I bought into $MGM a few weeks ago after I heard about the $1bn investment from $IAC. The reasoning is that MGM has big plans to digitize and invest bigtime in online gambling. It’s a long play though, might take a couple of years to launch in any significant way. They just laid off 10,000 employees from their resorts but the stock is still up. I tend to love IAC and their investments in general, and $IAC stock has done quite well for me the last couple of years. Does anyone else have any pros/cons for $MGM?
Made and lost a lot and I'm confused what to do next
Kind of in a tough spot because when I started gambling it didn't seem like a big deal, around 1-2 years ago so I was 20-21. It has mainly been online blackjack and sports gambling. I think at worst I have broken even from my win/loss total which isn't good considering all the time wasted. So anyway when I started I slowly made my way up to around 10k from $500, took that money out and stopped for a couple months. Then I started playing and losing more and more, one day going up 8k and losing it in a couple hours. And then just little by little I kept depositing money and my savings account is at the lowest its been and I don't really know where my money went. I mean I know I spent and wasted a lot of it because it was winnings from gambling, but now I'm down pretty bad. The thing is I don't know if I can go back to being a "smart" gambler like I was doing in the past, but I know that's probably not possible. Anyway today I made some really bad decisions on the UFC card and tanked about 1.2k. I'm kind of battling myself right now because I know I'm a smart person, but I make really bad decisions sometimes. Little backstory, I restarted therapy a couple months ago, been in and out for about 2 years now, dealing with childhood trauma, anxiety and depression. Also started medication at the end of 2019, lexapro on and off for that time period until recently, I changed medication and psych a month and a half ago. I wouldn't say I'm addicted yet, but I can see my life taking a dark turn if I don't completely stop or improve or I don't know.
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Average % increase in sports betting handle from April 2020 to June 2020 (handle is the total $ wagered in sports bets) from the states that reported up to June 2020 (NJ, PA, MS, RI, WV, IA, IN, NH) of +258%!
Note: NV is left out due to the site I sourced showing a weirdly negative number – so I dug into the official filings & show specifically, Sports Mobile betting growth from June since April has growing by at least +73% [4]
REMEMBER: This is for June only! No NBA, No NHL, No MLB, just Soccer, Golf, NASCAR & UFC. The data clearly shows that there was a ton of pent-up sports betting demand, which leads one Wall St. analyst to think that betting on the NBA/NHL could ABSORB the MLB’s sports betting handle (handle = total $ size of sports bet) [5]. Remember, the MLB season is still ongoing, with games being played. The entire focus is on the Miami Marlins & St. Louis Cardinals. Fucking retards. Additionally, I want to remind everyone that DraftKings.com is the #1 Fantasy sports website in the U.S. [6]. Also, since April 2020 site visitations are up +86% [7] & Google Search Trends for “Draft Kings” is up ~3xcompared to PRE-COVID levels [8]. What does this mean? They are piquing more people’s curiosity than prior to COVID/ongoing slate of sports. This is important because remember that ~$1.4Bn chest full of cash I mentioned DKNG had assembled earlier? Well, that money is being put to work & results are already coming in, which is exactly what DKNG intended to do with it. Part III – Legalization of Sports Betting in the U.S. I could write a fucking bible on this topic alone, but for now we’ll stick to some basics. Due to COVID, it’s easy to understand that each State’s financial situation is clearly in shit. Because of this, you better believe that these guys are going to start taking a hard look at how they can extract additional tax revenues, & what’s one of the easiest ways to do this? Legalization & taxation of gambling. The big players: CA, TX, FL & NY. First, CA pushing its legislation out to 2023 was fucked up, but here’s a twist I want to add to this: Anything that has to do with gambling in CA you better believe is lobbied against by not just the Tribal casino owners in CA, but by the deep pockets of Las Vegas money. Similar thing can be said for FL, but let’s take a look at some actions by LV/nationwide gambling companies that are starting to align financial incentives with guys like DKNG.
MGM / GVC Holdings JV in BetMGM - $450m total invested
PENN invests $163m into BS Sports
Caesars has a 20% stake in William Hill plus partnership deals with The Stars Group (TSG) & our winner DKNG for operating its sports books
So it’s safe to say going forward, nationwide legalization of sports betting will reap rewards for everyone involved, & no longer be something LV money is completely focused on safeguarding. Let’s also not forget that DKNG didn’t become the Company they are today because of their fancy app, but because their management team has a HISTORY of navigating the U.S.’s legal framework to get what they want out of it.
The Crown Jewel – The Internet Gambling Prohibition & Enforcement Act: I said it in a previous post, but I want to emphasize that them getting Fantasy Sports to be labeled a ‘game of skill’ by FEDERAL Law as opposed to gambling is just something for the history books. Fucking genius shit. When this happened I bet every casino from LV to every Indian Tribe that has one was against it, yet DKNG & other DFS providers won.
There’s more, but more recently: Getting into IL:
In IL, there’s an 18-month ‘penalty box’ for Companies that offer DFS to offer sports betting. Our guys at DKNG created a workaround to this situation with their partnership with Casino Queen [9]. DKNG being savvy again.
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There is going to be a lengthy explanation so that I'm am clear. Also, when someone reposts this, they can understand my idea and maybe give it a little attention. TLDR at the top, Poos, and Cons at the Bottom TLDR: Some games could very easily implement seamless ads without any effect on gameplay. Hearthstone, MTGArena, Leauge of Legends, and Dota2 all have a clear division between the Gameplay and the client experience, with only Dota haveing functional access to client features during Gameplay. I am not suggesting putting ad strips in the gameplay but these client portions of the game. I'm talking only about running games that need to fund support teams so that the player base can continue to enjoy the game. For example, I wouldn't want ads in AC Valhalla or GoW because those games are released and done barring any expansions. I'm a realist when it comes to this stuff; even relatively simple games like Among Us require thousands of dollars to maintain and stabilize when millions of people are trying to play simultaneously. Games need ways to make money; some monetization schemes are harmless, cosmetics, and personalization. Some of them are unfun, pay to win unlocks and upgrades. Some rely on luck and Gambling schemes that border on predatory and dangerous. However, a developemarketing team decides to monetize their game; they deserve to get paid, which is fine with me. Having worked in media for a few years, advertising is one of the best ways to monetize an audience. Gaming companies have a captive audience to a certain degree, and many of them find creative ways to capitalize on this with Ads already. Sports games incorporate runners along the field just like in real life, and announcers who constantly plug the games AD sponsors. These are nearly seamless and add realism. However, the UFC 4 mistake from this September shows that there are limits even with the complacent player base. Pros:
The game makes more money, which should lead to improved features.
Opportunity to remove paywalls from games like HS and MTG (a guy can dream)
Legitimizes Gaming as an industry to secular business interests, which could lead to more funding from
Exposes an aging demographic to information/opportunities they were not previously exposed to.
