Respect The Chief

You're home now. We could finally make an officer of you. You'd have Admiral without much of an argument from anyone.
No offense, sir, but "The Admiral" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 is the most important figure of the human race in the mid-26th century. Abducted at the age of six by the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), he was conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program. The initiative was originally designed to crush human rebellion against the Unified Earth Government as the human Insurrection movement neared its tipping point. John endured harsh physical and mental training, survived the physical augmentations required by the program, and was later matched with state-of-the-art Mjolnir battle armor.
Throughout his training and early career, John emerged as a clear leader among the Spartans and was set to lead a successful UNSC campaign to stop a brewing human civil war. Though through circumstance, he became the sole savior of the human race several times over. First, in the face of an alien hegemony called the Covenant--an advanced alien empire bent on the complete destruction of humanity. Later, against an eldritch parasite known as the Flood which toppled both the Ancient Human and Forerunner empires of the past. Most recently, John defended humanity against the efforts of an ancient Forerunner general called the Didact, who returned to take his revenge against humanity for wars fought a hundred millennia in the past.
Notes

• Feats are shown in chronological order in-universe
• Feats showing relevant scaling or context will be indented
• Hover over a feat to see the source.

Height: 6'10" // 7'2" (In armor)
Weight: 130 kg // 451.3 kg (In armor)

General Info (Augmentations / Mjolnir Armor)

Pre-Augmentation / Training
Spartans were heavily trained almost daily since they were kidnapped at the age of 6, leading them to become physically and mentally prime by the young age of 14 even before receiving their augmentations.

Dr. Halsey marveled at what a spectacular physical specimen he had grown into. Fourteen years old and he had the body of an eighteen-year-old Olympic athlete, and a mind the equal of any Naval Academy honors graduate.

Description of an unaugmented 14 year old John; The Fall of Reach Ch 6

Augmentations
Codenamed Project: ASTER, the Spartan candidates were augmented to drastically increase their physiology and physical capabilities. Their bones were laced with powerful material to make them 'virtually unbreakable', their muscle tissue density was increased and lactase recovery time was decreased, they were given hormones to boost skeletal and muscle growth, increased eyesight, and had their nerves altered to drastically increase reaction time.

• At the age of 14, Spartans could sprint at bursts of 55 kph (~34 mph) and had estimated reaction times of 20 milliseconds, though they would likely be significantly higher in combat due to adrenaline. They could lift three times their body weight and they have night vision.

MJOLNIR Armor / Stat boosts

The feats in this RT will sorted by which armor John is wearing, as each iteration of Mjolnir armor increases his abilities further.
Unarmored - These feats occur after John receives his augmentation, but without any Mjolnir armor. They also all happen to occur when he is 14 years old and still recovering from his augmentations.
MJOLNIR Mark IV - The Mk IV was the first iteration of armor given to John and the rest of Spartan II's at the age of 15.

• General description, it doubles it's wearers strength and increases reaction times by a factor of five.
  • Their reaction times were previously given to be a low end of 20 milliseconds, meaning with Mk IV it is at a low end of 5 milliseconds.
• The suit is so reactive and powerful that normal humans would be torn apart trying to use it.
• The suit can operate in vacuum by recycling air for 90 minutes. It is also shielded against radiation and EMP.
• The armor possesses motion sensors and thermal imaging to detect enemy troops.
• The armor is almost immediately given additional prototype upgrades, such as thrusters, surveillance drones, wrist-blades and active camouflage.
  • The active camo allows Spartans to walk right in the middle of a group of soldiers without them noticing.

Neural interface / Onboard Computer
Mjolnir armor is linked to Spartans with a neural interface, which means they simply have to think and the armor would perform an action. Combined with the onboard computer, it allows Spartans to do things such as place Waypoint markers, or targets on their HUDs with a thought.

• An example of its use during a fight, John can move his limbs with a thought to overwhelm attackers.
• The suit 'knows what John is thinking before he does', it's able to control the suit functions and John can control the suits thrusters with his thoughts.
• The onboard computer can predict where artillery shots would land during an artillery barrage, and guide them to safer locations.
• Spartans can share targeting data.
• Mjolnir's onboard computer can place HUD markers at designated targets.
• The onboard computer can calculate probable landing zones for enemy dropships.
• Mjolnir predicting the optimal time to dodge plasma cannon fire from Banshees.

MJOLNIR Mark V - Deployed almost two and a half decades after the previous iteration of MJOLNIR, the Mk V now possessed recharging energy shields but retained the same double strength multiplier as the Mk IV.

• General description, it includes two major improvements being the addition of rechargeable energy shields and the ability to house an AI (See previous Cortana section).
• The suit has sound receivers that can hear a whisper a hundred meters away.
• Energy shields begin regenerating 5 seconds after last being hit and take 4 seconds to fully recharge from a total drain (Gameplay).

Cortana - Cortana is the AI that was paired with Master Chief for Operation: REDFLAG, she is present for the feats that occur while John is wearing MJOLNIR Mk V and most while wearing Mk VI.

• Cortana provides tactical and strategic information to John in the field, is able to infiltrate computer and communication systems and greatly improves John's reaction time.

Hacking

• Cortana was loaded with ONI's best insurgency/hacking software in preparation for Operation: RED FLAG.
• While put to work checking the ssytems of a UNSC warship, Cortana runs through ONIs computesecurity systems on the planet Reach for fun, easily overwhelming other ONI AIs.
• She hacks a Covenant carrier, first from the outside disabling it's weapons and communications systems for a short while, allowing her squad to board it. Then when aboard the ship she develops a path for her ground team, gives false tracking info to the Covenant hunter-killer teams and ultimately vents the ships atmosphere killing most of the thousands of Covenant aboard.
  • Outside of Cortana, the Covenant were generally far above the UNSC in terms of network security, with Dr. Halsey comparing the Covenants understanding of human systems within a few weeks of first contact to the UNSCs understanding of the Covenants after several decades.

MJOLNIR Mark VI - Due to the UNSCs rapid advances in technology, the Mk VI was deployed less than two months after the Mk V rendering it obsolete, containing major improvements in both shielding and stat multipliers.

