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I recommend deleting that post MMX and comment on it after day 1
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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I both own Prey and it is on Game Pass, so I will definitely play it. The length concerns me though as while not a completionist per say, I like to do everything that I enjoy in a game. If that takes like 30 hours, I likely won't be beating it.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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1. Star Fox 2
2. Beyond: Two Souls
3. Prey (2017)
4. Her Story
5. Grand Theft Auto III
6. Seiken Densetsu 3
7. Batman: Arkham Knight
8. Kamiko
9. Sonic Mania
10. What Remains of Edith Finch
11. South Park: The Fractured But Whole
12. Simpson's Hit and Run
13. Marvel's Spider-Man
14. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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And your August Games of the Month are...

Star Fox 2 (SNES)
Beyond: Two Souls (PC/PS4/PS3)
Prey (2017) (PC/XB1/PS4)

Congrats to Paul, gameking, and Ark for having their games selected!
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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After considering the information I was seeking (aka receiving draft strats/queues/conditionals) and gauging the overall feelings from the league, we are moving forward with Option A. The draft begins tomorrow.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Noms and changes are closed. I will draw momentarily
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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My late neighbor's mom was 99 I believe when she passed away.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Random Fun Fact:

The Broncos OTs have a combined career line of 1361 blocks against 104 sacks allowed.

(That is over 13 blocks per sack allowed)
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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I played the first one, but I stopped after like 30 hours. I just felt like I was going through the motions by then.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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I'm pleasantly surprised that I wasn't affected according to their intel.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Okay, so I am a little torn on what to decide. Based on what I read and have received, there is considerably more support for Option A than B. However, I have received only one full strategy and one Day 1 strategy with about 48 hours remaining if going with Option B, which concerns me. I might have to delay my decision until tomorrow when hopefully I have more information to go off of to base a decision.

As a heads up, here would be roughly the start times for each day under both options (give or take an hour):

Option A:
Day 1 - Friday, July 26th at 8 PM ET
Day 2 - Saturday, July 27th at 3 PM ET
Day 3 - Sunday, July 28th at 2 PM ET

Option B:
Day 1 - Sunday, July 28th at 2 PM ET
Day 2 - Monday, July 29th at 1 PM ET
Day 3 - Tuesday, July 30th at 9 PM ET
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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It's on my long list of Game Pass games to try.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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What is wrong with all of you lol. Then again, my answer has to be various B8NFLL stuff (counts since it is done in Madden 06) that have contributed to well over 1000 hours spent on it over the past 5+ years.

If that isn't in the spirit of what you are looking for, probably grinding for levels in some JRPG back when I played several of them in the early-to-mid 2000s.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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FYI, 139 prospects ended up being renamed, which might be a record.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Oh, Degrees of Separation is local co-op only. Online co-op has apparently been abandoned. From what I read, AI playing solo is problematic, so I'm sorry darkx, but it appears I will be skipping this game after all.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Titans release QB Bobby Reid from his contract.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Monument Valley 2 (Android)

I have no idea why it took me almost a year to wrap this game up. I just had three levels left. It has been 4+ years since I played the original, so I have a hard time comparing the two. I think I might prefer the original. I know it had more content (DLC included that is), and I feel like it had a closer marriage between atmosphere and puzzles. This one felt a tad lighter on the puzzles, not necessarily in volume but in involvement. It still worked out wonderfully as it was a more kinetic experience. These are probably my favorite mobile games after the Go games using Eidos/IO properties.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Ratchet: Deadlocked (PS3)

I've never particular cared for the series. I love the weapons, but they have been muddled by poor platforming elements, dead-on-arrival humor, lackluster level design, and mediocre visual style. I got this game for $1 many years ago on a PSN flash sale, but never felt compelled to play it until recently. This actually is the second best in the series, and a legitimately good game.

