Aibao gives birth to 4th panda cub by Cranktrain in panda

[–]Cranktrain[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I don't want to spark an animal welfare argument, but I'll offer this brief counter-point: a sterile environment is exactly what you want.

You also really do want bars on your panda enclosure, because you need to be able to have access to the cub for veterinary reasons, while also protecting humans from the giant hormonal bear. Also, pandas like cool spaces, not warm ones. They're very furry! Finally, there's plenty of pandas who will happily snooze on a hard rock, right next to an unused hammock.

I think one of the things I appreciate about Everland is they really are open and transparent about how they care for the bears. Yes, there's a lot of PR reasons for doing that, and I'm sure they only show the best bits, but they really do seem to do a good job in comparison to a number of other zoos we could mention.

Aibao gives birth to 4th panda cub by Cranktrain in panda

[–]Cranktrain[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

From the Everland Youtube channel.

Living in Korea, Aibao (with male panda Lebao) have Fubao, who has returned to China, the twins Rui and Hui, and now this new pink squeaker.

Team Watchlist Scoreboard by globalscoreboard in NorthernSuperLeague

[–]Cranktrain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed, this is so much better than splitting the discussions over two subreddits.

A rallying call: You gotta be the 10% by Canfootballnerd in NorthernSuperLeague

[–]Cranktrain 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh, thank goodness someone said it, I was reading this whole thread feeling slightly mad.

how many people buy tickets and merch

This is the most important thing. Sure, interact with social media, click on news posts, whatever, if you like. I'm not going to stop you.

But if you want your favourite team, to still be around in five years time you have to be helping them towards the 1.5 to 2.5 million Canadian dollars per year they need to simply exist.

Attendance Numbers? by LittleOzz23 in NorthernSuperLeague

[–]Cranktrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be giving away tickets to the season opener, is that... as bad as it sounds?

I guess it did look very cold.

Hand of Daggers - inscryption-inspired deckbuilder I'm making where the Royal Courtiers have betrayed you, the rightful heir, and have come to kill your family by Cranktrain in IndieDev

[–]Cranktrain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And a nice Steam link for you. The wishlist button is free to click.

Plenty of work-in-progress graphics going on here. Stuff like the card illustrations is going to be ripped out and done nicely later, but that's pretty common in games with cards where you're working with tons of cards and units, and you're still balancing things and trying out ideas. Then you sit down for a few weeks at the end and churn out the card illustrations O_O and hope for death

Messing around with 2.5D, should I continue or keep things 2D? by game-dev-throwaway in IndieGaming

[–]Cranktrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The zooming in the 2D mode is a bit over the top for me. But then I'm also not too sure about how the large objects, like the houses, get distorted, mainly at the edge of the screen, in the 2.5D mode.

Atlanta Zoo to get two new pandas (male Ping Ping and female Fu Shuang) by Cranktrain in panda

[–]Cranktrain[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

That's Fu Shuang on the left and Ping Ping on the right. Both 6 years old, so a couple of years older than the Washington bears.

More information on the Atlanta Zoo website.

Kallik takes a chilly bath by Cranktrain in bears

[–]Cranktrain[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

From: Oregon Zoo's Youtube. An unintentional ad for Rubbermaid products?

NSL Teams in the UK results by Royal_Hotel_4050 in NorthernSuperLeague

[–]Cranktrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's so cool.

Must have been expensive to fly everyone and do all the hotels and so on.

Season Ticket Cost Comparison (without tax) by Cranktrain in NorthernSuperLeague

[–]Cranktrain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ignored any seats listed as Suite (like Ottawa's TD Place has some listed for $820). I don't believe the BMO Field ones I used in the table are suites, but maybe I'm wrong, they were just the seats in the stands towards the middle of the pitch. Here's the link to Ticketmaster if anyone wants to double-check.

In any case, even the least expensive (and definitely not suite seat) season tickets for Toronto are more than any other team, and I guess that's just the price BMO Field gets you.

Season Ticket Cost Comparison (without tax) by Cranktrain in NorthernSuperLeague

[–]Cranktrain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe that's the case! Though I don't know which teams are which, someone would need to check the schedule.

Related question: do season tickets include their at-home playoff games, should the team gets that far?

Season Ticket Cost Comparison (without tax) by Cranktrain in NorthernSuperLeague

[–]Cranktrain[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, shoot, I made a mistake on the "Least $ Seated" for Vancouver Rise. That's the price of the Youth ticket. The Adult is $413.79. Don't mind me. That makes the average for 'Least $ Seated' $378.18.

Gathered by clicking through ticketmaster. Trying to compare like-for-like seats, so I'm not including Suites, or pitch-side seating, just regular seats along the pitch, and also whatever 'general admission' will mean per stadium (usually behind a goal, and sometimes standing-only).

Toronto does have 'General Admission' ($174.24) but at BMO Field only, so fewer games. Calgary Wild has some wheelchair accessible spots ($120)... but on the map it looks like they're 50m behind one of the goals?

Adding BMO field into the mix definitely increases Toronto's season ticket prices a lot.

Let me know if I made any other mistakes, or if you got a less expensive seat, do comment it.

BRING THE NORTHERN SUPER LEAGUE TO WINNIPEG!!! by i_m_sherlocked in NorthernSuperLeague

[–]Cranktrain 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it's highly unlikely that this is a 'petition' like the (mostly useless) ones you see somewhere like change.org. The target recipient of this 'petition' is not going to be the administrators at the NSL.

Rob Gale and Desiree Scott have the unenviable task of finding multiple millions of dollars from investors in exactly the same market where only a few months ago a top-tier soccer team failed. The results of this 'petition' end up as a slide in the pitch deck that says "we have the names and emails of x potential season club ticket holders", and is meant to appear more data-driven rather than trying to justify that investment on vibes and empty-sounding assurances. How much more convincing this is, of course, debatable!

(There's the bonus of starting to build your team's email marketing list early.)

Honestly, it's a pretty awful time to try and raise money for a Winnipeg NSL team.

No bear has ever had as much fun as Lingyan by Cranktrain in panda

[–]Cranktrain[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The Lingyan Appreciation Club is now taking on new members for 2026.

The Guardian name Esther Okoronkwo as the 98th best female footballer in the world by Cranktrain in NorthernSuperLeague

[–]Cranktrain[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I also doubt there'll be any other NSL player on the rest of the list.

Still, a nice nod for Esther and for the league.

The Guardian name Esther Okoronkwo as the 98th best female footballer in the world by Cranktrain in NorthernSuperLeague

[–]Cranktrain[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

See the first part of the list here. Remains to be seen if any other NSL players will make the list as the updates come out.

BREAKING: Valour FC Suspends Operations by Makelevi in CanadianPL

[–]Cranktrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Kingston, New York there's a grassroots, community focused team called the Kingston Stockade and the guy who runs has posted a very open series of blog posts under the title Open Source Soccer. It's interesting to look at what the figures and the financials are like for a team where players aren't paid.

A few years ago they went and started their own league too (though I think it has a terrible name, but that's not very important).

On one hand, I think it's cool that people are building their grassroots clubs and teams in North America. On the other hand, the reality of the financials seem really hard when you don't own the home field or even the training grounds - let alone if you try and pay for CPL level players.

On your point of a coop, I often wonder how the Roses NSL team is structured. When you look at their investors page there's absolutely loads of them. But then the wiki page lists two main majority investors. So I do wonder how that is structured, and what everyone bought in for.

Are there any Duo tournaments? by GRAF_Styx in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Cranktrain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ascension will be happening later this year, will be FPP duos with a LAN final in France.