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Euro 2024 - Fantasy league
by Lann- 3 followers
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Its time again, join our league! UEFA code: Af29w7 Join link
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Formula One Racing
by omarcomin71- 2 followers
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These last few months I’ve really got into Formula One racing. I’ve always been a casual fan of motorsports, but once I dove in to F1 I’ve been hooked. It’s perfect for an early morning riser here in the states as most of the races start at 6 AM every Sunday morning. It’s not the most popular sport over here, but I think it’s gaining popularity with more and more races taking place in the Americas. I’m excited for the new Las Vegas Grand Prix in November. Here’s a short preview on the race, and the details of the preparation. Can’t wait! 😀
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Womens World Cup - Pick your team! 1 2
by Lann- 3 followers
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Its time again! Create your team and join the league: RSC Rockstar Social Club League code: w02pmm https://sheplays.com.au/wwc
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Short notice, lets go?! First game in a few hours. https://sheplays.com.au/euro
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Winter Olympics 2022
by JustHatched- 3 followers
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The Winter Olympics start Feb 4, are you planning to watch? What are the events that you watch? While I won't set time aside to watch any event, if I happen to catch the Luge to Bobsledding I will watch those, always figured I would like to try Luge but I figure those days are past me. Certainly though, Curling is at the top of mine and @Dodgelist of events to see.
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NBA 2021/2022 Season
by omarcomin71- 1 follower
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It’s back! Let’s go Lakers!
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Black Country Diecast 1 2 3 4
by CatManDoza- 2 followers
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Hello All.... Though I'd share my hobby with you all, as some of you may find it interesting. A few months ago I found my old collection of Matchbox cars from when I was a lad, around 25 years ago. Most of which were play worn and missing any bits of paint. After watching a few guys on youtube, I set about restoring some. After the varying success of my efforts, I bvranched out into buying knackered cars and restoring them as a little weekend hobby. Then after a bit of shopping with my son, I purchased a few Hot wheels cars, and now my son and I collect Hot Wheels together. We don;t want full sets, but we just buy what we like. Which makes today a special d…
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Fantasy Olympic Games 1 2
by djw180- 5 followers
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Fantasy Olympic Games The Olympics starts on 23rd July and I'm organising a simple fantasy game. To participate you have to pick your own multi-national team made from a selection of the participating nations. You then score points simply based on what medals your nations win, 4 for gold, 2 for silver and 1 for bronze. The final result comes from the final medals table, but I will do regular updates of the scores as the games progress. Pick exactly 5 nations Each nation has been assigned a fantasy value and your team total value can not exceed 100 M$ see next post The values have been worked out in direct prop…
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Yes, it's that fecking time again! The postponed Euro 2020 tournament kicks off on June 11th, so you have just under 4 weeks to join and prepare your team. This will be our 4th league. Following on from the success of Euro 2016, World Cup 2018 and Women's World Cup 2019. The tournament winner will receive some PSN stuff (Subscription or credit, depending on your country). It's just a bit of fun and something for the forum members to participate in during the tournament. Everyone is welcome and no football knowledge is required Link: https://www.dreamteamfc.com/g/#tournament/league-hub/join/5830?code=EUMLVPW7 Pin: EUMLVPW7 Thanks!
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NBA 2019/2020 & 2020/2021 Season
by zmurko- 1 follower
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NBA is back baby!!! ? Has everyone followed all the off-season moves? Which team(s)/player(s) will you follow/watch? What are your predictions for the season? Are you excited? Are you excited??!! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED??!!
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Somewhere to talk about the beautiful game. Its pretty well known that I’m a Leeds fan, this years Championship title is likely to go to either Norwich, Leeds or @Mythaga’s Sheffield Utd so it’s getting pretty tense as the season heads into the final weeks. Leeds are feeling confident after a glorious 4-0 win over 4th place West Brom. Sheffield Utd’s response was a predictably dull 0-0 derby game with the other team from Sheffield. Leeds are playing Sheffield Utd soon, this will be crucial in deciding who gets the second automatic promotion spot. Apparently theres other leagues in English and world football so feel free to talk about them too.
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Hobbies, Toys and Collections 1 2 3
by JuniorChubb- 1 follower
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Been meaning to create this thread for a while... A place to share your Hobbies, Toys, Games and Collections. I will be adding a few pics of my own soon, hopefully someone will get the ball rolling before I do.
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Betting / Gambling
by Lann- 4 followers
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If you are into sports betting, where do you place your bets? If you are into online gambling/casino, where do you play?
