35': Sacramento Republic FC 1-1 San Jose Earthquakes

Venue: Heart Health Park
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Sacramento Republic FC
Daniel Vitiello, Lee Desmond, Shane Wiedt, Jared Timmer, Damià Viader, Jack Gurr, Luis Felipe Fernandes, Nick Ross, Rodrigo Lopez, Kieran Phillips, Trevor Amann.
Subs: Jared Mazzola, Rafael Jauregui, Cristian Parano, Aldair Sanchez, Chibuike Ukaegbu, Jonathan Ricketts, Juan Sebastian Herrera.
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San Jose Earthquakes
Jacob Jackson, Tanner Beason, Daniel Munie, Oscar Verhoeven, Paul Marie, Ousseni Bouda, Niko Tsakiris, Alfredo Morales, Preston Judd, Benjamin Kikanovic, Jack Skahan.
Subs: Hernan Lopez, Jackson Yueill, Bruno Wilson, Tommy Thompson, William Yarbrough, Amahl Pellegrino, Cristian Espinoza.
MATCH EVENTS via ESPN
11' Goal! Sacramento Republic 0, San Jose Earthquakes 1. Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Benjamin Kikanovic following a fast break.
17' Goal! Sacramento Republic 1, San Jose Earthquakes 1. Kieran Phillips (Sacramento Republic) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Rodrigues with a cross.
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FT-Pens: Charleston Battery 0-0 Atlanta United FC

Venue: Patriots Point
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Charleston Battery
Daniel Kuzemka, Graham Smith, Leland Archer, Nathan Dossantos, Mark Segbres (Jackson Conway), Emilio Ycaza (Arturo Rodriguez), Chris Allan (Robbie Crawford), Aaron Molloy, Matt Myers, Juan Torres (Diego Gutiérrez), Nicholas Markanich (Jake LaCava).
Subs: Joshua Drack, Enzo Mori.
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Atlanta United FC
Josh Cohen, Luis Abram (Stian Gregersen), Efrain Morales, Ronald Hernández, Matthew Edwards (Alan Carleton), Ashton Gordon (Bartosz Slisz), Dax McCarty (Adyn Torres), Nicolas Firmino, Jamal Thiare (Daniel Ríos), Edwin Mosquera, Luke Brennan (Brooks Lennon).
Subs: Quentin Westberg.
MATCH EVENTS via ESPN
20' Luke Brennan (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64' Substitution, Atlanta United. Bartosz Slisz replaces Ashton Gordon.
64' Substitution, Atlanta United. Daniel Ríos replaces Jamal Thiaré.
74' Mark Segbers (Charleston Battery) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74' Substitution, Charleston Battery. Arturo Rodríguez replaces Emilio Ycaza.
76' Substitution, Atlanta United. Adyn Torres replaces Dax McCarty.
77' Bartosz Slisz (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
86' Substitution, Atlanta United. Brooks Lennon replaces Luke Brennan.
86' Substitution, Atlanta United. Stian Gregersen replaces Luis Abram.
87' Substitution, Charleston Battery. Jake LaCava replaces Nick Markanich because of an injury.
100' Alan Carleton (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card.
100' Substitution, Atlanta United. Alan Carleton replaces Matt Edwards because of an injury.
102' Edwin Mosquera (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
109' Substitution, Charleston Battery. Diego Gutiérrez replaces Juan Torres.
109' Substitution, Charleston Battery. Robbie Crawford replaces Chris Allan.
119' Substitution, Charleston Battery. Jackson Conway replaces Mark Segbers.
120' Penalty saved. Brooks Lennon (Atlanta United) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
120' Goal! Charleston Battery 0(1), Atlanta United 0. Arturo Rodríguez (Charleston Battery) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120' Goal! Charleston Battery 0(1), Atlanta United 0(1). Daniel Ríos (Atlanta United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
120' Goal! Charleston Battery 0(2), Atlanta United 0(1). Jackson Conway (Charleston Battery) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120' Goal! Charleston Battery 0(2), Atlanta United 0(2). Bartosz Slisz (Atlanta United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
120' Goal! Charleston Battery 0(3), Atlanta United 0(2). MD Myers (Charleston Battery) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
120' Goal! Charleston Battery 0(3), Atlanta United 0(3). Ronald Hernández (Atlanta United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
120' Goal! Charleston Battery 0(4), Atlanta United 0(3). Graham Smith (Charleston Battery) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120' Goal! Charleston Battery 0(4), Atlanta United 0(4). Nick Firmino (Atlanta United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120' Penalty saved. Diego Gutiérrez (Charleston Battery) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
120' Goal! Charleston Battery 0(4), Atlanta United 0(5). Stian Gregersen (Atlanta United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
120' Penalty saved. Aaron Molloy (Charleston Battery) right footed shot saved in the top centre of the goal.
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FT-Pens: Rodez Aveyron 2-2 Paris FC

Venue: Stade Paul Lignon
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Rodez Aveyron
Ewen Jaouen, Serge Raux Yao, Stone Muzalimoja Mambo, Bradley Danger, Giovanni Haag, Waniss Taibi, Lorenzo Rajot (Wilitty Younoussa), Akim Abdallah (Raphael Lipinski), Dembo Sylla (Lucas Buades), Andreas Hountondji (Yannis Verdier), Kilian Corredor.
Subs: Kévin Boma, Ahmad Ngouyamsa, Sebastien Cibois.
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Paris FC
Obed Nkambadio, Timothée Kolodziejczak, Moustapha Mbow, Tuomas Ollila (Jules Gaudin), Kouadio Dabila, Cyril Mandouki, Adama Camara, Vincent Marchetti (Andy Pembele), Nouha Dicko (Ayoub Jabbari), Josias Lukembila (Pierre-Yves Hamel), Julien Lopez (Lohann Doucet).
Subs: Rémy Riou, Paul Lasne.
MATCH EVENTS via ESPN
4' Goal! Rodez 0, Paris FC 1. Nouha Dicko (Paris FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josias Lukembila with a headed pass.
8' Goal! Rodez 1, Paris FC 1. Bradley Danger (Rodez) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
33' Goal! Rodez 2, Paris FC 1. Killian Corredor (Rodez) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ewen Jaouen.
37' Mamadou Mbow (Paris FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
47' Second yellow card to Mamadou Mbow (Paris FC) for a bad foul.
53' Substitution, Paris FC. Ayoub Jabbari replaces Nouha Dicko.
62' Substitution, Paris FC. Pierre-Yves Hamel replaces Josias Lukembila.
63' Substitution, Paris FC. Jules Gaudin replaces Tuomas Ollila.
68' Substitution, Rodez. Raphaël Lipinski replaces Akim Abdallah.
68' Substitution, Rodez. Lucas Buadés replaces Dembo Sylla.
69' Adama Camara (Paris FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70' Rémy Riou (Paris FC) is shown the yellow card.
75' Substitution, Rodez. Wilitty Younoussa replaces Lorenzo Rajot.
76' Substitution, Rodez. Yannis Verdier replaces Andréas Hountondji.
84' Substitution, Paris FC. Andy Pembélé replaces Vincent Marchetti.
84' Substitution, Paris FC. Lohann Doucet replaces Julien López.
90' Wilitty Younoussa (Rodez) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+4' Stone Muzalimoja Mambo (Rodez) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6' Goal! Rodez 2, Paris FC 2. Kouadio-Yves Dabila (Paris FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
91' Penalty saved. Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao (Rodez) left footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
93' Goal! Rodez 2, Paris FC 2(1). Jules Gaudin (Paris FC) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
93' Penalty saved. Lucas Buadés (Rodez) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
94' Penalty saved. Lohann Doucet (Paris FC) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
95' Penalty missed. Giovanni Haag (Rodez) right footed shot is close, but misses to the left.
96' Goal! Rodez 2, Paris FC 2(2). Pierre-Yves Hamel (Paris FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
97' Goal! Rodez 2(1), Paris FC 2(2). Bradley Danger (Rodez) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
98' Penalty missed. Cyril Mandouki (Paris FC) right footed shot is too high.
99' Goal! Rodez 2(2), Paris FC 2(2). Killian Corredor (Rodez) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
100' Penalty saved. Ayoub Jabbari (Paris FC) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
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Hey everyone,
Super excited to grab a PS5 soon, but I have a question about my TV. I just bought a new one that's awesome, but (whoops!) I didn't realize it doesn't have ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) or VRR (Variable Refresh Rate). No returns, so here I am.
So, how much of a hit will my gaming experience take without these features? Should I be worried, or will I still be rocking some sweet PS5 action?
Thanks in advance for the advice!

I just bought this OLED as it was on sale, and it works well. I have no issue with the brightness. However, I noticed there is colour banding issues in games, videos and even just wallpapers. At first, I was using DisplayPort with DSC and I thought that was the issue, so I switched over to HDMI 2.1, I am using a Radeon 6900XT on my PC which does have one but I'm not sure if it has enough bandwidth as 12-bit option is no longer there. This is only with 240 hz though, if I set it to 144 hz the 12-bit option comes back. The monitor is on the latest firmware, I checked with on screen control and it says latest (3.08). Also, with the PS5, 120 hz does not work, even when putting it in performance mode, it stays stuck at 60 hz. I have used CRU as well to try and get 12-bit to work but nothing worked, but I have now deleted 4K resolutions and also turned on Fast V active and auto low latency mode for HDMI 2.1, which makes it smoother. HDMI does work better than DP with DSC, colours looks better and feels better, but I don't know how to make 12-bit work and banding is still there, is it a problem with the GPU? PS5 also has a problem but with the refresh rate. Is the colour banding just an OLED issue? It is mainly a problem with gray colours, skies in games etc. but in other content not so much, I've set Black Level to low in picture settings which helps a bit. I am using Gamer 1, Contrast 70, Sharpness 60, Colour Temp C1
Is anyone else having these issues? I have seen the ASUS one is also on sale now but still $300 CAD more than this one but from what I've read it also has banding issues. I still have 3 weeks to return this, but I'm not sure what to do. I am losing my mind trying to fix the colour banding issues and also the 12-bit. Any help is appreciated.

