lightsout

I'm also in the Hulu+Bally sports app sub for the season. Sinclair fuged us all. I miss FSN regionals. Simpler times. Digital media is the future. Bally failed because the business model being around betting was destined to fail. But a bigger corp like Google or Apple or Amazon that wants the sports market will absolutely take it over eventually.

I'm going to assume Bally Sports goes under. When that happens, MLB, NHL, and NBA games are going to be a free for all. I can see NBA going highest bidder, but MLB and NHL need to maximize profits AND reach, so where do we land? Amazon? YouTube? Apple TV?

Bryce looked fine for preseason game 1. He went through some progressions. He threw with anticipation a couple of times (even though once, he was too good and his receiver didn't break it off at the sticks like he should have. Was a good throw and decision, just a receiver not understanding the situation). He hung in with pressure and delivered, he hung in with pressure and sailed one slightly down the sideline. Not a bad day, not a good day, just a decent performance with what he was asked to do. He wasn't asked to do a ton. He didn't do a ton. Nothing more or less than that to make of it, tbh.

You don't show too much because those first two weeks, you're playing key games for the division. You absolutely don't want to show your hand more than you must. In general, coaches want to see basic stuff just to see execution and technique and timing. It's used to address fundamental issues you may have. If you're fuging up the basics, showing a good chunk of your real base schemes and fuging those up helps nobody and actively hurts you once the regular season starts.

Preseason is where coaches are literally calling poo just to see what happens half the time lol. Y'all really need to relax

Y'all can't forget...we're playing preseason against a top 5 defense.

Gaming in 2023 means we hate everything we play while we continue to play it and then say we do because it's the only game worth a damn right now until the next game which we binge and then claim to hate.

Maybe it's just because I built a rogue this season but I'm having a ton of fun. But I thought Sorc just got buffed a bit? Didn't chain lightning and fire both get improvements to sort of balance out the ice shard build being the only viable build in endgame? I know they had the most aspect changes this patch. Edit: NVM, just saw the date. What are your thoughts after the patch this week?

I can do it. Wouldn't make many changes but could possibly do some stuff

Diablo and Escape From Tarkov once wipe happens?

Already is one. @Arroz con Panther @Dex and a handful of others. Even though neither of these assholes ever play video games with me anymore

I remember you. We are from a simpler time Johnny lol

Fair enough. I can't justify much anymore since becoming a parent. I was at least one Panthers game and a Knights game or two every year for years but then marriage and building a house and then kids and yeah, I just focus on my family and work and gaming occasionally when I get a little free time at this point. Lol.

Baseball is very much about the atmosphere and getting to see your favorite players play. It doesn't have the urgency of football where careers are often short and every single game matters to the outcome of the season. I think that's why people hate on it, you don't have that "gotta get this win right now" feeling until after the all-star week.

Soccer is like $40. Cheaper in some places. The 300 section for the Brewers game in Atlanta is like $20 right now on SeatGeek.

I had a similar view of soccer but determined that soccer is more fun to watch in person. Same is true for baseball. Being at a major league field and watching is infinitely a better experience than watching a June game on your couch.

Or we just take the PATs, everything else goes precisely the same, and we are having a very different conversation right now.

Most of us knew we had little shot even after getting the tie. We knew how the game went. We knew we'd need the best defense of the night for the final seconds against the Pats best offense all season. But it's unforgivable to muff that kick there and hand them the game. So no.

Shame there's not a baseball sub, but anybody else still a fan? Games are far more accessible to be watched now with pitch clocking, and the huge shift to straight power lineups has created more scoring. Braves, Rays, Dodgers and Houston are far and away the best teams in the league, and the Braves may be a historically great team by the end of October.

Yeah the Diablo audience has and always will be casual. Hardcore guys will play hardcore mode and try to get as deep into endgame as possible that way, that's their grind and that's fine. Most of us are content getting level 80 and slowly climbing from there.

That's about where I land. I fully expected a 2 year deal at most. But again, he took a friendly deal. No big deal either way.

Ok, theoretically, let's just say Peace isn't going anywhere. Let's say we give him his payday and Aho waits out for his money next off-season. How much of our available money gets tied up in the Peace deal? Because there's no chance he's taking a cut, at least I wouldn't think. At best he'd eat it all up, we're moving SOMEBODY. So what is the play?

Pesce gone. Skjei bumped up, Tony in Skjei's old shoes. Only thing I can think. He's a known, and though he's not great, we know we can win playoff games with him on the ice. That said....please no. Lol. Edit: I say bumped up for Skjei as in "seen as our 3rd dman. He's still a second pair but our 3rd pairing is too cohesive and we need that guy who can get plugged the way we did Skjei

Pesce about to be gone. No shot we can afford him after inking Aho. Could be wrong, but that means our lines are gonna look different quickly.