#espy plays games

[espytalks]

had a "this is fine" day today. played a game, felt like shit, the house is a mess, but i just left it cause i just didn't fuckin care today.

went down the hall to get a drink, and i just had it. i cleaned the kitchen, made sweet tea, and picked up my dog's mess they made this morning. so now i'm kinda just sitting down now just taking in the fact i just solved my problem in like 30 minutes, and now it's like there wasn't a thing to be depressed about at all and i was just faking it or something.

also, ori's sequel is better. better gameplay, and i like the story better. Might go and completionist it, cause it was pretty fun. I think the biggest improvement is the chase sequences. they're still a thing in the game, but i felt less frustrated with em. I think they made em more forgiving? Or I'm just a better gamer now, even though i havent played a game like it in like a year? And they added boss fights which is cool. The spider fight was my favorite, cause the animation was fun, and the rhythm of the fight was satisfying, and the last phase played with the darkness mechanic in a really cool way.

[espithewarlock]

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[fruitbasketball]

lol Caitlin has used her platform to shine a light on all the black women who pioneered the sport, and actually done so by name, unlike Paige who made a vague statement one time and has never spoken up again

and idk where you get she’s entitled, it seems like all she’s ever wanted to do is win a championship which is what every player in college wants to do. she doesn’t seem remotely concerned with personal accolades, unlike other programs overly concerned with their player being NPOY despite not actually earning it

oh rightttt like that time they asked her on national television if race played a factor in the media’s treatment of her versus their treatment of angel reese and she… didn’t answer the question, right?

or the time that sheryl swoopes (one of those black women who pioneered the sport) was being attacked by her fans, and caitlin blocked everyone on twitter reminding her that her fans are racist? she did a great job shining a light on black women then!

i just feel like we watched different espys speeches, because i remember a 19 year old paige bueckers getting on national television, recognizing that she’s a white woman in a black led sport, and NAME DROPPING black women who deserved/deserve media attention, like maya moore and odyssey alexander, as well as speaking out against police brutality by mentioning breonna taylor.

and maybe we’re a little new to this and we don’t know ball, but if you’ve been following women’s college basketball for the past 4 years, you would know that instance is not a one off, because paige has been speaking out for the black community for years.

what y’all aren’t realizing is that racism is not just calling her teammates slurs or saying she hates black people or shit like that - it’s a refusal to acknowledge that racism exists in the first place.

and don’t play fucking dumb. by entitled i mean the whole “im caitlin clark give me that whistle”. fuck outta here w that ‘npoy but hasn’t earned it’. lisa bluder consistently touts that she has “the best player in the country” or “in the world”. i know that’s a dig at geno, so let’s get one thing fucking straight: paige is the best player in america. and when you have 11 fucking rings, you have every right to get up on a presser and say that. you might not think so, because your very narrow minded view of the game probably cleared the rest of the stat sheet except for points. paige came back from a fucking acl tear and she’s still a first team all american, and she’s a wade and naismith trophy finalist. she fills the stat sheet in every single thing except turnovers and personal fouls, and she does it on ridiculous efficiency. she makes her teammates better, and dawn staley herself has said she’s the most elite player to ever play the game.

do not piss me off with this bullshit

[the-football-chick]

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson won the ESPY a couple weeks ago for this "Best Play." It was a great play against the Chiefs in the AFC title game , but I think there were some better plays than this last season.

[nicky35]

Since Azzi is still at home, do you think she will go to the ESPYs with Paige? Do you think she's more likely taking Nika?

I would say 50/50 on if Azzi goes. I know she probably would want to go and support Paige, but that event will be watched by a lot of the weird nba twitter guys and I'm sure she's trying to spend as much time with family right now since they only have a few weeks off.

I'm also 50/50 on Nika cause she has a game on Friday in Seattle and Britt could've been talking about her tunnel fits. But, Nika probably won't play in a game vs the Lynx, so I could see her flying down for the night since it's only a few hours.

We shall see soon. Can't wait to see the fit.

