [720p] (MMO) S/M
Starcraft 1, 2 [720p] (RTS) S/M
Lemmings [max res allowed] (Puzzle) S
Sine Mora [720p] (Side shooter) S
Carnivores 1, 2 [max res allowed] (FPS) S
Zoo Tycoon 2 [max res allowed] (SIM) S
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 [max res allowed] (SIM) S
Sims (all I believe) [720p] (SIM) S/M
Diner Dash [max res allowed] (Casual) S
Garry's Mod [720p] (Sandbox) S/M
Subnautica [720p] (BuildeExploration) S
Absu [720p] (Exploration) S
Quake 3 Arena [max res allowed] (FPS) S/M
Halo 1, 2 [1080p] (FPS) S/M
Star Wars KOTOR [1080p] (RPG) S
Star Wars Battlefront [1080p] (3rd) S/M
Goat Simulator [1080p] (SIM) S
Fortnite [480 - 720p] (3rd) M
Using Bluestacks all Android games. [480 - 1080p]
Betrayal In Antara [max res allowed] (RPG) S
Deadpool [1080p] (Action) S
Stalker 1,2,3 [1080p] (RPG/Action) S/M
Bit Trip Runner 1, 2 [720p] (Sidescroller) S
The Wonderful End of the World [720p] (Adventure/Puzzle) S
Super Meat Boy [720p] (Platformer) S
Gothic (all) [720p - 1080p] (RPG) S
Deer hunter [1080p] (SIM) S
Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter [1080p] (SIM) S
Amnesia [720p] (Horror) S
GTA 3, Vice, Andreas [1080p] (3rd) S
GTA 4, 5 (runs pretty bad but works) [480p] (3rd) S/M
Worms [max res allowed] (Strategy) S/M
Rayman Raving Rabbids [720p] (Party) S/M
Madballs Baboo Invasion [1080p] (Top down shooter) S/M
The Witcher 1, 2, 3 [720p] (RPG) S
Botanicula [max res allowed] (P&C Puzzle) S
Chuchel [max res allowed] (P&C Puzzle) S
Nights Into Dreams [max res allowed] (Adventure) S
Machinarium [max res allowed] (Puzzle) S
Hotline Miami 1, 2 [1080p] (Top down beat em up) S
Redneck Rampage [max res allowed] (FPS) S
Serious Sam 1, 2 [720p] (FPS) S/M
Turok 2 EX [1080p] (FPS) S/M
F.E.A.R [1080p] (FPS) S/M
Just Cause 2 [1080p] (Action/adventure) S/M
Red Faction Guerrilla, Armageddon [1080p] (Action/Adventure) S/M
Dungeon Siege 1,2,3 [1080p] (RPG) S
Pinball FX 1, 2 [1080p] (Sports) S
Counter Strike Source, GO [720p] (FPS) M
Dead Space [720p] (3rd/ Horror) S
Dota 2 [720p] (Competitive) M
Magicka [1080p] (RPG) S/M
Mount and Blade [1080p] (Action) S
Plants vs Zombies [max res allowed] (Casual) S
Terraria [max res allowed] (Building) S
Titan Quest [1080p] (RPG) S
Vampire The Masquerade [1080p] (RPG) S
Wolfenstein, Wolf 3D [1080p] (FPS) S/M
Zombie Driver [720p] (Racing) S
Limbo [max res allowed] (Adventure) S
Devil May Cry 1,2,3, [720p] (Beat em up) S
Homefront [720p] (FPS) S/M
Fallout 1, 2, 3, Tactics, New Vegas [720p] (RPG) S
Devil May Cry 4 [720p] (Beat em up) S
Age of Empires (all) [720p] (RTS) S/M
Ceasar (all) [1080p] (RTS) S
Lost Planet 2 [720p] (3rd) S/M
Batman (all) [720p] (Beat em up) S
Viper Racing [max res allowed] (Racing) S
Typershark Deluxe [max res allowed] (Learning) S
Tomb Raider (2013) [720p] (Action/Adventure) S
System Shock [max res allowed] (FPS) S
Deus Ex (all) [720p] (FPS) S
Fuel [720p] (Racing) S/M
Stardew Valley [720p]
Portal Knights [720p]
Mass Effect (all) [720p] (RPG) S
Hearts of Iron [max res allowed]
Factorio [max res allowed]
Europe Universalis [max res allowed]
MDK [max res allowed] (3rd) S
Kingpin Life of Crime [max res allowed] (FPS) S
Sonic Racing [720p] (Racing) S/M
Destruction Derby [720p] (Racing) S/M
Flatout 1, 2 [720p] (Racing) S/M
Redgaurd (GOG version is garbage) [max res allowed] (Action/Adventure) S
Battlespire [max res allowed] (Action/Adventure) S
Battlezone [max res allowed] (3rd) S/M
Metro 2033 (dont know about redux) [720p] (Action/Adventure) S
Metro Last Light (don't know about redux) [720p] (Action/Adventure) S
World of Tanks (free) [720p] (3rd) M
Mcpixel [max res allowed]
Descent 1, 2, 3 [max res allowed] (FPS) S
Shadow Man [max res allowed] (Action) S
Ghostbusters [720p] (Action) S
Toy story 2, 3 [720p] (Action/Adventure) S/M
Wall - E [1080p] (Action/Adventure) S/M
Arcania [720p] (RPG) S
A Bugs Life [max res allowed] (Action/Adventure) S
Spore [720p] (RPG/Creation) S/M
Centipede [1080p] (Shooter) S
Virtual Deep Sea Fishing 1, 2 [max res allowed] (SIM) S
Samorost 1,2,3 [max res allowed] (P&C Puzzle) S
Loaded [max res allowed] (Top down shooter) S/M
Reloaded [max res allowed] (Top down shooter) S/M
Oregon Trail [max res allowed] (SIM) S
Pirates [max res allowed]
Bulletstorm [720p] (FPS) S
Max Payne (all) [720p] (3RD) S
Arma 2, 3 [720p]
Bioshock Infinite [720p] (low fps) (FPS) S
Call of Duty Ghosts [720p](FPS) S
Gears of War [720p] (3RD) S/M
Killing Floor [720p] (FPS) S/M
Sniper Elite 4 [720p] (FPS) S
Warface [720p] (FPS) M
Sleeping Dogs [480p] (3RD) S
Resident Evil 6 [720p] (Action/Horror) S
Overwatch [480p] (FPS) M
Dishonored [720p] (FPS) S
Awesomenauts [720p]
Bully [1080p] (Adventure) S
Dungeon Siege 1,2,3 [720p - 1080p] (Action/RPG) S
Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning [720p] (RPG) S
Might and Magic Heroes 1,2,3,4,5 [480 - 720p] (RTS) S
Geometry Wars [720p] (Shooter) S
Rock of Ages [720p] (3rd) S
Trine 1,2 [720p] (Action/Adventure) S
Lord of the Rings Online [720p] (MMORPG) M
Darksiders 1,2 [480p - 720p] (Action/RPG) S
Endless Space [720p] (Action) S/M
Fifa (16 and below) (Sports) S/M
Star Trek Online [720p] (MMORPG) M
Warhammer 40k [720p] (Strategy) S
Warhammer Online [720p]
Hitman 1,2,3,4,5 [1080p] (3rd) S
Might and Magic X [720p] (RPG) S
Kerbal Space Program [720p] (SIM) S
Universe Simulator [720p] (SIM) S
Prince of Persia (2008) [480p] (Adventure/Platformer) S
Strong Bad's Cool Game for attractive people [720p] (Point and Click) S
Pure [720p] (Racing) S/M
All Lego Games up to Super Heroes 2 [1080p] (Varied) S/M
Lost Planet [480p] (Shooter) S
Mercenaries 2 [480p] (Shooter) S
Silent Hunter 3 [720p] (Naval Battle) S
SWAT 4 [720p] (Tactical Shooter) S/M
Still Life [720p] (Investigation) S
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a pulse [720P] (Action) S
Rainbow Six Vegas [720P] (Tactical) S/M
Flight Simulator X [720P] (SIM) S
Scarface The World is yours [720P] (3rd Shooter) S
Gish [720p] (Platformer) S
Evil Genius [720P] (RTS) S
Armadillo Run [720P] (Puzzle) S
Duke Nukem Forever (2001)
Scrapland Remastered
Kosta Projekt
BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut
BloodRayne: Terminal Cut
Metal Gear (MSX2)
Rebirth Fantasy Online
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
The Slug
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
Contract With the Devil
Fist Slash: Of Ultimate Fury
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
Special K
Power of Love
Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting
Chicken Invaders 5
Momodora III
Chicken Invaders 4
Steel Strider
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own
Hotline Miami
Hamlet or the Last Game without MMORPG Features, Shaders and Product Placement
Acceleration of SUGURI X-Edition HD
Cannonball
Hyper Princess Pitch
7 Wonders: Magical Mystery Tour
Acceleration of SUGURI 2
Chantelise: A Tale of Two Sisters
Ninja Senki
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Sora
RefRain - Prism Memories
Hero Core
Terrorist Takedown 3
Mount & Blade: Warband
Cake Mania: Main Street
Combat Zone: Special Forces
Inquisitor
Superleague Formula 2009: The Game
Everyday Genius: SquareLogic
100% Orange Juice!
Wedding Dash 2: Rings Around the World
Netherworld: Beyond Time I Stand
Truck Racing by Renault Trucks
Killing Floor
Windosill
Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife
Narc
Chains
Herod's Lost Tomb
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
В тылу врага: Диверсанты 3
Art of Murder - FBI Confidential
Marine Sharpshooter 4: Locked and Loaded
Supreme Ruler 2020
Lexus ISF Track Time
Operation Thunderstorm
Seven Kingdoms: Conquest
Mini Golf Dream Courses
FSR: French Street Racing
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden
Atomaders 2
Gang Garrison 2
Oval Office: Commander in Chief
EXceed 2nd - Vampire REX
Flying Red Barrel: The Diary of a Little Aviator
Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer
Sniper: Art of Victory
Terrorist Takedown 2
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Luxor 3
Dusk 12
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate
Culpa Innata
Football Manager 2008
Armada Tanks
CSI: Hard Evidence
BMW M3 Challenge
Battlestrike: Force of Resistance
Ether Vapor
Nitro Stunt Racing
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd
The Hell in Vietnam
Plumeboom: The First Chapter
Scooby-Doo! Case File 3: Frights! Camera! Mystery!
Aboo
Code of Honor: The French Foreign Legion
Meet the Robinsons
Marine Sharpshooter 3
A.I.M. Racing
Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens
Cinema Empire
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action
Cricket 07
Chicken Invaders 3
Terrorist Takedown: Covert Operations
Snoopy vs. the Red Baron
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Sam & Max Save the World
Avatar: The Last Airbender
В тылу врага: Диверсанты 2
Heroes of Annihilated Empires
The Stalin Subway: Red Veil
GTR 2 - FIA GT Racing Game
Silent Heroes: Elite Troops of WWII
Open Season
Faces of War
Specnaz: Project Wolf
Acceleration of SUGURI
Barnyard
Tactical Manager 2006
World War II Combat: Iwo Jima
Warpath
Kudos
Outlaw Chopper
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
Guilty Gear Isuka
Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures
Terrorist Takedown: War in Colombia
The Da Vinci Code
Kajko i Kokosz: Cudowny Lek
Prime Time
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Championship Manager 2006
Eets
Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory
True Crime: New York City
CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder
Let's Ride! Silver Buckle Stables
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars
Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
Guilty Gear X2 Reload
Dangerous Waters
Trick-Track!
Torino 2006
World War II Combat: Road to Berlin
25 to Life
DMZ: North Korea
Frogger: Ancient Shadow
Shoot the Bullet
SUGURI
Luxor 2
Crazy Frog Racer
Peter Jackson's King Kong
Shrek SuperSlam
Xanadu Next
Pro Evolution Soccer 5
Disney's Chicken Little
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!
F.E.A.R.
Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green
Sniper Elite
GT Legends
Shattered Union
Torrente 3: The Protector
Renegade Paintball
Morning's Wrath
World Racing 2
The Stalin Subway
Marine Park Empire
Trash
Space Rangers 2: Dominators
Pilot Down: Behind Enemy Lines
RFactor
Chrome SpecForce
Advent Rising
BloodRayne 2
Brigade E5: New Jagged Union
Ys: The Oath in Felghana
Army Ranger: Mogadishu
Monkey's Adventures
Madagascar
Chameleon
FATE
Supreme Ruler 2010
Pariah
Desert Law
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
Empire Earth II
Stolen
Still Life
Kajko i Kokosz: Szkoła Latania
Stalingrad
SWAT 4
The White Chamber
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Close Quarters Conflict
Combat: Task Force 121
Championship Manager 5
Rugby 2005
GTR - FIA GT Racing Game
Mega Man X8
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance
Back to Gaya: The Adventures of Zino and Buu
Telltale Texas Hold 'Em
The House of the Dead III
Pure Pinball 2.0 Redux
BorderZone
The Punisher (2005)
Immaterial and Missing Power
Densha de Go! Final
Santa Claus in Trouble ... Again!
Sentinel: Descendants in Time
After the End
Football Generation
Sonic Heroes
Star Wolves
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
Scrapland
Deluxe Ski Jump 3
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Mortyr 2: For Ever
World War II: Sniper - Call to Victory
ObsCure
The Moment of Silence
