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This. This I want to talk about. My vote on Eury was simply a random gut feeling. As in, just a feeling from looking at the player list. But the fact that you're attempting to brush it off with a "well it's Life, he doesn't like NOC which makes him pointless" response has actually piqued my interest. I think that you feel rattled. There's no reason to harp on the fact that I don't like NOC... unless you're trying to discredit my vote for any given reason. It feels like you're trying to get everyone to believe that I don't really give two fucks about the game (which I do but not in the way you might think) and so that anything I say should immediately be tossed out the window. My vote just went from "random gut feeling" to "you're worried that I might have stumbled onto something".

Neither. Comes from the fact that I can't PM people and actually figure shit out. Instead, I get two options: 1) Be a nice little sheep and vote with majority because someone may have said something funny. 2) Make a guess. And I hate making guesses. I'd rather actually be talking to people privately and making plans. But there wasn't an OC game that wasn't ongoing so... here I am. My current vote is staying on Eurykins. Like I said, gut feeling.

Can you modify mine so that it doesn't suck? Feel free to take out the role and just make me a vanilla townie, I ain't using my role period.

Also, just for everyone's information, if you use my hostility as a scum read, you're reading it wrong because I'm always hostile and I hate you all.

To point out A) that my role is beyond stupid (I literally can't think of a single way in how to use it and I came up with an SK fake role PM for a Rogue) and B) why it took me six hours to look at the thread which is quite literally THE DUMBEST WAY TO ACCUSE SOMEONE OF BEING MAFIA. Glad to know the intelligence quotient of the people here is still on the lower side of zero. This is actually one of the funniest things I've ever read. Geez, bitchy much? I hope your biological clock isn't giving you too much trouble right now.

I have work. I work 8 hour shifts and my time difference is GMT +2. That means, when I go to work at 9 AM (in an hour and a half), it's 2 AM in NYC and you're all sleeping. I finish at 5 PM which is early morning. I also don't play NOC on account for thinking that it's stupid and I'm glad to know that I'm still not wrong. As for Gilgamesh/Baldrick, I simply don't give a fuck because NOC scumhunting is simply guesswork. Odds are that he's completely wrong and I have nothing to go by aside from my own gut which I trust more than you fuckers, that's for sure.

So I get my role PM and I literally sat down for five minutes, trying to decipher it. Once I did, I shot back a message. "What a fucking stupid role." So yeah, claim to me (in thread obviously, this shit doesn't have IRC) and I will guide the town to victory. Oh and ##Vote: Eurykins because of a gut feeling and NOT TALKING TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF A GAME THREAD IS FUCKING STUPID. I will murder you with the fury of a thousand Russians.

Last book I finished reading? Armada by Ernest Kline (hey, I actually kinda enjoyed Ready Player One) and it's got its roots in Ender's Game. Before that? Hear The Wind Sing/Pinball 1973 by Haruki Murakami which recently were translated to English. Excellent. I'm currently working on A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara and Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

I've learned how to be nice to stupid people... BWAHAHAHAHAH. Seriously though, I've learned a lot of diplomacy. Comes with working in a stressful environment.

Just... wow. This crow is tasting mighty right about now.

Same old Bills, same old Bills. I've been watching Buffalo lose to NE my entire life but this one felt like a gut punch. The bullshit calls on us didn't help either (PA on Sammy when the CB slipped, unsportsmanlike conduct on Bills bench to negate a sack) but we just played awful in the trenches on both sides.

Fuck this shit, I'm back. I'll join.

Offering myself up for an interview if anyone's interested. See who remembers me. May come back to play some games and I'm a lot smarter now.

It's my opinion that it's just a fluke that Ben crapped out against the Ravens twice... which makes it undeniable fact.

Roethlisberger's numbers are inflated from those two games where everything he touched turned to gold. Take out those two games of 500+ yards and however many TDs he threw and calculate the average of the rest. Tell me what you get... Oh, I'll do that for you. Minus Indianapolis and Baltimore in Pittsburgh (where Ben threw for over 850 yards and 12 TDs), Roethlisberger averaged 1.5 TDs a game and would have had 23 at the end of the season rather than 32. That's a rather big anomaly. Those 12 TDs in two games inflate his ranking when he had 8 games last season where he threw for 1 or 0 TDs all game. That's half the games in the season. Similar to the YPG average. Ben should have been averaging under 300 per game (292). Add in those two games where he went off the hook and you get 309 which adds up to an additional 323 yards (an entire extra game). Ben didn't have a good enough season to really be #1. He had some fantastic games which bloated up his averages. Proof is right here.

Man, I watched and rewatched the Bills/Colts. If our front 7 hadn't been on par like they were (and this was with Marcell serving a suspension and Corbin Bryant starting), Gore could have easily put up 90+ yards. The real reason why Indy couldn't move the ball down the field is that they got absolutely no extra yards. I don't think the Bills blew a single tackle than entire game and I'm used to Buffalo routinely missing tackles. Every time a receiver caught the ball, there was a Bills LB/CB/S instantly there to make the play. It mattered in both the run and pass games. So yes, Gore might be 34 years old but he's going to have some monster games this year when he plays soft defenses (I'm looking at you, Jacksonville). For the ten millionth time, I don't care about your opinion. I do, however, want you to stop spouting opinion as known fact. If you have an opinion, that's great. It's like a penis. You're entitled to it but not everyone here needs to know every little fact about it.

What majority? I want some empirical proof before you start claiming opinion as fact.

