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#53 Counter-Strike: Source (PC, 2004)


This is really a placement for the entire series, but if I'm going to point out one, it is Source due to using the much better Source engine than those of its predecessors and the great custom maps that the community put out all the time.

Counter-Strike is the sole reason why I created a Steam account back in 2005, and I only played games from the series on it until around 2010 or 2011. It is a perfect pick-up-and-play and also a "one more round" kind of game. My hours got reset at one point, but virtually every CS game would be in my Top 5 most played on Steam.

The flavor of each round is about rescuing hostages or planting bombs, and you play as counter-terrorists or terrorists. As I pointed out earlier with Nightfire, I am big fan of higher-stakes multiplayer in having a life system, and in Counter-Strike, you get one life per round. Because most of what came before were arena shooters, it was one of the earlier online shooters to truly emphasize teamwork and strategy, and the loadouts (you accrued money in each round you could use on armor or weapons in the subsequent rounds) you chose before the action started could be the difference between success and failure. The brevity and fulfillment of each round was unparalled, and hours could go by in a flash.

I want to bring up Condition Zero's Xbox port because it had a console-exclusive map that is my favorite in the series, Miami, which was inside of a bank. The area had lots of rooms and vents, so there were more hiding places for the terrorists (it was a hostage map). My friend and I would cheat on this map lol. It wasn't in every CS game, but in the Xbox one, you could see where every ally or enemy was when you died and follow their movement. My friend and I would call each other on cordless phones, and when we were on the counter-terrorist team and either of us died, we would shift the camera around and tell each other where the enemies were holed up. Did we win a bunch of games that we shouldn't have? Yes. Do I regret what I did? Absolutely not.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I will start sending out PMs to people who haven't decided their plans in the coming days and hopefully a board-wide sign-up topic just after that.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

30. Beat a game with a female lead
GRIS

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I will nominate A Case of Distrust

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

KCF has beaten GRIS

For a game that clearly wanted to be more of an art project than a full-fledged game, they packed in more gameplay elements than I would have thought based on the earlier portions of the game. I feel like they could have cut a ton of content though. Elongated chase scenes and busy work just didn't really mesh. There's nothing wrong with having a short game, so I feel like they should have embraced that and just make in a 90 or so minute affair.

That being said, the game really turned a corner in the second half. I was on the fence for most of the game, but the final area ultimately sold me on it being a game worth playing.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

GRIS (Switch)

I feel like they could have cut the game's content down in half to help with the pacing, but the game did have a strong second half

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

This is probably the furthest that my GotY has advanced in a long time.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#54 Mario Golf (N64, 1999)


I've never been a big fan of golf. I would play some rounds with my grandfather, I would hit the driving ranges with my dad, and I would pay attention to major tournaments as a discussion topic with them, but I was much more interested in other sports. However, I enjoy golf video games more than any other sport (I consider racing to be its own genre in gaming).

It is a zen-like experience. You get some nice natural environments to look at, listen to some breezy tunes, and not have to worry about a clock or an opponent to face off against in real time. It's because of that that I am pretty content with most golfing games. I've played dozens in my life, and I liked just about all of them. With respect to the mid-00s PGA Tour games, the Mario Golf series has been the premier golfing series, and I think the N64 game is the best one.

It's one of the more accessible yet wholesome golfing experiences in a video game. That screenshot helps to show why. It gives you clear information on one screen how far the hole is, how far you can expect the club you are on will go if hit well, what mode you are using your club, the power level of your swing using marks, and the range of your accuracy meter, where the wind is blowing, and much more. It's not overwhelming at all but gives you all the necessary information that you need. Also seen on that screen shot is a grid on the course showing you where you can expect your ball to land. It may sound dumb, but that grid is the best in a golf game that I've encountered. Because of the N64 graphics lacking any realism, the clarity of it really helps when you are looking to see where you want to align your shot.