Shark Tale
Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Psychotoxic
Shellshock: Nam '67
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal
Wings of War
Imperishable Night
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Mob Enforcer
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II
Spider-Man 2: The Game
Aura: Fate of the Ages
Kreed: Battle for Savitar
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Alias
Marine Heavy Gunner: Vietnam
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Perimeter
True Crime: Streets of LA
Shrek 2: The Game
Nitro Family
Port Royale 2
Space Invaders Anniversary
Rockman X7
Portugal 1111: A Conquista de Soure
TOCA Race Driver 2
Hitman: Contracts
Manhunt
Painkiller
Ballance
Syberia II
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
The Mysterious Island
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
AirHockey 3D
Lords of the Realm III
Dead Man's Hand
Unreal Tournament 2004
Alien Sky
Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade
A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines
Initial D: Mountain Vengeance
Singles: Flirt Up Your Life!
Hamsterball
Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc
FBI: Hostage Rescue
Marine Sharpshooter II: Jungle Warfare
Castle Strike
Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter
Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray
Sonic Adventure DX
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Wanted Guns
X2: The Threat
FireStarter
Hugo: Bukkazoom!
Mysterious Journey II: Chameleon
Championship Manager: Season 03/04
Total Club Manager 2004
Anito: Defend a Land Enraged
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
Desert Thunder
Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror
Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds
XIII
Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon
Chaos Legion
The Simpsons: Hit & Run
Contract J.A.C.K.
The Hobbit (2003)
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2
Rugby 2004
Brother Bear
Barbie Horse Adventures: Mystery Ride
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo
Airport Tycoon 3
BlowOut
Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Massive Assault
Railroad Tycoon 3
Ford Racing 2
Curse: The Eye of Isis
Hidden & Dangerous 2
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World
Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death
The Black Mirror
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Armobiles
Yager
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
Western Outlaw: Wanted Dead or Alive
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
Freedom Fighters
18 Wheels of Steel: Across America
Scooby-Doo! Case File 2: The Scary Stone Dragon
NHL 2004
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
KnightShift
Mercedes-Benz World Racing
BloodRayne
Hunting Unlimited 2
Notrium
Kreed
AquaNox 2: Revelation
Perfect Cherry Blossom
Heaven and Hell
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Pro Evolution Soccer 3
State of Emergency
Fire Department
RoboCop (2003)
The Great Escape (2003)
Tough Trucks: Modified Monsters
Elite Forces: Navy SEALs - Weapons of Mass Destruction
Pirates of the Caribbean
Chaser
Valhalla Chronicles
F1 Challenge '99-'02
Chrome
Starsky & Hutch
Blitzkrieg
Cycling Manager 3
Onimusha: Warlords
Spy Hunter (2003)
Hulk
Rise of Nations
Finding Nemo
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Humvee Assault
X2: Wolverine's Revenge
Postal 2
Smash up Derby
Red Faction II
Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe
Championship Manager 4
TOCA Race Driver
Downtown Run
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Restaurant Empire
Vietcong
Devastation
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
Frogger Beyond
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Warrior Kings: Battles
CTU: Marine Sharpshooter
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
Enclave
Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
Freelancer
I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Gods and Generals
Airport Tycoon 2
Harbinger
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Journey to the Center of the Earth
NASCAR Racing 2003 Season
Command & Conquer: Generals
Unreal II: The Awakening
Tenerezza
Impossible Creatures
Bikini Beach: Stunt Racer
Bob the Builder: Bob's Castle Adventure
Tien
RC Cars
TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed
Drome Racers
Santa Claus in Trouble
Shadow of Destiny
The I of the Dragon
James Bond 007: Nightfire
Trailer Park Tycoon
Total Immersion Racing
Island Xtreme Stunts
Modi & Nanna
Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
Search and Rescue: Coastal Heroes
Search & Rescue: Vietnam Med Evac
Final Fantasy XI
Star Trek: Starfleet Command III
RalliSport Challenge
Kaan: Barbarian's Blade
U.S. Most Wanted: Nowhere To Hide
Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon
Age of Mythology
The Gladiators of Rome
Europa 1400: The Guild
Resident Evil Survivor
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe
Iron Storm
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
The Gladiators: Galactic Circus Games
Zapper: One Wicked Cricket
Revolution
Street Legal
Speed Challenge: Jacques Villeneuve's Racing Vision
The Land Before Time: Big Water Adventure
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Unreal Tournament 2003
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
Prisoner of War: World War II
Project Nomads
Earth & Beyond
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
Sniper: Path of Vengeance
Taz: Wanted
Frogger: The Great Quest
Conflict: Desert Storm
Battlefield 1942
Batman: Vengeance
Largo Winch: Empire Under Threat
Mafia
Antz Extreme Racing
The Thing
Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel
The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
America's Army
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Crazy Taxi
Grand Prix 4
F1 2002
Mobile Forces
Operation Blockade
The Sum of All Fears
Le Mans 24 Hours
Dino Island
Grand Theft Auto III
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Pac-Man All-Stars
Extreme Paintbrawl 4
Elite Forces: Navy SEALs
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Digimon World
Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza
Spider-Man (2002)
The Italian Job
Crisis Team: Ambulance Driver
Worms Blast
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Freedom Force
Global Operations
Virtua Tennis
Incoming Forces
Warrior Kings
Command & Conquer: Renegade
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002
Ski Park Manager
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
UEFA Champions League Season 2001/2002
Star Wars: Starfighter
Master Rallye
Rayman M
Moto Racer 3
AquaNox
Secret Service: In Harm's Way
Rally Trophy
IL-2 Sturmovik
NYR: New York Race
Star Trek: Armada II
Comanche 4
MegaRace 3
Cabela's 4x4 Off-Road Adventure 2
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
4x4 Evo 2
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
Motor City Online
Paris-Dakar Rally
Project Eden
Monster Truck Fury
Sub Command
F1 2001
Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze
Lego Racers 2
Monopoly Tycoon
Extremely Goofy Skateboarding
Red Faction
Hover Ace
Max Payne
Arma: Cold War Assault
Torrente
Z: Steel Soldiers
European Super League
Evil Dead: Hail to the King
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Another World
Duke Nukem Forever: Restoration Project
Tony Hawk 1,2,3,4 [720 - 1080P] (Sports) S/M
Dark Souls 2 [720p] (Action RPG) S (Thank You KiD_DEiViD)
Orcs Must Die 1 and 2 [720p] (Thank you FakersRetardedCousin)
Assassin's Creed 1, 2, 3 [720p] (Action) S
102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
3D Instructor
4x4 Evo
688(I) HunteKiller
7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat
7th Legion
A Bug's Life
Action Man: Operation Extreme
Action Man: Raid on Island X
Actua Golf 2
Actua Ice Hockey 2
Actua Pool
Actua Soccer 3
Actua Tennis
Adidas Power Soccer
Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
Airfix Dogfighter
Airline Tycoon
Airline Tycoon Deluxe
Airline Tycoon Evolution
Airline Tycoon First Class
Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge
Alcatraz: Prison Escape
Alex Builds His Farm
Alien Blast: The Encounter
Alien Cabal
Aliens versus Predator
Aliens versus Predator 2
Always Sometimes Monsters
Amazon Trail 3rd Edition
American Conquest: Fight Back
Amnesia: Memories
Ampersand
Anne McCaffrey's Freedom: First Resistance
Apotheon
Aquaria
Arabian Nights
Arcatera: The Dark Brotherhood
Arcomage
Army Men: RTS
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
Arthur's Knights II: The Secret of Merlin
Arthur's Knights: Tales of Chivalry
Arthur's Quest: Battle for the Kingdom
Arx Fatalis
Asterix: Mega Madness
Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Trial by Fire
Atomic Bomberman
Atonement: Scourge of Time
Banzai Bug
Base Defense
Battle Isle: The Andosia War
Battle Ranch: Pigs vs Plants
Battleship: Surface Thunder
Battlezone 1 & 2
Beach Head 2000
Beach Life
Beetle Crazy Cup
Beware Planet Earth
Biohazard 2 (Sourcenext)
Black & White
Black Dahlia
Blade of Darkness
Blair Witch Volume 1, 2, & 3
Blast Thru
Blood II: The Chosen
BMW M3 Challenge
BorderZone
Boss Rally
BreakQuest
Brian Lara Cricket '99
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered
Bugdom
Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Cabela's 4x4 Off-Road Adventure
Caesar II
Cake Mania 2
Camy 2: The Machine
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now
Carmageddon TDR 2000
Carnivores 1 & 2
Carnivores: Ice Age
CART Precision Racing
Casino Mogul
Catechumen
Championship Manager 3
Changed
Chaser
Chessmaster Challenge
Chicken Run
Citizens of Earth
City of Chains
Civilization II: Test of Time
Clergy Splode
Clive Barker's Undying
Cloudbuilt
Codename: Eagle
Colin McRae Rally 2.0
Combat Medic: Special Ops
Constructor
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Craft the World
Crime Cities
Croc 2
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Crusaders of Might and Magic
Cry of Fear
Cultures: The Discovery of Vinland
Cyberswine
Daikoukai Jidai IV: Porto Estado
Dark Earth
Dark Reign 2
Dark Reign: The Future of War
Darkened Skye
Darkstone
Data Hacker: Reboot
Day of Defeat
Daytona USA: Deluxe
Dead6hot
Dear Camy
Deathmatch Classic
Deep Fighter
Delta Force 2
Delta Force: Land Warrior
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger
Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan
Democracy 2
Demolition Racer
Descent 3
Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War
Destroyer Command
DethKarz
Deus Ex
Diablo II
Dick Johnson V8 Challenge
Die by the Sword
Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas
Diggles: The Myth of Fenris
Dino Crisis 2
Disciples II: Dark Prophecy
Disney's Dinosaur
Divine Divinity
DogDay
Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers
Doodle God
Door Kickers
Dr. Brain: Action Reaction
Draggo
Drakan: Order of the Flame
Drakensang: The Dark Eye
Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child
Dreams to Reality
Driver
Drop Mania
Duet
Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2
Dungeon of Zolthan
Dungeon Siege
Eador: Masters of the Broken World
Earth 2150
Earthworm Jim 3D
Edgar Torronteras' eXtreme Biker
Edgar Torronteras' Moto-X 2000
Elasto Mania
Elements II: Hearts of Light
Elite Forces: WWII - Iwo Jima and Normandy
Emperor: Battle for Dune
