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I think with LeBron then you basically have to be arguing for his durability / length of time at his level of play. But I'm always wary of that being the main point when the competition played in a different era. Modern science and less physical play make it so hard to compare between the two. LeBron would still be awesome in the 80/90s but would he have this length of career / unprecedented durability in that era? Probably not.

Thursday, November 25th
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Sunday, November 28th
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Monday, November 29th
Seattle Seahawks

Well actually I guess it depends on how much of a shot you give Alabama at Georgia since if Bama wins that massively reduces their chances

Notre Dame has plausible ways in. They basically just hope for Georgia to beat Bama and then they just need 1 of the following:

Cinci lose to Houston
Wisconsin Big Ten Champion
OK state not to win out

Even though they don't control their own destiny they have one of the likelier ways in IMO because they should win out and they basically only need 1 slip up elsewhere and when you aggregate those together it's probably more likely than not that 1 team messes up

Is it a real extension or is it like the last contract where it was all about cap gymnastics whilst getting him a solid signing bonus?

Their sale seems crazy. I just picked up the following for $192

Breath of the Wild
Xenoblade Chronicles (Pre-owned)
Bravely Default 2 (Pre-owned)
Tales of Arise (PS5)
Scarlet Nexus (PS5 - Preowned)
Hades (PS5)
Spyro trilogy (Switch)
Little Nightmares II (Switch)

This was in store where they had to price match but probably a good thing as if I had a larger selection of games I'd have dropped like $400-500 probably

Can basically guarantee Burrows will stink it up today. I've had Burrows and Cousins as my QBs in fantasy all year and I haven't picked the correct one to play all season. So with Cousins hitting, Burrows gonna miss.

Switch to Seahawks if I'm not already on them

Darius Slay has 3 TDs in the last 3 games which is the same amount as the Lions.

I'd imagine so. Probably both Georgia and Alabama (unless Bama gets smashed) plus Big Ten Champion plus ND. If Bama does lose big then it gets iffy as you're into best 2 loss team which may be someone out of the Big 12? Loser of OSU/Michigan? Fuck it Bama anyway?

Committee probably just hoping that Houston beat Cinci at this point.

Only thing stopping Cinci getting in now is Alabama beating Georgia plus Oklahoma State running the table. I don't see another scenario where they miss out if they win out.

BlueCrystalTear posted...

TOSU is unstoppable, and most likely going to annihilate Michigan and Wisconsin just the same. I expect them to make the CFP given how they're obliterating everything in their way.

We have looked better recently on defense. Even against Purdue it wasn't bad until we got up a ton. But it certainly helps a lot when you're against a team that relies heavily on their Heisman candidate RB and you're up by 4 TDs in the 1st quarter.

Ended up not mattering but I don't get that not being called a complete pass and a fumble. If it was in the end zone it would have been a TD and if it was running out of bounds it would have been a catch so why in the open field is it not a catch? He made multiple steps and then a football move in stretching out

Thursday, November 18th
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Sunday, November 21st
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Monday, November 22nd
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

I forget how does this work come playoff time. Is it like the top so many qualify? I've always been awful or missed weeks so never had a shot of making it

Maniac64 posted...

How can Cinci compete with that high level of competition!

It's not like they have a win over a team currently ranked in the top 6 or something.

If Bama lose to Georgia then they are gonna have to put in ND because they have a quality loss but Cinci don't.

Committee has to be rooting for Bama to beat Georgia so they can just not have to deal with Cinci

It already did get us killed. Against Oregon.

Also Oklahoma St winning out would leapfrog Cinci I imagine

Crescent-Moon posted...

I could see them feeding Oregon to Georgia. Sure isn't going to be OSU!

Whoever wins the big ten is getting in no matter what, and Georgia and Alabama are getting in no matter what.

If Oregon drops a game. Oklahoma will magically leapfrog Cincinnati at the last moment to take #4 (despite already being 3 ranks below them before losing to Baylor). If Oregon and Oklahoma drop another game, that's when they'll run out of excuses to keep Cincinnati out.

Unless the Big Ten West team wins the title game.

Alternative scenario.

Alabama lose once more to a non Georgia team. They get in at 4 because we never got to see Alabama/Georgia!

Do they find a way to justify Alabama at 3 in that scenario just to avoid the immediate Georgia rematch?

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I don't get it from OBJs standpoint. Is he really going to get significant targets for the Rams? He would have been better going to somewhere that would feed him the ball lots to up his value when he hits FA this summer.

Am I doing something wrong with Hammerdin or does it take a while to get good? I followed the Paladin fast leveling guide and it feels really underwhelming compared to the build it told me to use prior to respeccing. I'm only level 20 now so I've only done 2 levels of Hammerdin and the previous 18 levels was using Holy Fire.

When you die you lose your mercenary and everything they had on them right? Just died and recovered my body but no idea what happened to my merc. I assume lost forever?

Nevermind I see they can be resurrected

Also thinking about it, I'm surprised the committee isn't putting in Cincinnati this year. This would be the perfect 'We told you so' year to do it. Georgia likely crushes any team who is at 4 anyway so if they throw Cincinnati to them then it ends the G5 discussion for years to come.

If Alabama lost to Georgia by like 3 points or something, I wouldn't put it past the committee to put them in anyway.

Also if anyone upsets Georgia in the SEC championship game, they may get in regardless of where they were previously. I think that only applies to A+M since they get in if Bama drop a game right?