A lot of golfing games force you to play all holes in one go, but Mario Golf allows you to suspend play on any hole, maybe even during any shot (my memory is a little fuzzy on that), which makes it excellent for multiplayer, and you can even have three different games going due to save states. In addition to its standard stroke play, there's several other modes/ways to play, and I cannot stress enough that mini-golf is awesome. Why was this the only one to feature mini-golf? That's probably the biggest reason why this one is my favorite, but the game would still be excellent without it.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Maybe one day I will be able to play. Whenever I attempt to go into the main menu, it kicks me out to the intro screen. I've tried connecting to different data centers and have even deleted and re-downloaded the game itself.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I unlocked the blue color in GRIS. I thought this was like a 3-4 hour game, but the menus show that there's like a dozen colors to unlock, and I feel like I have played close to two hours. I could be overestimating my playtime, and I can easily check out the figure. The lead-up to unlocking blue dragged on, but I'm hoping this new area is better at pacing.

In HZD, I didn't know that there was a progress counter, and I am up to almost 12% now. I'm going to adhere to the level suggestions for now, and I will probably hold off on doing things like hunting challenges until post-game. I should probably look into getting better weapons because some of my fights have taken nearly all of my arrows (prior to crafting more).

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Can you at least save at one point? I probably haven't played a game for 3+ hours straight since maybe Persona 4 in 2012.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Ashethan posted...

In terms of career accomplishments? Yeah. Nobody can really argue that.
In terms of play? No. Not really.

That's not to take anything away from him, though. But Super Bowls are a team effort. He's still one of the greatest QB's ever, but I wouldn't say he's the Best Ever. Most accomplished works, though. And that should be pretty satisfying for him.

This is pretty much my stance

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs - Ranlom
Oakland Raiders - Bloodychess
Portland Express

Buffalo Bills - stevr
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots - Jukkie
New York Jets

Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals - Muffinz
Mexico City Browns - VI
Pittsburgh Steelers - Shattered

Columbus Pioneers
Indianapolis Colts - mccheyne
Jacksonville Jaguars - Sultan
Tennessee Titans - Socko

San Francisco 49ers - Scare
Seattle Seahawks
St. Louis Rams
Toronto Wildcats - prof

Dallas Cowboys
Las Vegas Pumpkins - Pennywise
New York Giants - Eddv
Washington - Wiz

Chicago Bears - Stan
Detroit Lions - Nee
Green Bay Packers - Tangicide
Minnesota Vikings

Atlanta Falcons - MMX
Carolina Panthers - Emerald
San Juan Orcas
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Chris

I will not be returning to the Pioneers. I achieved what I wanted to do with them. I will pick a new team later on, but I will give veterans and newcomers a chance to pick their team before I make my decision.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Tony Hawk

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I am really only comfortable with moving teams that I am forced to move because of the high costs of moving teams and the potential consequences related to finances.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Okay everyone, it is time to confirm where you stand for next season. Let me know if you intend to stay on with the same team, move to another team, or unfortunately leave the project.

Bolded teams are confirmed to come back for next season while italicized have not officially told me of their plans.

The Anaheim Lightning have moved yet again, this time to San Juan, Puerto Rico to become the Orcas!

Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs - Ranlom
Oakland Raiders - Bloodychess
Portland Express

Buffalo Bills - stevr
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots - Jukkie
New York Jets

Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals - Muffinz
Mexico City Browns - VI
Pittsburgh Steelers - Shattered

Columbus Pioneers - KCF
Indianapolis Colts - mccheyne
Jacksonville Jaguars - Sultan
Tennessee Titans - Socko

San Francisco 49ers - Scare
Seattle Seahawks
St. Louis Rams
Toronto Wildcats - prof

Dallas Cowboys
Las Vegas Pumpkins - Pennywise
New York Giants - Eddv
Washington- Wiz

Chicago Bears - Stan
Detroit Lions - Nee
Green Bay Packers - Tangicide
Minnesota Vikings

Atlanta Falcons - MMX
Carolina Panthers - Emerald
San Juan Orcas
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Chris

I am returning, but I haven't decided if I am coming back to the Pioneers after achieving what I set out to do with them.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

My problem with the lightning is with the, I forget what they call it, but the device that points out stuff in purple and blue. The purple moreso than the blue, but it doesn't seem to show up well in sunlit environments, and I'm still in the first area, so that's basically my entire world right now.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

