NFL players scared of fantasy fans’ Twitter threats

Justin Tucker shortly after making a 61-yard field goal and shortly before being told to kill himself.

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It’s not easy when someone tells you their woe is your fault.

Sometimes, you know it’s their fault, but you can’t find a way of telling them. Sometimes, these people need deep and serious treatment because their view of reality has become distorted.

One such case, certain fantasy football players have lost touch with reality. They seem to think that there’s no fantasy. They believe that everything is for real. They believe that if a player lets them down, that player should pay.

As CBS Detroit reported Thursday, certain fantasists can’t take losing. Yes, they handle losing even worse than Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Des Bryant.

However, instead of storming off and sulking when losing a matchup, they find themselves a suitable scapegoat: the player who has allegedly let them down.

Should you have never been involved in fantasy sports, essentially you pick certain players every week and you score points depending on how these players perform. Your team of p… [Read more]

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Firefly Action Figures in the Works from Funko

There are a lot of adults that collect action figures from various sci-fi movies and TV shows. One of the most beloved science fiction series to hit TV, and not last long, was Firefly. Fox killed the show after only a handful of episodes leaving a lot of geeks angry to this day.

Firefly has been off the air nearly a decade now, but fans are still hardcore about the show. If you’re one of them, news has surfaced that Funko will be making a line of action figures from the show.

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They plan on making big head Firefly Pop! figures, retro style Re-Action figures as well as their more detailed, fully-articulated Legacy series. The company will also to be making Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Arrested Development action figures too.

The Firefly Pop! and Re-Action figures are expected in Spring 2014, while the Legacy figures should hit in late 2014.

[via io9]

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