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Axl_Rose_85 posted...

Do people here hate Persona all of a sudden. It was the most well liked board 8 game for a long time.

Long before Persona 4, Katamari Damacy was one of the quintessential board 8 games. We even got the King of all Cosmos in the 2005 Character Battle! Katamari has been popular here for a long time

Mario
Kirby

Buffalo Bills
Dallas Cowboys
New England Patriots

Definitely did the old leave the Cube on for a day to unlock Mewtwo in Melee several times. I don't think I ever did multiple days in a row though

Zigzagoon posted...

Would anyone be around to do a trade and trade back with me? I wanna get my SLOWKING

sure I got you

MoogleKupo141 posted...

was texting in the shower supposed to be alpha or beta

"Do you text in the shower?" was Realo's bulletproof opener. As I recall the rationale was that it makes the girl think about you while they are in the shower, which I guess makes them more likely to sleep with you or something

paulg235 posted...

We're getting a lot of 2018 repeats on the table!

If Belgium win their group and Japan are runners-up they'll play in the round of 16 again

never a doubt

Let's goooooooo!!!

yaaaaaaaaaas

dang it

oh ya go my Japan

time to prove the doubters wrong

A few ground rules:
-Please say which level you are on when you post your pick. In most cases it will be obvious, but this makes it easier for me to record the picks.
-The deadline to make a pick is before the official kick-off time of the game in question. You cannot pick a game that has already started. Some levels may have different deadlines, so read carefully.
-The deadline to answer the bonus question is at the start of games on Sunday (1 PM ET).
-Please don't edit your picks. If you'd like to change, please do so in a clearly labeled new post.
-I get my spreads from an online site providing lines from several sources, both in Vegas and out. Although these sources may continue to change their lines throughout the week, the ones I post in the topic are frozen and final for our purposes.
-You may use bonus points to skip any level after it is guaranteed you cannot pass it (at the end of the week's games, typically). You may only skip the level before I have posted the next week's topic. The price for skipping is in proportion to the level you are skipping. Skipping level 1 would take 1 bonus point, level 2 will take 2, level 5 will take 5. So on and so forth.

Explanation of Levels:

Level 1: Pick a winner. Simply pick one team to win their game. If they win, you go on to level 2.

Level 2: Pick an Underdog to win. You must pick a team that is an underdog to win their game. Underdogs will always be the team listed second.

Level 3: Level 3: 2 Games with Spread. Using the spreads I provide, pick 2 games. You must get both correct to move on. Spreads work by giving (-) or getting (+) points. The team that is the favorite to win "gives" points to the underdog. If you choose the favorite to win, they must still win after "giving" those points to the underdog. If you choose the underdog, you would be correct if they win the game after "getting" those points. For example, if a game says "Giants (-2.5) vs. Cowboys," if you pick the Giants, they must actually win the game by at least three points; if you pick the Cowboys, you would win if they actually won the game or lost by two points or less.

Level 4: 2 Game differentials. Pick two games and specify them to have a score differential of either 10+ or 5-. Make sure to specify which you pick, if you pick a score to be 10+ and the score ends up 3 apart, you do not advance. You do not need to pick the winner, as long as the differential is correct, it does not matter which team wins.

Level 5: 2 Over/Unders: I will now provide over/unders for each game. This number relates to the final score. You must choose 2 of the games and decide whether the final score will be OVER the number I provided or UNDER the number I provided. You must get both of these correct to advance.

Level 6: Pleaser: Pick one team to win using the spread, but with the pleaser, you lose 6 points on the spread. In other words, add six points in whichever direction makes it harder to win. For example, a (-2.5) spread becomes (-8.5), a (+3.5) becomes a (-2.5) spread, etc.

Level 7: QB, RB, WR: Pick 1 player to throw a touchdown pass, 1 player to rush for a touchdown, and 1 player to catch a touchdown pass. They must all be from different teams, and must also combine for at least 4 touchdowns in their respective positions. Typically you will be picking a QB, RB, and WR, but you may pick players from other positions to fill those roles (i.e. a TE or RB to get a receiving touchdown). You must make it clear what role you are picking the players for if it is not the standard QB/RB/WR or QB/RB/TE. If the player gets a touchdown in a different way (i.e. your rusher getting a receiving touchdown), it does not count.