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The Last Dance is a 2020 American sports documentary miniseries focusing on the 1997–98 Chicago Bulls. The series features film footage from a crew that had an unprecedented and all-access pass to the Bulls during the National Basketball Association season. A season in which the Bulls were attempting a second Three-peat....or Three Consecutive Championships. They had already had a three-peat from 91-93 and were going for a second one. Why should you watch it? Because as a basketball or NBA fan regardless of who your fave player was or currently is...there is no denying that one of the greatest players to ever play the game is named Michael Jordan. In 1987 a family m…
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FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 - Fantasy league Join The Domestic League! 1. Sign up https://sheplays.com.au 2. Pick your team 3. Join The Domestic League, Link: https://sheplays.com.au/my-leagues?join=TDL913 (or use code TDL913) 4. Enjoy the games and compare your scores with the rest of us! Leaderboards will be visible by the first match. This was the only place I found offering a fantasy league, its not as fancy as the one we used before.
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The Story What I'm Writing
by LimeGreenLegend- 1 follower
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I've always loved writing, and have, in the past, made several attempts to write a book. These all failed. The ideas were good, but I just never kept at it. Recently, however, I had an idea for a story and feel like this is the one. I figure I'll post what I have here now, and the promise of posting further updates will keep me motivated to keep going. Hopefully. So here is my new, ongoing effort. For now it's called The Pig, but that may change. The Pig “It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.” John Stuart Mill – Utilitarianism (1863) 1 - The Farm I can remember The Farm now. The lowing of th…
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ESports during Covid-19 lockdown
by JuniorChubb- 2 followers
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With the world of sport now on hold for many of us there are a few eSports events taking the place of the real thing. Formula 1 have their eSports in full swing now: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/tags.esports.N0CpHwC3MAUK4iwAEYi6e.html The Grand National in the UK was replaced by a virtual event this year: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dBwte-Isi3c I know some will despise the idea of ‘replacing’ real life events, but I thought it might be an idea to have a place to share upcoming eSports or Virtual events that may be replacing what is lost due to lockdowns.
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USWNT Equal Pay ... Yay or Nay ? 1 2
by Con- 1 follower
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The four time World Cup Champion, US Women's National Soccer team filed an equal pay in a gender discrimination lawsuit and this week US Soccer lawyers explained why US Soccer feels the US Women's team deserves less wages and should not have equal pay...This is what US Soccer lawyers said: “MNT players routinely play matches (important World Cup qualifiers, in particular) throughout Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. The WNT does not,” the USSF said. “Opposing fan hostility encountered in these MNT road environments, especially in Mexico and Central America, is unmatched by anything the WNT must face while trying to qualify for an important tournament. Even t…
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Basketball | NBA Finals | Raptors win the title in 6! 1 2 3 4
by Banketelli- 2 followers
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Do we have any basketball fans on the site? I know @zmurko and @Fido_le_muet are into the sport, but surely some of the NA folks must be as well. It has never really my sport. Well, haven't really payed it any attention. But a while ago I came across "Inside the NBA" on Youtube. First, it was just for the entertainment since many of the clips have nothing to do with basketball, just the crew goofing around. Charles Barkley is mighty entertaining to watch. Then I began watching full episodes of the show plus "Open Court" with all the legends and I must say it has gotten my attention now. Recently, I have watched the final playoff matches of last NBA season and I'm ev…
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All Elite Wrestling
by LimeGreenLegend- 8 replies
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I don't know if any of you guys are wrestling fans, so you probably haven't heard about the new company, AEW. It was founded recently by wrestlers Cody Rhodes, Matt and Nick Jackson, and Kenny Omega, and they just held their first big show, Double or Nothing, last night. It was friggin' good. If all you know about wrestling is WWE, you should check this out. It's hard to describe why it's better, it just is, especially since the writing and continuity for WWE has been shite for a few years now. It's going to have weekly shows starting soon, on TNT in the US, and ITV in the UK. This is awesome news for me since there hasn't been a proper wrestling show on terrest…
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I've created a free League with The Sun's Dream Team. All you need to join is a team, this PIN: 8551905 and a trip to https://www.dreamteamfc.com/intl/leagues/landing/8551905 League standings: https://www.dreamteamfc.com/intl/leagues/view/8551905/
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PB's cycling QOTD* 1 2
by Pb76- 1 follower
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*question of the day (or week, depending if I can be arsed) Anyway, I like cycling. I like prying into the lives of others. This topic covers both things. Bonus. QUESTION ONE........WHAT DO YOU RIDE?
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SUP
by BryannosaurusRex- 9 replies
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I've just bought myself a standup paddle board :D An inflatable one to be more specific so its easy to store and pack in the back of the car/van. It's from a small local company about 2 miles from me and a top quality product. I'll hopefully get out on the water this weekend and report back :)
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The 2017-2018 Beautiful Game Thread 1 2 3
by PapOiteE- 2 followers
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This title is becoming a trend isn't it? @SeymorScagneti and @DavidCore89 Here we all can talk about everything related to this season.
