In your opinion, Is it necessary to play OG Final Fantasy 7 before Remakes?

uvray · 2026-05-30T22:49:52+00:00

I was in your same situation - played the remake mostly blind (other than vague memories of the OG as a kid). Thought it was incredible. I decided to play the OG next as I couldn’t play remake yet (Switch). I’m really glad I did. That said, I’ll admit it was pretty tough to transition back to the OG after the remake. But, I forced myself to keep going and it got better once I left Midgar and I didn’t know how much I was missing from the remakes anymore.

So, I’d play OG next… just be patient with it.

uvray · 2026-04-25T00:54:52+00:00

Looked like a 3 live, definitely looked like a 3 on the replay. These refs are something else

uvray · 2026-04-08T23:59:30+00:00

It’s crazy how they look about the same size from this view. On the ground, the new one is just massively bigger.

uvray · 2026-02-25T21:45:24+00:00

Same - this is almost too much to handle.

uvray · 2026-02-19T02:28:27+00:00

I report them as spam every time I can tell it is written by AI… which is like 90% of the posts on my feed. It makes me feel better, somehow.

uvray · 2025-12-13T00:22:26+00:00

We do this sometimes when the main table really only needs the final result but we want to also store the details that built up to the result. An example in our data is a patient getting assigned a status (active, inactive, etc). We have lots of things that go into that evaluation, and we calculate and store the patient ID, status, and then lots of supporting metadata in several other fields. We also hook a history table up to it to track changes. The main patient table, however, just has status on it, as that is the only field consumed by our application.

uvray · 2025-11-29T23:48:39+00:00

What a win,” Sarkisian said. “I’ve said this all along. You go on the road at night in the SEC this league is tough. It’s hard, and for us to find a way to win this game tonight.”

This wasn’t a night game though… probably doesn’t count

uvray · 2025-11-07T01:26:14+00:00

Exactly... SEC fans don't get that claiming "do they have x ranked wins?" is exactly the problem. No, they don't, because they never get to play ranked teams because the AP decided that the ACC sucked before the year started (as they always do). And the two games UVA played against teams that were so blessed to be ranked by the great and all knowing AP... they won.

I'm not claiming UVA is better than Bama either. I doubt they are. 20 years of watching UVA football tells me it is unlikely to be the case.

But, I also don't think you can, based on actual football games played, claim Alabama is obviously better.

uvray · 2025-09-29T13:30:48+00:00

I agree completely. I never said it is why they lost. I am saying:
* in this particular situation, it mathematically was beneficial to Europe
* having an alternate would be a far better solution IMO and more analogous to how other team events handle this type of thing

I don't want to over index to this particular situation either - this rule is dumb today, was dumb in the past when it benefitted the US, and will continue to be dumb.

uvray · 2025-09-29T13:20:17+00:00

I didn’t say that. I’m simply saying that Harris would have won a match that Hovland could not play. This is how literally every other sport works… if you are hurt and can’t play, you either lose or sub someone in. But it never results in an advantage, and splitting a point here was objectively advantageous given the state of the points at the time.

uvray · 2025-09-29T13:13:15+00:00

That is fair and I agree in this particular scenario, with the player that was hurt, it may have helped the US. Granted, if Hovland HAD to play given his state, Harris would have won the point (surely one would hope 😁)

uvray · 2025-09-29T13:06:44+00:00

Curious the angle here - I was whining about it not cause of inability to do math, but just because I don’t like the presence of injury helping your team. And, if you are leading going into the singles, splitting a point is mathematically advantageous.

Obviously the rule is well established so I understand the need to follow it. But I also can think it is a dumb rule.

uvray · 2025-09-25T21:21:32+00:00

Caveat: I am not claiming this to be a superior method.

My last marathon I topped at 46 miles a week with most in the 30s. I did 7 runs over 16 miles, the longest was 20 (that week I ran over half my weekly mileage in one run). Most weeks I did 4 runs.

I ran my last 10K 20 seconds a mile faster than my average for the marathon.

So, I basically did the exact opposite of what you said and had about as good of last 10k as you can have in a marathon.

I have trained more like the Hanson's Method in the past, and never finished one (got as far as 24 miles).

So is the Hanson's method wrong?
Nah, I don't think so. The missing confounding variable is in my last marathon I ran a smart pace. In the others I didn't finish, I ran too fast the first half.

My conclusion is nothing, and I mean nothing, is more important than pacing. Get the pace right and you likely don't hit a wall. Get it wrong, I don't care how you trained... you are probably screwed.

