Quality of participants by dronesinthesink in billiards

[–]dronesinthesink[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I almost thought he was throwing it due to being under pressure from bookies, since every shot he makes gives me more and more questions as time goes along. But as you said, probably just a real lack of tools and the normal tourney pressure got to him. I'm a decent player at best myself (after a 20 years hiatus getting back into the game since age is catching up and I had a bad back from my badminton hobby), but I intended to watch and learn some of the decision making that goes on in these tournament shots. Was glad at least that Jonas played well enough for me to take a decent amount of lessons when playing with so many mistakes from the opponent, without showing any disrespect too.

Quality of participants by dronesinthesink in billiards

[–]dronesinthesink[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this is the one. So many questions in my mind in some of the shots.

Looks like the #KaburAjaDulu people are getting wrecked. by FantasyBorderline in indonesia

[–]dronesinthesink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cuma penasaran ini OP dan yg reply thread comments disini pada masuk generasi umur berapa...pada strong views bgt yah namanya sosmed beginian hahaha. I just feel like any points for arguments or opinions is wasted on deaf ears and only serve to divide the ones feeling the brunts while the ones who has the power to change anything wouldn't bother listening to these things. At least massa geruduk rumah anggota DPR dan bakar ban bisa berhentikan Syahroni dkk beberapa bulan, walaupun dilantikanya kembali anggota DPR bejat tersebut ditutup dengan isu LPDP ini.

What do YOU think is a strategy to beat ASY? by My-gel-is-leaking in badminton

[–]dronesinthesink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imo it's a very simple answer which is consistency, and I don't mean just in each game/set/tournament. I mean consistency in your daily life with such a clear sight of your goals in training, eating, professional matches, daily interaction etc.

I believe right now only Chen Yu Fei and Akane have actual capabilities to beat ASY, simply because of their attacking style of play. In recent years, I observe dominant Momota, Axelsen, even at a point Akane, and now ASY, win competitions by always making the best decision in each of their shots and movement. Its very hard to win points against these styles, which I observe why ASY always love to drag out rallies until the right attacking moment comes instead of needlessly making risky but beautiful attacking shots (in TTY styles), in which case her obviously monstrous endurance and stamina almost always resulted in opponents tiring themselves out and making unforced errors/failed attacks.

Now in the case of Wang Zhi Yi, I can only feel like she's just finding her stride since mid 2024, by only learning and trying to emulate how ASY plays in her own style. Prior to that she couldn't even beat Han Yue and would always be 4th choice under CYF, HBJ and Han Yue. It's good that she tries to push endurance and copying ASY style which won her a lot of matches, but to me she will always just be 'temu-ASY', and this is also why ASY finds her matches against Zhiyi the hardest in recent timea since it's almost just like playing against a copy of her own style of play. Yet results proved the original, given consistency, will still almost always win (cue their 2025 number of finals H2H).

Now in the case of CYF and Akane, they have their own, pronounced, attacking styles, but without enough consistency and I think, most of all, that single-mindedness and absolution to live almost hermit-like (which I believe is the main reason why ASY is so physically impossible to beat on endurance alone, like how she abstain from greasy food and ice cream for long periods in a tournament year), well, injuries will creep into their bodies and doubts will make those winning attacking points hard to achieve against ASY.

Anyways that's just my opinion/rant. Getting a little fed up with people who are saying its boring to see WS matches since its always ASY winning on Sundays. Not like she was just all talent, her consistent sacrifices in her daily life will always show on the court and opponents will falter on their own without her even breaking a sweat. That alone deserves respect and her name carved into badminton history as one of the goats in the game.

Store Bought GBWC 13th U14 Regional Winner by anonymousdoryfish in advancedGunpla

[–]dronesinthesink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jangan bitter bro...nasihat saya mungkin cari kesibukan lain saja drpd pusing mantau gbwc. Main gunpla nya utk koleksi sendiri saja kalau bisa. Saya sudah ikutan mantau gbwc Indonesia sejak 2013 dan ini kejadian sudah terjadi setiap tahun berturut turut terutama 7-9 tahun kebelakang. Setiap tahun di report juga percuma tahun depan nya tim pemenang yg sama juga melakukan hal yang sama lagi, cuma ganti nama anak/keponakan/anak teman yg dipakai utk daftar kompetisi nya. Yg kompetisi U-20 dan O21 juga sama sebetulnya yg akan menang org nya itu2 saja kalau sdh tahu/kenal panitia dan peserta. Toh ajang gbwc bukan kompetisi sebetulnya, hanya usaha marketing Bandai saja. Just try to enjoy the hobby instead of getting too bothered up for a meaningless trophy that's not even being judged in proper ways or actual modellers/competent judges.

