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JF = ruiner. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:04 20
- he just picked -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 08:14 3
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    - he needs to get his priorities straight! -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 08:17 1
      - It's selfish really. A paycheck over a pick -- nm - Bacon Aug 20, 08:17
- you all need the Caveman motto: slow and steady may not win the race but who cares as long as we finish before the season starts -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 08:11
- At this point I thought we would be on round 4. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:04 14
  - At this point I thought we'd be drafting. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 08:10
  - I would politely ask people not to grumble until we get some status updates. -- nm - David Aug 20, 08:06 5
    - dp3 is the next two picks, so if he is not around (and if nobody has a card) we may be wating a while anyway. So it is all good. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:08
    - I am not grumbling, merely stating a fact. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:07 3
      - Samara, JF.....oooh, it's a tryst. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:13 1
        
        If it's a cage match I put a thousand dollars on Samara -- nm - Bacon Aug 20, 08:14
      - Then I would politely ask you not to state facts until we get some status updates. -- nm - David Aug 20, 08:08
  - SHAAADUP! -- nm - Bacon Aug 20, 08:05 6
    - Word. We can't even draft one guy right now. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 08:10 5
      - I have seen this for years but what technically is a " ruiner"? - Epiphany Aug 20, 08:11 4
        
        It's also stuff like picking players previously selected or generally being a pain in the ass. - David Aug 20, 08:17
        
        Spawn -- nm - oblique Aug 20, 08:14
        
        As The Ruiner, it is usually delaying the draft. - Spawn Aug 20, 08:12
        
        Someone that stalls the drafting process, so everyone is waiting on them -- nm - Bacon Aug 20, 08:12
Mo, Larry, Curly -- nm - decline Aug 20, 08:04
Brian, Inigo, Stewie -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:48 3
- we are flying! Stewie is up -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 08:06
- I'm pretty sure as soon as I draft, Josh Gordon will be cleared to play all 16 games. -- nm - Inigo Aug 20, 07:54 1
  - I like that everyone has this same concern with every pick. - David Aug 20, 07:55
Whoa. Halt and Catch Fire = Renewed. -- nm - MDH Aug 20, 07:48 13
- YAY -- nm - JenBro Aug 20, 09:30
- can I ask a question about episode 1 of Tyrant? - Epiphany Aug 20, 07:52 6
  - In the car so I can't answer fully but on the first - MDH Aug 20, 07:56 5
    - I'm intrigued by this show but sometimes I can't over how stupid the characters act -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 08:02 4
      - This is how I feel. -- nm - MDH Aug 20, 08:03 3
        
        and I'm seriously having a crush moment on the main character -the beard and blue eyes are riveting - Epiphany Aug 20, 08:08 2
        
        he's in gone girl. which is quickly becoming one of my most looked forward to movies this year. -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 20, 08:15
        
        He's English. -- nm - LMS Aug 20, 08:11
- AMC: "We've got nothing else." -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 07:50 3
  - They're showing Breaking Bad marathons on Sundays. - David Aug 20, 07:53 2
    - are they still planning to buy BBC America? -- nm - Diva Aug 20, 08:13 1
      - They were in talks at the end of July. I haven't seen anything else since then. - David Aug 20, 08:15
- I...did not see that coming. -- nm - David Aug 20, 07:50
Is "Samara" who I met in Vegas that was with Pippy? -- nm - JenBro Aug 20, 07:41 7
- samara does not really exist. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 07:42 1
  - Samara is Skags and vice versa -- nm - eag Aug 20, 07:56
- no, that was groiny. - Diva Aug 20, 07:41 1
  - LOL -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 07:43
- I am guessing that was shay. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 07:41 2
  - oh right right ... dang my memory -- nm - JenBro Aug 20, 09:29
  - yes -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 07:41
Those NYT charts that show where people from each state were born? Now updated with the diaspora out of each state -- (link) - ty97 Aug 20, 07:38 1
- (The expected rise of NY->FL migration in the 80s onward is quite noticeable) -- nm - ty97 Aug 20, 07:39
a photo journalist with Getty Images - on the ground in Iberia - powerful images and his interview is really good too. - JenBro Aug 20, 07:36
What's the clock on JF? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:34 4
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  - As a reminder, the Commish prefers not to assign picks in round one. - David Aug 20, 07:36 2
    - Round 2.... -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:37 1
      - Technically, the draft only started 97 minutes ago. -- nm - David Aug 20, 07:37
The Vamps burn list has two guys on it that haven't been kept. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 07:31 5
- Which two? I'll clean. -- nm - David Aug 20, 07:31 4
  - I posted in the thread. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 07:32 3
    - Clay and Finley -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 07:32 2
      - These are fixed. If you see other issues, please let me know. -- nm - David Aug 20, 07:39 1
        