Cons:
Could affect client performance
Playerbases will revolt like entitled nincompoops.
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Going through old issues of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and posting highlights in my own words. For anyone interested, I highly recommend signing up for the actual site at f4wonline and checking out the full archives. PREVIOUSLY:
Going into Wrestlemania 18, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the WWF. While the return of the NWO managed to spike a big buyrate for No Way Out and Rock/Hogan is probably gonna be huge for WM buyrates, it hasn't really affected TV ratings in any meaningful way. And this is the big part of the year. That doesn't bode well for the usual decline in business that always comes after Wrestlemania. From here, Dave just spends paragraphs talking about how bad booking over the last year has tanked the company from the peak they were at the previous year and what they should be doing different. And he's not wrong. In retrospect, with 18 years hindsight, pretty much all of this is right on the money. Way back as far as late '97, Dave was pointing out all the cracks starting to form in WCW and was trying to sound the alarm. Here in 2002, he's trying to do the same with WWF and sure enough, he ends up being right. The next two decades have been one continuous slow decline in popularity, for pretty much all the reasons Dave is warning about here. It's all really interesting, but it's not news. It's just business analysis.
Which brings us to next week's Wrestlemania. Dave says there's never in the past been a Wrestlemania where the world title match had so little buzz going into it. Jericho as the WWF champion has been rendered completely secondary to the Triple H/Stephanie feud. But as of now, that match is still expected to go on last, even though all the advertising and mainstream publicity for the show is built around the Rock/Hogan match. Even Steve Austin, the biggest PPV draw in company history for the last 4 years, isn't being heavily featured in the promotion of the show (and boy, was he salty about it as it turned out). The NWO angle has pretty much been seen internally as a flop and there's not much further for them to go as a group after the show. After Mania is the brand split, which in theory should freshen things up and lead to some developmental stars being called up. But Austin and Rock are supposed to anchor each show respectively and Rock is expected to take a few months off this summer to film another movie (The Rundown) so that's gonna hurt the star power on whatever show he ends up on.
More worrisome is that there have been pay cuts. Several wrestlers were approached this week and asked to take cuts to their downside guarantees. Dave talks about how Vince never wanted to pay anyone guarantees in the first place and only started doing so in 1996 when WCW forced his hand. So far, all the wrestlers asked were developmental stars or former WCW/ECW Alliance members who haven't been used on TV since the Invasion angle ended at Survivor Series. But it's expected more pay cuts are coming, especially for anyone who's contracts are coming due because obviously, no one has any negotiating leverage anymore. Chris Jericho is probably the biggest star who's deal is up for renewal soon and obviously, he's not exactly in a prime spot to play hardball. He's a much bigger star now than he was 3 years ago, so he'll probably still get a raise. But it won't be nearly would he could get if WCW still existed. (For this reason alone, I can't comprehend why anyone would want AEW to fail if you're a wrestling fan. And yet.)
The pay cuts seem to be about $25K-per-year each. So for instance, the guys making $125K per year are being cut down to $100K. Then $100K guys down to $75K. Or in the case of the lowest paid guys, the $75K guys are being cut to $52K. WWF tried to soften the blow by saying that if/when these guys start working on TV and working regular house shows, then they start getting merch money and house show cuts and so they'll probably make more than their downside anyway. But anyone who's ever gotten a pay cut knows that's some corporate doublespeak bullshit. With nowhere else to make a living in wrestling, most of these guys are pretty much forced to smile and take it, but needless to say, they aren't happy. These people aren't rich and a $25K-per-year pay cut makes quite a bit a difference. And it's not like WWF needs to do this. They're still very profitable and they just offered the NWO guys monstrously huge contracts. This is just what happens when you have a monopoly on the industry and you don't have to pay your employees fairly. You could. But fuck them, right? (Man, this sure feels prescient in a world where a company light years more profitable now than at any time in its history just fired a bunch of people when they didn't have to.)
Oh yeah, back to Wrestlemania preview. Dave runs down all the matches and what we know. Rock, Hogan, and Pat Patterson spent all day together at a gym in Florida last week choreographing their match. Apparently during his comeback house show match with Rikishi in Tampa last week, Hogan broke a rib and tried to keep it secret from everyone, but they found out. He's still expected to work Wrestlemania (he wouldn't miss it under any circumstances) but they're concerned about how much he'll be able to do. Also, because this is Toronto and he's so beloved there, WWF is expecting Hogan to get a huge reaction from the crowd (yeah, that's putting it mildly). Jericho/Triple H on paper should be a great match (they've had some classics together in the past) but the build-up has killed Jericho and the result is a foregone conclusion. Austin/Hall should be fine. UndertakeFlair has had the best build and for storyline reasons, Flair should win. But Dave ain't holding his breath. So on and so forth.
Yup, this is definitely a slow news week. Now Dave writes a huge piece on the history of major shows in wrestling and how that led to the birth of Wrestlemania. How Vince gambled everything on the first WM and how closed circuit was such a vital part of the success. Talks about the history of closed circuit with wrestling, with the first national pro wrestling-ish event being broadcast nationally on CCTV was the Inoki/Muhammad Ali match, which featured other wrestling matches on the undercard. The inclusion of Mr. T and Cyndi Lauper were critical to the success of the first Wrestlemania and Roddy Piper's racist promos to Mr. T turned him into an mainstream celebrity along with Hogan. And then WM2 and WM3 and oh god, I'm just realizing as I type this that Dave has written multiple paragraphs about each Wrestlemania. This is fascinating stuff to read as a history buff and I seriously can't recommend it enough if you're subscribed to go read this. But I ain't recapping all that haha.
More news on Jerry Jarrett's planned promotion, with the idea of doing $9.95 weekly PPV shows. Jerry and his son Jeff are now both fully involved with this, with the idea that they would be co-owners. Despite rumors, Jerry has denied that Vince Russo is involved in the company, but others are saying he'll be writing for them secretly (as mentioned last week, Time Warner execs only agreed to represent him in his lawsuit with Hulk Hogan if he doesn't work for any other wrestling company, so he can't openly be working with the company). The idea seems to be to pay the wrestlers $1,000 to $2,500 per show and run about 26 shows per year. In the meantime, the wrestlers would be allowed to work any other indies but wouldn't be allowed to work PPV or TV for anyone else. The problem here is the WWA promotion is still trying to gain a foothold in America and they want to use a lot of the same talent and Jeff Jarrett has involvement in both companies. Jeff is reportedly trying to work out an agreement where they can all share stars and get along but Dave says that's problematic when you have two companies using the same guys and trying to book different storylines and run separate PPVs. Jarrett's new company is looking to sign a core group of names to build around and Dave says you damn well better have them signed, because WWF will pluck away anyone who starts to gain any success. Jarrett is said to be interested in signing Scott Steiner, Eddie Guerrero, and Rey Mysterio for the new company. Anyway, Dave crunches the numbers and being very conservative, this new company would need to make at least $125,000 per week on PPV just to break even. And that's being optimistic. Once you take out the PPV company's cut, Dave estimates they would need to pull 31,000 buys at least to even think of breaking even. And again, that's being extremely conservative and assuming this company runs an extremely low-cost production. To have something with good production values that can be taken seriously as competition, you'd probably have to do double that. And even with national television, WCW and ECW weren't doing that many PPV buys by the end. So Dave is skeptical that this Jarrett promotion is gonna manage it without any TV. Not to mention, where are they gonna tape? Multiple cities? Gotta promote them and draw crowds. Dave thinks you'd have to heavily paper the crowd. And it takes months for PPV money to come in, which means Jarrett is gonna have to eat all these costs at the start. Basically, this idea is gonna be difficult to pull off (yup. If Panda Energy hadn't bailed them out, they were gonna be dead within the first 6 months under this plan).
