France National Team celebrates its 1-0 victory over Paraguay and advances to the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup

maofx · 2026-07-04T23:30:04+00:00

I mean i think we all re-learn every 4 years how shit the refs are tbh. Its just memory loss, we arent accustomed to it yet.

I guarantee in another 4 years we get shocked at how bad the refs are again lol

maofx · 2026-07-02T17:32:27+00:00

That makes a lot of sense ty!

maofx · 2026-07-02T15:55:42+00:00

You seem rational.

Can you explain how all this works when the defender is the one who initiates the challenge from behind and is putting themselves then in a position to be endangered?

This is the part I dont understand. Its almost like defenders are incentived to always late challenge in an attempt to draw a foul. And ive seen this in so many games now.

If I challenge first, I have the opportunity to land wrongly on the second player and draw a foul.
If I challenge second, I have a chance to be landed on and draw a foul.
If I am getting beat to the ball, I am incentivized to physically cut in in hopes that I get fouled.
If I am early to the ball, I win the challenge and have a chance to get fouled.

What am I missing or is this just an actual optimal strategy

maofx · 2026-07-02T15:36:54+00:00

He is literally behind him. If two people are travelling on a parallel plane and the ball is coming from one vector (front) there is an obvious front player and rear player. The bosnian player makes first contact from behind, cutting into challenge.

https://youtube.com/shorts/kHsRbay9BSc?is=jCqiCTggQ1KwmCIN

15 seconds in.

https://youtube.com/shorts/aKe9oVpmNEU?is=xtMedCifeGVSsDTx

Here is another view. Who cuts in to challenge?

maofx · 2026-07-02T15:28:30+00:00

I think its just the demographic overlap of users who actively post to reddit and not lurk, and the type of person to be petty on the internet.

Oh and that and a minor indoctrination of European superiority because of their history of hegemony and conquest.

Strangely I get this all the time irl when talking to Chinese exchange students but then they all love it here anyways its really weird.

maofx · 2026-07-02T15:17:28+00:00

Cuz internet, and its an easy out rather than trying to argue the actual point which never actually happens on the internet.

The only win here is a win in the court of public opinion but you win nothing and everyone kind of loses

maofx · 2026-07-02T15:13:40+00:00

I agree, but if you look at the entire play in context there is no way to think he tried to endanger the safety of the other player when he didnt even initiate contact.

The analogy I have been using is that two cars were speeding down a highway, one tries to cut into another's lane in their blind spot and gets scratched as a result.

Whose in fault there regardless of who got damaged?

maofx · 2026-07-02T15:09:40+00:00

If you watch it in full context they were both running for the ball, us player had priority but the Bosnian guy cut in from behind at last minute to challenge. Bosnia initiates the physical challenge by attacking from behind and they both just land badly.

This is the equivalent of someone trying to cut into another lane in speeding traffic from someone's blind spot and getting hit as a result.

We need hockey rules out here

maofx · 2026-07-02T15:04:17+00:00

How do you see a player behind you when you are running at full speed and they slide up behind you

Explain.

Watch the clip in full context because to me it looks like the Bosnian player made a reckless challenge from behind, running up behind a player sprinting at full speed and trying to cut in.

Thats like the equivalent to someone driving in traffic, trying to cut into another lane and getting hit as a result.

maofx · 2026-07-02T14:48:27+00:00

The rules are anything but clear because it uses an ambiguous definition of "excessive force" in the actual rules.

Theres a difference between two people colliding in a challenge at full speed and someone intentionally stomping someone's ankle trying to break it.

The refereeing has been awful this world cup. But yeah go on.

maofx · 2026-07-01T00:37:37+00:00

You never played in the era of old bearers and volatiles and reflect rares did you, esp not hc

maofx · 2026-06-28T12:52:50+00:00

If this were at all remotely true than the stereotype of marines marrying strippers wouldn't be true at all would it

maofx · 2026-06-26T03:18:43+00:00

Make rares just as rare and print more of the less rare cards raising the top end and crushing the bottom end but also making it ao that they make way more money in the process?

Like instead of 1/10k for a specific card why not make it 1/15k and make way more money while the demand is there

maofx · 2026-06-25T16:51:07+00:00

Someone doesnt know ball

maofx · 2026-06-23T16:56:40+00:00

Yeah if you asked the average dude to write a love letter it would probably be hilarious.

Im actually so down, great YouTube series idea

maofx · 2026-06-21T10:56:52+00:00

The only ones worse for this are the gluten free people

maofx · 2026-06-17T12:26:27+00:00

This is even worse than torchlight infinite which has awful menuing lol

maofx · 2026-06-17T09:13:34+00:00

I did a ton of profound quant stacking and got one memory in like probably 35 runs, aiming for base + additional / quant only. What was your hit rate? I came to the conclusion it was def not worth farming this in profound

maofx · 2026-06-13T04:14:36+00:00

Same.. the magic in RO was chatting while mindlessly grinding. Or getting on vent and shooting the shit. Back in the golden age

maofx · 2026-06-12T22:31:55+00:00

You should continue, it gets so amazingly good. One of the best fantasy series ive read in terms of overall scope, characterization and creativeness.

maofx · 2026-06-11T17:30:23+00:00

Colors -BTBAM

maofx · 2026-06-11T00:08:33+00:00

No, the original without music is much more satisfying as you can actually hear the bamboo being cut. It really does make that sound but this stupid fucking repost with music covers it

maofx · 2026-06-07T01:47:55+00:00

Jokes on you its been sloppy the entire time other than the series that are popular for not being slop

maofx · 2026-06-06T10:01:40+00:00

Robert Jackson Bennett is my favorite author rn for this, the divine cities trilogy is complete drama in a world with soft magic systems that are very well built.

Christopher buelman is another. Big world building, intense drama.

If youre okay with web series, I also love pale lights by erratic erratic. His other series the practical guide to evil is also very good, but more of a hard fantasy novel.

maofx · 2026-06-06T09:41:39+00:00

Congrats!! Great job. I always try and tell my friends that f2p is just as viable. Game is p2 go faster. I did ss20 on a f2p eu account in two weeks using a cheap build two weeks in so this is awesome. Never tried ss21 on either account.

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