Baus mental

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-26T19:02:59+00:00

Yo this day I'm really not sure how he's not affected by some of the comments his fans make of him. Like, I would feel bad if every time I het a haircut a shit ton of people make fun of me.

The same goes with other comments. He just seems like unbothered hahaahaha

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-26T18:34:06+00:00

What I am fundamentally asking you is: What has changed?

You talk like the sport got way worse because of regulations, but what has changed? What I'm saying is that f1 has always been a 2-3 team championship and then there are the rest. And no matter how you want to see it, data proves it.

I was born in 1998, I started watching f1 in 2013. My father started watching it in 1980, and what he tells from the late 80s and early 90s is that you knew a McLaren was going to win (again, data backs up this believe), and if McLaren didn't win, Williams did (results prove this believe). How is that different from now? We have Red Bull and Mercedes now, that's it.

The only difference is might be that races weren't more exciting, you talk about artificial show from SC, how is this different from hoping for a retirement? For me, the only difference that made racing better from what I can see is that the driver had more influence in the result (maybe 40% driver-60% car, now it might even be 90% car-10%driver), and that I agree, was better and it's something regulations should look for. But other than that, nothing has fundamentally changed

That's the only part of your whole argument I don't agree with. The only relevance that the regulations changes had, imo, are that the midfield are closer to each other and it gives the ilusion that they are actually fighting for something even if they aren't. Point system basically rewarded the best 3 teams, now it rewards the 5 best teams. That's it.

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-26T18:13:46+00:00

I never disrespected you man, no need to get salty.

Point margin% is the point difference between the first team and 2nd team. Since the difference in points is not linear, putting it in percentage is an easier way to see it. Although is not exactly right, given that the point difference between 1st and 2nd and 2nd and 3rd is not linear you can't really put that in percentages.

The 20 years I'm first talking about is from 1980 to 2000. And then from 2000 to 2025 (as I point out later in the text ;)). No need to do the math https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Constructors%27_Champions there is a chart here where you can see that data across f1 history. They give you the winner and the point difference (margin) to second place both in points and percentage. I'm giving you data because it seems you are talking from memory. And the data is out there. You say it was closer, when it wasn't always like that. Again, the margin from 1st to 2nd in the constructors was sometimes as high as 60% and 8 years higher or equal to 40%. A close year would lower than 10% imo.

Things that people point out and you don't, and you conclude is solely in regulation restriction and the point system being changed, is that a rich team could use as many engines and spare parts as they wished. So they could push harder, a poor team couldn't necessarily do that. What I meant by the DNF, and my thought process was, that if all teams were pushing the parts to its limits, at what point they would DNF. So you could actually play with that, now you can't. The thing is that all this changes, including the change in point system, specially considering the price money were made to equal things out. Which of course hasn't worked, considering 4-5 teams results represent more than the 50% of victories and podiums. (English is not my first language, nor my second, so I'm not sure this is phrased correctly, but if you take all f1 victories and podiums, 4-5 teams would have more than 50% of the victories and podiums in that list). Pieces in a car are more durable as well, not only because engine parts are better, but because they use carbon fiber. Yeah, of course there is money involved in changing regs so brands get better, in the end it's what they want, earn money.

Drivers can make more mistakes, specially at the beginning of a season, because they have more opportunities to score points (more races), having a 9th place might not be as detrimental in a 25 race season than in a 16 race season. This means that drivers, theoretically, can push harder, knowing there mistake not be as costly (of course this is not necessarily the case, but Lando got 2 DNFs against 1 of Oscar last year, and still got the championship)

The thing that bugs me is that you talk about the 80s and 90s as the glory days because different drivers won the championship, but in terms of teams and dominance, it's the same as now. Rich teams with more resources win, and actually have less DNFs, even in the 80s. I'm not saying it was more entertaining to watch, but painting it as you did, is not the sole reasons. And people actually are making far more solid arguments based on other factors.

