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Football (soccer) important national games.
by Spinnaker1981- 11 replies
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I have noticed I am not the only one that enjoys football here. Our own national teams are the ones that really lighten our hearts and their wins brighten our days. This thread is for all those games that are not big European or world games but that are important for us locally (not only in Portugal, but wherever you are, whatever teams you support). Today is a big game day here in Portugal. The 2 biggest teams will play for the championship (whoever wins will most likely be the next Portuguese champion). 2 points separate first and second, Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Futebol Clube do Porto, in Benfica´s home. 4 matches to be played …
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Non gaming hobbies and pastimes
by JustHatched- 24 replies
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SO what do you do for fun when not playing video games? For me. at one time I was a paintball player, semi pro in fact in early 2000's, but a severe knee injury off field took me out of the game. I have pics I will edit in stored in the computer at work. Now I fly RC airplanes and currently working on one with an 8 foot wingspan that will look like the Sprunk version of the GTA Mallard when done. In reality it is an Extra 330 3D stunt plane. This pic is of my B-17
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Boxing
by DavidCore89- 2 followers
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Any fans here? It's one of my favourite sports, but I've only seen it mentioned on these forums once, that was by me .
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2017 fantasy football (American football) thread
by truelife98- 6 replies
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Last year I ran a payleague thru NFL. Com and we had a few crew members participate I then filled the league out with work colleagues. I would be more then willing to once again setup a league if we have any crew members interested. Just like last year while it is a pay league it will only be a 20 dollar fee to join and all transactions are free. Use this more as a fun league but the winner will walkway with 180 dollars and 2nd place will get there money back so 20 dollars. The league will be for 10 players and I have a PayPal account that can be used to send me your fee or if you prefer I can give you my address and it can be mailed. If the interest is there I will iron …
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Sports betting
by Sagrawa- 2 followers
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A lot of guys here are investing a lot of time in the creator and organising events that are worth a lot. Since I am not really the guy to invest hours and hours to contribute in that, but do take the pleasure of wasting my time in those things, this is my thing to make up for it a bit: I will give some good tips on what to bet on, on a regular base. The best bets will often not be there, as they are made on the fly in the middle of a race and change faster than I can even post them. There are still a few though where the odds don't change for hours, or even days. These will be the ones I will show. I'm sure no one will believe me that they can win money of…
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Poker - Analyse my play
by ScottyB- 1 follower
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I thought it would be a good idea for us to post our plays and for us to analyse it and give feedback which should help us all improve over the long run. If you want, add a backstory of how the opposition has been betting so we can see the bigger picture. Please quote the persons play you're commenting on so they know they've received feedback and know which play you're taking about. What do you guys make of this play?? (Edit: it might be worth putting a poker subforum on the site as I do have a few other topics to talk about and I'm sure other would as well)
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The 2016-2017 Beautiful Game Thread 1 2
by DavidCore89- 2 followers
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Here, we can all talk about our clubs, countries, leagues, etc. Champions League, Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Eredivisie, Brazilian/Argentinian/Mexican/Russian Premier Leagues, MLS, or any other league, friendly, tournament, qualifier, etc. that you follow. Pretty much a copy and paste of the thread that we had last season made by @SeymorScagneti
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Selling RC Dragster
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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I have this listed on a few sites, figured I would offer to the US crew members (cost to ship across the pond safely would be quite high) It is a Megatech Dark Thunder dragster ready to run. 0 to 60mph in 3 seconds. I got it used not running, I rewound the starter and rebuilt the carburetor, runs good now. 2 speed transmission with adjustable converter (can set to launch at near zero throttle to full throttle)/ Needs and air filter, the old one was bad shape. This car has some age on it but has little use on it, plastic is all in good shape, comes with original manual. This thing is very fast and will cover alot of ground quickly,…
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Road to the 2018 World Aerobatic Championships (rc planes)
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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This is going to be my thread to post pics and videos on my goal of being invited to the 2018 world areobatic championships. I've been doing lots of aerobatic flight practice on a simulator and with my real planes and am going to be attending the regional championships in September, this will be my first actual competition, from there it'll be practice, practice practice over the winter and I will be attending as many competitions as possible in 2017, pretty much anything in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Kentucky (the North Central region) in an attempt to become the 2017 regional points champ and attend the nationals in 2017 as well. …
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2016 XDBX Fantasy Football 1 2 3
by lIIlCompleXlIIl- 1 follower
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Ok, so I know what your thinking. "Isn't it a little early to be talking Fantasy Football Leagues Complex?" To be completely honest, it is not. Today is April 1st. April 28th, 29th, and 30th is the NFL's official draft. Plus, I only tend to get a feel for who would be interested, and also to put the idea in your heads. Let you think about a little bit. Let some of us talk trash on how you're too scared to play in a REAL MENS (or womens) LEAGUE! Just playin. On the real though, the NFL releases it's 2016 schedule here in less than three weeks also. Ok, so to the actual post.... Truelife and I have discussed the options of Fantasy Football as a crew. I…
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Music was my first love and it 'll be my last...
by Brainstick- 0 replies
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Well, like John Miles said, 'Music was my first love and it will be my last'. Just like that. And the only sports for me is Transports, because of...being a truckdriver you know? And every now and then I like to do a bit of abseilling (rappel?) from the Euromast (spacetower) in Rotterdam. Only from a height of 100 meters so that's pretty safe. As a 48 year old drummer I've seen a lot of bands come and go (looking for a new one at this moment) but here are a few examples... https://youtu.be/5g0beME91qQ https://youtu.be/qfoCuHTQ4pk https://youtu.be/h-HEP6jZok8
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XDBX Champions League 16-17 Fantasy Football 1 2
by DavidCore89- 2 followers
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XDBX Champions League 16-17 Fantasy Football In association with UEFA (it's not really). **Coming soon** Simply declare your interest below, costs nothing to enter and there's no prize except bragging rights (which is arguably better than any prize). No football experience or knowledge required, just a valid email address. Works the same way as both previous fantasy football competitions. Full details will be posted once we reach the minimum number of participants that I have in mind, in this case 8 teams. Cheers.
