World Baseball Classic Discussion Thread

[Schiltzberg]

You don't know who the mighty Margaret is? You better pray for her forgiveness now, or you will be her next victim!

Margaret, in NS Sports folklore (used more commonly in the World Cup, but references are everywhere), is the Goddess of Scores. She controls all things random in the scorination of scores. When you need a good result, you pray to Margaret. If you believe you are on her bad side, you pray for forgiveness. Or offer up a sacrifice to her majesty.

The traditional sacrifice for Margaret on the WBC circuit is ducks, as of the miracle at the pond in WBC 35. This is because one of the only RPs by The Great Pond was a one liner about their team being nicknamed that Ducks. That post is here: viewtopic.php?p=27497645#p27497645

The Great Pond's legacy continues! This is the 73rd post in this discussion thread that matches the keywords "The Great Pond."

[Drawkland]

You don't know who the mighty Margaret is? You better pray for her forgiveness now, or you will be her next victim!

Margaret, in NS Sports folklore (used more commonly in the World Cup, but references are everywhere), is the Goddess of Scores. She controls all things random in the scorination of scores. When you need a good result, you pray to Margaret. If you believe you are on her bad side, you pray for forgiveness. Or offer up a sacrifice to her majesty.

I thought that was RNGesus.

Fah! RNGesus is simply a falsehood. Margaret is the one true deity of randomness.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

I thought that was RNGesus.

Fah! RNGesus is simply a falsehood. Margaret is the one true deity of randomness.

Ok you have convinced me, I will pray to Margaret for forgiveness.

[Newmanistan]

Ok you have convinced me, I will pray to Margaret for forgiveness.

Dear Margaret,

Please take it easy on this nation's soul.
For he is young and new to this.
And we need him to (possibly) knock out Super-Llamaland.
After he failed us in doing so last time.

Amen

[Cassadaigua]

Are we the first team to beat Schiltzberg six times a row?
Has anyone even been close to that? #payback #PolancoPower

[Schiltzberg]

Are we the first team to beat Schiltzberg six times a row?
Has anyone even been close to that? #payback #PolancoPower

I believe so. Your team was killing us out there. Deservedly too, because of my lack of participation.

[Drawkland]

Ok you have convinced me, I will pray to Margaret for forgiveness.

Dear Margaret,

Please take it easy on this nation's soul.
For he is young and new to this.
And we need him to (possibly) knock out Super-Llamaland.
After he failed us in doing so last time.

Amen

Don't sleep on the Drawkians

...actually yeah you can sleep on the Drawkians in baseball. Your RP was 100% correct about our baseball NT.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Drawkland, and everyone else in the postseason, I wish you guys good luck!

[Drawkland]

Drawkland, and everyone else in the postseason, I wish you guys good luck!

Good luck Herp! You'll probably end up smacking me but if I get at least one win I'll be happy

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Drawkland, and everyone else in the postseason, I wish you guys good luck!

Good luck Herp! You'll probably end up smacking me but if I get at least one win I'll be happy

Hey, I beat one of the second best team in the WBC last postseason, maybe you will surprise everyone this year?

[Drawkland]

Good luck Herp! You'll probably end up smacking me but if I get at least one win I'll be happy

Hey, I beat one of the second best team in the WBC last postseason, maybe you will surprise everyone this year?

Nahh, I haven't tried nearly hard enough for that.

[-Anthor-]

Drawkland, and everyone else in the postseason, I wish you guys good luck!

You as well Herp!

[Tenburg]

Drawkland, and everyone else in the postseason, I wish you guys good luck!

Thanks, you as well.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Drawkland, and everyone else in the postseason, I wish you guys good luck!

Thanks, you as well.

^^

Drawkland, and everyone else in the postseason, I wish you guys good luck!

You as well Herp!

Aww, thanks!

Hey, I beat one of the second best team in the WBC last postseason, maybe you will surprise everyone this year?

Nahh, I haven't tried nearly hard enough for that.

Well, hey, wait and see.

[Drawkland]

Nahh, I haven't tried nearly hard enough for that.

Well, hey, wait and see.

Three game comeback?

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Well, hey, wait and see.

Three game comeback?

It's possible.

[Tenburg]

Ugghhh.

Saw it coming honestly though. Not so easy to go ham on an rp when you're working full time. But hey, I'll take the rank increase.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Volvo doesn't post TF2 update tonight: Dammit
For context I have 1.4k hours in TF2 and was looking forward to playing the crap out of the new maps

Drawkland ties things up with my team in WBC: Really? Really. Tonight?

Tonight is the night of disappointment.


No offence Drawkland, best of luck to you in the next games, but really this happened right after this is really disappointing.

[Drawkland]

Volvo doesn't post TF2 update tonight: Dammit
For context I have 1.4k hours in TF2 and was looking forward to playing the crap out of the new maps

Drawkland ties things up with my team in WBC: Really? Really. Tonight?

Tonight is the night of disappointment.


No offence Drawkland, best of luck to you in the next games, but really this happened right after this is really disappointing.

Don't worry, I'm just as alarmed as you are. I'm not used to being clutch.

[Cassadaigua]

Ugghhh.

Saw it coming honestly though. Not so easy to go ham on an rp when you're working full time. But hey, I'll take the rank increase.

Working full time, that annoying evil of life. Throw in having having two kids and that's why I didn't have the time!
I really enjoy your RP style, you really do a great job telling the story of your players, and its always the first-person interactions or character stories that I enjoy reading.


Ugh: And for the record, I got four work e-mails, all of which are minor and could have waited to I showed up at the office, while typing this short message.

[Schiltzberg]

And here I find myself in a bottom-half seed up against elimination versus a worthy opponent in the round of sixteen. I knew I should have RPed! *facepalm* Good luck to Ethane tonight!

[Ethane]

And here I find myself in a bottom-half seed up against elimination versus a worthy opponent in the round of sixteen. I knew I should have RPed! *facepalm* Good luck to Ethane tonight!

Good luck to you too. I'm pretty sure you're going to come out on top, but I reckon it will be close.

[Newmanistan]

Interesting factoid: If Schiltzberg and West Phoenicia win today, both the championship series and the 3rd place series from WBC 40 would repeat itself in the second round.

[Equestrian States]

That was a very interesting set of Game 5's to say the least...

[Schiltzberg]

Congrats to Ethane! Knock out Super-Llamaland for us!