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Suprak the Stud posted...

https://joebiden.com/justice/

I mean if you want to read that and then criticize Biden's platform as harshly as you criticize Trump's, then fine. There are a lot of things in there that I really like. Yes, he's an old person and yes, he completely misses the point on some issues. But this is at least progress and he is at least listening to the protestors.

I was going by what he said during the George Floyd thing yesterday, but this does lay it out much better. A lot of it is absolute wishful thinking and I feel like it will never happen, but him being able to express any of this in a rational way that people won't hate will not happen. Because he'll say "Well, we just need to teach them to shoot people in the legs" but the policies are actually, you know, something that isn't batshit.

And yes, dismantle the police is a stupid take that should not be taken seriously.

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HashtagSEP posted...

I mean, that's also what Bernie wants to do

"Dismantle the police" is unfortunately not a winning or even viable platform right now, politicians have decided.

And I'm disappointed he did after he initially was about giving officers more accountability. And I don't disagree with cops needing more mental health options among other things, but giving them more money to fuck about with is asinine, especially since you know it will be used in any way to skirt the system.

You can give them all the morality training, all the safety training, everything you want. They're still going to do whatever they want because the system allows it. Make it so people can actually get in trouble for this shit and they will stop. It's like dealing with a child. They'll keep doing the same thing and acting out until you punish them.

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PerfectChaosZ posted...

Completely dismantle the police and start from scratch. Maybe the whole government while were at it. I know that money could be allocated better than it is. Its going in the pockets of the higher ups and Corrik wants to give them more money.

More importantly, Joe Biden wants to give them more money to "reform". Which I guess is more training on how to shoot people in the leg instead.

Joe Biden is a fucking idiot and I swear to god if I didn't know any better this absolute joke of a candidate is trying to lose at this point.

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Kinglicious posted...

Yeah, it should be major news. An armed insurrection sectioning off a part of a major US city? It's a massive escalation of all the arguments wrapped in one. Wanna argue them as commies, you're good. Wanna argue them as terrorists, you're good. Wanna argue them as people defending against the police, you're good. Wanna argue them as people proving you don't need police? Good again. And of course, can argue it as the masses rising against a tyranical government. You'd have expected that one to come from the right but nope!

Current status is entirely up in the air but leaves a lot of uncomfortable situation. Could be a case where military is legit necessary. Could be a case where psychology rears its head and new power corrupts, making everything horrific. Could be a case where a proof of concept pushes forward.

Personally expecting it to be a powder kegs that blows up horribly as it escalates, collapsing on itself before outside forces need to clean it up. Anything better than that is probably a success.

Didn't the leader get accused of sexual assault and abuse and then step down like almost immediately after that?

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red sox 777 posted...

We are not the same person.

Also, I support unions more often than not and always support helping workers. Also, I never use profanity here. So, there is about a 0% chance I would make that post.

okay settle down red13n and get off your alt account

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I think the best way to give cops accountability at this point is to abolish the police union. It's a joke and absolutely the reason they can get away with what they do. The taxpayer pays for the police union, which has the primary goal of supporting the police officer. Why are the taxpayers paying an organization that actively works against them?

Get rid of police union and add actual accountability to the force. All of the training in the world isn't going to change anything until they know they can't just do whatever the fuck they want anyway. It just won't. Reallocate a lot of the taxpayer money into something that supports the taxpayer and oversees the police department and actively looks into complaints and takes them seriously instead of a police union that gets a complaint and immediately goes "okay let's see how to get you out of this."

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Well, she did routinely threaten to kill herself any time she wanted to "win" an argument, and then when I broke up with her and told her that was part of the reason why she was emotionally abusive, she ran into the bathroom, locked the door, and shook around a bunch of pills, I told her not to do anything stupid and she kept trying to tell me she was going to kill herself. And then she opened the door and then said she didn't do anything, and that I should know she's not going to ever hurt herself.

And it's like... you're proving my point. So I don't know what was going on through her head when she was that drunk, considering she was crazy enough to climb around on my windshield, and the entire reason she drank so much was so I would take care of her (an idea she got from her piece of shit sister who is one of the worst people I know). Wherein she did the fakest passing out and kept moaning and telling me that she needed me to take care of her, being as unsubtle about it as she possible could.

The reason I had tried to leave that night was to call her father to pick her up, but yeah. It escalated. I don't know. A lot of it doesn't make sense to me still, and I doubt it ever will.

