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by RobVarak
Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:29 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

Thailand notwithstanding, the pace of technical and tactical improvement in the women's game is pretty freaking amazing. One can see the improvement even since the last WC. The women have long been fast and physical, but technique sometimes lagged behind the effort among the rank and file. No longe...
by RobVarak
Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:25 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

Thailand notwithstanding, the pace of technical and tactical improvement in the women's game is pretty freaking amazing. One can see the improvement even since the last WC. The women have long been fast and physical, but technique sometimes lagged behind the effort among the rank and file. No longer...
by RobVarak
Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:58 am
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

I've very much enjoyed the debate that has sprung up around this. All my teams should be surrounded by kerfuffles over nuclear-sized blowouts and too much celebrating. There are two distinct issues. The first is the scoreline. This was what everyone objected to in the immediate aftermath, before bei...
by RobVarak
Sun Jun 02, 2019 12:43 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

Stepping out from my joyful delirium for a moment, I've been amazed at one thing that distinguishes this trophy from championships and tournaments won by other teams I've loved. I've never seen fans repeatedly and emotionally talking about how happy they are for the coach. The way people feel about ...
by RobVarak
Thu May 30, 2019 11:16 am
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: Influx of spam
Replies: 55
Views: 6230

Re: Influx of spam

...and also, just a heads up. I do quiet maintenance of the forum, other work behind the scenes, pay the bills for the server, and occasionally lurk. Unfortunately, I don't have the time that I used to for posting....I've only just recently gotten back into gaming. So I'm still around...just quietl...
by RobVarak
Thu May 23, 2019 10:38 am
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: Influx of spam
Replies: 55
Views: 6230

Re: Influx of spam

I, for one, welcome our new pr0n spambot overlords.
by RobVarak
Mon May 20, 2019 8:22 am
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: HBO : GAME OF THRONES - Spoiler Thread
Replies: 772
Views: 104255

Re: HBO : GAME OF THRONES - Spoiler Thread

They couldn't un-fuc& that which they had already fuc&ed, but the resolutions were ultimately ok with me. Every episode this season should have been at least 2 episodes, and this was no exception. The tonal change between the "two" episodes, from Dany's death to yucking it up at the council meetings...
by RobVarak
Mon May 13, 2019 9:07 am
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: HBO : GAME OF THRONES - Spoiler Thread
Replies: 772
Views: 104255

Re: HBO : GAME OF THRONES - Spoiler Thread

I feel like where the plot ended up, if you're just whiteboarding it like you do when you're breaking the season, is fine. There was enough foreshadowing of Dany's heel-turn, and it made logical sense in the larger structure of the story and, as Naples pointed out, thematically. The problem is that ...
by RobVarak
Wed May 08, 2019 12:11 am
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

I love this team like I have loved few other people or things...

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by RobVarak
Mon May 06, 2019 6:03 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

dbdynsty25 wrote: Me too. Ugh. I literally thought about a Kompany goal a few of his little runs into the LC side of the field, but don't know if I've seen him score many non-headers recently...so dismissed it. Woops.

It was his first goal from outside the box in 12 years...
by RobVarak
Mon May 06, 2019 5:12 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

What a gut punch! :cry:

Leicester never looked like they could hold City off as the game developed. Then, just before the Kompany strike, after the Schmeichel save, I had just a momentary spark of hope. Horrible.
by RobVarak
Sat May 04, 2019 6:01 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

I'm dead. Actually dead, and writing this from the afterworld. 3 solid months of these Game 7-type games just killed me.
by RobVarak
Wed May 01, 2019 5:55 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

What an insane game. When a team plays like Liverpool did and have bad luck/finishing, that still ends up a 1-2, 2-1, 2-2 match. For it to end 3-0 is 100% down to Messi's genius. Liverpool can absolutely put 3 past them at Anfield, but I don't think they can do it without opening up the game in a wa...
by RobVarak
Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:25 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: HBO : GAME OF THRONES - Spoiler Thread
Replies: 772
Views: 104255

Re: HBO : GAME OF THRONES - Spoiler Thread

A+ spectacle.
C+ storytelling

But...Arya :D
by RobVarak
Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:06 am
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: HBO : GAME OF THRONES - Spoiler Thread
Replies: 772
Views: 104255

