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mint-moon25 · 4 months ago

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usalatestwebstories · 5 months ago

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IU basketball's Kel'el Ware picked by Miami Heat

Miami Heat general manager Adam Simon was thrilled to land what he described as a “3-and-D center” with the No. 15 pick on Wednesday night. The Heat drafted Indiana basketball’s Kel’el Ware in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft. Ware, who was in attendance at the Barclays Center, transferred to IU after spending his freshman year at Oregon. Simon touted Ware’s versatility when he spoke to…

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miamimerchant · 10 months ago

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nickgerlich · 1 year ago

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I fell in love with a sport when I was in grad school at Indiana U. No, it wasn’t football (Indiana always sucks). It wasn’t basketball (even though IU was dominant back then). It wasn’t baseball or tennis. It was soccer, and IU had back-to-back NCAA championships. I went to many matches at the soccer pitch, and became a true fan.

Of course, I need to throw out a sidebar and issue an apology. “Soccer” is what we call it here in the States. The rest of the world calls it football, a far more appropriate moniker given that the players’ feet are making steady contact with the ball. It’s just that we already have a football sport, one in which an oddly-shaped ball is primarily thrown, and only kicked in special occasions.

But I digress.

As a result of my fandom, I went to many pro soccer matches back home in Chicago during the summer. The Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League had lured German star Karl-Heinz Granitza to play for them, and the excitement was palpable.

Alas, even though soccer has been played in the States since the 1850s, and at the pro level since 1968, it has never taken off like the Big Four (football, baseball, basketball, and hockey). Even international stars like Grantiza in the 1980s and Pelé in the 1970s couldn’t propel the sport to national prominence. It mattered not if soccer was played at pro, collegiate, or youth levels, it just couldn’t gain traction. Americans prefer a different kind of sport, one with lots of points, and typically not with the finesse that is common in soccer.

If you have ever experienced watching or playing to a nil-nil draw, you know just how intense the play is, with ball-handling and defense on par with one another. It’s that many Americans find it all too tedious.

But not anymore. Soccer has enjoyed a rise in popularity, thanks to the success of the US Women’s team (and to a much lesser extent, the Men’s team). Better yet, and this is the really big news for soccer, the arrival of Lionel Messi. He captains both the Inter Miami soccer club and the Argentinian national team.

And suddenly, soccer is grabbing headlines. Heck, Inter Miami’s Instagram account has more than 14 million followers, which is more than any professional sports team in the US. Take that, American football and the rest of you wannabes. More than 19,000 fans recently showed up at Toyota Stadium to watch Inter Miami and Messi take on FC Dallas, unprecedented for Cowboy-crazy Dallas.

What really matters for the marketers, though, is not so much how many butts in seats there were, but how many eyeballs were watching on television. Apple TV is enjoying a surge in subscriptions, thanks to its exclusive offering of Major League Soccer. Eyeballs can be advertised to.

Viewership of the US Women’s team in World Cup competition sagged this year, but that may very well have been because of inconvenient kickoff times, and not so much the sport. The time difference between New Zealand and Australia compared to the US was too much for many fans to overcome.

I am thrilled to see soccer finally gaining some level of success in the US. It has taken far too long. It doesn’t mean we should banish the sports that have long been popular here. It just means we need to get another chair for the dinner table. And with a growing Latin American population, for whom soccer is popular in their homelands, the sport is set to surge here now.

Besides, just like with the metric system, the US is the odd man out when it comes to the global arena. It’s high time we join the rest of the world. For the marketers to enjoy all those eyeballs, though, they need more players like Messi to put MLS on that stage. We—that means all of us—need to take the time to learn a little bit about the game, how to appreciate the style of play, and the method to the madness.Just like I did 35 years ago in Indiana.

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mmhaterade · 2 years ago

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The 2023 Hater's Guide to the Midwest Region.

