Chaos
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I'm not quite sure how I feel that this game is still tied after 62 minutes.
Provided we actually beat Belgum
If we beat Belgium and Argentina can survive this, I think it scares me. Do we really want to play an angry Argentina team?
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After posting my roster, I noticed that I have a lot of expiring contracts heading into the new year, which should be good and a couple of retirements.
The one that has me really worried is the retirement of my goalkeeper, which I may go ahead and try to resolve with the June Transfer period.
I also will look at trying to sell off guys for whatever I can get that are at least third on my own depth chart and have little chance of seeing playtime.
Mags, are you simming any games or are you playing all of them? I have played all of them up to this point, but I am wondering if I should sim a few just to speed up the length of the season.
I played all of them. But it's just because I cared about LeFondre and McCormack's goals tally and I wanted to "earn" promotion.
Try playing Luke Murphy through the middle. I made him my CDM (I played a diamond wide 442 I think) and he was far better in that position. I generally sold off most guys over 32 years of age to get some cash in to make some moves for some impact players. Hunt and Aiden White should get you some cash also. White was a decent player in my team but once he started making noises about leaving / turning down a contract extension I get rid of dudes who don't want to be there who aren't match winners.
I appreciate the pointers. I also noticed that I had a striker on loan, who I do not remember placing on loan. He is now a 71 overall, which either suggests that I was not paying attention, or he improved by playing elsewhere.
I'll have to look at who exactly that was when I get home. I had a rough stretch where I would either draw or would get outright beat. I worked through fixing it and moved from toward the back end of the table to the ninth position. I think I am a few wins away from getting into the "green" area; however, I think the team at the top of the table has a large margin on everyone. Thankfully, we are still early in this season.
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The Hobby Lobby ruling is not a hill I feel like dying on. It's "Bunch of people with ideas I don't like" vs. "Bunch of people with ideas I don't like". I do have an opinion, it seems to be different than most of your's, but I'm not wading into the waters on that one. I'm just saying they nailed that earlier decision.
I am going to agree with Fresh on this one. I am way too Conservative/Libertarian for this board, which is why I normally just shrug of political jabs when reading comments.
The Supreme Court has to be very careful not to politicize things, and it does seem to become more and more politicized over time.
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I voted for the Harts more due to familiarity than anything. I have seen very little of the Freebirds during their peak. I actually watched the earliest episode of World Class on the Network, and I need to keep going through those. Although, I think a lot of what is getting posted would be towards the end of things.
From listening to Austin's podcast, I understand that everyone is in love with them, so I can see why they take this in a landslide.
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People are naturally self loathing. I had a lot of people on my Facebook feed checking in to see it and then post that they had no clue why they were.
I also had a lot of people that enjoyed it because all they want is mindless flash and explosions, which I am sure this movie dealt in droves.
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Just watched it. No idea whether it's going to be any good or not, but thought-provoking subject matter obviously, I'm a sucker for the mystery stuff, but I refuse to give Lindelof 7 years of rope this time! One or two years, maybe.
I do not think HBO or the material will give him 7 years of rope. Judging by people's reactions, I would be interested to see this be a weird replacement for Six Feet Under.
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After posting my roster, I noticed that I have a lot of expiring contracts heading into the new year, which should be good and a couple of retirements.
The one that has me really worried is the retirement of my goalkeeper, which I may go ahead and try to resolve with the June Transfer period.
I also will look at trying to sell off guys for whatever I can get that are at least third on my own depth chart and have little chance of seeing playtime.
Mags, are you simming any games or are you playing all of them? I have played all of them up to this point, but I am wondering if I should sim a few just to speed up the length of the season.
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I remember being about 8 and hearing that Milan had signed that dude Lentini for £13 million and at the time I couldn't comprehend that figure, I mean how in the flying fiddler's fuck is anyone worth that much I thought.
Now United are splashing out £27-30 million on an 18 year old left back who has had one decent season in top flight football. But then you can say if you get 10-12 years out of him as United's 1st choice left back the price could work out ok in the end but that's all if and maybe and possibly.
I don't even know what my point is other than holy fuck at the money in football and agents are having the time of their lives.
It sounds like some of these clubs should maybe start looking at that 49ers Colin Kaepernick contract for inspiration.
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Yeah. I would be tickled if we can make it to the quarterfinals since we seem to play poorly in the first knockout round more times than not. I have very low expectations we will make it further than that; however, a rematch of last year's Gold Cup final to determine who plays for the World Cup would be FANTASTIC.
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I have two main story missions left on Infamous Second Son, and I will then probably just put it on eBay. If Tabe's guess is right, I am guessing the game will be free over the holidays, which is when I can buy the DLC and platinum trophy the game.
