Ubuntu and Fedora are probably two of the most popular Linux distributions out there and for good reason they're both really good. The question is which one's better? And to answer that question you really have to know precisely what these distributions are and even then it's a very subjective choice because it really matters most what you want in a distribution and both of these distros take a slightly different point of view on what Linux can be. So what we're going to do today is try our best to compare the two most popular Linux distributions Ubuntu and Fedora. So before we jump in there's a few things you should know. So the first one is that the version of the distributions that I'm comparing really doesn't matter all that much for your information I'm using Ubuntu 22.10 which is the most recent interim release of Ubuntu and Fedora 35 which is at the moment I'm recording the most recent version of Fedora. Now I'm pretty sure within the next week or so Fedora 36 is going to come out at which case this is going to be a little bit outdated but for the most part everything I'm talking about today should stay exactly the same because we're not going to get into the nitty gritty details of what each version contains. We're not comparing versions we're comparing the overall distro experience. Another thing that you should know going in before we jump into the comparison is that the b-roll that you'll see throughout the video was recorded with these distributions in virtual machines so that may impact performance somewhat mainly because it's a virtual machine and not on hardware. So just keep that in mind if you see stutters it's not because of the distributions it's because of the virtual machine. So those things being said let's go ahead and jump in. So we're going to focus on Fedora first and then we'll go and talk about Ubuntu. So in terms of installation Fedora uses the Anaconda installer now this is a very old installer it's been around for quite a long time and it's fairly easy to use you'll see that there's about three maybe four steps during the entire installation. The one place where this differs from Ubuntu for sure is that user creation doesn't happen during install at all instead you'll create your user after the distribution has installed. You'll also notice that when you see the b-roll for Ubuntu the Anaconda installer that we're seeing now looks significantly different than pretty much any other installer that you'll see the only one that looks similar to this is openSUSA they both have this kind of weird installer the point is that is that the Anaconda installer does look different than what you'll find on many other distributions including those of Ubuntu. The only other note for the installer that I should make is that the partition portion of the installer has been known to confuse some new users so if you are having problems with that I highly recommend looking up a tutorial on how to install Fedora because it's not as confusing as it looks out of the box but it can be confusing if you've never done it before. Once you have Fedora installed you'll find that the distribution uses a package manager called DNF this is the successor to the YUM package manager which is what Fedora used many years ago and it is actually fairly good now it does have some limitations but for the most part the syntax you'll find between the Ubuntu package manager and the Fedora one they're mostly the same so if you want to install something from the terminal you can do so using sudo dnf install whatever the package name is now one thing that you should know obviously is that Fedora by default has only access to free repositories meaning that the repositories that you have access to will only have free or Libre software in them so if you want to install something like the Nvidia drivers you can only do so if you have the third party repose enabled which it does enable you to do right upon first boot so once you've booted into Fedora for the first time you'll be presented with some options one of those being enabling third party repose and that will give you access to the rpm fusion repose which have non-free binaries in them so you can install things like the Nvidia drivers or Google Chrome or whatever it is that you want to install by default Fedora comes with Flatpak enabled but it does not come with Flat Hub enabled by default so if you want to install Flat Hub things from Flat Hub you'll have to install those you'll have to enable Flat Hub on your own but by default Flatpaks are enabled it does not come with snaps installed so if you want to use snaps you'll have to install that on your own in terms of the software store it comes with the GNOME software center which is the default for the GNOME desktop environment it pulls from certain Flatpak repositories and the rpm fusion repositories if they were enabled so it does come with a broad range of software if you have the repositories enabled that you have access to you'll also notice that this version of GNOME software is actually very fast and if we compare it to Ubuntu when we get to that point the snap store which is what Ubuntu uses is not nearly as swift as the GNOME software center now you'll notice that I've mentioned GNOME several times during this video already and that's because by default GNOME is the default desktop environment for Fedora if you go to get fedora.org and you click the download links you'll get a GNOME version of Fedora because that is the default by default it is the official version of Fedora it is also the one that gets the most focus so you're going to get the newest version of GNOME if you are a GNOME person if you've used Linux before and you found that GNOME is suits your workflow the distribution that gets GNOME the fastest is almost certainly going to be fedora and that's because they're developed by similar teams they're not going to say the same teams but for the most part they're very related so if you like I said if you're interested in GNOME GNOME is the default desktop environment for fedora but that doesn't mean you're limited to GNOME if that's not to your liking. Fedora does have several different spins they have KDE, XFCE, LXQ, Mate Compus, Cinnamon, LXDE and i3 window manager and you can find those by the link in the video description by searching fedora spins fedora calls their offshoot spins so you can go and download those versions and then have those desktop environments obviously if you've chosen the default version of fedora it's very easy to install something else if you don't want to use GNOME you can install plasma you can install XFCE even after you've already installed the GNOME version if that's what you want to do in terms of hardware support fedora only supports open source drivers by default and what this means is that if you have an NVIDIA card you're going to be pretty much reliant on open source drivers now you can install NVIDIA drivers on fedora it's just not officially supported you can do so by using DNF and enabling the rpm fusion repositories which is where the NVIDIA drivers lie now there are several tutorials out there so if you need to install the NVIDIA drivers on fedora you can search for those and most of them are pretty helpful the same thing goes for other drivers that you may need so if you're on a laptop that has a wi-fi card of certain brandage you may not have good luck getting to actually work simply because by default fedora only uses open source drivers if that wi-fi card requires a proprietary driver or something that is proprietary in nature it won't be included by default you'll have to go and install that from the non-freed repositories and finally in terms of a release cycle fedora releases every six months and they do this in a very interesting way because unlike ubuntu which has a very set date it's very rare that ubuntu will push their dates back fedora tends to be much more fluid in terms of when their releases are for example this most recent release fedora 36 was supposed to be released back in april uh early april and then they pushed it back to late april and it's not early may and it's not here yet and now that's a good thing because it means that they're taking the time to make sure that their release is properly supported and they've squashed all the