OT: Blues Forum Lounge (Home of All Things OT) - Part 2023-2024

[bluesXwinXtheXcup]

Did you guys ever find the Sword With No Name?

 

[sbet1998]

I think STLtoday is culling their forums or at least those are the rumors. This one still somewhat popular? Looking a little dead but it is the offseason..

 

[The Note]

I think STLtoday is culling their forums or at least those are the rumors. This one still somewhat popular? Looking a little dead but it is the offseason..

It's still kickin'. There is basically nothing at all to discuss, neither team nor league wide, so it's certainly quieter than normal.

 

[The Note]

The wife and I saw Oppenheimer yesterday. Certainly a movie that lends itself to the big screen, as most Nolan movies do. I thought it was very good, though the three hour run time is generally something I am against. Part of what drew the movie out so much was the additional Strauss vs. Oppenheimer feud that shifts the third act into basically a full blown courtroom drama. I didn't mind this so much because both Cillian Murphy in the titular role and RDJr as Strauss are both doing incredible work. Honestly, there isn't really one bad performance which should probably not be a surprise given the cast that was assembled. The performances and the pacing are such that I never felt it really bogged down, and the buildup to the Trinity Test is tense and very well done. In all, I am glad we went and saw it in the theater and would give it 4.75 death, destroyer of worlds out of 5.

 

[bluesXwinXtheXcup]

Can someone give me a subject to write about

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Can someone give me a subject to write about

The slow ever encroaching doom known as Cthulhu and his Dwarven toy making minions.


Idk what we're talking about.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Can someone give me a subject to write about

Sid and Marty Croft

 

[joe galiba]

quantum entanglement

 

[Memento]

Can someone give me a subject to write about

Pokémon. Because I’m a writer as well.

 

[bluesXwinXtheXcup]

So Pokémon separated Sid and Marty.

He sent them in exactly different directions and then poked Sid in the side.

Marty giggled...

How and why did Marty feel it?

 

[stl76]

 

[542365]

Phil Mickelson has allegedly lost over 100 million dollars betting on sports, which is whatever. I don’t care what you do with your money. My question is what is the excitement of gambling if you’re already insanely wealthy? I get the average person laying down a wager and celebrating when their parlay hits with a steak dinner or something. I don’t understand how someone could be excited about winning money when they probably have more than they’ll ever be able to spend in the remainder of their lifetime. It just doesn’t make any sense to me.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Phil Mickelson has allegedly lost over 100 million dollars betting on sports, which is whatever. I don’t care what you do with your money. My question is what is the excitement of gambling if you’re already insanely wealthy? I get the average person laying down a wager and celebrating when their parlay hits with a steak dinner or something. I don’t understand how someone could be excited about winning money when they probably have more than they’ll ever be able to spend in the remainder of their lifetime. It just doesn’t make any sense to me.

Its an addiction. No one bets that much money on anything that isn't an addict. There is still a surge of adrenaline/endorphines/whatever with the outcomes.

 

[542365]

Its an addiction. No one bets that much money on anything that isn't an addict. There is still a surge of adrenaline/endorphines/whatever with the outcomes.

Fair enough. I guess addictions in general don’t make much sense to those not experiencing it. I just can’t wrap my head around it.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Fair enough. I guess addictions in general don’t make much sense to those not experiencing it. I just can’t wrap my head around it.

I've talked at length to a gambling addict. Its absolutely a chemical addiction, just to chemicals his brain makes during the process. You can't apply logical decision-making expectations to the actions of an addict.

 

[Majorityof1]

I've talked at length to a gambling addict. Its absolutely a chemical addiction, just to chemicals his brain makes during the process. You can't apply logical decision-making expectations to the actions of an addict.

I had a boss who owned the company 100%. The company made a $1M to 5M a month in profit that went right in his bank account. He would disappear for days at the casino losing hundreds of thousands of dollars.

He would often take key members of the company with him, effectively shutting the company down while he lost money. He loved to take me, cause he'd brag about how I was his personal attorney that he could afford to just have sit with him. At first, I was happy to oblige, because I do enjoy gambling. Plus he'd bankroll me so I kept a part of the profits with no risk of loss, on top of my salary he's paying me not to work. Eventually the thrill ran out. It was just sad to see, and I wanted to go home.

He was addicted to the gambling and addicted to the dopamine of looking like a baller, and addicted to the cigarettes he chained smoked for days while sitting at that table without sleep. I'd be comped a room, and meals and access to all sorts of entertainment stuff, so I got a free mini-vacation. But he'd literally sit there 72 hours straight with a single couple hour nap chasing his losses.

 

[bluesXwinXtheXcup]

Anybody been watching soccer?

The crowds at St. Louis City soccer are incredible.

