May Day 10

so that stupid make believe blog post proves what?

I interpreted Jon's yelling as a "go on, lets get on with it" for one last face-off with the dragon which he would almost certainly lose. He was hemmed in and he saw man's last hope was the small chance of him beating the dragon and getting to the nk.

Did anyone actually use "Tailgate Guys" last year?

Something tells me that at 11:55 AM, it is going to very difficult to find available people who are tasked with carrying all your stuff back to the bus.

Im hoping so. I just cant do WWE. I want to, I have tried... but 3 hour Raw shows are impossible and everything gets stretched out and saturated. Then the Smackdown thing the next night, another 2 hours. I watched Wrestlemania, but it was like 6 hours and I couldnt last, and I think I missed the last 3 matches. The storylines and characters are all very miscellaneous and dull.

I think there is middle ground between promoting safety, and forcing fans to lease "linens" and tailgate chairs they dont need for $600.

So more people will drive to the game, instead of paying the $600 "tax", overpaying for an unnecessary service nobody wants

I just looked it up on Lame Tailgate Guys website The $300 or $600 doesnt even get you food or drink. You can add-on packages later It does get you some pop-up tents, 10 tailgate chairs, 2 tables with linens, and a sign. Not a cash grab at all.

At a Phillies game, I saw an old man get shoved into a toilet by 3 20'-somethings for wearing a Dodgers jacket They also have a fetish with serving Nitrous balloons at all Philly events

Buffalo doesnt really have a lot of great BBQ spots. The best probably comes out of my smoker I would say, the most dependable and best atmosphere is Dinosaur BBQ.

In my experience, there was progress last year in terms of the bus lot. This, imo is more about mandating that tailgate catering company with a shaky pretext of "fan behavior"

Fan behavior has nothing to do with forcing fans to rent tailgating equipment and buying food and beverage from the bills' preferred vendor They formed a partnership with this tailgating carering company last year. Predictably, nobody was interested, so they are trying to force people to support it

Dave Tippett was said to have had a good interview here.

The whole allure of the show/story, is it doesn't fall into that type of age-old storytelling. The favorite characters don't always prevail, they will get killed or captured (or maimed) if put in a vulnerable position. Its clear that the show turned away from that a bit after they exceeded the books, especially with their previous trip beyond the wall in Season 7. We are seeing it go more toward Legolas and Gimli counting their kills. The fact that you can just hire a faceless man to kill the night king, IMO cheapens and diminishes the threat quite a bit. The threat we were anticipating since the very first chapter and scene. They fell from the first battle waged by humans (Hardhome was more of an ambush on civilians). I wouldnt think it would be a good conclusion that the Night King takes over/decimates Westeros... but I would hope for some more carnage outside of just The Last Hearth and Winterfell before they were snuffed out. The story's battles, especially when one side is facing numbers, are always resolved using a degree of cunning and out-flanking the opponent. Moreso the books I think, but what immediately comes to mind is the Whispering Wood, Battle of the Camps, Battle of the Blackwater, Battle at Castle Black I and II, Red Wedding. I have always thought that humans would end up staging the major decisive battle against the Army of the Dead at Moat Cailin, as it is a pinch-point and tactically makes the most sense.

Their zoo is awesome Southern Tier taproom. Their ballpark is awesome if the pirates are in town

in the creation flashback, there was a mountain which was the same here, apparently viewed from the other side when they went beyond the wall last season

to me, the Night King/WW story was not ended in a fulfilling way. mind you, I don't hate it and aren't running around complaining about it all over the net. This is actually the first Im mentioning it. It was kind of "easy" and quick. This was the main threat throughout the books and series. I have a hard time imagining that the war with the Others is going to not be the ending of the books (with a bit of tying loose ends after). There is a whole theme of "Your Marching the Wrong Way" when Robb marches South. Even in the show, for those who are 'woke', there is a whole theme that all the thrones, titles, and lords do not matter. These White Walkers and night king battled a hardy and all-wise race of Children of the Forest for thousands of years to no conclusion. Having Arya just "sneak up" on the Night King and stab him, killing all the WW just feels like a convenient way out. The whole theme is "this is way bigger than titles, and man forgot"... but it changed to "well, I guess this girl took care of that, I guess titles were the bigger deal after all". They didn't develop this over several 1,000s of pages and 7+ seasons so the Night King slips on a banana peel and ends the threat at the first resistance before getting halfway out of the North. Now the last half of the last season, we have the big culmination of the series with the antagonists being Cersei, a non-developed-just introduced Golden Company, and a little developed Euron.

It was an army that attacks only at night and brings blizzard conditions, against a foe, who's primary defense is a massive amount of fire. It will be tough to see.I watched some of it a second time.... and not being all strung out, worried about characters dying, trying to make out faces, which dragon was which, etc... it was a lot easier to view.It was an impossible thing to pull off. Battle of the Blackwater set the standard. Hardhome upped the ante and was an unexpected punch in the gut. Battle of the Bastards was perfection, and probably cannot be topped. I thought they did a really good job looking at all the challenges involved. I think if the Night King raises the dead that time, and it becomes a rout, kills or takes Bran, and a few characters narrowly escape and need to regroup in the iron islands... the positive buzz on this and anticipation would be a fever pitch.

Lord of the Rings is more of a linear fantasy quest Game of thrones is based on medieval feudal lords (in a different world) scrambling for power or survival.

Im enraged I demand they make a new episode, highlighting all the virtues of upstate new york.

I had trouble falling asleep and turned on some of the West Coast showing. Without obsessing about trying to make out faces and worried about who is going to perish, it was much easier to follow and enjoy. The dragon scenes were still a bit choppy though

they kind of crumble

He has a thing with fire that has been ongoing through the series (his life). His bro held his face into the fire disfiguring him and he fears fire. He bailed on the Battle of the Blackwater with all the fire, and again freaked when fighting Dondarrion and his flaming sword (dont remember if that was highlighted in the show, but in the book, his arm caught on fire and he started weeping).

Arya will appear she is going to kill cersei.... but caught by the mountain and broken in half. Hound gets mad and fights mountain. Both die.

I would say easy ones are brienne, beric, and theon.