Lurker > transience

I actually think I like Toronto

I definitely think they're better than Boston despite the lack of star power. it's Cleveland I'm not sure about, but I'd rather not go all in based on a bunch of decent players.
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xyzzy

also holy shit

https://streamable.com/6perc
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xyzzy

so let's take a poll. who's winning the east? there's really only three realistic picks.

Cavs:

Hill
Hood
James
Love
Thompson

Smith
Korver
Nance
Clarkson

Celtics:

Irving
Smart
Brown
Tatum
Horford

Morris
Rozier
Monroe
Baynes
Hayward?

Raptors:

Lowry
Derozan
Anunoby
Ibaka
Valanciunas

VanVleet
Wright
Siakam
Miles
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xyzzy

he does, but that team runs through Lebron so hard now that he can supply a lot of that. guys will get open and cut. yeah he doesn't have kyrie anymore but none of the guys on the roster were in the same flat universe as kyrie.
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xyzzy

I'm finding the Cavs a lot easier to visualize in list form. stolen from reddit



(that 19/20 Hill number is not guaranteed, so it isn't as bad as it looks financially)

Cavs Receive

George Hill:
10pts | 3rbs | 3ast | 1stl | .47 FG% | PER 14

Rodney Hood:
17pts | 3rbs | 2ast | 1stl | .42 FG% | PER 15

Jordan Clarkson:
15pts | 3rbs | 3ast | 1stl | .45 FG% | PER 17

Larry Nance Jr.:
9pts | 7rbs | 1ast | 1stl | .60 FG% | PER 20

Grand Total:
51pts | 16rbs | 9ast | 4stl | .49 FG% | PER 16.5

Cavs Trade Away:

Isaiah Thomas
14pts | 2rbs | 5ast | 1stl | .36 FG% | PER 12

Derrick Rose
10pts | 2rbs | 2ast | 0stl | .44 FG% | PER 12

Dwayne Wade
11pts | 4rbs | 4ast | 1stl | .46 FG% | PER 16

Iman Shumpert
4pts | 3rbs | 1ast | 1stl | .38 FG% | PER 6

Jae Crowder
9pts | 3rbs |1ast | 1stl | .42 FG% | PER 10

Channing Frye
5pts | 3rbs | 1ast | 0stl | .50 FG% | PER 14

Grand Total:
53pts | 17rbs | 14ast | 4stl | .43 FG% | PER 12

Traded:

Isaiah Thomas (29 years old), Dwayne Wade (36 years old), Derrick Rose (29 years old) & Channing Frye (34 years old).

Got:

George Hill (31 year old), Rodney Hood (25 years old), Jordan Clarkson (25 years old). Larry Nance Jr. (25 years old)

so overall I'd be pretty stoked if I were the Cavs, especially since that old team might be addition by subtraction.
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xyzzy

that defense is pretty atrocious

there's one second left what are you doing thibs
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xyzzy

https://streamable.com/eny7p
https://streamable.com/fur0p

Laettner is that you
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xyzzy

yeah, he's in the second tier. it's just weird to have a tournament of 3000 people and you end up with just about the exact same top 8 as your standard Smash tournament (which seems to happen like every other week)
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xyzzy

yeah Smash 4 feels like the game we could drop at this point

it's probably better than mvci from everything I've heard about that community. that game is just a wasteland and Capcom is not even trying to support it (probably because disney)
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xyzzy

KP just doesn't seem like he has the body to be a superstar

that's too bad. he was great for like two weeks and then kinda limped through the rest of the year.
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xyzzy

I saw SOM got a 30/40 from Famitsu

which means nothing, but it's interesting
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xyzzy

yeah Engarde lacks screen time. for all the hype he gets, he's really just a plot twist and a breakdown. great ones, mind you, but there's not much more to get than those two moments.
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xyzzy

play n++

see you all in 2020
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xyzzy

aw yeah another one hooked
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xyzzy

oh. yeah, that's where I was
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xyzzy

is it weird that I thought it looked pretty good until they threw in a break the target mode?
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xyzzy