Empire Earth
Empire of the Ants
End of Twilight
Enemy Nations
ERacer
Escape from Monkey Island
Escape Machines
Eschalon: Book 2 & 3
Etherlords 1 & 2
Eurofighter Typhoon
Europa 1400: The Guild
Europa Universalis II
Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul
Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles
Expendable
Extreme Paintbrawl 2
Extreme-G 2
Eye of the Beholder
Eye of the Beholder 2 & 3 F-22 Lightning 3
F1 2000
F1 Championship Season 2000
Falcon 4.0
Fate of the Dragon
Fate/Stay Night
Faust: The Seven Games of the Soul
Fiend
Fighting Force
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Flight Unlimited III
Floribella
FNaF World
For the Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
Ford Racing
Formula 1
Forsaken
Frank Herbert's Dune
Freedom Planet
FreeSpace 2
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge
From Dusk Till Dawn
FSR: French Street Racing
Full Strength Strongman Competition
Fur Fighters
G-Darius
G-Police
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Galactic Civilizations
Gauge
Genocide
Genocide: Remixed Version
Get Medieval
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Gift
Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado
Golf Resort Tycoon II
Gothic 1 & 2
GP500
Grand Prix 3
Grand Prix Legends
Grand Theft Auto 2
Grand Touring
Grandia II
Ground Control
GT Legends
GTR 2 - FIA GT Racing Game
Gunlok
Gunman Chronicles
Gunship!
Half-Life (all original ones)
Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy
Hard Truck 1 & 2
Hardwar
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Heavy Gear
Heavy Gear II
Hellboy: Dogs of the Night
Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue
Hitman: Codename 47
Homeworld
Homeworld: Cataclysm
Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
Hot Chix 'n' Gear Stix
Hot Wheels: Crash!
Hype: The Time Quest
Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart
Incitement 3
Incoming
Incubation: Time Is Running Out
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Infestation (2000)
Inquisitor
InSynch
International Rally Championship
Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus
Ironclad Tactics
Jane's F-15
Jane's F/A-18
Jane's Fleet Command
Jane's Israeli Air Force
Jane's Longbow 2
Jane's USAF
Jeff Gordon XS Racing
Jeopardy! 2nd Edition
Kaan: Barbarian's Blade
Kao the Kangaroo
Kick Off 2002
Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child
Knight Rider: The Game
Knights of Honor
Kromaia
La-Mulana (2006)
Lands of Lore III
Laura's Happy Adventures
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Legends of Might and Magic
Lego Creator: Harry Potter
Lego Creator: Knights' Kingdom
Lego Friends
Lego Island 1 & 2
Lego Rock Raiders
Legoland
Lemmings Revolution
Lethal League
Lexus ISF Track Time
Lifeforce Tenka
Lighthouse: The Dark Being
Lilly and Sasha: Curse of the Immortals
Little Big Adventure 2
Live Wire!
London Racer
London Racer: Police Madness
Lucky Luke: Western Fever
Luftrausers
M: Alien Paranoia
M&M's: The Lost Formulas
M1 Tank Platoon II
Machines
Magical Battle Festa
Major\Minor
Mall Tycoon
March! Offworld Recon
Martian Gothic: Unification
Master of the Skies: The Red Ace
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
MDK 1 & 2
MechWarrior 3 & 4
Medieval: Total War
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man X4
Megami Ibunroku Persona
Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing
Metal Gear Solid: Integral
Michael Owen's World League Soccer 99
Michelin Rally Masters: Race of Champions
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002
Microsoft International Soccer 2000
Microsoft Soccer
Microsoft Train Simulator
Midnight Racing
Midtown Madness 1 & 2
Might and Magic 6, 7, & 8
Mini Golf Dream Courses
Mini Golf Master 2
Mission: Humanity
Mob Rule
Mobil 1 Rally Championship
Monster Truck Madness
Monster Truck Madness 2
Montezuma's Return!
Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail
Moon Tycoon
Moonbase Commander
Mortal Kombat 4
Mortyr 2093 - 1944
Moto Racer 1 & 2
Motocross Madness
Motocross Mania
Motorhead
Mount & Blade
Mount & Blade: Warband
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword
Myth II: Soulblighter
Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger
NASCAR Racers
Natural Selection
NBA Live 2000
Need for Speed II
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Nemesis: The Wizardry Adventure
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2nd
Nerf ArenaBlast
NetStorm - Islands At War
Neverending Nightmares
NHL 2001
Nicktoons Racing
Nightmare Ned
Nina: Agent Chronicles
Nocturne
Nox
Nuclear Strike
O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Odallus: The Dark Call
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Official Formula 1 Racing
Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Outcast
Outlaws
Outwars
Overboard!
Pac-Man: Adventures in Time
Pajama Sam 4: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff!
Pandemonium 2
Panzer General 3D, 1, 2, and 3
Paris-Marseille Racing
Penguin Kelvin
Pix the Cat
Planet of the Apes
Planet Stronghold
Plantera
POD: Planet of Death
Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
Pool Shark
Populous: The Beginning
Post Mortem
Praetorians
Premier Manager 99
Prince of Persia 3D
Prince of Qin
Pro Pinball: Big Race USA
Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In
Purge
Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise
Pyrite Heart
Q*bert
Qubburo 2
R.A.W. Realms of Ancient War
RayCrisis
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
RayStorm
Re-Volt
Reah: Face the Unknown
RealMyst
Recoil
Red Shark
Redline
Redline Racer
RefleX
Regency Solitaire
Rekoil
Requiem: Avenging Angel
Resident Evil 1, 2, & 3
Return to Krondor
Return to Mysterious Island
Revenant
RFactor
Ricochet
Ring II: Twilight of the Gods
Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen
Rival Realms
Riven
Road Wars
Robot Arena
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken
Rockman Dash 2
Rosenkreuzstilette
Rugby
Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Rune
Sacrifice
Sakura Spirit
San Francisco Rush The Rock: Alcatraz Edition
Sandy & Junior: Aventura Virtual
Sanity: Aiken's Artifact
Schizm: Mysterious Journey
Scooby-Doo! Showdown in Ghost Town
SCP: Containment Breach Remastered
SCP: Nine-Tailed Fox
Screamer 4x4
Secret Agent Barbie
Sega GT
Sega Rally 2
Sega Touring Car Championship
Sentient
Seven Kingdoms 2 HD
Seven Kingdoms II: The Fryhtan Wars
Shadow Company: Left For Dead
Sheep
Sheep, Dog, 'n' Wolf
Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Shogun: Total War
Silent Hunter II
Silver
SimCity 4
Simon the Sorcerer 3D
Sinistar: Unleashed
Ski Resort Tycoon II
Skout
Slave Zero
Small World
Sno-Cross Extreme
Sonic & Knuckles Collection
Sonic CD
Sonic R (2004)
South Park
South Park Rally
Space Invaders (1999)
Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri
Space Pirates and Zombies
Space Rangers
Space Rangers 2: Dominators
Spanking Runners
Spec Ops II: Green Berets
Special K
Speed Busters: American Highways
Spider-Man (2001)
Spirits
SpongeBob SquarePants: Diner Dash
SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month
Sports Car GT
Spycraft: The Great Game
Star General
Star Trek: Armada
Star Trek: Away Team
Star Trek: Bridge Commander
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen
Star Trek: Hidden Evil
Star Trek: Klingon Academy
Star Trek: New Worlds
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Star Trek: Starfleet Command 1 & 2
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Klingon Honor Guard
Star Trigon
Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Force Commander
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
StarLancer
Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy
Starshot: Space Circus Fever
Startopia
SteamWorld Dig
SteamWorld Heist
Stranded II
Stunt GP
Subterra
Summoner
Sun Blast: Star Fighter
Super DX-Ball
Super Puzzle Bobble
Super Time Force Ultra
Superbike 2001
Superbike World Championship
Supercharged Robot VULKAISER
Superleague Formula 2009: The Game
Supreme Snowboarding
Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing
Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Challenge
Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Manager
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle
Sword of Moonlight: King’s Field Making Tool
Syberia
System Shock 2
Tachyon: The Fringe
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror
Taiko Risshiden III
Taimanin Asagi 1: Trial
Take No Prisoners
Target (1998)
Tarzan (1999)
Team Fortress Classic
Terraformers (2003)
Test Drive 5 & 6
Test Drive Le Mans
Test Drive: Off-Road 3
Tetris Worlds
Tex Atomic's Big Bot Battles
The Albino Hunter
The Black Mirror
The Camy Collection
The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos
The Crooked Man
The Desolate Hope
The Devil Inside
The Dream Machine
The Emperor's New Groove
The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000
The F.A. Premier League Manager 2002
The F.A. Premier League Stars
The F.A. Premier League Stars 2001
The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling
The Golf Pro 2: Wentworth Edition
The House of the Dead 1 & 2
The Howler
The Jungle Book: Groove Party
The Longest Journey
The Mummy
The Mystery of the Druids
The New Adventures of the Time Machine
The Next Tetris
The Odyssey: Winds of Athena
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
The Outforce
The Sims
The Sims Online
The Space Bar
The Sting!
The War in Heaven
The Watchmaker
The Wheel of Time
The X-Files Game
The You Testament
Theme Park Inc.
Theme Park World
Thief: 1 & 2
Three Lions
Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition
Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf
Timeline
TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter 1 & 2
TOCA 2 Touring Cars
TOCA Touring Car Championship
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear + Black Thorne
Tomb Raider Chronicles
Tomb Raider II & 3
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tonic Trouble Special Edition
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Toon Quad
ToonCar
Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms
Total Club Manager 2003
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue
TrickStyle
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
TV Manager
UEFA Challenge
UEFA Champions League Season 1999/2000
UEFA Euro 2000
UEFA Manager 2000
Ultima IX: Ascension
Ultimate Paintball Challenge
Unreal
Unreal Tournament
Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy
Urban Chaos
V-Rally 2 Expert Edition
V.I.P.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
Vanguard Princess
Vietnam 2: Special Assignment
Vietnam: Black Ops
Viper Racing
Virtua Cop 1 & 2
Virtua Fighter 2
Virus: The Game
Viva Football
Vyruz: Destruction of the Untel Empire
War Gods
WarGames
Wargasm
Warlords Battlecry III
Warm Up!
Warning Forever
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: 3rd Edition
Wild Metal Country
Will Rock
Windosill
Wing Commander 1 & 2
Wizardry 8
Wizards & Warriors
Woody Woodpecker Racing
Woody Woodpecker: Escape from Buzz Buzzard Park
World League Basketball
World League Soccer 98
Worms Armageddon
Wyrmsun
X-COM: Enforcer
X-Tension
X: Beyond the Frontier
Z.A.R.
ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal
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2024.03.15 14:47 anxious_otter_ authentic italian