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To add even more confusion to it, actually, she claims that the physician told her it looked like her leg was run over twice. Implying that I ran over her, then turned around and ran over her a second time. But there was only even the one bump from my back right tire running over her leg. She also tried to tell my sister a lot of stuff about what they did for her ankle, and as a nurse practitioner, she called her on a lot of stuff she was obviously dishonest about.


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red13n posted...

BTW I hate to infer doubt but I am kind of curious how tripping causes you to then run over her leg?

I don't know what exactly happened, obviously, since I was staring forward to make sure I didn't hit anyone in front of me. But when I say leg, it was directly above her ankle.

But the best I can understand it right now is that she was running alongside my car, or maybe she grabbed a handle, or something, and then when she fell, she was close enough that her leg sprawled under my back tire, or she bumped against the side of my car and fell or I don't even know.

Physics, man. All I know is that she fell and then my back right tire went over her leg.

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Hardcore_Adult posted...

Glad it worked out for you, mate.

You need to stay clear of that bitch.

Yes, it's a no-brainer but I'm serious.

In Salem in the year 16whatever, you could have dunked her and gotten away with it the way she carried on.

Well, I was mandated by the state of Pennsylvania to stay clear of her. And now I'm on the other side of the country. So there is little chance I will ever see her again.

Wanglicious posted...

goddamn. all of this sounds like hell. it's your case man, if you're willing to settle then go for it. it's just all morally abhorrent and if you're satisfied with things ending here, glad to hear it.

At this point I would be suing her to ruin her life, because the monetary value is so little that paying for an attorney will cost more than what I'd get back. It isn't about settling. It's about just making the decision that makes sense, and there's no reason for me to go through all of this stress and awfulness all over again just to stick it to her when she's probably mentally scarred for life as it is and can't offer me anything in return.

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Yeah, I nearly lost a gasket when I was at the station and they were writing up the report and I heard one of the officers say that the witnesses told him that I was driving around on with her on top of my hood. I tried to tell the officer that said it but he was kind of a hardass about the whole deal and just told me that this is what they told them, and that's that. It really is that fucked how simple it is for some crappy witnesses to make things that much worse for me.

Fun piece of trivia on how mentally GONE my ex was after this happened. I had texted my mom something about my ex attacking me while I was waiting for her to get off my car, since she had been lying to my family and friends about everything when I tried to break up with her. And then my ex just nonchalantly says "Oh, he's in jail I think." My mom nearly had a heart attack and she was just explaining everything that transpired like she was describing what she had for dinner last night. While my mother was on the other end screaming and crying.

And my mom forced her to call my friends who relayed that she was also talking like a total whack job and then saying to them that she's sick and tired of my mom and my sister blaming her for this. We're reasonably sure she entered an institution after that since her phone was shut off and she deleted all her social media that she was obsessed with. My favorite part was how while I was in jail, she was taking the time to remove me from our Hulu account.

Oh, and why the jail system sucks: they couldn't promise me they'd release me on bail unless I knew the phone number or address of someone who could pick me up. Guess what I didn't happen to know? I didn't know my family or friend's phone numbers by heart and I was going to go stay with my best friend since my parents' living arrangement was messed up. I didn't know the exact address. And you can't just check your phone. The only reason I got let out on bail is because my stepfather called the jail every hour, so they knew someone would be there for me.

Fuck jail. Fuck being there for 18 hours because a judge didn't feel like showing up on a Saturday.

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Kinglicious posted...

I mean the harassment charge and fine are just thinks you shouldn't have period. Like you're the one harassed, you're the victim, there being any penalty is just wrong.

Well, when you go through it you're willing to settle for paying $212 to forget it was ever there. I had a $0 bail too. Only significant cost was a lawyer who was a family friend and charged me half for a retainer.

Oh, and because I was so rattled from the situation when the cops were there I didn't make as big of a deal about how I was trying to escape from her clawing my face off and that she was jumping on the hood of my car and shit because I didn't want her to get thrown in jail for drunk and disorderly or anything since she was telling me she was getting a new teaching job at the time. So it didn't even occur to me until they said they were arresting me that I was going to jail, and I still had her best interests in mind, even then.

And in response she was ready to send me to prison at the hearing.

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Heroic Bigpun posted...

I've been told when they tell you they're gonna kill themselves, you just call the cops at that point

But I guess you know now

Glad to hear you're moving on

Yeeeeah, the thing is one of her emotional manipulation tactics and the only time I ever even raised my voice at her at all in our relationship was when she threatened to kill herself. I should have called the cops when she was attacking me that night too.