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1. Houston (31-3). While coaching at Indiana from 2006-08, Kelvin Sampson wasn’t just into some hood shit, he was the chairman of hood shit. During his time at Oklahoma, he and his staff were subject to a three year investigation of their recruiting practices, and he was eventually barred from recruiting off campus for a year. After Sampson was hired at Indiana, he turned around and DID THE EXACT SAME THING, then lied to school and NCAA officials regarding his involvement. Sampson’s continued recruitment of an already committed player rankled some Big Ten coaches, especially because said player (Eric Gordon) eventually decommitted from Illinois to attend IU. Whether you call it a firing or a forced resignation (semantics, right), Sampson was hit with a five year show-cause penalty and landed in the NBA. As soon as the show-cause penalty expired, Sampson immediately rejoined the college ranks, hiring his son and daughter into the Houston program as well. Nepotism, baby! Qualifications be damned!

2. Texas (26-8). This school’s motto should be “Unrealized Potential.” Every coach they fire experiences almost immediate success (see Rick Barnes, Shaka Smart). They fired Chris Beard for tuning up his fiance and everyone assumed he would be out of coaching for a few years…NOPE! Ole Miss snatched him up right away. There’s a non-zero chance of a statement being issued which reads in part “We looked into the Chris Beard situation, we did our due diligence, we didn’t not talk to his fiance, we know more about this situation than Chris Beard himself.” When you’re a power conference basketball program barely sniffing relevance, you’ll be more than willing to trade the shred of your remaining integrity to hire a guy who’ll most likely cave his wife’s head in with a blender someday.

3. Xavier (25-9). Xavier is a dollar-store Marquette. They should not be confused with prominent HBCU Xavier University of Louisiana, which is funny because Cincinnatians love them some good old fashioned race riots - in the 21st century!

4. Indiana (22-11). The glory days of this program are so far behind them, one must squint at images broadcast from a VHS tape to remember when they dominated the old Big Ten. The university has continued to punch themselves in the dick with coaching searches: removing an interim tag after one upset (Mike Davis), taking on another university’s problem (Kelvin Sampson), pretending they didn’t know the 2-3 zone from a team WHO PLAYED 100% ZONE DEFENSE (Tom Crean), or chasing fleeting success (Archie Miller). It took Indiana too long to realize Archie was a bargain basement Knight knockoff who couldn’t cut it in a major conference. Mike Woodson has proven Carmel dads know jack shit about coaching; he is a high-level recruiter, his players love him even when being held accountable, and – surprise – he’s taken three of four from Purdue. I don’t know, could they get hot and make a run? Sure…but there’s too much inconsistency, the defense has fallen off a cliff, and they still can��t hit free throws when it matters. So…FINAL FOUR BABY! (I am ready to be hurt again.)

5. Miami (25-7). If you want to know how little people in Miami think of the Hurricanes’ basketball program, here is the perfect anecdote: the university gave up basketball from 1971-1985 and no one even noticed! The best season in their history ended with a 26-point drubbing to Kansas (2022) – even Marquette waited until the Final Four to get hammered by the Jayhawks. Miami also sports a 28-year gap between NCAA tournament appearances, which is still 19 years shorter than Wisconsin’s gap. Have I mentioned we are ecstatic Wisconsin didn’t make the tournament?

6. Iowa State (19-13). Everyone likes UNI, the small, plucky state school who manages to make some occasional noise in the tournament (see 2nd round upset of Kansas in 2012). Iowa, the flagship state institution, gets a lion’s share of the publicity – even if their football team’s offense is stuck in 1897. Meanwhile, here are the Cyclones, the sad middle child everyone forgets is in the room. Even though the Hawkeyes have not made a Sweet 16 since the Clinton administration (Iowa State has been to three in the last decade), they are the first and last name in Iowa sports. The Cyclones could make the Final Four and most Iowans first response would be “Hawkeyes Big Ten Champs in ’24 – book it!”

7. Texas A&M (25-9). Buzz Williams’ blood type is sweet tea and hooker tears. He has always been the opposite of genuine. He preaches loyalty, cohesion, and talks about his programs being family, then packs his bags when things get tough or when he feels like he’s not getting the love from whichever university employs him. He’ll tell you he doesn’t want the Texas job, but he is always angling for something better while being destined to coach in out of the way places (A&M, Virginia Tech) where folks are easily fooled by his aw shucks charm and phony Bible-beating rah-rah bullshit. Texas A&M is basically a JUCO, so Buzz’ recruiting strategy hasn’t changed one bit. He is nothing but a fraud, a snake oil salesman, a charlatan. Buzz always looks like he just finished a dip, a tug, and a Polish sausage in a Wendy’s bathroom.

