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This whole Mike Babcock thing is flabbergasting. I'm really interested to know if he was fired but given the option to resign to save face or if he actually decided he was happier bring retired.

Edit - Reading more into it, sounds more like a firing than resigning. What a weird story.

20 minutes ago, KingCrippler said:

I do think "A Marketing Nightmare" is kind of insane when he was in the top ten of the company's merch sales literally the day he got fired. 

That's just the first option of the Available Attributes, not what is actually selected for the character.

Do you see AI results in your games?

Well, this is disappointing. I was really looking forward to this game, but, based on reviews, I don't think it will be for me. If I can find a used copy down the road, I'll probably pick it up.

What's a Battle Pass?

I'll still get the game but watching the videos makes me less excited. It's probably trivial, but watching Paul Wight run up a ladder ruins it for me, especially when I read reviews beforehand that it wouldn't be the case on things like climbing the turnbuckles.

Oh that video did not sell me on Road to Elite. I'm sure the matches will be fun but I have no interest in the backstage politics and workouts.

What is a season 1 pass?

I don't really play video games much so I apologize if this is a dumb question, but when you pre load the game, do you not get a physical copy?

And what happens if your machine breaks? Do you have to buy it again?

Fantastic! My middle kid has just kind of quit playing 2K18, so it will be nice to get this for him. Just in time for when AEW comes to my area, too.

Rumours are floating that the Coyotes are still looking in the Valley for arena deals. As a Coyotes fan from Canada, I hope it works out. There are fans there, but they have been given a bad deal ever since they moved to Glendale.

I can believe voters voted against the bill that was basically entirely privately funded and was supported by nearly every forget mayor and council member.

Truth be told, the Coyotes were poorly guided (it's been said whoever told them to send it to an early vote gave them bad judgment) and ran a terrible campaign (rumours are they only spent $250,000 while the no campaign spent $2,000,000). The no campaign was well funded by out-of-state unions who were upset they weren't guaranteed the work on the project.

Seattle vs St Louis starts soon and it could decide second place in the North. It should be a good game, too!

Incredible game, incredible finish. I can't wait for tomorrow!

On 13/03/2023 at 07:16, Justin Buschlander said:

Team USA's starting pitching is as underwhelming as can be. In fairness, they were gonna have Kershaw, Cortes, and Logan Webb but all had to pull out.

But even beyond those guys, the list of guys who turned down invites is enormous. Manoah, Gausman, Musgrove, Bieber, Cole, Rodon, deGrom, Burnes, Woodruff, McClanahan, Verlander, Scherzer, Wheeler, Nola, Fried, Strider among many others. Some of those guys would've needed to withdraw due to subsequent camp injuries (deGrom, Musgrove) but the point is they all declined.

This isn't anything new, Team USA's roster almost always looks the way it does now - star-studded position players, solid bullpen, mediocre starting pitching. I don't begrudge guys for staying home and getting ready for the season, it's just unfortunate that you're saddling this amazing lineup with guys like Kendall Graveman and Brady Singer.

Ohtani and Darvish had no issues leaving camp to go pitch for Japan. Reigning Cy Young winner Alcantara happily went to go pitch for the DR. Hell, Marcus Stroman was Team USA's ace last time and he decided to switch over to Puerto Rico this time. Short of a massive payday I'm just not really sure there will ever be a way to sell American pitchers on this tourney being worth it.

At least you have the depth to cover it. Try being a Canadian baseball fan! At the last tournament, our "ace" hadn't pitched in three seasons. I think this year's team has three that are retired.

That being said, I absolutely love this tournament and can't get enough of it. Canada actually has a chance to advance past the first round.

Speaking of which, the tournament format is the best it's ever been. The convoluted second round round robin is gone, hopefully forever.

This game was bad before the rain. The teams seemed to get better but now kicking is impossible.

A lot of people are worried about the league after this move.

Kickoff is better than the NFL, but I prefer the CFL halo rule. I've enjoyed what I've seen so far. It was nice to see a decent crowd today. San Antonio always shows up for their spring leagues. Hopefully this one actually sticks for them.

On 07/02/2023 at 11:34, TheWho87 said:

On a lucha related note, I cut these a few days back, not 100% on the names if anyone can help

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Here are the sources if they can help.

https://twitter.com/mas_lucha/status/1620076159638847492

https://twitter.com/mas_lucha/status/1619849074907439105

https://twitter.com/mas_lucha/status/1619512218755932162

https://twitter.com/mas_lucha/status/1617330776802201600

https://twitter.com/mas_lucha/status/1617302810420183040

https://twitter.com/mas_lucha/status/1614445363259404289

https://twitter.com/mas_lucha/status/1614467161757548546

https://twitter.com/mas_lucha/status/1614478127635496961

#2 http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Magnético

#7 Minos II

#8 Orgullo

#9 Bumbo

#11 Karma I

#12 Karma II?

#20 & #21, based off the tweet, I'm assuming Kabha and Guerrero Jaguar, but I couldn't find anything to corroborate.

You never posted a picture of it, but the second last twitter post you gave is Golden Girl.

According to the article, this was holding up the release date. So hopefully we get that soon.

Dalys la Caribena should be born approximately 1967-1968. I have read she was 42 when she debuted. She should have a mercenary attribute (or something similar) and at least be muscular body type. Her relationship with Veneno should be Blood Relative, not Loyalty (they are siblings).

Lady Flammer and The Tiger (Tamaulipas) are married.

Lady Jaguar retired years ago to start a family.

47 minutes ago, Ebenezer Fork said:

So I'm confused as to what the difference is between the BUMP pics and the regular pics. I don't even know what the hell BUMP is. [/boomer]

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Me too. I really hope my expectations aren't too high!