It summed up every negative stereotype about hardcore gamers, as Cartman and his friends became fat, greasy-haired, acne-ridden slobs as they go through the endless hours of practice necessary to defeat an awesomely powerful player who was ruining the game for everyone.
Certainly, lavish subsidies and awesomely high GDP growth have not seduced the Tibetans into fealty to Beijing.
Lake Baikal, the awesomely beautiful main draw, was threatened by a new oil pipeline until Vladimir Putin ordered its route moved away from the shores of what Buryats call the "Sacred Sea .Yekaterinburg: Long-term residents of this city in the Urals shudder when they recall the state of its airport in the 1990s: never any taxis, they say, and very often no luggage.
But to attract the best students it will still have to market its strong points—its excellent teaching and awesomely beautiful buildings, for example.In much of Europe, though, money does not yet play a role in students' calculations.
Jet engines may be awesomely complicated machines worth millions of dollars each.
Many companies also find that the country is still an awesomely costly place in which to do business.
They might be awesomely expensive (Maersk's new ones will cost almost $200m each), but with fuel costs making up such a large part of their bills, all the shipping lines are looking to reduce the cost per mile per container on the Asia-Europe run.
Despite an overhaul of the bankruptcy laws in 1998, it is still awesomely difficult to foreclose on debts: the definition of bankruptcy turns on net worth, as opposed to cash flow, and the process is slowed down by a two-track system that separates forced restructurings from forced liquidations.
One of the period's most popular films, the documentary Woodstock, never overtly organized its material, depending instead on a rhythmic connection of the music and images at its awesomely large rock concert.
And I want Game of Thrones to end awesome, because I'm a huge fan, and I have every reason to believe that it is going to end awesomely".
Hadn't they heard that Nuno Mendes, head chef at the awesomely fashionable Chiltern Firehouse, had opened a new restaurant in Spitalfields?
