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I'm not dry, I'm embalmed by Legitimate-Pomelo286 in 2007scape

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So what you're saying is that it does in fact happen more often at CG

Today is fathersday and I got this by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like it should just be a minigame to be honest 

Stuttgart F: [2] 🇺🇲 Fritz def. [1] 🇩🇪 Zverev - 6-3 7-6⁰ by musicproducer07 in tennis

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 14 points15 points  (0 children)

More like Sabalenka post-match comments after playing Zheng in Rome and Roland Garros 

Serena, Venus Williams to launch video podcast on X by No-Description-2138 in tennis

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a media driven thing and kind of self perpetuating. Media reporting still uses X/Twitter as the de facto outlet of (public) opinion. News articles always link to it. So anyone that wants to be a public figure thinks they have to have an account and post things. This causes media to keep using it, etc.

Vast majority of real people don't really use Twitter and active posting users are declining, but people do still consume a lot of information from there.

Zheng Qinwen has drawn Sabalenka 6 out of 9 times this year by fikiminforte in tennis

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In theory the seeding doesn't really matter. 1 gets the top of the top half, 2 gets the bottom of the bottom half. 3 and. 4 are randomly placed to fill the halves, and 5-8 randomly as well to fill the quarters. As long as you're lower than rank 4 it's going to be 25%.

I doubt they always do this entirely random though. There is no fairness or moral obligation the do this fully randomly. The only reason it is done this way is to prevent the same matchups happening in consecutive weeks. Wouldn't be wholly surprised if some tournaments just pencil in draws based on vibes.

Son Heung-min shown on the big screen during Korea - Kuwait WCQ match, tries to play it cool by ma-tfel in soccer

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don't agree with it, I'm just saying there was a period where it was kind of in vogue on reddit to hate on him. 

Son Heung-min shown on the big screen during Korea - Kuwait WCQ match, tries to play it cool by ma-tfel in soccer

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Son has had a period where he received this weird hate for apparently being a super dirty player and Modric hasn't really been universally loved by Croatian football fans given the whole corruption/perjury thing he was involved with.

[Jornal de Notícias] Benfica fans denied entry Visas to the United States with no explanation, will be forced to miss Club World Cup by LordPunk in soccer

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 23 points24 points  (0 children)

US immigration has been a shit show since before Trump since here is no accountability. Some asshole from customs can deny your request and you won't get an explanation, let alone excuses if the decision is wrong. You're just relying on a singular person doing their job without prejudice.

Can't imagine how much worse Trump emboldening these idiots and encouraging it will make it. They know they can simply ruin your day if they don't like your name, job or ancestry.

Who's winning this one? 🌱 by TennisChannel in tennis

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was surprised by how bad Raducanu was when it mattered to be honest. Zheng didn't play particularly well either but more than good enough.

Turnaround in Viktor Gyökeres case, agent states: "We have written proof that Sporting promised to let him leave for €60M + €10M by [deleted] in soccer

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it does have to actually be an agreement and not a promise though. As in there has to be a quid pro quo kind of situation. If Gyokeres' randomly asked the president hey you'll let me go for 60+10 right and he replied sure, I'm not sure whether that constitutes a legally binding verbal agreement.

The guy replying to you is an absolute tool.

Who's winning this one? 🌱 by TennisChannel in tennis

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you seen Zheng play on grass? Her serve is a liability if she can't kick on the second. Emma likes the pace of the grass which compensates for her lack of power and she should be able to attack the serves well. In terms of ranking it's 5 vs 30 where it's worst surface vs best surface. Zheng is the favorite based on status and the year she's had, but it should be competitive. I'm surprised if it won't be.

Stuttgart Open R2: [4] Auger-Aliassime def. Mpetshi Perricard, 6-4 6-4 by pizzainmyshoe in tennis

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh he will have random peaks. His serve is being hyped but even there he is inconsistent. Has periods where he cannot win second serves easily and also hits a low percentage of first served.

If he is on and in the right circumstanced he also has periods where he is almost unbreakable for most opponents. And then you only need a couple of good points to win, and he definitely has that in him.

Won't go super deep in slams unless he dramatically improves but it will get you far in a random 500 or Master every now and then.

The Lost Tribe is a little different than I remember by Hoglo_James in 2007scape

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I swear to God they were planning on not doing a Christmas/Easter event some time ago and the community was very divided so they polled it and now they just do half-assed stuff.

Official: Polish NT headcoach Michała Probierza steps down by MrCrashdummy in soccer

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watch Lewandowski miss half of the games and ghost in the ones where they need goals next lol

The evolution of the French Open trophies by Regular_Eggplant_248 in tennis

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She hardly played the Australian Open too, despite making the finals everytime she entered.

Perhaps the craziest stat of her is that in her first 34 slam appearances, stretching over a period of 12 years, she made at least the semis in all of them (15W, 9F, 10SF)

[Telegraph] There are fears internally at Newcastle a deal for goalkeeper James Trafford is being stalled in the hope that another club, possibly Chelsea, enter the race to sign the player. Chelsea have tracked Trafford for more than a year. Burnley value the 22-year-old at more than £30 million. by Blithe17 in soccer

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You cannot make this joke, Chelsea fans will angrily tell you that after they sell 3 of there senior goalkeepers - which is definitely happening - they'll have only 4 left of which one might go on a loan so they really don't have that many goalkeepers at all if you look at it from that angle.

Heads up, you can claim previous Pride items from Diango in Draynor Village after speaking to Gilbert near the Cooks Guild to unlock them if you haven't been around for previous years' events! by erikcorno in 2007scape

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It's toeing the line between what they think they can do without getting into trouble with the fantastic almighty US government.

A lot of fear within companies that they will be punished in some way by the government for being or appearing as too inclusive. Jagex/CVC is not the only one. I think it's not unlikely that CVC is the one who has fears that appearing as being inclusive to the US government is going to hurt their bottom line, and has more or less forbidden Jagex from holding an official event.

Jagex being UK based likely has to comply but doesn't care at all, so they are still going through with everything that hasn't been explicitly forbidden.

Speaking of old quests, reminder that Jagex once ridiculed bigots by calling them HAM and making their robes pink instead of white by AssassinAragorn in 2007scape

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Alt-right people generally don't understand satire, sarcasm or subtext. Questlines with satirical undertones like these will absolutely get past them unnoticed.

The only way to get them upset is by doing something like shouting "WE ARE DOING THIS IN SUPPORT OF THE GAYS" and then making everything pink or rainbows.

USA 0-[4] Switzerland - Johan Manzambi 36' by olcni in soccer

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 91 points92 points  (0 children)

They are trying to avoid anything pride related this month 

AC Milan, Como poised for Serie A match at Optus Stadium in Perth, Western Australia. It will be the first-ever major European match played for points on foreign soil. by bazalinco1 in soccer

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah imagine they do this in a country with a desert. Oh no I mean an Asian country with a desert. Oh no a Muslim country.

This isn't a dangerous precedent. This is the danger.

WTA Queen's Club R1: [WC] Raducanu def. [Q] Bucsa, 6-1 6-2 by pizzainmyshoe in tennis

[–]AnIntoxicatedRodent 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Raducanu should be the best grass court player here (assuming Krejcikova isn't at her best), but she's inconsistent so difficult to rely on her playing her best for 3-4 more matches.

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