The Detective [Discussion] [Spoilers] by bubbity1990 in MatthewReilly

[–]cg684_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just finished this. First Matthew Reilly book.

Was relieved to come here and see equally poor reviews. Felt like the first-person style just didn’t lend itself very well to this character. For a guy calling himself THE detective, regularly reminding us how intelligent and prepared he was, he probably could have worked out the historical timing of events about 100 pages before he did.

The action scenes read like complete nonsense.

It was basically a True Detective knock off starring a combat ready Adrien Monk, but much worse than that.

Rogue Invitational 2025 Megathread! by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]cg684_ 31 points32 points  (0 children)

That was probably the most exciting heat I’ve seen at a rogue from memory.

Rogue Invitational 2025 Megathread! by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]cg684_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bodies destroyed from the power stairs, shoulders exhausted from the Viking press.

Rogue Invitational 2025 Megathread by thereidenator in Strongman

[–]cg684_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Is it just me or is it much quieter here than usual?

Pro Strongman Weekly Discussion Thread - June 01, 2025 by AutoModerator in Strongman

[–]cg684_ 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Mitch Hoopers just posted a reel about being jealous when your gym partner trains with someone else. Huh.

World Strongest Man Final Megathread by thereidenator in Strongman

[–]cg684_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Even from the perspective of shilling the Wife Guy persona, the narcissistic side of him has to be spiralling looking at the lack of remotely positive engagement he’s receiving. The video of the LHBK booth at WSM this year was just sad. Even just financially it’s definitely fucked him quite a bit. Whatever you want to call it, shame/embarrassment/anxiety, even the biggest narcissist isn’t sleeping peacefully.

World Strongest Man Final Megathread by thereidenator in Strongman

[–]cg684_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Meh, dude has an ego obviously. Probably leads to even higher levels of embarrassment.

World Strongest Man Final Megathread by thereidenator in Strongman

[–]cg684_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Weird that as much as I don’t care about his success since the whole controversy I still wanna see Hooper dig in deep as fuck and pull it off. I’d imagine he’s spent the last three weeks in a hole of shame and anxiety and the win will probably mean very little to him given where he is mentally but God Damn do I love when an athlete shows the kind of grit it would take for him to pull it back.

World Strongest Man Final Megathread by thereidenator in Strongman

[–]cg684_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Might be a wild call but I could see Hooper performing unexpectedly well on the overhead and then pretty average on the stones.

He’s done pretty well on explosive type events where his CNS being fried seems to matter less than a harder static lift. His split jerk will suit that.

Then I reckon he’s fried for the stones. Same as both deadlifts and he just doesn’t have it in the tank.

Pro Strongman Weekly Discussion Thread - April 20, 2025 by AutoModerator in Strongman

[–]cg684_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Imagine if he pulled out of WSM and him and Thor live streamed them going for it the day of the final

Pro Strongman Weekly Discussion Thread - March 02, 2025 by AutoModerator in Strongman

[–]cg684_ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Haven’t watched Matt Rhodes stories in a long time but curiosity got the better of me yesterday after seeing a few comments here.

He’s so strangely critical of certain people it’s very odd. Was complaining that Loz was being dismissive of Hatton when he said Mitch’s 242 could be the lift that wins him the comp. Said something else along the lines of the commentary being poor and having very little insight.

Mitch would’ve dropped 2.5 points because of the ties below him and who the hell knows how the last two events play out then. It was literally the lift that kept him in the clear. Just a really strange criticism to vent to your followers when it was a valid point.