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Topic | Best Pokemon Generation by Type, Day 10: GROUND |
Sheep007 03/28/24 11:02:41 PM #8 | Voted for Gen 5 here, but I think I shoulda gone 4. Everything except Wormadam is great. Don't see what's good about the Gen 1 grounds, the Sandshrew and Rhydon lines are cool but the others aren't anything special. Gen 9 is also very solid.
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Topic | Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 297: A Dream of Spring |
Sheep007 03/28/24 7:21:42 PM #10 | Eupho 3 let's goooo
Movies kinda suck but might be needed for context. Liz and the Blue Bird is phenomenal though. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D22 ft. Mimikyu, Nidoran F, Gardevoir, Magikarp [PotY] |
Sheep007 03/28/24 7:20:48 PM #16 | STUN SPORE
+3 Barraskewda +2 Kilowattrel +1 Gible -1 Nidoran -2 Nidorino -3 Gurdurr CORE ENFORCER +3 Kricketot +2 Snom +1 Sewaddle -1 Mr. Rime -2 Spritzee -3 Cacnea --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Rank the Tracks 158: Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape |
Sheep007 03/28/24 1:24:59 PM #6 | Everlong
My Hero Monkey Wrench Hey, Johnny Park! See You Walking After You Up in Arms February Stars The Colour and the Shape My Poor Brain Wind Up Doll New Way Home Enough Space I'm a big Foo Fighters fan (less so these days, but I was particularly in my late teens and early 20s, where they were probably my favourite band), and while I don't think this is their best album (that title goes to Wasting Light), it's got their best song on it. Everlong is an absolute classic rock song. Dave Grohl is ridiculously talented as a vocalist, drummer, and guitarist, and all three of them shine through in this album. I think the songs surrounding the top four are unfortunately not the strongest - Foo Fighters songs often lack a bit of substance, and when the hook isn't straight up one of the best you've ever heard, they're "just" excellent sounding rock songs. Then again, just about every band out there would kill to have an album with no misses and multiple of the best songs of their genre. Like FoolFantastic says, they sound head and shoulders above your typical rock band. When you sound that good, you can get away with pushing the boat out less. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Save My Favourite Anime Series 11: Round 3 [SMFAS] |
Sheep007 03/28/24 12:39:04 PM #34 | Madoka
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Topic | Best Pokemon Generation by Type, Day 10: GRASS |
Sheep007 03/27/24 9:35:31 PM #9 | I haven't been voting Gen 1 at all so far but I'm shocked it's losing here with lots of amazing lines and only Exeggcute that's not great. Gen 3 is good with the Cradily and Breloom lines, and Roselia, but the others are broadly meh.
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Topic | What four Pokemon are on the Gen 3 Pokemon Mount Rushmore? |
Sheep007 03/27/24 8:52:40 PM #36 | Mudkip
Gardevoir Blaziken Rayquaza Bob-omb battlefield is an active warzone. Y'all voting in the poll are braver than I. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Rank the Albums 6 - THE RESULTS! |
Sheep007 03/27/24 6:38:18 PM #83 | Ah man, kind of a shame at the end, but I expected Illinois would have a huge outlying low rank or two. I think there's a huge gap between my top four and everything else. Siamese Dream is a solid album, but Illinois is phenomenal, and it went from being in the middle to almost getting placed second. First time I listened I didn't 'get' it, nor the second or third time, but I relistened to it once more for this ranking and everything clicked. Chicago into Casimir Pulaski Day killed me off (pun unintended) emotionally. I can't say I liked the sound in isolation as much as R.E.M. or FKA twigs, but it captures... something, like no other album I've heard.
Thanks for running this, Sean! I'm really enjoying taking part in these projects, listening to a lot of music that I never have before. I only really started listening to full on albums about three years ago, and this has definitely gotten me out of my indie/classic rock comfort zone. Thanks to y'all who keep nominating and FoolFantastic for running Rank the Tracks too! --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year: Hub topic |
Sheep007 03/27/24 6:29:08 PM #435 | Chimchar getting a -4 is kinda bad.