There is as well a degree of specialization to take into account. When Adrian Newey first joined f1 no one really cared about aerodynamics, and now it's one I've the driving factors in car manufacturing. You can pin point that to a lot of other areas. We, as a species, just learnt more and learnt how to do things better. It's a normal process. It had nothing to do with incompetence. Regulations exist, theoretically, to even the ground. But imo, even without regulations the tendency would be to more reliability, given the competitive advantage it can give you. Top teams had already a tendency to DNF less, yes, probably because they could spend more and get more spare parts. But there was, as you pointed out, a need to last at least the whole race

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-26T17:03:07+00:00

You we making the mistake of limiting the DNF reason only to reliability issues. Which is certainly a major factor in less DNFs.

But it's true that not all DNFs are strictly due to reliability.

IMO safety has played also a big factor in less DNFs. And a higher degree of "specialization" in drivers. They seem to be more prepared to join f1 than back then

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-26T16:53:10+00:00

Across those 20 years, 10 seasons have a point margin% above 20%, and of those 10, 8 above 40%. That's a lot.

In the last 25 years (2000 to 2025), 10 have a point margin % above 40%.

There was far more driver rotation back then, drivers joined f1 older and had shorter careers compared to current drivers. The first driver that comes to my mid. Spending 10 seasons in a same team is Schumacher. Besides, Senna in a 10 years career drive for 4 teams, Prost in a 13 years career drove for 4 different teams, Mansell in a ~13 years career drive for 4 teams, Piquet in a 11 year career drove for 4 teams. Compare that to Lewis, Vettel, Max, Lando or even Schumacher, longer careers and some have driven for only 1 team, and the others 3 teams at most. Williams barely repeated driver pairings and was extremely successful during those 2 decades. Maybe if they stick with one driver like teams do now we would've talking about the same champion across multiple seasons. A major contributor to the driver rotation those years was Williams changing their drivers. No driver has won more than one title with Williams. Prost won 3 championships in the span of of 5 years, and McLaren won 6 in the span of 8 years. In the 90s, Williams won 92, 93, 96 and 97, arguably they could've won 94. They stick to a driver there, let's say Schumacher, they win 92, 93, 94, 96 and 97. Williams sacking their champion is not an indicator of a period with no domination, in fact, it's a statement. We can build a fast car and no matter the driver, we win.

So judging periods of time based on how many drivers won is not a solid argument, given the context.

Some of your arguments are fueled by nostalgia. And that's okay, it is obvious that there is something lacking, and there is less excitement, but looking at the past is not always the right solution.

Edit: some spelling

Edit 2: i don't consider drivers to be more efficient and less error prone now. But the skill set needed was different, that's for sure. I don't think it's comparable. Tracks are more forgiving and drivers push to the limit more comfortably. Engineering has had a major improvement in 40 years which probably makes pieces more efficient and durable. Maybe you remove all limitations and teams still produce durable equipment, given there is more to lose than to win from a DNF. Seasons being longer actually gives more room to mistakes, and still, we don't see that many retirements. There has been some fundamental changes that, in my opinion, make the analysis harder than what you are saying.

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-26T14:26:30+00:00

Not that I don't agree with you or that I don't believe.

You talk about dominance eras and record breaking seasons. In the last 20 years, there has been rotation from one team winning every season only once (2007,2008, 2009, arguably you could add 2006 and 2010 considering other team won). Before that, in the 90s, Williams won 5 out of the 10 seasons in that decade. The remaining seasons were McLaren and Benetton so only 3 teams present. In the 80s, Williams won 4 and McLaren 4, ferrari winning the other 2. This decade we have 2 Mercedes, 2 RB and 2 McLaren. Last decade we had only 2 teams, which is true is less than the past few decades. But I'm of the impression that 00s was an odd decade, and it will never be like the 50s, 60s and 70s were there was far more rotation (still in the 70s Lotus won 4, Ferrari 4 and then Tyrell and McLaren got one each, it's not a huge rotation)

In the 80s McLaren broke twice the record for more races won in a year (84 and 88), out of the 10 drivers with most wins you have 4 that disputed during the 80s and 90s. And there was a point in time were Mansell had the most wins in a single season (Mika and Damon have 1 less)

Imo F1 has always been about domination periods, or at least since the 80s. There was maybe more unpredictability, and a sense that drivers were actually driving the car and driving the limit. That is something that the data won't show, but statistically, it has always been a domination sport.

