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Downloaded the update for Detroit, Everhood has been downloaded for months or even a year, and I'm debating if I want to re-download Dead Cells. I play quite a few roguelikes, but I rarely beat them. I generally play them until fun becomes a chore.

I should probably also get back to Breach.

When I first played these games on the PS2, I want to say it was 3 > 2 > 1.

When I replayed them through the compilation, it was a clearly defined 1 > 3 >>>>> 2. Good lord the design choices in 2. I never want to navigate through that city ever again.

I haven't played Jak X because of a known game-breaking bug. I'm not sure if that was ever fixed in the ports.

Passing

Me
Aquatic

Trade

Cowboys receive:
FS Eddie Jackson (81 overall, 24 years old)
DT Oge Burton (76, 25)

Steelers receive:
DT Andrew Vance (78, 26)
QB Pat Casey (72, 30)

Oops I did the trade before getting down the cap penalties, but...

Cowboys will incur a $400k-ish cap penalty to turn $2.62-ish mil in cap hits into $6.66 mil in cap hits

Steelers will incur a $1.13 mil cap penalty to turn $7.79 mil in cap hits into $2.42 mil in cap hits

The Cowboys lose their solid rotational DT who was probably always going to be blocked in Dallas plus nearly triple the cap hits for a chance at a long-term starting FS as Jackson will presumably battle with incumbent Shelton Kelly for the job.

The Steelers were looking to get rid of Jackson's $5+ mil cap hit and were able to improve their DT depth and get closer to positive cap territory in the process.

"Both" parties understood the trade paramters, financial impact, histories of past players, and what each team hoped to achieve. This trade is now official.

NFL Draft Order
1. Browns
2. Colts
3. Panthers
4. Chiefs
5. Jaguars
6. Seahawks
7. Broncos
8. Raiders
9. Giants
10. Wildcats
11. Cowboys
12. Bengals
13. Titans
14. Buccaneers
15. Eagles
16. Vikings
17. Packers
18. Jets
19. Bills
20. Falcons
21. 49ers
22. Ravens
23. Bears
24. Patriots
25. Pioneers
26. Washington
27. Steelers
28. Lions
29. Orcas
30. Dolphins
31. Express
32. Rams

Bears own Chiefs 7th
Bills own Raiders 2nd, Titans 2nd, Eagles 2nd + 7th, Bears 7th
Chiefs own Bills 2nd
Colts own Orcas 1st
Dolphins own Giants 1st + 3rd, Bills 1st + 3rd
Eagles own Bills 5th
Express own Orcas 2nd, Steelers 3rd
Orcas own Eagles 1st, Express 1st + 5th, Colts 7th
Pioneers own Bengals 2nd
Raiders own Bills 7th
Steelers own Wildcats 7th
Titans own Bills 6th
Wildcats own Steelers 2nd

Even if you plan to attend the draft on any or all days, it would really help me out if you send me something from the above list.

I cannot stress enough just how important this is to me. Even if you plan to attend the draft on some or all days, there is only one person guaranteed to be present for the draft, and that's me because otherwise there is no draft. So the draft runs as smoothly as it possibly, I create a spreadsheet where I craft 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. Please do this as having to come up with draft plans for 20+ user teams would possibly take me 10+ hours to do.

If I can't or don't 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 WR Michael Thomas as an example:
1. Draft CB Jaire Alexander
2. Draft the best available OT with a 1st round grade
3. Draft the best available player for a position of need

NFL Draft Rules

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

2. There is a 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 of their return

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/DM 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. You must be on a desktop/laptop to access the chat function.

Argon
Sky

$5 each for three great games? What is there to decide?

lol I just beat this within the past few days.

Since you need a rating for The Forgotten City, I will give it an 8.5

I mean, I did allow people to nominate previously done games for the December drawing for two or three years, but I think only one or two such games were ever nominated.

Dead Cells is on Game Pass for at least console. I didn't see PC listed. I saw "cloud enabled" which I forget is the phrase they use to mean that it can be played on mobile via cloud gaming.

I also have a spare Steam key for Everhood if someone who is both interested in the game and will be a concerted effort to go through it.

And your September Games of the Month are...

Detroit: Become Human (PC/PS4)
Everhood (PC/Switch)
Dead Cells (PC/XB1/PS4/Switch/iOS/Android)

Congrats to Cody, Ark, and MZero for having their games selected!

