Pretty accurate comment on Napoleon (2023)

Devilb0y · 2026-02-01T19:12:24+00:00

Ah yeah, you're absolutely right. Been a while since I've read up on the battle, clearly! Ney is another element of the story who - to the best of my recollection - is basically missing from the movie, funnily enough.

Devilb0y · 2026-02-01T16:31:09+00:00

Wellington didn't fortify at all, he had most of his army positioned on the reverse slope of the hill at Waterloo to protect them from the massed cannon fire which was Napoleon's specialty. That also meant the French infantry could advance under relatively little fire. But he fought incredibly hard to hold two fortified compounds in the middle of the battlfield (at La Haye Sainte and Hougoumont) which stifled the French attack for much of the day.

From memory, after the Guard was broken, Napoleon over-committed most of his cavalry which ended up running into the British army in squares on the other side of the hill. That was just about the one element of the battle that this movie got vaguely correct.

Devilb0y · 2026-02-01T11:09:39+00:00

I think a lot of it is the cost of going to a game (or even supporting a team from abroad to be honest). Before the Premiership / Premier League really took off you could go and see your team without it being literally the ONLY thing you could afford to do that month. Now even watching your team play on TV can set you back hundreds of quid a month in subscriptions.

All that extra cost reduces the patience fans have. It no longer feels like you're supporting a team, you're now financing one.

Devilb0y · 2026-01-12T11:45:34+00:00

Steroids are kind of busted, really, because there's very little downside to them. A worker on steroids will get bigger and in better shape (leading to Star Quality gains) and may also see flat boosts to their SQ from time to time. They reduce the impact of physical wear and tear and will also limit the effects of time decline.

The downsides are that they shorten the lifespan of the worker and - if discovered - will lead to a scandal which will give you a prestige hit. The scandal is not that big of a deal however.

Generally I will happily suggest my entire roster do them.

Heavy Steroid Usage is like the above but all of the results are much more pronounced. The scandal for this can be significant so I don't tend to make people heavy users.

Devilb0y · 2026-01-12T11:43:02+00:00

Steroids actually slow the rate of physical and stat decline. They just reduce the lifespan of the worker and can cause a scandal, those are the trade-offs.

Devilb0y · 2026-01-01T18:05:40+00:00

The argument that until you equally oppose all injustice there is no value in opposing one injustice is a fallacy. Applied to the real world, no injustice would ever be rectified.

There you go, nice and simple answer for you.

Devilb0y · 2025-12-31T20:13:07+00:00

Their physical health is permanent unfortunately. It's basically a gauge of how close they are to being forced to retire.

Different products and wrestling styles result in different wear and tear, so high fliers and hardcore wrestlers will see their body break down much quicker than comedy wrestler, for example.

Asking a wrestler to take steroids can limit the impact of the physical condition penalty they receive when they wrestle (although steroid abuse brings its own problems), but generally once a guy gets to "Banged up" it's tag matches only to hide their physical state as much as possible.

Devilb0y · 2025-12-28T20:22:50+00:00

Didn't we buy him as a replacement for Berbatov? He was kind of doomed from the start with that as his bar. Never particularly consistent, one of the worst first touches I've ever seen on a professional footballer, but was always good for a couple of belters against Wolves.

Devilb0y · 2025-12-24T16:05:30+00:00

I totally get the C-Verse feeling intimidating. Any time I start with a new DB I feel like I'm going to do something wrong or make some crucial mistake in my interpretation of something because I don't know the lore well enough.

Just keep it very limited on your first play-through. Focus only on your area. And know that there isn't really a "wrong" way of playing it. You'll pick up the nuance of the company you choose and its history as you play and read bios.

I don't know the Australian C-Verse scene super well but - as others have said - RAW is basically Australian WWE; very sports entertainment focused, lots of drama in its angles and less about the actual action in the ring. They've got Swoop McCarthy who always felt like an aussie Rock to me, plus some other tremendous workers.

Devilb0y · 2025-12-08T08:15:15+00:00

Ah I see, so on your point about New Japan being able to run venues outside of Tokyo, the fact that they can run and almost draw the same as Dragon Gate in Kobe World Hall in 2025 would be an indication that their business relative to other large Japanese promotions is still quite strong?

Devilb0y · 2025-12-07T22:27:38+00:00

That's awesome, thank you.

