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I actually thought this thread WAS in SAS for a while. It's where I first heard about it. It's as much a sports/audience-participation thing as it is an LP. (It is an awe-inspiring piece of work that, if I had no job or life, I would read in its entirety with gusto)
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Smasher Dynamo posted:Pick 'em I think I've already established my thoughts quite well - expanding and covering different areas might be worth a look. Maybe trying out different styles and/or narratives. People love them some collaborative LPs. Putting in a banner ad if someone has the dough to do so might be worth a shot as well. Because I love feeling like death warmed over, I volunteer to learn how the hell to use BBM and run Expansion Cup IX. Fair warning, I might try some different things to see what might bring people in. Also, yeah, totally joining the sentiment that this thread owns bones. At any rate, Pick'em! Burma, Cultists, Unicorns, and Potatoes win their respective games. Finger Lakes lose to Barons, Mercuries lose to Manatees, Rockford retains.
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Mar 18, 2013 21:54
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Mar 18, 2013 22:32
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Please, keep my thread alive! Antarctica Unspecifieds Walney Rakers CERN Colliders South Bolton Eazy W's Title Matches Sweeps or Nothing! Heavyweight Title Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) United States Title Omaha Forgettables
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This edition of pick 'em brought to you by the power of the 5 Groszy piece!* Pick 'em Burma Imperialists @ Antarctica Unspecifieds Walney Rakers @ Ryleh Cultists CERN Colliders @ Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's @ Idaho Potatoes Title Matches Sweeps or Nothing! Heavyweight Title Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) @ Barons European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) @ Montreal Manatees United States Title Omaha Forgettables @ Rockford Losers (c) *Value in real money: $0.015 Hey, if the Expansion League is coming up soon, my new team will be the glorious Krakow Dragons! Can hardly wait!
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Pick 'em Please, keep my thread alive! Burma Imperialists Ryleh Cultists Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's Title Matches Sweeps or Nothing! Heavyweight Title Barons i really need to stop picking my team to succeed at things European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) United States Title Rockford Losers (c)
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Pick 'em Burma Imperialists @ Antarctica Unspecifieds Walney Rakers @ R'lyeh Cultists (These Cultists series seem rather frontloaded on the schedule.) CERN Colliders @ Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's @ Idaho Potatoes Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) @ Barons Queens Mercuries (c) @ Montreal Manatees Omaha Forgettables @ Rockford Losers (c)
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Mar 18, 2013 23:02
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 Pick 'em Please, keep my thread alive! Burma Imperialists @ Antarctica Unspecifieds Walney Rakers @ Ryleh Cultists CERN Colliders @ Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's @ Idaho Potatoes Title Matches Sweeps or Nothing! Heavyweight Title Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) @ Barons European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) @ Montreal Manatees United States Title Omaha Forgettables @ Rockford Losers (c)
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Burma Imperialists @ Antarctica Unspecifieds Walney Rakers @ Ryleh Cultists CERN Colliders @ Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's @ Idaho Potatoes Heavyweight Title Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) @ Barons European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) @ Montreal Manatees United States Title Omaha Forgettables @ Rockford Losers (c)
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Mar 18, 2013 23:55
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Super-League IX, Pre-Week 7: THE MACHINE Abides Injury Report Arkansas Destroyers Nap Lajoie (2B) (Insulted Razorbacks) - 7 days Barons Babe Adams (SP) (Odyssey 5 was hosed the moment it started its first episode with a Coldplay song) - 11 days CERN Colliders Waite Hoyt (SP) (Just pretend your team is a scientific experiment on the effect of injuries on a team owner's ability to not weep openly in the face of injury reports) - 12 days Cancun Tornados Joe Cronin (SS) (Looks like the party's over) - 8 days Coburns Bill Campbell (RP) (Attempted to merge with Assenmacher to become ultimate reliever) - 11 days Paul Assenmacher (RP) (It did not go well) - 11 days Omaha Forgettables Jason Giambi (1B) (Totally, definitely, probably not an act of spite on my part) - 132 days Patagonia Postmodernists Jamie Moyer (SP) (Senescence) - 124 days Queens Mercuries Bruce Hurst (SP) (On second thought, Bruce Hurst sucks) - 10 days South Bolton Eazy W's Duke Snider (CF) (Guess it's time for Moseby to mosey back into your lineup) - 9 days      I bet you hadn't made that Billy Herman trade back in Super-League III now, eh? What with Reese doing so terribly, and all.    Back to Cicotte time?     Underachievement forever!     Seven home runs in seven weeks. Acceptable in the deadball era, pretty risky in the Super-League.    : More Hardcore Title Defenses! Only the strong will hold onto the Hardcore Title will long! : There's really no way to make the Hardcore Title seem exciting, is there?: It has its moments. Anyway, the Coburns will defend the title against the Patagonia Postmodernists.   : And the Coburns will retain! They beat the Postmodernists in a close game, they beat them in a rout, and that's all they need to keep the Hardcore title in their hands.: Where was Denny Rainwater? Certainly he could have saved the day!: And now the Lovable Losers will take their turn against the Coburns...   : Let's be honest, if Shawon Dunston is your shortstop, it's just not going to work. : Was Dunston really that bad?: Well, he never took walks, he struck out a lot, he wasn't a particularly good shortstop, and I'm pretty sure that he kicked puppies in his spare time. Just a very, very bad dude. : Television Title time! The Cougars are double-champions, and they'd like to keep it that way!: That's right, they want to stay as the "Tele-Nental"...or "Intervision"...or "TeleConIsion" Champions for a while longer.: Not the best portmanteaus I've ever heard. The Tots will get their shot first, but it's a four-game series, and, as the challengers, the Potatoes will have to win three of four to take the Television Championship.    : And they are not going to quite pull it off this time. The Cougars split the series, and that means that the Cougars will retain.: That's got to be disappointing, as the Potatoes have been playing a bit better this season, and really could have used this win.: And we'll close out the week with the Cougars traveling to Harvard for a showdown with the Elites.   : Both teams score the exact same number of runs over the course of the three-game series, but it's the Cougars who will take two wins, and hold onto the Television Title for another week.: Poor Stras, still winless after seven weeks. Well, there's always next week.Pick 'em Please, keep my thread alive! Burma Imperialists @ Antarctica Unspecifieds Walney Rakers @ Ryleh Cultists CERN Colliders @ Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's @ Idaho Potatoes Title Matches Sweeps or Nothing! Heavyweight Title Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) @ Barons European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) @ Montreal Manatees United States Title Omaha Forgettables @ Rockford Losers (c)
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Pick 'em Please, keep my thread alive! Burma Imperialists @ Antarctica Unspecifieds Walney Rakers @ Ryleh Cultists CERN Colliders @ Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's @ Idaho Potatoes Title Matches Sweeps or Nothing! Heavyweight Title Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) @ Barons European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) @ Montreal Manatees United States Title Omaha Forgettables @ Rockford Losers (c)
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Pander posted:I actually thought this thread WAS in SAS for a while. It's where I first heard about it. It's as much a sports/audience-participation thing as it is an LP. Really, it belongs in Armchair Quarterback with all us WIS nerds. Send Babe Adams down to AAA to get healthy, bring up Mike Torrez to be terrible for a while in the rotation.
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gardenald posted:Really, it belongs in Armchair Quarterback with all us WIS nerds. I decided to check it out, for the hell of it. And here's a statistic you might find interesting: Current users browsing the subforum, as of around 7 pm, CDT: LP: 1688 Armchair Quarterback: 16 Now, as awesome as it would be to own the most popular thread in a subforum by some ridiculous margin, we'd never get any new owners ever again.
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Mar 19, 2013 00:57
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Okay, I know this is going to sound stupid coming from a team that seems to be doing alright for itself, but I'm going to ask for help. Smasher, I'm considering taking a SS and SP in the first round of the draft with my two picks, then RP in the second. Can you think of any position I'm overlooking, and who would you take in my place? Pick 'em Please, keep my thread alive! Burma Imperialists Ryleh Cultists CERN Colliders South Bolton Eazy W's Title Matches Sweeps or Nothing! Heavyweight Title Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) United States Title Rockford Losers (c)
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Pick 'Em Burma Imperialists @ Antarctica Unspecifieds Walney Rakers @ Ryleh Cultists CERN Colliders @ Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's @ Idaho Potatoes Title Matches Heavyweight Title Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) @ Barons European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) @ Montreal Manatees we will, we will rock you United States Title Omaha Forgettables @ Rockford Losers (c)
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Pick 'em Please, keep my thread alive! Burma Imperialists @ Antarctica Unspecifieds Walney Rakers @ Ryleh Cultists CERN Colliders @ Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's @ Idaho Potatoes Title Matches Sweeps or Nothing! Heavyweight Title Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) @ Barons European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) @ Montreal Manatees --  United States Title Omaha Forgettables @ Rockford Losers (c)
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Mar 19, 2013 01:24
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Can Babe Ruth or Ed Delahanty play CF or am I doomed to have the spectre of Moseby hold my team in its thrall once more?