bugs but it definitely is something that you should know once you've installed fedora you'll have support for that version of fedora for 13 months unlike ubuntu fedora does not offer a long-term support release they just support every version that they have for 13 months and then it's done if you are interested in fedora but need something that is more supported long term you could use something like rel or something like that because those have support cycles that are much longer obviously those are more suited for enterprise uses but you will get some of the same features now moving on to ubuntu ubuntu uses the ubiquity installer as i record right now but they are in the process of revamping this installer i don't know if they'll keep the name i'm not sure about that but if you're watching this in the future you may find that the installer is a little bit different than what i'm showing on screen so just keep that in mind because they are redoing it in something called flutter which means you're going to have more animations it's going to be more frilly but in terms of functionality it will probably be exactly the same as of right now like you said they're using the ubiquity installer this has been around for a very long time it's very easy to use it does have user creation during install so unlike fedora you'll create your username and password right here in the installer and then you'll move on to creating your time zone and stuff like that right here in the installer as well once you have the distribution installed you'll find that it uses the apt package manager so if you are in a terminal you can do things like sudo apt install you can do sudo apt search in order to find things and the syntax between apt and dnf are for the most part very similar so like i said when i was talking about fedora using sudo apt install or sudo dnf install both work basically the same way now if you talk to people who know much more about these package managers than i do you'll find that which one is better really depends on which distribution you like the most personally i think that apt is probably the better way to go it does have a few more features than dnf does and i've noticed that it is faster and but that's not necessarily anything that people are going to notice or you're really only going to notice it if you install your packages through the terminal which is something that i find that i prefer to do but if you don't and you use the graphical software management tools the speeds are going to be kind of reversed but if you again if you use apt to do your updates or you to install your software at least in my opinion apt is a little bit faster in terms of a gooey software store ubuntu comes with something called the snap store now this is looks very similar to gunam software because it was actually forked from gunam software but is rewritten as a snap so you'll notice that upon first launch it is pretty slow and you'll probably see that somewhat in the the b-roll that i'm showing you but otherwise the experience is mostly the same as you'll see in fedora the only differences where these are pulling the software from so on fedora we talked about how it was pulling from select flat pack repositories and the rpm fusion repositories on ubuntu it it pulls from just the snap store by default and that means whatever you download from there is going to be a snap just something again to keep in mind and it does give you access to a very large amount of software right out of the box there's nothing you have to do out of the box to get access to just a ton of software by default ubuntu comes with snaps and snap d installed and basically what this means is that you have access to all of the applications that are stored in the snap repository also known as snapcraft.io and or the snap store if you will and say what you want about snaps and i've said plenty it is a very good repository it's very similar to flat hub in that they both have a lot of applications that are available to you the differences between ubuntu and fedora is that by default you have access to the entire snap store without doing anything on ubuntu on fedora as i said when we're talking about fedora flat hub is not enabled by default so that's something you will have to actively go and do if you want access to that repository so you could give this a win for ubuntu simply because they are giving you access to much more software by default than fedora does that being said of course you have to put up with snaps but i'm not going to go into that i'm trying to be very neutral here but it was very hard like i spent the last 10 minutes of this video actually bitching about snaps i won't include that in the video but we're just going to move on just put that out there so ubuntu comes with a highly customized version of gnom and i say this is highly customized because they've actually done a very good job of putting in features now especially if you're using something like it like ubuntu 22.04 you're going to have access to a lot of the gnom 42 features which includes a default dark mode and the new multitasking stuff and the new wallpapers and stuff but you'll also get the ubuntu added on features things like being able to move dock to the bottom making it so that it's a panel and not a dock instead of what it's normally there and a whole bunch of other features including some accent colors which is really cool now if you're using something like you'll see on screen which is ubuntu 21.10 you won't get those features so you're only going to get those features if you use something brand new so if you're comparing what you get to in most recent version of ubuntu to the most recent version of gnom in fedora you're going to get much more customization in ubuntu than you will in stock standard gnom which is what comes with fedora and that's because ubuntu and canonical which is the company behind ubuntu has put in a lot of development effort into making gnom a little bit more customizable in terms of colors in terms of theming and stuff like that so once fedora 36 hits the shelves you will notice that gnom has caught up a little bit you do get access to a dark theme at least and that does make a big difference so depending on when you're watching this the differences between these might be a little bit different than what i'm talking about but you should just know going in that as of recording right now the ubuntu version of gnom is much more customizable out of the box than the fedora version of gnom now obviously both of these because they're using gnom will allow you to do certain things for customization now you can always install gnom tweaks and do some tweaking of the gnom desktop environment how much customization really depends on what version of gnom you're actually using similar to fedora ubuntu has several different flavors and they do call them flavors i'm not going to list them all here but i'll list a few of them they have kabuntu which uses kd plasma mate which uses the mate desktop lubuntu which is lxq zubuntu which is xfce ubuntu studio which is focused on media and creation they also have ubuntu budgie and several more so if you don't like the gnom version of ubuntu which is the stock standard which is what you'll find on the download button on the main ubuntu website you can go to these flavors and download something different similar to what you could do with fedora if you do download the gnom version it's very easy to install another desktop on there if you want to and that means even if you've made a mistake by choosing gnom you can just install a different desktop on there and correct your mistake in terms of hardware support ubuntu allows for proprietary drivers to be installed via an application called software and updates and you can install particularly things like the nvidia drivers right from there and these are fully supported by ubuntu so if you have problems you can seek support through the ubuntu forums or wherever ubuntu offers support and and usually they have the most recent version of the nvidia drivers right there for you to install or whatever's compatible with the kernel that you're working with so you it's very easy to install those right after install if you need them by default it does use the open source drivers so just