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  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Maria is all juiced up.

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  • RiboflavinRiboflavin Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    Kipling217 wrote: »
    What you need to know about Allison is that its revealed back in S1 that she used her powers to get everything she had with hints that it included her ex-husband and making Luther love her. Only her marriage to Raymond can genuinely be without using her powers.

    As bad as Allison rumoring Luther in S3, the fact that she used her powers on her daughter... That is child abuse on another level. It should have been a warning that her powers had warped her personality.

    I believe that Allison isn't fundamentally a bad person, just that her powers left her unable to be deal with a world that doesn't follow her wishes. She knows using her powers for selfish reasons is wrong, but she tries to get around that by making a deal with Reginald.

    Well, I'd argue you can't be a good person if you have mind control. I can't think of a single friend I would trust with it. It's just too tempting and having it from a young age where you don't have the self control of an adult just starts chipping at any arguments you might have not to use it before those arguments develop. She is definitely a villain despite having some sympathetic value because of circumstances.

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  • Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    That's an absurd take, equivalent to saying that a smart person can't be good because they'd be too good at lying. Further, Allison wasn't able to use her power within even her own family without social and legal actions against her, so there were still limits on what she was allowed to do; Diego was immensely more questionable in that regard, seeing as he used his powers to regularly brutalize and kill people and his ability would've let him kill or threaten people in an unlimited number of ways and society had almost no way to really stop him.

    What makes Allison a really nasty piece of work is that everybody else in her family tried to do something to turn into decent human beings when they escaped the Academy. Even Luther was a decent guy despite being isolated and imprisoned for a long, long time. But Allison went off and became a big-shot actor (presumably completely under her own steam, seeing as she couldn't just mind control everybody into thinking she was great) but when things turned hard for her, she started using the mind control. And she got caught and there were legal ramifications, some of which included very very reasonable things like keeping her away from her daughter and getting therapy. And it was working for her! She did some major self-examination, tried to reconnect with her family, expressed regret for what she had done, and so on.

    But when the chips were down and there wasn't a big social framework, she simply chose to be an outright villain and her power was irrelevant to it. She simply wanted everything regardless of the cost. She used her power on herself like a narcotic, abusing it to remove any vestiges of doubt or self-criticism, but the real damage she did was from being considered within the group and that's where she worked the worst of her damage. Ultimately her power helped her at being a nasty piece of work, but that wasn't the cause. Which makes her even worse in my mind, as there was nothing keeping her from choosing another path except her selfish outlook.

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    iirc it’s heavily implied that her career was the result (at least early on) of rumoring people. She even used it on her husband, evidently.

    The part that sucks is that in season 2 it appeared she’d kinda turned the corner; she tried to atone for some of her worst excesses and resolved generally to not even use her power anymore. In season 3 the loss of her daughter leads her to ‘relapse,’ but she also does a bunch of unrelated reprehensible stuff.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Mike Grier announced as the new GM for the San Jose Sharks, the NHLs first black GM

    The Kraken announced another first for their AHL team, the first full time assistant coach in the AHL, in Jessica Campbell who worked with a dozen NHLs for skating training during the covid season then was an assistant coach in the German DEL league last year

    And the Maple Leafs have promoted Hayley Wickenheiser for an assistant GM position, previously their director of Player management, marking just the 4th time in NHL history for that position, as well.


    And I guess the draft is... In 2 days?!?

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  • Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    Yeah, seeing Allison choosing to fight for civil rights considerably elevated my estimation of the character, especially since she had full knowledge of how bad things would get and she had every intention of doing it without any powers. She only relents when it's her husband in very serious and immediate danger, and is adamant that using her power for the movement would not actually help what they're working to do.

    Which is probably why seeing how far she falls in S3 is so infuriating. She was taking on a hard role in a hard time as just Allison, not as a member of the Umbrella Academy, and taking hits well beyond the limits of what I would have ever tolerated.

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  • brainfacebrainface Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    I honestly assumed she'd just died at the end and was either in whatever passes for Umbrella Heaven or having one last hallucination of the life she wanted.

    What bothered me a lot about her fall, and like, I know the Umbrella Academy are all lovable idiots, but obviously she's still not married with the same child if her life has so drastically changed, and not even 5, veteran time traveler, thinks to warn her before she goes and breaks into her non-husbands home. And she kept saying her plan to see her kid, like, enough times that even Kraus should've caught on, but no. No one does!

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Since that banner is leaving, I made one more attempt for Saileach and managed to get her without breaking the bank. Very good news, sorry that the rest of your career will probably be on the bench, Elysium.

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Elysium's S1 is the same stats as Saileach so might as well just use the significantly cheaper to M3 5* version (and cheaper deployment cost)

    and s2/3 are weird and not the same lol

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  • JayrichoJayricho Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    So Kuemper apparently prices himself out of Colorado and Sakic trades for Georgiev. Not sure about a Georgiev/Francouz tandem but Joe hasn't given me reason to doubt him yet.

