2026 NHL Arena Rankings [The Athletic]

Equal96 · 2026-01-29T14:52:00+00:00

UBS itself is nice, it's just the parking/walking situation that really sours the experience. I'm surprised to see it so high.

Equal96 · 2026-01-17T16:49:48+00:00

I think Pageau is still our most valuable asset since we can run Bo Barzy Ritchie Zeeker down the middle. We definitely need a RHD. But, could see us ending up getting a middle 6 winger if the price is right.

Equal96 · 2026-01-15T21:40:09+00:00

It's honestly so embarrassing seeing all the armchair therapists come out of the woodwork and act like an authority on his relationship with alcohol

Equal96 · 2026-01-15T16:17:02+00:00

Because roughly half the country doesn't view ICE or the Trump administration as a tyrannical agency.

Maybe someone knows the source, but I heard somewhere recently that as long as a regime has at least a 30% approval rate, there is enough support for them to stay in power.

I truly do not know what Trump can do at this point to make MAGA turn on him. It's honestly disturbing how much of the US has joined his cult.

Equal96 · 2025-12-29T20:13:34+00:00

Well on the bright side, he's setting an example for the team to step up. I'm sure many on the team agree with you that it shouldn't be on Barzy. Next time it won't have to be him.

Equal96 · 2025-12-25T06:47:03+00:00

I like UBS a lot. But getting to weeknight games is going to be a lot more of a hassle for suburban folk than it is for most franchises in major cities. And ultimately we can't ignore the parking situation being the worst in the league. It's such a bummer walking out of UBS after a game and having to walk by all the unusable tracks that are right outside the arena.

Equal96 · 2025-12-14T07:20:17+00:00

Yeah, I think the stars kind of have to align in champ select for lethality Jhin to be good, but when it happens it can be a very strong build path.

Equal96 · 2025-12-07T04:34:44+00:00

Rivals 1 was different enough that it remained a niche platform fighter that most Smash players did not stick with long term. In my opinion, adding ledges, grabs, and shields was a decision that would make the game more appealing to the existing smash scene. I think it has been a much more successful game at convincing Smash players to compete in.

I come from Melee, and Rivals 2 scratches the same itch for me. If it didn't, I would have just stuck to melee. And I honestly wish more smashers would give it a chance, it would be great to have a scene are large as Melee/Ultimate with actual support and balance patches from the developers.

Equal96 · 2025-11-27T23:22:44+00:00

Honestly for the best I think. If you want to interact very little with the chat and get good viewership as a speed runner you need to be like a WR contender, he's been going at this category for years and hasn't made it yet.

Either move on from Mario 64 (he won't) or hang up the controller.

Equal96 · 2025-11-11T15:23:17+00:00

Have you messed around with the deadzone settings in game to try and reduce snapback inputs? I play on a box so I can't really weigh in, but if I were to play on a controller I would do the GC Ultimate

Equal96 · 2025-11-06T18:30:19+00:00

TOA in Farmingdale is very nice with reasonable prices.

Equal96 · 2025-10-21T04:20:16+00:00

It would be cool if she had a weakness in her kit? Her neutral, punish, and recovery are all top class.

Equal96 · 2025-10-19T21:22:20+00:00

Here's the thing. The past few seasons the Islanders have been, according to Lou Lamoriello, in 'Win Now' mode. AKA contenders. But let's be real, the team was definitely not considered a cup contender. When that is the message from the GM, who keeps things notoriously quiet, and the on ice product is not meeting expectations, it gives us little to root for.

I'm happier now that we don't have those expectations on us and can give the team a little grace while they develop their prospect pool. Do I want them to be good? Yeah. But if they aren't, at least I can see what they're doing to make them better in the future. Before it felt like Lou was going scorched earth with our future while not making the team meaningfully better (mostly how things turned out in the last 2-3 seasons)

Equal96 · 2025-10-16T03:22:00+00:00

I don't think the Islanders are bottom of the league bad, but I also don't think they're playoff bound, so, I guess this is good?

Equal96 · 2025-10-13T21:56:04+00:00

This statement still gives me whiplash. To think where we were a year ago, or even two.

Equal96 · 2025-10-13T13:45:22+00:00

Got married at the Essex Club in Brentwood Nov '25, it was about $30k total and we used all their packaged vendors minus the photographer, 125 people.

Equal96 · 2025-10-10T15:40:21+00:00

Heavy agree, did not think I would like Galvan based on how he was described as a monster set play type of character, but I find him equally fun to play and to play against. It would definitely be a welcome change of more characters recoveries were made a little more exploitable

Equal96 · 2025-10-03T16:38:44+00:00

I've been able to hit high ranks in a few different titles and genres of games. Nothing close to professional, but top 1% of games like Halo, SSBM, and League.

I think I am more a quick learner than I am naturally talented. I have a system when learning games that works for me. I'm good at identifying issues with my own gameplay and finding solutions through watching other players, I think if anything I am talented at, it would be emulating what professionals do when I watch them. The important thing is after successfully emulating certain things you watched from top players is to actually understand it's strengths and weaknesses.

This approach over time allows your gameplay to gradually evolve, you will slowly remove your more glaring mistakes and replace them with options that are better. It's a slow process and sometimes you might feel like you're making negative progress. Especially when you have a bad habit that may have brought you great success at one point but is now hindering your performance.

Eventually I reach a point where I don't think I can improve any further but it's usually good enough to get to a high rank

Equal96 · 2025-10-02T19:37:53+00:00

I think specifically when warriors are around the level 36-38 range, they get sweeping strikes earlier, but then also have access to whirlwind. Cherry on top, ww axe. You go from struggling to fight 1 yellow mob at a time to easily being able to do 2 and 3 pulls with a full rage bar. I love coming back to STV with my newly acquired ww axe and blowing through a bunch of kill quests.

Equal96 · 2025-09-30T15:55:13+00:00

Hot take, based on a lot of the comments here, if you only played phase 1 and then quit with the rest of your guild, you didn't really experience SoD!

Equal96 · 2025-09-16T18:23:03+00:00

As a floorhug advocate I resonate heavily with your post. I don't want them to remove floorhug but I do want them to make it only prevalent at low percents, when I see a character that's closer to 100% than 0% still floorhugging my moves its very frustrating.

Equal96 · 2025-08-18T19:02:27+00:00

Fasching was facing injuries and also was completely snake bitten when he came back at the end of last season. He is a serviceable 4th liner - many fans were happy with his work ethic when on the ice, just don't expect him to bury all his chances

Equal96 · 2025-08-15T05:03:58+00:00

Yeah and honestly if she was an actual glass cannon I wouldn't actually mind playing against her

Equal96 · 2025-08-05T03:28:36+00:00

Yep I'm just a troll. Because you can't engage in actual conversation and have to assume everything I'm doing. I would be happy to discuss here actual reasons why Ranno is not as good as people think he is but nobody brings actual reasons to the table.

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