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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.04.16 03:47:28 -
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OK, I'm from the southwestern part of USA and know f-all about hockey. NFL sidelines strategy, connecting passes or fighting to pick u first downs, I know. But damn, after three winters of watching NHL hockey, so fast, so hard, so fun! B-Balll-- yeah, similar, with less psych game. Drawing fouls--- hell no, how aboot a fist to the head!
Futbol--- One the same tactical page. Take football/soccer and make it into mostly two-dimensions, in a tight space, on ice. Played by skaters with carbonite sticks chasing a little hard frozen black puck, precision flicking it around to teammates setting up plays, and rifling/stuffing it past the goalkeeper. who's probably a kung fu master at defending his not so big territory of net.
What an intense game. So far, no real show-bix showboating superstars in NHL. Just a lot of guys who look like they're one step from being booted and doing brake jobs at Dad's shop. Bless em, how straight up is that?
My advice to you: Do not ever look up "worst guitar solo" on Youtube. You will be sorry. No joke. Really and truly sorry.
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.04.16 13:41:14 -
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I need a pick for the team to win the Stanley Cup. Any thoughts?
My advice to you: Do not ever look up "worst guitar solo" on Youtube. You will be sorry. No joke. Really and truly sorry.
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.04.17 00:51:20 -
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Hengle Teron wrote:Toronto
The Leafs? Sir, I believe you may be trolling. And about two very serious subjects. First, NHL hockey. Second, my gambling ISK. It's about my only source of ISK income these days.
My advice to you: Do not ever look up "worst guitar solo" on Youtube. You will be sorry. No joke. Really and truly sorry.
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Posted - 2015.04.18 00:49:51 -
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Hengle Teron wrote:Khergit Deserters wrote:Hengle Teron wrote:Toronto The Leafs? Sir, I believe you may be trolling. And about two very serious subjects. NHL hockey, and my ISK gambling operation. No wait, I should be backing the Kings, one of ours is playing for them. Wait, they're out already, aren't they ?
Watch you talking bout Willis?  Kings player is also an EVE player? How awesome could that be? Oh yeah.
My advice to you: Do not ever look up "worst guitar solo" on Youtube. You will be sorry. No joke. Really and truly sorry.
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Posted - 2015.04.18 00:59:10 -
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Tilde Duchateau wrote:Khergit Deserters wrote:I need a pick for the team to win the Stanley Cup. Any thoughts? Blackhawks.
[Please pardon the consecutive posts. Not waiting your turn to speak. Bad protocol on forums, but perfectly acceptable in RL. Well, it depends on what culture of the world you're in. Anyway...]
Wow, that's a good call Tilde. Those guys seem to have some kind of transcendental zennish hyper-meta-athlete thing going on. Rangers and even Islanders are whipped up and jamming too, but kind of a different level.
My advice to you: Do not ever look up "worst guitar solo" on Youtube. You will be sorry. No joke. Really and truly sorry.
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Posted - 2015.04.18 01:02:44 -
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Hengle Teron wrote:Khergit Deserters wrote:Hengle Teron wrote:Khergit Deserters wrote:Hengle Teron wrote:Toronto The Leafs? Sir, I believe you may be trolling. And about two very serious subjects. NHL hockey, and my ISK gambling operation. No wait, I should be backing the Kings, one of ours is playing for them. Wait, they're out already, aren't they ? Watch you talking bout Willis? Kings player is also an EVE player? How awesome could that be? Oh yeah. Uhm no, I meant nationality.
What nationality Hengle? If a hockey playing one, you might have one or more of yours on every team in this league.
My advice to you: Do not ever look up "worst guitar solo" on Youtube. You will be sorry. No joke. Really and truly sorry.
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.04.18 01:34:05 -
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Key player on the champions of the North American league last year. Can't do much better than that! In N. America at least.
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.04.19 20:33:47 -
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Rangers let me down last night. A great, intense game though. Alas, poor ISK, I knew you well....
