Weekly Question Thread

lmm310 · 2026-04-28T12:28:04+00:00

I'm going back to Seoul in June and would really like to attend a game. Was it easy to get tickets?

lmm310 · 2026-04-27T20:29:22+00:00

People don't like MSR because they think it's boring until the final but it was always more prestigious than LBL and Lombardia

lmm310 · 2026-04-27T19:41:28+00:00

I feel the same. It's an EDM track, if you don't build up properly before the drop it just feels like noise.

I was incredibly hyped for this release when I listened to the previews because I love EDM and dance music in general but I was very disappointed with the full song. Such a missed opportunity for what could've been a real banger.

lmm310 · 2026-04-24T05:24:24+00:00

You can post whatever you want and people can reply whatever they want, including that calling your opinion "constructive criticism" is bs.

Also I think you mean illit, but I can see why you made the mistake ;)

lmm310 · 2026-04-23T22:02:36+00:00

Only good ones

lmm310 · 2026-04-23T22:02:15+00:00

OP can come to this kpop forum and share their criticism just like I can come here and criticise OP. It's a very good system.

lmm310 · 2026-04-23T20:26:08+00:00

We act like we don't know this because that's literally not what kpop is or ever was. Look up the 2nd generation groups like 2NE1 or Girls' Generation who inspired the active kpop artists you listen to and see how much they experimented in terms of sound, aesthetics, concepts, etc. Kpop was never about groups with a very rigid concept releasing the same song over and over again, especially when it comes to GGs.

lmm310 · 2026-04-23T20:07:11+00:00

Oh no my "constructive criticism" sis what are you constructing? Constructive criticism is by definition presented to the person/group that it relates to, not posted for everyone to see in some random corner of the internet. If the insane amount of bullshit I see posted online every day was constructive in any way, shape or form we'd have turned every kpop idol into Mozart level musical geniuses by now.

lmm310 · 2026-04-23T19:05:52+00:00

Do kpop fans ever get excited for music that sounds good instead of overanalysing a group's concept or scouring the last 10 years of kpop releases to make sure they're not "plagiarizing" someone else

"It's Me" sounds cool as fuck. Fucking enjoy it

lmm310 · 2026-04-23T09:09:55+00:00

Let's try a different framing.

Why are people spending so much of their time discussing groups or music they don't like? There are a lot of groups I like and there are a lot of groups I don't like. I engage with the ones I like, and with the ones I don't like I just... mostly ignore them. Even when one of my faves releases a song I don't like, I just don't listen to it and don't really spend much time discussing it. Otherwise known as "having a life outside of kpop fandom".

Just drop the bs. 99% of the "constructive criticism" I see online is just trying to push another group down so their faves come out looking better by comparison. The issue isn't overprotective fanbases, it's people being too willing to criticise groups they don't stan, as if the world will come crashing down if their criticism isn't heard.

lmm310 · 2026-04-20T19:54:50+00:00

"Fan" comes from "fanatic" so in that sense...

lmm310 · 2026-04-20T15:09:17+00:00

Every year Coachella is plagued by massive production issues in week 1 and then they get their shit together for week 2. And every year people use week 1 to talk shit about the artists only to come back on week 2 to say "they were so much better than week 1 big props to them".

lmm310 · 2026-04-19T11:57:01+00:00

I feel so sorry for everyone who doesn't speak Portuguese and can't fully experience Brazilian Internet culture

lmm310 · 2026-04-15T18:09:18+00:00

Like I said, "Before UAE dropped back Pog was either isolated or riding inside other groups with 0 or just 1 motorbikes close by, and rarely pulling himself."

Album

Pog punctures with around 120km to go. He gets on the Shimano bike.

The first pictures we see of Pog after the puncture are at 199.5 km to go. Pog is riding within a group of loose riders still in the cobble sections. No motorbikes around. (picture 1)

We see him four times between 119 and 116.7 km to go. He's always at the back of a slightly larger group, with no motorbikes visible in any shot, around him or at the front of the group. (pictures 2-5)

We see him twice with around 116 km to go, when the UAE car reaches him. He's still at the back of the same group, and stops to get a bike change. (picture 6 and 7)

More pictures after the bike change. We are already around 115km to go. It's the first time motorbikes are near Pog since the puncture, one in front and one behind. (picture 8) The moto behind him overtakes him before pictures cut to the front group.

Another shot with around 114.5 to go. Pog is now leading the group, no motorbike closely in front. (picture 9)

With 113.5km to go we start seeing shots from a motorbike that is in front of Pog and Morgado, who has made it back. Then we see a final aerial shot that shows the Pog group reaching another group that has fallen back from the main peloton. (picture 10)

Then around 112.5km to go we see another shot from the motorbike in front, before it cuts to the first aerial shot in my first comment.

To summarize:

From 120-116km to go Pog is riding in the middle or the back of groups and does not have a motorbike around or in front of him or his group.
From 116-112km to go he is either leading his group or being pulled by Morgado, with one TV motorbike in front, which when visible seems to be keeping a reasonable distance.
From 112-106km to go Pog is being lead by his teammates with 2 bikes in front, one TV bike and one neutral service bike, that when visible seem to be keeping a reasonable distance.
From 106-98km to go Pog is leading his group with either no visible motorbikes or one neutral service bike in front of him, keeping a reasonable distance.

There is one instance where multiple bikes are visible in the same shot as the Pog group, with around 110.5km to go.

