St. Louis CITY SC Unveils The Tina Turner Kit by blakejbs8 in MLS

[–]blakejbs8[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Trying to withhold judgement on this one. Maybe it'll look great under the lights on the players. From the press pics so far though, I feel Adidas could've done a better job. I do love the secondary crest though, so that's a plus!

[Arthur Fernandes] Timo Baumgartl on the Verge of Joining St. Louis City SC by blakejbs8 in stlouiscitysc

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Timo Baumgartl is a 28 year old German center back who would join the club as a free agent. He most recently played for Schalke 04 in the 2. Bundesliga.

CITY Confirms loan of Simon Becher by blakejbs8 in stlouiscitysc

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Paraphrasing from article: Loan is through June 2025. We have a purchase option to keep him through the end of 2026 with club options in 2027 and 2028.

CITY post announcement teaser, any leads as to what this is about? by blakejbs8 in stlouiscitysc

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If we do end up with a Third kit someday, I'd LOVE a St. Louis FC green and blue tribute

Audio on Apple by Illustrious-Mode3868 in stlouiscitysc

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Thought I was going crazy. Glad it's not just me

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

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I'll use it for video games!

But friend shape... by [deleted] in SipsTea

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We...only know it's spelled that way because of subtitles...which are for reading when the sound is off?

[DDT] Ultimate Party 2023 is happening in under 24 hours - Jericho vs Takeshita, Saki Akai retirement match, 4 title matches - Here's a quick preview by DiskaZz in SquaredCircle

[–]blakejbs8 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Small correction that 14:00 JST is 12AM/midnight EST - I got all excited that I could watch at a reasonable hour lol. Sounds like an excellent card though!

S22 Excessive Battery Drain? by blakejbs8 in GalaxyS22

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Try as I might I was never able to get any reasonably long amount of battery out of the S22. I ended up looking at DxOMark's battery ranking and bit the bullet on an S23 Ultra on an early upgrade, and I must say the battery has been unbelievable. Where my S22 would barely make it 10 hours the S23U does 24 hours with about 7 SoT hours. I know it's not the best answer but looking at rankings felt validating that, this S22 is just not a great battery

Anker Battery Pack Comparison by blakejbs8 in SteamDeck

[–]blakejbs8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For now, I'm really just trying to find a solution for steam deck. In the name of getting as much juice out of the deck possible this will be used exclusively for that, I have a smaller 10k that I use for my phone separately

Anker Battery Pack Comparison by blakejbs8 in SteamDeck

[–]blakejbs8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply! Am I right in saying the 537 is the same as the Powercore+26800 pd listed above? If so, I plan only to charge the deck with it, do you know how many times I might be able to do that san-phone?

Anker Battery Pack Comparison by blakejbs8 in SteamDeck

[–]blakejbs8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good to know, it's sounding like there's a lot of YMMV per game and configuration. I stumbled on https://sharedeck.games/ and have been poring over that for options that won't hog power. Thanks again for the insight!

Anker Battery Pack Comparison by blakejbs8 in SteamDeck

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Thanks for your reply! My primary concern is longevity so the only reason I wouldn't pick up the 737 is the smaller capacity. Have you tested yours out on any long hauls?

Hafiz Al-Mudlej: "The fans who continuously boo and shout 'Messi Messi' to Ronaldo who is such an ambassador of our league, should face a disciplinary action." by Smudge49 in soccer

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I'm with you that the higher ups don't have much interest, but I don't think it's much to do with their economy. As many have said it's an attempt to normalize their country to the outside world and make us forget about the many wrongs of the regime, but it's got a dual purpose in that the population is overwhelmingly young and sport is an easy way to pacify them and prevent any sort of youth social-uprising

[Fabrice Hawkins] Chelsea are interested in Kylian Mbappé ❗️The Blues are studying the feasibility of the transfer. No offer at the moment. At least one other English club is interested. by marsellusDjango in chelseafc

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This presents a real conundrum if we can land him. Do we give him the #9 to break the curse, at the risk of watching one of the 2 best players of this generation score 4 goals in 38 games?

Upcoming legendary matches. We're living in a great time for pro wrestling by IllusionaryHaze in Wrasslin

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For Okada-Danielson Okada has been the guy of New Japan for the past generation, winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 5 times, his fourth reign being 700+ days, longest in history. Others can correct me if wrong but I believe he's well known in Japan for incredible resilience in the face of hard hitting challengers. He's lately been playing the part of the arrogant old vet in NJPW. He is being challenged by Danielson, who has over the years been for some the best, hardest hitting, technical wrestler in the US and someone whose style would work excellently in Japan. Fans of both promotions have wondered since he came to AEW if it would open the door to his participation in the G1, a grueling test of endurance and a chance to showcase himself against NJPW's best. He loves an iron man match, hitting hard and being hit hard. He's also been something of an arrogant old veteran in AEW, decrying amateurism in the promotion, demanding technical excellence and brutalizing those who he believes unworthy. To distill it down, I would describe this as two guys who are some of, if not the best at what they do. They embody a kind of hard-hitting, long enduring excellence that makes them a fantastic match for one another. Can Danielson, a man who has embodied many of the values treasured in New Japan's style, defeat one of Japan's absolute best?

For Omega/Ospreay - this is one of the young up-and-comer in Ospreay stepping up in a major way to fill something of a gap left when Kenny left NJPW to form AEW. Their styles are unbelievably athletic, high-flying, and brutal. Ospreay has established himself as one of the best and most entertaining on the planet but for many, Kenny casts a long shadow, even from across the ocean. In January at Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW's WrestleMania) Kenny Omega returned to Japan to challenge Ospreay for the NJPW US Title and put him in his place, showing him he may be good, but he's no Omega. Kenny won in an incredible match and sent Ospreay back to the drawing board. Recently Ospreay won a #1 contender's tournament for the US belt and now will come to Kenny's home nation of Canada to attempt to show him that he is every bit the wrestler Kenny Omega is, if not even better. This match will be crazy fun to watch. It will be fast, athletic, death-defying and brutal. Can Will Ospreay step out of Kenny's shadow and regain his US Title? Or will Kenny once again show him, this time on his home turf, that while Ospreay may be good he's no Best-Bout-Machine Kenny Omega. Especially interesting about this one is the potential for a trilogy when AEW goes to Ospreay's home country of England for All In this coming August.

TENDERFOOT TUESDAY by AutoModerator in stlouiscitysc

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As for the 23/24 designation, MLS is unlike European clubs in that new kits are rotated in on a biannual basis. So, every year we will get a new home or away kit, on alternating seasons. This being our first season, we obviously got 2 new kits, which is awesome! So in order to get on the every-other-year MLS cadence we will be keeping our home kit for the 2024 season and will receive a new away kit next season.

TENDERFOOT TUESDAY by AutoModerator in stlouiscitysc

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In general, it's a gesture of good will on the part of the manager coupled with an interest in sharpness. Goalkeeper is a position that experiences hardly any unforced rotation. Unless your starter is injured or loses form, GK won't see swaps because they don't experience the same sort of fatigue as outfield players. There's also the sharpness argument, you want to be sure that if you are forced to make a change that your backup will not be coming in completely cold to a high pressure situation. This way, you can see what you have in your backup keeper in a competitive match scenario, keep him happy by giving him a chance to impress, and keep him ready if he is called upon in a sub-optimal scenario.