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GAME OF THRONES
DEATH POOL
 
 
HOW TO PLAY
Predict if each character will be alive or dead at the end of Season 8. (1 point for each correct answer) If you predict the character dead, you will have the option to predict if they become a White Walker. (You will Lose a point if you predict White Walker status incorrectly, so choose carefully) Correctly answer Bonus Questions for more points. Entry with the most points wins a $50 US Amazon Gift Card (donated by Yours Truly). Every full entry will receive the GOT Death Pool Badge   
 
 
HOW TO ENTER
Submit a Donation to sG for $5.00 US or more. Send me a Private Message with your picks and the link to your donation. You have until before Season 8 airs (Sunday, April 14th) to send in your picks. All entries after it airs will be DQ'd.  If you're not able to make a donation immediately, don't worry! You will have until Episode 5 to link me your donation in PM. If you fail to meet requirements, you will be disqualified from winning the $50 and the Badge.  
 
GOOD LUCK!
 
 
https://imgur.com/a/o1D6rY4
 

 
 
Jon Snow: Alive/Dead; WW?
Arya Stark: Alive/Dead; WW?
Bran Stark: Alive/Dead; WW?
Sansa Stark: Alive/Dead; WW?
Cersei Lannister: Alive/Dead; WW?
Jaime Lannister: Alive/Dead; WW?
Tyrion Lannister: Alive/Dead; WW?
Daenerys Targarean: Alive/Dead; WW?
Missandei: Alive/Dead; WW?
Theon Greyjoy: Alive/Dead; WW?
Samwell Tully: Alive/Dead; WW?
Gilly: Alive/Dead; WW?
Little Sam: Alive/Dead; WW?
Bronn: Alive/Dead; WW?
Lord Varys: Alive/Dead; WW?
Brienne of Tarth: Alive/Dead; WW?
Tormund Giantsbane: Alive/Dead; WW?
Jorah Mormont: Alive/Dead; WW?
Daario Naharis: Alive/Dead; WW?
Grey Worm: Alive/Dead; WW?
Sandor "The Hound" Clegane: Alive/Dead; WW?
Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane: Alive/Dead; WW?
Beric Dondarrion: Alive/Dead; WW?
Melisandre: Alive/Dead; WW?
Yara Greyjoy: Alive/Dead; WW?
Euron Greyjoy: Alive/Dead; WW?
Podrick Payne: Alive/Dead; WW?
Davos Seaworth: Alive/Dead; WW?
Gendry: Alive/Dead; WW?
 
Bonus Questions:
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I know it's months since the inception of your anime binge cycle, but I'll throw in my recommendations of quality material. By the way, if you watched Death Note subbed, I'd recommend watching it again dubbed (in a year or so); the English voice acting is excellent.
 
+1 on the mentions of:
Attack on Titan [10/10]
     One of my favorite pieces of media. The action sequences are top-notch, the soundtrack is rivalled only by Death Note in terms of atmosphere/mood, the plot is genuinely unpredictable and enjoyable, and the mystery/lore component is well done. Animation is excellent, though the few CGI components are mediocre. The voice acting is good for some characters, excellent for others. Watch it subbed. Ongoing, Season 3.
One Punch Man [8/10]
     Comedy and action. Lots of comedy. Lots of action. An odd mishmash of epic fight scenes (far beyond the likes of Dragon Ball) and ironic humor. The animation style mirrors this, shifting drastically from simple and cartoonish to detailed depending on the mood. Season 1 complete, Season 2 on its way.
Goblin Slayer [7/10]
     Defines a single story and sticks to it, leaving a lot out of the story along the way in favor of a very well-developed character arc. There's action, mild NSFW content, and noticable gore. It accomplishes its story in a single season. Complete, 1 Season.
GATE [7/10]
     OP, kindhearted MC, loose SFW harem development, mostly a joyride with a few nervous moments. Action scenes are quality, but this one is a smooth ride of enjoyment. Action, mild NSFW content. If you end up liking it, there's a similar but much more mature anime called Zipang that does an excellent job with the subject of a temporal transposition.
 
