NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread – SUPER F***ING AMAZING PHASE TWENTY-FIVE!

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Magua

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@Magua how the hell did we end up with the V173?

You of all people should appreciate the Flying Pancake's beautiful union of aviation and breakfast.

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Only one was ever made. It was mistaken for a UFO. It was an early pioneer in vertical take-off and landings.

It ain't all about the speed, baby, it's about how you use it.
 

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You of all people should appreciate the Flying Pancake's beautiful union of aviation and breakfast.

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Only one was ever made. It was mistaken for a UFO. It was an early pioneer in vertical take-off and landings.

It ain't all about the speed, baby, it's about how you use it.

Have you thought about making a more recent pick?
 

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Bro but the spitfire exists

Listen. This is Phase 25. The Spitfire was taken as an Attack Vehicle in Phase 4 -- 2.5 years ago. I was all set to take the Zero for lore reasons, but it got sniped. And then I realized I was always meant to take the Flying Pancake. It was destiny.

But if you have an idea for Team Century/Country and Team Neighbor, feel free!
 

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Listen. This is Phase 25. The Spitfire was taken as an Attack Vehicle in Phase 4 -- 2.5 years ago. I was all set to take the Zero for lore reasons, but it got sniped. And then I realized I was always meant to take the Flying Pancake. It was destiny.

But if you have an idea for Team Century/Country and Team Neighbor, feel free!
Eliza Cuthbert???
 

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You of all people should appreciate the Flying Pancake's beautiful union of aviation and breakfast.

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Only one was ever made. It was mistaken for a UFO. It was an early pioneer in vertical take-off and landings.

It ain't all about the speed, baby, it's about how you use it.
It looks like an obese majorette.
 

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That stupid game is at noon - hopefully we get blown to smithereens.

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We start the day with @Beef Invictus still on the clock, but @Chuck Downie can make his two picks when he is ready, and @Magua should probably make his pick today.

Speaking of Paul Thomas Anderson, I watched "Licorice Pizza" last night. The thing is, it got infinitely better about halfway through, from the "Plague of Frogs" apocalyptic traffic jam and gas shortage through mostly until the end. He does that sort of grand disaster very well in the films of his that I have seen, and this was no exception. The rest of the narrative just felt much tighter and less meandering and random in the second half. The part just preceding the traffic jam, with Sean Penn and Tom Waits in the bar and then on the golf course, was a f***ing mess. It was the kind of self-indulgent, filmmaker-up-his-own-ass terrible stream of consciousness that wouldn't have felt out of place in Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo 66," which is not a compliment, obviously.

Overall, I would say it wasn't as good as I was hoping or expecting it to be. Alana Haim did a great job with a good character, who I suspect was based entirely on her, and the rest of the cast was fine. The owner of the Japanese restaurant who spoke to his Japanese wives in stereotypical accented English as if it were Japanese was f***ing hilarious, and Bradley Cooper was great as Jon Peters. I don't even know what threw me off (other than that terrible sequence with Penn and Waits) - it very well could just be the setting. For those of you who weren't alive in 1973, it was shit. It was the beigest of times, it was the worst of times.
 

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That stupid game is at noon - hopefully we get blown to smithereens.

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We start the day with @Beef Invictus still on the clock, but @Chuck Downie can make his two picks when he is ready, and @Magua should probably make his pick today.

Speaking of Paul Thomas Anderson, I watched "Licorice Pizza" last night. The thing is, it got infinitely better about halfway through, from the "Plague of Frogs" apocalyptic traffic jam and gas shortage through mostly until the end. He does that sort of grand disaster very well in the films of his that I have seen, and this was no exception. The rest of the narrative just felt much tighter and less meandering and random in the second half. The part just preceding the traffic jam, with Sean Penn and Tom Waits in the bar and then on the golf course, was a f***ing mess. It was the kind of self-indulgent, filmmaker-up-his-own-ass terrible stream of consciousness that wouldn't have felt out of place in Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo 66," which is not a compliment, obviously.

Overall, I would say it wasn't as good as I was hoping or expecting it to be. Alana Haim did a great job with a good character, who I suspect was based entirely on her, and the rest of the cast was fine. The owner of the Japanese restaurant who spoke to his Japanese wives in stereotypical accented English as if it were Japanese was f***ing hilarious, and Bradley Cooper was great as Jon Peters. I don't even know what threw me off (other than that terrible sequence with Penn and Waits) - it very well could just be the setting. For those of you who weren't alive in 1973, it was shit. It was the beigest of times, it was the worst of times.


You couldnt have summed up my thoughts on it any better lol
 

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I love me some Baldur's Gate. I should really go back and beat it some day. I played as a kid when it came out but never made it very far, and when I re-played it as an adult, I managed to have several party members get turned to stone by basilisks under Candlekeep and my most recent save was a significant chunk of time back so I rage-quat.



This also reminds me that we hired a new kid at work recently. He turned 19 just after starting. One day he was talking to me about this new game he was thinking about buying to play with his girlfriend, "Baldur's Gate 3, have you heard of it?". I let him know that I've been playing the series longer than he's been alive and grew a few new grey hairs that night.
 

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I've been trying to avoid taking My Neighbor Totoro as my Team Neighbor because, while thematic as heck, I already have him! But it took me until tonight to figure out to whom to pivot.

The Honolulu Ghibli send a welcoming fruit basket to our Team Neighbor.....Mrs. Chan

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Played by Maggie Cheung from Wong Kar-wai's gorgeous film, In the Mood For Love. It's a film about apartment neighbors in 1960s Hong Kong. Seems relevant! Her spouse is cheating on her (that bastard), but she's kind, modest, and down to dream up ideas for wuxia stories. She also is armed to the teeth with pretty dresses. This is a good neighbor to have.

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I've been trying to avoid taking My Neighbor Totoro as my Team Neighbor because, while thematic as heck, I already have him! But it took me until tonight to figure out to whom to pivot.

The Honolulu Ghibli send a welcoming fruit basket to our Team Neighbor.....Mrs. Chan

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Played by Maggie Cheung from Wong Kar-wai's gorgeous film, In the Mood For Love. It's a film about apartment neighbors in 1960s Hong Kong. Seems relevant! Her spouse is cheating on her (that bastard), but she's kind, modest, and down to dream up ideas for wuxia stories. She also is armed to the teeth with pretty dresses. This is a good neighbor to have.

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I also find trying to pivot out of my already owned universes/IPs a challenge
 

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There wasn't a whole lot going on in here yesterday.

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Though we have had some movement, we have a sort of deja vu in the sense that @Chuck Downie is on the clock with a pair (phrasing), @JojoTheWhale on deck, @Beef Invictus on the lido deck, and Striiker on the lido afterdeck.

I would appreciate not having a third straight night of nightmares where I am caught in the middle of inner-city gang violence. I didn't get shot on Friday night - I woke in a total panic right on the verge of being shot - but last night I took about six to the legs and was bleeding out before I woke. Not just that, but I witnessed the horrifying sight of someone getting killed basically right in front of me. It's bad out there, man.
 
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