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Woo! Another solid game for me.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

masterplum posted...

Many counties have online pages where you can check

I intend to. Right now of course it just says they have my vote.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

I voted by mail weeks ago but now I'm paranoid my vote will get thrown out because I dont have the most consistent signature.

I'm going to be so annoyed if my vote doesnt count.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

I remain skeptical but co tongue to hope you are right.

The Fact that it seems like we are in for record voter turnout especially among millennials and Gen Z does give me more hope though.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

I'm back!

Now if only we could win these close games.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Damn almost got the win

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Damn that's a really good WR group.

Which makes it even crazier they drafted a WR #2 instead of a much needed QB?!

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Can you see depth charts to find where I'm sitting?

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

You are not selling me on this Phoenix unchained book

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Well fuck.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

I've heard ring fit is a pretty legit workout

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Not expecting much from the Jags but I'll stick with my B8 teammates for now.

At least I was getting decent touches before the injury.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Hopefully Jags can get Lawrence. But a good lineman is always helpful too.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Amazing

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

I assure you one of the Knights will be the last man standing in the Cibernetico.

Heck we will probably have to fight each other since none of us will be eliminated by the pathetic Team Panth.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Voldy teaming with an undead Skeleton is great. Snape teaming with Ace is just weird.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Go go Rome

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

I'm an edgedancer

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

That is such a great moment.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Not a bad time to get hurt at least

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

#NoPayNoWork

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

What side did he keep it on pre timeskip? Pretty sure it was always right even when he definitely was serious.

He wouldnt have switched to bushido code training with Hawkeye. More likely he started following it after reaching Wano and being taught the code by kinemon. So this is the first time in Wano he is looking for a fight. Which seems pretty accurate.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

It's not just you. GRRM got worse with his vulgarity stuff in the later books. Like he had a checklist of how much he needed and just decided to stick it all in a few chapters.

Dance is the worst book for that and I felt the same way as you and I honestly wished I'd just stopped like you did.

And yeah Gunnerkrigg early artwork is unique to say the least. I much prefer the current more realistic art.

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Yeah it was a solid end to the fight the I was honestly hoping the other guy would win after how it started.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Aw yeah big win.

And Wayne! Everyone guard your stuff.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Warning that the art early on is...something.

But it gets much better

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Fair enough

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

I did warn you that Elantris was Sandersons weakest book.

I'll throw in recommendations for Reckoners (Sanderson but not Cosmere) and Riyria Revelations (Michael Sullivan).

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Yeah Bofuri is definitely not Grimdark. It's just about friends playing a game where one of them keeps accidentally breaking it and becoming more overpowered.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Yep back in Iowa.

The storm basically started in eastern Nebrasks went through all of Iowa and a bunch of Illinois I think.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Luckily I'm not in a bad spot my parents area is much worse.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Dark Silvergun posted...

The storm hit. Not much rain, but the wind was crazy at times. Plenty of cleanup tomorrow, tree branches aplenty all over the place.

This is my world now. Durecho hit yesterday and internet is dead.

Spent all evenings at my parents place cleaning up tree limbs. They have no power anywhere or cell service or internet

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

I'm going to be very impressed if Abby Finkenaur can win over popular news anchor Ashley Hinson.

Name value is just so strong and Abby is a young one term Rep.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Oda got really big into weird funny faces in these later arcs.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Where can you legally watch steins;Gate?
I tried crunchyroll but they seemed to only have the prequel

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

That idea does at least amuse me.

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Dont try and compete with the Bibles numbers.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

I wont be surprised if neither thing happens but I hope it does.

I just really want them both to happen.

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Most of all I still just want a closing "arc" of just Strawhats completing personal dreams/missions or returning to visit home islands and past allies.

Like we need to go back and see Laboon.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

I hope we dont skip Elbaf now.

It just feels like there is so much left to do.

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I feel like Picard is best used fighting weaker enemies.

