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Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
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Posted - 2015.04.26 03:49:38 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:Nice one Brujo, I think you ought to save that poetry in your archives. It's OK, we all know that sports-watching is another opiate of the masses. I only got interested again recently-- due to needing more opiates. That Samsara kind of reminds me of Sankai Juku. If they were a lot more disturbing. If you watch one of their live performances for about 3 hours, you sort of forget where you are and what day it is. Actually, the performances could 30 minutes or 6 hours. You lose track. That never happens with the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.
Hehehe, Watch Samsara man, you won-¦t regret it ... turn your light offs, close the curtains, get naked and then use a blanket to cover yourself and WATCH it ...
Sorry for the derail :P
back to sports!
/hugs to everyone around in good Ol-¦OOPE
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.04.27 00:18:23 -
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Brujo Loco wrote:Khergit Deserters wrote:Nice one Brujo, I think you ought to save that poetry in your archives. It's OK, we all know that sports-watching is another opiate of the masses. I only got interested again recently-- due to needing more opiates. That Samsara kind of reminds me of Sankai Juku. If they were a lot more disturbing. If you watch one of their live performances for about 3 hours, you sort of forget where you are and what day it is. Actually, the performances could 30 minutes or 6 hours. You lose track. That never happens with the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. Hehehe, Watch Samsara man, you won-¦t regret it ... turn your light offs, close the curtains, get naked and then use a blanket to cover yourself and WATCH it ... Sorry for the derail :P back to sports! /hugs to everyone around in good Ol-¦OOPE Oh yeah, I did watch Samara mate. Not long after finishing reading Kazuo Ishiguro's [u]The Buried Giant[/u. Not even close to a spoiler: Britain in the really Dark Ages, Arthur's generation are all geriatric. Christian-ish Briton and pagan Saxon villagers are pretty much understanding each other. No trouble. Except they're all Alzeimer's-like, with no memories. Grandma and grandpa get sick of it, and set off on a humble quest...
Between the ending of that one and Samsara - Office Man, I've been in process all day today.
My advice to you: Do not ever look up "worst guitar solo" on Youtube. You will be sorry. No joke. Really and truly sorry.
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Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.04.27 01:01:00 -
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Detroit Red Wings
I have no idea if they'll make it all the way, but they're my team.
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But in purple, I'm stunning!
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Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
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Posted - 2015.04.27 07:58:35 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:I need a pick for the team to win the Stanley Cup. Any thoughts? You're probably looking at a Rangers/Ducks cup final, in which case I couldn't even begin to give a good prediction on that one. However depending on how these last two first round matchups pan out I can see it going a completely different direction. But that's my early prediction. |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.04.30 00:16:10 -
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These Lightning and Red Wings guys playing Game 6 right now are pretty dang intense, and it's just the 1st Period. Great shots on goal and equally great goal-stopping defense going on. I'm trying to imagine my picks the Rangers or Blackhawks vs. either of these teams.
My advice to you: Do not ever look up "worst guitar solo" on Youtube. You will be sorry. No joke. Really and truly sorry.
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Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
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Posted - 2015.05.03 08:17:01 -
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Every series so far has been pretty amazing - the route by anaheim on calgary though in game 1, my lord. Interested to see how tomorrow's/today's games pan out.... |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.05.06 01:17:27 -
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Islanders out, had a good run, but seems they just didn't have the same level of machinery going. Capitals struggled with them, but they've surprised and outplayed the Rangers. (Sorry, you can see which division I'm watching)
My advice to you: Do not ever look up "worst guitar solo" on Youtube. You will be sorry. No joke. Really and truly sorry.
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Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
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Posted - 2015.05.08 02:43:10 -
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Yea, I've been pleasantly surprised with the way the Caps have been handling the Rangers, would love to see Washington in an Eastern final. Sadly my boys in Montreal have been having a rough time, but playing well overall. Of course tonight's game just solidified that solid play, but a long way to go. Would love to see them make Habs history (coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs) but I felt from the onset of the playoffs that if TB met Montreal, it would probably be early to the links for the Canadiens. Truly hope that prediciton is incorrect |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.05.14 02:13:53 -
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Damn Caps playing all too well. I fear for the Rangers. Canadiens and Lightning was a tight one too. Too close for bets. Man, such a great series. I regret so much time wasted watching bunk NFL. You non-hockey guys, Did You Know? The NHL has specific rules about Fighting. You have to take your gloves off (too much damage), but keep your helmet on (too much damage, but on the receiving end). No third-party guys joining the foit. Most fights occur because of ruff play, and trying to intimidate the other team. Therefore, teams put on Goons or Enforcers to counter-intimidate the other team. Their hockey skills might be crap, but they got size and aggression. It's a strategy call. Also, available only in North America. Apparently Euro countries don't allow this stuff.