• The Mk VI increases the wearers strength by a factor of 5, making them 2.5x stronger than in previous Suits. The Suit also has self contained biofoam injectors, pumping Spartans full of the UNSCs miracle drug in case they are ever injured.
  • Biofoam stabilizes most wounds and allows limited combat ability even in the event of limb loss.
  • A Spartan suffering from a gruesome headshot has his wound filled with biofoam and is back in combat within a relatively short time.
• The Mk VI's energy shields are much more powerful and recharge a lot faster.
• Energy shields begin regenerating 4.25 seconds after last being hit, and take 1.75 seconds to fully recharge from a total drain (Gameplay).

MJOLNIR GEN 2 - The second generation of MJOLNIR armor developed after the Human-Covenant war ended. Every aspect of the armor has been improved upon and thrusters are now built into each set of armor, drastically increasing maneuverability.

• Every suit now comes with built in thrusters.
  • Spartans can use their thrusters to effectively fly.
• The armor expects when combat is coming and optimizes it's systems automatically.
• GEN 2 armor has 360 degree vision that sees far into the EM spectrum.
• Magnet Boots - Allows Spartans to fight while walking vertically down the side of a skyscraper sized ship.
• The armor has self repair systems in case the shielding and suit is ever pierced.

Skill

Unarmored

• At the age of 14, John kills/cripples four ODSTs easily. - literature version
• John alongside three other Spartans capture a bunker from guards wearing the Mjolnir Mark I armor, which would have taken 2 to 3 platoons of Marines to capture. - Mjolnir Mark I info/picture.
• Spartans have been trained to fight in zero gravity.
• Spartan IV candidates are trained in several martial arts such as Aikido, Jiu-Jitsu and Krav Maga. Presumably the Spartan IIs are heavily trained with them.

Mk IV

• At the age of 15, John alongside Kelly, Fred and Linda wiped an army of well over 100 Covenant, including several Elite Ultras, Zealots and a Field Marshall.
• John and his Spartans are trained to identify high value targets based off subtle visual cues, making it easy to snipe enemy commanders.
• While defending a planet over the course of a few days, John alongside the rest of Blue team destroyed over 100 Wraith tanks.
• Speedruns through a Covenant carrier alongside Fred and Kelly.
• Both Dr. Halsey and Cortana conclude John is overall the best Spartan.
• He has been awarded every major service medal except the Prisoner of War Medallion.

Mk V

• During Johns testing for the Mk V armor, he faces off against a fighter jet that is so fast it regularly travels in and out of visible range. John tanks it's 50mm autocannons, then deflects and tanks an anti tank missile, afterwards sprinting away at 66 mph though he tears his Achilles tendon doing so.
• While fighting a particularly massive (10 ft+ tall) Sangheilli in low gravity, John uses his skill to beat the Elite even though they were evenly matched in strength.

Mk VI

• John escapes deadly situations so often that he almost believes that death is optional for him.
• He's confident he can wipe out an entire Covenant unit of 50 infantry and 4 Wraith tanks without any heavy weapons, but he chooses to save a group of soldiers instead.
• Merks 40+ Brutes by himself.
• Each Spartan II has 'the equivalent combat power of an entire Sector Fleet'.
• John is proficient in all aspects of infantry tactics, as well as low gravity combat. He is able to effectively lead detachments the size of battalions, and UNSC personnel of all ranks generally defer to his leadership.
  • John was offered to be made an Admiral by the UNSCs Fleet Admiral and head of their Security Council, but he refused.

GEN 2

• Alongside Blue team, John fights through a massive army of Prometheans.
• Spartans are able to punch out the Warden Eternal while evading his sword swings.

Strength

Unarmored

• During John's first time working out while recovering from receiving his augmentations, he notes that 1 G of gravity feels too light and 2 G's feels more normal.
• 14 year old John breaks the bones of ODST's and disfigures them with his strikes.
• At 14 years old, Spartans could not train against normal humans anymore due to repeatedly killing them by accident, so their trainers had to be placed in Mjolnir Mark I armor.
• At the age of 14, John kicks a man wearing a MJOLNIR Mark I exoskeleton eight meters away.
  • Another child Spartan could dent the heavy metal plates of the armor with his punches, the armor is impervious to light weapons.
• At the age of 14, John wrenches and rips a 30 millimeter minigun off a MJOLNIR Mark I exoskeleton with his bare hands.
• Shortly after receiving their augmentations, Spartans could lift three times their body weight.

Mk IV

• The Mk IV doubles it's wearers strength.
• During Johns first test of MJOLNIR he could shatter concrete targets with a punch
• John lifts a Spec Ops Elite overhead and folds him on his own energy sword.
• 15 year old John lifts and throws a cargo sled that was large enough to haul an entire platoon alongside a couple of pieces of artillery, and long enough to hold two Spartans lying end-to-end.
• John buckles the leg of a Special-Forces/Bloodstar Elite sideways with a stomp.
• John beats the arm of a Silent Shadow Elite until it's wrist is snapped sideways.
• Effortlessly punches through a weapons locker that was undamaged by a man bashing it with a large gas canister.
• John can effectively wield 110 kg Gauss cannons and use them for hit and run attacks against a column of 50 Covenant tanks.
• At the age of 16, John is able to withstand 12 metric tons of force on his legs.
• While 16 years old, John gets pinned down by an alien spider-like vehicle that was larger than a Warthog but it doesn't crush him, he is able to partially lift it. He also implies he has pushed Warthogs off of him before.
• Rips a steel and bullet-proof glass security door off of its steel reinforcing on a wall.
• An Insurrectionist general believes John can rip him in half.
• Crushes a Jackal's skull with a kick.
• John, alongside three other Spartans (one of whom was injured and missing an arm) push a 3x3x6 meter quartz monolith, an object that would weigh over 125 metric tons.
• John travels while carrying a half-ton Spartan over his shoulder.
• The Franchise Development Director of Halo, Frank O'Connor, states that Spartans can flip and bench press tanks, which correlates with their in game ability to flip tanks.
  • Halo CE's manual states that flipping vehicles is accomplished by his strength.
  • While flipping tanks is a high end / outlier for Spartans wearing earlier armor, GEN 2 wearing Spartans have been shown flipping tanks with only the shock wave of their strikes.

