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Sure, there definitely are reasons why Klopp couldn't rotate his squad like Pep. But maybe he wouldn't have to rotate like Pep, just rotate better than he did and get a bit closer to Pep's level. Sure, it would require deeper squad but that's the cost you have to pay to not have your squad implode in April and drop out of running in 3 competitions. We have wind in Belgrade, too. Also it's not at all unusual to have sub-zero temperatures (reaching -10ºC, -15ºC, even -20ºC) for the whole January (not the last two years or so). Now, try combining the two.

Never have I heard someone complaining about cold in England. I had to check average monthly temperatures for Newcastle to see if I missed something and I must say that even with the last couple of winters in Belgrade being pretty mild, I find those laughable. Sure, I'll give you rain but stay away from complaining about the cold.

There's no doubt at all that Klopp has had a very successful tenure at Liverpool, he lifted the club to the heights we didn't think possible. The league title, European title, a few cups, three more European finals... not a bad haul for what? 8 years? It was also the most fun I had watching Liverpool since I started watching PL back in the late '90s. The way he's rebuilt Liverpool's midfield last summer is nothing short of spectacular. Had anyone told us when last summer transfer window closed that Liverpool would be title contenders with over 30 matches in the season, we'd all consider him /her insane. Still, that doesn't mean that he was flawless and above criticism. While I'm definitely not at Soylent's level when it comes to complaining, but Klopp has had issues finding a plan B when his plan A doesn't work, his teams have had slumps in several seasons that cost him more trophies, his squad rotation definitely can be improved etc. I'd love to see Klopp stay for 20 more years, but I have bitched about some of his decisions and while I never thought I knew better than him and I was wrong most of the time, there were some cases when I was right. Broken clock is still right twice a day kind of thing, I guess...

Faefty Shades?

The most I've ever done is 10k, which was in 40-45 minutes range. Not a pleasant experience and definitely not something I'd recommend. Rowing on water, on the other hand, I could do for hours. Going out on the river in a boat with your mates is such a great feeling and I miss it dearly. Obviously, I'm talking about recreational rowing on water, not training for a competition or anything serious.

I've never tried Pathfinder (I assume that's what PF stands for ) but the argument of "and then 5 minutes later you are much more powerful and can do shit you couldn't have done earlier" can be made for this approach too. It can be used for anything that gives a character a new ability, be it an extra attack or a new spell or base attack/skill ranks/save/whatever increase, which is a whole point of developing your character. I mean, who would play a wizard if wizard was stuck with magic missiles and prestidigitation throughout his/her "career"?

So, your suggestion is to: - Not give martial characters extra attacks, ever? - Never increase proficiency bonus? - Never give major spellcasters access to more powerful spells? If you only have a basic understanding of math, you might think that way. Still, it's just +1 on skill checks, attack rolls etc. So, if you need to make a DC of 15, and you had +5 bonus until that point and gained additional +1 at level 5, you'd need a roll of 9 instead of 10. That's 60% chance of success compared to 55% of success until that point. Also, you seem to be forgetting that players are given more difficult opponents and tasks at higher levels, which is exactly meant to offset these bonuses and power-ups. As a 5th lvl character you are not likely to battle goblins that often, are you?

That depends on how you, your gaming party and your DM handle levelling up. If it happens in an instant you gain enough XP, then yes, it can feel weird in your adventure narrative. But there are other ways of doing it. The party may take shorter breaks between adventures where characters could train or study or do whatever is required to explain their new abilities. Your party's ranger could level up after taking the party through some dangerous mountain pass, which would explain the improvement in his Survival skill, your rogue could pick a type of lock he/she's never encountered before, your cleric could be taught some new ceremonies of his faith etc. The possibilities are endless, only if the party and the DM choose to put in some extra effort (and delay the gratification of levelling up for a short period of time). I have missed this major level advancements you talk about. My strongest 5e character reached 8th level so far, so it might be that I'm yet to experience this major bump with just one level improvement. Btw, there's more than a one level advancement between levels 3 and 5

Henderson felt Ajax in their current state are a better option than Saudi Pro League. That tells us pretty much everything we need to know.

Rich getting away with breaking the rules by spending money... such a novel idea. I wonder how no one thought of it before. This would go directly against the whole "we're doing this to ensure clubs' sustainability" narrative that was the foundation of introducing FFP rules in the first place.

Sure, but invisibility doesn't mean you move silently, and there's limits to what you can ask from a charmed humanoid even if the humanoid in question fails their save. Also, how many invisibility or charm person can a 5th level wizard cast per day? 5th level rogue with carefully selected skills could try to hide and move silently dozens if not hundreds of times per day, and do it at +10 (8 ranks for 5th level +2 for some skill synergy) + Dex mod. (which is rarely below +3, at least). That's not to say that casters are not powerful in their own right, but when we are talking about skills then rogue is THE character class. Yes, you could interrupt a wizard (or any other caster) by damaging them while they were casting a spell, but they would be allowed a concentration skill check to see if they resist the interruption. If I remember correctly, DC was 10+damage dealt. Again, with skills being what they are in 3e, wizard would very quickly get to the point where they would be unlikely to fail that check.

I've had problems sticking to my routine over the winter. I've had some neck issues, then some other minor injuries that made it impossible for me to train. On top of that, my sleep was messed up. Even when I recovered from all that, I've changed my job and reestablishing the routine to include regular workouts became harder. For a couple of weeks now I'm trying to get into it but I need to get up early in the morning to train before work, but I'm having difficulty with that. Hopefully, I'll get that sorted out soon. Until then, my only physical activities remain walking my dog and playing floorball twice a week.

Skills were horrible in 3e. So powered up. For example, I loved playing rogue maxed out skill ranks and skill synergies, quite a few skill checks would almost become a mere formality. Combine with high Dexterity and you can sneak around, pick pockets and do stuff like that without breaking a sweat. At level 5 you'd basically need to roll a 1 in order to risk failing a check.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. He wasn't the only one. He was drafted in the same year as Sabonis and came to the NBA in the same season as Vlade Divac. Both of them had better NBA careers than Petrovic (might be different if Petrovic played as long as they did, of course, but we can't know that) and Petrovic is still getting the credit. EDIT: Even if we only look at Croatian (and Yugoslav) players, I'd say Kukoc was better, and yet he's not getting anywhere near as much credit as Petrovic.

Not trying to take anything away from him. As I said, he was one of if not the best European player of his generation. And yes, he was only 28 years old when he died, and could've still improved a fair bit. But if you heard what people in the Balkans are saying about him you wouldn't recognise who they were talking about.