I need Reddit’s help…I’m not really sure who to share this with or how to accomplish my goal. I am a 49 year old man that has a wonderful best friend turning 50 soon, we have been lifelong friends that have a deep history of memories. He is a big hearted person that I love more than a brother. As with many of us this year, he has had a difficult year, psychologically and financially and lost his dad last month to covid. I thought that for his 50th birthday I would make a book to remind him of all the fun things we have done together during our lives. I was hoping that via the internet/reddit I could find some kids to draw and color pictures of some of the memories I share with my best friend. For any parents looking for a small project to give their kids, I would love it if you could have them draw/color any of these moments. It doesn’t have to be fancy or high quality, just your interpretation of the memory. I will put them together in a book and share it with all of the participants. I really just need the help of the internet to help make this a magical gift….if you could share it with any friends that have kids that love to draw; that would be appreciated. If someone knows of a better place for me to post this, please share…I don’t know where it will spread organically the best…please let me know. I hope I can get participation, I just need
-We played Baseball together as kids
-I saw him break his arm in the outfield of a baseball game and he still remembers how in my shock my defense mechanism was to giggle at the shocking injury
-We jumped on the top of a train and rode it into Fort Worth, Texas once
-We went snow skiing in Taos in College with less than $100 for the weekend
-We went to TCU Horn Frog Football Games as kids and as adults
-We have seen each others baby’s be born 5 Total
-We have been in each others weddings
-We used to eat at Don Pedros Mexican restaurant, we put $1,000’s of dollars of meals and underage beer on his dads tab until we got caught months later
-He was in my wedding that had a White Horse and Carriage bring out my bride 24 years years ago
-We would go to a Country and Western Barn in Fort Worth and end up getting in fist fights with others (always their fault)
-We would drink beer “Milwaukee’s Best” on the nearby golf course and after a few beers we would run and jump into a 30 foot evergreen tree…just for the hell of it…we called it “Milwaukabush”
-We still go skiing every year in Beaver Creek Colorado together
-We went Fly Fishing in Colorado Rivers with beautiful Mountains as the scenery
-We stole and used 2 airplane tickets from my dad (an airline pilot) and flew to Washington DC while seniors in high school for spring break with about $300 between us for 3 nights hotel and food and subway…we made it home with $.95 cents left.
-We checked into our hotel in DC only to find a huge fat man sleeping in our bed
-We went to University of New Mexico to watch my son PD play baseball
-We stopped at Car Henge in Amarillo, TX and spray painted a few of the cars
-Funerals, His Mom’s and My Dads…. we supported each other when we had deaths of one of our parents
-Late night’s drinking wine with is older dad Doctor FRANK. We have stayed up until Dawn sharing stories with his 85 year old dad.
-Going Skinny Dipping in hot tubs with his older dad Frank.
-Multiple times we broke his dad out of Retirement home during covid and took him to a 3 hour dinner of wine, steaks and stories. Usually went to Pappadeaux or Pappas Steak House
-We Rode Scooters in Venice Beach/Santa Monica Pier
-Hanging in Hollywood, going to restaurants and bars and Paramount studios
-We went to World Series Games, 2011 Game 6, Texas Ranger Heartbreaker in St. Louis best and worst night ever
-We often Sit at a bar figuring out life
-In High School we Ran across Football Field with completely full stands w/ Flags and signs that say “Seniors 90”, and “That’s 5!”
-We Rode bulls at CowBell a Rodeo type facility in Mansfield, Texas a few times..
-Sitting in First Class on an airplane trip while in High School we had to tell them your name was Magnum
-We have gone to Mexico/Cancun/Isla Mujeres drove Golf Carts along the beach and drank Mexican beer in gorgeous waters
-We went to The principals office and defended each other and didn’t get in trouble, the principal “Jimmy” was so mad, he knew we did it but couldn’t prove it, threatened we wouldn’t graduate and wold have to go to summer school..but we supported each other and got out of trouble
-We go out on our boat w kids wake surfing behind the boat
-We played Blackjack in Vegas at The Hard Rock all night long once
-Downtown Denver riding scooters through downtown with the MTNs in the background
-Surviving COVID hanging in pool or grilling out with our families
-We rented a bus and took 100 people to Jimmy Buffet Concert
-I’d love a Picture of us growing old together with our kids and grandkids
Also I would love a few pictures of us playing “The Game”. We played a game in high school where we did a lot of crazy things (ate squirrel off someone’s grill, slept in a bed at a department store, crashed a wedding pretending we were in the family, took a swing at the plate of a beer league softball game, streaked an outdoor birthday party …and much more……we would reward each other Points for level of craziness of the stunt. The day of graduation the person with the most points won the $1,000 pot….I believe we tied
Please pick one or two of these memories and draw a picture or ask your kids to help, of your interpretation of it and email me a picture of it to [email protected] I will share the final edition of the book with you and will be forever grateful for your help in putting a smile on a dear friends face that desperately needs a smile during these times.

I need Reddit’s help…I’m not really sure who to share this with or how to accomplish my goal. I am a 49 year old man that has a wonderful best friend turning 50 soon, we have been lifelong friends that have a deep history of memories. He is a big hearted person that I love more than a brother. As with many of us this year, he has had a difficult year, psychologically and financially and lost his dad last month to covid. I thought that for his 50th birthday I would make a book to remind him of all the fun things we have done together during our lives. I was hoping that via the internet/reddit I could find some kids to draw and color pictures of some of the memories I share with my best friend. For any parents looking for a small project to give their kids, I would love it if you could have them draw/color any of these moments. It doesn’t have to be fancy or high quality, just your interpretation of the memory. I will put them together in a book and share it with all of the participants. I really just need the help of the internet to help make this a magical gift….if you could share it with any friends that have kids that love to draw; that would be appreciated. If someone knows of a better place for me to post this, please share…I don’t know where it will spread organically the best…please let me know. I hope I can get participation, I just need
-We played Baseball together as kids
-I saw him break his arm in the outfield of a baseball game and he still remembers how in my shock my defense mechanism was to giggle at the shocking injury
-We jumped on the top of a train and rode it into Fort Worth, Texas once
-We went snow skiing in Taos in College with less than $100 for the weekend
-We went to TCU Horn Frog Football Games as kids and as adults
-We have seen each others baby’s be born 5 Total
-We have been in each others weddings
-We used to eat at Don Pedros Mexican restaurant, we put $1,000’s of dollars of meals and underage beer on his dads tab until we got caught months later
-He was in my wedding that had a White Horse and Carriage bring out my bride 24 years years ago
-We would go to a Country and Western Barn in Fort Worth and end up getting in fist fights with others (always their fault)
-We would drink beer “Milwaukee’s Best” on the nearby golf course and after a few beers we would run and jump into a 30 foot evergreen tree…just for the hell of it…we called it “Milwaukabush”
-We still go skiing every year in Beaver Creek Colorado together
-We went Fly Fishing in Colorado Rivers with beautiful Mountains as the scenery
-We stole and used 2 airplane tickets from my dad (an airline pilot) and flew to Washington DC while seniors in high school for spring break with about $300 between us for 3 nights hotel and food and subway…we made it home with $.95 cents left.
-We checked into our hotel in DC only to find a huge fat man sleeping in our bed
-We went to University of New Mexico to watch my son PD play baseball
-We stopped at Car Henge in Amarillo, TX and spray painted a few of the cars
-We snuck into the Rooftop Bleachers at Wrigley Field and drank free beer until we were asked what Law Firm we represented and were kicked out
-Funerals, His Mom’s and My Dads…. we supported each other when we had deaths of one of our parents
-Late night’s drinking wine with is older dad Doctor FRANK. We have stayed up until Dawn sharing stories with his 85 year old dad.
-Going Skinny Dipping in hot tubs with his older dad Frank.
-Multiple times we broke his dad out of Retirement home during covid and took him to a 3 hour dinner of wine, steaks and stories. Usually went to Pappadeaux or Pappas Steak House
-We Rode Scooters in Venice Beach/Santa Monica Pier
-Hanging in Hollywood, going to restaurants and bars and Paramount studios
-We went to World Series Games, 2011 Game 6, Texas Ranger Heartbreaker in St. Louis best and worst night ever
-We often Sit at a bar figuring out life
-In High School we Ran across Football Field with completely full stands w/ Flags and signs that say “Seniors 90”, and “That’s 5!”
-We Rode bulls at CowBell a Rodeo type facility in Mansfield, Texas a few times..
-Sitting in First Class on an airplane trip while in High School we had to tell them your name was Magnum
-We have gone to Mexico/Cancun/Isla Mujeres drove Golf Carts along the beach and drank Mexican beer in gorgeous waters
-We went to The principals office and defended each other and didn’t get in trouble, the principal “Jimmy” was so mad, he knew we did it but couldn’t prove it, threatened we wouldn’t graduate and wold have to go to summer school..but we supported each other and got out of trouble
-We go out on our boat w kids wake surfing behind the boat
-We played Blackjack in Vegas at The Hard Rock all night long once
-Downtown Denver riding scooters through downtown with the MTNs in the background
-Surviving COVID hanging in pool or grilling out with our families
-We rented a bus and took 100 people to Jimmy Buffet Concert
-I’d love a Picture of us growing old together with our kids and grandkids
Also I would love a few pictures of us playing “The Game”. We played a game in high school where we did a lot of crazy things (ate squirrel off someone’s grill, slept in a bed at a department store, crashed a wedding pretending we were in the family, took a swing at the plate of a beer league softball game, streaked an outdoor birthday party …and much more……we would reward each other Points for level of craziness of the stunt. The day of graduation the person with the most points won the $1,000 pot….I believe we tied
Please pick one or two of these memories and draw a picture or ask your kids to help, of your interpretation of it and email me a picture of it to [email protected] I will share the final edition of the book with you and will be forever grateful for your help in putting a smile on a dear friends face that desperately needs a smile during these times. $5 for a good picture

Warning: This post is full of spoilers.
So, I'm getting ready to play through Wasteland 3. It's not a blind playthrough - I've played a bit (gotten past the Bizarre) already. But, as often happens with games like this, I decided I wanted to go back and start over. I only play Wasteland games on Supreme Jerk.
I'm not using a walkthrough, but I have looked up guidance on how to build characters. Because the information in game is somewhat lacking, and it seems you only end up finding out some things through gameplay. Because lack of documentation seems to be the standard with games these days.
I did not play the game when it was first released. This is because I figured it would be a bug-ridden, unplayable mess. No offense to the devs, but my experience has been that every major game release in the past few years has been this way. It's like releasing the game while it's still in a beta state has become the industry norm, instead of putting out a final, finished, polished product. Same thing with lack of documentation; it's a common, common problem (Kingmaker was the worst offender of this I've seen in the past few years).
Here's what I took away from the guidance:

1. Best weapons categories are Small Arms and Automatics
2. Brawling isn't as OP as W2, but it's still good for stuns.
3. Shotguns rule end-game, but are mediocre until then
4. SMGs rule the day
5. Unless you have a perk you're rushing for, it's better to put your skill points toward other skills and just put enough points in your weapon to use the gear you want.

