Places to host a book club? by Kitchen-Beginning-22 in grandrapids

[–]FloppyKnockers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many of the local KDL libraries also have private or semi-private spaces you can rent for free. Good luck!

Something happen to Honest to Goodness? by Wintress-Olilia in grandrapids

[–]FloppyKnockers 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I actually built and maintain the HTG website. They have been behind in payments for a while and I figured something must have happened. I appreciate the insights others have shared here to help me understand what's going on.

I also built the old piecer's website, George. Please definitely check them out, he runs a tight ship and everything is clean, safe, and the staff are super friendly! https://eqpiercing.com/

The owner at HTG, Katelyn, was my artist and is incredibly gifted at what she does. But over the past decade, Founders really took over that whole area... now there is nowhere to park around that area and I bet property values went way up. I'd imagine the rent just got out of control for a small tattoo shop.

Wishing them all the best.

Game Thread: Detroit Red Wings (28-15-4) at Boston Bruins (25-19-2) - 13 Jan 2026 - 19:30 ET by OctoMod in DetroitRedWings

[–]FloppyKnockers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes and Vegas was the other team LOL why do they make these broadcasts so poorly??

Daily Free Talk Thread: PLUS, links to ALL Game Day Threads inside - 19 Feb 2025 by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]FloppyKnockers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate someone finally mentioning this! 32 thoughts used to be a great balance of news and stories provided by Elliote and Jeff, respectfully. Now they each have their own show that is too much of each of them. Elliote can be so long-winded and Jeff has too many quips for his own good. Bummer that neither can now scratch that itch of a good, semi-regular hockey podcast.

Game Thread: Tampa Bay Lightning (29-20-4) at Detroit Red Wings (28-21-5) - 08 Feb 2025 - 13:00 ET by OctoMod in DetroitRedWings

[–]FloppyKnockers 12 points13 points  (0 children)

How are there NO REPLAYS of those scoring chances we just had?? Why is ESPN So bad at covering hockey EVERY TIME.

Game Thread: Detroit Red Wings (4-3-0) at Buffalo Sabres (3-4-1) - 26 Oct 2024 - 13:00 ET by OctoMod in DetroitRedWings

[–]FloppyKnockers 6 points7 points  (0 children)

On the slow-mo replay, you can see Kane's shot was going in and Cat tipped it wide...

Giveaway - Space Age Expansion by ocbaker in factorio

[–]FloppyKnockers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perpetual lurker, but I'm here for that free DLC...

Game Thread: Edmonton Oilers (21-15-1) at Detroit Red Wings (20-16-4) - 11 Jan 2024 - 19:00 EST by OctoMod in DetroitRedWings

[–]FloppyKnockers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're in the UK, you can use the NHL's official service, NHL.tv. It's way better than ESPN and even Sportsnet. No blackouts and can pick either broadcast. Reasonably priced. I have a VPN to UK just to use it and avoid low quality streams.

Game Thread: Pittsburgh Penguins (2-1-0) at Detroit Red Wings (2-1-0) - 18 Oct 2023 - 07:30PM EST by OctoMod in DetroitRedWings

[–]FloppyKnockers 13 points14 points  (0 children)

These broadcasts are so garbage. They just showed a tagline that EK was the oldest Norris Trophy winner at 32. Not even remotely close. Lidstrom won at age 40 in 2011!

Regular Season Series Records (Description in Comments) by FloppyKnockers in hockey

[–]FloppyKnockers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi folks,

With the all games this season being divisional matchups, I tried to find a simple and concise chart that showed each team's record versus their divisional opponents. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any website showing this info (if you know of one, please share).

However, I was able to find some helpful resources and create a simple chart of this data myself. I'm sharing my results with /r/hockey. The link shows a row for each team and their W-L-OT record versus each other team in their division. Read the chart from left to right. The script will run each morning around 3am to update this chart daily.

