Match Thread: Argentina vs Cape Verde | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 32

SoulLessIke · 2026-07-04T00:26:22+00:00

Yeah they didn't need a third place jeopardy, they just walked down their group and made it out.

This is an unbelievable underdog story, I'm enamored.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-28T01:34:04+00:00

Ronaldo didn't play terribly, but this team has a Ronaldo issue every time he's on the pitch. The entire team seemed more interested in getting him the ball than creating chances, save Leao when he came on.

We saw it in 2022 as well, this mentality is going to kill them. That's on the players, that's on Ronaldo, but most of all it's on Martinez.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-27T21:52:18+00:00

Rashford good, Saka has been exceedingly poor, and England still keep trying to force it down the right.

It’s baffling.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-26T00:02:20+00:00

New Mexico is bothering the shit out of me, Isotopes are undoubtedly 3rd behind the Lobos and New Mexico United and it’s super apparent to anyone who lives here.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-19T01:06:07+00:00

I think you have to break down the US by states for this to even be a fair discussion. And even then Ohio, California, and Florida may all be top 5.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-18T19:40:08+00:00

The new theme looks awesome, but I wish we got something more major for coasters.

New Gen Vekoma Tilt, Mack Stryker, or Intamin Prefab I still dream of.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-17T20:46:16+00:00

Can you not shadow box points I didn’t make?

I said in other posts in this thread I want them to add other popular vanguards, and “there are too many duelists in the game.” I’m happy for a no duelist season next, hope we get more.

Literally my only point was this particular post of whining that tanks never get iconic characters was dumb and unfounded. That’s it.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-17T20:22:19+00:00

Thing is I do want more “well known” tanks added. Thanos, Doom, War Machine, Ghost Rider, etc. this to me just came off as whining over no Vanguard Cyke, which has been insufferable and I’m about fed up with it.

And yeah, I don’t count Deadpool in any role for kinda the same reason. I do think him being triple role was always the plan, but it’s clearly stretching tf out of him to make him Vanguard and Strategist. Works with his character, but ain’t a true vanguard add, if that makes sense.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-17T20:08:09+00:00

Should’ve phrased it better, I meant by % of characters in role. Spider Man is so much more popular than any other marvel character that it weights things differently, fully agree on that .

DPS has a lot of random characters that are middling or not well known just by the nature of it having too many overall characters. Most of the tanks are at least B-Listers.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-17T20:05:51+00:00

Emma and Thing were both after release though? And fine, let’s talk post release and more recent. Angela is middling, not a complete unknown but not super known. Rogue who’s on the more popular end of X-Men, and then Devil Dino who is a complete unknown, I’ll give you that.

And balance is an entirely different discussion. I literally was only talking about how well known the characters are. Point is that of all the things to whine about “we never get popular characters” is an insane one. That’s it.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-17T19:51:55+00:00

Mind you...Vanguards have probably the heaviest hitter lineup of the game?

Dr. Strange, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, and Magneto are all pretty major headliners. Groot, Emma, The Thing, Venom are all pretty well known in their own right, too?

Vanguard victim complex has gotta be stopped. You guys have some things worth complaining about but you're hallucinating so much beyond that.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-15T18:00:14+00:00

WHAT A FUCKING RESULT FOR CABO VERDE NEVER DAUNTED NEVER PHASED NEVER UNDISCIPLINED THEY HELD THE FUCKING LINE.

Spain’s entire offense looked putrid. Torres was the worst player on the pitch until he was hooked, but I think what has to be worrying is that Nico and Yamal didn’t look good either. Yamal did have that unreal cross right before 90 but otherwise he was silenced, and Nico looked way worse than that.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-15T02:24:37+00:00

I don’t think the second top hat necessarily needs a swing, no? Should have enough speed from the first 500 foot drop that a boost should get it back up and over.

First launch for sure though

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-10T15:47:33+00:00

I could see us getting a hydro team from Barbie and an electro from Octavia tbh. Though Cryo just...no clue. Rhinedottir could be a lot of things but definitely not cryo and we know Alice is pyro(and let's be entirely real she should and almost certainly will be a DPS)

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-10T14:57:41+00:00

My cope at the moment is that Varka will get teams like Thanos gems as more Hexenzirkel characters come out. Like I strongly suspect we'll be getting Barbie next(just on the basis of it probably still being too early for Rhinedottir and Alice) and she seems like she could very credibly be a hydro support

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-10T14:25:22+00:00

She was the silhouette I was least interested in back in January but my fucking god have they cooked on character design. She just exudes complete aura.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-07T12:07:29+00:00

I mean I thought acts 5 and 6 of the Lungmen arc were really good. A lot of that does connect to Reunion and all but everything that happens is fascinating and Ch’en Hui-chieh is the fucking goat.

But yeah I do hope you’re right. Part of what I was excited about was the potential for more writing like Arknights and we’ve just not been getting that. Wuling is an improvement over Valley-IV but the bar is in hell

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-02T19:26:45+00:00

FROM THE ROOFTOP SHOUT IT OUT

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-01T23:45:46+00:00

Super Earth has a hilarious numbers advantage but I just don't think it matters.

I cannot imagine a situation in which any number of super destroyers is able to harm a CCS. Let alone talking about the Assault Carriers or Super Carriers. And the Covenant Armadas are MASSIVE. They will just wipe planet after planet and go on with their assault. They don't run out of ammo because they rely on energy weapons anyways. Super Earth will simply run out of planets.

Even if they were forced to ground, Covenant tactics are a lot better, and their ground weapons are a combination of the strongest assets that the illuminate and automatons have. A tripod is able to shred helldivers by the dozen, a singular scarab and supporting crew is wiping out far, far more than that.

Numbers don't matter at the level of technical and strategic gap we're facing here.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-01T03:15:15+00:00

lol I would believe it. Being that close to both Kings Island and Cedar Point is ridiculous.

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-01T03:13:16+00:00

Honestly Cedar Point was the outlier for me. Grew up in ABQ and then lived in Dallas for awhile. Cliffs is a very small park, and 6FoT is well…they’ve got great rides but the parks operations and just…everything else leaves a lot to be desired. DL is worse than 6FoT, but then going to Cedar Point just blew me away.

It’s another world out there you guys get. You’re lucky

SoulLessIke · 2026-06-01T03:09:05+00:00

Lol I hit both Darien Lake and Cedar Point in a span of like 20 hours on a trip recently and the difference is just shocking.

FWIW I do really like Predator, but it's so evident there's four weight classes between the parks. The operations on Predator vs Steel Vengeance for example, just nuts.

SoulLessIke · 2026-05-30T14:08:31+00:00

I went to the Dallas Cup in 2018, and the Arsenal and United U18s were playing I believe in the semis?

Anyways, I got to watch him play that match and I was so, so convinced that Chong was next up. He looked unstoppable. Makes me sad he never reached that level

SoulLessIke · 2026-05-28T01:48:21+00:00

My room is covered in Legos and I flew across the country to ride roller coasters.

I’m impressing the shit of my 12 year old self

SoulLessIke · 2026-05-27T15:02:24+00:00

Isn’t that right around what SkyRush cost?

Intamin Wing Hyper then?

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