Brent Brookhouse

@pridefightingchampionships.com

Combat sports writer at CBSSports.com (formerly Bloody Elbow, MMAjunkie, FloSlam and others)

Think I need a backup hockey team to root for. I can't subject myself to more Blackhawks rebuild as the focus of the season and get any enjoyment. Need to decide on a fun b-tier contender that would require a miracle run to win it all, but that will still make the playoffs.

Some tweaks are in, making the early game a bit easier thanks to some changes to finances (it was too difficult for what should have been the easiest tier runs) and changed the step-up fight system to add more insight into your coach skill's "read" of chances of success. That's it for the next week.

Brent Brookhouse@pridefightingchampionships.com · 2d ago

Ok, per requests: Undercard: An MMA Gym Roguelike is available for desktop download. This new version (with more content/better fight night control) is also still on my website. It's still free, but hey, if you want to toss me a few bucks on itch, cool. prideneverdie.itch.io/undercard-an...

Made some changes that I'll be pushing shortly. The starting gym experience was too financially difficult, trying to soften that difficulty a little while still maintaining the garage gym upstart feel for the earliest unlocked gym. Will release at some point tonight if I can nail it down

Brent Brookhouse@pridefightingchampionships.com · 2d ago

Ok, per requests: Undercard: An MMA Gym Roguelike is available for desktop download. This new version (with more content/better fight night control) is also still on my website. It's still free, but hey, if you want to toss me a few bucks on itch, cool. prideneverdie.itch.io/undercard-an...

Was out doing Halloween stuff with the kids last night so didn't have the UFC elo updates during the event. Catching up today, here are the biggest movers: Talita Alencar losing to Piera Rodríguez dropped Alencar out of the women's strawweight top 10 (#10 -> #13)

It's 4:12 and the ring walks haven't even started for the fight BEFORE the Canelo fight. Love that they had to make a big showy promise about how early Canelo would fight for his fans with kids just to not come anywhere near following through, which is just how every DAZN card ever has gone.

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Used to play Mortal Kombat with the kids and we all kinda burned out on it. This morning, one of them asked if we could play again this weekend. I was just on YouTube and saw a "mastering combos" video in the history. I see you, kid. I'm onto your bullshit.

Man, League gets a lot more fun when you realize being a top laner sucks and decide you're just a jungle guy now. Ping away, nerds on my team, I'll come gank your lane if I feel like it, just like you helping out with objectives.

Brent Brookhouse@pridefightingchampionships.com · last wk.

Continued the league of legends journey today. Went 4-0 in swiftplay. Played really well in one of the games. Played ok in two. Was complete butt in the other. Yay games

I've had a few people ask if I could put out a desktop version and I'll release that this week. I'm working on strengthening the "fight night experience" with a better fight engine and a better range of corner options pre ad during fights. Then I'll put out a download (still free, of course)

Brent Brookhouse@pridefightingchampionships.com · 2w ago

Almost time for some daytime MMA, the best kind of MMA. Also, I have had an MMA gym management roguelike (kinda) hidden on my site for a while. While it's still a work in progress, you can play it in your browser now. pridefightingchampionships.com/undercard/

Volkov getting horribly screwed by the judges by Gane remains the top modern era butterfly effect moment for MMA. Gane gets the Aspinall shot, explodes Aspinall's eyes, Gane fights Pereira for interim at the white house, Aspinall vacates, Gane is now champ fighting Hokit while Volkov is stuck.

Taking the trash offsite is crazy, but I can't imagine not at least washing dishes my family had dirtied and making sure we didn't leave trash all over, cleaning fee or not. That said, I do enjoy a limitation on what hosts can demand.

Caroline Haskins@carolinehaskins.bsky.social · 2w ago

Airbnb is banning its hosts from making guests do things like “stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.” The hosts....are not taking it well: www.wired.com/story/airbnb...

Getting really aggressive republican door knockers the last week. Talking about "terrorists want to move into your neighborhood" (re: El-Sayed) and shit. Guy just tried it, I told him to fuck off and he got all whiny, saying some, "I just wanted to do a survey, love you too"