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TopicTrump's not throwing out the first pitch because he was never actually invited
Bio1590
07/28/20 4:10:24 PM
#1
https://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/07/the-real-reason-president-trump-isnt-throwing-out-1st-pitch-before-yankees-red-sox-game-he-wasnt-invited.html

On Thursday, July 23, before the Opening Day game between the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals, President Donald Trump announced he would be throwing out the first pitch at a Yankees-Red Sox game at Yankee Stadium in August.

Speaking from the White House, Trump said he accepted an offer from Yankees president Randy Levine.

Randy Levines a great friend of mine from the Yankees Trump said. He asked me to throw out the first pitch. And I think Im doing that on August 15 at Yankee Stadium. And I said, Hows the crowd going to be? And, its like, You dont have a crowd. Theres no such thing. Its gonna be interesting.

Three days later, Trump said he had to decline the offer.

Because of my strong focus on the China Virus, Trump tweeted, referring to the coronavirus, including scheduled meetings on Vaccines, our economy and much else, I wont be able to be in New York to throw out the opening pitch for the @Yankees on August 15th. We will make it later in the season!

However there is a new angle to Trumps first pitch decision. The New York Times reports Trump never received an offer from the Yankees to play ball on Aug. 15.

Mr. Trump had not actually been invited on that day by the Yankees, according to one person with knowledge of Mr. Trumps schedule. His announcement surprised both Yankees officials and the White House staff.


According to the New York Times, Trumps first pitch announcement was motivated by the fact that Dr. Anthony Fauci was throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day at Nationals Park before the game between Yankees and Nationals.

Mr. Trump had been so annoyed by Dr. Faucis turn in the limelight, an official familiar with his reaction said, that he had directed his aides to call Yankees officials and make good on a longtime standing offer from Mr. Levine to throw out an opening pitch. No date was ever finalized.


Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is the leading immunologist in the country and the face of the Trump administrations fight against COVID-19.

Thursday at Nationals Park, his first pitch was just a bit outside. NBC Sports Peter King explains why:

He told Ben Cohen of the Wall Street Journal he hadnt thrown a baseball in years, so he went out Tuesday night to play catch at a D.C. school, and when he woke up Wednesday morning his arm was killing him. I completely destroyed my arm! Fauci told Cohen. And when he got to the mound Thursday evening, the catcher looked a mile away, and instead of lobbing one, he tried to throw it hard. And, of course, it rolled to the first-base on-deck circle. Bummer.



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TopicWell Ghost of Tsushima taught me one of my controllers has stick drift
Bio1590
07/28/20 3:28:50 PM
#1
TopicAsithlord7 is SUSPENDED
Bio1590
07/28/20 2:12:05 PM
#174
ledbowman posted...


he didn't say f though

That's still better than what you deserve
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TopicWhite House edited the golf photo of Trump and Favre LMAO
Bio1590
07/28/20 2:08:03 PM
#83
EndOfDiscOne posted...
Just realized that Favre, Brady, Manning, and Brees are all Trump supporters. What's the deal with all of the great quarterbacks?

Favre, Manning, and Brees are all from the South.

And wasn't the area Brady was born in solidly Republican when he was growing up?
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TopicLooking like MAGABoy Sandmann didn't make millions after all
Bio1590
07/28/20 1:56:19 PM
#50
Houston posted...
Not sure why everyone is saying he only got 25k. Some nobody tweeted it as a joke "I'd guess 25k".

Here's from the article:

"This followed the multimillion dollar settlement agreement CNN reached with the teenager back in January."

There's no proof that settlement was in the "multimillion dollar" range, either
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TopicAsithlord7 is SUSPENDED
Bio1590
07/28/20 1:32:20 PM
#169
ledbowman posted...


he told me shut the f up in another topic

That's better than what you actually deserve
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TopicHascoet also nixed the King Arthur game Ubisoft hired Mike Laidlaw for
Bio1590
07/28/20 12:26:56 PM
#1
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-28/ubisoft-s-planned-king-arthur-game-was-nixed-by-ex-creative-head

When Ubisoft Entertainment SA hired Mike Laidlaw, the well-respected designer of the Dragon Age video game series, in late 2018, expectations were high. Fans were excited to see what kind of game he might be dreaming up next.

In fact, Laidlaw was directing development of a role-playing game code-named Avalon, according to people familiar with the project. It was a big-budget adventure involving stories of King Arthur and his Round Table in a sword-and-sorcery fantasy world full of knights and legends. But just over a year later, before releasing any games, Laidlaw quit.

According to current and former employees, Avalon was canceled by Ubisofts powerful chief creative officer, Serge Hascot. Wielding an unusual amount of control over content at the French publishing powerhouse, Hascot was credited for blockbuster franchises like Far Cry, a first-person shooter series, and Assassins Creed, a series of action games based on historical events like the Crusades and in settings such as ancient Egypt. But Hascot wasnt a fan of the fantasy genre and set a high bar for the Avalon team in Quebec City, Canada. If they were going to make a fantasy game, it had to be better than Tolkien, he told them, according to people familiar with the project.