keep that in mind the nvidia drivers i believe do come on the iso so that is something that you might also enjoy simply because it'll make the live environment better out of the box finally in terms of release cycle ubuntu releases every six months similar to what fedora does the only difference is that every two years ubuntu will release something called an lts or a long term support release and these are supported by five years now the interim releases which are the releases that aren't lts releases are supported for nine months like i said the lts releases are supported for at least five years usually that is extended at least in terms of for enterprise uses or whatever so you may end up having to pay for that support if you want to use an lts for longer but they're supported for at least five years in terms of support both of these distributions offer fantastic support not only for enterprise users but also for the community so you can get access to forums there are discourses there are probably discords out there and irc and telegram chat groups all these things that you'll be able to find if you search for them fairly easily on their websites you'll be able to get to these resources ubuntu also has a very good wiki even if it is a little bit outdated and not nearly as good as the arch wiki but they do have a wiki as well they also have something called ask ubuntu which is a place where you can go ask ubuntu and there is a very broad community for both ubuntu and fedora that are usually pretty willing to help not only regular linux users but also new linux users so finding support shouldn't be a problem no matter which of these two distributions that you choose so which one is actually better that's the question that we're kind of left with and as i said at the beginning it's a really hard question to answer because it is is a subjective kind of thing to look at which one is better really depends on which one works better for your hardware and for the most part both of these are going to work on the same hardware you are going to have a little bit harder time getting nvidia stuff up and running on fedora than you want ubuntu doesn't mean that it's hard it just means that it's a little bit more tricky and a little bit more technical than it is on ubuntu that being said it doesn't mean that like i said it can't be done and it doesn't mean that fedora won't run fantastically on your hardware even if you can't get it and video drivers installed if they both run very well and on your hardware then it becomes a matter of which package management system you like the most if you prefer snaps then ubuntu is almost certainly the best way to go it doesn't mean you can't install snaps on fedora it's just an extra step but snaps are highly integrated into the ubuntu experience whereas it's not that way on fedora same thing is if you like flatpacks flatpacks are very integrated and work very well in fedora but they don't even exist in terms of ubuntu by default you'd have to install them so really when you're making the choice choosing which of those two package formats you like the most is really going to be how you should decide which one of these to use now like i said if you find that you like ubuntu but you don't like snaps you can always uninstall snaps and install flatpacks it's not that difficult but again it's something technical that you'd have to do on your own same thing with fedora if you find you really like fedora and it works really well on your hardware but you can't stand flatpacks you can always install snaps you can also ignore completely snaps and flatpacks and just use the default repositories by default the fedora repositories are slightly smaller than the ubuntu repositories simply because they only contain free and Libra software you have to enable the non-free repositories in order to get the full breadth of software it's not hard and you like i said you're giving that option right up front so in terms of which of these repositories like the standard repositories between ubuntu and fedora are actually bigger they're probably about the same from my experience the fedora repositories once you've enabled those third party repositories are a little bit fuller than the ubuntu ones especially for more esoteric packages things that you might use to try to install like a window manager or something so you can install things like alacrity on fedora a lot easier than you can on ubuntu i've also noticed that in fedora you have access to more software on older versions than you do on ubuntu so for example and this is just like i said a little bit esoteric but in ubuntu you can't install something like polybar unless you use the most recent versions of ubuntu it wasn't in the repositories prior to like 20.10 maybe i'm guessing and before that you'd have to build it yourself on fedora it's in the repositories and it doesn't really matter which version of fedora you're using as long as it's still supported you can still you can install something like polybar same thing with something like rophy or dmenu or something like those are in the repositories and while ubuntu has gotten better recently there are still some examples of software that is like i said more esoteric that is just not accessible unless you want to build it yourself now personally if i had to choose between these i would probably choose fedora and the reason why i would choose fedora is simply because it gets the most new features faster it's kind of a rolling release in that regard it's not really a rolling release but you do get access to brand new features things like pipe wire with wailan those things always come to fedora way sooner than they come to any other distribution so if you're more interested in that kind of bleeding edge not necessarily in terms of version but in terms of actual new features fedora is probably the one you would choose and that's probably the one that i would choose that's nothing to say that ubuntu is bad because ubuntu is actually real good now one thing i noticed that i didn't talk about earlier when i was talking about ubuntu that i should just mention briefly is that depending on what flavor of ubuntu you're installing you may see a different installer so for example kabuntu uses the calamari's installer it does not use ubiquity so just keep that in mind is that if you change to a different flavor 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NBA 2K surprise just about everybody this morning by releasing news about my team Park both current gen and next gen my NBA the W you name it There's a lot to talk about and there's some rumors spurring ladies and gentlemen, so let's get straight into it But before we do y'all need to the channel man. Be sure to subscribe. Hey, we dropped these videos man Y'all been showing a lot of love the past three four videos. I appreciate it I want to be in tune man subscribe to the channel turn on notice. I upload these alright man Let's get into it now. I want to highlight all the main bits of news first of all because I know you don't want to read entire blog posts There was multiple articles that dropped each revealing different pieces of information And there was even some quotes from some developers that might actually interest and catch your attention fellas And there was actually some quotes from some developers that caught me off guard as well All right first things the NBA courtside report, which is where they reveal their news nowadays They used to do it on Facebook. This is a better update in my opinion estimated read time Ain't no people's not reading this all right. Let's get past the bull off the rip they begin talking about changes to the gameplay They didn't get specific here. They were pretty vague But the one key point they mentioned says this breaking down defenders off the dribble with new signature moves in combos Usually 2k very much dislikes when people combine different dribble moves to get boost and speed boost what you call it So I'm curious to see if this is their embrace of dribbling It's no secret that 2k 21x gen had some horrible dribbling Like you you had to be pretty brain-dead to not be able to just string together some moves and move in a direction But there was no skills gap to it So I'm hoping this means that 2k adopts a new