Dutch Gronk
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I'm also rewatching it, it's ever better the second time around. Sunday is almost here!
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NFL Off-Season |OT2| My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Draft
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I'm also rewatching it, it's ever better the second time around. Sunday is almost here!
Yea, but they're editing the timeline a bit to keep characters involved, some some stuff from the 3rd book is likely to be in it as well.
Grover Cleveland
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You know what? Ive been a lurker for forever but NOT ANYMORE
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Atlanta, Seattle top list of America’s most miserable sports cities
The “top” five:
1. Atlanta – championship round record: 1-5
2. Seattle – championship round record: 1-3
3. Phoenix – championship round record: 1-3
4. Buffalo – championship round record: 2-6
5. San Diego – championship round record: 1-7
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We're not #1!!!!! EAT IT FALCONS FAN
LA needs a team
and NO THANKS to 49rs and raiders, i dont want to get disappointed and or shanked[/s]
maybe with MVFLYNN we will get somewhere likeplace!2nd
out
I mean, um,
Welcome to NFL-GAF, my friend!
And kudos for establishing your team allegiance early and not lifelonging on the Giants or Packers or someone like that.
P.S. :jakncoke/:jnc is basically this community's way of saying :lol, if you didn't know that. It's based off of the World's No.1 Seahawks' fan, jakncoke himself.
yes. at this rate they are going to pass that fatass GURM, unless they start splitting up books. and even then they are going to have to do some major reworking of books 4 and 5 to make them remotely interesting on TV.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
No more weekly threads.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
I'm only a couple of hours in but so far the pacing is really good. Some slight lulls for combat tutorials and things, but it doesn't start like most JRPG's; a 20 minute cut scene that forces you to constantly hit A, then move around for two minutes triggering the next 20 minute cut scene.
The voice work is good, the story is engaging, characters are so far avoiding some of the more rote tropes (no amnesia yet!) and it's moving along at a nice clip. I spent an hour exploring the first town and picking up a bunch of side quests, but the game also wisely lets you know that should you chose to, you can skip all the side stuff and just do the story quests without much problem.
I love that you don't have to turn in side quests, you're just rewarded for completing them. Dialog boxes go at a great pace so you aren't hammering A, it just moves along.
On the negative side, combat is super simple right now. I can see it will get awesome eventually, but it isn't yet. Some more hyper-critical and nuanced JRPG critic will probably correct me, but the combat is like a combination of Chrono Trigger and Tales. Once some option open up it is going to be rad.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
I miss football
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Weekly threads will be in OT. Don't think they will be stickied but really it doesn't matter, as it'll stay on the top of the page all the time anyway.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
He said we can only make threads there for really important topics, pretty sure regular season week X doesn't count.
Really? So in 12 months, we'll just have NFL |OT35| ?
Well, what's the point of Community, then? One weekly thread in OT, a community thread in here, what do we talk about in which one?
I'd hate both of these possibilities. The first one would be completely insular. For instance I'd look into a Soccer World Championship thread, but not into their Megathread on 578 different leagues, and I guess Football would be the same. The other option just completely defeats the idea of Community...
Has there been anything official from Evilore & Co.?
Dutch Gronk
Banned
So we have regular season OT that just run until they hit the 20k mark or something in here? And the Super Bowl gets his own thread in OT ?
cuevas. PhD.
Member
That's what I got out of the thread.
That sounds good.
You should get KI too. That game is a blast. So fun. It hurts so good.
I will eventually. But I'm sitting on two hundred hour RPGs right now, not to mention Dota and MLB and the never ending Madden league. Just no time for it.
There will be weekly threads. If nothing else we will make them in Community OT.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Yeah heres the quote:
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I don't see how they're not important. MMA event threads are okay but NFL weekly threads aren't? NFL threads get a ton more posts than the MMA ones. They should be okay but it'd be nice to have confirmation from Hito or whoever.
The split was so people could talk about transactions and the NFL during the week in here and the games in the OT thread over there. At least I'm pretty sure thats what evilore was talking about.
"it's approached on a case by case basis, but the gist is that when there is something to engage the general forum populace with, not just the community crowd"
Isn't that completely wishy-washy? I'd bet that a weekend of NFL games appeals to a larger group of Gaffers than 90% of all other threads. How are we supposed to know where the cutoff is? Is Bountygate interesting enough? Tim Tebow being a saint with limited football skills? The Lockout? And it also leads to a problem of "discussion fragmentation", where a single topic is discussed in several threads...
