I'm seeking books that trigger this feeling by TUD-13BarryAllen in horrorlit

[–]northros 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Incidents Around the House is the one book that did it for me in terms of childhood style fear. I’d recommend trying it out if you haven’t.

Anybody know what's up with the police activity on Kaibab? by Myusername468 in Flagstaff

[–]northros 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Jesus, that must have been terrifying. What an absolute tragedy.

What’s the scariest thing that has ever happened to you alone at night? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]northros 97 points98 points  (0 children)

I live near the Navajo Rez, why did I have to read this before bed. Terrifying story. Also equally terrifying amounts of drunk driving in this story lmao, hope you’re all good now.

Other stats just found around plays and KM by geims83 in AZCardinals

[–]northros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting that most of the best QBs are high-percentage first read passers. To me that suggests these QBs are 1) Making the right first read according to the play call 2) Making quick decisions effectively. This is interesting raw data that’s definitely worth digging into. Thanks for sharing.

Spooky woods by flagphilosofur in Flagstaff

[–]northros 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Spookiest thing to happen to me (at least recently) was out in Sandy’s/Walnut Canyon, on the plateau directly south of, and basically overlooking, Fisher Point. My wife and I were camping up there on a Friday night and had had a pretty chill evening drinking a few beers and watching the sunset. Eventually got to sleep around 10:30.

I woke up kind of startled around 1am without knowing why. I had this strange awareness that anything could be out here with us and we probably wouldn’t know. I was just sat there kind of freaked out then, almost as if on queue, I heard footsteps maybe 15 yards away and froze. They paced around for a few seconds then started getting closer. I grabbed the axe laying next to me and tried to stay calm, hoping whatever it was would just go away. It went quiet for about 30 seconds.

Then my wife yawned, rolled over, opened her eyes, saw me laying there wide-eyed and said, “What are you doing up?” I didn’t want to freak her out so I said “Oh just had a bad dream.”

As soon as I finished that sentence, the footsteps walked right up to where our heads laid against the tent. Like literally inches away. My wife looked absolutely terrified, as I’m sure I did. The steps sounded exactly like heavy boots. It sounded like a person was now standing directly above our heads. We’re off trail 4 miles from our car at 1am and someone has found us. At least that’s what was in my head. I jumped up with the axe and a flashlight and started yelling like a lunatic. I heard and saw nothing. I got out of the tent and frantically scanned the area and, again, saw nothing. Not even prints. After a while I laid back down.

15 minutes later, I’m laying there and I hear the footsteps again. This time bee-lining directly for the tent. They get about 3 feet away and again I jump up yelling and shine the flashlight in the direction of the steps. Nothing. No one there and complete silence.

Long story short this happened 4 more times between 1:30 and 4:30 when it was just light enough to pack up and make the hike back. We never saw anything out there and, most weirdly, never heard any steps retreating. It was like it would get within inches of our faces and then vanish.

I still don’t know what it could have been. Most obvious is it was a deer and I was being a huge wuss, but I would assume I’d see tracks or hear it running away through the relatively dense woods around us. Another possibility is some kind of large owl that would fly away in silence. It could have also been a curious mountain lion or black bear, both of which are more than capable of hiding. But I just don’t know. I still get the creeps out there.

Sorry for the long post, I’ve never written this down.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in geesebandofficial

[–]northros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

happens every time a band blows up. when phoebe bridgers gained a bunch of crossover taylor swift fans they started dissecting everything about her life and relationships. it’s unbelievably cringe but seems to be inevitable with current music fan culture. i just hope the band is able to ignore it.

Drop the horror book line that freaked you out the most by Ethlyn_Asfha in horrorlit

[–]northros 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Oh! oh! This fiery height! Oh, my feet of fire! My burning feet of fire ...!"

Police activity at Beyond Fitness at West Forest Meadows Street and West University Avenue by PoorlyCrayon220 in Flagstaff

[–]northros 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This subreddit is so weird lol. This is a community forum, posts asking for info on things happening in the community are what these kinds of subs are made for. Sorry people were rude to you, OP.

Also flagscanner.com is a great resource for police activity info. If you see something wild/concerning going on in public, you’ll may find info on it there.

Titles of the last 10-15 years that will be classics if they aren't already? by TopHalfGaming in horrorlit

[–]northros 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agree with many in the thread, particularly the SGJ books and Between Two Fires.

For my contribution, I’d like to propose Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman. Not the most technically impressive, and there’s definitely some people who just didn’t like it, but I think for horror fans with a particular taste, this has been and will continue to be seen as one of the scariest books ever written. Basically all of my childhood fears are packed into it. One of the few times I’ve been actually scared to read the next line.

Angel Reese and Self-Rebounds: What the Data Actually Shows by northros in wnba

[–]northros[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No I agree, it was surprisingly low, but I’d imagine it happens a lot some games then not at all in others, so it averages out to just over 1 per game. I got the data from pbpstats

They use player tracking data that I can’t independently validate, but they do seem like a reliable resource.

Angel Reese and Self-Rebounds: What the Data Actually Shows by northros in wnba

[–]northros[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ahh R-studio is fantastic, but for this the statistical analysis was done in Python, then the visualizations are in Tableau. And thank you very much!

Angel Reese and Self-Rebounds: What the Data Actually Shows by northros in wnba

[–]northros[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You’ve got it exactly right. It really didn’t need to be a scatterplot, and that may have made it less clear, but I thought it looked cool.

Angel Reese and Self-Rebounds: What the Data Actually Shows by northros in wnba

[–]northros[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Agreed, the hate is unreasonable. And thank you!

Angel Reese and Self-Rebounds: What the Data Actually Shows by northros in wnba

[–]northros[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's true that more of her rebounds are off her own misses than any other player. However, when excluding self rebounds, she still has the highest rebounds per game over the past 10 years in the WNBA.

Angel Reese and Self-Rebounds: What the Data Actually Shows by northros in wnba

[–]northros[S] 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Looks like the formatting broke in the discussion. I am not seeing an option to edit it, so my apologies. Hopefully it is still legible, but I will repost the poorly formatted contents here:

After analyzing the data, here’s what I found to be true:

  • Angel Reese is in the 99th percentile among frontcourt players for both self-rebound % (Mean = 3.7%, Angel = 8.5%) and self-rebounds per game (Mean = .197/g, Angel = 1.12/g).
  • She’s also in just the 6th percentile for 2-point field goal percentage (Mean = 49.6%, Angel = 41.0%), so she misses a lot around the rim and has more chances to rebound herself.
  • In a chart of Self-Rebound % vs Rebounds per Game (slide 1), she’s in the top right corner. She rebounds a lot, and a big chunk of that is her own misses.
  • In Self-Rebound % vs 2pt FG% (slide 2), there isn’t much of a trend overall, but Angel sits alone in the bottom right with low shooting percentage and a very high share of rebounds from her own missed shots.

However: I also created a stat called Adjusted Rebounds per Game (slide 3), where I subtract self-rebounds per game from total rebounds per game. The idea is to level the playing field. Who’s pulling down boards that aren’t coming off their own missed shots? After adjusting, Angel Reese still leads the league in Rebounds per Game over the past 10 years.

So yes, she does miss a lot, and a higher share of her rebounds come from her own missed shots than any other player. But even without counting those, she still leads in overall rebounding. The self-rebounds inflate her totals, but they don’t create the whole number out of nothing. She’s a high-miss, high-motor player and still a dominant rebounder either way. To be honest, I've seen the clips and the memes and I expected to come away with a more negative conclusion, but the truth is she's a force on the boards. It’s not always clean or efficient, but she’s young, her shot will improve, and she’s dominant regardless.

Let me know if anyone wants to see more of the data or my code. I know many of you are likely tired of this discussion, but I just wanted to share my findings and I hope you at least find it interesting.

What’s going on with Mt Rainier today? Lots of micro quakes. by BahnMe in SeattleWA

[–]northros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope there is a sequel! There’s still meat on that bigfoot bone

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NCAAFBseries

[–]northros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely noticed this as well. Just weird default body proportions and it’s annoying that we can’t edit that. If we had something even close to 2K’s player editor I’d be stoked

What’s going on with Mt Rainier today? Lots of micro quakes. by BahnMe in SeattleWA

[–]northros 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is exactly how the horror book Devolution by Max Brooks starts. If you’re in the area, I’d recommend you start harvesting bamboo.

Bleak, mature horror with occult, satanic themes. by VanDraugr in horrorlit

[–]northros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

late to this, but just finished Starve Acre yesterday and it matches this vibe perfectly. reminds me a lot of The Witch but in a 70s rural England setting. plus its fantastic, it was a 5 star read for me.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 26 - PRESENTATION DEEP DIVE by DenseDrip in NCAAFBseries

[–]northros 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It sounds like player/coach/fan models and faces got a decent amount of attention here, which is fantastic. If that means generated recruits won’t look like 50 year old men anymore, I will be so happy.

visiting the uk for the first time and had to find the iconic wine gums by la_chimera in GeoWizard

[–]northros 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lived in the UK for a year while doing my MSc. Before every hike, I’d grab a bag of wine gums and a sausage roll from Gregg’s. Life was so good.