While a lot of the humor is still lame, Daran Norris is gold and had a high success rate relative to his peers. The big thing though is the expanded use of arenas and everything else being bite-sized levels. This significantly mitigates the issues brought on by the series' platforming and level design. I wouldn't mind seeing a remake of this game.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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The spreadsheet did sync up nearly everything. The roster, free agent, and draft prospect sheets should be up-to-date. The team financial sheet did not fully sync up, but all cap spaces should be accurate. I will edit in new contracts at a later date.

I will send team status PMs to the teams that sent in UFA stuff late or idled shortly. All other teams should have previously received a PM or Discord DM that states their current cap space and roster holes they have entering the draft.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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I have not finalized a draft schedule yet, but I will no later than Wednesday. I haven't had a full look through all the posts when I gave the options to the league. From what I did glance, the most passionate wanted to stick with the Friday-Sunday schedule while the majority didn't care and stated they would be okay with Option B (maybe so if people wanted extra time that Option B allows wouldn't feel like they were being disruptive or selfish or whatever).
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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NFL Draft Order
1. Patriots
2. Falcons
3. Titans
4. Wildcats
5. Redskins
6. Giants
7. Chiefs
8. Bears
9. Browns
10. 49ers
11. Lightning
12. Pumpkins
13. Hawks
14. Packers
15. Lions
16. Bengals
17. Broncos
18. Jaguars
19. Bills
20. Jets
21. Buccaneers
22. Rams
23. Ravens
24. Pioneers
25. Panthers
26. Steelers
27. Colts
28. Vikings
29. Raiders
30. Seahawks
31. Cowboys
32. Dolphins

Bears own Steelers' 1st + 3rd, Lions 2nd, Giants 3rd, Dolphins 4th
Bills own 49ers 2nd + 5th + 6th + 7th
Broncos own Packers 3rd
Chiefs own Dolphins 1st + 6th, Titans 4th
Cowboys own Broncos 3rd
Dolphins own Chiefs 1st + 5th, Bears 1st + 2nd + 3rd, Lightning 1st + 3rd, Falcons 2nd, 49ers 3rd, Buccaneers 3rd, Steelers 3rd, Lions 4th
Falcons own Dolphins 3rd
49ers own Bills 5th, Dolphins 5th
Giants own Jaguars 1st
Jaguars own Giants 1st, Steelers 7th
Pioneers own Colts 1st, Bengals 4th
Steelers own 49ers 1st, Panthers 2nd, Chiefs 4th, Bears 4th, Lions 6th
Titans own Chiefs 6th
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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If I can't or dont want to be here for the draft, what are my options?

Queue - You give me a list of players in order of priority. It can be as few as one and as many as the 250+ prospects that will eventually be in that sheet.

Draft Strategy - You give me a vague or specific set of instructions on how to draft your players. An example of this would be

Draft best available CB in 1st round
Draft best available player in 2nd-4th rounds
Draft best available player for a position of need in 5th-7th rounds.

Conditionals - You give me a list of conditionals. Unlike the other two examples, this one is best used if you only think that you will be unavailable for a single round. Using DE Chandler Jones as an example:
1. Draft DT Dontari Poe
2. Draft the best available offensive lineman with a 1st round grade
3. Draft the best available player for a position of need

I do prefer that everyone, even if they plan to attend the draft on any or all days, send me something from the above list. So the draft runs smoothly, I create a spreadsheet where I create detailed draft plans for all user teams in case I have to draft for them. If I am given a strategy/queue/conditional (especially one that encompasses the entire draft) from a team, then I do not have to waste my time and effort for said team.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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NFL Draft Rules

1. When it is your time to pick, post your selection in the spreadsheet

2. 5 minute pick limit, which starts when I say something along the lines of "X team is on the clock"

3. If no pick has been made after 5 minutes, I will select the player for you

4. If a user is not present at the time they are on the clock, they will be auto-drafted via rule #3 until they notify me

5. I have full veto/approval authority over trades involving draft picks during the draft and unless you attend the live draft at any point, all trades involving draft picks must be submitted to me at least 48 hours prior to the start of the draft due to how hectic it has been for me in the past.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Live NFL Draft

This is a 7-round affair where teams select college players. There are 32 picks in each round for a total of 224 selections overall. We break this down into three real-life days. Rounds 1 and 2 are on the first day, rounds 3 and 4 are on the second day, and rounds 5 through 7 are the final day. The draft takes place in the spreadsheet as that is where all the info is, and I totally failed in my lone attempt to do a draft in both the spreadsheet and Discord.

