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With the caveat that this is the first I'm hearing of this, I'm weary about anyone saying that Vince McMahon is "done" given how "done" he was, what, two years ago was it? Nothing would make me happier if he was, and for good measure by getting the book thrown at him, but I know better. ConanThe3rd fucked around with this message at 12:17 on Jan 27, 2024 |
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ConanThe3rd posted:With the caveat that this is the first I'm hearing of this, I'm weary about anyone saying that Vince McMahon is "done" given how "done" he was, what, two years ago was it? It's been a big story for the past couple days, it's made national news, and he was already forced to resign today. They even went as far as wiping his bio from the website. Slim Jim pulled their advertising for the Royal Rumble and it's rumored more advertisers are considering doing the same. He's not the majority shareholder anymore either. He doesn't have a way back in this time. He's well and truly out this time and they ain't letting him back in again. https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1751055804369711363?s=20 https://twitter.com/AdamGoldberg28/status/1751089411226304582 Like, the details of this story are BAD. We've always known that Vince is a monster but this time it's bad even for him. He's loving finished.
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If anyone wants to dig into this further without digging through all the sordid details, the goons over at Punchsport Pagoda have put up a rather informative thread about the whole affair. It literally, legitimately, cannot be understated how nauseating and loving awful the full details are, they are NWS, NMS, and are disgusting in just about every single way you can imagine a content warning about the allegations in question can be. Read ahead at your own risk. Monathin fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Jan 27, 2024 |
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Vandar posted:It's been a big story for the past couple days, it's made national news, and he was already forced to resign today. They even went as far as wiping his bio from the website. Slim Jim pulled their advertising for the Royal Rumble and it's rumored more advertisers are considering doing the same. Leslie Lee III is having a very good day right now
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The extra twist that this only came out because he decided not to pay the victim hush money is wild to me. *I have read nothing and am going by from what I half listened to someone saying about it
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SirMeowMusic's arc from telling a story about awkwardly meeting Woolie to Woolie reacting to that story to them becoming friends is wholesome af
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The heat this week was one of the better “culture fits” they’ve ever had. Wouldn’t mind him swinging by on occasion. Speaking of, we’re due for Susie to sit in on and episode are we not?
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Yeah this meow guy really brought it and was a great fit lol. That said, I had to roll my eyes out of my skull when he went "i don't care for Nintendo anymore since last year. They don't care for their IPs so I shouldn't care about them." and when asked he was talking about loving Chibi Robo
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MorningMoon posted:Yeah this meow guy really brought it and was a great fit lol. That said, I had to roll my eyes out of my skull when he went "i don't care for Nintendo anymore since last year. They don't care for their IPs so I shouldn't care about them." and when asked he was talking about loving Chibi Robo I too found Substitute Liam amusing, in metered doses.
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I'm glad someone finally had the courage to make a stand against Pat's stupid neurosis for once.
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Pat Previews At Persona 3 Reload (sponsored by Sega) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjdl6AZQn0A
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Watching Woolie play HL2 is just as painful as I had hoped/feared. Never in my life had I seen anyone get dropped to less than half health before even starting Route Kanal, or take a full 30 seconds to very carefully take out one barnacle. I am genuinely excited for next time. He is going to get so lost in Ravenholm.
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Tupperwarez posted:I too found Substitute Liam amusing, in metered doses. Oh huh. That didn't really occur to me while listening but that is pretty on point.
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Karanas posted:I'm glad someone finally had the courage to make a stand against Pat's stupid neurosis for once. The bathroom thing was a good litmus test on where you personally draw the line. I was on Meow's side for dapping someone up from underneath the stall walls but I switched sides when he said he'd go for a hug before washing his hands.
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Ryaomon posted:The bathroom thing was a good litmus test on where you personally draw the line. I was on Meow's side for dapping someone up from underneath the stall walls but I switched sides when he said he'd go for a hug before washing his hands. Admittedly that last part was a bit much.
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MorningMoon posted:Yeah this meow guy really brought it and was a great fit lol. That said, I had to roll my eyes out of my skull when he went "i don't care for Nintendo anymore since last year. They don't care for their IPs so I shouldn't care about them." and when asked he was talking about loving Chibi Robo He was a good fit while also somehow being an extremely irritating and obnoxious person.
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Also, don’t bother people when they’re pissing you freaks. 97% of the population loving hates that.
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MorningMoon posted:Yeah this meow guy really brought it and was a great fit lol. That said, I had to roll my eyes out of my skull when he went "i don't care for Nintendo anymore since last year. They don't care for their IPs so I shouldn't care about them." and when asked he was talking about loving Chibi Robo You're surprised that a company that regularly abuses its most fervent fans with Kafka Novels parading as tournament guideline documents, has a history of memory hole'ing IPs, and has been on the shits as far as output is concerned for a while now (PKMN 9, AW ReBoot Camp) is starting to foster resentment?
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Did you literally list two games not made by nintendo
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Does Nintendo actually hold the rights to Chibi Robo?
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Tae posted:Did you literally list two games not made by nintendo Yes, the two non-switch-exclusive games not developed for Nintendo based on IP they don't own.
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Just seems weird to hate Nintendo for anything other than their legal team They're far from perfect, but I don't know they've committed any gaming sin worse than the friend code.