Hi everyone!
Likely the most common type of post in this sub is asking for guidance about what current/upcoming characters would most benefit their account to pull. I've dipped into a few of these threads to offer what insight I have, but I feel like there are some basic principles that are easy to see once you've played for a while that are less obvious when you first start, and talking about those might help more people than handing out fish individually.
Disclaimer: I'm not a hardcore player. I don't whale (monthly passes and NH only). I couldn't recognize a damage simulation calculation if it hit my mother. My main qualification to talk about this is being a person who has played every day since release, and since about three months after that, hasn't gotten less than max stars in every MoC/PF. I'm what I assume most would call a "successful casual" player. So if that's your current goal, I'm hoping I can help.
Second Disclaimer: YOU ARE HERE TO HAVE FUN, IF SOMEONE LOOKS COOL TO YOU, PULL FOR THEM. Everything below is for getting your account on it's feet as fast as possible, but ultimately the only factor in HSR is time. No matter who you pull, your account will have everything it needs eventually, and you WILL get all those stars. If you're in no rush, skip my post since it will only be as valuable as who-to-pull advice as /okbuddytrailblazer. Remember: If you aint mirin' your fun is expirin'

~-~Okay, but who should I pull??~-~

You're first priority should always be a powerful sustain unit.
Why?
Because with a reasonable investment, the 4* damage units on your team will do just fine (for now). Pulling a damage unit is tempting in the beginning because big numbers and flashy animations are cool (and listen, I know thats why we're all here), but you don't get to see those big numbers and animations if your damage dealer is dead. The biggest jump in the power and confy-ness of my account was upgrading Bailu to Fu-Xuan. Suddenly my team was surviing long enough to finish fights that seemed like close-calls at best a day prior. My damage was still middling, but at least I was surviving long enough to deal it.

"Okay, but what makes a sustain unit good? Aren't all limited sustains better than 4*/Bailu?"

While most/all limited sustains will broadly be better than 4*/Bailu, they are not all going to be equally valuable to an in-progress account. As of right now, pretty much all of the released sustain units are top tier and worth getting for new accounts, but as more are released, you're going to see units fit more into niches that are much more valuable to more established accounts that can take advantage of those niches, and much less valuable to new accounts that mostly just need to cover the basics.
"The basics" just refers to two things, mainly:

1. Can your sustain unit heal/block enough damage to keep your units alive?
2. Can your sustain cleanse/prevent CC effects that would hamper your team's ability to do their job?

So a quick breakdown of the current sustains and how they cover those basics:
Luocha

1. Potent single target heals with free casts, and potent off-turn healing means any damage that doesnt outright one-shot your team is healed back to full quickly and easily
2. His ability when triggered manually or through his passive, cleanses, allowing for quick reactions to CC

FuXuan

1. Extreme damage mitigation and small heals allow teams to easily survive all but the most punishing content
2. Once-per-cast ability blocks single or team-wide CC

Huohuo

1. Insane ability healing output, plus consistent off-turn healing keeps teams alive, albeit at an SP cost
2. Her ability's target, as well as all recipients of her off-turn healing are cleansed, making pretty much all negative effects complete non-issues.

Aventurine

1. High value shields that self refreshes if they survive long enough give comfy margins for even big incoming damage
2. Self-CC immunity plus reasonable CC resist on his shield mean your only real enemy is bad luck

Any of these units will make your main team feel near-invincible.

But what about upcoming sustains? Will they be just as good?

Maybe! We can look at the kits of some 4* sustains to see what more niche sustain kits may look like in the future:
Gallagher:

1. Fair healing output, but requires the injured party to attack or else costs 1SP to heal directly.
2. Cleanse on ability, but locked behind E2. Only on-turn, costs SP.
3. Break effect debuff on ult/EBA means synergy with teams that benefits from debuffs/BE.

Gallagher's sustain capabilities aren't much compared to the limited units'. But he has a place in teams that will benefit from his strong debuff, as they may not need as much healing/cleansing due to knocking-the-bajesus out of the enemy before they can attack. Valuable to someone with Acheron? Absolutely! Is he going to keep your level 40 QingQue alive long enough to kill the Deer? Probably not.

~-Okay, I have a plan to get a sustain, can I blow something up now?-~

Yes! But, just like sustains, there are going to be things to look out for to get the most out of your first limited damage-dealer.
1. Is your DPS going to struggle if the enemy is not weak to their element?

• Seele or JingYuan are great for on-element battles, but are going to struggle a lot more if the enemy is resistant to their damage.
  
• JingLiu and Acheron care a lot less about if the enemy is weak to their element, and much more about why they have the audacity to still be alive
  
• Look for future units that either bring their own weakness penetration, can implant their element's weakness, or deal damage that reduces toughness regardless of type
  

2. Is your DPS going to struggle because they lack an essential partner unit you don't own?

• DHIL is great, but without Sparkle/Luocha, is going to have to compromise a lot of his turns to deal 5 digit numbers, and like, who wants that?
• Black Swan is amazing, but a whole different level of cracked with Kafka.
• Look for units that act as their own support unit. Ultimates/Passives that grant high crit or penetration values make these characters much more forgiving to build and play in a wide variety of teams.

3. What situation is your DPS built to handle?

• Argenti is the PF Konami code, but probably isn't going to breeze you through MoC, or the SU modules
• Acheron/JingLiu/DHIL can can handle almost all content at least passably well, and where they shine they dazzle
• Look for units that deal with big health bars, but don't ingore other enemies. As of right now, Limited Destruction units seem to be skeleton keys for most content.

So are other DPS units not worth getting?

Every limited DPS unit in the game has a place and team that makes them amazing. Once your account is getting its full value out of the biweekly challenges, then the best value comes from building synergies.

~-Okay I have my damage dealer, and they're staying alive. Why are my numbers so much lower than the ones I see in screenshots and videos?-~

When you first start HSR, it seems like the real heroes are the damage dealers "WoAw That Acheron just hit an Ult for 850k!"
But did they? or was it the Silver Wolf and Pela standing behind her?
The real excitement now, is in the buffers/debuffers
Limited Harmony (and utility Nihility) units are the last piece to the puzzle. Not only will they give you screenshot-worthy damage numbers, but they have much more broad appeal to teams than other roles.
While certain teams want certain stats more than others, ultimately, stats are stats, and whether that means you're going faster, hitting harder, or getting more energy for ultimates, your DPS units will almost always benefit from a limited support unit.
There aren't that many of them, so lets talk about all of them and what makes them good.
1. Bronya

• Attack/crit buffs are great for most damage dealers
• More turns for the turn god. As long as you have the SP to fund it, giving your main units more actions is always amazing.
• More stats for the stat throne. Free dmg% just for existing, and SP generation with her cone are pretty universally useful. Self-action advance on auto-attack means even wasted turns aren't wasted.
• Speed tuning is not essential, but a great way to make Bronya even better when you get the opportunity to stop and fully invest in her.
• She's not even a limited 5* and she's amazing. That's how powerful Harmony units are
• Put her on any team with excess SP

2. RuanMei

• Truly uses the entire buffalo with no wasted stats at all. DMG% Penetration% and Break are desirable on pretty much every team, and she bring a truckload of all of them.
• Getting the stats to enable said truckload does require some time and effort, but once done, you have a unit that can fit in pretty much every team and make them that much better
• Break seems to be an upcoming focus akin to DoT or FuA, and she will be top tier in every one of those teams.
• Put her on any team that has other characters

3. SParkle

• Enormous single target crit buffs, action advance, and huge SP generation make for a near-universally useful hypercarry enabler.
• More forgiving with speed-tuning than Bronya, but with just as much room for big dividend payouts with investment
• Put her on any team that gets most/all of its damage from one source (Avoid DoT teams, unless they can crit somehow in the future)

4. Robin

• More hits, harder hits. Already hit hard and often? Hit harderer and oftener.
• Full team advance means more damage AND more SP generation while putting herself on the shelf and passively generating energy from the team.
• One of the easiest buffers to build, since her desired stats are basically just attack, speed and energy gen.
• Put her on any team that attacks enemies, the more attacks the better

5. Silver Wolf

• Tsunami of debuffs for teams with Acheron/Ratio.
• Great for teams that are generally underbuilt since she also weakens the enemy's atk and spd
• Enables off-element DPS teams, albeit one target at a time.
• Put on any team that needs to deal off-element damage, benefits from debuffs, or is only fighting one main target.

6. Harmony Trailblazer

• Everyone gets one!
• Likely top tier for future break teams
• Deals a ton of damage on their own, and allows the same for other non-damage dealers on the team.
• Only comes online during Break windows, but when pairs great with Ruan Mei for fastelonger break windows

~-I have a character for all three roles! Now what?-~

At this point, you should be able to capable handle at least one side of MoC/PF, and you'll want to shift focus to your second team, but this is much more open ended, so let just talk about some considerations that will make choosing new characters easier. Remember that ultimately your goal is to have teams that can reliably clear the biweekly challenges and SU modules.
1. Do you already have units that have synergy with the new units?

• You picked up Robin for general support use, but now have a top tier Follow-up buffer. So units like Topaz and Aventurine will be more valuable to pull in the future.
• While pulling for 5*s, you E6'd Pela. So units like Acheron, JingLiu, or DHIL have a great support waiting for them if pulled.

2. Do you have coverage for the weaknesses of your current teams?

• You have a great JingLiu hypercarry team, but you struggle to clear PF. Units like Argenti or Jade (Or Himeko from the 300 selector) will bring a ton of value and become invaluable in their current PF niche.
• In high MoC floors, your B-team keeps getting CC'd/dying. Getting your second sustain unit will not only make your B-team much more comfy, but also you'll be free to not pull another sustain for a long time, if ever.
• Remember that your A-team doesn't have to always stick together. If your buffers and DPS are clearing their floors quickly, move your sustain to your B-Team since they'll need to survive longer to finish their floor

3. Is a new unit going to require a ton of investment to come online?

• Some units are amazing, but are going to suck up your resources for a while until they fully come online. Hitting the Break threshold on Ruan Mei or Firefly might keep you from either getting the most out of them while you build up your other characters, or delay getting a full team until you farm a lot of gear.