In one of the posts below, I will include the draft order again as well as updated draft pick ownerships. I only include ownership of other teams' picks. If you wish to attend the draft at all, I require that you own a Google account and either PM me or post here the email associated with it so that I can include you as having permission in the spreadsheet and you can sign in and enter the chat function which is located near the top right of the spreadsheet. Most of you have done so in previous years, but there could be a few people wanting to attend this year but have yet to receive permission.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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I am hoping to do drawing on Thursday
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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F-Zero
F-Zero X
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
F-Zero GX
F-Zero: GP Legend

I have probably "beaten" F-Zero X a hundred times and played around 5000 cups in my lifetime. It is my favorite game after all. Too bad the rest of the series didn't hold a candle to it.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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I'm going to add the prospects today after all. After a good night's rest, the devastation has worn off. I write down all of my to-be-renamed in a notebook because a physical hard copy is actually easier for me to look at during the draft. Thus, this shouldn't take too long as I have all 139 renames recorded.

Who knows about the roster, financial, and free agent sheets though.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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So I just spent approximately four hours doing UFA cleanup, prospect renaming, and spreadsheet editing when I was forced to shut down my browser. When I opened it back up, I couldn't access the spreadsheet while offline. I have no idea if any of the offline saved changes will go into effect when I sync tomorrow, and I had just begun putting the prospects into the sheet.

I don't have it in me to start a new sheet in another program to transfer it over later on, so prospects will almost certainly not go up until Tuesday. Expect us for right now to go with Option B for the draft regardless of what people have said since I presented those options.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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UFA period has ended

I will open any outstanding PMs now.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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17. Beat a first-person shooter

Medal of Honor (2010)
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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It has not been fun since the All-Star break, but at least we got a win.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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I have beaten the original, II, Brotherhood, Revelations, III, and Black Flag.

I own Unity, Syndicate, Origins, and Odyssey though. I will get to them eventually.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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LEGO Batman (PC)

The only LEGO video games that I have played are LEGO Island way back in the 90s and The LEGO Movie that came with my PS TV purchase. Batman is probably the worst of them, but that is simply because it started to overstay its welcome. I did enjoy it for the most part, but I was hoping it would be more open-ended and fluid than what it was. With all the forced costume changes and whatnot, momentum frequently slowed down. The vehicle sections were great though as they weren't susceptible to those issues.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Medal of Honor (2010) (PC)

I know this was considered a disappointment and a big reason why only one more game was made before lying dormant (possibly permanently). As I came in with lower expectations, I came away impressed, though I didn't play online (I am both assuming there is online and that servers have been shut down). FPSs get a bad rap on the internet, especially on B8, but one of the things I really like about the genre is the use of scripted events to stretch the basic gameplay into something unexpected and spectacular. There were some really tense situations that got me fully invested as I had no idea what the outcome would be. The final fight in Belly of the Beast is a perfect example of this.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Cuphead
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Thankfully, the live draft takes place in the spreadsheet
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Monthly Progress
Castlevania - Ark, Crispy
Degrees - gameking
Full Throttle - KCF, Cody

Nominations
Ark - Kamiko, Prey (2017)
Crispy - Seiken Densetsu 3, Sonic Mania, M&L: SS
darkx - Simpson's Hit and Run
gameking - GTA III, Beyond: Two Souls
KCF - Batman: Arkham Knight, South Park: TFBH
Paul - Star Fox 2

Drawing on 24th-26th
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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There's also an option C where we do M/T/W where Wednesday will be in the afternoon, but that has no weekend day, which means the overall participation will be substantially lower than normal.

I obviously prefer Option A as I based my schedule around that, but if people take a long time to determine what they want to do in the draft (I also want to point out that you can and many have done strategies day by day and not all at once) to where 4+ days isn't enough, then we can go with Option B if 6-ish days is more preferable.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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If my services are required, I might have time next weekend depending on my other obligations.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Then we have two options for the live draft.