    Really curious to see what Kuemper ends up costing someone (looking at you, Edmonton and/or Toronto).

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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Just have all 3 so you can ignore -50% dp gain conditions

    Also you deploy Saileach for the flexibility of her s2/s3, which are actually not super great for dp gen
    Elysium is deployed for s2 utility + sniper buffing or being second fiddle to Myrtle for dp gen
    Myrtle is still queen of raw output

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oh, good, the pens resigned Letang. I was hoping they weren't gonna be dumb guys and try to move on or something

    Hockey news is hard to follow without twitter

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  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Chicago really really really loves to unload their young talent and I just.... Don't get it?

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Also Saileach is hot. This is written very big on the strategy bulletin board at HQ.

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  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Yeah, Standard Bearer Vanguards are def meant to pair alongside each other. It's not a one or the other kind of deal. It's literally a Why Not Both? situation.

    There's been CC maps with heavy -DP gen where I've used all three at once even. I use Saileach primarily for her S3 (which only generates 10 DP) because of the Stun/Slow/Fragile, Elysium for his S2 -Def debuff & Sniper synergy, Myrtle when I just need a fuckin' DP Battery. And I pair them together and mix and match depending on what I need.

    And hell there's maps that are slow enough that aren't CC or Annihilation where you don't even need Myrtle. I'll pair up Saileach/Elysium with Bagpipe and a 2-block Vanguard (e.g. Flametail) because the waves are slow and I don't need my heavy hitters right away.

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  • JayrichoJayricho Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    Hockey news is hard to follow without twitter
    Tradebreaker is pretty decent and doesn’t require you to have a Twitter account. My only real complaint is being unable to filter by team.

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  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    Chicago really really really loves to unload their young talent and I just.... Don't get it?

    They're going full rebuild and if you assume 5 years before they're ready to win again DeBrincat will be pushing 30, and probably wanting $12+ million for a contract.

    This is a case where it does make sense based on the likely timeline.

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  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    As for Letang, It's being reported as a back diving deal so probably at least mildly buyout friendly but I have a feeling that 40 year old Letang is not going to be looking great with a cap hit of 6.1.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    35 year old letang just had a record year in assists and points and was 6th in the league in TOI

    Also, were at the end of the crosby/malkin/letang window, probably, no one really cares about year 5 of the deal, except maybe the guy that gets hired as GM after hextall


    Edit: plus they can just follow Toronto/Lupul/Robidas lead and put him on LTIR island, cite his stroke he had 10 years ago or whatever. The pens aren't a budget team, they can eat some non-cap salary no problen

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  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    Chicago really really really loves to unload their young talent and I just.... Don't get it?

    http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/trade_list_by_GM/Stan_Bowman/133

    Stan Bowman fucked up bigtime last season with the Seth Jones trade. Now, he's unemployed.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Corvus wrote: »
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    Chicago really really really loves to unload their young talent and I just.... Don't get it?

    http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/trade_list_by_GM/Stan_Bowman/133

    Stan Bowman fucked up bigtime last season with the Seth Jones trade. Now, he's unemployed.

    Saad for half a season of Zadorov, then Zadarov for a 3rd round pick is another hell of a fuck up, from that list

    But I think he lost his job because of the sexual abuse cover up thing, too? Or did that come out after he was gone

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  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    You're right, he was fired for being a shitty person, not a shitty GM.

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  • brainfacebrainface Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    Maybe I just read a lot of time travel stories, but "I was raised by a different person in a completely different family in a different location, was never a superhero, and I still have the same marriage and kid in the same house" just seemed like something that was obviously not true, even without parental assassinations.

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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I am surprised with Slafkovsky pick, thought sure it would be Wright.

    Huh. Slovakia coming up!

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    So, Shane Wright to the Kraken?

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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Shane Wright to the Kraken!
    I don't hate it -- Beniers and Wright, Seattle could be ok in a couple of years

    And SJ getting more picks, I don't hate that idea. If I'm Grier, every trade has an ask for an extra pick. Not the most exciting move, but probably pretty smart.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I have no college scouting reports from the first 13 picks this year. Sad. I will have opinions on Nazar in the fall though.

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    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I had no idea Serge Savard was still alive...

    My man Sexy Hexy is past losing his hair, he's getting to the point I was at when I was 24.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oilers clear some cap space, moving kassian to arizona

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  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Chicago making some bad trades today.

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  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FZWjpuUFqc

    Getting the Trimmed Medal for BI-EX-2 was really fun, haha. I more or less did it with only 5 Operators (Vanguards excluded) and the bulk of it was Weedy/Robin. I just had A Medic and A Sniper to take care of the drones, but said Medic/Sniper didn't matter. And like one FEater activation I think.

