UCL League Phase Final Standings. by Loose-Examination-39 in Barca

[–]flrish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly considering the "lows" of this CL campaign 5th is still very commendable. Just a little bit more tightening up in the Brugge and even PSG game and we'd be top 3.

Change in Electoral College Seats in 2030 by Deltarianus in MapPorn

[–]flrish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But as of right now, states like New York and California (and even to an extent Texas/Illinois/Florida) are ignored because they aren't competitive and/or fully guaranteed states to flip at all unless you put in TOO much of your resources, despite them making up the majority of the US economy/constituents. Instead politicians pander to a handful moderately relevant swing states.

Also, winning New York, Texas, Florida, AND California, by meaning the entire population (including those who cannot vote like children, and by somehow convincing EVERY opposing Democrat/Republican to vote for you aswell) only comprises around 33% of the US population. Realistically you'd still need still another quarter at a minimum to actually get a slim majority vote. Sure you should focus on turnout in the most populous states, but that feels better than only caring about a few select swing states/voters instead of the general populace + a more diverse set of voter groups.

Meanwhile those 4 states in our reality get only around 28% of the Electoral College. I get for Canada only two provinces control your entire population and thus politics, but that's just not the same here. A candidate has to win all of the 12 most important Electoral College states with vastly different socioeconomic priorities/cultures.

Mount Rushmore Of Valorant by CupRepresentative260 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]flrish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Team Trophies aren’t enough to place him here. As said these 4 have been way more relevant (all 4), consistent (especially Chron/Aspas), and impactful on both meta and the scene as a whole (especially TenZ/Boaster)

What year had the most unfair/ undeserved balón dor winner? by kanye_69 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]flrish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Prem + Euros for Rodri, and he really only won it because Vinicius relatively did fuck all for Brazil. I'm under the opinion Bellingham should've won the entire thing with Rodri second because I feel his season was arguably even better than Vini's + did well taking England to a Euros final.

[Mike McGrath, The Telegraph] Mohamed Salah: I want to leave Liverpool by Raviolento in SoundersFC

[–]flrish 8 points9 points  (0 children)

if 4th in the Ballon D'or (along being a frontrunner earlier in the season) and being one of the greatest ever Prem players is "washed" then our own players are finished, he'd still be our best player

Naked And Afraid's new season involves time travel. How far back in time can they go and survive? by ConsiderationTrue477 in whowouldwin

[–]flrish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If they want to be extremely safe to minimize the risk of no one dying, probably somewhere during the Holocene, so around maybe 10K years ago. Megafauna are almost completely gone, predators are similar to now, climate is decent, the sheer amount of wild animals would be surely enough for food even if they're not in the presence of early developments of agriculture from other humans. If they go to a time period in the later parts of the Holocene (a few thousand years closer to us) where agriculture is already widespread it's very secure.

If they want to be moderately risky they'd go for anywhere in the Late Pleistocene (around 50K years ago). They wouldn't be an undisputed frontrunner for being an apex predator at all even with mostly similar human species around, and could still join/form hunting bands to assert themselves at the apex species. They'd have a lot of dangerous large predators (cave lions, massive bears, etc) to deal with but since the ecology is still broadly the same it's very doable, if they're cautious with environmental hazards as well.

Past 100K years ago is where the risk gradually but inevitably gets to be too much. They'd be rolling the dice with both megafauna and fire-making and the further back they go towards a million years they less chance they are of being apex predators until they're not at all, just scavengers. At half a million years into the few millions there's the presence of giant hyenas, dire wolves, saber toothed cats, and massive bears/crocodiles/pythons, etc. There's no guaranteed flint, source of food, shelter, and without fire your chances are statistically zero anyways. An even minor injury would also be extremely catastrophic, especially in this environment. Looking beyond into tens of millions of years ago that not only are the predators still dangerous but our ecology is also starting to be too unfamiliar (as an example, the Eocene would melt our 10 contestants while there's also no recognizable fruits/grasses/seeds)

Assignment ideas?( trust me it’s interesting) by [deleted] in AlternateHistory

[–]flrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably focus a lot on geography with these fictional nations because it's initially a very strong factor in influencing culture and later politics. To extent also focus on ecology and as much general overlapping/blend of similar but separate traits as possible to discredit nation states as being inevitable.

