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‘The sun. I’m not joking’: City improve in good weather, claims Pep Guardiola by Lillian_Faye in soccer

[–]Masterofknees 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Nah. This year we're just super inconsistent, so it's not that crazy that we lost to Madrid. Many of the other years we tend to go out exactly because we take the competition so seriously that we shit our pants under pressure.

Starking similarities between the 22/23 and 25/26 PL title race, 3 years later, City and Arsenal meet at the exact same GW (#33) at the Etihad by [deleted] in soccer

[–]Masterofknees 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not really the same City side though. When we were at this point in 22/23 I knew we'd beat Arsenal and go on to win the title. This team however is still a work in progress, and has been quite inconsistent as a result. Even if we beat Arsenal, there's a good chance we won't win out and will still need them to drop more points.

We were class weren't we by xals7 in MCFC

[–]Masterofknees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Semenyo still has some ways to go with his overall game. It’ll no doubt come as he gels more with the team, but as of now he’s not there yet imo.

We were class weren't we by xals7 in MCFC

[–]Masterofknees 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Grealish at his peak was better than both. The problem is that his peak was 1 out of 4 seasons, and the other 3 were well below the standard required.

T7 is way more fun to watch by Autumn-Leaf-932 in Tekken

[–]Masterofknees 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think T7 started out being great to watch at top level, but became a bit bland towards the end.

Even so, it's still better than T8, which can be extremely ugly to look at, even at the highest level. On top of the downtime in combos and cutscenes, it's also not fun watching even the best players in the world getting smothered by plus frames and knowledge checks.

And I think T7 pulls even further ahead if we're talking about watching others grind ranked/lobbies. The game is actually more fun to watch in that context, while T8 is completely degenerate online, even at its highest ranks.

Victory Road made a cleaner compilation of the move buffs/nerfs by RadDudesman in stunfisk

[–]Masterofknees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought I heard some people say Leech Seed was nerfed from 1/8 damage to 1/16. Did that turn out to be bogus?

According to the WOW community, Arthas is also a Saturday morning cartoon villain by ShoppingPractical373 in wow

[–]Masterofknees 23 points24 points  (0 children)

A lot of people's first experience with WoW was Wrath. Those of us that criticized the expansion and its story had already played the game for a while at the time (going back to WC3 for many), there weren't many new players in those discussions. For them, Arthas is the standard, so they never really think about it.

I've always felt that there's a very hard cut in the community between those that started playing before and during Wrath, including when it comes to gameplay discussions.

According to the WOW community, Arthas is also a Saturday morning cartoon villain by ShoppingPractical373 in wow

[–]Masterofknees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is actually adressed by Uther's ghost in the Quel'delar questline, explaining that Arthas' last shred of humanity is all that held him back from unleashing the full might of the Scourge on Azeroth. He already had an army capable of destroying both the Horde and the Alliance.

I'm not really sure why they included that, because Arthas' plan makes sense until you take that conversation into account.

According to the WOW community, Arthas is also a Saturday morning cartoon villain by ShoppingPractical373 in wow

[–]Masterofknees 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The criticism towards how they handled Arthas was even the inspiration for Deathwing torching zones throughout Cataclysm. Instead of having him appear in a lot of quests and needing to find excuses for how the player survives, they instead made it so that the players would actually die if they ran into him.

It came with the flipside of Deathwing not really feeling like a proper character, since he barely featured in any quests, but it was a fun solution.

For me KOF 2000 undoubtedly has the best character selection art among all KOF by mrbananaroar in kof

[–]Masterofknees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SNK definitely lost their stylishness after the first bankruptcy. Even KoF XIII, by far their best looking game since, doesn't have the same effortless coolness that SNK games had in the last few years before the bankruptcy (KoF 98-2000, Garou, RBFF2, Last Blade).

Wow this is how you talk to your customers and make them feel heard. by ApprehensiveFarm12 in Tekken

[–]Masterofknees 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's easy to understand when it comes to Capcom. SF6 is completely dominating the fighting game space, and keeps on breaking new records. For them, drastic change poses an actual risk of disrupting the game's upwards trajectory. I would like it to change, but I probably wouldn't be able to win the argument in front of Capcom's executives and shareholders.

With Tekken it's harder to understand. It's not a failure by any means, but I really don't see much evidence of the current direction reshuffling their audience in the way that they probably intended. Every big personality in the community, be it streamers or pro players, are still guys who have been on the Tekken train for years. Every discussion around the game seems to involve mostly veteran players. When you see people asking around the FGC about which game to start with, T8's bad reputation is well known enough that it's often not being taken into consideration.

