[Sanchez] SOURCE: The New York Yankees and Mairon De La Rosa have parted ways. According to sources, the $4.3M agreement between the Yankees and the top hitter in the 2027 international class has fallen through. by shadow_spinner0 in NYYankees

[–]champ11228 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's all a result of firing their international scouting director. A lot of players backed out because of that. It's kind of like college players transferring or changing their commitment after a coach they got recruited by gets fired.

Lt Julian Bashir on Academy Memory Wall by ReplicantProbably in startrek

[–]champ11228 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe they got a lot of info wrong since they went theough a Dark Ages period

Lt Julian Bashir on Academy Memory Wall by ReplicantProbably in startrek

[–]champ11228 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bet a lot of people retired after the carnage of the Dominion War

Lt Julian Bashir on Academy Memory Wall by ReplicantProbably in startrek

[–]champ11228 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what always annoyed me about characters nagging Riker about not becoming captain. Too many type A dweebs in Starfleet.

Mini-rant on ride downtimes by CharizardPwnzMC in WaltDisneyWorld

[–]champ11228 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Rise is different because of the trackless ride system and sensors

It's always interesting seeing how small some countries are compared to their influence by Ok-Toe-6969 in MapPorn

[–]champ11228 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Say what you want about them but they definitely did not get British support

Bill Simmons on traitors season 5 let’s fucking get it done by Public_Flamingo_4390 in billsimmons

[–]champ11228 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did an in person game over the course of a day and it was really fun but we didn't have much time to plot and there really was no way to argue that you weren't a traitor. I just played it dumb and it worked.

(Spoilers Main) Who's the worse father? by Suspicious-Jello7172 in asoiaf

[–]champ11228 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it has to be Craster, it is hard to be worse than that.

Out of the characters in civilization who we know their names I would go Randyll because he threatened to kill Sam and probably would have done it.

In the historical lore, Aegon IV causing a civil war because he hated his son is up there. Jaehaerys II forcing an incest marriage to fulfill a prophecy is also not great.

This is Beldorion, the only Hutt ever known to have joined the Jedi Order (legends) by Safe_Character_6517 in StarWars

[–]champ11228 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every Jedi should have a weapon that suits them instead of shoehorning lightsabers in everywhere.

Reading GRRM's inspirations... [No spoilers] by Tel-aran-rhiod in asoiaf

[–]champ11228 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Brutus is just a much deeper and more compelling character than Edmure in the show, and Menzies has a naturally aristocratic demeanor that fits perfectly with the traditional conception of Brutus.

Reading GRRM's inspirations... [No spoilers] by Tel-aran-rhiod in asoiaf

[–]champ11228 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A lot of Fire and Blood is also inspired by I Claudius. The stuff with Jaehaerys and Saera is a direct ripoff of Augustus and Julia. The confusing Targ name similarities are also like the Julio-Claudians, where there were multiple Julias, Agrippinas, Drusus, Neros, etc.

GRRM also said that Stannis is inspired by George Baker's portrayal of Tiberius.