Lurker > HaRRicH

I almost added Reptile instead, but again, gonna try to respect the polls as I have them for the moment.

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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1788-who-is-your-favorite-original-mortal-kombat-character

Johnny Cage might win, but Raiden's ahead in these polls and used to be the face on the arcade machines so I ran with Raiden for this poll.

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Up for fictionalized combat.

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PLAYABLE ORIGINAL FIGHTERS (25):

Akira Yuki (Virtua Fighter)
Akuma (Street Fighter, SFxT, Versus Capcom)
Chun-Li (Street Fighter, SFxT, Versus Capcom)
Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter, Versus Capcom)
Guile (Street Fighter, SFxT, Versus Capcom)
Heihachi (PlayStation All-Stars, SFxT, Tekken, Soul Calibur)
Iori Yagami (King of Fighters)
Ivy Valentine (Soul Calibur)
Jin Kazama (SFxT, Tekken)
Kasumi (Dead or Alive)
Ky Kiske (Guilty Gear)
Kyo Kusanagi (King of Fighters)
Lu Bu (Dynasty Warriors)
M. Bison (Street Fighter, SFxT)
Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers, Versus Capcom)
Nightmare (Soul Calibur)
Peacock (Skullgirls)
Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue)
Sagat (Street Fighter, SFxT)
Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
Siegfried (Soul Calibur)
Sol Badguy (Guilty Gear)
Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)
Tina Armstrong (Dead or Alive)
Yoshimitsu (Soul Calibur, SFxT, Tekken)

PLAYABLE ESTABLISHED FIGHTERS NOT IN SMASH (91):

2B (Soul Calibur)
Adol Christin (Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki)
Albert Wesker (Versus Capcom)
Alucard (Castlevania Judgment)
Amaterasu (Versus Capcom)
Amy Rose (Sonic the Fighters, Sonic Battle)
Archer (Fate/unlimited codes)
Bartz Klauser (Dissidia)
Big Daddy (PlayStation All-Stars)
Bomberman (DreamMix TV World Fighters)
Captain Viridian (Indie Pogo)
Cecil Harvey (Dissidia)
Chie Satonaka (Persona 4 Arena)
Chris Redfield (Versus Capcom)
Cirno (a Touhou fighter spin-off)
Cole McGrath (PlayStation All-Stars, SFxT)
Commander Video (Fraymakers, Indie Pogo)
Dante (PlayStation All-Stars, Versus Capcom)
Daxter (PlayStation All-Stars)
Dr. Robotnik (Sonic the Fighters)
Dracula (Castlevania Judgment)
Earthworm Jim (Clayfighter)
Estelle Bright (Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki)
Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Soul Calibur)
Frank West (Versus Capcom)
Gilgamesh (Dissidia)
Geralt (Soul Calibur)
Golbez (Dissidia)
Haseo (.hack//Versus)
Isaac [Binding of Isaac] (Blade Strangers)
Isaac Clarke (PlayStation All-Stars)
Jade Curtiss (Tales of VS.)
Jak (PlayStation All-Stars)
Jecht (Dissidia)
Jill Valentine (Versus Capcom)
Kain Highwind (Dissidia)
Kat (PlayStation All-Stars)
Kefka (Dissidia)
Kite (.hack//Versus)
Knuckles (Sonic the Fighters, Sonic Battle)
KOS-MOS (Soul Calibur)
Kratos (PlayStation All-Stars, Soul Calibur)
Kratos Aurion (Tales of VS.)
Kuja (Dissidia)
Lightning (Dissidia)
Lloyd Irving (Tales of VS.)
Locke Cole (Dissidia)
Luke fon Fabre (Tales of VS.)
Marisa Kirisame (a Touhou fighter spin-off)
Mega Man X (Versus Capcom)
Metal Sonic (Sonic the Fighters)
Mike Haggar (Versus Capcom)
Nathan Drake (PlayStation All-Stars)
Nemesis (Versus Capcom)
Noctis (Dissidia, Tekken)
PaRappa the Rapper (PlayStation All-Stars)
Phoenix Wright (Versus Capcom)
Poison (Street Fighter, SFxT)
Protoman (Power Battle)
Rayman (Brawlhalla)
Raiden (PlayStation All-Stars)
Ramza (Dissidia)
Ratchet (PlayStation All-St

Cheers from a fellow writer dude, that is superb news. =)

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plasmabeam posted...