Level 8: 5 Game Teaser: This is the opposite of level 6. Instead of losing 6 points on each spread, you actually gain 6 points on each spread. But you have to get all 5 games right to move on. So a team favored by 9.5 will now only have to win by 3.5, a team that is getting 2.5 points will now be getting 8.5 points.

Schedule: (Favorites listed first; home team in CAPS)

Thursday, November 24th
12:30 PM ET
Buffalo (-9.5) @ DETROIT 54.5
4:30 PM ET
DALLAS (-9.5) vs New York Giants 45.5
8:20 PM ET
MINNESOTA (-2.5) vs New England 42.5

Sunday, November 27th
1 PM ET
Baltimore (-3.5) @ JACKSONVILLE 43.5
Denver (-2.5) @ CAROLINA 36.5
WASHINGTON (-3.5) vs Atlanta 41.5
Tampa Bay (-3.5) @ CLEVELAND 42.5
Cincinnati (-1.5) @ TENNESSEE 42.5
MIAMI (-12.5) vs Houston 46.5
NEW YORK JETS (-4.5) vs Chicago 39.5
4 PM
SEATTLE (-3.5) vs Las Vegas 47.5
Los Angeles Chargers (-4.5) @ ARIZONA 47.5
KANSAS CITY (-14.5) vs Los Angeles Rams 43.5
SAN FRANCISCO (-9.5) vs New Orleans 43.5
8 PM
PHILADELPHIA (-6.5) vs Green Bay 45.5

Monday, November 21st
INDIANAPOLIS (-2.5) vs Pittsburgh 39.5

Bonus Question: Three strikes in a row in bowling is called a turkey. Choose a player to score at least 3 touchdowns this week. It can be any combination of passing, rushing, receiving, defensive, or special teams touchdowns. (you don't have to specify the type of touchdowns, just pick a player)

...huh. I thought it was Phanphy too. Also every time I hear/read Manaphy I think it's Phanpy for a second.

SHINE_GET_64 posted...

Nintendo Game of the Year - Pokemon Legends Arceus

Should be ultimate game of the year but I'll take it

Final Fantasy VII

Patrick Beverly once again proves he's scum

I don't really get the issue with User of the Year. It just felt like voting for Prom King at school or whatever. I was never super invested in it though

SHINE_GET_64 posted...

if I played the original Final Fantasy Adventure on GB and Sword of Mana on GBA is there anything for me in this version of the game

trophiez

Skies of Arcadia
Final Fantasy XII
Katamari Damacy

#TeamScarlet

I have never been to a con of any variety, so I didn't know they had games set up and was quite confused by this very specific question. I thought you meant bringing a 3DS or something and playing it during the con

Katamari

Slay the Spire or Celeste

I liked CS2 well enough but there's a high chance you'd end up dropping it again cause you got a long way to go. Also CS3 quite possibly made me drop the series entirely so I can't really recommend going past CS2 anyway >_>

Soul
Pokmon

no u

The Team Star battle theme is absolute fire

why did they waste this on grunts though!

Zigzagoon posted...

You can just say fuck ermine and the way he likes to play games is bad and he should feel bad.

Don't have to beat around the bush!

Sorry that was a cheap shot. I don't think you should feel bad, it just seems a little weird to me!

Anyway my biggest issue with the game so far is that ZL targeting just doesn't work most of the time. I haven't seen anyone else complain about it though so maybe I just suck

swordz9 posted...

Im more amazed people in here are already at E4/post game when the game came out yesterday. Thats really really fast pacing to me at least

what's really amazing is it's the same people constantly complaining about how bad it is!

Level 7
fortybelowsummer***
HBJDubs**
KommunistKoala***
Suprak the Stud*
TheArkOfTurus**

Level 6
5tarscream
Camden**
DpOblivion*****
foxhead84*(*****)
Leonhart4***
MMXcalibur****
MysteriousStan**
Sir Chris***
SwiftyDC****
terpaholic**

Level 5
Cody11533****
Crescent-Moon**
davidponte****
KCF0107******
Mewtwo59***
MZero*(***)
Paratroopa1****
pronouncemyname******
Reg**
Runemistress***
StifledSilence***
Stripperiffic
th3l3fty***
thekitchensink**
Thorn***
Whiskey_Nick***
ZeroSignal620****

Level 4
Bartzyx**
Dancedreamer**
HanOfTheNekos*****
LiquidOshawott**
theawesomestevr****
VengefulKaelee**
Xuxon****

Level 3
Eddv**
Wicklebee*
WiggumFan267

Level 2
Arti*****
Evil_REmade*
greengravy294*
hockeydude15*
MaxedOutRyu*
mccheyne*

Level 1
changmas*
guffguy89
Jukkie
KokoroAkechi*
wallmasterz**

TheArkOfTurus posted...