hi!
I recently moved to north houston, right off barker cypress, and would love recommendations for an authentic italian restaurant. i am CRAVING homemade pasta. price doesn't matter, but i would love to support small business :)
TIA <3

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2024.02.19 10:00 abjinternational Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker spotted holding hands in Brisbane after dining at vegan restaurant Dicki's

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2024.02.18 20:34 Shinobus_Smile Numzaan: Finding a Formal Hiking Boot

Numzaan: Finding a Formal Hiking Boot
Objective: This is neither the beginning nor the end of my journey to find a “formal hiking boot”...not quite literally. When I travel, I hate taking more things than what is absolutely necessary. This means that I need an all-purpose shoe that I can spend hours standing/walking in while at airports/cities, something that I can go on hiking through forests/jungles/fields, something with ankle support as I’m injury prone, and of course, something I can wear to a nice restaurant. Two boots back for this purpose, was a pair of Timberland Earth Keepers that I still own but are looking past their prime and one boot back, was some Kodiak Thane boot that started to separate after ~100 miles of breaking it in even before I used it on its first trip. This prompted me to look into real welted boots. I do own a pair of Thursday Captains and Red Wing Iron Rangers, but I use these as street queens only.
Research: I spent months making my way through the lineup of Chippewa, Danner, Meerin, Red Wings, Thorogood, Thursday, Wolverine, Allen Edmonds, Grand Stone, Barker, Alden, and Origin and did not find anything that fits my style, sense of build quality, AND cost justification for what I was going to use the boot for. Then I fell down a rabbit hole with Rose Anvil and his YouTube channel full of cutting boots in half and analyzing the components, of which, it must be noted that he is somewhat subjective with promoting or demoting certain manufacturers when they may use common build materials between each other, but he does a good job in identifying components, none the less. His channel and goodyearwelt, ultimately led me to Jim Green and their YouTube channel which brings an amazing level of product manufacturing transparency in a way that no other company seems to do. I spent hours watching their various manufacturing videos. Although the price, build quality, and company ethics coming from Jim Green, all seemed ideal for me…the aesthetic of their shoes, seemed rather wide set and goofy, like it was designed for Hobbit feet. Being of South Asian descent, my US size 9 feet are on the narrow side, C/D, and as such, I am used to standard profile shoes, so I moved on from Jim Green….only to return when I stumbled onto the Numzaan.
Data Collection: Refer to pictures. The Numzaans are being compared to Iron Rangers & Kodiak Thane. Also dark blue indigo, washed black, and black jeans.
Observations: I pre-ordered the walnut Numzaan’s in the lug configuration and impatiently had to wait a month, while I was nervous about the sizing. When they finally came and I opened the box, I was immediately worried that the size was incorrect. I ordered a US 9 (my Brannock size and what I wear in Red Wings, Timberlands, Converse, etc.) however what was in the Jim Green box, appeared larger than that. I looked at the tongue and it was marked US size 9. So I put them on…and to my surprise, they fit accordingly. There was a little room above the top of my feet which I appreciated as I always throw in some gel insoles for my dainty feet. Once in place, these shoes fit like a glove, where there were no voids on the top or side between the leather and my foot. This same situation occurs with my US size 9 Iron Rangers once insoles are placed inside.
Leather: So if the shoe fits my feet so well, why does it appear bulky? Well, its explained right in the specs, they use 2 layers (3.3mm) of leather, and in some sections, 3 layers (6mm) of leather (excluding any other structural support) leading to a hefty thickness. The leather is BEAUTIFUL!!! There are almost no imperfections, certainly less imperfections than my Iron Rangers. One boot is slightly darker than the other, just a tad, not enough for it to be obvious. The full inner lining of the calf skin is the perfect method of preventing any leather seams from irritating your foot, I state this because my Iron Rangers have a seam in the leather layers or sock liner near the first lace eyelet, which I definitely feel on the top of my foot. The heel counter cover (inside heel) is a rough leather, which means it has the tendency to hold your sock in place which means your heel can rub excessively against the sock, while the Iron Rangers and Thursdays have a smoother leather counter cover that does not grab the sock. Another redditor mentioned that heel sock rub may be alleviated by leaving the top most eye hook, unused, I tried this and still had the sock pulling issue, however if I loosened up the lacing, it got better. Hopefully this goes away with time or I may take some sand paper to the heel counter cover inside to try and smoothen it out. It sounds odd to say but, these boots have a heavy “purse” smell. but my favorite boot smell thus far has been my Thursdays; whatever they use makes an amazing, scented product.
Heel & Sole: In addition to the bulky width of the toe box area, the lug heel is the thickest heel I have in my collection, so much so that it makes me a bit self-conscious that I am wearing some sort of overly tall logger heeled boot. I’m sure I will get over this with time. I was shocked at the thickness of the midsole leather as well. The sole rubber softness is noticeable when walking on concrete; there is a significant squish that is probably perfect for people using this as a work boot, but a bit too soft for my hiking intentions. In any case, if it wears out faster than expected, it can always be re-soled easily as the welt stitch does not pass through it, meaning that the sole can be pulled off and reglued without any restitching. Comparing the Numzaan to the Iron Ranger, I now see why Red Wings utilizes a 270-degree welt stitch and nailed heel. It allows the heel to be slimmed down and almost tucked under the heel of the boot without any welt sticking out for a streamlined look.
Tongue & Lace: Thanks to folcon49, I wish I bought green laces to contrast the red of the boot. That was good thinking! As for lacing up, this is the hardest boot I have ever laced up. I don’t know if it is because of the stiff leather, bellows tongue (first for me), type of lace material, or the type of lace eyelet, but I cannot just pull the pre-speed hook laces to tighten the boot. I have to pull the lace at each pair lace eyelet for it to tighten, hopefully this gets easier with time. One of my requirements for what I wanted was gusseted tongue, this bellows type of tongue is new for me and does apply some pressure at some spots on the top of my foot. Again, I assume this will soften over time as the leather breaks in. Construction: I’ve only been in the welted boot game for a short time and I can only compare these Numzaan’s to Thursdays and Red Wings, that being said, the build quality of these Numzaan’s blow both of those completely out of the water. The leather is beautiful, a thick leather midsole, the double & triple stitching are damn near perfect, and they do not appear to cheap out on any materials. This boot seems bullet proof…almost quite literally. And the most impressive part is that it comes in at $250 USD.
Conclusion: This boot has an amazing build quality. I have not spent much time breaking it in and envision that being a long, arduous process where hopefully the heel friction goes away. These boots do have some downsides but those are largely aesthetics and not true deficiencies.
TLDR: She THICC
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2024.02.12 05:23 miraj31415 Newton Highlands Area Council reaches 50 years (established 1974)

