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03-04-2019 , 09:06 PM
Sleep time is 9am-4pm EST.
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03-04-2019 , 09:07 PM
race walking is pretty absurd. I didn't know it was in the Olympics
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03-04-2019 , 09:15 PM
I still remember there was an Aussie about to get a gold medal in the Sydney Olympics, but she got disqualified in the home stretch.
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03-04-2019 , 10:16 PM
cookie ambrosia...

White Chocolate Macademia

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03-04-2019 , 10:49 PM
Worst Sports Contract - NBA Teams had tons of money to spend in 2016 and while many teams didn't spend it wisely, this is without a doubt the worst. Basically the Grizzles spent $94 million on a guy you never heard of.

Chandler Parsons: 4 Years, $94 Million

The Contract: Four years, $94.5 million with Memphis Grizzlies, signed in 2016

Contract Year (with Dallas): 13.7 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 2.8 APG

Tenure with New Team: 7.1 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 1.8 APG

Chandlers Parsons' contract is the Mona Lisa of the terrible deals that were handed out in the summer of 2016.

Parsons has never been an All-Star. As far as player efficiency rating is concerned, he was a marginally above-average player in each of the four seasons before hitting free agency. But he also missed the end of both the 2015 and 2016 seasons due to knee surgeries, so there were injury concerns on top of his play that wasn't improving.

In any other year, owners would have been cautious in their pursuit of this free agent. But in the summer of spending like there's no tomorrow, the Grizzlies made Parsons the 15th-highest-paid player in the league for the 2016-17 season. Better yet, they committed to increasing that salary by roughly $1 million per year over the subsequent three years.

Even if he replicated what he had done for the previous four years, it would've been a bad contract. Giving a guy Anthony Davis money for Jae Crowder production doesn't make sense. But at least it would've been better than what Memphis actually received.

Thanks in large part to continued knee issues, Parsons has appeared in just 70 games over the last two seasons, playing well below average in both years. He has two years left to try to turn things around, but is that a half-empty or half-full glass?
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03-04-2019 , 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by CrimsonFox
cookie ambrosia...

White Chocolate Macademia

Good pick
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03-04-2019 , 11:32 PM
Is this normal snake so I get 2 picks now?
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03-04-2019 , 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27
Is this normal snake so I get 2 picks now?
Yes
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03-05-2019 , 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by bolt2112
I'm all for as many judges as are willing, with the primary judge maintaining 50 percent of the weight.



The more opinions we have, the more suspense, controversy, and entertainment, if you ask me.
I'd be ok with primary judge value dropping a bit with more secondaries. It was only ever 40% before hand anyway.
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03-05-2019 , 01:48 AM
Worst Smell: Rotting Corpse

I’ll quote some things that people who have smelled this say about it later but I don’t wanna mention yet potential future draft picks that will be just one component of how bad this smells.
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03-05-2019 , 02:05 AM
Remove from Olympics: Rhythm Gymnastics

Ever wanted to see what it looks like when humans play with cat toys? Watch this. It’s synchronized swimming without the athleticism of doing it all in 20 feet deep pool upside down while holding your breath.

Of course, if they aren’t good enough with a twirling a ****ing ribbon, they can choose to hold a hula hoop while they dance around instead. Or a piece of rope, a club, a ball, or nothing (aka invisible prop).
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03-05-2019 , 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27
Remove from Olympics: Rhythm Gymnastics

Ever wanted to see what it looks like when humans play with cat toys? Watch this. It’s synchronized swimming without the athleticism of doing it all in 20 feet deep pool upside down while holding your breath.

