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001. “Pull over. Let me drive for a while.”

002. “It reminded me of you.”

003. “No, no, it’s my treat.”

004. “Come here. Let me fix it.”

005. “I’ll walk you home.”

006. “Have a good day at work.”

007. “I dreamt about you last night.”

008. “Take my seat.”

009. “I saved a piece for you.”

010. “I’m sorry for your loss.”

011. “You can have half.”

012. “Take my jacket, it’s cold outside.”

013. “Sorry, I’m late.”

#014. Fated to End Up (Dying) Together // (1/1) > 2,073 words

Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Mature

Archive Warnings: Creator Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Pairing: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug — LadyNoir

Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Tikki, Plagg, Alya Césaire (mentioned), Nino Lahiffe (mentioned), Gabriel Agreste (mentioned)

Prompt/s: "Can I have this dance?"

Summary: Ladybug and Chat Noir will always find each other, no matter how far apart they are. Always falling in love, even if their fate always end in a tragedy.

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015. “I made your favorite.”

016. “It’s okay. I couldn’t sleep anyway.”

017. “Watch your step.”

018. “Here, drink this. You’ll feel better.”

019. “Can I hold your hand?”

020. “You can borrow mine.”

021. “You might like this.”

022. “It’s not heavy. I’m stronger than I look.”

023. “I’ll wait.”

024. “Just because.”

025. “Look both ways.”

#026. let me fix this // (1/1) > 1,602 words

Fandom: Dream SMP

Rating: Teens And Up Audiences

Archive Warnings: Major Character Death

Pairing: Alexis | Quackity/Karl Jacobs/Sapnap — c!Karlnapity

Character/s: Karl Jacobs, Sapnap, Alexis | Quackity, Clay | Dream (mentioned)

Prompt/s: “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.”

Summary: "I'm sorry—" Karl's voice cracks, voice trembling while he holds Sapnap in his arms, the pool of blood spreading further. "I'm so sorry, my love—" He couldn't stop it–

"Fuck." Quackity cursed through gritted teeth while tears were rolling down his cheeks. They were going to lose their fiancé and they couldn't do anything about it. Dream has gone who knows where, the only one with the knowledge of the revive book. "Fuck!"

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027. “Try some.”

028. “Drive safely.”

029. “Well, what do you want to do?”

030. “One more chapter.”

031. “Don’t worry about me.”

032. “It looks good on you.”

033. “Close your eyes and hold out your hands.”

034. “That’s okay, I bought two.”

035. “After you.”

#036. It's Over // (1/1) > 3,050 words

Fandom: Dream SMP

Rating: Teens And Up Audiences

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Pairing: Alexis | Quackity/Karl Jacobs/Sapnap — c!Karlnapity

Character/s: Karl Jacobs, Sapnap, Alexis | Quackity, Dream SMP Ensemble (mentioned)

Prompt/s: “We’ll figure it out.”

Summary: Karl stands still, blankly staring at the destroyed Egg while the blood vines are withering away as it disintegrates into nothing. He doesn't look anywhere else, afraid that The Egg will come back to life and command those in control to kill the remaining members in the server.

But when he turns around and looks at his fiancés, all he can think about is that everything will be okay now that he's with them.

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037. “Can I kiss you?”

038. “I like your laugh.”

039. By Your Side Until the End // (1/1) > 1,010 words

Fandom: QSMP | Quackity SMP

Rating: Teens and Up Audiences

Archive Warnings: Major Character Death

Pairing: Jaiden Animations & Roier

Characters: Jaiden Animations, Roier

Prompt/s: “Don't cry.”

Summary: Roier is holding her hands like she'll disappear from his grasp and she doesn't understand why.

She's right here.

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040. “I made this for you.”

041. “Go back to sleep.”

042. “Is this okay?”

043. “I picked these for you.”

044. “I’ll drive you to the hospital.”

045. “What do you want to watch?”

046. “You can go first.”

047. “Did you get my letter?”

048. “I’ll do it for you.”

049. “Call me when you get home.”

050. “I think you’re beautiful.”

051. “Are you sure?”

052. “Have fun.”

053. “Sit down, I’ll get it.”

054. “I made reservations.”

055. “I don’t mind.”

056. “It brings out your eyes.”

057. “There is enough room for both of us.”

