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I just want to survive the first weekend with my Final Four intact

Alabama and Houston advanced today, need Marquette and Gonzaga to win tomorrow

Favorite first cases are generally 3-1, 4-1, and E2-1, so that qualifies as a hot take

Having 5-1 as your favorite main series intro case is a hotter take though...!

I'm one of those weird people who doesn't mind drinking room temperature soda but hot soda sounds like a bridge too far

I think liking anything about AJ other than 4-1 can qualify as a hot take...!

Thorn posted...

Commentator: "Don't replay that. Don't show it - if that's what I think it is, don't show it."
*Immediately shows a full replay of it in slo-mo*

yeah I was afraid it was going to be another Kevin Ware situation when he said that

thankfully it wasn't too bad

ctesjbuvf posted...

Ben and Emma never meeting each other.

This is such an odd omission by the series. I remember there's a line during Rachel's pregnancy when she asks Ross (I forget the exact context), "How serious are you about keeping Ben in your life?" He replies with, "My son? Pretty serious," and Ben never shows up again after that. In fact, he's rarely even mentioned. I'd almost believe the irony was unintentional if there wasn't a moment right after Emma was born when Jack Geller celebrates the birth of his first grandchild, only to be reminded that Ben exists.

wg64Z posted...

You killed my fish?

Man, every interaction with Eddie in this episode is delightfully uncomfortable as Chandler realizes just how unhinged he is. He accuses Chandler of sleeping with his ex-girlfriend and killing his fish, to boot. Then Eddie gets a new fish, and he scoops it out of the tank and puts it into his pocket when he leaves the apartment to prevent Chandler from killing that one, too. Finally, he puts a goldfish cracker into the tank, and you understand that Eddie has well and truly lost it. What an arc.

Bartzyx posted...

Monica saying "I know!"

I like how all the characters have over the top catchphrases (except Chandler, for some reason, although they make fun of his "Could I be [insert rest of sentence here]?" thing more than he actually says it himself, so it's kinda weird). Monica has this one, Rachel has "Noooooooooooo," Phoebe has, "Oh no," Ross has his super depressed, "Hi," and Joey has, "How you doin'?" They all have unique cadences for how they say them, too, which makes them super memorable. Monica's is pretty good, and she probably uses it more than any of the other Friends use theirs (maybe Phoebe says hers more), which makes it stand out.

hylianknight3 posted...

Marcel

It's a weird crutch some shows use (or used to, not sure how much it still happens) to introduce an animal early on to try to garner interest so they don't get canceled. For Friends, there was Marcel, an exotic monkey, who is featured prominently during his brief time on the show before getting sent to the San Diego Zoo and ultimately starring in the sequel to Outbreak. Monkeys are usually funny animals, so I get the appeal, but I'm glad he didn't stick around for long. David Schwimmer famously hated working with the monkey, so it makes me wonder if he was the one who came up with the line in a later season (which I think is the only reference to Marcel after his final appearance), "Remember when I had a monkey? What was I thinking?"

Current rankings:

How You Doin?

The Roommates Game
Chandler/Joey Bromance
Ill Be There For You
Ross Says the Wrong Name at the Wedding
How You Doin?
Seven
The Moistmaker Freakout
PIVOT
Episode Naming Theme
Richard Burke

Miss Chanandiler Bong

Joey Wearing All of Chandlers Clothes
Robin Williams and Billy Crystals Improvised Cameo
Outtakes of Ross Playing the Bagpipes
Chandler/Rachel Storylines
Unagi
Bamboozled
Jack Geller
Rosss Spray Tan Failure
Chandlers Impression of Shelley Winters in The Poseidon Adventure
Kathy
Joey Finding Out About Chandler and Monica
Rachels Trifle
Joey Doesnt Share Food
Mr. Heckles

Kick-You-in-the-Crotch Spit-on-Your-Neck Fantastic

Gunther
Janice Litman-Goralnik (ne Hosenstein)
Paleontology
Joey Only Buying the V Volume of the Encyclopedia
Ross Pretending to Watch TV
Paul Stevens
Eddie
Central Perk
Moo Point
Ross and Monicas Hand Gesture
The Rachel Hairstyle
Ross Cant Remember All 50 States
The Logo
The Chick and the Duck
David
I KNOW!

It Sucks. Youre Gonna Love It.