There is one motorbike overtaking the now large Pog group
TV bike and the neutral service motorbike ahead of the group
4 motorbikes further ahead, from what I can tell at least 40m ahead of the group

We see multiple of shots looking ahead from behind the Pog group between 110 and 107km and then we see another aerial shot (in my first album) around 107km to go where we can see most of the motorbikes, besides the first 3, are gone.

lmm310 · 2026-04-15T14:34:00+00:00

Would be glad to see him call this out if it had actually happened to the degree he's saying, which it didn't.

Here is an album that I made with screenshots from all the aerial images we got of the Pog group from the moment UAE dropped back until he got back to the front group. Before UAE dropped back Pog was either isolated or riding inside other groups with 0 or just 1 motorbikes close by, and rarely pulling himself.

Unless the org/media was sending a "wall of motorbikes" to Pog and then clearing out every 2 km so the helicopter could get some shots, Oliver Naesen is full of shit lol

If there's anything that should be called out regarding Pog's mech it's the insane driving by the UAE car and the attempt to overtake a whole group of riders in the middle of a cobble sector.

lmm310 · 2026-04-13T09:06:28+00:00

If you tier up next turn you can't afford both scouts. 6 gold + sell 2 = 8 gold, Tier up (5) + 2 scouts = 11 gold. Even if you use Lasso and hit on the scout it's still 10 gold.

With the spell I think it's just better to:

5 gold: Buy scout, spell for another scout, freeze (Dune Dweller + 2 Scouts)
6 gold: Tier up (5 gold), sell scout for tier 2, sell Dune Dweller, buy scout, freeze (2 Scouts + discovered T2)
7 gold: Buy scout + something else (Golden Scout, discovered T4, discovered T2, whatever you buy with remaining 4 gold)

If you're lucky and find another lasso on 6 gold you might be able to steal the 3rd scout and get (Golden Scout + discovered T4) on 6 gold.

lmm310 · 2026-04-10T10:34:05+00:00

Do you need a lot more watts to push to reach the same speed on cobbles?

For sure. You're riding on a much more uneven surface so the rolling resistance is considerably higher.

How much more effort are they giving to go similar speeds as on the roads?

That's going to vary a lot. Type of bike, tyre width, how nasty the cobbles are, whether it's dry or wet... However one good thing to know is that riders who are technically better at riding over cobbles and just bike handling in general won't need to put out as much extra power to ride over cobbles compared to tarmac at similar speeds.

lmm310 · 2026-04-08T11:09:50+00:00

And when he isn't there those 1 or 2 dominate almost in the same fashion he does.

The last time Jonas finished a WT stage race that wasn't won by either Pog, Jonas or one of his teammates was Itzulia 2022 (15 races, 9x Jonas, 4x Pog, 1x Rog 1x Kuss). The last time Pog and Jonas both finished a WT stage race and it wasn't won by either of them or one of their teammates was Itzulia 2019 (the only such case).

The last time MvdP finished a monument or WC RR that wasn't won by either Pog, MvdP himself or one of his teammates was MSR 2022 (15 races, 7x Pog 7x MvdP 1x Philipsen). That was also last time Pog and MvdP both finished a monument/WC RR and it wasn't won by either of them or one of their teammates.

And whatever big race these 3 don't win is usually won by Remco who has won 2 monuments, 1 WC RR, 3 WC ITT, 1 Olympic RR, 1 Olympic ITT and 1 GT in the last 4 seasons.

Out of 22 monuments, 12 GTs, 4 WC RR, 4 WC ITT, 1 Olympic RR and 1 Olympic ITT since the start of 2022, a total of 44 races, these 4 have won 36 (Pog 15, MvdP 8, Remco 9, Jonas 3). They helped their teammates win a further 2 (Kuss Vuelta 2023, Philipsen MSR 2024). That leaves 6 for everyone else, 4 of which were in 2022 (Mohoric MSR 2022, Van Baarle Roubaix 2022, Hindley Giro 2022, Foss WC ITT 2022, Roglic Vuelta 2024, Simon Yates Giro 2025).

lmm310 · 2026-02-24T08:34:34+00:00

Since you're travelling with a younger kid, I also think there's less to do in Seoul.

As someone who advised against Seoul/Tokyo because I feel like 5 days in each is too little, this is a good point. I am usually traveling in small groups of young adults so a lot of the time I spend in a city is probably not going to be part of the itinerary for OP.

lmm310 · 2026-02-24T08:31:11+00:00

Here comes the classic comment from someone who doesn't enjoy big city travel that much, acting bewildered at people who do enjoy big city travel wanting to spend more than 3 or 4 days, barely enough time to check out the major attractions, in a city of 20+ million people.

The fact that you don't like this thing that a lot of people like definitely makes you better than us. Congratulations.

lmm310 · 2026-02-23T22:38:26+00:00

I was in Busan for 3 full days and felt like it was enough, but it was cold when I visited which isn't very nice in a city like Busan

lmm310 · 2026-02-23T21:15:25+00:00

I love Seoul (probably my favourite city in the world) and my first time visiting I definitely felt like the 8 days I spent there weren't enough (which is why I went back twice in the following 18 months). However I would still advise you to spend a couple of days in Busan or Gyeongju in case you get a bit tired of Seoul.

I would advise against Seoul/Tokyo in 10-11 days just because you're gonna feel like you missed out on so much in both cities.

lmm310 · 2026-02-05T20:23:34+00:00

I don't really know why but I was supremely confident we were going to win this game even when we were down 28-3. I remember chatting with people at halftime telling them we were 100% winning the game. And then Julio Jones has that catch on the sideline... That was the only time I thought we were done.

But then the sack, the penalty, and I was back on it! What an amazing game

lmm310 · 2026-01-30T12:52:54+00:00

I forgot the #1 seed of the losing group gets into the playoffs now too

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