8. Iowa (19-13). No one is going to accuse the Iowa offense (basketball edition) of being boring – but they will accuse Fran McCaffrey of being an embarrassing malcontent. “Upset” is Fran’s default setting, as noted on the official FRANCON Alert System.

Iowa has yet to make the Sweet 16 during McCaffrey’s tenure. I hope an Auburn player stares him down like he looked at the ref in that Michigan State game. Lighten up, Francis.

9. Auburn (20-12). This is a de facto home game for Bruce Pearl’s completely forgettable squad, which is odd, since I thought only the top four seeds were protected. All Auburn fans look like Joe Dirt, 77% of them own a pair of TruckNutz and at least half are sitting in the wilderness fantasizing about their cousins.

10. Penn State (22-13). The nicest thing I can say about this school is the ratio of molestations has dropped significantly across all of their athletic programs – that we know of. Their football uniforms are classic and regal while the basketball uniforms all came off the rack from a sporting goods store that’s going out of business.

11. Mississippi State (21-12) or Pittsburgh (22-11). Mississippi State is best known for its storied history of not allowing its basketball teams to accept postseason tournament invitations if they would face African-American players. Mississippi was the second state to secede from the U.S. in 1861; if memes existed then, the most likely response would be the one of Jerry Seinfeld eating popcorn while saying “That’s a shame.”

Pittsburgh. #SadPittBearForLife. Other than wanting Greg Elliott to go for 30 points in an NCAA game, I could honestly give two shits about this team, university, or town. Choke on soggy French fries.

12. Drake (27-7). They didn’t sniff the tournament from 1971-72 to 2006-07 and then again from 2009-2021. Woof! They play their home games in a converted port-a-potty cleaning facility (checks notes)...actually, I’m being told it is a sex offender work rehabilitation center. The average age of their starting lineup is 25.3, which basically makes them a YMCA mercenary league team. The last five years of Drake basketball have easily been the best in program history; unfortunately the youngest students who were alive for their only Final Four appearance are now 72.

13. Kent State (28-6). The Golden Flashes are back! Is Akron a nice place to live? Silence, followed by “Yeah?” When I find out someone willingly lives in Akron, my reaction is a not-sarcastic-at-all “I’m sure it’s a wonderful place full of wonderful people.” How many more train derailments need to happen in this state for Akron to become a “Top 5” city? The over/under is a dozen. It doesn’t really say in Kent State’s recruiting materials, but I am confident there is a Golden Showers Enthusiast Club on campus.

14. Kennesaw State (26-8). Their Division II national championship banner from 2004 was found in a storage closet, which is exactly where the newspapers celebrating their first NCAA appearance will be found in twenty years when they make their next appearance. The official university website states “As one of Georgia’s most innovative institutions in teaching and learning…” Who are they kidding? No one teaches shit in Georgia and the most useful information you can glean from their public school system is how to insert store brand hemorrhoid suppositories.

15. Colgate (26-8). Aren’t they better known for their toothpaste? They gave Wisconsin – not a university, but a bar crawl with housing – quite the scare last season. Their Wikipedia page is the saddest thing I have ever seen.

16. Northern Kentucky (22-12). In Indiana, if you don’t know how to shoot a jump shot by the age of 12, you are forced to move to Kentucky. Their team motto? “I back the Dew.”

#march madness #march #college basketball #college sports

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kenttsterling · 2 years ago

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Trayce bows out with class #iubb! #Colts LG Quenton Nelson gets paid! IU Women seek revenge!

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theweirdkidinside03 · 8 months ago

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Beyonce' held tight on top of Countdown Top 40 for the second week with TEXAS HOLD 'EM

TEXAS HOLD 'EM - Beyonce'

we can’t be friends (wait for your love) - Ariana Grande

Lose Control - Teddy Swims

Doctor (Work It Out) - Pharrell Williams & Miley Cyrus

Popular - The Weeknd, Madonna & Playboi Carti

Beautiful Things - Benson Boone

I LUV IT (feat. Playboi Carti) - Camila Cabello

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Never Be The One - Olivia O'Brien

