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Yep, this is the best corner on the internet to discuss MMA by far. I read bits on Reddit and Instagram but the comment sections usually see me tapping out quicker than James Toney did. 

I wouldn't class myself as much of a contributor here, but I avidly read everything in these forums and despite there being so few posters, it's always quality, well thought out stuff that usually garners good debate. Long may that continue. 

Also, come back @jimufctna24

There's probably a few occasions I can't recall, but has the loser of a fight gone on to fight a higher ranked opponent than the guy that supposedly beat him? 

5 minutes ago, Chris B said:

 

Thom 

One of my favourite things each episode was seeing the different ways everyone spelled each others names during roundtables! 

It's easy to forget they don't have the benefit of on screen captions and are probably going off spoken word. I'd have had a nightmare with Rayan! 

Blasted through the UK version of The Traitors last weekend after the positive chatter on here. Really enjoyed it overall and it did feel like one of those early Big Brothers where people hadn't cottoned on to how to play the game and just being caught up in it all. Nice to see the cast not being full of Hollyoaks type social Influencers too. 

That John fella was a right nasty dickhead. To see him being a bit of a bully and then making himself the victim was top TV. 

The 8 fight thing is purely to keep him tied to the UFC and not be able to go elsewhere. I can't see him having 8 fights at Heavyweight. If he loses to Gane I reckon there's a good chance he retires so I'm guessing they've thrown a huge number at him. Great fight though. 

I vividly remember playing SMB2 after months of playing SMB and feeling like it was a cheap market place knock off. It just feels completely alien to the rest and I never enjoyed it. I only found out about the Doku Doku re-skin probably about 3 years ago.

Very similar to how I felt playing Alex Kidd Lost Stars after Miracle World. Mind boggling for a 8 year old. 

Atari 2600

This would have been late 80's. I don't remember much aside from playing Ikari Warriors and Space Invaders. The console broke several months after Christmas and I remember being devestated. 

Master System

A year or so after the Atari I was gifted a Master System. Alex the Kidd in Miracle World had some serious hours put into it. I have a memory of going to a friend's house who had recently been bought a SNES. he was playing street fighter 2 and I was extremely jealous. I went home and pretended the main guy in my Kung Fu game was Ryu.

We had an Independant games shop in our small town that would let you trade in games for unusually high prices or straight swaps so I made the most of it and went though whatever I could find in the that shop. When Mortal Kombat was released I remember walking to Woolworths pretty much daily after school to see if they had it. They never did. I eventually got a copy when a friend went to Toys R Us.That was one of my favourite days as a kid. I still also remember vividly the day when I found out the blood cheat for the Master system (2,1,2 down, up) It was printed in the games section of a Saturday Daily Mirror. I read that in the morning on a a bus trip to Bournemouth. I couldn't wait to get back home to try it. Longest day of my young life that was. 

SNES

I convinced my Mam to let me buy a SNES from my savings. I can recall it being £140 with Mario All stars and the Super Scope. The Scope didn't see much action but the SNES was a firm favourite. I didn't need to Cosplay as Ryu anymore! I remember getting the Street Fighter 2 Turbo set in the silver tin. Wish I'd kept that now. Too many goods games to count but I remember being stunned by how Donkey Kong Country looked and played. Magical

PS1

I had for Christmas in 1997 I think with Resident Evil and Fifa 96. I've spoke about Resi on here several times, it terrified me and I'd only play it if I had friends over. I also remember seeing GTA for the first time and it being the first game I can remember where following the story wasn't mandatory. It felt so strange to just do what you wanted without being forced into down a linear path. 'chipped' PlayStations soon became a thing but before I could jump on board my laser knackered and I couldn't play anything. I remember saving up for FF7 and not being able to play it. I legit swapped the game at Woolworths 4 or 5 times before I realised it was the console that was fucked. With the hump, I sold all my games and decided I was too old for consoles anymore. 

N64

My gaming hiatus lasted a year or so. Then I got back into wrestling and a friend had rented WCW/NWO Revenge from Blockbuster. I was hooked! I saved and payed money towards my own N64 for Christmas. I remember sneeking a few of those stubby french lagers up to my room and playing Revenge all boxing day evening and pigging out on Rose's chocolates. Fantastic times! Ocarina of Time was another firm favourite and I can't recall how many hours I sunk into that. 

No Mercy eventually followed and I recall playing the shit out of Golden Eye and Worms Armageddon but not much else. I think my Brother inherited the N64 in the end but I can't recall what happened to all the games. 

PS2

I was out of the loop with gaming until a friend showed me a GTA3 hype piece in a magazine. Everything about it looked amazing. I was working at this point so bought the console myself and my parents got me GTA3 and Tony Hawks Pro skater for Christmas. Again I have fond memories of playing GTA3 on boxing day evening after coming home from work. I can't remember why, but I sold the PS2 and games within 12 months. I think it was to fund a holiday with the lads. All I remember was being devestated when friends got GTA Vice City and I couldn't play it. 

Xbox 360

Was bought some point in 2008. I hadn't had a console for about 6 years at the point and coming back to gaming was weird as so much had changed. I recall getting Fifa 07 and Tiger Woods with it. The graphical leap was tremendous. Reading about online play was a total head scratcher. What the fuck?! I can play games against other people? Madness. Being able to watch YouTube and other online stuff really was novel at this time. Also the original Xbox live dashboard setup was amazing! 

I recall loving the Skate series, GTA 4 and Left 4 Dead. I had no end of issues with my 360. Had to send it off because of the red ring of death and in the end it was sat out of it's case due to an issue with the disk drive not opening. I think the last game I got was GTAV. 

