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I'm about a hundred miles from Sturgis. It's usually an annual annoyance but this time I thoroughly avoided being in public and fueling up at gas stations near the highways/interstate. Seemed a lot quieter this year for precisely those reasons.

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I’ll trade more expensive stuff on forums for a pile of desirable commons if the situation calls for it. If it nets me a mid-tier game or two that I’m looking for and I get some easy trade bait to as filler, I’m okay with it. And since eBay hates sellers and attracts/protects a whole breed of slime balls, sometimes the better option is to make a swap with a trusted forum buddy for a bunch of potential quick sales to mitigate the risk of losing it all in one transaction.

The link between Covid and hydroxychloroquine lies in an immune system condition called “cytokine storms”. These cyto storms are basically the body’s over-response to things like certain viral infections and can cause organ failure. Covid appears to be triggering these responses in many people who are getting incredibly ill and needing respirators. Hydroxychloroquine is a rheumatoid arthritis drug that was also approved to treat cyto storms in cancer patients a few years ago. As far as the data for treating severely ill Covid patients goes, I haven’t looked too deeply. On the surface, it appears mixed, incomplete, or too early to make a definitive answer. I could be wrong, but that’s how I understand it anyway. And as stated in previous posts, we as Americans are not above simplifying the facts to fit our own political narratives. Here’s a couple links: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_storm https://www.forbes.com/sites/claryestes/2020/04/16/what-is-the-cytokine-storm-and-why-is-it-so-deadly-for-covid-19-patients/amp/

They’re not horrible, but they don’t do much for me. I went to an Ozzfest 15-ish years ago that they were playing in. They were right before Sabbath at the end. All of the day long anarchy topped off with a killer Slayer performance leading into them really made Ozzy and Priest look incredibly sleepy in comparison.

It's one of those games where if you don't get it, you don't get it. If you get it, you get it. Got it? 10/10

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@42 foot tapeworm My eBay app on iPhone doesn’t like the link. You have to force it into browser mode by holding down the link then selecting “Open in New Tab”.

Unboxing videos are an incredibly useful resource as a checklist of what extra inserts and advertisements should come in a used game for me. I’ve used them to compare different print runs of games and even used them to see whether a “definitive” version of a game has all of the content on a disc or it’s some garbage vanilla repackaging with a DLC code.

Y’all keep mentioning getting a 151 Pokédex but when did the Mew glitch become common knowledge? Seems like it was way later. Like after that game was relevant. I only had a Mew (with some diseased stats) because my cousin duped me one from a Gameshark. I distinctly remember her saying that only Nintendo could put it on your cart, which sounds accurate in a post-56k modem / Wikipedia world today.

Lots of hours destroyed here. Great memories with family and friends, too. It’s not all nostalgia either. I spent a good portion of last year flying back and forth across the country. Found out that Leaf Green and 2nd / 3rd gen games still pass the time in a hurry. 9/10

The parasitic losses involved with selling on eBay are usually deterrent enough to keep me from going hog wild on selling. Their cut (along with PayPal, postage, and taxes) hasn’t become any more seller friendly so I’ll probably just sit on my favorite expensive stuff. Maybe I’ll go blind or lose my hands in a freak accident, then it’ll be a bit more prudent to sell. Or if there’s an afterlife / I become a ghost, maybe I’ll die one of these days and laugh while my family sells Dreamcast and Saturn games on eBay for way too cheap and then mails them without any padding or protection.

My boys talked me into doing a match completely blind. I found a gun, snuck up on another player, used the gun on that player's back... only to have that person flip around, whip up an amazing monument, and dump me within seconds while I stood there with my thumb up my ass. That was the beginning and the end of my Fortnite career. The boys tried to show me the mechanics of the building stuff, but I was never really interested any further. Now Fortnite isn't cool amongst their peers and they've all moved on to Apex and other stuff. I respect Fortnite for its place in gaming history, but it wasn't anything special enough for me. 2/10

