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Just listening now. Liked the "dragged along to a Rangers reserve game" answer and the way he put it. Top boi. Did seem to just degenerate when he got the question on "aye but who'll win the big yin". Alright when he was talking about how we fared against Rangers, but didn't seem too interested in talking them up. Good.

I know it's a trope, but the whole chosen one thing seems really obvious in this game for some reason. That Redmaw quest especially. Light spoilers I guess if you haven't got that far...

It was a surprise, but it feels like one of those surprises they did just for the sake of it. Not like a well executed heel-turn or anything, just a "oh look, Zack Ryder just won" sort of surprise that they very quickly go back on. I think they're just desperately trying to treat water over the next few months while they work out where everyone's going to sit. It's really amazing how many times WWE have put into place something which has real potential but then really f**k the landing on it. The shakeup should've been a draft which pretty much planned out your next year of programming going into next year's WM. Wouldn't really have needed too much more, just a few more changes. Instead they just threw shit at the wall with very little plan and had a few Smackdown people appear on RAW anyway. I don't think they have any idea what they're doing until the big Summerslam feuds, and whatever dirt Jindypops has on people, it's gotten him a temporary push.

That's my understanding too. Nice wee gesture considering the three home games (well, two of them) are likely to be unattractive to some. Fantastic news that the prices are frozen, would've been very easy for them to tack on a wee increase given what's happened this season.

True I suppose. But then Bret Hart was pretty good. Jindypops isn't. Maybe he'll get pops in Canada though, given he's Canadian himself.

I think they said the story of Geralt is finished, doubt they'll go back to that world again. Although with a few things that Ciri says, apparently their next game - CyberPunk 2077 - will take place in kind of the same world, given that Ciri referred to visiting the universe during some of her jumps.

Odd. It may have been choppy for me early on, but don't remember anything like that. Hopefully it's just a blip, would be a shame for the game to get spoiled for you by something like that.

Ah, get you. I guess they'd get out of that by saying "at the moment it is Orton's title", but it doesn't do them much good when it's already clear to absolutely everyone that Orton is coming out with the win. I read a report just there that the reason he's getting the push is due to moving into other markets around the world, specifically in this case India. Now if that's true (which it probably isn't) then it strikes me as odd that they'd do it using someone as the stereotypical evil foreign heel. If you're keeping kayfabe, then does it really attract viewers in that country to watch a character who is depicted as one of the worst things you can be in an American Wrestling Organisation, presumably to get effectively jobbed out by the American face? At least with people like Nakamura and Asuka, you've got people you can really get behind. I may be thinking too much into it, but just struck me as odd.

What makes you say that? Was sure Payback was for the title, Orton wins, Wyatt goes to RAW, and Orton gets rewarded by a match against the Bollyroid Boy.

I'd prefer it the other way around. Save the baby though, let someone else punch him.

I don't think I've ever had any issues with the frame-rate or fluidity, at least none I remember. What platform?

Still don't like it quite as much as the Witcher, but really starting to get into it as I reach the last few quests

Is a shame indeed. He's clearly worked so hard to get down to the shape he's in now, and he looks amazing, but had he done it a few years earlier the legs might've had a bit more life in them, and he could take part in something that matters, rather than just dial-a-big-guy. Having said that, watching Strowman pick him up like he was a Cruiserweight was mental. That powerslam...jesus. It's amazing when you see Cena AA someone like Big Show, but even then you can see his arse just about to explode from the exertion. Strowman looked like he was picking up an ambulance again.

Ooft. I can't remember which podcast it was on, but boy oh boy does wee Ginge know where some bodies are buried. I imagine he is clean, but he looks like the poster-boy for steroids, he's one week removed from knocking out someone who looked like they'd be the company's golden boy, and now he's number one contender? I know that match was thin with talent, but there were several people in that match who would be a better fit than him. Maybe go with Luke Harper? You know, the guy that both Orton and Wyatt have feuded with fairly recently in some capacity? Hell, even Mojo would make more sense with his push recently. But no. Jinder Fucking Mahal. Surely we're going to get shenanigans given that Backlash is absolutely ages away.