Glad Mewtwo didn't run away with things. Lame Pokemon that nobody would like if it was from gen 6. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D21 ft. Meowth, Glameow, Fennekin, Latios [PotY] |
Sheep007 03/27/24 1:33:19 PM #10 | DIAMOND STORM
+3 Gabite +2 Iron Moth +1 Pawmo -1 Beautifly -2 Glameow -3 Meowth TACHYON CUTTER +3 Staravia +2 Fennekin +1 Ducklett -1 Capsakid -2 Wynaut -3 Latios --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | 2024 Premier League(/Football general?) Topic |
Sheep007 03/26/24 6:51:26 PM #327 | Penalties are so horribly stressful. Not too disappointed by the result despite hoping Wales would win, I think that both teams would be embarrassed in the groups regardless. Poland are more able to drag teams down to their level, at least. Hopefully there's a new manager incoming for Wales.
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Topic | Rank the Albums 6 - THE RESULTS! |
Sheep007 03/26/24 6:18:22 PM #78 | Only one vote for Lovesong for Song of the Cycle is crazy. I'll take third for an album I know isn't for everyone, though.
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Topic | 2024 Premier League(/Football general?) Topic |
Sheep007 03/26/24 4:41:03 PM #323 | Wales/Poland feels horrid. Think Wales will win at this point, Polish defense is so slow and already looking shaky, they might crumble when Dan James and David Brooks come on and got very lucky to have that goal ruled out. Lewy might still pull something out of the hat but he is not as scary as he was a few years back. Wish Poland even attempted to have a style of play.
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Topic | Save My Favourite Anime Series 11: Round 1 [SMFAS] |
Sheep007 03/26/24 3:38:12 PM #44 | Monster
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Topic | Save My Favourite Anime Series 11: Round 1 [SMFAS] |
Sheep007 03/26/24 1:36:23 PM #16 | Madoka
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Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D20 ft. Pikachu, Chimchar, Mewtwo, Murkrow [PotY] |
Sheep007 03/26/24 1:35:07 PM #15 | FOCUS ENERGY
+3 Krookodile +2 Pikipek +1 Chimchar -1 Cottonee -2 Surskit -3 Basculin ASTRAL BARRAGE +3 Floatzel +2 Chien-Pao +1 Centiskorch -1 Grumpig -2 Aipom -3 Mewtwo Two stacked divisions. Astral Barrage has three of my top 20-ish Pokemon, and a full half of Focus Energy would get my +3 on most days. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Rank the Albums 6 - THE RESULTS! |
Sheep007 03/26/24 12:39:58 PM #76 | Glad Muse dropped there. The album sounds great but lacks substance and something to push it from solid to exceptional. I was kinda expecting to be the bottom ranker. Don't really mind what wins now, although I don't think it's my #1 or #4.
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Topic | Rank the Tracks 157: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
Sheep007 03/26/24 10:31:33 AM #19 |
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Topic | Pokemon of the Year: Hub topic |
Sheep007 03/25/24 10:39:42 PM #405 | No! Trubbish! It's an adorable lil sack of trash why did it finish last :(
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Topic | Rank the Albums 6 - THE RESULTS! |
Sheep007 03/25/24 10:29:45 PM #72 | Dancing in the Dark is great, everything else on Born in the USA is very mediocre. Working on the Highway will never leave my head and it is a curse. Relistening for this ranking was a mistake.
