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11 hours ago, DMN in the House said:

It was completely unnecessary and tone-deaf, and it doesn't do much to make Tony's detractors look wrong. I already said my piece in The Ring where it probably belongs, anyway.

 

Really loving the Raider's draft thus far. I wouldn't be surprised if Bowers turns out to be the best player in the draft, he has that type of talent, and JPJ should slot right in at guard before moving to center in a few years when Andre James contract is up. Now, if the Raiders can keep drafting well in the later rounds like they have the last few years, things could really come together.

I know the Raiders have been taking flack for drafting Bowers when they drafted Mayer in the 2nd last year.

But he was BPA and 2TE sets are very much a thing. JPJ is a beast too.

Other than the Bears with Williams-Odunze, Bowers-JPJ is my favorite 1-2 punch for opening picks.

Bears offense could be scary...in a good way, for once.

I know I'm on an island here, but I watched the first two episodes and found it really plodding and dull.

2 hours ago, Ruki said:

Good to know that Gongaga is the worst of it. How many chapters are there? I know there are at least 12. 

 

Also, do they ever name the Weapon from Chapter 9? It doesn't look like Emerald or Diamond. 

I think I'm towards the end of chapter 13 and there's just one more to go.

I don't think the Weapon was named, but I might just have missed it.

On 30/03/2024 at 18:04, Ruki said:

I think Gongaga is gonna be the open world area to break me. There are so many dead ends and narrow paths that makes traversing the place just not fun. It took me 15 minutes of wandering around to be able to find my way to one of the towers! Protorelic so I can see more Gilgamesh story and the one that boosts the summon materia, that's it! The reward isn't worth the hassle (especially because I never care about 100% games).

I'm rounding towards the end of the game and traversing Gongaga has been the worst part so far. That and Chadley.

Speaking of players going to a division rival, I'm really hoping Danielle Hunter ends up on the Bears.

Commando.

Won three runs yesterday while I was waiting for FFVII Rebirth to drop.

Two of the wins centered around getting three of a kind or even just pairs or high cards. Got some jokers that really boosted those hands.

The other win was a struggle until ante six where I got a x3 multiplier (rather than the typical + multiplier) joker. At that point it became a cakewalk.

I've been watching a few people play on YouTube though and have no clue how they're stacking eight or nine jokers, all with multiple abilities on them. 

It's so good!

It's here!

I bought Balatro last night after seeing the buzz.

I'm not normally into deck-builders or roguelikes but I downloaded Balatro at 9pm and stayed up until 2am playing it.

Only got as far as ante 7 but just one more go and I'll win...

Is anyone else finding the Junon section of the demo ridiculously hard?

I don't know if I've just forgotten how the combat works or something but I tried one of the Monster Hunter-style quests and got killed. Then I tried the first boss and got absolutely wasted.

It was a level of difficulty that felt decidedly unfun.

So...I might have just neglected most of my life for the last week and blazed through Persona 3.

They did their best to improve Tartarus while staying true to the original but it still felt like a bit of a slog. Other than that though, I enjoyed it a great deal. The story landed better with me now as an adult who's suffered more than a fair share of loss in his life than it did when I first played it in my early twenties.

Koromaru and Aigis in particular got me in the feels quite a few times.

Now back to reading 1Q84 before Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth drops.

It looks amazing but the State of Play also looked like it was going to spoil most of the cool moments from the game so I switched it off after a few minutes.

Not sure if I'll bother with the demo or not as I'm deep into Persona 3 Reload at the moment.

On 28/01/2024 at 01:34, Ruki said:

I LOVED Octopath Traveler 2. Sadly, yeah, the super boss is HARD. I couldn't even get passed the first phase. 

Managed to do it by spamming BP-raising concoctions with Castti, breaking shields with Ochette and using Hikari to dish out mega damage in the first phase. Then hit it with Divine Brilliance from Temenos to finish it off quickly in the second phase.

Most my characters were around level 90.

Managed to polish off Octopath Traveler 2. Going to see if I can get the plat before Persona 3 Reloaded drops but I've heard the super boss is a tough one so might have to leave it.

There were three games we had big leads in going into the final five minutes or so. We should have really finished 10-7 but the playcalling on both sides of the ball got super conservative towards the end of those games.

Hopefully Flus can learn from that going into next season.

17 hours ago, Your Mom said:

I just don't get it. There are some good candidates out there. Why keep Flus? I will say the defense has improved a ton so like maybe he had something to do with that? I honestly don't keep track of what coaches are good at so much as their records and his is bad

GM Ryan Poles really believes in him, enough to hitch his wagon to him. And Bears President Kevin Warren has continually talked about the important of continuity.

The defense definitely improved once Sweat came in and the team never seemed to quit on Flus even during that initial bad run this season.

The ownership is also on the cheap side. They don't really like cutting people loose unless they really have to.

I can understand why they've stuck with Flus but it feels like we're in this endless cycle of drafting QBs to lame duck HCs. And this was a great off-season to get a new HC with so much talent out there (Belichick, Vrabel, Harbaugh and a bunch of talented OCs).

I guess the hope is we land Shane Waldron at OC from the Seahawks with the promise that he'll be given a chance if Flus fails again.

Been blasting through games to clear up HD space before release of Persona 3 Reloaded and Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth.

Persona 5 Tactica, Final Fantasy: Crisis Core and Root Film have all been checked off the list.

Las Vegas Raiders vs Indianapolis Colts 1

Atlanta Falcons vs Chicago Bears 4

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Seattle Seahawks 2

Los Angeles Chargers vs Denver Broncos 3

Green Bay Packers vs Minnesota Vikings 5

He was always a standout in everything I saw him in and Captain Holt was such a great character.

So I've put in about fifteen hours now and I'm really struggling to get into this game. I feel like if I don't save scum, everything just goes to shit really fast.

Some of the battles I win first time, others seem literally impossible and I just have to try and find a way to avoid them.

I'm spending most my time running around the map aimlessly, just hoping to come across a fun mission or something that draws me in and I'm not finding anything.

I think I'm going to take a break and tell myself I'll come back to it...but likely I won't.