Shaka

He gives love a bad name.

My motivation to VHL is rising.

Wun Wun deserves a statue outside Winterfell now. What a beast.

I'm stoked. I host a Game of Thrones watch party that averages 10-15 people. It's really sweet to get together, drink some, hang out and then turn the lights off and the entire lot of us shuts up and dives into GOT. After the show we probably spend an hour or so just talking about what just happened, what might happen. It's a fun way to watch. This episode should be nuts. Bryan Cogman already said season six has definitely the biggest action sequence yet in the series and he must be talking about tonight's episode. I expect almost the entire episode to be devoted to the way in the same way "Hardhome" was. My death pool money is on Wun Wun, Thormund, Ramsay and the kicker being either Lyanna Mormont or Sansa Stark's unfortunate demise. Lyanna fits the mold of being introduced as a strong character only to die an episode later or in that very episode. Sophie Turner has repeatedly and strongly confirmed her character surviving the season which makes me a tad afraid that's not the case.

For what it's worth that was the point that I originally made. It's my opinion that Robert is viewed poorly as a King when I feel the continent, and it's people, were in a far better position during his reign than any other recently. That makes me believe I, and possibly other people, underrated him. Clearly you and Power disagree. Fair enough.

That's fair. I don't think that's changing yourself in the sense that she might not see the "real you." If anything she'll probably appreciate that you want to better yourself. Women like men who aren't on auto-pilot. I think everyone is like that or at least should be like that. I'm just as guilty of it. Self growth for the win. I hope everything works out. Good luck!

I don't doubt he could be a decent king if he had strong advisors or wasn't 12. I'm just saying the facts are what they are. Of the last 4 kings one tried to slaughter his people, one was a sadistic maniac, one in a short time has managed to allow his queen to be locked up, his mom escorted naked through the streets of King's Landing and is now losing power of the city to a religious zealot. The other is King Robert. Sure Jon Arryn and Stannis held the Seven Kingdoms together while Robert ate and drank his way to obesity, but I would take his "Reign" over the other three in a heartbeat.

Spoiler Alert: She's the gas station chick @Streetlight is after.

Fair points. Now compare him to the king before him and the two kings after.

Soooooo you just signed his death warrant. Thanks. I came to the realization the other day that King Robert was actually a pretty underrated King. Since his death all hell has broken loose in Westeros. Families are being slaughtered, wars all over the map and King's Landing is a shit show. During his reign apparently nothing crazy happened. All the established houses stayed pretty established, children managed to grow up mostly unbothered by the harsh realities of life on that continent and all seemed well. He doesn't get enough credit for that. And that led me to come to the next realization that Lady Olenna is more right about Cersei than she pointed out. Not only is Cersei responsible for what's happening in the current situation, but she's quite literally responsible for everything that's happened following Robert's death. By killing her husband she's either directly or indirectly led to the death of practically everyone. She's the GOT version of the black death. She's a living grim reaper who destroys everything she touches whether she intends to or not.

Interesting point of view on the other side of the counter. Waiting tables is what I did during my college years. You make money, you meet a lot of female coworkers(who are often dtf) and you get cash in hand at the end of each shift. You still have to deal with shitty, annoying human beings but at least you get more out of it than you probably do at Mobil.

This. I'd add to be yourself. By charming her, making her laugh, making her smile and allowing her attraction for you to build organically you should maintain your own personality, interests, etc. Too many of my friends change things about themselves to fit what they believe the girl wants and then either fail to honestly attract her or attract her with a false identity that's impossible to sustain. I'm guilty of doing the same while dating before I got married.

PFS has it's issue for sure, but so does every league. FBB has a handful of PBP issues. OOTP has had it's share of PBP issues. They're not there for the whole league to watch on a live twitch stream is all I am saying. That and the best teams consistently won in the USFL despite it's handful of PBP quirks. I'm not saying PFS is perfect by no means. I'm just sharing with anyone who wants to potentially put a league together that there are several aspects you need to think about. Are you thinking about helping the league get off the ground? Present games? etc. I assume you own the game as you've been a pretty big staple of the football community to my knowledge.

Madden sim leagues have always been doomed by their own Catch 22. The idea of watching your own player play is incredibly enticing, but it comes with much more work. It seems you're already aware of stat-keeping which is the biggest headache of them all. I'd venture to say you would need more than just one stat keeper. Past leagues employed 4-6 member who each had a position. You'd also want more than just you presenting games, which takes not only owning the game but the desire to tie your computer up simulating decade old game between two terrible teams on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night. If the simming, updating and stat-keeping doesn't kill you the last obstacle is dealing with the fucktards who liter the Madden sim community and drag it down. You know... the guys in every madden sim league who never make it to any other league(I don't count, i'm special). With that said, it's not impossible to do. 4 teams would require 52 players to fill the necessary positions. That's a reachable number for the first season, but an unlikely number to sustain at. That means you would also have to be willing to maintain the league at roughly 30 updating players(the average of the past 5 football leagues) which is just enough to cover the very important positions and leaves the remaining positions for inactives. That is unless you decide to let 1 offensive and 1 defensive player per member. It's never been done before, would answer your long term roster situation but create twice as much issue with updating and stat keeping. Being that it's endorsed by the VHL it JUST might convince the several members who refuse to join new leagues until they are 6-8 seasons in. That's always been a circle of death for football leagues. League created, Member X doesn't want to join until league is established, league struggles to established without guys like Member X, league fails, repeat. Grabbing the holdouts and fringe members would be important if you didn't go 2 players per member. All of that comes with one final side effect..... The simulator is awful. Players make horrible decisions, glitches all over, balls gliding through the arms of defenders, balls bouncing off face masks of 90 rated receivers, left tackles blocking the ghost of Derrick Thomas giving up 6 sacks a game, kickers missing chip shots and the dreaded madden comeback in every. single. game. It's a lot to deal with. Not impossible, but a lot to deal with. --------------------- A PFS(or draft day sports now) league, like the one Molholt and I tried to get off the ground 2 years ago ironically also called the USFL, seems to be the only logical future sim engine for a football sim. Unlike Madden, it offers the convenience of a league report and postable box scores. That seems to be something fairly important to the only 3 active and successful player sims around this community(VHL, SHL, SBA). Standings, Stats, Records and more kept on a uploadable league report. The option for players to play two-ways if you decide against 2 players per member. Easy to post PBP. The problem in the past for those leagues is that a major group of members refuse to join a football league that isn't Madden. If they were to come around and be interested in a PFS league it has way more potential for longevity. Anyways.... I own both games. I know Madden well and know PFS like the back of my hand. Whatever happens I'll join and likely help out if needed.

I'd be in obviously. I suggest that anyone who is going to create this league to look into it what it takes to run one first. Madden PC leagues are not for the faint of heart.

@ADwyer87 he knows why...

Claim 1 for this guy.

Two please.

Welfare? Sign me up. +2

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