[leveloneandup]

denisewhite_eag This is much larger than an award on a stage. I have watched Christen Press fight this fight of gender equality and equal pay for almost as long as I have been working for her , which is near a decade. I have watched the countless hours , the fight , the long days , hard conversations , all while playing at a level that brought her two National Championships and a Bronze Medal at the Olympics ..The unwillingness to never give up in something she believes in . You all got to witness Christen Press and her teammates be awarded the honor of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs but that moment was much bigger of a moment to me . A culmination of so much more .A moment rightfully deserved but the hard work to get there is what I'm most proud of her for . I'm beyond proud. This is why I love my job . The impact she has made on the history of women's sports is game changing ! Congrats to my ⭐️. Only you know just how proud I am .

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Will the ESPYs be the Final Curtain? by u/BELAIRFOX

Will the ESPY’s be the Final Curtain? Just over a year ago, Omid Scobie informed the media of the New York “High Speed Car Chase.” The fantasy was eagerly picked up and broadcast by CNN and National Network News. All of them had to clean egg off their faces when NYPD, the Angry Mayor, and the Laughing Cab Driver all debunked the story. Then came “End Game” which turned out to be the End of Scobie’s “career.” Harry was ridiculed both for accepting the Legend of Aviation Award when he is not in fact a Pilot, and his arrogance and put-down of John Travolta. Harry forging ahead, over the objections of Pat Tillman’s Mother, to accept a Hero Award for founding an organization that does nothing for American veterans, has caused widespread outrage. It will be very interesting to see how this plays out. post link: https://ift.tt/5I3joaJ author: BELAIRFOX submitted: July 04, 2024 at 05:17AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[azzifudd]

I have a feeling they’ll reunite either this weekend or next week, I assume that’s when P heads to seattle before the ESPYs but who knows lol

Seattle has a bunch of games coming up and going to any will be fun but I have to pick and I just am indecisive bc I think it would be great if I happen to be at the one P goes too or P&A 😂

ooh yeah the upcoming home stand is crazy! twice against chicago in a row and then the aces. maybe they'll wanna see angel play, or kate again 😳

[thankyouforthememoriesworld]

Some Key Dates/Locations [for everyone's convenience]

Aces play Mystics in DC tomorrow - I could see P wanting to go to this one.

Seattle: Storm a six game home stretch from July 1 to 14 so probably when Paige will show up. Azzi tends to go to Vancouver at the end of one month/beginning of next month I've noticed. She went late April/Early May and then again Early June. So I'm guessing she has monthly appointments.

LA: ESPYs are July 11th. The panel is July 12th. I imagine lots of NIL stuff during this time and training.

Montana visit the week after ESPYs or maybe after Phoenix: All Stars which is July 19-20th.

DMV visit: Azzi's Camp in DMV is July 27 and 28.

Atlanta hosts Overtime Select event that starts August 3-7. Paige mentioned Overtime Select during that Jada Live.

The unknown date is SC30 Select Camp - Steph has Olympics warm ups and the games that will keep him busy July 10 - August 10 (probably right after July 4 to get training in) so I don't know if/when that will happen but I don't see it happening in July and instead in August when he gets back. I imagine Azzi will have another trip to Vancouver before heading to Minnesota.

Minnesota State Fair: Aug 22 – Sep 2. I imagine camping at Azzi's grandparents cabin will be beforehand and then probably end with the Fair before transitioning back to UConn. I could also see them going to the August 15th Lynx vs Mystics game in Minnesota before heading north to the campground and then coming back for the fair before flying out.

UConn move in August 22-25. Fall Semester starts on August 26.

Full Schedule for the season is in September.

Media Day (Both UConn and Big East) and First Night is October.

I LOVE YOU FOR THIS

[espytalks]

i kinda wish there was a way to gift away digitally purchased games when i'm done with them. i have a handful of games on steam that are one and done experiences, or are games i just didn't like much, and i'm not gonna play them anymore.

like, i'd gladly give away my license to use the game to someone else, like a friend of mine, if i could. You can let people borrow physical copies of games, so why not digitals?

[m39]

Decade of DOOMstruction(2000s): 8-9 maps WADs

One thing I noticed about episode replacements is that these are always made for Doom I. Seriously, it’s like moths flying to the nearest light source. That and in at least 8/10 cases they pay homage to the first episode from what I’ve seen.

But anyway, here are the best episode replacements for the classic Doom games.

VANILLA

2000 – THE CLASSIC EPISODE

Let me tell you now, that if you enjoy homages to KDitD, you will enjoy this WAD. If you are like me and expect something more from these, you can skip it.

