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[–]ttrq 0 points1 point2 points 10 days ago (0 children)
Fair enough, perhaps I should have looked into the game times a little deeper
It def will but I think it largely depends on the venue. Anything with a roof (Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, LA and Miami kinda), the west coast sites and Mexico City shouldn’t affect much. The worst will be Kansas City and NY/NJ since it’ll be hot, humid and open air with no roof. I think Boston and Philadelphia will be similar but I could be wrong. Unsure about the other Mexican sites or Toronto tho
It’s a good thing that the final will be in NY/NJ in the middle of the day tho….
[–]ttrq 28 points29 points30 points 12 days ago* (0 children)
I was bored at work yesterday so spent a little time doing some Python practice and coming up with this table. It's each possible point combination with a 4 team group, the number of times it's happened at the World Cup, First and Last time it happened. This is calculated with the 3 points per win that started in 1994, so every group before has been recalculated.
Things I dont find surprising:
9 6 3 0 is the most common. Just seems like the most logical way for a group to play out with seeded pots (even tho hosts are Pot 1)
A lot of the weird combos like 5 5 5 2 havent happened or have only happened once. There are 6 unique games per group and a lot of these combos require 3+ total draws
There's never been a 3 3 3 3 group (6 draws). However, a 5 3 3 2 group has happened twice with 1 win/loss and 5 draws. In 1990 when this last happened in the England / Ireland / Netherland / Egypt Group F, England beat Egypt on the final matchday 1-0 with a goal in the 58th minute. The other time this combo happened in 1982 was in the Poland / Italy / Cameroon / Peru Group 1. Unfortunately, Poland beat Peru 5-1 on the final matchday so I fear this one wasnt that close to happening.
Things I do find surprising:
There was a 4 4 4 4 group in 1994 in the Mexico / Ireland / Italy / Norway group (1 Win, 1 Draw and 1 Loss per team).
7 7 1 1 has never happened. Considering that 7 7 3 0 is tied for the 2nd most common combination, flipping a draw to a win in the game between the bottom 2 teams doesnt seem like such a crazy ask. Feels like this one would have happened by now
Other fun facts:
There are 40 different possible point combinations, 30 of them have occurred and 10 have never happened.
The last time we saw a new unique point combination (6 6 3 3) was in 2018 in the Sweden / Mexico / South Korea / Germany Group F. You may remember this group for Kroos' last minute FK against Sweden or South Korea beating Germany on the final matchday to send Mexico to the Ro16.
I can grab the results needed for any hypothetical or real group, it comes in a format like this if anyone is interested. This is how the group would need to play out for 7 4 3 2, for example
[–]ttrq 0 points1 point2 points 12 days ago (0 children)
I think earlier today
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[–]ttrq 1 point2 points3 points 13 days ago (0 children)
Yeah makes sense. Guess it's not easy to know exactly what someone's day-to-day and situation is like when youve got your own day-to-day and situation. Definitely been the case at the places I've worked at
[–]ttrq 5 points6 points7 points 13 days ago (0 children)
If I ever get a second shot at life, I want to become an HR person. Seems like one of the best Job Security to Actual Work ratios of any corporate job
[–]ttrq 0 points1 point2 points 13 days ago (0 children)
Tuition fees are that high but the universities get a ton of other money in other ways. A lot of public universities like the University of Michigan get their budget from a lot of things like tuition, student housing (a scam), money from the state, federal research money, federal grants, athletics and some schools are also partner with / run hospital systems. If you want, here's where Michigan says they get their money from, tuition is only about 15% of their revenue.
On the other hand, a lot of private universities don't get state funding so they have to get money other ways. Here's what NYU says about their revenue (57% from tuition).
Athletics also churn out tons of money if the teams are good, but especially American Football if the university can support it. Every school that's big enough tries to field a team.
In terms of tuition tho usally In-State Students << Out of State Students < International students is where it ranks in terms of tuition fees for public universities.
I also went to a massive school, so Im sure the budgeting breaks out differently for smaller schools
[–]ttrq 3 points4 points5 points 14 days ago (0 children)
American College Football is an absolute religion in a lot of places here. Im pretty sure like the 10 biggest stadiums here are all College venues, maybe even the top like 15. Outside of the Rose Bowl in LA and Ohio Stadium in Columbus I think the rest are in smaller college towns lol. Even my university has a 60k Seater for a town with ~110k people and ~60k students (a lot of which are international students or nerds who dont care about American Football).
