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Totally agree. Too bad it is so damn expensive. Maybe my taste is a little more expensive...haha. Love the look of some of the Black Rhino wheels.
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Thought I'd join this convo. Bought this 2021 Tundra about a year ago and love it. Hoping to keep her for awhile. I creep on Tundras.com to see what upgrades other owners are doing to get some inspiration. I think my next upgrade will be a new head unit (y'all have any suggestions?). I also want to get away from the 20-inch wheels and go to 18-inch (i like the look better), just didn't do it this time around because of the cost.
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Those lists are always....interesting. I am shocked at how many guys I have never heard of. haha. I guarantee if this list is redone at the end of the year it will have Ryan Wingo and Jaydon Blue on it. They are gonna be monsters this year.
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I have spent a LOT of time playing Dynasty mode. Lots of issues but dammit, I am still loving it. haha. Big update came out yesterday which should help a lot of different things. I just keep thinking that the CFB revamped guys on the EA team won't let this thing suck...I just think they released it a LITTLE early to get it out before the season and they will continue to update it throughout the year. Either way, I have enjoyed it.
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Def has flaws but I enjoy playing. I’ve started dynasties with UT Tyler and North Dakota and am loving it. Just got a 100 speed WR committed to my ND team. He will go nicely with my current 99 freshman and 97 senior. [emoji15][emoji15]
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Few more things I really like since I have played it more: 1. I don't remember this in 14, but saving plays as "favorites" is awesome. I take 5 delay of games per game trying to find certain plays I like, so this is very helpful. 2. Position changes - it brings up a screen showing you each position and what the player's rating will be in order. Very helpful. Again, I think in 14 you had to just switch their position and THEN see what they are rated after they have moved. At least that is how I remember it, could be wrong. 3. I have started a few dynasties using random crappy teams, including my own teambuilder UT Tyler team. I am addicted to designing uniforms. 4. Recruiting takes time, I guess like in real life. My suggestion is to turn OFF auto recruiting. It sucks. But, recruiting manually does take time. I have successfully gotten 4-5 star recruits, granted, not many, to come to my 1-1.5-2 star teams. Just takes time. Things I still really want to change: 1. EA HAS to make editing recruits a thing. I cannot keep getting 5-star WHITE WRs/RBs who have 96 speed. 2. I am surprised the uniform offerings are so crappy. Granted, I have been using bad teams, but it just surprised there aren't more options. CFB Revamped was GREAT when it came to adding uniform options. Maybe more will come.
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There is definitely a "sub" button but it is on the main formation screen. So in "Shotgun" you can sub, just not in the next screen when you select "shotgun". If that makes sense.
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It's a fun game and it has taken up a lot of my free time the last few days, but yeah, there are some DEFINITE glitches. The game has quit on me a couple of times right as I am starting to play a game. SUCKS that you can't edit new recruits in dynasty mode. I don't want 3 white running backs, sorry. Nor should my deep threat WR be white. heh. For some of you saying stuff about throwing INTs or not having enough time to play action, look up the operation sports sliders for gameplay. It has made the game a lot more enjoyable for me. Some close games, some not. WAY fewer INTs and I actually have some time to throw on pass plays. not all the time and it definite depends who I am playing. I posted on the Video Game thread, but just search for those sliders on Google. I can't link it from my work computer because site is blocked. Since I messed with the sliders I have had a LOT more fun playing.
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I think on the RPO the only options are handing it off or throwing the ball. I could be wrong. Do you mean how do you hand it off or how does the QB actually keep it? I don’t know if he can. But I don’t know for sure. As far as recruiting, it def can be hit or miss on certain guys but you definitely have to spend time on it if you are really after certain targets. I did “auto recruit” a few seasons and it kind of sucked. I don’t have a strategy other than “send the house” on my main targets, removing guys who get way out of reach (get those points back) and trying for other guys late. I’ve signed a few guys late in the season after not recruiting them the whole year. Also transfer portal guys. I’ve signed 2-3 per year that have been good quality. Ex: Earnest Greene at LT for one season. Not bad for lil ol Tyler State University. Hahaha. Oh, and I like the absurdity of some of the recruits. My son got a qb with 98 speed and 94 throwing arm as a true FR. crazy, but fun. I rarely play defense, usually only play offense. I will say, finding the right sliders helps make things more fun, for me any way. I want it to be challenging but realistic. After my team got better, playing crappy teams like New Mexico etc, my average win is like 40-21. If I’m playing a power five team my games are closer. I’ve lost a few since the D is all on their own. Side note: I love the Kansas and Okie state playbook when I’m tryin to balance out my offense. I’ve tried others but those standout. I’ve also read that the downloadable playbooks users make are not showing up in dynasty. I can confirm. Kinda sucks. Team builder is fun. Took me a little bit to figure out how to get online to create a team, but once I did, it’s awesome. Tyler State is the team I made and I think their uniforms are sweet.
