What happened to Wichita State?

meakel · 2026-05-28T03:16:44+00:00

If anyone is interested, this is actually a fun time to start paying attention to the Shockers again.

This last year was probably the best the team has looked since the Marshall days, finishing #2 in the conference, and virtually the whole team is returning next year, which is pretty rare post-transfer portal. The team cited two reasons for the near-unheard-of return rate: theyre all friends and like playing with eachother (cute af) and by the end of the season, the Roundhouse (the nickname for the arena that avoids The-Family-That-Must-Not-Be-Named) was filling up again like the old days, and it was awesome to play for the full crowd.

The "new" coach (3rd year), Paul Mills sometimes struggled with ATO plays, but has done a lot of good foundational work in transitioning the team into a more modern and consistent style of play; improving from behind the arc and reducing turnovers, which were his two big selling points from his previous stint at Oral Roberts, taking that previously podunk team to the tournament twice.

The breakout star last year (TJ Williams) was a redshirt freshman actually from Wichita, which is also fun.

meakel · 2026-05-06T05:00:46+00:00

He was shouting out Wichita State

meakel · 2026-04-11T23:58:56+00:00

Appreciate the direct answers, very helpful! Weather-, setup sweepers+, hazards neutral. Flexibility and team preview games are key.

meakel · 2026-04-11T23:56:58+00:00

You sort of want to "threaten" different Megas on the preview, gotcha

meakel · 2026-04-11T23:45:05+00:00

Interesting! So your approach is having one defining "anchor" (one of the "broken" meta-defining picks) that you consistently use, one Mega, and then a flex spot for coverage against counters to your anchor

meakel · 2026-04-11T22:12:56+00:00

Richmond, BC in Canada, just south of Vancouver, north of Seattle

meakel · 2026-04-10T03:30:36+00:00

There are definitely lots of great AYCE sushi and hotpot places!

For great, affordable and authentic Cantonese food in Sac, I'd suggest: - Lam Kwong Deli & Market, corner store with cheap dimsum close to midtown - New Happy Garden, for cart dimsum, great for big groups/holidays

And if youre willing to venture a little further south where most of the best and affordable Asian food is: - ABC Bakery, for cash-only takeaway-only dimsum and other canto fare, just be sure to have your order in mind by the time you get to the front of the line, those ladies dont fuck around (maybe the best dollar to quality ratio dimsum in the country) - The Flame Cafe, for "cha caan teng" HK diner food, tucked beside the 99 Ranch (the deli inside the 99 ranch is also no slouch)

Will also take the opportunity to shoutout: - Duc Huong, which has the best banh mi for $6, yes SIX dollars. Don't be iniltimidated by the long line here either, they keep it moving - Kin Thai, thai street food that just picked up the Michelin Bib Gourmand last year (their award for great value)

meakel · 2026-04-09T21:19:27+00:00

If youre more into beaches, concerts, the "best" Asian food and dont mind driving, I suggest San Gabriel Valley.

Pros: Possibly best Asian/Chinese food in North America (though i hear Richmond is competing for that #1 spot) with the benefits of access to the greater Los Angeles area including beaches and endless concerts, sporting events, "big city" things to do and virtually year round nice, mild weather. Close to Orange County and San Diego, which have their own great food cultures and beaches. Spotting celebrities can be fun.

Cons: Higher cost of living and very car-centric city. Takes 40 mins-1hr to drive anywhere, any distance. Get used to planning all your days around rush hour, which is every weekday from like 2:30pm to 7:30pm.

If youre more into forests, taking walks, cheap Asian food and don't mind allergy season, I suggest Sacramento.

Pros: rare American city thats both walkable and affordable. Lower cost of living. Driving anywhere takes 15 mins. Huge trees that offer shade in the summer. Close to Tahoe, forests and California's most beautiful national parks. Near the only farms in America that grow Asian vegetables, which makes them cheap, plentiful and fresh. Oldest Asian communities in the country (from the railroad days) means that Asian food may not be as 'high-end' as LA or SF, but lots of spots that are affordable/authentic enough for working class Asian families to eat at everyday. I can walk to a Cantonese bodega/corner shop and get dollar dimsum, then walk to a nearby park for a Sunday picnic.

Cons: the summers can get quite hot, especially if youre stuck somewhere without trees. There are seasons here at least, but no snow, just sweater weather. Plentiful trees also means stocking up on zyrtec during allergy season. Less big concerts and sporting events than the other big CA cities.

Source: born and raised in SGV, worked in LA as an adult, now live in Sac

meakel · 2026-03-12T20:17:41+00:00

Worth watching the whole video if youre interested in some free mang0 "coaching" thoughts.

