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  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The next generation of Eotech rifle optics has taken an interesting design approach.

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  • BullheadBullhead Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Yes, it's the shit build quality of Fanatics at issue, not the fit of them.

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  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Jayricho wrote: »
    My issue with the replicas isn’t really about the fit or feel of them. I like having a more breathable to wear in a bit nicer weather. It’s just that all of the names/numbers/logo on them feel so incredibly cheap.

    my opinion: They're not cheaper, they're thinner for a reason. That way they can actually fold/bend in a way that fits a human body that's not wearing equipment better, especially the logos on the front.

    Also according to the ESPN article while Nike's brand is on MLB uniforms Fanatics has actually been the company physically making them since 2017. I think we're going to be ok. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/35909210/fanatics-replacing-adidas-nhl-official-uniform-partner

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Coin Return Admin Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 14
  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Still my ringtone all these years later, I never get tired of it:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGhYCOlf51g

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    “I don’t want them to be depressed when they see the crowd. But it’s going to be depressing.” — Brandon Naurato

    Michigan's coach on the NCAA regional asinine neutral sites far away from almost every team in the Midwest. Just let the #1 seeds host.

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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.
  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Good run on the banners for me this time. After an initial Diluc I picked up Ayaka and then Shenhe in about 120 tickets, though I did need to dip into my starglitter a bit. Also got C6 Sucrose, C6 Mika, and C4 Diona in the haul, so I'm happy with this.

    That's also me done with banners until someone like Kazuha or maybe Zhongli returns. I have an abundance of options for team comps to build as it is.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I got Diluc on my first pull, so that puts him at C6 now. Ugh.

    About fifty more pulls grabbed Shenhe though. Only a base Mika which is disappointing, a whole lot of Diona cons when I already had her maxed out.

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  • Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    When there's a new 4-star character on the banner, I'll usually throw 2 10 pulls in to see if I get them. If I do, cool, if not, I'm not gonna worry about it. I'm not particularly interested in Mika but new 4-star is new 4-star, I could use a Shenhe constellation, not gonna be upset if I got her. I did not, though, but I did get a Diluc at like 18-ish pity, finally breaking my 50/50 streak. (Couldn't have given me a Keqing, could you game?) No Mika either and I tried a 10 on the weapon for another Fav spear and got...The Bell.

    Cool, thanks game.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    I got Diluc on my first pull, so that puts him at C6 now. Ugh.

    About fifty more pulls grabbed Shenhe though. Only a base Mika which is disappointing, a whole lot of Diona cons when I already had her maxed out.

    The primos I got from my dailies gave me enough to pull once and that gave me C1 for Mika. I'm never gonna get C6, but that's ok. He's 80 now with some crappy artifacts, I'll have to play with him some later this week.

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I don't have him up to speed myself yet, but I did a bit of investigating. The impression I have of Mika is that, before C6, he can be a decent healer, who also provides some attack speed, and some physical damage bonus. It's at C6 when he becomes actually solid at supporting physical attackers. The weird part, though, is that he has some caveats for all of the characters who are designed for physical damage.

    Razor: Razor wants to stay on field for a long period of time, but Mika doesn't have any off-field cryo application. That means that you'd have to use a second cryo character if you want to keep triggering superconduct, especially when new enemies spawn in. This was a particularly noticeable issue during his test run.
    Xinyan: Mika's attack speed buff only applies to normal attacks. Not charge attacks.
    Eula: This is probably the smallest issue, but it's still something to be aware of if you want to use them together. Mika's physical damage bonus only applies to the on-field character, and it seems to be lost immediately when you switch characters. This means that, if you switch off Eula during her burst in order to trigger it early, the damage bonus will not apply to her burst.

    Of course, there are some other characters who can perform decently with physical damage, like Kaeya, Fischl, and Zhongli, that don't have any of these issues.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Dilucs for everybody

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  • Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I don't have him up to speed myself yet, but I did a bit of investigating. The impression I have of Mika is that, before C6, he can be a decent healer, who also provides some attack speed, and some physical damage bonus. It's at C6 when he becomes actually solid at supporting physical attackers. The weird part, though, is that he has some caveats for all of the characters who are designed for physical damage.

    Eula: This is probably the smallest issue, but it's still something to be aware of if you want to use them together. Mika's physical damage bonus only applies to the on-field character, and it seems to be lost immediately when you switch characters. This means that, if you switch off Eula during her burst in order to trigger it early, the damage bonus will not apply to her burst.