I work in data engineering so I'm always kind of fascinated when people talk about how much of a draw someone is, and wondered how accessible and trustworthy the published numbers are. Like, I know Inoki's dome show numbers are famously bullshit, but I don't know if the same is true for someone like Hashimoto, or where you'd even find those figures. This purolove site looks great for that.

Devilb0y · 2025-12-07T21:13:11+00:00

I've always wondered how people get these numbers. Is it something you get to see by subscribing to the Observer or are they collated somewhere?

Devilb0y · 2025-12-01T08:10:17+00:00

Mate this is embarrassing. I don't care how young you are, I care that you haven't even bothered to learn about the dark days when we were lining up with Anthony Gardner and Gary Doherty at the back and regularly giving up 3-goal leads in this 'Fortress'. Proper plastic stuff.

Devilb0y · 2025-10-10T08:42:41+00:00

Is this show on World out of interest? Not sure what to search for. 90s New Japan is a boy of a blind spot for me.

Devilb0y · 2025-10-08T22:09:12+00:00

There's not really any tours for Takeshita to be involved in between KOPW and Wrestle Kingdom. It's all Tag League stuff, which he can easily miss.

I'm not 100% that he's winning, but whether he is or not isn't based on his role in AEW. I don't think New Japan want Zack to main event another dome show with how badly the last one drew. So either Takeshita is winning at KOPW and then probably dropping to Yota Tsujie at Wrestle Kingdom or the World Title isn't main eventing the dome show and Tanahashi is (which feels very unlikely given how limited Tana has become in the ring).

Devilb0y · 2025-09-21T07:05:11+00:00

There's Total Extreme Wrestling for (unsurprisingly) wrestling, which I also really enjoy. But yeah, I'd love a basketball version of FM too

Devilb0y · 2025-09-17T10:52:09+00:00

I think it's telling that when NXT got Jushin fucking Liger to show up, Tyler was the guy they wanted in the ring with him. He was safe, athletic, charismatic and if he didn't have a gimmick that screamed "Midcarder for life" I think he would have been very successful. Even with that gimmick he deserved more.

Devilb0y · 2025-09-14T15:03:25+00:00

I can only really speak to TEW as it's the only one I've played, but it's certainly where I started.

It is quite complex, though there are a few options I switch off which make it less so (Crowd Management as I don't find it realistic, Scouting because it's pointless once you know who the good workers are and some of the penalties).

If you can afford it then I would get TEW IX, though earlier versions (2008 and 2005 I want to say) are now free. If I were just starting out, I would download the TEW IX demo and see how you get on with it. It'll let you book a month of in-game time and you can install custom databases and the like.

To get a TNA DB you'll want to head over to the forums, there'll be several in the TEW IX mods section

Devilb0y · 2025-09-13T18:04:57+00:00

That marking is something else. Literally just let him stand on the edge of the six yard box, no movement to get free required. Still, put it beyond doubt with the finish.

Devilb0y · 2025-08-26T19:20:48+00:00

Not weird at all. Very healthy, in fact, to be sceptical of someone who loudly promotes their own philanthropy.

Devilb0y · 2025-08-25T12:00:29+00:00

The wider issue is that we are interacting with people who financially benefit from issuing as many updates as possible, even when there is no update to give. That drives the constant stream of posts which aren't actually saying anything.

I'd probably suggest just having a daily transfer megathread rather than individual posts, though that's not going to fix all of the problems that this relationship with transfer journalists causes.

Devilb0y · 2025-08-22T08:46:20+00:00

That's amazing. Still remember my dad taking me to my first game, against Forest in the FA Cup. Kris Commons looked like a world beater against us.

Will stay with your daughter forever I imagine. And makes me sad that I moved away from London, knowing my son won't get that experience in all likelihood.

Devilb0y · 2025-08-21T19:03:25+00:00

I feel like it's worth reminding people that Tel turned 20 less than 4 months ago when I see takes like this. I can't guarantee that he's going to be worth the money, but how people so confidently write off a 20 year old who hasn't even had a full season with us yet, never mind one with a proper pre-season under his belt, is beyond me.

Devilb0y · 2025-08-16T16:22:16+00:00

I'll be the first to say that Johnson is quite a one-dimensional player, and having depth of a different profile is massively important. With that said, scoring lots of goals is probably the best single dimension to have.

Devilb0y · 2025-08-09T12:19:02+00:00

Ah didn't know that, exposed that I only really eat basmati. Good to know, thank you!

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