NFC Pro Bowlers
QB Brady Quinn
QB Ryan Tannehill
QB Chris Leak

HB Ezekiel Elliot
HB LeSean McCoy
HB Darius Walker
FB Nolan Hughey
FB Jeremy Lane

WR Gonzie Massey
WR Sammy Watkins
WR Jarvis Landry
WR Selwyn Lymon
WR Patrick Turner
WR Cameron Colvin
TE Tim Wright
TE Austin Hooper
TE Jordan Reed

OT Greg Robinson
OT Tavita Thompson
OT Orlando Franklin
OT Tyron Smith
G Zach Martin
G Willie Colon
G Jonathan Clinkscale
G Chris Pino
C Chris Spencer
C Tyrone Byrd

DE Demarcus Lawrence
DE Josh Julmiste
DE Everson Griffen
DE J.J. Watt
DT Joe Upshaw
DT Clifton Dickson
DT John Mixon

OLB Nick Perry
OLB Wesley Woodyard
OLB Von Miller
OLB Sean Spencer
MLB Derrick Jordan
MLB Korey Norton

CB James Bradberry
CB Ras I-Dowling
CB Sean Smith
CB Trumaine Johnson
FS T.J. McDonald
FS James Riley
SS Derek Linde
SS Scott Morris

K Mason Crosby
P Riley Dixon
KR/PR Kenjon Barner
KR/PR Buster Skrine

The Seahawks and Giants did not have a rep
There were no rookies
22 players are making their first trips

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

AFC Pro Bowlers
QB Jacoby Brissett
QB Russell Wilson
QB Marcus Mariota

HB Jacquizz Rodgers
HB Melvin Gordon
HB Mark Ingram
FB Peyton Hills
FB Jon Helmandolar

WR Stefon Diggs
WR Anthony Gonzalez
WR A.J. Green
WR Mike Evans
WR DeAndre Hopkins
WR Terrelle Pryor
TE Zach Miller
TE Trey Burton
TE Charles Clay

OT Marcus Cannon
OT King Dunlap
OT Reggie Harris
OT Phil Trautwein
G Ben Ijalana
G Jake Grove
G Laurent Duvernay-T
G Toniu Fonoti
C Andy Levitre
C Joe Looney

DE Michael Johnson
DE Charles Johnson
DE Travis Johnson
DE Melvin Ingram
DT Billy Walker
DT Robert Satele
DT Sheldon Richardson
DT Billy Walker
DT Robert Satele
DT Sheldon Richardson

OLB Connor Barwin
OLB Kyler Fackrell
OLB Kwon Alexander
OLB Jarvis Jones
MLB David Harris
MLB Vontaze Burfict

CB Jeremy Lane
CB Tracy Porter
CB Delvin Breaux
CB Brandon Carr
FS Tyrann Mathieu
FS Tony Jefferson
SS Jessie Daniels
SS Keon Jackson

K Jake Elliot
P Jacob Schum
KR/PR Elliot Newton
KR/PR Cody Latimer

Every team got a rep
There were two rookies (QB Brissett and K Elliot)
24 players are making their first trips

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Pioneers vs Cowboys

2nd Quarter
Hartline 12 yard pass from R. Wilson
A. Wilson 5 yard pass from R. Wilson

3rd Quarter
Nolan 2 yard run
Kaeding 39 and 53 yard FGs

4th Quarter
Smith 19 yard pass from Newton
Travathan 39 yard INT
Bell 9 yard FR with 3:16 left in the game

Final Score
Pioneers - 27
Cowboys - 21

KCF and the Columbus Pioneers are your B8NFLL S14 Champions!