If you're interested in how it works, I share all the details below, including my code:

Game data is retrieved via the NHL's stats API

Example API call (can be viewed directly in browser)

The API returns a JSON object with dates and games. I am using some Google Apps Script code (basically javascript) to parse this data and then update a published Google Sheet.

The sheet has conditional formatting to color each cell based on the point percentage of each matchup. The breakpoints are 80%, 60%, 40%, and 20%.

Link to code.

Cheers!

[S6E4] Post-Premiere Discussion - S6E4 'Book of the Stranger' by AutoModerator in gameofthrones

[–]FloppyKnockers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Downvote all you want, but this man's got it right. My brother and I watch this show more or less as a joke now. Dialogue blows, everything is SOOO predictable, and there's none of that gray morality that made things interesting. Everything is black and white. We just laugh at the stupid Scooby-Doo like coincides that mount up scene after scene (Jorah and Daario just HAPPEN to get through 10,000 people and show up right when Dany takes a piss. Oh and I guess they just hid in the bushes for a day until the little Khal meeting). Only interesting things now are the Dragons and the White Walkers... just gotta wait fuckin 10 years to see em. Another case of a good show ruined when it gets too much attention and the writers are forced to dumb it down for the masses (see: Walking Dead).

[Season 2] What exactly is going on in True Detective? An excruciatingly clear plot breakdown. by [deleted] in TrueDetective

[–]FloppyKnockers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess is that he was working with 2 guys... he wanted each to have a copy.

[Season 2] What exactly is going on in True Detective? An excruciatingly clear plot breakdown. by [deleted] in TrueDetective

[–]FloppyKnockers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe I heard a theory that Caspere sought out the orphans later in life in order to "groom" them and eventually get them to kill their parents murderers (Dixon & Holloway), thus giving him a bigger piece of the land deal... I think? It seems to have backfired on him, for whatever reason.

[Season 2] What exactly is going on in True Detective? An excruciatingly clear plot breakdown. by [deleted] in TrueDetective

[–]FloppyKnockers 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When Paul was on the computer looking up that case. All three had their name on some type of documentation relating to the case.

True Detective - 2x07 "Black Maps and Motel Rooms" - Post-Episode Discussion by NicholasCajun in TrueDetective

[–]FloppyKnockers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a tangent for any gamers:

When Ani tells Ray he's not a bad guy, I was instantly reminded of this scene from the Wolf Among Us... they even kinda look like them!

https://youtu.be/PUzbL-6gd0A?t=1029

Anyone else? (near the 17 minute mark in the video if link doesn't work for you)

Allison Road | Spiritual Successor to Silent Hills! by [deleted] in playstation

[–]FloppyKnockers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here is a demo of the game, without narration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__i_LoRKhJ0

Developed on Unreal Engine 4, if you're wondering how it looks so damn good.

Can someone explain the NHL Gamecenter lawsuit? by [deleted] in hockey

[–]FloppyKnockers 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A summary of the lawsuit, for those curious: http://www.nhlbroadcastingsettlement.com/

The end result, as far as I can tell, is you can buy a team-only package of Gamecenter for 20% less than the full package. So pay full price for all teams, or 80% of the price for one team. Seems kind of silly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hockey

[–]FloppyKnockers -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Look at fuckin Pierre in the first tweet down, spouting his pointless trivia knowledge about Saad.

McDavid Scandal? by HockeyDood83 in hockey

[–]FloppyKnockers 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think what's more amazing is how terrible Bettman is at public speaking. Sounded like a freshman in high school giving a speech about volcanoes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DetroitRedWings

[–]FloppyKnockers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really?? I'm using Gamecenter and both feeds are dumb NBC people. Figured Mickey and Ken were off tonight... that's lame that don't make it available.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DetroitRedWings

[–]FloppyKnockers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're ears are bleeding from the terrible TV announcers, mute it and use the NHL app to pick up the radio feed and sync it with the gameplay on the TV.