Re: HBO : GAME OF THRONES - Spoiler Thread

I'd say the episode was decent, but it doesn't really feel like Game of Thrones anymore. You think of GoT you think of political intrigue, a big fictional world and disparate plot lines, shocking betrayals, memorable characters and lines... Right now we have all the characters sitting around the sa...
by RobVarak
Thu Apr 04, 2019 8:23 am
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: OT: Finally...A Worthwhile MP3 Player (really long)
Replies: 673
Views: 68174

Re: OT: Finally...A Worthwhile MP3 Player (really long)

I'm still rocking the Zune HD . Who isnt? That b*tch is still kicking ass. Use it in my car every day. I've still got one I use regularly as well. It's a workhorse. I've been using the Jabra Elite 65T wireless earbuds and they're a freaking dream! Great sound, cool features, good battery life. Prob...
by RobVarak
Fri Mar 15, 2019 5:20 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

What a draw for Liverpool. Facing probably the weakest team in Porto, then avoiding City again in the semifinals appears to be a win by itself. Quarterfinals: 1. Liverpool vs. Porto 2. Barcelona vs. ManU 3. Man City vs. Tottenham 4. Juventus vs. Ajax Semifinals: Winners of 1 vs 2 Winners of 3 vs 4 ...
by RobVarak
Thu Mar 14, 2019 3:45 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

I've watched that Liverpool-Bayern match through twice in its entirety, and what really jumped out the second time was Liverpool's tactical discipline. Klopp, like most sports figures, gets branded as a rather one-dimensional figure. He's the all-passion, heavy metal football guy. But he set that te...
by RobVarak
Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:46 am
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19
Replies: 318
Views: 29598

Re: The Beautiful Game thread, season 2018/19

I still cant believe that Liverpool didnt get a lift from the Manu fiasco, if your juices dont get flowing knowing your biggest rival is on the ropes dazed. I know it was a weird game but they had to win that game after that first half. The way they played against Watford is how they should have ap...
by RobVarak
Tue Feb 19, 2019 6:58 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: MLB Season 2022. Playball!
Replies: 420
Views: 49692

Re: MLB Season 2018. Playball!

It’ll remain to be seen if Padres fans give a hoot about their team with Machado’s signing today. Ten years worth 300 million. What will Harper fetch? He has an out after 5 years. Not a great hitters park but a hell of a place to live. The Pads have some nice young talent so good for him. I didn’t ...
by RobVarak
Mon Feb 04, 2019 1:08 am
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: NFL 2018
Replies: 727
Views: 45800

Re: NFL 2018

Belichick is vastly underrated, probably because it's impossible to accurately attribute value between him and Brady. In a profession defined by people being intractable, single-minded egomaniacs, he's flexible, creative and inquisitive. He knows if he drafts the smartest possible players it gives h...
by RobVarak
Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:02 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: NFL 2018
Replies: 727
Views: 45800

Re: NFL 2018

I don’t want to hear about that bad call hurting the Saints. They could have stopped the Rams in the fourth quarter, scored on their possession in ot, not throw an INT in overtime, or stop the Rams in OT Like it or not, you're going to hear a lot more about it and justifiably so. That was a Don Dec...
by RobVarak
Sun Jan 20, 2019 8:45 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: NFL 2018
Replies: 727
Views: 45800

Re: NFL 2018

I don’t want to hear about that bad call hurting the Saints. They could have stopped the Rams in the fourth quarter, scored on their possession in ot, not throw an INT in overtime, or stop the Rams in OT Like it or not, you're going to hear a lot more about it and justifiably so. That was a Don Dec...
by RobVarak
Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:17 am
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Replies: 116
Views: 14418

Re: Assassin's Creed Odyssey

I thought the animus was the worst thing about every AC game I've ever played. And the more I liked the game, the more I was irritated with the idiotic meta-story. Glad to hear that it's less prevalent in Odyssey, which I am anxious to start on as soon as I can.
by RobVarak
Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:50 pm
Forum: Digital Sportspage
Topic: NCAA FOOTBALL
Replies: 26
Views: 2933

Re: NCAA FOOTBALL

Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot about UCF :roll: I'm not the biggest CFB fan but the UCF thing just shows me what a horrible system CFB has. They clearly can't hang with Bama or Clemson but I would bet they could hang with Notre Dame. So why does a team that is not part of a conference and hasn't played a ...