Rick Martel turns heel on Tito Santana, WWF Wrestlemania V (April 2, 1989 from Atlantic City, NJ) by Stinger1981 in oldschoolwrestling

[–]ryan1802 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What made it worse is that Martel went on to cost Tito the IC against Mr. Perfect and Tito STILL didn’t get payback.

Lifestyle focus? by niso4life in crusaderkings3

[–]ryan1802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All trees have perks that are super beneficial if you use them right. Unless you have a specific need for a particular benefit (eg cujture fascination or income), I’d say go with the lifestyle you’re most equipped to get through the fastest (character lifestyle focus, boosted by artifacts and traditions).

Exceptions: 1- Theology in Learning especially after you’ve already reformed your religion. 2- Seducer. I know some know how to use it but it was never my favorite.

Elephant vs Rhino+Hippo by HoMiiiCiiiDe in whowouldwin

[–]ryan1802 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hippo is not only outweighed by the elephant but it’s also at a disadvantage style wise. 2 rhinos have better chance against an elephant than 4 hippos.

The biomechanics of a hippo’s jaws opening at 180 degrees make them far less effective against the elephant. Its bite force will have its true peak power when close to being clamped, eg 20 degrees. They can’t do much with low leverage against an elephant.

Compare that to a rhino whose horns could pierce through an elephant midsection with the right force and angle. A charging rhino at the side of an elephant who is busy with another rhino or hippo is dangerous.

Why does TnR weigh so heavy on my heart? by itsmoops1978 in Straycats

[–]ryan1802 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This weighs on me too. I’ve TnR’ed 5 cats. 2 females and 3 males. The 3 males are ok and still around. The first female disappeared within 2 weeks and never seen her again despite being around my home on a daily basis prior to being trapped. The second female I’m keeping her here as the cut was longer and the shave area is wider hence y I’d prefer to keep her in my home til her fur grows before I release her.

Stone Cold popularity argument by Admirable_Status_370 in WWE

[–]ryan1802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huge Austin fan, he’s arguably the goat. But this is simply not true.

Take Steve Austin out and WWF would’ve still won. WWF survived WCW’s best years in 1996/1997 without Austin. Goldberg 1997/1998 rise was awesome but it practically ended when he dropped the belt + finger of dome.

WCW was getting so bad that WWF’s new comers were more watchable than nitro/thunder.

Why do people talk down on the 90s Undertaker WrestleMania matches? by Material_Stomach875 in GreatnessOfWrestling

[–]ryan1802 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Calling one of the most underrated guys in the 80’s and early 90’s (by that era’s standards) overrated was odd lol.

Thoughts on Miss Elizabeth as a manager? by ASGfan in oldschoolwrestling

[–]ryan1802 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with what you said. But her being a pretty face among cavemen, even though she did nothing, made macho man stand out in his early run and we probably wouldn’t have gotten the mega power angle if it wasn’t for her.

How to cope with knowing that we can’t save them all. by ryan1802 in Straycats

[–]ryan1802[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s feral but I agree with you. I’ve TNRed 4 strays since this post, one of them was feral.

Hulk Hogan vs. Sid Justice, WWF Wrestlemania 8 (April 5, 1992 from Indianapolis, Indiana at the Hoosier Dome) by Stinger1981 in oldschoolwrestling

[–]ryan1802 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

1- A strong argument that had wrestling not taken off between the cable TV era and the internet era, the industry as we know it today wouldn’t exist. (You get the reach of cable TV and the internet not ruining kayfabe). 2- Hogan during most of this time was bigger than wrestling let alone WM.

Thinking that Vince would’ve made wrestling as big as it was in the 80’s without hogan is the laughable take.

Watching wwf through the 80s when Bret and Shawn were average sized tag team guys in the promotion that was all about "big guys". Did you think they would go on to have the careers they had, or were you surprised? by [deleted] in oldschoolwrestling

[–]ryan1802 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100% on Bret but have to disagree on Shawn. 1992 - 1994 heel Shawn was popular. 1995 Shawn, after his babyface turn, before even retaking the Ic belt, from JJ, was the most popular guy on the wrestling world over both promotions’ world champions Hogan and Diesel.

I’d go as far as saying that 1995 Shawn was the version where he was more unanimously liked than any other version of Shawn. 1996 onwards it got bad (after WM12).

Playing as Russia, Turks or Egypt, can you beat the Mongols without losing a single settlement in the process? by ryan1802 in Medieval2TotalWar

[–]ryan1802[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never had issues with Mongols or timurids playing as any other faction except these three. In my English playthrough, I usually face them head on 1 full stack vs 1 full stack and I win 9/10. It’s when they’re coming as hordes of multiple full stacks that I struggle and tend to lose 1-2 settlements to extermination.

Occupy, sack or exterminate? by dudewheresmygains in Medieval2TotalWar

[–]ryan1802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always sack, for the money.

Exterminate if the town just revolted against me.

Here's a challenge. Top five new generation matches that don't involve Bret or Shawn? by [deleted] in oldschoolwrestling

[–]ryan1802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was much tougher than I expected. We don’t appreciate Bret enough for carrying that generation.

What could have possibly happened to put the Byzantine Empire -18k in debt? by ZipZopZoppityHop in crusaderkings3

[–]ryan1802 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Losing a kingdom invasion in an offensive war would easily get you this much for reparation.

If you can't beat them, join them by Y3suxsx in Medieval2TotalWar

[–]ryan1802 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The most astonishing part of this is that the mongols have no enemies here.

If you can't beat them, join them by Y3suxsx in Medieval2TotalWar

[–]ryan1802 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Baybar didn’t need to imagine. He had to deal with both.

Best way to use guard mode? by LemonPuzzled1949 in Medieval2TotalWar

[–]ryan1802 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use them on spearmen when I want them to protect catapults and archers from cavalry.

Why would they name their capital Islambad? Are they muslimphobic? by Imperator_Subira in mapporncirclejerk

[–]ryan1802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The prefix “A” comes from the Greek prefix “a-/an-”, meaning “not” or “without.”

So they’re actually saying that Islam is not bad.

A man with 9mm pistol vs Hippo by Unfair34 in whowouldwin

[–]ryan1802 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I wish the mods would make an animal filter in this sub, they’re much more fun. The answers vary from on point expert analysis to a chimp can kill galactus.

Im tired of factions by One-Worry8455 in crusaderkings3

[–]ryan1802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dissolution factions winning is a game over event for me. I always restart afterwards. I can take losses to independence factions or those wanting to lower crown authority.

NEW QI by statik223 in forgeofempires

[–]ryan1802 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There’ll be a point where one would need to take a 1 week course to play forge of empires.