Here's what I took away from my playing so far. The following statements are my opinions only, and should not be taken as definitive valuations set in stone.

1. The AR hate is overblown. It may not be optimal, but it's not "teh suxxor" and seems perfectly viable, if you want to use it. Useful early on to give the Automatics user a Strike attack that can drop a target's armor, before you get energy options.
2. Melee is frustrating to use, because of the AP cost to close, strike, and then still being exposed. But the frustration can be worth it.
3. Once you leave Colorado Springs, the encounters get significantly harder. I know I'm playing on Supreme Jerk, and this isn't complaining, just sharing observations. Enemies become bloated sacks of hit points, and able to one-shot your team. I'd prefer to play a little more tactically, but this approach to design really does emphasize the alpha strike approach to combat. Skip dialogue and start combat yourself whenever possible (Example: the thieves in Colorado Springs).
4. Most of the Quirks and Backgrounds are basically worthless. The only Backgrounds worth paying attention to are Bookworm (limited, specific use), Goat Killer, Mopey Poet, and Paladin. The only Quirks worth using are Sadomasochist, Serial Killer, Waste Roamer, and Way of the Squeezins.
5. The unique trinkets are nice, but not worth the trade-off; by making custom Rangers, I can be Level 5 when I go to recruit Kwon and create the rest of my party, and Level 6 by the time I pick up Lucia and head to the Garden of the Gods.
6. There are some skills it just isn't worth it to have on your active party. Others have noted this, I'm just agreeing with them. Make your armoweapon mod skill monkeys, your barter specialists, and leave them at base.
7. The ability to create new, custom rangers whenever discourages making "a party" the way you did in Wasteland 2. Instead, planning a party revolves around what Companions you plan to take. For me, this boils down to what playthrough I'm doing. I got contacted by Angela already, so I know there's gonna be a pro-Patriarch path and an anti-Patriarch path (no spoilers for the ending please, I've intentionally avoided them). My pro-Patriarch playthrough is gonna be Jodie Bell, Marshall Kwon, Lucia, and Scotchmo. My "side with Angela" playthrough is gonna be Lucia, Scotchmo, the prisoner Angela told me about (haven't rescued him yet), and I don't know yet. I've seen reference to Pizepi, so I'm hoping I get her early enough for her to work. Companions that come very late in the game are hard to plan around.

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If I was planning a min-max playthrough, I would run 4 custom rangers and 2 Companions. But I'm not. My first playthrough is the Patriarch playthrough. Let's run through how I plan my party.
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I start with two max Charisma bookworms, with Small Arms on one and Automatics on the other. I give one of them (Automatics) Lockpicking and Explosives, and I give the other one (Small Arms) Nerd Stuff and First Aid. I make sure one of them has 2 Perception, and that they each have enough AP to fire twice per round. These characters will be Level 3 before we even meet the Patriarch, and Level 5 after we meet him. I'll be rebuilding them later, as needed, as I redistribute skills when I pick up new characters.
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• Kwon will keep progressing Kiss Ass and Automatics. Later, he'll also become our Explosives expert. We'll get him to 10 AP, then build Intelligence (for crit chance), then Awareness.
• Lucia will pick up Hard Ass and become a second Sniper. We'll put a point in Strength so she gets health as she grows, get her to 9 AP, then build Intelligence, then Awareness before coming back to AP.
• Jodie Bell will keep progressing Sniper Rifles, pick up First Aid 4, and Mechanics 4, and build up Animal Whisperer. We'll be focusing on Awareness, then Coordination, then Intelligence.
• Scotchmo will cover Lockpicking and Sneaky Shit, and keep using Small Arms. When we get him, we'll be rebuilding some of our Rangers as soon as he can take over. We're gonna pump his Charisma up, then Coordination, then Awareness. Anything left over can go into Intelligence.

