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Dear clueless: It costs several thousand dollars a month to run this site. Domain registration fees are but one small, minor snippet of the total expenses. Armchair quarterbacks. Gotta luv 'em!

Hey WhiteMike, where you been lately? Maybe you should go back there, eh?

Hmmm....have to say I'm pretty disappointed. I'm a big fan of the original, and I was REALLY hoping after such a long wait that 2 was going to deliver. The first thing I noticed was the extremely narrow field-of-view. No big problem, right? I'll just edit the launch options. The only problem is that you get this "fisheye" kind of vibe when you try to get it to the kind of vision you had in the first one, and when you sprint, it reverts back to the narrow FOV. Next thing I noticed was the annoyingly high amount of motion blur.....moving your weapon back and forth looks akin to being high on LSD or something. Well, since they decided to gut the options menu (why?), you can't get rid of it (no command-line options here, either....you're stuck with the blur). On with more gutting.......prone and lean are GONE - lean being replaced by a sort of "auto lean" when you scope behind an object. This is really a shame, since these were integrated so well/smoothly in the first game - I would say better than any other FPS I've played to date. They obviously spent a lot of effort developing these player mechanics for the first game, only to drop them in 2....once again - why? I assume it (like so much other gutting) is a result of trying to make the game more playable with controllers - since Crytek decided to move away from PC exclusive development and port to the console makers this time around. Then there's the jump lag. Terrible jump lag. I'm not really sure what they were thinking with this - just one more thing to ruin the already crippled player mechanics. There was a lot of hype about how much more destructible the environment would be, and as far as I can tell, the only new attribute I noticed was the ability to shoot corners off of pillars. That's it. In the original, you could blow apart entire shacks with grenades/RPGs. Plant an explosive under a Hummer and you could blow it 20 feet in the air and watch the amazing physics engine take it from there. None of that exists in this one. Heck, you could shoot down an entire forest of palm trees if you wanted in Crysis.....this is a big disappointment. While I'm talking about vehicles - don't expect to be driving/flying much of anything. Suit functions are also gutted, with "speed" and "power" now gone. Added abilities such as the air stomp and power kick are pretty much useless. The kind of advanced maneuvers you could pull off in the first one are impossible (such as switching to power to jump on top of an object, cloaking mid-jump, and landing in prone position to start picking off enemies while avoiding detection.... ) I really dug the sandbox nature of the first game....the ability to evaluate an objective and approach it from almost any direction. You could sneak into a village and take KPA out in close quarters, or you could crawl across a hill and pick them off with a sniper rifle - or even avoid the objective entirely if you wanted. 2 is far more linear, especially considering how open and adventurous they could have been given the premise. This aspect isn't helped any by the constant radio contact with people telling you to "hurry up and go here" every 5 seconds. Apart from all the gameplay issues, it's graphically inferior to the first one as well, with textures ranging from alright to downright hideous even on the highest settings. Don't expect any of the big draw-distances and views from the first game. The art direction is very good, so I'll give them that. I think the interiors of the structures is actually better than the first game, and it's a very interesting environment. The in-game animation also appears to be more smooth. Reflective surfaces look great (glass actually looks like glass). AI is pretty decent. I was really interested in the multi-player, since that's where I tend to spend countless hours, anyway.. Without going into a long review, I'll just suffice it to say it isn't a dot on a line compared to Crysis Wars. No tanks, no VTOLs, choppers, boats, etc....and it wouldn't matter because the maps are all too constricted to use them anyway. It's just a generic bleh all-around. Crysis also came with the CryEngine2 Sandbox editor - which is like a giant Christmas present to anyone who likes to mod and build custom levels. The new doesn't come with the new editor.....can't say I'm all that interested in the new engine anyway from what I've seen.

Do any math guys out there have any formula to give us an idea of the amount of rain necessary to increase a pond's water level one foot? I know some ponds are small and others are large with different topography, drainage and foliage, but there has to be a formula to estimate how much rain is needed to increase the pond's water level by a foot. Example, we had .58 inches of rain last night. How much did the 5 acre pond's water level rise due to the rain and runoff? Just wondering. Thanks.