Whichever special had that brilliant Bill Cosby joke that he setup early on before bringing it full circle at the end.

Love how he sees both the good and bad in people.

This would be the Age of Spin where he closed with this and the OJ jokes.

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does he think only white people are queer, or am I missing something?

I've seen this criticism come up of what he was saying in The Closer and don't recall him addressing it.

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Interesting video of Carlin talking about who I assume is Andrew Dice Clay.

If we're going to talk about punching up and down in terms of power structures and discriminated people in American society, I'll note a sentence Chappelle said in The Closer I might be paraphrasing: "my problem is with white people."

On one hand, that can get into -phobias and -isms conversations like we've been having here already, right -- that sentence alone reads as discriminatory, and his general career could arguably support that notion. Pair that up with this conversation we've been having, and that becomes a trend and a narrative.

Also though, in this up/down perspective, Dave may have been intending to punch up in that way. I don't think he made the case cohesive and strong or even always fair, but there were themes of him tying the LGBTQ community to white people and that could be seen more as punching up.

I dunno if that latter angle is accurate for Chappelle's intentions. I do think he has an interest in punching up, activism, and changing power structures...but just because you punch up doesn't mean you can't also punch down.

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Thanks for the heads-up -- I'm not around B8 as much lately and didn't make the connection.

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hylianknight3 posted...

Sure, Ill feed Luma a vote.

Luma was indeed looking pretty alone for awhile.

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I would agree Chappelle's 8:46 special was impactful. I also felt similarly about his Unforgiven video for talking about facing the Hollywood system. Dude's complicated, but that doesn't excuse when he's wrong -- and he is wrong on this for the ways he keeps getting facts wrong with insults and then keeps focusing on their reactions with retorts of misunderstandings. He's fanned flames and denied his part in it.

I'll note that The Closer tried to give some of his most personal experiences with the community instead of just talking about LGBTQ people as a broader distant topic like airplane food. That was important in theory, but even then his performance was still so often problematic...and that was most of his special.

Steiner posted...

i only know him as the transphobia guy, my head span when i came into this topic and it was like "which of these things is the best" lol

As someone who followed his career for like twenty years and was one of many people in my generation I knew who loved Chappelle's past work, a thing I've got to learn is that the perception of him with many people has largely and recently changed in a way where it's not just "I still like him but don't like those jokes" but rather "I don't like him (anymore) because of those jokes" or "I only know these jokes I don't like by him."

It sucks to see it happen as far as personal celebrity impacts VS individual celebrities changing. I've dealt with this before with previous favorites like Kanye West though so I'll adjust...just one of the pitfalls of liking celebrities sometimes I guess.

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I assume Dread beats New Horizons, though AC:NH was huge and MD is brand new...could be wrong. I also don't think any non-Nintendo game this year is aa big as FF7R or maybe even Ghosts of Tsushima.

2D Metroid might actually do it.

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GuessMyUserName posted...

B8's a long close-knit friendly community with a rather decent trans population so it shouldn't be so surprising there's a lot of people here turned off by Dave's recent focus, more-so than the general population who don't know or are unaware of any personal relationships with a trans person.

This is fair. I was thinking people would just like other specials they like more instead of not liking his return in general, but that explanation makes sense.

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And to UshiromiyaEva's point, I explained Chappelle's history to a twenty-five year old like right before The Closer came out and they just had no awareness of what made him so big. That's probably common.

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jcgamer107 posted...

it's Board 8

Maybe I'm wrong but I don't know that this poll would have gone the same way three years ago. Pobably because...

StealThisSheen posted...

The "then again" is a very, very big part that's tough to ignore.

...and Dave has let just about any chance of letting this slide or be corrected not slide or be corrected over his past two specials. It sucks to see it happen as a longtime fan.

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Those latest Mario-polls indicate Waluigi > Toad > Bowser Jr. but like...that far down, that's hard for me to trust Waluigi's ironic appeal in a multi-way poll like that, plus with Bowser and Wario in the polls that complicates them even further. What we know for sure is they are all losers when it comes to most one-on-one Nintendo SFF sotuations in direct matches. Still, maybe you're right there.

