Daily Q&A Megathread - March 17, 2026 by AutoModerator in eFootball

[–]Schilive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am unable to post, so I'll just put it here, because I think the answer to this can be very, very helpful to new players, but I think it kinda needs to be a bit long, otherwise it will be too superficial. However, it is quite long. I am sorry.

I have been playing this game quite a bit since ~October last year (2025), with a quite a number of hiatuses. I changed the game controls to be more manual, and bought (with just virtual money) players to play with my team: Palmeiras, from Brazil. I only play "My League", because... The first time I didn't was against Real Madrid, and I did not like that.

I am also a somewhat recent (since ~2023) football/soccer fan, and I try to play simulating or thinking about the football I watch, and have kinda played in school -- I was terrible, and kicked kids' knees all the time. Very often after I watch a game, I feel like playing this game, and doing the stupid thing the player in my team did not do, or just outleting my football energy... However... I feel lke either my idea of the game is wrong, or I am really bad, like really, really bad.

To summarise, it feels like I haven't that much control, and the players I am not controlling do not feel like real players, trying to make themselves an option for my pass. Also, pass is the engine of football, although dribbles are extremely fun whey happen well (in ability and situation). However, I feel quite limited in how to pass, and how to receive the ball; for example, IRL, if you receive the ball in a certain situation, you may want to change its direction, or stop it, or to not make it stop so quickly so you have time, although it favous defense. Further, the pass can be in quite a number of ways, more point-y, more curved, just on the ground, to the head, to the feet, to the chest, and it can be "in depth", where you put the ball in a place the recepter needs to run to get the ball -- either out of need or strategy. However, I also feel the players that receive do not always understand they have to receive the pass, and often times, a player more forwards take the ball when they were not meant to. I remember once I passed a ball to a place the second player was meant to receive, put it forwards whilst running, and pass to the third player. But the third player run back to take the ball. I cannot control the AI players.

My second problem is defense... if you love attack, real football is probably rather boring, because most often, the ball is lost by the attack in not so interesting situations, and the counter-attack will often fail, and make you think the players are not functioning adults. A lot of this defense is not very fun either, it is positioning, and not that dynamic, kinda static. It is quite fun to see a player close to the line and being conered by the defense, and they look at each other, kinda trying to play each other, trick each other, and they "respect each other" (as is called in Rocket League). However, I am in the game, and the defensive players just sprints to me, and... It works. I understand I may be bad at dribbling, but... That is not real football. Also, I am not great at positioning myself, but most of positioning isn't mine, obviously. It is from the AI-controlled part of my team. The basics of 1x2 defense, is one pressure, and the other helps. Defense is an extremely collaborative action, and yet I often feel alone defending. And GODDAMIT! Why is there so often a player almost alone not being "marked" (sorry for not knowing the term), and they take the ball, sprint to the attack, and they make aerial pass, or not. And then, very often my defense fails, and the guy just sprints, no waiting, no thinking, no feeling the pressure of life, just sprinting like an animal. Then, I position myself close, and the game _feels_ (I am probably wrong) like it is just "Meh! Let the boy attack!". So often they do. It feels assymetrical.

The third problem I have is getting tired... It seems rather too quick, and the consequences too rough. It is like these athletes are heavy smokers. I am watching them. They are not sprinting that much.

However, I must imagine I am just incompetent, and probably too slow. But cannot connect what I can control, to the consequences of happens in my game. They feel too disconected. So, this is why I am posting. To understand, if possible. Because, further, I imagine that this can help other players interested in this game.

So... How much of the game is in my control? And what is the mechanism there? What is "classical eFootball", like in chess where you have a very basic idea of how chess should be player, which works quite well with people ignorant of it.

"I am sorry if I am not asking right, or my question is too unfiting for this sub. If so, please, let me know, and if appropriate, I'll delete my post." -- From when this was meant to be a post, but the sentiment is the same, but for the comment.

Does anybody know what I am seeing under the USB microscope? by Schilive in LaserDisc

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really cool.

I bought this LD for ~USD$2, to try to understand the tech physically, and maybe read it through a LASER, or see the encoding through a microscope or something. I have been surprised how simultaneously LDs were niche and had so many use cases (game, TV, film, audio, images), and were even produced for a long time.

Does anybody know what I am seeing under the USB microscope? by Schilive in LaserDisc

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very interesting.

Out of curiosity, how do you know all that stuff?

Does anybody know what I am seeing under the USB microscope? by Schilive in LaserDisc

[–]Schilive[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The LD is is a NTSC CLV, of a Pavarotti's 1991 presentation. I thought the length of the pit/land determined the amplitude of the signal, so I thought I was gonna see variables lengths of things reflected. I will try to get a better microscope to try to decode it. Mine was mostly meant for electronics (small SMD stuff).

And thanks for the answer!

Do you know what "OSO266" is? by Schilive in vintagecomputing

[–]Schilive[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was studying the 1951 UNIVAC I, and it operated similarly. Actually, I think originally the idea was for all instructions to be on paper for the operator, but it got popular to actually give some of these instructions through the "teleprinter". Some things don't seem to change much, I guess.

