MickMixon'sMetaphors

Don’t worry. If you’re not feeling better already, the huddle will have you back to normal in just a few more pages. You’ll be right as rain!

Same as now , indifferent. love Cam, but moved on.

It would be funny to run into him dressed in drag at a gay pride festival. I’d be ok with that.

Oooo. Now I’m thirsty.

When I was first introduced to Baker, I watched this video. I loved his energy. When he got laid out and said "welp, let's not do that", that was hilarious. I lov

I took a listen. I interpreted that diatribe as "I'm gonna show you guys I can play. I will earn your respect.". IMO, it seemed directed to "us" (fans).

Maybe he's just celebrating that we brought in Keith Kirkwood.

Yes! They can suck it!

I saw some videos on crucible knights and evidently the key is parrying. I never tried it myself, but youtubers made it look pretty easy. Take a look and let us know!

More positive leaning votes than negative. Wow, go huddle!

I loved that show!

Eagles got him

100% agree on ALL points. I was excited about the XFL. I knew it was coming and was interested. I ended up watching quite a few games on TV and they were fun to watch (the interviews, the beer snake, etc..). I was going to get some tickets at some point and take my kids who have never seen a professional football game. The ticket prices were affordable. Like you, I felt the XML might just catch on! Really unfortunate for them on the timing. Maybe it was a blessing in disguise as I do feel the new XFL ownership is going to be a better ownership group than prior and it gave them time to really be retrospective on what worked and what didn't in their first rebooted season. USFL? Yeah, I don't see it lasting. I haven't researched the investors in that league, but seems the return outcome would have been very obvious.

and I just got a badge. The first time I've ever started a thread and I joined in 2019.

I had NO idea that there was a such thing as the USFL going on right now. I happened to see what looked like a professional football game on TV at a restaurant and thought "replay of old NFL game?". Took a closer look and it's actually a league. I'm just kinda shocked that it exists and is playing. Also curious how this will work with the XFL v3 kicking off in 2023. If either league has a chance, I would think they would have to merge the two. Anybody caught any of the USFL games? Thoughts?

Sorry to hear that! At the same time, you’re almost done!

An interesting tidbit from the article @CRA linked *Dated March 7th* " Despite these alleged setbacks, Vehaun [That's city manager, David Vehaun] says everyone was on the same page and the city was ready to issue the bonds. ”We were honestly two weeks away from issuing the debt when we found out that the Panthers asked us to stop,” he explains. " According to the city, after conversations, Tepper said he didn't want the city to raise capital via bonds. They then discussed alternatives. It's seems like the city was planning on issuing the bonds, but didn't do it fast enough or inline with Tepper's timing. So he hit the pause button to force the issue. Probably was floating too much money and simply didn't like it. That's what it looks like to me, but the facts will come out and the devil is in the details.

I clicked the tweet, but the video seems private. Is there another source that can be linked?

How's it going? After finishing NG+, leveling up tons of weapons to try different things, doing some things I didn't do 1st game, etc... I think I've had my fill for now. Ended around level 270-280 or something. Ended up staying sword and shield for the most part, but leveled up faith, arcane, and int to the extent of being able to equip basically any weapon and playing around with incantations and spells. Looked something like this (sorry from memory) vit :~50-60 End: ~50-55 Mind: ~20-25 Str: 60 Dex: 60 Faith: 30-35 Int: 35-40'ish(?) Arcane: 23 I believe The bloodhound sword is still a beast. I boosted a LOT of weapons to +9/+24 and the scaling for dex/str (+ bonus of bleed) makes its damage one of the best. However, I found that the The Blasphemous Blade is my go to for exploring where bleed isn't as big a deal. The HP vamp is actually legit and it hits harder than bloodhound at base. My biggest pet peeves/areas that I absolutely hated: Castle Sol - the screaming guys, the knights, the boss, ugh. The Halingtree - All of it. That place is absolute hell to navigate through. I first tried it on NG+. Not sure if it's significantly easier regular, but I bet it's not. Ordina, Liturgical Town - As a sword n shield player, having to use a slot for a torch just ruined my whole playstyle. Then add in the archers. The assassins. I hated this place. Zamor Ruins - The "knights" there are brutal and they gang up on you. Elden Beast - sorry, running around a huge map to catch him is just frustrating. Beat him twice, so I did my part Other than that, really enjoyed the rides and glad I was able to beat even NG+. We'll see if I circle back around for a NG++. If you guys want me to test level any weapons or such and let you know the stats/feedback, let me know.

Will be checking this one out! Morbius? Not so much.

wow, me too until I just read your post HA

As much as it PAINS me to say it, I do think Rock Hill is on the wrong side. If they agreed to something, they should hold their end up. This is coming from a guy who works as a director for a $391b+ asset management firm in Charlotte (I know these "guys" and am VERY cynical on the investment management industry), lives in Rock Hill, and is a Panther fan.

Ouch...zing! Separately on Tuesday, Climer ripped Tepper in comments to the Charlotte Business Journal. “The bottom line is that our community deserves answers,” Climer said. “The city, the county, the state and the Panthers worked together constructively for a considerable period of time at great effort to bring to Rock Hill a world-class sports entertainment center. David Tepper came to Rock Hill promising us Jerry Jones and ever since then he’s given us Dan Snyder. I live in Rock Hill, but I'm also a Charlotte native. I grew up near UNCC, so a lot of my childhood was zipping around Charlotte. Upper York County is part of Charlotte-Metro (Fort Mill, Rock Hill, Lancaster). Playing the SC v. NC thing doesn't make sense, it's "Us" now. Also the perception that SC residents are a bunch of country bumpkins doesn't make sense either. There is a lot of wealth that has moved into York County from New England and Midwest. Everyday, I see a New York plate. Home values have skyrocketed. Land is getting harder to find. Residential zoning is sprawling. Anyway, the construction down there is balls deep. I drive by there all the time. They have already worked on the new interstate exit, acres and acres of land has been cleared. Construction is well underway. It'd be an absolute shame for ALL of us Panther fans (regardless of your physical location) to see this just end.