058. “You don’t have to say anything.”

059. “Wow.”

060. “Happy birthday.”

061. “I’ll pick it up after work.”

062. “It can wait until tomorrow.”

063. “Cross my heart and hope to die.”

#064 - the mark of a camellia // (1/1) >

Fandom: Bungou Stray Dogs

Rating: Teens and Up Audiences

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Pairing: Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya

Characters: Nakahara Chuuya, Nakajima Atsushi, Oda Sakunosuke, Sakaguchi Ango, Armed Detective Agency Ensemble, Port Mafia Ensemble

Prompt/s: “It's two sugars, right?”

Summary: Chuuya still hopes to meet his soulmate despite not meeting them at least once for the past twenty-two years. But what happens when a writer enters his life and he gains his soul mark at the same time?

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065. “I’ll help you study.” - BSD

066. “Stay over.”

067. “I did the dishes.”

068. “You didn’t have to ask.”

069. “I bought you a ticket.”

#070 - only for the night // (1/1) > 1,224 words

Fandom: Bungou Stray Dogs

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Pairing: Nakahara Chuuya/Dazai Osamu

Characters: Dazai Osamu, Nakahara Chuuya

Prompt/s: “You're warm.”

Summary: There's only one bed and Dazai's being stubborn, not wanting to sleep in the same bed as Chuuya. Little did he know, he doesn't have a choice in this.

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071. “No reason.”

072. “I’ll meet you halfway.”

073. “Take mine.”

074. “We can share.”

075. “I was just thinking about you.”

076. “I want you to have this.”

077. “Call me if you need anything.”

078. “Do you want to come too?”

079. “I’ll still be here when you’re ready.”

080. “Is your seatbelt on?”

081. “Sweet dreams.”

082. “I was in the neighborhood.”

083. “Stay there. I’m coming to get you.”

084. “The key is under the mat.”

085. “It doesn’t bother me.”

086. “You’re important too.”

087. “I saved you a seat.”

088. “I’ll see you later.”

089. “I noticed.”

#090 - My Journal Entries // (1/1) > 6,682 words

Fandom: Original Work

Rating: Mature

Archive Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Pairing: Original Female Character(s)/Original Female Character(s)

Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Child Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Original Characters

Prompt/s: “You can tell me anything.”

Summary: To whomever may find this, I have already been turned into a zombie or I lost this journal.

I hope it's not the latter; this journal is something very dear to me.

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091. “I hope you like it.”

092. “I want you to be happy.”

093. “I believe in you.”

094. “You can do it.”

095. “Good luck.”

096. “I brought you an umbrella.”

097. “I’ll pick you up at the airport.”

098. “Take a deep breath.”

099. “Be careful.”

100. “I love you.”

Chapter VII: Danse Macabre - The Hands of Fate

Blood and Cinder (6)

(JUN 23 - 2021)

Transcription:

(039-1) L: "A most exquisite body... shame"

(039-2) <immaculate and untainted strides the Knight>

(039-3) T: "Oh good, it's Godfrey's lapdog - THAT BITCH"

(039-4) L: "Salutations Gentlemen"

(040-1) L: "I believe you still hold something in your possession that BELONGS TO US, isn't it so... SALVATORE..."

(040-2) R: "That's rich comin' from you - 's far as I know, that's MY hand on your arm doin' the pointing here. The Name's REAH, Sunshine."

(040-3) R: "By the way: I WANT THAT ARM BACK, CUNT!"

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oh these are a lot of headcanon questions omg,,,

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Tagging: anyone who sees this and wants to do it!!! :D

001. When is their birthday? - may 31 002. Do they do anything to celebrate their birthday? - he... celebrates felix’s birthday 003. Does your character like coffee better, or tea? - out of the two choices, he’d pick tea at the moment. he’d probably develop more of a taste for coffee as he gets older though 004. Do they prefer being alone or with others? - he desperately wants to be with others, but also finds himself alone a lot so it’s like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 005. Are they in good health? - mmh physically, yes. mentally? debatable. 006. What sense do they most rely on? - touch ig? 007. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist? - optimist :’)c 008. What is their favorite fairy tale? - cinderella 009. Do they believe in happy endings? - yep! 010. Do they believe in love at first sight? - yeah but he hasn’t experienced it