My recommendations:
Drifters [9/10]
     A very underrated anime from the creator of Hellsing. Very dark, grim mood, with plenty of comic relief interspersed between scenes of action and character building. Characters from history ripped out of reality at the moment of their death to wage war in another dimension on behalf of human civilization or of the forces of destruction. If you like history, this one's a definite watch. Season 1 complete, Season 2 TBA.
Re:ZERO [10/10]
     Likely one of the best anime of the decade (certainly one of the most talked about) would be Re:ZERO, an isekai (alternate world) about a single male character facing his flaws and developing in a similar storytelling manner as Goblin Slayer. Source of Rem, one of the most popular waifus around - but, to be clear, the focus of the show is very dark and can even be depressing. Though the plot is somewhat loose, the focus on an analysis of the genre and a very meta-philosophical portrayal of anime characters puts it at a solid 10/10. Warning for gore and lots of character death. Complete, 1 Season.
Overlord [8/10]
     My personal favorite, though I recognize that it's not the best anime out there. Dark OP MC. I don't want to describe it in too much detail for fear of distorting the truth with my bias, but I'd say at least watch the first episode to see if you're interested. Seasons 1-3 complete, Season 4 TBA.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime [8/10]
     Kind of like Overlord, but less grim, and the MC isn't dark and devious. Ongoing, Season 1.
 

TTT:GO Admining Guide
 
    One of the main goals of Admining is to not affect the current round in play either via slaying or asking the perpetrator why they did what they did. Typically we are going to want to wait until either after the round is over, or until both parties have died for that round before we take any action. (Exception would be if you absolutely need to ban someone and they are currently alive.)
 
    Another note: do not use Admin broadcast chat if you are dead and NOT IDed. You should also not use your Admin powers to sway a round by threatening to slay a player, ban a player, etc.
 
    This is a general guide for most scenarios that will occur on the server. There may be scenarios, however, that will not fall under this guide, so if one of those are to arise, use your best judgement.
 
General Procedure
 
Check the logs. While you should not assume someone is lying, it’s always good to confirm that an event did in fact occur. Another reason to do this is because the logs may give helpful insight into an event (and you may already be able to tell what happened by the logs alone.) Checking the shotlogs is also a good idea. Ask the person who may have RDMed. It’s good to also ask why someone killed another, as situations and circumstances may have occurred outside of the logs. If you are absolutely sure of it being an RDM without having asked the person, then you may punish them appropriately, but chances are asking them is the best way to go about this. Ask the person affected if they want the other slain. This is good practice, and it will also provide valuable input from the person whom was killed unjustly. Generally, someone should not be slain if the affected does not want them to be. (However, use your best judgement, as some circumstances such as blatant RDM may require a slay despite the affected’s answer.) Proceed with punishment. One or two RDM’s in a single round should warrant one or two slays, depending on what you feel best. If they have been constantly RDMing over a period of time, a ban is appropriate punishment.  
Useful Admin Commands to Know
 
/slaynr (name) will add one slay to a person, who will die on the next round start. You can also add a number after their name if you wish to add more than one. /rslaynr (name) and /removeslay (name) will both remove one slay from a person. You can add a number after their name here as well. /blink (name) will teleport players. Use this if they are stuck somewhere, or if they are in an area they should not be. /rename (name/player) (new name) will change a players name. Use this to change someone’s name if it is unreadable/not pronounceable. (Names containing racial slurs should warrant a kick.) /kick (name) (reason) will kick a player from the server. /ban (name) (time) (reason) will ban a player for a specific time and reason. Going into console and typing ttt_log will yield damage logs for that round. Logs will also print in console after the round is over. Additionally, you may type ttt_shotlog in console to produce the shotlogs for that round. Other commands such as /mute (name) to mute voice chat and /gag (name) to mute regular chat may be needed if they are excessively spamming.  
Extra Information
 
For all arguments above that require a name to be used, you can also use a players status number. To do so, you would put #(userIDnumber) instead of their name. For example, /rename #13 ExampleName. To find this number, you would type ‘status’ in the console.


Ban lengths are listed at the bottom of the rules. I advise you, if you have not already, read through the current rule set and the ban lengths provided at the bottom, if you are capable of banning for those lengths.
 
Final note: I'm sure updates will be made to this, so make sure to keep an eye out for possible updates.

He is a child predator. No doubt. But people dont care enough for this to be any bigger news than it is. And being a bad person doesn't make you a bad artist. And liking a bad persons art/music doesnt make you a bad person yourself. I will not stop listening to MJ and if I like hitlers paintings I dont see why I couldnt hang them on my walls. 
 
It is unfortunate that being a popstar gives you this kind of "immunity" to crimes and that people will go above and beyond to protect them and hide their secrets. I hope we will get to a point where people get the justice they deserve regardless of popularity but i dont think we will get there anytime soon.

That man didnt touch no kids

I take it you didn't watch the documentary.
 