attitude when it comes to just the way that they approach dribble moves and Stop removing effective dribble moves add more effective dribble moves in the game Precision jump shooting Duncan traffic and pulling al-youps have all become more skill based I'll tell you this 2k says this almost every single year something becomes more skill based every single year Yo, hey, man. I'm talking about 2k. You read the news All right, man Well first of all now take this in they said breaking the down defenders off the dribble with new signature moves in combos It comes more skill based my problem is that I don't think they know what that means though at all I don't know clue because in my opinion the most skill based one like 16 or 17 But remember they said it was like super super 18 and you just run into somebody pull back It's not except I just don't think they know they're talking about interesting. Why are you wet? You don't get wet sometimes 2k is literally never in the past said they were gonna make some more skill based and actually pulled through on it But I mean if you want to be hopeful you can be hopeful. I don't think this can happen personally Let's see though at least they made an attempt They know which direction the community wants to go in on the defensive side was a whole bunch of gibberish No point in reading through that but then things become a little interesting because they're introducing a new concept to the most popular modes in the game called Seasons and this what they say about free for all 2k 22 gamers in my team my career and the w on the ps5 and Xbox series Xs it brings more content more awards and more ways to play which sounds like nothing, right? So power puts out a tweet saying seasons will happen every six weeks or so and they say another interesting development is the addition of Seasons to all facets of 2k 22 this concept will apply to the entirety of the game visual concepts is promising Significant updates on similar six-week time frames including a holiday update that will add an undisclosed mode to my team So that's all they said about it and keep in mind for a while I was asking to 2k to explore the option of instead of releasing a game every single year Have we just try a seasonal type thing where every season a new map some new dribble moves Just add a whole bunch of new stuff. It's a very popular Method of releasing content in video games most of the video games that I play released content in seasons So why don't you just try it and see how it goes here? They're promising is gonna be free one and there's gonna be content to so I'm curious to see how I go And then they jump into my team where the highlight new mode They're talking about is a my team draft something that has been long requested return NBA 2k 22 You basically draft your team guys. It's pretty straightforward depending on how they implement this right here I feel like it could be a banger of an idea shout out to Jesser in 2k 15 He would do an impact in plays and the drafting my team. Hey, listen, all I'm saying is the community has put 2k on game I'm getting more into that a little later. They talk a little bit about the evolution of my team They also mentioned that everything you do on current gen will transfer over to next gen So the progress is cross gen This is the only mode that that applies for because that doesn't apply for the city and my career Etc. Etc. And then we get into the juicy bits. I didn't like day yesterday. That hurts Okay, so 2k is doing something completely separate for current gen and next gen Remember the original 2k team that y'all been playing the games of for decades is working on next gen The team that 2k acquired called hook bang that they renamed visual concept self. They're working on current gen It's two different dev teams. I saw some people freaking out about the fact that 2k is gonna split there I don't know why they weren't more vocal about it because they knew people were gonna have concerns But it's completely separate teams working on these two separate games right now So on the current gen version of the game, hold on listen to this on the ps4 xbox one switch and PC Which by the way means that switch and PC will not have next-gen features NBA 2k gamers will show out and computer no all-new dedicated basketball community a neighborhood built on the spacious decks of a Sailing cruise ship now Hold on I fully remember doing a challenge on this channel where I asked designers to come up with concepts for NBA 2k 22 my my courts and parks and neighborhoods right wasn't it toasted on this year's challenge Who came up with this exact idea? That's pretty impressive. I think it was toasted somebody did it somebody did it So shout out to the designers in the community man, you know saying y'all be putting 2k on game for real So everything that happens in the neighborhood on current gen is gonna happen on like a ship like a yacht like a cruise ship But on the next gen version of things they're promising an all-new city now Remember they said the city was gonna come back But hopefully we're gonna see some significant changes to it because as 2k for some reason admitted themselves the 2k 21 city was dead Bonus acknowledged that the environment was dead in many ways This time around the city will be populated with non-player characters and a quest system to make it feel like it's teaming with life activity and interactivity he said It's always funny how like when a game is launching they gas it up But like a year later. They're like, yeah that last it was asked, but this next one though. This next one's gonna be great An all-new quest system for 2k 22 engages my players with creative content while offering new ways to level up and earn rewards in this Re-envisioning of the ps5 and Xbox one basketball community There was a lot of hype jargon in there, but I am curious what they mean by quest systems Hopefully it's not like that NPC stuff they had in 2k 21 action because while the first couple times it might have been like Okay, I can do this. It wasn't nearly rewarding enough It didn't feel like a real RPG experience to bump into an NPC complete reward and get something of value in return Now this is something I've been asking for for a very long time And I don't know how 2k plans on implementing it, but if done correctly is gonna get my dick hard I'm being honest with you. My players can enter select matchmaking buildings to be placed into immediate competition Matchmaking sessions will be available for a number of game types and will contribute to a my players progress Fellows I've been saying for a while. It's hard to get games from time to time, especially when you hop and buy yourself We notice 2k. It'd be nice if there was just a matchmaking option And we know the technology exists because they do it in events like ruffles 2k Please implement this correctly because if you do you would have just saved people a lot of time that don't want to stand around on spots Begging and pleading for the 60 overall down the road to just hop on so they could play a game They did continue to promise some more news early in September and keep mine This is pretty unprecedented for 2k to even talk about the city this early Usually the city is the final thing that they talk about the city the park the neighborhood whatever you want to call it So I was actually kind of blown away that they did come out with this information But it's just vague information to get you hype. Hopefully we get some details soon Now I'm actually a little curious about what they mean because they were vague in this report But we're about to talk about my career and we might actually be seeing some significant changes to the way that 2k is approaching My career because for the past 11 years 2k comes out with the story mode and in the past They got people like Spike Lee to direct the story mode and they put a lot of effort and resources into it But they might not be going in that direction because read this and bark on your personal journey to the pros a sprawling my career life by Exploring the city seeing new and familiar faces hooping your way to new exciting heights. Okay now keep that in mind Now this is an article from Brian Mazeek who I used to write for four years But I guess now writes for this website perhaps