        Thanks and will do. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 07:48
EI, EI, Oh . . . -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 20, 07:30
I love when guys I released get drafted in round one. - groiny Aug 20, 07:19 52
- I wouldn't be shocked at this point if 3 of Samara's castoffs are in the first 5 picks. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 07:35 43
  - Stacy, Cobb, Jeffrey and Harvin easy (assuming she keeps McCoy, Lacey and Dez) -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:37
  - well, if she is not active in looking to deal those players. - groiny Aug 20, 07:35 41
    - Her problem is that people knew her situation and wouldn't deal with her. -- nm - David Aug 20, 07:37 34
      - False. I tried to pick off a loosy back a month ago but she wanted to deal them as a package (likely to Walt). I asked again yesterday, but she went.. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 20, 07:53 7
        
        PS: Speaking of which, what's the word for Vamps? Are we going? Who were Samara's keepers? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 20, 07:56 6
        
        She hasn't announced yet so you are in a holding pattern until she does. - David Aug 20, 07:57 5
        
        mind games\ -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 08:07 2
        
        Yes! She's a ruthless ruthless evil - Bacon Aug 20, 08:08 1
        
        I'm telling you. She was born for Game of Thrones. -- nm - David Aug 20, 08:09
        
        Since JF posted last night, I'd think he's just having a busy morning. -- nm - Inigo Aug 20, 08:07
        
        Yeah, this is very unlike her. Usually she's bang bang in terms of replying to emails. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 20, 08:06
      - I had to choose btw Foster and Ellington - jack foley Aug 20, 07:45
      - Ding! -- nm - Bacon Aug 20, 07:44 24
        
        if that is the case, then all the owners are dumb. - groiny Aug 20, 07:46 23
        
        alternatively, there are so many good players available to get in the first round that it's not worth giving up a pick to get one that's "good enough" - Reagen Aug 20, 07:54 6
        
        a first round pick, sure, but giving up a 3 to upgrade your keepers? - groiny Aug 20, 07:55 5
        
        I added Peyton Manning, Julius Thomas and Roddy White as keepers. In total, I moved from pick 1-6 to 4-10. - David Aug 20, 08:00 1
        
        well, obviously, you get a kicker pick back. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 08:01
        
        Even that. - Reagen Aug 20, 07:57
        
        I may have overpaid for Marshall in the eyes of others, but my starting WRs are no brainer plays every week, and I like that security. -- nm - Shaun Aug 20, 07:57 1
        
        WR is tough, there are so many to choose from, but I think you will get great value from Marshall. - groiny Aug 20, 08:00
        
        All depends. - Inigo Aug 20, 07:52 1
        
        right, that is what I said, but also, teams with picks 1-4, probably have less talent - groiny Aug 20, 07:54
        
        Assuming she would take a third rounder. I would do that - Bacon Aug 20, 07:50 13
        
        She's always in the gunning for winning it all. I don't help her unless the trade is very lopsided in my favor - Bacon Aug 20, 07:51 12
        
        To a larger point, Samara is the best overall player across the three leagues over the past few seasons. - David Aug 20, 07:55 7
        
        Also this is the main reason I am willing to wait for her. I want to be the best so I want to compete against the best. - Bacon Aug 20, 08:00
        
        easily -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:59
        
        interesting, who are the top 5? -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 07:56 3
        
        I've never really thought about it because the #1 choice is so obvious. - David Aug 20, 07:58 2
        
        ML would be my 2nd pick....he almost always has either #1 or #2 in points. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:59 1
        
        Amoxy would be in the discussion. I don't know about records but he always has the best keeper options each season. -- nm - David Aug 20, 08:01
        
        I agree with this 100% -- nm - Bacon Aug 20, 07:56
        
        as am I, and I would trade any cut for any pick 100% of the time. - groiny Aug 20, 07:53 3
        
        Yeah, not all the owners in the league act that way. (Though I do find that post-Tfox, we're down to a handful of aggressive traders.) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 20, 07:55 1
        
        usually I am very aggressive. I just like my keepers a little more and have a high pick. - Bacon Aug 20, 07:58
        
