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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 2
Lopen
11/18/19 2:22:49 PM
#17
Reposting mine so it's in an easier place and is ordered by concept importance over draft order.

RetroaXtive
Bishop (leader)
Magneto
Mystique
Beast
Dr Nemesis
Domino
Deathlok Prime
Rockslide
Evangeline Whedon
Firefist

Willing to humor trades for any of the last 3. That being said fairly satisfied with how my team turned out so not actively seeking any. I'm a nice guy though so if any of ya had your hearts set on any of those 3 (seems unlikely!) and can give me something that isn't notably worse for my idea I may play ball.
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TopicScarlet Ranks User-Nominated Episodes of Television: Season 2
Lopen
11/18/19 12:22:04 PM
#227
We just gotta wait for him to realize that running that X-Men draft is a real headache

Then he'll come watch some Outer Limits to unwind
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TopicAll-Purpose Wrestling Topic 491: Seth Rollins Appreciation Topic
Lopen
11/18/19 12:12:10 PM
#246
This is way too complex for a WWE character but I really wish they made the Fiend kinda like some sorta Pyramid Head type character where his power is based on the guilt or inner conflict or whatever of the guy he's facing.

So a guy like Seth Rollins who has backstabbed his dear brothers and is currently a smarmy dude wearing a facade as the face of the company, his strength is ungodly and can't be beaten. A guy like Bryan who has some conflict about whether he wants to be a condescending preacher or the voice of the people, he's pretty strong.

Meanwhile a guy like Miz who has, douchey or not, been fairly straightforward that being the case for most of his career, he'd be less potent.

Again way too complex for WWE, but it's the one way I could enjoy the character, and strangely almost seems like something they're leaning into, but they won't.
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TopicAll-Purpose Wrestling Topic 491: Seth Rollins Appreciation Topic
Lopen
11/18/19 12:21:15 AM
#240
Alexa and Nikki Cross, Sasha and Bayley both got a lot of justification.

Most no justification teams that exist for more than a few weeks are debut teams, really.

Not saying that WWE is great at this or anything, just that some justification being given for teamings isn't as rare as you're saying.
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TopicMoving to San Francisco
Lopen
11/18/19 12:14:44 AM
#177
Post 136.

And I am saying your experience with remote work likely lacks diversity due to your thoughts given in the topic. Pretty simple. They feel really narrow and base. Someone who has remoted and non-remoted with a wide variety of competences, field overlaps, etc, would simply not be saying remote is always better as an absolute. As with many things in life it's a cost benefits thing. Your experiences sound of someone who has only worked in remote situations where the cost was low (you are remoting to communicate to people who aren't prone to the pitfalls of remote communication, or you're too self-centered to realize they are falling in them because hey you got yours), or the benefits were super high (you're remoting to save several hours of commute every time rather than in a mix of situations).

You also insist you're really good at technical communication yet display no evidence you are effective at communicating thoughts clearly on the board, preferring to obfuscate your points in a cloud of condescension, bad jokes, or misrepresenting the other side so people can't absorb or engage them easily. If you don't communicate clearly in any interaction on the board, why should I give you any benefit of a doubt and think you have any clue of how to do it in a workplace setting?

It's a guess to an extent, sure, but based on the same kind of evidence you're making guesses based on. That's all I'm saying.
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TopicAll-Purpose Wrestling Topic 491: Seth Rollins Appreciation Topic
Lopen
11/17/19 11:58:03 PM
#238
Charlotte and Natalya aren't a regular team though so not really relevant actually.

I'm not really sure what you're getting at anyway though. Like yes obviously they're lazy with non minorities too from time to time, particularly with teams that don't last, but that's more a sign that it's not a racially driven agenda, right? I mean Naomi + Carmella teamed for no reason for a few months too earlier this year. Naomi + Ember Moon or Alicia Fox or whatever wasn't the team.
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 2
Lopen
11/17/19 11:44:32 PM
#6
I PMed my pitch in advance so you can let me know if it's too long or not quite what you were thinking of.
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/17/19 4:37:58 PM
#485
Think I managed to squeeze a good pitch into two paragraphs. It's kinda tough because you gotta justify team members as well as the general selling point, which is more than a comic book pitch would need to especially since these casts in theory are built gradually over many issues.

Do we send pitches to you to post or post em when the match goes up
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/17/19 11:36:27 AM
#458
-All pitches must take place in the Marvel Universe (616). No alternate realities or future skips, etc. It must take place alongside the rest of Marvel continuity.

Uhhhh. Hmmm. Well hopefully I don't skirt this one too much. I'm hoping it's just a general "don't square peg a team together that doesn't make sense based on their characters and handwave it by saying 'this is an alternate reality'" more than anything.

