@deffjunn

words @steelseries. fmr tech journo at yahoo, engadget, ars technica, business insider, lots of freelance. #UTFT.

 NYC via boston
Joined March 2010
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it's #FPL gameweek 8/38. GW7 pts: 65 rank: ⬇️ 269k (prev 177k) FTs: 3 the slide continues. 5 goals for Brighton yet no De Cuyper involvement. DCL gets 9, Barry gets 2. Raya gets 9, Saka gets 3 + hurts himself. two moves then: Saka, Kinsky➡️Mbeumo, Raya. trusting the data.
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it's #FPL gameweek 7/38. GW6 pts: 71 rank: ⬇️ 177k (prev 170k) FTs: 4 Pascal Gross didn't get a 15-pointer for once... but Maxim De Cuyper did. these two have murdered my rank for 6 weeks now, so i'm giving in. Gibbs-White (injured) + Vuskovic > Gross + De Cuyper. (1/3)
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i hate these moves. all underlying data suggests Gross + De Cuyper have been lucky — not to have scored, but to have scored *this much*. the two fixtures after this week are horrid, and they now play 2x a week. Gross is 35 and runs a ton. MDC is a long-term mins risk. (2/3) #FPL
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i know neither will keep it up, and they're *so* highly owned that they carry no effective upside. but their selection % means anything they do can destroy my week, so i have to join the cattle to block them off. short-sighted, spineless, but the rational play for now. (3/3) #FPL
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it's #FPL gameweek 6/38 GW5 pts: 38 rank: ⬇️ 170k (prev 44k) FTs: 3 the good start finally died. was due. yet i see no huge issues with this team. so, rolling. no obvious captain so backing MGW in a strong positional matchup. Pascal Gross can't keep getting 15-pointers, right?
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it's #FPL gameweek 5/38. GW4 pts: 89 rank: ⬆️ 44k (prev 52k) FTs: 3 10/11 returns for the 2nd time in 4 GWs, but only a small green. still lucky, just missing the big hauls. Szobo > MGW for GW5. went early to avoid being priced out, but wouldn't have sold injured Pedro anyway.
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it's #FPL gameweek 4/38. GW3 pts: 51 rank: ⬇️ 52k (prev 33k) FTs: 3 red arrow isn't ideal when playing the 3x captain chip, but it was a good week to have a mediocre week. still in an excellent spot. going aggressive + playing the wildcard for GW4. 10 changes. Pedro 🧢 (1/2)
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attacking the fixtures. no Bruno stings, but Palmer + Saka has huge upside. Sangare out after mins concerns. 2x Arsenal + ceiling/DEFCON guys at the back. Rogers + Barry likely short-term plays, but £0.9m + 3 transfers saved leaves room to pivot. this feels right tbh. (2/2) #FPL
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first Apple event i haven't had to cover as a member of the media in 15 years
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it's #FPL gameweek 3 / 38. GW2 pts: 107 rank: ⬇️ 33k (prev 31k) FTs: 2 funny week. 10/11 guys returned, but no Bruno captain = red arrow. no transfers again. 3x captain Haaland. only 1 Man City will prob hurt but the rest are massive mins risks. 🔜 Mbeumo/Rodon > Rogers/Konsa
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it's #FPL gameweek 2 / 38. had my best ever start in GW1. 86 pts on the bench boost. up to 31k rank out of 9.8 million. no changes for GW2. rolling the transfer. only dilemma is Rodon vs. Ajer. close call, but taking the guy playing at home. Haaland captain, not getting fancy.
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it's once again time to renew my quixotic quest to finish in the top 10k players of Fantasy Premier League. it's year 13 for me. last season i finished just outside the top 1% of the total player base at 149k. best finish: 22k. career avg: 2.4%. we go again. #FPL
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as a Pats fan living in NY who was forced to pay for this: lol
BuffaloWeather
@weather_buffaloAug 9
Whoever designed the new Bills stadium should wasn't very keen to detail. Imagine paying tens of thousands on PSLs and season tickets and walk into a view like this...
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why would Pickford do this?
Arsenal Brasuca
@arsenal_brasucaJul 16
Olha o posicionamento da Inglaterra, no primeiro gol da Argentina. Olha o Anderson. 😅
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so a solid B/B- tournament then. no regression, no serious progress. beat up on mid-to-bad teams, completely outclassed the second they played someone decent. that's how we usually do it. poch is gone so it'll probably be tough to go further in 2030, but maybe we catch a break.
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the media narrative for the normies is going to be "what a fun ride that was" (and it was) or "they just had an off night" but we really should demand more. it's fine to be nice but no point in making excuses, so much money has been spent settling for perennial mid-ness.
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jordan pickford is a world-class goalkeeper and i'm tired of everyone ignoring it because of their reflexive dismissal of anything related to everton
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spent some time with Splatoon Raiders a couple weeks ago. it’s looking like a game for the loot freaks tech.yahoo.com/gaming/articl…

'Splatoon Raiders' hands-on preview: Nintendo's new looter looks like the closest thing it has to...

We went hands-on with the upcoming Switch 2 exclusive Splatoon Raiders, which might be the closest Nintendo has come to making its own Borderlands or Diablo.

tech.yahoo.com
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allow unlimited two-way substitutions after 120 mins (so each side can put out a new XI), hydration breaks every 15-20 mins, golden goal rules but in reality there's no pure fair way to settle it, so a shootout is probably the best we've got. it's always entertaining at least
The New York Times
@nytimesJun 30
From @TheAthleticFC: Penalty shootouts are brutal. Is there a better way to settle tied games? A fairer way? A more fitting test of skills? We asked our writers and this is what they think the World Cup can steal from other sports: nyti.ms/3SAbKgI

World Cup penalty shootouts are brutal: Is there a better way to settle tied games?

What the World Cup can steal from other sports as better ways to end games that are tied

nytimes.com
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solid score for round 2, but was only ever going to go downhill. still happy with the rank. we move. 🇩🇪 👎 wildcard active for round 3. big guns up front, betting that messi plays even with argentina safely through.
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106 pts for rd 3 and back up to 8.7k rank. praise be to Jan Paul Van Hecke. unlimited transfers for the rd of 32. going Lautaro over Haaland/Kane will kill me but I'll gamble on double Argentina attack against Cape Verde. quali booster chip active, +2 pts for everyone who wins.
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