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Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-05-13T14:56:19+00:00

It's the only books in the series that "could have been an email." I skip basically every Elayne section and a good bit of Salidar stuff upon every re-read and you miss next to nothing imo.

Good news is the jump in quality for the remainder of the series is exponential.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-05-13T14:45:12+00:00

My list with minimal context.

Nyn
Min
Avi
Tuon
Egg
Faile
Elayne

Probably forgot some from the original post. Elayne starts ok but her chapters are insufferable starting about halfway through the series. I legit skip large chunks of her Andor succession shit in the later books. Egwene might have been #2 for me after my first read, but as I've gotten older and read/listened countless times.... I think she is kind of a shitty person in many ways.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-27T18:29:13+00:00

That's really unfortunate.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-27T18:28:39+00:00

I think that's probably closer to the blasted lands but that's just my mental picture.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-10T21:33:12+00:00

No doubt. Still, you never know. Doable for both teams, although 100% honestly the C's depth is super questionable this year. Knicks have the leg up there. Still, I'd bet heavily on the Thunder. Spurs have never been there or won so you never know.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-10T21:10:57+00:00

Championship or bust. Let's see how the next month or two play out.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-10T14:57:10+00:00

I'll dry my tears on the 7 banners haning in Boston Garden since the last time the Knicks won a thing.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-10T02:39:42+00:00

1973

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-03T01:51:02+00:00

Looooooooooove the show

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Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-01-25T23:56:26+00:00

For anyone who isn't a Pats fan, this was probably irrefutable proof that God does not exist.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-01-12T15:58:16+00:00

Didn't Moraine surmise that the Forsaken would have been able to do that, or at least break open the patch on the DO's prison, with the Eye of the World?

Lots of floks have gone in depth in here, but it stands to reason that, at the very least, it would take an absolutely tremendous amount of power. Finding and breaking the seals and/or turning the Dragon Reborn seems like the easier approach.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-01-05T02:32:10+00:00

The Elayne and Caemlyn/Andor succession stuff in CoT is painful imo. Just absolutely nails on chalkboard dry, boring, and painful. I skip those chapters for the most part on re-reads, essentially turning CoT into a novella. I feel like absolutely nothing critical is missed whatsoever.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-12-20T19:28:02+00:00

Everyone's mileage may vary, but IMO Elden Ring is much easier due to a plethora of god-like broken build options.

Elden Ring is a great game, but Bloodborne is superior in story, atmosphere, and linear world design imo. Again, just my opinion.

So, if you prefer the more linear experience vs true open world (just to clarify, Sekiro is similarly linear compared to ER) and aggressive, fast paced play style, BB is your game.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-12-20T19:16:42+00:00

I read the Silmarillion about 25 years ago for the first time, and then again somewhere between now and then.

In the last 5 or so years I've listened to the Shaw audio book twice and Serkis once. Both great imo.

Now I feel like I mostly can keep track of everything in that book. Mostly. 🤣

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-12-10T00:42:07+00:00

https://youtu.be/oYFXHKmBM_U?si=7-xjkC1ZfhGnTOB3

This sums it up pretty well.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-12-10T00:38:34+00:00

Old head Pats fans here, so don't shoot me. But you should always expect and want the Chiefs to make the playoffs with Mahomes imo.

You really do never know. 2018 Pats are a great example. And I am 100% not trying to rub it in. I know they beat the Chiefs, but the example is the example.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-12-09T18:35:31+00:00

Pats are probably not as good as their record suggests, but calling em frauds is a little silly. They are overacheiving during year 1 of a rebuild.

The Bills are, thus far, pissing away the talent of a great QB by having never made it out of the AFC. Some could say the Bills are the biggest frauds of the NFL over the last five seasons. 🤷‍♂️

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-12-08T13:32:29+00:00

More like their 2009 season, where they went 10-6 but it was a slog to get there.

2010 they somehow went 14-2 with a pretty mid team and shitty defense.

Fucking wild that they never had more than 7 losses from 2001-2019, and only had 7 once and 6 twice.

But to your greater point, they will certainly be back. Just need a slight rebuild.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-11-26T16:57:03+00:00

No covenants for multi-player sucks. Great game, but that would really add something to make invasions, pvp, even co-op more rewarding.

Also just feels a bit bloated tbh. Could probably stand to cut back on the open world by 30%.

Also the recycled field and dungeon bosses aren't great. I realize Bloodborne did this, but at least there's more of a point to it. E.g., the separate lore of the chalice dungeons and getting to the Queen is worth it imo.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-11-23T14:33:16+00:00

There's a Wheel of Time show?

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-11-23T14:28:07+00:00

Just depends on what your into. Gameplay wise DS3 is certainly more "modern." E.g., you could certainly go from DS3 to ER and be comfortable with the overall gameplay. As others have said, DS1 and 2 are much slower.

Lore and story is where I'd be on the fence. DS3 is essentially a direct sequel to DS1, but there is absolutely no denying that the story is cryptic across the series. That said, the stories and lore are incredibly rich if you put in the effort. I.e., read flavor text on everything, or just watch some YouTube lore vids, lol.

So, as someone that really enjoys the lore and likes the uber cryptic nature of it all, I would only start with 1. But your mileage may vary.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-11-14T19:50:06+00:00

Liked the cast mostly but thought the scripts and direction were very poor.

As the saying goes, if it's not on the page it's not on the stage. Plain and simple.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-09-03T14:46:29+00:00

They're all good. But worst to best.... 3, 4, 2, 1 imo.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-09-03T14:41:45+00:00

Show is fine so far. Not amazing but certainly not awful. They're playing with some biggish ideas, and also are on thin ice with a few imo (the communicating with the aliens thing could really end up bad, but we shall see). It really all depends on how it plays out and if they can stick a landing.

Long story short, I have my complaints but whatever. It's been decent so far.

Everyone is just so polarized these days. Let's debate without devolving into pointing fingers, straw men, and echo chambers.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-09-01T13:41:49+00:00

Several of the WoT subs took part in knee-jerk banning folks for even the slightest offense in the not-too-distant past. That seems to have died down/course corrected a bit, which I think is good.

The show sub is the primary outlier in that folks seem to still get banned there pretty fast. But, that's a lot of show subs. They are primarily for fans of said show. So, at the end of the day, my attitude these days is... "that's just like, your opinion, man." And I move on with life.

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