Game on!
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Jenshae Chiroptera
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Posted - 2015.05.14 02:29:15 -
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I just walked into a room full of aliens that are discussing how quickly people can burrow under ground to hide from the sun ...
... or that is how it feels when I come across a sport discussion by spectators
If I like a sport, I do it. I don't get how people, who contribute nothing to the result of the game get a sense of satisfaction, victory or loss and refer to "us" and "we" when there is the most tenuous of geographical links. Such a waste of resources for people to sit on a sofa and have them gobble placebos with their eyes.
CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids
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High Sec needs a stepping stone to other areas of space, where they can grow
Fozzie is treating a symptom.
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.05.14 16:13:15 -
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I for one don't waste my time watching sports. I play Eve or WoT while semi-watching them.
But seriously, I can see your point, especially about referring to a team as 'us' or 'we.' Animal behaviorist Desmond Morris theorizes that that's a modern substitute for the psychological need to be in a clan or tribe. Consider a chimpanzee. He lives in a troop (clan) of chimps. It's a distinct group, with a defined territory and rival troops that it constantly contends with. Desmond believes that homo sapiens lived the same way for 10s of thousands of years, before the development of agriculture and towns.
So, consider taking that chimpanzee and putting him in a house, with a chimp wife and chimp kids. Next door are other chimp families, but our chimp has no connection to them and barely knows them. Chimp no defined troop to belong to and defend anymore. Instead, he forms artificial troops in his mind. If there's a company picnic, and his office is playing a game of futbol or softball against another office of the company, he sides with his office against the rivals from the other office. His office becomes his temporary substitute troop.
Now, let's say that there's an inter-company futbol/softball league. Chimp's company has a team, and it includes people from his office and the other office. When the team plays against another company, Chimp sides with his with the company team-- it's his new artificial troop, even though it includes people that were members of a "rival troop" earlier.
Anyway, that's Desmond's explanation of why people become fanatics about sports teams in their geographical area. The team becomes a surrogate "troop" for them. Even though the fan doesn't personally know even one player on the team, the team has a distinct identity as a troop that carries on year after year. And it provides the essential component of "defending" or "aggressing" against rival troops (teams). So your diehard team supporter, who's socially isolated by the modern single-family lifestyle, is really finding a way to simulate the tradition of life in a clan or tribe. That's Desmond Morris's theory, at least.
Kind of sad and pathetic, if you look at it one way. Or kind of OK if you look at it another way.
Anyway, some of the placebos of TV sports are pretty good. Especially the commercials aimed at male viewers, featuring lovely hotties.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Jenshae Chiroptera
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Posted - 2015.05.14 17:29:51 -
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I mute commercials on Youtube, TV, etc and disable plugins on my browser.
I have thought about the tribe thing. Wondered if we can build cities with cul-de-sacs where we have to meet out neighbours, government owned and then families can live in the exact same houses with their family on the same road or next road over. Might make for safer environments and happier people.
CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids
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High Sec needs a stepping stone to other areas of space, where they can grow
Fozzie is treating a symptom.
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.05.15 02:30:52 -
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My young brother has kind of got a tribal thing going on his block. It's a quiet one, and along the way they've unified and doing block parties. But, sad to say ::my own opinion::, the energy sounds more like parents partying and flirting and about ready for consensual or non-consensual PVP wife-swapping/husband-swapping. DRAMA Bustards don't know how to be real kinsmen, it's not the same. That's the rub.
BTW, four teams left! Rangers v Lightning and Blackhawks v Ducks. I'm guessing Lightning and Blackhawks at the end. What do you say? Who are these Anaheim Ducks? I'm in East Coast USA, hardly see them play in this TV coverage zone.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
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Posted - 2015.05.15 02:42:33 -
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I will stand by my earlier prediction of ducks vs rangers in the final. Tampa Bay is a bit of a wild card team in that they have the potential for an upset in the final. Anaheim is just too strong a team I feel, so the cup is likely to stay in the west again. |
Kaaeliaa
KarmaFleet Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2015.05.15 05:28:51 -
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Dun'Gal wrote:I will stand by my earlier prediction of ducks vs rangers in the final. Tampa Bay is a bit of a wild card team in that they have the potential for an upset in the final. Anaheim is just too strong a team I feel, so the cup is likely to stay in the west again.
