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QUOTE (Heads22 @ Aug 5, 2017 -> 10:07 PM) The Kopech issue is the innings pitched. I'd actually be fine with his season ending soon. Don't really care if he makes it to AAA or not this year. Yeah, at this point there's no point to moving him up. He'd get a few starts in AAA, which is barely enough to settle into the level. The only thing I could see is if they want to kind of shut him down, and have him work long stints out of the pen in AAA. Also, not really seeing the point in that either.

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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 27, 2017 -> 02:26 PM) Nope. It's a legitimate question. It was here, SOMEWHERE...but we don't have a way to search specifically through the site to find it. It's a legitimate question, but I clicked on the topic assuming to see a list and there was none. Now people have responded and there is. Having a good farm always means a team is more likely for future success, but don't most teams make the playoffs in a five-year window anyway? 21 teams have made at least one postseason appearance since 2013. So more than 2/3 the league has been in a four-year window. Just because the White Sox haven't been since 2008 doesn't mean a majority of the league has a similar drought going.

I feel like this topic title was click bait.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jul 16, 2017 -> 12:26 PM) How is it for the last 10 or more years the only names in Men's tennis that matter is Federer/Nadal/Djokovic/Murray, it should be a young mans sport No, it almost can't be. The fitness level required to be in the top tier of tennis players simply isn't possible at a young age. Not only do guys have to develop all the shots and then develop in the mental side of the game against top players, but they have to be on crazy fitness regimens to survive a 5-set match as part of a 7-match, 2-week tournament. It may never be a young man's game again.

If anybody liked Resogun, Housemarque just released the sequel, Nex Machina, and it's awesome. They didn't really say how similar it is to Resogun, but it's got so many things in common with it. If you like twin-stick shooters, Housemarque is as good as it gets and Nex Machina is right up there with their best stuff.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 10, 2017 -> 09:11 PM) It's absurd he's still down there. I have no idea what Getz is doing TBH. Ultimately, as long as he gets to AA by the start of the year that's all that matters IMO.

Monument Valley 2 came out on Monday. It's still good.

Dunning hitting the ground running after a promotion reminds me of Dan Hudson and Brandon McCarthy.

What are people thinking of Kopech's start to the season? Lots of Ks, but lots of walks. I guess I'd rather have this than not enough strikeouts. Control is fixable at his age.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 04:37 PM) It quicksaves regularly and there are a lot of campfire save points. The quality of life in Horizon is amazing. - No stamina system for running and good quick travel system - Climbing/platformer elements are not frustrating - Inventory management totally reasonable - UI is great, easy to access everything, lots of shortcuts to necessary functions - Camera always stays in a good position, icons pop up if something is charging you from an angle you can't see They really do nail everything in that game. I just finished it with 100% a few days ago. It took me over 80 hours because I took my time and refused to fast travel until the very end. I never got tired of it or burned out, which is hard for a game to do over that many hours. The only thing that bothered me a bit was scrolling through inventory items with the directional buttons. They need to make a more efficient way to go from health potions and not have to scroll through the freeze resist or fire resist potions I never use. I wonder what they will do with DLC. Will it be story related or some arena type thing? I'd love post-story DLC, but a combat arena with waves of machines would be super fun and could end me playing other games for a while.

Really enjoying Horizon. I haven't found something that it's bad at yet. It's not especially original in the style of game or its gameplay, but it's just a little better than other games in nearly every category. Aloy's movement is a little better than Tomb Raider/Uncharted, the graphics are as good as anything, the story is better than most open-world games, the combat is a little tighter and more responsive than most games while still having depth, the missions don't drag on. Very impressed with this game so far.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 20, 2017 -> 12:12 AM) Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins are on the same team. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's really the takeaway from the night. QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 20, 2017 -> 12:19 AM) And for all the small ball, excessive 3-point shooting haters, your wish has been granted. Try going small against the Pelicans now. I can't believe this is happening. This will be a great case study. Can you really still play small against THAT team? Gonna be fascinating. Man, I hope they play the Warriors in the first round.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 11:59 AM) A game I need to tout is Steep. Man, is that something that just sucks time away from you. I tried the beta for that and thought it was fine, but I didn't see anything driving me to do anything. I also thought only the snowboarding was fun. What's the basic objective in that game? Is it just a bunch of time trials and score attacks?

