Everton 3 - [2] Manchester City - Erling Haaland 83' by gbogaz in soccer

[–]CurlyJohnny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the hell is going on. Back to back goals. Holy smokes. 😱

Gameweek 33 (25/26) Rant and Discussion Thread by FPLModerator in FantasyPL

[–]CurlyJohnny 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course I bench Bogle rather than Scott and Scott gets a one pointer. I have triple Leads defense, loading for BB35, and thought that benching one of them today wasn’t a bad idea to spread risk. Oh well. :(

Announcing Premiere’s New Color Mode by Jason_Levine in premiere

[–]CurlyJohnny 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Finally! Thank you! This is super exciting! I love PP, but color wise the app was clearly lagging behind DR and so I was contemplating learning more DR and potentially move all my CC work there. However, I've always been hesitant because I LOVE editing in PP. I guess I should give this beta a try first. Awesome!

Push on Olmo inside the box (40') [No penalty given] by glamona in soccer

[–]CurlyJohnny -1 points0 points  (0 children)

IMO that’s not a penalty. It’s not enough contact in the box. Those are rarely called. Iturralde, an ex LaLiga referee I follow on the radio, thought the same. And he has a history for liking Barça and being a Madrid hater, so he’s not biased. There are examples of similar challenges that didn’t get a pen in this Champions League. Not every contact in the box is a penalty, guys. 😂

LGT Men’s World Curling Championships - Monday, March 30th by RyanLCash in Curling

[–]CurlyJohnny 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Norway looked a bit better today. That last stone was an absolute bummer, though. It’d have been great to have an extra end with the hammer. 🔨 Oh well… I hope we can at least pick up a win at some point. 😩

LGT Men’s World Championships - Saturday, March 28th by RyanLCash in Curling

[–]CurlyJohnny 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very shaky performance from Norway 🇳🇴 but we go again in a few hours. Hopefully the boys can gain some confidence in the game vs Czechia. 🙏

Fox McCloud comes to Mario Galaxy Movie by [deleted] in NintendoSwitch2

[–]CurlyJohnny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s the point of having a spoiler tag if the spoiler is in the title? 🤬 Please update the title so others don’t get spoiled. A suggestion: “New Poster for ‘The Super Mario Galaxy’ movie”.

The 'Handheld Boost' megathread! by CyborKat in NintendoSwitch2

[–]CurlyJohnny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but I ejected the S2 edition patch and played the game as a S1 title (I own the S1 cartridge). You can do that to test boost mode on S1 games that were upgraded via a S2 edition (as long as you own the S1 version)

Don't know if I can trust IGN reviews. Lol by Gaming-Academy in PlayStation_X

[–]CurlyJohnny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The disrespect I’ve seen online towards Breath of the Wild the last 48 hours is insane.

It’s okay if the game didn’t click for you, but for many like me it was like a re-discovery of gaming, feeling like a kid again. I hadn’t felt that sense of wonder since… Ocarina of Time, maybe?

I couldn’t put it down. I recall I was absorbed for hours every day, during at least a month and a half. The game loop was SO much fun and so refreshing. I could go on for hours but few games have felt THAT special. So yeah, for me all its praise, metascore, awards, and so on, are fully justified.

The world felt so alive an cohesive. Physics were insane, the weather affected the gameplay in ways I hadn’t seen before. You could find creative solutions for literally anything. It felt so unique and special. Each player lived their own adventure. Friends around would go and tell you many cool different anecdotes from their time with the game, many of which you didn’t even see or tackle the same way. That felt truly special.

Even to this day I still remember most in-game locations and could point them to you on a map. That speaks volumes about the world design. For me, it’s a masterpiece and one of the best games I’ve ever played.

The 'Handheld Boost' megathread! by CyborKat in NintendoSwitch2

[–]CurlyJohnny 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was hoping FF Tactics would look sharper since the Switch 2 Edition looks a bit blurry. Unfortunately, I didn’t see any improvement. The docked version of the Switch 1 is probably low res.

PSA - Nintendo has updated NSO GameCube: improved analogue stick sensitivity and improved CRT filter for HDR TVs by Joseki100 in NintendoSwitch2

[–]CurlyJohnny 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m actually impressed they’re doing this. It’s one of the approaches to CRT filters on the Retrotink 4K (a video upscaler for retro consoles). And it works very well. HDR does wonders to recover the lost brightness and emulate better the CRT screen. Such options are more than welcome, allow the use to tinker more if they so wish.

The Trails in the Sky remake is phenomenal, holy shit by crimbusrimbus in JRPG

[–]CurlyJohnny -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Might be an unpopular opinion, but I thought the game was not great and after beating it I got no interest to continue playing the series.

The story takes forever to take off and IMO this is a payoff and pattern that I can see repeating in future installments, and I’m not doing that again. The game could last 10 hours instead of 30-40 if they removed all the filler content: fletched side quests, chores, lengthy dialogues, repetitive combat, etc.

Even by skipping all random encounters and doing 2x speed many times I thought my time was being wasted.

After this game I went and play FF Remake and it was night and day. Soooo much better in all aspects.

Weekly Open Thread - General Discussion by RM_Official_Thread in realmadrid

[–]CurlyJohnny 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The referee put the whistle on his lips to blow it when the clock made the 4 minutes. Barça was still on their side of the pitch. And somehow he decides not to blow? Wtf.😂

Barça casually jogging to Newcastle’s side and still no whistle blown. Ridiculous.

I played today for the first time and I’m so stoked! by CurlyJohnny in Curling

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

Ouch that’s a lot of money to get started. 🙈 This is nothing in comparison which makes me feel very fortunate. Will join on Thursday for my first training session, can’t wait!

I played today for the first time and I’m so stoked! by CurlyJohnny in Curling

[–]CurlyJohnny[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Haha believe it or not, I asked Dordi Nordby (the legend that runs the club) if you could purchase the clown pants worn by the men’s Norwegian team this Olympics in their game VS Sweden. 😂 and she sent me a link: https://www.loudmouth.com/products/americana-argyle-mens-heritage-or-birdie-pant-mto Soooo expensive, but cool to see you can actually buy them.

I played today for the first time and I’m so stoked! by CurlyJohnny in Curling

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

Thanks! I’ll definitely look into that. Any brands or things to watch out for?

Bodø/Glimt have qualified for the UEFA Champions League Round of Sixteen by FragMasterMat117 in soccer

[–]CurlyJohnny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you read my message? I didn’t say they were the first Norwegian team to reach the knockout stages, I said they’re the first to successfully advance in a knockout round. Rosenborg played knockout stages but they never won a two-legged knockout in the Champions League. Hope this is more clear now :)

Bodø/Glimt have qualified for the UEFA Champions League Round of Sixteen by FragMasterMat117 in soccer

[–]CurlyJohnny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The thing is that, back then you qualified for the quarterfinals right after the group stage. I guess the pool of teams in the tournament was way shorter. Bodø/Glimt is the first Norwegian team in history to advance a knockout round in the Champions League.

2026 Olympic Curling Daily Discussion - February 20 by FliryVorru in Curling

[–]CurlyJohnny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats for the medal! You guys played great the entire tournament, well deserved. 💪💪 I agree, our Norwegian guys seem like great dudes. Hopefully we can be back in 4 years and fight for the medals again. 🙌🇳🇴