Notable Players
Pioneers QB Russell Wilson 13-30, 128 yards, 2 rushes for 20 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Cowboys QB Cam Newton 16-22, 113 yards, 4 rushes for 31 yards, 1 TD, 2 fumbles
Cowboys HB Darius Walker 143 total yards
Pioneers SS Vonn Bell 8 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF, 1 FR for TD (named SB MVP)
Pioneers OLB Kyler Fackrell 3 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF
Cowboys MLB Danny Travathan 4 tackles, 1 INT for TD

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

B8NFLL Super Bowl XIV
Pioneers vs Cowboys

This is the second SB appearance for the Pioneers. They lost to the Vikings in S13
This is the seventh SB appearance for the Cowboys. They defeated the Dolphins in S7 and Broncos in S10 and lost to the Dolphins in S8, S11, and S12 and the Broncos in S9.
Cowboys QB Vince Young went down to injury in the divisional round and signed Cam Newton who was released earlier this season by the Patriots.
The NFC leads the AFC with a 9-4 SB record. The Cowboys are the only NFC team to lose in the Super Bowl
This is KCF's 8th Super Bowl appearance. He lost in S1, S4, S7, and S13 and won in S8, S11, and S12.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Rams at Cowboys

1st Quarter
Crosby 42 and 40 yard FGs

2nd Quarter
Walker 1 yard run + missed XP
Darby 5 yard pass from Newton
Gano 24 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Watkins 11 yard pass from Newton

4th Quarter
Nolan 3 yard run
Hooper 34 yard pass from Tannehill
Newton 8 yard run

Final Score
Rams - 13
Cowboys - 37

Notable Players
Cowboys QB Cam Newton 20-29, 189 yards, 8 rushes for 50 yards, 3 total TDs
Cowboys P Riley Dixon 3 punts for 57.7 avg, 2 inside opp. 20
Cowboys DT Ryan Walker 4 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Ravens at Pioneers

1st Quarter
Manson 9 yard pass from Wilson
Hill 1 yard pass from Wilson

2nd Quarter
Rosas 29 and 26 yard FGs
Diggs 31 yard pass from Wilson

3rd Quarter
Murdock 1 yard pass from Mauk + 2 pointer

4th Quarter
Diggs 60 yard pass from Wilson
Johnson 22 yard pass from Mauk

Final Score
Ravens - 21
Pioneers - 28

Notable Players
Pioneers QB Russell Wilson 12-19, 165 yards, 4 TDs
Ravens WR Calvin Johnson 10 rec for 97 yards, 1 TD
Pioneers WR Stefon Diggs 5 rec for 123 yards, 2 TDs
Pioneers SS Vonn Bell 8 tackles, 1 INT
Pioneers MLB Kyle Kato 4 tackles, 2 sacks
Pioneers DE Brandon Siler 3 sacks, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Conference Championship Round

Ravens at Pioneers
Rams at Cowboys

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Rams at Packers

1st Quarter
Alexander 4 yard run

2nd Quarter
Taylor 2 yard run
Crosby 47 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Lacy 3 yard run

4th Quarter
Crosby 35 yard FG

Final Score
Rams - 20
Packers - 7

Notable Players
Packers QB Tyrod Taylor 13-23, 174 yards, 6 rushes for 38 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs
Rams OLB Jerry Hughes 11 tackles, 1 INT
Rams SS Scott Morris 8 tackles, 1 INT
Packers MLB Derrick Jordan 17 tackles
Packers OLB Justin Williams 6 tackles, 2 sacks
Packers DT Joe Upshaw 4 tackles, 4 sacks

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Express at Pioneers

1st Quarter
Wilson 2 yard run

2nd Quarter
Graham 34 yard FG
Kaeding 45 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Graham 28 and 20 yard FGs

4th Quarter
Kaeding 25 yard FG
Siler safety

Final Score
Express - 9
Pioneers - 15

Notable Players
Express K Shayne Graham 3-5 FGAs
Express OLB Za'Darius Smith 4 tackles, 2 sacks
Pioneers MLB Kyle Emanuel 9 tackles, 2 sacks
Pioneers OLB Kamerion Wimbley 7 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Washington at Cowboys

1st Quarter
Walker 2 yard run

2nd Quarter
Fisk 4 yard pass from Quinn
Nugent 24 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Gano 27 yard FG

4th Quarter
Nolan 1 yard run + failed 2 pointer

Final Score
Washington - 10
Cowboys - 15

Notable Players
Washington SS Jermaine O'Leske 11 tackles, 1 sack
Cowboys MLB Danny Travathan 11 tackles, 1 FF
Cowboys OLB Haason Reddick 7 tackles, 1 INT