One of the biggest restrictions in making Doom I WADs is the much smaller amount of enemy types, with this game having only one high-tier and one mid-tier enemy with the rest feeling like cannon fodder, where only hitscanners have a chance to hit you if you are a god of dodging. And this WAD suffers from it, with encounters being either boring or tiring due to having a small amount of rockets and cells until around the second half of E2M7.

Other than fights, it’s basically (and probably mostly) a bizzaro E1 – simple, yet abstract locations and rather simple to play through maps, with maybe one or two moments where you get stuck if you are an idiot like me and miss an important switch right next to you.

2002 – CH RETRO EPISODE

This WAD gave me a better experience than the last one since it doesn’t feel like it overstays its welcome until around the second half/ last third and it doesn’t have tiring encounters with cacos and barons; just boring and, sometimes, annoying ones.

Still, it’s basically another E1-based episode replacement that doesn’t really add anything significantly memorable.

2004 – PHOBOS REVISITED

I think this WAD might be the best one by far. Taking the foundations of the original episode and flipping some of its concepts upside down, giving it a fresh experience to the familiar locations, utilizing original secret areas as regular ones, and also making it harder and better looking (it’s still rather easy though).

Out of all the vanilla WADs in this category (at least the ones that I replayed now), I would say to try at least this one. This one is good.

2008 – BACK TO BASICS

While better WAD than Ruma, primarily due to having no new, piss-poor sound effects, I’m still not fond of Espi’s level design.

While I appreciate how it is not yet another E1 reference WAD like the previous one and how it manages to do some tricks with the engine on vanilla restrictions, it still suffers from the boring and (occasionally) tiring fights with Doom I’s limited bestiary (although the fights didn’t feel as boring as the previous WADs), added with infuriating backtracking that I feel like it forces you to go through at least half of the map per one just to open a colored door/press another switch. Topped with some of the secrets being annoying to grab due to forced SR40/50 straferunning and the fact that you are forced to pistol start the final map because fuck you and your BFG.

While I still recommend playing this WAD (if at least for the secret map that is), I don’t think it’s worth playing further after E2M7.

WINNER

Let’s cut to the chase, people – Phobos Revisited earns the first GoldenSpider Nest award for the best episode replacement of the decade. It’s kind of hilarious how the vanilla WAD that references Knee-Deep in the Dead the most in the one that gave the most fun.

Even though I am not that fond of the rest of the WADs, I must choose the runner-up. And for me, it’s the CH Retro Episode that deserves to get this title. Back to Basics might be better than that WAD, but at least CHRE wasn’t as frustrating as BtB.

Now, let’s move on to the second half of this category.

SOURCE PORT

Let’s hope that the following WADs will give me more fun than the previous ones.

2003 – PHOBOS: ANOMALY REBORN

And we immediately start off with a bang.

This WAD has some of the most gorgeous maps ever created in the 2000s; made even more impressive that it looked like it was all made with nothing BUT Doom I stock textures. It all looks insane.

It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, though. Many encounters have a hard time living up to the standard of being actually fun, rather than being forced to fight barons with shotgun/chaingun, fighting hitscanners with next to no cover, or just being straight-up boring.

It’s not as great as it was when I first played it, but it's still a good WAD worth checking out, especially for its design and interaction with the environment.

2006 – THE CLASSIC EPISODE PART 2

A sequel to the original Classic Episode WAD, made by the same guy, and it’s at least 100% better than the original. Having a hub map that gets more corrupted when you reach it for the last time is great, along with encounters feeling much less boring, tiring, and (to some degree) annoying. And as for the complexity level of the maps, I guess it’s somewhere around the same level as the previous WAD, AKA not that much.

This one is worth checking out.

2009 – MAPGAME

Another, pretty solid WAD IMO. It kind of spices up the gameplay by switching the chaingun with a projectiles-based flare gun, and transforming spider mastermind into a much weaker turret (it’s still a hitscanner but at least it’s something fresh in the roster), but aside from these, it’s a rather standard E1 replacement with pretty locations (not as pretty as PAR though). That’s all I have to say for this WAD.

