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Media started yesterday and Training Camp begins today. Annual predictions with Vegas over/unders. Western Conference 1. Golden State 67.5 Over 2. Houston 55.5 Under 3. San Antonio 54.5 Under 4. OKC 51.5 Over 5. Minnesota 48.5 Under 6. Denver 45.5 Over 7. Utah 40.5 Over 8. LAC 43.5 Over 9. Portland 42.5 Over 10. New Orleans 39.5 Over 11. Memphis 37.5 Under 12. Dallas 35.5 Under 13. LAL 33.5 Over 14. Sacramento 28.5 Over 15. Phoenix 28.5 Under It'll be a tight dogfight for the 6 through 8 seeds between Denver, Utah, LAC, Portland, and New Orleans. Meanwhile, Golden State goes 74-8 on their way to their 4th straight Western Conference trophy EC 1. Boston 56.5 Over 2. Cleveland 53.5 Under 3. Milwaukee 47.5 Over 4. Washington 47.5 Under 5. Miami 43.5 Over 6. Philadelphia 42.5 Over 7. Toronto 48.5 Under 8. Charlotte 42.5 Under 9. Detroit 38.5 Over 10. New York 30.5 Over 11. Orlando 33.5 Under 12. Brooklyn 28.5 Over 13. Indiana 31.5 Under 14. Atlanta 25.5 Under 15. Chicago 21.5 Over The Process finally starts to show good dividendsin Phila. LeBron's Finals streak ends before he takes his talent to Hollywood (not literally). Boston beats Milwaukee to take the East only to be swept by Golden State as the Warriors go 16-0 in the playoffs. MVP - LeBron James ROY - Lonzo Ball COY - Michael Malone DPOY - Draymond Green 6MOY - Andre Iguodala MIP - Nikola Jokic 1st Team ALL NBA G - Stephen Curry G - Russ F - LeBron James F - Kevin Durant C - Karl-Anthony Towns 2nd Team ALL NBA G - Chris Paul G - James Harden F - Kawhi Leonard F - Giannis C - Rudy Gobert 3rd Team ALL NBA G- John Wall G- Damian Lillard F- Paul George F- Anthony Davis C- Nikola Jokic All Defense First Team G- Patrick Beverley G- Avery Bradley F- Kawhi Leonard F- Draymond Green C- Rudy Gobert All Defense 2nd Team G- Danny Green G- Ricky Rubio F- Andre Iguodala F- Giannis C- DeAndre Jordan ALL ROOKIE 1st Team Lonzo Ball Markelle Fultz Milos Teodosic Bojan Bogdanovic Ben Simmons ALL Rookie 2nd Team Dennis Smith Jr. Jayson Tatum Josh Jackson De'Aaron Fox Lauri Markkanen

I'm I'll about the basketball vote. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911572182060453893

Still trying to wrap my mind around the idea that Serafen is a witch.

Luka Doncic's star is rising. Could he go #1 in next year's NBA draft? http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20668236/there-never-nba-draft-prospect-slovenia-luka-doncic https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/nba/2017/9/6/15885208/luka-doncic-nba-draft-2018-eurobasket-scouting-report-video-slovenia

Looks like it'll be the Peralta site. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/A-s-want-to-build-new-ballpark-next-to-Laney-12193239.php Privately-financed downtown location with freeway access right off 880 between 5th and 8th Ave sandwiched between Lake Merritt to the North and the Brooklyn Basin development and estuary to the south. Easy access to Lake Merritt BART, and good eats in Chinatown a few blocks away. Already talked to my real estate agent.

I suppose Denis Villeneuve is too busy trying to cast the perfect Sting for his Dune project.

Yeah, but if it happens, I guarantee that Star-Lord won't be hitting the Walk-Off.

Good grief. Exitium/Rex wrote that garbage? Figures he's writing for the Daily Caller. Even his level of insufferability got him booted from the Codex.

I'm partial to the Sloop of War myself. http://sidmeierspirates.wikia.com/wiki/Sloop_Of_War http://hornblower.wikia.com/wiki/HMS_Hotspur http://patrickobrian.wikia.com/wiki/HMS_Sophie

The most interesting new information there is that Sawyer hasn't read Lord of Light. (And that somebody, having been briefed on the story for Deadfire, immediately recommended it to him.) Josh, you should read that book. It's good. one wonders if eothas is standing in for brahma/kali, nirriti, or perhaps even sam. more than a few parallels 'tween the book and poe lore. considering how involved josh is with the lore o' poe, am actual a bit surprised he hasn't read lord of light. HA! Good Fun! Maybe he only peeked at the "script" for Argo.

Good interview. Nice tidbits on Jefferson and Aliens. I would totally pre-order/crowdfund a historical game from Sawyer.

First it was Scooter Gennett. Now JD Martinez. Four homers in one game. By a rehabilitated slap hitter. Too beaucoup!

A very creditable source just told me that Eder is only romanceable if the player character is an Orlan.

I've been picking up my Obsidian swag whenever they set up crowdfunding for a game.

What exactly are those; (is there an official requirement list)? I got the impression long ago that the AAA label meant merely the approximate amount of money they planned to sink into the project... (with any measure of quality being an incidental side effect that hopefully comes of hiring good talent and letting them work unfettered—that doesn't imply that they must hire qualified talent to be AAA though). Is 'AAA' one of those "I dunno how to quantify it, but I know it when I see it" sort of deals? I know I've seen some pretty disappointing games labeled AAA in recent years. Or is AAA code for 'targeted only at the mass consumer market'; (and all of the negative design connotations that comes with that)? Let's not over complicate it. AAA is more colloquial than quantifiable and its standards are era-dependent. Basically AAA is what is considered as a game with a massive budget, with a large development team, with state of the art graphics and/or production values for the time it was in production, and with sales expectations congruent on an exponential scale as to what is considered to be a blockbuster. Dragon Age: Inquisition = AAA Pillars of Eternity = Not AAA Mass Effect: Andromeda = AAA Tyranny: Not AAA

Using the general industry accepted standards of what constitutes AAA.

Obisously the DoJ and FBI are part of the Deep State conspiracy to prevent Trump's MAGA agenda.

Do most of us here actually prefer "AA" Obsidian products? I do.

Technically, there were two remakes. But I'd definitely go for another one.

I think you're all missing my point. I'm not talking about speed. I'm talking about superstar hustle. Bonds, if anything knows his percentages. A routine grounder to the shortstop will lead to a 6-3 put out literally 98% of the time. He knows the risk to injury is not worth the trade-off in the off chance that he can reach first base safely. Unlike Bryce Harper, Barry Bonds knows his value and is not so silly as to have gotten himself injured by busting down the line with 100% on a routine grounder just to try to beat out the throw.

As a former die-hard Giants fan and Barry Bonds loyalist, I assure you, Barry Lamar Bonds would barely jog to first base on a routine grounder.

No. I'm just saying that Barry Bonds would have never gotten injured by trying to run out a single on a grounder. Because he would never even try to go hard down the first base line in the first place. I mean, why should he? His OBP is already insane and the risk of pulling a hamstring or spraining an ankle, or dislocating your knee from an all out sprint is too high.

C'mon Z-Bo. 2lbs?? Really???

The Story of the DuckTales Theme, History’s Catchiest Single Minute of Music https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/the-story-of-the-ducktales-theme-music

DuckTales is back and it was glorious. Better than ever. Really great distraction in light of the brownshirts taking over yesterday's news cycle.