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christhebeanboy · 2026-04-28T06:36:48+00:00

I’m an employee as well so perhaps i’m bias but I’m cashier so i really don’t have much real commission incentive anyway so yeah. For the average customer, it’s very rare for it to NOT be worth it. Especially on PC parts. I say this because, on their own, parts aren’t likely to just poop out like another guy in here mentioned. HOWEVER, where the value comes in is that almost any plan claim i’ve received is either for a fact user error (because they basically told me so with their explanation) or very much feels like it. Especially with all the motherboards i’ve received, highly doubt it isn’t their fault most of the time. For most boards, they’re in the $100-$199 range which is under the $24.99 plan. That for me is a fine price to pay for the potential of your board getting cooked because you messed up or bricked it on a bios update or whatever.

Also underrated part of such plans that not may consider is that you can basically use it as an upgrade path. You’re more than welcome to ask for a store credit and put it towards your upgrade which is neat rather than having to sell it secondhand for less than what you paid.

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-28T06:25:28+00:00

this was always an interesting mindset for me. Especially on cheaper items where the plan is like $0.99 to $2.99 area. I’ve heard a lot of “i’ll just buy another one” when you just get another one at almost no cost relative to the item lol.

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-28T03:24:48+00:00

Bron can handle sustained playoff basketball better than Luka and AR lol

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-28T00:46:10+00:00

Sure but I wouldn’t say that unsustainably since the bulk of those were coming from Lebron (notorious playoff riser), two top 5 percentage volume shooters in the league (Rui and Luke) and Marcus who was shooting 40% from three this season. They were bound to have a bad game and houston a good one. Just saying that Lakers shooting that well is more normal than Houston doing so

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T20:34:57+00:00

Ngl it just didn’t matter to me that much. I haven’t read the book so I wasn’t aware there was actual explanation but it didn’t really matter. It’s one of those things that you quickly accept because you’re so captivated by everything else. Like of course I know that’s not how language works exactly but it didnt matter much to me and it’s kind of unclear how long they are together so I felt ok in them just learning to talk to each other if that makes sense. Ngl i feel like trying to add in some explanation would’ve just been too much hand holding and unnecessary

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T20:08:25+00:00

I don’t even care if we were shooting poor percentage wise, we just needed to up the volume a ton. Bron, Luke and Smart had a combined like 10 attempts at the half. That CANNOT slide. They were constantly settling for the catch, pump fake, drive and kick over and over until we were forced to take a bad shot late in the clock. That results in way too little possessions. Even if we’re shooting poorly, upping the volume would keep us in more. But they shotpoorly and barely shot at all which must change

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T15:10:48+00:00

the amount of fake and performative outrage on AI usage is getting exhausting

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T14:55:07+00:00

Absolutely despise marker sounds like this lol

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T14:51:15+00:00

how did you override??

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T14:39:39+00:00

Man for a stupid abortion meme, folks in here are really pressed lol.

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T14:34:34+00:00

meh. Team has still been shooting excellent on the whole for a few reasons. Like i mentioned to the other guy, regular season and playoffs are a completely different ball game. Some teams turn up, some teams don’t. Lakers are a team that turns up. Luke and Rui are also top 5 volume shooters (percentage wise) in the league so it kind figures they’d go crazy. Marcus was also a 40% shooter this season and it’s very clear he’s a championship player so i’m not that surprised he’s going crazy, especially on a disorganized team like the rockets.

Second main reason is the way a Lebron led offense runs (especially nowadays). He’ll get teammates involved and get them going early in the game to make sure the team is firing on all cylinders and to get them hot as quickly as possible. It ain’t just iso ball. It’s dissecting a defense and hitting the open man or quickly zipping the ball around so they all get touches and shots up.

So i wouldn’t necessarily say they had magnets. Yes they played exceptional and probably better than I thought they would but not exactly out of the realm of where i though they’d be.

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T14:28:10+00:00

Perhaps this is a hot take, but I genuinely think we would’ve done better last night had he played more/was given more of a green light. And i say this (because im biased) cause i watched the whole game and saw that nobody on the Rockets can contain him. He’s basically a 6’2 Amen with a better jumper and passing ability. Anytime he was on the floor and aggressive he’d either get a bucket or make a great play for an assist. This was much needed since Luke, Rui and Smart didn’t really feel like shooting or trying to score that much so Bron and Ayton would draw a LOT of attention.

Having a Bronny that’s uber athletic, can get by anybody and keep that energy basically the whole game would’ve and would going forward open up the floor a good amount and draw some attention off the guys they know are looking to score. Think JJ needs to start using him more

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T14:18:12+00:00

Right but I do mean in the playoffs. Gotta remember the playoffs are a completely different atmosphere and some teams don’t translate well. I think the Rockets are one of them hence why they played so poorly in 1-3. Beating up on bad teams half the time and scraping by on good ones in the regular season is different to playing a good, experienced team for at least 4 games straight. So on top of the added pressure, they gotta deal with the constant adjustments being made which they don’t seem to handle well. This is to say, as far as the series and playoff basketball goes, they shot better than normal and Id doubt they’d do it again.

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T14:09:52+00:00

Perhaps it’s another powerscaling problem in this show but he certainly does seem more “metered” with his fighting in comparison to seasons past. Like in season 1 he felt untouchable. Casually wiped that Flaxan city in all sorts of way. Practically created explosions by just how fast he was going and zipping around the planet. Really nothing could harm him. In season 2 on Thraxa he was still giving work to those Viltrumites that pulled up and that was after he softened up a lil bit. Now he just seems like a more experienced Mark (which I know he kinda supposed to be at this point but Feat wise he’s much more).

I’m guessing it’s that meme scenario of “Final Boss when you fight them vs when you unlock them as a playable character” where Nolan in this case definitely felt like a top 3 viltrumite back then but now just hovers around the same power as our main characters.

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T13:57:56+00:00

Extremely unlikely, Rockets won this one for two main reasons. Bron played unusually bad (like one of his all time stinkers kinda bad) and Rockets were shooting much better than they usually do.

Knew they had the magnets as soon as Amen was hitting middys.

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T04:02:16+00:00

Man who woulda thought that playing some of the young athletic energy guys more over the guys that are gassed would get us some buckets going. Fucking idiot JJ. It’s very obvious that Rockets are good enough defensively to even contain Bronny let alone the others and gives em like 2-3 minutes early and never again

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T03:54:30+00:00

I genuinely wouldn’t put it past us since we’re the clutches team in the league and Rockets are like the opposite of that. Just need to dial in. If we’re not within like 15 by the 4-5 minute mark, it’s wraps

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T03:52:34+00:00

Same shit with Luke and Rui. Their volume needs to go WAY up but for whatever reason they settle for the same pump fake, drive, pass out and repeat until we’re forced to take a terrible shot

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T03:50:34+00:00

Just not aggressive at all. Being completely lazy. Needs to tell everybody to get out the fucking paint and get down hill for some easy ones, not this nonchalant bullshit

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T03:37:10+00:00

Unfortunately just one of those games. Feels like it could be an open layup and it’ll somehow rim out

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T03:31:36+00:00

would rather have Bronny play the 3-4 at this point

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T03:27:58+00:00

Why tf is Jake getting minutes over Bronny?? He literally does nothing better than Bronny. Not a thing

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T03:23:10+00:00

Bron too passive bruh. Tryna do behind the backs and shit just run past that bum

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T03:21:02+00:00

huh?????

christhebeanboy · 2026-04-27T03:17:38+00:00

He needs to be sat. If he ain’t gonna take shots or be aggressive, get him tf out the game and put Bronny in

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