Big story about how the Vitor Belfort vs. Chuck Liddell fight has been cancelled. Why? Well, Belfort's lawyers sent a letter to UFC officials claiming that the fighter was sick with a malaria-like disease (ended up being dengue fever) and due to the medication he was on, he wasn't able to train properly. Sounds reasonable enough, yeah? Well....turns out Belfort isn't too sick to collect a paycheck in other ways. Belfort is the newest cast member of a Brazilian reality show called "Casa dor Artistas 2" which is basically exactly like Big Brother, in which a bunch of people are locked in this house with no contact to the outside world and are on camera 24/7 online, with daily edited versions airing on TV. So Belfort has now committed to being locked in this house for the next 90 days for a TV show, which means he couldn't make the fight with Liddell, scheduled for May. The winner of that fight was expected to face Tito Ortiz later this year, and Belfort vs. Ortiz is the big fight everyone has been clamoring for, and has already been postponed or canceled two other times (don't end up getting Belfort/Ortiz until 2005, and it ends up being a controversial split decision win for Ortiz).
Former Memphis area wrestler The Dream Machine passed away of a heart attack at age 47. Dave says he was possibly the greatest talker of the last 25 years who never made it big nationally. Dave recaps his career in the 70s and 80s, with lots of quotes from Jim Cornette and Jimmy Hart. I pulled up a promo just outta curiosity.
All Japan Women held its first ever show on PPV this week, while facing an uncertain future. AJW is the 3rd longest-running promotion in the world (behind CMLL and WWF) but they've been struggling financially for years. And at the end of this month, they're losing their TV deal with Fuji Network, which has aired their show for 25 years. Anyway, the PPV was fine but something was missing. Manami Toyota, unquestionably the greatest female wrestler to ever live, stole the show in an excellent match, but otherwise, nothing memorable.
Kiyoshi Sagawa passed away at age 79 this week. You probably don't know Sagawa's name, but he was the largest shareholder of NJPW and was the founder of Sagawa Kyubin, which is basically Japan's version of FedEx. Sagawa was a billionaire and owned the largest percentage of NJPW stock. He alone owned 40% of the company. It's believed Sagawa's shares will be bequeathed to Antonio Inoki, who currently holds 15%. This would give him Inoki a 55% stake in the company. But Dave doesn't expect much to change because Sagawa always backed Inoki anyway, so it's not like day-to-day is going to be any different.
Eddie Guerrero debuted on the latest NJPW tour, teaming with Minoru Tanaka and Black Tiger. It's interesting because several years ago, Guerrero portrayed the role of Black Tiger. This time, it was played by Silver King. During the match, Guerrero and Black Tiger turned heel on their partner and joined their opponents in a 5-on-1 beatdown of Minoru Tanaka. Word is Guerrero looked really good on this tour so far (yeah, he was on fire during this time. Guerrero only works about 10 shows for NJPW on this tour and then WWF re-hires him and the rest is history).
Hayabusa is said to have regained feeling in much of his body and can move his left arm somewhat, after suffering the career-ending injury back in October that left him paralyzed.
Speaking of, Atsushi Onita and former FMW star Kodo Fuyuki are working an angle together over the dead FMW promotion. At an indie show, Onita came out and accused Fuyuki and FMW general manager Sakichi Nakamura of mismanaging FMW and using the company's money to make themselves rich while allowing the promotion to die. Onita also talked about how they stopped paying Hayabusa's hospital bills and used the money to enrich themselves. This is all leading up to Onita vs. Fuyuki soon, and of course Onita is using Hayabusa's injury as part of his angle. Because Onita is the carniest carny to ever carny.
A made-for-TV movie about the life of Nobuhiko Takada and his marriage to TV personality Aki Mukai aired in Japan this week and was a huge ratings hit. Takada of course is a former pro wrestler turned MMA fighter who, frankly, should have stuck to worked fights because his reputation as a shoot fighter has been destroyed time and again in real shoots. He married Mukai, who is the host of a popular morning TV show (she's basically Japan's Katie Couric, Dave says) and she has been battling cancer recently. The movie was a tearjerker story about their inability to have children due to her cancer. The couple is looking to adopt a kid in the U.S. because adoption is apparently extremely difficult in Japan.
Dan Severn regained the NWA title from Shinya Hashimoto at a Zero-One show in Japan this week. NWA president Jim Miller was there and a NWA Jersey (and American) referee officiated the match. The match ended with a screwjob finish, with the American ref fast-counting Hashimoto to give Severn the victory, which the fans haaaaaated and Dave thinks pretty well tarnishes whatever legacy the NWA title still has, in the one country where fans still sorta respect that belt. Dave says the idea here is Hashimoto is such a bigger star than Severn that he couldn't feasibly do a clean job to him in his own promotion. But Hashimoto doesn't want to go to America and defend the NWA title on a bunch of tiny indie shows for 100 people either, so he agreed to drop it back to Severn this way.
Remember that Matrats promotion Eric Bischoff was involved in that sorta disappeared off the radar? It's not dead! Yet. Bischoff, who hates dirt sheets, thinks they're all lies, and has never confided in Dave Meltzer, did an interview with the Wrestling Observer website this week and talked about the plans for the company. It has been renamed Next Generation Wrestling and Bischoff talked as if they still plan to go into production for a TV series later this summer, but he admitted everything isn't yet finalized. Bischoff said the matches won't have pinfalls or submissions but will instead of have ringside judges awarding points for creativity and execution. Dave doesn't seem to be super on board with this concept (yeah, it goes nowhere).
WWA promoter Andrew McManus claimed after the PPV disaster in Las Vegas that he would never again advertise anyone for a show that he doesn't have signed to a contract. So needless to say, the upcoming tour in Australia has names like Sid Vicious, Jeff Jarrett, Road Dogg, Buff Bagwell, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Scott Steiner, Sabu, Juventud Guerrera, and others being promoted. Needless to say, almost none of them have contracts with this company (most of them end up working the shows, but several do not). Speaking of WWA, after claiming they didn't get paid for their appearances at the Vegas show, both Terry Taylor and Larry Zbyszko have now been paid.
