I don't really get why they did this. Doesn't really make sense to me. What's the disadvantage in having three subs in the current climate? It's certainly going to give a disadvantage to teams with weaker squads/benches. It's also going to lead to more time-wasting like we already see with clubs often bringing on 1 or 2 subs towards the end of the game just to run the clock down. Now we'll be seeing 2 or 3 subs as standard being made, maybe even more.


Well you would think or expect that, but the first game back being the derby might not be easy, especially away. Maybe they lose or draw that, beat Palace, then lose to City, which wouldn't surprise me with it being away. They're all games I'll be watching though. Liverpool might start to panic if they lose all three of them 

This is just their attempt at squeezing out more money. The trouble is, everyone wants Connor Mcgregor money regardless of whether they're at that level yet. It's also not just how good you are, but how good your opponent is. Nobody really wants to see a great fighter fight a shit one and that will be reflected in the PPV and subsequently how much the fighters get from the purse. 


There are pros and cons to how they're currently employed or contracted. At the moment they can turn down fights for whatever reason. Like Dana said, they're only contracted to offer them three fights per year and they can take them or turn them down without repercussion, but if they become employees then they will likely have to do what they're told and take whatever fights are organised for them. They might not want to take a fight for a myriad of reasons, but when you're contractual obligated it's hard to get out of them without faking some injury or something. The current contracts also allow for price negotiation and that's why some fighters get huge paydays. If they were just made employees of the UFC then they'd likely be paid a salary or would at least likely be forced to take less from the UFC. As you said, paydays will likely be at an all time low right now because of covid, but it's going to be a real big shame if we miss out on fights just because fighters are holding out for massive paychecks that might not ever come.

Liverpool announced their first three fixtures. Scouse derby the first game back then playing City away in the third game:



Palace game should be easy enough for them but the other two away probably won't be. They only need to win two games I believe to clinch the title. Will they manage it within the first three?


Last I read the plan is to start the next season as normal, but I guess things could change once this one is completed. Having an entire season behind closed doors could cause a lot of financial difficulties for clubs, but then again not playing also would. Maybe they'll start to televise more games to make up for lost revenues.

Canadian Dazn has a some Tennis, but I don't know what specific tournaments are covered. It's worth getting an account if you can. I have the Canadian one and did have the German one but cancelled it when Covid started. I'll get it again at some point but football season is nearly over so it's probably not worth it for me until it restarts. I think you can have two people watching at once so it's worth trying to find someone who will split it with you. It's a shame you can't have multiple users watching otherwise I'd share mine.

A post doesn't have to be 'premium' or even long. You can get merit for being helpful, informative or even for being funny and you can do that in short posts. I wouldn't concentrate on actively trying to get merit as this can usually be spotted easily and often has the opposite effect as people tend to not want to merit posts when it's obvious users are just fishing for them. Just post as normal and hopefully you will get some merit over time but it's not really essential other than for moving up the ranks which doesn't really effect your ability to post (though it gets a little faster over time).

You can read more about merit and activity here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=24.0

I'd be surprised if you can get any where near 4k from IPTV. Most games probably aren't even shown in 4k to start with. Setting up a proxy directly on your TV can be difficult and probably impossible on some models, but you can probably do it through Amazon Fire or Roku sticks if they accept proxy apps. I just have the proxy on my laptop and link it to my TV via HDMI and that works fine. Got a new TV right before the lockdown started so I'm looking forward to watch some sports on there.

Yeah, it's not a quality stream so if you're wanting HD it's a no-go. The German dazn shows them. Think it's about £10 a month cancel anytime or about £120 for the yeae. They show a lot of other stuff as well:

https://watch.dazn.com/en-DE/sports/





Yeah, the blackout one looks pretty sleak, though it's hard to see what it is so that's probably why people are looking 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/11751505/coronavirus-sport-live-premier-league-fixtures-f1-ufc/

Dana gave an update on Fight Island on Eddie Hearn's podcast:


I'm glad this is still going ahead with the lockdowns being eased, but there's no word on what fighters are going to be on the card yet. Without some big draws this could be a serious disappointment. With a couple of big fighters it could be huge. I can't see a fighter like McGregor turning up though given the short notice, unless they've been told to train for it for a while. If a big fight was going to take place on there though they would likely have been trying to promote them for a while.


It's not blackmail. It's just standing firm and trying to up your payday. Connor probably does it all the time. I doubt Dana will cave to Jones though. He's not a huge pull anymore.

https://talksport.com/football/712081/which-premier-league-games-watch-fixtures-tv-radio-air-free/


I like how they've scheduled these games so you should be able to watch them all if you wanted. That's how they do it in La Liga. I'm hoping that because they're playing a 3'o clock game they finally do something about the 3PM blackout.

I got a Watford shirt the other day with bitcoin logo on the sleeve and Satoshi printed on the back:



Sponsored by Sportsbet on the front as well obviously:



Pretty cool. Don't know whether to wear it or keep it as a souvenir.


Skybet is showing all the Bundesliga games for free. Think it might be UK only but a proxy will sort you out.

I didn't realise I was joint fifth in the table and only ten points behind second place. That last round must have bumped me up quite a few places. It's pretty close though really and I think even people towards the bottom can still win a place (though they'd have to done consistently well). First rounds back are going to be shaky and I bet we'll see some big upsets until the season gets back into the swing of things.