Mk V

• The Mk V possesses the same 2x strength multiplier as the Mk IV, so he should be able to replicate these feats in the previous Mk IV section.
• Runs through a field of razor wire, snapping them effortlessly.
• While specifically holding back to not kill them, John cripples many ODST's who are trying to kill him. Notably John breaks alot of bones, pulls a gun that is being held by an ODST so hard his shoulder dislocates, and bends the barrel of an assault rifle rendering it useless.
• A trio of Grunts landing on him and attempting to take off his armor is laughable to him.
• Caves in the skull of a Grunt with a pistol-whip.
• A melee attack breaks a Jackals energy shield gauntlet and launches him off of a cliff.
• Flips a Warthog.
• Flips a Warthog again but this time from grabbing it by the bumpers.
• Cracks the spines of a pair of elites with his strikes.
• Punches through a human skull inside a Flood Proto-Gravemind
• Crushes the skull of an elite with a punch and again reiterates he is strong enough to flip Warthogs.
• Crushes the skull of a Grunt with the butt of his assault rifle.
• Spartans are able to punch though tank armor.
  • Wraith armor is completely impervious to .50 caliber AA rounds.
  • Wraiths are durable enough to tank shots from their own mortars, which vaporize titanium battle plate, concrete and flesh within a twenty meter radius.
  • Spartans wearing Mk IV are shown in official artwork to be able to rip open tanks and toss armored Brutes (>1 metric ton) away with one arm.
  • A random Spartan wearing Mk V is able to destroy Covenant tanks in H2H, and several Spartans hold off a Covenant army of 30000.

Mk VI

• The Mk VI increases the wearers strength by a factor of 5, making them 2.5x stronger than in the previous Mk IV and Mk V Suits.
• Punches through the head of a Jackal.
• Tosses a Brute behind him.
  • Armored Brutes weigh over a metric ton.
• John can punch through UNSC ship metal.
• Tanks a melee attack from a Promethean Knight, then punches it off of him.
• John can rip off the arms of Promethean Knights and impale them with it.
  • Promethean Knights are strong enough to toss around Warthogs which weigh 3 metric tons.
• John stabs into the hull of a Lich (Covenant ultra heavy siege platform) while free falling with no leverage.
• John can overcome an Elites energy shielding with a single punch.
• Pushes and kicks a missile hammer several meters. (A 2x3x1.5m block of Titanium which is roughly the dimensions of the missile hammer would weigh over 40 metric tons.)

GEN 2

• Lifting Warthogs (3 metric tons), bending steel and shattering concrete is a baseline feat for all Spartans, not indicative of their limits.
• John shatters a Battle Rifle by hitting Spartan Locke with it.
• Overpowers Spartan Locke.
  • Locke is strong enough to flip over a 42.3 tonne tank with the shock-wave of his attack, effortlessly fly and run through walls as well as tackle aircraft out of the air, and boost through the bulk of a massive stone statue.
• Spartans can snap the necks of Elites.
• Spartans can instantly kill an Elite with a two-handed strike.
• Spartans can rip through Forerunner Armigers.
  • Forerunner Armigers are strong enough to throw humans dozens of meters away.
• Spartans can kill a Forerunner Armiger with a stomp.
• Spartans can punch out the legs of the Warden Eternal.

Durability

Mk IV

• The Mk IV doesn't possess energy shields, it relies entirely on the armor plating for protection.
• The armor has a refractive coating to help disperse incoming energy attacks.
• During Johns first test of MJOLNIR, bullets were harmlessly deflecting off his armor.
• The Mk IV can tank numerous Covenant Carbine shots, though they come close to penetrating the armor. Covenant Carbines fire 8x60mm projectiles at hypersonic (mach 5+) velocities making them far more powerful than almost any modern small arms.
• A .50 caliber depleted uranium round fired from an AA gun glances off John's armor.
  • [Limit] A young Kelly states that sustained fire from that weapon would penetrate the Mk IV.
• Tanks fire from hundreds of skilled marksmen with their rounds only 'dinging' his armor.
• Tanks plasma fire from a Covenant Ghost.
  • Ghost plasma is stated to be 5000 degrees.
• Tanks the nearby detonation of 1 MT nuke (John was at ground zero and had only 30 seconds to sprint away before it detonated).
  • Nukemap stats - Because the event was on a moon with minimal atmosphere and gravity, the heat and radiation figures are much more important.
• Tanks Covenant Needle and Spike rounds that can separate an ODST into pieces.
  • In the same novel it's stated that ODST's wear bullet proof armor that is effective at tanking armor piercing rounds, and someone wearing that armor harmlessly tanks small arms fire from several shooters.
• Tanks several Needle Rifle shots, with the needles shattering off his armor.
• Shrugs off being directly hit by a Hunters 2 ton shield.
• Spartans can tank anything short of a direct hit by a Wraiths plasma mortar, which vaporize everything within a 20 meter radius.
• Tanks Plasma Rifle fire from a hundred Drones who were chasing after him.
• Harmlessly tanks a nearby grenade detonation that spatters his faceplate with shrapnel.
• Spartans in Mark IV have similar durability's to light tanks.
• Covenant Needler shots bounce off his armor.

Mk V

• The Mk V is the first armor to possess energy shields, with each further iteration of armor gaining much more durable energy shields.
• A three round burst from an MA5B assault rifle drops his energy shields a 'hairbreadth'.
• Tanks shots from 30mm chainguns without even noticing he was being hit and without his energy shields breaking.
• Tanks 50mm autocannon fire from a jet without his energy shields breaking.
• Tanks the detonation of a nearby Scorpion missile designed to take out tanks. He was launched six meters and the missile itself created a two meter deep crater, though his energy shields did break.
• Covenant Needler shots bounce off his energy shields.
• Tanks a lifeboat crash that ripped open the craft and mangled everyone else aboard.
• Tanks a shot from a Hunters fuel rod cannon without his energy shields breaking and can tank direct hits even when his shields are low on charge.
• Tanks a melee hit from a Hunter while his shields are already low from tanking a fuel rod shot.
• Tanks an explosion from crashing a Banshee into a wall without any injuries.