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The two high charisma bookworms will give us an early edge. By the time we get to the Bizarre, we'll be at least Level 8 or 9, assuming we don't do any other side quests before then. And Level 10 or 11 once we get through "enough" to pick up Scotchmo. We're gonna rush for Scotchmo, so we can start playing with our "Full" party as soon as possible.
After we rebuild them, though, what will our two custom rangers look like?
We'll be ditching one of them for a Brawler. High Charisma, high Coordination, solid Strength scores. Splitting skills between Brawling, Mechanic, and Weird Science. Waste Roamer and Paladin (Evasion is better at avoiding damage, but we're on Supreme Jerk; I prefer the extra crit negation).
The other will be our leader. Up to you what you'd like to have them using. I prefer Small Arms, but Automatics is just as solid a pick imo. Leadership, and Nerd Stuff. High Charisma for the range boost on Leadership, Coordination to use skills and still attack, and Intelligence to make those shots Crit. When we rebuild, we'll replace Bookworm with Goat Killer, and grab Serial Killer.
I'm skipping Toaster Repair because I have yet to see a Toaster I can't go back for later with a custom ranger if I miss it. (I do put 3 points into it on one of the temporary Rangers I make after installing myself as Command, which is enough to get into most Toasters I've seen with the +1 Toaster Repair trinket, but that's a temporary Ranger, and just there for the convenience).
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With that, it's time to start the game. But the important question; how does this party do? Literally everything after this is spoilerrific.
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Ambush Site: First encounter. Take a single shot per round, then choose the defense option. We're really just filling our strike meter while we wait for the Kodiak to be ready, then using it to finish the fight. Pick off the lone Dorsey. Snipe the Dorsey holding Pvt Bell hostage (this is why I didn't bother taking an Ass skill) and treat her with First Aid. Now onto the first "real" fight. Get the drop on them, have your Automatic user be in cover behind the wooden posts (full cover, as opposed to half cover from the fencing) and your Small Arms a bit closer, ready to use the high ground. Take down the one by the barrel first. Open up with a shot by the Automatic, then Strike the melee guy's legs. Have the pistolero finish off the guy by the barrel, then set up an Ambush. Round two, have the Pistol user finish off the one they wounded, then (if they're in range) help the Automatics user take out the Melee target if possible. If not, Strike the arms. Round three should just be mopping up.
Pick the lock on the grenade box (don't bother getting the hostage taker's key, we're milking this for the experience). Then head down and use Nerd Stuff. Go over and unlock the gate, pick up your nice, shiny new armor. Disarm the explosive and get a better-than-starter crap weapon. Go back and use it to butcher the turret for XP. It shouldn't even get a shot off. Grab the loot from the boxes, ammo, medical supplies, etc, and heal any damage as we get ready for the Dorsey showdown.
Dam Battle: Open up by blasting the barrel to the far right, and the one in the middle. Have one of your characters take cover behind the stack of boxes to the immediate left, and the other behind the barrel or the concrete barrier where they start. Take a shot at the guy in the middle with any AP left, or use it to Defend. No one's gonna die on the first round, sadly. The second round, however, people gonna start dying. Have the ranger hiding behind the boxes toss a grenade at the group of 3 Dorseys that are now clustering together, conveniently near ANOTHER explosive barrel (how nice of them) that will go off due to our grenade, doubling our fun. At least one of them should die outright, if not two, depending on how well Mjr. Prasad did in the first round. Round 3 is picking off the injured, unless the rocket wielding Dorsey has run into range, in which case that bugger is the priority target. Use a Strike to take him out if you have to, but kill him quick. This battle took me 4 rounds, and neither of my rangers got knocked unconscious. But one of them did come close in that last round. Euthanize Mjr Prasad, collect Major Tomcat, grab the loot, meet up with Pvt Bell, and hit the Kodiak.
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Ranger HQ: Kill the Dorsey. Thank the Patriarch. Use a grenade on two of the 'bots, then blast the other one. Install yourself as command. But slip a point in Barter first so you can get some extra goodies out of Pappy Buchanan; I went for medical supplies. Both Rangers were Level 5 at this point, so I went ahead and created my team. If they aren't for you, it may be a good idea to pick up a few points from either the Armory (disarming the Explosives 2 wire) or the Med Bay (a body or two should do it). Create the team, then explore the building. Cover the bases; Mechanic 3, First Aid 4, Nerd Stuff 5, Explosives 4, and making sure my temporary Sniper (until I get Jodie Bell) has max Awareness so I don't miss anything. Kill the animals and use them to charge up Strike meters, then get my Leadership Nerd some easy experience. Grab the Toaster Repair trinket and a Token. Let the Refugees stay. Pick a bunch of locks (side note; I plan to leave a lot of locks alone after I leave Ranger HQ, knowing Scotchmo is eventually gonna be my lockpicker, but I don't want to miss any that would be removed after the renovations), inspect some corpses, and grab some Dermal Plating. Repair, then kill the Slicer Dicer for an early energy weapon (here you go, Kwon), then head to the Armory to disarm those tripwires. Head outside, dig up some buried treasure, disarm more explosives at the chest by the gate, and loot the area. Bring Kwon's Kiss Ass up to 4, because we're already Level 5. Now, we're ready to head into Colorado Springs.
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Let's save poor Austin, then help out at the shop, and deal with the thieves in the alley. Along the way, we'll also hit up the Museum. By the time we've done all this, our two bookworms should hit Level 6, and we can quick-level everyone else to their level by removing everyone else, finalizing the party, then re-adding everyone else. Yaaay! Now to go get Lucia.
Oh, right, breaking down those two fights. The shop: Start off with a Sniper round to one of the two in the back, then have the brawler Strike their melee to stun him, get another hit in if they have the AP, then get in cover from the shooters. Use anyone who has a Strike skill to target the Arms of the two shooters, and advance to flank them using the pillar at the side of the table as cover. This combat should be over in 2, maybe 3 rounds. You'll probably take a few hits, but no one should get dropped.
The thieves: This combat is a pain. It's actually why I prefer to make my temporary Sniper a Death Wish sniper, just to make this specific fight less annoying. The main problem is that this is where enemies start having 200+ HP, starting in cover, and there's no good advantageous terrain for much of your combat. And since your characters just aren't that developed yet, this fight can be a slog. Don't bother with dialogue, snipe one of them from a distance and get those who can into cover. Have the melee go to the far side, and toss a turret into the middle of them. Use Strikes to the body to deal with armor (except the melee; Strike his legs in the first round if possible), and focus on a single target as much as possible. It's possible one of your rangers might go down, but if you can down at least one target per round, this combat shouldn't be too bad.
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Now, back to the game. Let's go get Lucia, and burgle the lockup while we're at it. Oh, make sure to give Lucia 3 points in Hard Ass, and the Ranger Star for +1, a point in Strength, and a point in Intelligence. Then we can fix the power to the microwave, disarm the mine at the stall, and go recruit ourselves a doctor (who can, conveniently, patch us up if we had any lingering issues from those fights). Just make sure to loot the rest of the area before we head to...
The Garden of the Gods. Scare the crap out of the Dorseys with Lucia's Hard Ass 4, arrest them, talk Mechanics with Ward, grab the loot from the (no longer frozen) safe, disarm some mines, turn on a generator, you know the drill. Use the PAL and fry some Dorsey trash. The hardest part of this area is that, for some stupid reason, half the time my Explosives person will run onto the mine instead of stopping next to it to disarm it. As for the fights?
The wolves: Plenty of time to set up for this one. Open up with a grenade, have those who are in range when it starts focus fire down the little ones. Those who aren't able to do so should prepare to Ambush. The other little one will probably be dead before the second round starts. It was for me. When the big one charges in and howls, have the Brawler stun them, and recharge on the stunned puppy before you have everyone gun it down. It's possible you'll be able to kill it in one round, but better safe than sorry. Grab your loot, and take up positions on the high ground. Activate the PAL, and enjoy the sweet smell of burning Dorsey. You have such a good position, both defensively and offensively, from the high ground that there's no point reviewing how this battle went. It was over in two rounds. I had my Sniper pick off the distant targets, watched the Amplification device fry a couple Dorseys, and had everyone else focus on the animals. Then grab your trophies, and head to the pit, and watch Lucia get horribly traumatized. Ahh, memories.
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Tame the cyborg chicken (not a euphemism), grab the medical supplies, and prevent Lucia from murdering your new prisoners. Report back to Sheriff Daisy and agree to help out with Faran Brygo. You're probably Level 7 now, or I was on my two Bookworms, so you know what time it is. After quick-leveling everyone (and getting a call from the Sans Luxe apartments; ye gods, I love Ms Wong), it's off to the nightclub, with a special temporary Ranger in tow; one specialized in Barter. Yep, we're gonna count cards. Let's go on into the den of depravity (god, that brings back memories). We're gonna have our specialist count cards at Blackjack for some quick cash, help out the junkie (really I just want the Fuser) intimidate the Local 168 into spilling the beans, loot cassettes and gear from upstairs, and talk to the bouncer guarding the computer. We're not gonna help the poor guy upstairs (yet). When we're ready, it's time to talk to Charlie and inform him we know what's up. We'll agree to deal with MacTavish, and head on out; replacing our Barter specialist with our normal team on the way. There's no way to avoid a fight at the Machine Shop, so we're not gonna try. We're gonna lie, take up good positions, and initiate on our own terms.
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The fight: Get your BrawleMechanic by the generator before the fight starts, and make sure everyone is in cover. Have the Sniper open up by killing (hopefully you can one-shot) two of the thugs. I went for the two distant ones. Disable the generator, then have the Brawler stun the nearby thug. If you're lucky, you might get both the thug and the animal. Hit'em a couple times, then duck back into cover. Next, I had two characters in cover on the left kill the thug that was by the turret, before helping to finish off the animal that did not get stunned (sadly). This just left the stunned thug and the foreman, who got a few shots off, but no big deal. They died quickly in round two.
Time to arrest MacTavish and send him back to Ranger HQ, then loot the place. Now, let's head back to Little Vegas. Let's not tell Charlie anything, and send him on to the Machine Shop to find out what happened for himself, then go upstairs and help out the poor tech guy with some Liquid Time (3 headed circus clown riding a velociraptor in autumn, classic!). Then we can go back downstairs, egg on the fight, and go hack the machine (I just like the humor from that line) even though we have the password, because XP. Now to go and blackmail Brygo into coming quietly, like a good boy. We'll head back, loot the place as we go because this is an area I'm concerned about not being able to come back to. We're gonna skip fighting the 168, because we can't initiate without Kwon going ballistic on us, and the fight just isn't worth the resource expenditure.
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Now, it's back to report our success to Sheriff Daisy, then head back to base to recruit Jodie Bell, ditch our temporary Sniper, quick-level everyone who isn't up to par, and make any further adjustments as necessary. Around this time, I get a call from Gideon Reyes. Excellent. Let's head out to Broadmoor Heights, pick up the quest from him, and repair Lucia's family servitor while we're at it. Let's skip all the rest of the optional bits for now (except grabbing the cyborg chicken and hacking the robot at the Ward's door), until we have Scotchmo. We're not far from that point now. Just pick up the quest from Mr. Reyes, then head out toward the Bizarre. Except...
Damn Heads or Tails choices. There is no real right answer here, for me. I prefer to save the Hoons, though. So let's talk about the Erastus Dorsey fight. I like to take the path to the side before initiating combat, so I have the high ground, and put everyone in cover. I put my brawler near the ladder, my Sniper wherever I feel like it, anyone using Small Arms or who generally have less range in the "forward" area with the second ladder, and the others behind the fencing; SMG user above the nearest Dorsey, anyone using a Rifle further toward the "forward" area. Then I have my Brawler move forward enough to trigger combat, and mock Jarrett's death, then proclaim the Rangers as the harbingers of the Deluge of Blood, not the Dorseys. I open up combat by moving the Kodiak in and having it fire on the Dorsey in range of its guns, then finishing that one off with my Small Arms users. Lucia is still using Small Arms, because she needs more AP before I feel comfortable having her switch to a Sniper Rifle, and because she starts with a pistol that's actually quite good for the point in the game. I have the brawler move into cover by the nearest Dorsey, then stun him, and smack him before choosing Defense for the remaining AP. After that, it's a fairly straightforward firefight. Strikes on Arms to reduce enemy accuracy, and bodies to take out their armor. Use the Kodiak to target enemies in range, priority goes to the Explosives guy, Erastus, their Sniper, and then the dogs. The dogs are a pain, and they're definitely dangerous, but they're gonna take 3 turns to get close. By that time, the majority of the enemies are down in my game; it's really just them and Erastus. Between the Sniper and the Kodiak, he goes down quickly, and it's just another round of focusing fire on the dogs until they're down too.
This is where I stopped for the night. Updates coming later. Feel free to share thoughts, or questions. Update: Part 2 in the comments!

I need Reddit’s help…I’m not really sure who to share this with or how to accomplish my goal. I am a 49 year old man that has a wonderful best friend turning 50 soon, we have been lifelong friends that have a deep history of memories. He is a big hearted person that I love more than a brother. As with many of us this year, he has had a difficult year, psychologically and financially and lost his dad last month to covid. I thought that for his 50th birthday I would make a book to remind him of all the fun things we have done together during our lives. I was hoping that via the internet/reddit I could find some kids to draw and color pictures of some of the memories I share with my best friend. For any parents looking for a small project to give their kids, I would love it if you could have them draw/color any of these moments. It doesn’t have to be fancy or high quality, just your interpretation of the memory. I will put them together in a book and share it with all of the participants. I really just need the help of the internet to help make this a magical gift….if you could share it with any friends that have kids that love to draw; that would be appreciated. If someone knows of a better place for me to post this, please share…I don’t know where it will spread organically the best…please let me know. I hope I can get participation, I just need
-We played Baseball together as kids -I saw him break his arm in the outfield of a baseball game and he still remembers how in my shock my defense mechanism was to giggle at the shocking injury -We jumped on the top of a train and rode it into Fort Worth, Texas once -We went snow skiing in Taos in College with less than $100 for the weekend -We went to TCU Horn Frog Football Games as kids and as adults -We have seen each others baby’s be born 5 Total -We have been in each others weddings -We used to eat at Don Pedros Mexican restaurant, we put $1,000’s of dollars of meals and underage beer on his dads tab until we got caught months later -He was in my wedding that had a White Horse and Carriage bring out my bride 24 years years ago -We would go to a Country and Western Barn in Fort Worth and end up getting in fist fights with others (always their fault) -We would drink beer “Milwaukee’s Best” on the nearby golf course and after a few beers we would run and jump into a 30 foot evergreen tree…just for the hell of it…we called it “Milwaukabush” -We still go skiing every year in Beaver Creek Colorado together -We went Fly Fishing in Colorado Rivers with beautiful Mountains as the scenery -We stole and used 2 airplane tickets from my dad (an airline pilot) and flew to Washington DC while seniors in high school for spring break with about $300 between us for 3 nights hotel and food and subway…we made it home with $.95 cents left. -We checked into our hotel in DC only to find a huge fat man sleeping in our bed -We went to University of New Mexico to watch my son PD play baseball -We stopped at Car Henge in Amarillo, TX and spray painted a few of the cars -Funerals, His Mom’s and My Dads…. we supported each other when we had deaths of one of our parents -Late night’s drinking wine with is older dad Doctor FRANK. We have stayed up until Dawn sharing stories with his 85 year old dad. -Going Skinny Dipping in hot tubs with his older dad Frank. -Multiple times we broke his dad out of Retirement home during covid and took him to a 3 hour dinner of wine, steaks and stories. Usually went to Pappadeaux or Pappas Steak House
-We Rode Scooters in Venice Beach/Santa Monica Pier -Hanging in Hollywood, going to restaurants and bars and Paramount studios
-We went to World Series Games, 2011 Game 6, Texas Ranger Heartbreaker in St. Louis best and worst night ever -We often Sit at a bar figuring out life -In High School we Ran across Football Field with completely full stands w/ Flags and signs that say “Seniors 90”, and “That’s 5!” -We Rode bulls at CowBell a Rodeo type facility in Mansfield, Texas a few times.. -Sitting in First Class on an airplane trip while in High School we had to tell them your name was Magnum -We have gone to Mexico/Cancun/Isla Mujeres drove Golf Carts along the beach and drank Mexican beer in gorgeous waters -We went to The principals office and defended each other and didn’t get in trouble, the principal “Jimmy” was so mad, he knew we did it but couldn’t prove it, threatened we wouldn’t graduate and wold have to go to summer school..but we supported each other and got out of trouble -We go out on our boat w kids wake surfing behind the boat -We played Blackjack in Vegas at The Hard Rock all night long once -Downtown Denver riding scooters through downtown with the MTNs in the background -Surviving COVID hanging in pool or grilling out with our families -We rented a bus and took 100 people to Jimmy Buffet Concert -I’d love a Picture of us growing old together with our kids and grandkids
Also I would love a few pictures of us playing “The Game”. We played a game in high school where we did a lot of crazy things (ate squirrel off someone’s grill, slept in a bed at a department store, crashed a wedding pretending we were in the family, took a swing at the plate of a beer league softball game, streaked an outdoor birthday party …and much more……we would reward each other Points for level of craziness of the stunt. The day of graduation the person with the most points won the $1,000 pot….I believe we tied
Please pick one or two of these memories and draw a picture or ask your kids to help, of your interpretation of it and email me a picture of it to [email protected] I will share the final edition of the book with you and will be forever grateful for your help in putting a smile on a dear friends face that desperately needs a smile during these times.