~-TLDR;-~

• Pull for units you like
• Have a plan to get a Sustain > Damage Dealer > Support unit for your first team
• Focus more on broadly effective units early on while you're still building your teams
• Look for strong synergies with characters you already have
• Build outward from your current roster once you have one solid team built

FT-Pens: Rodez Aveyron 2-2 Paris FC

Venue: Stade Paul Lignon
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Rodez Aveyron
Ewen Jaouen, Serge Raux Yao, Stone Muzalimoja Mambo, Bradley Danger, Giovanni Haag, Waniss Taibi, Lorenzo Rajot (Wilitty Younoussa), Akim Abdallah (Raphael Lipinski), Dembo Sylla (Lucas Buades), Andreas Hountondji (Yannis Verdier), Kilian Corredor.
Subs: Kévin Boma, Ahmad Ngouyamsa, Sebastien Cibois.
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Paris FC
Obed Nkambadio, Timothée Kolodziejczak, Moustapha Mbow, Tuomas Ollila (Jules Gaudin), Kouadio Dabila, Cyril Mandouki, Adama Camara, Vincent Marchetti (Andy Pembele), Nouha Dicko (Ayoub Jabbari), Josias Lukembila (Pierre-Yves Hamel), Julien Lopez (Lohann Doucet).
Subs: Rémy Riou, Paul Lasne.
MATCH EVENTS via ESPN
4' Goal! Rodez 0, Paris FC 1. Nouha Dicko (Paris FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josias Lukembila with a headed pass.
8' Goal! Rodez 1, Paris FC 1. Bradley Danger (Rodez) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
33' Goal! Rodez 2, Paris FC 1. Killian Corredor (Rodez) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ewen Jaouen.
37' Mamadou Mbow (Paris FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
47' Second yellow card to Mamadou Mbow (Paris FC) for a bad foul.
53' Substitution, Paris FC. Ayoub Jabbari replaces Nouha Dicko.
62' Substitution, Paris FC. Pierre-Yves Hamel replaces Josias Lukembila.
63' Substitution, Paris FC. Jules Gaudin replaces Tuomas Ollila.
68' Substitution, Rodez. Raphaël Lipinski replaces Akim Abdallah.
68' Substitution, Rodez. Lucas Buadés replaces Dembo Sylla.
69' Adama Camara (Paris FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70' Rémy Riou (Paris FC) is shown the yellow card.
75' Substitution, Rodez. Wilitty Younoussa replaces Lorenzo Rajot.
76' Substitution, Rodez. Yannis Verdier replaces Andréas Hountondji.
84' Substitution, Paris FC. Andy Pembélé replaces Vincent Marchetti.
84' Substitution, Paris FC. Lohann Doucet replaces Julien López.
90' Wilitty Younoussa (Rodez) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+4' Stone Muzalimoja Mambo (Rodez) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6' Goal! Rodez 2, Paris FC 2. Kouadio-Yves Dabila (Paris FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
91' Penalty saved. Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao (Rodez) left footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
93' Goal! Rodez 2, Paris FC 2(1). Jules Gaudin (Paris FC) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
93' Penalty saved. Lucas Buadés (Rodez) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
94' Penalty saved. Lohann Doucet (Paris FC) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
95' Penalty missed. Giovanni Haag (Rodez) right footed shot is close, but misses to the left.
96' Goal! Rodez 2, Paris FC 2(2). Pierre-Yves Hamel (Paris FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
97' Goal! Rodez 2(1), Paris FC 2(2). Bradley Danger (Rodez) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
98' Penalty missed. Cyril Mandouki (Paris FC) right footed shot is too high.
99' Goal! Rodez 2(2), Paris FC 2(2). Killian Corredor (Rodez) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
100' Penalty saved. Ayoub Jabbari (Paris FC) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
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PvP Scoreboard	Utilities Plus
Custom Dino Levels	Classic Glider Ascended
QoL+	Pelayori's Cryo Storage
Solo Farm Mod	Death Recovery Mod
Snow Owls	TG Stacking Mod 1000-50
Cliff Platforms	Upgrade Station
Flame Arrows	Super Spyglass Plus
MarniiMods Hairstyles	Auto Doors
Klinger Additional Rustic Building	Chainsaw
	Net Projectile
	Arkitect Structures Remastered
	Dino Mindwipe
	Improved Egg Incubator (CrossPlay)
	Shiny! Dinos Ascended
	Foundation Ceilings
	MarniiMods Hairstyles

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Discord:
Step into our digital campground, where the fire's always crackling, and the stories are as wild as the dinos we tame! Whether you're a seasoned survivor or you're just setting foot on the island for the first time, you'll find a warm welcome waiting for you here in our Discord server!
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Maps:
➤ The Island PvP - Wiped: 2/13/24
➤ Scorched Earth PvP - Wiped: 4/1/24
➤ The Island PvE
➤ Scorched Earth PvE
➤ [Coming Soon] The Center - (on the day it's released) [PvP & PvE]
➤ More to come when released!
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How to join:
➤ From the "JOIN GAME" screen, make sure you're on the "UNOFFICIAL" tab
➤ Check the "SHOW PLAYER SERVERS" checkbox
➤ Search for "ArkGartha"
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PvP Server Names:
➤ ArkGartha - PvP - TheIsland - 3XP / 5H / 6T / 8B - Wiped: 2/13/24
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PvE Server Names:
➤ ArkGartha - PvE - TheIsland - 3XP / 3H / 8T / 30B
➤ ArkGartha - PvE - Scorched Earth - 3XP / 3H / 8T / 30B
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Mods:

PvP	PvE
Super Spyglass Plus	Custom Dino Levels
TG Stacking Mod 1000-50	Automated Ark
PvP Scoreboard	Utilities Plus
Custom Dino Levels	Classic Glider Ascended
QoL+	Pelayori's Cryo Storage
Solo Farm Mod	Death Recovery Mod
Snow Owls	TG Stacking Mod 1000-50
Cliff Platforms	Upgrade Station
Flame Arrows	Super Spyglass Plus
MarniiMods Hairstyles	Auto Doors
Klinger Additional Rustic Building	Chainsaw
	Net Projectile
	Arkitect Structures Remastered
	Dino Mindwipe
	Improved Egg Incubator (CrossPlay)
	Shiny! Dinos Ascended
	Foundation Ceilings
	MarniiMods Hairstyles

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I was checking to see if anyone had any issues with this particular credit union? Yesterday i put in my order and when i get to the loan application part it give me 2 options - loan with alliant and self-arranged loan. I select Alliant which kicks me over to their website and i start the application process. Seemed a little off though They asked what kind of loan i wanted and there was an option for the tesla loan but the next set of questions made it seems like the credit union wasnt trully connected with tesla. They were asking me how big of the loan i need when i would think if i'm requesting a loan through tesla they would pass on the information to whatever company was taking the loan. to get to the point - 1/2 way through putting in information the screen refreshes and says the application was closed due to being denied. The tesla app however saying i'm pending. I called the tesla rep associated with my account and he said it just shows pending on his side and to basically wait a day or 2 to see what happens. I have an 803 credit score, make 75k a year and just my current mortgage and auto loan. I'm in the process of selling my current vehicle to pay off the auto loan but everyone i spoke with says you should still get the approval as i have great credit history and no additional debt.
I have seen the recommendations to email [autofinance@tesla.com](mailto:autofinance@tesla.com) if we have issues but i was going to give at least 24-48 hours before i start pressin.
thoughts on this? any recommendations.? Anyone have any issues with this credit union as well?
Thanks

Day one Pixel 8 Pro owner here. Thought I’d share my experience, after over 8 months of ownership.
P8P Bay 256GB has been my daily driver since its release. I use it with 5G on, screen at full resolution, dynamic "smooth display" refresh rate is on, no bluetooth or tethering. Brightness left on auto.
TLDR :
Positives = camera quality, great design, OS (with some caveats), great screen (some caveats too)
Negatives = everything else
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Camera : beautiful imagery has always been the signature of the Pixel line, and this release is no exception. Every shot has this mesmerizing "Pixel touch", and the new ultrawide sensor is finally on par with the main unit. Videos are world class too, not quite on the level of the iPhone but we'll get there eventually.
Beautiful and unique design : It's sitting in a clear case, and in a sea of generic, boring slabs, it really stands out and doesn't go unnoticed. People often ask me what kind of phone it is, most are still not aware that Google is making smartphones and has been doing so for almost a decade now.
Very long software support : Seven years of updates is unrivaled in the Android scene, albeit with the following you’ll understand no one would willingly keep this phone seven years, so it’s not really a positive.
Sleek OS : Android in its purest, cleanest form. Customization galore. However as I'll mention later this pure android is NOT running smoothly, so I don't know if this count as a positive.
Gorgeous OLED panel : A truly beautiful display, high-resolution, good brightness..unfortunately plagued by mutiple lags and frame drops in the UI, I'll get back to that. Now onto the negatives.
First off, we must address the elephant in the room. Battery life. This phone charges PAINFULLY slow and discharges EXTREMELY fast. The opposite of what you want, right ?
The 10 minutes top ups to 50% is a concept Google seemingly never heard of. You want half a charge ? Better sit & wait half an hour. Full charge ? Go watch a movie. Now the discharge, and this is where the real drama clocks in. This phone EATS battery, ON IDLE.
On your average 9 to 5 workday (no camera, no games, just basic apps) you’ll head home with 15% tops. Phone dead by 7pm, then full charge will eat 90 minutes off your schedule, better not be in a hurry.
Now try to make a bit of power usage out of your power user phone : A bit of pictures for work at 10am, a short 4K video at 1pm, a bit of Fallout Shelter on the toilet at 2pm. You’re now looking at a 4pm shutdown.
But let’s go real on the camera, after all this is a camera flagship and it should be your reliable companion on a field day. Starting at 10 am : pictures, videos, a bit of editing, about 40 pictures taken and 3 videos of 10 minutes each. Shutdown at 1PM.
The CPU just eats battery on IDLE doing NOTHING. Throw anything heavy at it and you’ll head home with a dead phone, one that died long before your day was over. Simple as that.
Keep in mind that this is my experience with a 8-months-old device, and it will get worse and worse as the battery cell degrades over time. One can only wonder how many cell replacements this phone will need to get to the end of its famed software support.
Now we need to talk UI and animations because this isn’t good either. Stellar 120hz OLED panel and stock android should be a recipe for smoothness, but not here. Actually, some animations including the cool lock screen clock are barely 60hz. Switching apps isn’t 120hz either, nor is scrolling. A TON of lags and various frame drops, resulting in a framerate like 40-90hz, never stable, with the occasional but very rare peak at 120. This isn't TW3 gameplay on a potato but simply browing menus and scrolling instagram on a 2023, 1159€ flagship phone from Google.
This phone FEELS slow, and yet consume an enormous amount of power to do so. Infuriating.
One day I had to handle a coworker’s A54 to tweak a few things. I was SHOCKED by the smoothness, this was indeed true 120hz, which only happens a few times a day on Pixel 8 Pro. I realized what I was missing on by handling an Exynos mid-ranger. I understand the need for a dynamic framerate, not locked at 120hz all the time to save battery. But only reaching 120hz 5 times a day and still having a mediocre battery life wasn’t what I had in mind.
Finally, the optical, under-display fingerprint scanner. This, my friends, is an antique piece of hardware that belongs to a museum. Remember the Huawei Mate RS from 2018 ? One of the first phones with UDFS. The optical technology was so experimental and unreliable (still is, most OEMs moved on to ultrasonic) that Huawei also included another optical fingerprint sensor on the back of the device, just in case. Well, this ancient tech is what you have on the Pixel 8 Pro, and no optical sensor backup in sight.
Sometimes, it can take up to 2 full seconds of contact to….successfully fail to unlock. After it fails 3 times or so, it will ask you to enter your password, making one-hand unlocks a luck job. Sometimes it will successfully unlock after a couple tries, but a couple tries of 2 seconds each makes unlocking your phone a 4 seconds job which is just painfully slow. The occasional one tap magic is as rare as the occasional 120hz peak in the UI. As for face-unlock, I know it's there but I disabled it because it doesn't work in the dark (no IR sensor) and I simply want to unlock my phone at waist height, without having to raise it to my face.
Pixel 8 Pro remembers me of an exotic sports car that might look incredibly cool from a distance but is actually a pain to live with on a daily basis. And indeed it does look incredibly cool. I remember seeing this phone as a much better pick than the generic Galaxy and the boring iPhone, but I’d rather go boring or generic than having to handle this mess of an hardware Google sold me for 1159€.
TLDR : Positives = Camera quality, great design Negatives = everything else