RetroaXtive
Bishop (leader)
Magneto
Domino
Mystique
Beast
Dr Nemesis
Rockslide
Evangeline Whedon
Deathlok Prime
Firefist
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/16/19 5:00:21 PM
#399
Firefist
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/16/19 4:22:42 PM
#387
Random is picked
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/16/19 4:18:50 PM
#383
Deathlok Prime
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TopicMoving to San Francisco
Lopen
11/16/19 4:03:43 PM
#173
All my "guesses" have been based on your stated beliefs, my known limitations of remote work vs in person work based on personal experiences (limitations you yourself have acknowledged as having some merit in this topic), as someone who does both often, and the way you conduct yourself on the board. I'm using evidence the same way you are, bud.
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/16/19 1:51:38 PM
#362
Speaking as the guy who drug mercs IV through the finish line no one would ever want to take over on this if they know what's good for em

You're doing fine man we're almost done
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TopicAll-Purpose Wrestling Topic 491: Seth Rollins Appreciation Topic
Lopen
11/16/19 1:36:28 PM
#227
Roode and Ziggler teamed because they were thrown together in a gauntlet at random and had unexpected team chemistry and were both in slumps as singles guys.

It is minimal justification but it is justification.
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TopicAll-Purpose Wrestling Topic 491: Seth Rollins Appreciation Topic
Lopen
11/16/19 1:31:44 PM
#224
I mean the motivation might be racist in Vince's case but that doesn't make it inherently racist is all I'm saying. It's something that does make some base amount of sense. Like if I had to team Kairi with someone on the main roster and didn't want to give any real justification for it, Asuka does make the most sense like it or not.

I do think with some MINIMAL justification you could pair her with someone much more interesting like I dunno Carmella or something (pirates like finding gold and Carmella wears a lot? I don't know) but yeah.

And Fire and Desire's justification is they debuted together on the main roster with Paige. If they were independently established talent they absolutely would have got something.
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TopicAll-Purpose Wrestling Topic 491: Seth Rollins Appreciation Topic
Lopen
11/16/19 1:21:05 PM
#219
I'd still chalk that up primarily to laziness rather than racism.

Like people of the same race do often get along easier due to more inherent common ground in culture, same primary language spoken, etc. That's not like, racism to suggest that they might team up. I feel like it'd be racist if it was like, Asuka and Gail Kim or somethin.

If you were to team up Kairi and Natalya instead you'd have to do something like put a story behind that and who could be bothered, right?
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TopicAll-Purpose Wrestling Topic 491: Seth Rollins Appreciation Topic
Lopen
11/16/19 1:00:47 PM
#215
I think calling Kairi's portrayal in WWE racist is kinda just trying to play the race card for the sake of it

Especially when you pair it with saying Io's is. Really hurts your credibility on the matter.

It's extremely lazy to take two Japanese women and team them basically just cause they're Japanese and make their name senselessly have Kabuki in it especially when Kairi's gimmick even at a stretch couldn't be called kabuki related (Asuka at least has always had that kinda motif in her entrance)-- but I wouldn't call it inherently racist.
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/16/19 4:50:24 AM
#339
Evangeline Whedon
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/15/19 6:59:03 PM
#307
Let's cancel my sent in pick for a second
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/15/19 3:42:21 PM
#270
Technically Johnbobb is on deck, with Johnbobb at bat. It's Mahvel baby we do clones here.
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/15/19 3:02:41 PM
#261
Not sure what happened there but my pick is still Beast.
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/15/19 3:01:51 PM
#258
Beast
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/15/19 1:46:50 PM
#241
I don't actually hate Cyclops I just couldn't think of a useful role for him to have on my team that didn't involve him trying to be the leader (which I don't want)
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/15/19 1:14:38 PM
#234
I would have picked Cyclops next round if he was still on the table.

Eddv talked me into it.
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/14/19 8:09:39 PM
#181
Domino
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/14/19 3:48:13 PM
#99
No don't point out Kwannon that's my sleeper pick
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/14/19 3:40:40 PM
#90
If we're talking things people don't understand I don't understand why you'd randomly post a non-sequitur like that
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/14/19 3:27:05 PM
#78
Yeah I'm sorry I expected a few more slackers on picks. Now that I know what got to me in round 1 I should be able to whip something up though
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/14/19 3:25:12 PM
#75
And by Bishop I mean Lucas Bishop not the other one
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/14/19 3:23:28 PM
#74
Choose

Bishop and Magneto

Really sorry could have just PMed those
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/14/19 3:14:06 PM
#73
Oh sorry I was driving.
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TopicX-Men Draft Topic 1
Lopen
11/14/19 11:26:52 AM
#10
Man I was hoping to get Jubilee Sneaky Sneaky like in like round 4
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TopicSave My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Final Results [smfffc]
Lopen
11/13/19 10:41:45 PM
#397
v_charon posted...
Red Mage is not even one of those according to Square.


Why does that matter? A non canon warrior of light is as much a character as a canon one.
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TopicSave My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Final Results [smfffc]
Lopen
11/13/19 8:41:07 PM
#389
What makes something a character?

Is it a name? Is it dialogue? Is it a unique look? Are Mog's moogle buddies in FFVI not characters because there are like 10 of em and they look the same? The Red Mage can be named, just like any other main character in a FF game.