I need Reddit’s help…I’m not really sure who to share this with or how to accomplish my goal. I am a 49 year old man that has a wonderful best friend turning 50 soon, we have been lifelong friends that have a deep history of memories. He is a big hearted person that I love more than a brother. As with many of us this year, he has had a difficult year, psychologically and financially and lost his dad last month to covid. I thought that for his 50th birthday I would make a book to remind him of all the fun things we have done together during our lives. I was hoping that via the internet/reddit I could find some kids to draw and color pictures of some of the memories I share with my best friend. For any parents looking for a small project to give their kids, I would love it if you could have them draw/color any of these moments. It doesn’t have to be fancy or high quality, just your interpretation of the memory. I will put them together in a book and share it with all of the participants. I really just need the help of the internet to help make this a magical gift….if you could share it with any friends that have kids that love to draw; that would be appreciated. If someone knows of a better place for me to post this, please share…I don’t know where it will spread organically the best…please let me know. I hope I can get participation, I just need
-We played Baseball together as kids -I saw him break his arm in the outfield of a baseball game and he still remembers how in my shock my defense mechanism was to giggle at the shocking injury -We jumped on the top of a train and rode it into Fort Worth, Texas once -We went snow skiing in Taos in College with less than $100 for the weekend -We went to TCU Horn Frog Football Games as kids and as adults -We have seen each others baby’s be born 5 Total -We have been in each others weddings -We used to eat at Don Pedros Mexican restaurant, we put $1,000’s of dollars of meals and underage beer on his dads tab until we got caught months later -He was in my wedding that had a White Horse and Carriage bring out my bride 24 years years ago -We would go to a Country and Western Barn in Fort Worth and end up getting in fist fights with others (always their fault) -We would drink beer “Milwaukee’s Best” on the nearby golf course and after a few beers we would run and jump into a 30 foot evergreen tree…just for the hell of it…we called it “Milwaukabush” -We still go skiing every year in Beaver Creek Colorado together -We went Fly Fishing in Colorado Rivers with beautiful Mountains as the scenery -We stole and used 2 airplane tickets from my dad (an airline pilot) and flew to Washington DC while seniors in high school for spring break with about $300 between us for 3 nights hotel and food and subway…we made it home with $.95 cents left. -We checked into our hotel in DC only to find a huge fat man sleeping in our bed -We went to University of New Mexico to watch my son PD play baseball -We stopped at Car Henge in Amarillo, TX and spray painted a few of the cars -Funerals, His Mom’s and My Dads…. we supported each other when we had deaths of one of our parents -Late night’s drinking wine with is older dad Doctor FRANK. We have stayed up until Dawn sharing stories with his 85 year old dad. -Going Skinny Dipping in hot tubs with his older dad Frank. -Multiple times we broke his dad out of Retirement home during covid and took him to a 3 hour dinner of wine, steaks and stories. Usually went to Pappadeaux or Pappas Steak House
-We Rode Scooters in Venice Beach/Santa Monica Pier -Hanging in Hollywood, going to restaurants and bars and Paramount studios
-We went to World Series Games, 2011 Game 6, Texas Ranger Heartbreaker in St. Louis best and worst night ever -We often Sit at a bar figuring out life -In High School we Ran across Football Field with completely full stands w/ Flags and signs that say “Seniors 90”, and “That’s 5!” -We Rode bulls at CowBell a Rodeo type facility in Mansfield, Texas a few times.. -Sitting in First Class on an airplane trip while in High School we had to tell them your name was Magnum -We have gone to Mexico/Cancun/Isla Mujeres drove Golf Carts along the beach and drank Mexican beer in gorgeous waters -We went to The principals office and defended each other and didn’t get in trouble, the principal “Jimmy” was so mad, he knew we did it but couldn’t prove it, threatened we wouldn’t graduate and wold have to go to summer school..but we supported each other and got out of trouble -We go out on our boat w kids wake surfing behind the boat -We played Blackjack in Vegas at The Hard Rock all night long once -Downtown Denver riding scooters through downtown with the MTNs in the background -Surviving COVID hanging in pool or grilling out with our families -We rented a bus and took 100 people to Jimmy Buffet Concert -I’d love a Picture of us growing old together with our kids and grandkids
Also I would love a few pictures of us playing “The Game”. We played a game in high school where we did a lot of crazy things (ate squirrel off someone’s grill, slept in a bed at a department store, crashed a wedding pretending we were in the family, took a swing at the plate of a beer league softball game, streaked an outdoor birthday party …and much more……we would reward each other Points for level of craziness of the stunt. The day of graduation the person with the most points won the $1,000 pot….I believe we tied
Please pick one or two of these memories and draw a picture or ask your kids to help, of your interpretation of it and email me a picture of it to [email protected] I will share the final edition of the book with you and will be forever grateful for your help in putting a smile on a dear friends face that desperately needs a smile during these times.

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About Whamoo Casino [Full Review]

Whamoo is a brand new, fun-loving online casino that has recently opened its premises for gamblers from many countries around the world. It does however promise to be more than just an online casino, as Whamoo describes itself as a lifestyle and feeling.
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On paper Whamoo sounds like a great online casino. But being a newcomer on the scene, there are of course always some open questions. How reliable is Whamoo? What can you expect from this brand new casino when it comes to the available games? How cooperative is their online help desk? What kind of welcome bonuses are there for new players who wish to open an online account?
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Whamoo is a fully licenced online casino and a safe place for gamblers to put down their wagers. The website of whamoo.com is operated by DialMedia Ltd, a company registered by the Malta Business Registry with number C86642, on the registered address of Depiro Point, Block A2, Triq Mons G. Depiro, Sliema, Malta.
As gambling operator, DialMedia Ltd. fully licensed and regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) under licence number MGA/B2C/542/2018 issued on 10/04/2019.
What does this say about the reliability of Whamoo?
The MGA licence is one of the better ones you can find in the online casino world as Malta is the major European nation when it comes to online gambling. It is home not only to most of the world’s top online casinos, but also to many software providers and other businesses providing auxiliary services in the gambling industry.
A Malta Gaming Authority licence is not handed out with ease, as a company needs to fulfil many criteria before being granted one. The national gambling authorities of this Mediterranean island and EU member state check for example if all games which are made available are indeed fair and honest. They also check whether a company has enough cash reserves to pay out lucky winners of casino games and hold regular audits to ensure that there are no irregularities.
If an online casino has a MGA licence, it means that all the important criteria when it comes to safety, honesty and reliability are fulfilled and that it is a safe place to gamble. For us, the online casino licence is always a first thing we check before we even would consider playing somewhere. With this crucial criteria being fulfilled, we can thus move forward in our Whamoo review and look at all the other things this casino has to offer. And to be honest, the whole Whamoo package looks quite promising! Three of the main selling points of the Whamoo online casino are:

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• Hundreds of games from top casino software developers, including an exciting live casino platform.
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Whamoo clearly sounds like a promising casino when looking at the selling points, but do these points hold up when we test out the casino in real? Let’s continue our review of Whamoo with one of the most important aspects of every online casino: its game library. Which casino games can we find back in the Whamoo game collection? How honest and fair are these games? These are all legit questions which must be looked into before you can decide whether or not an online casino is suitable or not.
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When checking the list of Whamoo’s software providers you can only feel relieved as this brand new online casino only has games from the world’s top casino games developers. Especially for a newly opened online casino it is important to show to the public that you are talking serious – and you can only do that by adding the most popular games from the top software providers to your game library.
It’s not only about fun. Sure, these top software developers are known for making some of the most fantastic video slots, stellar table games. They have the most exhilarating and professional live casino tables to which you can connect in just a few clicks. But it’s more than just playing fun, graphics and game design.
By only having games from the top software companies, you are giving your players a clear message that you are only satisfied with the best quality games. Perhaps the most important aspect is game reliability, honesty and fairness. All games from the top software companies are fully tested and accredited by regulatory bodies. These gaming authorities check whether games indeed turn out completely random results and give gamblers a honest shot at winning. This is perhaps even more important than just a fantastically designed game, as in the end what matters most is reliability and honesty inside a casino.

