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I may have finally gotten one during the Wal-Mart drop today. Fingers crossed.

Who knows? Maybe you are, maybe you aren't. :P Because I'm looking ahead and tonight and tomorrow aren't looking great for me either. I'd rather not throw it up haphazardly with short notice on or right before the weekend. This could lead to (a) mistakes or (b) people missing the thread which could give some others an unfair jump. Rather than that, I'd prefer to just take the Bye early and we'll do an actual thread for the Pro-Bowl (assuming it happens).

Welp, it's finally happened. Nine seasons of the Mock Gambling Thread and the perfect storm of work, landlordly duties, and family obligations have finally conspired against me in such a way that I am unable to get the thread up in time for the start of the League week. Rather than rush it and screw something up, I'm going to take a page from the NFL's 2020 playbook and change the schedule. Normally the MGT Bye week is the Pro-Bowl. I'm moving that up to this week, Week 15. So take a load off, relax your brains, and enjoy a weekend of fake-gambling free football. We'll see you all back here in Week 16! @ManUtdRedDevils @BasemntDweller2 @Commissar SFLUFAN @thewhyteboar @Keyser_Soze @Alpha1Cowboy @AbsolutSurgen @Dodger @Greatoneshere @Biggie @Kal-El814

This is the first game I've pre-ordered in maybe 3 years. Even though it doesn't meet my bar for pre-ordering a game, I just got too hyped for it. Love me some MH.

The thing I love about Hades when I started it (back when the Bone Hydra was the "final boss") is how you feel as you realize you're getting better as a player. The first time I got to the Hydra I was all like, "This is bullshit, how is anyone supposed to beat this thing?". Now he's barely a speed bump, even on clean runs. :P Currently playing: Avengers, ACNH, and Monster Hunter: World

Apologies for the delay in getting the Week 15 thread up. Work was busy yesterday and today I'm have a new HVAC system being put into my rental property. I hope to have the thread up today, but it will be late in the day. Keep an eye out and be ready to get your entries in.

I mean...good? I was expecting some batshit rant about Xenu, but this is fine right?

Gratz! I looked at that bot, but I don't get how it works. It's just beeping at me like every few minutes for no apparent reason. The link always goes to the same chat. I'm not sure what it's trying to tell me, but the constant beeping when nobody is dropping...

Yup. I never even managed to get it into a cart before it was sold out. Same with the Wal-Mart restock this afternoon.

And I still don't have one. "Online only launch" was the stupidest idea. What irks me the most is that Sony has been tweeting shit like, "Thanks for making this the most successful launch ever!" type stuff. Well yeah you sold out the units, but half of it was to bots and resellers you out of touch ass-clowns.

Then Derrick Henry rolls in and says, "Nope".

This is me. There's several streaming shows that look interesting and I think I'd enjoy. But I'm already paying for Netflix and Amazon Prime and Hulu and D+...and that already feels excessive to me. I'm not signing up any more. We're reaching the point that cable-cutting is almost as expensive as cable to get all the shows one might want.

Deadline is TONIGHT. Get your entries in!

WEEK 14 MOCK GAMBLING - SPREAD AND QUESTIONS DEADLINE FOR WEEK 14 ENTRIES - Thursday, 12/10/2020 08:19pm EASTERN THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT THE DEADLINE SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN! Week 14 Feature Game Baltimore Ravens (-1.5) at Cleveland Browns (Remember you are betting against the spread) QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Ravens TD, Ravens FG, Ravens safety, Browns TD, Browns FG, Browns safety, or other? ($1,200 for the correct call) 2) Which team in the Feature Game will have the most combined rushing yards? ($1,000 for the correct team) 3) Minnesota @ Tampa Bay - Does either team score 3 times unanswered? ($1,000 for the right guess) 4) Name any two teams that combine for over 50 points. They do not have to be playing each other. ($1,500 a correct combo) 5) Call the winners: Houston at Chicago Arizona at N.Y. Giants Indianapolis at Las Vegas ($1,200 for EACH correct named game winner, $2,500 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) 6) Name any kicker who will successfully hit a field goal from 50+ yards out. ($2,000 for the correct player) 7) Name any team that will record 4 or more sacks in Week 14. ($2,000 for the correct team) 8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week fourteen. ($6,000 for each player named correctly, $12,000 bonus if both names are called) Good luck! ### Example Answer Post and MY ENTRY ### Browns for $10,400 1. Ravens FG 2. Browns 3. Nope 4. Football Team and Chiefs 5. Bears, Cardinals, Raiders 6. Hopkins 7. Football Team 8. Gibson, McLaurin #####################