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jan 3, 2017 -> 03:28 PM) I got WatchDogs 2 for Christmas and have been playing it the last few days. Been doing mostly side missions but I figure I'm about 1/3 of the way through the main story. It's definitely better than the first one although I can't help but compare it to GTA V where it falls a little short. On one hand, I wish there was a way to modify and save vehicles. On the other hand, the driving mechanics aren't that great and you can simply fast-travel most of the time anyway. I do like the fact that you have to ability to climb up buildings and other obstacles and use RC drones and cars for getting to the difficult to reach places. Although it seems to make the multi-player hacking missions more difficult for the hacker/easier for the hackee (is that a word?). I've only had 2 people come into my game to try and hack me and found them pretty easily both times. It's also weird to see another person come into your game and just run around. There are only a couple of interactions but I wish one of them was "Sorry, I don't want to team up with you right now." 95% of the time I like to play solo. Yep. You pretty much summed up my thoughts on that game.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Dec 30, 2016 -> 12:16 PM) Firewatch was great, only halfway through Inside but also a quality game. Definitely good recommendations. Just downloaded Virigna for $4.50 the other night and plan to give that a go next. Curious what you end up thinking about Virginia. I don't know what I think of it. It's enjoyable, but very weird. It's not particularly fun, but it is something captivating. I've read some people loved it and some really didn't like it. It's something different at least.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 28, 2016 -> 06:19 AM) Can't seem to find a release date for the game "Days Gone" which was revealed at E3 this summer. Looks badass. Anyone who likes Last of Us will likely enjoy this game. It was announced at E3, but they haven't given a date, or even a year, yet. Absolute earliest it comes out fall 2017, but it's probably a 2018 game.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 21, 2016 -> 03:23 PM) "Everything about Starkiller Base makes a lot of sense given how DS 1 and DS 2 went down. You have a much more protected cooling shaft, the weapon is in a planet to prevent Falcons from flying in, plus the shield generator is on that planet and under the shield and it doesn't keep the power in a core, but rather sucks up a star, so it's only vulnerable to a cascade explosion when it's about to fire. But they found a way anyway because the Skywalker family and friends are having none of your bulls***." From Reddit It was a base that sucked up a star to form a weapon that could then be directed at a target. But yeah, let's worry about explaining how they blew it up.

The Americans. It's routinely on best of the year lists from critics. The first 3 seasons are on Amazon Prime. It doesn't get nearly enough buzz outside of critics though. More people should watch it.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 18, 2016 -> 09:23 AM) As a personal preference, I like/d Felicity Jones more than Daisy Ridley, but that's a minor quibble. Agreed. She was a more believable character in this universe. I'm apparently in the minority, but the I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this movie. Force Awakens was more fun at the time because it was a new Star Wars movie and we hadn't had that in a long time, but ultimately it's not very good. Despite the fact that you know major points of the story of Rogue One going in, it still had much more substance to it. I won't put it ahead of A New Hope at all (I actually had to watch it again after getting back from the theater), but it's much, much better than Force Awakens. As for the

Shocked anyone doesn't like this trade. This is a great return. You were never going to get a good return on Sale, but this is a really good return on Eaton and I think Giolito is a bit overrated. Lopez and Dunning are solid gets. To get 3 prospects that will slide into the top 10 of the system and 2 that are near MLB ready for Adam Eaton? Yes.

QUOTE (Tony @ Dec 4, 2016 -> 04:59 PM) Everyone is already speculating that Joel is dead, and that Ellie is dreaming in the trailer, that she is super angry and going to kill all the fireflies and at the end of the game we'll see Joel actually dead. I can see how that would make sense from the trailer. I think it's more likely that Joel and Ellie had settled with Joel's brother's settlement by the hydro plant that we see at the end of the first game. At some point the Fireflies found out where Joel and Ellie went and attacked the settlement. Joel and Ellie are on their own again. Ellie is vengeful because people she had grown to love, and weren't going to leave her like she complained about in the first game, were taken away from her.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 3, 2016 -> 01:22 PM) Last of Us part 2 announced. So stoked. Yep. Knew it had to be coming at some point, but still cool to see if officially.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Oct 31, 2016 -> 11:12 AM) I ended up getting a PS4. Are there any games you guys recommend besides The Show and Madden? I typically like sports games, but am open to anything. Is there a good auto racing game? I'd like to play with my dad. If you want more of a sports car driving game Driveclub is fantastic. One of the best looking games on the system has some gorgeous fictional road courses. The AI is kind of dumb when you do races though. They don't really care if they get into an accident. If you want more of a simulation with really smart AI, Project Cars might be more your style. They avoid accidents at almost all costs allowing you to actually race them and pick your spots to pass and defend. It has an unlicensed version of F1 cars and a decent career mode to go with a good variety of different kinds of race cars and street cars. That said, I found it to be much less enjoyable in terms of the driving feel and it's not quite as good looking as Driveclub or a Forza game. I thought I was on roller skates with some of the cars.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 01:48 PM) Why bother with The Show. Just port Ken Griffey baseball and give it an online mode and watch world peace happen I don't know if I would care about the online, but my god yes. Port the crap out of this please. Heck, I'd even buy a Switch for $200 (it probably won't be for a while) if this was available on the eshop.