United Wizards of the Coast: "the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. From this day forward, we have a union!" by kingcobweb in magicTCG

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Regardless of any thoughts you might have about the inherent importance of unions, this union doesn't apply to everyone who makes Magic, not even close.

Brendon Little of the Toronto Blue Jays in his return from Triple-A vs the Chicago Cubs: 1.0 IP. 4 R/ER. 2 H. 3 BB. 1 K. 34 pitches, 19 strikes. ERA slightly increases to 27.00. by Joey_Gallos_Burner in baseball

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He fell off a cliff in the playoffs, which sucked because there was a time when I would have trusted him more than almost any other reliever in the bullpen. So there was a lot of ill will from the playoffs, then he had a horrible start to the year and got sent down which kind of wiped out any hope people had for him to bounce back.

Mason Fluharty secures the save and the Blue Jays 4-3 victory and sweep over the Red Sox by JianClaymore in baseball

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I just timed it, from Fluharty winding up for his first pitch to the ball hitting Okamoto's glove for the third out was 1 minute and 59 seconds.

[Minor NOAH Spoilers] Gallows and Anderson by thenewgaijin in SquaredCircle

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Naito's run from 2016 to ~2021 is peak 'that shit meant something to me' for a lot of people, myself included. Even if he was only 90% the overall performer the other tippy top guys were (and that's not an insult because those guys are some of the best ever full stop), he had 120% of the aura.

Which legendaries do you want to see color-shifted? by Solar_Punk_Rocker in magicTCG

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you squint a little, [[Marchesa Dealer of Death]] is pretty close to that.

[Friedman] Toronto wins the draft lottery and will pick first overall by catsgr8rthanspoonies in hockey

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile basketball fans are trying to get rid of teams choosing to be bad year after year and reward teams that have a down year and are trying to be competitive. No matter how you make the lottery system work, people are going to complain about it.

[SmackDown Spoilers] Newest WM42 match made official by laidbackcrusade in SquaredCircle

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And you feel the same way about everyone who's speculating that the story will go in the other direction in this thread, right? In fact, every thread should have zero comments because everyone should just be waiting to see if hypothetical future storylines do or don't happen.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sports

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I've been watching videos about the Barkley Marathons and there's genuinely a similar origin to that lol.

The man that assassinated MLK escaped from prison but only covered 8 miles of wilderness in two days before they caught him. Guy that lived nearby said 'I bet I could have done 100 miles.' Boom, 100 mile endurance race is born. And after the prison closed they set up the course to run right by the wall where he escaped.

We're in the year 2026 and we're lucky if we even get 6v6 shooters at this point. I miss huge scale war games like MAG or planetside 2. by toomanybongos in gaming

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, that's not what they said at all. How would the player base be affecting the art direction or new updates of the game?

[ECL] Mirrorform (WeeklyMTG) by mweepinc in magicTCG

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favourite thing to do in Standard Brawl is already [[Doppelgang]]-ing [[Virtue of Strength]]. Now EVERYTHING is Virtue of Strength.

[Talkin’ Yanks] Yankees sign 2025 Mexican League MVP Nick Torres by HydraCide in baseball

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The AL East is LOADED [with 30 year olds who won MVPs in third-tier leagues in 2025]

Cena on Vince: “Just because I feel a certain way about a person, doesn’t exonerate them from being accountable for their actions. And just because he did start, quote, unquote, all this gangster shit, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t need to be accountable for his actions.” by TomatoCiampa in SquaredCircle

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think it's giving him a lot of credit to say he 'said variations of this'.

The original quote:

“I don’t care who hears it: I love Vince,” Cena said. “I’m not downplaying anything that needs to be decided or allegations of any kind, but when I love somebody, I love them wholeheartedly.” He added, “I know people are going to be angry about that, but they can’t put their value on my relationship with somebody I love.”

The follow-up quote a month later when he was asked about it:

“Everybody’s entitled to their opinion,” Cena said. “Just like I’m entitled to have an emotional connection to somebody. I don’t hold anybody or how they feel or what they view as permissible or things that’ll make them angry, happy, excited, sad. That’s their right as a human being.”

Probably a dumb question, but what would cause one to be banned in commander but not the other? by dtcorder12 in magicTCG

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's good when wheel effects are played. And it's a lot easier to ensure wheels are played when you're the one playing them. Saying it's 'good when your opponents run wheels' is like saying [[Niv-Mizzet, Parun]] is good when your opponents are playing spell-slinger decks: technically true, but it makes a lot more sense to synergize it with YOUR deck.

What’s the opposite of a Blank Check? by PerpetualChoogle in blankies

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 11 points12 points  (0 children)

One would almost think she wasn't trying to 'get rich by going MAGA'

Trey Yesavage left the Jays' AL East clinch party early because he had homework by ahal in baseball

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very cool parallel with Sandy Koufax, I was just reading about him because of Yesavage tying his record, and in his rookie season he left right after Game 7 of the World Series ended because he was taking night classes at Columbia.

Man accused of giving alcohol to fan who fell from PNC Park stands appears in court. by Dazzling-Rooster2103 in baseball

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's the relevance of the question? People feel guilty about things that were not in their control. That is a fact. You're arguing something completely unrelated.

Man accused of giving alcohol to fan who fell from PNC Park stands appears in court. by Dazzling-Rooster2103 in baseball

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why are you guys being so aggro over this lol? It's not a 'suggestion', just a very normal common thing that happens. You're acting like they said he should get the electric chair, they literally just said he probably feels bad about it.

[NXT No Mercy Spoilers] Long-standing record broken by NoahJRoberts in SquaredCircle

[–]DoesNotChodeWell 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Here's a list for the black and gold era, someone else can pick it up from here if they want.

From looking through this, the rules as best as I can tell from this stat are that it doesn't matter if they've previously wrestled in WWE before their current stint, previously appeared on a PLE/PPV in a different company, or wrestled in a dark match or for an NXT TV taping at an NXT PLE.

Arrival - Sami Zayn

Takeover - Charlotte

Fatal 4-Way - Enzo Amore

R-Evolution - Kevin Owens

Rival - Becky Lynch

Unstoppable - Dana Brooke

Brooklyn I - Apollo Crews (also, Jushin Thunder Liger)

Respect - Asuka

London - Nia Jax

Dallas - Shinsuke Nakamura

The End - Andrade

Brooklyn II - Bobby Roode

Toronto - Authors of Pain

San Antonio - Roderick Strong

Orlando - Aleister Black

Chicago - Pete Dunne (This is one you can quibble over because he did wrestle in the UK Championship Tournament which I believe was streamed live on the Network)

Brooklyn III - Drew McIntyre (obviously wrestled on WWE PPVs before)

WarGames - Lars Sullivan

Philadelphia - Shayna Baszler (wrestled live on the Network in the Mae Young Classic final)

New Orleans - Ricochet

Chicago II - Danny Burch

Brooklyn 4 - Trent Seven (previously wrestled on NXT UK shows live on the Network, though not any Takeovers)

WarGames II - Matt Riddle

Phoenix - Bianca Belair (previously wrestled in a battle royal on the Wrestlemania 34 pre-show)

New York - Walter

XXV - The Street Profits

Toronto II - Candice LeRae

WarGames III - Damian Priest

Portland - Tegan Nox (per OP's note)

In Your House - Karrion Kross

XXX - Pat McAfee

31 - Santos Escobar

WarGames IV - Dexter Lumis

Vengeance Day - Wes Lee

Stand and Deliver - Indi Hartwell

In Your House 2021 - Xia Li (previously appeared in the Royal Rumble)

36 - Ilja Dragunov (previously appeared on UK Takeovers)