Day one Pixel 8 Pro owner here. Thought I’d share my experience, after almost 8 months of ownership.
P8P Bay 256GB has been my daily driver since its release. I use it with 5G on, screen at full resolution, dynamic "smooth display" refresh rate is on, no bluetooth or tethering. Brightness left on auto.
TLDR : Positives = Camera quality, great design & display, OS (with some caveats) Negatives = everything else
The positives :
Camera : beautiful imagery has always been the signature of the Pixel line, and this release is no exception. Every shot has this mesmerizing "Pixel touch", and the new ultrawide sensor is finally on par with the main unit. Videos are world class too, not quite on the level of the iPhone but we'll get there eventually.
Beautiful and unique design : It's sitting in a clear case, and in a sea of generic, boring slabs, it really stands out and doesn't go unnoticed. People often ask me what kind of phone it is, most are still not aware that Google is making smartphones and has been doing so for almost a decade now.
Very long software support : Seven years of updates is unrivaled in the Android scene, albeit with the following you’ll understand no one would willingly keep this phone seven years, so it’s not really a positive.
World class display : stellar QHD 120hz panel, sharp and bright.
Sleek OS : Android in its purest, cleanest form. Customization galore. However as I'll mention later this pure android is NOT running smoothly, so I don't know if this count as a positive. Now onto the negatives.
First off, we must address the elephant in the room. Battery life. This phone charges PAINFULLY slow and discharges EXTREMELY fast. The opposite of what you want, right ?
The 10 minutes top ups to 50% is a concept Google seemingly never heard of. You want half a charge ? Better sit & wait half an hour. Full charge ? Go watch a movie. Now the discharge, and this is where the real drama clocks in. This phone EATS battery, ON IDLE.
On your average 9 to 5 workday (no camera, no games, just basic apps) you’ll head home with 15% tops. Phone dead by 7pm, then full charge will eat 90 minutes off your schedule, better not be in a hurry.
Now try to make a bit of power usage out of your power user phone : A bit of pictures for work at 10am, a short 4K video at 1pm, a bit of Fallout Shelter on the toilet at 2pm. You’re now looking at a 4pm shutdown.
But let’s go real on the camera, after all this is a camera flagship and it should be your reliable companion on a field day. Starting at 10 am : pictures, videos, a bit of editing, about 40 pictures taken and 3 videos of 10 minutes each. Shutdown at 1PM.
The CPU just eats battery on IDLE doing NOTHING. Throw anything heavy at it and you’ll head home with a dead phone, one that died long before your day was over. Simple as that.
Keep in mind that this is my experience with a 8-months-old device, and it will get worse and worse as the battery cell degrades over time. One can only wonder how many cell replacements this phone will need to get to the end of its famed software support.
Now we need to talk UI and animations because this isn’t good either. Stellar 120hz OLED panel and stock android should be a recipe for smoothness, but not here. Actually, some animations including the cool lock screen clock are barely 60hz. Switching apps isn’t 120hz either, nor is scrolling. A TON of lags and various frame drops, resulting in a framerate like 40-90hz, never stable, with the occasional but very rare peak at 120. This isn't TW3 gameplay on a potato but simply browing menus and scrolling instagram on a 2023, 1159€ flagship phone from Google.
This phone FEELS slow, and yet consume an enormous amount of power to do so. Infuriating.
One day I had to handle a coworker’s A54 to tweak a few things. I was SHOCKED by the smoothness, this was indeed true 120hz, which only happens a few times a day on Pixel 8 Pro. I realized what I was missing on by handling an Exynos mid-ranger. I understand the need for a dynamic framerate, not locked at 120hz all the time to save battery. But only reaching 120hz 5 times a day and still having a mediocre battery life wasn’t what I had in mind.
Finally, the optical, under-display fingerprint scanner. This, my friends, is an antique piece of hardware that belongs to a museum. Remember the Huawei Mate RS from 2018 ? One of the first phones with UDFS. The optical technology was so experimental and unreliable (still is, most OEMs moved on to ultrasonic) that Huawei also included another optical fingerprint sensor on the back of the device, just in case. Well, this ancient tech is what you have on the Pixel 8 Pro, and no optical sensor backup in sight.
Sometimes, it can take up to 2 full seconds of contact to….successfully fail to unlock. After it fails 3 times or so, it will ask you to enter your password, making one-hand unlocks a luck job. Sometimes it will successfully unlock after a couple tries, but a couple tries of 2 seconds each makes unlocking your phone a 4 seconds job which is just painfully slow. The occasional one tap magic is as rare as the occasional 120hz peak in the UI. As for face-unlock, I know it's there but I disabled it because it doesn't work in the dark (no IR sensor) and I simply want to unlock my phone at waist height, without having to raise it to my face.
Pixel 8 Pro remembers me of an exotic sports car that might look incredibly cool from a distance but is actually a pain to live with on a daily basis. And indeed it does look incredibly cool. I remember seeing this phone as a much better pick than the generic Galaxy and the boring iPhone, but I’d rather go boring or generic than having to handle this mess of an hardware Google sold me for 1159€.
TLDR : Positives = Camera quality, great design Negatives = everything else

tl;dr: KTC M32P10 and Neo G7 are best. Not sure which to keep yet. Innocn ones are a close second. Porsche PD32M is terrible.
I've been looking for a mini LED monitor, and in the process have tried the Innocn 27M2V, Innocn 32M2V, KTC M32P10, Porsche Design PD32M, and the Samsung Neo G7. I've put together my experiences with each monitor, in case it helps anyone else considering these, but also to help myself decide which one to keep.
Keep in mind that I'm not some kind of monitorphile. I can't test for colour accuracy, nits, response times, or anything fancy like that. I'm coming from a regular 4k IPS screen. I've only ever used TN and IPS before. I've never used VA, OLED, or curved screens before. I've always had matte coatings. I'm not in any special light-controlled environment; I use my computer in different lighting conditions, as there is a window that lets in varying amounts of sunlight. I do desktop work as well as play games.
Innocn 27M2V:
Ordered for £646 from Amazon.com.
This was my first time ever trying a mini LED monitor. Initial impressions were therefore fantastic: I was blown away by experiencing real HDR content for the first time. Bright lights, particle effects, laser beams, explosions, etc. all pop so brightly, like flashlights shining in my face. Incredible. Blacks are actually black. With a fully black screen, it's as if the monitor is just switched off. And local dimming magically removes IPS glow. It's amazing toggling it on and off and seeing the glow just disappear.
There's a "backlight contrast" setting which goes from 0 to 100, and controls how the local dimming works. A higher value seems to prioritise bright highlights more. With a white mouse cursor on a black screen, the cursor is quite dimmed at 0, whereas at 100 it better maintains its brightness.
I found local dimming quite bad for SDR desktop use though, which I think is to be expected. When just using a web browser, Steam chat, etc., local dimming just seems to be a downgrade. Blooming is easily noticeable, and changes on one part of the screen easily affect completely different parts of the screen. For example, playing a YouTube video in a browser window results in brightness outside of that window changing as the video changes. It almost looks like "fullscreen dimming", with the rest of the desktop flickering in brightness as the YouTube video plays.
Local dimming was mostly great for SDR movies, anime, etc. But at times I did notice some flicker, e.g. as a character walked across the screen in anime (with mostly solid colours), I was distracted by a flickering trail of zones behind the character.
The shell of the monitor was a bit disappointing. There are gaps between the shell and the screen, which can let dust in — I've seen other people report this. And the back is an absolute nightmare for cleaning. It has so many ridges and grooves all over the entire back surface, all dust traps. You'd need to spend ages with a can of compressed air to properly clean it. It may sound silly, but I honestly think this is a deal-breaker. If I were to keep this monitor, I'd definitely need to 3D print some kind of dust cover to go on the back of it.
The lights on the back are a pointless gimmick. They aren't bright enough to illuminate the wall, so unless you look at the back of the monitor often, you'll never even see them.
The OSD and inputs are okay, but the physical buttons are a bit annoying. I was bothered by them more than I thought I'd be. Parallax error can mean it's a bit difficult to tell which physical button is being pressed in relation to the buttons displayed on the OSD.
There are 6 crosshair options, and they're okay.
Defects: 5+ stuck/dead subpixels. A small crack on the stand.
Innocn 32M2V:
Ordered for £746 from Amazon.com.
Not much to say about this. To me, it was exactly the same as the Innocn 27M2V, just bigger and with a black shell. No other differences that I noticed.
Defects: 1 stuck subpixel, and a very large piece of dirt trapped under screen (almost looks like somebody drew a small line on it with a marker pen!).
Porsche Design PD32M:
Ordered for £700 from Amazon.co.uk. This was a sale price, with it normally costing £1400-1750.
This is by far the most expensive monitor on this list, and on paper has the highest specs (e.g. DisplayHDR 1400). Yet it's easily the worst monitor I've tried. Just avoid it.
Build quality is pretty good. I had no complaints about the shell of the monitor, aside from the stupid pop-out "headphone stand" wings that wobbled and felt very cheap. Materials felt premium otherwise. The stand was made of metal and ridiculously heavy — very hard to move this thing around. Also, unlike the Innocn monitor, the lights on the back actually are bright enough to light up the wall a bit in a dark room.
Everything beyond the exterior was just disappointing. It seems all the money just went to the Porsche branding and the metal stand.
Local dimming barely does anything on this monitor. Contrary to some older posts in this subreddit, it can be enabled in SDR: you just need to turn off game mode. It just doesn't do much... Blacks get slightly darker when local dimming is on, but it still generally looks like local dimming is off. IPS glow is still clearly apparent. Even on a completely black screen, the backlight stays well lit. Really disappointing.
Local dimming is a bit better in HDR, but it seems to want to spread out the light all the way across the screen to minimise blooming, which defeats the purpose of having so many zones. Instead of bright highlights and deep black shadows, you just get dim highlights and grey shadows. Changes on the far left side of the screen affect the dimming zones on the far right of the screen. There's no wow factor or pop.
PWM flicker is horrible on this monitor. Very easily noticeable on camera.
I found the OSD layout and navigation to be a bit confusing. When changing settings, you have to scroll blindly through the options — you only ever see the current selection, and never see the full list of options. When HDR is enabled, most of the settings get disabled too — you can't change colours, contrast, the normal brightness setting, or much of anything else. There is a "luminous max" setting that you can change though, to turn down the max HDR brightness.
The joystick on the back feels very loose and fiddly. It's easy to double-press inputs by accident.
The crosshair is accessed by pressing and holding the joystick button when no menus are open. It's nice that it's a quick toggle like this, but the design is quite a thick pink crosshair, which isn't ideal for precision.
There's a remote control included, which I thought would be nice. But what's the point? Once the monitor is set up, the only thing I might want to change often would be the local dimming setting. And local dimming barely does anything on this monitor, especially in SDR. So the remote becomes useless.
Defects: 27+ stuck/dead subpixels. I gave up counting.
KTC M32P10:
Ordered for £693 from Amazon.com.
This was largely similar to the Innocn monitors, so I won't talk too much about this. Overall, I feel it's better than Innocn:

• The packaging was far superior: the box folds open for easy access, it had quality foam instead of annoying polystyrene, and a nice protective film over the screen.
• The build quality feels better. There's a slight texturing on the plastic that makes it feel a bit more premium, and no gaps around the screen edges.
• The monitor is much easier to clean, due to having a simple shape that can be wiped down.
• The joystick is so much easier to use than the buttons on the Innocn.
• Better crosshair (tight red + symbol).
• Better shortcut settings: pressing a joystick direction immediately goes to that shortcut, and local dimming is available as a shortcut option.