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Ravens at Dolphins

1st Quarter
Vincent 1 yard run
Rosas 29 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Brown 1 yard pass from Mariota

3rd Quarter
Romaka 1 yard run
Atkins 2 yard run

4th Quarter
Catanzaro 36 yard FG
Rosas 54 yard FG with 2 seconds left

Final Score
Ravens - 20
Dolphins - 17

Notable Players
Ravens CB Leodis McKelvin 1 FF, 1 INT
Dolphins DE Travis Johnson 9 tackles, 1 sack
Dolphins DT Kawann Short 5 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Divisional Round

Ravens at Dolphins
Washington at Cowboys
Express at Pioneers
Rams at Packers

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Washington at Falcons

1st Quarter
Lymon 45 yard pass from uinn

2nd Quarter
Elliot 1 yard run
Nugent 49 yard FG
Lane 7 yard run

3rd Quarter
Nugent 41 yard FG

4th Quarter
Wright 17 yard pass from Quinn
Brate 74 yard pass from Brohm

Final Score
Washington - 27
Falcons - 14

Notable Players
Washington QB Brady Quinn 16-28, 257 yards, 2 TDs
Falcons QB Brian Brohm 10-27, 147 yards, 1 TD, 4 INTs
Washington WR Selwyn Lymon 4 rec for 117 yards, 1 TD
Washington OLB Shaq Thompson 8 tackles, 1 sack
Washington SS Jermaine O'Leske 7 tackles, 1 INT
Washington CB Buster Skrine 2 tackles, 2 INTs
Falcons DT B.J. Raji 2 tackles, 2 sacks

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Broncos at Ravens

2nd Quarter
Rosas 50 yard FG
McCaleb 50 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Bess 2 yard pass from Siemian

4th Quarter
Coker 4 yard run
Murdock 41 yard pass from Siemian

Final Score
Broncos - 10
Ravens - 17

Notable Players
Ravens QB Trevor Siemian 24-30, 178 yards, 2 TDs
Broncos OLB Patrick Willis 8 tackles, 1 sack
Ravens OLB Leland Jones 13 tackles, 1 sack

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Vikings at Rams

1st Quarter
Lewis 46 yard run

2nd Quarter
Lacy 6 yard run
Alexander 3 yard run

Final Score
Rams - 7
Vikings - 14

Notable Players
Vikings QB Josh Portis, 16-31, 146 yards, 7 rushes for 43 yards, 3 INTs
Rams OLB Jerry Hughes 10 tackles, 2 INTs
Rams MLB Manti Te'o 8 tackles, 1 INT

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Browns at Express

1st Quarter
Graham 49 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Royal 18 yard pass from Brissett
Murray 4 yard pass from Brissett
Murray 1 yard run

3rd Quarter
Melhaff 37 and 34 yard FGs

4th Quarter
Melhaff 24 yard FG
Daniels 32 yard INT + 2 pointer

Final Score
Browns - 17
Express - 24

Notable Players
Browns QB Dak Prescott 9-24, 75 yards
Express QB Jacoby Brissett 24-35, 153 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs
Express HB DeMarco Murray 196 total yards, 2 TDs
Browns OLB Kwon Alexander 10 tackles, 1 sack
Browns SS Jessie Daniels 8 tackles, 1 INT

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

It will be time to sim the postseason on Discord soon

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#55 Crash Team Racing (PS1, 1999)


Now you could also consider this a placement for the Nitro-Fueled remake as from a gameplay standpoint, it is the definitive version, but I wanted to highlight the original version because the remake has a poor unlock system and relative to the time the game came out, the original is the more impressive game to me.

After seeing a bit of a kart racer craze in the first few years of the N64/PS1 era, Naughty Dog looked at the best of what they offered and combined them to make not only their best game in their 35+ year history but also the best kart racer to this day.

CTR took the adventure mode from Diddy Kong Racing, and while the world isn't as cool or detailed and lacks the secrets, it is paced better, and the boss races are far more fun and balanced. They also took a vast item system full of offensive, defensive, and support effects like DKR, Mario Kart 64 and many others and produced what is probably the most fair item system in a kart racer in terms of item probability based on positioning and opportunity rate to defend yourself against attacks.

