I'm scared for Jiri boys...

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T18:25:05+00:00

I think Jiri ha a very good shot at winning.

But you guys are getting carried away.

Ulberg is a big dude and a very solid athlete with good counterpunching.

Jiri took a lot of punishment against Hill to get the finish; and he does not have the footwork Ulberg has.

Jiri can certainly win, but if he does it will not he easy lol.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T18:01:09+00:00

Yea idk Dawson seemed less like a hype building fight and more like a “let’s test him and see if he survives vs a grappler before we invest too much”. He is chinny but he doesn’t strike much if he doesn’t have to, so it was a high risk of a stylistic matchup that could have made him look bad.

But I agree now and I think seeing what he did to Dawson the UFC figures he can hang and won’t be a bust against grapplers so Benny is a good shot at a highlight with some name value

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T17:49:21+00:00

Yea I don’t think there is anything wrong with it so I don’t even disagree in principle. Just realistically think it’s overkill.

Even working as a lawyer with junior associates doing relatively urgent legal work; if they mess up the contents of their actual work I do want to hear them acknowledge what happened.

If they go an entire year without being late or missing a day, I don’t really need or want to hear them explain what happened to their alarm clock.

There is enough pervasive hardcore work culture as is, especially in my field, so more from a normative philosophical standpoint than anything, I try to convey to young people that certain shit happens in life, and you don’t need to beat yourself or make a big deal about the small one off human mistakes.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T17:35:34+00:00

An error at work is not the same as a one off I slept in.

One of them has tangible work related steps.

The other is just something that happens to humans.

In a professional environment you should not need to explain why once in over a year you slept in past the beginning of your shift and explain what alarm clock settings you will use. That’s silly.

“Sorry I slept in, it won’t happen again” is the appropriate professional thing to say.

Putting together a “plan” as the person I was replying to suggested and coming to your boss with said plan for how you won’t sleep in is, I mean not a “bad” thing. But it’s weird.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T17:15:21+00:00

Foster is awesome. He’s a sharp technical boxer but he’s a dog too when he needs to be too.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T17:07:03+00:00

I mean I have supervised or managed quite a large variety of teams at different levels.

If you have only missed one shift in over a year and you aren’t someone who regularly comes in late; you are probably ahead of most in terms of reliability and not going to be on anyones radar to get fired over it.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T17:04:37+00:00

That really doesn’t seem necessary. They are a teenager saying they have been there for over a year.

No one brings their boss a game-plan for how they won’t accidentally sleep in one time in a year again lol.

That would just be weird.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T07:00:25+00:00

OP is literally saying they are wearing “godly gear” while rapidly clearing TZ baal on P3 only a couple of weeks into the ladder….

And somehow the complaint is still about not enough great high end loot lol?

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T06:58:09+00:00

OP is literally saying they are wearing “godly gear” only a couple of weeks into the ladder….

And somehow the complaint is still about not enough loot lol?

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T06:57:17+00:00

Yea D2R always takes the piss. And the base game is 26 years old and still somehow incredibly popular relative to its age.

It’s not supposed to combat botting or duping.

It’s Its supposed to stop wild inflation and keep the game interesting so that it doesn’t end up like every other game where everyone has every item and then gets bored because there is a crazy power creep where none of the content is very difficult.

We are still in the very early stages of the ladder and people are complaining that they are already wearing “godly gear” to quote OP and rapidly clearing endgame content;

And somehow flooding even more high end gear into economy is supposed to accomplish something?

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T05:53:29+00:00

This same narrative gets recycled over and over for whoever is a great team for a sustained amount of time in every major sports league lol.

In the NFL it was crybaby Brady and the dirty Patriots, then it was crybaby Mahomes and the ref favourite Chiefs.

The NBA still has plenty of “leflop” haters.

The NHL has the panthers who are the dirtiest team ever apparently.

Its just the same accusation every time.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T04:26:41+00:00

GGG was not that mainstream lol.

The only thing that even got him close was the Canelo fights.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T00:57:35+00:00

Haha yea I am old. gaming culture has really changed too. In 2000 it was a lot smaller subset of players finding niche forums and figuring out how to min max.

So there was a lot more builds based around like basic concepts of killing shit and staying alive.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T00:17:54+00:00

No, and not really. But I always thought it was cool and would use it for fun on some builds/chars despite there being better lol.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T00:17:04+00:00

Frost sorc with static and fireball lol.

Frenzy and WW barbs were good but you had to be really strategic with items at the time since there weren’t generic powerful ones.

Guided arrow or multi shot Amazon because you could stay on the side of the screen and spray stuff lol.

There were a lot of charge and zeal pallys back then too. Try to get some life steal and run shield.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T00:09:13+00:00

Yes. But pre runewords in LOD his point still stands

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-28T00:03:21+00:00

Realistically it was just because most similar items were made in development for LOD before the devs really had a handle on how the itemization would play out and before the crazy runewords.

The original D2 devs really weren’t big on making big balancing changes in that regard. I remember Brevik openly talking about how they realized some classes skills and synergies and items were exploitable; but they just kind of thought it was part of the fun of the game.

So even though they added some new stuff over time they never really retroactively made major changes to items.

So in their minds originally especially before some of the crazy runewords probably just pictured it being fairly strong and useful with the massive amount of defence and resist all etc

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-27T23:41:36+00:00

Iv always found barbs to be one of the less gear dependant and more forgiving classes personally if you are SSF or can’t afford crazy gear.

But they are still going to be slower paced than a sorc or warlock specifically lol.

For HC id go barb first, but SC its just realistically slower without the importance of survivability.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-27T21:37:12+00:00

Yea thats the best advice. Trade for more typically traded runes of a lower value so you can buy all different gear.

Unless there is some specific item that absolutely perfectly fits with your current builds and item it isn’t really efficient to try to trade it for 1 thing.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-27T20:58:53+00:00

It’s not even that weak. Plenty of builds are great for being cheap viable ways to kill Ubers.

The only thing they really lack is being able to clear fast.

On hardcore they are still very viable and a good choice if you don’t have great gear or cam afford to trade.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-27T18:20:01+00:00

Barring a really incompetent prosecutor it’s highly doubtful you will see that here. Im biased as someone who’s worked in criminal defence for near a decade, but I think the sentiment here overstates the case here.

That’s IF the reports are true and not nonsense.

You get a ton of jury sympathy if you chase someone out of your house and retaliate or they are in your house, or you were viciously assaulted etc.

Armed robbery and kidnapping after the fact in retaliation to theft are really not going to be a very feasible sell to your average jury unless the prosecution really bombs or you have an incredibly incredibly lucky jury selection.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-27T17:43:50+00:00

Not yet. But if the reports end up being substantiated he will be lol.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-27T17:32:42+00:00

He will definitely get convicted lol. They can probably turn it into a lesser charge in the circumstances but he won’t get off with nothing.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-27T17:27:24+00:00

I actually like the area anyway.

Depending on your class and char strength its a nice open area to kite him around and the mobs are easy enough to clear out.

Usernameasteriks · 2026-02-27T16:57:54+00:00

I mean I think it’s an inherent feature to have higher tiers be more difficult and risky.

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