A tad surprised to see Automatic for the People dropping there. It feels like very palatable rock with a bit of pathos behind it, and I think a few marginally weaker albums which fit that description have landed higher. Still, with Springsteen out, we have my 1, 4, 5, 6 and 9 remaining. Can't complain with this, I think any of my top five would be very worthy winners. I expect Disintegration next, I think it's too polarising to have gotten any of those top four scores. Follow Slowly is really good. Feel I may have underranked it a little on reflection, but I feel it struggles to be a super cohesive album. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D19 ft. Blastoise, Bidoof, Chikorita, Charmeleon [PotY] |
Sheep007 03/25/24 1:53:21 PM #13 | FLAME WHEEL
+3 Ferroseed +2 Shroomish +1 Bidoof -1 Blastoise -2 Politoed -3 Natu BELCH +3 Drifblim +2 Dhelmise +1 Inkay -1 Hitmonchan -2 Magby -3 Chikorita --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D18 ft. Serperior, Woobat, Braviary, Marowak [PotY] |
Sheep007 03/24/24 4:23:01 PM #26 | OCTAZOOKA
+3 Serperior +2 Woobat +1 Beartic -1 Cyclizar -2 Urshifu -3 Deerling PAIN SPLIT +3 Kingambit +2 Glimmet +1 Aurorus -1 Iron Boulder -2 Blissey -3 Unfezant --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D17 ft. Giratina, Trubbish, Lucario, Scolipede [PotY] |
Sheep007 03/23/24 11:11:35 AM #2 | PIKA PAPOW
+3 Trubbish +2 Sigilyph +1 Iron Valiant -1 Bagon -2 Mantyke -3 Giratina AMNESIA +3 Trumbeak +2 Rockruff +1 Scolipede -1 Regidrago -2 Azelf -3 Spinda Amnesia is probably the most stacked division so far. Everything aside from the -s would get a +2 or +3 in pretty much anything else. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Rank the Albums 6 - THE RESULTS! |
Sheep007 03/22/24 8:39:58 PM #64 | My expected finishing positions
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Topic | 2024 Premier League(/Football general?) Topic |
Sheep007 03/22/24 3:34:14 PM #315 | If the players don't want to play internationals they can simply refuse. They're there because they want to be.
I don't really care about friendlies but international tournaments get way more viewers, and people globally care more about them (especially for the World Cup, but even the average Euros game outstrips the average weekly viewing of all ten Premier League games - roughly 100m per Euros game, 80m per Prem gameweek). While I kinda dislike that breaks are so frequent (it's moreso in early season that I feel disrupts the flow), they need to play the qualifiers at some point. No space for them to be played in May, that makes it basically impossible for fans to make arrangements for major tournaments or teams to prepare. And international tournaments themselves are typically far less soulless than the Prem or CL. I loved Swansea being in the Premier League and Europe but it was nothing compared to watching Wales make the Euros semis. I agree that extra fixtures (particularly the League Cup) should probably go, in the English system. The big clubs are so far ahead of others in terms of depth and finances these days that it's not even like we get interesting underdog stories anymore, and most fans of those teams don't care anyway, so may as well chop it. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D16 ft. Honedge, Victini, Girafarig, Sirfetch'd [PotY] |
Sheep007 03/22/24 1:47:44 PM #24 | TRIPLE DIVE
+3 Carbink +2 Honedge +1 Crocalor -1 Duosion -2 Zygarde -3 Enamorus HYPER BEAM +3 Falinks +2 Rhydon +1 Sirfetch'd -1 Patrat -2 Chewtle -3 Chingling --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | 2024 Premier League(/Football general?) Topic |
Sheep007 03/21/24 6:55:41 PM #311 | Glad one of the two will qualify for Euros (I suspect Wales if only due to home advantage) but the final will be horrible.
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Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D15 ft. Gligar, Zangoose, Drilbur, Sneasler |
Sheep007 03/21/24 11:45:48 AM #7 | Water Sport Division
+3 Garbodor +2 Runerigus +1 Lokix -1 Bruxish -2 Beheeyem -3 Bastiodon ELECTROWEB DIVISION +3 Drilbur +2 Mabostiff +1 Silicobra -1 Finizen -2 Dewgong -3 Purugly --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | 2024 Premier League(/Football general?) Topic |
Sheep007 03/21/24 7:25:05 AM #309 | I care about both Poland and Wales and will be simultaneously watching them lose tonight. Particularly looking forward to the embarrassment of struggling against Estonia.
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Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D14 ft. Houndoom, Trapinch, Wailord, Wobbuffet |
Sheep007 03/20/24 7:29:19 AM #33 | SAND TOMB
+3 Flaaffy +2 Frillish +1 Herdier -1 Trapinch -2 Trevenant -3 Gimmighoul MAX DARKNESS +3 Togedemaru +2 Wo-Chien +1 Banette -1 Wailord -2 Wobbuffet -3 Ambipom --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Rank the Albums 6 - THE RESULTS! |
Sheep007 03/20/24 7:22:41 AM #53 | I really dug Magdalene. It's rare that I hear a song for the first time and get frisson, but that's what happened with Sad Day. Was hoping to see it a lot higher than this, I think it's a genuinely spectacular album.