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ForeverBWFC posted:Can Babe Ruth or Ed Delahanty play CF or am I doomed to have the spectre of Moseby hold my team in its thrall once more? Well, I mean, Delahanty can play CF, but don't you want to give Moseby another chance? 80th time is the charm!
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Mar 19, 2013 02:37
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Lloyd Moseby sucks!
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Pick 'em Burma Imperialists @ Antarctica Unspecifieds - Close run thing Walney Rakers @ Ryleh Cultists - I have one game of better pythag CERN Colliders @ Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's @ Idaho Potatoes Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) @ Barons European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) @ Montreal Manatees United States Title Omaha Forgettables @ Rockford Losers (c) gently caress my team, gently caress my team, gently caress my team.
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Mar 19, 2013 02:49
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 Pick 'em Imperialists, Rakers, Unicorns, W's All champions retain. Interleague Lineup will come by tommorrow.
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UZworm posted:Buy a banner ad Someone make a gif and I'll pay for it  In other news, I could use a great SS, 3B, and some RP help. I can offer Stan Musial. This is me sending out feelers, and I feel dirty doing such because this is prime Musial who is league-crushingly good. Someone wanna wow me?
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Pander posted:Someone make a gif and I'll pay for it I'll get on this when I get home tomorrow. I've got the dimensions off the Banner Ad page, I just need to pick out some choice images/phrases to use as bait. Monathin fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Mar 19, 2013 |
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Monathin posted:I'll get on this when I get home. I've got the dimensions off the Banner Ad page, I just need to pick out some choice images/phrases to use as bait. Please let me take a look at anything you come up with before you spend money on it, okay? I'm not sure that I'm comfortable with advertising, and, even if we're doing this, I certainly want it done right.
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Mar 19, 2013 03:29
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Yeah, no problem. I'd run anything by you first anyway, Smasher.
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Pander posted:Someone make a gif and I'll pay for it I'd love to do a deal, but not sure I have anything compelling enough - let me look over the Sad Panda's roster and see what's happening Would you be interested in draft picks as well? Looks like mine's going to be fairly high at this point  Also you'll need corner outfield help as well right? And perhaps at 2B too? Spitballing: Soria (Elite RP), Yount or Sewell (SS), Billy Williams (LF/1B), Craig Biggio (2B), Carlos Beltran (RF). Then move Pujols over to 3B, put Billy on 1st, Craig on 2B, and the SS in Short, Beltran takes Musial's slot in RF. Then move Billy back to LF if you get a quality 3B - Pujols comes home to 1B. Altenatively, could work my 2nd round pick in there somewhere. Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Mar 19, 2013 |
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Pander posted:Someone make a gif and I'll pay for it He is a very good SS. I'd be willing to take a good draft pick if you want to keep Musial.
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The Eddie Cicotte experience has almost always ended poorly, but this is for the fans, so let him go wild while Glavine pretends to be sick. If possible, try to get his starts to lineup with the Doppel-Bangers (I guess having him pitch in the 2nd or 3rd game this coming week will accomplish that). blakelmenakle fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Mar 19, 2013 |
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Right then! If Simmons is fit to return to LF after this week, then have him do so. Delahanty to CF whilst Snider is out, HoJo to DH.
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Pick 'em Imperialists Rakers Colliders Eazy W's Barons Mercuries Losers
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Would you be interested in draft picks as well? Looks like mine's going to be fairly high at this point quote:Spitballing: Soria (Elite RP), Yount or Sewell (SS), Billy Williams (LF/1B), Craig Biggio (2B), Carlos Beltran (RF). (2) I read your posts. If you're whining about Biggio underperforming, I expect I would too. (3) I'd want something closer to Vaughn, Biggio, and Soria. quote:Then move Pujols over to 3B, put Billy on 1st, Craig on 2B, and the SS in Short, Beltran takes Musial's slot in RF. Then move Billy back to LF if you get a quality 3B - Pujols comes home to 1B. Altenatively, could work my 2nd round pick in there somewhere. I appreciate the thought, but I think you'd be unwilling to budge on the piece I most want from you (Arky).
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Anyone in the market for a RF? I have either Bonilla or Fleck available to trade. I am looking for an upgrade at SS or a SP and RP.
