The Court of Arbitrary Arbitration - Random Facts, Thoughts, Etc.

What do you work on? My workload is easily down 60-70% since the quarantine. That's not a good thing at all, of course.

 

Emergency Communications. I work at the 911 center for Baltimore County, Maryland.

 

Any good news ?

 

@Jcan im guessing you are taking responsibility for setting this draft up?

 

Not sure if we have enough. I told Poet to start the thread with the initial instructions. In the meantime, this is what I have..... the other people who benni tagged didnt respond not sure if it makes sense to proceed with these numbers tbh.

In:
@benni...
@Father Ted
@Holy__Joe
J'can
@Chaz Striker
@Futbol_Head
@yasik19
@thebigman

Unsure:
@johno (are you partnering with @SyedZada ?)
@Naboomagnoli
@Ashur I assume you are not interested?
@Karloski are you in?


A**holes:
@Anonymous_United
@MizzouMUFC
@Chaz Striker yeah he did commit but if there is an asshole tab, he has to be in it!

 

What would be our minimum to start? 10 teams?

 

I would prefer 12 minimum but I would be fine with 10 (less games for Poet, reasonable time to end the draft among the reasons).

I did tell Poet to start the process with the initial email because i think (hope) that once it goes up we could get a couple more before the drafting process starts.

 

Let's start drafting on Sunday. Poet can determine the order.

it is not by invitation only so anyone can particiapte.

Having said that some familiar names @JC7rox @Amdrag @PDG1978 ??

Also, my son asked me about this and wanted his own team. are you guys okay if he participates? He'll submit his picks etc through me

@poetgooner is it possible to have one thread for picks and matches? then a separate one for banter/trash talk aka tactical discussion?

 

Screw it, I'm in. Never played FM but I'll give it a go.

 

How old is your son?

 

13

 

Should be fine. Im sure you'll help him along the waym

 

thanks. if any participant objects, just let me know..

In:
@benni...
@Father Ted
@Holy__Joe
J'can*
Nick*
@Chaz Striker
@Futbol_Head
@yasik19
@thebigman
@MizzouMUFC

*Poet - when you determine the draft order put us consecutively so we can submit our picks together.

Unsure:
@johno (are you partnering with @SyedZada ?)
@Naboomagnoli
@Ashur I assume you are not interested?
@Karloski are you in?

 

Jesus, how ********ing old are you? No wonder you're so worried about Coronavirus. You're in the "at risk" age group.

 

Man **** off!

 

Reposting to put Chaz back on the assholes list


In:
@benni...
@Father Ted
@Holy__Joe
J'can*
Nick*
@Chaz Striker
@Futbol_Head
@yasik19
@thebigman
@MizzouMUFC

Unsure:
@johno (are you partnering with @SyedZada ?)
@Naboomagnoli
@Ashur I assume you are not interested?
@Karloski are you in?

A**holes:
@Chaz Striker
@Anonymous_United

 

Call it the Covid Cup.

 

I'll start the game on Sunday. Whoever's signed up by then will be what we go with.

I prefer to keep the drafting and discussion in the same place. Keeps everything in the same thread up until the point of actual gameplay when a new thread is created for it.

 

Ok no worries on both counts.

I had suggested the game thread idea because of an observation benni made when we did it last. The banter made following the draft itself a bit challenging. But I am down regardless.

Question - how do I see all the players in the database? Right now I am only seeing the best players and wonderkids....

 

Thanks @poetgooner you might be a gooner but you're a good egg!

 

Just logging back in. No good news really. I think the number of cases is being under reported. I don't think intentionally or at least not some grand scheme/cover up. I think there just isn't enough testing, especially among low-income folks and among people of colour.

The bad news is that we're probably nowhere near the end of this. Big picture, for the economy, there's a HUGE downturn upcoming that's going to make us long for the recession of 08/09.

The good news is that given that so many more people are infected than we can test or know for sure, there's a likelihood that the mortality rate is less than 3%.

Disclaimer** I don't speak for any agency and I'm not sharing info that isn't public. The economists that I trust are saying it is going to be really bad and some are saying it is only going to be bad.

 

Not really retro but I brought out my 3DS the other day but cannot find the goddamn charger!!!

I started playing A Link to the Past a few weeks ago but decided against jumping into it as I had just finished Link’s Awakening and wanted to explore other worlds before diving into Hyrule again.