Indirectly though, I don't believe Captain Toad is that far above Bowser Jr.'s reach...and that version of Toad beat indie darling Shovel Knight.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7276-division-5-round-1-shovel-knight-vs-toad

Not a super-high bar, but that ain't out of reach for Bowser Jr. here. He'd put Vyse in a vice grip at any rate.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3696-cb8-vote-in-final-which-character-would-you-most-like-to-see

Vyse got ninth place in a poll where Kerrigan got eighth and Metaknight/Peach/Marth sharing a twelve-way poll got first/third/fifth.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/5210-character-battle-ix-division-8-round-1-amaterasu-vs-vyse-vs

I don't think Bowser Jr. gets worse than tripled by Amaterasu either. Bowser Jr. please.

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I'm surprised "Chappelle's return has been lackluster" is running away with it. Then again, he did just release a controversial special that continues to focus on the gloomy cloud of his return: harping on the LGBTQ community.

It's unforunate he's spent as much time on the topic as he has. I don't think he cares about the topic as much as he talks about the topic -- a lot of it tends to be factually wrong or shallow -- and now for better or (in my opinion) for worse it's borderline-defining his modern career.

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Bowser Jr. would break some hearts. Not that he's got very loyal fans, but like...I can see him nearby the likes of Waluigi and Toad in the Nintendo hierarchy.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7277-division-5-round-1-waluigi-vs-aerith

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7321-division-5-round-2-toad-vs-aerith

And Bowser Jr. is playable in Smash compared to them not being playable -- it's possible he's even stronger.

Keep him away from Bowser and his boy probably does alright.

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New special came out and Chappelle said this would be his last one for awhile...let's talk about it.

For me:
(Killin' Them Softly) = The Bird Revelation > Deep in the Heart of Texas >= Age of Spin > Equanimity > (For What It's Worth) >> The Closer > Sticks and Stones

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For what it's worth, that latest SSBU Nintendo Direct said it featured 2,200+ characters (dunno if this includes the rest of the series or what difference that would make in the numbers). Our contests have seen less than 10% of its characters based off of this list I made.

I would imagine the large majority are eligible.

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PLAYABLE (64):
Banjo
Bayonetta
Bowser
Captain Falcon
Captain Olimar
Charizard
Chrom
Cloud
Diddy Kong
Donkey Kong
Duck Hunt Dog
Falco Lombardi
Fox McCloud
Ganondorf
Ike
Isabelle
Jigglypuff
Joker
Kazuya
Ken
King Dedede
King K. Rool
Kirby
Link
Little Mac
Lucario
Lucina
Lucas
Luigi
Mario
Marth
Mega Man
Meta Knight
Mewtwo
Mr. Game & Watch
Nana
Ness
Pac-Man
Palutena
Pikachu
Pit
Pokemon Trainer Red
Princess Daisy
Princess Peach
Richter Belmont
Ridley
Rosalina
Ryu
Samus Aran
Sephiroth
Shulk
Simon Belmont
Solid Snake
Sonic
Sora
Squirtle
Steve
Terry Bogard
Toon Link
Wario
Wolf O'Donnell
Yoshi
Young Link
Zelda <spoiler>#DownB</spoiler>

MII FIGHTER-COSTUMES (30):
Aerith
Akira Yuki
Altair
Barret
Black Knight
Bomberman
Creeper
Cuphead
Dante
Dragonborn
Dunban
Geno
Goemon
Heihachi (GameFAQs vote-in)
Iori Yagami
Isaac
Knuckles
Lloyd Irving
Mega Man X
Proto Man
Sans
Shantae
Slime
Tails
Tifa
Travis Touchdown
Toad
Vault Boy
Yu Narukami
Zero