Sid Vicious is in a commercial for an Alabama chain of restaurants called Jack's Hamburgers. The commercial shows a guy golfing when Sid comes in and slams him. Then it says "some things don't mix, like golf and wrestling" but then it says some things like the new Jack's bacon and cheddar do mix. The commercial ends with the golfer choking Sid with his golf club. I can't find this commercial, so I'm counting on you Wreddit. FIND THIS VIDEO! I need this in my life.
Remember the story last week about the confrontation at the WWA show between Bischoff and Juventud Guerrera about a petition in WCW that Guerrera signed to have Bischoff fired? Well Dave has more details. The petition wasn't actually to get Bischoff fired, necessarily. After the incident at Bash at the Beach 2000 with Hogan, naturally, Bischoff took Hogan's side and it led to a big blow-up argument between he and Vince Russo. As a result, Bischoff pretty much walked out and said, "Here, let Russo run it and watch him hang himself." Which, of course, he inevitably did. But the point is, when Bischoff walked out, it looked as if there was going to be yet another power-change in WCW. Several of the wrestlers were fed up with their bosses changing on a monthly basis and never knowing who was in charge. So they put together a petition to give to Brad Siegel, basically asking him to give Russo a fair chance to succeed on his own and to let him remain in power in the wake of the Bischoff/Russo split. Bischoff wasn't even mentioned in the petition, it was mostly just a "don't fire Russo yet" petition. Of course, in siding with Russo to be the one in charge, that meant they were siding against Bischoff being in charge, even if that wasn't explicitly spelled out in the petition. Anyway, it apparently worked. Russo got to remain in power while Bischoff went home again. And then Russo spent the next few months booking himself to be WCW champion and screwing up everything else and within a few months, all those same guys were wishing Bischoff would come back. Anyway, a lot of people at the WWA show thought it was funny that Bischoff lashed out at Guerrera over it, because several other WCW wrestlers at the time, including Scott Steiner, also signed it.
XWF's planned house shows for later this month in Michigan and Ohio have been cancelled. Everyone has pretty much been told to sit tight for now until September and have been given hints that a TV deal is imminent. But people have been saying that since this promotion launched (yeah, this obviously never happens. Unbeknownst to anyone, XWF is already dead at this point, they never ran another show).
The plan for now (and it could always change again) is that the brand split will finally take place on the 3/25 Raw the week after Wrestlemania. It was originally supposed to be the very next night but they once again pushed it back a week, so that's where we stand for now. Promotional material for the Backlash PPV is already out and references Vince owning Raw and Flair owning Smackdown (and funny enough, it ends up going the other way) and split house shows are already scheduled for April. Dave still hates the draft idea because when guys (like Hurricane, for example) get drafted 28th, that immediately establishes them in the fans eyes as lower-card nobodies. The idea of a brand split is that it will force them to push new people and create new stars, but they've spent so long telling fans that only 3 or 4 guys matter and everyone else is minor talent. Doing a draft where guys get picked way down near the bottom just hurts them more and makes it harder to rebuild them as major players.
Notes from Smackdown: Flair had a brawl with Undertaker and during the fight, there was a "fan" played by indie wrestler Paul London who got punched. London also worked a dark match against Perry Saturn at the show. Rock returned, with not a scratch on him after being murderdeathkilled in an ambulance by the NWO a couple weeks ago. Rock challenged Hogan to face him right then and there, but of course that didn't happen because c'mon. Vince isn't crazy enough to take Hogan's first televised WWF match in 8 years and just give it away on free TV less than a week before Wrestlemania, right?
Notes from Raw: Dave calls it Raw Is Dog Shit. Oh, this should be fun. Turns out it was literally dog shit. The show was built around Triple H and Stephanie fighting for custody of their dog Lucy and at one point, it pooped on the floor. Stephanie ordered Jericho to walk the dog, because ya know, gotta build up the world champion for his Wrestlemania main event next week. The rest of the show was built around Vince and Flair in a boardroom arguing over ownership of the company with the board of directors. Jericho (while running another errand for Stephanie) accidentally runs over the dog. Riveting television here. They said the dog had a broken leg, which leads Dave to point out that Rock got practically murdered by the NWO a few weeks ago and we never got a medical update on his condition (he just sorta returned and was fine), but we found out about the dog's medical condition just minutes after it happened. As a result, Triple H came out and started attacking Stephanie, pretty much committing spousal abuse while the crowd cheered wildly, leading to Jericho attacking Triple H's quad with a sledgehammer, which would have been a fine angle if it hadn't been proceeded by weeks of making Jericho into Stephanie's whipping boy. And the main event was the 3-on-2 of the NWO vs. Austin & Rock. So yes, turns out Vince is crazy enough to book Hogan's comeback WWF match on a throwaway Raw 6 days before the biggest show of the year on PPV with no buildup whatsoever. It's the first time ever that Hogan and Austin have ever squared off against each other in a match (and it never happened again). Crowd was way into Hogan and Nash as well, since they were in his hometown.
There's a Divas special airing on UPN this week and if it does strong ratings, UPN is interested in doing a whole Divas series. Dave suspects that won't hold up long in the ratings. But for what it's worth, the original idea for Smackdown waaaaay back when it was originally conceived was for it to be an all-women's show based around Sable (who was drawing monster ratings for her segments at the time). They even held auditions for new women before scrapping the idea and making it a second show like Raw.
WWF's recent show in Japan was supposed to air on the TV-Tokyo network but it got canceled and then the network announced it was cancelling all WWF programming on the station. Turns out there was a big misunderstanding. The entire show was filmed by the network and they planned to broadcast it (with Keiji Muto doing commentary). WWF was under the impression that the show was being filmed only so they could air highlights of it as part of a sports recap show or highlight package (basically just a quick few minutes of clips on the news). WWF didn't approve for this show (a house show without all the bells and whistles) to be aired on TV in full, and when they found out, they contacted the network and said.....hey, uh, no. The network was pissed and in response, they canceled ALL WWF programming, effective immediately. This was the channel that aired Raw and Smackdown and this cancellation completely eliminates WWF's only television exposure in Japan.
Speaking of that show, before the event, Antonio Inoki told the media that he hated what WWF had become and expected the show to be a flop. He specifically talked about the Vince McMahon kiss-my-ass club angle, with Jim Ross and William Regal kissing Vince's ass and said that sort of product would never get over in Japan and thus the show would be a failure. As we learned last week, it was actually a HUGE success. In response, Inoki has admitted he was wrong and says that he has lessons he needs to learn from WWF and maybe he shouldn't have been so dismissive of their style. Dave is flabbergasted. He talks about when AAA came to the U.S. in 1993 and outdrew both WWF and WCW by a huge margin for several shows. Can you imagine if Vince McMahon had looked at that and admitted that maybe he could have learned something from it rather than ignoring it? ECW and WCW sure learned from it, and those Lucha Libre stars became a huge part of their success in later years, while WWF still hasn't learned anything from it 9 years later.