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Topic | Mafia Champs invitation 2024 |
Sheep007 03/19/24 9:30:25 PM #29 | You'll do great if you choose to go for it, Lea. Best of luck to whoever gives it a shot!
Me and IGCD repped GameFAQs in a hydra series back in like 2019. I will claim that as the sole CE representation on MU, and also probably the best reason to stick with og B8ers because we went straight out. Nailed scum but managed to look scummy as hell ourselves, as per tradition. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Rank the Albums 6 - THE RESULTS! |
Sheep007 03/19/24 9:04:45 PM #50 | I checked out that playlist you linked and it (and Lovestory) is great background music. Definitely not surprised to see this drop in the middle. It fills that niche that The xx did in the last cycle, where I can just stick it on and relax. There's not a ton of substance, as you say, and if you aren't super into it there's not much reason for it to be around the middle, so I'm also not surprised to see the polarisation.
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Topic | Best Pokemon Type by Generation, Day 2: DRAGON |
Sheep007 03/19/24 8:55:45 PM #18 | Dragon types suck huh.
I think they're hampered a lot by legendaries being meh. Pretty much every gen has one good mon or line, and then everything else varies from meh to dreadful. Voted 4 because the Gible line is amazing and the ratio of good to meh is higher than any other gen, but 2 and 6 are also decent enough. Gen 9 has so many good additions but the dragons are almost all bad. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Rank the Tracks 156: The Weeknd - Dawn FM + ~Future Album Voting~ |
Sheep007 03/19/24 12:23:18 PM #28 | 1) Gasoline
2) How Do I Make You Love Me? 3) Take My Breath 4) Less Than Zero 5) Every Angel is Terrifying 6) Sacrifice 7) Out of Time 8) Phantom Regret by Jim 9) Is There Someone Else? 10) Dont Break My Heart 11) A Tale By Quincy 12) Starry Eyes 13) Dawn FM 14) I Heard Youre Married 15) Best Friends 16) Here We Go Again Great album. Starts off incredibly strong, and I think it's a little weaker in the middle and towards the end. Overall it's got pretty great theming - the intermissions really bring things together. I kinda wish the best songs were dotted around a bit more, because I was really excited after the first four, and then it mostly didn't hit the same highs, although Less than Zero is very good as well. I'm a little surprised to see The Weeknd at #1 on monthly streams on Spotify, but Blinding Lights was huge, and there's some great tracks on here - it's overall a super palatable album, without totally playing it safe. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | 2024 Premier League(/Football general?) Topic |
Sheep007 03/19/24 11:32:27 AM #303 | Luton would just be screwed in this scenario, because they only finalised the charges this season and so would be applied in 24/25. Feels a bit unfair to reward whoever is in trouble next season with an easier task, when it's this season and last where Forest have had an advantage.
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Topic | 2024 Premier League(/Football general?) Topic |
Sheep007 03/19/24 11:07:46 AM #301 | City case is 115 charges. No surprises it's taking forever to figure it out.
I also kinda agree acting on them mid-season is weird, it leaves teams not knowing where the hell they stand in the table, possibly even after the final day. Although the alternative is only punishing teams after their breaches, and directly hindering the teams they were competing against closer to the time of the breaches. Not sure that sits right with me either. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D13: ft. Entei, Litten, Gyarados, Wooper [PotY] |
Sheep007 03/18/24 9:09:22 PM #11 | Floaty Fall
+3 Entei +2 Mothim +1 Vileplume -1 Swalot -2 Shiinotic -3 Meloetta Dark Void +3 Houndstone +2 Machop +1 Wooper -1 Gyarados -2 Igglybuff -3 Gholdengo --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Oh boy, let's see how that release of Star Wars Battlefront Classic is doing. |
Sheep007 03/18/24 8:01:12 PM #10 | I woulda bought this easily for 15, maybe even for the sale price, if it wasn't dogshit. The original Battlefront 2 was the first multiplayer game I ever got properly into, and probably my most played video game of all time. What a ridiculous mess.
