S/OT 8

I think I know the answer if I had 2 more guesses, but oh well

Costacurta

that is correct.

the Bundesliga truly is the best league in the entire world. I absolutely adore it

Ligue 1 strong.

extremely VAR strong

As 1 of the biggest freds on ear, what does the title mean please?

It is short for Spam/Off-topic, as in in this thread we talk about non-tennis related things. This was created to prevent non-tennis matters polluting tennis threads.
But it was decided having the word SPAM in the title could cause it to get deleted by moderators so it was shorted to S/OT. This is the 8th version of the thread, previous ones got too big and got cluncy to post in and a new one gets created when that happens.

Ok cheers.
A bit like the old now defunct CHIT CHAT forum.

you still doing UFC arbing caramba?

and thoughts on AEW All In London? very ambitious!

May 9, 2023 -- 11:33PM, wisewords wrote:

you still doing UFC arbing caramba?

I try, but it's been very dead lately. Sometimes it's good for the PPV's but wasn't this past weekend.

yeah I have a ticket. I'm hoping Punk doesn't have another fallout with them before that. Big success for AEW, $7.7 million gate for them so far and their biggest gate before this was just over $1M.

can't believe Loreen is back!!

May 10, 2023 -- 1:20AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

May 9, 2023 -- 11:33PM, wisewords wrote:you still doing UFC arbing caramba?I try, but it's been very dead lately. Sometimes it's good for the PPV's but wasn't this past weekend.

I've been following most weekends, and had the odd bet. I feel UFC has really lost that "hype" factor lately. They need to replace the huge names like Conor McGregor, Khabib, Nate Diaz..

May 10, 2023 -- 1:22AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

yeah I have a ticket. I'm hoping Punk doesn't have another fallout with them before that. Big success for AEW, $7.7 million gate for them so far and their biggest gate before this was just over $1M.

cool! I was wondering whether you would. Tony Khan has gone bold with this and I think he's got it right. there's a huge appetite for wrestling in the UK, especially huge "one off" type shows. WWE starved the UK of PPVs for way too long

wonder whether you'll get a pic with Dave Meltzer

Don't think Dave is coming over. He hates travelling for shows because then he misses out on work, which is silly because he's a +60 year old workaholic who sets his own schedule and won't lose any subscribers over taking some days off.
Yes, genius call by Tony. He had earlier said he wanted to go with Craven Cottage for the first UK show, but went bigger and it paid off.

I'd be surprised if Dave didn't attend. this seems right up his street?

You'd think so, but as mentioned above ...
I haven't heard him even mention the possibility of going or being asked about it.

Maybe Punk has a "no Dave at events" clause in his contract :)

From listening to some of his recent stuff, Jim Cornette doesn't seem to fully understand why this has sold so well. He seems to think this is some anti-WWE agenda relating to Vince McMahon. I don't think that's anything to do with this at all. This is all about UK fans being willing to turn out in force for major events which they've wanted for ages but have mainly been starved of.

Did I miss some recent Dave Meltzer/CM Punk controversy then?

Yeah, Punk is mad at Dave for his reporting on the Brawl Out. Thinks he is getting info that is inaccurate from the Bucks and Jericho.

Am a few weeks behind on my Cornette listening, but yeah if he thinks it's an anti WWE thing he's wrong.

May 11, 2023 -- 6:04PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Yeah, Punk is mad at Dave for his reporting on the Brawl Out. Thinks he is getting info that is inaccurate from the Bucks and Jericho.

oh. anything I should listen to that will give me the full picture on this quite quickly?

yeah The Great Brian Last was trying to steer him away from that line of thinking

I don't know if there's a summary out there. If you search Punk instagram post there might be stuff.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/may/08/if-you-win-housewife-spanish-womens-race-sorry-after-winner-given-food-processor
classic Spain

what did Punk say about Dave's reporting? can't find it. I saw a post by Punk asking Dave if he was in the Royal Rumble because he was planning his calendar

so finally Spain is starting to tackle it's sexism problem?

in that deleted instagram post he called Dave a liar. And Jericho a liar AND a stooge.