SPIRITS (46):
Akuma
Amy Rose
Aqua
Axel
Big Boss
Black Shadow
Cid Highwind
Chun-Li
Chris Redfield
Crazy Redd
Dan Hibiki
Dr. Robotnik
Epona
Fawful
Felix
Geese Howard (GameFAQs vote-in)
Groose
Gruntilda
Hades
Jill Valentine
Kairi
L-Tetrimino
Leon Kennedy
Liquid Snake
M. Bison
Metal Man
Metal Sonic
Mr. Resetti
Otacon
Primrose
Raiden
Rayman
Revolver Ocelot
Reyn
Riku
Roll
Roxas
Sagat
Shantae
Sigma
Soma Cruz
Tharja
The Boss
Tom Nook
Vincent Valentine
Wesker

ASSIST TROPHIES/POKEBALLS/ITEMS (15):
Alucard
Andross
Blinky
Dr. Wily
Guile
Lugia
Lyndis
Midna
Mother Brain
Paddle
Sandbag
Shadow the Hedgehog
Shovel Knight
Tingle
Waluigi

STAGE/CHARACTER/MODE-SPECIFIC CHARACTERS (6):
? Block
Captain Toad
Doc Louis (GameFAQs vote-in)
Dracula
Master Hand
Prince of All Cosmos

TROPHIES AND STICKERS (3):
Agent J
Commander Video
Mudkip

REFERENCED BY TEXT (1):
Giygas

GRAND TOTAL: 165

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*Sora, oops -- I meant to insinuate a(nother) Sora/Squall rematch.

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Squall today decided he wants another rematch with Squall.

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Oh man. I still remember how funny I felt when I came up with a joke about saying "what the H" instead of "what the F," and then maybe a year later he had that comedy sports-show on Comedy Central that featured a segment called "what the H?" I was happy to see a joke I made was good enough to be a recurring joke for Norm.

Dude was a weird force of comedy. Rest easy man.

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I found that each episode individually was cool in LiS2 but the game was ultimately less than its parts. I mostly blame wasted decision-making moments like how to handle money when it doesn't matter by the next episode.

After beating the game I found myself appreciating how the game handled immediate player decisions VS the long-term lessons learned from witnessing them, but that is a specific at-the-end thing and that is a mechanical appreciation more than a story appreciation.

My opinion after LiS2 is the series doesn't need to do large time-skips mid-game anymore. Also, as much as I like the song, that Justice song during the truck-riding montage felt the most out of place in the series.

LiS >> LiS2 => LiS:BtS

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DAY FOUR:

My friend who joined me one night two years ago came over today excited to tell me the fair has started and my time has come.

I had to give the update. =(

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I'll reminisce a moment for ya.

2019 was a good fair. The first day, the game-runners are all shook that I could do it. The second day, they accused me of finessing them (which is why I now call my prizes the 20## Finesse Collection) The third day, they realize I am not going to stop

Let's dive into that fourth or fifth day a minute though.

I go there in the middle of the day -- it's hot and few people are there. One of the game-runners is there by himself...think his name was Kudi, maybe. He sees me walking up to him, and he looks like how I imagine Sans looks in a genocide run.

I tell him I'd like to play. He tells me no. Nobody's around and I don't really know how to appeal the decision, ya know? I remind Kudi of the rule: one prize per person per year. He says okay...but then tries to charge me double the price to play. Again, I dunno who to dispute this with, so I use my improv experiences to yes-and him and say that's fine bevause then I'll get double the prizes.

Kudi backs down and lets me play at the correct price now...but he still has one more trick up his sleep.

He takes my rod and runs his hands over it making the sound of what I assumed was a magical chant. This lasts five or ten seconds before he hands it back to me.

"There, it's cursed."

My eyes need to refocus. "...it's cursed?"

"Yeah. Cursed."

Nobody is nearby.

'You're on."

I then stand the bottle on the first try. Kudi is broken like the curse. He then takes my picture of me with either the purple monkey or blue elephant (I forget) and I leave with a smile.

In hindsight, not only was the curse broken, but the whole timeline began to rip then too.

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DAY THREE:

My parents decided not to visit this week since the game's not at the fair.

THIS FAIR IS TEARING OUR FAMILY APART

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I'm really a fan of the frog's eyes.

The flamingo is patriotic so it's hard to hate, but it skipped leg day a few times.

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DAY TWO:

Nobody gave me updates on the fair, so I will figure no news is bad news. Dangit.

So, I'm on Chapter 8 of FF7R instead.

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Woke up this morning. This frog and flamingo are still too small.

