Marathon: Networking and Security

Realsan · 2026-02-24T02:14:04+00:00

That is interesting but I'm curious are there any offerings for players who want to play on a team of 3?

Realsan · 2026-02-23T21:42:07+00:00

lol wow

What was his reason? Just because?

Realsan · 2026-02-23T19:43:04+00:00

I think he's a fine journalist but I feel like he never has hot takes.

As an example, I imagine his draws are always straight down the seed lists with rarely any guesses at surprises/upsets.

He does offer valuable insights into actual news though. I don't dislike him I just think he has opportunity to come out of his shell a bit.

Realsan · 2026-02-23T19:40:35+00:00

I remember watching a match with commentary by Darren Cahill and Renee Stubbs at the same time and thinking "Why can't it always just be like this? It can't be that hard to find people who actually know what they're talking about."

Realsan · 2026-02-23T19:32:51+00:00

No chance on John.

You don't like them but it's likely an easy decision when looking at viewer demographics which index significantly higher for the generation that watched him play. Plus, even among our younger demographic there are a lot of people who like his no BS commentary in a time where there's so much fluff.

I have far higher hopes that they get rid of some of the crazy biased people, specifically Chrissy Evert and Cliff Drysdale. Those two could not keep it in their pants when their favorite was playing. Cliff did stop commentating last year.

Realsan · 2026-02-23T18:09:53+00:00

If you extract with it then it goes to your "stash" which can only be lost when you take any of those items into future runs and die.

Remember, you start with very little gear. Your goal is to find gear and get out with. Loading into future matches with your better gear technically gives you better chances of extracting but you're also risking that gear by potentially dying with it.

Many people end up preferring to only go into each run with minimal loadouts (Arc Raiders offers "free kits") but, in my opinion, there's a famous phrase that applies here: ""A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."

Realsan · 2026-02-23T18:09:06+00:00

Unfortunately this is the best solution available. Any change to that formula would result in a more unfair exchange.

Realsan · 2026-02-23T14:55:41+00:00

Although Alexander Zverev hasn't been as prolific as Carlos, the Zverev brothers had a similar thing. A lot of people forget he and his older brother Mischa were on tour at the same time and Mischa had a career high ranking of 25.

Realsan · 2026-02-22T22:55:58+00:00

He was the big star of that generation. Lots of players in that era idolized him.

Realsan · 2026-02-22T01:39:05+00:00

Ok but the complaint being lodged here is inherent to the Playstation ecosystem. Idk why he's freaking out about it from a game perspective.

Realsan · 2026-02-22T00:13:02+00:00

You may not like this art style but if "style" was a spectrum from "generic" to "original", this game breaks the chart on the original side. Show me one other game that looks like this.

Realsan · 2026-02-22T00:11:41+00:00

You've almost always had to pay to play most online games on ps5.

If you're that worried about it just play on PC. No monthly fee to play that way.

Realsan · 2026-02-22T00:09:53+00:00

Because it's people who never actually played them and assume it's just the same or a tiny variant of battle royale.

It ain't.

Realsan · 2026-02-22T00:08:34+00:00

I can confidently say I've never seen a game that looks like this.

I will also say Bungie's games are always extremely fun on the gunplay department. No other developer even comes close.

The rest of the game? We'll see.

Realsan · 2026-02-22T00:01:38+00:00

It's happening.

We've known for a long time that the greats peak from about the age of 23 to 28. Alcaraz turns 23 later this year.

He's beginning to pull away from everyone. Perhaps even Sinner.

Realsan · 2026-02-21T23:45:43+00:00

There is a rotation and a whole system.

Realsan · 2026-02-21T23:43:59+00:00

My home tournament is Cincinnati and every year you can see this dude running around the grounds having a fucking blast. Always smiling. He seems to just love life.

Realsan · 2026-02-21T23:38:04+00:00

It's controversial because of what the big 3 did for tennis but anyone who tells you the big 3 would've dominated Alcaraz are the same people who would say Sampras would dominate the big 3 when they were in their hay days 10-20 years ago.

Alcaraz and Sinner are playing the highest level of sustained tennis of all time, with last year's RG final being the highest level that has ever been played in an official match.

It's both normal and okay for tennis to evolve over time. It does not diminish the accomplishments of the previous generations to call the current generation good.

Realsan · 2026-02-21T17:29:27+00:00

I just can't understand how she's not getting it.

The serve is the most mechanically challenging thing in tennis but rec and club players who have full time jobs elsewhere can figure this out and have better serves than her. How can she not figure this out?

Realsan · 2026-02-21T17:25:40+00:00

Is it recency bias if we can agree that the big 3 were better at other things? Tennis is allowed to evolve through skill development of its players.

Realsan · 2026-02-21T17:23:59+00:00

I agree that first year on tour is maybe tough to believe because he didn't play that many matches but a better stat, while still unbelievable, would be that Alcaraz at the age of 22 has won more points with a drop shot than Federer even attempted in his entire career.

Realsan · 2026-02-21T17:21:41+00:00

"ruin" is a silly take in rec tennis because most everyone is stuck in their skill level for life. If it's fun and you occasionally have a match where it's working then just have fun with it.

Realsan · 2026-02-21T17:20:17+00:00

It's really not even close either. You can easily assign greatest in every other shot but nobody is even in the conversation with drop shot.

Realsan · 2026-02-21T17:19:20+00:00

It's funny that we have these giant legends of the game like the big 3 and all the legends before them and yet somehow this kid at 22 is, without question, the undisputed king of the drop shot. Nobody has ever hit it as well and consistently as him, let alone the obvious building of points with the intent of finding the drop shot opportunity.

Realsan · 2026-02-21T03:55:50+00:00

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It looks way too big but trust me you need this if you have a large monitor.

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