I did feel like the Innocn monitors did local dimming slightly better though:

• I think Innocn had a bit brighter highlights and darker shadows, whereas KTC spreads the light out a little more to reduce blooming. But it's only a very slight difference.
• With Innocn, the "brightness" setting seems to control average brightness. So when turning local dimming on, the picture generally appears to be the same brightness, but with better contrast. With KTC, the brightness setting seems to control max brightness instead. So when turning local dimming on, the overall picture becomes much darker as zones become dimmed. I found I had to turn brightness up significantly after turning local dimming on (for watching movies, etc.).
• Innocn's local dimming is much more configurable, with a 0-100 backlight contrast setting. KTC just has Auto, Standard, and High settings. "Auto" just means "Standard but only in HDR". So really there are only two settings. Standard and High here seem to refer to how much blacks will be prioritised. Standard seems roughly equivalent to Innocn's 0, while High just makes everything even darker which is just worse (it's like if you could set a negative value for Innocn's backlight contrast). I do wish I could get something like Innocn's 100 setting on this monitor.

Also, the KTC monitor's power light is on the front, which could be distracting in the dark... Innocn has it on the bottom. It can always be covered up though I suppose.
Between KTC and Innocn, I'd just pick KTC. I think it does the same thing better for the most part. And it is so much easier to clean. Having to turn up the brightness when using SDR local dimming is an annoyance, but good joystick with quick shortcuts make it fairly painless.
Defects: 26+ stuck subpixels, and three pieces of dirt trapped under the screen.
Samsung Neo G7:
Ordered for £600 from eBay.co.uk.
This was my first time ever trying a VA panel, as well as a curved screen.
I had read a lot online about IPS vs VA panels, and went in expecting blacks to be black even without local dimming, and also for there to be significant colour-shift as I moved my head around. I saw neither of these things. With local dimming off, blacks looked grey, like "lit blacks", just the same as on an IPS screen. Actually, the blacks almost look worse, at times taking on a blue-ish tint that I never noticed before with IPS panels. Viewing angles seem pretty good too. Yeah, there's some slight colour shift at the edges or as I move my head around, but it's very subtle, and I've actually seen that with the IPS screens too. You could've told me it was an IPS panel and I would've believed you. People online talk like there's such a huge difference between the two, but based on this experience I feel like they're almost the same. So, this was a little bit of a let down, as I looking forward to experiencing something new and different. But there is definitely no IPS glow. So I suppose VA is decent: I see a minor upside and no downside compared to IPS.
Once I started playing around with HDR content and local dimming, my initial disappointment was reversed and I fell in love with the picture quality. Contrast is amazing. Colours are bright and vivid with a lot of pop, blacks are great. It just looks so good. There's definitely a noticeable difference compared to the previous monitors. Although, I do wonder how much of this is the monitor actually being better, or whether it's just producing an overly saturated / overly contrasty image. Maybe the other monitors are just being more accurate to how it's supposed to be? I really don't know. At the very least, this monitor definitely seems to oversaturate reds, and I've seen other people confirm that. The whole thing could just be exaggerated/overtuned for all I know — but it looks so good.
Blooming is very minimal; often completely invisible. If I stand up and look down at the screen from a very extreme angle, I can see the blooming, but straight-on it just magically disappears. Is this the power of VA? Since it can block out the backlight better, blooming is eliminated? It makes sense, but it's odd that it's so apparent with local dimming on, when it wasn't with it off. It's really quite incredible how little blooming I see, without sacrificing the bright highlights. Even with SDR desktop use, I see very little blooming, yet the picture is fantastic. This is the only monitor on the list where I can happily use local dimming for desktop use (even High local dimming!) and it not be a problem at all. This is very convenient, as there's no need to keep changing monitor settings depending on what I'm doing.
I also noticed the local dimming seems slightly faster / more responsive than the other monitors. I didn't comment on this earlier as all the monitors were quite comparable, exhibiting some flickering/trailing with the fast moving white ball in Rting's test video. The Neo G7 flickers/trails too, but a little bit less.
This monitor has Auto, Low, and High modes for local dimming. The description claims that Auto makes it turn on only for HDR, but that isn't true. Auto still works in SDR mode, just with a very diminished effect. Low and High here seem to refer to how much contrast you get. Personally, I like High the most. It gives the most pop in HDR and SDR movies, and still has very little blooming on the SDR desktop.
Brightness is configurable in HDR mode, so if it's too bright you can turn it down. The monitor also saves brightness, contrast enhancer, and perhaps other settings separately for SDR and HDR mode, which is very convenient.
A minor annoyance is that the screen goes black momentarily when toggling local dimming on or off. With all the other monitors, this didn't happen, which made it much easier to see what changes local dimming is actually making to the image.
The curve... There are definitely pros and cons to it, but overall I feel it's a bad thing.

• Pros: It definitely makes the far corners of the screen easier to see. On a flat screen, sometimes things in the corners can feel a bit "off in the distance" and harder to see easily at a glance or keep an awareness of, and I tunnel vision the center a bit. With the curve, the corners stay closer to the eyes. It's good for general desktop use, like chatting and browsing the internet, and good for HUD elements like health bars, minimaps, etc. The curve also makes it easier to reach behind the monitor to access the cables.
  
• Cons: Obvious distortion. I've seen a lot of people say "the curve just disappears", but that isn't true at all. It's curved, and I have functioning eyes, so of course I can see that it's curved. A round object won't suddenly look square just because you stared at it long enough. If there were horizontal stripes across the screen, and I sat perfectly still, then whichever stripe lines up with my eyes would appear flat, but the ones above take on a u-shape and the ones below take on a n-shape. The distortion is very noticeable, and definitely detracts from image quality.
  
• When I'm playing games, it always feels like the floor is sloped, like my character is standing on a hill. If I turn the camera to look at my character from the side, the floor is very obviously rounded — and if I then move horizontally, it's as if the entire game world is rolling, like my character is running on top of a spinning ball. It's almost a bit disorienting. When indoors in a square room, the straight walls appear to bulge out. If I move the camera around, the distortion becomes even more obvious, as everything twists and bends in different directions as they get closer to the top or bottom of the screen. Very strange effect.
  
• I notice it when watching anime as well, not just games. Also spreadsheets are a little bit harder to work with, as it's harder to follow along horizontal rows. Even just moving my head around as I shift positions in my seat causes the distortion to change. I feel like it reduces immersion overall, as I can't see the screen as a "window into another world", but instead am constantly reminded that it's "just an image wrapped along this curved object in front of me".
  
• Is it a deal-breaker? Not necessarily... but it's definitely a con.
  

Aside from that, I was disappointed to see that this screen has very heavy PWM flicker. It's not quite as bad as on the Porsche, but it's easily captured by a phone camera: thick black stripes scrolling across the screen. It varies depending on the screen brightness, the refresh rate, and whether or not local dimming is in use — but it's always there. I can't say that I've actually noticed any eyestrain in my time using it, so perhaps it's not a problem... Maybe a little bit of slight burning in my eyes... it's so hard to tell. But I've always used flicker-free screens in the past, and I spend so much time at my computer, that this really does worry me. What harm will this do to my eye health in the long run?
I also find that this monitor has quite a distracting glare. None of the other monitors I've ever use exhibited this. I can see a (blurry) reflection of myself in the screen. No matter whether I'm in a lit room or a dark room, I get glare and reflections on the screen. It's especially bad in dark scenes as the glare covers up the blacks a bit. It is distracting.
The OSD is pretty decent. It works well enough, and it actually has descriptions for the settings unlike all the other monitors. The buttons are okay; not as great as a normal joystick though. Shortcut settings are very poor: you only get one shortcut button, you can't set a shortcut for local dimming, and it's not really a shortcut anyway as it still takes 4 button presses to actually get to it.
Crosshair options are impressive. You get a preview of them all in the menu, which is much more convenient (on the other monitors, you have to select one just by its number and then exit the OSD entirely to actually see what it looks like). You can even customise the on-screen position of the crosshair. The designs are decent and usable too, although not quite as good as KTC's crosshair design.
The power light is on the bottom of the monitor, which is good for minimising distractions. It can even be turned off entirely while in use.
Quirks/Defects:

• This was the first/only monitor on the list to have an absolutely perfect screen, with no bad pixels.
• I got severe flickering in games when using FreeSync. The screen would flash and flicker, and the bottom half of the screen would flicker with a copy of the top half of the screen. Very crazy — the entire screen was going nuts. This was fixed by turning on the VRR Control setting, which supposedly increases input lag.
• I got random random black screens in games when using FreeSync, even with VRR Control. Every now and then while playing, the screen would just suddenly go black for a second or two, then come back. I had to turn off FreeSync entirely to fix this.
• When viewing HDR screenshots with the Windows image viewer, the monitor would suddenly start flickering in brightness crazily. This only ever happened with the image viewer. Maybe related to FreeSync again?
• Toggling FreeSync back and forth while playing an HDR game made the monitor go crazy, with the screen progressively getting more more and oversaturated and oversharpened, eventually becoming almost solid white with just grey "shadows" moving around on screen as I pressed controls in-game. Weird.
• The picture seems a bit washed out when viewing SDR content in Windows with HDR turned on. I've seen other people report this issue on this subreddit before. None of the other monitors had this problem.
• At some point, the monitor seemed to get a bit confused, and would only let me use 120 Hz in Windows, with the refresh rate setting greyed out in the OSD. I had to toggle FreeSync back and forth in order to get the 165 Hz option back.
• At times, I notice some strange ABL or something. I'll switch from a dark screen to a white screen, and it'll be blindingly bright but then gradually dim down over several seconds. I've only noticed this in SDR content with local content on.
• After a particularly long session, I suddenly got an OSD popup from the monitor telling me that it will switch off automatically unless I press a button. Very odd. I checked in the OSD, and there's an "Off Timer Plus" setting where you can configure it turn off automatically after a period of time — but this was turned OFF. After searching online, it seems the off setting doesn't actually turn it off, but instead just sets it to a high value. Stupid. It's not the end of the world, but I could see this being annoying when pulling all-nighters. I did later find the hidden service menu, and there's an "Off Timer Def" setting there set to on, so maybe changing that would fix it — I didn't try.

