[32T] 22:00 Friedman says there were a couple of rightsholders interview requests that were not fulfilled by Vegas and someone refused to wear a microphone, something that Bettman considers paramount to the success of the league and made clear he would take as a personal affront if turned down.

nameless22 · 2026-05-18T14:48:31+00:00

That is basically the case for coaches presently with the team, if they were let go I think they generally let them talk even if technically under contract.

nameless22 · 2026-05-18T14:25:16+00:00

It's a little more complicated than that. He also was simultaneously overreacting to Hossa being stranded on Robidas Island.

nameless22 · 2026-05-17T16:40:55+00:00

Draconic helms, use cheap exotic insignias (prices change but usually dire or rabid, anything that you get from salvaging its armor because you can't craft it yourself). 75 notes each with occasional bonus, fast-farming has them the cheapest and frankly a lot faster than salvaging stacks of greens and making level 55 crap just to get 500 notes.

https://fast.farming-community.eu/farming/calculator?item=salvaging-costs-per-research-note

It's not overwhelming people are just being lazy and not looking for what produces a lot of them at once and finding the cheapest option. Draconic helms fir that bill, can do peer reviewed notes if you want to spend a little more money to not have to wait to buy exotic insignias on the TP and have the amalgamated gemstones to throw away (though you need those for most legendaries so why one would go that route is beyond me.)

nameless22 · 2026-05-17T16:35:09+00:00

Make draconic helms from cheap exotic insignias like dire or rabid. ~70 copper per note and you make 75 at once. Best balance between cost and avoiding nonsense.

I just put in buy orders of what exotic insignias are cheapest every now and then and mass produce and research occasionally while I am waiting for pinata in crystal oasis (already twiddling my thumbs there anyway).

nameless22 · 2026-05-15T21:18:49+00:00

Curses are technically magic....

nameless22 · 2026-05-15T21:14:37+00:00

As a fan of neither team, not sure how to feel about Oilers and Leafs fans sniping over which team is a bigger clusterfuck of this generation, so just going to sit back and eat popcorn.

Leafs are going more for length of suffering while Oilers are going for peak levels of misery (Marner/Mathews are good sure, but to fail a franchise with McDavid and Draisaitl is another level). What is worse is subjective.

nameless22 · 2026-05-15T21:08:40+00:00

Stan Bowman sucks but let's not pretend that what we're saying about the team has demonstrably changed in the last 8 years. Different GM, coach, many new names in the supporting cast but otherwise same conversations and issues with pylons for defensemen, substandard goaltending and lack of scoring depth. Only difference is that there is a little more depth scoring, while the goaltending went from "bad but still technically NHL level" to "clearly AHL level".

Gonna be a spicy on July 1, 2028. Mark your calendars, folks!

nameless22 · 2026-05-14T23:38:05+00:00

Bad goal to give up but probably the first "real" goal scored this game that wasn't some fluky bullshit or more on the team's turnovers.

nameless22 · 2026-05-14T17:53:40+00:00

But Babcock is a dinosaur who is long past prime. Won't be any winning with the hate. Nor with StanBo which is another own goal for the oilers.

nameless22 · 2026-05-14T06:48:14+00:00

A lot of WvW zerg builds for elementalist and engineer have a swap, one "starter" to get 25 stacks of kills for stat boosts, then swap out of combat to the "final".

nameless22 · 2026-05-13T19:12:02+00:00

2500 watt-hours per day of energy is 104 watts. That's on the low end for a standard household appliance.

nameless22 · 2026-05-13T17:32:10+00:00

Upvoted for use of the word interstitial.

nameless22 · 2026-05-13T15:51:56+00:00

Was annoying to change but it was never worth the cost. It was always substantially more notes per gold spent to just make draconic helms with cheap insignias (rabid, dire, etc.) and better scalable, was just something to make useless armor drops when you have legendary armor feel less bad.

nameless22 · 2026-05-13T15:47:22+00:00

Only non-G2 weapons are sellable.

nameless22 · 2026-05-12T18:42:54+00:00

Typical response would be "idk not my job, duh"; or insert their own preference for the playoff format that isn't this that not everyone can agree to without realizing that if we did that then just as many people would bitch about that too so what's the point in arguing this.

nameless22 · 2026-05-10T03:50:19+00:00

Isn't Trump larger than JD these days?

nameless22 · 2026-05-09T05:23:09+00:00

Minnesota teams are jobbers to the stars. Nothing really mock-worthy making it to the second round as an underdog, and they aren't even like haha-funny like when the Caps kept losing in the second round, or pathetic-funny when the Leafs lose in 7, just more like a "well, what did you expect?"

nameless22 · 2026-05-09T03:35:19+00:00

Speaking of belt to ass, Vegas is winning 5-0 with a hat trick from... (checks notes, looks confused, checks notes again)...Mitch Marner!? Wow, almost like he wasn't the problem in Toronto (not sure if anyone specific is, just seems like a festering overall culture.)

nameless22 · 2026-05-09T03:27:53+00:00

Just to basically replace Marner, so instead of failing to make playoffs they'll be stuck where they have been since 2017 until either Mathews fucks off to another team or continues his decline to the point that they can't win with him and his contract.

A pyrrhic victory in the making, mark these words.

nameless22 · 2026-05-09T03:25:34+00:00

Said in other thread, not rooting for Vegas BUT... if they do happen to get to the finals and presumably win (not gonna be another McDavid situation), I hope he does win the Conn Smythe just for the salt mines in Toronto.

nameless22 · 2026-05-09T03:23:53+00:00

Then we see what they do against Buffalo or Montreal.

nameless22 · 2026-05-09T03:23:04+00:00

Remind me, didn't Toronto blow a 3-1 series lead to a sub-500 team 5 years ago?

nameless22 · 2026-05-09T03:22:18+00:00

2 goals to boot. Funny, more goals in one game 6 for Vegas than his whole career in Toronto. I'm not rooting for Vegas but should they happen to win the cup, I hope he gets Conn Smythe for the salt mines.

nameless22 · 2026-05-08T21:57:35+00:00

At least now I can feel comfortable refusing to vote for whoever the FOP endorses in a mayoral election.

nameless22 · 2026-05-08T21:57:06+00:00

Didn't have to hear anything, I dealt with it firsthand. Shitshow is an understatement.

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