MY MIND - Sarah Geronimo & Billy Crawford

obsessed - Olivia Rodrigo

Training Season - Dua Lipa

Love On - Selena Gomez

Like What (Freestyle) - Cardi B

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Selfish - Justin Timberlake

Ruin - Usher & Pheelz

Deeper Well - Kacey Musgrave

No Angels - Justin Timberlake

MASC (feat. Teezo Touchdown) - Doja Cat

HISS -Megan Thee Stallion

Karma - JoJo Siwa

Love wins all - IU

Friendly Fire - Linkin Park

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Been Like This - Megan Trainor & T-Pain

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Back To You - B1A4

ART - Tyla

B.A.D. (feat. P-Lo) - Denise Julia

Truth or Dare - Tyla

greedy - Tate McRae

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thecollegefootballguy · 3 years ago

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2021 Top Games of the Week: Week 1

Football is back! Week 0 was incredibly boring but Week 1 should more than make up for that. We’ve got a load of interesting games this week that should kick off the season in style. Let’s have a look!

The Top Ten Games of the Week

10. West Virginia at Maryland (Saturday 9/4)

The 10 spot goes to one of the fun rivalry games once again kicking off. West Virginia and Maryland have kept their non-conference rivalry going even as both schools changed conferences in the past 10 years. I hope they keep playing it moving forward. Neither team is expected to contend for their conference, or division in the Terrapins’ case, so winning the rivalry games is #1 on the list for many fans on both sides.

9. Michigan State at Northwestern (Friday 9/3)

The Big Ten is trotting out several conference games to open the season. Michigan State at Northwestern is perhaps the least interesting, but it does feature the defending champions of the West Division. In 2020, the Wildcats came out of nowhere last year to claim their second division title in three years. Meanwhile, the Spartans gutted their way through a season that would have been incredibly disappointing if not for their win over Michigan. Both squads have question marks but with this early conference game we’ll get a better idea where each team stands.

8. #4 Ohio State at Minnesota (Thursday 9/2)

Ohio State is ready to kick off another season with a national championship in their sights. The Buckeyes are quite clearly one of the best teams in the country and expect to go 12-0 or 11-1 at the very worst. Minnesota hasn’t had an opportunity like this is a while. The Gophers are expected to be loaded for bear as they prepare to take the next step forward under P.J. Fleck. Back in 2019, Minnesota defeated #4 Penn State to catapult themselves into a tie with Wisconsin for the West title. I’m sure they have a similar outcome on their minds here for OSU.

7. #16 LSU at UCLA 1-0 (0-0) (Saturday 9/4)

This one is going to hold my attention this weekend. LSU has had a strange two years, going from national champions with potentially the best football team of all time to 5-5 also rans nearly overnight. Sure, they have had time to reload now and the Tigers should be fine, but more than a few eyebrows have been raised already. Meanwhile, UCLA’s long rebuild under Chip Kelly has finally started to bear fruit. The Bruins mauled an overmatched Hawaii squad in week 0. Big deal, the Rainbow Warriors aren’t on the same level as Louisiana State, who will give UCLA a real litmus test to see how far they’ve come. Also it’s cool to see a PAC-SEC matchup, I feel like those conferences have the most infrequent combinations of matchups among the P5 leagues.

6. #10 North Carolina at Virginia Tech (Friday 9/3)

The ACC isn’t quite matching the Big Ten for Week 1 intrigue, but this early bout may have big ramifications on the Coastal race. North Carolina is favored in a race with Miami according to the experts, but things rarely ever go right in this strange division. Virginia Tech are in an awkward position. Things haven’t been going well in Blacksburg lately and fans wanted Justin Fuente fired years ago at this point. It would be a huge opportunity for the Hokies to turn their fortunes around if they can jump on the Tar Heels at home.

5. #23 Louisiana at #21 Texas (Saturday 9/4)

This is a trap game for sure. Steve Sarkisian’s first game as Texas head coach and it’s against a team that made their name last year upsetting regular season Big 12 Champions Iowa State. Louisiana will absolutely give the Longhorns a tougher test than they would normally expect from a G5 program and if they’re not careful UT could faceplant.

