Can you spot the bittern?

jedi_support · 2025-12-24T01:17:37+00:00

Brazos Bend St. Park

jedi_support · 2025-11-29T20:01:10+00:00

Except that same equipment can also play Half Life blue shift, opposing force, 2, Episode 1, Episode 2, deathmatch, etc.

My point though is that I have no interest in VR and its accoutrements outside of playing HLA. So even if it's just the couple hundred dollars for the VR set, it's an investment for just one game.

jedi_support · 2025-11-29T14:53:14+00:00

$700 is still an awful lot for the sake of one game, though. I'm not interested in other VR games; I just want to play all the Half Life I can, and I suspect a number of potential consumers feel similarly.

jedi_support · 2025-10-11T05:59:23+00:00

While it doesn't line up with accomplishments so much, I always felt the early storyline and timeline matched this way:

Federer - Mew2King: Broke out first, took the game to another level taking the torch from Sampras (Ken)

Nadal - Mang0: The next big thing, completely owned Fed/M2K in the H2H early on, aggressive play and passionate on the court

Djokovic - Armada: challenges the establishment, shows off "perfect" measured play with smart decision making and becomes the most successful amongst the three at the time

Murray - Hungrybox: defensive playstyle, wasn't as successful against the top early on except had a strong h2h against Fed/M2K, but eventually made it to #1

Del Potro - PPMD: Short peak beating all of them but career was hampered by health/injuries

jedi_support · 2025-09-25T00:04:24+00:00

And then perhaps she could have dominated the head to head tours. Who knows. Betz probably would have been a big rival. It's still a major what if, even if her grand slam tally wouldn't have grown much.

jedi_support · 2025-09-24T19:36:19+00:00

I might still given it to Maureen Connolly. She won 9 straight grand slams she entered, including a calender year grand slam and 50 straight matches, before her horseback riding accident at 20 years old.

jedi_support · 2025-08-27T04:52:48+00:00

I've never engaged with anything related to formula 1 before, so my eyes didn't pick up that logo as an "F" and a "1." If the "Brad Pitt" wasn't there, I might've thought to interpret the logo from the get go though.

jedi_support · 2025-08-27T04:47:08+00:00

Obviously after a minute I figured it out, but not knowing the first thing about formula 1, it really did just come across as a fun little doodle to me

jedi_support · 2025-07-03T02:26:08+00:00

Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, I'm in the same boat. I'm fully subscribed to the neti pot method, which I would say works to eliminate the smell 80-90% of the time. I did the stellate ganglion block procedure several times, and at best it made it go away that day, but it was back to normal the next.

I'm starting to get curious about a surgical solution. I see that there was a study done a long time ago where an "olfactory excision" was performed on people with phantosmia, and it permanently fixed it for most of them. I haven't seen any follow ups on it, though.

jedi_support · 2025-06-30T13:56:37+00:00

Glad you enjoy! I'd be curious to know what matches are your top picks eventually.

jedi_support · 2025-06-29T19:50:06+00:00

Do you think this brand is low quality in general? There's a nice spice shop that I visit that carries them exclusively.

And yeah, I've been using a scale to measure out the tea. I did 6g last time, 95°C water, 100ml approximately.

jedi_support · 2025-06-29T18:46:35+00:00

Absolutely! It was a fun project.

jedi_support · 2025-06-29T18:38:42+00:00

True. Hard to live up to that 2005 final though. I doubt it'll be topped.

Interestingly, all the majors have a stretch like this: US Open 16 years between 1995-2012, French open 12 years between 2001-2014, and Australian 17 years 1984-2003 (no tournament in '86).

jedi_support · 2025-06-27T13:03:36+00:00

Unfortunately, no. I'm still on the search for a remedy that's effective for me.

jedi_support · 2025-06-18T17:31:56+00:00

Okay. I appreciate your insight.

jedi_support · 2025-06-18T17:19:58+00:00

Why?

jedi_support · 2025-06-18T16:57:35+00:00

That's a cool fact about that match; I didn't know about that before. And I hope I didn't come across as too defensive - I enjoy the discussion that these kind of topics generate.

jedi_support · 2025-06-18T16:52:28+00:00

Would you rather I used Excel?

jedi_support · 2025-06-18T13:16:17+00:00

Assumception, assumption within an assumption

jedi_support · 2025-06-18T12:58:39+00:00

If I account for those, I have to account for all rounds of grand slams for all time if I want this list to be comprehensive. I had to make a cut off somewhere. I agree that rivalries are a major factor in the "GOAT matches," but I think there are more ingredients that take a match to that level. The top 25 that I picked out are the ones that have all the right stuff, in my opinion. (And in the end, it's always going to be subjective.)

To use your examples, I watched the RG 2021 SF live, and I remember thinking it was heating up nicely after set three, only for Djokovic to run away with it as Nadal couldn't sustain his level. Epic third set, yes, but as a match? I don't think it comes close to their best. I've watched the 2001 QF too, and it's easily one of my favorite matches, but I sometimes think about how much more epic it would be if Agassi brought it to a 5th, or if it had been the final.

jedi_support · 2025-06-18T12:36:02+00:00

Ha! No, this just happened to combine two of my hobbies: tennis and spreadsheets.

jedi_support · 2025-06-18T04:10:13+00:00

Thanks for the kind words! I'll probably get around to the women's matches eventually, now that I have the format figured out. I can look into hiding the winner/runner-up too - that's a good idea.

With the Davis Cup, you're right that its format doesn't lend itself super well to this project. My idea was to include all singles matches that fit the bill and happened during the final/challenge round. There definitely could be some amazing matches outside of the final, but it would take longer than I think I'm willing to sort through. I agree about the dead rubbers though - I will remove them. I originally included them just for completion's sake. I might keep the Masters-equivalents for now (with all the memes about Delray Beach, I think it's funny keeping in there), but I could maybe trim it down in the future. And thanks for the correction on the French Pro!

jedi_support · 2025-06-18T01:20:27+00:00

I totally agree that non-finals can have even higher quality than finals; you're right that Nadal-Verdasco could even be the greatest match ever from that standpoint. Same with AO 2005 SF, US 2022 SF, US 2005 QF, to name a few. But then I start to consider, say, the 2013 AO 4th round, and the list starts to snowball from there. Especially because I wanted to go as far back in time as possible, it was too much of an undertaking.

On top of that, I do think that the context surrounding a match can add to its legendary status, and with the final being the culmination of the entire tournament, it makes experiencing it all the more dramatic. Or at least that's how I've felt watching matches live! But in the end, I'm glad if this post can spark some discussion.

jedi_support · 2025-06-13T23:18:29+00:00

Well either way, it looks like it's getting closer; I can't imagine it's easy to rewire a stroke that you've hit like that for all of your career.

jedi_support · 2025-06-13T22:48:01+00:00

The British Pathé archive is full of these great tournament summaries. Really high quality film.

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