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11/23/2014, 00:19

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I thought it was a pretty funny team. Especially because aside from 3 Mindless Ones or 3 Blackbats your teams are usually just silly. Turns out the realms is to blame for my overbuilt Rogues team today. They have Captain Boomerang listed at 73 points when he is 83 points. It's a shame because you would've definitely poisoned one of those jerks.

The kid CPT Boomerang is 73, good old Boomer is 83. One is a common, one is an uncommon.
There is some expectation of reading and math ability in the game. You may want to brush op on those things.

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11/23/2014, 00:29

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Quote : Originally Posted by aqhoffman

The kid CPT Boomerang is 73, good old Boomer is 83. One is a common, one is an uncommon.
There is some expectation of reading and math ability in the game. You may want to brush op on those things.

Well, I'll be...

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11/23/2014, 00:35

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I need to get me a Predator entity. I'm thinking the sidestep would help Despotellis. Plus him then being a love virus would have some STDespotellis comedy going on.

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11/23/2014, 09:18

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Quote : Originally Posted by CuriousLurker

I need to get me a Predator entity. I'm thinking the sidestep would help Despotellis. Plus him then being a love virus would have some STDespotellis comedy going on.

I still have my extra Predator on my trade list. I need a bunch of the other chase entities, basically all of them except Entity.

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11/23/2014, 13:08

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I still have my extra Predator on my trade list. I need a bunch of the other chase entities, basically all of them except Entity.

<gasp> Right in front of me?

Check your PMs, you shameless hussie!

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11/23/2014, 14:26

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Have you no honor, bud?

He offered to me first.

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11/23/2014, 14:45

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Have you no honor, bud?

He offered to me first.

I have a few PMs that say otherwise. But if you make the better offer, no hard feelings.

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11/23/2014, 15:30

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As the creator of this thread, I can give Hoff the ability to be the 1000th poster.

I feel a small plastic trinket is more than far for this offer.

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11/23/2014, 15:56

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Quote : Originally Posted by CuriousLurker

As the creator of this thread, I can give Hoff the ability to be the 1000th poster.

I feel a small plastic trinket is more than far for this offer.

Well, nothing I can offer will top that. Well played!

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11/23/2014, 21:31

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Quote : Originally Posted by CuriousLurker

As the creator of this thread, I can give Hoff the ability to be the 1000th poster.

I feel a small plastic trinket is more than far for this offer.

As I have to leave for the Army next week, and will be in the ghetto of all Army posts- Ft Hood, Texas- I doubt I will be able to get on much until around Christmas time

However, just the enticement of allowing me to be 1,000, wins you the first right of bidsmanship, sir!

Of course, the fact I have 2 of them, and I don't really want to keep either of them, makes it easier anyway.

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11/23/2014, 23:27

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I played Hal Jordan and Sinestro duo. It's pretty good but didn't win any rounds.

11/24/2014, 00:10

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Thanksgiving Update: It's still not here yet.

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In other words, it's all Vlad's fault.

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Though I'm pretty sure if we ever meet rl, you get a free junk shot on me.

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11/24/2014, 00:18

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Oh, I'm not complaining or jumping on the boycott bandwagon.
The corporations/companies choosing to be open on Thanksgiving are businesses first and foremost. They have one goal...to make money. If they determine that to meet that goal they should be open on TG, then that is their choice to make.
There are plenty of factors which much be weighed in order to come to that conclusion to open their doors on that day. They...

Let me digress a bit...

I'm totally in favor of the notion that restaurants, bars, etc. should still be allowed to have smoking sections. If I'm the owner of that business, then it should be my choice on whether or not to have a smoking section. I would do so with the knowledge that this might mean some customers would choose not to eat in my establishment. On the other hand, I also know that it could mean that I would attract some business from other establishments which have chosen not to offer a smoking section. Either way, the choice should be mine. I should not be forced to eliminate a smoking section because some customers do not wish to eat in a smoky environment. Those consumers have the right to choose where to spend their resources. It then becomes a simple choice for the consumer about whether he values my food more than his desire to eat in fresh air.
I understand that the majority of places got this pushed through by going from the employee aspect, but I think it is the other side of the same coin there. If you don't want to work in a smoky environment, don't apply for a freaking job at a place with a smoky environment.

Ok...

So you've basically got the same issue here. The retailers have a choice. They can be open on Thanksgiving, or they can be closed on Thanksgiving. To make this decision they have to decide whether or not being open is going to allow them to make a profit. Clearly the ones who are doing so have decided that being open will allow them to make a profit.
In order to be open, however, they need to have people staffing the store, so obviously the employees are going to have to work on that day. As with the restaurant example above, if this does not satisfy you as a worker, you can seek employment elsewhere.
Now, the past couple of years where the concept of being open on TG is just getting legs, I can understand the frustration from seasoned retail workers. Somebody who has worked for KMart for 20 years would have had past practice of a Thanksgiving holiday to form this expectation. Going forward, however, anyone applying for a job at a major retailer should be doing so with the knowledge that he's probably going to be working on that day. If he accepts the job with this knowledge, he shouldn't complain about it when the time comes to meet that requirement.

That would be a fine argument if people could freely pick what jobs they'd like to have. But that's not the case. If the choice is between working a ####ty job and having no income due to not having a job at all (which is often the case,) I'll take the ####ty job, but that doesn't mean I can't complain about it.

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The only argument I've heard from the other side is basically "Retailers shouldn't be open on Thanksgiving because it would be really nice of those retailers to let people have the day to spend with their families."
The world is not based around being nice. Sorry. And I can't help but wonder, assuming there was a massive rollback and stores didn't open on TG. How many of the people with that "new" free time would actually be spending that time with their families.
It's like the people at my college who would gripe about the number of lame rules, restrictions, and requirements. You knew you would have to attend chapel services 16 times a semester when decided to go there.
On top of that, why is it that people only give a fig about the retail workers? Emergency and law enforcement people are on the clock. Utilities still need to be running. I imagine hotel workers are having some pretty busy times, too. Why does nobody cry out for them? I suppose that it is fine that grandma's hotel stay keeps those people from being with their families because, hey, we get to see our grandma.

Nobody says it doesn't suck for the people that have essential jobs to have to be open on a holiday. It does suck. But that is also not a valid argument for why people should be required to work nonessential jobs on a holiday.

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