        I won't help her beat me. I am drafting 4th, I will get one of my players -- nm - Bacon Aug 20, 07:55
    - She probably is; but for the guys who need them, why bother? - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:36 4
      - because not everyone picks in the first 3 picks? -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 07:37 2
        
        Nope, but the people in the bottom 6 are people where the draft pick is valuable enough - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:38 1
        
        not even, she would have been silly not to take a 3rd rounder for a cut. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 07:39
      - This. Last 2 weeks before BF Draft are a huge buyer's market. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 07:37
    - She tried. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 07:36
- crash took two of mine. In round 1. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 07:30 4
  - 2 of the top 8, 3 of the top 13 for me. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:36
  - crash does not count. He don't know what the hell he doing. -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 07:32 2
    - Not crash, but two more of my guys have went in round 2 (so far). -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 07:33 1
      - round 2 is fine. I assume if a player is good enough to go in round 1, - groiny Aug 20, 07:34
- Although I agree more trades need to happen, someone's released players are gonna be the first round picks. - Inigo Aug 20, 07:23
- Also, if any Caveman is looking to trade down in the 2nd, I'm interested in regaining a 2nd pick. -- nm - Shaun Aug 20, 07:22
- I'd say 50%+ of dropped players will make up round 1. -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:21
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I just woke up. Samara post keepers yet? *goes back to sleep* -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 20, 07:15
*wins the lottery, pays for a local band to play the Super Bowl halftime show* -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 07:15
is it weird that i think EXPE3 doing so badly bodes poorly for Sin City 2? - Andie Aug 20, 07:11 23
- I just think no one cares about Sin City 2 enough to go to the theatre. I could be way off, but I'm not feeling it. -- nm - Shaun Aug 20, 07:23 8
  - Plus it didn't have the killer shot in the previews of a hot Alba. Not like the first film did anyway. - loyola Aug 20, 07:27
  - I have been looking forward to it for a long time, and I feel the same. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 07:27 6
    - I'll watch it for sure, once a nice Blu-ray rip is out. -- nm - Shaun Aug 20, 07:28 5
      - in theory, there is no reason this movie should not be like 75.00 + over there - groiny Aug 20, 07:31 4
        
        I just sold/shorted about 20 minutes ago. -- nm - Shaun Aug 20, 07:37 3
        
        me too. its falling -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 07:41
        
        I thought about it, but 58.00 just seems way low for a sequel for a really popular movie. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 07:38 1
        
        I'm not looking until after I post, but I don't recall the first having been a hit. -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 20, 08:18
- I think it's something worth considering. Is the appetite waning for these sort of quirky action flicks? - loyola Aug 20, 07:19
- nope, i don't think that's weird at all. As a matter of fact I think I'm shorting like, everything for the next few weeks. - Diva Aug 20, 07:14 1
  - Always good practice for late August. It takes time for the market to remember "Hey, movies can open under $20M" -- nm - Roger More Aug 20, 07:32
- In addition to the below, Sin City is a comic book property. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 07:13 3
  - Like Ant-Man -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 20, 07:15 2
    - doubt Marvel at your peril -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:17 1
      - seriously. -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 20, 07:26
- The key difference is that Sin City was a good film liked by most. There has yet to be a good Expendables film. - David Aug 20, 07:12 6
  - I kind of don't know how much water this arguemnt holds. exp 1 was *terrible* but did well at the BO. if people thought it was not "good," - peggy ann m Aug 20, 07:21 5
    - The first one had novelty. "Finally, all these action stars in one movie". That's not true of #3. -- nm - Roger More Aug 20, 07:34 2
      - this is a great point. I think that's why we watched it. "it can't possibly be bad with all those action stars." -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 20, 07:52
      - yeah, by #3, it pretty much turned into a joke IMO. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 07:35
    - 2 earned $18 million less than the original. The bottom has fallen out for 3. - David Aug 20, 07:25
    - 3 added a ton of new blood though. I was really surprised it did so poorly -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:22
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- also, wasn't there a report of him seeking a TRO against it? -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:05 1
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LIR: ML. I also turn on the "shared a photo" filter because I was so tired of people sharing stupid ass pictures (yes, even from George Takei). I - oblique Aug 20, 07:03 1
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- toasting the impending draft with a glass of bleach -- nm - decline Aug 20, 07:04
- Cavemen (David/Kim): I think Stephen is right and Shaun and groiny';s trade isn't reflected in the draft order. Maybe the other trade as well. -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:03 1
  - Fixed. -- nm - David Aug 20, 07:07
- By criticizing horrible keeper choices and draft picks, of course. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 07:01

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