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Zodiac5000 posted:Also let it be noted: HAHA WOO I AM THE KING OF THE CASTLE! That's what you get for not picking me up from the bar that one time Pash. Boosh! Just gonna say this again for posterity's sake, I never got your call. My phone never even listed missing a call. I think you must have just thought you called me, from what I hear you were very very drunk. 
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Smasher Dynamo posted:There may be certain issues with O'Dea, stemming from the fact that I really, really, really didn't think you'd use the ninth-worst catcher on your roster. I was wondering if this was one of those "BBM secretly loves this guy" type of deals, but nope. He's just not very good, even outside of the high standards of the superleague.
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Pander posted:mrnoun is trolling the superleague (well, mostly mentholmoose) at this point. His entire team strategy is "Hmmm, I wonder how I can adjust my stadium so playing the ______th worst player at every position is viable..." Frankly I forgot to add him to my roster in my tests, so I wanted to see what he rolled. Go with, uh, Cliff Johnson instead I guess?
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Super-League XVI, Week Injury Report The First Half of Interleague play is now over, so don't worry about those lineups again until after the break! The Super-Draft draft order is now set (for the Super-League, at least) Australian Thunder A.J. Burnett (SP) (Pre-emptive veto!) - 16 days Stephen Strasburg (SP) (And one more!) - 12 days Chicago Southpaws Joe Judge (1B) (GUILTY!) - 12 days Khartoum Doom Matt Lindstrom (RP) (Who?) - 13 days Somali Pirates Rickey Henderson (OF) (The Price of Greatness) - 23 days Walney Rakers Al Kaline (OF) (Blood must flow) - 12 days Pick 'em: The Ultimate Test Cruiserweight Championship Rockford Losers (c) @ New World Symphony UNIFICATION MATCH! Grand Slam Championships vs. Hardcore and Television Title Championships! Dragons unify vs. Both Retain vs. Pirates unify  Free Bonus Content! But it's not about baseball, so feel free to just scroll on down!Legion of Super-Heroes (v4) #8  When two eras of horrible costuming collide, there are no survivors! Earth! Cham leaves a message to Marla Latham, the nerd he left in charge of Brande Industries when he went off to reform the Legion back in issue #1. Marla thinks about how Cham has become so much like his father. Which means it's time for a flashback! Many years ago! Marla was just some nerd. And then one day, he found some dudes beating up a Durlan and rushed off to help. Of course, Marla got his rear end-kicked, but since the Durlan had shape-changing powers, he beat up his assailants on his own. The Durlan turns out not to speak Interlac, though, the common tongue of the 30th century, and Marla is at a loss as to what to do for him. He eventually decides to take the Durlan to the only other Durlan he knows, a smuggler named Theg, who figures out that the Durlan only knows and ancient dialect of the Durlan language, and also is amnesiac. Marla tries to bargain with Theg to get the Durlan back to Durla, but doesn't have enough money to pay for it. Marla suggests the Durlan work for Theg to make up the difference, and Theg agrees. Well, that's the last of the Durlan, who later becomes R.J. Brande, that Marla would see for 15 years, as it turns out that Durla was more xenophobic that either the Durlan or Theg predicted, and both men got trapped on Durla. Brande had a couple of kids, but he and Theg had gotten an exotic form of fever that got them quarantined in the slums, forcing Brande to abandon his children. On the plus side, they eventually found their way off the planet and back to Earth, where Brande starts to learn about CAPITALISM! Marla's doing okay as well. 15 years later, Brande decides to hire on Marla as his assistant for sentimental reasons, and because Theg, who now calls himself Doyle, has been growing increasingly erratic. Brande eventually decides to buy him out, despite the fact that he knows that Doyle will burn through the buy-out money and then self-destruct. And he does! And then starts threatening Brande's life. Brande does not care. He does care about doing something other than making money, and finds inspiration in the legend of Mon-El, who, thanks to retcons, is now known as Lar Gand or Valor. It turns out that Brande was not entirely wise to dismiss Doyle's threats, as Doyle sends killers to take him out. But Brande gets saved by the teenagers who would become Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl. And that convinces him that what he should do is create a team of super-powered teenagers to fight crime. He has no idea how the gently caress to do that, though, so he just tells the three kids who saved him and Marla to figure out just how the hell to make that work. and they eventually do, kind of.  Verdammit? The first three Legionnaires decide they probably should apprehend Doyle, despite the fact that they have no legal authority to do so, nor any training. And so they get their asses kicked by Doyle's gang. And the Science Police show up to protest their extrajudicial activities. But they eventually smooth all of that out and start recruiting new members. Some time later, Brande instructs Marla to recruit a Durlan for the team. And not just any Durlan, but Reep Daggle, Brande's sole surviving child, since, as you'll recall, Reep iced Brande's other child as Although neither Reep, who becomes Chameleon Boy nor Marla realize that Brande is a Durlan in the first place, since he's stuck in his human form due to that plague, and that Reep is Brande's son. Zirr! Which is apparently some planet. Cosmic Boy apologizes to Rond for letting him get tortured. He tells Cos it's fine. Nice of him. Also, we learn that the Khunds are attacking numerous United Planet systems, and that Andromeda has been fighting them. In fact, she's fighting them at the moment...a few feet away from Cosmic Boy and Rond, who decide to let her fight it out. Which she does. And then reveals to Cosmic Boy that she and Rond had a daughter named Lauren, which is supposed to be some sort of plot twist. I think. I guess we were supposed to assume that Andromeda didn't have children for some reason. It's surprising to the characters in the story, that's almost how a plot twist works!  What a twist! I think. Maybe. I don't even know anymore! Text pieces! R.J. Brande is rich! The Khunds do not like Andromeda! That is all Notes and Technicalities -In fairness, R.J. Brande having been a secret alien had been established 15 years before this story. Him turning out to be from 20th century, as is later revealed, was a retcon established a few months before this comic came out, I believe, over in L.E.G.I.O.N. Characters of Note -Marla Latham- Actually, this issue explains anything you might ever need to know about Marla Latham.