the biggest piece of information in the entire info dump relates to the changes made To my career it appears there will not be an elaborate cinematic story component to the micro journey this year Instead players will be turned loose to level up their my player in their own way within the city There's a new quest system. He alludes to and they'll be NPCs for you to level up So 2k might be double quadrupling down on RPG Which is an interesting take because although that does get me excited because it's something new I've never seen 2k nail RPG. I've played games like Assassin's Creed origin that just had me hooked I all I wanted to do was side missions and side missions boom main missions You know saying and some games can really pull it off you be soft bodied it with that game in my opinion I've never felt that way about 2k in its RPG elements if they do pull it off correctly I feel like it would add a ton to the game You know I've not been saying for a while like it takes so much resources to make a my career story I personally don't be playing my career so I could do without it I know a lot of people do do my career It's very possible that they just looked at the number of people actually participating in the my career story Watching the cutscenes diving deeper into the experience and they thought maybe like let's try a new direction Let's see how this goes and I'm assuming this is for next gen They might have like a generic story that they usually do for current gen We don't know and then they talk about something called hidden talents players can now pursue side ventures to build a profile in lucrative and trendy spaces brush up against the fashion world where the art of promotion will drive up your success as a mogul Or get involved in the hip-hop business where your music talent opens up an intriguing lane in the industry Well, this would get me excited if I wasn't a veteran in this I feel like this feature right here is gonna be so bare bones that after doing it a couple times I won't be interested. That's just my prediction But 2k is going deeper into this more RPG element, so we'll see how deep they can make this here hidden talent experience I think it's gonna be surface level. I refuse to get excited about it So we know in 2k 21 next gen they just completely murk the my core and I've been saying for a while The micro was horrible, but all you need to do is reinvent it and give more space so the court feels full like a program court Push the cameras back the cameras was stuffed right there and allow us to just have it be a private park experience Like you have the public experience at the park You can match make now if you want to but on the my core you invite your friends You don't have infinite issues getting them into your micro because the elevator is broken And now 2k has this little bit said no place like home where they say this moving up in the professional world Means expanding your home lifestyle Central to your my career narrative and progress your personal hub represents your place in the journey to the NBA as your profile Ambitions level up so tool your home base which alludes to the fact that just like in 2k 16 And other 2k you get new my courts depending on like where you are and what you unlock You can get better and better places. Yeah, I remember that penthouse. They had I think it was like in 2k 16 Where did that go? What happened to that and my court has always been a dope idea It's just never in 2k's history been executed correctly. I swear to god, bro It might take one developer one week to fix all the problems in the my court That's it and it just has never been fixed. They promise with my career again right here to give us more information in September So my career in city news again is gonna be last on the docket again a little surprise They came out with my career info this early They usually don't do that and then they gave some a bunch of vague information about my NBA my WNBA If you were a my NBA or my WNBA fan, I would be livid right now I'm not glad to you. It looks like once again that game on has been overlooked So there's other tidbits of information that's relevant to the gameplay that was addressed in some other articles Let's get into those that says per Mike Wang the team has addressed Stamina with the system that now taxes player stamina more based on high effort dribble moves contact dunks, etc That is tragic for the dribblers in the community But also they have said this right here years ago multiple times So I actually don't believe is gonna happen nor do I actually think it would add anything to the game again a couple years ago I introduced a fantastic idea 2k Please listen if someone goes for a steal it should take like two-fifths of their stamina bar So they can't spam steals so it makes stealing effective But let there be a penalty when people steal I all I don't feel like that should also be the case for dribbler If I'm a point guard and I'm a 99 overall and I bust a drip move And now I'm tired. It's like damn, but I was like five driven moves. I'm supposed to be an NBA player contact dunks I could see I could see why contact dunks might reduce stamina. I feel like there's better ways to attack stamina than to attack dribblers I already feel like dribblers get punished every single year the dribbling just keeps getting worse and worse I wouldn't go in that direction person and it's also been confirmed that rookie villa is no longer gonna be in 2k 21 next And while although was a valiant effort 2k was looking for a place where people can play where they wouldn't get Absolutely pummeled by try-hards. So you play your first few games in rookieville Man didn't make the prospect of making a new account miserable to play in rookieville It's one of the worst experiences 2k has ever put together and I don't even think the rookies enjoyed it ladies and gentlemen It that needs to be like something optional that like rookies can choose to be a part of but it's now out the game Rookieville's not gonna be in there on the my NBA my WNBA side the only bit of information we learned was that there's a heavy emphasis on scouting and team management That literally means nothing guys That means nothing also this is the first time I'm seeing them I must be late to the party, but there's some new screenshots of some of the cover athletes boom That's fire.  How much better they can get who knows who knows guys So just to kind of give you guys an idea of what usually happens now keep mine sometimes 2k deviates Usually they come out the my NBA maybe the W news first Then they're gonna dive into a little bit of my team details more than what we got here This is just vague entry-level stuff right so more my team details now. No, I'm wrong They usually start with a gameplay first and then they get into my my NBA right then they get into my team Right then they get into the my career in the city, right? If you watch my last video You know I was talking about how I'm under the impression just based off trajectory that 2k 21 between current gen and next gen Was the best-selling year for 2k not only did the prices go up But the unit sold is the same as last year so 2k is making more money than they know what to do It they just purchased a new depth team. They're launching like two totally completely different games If y'all remember when we moved on to the ps4 and Xbox one The current gen version of the game was dog. It was just 2k 13 over and over and over again They never bothered to ever make improvements to it And the only people that bought it is moms that didn't know better walked into GameStop and left with the wrong game They never sold well It was like a half-ass effort that made them some money. That was it This is the first time in the history of what might be video games y'all that I could think of in My head right now where a dev team is dropping two Separate games at the same exact time and separate in pretty significant ways So we're gonna see how this is gonna turn up. Hey in the comments Y'all want me to go next gen or current gen off the roof? I'm thinking next-gen personally as boring as 2k 21 was on next gen I have hope that the the ceiling is just higher on next gen So if they know what they're doing down there at the visual concept studios They're gonna make some significant improvements to their game, bro But we'll see what I refuse to do is get excited because I used to get in the trap of doing that I don't do it anymore. You know I'm saying at the end of the day We just wait for gameplay to see what's next man I'm hopefully 2k can drop some gameplay to kind of break down and show us what's really changed You feel me?  I'm out. Peace