Option A:
Rounds 1-2 during evening ET on Friday July 26
Rounds 3-4 during afternoon on Saturday July 27
Rounds 5-7 during afternoon on Sunday July 28

Option B:
Rounds 1-2 during afternoon on Sunday July 28
Rounds 3-4 during afternoon on Monday July 29
Rounds 5-7 during evening on Tuesday July 30

I won't stagger days, and I won't delay the draft to late August. I originally had everything planned perfectly for option A, but I felt it necessary for me to take a 2-3 day break from B8NFLL, which delayed the start of UFA. I suppose that I could have shortened the UFA period, but I like giving people a lot of time for that.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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I want to say somewhere between 5-10 hours.

I like Cave Story, but I don't understand how it became a finalist.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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FYI, if we are to keep the traditional Friday-Sunday live draft, it will have to be from July 26th-28th. I will have the draft prospect sheet ready on Monday the 22nd. We could break tradition and push the draft just a little bit, but I do not believe that I will be able to make it an August 2nd-4th draft.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Bears receive:
RG Anthony Castonzo (90 overall, 26 years old)
Steelers 2nd round pick (58th overall)

Steelers receive:
RG Cedric Dockery (87 overall, 30 years old)
RE Melvin Ingram (81 overall, 22 years old)
Bears 4th round pick (104th overall)

Steelers incur a $1.78 mil cap penalty to make an originally $8.51 mil cap hit into $7.37 mil this season
Bears incur a $2.55 mil cap penalty to make an originally $9.02 mil cap hit into $6.73 mil this season

Both Shattered and Stan demonstrated they knew what they were giving up and receiving, the financial implications, and were aware of the past histories of both players. Ingram was a 1st round pick just last season, so his production is light as a backup in his rookie season. Dockery and Castonzo both have approximately the same career block:sack ratio, though Dockery has played exclusively at G while Castonzo was a recent convert to G and played all along the OL during his career.

The Bears seek more offensive stability by making an already elite OL even better as they implement their third starting QB since the start of last season and maybe a new starting HB. They also find great value for parting with their first round pick from last season who was set to sit on the bench for likely couple more seasons. They also move up almost 50 spots in the draft to the second round to help infuse young talent in a team that has lost some quality players to retirement in recent seasons.

The Steelers get a little older and lower rating at RG but with similiar production. They were also able to save a little over $1 mil in cap space while filling two holes in the process with the possibility of finding two long-term starters, including a 22-year-old DE. The Steelers also have more flexibility with whom to choose with the 10th pick.

As per trade reform, this trade is official (it was yesterday but didn't have an opportunity to do so until now).
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Cave Story
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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I'm going to look more into Degrees of Separation solo reviews before making a decision since it appears that is my only option.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Has Kamiko been ported or is it still Switch-only? I believe I am thinking about the right game anyway.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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That was completely out of character what Woody did at the end right?

For character who values loyalty and structure, and always seems like a fish out of water when outside of the house and comfort zone, abandoning his core principles at the end and embracing the chaotic uncertain just didn't seem believable.

I thought the movie was great in spite of the jarring conclusion. Duke Caboom and Combat Carl 4 life.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Degrees of Separation $4-6 USD for XB1 depending if you have a Gold subscription or not.

I was under the impression that the game was specifically designed for co-op but allows you to play solo anyway, so because of my busy schedule, I didn't buy it previously. For $4 though, that might be low enough to get me to purchase something solely to not make darkx so lonely this month.

Would anyone be willing to play co-op with me after the drawing? I remember getting no nibbles when I asked about playing XB1 co-op before, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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One week to go
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Monthly Progress
Castlevania - Ark
Degrees -
Full Throttle - KCF, Cody

Nominations
darkx - Simpson's Hit and Run
KCF - Batman: Arkham Knight, South Park: TFBH
Paul - Star Fox 2

Drawing on 24th-26th
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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