unclevlad

I think the writer isn't a fan of his...........

Yep. Launched it. Rangers fans gave him a very nice ovation. He's 4 points behind the in the batting title race with one day to go; that's the only thing of interest. The playoff matchups are locked in.

Ah, but you see, that's where campaign limits come into play. It's legal under one aspect...but not ALL aspects by your campaign rules. OR, use the rule related to Normal Characteristic Max...you can exceed them, but it costs DOUBLE. Even if you buy them as powers. But note that buying an Aid will also allow the base OCV to exceed NCM. That means you'll want to examine it closely, and potentially not allow it...especially if the character has stuff like Fast Strike as a martial maneuver, which has +2 OCV. The rules are extremely flexible, but that also means, HIGHLY abusable. Things like "30 AP for powers" includes a 2d6 HKA...which can be improved with martial maneuvers, or Weaponsmaster, or Deadly Blow. I tend to worry somewhat less about power APs, and more about damage classes *overall* with whatever they're doing. Focusing only on APs can create tunnel vision. You want to look at the final result, which has broader implications.

Oh, good. Then maybe we can add some kind of endangerment charge to go with the fraud. You'd think the combination should be good for a nice long stretch...

Complete list of projected win totals for every NBA team Houston Rockets 23.5 games Indiana Pacers 23.5 games Oklahoma City Thunder 23.5 games San Antonio Spurs 24.5 games Utah Jazz 24.5 games Orlando Magic 26.5 games New York Knicks 28.5 games Brooklyn Nets 29.5 games Detroit Pistons 29.5 games Sacramento Kings 34.5 games Washington Wizards 35.5 games Charlotte Hornets 36.5 games Portland Trail Blazers 39.5 games Chicago Bulls 42.5 games Los Angeles Lakers 44.5 games New Orleans Pelicans 44.5 games Atlanta Hawks 45.5 games Cleveland Cavaliers 47.5 games Toronto Raptors 47.5 games Dallas Mavericks 48.5 games Minnesota Timberwolves 48.5 games Memphis Grizzlies 49.5 games Miami Heat 49.5 games Denver Nuggets 51.5 games Philadelphia 76ers 51.5 games Golden State Warriors 52.5 games Los Angeles Clippers 52.5 games Milwaukee Bucks 52.5 games Phoenix Suns 52.5 games Boston Celtics 54.5 games These are *seriously* debatable in some spots. Celtics lose their coach. Suns are a wet mess off the court, how will that affect things on the court? Have the Lakers really fixed their issues? Granted, 44 wins is probably out in the first full round of the playoffs, but that roster could still completely bomb.

I bet he still remembers 2001. It was definitely an odyssey... Speaking of the Jazz, yeah...the predictions for win totals are not auspicious for them. Rockets, Pacers, Thunder: 23.5. Spurs, Jazz: 24.5 Nets: 29.5. Love seeing this. Bookies are NOT expecting they can work together. The Athletic this morning had a similar point. In LA, if the Lakers flounder and Westbrook can't fit in? He's likely traded by the deadline. In Brooklyn: Back to the actual subject...nothing major. Judge can't get 62 today...goes 1-5. Arraez leads the AL at .315 and he's out with an injury; Judge is down to .310. There isn't that much time left to pick up 5 points at this stage. Toronto's locked into the top WC as was noted. NL, Mets are leading the first game of the doubleheader, trying to keep pressure on the Braves. The problem for the Mariners is they'll have to go to Cleveland or Toronto...both of which have been playing very well recently. And as the road team for all 3 games, they'll be substantial underdogs to win the series.

CBS bottom 25 just out. CSU #1, Colorado #2. NMSU is only #5...but they do have a win, even if it's over #3 Hawai'i. And 8 of the 12 MAC teams made it in...ouch. The truly mind boggling? Their full ranking is out. CBS puts Ohio State #1...fair enough for now. But KANSAS is #13. Yeah. One of the most consistently bad Power 5 programs is #13, in the top 25 rather than the bottom. Not too surprisingly, Oklahoma crashed. Down 22 spots to #40. Red River Rivalry game is to try to remain relevant this year...both of em are 3-2. Obviously if Oklahoma loses, they're well into a freefall. 0-3 in the conference, with 2 more games against ranked conference opponents, threatens sub-.500 conference record and possibly falling out of all the conference's automatic bowl slots. Texas needs the win because they've got OK State, Kansas State, TCU, and Kansas later on. If they can't beat Oklahoma, the Alabama game will look like nothing more than a fluke.

Because there was money on the line...quite serious money. So these guys are stealing from the other fishermen. Hope they got enough to carry them through for awhile, cuz they're going to be blacklisted forever, insofar as pro fishing goes, and quite possibly arrested for felony fraud.

Heh...yeah, he'll catch some grief for that one. Interesting link after that story, about Andrew Luck's decision to retire, written by another former player. It's 3 years old, but well worth a read. https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2019/8/26/20832198/why-andrew-luck-retired-rehab-injuries TL;DR...

So what's been more destroyed...the Broncos, or the Rams tonight? How did the Niners lose last week? I bet they're asking the same thing.... Hey, ya gotta admit, Broncos-Colts is an entirely fitting game for TNF. The Game No One Wants to See, a TNF specialty.

I have yet to go back into a theater since the...slight problems...arose. I think that's likely to change in mid-November.

Well that's because they abandoned you, I suspect. Playoff picture is almost locked in. Mets needed 1 to be in great shape...2 to all but clinch. Instead they get swept by the Braves, giving Atlanta the tie breaker and a 2 game lead with 3 to play. Milwaukee's technically alive, but Philly's magic number is 1 because they have the tie break. #1's are set; Yankees and probably Braves are the #2s. The 3rd division winners are set, they'll host. The WC order's a bit flexible. Toronto's 2 up in the loss column with only 3 to play...but the Mariners have the tie break. Mets are the #4 barring a very long shot turnaround. The 5 and 6 slots aren't all that different; on the road throughout.