Edit: As to the discussion on watching and not participating in sports. I'm canadian and grew up in a smalll community surrounded by many other small communities so hockey was and is what you did growing up. I played for 10 years until health problems forced me out. Watching hockey for me is as much about living vicariously through those im watching and simple entertainment. I've also got quite into the statistics side of things which can translate well into betting, which is also alot of fun. So it's two pronged entertainment for me. Sure it's silly to refer to your favorite team as us/we especially when that team isn't even local. But it's a community thing to. We, being the other fans, and "our guys" being the team we rally around.
Gotta agree that the Ducks look like a pain train at the moment. The best chance the east has is if the Hawks and Ducks beat the crap out of each other in a long and brutal series and one of the eastern teams comes out of the conference finals with a huge advantage in rest/preparedness.
It'll be hard to top Caps/Rangers in terms of excitement, though. Not a fan of either and I was still on the edge of my seat.
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Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
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Posted - 2015.05.15 08:13:16 -
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Yeah, Rangers/Capitals is going to be a great watch. Wtf is with that early start time though... 10am in my TZ is ridiculous. I usually wait till at least noon to start drinking |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.05.16 23:22:25 -
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Yeah, that last Rangers-Caps game was incredible. It would take a couple of more games to really see which of those teams are better. I'm betting on Blackhawks over Rangers and Ducks over Lightning as well. Lightning were impressive, but they seemed more about inspired play than consistent ability. But what do I know, it's my first year casually following NHL.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
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Posted - 2015.05.21 08:45:23 -
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So far that assessment seems to be holding true, Rangers are most certainly being put through the ringer... the series seems to have devolved into a shooting gallery for both sides. High scoring games, a fair bit of sloppy play, with a few really beautiful plays thrown in to keep things interesting. I'm officially up in the air on the outcome of this one, it's truly anyone's series at this point. |
Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
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Posted - 2015.05.31 14:53:59 -
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Welp. So much for ,y prediction. The NHL is conspiring aginst me. That said shoiuld be an eciting cup final. |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.05.31 19:27:30 -
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I would have guessed Ducks over Blackhawks too. In fact, I did and lost ISK. I'm going with Blackhawks over Lightning for the Cup though.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Daoden
The Scope Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.05.31 21:55:57 -
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Being from Chicago all I will say is this.
GO BLAKCHAWKS!!! |
ISD Decoy
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
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Posted - 2015.05.31 22:15:05 -
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Who cares about the NHL playoffs? The only thing that matters is that Babcock is in Toronto!
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Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
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Posted - 2015.06.01 03:49:16 -
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ISD Decoy wrote:Who cares about the NHL playoffs? The only thing that matters is that Babcock is in Toronto! LOL, Toronto will be where Babcock loses his mind. That or he completely guts the leafs and turns them back into a team that can be competitive. Ah, who am I kidding... it's Toronto :P |
Tilde Duchateau
The Vendunari End of Life
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Posted - 2015.06.01 04:45:12 -
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Daoden wrote:Being from Chicago all I will say is this.
GO BLAKCHAWKS!!! GO GO GO BLACKHAAAAAAAAWKS!
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Jenshae Chiroptera
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Posted - 2015.06.08 16:40:46 -
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Saw this and remembered this thread.
CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids
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High Sec needs a stepping stone to other areas of space, where they can grow
Fozzie is treating a symptom.
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.06.08 23:50:09 -
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Jenshae Chiroptera wrote: Posting this one again, because I love it so much.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Kaaeliaa
Khanid Separatist Movement
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Posted - 2015.06.10 12:13:17 -
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This Hawks/Bolts final has been a lot more exciting than I would have expected. Good response by the Bolts after the Hawks tied it 2-2 in the last game. That changed the face of the whole game 3, I think.
Amarr delenda est. Glory to the Khanid Kingdom!
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Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
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Posted - 2015.06.11 06:19:53 -
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Fantastic series so far, solid gameplay from both sides. Rooting for Chicago I suppose, but would be neat to see Tampa take it, I guess there coach has a history of winning a championship in his second year with a team - this being his second year - so would be cool to see that history continue, though the EvE part of me wants to see him suffer defeat (I also dislike Tampa.) |
Commissar Kate
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.11 14:35:48 -
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Dun'Gal wrote:(I also dislike Tampa.)
Pfft.
Go Bolts!
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.06.12 02:07:54 -
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2-2 Both teams so good and so heartful, I hate to see either one lose. Glad it goes to 4 wins. Plenty of chances to see who's the better team.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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