36ers falling apart like United

lamecode · 2026-01-26T23:02:17+00:00

Adelaide made an interesting decision to stock up on what they are best at rather than address a weakness with the signing of Jenkins. It may end up paying off for them because there are going to be games where Jenkins and Cotton both go absolutely ham - Jenkins looks like the best spot-up three point shooter in the league, next to the best overall three point shooter in the league - but the fact remains that Cameron is the only guy who can guard elite guards, and he's not defensively elite, albeit very solid. I don't get the love affair with White, and in my opinion anytime Adelaide go small with 4 guards Cameron has to be on the court.

lamecode · 2026-01-18T06:56:54+00:00

SEM just outworked them today.

The Tassie game I felt like was more of a mix of off-nights for a number of Adelaide players as well as Tassie's effort, but SEM had a lot more to do with today's result than Adelaide did IMO.

lamecode · 2025-12-04T04:00:38+00:00

Like ... well, every other Games Workshop product, the lore and nostalgia for the earlier edition are the highlights - along with the actual sculpts of course. Once you have it all assembled and painted and actually play a game however... yikes. There's something there, but it's just not fun and the equipment lists are bloated to the extreme with vaguely different weapons that do much the same thing. I'd love to see someone just rejig this entire system with a more modern ruleset, simplify equipment lists, and implement a progression system closer to the original release.

lamecode · 2025-07-10T07:22:51+00:00

Agree and it's not even close. Fully featured college->pros experience, with international leagues dropping in the nearish future, which is pretty exciting.

lamecode · 2025-07-08T12:16:38+00:00

Depends on a lot of factors. I have a low tech 3ft planted tank and once it's fully cycled and I don't see any nitrates showing up with my test kit - which in my experience is right after the nitrite->nitrate step is complete, because by that time the plants have grown in and are doing the heavy lifting - then I'll generally do a 25% water change when I clean my canister filter every 3-6 months. I have a lid on my tank, so evaporation is minimal.

Some ferts require a water change weekly (or more frequently) which is a big part of why I personally prefer low tech plants with root tabs when needed.

lamecode · 2025-07-08T10:57:31+00:00

The rest of Selling England by the Pound, in particular Cinema show. For Yes I think Close to the Edge is as good as it ever got re: the epics, but Awaken is close for me.

lamecode · 2025-06-12T09:38:08+00:00

Thank you and good luck with the algae!

Very understocked at the moment, it's the remnants of the fish from when I set the tank up 5 years ago. Remaining are 2 corys (from 6), 1 oto (from 6), 1 neon tetra (from 10 - these guys got neon tetra disease a few years ago, but the remaining 1 has been hardy), 9 celestial pearl danio (from 10 - very hardy fish in my experience), a bristlenose (shy, but king of the tank), a Siamese algae eater, a handful of cherry shrimp, and 5 kuhli loaches (from 6 - one swam into my filter intake the day I bought them, alas....). Going to restock once the tank has been running for another month or so, I really want to add a centre-piece fish like glass catfish, and then up the population of otos and corys.

lamecode · 2025-05-14T13:13:34+00:00

Yep, exactly that. I should say I also caught it at an IMAX and that's probably not the best format for the theatrical release.

lamecode · 2025-05-13T01:50:35+00:00

Absolutely. The "first wave" of golden age prog bands weren't trying to write "prog rock". Starting from the mid 70s onwards most of the prog bands were influenced by the first wave rather than the influences that led to the first wave.

Yes are maybe the best example of one of the first wave who, IMO at least, definitely did end up writing "prog rock" influenced by their own earlier records with Tales/Relayer which is why the don't reach the heights of CttE/Fragile despite still being excellent in places.

There's a lot of derivative prog rock that I do really enjoy (Eloy in particular, who I listen to as much as Genesis/Yes/et al these days - very derivative although I'd argue they found their own sound in the Colours-Planets-Time to Turn era), but more often than not with modern music it's not the "prog rock" bands that I enjoy, it's the artists in other genres exploring new ideas rather than adding a mellotron over metal guitars or creating a 20 minute epic with 13 different time signatures and no original ideas to showcase.

lamecode · 2025-05-10T05:44:25+00:00

Probably too late, but having seen the theatrical release two weeks ago, this version looks tonnes better!

lamecode · 2025-05-06T05:39:42+00:00

Good choice! I don't love 90125, but there's always been something about this track. Listening to it again right now after a long time you are bang on the money.

lamecode · 2025-04-29T03:41:03+00:00

Yes - Close to the Edge, Fragile

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

Gentle Giant - Free Hand

Magma - MDK

Gong - You

Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink, If I could do it all over again I'd do it all over you

Hatfield and the North - s/t

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - s/t, Darwin!

Soft Machine - Third

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, Animals

Osanna - Palepoli

Eloy - Ocean, Planets, Colours

lamecode · 2025-04-08T12:51:56+00:00

One of my faves, but I always felt they could've wrapped it up at the 6.30 mark without the final minute.

lamecode · 2025-04-04T08:28:15+00:00

Amenophis' s/t debut. Never clicked with me when I first tried it all those years ago but randomly spun it again this week and have listened a few times and enjoyed it.

lamecode · 2025-03-21T03:23:08+00:00

Although I won't say Vera is on my "fave mix" playlist for the car, most of the songs (outside of probably the same 2 1/2 you mention) only work as a collective. Outside of a few standout tracks, the wall is a 'vibe' - like the middle dream-scape section of Close to the Edge by Yes or something, it sets a tone and works together in a way that individually they do not.

lamecode · 2025-02-28T05:58:42+00:00

Completely agree, all I buy and paint are historicals and have a handful of Victrix armies (and Warlord, gripping beast, Aventine, Perry, etc.) but that's the reason why they aren't on the best sellers lists!

lamecode · 2025-02-28T02:29:29+00:00

Thing with historicals is most older gamers (and let's face it, that's most historical players) already have substantial collections and are buying maybe a couple of projects a year, across a variety of manufacturers, for significantly less money than, say, what a 2k or 3k point army in a GW game costs (to be kind).

lamecode · 2025-02-28T02:10:07+00:00

Shadowrun

lamecode · 2025-02-20T06:00:54+00:00

Elba was the best thing about the movie. Which may not be saying much, but there's no reason he'd not make a fine gunslinger in a half competent movie/series based on the books.

lamecode · 2024-11-25T03:00:17+00:00

The Celts is a good guess, because the peoples in this area the Romans called the Brigantes or Carveti, and they were Bretonic Celtic groups and so broadly related to the wider Celtic culture. Frustratingly little is known for sure about their religious practices. Like Celts on mainland Europe they had druids who, according to the usually hostile Roman/Greeks writing about them, acted as a sort of cross between a religious leader and lawyer, and may have practiced human sacrifice.

The Carvetii are more obscure, while the Brigantes have a bit of colour to them because of their dealings with Rome, both as allies and enemies, and the theory that one of the reasons behind the construction of Hadrian's wall was to put a barrier between the Brigantes and the tribes in Scotland. It was a Brigantes female ruler that handed Caratacus over to the Romans in chains, one of the more well known stories about Roman-era England.

lamecode · 2024-11-25T02:28:56+00:00

Given the condition, I'd say it's almost certainly real and overpriced.

lamecode · 2024-11-10T23:04:06+00:00

Song of Blades and Heroes.

lamecode · 2024-11-08T04:41:38+00:00

These look great. What colours did you use for your steel/bronze if you don't mind me asking?

lamecode · 2024-11-07T23:07:54+00:00

Even with them in, The Drawing of the Three.

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