WINNER

And now, it looks like I have a problem since all of the WADs are good, but not really amazing. I would gladly give the second Golden Spider Nest award for Phobos AR, but then I am reminded that fun shouldn’t be hindered by pretty locations. So, ultimately, I give the award for Mapgame, and the other two WADs get named runners-up.

Now that I’m done with episode replacements, I can only hope that I’ll finally play some Doom II stuff in the next category.

I’ll see you then.

[bballlvr8]

(not to make this about paige) but that is exactly why paige has always uplifted black women and people. like in her espys speech she talked about how black women in sports don’t get enough media coverage and it’s true. aaliyah has had an amazing rookie season and she’s gotten some recognize but definitely not nearly as much as nika. don’t want this to sound like nika hate but nika hasn’t even really played. aaliyah has been doing amazing on the mystics. got a double double the other day. just goes to show unfortunately black women don’t get as much media exposure they deserve. lili is a phenomenal player and i hope she gets more recognition for it.

they definitely don’t get as much attention as they deserve and It definitely upsets me a lot because the WNBA was built on the back of black women and it’s like a league that was built by us. Y’all can’t even give us a recognition that we deserve.

She is such a phenomenal player and her game is only going to elevate more to the point that nobody has a choice but to talk about her like we’re gonna get there and I’m gonna be so happy for her.

[likeniobe]

andrew marvell, "the nymph complaining for the death of her fawn"

The wanton troopers riding by Have shot my fawn, and it will die. Ungentle men! they cannot thrive To kill thee. Thou ne’er didst alive Them any harm, alas, nor could Thy death yet do them any good. I’m sure I never wish’d them ill, Nor do I for all this, nor will; But if my simple pray’rs may yet Prevail with Heaven to forget Thy murder, I will join my tears Rather than fail. But oh, my fears! It cannot die so. Heaven’s King Keeps register of everything, And nothing may we use in vain. Ev’n beasts must be with justice slain, Else men are made their deodands; Though they should wash their guilty hands In this warm life-blood, which doth part From thine, and wound me to the heart, Yet could they not be clean, their stain Is dyed in such a purple grain. There is not such another in The world to offer for their sin.

Unconstant Sylvio, when yet I had not found him counterfeit One morning (I remember well) Tied in this silver chain and bell, Gave it to me; nay, and I know What he said then; I’m sure I do. Said he, “Look how your huntsman here Hath taught a fawn to hunt his dear.” But Sylvio soon had me beguil’d, This waxed tame, while he grew wild; And quite regardless of my smart, Left me his fawn, but took his heart.

Thenceforth I set myself to play My solitary time away, With this, and very well content Could so mine idle life have spent; For it was full of sport, and light Of foot and heart, and did invite Me to its game; it seem’d to bless Itself in me. How could I less Than love it? Oh, I cannot be Unkind t’ a beast that loveth me.

Had it liv’d long, I do not know Whether it too might have done so As Sylvio did; his gifts might be Perhaps as false or more than he. But I am sure, for aught that I Could in so short a time espy, Thy love was far more better then The love of false and cruel men.

With sweetest milk and sugar first I it at mine own fingers nurst; And as it grew, so every day It wax’d more white and sweet than they. It had so sweet a breath! And oft I blush’d to see its foot more soft And white, shall I say than my hand? Nay, any lady’s of the land.

It is a wond’rous thing how fleet ’Twas on those little silver feet; With what a pretty skipping grace It oft would challenge me the race; And when ’t had left me far away, ’Twould stay, and run again, and stay, For it was nimbler much than hinds, And trod, as on the four winds.

I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown And lilies, that you would it guess To be a little wilderness; And all the spring time of the year It only loved to be there. Among the beds of lilies I Have sought it oft, where it should lie; Yet could not, till itself would rise, Find it, although before mine eyes; For, in the flaxen lilies’ shade, It like a bank of lilies laid. Upon the roses it would feed Until its lips ev’n seemed to bleed, And then to me ’twould boldly trip And print those roses on my lip. But all its chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold. Had it liv’d long it would have been Lilies without, roses within.

O help, O help! I see it faint, And die as calmly as a saint. See how it weeps! The tears do come, Sad, slowly dropping like a gum. So weeps the wounded balsam, so The holy frankincense doth flow; The brotherless Heliades Melt in such amber tears as these.