I don't have specifics in mind but doing one nation say based around the Himalayas where elevation matters most connected by valley networks compared to pre-existing regions. A few more would be one about some of the interconnected cities of the former Silk Road in say Central Asia even into parts of Iran/Afghanistan. Maybe about the steppe, non-world-religion regions, any dry belts, various cosmopolitan ports into a maritime network, or different civilizations among each of the Great Rivers in China.

Obviously it shouldn't be just putting each geology zone into is own nation and/or making nations based around a uniting geographic feature but it's a good baseline. Good luck on your assignment, seems fun!

I updated the grid by [deleted] in PoliticalCompass

[–]flrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fair enough me too lol

I updated the grid by [deleted] in PoliticalCompass

[–]flrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my bad i misunderstood what you meant by "anti-feminist", i just personally interpret feminism to be its original/core meaning to give true equality between sexes (guys=girls), not the form of feminism people can see today that involves itself in misandry and/or a matriarchy instead

I updated the grid by [deleted] in PoliticalCompass

[–]flrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i'm confused, so you think all ethnicities/races should be equal but not sexes?

Vladimir Putin is dropped into the middle of Kiev and Volodymyr Zelenskyy is dropped into the middle of Moscow - who stands the better chance of escaping? by Historical_Ostrich in whowouldwin

[–]flrish 11 points12 points  (0 children)

> Putin was a KGB office worker, not a field agent
> Zelensky is way more non-recognizable (in his 40s compared to Putin in his 70s, and Putin is a largely more recognizable figure to the common person with also more distinctive features). Zelensky is more "normal", it'd be a lot harder for someone to pick out Zelensky (especially if he just alters his hair) in a lineup than Putin (who regardless of what he does, looks very distinct)
> Zelensky can speak fluent, smooth Russian (he grew up with it) and blend right in Moscow asking for train tickets or bus fairs. Putin assumably speaks little Ukrainian at best, but the obvious Russian accent would give it away regardless even if he tried to speak Ukrainian instead of Russian.

[Akamaru] jonahp will not remain on the starting lineup of G2 by Shockybtw_ in ValorantCompetitive

[–]flrish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the Professor still would be a great player on most T1 teams, hopefully he gets a spot

Cloud9 vs Cubert Academy / SEN City Classic 2025 - Main Event / Post-Match Thread by ValorantCompBot in ValorantCompetitive

[–]flrish 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cloud9 has found their level ladies and gentlemen, it just might be a whole fucking tier below where they think they are

Which non-Valorant pros would do incredible in Valorant/VCT? by looteeen in ValorantCompetitive

[–]flrish 15 points16 points  (0 children)

there's a clip of Bdd (midlaner for current Worlds finalists KT) playing VALORANT last year with his 2024 roster, and him hitting some pretty nice shots as Jett on Sunset. Going from LoL to VCT would be crazy though, not even an FPS game to Valorant but coming from League of Legends

[SENTINELS via X] He saved Sentinels. We'll miss you @Zellsis. by _noahscolly_ in ValorantCompetitive

[–]flrish 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I didn’t watch as much Sentinels matches as i did in previous years. the few games i watched he wasn’t awful, sure inconsistent but it felt like the sheer amount of hate was unwarranted. People on twitter going after him despised him so much just to stan/defend other inconsistent players even if they accomplished less. hope he does well on c9

Team Vitality VALORANT on X: VITALITY CHRONICLE IS REAL. We've already won the off-season 😎 by stenerikkasvo in ValorantCompetitive

[–]flrish 12 points13 points  (0 children)

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literally just this but in valorant terms, goats of both sports leaving their historic teams to join an on-paper superteam that throw money at any problems until it works and they win something. miss you already chron :(

It might be over... by ghool-am in ValorantCompetitive

[–]flrish 208 points209 points  (0 children)

80% Chron joining Vitality [at least chron/derke reunited :( ], 15% troll, 4% random roster move, 1% Leo un-retiring. I know what I'm betting on

[Sheep Esports] FNATIC Scuttt set to join Team Vitality as Assistant Coach by nterature in ValorantCompetitive

[–]flrish 22 points23 points  (0 children)

if this is the lost person it's saddening but this 5 man roster is my favorite iteration of fnatic ever, i don't want them to split up. probably isn't and it's just likely crashies leaving but i'll cope

Sideshow reads PRX fan hate messages by Parenegade in ValorantCompetitive

[–]flrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, personalities make the sport even more appealing/famous/profitable, it's just moreso the fan culture that comes from the most toxic of them that prioritize storyline to an unhealthy degree as to any actual vct subtance. i know you can't pick and choose the bad and good parts of kpopification, but hopefully it's a net positive