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I downloaded Delta and have had some fun playing Baseball Stars and Tecmo Super Bowl. You can find roms online that have updated Tecmo Bowl rosters. I downloaded the 2024 NFL rom and the 2023 college football rom. Pretty cool.
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I've read that the sliders posted on Operation Sports (sorry, can't get working link on work iPad) are great at making the game a little "easier" or at least more realistic. I will try it out when I get home today. That being said, I have one dynasty going right now to just try out things. I went 10-4 in year two with Southern Miss, mainly because I got them to 8-2 before I skipped the last few games. I almost never play defense, just offense. That keeps the games from taking too long and keeps me from throwing my controller. Anyway, the game isn't perfect but dammit I love it. Been waiting a long time. Some things I really really like so far: PROS: - LOVE the graphics and the movement of the players. Looks GREAT. Forgot to say, I got rid of my original Xbox One and got a new gen just for this game. So, I am not used to these updated graphics. I played Madden some on the Xbox one, but not a lot. So my real experience in football games was years of playing on the PS3 and the last few years on CFB revamped. - The "little things" 1. The players on the sidelines help brace for impact when a player runs out of bounds. Maybe not every time, but it happens. Can't remember if coaches do too. - Little thing 2: They have updated the "hometown" list so it includes a LOT more towns. Love that I can put my hometown now. - Little thing 3: You can set pipelines and instead of "Texas" or "Iowa" they have other areas like "Metro Atlanta", "East Texas", and more. Very cool. - Little thing 4: Some of the pregame stuff is cool. In year two of my dynasty they referenced the matchup the year before. Surprised me. - The sounds on the game are VERY NICE. Makes me want to upgrade my sound system. I haven't paid too much attention to the play-by-play, but it sounds ok. I like that they have different crews depending on the game. - Recruiting is pretty challenging, especially when you are a one star or two star team. I like it though, makes it more challenging. The transfer portal thing is really cool too. CONS: - WHY THE F DID THEY CHANGE THE WAY YOU DO A READ OPTION!?!?! This is really throwing me off. Will take some time to learn. - Teambuilder is not on the game...yet. I hope it gets in there soon. - You cannot edit players/recruits in Dynasty. That really sucks. If I want a 300 lb running back with a fat belly, dammit, I want to be able to do it. - You can't edit real players in the main menu. Ex: I wanted to increase Jaydon Blue's sprint speed, couldn't do it. I switched a generic player to Alfred Collins but you can't edit their skin color. That kinda sucks. - I have thrown A LOT of INTS in gameplay. Granted, I am a throw-happy team but still. LIke I said earlier, playing with the sliders helps. - No other real gameplay complaints. - WHY DID THEY CHANGE THE READ OPTION!?!?!??!?! Ok, sorry.
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WHY THE F DID THEY CHANGE THE READ OPTION BUTTON?! Holy hell this has me in a major funk. I’ve been a CFB revamped user for awhile so I never stopped playing. Muscle memory won’t let go
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Sorry, just saw this! Airbnb in Venice we used
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I was looking for something “different “ than what I already had on our trip to Italy. Came across Vagary watches, a Citizen brand. This one was $120. 40 mm dial. Automatic. WR 10 bar. And like I said, “different”.
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We had a good time in Florence. Went to the Accademia and Uffizi. Duomo and more. We had a good time seeing the leaning tower of Pisa. Finally had my Fiorentina steak last night and it was amazing. We decided on a place called Braceria All’11 which was close to where we stayed and had nice reviews. Like I said, it was wonderful. I think our steak was 1.4 kilos and we shared it with our two kids. Hah. Heading to Rome right now with a tour of the colosseum this afternoon.
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We just got here and holy shit. Crowded as hell. Shocked me. I actually pictured Florence as “laid back”. Hah. We went to the Accademia today and it was an absolute mad house. We did find a nice place to eat though. Side note: the wife has celiac and was worried about the trip. As most of you know, a lot of places offer some GF options. We have found some exclusive GF places and one was here in Florence. Rissoteria Melotti. It’s been my favorite meal since we got to Italy. I had the Risotto with Pepper sauce, Wild Boar Ragù and Chives and it was [emoji91][emoji91].
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I’ve read a lot before and during this trip about the places we are visiting. I simply cannot BELIEVE there are people on Reddit, etc that say “Venice isn’t worth visiting at all”. For any first time Italy tourist I think it is a MUST. I loved it. We are now heading to Florence for the next 2.5 days. We shall see what happens!