May 11, 2023 -- 9:25PM, wisewords wrote:

so finally Spain is starting to tackle it's sexism problem?

just read it. why did they want Moxley to beat Punk in a squash match?

I think cause they wanted to tell a story where he was rusty from the hiatus and then the follow-up match would be more competitive.

ah. you hopeful Punk will main event All In London?

I don't care if he's in the main or not, as long as he's in a big match.

Tina Turner died.

rest in peace.

Another icon I never got see to live. Would have liked to in recent years when I have been to more concerts, but she has been in poor health for a long time and not toured in ages.

Some time ago Instagram suspended my account without any real reason. I was only browsing pictures and stories. I think they did it because I'm on linux and switched back and forth between multiple computers. They called is strange behaviour or something.

They asked for a phone number, which I had no intention to provide. I had no special attachment to the account beyond being miserable that I'd have to re-add all the tennis players to follow.

Deleted cookies and stuff instead, made a new account, which however was suspended immediately. Waited a few weeks, begrudgingly provided a number. They sent me a code to the mobile, which I entered in the relevant prompt. After that, they then prompted me to get a blank sheet of paper, write a few things like my name and another code onto it and then take a selfie of myself holding that sheet of paper.

I was like: "Dude, I'm not trying to verify myself to the highest level on a crypto exchange to trade millions on there" and now I'm without an Instagram account.

If my account had been flagged for trying to sell NFTs to unsuspecting people - fine - but I was literally only using it to browse the site better without ever uploading anything or interacting with people.

Maybe it's the lack of interaction combined with the lack of phone number? You're not using the account in a manner they deem "normal usage", perhaps? But I don't understand why it put you through all that extra security stuff when you tried to make a new account 2 weeks later? Either they changed their sign up protocols recently or the website was still identifying you from your device ID somehow? Do you use a VPN for Instagram? Doubt they were identifying you via IP address as you could simply restart your router and be assigned a new IP?

The extra stuff with the sheet of pape was with my original account after I had eventually decided to give them a phone number.

No VPN.

Ok, I misunderstood. So why the "new account" immediately suspended then?

because it's going off your device ID and insta-blocking you on signup?

If I had the problem you had with your original account, after a few days my instinct would be to think "screw this, making a new account". This is what you did too. Find it weird it got banned straight away. maybe you should have made it through a VPN

May 25, 2023 -- 1:11PM, wisewords wrote:

because it's going off your device ID and insta-blocking you on signup?

probably something like that, yeah.

so there's no workaround for that? make an account using a new device? why do you think the original account was banned in the first place?

My hypothesis is that the original account was suspended because I kept switching between laptops that used linux. The internet is still sometimes like "OMG LINUX, ITZ HACKORZ!!!! BAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!".

The switching happening on minute timescales. In the week or so prior to the suspension they started making me do a few captcha checks. It's just a stupid website.

Looks like Insta pwned the Linux hackorz real hard. L337 security measures!

May 25, 2023 -- 12:10PM, edy wrote:

Some time ago Instagram suspended my account without any real reason. I was only browsing pictures and stories. I think they did it because I'm on linux and switched back and forth between multiple computers. They called is strange behaviour or something.They asked for a phone number, which I had no intention to provide. I had no special attachment to the account beyond being miserable that I'd have to re-add all the tennis players to follow.Deleted cookies and stuff instead, made a new account, which however was suspended immediately. Waited a few weeks, begrudgingly provided a number. They sent me a code to the mobile, which I entered in the relevant prompt. After that, they then prompted me to get a blank sheet of paper, write a few things like my name and another code onto it and then take a selfie of myself holding that sheet of paper.I was like: "Dude, I'm not trying to verify myself to the highest level on a crypto exchange to trade millions on there" and now I'm without an Instagram account.

very classic you to refuse to take the selfie.

