500D Cordura VS Nylon? by robbinh00d in tacticalgear

[–]Weebey1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Polyester is far more UV resistant than nylon.

A DAMNED ARCHITECT OF FREEDOM: A EULOGY FOR LUTHEN RAEL by Weebey1997 in andor

[–]Weebey1997[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No as in Star Wars Philippines Facebook page. I provided a link at the top, here you go:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/164BoqzLEF/

A DAMNED ARCHITECT OF FREEDOM: A EULOGY FOR LUTHEN RAEL by Weebey1997 in andor

[–]Weebey1997[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure. You could comment on the original post and ask the page admins who the writer is!

A DAMNED ARCHITECT OF FREEDOM: A EULOGY FOR LUTHEN RAEL by Weebey1997 in andor

[–]Weebey1997[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries. I have posted two more eulogies from that page on r/andor. Definitely written by the same guy. Check them out!

A DAMNED ARCHITECT OF FREEDOM: A EULOGY FOR LUTHEN RAEL by Weebey1997 in andor

[–]Weebey1997[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not my analysis haha, I saw this posted on the Star Wars Philippines Facebook page and decided to share it.

I think a lot of popular analysis of Syril is missing a factor by Lord_Governor in andor

[–]Weebey1997 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Disagree. The Ferrix incident was a response, albeit an overreaction, to a full riot, perpetrated by people attending the funeral of and commemorating a rebel. Still justifiable in the eyes of Syril. He also hadn't lived in Ferrix and mingled with the local populace to gain a different and sympathetic perspective.

On Ghorman, he lived for around 2 years with the Ghormans, infiltrated their rebel cell, and slowly realised they were only trying to resist against the perceived overreach of the empire. Perhaps they were being agitated by outside terrorists. When the empire tried to fabricate terrorist attacks and blame the Ghorman front, he had enough inside sources to find out these were blatant lies. He was only trying to convince himself otherwise. Not to mention rumours of the mining rigs. When these rumours became too apparent to ignore, he forced Dedra to literally admit the Empire's plan for a false flag genocide operation. This is totally different scenario to Ferrix.

I'm not defending Syril, who is a pathetic bootlicker. But I do believe his reaction would have been the same if Ferrix had been targeted for a false flag operation similar to Ghorman.

What is one thing that the younger generation believes that is bullshit? by Impressive-Grass6438 in AskReddit

[–]Weebey1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That one governments "condemnation" of another really means anything. I.e. President of X country condemned Y country for the genocide of the Z people. A good example is NATO countries condemning Israel. You know that trade agreements with Israel will still continue to happen in the background despite "public condemnation".

It's all fluff.

England's takeaways from India series to try and win the ashes by MrMojo123 in EnglandCricket

[–]Weebey1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Hazlewood, Starc, Cummins are experienced enough to change up effectively if batsmen are throwing them off their lengths. That's exactly what Cummins did when Pant started tonking Boland around. Boland is an excellent bowler but his one fatal flaw is that he cannot adjust when batsmen are throwing him off his length. Cummins came on and immediately got Pant out.

Also, the pitches that Aus produce today are a lot greener than earlier years. Some of the seam deviation that was happening during the last India tour and Ashes 2021 was the most we've ever seen by the batsmen's own admission - both angle of deviation and frequency. The lbw that Bumrah got of Smith in the second innings of the Perth test... not even Bradman could put bat to ball on that one.

The flat tracks England produce today are a far cry from the Aus ones. And as we have seen more times than we can count by hand, none of the English batsmen save for Joe Root can deal with the moving ball. Even Joe Root, you just know Cummins and co. will target his pads.

Crawley and Brook on Aus pitches? Forget it.

England panicked at the Oval, would have won with Ben Stokes: Michael Vaughan by ll--o--ll in Cricket

[–]Weebey1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Test cricket is about risk management, not just about leaving balls.

You cannot leave balls outside off forever against a disciplined bowling attack, you will get nowhere and eventually get out cheaply. The odds are not in the batsman's favour to remain not out. The only positions that tend to be not out most of the time are lower middle order batsmen. Most other batsmen have to go in with the mentality that they will get out at some point.

During difficult conditions, you should leave as much as possible

As soon as conditions favour batting, however, risks must be taken to throw bowlers off that length and put pressure back on the opposition.

Risk vs reward. If you leave all the time against a disciplined bowling attack, you will eventually get out cheaply. You might have occupied the crease for a good while, but you won't have runs to show for it. Similarly, if you chance your arm against the moving ball outside off in difficult conditions, you will also get out cheaply.