Mk VI

• Tanks crashing into the Titanium hull of a warship at an extremely high velocity.
• Unharmed by a nearby Wraith's plasma shot which killed three other soldiers who were further away from it than him.
• Unfazed by a massive explosion.
• Tanks plasma fire from 6 Hunters.
• Tanks the detonation of a point blank plasma grenade that vaporizes a Brute Chieftain and scorches close to a dozen nearby Grunts.
• [Tanks a fall from orbit onto the Earth, and while his armor locks up automatically due to the impact, John himself is uninjured.]( "Halo 3")
  • Official artwork shows John falling from orbit.
• John tanks the laser blasts of 343 Guilty Spark, a Forerunner Monitor.
  • Another Spartan wearing slightly worse armor tanks more Forerunner monitor attacks, which are powerful enough to vaporize Hunters who weigh 5 metric tons and are covered in starship armor.
• Tanks being hit by a Warthog at very high speeds.
• Tanks a fall from orbit onto the planet Requiem completely unharmed, crashing into a lot of debris along the way.
• Tanks a melee attack from a Promethean Knight and punches it off of him afterwards.
  • Promethean Knights are strong enough to knock around Warthogs which weigh 3 metric tons.
• Unharmed after being thrown into a wall extremely hard by the Didact.
• Tanks a slipspace rupture crash that creates a massive crater from his impact (Ghost for scale).
• John had his evolution accelerated by the Forerunner known as the Librarian, giving him an immunity to the Composer which digitizes living creatures.

GEN 2

• Survives getting his head crushed by the Didact, then being thrown into Fred extremely hard.
• Tanks an extremely deep fall without any problem.

Speed

Unarmored

• John notes how objects appear to move in slow motion to him shortly after receiving his augmentations
• Special Forces appear similarly slow to John.
• John could move in blurs and was able to dodge point blank stun rounds from a 30mm cannon.
  • Another child Spartan dodges the stun rounds in mid air.
  • 14 year old Kelly dodges fire from several shooters and is too fast for the self-targeting system to track.
• At the age of 14, Spartans could sprint at bursts of 55 kph (~34 mph) and had estimated reaction times of 20 milliseconds, though they would likely be significantly higher in combat due to adrenaline. This is shortly after they received their augmentations and is expected to increase as their bodies adjust to the changes, and likely as they age as well.
  • Spartans experiencing the world in slow motion due to adrenaline is something they refer to as 'Spartan time'.
• [Limit] John is unable to completely dodge close range fire from three shooters, getting hit by three bullets.

Mk IV

• The Mk IV increases it's wearers reaction times by a factor of five. Their reaction times were previously given to be a low end of 20 milliseconds, meaning with Mk IV it is at a low end of 5 milliseconds.
• The first thing John does in MJOLNIR is move his arm almost FTE to his already augmented self.
• During Johns first test of MJOLNIR at the age of 14 he was fast enough to dodge bullets.
• Evades fire from hundreds of skilled marksmen while he was in a low gravity environment that limited his maneuverability.
• Moves to block a Needle Rifle shot after it was fired.
• Moves out of sight of several people faster than they could see.
• Jogs at 25mph for 10 kilometers alongside other Spartans.

Mk V

• ODST's move in slow motion to John.
• Dodges bullets after they are fired by an ODST, and again but after they are fired by three ODST's and again.
• With the help of Cortana, John deflects a Scorpion anti-tank missile that was tracking him.
• Immediately after tanking an anti-tank missile, John sprints ~66 mph across a half-kilometer distance though he tears his Achilles tendon doing so.
• He's able to dodge the laser weapons of Forerunner Aggressor sentinels.

Mk VI

• Immediately sprints at a speed of ~45 mph from rest.
• Intercepts and blocks a Covenant Beam Rifle shot after it's fired from roughly 30 meters away, which is a weapon that fires at ~Mach 10.7.
  • Another Spartan wearing the same armor dodges beam rifle shots twice including once from point blank. It's also being fired by a specialized Spartan Sniper if there are any doubts on it's accuracy.
• Maneuvers in mid-air to dodge gunfire from numerous Brutes.

GEN 2

• Spartans can avoid a sword swing from the Warden Eternal without even looking.

Marksmanship

• While running, John scores several headshots on Jackal snipers with his pistol.
• While Sprinting at around 45 mph, Chief is able to land multiple head and neck shots on several Jackal snipers who are around 30 meters away from him, shooting fast enough that his Magnum shots bleed together.
• Spartans can routinely land accurate sniper shots over a kilometer away while they are on the move.

Mobility

• John could balance atop and leap across ten meter tall wooden poles 10 centimeters in diameter even though he weighs half a ton in his armor.
• Spartans can jump ~25+ meters vertically onto a moving vehicle using his thrusters. (Mammoths are 27.1 meters tall.)
• Without using thrusters, Spartans can leap into the air 'like crickets' and engage aircraft.
• Spartans can easily scale cliffs.
• Spartans in GEN 2 armor can use their thrusters to effectively fly.

Endurance

• At 15 years old John is capable of sprinting 7 kilometers while expecting to do combat immediately after.
• 16 year old Blue Team covers 19 kilometers in 33 minutes, stopping twice to do weapon checks, running on rough terrain with support equipment, and running with their weapons in their hands. Roughly 24 mph sustained over 19km, with no intended rest before initiating combat.

Other Spartan Feats / Additional Scaling

Weapons / Equipment

Enemies / Additional Scaling

The four Spartans that composed Blue Team covered his back, standing absolutely silent and immobile in their MJOLNIR combat armor. Someone had once commented that they looked like Greek war gods in the armor … but his Spartans were far more effective and ruthless than Homer’s gods had ever been.