RNG

The games which can be played at Whamoo Casino all have a piece of code called a Random Number Generator (RNG). With a random number generator, the outcome of every game is completely random and independent from previous results. It means that every card being dealt on the table, all dice which are thrown during a game, and every ball spinning around in the roulette wheel is never predetermined. Let’s put it this way: if you throw a single dice with the numbers 1 to 6 on it, you have indeed an exact 1 out of 6 chance that it will land on your predicted number.
A random number generator is absolutely crucial when it comes to delivering fair game results and giving gamblers a honest chance at winning. By having games from the top software providers, Whamoo makes sure that you can trust the fairness of every casino game you play. The good thing is that not only are the game results subject to occasional audits by regulatory authorities, but that these software providers also pro-actively test their own games to ensure they fulfil the highest industry standards. They hire independent testing agencies such as eCOGRA to check their games, both in virtual simulations and real-time results.
Let’s take a look at the software providers whose games have already been added to the Whamoo game library. As these are some of the best known software developers in the world, chances are that you have heard about some of these names before!
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Also known by its full name of Net Entertainment, NetEnt is one of the largest casino game developers in the world. NetEnt is a Swedish company which was founded in 1996, which makes it one of the oldest companies in the relatively young world of online casino gaming. It is so big, that the company is even listed on the local NASDAQ stock exchange in Stockholm, Sweden!
NetEnt is best known for its vast video slot portfolio, of which many games are also playable at Whamoo. Having NetEnt games in your casino game library is almost a must for every online casino, as besides Whamoo some 300 or so more online casinos have NetEnt games available, which tells you something about the popularity of this company. Just like Whamoo itself, NetEnt has a full gambling licence in the EU member state of Malta, which means that all games are subject to regulatory oversight and can be trusted for their fairness. NetEnt also works closely together with independent testing labs to ensure that their games meet the highest standards.
Some popular NetEnt games which you can play at Whamoo are Jack and the Beanstalk, BerryBurst, Twin Spin, The Vikings, Wings of Riches, Aloha!, Fruit Shop, Jacks or Better, Gonzo’s Quest, Dazzle Me, Wild Bazaar and of course the eternal favourite of Starburst.

PRAGMATIC PLAY GAMES

Pragmatic Play is another major company in the online gaming world. The casino games of Pragmatic Play are always popular with the players, so it is no surprise that Whamoo has chosen to add quite a few Pragmatic Play games to its online collection. Pragmatic Play focuses mostly on online video slots, although they also make some exciting live casino games which are hosted in their own studios.
Being only founded in 2015, Pragmatic Play is a relative newcomer within the game developing industry. Yet in those few years time, the company already managed to reach to top heights with Pragmatic Play being considered to rank among the top game providers. Quality and safety are of immense importance for Pragmatic Play. Therefore, all games are documented and tested by independent auditors and testing labs such as QUINEL, BMM and Gaming Labs.
Popular Pragmatic Play games which can be played at Whamoo are John Hunter and the Aztec Treasure, Great Rhino Megaways, Leprechaun Song, Lucky Dragons, Mustang Gold, The Champions, Vegas Nights, Aztec Gems, Buffalo King, Starz Megaways, Triple Jokers, Magic Crystals, Sugar Rush, Beowulf and many more exciting video slots.
Of course, many baccarat, blackjack and roulette variants are available in Whamoo’s Live Casino which is powered by Pragmatic Play software. You are connected by high resolution video feed to professional dealers and croupiers in one of the Pragmatic Play casino studios where you can experience the thrills of a real life casino behind your computer or mobile phone. It’s almost like you are standing in Vegas!

STAKELOGIC GAMES

Stakelogic is another popular software developer which has added its games to the Whamoo game library. As one of the best-known developers in the software industry, it is always a good sign that Stakelogic games are available to play given that this company has made some exciting video slots.
Using HTML5, Stakelogic games are of course fully mobile compatible, which means you can play them on your smartphone as well. The company has also made some exciting new 3D slots which are not only gorgeous to look at but also wild fun to play. As an off-shoot company from gaming giants Novomatic, Stakelogic certainly is a reputable software developer which can be trusted when it comes to fairness and reliability.
Popular Stakelogic games are Epic Slam, Wild Stallion, Magic Wheel, Super Wild Arcade, Fruit Spinner, Lucky Gems Deluxe, Hot Fruits, Grand Slam Deluxe, Runner Runner, Turbo 4 Player Jackpot, Dragons and Magic, Big 5 Jungle Jackpot, Mariachi and The Big Cash Game.
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Whamoo is an online casino which is not only suitable for gamblers on a tight budget, but also for the true high rollers. You can place bets as low as a few cents, or as high as several thousands of euros or dollars at this online casino. Depending on your game of choice, whether its a jackpot video slot or classic table game, there are countless of options to bet big for maximum excitement and chances of winning top prizes. Further down in this Whamoo review, we will discuss some of the high limit games which are available.
Highrollers should also note that Whamoo comes with its own VIP programme in which you can quickly work yourself to the top category if you bet big. You can get instant access to your own dedicated casino manager and will get invites to high stakes tournaments. There are special weekly cashback bonuses as well for the true high roller gamblers at Whamoo. We will discuss the VIP program more in depth a bit further down this Whamoo review.
For now, let’s take a look at all the high roller games which are available at Whamoo Online Casino!

Endless rows of jackpot video slots

If you are a real lover of video slots you will be glad to hear that Whamoo has several hundreds of online video slots available. Although some of these slots are more suitable for beginning players or those on a tight budget, there are plenty of slots available where you can bet up to 100 euro/dollar per spin. This makes for some exhilarating and thrilling slot game action which will please any high stakes gambler out there!
Of course, Whamoo also has its share of jackpot slots where you have a shot at winning the progressive jackpot which can run well above a million euro or dollar! These premium slots, such as those using the famous Megaways system, offer countless of opportunities to place maximum bets at your video slot of choice.
Check the Whamoo game library whether or not your favourite slot is available as well, or try one of the many exciting new game additions! It is easy to browse through the Whamoo website. You can sort slots by software provider, or use the search function to check for your beloved title.

Join for some high stakes blackjack action

Blackjack has always been one of the most popular games among high rollers and the reasons why are quite clear. You can often bet high amounts of money on a single play and you can as a player slightly influence the outcome of a game as you need to decide whether you want to stand or hit another card.
At Whamoo, there is plenty of high stakes blackjack action. There are both normal blackjack games such as American Blackjack and multihand Blackjack, as well as blackjack tables in the live casino. In the live casino, which is powered by Pragmatic Play software, you can play several blackjack variants. Bets of up to several hundreds of euros or dollars, or even higher for the real VIPs, are possible.
Beat the hand of the dealer and hit that score of 21. Maybe it will be your lucky day playing blackjack at Whamoo Online Casino!

Grab a seat at the roulette table

There is plenty of roulette action at Whamoo as well. You can choose between virtual roulette versions, or opt for a seat at a roulette table in the live casino, where you are connected to a real-time croupier by video feed. Especially in the live casino high bets of up to a thousand dollar or more are possible, making roulette a big favourite among the real high stake gamblers.
Of course, Whamoo Casino has all of the the standard roulette versions of American Roulette, French Roulette and European Roulette. Most of these games are developed by software giants NetEnt.
In the live casino, there is also Roulette Macao Live, where you will be connected to a gaming environment which makes you feel like you are playing in the famous casinos of this Chinese gambling mecca. Live Speed Roulette, Live Roulette Auto and Roulette Azure are popular Pragmatic Play live casino versions of roulette which are available to Whamoo players.
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Whamoo's unique bonus package

One area in which Whamoo stands out as online casino is its great bonus package. Of course, there is a great welcome bonus for newly registered users. But the fun doesn’t stop there! At Whamoo casino, it is bonus day almost every single day of the week. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays the casino has recurring bonus offers if you reload you bankroll on one of those days. This makes Whamoo not only an attractive casino at the moment you sign up, but also at all those moments when you come back to play again.
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The Whamoo welcome bonus

We start of discussing the Whamoo welcome bonus which is called the “Welcombo” bonus by the casino. On a picture the Welcombo might not look too appealing as its packed in a carton takeaway box you might get at a certain fast food restaurant, but trust us on this: its contents are truly fantastic.
The Welcombo box contains a combination of goodies you get with your very first deposit at Whamoo. And what is best of all? You can decide what combo you want to receive! If you sign up at Whamoo for a free online casino account, you can determine your own bonus by adjusting the slide until you have found a combination which matches your idea of a perfect bonus.
This is a great option as it allows people to choose the bonus which best suits them. You can choose between free spins and a deposit bonus – or a combination of both. If you are an avid video slot gamer and do not care much about table games, you may want to slide all the way to the maximum free spins bonus. In that case, you will receive 300 free spins, but your deposit bonus will be 0%. The free spins in the Welcombo package are valid on the popular Amatic Industries slot Book of Fortune.
On the other hand, if you only care about table games and are not really interested in free spins and playing video slots, you want to adjust the slide to the maximum deposit bonus. This is a 100% deposit bonus of up to 200 euro. This means that if you deposit 200 euro of your own money to your newly created online casino account, Whamoo will top this up by another 200 euro from the house! If you select the full 100% deposit bonus, you will however not receive any free spins at all.
Of course, you can also opt for a mix between free spins and a deposit bonus. If you leave the slider in the middle, you will get 150 free spins and a 50% deposit bonus, for example. You can tweak this in any direction you want, for example to a 70% deposit bonus and 90 free spins. The higher your deposit bonus, the less free spins you receive. Want more free spins? Then your deposit bonus will decrease.

Welcombo bonus terms and conditions

Only one bonus is allowed per household and/or per player account. Do note that Whamoo’s bonuses remain valid until seven days after the required deposit has been made. Once this period ends, the bonus is automatically flagged as expired by the system and can no longer be released. The expired bonus funds are then automatically removed from the player’s account.
Of course, there is a wagering requirement which must be met in order to withdraw your bonus money and any winnings which may derive from it. Real money balance is used prior to bonus balance. The bonus balance will only be used when there is no real money available in your account. Only real money funds and released bonus funds can contribute towards the wagering requirement of the bonus. The wagering requirement for the Welcombo deposit bonus and free spins is thirty times (30x) the deposit + bonus.
Do note that players that deposit money using Paysafecard, Skrill or Neteller are not eligible for the Welcombo. To assure fair gaming and prevent fraud, Whamoo has placed a maximum cap on bonus money wagers, which are limited to a maximum per round/bet of €5 or its equivalent in other currencies. You should also be aware that certain games cannot be played using bonus money. There is a full overview of these games on the Whamoo bonus page.
Bets placed in certain games might not contribute fully to the wagering requirements.

