Search results

  1. Wombat

    MLB 2025: Year of Ohtani, on the doorstep of an Empire

    I didn't think the Brewers honestly had much of a chance to win the series, but I hoped we'd put up a little more resistance than that. Good luck American League.
  2. Wombat

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Fucking lol. Blizz actually did it again, and nerfed players with too much Infinite Power in Legion. They didn't even pretend like players had used an 'exploit' (not that spawn rates that hadn't changed in a decade were an exploit) this time around, it's just "If you have more stuff than we...
  3. Wombat

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    You can un-Timewalking chars at any time in Legion (the square hourglass next to the character at the char select screen), just make an Alliance Legion alt, get them to 50, un-Timewalking them, then the dark irons _should_ unlock on both modes.
  4. Wombat

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    If you are asking about the racial armor set quests, Pandaria remix (and I would assume Legion) absolutely let you level a char up to 50 to unlock that _once the characters transferred to non-Timewalking state_. I have a collection of characters, one of each race, all from Pandaria remix, all...
  5. Wombat

    Marvel Universe stuff

    Movies about making movies has been a genre for longer than any of us have been alive, why not have a Marvel entry. That said, everything in that trailer is probably in just the first episode. Also, what is the point of making this a Wonder Man _revival_, if you give the new guy the Simon...
  6. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Ugh, do I really have to watch Flacco Strikes Again in person?
  7. Wombat

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    There's definitely some weirdness with phasing / World quests. I didn't get any new world quests for a day and a half, then once they did start repopulating, you may have to progress in that region's questline far enough for that faction to NPC to populate. And yes, the content is phased, but...
  8. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    I don't want to jinx it, but are we really going to get two complete Eagles collapses in three years?
  9. Wombat

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Obviously no one liked having to decide to use your Bronze on upgrades vs cosmetics last time, but at least they kept all-cosmetic Bronze earn rates decent from the beginning - I'm not even level 40 and I've already earned enough Bronze to buy a dozen of the 10k new color variant mounts. Not...
  10. Wombat

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Similarly to Runnen, I treat this as an occasional (whenever a .X release occurs) single player game that I also spend a small number of hours in each week farming 2+ expansion old raids when I'm in a collecting mood. My opinions are not those of someone actively playing the game normally. All...
  11. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Only five weeks in, and other than the Jets, everyone has a win and a loss. Which is good - both juggernauts and lost causes are bad for the fans. That said, it feels like at least a quarter+ of the league will be lucky to get four wins this year.
  12. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    So the Jets are the only winless team? Which is weird, since I think I honestly prefer them over any of the 1-4 teams other than the Ravens. Speaking of the Ravens, I think they probably still crawl their way to the 7th seed (especially given how the Chargers are going), but I have no faith in...
  13. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Its pros and cons on both sides - Second team has less time to work with. Second team also knows exactly what they have to score to _not lose_, and therefore get to use the fourth down fully. Which of those outweighs the other is tough to say - but it does seem like the first team taking a...
  14. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    It's been all blacks since Shakira / J Lo, they have to occasionally put someone else in. Not that I know what kids listen to - you really want a Machine Gun Kelly / Jelly Roll show?
  15. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Because with the mixed bag of #2 (if not #3) receivers we have, they want to limit the chances the Ghost of Favre possesses Love and changes close games to out of hand games.
  16. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Losing Nabers for the year is a high price to pay for that win, but frankly the Giants (and their fans) shouldn't be hoping for many more wins.
  17. Wombat

    Foundation

    It's been decades since I've read any Asmiov, and I thought he had multiple non-temporal agencies in his stories over the decades that rewrote human society / history (which can be read as into Foundation if you like, but not specifically stated), but I thought his last published version in...
  18. Wombat

    Lord of the Rings Online

    So the big selling point for the expansion is more voice over lines? I don't have any issues throwing ~$40 a year at them, but its hard to imagine this bringing in a ton of new players. (Honestly, I kinda wish they didn't have level cap raises so often, just because eventually replacing my...
  19. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Eh, I said in the Commanders game the Packers' offense wasn't great. Tucker Kraft got banged up midweek, then they lost multiple O-line players during the game. It doesn't matter if the Packers D holds their opponents to barely any points if barely any points is enough to outscore the Packers O.
  20. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Hey, Miami, with countrywide chatter that everyone is about to be fired, in what the Dolphins probably consider their Super Bowl this year... managed to be almost competitive. I still don't think the Dolphins end up with the worst _record_ in the league this year, but I think it's probably the...
  21. Wombat