 
 
It really does change things though. For future parents knowing the signs of a pedophile grooming their family and their kids. The signs that fame can warp your rational thought. What exactly is a romantic relationship? etc. etc. It's moreso information about one of the most prolific child predators so that people can learn from it.
 
It might not change things specifically to getting Michael Jackson charged, but it will certainly change things for the future.
 
I'd be willing to bet more people come forward. You already seem people coming out about their own past abuse in many of the threads talking about the documentary. Pretty powerful stuff.
 
 
 
Also

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The backlash you get from potentially believing what was said in a dOcUmEnTaRy is pretty crazy in and of itself:
 
 
 
 
 
In a lighter note:
 
 

Making this thread for when all you guys finally watch it. I saw it last night.

Two parts, each two hours long.
 
 
 
Do you believe the accusers?
 
 
from reddit:
 
 
Acknowledging the truth about Michael Jackson's life means acknowledging some EXTREMELY uncomfortable truths about childhood sexuality, human relationships, and society.
Considering the implications of the following scenario (which I believe is what mostly likely happened) is so worldview-shattering and psychologically fraught for many, that it's understandable people fiercely reject doing so in a reflex of self-preservation:
 
Michael Jackson had a series of romantic and sexual relationships (potentially even monogamously) with very young boys his entire life, always starting when they were pre-pubescent. He usually had one "favorite" boy at a time with whom he would share his bed, have sex, and travel the world. Two prerequisites for these relationships to turn sexual were naive, starstruck, and/or willfully ignorant family in denial, and a mutual attraction between the boy and Michael. Many of his boys were already obsessed with him and dressed up and danced like him before they even met. Michael predatory-ily cultivated their innocent attraction into an unhealthy romantic attraction. In many instances, kids he viewed as potential romantic partners (and groomed for that purpose) didn't meet both criteria so he was never sexual with them, like Corey Feldman, perhaps Macaulay Culkin, and most likely many others.
 
His sexual relationships typically ended after months or years, often when the boys got older, leaving them with varying degrees of heartbreak and permanent psychological damage. The two accusers in the documentary were obviously both in love with and permanently damaged by MJ in ways they are still struggling to come to terms with.
 
His relationship with Omer Bhatti was the longest lasting, from when the Omer was 8 until his mid 20s when MJ died. For all practical purposes, Omar was MJ's lover, husband, and surrogate father/brother to his children during the last years of his life. Omar was in the front row at Michael's funeral as the only non-family member and continues to spend every Christmas with the Jackson family. I'm pretry sure he'll take their secret to his grave.
 
Many of these children probably believed they were in love with Michael, and he probably believed the same and used that belief to justify the sexual abuse he inflicted. It also explains why only some of his relationships turned sexual. However, accepting that means accepting the premise that not all child-abusing pedophiles have no self control and will abuse any child if given the opportunity (which is, of course, difficult for many people.) The love he shared with children was predatory, destructive, and fucked up in so many ways, but it was definitely something tangible that existed. Most distressingly, all of these boys' parents and most of society allowed it to happen. Many, many people were complicit in this abuse and profited from it in different ways.
 
Michael Jackson was probably the most famous entertainer to ever live, spreading love and joy to billions of people around the world for most of his life and still continuing a decade after his death. He also personally enriched the lives of hundreds (thousands?) of children with his wealth, friendship, love and companionship. He was also a pedophile that used his wealth, fame, and influence to systematically groom and rape children, destroying minds, lives, and families in the process, all while justifying it to himself as a kind of love.
He was all of those things. Acknowledging them as true, together, really fucking sucks, and may even be impossible. But the world is equally complex, chaotic and evil as it is simple, ordered and good.

Should have spoken out when it mattered, this information, true or false changes nothing and will be forgotten of in a month.