I guess I just assumed we'd keep the old model of weekly threads in Community. I hate continuous Megathreads and never really enter them, even if I'm interested in the topic. With weekly OTs, there was at least a clear point of reference every week that can help new visitors gain track and isn't half as imposing as for instance PoliGAF or SoccerGAF. The way the US sports threads were handled made it much easier for someone like me to start and participate...
Taking the fall for Freeman?
"GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida basketball player Erving Walker was arrested early Friday in connection to a $3 taco stolen from a Gainesville street vendor."
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...lorida-guard-erving-walker-charged-theft-taco
"GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida basketball player Erving Walker was arrested early Friday in connection to a $3 taco stolen from a Gainesville street vendor."
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...lorida-guard-erving-walker-charged-theft-taco
AngmarsKing701
Member
I think the PoliGAF example doesn't really apply here. The PoliGAF mega-thread continues to exist outside of the SotU thread. The SotU thread is temporary and fades into obscurity after a week or two, while PoliGAF continues strong.
On our side, we don't have an NFL mega-thread and then weekly games threads. We all gravitate from an offseason thread to the games week by week. This community thread will drift into obscurity once the season starts, because we'll all be posting in the weekly threads, wherever they are.
Sounds to me like during the regular season we'll be in OT but during the offseason when we have one huge thread we'll be in community.
On our side, we don't have an NFL mega-thread and then weekly games threads. We all gravitate from an offseason thread to the games week by week. This community thread will drift into obscurity once the season starts, because we'll all be posting in the weekly threads, wherever they are.
Sounds to me like during the regular season we'll be in OT but during the offseason when we have one huge thread we'll be in community.
Wow. Just, wow.
What about the other sports then? Isn't the NBA in the middle of the season right now? What about the NHL? Yet they're in Community.
Not cool dude. That post was racist and fattist.
Freeman pays for his Taco Bell and Long John Silvers.
AngmarsKing701
Member
NHL has one huge thread for every month of the season. They basically just keep a mega-thread going year round. I don't know what NBA does; I don't wander into that rat's nest.
With NFL having clearly defined breaking points -- there are 17 weeks of the season -- I would think we'd have the weekly season threads in the OT, the playoffs in the OT, the SB in the OT, then the offseason stuff would all just stay right in Community as it's not really geared around specific topics but is more general. And really, only the die hards stay in here during the offseason. We'll get a few people roaming in during the draft to say "We picked xxxx ? Fuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!" and that sort of thing.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
What makes you think the nfl thread will get special treatment?
Dutch Gronk
Banned
If we should create threads for 'special' occasions, shouldn't we create one for the draft?
AngmarsKing701
Member
Well, I certainly hope we can continue to create weekly threads like we have in the past. I guess if those are in Community vs. OT it doesn't really matter to me, provided I can find the damn thing. Is the SB "special" enough to be in OT vs. Community? That's the thing. Where is the line drawn on what is considered a special event? I consider every week of football special. It's possible that the mods don't agree with that.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
No because only we care about it.
This is what I think he meant anyway. Every time someone asked him to clarify he said to read that post.
DirectTV isn't cable. Have your learned nothing from your 24/7 directtv media blitz
These discussions are counterproductive. We'll start threads in normal OT and if they get moved so be it. At least for the short amount of time they are on OT they will draw attention and hopefully show people the threads exist.
I know it's counter to the hyper-insularity Evilore is so desperate to cultivate, but some of us would prefer to have fresh meat.
I actually pussied out and just suspended it for 3 months to see how it goes. I never really watch TV but having it on in the background is nice.
I know it's counter to the hyper-insularity Evilore is so desperate to cultivate, but some of us would prefer to have fresh meat.
My fist isn't a brick, but were you near me right now you semantics playing mofo, you would hardly be able to tell the difference!
I actually pussied out and just suspended it for 3 months to see how it goes. I never really watch TV but having it on in the background is nice.
Buckethead
Banned
Blah.
I'm pseudo-sick and I'm hanging with a fly honey tonight.
BRB, loading up on vitamins and minerals.
