u/Eggroll_Enthusiast

Suppose its a tricky one really. I've been a fan since 03/04 as I was late bloomer to the sport itself. Not a bad place to start following the team as it was all sunshine and rainbows back then. What an introduction it was. Then as a fanbase we had years of slooowly dropping off and enduring the dark days of the likes of Squillaci and Chamakh so we'll skip over that part, eventually landing in last season where the potential finally paid off. Its that crazy scale of such a payoff that has me intrigued as to how this season will go.

Are we going to be playing with this unbelieveable freedom where the weight is off the shoulders and we can say we've done it, so we know what it takes to win a title. No negative pressure of last season because there isn't that 22 year history of not winning it that needs to be overcome this year. Game by game where the players essentially look like they can enjoy themselves.

Or does the foot subconsciously come off the gas simply because its been done. Not suggesting that the team or club as a whole would ever want to let that idea slip into any aspect of prepping for a season, but you hear and see how much of a mental side there is to the game and we saw that side to the team last season where the mental strength at times dragged us through games. The goal is the same, obviously, but is the mentality possibly different at all.

What do you expect to see from the club this season? What do you look forward to seeing?

Yesterday during the community shield match, when the first corner came in the commentators specifically said a new rule this year was NO holding on corners and to be fair there was like no contact between anyone in that box which caught me by surprise as I hadn't heard anything about that before then.

However, since then I have tried to find mention of this on various pages that list out several of the new rules for this season and can see nothing about it. A quick look on the BBC, FA, and Premier League pages about new rules have nothing that I can see at least (There is always the chance I have been completely blind and missed it on 3 separate sites somehow)

The only mention I have seen of this is on a 90 second clip on Sky Sports that said 'There will be a greater focus on punishing players that are only focused on blocking attackers'

That to me sounds like something ripe for criticism in the first few weeks of the league, at least. It doesn't sound like any new rule has been put in place at all so I wonder why the information around this is so varied. It sounds more like another ref by ref, game by game opinion on whether any holding has had an effect. Seems like only a matter of time before we see 2 instances in the first few weeks with 2 different outcomes and then it all kicks off. Feels they don't do themselves any favours

If you'd have told a neutral that one team's goalkeeper has started every pre-season match and one had played only 45 minutes before today, I bet you they'd get the answers wrong.

Donnarumma was a shambles today. They should be rattled heading into the first game because God know our fanbase would be in meltdown if Raya had a stinker like that.

Just watched the compilation that covered his 29 goals and assists from last season. Probably a pretty contradictory sentence to start the argument as to why he shouldn't have been our main target, but while yes it was just a compilation video, it was factually his end product showcase from last season.

For club and country, he managed 7 assists and 5 goals from anything that could be considered remotely the left hand side of the pitch, and yet he was our main target for LW? If he was going to be a 10 and have Eze move left then why hasn't Eze played there pre-season with Havertz/Nwaneri covering 10?

I struggle to see where he would have fit in because he is much more of a 10 and this would surely only have accelerated any move out the door for Nwaneri already instead of us sat here now wondering if he'll be here at the end of the window. I can't imagine how that would have gone in terms of paying such a high fee and then a youngster gets the boot.

I suppose at least one positive of missing out may be that if the profile for the LW coverage isn't someone who is strictly a winger it opens up options in terms of who we may end up with. Not horrible considering how shut up the LW market seems to be right now.

Literally nothing new but it gave me a good chuckle. Skimmed through it on mirror stream and eventually cleared the obnoxious story mode section where Phil couldn't shut up or keep still for 10 seconds. Always had to say a terrible joke or just huhuhuhuh for no reason. When I reached the online matchmaking though, that got me good. Immediate salt. Enough to season households for generations. He hated the Beta and it was clear he'd hate the full release.

Main question is, if all you need to do is mash a button then why is Phil so dogshit?

Lets assume, probably correctly, that many people who are unhappy about Sony's announced future have purchased something from the PS store (new or in a sale) at some point in the past. I don't recall seeing posts/comments about the system or the risks before in such a high volume so lets say that 1 digital game is fine in most people's opinion.

The issue has come when its announced that ALL games will be digital. People are content to follow the process and take on all the risks with 1 game. Maybe even 2 or 3. In many cases more. But lets keep it at 1 for the sake of discussion. So the sweet spot seems to be somewhere between 1 game, and all games.

My legitimate question is what is that number for you? Assuming that the overall changes Sony were implementing weren't actually happening, what is the lowest number/ratio/percentage that your library of games would need to be digital before it becomes an issue for you? The risks of digital ownership would always be there, and have been for years so I'm interested to know where people draw their line.

I just learned through Amazon Prime Video's 'New Movie' section for buying and renting that Disclosure Day is out, and I assume finished its run in cinemas by now. I cannot believe that I haven't heard a single thing on that film with it being Spielberg, regardless of how it ended up being quality-wise. I can't browse most things currently without seeing something or someone from The Odyssey, but I haven't seen one single review or interview clip or anything from that DD. Wild

This game sucks. I didn't do anything. He's just mashing. Didn't earn it. It dropped my inputs. This is so stoopid. Impossible to play. Literally unplayable. Free combo free combo free combo. Awful gameplay so laggy. I was blocking the whole time. Anyway guys thanks at least for watching as I attempted to play this mess of a beta - a really messy broken mess...and now we have to talk about in 2 weeks whether I buy it or not.