Nash and Hall are pushing hard for X-Pac to be included in the NWO and most people in the company figure it's inevitable that it will happen because Nash is pretty much undefeated in backstage political battles. He always gets what he wants somehow. Last Dave heard, X-Pac was expected to interfere at Wrestlemania in some fashion and then join the group the next night on Raw (didn't quite happen like that, but close). Lots of people in the locker room aren't happy about it because, for starters, it proves that Nash is still there to politic for his friends. And also, prior to his injury, X-Pac had fallen to a lower-card nobody status. So there's a lot of people not happy that he's expected to return and leap-frog the entire locker room and be put in the main event faction ahead of everyone else because of who his friends are.
Mick Foley signed a book deal to publish his first fiction novel, which will be titled "Tietam Brown." It's expected to be out in early 2003 and it's not about wrestling. That's all Dave seems to know so far. Foley is also now the full-time host of TNN's Robot Wars show. Foley was also involved in a TV project that was being shopped around in which he would play a former pro wrestler adjusting to real life now that he's retired. Barry Blaustein, who directed Beyond The Mat, was involved and ABC was interested, but they eventually passed and the idea seems to have died (this is basically what that new Big Show show is on Netflix. The Observer Rewind Curious Timing Effect™ strikes again.).
An idea that was pitched for Wrestlemania was for Stephanie to reveal she had been cheating on Triple H with Chris Jericho. Of course, that didn't happen. Dave talks about the Triple H/Kurt Angle storyline from a couple years ago where that almost happened but Triple H nixed it because it wouldn't be "believable" that Stephanie would cheat on him with Kurt Angle....a goddamn Olympic hero and the most legitimately bad ass athlete in the entire company. So of course, it wouldn't make sense for her to cheat on him with Jericho either. Sure, why not?
On OVW television, they hinted that Ric Flair will be coming in soon to team with his son David against Prototype and Sean O'Haire. Looks to be scheduled for next month (indeed, this does happen but for the life of me, I can't find video of it).
Another note from Eric Bischoff's interview with the Observer website, a dirt sheet website ran by a guy who he definitely never would talk to. Bischoff seems to be angling for a WWF job, saying contrary to popular belief, he wouldn't even ask for that much money to do it. He just wants to do something fun. He said they made him an offer last year, right when the Invasion angle was starting, but said he turned it down because he wasn't in good shape and didn't want to appear on TV. That's the story now. At the time, a year ago, Bischoff denied that he was ever given an offer and said he would never consider working for WWF. Dave says, in Eric's defense, the storyline they pitched last year was horrible and Bischoff was right to turn it down (they wanted him to come in and work a match with Vince at the Invasion PPV, get his ass beat, lose, and then that would be it). Adding Bischoff to the NWO angle now would be the obvious idea, but Dave says "invasion" angles never work in WWF because Vince McMahon doesn't commit to them, so adding Bischoff would likely just be another disappointment added to an already disappointing NWO return.
WWF confiscated a "Nash is horrible" sign at the TV tapings this week. Dave doesn't get it. In the past, WWF used to criticize WCW like crazy for "censoring" fans and violating their freedom of expression and all that shit. But then they started doing it too. At first, it was anti-Rock signs that were being taken away, which Dave can kinda understand because he's a top babyface. But Nash is a heel. Don't you want people bringing signs trashing them?
Scott Steiner's WWF physical showed several health issues that still need to be addressed before they sign him. The deal isn't dead yet and Steiner could still come in eventually, but that's the situation right now.
WWF has reached out to both Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio and talked to them about coming in for the new cruiserweight division. Eddie has been busting his ass on the indies in hopes of getting re-hired while Rey has been working in Puerto Rico as of late.
WEDNESDAY:Fallout from Wrestlemania 18, the Hogan/Rock match, Steve Austin walks out (the first time), Vince McMahon talks about failed plan to bring Bret Hart in for Wrestlemania, and more...
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How we feeling about leaps on Draft Kings? Disney owns a 6% stake. There are regular reports of numerous people getting in. They're already up over 80% since half a month ago at their IPO. They've already cleared legal hurdles in NY/NJ. Sports WILL return, even if the stadiums are empty. UFC still looking to go. People LOVE to gamble and they ARE the name in online sports gambling. I'm about to gamble all my money into long-dated DKNG calls because I can't imagine them going down at this point. Disney/ESPN wouldn't even let them advertise because they didn't want to be connected with gambling, and now they own a 6% stake. Some casino owners seem to have bought in as well. I see infinite synergy. Someone tell me why this isn't free money. They've steadily risen every single day since their IPO.
I recently moved to the state and just bought a little, inexpensive TV to make sure I could watch the games on CBS, NBC, and Fox. I bought an antenna from Amazon. After hooking everything up, I was irritated and surprised to learn that I can only pick up 7 channels, only 2 of which are major channels. I don't get CBS or NBC, the 2 I wanted the most so I'm wondering if any bars regularly show the games. I don't really want to be anywhere crowded because I have loved ones who are vulnerable to the virus. If that keeps me from seeing the games then so be it. How crowded is the casino? I know they say 50% capacity, but I wonder how many people have the spare money to gamble right now so hopefully it won't be very packed. I also wouldn't mind finding like minded people to become friends with. I don't know anyone here. I enjoy watching the NFL, any kind of auto racing, any combat sport, golf, and college football. I will watch practically any sports really. A related question: where are good places to watch UFC PPVs in the area? I've been either searching for a live stream or watch the fights after the fact at like 4 AM online after avoiding spoilers all night. Thanks!
I'm 35. Been off and on gambling for 17 years. Some years didn't gamble much at all. Some years gambled a bit. Some years gambled a lot. Been up and down with this struggle. It's always there. Sometimes in control. Sometimes not. I've had a very bad evening. Lost £1400 on online Poker, Roulette and UFC betting. The annoying thing is this came out of the blue (so to speak). I've not gambled much at all in past 6 months. But just one night can change that. I had a few beers tonight, and a few more beers, and before UFC started, I thought why not set up a new account. Why not just gamble a little £20 and see if you can win? We all know what happens next. I'm sick of this feeling. I'm sick of the shame. I'm sick of gambling. Previously I said i wanted to stop. But I don't think I did really. Or else why would I be typing this? What is the best app/website to stop gambling on your laptop? Gamblock? This is painful, but I am going to check in every week and keep committed. I have a flat, I have a girfriend, I have a job. Things could be much worse. But I need to stop gambling. I want to stop gambling. Thanks for reading. Felt good to type that out. I am going to be here on this reddit to support and listen. Day 1 starts tomorrow.
