BernieParent
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It's just hitting things.
NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread - MEATY PHASE EIGHTEEN! Part One!
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ajgoal
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If I could learn to play middle C on the drums, anyone can do it.
DancingPanther
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I gotta say after an hour I have it down pretty decently
Beef Invictus
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DancingPanther
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I know you're going to think I'm bullshitting, but rhythmically this is much easier for me to play. It's quick, which would pose its own problems, but there is no syncopation or challenging polyrhythms.
I'm not saying I could sit down and play it right now but I am saying it probably wouldn't take an hour of practice to play it back to a reasonable degree.
That's another thing...in a song like Manic Depression, you can't "fake" it. You either play it exactly, or it sounds and is wrong en route to breaking down completely. This Tool song you could fake pretty easily by simplifying some of its components (8th notes instead of 16ths, etc)
Magua
Entirely Palatable Product
For someone who loves movies as much as I do, I've been putting this off. The first hundred screenwriters I would've chosen have already been taken in the Director's Draft (many by myself). I thought about what type of writer I wanted, and while I am appreciative of the talents of writers who adapt works, which takes immeasurable skill and genre fluidity, I want someone who is more known for original scripts, someone with a distinctive voice. Lo and behold.....
INT. QUACKVERSE -- AFTERNOON
The Honolulu Ghibli's representative steps to the podium. Card in hand.
3-time Academy Award winner, Paddy is one of the best to ever do it. He had an immeasurable wit and knack for dialogue; a gift for making you laugh but also ruminate. He got his start in television and theater, focusing on kitchen sink realism. Marty is one of the underrated gems of the 50s, about a fat and ugly New York butcher falling in love with a homely school teacher. It's funny, tender, emotional. But before his untimely death at age 58 (surely, he had another masterpiece in him), the 1970s saw him shift to the mordant and biting with The Hospital and, perhaps the gold standard of film satire, Network. Chayefsky had a special knack for navigating tonal changes mid-film in a way that sneaks up on you. I'll never forget how Network, to quote Ebert, moves along the satire gradient until "we have entered the madhouse without noticing."
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@Hurricane28
INT. QUACKVERSE -- AFTERNOON
The Honolulu Ghibli's representative steps to the podium. Card in hand.
MAGUA
The Honolulu Ghibli select as our Team Screenwriter: Paddy Chayefsky
3-time Academy Award winner, Paddy is one of the best to ever do it. He had an immeasurable wit and knack for dialogue; a gift for making you laugh but also ruminate. He got his start in television and theater, focusing on kitchen sink realism. Marty is one of the underrated gems of the 50s, about a fat and ugly New York butcher falling in love with a homely school teacher. It's funny, tender, emotional. But before his untimely death at age 58 (surely, he had another masterpiece in him), the 1970s saw him shift to the mordant and biting with The Hospital and, perhaps the gold standard of film satire, Network. Chayefsky had a special knack for navigating tonal changes mid-film in a way that sneaks up on you. I'll never forget how Network, to quote Ebert, moves along the satire gradient until "we have entered the madhouse without noticing."
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@Hurricane28
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Card Game Monster: The Black Maria also known as the queen of spades in Hearts. For those who aren't familiar, if you get this card, its worth 13 points, and hearts is scored like golf. High score is bad. You only want the Black Maria if you shoot the moon and try to take all the hearts/queen of spades, then your opponents get points.
@Striiker
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mja
Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt
For someone who loves movies as much as I do, I've been putting this off. The first hundred screenwriters I would've chosen have already been taken in the Director's Draft (many by myself). I thought about what type of writer I wanted, and while I am appreciative of the talents of writers who adapt works, which takes immeasurable skill and genre fluidity, I want someone who is more known for original scripts, someone with a distinctive voice. Lo and behold.....
INT. QUACKVERSE -- AFTERNOON
The Honolulu Ghibli's representative steps to the podium. Card in hand.
