I wouldn’t make this post if he was an unbearable jerk. I wouldn’t care re him.

But I heard he was toxic in pubs. Per Sunsfan and Synderen he was like Slacks. Toxic in pubs but seemed 😇 in person. I guess being on edge for a long time can bring out the worst in some. You should be focused when you play Dota 2. Like driving. Some get furious so fast while driving but are 😇 at hangouts.

Agree with you that he’s been passionate re Dota 2.

I viewed the 3 Falcons wins in the finals – games 2, 4 and 5.

Nobody can bash Skiter. He’s 1 of the best position 1 right now. He didn’t crumble under the crazy pressure. Especially game 5. Being a vanguard in the games before The international is 1 thing, but being the vanguard in The international finals game 5 is another beast. He knew he couldn’t let Xtreme gaming slay him. And he delivered.

Malrine was reliable.

I didn’t view many Falcons games before the finals. So viewing the finals, I just learned that Ammar’s style was a high-net-worth position 3. He could be a carry if Falcons needed him to be. Game 4, he was like “I’m the 2nd carry. Go near me and you’re dead.” Game 5, he wasn’t too aggro, wasn’t too safe. He used his spells at the right time to set up the kills.

Crit was reliable. Malrine Sand king and Crit Hoodwink were 👍. Xtreme gaming was helpless. Crit was in the mud for a big part of his career. Many (including me) didn’t oft mention him when the topic was best position 4. He chased the The international win for soooooo long. Finally he won. He’s 1 of the best position 4 right now.

Sney used his spells at the right time. His song saves in game 5 were key. His illusion army harassed Xtreme gaming.

Aui is 1 of the best coaches right now. 👍 resume. 1 The international win as a gamer. 2 as a coach.

I wonder if Ame, Xinq and Xnova will continue despite the pain of the losses. Crit didn’t give up.

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Then SVG and Quinn playfully bashing each other.

I didn’t view the elimination round but I checked Liquipedia from time to time. My fav to win it all was Spirit, Tundra or Liquid. Then Spirit and Liquid have been out. :o

I haven’t known which factor held Liquid back. :)

Chemistry issue? Do they need a position 3 who’s less like Saberlight and more like 33?

Did the uncertainty of Larl’s participation in this tournament very badly affected Spirit? So little time to practice before the tournament? Or chemistry issue? Many, including me, thought that Yatoro, Collapse and Miposhka were about to enter the ultimate tier. The 3-time The international champ tier. Nobody’s in that tier.

So :(. Liquid and Spirit may be thinking they’re strong but there’s a piece missing. On the highest stage all the pieces must be there, or you’ll lose.

When Chatgpt 1st shook the tech world, I said thanks and please. Then at some point I stopped. I’ve just wanted to enter my prompt very fast. Grok 3 and Claude 3.7 sonnet (extended thinking) have been my go-to llm but when in a hurry, I just use the Gemini voice assistant or Meta ai – I have the Messenger app.

Me too. If Chatgpt is like this, it won’t be as controversial as Google’s glue pizza.

Saw this just now. Don’t have many memories re my April 13. On April 10 my tummy was extremely painful and I puked. Diarrhea, I think. I took loperamide. I rested on the succeeding days, including 13. On 15 I was 💯. No more pain.

On another note, the past few days were OK. Hot weather but I endured. I oft thought re 👍 food and drinks. Those were some of the stuff that made me :).

1 reason is that they want as much data as possible. They sell the user data. Or they use the user data to improve their targeted advertising. They want more ad clicks.

Re app versus site, many know how to block ads on browsers. With an app, the firm is hoping they can show you ads. Ads can be removed from some apps but the layperson doesn’t know.

Many liquid hand soap items say antibacterial. There’s no evidence that shows that antibacterial soap is better than plain soap. I hope there’ll be many soap items sans antibacterial agents.

Sm supermarket and Puregold. 0.25 has been so low that I haven’t cared.

Didn’t play Alan Wake 1 and 2 but I viewed the AW1 “let’s play” of @welonz and the AW2 “let’s play” of @coxclips. Just wanna share my thoughts re AW2. There are spoilers below.

So much reading. Yes, you can skip a lot of those. Yes, the title is Alan Wake 2 and Wake is a writer. But a gamer who very much dislikes reading may be turned off or think “I may be missing much by skipping most of the reading, so I’ll drop AW2.”

It seems Alice is alive. So she’s been living sans Alan for 13 years minimum. Extremely :(. I wanted a :) end for them. I can imagine an AW2 where the year is 2013 instead of 2023, and Alan was able to escape the “dark place” in 2013 and live with Alice happily. The writer (I dislike Sam Lake’s writing so I’m not saying Sam Lake) can figure out the plot gymnastics in between to make the game so interesting.

Scratch slew Jaakko Koskela so easyyy. So powerful. He could just slay Anderson, Casey, Cult of the tree and the Fbc at the start.

The Fbc’s light arrays placed far from each other outside the sheriff’s station were plot convenience.

Anderson aided Wake with writing the end despite Wake inserting Logan and David in the tale. 😑

Sarah and Barry were sidelined. :(

Sam Lake most likely disliked a fairy-tale :) end for AW2 but don’t say “In horror, the hero must pay a price to save his pals.” (or something like that) like it’s a rule.

It’s time.com’s best 2023 game but it’s 👎 for me.