This is a fairly long post about how I think the FC Barcha v Ubers game went and why Isagi was able to get passed Aiku and Niko so easily. It also goes into how I think Aiku and Niko will evolve and also what I think Meta Visions is.
Here’s how I think the Barcha vs Ubers game played out. I think Lorenzo didn’t start because there wasn’t anyone specifically for him to guard. Then Bachira breaks through and either scores or gets close. Then Lorenzo comes in and shuts him down and helps Barro score his hat trick.
Let’s assume Bachira’s goal came before Lorenzo marked him. By Lorenzo marking him it took a significant amount of pressure off Aiku but also removed his potential for growth in that match. Aiku being able to stop Otoya and whoever else is on Spain probably made him complacent towards the BM match. He figures Lorenzo will mark Kaiser and he and Niko can deal with the rest because he’s assuming Bachira was an outlier and the others wouldn’t have evolved nearly that much.
I’m guessing at their mindset here but I think Niko viewed himself as an equal to Isagi and Aiku probably thought he’s still better based of the u20 game, at worst they’re equals now. They both got complacent and neglected to fully factor in Isagi’s growth. But since BM has 2 top tier strikers in Isagi and Kaiser but since Lorenzo is marking Kaiser that leaves Isagi to Niko and Aiku who he’s clearly currently better than. They can’t rely on Lorenzo in this match which will cause them to develop some skill that will allow both Niko and Aiku to compete with top u20 strikers. It could be meta vision but I doubt it.
Now let’s look at their abilities. Aiku seems to have more of a goal sense flow, he’s like a magnet attracted to who’s most likely to score. He can sense who’s most likely to score and set up to stop them. He will evolve this in a more physical way then mental way. For the mental side he might eventually be able to use the calculation stuff outside of flow state. But he will focus on the physical. He needs to gain the flexibility and body control similar to Lorenzo to use his goal calculation stuff to its fullest potential.
Now for Niko. Niko plays defense like a Football free safety which is shown in his tower vision. His style is going to be predictive like meta vision but without the manipulation part. Niko will focus on analyzing the field and taking the most optimal route to the ball. Always putting himself in the best position to counter. Example, for a player like Bachira he might press right up on him to limit the amount of stuff he can do with the ball. Versus a speedster like Chigri where he would hang back and to the right give himself a better chance of dealing with the speed and forcing him out of his golden zone.
Meta vision seems to come with both a predictive element and manipulation element, but can be used in an incomplete state (kinda like Ultra Instinct). It can be used solely for offensive (Kaiser), defense (Reo), or both (Isagi) When it was first shown off with Kaiser he was moving in specific ways to put the defenders in bad positions to counter his shot attempts. When we see Isagi use it he is absolutely manipulating everyone on the field to give himself the best chance at scoring. When Reo uses it it was in an incomplete state specifically to stop Isagi. There were 2 factors that I think allowed him to use the ability. 1 he was predicting what Isagi was going to do. The guy whom he probably hates more then anyone in BL. 2 he was in flow with Nagi at that time so he was already playing at his best and was trying his hardest to stop one guy.
Now being able to use meta vision is special and not something that just anyone can use. It elevates the player into the realm of the greats. Kaiser is using it in a more traditional soccer forward style where he might help out on defense but he isn’t making it a primary focus. Where as Isagi is using it like a NBA player effecting both sides of the ball equally. Think of someone like Chris Paul or Lebron James, in their prime they could control the flow of the game both offensively and defensively. Isagi is doing the same by making all these crazy plays on defense and setting up goals for others and now scoring himself.

Just wanted to post and get some opinions on other sites. When I first started sports gambling, I used Barstool. I switched over quickly because Barstool’s app is so buggy on the iPhone. So I switched to FanDuel. Been using them since. Pretty loyal, roughly $30k in deposits and close to $100k in transactions. There has been a learning curve with sports betting but my bankroll can manage it. However, the dilemma I had today was about live betting and cash outs.
I live bet during the day. I’m an addicted gambler, I’m not stating that I’m not. I gamble during the day. The afternoon. Hell, I wake up and go to the bathroom and place bets. Most of these bets are all over the place, china basketball, foreign tennis, cricket, etc. then NBA, NCAA, NFL on weekend and nights. I make plenty of money and I do it for fun and stress reliever. So even tho I can admit the addiction, I’m not struggling and have been gambling all of my life.
I had an $850 parlay bet that ballooned to cash out around $1,250.00 but the live scoring feed wasn’t updating and soon the app went down and I could not access the account. I check the FanDuel Twitter and it confirmed with trouble with their site. About 10-15 mins later, app comes up and I lose the bet. I’m upset cause now that option was stripped away because of their issues. I chatted with support and explained everything as I stated here and said they can’t help resolve anything. Cool, I’ll take my business elsewhere. I never state my money is better than Joe next to me. I understand the risks of betting and I understand rules and regulations. I also understand customer support. I know this may happen to another site. I also know that $850 to me isn’t much. In saying all that, I do know who I want to support and put my money in as well as not doing so because of their technicality. $850 may not be a lot to me, but may be to someone else. And it shows that they don’t care if the issues at hand is their fault because their servers or site crashed and betting options went away. How is this my fault, and more so, how can you state you can’t do anything about it? So now I will be on other subs asking the same question, which site do you prefer? I will be using that software rather than FanDuel from now on.

1) Every fanbase has a new hope and optimism
It doesn't matter if your team only won 75 games and is expected to be among the worst in the league this year, or whether your team threatened to break the record for most wins in a season before nosediving hard in September - it's a new year and baseball is back. Anything can happen as the new season plays out.
2) Spring has officially sprung
Spring is all about rebirth - just ask Jesus. And what better way to celebrate rebirth than by resurrecting a new season of baseball? Move over snow - BASEBALL IS BACK.
3) Nearly every team starts their ace on Opening Day
Unlike other sports, baseball doesn't ease into it by letting some scrub on the mound on opening day. Nearly every team is starting their best pitcher and you will see the greatest being great all day long. Can Max Fried get 27 Ks against the Nats? Probably.
4) Every Team Plays
Unlike pretty much every other sport, which has staggered start dates for various teams, every single team plays on Opening Day. That means that we get a look at all 30 organizations and can begin drawing conclusions based off a sample size that any scientist would disregard. But we're baseball fans, not scientists. So, feel free to craft overarching narratives about the season based off the Opening Day results.
5) There's no heartbreak on Opening Day
Even if your team loses badly, there's still 161 games to go. That's like... less than 2% of all the games.
6) It comes at the perfect time
March Madness is basically over. Nobody cares about regular season NBA. The sports world needs games, and Major League Baseball delivers.
7) It's a day without sadness or tears
There's an old saying "There's no crying in baseball". This is normally a statement that crying is forbidden. However, it takes a different meaning on Opening Day - crying isn't forbidden, it's impossible. You cannot cry on Opening Day. It can't be done. It's a day where nothing bad ever happens.

• Disclaimer - A single tear is permitted if your team has a no-hitter get broken up in the 9th inning.