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May 15, 2015 16:19
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Is any of this backfill supposed to matter to the current storyline? I've read this twice and can't imagine why anyone coming into the franchise would care. Everyone keeps their titles.
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May 15, 2015 16:33
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kw0134 posted:Is any of this backfill supposed to matter to the current storyline? I've read this twice and can't imagine why anyone coming into the franchise would care. It doesn't matter to the current storyline. As far as I can tell, Keith Giffen, who was the plotter and penciller of the comic, fell behind, so he just had his assistant writers do a fill-in. I think the reason they decided to retell the origin was because of the retcons in the past few issues had made it so that Superboy no longer existed (or, at least, was no longer supposed to exist,), and so couldn't be the inspiration for the Legion anymore, so Lar Gand was slotted in there instead.
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May 15, 2015 16:40
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pick em Losers Retain Both teams in the unification match retain
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May 15, 2015 16:53
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Well, that was... pointful? I mean, I guess it makes sense to go over the origin stuff again when you've just reset your universe, but still, weird. Guess there could have been worse fill-ins, though. Pick 'Em: Symphony take, others retain each.
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Pick 'em: The Ultimate Test Cruiserweight Championship New World Symphony UNIFICATION MATCH! Grand Slam Championships vs. Hardcore and Television Title Championships! Pirates unify mrnoun posted:Frankly I forgot to add him to my roster in my tests, so I wanted to see what he rolled. Because of this post I updated your roster sheet with all 36 of your minor league players.
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May 15, 2015 17:08
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Oh, the old ran-out-of-time excuse. Not that it really matters since the current storyline has all the momentum of a 4lb bowling ball pushed down the lane by a special needs child, but sticking this sort of issue as the story is almost done (I think? Hope?) setting up the major pieces for the plot feels particularly ill-timed.
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When did this run? Did Zordon's "Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude" predate "go get some super teens?"
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Cruiserweight Championship New World Symphony UNIFICATION MATCH! Grand Slam Championships vs. Hardcore and Television Title Championships! Pirates unify
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Pickem: Symphony take, Pirates Unify
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May 15, 2015 17:37
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Pick'em Symphony sweeps and Dragons and Pirates retain their respective titles. How far are we from the next EC class? I'm itching to be disappointed by a team again.
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FairGame posted:When did this run? Did Zordon's "Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude" predate "go get some super teens?" This comic came out in 1990, so it predated that by a couple of years. And I think the only change from the previous version of the origin is that Brande was now inspired by Valor, as opposed to being inspired by Superboy. Frankly, the origin story of the Legion has never really mattered all that much. I seem to recall that the Legion's origin wasn't actually worked out until years after their first appearance in comic books, because when you get right down to it, there's really no need to explain why the Legion formed. It's a bunch of teenagers with super-powers who fight space-crime, it doesn't really matter how that came to be. Oh, and the next issue is another fill-in issue, and it covers the amazing origin of Andromeda, the Legionnaire who retroactively popped into existence a couple of issues ago!
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Pick 'em: The Ultimate Test Cruiserweight Championship New World Symphony UNIFICATION MATCH! Grand Slam Championships vs. Hardcore and Television Title Championships! Pirates unify
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 Mitt Romney is not pleased with his team's performance, and will be taking it out on Evander Holyfield.
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Cruiserweight Championship New World Symphony UNIFICATION MATCH! Grand Slam Championships vs. Hardcore and Television Title Championships! Pirates unify
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Forzelt posted:Cruiserweight Championship Truth.