I in a golden vial will Keep these two crystal tears, and fill It till it do o’erflow with mine, Then place it in Diana’s shrine.

Now my sweet fawn is vanish’d to Whither the swans and turtles go, In fair Elysium to endure With milk-white lambs and ermines pure. O do not run too fast, for I Will but bespeak thy grave, and die.

First my unhappy statue shall Be cut in marble, and withal Let it be weeping too; but there Th’ engraver sure his art may spare, For I so truly thee bemoan That I shall weep though I be stone; Until my tears, still dropping, wear My breast, themselves engraving there. There at my feet shalt thou be laid, Of purest alabaster made; For I would have thine image be White as I can, though not as thee.

[merrock]

PLAY SOME VOLLEYBALL!

The teams for the volleyball game that will be held on Saturday, August 26th are as follows:

TEAM BARRACUDA

Landon Nor, Benedict Hartman, Joshua Lane, Kenney Warren, Jamie Mariadaga-Evans, Iris Xanthe, Choi Jaesung, Tommy Maddox, Spender Lawrence, Joella Suh, Jason Browning, Jayla Hopkins, Kellan Newman, Elise Quinn, Harley Hua, Rian Rivera, Darrius Powell, Vincent Matthews

TEAM STINGRAY

Izzy Romero, Miranda Hartman, Rafael Bardales, Valentina Diaz, Amina Zaidi, Espie Tamayo, Reyna Delgadillo, Nari Gim, Olivia Hartman, Trey Wright, Corrine Khang, Libby Stewart, Cordelia Browning, Garrick Velour, Chloe Nwokobia, Bryan Lawrence, Emeline Newman

Be at the volleyball net by 3PM EST on Saturday to be sure to get your head in the game! We'll be announcing winners that day, as well!

[wadbot]