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Instruments
by Firebear926- 1 follower
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Hey was just curious if any of you play and instrument? I play guitar and know basic chords on the guitar.
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179Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
Throne of Blood (1957) dir Akira Kurosawa This is Kurosawa's version of Macbeth. It's not like the more usual Shakespearian adaptations that use the original lines, rather it's the same basic story with different lines in a different setting; medieval Japan. It's unmistakeably Macbeth right from the start as the camera pans across a misty, mysterious, highland landscape. Toshirô Mifune stars Washizu (i.e. Macbeth), initially a soldier (I guess you would say Samurai, although I am not totally sure of the correct usage of that) in the army of the local lord (i.e. King Duncan). Washizu and another soldier, Miki (i.e. Macduff), are on the way back from a victorious battle to their lord's castle. They get lost in forest and come across a spirit (equivalent of the witches) who foretells their promotion and that eventually Washizu will be the new lord but it will be Miki's son who succeeds him. They are promoted, Washizu tells his wife (Lady Macbeth, obviously) about the prophecy and it is she who encourages him on the path of deceit, betrayal and murder that will see him full-fill the rest of the prophecy but attempt to change it so that a son of his own succeeds him. One thing I did find slightly odd, and funny, is that whereas in Shakespeare's original (and the historical facts it is based on) Macbeth becomes King of Scotland, here Washizu becomes Lord of Spider's Web Castle. I am assuming that in Japanese “Spider's Web Castle” sounds more impressive than it does in English. It is very well made, of course, and the actors are good, particularly Isuzu Yamada as Lady Washizu. Like Olivier's Shakespeare adaptions it does not seem dated, and I think the Shakespearian style is what helps there. There is some very impressive cinematography, both of the landscapes and some of the castle interior scenes. One that sticks in my mind is when Lady Washizu hatches one of her plans we see her walk into another room, that is pitch black and then emerge shortly after carrying some bottles of drugged saki. The camera stays fixed for all of this, with the doorway to the dark room in the centre so it's almost like she disappears and then reappears, as if using magic. Definitely well worth watching if you are into Shakespeare or Samurai films. 9 / 10- 1
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588What was the most recent thing you bought?
Here's the last thing I bought! It's mighty expensive at $1600, but it makes a easy go of a complex operation. Set it and forget it and keep a sponge wet it's about all it takes! All it takes is a 4-day dry and a 4-day cure. -
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I agree @djw180 The Fall of the House of Usher is worth a watch for Mark Hamill’s performance alone. Plus, I’ve been on the fence about watching Kaos. I will definitely give it a go now. Thanks!- 2
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I just finished watching The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. Highly recommended! It's a horror-drama in 8 episodes, very loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe short stories or poems with each episode named after a different work of his. I have never read any of them and some had not even heard of, but I now at least know the brief synopsis of them from Wikipedia. What the creators have done is woven together a plot primarily based on the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" that greatly expands on that. The first episode has the same name as the whole series. Roderick Usher, corrupt billionaire head of a major pharmaceutical company, invites an old adversary, lawyer August Dupin, to his family's derelict house, to confess to a host of crimes. Dupin has been trying to prosecute the Ushers for decades but they always got away with it. Now, following the recent deaths of all six of his children, supposedly in freak, horrific, unrelated accidents, Roderick wants to come clean. Most of the story is now told in flash back, both to the early years of Roderick and his sister Maddie (the brains behind their rise to power) and the children's recent deaths. The next 6 episode each focus on the violent deaths of a different son or daughter, each related in some way to the Edgar Allen Poe story that episode is named after. The final episode, The Raven, then brings everything to it's conclusion, revealing the true cause of all that has happened. It's very, very good. It is a bit bloody and gory at times, but never over-the-top, always done for a reason and usually to fit in with the story that death is named after. It features Mark Hamil in the most un-Luke-Skywalker-like role you can imagine. I never really rated him as an actor in Star Wars, but here, as the Usher's ruthless lawyer he is excellent. Another Netflix series I think is worth a mention is Kaos It's a modern day story of Greek Gods and Heroes, in a world where they most definitely exist and are still worshipped by mortals. Jeff Goldblum is Zeus and there's other recognisable faces amongst the rest of the cast, including David Thewlis as one of Zeus' brothers and fellow god Hades and Suzie Izzard as one of the Fates. It loosely follows the story of Orpheus in the Underworld, but this is part of a bigger plot with both gods and mortals having to accept what fate has in store for them, whether they like it or not.- 1
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