Comparison:

• Picture quality: Neo G7 > Innocn=KTC, but all three are good. Porsche is just terrible.
• Local dimming: Neo G7 > Innocn > KTC, but all three are good. Porsche is just terrible.
• Flicker free: Innocn and KTC are both flicker-free. Neo G7 and Porsche are not.
• Glare: Innocn, KTC, and Porsche were all fine. Neo G7 has very distracting glare.
• Build quality: KTC > Neo G7 > Innocn. Porsche is great here for the most part, but has very cheap-feeling headphone stand wings that ruin it.
• Shell: KTC > Neo G7 > Porsche > Innocn. Innocn is a nightmare to clean.
• Stand: Innocn and KTC have the best stands in my opinion. Simple and easy to use, and they keep out of the way. Neo G7 and Porsche stands both have long feet that get in the way, and the Neo G7 requires more setup work with screws and a screwdriver.
• OSD: Neo G7 > KTC > Innocn > Porsche. Neo G7's OSD includes descriptions for each setting.
• Shortcuts: KTC > Innocn > Porsche > Neo G7. Only KTC has fast shortcuts that go immediately to the desired function. Only KTC allows a shortcut for local dimming.
• Buttons: KTC > Porsche > Neo G7 > Innocn. KTC and Porsche both use joysticks, but KTC's feels much better. Porsche does have a remote too though.
• Crosshair: KTC > Neo G7 > Porsche > Innocn. Neo G7 has the most configurable crosshair, as you can choose different colours and even the position of it. But I feel that generally the position doesn't need to be changed anyway, and KTC has the best crosshair design: a simple, tight + symbol.
• Power LED: Neo G7 > Innocn > KTC. Neo G7 and Innocn both have the light underneath the monitor, so it's not distracting when in a dark room. Neo G7 even lets you turn it off entirely. KTC has it on the front of the monitor, facing forward.
• Packaging: KTC > Neo G7 > Innocn > Porsche.
• Defects: Every single unit had defects. All except the Neo G7 had bad pixels, and the Neo G7 had flickering / black screen issues.

The KTC monitor is the only one with real shortcuts. You can set all the joystick directions to shortcut settings (including local dimming!), and then as soon as you press that direction you immediately go to that setting with its value in edit mode. The other monitors are much more limited (e.g. Neo G7 only has one "shortcut" button, and none of the others let you bind local dimming), but they're not even real shortcuts — you have to press 2-4 button inputs before you actually get to the "shortcut".
On the Innocn, Porsche, and Neo G7 monitors, I noticed very small dots in the top-left and top-right corners of the screen, outside the pixel area. I assume these are some kind of markings to indicate orientation of the panel or something? Maybe I'm being a bit OCD, but they bother me a little bit. When the shell is black and the screen border is black, the little dots stand out to me and I can't help but notice them. The KTC monitor is the only one that doesn't have these.
Conclusion:
For me, the KTC M32P10 and the Samsung Neo G7 are the best of these options. I'm really not sure what to do. The Neo G7 has the best picture quality, but I'm really put off by the PWM dimming, the curve's distortion, and the glare. If there was a Neo G7 that was flat and with DC dimming, I would definitely pick that...
I'm thinking of trying the Neo G8 next, since it's supposed to have a more matte coating with better reflection handling, but it's still going to have the same PWM dimming and curve. It also has an ugly white back, but I suppose I won't see that.
If you have any advice for me, I'd love to hear it. If you have any questions about these monitors, feel free to ask.

What’s up all!
I have been really thinking about the state of Malzahar over the past few months, and I find that as much as I love my main, he needs to be changed. Now I want to break this down into sections, as it should be laid out more thematically and appropriate to real champion design changes.

Before that, I want to state my credentials:

1. Have been playing League since beta
2. Have played in basically every rank at some point or another, playing Malzahar in every one of those.
3. Currently ranked peak is Masters, currently D1 in current season
4. I can respect strengths and weaknesses of the champ without having a “my champ” mindset

Malzahar Lore in current abilities

• Currently, Malzahar’s lore actually lines up decently well with his abilities. The lore speaks on a lone kid that had to fend for himself after his parents passed from sickness. He had visions that he could see the “destiny” of others, but not his own. It seems he could see into the future for someone, but not his own future (slightly vague). But he ends up wandering on his own eventually finding the void, opening his mind/visions, seeing oblivion, and believing “this is the way”. He believes his true calling is to accelerate the world to oblivion. He gains the ability to to open earth and summon nightmarish creatures to “carry away any who dare to deny him”.
• SO! Breaking down each ability, kind of makes sense.
  • Passive – Void Shift - shield after a delay that has large damage reduction and cc immune. (He was a lone traveler that gained strength solo as he seeked meaning in a sense)
  • Q – Call of the Void – This one is a bit out there since he opens up portals that there’s no real mention of in the lore, but we imagine it’s him harnessing some void power to show the void to others? Ha…
  • W – Void Swarm – Makes sense, they mention summoning nightmarish creatures from the earth. Totally.
  • E – Malefic Visions – Makes the most sense. He’s got visions, he puts the vision on a target about their inevitable demise and if they die, it spreads, as he spreads the word. Again, great theme.
  • R – Nether Grasp – Next to Q, I think this one’s kind of alright, but not as strong as others. I imagine it’s him suppressing the target to the void, as you see the portal open under them and he forces the “Death” or “visions” onto them and tries to continue the point of accelerating oblivion.

Issues with Malzahar currently

• Many people believe Malz has the ability to free farm at a safe distance and permanently shove you into your tower. This is PARTIALLY true, as the lower rating you are, the less punish Malz receives. More often, the more experience a player has, the more they understand the ability to punish Malzahar.
  • Example – Lower rating players apply no pressure to Malz, making him have little decisions between harassing with E or Q or farming/shoving. Less understanding how to punish the slower shove of Malzahar early, as the damage from abilities is much too low to solo shove a wave quickly in the early game.
• He is an immobile mage with short range abilities. Seems to be the only champ with 0 crowd control effects (not silence, but slows, roots, stuns, fears etc) between Q,W,E to help support yourself for effective retreats.
  • What I mean here is someone like Ryze can slow or root you, viktor can slow then potentially stun you, annie has movespeed, cass has movespeed + slow, etc etc. Malzahar has no way of actually attempting to remove himself from a situation by playing well with his cc like other champs can do, you just “play safe” with your abilities.
• Much like Fiddle drain (W), putting a mage into a short range position, and suppressing yourself to deal damage will always feel bad. Regardless of being fed, channeled abilities are always going to be difficult to play with, especially when it’s your only source of hard cc.
  • There are VERY minimal channeled abilities in the game, one that’s done pretty well would be Aurelion Sol. Being able to move the channel, turn it on and off, and have an ability that you can work around with it (E) to allow movement is great. Observe other channeled abilities (outside of fiddle), they all have the ability to move, whether it be slower or not, but they aren’t completely rooted when channeling. Arguments to be made for xerath or jhin, but it’s a different kind of channel, and it’s massive range.
• Malzahar can feel boring and is often looked at as “too simple” because of the way his abilities are. There’s such an emphasis on his (E) that it makes the rest of the kit feel weird besides the ult, which still in a sense can feel awkward.
  • Walking up to a wave, spamming your abilities and hoping the enemy doesn’t take the vision off a target, or that the ally minions focus the right target to properly spread visions. Gameplay early is pretty stale, and the laning phase feels pretty non-interactive. You either get bullied too hard to be able to play the lane and you have no escape so you can’t step far enough out, or you just spam your abilities to keep the wave shoved. He has minimal “on demand” wave clear. It’s unit by unit clear.
• Piggybacking off of the single target aspect. You have basically 3 single target abilities. Voidlings can be looked at as multi-target, but they will focus a single target, and obviously if you have visions, they prioritize that target. So, based on kit, Malz seems more almost “assassin” based, looking at single target priority.
  • We need to adjust the theme of malzahar spreading the visions of oblivion, and become a true mage and not as assassin. This is really the core issue with his kit currently. We need to work the abilities to feel like they’re impacting more than one unit, because his Q will not suffice for multi target damage. He’s not a control mage (though people may want him to be classified as such). His entire kit doesn’t utilize anything better or the same as other champions do at the moment, ie Blackfire torch. Many other champions have gained significant benefits, where malz gained minor benefits which in turned got the item nerfed and malz still struggling.
• Everyone that plays Malz knows this one… that’s the voidlings. Being one shot by every ability, passive, proc, etc in the game is miserable. I think literally static shiv could have killed the minions in one shot if I’m not mistaken.
  
  • Not much to say here, everyone knows this. Malz minions are so incredibly useless, I’d love to see the champion damage by Malz damage in the end screen, because it’s got to be the most abysmal pet/minion damage in the game, and it’s not close.
• Finally, the range problem. It’s already been stated for the most part, but Malzahars range has hindered him from really pushing him into viability in his current state. If you’re ever in range to target a player with E, you’re most likely outranged from a normal ranged mage. Obviously we’re not including melee champs into the range argument, but honestly they do SUPER well vs malz, too.
  
  • The issue here is that if you increase the range too much, you make him unbearable to play against, but in his current state you are punished too easily. It’s a balancing act that you have no floor to balance under. Thus, a need for a rework/tune up.

(NEW) Suggested rework options (will keep names the same if it’s a similar idea, otherwise would rename accordingly)

• In here I want to give a few idea on each ability for the most part to explain where things could go to make synergy
  • (NEW) Passive – Void Mastery – Hitting champions with abilities will empower voidlings with different benefits. Q – Voidlings dash to the target ramming into them and applying a .25 mini stun all targets hit. E – Voidlings frenzy gaining increased attackspeed on the target. R – Voidlings seek to bring oblivion. Each voidling will attempt to attack an enemy, applying malefic visions to each enemy attacked while nether grasp is active.
  • Q (REWORKED) – Call of the Void – Malzahar opens 2 portals, silencing and damaging anyone caught in between. Size and silence duration increase with level. (imagine karthus wall, but not quite as big).
  • W (REWORKED PASSIVE ONLY) – Void Swarm – Malzahar tears a portal in the earth summoning voidlings to seek out his enemies. Voidlings prioritize champions with Malefic Vision.
  • E (REWORKED) – Malefic Visions – Malzahar infects a target with his visions applying damage over time. Activating Call of the void on the target refreshes the duration and spreads to the next closes target. Upon killing a unit the vision returns to Malzahar, allowing you to store up to 5 visions. Upon casting Malefic Visions again, Malzahar will apply all Malefic Visions stored to the nearest enemies of his target (prioritizing champions).
  • R (NEW/REWORKED) – Nether Grasp – Malzahar channels the essence of the void on a target, slowing them by 90% and Malzahar by 30%. During this time Voidlings will call the swarm, summoning additional voidlings every .5s the channel remains. Malzahar cannot stop the channel early, but if he is interrupted, the void erupts creating a large field that slows between Malzahar and his target that does % damage to enemies standing on the eruption.

