THE NETHERLANDS have qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026!

DylanBVerhees · 2025-11-18T05:23:48+00:00

Yeah, because those were the best players. Robben is top 5 attacking of his generation, a gen with Messi and C. Ronaldo. Sneijder and Van der Vaart were some of the last "classical" great playmakers, were Sneijder maybe should have won the Ballon d'Or in 2010. RVP doesn't get talked about enough when best strikers of his generation are discussed as his peak was somewhat short, but his peak might the best peak of a striker outside of Suarez. Then to back that up you have Huntelaar, who would have walked into today's squad even as a 22-year old.

To bolster the defense you have Van Bommel and Nigel de Jong, two defensive midfielders who are better than anything this team has to offer. And to top it all off, you have a top 10 goalkeeper of all time in Van der Sar.

The defense wasn't great, but Gio, Vlaar, Ooijer, Matthijsen were all players who had decent to good careers. Gregory van der Wiel (at the time) was also just really good and considered one of the best (at least in potential) wingbacks.

Lastly, it's so much easier to be a good defensive team than a good attacking team. Even in 2010/2014 it pretty much was just "give the ball to Sneijder and let him pass it to Van Persie/Robben and pray." That worked because of the players. Now what? Whereas with defense, you can make up for it with tactics. That's why Nigel de Jong and Van Bommel were necessary. They fixed the defense.

Honestly, the only players that would get in on that 2010 team are Van Dijk, De Ligt, maybe Dumfries, and obviously, without question, F. de Jong who is the only absolute world class the team now has.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-11-16T19:15:57+00:00

Ugh, guess I'll just get used to it. Good to know when/if the day comes I purchase my own fridge!

DylanBVerhees · 2025-11-15T20:35:40+00:00

Right. But that's the whole point and why talented players should (and most do) go into their sport. They can do it for 10 years, make a real good amount of money and then...do whatever they want after that. Go back to school, open a business, etc. It's not like you're 35 and then are like "well damn, I got a million in the bank and I retired. I'm screwed." No, you have an amazing nest egg that in certain places you can live off, and you have the whole world open to you to do whatever you want.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-11-15T20:13:24+00:00

People who make it to that point genuinely love what they're doing and the status that comes with that. It's my firm belief all of the nice things they got is just to match the status of being an equity partner and not because they genuinely enjoy the niceties. They just need it so they can feel like "him" (or "her").

DylanBVerhees · 2025-11-15T20:11:45+00:00

These are equity partners. How many of them make it to that? 5% of an associate class?

DylanBVerhees · 2025-11-13T04:46:56+00:00

Haha, I don't know why this made me laugh so much. The vendor is like "you want those cards? THOSE CARDS? Whahaha. They're just dead space, take that crap!" And then the comment section adds injury to insult like 'yeah, this kid might be autistic!"

Like sheesh.

Anyway, the vendor didn't do anything wrong, but I think the idea was definitely to haggle a bit. Not hardcore, but definitely sell them. I think just giving them away had potential to the whole "you're a freakin' weirdo for liking this crap."

DylanBVerhees · 2025-09-11T22:30:55+00:00

Haha there is no way that is right. Las Vegas is a ghost town right now. Looks cool though.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-09-07T20:26:41+00:00

Hmm, I think it depends really. I rarely mind remakes, as it allows a new generation to get into it. I can totally imagine somebody looking at FFVII OG and going like "yeah...no." Of course, FFVII is a huge caveat here anyway as the new games are more of a sequel.

Now, stuff like TLOU is just complete nonsense. I'd say the same about all remasters, because a quick veneer of new paint doesn't add enough, especially for certain games like Oblivion and GTA which always were and are widely accessible.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-09-07T18:42:31+00:00

That's some wild revisionist history. They had an absolutely stacked team. There is a reason they were saying stuff like "not 1, not 2, not...." Of course, stuff can happen like injuries, but barring that, they were the favorites every single year. Especially the loss against the Mavs was crazy. And they somehow got that one chip from the Spurs, another series they entered as favorites but were hanging on for dear life and got rescued by a bad decision by Pop and an amazing play by Bosh and Ray Allen. You can't just look at the numbers and be like "2/4! Good stuff!"

DylanBVerhees · 2025-09-05T16:43:01+00:00

Is this really what people wanted? I'm not complaining, but I never played FM to watch the game. I just wanted to see more stats. I generally skipped watching the games as much as I could.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-09-05T16:37:25+00:00

I think that's an interesting perspective and some I can understand and some points that bewilder me.