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Drone Racing League
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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A new sport in rc flying that @dead_x_12 is looking into getting involved with as he prefers quadcopters (the correct name for drones) over airplanes. Looks like fun, and has recently been picked up by ESPN and is new enough of a sport that now is the time to get in on it before a mass of wanna be's do
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Project Extra 260
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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This is a small plane (2 foot wing span) that I use to practice new stunts cuz if I break it I aint out much. Was flying on Monday and the left aileron servo failed and it spiraled into the ground. It should be throwed away but I gonna try and fix it
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Fantasy sports leagues and team rating
by truelife98- 1 follower
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I saw a old post from dodge about a fantasy football league but decided to start i new one. Use this thread if you are in a league and are need members to fill it up. Or if you want to start a new one. Also use this thread to post your team and get others opinions. Its a nice spot to brag or get advice. I will start i usually do multiple leagues every year but my main league is a work league we have been doing for 10 years now. By end of season usually over 1000 dollars in the pot to be split between 1st place (70%) 2nd place(20%) and toilet bowl loser (10%). I personally have finished 1st 4 times and 2nd 3 times. So basically for 7 strait years i made championship wi…
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Project Sweet and Low
by JustHatched- 1 follower
- 8 replies
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It's an rc plane I am restoring, these have not been made since the early 80's and only came in kit form as far as I know, meaning each piece had to be glued together, much unlike the ready to fly planes of today. They are rare to see. This particular SnL has been in my barn for nearly 3 years waiting for it's time to come to fly again. I am hoping to have it up by the end of August when my flight club is having their giant scale fly in. It features a fuselage which is quite over built by today's standards (built like a tank) and an 86 inch wing that looks like you are carrying a surf board. Structurally it is very sound, a few small dings in the …
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Soccer for dummies
by Jjss924- 1 reply
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Anybody have any experience with Challenger Soccer or Tetrabrazil? Also, if anybody has any advice for joining a club, I would appreciate it. My daughter plays, and I don't know much about it.
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I reckon it deserves it's own thread, don't you think? French on strike, terrorist threats, drunk supporters, ... let's hope all goes well... Started with usual scenes already: What are your predictions? Who are your favourites? Without knowing results from any qualifications matches or pre-tournament friendly matches, I give best chances to Germany, Spain, France, England and Belgium with minor chances for some eastern countries like Russia, Poland and Croatia (they can do extremely well or extremely poor). Btw, is this their first Euro for for N.Ireland and Wales?
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If you could mix 2 sports into 1, what would they be?
by JustHatched- 3 followers
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NASCAR (or any racing) and Football (the world kind, non American), a huge ball getting thrown around by race cars would be carnage and fun to watch
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What do you collect as a hobby?
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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Going off the coin collecting thread, what do you collect as a hobby? Mine is RC airplanes, I'm up to 24 now, the last few are control line planes from the 70's that won't ever fly again but will be garage queens. And B17 memorabilia along with WW2 aircraft stuff. Odd maybe, but I've seen much odder.
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Here, we can all talk about our clubs, countries, leagues, etc. Champions League, Euro 2016, Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Eredivisie, Brazilian/Argentinian/Mexican/Russian Premier Leagues, MLS, or any other league, friendly, tournament, qualifier, etc. that you follow. --- I still consider myself a noob when it comes to soccer or football, but I enjoy watching the game when I can. I watch mostly Premier League, MLS, Champions League, and sometimes Bundesliga. I pull for Team USA even though they'll never win anything, LA Galaxy, Seattle Sounders, and anyone playing Chelsea because I think Diego Costa is a bit of a dick.
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Extreme Flight Championships 2016
by JustHatched- 1 follower
- 6 replies
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This is taking place at the airfield I fly my planes out of this year, even if thios type of thing isn't your thing it is pretty cool to see some of the worlds best go it. Watch the video and you;ll see some stuff most wouldn't think a plane of any kind could do http://www.xfc-rc.com/
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Scale Models
by Sinister- 1 follower
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My #1 hobby as a child/teen was building model cars and trucks. I would watch my dad build when I was very young. One day he bought a kit I liked at a car show. He built the axles so the wheels would roll, then gave it and his xacto knife to me and said I should finish it for him I was hooked from that first kit. Built dozens of them through the years. My parents had a freezer in the shed out side and I used it for painting. That poor freezer was a giant rainbow of various colors. I built them off and on through my 20s as time allowed. One day in 2000, I heard of a website called eBay and realized I could get all the old OOP kits I could ever want. At that point I t…
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High paid athletes, do they deserve it?
by JustHatched- 3 followers
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Do you think athletes deserve high salaries? Why or why not.
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My radio controlled tugboat
by Beez- 1 follower
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With the Tug finally added to GTAO it seems like now is the perfect time to share this with everyone. I documented this on an R/C forum years ago so I'm just going to copy it here. Well, here goes. This will be an after-the-fact build log of the Pono harbor tug from Harbor Models. I built this in 2001 and took a few photos along the way, it is still not done. I collected a lot of information on the real Pono and will include that for future modelers who would like to build this kit. The real Pono is in the Port of Honolulu, Hawaii and is operated by Sause Bros. Inc.. Man, that's gotta be a tough gig, working on a Tug in Hawaii. Below are some of her specs. …
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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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