⚾ In other news that kind of boggles my mind: Mariners off to their best start in history.
🎮 Looking at the combat mechanics of BT1 it's interesting that melee attack success is based on Character AC + some minor factors vs Target AC. As a gamedev it seems like level value +bonus might be a more intuitive system for scaling difficulty.
General observation about text based CRPG combat: multiple rounds where player characters and NPCs do no damage to each other or miss completely are not very fun or compelling. Competent characters that deal a lot of damage while still taking some damage is more entertaining.
🏀 Rui Hachimura is second team AP All-American and Brandon Clarke is third team. I would have reversed the two based based on all the games I watched and the clear statistical evidence, but Rui had the media hype all season long so no real surprise.
🏀 Looking forward to hearing some of my coworkers takes on Saturday's loss, the Final Four, and next season. I'm surprisingly at peace with this year's Elite 8 exit; I think the Duke and Carolina losses helped in that regard.
🏀 It'll be interesting to see how the Final Four ratings turn out sans Duke, but I'm pretty intrigued by the remaining teams and the fact that Virginia was the only 1 seed to advance. Texas Tech seems as likely as anybody.
🏀 I don't expect Rui to come back and I don't think he should, but he does kind of strike me as the rare player that might listen to his heart and do something unexpected. Zags are still loaded next year even if he and Clarke leave as projected, but could use a veteran point guard.
🏀 Zags are killing me and my Twitter timeline this half. Nothing funny about this game I guess.