Welcome back folks to another episode of Let's Play Dragon Quest 1 on the Switch. Last episode we did some exploring, we made it to Gallenholm, we fought some monsters and we came back to the king to report to him. We discovered a secret from Erdrich's tomb. And that secret is that there are three stages hidden in the world somewhere and they each have three items that I need in order to venture on my quest further. So if you check the map, every single town in this game is or even the important location in general is marked here. So up in the top right corner up there, it looks like that might be a good spot to search around so I'm gonna move over there I guess. Now let's see there's mountain rangers blocking the path which means going right from here might be the best way and then I can go around from there.  Hopefully the enemies aren't too tough. Now how much money do I have? 58, that's like nothing. That's nothing at all. Oh boy, ghost appears. Alright, not bad. And here's a bridge, looks like we're on the right path. Alright, moving onwards, bit of a long trek across there. There's a bridge down below so I gotta start moving downwards now. And then I can move upwards towards whatever town is up there looks like, here we go. And there's a poison bog down there, a Dracolite, that's new. He's tough, he's very tough. Oh wow, he was really tough actually, that was surprising. Oh no, he's telling me I'm reckless. 3070xp to save. Alright, so we're gonna head down and stop by the shop to grab some more items. I need some more medicinal herbs because there's actually tougher monsters. I thought it would be easy but it looks like that's not the case. Alright, here we go, alright let's see. This guy doesn't have any medicinal herbs but this dude here must have some, I'll buy three of those.  So if I check my inventory, oh actually it does stack so you don't run out of inventory very quickly as long as you're saving up medicinal herbs. Alright, let's head off, hopefully this is a better plan than before, it's tough getting over there. I made it. Now we gotta move downwards. There's a nursery slime. I only need about 34 more EXP to gain our level, a draggy. Alright, not bad. Now let's see this map. There's a town up there that looks like in between that mountain range. We'll head up there. Wow, I made it. Alright, not bad. The map is a lot smaller than I thought it would be. Oh, new town. Uh, the village of Cole. Wow. Hello there. Pretty stranger Terry a while and hear the news of the village. A housewife going by the name of Claire. Her husband left looking for magic keys and didn't return. What kind of man leaves her to... Claire, is this Claire? Yeah, it's Claire. Her husband left to go find keys and she's crying about it. Oh no. You know Rimmeldar. I hear a merchant there has keys. So Claire's husband must have gone to Rimmeldar to find the keys. Oh, I don't have the keys. So if I had keys, this would be easy. Now in Dragon Quest 1, the key system is really kind of annoying. Basically, you don't get one key that'll unlock multiple doors. Each key unlocks one door and then they break afterwards. So you have to have a bunch of the keys saved up and it's really annoying. What is this? Oh wow! Okay, listen. In the original game, there wasn't a sparkling thing on the floor that told you where the fairy flute was. You had to guess where it was because some guy in Rimmeldar would tell you exactly where to find it. He would say go four steps to the left in front of this bath house. But in this game, they made it so obvious that it was just there on the floor shiny and you just found it easily. I don't know if I like that. What's the point of going to Rimmeldar now if I'm not gonna get the hint from the guy? That's kind of dumb if you ask me that it made it so easy. What is this lady saying? Oh wow. I'm not trying to hit on her is that what she's thinking? Alright, what does this guy have to say? No, I haven't gone to the Isle South of this place yet. Oh no wait, I have it I said. Rimmeldar. It's hard to get there apparently. Oh what does this guy got to say? Puff puff. Oh wow what? Public baths enter and cleanse itself.  Oh wow. Essential puff puff for a meal of 20 gold coins. For reduced price. I don't have any money for the puff puff. Well, clothes. Oh see the skill. I don't have enough money for puff puff. What does this guy have to say? Oh. No, that weapon will not serve to vanquish the red dragon lord. The sword of your ancestor remains in this land. Seek it out and lend it. There's a special sword in this game that I can use to defeat the dragon lord. Interesting. Cave south of this place in which I'm made in most fair. But the cave is in question is over on with falphines. Wait a minute. You talking about the princess? Is she in a cave south of here? Tower and Golem. Oh the fairy flute makes them fall asleep. Fairy flute makes them fall asleep. Fairy flute you use against golems. I see. I see how it is. The enemies here are tough and I have no money. I have absolutely nothing. Out of my way. Can I go down as well? They didn't include that feature yet in this game. I should probably rest at the end before I leave. I'm gonna go north. Yeah, I'm gonna rest. Alright, thanks for the insta. I'm gonna leave now. So, check in the map. I gotta go left and upwards. So... And how much HP do I have? 29. Hopefully I can make it. Let's see. A little bit further down. Across this land bridge right here. Ah here we go. There's some kind of easy enemies in here. I'm surprised. That magic drake light was pretty tough, but these guys are easy. And the world is smaller, I think. It looks like the world is a lot smaller than before. I'm not sure if that's true or not. Alright, looks like this must be some sort of in place. Ah, this must be one of the sages. Where are the other quests to defeat? The dragon lord has reached even this far-flung place. I must first be tested. Somewhere in this world is a harp. Bring me this curious instrument and it shall be thine. The harp. Aren't they talking about Gallon's harp? But his tomb had a locked door, which means... In order to get the harp, I need to get keys. And in order to get keys, I need to go south to Rimbaldar. So it looks like it's a tough journey up ahead. Let's see. Gotta go south. Maybe that'll help me get to the Isle of South because I can't think of another way. There's a cave down there. I'll press the gator. Okay, well that wasn't too hard. Alright, keep moving down. Bit by bit. Oof. Ouch. Okay, gotta attack this guy. This is... This isn't a tough move. Geez, he's killed me again. I thought I would be able to beat him, but he's actually tough. I guess I'll save while I'm here. Okay, let's head onwards. I think I know where to go now. Alright, moving on. I'm moving up. To the east. I've got a lot tougher than these ghosts. I wish I had a good sword, though. Or a good weapon. Alright, here we go. It's time to move south. Really tough. Let's go. Or it wasn't south. It was past the land bridge, actually. Now that I think about it. Imagine how hard this game would be if you did not have a map. You'd have to draw the map yourself. Luckily, yeah, you're going south. There's a land bridge. There's a bridge here. Scorpion, these guys are tough. Wow, he's not taking no damage at all. Do I have any magic? All I have is heal. Actually, that's pretty good. Yikes. There's a lot of HP being taken away. Alright, so, what do we have? We don't have the torch. Well, luckily, I know what to do because I've played this game before, so we're going to cheat a little bit. Why don't you just go straight? It's a straight path down. Oh, I can't believe I escaped, actually. It's a straight path down, and then you have to go to the left. No, I could beat him. Yeah. Ghosts? That's not a problem. Keep going down. Oh, a lunatic. I should flee. And one of these will come in handy. Of course. Alright, and moving downwards here, and there should be a staircase right there. Nice. Alright, we made it to the second island. Rimaldar should be that island right there in the middle of the continent. So this is going to be tough. It's going to be tough getting down there. I've got to figure out the safest route. If I go to the west, it'll be harder. There'll be a lot of strong enemies. Alright. Enter downwards. Here's Rimaldar. Wow, it's actually a lot quicker than I thought it would be. I thought this would be like a really big map. Skeleton. I got to flee. I'm surprised that I've managed to flee so far every single fight. They haven't blocked my path. An iron scorpion yampling from him. Well, I'm able to flee from everybody. That's interesting. That would come onto the town of Rimaldar, Stranger. We bid thee welcome. Okay. I have 37 gold, and let's investigate a little bit. We'll bring us the hither friend. I come from Cole. Oh, that's Claire's wife, her husband. Let's see. I came from Cole to ply for my wares to his beloved wife, Claire.  