AdmittedFelon posted...

Crazy that two random witnesses would both say they saw you driving with her. It's scary sometimes how all it takes is someone else's word to potentially ruin a life.

Curious what the relevance was of them finding alcohol in her blood, but not in yours. Seems like that would make her way more unreliable to the courts.

Yeah, they were standing on the third floor of their patio in our apartment complex when it was pitch black out and they, for whatever fucking reason, said that I drove around with her while she was on the hood of my car. I have pictures I took of her on it like they're from a horror movie with the speedometer at zero. But because of that, they had to take this more seriously.

The alcohol wasn't entered into evidence since it never went to trial. The only thing that was noted was that she was extremely drunk and I didn't drink anything. She was so fucking drunk that I ran over her leg, stopped, looked into my rear view mirror, and she was already standing up--instantaneously--like she was the Terminator.

Lucavi000 posted...

wait, she did all this shit and YOU got charged for harassment?

Yup. Because witnesses said I drove around with her on the hood of my car and they take the biggest charge when an incident like this occurs, which was vehicular assault. Doesn't matter that she clawed at my body enough I had claw marks on me or that she had thrown herself at my car and endangered herself.

It will matter when she tries to make a claim to my insurance to get money. But it's a fat chance they're going to win this one since so much evidence is against her. She also claims I "drug" her with my car (which her story directly contradicted the witnesses too), and she needs to prove I did that knowingly or neglectfully, which is a hard sell considering she had thrown herself on top of my car and I had no way of knowing she was chasing my car.

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Uglyface2 posted...

I (voluntarily) took anger management classes a long while ago, and some of those lessons really helped me. I had a very poor upbringing when it came to dealing with anger, so the things they taught served as tools to help me learn a healthier pattern of behavior.

As for the charges, congratulations. A less sympathetic judge wouldn't have heard a word you said.

First, I'm really glad anger management classes helped you. Going through them and being like... of course to a lot of things in it really made me feel for people who really had anger issues.

Second, the judge was immediately unsympathetic to my ex after she was clearing sobbing in his courtroom for 15 minutes trying to decide whether or not to lie and ruin my life forever and risk getting busted and having to pay for lying. It was only supposed to be five minutes, so the display and her mother saying stuff like "Oh remember to mention this! Remember this!" like irrelevant bullshit that happened over a year ago that had nothing to do with anything. So the judge didn't have the patience and knew something was up with this.

This hearing was after I got the job across the country and so every single person there, including the DA and the abuse counselor were in on not telling her I was moving because they all knew that would set her off entirely and make her even more unhinged. When even the fucking DA is like "We can't tell this chick he's moving" then you know she's messed up.

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Wanglicious posted...

good to hear there's no felony charge.
bad to hear that there's still any charge or fine on you.

hope you've got charges pressed against her back.

Not worth it. The amount I'd get back is negligible compared to the amount I'd have to spend for the lawsuit. She might be scarred for life over this, like irreparably, and I'd rather not be a reason they can point for any further distress.

And a simple harassment charge isn't on my record. It's on the same level as a speeding ticket. So after I pay the fine, it's all done.

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Thanks guys. I appreciate that. There's a lot more to the story that becomes more outrageous and insane as well, including her and her trash mother attempting to lie at the hearing to further ruin my life until the arresting officer reminded my ex that if she lied then she could be thrown in jail. It turned it from a 5 minute deposition to a 15 minute one.

And the reason it couldn't be dropped immediately is because two random witnesses claimed I drove around with her on the hood of my car which is absolute fucking madness. So they had to make me jump through hoops to get it dropped down like this.

Up to and including making me take anger management classes which were so alarming to me because I couldn't even get into the headspace of someone who could actually benefit from the lessons in those classes.

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Hey guys. So I'll make a long story short. Back in October when I was searching for the wonderful job I am at now, I broke up with my ex because she was emotionally manipulative and abusive towards me. She threatened to kill herself and destroy all of my things, so I gave her another chance so I could try to break up with her again under better circumstances. Fast forward five days, she purposefully got herself drunk enough to the point of sickness, physically assaulted me as I tried to leave, and after 45 minutes of trying to get out the door, I tried to leave in my car and she jumped on the hood of it while I was backing out. After begging her to get off of it, she eventually did, I waited for her to step back, and then I drove away through my parking lot. She chased me, tripped and fell, and then her leg was run over. I went to jail for 18 hours after that and had a felony charge hanging over my head since.