Everything is closed. I will draw momentarily

Oh, is that misinterpretation what az also erroneously thought? I never referred to making a generalization out of a small sample size. I was literally laughing at the specific, small sample size.

It was just that after the list was posted the majority of early responses were negative or neutral which made me laugh because that has been my reaction every year for quite some time now, but this year I was extremely pleased!

azuarc posted...

I must not be listening in the same places, because if anything, I've generally been hearing the opposite, and I agree. This is a very good retiree batch.

I'll rank them later.

There was a string of 3-4 posts after the announcement of all the retirees where users voiced their displeasure.

Last call for noms, supports, and changes

It's definitely the first one. It nails the feel of an action-thriller-adventure film with excellent set pieces. The gameplay was improved in sequels, but damn this was one hell of a ride from start to finish. I think that all three are great, which is apparently a minority opinion in regards to Shadow.

2013 > Shadow > Rise

Trade

Express Receive:
CB William Jackson III (81 overall, 25 years old)
QB Charlie Schroeder (80, 26)
Steelers 3rd round pick (97th overall)

Steelers Receive:
CB Dre Kirkpatrick (85, 28)

The Express will incur a $970k cap penalty to turn a $4.92 mil cap hit into $3.85 mil cap hits

The Steelers will turn $3.85 mil in cap hits into a $3.95 mil cap hit

The Express further bolster their depth and improve their financial situation with modest drop offs in starter ratings as they work toward a deeper roster for a return SB trip while also getting a Top 100 pick.

After missing out on Daryl Worley, the Steelers went further down the Express depth chart to improve their CB group by sending out their previous #1 CB, their backup QB, and a Top 100 pick.

Both parties understood the trade parameters, financial impact, the histories of all players, and what each team hoped to achieve. This trade is official.

Go Todd Baker!

Desert
Passing

I don't know how you could think I was talking about you.

lol, of course the one year people are lamenting the pool of retirees is the one year that I am over the moon for them. To me, there's just one total dud and I would be content with any of the following songs winning it all and they would rank among my favorite champions:

Alto's Odyssey - An Endless Desert
Alto's Odyssey: The Lost City - The Lost City
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die - Theme of D4
Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambiance
Neotokyo - Tachi
Shatter - Argon Refinery
Threads of Fate - Passing through the Forest
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World - Different World 1

Video games aren't even my #1

Sports

Klonoa
Crash
WWF

Another three-way trade!

Express receive:
LG Clay Schneidmiller (86, 26)
SS Orlando Montgomery (85, 26)
C Scott Quessenberry (80, 26)
DT Dana Dorsey (79, 24)
LT Spencer Jordan (78, 27)
LT Denzelle Good (77, 26)
WR Tajae Sharpe (76, 24)
Orcas 2nd round pick (61st overall)
Orcas S18 2nd round pick

Orcas receive:
LT Derrick Taylor (77, 25)
Express 1st round pick (31st overall)
Express 5th round pick (159th overall)
Express S18 7th round pick

Pioneers receive:
SS Keanu Neal (96, 26)
RG Wyatt Teller (82, 24)

Express will incur a $2.11 mil cap penalty to turn $7.48 mil in cap hits into $13.07 mil in cap hits

Orcas will incur a $400k cap penalty to turn $6.28 mil in cap hits into a $2.79 mil cap hit

Pioneers will incur a $930k cap penalty to turn $11.9 mil in cap hits into $6.73 mil in cap hits

This is effectively two trades. One has the Orcas send two 2nds, a young emerging G, a rotational DT, and a young OT (with a base salary over $1 mil less than the one they are trading for) for the 31st pick, a young OT, and two Day 3 picks. The Express then send through two transactions the G they just received and SS Neal for a haul of young players from the Pioneers.

The Express had a bunch of starters hit free agency just as new management rolled into town. Their UFA plans kept getting a bit derailed due to cap space/roster hole issues. While it hurts to lose a star like Neal, who was holding out, moving him was ultimately the best way to keep a healthy cap situation to sign the players they wanted to keep and their upcoming rookie class and get a bunch of young players back to fill holes and play pivotal bench or even starting roles. To help facilitate this, they also send out the 31st pick while acquiring two 2nds and several players, the headliner of whom was then flipped.

