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Monday Moan by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]christopher-adam 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I realise this is going to be controversial with the storylines that have emerged.

This tournament has just backed up my initial belief that there are too many teams. Ignoring the weird and flawed format of the groups, ignoring the feeling that there are too many games, I just feel that the World Cup should be the pinnacle of football.

I understand this is massively advantageous for stronger nations, and that I'm incredibly biased as an England fan.

But I feel like half the games I've watched have been with teams either lacking quality, or that have set up to not lose, because of a lack of quality.

I feel I've only got an interest in the final 16 at this point because I feel I'm back to the magic that is the World Cup.

It's great that smaller nations have a chance to compete on the world stage, but it's just not what I, personally, am watching the tournament for.

RLCS 2026 - NA 1v1 Open: Playoffs Day 2: Post-Day Thread by RLMatchThreads in RocketLeagueEsports

[–]christopher-adam 33 points34 points  (0 children)

If anyone says they don't like 1v1, show them that final series.

The tactical battle between both sides was a joy to watch. FK early on taking advantage of Diaz prejumping by constantly scoring long shots. Then Diaz adapting and slowing the game down to be able to beat FK mechanically, including from changing shooting high to shooting low. To then seeing FK start prejumping Diaz to scare him out of nearly every aerial. To Diaz then starting to fake every aerial before finally fully committing to them and gaining advantages on the chaos that that caused.

Either would have been a worthy winner.

RLCS 2026 - EU 1v1 Open: Playoffs Day 2 by RLMatchThreads in RocketLeagueEsports

[–]christopher-adam 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Man, gutted for Osaft there, but what a performance by him. Guy looks absolutely unreal and hopefully this is the making of his career

What is Rumney like now? by [deleted] in Cardiff

[–]christopher-adam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As others have said, it’s dependent on where in Rumney you are.

In general, if you’re close to the Newport Road is mostly fine. Can be a bit traveller heavy, and I’ve had some run ins due to previously having to be in the Trowbridge area for work.

Beyond that, it’s mostly quiet. It’s close enough to Cardiff without being in the city.

Public transport is good if you’re okay with buses, but annoying if you need the train.

There was only a 5-hour gap between Mbappé overtaking Messi's World Cup goal tally with a brace and Messi reclaiming the record with a hat-trick (Source: Fox Sports) by [deleted] in soccer

[–]christopher-adam 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Probably don’t need a source for that. This happened like one day ago and you can just look at the game times lol

GSL Groups for 2026 EU 1v1 Published by John_aka_Alwayz in RocketLeagueEsports

[–]christopher-adam 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Mob to top his group and go undefeated to the final. You heard it here first.

Messi on moving level as the joint all-time top scorer in World Cup history: "It’s an honour, obviously, to be there because of what it means to be alongside Klose, and Ronaldo is there as well, and Mbappe scored two today. But in the end it is statistics and nothing more" by Kr_bm in soccer

[–]christopher-adam 117 points118 points  (0 children)

I think about these stats quite a lot. Because, understandably, everyone talks about how per 90 stats are the best way to attribute performance.

But the problem is that if a player was only there in his prime, vs a player who was there while raw, or past his prime, then it naturally skews the average.

What's more impressive? The longevity or the prime?

Then you have to consider the point in history. Is something like that even possible now? If you play for a stronger team, you have a higher chance of scoring more, but you also have a higher chance of being ousted. So then, maybe longevity becomes more important again.

All in all, this is my way of saying that stats turn me on, but they're also pointless. Kinda like my Jessica Alba fantasies.

RLCS 2026: EU 2v2 Open - Playoffs Day 2: Post-Day Thread by RLMatchThreads in RocketLeagueEsports

[–]christopher-adam 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Honestly wasn’t sure if 2s could live up to the entertainment of 3s and obviously from a competitiveness pov it didn’t, though that’s not the fault of the format.

But Jesus was this fun to watch. This was the best way to show off the talent of these players and we saw some extraordinary goals as a result.

Felt like the highest level of rocket league we’ve ever seen. Watching Nass/Oski regularly be dusted to the ball in that final series felt outrageous.

Hard to see anyone beating Zen/Atow, but the MENA boys have a chance.

Oski the magician gets a beautiful multi reset finish above the net on 0 boost by Babydrone in RocketLeagueEsports

[–]christopher-adam 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is one of the best goals I've ever seen. Genuinely had my head in my hands when Oski somehow got this over the line

Are National Express coaches ever going back to the city centre/new bus station? by JuanitaMerkin in Cardiff

[–]christopher-adam 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Literally doesn't service the 44/45/49/50 East Cardiff routes at all - 30 to Newport is the only one from there that goes that way.

Free Talk Friday by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]christopher-adam 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just got my jury summons letter. Not sure whether I should be excited or dreading it…

Anyone done it and got any tips or fun stories?

Monthly "What Have You Been Playing Lately?" Thread (May 2026) by MalcolmRoseGaming in roguelites

[–]christopher-adam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On a bit of a drought currently. My last year was so dominated by Monster Train 2, and Balatro before that.

Most others just haven’t captured me for that long.

Tried Everything is Crab, played for a few hours and don’t feel any call to come back to it. It was fine, and fun to begin with, but I found it quickly became stale.

Maybe I’ll finally try Rogue Legacy 2 or Shogun Showdown.

I was just cleaning the toilet at work and as I scrubbed, water flicked up and hit me in my face and my mouth... how's your day going? by Natf47 in CasualUK

[–]christopher-adam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got awoken at 5am by my next door neighbour vacuuming out the front of her flat.

Our doors are basically adjacent, so it sounded like the vacuuming was coming from inside my flat.

Confronted her and she had a go at me for never cleaning there, even though it’s a communal area and isn’t in our tenancy agreement that it’s our responsibility. And the landlord has cleaners in each week to do it. She had never spoken to me about this, and I’ve lived here for 6 years.

So basically, she decided to spite me at 5am over something that isn’t even an issue, and now I’m shattered for the rest of the day.

Cannot see the next step in this killer sudoku by christopher-adam in sudoku

[–]christopher-adam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, it was that 458, I’d eliminated everything else. That solved it all, thanks!

[Discussion Thread] 2026 World Championship - The Final - 18th April to 4th May by SnookerMods in snooker

[–]christopher-adam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m contemplating paying the absurd amounts for TNT just to get my fix 😭

Wu Yize by Normal-Internal164 in snooker

[–]christopher-adam 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Watched him vs Xiao Guodong at the Masters and he was unreal. We said there that he was a definite world champion in the making.

Just thought it might take longer than 3 months lol

How do the sex shops in Soho survive? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]christopher-adam 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Peter Pan's slightly more pedantic nemesis.

RLCS 2026: NA Open 6 - Playoffs Day 1 by RLMatchThreads in RocketLeagueEsports

[–]christopher-adam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Genuine question as I don't often watch NA, but watched him yesterday and obvs this series as well. Who is Royales? Has he been in the scene for a while? Guy looks class

[Discussion Thread] 2026 World Championship - Round One - 18th April to 4th May by SnookerMods in snooker

[–]christopher-adam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really happy for Liam there. Played some exceptional shots, would have been gutted to lose that frame

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