• (REWORKED) Passive – Void Shift – Depending on what Malzahar negates with his shield, you can permanent stats, as if he’s learning more about you. Nothing strong, something as simple as any ability/ap damage negated would result in something as simple as 1 AP, an auto attack/physical damage increases health by 5 HP. Something minimal, but something that says “malzahar is learning”. Honestly, the passive is kind of ok as is, but it just feels goofy overall sometimes, and I could see it becoming something new.
  • Q (NEW) – Call of the Void – Malzahar summons a 2 portals creating a wall that lasts (x) seconds, enemies that touch the wall create Voidmites that are untargetable dealing (x) with each bite. Each set of voidmites summoned permanently empowers your next Voidhemoth.
  • W (NEW) – Void Swarm – Malzahar targets a location to unborrow voidlings, rooting all enemies in the center and slowing enemies anywhere inside the zone. Voidlings spawn attack any enemy hit. Summon 1 voidling + the number of enemy champions hit. Each enemy hit permanently empowers your next Voidhemoth.
  • E (REWORKED) – Malefic Visions – Malzahar infects a target with his visions applying damage over time. Upon killing a unit, the visions spread to the closest enemy. After killing an enemy, permanently empower your next Voidhemoth.
  • R (NEW) – Voidhemoth – Malzahar calls upon the void to bring the inevitable oblivion to the rift, summoning a massive voidhemoth. Once summoned, Malzahar has no control over the void summons. All void creatures will follow and attack with the voidhemoth and leaving a trail wherever they move doing % health to enemies in the void paths they leave behind (remains on the ground till voidhemoth expires). The voidhemoth is empowered with each spell successfully landed, prioritizing targets that were previously hit most by Malzahar’s abilities. Each successful empowerment increases the health, damage and resistance of the voidhemoth. Voidhemoth lasts 6/7/8 seconds.

Consensus

The way I imagine this would work is to really bring the void of Malzahar forward. I think allowing us to see more of the void involved would be great. I think both styles would keep so much of his identity as this poke/dot character, but also bring him into relevancy with current champ design. I don’t think it makes him too complex, but rather just gives complexity to the character that’s currently missing. Instead of having the voidlings feel useless, we can allow them to play a bigger role, while feeling like you “control the void” or rather are at least ok with the void. The first iteration I think focuses more on current gameplay, but actually could make him feel smoother to play potentially. Focusing more on recasting visions for big team fight vision spreads, and letting you really “spread the word” of the void lol.
The second iteration I thought would focus more on these creatuers of the void they said he can control. Giving a new identity to the character in a sense. Allowing you still feel the malzahar dot power, but also feel like your ultimate is everything malz sees. It’s the destruction and oblivion coming forward and leaving havoc in its wake. I think the idea of focusing more on poke and empowering your ultimate or farming now gives you decision making. Originally I imagine you permanently increase the voidhemoth forever moving forward, but I think it makes more sense to have each iteration need to be empowered independently. Scaling of course. But it incentivizes a more aggressive playstyle with high upside.

Now, I know Riot wouldn’t probably touch any of this and doesn’t care to read over another “champion rework design” but MAYBE they’ll see some ideas here and at least start toying with Malzahar to bring him into relevancy.

FT: Espanyol 2-1 Real Oviedo

Venue: Stage Front Stadium
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Espanyol
Joan Garcia, Leandro Cabrera, Sergi Gómez, Brian Oliván (Rubén Sánchez), Omar El Hilali, Alvaro Aguado (Óscar Gil), Keidi Bare, Antoniu Roca (Rafael Bauza), Pere Milla (Víctor Ruiz), Martin Braithwaite, Javier Puado (Gastón Valles).
Subs: Fernando Pacheco, Fernando Calero, Salvi , Ian Forns, Lazo , Keita Baldé, Roger Martínez.
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Real Oviedo
Leo Román, Daniel Calvo, Oier Luengo, Carlos Pomares (Abel Bretones), Víctor Álvarez Rozada, Santi Cazorla, Santiago Colombatto (Borja Bastón), Jaime Seoane, Alemão (Álex Millán), Borja Sánchez (Jonathan Dubasin), Masca (Paulino De La Fuente).
Subs: Lucas , Luismi , Francisco Sebastián Moyano Jiménez, Santiago Homenchenko, Jaime Suárez, Quentin Braat, Víctor Camarasa.
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23' Goal! Espanyol 0, Real Oviedo 1. Oier Luengo (Real Oviedo) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Santi Cazorla with a cross following a corner.
31' Santiago Colombatto (Real Oviedo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32' Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Oviedo 1. Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
35' Antoniu Roca (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
50' Brian Oliván (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56' Substitution, Espanyol. Rubén Sánchez replaces Brian Oliván.
63' Goal! Espanyol 2, Real Oviedo 1. Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Pere Milla with a cross following a corner.
64' Substitution, Espanyol. Rafael Bauza replaces Antoniu Roca.
65' Substitution, Real Oviedo. Paulino de la Fuente replaces Masca.
65' Substitution, Real Oviedo. Jonathan Dubasin replaces Borja Sánchez.
77' Substitution, Real Oviedo. Abel Bretones replaces Carlos Pomares.
77' Substitution, Real Oviedo. Borja Bastón replaces Santiago Colombatto.
81' Substitution, Espanyol. Víctor Ruiz replaces Pere Milla because of an injury.
81' Substitution, Espanyol. Gastón Valles replaces Javi Puado.
81' Substitution, Espanyol. Óscar Gil replaces Álvaro Aguado.
86' Substitution, Real Oviedo. Álex Millán replaces Alemão.
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FT: Palermo 0-1 Venezia

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Palermo
Sebastiano Desplanches, Fabio Lucioni, Kristoffer Lund (Francesco Di Mariano), Simon Graves Jensen, Salim Diakite, Ivan Marconi, Claudio Gomes (Roberto Insigne), Jacopo Segre, Filippo Ranocchia (Federico Di Francesco), Edoardo Soleri (Chaka Traorè), Matteo Brunori Sandri.
Subs: Alessio Buttaro, Aljosa Vasic, Mirko Pigliacelli, Liam Henderson, Ionut Nedelcearu, Giuseppe Aurelio, Leonardo Mancuso, Leo Stulac.
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Venezia
Jesse Joronen, Jay Idzes, Michael Svoboda, Marin Sverko (Ali Dembélé), Tanner Tessmann, Nicholas Pierini (Marco Olivieri), Gianluca Busio, Magnus Andersen (Nunzio Lella), Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (Francesco Zampano), Joel Pohjanpalo (Christian Gytkjaer), Antonio Candela.
Subs: Denis Cheryshev, Matteo Grandi, Maximilian Ullmann, Bruno , Marco Modolo, Mato Jajalo.
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FT: Salernitana 1-2 Hellas Verona

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Salernitana
Vincenzo Fiorillo, Federico Fazio (Kostas Manolas), Lorenzo Pirola (Antonio Candreva), Niccolò Pierozzi, Toma Basic, Lassana Coulibaly (Giulio Maggiore), Junior Sambia, Alessandro Zanoli, Shon Weissman (Gerardo Fusco), Grigoris Kastanos (Emanuel Vignato), Loum Tchaouna.
Subs: Andres Sfait, Marco Pellegrino, Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Salvati Gregorio, Benoit Costil, Luca Boncori, Mateusz Legowski.
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Hellas Verona
Lorenzo Montipò, Diego Coppola, Pawel Dawidowicz, Juan Cabal (Giangiacomo Magnani), Jackson Tchatchoua, Michael Folorunsho (Karol Swiderski), Suat Serdar, Ondrej Duda, Tijjani Noslin, Darko Lazovic (Ruben Vinagre), Tomas Suslov (Daniel Silva).
Subs: Junior Ajayi, Simone Perilli, Federico Bonazzoli, Christian Corradi, Stefan Mitrovic, Mattia Chiesa, Charlys, Reda Belahyane, Fabien Centonze, Elayis Tavsan.
MATCH EVENTS via ESPN
14' Junior Sambia (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
22' Goal! Salernitana 0, Verona 1. Tomás Suslov (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tijjani Noslin with a headed pass.
45'+3' Goal! Salernitana 0, Verona 2. Michael Folorunsho (Verona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darko Lazovic.
45' Substitution, Salernitana. Antonio Candreva replaces Lorenzo Pirola.
45' Substitution, Salernitana. Giulio Maggiore replaces Lassana Coulibaly.
56' Ondrej Duda (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
67' Substitution, Verona. Giangiacomo Magnani replaces Juan Cabal.
71' Toma Basic (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
72' Substitution, Salernitana. Konstantinos Manolas replaces Federico Fazio.
73' Suat Serdar (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73' Loum Tchaouna (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76' Substitution, Salernitana. Gerardo Fusco replaces Shon Weissman.
81' Substitution, Verona. Karol Swiderski replaces Michael Folorunsho.
81' Substitution, Verona. Dani Silva replaces Tomás Suslov.
83' Substitution, Salernitana. Emanuel Vignato replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
90' Goal! Salernitana 1, Verona 2. Giulio Maggiore (Salernitana) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
90'+1' Substitution, Verona. Rúben Vinagre replaces Darko Lazovic.
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FT: Servette 0-1 Young Boys