4. #17 Indiana at #18 Iowa (Saturday 9/4)

It’s not a sexy matchup in the conventional sense, but you have to give credit where it’s due. Indiana were one of the darlings of the 2020 season. The Hoosiers shocked the world last season with a breakout 6-2 record. With a full season’s worth of games to play now, IU is gunning for double digit wins. Iowa is their usual selves. The Hawkeyes were once again a strong team last year and that should be the case in 2021 as well. Iowa expects to contend for the West Division this year and have to win their cross-division games to give them their best chance at getting to Indianapolis.

3. #19 Penn State at #13 Wisconsin (Saturday 9/4)

The biggest of the Big Ten’s Week 1 matchups sees two of the best programs in the conference square off. Penn State had a bad year in 2020, no other way around saying it. The Nittany Lions need to rebound in 2021 or there will be a lot of question marks surrounding the direction of the program under James Franklin. Wisconsin is their usual selves, meaning the Badgers should once again be one of the top teams in the league but still a step (or two) behind Ohio State. Both Wisconsin and Penn State want to win their respective divisions, a loss in Week 1 would be a crucial setback for either side.

2. #1 Alabama vs #14 Miami FL (Atlanta, GA) (Saturday 9/4)

The defending champions start off the year in a high profile matchup with another high profile team. Miami isn’t quite playing up to their potential just yet, but the Hurricanes are on more solid footing than we’ve seen in a while. Many are expecting another breakthrough season similar to what we saw in 2017. It might not matter either way if the Canes get back to that level. It will be incredibly hard to unseat Alabama. The Crimson Tide are losing a lot of guys from their championship squad, but new faces with similar levels of talent are coming in to replace those who’ve left for the NFL. It feels foolish betting against Bama but a Week 1 loss would be one of the more likely scenarios for a regular season loss at all for the Tide.

1. #5 Georgia at #3 Clemson (Saturday 9/4)

This one is a no-brainer. Georgia and Clemson’s on again-off again rivalry is once again heating back up. The stakes haven’t been this high since the early 80′s, with both the Tigers and Bulldogs attempting to claim national championships this year. UGA is hoping to rebound and reclaim the SEC East after giving it away to Florida last season. The Dawgs are on the short list of 6 or so teams that are aiming to make the Playoff every year. Clemson is one of the other squads on that special list. The Tigers are hosting and may be favored, but we need to be wary of their lack of depth at the QB position. A loss here might not end a Playoff campaign, but it would be a bad start to one as well as a black eye against a regional recruiting rival.

5 G5 Games of the Week

5. Syracuse at Ohio (Saturday 9/4)

Frank Solich unfortunately won’t be the head coach in Athens, but I think his old team is in great position to claim a P5 scalp as hapless Syracuse makes the trek for a rare MAC road date.

4. Marshall at Navy (Saturday 9/4)

Two of the G5′s more consistent brands face off. Marshall is trotting out their first new coach in 15 years while Navy is attempting to spit out the bad taste in their mouths after a disappointing 2020 season.

3. Miami OH at #8 Cincinnati (Saturday 9/4)

The Battle of the Bell is one of FBS football’s oldest rivalries and I love giving it the spotlight. I don’t expect Miami to win of course, while they have been a solid MAC program in the last couple years, the RedHawks aren’t up to the same level as Cincinnati. The Bearcats are favored to repeat as the #1 G5 program in the nation. Cincinnati haven’t lost to their in-state rivals since 2005, giving Miami plenty of reason to try and solve the Cincy defense that gave teams such fits last season.

2. Texas Tech vs Houston (Houston, TX) (Saturday 9/4)

That’s right, Houston was able to call on to upgrade this game to NRG Stadium. The Cougars and Red Raiders are throwing a Southwest Conference reunion party and everybody’s invited. Both Texas Tech and Houston have been struggling lately and this game definitely has high stakes for both programs.

1. Boise State at UCF (Saturday 9/4)

Two of the G5′s biggest brands face off as Boise State travels to the Bounce House to take on UCF. The stakes are obvious: the winner here will be the G5′s #2 option after Cincinnati moving forward through the season.

FCS Games of the Week

5. #14 Central Arkansas at Arkansas State (Saturday 9/4)

More likely to happen than you might imagine. Arkansas State moved on from coach Blake Anderson at the end of 2020 and Butch Jones (yeah) needs time to get things set. Central Arkansas has an opportunity to knock off their big brother in Jonesboro.

