@Jimmer-jammer Reading between the lines, it sounds like a rough time and not something you want to be revisiting but it’s good to hear you’ve got that support around you. All the best for what can’t be an easy time.
@Jimmer-jammer That sounds really hard to deal with man, from what i can imagine, from what you've said, I wish you all the best and hope that you can pull through it 100% and go on to greater strengths as a person in the future, through dealing with these issues and experiences now.
"Even in the face of death, the samurai stands unwavering, for honour is a blade sharper than steel".
@Jimmer-jammer sorry to hear about everything buddy, if I’d known I certainly wouldn’t have been bothering you with my pointless ashen-updates etc. Youre a valued member of this community and I always look forward to hearing your thoughts on things. My thoughts and wishes are with you.
@TheBrandedSwordsman Doing well. I have been busy with work and a little bit of family matters, but hope to get some gaming in finally. I started Returnal and trying to decide whether to finish A Plague Tale or wait for the PS5 version in 2 weeks. If I table it for later, then I might start another low key game since Returnal is eating my lunch so far.
I’ll probably watch some NBA playoffs too. It’s turning out to be an interesting year and it looks like we’ll probably have an NBA champ who has never been champion before, which is nice to see. There are too many dynasties in the NBA.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Jimmer-jammer There is no shame in keeping private things private. Not everyone is comfortable in sharing those things on a forum, so do not feel guilty or pressurised into doing so. No one is gonna think anything less of you if you decide not to. You talk when you are ready to talk and only reveal what you are comfortable doing.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
@TheBrandedSwordsman yeah he seemed pretty happy mate, he smoked a couple while I was up there.
The missus is struggling a bit but she’ll get through it. This particular period of stress at work happens three times per year and it never gets any easier for her. Trouble is, this time it’s exacerbated by our upcoming house move and a serious illness in our immediate family. Hopefully I’m helping as much as I can but it’s tough to tell.
@TheBrandedSwordsman Well, by “dynasties” I mean that they won several championships in a row or within a handful of years. For some reason in basketball it’s been a lot easier to dominate the league with the right team of players. One or two players make such a huge difference in the NBA where each team only has five players on the court at a time, so it’s just easier for one or two players to carry a whole team, even if the people around them aren’t very good. That’s how you get Michael Jordan’s Bulls winning something like 6 championships of 9 years I think, or something like that. And lately it’s been LA Laker (first with Kobe and now Lebron), Heat (with Lebron and Wade), Spurs (with Duncan), GS Warriors (with Steph Curry)… so each of those MVP type players can almost single handedly carry the team.
….Almost.
So, the dynasties are usually built with one dominant player, who attracts a side kick (or two) who is a second tier excellent player who just is not quite good enough to be the alpha but joins the coattails of the first guys. Then that’s all you really need and the other players just have to be average or above average and you end up with the makings of a dynasty as long as they stick together. Which, often after they win one championship, then a third guy who’s good but not good enough to carry a team himself will jump on board and try to get to that team and it further strengthens the dynasty (see Kevin Durant joining Steph and the Warriors a few years ago and making them laughably super eminent for a few years.
This year, thankfully the teams are all fresh blood that are left with players who’ve not ever won a championship. Steph, KD, and Lebron have all been beaten by now.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@nessisonett Yeah, that was the biggest surprise. Although actually, when Jamal Murray went down with an ACL then it was curtains for them on any chance of winning it all. Tough to lose your second best player just before the playoffs.
The injuries are really the story of this post season and why there is so much fresh blood in the final four — the older player like Lebron and Kyrie Irving and James Harden are just so banged up and coming off injuries, probably largely due to the abbreviated off season and compressed schedule due to the weird pandemic alteration of the seasons last year and this year. These guys are accustomed to 4-5 months off between seasons and they got like… 2? And then had to play more games in fewer days to get to the playoffs. It’s just a record setting year for major injuries.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@colonelkilgore Are you moving far from where you're currently based? What does your missus do for a living, if you don't mind me asking? Sorry to hear about the illness, wish your relative all the best with that, glad your dad enjoyed the cigars. My weekend was fine thanks, I think I have perfected John 'Sco' Scofield's technique on the electric guitar, but put my own unique twist on it, so hopefully will be doing some gigging around London post-pandemic time. You mentioned playing music yourself in the past? Ever play any festivals? I once played the Bognor Regis festival as an honorary guitarist with a band I knew at the time, great experience.
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