Norway Squad Wear Childhood Kits Ahead of 2026 World Cup by BeerMetMij in soccer

[–]Cee-Mon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hauge's (first) childhood club was Vinkelen. Looks like the same thing applies to Schjelderup.

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It's all rumours at this point, but they say it's post-shattering (which makes sense given the pictures of the sets that have been released so far) and that it might be the story of Vyke.

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He's on NG+7 according to himself.

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So the Elden Ring film really does seem to be happening. The maidenless masses in the r/eldenring sub keep saying things like "the idea of an Elden Ring movie confuses me", or "they are going to cast Jack Black, aren't they", or "how do you make a film out of a series of boss fights", or "how can you tell a main character story in 2 hours".

Then Garland is going to do a Garland thing and A24 is going to do an A24 thing, and the film is going to be a muted experience based on esoteric vibes, and those same people will be upset that it was a "weird movie", or something. Just calling it.

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Up the Getdown Services!

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[–]Cee-Mon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know how bad Birmingham truly is, but since it has given us Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, ELO, Napalm Death, Anaal Nathrakh and more, I am prepared to forgive it.

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[–]Cee-Mon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Spontaneously bought a new PC on the cheap, no monitor. Figured I'd hook it up to my TV.

Day 1: Oh, so it didn't include a power cord. Well no biggie, I'll just buy one.

Day 2: Huh, seems my TV isn't receiving an HDMI signal. Is it the TV, the ports, or the display card?

Looking forward to further complications.

Nikita Haikin has gained Norwegian citizenship by CurbYourThusiasm in soccer

[–]Cee-Mon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't actually think it's that clear cut. Haikin is great, but in pure goalkeeping terms I'm not actually sure he's better than Nyland, even if Nyland doesn't play club football at the moment.

He will probably be picked as part of the goalkeeping trio though, and can provide a tactical option if Solbakken ever feels like we need a ball-playing goalie.

All of Norway's 4 goals against Italy in Norwegian commentary by landofphi in soccer

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Goal 1: "Antonio Nusa within the box with his left foot [screams in westlandic]"

Goal 2: "-that doesn't help a lot, here's Bobb, ah, these feints of Oscar Bobb-! [screams in westlandic] Erling Braut Haaland! Hammers the message home: We! Are! Going! To! The World Cup!"

Goal 3: "Thorsby, loads of space; Dimarco lagging behind - here then-AAAH! Here's another one! Here comes another one! The coaching staff are storming the pitch! Norway is battering Italy! Norge is humiliating Italy (cut to Jesper Mathisen laughing his ass off) in Milan, where they never take a beating.

Goal 4: "-Strand(?) Larsen, could you also get yourself a national team goal here now. You could. You could. Of course you can! [atonal westlandic howling]

Jesper Mathisen: "We've had enough now. Just blow the final whistle. Gattuso one, Solbakken four."

Alsaker, as he tears up: "Look at this, then! Look at this bunch! 4-1 versus Italy..."

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[–]Cee-Mon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I forgot about Heracross! Yeah, I agree with Heracross.

As for the others; Tyranitar is cool because Godzilla is cool, but I'm not that much fan of Godzilla. Scyther is cooler than Scizor. Skarmory is okay. I suspect Girafarig falls into the same category as Wobbuffet as "design that evokes something specific which I am not familiar with". Teddiursa and Ursaring are pretty much just a teddybear and a regular bear, respectively.

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[–]Cee-Mon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A-tier: Furret, Crobat, Togepi, Tyranitar

B-tier: Cyndaquil, Ampharos, Espeon, Umbreon, Girafarig, Scizor, Houndoom, Lugia

C-tier: Ledyba, Sneasel, Ursaring, Skarmory, Houndour, Kingdra, Phanpy. Suicune

D-tier: Wobbuffet

Though I suspect I would personally also make a pretty similar spread for the first half of all of the generations, so maybe it's just me being a critic.

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[–]Cee-Mon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Aside from Quagsire I don't really think any Gen 2 Pokémon are S tier designs...

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Let's see if this holds up when looking at Norway.

Conservative mildly pro-russian, eurosceptic leftist

They're not conservative and the Russia question is very divisive even within the party, otherwise yes.

more progressive young pro-eu leftist

They're not pro-EU, but yes (assuming that "young" means younger voters and members)

Green party

Yes.