H) It's too cold and wet for Zach Hample to steal your Home Run Ball
Since it's not hot out enough yet for the good hitting conditions, you're much less likely to catch a Home Run ball which is then stolen by the biggest menace baseball has ever seen.
9) Ballpark Hot Dogs jut hit different on Opening Day.
The sweetest taste you will ever taste is a hot dog on Opening Day. It's as American as baseball. And the fact that you've been anticipating this hot dog every day for the past 6 months makes it extra special.
10) Opening Day is the 0-0 Count of baseball.
Some people say "Live life like it's a 3-2 count". That's stupid. Why would you want to live your life knowing you might have to walk all the time? Get a freaking driver's license, loser. A 0-0 Count is a fresh slate. Anything can happen - maybe even a walk. 3-2 counts are overrated.
11) Rob Manfred can't change the rules anymore.
The season has started - the rules are set. The bad man can't hurt us anymore.
12) When there are homeruns on Opening Day, they set the tone for the season.
If you homer in your first game, you are on pace for a 162-dinger season. Can't argue with math. Move over Barry.
13) MLB Opening Day has a long and proud history
Since the American League and National League joined in 1903 to form Major League Baseball, there has been an annual tradition - the first gameday of every year is always MLB Opening Day. This will mark the 120th year of this historic streak.
14) MLB Opening Day is an Internationally-Celebrated Day
Baseball is a sport that appeals to people beyond just America. This is evidenced by the fact that the Toronto Blue Jays play their home games in Toronto, Ontario, which is in Canada. This makes baseball an international sport.
15) BASEBALL IS BACK BABY
The last reason that MLB Opening Day is the best day in sports is that it means baseball is back, and baseball is the best sport. Checkmate, soccer fans.

I dont post much about my basketball team cause I feel I will jinx it. But tonight is special
The 1st thing I ever wanted to be when growing up was a basketball player specifically for The Kings. After a run in for high school tryouts with a coach that more cared about the "rich kids" than giving a poor kid a shot that dream died.
I continued to be a fan of the worst team in basketball and I was blessed with a few amazing years in the early 2000s. Then it was back to being the laughing stock of the NBA.
That never stopped me though. Through all the bad I continued to root for my Kings. Through 2 marriages and 3 kids I continued to root.
This year has been a kind of special I didnt think I would get again. My wife probably is sick of me taking about them. She has never known me of the early 2000s kings when I was full of hope and optimism. My kids probably don't understand their dad's excitement.
No matter what happens tonight I'll always be a fan, but thank you my Kings for this season. I'll always be Sacramento Proud.
P.S. FTL from now till the day I die

NOTE: UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED ALL MY GAMES WERE PURCHASED IN NA (US) AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL BE LOCKED IF THERE IS A REGION LOCK
***I will NOT go first unless you have more rep than me**\*
Resellers are welcome, but please don't lowball, I know the value of my games - all fees on resellers
My PayPal is US, so any fees on you. If u send money without covering the fees, I will refund the money minus any fees charged by PayPal
NOTE: due to recent wave of humble bans i only trade keys now with the understanding that those keys sold will be for your personal use
PLEASE do not lowball. While I obviously DO NOT expect full retail price for my games as they were bundled, if you can't beat reseller prices on the sub I will have no choice but to refuse the offer.
Finally, this list is both my backlog and spares so we may value games differently!
Some are of high value to me because they are part of my backlog so I will swap them only for other games I intend to play
My complete list of game keys + source updated 03/26/2023
Humble weekly + pre-choice monthly bundles

