Poll of the Day > Sports Discussion Topic #180: St. Louis Cardinals OF Tryouts Inside

(+) Yeah! (+)

My biggest fear is that game will say, "Choose your character's name"

That's a lot of pressure. I'll have to think about it for an hour.

Diablo sounds cool but I have to respond to this

Ultima_Dragoon posted...

I just want to know why a game that's been on consoles for four years already is getting a technically worse port and a full $60 price tag.

That's the Switch tax, baby! But it's also coming with all the expansions included.

SkynyrdRocker posted...

I have two hours to start Octopath Traveler and I'm sitting here unable to choose which character to pick. Games didn't used to be this stressful for me.

dancer has the best story

Here's my Octopathian rankings by COOLNESS:

1. Primrose
2. Therion
3. Cyrus
4. Olberic
5. Tressa
6. Ha'anit
7. Ophilia
8. Alfyn

Here is my Octopathian rankings by BATTLE PROWESS:

1. Alfyn
2. Cyrus (he was my guy and his scan ability is insanely OP as a main character)
3. Ophilia
4. Olberic
5. Ha'anit
6. Primrose
7. Therion
8. Tressa

can you post their classes for us common folk

1. Primrose - dancer
2. Therion - thief
3. Cyrus - scholar
4. Olberic - warrior
5. Tressa - merchant
6. Ha'anit - hunter
7. Ophilia - priestess
8. Alfyn - apothecary

oh yeah tressa is tier 1.

I enjoyed playing Pokemon in the forest and killing the monster. Good so far.

They're all good in a fight so don't worry about that, for real

The Phillies gave up 11 unearned runs today. I feel like that's gotta be close to a record

Chewster posted...

The Phillies gave up 11 unearned runs today. I feel like that's gotta be close to a record

Apparently the record is 16:

http://www.baseballessential.com/news/2015/08/05/july-27-1985-ridiculous-game-mlb-history/

That's funny that it was also a doubleheader involving the Mets but please get a new username

Today's poll is a pretty good one. I'm like 99% certain I was playing stuff by age 5 but I don't know about before then. How would anyone even know if they played before age 3? I could ask my parents but I doubt they'd know the exact age.

I'm not even sure if it really counts as "playing" at that age anyway, more like just randomly pressing buttons with no idea what the hell is going on

When I was 4/5 my parents got me a NES at a garage sale with 30+ games. Years later, I sold it at one of our garage sales. It's one of the worst decisions I've ever made. that thing basically didn't work towards the end, but the cartridges might have had some value and it might have been able to be fixed

I think we had our NES since before I could even remember. When I was really young I also remember an even older console, something like an Atari or ColecoVision. Then apparently one day my parents sold it or got rid of it and I don't even know when or get any say in it.

It's too bad you didn't hold on to those. Nowadays the consoles are cheap and easily replaceable. The games themselves cost more than the actual console like half the time

Do all yalls states have state fairs, and if so are they any good/do you go to them?
I normally hate things like that, but the MN state fair is actually really fun. All kinds of cool shows/exhibits/shops and you walk around checking stuff out while eating food that will kill you.

Our first game console was a broken Odyssey 2 that my dad's friend gave him. My dad fixed it, so my parents kept telling us that we didn't need an Atari or a Nintendo when it came out, because we already had a video game system that worked.
---

We had one of those old ass things when I was little, it may have been a vectrex. But the first ones I have strong memory of were SNES and Genesis. Our first SNES broke down so the bulk of my early gaming days were spent on Genesis and PS1 (and Gameboy) but one random birthday we got a used SNES and that was pretty awesome

We just had our state fair. I go every few years becuase it can be quite expensive. I like going to the various ethnic festivals we have each year. This weekend is Irish fest and next weekend is Mexican fest.
---

I have some friends that work at the dog treat stand at the MKE state fair. They'll give you free stuff

I forgot all about the Vectrex. I have talked about our afterschool program before when I was a kid (where we had roller skating in the gym and billards in one of the lunchrooms). We had a Vectrex and Atari 2600 that kids could play after school instead of the other activities.
---

I'm sure we have a state fair but I don't know where or when it is and I probably wouldn't like it

Chewster posted...

I'm sure we have a state fair but I don't know where or when it is and I probably wouldn't like it

Me too. I know we have county fairs where people get excited to see washed up acts like MC Hammer, but it's not for me.