That will knock my PS4 library back down to two games: FIFA 14 and MLB: The Show 14.
I think I like this smaller game library idea.
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There is a real possibility of a CONCACAF Semi-Final if CRC can pull off the upset against the Dutch, and the US can find a way to sneak past a very good Belgium team and probably Messi in the Quarterfinal game.
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Okay, I am in early November. I am ninth in my table with Leeds, and here is my starting 11 followed by the rest of my roster. This showed me that I probably need to do some roster trimming to free up funds.
GK: P. Kenny
RB: S. Byram
RCB: T. Lees
LCB: J. Pearce
LB: S. Warnock
RCM: P Green
CM: R Austin
LCM: L. Murphy
CAM: R. Majewski
RS: R. McCormack
LS:E. Diouf
L. Peltier
M. Tonge
S. Wootton
N. Hunt
L. Varney
A. White
D. Poleon
M. Smith
A. Drury
D. Norris
R. Hall
C. Dawson
A. Cairns
Z. Thompson
S. Lenighan
J. Ashdown
R. Killock
M. Brown
Y. Arquin
D. Pugh
C. Taylor
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I would have to probably find something for audio out too. I have never gotten an entertainment center. Mostly because we live in an apartment, and I know those would drive the neighbors crazy.
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That's what I hear. I want something that will not ruin my vinyl; however, a high quality system is not something that I can afford either at the moment. If I could keep it under or around $200, I would be happy.
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$33 is a good buy, but I am just not a fan of buying sports games digitally. Especially, if it's a series you think you could get into annually.
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I have finally built up enough of a vinyl collection that I probably should invest in a turntable. What are some solid ones to buy on a budget? I understand the Crosley ones that are easy to find are probably not the route to go.
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Given that I do not follow soccer as much as I would like, I probably do not understand the "who should I use" outside of the top tier guys. I have made a few minor changes, but I did not make a lot of changes in the opening transfer window. I am closing in on the January window, and I am working my way up the table. I have fought back into mid-table with Leeds.
I will post my team when I have a second to get back on the game. You can maybe offer me some suggestions. I know that Diouf in both FIFA 13 and FIFA 14 has proved to be my best scorer with Leeds..
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It looks like from Mag 7's posts that there's a pretty good career/franchise type mode in FIFA. Is that correct?
I really enjoy the career mode, and I am actually doing the same thing that Mags is doing with fighting to earn promotion for Leeds.
For whatever reason, I never use the big clubs in career mode. I either go the MLS route or do what I am doing now.
I guess it just feels to easy to play through Barclays or whatever.
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This match was one of the biggest surprises for me when I saw it for the first time a couple years ago. I had basically quit watching WCW around the time this aired.
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Mag 7, would you recommend FIFA to someone who hasn't played a soccer game since an early Winning Eleven on the PS2?
Yeah. I've always been a Winning Eleven / PES guy so I'm not a FIFA acolyte or anything. It has its faults, and I kind of regret getting it over PES this year because I think PES is the better playing title, but it's not a huge gulf or anything. FIFA just has so many damn leagues and teams. I haven't gotten into the editor one single time, and I used to spend ages tinkering around with PES getting kits right, players, teams, crests, etc. Part of me misses that, as it was kind of a yearly ritual, but a large part of me doesn't miss trying to get Legia Warsaw's crest pixel perfect, you know?
FIFA 14 is a pretty good game all told. Beyond some gameplay concerns the only stuff I really hate is the Windows 8 menu design, and hearing the same licensed music crap over and over. It does a lot right, though, in presentation and all that once you are playing a match.
FIFA is probably the one series I buy year after year now that NCAA Football is no longer an option. I think my biggest frustration with this year's game is the way it allows the AI to find ways to pull off last second scoring goals.
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My mom is maybe the biggest Rocky fan I know. All the while growing up she would use Rocky as an example for why I should never give up. So for mother's day, back when Rocky Balboa was still in theaters, I took her to see it. I think it was her favorite mother's day gift ever. We both cried a lot watching it and I had already been through all those tears once already during it's opening weekend. This scene in particular really gets to me:
That scene makes that entire film for me. On one of the old boards, I had that quote as my signature here for quite some time.
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I could probably list a few, but the two that absolutely wrecked me in recent years were:
The last ten minutes of Six Feet Under.
The BIG reveal in Dear Zachary (if there is a moment on camera that can bring about every negative emotion possible, this may be it).
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Transformers is 165 minutes long. I feel sorry for the many Americans who will blow $50 at the movie theater after popcorn, drinks, etc to see it.
2014 WORLD CUP THREAD
in SOCCER/FUTBOL
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You're the first I've seen say this. A lot of people have pegged the U.S. as the heavy underdog. Keep in mind, this is American outlets.