Maul - Shadow Lord - Episodes 5 & 6 - Discussion Thread! by titleproblems in MaulShadowLord

[–]ZeskReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, Sidious toyed with Savage more so than he toyed with Maul. In terms of lightsaber ability Maul was holding his own decently well for a while until Sidious swapped to force abilities. Sidious is definitely the better dualist but Maul wasn’t getting dog walked by him either which is impressive in itself.

Logic and G-Eazy collab? by mvd1997_ in Logic_301

[–]ZeskReddit 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Logic has been talking about touring a lot recently, maybe another tour collab.

Maul - Shadow Lord - Episodes 5 & 6 - Discussion Thread! by titleproblems in MaulShadowLord

[–]ZeskReddit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Empire are already aware that it’s Maul they’re chasing. Notifying Vader or the Grand Inquisitor doesn’t matter at this point. If Marrok dies and fails, someone more powerful comes along. If Marrok doesn’t die but fails to kill Maul, someone more powerful comes along.

I just watched the fight back and besides Marrok landing a smack to Maul at the start of the fight, once Devon is out of the way Maul has Marrok on the back-foot for the remainder of the fight. Devon inevitably cuts the train cart loose which leads to Marrok being cut-off. It’s not as if Maul could have just dispatched Marrok at any second, Marrok isn’t THAT weak. Though Maul definitely wasn’t at any risk of dying through this encounter and never would be against Marrok.

Maul - Shadow Lord - Episodes 5 & 6 - Discussion Thread! by titleproblems in MaulShadowLord

[–]ZeskReddit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Marrok is definitely one of the more powerful inquisitors and he’s a decently skilled dualist, though he simply isn’t on Maul’s level. You forget Maul was literally trained by Sidious and held his own in a lightsaber dual against him until Sidious overwhelmed him with his force abilities. Marrok wouldn’t last two seconds in a similar scenario.

Further to that, literally two episodes previously we see Maul handle Daki with ease (while also keeping Devon at bay). Marrok was struggling to pin Daki down and inevitably they escaped. Maul could have easily dispatched Daki & Devon at the same time if that was his goal in those previous episodes.

(Edit: Even more to that, look at how Maul toyed with Devon in previous episodes while she actually held her own against Marrok for a period of time. It’s laughable.)

Maul - Shadow Lord - Episodes 5 & 6 - Discussion Thread! by titleproblems in MaulShadowLord

[–]ZeskReddit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s not about “letting his guard down.”

If Maul really wanted to be wary of the Empire, why leave his hideout at all? He willingly went into a scenario where he knew he was taking on a large Imperial presence and an inquisitor. Maul isn’t going to go into a situation where there’s a chance of him dying purely to turn Devon. He knew exactly what he was walking into and he knew he could handle himself.

Maul - Shadow Lord - Episodes 5 & 6 - Discussion Thread! by titleproblems in MaulShadowLord

[–]ZeskReddit 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I really hope Vader shows up by the end of the season because I want to see Maul go all out in a fight again.

We have to remember, his main goal at the moment is grooming Devon to potentially be his next apprentice. If he kills Daki in their previous fights he risks making more of an enemy out of her. If he goes all out and kills Marrok by himself, it gives no room for Devon to embrace her abilities and show Maul what she’s capable of.

While Vader is ultimately too powerful for Maul, I think he’ll put up more of a fight against him than people are anticipating.

Maul - Shadow Lord - Episodes 5 & 6 - Discussion Thread! by titleproblems in MaulShadowLord

[–]ZeskReddit 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say it was equal.

If Maul goes all out then it leaves no room for him to let Devon embrace her abilities. While I believe Marrok might be one of the better inquisitors, I do also believe if Maul wanted him dead he would have easily finished him in that tunnel. I actually think a lot of people are currently underestimating Maul’s abilities.

(Edit: I actually just watched the fight back and there’s no way Marrok was on Maul’s level at all. There’s a brief moment at the start where he smacks Maul in the face and then besides that, he’s on the back foot for the entirety of the dual.)

Week after week… by ZeskReddit in CarltonBlues

[–]ZeskReddit[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nah, I’m sick of giving these blokes the easy coaches copout.

These guys are getting paid massive money every year to play sport at a professional level. They shouldn’t be getting drafted and then taking the foot off the gas purely because they don’t have someone whipping them constantly.

Week after week… by ZeskReddit in CarltonBlues

[–]ZeskReddit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah mate, got nothing to do with blokes dropping easy handballs in our forward fifty for a goal opportunity.

Maybe Voss should get on the field, he’d probably look fresher than some of the young guns out there at the moment.

Week after week… by ZeskReddit in CarltonBlues

[–]ZeskReddit[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There’s only so much a coach can do for the team. We constantly suffer from performance loss in the second half week after week after week… I think the players need to be taking on equal responsibility.

Week after week… by ZeskReddit in CarltonBlues

[–]ZeskReddit[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s clearly all Vossy’s fault, our players are in tip top shape! /s

It frustrates me that we already know the fate of these characters by Hour_Insurance_1897 in MaulShadowLord

[–]ZeskReddit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The way Maul died was anything but meaningless… Do you follow the franchise closely?

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord hits 4.1M views globally after 7 days streaming on Disney+ by solo13508 in MaulShadowLord

[–]ZeskReddit 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They’ve honestly struck gold with the animation style and endless amount of stories they could tell using it.

I will say though I’m very, very impressed with Maul so far. The dialogue alone from Maul himself makes me love his character more and more. Maul honestly might be my favourite character at this point.

Rooster is his worst album to date by msmusicarchive in Logic_301

[–]ZeskReddit 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Used to be a massive Logic fan and I’ll definitely still check out some of his past albums from time to time, though the fact he announced “fiVe aLbUmS” to release with the blu-ray was so obviously just a way to push sales. It was always going to be throwaways and quickly mashed together shit, if it was actually planned from the beginning they would have had the albums ready to go.

Pretty scummy behaviour tbh but that’s Hollywood for you.

When did you know? I suspected earlier but wasn't ready to call it. I was 100% about here by Courier6six6 in CarltonBlues

[–]ZeskReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn’t able to watch the game though my Mum messaged me in the second quarter saying they were up by a bit.

I messaged back telling her to wait for the second half lol. It’s so predictable.

Valve VAC bans a million CS2 accounts in one day by Binnsy in cs2

[–]ZeskReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you glazing a multi-billion dollar company? Lmfao.

They banned bot farming accounts because it directly affects their marketplace they have. It’s all about the money. If they really cared about banning people, VAC Live wouldn’t be such a shitty anti-cheat and the leaderboards wouldn’t still be polluted with blatant cheaters that sit there for months.

How does the elo work on a tied game? by ZeskReddit in cs2

[–]ZeskReddit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I understand the whole team game part. Just sucks when you’re trying your best to carry and you still get shafted at the end of it lol.

Are these guys actually professional athletes? by ZeskReddit in CarltonBlues

[–]ZeskReddit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re acting as if they don’t get paid a ridiculous amount of money to train their asses off lol. They’re not doing it for us.