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| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 74 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/11/19 8:48:55 PM #176 | Yuffie --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 74 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/11/19 7:13:34 PM #41 | Cid Highwind --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Is there a way to stop debt collectors from calling when you're not the debtor? |
| TomNook 10/11/19 7:11:22 PM #3 | You can't. Years ago, I tried to explain to a live person that I wasn't the person they were asking for, and they just say something like "I'll call back" or "oh, ok", or "we'll remove you", but they just keep calling anyway. Eventually it stops. You can try blocking the number, but most of the time they call from random numbers. If it's really bad, set your default ring to silent, and just give everyone who calls you a ringtone. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | so I'm probably getting a kitten tomorrow and I'm trying to think of names |
| TomNook 10/11/19 7:03:33 PM #23 | Voted Biscuit. All the food got SFF'd in the poll. I like Cinder though, but it's a girl's name. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Who was your favorite actor to ever play batman? |
| TomNook 10/11/19 8:21:23 AM #18 | BetrayedTangy posted... Keaton, I don't even think he's particularly great. He is just that much better than all the other ones. This exactly. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | 17 y/o California Girl who organized a PEDO STING gets HERSELF KIDNAPPED!!!! |
| TomNook 10/10/19 1:53:50 AM #3 | How can people be attracted to 17 year old children? The world is sick --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 71 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/08/19 9:09:25 PM #217 | Yuffie --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 71 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/08/19 7:58:02 PM #126 | Cid Highwind --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Best Halloween Candy Day 2 |
| TomNook 10/08/19 10:55:57 AM #12 | You should add Butterfinger while it's still early in the polls. If I recall, you added a bunch in the portable Nintendo poll series after a day or two. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Blizzard bans and withholds prize money from hearthstone player for HK support |
| TomNook 10/08/19 10:30:03 AM #80 | foolm0r0n posted... TomNook posted...The proper comparison to your example would be if Blizzard was giving a press conference and an interviewer said "Why are all your games still buggy, after months of release" and Blizzard dismisses it by saying "Hey, let's not talk about games today." The proper comparison to your reply here is if Blizzard was unveiling a new Diablo game and an interviewer said "My boss fired me today." and Blizzard said "Gamers rise up." --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Blizzard bans and withholds prize money from hearthstone player for HK support |
| TomNook 10/08/19 10:01:12 AM #73 | foolm0r0n posted... TomNook posted...It's no different than if you are hosting a family dinner, and in the middle of it, when your brother is talking about... The proper comparison to your example would be if Blizzard was giving a press conference and an interviewer said "Why are all your games still buggy, after months of release" and Blizzard dismisses it by saying "Hey, let's not talk about games today." --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Blizzard bans and withholds prize money from hearthstone player for HK support |
| TomNook 10/08/19 9:37:13 AM #66 | And I do feel some people have it in their head that if a company doesn't want a viewpoint said on their platform, that it automatically means the company supports the opposing side. It's no different than if you are hosting a family dinner, and in the middle of it, when your brother is talking about what he's doing in college, someone says "I hate liberals/republicans", and you say "Hey, no political talk tonight". It doesn't mean that you are opposed to his viewpoints, nor does it mean you agree. It just means you don't want to derail what is taking place with needless drama. This situation isn't any different, and a company isn't obligated to have a stake in the events. They aren't doing any damage by doing nothing politically...they are just literally doing nothing politically. If that is harm in your opinion, I don't know what to tell you. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Blizzard bans and withholds prize money from hearthstone player for HK support |
| TomNook 10/08/19 9:25:19 AM #64 | Jakyl25 posted... TomNook posted... The internet has a short memory. People will be angry for a few days or weeks, and then everyone will forget. Happens with companies all the time. They can't please everyone, so it always seems like they are making the wrong choice, even when they make the right choice. Peace___Frog posted... TomNook posted...they aren't doing anything at the expense of other people's freedoms They are selling video games to China, yes. Many companies are. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Blizzard bans and withholds prize money from hearthstone player for HK support |