The Orcas, while mostly existing in this to help, do use what few trade assets with value they had left to move back late into the 1st for a potential high-reward player down the line.

The Pioneers get a star in Neal, a SS who has recorded at least one sack, INT, FF, and FR in each season of his career. They already had a great young tandem at the position, but Neal was still a clear upgrade on their incumbents, and they had a ton of young players to spare that the Express wanted and needed. They also acquire Teller who could compete for the outgoing Schneidmiller's old spot.

All parties understood the trade parameters, financial impact, histories of players involved, and what each team hoped to achieve. This trade is now official.

That's a shame you felt that way

Hey now, I love all three of these games!

I give them credit for being very distinct from one another. Anniversary was a great remake of the original. Legend handled the action-oriented direction very well. Underworld, while not exactly open-ended, had several key elements of open-ended games that were really enhanced by the game's atmosphere and sound. It was also on an impressive scale that wasn't too big to where getting around was a chore or boring.

Underworld > Legend >= Anniversary

Trade!

Bears receive:
WR Chester Rogers (83 overall, 25 years old)
RG Tavian Millard (80 overall, 25 years old)
LE Raymont Jones (78 overall, 23 years old)

Wildcats receive:
LG Gabe Jackson (97 overall, 28 years old)
WR Jordy Nelson (86 overall, 32 years old)

Bears will incur a $3.73 mil cap penalty to turn $22 mil in cap hits into $9.15 mil in cap hits

Wildcats will incur a $2.36 mil cap penalty to turn $11.51 mil in cap hits into $18.27 mil in cap hits

The Bears were hoping to retain both LT Alex Boone and Jackson but elected not to furiously have to juggle the cap and move on from Jackson who performed at an above-average level for the Bears and not worth his cap hit. Nelson was also productive for the Bears but with a cap hit approaching $9 mil and not guaranteed to be the #1 WR, he was also one of the better trade candidates. In return, they get three young players with Rogers being the most notable one. The former Day 2 pick has excelled in his two seasons with the Wildcats averaging over 15 yards per reception and nearly 1000 yards total as a slot and #2 receiver. Millard was the 50th overall pick in the last draft and did well as a rookie with 16 blocks and 3 sacks allowed in 9 games and 5 starts. Jones hasn't really produced as a backup DE, but he provides more talent along the DL.

The Wildcats have long struggled with OL performance, which has had a profound impact on their running game. Jackson offers the most talent they have had on the OL in quite some time, and they desperately hope that he can help third-year HB Dalvin Cook salvage his career with just a 3.3 YPC thus far and somehow starting 16 games last season and producing just 812 rushing yards. Losing Rogers, who looked every bit like a future #1, is a big cost, but they do get back a productive Nelson who will be on the same timeline as incumbent Gonzie Massey.

Bears were aware of the trade parameters, financial impact, histories of players involved, and what all parties hoped to achieve. This trade is official.

12 Minutes (XB1)

There's a more playful version of this game that encourages and rewards experimentation, but the reality of it being a more rigid, trial-and-error filled game definitely leaves a lot to be desired. I think I still like it though? It does have some neat highs in what little breathing room it does give you, and it's hard to feel negatively toward a game featuring the voice of Willem Dafoe.

City
Tease

Monthly Progress
Breach - Wickle, Ark
Klonoa - Fake, MZero, Abacus
Westerado - Sean, KCF, Ark

Nominations
Abacus - Oddworld Soulstorm, Turing Test
Ark - Cult of Lamb, Everhood
Cody - Detroit: Human, Batman: AK
Crispy - OFF, Yakuza 2
darkx - THPS4
Fake - King Quest '15, Cthulhu Saves
KCF - Hyper Light, Lego City, Pyre
Sean - Hellblade, Pathless

Supports
Abacus - Pyre, Hellblade
Ark - Hyper
Cody - Pyre, Lego
darkx - Lego, Detroit
KCF - Everhood
MZero - Pyre

I read that as New Jersey and assumed there would be a parody/satire article.

I will start inputting names and choices...eventually. Maybe this month.

I could definitely flip-flop between Sands of Time and Warrior Within any given day. It has been 15-ish years since I last played them though, so my memory is a bit hazy on the specifics. I think that Sands of Time had the puzzle platforming, but Warrior Within wasn't far behind and considerably improved the combat to where it was worth the trade off with the edgy tone.