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2024.02.04 01:06 jobsinanywhere Alabama Barker, 18, Heartbroken Over Stolen Luxury Watches at Fast Food Restaurant

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2024.02.01 10:57 dr_rickcrabb If IFoA are disciplining ex-members for dodgy expense claims then shouldn't they disclose their own expense claims for scrutiny?

An ex-member was recently disciplined for making dodgy expense claims from many years ago.
It's interesting that IFoA take an interest in expense claims. Why can't we see the expenses incurred by IFoA staff and agents from back then until the present day, so that members can scrutinise how their money is being spent? It's not clear what people's money is spent on as the annual reports don't provide sufficient breakdown.
It has been said that a previous CEO took some individual Council members for dinner in expensive restaurants. That seems completely inappropriate, as Council members are meant to oversee the highly paid CEO. Some would argue the Councillors breached the actuaries code in accepting such a "gift".
This is yet another example of lack of transparency and hypocrisy by IFoA. The inept Councillors are letting this happen and refuse to discuss the topic with members.
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2023.12.30 22:27 LadyElfriede LadyElfriede's Reviewless Review Recs of 2023!

LadyElfriede's Reviewless Review Recs of 2023!

Welcome to LadyElfriede's Reviewless Review Recs of 2023!


I did a Tiktok with all of these books and I swear I sprained my hand moving Sandersons' bricks.
Previous Year: 2022 Reviewless Review Recs

What is This?

I gathered all the books I read this year and recommend every book I read in 2 sentences or less. I take away my opinions of every book and tell you what it's really about with dumb, morbid humor and satire.
Regardless if it was kombucha or not. Every book deserves a fair chance. (Unless it's Hate Terrain's book. Yes Gregg, I'm dragging her through the muck.)

One last thing, The Golden Stick Award Runner-Ups and Winners are spoiled in this post. Each Golden Stick Runner-Up (R) and Golden Stick Winner (W) are abbreviated at the beginning of the matching title.
Why yes, this stick IS from the mythical Golden Apple Tree that also sprouts curry leaves.

If you don't want to be spoiled by the Golden Sticks Awards, click here: Gregg is Co-hosting

Let's begin!


Fantasy

Mix of Jan-Feb, took a hot second to rev back up to reading
  • Tearmoon Empire by Nozomu Mochitsuki: Read if you want to see Marie Antoinette get a happy ending like she deserves while eating cake.


  • Graceling by Kristen Cashore: Read if you imagined yourself dating the Poe from "Ocarina of Time" or Majin Buu (the anorexic angry one) from "Dragon Ball Z" but turn it into an enemies-to-lovers. 100% fewer ghosts though.

  • The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien: Read if you ever fantasized about being adopted by a smoking COPD British uncle who tells you bedtime stories.

  • Raven of the Inner Palace by Kouko Shirakawa: Read if you want a fic of Scooby Doo, but make it historical East Asian. There's a golden chicken instead of a dog, so this one is for all y'all homesteaders...Ba-kaw.


  • (W) Witcher Books 0.5-6(7?) by Andrezj Sapkowski: Read if you want a gruff, muscly, tsundere to beat up monsters, pirouette (he trained at a ballet school) his enemies away, and go after one woman that is strong and independent and is not in distress for 6-7 books. It then turns into an adoptive found family that you can't be mad at...sometimes.

  • Scorpica by G. R. Macallister: Read if Kyle starts spouting "Me Too!" but doesn't understand what that means, so you slap this book in his face.

  • The Priory of the Orange Tree / (R) A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon: Read if you want to read a modern classic (according to BookTok), along with going back in time to your last drunken night when you started spouting that, "Everything is a lie", but no one believes you anyway. There's farts of dragons here, that's it.


Once again, Tiktok books snuck their way in, I had no idea what they were. Boi, did I come in for a shock with the fairy corn

  • The Haunted Bookstore by Shinobumaru: Read if you wanted a fic that starred Chihiro from Spirited Away not wanting to leave the spirit realm but work at a bookstore with yokais galore.

  • Eleventh Cycle by Kian D. Ardalan: Read if you want to an original "Dark Souls" fic that spends 700+ pages trying to leave the bonfire at Firelink Shrine.

  • Winter of the Wicked + Spring of Ruin by J.L Vampa: Read if you like reading about sexy witches doing stuff and they try to look hot for the readers or their love interests. Go into these books for the vibe check, come back from the orgies with STDs.

  • The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer: Read if you want a 1920s book that has a fart of a library and mostly about an art theft mystery and one LGBT character that appears for 1-2 pages. Don't get jebaited by the title, reader.

  • (R) The Black Company 1-4 + 3.5 by Glen Cook: Read when the thought of reading books published after 2000s is too cloyingly clean and you need a gritty, hunky, toxic MANLY war torn series .....Or you so thought, but all the women slay; suck it, men.

  • Magical Girl Raising Project by Asari Endou: Read if you want to be on an FBI watchlist but simultaneously want to read a book that encompasses only the fight scenes of "Madoka Magica".

  • (R) Kaiykeyi by Vaishnavi Patel: Read if you got tired of Greek or Roman mythology retellings and you stick your nose up when someone mentions they wrote another one ...Yet, as soon as you see this is an Indian mythology retelling, you start sniffing it out like a truffle pig.

  • The High Mountain Court by A. K. Mulford: Read when thinking gets too tough and you need to be spoonfed POC fairy corn. Mmm... corn.

  • In the Land of Leadale by Ceez: Read if you need everything explained and need to be held by the hand. Oddly good for a beginner's litRPG

  • (R + W) Murder at Spindle Manor + Murder on the Lamplight Express by Morgan Stang: Read if you just came back from the funeral of Agatha Christie and needed someone to fill the void. You also play way too many Soulsborne games, you desperately need a laugh, and need therapy simultaneously.

I STILL had no idea I was reading Tiktok books here

  • Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny: Read if you ever wanted to imagine Buddha as a white American and redo Buddhism in the form of capitalism.

  • Restaurant to Another World 1-5 by Junpei Inuzuka: Read when you lose your appetite for food and need a jumpstart in your stomach and brain ....Then your doctor blindsides you by diagnosing you with obesity and you're now joining us on the elliptical with Kyle and I.

  • The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells: Read if you loved "Avatar" and wanted a book to insert yourself into boning Neyteri

  • Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobb: Read when you want the male love interest to turn into PTSD and only PTSD.

  • Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman: Read if you want to combine Christianity with a trip to Blighttown from "Dark Souls I".


  • (W) Mordew by Alex Pheby : Read if you want to see a kid murder en masse... twice.

  • (W) She Who Rides the Storm by Catelin Sangster : Read if you want a character drama in a non-European setting that Brandon Sanderson endorsed.Wait, wait, it's not the same type of books she wr-Aaaand they're gone.

  • Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy: Read if you need a YA with a skeleton detective and a girl who has parents that are both alive. It's a holiday miracle!

  • (R) Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher : Read when the thought of wanting a bone dog as an actual companion is your idea of the best book of the year.
And here I finally discovered indie short stories and one of my favorite books

  • (R) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin: Read when you get tired of water and fire elements taking up the spotlight of the fantasy world and want FATHER EARTH to take the stage. The word "oily" will on a new brain-searing image.

  • Illuminations by T. Kingfisher : Read when you want to see art matter more than STEM degrees so you can finally rub it into Kyle's face that your art degree was worth something.

  • Tales of Lunis Aquaria by Tessa Hastjarjanto: Read if you believe happy endings are lies created by the government.

  • (W) Elantris by Brandon Sanderson : Read if you want to explore Undead Burg from "Dark Souls 1" for hundreds of pages.

  • The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams Read if you want to see the 1% suffer.

  • The Library by Casey White Read if you ever fantasized about flirting with the Library of Alexandria.

  • The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher: Read if you love trashy horror films like the "Scary Movie" series, but a tad more horror than anything you experienced watching them.

  • The Dragon Chronicles by Malcolm Saunders: Read when you want to see a TEMU (tm) Gandalf defeat Amazon-merchandised (tm) dragons.

