Sentences with phrase «staged by their opponents»

Not exact matches

There is no doubt that Bale needs to get the hell out of Real if he ever wants to be the kind of player he once was... this isn't to suggest that he his skills have diminished, he simply isn't the fiery, determined and aggressive player that struck fear in the hearts of his opponents... the small fish in a big pond just doesn't fit his profile... I can't even remember the last player I've seen who has become so invisible on the big stage (maybe Pogba last year)... maybe it's a case of culture shock or maybe he wasn't able to handle the notoriety that invariably came with his big money signing, but regardless of how it happened this guy is a shadow of his former self... although I doubt he would ever come to a team in such disarray, he could quite easily fill the shoes of Sanchez, who ironically was in a similar predicament in Barcelona, as Bale would return to his favoured left side and would be given the same freedoms that have allowed Sanchez to flourish... ultimately I think the cache of wearing a Real jersey and competing for the top trophies would be too difficult to give up for a wannabe club run by suits who care little about those kinds of accolades

The important thing for us is give Wenger the support he need, though I don't think he deserves it; building a team all year long begs for questioning, loosing at 2nd round stage of UCL for 7 seasons, strengthening opponents for so many seasons with our best legs, buying deadwood (silvestre) from MCU, loosing by same margin (5 - 1) to bayern thrice are enough to castigate his reign but who paid the price if we continue in this manner.

Arsenal are a successful club and will always be seriously last season was not that bad for the past 21 years we remind a the top four no club in England had achieved that 21 years on the trot I believe we needed a new look at ourselves and the reason why we have not won it we have not won the premier league in the past 12 years while clubs such Leicester have won it having said that we were the only team to have won them home and away we seem to be a little short at every term in one stage opponents literally broke our players and some were very viciously broken every one ganged against us and we crumbled to the pressure we need to assert our self by winning lower tear competitions and grow to be strong and fight it hard and give other teams what we were giving Firstly we need to unite and create a fortress at the emirate stadium become the twelfth team player once we get the fundamentals right I know and guarantee we will win it all we need to plant our feet in the ground we need unite become one strong unit

When a bettor holds a «live» futures ticket worth a large payout, the player may want to hedge out of their position during the later stages of a tournament by placing a large wager on an opponent.

The Gunners, who last season, mustered a 2 - 2 draw at this stage, against the same opponent, almost took the lead through van Persie, whose shot was parried by the foot of Victor Valdes.

The opponent to the ground on Wednesday in the Champions League group stage Barcelona won by 2 - 1 goals.

Having to navigate AEK plus another likely strong opponent in the playoffs, the group stage is a long way off at present, but a fall back option of the Europa League (a competition generally missed by CSKA) is a fruitful avenue to plough through if they are unsuccessful.

Gunners arrived in the stage following their 4 - 2 aggregate win over Ostersunds, but were Arsene Wenger's side were poor on their second leg tie as they got beaten by their opponent.

(CNN)- Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle says two of her opponent's supporters «staged» the brawl that erupted Thursday at a candidate forum attended by her and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

«I went to the first post-nomination hustings, staged by the New Statesman magazine at Church House, close to the Commons, and Diane played to the left - wing audience superbly and roughed up her opponents from the Labour establishment with skill and flair.»

The fights, choreographed by Zaror and staged as long - take one - on - ones, mix realism (jiu - jitsu holds, systematically breaking down opponents by noticing weak spots to focus on) and pageantry (backflips, 360 - degree kicks).

The fact that the states granted waivers haven't either put reforms into place, or rolling them out beyond a pilot stage — and thus, leaving them vulnerable to being scuttled by opposition from either NEA and AFT affiliates, or opponents of implementing Common Core reading and math standards — meant that the schemes were inherently unstable.

Little Mac was also included as an assist trophy in Super Smash Bros Brawl, helping out players by knocking opponents off the stage with his flurry of punches.

Then there are items, which can be used in battle to give Shovel Knight an edge against his opponents or the stage by using magic points a la Castlevania.

An EX Break is performed by stopping an opponent's EX Mode through the use of an Assist attack which forces the opponent out of EX Mode, additionally passing the stage's Bravery points to the player.

An Assist Break is performed by attacking the opponent's Assist character while the player is in EX Mode, causing him / her to be unable to call out the Assist character for a brief period; this also passes the stage's Bravery points to the character.

Arcade is your standard stage - by - stage progression of fighting six opponents.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

Game Features: - 8 stages of 40 + challenging levels in Career mode - Earn coins in Quick - play mode to buy and upgrade vehicles - Simultaneous multi-player action for up to 4 opponents (supported by Play Game Services)- Stunning 3D graphics and smooth & realistic boat handling

The arcade version features the traditional stage - based playthrough, in which the player progresses by beating five different opponents one by one, ending with a fixed penultimate and final stage.

Whether you're creating stages on the GamePad, competing in challenges crafted by Master Hand and Crazy Hand, or outwitting your opponents in a brand new board game mode, there's no doubt that the ultimate Smash Bros. game has arrived.

We were delighted by the vibrant «Pilotwings» - inspired stage, which has you and your opponents duking it out atop a propeller plane that soars over seas, cities and mountains.

By beating these stages and besting your opponents, you can improve your character to become more like a god should: powerful and ultimate.

The fighting series returned to rather a rapturous reception during the midpoint of the show, accompanied by a shockingly casual rape gag from one of the players on stage towards his female opponent.

The amount of points needed to win can change per stage and points can be stolen by destroying an opponents vehicle if they've collected any checkpoints.

Fatalities have again gotten an upgrade with both a Kreate a Fatality, a combo like system where the player makes a more and more brutal fatality the more moves they can pull of with a limited timer; and the introduction of mid match stage fatalities, pulled off by knocking your opponent into various death traps around the arenas.

These competitions require Rally Tickets to play (earned by completing Tour stages and collecting coins), but losses will also cost Toads from one's personal stock, a gut - punch that doesn't exactly encourage players to take on higher - level opponents, for fear of eroding their already meager population even further.

«Whether you're creating stages on the GamePad, competing in challenges crafted by Master Hand and Crazy Hand, or outwitting your opponents in a brand new board game mode, there's no doubt that the ultimate Smash Bros. game has arrived,» the Amazon page reads.

Game Features: — 8 stages of 40 + challenging levels in Career mode — Earn coins in Quick - play mode to buy and upgrade vehicles — Simultaneous multi-player action for up to 4 opponents (supported by Play Game Services)-- Stunning 3D graphics and smooth & realistic boat handling

At this stage my opponents and I are arguing by anecdote (we each tell stories that support our views), and that is never wholly satisfying.

The George W. Bush administration reinstated the global gag rule, galvanized opponents of safe and legal abortion by passing a ban on a rarely used later - stage abortion procedure, and worked to establish a new legal status for frozen embryos.