4. #9 Montana at #20 Washington (Saturday 9/4)

It’s the revival of an ancient PCC series dating back to the 1950′s. Montana will certainly be an underdog against a Washington squad that technically did win the PAC-12 North last year.

3. #21 Northern Iowa at #7 Iowa State (Saturday 9/4)

Iowa State has moved mountains to become this good, but the Cyclones aren’t impervious to upsets as last year showed us. Northern Iowa has their own chance to knock off big brother.

2. #6 Weber State at #24 Utah (Thursday 9/2)

This one should be tough no matter how good Weber State is. The Utes’ physical game will be tough for the Wildcats to overcome, but they’ll take their shot at glory no matter what.

1. #10 Jacksonville State vs UAB (Montgomery, AL) (Wednesday 9/1)

Now this is cool, an FBS-FCS game played at a neutral site. I love to see matchups like this. UAB is one of the best G5 programs of the last 5 years while Jacksonville State is one of the most consistent FCS squads in the deep South.

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Games & Canon

I was having a talk with someone about the Elder Scrolls, and a weird topic cropped up: video games as a medium have kind of a weird relationship with their own canon. Every medium has a certain degree of separation from the “real”, intended form of the story and its setting, for instance a movie having cheap/bad effects, but games are the only one I can think of where they routinely depict things that are just straight up wrong or not actually present, where the work can essentially be non-canon to itself, either through technical/developmental limitations or conceits of the medium/genre/etc. The Elder Scrolls is a good example, because Tamriel is implied to be a much larger, fuller world than we’re shown. The Imperial City having more than a handful of buildings, or there being more bandits than citizens in Skyrim. Obviously the technology to really show the world they want to in a AAA format just isn’t there yet and certainly wasn’t there for older entries in the franchise, but it goes beyond that, especially for the fandom. There’s a sizable contingent of TES fans who hold that the games only get the broadest strokes right, with most of the “actual” timeline of events playing out fairly differently. For instance, assuming that the player characters not only don’t do every possible quest available to them but rather do very few outside their main stories, with most of them being done by unnamed third parties or simply going unresolved. Magic is another bugbear that seems to be contentious, with in-universe descriptions of learning and casting often sounding not at all like what we do in the game. Of course there are people who take it too far and say that nothing in the games is representative of the truth, or go the opposite route and say that the games are the only canon that matters and any IU sources or word of god are unreliable. That’s a little complicated in the case of TES because there are a lot of implications that the quirks of the medium *do* exist in universe to some extent, but the ambiguity is enough that debate can be had Respawns/extra lives/reloading is a medium conceit that is an integral part of most games, but probably not actually how things work in universe. Something like Hotline Miami where death is constant and restarts frequent, but where in the true form of the story Jacket never dies. Same for Doomguy, Laura Croft, Leon Kennedy, really any character where the narrative doesn’t acknowledge their deaths. Some games have settings/canon loose enough and cartoony enough that you really can’t tell if something like a 1up or extra life is something that actually exists in universe or not, and some do actually make some effort to explain death not being the end for you and incorporate it into the setting. For example, bonfires from Dark Souls or the new-U stations in Borderlands. Except that last one isn’t actually true, because for some reason Gearbox not only went out of their way to make an IU explanation for respawning, but drew attention to it with bright colors and constant quips. You even know who in-world makes them! But then they decided that they don’t actually exist and that you never really died throughout the whole trilogy. It’s largely to circumvent questions about certain plot points and make character deaths feel substantial, but it just strikes as a really bizarre move that again raises the question of where the fuck canon begins and ends.

On a similar vein, anyone who’s ever played a JRPG, particularly the more old school ones, will know the slight dissonance and frustration of having items and services that can resurrect your dead (and I mean definitely telegraphed as dead, following behind you in a coffin dead) party members only to be confronted with an NPC death that’s treated as a big deal. Like Sephiroth stabbing Aeris kills her for real, but him stabbing Cloud to death in their later fight is an easy fix. There was a game I don’t recall the name of where you have to help a king who’s dying. Dying of what, you ask? Why, snake venom. But none of the fistfuls of antidote I was carrying when I met him could quite do the trick.