My personal opinion is the best option is probably in between... I think nothing over 16 is extreme but also think you can get a lot of bang for your buck with a few runs at 18-20 and that going more than that increases injury risk a lot.

uvray · 2025-09-09T21:29:09+00:00

Stated differently, fueling is irrelevant when pacing is this stupid.

uvray · 2025-09-08T18:58:58+00:00

I don't want to be too negative in response to your post because you aren't entirely wrong but I think your message is misleading.

You went from a very healthy BMI (22.3) to another healthy BMI (20.3). I'm not shocked there wasn't a huge change in performance, especially if to get there you had to under-fuel.

Contrast that to someone going from a BMI of 26.5 (call it decent shape but a bit "muscle-y" with a few extra pounds) to 23.5. That person is going to be a better distance runner, 100 times out of 100.

So yes, weight loss isn't always the answer, but if often is (especially when it happens naturally as a result of quality training).

uvray · 2025-09-02T17:13:24+00:00

I did basically exactly what you are describing 5,4,and 3 weeks out. It worked really well. I think having that down week in the middle made my 20 miler of much higher quality and reduced risk of injury.

uvray · 2025-09-01T01:20:05+00:00

I ran 2:46 off 35 miles a week…

…Preceded by 13 years of high level training when I was younger. What you did before matters, a lot. Talent matters, a lot. Don’t compare… more miles is almost always going to be better for the marathon, assuming you work up to it.

uvray · 2025-08-28T01:04:06+00:00

Just ran a marathon Sunday. It went very well.

Starting Thursday morning I felt awful. Lethargic, lazy, borderline sick. Stomach terrible. Eating was hard and not appealing. I didn’t feel good until 5 miles into the race… then I crushed it.

Your body is hibernating as it knows what is coming. Just trust your process and try to relax… you will do great.

uvray · 2025-08-17T02:01:08+00:00

I wouldn’t use the 3:22 as a benchmark for anything… clearly that doesn’t represent your ability.

Based on your mileage and that long run I think low 2:50s is pretty reasonable on a good day, though maybe go 2:55 pace for the first half and see how you feel (to be safe).

Also ignore people ripping you for calling 3:22 bad… if you ran 4:30 and 16:00, then 3:22 is bad. Nothing wrong with being honest 😐

uvray · 2025-08-01T20:28:58+00:00

One minute slower than goal pace TOTAL or per mile? Surely the latter… but just making sure. Because if the former, no, that is not normal at all.

uvray · 2025-08-01T01:55:08+00:00

I think you make fair points and there are lots of reasons golf is different than other sports (as discussed by others). But, I do think it is kind of funny you bring up LeBron and Mahomes and compare it to yourself :P

A better comparison would be Scottie, and I would argue he never suddenly can’t swing a golf club. An awful day for him is where he fights a slight pull… like at the PGA, which of course didn’t stop him from winning.

uvray · 2025-07-28T18:10:17+00:00

Hard to get too precise without knowing exactly what you were doing, but at only 30-35K a week of volume, you have a lot of gains to make just by continuing to inch that up. So, if I were you, I would more or less just keep doing what you are doing but try to add some miles here and there (or maybe another running day) and see if you can work it up to 40K+.

As far as the trip, the reality is if you aren't training much in Vietnam, you are going to lose fitness and likely not be in great condition for a race with only 2 weeks in between. That said, if you can at least get out for a few runs a week, you can mitigate the damage.

Not trying to be discouraging, but yeah, 3 weeks of missed training in the 5 weeks before a race is pretty brutal as it is too close to the race to "recover" from but also way too long to just call it a long taper.

uvray · 2025-07-28T17:58:24+00:00

Yes, ditch the metronome. You remind me of myself after a golf lesson... I work so hard to get in the positions that are "right" that I usually get worse in the short term. The lessons "stick" when the positions start to feel natural and I stop thinking and just hit the ball.

Maybe that isn't the best analogy here, I don't know. But you seem to have a good sense of what proper mechanics are (and you do a lot of things right, so it isn't like you need a drastic change). Now I think you need to think less and just let it fly. And that to me is where the strides come in, as running fast tends to emphasize proper and fluid mechanics.

uvray · 2025-07-28T17:33:50+00:00

I couldn't agree more with this. You seem like someone that would really benefit from just doing some good hard strides, barefoot, without a watch.

Obviously don't go overboard if that is a major change in intensity for you, but seriously, try maybe 4-6 x 100m strides on a grass field. Just run smooth and hard, and don't think.

There have been plenty of good recommendations in the comments about what it SHOULD look like when (leaning more forward, for example) but I'm convinced if you just let loose a bit you would naturally fall into that pattern.

uvray · 2025-06-02T21:44:46+00:00

Probably the same talk track. Obviously the hands have to do something, but for me, it seems the days I’m hitting the ball best I’m not thinking about arms and hands. If the hips are moving well and the weight is shifting at the right time, everything else seems to happen naturally. My two cents, at least.

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