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Posted - 2015.04.23 02:51:02 -
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Here is the hyper-intense action and glory of the NFL playoffs! OK, not that intense or glorious for these 3 mins....
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Posted - 2015.04.24 23:33:59 -
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Hani Tian wrote:Brujo Loco wrote:I knew from a tender age I was different. I was afraid of coming out I dreaded not being part of the group I loathed those meetings, when everybody was happy but me I cried inside every single time people laughed at their "normal" behavior and customs that I never felt as mine I was apart, but wanted to belong I always saw them screaming in joy and happiness but never understood them I tried to empathize when they felt bad and cried foul against fate, but felt nothing And then, slowly but surely, people began to notice, they no longer invited me or talked to me, they knew I was different They no longer looked at me with the common social cues of acceptance and head nods, I was just "that guy" now Even today if I tell others my tendency , they look at me weird and feel uncomfortable But I try to not let that bother me, I try to just go on and ignore people I know I am not alone I don-Št like sports, I never have, and know damn sure never will. Thanks for reading. Here have this, as a peace token, knowing I respect you in your choices, hope you respect mine. Keep on! Cheers! o/ Nothing to see here, move along ... I did not need to sleep today anyways..
Nice one Brujo, I think you ought to keep that verse in your archives. It's OK, we all know that sports-watching is another opiate of the masses. I only got interested again recently-- due to needing more opiates.
That Samsara kind of reminds me of Sankai Juku. If they were a lot more disturbing. If you watch one of their live performances for about 3 hours, you sort of forget where you are and what day it is. Actually, the performances could 30 minutes or 6 hours. You lose track.
My advice to you: Do not ever look up "worst guitar solo" on Youtube. You will be sorry. No joke. Really and truly sorry.
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.04.27 00:18:23 -
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Brujo Loco wrote:Khergit Deserters wrote:Nice one Brujo, I think you ought to save that poetry in your archives. It's OK, we all know that sports-watching is another opiate of the masses. I only got interested again recently-- due to needing more opiates. That Samsara kind of reminds me of Sankai Juku. If they were a lot more disturbing. If you watch one of their live performances for about 3 hours, you sort of forget where you are and what day it is. Actually, the performances could 30 minutes or 6 hours. You lose track. That never happens with the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.  Hehehe, Watch Samsara man, you won-Št regret it ... turn your light offs, close the curtains, get naked and then use a blanket to cover yourself and WATCH it ... Sorry for the derail :P back to sports! /hugs to everyone around in good Ol-ŠOOPE
Oh yeah, I did watch Samara mate. Not long after finishing reading Kazuo Ishiguro's [u]The Buried Giant[/u. Not even close to a spoiler: Britain in the really Dark Ages, Arthur's generation are all geriatric. Christian-ish Briton and pagan Saxon villagers are pretty much understanding each other. No trouble. Except they're all Alzeimer's-like, with no memories. Grandma and grandpa get sick of it, and set off on a humble quest...
Between the ending of that one and Samsara - Office Man, I've been in process all day today.
My advice to you: Do not ever look up "worst guitar solo" on Youtube. You will be sorry. No joke. Really and truly sorry.
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.04.30 00:16:10 -
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These Lightning and Red Wings guys playing Game 6 right now are pretty dang intense, and it's just the 1st Period. Great shots on goal and equally great goal-stopping defense going on. I'm trying to imagine my picks the Rangers or Blackhawks vs. either of these teams.
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.05.06 01:17:27 -
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Islanders out, had a good run, but seems they just didn't have the same level of machinery going. Capitals struggled with them, but they've surprised and outplayed the Rangers. (Sorry, you can see which division I'm watching)
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.05.14 02:13:53 -
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Damn Caps playing all too well. I fear for the Rangers.
Canadiens and Lightning was a tight one too. Too close for bets. Man, such a great series. I regret so much time wasted watching bunk NFL. 
