the reffing in game 2 of boston/carolina is a fucking embarrassment and I straight up stopped watching it after that no-goal.

Don't think this really counts as a "rumor" but it isn't news (yet) so I dunno I'll hedge my bets and post it here:

That sounds like borderline entrapment but I'm not a lawyer so I'm not gonna say anything else about it

I think most of the team games are fine, it's really just Egg Scramble and Fall Ball I have a problem with. Egg Scramble feels like it goes on for too long, like you already know who's going to get eliminated almost a full minute before it ends and if you're on the losing side it really doesn't feel good to basically be stuck watching a clock tick down just so you can lose. That and it's basically just a worse version of Hoarders, where instead of trying to bounce balls between your zones you're spending the entire game trying to dig out two or three eggs from one team's little hole and spend most of the time getting stuck on the steps because you need momentum to get out while carrying eggs and you can't really build that you when you keep bumping into other players.

Fall Ball on the other hand wouldn't be that bad of a game on its own, but when you factor in that you only ever play it in the semifinals, it has a bad habit of happening damn near every time (at least for me, it sure feels like it anyway) before the finals, and it constantly happens when the teams are uneven in size it leads to a lot of feel-bad moments where you haul ass just to lose out before the finals due to being short a player. They need to lower its occurrence or make it so it only happens if there's an even number of players (assuming nobody disconnects before the game is selected, anyway.) I guess this might be alleviated in the long run if they add more semifinal-ish games but as of right now if a game goes into four rounds before the final it seems like it's literally either just that or tip toe.

And while I'm complaining about games there is one other that I really don't like, Perfect Match. Granted, that kinda has the opposite problem where it's way too easy and nobody ever gets eliminated, so it just feels like a waste of time. I dunno how you'd even fix that with the way the game works at the moment.

5OT, like the third or fourth longest game in NHL history (with most of the games ahead of it being from way back in the 30's mind you). What an intense game of hockey. Don't even care for the Blue Jackets or Lightning but I gotta respect that.

Finally got my first win, and of course through every single round I only qualified by the skin of my teeth and even in the final (Hex-a-gone) I literally won as I was falling to my death.

Just gonna say right now that the Wii U doesn't get anywhere near the respect it deserves (yes I am arguing it's better than the NES) and that the Genesis is probably gonna get robbed because the N64 is by far the worst console of its generation with by far the weakest library.

I'm coming to the conclusion that I have a chronic case of always being the bridesmaid since I can very consistently get to the final, and usually come inches from winning but I've yet to win a single crown.

@dmcmaster Wouldn't get your hopes up yet

@tokyoslim trying to recoup losses? look at the recent sonic or scooby doo movies on amazon video. they cost far less to rent and still less than mulan to just buy outright digitally.