There’s actually a pretty sizeable soccer fan base in the US; not as much as football, basketball or baseball, but overall soccer is probably 4th or 5th; the question is whether or not new MLS franchises can convert people over.

Neither of which are MLS franchises (at least not yet). The Charlotte bid, at least, is almost certainly dead in the water; Nashville maybe has a chance.

No, actually I didn’t. The majority of China is sparsely inhabited mountains and desert, their population is concentrated on the coast and their top league reflects that.

Yeah, quite frankly I don’t think MLS is interested in a Sacramento franchise that doesn’t bring the Sacramento Republic fans and crowds. There’s already going to be 3 California teams and a Sacramento team without a built-in revenue base of fans is....not very attractive.

Depends on how you look at it. In size and population the United States is larger than any European nation...by a lot. Other nations are larger (such as Russia and Brazil) in terms of land size, but their populations are smaller and clustered in a small percentage of their land. America is both larger and spread out…

How dare people raise concerns about permanent brain damage from a sport?! You smart assholes with your lack of CTE don’t know anything about being a manly man! About uhh....uhhh.....what was I talking about? Oh yes, we need to make buffalo wings spicier people! It’s the pussification of America!

I’m not sure it’s a “bad habit” exactly, but I almost always create a character that looks like me. Often takes hours, but I love seeing a character that looks like me in a game for some reason.

For folks that are on the fence: If you like MMO’s I think you’ll like the game, it’s one of the best MMOs out there (imho). If you like the Elder Scrolls’ lore, well then that will be a bonus for you as it expands that lore somewhat.

Not that I’m aware of. That said, weapons are pretty broadly divided in ESO. You have 1 hand + shield, dual-wielding, 2 handed weapons, bows, offensive mage staff and defensive mage staff; so you could add them, just wouldn’t change much.

0 people in the US have been killed by terrorists from countries that have received this ban. 0. You know what countries have had people kill US citizens? Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates; countries where it just so happens that Donald Trump has significant investments. And if you want to talk failed…

Good on the IGDA for going to bat for Obamacare/the ACA but you know, your members could just provide healthcare to their employees too. If the IGDA said all its members would provide healthcare to their employees, then the details of whether the ACA continues or not don’t matter (for their employees).

All 5 of them? (Full Disclosure: I know one of the five)

For the cats too?

And now, a joke. A Utah farmer dies and goes to heaven, where he is turned away for his sinful life and sent to hell. The Devil greets the farmer in hell “Welcome you sinful bastard, to hell! As punishment, you shall now work this barren patch of land for all of eternity in the blazing heat!” The devil then leaves the…

I always call her “You fucking harpy cunt!” (We’re not on good terms.)

Lydia, one of their big singles, is really good too.

I’ve really been loving Highly Suspect’s stuff lately. Dark, subversive with some big sound too. Probably the best one off of their album is this one:

Actually, multiple studies have found that economic stimular given directly to citizens, like welfare, food stamps and unemployment benefits, actually benefits the economy.

I fucking hate you for that, but it’s brilliant and I had to star it. You cunt.

But our youth system is broken and nobody beyond Jurgen Klinsmann truly seems to be all that interested in fixing it. It’s a patchwork of pay-to-play clubs, MLS development academies, USL teams, NCAA college soccer and local rec leagues. Pride won’t fix our youth system, it won’t help us train kids better, it won’t…