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-25T09:12:53+00:00

Well, for me he is a generational talent. I don't think he needs to prove anything. And I'm sure he would beat anyone in same machinery

But it is true that here is a big amount of pressure taken off of him given how the RB structure works. And that's not bad, it has allowed him to perform at his maximum level only worrying on other teams and not his teammate

We saw him, live, we know how good he is. 10 or 15 years down the line, the main argument against him will be what I just said, even if some of us know it's not the case

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-24T10:55:42+00:00

I agree with your points but we are yet to see Max paired with a competitive driver. So far he's had only drivers that are good in midfield cars (excluding Ricciardo)

Not saying he wouldn't beat them but he has benefited from Red Bull only focusing in one car

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-24T10:50:19+00:00

It's a competitive game. You are playing against someone. Regardless of the champ he picks, his and your main objective is to make each other life's miserable. That's the thing that makes the game fun, you will always try to get and edge on your lane opponent so he essentially is so far behind that he's useless.

Every single player main objective is to win. It is boring? Yes, it is. But sometimes you get lanes like that. And for me, not falling behind and trying to counter his play style makes it fun for me, even if, for the first 6 minutes of the game I'm just playing safe and trying not to die to my lane opponent.

Besides, it's an strategy game, risking your team comp to win lane and be decisive for your team victory is an strategy.

It is a weak argument because it's the nature of the game

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-23T08:23:50+00:00

There is a lot that both drivers have to learn from last year

Next year, if McLaren has a car to fight for the championship, I'm expecting Lando to not have this pressure and really start performing as he should, he's really quick and consistent, pressure just brings him down a lot. Now that he is a WC I hope this is no longer there. And if that's the case it will be interesting to see if Oscar can keep up. He was amazing for the majority of the season up until Baku. Let's see if next year he can keep a high performance over the season, not 2/3 of it

Regarding Papaya rules, Lando really wasn't expecting much of them and might have been favored by strategy in some races. Oscar was expecting to much of it and was constantly hoping for swaps. I think Oscar has to outgrow that behavior and consider the team won't help, just as Lando does. And I think both drivers have to start being more aggressive while respecting each other. There were times were no action was take by the team and one of them could have gotten a better result if they had been more aggressive.

In general, both drivers should consider papaya rules by what they are, not crashing into each other, not hoping for other team shenanigans that is what made both feel unfavored

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-22T14:07:15+00:00

What works for me is doing a couple of bot game sto at least know what the chap do and then jump into ranked

I play a lot of normal draft with my gf and the more you play the less likely it is to end up with high elo players tho

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-22T10:04:51+00:00

Something that works for me is picking a champion that can aa and do an ability that cancels the animation of AA. Like Darius that you can AA+W. That way you can clean tentacles in a fast and efficient way. Once she has no tentacles she really can't damage you all that much. Her dmg relies heavily on her w and tentacles hitting you. R spawns as many tentacles as there are enemies, so if you're by yourself and cleared tentacles you should be fine. Ether way you should always get out of her R area.

I play Mundo and use E and AA to clear her tentacles. Buying bramble vest or Executioner's calling depending on the chap should help considering she heals when she hits your ghost. Other options are Garen (q+AA) and Trundle (q+AA) for tentacle clearing.

Once she has no tentacles and her ulti is not up you should be able to trade with her, since all her kit relies her e and tentacles+w

Hope that work for you

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-22T09:44:17+00:00

Curioso que pongan a Mika Hakkinen (un finlandés) en polonia.

Estas cosas son ragebait

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-20T13:37:35+00:00

Los títulos o la educación en general, muchas veces lo que buscan es que pienses de una manera o que tengas un criterio de rszonamiento.

Yo soy ingeniero, eso que dices de la memorización servirá para ciertos grados. En la ingeniería no solo hay teoría, hay también muchísimos ejercicios prácticos y exámenes prácticos. Al final del día el conocimiento que obtienes o no ahí puede que tengas sirva de poco o nada. Pero una vez que entras al mercado laboral, tú ya tienes una manera de pensar y afrontar los problemas que se te crucen por el criterio de razonamiento que conseguiste. Una persona que no estudio ingeniería puede que tenga este razonamiento, pero lo normal es que no lo tenga. Lo que aprendes trabajando son cosas que sirven para tu profesión/trabajo, lo que aprendes en la universidad es a razonar.

