The controversial construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) gained national and international attention when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accepted an application filed by Energy Transfer Partners, a Texas-based developer behind the project.
The position of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is that the Dakota Access Pipeline violates Article II of the Fort Laramie Treaty, which guarantees the "undisturbed use and occupation" of reservation lands surrounding the proposed location of the pipeline. In 2015 the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, operating as a sovereign nation , passed a resolution regarding the pipeline stating that "the Dakota Access Pipeline poses a serious risk to the very survival of our Tribe and ... would destroy valuable cultural resources."
To generate momentum for their cause and demonstrate their opposition to the pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe organized runs, horseback rides, and marches. Many Native Nations, along with non-Native allies, celebrities, and several politicians supported the movement and travelled to join DAPL protesters at the Sacred Stone Camp on the Standing Rock Reservation. Conditions at the camp became intense. North Dakota law enforcement officials and private guards hired by Energy Transfer Partners clashed with protestors, sometimes violently, and made hundreds of arrests.
On September 3rd, 2016, the Dakota Access Pipeline company used bulldozers to dig up part of the pipeline route that contained possible Native graves and burial artifacts; the land was subject to a pending legal injunction.
Protesters stormed the land and were attacked by a private security firm, armed with attack dogs and pepper spray.
The battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline, explained vox
Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Native American Protesters with Dogs & Pepper Spray
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I finally got to Diamond rank in Street Fighter 6 today after decades of being too afraid to seriously try to get good at fighting games and I already know I'm gonna be riding this feeling all week.
Oh damn, who you main? I have been stuck in silver with 'geif. I tried Honda and got placed into gold. I almost feel the urge to play an actually competitive tier character and see how I do.
I'm playing Rashid, most people put him in B-tier right now I guess. I always just play whatever is fun. If that happens to be a "high tier" character then go for it. I will say that literally no character terrifies me like Ryu does.
I dunno. Sometimes it is fun to just press buttons and have them work even if the character doesn't fit your style perfectly. Although, that might just be an appreciation I have developed from spending too much time churning butter. Huh, it's pretty common to have Ryu below Rashid match-up wise. What keeps popping up?
I feel like tier lists are mostly just made-up, and have very little relevance on the actual game outside of huge top-tier tournament-level competition. For some reason Ryu just fucks me up, his damage is so huge that any time he gets to you open you up, it's just brutal. I think a part of me being comparatively worse at fighting him is the fact that I haven't been playing Street Fighter for at least a decade like a lot of other people playing the game at my current level, so him being "basic" doesn't matter when he's as new to me as anyone else.
When I hit a big rank up I always allow myself some time to take a break and go practice something new, and I think this time I'm actually going to go and study the match-ups I fear the most, including Ryu but also Guile and... I wanna say Dhalsim but I don't fight him enough to merit putting a bunch of time learning the matchup, lol. Maybe JP instead!
Guile and Ryu both tend to have a very defensive play style. If you are playing Rashid it makes sense to me they would have more practice at finding gaps in your pressure where you didn't think there would be any. I know with Geif there are a lot ot situations where I felt a long poke ought to be safe only to eat a drive rush combo
I do think that overall I just need to get better at footsies, I'm over-relying on initiating an exchange with DR. I've started mixing in Rashid's standing heavy kick which is a relatively safe normal to throw out at that tight range, and I'm finding some success with it.
But yeah, not having played much fighting games competitvely before this means my footsies are terrible overall, something to work on for sure.
Damn comrade, that's impressive! Which character? I've been grinding SF6 all summer but only managed to get DeeJay up to 3-stars Platinum before plateauing and having to take a break.
Playing Rashid! Even though I don't like that he's a streamer, I love his goofy personality and he's fun to play. DeeJay has similar energy in this game.
Plateauing sucks, but you can definitely get through it. I always identify some things I'm not doing, like effectively taking advantage of connecting a jab or not really utilizing drive rush or whatever, then practice it for a couple hours a day until it becomes reflexive. Then I set a tiny goal per day, like gaining 200 LP, and I just play until I get it. Might take 30 minutes, might take 3 hours, but eventually you will get there.
Not that I'm exactly an expert or whatever. That's just the stuff that's been helping me.
I got pretty high in SF5 and in USF4 but I haven't played sf6 yet. I'm more a fan of the mvc style games with big combos and air play but i love competing . Do you live somewhere where you can play live tournaments? It's so much fun
I know there's a local near where I am, I don't know how big it is but I know there's an existing community. I figure when/if I hit Master I'll be brave enough to show my face there, lol.