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I just came from an NXT Live Event, purported to be Finn Balor and the other draftee's last.

Card went something like this:

Mojo Rawley vs. Buddy Murphy
Andrade "Cien" Almas vs. Blake
Bayley and Carmella vs. Mandy and Daria
Hideo Itami vs. Austin Aries
The Revival vs. Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa
Asuka vs. Nia Jax
Finn Balor and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe and Bobby Roode

Was a pretty awesome event, all told. No real surprises but hell it was all of NXT's biggest names. I met Shinsuke Nakamura and got him to sign a dumb poster I made. All in all a pretty good night.

At the end of the event they all broke kayfabe and congratulated and bid farewell to all the draftees, as well as Tensai, their trainer. It was pretty awesome.

I got Koffing, so I'm pretty happy. That's all the love and happiness I need in a beautiful purple ball.

And if you don't like hearing about it, unplug yourself from the internet and watch Netflix or something. It'll pass just like everything before it.

That is extraordinarily interesting. I particularly love how, if you read Hulk Hogan's contract, there's a huge section about Marvel in there.

Honestly man, if you watch Wrestlemania 2, the cage match is exactly the same thing. They've been doing it that way forever.

Yeah, forgot about Sami's, his is amazing. KO's great but his theme has never stood out to me.

Does anyone else thoroughly enjoy the NXT entrance music? Nakamura, Balor, and Samoa Joe all have great intro themes, way better than all the stuff on the main roster except Taker.

Another yawnworthy shooter. How many identical games can devs create, I wonder?

Far be it for me to be a Final Fantasy VIII apologist, but at least you're constantly moving that batshit plot forward, rather than chasing after a mythical villain for 60% of the game while the plot does nothing.

Like don't get me wrong. Final Fantasy VIII is a steaming turd, and I hate it as much as you. But at least the thing keeps you guessing. There's literally no way to predict anything in that game.

Between Final Fantasy VII and VIII, I've never understood why the series is so beloved. This coming from someone who has beaten games 1-12 and considers 4, 6, and 9 very high class RPGs.

I just have no idea what you're talking about here.

FF7 is one of the worst paced games I've ever played, particularly once you leave Midgar. As soon as the flashback sequence is over, the game becomes a 1980's Dragon Quest game. Literally nothing of value happens plot-wise until well after Rocket Town.

While I'll agree that overall FF8 is a worse experience, it's certainly better paced.

Everything in every RPG involving falls. I swear, they're treated more like Phoenix Downs than actual life-threatening events, and they're the single dumbest thing about the genre to me. I still prefer this genre to any other, though.