Trading is my preference, but I've been talked into buying stuff too. My trade list is here: https://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=41623 - Hardware - Mega Drive Mini (JP) Capcom Home Arcade PC Engine Duo - Preferably refurbished (laser, recap, etc.) Core Grafx I or II Turbo Everdrive Super SD System 3 MegaSD - NES Cartridges - Bubble Bobble 2 - Famicom Cartridges - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa Holy Diver Nuts and Milk Recca Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World Other fun and unusual stuff - SNES Cartridges - Battletoads in Battlemaniacs Boogerman Harvest Moon Mega Man 7 Ogre Battle Pocky and Rocky 2 Super Bonk Super Star Wars Super Return of the Jedi - Super Famicom Cartridges - Gunman's Proof Marvelous: Another Treasure Island Star Fox 2 Other fun and unusual stuff - N64 Cartridges - Castlevania 64 Shadowgate 64 - Gamecube CIB - Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Plus Sonic Gems Collection - Wii - Bully Klonoa Manhunt 2 - Wii U CIB - Batman Arkham City Batman Arkham Origins - Switch CIB - Animal Crossing: New Horizions Astral Chain Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Dark Souls Remastered Deadly Premonition 2 Kirby Star Allies Mega Man 11 Paper Mario: Oragami King Salt and Sanctuary Sega Genesis Classics Shantae Half Genie Hero Shovel Knight Treasure Trove Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - GBA Cartridges - Astro Boy: Omega Factor Kirby and the Amazing Mirror Ninja Five-O Pocky and Rocky with Becky Pokemon LeafGreen / FireRed Wario Land 4 - DS CIB - Contra 4 Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Infinite Space Metroid Prime Hunters Mario & Luigi Partners in Time Pokemon (Main Series Titles) Zelda Spirit Tracks - 3DS CIB - Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate Luigi's Mansion Mario & Luigi Dream Team Metroid: Samus Returns Pokemon Ultra Sun or Moon Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - Turbografx / PC Engine - Anything fun - Xbox CIB - Fallout Brotherhood of Steel Manhunt Shenmue 2 Silent Hill 2, 4 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II Toejam and Earl III - Xbox 360 CIB - Beautiful Katamari Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 Catherine Child of Eden Eternal Sonata Fable Anniversary, 2, 3 Killer is Dead Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Phantasy Star Universe Silent Hill HD Collection Splatterhouse Ultra Street Fighter IV - Xbox One CIB - Batman Arkham Knight Call of Cthulu Dark Souls Trilogy Fallout 4 - GOTY Edition Killer Instinct - Definitive Edition Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 + 2 Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 + 2 Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience Metal Gear Survive Ori and the Blind Forest - Definitive Edition Shadow of the Tomb Raider Stardew Valley State of Decay 2 Wasteland 2 and 3 - Genesis / Mega Drive CIB - McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Pier Solar Pulseman JP MD Shadowrun Soleil PAL MD Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure Shmups and other classics - Saturn CIB - Burning Rangers Dungeons and Dragons Collection JP Herc's Adventures Panzer Dragoon II Zwei Policenauts JP Princess Crown JP Psychic Killer Taromaru JP Shining Wisdom Silhouette Mirage JP Shmups, Imports, Survival Horror - Dreamcast CIB - 4 Wheel Thunder Aerowings 2: Airstrike Armada Army Men Sarge’s Heroes Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Conflict Zone: Modern War Strategy D2 Daytona USA Deep Fighter Dino Crisis Disney’s Dinosaur Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm ECW Anarchy Rulz ESPN International Track & Field ESPN NBA 2Night Evil Dead: Hail to the King Evolution 2: Far Off Promise F1 World Grand Prix Flag to Flag Frogger 2 Swampy’s Revenge Gauntlet Legends Grand Theft Auto 2 Grinch, The Hidden and Dangerous House of the Dead 2, The (Original Label) Industrial Spy: Operation Espionage Iron Aces KAO the Kangaroo King of Fighters Dream Match 99 King of Fighters Evolution, The KISS Psycho Circus MagForce Racing Mat Hoffman’s Pro BMX Max Steel Maximum Pool Metropolis Street Racer Midway’s Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 1 Monaco Grand Prix Mortal Kombat Gold Mr. Driller MTV Sports: Skateboarding Feat. Andy MacDonald Namco Museum NBA Hoopz NBA Showtime NCAA College Football 2K2 Nightmare Creatures II Omikron: The Nomad Soul Ooga Booga Outtrigger Phantasy Star Online POD SpeedZone Psychic Force 2012 Q*bert Rainbow Six Rogue Spear Rayman 2: The Great Escape Record of Lodoss War Red Dog Reel Fishing Wild Roadsters San Francisco Rush 2049 Seaman Sega Bass Fishing 2 Shadow Man Slave Zero Sno-Cross Championship Racing Sonic Adventure Spec Ops II Omega Squad Spirit of Speed 1937 Sports Jam StarLancer Star Wars: Episode I Racer Stupid Invaders Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition Surf Rocket Racers Test Drive Le Mans Test Drive V-Rally TNN Motorsports HardCore Heat Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! Urban Chaos Virtua Athlete 2000 Virtua Striker 2 Virtua Tennis (Original Label) Walt Disney World Quest Magical Racing Tour Who Wants To Beat Up A Millionaire Worms World Party Xtreme Sports Variants, Limited Editions, Unofficials, Homebrews, Excellent Imports, Bleemcast!, Gamesharks, Development discs/hardware, etc. - Amiibo (preferably opened already) - Solaire of Astora - Dark Souls Metroid - Metroid Series Samus Aran - Metroid Series Pikmin - Pikmin Series Bayonetta (Player 1) - Smash Banjo & Kazooie - Smash Byleth - Smash Chrom - Smash Daisy - Smash Dark Samus - Smash Hero - Smash Ice Climbers - Smash Inkling Girl - Smash Isabelle - Smash Ivysaur - Smash Joker - Smash Ken - Smash King Dedede - Smash King K. Rool - Smash Meta Knight - Smash Min Min - Smash Pirahna Plant - Smash Pokemon Trainer - Smash Richter Belmont - Smash Ridley - Smash Simon Belmont - Smash Solid Snake - Smash Squirtle - Smash Terry - Smash Wario - Smash Wolf - Smash Young Link - Smash Bokoblin - Zelda Series Daruk - Zelda Series Guardian - Zelda Series Link (Archer) - Zelda Series Link (Majora's Mask) - Zelda Series Link (Rider) - Zelda Series Link (Skyward Sword) - Zelda Series Link (Twilight Princess) - Zelda Series Mipha - Zelda Series Revali - Zelda Series Toon Link (Wind Waker) - Zelda Series Toon Zelda (Wind Waker) - Zelda Series Zelda (Breath of the Wild) - Zelda Series

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They’re pretty good. I went to one of their shows in Denver a bunch of years ago and I remember the live act being a positive experience.

No problem man. Enjoy. (I sent you a message.)