Games & Gaming
Fantasy Football: Week 6 Aftermath
Really, Peyton Manning? Really, Marvin Harrison? I lost by more than you would’ve covered, so thanks for that. :p Yes, the Ceiling Cats are down to 2-4, getting pasted 108-91. Let’s take a look, shall we?
I’m going to stop trying to be clever, because clearly I’m not very good at it. At least, so far [...]
Fantasy Football: Week 5 Aftermath
Let me paint a picture for you. Yahoo! projected that this week’s game would be a 96-96 tie. Yes, the projections are often wrong, but there’s a consistency in the wrongness that you start to get a feel for after awhile. So no, it wasn’t going to be 96-96, but a pretty high-scoring affair seemed [...]
7Oct2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Fantasy Football: Week 4 Aftermath
Streak!
After squeaking out a win by a single point last week, this week’s version of Ceiling Cats was high score in the league, beating my opponent by a comfortable margin. As I’m learning more and more each week, a lot of it was luck. For example, Santana Moss and Terrell Owens both had bit point [...]
Fantasy Football: Week 3 Aftermath
Success!
Finally, a couple of moves that I made paid off. I dropped Cleveland’s Derek Anderson from my bench and picked up Jay Cutler (I know, obvious in retrospect but at the time it was mildly risky). I sat my #1 QB, Peyton Manning, figuring Indy’s weak line play was going to continue. Not that it [...]
Sunday Ptolus Recap History, Part 4: Phon Remembrances
T he party has a date in the evening with “Doffel,” where Phon’s attackers are supposed to get paid for killing the girl. Several hours before the meeting, they decide to scout the location (a functioning warehouse that will be shuttered in the evening). Sebastian, and his player J, manages to impress his party members [...]
18Sep2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Fantasy Football: Week 2 Aftermath
Wiiiiiight.
So, last week we were giving our condolences to (also known as “laughing our asses off at”) Brain of Belichick, whose 1st pick (Tom Brady) had gone in the crapper. Welp, as you may recall from my post last week, my own stud 1st pick, #1 overall, was LaDanian Tomlinson, Mr. Turf Toe himself. God [...]
Sunday Ptolus Recap History, Part 3: “Mad God’s Key” Continues
With a good bit of digging around (aka Gather Information and a bit of roleplay) our band of intrepid heroes narrows down Irontusk’s location to the a series of wharfs in The Docks district. hey also find out a little bit about him, including a) he calls himself Irontusk more than anyone else calls him [...]
17Sep2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Fantasy Football: Week 1 Aftermath
My match-up for week 1 was against the Belltown Motherbuckers (a co-worker’s dog’s name is “Bucky” and we work in Belltown). According to the projected scores I’m supposed to win comfortably. Her line-up:
Donovan McNabb
Reggie Wayne
Torry Holt
Dwayne Bowe (in for the suspended Steve Smith)
Adrian Peterson
Frank Gore
Tony Gonzalez
Yes, she has [...]
10Sep2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Sunday Ptolus Recap: The Temple of Blood Everlasting, Part One
Our intrepid heroes come together again, with 100% attendance to boot. After a bit of discussion they decide that, despite the significant depletion in resources (i.e. spells and potions) they would bravely push on into the Temple. Bless their souls! No, really, they need it.
The darkness would prove difficult to navigate for lesser bands, but [...]
My First Fantasy Football League, and the Danger of Cool Things
I’ve held out on joining a Fantasy Football League (FFL) for years, for the same reason that I don’t drink: it’s not that I think I wouldn’t like it, it’s that I think I’d like it too much. I have friends who play in a dozen leagues and basically spend all of their free time [...]
4Sep2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Just to be clear - I was as rusty as anybody at the table. It's not like I knew that it would work, I just knew that I was screwed from any sort of conventional point-of-view, so it was time to try something different. Now, having said that
You dirty dawg! This "one of the strongest players" knew exactly how sneaky you are, I just didn't realize it was your actual strategy. Ha-RUMPH.
Next time, blood will coat the streets.
Thanks for the info Ray! I just ordered one today along with an extra main motor, can't wait.
Hi Chad,
Yes, I am very pleased with my heli. The main motor gave up the ghost a few days after the above post, and I had to get another. I bought several, but so far haven't had to replace another. I fully expect to have to replace the current mo
Don't look at me, I'm no fan of tanking games. Every week should be played to their max ability in an effort to try to win. The Seahawks are not the freaking Knicks, afterall.
High draft picks are overrated anyways. You pay a lot of money, tying u
Politicians comes to mind. :D
Hm ... I had a different rationale for why this is stupid: It rewards failure. Businesses demand money from the government to rescue them from foolish and selfish financial decisions. At the same time, they scream against any kind of oversight or 
Hey John,
Nice to see GU coming along. Your 'proposal' makes a lot more sense now that I can see it in action. Very interesting set-up. I'm monitoring my traffic closely post-election. Merging The Big Stick into a larger network may make more sens
Go 'Dawgs, indeed. Richt's successes are more than admirable, and I've missed the hell out of him at the offensive helm these last eight years. Should be a great game, but I give the edge to the 'Dawgs. Even though Tim Tebow once touched a blind