MAGUAThe Honolulu Ghibli select as our Team Screenwriter: Paddy Chayefsky
3-time Academy Award winner, Paddy is one of the best to ever do it. He had an immeasurable wit and knack for dialogue; a gift for making you laugh but also ruminate. He got his start in television and theater, focusing on kitchen sink realism. Marty is one of the underrated gems of the 50s, about a fat and ugly New York butcher falling in love with a homely school teacher. It's funny, tender, emotional. But before his untimely death at age 58 (surely, he had another masterpiece in him), the 1970s saw him shift to the mordant and biting with The Hospital and, perhaps the gold standard of film satire, Network. Chayefsky had a special knack for navigating tonal changes mid-film in a way that sneaks up on you. I'll never forget how Network, to quote Ebert, moves along the satire gradient until "we have entered the madhouse without noticing."
*****
@Hurricane28
Very strongly considered taking him.
I do have Luke's X-wing at my disposal.
Striiker
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Team Pet Peeve - Chaos
I hate not having control, I hate not having order, I hate messy surroundings, I have not having things planned out, I hate not knowing what's going on, I hate surprises.
I keep things neat. I keep things organized. I plan ahead. I prepare. I can't stand when people are careless or do things to interfere with my organization. Drives me insane.
@CanadianFlyer88
I hate not having control, I hate not having order, I hate messy surroundings, I have not having things planned out, I hate not knowing what's going on, I hate surprises.
I keep things neat. I keep things organized. I plan ahead. I prepare. I can't stand when people are careless or do things to interfere with my organization. Drives me insane.
@CanadianFlyer88
BernieParent
In misery of redwings of suckage for a long time
mja
Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt
Rough day at school?
CanadianFlyer88
Knublin' PPs
It's funny to me that two of the greatest game selections have been tennis so far, but that's where I'm going, as well.
In January 2017, there was a remarkable tournament. Five years on from his last major, critics wondering if he was done and resigned to the fact that he would never pass his all time best 17 majors, Roger Federer pulled a rabbit out of the hat for the ages. He almost blew a 2 set lead over countryman Stan Wawrinka in the semis and he was facing his archrival Rafa Nadal in the Final of the Aussie Open.
Maybe not a technical battle worthy of GoAT status matches, but it was the tournament and match that proved he still had something in the tank and shut doubters up for another couple of years. Fed went on to win Wimbledon in 2017 and defensed the Aussie in 2018, which was his 20th (and likely final) Major.
With some symmetry, Rafa won his double grand slam and became the first to win 21 majors on the same court a few years on.
The Seattle Sockeyes are thrilled to select the 2017 Aussie Open Final as our greatest game.
We'll pass on the mulligan category.
This is also where I let you know that you can skip me for the summer. I'm already spending much less time here, so I don't want to hold up any further phases. I'll catch up closer to training camp.
@Striiker
In January 2017, there was a remarkable tournament. Five years on from his last major, critics wondering if he was done and resigned to the fact that he would never pass his all time best 17 majors, Roger Federer pulled a rabbit out of the hat for the ages. He almost blew a 2 set lead over countryman Stan Wawrinka in the semis and he was facing his archrival Rafa Nadal in the Final of the Aussie Open.
Maybe not a technical battle worthy of GoAT status matches, but it was the tournament and match that proved he still had something in the tank and shut doubters up for another couple of years. Fed went on to win Wimbledon in 2017 and defensed the Aussie in 2018, which was his 20th (and likely final) Major.
With some symmetry, Rafa won his double grand slam and became the first to win 21 majors on the same court a few years on.
The Seattle Sockeyes are thrilled to select the 2017 Aussie Open Final as our greatest game.
We'll pass on the mulligan category.
This is also where I let you know that you can skip me for the summer. I'm already spending much less time here, so I don't want to hold up any further phases. I'll catch up closer to training camp.
@Striiker
I'm not the kind who likes to tell you just what you want me to.
That first episode of "Obi-Wan" was really something. Then there was the second episode. Let me know when everyone is caught up.
We start the day with @Striiker on the clock, unless he doesn't want to pick a mulligan, @Hurricane28 on deck with his pick in my PMs, @Magua on the lido deck, unless he doesn't want to pick a mulligan, and mja on the lido afterdeck, unless he doesn't want to pick a mulligan. I chose that mulligan category because I had a specific plan for how I wanted to use it, and then I changed my mind with the first pick I made this phase. So maybe it was a mistake. I don't know.
I was going to tell you about the movie I watched last night, and the cat I found, but I turned on "American Dad" this morning and this f***ing AWESOME song was in it, and now I can't concentrate on anything else. I'll tell you about that other stuff tomorrow, or whenever. Enjoy this slamming banger.