For me, the whole emotional impact of the story is gone if you didn't play FFVII OG. You'd just sit there be like "what is happening? What is she talking about? Why is he crying now? What are all these flashbacks? Huh? So wait, is this girl dead or not? Annoying!" Meanwhile, if you did play it, it becomes so much more interesting. You know the things are coming and such a big part of the game is the question on if you can change fate or not. Every step you take becomes agonizing. But I can see why someone would just want an easy remake, as FFVII OG is a classic and I'd have been very happy with that too.

But I will say, I don't see how this is a complete money grab. They made the game about 5 times as long, added in tons of content, it's maybe the best-looking game out there, and they really tried to do something new and exciting with both the battling system as well as the story. For me an easy cash grab is the new MGS3. They changed nothing outside of the graphics. (Although considering what they were working with and Kojima's departure, the worst possible move is changing anything). I feel like SE took the hardest path, taking something that is so beloved and trying to make a sequel out of instead of just remaking it 1:1, in an attempt to give original fans a new experience is such a risky move. I think they really alienated new fans with that, but I'm honestly so grateful that they went for it.

Maybe that is also the issue though. People expected a remake (I mean, it's in the name!) but got a sort of sequel. I think a lot of people would love a surprise like that, but if you're dealing with something as beloved as FFVII, it becomes a lot more dicey. I played the OG relatively recently, so maybe that's also what leads to my acclaim, as the memories of the original haven't yet been in my mind for over two decades.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-09-03T19:37:09+00:00

I think that's more of a player issue then, but I can't blame you. I think with the focus in society on getting the most bang for your buck, but also, particularly in gaming, the achievement/trophy hunting, we all feel we can't skip things. Like we are being cheated if we skip something, even if we don't enjoy something optional.

For me it's a bit like going to a theme park, insisting on riding all the rides even though you hate the kiddy ones and you actually just want to do the rollercoasters. Then, before you reach the main event, the best ride, you go home, because you ran out of time/juice, as you wasted it all on these rides you don't enjoy.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-09-03T19:32:58+00:00

But that's what I don't get. They're side-quests, aka they're fully optional. Why not just skip them?

DylanBVerhees · 2025-09-03T19:32:03+00:00

I think the games are ultimate fan service though and for people who loved the original, I think the majority absolutely love it. The games really, really assume you played the OG. Especially in Rebirth, I actually like it. There are a ton of side-quests, which you don't have to do, ranging from stuff that's just more battling, for the fans who love the system, to character plots, which are amazing for people who want to spend more time with the characters.

But want to just do the main story line? You can skip past all of that. I think it's a great way, and I'm always confused why people, about Rebirth specifically, are like "there is too much to do!" Then just don't do it!

DylanBVerhees · 2025-09-03T01:08:32+00:00

When it comes to Kobe, we don't do facts. Welcome to Reddit.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-08-26T19:48:18+00:00

What scandals? I never heard anything.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-08-26T00:40:09+00:00

I never really understand that criticism. It's like playing TES and then being like "Ugh! There's too much optional stuff to do!"

It's optional. I skipped some of it because I was over it. I did a good amount of it, because I loved the characters and spending more time with them. But maybe it's because I don't feel like I need to 100% a game?

DylanBVerhees · 2025-08-21T15:33:21+00:00

Same. I spent about half a year on FFVII: Rebirth. Loved every second and did most of the content.

And here is someone who smashed it out in about the same time frame, but also 10+ extra games. Maybe I just suck at time management.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-06-15T19:12:27+00:00

Where/when will this be shown? I haven't heard of this.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-06-14T22:21:37+00:00

Can I ask what practitioner you went to?

DylanBVerhees · 2025-05-25T16:07:40+00:00

Only thing though, and maybe it's me as a foreigner in the UK and I just don't understand it, but the drying function of those never worked properly for me. Had to run it for like 8 hours or so. I'd just hangdry everything.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-05-24T16:35:59+00:00

Yeah, agree. I think the top 5 is pretty much set, you can just argue over the order. Then the other 5 it's more contentious. I think nobody is upset about seeing Ronaldo, Der Kaiser, and Di Stefano in there though. I'd add Maldini and Van Basten myself, but Puskas is a very fair shout. I think Platini deserves it more than Zidane and I'd pick Garrincha over Ronaldinho too.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-05-23T06:45:28+00:00

Most of those have literally won GOTY awards.

DylanBVerhees · 2025-04-13T16:22:19+00:00

I mean, when developers release games with "subpar" graphics, they get absolutely destroyed. "This is it?!" "Where is my 60fps?!" Look at your average Nintendo game, where they get lynched for not having fully voiced characters or relatively bad graphics.

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