not to be pretentious but yall should really read this… C.H.A.T. (Come Here for All Talk)

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Favorite games I've played list. Let me know what resonated with you
 
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Smogoners, I require your input on the next step of my Transformers marathon now that I'm almost done with Prime

Choose one.: Micron Densetsu (Japanese Armada) or Cyberverse
 
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Transformers marathon tier list as things stand. Armada/Micron Densetsu is a tentative COAL rating because omfg this show is hideous and I have no idea when it stops being hideous, if ever. I genuinely cannot watch past episode 3 under these conditions
 
arbiter1337 said:
I never wanted this.
I never wanted to unleash my 3D Printer.

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I found some fantastic tutorials for making battleboards, terrain, buildings, etc form cardboard, styrofoam, toothpicks, and literal trash

There's also this hobby store in my town where all the minis are around 20% discounted from GW. I'll go get some minis used too, there's a big enough market for that where I live

The only things where can't cheap out are the colors and GW stores barring 3D printed minis. The citadel colors are expensive but I want to paint in the stores and they only allow citadel paints, and if I go to the GW store with something 3D printed, they'll get the bolter out
 

What Dragon Ball videogames have done to SS4 Gogeta continues to be the longest-running, most effective psyop in the history of Shonen Jump properties
 
I sometimes kinda wish that my pattern recognition was worse just so I could be surprised more often

Like I genuinely don't remember when I experienced something that actually felt new the last time
 
Adeleine said:
I need to bite the bullet and stop engaging with ESPN slop content

It wasn't enough to me that they think they Cowboys are ever relevant

But their recent MLB power ranking has the Cubs 6th / 30 and the Brewers 19th / 30, even though the Cubs are up in the standings by one game, the Cubs just lost their ace for the season, and the Brewers won their (shared) division 3 of the past 4 years.*

I get the Cubs have had a super hard schedule** so far and have done great given that. But like. Can we have some big picture perspective.

Maybe what's worse than the Cubs being high is the Brewers being so low despite having 3/4 of the past division championships, including the last two years. They're below the Reds and Royals, who they won their series against head-to-head, and who have worse records (the Royals below .500!)

*Also the Cubs didn't win the division in that exception year

Their last division win was the 2020 bubble season, 2017 if you don't count that

It's been seven years since the Cubs won one playoff game (not series) and ESPN still thinks every year is their year

**Their schedule is ridic but like the Brewers' is legit too. Including @ Yankees, vs Detroit (my congratulations AN that y'all appear in this section), and @ Arizona in the desert. Colorado in Coors is no joke either)

Even including their two easier series, the Brewers have only played teams above them in the PR, and the Rockies in Coors (3-3), who are obviously a different team from than the bottom-ranked Road Rockies (0-7). The Brewers are 4-2 in those series, 10-9 overall.
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As I slowly creep more into being a baseball fan, I thought it'd be fun to follow this up with an update and thoughts going forward. The upcoming deadline may shake things up, and the baseball thread here is more for fantasy baseball, so no better time and place!

I made this post on April 17th, about 3 weeks into the season. Now, we're about 4 months into the season, and about 2 months remain. Since then:

Brewers total record: t-10th -> 1st
Cubs record: 9th -> 3rd
Brewers margin over Cubs: -1 -> +1

It's been a funny 4 months. The balance has tilted towards the Brewers, but both teams have done exceptionally, better than I expected for sure. Fangraphs, a self-admitted Brewers underestimator, puts the division odds at roughly a toss-up, slightly Chicago favored. I'd probably say 65-60 Milwaukee, 35-40 Chicago, depending on how aggressive the teams are at the deadline, with outlier spreads possible. (Notably, tmk, Chicago is projected to have an unusually easy schedule going forward, and Milwaukee is expected to have a slightly-above-average difficulty schedule.)

Here's how I see the league in general.
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Toronto and Detroit below Milwaukee is probably my hottest take here. I think these are streakier teams with less of a proven successful foundation and will fade a bit down the stretch. Milwaukee is literally riding a big winning streak into best record, but they've been late bloomers for a decade, and they were playing well before the streak too. Their freakish streak pace won't continue, but I expect them to close out strong, with injuries fading away and players available to trade. In retrospect, I'd put the Tigers over at least the Blue Jays because they have a comfy division win, and that's a good start. Overall, I don't think 6th and 7th placements for the AL upstarts is particularly hot, anyway.

It's been a fun year. Hope someone outside the favorites wins!
 
Adeleine said:
As I slowly creep more into being a baseball fan, I thought it'd be fun to follow this up with an update and thoughts going forward. The upcoming deadline may shake things up, and the baseball thread here is more for fantasy baseball, so no better time and place!

I made this post on April 17th, about 3 weeks into the season. Now, we're about 4 months into the season, and about 2 months remain. Since then:

Brewers total record: t-10th -> 1st
Cubs record: 9th -> 3rd
Brewers margin over Cubs: -1 -> +1

It's been a funny 4 months. The balance has tilted towards the Brewers, but both teams have done exceptionally, better than I expected for sure. Fangraphs, a self-admitted Brewers underestimator, puts the division odds at roughly a toss-up, slightly Chicago favored. I'd probably say 65-60 Milwaukee, 35-40 Chicago, depending on how aggressive the teams are at the deadline, with outlier spreads possible. (Notably, tmk, Chicago is projected to have an unusually easy schedule going forward, and Milwaukee is expected to have a slightly-above-average difficulty schedule.)