011. How would your character court the person of their dreams? - he’d shower them in affection and also thoughtful gifts 012. What makes your character embarrassed? - being wrong, which is often around felix 013. Have they ever been bullied or teased? - oh yeah definitely 014. Detail one secret shame your character feels. - he has thoughts of. sort of. ‘rebelling’ against his family. he’d never go through with it, and he’s ashamed of thinking of it because family’s supposed to stick together, right? no matter how bad it gets. no matter if they’re the ones making it that bad. 015. Are they most likely to fight with their fists or their tongue? - tongue 016. What is their choice of weapon? - anything he can use to his advantage 017. When does your character think that violence is justified or deserved? - if it stops more people from getting hurt if the other person can and will continue to hurt others. also, in self defense. 018. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What do they do? -he’d. freak out and hide in bed 019. If they could have a superpower, what would they choose? - healing powers, mostly to use for other people,, 020. What are their hobbies? - singing, playing the uke, reading, doing whatever his brother is doing 021. How do they display affection? - physically and verbally. he’ll hug anyone, brush his hand against theirs, hold hands, etc. and constantly says ‘i love you’ and compliments people a lot! 022. What is the most beautiful thing they’ve ever seen? - the,, sunrise once when he was having a bad night and ended up being unable to sleep so he snuck out. he looked up for a moment where he was hiding, and being away from the house and most of the light pollution, made the colours of the sky that much more pretty 023. What do they consider beautiful in others physically? - smiles! 024. What do they consider ugly in others physically? - nothing 025. What do they consider beautiful in others personality-wise? - compassion, sympathy, patience, confidence 026. What do they consider ugly in others personality-wise? - apathy, cruelty, aggression, remorselessness, shallowness 027. What is their idea of perfect happiness? - being loved by the people he loves 028. What makes them laugh out loud? - stuff,,, that makes him laugh out loud if it’s funny enough i guess,,,,,,, 029. What sort of sense of humor does your character have? - usually light stuff, probably internet memes and vines, but also self deprecating stuff 030. Do they believe in the afterlife? - yeah a little 031. Are they superstitious about anything? - no 032. Does your character believe in ghosts? - yeah kinda 033. Do they keep their promises? - yes!! 034. What’s their view of lying? - it’s. useful when you absolutely have to. if it’s to help someone, or allows someone to avoid getting harmed especially if it’s for yourself. lying for no reason, or doing that to hurt people is a big no no though 035. What is the most important rule your character lives by? - stay kind despite everything 036. How honorable is your character? - he’s typically pretty honorable i guess?? 037. If your character saw someone drop a large sum of money and  knew that they could probably take it without anyone noticing, what would they do? - return it to the person,, he’s already loaded he doesn’t need More, and also it’s mean to just steal it 038. What bad habits do they have? - tends to internally beat himself up every time he does one little thing wrong. apologizes for literally everything. 039. What do they think is the worst thing that can be done to a person? - being manipulated and have their emotions played with 040. What is their obsession? - music! 041. Are they comfortable with technology? - yeah ofc,, he grew up surrounded by technology, especially since his father owns a company that deals with technology 042. What is their greatest achievement? - he tried writing a little song on the uke once, and he kinda proud of that,, his greatest achievement would be something that made his family proud of him, but that probably hasn’t happened yet 043. What will they stand up for? - his brother, parents, and friends 044. What disgusts them? - really rude people, people who are spoiled, mean things, also being handed chewed up gum is Gross 045. Does your character have any chronic medical conditions? - not really? 046. How do they handle getting sick? - he just Deals With It and tries to get better as fast as possible so he can stop being so useless 047. What was the last medical problem your character had? - probably just a common cold 048. Do they have any allergies? - no 049. How does your character feel about growing old? - hopeful. maybe things will get better when he and felix get older. 050. How does your character feel about their own mortality? - s. scared,, 051. If they knew they would die tomorrow, what would they do today? - probably cry for a while and cling to felix and tell him he loves him,, same @ his parents and also his classmates even if he doesn’t know them all too well 052. What is your character’s worst flaw? - his passiveness 053. What is your character’s greatest strength? - his resilience 054. Does your character want power or authority of any kind? - lol definitely not 055. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert? - i,,, feel he’s an extrovert forced into introverted situations?? 056. Has your character ever struck someone in anger? - nope 057. Has your character ever killed anyone? - indirectly, only in other timelines 058. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day? - just one day where he’s happy and he’s with his family without any hostility or coldness between them. no yelling, no comparing, no scolding, just love. 059. List several phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did they pick them up? - there’s,, not really anything specific he’s fond of saying? he does tend to say stuff like “yes, felix.” after being told to do something and “sorry, felix!” a lot. mostly after being berated by felix, obvi 060. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning? - he enjoys it! it’s fun learning stuff, whether he does well with it or not 061. Does your character prefer adventure or safety and security? - he... lowkey wants adventure but he’s much too scared to step out of line from what his parents want so he remains safe and secure, being the obedient boy he always is. though, he does sneak out Occasionally, and that’s a bit of his rebellion coming to the surface 062. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind? - he doesn’t really want to leave behind anything. he just wants to be known as a good, kind person. and he just wants his family to care about him and be proud of him; he doesn’t care much about what Other people think when he’s gone 063. How well does your character handle difficult people? - he endures them,,,,, 064. In what ways does your character annoy others? - by being himself. by screwing up. by apologizing too much, and never disagreeing with his brother. 065. Is your character better at leading or following? Which do they prefer? - following, to a fault. he prefers it more than being a leader, but something about his situation makes him feel Pretty Bad despite that,, 066. Does your character prefer city life or being out in nature? - nature 067. Does your character believe in fate or destiny? - kind of, but not too much 068. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility? What kinds of things trigger it? - it’s pretty strong. he feels like he has to own up to his name, being heir to applesoft, and has to make his family proud of him. being told how useless and stupid he is can Sometimes trigger him to Try Even Harder 069. What about your character is heroic? - his sense of morals, and ability to keep going despite lack of support most of the time 070. What about your character is cowardly? - the fact that he’d follow anything his brother says. he’s much too passive, and his morals can be swayed just to prove a point. he allows things to happen even when it’s bad; he’s a bystander to himself 071. How kind is your character? - he tries to be kind whenever he can! being mean makes him feel awful,, 072. In a Dungeons & Dragons game, which class would your character be? (wizard, fighter, bard, priest, ranger, etc.) - bard or paladin 073. In a novel, what plot role would your character fill? (hero, anti-hero, sidekick, villain, etc.) - sidekick probably. either that or literally a tertiary/background character, is what he thinks he’d be 074. What is your character’s favorite game? - ,,,anything that’s felix’s favourite game 075. Is your character ticklish? - yeah lmao 076. How do they express anger? - being standoffish, heavy sarcasm, calm and collected on the outside while he’s seething on the inside 077. How often do they cry? Over what? - he cries a lot,, over a lot of things, mostly about seeing himself as a failure and disappointment. also when felix berates him he’ll usually cry after that 078. How emotionally stable is your character? - hmm he’s,,, getting worse,,,,,, 079. How easy is it for them to read the emotions of others? - pretty easy honestly! 080. How easy is it for others to read your character’s emotions? - it can vary; some days he’ll be pretty good at hiding his feelings and appear perfectly fine, others he Just Can’t Do It 081. Is your character religious? - nope 082. What are your character’s sleeping preferences? - sleeps on his side, curled up, with Many pillows and a heavy blanket,, he probably has a stuffed animal (or many?) and hugs All of them 083. What is the first thing they say and/or do when they wake up? - he just gets up, gets ready, does whatever felix wants him to, etc 084. Describe your character in one word. - trapped 085. Describe your character in three words. - full of potential 086. How would your character describe themself in one word? - disappointment 087. How would your character describe themself in three words? - kind, trying, loving 088. Is your character quiet or loud? - quiet 089. How vocally expressive is your character? - he’d be more expressive if he wasn’t silenced all the time by felix. that being said, not very 090. How bodily expressive is your character? - not very 091. What type of music does your character like? - pop, indie, acoustic music, anything else if it Sounds Good 092. What emotion does your character evoke in others? - i mean. a lotta muses i’ve been rping with feel sorry for him so-- 093. What is your character’s goal in life? - to do something that will make his brother and parents proud of him,, 094. Name three things most would not expect your character to be able to know. - how to avoid all the security situated in his house?? he, sometimes, literally breaks out of his own house without anyone knowing - how to read, how to do smart kid stuff mostly because he’s always painted as the “dumb twin” - the secrets of applesoft? i guess? why tf does he and felix just carry around the chemical used to make applegate’s pills lmao,,,,,, anyway bottom line, ted knows that chemical was used to make the pills. he probably knows more things than he lets on too.

