aceluby

Officiating was wildly inconsistent the entire game, just like we've seen all year.  The guy who held was interviewed after the game and said he held him, but he was holding all game and it wasn't getting called, lol.  KC kept lining up in the neutral zone, only really offset by the fact that the philly line was false starting every play.  Then there's the catch/no catch calls that confused everyone on the broadcast.

Don't think I've ever had the IR bug hit me so bad in two leagues.  Filled up both leagues this year and Russel Wilson might have well been injured all year for as good as he's been (Let's Ride, lol).  Eyes forward to next year! 

On 11/9/2022 at 4:15 PM, Ser Not Appearing said:

Finally, something that might keep me out of last place. Probably not. But maybe.

I'm keeping everyone out of last place this year, no worries there.

I don’t understand the Vikings. 1st and 10 on the opposing 20, 17 seconds left, one timeout… so you run it?!?!

Brady is gifted another call when he can’t move the ball himself. Ridiculous.

21 minutes ago, Nictarion said:

The Kenny 2 gloves era has begun!

 

Sorry for the double post, but I love this kid

5 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

I'm disappoint by the talking heads who insisted that no one would put their medical license on the line to get Tua back on the field. Anyone with fucking eyes could tell he sustained a head injury. All his responses indicated that he did, and at no point on Sunday was he pointing to his back as being the source of pain. Just disgraceful.

No, that was the Fins coach, and he may have meant what he said. From his logic, Tua got the thumbs up from the medical staff and he was working closely with him and thought he was fine. He put his credibility on the line though, that's for sure.

Also, waking up at 8:20 with a game in London is a dangerous game, especially when starting Kamara and Thomas in multiple leagues. 

Sleeping in dude. I had a beer cracked at 8

4 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

Lol, I just picked a random top end WR. The Ravens have fail to get Lamar one of those, or something close to it. 

Not exactly a group of world beaters...

Instead they give him an offensive line, top tier defenses, and consistently bruising running backs - which happen to all play to his strengths. Like.. come on.. you know this.

Im still trying to figure out why this even matters when the conversation was about you being confused why Josh Allen is good. Did someone hurt you? Can you point to the doll where they touched you?

1 hour ago, Tywin et al. said:

In part because that's what they can do best. Lost in the Tua lovefest is that Lamar crushed it too and had a better passer rating, and he was doing it against a really good defense while Tua was facing three rookie back ups iirc. Give that man Tyreek, for example, and those passing numbers would likely look a lot better. The best WR Lamar has had is Hollywood Brown and he's just another guy.

So the measurement you're using is whether Tyreek Hill has ever played with him.  Oddly specific, but I guess I'll give it to you.

3 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

Funny how people never mention Lamar has always had shit receivers too...

How are you measuring that?  Numbers-wise, sure - but 25 attempts and 200 yards per game through the air isn't going to make anybody look good.  That offense is based on the run and wins when Lamar is rushing well.  He makes mistakes when you make him throw the ball.

3 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said:

Told you guys n gals last year, don't let Russ cook because Russ is cooked.

I’ve been in that bandwagon for years, but the Broncos are my first love. I thought it would be different

13 minutes ago, Firebrand Jace said:

Mr Hackett should just start planning to take the family to Greece during the spring now. He ain't gonna have a job to worry about.

Spring? They just ran an option play on 3rd and 1. He won’t make it to week 8

Wtf is happening in Denver. Russel sucks and they have 2 good running backs. Zero touchdowns in the red zone

2 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

Week 1 results:

 

Rank	Pick Set Name	Total	Dropped	W-L
1	Sunspear Shariffs	81	0	9-6
2	Quiet Isle Septons	79	0	11-4
3	Castle Black Crows	74	0	9-6
4	Tywin	73	0	9-6
5	Bronze Stones	71	0	8-7
6	Ramsay	67	0	9-6
7	dbuntings coin flip picks	66	0	8-7
8	Saltcliffe Pyros	61	0	9-6
9	rocksniffer	59	0	6-9
10	White Harbor Bakers	57	0	6-9
11	Lumpy the Greek	56	0	8-7

 

Kind of wild only two teams were sub .500 given how whacky the week was. 

@aceluby, did you not want to play this year? You can still jump in with this week being your drop.

I'm taking a year off of pick'em this year.  Was in three last year which I think burnt me out a bit.

One name that deserves mention and never does is Tony Hawk.

