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  1. Szlia

    Toonamba's Male to Female Transition Pre-to-Post OP thread

    If I remember correctly the big and somewhat serious thread on the subject, it's not that uncommon for male to female transsexual to have dabbled in body building before recognizing their condition and transitioning. Something to do with body image and taking control of your own body or something.
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Columbia fielded a B team too. But it's true that scoring first against a Japan that had to win means you will get a ton of opportunities for counter-attacks or at least for facing a smaller than usual defense. And pure cruelty for C?te d'Ivoire, but overall it's Greece that had the most...
  3. Szlia

    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Group C is nicely poised for a waltz of qualified in the second half: Currently it's Columbia - Greece, but both C?te d'Ivoire and Japan are one goal away from going through. As far as the biting thing, it's an assault. Just like a head butt or a punch. Except grown men don't bite unless...
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    The mexican team is a good example of the club vs national team question we had earlier, because the newly appointed coach basically shaped the national team around current and former players of the Club Am?rica that he coached before being called to rescue the national team.
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    I caught some talks about Fred on TV today, and apparently, through his whole career people thought he sucked when he did not score and loved him when he did, because he is not a traditional brazilian forward that can take part in the offensive animation. He is a guy who parks his ass in the box...
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Well well well... suddenly the match that was supposed to be an execution could become tricky. Remember: Brazil loses and the other two draw: Brazil is out.
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    NBA 2014 Off-Season Thread

    Harden to the Thunder!
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Two pretty goals, but not a pretty strategy by the dutch. Not an eye pleaser this match.
  9. Szlia

    The Animal Activism Crazy Thread

    You mean the terrible rapper kind?
  10. Szlia

    Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

    Are there examples were 3D is worth it? The only things I can think of are some animation movies and some art house films made with 3D in mind (Wenders' Pina, Greenaway's segment in 3 x 3D).
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    I thought a 'fair play' ranking based on yellow/red cards was a criteria before tossing a coin? I seem to remember versions where if a team was eliminated for sure, you would redo the calculations without it to un-tie the tied-teams... too many speculations: let's dive into the the official...
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Just for rerolled I made a very ugly chart to resolve what is going on in the 3rd group matches. When there is a point equality, the first criteria is GD (goal difference) and then GF (Goal For or Goal Scored). If points, GD and GF are all equal, I am not sure what's going on (Argentina wins...
  13. Szlia

    Tennis

    Federer won Halle, Dimitrov won the Queen's and now, it is time! DJOKOVIC[1] Grass seeding privilege for last year's runner up who has not played since the French Open. R128: Golubev: a talented but inconstant player. Could cause problem on a good day. R64: Stepanek: always tricky on...
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    It's funny that Eder who played very very poorly the whole match (except maybe this spectacular attempt at an instant volley) is the one with the key steal in the end! Well... funny may not be the right word there. Let's say it's one of these strange ironies that soccer often delivers.
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    That William fellow that entered mid game was very good and cool as a cucumber. Maybe a little too cool for comfort even!
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    Summer Games Done Quick (June 22-28)

    Do that during the World Cup and Wimbledon, why don't you?
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Play is usually not stopped during an action and there was a lengthy substitution just as the 5 min stoppage time were called.
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    Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

    As far as I am concerned, when something fundamentally does not make sense, it's often preferable to say 'this makes sense in the world of this fiction' in the simpler and most economic way possible rather than wrap it in 25 layers of pseudo science that require long expositions. Also note that...
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    An american was offside but far from the goal and not taking part in the action, while Dempsey was covered by a portuguese player who took too long to stand back up.
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    West Germany 1??"0 Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia And yes it is against the rules. There was also in an Euro (?) a match were both teams (from nothern europe) could go through only if they ended with 4-4 and I let you guess how it ended... I remember seeing that match and it...
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    I guess Christiano Ronaldo was tired of seeing Nani doing crap on the right wing. Anyway, it's a stay of execution for Portugal, because with Nani missing 90% of what he does, the 3rd choice Eder scared of being here and missing 90% of what he does and an off-color Ronaldo who can't get a...
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    On the first goal is sat down before Nanny shot and on the double save he anticipated in the wrong direction and it's a pure miracle he still managed to reach the ball. The portuguese think he is excellent and are looking forward to more great things from him in the 2nd half! Side note: the...
  23. Szlia