I should be at level 7, no?

yes, you and Suprak both. Sorry about that!

Tales
Fire

Level 7
fortybelowsummer***
HBJDubs**
KommunistKoala***

Level 6
5tarscream
Camden**
DpOblivion*****
foxhead84*
Leonhart4***
MMXcalibur****
MysteriousStan**
Sir Chris***
Suprak the Stud*
SwiftyDC****
terpaholic**
TheArkOfTurus**

Level 5
Cody11533****
Crescent-Moon**
davidponte****
KCF0107******
Mewtwo59***
MZero*
Paratroopa1****
pronouncemyname******
Reg**
Runemistress***
StifledSilence***
Stripperiffic
th3l3fty***
thekitchensink**
Thorn***
Whiskey_Nick***
ZeroSignal620****

Level 4
Bartzyx**
Dancedreamer**
HanOfTheNekos*****
LiquidOshawott**
theawesomestevr****
VengefulKaelee**
Xuxon****

Level 3
Eddv**
Wicklebee*
WiggumFan267

Level 2
Arti*****
Evil_REmade*
greengravy294*
hockeydude15*
MaxedOutRyu*
mccheyne*

Level 1
changmas*
guffguy89
Jukkie
KokoroAkechi*
wallmasterz**

Level 5
ATLANTA (-2.5) vs Chicago - OVER
DENVER (-2.5) vs Las Vegas - UNDER

Bonus: 3

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Resolution is a seperate conversation from the actual art and asset quality. You can lower or raise the resolution of any game, just a matter of what the hardware can display.

Even if you don't consider that the case personally and think the 480p matters, it's still embarrasing that PS2 FFXII running in an emulator at higher res looks better than S/V.

Also this conversation went down with Arceus at the beginning of the year already. And I don't mean a similar conversation, I mean LITERALLY the same conversation, with the exact same examples.

I mean, it looks worse than a PS2 game emulated in high definition is a much different argument than it looks worse than a PS2 game. You're eliminating the hardware limitations which is the part that would be embarrassing

Like yeah Pokemon's graphic aren't very good but that argument makes no sense (also the PS2 models are worse either way)

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Again...yeah the resolution is a lot worse.

But I'd say this all looks better than S/V besides that!

I don't understand what this means

it looks worse but besides that it looks better?

You've got I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus listed under 1 nom twice

Delibird (Pokemon)
Santa (Weird Al Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy)

Pay with plastic, bag with resuable bag or plastic bag if I forget to bring it. I use to just use plastic bags all the time but they introduced a law in 2019 that forced stores to charge for them (like 5 cents or so). I guess it worked on me at least!

I don't think I've ever seen a paper bag at the grocery store out here

Melee
Metroid

Atlanta Falcons
Buffalo Bills
Philadelphia Eagles
New England Patriots
Los Angeles Rams
New York Giants
Carolina Panthers
Washington Commanders
Denver Broncos
Minnesota Vikings
Pittsburgh Steelers
Kansas City Chiefs
Arizona Cardinals

mnk posted...

Yeah it's not bothering me so far, but I only just made it to the first Pokemon Center. I've caught like 25 different Pokemon already. I discovered you can catch a Wattrel right away at Nemona's private beach. They seem kinda uncommon, but if you're lucky you can get one to fly close enough to target it with ZL and throw a ball to start a fight. The one I managed to catch was level 14 (and almost killed me), but levels of other Pokemon there seem to vary all the way down to level 2. Maybe Wattrel can be that low too.

So already caught that, Fidough, and Wooper for the things I plan to use long term.

Good catch, I just went back and got one. Up to 50 Pokemon caught so far and I have one badge

Nanis23 posted...

Am I nitpicking

yes

I voted Slay the Spire but shout out to PSO3. Underrated game imo

Nanis23 posted...