    Anaconda (2025)

    So they decided to remake Be Kind, Rewind* - which already starred Jack Black! - but added a twist of a real snake attacking them while doing so? I suppose I have to give them half credit for something new, but this seems like the sort of thing I watch on a plane and forget by the time I land...
  22. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    I think its safe to say the Raiders will not Commander and go deep into the playoffs this year. Which raises the question if Carroll will be around once / if the Raiders do get to that stage. As has been mentioned repeatedly, he's already the oldest NFL coach ever.
  23. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Add Purdy and amend that to two week stretch. Not sure any of us expect oldsters like Flacco or Rodgers to survive the season (hell, who knows about Stafford either). Part of this is the clear recent trend in the NFL that strong defenses (vs offenses) start well - "Get up there and kill the QB"...
  24. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Yeah, going to be hard to have a stupider play this season than the Steelers there.
  25. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Re: Burrow, I thought it was just a high ankle sprain on camera, but its being reported as a toe injury - could be looking at another Purdy situation. I didn't think the Bengals were a realistic 7th seed candidate, but that probably ends their chances.
  26. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    The Dolphins are doing better this week, keeping up with a sub-.500 team, but they're all fired at the end of the year anyway - another appearance or two like last week and they may as well dismantle the team at the trade deadline, fire McDaniel, etc. and start their rebuild during this season.
  27. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    I was actually thinking the Packers don't have that many points for how lopsided this game has been.
  28. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Wearing white (surrender) against a military themed team seems iffy.
  29. Wombat

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

    As the closest thing to an illegitimate child / revival of Shadow Hearts: Covenant we will ever see, I was rather fond of it, even at full retail. Your mileage may vary depending on your love of (effectively) JRPGs, Active Time Battle systems, and Western Europe.
  30. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Eh, I'd honestly prefer the Bears win, they aren't in the Wildcard discussion, the Vikings certainly could be once JJ gets more acclimated.
  31. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    I can see the Vikings offense being slow with a defacto rookie QB, but what's their defense's problem? Edit: Am I the only one that hates the Vikings' matte helmets?
  32. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    To be fair, the NFL has done a much better job over the last ~3 seasons of scheduling very competitive matchups the first two to three weeks, before they have to acknowledge the reality that different divisional rotations lead to wildly different Strength of Schedules. Hell, take this year: the...
  33. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Yeah, I think most people assumed the Dolphins would be bad with even average injury luck, but I don't know if anyone expected them to be this bad with their full roster.
  34. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    I just got home myself, these commercial breaks are awkward. I suppose bridges are better than "We'll be right back" placards.
  35. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Eh, if Lamb had caught one of those bombs in the fourth quarter, this could have easily gone the other way. The NFC Wildcard hunt will likely be brutal, between the Cowboys / Redskins / Packers / Possibly Minnesota / various NFC West teams with puffed up records from soft competition, but yeah...
  36. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Youtube has the NFL Sunday Ticket rights this year. Note that you have to have a YoutubeTV subscription on top of the Sunday Ticket fee. For tomorrow's game only, it will be on normal-ass Youtube, announced by Rich Eisen. In addition, four Youtubers (Tom Grossi, IShowSpeed, and two spanish...
  37. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    I am struggling to see how you can legislate that out of the market, however. Sure, if Microsoft was writing the check for an endorsement deal person X signed, then their minority shareholders could file a lawsuit for misuse of funds. But Ballmer's money itself, though? What are you going to...
  38. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Like I said last week, Micah is what the Packers need, but it is expensive for the Packers, regardless if the media all want to view this as Exhibit A of Jerrah's Senility. (Personally, Jerrah seems like he sticks more and more to demanding players - and coaches - finish out their agreed to...
  39. Wombat

    Alien: Earth

    To be fair, the Alien franchise has always treated corporate / independent ships like fishing vessels - low capital cost (especially after depreciation) things their insurance assumes they'll lose X of every year, and staffed to match. In reality, any actual interstellar ship would be a...
  40. Wombat

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    The one game is on general Youtube, and is apparently part of the package that bought NFL Sunday Ticket rights for this year: The Exclusive Home of NFL Sunday Ticket - YouTube & YouTube TV Note that this version of Sunday Ticket does require you to already have a YoutubeTV sub, so its not...