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  • daveNYCdaveNYC Why universe hate Waspinator? Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    This was a very messed up season. Probably the only bit that I thought was really well done was the Vanya to Viktor transition. Just haircut, name change, done and dusted. GF thought it was weird because Vanya is the diminutive for Ivan, so the name change was a bit of a 'wut?' for her. One of those weird cross-cultural things.

    Allison fell way hard, like crazy hard. I get that she's gone through a lot of shit, but trying to rape Luther and continuing to back papa Hargreeves after knowing he killed Luther and (very likely, but I forget if he copped to it) Klaus was seriously evil. There was also about zero reason for Viktor to let Allison press the button at the end. Allison asks if he trusts her and at that point the only sane answer is 'fuck off', the story had burned too many bridges between them and done nothing to build up anything to replace them.

    Five was excellent as always, and the rest of the crew were pretty much on point. Luther seemed dumber than in past seasons. He's never been the brains, but he seemed extra derpy this time around.

    WTF was up with the Sparrows, the original Umbrellas and Hargreeves' seemingly master plan to reset the universe to get his wife back? Hargreeves seemed to know at least the basics of how the reset worked back when he built the hotel. Seven sigils with three guardians. So he needed seven of the... whatever you call them, gold speck powered superhero people to power it, and to off the guardians, but why did he only ever adopt seven children? Sure, you don't want an eighth hanging out watching as you drain the life out of their siblings, but the way he ran it meant that there could be no screwups and it was straight luck of the draw as to what powers he got. Plus, as much as Hargreeves is a bastard, I'd have to think that even he would have understood that the Sparrows wouldn't have been able to successfully complete Operation Oblivion (or whatever) without casualties, and one casualty means the mission is a failure. Blob guy's power specifically depends on him being hit. Good luck with that one. And while the lady with the crows would be useful for scouting, the one with the hallucinogenic spit wouldn't be able to contribute at all. When Pogo quit/got fired in protest over the plan to send them to Oblivion he really wasn't kidding when he said it was a suicide mission.

    I kind of liked and/or thought it was weird that the show kind of glossed over the fact that the universe was created by someone who left behind a terminal with a remarkably intuitive GUI in case someone wanted to tweak anything. Like, a lot was made of the fact that there was an emergency reset switch, that's weird, but relatively simple I guess; but then the terminal pops up it's just kind of casually mentioned that this is actually admin rights to a universe scale GECK with a remarkably intuitive interface. And the portal is on Earth, but 50 feet in the air, with incredibly lethal guardians but they don't show up unless you ring the bell and the activation points are just hanging out in the middle of the lobby. Dunno, at some point it crossed the weird and quirky event horizon for me.

    It did sort of seem as though they're not sure if they're getting a fourth season. The conclusion is a weird combination of mostly wrapped up but there are some loose threads that can be pulled.

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    Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!
  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Speaking of trades, Husso to St Louis and in a separate deal, DeAngelo to Philly. Both deals are for picks. I like the DeAngelo trade so that I can go back to wearing my Carolina 'Bunch Of Jerks' t-shirt and not feeling shitty about it. Also, DeAngelo under Torts, in Philly? I can't wait for the implosion!

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I once tried to do some of the modules and some are really, really damn hard! (I tried to do Pallas's and I literally could not do it.. I don't know how you're meant to block so many dudes with those restrictions!) I think the only two I got were Nightengale and Ptilopsis. I should definitely try to get Bagpipe's though, I use her a lot. (also one of these days I'll do the damn personal missions or whatever that some characters have.. haven't done a single one of those :P)

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I think I just used thorns for pallas’ module, I don’t remember it being too bad

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Knight_ wrote: »
    I think I just used thorns for pallas’ module, I don’t remember it being too bad

    I almost wanna say I tried him but it was awhile ago so I don't remember. I know ultimately the problem was stuff was not dying fast enough and things were leaking through. It might also be my Pallas was too low level.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Warlock82 wrote: »
    Knight_ wrote: »
    I think I just used thorns for pallas’ module, I don’t remember it being too bad

    I almost wanna say I tried him but it was awhile ago so I don't remember. I know ultimately the problem was stuff was not dying fast enough and things were leaking through. It might also be my Pallas was too low level.

    You're required to hit a minimum level to get the module, so unless you were under that, you were probably fine there.

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Warlock82 wrote: »
    Knight_ wrote: »
    I think I just used thorns for pallas’ module, I don’t remember it being too bad

    I almost wanna say I tried him but it was awhile ago so I don't remember. I know ultimately the problem was stuff was not dying fast enough and things were leaking through. It might also be my Pallas was too low level.

    You're required to hit a minimum level to get the module, so unless you were under that, you were probably fine there.

    Yeah, then I dunno :P (I forget what level he is but I know it's at least e2 60+) I was trying to actually not look up stuff for a change at the time so I'm sure I was just doing something dumb.

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