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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/6/16

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Kylo Ren

1:07

God these comments are fantastic

And I mean fantastically horrible

hscer

1:08

Rob Deer didn't *literally* do that for a decade!

Dan Szymborski

1:08

OK, he figuratively did it for a decade. That's a good point

we're past one o'clock

Let's get the Lightning Round going.

1:09

The rules for the Lightning Round are simple: I must answer every question, no matter how little knowledge or insight I have, so long as it's off-topic. The exceptions are of course, work-related things and things I deem as excessively personal

And this continues until I either catch up or get bored. This isn't a suicide pact, I have other things I have to do!

AND GO

Tom

1:09

Who wins the Dem California primary tomorrow and does it make any difference?

Dan Szymborski

1:09

Clinton by a hair, no

Art Vandelay

1:09

I'm totally down for these endcap expansions for long RPG series, I'm talking about Blood & Wine here, but it reminds me so much of ME3: Citadel. They're just an awesome thank you to the fans of the series, and a chance for the designers to have a little fun and let loose a bit outside of the constraints of the rest of the series.

Dan Szymborski

1:09

I enjoy a little fan service.

1:10

I haven't gotten to sit down with the expansion yet

because Stellaris and Overwatch and Hearthstone and Baseball and going to Baseball

Chuncey Wiggins

1:10

Which overwatch character would make the best baseball player?

Dan Szymborski

1:10

Reinhardt or Genji

Genji is like cyborg ichiro

mtsw

1:10

Thoughts on the Libertarian Party ticket this year? Seems like a lot of room to grow given the major party candidates.

Dan Szymborski

1:10

I wish that was the Republican ticket

1:11

I'm a small l libertarian. I believe in the general principles, but I don't like the topdown approach - parties have to win in the trenches.

hare

1:11

Why no love for SC2?

Dan Szymborski

1:11

Just not big on the setting

Stellaris is unusual for me in that regard

Chuncey Wiggins

1:11

Would you rather yell whenever you had to whisper or fart loudly whenever you had to be silent?

Dan Szymborski

1:11

Yell

Big Joe Montferrant

1:11

With the #1 overall pick the sixers will select?

Dan Szymborski

1:11

Simmons?

m_pemulis

1:11

Do you play Overwatch? Preferred character?

Dan Szymborski

1:11

Yup, I played throughout the closed beta

1:12

I enjoy Junkrat because Demo was my best TF2 class, but I play all the classes.

I'm at least slightly competent at this point with everyone but Winston and Mei

Kylo Ren

1:12

Holy shit your chats are the best they just never end.

Dan Szymborski

1:12

THEY BETTER

hscer

1:12

Whatever happened to chess? Not the game that's having a world champion later this year between a westerner and a Putin shill. Well, yeah that game, but I know it's around. I mean weren't we going to play somehow at one time?

Dan Szymborski

1:12

I think a lot of the people who grew up and would have been into chess are into esports.

STiVo

1:12

Have you read "The Only Rule Is It Has to Work" by Lindbergh/Miller?

Dan Szymborski

1:12

I have not yet, only because I'm way behind on my reading queue

Mark

1:12

Have you requested a non-Cistuli employee of Fangraphs be the one to setup your weekly web-based chat?