095. Name three things most would not expect your character to be able to do. - he’s capable of sarcasm - planning the demise of one of his classmates - can play the ukulele Pretty Well for his age

096. How do they move and carry themselves? What energy do they project? - passive, unsure, meek, unconfident. he Tries not to slouch, but he doesn’t quite stand up straight enough either. constantly seems to subconsciously make himself small, always stands a little too off to the side, usually comes off as nervous and anxious. moves quickly to try to not waste time. 097. How well do they adapt to change? - not too well, but he doesn’t let that show 098. Does your character like animals? - yeah! 099. Do they talk to inanimate objects? - sometimes, mostly just his stuffed animals. or apologizes to stuff he bumps into. 100. Does your character dream? If so, what do they dream about? - yeah, usually random things. sometimes it’s happy, and a good escape from his actual life. sometimes it’s nightmares. sometimes he doesn’t remember.

Schlocktoberfest IX - Day 15: Star Crystal

Schlocktoberfest IX – Day 15: Star Crystal

  Star Crystal (1986)

Trailer:

*Spoilers Throughout*

Mission Log: Some actors who thankfully never worked again are stranded with a blob of alien Play-Doh aboard a ship that never seems to go anywhere.

Here are some of my observations during playback:

Whatever budget this movie had, none of it was put into the main credits.

We’re…

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Throwback Thursday: "Mystery Science Theater 3000" at Mary Washington College!

Throwback Thursday: “Mystery Science Theater 3000” at Mary Washington College!

As I’ve shared here at the blog before, “Mystery Science Theater 3000” was a pretty big part of my college experience.  MST3K parties were the best.  I honestly believe that I have literally never laughed so hard in my life.

I’ve previously linked to the priceless episode where Joel and the ‘Bots skewer Joe Don Baker and 1975’s “Mitchell.”  Below are three more that were the unofficial required…

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The 50 Best Indie Games of 2017: #30 — #21

The 50 Best Indie Games of 2017: 30 — 21 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #Game #PS4 #Xbox #Switch #Steam #iOS #Android

2017 was a strong year for indie games, and we’re highlighting 50 of the best games to come out this year. Here’s the definitive IND13 list for 2017.

2017 was the year indie games found a new home: the Nintendo Switch, the home console-portable hybrid that has broken all expectations. 2017 was also a year marked by many controversies in the video games industry, but indie games paddled forth past…

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Anas exposé: How the GFA President shot himself in the foot

Kwesi Nyantakyi&#039;s reputation has suffered a major blow following Anas exposé

Sometime last year, Kwesi Nyantakyi, in order to prove a point that the Ghana Football Association (GFA), which he heads, is an institution of integrity, made an announcement at a summit he organized to sanitize the association.

He said that to curb bribery and corruption in the game of football in the country, a sum of GHC 20, 000 will be given to people who could provide evidence to support their claims.

The GFA had also said in the past that they would be glad to hire the services of the multiple award winning investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas to investigate and expose corruption within the FA, but little did they know that Anas would spring up on the institution unannounced. The masked crusader released his latest work, dubbed Number 12, on Wednesday and Thursday at the Accra International Conference Centre, Accra.

Football has been the passion of many Ghanaians since time immemorial. Kwame Nkrumah used football as a tool in his desire to achieve a united Africa. It was through him that the first African Champions Cup, currently the champions League, was held for the first time in the 1964/65 season, with Ghana as the host and his own club, Real Republicans, who had won the Ghanaian topflight league, representing the nation.

Ghana never looked back. The domestic top flight was exciting in the 1960’s, 1970s, 1990s and early 2000s, with clubs benefitting from a strong league by excelling on the African continent. It reflected on the number of titles they won on the African continent: Asante Kotoko have two Champions league titles, while Hearts of Oak have a CAF Champions League and a Confederation Cup title to their name.