• Bets placed on video slots count for 100%
• Bets placed on scratch cards count for 100%
• Bets placed on blackjack count for 10%
• Bets placed on video poker count for 10%
• Bets placed on poker count for 10%
• Bets placed on roulette, baccarat, sic-bo and craps do not count
• Bets placed on live casino games do not count

Recurring bonuses at Whamoo

The bonus fun does not stop at the welcome bonus when you play at Whamoo! You can count on a constant stream of promotional campaigns and bonus offers. The casino has recurring promo offers every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. If you deposit some extra money to your online casino bankroll on one of those days, you are eligible for a bonus. It therefore pays off to wait for these days before you decide to reload your online funds.
On Monday it is Pick ‘n’ Play day to start off the week with some good vibes. On this day, the casino basically tops up your deposited money You can:

• Turn your €20 into €25 with the code 100024;
• turn your €50 into €65 with the code 100025, and/or
• turn your €100 into €135 with the code 100026.

It is even possible to combine these bonuses if you want to deposit a larger sum! Alternatively, you can use the bonus codes of WHPICK5, WHPICK15 and WHPICK35 by putting these into the promo code field on the cashier page every Monday.

Whoa Wednesday

Wednesday is for many a difficult day in the week, it being right in the middle of another long week of work. To spice up things, Whamoo has come with an unusual bonus which it calls “Whoa Wednesday”.
Every Wednesday you get to uncover your secret gift – for free, no strings attached. The casino will add this gift to your next deposit. This can be a bonus, a set of free spins, or even both. You’ll get all the details once you’ve pulled off the cover and logged into your account. You will receive the bonus details and promotional code, which you can use in the promo field at the payment page to receive your hard-earned Wednesday bonus.

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This is an example of fundamental DD that takes place at ‘smart’ money institutions based on my professional experience in IBD, Private Equity & most recently at a HF (mods can message me for proof). Not thoroughly fleshed out b/c you autists have limited attention spans, but a summary. Figured I’d take the time to give back to this community that has provided many lolz, & should be a good measuring stick when evaluating other forms of fundamental DD posted here.
NFA.
DKNG - DraftKings, Inc.: vertically integrated US mobile betting operator that also provides retail sports betting & back-end betting solutions through SBTech. Think of SBTech as the tech ‘market-maker’ for traditional sports betting, they do all the funny math to set the betting odds & seem to be working on back-end solutions for DKNG Casino
The Big Picture

• Total annual US Gambling Revenue: ~$90Bn [1]
  • Casinos: ~$75Bn
  • Illegal Sports Betting: ~$13Bn
  • Horse Racing: ~$0.8Bn
  • Daily Fantasy Sports: ~$0.4Bn

Only ~2% of the ~$90Bn gambling revenues were placed online which is the lowest in the world where betting online is legal. For example, in other countries online gaming activity represents ~6% - ~52% of total gambling revenues, with ~12% being the average.
Wall Street expects online gaming revenue to be $20Bn-$40Bn within the next 10 years. For this to be achieved, the online gambling market will have to achieve a ~30% penetration rate on total country gaming revenues. There is an expectation that this is could be easily achievable given penetration trends overseas - see page 11 of this: https://s1.rationalcdn.com/vendors/stars-group/documents/presentations/TSG-Investor-Day_March-27-2019.pdf
Other catalysts include increasing adaptation of sports betting in more states. States that have both legal sports betting + online sports betting permitted: NV, NJ, WV, PA, IA. Sports betting permitted but no online: DE, MS, RI, MO, AR. Prior to COVID there was ongoing discussions across many States, especially ones with growing deficits to explore how permitting sports betting could create a fresh avenue of tax dollars. Post COVID there is an expectation that these discussions will be given extra focus as many States will be hungry for incremental tax dollars. Important to note that currently 43/50 States allow DFS, but given the small share DFS has on total Gaming Revenues, it increasingly looks like DKNG is banking on traditional sports betting for a variety of reasons, more later. There are entire articles on Google arguing this catalyst so I’ll end this here.
Digging Deeper
DKNG’s main offerings are Daily Fantasy Sports (“DFS”) products & traditional sports book products to its clients. Long story short, a metric to look for in my opinion (that is curiously not reported by management or remarked on) is the hold % in traditional gaming sector parlance or the ‘rake’ & compare it to the ‘traditional’ gaming products like sports betting & Blackjack.
For DFS: DKNG takes ~15% of the prize pool (note: used to be ~6-11% [2]). Curiously, their main competitor FanDuel also has moved up to a ~15% rake recently. Google searches show the smaller competitors have a rake in the ~13% range.
This ‘rake’ has grown ~2x in 6 years, but it has been a delicate move on behalf of management. Why? B/c the more ‘sophisticated’ DFS players (equal to autistic day traders on Robinhood) have noted this increase & based on some Googling, some have moved down market to the smaller players. As a side note, many live casino games have their rules altered to grow the Hold %. For example, Blackjack games with 6:5 payouts on 21 have materially higher Hold % than the traditional BJ rules that pay out 3:2. Given the findings so far, DKNG may not have much room to materially increase its hold % in DFS games in the near-term from current of 15%. More on this later.
Now why the fuck is this important? This is important b/c the typical sports book (ex-Parlays) have a ~5% hold %/rake. Parlays have up to a ~30% hold (which is why it’s commonly known as the sucker’s bet), & just for reference, the average Blackjack table clocks in 14.5%. What this means: Every dollar put into these games, the “House” or DKNG, will take 15% of your money for DFS games, for sports bets they will be pocketing ~5%, up to ~30% if you’re into parlays, & we’ll just use the standard 14.5% BJ hold for the DraftKings Casino platform.
So why the acquisition of SBTech & a foray into the traditional sports gambling market? As you can see previously, the illegal sports betting market is >30x the size of the current daily fantasy sports market. So it’s clear that the DFS providers including DKNG are foraying into the space to capture this user base & hopefully convert them into games that have a higher hold %, such as DFS/DKNG Casino.
As of May 2020, DKNG has achieved a 30% penetration rate on its ~4mm ‘monetized’ DFS clientele to its Online Sports Book (OSB), from the OSB+DFS clientele, DKNG has converted 50% into its DraftKings Casino platform.
Including non-monetized users, user base totals at 12mm. Based on these unit economics: every 1mm of additional users -> 333k monetized users for DFS -> 100k users for OSB -> 50k users for DraftKings Casino.
Some Numbers – Italicized/Bolded the important

• In total, DKNG has DFS paying clientele of ~4mm, the metric management focuses on is “Monthly Unique Payers (MUP)” which spans across DFS & online sports betting***. As of Q1’20 they reported 720,000*** MUPs, representing +16% YoY growth [3]
  • Average revenue per monthly user (ARPU) of ~$41, +11% YoY
    • Based on previous observation of Hold %, looks like ARPU growth will be limited
  • Since ’17, MUP has grown at a ~11% CAGR & ARPU has grown at a ~19% CAGR
  • As a side note: the ~4mm monetized user base was acquired at ~$122/user over 3 years. Total users cost them $41/user over the last 3 years [3].
• They are currently EBITDA negative & Wall St expects them to be positive by 2023
  • I took a dive into the math driving this, here is a summary:
    • Based on their current cost structure they will need to have ~1.7mm MUPs at an ARPU of ~$46 to break-even. This implies total monetized users of ~10mm from ~4mm currently

Numbers that represent Risks to Long Thesis

• DKNG’s user base of ~12mm is on the low end of the sector vs. its ‘brick & mortar’ competitor's user bases (online betting platforms with physical casino presence)
  • CZR with 55mm, MGM with 33mm, ERI with 10mm (in pending merger with CZR, could have a lot of overlap), FanDuel with 8.5mm
  • Is there a concern for increased marketing costs to increase user base? Let’s look at a case study of NJ, the first state to open both mobile & retail sports betting:
    • FanDuel + DraftKings have held 80%+ of the OSB market share since 12/2018 which is estimated to be driven by the conversion opportunity from DFS that is unique to both companies [4]
    • On the flipside, a case study to examine going forward is how DKNG can get OSB customers in a State that does not allow DFS. Nevada. Home to Las fucking Vegas. Prior to NV pushing FanDuel/DKNG out (highly likely due to casino lobbying), NV was a top-15 State in terms of revenue for them. NV is home to the fattest sports book in the US, & recently the gaming commission started to parse the data on sportsbook wagers done online vs. in-person, & it came out to roughly 50/50. It will be interesting to see how they try to capture market share in a state with no DFS
• Long-term EBITDA margin target of 35% requires huge growth in MUPs
  • Based on their estimated '22 cost structure: Holding ARPU of ~$46, MUPs will have to be ~5.2mm, a 7x increase from current to achieve a EBITDA margin of 35%
    • A focus on future earnings will be management's ability to shift to a more fixed-cost structure which would effectively lower the MUP requirement for profitability

Things to look for when going Long
- Progress of additional States legalizing sports betting – specifically, States with DFS already legalized
- Cost structure evolving to a more fixed mix vs. the mostly variable mix currently as this will be the forward figure that determines profitability
- Increasing User Base (Curr.: 12mm) -> Monetized Base (Curr.: 4mm) -> MUP (1Q’20: 0.7mm)

• Management seems to be focused more on the first step, but one thing to note is that the 33% monetization rate is very high when compared to something like League of Legends which isn’t entirely comparable but in 2013 had a ~4% monetization rate [5]. This, combined with the below implies that this conversion rate may be the ceiling for now
• As a side note, ~6 years ago FanDuel had ~300k monetized on an ~800k user base for a monetization rate of ~37% [6]

Share Price Target
Given the cost structure of the company, I’m going to base the price targets around Enterprise Value / Revenues (driven by MUPs & ARPUs).

