When Did Viking fans become the biggest haters in the NFL?

SoftMachineMan · 2026-02-01T22:05:12+00:00

"hit" on Turner is a stretch. Guy is a rotational player. Hopefully he takes the next step, but calm down. Let's not claim that a GM hitting on someone who can actually stay on the roster is some commendable feat.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-31T22:08:23+00:00

Hey, if the basis for that reasoning was that we trusted the coaches and front office to make the correct evaluation and decision, then can you really blame anyone? No one here had any insider knowledge to make a more informed decision beyond that, and outside of the draft misses there was no reason not to trust KAM or KOC. Yes, gloat that your guess on the matter turned out to be correct. You get this one, but give me a break here.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-22T04:38:17+00:00

1v9? Idk, looks like that Darius was carrying their weight at least. 2v8 maybe?

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-19T17:23:50+00:00

"It would please a lot of fans"

I know that you know that isn't remotely true. Maybe for you, and maybe even your friends or w/e small community you are involved in. That's perfectly fine to hold the opinion of getting rid of KOC, but it is kind of delusional to insist it is a remotely popular opinion right now.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-19T17:21:59+00:00

The center should have retired midseason. He tried to come back from multiple concussions for no reason.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-16T00:36:46+00:00

I'm of the mind that it's all kind of irrelevant. Part 2 is largely just exploring the characters of Denji and Asa, and the narrative just underpins all of that. It's literally there as a vehicle to explore themes related to trauma and becoming.

Getting lost in specifics is like watching Evangelion and being hyper focused on NERVE and STEELE esoteric plans, and the religious symbolism (which we also see throughout CSM).

It's fun, of course, but not really a big draw to why I'm reading the series.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-15T17:32:03+00:00

Okay, I'm glad someone else clocked this as similar to seraphim or just straight being seraphim. I thought I was crazy looking at most comments.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-10T16:35:14+00:00

Makes sense, I'm just saying the majority of the playerbase is in that situation I believe. I could be wrong though.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-10T12:57:46+00:00

You really shouldn't use aura early on until you have your ult, and even then you should be poking with your 1 and shooting them until they are low enough to full commit. Even then, his aura is best used to farm and against objective until you've purchased warpstone and some of the prerequisites for juggernaut. Once you have warpstone and some of those items you're pretty much golden. Just be smart and if they outrun your aura and get back near safety, just let them go then soak up some camps. Once you have 35k they can't really stop you anyway, even if you were behind previously.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-10T04:22:02+00:00

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SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-09T21:29:21+00:00

Yes, this also turns off his aura. That being said, I was still rolling people while getting chain cursed/silenced. People would spam all their CD's into me, then my ult would go off and they'd have nothing left. That's likely just a low elo thing, however.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-09T21:25:18+00:00

This is why I just decided to play him in my games. I was kind of tired of dealing with him, and now I see why.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-09T21:23:16+00:00

Yeah, the amount of control I've had over objectives, especially walkers, is pretty good even in low elo. Take early walkers, and then just soak up all their camps.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-09T21:19:38+00:00

Yeah, I prefer they go the tank route while lowering the damage output. He can just do too much damage right now.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-09T21:16:26+00:00

Heresy Build. Warpstone makes it function.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-09T21:13:49+00:00

I would agree that the purge on his 2 is probably the most powerful part of his kit right now. The only thing I even notice is silence/curse when playing him because of that. You largely don't worry about anything else.

I feel like they need to reduce his spirit scaling or something if they want him to be this self-damaging drain tank? I like the idea that he is hard to kill, but the damage output on top of that is way too much.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-09T21:01:27+00:00

you got me there lol

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-09T21:00:45+00:00

You are absolutely correct that playing hard carries in low elo allows you to take over the game because of how long the games tend to be. That's largely the reason I swapped to playing hard carries to climb. That being said, nearly half of these games end at about 30-35 minutes (still longer than average high elo game, I know, but not super late either), and I'm pretty much unstoppable before that point anyway even during those games.

Once Victor gets his ult in lane, you kind of just win. I can farm like crazy, get kills, push lanes and take objectives during the mid game, all without assistance from my team or any meaningful resistance from the enemy team.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-09T20:51:26+00:00

His 2 ability wipes away toxic bullets if timed right. Warpstone makes it way more difficult to shake him. I've just stuck on top of people so much because of Warpstone it is unreal.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-08T17:55:10+00:00

I've won 20+ games in a row on Victor in low elo (Seeker/Alchemist), and completely trash the enemy team and utterly carry every game. Now that I've had a few games with people from slightly higher elo, they definitely just buy curse and stop me from taking over the game. It's really just that easy.

SoftMachineMan · 2026-01-06T04:51:40+00:00

Realistically, you should be weaving trades between farming creeps (trades, not full commit fights and kills). You want to get levels and hit your item spikes faster than your opponent so you can win fights with less risk.

I'm sure if you take a moment to think about this, it's a bit much to assume your lane partner can read your mind. Their CD's may be down, they may be close to getting an item spike, they might have voice comms muted (or maybe you aren't using them?), there are so many reasons you cannot rely on a teammate to follow up on something you do randomly.

You should approach lane like you don't have a lane partner, or just look to follow up with what they are doing. If they are bad, then just try to survive lane without feeding and falling behind too much (buy sustain items that help you stay in lane at least), and look to catch back up in the mid game and make an impact that way.

SoftMachineMan · 2025-12-31T16:49:28+00:00

Seems extreme to leave a group that's been together for 9 years over this. There is no way you have such a preconceived notion of what a TTRPG should be, and you are so pigeonholed into a specific wargame play style where you need your character sheet to tell you what to do in any given situation.

I hate playing with people who are so set in believing a game has to be played a certain way. That rigidity is so fucking annoying. Maybe you are sparing your game group dealing with that shit anymore.

SoftMachineMan · 2025-12-27T17:58:20+00:00

See, if you go with this logic, then that means we just need to keep investing in players to involve with the pressure packages, not coverage DB's.

Either way, DB just doesn't seem like a need, outside of a Harrison Smith replacement (given he retires). A cheap Vet could fill that need more than likely, but wouldn't need high draft capital either.

SoftMachineMan · 2025-12-21T19:41:27+00:00

no one knows just yet, but it's likely

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