  • The Mythic Dream by Different Authors: Read when you hate the toxic masculinity of fairy tales and want them to be redone by different authors that you may or may not recognize.

  • (W) The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence: Read or give this to someone who needs to touch grass instead of holing up in their book nook. Irad knows they have forgotten the taste of a matcha latte.
The DARKNESS took over during the fall months.

  • What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher: Read if you love retellings of Edgar Allen Poe's "The House of Usher" but now with 100% more dead rabbits that no one asked for.

  • Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir: Read how to become a silent protagonist from Persona 5 and make it edgy. With skeletons and dumbass humor

  • (R) The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman: Read if you want to see a cat go "rao rao rao" in a dark fantasy.

  • The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson: Read after going to math class because this was infinitely more interesting than anything you learned there. Only to be disappointed because this book is about geometry and writing shapes as a form of magic, but you already got this from Gregg so might as well read it.

  • (W) The Wolf and the She-Bear by Morgan Stang: Read if the phrase, "Want to make some quick cash?" rings alarm bells in your head.

  • A Game of Thrones by GRRM: Read this if you want to seem cool and cultured to your friends that you read it before the HBO series and it has a better ending than the show. Supposedly.

  • Half a King by Joe Abercrombie: Read if you want to imagine what it would be like to have friends.

  • The Gunslinger by Stephen King: Read when you want an existential crisis, but make it a fantasy with a side of GUNS.


  • Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett Read if you want to know what a "figgin" is and want to know less about what a sentence really is. WHERE IS THE DAMN PERIOD, PRATCHETT?!

During the dark months where there was only 4 hours of sunlight, I needed a TON of cheering up in the form of Baldree and HP

  • The House Witch Vol 2-3 by Delemhach Read if you want to learn how not to be nominated as "Father of the Year" for life.

  • Whisperwood by Alex Woodroe Read when you want to escape your horrible life by making it 10x worse by going into a haunted village.

  • (W) Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken #1) by R. J. Barker Read if you want to take "Pokemon Snap" into a dark fantasy in the middle of the woods. Ingredients Include: a male tsundere, a YA MC (say "YMCA" 10 times in a row and read that again. I SAID, YOUNG MAN!), and a muck-throwing priest.

  • (W) Bronze Ranked Brewer by James Ghoul Read if you need to drown yourself in a cozy cottagecore and love beer.You will marry that beer, it's not a question if you love it enough, you will marry that beer.

  • Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Read when you want to see a vampire being a disgusting little shit. But if she evil, why so hot?


  • Magus of the Library Vol 1-6 by Mitsu Izumi: Read if you ever fantasized about working as a librarian full time who gets a living wage and significantly more praise than anything they receive in the 21st century.

  • A Coup of Tea (Tea Princess Chronicles Vol 1.) by Casey Blair: Read if you want to take some brown person stereotypes but turn it into a YA that won't tell you how you to brew your cup of green tea. Your local OP can teach you for the price of 1 book.

  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho: Read if you want to insert every brown person stereotype into one fairy tale.

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JKR: Read if you want a manual on how to beat depression in 4 different ways. One of them is altering the space-time continuum but who cares, you need to beat your brain.

The funny thing is, the best and worst book of the year are in the same panel

  • (W) The Devourers by Indra Jas: Read if you want to read a saga of a woman upsetting the life of a Scandinavian werewolf in India and the Beast of Gevaudan influencing local Hinduism like it's a normal Tuesday.

  • The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka: Read if you just love cockroaches and existential crises.

  • Seasons of Albadone by Christopher Warman & Élan Marché: Read if you need reading material to slap in people's faces with at the next environment-saving protest.

  • (R) The Book in the Bottle by Raymond St. Elmo: Read if you want to find the OG "Starless Sea" before it became cool.Morgenstern wishes she had talking crows or the King of Cats and Rats.

  • The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi: Read when you want to remember what water tastes like again and want to experience dehydration on a cosmic level.

  • Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock: Read if you want to find yourself in a coma by your SO after you tried some vampire-ish things you learned from this book. You wake up and realize you're in the lawyer's office getting a divorce, they can't handle you anymore.

  • Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik: Read when you want to fantasize about being in a wintery Stockholm Syndrome YA.
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2023.12.12 18:03 LadyElfriede LadyElfriede's Holiday Book Gifting Guide!

LadyElfriede's Holiday Book Gifting Guide!
Note: All of this is satire and just poking fun at people cause we all need to laugh at ourselves more during this time of year. There are people who will literally take a crucifix to your heart if you don’t like this holiday.
This one is for you.
This guide is long, jump where you want, I'm not Santa.

Link to Blog Post: https://cannedbreadblog.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/ladyelfriedes-holiday-book-gifting-guide/


Welcome to LadyElfriede's Holiday Book Gifting Guide!


He's such a good boi
After shopping for holiday presents every year I’ve come to realize, no one gave a shit about the thought or feelings I put behind every gift I give. So in the end, these days I give candy or cookies cause people are never fucking happy with what I gave before.
But if you’re stacked and you’re the type who gives books to everyone for the holidays, have fun with this guide! A mix of fantasy and other genres await! (It’s all in good fun and satire, read the Note at the top)

Keep in mind:

  • I read every book in this guide so rest assured, I'm not throwing books at you just because "that's what I heard".
  • Every last pick in the category is a Wild Card (W), meaning, it will probably not fit your view of the category (but I think it does). You never know if it’ll be a hit or not! Even if people don’t give a shit what you give them, you still support the author anyway, but if they turn out liking it, it’s win-win no matter what.
  • My personal feelings and ratings don’t apply for all the books here so it doesn't matter if I liked the book or not, it's still going to be here.
  • Some books do repeat in the list because they fit in multiple categories.


The Normie

For normal family members who can usually take some drama and want to read something enjoyable during their lunch break and probably are friends with someone named Kyle (which low key, you’re jealous that they’re normal):

Mom

Your mom who can never be happy with anything you do and is no longer surprised by life anymore and will drop a book faster than she dropped you if there’s even a hint amount of sex:

Dad

Your dad who doesn’t like to read.
At all.
He’s probably not going to like Fantasy, but I couldn’t think of anything in this category other than LOTR and I don’t think your Dad wants be dropped with that right out of the gate (If you have any recommendations for short fantasy reads that a dad might like, drop it in the comments, I really got stumped here):

The Literary

That one annoying friend who claims to be the next big author and is too busy to hang out with you because they’re “writing” and claim that their book will, “Change the world.” (They’re writing a smut book aren’t they? Here’s some picks if they claim to love writing and publishing):

The Banker

Your aunt or uncle who literally has everything in life they can ask for because they’re loaded:

The Cool One

They’re super cool and not afraid to admit that being an adult is a lie. You can talk to them pretty much about anything, Middle School books, wizards, anything whimsical. They’re not a coward.

The Titanic

They will only like old stuff or reading anything before 2000. Will be damned to read anything after their college years because that’s when “literature died”

The Secret Feminist

Secretly likes to read about women doing feminist empowering shit but can never talk about it with their friend group or their SO (you don’t ask why):

The Sus

Your nephew/niece who you would have liked to get along with but they’re on a different wave length completely and secretly you think they look down on you:
Gift them book related swag (earrings, a blanket, or anything that makes their reading time comfy, etc), they will never like you and think you’re weird for crying at “Barbie” (Look, it was sad and beautiful at the end, OK?!)

The BookToker

That one BookTok reader. You know the one:
Yeet at them a bookshop.org giftcard cause Irad knows they don’t use the site and chances are, they can afford it. You can order your favorite books like usual but can help authors and independent booksellers along the way.

The Porch Sitter

Your sulking, brooding, deep cousin who’s a few years older than you and can be seen smoking weed or contemplating life on the front porch instead of talking to anyone

The Soulsbourne

Similar to The Porch Sitter, but plays Dark Souls games (think Bloodbourne, Lies of P, Salt & Sanctuary, etc.) that were inspired by dark fantasy and might scratch the Soulsbourne itch:

The Forester ™

That nature lover who will panic if they see a real pine or fir tree in the living room and will probably run away faster than a guy running from a hippo preaching about Christ.

The Mystery Nerd

The nerd that you have no idea what they’re into but you have a feeling they’ll either be on the spectrum of liking Wheel of Time or the most indie author that has under 100 reviews:

The LGBT

Like any other person, but you know their orientation:

The Hipster

The hipster that will make sure they will talk about Tolstoy or Hobb because they picked up their work at a used book sale one time and will never stop wearing their white turtleneck every winter. They’ll probably talk to you about their extensive medical background as a top surgeon in the country or what book they read in their stereotypical library. Of course they have one.

  • Absolutely on Music: Conversations by Haruki Murakami & Seiji Ozawa
  • Piransei by Susanna Clarkeor
  • (W) The Hipster would rather have a coffee/tea gift because they’ve probably already read every niche read you listened to over the eggnog

The Nightmare Before Christmas ™

The one person who hates this time of year and Halloween is their big Holiday:

The Feminist

Regardless of sex, will pick a fight with Kyle every chance they get to make sure equality exists for all:

The Weeb

Loves Japanese anime or K-dramas and probably will only read light novels or manhwas (if the latter, just give them a bookshop.org giftcard ,I’m not gonna pretend to be knowledgeable about them)

The Cozy

Literally takes no drama or spice unlike The Normie.

The Beginner

You really want them to like reading so you’re going to take a gamble:

The Denialist

Denies reality at every given turn and would rather be at home than be here


The Fiction Reader

That one fiction reader who will read nothing but fiction (I don’t read a lot of it but here ya go):

Still Stuck?