I expected it to be bad

and yet you're playing it day 1

The graphical issues don't bother me too much. The game is a ton of fun to play so far

there is no such thing as speaking a language perfectly

I speak English and Japanese fluently though

Midna

Green Bay Packers

A few ground rules:
-Please say which level you are on when you post your pick. In most cases it will be obvious, but this makes it easier for me to record the picks.
-The deadline to make a pick is before the official kick-off time of the game in question. You cannot pick a game that has already started. Some levels may have different deadlines, so read carefully.
-The deadline to answer the bonus question is at the start of games on Sunday (1 PM ET).
-Please don't edit your picks. If you'd like to change, please do so in a clearly labeled new post.
-I get my spreads from an online site providing lines from several sources, both in Vegas and out. Although these sources may continue to change their lines throughout the week, the ones I post in the topic are frozen and final for our purposes.
-You may use bonus points to skip any level after it is guaranteed you cannot pass it (at the end of the week's games, typically). You may only skip the level before I have posted the next week's topic. The price for skipping is in proportion to the level you are skipping. Skipping level 1 would take 1 bonus point, level 2 will take 2, level 5 will take 5. So on and so forth.

Explanation of Levels:

Level 1: Pick a winner. Simply pick one team to win their game. If they win, you go on to level 2.

Level 2: Pick an Underdog to win. You must pick a team that is an underdog to win their game. Underdogs will always be the team listed second.

Level 3: Level 3: 2 Games with Spread. Using the spreads I provide, pick 2 games. You must get both correct to move on. Spreads work by giving (-) or getting (+) points. The team that is the favorite to win "gives" points to the underdog. If you choose the favorite to win, they must still win after "giving" those points to the underdog. If you choose the underdog, you would be correct if they win the game after "getting" those points. For example, if a game says "Giants (-2.5) vs. Cowboys," if you pick the Giants, they must actually win the game by at least three points; if you pick the Cowboys, you would win if they actually won the game or lost by two points or less.

Level 4: 2 Game differentials. Pick two games and specify them to have a score differential of either 10+ or 5-. Make sure to specify which you pick, if you pick a score to be 10+ and the score ends up 3 apart, you do not advance. You do not need to pick the winner, as long as the differential is correct, it does not matter which team wins.

Level 5: 2 Over/Unders: I will now provide over/unders for each game. This number relates to the final score. You must choose 2 of the games and decide whether the final score will be OVER the number I provided or UNDER the number I provided. You must get both of these correct to advance.

Level 6: Pleaser: Pick one team to win using the spread, but with the pleaser, you lose 6 points on the spread. In other words, add six points in whichever direction makes it harder to win. For example, a (-2.5) spread becomes (-8.5), a (+3.5) becomes a (-2.5) spread, etc.

Level 7: QB, RB, WR: Pick 1 player to throw a touchdown pass, 1 player to rush for a touchdown, and 1 player to catch a touchdown pass. They must all be from different teams, and must also combine for at least 4 touchdowns in their respective positions. Typically you will be picking a QB, RB, and WR, but you may pick players from other positions to fill those roles (i.e. a TE or RB to get a receiving touchdown). You must make it clear what role you are picking the players for if it is not the standard QB/RB/WR or QB/RB/TE. If the player gets a touchdown in a different way (i.e. your rusher getting a receiving touchdown), it does not count.

Schedule: (Favorites listed first; home team in CAPS)

Thursday, November 17th
GREEN BAY (-2.5) vs Tennessee 40.5

Sunday, November 20th
1 PM ET
ATLANTA (-2.5) vs Chicago 49.5
BUFFALO (-7.5) vs Cleveland 42.5
Philadelphia (-6.5) @ INDIANAPOLIS 43.5
NEW ENGLAND (-2.5) vs New York Jets 38.5
NEW ORLEANS (-2.5) vs Los Angeles Rams 38.5
NEW YORK GIANTS (-2.5) vs Detroit 44.5
BALTIMORE (-12.5) vs Carolina 41.5
Washington (-2.5) @ HOUSTON 40.5
4 PM
DENVER (-2.5) vs Las Vegas 41.5
Dallas (-1.5) @ MINNESOTA 47.5
Cincinnati (-3.5) @ PITTSBURGH 40.5
8 PM
Kansas City (-5.5) @ LOS ANGELES CHARGERS 50.5

Monday, November 21st
San Francisco (-8.5) @ ARIZONA 43.5

Bonus Question: How many touchdowns scored in the Broncos/Raiders game?

Zero

I'd probably recommend Caprain Tsubasa to Tidus. I hear it's like Blitzball