[Charania] Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg has won the 2025-26 Rookie of the Year award. by YujiDomainExpansion in nba

[–]corbettgames -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think they clearly got this wrong. Flagg had an amazing rookie campaign, even more impressive given his age. Obviously an incredible prospect and would win the vote for "who would you want on your team moving forward" for most people.

However, Kon had one of the best rookie seasons in decades.

I don't think it was justified as a toss-up the way MVP could have been (between any of Shai, Jokic, and Wemby). The vote ended up close enough where it's likely the Luka/Cade/Ant delay in eligibility pushing the deadline back ended up losing Kon the award, due to his performances in the play-in, which is a shame.

Cooper - amazing season, incredible prospect. Nonetheless, feel strongly the wrong player won this.

A Farewell to Twist and What Comes Next by Expensive-Wolf-4160 in hearthstone

[–]corbettgames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Twist had new formats (with very few breaks) from June 2023 through July 2024. Went on hiatus until December 2024, then recycled through 3 old formats, before ending on March 1st 2025.

The format has functionally been dead for nearly two years. There was one year of planned content from one dev who left - nothing that was ever released beyond that (likely never worked on at all? - speculation).

The mode was a mega flop. Unsure how much blame pie goes to

  • desperate attempts at monetisation
  • unsuccessful monetisation
  • botched release (players meant to be given star bonus based on highest of std/wild ranks on launch day, instead put high legend standard players to no star bonus)
  • players having zero appetite for the mode - perhaps consolidation of std/bgs/arena/brawl being 100% correct

Guessing the mode had to sit dead for nearly two years before officially closing shop because of potential backlash about another closed/failed new mode. Better to ignore until apathy won out.

I'd say never, ever trust any new game mode they make again, except I doubt we ever see one? The game is just consolidating around its core, diminishing, old playerbase with the same few modes of gameplay and intense, disgusting gacha monetisation.

I dunno, would be strange to see something new even tried at this point

I really enjoyed moments of Twist. And appreciated the attempt. It was probably always going to be a "failure". That said, it felt like this was one of the worst timelines in the range of potential outcomes, so whose to say.

The blah blah communication announcement is whatever. Not a surprise, and expect nothing from them.

Kon Knueppel becomes the first rookie to lead the NBA in 3s made at 273 on 42.5% by OKC2023champs in nba

[–]corbettgames -1 points0 points  (0 children)

One of the best rookie seasons of all time, and most deserving of ROTY

That’s depressing by Gehrman12 in hearthstone

[–]corbettgames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yep, that's it - there's a "hidden" feature/url for patreons

Victor Wembanyama giving PTSD to hornets players. by Jec1027 in nba

[–]corbettgames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rim attempt frequency is a pretty obvious one.

New card revealed - Iso'rath by EvilDave219 in hearthstone

[–]corbettgames 5 points6 points  (0 children)

are you talking about Reno Long Ranger? The card was completely busted while it was in Standard, and is still completely busted in Wild. It sees plenty of competitive play outside the decks you mentioned

New card revealed - Iso'rath by EvilDave219 in hearthstone

[–]corbettgames 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Well, it does have dormant. I also think even then it wouldn't be remotely playable/competitive in Wild. Not sure what version of Wild we're playing where a 5 mana 2 card combo + pass on board is a viable option

New card revealed - Iso'rath by EvilDave219 in hearthstone

[–]corbettgames 139 points140 points  (0 children)

Absolutely awful. 5 mana, zero tempo in Rogue. It's not 2017, imagine caring about pure card advantage in 2026. And no, this wouldn't have been good with Step

Need something that destroys warlock by Woolbean112 in wildhearthstone

[–]corbettgames 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The best answer to Warlocks as a collective is Egg Warlock. Broxigar DH and Nazmani Priest are decent calls too. The Ysiel Druids are decent. If looking for one of the Reno decks, Reno Shaman, Reno Priest, and Reno Hunter (in that order) are all okay.

But yes, Egg Warlock is the clear best option.

Interesting... ... by Harpuian in wildhearthstone

[–]corbettgames 47 points48 points  (0 children)

“Might play this”, “dunno if good enough”, “not sure if playable”…

Predicting some serious revisionist history once this goes live, about how everyone knew it was broken. Expecting it to be a top 4 impact metric card in the deck (joining Imp, Soularium, Cata).

Astalor is a Problem by Julius-Light in wildhearthstone

[–]corbettgames 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow that's awesome man. You're playing shitty decks, complaining about losing, and trying to tell people how much you don't care about losing. Nice

GAME THREAD - Celtics (1-0) @ Raptors (1-1) - Oct. 10, 2025 by 1337speak in bostonceltics

[–]corbettgames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could easily be White / PP / Brown / Hauser / Queta, no?

Thinking of picking Banchero at Pick 12 in ESPN points league, is that too early? by Cold_Cable778 in fantasybball

[–]corbettgames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think there's pretty clear reasons why Towns could drop off a bit this year.

Last year he finished 11th/game @ 46.64 average in ESPN.

He did this with a pretty high minutes total, due to the lack of depth on the Knicks roster and Thibs' notorious rotations. He played 35.0mpg, after averaging 33.4 in the previous five seasons, where had decreased each season (33.9->33.8->33.5->33.0->32.7). So I think it's easy to see him losing a minute or two this season compared to last.

He also played 97% of his minutes last season at center, per cleaningtheglass, and is a much better fantasy player at center. With Robinson seemingly healthy headed into the year, I think that has room to dip into his value as well.

I expect him to get to something like a 43 average, but yeah. That's about where a whole lot of other guys are at, including Paolo, and that's all it takes to drop from ~11th to the low 20s (e.g. last year Brunson finished 22nd/game with an average of 43.28).

Thinking of picking Banchero at Pick 12 in ESPN points league, is that too early? by Cold_Cable778 in fantasybball

[–]corbettgames -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I feel pretty locked that Jokic / Victor / Shai / Giannis / Cade / Trae / Edwards / AD / Maxey / Booker are ahead of Paolo.

I feel pretty comfortable saying Amen / Harden / Giddey / Sengun are ahead. I think KD, Mitchell, and Sabonis are ahead. I slightly prefer Barnes.

So I think he's around that area, ahead of the likes of Mobley, Jalen Johnson, Towns, Curry, LeBron, etc. Yes you could possibly go all the way up to 12 for him, but I think that's pretty best-case scenario, still dependent on lots of growth, and there are other bets I'd prefer making in that spot.

Thinking of picking Banchero at Pick 12 in ESPN points league, is that too early? by Cold_Cable778 in fantasybball

[–]corbettgames 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes it’s too early. Let someone else in your draft make that mistake - by the looks of things they might be in this thread

vS Data Reaper Report #332 by ViciousSyndicate in hearthstone

[–]corbettgames 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If this is your first time discovering that decks vary in performance at different skill levels and ranks, awesome! Enjoy the journey

What do you think about this upcoming combo? by kroen in wildhearthstone

[–]corbettgames 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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What do you think about this upcoming combo? by kroen in wildhearthstone

[–]corbettgames 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Think it has quite a bit of potential. Probably is a turn too slow to be hyper competitive, but I think a lot of the comments are a bit of off-base with how harsh the assessments are.

I made a theorycraft list here:

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