The leaderboard tightens up, but doesn't change as BasemntDweller2 hangs on to his seat atop the mountain in a week with apparently the easiest Feature Game pick of the year as ever player hit it correctly! With 4 weeks to go in the regular season plus a post-season left to play, it's still anyone's competition to win! ########## WEEK 13 RESULTS ########## Week 13 Feature Game: Buffalo Bills (-2.5) at San Francisco 49'ers The Bills easily cover the 2.5 points, winning by a score of 31.5(34-2.5)-24. Everyone got this correct! QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Bills TD, Bills FG, Bills safety, 49'ers TD, 49'ers FG, 49'ers safety, or other? ($1,000 for the correct call) A quick no huddle pass for 3 yards into the end-zone to Brandon Aiyuk for the 49'ers are the first points of the Feature Game. thewhyteboar was the only player to guess this one. 2) How many total combined touchdowns will be scored in the Feature Game? ($1,000 for the correct call) The Bills and Niners combined for 7 trips to the endzone. Nobody got this one right. 3) Which QB in Week 13 will have the highest number of pass attempts? ($2,000 for the correct player) Ben Roethlisberger and Justin Herbert tied for the most pass attempts in Week 13, with 53 each. Nobody called either player. 4) Name ANY two teams that combine for under 30 total points. They do not have to be playing each other. ($1,000 a correct combo) If you called some correct combination, you got it. 5) Call the winners: Detroit at Chicago New England at L.A. Chargers New Orleans at Atlanta ($1,000 for EACH correct named game winner, $2,000 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) Only one player called Detroit. Nobody called all 3 for the bonus. 6) Name any running back that will average 5 or more yards per carry with a minimum of 10 attempts. ($1,500 for the correct player) 9 backs made this criteria in Week 13: Chris Carson, Damien Harris, Alvin Kamara, Cordarrelle Patterson, Taysom Hill, John Taylor, Wayne Gallman, Aaron Jones, and Melvin Gordon III. If you guessed one of these guys you got the cash. 7) Taking into account total distance traveled with the ball, name the team that will have the single longest play of Week 13. ($2,000 for the correct team) In addition to having the coolest name, Gunner Olszewski gives us the longest play of Week 13, ultimately covering 110.8 yards on a 61 yard punt return. Guesses on New England win. Nobody guessed the Pats. 8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week thirteen. ($5,000 for each player named correctly, $10,000 bonus if both names are called) Wayne Gallman took the Week 13 rushing crown with 135 yards while a tight end takes the receiving title for the first time this year, with Darren Waller hauling in 200 yards. Nobody called either player. ######### LEADERBOARD ######### @BasemntDweller2 - $108,700 Slug - $73,400 @thewhyteboar - $63,500 @AbsolutSurgen - $60,800 @Commissar SFLUFAN - $39,250 @ManUtdRedDevils - $35,500 @Biggie - $26,800 @Keyser_Soze - $11,000 @Alpha1Cowboy - $4,800 @Greatoneshere - $2,900 @Kal-El814 - $2,700 @Dodger - $1,500 If you think I mathed wrong, let me know. ########## THE SEASON ######### Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 ############################### WEEK 13 FEATURE GAME AND QUESTIONS FOLLOW THIS POST!

Pretty much CNut's answer except replace "license" with "clearance".

Damnit I wanted to update my bet before the deadline and forgot.

Hey everyone, looks like Base finally decided we were getting too close so he actually has to try again. :P

Man if you get one before me I'mma cry.

I'll always have Umbrella Academy. :P

Haven't even heard of that one. I guess he just doesn't really do the kind of movies that are in my sphere of interest?

I was pretty active. I picked up an extra Chromecast for like $15 so I can have one on all of my TVs. Got We Happy Few and Ni no Kuni II on the Steam sale. Romancing SaGa III on the e-Shop sale. Replaced my old, starting to fail on me Keurig machine on the cheap. Got a new Bose soundbar for my main TV. Bought a new dishwasher (Kitchenaid) which is being installed later today.

Nope. I'm only aware of that movie by reputation and all the memes that came from it.

I haven't seen Juno and I don't think I've ever actually seen any of his other movies either, at least not that I can recall. But Umbrella Academy is so good.

I use a Plantronics RIG 600 and I like it very much. I'm not a huge audiophile or anything, but they sounds really good to my ear. They weren't super expensive either. I don't even know if it's available anymore because I got them over a year ago. But if whatever the next one up in the RIG model line is available, I'd feel good about recommending it.