Today they finally dropped everything down to a simple harassment charge and a $212 fine. I'm free of this horrible stress and uncertainty in my life caused by her. It's a gigantic relief for me now. All I have to vaguely contend with is an outrageous attempt for them to get money out of my insurance company, which will also go poorly for her and her garbage family.

I'm free.

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red13n posted...

we don't have any sort of system for this able to be in place without shutting down the entire economy and people need to stop asking for it.

Okay, why?

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San Francisco Bay Area, so we've been under lockdown longer than everyone but the Seattle area. And a real, strict lockdown and not the half-assing lockdown a lot of the other places did.

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Yeah, I support the protests entirely, but I'm gonna be real.

If they tell me that I need to social distance still after all these protests are happening, I'm going to lose my shit. I'm pretty over the same people who say "If you go out in public, you're killing grandma!" holier-than-thou bullshit and then they'll turn around and go to protests. So does grandma's life not matter all of a sudden you sanctimonious prick?

It just shows that if people thought this was as serious of a disease as they claimed it was, a lot of these protests wouldn't be happening. Because we worry about the hospitals getting flooded and we have all of these health professionals saying please stay home for them, but now that's all out the window now and none of it seems to matter. Aren't hospitals in theory supposed to be overrun here soon? Isn't it all supposed to become horrible for them?

And I say this in full agreement with the idea of cops needing to have accountability and their union being abolished. I support all of that. There is no accountability for the cops and there hasn't been in ages, and if you fix that you start to fix the racist cop problem. But you can't tell me this disease is that serious again and that we need to go back to exercising all of the caution in the world once more.

I've played along with the guidelines entirely. I've hated it, but I did it because I was told it was the right thing to do. But if they put these intense guidelines in again, they would be absolutely insane to shut down the country again. Get a system in place where people who are immuno-compromised or people who are in constant contact with those people to be the ones that have to stay home. The idea of shutting everything down again after all of this, with no ideas to change it to make it more reasonable is frankly absurd.

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You got to win them some way.

Sorry you MARKS aren't willing to do what it takes to get to the top.

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None of us even called Nia Jax fat or brought Alexa Bliss into the conversation for no reason either.

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Yeah man, it's like when you say someone is not putting in any effort to wrestle safer and someone says you're saying they're hurting people intentionally.

Same thing. Just semantics.

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DeepsPraw posted...

Looters getting away with theft is vastly preferable to sociopath cops getting away with murder

Tell that to businesses and communities that had everything torched to the ground, vandalized, and their livelihoods destroyed.

A lot of people in those communities are going to end up not giving a shit about sociopath cops when their lives were completely ruined and people are saying "Oh but you have insurance" and "Yeah, but it was for a good cause."

And guess what? They can't even speak out and say "Hey it's fucked up that my fucking life was demolished by some assholes in the name of this movement" and the far left will dogpile on them with whatabouts. And then you have what we had before: those people stay silent, seethe, and then vote Republican when the time comes.

You guys are severely underestimating how these riots are going to turn a lot of people who had lives ruined or who know people who had lives ruined. They looked at Trump trying to stop it and then they look at dopey Joe Biden talking about how to fix this cops need to learn how to shoot people in the legs instead. It's a no brainer. And I say all this while supporting the protests.

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I am now convinced that Jack Swagger is just as unsafe of a worker as Nia Jax. His two incidents match Nia being incapable of going one month without hurting someone, and the general recklessness in each and every one of her matches.

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Yeah, I think I'm done with this conversation.

Absolutely not worth it.

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I never said she was intentionally hurting people and I don't know where you're getting this from.

All I've ever said was that she's an asshole for not trying to be safer. Because there's no excuse, at this point, to not be safer and then be an idiot on Twitter over it. Because you can clearly see from the way she wrestles people she is not doing it with their safety in mind, even with moves that aren't clearly hurting people.

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TheRock1525 posted...

You're making a shit-ton of assumptions in literally everything you've said. I have no idea whether or not Nia's issues are a refusal to make adjustments to the way she wrestles, or that an undertrained larger person who has trouble controlling their own strength in what is basically violent ballet. You have no idea if her decision not to tweet at "haters" was somehow the result of a talking-to by other wrestlers backstage or she simply didn't feel like it.

Like you started with the basic thesis that everyone agrees with (Nia is a dangerous worker) then assigned this unproven story of how she's an asshole that doesn't care if she injures people (which is kinda odd that she doesn't personally care if she injures people yet somehow cares if other people injure people) and that she's being yelled at by the women's locker room after the Kairi injury.