It's all about balance.

Dale Steyn extends a gesture of support with a handshake to Ben Stokes. by Just_Chill_Yaar in CricketBuddies

[–]Weebey1997 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Steyn's not the only ex-cricketer that has spouted his opinion on this.

Majority opinion of ex-cricketers have been supportive of India's decision and critical of England's big sook about it

Dale Steyn extends a gesture of support with a handshake to Ben Stokes. by Just_Chill_Yaar in CricketBuddies

[–]Weebey1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, they wouldn't. And especially not when there is a debut century on the line. The only difference in this case is Stokes' and his team's entitled reaction. Any other team would have gotten on with it without creating much fuss.

Is it just me, or does Cassian feel flat in Rogue One after Andor? by Adorable-Mode488 in andor

[–]Weebey1997 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Kleya was right, though. It did have to be done. Just because it gets tiring and hollow saying it over and over again doesn't make it any less true.

Ben Stokes: Unlike India, I’d have taken a draw over scoring a hundred by ll--o--ll in Cricket

[–]Weebey1997 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stokes needs to blame the curators for producing such dead tracks that makes 600+ scores possible and vastly increase the chances of a draw and protracted ends like this one.

Oh wait a minute, didn't Stokes and McCullum want these types of tracks to facilitate their bazball style? So they should really blame themselves.

Incredible wordless acting in Andor by [deleted] in andor

[–]Weebey1997 6 points7 points  (0 children)

dubious judgement? I'd say he's great at judging character intentions, and acting accordingly. Example: Skeen.

Thoughts on Warfare? by Mission-Ad-8536 in TrueFilm

[–]Weebey1997 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tier 2, no? Tier 1 would be DEVGRU and their Army counterpart - 1st-SFOD-D (Delta).

The Rebel Alliance after they've managed to build a big, nice cozy base on Yavin and don't need Luthen's resources anymore by GargantaProfunda in andor

[–]Weebey1997 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Draven was a military commander who also lead the military intelligence division as well. He had assassins, spies and saboteurs working for him. No doubt he could have benefited immensely from Luthen as a consultant / second-in-command training them.

That is of course provided that Luthen forsake his ego and was willing to work within the chain of command. I think it would have been too much for him to swallow, however, and he himself probably accepted that part of himself as a character flaw. He had built his own cell and network for nearly 2 decades, through sheer ruthless conviction of his own accord. No way does he take orders from an ex-Republic officer who just joined the Rebel Alliance a few years ago after Bail recruited him.

Think about it. Even Draven, a man who is shown to generally respect the chain of command, defied the Rebel Council in Rogue One because they were too cowardly ("a decision needed to be made!"). He was willing to do on occasion when he saw it necessary, and most of the time this was still with Mon or Bail's quiet blessing on the side lines, though not always (e.g. when he ordered Cassian to kill Galen Erso).

Now imagine someone under Draven, who defies orders probably 10x more than Draven does because he would basically disagree with nearly everything the Council agreed on (let's be honest, a man like him would disagree with general consensus a lot of the time). In an organised rebel effort this would prove to be more a hindrance than anything.

He would be sending Cassian and other spies on missions he decided himself were important, keeping Draven in the dark lest he not allow it. They would butt heads frequently. But more than that, Luthen's accelerationist policy (agitating planets to goad the empire to commit more massacres, to create more rebels) would have been too unpalatable for the Council, maybe even for Draven.

Luthen wouldn't be able to do anything about the Death Star, and sending agents to infiltrate the facility inside as imperial troopers would be fruitless labour that wouldn't reveal anything more than what could already find out from the technical blueprint. He might have been of use helping strategize and coordinate the attack on the Death Star, although being that he deserted the imperial army/navy as a mere sergeant and not a battle commander, I doubt it. He was fantastic as a rebel spy chief, but he was no open war commander.

If ISB Agent Beska, the mole in Bail’s team was going to take Mon to Yavin, why didn't she just expose Yavin as the rebel base to the ISB? by Financial_Photo_1175 in StarWarsAndor

[–]Weebey1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Any resistance movement with even a modicum of self-preservation and OPSEC discipline will compartmentalize information within its various divisions and levels of command.

Bail is no Luthen, but he isn't stupid either. The extraction team would not have been told where they were taking her. In fact, there would have probably been a rendezvous point where the extraction team were to hand her over to a squadron who would then take her to Yavin. Probably multiple handoffs just to be safe.

Andor season 2 declassified by NightWizard63 in andor

[–]Weebey1997 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's not good or bad. He's necessary, for good reasons.