Ok, the biggest disservice I've done to you isn't crudely insulting your lifestyle choices so far, it's assuming you're smart enough to figure out why this would make no sense on your own.
To start, I'll begin with a line from the well written but logically flawed post by Camelfun:
"The ocean is vast, deep, mysterious, and fucking marvelous. It's nice to imagine all of the history that has grown in the waters. There is so much that is unknown, and so much that we're hoping truly does exist."
This is true. Much of the deep ocean is completely unexplored, and discovery of new deep ocean species happens on a regular basis. But let's highlight part of that: deep ocean.  The idea of a large surface dwelling animal (which legend has it mermaids are), fish or mammal, existing without any scientific documentation so far is highly dubious.
But let's assume that mermaids are deep water creatures. What we see in deep water species is evolutionary traits thatlessresemble shallower marine species, and certainly don't resemble land creatures at all. The vastly unique environmental conditions of the deep ocean would create evolutionary developments so completely different from land animals.
Yes, convergent evolution does occur, but it always occurs in animals that share almost the exact same environment and niche. Sharks and dolphins have similar shape as large marine predators. Bats and birds have similar shape as small flying insect eaters.
But for a deepwater fish and a land dwelling primate to evolve similarly at all makes zero sense. Humans evolved from a very specific set of conditions involving earlier primates that descended from trees and began walking upright, only within the past couple million years. There is no set of evolutionary conditions that would involve the development of a creature with the upper torso of a primate and the lower body of a fish, two creatures that are separated by billions of years of evolution. And no other creature on earth is exactly one half of something, and one half of another animal entirely.
There are countless mythological creatures that involve the combination of multiple different species. The sphinx, the chimera, the cockatrice, the unicorn, the griffin, Pegasus, etc, all very clearly fictional. Throughout human history they've created new fantastic creature for stories using the elements of existing creatures they know. And what animal do humans know better than humans themselves? We have the centaur, the Minotaur, harpies, and yes, mermaids, just to name a few legendary monsters created with a human element. Many religions even worship gods with a very human form, based on the ancient misconception that out of all the animals on this planet, we are somehow divinely special or unique.
 
There is not a shred of credible scientific evidence to support the existence of mermaids, despite the countless anecdotal stories that claim they exist. The same can be said of bigfoot, ghosts, and many of the creatures listed above. Sure, you can insistently claim that we have no means of disproving it and therefore you have the right to maintain your belief, but by that logic we could argue that an invisible tooth fairy comes and sucks my dick in the middle of the night and that's why I wake up with sticky sheets.

Still the biggest faggot on the forums I see lol

>"Goldentongue u r Retarded"
>"Mermaids is real"
>Shut the fuck up Rayne
>"Goldentongue pls stop"
>No
>"Goldentongue u r Retarded."

I said and stated the video was fake, and that I didn't post this thread to hear people said it's fake.
 
I'm not basing my point on this video, if you had read my posts you dumb ass. By saying all of this without reading half of what I've written, you are proving your own stupidity not mine.
 
ALSO, I'm asking for information from people for myself, I'm not creating this thread trying to justify mermaids existence, you absolute dumb ass. 
 
You're presence in this thread, as always, is pointless. 
 
Goldentongue you are a retard, nothing and nobody can change that. Go find a stick thin size 6 to satisfy your lusts...oh wait you're an average guy who looks like a troll. Enjoy a fatty!
 
 
Not had a good rage in a while, that was fun. Back to mermaids? 
 
EDIT: Golden see PM please. 

Lol, and Rayne says I'm the retarded one.

You're contradicting yourself. If you read this entire post again you'll see how absolutely stupid you sound. If you understand this is fake there would be no reason to disagree with me at all. Sure it may be interesting, but fake, regardless. Therefore you're wasting your time investing interest in something you already know isn't real.
 
If you provide ACTUAL EVIDENCE maybe then I would see your point in creating this thread. But this is just absolutely retarded.

Please stop de-railing the thread, I'm asking for more information, I'm not asking about big foot. 

Unfortunately, Rayne, these are nothing but made up.
There had been two special events on Animal Planet about Mermaids. Both episodes were about 2 hours in length, and were acted out like documentaries of a man who discovered mermaids and was trying to reveal it all. The shows were quite amazing, and they do make you think a little, but unfortunately they are false and these videos were created for "evidence" in the shows.
The shows were called Mermaids: The Body Found and Mermaids: The New Evidence.
When the two shows aired, they caused a lot of controversy because people initially thought they were real.
BUT, I would love to believe they exist. =) There is honestly so much unexplored waters and depths we cannot reach to.

I've tried to find as many clips as I can on this, none of the videos I have come across look real in the slightest except for this one.
 
I'm not going on a whim and saying "Holy shit mermaids exist" but I think this is pretty interesting. Was wondering whether anybody else has come across any information or decent videos on this sort of thing.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iP0Ckx0sMbE
 
Get's interesting around 35 minutes and after. 

PM:
No. Your choice to make your life shitty with your chubby white trash gf and your tribal arm tattoos is your choice, but when you spread idiotic misinformation like this I'm going to call you out on it along with everyone else who thinks you're a dumbass.