Frowny-face.

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I'm surprised Goldeneye is winning its match, but hey -- way to get in there. I figured time and demographics would count against it more.

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As someone who thinks LiS1 is a top ten game of its decade, thinks LiS:BtS is highly overrated due to losing mechanics that distinguish it from games like The Walking Dead, and thinks LiS2 fell flat but had some admirable goals mechanically...

...help me out here please: what's True Colors looking to do for me? I don't want to keep buying into the series if it's more like BtS and 2 than 1.

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Oh, and how rude of me -- here's what I won tonight:

http://imgur.com/lc8D6ZZ
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Also just wanna point out about this bear two years ago that it raised $476.66 for a non-profit when I gave it to them. I think that update came way after the topic originally ran two years ago.

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BlueCrystalTear posted...

Anyway, sorry to see it's not back. Might be good to check Monday anyway - perhaps they just want you to think they're not there so you give up and don't clean them out again.

Yeah, I was trying to figure out of that one balloon-darts guy wanted me to xome back fater and lose more money at the door, be discouraged about coming back soon since I was asking about a specific game they may have up soon, or it was just honesty.

I'm reaching out to friends who might be going this next week to keep an eye out for me if they see it before the end of the fair. My parents may be in town next week as well -- if so and there's no sooner updates, we might just go take a look for ourselves again.

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BlueCrystalTear posted...

How much did they lose on the huge stuffed animals you won, though?

My previous estimate in those biggest hugest most ginormously-large stuffed animals can be purchased in bulk for about $15 each or $100+ individually.

Let's say it was $15 each for ten days...that's $150. The other ~$110 was spent on entry fees, carnival food, and the occasional ride/game/purchase last year.

Examples:

http://imgur.com/a/fRyO1vs
https://imgur.com/a/vrT9dd9
http://imgur.com/a/NHgg2Mn
http://imgur.com/a/ioSbalt
https://imgur.com/a/4Nm8Ret
http://imgur.com/a/7fwrSc9
http://imgur.com/a/yLL9CLw
https://imgur.com/a/MRNBZOr
http://imgur.com/a/khSb8mI
https://imgur.com/a/j0AMdRe
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Imma just say it: it's bad news. They don't have the bottle game this year.

I looped around twice after not seeing it in its usual spot. No sign.

As I'm walking around, a guy calls me over the play the darts-and-balloons game. He was a good salesman -- had the hustle down on how to get your attention and have your interest in playing before getting you to pay. His name was either Jack or it was a slur I'm not going to repeat -- legitimately think he said the slur when I asked his name, especially since when I asked his name he didn't just say the name but said "they call me ___." I think the darts were dulled on the red darts and sharp on the blue darts -- balloons were hit all four times I tried, but only the blue ones popped. I don't trust him much at this point and back out. He says I get a prize off the bottom row though, so I get the American flag-flamingo The fair probably got these for fifteen cents a pop

I take this moment to ask him and the woman he was with about the bottle game. He talks just a little less smoothly now and says it would be added probably Monday, but I'm skeptical. I've been hurt before...mainly today by dull darts and the lack of this bottle game. I leave not really believing him.

I also ask a hotdog vendor, ticket booth aalewoman, and the runner of the catch-a-shark-with-a-fishing-pole game what's up with the bottle game. They didn't know about the game, but the ticket booth saleswoman says any venders there this week would also be there tonight.

This.
Sucks.

I sadly eat a footlong corndog by the pond. The corndog was too big for the ketchup pump's set-up at the table and the pond didn't have anybody paddle-boating like they did in 2019. Deep thoughts go down with the fresh but dry corndog.

I decide it's time to leave, but I go win one nore little prize first. I go catch some sharks for five dollars., winning me a green frog that's a little bigger than the flamingo.

Much like Kentucky Avenue in a game of Monopoly, it s a long path back to where the free parking is. I walk back thinking the fair defeated me, and yes that's one interpretation...but you know what another interpretation in? They ain't showed their faces in town with that game since I went 10/10 on them two yearso ago They retired that game. They quit. They resigned.

Their loss. They got ~$260 from me in 2019 and they can't get that again now this year. Also though, now I personally got some 'splainong to do because I had a non-profit I sponsoring me this time for a few of these animals and now that can't be done. Dangit.