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1) I understand how Draftkings work and makes money based on taking a percentage of the buyins (kinda like a rake), but does anything think the business model is sustainable with the Coronavirus going on? Are people who are losing their jobs saving money for necessary items only? 2) Does anyone see casinos struggling when they reopen and maybe online is the new way of life? If so that would be a good thing for Draftkings. 3) Has anyone tried their online casino? If so what are your thoughts on it? I live in a state where online gambling is not legal. 4) Lastly, is anyone planning on making a UFC bet this weekend with Draftkings? I would assume that would help out Draftkings stock next week? Thanks for the thoughts!
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[USA] [H] Switch dock "set", Xbox and PS game lots, Ribbit King for GC, limited print Switch games, and more [W] PayPal
Looking to make some sales, offering some bundle deals and lowered prices. Prices include shipping to the lower 48. Can offer combined shipping discounts if you bundle more. Switch dock "set" in original box Pictures. I call this a "set" because it's missing the back cover for the dock (which isn't really needed) and it doesn't have the original HDMI cable (but it comes with a heavy duty HDMI cable that is longer). Also the box has some damage. $54 shipped. Mint condition silver Game Boy Pocket launch model with booklets Pictures. $48. This is the original model without a power LED. Looks like it was never played. Various limited print and/or sealed games The Adventure Pals $88 can be shipped in a blind box too Oxenfree in a blind box $60 Danmaku Unlimited 3 with card $52 can be shipped in a blind box Cosmic Star Heroine in a blind box $43 PixelJunk Monsters 2 in a blind box $39 Ghostbusters the Video Game for Wii $18 (FYI the Ghostbusters game on Switch is a remaster of this game) Walk It Out! for Wii $25 Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box for DS $18 Mario Teaches Typing for IBM Tandy $53 Ribbit King CIB with bonus disc for GameCube SOLD on another sitePictures. $68 7 loose games for Game Boy / GBC / GBA Picture. Mega Man Battle Network 4 Blue Moon, Super Mario World Super Mario Advance 2, Spyro Season of Ice, Spyro 2 Season of Flame, Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3, Revenge of the Gator, High Stakes Gambling. All loose for $40 shipped. Strategy Guide and gaming magazine lot Pictures. $30. Includes strategy guides for Pokemon Colosseum, Pokemon Black White Version 2 Hardcover CE, Smash Bros Brawl, Conflict Desert Storm II Back to Baghdad, and some gaming magazines plus a few poor condition Nintendo Power issues and an unauthorized Super Mario 64 strategy guide that are not pictured. FF VIII strategy guide has been sold. 3 sealed games for PS3 Picture. $35. Includes Dynasty Warriors Gundam, Killzone 3 and Battleship. 33 games for PS2 Pictures. $150. All games are either loose, missing manual, or the packaging is damaged. Selling as-is and I think this is a good price! Includes:
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War complete
Black complete
Blade II box and game
Dead to Rights complete
Dropship: United Peace Force
Everblue 2 box and game
Fifa Street 2 box and game
Final Fantasy XI Online complete
Godzilla Save the Earth box and game
Indigo Prophecy complete
LA Rush complete, no bonus disc
Liesure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude complete
Mojo! complete
Rune: Viking Warlord complete
Savage Skies box and game
Space Race box and game
Wrath Unleashed box and game (cover art is stuck to case)
WWE Crush Hour box and game
Yanya Caballista: City Skater box and game (no fingerboard controller)
American Idol
Barbie Horse Adventures
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2
Pirates Legend of the Black Buccaneer
Pryzm Chapter One: The Dark Unicorn
R-Type Final (disc only)
RTX Red Rock
Star Wars Battlefront
Supercar Street Challenge
The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor with bonus DVD of the film
Tom and Jerry War of the Whiskers (no manual)
UFC Throwdown
We Love Katamari
3 sealed GBA Video titles Pictures. $22. Minty. Includes Dragonball GT, Rugrats All Grown Up and Nicktoons Collection Volume 2. 52 Xbox games Pictures. $125. All of these games should work but I don't have an Xbox right now to test them. Selling as-is and I think this is a good price! Includes the following games:
America’s Army: Rise of a Soldier
Amped 2
Apex
Army Men Major Malfunction
Backyard Wrestling: Don’t Try this at Home,
Bionicle
Blowout
Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon
Carve
Cel Damage
Chase Hollywood Stunt Driver
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Dark Summit
Dinotopia
Dynasty Warriors 3
Dynasty Warriors 5
Ford Bold Moves Street Racing
Ford Vs. Chevy
Ford Mustang
Gravity Games Bike
Halo
Knockout Kings 2002
Kung Fu Chaos
Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
NBA 2K3
NBA Ballers
Nemesis Strike
NHL 2K6
Outlaw Golf
Outlaw Golf 9 Holes of Xmas
Outlaw Golf 9 More Holes of Xmas
Pirates!
Project SnowBlind
PSI-OPS: The Mindgate Conspiracy
Quantum Redshift
Redcard 2003
Robotech Battlecry
Rugby 06
SSX 3
Starsky and Hutch
Star Wars Battlefront (disc only)
Star Wars Battlefront II
Thrillville
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3 Lockdown
Tork Prehistoric Punk
Vexx
Virtual Pool
Wakeboarding
Without Warning
World War II Combat Road to Berlin
Xbox Music Maker
X-Men The Official Game
Yourself Fitness
NES Games Star Tropics 1 & 2 CIB - Star Tropics has some wear to box as noted in photos but the contents are mint. It even includes the letter which is still attached to the manual! Star Tropics 2 Zoda's Revenge is in near mint condition all around. Both have the styrofoam inserts. Star Tropics has the bag, Zoda's Revenge does not. Both are Rev-A and Zoda's Revenge comes with a precautions booklet which I assume was a late cycle thing. My asking price is $54 for Star Tropics and $40 for Zoda's Revenge or take both shipped for $85. 6 loose NES games with accessories
Blaster Master
Casino Kid
Dr Mario
Hogan's Alley
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt
Tiger Heli
Authentic controller
Authentic orange zapper
All for $40 shipped Club Nintendo JP Super Mario Children's Book Pictures. $53 2 sealed PC games Picture. $10. Includes Cubix Robots for Everyone and Oil Tycoon. I have more stuff I still need to list and will be updating this post when I can!