I once got into an argument with someone over whether or not the For Honor setting had magic. I said no, not really, but they insisted that it did, because of the various energy effect cosmetics, emotes,etc. I said that those were clearly not actually things happening in the game, just decorative gewgaws to show off your character, but he said that they very much were real things happening in the game because they *do* happen in the game and nothing ever contradicts that. And I couldn’t really argue with him. Why say one cosmetic is invalid pseudo-canon but not others? Things like that, elements of the systems/mechanics of games that aren’t totally abstracted from the world and thus could be canon, I don’t know what to think about.

#long post #video games #canon #essay?#elder scrolls #borderlands #For Honor #meta #ludonarrative dissonance

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Do you have any idol! au to recommend? They’re my favorite!

hi there love, yes! I do have recommendations for you, checking my ficshelf and current reads ~ turns out I have read (and saved) one too many fics in that universe, btw I will be separating this in two categories ~ idol!bangtan & idol!reader ~ I hope you enjoy reading the stories I listed here (under the cut)!

p.s. I tried my best to limit the recs jasdhfkjsfgasjbhsadfghasdfs uggghhhhh there’s just so many good idol!au reads out there T_T ❤️ | 🍒

Idol!Bangtan~

❥ The Fitting by @noona-la-la-la ➴ Idol / Stylist!AU | Jungkook x Reader | Series➴ The younger Jungkook has a workplace crush on you, but you let the flattery get to you and make a proposition you can’t take back.

❥ If You’re Struggling Like I Am by @btssavedmylifeblr ➴ Idol / Lovers!AU | Jungkook x Reader | Series➴ You are hired as a makeup artist for BigHit working with BTS. You are older than all of them, yet, despite your best efforts, you find yourself slowly falling in love with the youngest member.

❥ Physcom by @teawithkpop ➴ Idol / Sex Worker!AU | OT7 x Reader | Series➴ AU where live-in Physical Companions are provided to k-pop groups so the members can relieve their sexual related stress and tension - around their busy schedules, of course. You are one such “PhysCom”. However, complications arise when the BTS members start harboring romantic feelings for you. Feelings you’re not sure you can reject with any believable amount of conviction. Such a scandal could result in getting both you and them fired and exposed, ruining any future career options for all parties involved… it turns out the “com” in PhysCom might as well stand for complications.

❥ See You @gimmesumsuga ➴ Idol / Fan!AU | Taehyung x Reader | Two-Shot➴ The one where Taehyung notices you at a concert, and can’t help but want to see you again.

❥ Side to Side by @forgottenpasta ➴ Idol / Therapist!AU | Jimin x Reader | One-Shot➴ Jimin loves massages and as his physical therapist, it’s your duty to help him relax. Even if it means blurring professional boundaries and going a little too deep with your “hands-on” approach.

❥ Maid for You by @forgottenpasta ➴ Idol / Maid!AU | Taehyung x Reader x Jungkook | One-Shot➴ As Bangtan’s dorm maid you’re expected to be professional, your identity anonymous. Until Jeongguk finds you on your knees beside his bed, with his Rolex in your hand.

❥ Baby, You’re Bad by @forgottenpasta ➴ Idol / Sperm-Donor / Pregnancy!AU | Yoongi x Reader | Series➴ A drunken, pre-debut mistake comes back to haunt Yoongi when years later you turn up pregnant from the sperm he donated when he was a broke, underground rapper.

❥ Seven Days a Week Series by @forgottenpasta ➴ Idol / Poly!AU | OT7 x Reader (Individual) | Series➴ Each day of the week was reserved for one member: Jimin on Mondays, Namjoon on Tuesdays, Hoseok on Wednesdays, Seokjin on Thursdays, Taehyung on Fridays, Jeongguk on Saturdays and Yoongi on Sundays.➴ Sunday | Yoongi ⇢ But when you accidentally ditch a Sunday night date with the rapper, things go downhill faster than you’d anticipated.➴ Wednesday | Hoseok ⇢ Juggling a relationship with seven boys was difficult on its own. Add to that your insecurities, your mother’s disapproval and Hoseok forgetting your anniversary and you had the makings of the worst Wednesday ever. (…Or the best Wednesday ever?)

❥ What’s Mine is Mine by @avveh ➴ Idol / Fan!AU | Jungkook x Reader | One-Shot➴ You caught his eye from day one. As far as Jungkook was concerned, you were always meant to be his.

