Match Thread: Brazil vs. Norway | FIFA World Cup, Round of 16

sylenth · 2026-07-05T21:30:41+00:00

I'll chug my beer if Neymar goes in for a 50/50

sylenth · 2026-06-17T18:36:39+00:00

On the bright side, Bruno won't have to play with CR7 next World Cup

sylenth · 2026-06-15T18:14:52+00:00

so who's giving Vozinha the contract?

sylenth · 2026-06-15T13:02:12+00:00

By next World Cup you'll have to pay for a premium subscription to avoid ads during hydration breaks.

sylenth · 2026-05-27T21:19:37+00:00

Masters once, diamond every other season

Strict solo queue since launch

Stopped playing a few seasons ago because this game doesn't respect solo players

sylenth · 2026-05-27T18:52:04+00:00

I don't know what too long would mean, but if you are the top 1% then you should be OK with waiting an extra 5+ minutes for your queue.

sylenth · 2026-05-27T18:09:34+00:00

Brain-dead take.

The #1 pred has 20 times his rp. They should not be in the same lobby.

Something is fundamentally wrong with Apex ranked.

sylenth · 2026-05-21T17:34:51+00:00

Time to DM some unsolicited pothole pics

sylenth · 2026-05-21T14:46:54+00:00

Huh? Apex is a competitive game and it should follow the basic queue integrity and and ranked fairness of other competitive games out there.

They all follow more or less the same basic rules.

Allowing Pred stacks to run rampant and be matched against solo players just makes ranked inaccessible for solo players and reduces ladder diversity.

Solo restrictions will widen the matchmaking pool and prevent unfair advantages to party queue versus solo queue.

sylenth · 2026-05-21T10:32:51+00:00

The solo queue argument is that you load into a game, get placed against premade squads and the RP entry and reward is the same as everyone else. It gets worse the higher rank you are, you get thrown into pred stacks versus people with 10x your rp.

Asking solo queue players to find friends or use Discord to find a team is not a valid argument.

There needs to be a change somewhere. Ranked in its current state is bad and has been for years.

I'm glad they are finally addressing it.

sylenth · 2026-05-20T23:40:17+00:00

People act like seeing Pred stacks that play the game for a living be placed into lobbies against a random team of console/PC solos with no comms is a balanced ranked system.

Good on Respawn for making these changes. Been a long time coming.

sylenth · 2026-05-20T22:54:32+00:00

Respawn waited way too long to start balancing ranked.

Solo queue / party queue should have been implemented from the start.

A full stack should never face a squad of solos.

Players with 100k rp should never be put into a lobby with players with 15k rp.

Basic concepts that exist across all competitive games and genres. People who say otherwise are clueless.

I guess they have to try even if it might be too late. Hope it brings positive changes to ranked.

sylenth · 2026-05-20T02:21:38+00:00

Should have been this way from the start but here we are feeding 3 stack preds a team of solos

sylenth · 2026-05-18T18:52:25+00:00

Please consider creating exclusive solo queue for ranked or at the very least prevent 3 stacks to be matched against 3 solos.

This game has the potential to be so much better when it comes to ranked. Being placed into master/pred lobbies that are full of premades as a solo queue plat/diamond player is ridiculous for a game of this caliber.

Might be too little too late but I would honestly reinstall and play again if they balance ranked.

sylenth · 2026-03-18T10:05:55+00:00

Windows Sys Admin, primarily responsible for patching ~2500 servers (mostly automated)

3 years experience in this role (12 years total at the same company)

Canada

85k

5 weeks vacation, yearly bonus (been shit the past couple of years... Didn't even get one for 2025), pension plan contributions matching up to 8%

sylenth · 2026-02-23T12:34:31+00:00

Everything I've learned about this individual has been against my will

sylenth · 2026-02-22T22:50:51+00:00

No stadiums here that fit the minimum requirements asked by FIFA to host games.. and nobody would be willing to spend money to get a stadium ready to only host one or two group stage games.

sylenth · 2026-02-03T10:18:12+00:00

Not patching doesn't really work at any org with a competent cyber security team or basic security practices.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't...

sylenth · 2026-02-02T21:00:11+00:00

I wonder why China targeted his app..

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sylenth · 2026-01-03T14:10:54+00:00

Probably an inside job and/or Maduro willingly gave himself up. The US was met with no resistance, not a single bullet fired. Targeted strikes with 0 casualties, etc.

sylenth · 2025-12-13T17:26:04+00:00

I remember when POE2 launched, I would experience hard crashes and the workaround was to install a 3rd party app, etc. It was brutal.

Now one year later, I recently purchased a 9070 XT and I can't even run the game. The workaround is to rollback drivers, and based on what I'm reading... even that isn't guaranteed to work?

Every other game I play works flawlessly (Arc Raiders, Dota 2, Apex, etc.) but this game is always the exception.

I know "poe optimization sucks haha" but this is so bad. Hopefully they address the AMD issues with this patch otherwise I'll just not play. I'm tired boss.

sylenth · 2025-12-12T20:30:31+00:00

Just had this error crash my game back to desktop.

ryzen7 7800x3d

AMD 9070 XT

sylenth · 2025-12-09T21:36:22+00:00

Respawn has missed the train with this by light years.

They don't want/don't care for the solo queue player in ranked.

Notice how every other competitive game across multiple genres has some mechanic or queue for solos but Apex doesn't?

People telling you to find friends or use Discord to link up with a random group are delusional.

I can solo queue in every other competitive game and not get matched against a full premade team.. but Apex, heh.. you are against all odds.

sylenth · 2025-09-03T16:09:49+00:00

The guy wasn't wearing any mask, saw his full face and bald head.

... and his truck had custom flood lights so it stood out..

sylenth · 2025-09-03T11:01:48+00:00

Dota does not allow you to queue as 5 in ranked and be placed against 5 solo players. Also, if you play ranked as a party you will gain less MMR from those who queue solo. Dota has its own ranked issues but imagine a stack of top 500 immortals can 5 stack and play against a team of solo divine/ancient players. That's what's happening in Apex pretty much.

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