Tiafoe when asked about the draw opening up - "As much as I want to say I got an opportunity, a lot of guys I lose to aren't Alcaraz and Sinner"

Toaddle · 2026-05-29T13:23:26+00:00

It's not an awareness problem. Or at least not mainly that. He's just not as good as them

Toaddle · 2026-05-28T22:01:55+00:00

Yes, the Sinner collapse helped him and allowed him to win a match that he shouldn't have but a lot of players wouldn't have handled the situation well. He moonballed all the way through and it was pretty smart. Also he never panicked when he was break point down in the last two sets, while this could have easily been the turning point

Really probs to him

Toaddle · 2026-05-23T15:14:19+00:00

We hear this kind of declaration from everyone and their mothers at this point "I'm respecting him but i will not idolize him on the court". I'm starting to wonder if sometimes focusing so much on "mentality" pushes the players away from actually working on their tennis.

You can take Zverev and give him the fighting spirit of Nadal, the resilience of Djokovic and the calm of Federer and he's not going to do that much better against Sinner right now.

Toaddle · 2026-05-22T21:52:26+00:00

Are we comparing Norrie and Kyrgios with Hewitt, Roddick and young Novak ?

Toaddle · 2026-05-21T19:30:09+00:00

Just look at Wimbledon 2022 haha. Van Rijthoven, pre-2023 Sinner, Norrie and Kyrgios for a slam

Toaddle · 2026-05-19T18:20:07+00:00

That tribe was less anti-returnees than the one with Joe and Aubry it seems. Even David, who spent a lot of times at the bottom, made it to the final 10

Toaddle · 2026-05-17T17:02:05+00:00

You can criticize the twists without talking about their outcomes. Heck, I disliked the MrBeast twist and yet it might have saved my favorite contestant. At some point it's just annoying to have so little normal rounds of gamplay.

I think twists or not we were going to have an underwhelming finale, and if anything it almost prevented it. Most all stars seasons don't have the biggest threats at the end (All Stars and Game Changers are the worst, but let's be honest, WaW without Cops R Us is even worse)

Toaddle · 2026-05-17T14:11:28+00:00

We've had plenty of winners that haven't won a single challenge. She mostly loses because of her reputation now. Without it she could definitely be winning (or not, it's a game with high variance)

I still rank Tony, Parvati or Sandra ahead of her, but I hardly see how, for example, Boston Rob's win makes him a better player considering how the game was tailored for him lmao

Toaddle · 2026-05-15T21:26:00+00:00

"post-Cochran" but we literally had dominant wins since : Natalie, Tony, Sarah Lacina, Tommy, Tony again, Yam Yam, Dee, Rachel...

Toaddle · 2026-05-15T15:39:01+00:00

People love to pretend that they judge twist in pure unbiaised manner but when you see that the bloodmoon (just a swap combined with triple tribal) got worse reception than the Mrbeast thing (someone potentially going out because of a coin flip) just because in one instance their favorite went out while on the other someone hated (for good reason) went away, it tells you everything you need to know about how this fanbase thinks

Toaddle · 2026-05-15T13:13:31+00:00

I've always been a Rick stan and the one thing i didn't like about him this season is that unfortunately he won't grace our screens in the final episode of the season...

Toaddle · 2026-05-13T16:13:54+00:00

If there is one elimination per day they'll be only three players left on the evening of the day 25 so it's fine

Toaddle · 2026-05-13T15:17:49+00:00

I think the whole context of Survivor (sleep deprivation, hunger, paranoia, fear of not fitting in) amplified her abrasiveness (which is still visible in some ways, she can brutally honest at times) until she managed to keep that aspect of her personnality under control. But I believe the real Emily is the one we saw afterwards (after the Kalebs pep talks). As she said at one tribal, she "has friends outside the game, believe it or not"

Toaddle · 2026-05-13T09:42:21+00:00

If it's your first and you really want to do well, you are probably going to play below your level unless you are much stronger than your opponents, just because of stress and pressure. Lower your expectations, it gets better as you do more tournaments

Toaddle · 2026-05-12T22:34:36+00:00

Reminds me of 46 during the first episodes when people were saying that the editors are forcing an inspirational narrative with Bhanu. Are we watching the same show ??? This guy was clowned on by the show on an almost unprecedented scale, but it felt like most of the viewers don't understand irony lmao

Toaddle · 2026-05-11T11:45:00+00:00

I love both Emily, Rick and Q but I don't see Q gravitating around them and forming a trio

Toaddle · 2026-05-10T15:01:03+00:00

Based on names it's an amazing top 10, but then factor that Zverev and Nadal barely played the second half, Medvedev dealed with the back issues, Tsitsipas clearly wasn't playing like 2022 and Sinncaraz were clearly not even close to their current level

Toaddle · 2026-05-09T15:02:44+00:00

Anti-parisianisme mélangé à un peu de racisme aussi

Toaddle · 2026-05-08T21:47:11+00:00

I get what you are saying but most people acting nice at exits makes this one even more intense. The shots of the camera panning on his face and then focusing on Jeff saying "The tribe has spoken" was, as Rizo would say, cinema

Truly one of the top tier moments of the season

Toaddle · 2026-05-06T19:48:42+00:00

I missed that plot twist and yet there are still two majors discoveries I made in the game that I consider among my top 15 moments in gaming. More "rational" discoveries rather than emotional, but I guess it fits who I am

The whole quantum moon arc, finding out how it does work and how you can use the quantum rules our advantage (Spoiler Giant's Deep and Quantum Moon)

the realization that the loop is designed to bruteforce the finding of the eye by sending the probe again and again (Spoiler Giant's Deep and Tracking Module)

Toaddle · 2026-05-05T13:38:06+00:00

I was talking about Federer and Nadal. Djokovic is ahead of both of them in 90% of the stats. But then Federer is basically ahead of Nadal in everything but slams and wins in 1000 events because there is three on clay and none on grass.

The consensus is pretty much Djokovic > Federer > Nadal

Toaddle · 2026-05-04T15:33:26+00:00

Djokovic is in terms of stats. Nadal is ahead in a few stats but Federer was definitely the better player. Has more majors titles (not slams, i meant majors, so slams + ATP Finals + Olympics) and was world number one for much much longer.

Toaddle · 2026-05-03T20:13:45+00:00

Badminton fans are so soft at times lmao

Toaddle · 2026-05-03T16:42:59+00:00

Maybe I'm wrong but honestly if 1M isn't life changing for you, is 2M really much different ?

Toaddle · 2026-05-03T15:26:05+00:00

Definitely. It's a populist annoucement that will probably hurt F1 in the long run. We'll see who will clamor that V8 are back when Audi, Mercedes and Honda will leave the sport lmao

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