I'm completely unsure of what to make of that
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xyzzy

that's the only narrative choice there. having engarde testify would mean pointing out contradictions.
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xyzzy

the resetera thread on this from a couple months ago is really good

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-toad-wearing-a-hat-or-is-that-his-head-smo-spoilers.6354/
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xyzzy

never forget
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xyzzy

I don't watch football, like, ever so I don't really know what I'm talking about, but I kept waiting for Foles's luck to run out. those passes had milliseconds to find their mark and they kept doing so.

and it just never did
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xyzzy

Brady threw for 500 yards and 0 ints in a super bowl

win or lose, that's pretty amazing
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xyzzy

wow

maybe humans have free will after all
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xyzzy

pretty good list! keep on going - the good stuff with AA6 starts with 6-3.
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xyzzy

it's too bad you're doing it this way because E2-3 might kill you

...actually, how are you doing that? just within AAI2 I guess since that's where the future stuff lands?

it's really good that you don't have to do 5 or 6 up front because those would definitely ruin your flow
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xyzzy

oh man this is gonna be so good
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xyzzy

eh, maybe -- but maybe not! I think you are much more when it comes to AAI2. I just am for AA5.
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xyzzy

I'm much more cynical on it than you are. I saw that and just kinda rolled my eyes.
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xyzzy

what, calling the bluff? I didn't think that was anything special.
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xyzzy

that game sucks
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xyzzy

eliminating 5-1 would be a good first step

I really dislike 5-1
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xyzzy

I wonder which character has the most lines in a single case. maybe Edgeworth in E2-5?
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xyzzy

well, it's basically just that investigation segment which is why I brought it up. Phoenix is obviously going to rock a count like that.
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xyzzy

I think Edgeworth is with him on that investigation day! not that I disagree
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xyzzy

I would agree but AAI2 is a monster. Edgeworth can probably hang kinda close. like, maybe not get doubled.
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xyzzy

I can't keep track of who's who, but I imagine Dahlia/Iris is #1 amongst non-detectives
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xyzzy

it's a weird thing to do in 2018 because Mitchell's records are beyond outdated at this point. this is like somebody trying to take me down for Zero Mission.

http://donkeykongforum.com/index.php?topic=366.0

his 1.062m is good for 20th

I think he probably lied, but like, I've seen King of Kong and that felt clear without any direct proof.

the one thing that's hilarious about that writeup is that it references Dwayne Richard as a reputable source, and if you've seen Man vs. Snake -- which is amazing, especially if you're a Nibbler freak like me -- you'd know that he's one of the sketchiest dudes ever.
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xyzzy

?!
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xyzzy

https://streamable.com/47x44

man, I hadn't realized how terrible of a job Russ did here
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xyzzy

that Jokic pass is incredible. he had an amazing game, looks like.
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xyzzy

Leon loves an Ace Attorney challenge.

I think I'm just a lot lower on detective dialogue than partner dialogue. Ema's 1-5 spot is legit but I'm not as impressed by her other performances which sometimes are more like cameos.
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xyzzy

I would say, don't underestimate the useless banter of an investigation partner! I might be way underrating Maya here because man there's a lot of flavor text everywhere
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xyzzy

I think it's because Miami has a good record and doesn't have a guy in.

Blake matching his averages almost exactly in game one
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xyzzy

I need to play Owlboy too.
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xyzzy

this is beyond what you want to do, but I always wanted to make a sporcle quiz on most lines in the series.
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xyzzy

3-5 is so nothing though. Godot is secondary to the Feys despite the amazing ending.

man, you're dedicated. I can't even come up with some dumb thing for you to do this time. give me a little bit and I'll find something.
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xyzzy

that kind of truly unfair BS hasn't happened. it's usually more like 'all of my options to move forward here are bad, let me stop and think OH GOD A GHOST'
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xyzzy

https://streamable.com/lzd5b

this is the goddamn best
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xyzzy

thinking about it some more, peak Godot as a lawyer/prosecutor might be 3-4?
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xyzzy

Secret of Evermore heck yeah

Tales of Maj'Eyal is like $3. if you don't find it in a key topic, it won't set you back much. there's also a free version, I think, if you don't want it on Steam. just google.
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xyzzy