That first episode of "Obi-Wan" was really something. Then there was the second episode. Let me know when everyone is caught up.
We start the day with @Striiker on the clock, unless he doesn't want to pick a mulligan, @Hurricane28 on deck with his pick in my PMs, @Magua on the lido deck, unless he doesn't want to pick a mulligan, and mja on the lido afterdeck, unless he doesn't want to pick a mulligan. I chose that mulligan category because I had a specific plan for how I wanted to use it, and then I changed my mind with the first pick I made this phase. So maybe it was a mistake. I don't know.
I was going to tell you about the movie I watched last night, and the cat I found, but I turned on "American Dad" this morning and this f***ing AWESOME song was in it, and now I can't concentrate on anything else. I'll tell you about that other stuff tomorrow, or whenever. Enjoy this slamming banger.
Striiker
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BernieParent
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@Hurricane28's pick:
Mulligan will be crushing sports moment: 2010 Game 6 NLCS. Not as crushing as 2011 Game 5, but this to me signaled that they were human and this was the beginning of the end.
@Magua
Mulligan will be crushing sports moment: 2010 Game 6 NLCS. Not as crushing as 2011 Game 5, but this to me signaled that they were human and this was the beginning of the end.
@Magua
BiggE
SELL THE DAMN TEAM
New category suggestion: most fun game you ever attended. It doesn’t have the best, or most important, but just the one you had the most fun at. It could be pro, college, HS or even little league, the only rule is that you had to be there.
Magua
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The Honolulu Ghibli name as our Team Handcuffed Mulligan........Sheldon Keefe for Bruce Cassidy as NHL Head Coach
I think Cassidy is a fine coach, but I felt like I rushed this one during my expansion draft. How much he impacts the Bruins overall, specifically in context of their silly good top line, is somewhat muddied -- some models show him as a slight negative offensively. So, I'm going 16 years younger, with way better hair. Keefe also consistently grades as one of the most beneficial offensive coaches in isolated impact, with an uptempo system that fits well with what the Ghibli are building. Narratives are narratives, but he's a terrific coach, and I feel better about this one.
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@mja -- Saturday is alright for picking
I think Cassidy is a fine coach, but I felt like I rushed this one during my expansion draft. How much he impacts the Bruins overall, specifically in context of their silly good top line, is somewhat muddied -- some models show him as a slight negative offensively. So, I'm going 16 years younger, with way better hair. Keefe also consistently grades as one of the most beneficial offensive coaches in isolated impact, with an uptempo system that fits well with what the Ghibli are building. Narratives are narratives, but he's a terrific coach, and I feel better about this one.
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@mja -- Saturday is alright for picking
mja
Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt
Mulligan: Dealer's Choice II
The NJFZ originally picked the Star for DC#2 as our Team Celestial Object. We're scratching that. Instead, give us Radiohead as our Team In-Game Entertainment. No Mites on Ice for us. Just all the feels.
I don't know how this affects duplicates, etc., but I'm sure the honchos down at the league office can figure something out.
@Captain Dave Poulin
The NJFZ originally picked the Star for DC#2 as our Team Celestial Object. We're scratching that. Instead, give us Radiohead as our Team In-Game Entertainment. No Mites on Ice for us. Just all the feels.
I don't know how this affects duplicates, etc., but I'm sure the honchos down at the league office can figure something out.
@Captain Dave Poulin
CanadianFlyer88
Knublin' PPs
Tomorrow would have been my grandfather's 100th birthday. My mom sent me a little run down of his life and confirmed what I believed but was unable to confirm on my own at the time I made my selection in an earlier round: the plane he flew in WW2 was the P-51 Mustang (which is the official Seattle Sockeyes attack vehicle, with thanks to @Beef Invictus )
Beef Invictus
Revolutionary Positivity
That's one of my favorites.
I have a coffee pod maker as my only appliance, but luckily I can get the best fries in the world at Mini Stop. So I am going to take these, and theoretically borrow someone's air fryer or deep fryer, even though I will always just go to Mini Stop and get those.
Team French Fry - Frozen Fries
@Chuck Downie
Team French Fry - Frozen Fries
@Chuck Downie
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