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Servette
Jeremy Frick, Dylan Bronn, Steve Rouiller, Théo Magnin, Bradley Mazikou, Gaël Ondoua, Miroslav Stevanovic, David Douline (Keigo Tsunemoto), Thimoté Cognat, Bendeguz Bolla (Alexis Antunes), Takuma Nishimura (Jeremy Guillemenot).
Subs: Joel Mall, Tiemoko Ouattara, Anthony Baron, Yoan Severin.
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Young Boys
Anthony Racioppi, Noah Persson (Filip Ugrinic), Mohamed Ali Camara, Anel Hasic, Saidy Janko, Joel Mugisha (Ebrima Colley), Kastiot Imeri (Silvére Ganvoula), Sandro Lauper (Fabian Lustenberger), Lukasz Lakomy (Cheikh Niasse), Meschack Elia, Cedric Itten.
Subs: Sadin Crnovrsanin, David Von Ballmoos, Darian Males.
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So first I should preface this with my bias; I've been a Homeworld fan since the 1999 release when I was 10 years old. Now I'm 35 and have started my own family - so it's been a crazy journey. Homeworld was instrumental in my career, passions, everything. The reason I'm a dev now is because I learned to mod because of Homeworld. So to say I'm biased towards liking the series is probably an understatement.
Another bias I have is that I strongly prefer Homeworld 1 over Homeworld 2, for many reasons. When I played Homeworld 3 I was dimly aware that there was some negative sentiment that it removed features from Homeworld 2 that players enjoyed. I have not read any of the online discourse since getting the game: I wanted to go in completely fresh-eyed.
With that out of the way I'll also save everyone some time: I absolutely loved Homeworld 3. It was what we were hoping for with Homeworld 2: Dust Wars and I am here for it. For newer fans of the series, or fans that might not know, Dust Wars was demoed in 2008...ish? It introduced the megaliths and the concept of fighting within giant space structures. Then it was scrapped because of tech limitations at the time and that's why Homeworld 2 had to restart it's development halfway through.
So Homeworld 3 is basically what Homeworld 2 was supposed to be and IMO it nails it. Here are my thoughts. For all of them I'm going to start with the areas I could see improving and then talk about the areas I thought it did well because in my opinion it did so much well that I just want to get the could-be-improved stuff out of the way first.
Story:
Could be improved:

1. The cutscene where Karan and Imogen foreshadowed the lullaby cypher felt a bit stilted. When Karan says "I know goodbyes are hard. Let me sing our lullaby", it just felt forced.
2. There was a pretty big logical leap right after we met Karan. I thought the reunion between the two was heartwarming and well-voice acted. Karan says: "The queen is coming for the sajuuk's progenitor cores...she will be able to harness the energy from the entire gate network. Nearly infinite power" and then Imogen replies with "in that moment her systems would be open...and we could override...if we were very close to her temple." it's a huge unprompted logical jump. I have no idea why she would say that other than to move the story along.
3. At the end of the final mission I felt like it wasn't really communicated that we would also be stuck there. What does it mean that our cores were overloaded? Are they permanently damaged? I also don't feel like it was well communicated as to why Karan had to join the Queen. I assumed it's because her cores were used. Regardless of the reasons I really liked this part of the story, see below.
4. Karan/Imogen's line "To be Hiigaran is to never be alone" is a little cheesy but hey it's spaceships and laser guns, I didn't mind. :)
5. EDIT: This post (https://www.reddit.com/homeworld/comments/1cwidye/comment/l4wg6vz/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=mweb3x&utm\_name=mweb3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button) really made me rethink the ending from a different perspective; the forgiveness of the queen was really underserved at the end of the game. By that point I had forgotten about the billions of people she murdered and now that this poster brings it up it cheapens the stakes and is honestly very out of character for Karan, so I've adjusted my rating on this one. the story, IMO is still a lot of fun and if you replace her killing billions with maybe, IDK, conquering planets or something or holding hyperspace hostage, the story would still be good IMO. But this hole is just so large it knocks the whole thing down. It was enjoyable and it hasn't been lessened for me but yea, objectively it's a major flaw.

Now that that's out of the way - The Awesome:

1. The story was really character driven, much more so than in any other games in the series and I thought it was done really ll. Powerful female leads working with an immensely intelligent male lead. Everyone's motivations made sense and they reacted logically to lots of situations. I really loved the villain but we'll talk about her in a bit.
2. I felt like the transhumanist themes were really interesting and this game dove deep into what it might be like in the Homeworld universe to essentially become a living starship, capable of hyperspace flight. We really looked at what it would mean for a human consciousness to grow to the size of a living starship. It also ties in well with the Queen's arc; how she had been elevated to godhood and found herself all alone, abandoned by her people. What would it be like to have the power of a god but only have yourself to talk to about it?
3. The Queen and Karan literally ascending into hyperspace was also a very cool thought. Literally moving to the next plane of existence by existing in another reality. What gods could we become?
4. Fleet Intelligence was well acted and worked really well with Fleet Command. It was refreshing to see two professionals working together for a common goal, which you don't usually see in contemporary media anymore.
5. I think the Queen was a solid villain. Her motivations were simple but easily understandable and extended from the trauma of being used and abandoned by her people. Her and Karan's arc remind me a bit of a Terry Pratchett book called "Small Gods". In it, the villain is a monstrous head of the church, torturing etc. The hero of the book, Brother, ends up killing him and restoring the church to a more peaceful path, becoming a prophet of their god Ohm. When he dies 100 years later, he finds his former enemy lost in the sands of eternity and rather than ascending to heaven himself, takes pity on him and walks with him. I felt like regardless of why Karan had to join her, I feel like her doing so was a really complex character moment and humanized an enemy that would have otherwise been a very simplistic villain. I appreciated it.

Art/Technical Design:
Could be improved:

1. I felt like Imogen was pretty oversexualized. She was basically naked, down to showing individual toes. She could have at least had maybe more average features?
2. Not a huge fan of the unit designs. I like the idea of the Hiigaran ship being designed to a top-down profile and the Incaranate to a side profile. However I feel like the Hiigaran ships lacked interesting silhouettes and the Incarnate were very overwright with way too many lines. I think the two factions adhered too strictly to horizontal/vertical profiles and should have mixed it up more. Witnes the original Taiidan ships, which IMO are the pinnacle of Homeworld ship design but I know that's subjective.
3. Unit pathfinding is pretty dumb.

The Awesome:

1. Cutscene characters were great and it's awesome to see the evolution from hand-drawn black and white, to hand drawn color, to color CGI mimicking hand drawn to full CGI standing on it's own, with still a little bit of that limited movement from a hand drawn animatic.
2. Some really amazing shots, the one where the mothership broke free of the ice was beautiful and really sticks out in my mind. The build up of cosmic "sand" in the bowels of the great megaliths, or the perspective of seeing massive capital ships dwarfed by gigantic planar objects they move across. The environments really told a story and were so well crafted to the mood of the levels.
3. The blend of technical and artistic design is so beautiful and uniquely Homeworld. The vast windswept frozen planes, the deep clouds and volumetric shadows, the bright flares as explosions rip apart massive warships; technically speaking from every aspect the game is gorgeous.
4. The megaliths are just really inspirational and I absolutely love them.

UX:
Could be improved:

1. If you don't turn on unit health bars it is really hard to see what ships you have selected.
2. Sometimes I would auto-select multiple units of a single type and that was frustrating.
3. The concept of formation or group leads was never really explained, would be nice to see.

The Awesome:

1. Love the flexibility in the camera and gameplay systems.
2. The ship selection system combines the best elements of Homeworld 2 (picture icons) and Homeworld 1 (grouping similar ship types instead of showing an icon for each one). Personally I still prefer the text list of Homeworld 1 but ya gotta change with the times.
3. I really enjoyed the menus and how they plus the in-game interface felt very advanced and technically competent.

Gameplay:
I'll just generally talk about this one. I really enjoyed it - the megaliths offer an exciting new challenge and I like how the idea of terrain close maneuvering is expanded on in the manual lore. It gives you a lot more tactical freedom and flexibility compared to old school deep space slugfests. The fact that ballistics simulations seem to be back is amazing. I think the pairing down of features from Homeworld 2 was great; upgrades are simple and attached to the ship they're applied to, they don't have a lot of variations, etc. I know some people miss subsystem targeting but tbh I never used it and I don't care that it's gone. I love that we have real individual units back and real formations. The gameplay is much more 3D, like the original Homeworld. Homeworld 2 felt super flat. Now we even have directional damage.
I can't comment on game balance because I've only played the campaign and it was on Medium so I absolutely plowed through it. In the final level the Titan vessel could only launch two or three frigates before being dropped to 50% health and having to retreat. So any comments I have on balance wouldn't really be relevant to the overall game.
Overall I just really, really like this game. It feels like they took all the stuff they added in Homeworld 2 that to me made it less Homeworld and removed or refined them. Then they went back to Homeworld 1 and Homeworld 2: Dust Wars and just took all of that into the modern day. It's a great experience and I'd highly recommend it. My personal Homeworld series rankings would be:

• Homeworld 1 or 3
• Homeworld Cataclysm or Deserts of Kharak
• Homeworld 2

I would give Homeworld 3:
Story (EDITED): 6.5/10
Art: 9/10
UX: 9.5/10
Gameplay: 10/10

Spoiler, obviously.
So I finished AC6 a few months ago, probably my favourite game of 2023, and started playing AC4 a few days ago (PAL version on Xenia using Xbox Controller). Here's some of my notes in points, hope y'all like it!

1. I like the vibe of the game. There aren't many games nowadays that portray such a bleak and apocalyptic world. The lore is very interesting but I don't seem to find much discussions about it online.
   
2. The graphics suck but the empty art style really suits the game. I always wanted to play a game that's in color but still so devoid of color that it looks almost b&w, AC4 is probably not the best in this category but it was a refreshing look.
   
3. Pretty questionable level designs in some levels such as the RM bridge (I hate that if you drop off the bridge, for some builds it's basically mission failure) and the underground silo level (the speed and camera doesn't suit this type of level). But weirdly, I loved the open or empty levels with scattered or centred huge objectives.
   
4. I love the music. The fact that a niche japanese robot game has it's own in house band and they make so unique and vibe rock music... It really doesn't happen these days! (Closest maybe starlord from GOTG, health from Max Payne 3 and obviously AC6 Disc 3)
   
5. I'm pretty disappointed with buildcraft coming from AC6. The moment I chose Sunshine 2 with arm integrated bazookas on chapter 3 the game really dropped the ball. I tried other weapons such as Gatling (my favourite in AC6 was using dual Gatling and holding R1 L1 while screaming my balls of), MG and AR (they are so ineffective but more that they don't feel good to me in AC4, AC6 dual MG was fun), blades don't have enough tracking and shotguns don't feel punch enough here unlike dual zimmermans. The two missiles in this build is also too effective without any movement penalty like songbirds (my favourite in AC6 alongside the stun needle). Overall, AC4 weapons just don't feel... Cool yk.
   
6. The ending was pretty abrupt, Joshua doesn't have nowhere near enough dialogue throughout the game to be a final boss.
   
7. I know that old AC have turning speed associated with leg parts but I really, really hated it after coming from AC6, I almost quit the game because how slow the right stick felt. This was easily the best QOL change is AC6.
   
8. I know everyone's like Regular B is the best control scheme but I wish there was some autoboost along with maybe some auto-swap-and-fire for the back weapons that'd work without breaking the intended difficulty of the game (AC4 was obviously built with the weapon changing time in mind and firing 4 weapons at once would break the difficulty).
   

Overall, I did like the game inspite of the flaws and look forward to playing for answer. I've heard it fixes most of the issues. If anyone has more recommendations for games like this I'd appreciate. Thanks for reading!