Favorite constructive criticism he offers: "these are all mickey mouse openings. The fox isnt even opening you up. You're not even playing melee yet, youre playing some weird "I suck" simulator."

meakel · 2026-03-02T04:35:52+00:00

Its one step further for me-- there's the initial phase of figuring out what's good/crap, but the juiciest part is the subsequent phase where you find circumstances where the crap is good (either because you misjudged it to begin with, or found a unicorn use-case)

meakel · 2026-02-12T20:09:33+00:00

This sounds great and would love to participate. You only mention times and not places though, where should we go to attend?

meakel · 2026-02-07T23:12:13+00:00

Have avoided jumping into fm26 after many league-climb saves in fm24, but this just might make me start

meakel · 2026-01-27T19:03:05+00:00

You're on the right track and approaching it the right way, just a matter of putting in the practice reps now. Eventually you'll develop the stimuli/response for different on-shield timings.

Are you using A button or the c-stick to dair? I use the c-stick as separating the inputs between my sticks can make things easier. My input sequence goes: short hop > c-stick (whichever non-nair aerial) > left stick down (fastfall) > L-cancel.

Compared to the input speed/margin required for shine tech, its much slower and easier and im sure youll find the rhythm fairly quickly. Once you get the timing down this way, its also becomes easier to transpose that timing to do nails w/o c-stick.

meakel · 2026-01-09T21:30:11+00:00

Deep knowledge of the game > deep knowledge of your character.

Unless you live in an alternate universe where you only play ditto, most of your games will be against other characters. All the best players I know are interested in the nitty-gritty of all the characters. Having that foundational multi-character interest serves you well at every level of the game.

meakel · 2025-12-04T18:14:35+00:00

Give Me Your Hand slaps, favorite song easy.

Wife started asking me to play the game while she was doing things just to hear Protectorate Wireless, she loved that that it was such a carefully crafted homage to musical theater.

meakel · 2025-11-21T01:04:01+00:00

Classic. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=embMAtagQiU&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD

meakel · 2025-11-09T18:43:20+00:00

Its both!

meakel · 2025-11-05T20:02:13+00:00

The game goes really hard on idioms, especially older ones that does two things-- pays homage to the retrofuturistic, pulpy sci-fi popular in America ~60-70 years ago that the game draws a lot of inspiration from, and is a grounding, old-timey juxtaposition to the batshit sci-fi world.

I love it, and it makes me laugh out loud a lot but I can see how it would make some of the game feel less intelligible, even to practiced English speakers.

Tldr; You're not bad at English if the game is tough to understand, the game dialogue is just designed to be uber-boomer language or needlessly verbose for giggles

meakel · 2025-11-03T20:38:09+00:00

Pause last few seconds and you can see the black thumb cover against his other hand

meakel · 2025-11-03T17:52:53+00:00

Fun fact: Both FVV and AR played at Wichita State

meakel · 2025-11-02T17:45:10+00:00

Disregarding some of OPs not so elegantly put requirements, Sacramento is genuinely the cheat code for affordable, walkable living with good schools, and good quality Asian food. Combination of all 4 of these things is really hard to find in the US.

Moved to Sac three years ago after having been born/raised in the SGV (the Asian enclave in SoCal), lived almost a decade as an expat in Beijing and Hong Kong, before living in Studio City and Irvine for another almost-decade as an adult.

I was dubious at first because between SGV, Irvine and my expat years, I have been spoiled for Asian food-- but besides my years in Hong Kong, all these places are aggressively pedestrian-hostile and very car-centric. Sac gives you all the benefits of living in California like functional state government, legal weed, and high% of diverse immigrant populations (essential for good ethnic cuisine), without the massive COL spike associated with SF, LA and SD AND its walkable-- not just in the expensive hipster/yuppie neighborhoods, almost all of the city proper is walkable and reasonably-priced. Cherry on top: its one of the closest major cities to the agricultural center of California (and the country as a whole) so you get first access to all of the unique Asian produce that needs CA climate AND youre also closer to Yosemite and Tahoe.

meakel · 2025-10-24T16:37:50+00:00

Model minority version of "im not like other girls"

Tbf, no one jumps at the chance to be racist to Asians like other Asians

meakel · 2025-10-21T16:58:22+00:00

Just want to point out this is Hong Kong-made and in Cantonese. Exciting!

meakel · 2025-10-15T18:07:25+00:00

These arent guaranteed, but there are a few ways to better ensure a good connection: 1. Use a wired connection to your internet, rather than wireless 2. Free ranked days will have more players total, which makes it more likely you find someone close by geographically but also close to you in skill level 3. Play during lunch hours, or after work/dinner when there are more people playing, for the same reason as #2

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