I'm pseudo-sick and I'm hanging with a fly honey tonight.
BRB, loading up on vitamins and minerals.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
NFL Draft is a big event. Big events get their own thread.
Community threads are where people shoot the breeze and talk about random things while keeping a loose focus on the sport itself. The OT threads would seemingly be dedicated to events in the sport of football itself. At least that is how I understand it.
And yeah it would be nice if somebody actually clarified the stance instead of "read the post" which doesn't really help a whole lot.
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It can't be clarified because they are making it up as they go along. They'll know a community thread when they see it (basically, if it's a megathread a mod is interested in it stays in OT, if not, it goes to community). We just have to new thread first and have it moved later until the Great and Powerful Oz creates a more clear distinction.
Well, I dunno. I've always used GAF as a kind of news aggregator, where I could stumble about new stuff I never would've known about otherwise. In the last few years, huge megathreads that became subcommunities made that a lot harder, and the recent changes only made it worse.
GAF loses a lot of its appeal when serendipity and small discussions are forced out. I'd rather have days where every thread title in OT contains the word 'Apple' than 15 huge threads where we discuss a big complex of topics that I won't ever enter. This way I often learn about hugely interesting stuff a lot later than I would've several years ago...
Edit: Holy shit, South Dakota looks awesome.
GAF loses a lot of its appeal when serendipity and small discussions are forced out. I'd rather have days where every thread title in OT contains the word 'Apple' than 15 huge threads where we discuss a big complex of topics that I won't ever enter. This way I often learn about hugely interesting stuff a lot later than I would've several years ago...
Edit: Holy shit, South Dakota looks awesome.
DeaconKnowledge
Member
I just this morning signed up for Sunday Ticket. Funny.
Yeah. Time was something would happen and GAF would have it instantly. Now whenever new news is posted some smartass just says "we knew about this in the x thread 2 days ago hurrrr.". You mean the thread that only 6 guys are reading?
Dutch Gronk
Banned
Greatest teammate, greatest human being.
Each NFL Week is a huge event. Look at the ratings it gets every Sunday. Also Big NFL Stories and Signings should get threads. Sports shouldn't take a back seat to everything else.
Sports in general are popular. They are big events that most are interested. That is why these threads being in OT Community with Pony and Furry Gaf only makes sense to people that see sports as "objectively meaningless." The NHL Draft, NBA Draft, NFL Draft, NHL Playoffs, NBA Playoffs, NFL Weeks/Playoffs/SuperBowl are like huge elections or E3 events on NeoGaf. The only reason they are off OT is because Sports threads are being deemed as lesser topics because NBA Gaf ruffled the feathers of the GAF Elite. I think threads should be made for sports news that rises above the level of importance of "dog pisses on steak" topics. Based on the existence of the industries created by sports and the universal appeal in most of popular culture of sports, there is no reason Sports threads should be relegated to the slums of these great discussion boards.
Man if we gotta go with mega OT's from now on that's going to blow dick. Ok lets figure out how many we'll need for regular season. Like 10-12k posts for week 2 and 6k or so for each week after = around 10 OT's but that's counting possible increase in postage or possible decrease which I foresee because of us not getting as many drive by posters.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
The Bills website has a sneak peek of the new New Era hats.
Not sure if posted already. I might score a cap when they are released.
Not sure if posted already. I might score a cap when they are released.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Lol guys, I love the weekly format and hope we can continue to use it in OT. Don't shoot the messenger.
A weekly NFL GAF thread sees more posts in it than a large number of threads, there NEEDS to be one every week usually, or it'll become so massive that we'd start breaking the board (wasn't there some sort of limit where the threads get retarded in the database or something?)
As far as I'm concerned, we should continue as normal unless told otherwise. We're already relegated to the GAF ghetto 2.0, wasn't that the whole point of the move?
Also, I think the current situation since the move is all pretty stupid, and hopefully someone will have enough sense to either change it back, or think up something that doesn't suck.
As far as I'm concerned, we should continue as normal unless told otherwise. We're already relegated to the GAF ghetto 2.0, wasn't that the whole point of the move?
Also, I think the current situation since the move is all pretty stupid, and hopefully someone will have enough sense to either change it back, or think up something that doesn't suck.
BeautifulMemory
Member
To be honest I still see no point to all the changes...really looks like someone got bored