Racing felt phenomenal then, and it still does now. It truly is remarkable how well ahead of its time the game felt as it basically took the looseness of Super Mario Kart and refined it to a degree that the level of control the player has is simply incredibly. I never was attached to the Crash series, but I was appreciative of the wide variety of characters and the level selection is superb. I of course prefer some more than others, but they are almost all of high quality, and with racing being my favorite genre, I can be a stickler with it comes to course design.

The kart racer may be my least favorite among the main racing sub-genres, but I'm up for any and all racing games, and I find it sad the genre is mostly dead outside of Mario Kart, a licensed game or two every now and then, and a few indie games. With the success of the remake, maybe we can get another revival or two of some of those that I enjoyed over the years.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#56 Stardew Valley (PC, 2016)


My experience in these outdoor life sims is a bit limited. I actually played Harvest Moon 64 for 18 in-game years, but I couldn't get into any of the other games in the series that I tried. It might be a stretch to call the Animal Crossing games similar due to farming being replaced by light gardening, but I have played and enjoyed several games from the series. I also own games like Slime Rancher and My Life at Portia but have yet to play them. I don't know what I was expecting when I got into Stardew Valley several years ago, but I definitely wasn't expecting it to grab me like it and make me addicted to it.

You play as a character who was working a mundane 9-5 job who then inheirited a farm from their late grandfather. You choose your gender, appearance, and pet and basically do whatever you want from there. There's plenty of activities and logs/stats to fill up. In my first year, I basically focused on fishing and exploring the mines while also making healthy progress rebuilding the town's community center (which is sort of the main objective of the game and you do it through donating various items you get through normal activities). In my second year, I focused on wrapping up the community center, building up my relationships with people, while finally committing to some minor farming.

I am on my third year and with over 90 hours put into the game, and if my character's grandfather could see what I've done with the farm, he'd roll over in his grave. I have a pair of like 5x5 plots with a scarecrow in the middle and a couple of barns/coops clustered in a corner with weeds growing all around the buildings so I don't have to worry about feeding my livestock outside of winter. There's no fences or cool designs or anything. I have such a sad looking farm, which just goes to show you how much content there is and how much I love what I've done if the core principle of the game is something that I've barely touched with nearly triple digit hours played.

That also means that this has a chance to climb up the rankings by a fair bit through more play. With more time and effort into farming, possibly consider starting a family (my first choice is married and off-limits), and trying out all the new features that have been added to the game since a few years back, who knows where this game could land.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

And me
HM. Coffee Talk
HM. VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
HM. Max Payne + Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
HM. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
HM. Kirby's Epic Yarn
HM. Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
100. Unholy Heights
99. Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
98. Backyard Baseball 2001
97. Boxing (Atari)
96. Mu Cartographer
95. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
94. Lego Island
93. Mercury Hg
92. Persona 4 Golden
91. The Gardens Between
90. Pure
89. Batman: Arkham Knight
88. Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004)
87. Aliens Go Home Run
86. Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+
85. Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors
84. Monster Rancher Advance 2
83. SimTown
82. Diddy Kong Racing
81. Super Mario Odyssey
80. Red Dead Redemption
79. Mario Party
78. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
77. Super Mario 3D World
76. God of War II
75. Outland
74. Advance Wars: Dual Strike
73. 007 Nightfire
72. Super Solvers Mission T.H.I.N.K.
71. Grand Theft Auto III
70. WarioWare Touched
69. Monster Rancher Battle Card GB
68. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
67. Shining Force
66. Plok
65. Monument Valley
64. The Darkness
63. The Darkness II
62. Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2
61. WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!
60. NFL Street 2
59. Pikmin 2
58. Paper Mario
57. Oregon Trail II

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

B8NFLL Season 14 Award Winners

Coach of the Year
Madden - Kerry Collins (Rams)
User - Jon Gruden (Packers)

Returner of the Year
User - Kenjon Barner (Lightning)

Punter of the Year
User - Jacob Schum (Browns)

Kicker of the Year
Madden - Mike Nugent (Washington)
User - Mike Nugent and Jake Elliot (Raiders)