Two Thrones could have been neck-and-neck with the others, but I remember having to deal with some bugs/technical issues.

Tachi
Theme

She's no Bob or Linda, but yes

Trade time!

Eagles receive:
Orcas S18 1st round pick
Orcas S18 4th round pick
QB DeShone Kizer (80 overall, 24 years old)
LG Alex Cappa (80 overall, 22 years old)
LE Will Clarke (76 overall, 26 years old)

Orcas receive:
WR Ted Ginn (89 overall, 35 years old)
Eagles S17 1st round pick (15th overall)
Eagles S18 7th round pick

Broncos receive:
WR Demaryius Thomas (86 overall, 31 years old)
LG Andy Christensen (87 overall, 36 years old)

Eagles will incur a $3.65 mil cap penalty to turn $21.44 mil in cap hits into $4.14 mil cap hits

Orcas will incur a $1.45 mil cap penalty to turn an $8.57 mil cap hit into a $10.0 mil cap hit

Broncos will incur a $1.02 mil cap penalty to turn $4.65 mil cap hits into $14.9 mil cap hits

This is really two trades where the Orcas and Eagles swap picks and WRs and then the WR originally going to the Eagles along with a G are then sent to the Broncos.

The Eagles and their planned UFA signings, which were already having the cap in mind, would have put them well into negative cap territory with them still having to deal with six draft picks. They needed to cut down on some costs, and one way was to send out some high-priced veterans.

Ginn, a surefire hall of famer, has been a shell of his former self since QB Chris Leak left. He has seen the end zone 9 times, but he has just 1107 yards the past two seasons while remaining in the #1 role. He and QB Taysom Hill just weren't anywhere near the match that he and Leak were. Christensen was a solid G for the Eagles with a nearly 5:1 block:sack ratio in his three seasons there, but he missed six games last season and simply wasn't worth his price tag of over $9 mil.

The Eagles get a ton of cap relief and a future 1st and Day 2 pick, but they also get some very good young players back. Kizer had back-to-back 80+ passer ratings his first two seasons in the league and was a QB of the Year finalist after S15. He will be a huge improvement over soon-to-be-released backup QB Kyle Lauletta playing behind a QB in his contract year with an injury history. Cappa is arguably the prize coming back to Philly. He was one of the bright spots for an uncharacteristically lackluster Broncos team as he had 15 blocks against 3 sacks as a part-time starter as a rookie. He could be Christensen's immediate replacement. Clarke has been quite productive as a rotational DE for the Broncos. Despite no starts, he has 6 sacks in three seasons there.

The Orcas are swinging for the fences here forgoing the 4-5 years of Demaryius Thomas, who has yet to miss a game in his career, for one season of injury-prone Ginn. Thomas has outproduced Ginn the past two seasons in everything but TD total, but Ginn has a higher ceiling, and that ceiling is what they are looking for in a #2 WR as they hope that one of Jameis Winston/Marcus Mariotta emerges this season as the permanent starter. They also land a mid-first as they hope to add more blue-chip talent to their team in the hopes of being a Super Bowl contender.

The Broncos had a rare losing season last year, and the main culprit was an injured and anemic offense. While they gave up some key backups and a potential long-term starter, G Andy Christensen should be a worthy rental for a Broncos team trying to figure out if HB Kenyan Drake is the future. The bigger get is WR Demaryius Thomas who instantly becomes their best WR since Keary Colbert from long ago. The Broncos now have a very solid group of pass-catchers.

All teams understood the parameters, financial impact, history of players, and what all teams hoped to accomplish with this trade. It is now official.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80095338

Mario Golf

#GuessTheGame #100



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Homefront
Assassin's Creed III
Hunt: Showdown

It was a lucky guess since the game I was actually thinking of was Evolve but mixed the names up, however I would have absolutely gotten it with Crytek being revealed on Hint 6 since it obviously isn't a Crysis game or Ryse

Command
Ambiance

I don't know anything about these games, but I find it funny that this goes straight from the first to the third game.

I'm on my first run of Into the Breach, and boy was it a struggle getting off the first island. I was at one point down to two power grid nodes, and I lost one of my pilots early and don't know what the difference is between having it be AI or human controlled. I just hope that my actions don't hurt me with whatever carries over between runs.