1. But they're not the best triplets in the league? I'd rather have Luck/Gore/Hilton or Rodgers/Lacey/Jones (Nelson is injured right now). 2. It's a fucking popularity contest that doesn't mean shit. The Bills could be perfect and nobody would vote for them because who votes for Buffalo?

This shit is still around? Really?

I thought that the Steelers secondary wasn't that bad even though Gronk would periodically get way too open. Personally, Gronk presents a mismatch in the receiving game that the 49ers don't have to exploit. I mean really, who's Kaep's best receiver? An aging Anquin Boldin who only averaged 9 ypc? Vernon Davis is also pretty old... I mean for god sakes, Hyde alone had more yards on the ground than Kaep did through the air. I don't see a potential air attack for the 49ers here. Anyone wanna take any of the bets I've laid out?

Slip of the tongue, thanks. You down though?

It's called a switch and to non-Americans, it's actually normal in society. My dad used to get the belt back in South Africa. And I mean the buckle side. In any regard, I'm running a new segment in here. I call it "Life's Betting Corner". Here I lay out my favourite best from the week based on the Friday money line. I'm also using PinnacleSports as my site. As a side note, I put up a friendly bet in my bar for a 24.5 Over/Under on the 2nd half of Packers/Bears. Some guy took the Over and the score was at 24 until Cutler's garbage time TD. Wasn't happy especially since I set the line for it. Team Spread and Odds Money Line Over/Under and Odds Texans +3 -101 +143 Over 39.5 -102 Panthers -3 -109 -158 Under 39.5 -108 Buccaneers +10 -117 +393 Over 47 -111 Saints -10 +106 -460 Under 47 +101 49ers +6.5 -105 +252 Over 45.5 -105 Steelers -6.5 -105 -285 Under 45.5 -105 Lions +2 -105 +111 Over 43 -110 Vikings -2 -105 -123 Under 43 +100 Patriots -1 -102 +100 Over 44 -110 Bills +1 -108 -110 Under 44 +100 Cardinals -2 +100 -120 Over 46.5 -105 Bears +2 -110 +110 Under 46.5 -105 Titans -1.5 -119 -125 Over 41.5 +100 Browns +1.5 +108 +113 Under 41.5 -110 Chargers +3.5 -111 +153 Over 46.5 -110 Bengals -3.5 +101 -170 Under 46.5 +100 Rams -3 -110 -155 Over 41 -101 Redskins +3 +100 +140 Under 41 -109 Falcons +2.5 +102 +125 Over 51 -110 Giants +2.5 -113 -138 Under 51 +100 Ravens -6.5 -110 -275 Over 42.5 -105 Raiders +6.5 +100 +244 Under 42.5 -105 Dolphins -5.5 -105 -230 Over 41.5 -105 Jaguars +5.5 -105 -205 Under 41.5 -105 Cowboys +5 -110 +181 Over 55 -105 Eagles -5 +100 -202 Under 55 -105 Seahawks +3.5 -105 +166 Over 49 -102 Packers -3.5 -105 -185 Under 49 -108 Jets +7 -108 +273 Over 46.5 -105 Colts -7 -102 -310 Under 46.5 -105 I have a little game we can play. Every person starts with $500 (not real money, just mock). You can bet on any game you want as much as you want up to that 500. At the end of the week, you bank your winnings. Start over the next week with another $500. Rinse and repeat until the end of the season. Winner gets bragging rights and everyone must submit a photo praising the winner's team. And yes, that means that if a Pats fan wins, I will praise the Pats in a photo. Sounds cool? If someone wants an explanation of how the lines work, feel free to ask me. Lines close at the start of said game. NOW, the part you've been waiting for. My personal favourite bets: - Under in Bills/Pats. Bills held a very potent Colts team to 14 garbage points and only put up 27 themselves. If they get an early lead on NE (or vice versa), I don't expect either team to run up the score as to limit mistakes. - Steelers are 6.5 favourites against the 49ers. Only thing that concerns me is Pittsburgh's run defense but even so, I think they'll put up a lot of points on San Francisco. Even money bet also makes me smile at that one. EDIT: I had accidentally confused the 49ers with the Falcons. In any regard, I think San Fran's win last week said a lot more about the Vikings than it did the 49ers. - Cowboys (+5) in Philly. My dad would be going nuts at this line. Cowboys are the only team from the NFCE that I fear this year and I'm still scared with no Dez Bryant. It's almost as if everyone forgot that Tony Romo played the entire second half without Dez and he simply got injured on the last play of the game. Also, Eagles are much worse than people want to believe because Chip Kelly's been playing 53 Man Shuffle with this team and all I see is a collection of players; not a real team. I'd go money line too but this spread is just too nice for me. - Under in Miami/Jax. Neither team can score points effectively and Jacksonville is going to be eating sacks all game (hello Doug Marrone, welcome back to the AFCE!). I don't see more than 35 points in this game, never mind 41.5. Alrighty! Who's down? If you have questions about how the lines work, send me a PM.

Are you kidding me? He spanked his kid because his momma spanked his ass and it's one of the best ways of teaching your kids not to do shit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CpKKQrhqkw

What the fuck just happened? I mean seriously. What the absolute fuck was that? I know heartbreaking losses (Wide Left, Tragedy in Tennessee) but that was absolutely ridiculous.

Nobody knew that they'd be this bad against the run. Charles is eating them alive, even with his OL being manhandled (Alex Smith keeps getting rocked). Gary Kubiak needs to be fired. I can't believe that they didn't kick that field goal. I bet KC doesn't score that TD if Denver is up 3-0. EDIT: And the Chiefs just self destructed. I'm in shock right now.