Hmm. Interesting. Wait, did he just offer me a living arrangements? Oh, it's his family in. Hello. Oh, traveling merchant. Well, you know, I don't have a lot of money, so wait, I could sell him stuff, actually. I could sell him. I could sell him this. There's gotta be something else I could sell. No, no, no, not much else. Let's see. I could use a seed of strength on Omi, couldn't I? Oh, wow. That's a lot of strength they gave me. Oh, she's changing her clothes. Oops. Didn't know that. I'm on a enamored upgrade here, Erdric. Some say Erdric was sent to us from around beyond the clouds. Huh? Erdric fell from the sky or something? Whoa. Come and search for a merchant rumor to purve keys, and he hasn't found anything. Legends tell of how mighty Erdric did use the rain's bow as a bridge to reach the forsaken Isle North and the west of here. They speak also of how he did descend into the darkness through a hidden doorway in a throne room of his foe. So in the Dragon Lord's castle, there is a hidden doorway in the throne room. I should remember that. The rain's bow also brings you across the land bridge. Okay, thanks. I am the descendant of Erdric, by the way. Oh, who's that? Oh, there's a guy in the outskirts of town. I should go check that out. Hello, I shall not dwell upon the Dragon Lord's coming tested thought. Is there any weapon that can destroy the Dragon Lord? Oh, she knows who I am. As though I haven't gone to the Holy Shrines. South of this place, there is a Holy Shrine. That must be where the next... That's gotta be where the next guy is, then the next sage. A ring. I don't have a ring. I will move up here. Hello. Erdric. Is that like her boyfriend or something? Someone missing? Oh, what's going on here? This must be that secret key vendor I was told about. Oh, Seed of Resilience. 117 gold. Wow. So, I just took money from this guy and I used it. Nice. Resilience is up. Yeah, I need magic keys. So... Yeah, but I need another. I need another, and another, and another, and another. Okay, that thing should be enough. How many magic keys do I have? Six. Hi friend, I'm Erdric. What business does that with me? Oh, he thought that... Oh, he's gonna tell me something of use in return. From the Baths of Coal, walk two paces south and look beneath your feet, you'll find a true treasure. See, listen, that would have been great if it wasn't a glowing thing that I already saw already, and I already knew it. I should probably... Maybe I should get more keys, actually. Yeah, I need more more. And another. Oh, I'm not allowed to sell anymore. He's not allowed to sell anymore to me.  How much is the end? I'm gonna spend all my money on the end and then I'm gonna get the medicinal herbs that I need and that should be good. Good to go. I came here a lot earlier than I normally should have. 24 gold. Well, I guess I could use it. Geez, that's expensive. I should go south. Let's see, where is... Gotta be a shi- oh yeah, that's the traveling merchant right there. Oh, there's a weapon shop here. Okay, oh wow. That'll make me way tougher. Iron axe. Steel broad sword. Iron armor. Full plate magic armor. This is all good stuff. Alright, I'm gonna buy medicinal herbs. Alright, I'm just gonna keep buying medicinal herbs until I have a lot of money. One more medicinal herb. What sucks is you can't buy multiple at once. They're keeping the old the way it was in the original. Alright, let's head off south towards that place that we need to go to. We need to go... Yeah, that island down there, that should be... That's where the dude is. A ledger man. Is. If I beat this guy. Alright, we're gonna use a medicinal herb on myself. Yikes! Okay, that was not good. But there is a bright side. We have keys now, so we can explore the castle and use the keys on there. Another nine. Yeah, sure, we'll save. And we'll continue onwards. Let's check out this castle now. I have these keys. Oh, look at those treasure chests. A true hero not stooped to pedithevery. Hmm. Seed of magic. Seed of agility. 44 gold. Uh, well, I guess I did stooped to pedithevery. He was just standing there watching me steal all that stuff. He didn't even care. He passed me on this point and I periled. If that was not turned... I almost faced him in the physical hardness turn back before it was too late. Jeez, if I go through there, I'll die. Let's pray for success of our hero. Are they to heal me? Oh, cool. So that means... If that reaches place, it's a proof of your fortitude. Are you strong enough to... Go to Gallonholm? What was the point of that? I didn't get anything out of that. Jeez. Okay. The fact that I managed to get through there means I was strong enough. That means I was strong. Jeez. Okay, fine. I could use some more healing, but... Thank you. Alright, not bad. What does she have to say? When rain and sun, the twain do meet. The rainbows... The rain's bow shall abridge complete. Rain and... Rain and sun. I wonder what that means. Oh, he's selling magic keys for a lot of money. First thing. So I don't need to go to Rimmeldor. I can just go to him. I have five magic keys. Okay. Okay, I see how it is. So, let's see. Let me think. Where should I go next? There's gotta be something in this castle hidden somewhere. I mean... I know for a fact that there is. There's a sage in the castle. I just know it. It has to be. Or I guess not. We need to go get that harp.  Maybe we should grind a little bit before going upwards. Just a little more and then we'll level up. Hopefully there's some tough monsters here. We'll give us some EXP. Okay. I'm gonna flee.  Flee flee. Okay, thank you. At least I got the heal spell now. Okay, there's gotta be a good weapon up there somewhere. We'll play level up soon. Maybe next fight I'll level up. Gallon home's up here. I'm gonna grind a little more until I level up and then we'll see what happens next. Okay. I should almost be at one more level. Actually slime. Alright, not bad. Level up. 05 now. Ranked increases by 4. Agility, resilience, HP, 4 and 4. So let's go. Which means, not only that but I have Seed of Agility Seed of Magic and yeah, that's about it. Now let's check this out. There's an Oak and Club that'll make me stronger. This copper sword on the other hand will make me really strong. The chainmail will make my defense higher. I think the chainmail is probably a better investment. Copper sword would be nice though. I'll get the chainmail. Yeah, I'm equipping it. And I'm gonna sell my old armor. Leather suit to sell in that cred. And we'll stay at the inn. Hopefully that should make me tougher now. Let's head downwards. Let's go back to Elfguard. I'm already in Elfguard. Let's go back to Tentacle Castle. Alright, going downwards. And there's a Drakky, of course. We're going to the point where I can kill all these guys in one hit. 120 already. Wow. Let's report to the king and make our save file. It's a little bit of a hassle that you have to always go back to him but it's fine, I guess. It's a small world. I need more points till I get the next level, I guess. Yep, alright. So I think we're gonna end today's episode here. I think we made some good progress again, those keys and everything. So yeah, thanks for watching and we'll see you next time when we continue Dragon Quest on Nintendo Switch. Bye.