  • The best advice I can give if you’re still adamant about giving them book-related gifts is to give special editions of books you already know they like. Most often, it’s hard to say no to a pretty book.
  • Unless they can’t drink caffeine, tea and coffee gifts are usually a good hit and can be made while reading. It’s literally the best-paired hobby with a good book!
  • My partner’s family sometimes gives handmade coupons that tell them a specific outing they would want to do with them. For example, my partner’s mom wrote on a piece of paper saying she will take me on a trip to Ikea I got a lot of stuff that day but holy shit, that’s a once a year place for me, so much anxiety and really crowdedInstead of Ikea, why not gift them a bookstore and cafe outing? Ex: The paper will say it can redeem 1 book and 1 coffee + cake.
  • Other than that, gift cards are still perfect gifts. It may seem impersonal, but better than a limited edition merchandise that costs 70 USD you thought they’d like it and then they gave you socks. Don’t be that person. True story and to this day I’m still sad
Holidays can be stressful so I hope this guide helps or gave you a chuckle or two!

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2023.11.14 00:18 Basic_Bichette History Notes: Field Sports

". . . We have had such incessant rains almost since October began, that we have been nearly confined to the house for days together. I have hardly taken out a gun since the 3rd. Tolerable sport the first three days, but there has been no attempting anything since. The first day I went over Mansfield Wood, and Edmund took the copses beyond Easton, and we brought home six brace between us, and might each have killed six times as many, but we respect your pheasants, sir, I assure you, as much as you could desire. I do not think you will find your woods by any means worse stocked than they were. I never saw Mansfield Wood so full of pheasants in my life as this year. I hope you will take a day’s sport there yourself, sir, soon.”
— Tom Bertram babbling on, Mansfield Park, ch. 19
A few days ago English Heritage released a new episode of their "The Victorian Way" historical re-enactment series on YouTube, in which Mrs. Crocombe, Queen of Shade and cook at Audley End House, spills the tea with the estate's gamekeeper, Mr. Barker. And today you get a post on Regency era shooting and hunting! (Rest assured I will not be serving pigeon pie with this post.)
Again, this is all restricted to England. Scotland had (and still has) its own laws, regulations, and customs. Corrections welcomed!
Fishing wasn't counted as a field sport because it didn’t take place in a field. Also, anyone could fish if they had the wherewithal; although the gentry had money and time to engage in long days of fly fishing, angling was extremely popular among the poor as much for the sport of it as for the food they caught. Factory workers were often openly encouraged by their employers to go fishing on Sundays rather than spend the day indulging in strong drink. (These employers had apparently never gone fishing.)

Field sports

Field sports - what we in North America would call hunting - were incredibly popular pastimes amongst the landed gentry and aristocracy of Austen's day. They put food on the table, rid estates of nuisance vermin, highlighted the social boundaries between those who had the right to participate and those who didn’t, and (most importantly) kept gentlemen entertained throughout the autumn and winter. Men indulged in shooting and hunting with such enthusiasm that their wives frequently complained in letters of being stuck with them in the country during the Season.
Field sports are broken down as follows:
Participants in field sports wore clothing specific to the sport in question.
It was illegal to own shooting or hunting dogs unless one was qualified to participate in field sports.

The Gun Room

Every estate large enough to allow for field sports would have had a gun room, where shotguns, ammunition, possibly bows and arrows, pistols, and other shooting and hunting equipment was kept. The gamebooks and sometimes the estate stud books were kept there, and most rooms were decorated with prints or paintings depicting field sports or prize livestock. The latter often featured one prize male animal and two females - a bull and two cows, a hog and two sows, etc. - and were sometimes called 'picturesques' after William Gilpin, who once wrote that a picturesque view of cows would require the painter to unite three cows and remove the fourth.

Shooting

Shooting was the most popular field sport, but that isn’t saying much; in Austen's day only those who owned land worth £100 per annum or who leased land worth over £150 pa had the undisputed right to participate. This restricted shooting to the landed gentry and aristocracy, any friends they invited, their gamekeeper and his assistants, and lessees who had received express written consent to shoot (a certificate known as a 'deputation', with the right known as 'the liberty of a manor') from the owner. When Admiral Croft leases Kellynch he inquires about the manor and would be glad of the deputation, but although he likes to carry a gun he never kills!
From contemporary accounts and works of art it appears as if rectors and vicars were also permitted to shoot, possibly based on the value of their glebe lands.
Before about 1800 the usual method of shooting involved walking or riding out to a covert or wood, using dogs - pointers and setters - to locate any game birds in the area, flushing them out with spaniels, shooting the birds, sending retrievers out to bring them in, and then walking or riding to the next location. In 1796 Robert Coke introduced the French innovation of the 'battue' in which the shooters would remain in a set location while a line of men or boys called 'beaters' struck at the ground cover to drive out the birds and encourage them to fly over the shooters. The battue or 'driven game' method took a few years to spread throughout the realm, but by Regency times it was the usual practice at shooting parties. The old-fashioned method was however still practiced by men who shot alone or in very small groups, and by gamekeepers.
There were no laws forbidding women from shooting, and some women apparently did participate. One of Austen's biographers, the late Irene Collins, wrote that Austen herself shot, and was in fact a bad shot.

The Shooting Season

The first shooting season of the year was for red grouse, beginning on or about 12 August - the "Glorious Twelfth", as it's now known. Every species had its own season, with the seasons for most birds other than grouse and partridge starting about 1 October, or (perhaps not coincidentally) immediately after the harvest would have been brought in. All bird shooting seasons were over by the end of February.
It was illegal to shoot or hunt on Sunday, on Christmas Day, or at night; if the first day of a specific season fell on a Sunday, the season began on the following day. These laws and the dates of the seasons are, by the way, still in force; there is still great competition among the better London restaurants to be the first to serve red grouse on 12 August, and the prohibition against Sunday shooting is still in place.

The Gamekeeper

Most landed gentlemen employed a gamekeeper, a servant whose duties included managing habitats to attract game in season, killing assorted pests, arresting poachers, guiding shooting parties, and sometimes acting as huntsman during a fox hunt. If no one in the household shot (as is likely the case at Rosings) the gamekeeper would himself shoot to supply game for the table. In the video I linked to above, the re-enactor playing Mr. Barker complains that he'll have to go out before an upcoming shooting party because he worries the gentlemen will be too drunk to bag enough game to meet the cook's requirements.
The gamekeeper also looked after the firearms stored in the gun room and, if he was literate and the landowner preferred it, the gamebooks; in most houses, only he, the landowner, and possibly the housekeeper had keys to the room.

The beaters

Beaters were villagers hired for the day. Most were tenant farmers and their sons, who had less to do on their own farms after the harvest and were often happy to take on a little paid work.

Giving away game

Although game could not be sold, it could be (and frequently was) given away. Game could be sent to anyone the shooter wanted as long as money didn’t change hands. In Sense and Sensibility John Dashwood's vow to his father to support his stepmother and sisters is transmuted into a vague promise to send them game (although the only game I can remember making it to the Dashwood ladies' table was shot by Sir John).

Poachers and other assorted ne'er-do-wells

Anyone who hunted without having the right to do so was considered a poacher, and could be arrested by the gamekeeper. Tenant farmers who snared or netted game to feed themselves were usually ignored, if only because it was considered bad form to antagonize the tenants over a rabbit. (It was also perfectly legal for anyone to kill a rabbit, hare, or pigeon that was damaging their crops as long as they didn’t use firearms, so gamekeepers might have felt they couldn't prove intent.) There were no guarantees that a specific landowner or gamekeeper would be lenient, though, and on occasion villagers and small landowners did find themselves facing prosecution by zealous estate owners; at least one landowner was tried for poaching because his dogs crossed over into his neighbour's property. He was acquitted only because he wasn't overheard encouraging them to follow the game.
The most severe penalties were however meted out to commercial poachers and butchers who supplied game to wealthy tradesmen - industrialists, really - and other prosperous townspeople who didn’t have the right to shoot or hunt. A convicted poacher could be fined, imprisoned, transported, drafted into the Army as a common soldier, or even hanged; a 1723 anti-poaching law still in force in Austen's day mandated the death penalty for anyone found armed and disguised in a forest.
Some estates set man-traps to catch poachers, but most did not due to the risks traps posed to livestock, horses, dogs, and servants.
The lurcher, a crossbred dog (usually a sighthound mixed with a terrier or other working dog), is traditionally associated with poachers.

Enclosures and their association with shooting

I mentioned in a previous post that most estates once had a village common, an area of unimproved land where tenants could pasture their household livestock and harvest manure and sometimes kindling. Little by little these commons were removed from common use - enclosed - and the lands turned into farmland and rented out. An inducement to enclosure over and above the added rents was that the hedgerows planted around the newly enclosed fields acted as coverts and attracted birds and other small game to the estate, whereas the livestock formerly pastured in the commons tended to repel game. An estate without a village common was on the average a better place for shooting than one with.

Gun dogs

It's somewhat anachronistic to speak of dog 'breeds' in Austen's time, as the first kennel clubs and formal breed registrations began with the ever-classifying Victorians in the 1870s. The Georgians did however recognize classes of dogs, and many estates bred their own varieties. Common gun dog varieties included the aforesaid pointers, setters, spaniels, and retrievers, as well as various types of water dog. I don't know if the German water retriever - eventually known as the Standard Poodle - made it to England by the time of the Regency, or if so if it was used in the field.

Clothing

Shooting wear tended to be warm and utilitarian. The shooting jacket was worn over the shirt and cravat; it could be boxy like this surviving specimen or more form-fitting with a tail or tails in the back, and could be made from leather or a thick fabric like fustian. Shooters also traditionally wore buckskin breeches, woollen stockings, and Hessian boots, all topped by long canvas or leather gaiters called 'spatterdashes', hence the later word 'spats'.

Hunting

Let's first address the elephant in the room, shall we?