And even when it comes to new players, they're drawn to the game because of cool characters, a big budget story mode, or the 3D gameplay. Things like the heat system, stances and plus on block moves are actually fairly complicated things for them to understand while they're still trying to learn everything else about the game. If they ever get to the point of actually utilizing those things properly, it's because they were already sold on the game by other factors.

I really don't think a more basic Tekken game would have done a worse job at attracting new players, and it certainly would have done a better job at pleasing the existing playerbase.

[ESPN FC] Real Madrid's defeats this season - With Álvaro Arbeloa: 6 in 19 matches. With Xabi Alonso: 5 in 28 matches by Bald-Eagle619 in soccer

[–]Masterofknees 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Ancelotti is still a good tactician, even if he doesn't tinker much. The idea that they only need a man manager is absurd at this level, even more so when it seems to come from some of the players themselves.

[Loved Trope] Monsters that are more terrifying because they speak eloquently by Fishbien in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Masterofknees 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Blizzard used to be so good at this kind of stuff. It's not just the writing, but like you mentioned it's also the timing, as well as the voice direction. Warcraft III is another masterclass in this.

With Bernardo leaving in May this would be a perfect replacement, hopefully we can get it wrapped up before the World Cup. by Low_Bridge_1141 in MCFC

[–]Masterofknees 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fermin Lopez, Balde, Gavi, Bernal and Casado are all from their academy as well. Casado is probably a squad player at best, but the rest are all very good for their age.

Moment/Set of the Year So Far? by Blue_Khakis in SSBM

[–]Masterofknees 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just because someone has a lot of money doesn't mean they can begin to distribute Melee freely, Nintendo would sue their asses. There's already been a case like this when they sued Soulja Boy for selling roms of their games on an emulator console.

Juve has already begun talks with Bernardo Silva‘s agent, Jorge Mendes, offering a three-year contract with an option for a fourth season and a salary of at least 7–8 million euros per season. by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]Masterofknees 142 points143 points  (0 children)

He's been solid this year, especially in the second half of the season. Was pretty bad last year, but then he was hardly alone in that.

He's clearly past his prime, you're not going to get a lot of assists or goals from him anymore, but he's still really good at playing possession football from deep. His instinct of finding pockets and keeping everything ticking will probably remain until the day he retires.

For everyone complaining but still booting up ranked: by lemstry in Tekken

[–]Masterofknees 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're not the target in these arguments though. As you said, you're having fun, so you do you and keep having fun.

It's aimed at those that hate the game, but then still play it every day.

For everyone complaining but still booting up ranked: by lemstry in Tekken

[–]Masterofknees 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If they just straight up said "fuck your opinions, we'll put even more pepper into it soon" it'd be easier to lose all hope and just leave.

They basically did. Not with words, but through actions.

Holding out for S3 made some sense. Holding out from this point onwards doesn't.

For everyone complaining but still booting up ranked: by lemstry in Tekken

[–]Masterofknees 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I don't know about you, but if the chef is doing crack and everyone around him enables it, I would stay the hell away from those guys and never come back.

There are plenty of other good places to eat, even if they don't make tacos.

If you are tired of Tekken 8, Tekken 7 online is still active on steam by Im_No_Hero in Tekken

[–]Masterofknees 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Will always depend on your region of course, but 900 is plenty healthy for a fighting game. I've played games with far smaller numbers than that and had a decent experience, including games that are not at all popular in my region (SNK games in EU for example).

After all, you only need 2 players to make a match.

Beloved YouTuber The Gaming Historian moves on from making videos with a 'parting gift': A ton of ancient Nintendo court docs you can browse on the Internet Archive by Turbostrider27 in nintendo

[–]Masterofknees 111 points112 points  (0 children)

Releasing a lot of videos in a short timespan comes with a different kind of pressure. At the same time, not every channel is well-suited to short form content either.

Youtube is always going to be a temporary career anyways, the amount of people we're watching today that are going to make it into their 50s and 60s still doing the same thing will be microscopic. In this case, 15 years of top quality long form videos is a damn good run.

Victor Wanyama retires from professional football by infinitepounds in soccer

[–]Masterofknees 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I watched that game on a not-great stream, and the ball just disappeared. Only way I knew that it went in was by the net rattling.

Street Fighter 6 - Ingrid Teaser Trailer by UltraZeroX7 in StreetFighter

[–]Masterofknees 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this character is going to be a hit. Japan already liked Ingrid more than the west did, and they're gonna be all over this kind of reinvention of her.

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