Jennifer Anistons Nipples
Red Ross
What Mario Isnt Telling You
Ben Geller
You Killed My Fish?
Mboscodictiasaur
Ross Without the Laugh Track
The Plot to Shutter Speed
Ugly Naked Guy
Ross Trying to Kiss His Cousin
Joey Proposes to Rachel
Primitive Rom Chips
Joeys Bed Creaking Sound Effect
Carol Willick

Smelly Cat

Friends vs. Seinfeld Debate
Chandlers Goatee
Criticism of Lack of Black Characters
Marcel
The Futurama Friends Joke
Chandlers Dramatic Weight Loss

We Were on a Break!

Joey (TV Series)
Ben and Emma Never Meeting Each Other
People Still Arguing If They Were on a Break
Worst Episodes
The Joey/Rachel Romance
The One Where Joey Cant Speak French

Thorn posted...

depends on the metric

like what if it's "just having fun out there"

nobody got "he looks like he's just having fun out there" more than Favre, true

but I'm pretty sure he was John Madden's favorite player so he definitely gushed over him all the time

is he wrong

depends on what you value whether you put him over Bart Starr but I feel like it's hard to argue he's not better than Favre

FFIX's battles are a disaster all around

not being able to control when Trances activate was an LOL-worthy overreaction to being able to spam Limit Breaks in FFVIII

bracket is now in the 100th percentile lawl

wonder how much longer I can hold out until it goes down in flames

https://twitter.com/UMBCAthletics/status/1636889571844554752

16 seeds are 2-150 all-time so this is a shocker no matter how you slice it

just about everybody thought Purdue was the weakest 1 seed but you still couldn't have expected this

man Duke just got a clear path to the Elite Eight now

Yeah, this isn't like UMBC, who just caught fire and blew UVA out of the water. This is Purdue just being sloppy with the ball.

I've got Purdue going out next round so I can root for the 16 > 1 without worry

My bracket is currently in the 99th percentile on ESPN's Bracket Challenge

I do have Gonzaga winning it all though so I need them not to lose the very first game please

Aw yeah finally cleared every song in Theatrhythm

they bring the game to a screeching halt every time they appear and I felt like they could've told the same story without needing to do that

anyway this topic is about RE4 a game I have never played so we'll get back to that now

"what if the perfect game that catered to all your wants existed"

yeah that'd be great

KamikazePotato posted...

People still defend unavoidable random battles?

Would still rather deal with them than ghosts

First episode was pretty good, enjoying seeing Jamie's character development over the course of the show

I disliked Nate by the end of season 2, but they managed to make me feel sorry for him here

that was more stressful than it needed to be

not feeling good about our chances against Duke

I always love when people say "this is not who I am" when trying to explain bad behavior

starting to look more likely Morant doesn't play again this season

Gacha your Hearts

*turns on Tennessee game with the Vols up 18*

*Louisiana promptly goes on a 13-0 run*

welp

Minshew Mania takes his talents to Indy

JAT is a fantastic voice actor and always has been

FFVII-X and Tactics are the most replayable games in the series to this day

Wish they had included Transformation, but it's hard to quibble with what was chosen overall.

Feels good to clear a quest in Theatrhythm on literally the last note of the song

the HD version made some missteps, yeah

most of the song remixes are worse than the originals, too

You need your 1st rounder this year and next year

UshiromiyaEva posted...

I don't want to use Kimhari at all because Blue Mages suck, but the game isn't going to let me get away with not fielding Kimhari a bunch to get him up to speed.

the game absolutely will

I barely used him on my first playthrough, but the game compensates for it by letting you learn a lot of stuff from Biran and Yenke through Lancet to give you a bunch of instant Overdrives

Update tonight maybe

Andy Dalton signing with the Panthers, Jameis staying with the Saints (as is Michael Thomas)

well there's a reason a lot of people got suspended because of that topic

Sounds like Rodgers wants them to go after OBJ, too

Finished a Harry Potter movie rewatch with my wife tonight. It was interesting to see it again armed with the foreknowledge of Snape's character arc in particular.

Maybe I should read the books at some point.

it's not a fad if it doesn't spread

foolm0r0n posted...

fads that were contained to a single 500 topic were best

that's not a fad

Mario is the best platforming series

Fanta Shokata is a gem lost to the sands of time

as someone who's only seen the movies I really liked movies 3, 4, and 6

Danganronpa has anime tropes going for it

Ace Attorney is a series I could endlessly replay and never get bored. Replaying the others feels like a bit much.

give me more Endless Eight

I've never even looked to see who the most popular characters in the game are, so I couldn't tell you anyway!