Let's forget the dollar cost of getting this site up and running, and keeping it running. For the sake of argument, let's say it cost nothing. What about the hours it takes to get a site up and running, and keeping it running. The countless hours chasing down and fixing glitches. I'd hazard a guess, and that's all it is, a guess, that at minimum wage, the hours of labor put into creating and running a web site would far exceed the dollar cost of running it. My take is that Glenn, or anyone else for that matter that runs a web site/forum, does not need to answer to anyone, whether they make a nickel or a million dollars. It costs nothing to join and participate. No one forces anyone to be a member. There is a saying, "You get what you pay for." If someone pays nothing, and gets nothing out of it, there is nothing to complain about. If you get two cents worth of advice or learning, you are ahead of the game. One more thought. Seniority counts for nothing. What various members contribute, be it their first, or their thousandth post is what this forum is about. Participation, and contribution, not to mention civility, oops, I just mentioned it, are golden.

There's a WHOLE lot more to this site than just the forums. All the software, dedicated servers, cluster environments, etc. add up quickly, not to mention a slew of expenses unrelated to hardware/software (like paying developers, designers, and freelance writers). There's also a HUGE difference between moderating a forum or two, and owning/operating a site. I'm not going to dive into all the financial details because, quite frankly, I don't owe that to anyone. But suffice to say, until you own and operate a site with the kind of traffic and complexities BassResource.com has, you're not in a position to challenge it.

I had the same problem when I first started punching. If the mat is real thick you can actually tear their mouth trying to pull them through the mat. In this case you have to go in after them by reaching through the grass and lipping them.

Pflueger President.

Not complaining at all, heck, we won a BOAT!! Im still excited about it.

I don't understand why people think that this site is harder to use now. There are a lot of upgrades that users do not need to worry about if they don't have "computer savvy". It is much easier to post now than before. If someone doesn't have a facebook or twitter account to link to, or want to use the gallery or other features, DON'T. Stop complaining about the awesome upgrade and ask politely for help, and the users of the forum will gladly help you figure everything out.

No, WhiteMike. The question is: Are You Serious? Thanks for stopping by and seeing us! We'll see you again in 2016,

There's always one dentist in ten that doesn't believe in toothpaste.

Well I think you have found a good deal. However, back in 2005 when I bought my Triton, I looked at everything. The Nitro was well built and nicely appointed. The problem for me was that everything that wasn't a X or Z series still had a wood transom encased in fiberglass. Now pretty much everything is some sort of fiberglass. Please have someone knowledgeable in boats, check the soundness of your transom before you buy it. Best of luck and choose wisely.

This, this, and this!!!! I still have trouble understanding why people get their limit then change there mindset to, "lets go get a kicker and win this thing!" Why in the world is your mindset not like that from the get go? If your goal is to get a limit, then a kicker, then you have wasted half your day to get that limit that isn't going to help you in most cases. The guys that win and win consistently come in with numerous big fish each time they hit the scales. Why? Because they are "fishing for the kicker" the second they start calling boat numbers. I realized at the young age that this mentality of "getting 5" was how I was going to donate my money week in and week out. As soon as I changed that to fishing for quality fish the whole day, my results improved dramatically and I started taking the money from the guys running around like a chicken with it's head cut off to get their 5.

Of those you mentioned - the Curado 50E. You can get them for as low as $155 on eBay. The IPT on this reel is 25" - most folks would consider that OK for shallow & mid-cranks. I have a 50E - a nice reel...

Opinions are like butt holes , everyone has one.

You'll get no argument from me that a Bass Cat, a Ranger, a Triton, an Allison a (fill in the blank) are better boats than Nitros. But, are they better values? That is the question. A Chevrolet will get you from coast to coast. A Cadillac will get you from coast to coast. The Ford, or Dodge afficianados can substitute Dodge or Ford for Chevy and Chrysler or Lincoln for Caddy. Most would not argue that upscale makes will get you from A to B more comfortably with nicer ameneties to boot. The question each buyer has to decide is, is the added cost worth it to them? I hear folks say they will be fishing less, and/or staying closer to home because of the price of gas. If the owners of the better boats that voice that had the extra ten, fifteen or twenty thousand in their wallet, the price of fuel might not impact their fishing at all. I could have gotten a "better boat" than my Nitro, but I preferred to put the money saved into things that are more likely to put more fish in the boat, such as better electronics. This you can be sure of. If Kevin Van Dam thought he would catch more fish out of a different boat, he would fish from it. I know, I know, BPS pays KVD big bucks to tout their products. KVD is no fool however. He knows the KVD "brand" only has its value because of his ability to catch fish. He's certainly not going to use any product that dimishes his chances of catching fish, no matter how slightly it impacts his production. Fishing can be done from the bank, waders, float tubes, jons, etc., on up to the full blown, top dollar bass boats. Get a boat you can afford to use on a regular basis, not one that requires you to save a few bucks for a few weeks to put fuel in it. I'd sooner have a boat I can use more often, than one that sits in the garage because the price of fuel has reached four bucks per gallon, and likely to get higher. Ten thousand dollars will get you 2500 gallons of fuel. That's a lot of fishing days.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got If you fish to be a middle of the pack angler you will be a middle of the pack angler!

