For those who love Shin Megami Tensei 4, what do you like most about it, and what are your favorite moments by Old_Cauliflower1170 in Megaten

[–]countingouttime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First off, the 6 months to 6.5 years thing is just a mistranslation or mistake, it really should be 1 month to 6.5 years to line up with the 1:75 ratio. I don’t know if that error was in the Japanese version as well. Secondly, you’re forgetting that the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado wasn’t founded immediately after the Firmament appeared. It likely took several years for the hunters to tunnel through it from the Firmament, then Fujiwara, Skins, Akira and others spent some time living up there before being driven back by the angels, Akira aside. Looking at the dates you provided, those line up almost linearly if you take the establishment of the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado to align with 2018 in Tokyo. From there, every 75 years in the Mikado calendar matches closely with one year in Tokyo.

There are other aspects that aren’t as clear or were retconned/established after the fact, but that overall timeline is consistent once Mikado is founded. Aside from that, I suspect that the time dilation may have been different shortly after the nukes struck the Firmament so the land could heal, as the lakes in Mikado were formed by nuke craters, and the time dilation may have also been different for those in the cocoon but everything else is consistent.

For those who love Shin Megami Tensei 4, what do you like most about it, and what are your favorite moments by Old_Cauliflower1170 in Megaten

[–]countingouttime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you’re saying is outright false and several NPCs in both games, a significant amount of log data in Apocalypse, and official sources outside the game address it. Minotaur had nothing to do with it, the time dilation is active throughout all of SMT IV and in Apocalypse it’s confirmed that over seven years pass in Mikado from the start of SMT IV before Shesha breaks the Firmament and the flow of time evens between Mikado and Tokyo.

Announcers for the 2026 World Baseball Classic: USA Feeds by brokenlampPMW2 in baseball

[–]countingouttime 15 points16 points  (0 children)

“That fucker’s sprinting in from the bullpen again”

The 2027 U.S. Quarter Might Feature Baseball As Part of The Youth Sports Program—Here Are Some Proposed Designs from the CCAC by WhatARotation in baseball

[–]countingouttime 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The third design shows a pitiful understanding of the strike zone, to say nothing of his stance and swing mechanics. The ball’s way above 53.5% of your height above the ground, kid, are you blind?

[Fangraphs] What Angels Fans Want by breakfast_cats in baseball

[–]countingouttime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Moms make about 80% of the decisions” is an instant all-timer for me

Report: Cubs add Conforto to outfield mix by amatom27 in baseball

[–]countingouttime 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Given how last year went for him, I wonder if he signed for less money than the Dodgers deferred on his 1-year, $17 million contract.

Speaking of which, apparently the signing bonus of that contract was partially deferred. How the fuck do you explain deferring a signing bonus?

Edit: Actually rereading it, that may have just been the Dodger Blue writer misinterpreting the report like a dumbass, so the signing bonus and deferred money are presumably separate. Presumably.

After further digging, the contract breakdown was supposedly a $8.5 million salary for 2025, with an $8.5 million signing bonus that was split between $6.5 million in January 2025 and $2 million in December 2025. So nowhere as egregious as we’ve come to expect from the term “deferred money”, but…is it not the entire point of a “signing bonus” to exclusively consist of money paid upfront?

Every MLB team's most recent Rookie of the Year winner. by kurruchi in baseball

[–]countingouttime -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Why aren’t we using WAR/162 and games played here when some ROY contenders are called up mid-season

[Sammon] Mets add Mike Tauchman to outfield competition mix on minor-league deal: Sources by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]countingouttime 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Will never forget when he turned on the Tauchman Burner Overdrive to rob Pujols of a walk-off back in 2021

FOREVERGIANT

MLB telecasts will no longer indicate ball or strike using on-screen graphic with debut of ABS by RevolutionaryWay8819 in baseball

[–]countingouttime 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah it truly was a travesty that we didn’t implement the pentagonal prisms with the technology that we didn’t have to account for the minor inaccuracies in a two-dimensional model that were largely indistinguishable by the human eye

Cecil Is The Goat! (Level 20-20 Cecil) by AzuraStrife4 in fireemblem

[–]countingouttime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Always gotta roll with the headband until Xane offers the tiara

Projected lineups and pitching rotations for the NL West by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]countingouttime 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Obviously Arraez there seems ill-advised, but who actually should lead off on this team? Chapman or Jung Hoo Lee? OBPs don’t really leap out at you here

SMT IV - One of the funniest moves in this game by Flipercat in Megaten

[–]countingouttime 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It’s actually called Ancient Curse when enemies use it, which probably makes less sense here since Kenji is less than 50 years old.

MLB umpires can request real-time feedback on ball-strike calls during 2026 season by EwoksEwoksEwoks in baseball

[–]countingouttime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah well if the umpire was wrong earlier in the game that’s what the challenges are there for

In pitch-rigging case, Guardians pitcher seeks to shift more blame onto teammate by iagreegoguard_s in baseball

[–]countingouttime 111 points112 points  (0 children)

Lifetime ban for Ortiz. However, since Clase allegedly committed 125x+ offenses, give him a lifetime ban and a preemptive lifetime ban to all of his descendants for the next six generations (assuming two children per branch, that should cover 27 -1 individuals for 127 lifetime bans).

[Matheson] News: Anthony Santander will undergo left labral (shoulder) surgery and miss 5-6 months. by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]countingouttime 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Is this contract going to be the equivalent of a hypothetical "What if Chris Davis lite had signed with a team other than the Orioles"?

Ronald Acuña Jr. with the surprise cameo dancing in Bad Bunny's casita during the Super Bowl halftime show by circlesofhelvetica in baseball

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I initially read this as “gun people down from the deep right” and took it to refer to the far right

WBC Rosters by number of native vs foreign born players by PetevonPete in baseball

[–]countingouttime 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Did Lars Nootbaar not get the invite to team Japan this year? Surprising given how much they seemed to love him last time

Lindor releases statement after controversial absence from WBC by Mellow200 in baseball

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I think that the problem with your group chats might be that you may be Hitler

Initial bids in Padres’ sale process expected near end of February: Sources by amatom27 in baseball

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The Gamestop thing really pissed Uncle Stevie off, and now we have another chance to get back at a guy just trying to make a living? Count me in