It's March Madness time, and I feel like I watch less college basketball every year. I'll still do a bracket, even though I have no clue what I'm doing. I was excited about the possibility of Tennessee doing well since they're the one team I follow anymore, but they lost their best player to a torn ACL a couple of weeks ago, so I doubt they'll do anything more than win a game or two at most.

Although there is a chance we could play Duke in round two, and that would be fun.

CassandraCain posted...

Nominate moo point

Perhaps one of Joey's greatest "dumb" moments because, like Rachel said, the way he explains it sorta makes sense. Who actually cares about a cow's opinion, after all? Plus, even though he doesn't quite use the right word, he still manages to use the term correctly, and he's so confident he's got it right. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on it. It is truly moo.

andylt posted...

Ross trying to kiss his cousin

Doo doo doo doo doooooooooooooo. I mean, if my cousin was Denise Richards, I might be attracted to her, too...! Seriously though, the prolonged awkward silence after she asks him what he's doing is so great, compounded by Ross's inner monologue begging him just to say anything at all to end the silence. Then the, "Yeah, you probably shouldn't have said anything" after his answer somehow made things worse was a great way to cap the scene.

Anagram posted...

Carol

I think Carol is the only character in the show who got recast, even if her original actress only shows up in the pilot. I'm honestly not sure what to think of Carol. She's...fine, I guess? I can't really think of any standout moments for her as a character, one way or the other. It was an interesting decision (especially for the time the show aired) to basically open up the entire series with Ross explaining that his wife left him because she realized she was actually a lesbian. She slowly became less relevant as Ben grew older to the point she doesn't even appear in the last few seasons of the show.

_PandaMaster_ posted...

Ross's Son.

It's still kind of weird to see Cole Sprouse in stuff that isn't Friends because I can't look at him without thinking he's Ben. It was kind of cool to see him grow up over the course of the show (until, like Carol, he's completely jettisoned from the series over the last few seasons. They even do a gag about it when Jack Geller calls Emma his first grandchild, having completely forgotten about Ben). I think my favorite Ben moment is when Rachel accidentally teaches him bad words and then tries to teach him some pranks to get him to stop saying them. Ross getting her back at the end by throwing the dummy down the stairs is excellent because Jennifer Aniston's reaction is genuine since they didn't tell her it was going to happen.

Current rankings:

How You Doin?

The Roommates Game
Chandler/Joey Bromance
Ill Be There For You
Ross Says the Wrong Name at the Wedding
How You Doin?
Seven
The Moistmaker Freakout
PIVOT
Episode Naming Theme
Richard Burke

Miss Chanandiler Bong

Joey Wearing All of Chandlers Clothes
Robin Williams and Billy Crystals Improvised Cameo
Outtakes of Ross Playing the Bagpipes
Chandler/Rachel Storylines
Unagi
Bamboozled
Jack Geller
Rosss Spray Tan Failure
Chandlers Impression of Shelley Winters in The Poseidon Adventure
Kathy
Joey Finding Out About Chandler and Monica
Rachels Trifle
Joey Doesnt Share Food
Mr. Heckles

Kick-You-in-the-Crotch Spit-on-Your-Neck Fantastic

Gunther
Janice Litman-Goralnik (ne Hosenstein)
Paleontology
Joey Only Buying the V Volume of the Encyclopedia
Ross Pretending to Watch TV
Paul Stevens
Eddie
Central Perk
Moo Point
Ross and Monicas Hand Gesture
The Rachel Hairstyle
Ross Cant Remember All 50 States
The Logo
The Chick and the Duck
David

It Sucks. Youre Gonna Love It.

Jennifer Anistons Nipples
Red Ross
What Mario Isnt Telling You
Ben Geller
Mboscodictiasaur
Ross Without the Laugh Track
The Plot to Shutter Speed
Ugly Naked Guy
Ross Trying to Kiss His Cousin
Joey Proposes to Rachel
Primitive Rom Chips
Joeys Bed Creaking Sound Effect
Carol Willick

Smelly Cat

Friends vs. Seinfeld Debate
Chandlers Goatee
Criticism of Lack of Black Characters
The Futurama Friends Joke
Chandlers Dramatic Weight Loss

We Were on a Break!

Joey (TV Series)
People Still Arguing If They Were on a Break
Worst Episodes
The Joey/Rachel Romance
The One Where Joey Cant Speak French

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdecjBcKUwI

savior of the Citadel

I'll try to do an update tomorrow