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Real excited for this one. Heard of Mina back in 2022 forgot about it for a while dialed back in this month and now I'm super hyped :^)

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This patch looks healthy for the game so I'm surprised at all the pushback. Prepared is the only real one I'm disagreeing with. My buddy sent me the perfect image.

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It annoys me that so many people are under the impression that this guy, Steven Bradbury, is some subpar goober who lucked his way into gold. That could not be further from the truth. This is one of the most satisfying victories in the history of the Olympics if you know the full backstory. This medal final was during his fourth Olympics, in Salt Lake City in 2002. Earlier in his career, he was among the best athletes in the world in this specific event, the 1000 meter short-track men's speed skate. But despite his talent, he just had some of the shittiest luck in the sport. We're talking a decade of shit luck. In the '94 Winter Olympics, he was considered the odds-on favorite to take gold, but he fell in his heat after getting illegally pushed by an opponent (who was later disqualified). He didn't get a re-do. That was it. He got shoved by some asshole, and his Olympics was over. Then in the '98 Winter Olympics, he was a favorite to at least medal in the same event but got caught up in a collision that wasn't his fault and failed to advance. In 1994, he got his thigh sliced open by a competitor's skate during a race, which required 111 stitches and 18 months of recovery time. In 2000, he broke his neck during training because a skater in front of him fell and tripped him up. That required a bunch of screws and plates being inserted into his skull and back and chest. And doctors told him that he should stop skating. But he didn't wanna give up. It meant too much to him. So, there he was in Salt Lake City in 2002, past his prime, a walking erector set, going up against opponents who were faster and younger and in their prime. He manages to win his heat and advance to the quarterfinal but then has the shit luck (yet again) of having to go up against the best two athletes in the quarterfinal and only the top two advance. He finishes third and thinks: "Damn, I gave it my best shot." But then, the second place finisher is disqualified, so Bradbury gets to advance to the semifinal. Now, at this point, he's thinking: Well, shit, I'm not as fast as these younger guys, and I got a bad habit of getting taken out by crashes that aren't my fault. So, he consults with the Australian national coach, Ann Zhang, and they decide that he should hang back from the pack and hope the pack crashes. That is a perfectly valid strategy. If you crash, you lose, but speed skaters risk crashing to gain an advantage in order to win. It may not feel exciting, but it is a valid strategy and just as risky: avoid crashes entirely and hope that pays off. It paid off in the semifinal: the pack, including the defending Olympic champion, jostled too much and crashed. Bradbury wins and advances. So, he's improbably in the final and takes the same approach, and it works: the entire pack jostles too much and crashes, and Bradbury's risk of hanging back pays off. This victory was not some un-athletic schlub lucking his way into gold. It was a journeyman athlete who never gave up and played smart after a career of shitty luck and finally got his due after it being snatched away from him so many times. Hands down, one of my favorite Olympics stories.

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Thank you to everyone who made it out to La Reina Rumble it was honestly an amazing and joy filled day :)

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#RivalsofAether2 Notable Results! @thewafflemanSR 3-1 over Toma_ @MasterKipper beats everyone Last week's bracket: start.gg/tournament/hog-burn…

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This deck is sick. Here's my turn 1. @fireshoes

Announcing La Reina Rumble! A celebration tournament for thewaffleman's birthday and the release of La Reina in Rivals II! start.gg/la-reina-rumble - Rivals II Singles! ✨ With a $100 pot bonus courtesy of thebirthdayboy! - A FREE Rivals 1 La Reina Only bracket! 🐛 - A FREE Wii Sports Resort 3-point contest competition?! 🏀 A $20 cash prize?! 📆 Saturday, January 17th, 2025 🏛️ Hall of Gaming! 150 Center Street, Wallingford, CT 🕐 Doors at 4:00pm, Rivals 1 La Reina Only bracket at 5:30, Rivals II bracket at 7:00 Here's what thewaffleman has to say about this event: "Come celebrate the release of La Reina! (and less importantly thewaffleman's birthday) at Hall of Gaming!" Register: start.gg/la-reina-rumble

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what a stunning artwork also. Just wow!!

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