| TomNook 10/08/19 9:22:06 AM #62 | pyresword posted... They're saying that "the way a company is supposed to function" in this case leads to actions that are inherently evil and to be condemned, because they're about enriching themselves at the expense of other people's freedoms. (To clarify, I am referring to the people of Hong Kong here, not the streamer who got fired) To be clear though, Blizzard is enriching themselves, as companies do, but they aren't doing anything at the expense of other people's freedoms. They simply took away someone's usage and prize for using their platform in a way against their image. Blizzard is a company about making video games, and people are associating too strongly China's beliefs with made-up Blizzard beliefs, just because Blizzard didn't want to be any part of the potential controversy. Blizzard didn't do anything. You can make a case that "not helping" is negative, but I'd also mention that it's not relevant to a company. Fact is, they aren't hurting, and I think many people are associating them as doing such. If them doing business at all with China is considered enriching themselves at the expense of other's freedoms though, that's a whole different conversation, and would presumably involve a ton of companies to not deal with China, and wouldn't even be about Blizzard at all. Also sounds like a politics discussion. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Blizzard bans and withholds prize money from hearthstone player for HK support |
| TomNook 10/08/19 9:03:38 AM #56 | banananor posted... I think we're in agreement. True, though your example is a bit different. My usage of surprise was more along the lines of someone knowingly saying/doing something controversial in a setting that is likely to enrage or stir things up, that they then direct their anger at the person/people/company who naturally would shut down the behavior. To me, it seems like misguided anger, because one would expect that the person who planned to do this would have anticipated the outcome of eventually not having free reign to do what they like, and they went in knowing that they'd be angry at the person who would ultimately stop them. This leads me to see it as them experiencing surprise, perhaps through lack of awareness at how the world works, in addition to anger of course. With all that in mind, I think you're responding to people you imagine trusted blizzard to do something else All I really wanted to say was that company's need to uphold their image and have a decent amount of control if they wish to remain stable. That's pretty much it. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Blizzard bans and withholds prize money from hearthstone player for HK support |
| TomNook 10/08/19 8:25:58 AM #46 | LordoftheMorons posted... I can guarantee you Blizzard would not have handed out the same punishment if he went on a tangent about his cooking blog or whatever Using a brand's platform to say something that will upset a lot of people is a bit different than a cooking blog. A better comparison I suppose would be using a string of foul language (depending on the brand's image), racial slurs, stripping naked live, making threats against someone, etc. banananor posted... "I support protests, but only if they're off in the corner where I can't see them." I mean, sure, nothing's stopping people from protesting when they want. They just shouldn't be surprised when they suffer the consequences for doing it in an inappropriate situation. They just need to weigh what outcome is more important to them. For this Hearthstone player, perhaps this was the more important result. I just don't think a lot of people understand how a company is supposed to function if you are expecting them to bend over backwards for everyone who has an opinion they want to make public. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Blizzard bans and withholds prize money from hearthstone player for HK support |
| TomNook 10/08/19 3:40:19 AM #20 | DoomTheGyarados posted... The second half addresses everything else. Corporations do not have more right to profit than a human does their life and freedom. They did this purely so their profits would not be hurt in the face of, again, freedoms being taken away and murder. That is an immoral act. Fair enough, but I must ask you, where do you draw the line? Should people be allowed to do anything they want using a corporation's image if they feel it's for a stand where lives are at risk? This becomes a very tricky line. When there are multiple sides who are at odds, and lives are being lost on both (I'm speaking in general, not about China), how does the company choose who to allow to speak. Do they toss out all form of making money when people are pressuring them to air their political views, and insert messages into their own games to try and tame the landscape? There is clearly a line at some point where they must draw it because they wouldn't be a company much longer if they reluctantly accepted demands from all sides. I see nothing wrong with a video game company wanting nothing to do with people talking about politics. To me, them drawing a line right at the start is fine, because it fits with them preserving their brand. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Blizzard bans and withholds prize money from hearthstone player for HK support |
| TomNook 10/08/19 3:30:40 AM #12 | DoomTheGyarados posted... You just compared a streaker to someone speaking out against murder. Coorperations do not have more right to profit than a human does their life and freedom I knew my over-the-top analogy would be the only thing that one of you would quote out of that whole post. How about the rest of my post now that actually has a point? --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Blizzard bans and withholds prize money from hearthstone player for HK support |