We're talking serious sports titles. Soccer's a sport but MLS is AAA-level at best.

And Baker Mayfield isn't doing a whole lot better. The Athletic's morning report pointed out that under Matt Rhule, when giving up 17+ points, the Panthers have lost 24 in a row, and are 1-26 overall. Translation: no offense. Back to back 5 win seasons, and #31 in this morning's Sporting News power rankings, says the rope he's hanging onto is fraying.

Wow. This one is a shocker. Paul Chryst is out at Wisconsin. Poor start this year, but a solid record. Damning article about the state of college football as shown by this firing, in SI: https://www.si.com/college/2022/10/03/paul-chryst-wisconsin-firing-ruthless Highly recommended reading.

Characteristics can be bought as powers. You can simply buy +3 OCV. It's already Persistent...so Time Limit is now a limitation...a large one. If he wants to use it on himself only? Then you're done. If he wants to use it on others, you get into the complexities of that advantage. And what Lone Wolf noted is correct, when Time Limit is being used as an Advantage. What I said is correct when it's being used as a Limitation.

Even simpler. The end justifies the means.

I'd phrase it that they don't give a **** about legitimate uses that also get impacted by their crusade. It doesn't matter; in their tunnel vision, only the fact that it can be used to induce an abortion matters.

I'm just looking at the box score on it, as I was getting GB-NE...yeah, Rodgers losing woulda been sweet...but looking at the box score, I'm seeing bad numbers. Offense...4 straight nothing drives, albeit right after the injury. 3-11 on 3rd down. Defense let the Raiders run 74 plays, 25 first downs, and 7-14 on third down. Power rankings...ESPN had Denver 12, NFL.com had em 14, CBS had em 14. That was ALL based on the defense, the offense has been abysmal...and the defense had a poor game. I personally think the offense is SO bad right now that they're somewhere around the mid 20s; the defense has to be incredible to give them a chance. And given that the Raiders were bottom quarter...yeah, the Broncos are gonna fall hard. And, Old Man, puuuuhhhlllleease....we don't NEED a reason to blame you.

This is a hypothetical naked advantage. Body Shield would be the name for a Resistant Protection that presumably is greater than 5/5, so the idea here is only part of it would be hardened. Also, Body Shield itself would normally be inobvious, and this makes it obvious when it's active. So there's 2 required aspects: 1. Max Base Cost 2. The naked advantages; sometimes there are several. There are 2 optional ones: the other modifiers, which ONLY apply to the naked advantage and not to the underlying power (I personally have a High Scale advantage for movement powers, and may well slap 0 END to that part.) And the Applies To is descriptive only. There are 2 possibilities. #1, you're not setting Max Base Cost. #2, you're only using Add Modifiers, when what you need to add Naked Modifiers to have something to be modified by Add Modifiers. The Naked Mods are those that are applied to the base power; the Add Mods apply to the Naked Mods.

I'm not surprised at all. Arizona was 72nd in the CBS rankings going in; they actually *dropped* 14 slots to 86th. They didn't win by enough, I guess. Out of 131, that's barely escaping the bottom third. Colorado defense gave up almost 500 yards passing, and almost 180 more on the ground. 36 first downs. And Colorado has been a laughingstock all season...an important season where CU was trying to advertise their program. Instead, they got gonged. This was the closest game the Buffs have been in. Rest of the season: Cal is 66th, Oregon State 29th, Arizona State 101st (and it's in Boulder, so this is a plausible win)...then ranked Oregon, USC, Washington, and Utah,

Also, Time Limit is IMO being used improperly, unless there's more going on. Aid has a lingering effect, but the fade rate is 5 points per turn. Therefore, it'll be gone in 4 turns...less than a minute. Time Limit as a Limitation is for powers that have no clear-cut termination point. With Instants, that allows it to be applied to something like an Entangle. Sure, it often won't last, but if the poor sot can't break out, it will.

And yes indeed, Trubisky got yanked at half time. Steelers turn a pick into a touchdown, and Pickett has a 10 play, 80 yard drive for another. Then the Steelers allow 14 points in the 4th and lose. 4th and goal at the 2...shotgun's not terrible when it's Lamar Jackson. ANY other QB, and I'd agree with you. Still, that's assuming you go for the TD, that's the bigger question. Oh, my. We have the first major "No D in NFL" game of the year. Detroit gets a late TD to draw within 3 with a minute left...48-45. Over 1000 yards combined offense, almost 700 passing. EDIT: before the last possession for the Seahawks, after they got the onside kick...7 straight scoring possessions. 6 TDs and a FG. The SHORTEST drive was the FG drive...68 yards. Halfway through the 3rd it was 31-15, then both defenses gave up. Detroit: 4 TDs with 2 successful 2 point conversions; Seattle: FG and 2 TDs.

Pressure has to be increasing on Tomlin to yank Trubisky. Still the first half, but the Steeler offense has been anemic. One OK drive, 10 plays, 42 yards for a FG, but 3, 4, and 3 plays then punt, a pick, and another punt after getting to midfield. They get a roughing penalty, negating another pick, that lets them kick a 59 yarder so it's 10-6 at the half. It's only close because it's the Jets, who are almost equally pathetic. Neither team is on pace to reach 300 yards of offense.

WORSE. The FG was a DOUBLE DOINK. Hit the upright, hit the crossbar, bounced the wrong way. No good.