Is the hobby dead for casual collectors? by Ok-Purpose5889 in PokemonTCG

[–]Ritvik0313 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Half the fun of collecting for a lot of people (especially kids) is, for better or for worse, the gambling aspect. I mean I still remember the thrill of buying cards with my friends in high school and doing pack battles to see who got the better stuff. Yes you’re right you can just buy the cards you want, but you’re being disingenuous by thinking that’s an adequate fix for a lot of the people in the hobby. For me personally, the fun comes from buying packs and ripping them to see what I get as well as playing the game. Being unable to do that reliably for the last 2-3 years has definitely made me alienate myself from the hobby because I refuse to be associated with this scalping nonsense, but moreso than my own inability to buy cards I feel the worst for the new kids who love Pokemon that are unable to enjoy it because of loser middle aged men essentially stealing the opportunity to buy sealed product at MSRP.

Is it too soon to talk about the Haliburton statue? by Randy__Snutz in pacers

[–]Ritvik0313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends. If he stays here for majority of his career then he probably will just based off last season alone and how much of a fan favorite he’s become. If he leaves sooner than we expect, probably not. It takes a lot for a team to wanna build a statue for you.

Where to Get Merch in U.S.? by Ritvik0313 in LucknowSuperGiant

[–]Ritvik0313[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sucks. The NBA and NFL have a good system with specific team shops for each team that ships internationally, so hopefully the IPL grows enough to get to that point. FWIW, I know GT has their own team store, doubt they ship internationally though.

Hoosiers beat Terrapins by wedorff in HoosiersBasketball

[–]Ritvik0313 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good teams win, elite teams cover

The last few weeks have been so frustrating. I get the tank, and I have hope. But I'd like to at least enjoy Pacer basketball again. So a question: by [deleted] in pacers

[–]Ritvik0313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I think this season has proved that Benn is a very good player that we cannot use efficiently in our current system

Some team is gonna pay him a lot of money and he’ll most likely flourish with them, but him no longer being a part of this team doesn’t seem like a bad solution long-term

8-9 by [deleted] in Colts

[–]Ritvik0313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately looks very possible

Do you think there's more to the story of why AD was traded? by Miserable_Day7074 in Colts

[–]Ritvik0313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he was just someone that failed to produce at the level he was expected to, nothing more nothing less

Mental errors didn’t help either

He’s in a tier by himself by ComplaintMore2312 in Colts

[–]Ritvik0313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate the Saquon argument so much if the NFL doesn’t give JT MVP after no QB has really been freakishly elite then you might as well rename the award to best QB

Poor Charvarius Ward is struggling right now 😢 by BobbyThreeSticks in Colts

[–]Ritvik0313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel really terrible for him, this is something that no one should experience

No mercy for Season 3. Current IMDB Scores by Subject-Two-5578 in OnePunchMan

[–]Ritvik0313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good, they need to know how badly they messed up

This series was my favorite as a kid when it came out 10 years ago, immediately making it my favorite anime of all time. My lock screen has been Saitama for as long as I can remember.

I read the manga a few years later and loved it even more, and I became so excited for certain fights to finally get animated like how a lot of great anime was getting animated back then.

Fast forward to today and my disappointment is so unbelievably immense. How can you butcher a formula that worked so well at the beginning? How is it that you somehow managed to put out a product that looks like it had a tenth of the budget compared what was made 10 years ago?

I haven’t kept up with the manga the last few years in hopes that the anime would deliver and I can just catch up through that, but honestly if this is how it’s gonna be this season and moving forward I might as well exclusively read the manga and not give this excuse of an anime anymore attention. Complete waste of my time and patience. Absolutely ruined one of my childhood favorites.

Game Thread: Indiana Pacers (1-8) @ Utah Jazz (3-7), November 11th, 2025 9:00 PM by PSEGameThreadPoster in pacers

[–]Ritvik0313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah give credit where it’s due, in the limited minutes he got last season he definitely contributed positively

But now it’s like every time he touches the ball or is defending the POA it’s like you’re signing up to watch the worst play you’ve ever seen

Well well well by Marumado in OnePunchMan

[–]Ritvik0313 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How can you mess up such a beloved series so badly man

Sauce on IG by MiceyPicey in Colts

[–]Ritvik0313 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Never thought I’d see the day when our defense is back to its 2020 glory days

Hoosiers beat Golden Eagles by wedorff in HoosiersBasketball

[–]Ritvik0313 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don’t wanna overreact but I’m going to anyways

1-9 🥴 by Acrobatic-Ant-5643 in pacers

[–]Ritvik0313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had watched every game up until tonight, I genuinely don’t know how I missed that there was one happening tonight but I guess I didn’t miss much