CM Punk will return to AEW after all the drama.
Dave going to their least interesting PPV in history this weekend (Las Vegas), but not making the trip to London, their biggest show ever. Classic Dave. Someone should tell him you can work while on flights these days, I'm sure he already knows.

that's so very classic. can't believe he's missing it

1.03 ---> 1.03 ---> 1.01 (buzzer beater) in NBA.
Game 7 in Boston to decide who makes the finals.

pretty wild ending. Miami 1.03 gubbed as you said

ed, if you have time for a quick copy and past in spam can you ask wise if hes ok, his fav boxer lost last night, lawrence "the sauce" okolie, hes a big fan of him
Cooper · 1:53 PM

tell Cooper I've got "The Sauce"

edy can you ask Cooper who he thinks will win men's Roland Garros this year? in previous years he always predicted Nadal but with no Nadal this year, I'm interested to find out his opinion on the winner. thanks

im really torn between carlito and [Novak Djokovic]
Cooper · 12:47 AM
tell him im sticking with spain, carilto ftw!
Cooper · 12:49 AM

Foo Fighters at Rock am Ring later with streaming being available at tvnow.de for all the people who are from Germany (and possibly those that pretend to be)

"Do you want me to piss on the court?"
classic Bogan from earlier today

wrong thread sorry

According to the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Matt Jackson planned out his viral exploding superkick spot at least a month before the match happened. Furthermore, Jackson was required to get a Nevada State Fire Performers License in order to execute the spot.
classic Bucks with the clout

"make Brock Lesnar take a canadian destroyer!"

AC Milan did a GODBYE message for Zlatan today which I thought was a typo at first but I suppose it was intentional.

you thought AC Milan were doing typos today too

English is not the official language of AC Milan so ...

Zlatan calls it a career!
There had been some speculation about Monza or the Swedish league.

he made the right decision imo. thank you Zlatan for the memories

Aftonbladet currently hosting an AI Q&A with the first king of Sweden (from the 16th century), Gustav Vasa.

As of now, it hasn't said "I'm not really Gustav Vasa and I never really ruled Sweden, I'm just an artificial intelligence robot"

should ask Gustav what colour socks he's wearing..

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/06/pga-tour-agrees-to-merge-with-saudi-backed-rival-liv-golf.html
This seems huge!
Did it come out of nowhere or had there been rumors?

Jun 6, 2023 -- 11:18AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Aftonbladet currently hosting an AI Q&A with the first king of Sweden (from the 16th century), Gustav Vasa.

The rainbow press did something like this with Michael Schumacher, just with them trying to imply at times it wasn't really AI or stating it was the Schumacher family that directly fed the AI.

The yellow press magazine that did it was sued for it and had its chief responsible person resign or be sacked.

the rainbow press magazine

I can see why. If you wanna do this with people who can not speak, at least make sure there are no next of kins around to upset. Thanks for the info.

The rainbow press in Germany constantly and blatantly makes stuff up. I enjoy when they get into legal and reputational trouble.

never heard about rainbow press. Is this tabloids like Daily Mail or gossip papers about celebrities, I wouldn't know the name of one?

Might only be a German term (Regenbogenpresse). It's the often weekly or bi-weekly cheap looking celeb and royals gossip magazines, though the gossip is not really gossip, but just made up a lot. It's not tabloids.

I know what you mean. We call it skvallerpress. Don't LGBT groups have a problem with it being called rainbow press?

Not as far as I have heard, but I am not deeply knowledgeable about such issues.

Do you remember when the precedent was set?

Iron Sheik died

Rest in peace

Jim Cornette just called Buzz Sawyer an asshole on the most recent episode of Dark Side of the Ring.

Magnum T.A.?

yeah

but as a whole, the first episode (Chris & Tammy) was better. Jim is in both.

OMG NABY KEÏTA OMG OMG OMG OMG NABY KEÏTA

you sound excited!

Not been this exicted about a signing since Werder got Chong on loan.

Werder signing a player who's been injured a lot. What could go wrong? ...

He was a free agent. Lots of upside.

do you think Josh will return to Werder one day?

edy can you ask aaron who he thinks the Republican candidate will be in the US Presidential Election 2024? many thanks.

hey ww, do you know if Belmont Stakes usually get good/great liquidity here?

not sure, doubt it's amazing