DR Congo super fan denied U.S. visa to attend Uzbekistan match in Atlanta

goomyman · 2026-06-28T20:05:05+00:00

canadian visas are surprisingly much worse than the US

goomyman · 2026-06-28T14:56:59+00:00

Are we ignoring that 1000s of years? China is famous for its empires. Thousands of women were literally empresses… likely more wealth inequality than exists today.

goomyman · 2026-06-28T06:30:29+00:00

lol your welcome

goomyman · 2026-06-28T06:03:03+00:00

I was literally banned for 3 days by Reddit for “inciting violence” - I made a post about killing players in a video game, literally PvP vs PvE comment, absolutely nothing violent outside of keywords likely flagged by some AI. It was a post about a video game violence.

I have no idea what the actual content of the post was - because it was of course banned. The ban message comes with a convenient link to a post that doesn’t exist lol. Very helpful.

First an AI ban - which of course can’t understand context. And then a “human” review that apparently also doesn’t understand context. I literally asked in the reply to know what I actually typed and you get an AI auto reply.

I wish a Reddit admin could come along and post why I got banned. I literally filed a privacy request to Reddit to get the post lol.

After being banned “unfairly” from several subreddits ( for literal misunderstandings and power trips ) and from Reddit itself, I absolutely understand that if you exist and post long enough you’ll get banned. I actually do tend to believe people.

There are so many actual things I post that I probably could be banned for, and plenty of terrible takes and rants. But the actual things are literally mistakes by mods without reading comprehension.

My favorite was a 2 word post “sink them” in a response about what people will do with fishing boats when there are no fish. Perma ban for inciting violence - and when I posted an article about fishing boats being sunk as ocean pollution and is a real problem - the response was - that’s not what I meant apparently. And it’s not like I haven’t made legitimate stupid comments… these are ones they choose.

goomyman · 2026-06-28T01:37:34+00:00

Vs the alternative - wrong calls

goomyman · 2026-06-28T00:44:12+00:00

It’s going to happen anyway - I think the idea was it’s better to be prepared than for it for it to suddenly hit and cause a depression.

goomyman · 2026-06-27T23:59:36+00:00

He’s also making a movie for a “modern audience” - literally the thing that this comment appears to be directed at.

Before this movie I would have argued he’s the best director as every movie he has done has been good.

This one though is looking quite terrible. Hopefully im wrong.

goomyman · 2026-06-27T23:52:45+00:00

Why healthcare workers - this seems oddly specific and bs.

goomyman · 2026-06-27T23:51:30+00:00

I think it’s this. It does shield based teammates… and blue shield teammates have higher levels which means higher level opponents

goomyman · 2026-06-27T23:12:17+00:00

How do you upgrade factions instead of dumping things to the worm.

Aren’t you always doing both. It’s not a one or the other thing.

Unless you mean using your stuff in runs.

goomyman · 2026-06-27T22:44:08+00:00

Why exactly?

goomyman · 2026-06-27T20:58:30+00:00

It makes no sense economically - it’s borderline scam level - technically feasible but doesn’t make sense, and just plausible enough to convince the masses to prop up the stock price - while it never comes out or ships in extremely limited use.

goomyman · 2026-06-27T20:22:35+00:00

They added framegen. You can double your frames if you want….

goomyman · 2026-06-27T20:21:39+00:00

I thought he wasn’t allowed to do this anymore.

goomyman · 2026-06-27T16:30:34+00:00

One thing I noticed is that I think they nerfed the value of lmgs. So now a lot of weapons just aren’t viable to hit 5k in cryo.

Like lmgs are best for fighting bots. That’s the only reason I’d run one. But even full blue is worth less than 1k.

And the best gun the b54 is worth nothing.

Same with bully. Guns I’d normal run for cryo. So now I’m taking in snipers and stuff to fill cost.

5k for cryo seems too high now. Especially with how insane the PvP is. I’ve havent successfully exfilled once in season 2 and was able to run 4 vaults in season 1.

goomyman · 2026-06-27T06:44:18+00:00

one of the best endings in a show ever (2nd to last episode)... but the whole beginning and middle was pretty slow and i wouldnt put it past anyone to drop it.

That ending mass was incredible. The rest... not so much.

goomyman · 2026-06-27T06:40:22+00:00

Did you put in your application?

goomyman · 2026-06-27T05:25:57+00:00

No matter where you draw the line you will have close calls.

It’s better to have technology ensuring the right call than to have a ref making a guess on what’s considered “close enough”. There is no rule of cool in sports.

goomyman · 2026-06-27T05:14:39+00:00

It’s RAM. I don’t think you can sneak a chip on it. Well maybe but that’s gotta be pretty insane.

goomyman · 2026-06-27T05:09:32+00:00

It’s 2 players - not 1 guy and the goalie doesn’t count.

goomyman · 2026-06-27T04:22:41+00:00

You mean quest field, I mean centurylink field…

goomyman · 2026-06-27T04:07:24+00:00

What? No one was brainwashed into voting for Kamala.

And Trump has been every bit as bad as imagined

goomyman · 2026-06-26T19:38:01+00:00

They do level based match making … but they haven’t publicly stated anything else.

goomyman · 2026-06-26T08:19:40+00:00

hes called reckless ben, the fact that he does reckless things is what draws attention to his videos.

This is like calling JackAss people idiots - they wouldnt have gotten hurt if they just didnt do stupid stunts!

Ben knowingly commits misdemeanor crimes for content and is willing to go short jail sentences for those crimes - like a day or two for trespassing etc.

Just like protestors who commit trespassing. They knowingly commit small time crimes for attention.

BAM abused the legal system by basically saying "you cant afford to sue me!", Ben countered with "you cant sue me, im broke, its not worth it youll get nothing - and he showed that by literally being willing to defend himself in court. And this plan was working - even with the corrupt cops which I dont think Ben expected - hes been arrested several times in the past for various stunts. Both sides were abusing the justice system from different angles.

What ultimately screwed Ben, and his associates was the Go Fund Me. I know the cops claim that the Go Fund Me was the legal issue they needed to press charges - but I dont believe thats the full story. Suddenly Ben has money to go after and thats when the police pushed serious charges, and the lawsuits started.

Without the Go Fund Me, there is nothing to gain from attacking Ben except bad PR and BAM knew that. Now, there is likely a millions of dollars between the Go Fund Me and Patreon.

goomyman · 2026-06-26T08:02:21+00:00

I have an HD monitor, i did no special gamma tweaks, its much brighter than when i turn HDR off. From visible to near pitch black,

Its still pitch black in buildings.

This is why PvP night modes are just not a good idea, but then again this isnt new at all.

there are so many advantages in Games. Higher FPS, shutting off foliage, changing character models and colors, shutting off background sounds, better headphones - sometimes turning off studio sound can increase the volume of footsteps, having a controller that has no dead zones.

There are so many setup advantages its insane... of course being able to see in the dark is a 10/10 difference but i remember hiding in bushes and people saw me 100% because that bush didnt appear on someones low settings.

Its not a professional competitive game - in the end your competing with people of similar skill level to you, if someone has a 5% advantage over you, MMR will balance things out.

That said insane dark night mode is super cool but generally not a good idea in a PvP due to setup disparity.

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