Defensive Back of the Year
Madden - T.J. McDonald (Falcons)
User - Tyrann Mathieu (Jets)

Linebacker of the Year
Madden - Vontaze Burfict (Raiders)
User - Vontaze Burfict

Defensive Lineman of the Year
Madden - Demarcus Lawrence (Packers)
User - Billy Walker (Jaguars)

Offensive Lineman of the Year
Madden - Tony Ugoh (Cowboys)
User - Marcus Cannon (Patriots)

Tight End of the Year
User - Zach Miller (Dolphins) and Tim Wright (Washington)

Wide Receiver of the Year
Madden - Gonzie Massey (Wildcats)
User - Gonzie Massey

Running Back of the Year
Madden - Jacquizz Rodgers (Dolphins)
User - Jacquizz Rodgers

Quarterback of the Year
Madden - Brady Quinn (Washington)
User - Vince Young (Cowboys) and Chris Leak (Pumpkins)

Defensive Rookie of the Year
Madden - Damien Wilson (Browns)
User - Damien Wilson

Offensive Rookie of the Year
Madden - Jacoby Brissett (Express)
User - Jacoby Brissett

Defensive Player of the Year
Madden - Vontaze Burfict
User - Vontaze Burfict

Offensive Player of the Year
Madden - Tyrod Taylor (Packers)
User - Gonzie Massey

Most Valuable Player
Madden - Tyrod Taylor
User - Vince Young and Jacquizz Rodgers

Breakout Player of the Year
User - LeSean McCoy (Panthers) and Michael Johnson (Express)

Comeback Player of the Year
User - A.J. McCarron (Broncos) and Tracy Porter (Jaguars)

General Manager of the Year
User - MegamanX and VeryInsane

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I am doing the live award ceremony right now in Discord. I will post winners later on, but Discord is the only place where you will get full voting details


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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Less than two hours to send in a ballot

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Oh damn, this reminds me that I'm already like 30 days behind

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#57 Oregon Trail II (PC, 1995)


I actually never played the original Oregon Trail until the past decade. Whenever people would talk about it Oregon Trail, I assumed they meant this version. In another admission, I didn't own this game until high school. My entire history with the game prior to that was actually playing it on the school's computer. We would all compete to be the first one to reach the destination, and there were many obstacles outside of the game.

Back then, our classrooms had 2-4 computers, and its primary use was to do actual schoolwork. If you did receive permission to use it for games (I honestly can't recall what other games they had installed beside Oregon Trail II), it wouldn't be for too long. There was also an issue of save files. For starters, they would only save on the computer it was on, so if your only option was to play it on a computer that your file wasn't on, you'd had to make a new one and start over. It wasn't uncommon for kids to have files on every computer. I'd like to think that I was excluded from this group, but maybe we all sucked at naming files because we always had to load up a file and see the names of characters in our party to see if they were ours. I'm sure there were multiple cases of kids playing on the files of other kids by accident, causing further issues.

When it came to playing the game though, most of the kids just spent a lot of time doing their part of destroying every ecosystem by hunting every thing that moved. I had my eye on the prize though. I sparingly hunted and focused on making the most efficient use of my time. Many kids, including myself, died at some point, forcing us to resort to another save on another computer or restarting completely. This was during the 4th grade, which was half a decade after the game came out (not that it matters, and I already said that I was born in the 90s), and that was a different school year for me because one day of the week, I actually went to another school as part of a program, so my opportunities to play were limited compared to everyone else in my class.

One day late in the school year though, everything aligned, and I couldn't believe it when I reached the final destination (I knew you could choose multiple destinations, but I think we call chose Oregon City thinking that made the most sense). By all accounts, I should not have been the first one to finish the game, but I was the king of the classroom for that moment, and I will always have a soft spot for this game.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#58 Paper Mario (N64, 2000)


The Mario universe is such a fantastic creation that it easily translates to just about any genre. Some series (Mario Party) do a better job than others (Mario Tennis) at rendering the lore and charm from the flagship series to other areas. I bring this up because while I think Super Mario RPG was a solid game, it was lacking in elements that I cherised about games in the franchise. I know Squaresoft developed the game, so I chalked it up to being the result of an outside developer. Years later, Paper Mario came along from Intelligent Systems, which I want to say was always an internal Nintendo studio, that utilized several of the combat features from SMRPG. Now this is how you do a Mario RPG!