Amazon is showing their alloted games for free. Shame they only got four:


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8383667/Amazon-Prime-make-four-remaining-Premier-League-matches-free-air.html

Looks like the ones Sky got will be showing most free to air though (you'll probably need freesat to watch them I imagine):

It can be confusing and users changing their name has got me a couple of times in the past, but I'm not against it. In fact, I've suggested it several times as a perk for a new donator rank if they ever get implemented (much like VIPs can do so anyway). It can be beneficial as they're are genuine reasons why someone would want to change their name, but it being seldom done is probably unfair to others who don't get the privilege. That's why I suggested it as a donator perk as people can just pay the fee without having to hope an admin will do it.

Ah, that makes sense. Did seem a bit baffling that they'd play just those two first. As I said above, it seems like they're the only two games that have got the go ahead right now:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11598336/premier-league-fixtures-arsenal-man-city-aston-villa-sheffield-united/



Maybe lay off betting on the first few rounds as they could be unpredictable. There's usually always upsets at the beginning of the league. Maybe even considering backing some of the underdogs.


Bayern will beat most teams in their league quite easily, and so they should, regardless of how long they've been out. For most teams it shouldn't really matter that much and it's something every team has to deal with so it's equal/fair across the board, but we know players/managers like to blame their poor performances on something.

Staff aren't paid a salary per se. If you don't handle any reports then you won't get paid anything. The more reports you handle the more you'll be paid, but it's capped at a certain amount depending on your moderator rank. There's no obligation for staff to handle any or even x amount of reports per month, but if you're inactive after a while theymos will usually remove them from staff. Sometimes he forgets to remove them from specific sub boards though hence why their names are still there, though for other mods if they're not active they certainly wont be getting paid anything.

Lockdown for the general public are starting to be eased now so they'll probably see how that goes. If people can go shopping to malls and supermarkets without much happening then Arenas will probably be ok. Probably a good idea to ease into things though rather than just open the floodgates to going back to normal.


On the contrary, I think those are the only two games that have an official kick off times so far. FA cup resumes on the 27th so there's a week away. Not sure why they're playing those two games first though.

You could last week unless they changed it as I did mine. They might have reshuffled the fixtures of something though.

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/what-channel-premier-league-games-will-be-on-and-how-kick-off-times-have-changed-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-football-restart


It's a shame they didn't let something like Amazon stream them all, or just show them all on BBC/Iplayer. I wonder if Sky will let people livestream their free games.


Are they playing games over 3'o clock on Saturdays? Hopefully they are and this calls for the 3PM blackout to be scrapped, especially if they're going to be showing all the games. They really need to start showing all the games in the UK. Their revenues will only go up if they do.

How do you know he's suffering from this and isn't just a straight up fraudster? I think it's dismissive to disregard what he's doing as some sort of mental health issue when regardless of any psychological issues he may or may not legitimately has he is quite clearly all there and is just trying to pull off an elaborate scam. I'd say this is more to blame on him being a giant fraudster than any potential psychological issue he may have. Him trying to seek glory as the creator of bitcoin is almost certainly just to reap the financial rewards of it rather than just the kudos, though I'm sure he'd love that as well, but I'm sure if he had a choice between the two he'd like much more to enrich himself as opposed to just being known as the creator of bitcoin.

Sure, but someone could have purchased Gleb's accounts behind the scenes therefore they're now arguably the 'legitimate' property of someone else. Proving it would be easy to fake so I'm not sure what would be valid evidence. Currently there's no forum policy on what happens to the accounts of the deceased but maybe now's time to discuss it, and especially the ramifications of what could happen when we allow them to be either locked of transferred, but going by theymos' post below he'll probably largely keep out of it and let the forum police itself on these matters:

It's really not plagiarism but more of a parody or protest of his beliefs of the service (though it wouldn't surprise me if he applied for and probably got denied for the Chipmixer campaign hence the butthurt). I got a laugh out of it at least the first time I saw it and I don't think it's something that is currently against the forum rules (unless it redirects to something nasty).

No, that's not what I'm suggesting.


Well there you go. It's seemingly quite easy to fake an account on there, and that's all my concern ever was and that we shouldn't be merely accepting them as absolute proof of death.


It's common sense to not just blindly believe something that can easily be faked or hasn't been verified. And I don't have a grudge. My concern was always about the damage that could or was being done with his account. You even used the fact that the account hadn't posted in weeks as 'proof' that he was dead but Bruno's account is still alive and kicking regardless of whether he is or not. I mean, I'd love to never mention him or his account(s) again but if they keep popping up trying to scam people then it's going to be a little hard to ignore.


That's not what we're arguing here. This is a thread about Bruno's account(s) being used to scam. The discussion above isn't about whether he's deceased or not but whether an online obituary that seemingly anyone can create is sufficient proof or not.

Except I did do the slightest bit of research, at least to the extent that I went through Everhere's listing process myself. Anyone can seemingly create a listing there without legal verification. The only time I saw you needed to verify the death was if you were collecting donations.

Whilst you're here, do you know if Bruno's family were able to retrieve his coins from his wallet? That would at least cross off one possibility on what happened to his account/funds.