| TomNook 10/08/19 3:25:38 AM #10 | DoomTheGyarados posted... TomNook posted...Honestly, I hate when people try to add political things into forms of entertainment. Too bad The Academy Awards don't take away the Oscar when someone wins for a movie, and then starts talking about politics, instead of the movie. I'm not saying anything about what is moral in the political landscape. I have no opinion there. I'm saying that brands standing up for their own brand is fine. A video game company wasn't built toward any political affiliation, and essentially sponsoring one side of it will create animosity and negativity toward the brand from those who disagree with what is being shown. Blizzard isn't saying what is right or wrong; they are saying just don't hijack their image with your own believes. Blizzard allowing someone to do this isn't much different than a baseball stadium letting a streaker stay on the field during a game, and making no effort to remove them. Again, I'm not defending Blizzard because I particularly care about their games, but I'll defend a company for wanting to keep their brand focused on the product. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Blizzard bans and withholds prize money from hearthstone player for HK support |
| TomNook 10/08/19 3:12:33 AM #7 | Honestly, I hate when people try to add political things into forms of entertainment. Too bad The Academy Awards don't take away the Oscar when someone wins for a movie, and then starts talking about politics, instead of the movie. I kind of get Blizzard at least. Watch politics channels for politics. Don't let that infect people's entertainment too. People want to have a good time, and allowing anyone to inject political opinions (especially ones where there are many conflicting views on both sides) isn't a good image for the brand. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | So my son asked about racism last night... |
| TomNook 10/07/19 11:56:05 AM #6 | LadyVyxx posted... Children are the best thing in this world. They see no race, no skin color, no ethnicity. They judge other children on how they are treated and if they share or play nice and give them hugs. That's the romantic way of looking at it when it works out like that. Alternatively, you hear about kids making fun of others for being fat or having glasses. Like adults, all kids are different. You have the good ones, and the bad ones. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | 29 y/o RAPES his fiancee's BEST FRIEND night before and she STILL MARRIES HIM!. |
| TomNook 10/07/19 9:57:47 AM #17 | Voted No in the poll, because it was asking about the bride. The man though, very much an idiot. He should have had some grasp on his drinking habits that he'd know that alcohol would make him potentially cheat on his soon-to-be-wife. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Florida Dad BEGS Companies NOT to work with his FAMOUS DAUGHTER cause she's 13!. |
| TomNook 10/07/19 2:59:13 AM #2 | Not really related to this story specifically, but I've always found it weird how overly sexualized kids are on social media type platforms (and the media in general). It's pretty gross, and yet people seem to be ok with it. Who are even the target audience, and how do they have 4 million subscribers in her case? --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 69 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/06/19 8:37:31 PM #161 | Yuffie --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Is Wiccan a joke? |
| TomNook 10/06/19 7:34:21 PM #13 | Along time ago on PotD there was a Wiccan mod that people used to harass. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 69 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/06/19 7:31:57 PM #105 | Cid Highwind --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 68 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/04/19 6:41:33 PM #130 | Cid Highwind --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Utah Mom is OUTRAGED over a 4th Grade OFFENSIVE MATH QUESTION!! Is she a MILF??. |
| TomNook 10/04/19 12:53:14 AM #19 | Nrrr posted... TomNook posted...The correlation isn't about dying, it's about living that long and being unable to determine if things are or aren't important. Being offended at something so trivial shows that a person hasn't grown or learned anything about the world. Their life is clearly too easy, that they are creating wars because they have nothing else to do, and their stunted intellectual growth has caused them to take aim at total nothingness. Replying to a story =/= getting offended by it I'm just pointing out the situation. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Repo! The Genetic Opera |
| TomNook 10/04/19 12:34:44 AM #5 | Zydrate comes in a little glass vial --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Utah Mom is OUTRAGED over a 4th Grade OFFENSIVE MATH QUESTION!! Is she a MILF??. |