• MUP sensitivity of 5mm - 6mm
• ARPU sensitivity from $41 - $47 for an average of $44, just a $3 increase from current of $41.
• Share Price targets based on 2.0x - 4.5x EV / Sales.
  • Note: Flutter Entertainment (FanDuel ParentCo) trades at ~3.6x EV/Sales

Bear Case MUP: 5mm -> $20.32 - $45.73
Base Case MUP: 5.5mm -> $22.27 - $50.10
Bull Case MUP: 6mm -> $24.21 - $54.47
These MUPs imply a monetized customer base of 28mm – 33mm. At the high-end, this implies that DKNG monetized customer base will equal MGM’s current total user base.
At yesterday’s close of $43.70, DKNG is trading at 3.5x – 4.5x forward Revenues on an expected >5,000 MUPs.
Share Price drivers / considerations:
- Continued multiple expansion

• Consideration: A 1x premium to FanDuel's 3.6x, implies a ~15% upside to current. They're bigger than FanDuel, do they deserve the premium?

- MUP Growth exceeding beyond targets

• Consideration: Stock currently implies that they should on average be growing at 40% QoQ – during 2018 they had on average +30% growth QoQ in MUPs, marking their best year

Management Team
Jason Robins, 39 – Co-Founder & CEO. Duke BA, started DraftKings from day 1 in 2011. The 2 other buddies he started the Company with are still at DKNG. Dude navigated the Company through the scandal that rocked them in ’15 & ’16, and was the trailblazer in getting DFS labeled as a non-gambling product that enabled it to open in States without a gaming designation. This shit is the stuff that gets people in history books. His accomplishments make him seem like a very competent guy. Has 3 kids now, and only ~3% economic ownership in DKNG but has 90% of the voting power through his Class B share ownership. Also he actively participates in venture investments, sitting on 10 boards.
His comp plan performance bonus target is pretty murky, but main drivers are EPS growth, revenue growth, then a bunch of margin & return metrics, along with share price returns. Overall, very open-ended & it’s safe to say as long as shit doesn’t hit the fan, he will be eligible for his max payouts year over year. I’m assuming the lawyers tried to encompass everything possible for maximum flexibility to justify him earning his max comp as long as DKNG is still around.
Since he’s got voting control of 90%, I’ll end the specific-person overview here, but want to note that they have a very bloated C-suite. 12 folks at DKNG, 8 folks at SBTech, all with C-suite designations. Whereas their main competitor FanDuel, has 3 guys with a C-suite designations & 1 EVP, but is a sub under a larger ParentCo that has its own management team of ~5 guys.
Looking through glassdoor you can see the biggest complaint among employees giving bad reviews is based on management, all of the specific issues they point out IMO are a result of a top-heavy company. Seems like a good starting point to optimize their cost structure, but given Robins' history of sticking this entire thing through with his co-founders since '11 stuff like this doesn't seem to be a part of his playbook. They’re a public company now though, so it’s going to be interesting to see going forward.
TL;DR:
If I were to initiate a position in DKNG, the stock would have to fall to the $35-$37 range for me to be a buyer of the stock, and based on this rough intro analysis I'll be considering Put options if it breaches $50. I would not touch Calls at this level.
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[1] Wall Street Research - 6/27/19
[2] https://rotogrinders.com/articles/bang-for-your-buck-a-look-at-dfs-industry-rake-153302
[3] https://draftkings.gcs-web.com/static-files/8f3a5c5a-7228-45bf-aab2-63604111c48d
[4] Wall Street Research - 5/19/20
[5]https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/223071/Dont_monetize_like_League_of_Legends_consultant_says.php
[6] https://rotogrinders.com/threads/how-many-people-actually-play-dfs-regularly-252044

Going through old issues of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and posting highlights in my own words, continuing in the footsteps of daprice82. For anyone interested, I highly recommend signing up for the actual site at f4wonline and checking out the full archives.
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• Lots of news… next week. There’s some negotiations happening that could make the basis of the biggest story of the year, but nothing’s concrete yet so… Yeah. Turns out to be a bit smaller at this stage than Dave's been led to believe right now.
  
• Interest in Wrestlemania this year looks way down compared to last year. And it’s nothing to do with the Clash. The first Wrestlemania had media all over it, from newspapers to big magazines. The second got a lot of press as well, a lot driven by its major celebrity involvement. Wrestlemania 3 didn’t get a lot of national press, but it was the most successful financially and a lot of Michigan/Ontario papers spent a lot of time on it. This year? Practically nothing. No news coverage, no broad interest by the general public, nobody on the bus talking about the show. PPV means Wrestlemania won’t be a bomb, but it’s not going to be the giant blockbuster Dave anticipated at hitting over $25 million. He still thinks worst case scenario they gross $19 million, but the lack of buzz is going to affect WWF going into the summer.
  
• Billy Jack Haynes and Don Owen’s war for Oregon is the biggest story this week, as two of Owen’s biggest stars just quit on him. Rip Oliver and Mike Miller are presumably jumping over to start with Haynes when he gets going, along with rumors of Kevin Kelly, Chavo Guerrero, Big Bubba, and J.T. Southern. Tom Zenk and Curt Hennig got offers as well, with the latter being billed as appearing for Owens already.
  
• Over on Pro Wrestling this Week, their angle is that Paul E. Dangerously purchased controlling interest in the show and is doing a hostile takeover. Guess the ECW Invasion on Raw wasn’t Paul’s first invasion angle. The show for Wrestlemania weekend will see Paul fire Gordon Solie, Joe Pedicino, and Bonnie Blackstone, and Solie getting fired on air could make the show a collector’s item (well, I can’t find it online so it might actually be). Watch this Danger Zone, because Paul gives a really good early career promo here.
  

Watch: Paul E. Dangerously announces his hostile takeover of Pro Wrestling This Week

• Dump Matsumoto’s final televised match, which aired March 6 in Japan, did a monster 13.2 rating. No doubt that sticks around as the second highest rated wrestling show of the year barring something absolutely amazing and unforeseen happening. Extra impressive, the show aired on a Sunday afternoon out of prime time. The main event saw Dump and Yukari Omori, also retiring, go against the Crush Gals to a no contest where all of them bled buckets. Chigusa Nagayo then grabbed the house mic and requested an impromptu exhibition teaming with Dump, one of her biggest rivals in her career. To Dave’s knowledge they have never teamed together. They went against Lioness Asuka and Omori for five minutes until tv time ran out, with a double pin happening at the bell where both Crush Gals were pinned by Omori and Dump. It’s pretty much tradition in joshi retirement shows that the retiree gets to be put over one last time by their friends and rivals.
  
• This week’s syndicated ratings report (for the week ending February 21) have WWF in 6th place and Crockett in 8th. WWF is at a 9.9 in 245 markets while Crocket’s got a 7.9 in 177 markets, both dropping over a point since the previous week’s report. GLOW has joined in with POWW, AWA, and Pro Wrestling this Week’s syndicated package, so that should probably go back up to the top 15 going forward. A note in Sports, Inc. magazine about WWF ad rates means WWF should be grossing between $15.6 and $18 million this year in pure advertising revenue. Crockett stands to gross around $10 million.
  
• Dave’s hoping to be able to get preliminary ratings info for the recent Saturday Night’s Main Event this issue. It should give a sense on how the general public reacted to The Main Event. If ratings are down a lot, it means that the general public probably got turned off by the whole business with the belt sale and referee twin magic. Ratings for the syndicated shows the week after the Main Event were very good because everyone wanted to know what happened, but the week after that saw a 1.2 drop. So we’ll see if this is a trend.
  
• Syndicators have already ordered 52 episodes of Learning the Ropes, the tv show Crockett’s going to be involved with. It starts in September and a lot of the Crockett main event guys are going to be involved playing themselves. Don’t worry - it’s only going to get the one season, so just 26 episodes exist.
  
• So last week Dave reported about Andre choking Duggan and Duggan bleeding from the mouth, and it really shows the difference between NWA and WWF. Andre accidentally hit Duggan’s lip, which led to Duggan’s tooth cutting his lip and he bled a lot. There was talk of Vince ordering a re-shoot because of how much blood. In the NWA, if there were a similar happening, they’d be ecstatic about all the blood and certainly wouldn’t consider a reshoot. No word on if they will reshoot, but we should know by next week.
  
• [WWF] The Killer Bees have been asked to turn heel. They did an angle during the lumberjack match in Philadelphia on March 12 where they attacked Hogan during his match with DiBiase. Of course, Hogan beat all three up.
  
• Demolition have been doing jobs everywhere, which Dave thinks is a good hint that they win the titles at Wrestlemania. WWF’s booking policy on tag teams has always been to have the future champions job relentlessly until they win, and this looks like more of the same.
  
• [Oregon] Curt Hennig was supposed to wrestle here on March 5, but his back and neck prevented him from working. The AWA Title was held up here pending a Hennig vs. Grappler match, but with Hennig out they subbed in the Assassin as his representative. Assassin beat Grappler, so Hennig is now the “new” AWA World Champion in Portland. Yeah, this is astonishingly dumb.
  
• [Memphis] About the only stuff going on right now of any interest is about the Gilberts. Dave watched the past couple weeks and credits Eddie and Missy Hyatt for breathing some life into the promotion, but there’s nothing on the undercard to really support it. Eddie threw fire on March 19, burning Randy Hales after he expressed frustration with the Gilberts trying to take over. Eddie came out for a match and lost via countout because he was arguing with Hales.
  
• The closest to anyone or anything of consequence happening in Central States was the Midnight Rockers were announced to replace the Rock & Roll Express for their March 17 show. They no-showed.
  
• [WCCW] The March 20 Star Wars show only drew 2,500 fans and started 15 minute late. It then ended at 11 pm (4:45 total length) because they spent so much time delaying between matches. The Simpsons now have both sets of tag titles, Hayes beat Parsons by DQ, Chris Adams beat Terry Taylor by countout when Taylor walked out after getting beaten absolutely bloody, and Kerry retained the world title against Terry Gordy when the referee, despite a ref bump, said he did in fact see Gordy throw Kerry over the top rope. They must make their refs out of tougher stuff in Texas. The Thunderdome cage match in the main event was absolutely bloody, but Dave’s coverage does not make clear who won.
  
