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  1. 9 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said:

    Considering he's the 2nd biggest draw in the UFC, compared to what guys like Canelo are getting now, $15 million is a lowball deal or just on the low end of what he probably should be getting. 

    I really like your post overall. But is Canelo a safe yardstick for these comparisons? I get that fighters are worth what companies are willing to pay. But Canelo money seems to me to be DAZN making a statement rather than a sustainable business model. UFC aren't a startup trying to woo the biggest stars. They're the main player in the game and have the guy under contract. Way different market position and bargaining position.

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  2. 9 hours ago, twiztor said:

    Super Mario 3d Land

    I love that game so much. The gameplay is obviously excellent. But the combination of the play zones and the fact it's a handheld game makes it feel like you're playing an actual toy. If that makes sense. A bunch of little 3D toy worlds in your hand.

     

    On 5/28/2020 at 10:11 PM, Doc Townsend said:

    I'd probably prefer to see a Saturn mini.  Though the Dreamcast has a ridiculous number of good shooters and 2d fighting games that were never released in North America.

    That's great. And I agree. But what is the likelihood of a mini-DC having a bunch of obscure games on it?

  3. On 5/28/2020 at 3:16 AM, odessasteps said:

     

    I don't know why, but I love the music on this! That bit halfway through, when it slows down... dreamy.

     

    On 5/29/2020 at 6:58 PM, odessasteps said:

    I am being more convinced to just stick with the Switch for the foreseeable future and not get a PS5 in the fall. I think I had already decided to choose it over Xbox if I upgraded. 

    I skipped current gen, so I'll likely get a PS5 initially for the PS4 games I didn't get. As long as the hardware doesn't need iterating.

  4. I didn't mind the show. But I watched it back to back with the previous week's, so it blends in a bit. 

    Cody-Lance has been booked pretty well. I liked their little brawl the other week where neither man got to pull off a special move. Saves it for the match.

    Elite-Circle went less well. The go-home was essentially the PPV match. I was hoping they'd save the return of Hangman for a PPV surprise, but we got it on free TV, so I don't know what the PPV natch is supposed to be.

    I want to like Brodie Lee, but he's a bit boring. 

    Britt Baker is great. Loved her ragging Statlander in her sub outside the ring, the previous week, getting that over. But the knee injury this week doesn't fill me with optimism. Along with Jericho, she's the best heel in AEW.

  5. 22 hours ago, happjack said:

    The Steelers list, that Bubby Brister and Mark Malone have over 20 wins shows how good and underrated the 1980's Steelers defense was. 

    1. Ben Roethlisberger (144)
    2. Terry Bradshaw (107)
    3. Kordell Stewart (46)
    4. Neil O’Donnell (39)
    5. Bubby Brister (28)
    6. Bobby Layne (27)
    7. Mark Malone (21)
    8. Jim Finks (18)
    9. tie Tommy Maddox and Mike Tomczak (15)
    10. Ed Brown (14)

    Man, I never really give Kordell the credit he deserves. My abiding memory of the guy is the picks he threw to the Pats in 2001. They were like daggers to my 21 year old heart. 

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  6. 18 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said:

    They delegated to him because out of those three (Holloway, Tony's MT coach, and Bravo) he's the most senior mind in that corner. The guy has been around for damn near twenty years when it comes to just UFC, period. Like I said before the fight, Rashad Holloway just turned up randomly in MMA between two to three years ago. I'm not as familiar with Fonua so I'm guessing he has been mostly helping guys in the Southern California MMA scene than having big fight experience. That's sort of a big issue with guys who go on these long winning streaks with these young teams. They're perfectly fine when everything is going according to plan. However, when trouble comes up, that's when disaster strikes.

    You make a very good point about seniority, which makes that excerpt even more disappointing. Bravo simultaneously talks about how he's been at 150 UFCs, and everyone knows how experienced he is, and then goes on about how he didn't want to be head coach, he can't talk to Tony in that situation, his glasses went missing. 