No, Belgium did not rule lootboxes as gambling - translated
Source in french: RTBF This is a false piece of information that has been circulating for a few hours now on sites dedicated to videogame culture, particularly on the very popular jeuxvideo.com site: the Belgian Gambling Commission has reportedly established that the use of pay boxes with random content (the lootboxes in gamer language) is indeed a game of chance. We contacted Etienne Marique, the chairman of the Gambling Commission in the House, who totally contradicted this statement: no conclusion was reached on the ongoing investigation in Battlefront II and Overwatch. For the time being, only an informative note on the problem of money in online gambling has been drawn up, so no final decision has yet been taken. Shortly before its official release, Star Wars Battlefront II had to endure the players' anger, furious to see the evolution of their characters linked to too many hours of play (4528 hours to unlock everything), or to the purchase of random chests. An economic model already well established in the industry, but here pushed to its climax. This method prompted the Belgian Gambling Commission, which launched a survey on the issue in mid-November, to assess whether the lootboxes of the new Star Wars game should be classified as games of chance. The bad buzz taking on a phenomenal scale, the game's publisher, Electronic Arts, has initially retropedalled and reduced the number of hours of play to unlock advantages and evolutions. Then, when the game was released, EA announced the temporary deletion of the lootboxes, waiting to find a "more balanced system". A decision that won't have saved the game's sales at its launch, 50% less than Battlefront I, released a year ago. At the origin of this false information, an article by VTM Nieuws reporting on the remarks of Justice Minister Koen Geens, who would like to see in-game purchases banned. In the article, our Flemish colleagues quote a quotation from the Commission when it launched its inquiry:"The mixture of money and addiction is gambling". A sentence that was interpreted as the conclusion of the investigation, while it just explains the characteristic that needs to be studied in video games to determine whether they can be characterized as gambling. Google Translate could be partly at the origin of this confusion: its translation from Dutch is still very approximate, and the first media to report the information - largely English-speaking - had to use it to understand the article by VTM Nieuws. These media themselves admit that the translation is pretty bad. It will have had the advantage of awakening the political world to the problem of microtransactions in video games. In addition to the recent release of Koen Geens, who wants to ban these microtransactions at European level, a French senator has also asked the Secretary of State for Digital to take an interest in the issue. On the United States side, a Hawaiian politician called Battlefront II "a Star Wars casino, dangerous for young people". The French consumer association UFC-Que Choisir also position itself, asking that the boxes of loot be considered as a game of chance, by sending a letter to the French Online Gaming Regulatory Authority (Arjel). On the side of the Belgian Gambling Commission, Etienne Marique explains that this link between money and online gambling is a problem that has been identified for several years, and that the Gambling Commission would like to see its competences extended in order to become the Gaming Commission, so that it can better analyse these phenomena. Translated using DeepL and quickly corrected
[USA] [H] Games for Switch, Wii U, Wii, GC, NES, GB to 3DS, PS to PS3, Genesis, Xbox, strategy guides, etc [W] Mario Maker 2DS Console, Octopath Traveler, Fox n Forests, Arms, Prof Layton vs Phoenix Wright, PSX Mouse, etc.
Trying to get some trades in before Coronavirus shuts down the USPS and Kevin Costner's The Postman becomes our reality. I have 80 confirmed trades. Also, fair warning, these lists are long, I have a lot of stuff for trade! Looking to do fair value but where I have an item that is worn / in poor shape I value that lower than eBay averages due to condition. p.s. "CIB" means including all the booklets and such that were supposed to come in there, otherwise I will clarify what is included. "NIB" means New In Box, aka sealed, "brand new," in the shrink, etc.
Big Town Shootout 2 Blasters big box - NIB (game download no longer works) (these blasters are attachments for Wiimotes to make them into pistols, great accessory IMO)
GameCube games and accessories
Army Men Air Combat The Elite Missions - game and manual only
Hunter the Reckoning - CIB, hard trade
Lego Star Wars - CIB
Lego Star Wars II - CIB
NBA Courtside 2002 - CIB, has wear
NCAA Football 2003 - CIB
Robotech Battlecry - CIB
Scooby Doo Mystery Mayhem - CIB, hard trade
Superman Shadow of Apokolips - CIB, also have a Nintendo Power poster to go with it
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - manual only
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 - CIB
Orange Spice original controller - loose, hard trade
Action Replay - manual only
N64 booklets Most of these have wear
1080 Snowboarding - manual and operations card
Army Men Air Combat - manual
Banjo Kazooie - manual (wrinkled)
Banjo Tooie - manual
Battletanx Global Assault - manual (wrinkled)
Bomberman 64 - manual
Buck Bumble - manual
Diddy Kong Racing - manual, operations card
Donkey Kong 64 - manual
Extreme-G - manual
Goldeneye 007 - manual
Kirby 64 - manual
Mario Kart 64 - manual, operations card and player's guide offer booklet
Mario Party 2 - manual
Mario Tennis - manual
Rugrats Scavenger Hunt - manual
Star Wars Episode 1 Battle for Naboo - manual (has marker on top right)
Would really like to pick up a Super Mario Maker 2DS console either CIB or loose Pre-order bonuses
ACNH GameStop Poster
ACNH Target Journal
Fire Emblem 3 Houses pin set
Link’s Awakening HD GameStop Poster
Link’s Awakening Pin Set
Puyo Puyo Tetris Target exclusive decals
Yoshi’s Crafted World frame
AC Amiibo Cards
#107 Katie
Mario Sports Amiibo Cards
Peach Golf
Bowser Jr. Soccer
Rosalina Soccer
Rosalina Baseball
Rosalina Horse Racing
Amiibo
Poochy (loose)
Goomba (loose)
Boo (loose)
LRG Cards Cards for Flinthook, Dust, Slime San, Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, ToeJam and Earl, Golf Story, Dragon's Lair Trilogy, PixelJunk Monsters 2, Lumines Remastered, Yooka-Laylee, Blazing Chrome, Battle Chef, Windjammers, The Escapists and Saturday Morning RPG Limited Print Switch Games (prefer CIB but also fine with NIB)
Aegis Defenders
Alliance Alive HD (CE or standard)
Bud Spencer and Terence Hill: Slaps and Beans
Dimension Drive (LE or standard)
Fox n Forests
Furi
Gorogoa
Gris
Musynx
Puyo Puyo Tetris big box contents with target exclusive decals or CIB
The Messenger cover art and manual or CIB (already have but looking for a nicer copy)
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap launch edition
Other Switch Games (looking for CIB and clean)
Arms
Astral Chain
Atari Flashback Classics
Cat Quest 2 Pawsome Version
Disgaea 1 Complete
Disgaea 4 Complete
Dragonball FighterZ
Hasbro Game Night - Monopoly / Risk / Trivial Pursuit
Hero Land Knowble Edition
Hollow Knight box or CIB (already have but looking for a nicer box)
Layton's Mystery Journey Katrielle and the Millionaire's Conspiracy
Mario and Sonic at the Tokyo Olympic Games