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Topic | Playing Hades, quick strategy-question. |
Sheep007 03/18/24 3:19:09 PM #32 | I beat it on I think the 8th attempt, and it didn't feel like I missed much lore. A lot of the conversations are just based on the number of times you've seen certain characters.
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Topic | Best Pokemon Type by Generation, Day 2: DARK |
Sheep007 03/18/24 3:11:21 PM #6 | Gen 9 is by far the best. None below fine, and the sheer number of good ones beats out gen 2. The ruin legends are the best legends we've gotten since gen 3.
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Topic | Rank the Albums 6 - THE RESULTS! |
Sheep007 03/18/24 12:08:26 PM #41 | Didn't sound critical, don't worry! I think this is exclusive to Christmas songs for me, and I don't think either of us are processing this in a weird way. I'm not sure I particularly like them in the first place, so I think my desire to hear them is reduced further when they're not relevant, but they just sound wrong to listen to in, say, early spring. Maybe it's because I grew up in a church school and only sung the associated hymns right around Christmas, so they're exclusively associated with the season in my head.
Peace Beyond Passion was a very solid album, though I expected it to score fairly low. Like Sade, it's gorgeous but there's not really any standout hits. Her emotion really comes through in every song, and I wish it clicked for me more, but it was a great addition to the cycle. No real comment on Crash Kings. I think it's the least memorable of all these albums, almost nothing stood out. It sounds alright, but didn't draw me in at all. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Balatro releases today [roguelike] [card game] [amazing] |
Sheep007 03/18/24 7:59:18 AM #103 | Just picked this up. Died four times to the start of the tutorial because I was trying to optimise it, before winning my first run (still on the tutorial seed) by taking the joker which increased the multiplier every time I didn't play a face card, and then deleting every face card I had.
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Topic | Rank the Albums 6 - THE RESULTS! |
Sheep007 03/18/24 7:08:34 AM #38 | Felt weird to rank this one. I didnt listen to it at Christmas and I honestly cant stand the holiday (nor a lot of Christmas songs). Listening in February was very strange. I also never watched much Peanuts. I didn't know what the hell to do with it, because its nice but completely removed from the context it feels off. Theres only so high a Christmas album can go, really.
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Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D12 ft. Snorlax, Incineroar, Weavile, Yamper |
Sheep007 03/17/24 10:28:29 AM #9 | DEFOG
+3 Weezing +2 Groudon +1 Snorlax -1 Milcery -2 Unown -3 Cinderace MALICIOUS MOONSAULT +3 Wooloo +2 Sandile +1 Flygon -1 Doublade -2 Clamperl -3 Hoopa --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Rank the Albums 6 - THE RESULTS! |
Sheep007 03/16/24 11:43:22 PM #32 | Yo I don't even like Adele all that much but what the fuck? This finished below the Christmas album?
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Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D11 ft. Gengar, Bellossom, Honchkrow, Pinsir [PotY] |
Sheep007 03/16/24 9:07:59 PM #20 | -MAX STONESURGE
+3 Bellossom +2 Corsola +1 Simisear -1 Medicham -2 Gengar -3 Shellder RAZOR WIND +3 Morelull +2 Xurkitree +1 Pinsir -1 Palafin -2 Orthworm -3 Tinkatuff --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Rank the Albums 6 - THE RESULTS! |
Sheep007 03/15/24 5:55:17 AM #26 | Love Deluxe grew on me a lot and coulda been a little higher. I think lacking a standout hit really brought it down for some (myself kinda included), but the album as a whole is beautiful.
--- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
Topic | Rank the Tracks 156: The Weeknd - Dawn FM + ~Future Album Voting~ |
Sheep007 03/14/24 10:39:58 AM #6 |
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Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D10 ft. Espeon, Charmander, Slowpoke, Jolteon [PotY] |
Sheep007 03/14/24 9:46:36 AM #8 | Overheat
+3 Shinx +2 Charmander +1 Espeon -1 Spidops -2 Spoink -3 Treecko Ice Hammer +3 Rolycoly +2 Kricketune +1 Altaria -1 Ribombee -2 Luvdisc -3 Electrode --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. |
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