June 10th, 2018

[zombie]

I just wanted you to get to the sad part to see if you still wanted to continue or not.

i do, kind of. but i'm hesitating. and i don't want to say why, in case people want to play (or watch) the game without having been spoiled.

Last of Us Spoilers
Don't go further than this post until you play/watch the game

There. I fixed it. :p

fair play. how often do they get you attached to a character and then screw you over? is it a regular thing?

[Jason]

I just wanted you to get to the sad part to see if you still wanted to continue or not.

i do, kind of. but i'm hesitating. and i don't want to say why, in case people want to play (or watch) the game without having been spoiled.

Last of Us Spoilers
Don't go further than this post until you play/watch the game

There. I fixed it. :p

fair play. how often do they get you attached to a character and then screw you over? is it a regular thing?

Nope. That is by far the saddest part of the game.

[Jason]

I mean, crummy stuff happens in it, but nothing as sad as that.

[Jason]

Dream would testify that this is an incredible story. It's one of those universally loved stories.

[zombie]

you better be right. i think it's worse cause it happened so quickly into it, too. this is like the mist ending type of crap you walked me into and it's just the intro....

[Jason]

you better be right. i think it's worse cause it happened so quickly into it, too. this is like the mist ending type of crap you walked me into and it's just the intro....

It's gonna settle down right now. You'll start seeing gameplay, survival horror type stuff, action, etc... a few character intros, then it starts slowly building up.

The game's theme is kind of centered on love.

[zombie]

you better be right. i think it's worse cause it happened so quickly into it, too. this is like the mist ending type of crap you walked me into and it's just the intro....

It's gonna settle down right now. You'll start seeing gameplay, survival horror type stuff, action, etc... a few character intros, then it starts slowly building up.

The game's theme is kind of centered on love.

cool. i have it bookmarked. i'll watch it tomorrow. hope you enjoy your halloween marathon.

[Jason]

Rodger Dodger.

Don't feel forced on my account. I just wanted to force you to watch the intro to see if it could draw you in enough. Lol. It's an excellen story. Difficult not to love.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Went to my first MMA event (not UFC, but apparently one of the big companies under it). Was fun. My pretzel was over-salted and greasy though.

[Jason]

Saw the pic on facebook, did a double take to see that was you. Lol

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Saw the pic on facebook, did a double take to see that was you. Lol

A friend had 10 extra tickets and I said I'd take one as I'd never been to one. Still 50% unexciting teabagging but the other half was pretty good. As my usual commentary: better to watch in person than on TV.

[Jason]

I prefer TV rather than in person, but that's only because I was pursuing a career in it so I study every punch/kick/takedown attempt. :p

[Jason]

Home alone, lights off throughout the house, and a Halloween movie marathon on surround sound.

Too sweet.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

I prefer TV rather than in person, but that's only because I was pursuing a career in it so I study every punch/kick/takedown attempt. :p

My friend was pursuing it, but it's sticking with his Jujitsu and realizes he's already in his mid 30's so he let that go.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Honestly, when he was offering the tickets, I thought he got them BECAUSE he was fighting. Turns out no lol.

[Jason]

I gave it up in my mid-20s. The pay is shit unless you reach the top of the top. Even if you are good enough you still need to get lucky and fall through the cracks. Health insurance wasn't offered by the UFC until a few years ago, either. You're constantly applying and paying for a fight license. Just too much shit. All I do is hit the heavy bag at the gym and I'm totally fine with it.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

My friend was saying the fighters in this one was getting 5-10k for tonight. Not that that's "quit your dayjob" money, but still sounded pretty nice.

[Jason]

Yeah, the pay is getting better. But the trainers are gonna need some coin, not sure if health insurance is an option either. If you take home 7,500 a fight,you'd need at least 4 fights a year to make a living, which is a lot. You'd also probably have to win every fight to achieve that much money at that level.

I know a few dudes that stuck with it. One made it to the UFC, but asked him to move up a weight class on two days notice when they offered him a UFC contract. He took it, and took a brutal ass beating. Not sure how much he made, but I know he's still not well off, and he's fighting in the premier organization. And he's in his 30s also. Very tiny window.

We're just one generation too old for the money thing to not be too big of an issue.

[Jason]

Here's that fight. Alex Reyes is the one I know. Haven't talked to him in person since I stopped training with him and Joe Stevenson (famous UFC fighter back in the day), but we're buds on facebook.

The dude he lost to is also a full tier below the elite fighters in the UFC. Kind of a piece of shit human, too. :p

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oqAQhDbzUUE

[Jason]

Heard a fucking cockaroach scattering around inside an empty Coke can on the floor.

Channeling my inner Delbert (John Goodman, Arachnophobia) tomorrow afternoon.