The creature didn't have fun for a single second of that Tokon beta. There were a few Tuhuhuh's when he found he could spam an attack with a character but that was it. Miserable, dull, mind-numbing garbage but it may still get into 'the rotation'. Horrid

All day? A beta? I mean I'm amazed it stayed online THAT long for him.

Really just jinxing himself at this point. Self trolling almost

Is there a known reason why some of the available dungeons are not in the rotation for 400% runs? I want to say Heart of the Fortress and Sepulcher I haven't seen in the last month and a bit since returning to the game.

Just catching up on the latest stream so I'm a bit behind but just caught Phil say 'So 3 weeks in a row we've had cool retro game content here on the channel. Going through documenting, pricing and then storing my retro games collection'

This man is hyping up a stream this week where he's going to build various shaped boxes to then put old games in. I can't lie, that made me laugh at the thought of how honestly sad that is that I swear I nearly felt bad. That pricing stream was brutal.

Whole thing is reminscent of the box factory episode of The Simpsons.

So far today we've had:

Japan is tourist trappy

Japan is too busy

Japan is too expensive

Cruise ships are tourist trappy

Cruise ships stopping at islands is tourist trappy

Hawaii is tourist trappy

Eastern Washington is too busy

Driving in an RV wouldn't be fun

At this point he might as well pop up a tent in Trader Joe's car park and call it a day.

Making a new Valby build around Hydro Pressure Bomb and I'm sat at -76.1% cooldown. Am I right in saying that for this build and any other build I tweak this evening that being at that amount will change tomorrow to say (Min) -75% and that'll be me at the optimum cooldown?

Currently thrown together a Super Conductive Bombing MK2 Kyle build following a 9-10 month old video from Low Budget Gaming. Pre-Ancestor mods so I have been trying to get one in. Managed to get one that has better Cooldown stats and Range stats than both the standard Nimble Fingers and Skill Expansion mods so I've essentially managed to save a mod spot there.

The rest of the build is made up of:

Amplification Control, Focus on Tech, Increased Shield, Power Increase, MP Conversion, Non Attr Amplification, Stim Accelerant, and Tech Amplification.

Looking to see whether I should put in the Nimble Fingers or Expansion back in to the free slot or, if they are essentially covered right now, if there is a more obvious/specialist mod to put in for more damage output etc.

Any suggestions appreciated.

I've had some Phil meme videos playing in the background this morning for entertainment and a couple of times he has complained about people 'asking for a game and saying they'll support it' then ultimately he plays it and doesn't get the money he expected.

I know about the delusions etc and I know streamers have actual fans, but I've never seen this elsewhere because it seems ridiculous. So has anyone reliable/trusted by Phil ever actually been seen to say in his chat that they want a game to be played and that they would actually turn up to give money specifically for it?

I know some troll comments may do it and I'd expect that with Phil but surely it can't be commented to such an extent that he believes it. I can't believe it would actually happen legit honestly.

Absolutely wild. Random blind bans. Detective mode. Sleeping Dragon. Endless loop of unfreezing chat to have it freeze again.

Didn't hear him beg for a dollar for well over 90 minutes though. Very strange one.

Apologies for one of the more trivial questions but I can't seem to settle on if I have my junk settings set up correctly because despite the options appearing quite simple, I may be more simple..

I'm looking currently for my dog to auto junk everything apart from Ultimate rarity reactors with any 2 of Cooldown, Skill Crit Rate, Skill Crit Dam, Tech Skill Power Ratio on them.

I have had this set up for two days and noticed that none have been left in my inventory so wondering if someone could please layout the exact settings that would accomplish this

Whats the deal with boost ratios and modifiers when it comes to non attribute and then specifically Fusion. Normally I'd happily mimic a build online for my Valby but with the randomness in Ancestor Modules I feel I finally need educated on what I should be considering a good roll. Should I be targetting a certain amount of Non Attribute first in a build and then fusion? The other way around? I have a build I'm happy with but it's just the Ancestor modules I want to get the right.

When I switch out my current Anc Modules (one with Non Attribute BR 57.4% and the other with Fusion BR 28.4%) I can see cooldowns and MP costs etc changing but nothing clear cut in terms of damage numbers. Everything damage related looks the same when I'm hovering over my Bubble Bullet for example. I feel I'm missing integral information here and worried I'm grouping with people and I'm playing with missing potential.

I'm trying to help my brother progress past a story boss and need to know which of my 4 most built out characters is best to turn into a boss build to help get passed it?

When I obtained my Ines materials it seemed that having my dog boosted the odds of the reward rolls in the favour of that item. Is there a similar thing with Ultimate Luna with one of the other pets at all as I'm about to farm but can see the best odds of her are 30% as a reward. Any method available to boost this like with Ines?