It’s because the MLB, for a long time, simply hasn’t had any really interesting players that are American.

Bonds was legendary, but he’s been out of the league since 2007 and was generally reviled by the public (which I find unfair, but that’s another discussion). A-Rod was legendary, but is in the same category as…

I was one of those preteen kids (I’m 30), and you heavily overestimate the amount of us who still have ready access to the cards. You’re right that the cards were forgotten about, and it’s more likely that parents, due to splits, divorces, and moves, simply dumped the cards/binders and they’re either destroyed or…

There’s so many intricate systems and years and years of effort put in by the players to essentially build what they have, that a reset of that magnitude has a better chance of outright killing the game than being a needed introduction.

Unlike a lot of MMOs were annual or bi-annual resets are expected, and where what a…

My time in 0.0 space was way back between 2010 and 2011, and even then, it was in fits and starts. But yes, my various times in Null was essentially boredom interspersed with moments of Holy Shit! (I wish I still had pictures from the largest battle I was a part of, where I saw my first titan, then my 2nd, then my…

True, but there’s still a fixed amount of those packs/cases that were produced, which The Pokemon Company and Wizards of the Coast can verify.

Given how rare the Charizard is, and how few of those original, sealed, and well-handled packs/cases are still around, there simply wouldn’t be enough to really move the needle.…

From my reading, it seems as though he was a guest, since the article stated he “attended” the wedding.

The interesting question is whether or not the bride and/or groom were black, since it doesn’t say in the article. He made the comments to another guest, who was black, so this strikes me as a combination of him…

Not necessarily.

There’s a fixed amount of Charizards from that particular provenance (holo 1st editions from the mid-late 90s). All of them were already made, so the only “introduction” to the market would be those that belong to people who simply forgot about them (which would be odd since, for most Pokemon fans who…

Exactly.

Baseballs and sporting items used in games are valued because of the players/people who used them. So a home-run ball hit by Barry Bonds is valuable because he hit it, and it’s one of only 763 home runs he ever hit. However, a regular baseball signed by Barry Bonds is significantly less valuable because not…

Signatures on items almost always cause the value to go down, unless the item was 1. Used in some capacity by the signee (so a homerun baseball by Barry Bonds, or a signed tennis racket by Roger Federer) or 2. Used to establish provenance (so a signed painting by Goya or Jackson Pollock).

Items which are designed explic…

It’s a bailout for all of the estate attorneys these idiots would have to hire to contest this once he dies.

There’s also the very real chance that he simply screws them over and sells off the cards when he’s on his deathbed. I’m no lawyer, but I’m pretty sure there’s a whole host of laws explicitly designed to prevent…

I was in a GoonSwarm based corp for awhile, and did my time in 0.0 space. While that was enticing, I was more drawn to playing the various industrial markets in safe space, which is actually where I made the most money and had the most fun.

People think that joining a 0.0 corp/alliance is simply joining a never-ending…

There’s also the fact that while there are ship substitutes in terms of what they do (nerfing a Rorqual simply shifts demand to the next best mining ship), there are no substitutes for the minerals needed to produce ships and modules. So, given that demand for those minerals would stay relatively consistent regardless…

Economically, in the EVE system, there’s never a situation like in real life where the resources (in this case, minerals) are finite. They are constantly reproduced, and the only caveat is the amount of resources in a given system combined with how long it would take for those resources to essentially replenish…

I’m not sitting on ships, but a huge stockpile of various modules from my missioning and trading days, along with billions of ISK floating between my various characters/accounts.

I don’t have the time nor the desire to play anymore, but by the time I stopped, all I cared about was just earning ISK outside of the 0.0…

In essence, yes, which is a serious problem.

I’m sure you’ve noticed that, with almost all of the complaints, the crux of the issue is that biological women will lose, whether it be a spot on the team(s), a podium placing, a grand prize, etc. This is a terrible assumption because there’s no guarantee that x competitor…

Valid, but that takes development time and money.

Sure, they did it with GTAIV’s DLCs, but they were already in development before GTAIV dropped (Microsoft had exclusivity for a year and paid $50m for the privilege). It’s expensive to hire VAs and do the designing and mocap for the new character(s), which is why even…

I think GTA Online gets a bit too much blame, and this is coming from someone who enjoyed it until a little after the heists update dropped, and then everything became absurdly expensive.

The reality is that T2 and R* found themselves in a very good position to be in. GTAV and Online dropped near the end of the console…

A generous read is that the signature from the original artist doesn’t necessarily convey any (or very little relative to the card) value, regardless of whether the signature is on the sleeve or the card itself.

There’s also the fundamental reality that unlike a signed painting from a master artist, while Arita designed…

I agree with you completely.

The fundamental issue is that these sport organizing bodies have moved from trying to control for fairness based upon actions undertaken by athletes (such as taking drugs, steroids, or not following other guidelines), to trying to control for fairness based upon innate traits of the…

WADA is both based in a foreign country (Canada, to be exact), and isn’t a covered entity under HIPAA, so they’re under no legal obligation or requirement to not divulge PHI.

I work in the health insurance industry, and people unduly broaden HIPAA when it specifically applies to covered entities and their business…