    Mika has a few other issues with Eula that makes him kinda feel bad in Eula teams from what I can tell. For optimal rotations, he's kinda hard to slot in while accounting for your other two characters as well. Like, in my head the rotation would be: Your other two characters doing whatever -> Eula double skill, then hold skill (For Graveheart stacks, then consuming them for Cryo and Phys Res reduction) -> Mika Burst then Skill (for the most Detector stacks, the Crit Damage buff at C6, etc.) -> Eula immediate Burst, NA/Skill attacks to build Lightfall Sword charges and then let it drop naturally. If you're meant to Swirl, I don't really know where you're slotting that in, not to mention having Electro skill uptime if that's your other slot. You basically /have/ to go Mika->Eula because Soulwind only lasts 12 seconds, so that's fairly rigid if you want to get the buffs for her Burst which....is the entire point. I'm also not really sure about how his Energy Generation feels. If you're at C6, you do get the passive generation, plus you can probably afford to build some ER on him for his 70 cost Burst since you're not transferring any stats directly from his, but at the same time, I don't really know how he does as a Battery for Eula since you're only using his skill once after his Burst in an optimal rotation (unless I'm missing something). Maybe if you're using Raiden too, it's a lot more manageable for Eula or something, I dunno.

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I don't even know why you'd want to switch out Eula early. Generally speaking her routine is skill-burst-4 attacks-hold skill-more attacks-kaBOOM. The whole idea of her burst is it gets more stacks the more attacks/damage you do. If you're switching early then you're just leaving potential stacks and damage on the floor.

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  • ArtereisArtereis Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Did a couple pulls to try and snag a Mika, and he ended up coming with a bonus Shenhe. I don't have and don't intend to pull for Ayaka right now, but she's rare enough that I'm glad she decided to show up, I guess. Wonder if Mika will grace Eula's eventual banner so I can try for more constellations for both characters.

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I don't even know why you'd want to switch out Eula early. Generally speaking her routine is skill-burst-4 attacks-hold skill-more attacks-kaBOOM. The whole idea of her burst is it gets more stacks the more attacks/damage you do. If you're switching early then you're just leaving potential stacks and damage on the floor.

    The situation in which you might want to switch early is when you've already built up enough damage to kill everything, so making the burst detonate early just speeds things up. You just need to be aware, if using Mika, that you'll be giving up his physical damage bonus (and potentially the C6 crit bonus) if you do that. I agree that it's not a major issue, but it's good to know.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I don't have him up to speed myself yet, but I did a bit of investigating. The impression I have of Mika is that, before C6, he can be a decent healer, who also provides some attack speed, and some physical damage bonus. It's at C6 when he becomes actually solid at supporting physical attackers. The weird part, though, is that he has some caveats for all of the characters who are designed for physical damage.

    Razor: Razor wants to stay on field for a long period of time, but Mika doesn't have any off-field cryo application. That means that you'd have to use a second cryo character if you want to keep triggering superconduct, especially when new enemies spawn in. This was a particularly noticeable issue during his test run.
    Xinyan: Mika's attack speed buff only applies to normal attacks. Not charge attacks.
    Eula: This is probably the smallest issue, but it's still something to be aware of if you want to use them together. Mika's physical damage bonus only applies to the on-field character, and it seems to be lost immediately when you switch characters. This means that, if you switch off Eula during her burst in order to trigger it early, the damage bonus will not apply to her burst.

    Of course, there are some other characters who can perform decently with physical damage, like Kaeya, Fischl, and Zhongli, that don't have any of these issues.

    I'll fuck around with a Jean/Mika/Fischl team with a fourth for energy/cryo application. Maybe Rosaria.
    Maybe I'll finally have to level Kaeya. :(

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  • XantusXantus Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    I don't have him up to speed myself yet, but I did a bit of investigating. The impression I have of Mika is that, before C6, he can be a decent healer, who also provides some attack speed, and some physical damage bonus. It's at C6 when he becomes actually solid at supporting physical attackers. The weird part, though, is that he has some caveats for all of the characters who are designed for physical damage.

    Razor: Razor wants to stay on field for a long period of time, but Mika doesn't have any off-field cryo application. That means that you'd have to use a second cryo character if you want to keep triggering superconduct, especially when new enemies spawn in. This was a particularly noticeable issue during his test run.
    Xinyan: Mika's attack speed buff only applies to normal attacks. Not charge attacks.
    Eula: This is probably the smallest issue, but it's still something to be aware of if you want to use them together. Mika's physical damage bonus only applies to the on-field character, and it seems to be lost immediately when you switch characters. This means that, if you switch off Eula during her burst in order to trigger it early, the damage bonus will not apply to her burst.

    Of course, there are some other characters who can perform decently with physical damage, like Kaeya, Fischl, and Zhongli, that don't have any of these issues.

