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AtraMorS: Feb 29, 2004; If at the end of a war story you feel that some tiny bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie

Railing Kill posted:

They seriously need a name on that trophy. It's not "The Golden Football" it's the goddamn Lombardi Trophy. Name it after Paul Ventimiglia or Ray Billings or something. Christ.

The trophy formerly known as the World Professional Football Championship wasn't named for Lombardi until a month or three after Lombardi died.

Just saying, might not want to make that your monkey-paw wish.

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AtraMorS: Feb 29, 2004; If at the end of a war story you feel that some tiny bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie

Was there a case of deliberate arena fouling that prompted that change? I remember the Valkyrie driver's bot carved a really rad 3/4 circle in one of the floors but I can't remember anybody messing anything up on purpose.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2023 02:31

AtraMorS: Feb 29, 2004; If at the end of a war story you feel that some tiny bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie

dwarf74 posted:

I remember a compressed canister of insulation foam. Maybe that?

I must've missed that one. It would explain the glitter/confetti/bubbles(?!) clarification though.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2023 03:06

AtraMorS: Feb 29, 2004; If at the end of a war story you feel that some tiny bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie

SLICK GOKU BABY posted:

I don't think there's been any major deliberate arena fouling lately in NHRL. The spinners gouging the floor is unlikely the reason for the rule, so they are maybe just worried about something else causing actual safety issues or production delays.

Got a great explanation for that particular rulechange tonight via a Housebot KO. The Housebot will be part of the arena (kind of like umpires are "part of the field" in football or baseball), and flipping the Housebot on purpose will count as arena fouling.

Well nevermind, that's wrong. On-air correction I guess. That would've made a lot of sense though.

AtraMorS fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Dec 6, 2023

# ¿ Dec 6, 2023 04:07

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