10 man money league auction draft last night - definitely ended up w/ one of the better teams, but a little too reliant on San Diego.  All in all though, very happy w/ my picks.

QB - Herbert (Carr)

RB - Ekeler, J. Williams, Gibson (Jacobs, Mattison, Herbert)

WR - Lamb, McLaurin, M. Williams (Waddle, Cooks, J. Jones, R. Anderson)

K - McPherson

D - Bucs

30 minutes ago, Wade1865 said:

aceluby -- no, the numbers are legitimate. Moreover, including 1 million USD as the lowest common denominator was offered in support of Zorral's argument; even then, however, it still indicates an exceptional rarity at 0.007 percent of the total world population.

To your point, I agree that 1 million USD is not what I'd consider a representation of the wealthy, much less the wealthy elite. If we were to limit the wealthy to 5, 10, 15, or 20 million USD or more; it would only further emphasize the rarity of generational wealth throughout the world today.

The Forbes 400 reports 70% of billionaires are self-made, up from less than half since the 1980s, pointing out a higher frequency of the self-made. And research done by Forbes reflects the 74% of billionaires worldwide, when reporting as self-made. Again, these numbers reflect the extreme rarity of generational wealth among billionaires.

JFC, billionaires self reported they were self-made? Of course they do. 

You haven’t provided anything to actually support your point. Just a bunch of hand waving about how when asked people believe that they never received any kind of help ever - and of course the people who blindly believe them.

47 minutes ago, Wade1865 said:

Zorral -- yes, I understand you argued generational wealth is a common occurrence in the world; but, it's an anecdotally-based exaggeration.

Today, there are approximately 56 million individual USD millionaires worldwide. Assuming each inherited all their wealth; and, assuming each heads a 2nd / 3rd generation family or older, that would represent 0.007 percent of the total world population. This translates into 6 millionaires per 800 non-millionaires.

If you consider the approximately 2700 billionaires (i.e., the truly wealthy), and apply the same assumptions of inherited wealth and generation, they represent an even smaller fraction at 0.00000033 percent. Obviously, these fractions do not represent a "quite normal," or common, occurrence throughout the world; but, an exceptional rarity in terms of generational wealth.

We agree on the consolidation of generational wealth and consequent inequality worldwide, but we disagree on frequency. Interestingly, my position cuts more deeply given the true degree of consolidation. And, if you take away the assumptions I granted in your favor, and account only for inherited in lieu of other forms of wealth production, the frequency becomes even smaller, and that much more unequal. In other words, world wealth inequality is worse than most people realize. Hence, I consider wealth inequality to be the greatest threat against the USG.

There is just so much bull shit in these numbers. Yeah, lots of people saved up a million bucks to retire. Having one million dollars in the bank isn’t that special or hard. Yeah, billionaires aren’t inheriting billions, but fuck if not most of them started on third base.

Just waving your hands and saying that lots of people have a million dollars doesn’t actually do anything for your point. What do the numbers look like for 10, 20, or 100 million dollars? Anything that assumes any kind of common sense with the reader?

Can’t on the 7th and would really not have a draft start at 10pm on a work day, so 24-26 would be best for me

Sorry, I’ve been down with covid. Any of those dates work

The unwashed masses….

On 8/7/2022 at 3:25 PM, Fez said:

Anyone played Nioh 2; how does it compare difficulty-wise to Elden Ring? Is it similar or significantly harder?

I think it’s a bit easier once you get the mechanics down. 

In for A & C, B if there are openings

14 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

Back to comparing books and movies, they should have just made a faithful adaptation of The Lost World. It's not quite as good as the first book, but still worth a read. Instead they took several plot points from it and stretched them out over three movies. I'm certain it would have been the movie you wanted if they just went that route instead.

I've been saying this since I read the book in the 90's

14 hours ago, Soylent Brown said:

Teyon's previous game is any indication, this will be fun to play. Not everything can be AAA, but I guess if you can't get past it not having cutting edge graphics, give it a miss.

It looks like a really boring first person shooter that wouldn't have brought anything to the table in 2010, much less 2022.

4 hours ago, Werthead said:

To be fair, a really good RoboCop game would be awesome if done properly.

I was actually excited when I saw the thumbnail, then was instantly disappointed by how terribly bland everything about the game looks.  Just the fact it went FPS is an immediate pass from me, unless this went full VR.