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Cruiserweight Championship New World Symphony UNIFICATION MATCH! Grand Slam Championships vs. Hardcore and Television Title Championships! Pirates unify Also, neither of the half-images of Cosmic Boy on that cover are the worst Cosmic Boy costume. They're both awful, but there is more awful out there.
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Pick 'em: The Ultimate Test Cruiserweight Championship New World Symphony UNIFICATION MATCH! Grand Slam Championships vs. Hardcore and Television Title Championships! Draw--no unification
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Zodiac5000 posted:Truth. For the record, I was just quoting Mitt.
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Pick 'em: The Ultimate Test Cruiserweight Championship Rockford Losers (c) @ New World Symphony UNIFICATION MATCH! Grand Slam Championships vs. Hardcore and Television Title Championships! Dragons unify vs. Both Retain vs. Pirates unify
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Hello, all, I'm just popping in for a moment due to the amazingness of Humungus-related writeups to remind you that if you haven't watched Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, you should really watch Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. Especially since Mad Max 4: Fury Road is out and it apparently loving owns all of the bones. That is your
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Mad Max Fury Road is loving amazing and you should see it ASAP.
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pick em everybody holds on to their titles
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Pick 'em: The Ultimate Test Cruiserweight Championship Rockford Losers (c) @ New World Symphony UNIFICATION MATCH! Grand Slam Championships vs. Hardcore and Television Title Championships! Dragons unify vs. Both Retain vs. Pirates unify
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Monathin posted:Toronto Transistors Smasher, what is your hourly rate to represent someone in a gimmick infringement suit?
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DannoMack posted:Smasher, what is your hourly rate to represent someone in a gimmick infringement suit? You never copyrighted a gimmick based around Supergiant games. To be fair, Monathin SHOULD be the TOLEDO Transistors given his Ohioan nature.
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 Sub-Par League IV, Week 8: Death to all Cardinals Forever Games of the Weak Frank Gaiman posted:
Box Score  The Pan Man posted:
Box Score  Old McDonald posted:
Box Score  Team Statistics        Analysis Your tanking has been expertly done. Only one more week to go!       Analysis Oh dear.        Analysis Oh dear.        Analysis First place by default is a good place to be.        Analysis It's looking unlikely that you will get to keep your draft pick.        Analysis Edd's deadd, baby. Edd's deadd.        Analysis So, who's replacing Cain now?        Analysis John Smoltz is making a bid for MVP here, if the Sub-Par League had an MVP, which it doesn't. Kind of a surprise that it's him and not the Negro League guys.        Analysis Well, I guess you'll be needing a new left fielder from the Super-Draft.        Analysis Maybe I need to injure that Rivera next.        Analysis I think this season's version of Al Spalding is closer to what you can expect. Last year's had to deal with the irregularities caused by the rest of the Potatoes. Also Eddie Collins is, uh, doing stuff        Analysis Lesser than Hope's Peak, and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get belts, though thou win none.        Analysis Well, winning through extreme levels of run prevention has worked so far, so why not put Beltre's glove in?        Analysis Mr. Rod had 5 RBI this week despite only 3 hits. Because he's clutch.        Analysis Just gotta wait for Teddy to start hitting the base ball. He does have 9 doubles.        Analysis One day, the Direwolves will score a run. One day. Standings  
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Pander posted:You never copyrighted a gimmick based around Supergiant games. Assuming I don't do Paradigm City Dome Crushers because I made up that name on the spot and it kinda rules tbh
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3-3 and I expand my lead by 4 games. This stupid team just won't die. Cool. Uh...evan longoria takes tip oneill' place in all lineups.
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habeasdorkus posted:
KISS HIM YOU FOOL Anyways, drat, that hitting is saddening me. They should be better! Ah well. It could be worse than being in last place in the division. Somehow.
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Hi McFreeze, I'm not sure if I'm supposed to wait til he's fully healed to do this or not but if now is okay can Musial become DH vs RHP with Carlos Delgado going back to AAA please? Also can Bryn Smith go to the DL? Finally, if it isn't too annoying, can Joe Torre be moved up to AA ? I just want to experiment to see if young guys gain ratings points if they are elevated up the minor league ladder. You can also just respond to this with "too annoying" and that's fine, too. Thanks very much! DannoMack fucked around with this message at 03:26 on May 16, 2015 |
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i'm making a note here: "this team sucks" e: actually, take what ever the pinch hitting strategy is for my team and set it as low as possible, this bench is abysmal CraigK fucked around with this message at 03:55 on May 16, 2015 |
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 Just start Griffey full time for now.
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One minor move for the moment: Whitey Ford goes to the minors(hey I'm still trying to trade him!), and Eppa Rixey gets called back up to take his spot in Long Relief
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kw0134 posted:I honestly thought this was a Photoshop but then I saw the article on the NYTimes and MITT DANCES LIKE A BUTTERFLY, STINGS LIKE A BEE! 
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