XBox One

Picked this up early 2014. Was expecting no end of issues after the 360 but the Xbox One never let me down. I probably used it more for media than gaming. Majority of time spent was on GTAV and Skate 3.

Xbox Series X

Bought this a few months ago. I only really played Rockstar or sports titles these days but Games Pass is a great feature and I never feel bored with it. Been having fun going back through the older GTA games recently. They're not perfect but the noatalgia is high and I get a massive kick out of them. I'll more than likely have this for a fair few years unless something goes tits up. 

Are we gonna be the generation of oldies wearing cardigans but still complaining about campers or glitchers? I can't fucking wait. 

Loved the SNES. Mario All stars, Street Fighter 2 Turbo and Mario Paint all had some serious Playtime in my house. 

I'm still a firm believer that Mario Kart on the SNES is the best version and I won't hear anything else. 

I remember p Ilaying Donkey Kong Country was like going from a Master System to a PlayStation. Such an incredible leap in terms of tech. I remember the visuals and how the game played left me stunned. 

Did anyone else have the Super Scope? It was clumsy, awkward and I remember the game that came with it not being much cop. Looked bad ass though. 

Is Season 1 of Always Sunny in Philidelphia considered a hard watch which gets better over time? I've read nothing but good stuff on here over the years. 

I've watched about 6 episodes of season 1 and I understand that they're meant to be repugnant pricks but I'm finding it hard to want to watch such a group of characters. 

And we're off! Pretty happy with how it turned out as it's fiddly as hell to put together. The fern type plant was already a little big and probably gonna out grow this super quick so I just put it in a standard pot elsewhere. 

These things are meant to be very self sufficient so occasional misting should suffice.  Next report will likely be an RIP type send off. 

Time will tell. 

I'm massively late to the party, but I finally ended up watching The Wire for the first time over Christmas. Any free time I had was spent binge watching it. Such an incredible show with some amazing performances but digesting it all so quickly really left me feeling a bit down. It's really heavy stuff. 

Also, after 15 years of seeing and hearing people say 'Sheeeeeeeeeeiiit!", I finally know where it came from. 

Amazing TV. 

Got this Terrarium starter kit for Christmas and the plants just arrived this morning. I have very little knowledge on how this works and what kind of upkeep I'll need to do but I'm looking forward to giving it a go. 

Progress reports will come providing I don't kill the plants off immediately. 

When you love the UFC fight kit but want to take it to the next level. 

I feel that if you put him back in with Gordon and he loses (again) the wheels will completely fall off. It's nailed on at that point that he's nowhere near a top level fighter. We know that now, but there are some who still won't accept it. 

The fact that he's on a good contract now should mean that he gets pushed up a bit. It may be worth putting him in with a Lauzon, Guida or god forbid Tony Ferguson who at least have some sort of name and rep (more so with Tony who's at no. 15 in the rankings) that if he does get beat, at least it was at the hands of a known name. 

It's gonna be hard to keep matching him up with fodder because getting beat by a no name guy will be far worse for him. 

We get a Robin popping into the garden quite regularly. I like to take comfort in the old saying that they are your lost loved ones stopping by to check in on you. 

Pretty certain it's just there for the suet though. 

Maybe my hatred for Pamby is turning me into a conspiracy theorist, but it seemed odd to me that Topuria didn't mention Paddy once during his post fight interview, but seemingly went on to say he wanted to fight him in pretty much every other media opportunity he got after he left the cage. Its not like their beef is over, they were at each other all during fight week. 

The in cage interview just seemed full of requests that weren't gonna happen. Getting a title shot next and UFC going to Spain? Honestly felt like he was specifically told not to bring up Paddy when the spotlight and maximum eyeballs were on him. 

Has it been confirmed by any reputable sources yet? I've only seen that Wonderboy clip about it. Would be a real shame and I honestly think there's a good chance Leon would still get booed over Masvidal in London. 

1 hour ago, Supremo said:

They want him to be the next Conor McGregor. He’s actually the next Sage Northcutt.

That's incredibly harsh on Super Sage. 

Well that was just a fucking sham. Unanimous decision? Get the fuck out with that. Absolute robbery. At worst that was 29-28 for Gordon but I felt you could have given him all 3 rounds without much complaint.

Seems like Paddy is gonna get some time off now. Injured foot or not the UFC will want to let all the shit from this week and the fight result itself die down a bit before they wheel him out again. 

Darren Till is done and Topuria is an absolute menace. Decent show up until the Co main and then fell completely off with the main event. 

Fucking Pamby. 

He's already dead

Paddy Pimblett taking shots at the media for exploiting fighters for their own personal gain whilst sat opposite Dana White is truly a magical thing. 

Helwani is pretty devisive these days but he pretty much wiped the floor with Paddy last night. 

I'd prefer them to get as much as they possibly can for something. What irks me is some Re-sellers attitudes towards them. Like they're only there to be profited from. 

Edit - Carbomb beat me to it. 

10 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

I quite enjoyed those videos during lockdown (but then I also watched a man hopping on and off freight trains in the States so let's not judge eh?) but it was more seeing him go round boot sales, rather than the bits where he priced it all up. 

Love a boot sale.

Me and the Mrs got into it through lockdown too. Might have actually been you mentioning the channel on here that started it. Honestly enjoyed it for the most part but the charity shop moaning put me off in the end. Came across like he believed their sole reason for being open was so that the re-sellers could make money. 

I'm all for charity shops already charging eBay prices on decent stuff to ward off the buy to sell wankers. That Retro Reselling dickhead on YouTube used to get his knickers in a twist that he wasn't able to skim a little off the top from them. 

Probably one for the irrational hatred thread. 

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