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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Case for Shutdowns, Meltdowns

By Tangotiger, 04:05 PM

Great saber-filled but mainstream-ish article on the case for shutdowns and meltdowns.

My preference is SD minus MD, or SD minus MD per game. Nonetheless, that’s a quibble.

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#1 Tangotiger (see all posts) 2011/04/06 (Wed) @ 16:54

I’m also replying to this article:

http://www.rantsabovereplacement.com/2011/04/06/horseshoes-and-hand-grenades/

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