St. Louis supported the Steamers really well also.

 

[pseudoswede]

RIP Beatle Bob

 

[Memento]

Just finished the prologue of an original story called Death to Kings. It's just a prologue thus far, but I feel like I've done a good job with layering plot and characters in it, and I'm really proud of it~

And I haven't been writing due to bipolar depression, so this is a good start.

 

[shpongle falls]

Just finished the prologue of an original story called Death to Kings. It's just a prologue thus far, but I feel like I've done a good job with layering plot and characters in it, and I'm really proud of it~

And I haven't been writing due to bipolar depression, so this is a good start.

Nice dude! What kind of genre is it? I’m wanting to write my own fantasy adventure novel at some point, I have no writing background but what the hell thought I’d take a stab at it. I love to read fiction.

 

[Memento]

Nice dude! What kind of genre is it? I’m wanting to write my own fantasy adventure novel at some point, I have no writing background but what the hell thought I’d take a stab at it. I love to read fiction.

It's sort of like GRRM's ASoIaF, but...different. Basically, what I have so far is that the Duke used bribery, blackmail, and a huge web of associates to depose and execute the old King, and only one bastard child - a daughter - escaped with the help of the King's closest confidant. Said confidant brought the daughter to a monastery to be safe...but it's hinted that she won't even be safe there.

I do a lot of dark fantasy, delve into horror occasionally, write stuff that are close to superhero/villain novels, anthropomorphic animals, etc. All of it is mostly fantasy, but it really depends on the setting.

 

[shpongle falls]

It's sort of like GRRM's ASoIaF, but...different. Basically, what I have so far is that the Duke used bribery, blackmail, and a huge web of associates to depose and execute the old King, and only one bastard child - a daughter - escaped with the help of the King's closest confidant. Said confidant brought the daughter to a monastery to be safe...but it's hinted that she won't even be safe there.

I do a lot of dark fantasy, delve into horror occasionally, write stuff that are close to superhero/villain novels, anthropomorphic animals, etc. All of it is mostly fantasy, but it really depends on the setting.

Some Game Of Thrones medieval stuff eh? I dig it man. You mentioned anthropomorphic animals did you ever read anything from the Redwall series by Brian Jacques? They were my favorite book series as a kid and I’ve been re-reading them as an adult and they still hold up really well.

 

[Memento]

Some Game Of Thrones medieval stuff eh? I dig it man. You mentioned anthropomorphic animals did you ever read anything from the Redwall series by Brian Jacques? They were my favorite book series as a kid and I’ve been re-reading them as an adult and they still hold up really well.

Fate, I LOVED Redwall! Those books were my childhood, and I still have them all (and Pearls of Lutra especially holds up because of Rasconza and Romsca stealing the show. Planning on posting a Redwall fanfic on AO3). I also love Mistmantle (by M.I. McAllister, series of five Redwall-like books; if you want political intrigue, read them; they're very good) and anything by David Clement Davies (Firebringer and The Sight are the books I have, and I was ugly-crying at both of them; he does not skimp on the brutality - with deer and wolves, respectively).

But me, I write anything that comes to mind. One of my anthropomorphic animal stories came from a dream: birds in a Prohibition setting with guns and other objects that are modified to be lightweight and fit in their talons or in lightweight satchels. I decided to just roll with it.

 

[shpongle falls]

Fate, I LOVED Redwall! Those books were my childhood, and I still have them all (and Pearls of Lutra especially holds up because of Rasconza and Romsca stealing the show. Planning on posting a Redwall fanfic on AO3). I also love Mistmantle (by M.I. McAllister, series of five Redwall-like books; if you want political intrigue, read them; they're very good) and anything by David Clement Davies (Firebringer and The Sight are the books I have, and I was ugly-crying at both of them; he does not skimp on the brutality - with deer and wolves, respectively).

But me, I write anything that comes to mind. One of my anthropomorphic animal stories came from a dream: birds in a Prohibition setting with guns and other objects that are modified to be lightweight and fit in their talons or in lightweight satchels. I decided to just roll with it.

Thats awesome! The Redwall series was my childhood too. I think read all the way to Lord Brocktree as a kid and then stopped so I decided to re-read them all again for the first time and in chronological order which I’ve never done before, and finish the whole series. I’ve found I’m actually enjoying it more as an adult lol. I like to smoke weed and read outside, helps stimulate the imagination. About to finish The Bellmaker currently and its one of my favorites so far.

Thanks for the book recommendations I will have to check those out!

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Man…this bullshit with Spectrum and Disney is infuriating. I can’t wait to drop these bums.

On that note, do any STL locals have experience with gateway fiber? They’ve been doing work in my neighborhood putting in the cables, strongly considering switching over.