• 11-11 Memories Retold
• 112 Operator
• 2Dark
• 911 Operator (x2)
• 911 Operator - Special Resources DLC
• A New Beginning - Final Cut (x2)
• Aarklash: Legacy
• AER Memories of Old
• Age of Wonders III
• All You Can Eat (x2)
• The Amazing American Circus
• American Truck Simulator
• Amnesia: Rebirth
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent + Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
• Among Us
• Armello
• Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 7 - software
• Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
• Avernum 3: Ruined World
• The Ball
• Batman™: Arkham Asylum GOTY
• Bleed 2
• Book of Demons
• Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
• Boundless
• Bridge Constructor Portal
• Broken Age (x3)
• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
• Call of Duty®: WWII - Call of Duty Endowment Bravery Pack
• Call of Duty®: WWII - Call of Duty Endowment Fear Not Pack
• Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
• Carnival Games VR (x2)
• Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
• Combat Wings: Battle of Britain
• Company of Heroes 2
• Concrete Jungle (x2)
• Corridor Z
• Crowntakers
• Crying Suns
• Cultist Simulator
• Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft - The Eldritch Box DLC
• Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
• DiRT Rally
• Distance
• Do Not Feed the Monkeys
• Draw Slasher
• Drawful 2
• Driftland: The Magic Revival
• Dungeons 3 (x2)
• DV: Rings of Saturn
• The Dwarves
• EarthNight (x2)
• EarthX
• Eastside Hockey Manager (x2)
• Endless Space® - Collection (x2)
• Endless Space 2
• Europa Universalis IV: Common Sense
• Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado
• Europa Universalis IV: Rights of Man
• Expeditions: Viking
• Fairy Tale About Father Frost
• Fight'N Rage
• The Final Station
• Finding Paradise
• FlowCanvas - software
• FRAMED Collection
• Fury Unleashed
• GameGuru
• GameMaker Studio 2 Creator 12 Months - software
• GET EVEN (x2)
• Go Home Dinosaurs
• God's Trigger
• Going Under
• The Golf Club 2019 (x2)
• Gonner
• Gremlins, Inc.
• Gunscape (x2)
• Hard Reset Redux
• Hexologic
• HIVESWAP: Act 1
• Hurtworld
• Ice Lakes
• I'm not a Monster
• In Between (x2)
• Intro to Game Development with Unity - software
• Iron Danger
• Jackbox Party Pack 4
• The Journey Down: Chapter Three
• Kerbal Space Program
• Kingdom Classic (x2)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance – Treasures of The Past
• Kingdom: New Lands
• Kingdom Two Crowns
• Knights of Pen and Paper 2
• Liberated - gog key
• The Long Dark
• Lust for Darkness
• Lust from Beyond: M Edition
• Mafia: 2 Definitive Edition
• Max Payne 3 - rockstar key
• Metro Exodus
• MirrorMoon EP (x2)
• Monaco
• Moon Hunters
• Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021
• Music Maker EDM Edition - software
• My Time at Portia
• NBA 2K16 - delisted from steam - good offers only, please don't lowball I know how much it's worth
• NBA Playgrounds 2
• NecroWorm
• Neo Cab
• Neverout
• Newt One (x2)
• No Time to Explain Remastered
• >observer_ (x2)
• Of Orcs and Men
• Opus Magnum
• Orbital Racer
• Original War
• Out of Reach: Treasure Royale
• Outcast - Second Contact
• Overgrowth
• Overlord II (x2)
• Pac-Man 256
• Pathway
• PDF-Suite - software
• Pesterquest (x2)
• PGA Tour 2K21
• Planet of the Eyes
• Plunge (x2)
• Polygon Farm, Polygon City, and Polygon Prototype - not a key - not sure how to claim
• Popup Dungeon
• Portal Knights (x2)
• Postal Redux
• Punch Club
• Quantum Break
• Realpolitiks (x2)
• Regions of Ruin
• Regular Human Basketball (X2)
• Resident Evil Revelations
• Ring of Pain
• Road Redemption
• Roarr! Jurassic Edition
• RPG Maker VX
• Rustler
• Ryse: Son of Rome
• SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
• Shenmue I & II
• Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
• Shing!
• Shoppe Keep 2
• Sid Meiers Pirates! (x2)
• Skullgirls 2nd Encore
• Slinger VR
• Sniper Elite 3
• Sniper Elite V2 (x2) - original, NOT remastered
• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Collector's Edition
• Sniper Ghost Warrior 2: World Hunter Pack
• Sniper: Ghost Warrior Gold Edition
• Sonic & SEGA All Stars Racing
• Soulblight
• SOULCALIBUR VI
• Spec Ops: The Line
• The Spiral Scouts
• Star Wars™ Starfighter™
• Starbound
• StarCrossed (x2)
• State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition Soundtrack - no longer have the base game
• State of Mind
• Steel Rats
• Sudden Strike 4
• Super Daryl Deluxe
• Super Time Force Ultra (x2)
• Supraland
• Supreme Commander 2
• The Surge
• Surviving Mars
• Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
• System Shock: Enhanced Edition (x2)
• Take On Helicopters
• Take on Mars
• Tannenberg
• Telefrag VR
• Tennis World Tour
• theHunter: Call of the Wild
• This War of Mine
• Throne of Lies® The Online Game of Deceit - game is now free so no clue what this gives
• Titan Quest Anniversary Edition (x2)
• Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove
• Tooth and Tail
• Torchlight
• Treasure Hunter Simulator (x2)
• UFO Afterlight
• UFPS: Ultimate FPS - software
• The USB Stick Found in the Grass
• Vertiginous Golf (x2)
• Victoria II
• V-Rally 4
• Wanderlust: Travel Stories - gog key
• Wargroove
• Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Collector's Edition
• Warlock - Master of the Arcane
• Warpips
• WARSAW
• We Are Alright
• We Happy Few Season Pass - might keep - unbundled
• West of Dead
• When Ski Lifts Go Wrong (x2)
• Wizard of Legend (x2)
• X-Morph: Defense + European Assault, Survival of the Fittest, and Last Bastion DLC
• Ylands Exploration Pack
• Yoku's Island Express

Humble choice

1. December 2019 - 7 choices left out of: PHANTOM DOCTRINE, DEAD IN VINLAND, HORIZON CHASE TURBO, DARK FUTURE: BLOOD RED STATES, X-MORPH: DEFENSE, AEGIS DEFENDERS, DESERT CHILD
2. February 2020 - 2 choices left out of: ELIZA, THE HEX, WARSTONE TD, UNDERHERO
3. March 2020 - 1 choice left out of: EXAPUNKS, NIFFELHEIM, ETHERBORN
4. May 2020 - 1 choice left out of: RISE OF INDUSTRY, WARHAMMER 40,000: GLADIUS - RELICS OF WAR, THE SWORDS OF DITTO: MORMO'S CURSE
5. June 2020 - 3 choices left out of: GRID™ - ULTIMATE EDITION, MEN OF WAR: ASSAULT SQUAD 2 - WARCHEST EDITION, STYGIAN: REIGN OF THE OLD ONES, OVERLOAD, THE KING'S BIRD
6. July 2020 - 5 choices left out of: RAILWAY EMPIRE, BEAT HAZARD 2, SIGMA THEORY: GLOBAL COLD WAR, DON'T ESCAPE: 4 DAYS TO SURVIVE, VERLET SWING, BASINGSTOKE, EARTHLOCK
7. August 2020 - 5 choices left out of: VAMPYR, GENESIS ALPHA ONE DELUXE EDITION, AUTOMACHEF, THROUGH THE DARKEST OF TIMES, THE COMA 2: VICIOUS SISTERS
8. September 2020 - 3 choices left out of: lethal league blaze, YOOKA-LAYLEE AND THE IMPOSSIBLE LAIR, the occupation
9. October 2020 - 2 choices left out of: THE SUICIDE OF RACHEL FOSTER, THE UNCERTAIN: LAST QUIET DAY
10. November 2020 - 5 choices left out of: DARKSBURG, TSIOQUE, ROVER MECHANIC SIMULATOR, YOUROPA, TOWNSMEN - A KINGDOM REBUILT
11. December 2020 - 4 choices left out of: ZWEI: THE ARGES ADVENTURE, ZWEI: THE ILVARD INSURRECTION, TABLETOP PLAYGROUND, STRUGGLING
12. February 2021 - 6 choice left out of: ENDLESS SPACE® 2 - DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION, MOVING OUT, THE WILD EIGHT, WEREWOLF: THE APOCALYPSE HEART OF THE FOREST, LOVECRAFT'S UNTOLD STORIES, IRIS AND THE GIANT
13. March 2021 - 8 choices left out of: CONTROL STANDARD EDITION, ELEX, WWE 2K BATTLEGROUNDS, HOTSHOT RACING, PEAKY BLINDERS: MASTERMIND, CYBER HOOK, BOREAL BLADE, AGELESS
14. April 2021 - 6 choices left out of: SNIPER GHOST WARRIOR CONTRACTS, SHENMUE III, MAIN ASSEMBLY, ROCK OF AGES 3: MAKE & BREAK, AVEN COLONY, COLT CANYON
15. June 2021 - 6 choices left out of: SID MEIER’S CIVILIZATION® VI PLATINUM EDITION, WORMS RUMBLE + LEGENDS PACK DLC, MILKY WAY PRINCE - THE VAMPIRE STAR, DESOLATE, PAW PAW PAW, DISJUNCTION (GOG KEY)
16. July 2021 - 5 choices left out of: HAMMERTING, NIMBATUS - THE SPACE DRONE CONSTRUCTOR, S.W.I.N.E. HD REMASTER, DEADLY DAYS, ADOM (ANCIENT DOMAINS OF MYSTERY
17. August 2021 - 5 choices left out of: AS FAR AS THE EYE, CEPHEUS PROTOCOL, NOWHERE PROPHET, BLUE FIRE, ENCODYA (GOG key)
18. September 2021 - 3 choices left out of: narita boy, heaven's vault, fort triumph
19. November 2021 - 1 choice left out of: MÖBIUS FRONT '83
20. December 2021 - 10 choices left out of: ENDZONE - A WORLD APART, BEYOND THE WIRE, PARTISANS 1941, THE SURVIVALISTS, LACUNA - A SCI-FI NOIR ADVENTURE, 8 DOORS, GREAK: MEMORIES OF AZUR, FLING TO THE FINISH, TOHU, VOIDIGO
21. March 2022 - DESPERADOS III, NICKELODEON ALL-STAR BRAWL, THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY: MAN OF MEDAN, RED SOLSTICE 2: SURVIVORS, POLICE STORIES, EVAN'S REMAINS
22. November 2022 - KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RE-RECKONING - FATE EDITION (might keep), shadow tactics aiko's choice, roboquest (might keep), eldest souls, unmetal, raji an ancient epic, morbid the seven acolytes
23. December 2022 - wasteland 3, greedfall, first class trouble, backbone, blade assault, super magbot
24. January 2023 - doom eternal, tribes of midgard (might keep), encased, grow song of the evertree, conan chop chop, the serpent rogue