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 Now we'll never know what was in the box... Owner: tatankatonk Location: San Juan, PR Home Grounds: Vin Scully Park Teams Used 1928 Boston Braves 1967 Atlanta Braves 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers 1977 Cleveland Indians 1984 Cleveland Indians Past Records Expansion Cup VII 78-85, 5th Place, Non-Existents Division Super League VIII 64-73, 4th in Sic Transit Vir Division Gauntlet VII, Round 5 18-22, 3rd (tie), Relegated Jean de Brunhoff and Francisco Arrivi, El Sueño Despertar: El Viaje Misterioso de Babar, el Rey de los Elefantes, trans. Dr. David E. Lopes (Washburn University, 1936). Filed under English title, The Travels of Babar.  It was on a Tuesday that Babar decided he could fly. Babar was a lonely elephant. The other elephants treated him differently, because although he was an elephant, he was also a king. But Babar had heard of a far-off land where there were no kings. There had been no elephants there either, but recently some had been found! In a place where there were elephants, but no kings, Babar could be a regular elephant again. He wouldn't have to be lonely anymore. But this strange land was indeed far-off, much further than Babar could walk. So he climbed to the top of the tallest building he could find. There was no doubt in Babar's mind that he could fly, for if he could not fly, he would instead die. All he had to do was step off. But then he decided that was loving stupid, so he decided to take his plane instead.  Oh yeah, Babar had a plane all along. Silly Babar! Babar's plane landed, and for the first time in his life, he was visiting San Juan. And lo and behold, there were elephants there! Dozens of them! They were playing a strange game with a ball and a stick, but Babar could see right away that something was wrong.  "Why is Brett Butler playing left field, and Stan Musial center?" Babar asked San Juan. But San Juan did not answer.  "Isn't Julio Franco getting way too much playing time?" Babar asked San Juan. But San Juan did not answer, because it's a city.  "My God, is that Rogers Hornsby playing shortstop?" Babar asked San Juan. But San Juan did not answer, because it's a city. And a talking city would be silly. Then the game was over. And San Juan said, "I'm sorry, Babar, you must leave now. The season is over, and I can't have elephants anymore." Babar was very sad. He began to feel lonely again. But then he remembered all his friends and family back in le Pays des Éléphants, and realized how much he missed them. So he put on his Santa Claus costume and flew home.  But he got tired halfway and decided to para-ski the rest of the way.  THE END Notes -The great Arrivi's first, last and only attempt at a novel, this offbeat collaboration between the legendary Puerto Rican poet and the successful French author de Brunhoff is widely considered de Brunhoff's finest work, and Arrivi's worst. -The highly symbolic magic realist prose sadly loses something in the Lopes translation, and many have wondered why the translation task was left in the hands of someone who speaks Portugese, not Spanish. -Students are prone to ask questions like, "Where the hell did the Santa costume come from?" and "Why do we have to read this drivel?" Instructors should be careful to answer these questions properly: "I don't know" and "Because it's on the syllabus." -There was a lengthy digression concerning basketball star Michael Jordan in the original Spanish edition. Lopes chose to excise those pages from his translation. Instructors who want to cover this material for the sake of completeness are probably in the wrong line of work. -Seriously, what was up with that defensive alignment?
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 Please, keep my team alive! Burma Imperialists @ Antarctica Unspecifieds Walney Rakers @ Ryleh Cultists CERN Colliders @ Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's @ Idaho Potatoes Heavyweight Title Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) @ Barons European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) @ Montreal Manatees United States Title Omaha Forgettables @ Rockford Losers (c) Archie Goodwin fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Mar 19, 2013 |
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Fun obit, mrnoun. Imperialists, Rakers, CERN, W's, champs retain
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Sonny Siebert is such a cocktease.cbx posted:If you are considering making any trades, I have both a spare first round draft pick as well as some starting pitching that I could be persuaded to let go of, for the right deal. I am translating this as "I would like your Derek Jeter, and will give you Canton's 1st at least." Am I close?  Burma Imperialists @ Antarctica Unspecifieds Walney Rakers @ Ryleh Cultists CERN Colliders @ Cleveland Unicorns South Bolton Eazy W's @ Idaho Potatoes Title Matches Heavyweight Title Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) @ Barons European and Larkin-Downing Titles Queens Mercuries (c) @ Montreal Manatees United States Title Omaha Forgettables @ Rockford Losers (c) loving Losers.
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