Shelton Benjamin and Lashley are both free agents right now. Not to mention Hobbes would be a great addition.

Between this report and him trying to claim the series got confused about kayfabe yesterday, it’s gotta get nasty. I’ve already read a lot from various books, so I’m curious how much new info they have.

Holy shit

“I’ll take “Least Surprising Revelations” for $1000, Alex.” Can’t imagine what was being piped directly into his ears for years.

The pop would be earth-shattering. And damn, have I missed her music.

If that’s how he feels, glad for him. It is true in a lot of respects. I think my view is that they pushed an unpopular star, but then refused to give him the tools to increase his popularity. Disappointing, boring matches, bland foreign heel gimmick. Just cheap heat that went nowhere. In short, the same problem with a lot of Vince’s WWE: settling for fine and appeasing Vince when they could’ve tried something new and it could’ve been great.

That’s a bummer. He was going wild and I think he added a lot to the match. Hopefully it is minor and he just needs a bit of time

Adrenaline, in my soul, C’mon Too-Sweet me, Michael Cole.

This is my first time actually watching Mortos/Taurus in a full match, I’m really impressed.

Sweetened, doesn’t particularly matter with what. Though I think my favorite has been a honey/citron/ginger tea from Costco. No caffeine, but the flavor was immaculate.

I don’t think there is anything that could’ve been said to justify attacking a coworker.

Holy shit, they actually did it

I’m glad he’s chosen to do the safe thing. He’s done so much for the industry, sacrificed so much so freely. He’s my #1 GOAT, but I don’t want him in a match ever again.

Agreed. Even when folks were starting to sour, I still really liked Cody in AEW. And I understand that he has a legacy he wants to fulfill. Just kind of a bummer that he was a major part of building this rival company only to jump ship.

There’s virtually no media without ads anymore. I can mostly stomach it if the content is free and the ads are not intrusive. But now it’s normal for paid content to have ads. There are ads in full price video games. Advertisements have infected everything to the point it is malignant.

More specifically to wrestling, ads have been a major aspect as long as I can remember (thanks for trying to shove Stacker 2 down my throat as a minor), but at least paid events were limited to a logo during replays or animations at the top of the show. The state now is just excessive and it’s gunna get worse before it gets better.

Thats great, the tunnels always felt like a big part of AEW’s identity and I was so disappointed when they disappeared. Felt too much like they wanted to copy WWE’s production.

That’s a wild question, cause for me and most of the people I know, a fantasy version of myself with double my income would mean not worrying about groceries, maybe a short trip out of the country once a year, being able to pay off debts, and affording some medical procedures that we’ve been putting off. Maybe saving some money so my kid isn’t homeless in a few decades. Not some life of leisure.

To answer your question, though, it would be categorically worse.

Very excited for the MI GQP to rip itself apart as the face-eating leopards get hungry for internal enemies.

Friendly reminder that you don’t need to buy WotC/Hasbro products to play 5e. The 5e publishing ecosystem is pretty strong and there are lots of options so that you don’t have to get rid of your old books. Level Up Advanced 5e has free PDFs online of their whole books, but the books are fantastic quality. Tales of the Valiant is coming soon, and there is a huge catalog of Kobold Press content before that. And then there are hundreds of smaller presses that also support the ruleset. I haven’t gotten any WotC products in years even before the OGL, mainly because quality seemed to be taking a turn, but there is still great content out there.

If you want to bend backward to accommodate this player, you can. Give them a reason to behave that way. Make the other PCs know and understand. For example, in Dark Sun, magic saps the natural world of life and cruel, terrible things happen when magic is cast. Maybe the knife-wizard knows this. Let the spells be dangerous to other people and the environment, but not the party. Have the others in character ask/beg the caster to use a spell, especially if this matters. You can help balance encounters around whether or not they will need to dip into this costly magic.

I’ve dealt with a crossbow wizard before and, tbh, it is easier to have them just face the repercussions of their choices. Granted, that was a one-shot with close friends, but you do what you think is best.

Quick Edit: it might be worth talking about how ttrpgs are a collaborative game and that players should be working together to their goals, while they seem to be dedicated to playing not only suboptimally (which imo isn’t a problem) but they are playing in a way that is actively disruptive. Perhaps not as bad as actively attacking teammates or the like, but this would ruin my fun. I don’t want to play games with people like that.