❥ Comfort Inn Ending by @joonbird ➴ Idol / Exes!AU | Jungkook x Reader | Series➴ “It was you who Jungkook gave his heart to- that is until the day you broke it. And it is you now, hoping that some faultlines can be repaired and that some broken hearts can be put back together again.”

❥ Temptation by @yminie ➴ Idol / Poly!AU | OT7 x Reader | Series➴ Sleeping Temptation | Yoongi + Jimin ⇢ Yoongi and Jimin come home to find you asleep on the couch. To say they were happy they beat the other members back would be an understatement. ➴ Waking Temptation | Namjoon + Hoseok + Taehyung ⇢ Hoseok, Taehyung and Namjoon are home, and you’re not asleep anymore. ➴ Sweeter Temptation | Seokjin ⇢ After an eventful evening, it’s the morning after and Jin’s there to take care of you.➴ Breaking Temptation | Jungkook ⇢ Jungkook ditches movie night for other activities, and you’re not impressed.

❥ Cum by @honeymoonjin ➴ Idol!AU | OT7 x Reader | Two-Shot➴ An episode of Run! BTS in which the seven members compete to see who can make you cum first.

❥ Reminiscence by fringesofsanity➴ Idol / Ex-Flame!AU | Taehyung x Reader | Series➴ At your husband’s cafe-restaurant Reminisce, customers wine and dine to recall fond memories of the past. It’s always been a happy place for you and your family of three. Until a certain VIP guest scratches memories of a secret rendezvous years back in Miami.

❥ Effervescence by fringesofsanity➴ Idol / Ex-Flame!AU | Taehyung x Reader | Series➴ Just like the fizz of a cola on a hot summer’s day, your encounter with Taehyung is short but sparkly sweet.

Getting married in three months, you and your girls attend Ultra Miami to cap your single life, a final hurrah of some sort. What you didn’t expect is meeting a beguiling boy with a boxy smile who gives you a festival you’ll forever reminisce.

❥ Kissing Fire by @jksmoongf ➴ Idol / Infidelity!AU | Jungkook x Reader | Series➴ It always feels like there is only one person in the world to love. And then you find somebody else.

❥ Hyung, Open the Door by @gotmetalkinginmysleep ➴ Idol / Lovers!AU | Yoongi x Reader x Taehyung x Jungkook | One-Shot➴ You’ve been keeping the boys awake with your moaning for months thanks to Yoongi. Tae and Jungkook want to find out why.

❥ Don’t Swallow by @gotmetalkinginmysleep ➴ Idol / Lovers!AU | Taehyung x Reader x ??? | One-Shot➴ Admitting your inner thoughts with your partner wasn’t a sensible idea.

Idol!Reader ~

❥ Aperture by @maliby➴ Fanboy / Idol!AU | Taehyung x Reader | One-Shot➴ You met Taehyung at a fan sign and you knew right away that he was trouble, are you willing to risk it all for a fan?

❥ Nymphet Garden by @re-sugance & @sugarcookiesandsins ➴ Fanboy / Idol!AU | OT7 x Reader | Series➴ He was just a fanboy, they got dragged into it, and so blooms your love story.

❥ Limerence by @kaitaekook➴ Idol x Idol!AU | Jungkook x Reader | One-Shot➴ Idol life has given Jungkook his share of blessings and curses but he wasn’t quite sure where you fell. The only thing he is certain of is that he likes you more than IU - way more.

❥ Heaven by @gamerguk➴ Manager / Idol!AU | Namjoon x Reader | Series➴ Being a part of the world’s biggest girl group had its struggles, especially when your members could barely stand the sight of you. it’s not all bad though, at least your manager, Namjoon, is always available to comfort in any way you need him to.

#answered #tete-a-tete #anon #recs from hell #rfh:ot7 #rfh:knj #rfh:ksj #rfh:myg #rfh:jhs #rfh:pjm #rfh:kth #rfh:jjk #tbh I have way too many idol!au fics on my list #you can check the ficshelf for more love!#also @forgottenpasta is definitely my favorite idol!au writer and it shows #brb off to read the rest of her works #bb if you're reading this luv you sorry for too many @ tags ghsajdfghjsdgfjkhdsfgjksd #I have listed my super faves here i hope you'll love them #also all the idol!reader ones are crazy good as well <3

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