I’d agree with that. By Rise of Iron, I felt it needed a jolt of some kind, and I expected a heavy revamp with the sequel considering those of us who poured hours into the game were about to lose everything we had worked on. And then.....it felt like we started back at about the House of Wolves expansion. It was…

Anyone that age should be stoked to have a boner, let alone one on national television. 

Wouldn’t have been the first time I’ve had a night ruined by a 15-second boner.

Destiny is a game to play with a friend, that’s all I can really say about it. I also have no idea how I feel about it but I can’t give it up

It is the pinnacle of mediocrity. Nearly everything the game does well is marred by something it does poorly, every high point in its history marred by the controversies surrounding it. It’s not the worst thing ever, but it is far from greatness.

You can describe Destiny in 2 words: unfulfilled potential. It had a pedigree that should have guaranteed greatness, an opportunity to deliver what had not yet been done before (a full-fledged MMO designed for consoles instead of ported over from PC) and sky-high aspirations. But endless development snafus,…

I think the fumbling nature of Destiny is what makes it hard to describe. It can be completely awesome at one step and then fall flat on its face at the next.

1) He didn’t “refuse to wear safety equipment,” he wanted to wear the safety equipment he had worn previously that he was comfortable with. There was a process, available to Brown and which he utilized, to challenge the league’s refusal to let him wear the safety equipment of his choice. Once that grievance process…

You’re both right. If the goal is to have Antonio Brown on the field, then the Raiders handled the situation wrong. If their goal is to have a well behaved team, then they handled it right and this is the inevitable outcome.

The Raiders not being the Patriots made the situation untenable. I am convinced that the Patriots let it be known at the beginning of the Helmet Saga that they would sign him immediately if he just happened to secure his release, and that everything after that was just theater. 

The lack of consistency he is talking about is the consistency with what they communicated to Brown during his helmet fiasco, which was he should do what he needs to do, and then fining him seemingly out of nowhere, which is what made the whole situation untenable.

I think you could find plenty of examples of high-performing, highly productive people who got away with shit from their employers that less productive people wouldn’t. 

I think, more fairly, their entire position was “they handled everything well up until the point they fined him for something that they had indicated was fine, and was in the rear view mirror.”  

So, true. If you bring in lots of money for any company, you’ll get a way longer leash than if you are a mediocre employee. Sometimes assholes stay employed because results matter. It seems like Hollywood revolves around this. So many horrible, entitled people, but at then end of the day, results matter. Matt Lauer,…

his stated claim (via Rosenhaus at least) of wanting a trophy will really be put to the test with the Pats. to your point, the ball will be distributed around, and they don’t need him — but if they throw brown, gordon and edelman out there at the same time with one of their pass catching RB’s, opposing defenses are…

I’m merely an internet observer, but I don’t think AB would mind limited looks/catches if he’s read in on a strategy for winning. I always took his issues in Pittsburgh to me more about the trouble with teammates and less about a reduced role with JSS coming on strong. 

Yeah and I also feel the point made about the timing is a great one that I hadn’t really considered. If everything was already settled, as it seemed to be, to make that move only then is really questionable no matter who you are dealing with.

Really interesting viewpoint and it really hits on the different rules aspect I’ve seen brought up in other places as well. It also makes me think about Big Ben and his role in all fo this, especially when combined with the Bell situation. Although one of my favorite reactions after the Steelers destruction last night…

I think any team can reach a breaking point with someone like AB but he makes a very good point that the Raiders said they supported him and then after all the drama and him finally seeming set to go week one, they drop a fine on him for some shit that was weeks ago and say it voids his guaranteed money. It was a very…

“No, it’s bullshit. Treat everybody the same. If you’re not gonna show up for work ...”