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Top 10 Topic!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78884288

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11. The Rock
Score: 211
# of Lists: 15
First Place Votes: 2, junk_funk, Rock

Writeup: scarletspeed7
The Rock may very well be the greatest sports entertainer of all time. Of course, that wasn't always the case for the People's Champion. Most people tend to look at the last five years of his full-time career, running from 1999 to 2003, as his apex. A time period filled with headlines at Wrestlemania, where a four-way, a match against Hogan, and a trilogy against Austin capped the most successful period of his career, the Rock helped brand WWE as the premiere wrestling company of all-time. The Rock was more bankable than wrestlers often considered more talented - Shawn Michaels never drew the sort of crowds the Rock could draw, and Hogan was not able to capitalize on higher-priced tickets in the way the Rock did. And never forget, the Rock and Cena were able to put together the most profitable wrestling shows in history in their duology that also, for some reason, featured the Miz.

The talent of the Rock was innate and raw from the get-go. His charisma and his look were undeniable, but it took the assistance of an all-star roster to overcome the bad booking that easily turned crowds against a young Rocky Maivia. Sitting in sessions with talent like Steve Austin and Vince McMahon helped the Rock craft and hone his unforgettable style of promo. The Rock relished in subverting the cartoonish style of Hogan's bygone era, utilizing overselling and goofy larger-than-life power moves to capture fan attention with his tongue-in-cheek antics that, when necessary, could be turned on their heads to create great intensity and high-caliber drama in the right places and at the right times. The Rock knew his audience, and more importantly, he knew the men across the mic from him - the Rock could churn out chemistry with nearly anyone, and thanks to the murderer's row of talent at the turn of the millennium, the Rock never had a dance partner he couldn't lift to the challenge.

It's important to note that every talented wrestler has dabbled in the entertainment industry, but only the Rock was able to pioneer a successful path for future talent to emulate. Without the Rock, Batista and Cena wouldn't have a surefire road to success. Even Hogan couldn't translate from in-ring godhood to box office glory. That's because the Rock has a keen self-awareness of his talents and his shortcomings. This self-awareness is exactly what the Rock used to capitalize on his talents in wrestling, taking a genre that had some of the worst writing and plot pitching of its time and pushing that aside. The Rock could take a terribel unscripted concept and turn it on its head with well-placed, tested and practiced formulaic promos, knowing where to change a word or how to find a perfectly timed insult. His ability to act always relied on his own personality shining through his character, and that's exactly what has led to the Rock becoming one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood.

It's easy to dismiss the Rock's Hollywood success as separate from his in-ring career, but that celebrity status derives its origin from the Rock's wrestling talent - more specifically his ability to be the very best of the sports entertainment style. Steve Austin was still a wrestler at his heart, regardless of what tales were spun around him, but the Rock was groomed from the very start in the WWF style of sports entertainment, and he was able to flourish and thrive, driving WWE to its greatest peak alongside Austin. The two were the ultimate dance partners, the greatest and pulling the best from each other, on and off camera. Without them, the industry suffered a slow decline. Truly, it's clear that the Rock was the truest draw, thanks to his brief return against Cena in a high-profile year-long feud.

It's easy to forget that wrestling has objective metrics. Money is undeniable. It represents the only true sign of success in this industry. And while artistically the Rock lacks the attention to detail or the emotional resonance of the apex of the wrestling crop, he was able to become the most thoroughly successful wrestler ever by knowing how to cater to a large-scale audience, ravenous for his every word, every eyebrow quirk. And while we can spend years arguing Okada or Tanahashi, neither man has ever proven themselves as truly household a name as the Rock. Hell, who is Hulk Hogan in comparison to the Rock? A second-rate also-ran. A rudypoo candy-ass. The Rock truly, truly is the most electrifying man in sports entertainment.

https://www.facebook.com/NewAttitudeAggression/videos/454443221587419; The Rock vs. Triple H, Iron Man (May 21, 2000)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5vqnqh; The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (April 1, 2001)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz5oko; The Rock vs. Chris Jericho (October 21, 2001)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7laqzs; The Rock vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan (March 17, 2002)

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Let's find out!