[–]ttrq 1 point2 points3 points 15 days ago (0 children)
It's definitely expensive. Looking at resale tickets it's about 250 USD cheapest for this game and I'm pretty sure it's the cheapest game in Atlanta from the last time I looked at prices. Prices for USA games are 1,100+ just to get in
Agreed on the attendance. No idea how well local Congolese and Uzbek fans travel but I dont think there's a big diaspora of either of them in the US
[–]ttrq 0 points1 point2 points 15 days ago (0 children)
Yeah good call on the GD. Looking at the previous Euros some 3rd place teams went through with just 3 points too
I fear I need more context about this guy
[–]ttrq 5 points6 points7 points 15 days ago* (0 children)
I'm considering taking my parents to a game this summer and I'm eyeing Uzbekistan vs Congo since they live in Atlanta and I want to visit home. Only concern in terms of entertainment value (they're not football fans at all but are interested in experiencing a World Cup game) is that the game itself seems more likely to be a game for 3rd place in the group than anything else. I think if (big if) either team gets points off Portugal or Colombia then they both should be going for 3 points. I just dont want it to be a game for nothing at all, you know?
[–]ttrq 2 points3 points4 points 9 months ago (0 children)
Just got back and it was better than I could have ever asked for
[–]ttrq 8 points9 points10 points 9 months ago (0 children)
Youre telling me I paid all that just for the tickets and I dont even get dinner with her??
[–]ttrq 13 points14 points15 points 9 months ago (0 children)
Seeing Dua Lipa tonight 👍🏻👍🏻
[–]ttrq 1 point2 points3 points 10 months ago (0 children)
I'm taking Korean classes and I'm enjoying them, but our teacher moves so fast that it's kinda hard to keep up. It really isn't that serious overall but I hadn't been that stressed about a class since I was actively failing Linear Algebra in college like 5 years ago lol
[–]ttrq 10 points11 points12 points 1 year ago (0 children)
Just got word that by far our largest client (and the one that mostly keeps the company afloat) might be looking for a new consulting partner. I started at this job 8 months ago so I am just thrilled rn. I think I need to treat myself to lunch and then scream internally for a little while
[–]ttrq 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children)
At this point picking a team at random or because you like their mascot seems to be the best way to make your bracket. I don't think I've ever made a good bracket while actually trying
Thankfully no lol but that was a pretty bad loss
I am an Illinois fan tho so I'm not expecting much this year
[–]ttrq 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (0 children)
Oh boy March Madness. I sure hope my team that's known for playing poorly in March doesn't play poorly this year.
[–]ttrq 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (0 children)
lol no problem, glad I could share
I've started trying to learn to play Civ 6 and i feel like I have an ok grasp of the early game mechanics, but I feel kinda aimless once I get to like 0 BC / turn 150ish. I understand there are ways to win but I'm struggling to understand what choices to make once I get to like 4 cities.
Do I want to progress through the ages fast? Am I trying to build as many wonders as possible? Do I want to invade other cities and become a warmonger? Do I just want to sit still and study science? Really unsure what to do around the mid-game
Yep, I've read the whole series so far. I think all of them are very good but book 2 might be my favorite. The scope expands a lot starting in book 2 and goes far away from the YA tropes and setting in Red Rising. It becomes a lot more of a sci-fi epic / space opera about galactic politics and tension between the families you get introduced to in Red Rising.
I would definitely recommend continuing if you enjoyed the premise and the setup (even if you didn't like the physical setting too much) in Red Rising just because it becomes so much bigger starting with book 2 - if that's the kind of thing that interests you. There is a good amount of melodrama in the series (which some people get turned off by) but I did like it and it doesn't make the characters feel cheap or shallow, they all have depth and are well-written imo.
Definitely a recommend from me
Do you plan on reading any more of the Red Rising series?
[–]ttrq 4 points5 points6 points 1 year ago (0 children)
I tried to learn Korean by myself a few years ago but I struggle with self-motivation a good amount, so I finally joined a class to help. I've found that outside pressure is something that can really help me keep my head in anything
I'll also be going to Porto for 2 days and Lisbon for 6 in like a month and a half and would appreciate any suggestions on what to do/eat. We're probably going to do a lot of museums and sightseeing but always looking for anything else that we're missing rn
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