Fanatical

• Asura: Vengeance Expansion
• Blood: Fresh Supply
• Bomber Crew - Deluxe Edition
• Day of Infamy
• Do Not Feed the Monkeys
• Eagle Island
• Expeditions: Viking
• Figment
• GRID - 2019
• Homeworld Remastered Collection
• Immortal Redneck
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance – From the Ashes
• Kingdom Under Fire 2 - Basic Edition
• Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
• One Finger Death Punch 2
• Override: Mech City Brawl
• Punch Club
• Redeemer: Enhanced Edition (x2)
• RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic (x2)
• Savage Lands
• Shadwen
• Stronghold Crusader HD
• Subterrain
• Super Cloudbuilt
• Syndrome
• The Surge
• The Technomancer
• The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia
• The Walking Dead (x2)
• The Walking Dead: 400 Days
• The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
• The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
• This War of Mine
• Torchlight
• Tracks - The Train Set Game
• Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach (x2)
• Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

Yet more leftovers

• 11 Memories retold
• 911 operator special resources DLC
• Acceleration of SUGURI 2
• Aegis defenders
• AER memories of old
• Assassins creed Chronicles – China - uplay key
• Batman arkham asylum GOTY
• Bear with me collector’s edition
• Beyond the wire
• Blackwake
• Book of demons
• Breathedge
• Carnival Games VR
• Company of Heroes Complete Ed - first one with dlc, I highly recommend it for endless fun
• Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth
• Civ 6 plat US
• C&C3 Uprising Steam
• Endless space 2
• Ethereal
• Evergarden
• F1 2018
• Farmer's dynasty
• God Trigger
• Gonner
• GRIP: Combat Racing Artifex DLC
• Guns of Icarus Online
• Henry stickmin
• The hex
• Impact Winter
• Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition
• Iron harvest
• Jackbox Party Pack 1
• Laser league
• Main Assembly
• Massive Chalice
• Mero exodus
• MILKY WAY PRINCE - THE VAMPIRE STAR
• Monster Loves You
• Moonlight protocol
• Mountain
• NBA Playgrounds
• Out of Space
• Pathfinder: Kingmaker
• PC Building sim
• Per aspera
• Project winter
• Purrfect Date - Visual Novel/Dating Simulator
• Rebel cops
• Relicta
• Retrowave
• Rituals
• Rustler
• Saints Row: The Third - old one
• SEUM speedrunners from hell
• Seven: the days long gone
• Shenmue 1 & 2
• Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom
• Slipstream
• State of mind
• Surviving the aftermath
• Surviving mars deluxe edition
• Thirty Flights of Loving
• TOWNSMEN - A KINGDOM REBUILT
• The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
• The wild eight

Steam wish list (I value games at their lowest sale prices)
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Alright so I love WWE video games. I played a plethora of the games licensed by this Titan of wrestling entertainment all the way back from No Mercy on the 64 (still goated with the sauce). And I've loved My Career mode for 2K games since like NBA 2K10 (the agent was always on my case because I was very young and very bad).
To fast forward to last year, I bought and played 2K22 because I heard and saw good content coming from it after one of the 2k's was suspended after the move from Yukes to 2K created some.. less than optimal. I was enjoying it for the most part after making my guy and leveling up was pretty sweet.
The game soured for me when I found lacking continuity in the MyRise storylines. For example, say I win King of the Ring and the aftermath of the storyline has my character run around as King Hudson. I then go into an intercontinental championship storyline and it's like King of the Ring never happened. No choice to come out as King Hudson or my original moniker. I know the only thing that was confirmed to be dependent on your input for MyRise was the face/heel storyline mechanic so it may just be a nitpicky thing on my end.
To formally ask the question, are there continuity options like that in 2K23? If I earn the US title and go for the WWE title, would I have the belt in my entrance or are the belts only referenced and exist in their respective storylines?
Bonus question if you also have this answer: are there more random elements for the superstar mode in universe mode? Picking my rivalries and rivals in universe mode felt very.. sandbox mode over superstar mode where I thought I only controlled one superstar.