    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Well Korea got the early goal and the 3-2 was only prevented by a miraculous save by a defender on that fast corner that also surprised the director. Still, at 4-1 there was still the sense that Korea could fight back, which is pretty crazy for a soccer match. I am a bit sad we did not get a 4-3...
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    Good LGBT movies

    The presence or absence of LGBT themes/characters in a movie has no impact on its quality really, so it's not a question of being a fan of LGBT movies or not. What can be argued though is that some of these movies have a 'made by the community for the community' feel that can be alienating...
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    Bloodborne

    More than that: the Souls games are unconventional multiplayer games. They explore new ways for players to interact with each other within a game.
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Very poor half by the south koreans. Poor controls, misunderstandings, misscommunications and poor choices kill them at both end of the field. The fact the algerian team had four players changed from their previous match and decided to play their regular offensive style also didn't help. The...
  27. Szlia

    Book of the Month - Merged

    I voted for the Tenant so I can selfishly read in its french original!
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    If anything it shows how tough it is to call. We have a convenient video freeze at the moment of the pass, but I am not sure how the guy on the line checks both the alignment with the last defender and the start of the pass. Note he is probably blindsided here and I am not sure he is able to...
  29. Szlia

    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Was it really? Nigeria showed a lot more fire. 10 minutes away from an elimination Bosnia was still delivering a subdued and uninspired performance. A bit of a shame really, because they certainly have the potential to do a lot better than exiting the competition with two losses in two matches.
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Nigeria looks a lot better than against Iran too, but it's true 1-1 would be more fair (and more accurate since there was no offside).
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Calm down frqkjt, the match is over. Ghana will regret their 5 vs 2 that ended in an offside!
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    Good LGBT movies

    Wong Kar Wai's Happy Together. Pedro Almodovar's La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In). Xavier Dolan's Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats) and Laurence Anyway (though I have not seen this one). Lionel Baier's Gar?on stupide (Silly Boy - made by a friend of mine and awarded in several...
  33. Szlia

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Since there is a Maester trying to do a zombie mountain, I'll assume the story takes place in a world where a trained fighter is able to do some field work like applying a tourniquet. He does that, and suddenly he has hours to crawl back to his horse or to the road or simply call for help (the...
  34. Szlia

    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    Such a cruel sport. Iran was really brilliant at times. Yes brilliant, because they managed to be very dangerous, several times, by playing very simply. Not very lucky that none of those opportunities resulted in a goal or that the referee did not give a penalty on the tackle in the box on...
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    The problem with this whole scene is that he does not look at all like he is going to die, making it all ambiguous.
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    I think Iran has the desire, but not necessarily the ability: they lose the ball so fast when they try to move up the pitch. I don't think they ever had he ball within the last 30 meters. They only managed to be dangerous with free-kicks and corners (and they almost scored!).
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    We let the board down because it was PnP RPG night and so I only saw the first half of Italy vs Costa Rica! If both teams played at about the same level they played their first match, the result is not very surprising.
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    The Wire: Greatest Show Ever Made

    The Wire is not eye-opening on the fact organized crime is organized. It's eye-opening on the realities of police work and the complexity of society. This show is without peer, simply because it's the only show that, once you have seen it, changes they way you see dozens of other shows on...
  39. Szlia

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    My favorite of his with Life Aquatic and Rushmore.
  40. Szlia

    First World Problems

    I am playtesting the beta of a friend's game and I am frustrated because I spent a dozen hours on it and the ending is fubarded.