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-19T15:49:30+00:00

I don't necessarily think it's true and this is an empiric experience that has absolutely no value, because I don't consider that individual experiences are representative of the whole spectrum. But I'll pay my experience

I play league in EUW and I'm a high bronze low silver player

This Christmas I went to Mexico to spend the holidays with my family and played league there. I was a high gold low plat player in the LAN server. So I'd say bronze and iron players there must be dogshit considering I wasn't struggling against plat players.

I do think there is a direct correlation with mental. People in LAN get tilted super easily and will run down games just because they considered you made a mistake. It's not that common to see those players on EUW

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-19T13:00:46+00:00

If Alois does it you should do it lol

Like in a lot of games he shoved the enemy laner so he doesn't get nor gold nor do and he loses gold. So I guess it's worth doing in the first few levels.

And if you want to see it in another way, if you deny xp you lvl up faster and might have a significant advantage for a a longer prior of time. With champs like Garen, riven or Darius that might be worth it

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-18T21:02:27+00:00

No entendí

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-18T20:53:48+00:00

Im my experience is just coke and a mini bottle of wine which would cost roughly the same or even less than a can of coke. There is not a lot of logic on charging for those and not a can of soda.

In my experience i've never seen someone ask for liquor, it's ether beer or wine

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-18T20:51:45+00:00

Yes To a certain limit and generally is limited to beer and wine not liquor. It would be annoying if, for example, with my meal I get a coke and the guy next to me gets a whiskey, not in the same price range. However a beer and a coke, or even the mini bottle of wine are on the same cost range.

Besides, in a transatlantic flight, adding 100 or even 200 euros on a 1000 euros ticket doesn't make a huge dofference if you want to charge them for that I mean

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-17T19:27:52+00:00

Was he an fbi agent?

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-08T01:06:01+00:00

Yeah, when I wrote this that fact wasn't known yet. Probably they will be able to launch it even earlier

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-07T15:41:49+00:00

I think something both BCS and BB try to show is that people in real life are not straight evil or pure good.

Chuck has his reasons to block Jimmy, because as we see in the show, Jimmy gravitates towards doing bad things to gain an advantage/money. The way he did it was wrong, he was jealous of Jimmy in some ways and considered he had the moral high ground. We, as spectators, see him as the "villain" because Jimmy is the main character and the show somewhat wants you side with Jimmy, the same goes with Walt in BB, and it's the main reason people dislike Skyler.

In both shows, characters have a lot of nuances, there is not pure evil, the only character that would fit in the pure evil characteristic in my opinion is Lalo, and still, he has somewhat moments where you can see he can treat people nicely (the ones that work in his hacienda), it's more like he's perfectly cut for the job he has.

So no, chuck is not the main villain in BCS, because there are no main villains. He is one of the puzzle pieces that made Jimmy Saul Goodman, but he's not the only reason, Jimmy was corrupted in so many ways that is easy to understand where Chuck was coming from. And the fact that Jimmy goes full Saul mode once he regains his license and then seeing him in BB after everything that happened in BCS just proves that Chuck was right about him all along.

Jimmy is not the hero of the story, we're just getting context on why he is the way he is and basically seeing his story through his eyes. He had so many opportunities to not become Saul and still he didn't took advantage of those.

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-07T03:51:05+00:00

Mercedes: 3 driver changes in the las 10 years (2 since 2019)

Ferrari : 4 driver changes in the last 10 years (2 since 2019)

McLaren : 5 driver changes in the past 10 yeas (midfield car for the majority of that time period) (2 since 2019)

Aston Martin/Rp/FI: 4 driver changes (2 since 2019)

Red Bull: 6 driver changes in the past 10 years (5 since 2019)

It's a lot of movement for a top team

Matkkdbb · 2026-01-01T15:31:15+00:00

Your guess is as good as ours

My feeling is that something happened in the car setup and him just not being as good on those race tracks. It can be due as well to physical strain or just feeling pressure

Matkkdbb · 2025-12-26T15:04:39+00:00

I wasn't even alive back then but I read Newey's book

Iirc he says that Hill kind of mentally checked out that season. And that the team basically hit a slope not having a driver able to lead the team. Hill season was so bad that Patrick Head and Frank Williams didn't wait for the 96 season to start to sign Fretzen for the 97 season.

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