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Ghost

In this instance I was cycling a lot but hadn't played the game in a few years. It was nhl18. Here's why I lost.

He had Lundquist on AI goalie. Fuckin Lundquist.
I made a lot of bad pass choices, but also it was kind of weird how the players weren't picking up passes. Was either passing too hard or trying to move before the pass connected.
He was spamming poke check and I wasn't utilizing "protect the puck"
He played smart but cheesy D. Every time I'd set up the point and cycle hed stop playing positional hockey and just double up a human wall in front of the net like he was Sean Avery. Then when I tried to go for rebounds off the clappers he'd have an extra guy there.

Really, the best scoring opportunities I had were in breakaways, but fuckin AI Lundquist grabbed some 4 would be goals out of thin air like he was some demanded Nordic Green Lantern.

Shame it was 2018 Lundquist.

Ganymede

@Ghost

You think Lundquist is the worst? Try Price or Rinne.

NHL '18 isn't my favorite, but it's not that much different than '17. I find a great deal of success moving up the boards and cycling on Overload behind the net. Sticking two people in front of the net has the effect of also screening the goaltender, so I usually combat this by sliding my defenseman into the slot and wristing it up into one corner or the other.

Assuming he was setting up a traditional defense, this will force the forwards from the blue line down. You can outlet pass to the strong side, and have a forward slide up behind your piercing defenseman while the defending forward pinches down and one of the two "blockers" moves up to check your piercing defenseman. With the goalie in the butterfly, you can then pass to the opposite defenseman or across the high slot to another forward.

Bam, one-timer.

I like to confuse human opponents by sliding up the boards and around the back of the net. On Overload, your other forwards will trail behind, so you can pass backwards to them (don't drop pass, ever). If the defending forwards are chasing, poke checks are more likely to create tripping penalties (which is very much the case in NHL '19). Once your opponent is a man-down, you have the advantage.

Ghost

@Ganymede Ooooooooooooooooo this is some solid tippage. I wasn't adjusting the ai offenses/defenses either, so I definitely should have.

Did you get nhl20? Any good? Should i wait?

I tend to skip a year unless I see something revolutionary in the gameplay between years.

Auspice

After the cross-stitch event this fall, the girl who ran our team decided to start an Austin cross-stitching group and it's been pretty great watching the Discord for it grow. Not sure what the Facebook is up to (I don't Facebook), but there's over 30 people in the Discord. It's only been a few weeks. A number of them weren't in our other group.

Ghost

Good memory #2.

New house. First time hosting Xmas for family.

SO's dad comes out of our guest bathroom scratching his head and looking very confused.

"So...did you know you have a picture of Jean-Claude Van Damme in your restroom?"

My mom and dad bust up laughing.

JCVD 4ever

Ganymede

@Ghost

I opted for ‘19.

Always take advantage of speed. Don’t check against players; there are so many ways to get around you. Instead, tie up players in the slot on defense when you can.

Overload is your best bet for your forwards. Keep your defense staggered and conservative, and they will cover the edges in the offensive zone. My passing isn’t always clean, but it keeps player defenses honest. When you are on defense, pull your controlled player back into the slot so that you have three people there.

Ghost

In other news, I failed to convince my SO that the netflix show "V Wars" is the sequel to "The L Word".

Eyooo.

Pandora

@Ghost 1. You're a terrible person.

I'm literally watching this with my bestie right this second.

GreenFlashlight

@Ghost said in RL things I love:

In other news, I failed to convince my SO that the netflix show "V Wars" is the sequel to "The L Word".

Reminds me of a video review of God of War I saw once. "My boyfriend told me Freyja was from Milfheim and I believed him for way too long."

Wizz

Kiddo got anonymous gifts for Xmas this year, they just showed up on our doorstep in big cardboard boxes with his name in sharpie. No card inside, nada. Clothes, art supplies, Legos, action figures and a plushy -- like SO MUCH stuff. And he was so, so thrilled to open all these extra presents on Xmas day, which just melts your heart cause he is a goddamn cute kid and a real sweetheart, if I say so myself.

Like my life is still a mess but damn if I didn't feel better than I have for years seeing him so excited. What a sweet thing for some random person to do, I wanna cry every time I think about it.

Tinuviel

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Ghost

@Pandora said in RL things I love:

@Ghost 1. You're a terrible person.

I'm literally watching this with my bestie right this second.

Yeah we're about 9 episodes in. It's not bad, although I wish it were more grim dark. I think Somerhalder might be underrated.

Pandora

@Ghost said in RL things I love:

@Pandora said in RL things I love:

@Ghost 1. You're a terrible person.

I'm literally watching this with my bestie right this second.

Yeah we're about 9 episodes in. It's not bad, although I wish it were more grim dark. I think Somerhalder might be underrated.

I think his eyebrows need to win an award for best supporting character, they are so expressive.

surreality

@Pandora He was definitely one of the reasons The Vampire Diaries was not as awful or ridiculous as it really should have been.

ETA: He also does superlative smirk.

Ghost

@Pandora said in RL things I love:

@Ghost said in RL things I love:

@Pandora said in RL things I love:

@Ghost 1. You're a terrible person.

I'm literally watching this with my bestie right this second.

Yeah we're about 9 episodes in. It's not bad, although I wish it were more grim dark. I think Somerhalder might be underrated.

I think his eyebrows need to win an award for best supporting character, they are so expressive.

Finished it. No spoilers, but the finale has me more excited for season 2 than I was excited for season 1.

TiredEwok

My friend is running a game for four of us via Roll20, using something of a homebrewed Savage Worlds set up. I am playing a circus bear. A literal, non-sentient circus bear. He's been so much fun! I wasn't sure about it, especially when learning he can't speak, but he is a blast to play as. So far he has:

Sat on a crawling skeleton, causing it to explode and its skull to land in a pond of caustic water, dissolving it.
Bear hugged a goblin so hard its arms literally popped off.
Inadvertently killed the goblin next to the one whose arms popped off after an arm hit it.
Eaten pretty much everything dead/almost dead that he could because CARRION EATER, hello?

I can't wait until next week's session.

ETA: My bad, got the name wrong. The RPG system he homebrewed is Dungeon World.

Ghost

All of the bosses are on vacation. Theres maybe 20 people in the office. No one gives a shit today and it's like...

Testament

I really enjoy(and hate)how catchy Toss a Coin to Your Witcher is. I haven't listened far too much today on my phone while at work.

Goblin

@surreality I am shamelessly using gifs from Vampire Diaries for one of my characters on Arx... BECAUSE of that smirk (and other general antics). I'm not using him as a PB though but my character looks enough like him I could.

Either or, here's a gif-collection! https://imgur.com/a/mnVrmLx

Auspice

This appreciation video of Baby Yoda.