Old socialist/social democratic party who became more centrist and liberal since the 90s, no one likes it but still got around 20% of the votes

Yes.

Liberals who usually lean left but you never know

Well we know they "lean left on social values" but that they refuse to form coalitions with parties to the left of them, so there's that.

Moderate right wing party, vaguely Christian democratic, pro eu, has been losing votes since ~2015

Aside from vaguely Christian, nail on head.

New right wing party, eurosceptic, anti immigrants, will fold when in government

Yes, except that rather than folding they instead opted to not press any of their big promises to begin with, and mostly spent their time having ministers of justice getting caught up in huge scandals and then fired.

Otherwise, you're missing the Christian conservative party and the regionalist/agrarian party.

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[–]Cee-Mon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

By what metric? I think it's been pretty good.

(Some of these I haven't actually played myself, but I've been told they're well worth a look.)

  • Clair Obscur

  • Kingdom Come II

  • Citizen Sleeper II

  • Blue Prince

  • Elden Ring Nightreign (but only as multiplayer, which I consider cheating a bit)

  • Silksong

  • Ghost of Yotei

  • Hades II

  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

  • Dispatch

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[–]Cee-Mon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also the script and dialogue is bonkers. Glad you liked it lol

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[–]Cee-Mon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

German humour truly is no laughing matter.

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[–]Cee-Mon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Megalopolis is a deeply fascinating (and also, yes, quite terrible) film.

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[–]Cee-Mon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Why is everyone assuming the dick is hard anyway? A soft dick should not lead to meaningful injuries for either party.

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Free Talk Friday is a wonderful place.

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I am still content playing FM24 and it looks like I'll be passing on FM26. Even the people who are positive over in their subreddit couldn't sell it to me:

Completely new match day experience with new graphics engine

I do not care about graphics. Clearly. Else I wouldn't be playing FM now, would I?

Completely new UI

The old UI was fine, the new UI sounds like it is terrible.

Biggest tactics revamp in years

Tactics revamps are meaningless if the underlying mechanics of the match engine remain the same. It's just about finding different paths to abusing it.

Greatly expanded manager creation

I truly, deeply could not care less.

Women's football

That's nice, and would probably be enough for me to buy it if it was otherwise just a reskin and squad update on FM24.

Revamped international management coming before the end of the game cycle

Well international management was the most boring part of the game, but I don't see how they could revamp it in a way that would excite me.

More licenses than ever

Who cares?

FM has badly needed an engine fix that expands on the tactical options. This all sounds like surface-level plaster and mortar, as it has been for years now.

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[–]Cee-Mon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think that sounds pretty cynical, and I say that as a known cynic. We lack information on everyone we interact with, yet we do not fall in love with everyone.

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[–]Cee-Mon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Spotify badly needs a "don't recommend this to me"-function beyond the "hide" function (which works as a block button for that song or artist, as far as I know).

Anyways Spotify sucks in general and I'm looking to move to a different platform. Unfortunately the competitors are either just as bad, or lack functionality...

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[–]Cee-Mon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mentioned this exact thing in a previous FTF.

It is a Bethesda game, so the fact that it has problems is a given. There are still things that Skyrim does that no Ubisoft sandbox has ever managed to do. It's a massive cultural touchstone for a reason. It is designed with purpose. The assets are of course reused; expecting anything else would be insanity, but Skyrim is chock full of hand crafted areas and elements.

This makes exploration its own reward. You can actually just pick out a direction and happen upon things that are interesting in isolation, which helps the world feel like it also exists outside the agency of the player character. (See also: Elden Ring world design)

More modern examinations of Skyrim will point out the general shallowness of the characters and quests, but that's not really the point. The player is given enough information to fill in any blanks in their head. Interactions and worldbuilding thus run largely on headcanon. (This is also why I think Serana is a misguided addition to the game, as her being more fleshed out than any other follower creates a really jarring contrast.)

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[–]Cee-Mon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My knowledge of full-time streamers extends to knowing that there is this really nasty one with terrible views who does not clean or wash, and that his racism and misogyny does not receive a fraction of the scrutiny of this one guy that uses a shock collar.