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Ninja Saviors
Octopath Traveler
Overcooked Special Edition or double pack
Phoenix Wright Trilogy
Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl Gold
Space Invaders Invincible Collection (JP)
Super Mario Maker 2 stylus
Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Yoshi's Crafted World
WRC 8
3DS Games
Beyblade Collector's Edition - CIB or NIB
Bravely Default - CIB
Bravely Second - CIB
Etrian Odyssey Untold soundtrack bundle - CIB
Etrian Odyssey Nexus launch edition - CIB
Frogger 3D - CIB big box version with cover plates
LEGO Chima Laval's Journey - CIB big box with minifigure
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright - CIB
Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology launch edition - big box with contents or CIB
Style Savvy Fashion Forward - CIB
DS
Bomberman Land Touch 2 - CIB
Elektroplankton - Nintendo Power booklet
Infinite Space - loose
Jewel Time Deluxe - box, manual
Korg DS10+ JP Limited Edition - CIB
Korg M01 JP - Club Nintendo insert
Nanostray - CIB
Phantasy Star 0 - CIB
Shepherd's Crossing 2 - CIB
Space Invaders Extreme 2 - CIB
GBA
Car Battler Joe - manual
Drill Dozer - A Girl and Her Dozer Mini Comic (the one I have is ripped)
Fire Emblem - CIB
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - CIB
GBC
Metal Gear Solid - box, manual, inserts
Shantae - CIB
GB
Kirby's Dreamland 2 - CIB
Mario's Picross - manual
Yoshi - DMG-USA-4 poster
Also could really use a styrofoam tray with lid for the original console box and plastic trays for game boxes. Wii
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - CIB
Mini Ninjas - CIB
The Last Story - soundtrack in sleeve
GameCube
Army Men Air Combat the Elite Missions - box
Baten Kaitos Origins - CIB
Mega Man Network Transmission - CIB
Mega Man X Command Mission - CIB with trading card
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - manual
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 and 2 Plus - CIB
Smuggler's Run War Zones - CIB
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures - CIB
N64
N64 Expansion Pack with tool to open expansion slot, or Donkey Kong 64 box, tray, manual, etc with expansion pack included
Hey You Pikachu! - box, tray, manual, etc. (I already have the game, mic and voice unit)
Star Fox 64 box, tray, manual, etc. (I already have game and rumble pack)
PS3
Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness - disc
PS2
Godzilla Save the Earth - manual or CIB
Gradius 3 and 4 - CIB
Naval Ops Warship Gunner - manual
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 - black label disc
River King a Wonderful Journey - disc
PSX
Army Men: World War - disc only
Konami Justifier Lightgun(s)
Official mouse - loose or CIB
NGPC If anyone has a Neo Geo Pocket Color and/or games for it, I'm interested... Strategy Guides
Gotcha Force
Pokemon Sword and Shield
I'm also happy to look at lists, but these are my priority wants.
[USA] [H] Limited Print Switch games, LRG cards, Amiibo cards, more [W] Vasara Collection, Furi, Gris, Prof Layton vs Phoenix Write, Infinite Space, Amiibo cards, more
Everyone is trading Amiibo cards so I am too. I am also looking to get some of the limited print Switch games that I slept on. Willing to do mixed trades except I'm reserving my limited print games for other limited print games. Also hoping to do fair value. p.s. fair warning, these lists are long, I have a lot of stuff for trade! p.p.s. when I say "CIB" I mean including all the booklets and such that were supposed to come in there.
Big Town Shootout 2 Blasters big box - NIB (game download no longer works) (these blasters are attachments for Wiimotes to make them into pistols, great accessory IMO)
GameCube games and accessories
Army Men Air Combat The Elite Missions - game and manual only
LRG Cards Cards for Flinthook, Dust, Slime San, Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, ToeJam and Earl, Golf Story, Dragon's Lair Trilogy, PixelJunk Monsters 2, Lumines Remastered, Yooka-Laylee, Blazing Chrome, Battle Chef, Windjammers, The Escapists and Saturday Morning RPG Limited Print Switch Games (prefer CIB but also fine with NIB)
Aegis Defenders
Alliance Alive HD (CE or standard)
Dimension Drive (LE or standard)
Fox n Forests
Furi
Gris
Musynx
Puyo Puyo Tetris big box with target exclusive decals
The Messenger cover art or CIB (already have but looking for a nicer copy)
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap launch edition
Other Switch Games (looking for CIB and clean)
Arms
Astral Chain
Atari Flashback Classics
Cat Quest 2 Pawsome Version
Disgaea 1 Complete
Disgaea 4 Complete
Dragonball FighterZ
Hasbro Game Night - Monopoly / Risk / Trivial Pursuit
Hero Land Knowble Edition
Hollow Knight box or CIB (already have but looking for a nicer box)
Layton's Mystery Journey Katrielle and the Millionaire's Conspiracy
Mario and Sonic at the Tokyo Olympic Games
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Ninja Saviors
Octopath Traveler
Overcooked Special Edition or double pack
Phoenix Wright Trilogy
Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl Gold
Super Mario Maker 2 stylus
Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Yoshi's Crafted World
WRC 8
3DS Games
Beyblade Collector's Edition - CIB or NIB
Bravely Default - CIB
Bravely Second - CIB
Etrian Odyssey Untold soundtrack bundle - CIB
Etrian Odyssey Nexus launch edition - CIB
Frogger 3D - CIB big box version with cover plates
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright - CIB
Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology launch edition - big box with contents or CIB
DS
Bomberman Land Touch 2 - CIB
Cooking Mama's Combo Pack Volume 1 - CIB
Elektroplankton - Nintendo Power booklet
Infinite Space - loose
Jewel Time Deluxe - box, manual
Korg DS10+ JP Limited Edition - CIB
Korg M01 JP - Club Nintendo insert
Nanostray - CIB
Phantasy Star 0 - CIB
Shepherd's Crossing 2 - CIB
GBA
Car Battler Joe - manual
Drill Dozer - A Girl and Her Dozer Mini Comic (the one I have is ripped)
Fire Emblem - CIB
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - CIB
GBC
Metal Gear Solid - box, manual, inserts
Shantae - CIB
GB
Kirby's Dreamland 2 - CIB
Mario's Picross - manual
Wii
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - CIB
The Last Story - soundtrack in sleeve
GameCube
Army Men Air Combat the Elite Missions - box
Baten Kaitos Origins - CIB
Mega Man Network Transmission - CIB
Mega Man X Command Mission - CIB with trading card
PENDING Metal Gear Solid the Twin Snakes - CIB
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 and 2 Plus - CIB
Smuggler's Run War Zones - CIB
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures - CIB
N64
N64 Expansion Pack with tool to open expansion slot, or Donkey Kong 64 box, tray, manual, etc with expansion pack included
Hey You Pikachu! - box, tray, manual, etc. (I already have the game, mic and voice unit)
Star Fox 64 box, tray, manual, etc. (I already have game and rumble pack)
PS3
Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness - disc
PS2
Godzilla Save the Earth - manual or CIB
Gradius 3 and 4 - CIB
Naval Ops Warship Gunner - manual
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 - black label disc
River King a Wonderful Journey - disc
PSX
Army Men: World War - disc only
Konami Justifier Lightgun(s)
Official mouse - loose or CIB
I'm also happy to look at lists, but these are my priority wants.
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