Fox hunting

Fox hunting is viewed by many as an antiquated, grotesque, and gruesome practice that has no place in modern society, but it's important to keep in mind that the hunt started out as a necessary method of vermin control. Foxes will kill chickens, lambs, kids, piglets, puppies, and other small animals, and consequently many tenant contracts required landlords to take care of foxes and other nuisance pests like weasels whenever necessary. This didn’t mean that there was any interest in completely exterminating the species; after all, if there were no foxes, there would be no hunt.
The pastime can be traced back to the yeomen of Tudor era Norfolk who, tired of losing lambs, set dogs on their prey. Only in about 1700 did gentlemen begin to participate.

But why hunt them?

Simply put, it was the best solution they had at the time, and (for everyone but the poor fox) was also an enormous amount of fun.
An estate owner back then couldn’t just send his gamekeeper out with a rifle or a trap to take care of a nuisance fox. Rifles available for purchase at the time were crude, fragile, ridiculously expensive, and dangerous to the point that most gamekeepers didn't think the convenience of increased accuracy worth the risk of having their hands blown off, while traps posed such a hazard to other game, livestock, dogs, and even people that most estates banned them. The Georgians also didn't have corrugated metal, chicken wire, barbed wire, or rot-resistant lumber to keep foxes out of the henhouse, or cheap butcher's meat to replace what Reynard might steal if given a chance. (And good luck shooting a fox with a shotgun; unlike birds who can't change their direction of flight on a dime, a fox is too quick and its movements too unpredictable to make a viable target.) All in all hunting was considered the most efficient and, for humans and valuable livestock, safest way to remove a nuisance fox from the area.
Nevertheless, by Austen's time most men who hunted did so solely for fun, to the point that after the restrictions on who could hunt were lifted in the 1830s the sport became a national pastime and was completely divorced from its origins; some sources claim that foxes were actually bred in the Midlands for the hunt! And what a joy it must have been, at least for the pursuers: mounted on sleek horses, racing through fields behind the hounds, leaping over fences and hedges, the wind whipping around them...

When and where did they hunt?

Hunts were held literally everywhere foxes could be found. One example in Austen comes from Chapter 23 of Mansfield Park, in which Henry Crawford discusses hunting with Edmund Bertram and is convinced to have his hunters brought to Northants. Hunting season usually began on the first Monday of November (unless it was Guy Fawkes Day) and lasted until February or March, depending on location. Hunting was forbidden on Sunday but it was traditional to hold a hunt on Boxing Day, December 26, depending on the weather.
Most hunts began with a lavish breakfast set out at roughly 8 AM, or just after sunrise. I know that in the US hunt breakfasts are served after the hunt but keep in mind that England is further north than all of the US save Alaska, which means that in the winter the sun rises later and sets earlier than in the lower 48. If a hypothetical Pemberley Hunt served breakfast after a full day at hounds, they would be eating it at night.
The hunt traditionally began at 11 AM and was preceded by the drinking of a 'stirrup cup', a tot of port or sherry served to members of the Field in a distinctive cup. A few hunts instead served claret punch, if claret could be got.

If they didn’t use guns, how was the fox killed?

Very inhumanely, I'm afraid.
When the hounds caught scent of a fox, they would pursue it (as directed by the huntsman and his assistants) until it either dropped dead from exhaustion or slowed down enough to be caught and...well, be torn apart. It was a cruel death but it's unlikely anyone cared; the very concept of animal welfare was viewed with such hostility by the Georgians that the vicar of Shiplake, Oxfordshire, James Granger, was convicted of abuse of the pulpit and imprisoned in 1772 for preaching a sermon condemning cruelty to animals. (Thanks to cepima/ for mentioning him in a comment!)

Who could hunt?

This is before the time of the Victorian hunt club, when anyone who paid a subscription (or made a donation on the day) and had the money for the requisite horse and dress could participate. In Austen's day those who made up the group of hunters (called the 'Field') included the major landowners of the area, their invitees, invitees of the Master(s), local smallholders and yeoman in consideration of the use of their lands, and quite often tenant farmers with an adequate mount, who might be permitted to ride on the first day of the hunt as compensation for any damage that might be caused to their leased lands.
Women very occasionally also rode to hounds. The issue was that the 'leaping horn', which allows women a more secure seat on a side saddle while jumping, wasn't invented until the 1830s, so women who did ride had to either take great risks or ride astride. This may be why some contemporary sources claim that only "Cyprians" (ie. prostitutes, because they rode astride 🙄) rode with the hunt. Such logical thought processes.
Women were however encouraged to follow the hunt in carriages or on horseback (on sidesaddle) and watch the men ride. I don't know whether they thought this great fun or whether they regarded it in the same way that women gamers of our time view men who think "gamer girl" means "girl who likes to watch her boyfriend game". Other people in the locality could also follow the hunt if they wished; many hunt followers were young boys.

Personnel

Every hunt was headed by one or more Masters, who seem to have been variously called Masters of the Hunt or Masters of the Fox Hounds. (Unfortunately most historic resources are from Victorian times and the commercialization of the hunt seems to have changed terminology significantly; if you have better info on this touching on Regency practices, please, please comment below!) These individuals could be very highly ranked; the Duke of Beaufort's Hunt was and is customarily led by, no surprise, the Duke of Beaufort. A Master usually supplied the hounds and the hunt servants, and often owned the land upon which the hunt began; he also led the group of mounted hunters, aka the Field. He had ultimate control of the hunt except that he could not allow it to stray onto lands whose owner had forbidden it. Out of all the myriad finicky rules of the hunt this might have been the most scrupulously observed, even by dukes and kings.*
The hounds were managed in the field by the huntsman, who communicated with them via his horn. He and his assistants, the whippers-to, directed them toward the fox, or at least where they thought the fox might be; if the hounds flushed out more than one fox the huntsman would be the one to decide which to follow and direct the hunt accordingly. Other hunt servants included the kennel huntsman and kennelmen (who looked after the hounds) and the terriermen (who went out early before the hunt and blocked any burrows the fox might hide in).
I'll spoiler this part with a TW for gore: It was traditional for one of the followers who had never been to the hunt before to have his or her face smeared with the fox's blood at the end of a successful hunt.
* This isn’t just because English law traditionally favoured property rights over human rights. Smallholders of the day were likely to be market gardeners raising crops that might be harvested after the first frost, like cabbages and carrots; the last thing any Master needed was the tiresome headache of a lawsuit over a ruined crop, especially since courts invariably sided with landowners. Crops are, after all, property too.

The animals

Horses that were habitually ridden to hounds were called 'hunters'. Most gentlemen rode thoroughbred (or "blood") hunters, and some owned a set of twelve - two each for every day of a week-long hunt. Men who frequently hunted in tougher terrain might instead ride thoroughbred crosses. The rules that arose in Victorian times about horse coat colours don't seem to have existed in Austen's day; contemporary paintings show hunters and hunt servants riding horses of all colours.
The hounds (never call them dogs!) used during the hunt included foxhounds, historic breeds of beagle (our beagle dates from the 1830s), and various types of terrier, some of which were progenitors of the fox terrier breeds of the late 19th century. Most hunts sent 30 to 50 hounds after the fox; the terriers were used to drag out foxes that had hidden in caves and burrows.

Clothing

Legend has it that Masters wear red coats because a draper found himself stuck with an excess of red superfine cloth after the end of the American Revolutionary War. Whatever the truth of the matter is, in Austen's day most Masters and hunt servants wore red coats to distinguish themselves from the field, although at some hunts the servants instead wore green. They also wore a hunt cap, a distinctive piece of headgear seen in numerous paintings of the day (and still worn today!). They also wore distinctive buttons on their coats.
Men who rode to hounds wore whatever colour breeches were customary at that particular hunt, along with a black or navy tailcoat, top boots, and (if contemporary paintings are to be believed) a top hat. How they kept it on I cannot explain.

Beagling

Beagling was run in much the same way as fox hunting, as the purpose was in part to train hounds and their handlers for the more prestigious sport. It was never as popular as fox hunting, though, and used fewer hounds: 10 young beagles was the norm. The great schools and universities also kept packs of beagles; some still do.

Stag hunting

Stag hunting, or chasing down male red deer with staghounds, was quickly becoming obsolete in Austen's time; consequently little is known of how the sport was conducted in this period. The last pack of staghounds in existence was the North Devon Hunt which was disbanded in 1825, with the animals eventually being bought by a German and moved to the continent where they soon all died, rendering the breed extinct. (Modern packs of "staghounds" are generally composed of foxhound crosses.)

Deerstalking

There is a persistent myth out there that the sport of deerstalking - the pursuit of deer on foot, shotgun in hand, sometimes with the assistance of a single deerhound and a few servants to carry the carcass back - was by Austen's time practiced only by the wealthiest noblemen on great estates due to the animal becoming nearly extinct. It's true that by the early 1800s roe deer could no longer be found in much of England, but roe deer were not the only species of deer in the country; deer could in fact be found in large numbers in every county except Middlesex, and men stalked deer everywhere. More to the point, Austen indirectly mentions deerstalking, or at least its results, in three of her novels. In Pride and Prejudice Mrs. Bennet serves venison done "to a turn" and partridge to Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy, while in Mansfield Park venison is served to the Crawfords; in Chapter 26 of Northanger Abbey General Tilney seems to apologize to Catherine Morland because there's no wildfowl and no game available at that time of year. (What a toadying thing to say!)
Another persistent myth, by the way, is that the word 'venison' could refer to any sort of game meat and 'deer' to any game animal. This was in fact true in medieval and early Tudor times - one document from Henry VII's reign mentions 'rabbit and other small deer' - but by 1600 the word 'deer' meant deer and 'venison' meant deer meat.
Anyone authorized to shoot could also stalk deer if they owned the land or had permission.
The clothing typically worn while deerstalking is the direct ancestor of modern English country wear, and consisted of sturdy tweeds and other woollens, heavy leather boots, and the eponymous hat made famous by the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies.
Deerstalking was never as fashionable as shooting or fox hunting, probably because by necessity it's a solitary pastime, but the season ran for much longer; some deer seasons ran from August or September to April.
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