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« Reply #4245 on: February 01, 2022, 09:09:44 PM »
When having your house flooded is just NOT bad enough...
It's the 'gator's house now.
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« Reply #4246 on: February 01, 2022, 10:10:52 PM »
A few days ago, I shared with you the glory that was Jon Bois' demolition of the NBA in a computer game.

Turns out he did something similar for football.

The Breaking Madden Super Bowl: The Machine is Bleeding to Death
https://www.sbnation.com/2014/1/30/5351052/breaking-madden-super-bowl-broncos-seahawks

Over the course of the season, I've discovered lots of different ways to hack Madden NFL 25 into a thing that no longer resembles football as we know it. I've played around with rules, injury settings, all manner of player ratings, player dimensions, and anything else the game's developers have made available to us.

This time is special, though, because I'm pulling out every single one of the stops at the same time. No other scenario I've built in Madden has been so abjectly cruel or unfair; no other scenario has even been close.


He decided to do the Super Bowl XLVIII - Seahawks vs Broncos. As with his NBA game abuse, he played with the player stats. He gave every player on the Seahawks the maximum possible stats the game would allow. The Broncos got the exact opposite.

Things went as comically well as one could expect.....


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« Reply #4247 on: February 01, 2022, 11:27:41 PM »
That's hilarious and impressive
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« Reply #4248 on: February 02, 2022, 10:14:53 AM »
Moon Shot. USAF Air Demonstration squadron " Thunderbirds " practice at their winter inaugural training in Spaceport America in New Mexico.  :)

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Re: Anything random? Throw it into this thread.
« Reply #4249 on: February 02, 2022, 01:38:16 PM »
A few days ago, I shared with you the glory that was Jon Bois' demolition of the NBA in a computer game.

Turns out he did something similar for football.

The Breaking Madden Super Bowl: The Machine is Bleeding to Death
https://www.sbnation.com/2014/1/30/5351052/breaking-madden-super-bowl-broncos-seahawks

Over the course of the season, I've discovered lots of different ways to hack Madden NFL 25 into a thing that no longer resembles football as we know it. I've played around with rules, injury settings, all manner of player ratings, player dimensions, and anything else the game's developers have made available to us.

This time is special, though, because I'm pulling out every single one of the stops at the same time. No other scenario I've built in Madden has been so abjectly cruel or unfair; no other scenario has even been close.


He decided to do the Super Bowl XLVIII - Seahawks vs Broncos. As with his NBA game abuse, he played with the player stats. He gave every player on the Seahawks the maximum possible stats the game would allow. The Broncos got the exact opposite.

Things went as comically well as one could expect.....

Beyond all the other funny stuff, it's hilarious how maxing any positions stats makes them look like an offensive lineman.   ;D

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« Reply #4250 on: February 02, 2022, 01:39:35 PM »
Why the HELL is this even a thing???   :o

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« Reply #4251 on: February 02, 2022, 11:00:38 PM »
Why the HELL is this even a thing???   :o

That's one way to keep the ladies away.  ;) ;D

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« Reply #4252 on: February 03, 2022, 03:50:30 PM »
This is awesome, in my opinion!   :)

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« Reply #4253 on: February 03, 2022, 08:59:19 PM »


Beyond all the other funny stuff, it's hilarious how maxing any positions stats makes them look like an offensive lineman.   ;D

Actually, he was able to adjust the numbers for height and weight, too.....

Meanwhile, ever wonder what sort of music Pope Francis enjoys?

https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2022/02/the-popes-playlist-is-pretty-decent-and-honestly-weirdly-romantic/

In early January a reporter spotted Pope Francis walking toward his Fiat 500 with Vatican plates. He was leaving an unexpected place: a Roman record store. The surprise visit turned into a sort of news event. Reporters flocked to the shop to learn that “the Holy Father,” as the record shop owner explained, “is passionate about music.”

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, published a little taste and description of Il Papa’s collection of more than 2,000 CDs and 19 vinyl albums. While we yearn for more specifics, Ravasi told Italian reporters that the bishop of Rome enjoys a mix of mostly classical, interspersed with the greatest hits of Edith Piaf, gospel hymns performed by Elvis Presley, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the tango music of his native Argentina.

In 2013, Pope Francis revealed that he especially loves “Et Incarnatus Est”, from Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor. This music, according to Francis, “is matchless… it lifts you up to God.”

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« Reply #4254 on: February 04, 2022, 06:17:29 PM »
Being as safe as possible?   :o ::) :)

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« Reply #4255 on: February 04, 2022, 07:06:18 PM »
Being as safe as possible?   :o ::) :)
Better safe than sorry! :D
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« Reply #4256 on: February 05, 2022, 10:54:26 PM »
It's little more than "Mastermind" with words instead of colors or anything else....(and no, I have NEVER played it)
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« Reply #4257 on: February 05, 2022, 11:26:40 PM »
An F-16 Falcon of the USAF Air Demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, and a A-10 Thunderbolt II fly in formation over Fort Huachuca in Arizona. By the way, Fort Huachuca is near Tombstone, Arizona where the shootout at the OK Corral occurred in 1881 between Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday vs the Cowboys.

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« Reply #4258 on: February 06, 2022, 02:41:21 PM »
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« Reply #4259 on: February 08, 2022, 12:35:42 AM »
It's little more than "Mastermind" with words instead of colors or anything else....(and no, I have NEVER played it)
You're right. And I have never played it either.

The story behind its creation is interesting. And now it's been purchased by the New York Times for an undisclosed seven-figure sum. So good for the creator!
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