Haven't really enjoyed FM17 at all, spent most of the time in the editor trying to create something completely new I've been planning for a while. Started another save with Scotland though, letting you play a small amount of matches and cover a lot of time. Managed to top the World Cup Qualifying group after England had an absolute shitemare. While we pumped Lithuania 7-2, England drew away to Slovenia. When we beat Slovenia at home 1-0, they were stinking Wembley out against Slovakia with a 0-0. They beat us 1-0 at Wembley (close game) to cut the gap a little, but in the 4th round of games, while we scored a 94th minute winner against Slovakia at Hampden, they lost 2-1 in Malta. Lol. Lost again at Hampden to England later on in the campaign, as well as a very poor performance in Slovenia to lose 3-1, but a glowing record elsewhere to top the group by a point as we beat Malta 4-2 in the final game. Burke is an absolute monster in this game. Started trying to play a 3-5-2 with Burke as the second striker, and he's dominating. We went to the World Cup, got drawn with Switzerland, South Korea and Brazil, but had an absolute nightmare. Burke put us 2-0 up in the first half against Switzerland in the opening game, but then pulled his hamstring. Out for two weeks - and the rest of the group stage - but before we found that out Switzerland scored 4 in the second half. Got a 1-1 draw against South Korea, but Brazil absolutely dismantled us 6-1 in the 3rd game to send us home. Then they sacked me. Fucking SFA. Added another manager to start the Euros campaign where we got France, Slovakia, Romania and Luxembourg, and already won our Nations League group, so should be plain sailing to the Euros. Oh aye, and got Kris Doolan 6 caps and 2 goals on his debut. Beautiful.

Aye, if they start sounding like they're choking, get the f**k out of the way. Also damages other things around them, so quite good if you can get a group fo them bunched up, kill one, then get out of the way. They can be an absolute arse when you either forget that or can't get out of the way though.

I think that quest was bugged, if it's the one I'm thinking of then I had problems with it and could never complete it. Would've thought they'd have fixed it by now though.

#strowmancantmeltsteelbeams

I know it's probably an unpopular opinion, but in recent years I've grown to really hate James Richardson. I liked Football Italia all those years ago, but I don't like his delivery on the podcast, and the image for it is extremely punchable. Obviously he knows his stuff, but he just seems extremely smarmy to me. Currently subscribed to The Football Ramble, The Terrace, The Burst Baw, and quite obviously the best of the lot, Clyde 1 Superscoreboard (not really of course, but I do enjoy listening knowing no matter how bad it gets, you're at least not some of the mouth-breathers they invite on). Listened to the Ramble for the longest, and although it went through a phase of getting a bit up its own arse, it's gotten funnier recently which reduces that a little bit. The Terrace is great to listen to, manage to mix a good level of coverage of all of Scottish football with not taking themselves too seriously. The Burst Baw seem to be trying to paint themselves more into the football journalist camp for me, definitely less entertaining. Apart from the Cup Final meltdown from the Rangers fan on there last year. That was fun. Should also add the Tuesday Club given they put up their first podcast for 2 years yesterday. Always enjoyed it. You're not going to get the best coverage, even of Arsenal, but still a good laugh. Used to listen to the World Football Weekly or whatever it was called, the one with Tim Vickery, Dotun and various guests. Might start getting back into it, it was quite good. Plus Vickery manages to mix knowing a hell of a lot about his subject without being a smarmy bellend.

I'd recommend not. I jumped into Hearts of Stone using the already levelled character option, and I got the shit well and truly kicked out of me for days with that. Like weirdcal says, go through the main game first, build up the sort of character you want with all the skills, upgrades and weapons, and then hit the DLC once you've finished the main quest. The difficulty really jumps up on both I found. Be prepared to spend a whole lot longer on it than that. I envy you getting to play it all fresh to be honest.

Number of handsome b*****ds at the club, shouldn't really have a maneater around anyway.

Do we get his maw Nelly at the same time?

Just buy Auchenhowie off of them. I'm sure they need the money.

Especially with Cole hot-footing it back to commentary and looking someone had just died. These are the sort of situations that really puzzle me with WWE. Surely they knew that if Strowman did that, he would get cheered due to it being Reigns. If they don't know that, and genuinely thought you'd get the standard face/heel reaction, then why? If they did know it, but did it anyway, and hope that they'll get that reaction anyway, then why? Or there's a third option and they're playing some kind of weird long-game. Unlikely though.