The first game I played was some Big Bird game on the Atari when I was little. That's all I had. Then I saw my cousin playing Zelda on NES and he wouldn't let me play, but it made me realize there was more than Big Bird out there. After that, my mom got me all of the consoles because I grew up in a rough neighborhood and couldn't go outside much.

I played educational games like Math Blaster first I think but my first real game was Warcraft 2.

The pirates hit into 7 double plays in a 9 inning game and lost 1-0

I looked at the box score for that game.

1. Wow, Cole Hamels has been really good for the Cubs.
2. When the hell did Jorge de Rosa end up on the Cubs?

I was just thinking a similar thing last night about a fellow Rockies great who plays for the Brewers now: Jordan Lyles

Jorge de la Rosa is unironically a Rockies great though... sadly.

I hope Jon Gray or Kyle Freeland (maybe even German Marquez?) turn out so we can stop having people laugh when we say our best pitcher in history is... Aaron Cook? Ubaldo? Jorge? Staff "ace" of the magical 2007 team, Jeff Francis?

Baseball Reference showed me that Ubaldo leads most stats for Rockies pitchers. Then it's de la Rosa and next might be Chacin. That's a pretty sad list.

Then again, the Rockies haven't been around as long as other teams. If we look at the Giants all-time best pitchers, it's going to include Christy Mathewson, Juan Marichal, and Gaylord Perry, all of which retired before the Rockies formed.

How about the god Jason Jennings

https://tinyurl.com/y9htg4yv

I know people don't really care about WAR for pitchers (or they didn't? maybe it's changed since then), but here is the Rockies' very sad career list. Jason Jennings is actually at 6. Look at how much Jon Gray is moving up! Crazy to think that with just two more seasons averaging 3.5 he'd already be at the top of that list (assuming he finishes this year at least at 11.2).

I see Gray also leads starters in FIP and xFIP

That's a pretty crazy list. There are some guys on there who are pretty good but only Ubaldo has ever sniffed the upper tier of MLB starters. Gray could get there someday but I understand the pessimism obviously

I'm more pessimistic that we'll lose Gray (either in free agency or a dumb trade) than him being a bad pitcher. The K rate is beyond anything the team has ever seen, so he might actually have a good chance of succeeding in Coors. Though that also might be a bit of a reflection of the higher strikeouts in general. If you sort K/9 on that list the top three starters are guys in the current rotation. IDK what is the league average nowadays?

The A's caught the Astros

Thinking about it and I think my most hated MLB player* is Trevor Bauer. I just hate him so much.

*non-criminal division

Holy shit that dansby swing just gave me some serious second hand embarrassment. Shit was 3 feet off the plate at least

I wonder if Elway and VJ will keep Swag Kelly around as the backup or if they'll just let another QB with a good preseason go so they can keep Paxton Lynch for no reason

Hey Cards, who did you pick to be your Persona 5 waifu?

I ended up going with Makoto like I said I probably would. I only wish Yusuke had been an option...

And did you see I hit a homer? I did it just for you.

You could have picked Ryuji. I wish Sae was an option though.

I didn't see that you hit a homer but I'm proud of you. Unless you read that magazine to slow down time at the batting cages in which case you're a cheater.

I would never. I also beat the insanely hard fighting game where you have to do a half circle + X input to win without cheating.

The Rockies have swept the Atlanta COWARDS

The National League is bonkers!!!

The Nats are real bad

I think we've said this before, but A-Rod in the booth is awesome. This ESPN crew is what their MNF broadcast wishes it was.
---

I think I've said this before, but I wish they'd just kill MNF. It isn't what it used to be. Of course they'll never do that since they've only added an even more nonsensical football night in the time since it moved to ESPN.

Speaking of prime time games, it looks like the Broncos don't have any SNF games lined up. How the mighty have fallen. But I can't blame anybody for not wanting to see the modest upgrade of Case Keenum after we saw what two years of Siemian/Osweiler/Lynch looks like

Zeeky_Bomb posted...

I think we've said this before, but A-Rod in the booth is awesome. This ESPN crew is what their MNF broadcast wishes it was.

Ehhhhhhh. Vasgersian is pretty good as PBP guys go. A-Rod gets annoying after a while though and I'm not happy to say it but Jessica Mendoza is kind of bad

I still thought A-Rod worked for Fox

I think Mendoza is better suited for interviews in the dugouts, but I like giving her the opportunity. I would be curious to see other women ESPN talking heads get a shot (such as Mina Kimes getting a shot to call a Mariners/Seahawks game as a colour commentator).
---