    I'll fuck around with a Jean/Mika/Fischl team with a fourth for energy/cryo application. Maybe Rosaria.
    Maybe I'll finally have to level Kaeya. :(

    if rosaria is c6, probably makes the most sense with her phys shred.

    i just don't get why Mika has a spear. of all the weapons.. he has a long CD, he wants a sacrificial! but no, they put his energy generation in cons.
    it really feels like the designers are trying to shoehorn in characters in a hamfisted way.

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  • ChallChall Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Alexandier wrote: »
    Back in 2004 I spent winter break on campus essentially by myself, there were like maybe 40 or so people total if I'm being generous but I saw essentially 5% of them only during class(catching up on a painting 3 class i needed to fit in).

    On top of that while normally winters in Rhode Island are baby times especially near the coast we got hit with a big freeze(giant ice sheets everywhere) and about 2 feet of snow.

    I think that was the most isolated I have ever been, it was like three weeks of seeing other humans for an hour 3 days a week.

    Anyways that was when I played through what is arguably a vapid pretty pretty princess dressup game on the PS2 but the main title still hits me hard with the feelings of that time to this day.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggcdhnYoMJ0

    I had a very similar experience around 2006 but without the snow, just living in the empty dorms during a holiday break because I had a job and wanted them money. My game was an extreme sports sim but also had a banger opening

    https://youtu.be/5WcyVvWZJU4

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  • Crippl3Crippl3 oh noRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
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  • ThePantsAssociationThePantsAssociation A million could-be years on a thousand may-be worldsRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    My pull for Shenhe went about as poorly as statistically possible. Lost the first 50/50 of course. But damn, Shenhe does well buffing an Ayaka freeze team. That's my main team, so I was ready to spend the primos I've accumulated.

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    My pull for Shenhe went about as poorly as statistically possible.

    I have a friend who missed the 50/50 on Ayaka, and then went up to to softy pity again to get her, and then had to do 60 more rolls in order to finally get a C0 Sucrose (and of course, did not get another 5* in the process). RNG can be downright cruel sometimes.

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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    QMJHL is banning fighting.
    I was vaguely aware of a Quebecois politico say they didn't want fighting in juniors, but I didn't know a major junior league was paying attention to it.
    While I agree with their reasons for banning fighting, I do think it will put those players at a disadvantage if they move on to other leagues -- not just the NHL, but the A, the Fed, SPHL, wherever else they can get a roster spot.
    It seems reasonable to me to think that fewer upper level players, kids with the traits to go pro, will want to go to the Q, leading to... I don't know if downgrade or relegation is right, but a... loss of prestige? for the league. Fewer kids getting drafted/signed out of the Q leads to talent looking to play in other leagues instead.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The NCAA gives a game misconduct for fighting, and adds a suspensions equal to the number of cumulative game misconducts that player has got over the season.

    Not saying that pro- or anti-fighting rules is what's fueling the decision of the players, but the NCAA is rapidly growing in prestige future NHLers, while having what amounts to a fighting ban already in place.
    According to the website EliteProspects, out of the 1,457 players who were drafted into the NHL from the years 2000-2009, only 10.4% were drafted out of the NCAA.

    ...

    In 2019, 33% of players on active NHL rosters played college hockey (all Division I).

    ...

    In the NHL’s 2021-22 season, 348 former college players made the jump, which is a 65% increase from the previous season. As a result, college hockey is an important development path for the NHL.

    Edit: not sure about these percentages, a different source said 65% increase since 2001, not 65% over a single year.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
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    edited April 14
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    That Sidney crosby guy

    Pretty pretty good

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  • JayrichoJayricho Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I guess they were bound to lay a stinker eventually…..but come on the division is right there!!

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Jeff Carter multi goal game?

    What year is it?

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Bleh, lost the 50/50 with a C2 Tighnari.

    Already have Nahida, so the question is if I should save my pulls for baizhu or go for ayaka or shenhe to go with ganyu

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    If you already have Ganyu, Ayaka isn't a huge get. She's very good, but ice DPS is already filled there. Shenhe, however, provides a ton of benefit to Ganyu.

    Ultimately, pull with your heart. I might throw a few more pulls for Mika constellations, bit I'm probably going to gonna off a bit for Kaveh. And I've not been watching closely enough to determine if I care about Baizhu.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    EX 8 Challenge mode adds "more enemies", eh? So maybe another mech or something? Should be fine.

    Dorothy
    https://youtu.be/c-JY5moHFfU

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Coin Return Admin Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 14
  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Aw yeah, a Gerudo Valley cover. No wait! Listen!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEHPFbK3bzQ

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    ESPN+ doesn't get you access to games on ESPN??!?!

    What the fucking fuck is that shit? The services have the same fucking name!

    Fuckin assholes

    Edit: I feel like there is no way that this isn't technically false advertising? It's called ESPN + which implies "ESPN and more" , but instead it's "random content that is not currently playing on espn"

    Fuckin assholes

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