12. Mitsuharu Misawa
Score: 205
# of Lists: 10
First Place Votes: 1, CPU

Writeup: Steiner

In America in the 80s there was Ric Flair and the Big Gold Belt, the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship. In Japan in the 90s, there was Misawa and the AJPW Triple Crown Championship. The title was born in 1989, and a year on in the summer of 1990, Tiger Mask II would unmask and begin his ascent to that title, as the legend of Misawa was born. He would immediately wrestle the company's current Ace, Jumbo Tsuruta, in one of the greatest matches of all time, a match that would be pointed to as the birth of the King's Road style - a style that would become the dominant style wrestled around the world to this day, and which would produce a slew of the best matches of all time.

He wouldn't win the Triple Crown championship until 1992, but by that time the era of Misawa was already in full swing. It would be at the beginning of this reign that he'd first face his tag team partner, Toshiaki Kawada, which would kick off maybe the greatest rivalry of all time, as the pair would face off in not only numerous singles matches, but legendary tag team matches as well with Misawa teaming with Kenta Kobashi to take on Kawada and Akira Taue.

He'd continue having great matches with the other 4 Pillars of Heaven, as they would come to be known, and also the gaijins like Stan Hansen, Steve Williams and Terry Gordy, all through the 90s, holding the Triple Crown championship for 1799 days over his 5 reigns (that's 26 days short of being half the decade!) and in the process making that known as the most prestigious title in the sport.

As the 90s ends, so too does Misawa's time with AJPW, and he leaves to form the new promotion NOAH, which would go on to be the biggest wrestling company in Japan for the first part of the millennium, due in large part to Misawa himself as the top star. He would go on to have more legendary matches in NOAH - most notably another "GOAT" candidate in the epic singles match with Kenta Kobashi in 2003. As the 2000s went on, both the passing of time and the wear on Misawas body started to show first in Misawa slowing down, and then in his tragic passing in the ring.

While the 2010s have brought about a revival in New Japan, its hard to argue theres ever been a stronger scene in Japan than in the 90s. To me, Misawa is at the head of that. He was the ace during the golden age, both from a critical and business perspective. Once that run slowed down, he formed the next hot promotion, and NOAHs trajectory is completely tied to Misawa the hottest promotion in Japan while Misawa could still go, struggling as Misawa started to wear out, and quickly turning into just another glorified indie after Misawas death. Sad as it was to see, NOAHs rapid decline after Misawa is a clear sign of the huge draw he remained right up to his passing.

Ive talked a lot about how great Misawa was, but not what made him great. Its a very simple case, in my eyes hes the best in ring story teller of all time. You can point to the crisp technical wrestling skills, or the stiff work and level of punishment he took all points that made his matches stand out, for sure. But the reason so many consider his matches with Jumbo, Kawada and Kobashi to be amongst the greatest ever is the interwoven story threads be it throughout a single match, or over the course of their careers. The booking clearly helped, but there are so many threads woven through the major feuds of Misawas career that put all of these matches over the top and make it one of the most rewarding time investments youll ever get out of wrestling.

It takes a certain stature in wrestling to become synonymous with a colour but once that happens, its eternal. The red and yellow will always be Hulk Hogan. Pink and black may evoke images of other Harts, but more than anything its the Hitman. And the emerald green, for as long as there are ropes and a canvas, will be reminiscent of Mitsuharu Misawa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg8KoSf_fCg; Mitsuharu Misawa & Akira Taue & Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Masanobu Fuchi & The Great Kabuki (May 26, 1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOXYWZt3Fw8; Mitsuharu Misawa vs Steve Williams (July 28, 1994)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1KJ102doqE; Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (December 6, 1996)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARcmU_oTO6k; Mitsuhau Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (March 1, 2003)

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Post will come tonight.

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Great win

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Woo 2 TDs! Boo we still lost

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

Legends does add more content after. Mostly just the ability to fly around and another fight with Vigoro.

Plus the final couple bounties are harder than the final boss and level scale. Level up to much and the final bounty is nearly impossible (as I learned).

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

People like Vriska lol

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

I'm going to assume Kirk is meant to be Picard. Though honestly I'd rather have Kirk in a fight.

2. Phaser can be fired pretty quick.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris