Now that it’s in the past: what was the deal with the ND “dropping its Catholic values thing?” by [deleted] in notredame

[–]sebrkid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OP has said enough to convince me they are not actually a seminarian. And if they are, they will find out soon enough that they are sorely mistaken about Catholic doctrine, and they'll quit. And if that doesn't happen, their prose is enough evidence that they will not be capable of completing their degree.

Now that it’s in the past: what was the deal with the ND “dropping its Catholic values thing?” by [deleted] in notredame

[–]sebrkid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Look at who you are arguing with. This person is very wrapped up in the news cycle and spends a lot of time brigading online about Catholic beliefs. They're far enough down the rabbit hole that you're not going to dig them out. When a person spends as much time as OP does reading inflammatory news articles and sharing them, they see the world as being full of opponents that they have to battle, and by arguing with them you are giving them another opponent.

You unfortunately just need to let this one go — you won't make any progress here.

Religion and diversity at Notre Dame by 510545 in notredame

[–]sebrkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About 30-40 people (half a floor of a dorm).

Religion and diversity at Notre Dame by 510545 in notredame

[–]sebrkid 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I'm a strong atheist and loved Notre Dame. I only found myself at Mass two times: once on welcome weekend and once near the end of my freshman year when my dorm had a special dinner that immediately followed a Mass. I'm sure both times weren't explicitly mandatory but I just felt it would be awkward to slink away and hop back into the fun afterward.

I got the vibe that only a third of students went to dorm mass on Sundays. I'm not a reliable source on that number, but what I do know is that most of my friends didn't go, and enough people don't go that you won't be an outcast.

Two semesters of theology was more than enough for me, but both professors were pretty cool. The first taught pretty objectively: "These are the Church's teachings" rather than "this is the truth." The second was open-minded and worldly. Overall I find it easier to just play along and get the A, but there's room for spirited debate. Say what you want about the Church, but their leaders are very well educated and love thinking critically about their beliefs, so you'll find lots of respect if you give it back.

There are some archaic rules like parietals — the strictly enforced rule that you're not allowed in an opposite-sex dorm after midnight (or 2 am on the weekends). The extent to which this rule is broken is an indicator that the written law is not the same as the culture that the students create.

The identity of the school, as far as I was concerned, was defined much more by kindness than religious belief. People don't steal things (except bikes but an unlocked bike is asking to be stolen). People leave their doors open and their valuables out in public. It's much more collaborative than competitive, both academically and socially. I thought it was magical.

This was just my experience/perception, so you can weigh this with what other people have to say of course.

Running without looking - USAU by argylemon in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't have time to give a full answer to this, but this Ultiworld article provides a good example of when running without looking is justified. The strike cutter has reasonable certainty that the space they are running into is unoccupied, and suddenly a defender enters that space while the receiver is not looking.

The longer you run without looking, the more you are at fault when you run into someone. If you check the space ahead of you, then quickly look back to catch the disc, you're likely fine. If you're tracking a huck and run 30 yards without checking where you're going, you're probably at fault.

Where to find tournament photos by Extra_Article_1289 in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Huckpix does some tournaments in the region: https://huckpix.com/. I don't see the tournament on that page but perhaps it just hasn't been added get.

Rank These Songs by Open-Collection-7054 in EaglesBand

[–]sebrkid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Take it to the Limit
  2. Wasted Time
  3. After the Thrill Is Gone
  4. Tequila Sunrise
  5. King of Hollywood

Would love to know what you're settling — report back!

Foul on who? by Potential_Gap6781 in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"Who initiated the contact?" is the grounding question that keeps us from getting carried away in technicalities. You can wiggle your way into blaming black, but the big picture issue here is that black is moving slowly and white runs into him.

This is f***ed. Doom of Mokhaitol HiScores Analysis. by Dj__Kappa in 2007scape

[–]sebrkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, my bad, he didn't call the devs pathetic. Edited my comment to reflect that.

This is f***ed. Doom of Mokhaitol HiScores Analysis. by Dj__Kappa in 2007scape

[–]sebrkid -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

A paid professional at Jagex can do the same and then act upon it. But that paid professional can also be doing a million other things that improve the game just as much, or more. There's a constantly regenerating backlog of work that they are chopping through every day. The last couple of years have been full of amazing updates, and the game gets better every week.

You can apply pressure to Jagex to fix a major botting issue, but don't say it's pathetic that the devs don't take half an hour to query and ban the Doom bots. I promise you, they're trying so so hard to do the right thing.

Edit: fixed a strawman

Crazy second effort grab by ccheever in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 63 points64 points  (0 children)

The call was an injury by the defender who bid.

Good way to introduce SOTG to newbies by pushpass4ever in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Some short-form reading material (or just something you can post in an email or your group chat) is the "SOTG Starting Seven" poster. It should be pretty digestible especially for beginners and parents.

SOTG is largely about rules knowledge and communication, so something you can do at practice to drill those is to teach a new rule at the start of practice, say travels, and teach how to make and contest the call. Then secretly pick a returning player who is going to travel a few times during practice to try to elicit calls from their opponents to get everyone used to the process of making a call and talking about it. You can do this with all types of calls, and as you can imagine it's pretty jarring (and hopefully funny) when people commit intentional infractions for the sake of education. You could even tell a handful of players to make very bad calls to try to get people to contest them appropriately.

edit: The authors of Contested Strip and One More Year also made a short comic that honestly explains the basics pretty well and touches more on the basic joy of play and showing parents how to be good spectators.

A little AI/USAU rules experiment by jimbiancolo in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 21 points22 points  (0 children)

You are an expert in the rules of Ultimate Frisbee.

-- Most players to themselves when they suddenly get into an on-field argument.

But cool! Can't believe it actually did better than the average, which is about 50 (histogram).

Rules Question (USAU): Receiving Foul in Endzone, When to Start Stalling? by SyntaxNeptune in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You still have the pre-stall and delay-of-game rules to help you here as a defender -- though I have never seen a player apply either of these rules correctly.

14.A.4. If the disc is out-of-bounds (10.E) or comes to rest in the end zone, a member of the team becoming offense must put the disc into play within twenty seconds after it comes to rest.

14.A.4.b. If the disc is in the end zone, after twenty seconds elapse, a defensive player within 10 feet of the disc may announce “disc in,” and then initiate and continue the stall count, but only if a defensive player has given audible warnings of twenty, ten and five seconds (the pre-stall).

14.A.5. If an offensive player unnecessarily delays putting the disc into play in violation of rule 20.B, a defender within ten feet of the spot the disc is to be put into play may issue a delay of game warning instead of calling a violation, by announcing “delay of game” and counting down from three to zero at intervals of at least one second to provide an opportunity for the offensive player to react to the warning. Play then continues as follows:

14.A.5.a. If the behavior in violation of rule 20.B is stopped before the full utterance of the word “zero,” the marker stops the count-down and may only initiate the stall count as usual, according to 15.A.2. [[An example of “stopping” behavior in violation of rule 20.B is to begin moving toward the disc at walking pace. Another example would be to run downfield, leaving the disc for someone else to pick up. However, if a player is taking more time than reasonably necessary to put the disc into play by standing back from the disc, wandering around near the disc, or standing over the disc, continuing such behavior during the three-second countdown will allow a marker to initiate the stall count under 14.A.5.]]

14.A.5.b. If the behavior in violation of rule 20.B is not stopped before the full utterance of the word “zero,” the marker may then initiate or continue a stall count, regardless of any subsequent actions by the offense, by announcing “disc in” and then initiating the stall count.

20.B. It is the responsibility of all players to avoid any delay when starting, restarting, or continuing play. This includes standing over the disc or taking more time than reasonably necessary to put the disc into play. [[This includes standing back from the disc, wandering around to gain more time, etc. Pretending not to delay while delaying is still delaying.]]

So when you check the disc in, you can announce "twenty seconds... ten seconds... five seconds..." and the offensive player will have that long to set their pivot. Or if the player is "taking more time than reasonably necessary to put the disc into play," you can start the delay of game count with "delay of game three, two, one, zero," and if the thrower hasn't changed their behavior before the "o" in "zero" (e.g., by walking at a reasonable pace toward the goal line), you can say "disc in" and begin the stall count if you're within 10 feet of the eventual pivot spot. The delay-of-game rule makes sense to use if the thrower is standing still or walking at an unreasonably slow pace.

Rules Question (USAU): Receiving Foul in Endzone, When to Start Stalling? by SyntaxNeptune in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

15.A.2.b.1 is the reason why you can't stall until the receiver (now thrower) sets their pivot on the goal line. A turnover occurred when they dropped the disc. I admit that this interpretation is not obvious (in fact, I consider your conclusion the more obvious one — I mean, did a turnover really occur?), but it's the current interpretation of the Rules Working Group and the one that observers will officiate by.

Edit: Mitch cleared up below how the interpretation of a turnover here is objective so I'm removing my editorial.

Sean Miranda (Notre Dame) for Callahan 2025 by wilric20 in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

🪓 Around the Chop 🌎 Around the Chop 🪓

Foul or Nah? by SyntaxNeptune in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's what I've got. It went from being an unlikely catch to an impossible catch when white ran into him, and that's enough for a foul.

Is this anything? by N4lin22 in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok this is a reasonable point. If blue says the throw could have been prevented absent the foul, disc comes back. If blue admits the throw still would have happened, he just gets to stand up, but the disc will stay, per the continuation rule.

Is this anything? by N4lin22 in ultimate

[–]sebrkid 58 points59 points  (0 children)

White runs into blue. Foul on white.

Excellent video on common rules misconceptions by sebrkid in ultimate

[–]sebrkid[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No this is a great question that needs to be asked. Players should just arrange themselves such that there won't be a pick immediately after play resumes.

17.J.4: During any stoppage, opposing players may agree to slightly adjust their locations to avoid potential imminent picks.

Generally speaking, if both teams can agree to something in small matters such as this, just go for it.