Ashanti Gold, though having never won a continental trophy, were one of the first two clubs to play in the maiden CAF Champions League final in 1997. Ghana also won all of its four Africa Cup of Nations titles during that period with about 98%  of the winning teams recruited from the domestic league: 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982,

However, the league took a nose dive in terms of its strength and competiveness after the early 2000’s.  Many believed it was due to the GFA’s over-concentration on national team at the expense of domestic football. While the Black Stars qualified for three consecutive World Cups, the league, supposed to be the FA’s core mandate, continued to weaken in terms of quality and patronage.

Nyantakyi’s tenure has seen few successes in local football. His major critics use that against him and draw comparison with his predecessors, saying the league was way more exciting in ages past.

It is true that lovers of domestic football in recent past saw the likes of Joe Debrah for Kotoko and Shamo Quaye for Hearts of Oak, talented sportsmen who generated excitement in the league during early 1990s and early 2000s. There was also the all-conquering team of Hearts of Oak team who won the Ghana Premier League for a record six consecutive times. Interestingly, some of us don’t credit the FA Presidents of those eras for those successes.

Indeed, back then, there was the presence of great players in the league who managed to attract supporters, but that changed with the influx of agents to lure players into accepting to play in less attractive leagues in the world, resulting in a major drain that dulled the league.

The major bane of the era of domestic football decline was the exodus of players in greener pastures, so they didn’t last long enough on the domestic scene to thrill fans. It wasn’t so before then. Thus I laugh it off when people commend GFA Presidents for the attractiveness of the league during the 1990s and early 2000s. There were dark elements to our game back then - hooliganism, match fixing, bribery, injunctions et cetera - but I believe the quality of play sort of compensated for that.

Hearts of Oak, for instance, were lucky to keep the same players for a period of two to three years because the was a ban on transfer of their players by Bright Akwetey, who was then battling the management of the Phobians after he’d left office as the board secretary of the club. That continuation with regards to their squad base helped with their subsequent success.

I believe that the major challenge clubs face in Ghana is their inability to keep players due to financial limitations. Ghanaian clubs thus need to get people with sound financial backing to inject monies into the running of football in the country.

Kwesi Nyantakyi is the best GFA President in my books after the great Ohene Djan, but the recent revelation in the Anas expose has left me speechless.

I am of the opinion that Kwesi Nyantakyi could have done more to promote the development of domestic football in Ghana. Although, as I have alluded to earlier, the local league struggles with financial investment, I still believe Nyantakyi had a responsibility. I believe he could have put in place proper financial management to enhance the financial capabilities of the clubs to keep some of the quality players on the domestic scene.

The clubs didn’t see significant financial boosts from the various sponsorship they acquired for the league under Kwesi Nyantakyi. The sums of money that have gone into the payment of agency fees for league sponsorship contracts has robbed the clubs.

The Anas expose revealed that the Ghana FA President received a $15m Ghana Premier League sponsorship proposal from a Tiger Eye agent posing as an investor. Nyantakyi, rather unfortunately, suggested that 20% to 25% of the money - amounting to the region of $4.5m – be paid to an agency that he was going to form as brokers of the deal. All this, at the expense of Ghana Premier League clubs, who would have sang hosanna for landing a mega sponsorship deal.

I have heard the PRO of Zylofon Cash say that their $10m sponsorship of the Ghana Premier League, which took effect in the latter part of the first round of the ongoing season, was a walk in – meaning there was no agent or deal broker. However, there were reports that an agency facilitated the deal, and that they were going to receive 7.5% of the $10 million dollars.

The most shocking aspect of the Zylofon cash deal was that neither the GFA nor Zylofon confirmed the amount that was involved and the breakdowns, shrouding a cloak of secrecy on it all.

I can only imagine the amount of agency fees that have fallen into the pockets of wrong persons for the past years if the number 12 scenario had happened in previous transactions.

I have a lot of doubts in my mind, and I am beginning to think retrospectively about the infamous Mid-see saga, which became the talking point when GLO handed the Ghana Premier league a $1.5 sponsorship. Mid-see, all of a sudden, popped up as the agency that facilitated the deal and got away a chunk of the sponsorship money at the expense of the clubs.