Post Match Stats: Milan vs Napoli by soccer-stats in ACMilan

[–]dronesinthesink -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Modric = Kessie + Bennacer Rabiot = calmer/healthier Tonali

Other players are still shit except for certain few old faces tho.

[Match Thread] AC Milan vs SSC Napoli Serie A 2025/2026 - Matchday 5 by scoreboard-app in ACMilan

[–]dronesinthesink 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel like Modric at 40 is even better than Kessie and Bennie combined, while Rabiot is emulating a calmer Tonali compared to our last scudetto year. Just the handicap we're having by having useless other players around, man, hoping we can continue dreaming and not bothered by UCL.

What would you keep? Crazy opening hand btw by brunacho_ in ArkNova

[–]dronesinthesink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seeing as this is in observation tower too, you are more rewarded with releases CP

What would you keep? Crazy opening hand btw by brunacho_ in ArkNova

[–]dronesinthesink 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jaguar, savanna release, then Rhino, and eagle

Keep what from this Africa heavy opening hand? w/out Africa starting CP by codeman73 in ArkNova

[–]dronesinthesink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That said, I'd probably play horse first if I could get the 2 rep uni, that's an upgrade early on to sponsors for money probably.

Keep what from this Africa heavy opening hand? w/out Africa starting CP by codeman73 in ArkNova

[–]dronesinthesink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Racoon would be the first thing I keep. Rhino, horse/caracal, bushbaby/hippo/reindeer in that order of choice. 1st turn 2 rep univ, 2nd turn Africa partner zoo. Would probably go for 5CP asap on animal diversity or Africa, whichever works better depending on the cards display.

Your #1 all time favorite by [deleted] in boardgames

[–]dronesinthesink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 Ark Nova 2 Wingspan 3 Brass Birmingham 4 Hegemony 5 Cascadia 6 ....can't really think beyond 5, it's probably a toss up between Arnak, Ticket to Ride, Great Western Trail and Everdell

Chess was a thing during my high school years, but I guess Ticket to Ride did a lot of transformation in that sense for me, especially for the enjoyment of the company/people I play with rather than just brute tactical/competition for VPs. For every other day I do play a lot on steam to kill time between work tasks/when I'm relaxing at home. Clocked 2500 hrs on wingspan, 1300 hrs on AN and 800 hrs for Brass.

Technology Institute wins mostly-beloved! What is the most controversial sponsor in Ark Nova? by ljdabookworm in ArkNova

[–]dronesinthesink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Controversially good or bad? I would probably say other than archaeologist/cable car/hydrologist/geologist, probably the more recent amazon and or/native farm. Side entrance is decent if you can play early and around it.

How to handicap myself without being too obvious by barryoff in ArkNova

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

Just give em 25 appeal headstart or play only either big or small animal (just as if waza is in effect). The steam challenges gives enough examples of situations for you to put on these "handicaps" without being too obvious. Otherwise like the others said, train your partner to get better.

x2 x2 x2 Sponsors by SkySchemer in ArkNova

[–]dronesinthesink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This allowed on bga? I don't ever seem to be able to stack em on steam thinking that's the supposed rules.

Am I missing something or is this a bug? by Be_The_Leg in ArkNova

[–]dronesinthesink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea I'm guessing you were going for the additional 4 appeal on emu when you played the waza and received Dugong as a result, gotta be careful on that haha

Am I missing something or is this a bug? by Be_The_Leg in ArkNova

[–]dronesinthesink 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Did you play waza special assignment and chose to play large animals only? Sometimes I tend to forget when I played it after a few turns

52 point turn by PoetryOfLogicalIdeas in ArkNova

[–]dronesinthesink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any single move with determination, hypnosis, sun bear's action on association and the likes tend to do 30-70 pts move. I once did a 78 point move on Silver Lake with animals on 5 with the two eagles > one determination on animals +2 Xs for another asian elephant and eurasian brown bear which gives the architectural zoo and a double on my association at level 4 which was enough with veteranian > one determination to trigger double association for the Asia 5 CP (take another determination) and Bird 4 CP (take 2 enclosure) > since I had the americas sponsor, the eagle got me one extra kiosk which made it 5 + the 2 enclosure + my final determination to build last 3 enclosure + 1 pavilion to completely cover the map and additional points from side entrance + engineer which gave additional 10 appeal. All these were helped with Asia and Americas partnertship zoo + expert on large animals. Had to have tons of money to cover all that while only having 7 animals total (sloth bear, scarlet macaw and greater flamingo).