You non-hockey guys, Did You Know? The NHL has specific rules about Fighting. You have to take your gloves off (too much damage), but keep your helmet on (too much damage, but on the receiving end). No third-party guys joining the foit. Most fights occur because of ruff play, and trying to intimidate the other team. Therefore, teams put on Goons or Enforcers to counter-intimidate the other team. Their hockey skills might be crap, but they got size and aggression. It's a strategy call. Also, available only in North America. Apparently Euro countries don't allow this stuff.
Game on!
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.05.14 16:13:15 -
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I for one don't waste my time watching sports. I play Eve or WoT while semi-watching them.
But seriously, I can see your point, especially about referring to a team as 'us' or 'we.' Animal behaviorist Desmond Morris theorizes that that's a modern substitute for the psychological need to be in a clan or tribe. Consider a chimpanzee. He lives in a troop (clan) of chimps. It's a distinct group, with a defined territory and rival troops that it constantly contends with. Desmond believes that homo sapiens lived the same way for 10s of thousands of years, before the development of agriculture and towns.
So, consider taking that chimpanzee and putting him in a house, with a chimp wife and chimp kids. Next door are other chimp families, but our chimp has no connection to them and barely knows them. Chimp no defined troop to belong to and defend anymore. Instead, he forms artificial troops in his mind. If there's a company picnic, and his office is playing a game of futbol or softball against another office of the company, he sides with his office against the rivals from the other office. His office becomes his temporary substitute troop.
Now, let's say that there's an inter-company futbol/softball league. Chimp's company has a team, and it includes people from his office and the other office. When the team plays against another company, Chimp sides with his with the company team-- it's his new artificial troop, even though it includes people that were members of a "rival troop" earlier.
Anyway, that's Desmond's explanation of why people become fanatics about sports teams in their geographical area. The team becomes a surrogate "troop" for them. Even though the fan doesn't personally know even one player on the team, the team has a distinct identity as a troop that carries on year after year. And it provides the essential component of "defending" or "aggressing" against rival troops (teams). So your diehard team supporter, who's socially isolated by the modern single-family lifestyle, is really finding a way to simulate the tradition of life in a clan or tribe. That's Desmond Morris's theory, at least.
Kind of sad and pathetic, if you look at it one way. Or kind of OK if you look at it another way.
Anyway, some of the placebos of TV sports are pretty good. Especially the commercials aimed at male viewers, featuring lovely hotties.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.05.15 02:30:52 -
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My young brother has kind of got a tribal thing going on his block. It's a quiet one, and along the way they've unified and doing block parties. But, sad to say ::my own opinion::, the energy sounds more like parents partying and flirting and about ready for consensual or non-consensual PVP wife-swapping/husband-swapping. DRAMA Bustards don't know how to be real kinsmen, it's not the same. That's the rub.
BTW, four teams left! Rangers v Lightning and Blackhawks v Ducks. I'm guessing Lightning and Blackhawks at the end. What do you say? Who are these Anaheim Ducks? I'm in East Coast USA, hardly see them play in this TV coverage zone.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.05.16 23:22:25 -
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Yeah, that last Rangers-Caps game was incredible. It would take a couple of more games to really see which of those teams are better.
I'm betting on Blackhawks over Rangers and Ducks over Lightning as well. Lightning were impressive, but they seemed more about inspired play than consistent ability. But what do I know, it's my first year casually following NHL.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.05.31 19:27:30 -
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I would have guessed Ducks over Blackhawks too. In fact, I did and lost ISK. I'm going with Blackhawks over Lightning for the Cup though.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.06.08 23:50:09 -
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Jenshae Chiroptera wrote:
Posting this one again, because I love it so much.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.06.12 02:07:54 -
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2-2 Both teams so good and so heartful, I hate to see either one lose. Glad it goes to 4 wins. Plenty of chances to see who's the better team.
You're trying to conquer me
You never will conquer me
-Delroy Wilson
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