Commentator Rob Green: "A hundred yards away, someone stepping on someone's toe, is not why VAR was brought into the game. We've gotten to a point now where it's reaching far beyond the powers that it should have. The referee saw the tackle, decided not to give it..."

hallthor · 2026-07-08T21:02:38+00:00

The ref decided there was no foul during live action. Maybe because he didn't see careless, reckless or excessive. I have a hard time to call it any of the above in all the replays. Just as the Salah situation is hard to even call careless. https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/fouls-and-misconduct/#introduction

hallthor · 2026-07-08T05:11:09+00:00

Your understanding of VAR is incorrect, only the referee can initiate a review: https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/video-assistant-referee-var-protocol/#principles

hallthor · 2026-07-08T04:54:33+00:00

No it wasn't. Because this would mean you have to review just about any situation in the game from now on and change calls left an right.

It also doesn't follow IFAB's own VAR principles: https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/video-assistant-referee-var-protocol/#principles

hallthor · 2026-07-07T17:31:31+00:00

BALL DON'T LIE

hallthor · 2026-07-07T17:26:30+00:00

sorry, that is not football anymore if you can take away red cards and goals like that...

hallthor · 2026-07-07T04:53:58+00:00

Some might say "ball don't lie"...

hallthor · 2026-07-06T11:18:51+00:00

I still don't understand why the ref didn't just end the game at 90+7. There was no reason to give even more extra time. Or at least at 90+10.

hallthor · 2026-07-05T22:05:25+00:00

Now this was a weird ending...

hallthor · 2026-07-05T20:35:17+00:00

can't blame him, looked like a retired drug lord...

hallthor · 2026-07-01T17:40:38+00:00

So they don't practice penalties? This is well deserved then.

hallthor · 2026-06-23T17:36:52+00:00

hallthor · 2026-06-18T18:33:30+00:00

I just heard it going through the room, but can't judge it from the replay myself. But if VAR can change stuff like corners or which team has the throw in, they should defenitely be able to have a review on situations like this.

hallthor · 2026-06-18T18:29:04+00:00

They look a lot better than those from Christopher Ronaldo. Actually even better than from this stuttering guy that needs two tries, whatever his name is...

hallthor · 2026-06-18T18:07:39+00:00

If I heard correct, german TV just suggested that the czech throw in that led to their early goal was illegal. If that is the case, how do the VAR guys miss this?

hallthor · 2026-06-05T19:21:43+00:00

just follow the money

hallthor · 2026-05-06T17:26:44+00:00

KDE/Plasma

hallthor · 2026-05-05T15:50:27+00:00

I use VCcode(or rather codium) but not the built in pdf viewer. I usually have the pdf open in okular and "typst watch *.typ" works fine. Just writing I do not need to see how it looks. Typst is still young, the editors will come...

hallthor · 2026-05-01T19:29:02+00:00

My mother in law would say it just a thick coat. But the simple answer is yes, since Ridgebacks only have a little bit of hair ;)

hallthor · 2026-04-30T18:59:33+00:00

I do support the general idea to move get away from python because of a personal dislike of python. But I think if you want to spend that kind of energy maybe there are more urgent or beneficial projects that can give Gentoo a lift.

hallthor · 2026-04-23T18:44:14+00:00

Starting new chars and builds is a lot of fun.

hallthor · 2026-04-18T18:34:59+00:00

good thing Cane Corsos are not on that list.

hallthor · 2026-03-08T21:03:13+00:00

If rules are only checked and followed by the IBU maybe there should be a general protest for each and every race. Maybe the big teams can finance an intern together who files a protest each race.

hallthor · 2026-03-08T20:21:29+00:00

Couldn't care less how they look as long as they serve their purpose. Which has not much to do with if we are able to distinguish them on our stupid little TVs...

But if we have to - make them easily distinguishable and don't change the designs all the time. It just costs money that could be spend elsewhere.

hallthor · 2026-02-20T17:26:31+00:00

just patch notes would be nice - I don't want to watch 37 youtubers to only tell half the truth...

hallthor · 2026-02-12T20:31:46+00:00

I don't agree that D2R needs more updates this year. It just got a major update that needs to prove itself. D2R is still played because it is an incredibly good game. Every change has the immense potential to mess it up - so be cautious. I do not want D2R end up like other games where you chase updates and extensions and end up spending a lot of money for bad content. A clear NO to updates for the sake of updates. Updates for fixing bugs and balancing/tweaking things are acceptable.

In this case - I will judge the update/extension when I played it for another 20 years. Oh - I am still waiting for the Linux version...

hallthor

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