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Posts posted by MadBurgerMaker
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4 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:
^add Oilers. Double damn.
Yeah that sucks bad. The Roughnecks looked...correct...playing in Houston with a name and logo like that.
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2 minutes ago, 'stache said:
People complain about "bland" or boring nicknames. I'm arguing that it doesn't matter, and that a "local" or flashy or unique nickname can be just as weak or stupid. If they went with Washington Wildcats it wouldn't fucking matter. If they continue to suck, then it sucks. If they won a super bowl, it would be popular in all of our heads.
Teams can suck and have good names. Teams can be great and still just essentially be [LOCALAFFILIATION #31] [TEAMNAME #27]. The best ones are the types that are relevant to their location. For example: Patriots, Cowboys, Ravens, Packers, 49ers, Saints. Those are good names that make sense for where they are. Or when they were created in the case of the Saints.
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Just now, 'stache said:
If they won a super bowl or two in the next five years it would be. Same with the jags, or panthers, or whatever bland name accompanies a winner. LSU is a tiger. Same as Clemson and Auburn who have been winning tons of championships with a bland name. Kansas State was big in the 90s with the blandest of all high school mascots the wildcat.
I don't know what you're arguing with here. Most of those aren't interesting either, despite the team success (LSU needs to keep that name history quiet).
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Uh...a felony seems just a tad excessive.
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1 hour ago, 'stache said:
Where did the idea come from that a name has to be "strong" or unique or even non-bland? A bland name becomes powerful if the franchise is successful. The Bears were huge in the 80s. The Eagles were super popular that one year they won a superbowl. Even Cowboys is kinda generic in some respects and they're the most valuable franchise int he world despite having sucked for 25 years.
Because 3 out of the last 5 have been named that way. Bland strength. Other than the Jaguars (relevant zoo animal at least), Panthers (literally named because panthers are strong), and Titans (...), you got the Ravens (famous resident and good) and the Texans (relevant...local...population?). To be fair to the Texans, they probably would have been the red/white/blue Oilers if they could, but damn.
Redtails is at least interesting, although also weird since they got the nickname due to the, you know, red tails on their planes. Reminds me of redasses when applied to people instead of planes. Redwolves and Warriors are not interesting, but hey Snyder could probably reuse alternate logos with those and keep selling dat merch. Instead of these types of things, I wish they'd come up with something relevant to their local area or at least fun. Like the Biscuits.
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Ugh why is this taking so long? I'm really curious to see which completely bland "strong" name and logo their corporate marketing committee comes up with. It will surely strike fear into the hearts of their opponents.
Someone up thread (I think it was here) is right: they should go with the MiLB approach and not take everything so seriously. This shit is supposed to be fun, isn't it? But I guess the superfans and some of the weirdo players who GO TO WAR every Sunday wouldn't like that too much.
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2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:
For reference, the Russian Navy has to have a fucking big-ass tugboat following their sole "operational" aircraft carrier around.
I don't think they can even do that right now. That
floating tire firecarrier had the one drydock that could hold it sink underneath it and cause a bunch of damage in the process. Like, a bigass crane dropped on the deck, killed some workers, etc. Pretty sure they were building a new drydock to replace it, but I'm not sure what the status of that is.E: Damn, they also had a big fire on board a year later.
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Welp. I wonder if they'll decom it, assuming the damage is as bad as it looks, or pony up for the repairs. Fairly sure Triploi is pretty close to being ready and all, but LHDs are...kind of a big deal.
They're probably wishing those two LCSs burned to the waterline instead.
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Oh a year later. Here I was picturing this dude doing a drive by in some ridiculous yellow lambo with blue and purple flames on it while on his way to fuckin Macy's with his decoy bomb and the crew waiting for him.
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Welcome to AT&T Stadium. Now please give a round of applause for the Exxon-Mobil Cheerleaders as they welcome YOUR! KIMBERLY CLARK! COOOWBOYS!"
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Just Alabama and Georgia? Hm..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Burgundy
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I slipped and fell while running up the stairs at home and went mouth first into the corner of the base of the banister. Had to get stitches in my gums heh.
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lol Georgia flying completely under the radar after adding some graphics to the Stars and Bars and calling it good.
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3 hours ago, bernorange said:
Sony has not released price info yet. Undercutting xbox at ps4 launch worked great last go 'round. Hope they do it again.
Hell, either one of them hitting that estimated (I thought it was official, but I was just seeing TechRadar quoting analysts) price point is a pretty great deal. Gran Turismo isn't on the Xbox though, so...
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Man I thought OAN was entirely made up of deep fake type online videos and that one chick that goes to the white house press briefings.
E: Her: https://www.instagram.com/chanelrion/?hl=en
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Wait. What? I don't understand the UVA thing. It's still the same basic logo, isn't it? Cavalry sabers and a V?
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41 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:
Those are cheap now too
Yeah I'll have to suck it up and finally upgrade.
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Looks pretty cool, and $500 is a lot less than what I was pricing out for my next PC build. I've only got one (shitty) 4k TV though, so fuck me.
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10 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:
So you'd be ok with Tom Herman wearing an Alex Jones shirt?
With or without the "I'm kind of retarded" quote on it? This is important.
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I guess I missed out on the latest crusade.
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I'm still in favor of Shatner or something equally ultra-cringey, but:
41 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:The words "The eyes of Texas are upon you" were copied by University President Prather from Robert E. Lee's phrase "the eyes of the South are upon you". Now, again, I don't think co-opting a slogan from the head general of the confederate army is where we should set the bar at the University of Texas.
Just based on which face it came out of, or....? He would apparently say that to university students, which Prather was one, in the late 1860s.
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8 minutes ago, maninblack said:
I agree but that requires maturity
Well....You're not wrong. Just a thing that bothers me, really.
Houston Texans WR Kenny Stills Arrested for Protesting in Kentucky
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Why do they do things like that? Massively over charge, I mean. Is it to try to get plea deals or something?