its like fnaf

necro!!
i havent been reading with the same frequency that i used to but here u are

The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Voung is one of the best books I have ever read. The writing in this book is unreal. I think the first chapter of this book might be the most perfect, well written 8 page description of middle america I've ever seen. I finished this book on the train the other day and had to accept that I just kinda had to ball my eyes out in public. Read this. Ocean Voung is so unreasonably articulate (like listen to this interview with dua lipa, what the fuck???) I could listen/read to this guy talk forever. He even somehow manages to make his Oprah interview a genuinely pleasant and interesting experience.

Playground by Richard Powers had me hooked from start to finish. The Overstory is another of my most favourite books, and in Playground Powers manages to play with the format in such a unique and creative way that I think it might surpass The Overstory in quality.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Zevin Gabrielle feels like a book my mum would have bought me cause she saw that its about video games. I think this book does a perfectly adequate job at telling its story, but I can't get rid of my inner edgy 16 yearold self that felt really pandered to, and ultimately also misunderstood as someone who likes video games. Maybe this book isnt actually for me.

Fish Have No Feet by Jón Kalman Stefánsson is another banger from one of my favourite authors. Although this is originally written in icelandic I find that his work translated to danish is still some of the only danish literature that manages to not sound like shit. I found the story in this book to be less compelling than it's twin novel (About the Size of the Universe), but a very nice emo read while going through some personal shit earlier this year.

I love the way that Benjamin Labatut has decided to carve out this strange niche of writing historical-semi fiction about scientists, and The Maniac feels very much like a natural successor to the proof of concept that was When We Cease to Understand the World. John von Neumann is such an interesting character, and this book does such a cool job building and working with the mythology surrounding him.

I also read This Other Eden by Paul Harding like 2 years ago and I remember vaguely enjoying it, but I left like no notes on my goodreads besides a 4 star review so idk lol. It was good (i think).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cOTX3Seu78

do u think habib ever wishes he just kept playing with bullet

sorry my fault
4 hrs of sleep and 5 am posting is a bad combo
ill keep up posts so u can all read my cringe
i think most na players are nice and cool i was worked up and happy for my boys
pls come to eu so we can play with real rulesets (you would probably win!)

you did it to yourselves
idk why the region as a whole refuses to play to the ruleset its been there the whole time and none of your teams play for it

so, so proud of the papi and the bros for taking home the victory
losing to na has been eating at them for years and im so happy to see them finally overcome it all and shutting up the dumbass idiots theyve had to listen to for the past few years
watching them celebrate after the win you can see how much it genuinely means to all of them

ngl as a european it feels incredibly nice to see americans who (for whatever reason) made us feel like the underdog the whole time.
the way some of you fuckers acted this whole weekend made this the most satisfying shit ive ever seen
your ruleset is dogshit, and thankfully, so are your teams
cu@

cheers, byte

are u going to look me in the eyes man to man face to face and tell me that the detonator provides fun and interesting gameplay

are u going to look me in the eyes man to man face to face and tell me that the loch and load and the ball provide fun and interesting gameplay

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18BNUjOqur4fpkDFFLaeu_zUsgRXV3btASkFxTVKNe_E/edit?usp=sharing
UPDATED PREDICTIONS FROM THE EU COPE CHAMBER

edit:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2466240791?t=02h17m11s for context ....

unless g6 are drastically better than in rgl theyd lose to yak no cap

1. wgeu
2. froyo
3. g6
4. au

was super excited to be joining the casting team in person for this event, sadly visa issues forced me to cancel last minute

hopefully the burger boys across the pond smash it!

do u guys remember the last time we had this thread and nurs*y came in with the craziest self report of all time for no reason

sorry if im being dumb but isnt this literally the functionality of open

rescheduled to tuesday 11th 20 cet