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Return rates have increased substantially, but not quite to the level they’d hoped. Injury rates aren’t public yet, but they seem lower. Expect return rates to increase a bit more in the second half of the season.

New kickoff rules expire after this season, hopefully they reinstate them plus shift touch backs to the 35 from the 30 to further incentivize returns.

Oh, hell yeah. Always wanted to watch the ELF while I lived in London, but it was impossible to find a free stream.

I’ve gotta rep one of my all time favorite party games to this day (ported to PC) Worms Armageddon. They’ve had several sequels, but I believe that was the last one to use that particular physics engine, and every game since has just felt a bit… Hollow?

Also +1 to Paper Mario - S-Tier RPG, best of the whole series IMHO, tho the GameCube sequel TTYD is deserving of a very close second. I wish so bad they’d make a return to badges and acquiring new buddies and buddy upgrades throughout the game. The oragami king battle mechanics did not do it for me, and with it being the core mechanic of the game just soured my whole experience despite the rest of the game being pretty solid.

Spot on with Perfect Dark. It’s one fault imo is that it was trying to do almost too much for the 64. Even as an expansion pak game, the graphics that the 64 was capable of could just not render the necessary detail for a lot of stuff to be easy to see/recognize.

Might mean a lot more fringe roster players and practice squad players leaving for more playing time and a greater opportunity at proving they can make it in the NFL.

EDIT: I’ve just done some quick research and it seems like stellarsan is a locally made equivalent to starsan in Australia. It’s probably so much cheaper just because it’s not an import.

Starsan is a recognizable trusted brand. I know exactly what I’m getting when I buy starsan. I have never before heard of stellarsan and cannot vouch for how well it works. I will say that the fact they’ve specifically chosen a name that could feasibly be confused with the established brand does not bode well for their own legitimacy.

That’s the reason for the price difference I would guess. Name recognition vs taking a gamble on some unknown brand

If you must buy online because you don’t have a local homebrew store, I recommend only doing so through a reputable seller that specializes in brewing supplies. Amazon is not ideal, and I’m not sure if kegland can be trusted as I’ve never heard of them. Try to make connections with other brewers in your area and see where they are ordering things from. Sadly, from what I’ve heard Australia is not the easiest place to source…well, anything from lol

Boo

Given the number of teams resting important starters in week 18, I think it adds a lot of bad data including this week.

It’s nice to see the Seahawks as high as they are though

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

LOVE WINS

I’m hoping so, but Seahawks best defensive pieces are either out or playing hurt :/

SEA

This game is prime comedy.

That was an exciting game - certain the Lions were going to wreck the Seahawks after the OLine injuries last week but it seems the backups were plenty competent with a week to prepare.

Frustrating seeing so many injuries in this game as well, hoping nobody has to miss a game.

Oh no, is our good good boy “30 under 30 luminary” Griffin McElroy safe??