Of course, if they aren’t good enough with a twirling a ****ing ribbon, they can choose to hold a hula hoop while they dance around instead. Or a piece of rope, a club, a ball, or nothing (aka invisible prop).
Eric took that
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03-05-2019 , 02:08 AM
Oh well in that case, it’s misunderstood how much athleticism and strength it takes; and it’s a beautiful art form that many people enjoy so who are we to remove it from the olympics and steal those viewers’ joy? Just change the channel and stop yelling at clouds.
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03-05-2019 , 02:13 AM
I’ll take cookie: oatmeal raisin
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03-05-2019 , 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27
Oh well in that case, it’s misunderstood how much athleticism and strength it takes; and it’s a beautiful art form that many people enjoy so who are we to remove it from the olympics and steal those viewers’ joy? Just change the channel and stop yelling at clouds.
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03-05-2019 , 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27
Oh well in that case, it’s misunderstood how much athleticism and strength it takes; and it’s a beautiful art form that many people enjoy so who are we to remove it from the olympics and steal those viewers’ joy? Just change the channel and stop yelling at clouds.
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03-05-2019 , 04:10 AM
Btw I don't plan to do much research but might get swayed by good writeups/arguments itt.
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03-05-2019 , 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by derwipok
Btw I don't plan to do much research but might get swayed by good writeups/arguments itt.
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Originally Posted by Carl_Spackler
race walking is pretty absurd. I didn't know it was in the Olympics
Race walking is so bad, people don't know of a sport that's been in the Olympics since 1904 even being there.
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03-05-2019 , 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27
I’ll take cookie: oatmeal raisin
well filthyed
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03-05-2019 , 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27
Worst Smell: Rotting Corpse

I’ll quote some things that people who have smelled this say about it later but I don’t wanna mention yet potential future draft picks that will be just one component of how bad this smells.
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sure i'll judge your smells.

buyer beware if i can't reproduce the smell...
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rebuttal...

There is a chance I will have smelled your submission previously in life even tho I can't recreate it now. SO I'll have some data stored for those too.

If I've never smelled it. Well I can imagine ...but you'll likely not podium

you can ask me if you want

I thought about taking a corpse over my choice, rotten meat.

One could argue that a corpse is nothing but a big pile of rotten meat, but I'm willing enough to let the pick stand as different enough.

However, unless Crimson has smelled one in this life or a former one it seems corpse takes a bit of a penalty. I'd suggest other judges use Crimson's criteria. It's the reason I didn't take corpse myself.
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03-05-2019 , 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Carl_Spackler
I thought about taking a corpse over my choice, rotten meat.

One could argue that a corpse is nothing but a big pile of rotten meat, but I'm willing enough to let the pick stand as different enough.

However, unless Crimson has smelled one in this life or a former one it seems corpse takes a bit of a penalty. I'd suggest other judges use Crimson's criteria. It's the reason I didn't take corpse myself.
Seeing as this site is, after all, a poker forum, I think it's safe to say that we've all personally smelled a rotting corpse at least once or twice at a low limit hold'em table.
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03-05-2019 , 08:14 AM
Olympic Sport Sailing

A lot of the time it isn't held anywhere near the Olympics. The Moscow games sailing events weren't even held in Russia.

Have you ever watched them? Of course not. I've seen more, Olympic Horse Dancing coverage than Sailing. Does it require athleticism? Maybe for the crew but the medal goes to the helmsman who as far as I know sits on his ass and gives orders.
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03-05-2019 , 11:20 AM
Crimson Fox is on the clock. Having not designated a sleep time for himself, his deadline is 11:14 AM. A little under an hour from now.
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03-05-2019 , 12:22 PM
Crimson has gone past his allowed time and D1iabo1cal is now on the clock.

However, D1iabo1cal is currently enjoying his sleep time, so his window will last until 8 PM, if need be.

Either Crimson or D1iabo1cal can pick at their leisure. PokerCrazy (who is also currently in sleep time) is on deck, in the event that D1iabo1cal is awake and makes a pick before Crimson returns.
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03-05-2019 , 12:54 PM
I shouldn't be on sleep time right now, mines ended 5 hours ago lol

Damn you making me google the timezones again, I keep forgetting

12am - 7am EST
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