• WCCW showed the concert attack on the syndicated show and it came off great. One snag: while the wrestlers brawled, the band just kept playing like nothing had happened. The story so far, at least what they’re pushing, is that Buddy Roberts got drunk and ruined the concert and Hayes won’t speak with him because of it. Meanwhile, Terry Gordy, who came back on March 20, claims to have heard two conflicting stories about Buddy’s drinking. So that’s a fun angle.
  
• Not much going on in New Japan, but they’re pushing a tag team of pirates. One of the pirates is Bob Orton, playing Billy the Pirate. Billy wrestled Inoki on the live Nagasaki tv show on March 4 which drew a 10.5 rating, the company’s highest since December.
  
• Lots of results from All Japan, not a lot of news except for building a big Budokan Hall show for March 27. Tenryu and Hansen will have a rematch for the PWF Title while Brody challenges Jumbo Tsuruta for the International Title. Also appearing during that time period will be Big Bubba Rogers for a four-week tour before he starts with WWF, Tom Magee, and Jimmy Snuka.
  
• Here’s the real scoop with All Japan - rumor has it that somewhere down the road, possibly as early as the summer, they plan to unify the singles titles. That will probably be Tsuruta vs. Tenryu, based off current titleholders. The countdown to the Triple Crown Title begins.
  
• All Japan did a worked shoot take on the Choshu-Maeda shoot on March 5. It was designed to fool smart fans into thinking there’s potential for real violence in Hansen vs. Tenryu on March 9. Tenryu and Hara did a double enziguiri to Hansen, then Tenryu sold his ankle like he kicked too hard while Hansen collapsed, “knocked out.” He sold it super well while Terry Gordy got involved to throw them out so it wouldn’t be obvious why they weren’t trying to get the pin. About 45 seconds later, Hansen groggily finds his feet and goes absolutely nuts, diving through the ropes onto Tenryu and starts beating him with everything he can find and the match goes to a double countout. After everyone else is taken to the back following the brawl in the stands, Hansen roughs up an official and grabs the mic and says “Nobody potatoes me!” which even had Dave fooled for a bit. Tried to find video on youtube, no luck, but this sounds amazing.
  
• TV tapings for the dates after Wrestlemania have been taped, so here be spoilers. Ted DiBiase wrestled both tapings without the belt, so he didn’t win. Savage wasn’t on either taping, and about every other wrestler in the tournament except Hogan (gone for the summer) and Bam Bam (who blew out his knee and may not make Wrestlemania) showed up as a non-champion, so that clinches it for Savage. Also AP Wire picked up the bit from WWF Magazine about WWF Champion Randy Savage. So the two biggest events of the year, WWF has had the news media give away the results. The line in the magazine wasn’t a WWF plant, but a genuine error that made it to print. Beefer also appeared without the belt and Honkeytonk with, while Jimmy Hart had his hair covered, so there’s that result. And Strike Force appeared with the titles, so Dave concedes that he was only 1 for 3 in predicting the big title matches. Not so fast, Dave - you'll get up to 2/3 when the show happens.
  
• [WWF] They’re trying to reboot Ted DiBiase a bit. Heenan’s going to continue being Andre’s manager and they’re going to focus on portraying DiBiase as a good wrestler, not just a chickenshit who pays off the referee to win. They realized fans weren’t taking Ted seriously as a top tier wrestler, which really hurt his drawing power, which should have been much more given the level of push, gimmick, and ability he has.
  
• Also coming up after Wrestlemania will be a feud between Rick Rude and Jake Roberts. Rude’s gimmick is going to be kissing a planted woman in the audience each night, and on a tv show he’ll kiss Jake’s wife, which will set up the feud. Dave finds it amusing how in the old days they did everything they could to portray the wrestlers as single out of fear of losing women as fans and groupies.
  
• Several closed-circuit sites for Wrestlemania are being closed due to poor advance sales. WWF is now going on record that closed-circuit is the past and ppv is the future. Dave’s talked to people all over the country this week and it seems people just aren’t into the tournament concept. Maybe this is where Vince’s reputation for hating tournaments stems from?
  
• [AWA] Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond won the AWA tag titles from the Midnight Rockers at the Vegas tapings on March 19. Adrian Adonis no-showed the taping, along with more than a half dozen others, including a new manager they were bringing in from Florida called Diamond Dallas Page. Well, that's sure a way to make your rewind debut with a bang.
  
• [AWA] Stan Kowalski won’t be in to manage, apparently, but to do “Big K’s Corner.” Should be as entertaining as Paul E.'s Danger Zone is, just like Baron Von Raschke is as entertaining as Takada.
  
• [AWA] Verne even had a GLOW tag match featuring Queen Kong, Hot Rod Andi, Malibu Doll, and another Dave didn’t catch the name of. Correction from last week: Kong didn’t wrestle as Mount Fuji in GLOW, but as Mathilda the Hun. Anyway, Dave quips that yes, this is indeed wrestling for serious fans, no gimmicks like the NWA and WWF. There was another women’s match between Debbie Combs and Olympia which was awful, since Olympia still doesn’t know what she’s doing. It was originally supposed to be Madusa vs. Olympia for the title, and then changed to a number one contender’s match, but that seems to have been tossed out since Madusa was in Debbie’s corner with her arm in a sling to cover for the real reason she was out: cosmetic surgery the results of which are fairly obvious.
  

Watch? Debbie Combs vs. Olympia

• AWA’s world title build up to the March 19 Hennig vs. Wahoo McDaniel match sure was a rollercoaster. Zenk was supposed to have a non-title match at the February taping and a title match at this one, but he quit the day before the taping. Two weeks of promos hyping the match up after the non-title match that never happened, including hyping up how good Zenk looked at the shows he didn’t appear on. Then the commentators talk about how Wahoo now has the title match, because “as everyone saw, Hennig injured Zenk” and have since claimed it was a broken arm or leg. Not even World Class has gone so far as to claim that everybody saw something that never actually happened.
  
• Remember two weeks ago when Stampede had its best match ever? They did it again on March 12 but even better. Owen and Bruce teamed with Benoit, Pillman, and Jason the Terrible against Steve DiSalvo, Makhan Singh, Jerry Morrow, Great Gama, and Johnny Smith in an elimination cage match. Supposedly this was a five star classic to be sure. Another match in Edmonton that never made tv and thus is impossible to find.
  
• More on Paul E. taking over Pro Wrestling this Week. They’re going to announce this week that he takes full control on June 1.
  
• The New York Times ran an article on Thunderbolt Patterson and his new career as a blue collar labor organizer in Atlanta.
  

Read: Ex-Wrestler Fights in a New Arena

• Saturday Night’s Main Event drew a 10 rating and 30 share. It’s a good rating, but definitely lower than previous ones and shows that The Main Event didn’t really add to their viewing audience. In the Bay area specifically, the show only managed a 5.5 rating, while in Dallas it was a 4.
  
• There’s talk of Jerry Jarrett working with Mike Graham to open a Florida promotion and they’ve already talked about getting Gordon Solie to do tv. Jerry does not appear to open a Florida promotion until 2002, when he opens up TNA.
  
• Bruno Sammartino did a candid interview about WWF on a Pittsburgh radio show. Dave’s hoping someone who taped it can send him the tape so he can hear it.
  
• Ted DiBiase is now using the cobra clutch as his finisher.
  
• Billy Jack Haynes’ new promotion has a name: The OWWF. That’s the Oregon-Washington Wrestling Federation, and they’ll also be running a wrestling school starting April 4, with Brad Rheingans and Haynes as coaches.
  
• Blackjack Mulligan won a legal case where he was sued for punching a business partner during an argument in 1986. His defense was that it was self-defense, and the jury believed him. Mulligan’s lawyer was so good he even got the accuser to say he felt sorry for Mulligan. As part of the proceedings, evidence turned up that recent bad business deals and a heart attack have pretty much kept Mulligan out of wrestling and even put him in such bad straits that he may lose his house.
  
• Two readers write in suggesting Dave start a letter-writing campaign so fans can put pressure on cable companies to show the wrestling they want to see, like New Japan or All Japan Women, and ditch wrestling they don’t want (like Financial News Network running NWF). Dave says rather than tell people what to write and organizing it the way these two are suggesting, he’ll start getting network addresses and publish those so fans can voice their genuine opinions if they choose to. Dave thinks writing to FNN, ESPN, or Tempo and requesting a specific show or thanking them for running a show they do run could have some influence if readers do this in numbers. As for The Nashville Network, which does sports all day Sunday and was brought up as an option by one letter, the owner doesn’t want any wrestling on his station. You’re gonna have to wait for ECW to hit TNN in 1999, fellas.
  
• We’re a week out from Clash and the NWA has only announced four of the matches for the show.
  
• Dave saw the NWA’s March 16 show in San Francisco, which drew surprisingly well at 4,500 fans who were very enthusiastic for the show. Nothing spectacular here, even the FlaiSting match only gets 2.5 stars. The night before they were in Reno for their first show out there and drew so poorly that you can probably expect them not to come back.
  
• The new TBS Sunday show for NWA has the wrestlers excited because they get a nice bonus for appearing. The main event participants split a $7,500 bonus, which is huge if you’ve got a singles main event, and the semi-main splits $2,500. The show will be called NWA Main Event, and will have a three match format with interviews and become the new C show of Crockett’s syndicated package. The bonuses should especially keep the heels happy despite being asked to do jobs on tv, at least in theory. Dave predicts a lot of good matches and mostly disqualification finishes.
  
• NWA is planning a July ppv Great American Bash with Flair vs. Luger, but that’s in the 60-day window before WWF’s August show. Ted Turner’s supposed to clear athe ppv market up for them, so we’ll see how that goes and we can probably expect a free WWF countershow on USA at that time.
  
• [NWA] The Fantastics had a match against the Midnight Express that went 37 minutes and took up basically the entire episode of NWA Pro from this week. It looked like a heated match from what Dave saw on TBS, and he puts over how hard the Fantastics are working to get over. Dave would rather watch guys like the Fantastics who may not quite be the best but bust their asses to give you action than more talented guys won ego trips who don’t give you anything. The Fantastics vs. Midnights might just be the best series of matches going on in North America right now.
  

Watch: NWA Pro March 26, 1988
NEXT WEEK: Wrestlemania and Clash of the Champions, Crockett in negotiations with Ken Mantell of World Class, Magnum T.A. gets physical on tv again, and more