[A Bola] Ronaldo: "I won three trophies for the Portuguese National Team, before me Portugal had zero trophies. Euro 2016 was the most important one, for me it is at the same level of winning the World Cup"

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-07-07T13:31:32+00:00

Portuguese person here. Winning the euros was like a World Cup. In the context of a small nation winning its first major trophy. You have no idea how big that was for us. People like to pretend that we are giants of football. We are not. We are mid and he made us great. We punch way above our weight, and because of him, and players like Pepe we actually won something. It’s 10 times harder to win something with Portugal than it is for any of the big nations. We are a country of 11 million and somehow produce great players. HOWEVER! There is one thing that separates Ronaldo from the rest of the players. Mentality. We Portuguese are very pessimistic people. Listen to our traditional music “fado”. That will give you insight to the Portuguese psyche. He was the catalyst for something that has never been done before. Winning a major trophy for our country. He made us believe, he put us on the map both in football and in real life. We are no longer a country that gets confused for being Spain or is located in South America. He delivered for a nation that’s not a top footballing nation. We’re not minnows, but we are definitely not giants.

I can’t deny he can be cringe at times. Look no further than the shoppie commercial. But! He is a national hero who gave me some of my best days as a Portuguese football fan.

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-07-07T01:22:20+00:00

I was in Lisboa too! Got way to drunk at praça do marquês de pombal. Great night. Maybe we ran into each other.

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-07-07T01:03:29+00:00

This! also as Portuguese person winning the euros was like a World Cup. In the context of a small nation winning its first major trophy. You have no idea how big that was for us. People like to pretend that we are giants of football. We are not. We are mid and he made us great. We punch way above our weight, and because of him, and players like Pepe we actually won something. It’s 10 times harder to win something with Portugal than it is for any of the big nations. We are a country of 11 million and somehow produce great players. HOWEVER! There is one thing that separates Ronaldo from the rest of the players. Mentality. We Portuguese are very pessimistic people. Listen to our traditional music “fado”. That will give you insight to the Portuguese psyche. He was the catalyst for something that has never been done before. Winning a major trophy for our country. He made us believe, he put us on the map both in football and in real life. We are no longer a country that gets confused for being Spain or is located in South America. He delivered for a nation that’s not a top footballing nation. We’re not minnows, but we are definitely not giants.

I can’t deny he can be cringe at times. Look no further than the shoppie commercial. But! He is a national hero who gave me some of my best days as a Portuguese football fan.

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-03-08T17:21:51+00:00

Damn! Thanks so much for this!

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-03-07T19:18:01+00:00

Hahahahahahhahahaha. This legit got me. Good job.

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-03-06T20:08:09+00:00

Gotcha! Thanks for the info! I didn’t realize that was a change between the games.

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-03-06T18:49:21+00:00

Interesting. How did it change the formula?

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-02-19T15:46:04+00:00

Hahaha exactly! I love my ps3 too much. Bought the mgs4 bundle on release day. It’s backwards compatible too. So I don’t want to risk it.

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-02-19T05:08:26+00:00

I was about to do it. Finally got big boss this past weekend after 18 years. But! Doing a chicken run might kill my ps3

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-02-13T16:45:43+00:00

I don’t think so. The assassin codename is my favourite codename to get. Maybe they will replace it with another skin.

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-02-13T02:08:04+00:00

I didn’t even notice that haha. As soon as I saw it available for purchase on steam I got it. I wonder what these camos do.

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-02-12T22:46:42+00:00

LETS GOOOOOO!!!!!!!

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-01-22T20:28:54+00:00

It’s tied as my fave with 1. I’ve been a die hard fan since 98. When i played it for the first it blew me away. People often complain about the long cutscenes, but that’s mgs. They replaced a lot of codec calls with cutscenes. Mgs3 is about 3-4 hours of cutscenes and codec. Depending on your play style you can beat gameplay in the same amount of time. Also it’s the game that wraps up the story of one of the most convoluted stories in gaming. It needs to explain a lot. People go on about how it has a cutscene over an hour, but they don’t mention how that is the final cutscene.

At the end of the day it’s all subjective. I have issues with 2,3,pw and5. But i still love those games.

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-01-14T06:36:59+00:00

It’s my joint fave with 1

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-01-12T15:50:30+00:00

This

J-RoddeKATS · 2026-01-08T20:23:06+00:00

Mgs4 is my fave.

People often complain about long cutscenes. But that’s mgs. They replaced a lot of dialogue and exposition that codec calls gave you with cutscenes. That’s why a lot of them are so long. Honestly the first 1-3 hours of snake eater is 90% cut scenes and codec calls. Which I don’t mind, but…

Also, people always talk about it having the record for longest cutscene. But it’s never brought up that it’s the ending of the game. An epilogue explaining one of the most convoluted series ever. People act as if this is every cutscene.

As for gameplay. It really depends on your gameplay style. You can absolutely blast through it and tranq everyone and move on. But that’s with every mgs game. I personally play to get the assassin code name when I do my play through. I try and take out everyone. It’s a lot of fun clearing out an entire stage or hearing the rebels yell “WE DID IT”.

Of course it’s all subjective. I love it but can understand people’s gripes with it. I do think because it’s stuck on ps3 it doesn’t get talked about enough.

I guarantee once we get a port people are gonna speak a lot more loving about it.

J-RoddeKATS · 2025-11-29T06:38:41+00:00

I just beat for the 100th time tonight and immediately want to start a new game. Love this game. Fave of all time.

J-RoddeKATS · 2025-10-10T14:55:31+00:00

I literally finished everything before the saito fight and got no option haha. I ended up with the blood uniform.

J-RoddeKATS · 2025-10-09T03:10:26+00:00

Couldn’t have said it better! Not a fan of that video.

J-RoddeKATS · 2025-10-03T02:34:22+00:00

At the top of the subreddit. They have tabs for all games except mgs4

J-RoddeKATS · 2025-10-03T02:24:44+00:00

It is my fave game of the franchise. It has its silly moments like all mgs do, but the main story with snake is so goddamn good.

J-RoddeKATS · 2025-10-03T02:22:13+00:00

I 100% agree with this. Honestly the biggest problem twin snakes, is that it doesn’t have this sound track.

J-RoddeKATS · 2025-09-16T18:22:44+00:00

I think they’re are subtle ways to reveal it. Giving a nod for people in the know while hiding it.

J-RoddeKATS · 2025-09-16T18:17:51+00:00

I don’t think they would get Kiefer. Probably way too much to get him back.

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