A few years later the Black Stars secured a mega $3m per annum sponsorship from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to sponsor the senior national team of Ghana. It was understood to be a walk in sponsorship, but as usual agency fee came up, and at a point, the then board chairman of the GNPC, Atto Ahwoi, even threatened to withdraw the sponsorship. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) backtracked and went for the sponsorship without any agency fees wired into the accounts of unknown individuals.

The First Capital Plus Bank Sponsorship for the Ghana Premier League in 2014 might have suffered the same fate and the Zylofon Cash sponsorship may also be the latest casualty.

I almost forgot the ten year StarTimes sponsorship deal. The GFA president left the country with the idea that the deal was a five year, yet it ended up being a ten year deal and the Executive Committee members and the club owners were later informed of the deal. According to Cudjoe Fianoo, the erstwhile CEO of AshGold and the current Chairman of the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), he never set his eyes on the StarTimes contract and the same goes to the other top officials of the GFA.

The 16 clubs are the losers when whopping sums are paid to mysterious individuals who for all we know may have made no efforts to ensure the sponsorship was secured. I believe that when any official of the GFA facilitates a sponsorship deal, he does it for the GFA in exercising the mandate that the so called football people have given him or her.

The Ghana Football Association over the years has been criticized as being corrupt and having a poor administration. Sports journalists like Patrick Osei Agyemang ‘Countryman Songo’ and Dan Kwaku Yeboah have been fierce critics of the Kwesi Nyantakyi led GFA.

The criticisms against the GFA reached its height after Ghana were kicked out of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil at the group stage amid issues of delay in the payment of appearance fees, which compelled the Black Starts to boycott training ahead of their final group game against Portugal.

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The Ghana government set up a committee to investigate the events, before, during and after Brazil 2014 Mundial that might have triggered Ghana’s shambolic performance. The findings of the Commission of Inquiry revealed that a whopping amount of over $500,000 was shared amount the members of the Black Stars management Committee headed by Kwesi Nynatakyi during the tournament. The FA President appeared before the Commission and explained how the amount was shared and it was further revealed that even a deceased member on the committee received his share of the amount. The Commission was not impressed with the accounts rendered and so were many Ghanaians.

Ghanaians’ love for the Black Stars has since suffered a major setback, and confidence in the Ghana Football Association has been at an all-time low.

Kwesi Nyantaky in one of his speeches said that in Ghana it is perceived that people who run football are thieves, and that that perception was false.

Well, Anas appeared like the biblical thief in the night and validate that perception.

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Several football administrators dared Anas to bring evidence and they got it. The documentary has spawned a full blown crisis.

No wonder the government in response has decided to take steps to dissolve the GFA and is ready to face the consequences, including a FIFA ban. The damage done is drastic and has inspired an equally drastic response

Nyantakyi has also been slapped with a 90 day ban by FIFA, after Anas Aremeyaw Anas petitioned the world football governing body to look into the matter.

I would have wished to see Kwesi Nyantakyi go higher and higher in his career as a football administrator, having assumed power as the second in command at CAF and having had the opportunity to serve on the FIFA Executive Council.

And with all these feats coming at a young age of 49, he was well on course to becoming the first African to ascend the throne of FIFA Presidency in the near future.

Let’s see if Nyantakyi can still fight his way out of this scandal that had handed his reputation a major blow.

In the end, hopefully, the truth will stand.

source https://www.newssplashy.com/2018/06/anas-expose-how-gfa-president-shot.html

Robert Oberst&#039;s Rep-Crazy Strongman Workout

The first time Robert Oberst rambled into a strongman-oriented gym, he knew instantly what he was born to do. Although at 6 feet 8 inches tall and well over 350 muscular pounds, he may have been the last to realize what everyone around him already knew.

"A buddy of mine was an amateur strongman who was just obsessed with the sport," Oberst recalls of that fateful day in 2012. "He kept begging me to come try it. So finally I did, and the first time I ever touched the log, I broke the amateur world record for the log press."

To be sure, the former high school, collegiate, and Arena league football player was no stranger to weights. But unofficially cracking a world record the first time he hoisted a log? That got his attention. Before long, he experienced his first strongman-contest thrashing.

"I got my ass handed to me, but I had so much fun," Oberst chuckles. "I was hooked."

What he wasn't so keen on was losing.

"The competitor in me is just not willing to suck at something,"...

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