There are a defined four warriors of light in the story of FF1. It's not like a later game where you can swap classes on the fly or they modify an existing character. The Red Mage is what the Red Mage is and can't change. What little lore the game gives you in the form of art and whatnot highly implies no repeats too-- repetition is possibly mechanics. Of course that means two of the six are "non canon" warriors but that's okay, they're still characters.

But I would say he's more of a character than Warrior of Light because he's more distinctive, personally. Back in the NES days design was everything. I personally think the Red Mage is more of a character than like, Josef, to be quite blunt, given the tools to work with on the NES I could tell you more about what the Red Mage is about than Josef. Not to run down FF2, but yeah. Warrior of Light is just Josef with a voice actor in terms of being memorable.
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TopicI've never watched Xmen 90s past episode 1, today I fix that
Lopen
11/13/19 2:23:42 PM
#3
This is probably the best pitch to get Disney+ I've heard yet. I started rewatching on Hulu and they removed it mid viewing after I took a break for a couple of months and I was upset.
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TopicWould you be interested in a draft-based competition with X-Men characters?
Lopen
11/13/19 1:57:08 PM
#124
Yeah it's fine. I'll try to get some lists sent to you but honestly I'm just gonna try to keep an eye on the topic cause so many picks I'd make would depend on other picks
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TopicWould you be interested in a draft-based competition with X-Men characters?
Lopen
11/13/19 1:13:35 PM
#118
Now sure this guy over here may be able to nuke the entire field with his mind in 3 seconds

But have you seen Colossus

He's strong as heck
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TopicWould you be interested in a draft-based competition with X-Men characters?
Lopen
11/13/19 1:12:09 PM
#117
I'll draft as many Bowsers as I can before you're able
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TopicSave My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Final Results [smfffc]
Lopen
11/13/19 1:10:55 PM
#373
I'm generally the guy intensely arguing against the semantics guy
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TopicWould you be interested in a draft-based competition with X-Men characters?
Lopen
11/13/19 1:07:08 PM
#115
I'm personally cool with being the guy who knows nothing but 90s cartoons, some random lore bits and pieces through osmosis (enough to know why Hope Summers is banned for example), and some Wolverine/Gambit comics I've read over the years.

The league needs fodder!
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TopicMoving to San Francisco
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11/13/19 11:09:47 AM
#168
Honestly a lot of people are saying it as a jab but representing the entirety of why face to face communication is better by chair swiveling really does make me wonder about technical communication skills, as it's a skill you use in all facets of life not just talking to co-workers.

Like the gist of that skill is phrasing things so your audience will understand you best. Misrepresenting a discussion that has had valid points (by your own admission) by calling it all chair swiveling feels like the opposite of that.
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TopicAll-Purpose Wrestling Topic 491: Seth Rollins Appreciation Topic
Lopen
11/13/19 10:25:12 AM
#158
Maybe Punk will stay in catering for 16 weeks.
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TopicSave My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Final Results [smfffc]
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11/13/19 10:20:50 AM
#371
MZero11 posted...
Red Mage can't be a character cause you could have a party of 4 Red Mages


You can have Cloud vs Cloud in Ehrgeiz too. It's a dumb argument imo. And don't get into dressspheres or Bartz this is specifically FF1.
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TopicIs it the 5 second rule or the 10 second rule?
Lopen
11/13/19 12:11:03 AM
#21
It's the 5 second rule so I voted that in the interest of answering your question.

But it's a bad rule. You're gambling at one second, five seconds, ten seconds, or three minutes.
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TopicSave My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Final Results [smfffc]
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11/13/19 12:06:59 AM
#364
I'm still not sure I consider him a character in any sort of meaningful way. I feel like if he had no dialogue charon would agree with me too.
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TopicWould you be interested in a draft-based competition with X-Men characters?
Lopen
11/12/19 11:59:46 PM
#85
13 is a cool number. Feel like all my high priority gets will be off the table by then but I can get two medium priority gets at least.
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TopicSave My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Final Results [smfffc]
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11/12/19 11:57:36 PM
#361
I think it's kinda hilarious that Warrior of Light's bland worthless husk is considered "a character" in some sort of positive light compared to the FF1 classes.

There's way more of a character in the Red Mage's awesome design than Warrior of Light will ever have. Who cares if he has no dialogue.
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TopicMoving to San Francisco
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11/12/19 11:55:09 PM
#157
I generally avoid engaging foolmo on policy. I thought he was coming off as more reasonable than usual so I gave it a go. I do think he's not entirely wrong here-- just a bit narrow minded in the potential costs of remote work in terms of lost clarity and delays due to communication breakdowns.

Anyway as you can see by what happened in this topic I am doing the board a service with this policy and you should all be thankful.

(I also take offense at the notion that I'm anything like foolmo, and I'm sure the feeling is mutual. Just very different styles of arguing even if I'm nearly as stubborn.)
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TopicAll-Purpose Wrestling Topic 491: Seth Rollins Appreciation Topic
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11/12/19 7:10:16 PM
#144
Eddv posted...
And why did they need to do that?

Because they were better.


If you're stretching that hard I think you're just trying to win an argument to win an argument.

Why did Lashley need to bang Lana

Because he's better.
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