Here's how I see the league in general.
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Toronto and Detroit below Milwaukee is probably my hottest take here. I think these are streakier teams with less of a proven successful foundation and will fade a bit down the stretch. Milwaukee is literally riding a big winning streak into best record, but they've been late bloomers for a decade, and they were playing well before the streak too. Their freakish streak pace won't continue, but I expect them to close out strong, with injuries fading away and players available to trade. In retrospect, I'd put the Tigers over at least the Blue Jays because they have a comfy division win, and that's a good start. Overall, I don't think 6th and 7th placements for the AL upstarts is particularly hot, anyway.

It's been a fun year. Hope someone outside the favorites wins!
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At this moment in time, that Tigers placement feels generous.
 
I have more money now than I had when I was a teen, but I am also a lot more fiscally responsible

So I find myself in situations such as wanting a steam deck and having the money for it, but constantly thinking "but I could buy a used car for that money" despite not needing or wanting a car

I should probably find some way to use a steam deck for work and to get a tax write off for it
 
Local Dog said:
I have more money now than I had when I was a teen, but I am also a lot more fiscally responsible

So I find myself in situations such as wanting a steam deck and having the money for it, but constantly thinking "but I could buy a used car for that money" despite not needing or wanting a car

I should probably find some way to use a steam deck for work and to get a tax write off for it
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if you don't need or want a car, why save up for one? do not be so beholden to american car culture; not having a car is totally valid. being a financially responsible adult is about using your money in a way that's best for you, and sometimes that means dropping a bunch of money on nice things for yourself
 
important question: how close do you have to be in Degrees of Separation Games. I may be only 2 degrees removed from Drake.

Adeleine said:
As I slowly creep more into being a baseball fan, I thought it'd be fun to follow this up with an update and thoughts going forward. The upcoming deadline may shake things up, and the baseball thread here is more for fantasy baseball, so no better time and place!

I made this post on April 17th, about 3 weeks into the season. Now, we're about 4 months into the season, and about 2 months remain. Since then:

Brewers total record: t-10th -> 1st
Cubs record: 9th -> 3rd
Brewers margin over Cubs: -1 -> +1

It's been a funny 4 months. The balance has tilted towards the Brewers, but both teams have done exceptionally, better than I expected for sure. Fangraphs, a self-admitted Brewers underestimator, puts the division odds at roughly a toss-up, slightly Chicago favored. I'd probably say 65-60 Milwaukee, 35-40 Chicago, depending on how aggressive the teams are at the deadline, with outlier spreads possible. (Notably, tmk, Chicago is projected to have an unusually easy schedule going forward, and Milwaukee is expected to have a slightly-above-average difficulty schedule.)

Here's how I see the league in general.
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Toronto and Detroit below Milwaukee is probably my hottest take here. I think these are streakier teams with less of a proven successful foundation and will fade a bit down the stretch. Milwaukee is literally riding a big winning streak into best record, but they've been late bloomers for a decade, and they were playing well before the streak too. Their freakish streak pace won't continue, but I expect them to close out strong, with injuries fading away and players available to trade. In retrospect, I'd put the Tigers over at least the Blue Jays because they have a comfy division win, and that's a good start. Overall, I don't think 6th and 7th placements for the AL upstarts is particularly hot, anyway.

It's been a fun year. Hope someone outside the favorites wins!
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Going purely by vibes here:

NL finish will be

1. Dodgers
2. Mets
3. Chicago
4. Phillies
5. Brewers
6. Reds or Padres

Either the Phillies win the World Series or the Mets lose it

AL
1. Astros
2. Yankees
3. Tigers
4. Jays
5. Red Sox
6. Rangers (make it in over Mariners last series of season)

Astros make it out of the AL, and if not them the Tigers or maybeee the Red Sox (i'm laying 10% / 5% respectively). I haven't paid attention at all this season but this is how these things always seem to go. I know how such stories end.

edit: the rules of Baseball: Lesser teams in Big Market divisions will never experience happiness. Neither will the smart small market teams (Rays, Brewers) nor the beloved (Mariners). Astros, AL Central teams, and NL East teams are real winners (except for the Mets who will never experience happiness. If there is no more important rules, the Dodgers win the NL. If everyone else in the AL becomes unrealistically successful that another world series would be absurd, the Yankees break up the monotony
 
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Basedwell said:
edit: the rules of Baseball: Lesser teams in Big Market divisions will never experience happiness. Neither will the smart small market teams (Rays, Brewers) nor the beloved (Mariners). Astros, AL Central teams, and NL East teams are real winners (except for the Mets who will never experience happiness. If there is no more important rules, the Dodgers win the NL. If everyone else in the AL becomes unrealistically successful that another world series would be absurd, the Yankees break up the monotony
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i mean. ok. yeah. sobbing

but missing the rule that the cubs can only be happy once every 100 years

edit: consolation price that we're finally being grouped with the rays
 
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