    Like @Craig H says, he has one skill (at an admittedly insane level), which he has parlayed into wealth (cool) and millions of people hearing him every week (not so cool). Were he a boxer and not a BJJ guy, I'd say that he had one too many punches to the noggin, but maybe he's just a dumb guy with one great skill. Anyone who watches the Premier League knows how prevalent that is.

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  7. 7 hours ago, Tarheel Moneghetti said:

    What are the standout games on the TurboGrafx-16 Mini?  I'm considering picking up one for the two Bonk titles, but I'm not very familiar with the lineup.  I've only heard of about half the titles, and there really aren't a lot of must-play games there for me, but I'm probably overlooking some gems.

    Devil's Crush may be "just" a pinball game, but it's awesome and addictive.

  8. 3 hours ago, Liam said:

    Random question perhaps, but are there any metal magazines that produce digital copies that you can buy online? I used to read Terrorizer, but that has fallen by the wayside. Looking for something a little less commercial than Metal Hammer and that ilk.

    Failing that, are there any good websites when it comes to new reviews and such? Cheers.

    I didn't know that Terrorizer had officially died, but I assumed that was the case. 

    Decibel always seemed pretty good. I assume they're still going. 

    Invisible Oranges is a decent site. Angry Metal Guy has a lot of reviews, but is very much on the cheesy end of the spectrum. Toilet ov Hell are really good for death metal. 

    When I'm not lazy, I have my moments...

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  9. On 5/12/2020 at 9:37 AM, Brian Fowler said:

    So for some reason I bought a Wii U that was delivered Monday. I'm kinda digging this weird ass totally misguided console.

    I like mine a lot. Don't play it much, but I like it. I took a big gaming holiday (save for Marvel Puzzle Quest) for years. Switch brought me back, and it also made me want to play on the U. So I've got Wind Waker HD on the go before I try BotW. Despite not playing the console very much (well, I played Mario Kart a lot), I do have a decent little game collection for it. Bayonetta 2, Mario 3D World, Xenoblade, Wonderful 101 etc. 

    I missed out on Wii, as well, so the plan was I'd play key Wii games on it. I still might. I've got Metroid Prime Trilogy on there, for instance. 

    On 5/10/2020 at 4:34 AM, Andrew POE! said:

    I don't know if it's my PS3 but I legit wonder if my copy is possessed. I was playing along and all of a sudden I heard a female voice screaming IN THE GAME. It was very loud too. Scared the crap out of me too.

    I misread that at first, and thought the voice was screaming "IN THE GAME" like a lost soul from EA Sports

  10. 21 hours ago, Death From Above said:

    GTA 5 is free on the Epic Game Store but good luck actually getting the store to load today.

    Thanks, yoinked that.

    When I logged in,  I noticed that my name wasn't mine, and that my country was Russian Federation. A little worrying. 

    No charges of any kind, just apparently a squatter. I think I've secured my account now (even if a third party decided they wanted the username throughsilver).  

  11. 18 hours ago, Casey said:

    Yeah, totally glad they secured the rights to Powerman 5000 and Papa Roach!

    That is pretty lol, but I don't mind those songs at all in that context. 

    Also: I know why they did THPS 1 and 2 from an ordinal standpoint, but I much prefer 3 to 1. Marketing team may not have liked THPS 2&3 though.

    Also also: I'm another who is in like Flynn for that new Paper Mario. The art style is completely insane.

  12. 9 hours ago, AxB said:

    But if they cancel the games, does that mean Liverpool are considered to have retained the Champion's League? Interesting way to win the double, that.

    The double? They might win nothing, at this rate.

    There will just be no winner of the champ league, unless they can play the games later. The domestic leagues have a decent amount of data in order to "complete" the season (even if average points for the season just means there will be no change in the tables. How about predictive analytics, if they're all so clever? Higher weighting to more recent matches etc). But UEFA only have group stages and aborted round of 16 games to go on. 

  13. This was the weakest empty arena Raw yet. I know there are more than three male heels on the roster, but it doesn't feel like it. (Makes that debate the other week about a "full roster" feel a bit odd.)

    And when said heel team is getting beaten (and/or beaten up) every week, it's like a shitty Dastardly and Muttley.

    Thank goodness the headline slot was a History Today debate, to liven things up.

     

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