I have fished Lake Maury, which is the lake next to the Mariner Museum. It's the lake right next to CNU. From the banks nada. From a canoe (which is illegal) I've caught quite a few. There is also a pond next to Lake Maury called Kettle Pond. I unknowingly (honest to god) slipped a canoe in there illegally but it was well worth it. There are some hogs in there. No one fishes it, so they munch on anything you throw in there. My buddy who rarely ever fishes was catching some good sized fish, using plastics. If he could do it, then you know they were down for anything.

Baits don't catch big bass, being on big bass catches big bass. The bait is secondary. Trust me, if you're on big bass, you can throw several baits and catch them most of the time. Locate them first by understanding where the big girls hang out during this particular time of year, THEN worry about bait choice. Traditional big bass baits are spinnerbaits, swimbaits, 10 inch worms, bigger jig and pigs and live bait. That's not to say you can't catch a 9 pound bass on a 5'' worm or crankbait either but when you locate giant bass, I'd first go with some of the above baits and see what works.

WOW - Dwight is cookin' with gas! But then - he's Dwight...and we're not !!

OK Dwight is disqualified. I'm not sure why, but I am working on a good reason.

Good lord Dwight!

It might be best for the mods to lock this one down before things get ugly. I don't know what to make of Raul's remark. 9/11 wounds run deep, go tell a WW2 vet that Pearl Harbor wasn't all that bad, or a Concentration Camp survivor that Hitler wasn't a bad guy. Joke or not Raul, probably not the smartest thing to say.

I hate this concept of getting a limit first, then go for bigger fish. Maybe it's because I don't fish club tournaments or trails where points matter. The only thing that matters in the TX's I fish is weight and $$$. Most weight takes home the money. Catching a limit of small fish only guarntees that you have donated your cash to the winners. I would rather strike out and catch a 12 lb limit while fishing to win, then go intentionaly put 10 lbs in the box and try to upgrade later.

If I were you I would check-out harbor freight .com.I ordered my trailer from them for 179.00. It was delivered to my door in three boxes by ups and took me about 1 hour to assemble. This is my second year using it and it works great.

Since I don’t target small fish & I have 5 in the livewell I would do the same thing I’ve been doing.

I would like to submit... Someone already began with a jig on the deep brush, points, channels etc, and already caught the kickerz.

I find that the best line is BassPro XPS Fluoro for everything but topwater..... if you have a line that you like but the manageability isnt there try using KVD line conditioner..... then for when im not using fluoro, im using powerpro braid (green for topwater, hig- vis yellow for flipping and pitching). I hope this helps everybody out.

I don't always go outside, but when I do; I prefer no sunblock Stay burnt my friends

If our legs bent the other way, what would a chair look like ?

You have no clue what you're talking about. There are other forums that you can go hang out in. It won't hurt our feelings.

Y´all wanna know why he was buried at sea ? Cuz down deep, right at the very bottom, he ain´t as a bad guy as everybody thinks he was.

Dear Boucher, You suck. Sincerely, Grundlelove

Bass in NY will spawn bout the same time as mass, very similar weather brotha.

Happy Birthday Sam.

OK so i havent been active on this site very much in the past few years. But time to time ill stop by and check the forums out to see whats going on, and I can honestly say, everytime this site gets updated it frustrates me. 2006 bassresource layout > this new one...these ads are pretty ridiculous, and im sorry for all you anglers out there who arent very computer saavy but this site dosent NEED ADDS TO BE FUNCTIONAL, its a bad joke. The domain probably cost about 100-300 dollars a year at minimum, and I have been an admin on multiple forums. It dosent cost money to add text and news posts. Just saying the site used to be a lot nicer and easier to navigate, now it just looks ugly I mean for gods sake, the demensions on the avtar dont even look right.. rant over