MSU still at 7 is hilarious. They have been equally as unconvincing as Oklahoma but they're basically saying the Michigan win overrides their loss? Actually I see what they are doing. They are minimizing Cinci's routes in. OSU win out they are in. If MSU or Michigan beat OSU they leapfrog Cinci. Oklahoma (or Oklahoma State) also leapfrog Cinci if they win out I'd imagine.

So Cinci is going to need a ton of help despite being 5 as of right now. They basically need 3 out of these 4 scenarios to happen:

Alabama to lose to Georgia (or someone else) and it not be close
Oklahoma to lose (possibly OK State to lose too)
Oregon to lose
OSU/MSU/Michigan to all not win out

Georgia could lose a game and still deserve to be 1 right now. Hell, they could lose 2 depending on who to and still probably deserve to be top 4.

Is it possible for a dungeon entrance to just not generate on the map? I'm in dry hills and I've cleared out the entire map and there's no exits or dungeons anywhere except to the rocky wastes. In the rocky wastes there's only 1 dungeon I already cleared out. So like I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do here as I've cleared out all the areas available to me

Edit: I think I immediately see what happened. Yellow on the map means stairs except where that was marked on the map there was no stairs. Became obvious once I exited and re-entered and got a new map with actual stairs.

Why anyone would agree to fight Frank Gore is beyond me. May as well go punch yourself out against a boulder.

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Yep. All the time to the point where I maybe finish 1-2 games a year. Last game I physically finished was FF7R at release so it's actually gotten a lot worse

Thursday, November 11th
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Monday, November 15th
Los Angeles Rams

Indifferent. I used to really love my job like 5 years ago (I've been at the same company for almost 17 years) because it was challenging and it really felt like I was making a difference and nobody else could do the job as well as me so it felt rewarding. I generally thrive when my workload is high and I have to constantly work hard to keep it under control which was the case back then.

In recent years though the company has had a massive shift in direction to the point where at times I am basically being paid to just sit in the building and do nothing. I can come and go as I please within reason and have no real oversight but the job is extremely unfulfilling because I'm paid for my expertise/experience but a lot of the time there isn't actually anything for me to do. So I'm torn between getting paid a decent wage to sit around doing not a whole lot most of the time or going out there and finding something more stimulating that will probably make me happier.

Getting paid to do basically nothing sounds like the dream and was good for a while but it feels torturous after a while.

EDIT: I actually put together my resume for the first time in over a decade last week. Whether I'll actually be able to make a jump after so long here remains to be seen.

I keep seeing people mention runes. I just got 2 Tal runes from the Countess. Should I just stash them or are they even any good?

DoomTheGyarados posted...

Bet you didn't think they would beat MSU today either.

I thought there was a decent chance of it. MSU has looked spotty all year. The spread was only 2.5 points so it's not like Vegas had MSU as overwhelming favorites either.

Oh I know we play Purdue next week, I don't think they beat us though

Crescent-Moon posted...

I just saw the score and was thinking of making a comment just like this.

Eh, I think if Ohio State wins out they will definitely get in. I mean I guess there's the scenario where Alabama beat Georgia and Oklahoma win out resulting in like Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma and Oregon? But that's the only scenario I foresee them getting left out and even then they might give them the nudge over Oklahoma or Oregon depending on where MSU and Michigan are in the rankings

I think Georgia smacks the shit out of everyone this year though.

Are the P5 conference champions guaranteed a NY6 game? With the Orange Bowl being a playoff game this year, is there the possibility that the ACC doesn't get a rep in the NY6 game or is a NY6 bowl forced to take them regardless of rank?

Is it ever worth keeping other class items you get early or should I just sell everything? Like it just gave me an orb worth 4403 (+3 inferno, +1 warmth, +2 fire bolt, +4 life) and a staff worth 5000 (+1 cold, +2 frozen armor, +3 ice bolt) when I only have like 8k gold total. I'm assuming just sell as they will be quickly made redundant?

And are jewels worth keeping or just use them as you get them? I seem to remember hoarding them in the original

Jeeze, what is with the queue. Started in position 15 so thought cool, not a long wait. After 10 minutes it dropped to 8. Then after another 5 minutes to 6. Just dropped to 5 as I'm typing this.

How can a game this big be letting so few people in.

No but I really should to make sure my pets are properly cared for in case anything happens to both me and my wife. I help a ton of animal rescues so I'm sure I could make an arrangement with one of them

Well I can see I wasted about 90-120 mins of playtime. I started playing in offline mode figuring that just meant nobody could jump into my game whilst I was playing. I didn't realize that it locks that character into never being able to go online. Guess I'll have to start over tomorrow or Saturday when I next play

Well decided to buy it anyway and downloading now. I don't remember shit from when I originally played. So any helpful starting tips/builds for when it's done in like 50 minutes?

Is anybody playing on PS5 if I buy it right now?

GTM posted...

I'm chinese so there's no inheritance, we just share money whenever someone needs it along the way

I'm intrigued. If there's no inheritance, what happens when someone passes away? Where does the money / assets go?

Thursday, November 4th
Indianapolis Colts

Sunday, November 7th
Cincinnati Bengals
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Monday, November 8th
Pittsburgh Steelers

I feel like every upset I wanted to go for last week but didn't because I had already picked quite a few upsets came through and every upset I actually picked failed.

I honestly have no idea what my Dad's net worth is. I know he has quite a few properties but I don't know how many or the financial status on them. Either way I don't expect or want anything. He isn't that old (55) and I have 3 significantly younger siblings (I'm 34, they are 16/16/14) plus he's been married to my step-mum for 20+ years. I'm reasonably well set in another country so I'd rather it all just be allocated to them.

My mum is piss poor so there would be nothing on that side but again I wouldn't want anything even if there was.