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He may be onto something, though.  Nobody seems to quite understand how that rule is going to be called.

Word was the Braves weren't willing to give up the prospects Baltimore wanted.  Makes sense, but I felt Britton would be the one move Atlanta made.  I do wonder if Tehran gets traded.  The guy is just not an ace of the staff and has never been.

16 hours ago, Pooker said:

I loved Carroll when he played for the Jazz.

And he was a solid three for the Hawks, as well.  He managed to parlay that into a huge Toronto contract and then promptly just meh'd around until having his best scoring season ever with Brooklyn...because Brooklyn.

He strikes me as one step below Al Horford.  Not a max level guy, but a great role player.

Also, all of Hitman is free to play until July 31st.  Do treat yoself to one of the best games of the last five years.

If you didn't think Toronto would refrain from shooting their own foot to get a name at the three, allow me to mention the name DeMarre Carroll.

Don't be surprised if the Melo to Atlanta trade results in neither person playing for their new team.  This may be a salary dump from both sides when all is said and done.

29 minutes ago, Cloud Was A Racecar Driver said:

Pre-patch is live. Went up like a full four hours before Blizzard's estimated time, but people are reporting problems logging in.

Can confirm.  I've been trying to swoop in for about an hour now and continually getting the same error.

6 hours ago, CrOwentia said:

Game Dev Tycoon is a fun little game, I've had it for a while now but it's very much a game that you can just go back to at any time and screw about with. I just released my own console and a game exclusive to that console, and, for some reason, it seems that over half the people that bought the game don't actually own the console...

That should be an achievement.  Name it "Breath of the Wild".

Gonna preemptively welcome them both to Atlanta as we start our new dynasty and I'm awake now.

The Lakers have to get rid of The Ball Circus if they're landing any of these people, right?

Lumines Remastered has been just what I hoped it would be:  a relaxing way to make some squares and focus on something else for a while.

If anyone is wanting something close to Rogue Legacy on the Switch, go nab Devious Dungeon.  Not as deep as Legacy, but manages to feel very similar in the "eh, run these levels, upgrade my gear, whack a boss" rogue style games.

Once finances allow, I think I'll nab Hollow Knight.  Hearing a lot of great things about it and $15 doesn't sound like a bad price for a game supposedly that deep.

3 hours ago, Meacon said:

The Yoshi game is pushed back to 2019 now? Booo.

I can't bring myself to tell Short Girl yet, but it does make sense.  Nintendo has their year planned, so Yoshi can be a nice palette cleanser for everyone not caught up in Smash hype after the holidays.  I have faith they'll manage to somehow make the cutest Switch game ever even cuter.

8 hours ago, Switzerlineker said:

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones has informed the team that he won't attend mandatory minicamp, general manager Thomas Dimitroff said in a statement released Monday.

This is turning into a Dez Bryant situation and I would be pleasantly surprised if Julio is a member of this team much longer.

Bloodstained:  Curse of the Moon boss question:

On 31/05/2018 at 14:11, Bobfoc said:

How long before it becomes "pay-to-not-wait"?

I've finished four areas and still had not seen anything demanding pay.  There's an option to buy a lot of cosmetics through the eShop, but nothing pay-to-win so far.

Anybody throw down for the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection?  I'm mildly intrigued, but Short Girl prefers Injustice & Tekken, so it'd be a PC purchase and I have zero intentions of paying full price for a PC title these days.

That new "free-to-start" Pokemon game for the Switch is really addictive, friends.

Quick shout out to Bloodstained:  Curse of the Moon, as well.  If you want Castlevania I, then go plunk down the $10 and get you some Castlevania I.

Wait, am I recalling correctly that the teams that worked on GC1 and GC2 were same in studio name only?  I remember a lot of criticism regarding GC2 because it lacked noticeable upgrades over GC1 and had no post-launch support.  That scuttlebutt kinda put me off of picking up GC2.

A PGA-endorsed GC 2019 with the solid creation features and gameplay from the first entry would be outstanding, though.

Dennis Schroder probably wants out of Atlanta, who has a GM that loves him some draft picks, but good luck getting that contact out of Atlanta without getting another Miles Plumlee-style contract coming back.

7 hours ago, Meacon said:

...be glad you did. 

That was a good game.  First place is very nice.  

Short Girl - aka the defending champion in her fantasy football league - loooooves that Ridley pick for Atlanta, and rightfully so.  Assuming Sarkisian's second year is akin to Shanahan's second year, Matt Ryan will throw for around eight million yards.

1 hour ago, The Chiksrara Special said:

I finally found a box of the cereal but I've never used an amiibo before. What the hell do I do?

Here ya go.

That's MLB Slugfest nonsense.  Check him for midichlorians.

Isn't this similar to what Marshawn Lynch did before heading over to Oakland?

18 hours ago, Los Ingobernables De VP said:

Could be the Pistons who missed the playoffs and are giving away their first round pick.

Oof.  So much for that Blake trade.

That said, it turns out Atlanta also gets Houston's first round pick.  We'll have a lottery pick plus two more first rounders.  Trust the sped-up process, I guess.

Props to Minnesota for making the playoffs and giving the Hawks their first round pick.

That is literally the only highlight of our season in Atlanta.  Couldn't even tank correctly.

Jeff Bakalar of CNET/Giant Bomb says it is absolutely the reason to buy a Pro and to avoid any and all spoilers.

Patrick Klepek of Waypoint has a great review that touches on two extremely tiny spoilers.

I'm trying to avoid story spoilers but seek out technological news about it.  Only negative I've found so far is that it causes the Pro "to sound like it's taking off" (Brad Shoemaker, Giant Bomb), but meh, that's what I have surround sound and no close neighbors for.