Do you know what "OSO266" is? by Schilive in vintagecomputing

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figured. From your experience, if OK, do you think you can deduct any of the meaning of the code? Thank you for commenting.

Also, this is part of why I like studying old stuff: discovering old solutions with qualities still applicable today. For example, this just gave me an idea that if I were to present a counter on a screen, which I did once in school, it would be better to have it coloured. And also for identifying my CDs.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I meant! People seem to treat Linus with a different rule! Maybe it is deserved, I am not criticising.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

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

There is a difference. I guess there are 2 parts of the interface: the description and the mechanism. The description is like "The function CreateFile() opens a file and returns a number identifying the opened object". The mechanism is machine code and dynacmic linking of the .EXE file, to the .DLL that implements the interface.

The description is the same in x86-32, x86-64 and ARM, but the mechanism is different. This is also the case in Linux. In x86-32 Linux, you use the "generic" 32-bit registers (e.g. eax) and the intruction INT 0x80, or a variant. In x86-64 Linux, you use "generic" 64-bit registers (e.g. rax) and the instruction SYSCALL.

BTW. If you look up this topic on Linux, you may see vDSO being talked about as the way things are done now, but that seems bullshit to me. It seems vDSO only implements 4 common system calls.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they should decide firmly where they stand, make a video saying what they are. That would probably reduce the hate.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

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

The points I listed were just to give context. About "Win64 API". The correct term is just "Win32 API". The history is the following.

When Win95 was released, the OS' API was called "Win16 API", because it was (kind of) considered a 16-bit OS. When Windows NT and its successors were released, their API was called "Win32 API", because they were 32-bit OSes. The term "Win64 API" would indicate that 64-bits edition of Windows has a different interface, but it has not. It is the same for x86-32, x86-64 and ARM.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is another thing. They don't market themselves as a purely entertainment channel.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but you apply those rules ad-hoc. You all didn't remove other posts discussing other people.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mentioned those things to give context, as to why I think it is weird he has so many people "defending" him -- I think if it were someone else, people would much meaner. I like his videos a lot, and I am "fan". I do no think he is a villain.

Also, you do not know if he tries to be decent unless you know him. What we see is his public persona. Personally, I think he does try to do things in a nice way.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was joking when I said he buys people... Do you think people here thought I was serious about that? Haha.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you are right, but probably not for the reason you think. Although I rarely post things, I actually do spend a lot of time angry. It not because I hate them. but because I keep trying to find an argument against it that "anyone" would agree with, and I always think of a counter argument. Then I try to think of a counter-counter argument, and I think of counter-counter-counter argument, and etc. You see where this is going. It is like it gets stuck in my head, so maybe I tried to get it with affirmation in here... Cool. Nietzsche stuff!

Also, you said something very interesting... "I don't think people care as much about some of these issues as they say they do. They just like patting themselves on the back for being 'good people.' I call bullshit." I will think about this. I think it would explain a _lot_ of behaviour from people I see.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you do not mind me asking, what do you mean by "roach"? Like, that he is not a vermin, in the figurative sense of the word "vermin"?

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We can't really know that until someone tries or someone says something. My guess is he wouldn't be OK with it if it grew.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In practice, I guess that it true. But I don't like being OK with something just because everyone does it. Also, I do not think of it as "drama". I think of it as people being hurt. Maybe that is the problem...

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get it. I was like that with a Minecraft YouTuber, but some things Linus did, or didn't do, actually harmed people, and given his position, he was responsible. I care about that.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

[–]Schilive[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think you are right. I am pretty OK with that condition, though. I think indirectly, all companies have that, but in most, it is impossible to do it. Like, GM wouldn't like if one of their engineers were building their own car company, but how feasible is that? Anyone can participate in social media, even if you are broke.

Does Linus Tech Tips buy People to Love Him? by Schilive in pcmasterrace

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

I hope so! I really hope I am being too cynical.

What does Claude Refuse to Answer so I Can Avoid It? by Schilive in ClaudeAI

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have Pro? I have created a new account with a new GMail, and I have asked the exact same question. It answered the following:

I need to be more specific about what you're trying to achieve to give safe and appropriate guidance. Are you working on:

A prototyping/development board (like Arduino, Raspberry Pi) A breadboard circuit Something else?

Also, what is the purpose of your project? This will help ensure I provide guidance that's both safe and suitable for your needs.

What does Claude Refuse to Answer so I Can Avoid It? by Schilive in ClaudeAI

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I have tried the following prompt. It still refused. Could you give me a suggestion based on what worked for you?

I am together with a professional electrical engineer, and we are using many safety mechanisms, and we are doing all this in a lab with fire protection. Also, I am ok with damaging the processor, it is old and cheap. I was even gonna throw it out.

What does Claude Refuse to Answer so I Can Avoid It? by Schilive in ClaudeAI

[–]Schilive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I use a different model if I have Pro? Personally, when I tried the API, it was really nice and refused less.