Everything seems on-brand to a Mario game. From the world, the story, characters big and small, it was steady being whimsical and vivacious. There was never a dull moment, never a dip in quality. It started off strong and never deviated from that position.

One of my favorite lines in a video game was the one shown above uttered by a minor character called Gourmet Guy. At one point during the chapter interludes, you have to bake him a cake. It is easy to mess up as it has some timed portions. If you do mess up, you hear him scream at you, "Where did you learn to cook, truck driving school?" 10-year-old me thought it was hilarious, and so does 30-year-old me. It has become an inside joke between my sister and I where we will say, "Where did you learn to ___, truck driving school!?" I promise you, it's funny.

Mario spawned two separate RPG series (Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi), and while I would consider all of them to be good games, the first Paper Mario is still the best to me due to it nailing the look and feel of a Mario-themed RPG and its consistency of excellence.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#59 Pikmin 2 (Gamecube, 2004)


Pikmin is my #3 Nintendo series, but unfortunately, this is the lone rep on my Top 100 due to the stiff competition.

I immediately fell in love with Pikmin when I first played it in 2002. With strong exploration and puzzle elements supplementing its RTS core, it along with fantastic, natural environments checked off so many boxes for me. I actually failed to be it my first time playing it thanks to the time limit trying to figure things out, but I wasn't too upset. The second was a major improvement over the first.

Now while I wasn't too upset about there being a time limit in the first game, I would choose no time limit over having one every time. I like taking things at my own pace, so Pikmin 2 was more up my alley. It's a bit of a double-edge sword at times, but the inclusion of the caves/underground areas were a fantastic addition. That's arguably where the game had the best puzzles and were the most creative. They did sometimes go on for too long, you had limited places to leave if you needed/wanted to, and you had to start over from the beginning if you left. The two new Pikmin types, White and Purple, were also neat, but as far as I can recall, you could only increase their numbers in caves.

The new multiplayer battles were sneakily pretty damn great. It felt like a true RTS game with the win conditions and wide variety of maps. None of my friends were really interested in them, but I got them to play it at least few times at least.

Every game in the series is great (yes Hey! Pikmin is in my Top 10 3DS games), but 2 I feel stands out the most for how much is expanded the formula it set forth while giving me full control to explore on my own terms (unless I am mistaken, 3 also had a time limit as its sustence resource was finite).

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

KCF0107 posted...

Bengals DT Mike Daniels

The former #3 overall pick had just 11 career sacks in three seasons, which included a single one in S12 when he missed half of the year due to injury. The Bengals may not have made the playoffs, but Daniels provided the Bengals with 12 sacks and helped the defense finish 14th in the league as the Bengals enginereed a four-win improvement from last season.

Just a correction here that I meant to say S13 instead of S12, meaning this was last season and why I put him on the list.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I started GRIS like two days ago. It didn't give me a strong first impression, but then it finally added a little substance to that style. I'm currently in the forested area, which is currently my favorite place I've been so far.

I've mostly been exploring Horizon, so I have barely made progress outside of the tutorial intro. I want to play more of a stealthy approach, but man those Watchers have eagle eyes. I can be a mile away across water, trees, and rocks, and they can spot me no problem and invesigate my area or even just come after me. I honestly don't know what I'm supposed to do to avoid that, so I've basically just resigned myself that I don't need to crouch while exploring often. I was looking at the map and thinking that huh, I was expecting the world to be larger given the run-time, but then I zoomed out the map. My god this place is massive.

I do agree that menus are overwhelming at least initially and could have been streamlined some. I found out by chance that I could increase inventory size and other stuff through the menus without them bothering to tell me that.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

31 games played

1. Marvel's Spider-Man - 51 hours
2. Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - 42 hours
3. Rogue Galaxy - 33 hours

169 hours in action-adventure

451 total hours played across 329 days

819 trophies earned

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Origami King

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu