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tl;dr crowd boos Bayonetta players, 16-year-old player, who has received death threats for playing the character, flips off crowd at end of match.

https://kotaku.com/bayonetta-players-battled-through-the-boos-at-evo-2018s-1828113696

Several Bayonetta players made it into the Super Smash Brothers 4 finals at Evo 2018 this year, although surprisingly, last years Evo winner and Bayonetta player Saleem Salem Akiel Young wasnt one of them. Salems upset last year coincided with the longstanding debate over whether Bayonettas combo-linking abilities make her an unfair opponent, and after tonights results, that debate shows no signs of slowing down.

The crowd soured on Bayonetta early on, when 16-year-old Bayo main Zack CaptainZack Lauth battled his way into the Top 8 finals to a chorus of booing from the crowd. After wrapping up his controller, CaptainZack shot a businesslike middle finger to the crowd. The commentators noted their disapproval of the young players behavior, but came down more strongly against the audiences booing, which would continue throughout the rest of the Smash 4 finals.

When Diddy Kong player Jestise MVD Negron lost his first Losers Quarter-Final match to Bayonetta main Tamim Mistake Omary, the crowd booed once again, but MVD turned around and waved his arms at them to quiet them. They cooled down after that, but then, MVD lost the match-up thanks to a poorly timed banana throw.

Throughout the finals, other Smash pros weighed in on the crowds poor reception of Bayonetta players, with one posting that the boos were a bad look. CaptainZack posted, stop booing me like I care, and Mistake put up a photo of himself with the other two Bayonetta mains in Top 8, writing, did we kill the game?

During the Losers Semi-Final, Japanese Diddy Kong and Sheik player Yuta Nietono Uejima managed to take down Mistake, but he couldnt manage to defeat CaptainZacks Bayonetta, who 3-0d him and put him in third place overall.

After that, it all came down to the young CaptainZack and the similarly young Tamim Lima Omary (age 16 and 17 respectively) in a Bayonetta versus Bayonetta battle for the top honors. Lima had already knocked CaptainZack to the losers bracket in a tight 3-2 match early on in the finals, and when CaptainZack came back to face him, Lima took the first two matches.

Then, CaptainZack turned it into a reverse sweep and won the match-up. During their final match, Lima died by accident, and CaptainZack flung himself off the ledge as well in a show of solidarity. After CaptainZack won that game and reset the bracket, kicking off yet another Bayo-vs-Bayo best-of-five, the crowd didnt sound happy, but the two players on stage were laughing together like old friends.

In fact, they didnt seem to want to fight at all anymore. At the start of the final reset, CaptainZack and Lima faced their Bayonettas towards one another but didnt attack for several seconds. The crowd roared in confusion; multiple Evo staffers came on stage to ask the players what was going on, with one eventually ordering the pair to get going and play already. The two complied, resulting in Limas eventual win. Lima and CaptainZack hugged, their happiness and pride evident despite the haters all around them.

Neither player was expected to win it all at Evo this year. Lima placed 9th in Evo 2017, and CaptainZack came in at 17th place last year. CaptainZack has told Kotaku in the past that, although hes gotten death threats for playing as the controversial Bayonetta and also has struggle[d] with self-confidence issues, the character inspires him: Its her confidence, her sassiness, its what I aspire to be... I want to walk on-stage and I want people to be scared. Smash 4 fans may hate these two, but based on their joy on stage at the event, theyve clearly learned how to absorb those boos and become all the more powerful.
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Isn't nearly every Tarantino movie like this too?
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Good to know they're continuing the tradition of the predecessor.
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The Ravine.
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...

The idea of the business was never feasible

Their gameplan was A. to get nearly ALL movie-goers to use the service, then B. use that to start making deals with the major theater chains to make it the norm.

There was no way that was ever going to work for a company not affiliated with any theater companies.
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...but the guy did once legitimately ask during the the Malaysian Airlines flight disappearance if it was sucked up by a black hole.

I hate Trump, but...Don Lemon's no Anderson Cooper either.
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Equilibrium is even lower.
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So many things that I want to say.
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Back to the Future
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I thought it was clear that it would have Kingdom Hearts or FFXV-style combat. I'm just curious as to how much RPG elements it'll have.

And turn-based with random battles would be a disaster for a modern big budget triple-A title. It should only be reserved for throwbacks and smaller productions (Octopath Traveler, Tales, Persona, etc.)
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I fell out of them in my late 20s, but realized that it was because of other issues not related to gaming. I'm back into them now.
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Seriously, if it's over PG-13 and has Eva Green, you gonna see something.
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video begins getting disliked
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GATTJT posted...

Wait, Netflix snagged that Jungle Book movie that was supposed to come out this year?

It was sold to them because the studio didn't think it was going to be a hit so soon after Disney's version.
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http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Shocket_Raccoon_(Earth-616)
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https://deadline.com/2018/08/animal-farm-andy-serkis-directs-netflix-george-orwell-matt-reeves-1202438261/

EXCLUSIVE: Days after acquiring his film Mowgli from Warner Bros, Netflix has doubled down with Andy Serkis by acquiring rights to the George Orwell novel Animal Farm. Serkis will direct a performance-capture film. 6th & Idahos Matt Reeves, Rafi Crohn and Adam Kassan will produce with The Imaginariums Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish.

The Netflix deal reunites Serkis with Reeves after they worked together on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes. Reeves made an overall Netflix deal in January.

Orwells allegorical novella was published in 1945, and the author said it was informed by the Russian revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Stalinist regime of the Soviet Union. If you didnt read it in school, the premise involves a group of animals who rebel against the humans who own their farm and win their independence. The architects of the revolution create a utopian environment based on equality, but a pig named Napoleon twists the original intent, slowly eliminates his rivals and enacts seven commandments the basic of which declares that all animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Serkis and Cavendish have wanted to make this movie for years, and Serkis originally planned to play a role in the film when the Imaginarium first made a rights deal with the George Orwell Estate in 2012.

We are incredibly excited to have finally found the perfect creative home in Netflix for this extraordinarily zeitgeist work by George Orwell, Serkis said in a statement. On top of that, to be re-united with my great friend Matt Reeves with his acute sensitivity, storytelling intelligence and honesty and command in this realm is to have the very best scenario for our long-held passion to bring this fable alive.

Cavendish said the intention is to bring Animal Farm to the screen in a thoroughly contemporary fashion, which will highlight the staggering relevance today of the satirical and dramatic power of Orwells re-imagined classic.

Said Reeves: Andy is such an incredible artist he is truly a force of nature and a beautiful soul. To be able to work with him again and with Jonathan and Netflix to see Orwells classic tale brought to life in a totally new and exciting way is an absolute dream.

Orwells estate was repped by literary executor Bill Hamilton of A.M. Heath, St. John Donald of United Agents and Phil Rymer of Lewis Silkin. The Imaginarium is repped by John Garvey of CAA, Larry Taube of Principal Entertainment and Pam Black of Ziffren Brittenham, and Reeves is with CAA, 3 Arts and Jackoway Tyerman.
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I still love AVGN, but I've never seen the movie. I don't know if it would work as a feature-length movie.

Kind of on the fence about it.
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https://kotaku.com/junes-best-selling-video-game-console-was-the-nes-class-1828038591
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Rrrrruffles have rrrrrrridges!
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I'll never understand how so many people can't figure out the layout of the site.
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One of the most bizarre products Nintendo has put out since...well, Labo.

https://kotaku.com/cardboard-spray-for-nintendo-labo-1827992341

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--IsDZ3jSD--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/slezgwtstlvjhg1hnnrk.jpg
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Dionysus was probably poly.
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And you won't believe it, Lady Liberty shows up, and she says Johnsonville Franks are maaaade in the USA!
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Still one of my favorite ones.
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I still love it, but I really like Dragon Quest's old battle system too. Limited inventory and some of the maze-like maps do hurt it a bit though.
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Nah, I think I'm pretty attractive. A few of my friends say I look like Cesaro.
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Episodes V and VI had heavy rewrites, and he wasn't the director either.

Prequels I believe he had full creative control.
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SF_Okami posted...

I was gonna make this topic >.> Goku and Frieza in August. Vegeta, Gohan, Buu, Shenron, Super Shenron, and cell still to come

Seriously, they've announced 7 so far, and NONE of them are Piccolo?
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That's kind of neat, but the hell does she do? Is she Villager's "echo character", I'm guessing?
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https://sneakernews.com/2018/07/27/adidas-dragon-ball-z-son-goku-frieza/

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I enjoyed season 2 quite a bit. At least it didn't deviate like the first season when Diamondback was brought in.
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MrK3V posted...

Remember when we could post hand bras

I miss man ass.
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SauI_Goodman posted...

Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...

If I'm not mistaken, due to his issues, Jerry and him kinda became estranged.

They were already estranged well before all this.

Nearly his entire life, I believe. Even during that cringey return around 2012 or so, they weren't really in each other's lives.
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Always wanted to visit.
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Fresh Prince easily. Family Matters is okay, but it can be either cringey or Full House hokey.
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Probably Beverly Hills from its heavy Top 40 airplay.
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Nikolai Volkoff, Brian Christopher (Grandmaster Sexay), and Brickhouse Brown

https://www.twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1023609122158141442

Christopher hanged himself in his jail cell, and it's just been confirmed he's died.
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Wow, another World's Oldest Person died. It's almost like the title is curse or something.

joke from SNL news update
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It's fine, but I don't like soda either. It's good to ween yourself off of it I suppose.
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"Cuck" is the new "hipster" in that most people using the term don't know what it even means anymore.
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Mario 64
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I'm usually a proponent of taking as much time as needed with developing games, but games involving Tetsuya Nomura are ridiculous. Everything he's worked on does not justify the amount of time spent on it. He needs to be pulled from projects and given a mundane desk job Gunpei Yokoi-style.
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Because accusation stories, despite the severity of them, aren't a surprising or major story anymore. Couple that with the fact that nobody cares about basic cable television channels either.
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Vita still has a fairly robust community.
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Which girl? The one who played live action Velma?

Because he kind of had a lot.
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Dragon Quest 3?
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Laptop. Desktop's been packed up since I moved back home.
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Metroid is my favorite Nintendo franchise, but yeah, the original isn't very good.

As every else said, get Zero Mission.
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CruelBuffalo posted...

Konami is the only game company to have a hit license and do absolutely nothing with it

It's pretty bad when one of the original designers is like "Fuck it, I'm making my own!" and Konami is just "Whatever. We've still got our pachinko machines."
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