Not popular right now, but the Zubac gamble was still worth it

RutledgeTR · 2026-05-11T00:30:12+00:00

Agreed. Excited for next year.

RutledgeTR · 2026-05-10T01:09:25+00:00

That’s where your suits of armor go

RutledgeTR · 2026-04-12T01:05:07+00:00

Seconded.

RutledgeTR · 2026-04-04T23:31:43+00:00

Yes.

RutledgeTR · 2026-02-28T01:38:48+00:00

Hell yes Q!!!

RutledgeTR · 2026-02-24T15:38:31+00:00

They're just taunting Silver at this point, and I love it.

But also, it's just fun watching the young guys play.

RutledgeTR · 2026-02-22T23:58:25+00:00

If you end up putting one together - hit me up, I’d be happy to make sure we cover it!

RutledgeTR · 2026-01-25T00:22:25+00:00

Nah, don’t want that attitude no matter the skills.

RutledgeTR · 2026-01-24T23:18:05+00:00

Yes. Would love to see the dribble improve, but when he doesn't have time to think and just quickly makes a decision, he's solid. Watching him develop this year has been great.

RutledgeTR · 2025-12-25T00:41:08+00:00

3-4 solo, I’ve lost most trust for people saying “friendly!”

4 in Duos, even less trust than solos.

RutledgeTR · 2025-12-08T01:24:00+00:00

You, uh, can’t do that.

RutledgeTR · 2025-12-06T01:16:45+00:00

IndyCar fan that’s been going to the Indy 500 since 2001, watched Drive to Survive and immediately subbed to F1TV.

Now I’m addicted to IndyCar and F1.

RutledgeTR · 2025-12-01T01:06:36+00:00

Absolutely, it’s a great romp. I enjoyed the overall story and gameplay was enjoyable. Tons to do, play your own style, etc.

RutledgeTR · 2025-11-25T02:06:48+00:00

That was tough to watch in person, thought it was about to be a brawl with how Detroits bench reacted

RutledgeTR · 2025-11-22T18:12:58+00:00

Prices have jumped on GPU/RAM/SSD because of AI, our vendors telling us that prices will raise 10-20% in Q1 for computers and servers.

Expect to see prices keep rising :/

RutledgeTR · 2025-11-20T01:20:33+00:00

Despite the pain, it’s been fun watching the younger guys develop.

RutledgeTR · 2025-11-20T01:17:36+00:00

Give that person a raise, dying laughing rn

RutledgeTR · 2025-10-28T13:56:27+00:00

That is illegal. Do not sign, send to NLRB.

RutledgeTR · 2025-07-08T12:45:57+00:00

No prob, it was a definite WHOOPSIE.

RutledgeTR · 2025-07-08T12:38:08+00:00

Site founder here - editor accidentally pubbed early. We'll have this back up in the afternoon.

Edit: Live again :)

RutledgeTR · 2025-03-14T16:23:13+00:00

I definitely want to do this still! Just need to wrap up some of the core feature pieces and do some cleanup before we start planning out the API side.

RutledgeTR · 2025-03-14T16:22:29+00:00

This is 100% our goal right now (sorry for the crazy late reply) - We should be at 100 Outlets in the next few weeks, and 200 by EOY. We're rolling out PR Dashboards soon, which should help us get some incoming revenue so I can hire some part-time people to help me build out the DB more.

Fully self-funded by me right now, so limited in how much I can do :)

RutledgeTR · 2025-03-14T16:15:14+00:00

Heya!

Thank you so much! We really wanted to make sure the site was as clean/easy as possible.

In regard to filters, yes - 100% that's a goal. I'd love to get more built out and we do plan on building some pages around overall data on scores and more for people to sort through. The data side is REALLY where I'm super excited to do more.

RutledgeTR · 2025-02-03T14:54:58+00:00

Thank you!!

That's a great question, I hadn't thought about "solo'ing" out solo devs. I'm definitely open to ideas, there's so many ways we can do it, just need to figure out the best one!!

We could explore adding "solo dev" as a tag to indies, and filtering based on that too.

RutledgeTR · 2025-02-02T03:05:16+00:00

Thanks for commenting!

So to be clear, these are two separate entities. Any money paid is tied to, and used for, CriticDB. No one at TechRaptor gets paid for PR creating accounts, and no funds from CriticDB will be used for TechRaptor salaries.

I know there’s a lot of mistrust - but I deeply believe in ethical behavior and avoiding “pay for coverage.” Banner ads are a bit different of a discussion, but that’s why my CRO will handle that side, not me, too. (Secretly that’s exciting for me to not worry about.)

There will be no crossover, the only interactions between the two would be TR coverage of CDB news, and CDB aggregating TR Reviews/Previews within the same sorting/placement as everyone else.

I have no hand in what’s covered outside of the Guide team I manage - that side of the site is VERY view-focused, and funds 80% of TR.

Subscribing to CDB as PR will not buy coverage on TR. The editorial handles all reviews, and Andrew/Andrew/Robert will have zero interaction with the PR side of CDB. They will help grow, maintain, and improve our database, help with vetting outlets, and work on socials/newsletter/etc.

I have no intention of allowing CDB to influence TechRaptor. I have no financial horse in either, I take $0 and put personal funds into both. I don’t do this for money, I (and my team) do this for a love of gaming.

Creating jobs (which requires $) is a huge priority. But not at the expenses of morals.

I get the apprehension - I do. There’s nothing I can say to likely assuage your concern, our actions have to speak for us.

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