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Daily Discussion - 02 September 2024
  • Spurs looked so good early last season that people were making jokes about them winning as soon as Kane left. The early season can be weird.

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    Points Difference Chart (Gameweek 3)
  • I acknowledge that the manner in which we dropped points was really frustrating, but Brighton aren't the worst team to drop points to at the end of the day. 3 points gained away at Villa is more good than a 2 points lost hosting Brighton is bad. Thanks for posting, should be an interesting season.

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    [Official] Raheem Sterling signs for Arsenal on loan
  • Nketiah was notoriously poor as a sub, and he wasn't really good enough to be a starter. If Sterling can be a better sub (what did Arteta call them? Finishers?) then I think it's a clear upgrade even if he's not an overall better player than Nketiah.

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    Wojciech Szczesny announces retirement from football on Instagram
  • Man I hate to say it but I still remember the blunder against Birmingham. I really liked Szczesny for some reason, not certain I can put to words why. Thanks for the memories Mr. Woj.

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    This might be the worst bus stop I've encountered
  • It does look miserable but if the bus stop was before the landing then would it not prevent cars trying to take the turn before the island?

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    Daily Discussion - 18 August 2024
  • I could help with whatever you need once I'm back home in December. Never done it before but it's not like we're a large community so I can't imagine it's the most difficult job in the world.

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    Daily Discussion - 05 August 2024
  • He has a potential claim to the 6 if we commit to having Rice at the 8, but Merino links kind of make me question that.

    I think the most likely scenario that he takes the starting LB position as a default but covers CB, RB, and 6 frequently enough that Cala still gets gametime at LB. He's a flexible defender like Tomiyasu with valuable tools going forward, so it may just be the case that his position changes in response to inevitable injuries, rotation, and tactical adjustments before or even during games.

    In other words, he may be given the responsibility of changing where/how he plays to allow the rest of the defence to settle into their preferred positions without being too disrupted when one of the regular starters is missing.

    But I might be full of it lol

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  • A number of my (M26) friends are women. I'm travelling and my parents want me to send them pictures, but I can't send them a single picture with a girl next to me without her becoming my girlfriend in their eyes.

    I do fine for myself too! Actual girlfriends come and go and I tell them when I'm dating someone, and they hardly seem to care.

    Kills me dude.

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    This document isn't changing every time I view it, but Google Sheets wants me to reload it each and every time I close my phone. Even if I'm in airplane mode it gives me this prompt, and of course just loads the same document.

    What is it even doing when I hit the Reload button??

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    Thought this was a great video by a creator that I really feel should get more attention.

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    billycarpenter.substack.com Magic

    How Arsenal vanquished a worthy foe; what hard-won tactical lessons were learned; a four-year contract for the four-role White; an øde to Ødegaard; the pushing CBs; the difference Raya brings; plus, much more

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    8k subs, and probably my favorite Arsenal-focused analyst on YouTube. Consistently picks up on things that don't get mentioned on other channels.

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    billycarpenter.substack.com Cause for celebration

    Observations after an uproarious win against Liverpool, with thoughts on the lineup selection, the sneaky directness of Jorginho, the big brain of Havertz, and some open questions ahead of West Ham

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    TierMaker Discworld Community Tier List

    Apologies for not being able to upload an image at the moment.

    Obviously TierMaker isn't the be all end all of community opinion, but I stumbled upon this tier list recently and found it strange. I have a handful of friends who have read some of the books, and they were surprised by some of the tierings too. Some trends I noticed:

    • "Entry" books seem to be tiered high, and books occuring later in the Discworld timeline get tiered lower
    • Tiffany Aching books are tiered very low
    • I believe the earlier books are generally getting tiered higher than the later books, but I haven't actually verified that.

    I guess my biggest question is is the opinions of the community actually so diverse? Maybe many folks haven't read all the books so it gets skewed like that? The site says it compiles 32 tier lists which sounds like a decent amount of data to me.

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    billycarpenter.substack.com Scouting Victor Osimhen

    Would the oft-linked Napoli striker be the dream signing for Arsenal's next phase? Or does he present a risk too big and costly? Let’s dive through tape, numbers, and tactics to see what we find

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    billycarpenter.substack.com Kai Havertz scores again

    Observations after the Brentford win and the Lens shellacking, including: game state, opponent blocks, how to go long effectively, the final third, purposeful crosses, Jesus, Fløategaard, and King Kai

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    billycarpenter.substack.com Introducing PWR

    I'm back on my bullshit to help us sift through 289 potential midfield targets for Arsenal, using a new method called "Pair With Rice" (or PWR for short)

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    Hey y'all, I've been thinking about this for a while and I was wondering if there was any advice here, perhaps people who have been through something similar.

    I've been DMing 5e for a while; I started maybe 7 or 8 years ago in college. I ran LMoP for my roommates to begin, and I had a campaign that lasted two semesters for a different group of friends. That second one was super homebrewed, and hugely successful in that it seemed like everyone had fun. But throughout that campaign I realized there were a lot of things in my game I wasn't satisfied with, especially in regards to combat and the "difficulty" of the game. PCs blew my encounters out of the water and took long rests whenever they felt like, and I wanted there to be stakes, dilemmas, etc. That stuff has been pretty widely discussed online and I have learned a lot since then.

    Since then I've only had one group stay together for a reasonably successful campaign, and I thought I could do more or less the same as I had done before, but better. I had one player from the previous campaign as well, which I thought would be a boon. He's my best friend and I love the guy, but I realize now he just doesn't like the way I have evolved my DMing. He doesn't like how there's not always time to take a long rest or fighting without all his resources, he doesn't like encounters more complex than running into the fray to swing swords and cast spells, and he doesn't like that the characters might die now. He's been pretty open about this, and he's told me that in his opinion, the way the game should go is the players face some obstacles but they overcome them, and it's unsatisfying if they don't, and character death is unsatisfying and unfair, and imo if I read between the lines he basically wants to be able to run his warlock into an Annis Hag and know that he will come out the other side alright.

    To be clear, this isn't a bash-my-friend post or a problem-player post, I appreciate his honesty and how he knows what he wants from the game. The problem is I am having a lot of fun with the things I've learned, and I don't wanna go back in the playhouse. So the question is how do I handle this and AITA? Would I look for a new group, or is that me thinking the grass is greener with folks I don't know very well? I don't want to run a game that my friend will get tilted in, but I am so bored with running simple encounters that get exploded by a party that gets a long rest between every fight. Help please.

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    I don't see another instance using that buikd and most are just on 0.18.1 I think.

    Apologies if my jargon is wrong.

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