The most likely scenario is that a woman who didn't receive proper training at being a pro wrestler ended up sucking at pro wrestling. And while some get better through time, there's plenty of shitty wrestlers who stayed shitty their entire careers. For every Braun Strowman who comes in green as goose shit and somehow turns into a competent wrestler, there's a Jinder Mahal who's been at this for over a decade and still isn't worth a damn.

Yeah, I threw out threw scenarios that make sense, since if you've ever seen her social media she tweets about how mad and pathetic her haters are every single time she injures someone and jokes about it. Every single one, without exception. She's always bringing up her haters. And you mean to tell me this time, all of a sudden, she just doesn't feel like doing any of her dumb hater tweets for a change? Get real man.

If you are an unsafe worker, and you have a history of hurting people, you get safer. Do you go to your job, make a mistake, and then not be more careful not to make the same mistake? Imagine other people get hurt if you make a mistake, do you keep being reckless?

If you continually hurt people, use your social media platform to brag about it and tell anyone who says hey don't hurt people that they're all mad haters, you're an asshole. Period.

There's a difference between being green and injuring people. Nia is unable to go a month wrestling once a week at most without hurting someone. At some point, if she's not trying to be more mindful to be more careful, then what in the world do you even say about her other than her being an asshole who just doesn't care enough to attempt to be safer after all this time?

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I think it's too early to tell, but I don't feel like Biden will win.

Even with this crisis we have right now with people asking about police reform, you have Biden, this fucking idiot, saying that they need to re-train police officers to shoot people in the legs. This guy has lost his mind and every single one of his "gaffes" that have come up will be on full display.

Not to mention people who are claiming that the people who will vote for Biden will be more passionate are missing that a lot of people who have had their homes, workplaces, and livelihoods destroyed by the rioters will also absolutely be angry enough to vote for Trump.

I think it's too hard to say and who knows what happens before November, but I think anyone positive Biden is going to win is opening themselves up to the 2016 election again.

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TheRock1525 posted...

Considering Nia went to management and complained that Ronda was an unsafe worker while she was working with Alexa Bliss, pretty sure Nia is just simply an ignorant, unsafe worker more than "I hate Kairi Sane and want to injure her."

You can be an asshole for not caring about hurting other people while also caring about some other asshole hurting your best friend. I don't know how you can hurt so many people by very obviously fucking up moves left and right and then at this point say "I don't know that I'm unsafe." I don't think she hates Kairi, but she's an asshole because she has not and refuses to commit to not hurting people after having some so that many times. At some point you stop being ignorant and you're just a fucking asshole, and this right here? This is where you're just a fucking asshole.

Look at the gash on Kairi's head. I won't link to it because it's gruesome. And it's something you'd see after a terrible spot in a hardcore death match, but Nia Jax just caused it by throwing someone into steel steps, a spot literally anyone can do safely except for her.

The only silver lining is this time you don't have Nia Jax rolling up on Twitter after RAW spouting off about the haters and how she destroys people after they get hurt, which means either some of the other girls gave her so much shit she actually is taking it seriously, management told her to take this shit seriously, or she knows people are so mad that if she brags about it on Twitter she'll get so much heat backstage. Hopefully this is where she actually changes, hopefully? But I'd rather see her fired, because it shouldn't take somebody having a giant gash on the top of their head to make someone stop being shitty.

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I was looking for it but I stumbled on a video of Nia Jax and Kairi Sane. I know we said we don't know if it was Nia's fault, and it was reported it wasn't Nia's fault. But it was Nia's fault 100% and I'm trying not to go full MWC over it, but I don't know a way you can justify this without saying that Nia Jax is a total asshole who doesn't care about the safety of anyone else and she needs to be fired. Like, indefensible. Absolutely indefensible. She just ragdolled her and threw her directly into the steps and didn't allow Kairi to have any control before she just threw her towards the ring steps. I don't know how you do that if you aren't just an asshole who doesn't care about the safety of the other person.

https://twitter.com/chrisward4567/status/1267649091003187207?s=19

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Okay, I heard they had dumped on everyone else who was released for not trying hard enough but I wasn't able to figure out where that played in.

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I heard WWE did something really gross with the Drake Maverick thing.

Can someone catch me up?

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I beat Shantae: Seven Sirens!

