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Lol thanks, lemmy has been acting up with the server load and I've noticed that with the auto-refresh I'm often winding up moving pages/posts unintentionally.

Yeah, you're probably right that Silver isn't doing himself any favors. No comment would have been better than any comment at all

Surprised to see how many people think this is a soft punishment. Considering he didn't actually commit any crimes and certainly wasn't found guilty of anything, I think this is about right. Ja is an idiot, but flashing a gun on IG isn't the same as accumulating DUIs or domestic violence charges

It's great to see these kind of success stories, where teams don't panic and continue to let their players grow. That said, I can't help but wonder if the Nuggets were actually benefiting from their previous bad luck. Would this level of patience have been extended if Murray didn't get hurt? That built-in excuse made it much easier to keep the core together and try again.

So many teams wind up breaking apart due to perceived failure in the postseason, and you have to wonder if any of them could have had success if they had stuck together for a bit longer.

An interesting subplot is that since Kawhi's 2020 Raptors run, none of the finals teams have had a dominant, heliocentric wing. Maybe Boston, but even that team didn't quite rely on Tatum in the same way that other teams before had. Since the Heatles, the consensus has basically been that wings are the most important position in modern basketball, allowing teams to play 'positionless' and spread the floor.

But over the last three years the best teams have bucked that trend, instead being lead primarily by guards or bigs. Going into next season, most people would probably have a couple of centers at the top of their best players list. And in the last 6 NBA drafts, the only dominant wing player to be taken was Ant. Interesting to see the league pivot so quickly, considering it was only a few years ago that Ballmer went all out and built almost a whole team with 6'7" - 6'9" guys

Deep Rock Galactic is always one I like to mention to friends. Basically the modern Left for Dead, and it's fantastic. I will say that as someone who's logged well over 1k hours on it since the early days, this next season is the first time I've felt like the game is starting to stagnate. Since the move to a season pass there's been less and less content compared to years past in general. Nonetheless, for a new player there is all sorts of stuff to keep you occupied and having fun. And there are absolutely no scummy practices or microtransactions involved

Also as much as it pains me to recommend Blizzard, I've been having an absolute blast with Diablo 4

As a note, for anyone who's waited this long to play Cyberpunk, it might be worth waiting just a bit longer. CDPR is releasing an 'expansion' which sounds like it's going to completely rework a lot of the core systems and fix many of the issues that were most commonly talked about. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/cyberpunks-expansion-totally-overhauls-the-original-game/

Yup, having a name is a pretty important aspect of growth. And while the fediverse could certainly work, it's not very intuitive for new users and also covers such a broad range of functionalities that it won't help people who are specifically looking for a Reddit alternative. Sure 'lemmy' is a misnomer, but it's better to have a name being used incorrectly than no name at all.