Also-also, my dad was at a different fair earlier this summer and won this so I'm gonna hear him rub it in awhile:

https://imgur.com/a/RsBewkN

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There's a guy at a ring-toss game with plastic ducks. I talk with him...dude just laughs at everything. I pay two dollars for five ring tosses, but not before having hin tell me the secret to the game -- yiu gotta throw the rings vertically to get them under the beak. The secret didn't help -- those plastic ducks stared me down with their dead plastic eyes and defeated me. No prize.

Now, sometimes when you play these games, you're not just buying ring tosses. You're buying inside information. This informant didn't have the information I needed about the game I'm looking for though, unfortunately. No prize and no info? Alright buddy keep laughing at my jokes but I'm bustin' out.

I decide to just go look for the bottle game.

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So I eat at a nearby restaurant that lets me park there in return for eating there and now I'm full on good fries and saucy BBQ.

Few minutes later, I'm at the not-so pearly gates to the fair. Online I saw it would open at 3:00. I get there at about 4:15 and I am the four person there -- just two parents and their kid ahead of me, all in matching tie-dye they made at their local church. The father had the worst of the designs -- mostly white with jist a few splotches, right -- and his hat was one of those social/political commentary hats that lets you know what he thinks you should stand and kneel to. Despite his headwear expecting compliance from my posture though, they were all nice and we pass the time talking about vehicle rodeos. Their son's phone is making Mario sound effects all over the place.

They eventually bring us in, but not before making us back up and shrink our space a bunch between us. I turn around and see a long line behind me...not counting me, I think three were masked...and I'm in a state where this shit is spiking again, right...so I just get in line and know my future plans the next few days are probably shot -- I can't rely on the fair schedule and I don't want to feel the need to isolate myself over and over this week just in case of a bas situation. Red flag.

I immediately get in when it opens to scout the area. There's a bad feeling right away. The man who draws cartoon versions of people isn'r there and there's no sign for the Magnificent Mutts stunt-dogs either. We don't even have anybody trying ro guess your weight and age, nor can I see a brll up in the sky for someone to slam a mallet into. Red flag again -- if this was a spy movie, I would have been calling for back-up and asking what sort of mission is this?

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Ducks weren't meant to have rings on their necks. That lesson cost me two dollars.

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They said they would open two hours ago. I'm just now getting acanned to get in.

But we're in.

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https://imgur.com/a/rZwv7tq

Just saved me two tries. Hopefully those tries won't be needed.

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Also, right away this fair is playing DIRTY this year. There's a train struck for like the past hour and I'm stuck here sweating in a jam. Looks like it's blocking the surrounding roads too.

Pretty scared of my return, I see.

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Xtlm posted...

Wear different masks and win all of them

I...might be able to do that. I know where six of my masks are right now, but I moved recently too and dunno where my others are yet. I may not be going more than six times...so maybe that's the thing this year. Two years ago it was game shirts.


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Nanis23 posted...

How much money do you have

A fair amount.

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I truly don't expect to go all ten days of the fair this year. Covid's real and I hear there's a lot of maskless people at these fairs, so I'm gonna try to only go in the daytime hours I can to beat the rush.

Also got a goal this time! The game I'm looking fkr is Stand the Bottle or Bottle Up, depending on the fair -- basically, you try to stand a beer bottle up on a slanted platform with a fishing rod-lookong thing that has a rong at the end. A lot of these places do five dollars for one try or ten dollars for four tries.

I'm going for the first time every time.

Two years ago it never took me more than three times to win. I've been practicing the past month and have gotten myself up to 80% accuracy even had a sixteen-stand streak at one point, a personal best.

Can I stand it on the first try every time this year?

Yes.

BUT WILL I?!?!?!

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Two years ago I cleaned them out so bad they didn't even bother returning last year:

http://imgur.com/a/lRc13H8

"One prize per person per day," they said.....

Well I guess after skipping a year they realized they have too many prizes in storage or miss the lessons or something, so I'm going in again. This time, I'll be wearing a mask...you know, in case they recognize me.

Tag myself.

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Medium-rare guy here.

Rare please.

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