tom19.wad: Time Of Maps - Part 1 MAP01 (368, 784, 96) Author: TimeOfDeath (Chris Balch) Date: 2009-09-27 Description: TOM is a boom compatible wad that uses only doom2 format line actions (except some boom light transfers) and sector effects. -complevel 9 in PrBoom-Plus is required for some rising stairs and "floor lower to 8 above highest floor" behaviour. Some maps don't work properly in ZDoom. This isn't intended to be a traditional map set. Instead, it's a compilation of random maps and mapping experiments (for me) with random themes that are sorted by date (mostly), rather than difficulty. Each map is intended to be learned and memorized from a pistol start and recorded on for max runs (not all maps also have an intended speed route). I imagine playing most of these maps without learning them would probably be pretty annoying. The point of the maps is to learn them, plan a route, and record a demo as fast as you can. Most of the maps are bfg-oriented or rocket/plasma-oriented and most people probably won't like the gameplay. Most of the maps are remakes of levels from other games. All of the remakes were built by looking around in-game in the original levels, counting floor and wall tiles to figure out heights and lengths, standing in corners and seeing where other corners line up, using a ruler and the in-game map to figure out general room sizes, etc. The Quake remakes were also built that way (I didn't look in a Quake editor). Though, there are still differences in appearance between the originals and remakes. If you're a fan of any of the games I did remakes of, I think it could be cool to check out these maps even if you don't like the gameplay (play on skill 3 - hurt me plenty - to play the maps without monsters). Intended to be played with these options, if you want: CATEGORY 1 (INTENDED) - prboom-plus 2.5.0.1+ - kills/items/secrets/timer HUD (with "smart totals" turned off) - any resolution + uncapped fps - custom key config for weapons - -longtics - no TAS features (unless you specify your demo is TAS) - turn180 if you use keyboard only CATEGORY 2 - zdoom - freelook + jumping turned on - infinitely tall actors turned off - no bfg aiming - custom key config for weapons - no crouch My key config in PrBoom-Plus is: WASD movement, M1 fire, SHIFT shotgun, R chaingun, Q rocket, E plasma, F bfg, SPACE use, ALT strafe on, MOUSE turning (sometimes arrow keys with my right hand for long sr50) My key config in ZDoom is: WASD movement, M1 fire, M2 jump, Q prev weap, E next weap, SPACE use, ALT strafe on, SHIFT center view, always mouselook, never auto-aim, no BFG aiming, dot crosshair. ///////////// // MAPLIST // ///////////// MAP01 - released April 7, 2009 Don't wake up the revenants MAP02 - released April 12, 2009 Silent Hill 2 remake of the first part of Rosewater Park MAP03 - released April 16, 2009 Silent Hill 2 remake of the start area MAP04 - released April 22, 2009 Silent Hill 2 remake of the Courtyard in the Woodside Apartments MAP05 - released April 26, 2009 Doesn't work in ZDoom MAP06 - released May 11, 2009 Doom2 format version of smedley.wad. Doom2.wad map01 remake built from scratch (no copy/pasting) exactly like the original, with some new areas. A secret area is a remake of the starting room and a hallway in Quake E3M3. Rocket jumping is required to reach that secret area in ZDoom. MAP07 - released May 19, 2009 Quake E3M4 remake of the first room MAP08 - released May 27, 2009 Doom2 format version of first part of dekutree.wad. Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake of Inside the Deku Tree. MAP09 - released July 2, 2009 Doom2 format version of second part of dekutree.wad. Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake of Inside the Deku Tree. MAP10 - released July 3, 2009 Doom2 format version of last part of dekutree.wad. Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake of Inside the Deku Tree. MAP11 - released July 18, 2009 For practising 2-bfg-shot kills on cybers and long sr50. Similar design to Espi's pe.wad MAP12 - released June 6, 2009 Doom.wad E1M1 remake from memory, after not having played/seen the original map in about 1 year, with doom2 monsters. It was Creaphis' idea. Also appears in e1m1mem.zip, e1m1mem2.wad map01. MAP13 - released March 6, 2009 Doom2 format + single player version of my 2 sectors deathmatch map in 2sector.wad (map07) from July 2006. Originally released as seaburt.wad in March 2009 MAP14 - released July 30, 2009 Doom2 format version of map27 from chips19.wad. Remake of level 27 from Chip's Challenge. Also turned out to be a 1024-style map. MAP15 - released July 16, 2009 Doom2 format version of my first five maps put into one map. The original maps are from dib28a.wad and were made in 2005 MAP16 - released September 1, 2009 My attempt at making an Oblige-like map from scratch. MAP29 - demo map Map28 from dib28a.wad. My unfinished attempt at making cave architecture from 2006. MAP30 - released September 20, 2009 A map with 2 sectors that will certainly be hated by most, if not all. MAP31 - released July 30, 2009 Map11 with the cybers facing you. MAP32 - released July 30, 2009 Doom2 format version of two of the last rooms from flanagan.wad. Also shows a Doom "bug" (?) where you can walk through certain impassible walls if your map takes up 32768 units or more, either south-north or west-east. Doesn't work in ZDoom.

[female-buckets]

I feel like Caitlin stands a chance of the BG effect because she has the aspects of her game we haven’t really seen before in the women’s game, like BG’s dunking. That gets the simpletons. But we’ll see. BG also won a championship the year after she was drafted, we’ll see if Caitlin can do the same. Seems tough with super teams and all, but hey Seattle and Aces had a lot of success with back to back #1 picks

What does Caitlin do that we haven't seen in the WNBA? We've had plenty of players who shoot high volume and make long range shots. We've had plenty of big guards.

Honestly I think the next thing for guard play is even bigger guards like Dewanna Bonner, Satou Sabally, Diamond Miller, and Juju Watkins. DB was the only DB for a long time. Now all of a sudden there's a bunch of young DBs.

The BG effect was not just about playing well and doing something new. Big media for college stars usually fades away after the draft and the ESPYs. But BG would not let them do that. She made such a massive cultural impact that the media couldn't leave her. They couldn't go back to college and cover Stef Dolson or Chiney or whoever was next in line. They stayed with BG because she was a cultural figure. She directly and unapologetically challenged aspects of US culture. The heavy spotlight on her kept escalating and escalating and ultimately got out of hand. But she did successfully drag big college media with her into the pros for several years.

Caitlin could do the same thing! She could play well and meet basketball expectations like BG did. And she could also do the rest of what BG did. She could take a few well-timed cultural risks with what she does and says. CC as an iconoclastic cultural figure would be very different from BG's version. But the effect would be the same. I sort of already know what she could do and say to achieve this effect. But I'm not gonna tell you. Let's just wait and see if she does it.