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Shinjobi posted:Just seems weird to hate Nintendo for anything other than their legal team Nintendo's up there with Disney in terms of how actively hostile they are to their consumer base
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Froghammer posted:Their games never go on sale, upper management are dinosaurs, they routinely release consoles that get outclassed by Sony / Microsoft within two years, and there's no equivalent to game pass / Playstation Plus Those last two things are in fact not negatives
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Andrast posted:Those last two things are in fact not negatives Nah, their consoles being ridiculously underpowered compared to the other 2 is a big issue. Even Nintendo's own IPs struggle to run on it, like Age of Calamity and Three Houses. And the few miracle ports like the Witcher and the Bethesda shooters still come with heavy concessions to their graphics. Neverwinter Nights, a game from the year 2000 (and ran fine even on low-end pcs), should not have its frames cut in half just from rotating the camera. Only on the Switch does it happen.
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Kay Kessler posted:Nah, their consoles being ridiculously underpowered compared to the other 2 is a big issue. Even Nintendo's own IPs struggle to run on it, like Age of Calamity and Three Houses. And the few miracle ports like the Witcher and the Bethesda shooters still come with heavy concessions to their graphics. Neverwinter Nights, a game from the year 2000 (and ran fine even on low-end pcs), should not have its frames cut in half just from rotating the camera. Only on the Switch does it happen. It's almost like it's a 7 year old handheld instead of a 3 year old full home console.
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the cheapo hardware has issues due to being, cheapo hardware, but I dunno how that in itself is "hostile" when that's what the sell is, same as every nintendo handheld.
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Kay Kessler posted:Nah, their consoles being ridiculously underpowered compared to the other 2 is a big issue. Even Nintendo's own IPs struggle to run on it, like Age of Calamity and Three Houses. And the few miracle ports like the Witcher and the Bethesda shooters still come with heavy concessions to their graphics. Neverwinter Nights, a game from the year 2000 (and ran fine even on low-end pcs), should not have its frames cut in half just from rotating the camera. Only on the Switch does it happen. I am still blown away by the fact that the Switch got a Mortal Kombat 1 port and the Xbox One/PS4 didn't
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Motto posted:the cheapo hardware has issues due to being, cheapo hardware, but I dunno how that in itself is "hostile" when that's what the sell is, same as every nintendo handheld. not sure OP was suggesting that part was "consumer hostile" but I'd more assume the lack of sales/dropping prices on first party games, poor refund policy, price/offerings for their online subscription, and stuff like how they've handled virtual console (each console basically being a reset of availability of their back catalog that really shouldn't need to be and generally just being lovely about letting people get access to old games.) That said I don't feel like Sony and Microsoft are particularly better when it comes to refunds, online service and back catalogue, so not sure I agree Nintendo is alone in being as consumer hostile as Disney.
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Andrast posted:It's almost like it's a 7 year old handheld instead of a 3 year old full home console. Then they should make their games with that in mind instead of releasing stuff that performs so badly that people don't even bother playing the game until Nintendo releases new hardware, if not just emulate it. Edit: \/\/\/ - way to miss my point. TaurusOxford fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Feb 5, 2024 |
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TaurusOxford posted:Then they should make their games with that in mind instead of releasing stuff that performs so badly that people don't even bother playing the game until Nintendo releases new hardware, if not just emulate it. There are in fact lots of good games on the switch that run well
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Nintendo hoarding their backlog of games and only tossing out a pittance of them sucks. Their design of prior consoles like the DS and 3DS and WiiU with display gimmicks that make them inherently difficult to port, while also inevitably shutting down support like their online storefronts and servers, also sucks. Their consoles not being on the same tier of processing power as Microsoft and Sony isn't inherently bad, but if first party games are straining under the limitations then yeah something needs to change there. Nintendo being as aggressive with IP enforcement and image-cultivating also blows. But Gamefreak & the Pokemon Company is a parallel but separate issue. There's clearly some directive in place to churn out new games on an oppressive release schedule because previous generations of games not getting a yearly release meant "competitors" were able to creep in and nip at Pokemon's heels, and we can't have another "Yokai Watch " situation erupt where a new monster-collecting game gets some modest attention. The main Nintendo games aren't working under those same directives. Instead, they ignore most of their non-Zelda, non-Mario or at most toss out one new game every console generation or three.
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Motto posted:the cheapo hardware has issues due to being, cheapo hardware, but I dunno how that in itself is "hostile" when that's what the sell is, same as every nintendo handheld.
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Froghammer posted:Nintendo has a decades-long history of being obsessed with the concept of proprietary software interacting with proprietary hardware. It took multiple console generations for them to get around to the concept of CDs when the writing was clearly on the wall that it was the best option at the time. Their consoles being off-cycle with their competitors inevitably leads to contemporary 3rd party games running like dogshit once the new generation rolls around. The Switch is a handheld, it wouldn't get well performing current gen ports even if it was released at the same time as the other consoles.
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Andrast posted:The Switch is a handheld, it wouldn't get well performing current gen ports even if it was released at the same time as the other consoles. Indecisive posted:the nintendo knight has logged on 
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Indecisive posted:the nintendo knight has logged on The only point I have argued is the weird thing where it's somehow anti-consumer to make a less powerful console. All the other points about Nintendo being poo poo are very valid because they are in fact poo poo
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Froghammer posted:Counterpoint: having the Switch double as a handheld gives a convenient excuse for when games on it run and look like poo poo think it might be because aside from the wii cheap handhelds are the only relevant hardware they've managed to make since the snes e: like andrast I'm just stuck on making weaker cheaper stuff being anti-consumer. If you just said the switch is a flimsy thing with the worst 1st party controllers in decades I'd agree Motto fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Feb 5, 2024 |
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Maybe it's just me, but for the past three generations Nintendo has refused to make a home console without a gimmick attached to it, and that gimmick has routinely made said consoles lag behind their competitors. I just want them to be a regular company that makes regular video games that play on a regular console, and that they either can't or won't feels antagonistic.
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