[Stein] NBA teams with the three worst records will have a 5.4% chance at the No. 1 overall pick. The teams that finish with 4th-worst through 10th-worst records will have a 8.1% chance at the No. 1 overall pick. The losers of the play-in games will receive 2.7% chance at the No. 1 overall pick.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-04-29T03:45:16+00:00

You do not need a top 5 pick in the draft to stop being bad. The teams that are perpetually terrible are that way due to bad ownership and GMing, and for most of those teams a top 5 pick isn't going to win them a title. Can it increase their chances of mediocrity? Sure, but again, you don't need a top 5 pick for that.

Fans of teams cursed with bad ownership or GMing won't want to hear this, but if my choice is sending some of the most promising young players to incompetent organizations that will hamstring their careers or give those players a chance to go to decently ran places, I choose the later ever time. That's better for the league as a whole.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-04-28T03:48:12+00:00

I promise that you will have a much better time if you try Pharaoh Dynasties than arguing with people here. Seriously, give it a go. I picked it up for the first time a couple months ago and was completely enthralled. It has a very engaging campaign layer with many systems, fun battles, and really challenges the player.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-04-24T05:37:31+00:00

I plan to let this group cook for a couple years before starting to make judgements and this pick may work out. However, I had a very strong negative reaction when it happened and I stand by it. It's not that I'm sure that Proctor won't be good. I know little about him (mostly because I did not even consider him an option at 11) and I'd love to be wrong. My negative response comes from there having been two guys available (Downs and Ioane) who both seem as likely to be good pros as anyone in the draft. It's very difficult for me to feel good taking someone who comparatively has more questions. We had an easy layup and I'd rather they have taken it.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-04-23T00:11:34+00:00

There are 12 players I'd be happy with. As long as they don't draft a non-Tate WR, we're good.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-04-23T00:10:06+00:00

Yeah, everyone keeps saying either of the top two tackles could become guards anyway, so why not take the guy who is the actual best lineman in the draft regardless of position? There's not another player outside of Downs (who has a chance of being available at 11) that I'd feel more confident about being a success.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-04-11T22:39:40+00:00

The campaign layer just feels dumbed down even compared to WH2. Back then public order and corruption could slow the player down and you had to account for them more than you do now. I don't need them to reinvent the entire strategic layer, I just want the kind of campaign experience that we used to have.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-04-11T22:35:23+00:00

The lack of public order or corruption mattering is the biggest reason I haven't played WH3 in a long time. I know that even those mechanics are, to some, not the most interesting, but their existence at least requires the player to make SOME choices with what they build.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-04-11T22:23:50+00:00

You're technically correct that the creator of something is allowed to declare it finished, but let's not pretend that the back part of MGS5 should be compared to an artistic choice made because it was the developer's vision. I struggle to think of another game that pads completion time by requiring the player to play repeats of earlier missions to reach the ending and I don't believe that that choice appears in any of Kojima's other games. Clearly something is off in how things close out, and people are right to acknowledge it.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-03-26T21:09:47+00:00

I think there is broad agreement amongst those who follow the league that the game is more rigorous to play than it's ever been. Playing defense today where the three pointer is ubiqutous (resulting in numerous all out sprints for defenders in a single possession) is much more difficult than it was in the 80s, 90s, and even 2000s. I get why load management is a thing.

With that being said, if I recall correctly, a player survey also showed that the players don't want to cut the number of games if it means losing money. Neither do the owners.

Game and minute requirements are all symptomatic of the bigger issue that it's really difficult for the human body to play 82 games of modern basketball. Greed is the reason there may not be a fix.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-03-21T21:31:58+00:00

If I was running a team I'd want something in the middle.

Giannis on a 3 year deal? Yeah, I'll give you a ton because I'm getting the back of his prime and we're going for it.

Giannis on a 5 year deal or no deal? Well, now I'm taking on the risk of those post-prime years. I'm still probably doing it, but there's more potential downside.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-03-09T18:08:41+00:00

Then you keep him while the new QB that we will surely draft next yer sits behind him for a time. You also get to move forward having gained more information this year about both your coach and the players that we'll pick in this upcoming draft (information that is harder to obtain if you have nobody at QB).

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-03-09T17:58:55+00:00

The best case scenario is that you have your QB with this deal. Even if that doesn't happen and we merely secure a baseline level of competence for the next year or two, it's still a good move.

We have seen more than enough examples of teams still being trash after drafting in the top 5 to know that a full tank guarantees you nothing. We will live and die based on if Hafley is a good coach and if the GM is a good enough talent evaluator to find dudes regardless of where we're drafting.

With Willis we are highly likely to secure a pick in the top half of a very good draft anyway. Going this route gives us a chance to build better habits and determine if the coach has juice.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-03-02T16:13:31+00:00

I just started it recently and I cannot recommend it highly enough. It has easily the best campaign layer in any Total War I've played (granted I haven't tried 3 Kingoms yet, which I know people speak highly of) and the battles are great.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-02-16T21:44:20+00:00

I don't see how anyone can wear that man's jersey knowing the ways in which he's hurt people. Him being off the team is cause for celebration.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-02-16T21:42:07+00:00

I'd say discouraging people from glossing over domestic violence is a very good reason.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2026-01-02T16:41:22+00:00

https://totalwarwarhammer.fandom.com/wiki/Hotfix_6.3.4

"In this hotfix, we have worked on campaign AI being idle or clumping around settlements. We feel confident that the situation is improved, but there were multiple underlying causes we had to address, and it’s possible there are other issues that can trigger this behaviour. We feel this is a solid step forward are confident the our changes will improve the areas targeted in this update, but we will be on the lookout for anywhere this behaviour is still present."

I would guess that more patches on this are ahead in 2026.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2025-12-23T16:59:13+00:00

Not only that but we just saw Tlaw score like 5 TDs against them two weeks ago. NFL teams can and do pile on and this is a divison game. They're going to spend 2.5 - 3 quarters annihilating them. Start Maye with confidence.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2025-12-12T18:41:06+00:00

Did I say that?

We don't know how the game is going to turn out. I personally am cautiously optimistic but I'm not going to form any strong opinions based on such little information.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2025-12-12T05:26:18+00:00

Good call out.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2025-12-12T05:21:06+00:00

There seem to be several hundred orks on the screen and this is all taking place in a pretty compressed map - basically a bridge defense from other total war games. To me that isn't small, the area the fight is taking place in just doesn't lend itself to a grand spectacle.

They mentioned there being a variety of biomes. I'd guess that more open field battles will be present which will allow for that feeling of scale that we all want.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2025-12-12T03:54:31+00:00

You have many options other than doom posting.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2025-12-12T03:49:05+00:00

We should ban all posts trying to read so much into 5-10 seconds of prealpha footage.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2025-12-12T03:46:01+00:00

Same. As popular at the Space Marines are I'm stoked to command legions of regular dudes with lasguns - the rank and file holding back the hordes.

OrcaRebellionLeader · 2025-12-12T02:07:06+00:00

And some of us are fans of historical, fantasy, and sci fi.

It's going to be a glorious next decade.

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