I'm with Coach Pink, the anti-war organization and I have a question, why is the right to self-defense only given to oppressors? The U.S. has armed and enabled Israel to commit genocide for over half a year and for years before that they funded Israel's military whose history is characterized by ethnic cleansing and violence that extends well beyond Palestine including targeted attacks on Iran. So why is Israel a country that the U.S. swears is a sovereign nation with a right to self-defense being treated like a baby that you can't say no to? Is this what the U.S. government thinks is strategic an ally that commits genocide and attacks on sovereign nations with impunity? Let's not be mistaken it's exactly because the U.S. funds and enables Israel that it continues to destroy the world with violence. It's because the U.S. allowed Israel to feel empowered to attack Iran's embassy in Syria that Iran was pushed to respond. The U.S. must recognize that this violence will continue to escalate into a world war as long as they continue to give the green light to Israel's genocide campaign in Gaza and continue to send weapons to Israel's military. That is the root of all this so we can't allow them to distract us with all this discourse around Iran to distract from the real root of this problem which is Israel's genocide campaign in Gaza. We can't allow them to ignore the truth that is right in front of their faces and it's that this genocide in Gaza is clearly wrong and unjustified and not strategic unless Israel's goal is to rid Palestine of all Palestinians which we know it is and it's ridiculous that I have to even say that but Biden and the entire U.S. government needs to realize that supporting Israel in this genocide has consequences that will affect the entire globe. Israel's violence has already infected this country actually as the police right here in Chicago also feel empowered to beat our youth and elders and jail them like they did just a few days ago and surround us when we're literally just standing here right. I want to be clear that it doesn't take direct U.S. attacks to drag us into an all out regional war. They're comfortable enough funding Israel to carry out their attacks for them like they have done for years. Their job is to disseminate the narrative that justifies Israel's U.S. best violence and we see evidence of this in the outpour of statements that came out by U.S. officials condemning Iran's attack the same officials who have been completely silent of the over 35,000 Palestinian martyrs at the hands of Israel. Because it's Palestinian prisoners day I can't stand up here and talk not mention our political prisoners. I returned to Palestine recently before everything broke out in October and I had a chance to talk to a lot of political prisoners you know as you can imagine a lot of people in Palestine have been to prison and there's somebody who I talked to particularly who was in administrative detention if anybody here doesn't know what that is administrative detention is when you are in prison without a charge you don't know what the charge is your family doesn't know your lawyer doesn't know because I mean newsflash there's no charge you're Palestinian so congrats now you're detained right and not only is this a huge obstacle for Palestinians you know trying to get out of prison right but you're also being held for an indefinite amount of time so Palestinians are often in solitary confinement for six months by the way they don't even know how much time has passed six months when the six months is over they're like okay you're actually going to stay for another six months after that six months they stay for another six months can you imagine that psychological torture being in prison for just six months at a time not even knowing if you will actually get out of prison a lot of people here might have had the experience of being in jail for a few hours after an action and I'm sure you would say that that experience was pretty horrible right imagine that for just years on end not knowing when you're going to get out not knowing why you're in there and not knowing if you're ever going to have justice right you know not knowing if you're going to be one of the Palestinians who is killed in Israeli prison this is just one way the genocidal state of Israel terrorizes Palestinians but I want to bring us back to the bottom line here right and the bottom line is that there's absolutely no benefit in supporting genocide by a settler colonial state and that's why we're here right calling for an end to Israel's genocide campaign demanding the US stop arming Israel demanding freedom for all our political prisoners from the US to Palestine and of course saying no to war with Iran so thank you all for being here to show them that we are against the western imperialism and Zionism that has plagued this one a region region for generation thank you


What's up guys? We're talking about the Arizona Cardinals and predicting their record right now. Let's get into it. Game one. They got the Chiefs and that's going to be a lost one. We got to take the L there. They play the Raiders. I think they can go into Las Vegas, get a win there. They'll come back home and play the Rams. They're going to take an L.  They'll play the Panthers, Eagles, Seahawks, and Saints in prime time. I give them all wins there. They go to Minnesota, take a tough loss there on the road, but then they bounce back, play to Seahawks. I give them a win there. Now, here's where it gets interesting. They take losses to the Rams, Niners in Mexico City, and Chargers in back-to-back fashion right before the break. And then when they come back from it, I'll give them a win against the Pats, an L against the Russell Wilson-led Broncos. He knows them pretty well. Then lose to Tom Brady as well there on Sunday Night Football. They'll beat the Falcons, lose to the Niners. So, doesn't look too good for the Cardinals this year. Let me know your guys' thoughts in the comments.