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Just inviting people to shine a spotlight (or should I say black light) on your company

Are they really gonna shove Jack Perry in the title match here? I don't see that getting a ton of buys, but I don't know who else goes there unless Hangman's good to go. I see could see them trying to do Rock/HHH from Backlash 2000 with Kenny playing the Austin role. Hangman getting reinstated as a member of the Elite (after he swerves Kenny and joins the beatdown in Winnipeg) would be a better fit. If they're running a Blood and Guts for control of the company, you have to bring Swerve into the fold or his reign becomes a bigger afterthought than Joe's.

I've had a crush on Jennifer Garner since forever. Totally understand.

What's funny is I knew the VATS was broken but paid it no mind and have been plugging through the game anyway. I probably just waste too much ammo due to that, I'm even running low on 10mm and that's my backup ammo. I wouldn't complain if they fixed it though.

It still bugs me - big time - that MLB didn't intervene and overturn the on-field decision. Would not have set a bad precedent and would have been a nice gesture. But noooooo...

Carpet picking is hilarious to watch, until you're the one doing it.

Oh, thank you. I was a bar DJ (and strip club for a month) when this came out and I had managed not to think about it for a while. Until now. My own brother in Creed has betrayed me!

Controversy (allegedly) Creates Cash.

Tampa wouldn't be in the playoffs if officials actually did their job and called them on their constant use of blatant pick plays and interference their entire system is based on.

So the argument you're essentially making is "I had a bad vacation once, therefore all vacations are bad, and we should never take them". Everything has the risk to be bad, and the way around that isn't just to abandon doing it altogether. Deep down, we all need a reason to care about something. For some, the wrestling itself is enough. Someone earlier referenced watching football for the sake of watching football because they love football that much. That's great! Some people can sit there and watch a 2-8 team play a 3-9 team and be perfectly happy, and that's great for them. Others are going to need something more; maybe a race for the division title, maybe they don't check in until the playoffs, maybe it's just the Super Bowl that they start watching, whatever. But to say that only one method of enjoying football is valid? Ehhhh. Kinda shitty, don't you think? And I think that's what the folks who are asking for more story are asking for. If the primary thing thrown out there is "and here's a great match!" or "here's a five star classic", then ehhhhh. 2-8 vs 3-9 football games could be great games too, but if there's nothing really on the line aside from draft position (which you have to be bought into those teams to care about), a lot of folks just aren't going to care, and that's the reality of life. But if it's "this person hates that person and they want to beat the living heck out of each other", or "this person can make more money by beating the heck out of this person", now we're getting somewhere. For those folks, that carries a lot farther than "this is a tape trader's dream match!" That has more to do with having actual emotional investment in the people watching. Whenever I see someone make that point - and I'm just speaking from my own experience because it's why I don't watch as much of the show as I used to - I read "I want to care, but I haven't been given anything to care about". Those viewers are either going to find something or they aren't, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to give them more of a hook than how high of a rating people give it on Cagematch, or how many stars Dave Meltzer tossed out.

Robin Hood was right about Nottingham.

WE'RE NOT VINCE!

Okay. I'll just say it... How does bringing up a real life, horrific sexual assault case sell AEW... its roster, its matches, or its shows, in any way?

I saw the AEW 'TV' live experience on Saturday, and to no surprise it wasn't nearly as fun as watching with no commercials, the international version, and in the morning with breakfast. I hope somebody out there is compiling the Best of Don Callis? He is so effective as a heel while also being incredibly funny. Don's admiration of Trent's win this week was my number 1 highlight. His chewing out of Fletcher and Ospreay wasn't far behind.

I'm less concerned about scandal and more about altercations breaking out.

It's funny. I've been really lucky with bugs for the last three Bethesda games. I got the usual ones - side quests that won't close, flying mammoths, etc. But nothing serious. The only Fallout game I had real problems on was New Vegas, which was nearly unplayable due to constant lag. This update is something else, though. Anything less than 95% hit chance in VATS is almost certainly gonna miss. 95% is maybe 50/50. Can't see indoors, since the lighting is almost nonexistent.

Not every single match needs a story. Any time I hear someone edging toward the argument that they do, all I can think of is:

I mean, why not just put a full Sports Book in the bar? An official one, that is.

How are the shareholders supposed to get their beaks wet from that!?

The NXT drafts are always good to see because they seem to be shoots. I'm sure they aren't clued in to who's getting called up. I'm sure most expected Dragonov to get called up but even he didn't know for sure. I'm cool with not so much changes this year. It seems alot of times people get moved just because they feel they have to because it's a draft. It's alot of people injured right now anyway that they can account for after they get off the shelf.

Why would anyone need an app for this kind of betting amongst friends, co-workers, and so on? The "bet ya $10 on pop-a-shot basketball or air hockey" has been going on forever.

I'll submit that we live in a reality that is much less ripe for parody than 20-30 years ago. I mean, how can you possibly "parody" someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene or Lauren Boebert? It's not possible to make them seem dumber or more insane. I do like the approach someone mentioned above, and I said it a few weeks ago; AEW is a wrestling show. It's okay to have wrestling matches on your wrestling show. Not every encounter needs to be preceded by 30 minute lore dumps...

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/tony-khan-controversial-anti-wwe-comments-got-tons-of-coverage-for-aew

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/new-japan/njpw-issues-apology-for-losing-usb-drive-with-fan-club-members-personal-information Fuck.