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Quick update from our trip. We flew into Milan and made our way from the airport to our hotel near Central Station. Pretty simple. I use Google Maps A LOT when traveling internationally and it has been very trustworthy so far. Duomo Milano was pretty, but man, Milan just felt ….well, if I never went back to Milan I would be ok. Saying that, we do return for our flight out and the son and I will take a tour to San Siro and the wife and daughter (only could find two tickets) are going to see The Last Supper. We got to Venice by train yesterday and i am already in love. This place is MAGICAL. our Airbnb is a 6 min walk to St Mark's Square which is cool, but we have spent most of our short time here exploring. i love it. heading to Lido Beach here in a few. For dinner last night we found a place near our stay called Al Vecio Canton. The wife has celiac and they had a nice offering of GF dishes. I had the Spaghetti Alla Busera (mine had prawns, is that Busera?) which was FANTASTIC. So far we have had a great time and have only been in Italy two days.
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I attended the game with my son and we had a good time. I will say this, maybe I am a complete dumbass, but finding our seats was NOT easy. We thought "section 245, go up to the second level and follow signs". Well, we went up some stairs and the second level appeared to be the 300s. So we went back down and couldn't find the 200s. After asking 4 separate "aggy hospitality" workers (no help), I asked a state trooper if he had any idea. He told me to get on the employee only elevator and see if you can get to the bottom and ask if they can help you. Finally someone there said "you have to go to level 4 on the elevator and that is where section 245 is". WTF. I saw numerous people in the wrong seats eventually having to move when the game got closer. Total confusion.
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I was at the game early and walked around A LOT. I saw VERY FEW hot chicks anywhere. Disappointing.
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Colorado Vacation Destinations - Not Quite So Crowded, But Still Cool
Dignan replied to Dbeasy's topic in Food and Travel
My family and I (wife, now 17 yr old son, 8 yr old girl) have enjoyed spending a couple of Christmases in the Woodland Park/Cripple Creek area. My wife (from Brazil, NO pics) has always wanted to spend a "Christmas with snow in the mountains". Something that doesn't happen much in East Texas. So, a few years ago we got an Airbnb in the middle of nowhere (address said Cripple Creek). It was really magical. Just us four in a small cabin with as much snow as we could ever want. We could see Pike's Peak in the distance and spent a lot of time playing games, watching movies, and playing in the snow. On our first trip about 4 years ago, we drove to Colorado Springs to go ice skating and some shopping. We also went to Santa's North Pole Amusement Park (about a 35-40 min drive from where we were) at the base of Pike's Peak two days before Christmas. It was a fun little amusement park with great views and is home to the "highest elevated ferris wheel in the US". Uh, we rode it and I was not a fan. Looked like I was going to fall off the side of the mountain. We spent Christmas Eve/Day enjoying the peace and quiet and a nice fire . We went back two years ago and took my in-laws with us. We stayed in a different place not too far from where we originally stayed a couple years before. This trip we spent some more time in Colorado Springs, visited the Garden of the Gods, and drove to Breckenridge to check out the town and do some tubing. It was a blast. I WILL SAY: If you go during the Winter, drive a vehicle with AWD or 4x4. We drove a front-wheel drive minivan (to fit everyone) and had to use chains several times, including driving through Hoosier Pass. It was hectic. If we go to this area again, which I hope to do, we will look at finding a place in Woodland Park, west of Colorado Springs. Not as secluded as what we did before, but definitely more convenient. While we did drive through Cripple Creek on both visits, we did not do any gambling. -
Any of you going into aggyland to watch this? I will be there with my son! Couldn't pass up a chance to see Brazil. I've been married to a Brazilian for 22 years now and have obviously supported the Selecao like they are my own...of course when they aren't playing the US. Can't wait to see them destroy Mexico and cannot believe it is being played in College Station.
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I saw a "new" way to do a brisket on a pellet grill. The tik toker pretty much explained that the way you always see people suggest how to do briskets are always on conventional wood smokers where the heat is off-set. Pellet grills the heat is coming from the bottom. Anyway, it is pretty much the same but when you get to 190 temp internal, wrap the brisket in butcher paper and then foil, throw it in the oven on "keep warm" (mine is at 150 degrees) for 12-18 hours. The last brisket I did smoked for 18 hours total. I started it at 200 degrees and when the brisket reached 165 internal, I turned the heat up to 250. Again, once it reached 190 I wrapped and put in the oven until lunch on Memorial Day. This is the third time I have done it this way and it is great every time.
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One thing I forgot about before our trip was scheduled: The Euro soccer tournament will be going on. Will game times affect if restaurants/shops/etc will be closed etc? Either way, can't wait to watch some matches with the locals.
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Not sure if they’ve been mentioned, but Zelos watch has a nice 41 mm titanium watch in burnt orange. $599. new game day watch? I don’t know much about them, stumbled upon while looking at microbrand watches. Looks great.
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