| TomNook 10/04/19 12:30:56 AM #17 | Nrrr posted... I see absolutely no correlation between not dying yet and getting offended by math questions The correlation isn't about dying, it's about living that long and being unable to determine if things are or aren't important. Being offended at something so trivial shows that a person hasn't grown or learned anything about the world. Their life is clearly too easy, that they are creating wars because they have nothing else to do, and their stunted intellectual growth has caused them to take aim at total nothingness. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Utah Mom is OUTRAGED over a 4th Grade OFFENSIVE MATH QUESTION!! Is she a MILF??. |
| TomNook 10/03/19 11:55:31 PM #13 | Imagine making it this far in life, and getting offended by that question. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Remember when this board had Candlejack topics all the time? |
| TomNook 10/03/19 7:21:43 AM #20 | Candlejack threads were huge everywhere on the internet, including here. The only people who deny their history here are people who just didn't like the meme, so they pretend it wasn't big. But those people are kinda --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | i bought a switch lite. |
| TomNook 10/03/19 7:17:05 AM #2 | Was the cheap price the selling point for you over a real Switch that can play on TV? Or do you have no interest in docked mode at all? --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | What are some multiplayer physical or video game that... |
| TomNook 10/03/19 7:14:41 AM #7 | To an extent, Smash Bros. For example, I can beat high level players all day because I know what combos and moves to expect. Sometimes when facing mid level players, you can easily be caught off guard with non-sensical playstyle and random smash attacks being thrown out. Requires a total readjustment of playstyle. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Florida boomer caught cutting brakelines on rental scooters |
| TomNook 10/02/19 9:15:31 PM #15 | Smarkil posted... I don't know. I think there's something to be said about the image of a hipster asshole zooming off on scooter only to careen out of control when he realizes he has no brakes Making the Zoomers live up to their generation name! --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 67 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/02/19 9:06:38 PM #170 | Gilgamesh --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 67 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/02/19 9:05:47 PM #165 | The Mana Sword posted... trades for gilgamesh can save now For Yuffie? --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Florida boomer caught cutting brakelines on rental scooters |
| TomNook 10/02/19 8:36:58 PM #8 | People need to start using ages. Internet-speak has turned "Boomer" into meaning anyone 30+ years old. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 67 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/02/19 7:54:15 PM #115 | Yuffie --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 67 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/02/19 6:36:30 PM #49 | Cid Highwind --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | When you use your switch, do you mostly use handheld or tv mode? |
| TomNook 10/02/19 4:54:00 PM #9 | LiquidOshawott posted... I think when I first started using it I was almost exclusively using TV but I think in the last year or so I pretty much only use handheld mode. It feels about as clean and I like the fact that I can just kinda curl up and play it in small amounts. Pretty much exactly the same as me. Handheld mode is one of those things you don't expect to enjoy until you try it out, then it's amazing. There are still some games I only play in TV mode, but a lot work just fine in handheld. And I've used Tabletop about two or three times to play a few quick multiplayer games with someone...just like in the cheesy Switch commercials. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Bored at work. Post any question and I'll answer it as honestly as I can. |
| TomNook 10/01/19 10:36:24 PM #48 | Name a TV Show, Movie, and Song that you love, but have never talked about in detail with anyone, because nobody you interact with has ever listened to and watched them. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | [B8BOC] Board 8's Best Original Character - A Tournament |
| TomNook 10/01/19 6:21:11 PM #54 | This seems fun. Not sure if I'll make up an entry, but tag anyway. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 66 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 10/01/19 6:04:37 PM #197 | Cid H --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 65 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 09/30/19 8:25:22 PM #171 | Yuffie --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 65 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 09/30/19 7:05:07 PM #65 | Cid Highwind --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Wildest story I ever read |
| TomNook 09/30/19 5:54:50 PM #10 | Also you beat duckbear by about 5 days with this article! --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | 1 > 4 > 5 > 2 > 3 |
| TomNook 09/29/19 6:40:55 PM #5 | AxemRedRanger posted... Rambo? I didn't even realize there was a 5th Rambo. That's gotta be it. Ranking seems dead on if 5 is just a slightly worse 4. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Whatever happened to your school bullies? |
| TomNook 09/29/19 6:38:50 PM #8 | I'm still doing fine. --- Bells, bells, bells! |
| Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXI: Day 64 [smfffc] |
| TomNook 09/29/19 3:05:17 PM #30 | Cid Highwind --- Bells, bells, bells! |
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