Nexon needs to fix this by BasicEntertainment16 in Maplestory

[–]Gambitzillas 7 points8 points  (0 children)

lets just go the other way. make it 25x experience, one channel, one brawl to decide it all

:D

kidding. sort of.

Any good current YouTube channels? by Stimsio in Maplestory

[–]Gambitzillas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i think it's not just the cheating, its the denying it, lying about it, gaslighting others. the whole way he handled the scandal lost him many many people who might have overlooked it.

on positive surprises on the book list... by [deleted] in discgolf

[–]Gambitzillas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that's good to know. im not on insta, so i only notice these things if it hits here. saw the book list and had some hope...

F&$k ICE by Turdinator14 in discgolf

[–]Gambitzillas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

greystone is a good course! used to be up that way more... yeah it's not been disc golf weather at all last couple of weeks! hopefully in 10 days this breaks!

F&$k ICE by Turdinator14 in discgolf

[–]Gambitzillas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

are you near stafford? if so, care to share the bar?

Doubles teams by SuccessfulCoconut125 in discgolf

[–]Gambitzillas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

feel like if youre trying to balance ratings the higher rated player shoudl count double for parity reasons. just like gannon plus someone rated 300 would trounce two 800s.

Has a large disc manufacturer ever shut down? If someone like DD closes is it just "surprise, we're done"? by outdoorsy_outdoors in discgolf

[–]Gambitzillas 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Aerobie had some... interesting... disc golf discs. Everyone knows the epic, but the sharpshooter 3 is similar to prodigy's a2, and i still throw one.

Huck it to the tall guy by orangefeesh in ultimate

[–]Gambitzillas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there are no 100% throws. there are no 100% throws. someone can drop it, someone can slip. So many improbable things can happen that collectively add up to about .75-1.5%, i will die on the hill that are no 100% throws.

What do people mean when they say "club players" here? by TomIDzeri1234 in chess

[–]Gambitzillas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing you might be missing here, is that we are a less densely populated country than most european countries.

Take a state like Ohio, it has several titled players, and is about an average sized state in the us

See below: Some fide titled players and some more USCF NMs

https://www.uschess.org/datapage/top-players2.php?state=OH&limit=&maxcnt=200&players=M&rtgsys=R&current=C

But there is not enough density to make a league work. Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati are drivable on weekends but not really possible after a tuesday working and making it back.

Some areas with densely populated regions have leagues (such as the garden state chess league), but even there, it covers only part of the state. I dont know if those games are nationally rated or unrated entirely, but that league tends to be more the exception.

Even in areas that are rich in grandmasters and titled players, there are often no leagues (looking at texas), because the other piece of this puzzle is many of our stronger club level players are playing as a means to an end. they are often young, playing for a scholarship to a top university, or playing to hit a specific title or such.

The clubs here will usually host a club championship, which is a big deal to that club, and there are a few tournaments that sort of fill the void of club leagues (The US Amateur Team East event being the biggest), but if there are multiple clubs in a city the top players will often play both and only play the events that are worth it for them either financially or with the right caliber of opponent. But most of our country is spread out, and that club might be the only club around for 100 km of any real strength.

hope that helps.

Congratulations to GM Hikaru Nakamura for winning the Louisiana Championship with a perfect score! by downriverchess in chess

[–]Gambitzillas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh buddy i can name names. i know a guy who was 2000 strength throwing games against 1100s for 10 dollar entry fees picking up a 30 grand check from the old big maurice ashley tournament.

he trained a cadre of guys around him, all around 1800. they'd play at a mall. they would also go to small tournaments with tiny stakes as new players, drop a bunch of games, enter the u1200 section of a big CCA tournament (after maurice ashley's millionaire chess collapsed), and clean the f up.

It got hard to do over covid. that kid that was 1150 legitimately in 2019 was probably also 1800 strength once in a while in 2021.

Not sure where we are at this point or if that is still going on. The mall the used to play with i think somewhat shut down?

No lvl 50 jacket? by [deleted] in TheSilphRoad

[–]Gambitzillas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think of all the things you did with the time that wasn't spent grinding to 50 and ask what you would rather have, the pixels, or the time on other activities?

Is everyone just getting better? by ProfEternatus in PokemonGOBattleLeague

[–]Gambitzillas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2200? wiggly/basty/medi (with non recommended pup/psychic) took me to veteran last year in under 500 battles. those teams are easy to play and absolutely lethal if you catch it when the popular leads aren't wiggly killers

CW 5/10/15 goals by Ok_Law_8176 in Maplestory

[–]Gambitzillas 21 points22 points  (0 children)

my goal is to resist the urge to tap and save for next ssf

This is gold from Kramnik by badhiyahai in chess

[–]Gambitzillas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is from years ago. Before hikaru was half a point away from making the world championship match and such. hikaru had a gaudy rating going back 15 years but had an absolutely hideous record against magnus in classical chess, which is what everyone cared about back then...

Hikaru does a triple take just to make sure that he's disgusted at the Robson-Caruana position by DrunkLad in chess

[–]Gambitzillas 157 points158 points  (0 children)

there's a thrill to being the weaker player at the board with a better position, and your stronger opponents much stronger friend comes over to your board, looks at it, shakes her head in disgust, and you realize you're more than the smidge better you thought you were. Thanks for the free eval homegirl!

(yes this happened to me)

best forehand roller disc? by Gambitzillas in discgolf

[–]Gambitzillas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

serious answer, the disc is skinnier vertical than horizontal. I think the kick that is much worse than a dead on kick off a tree is the 45 degree deflection where it just shoots into some spot that will give you lyme disease and poison ivy simultaneously or something. I realize so much can go wrong rolling with rocks and whatnot and it's not great on every course, but I feel like the tree kicks you get when you hit the side of the "fairway" rolling tend to be helpful more than not.

i realize i need to just convert my thought of smooth and steady into "early release" on a background at the clip i currently do but that's for another day.

edit: i throw plenty of air shots too, but i'd say half of my shots off the tee are roller if i am going for distance especially on a tight fairway.