I think I'll have to play Pirate's Curse again, but I think this is definitely close to the best game of the franchise. I ended up with 94% completion. (I literally have no idea what I missed, even looking at a map. Ugh.) But I guess I'll do pros and cons.

Pros:
- Story is the best of all games I think. It's just really strong for a game like this.
- The writing and humor is the best of the entire series. I went back and talked to every NPC after each dungeon. Literally every single one because each NPC is hilarious. All of the humor just lands.
- The characters you know and love actually get some quality time in the game. I would say of all returning characters, Bolo is probably the one with the least to do, but he's still very funny. Squid Baron is the best character in the game and it's not even close. He's just the best.
- Back to classic Metroidvania! It's one giant map, which is cool. It really is cool exploring the whole map.
- Gameplay is crisp. It feels very good to play her and all of the movement options in the game are great.
- Enemies are really, really cool. A lot of returning ones, but the new ones are either goofy enough to be funny or cool enough that I want to see them in future installments.

Cons:
- The dungeons and overall maps do feel a bit more basic than a lot of the other games. I don't know why.
- Overabundance of money makes this game so easy. I eventually was able to completely stock my inventory with everything I need and maxed out on all replenishment items and I wasn't even close to the end of the game.
- Some powers feel less cool? Two of the dances are actually the same thing for combat, even if they have different applications.
- The map sucks for showing you where you still have stuff to find. It's kind of frustrating. Usually I just 100% the game before I beat the final boss, but I couldn't find the last couple items (I think 2 heart squids and a couple nuggets). You only really get told how many heart squids are in dungeons, which isn't very helpful.

Despite the cons, I still think this is just as fun as Pirate's Curse and it's absolutely worth playing! If you like the franchise, I doubt you'll be disappointed. If you're new to the franchise, you'll probably fall in love with how charming it is, but I always recommend Risky's Revenge first.

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Apparently there's a free version of the WEE Network now? I haven't looked into it, but I feel like this is Vince McMahon giving up on it entirely of the numbers are just going that poorly they're trying to bump them up.

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I think from a writing standpoint this may be the best Shantae game yet. The humor is so good in this game and I find myself talking to every NPC after each major dungeon clear and stuff because they're all so good.

There is a joke that is in this game and it's already hilarious enough. But then it gets an absolutely incredible and unexpected payoff that I had to pause to just laugh at. It is so, so, so good.

This game is really outstanding and fun though. It definitely takes all the assets and everything from 1/2 Genie Hero and then makes a truly awesome game that is much more solid than that. Really, really good stuff. It feels, quality-wise, on-par with Pirate's Curse.

Honestly, this may end up being my favorite. I still got a bit more to go, but man. This is such a damn good game.

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So there's a sequence in this game that may be my favorite part in the series yet.

Hoooooly crap was it hilarious.

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I am incorrect.

Someone was posting an article of it to compare to I guess a storyline going on now.

I got fooled.

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Got to Squid Baron.

Spoilers: He's still amazing.

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Jeff Hardy found unconscious at the bottom of a stairwell in his hotel.

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In terms of games I think mine goes:

Pirate's Curse > Risky's Revenge > 1/2 Genie Hero

I haven't played the originally because, well, I don't feel like setting up an emulator but I might when I finish Seven Sirens if I'm still in a Shantae mood. I also didn't play the 1/2 Genie Hero DLC which I feel like I need to do.

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I always recommend Risky's Revenge first because I think it's better about introducing a lot of other characters for Pirate's Curse (Squid Baron, for instance). Plus I like it for progression of gameplay to start with that one and then move on to the rest.

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This song is aggressively catchy for the minigame btw. I haven't been as enthralled by the music in this game though, if I had to have one criticism of it so far.

https://youtu.be/GeSGdohUQvc

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Oh, that's pretty cool. I probably would prefer doing that since, well, games are stupidly big in download size for the small amount of space they have on consoles anymore.

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What is LRG? Educate me.

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Listen, I'm ret 2 go to throw down over exclusive Shantae Board 8 topics.

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Oh I didn't notice there was another topic. Whoops!

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I put a few hours in it so far and it's very fun! Standard Shantae game, but it manages to make itself feel unique with the new way her transformations and dances work. And the humor is absolutely on point in this game, which is always one of my favorite parts about it. I don't know how it stacks up to the other games, but so far if you like the other Shantae games, I'd say it's worth picking up!

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Might be because of Tyson and Angle

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I won't play so I don't really care but

Dan
Adon
Abel

Since they were my three mains from 4.

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