Hascot resigned earlier this month after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct at the company, including accusations that he enabled and facilitated a frat house-like culture. His grip on power also stifled creativity at Ubisoft, according to people familiar with the companys internal procedures. Current and former Ubisoft developers said Hascot rejected some ideas with great potential and alienated high-profile employees, limiting the companys potential.

Laidlaw and an Ubisoft spokesperson declined to comment. Hascot did not respond to requests for comment.

Last year, Ubisoft released two big flops: The Division 2, which was critically acclaimed but commercially underwhelming; and Ghost Recon Breakpoint, which was panned by critics and fans. By the end of the year, Ubisofts stock had fallen 40% from its high a year earlier. As a result, Ubisoft reorganized its editorial division in an attempt to diversify its games. Two of the people promoted at the time, Maxime Bland and Tommy Franois, are the subject of a company investigation for sexual misconduct claims. Beland has resigned; Francoiss employment status remains unclear.

In the wake of the harassment scandal Chief Executive Officer Yves Guillemot has promised big cultural changes. Some Ubisoft employees are wondering if the companys creative structure will change too, diversifying the leadership ranks and creating an opportunity for a more expansive and potentially lucrative list of titles.

Ubisoft has sometimes been criticized by fans and pundits for using similar tropes and ideas for many of its games. Its biggest franchises, including Watch Dogs, Far Cry and the Tom Clancy games, are all vast open worlds with realistic settings, which was no coincidence. Before Avalon, Hascot rejected pitches for several other fantasy-style games, according to people familiar with Ubisofts development processes." Hascot, and Ubisoft's marketing department, also prevented the developers of the last three Assassin's Creed games from writing larger roles for their female protagonists, Bloomberg Businessweek has reported.

Within Ubisofts management, Hascot was seen as responsible for the success of the open-world formula that turned the publishers franchises into blockbusters. But his level of power was unique in the industry. Most other game publishers have multiple creative decision-makers rather than a single person, a setup that Cowen & Co. analyst Doug Creutz said may be more effective.

I think it is a good thing to have a brain trust of a relatively small number of highly experienced, creative, and diverse people, Creutz said. But vesting all that power in a single person is risky.

The people who worked on Avalon said the project had been progressing well. It featured a cooperative multiplayer world similar to Capcom Co.s popular Monster Hunter series. The games developers were shocked to see the project impeded simply because the chief creative officer didnt like its setting, they said.

In an effort to salvage the project throughout 2019, Laidlaw and his team pitched new themes. They switched the setting, trying one that was more science fiction and one based on Greek mythology. But Hascot shot down all of these ideas, and by last fall, the game was canceled, the people familiar with the project said. Laidlaw left in January.

Now, Ubisoft has an opportunity to rethink its reliance on a single creative decision-maker. The company has said Guillemot will temporarily fill the role of chief creative officer, and there is speculation that one of Hascots former disciples may eventually take the title.

But some observers both inside and out of Ubisoft say that diffusing power at the company instead may lead to stronger and more successful games.

If you look at Ubisofts history, they have had a lot of good games, but not a lot of truly great ones, Creutz said. Theyve never had that breakout hit that defines a company like Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto or World of Warcraft. I dont think that absence is due to a talent gap in their rank and file versus other studios.

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TopicLooking like MAGABoy Sandmann didn't make millions after all
Bio1590
07/28/20 12:16:06 PM
#23
s0nicfan posted...
Take that, kid whose name and face was plastered all over national tv for days under a lie news stations knowingly spread! Let's all laugh at how little he got from multinational billion dollar companies who tried to bury him.

On the flip side, the whole incident basically guaranteed he's going to be a "notable" figure on the right-wing for years to come.
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TopicLooking like MAGABoy Sandmann didn't make millions after all
Bio1590
07/28/20 12:07:05 PM
#14
You know it's true because of how mad they're getting lmao
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TopicAsithlord7 is SUSPENDED
Bio1590
07/28/20 11:54:14 AM
#164
Godnorgosh posted...


And your pie slice on the wheel gets smaller or larger depending on how much of an annoying troll you are.

It's non-existent if you're a hardcore right-wing, conspiracy-theory-pushing troll
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TopicSo like, why again can't we insult nazi and white nationalists here?
Bio1590
07/28/20 4:10:36 AM
#134
ButteryMales posted...
DarkJediLink said that and seems he's out of purg.

He's full of shit and he knows it, considering his own accounts have survived that very thing.
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TopicAsithlord7 is SUSPENDED
Bio1590
07/27/20 10:56:59 PM
#156
I'm 99% sure Allen just uses a spinning wheel to determine bans or purgs.
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TopicAsithlord7 is SUSPENDED
Bio1590
07/27/20 9:38:39 PM
#140
greencheek posted...
trolls accusing people of being alts

this is my only account people

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com./user.php?db=.7.user=smoliske

Cause you closes your old one
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TopicAnybody else watch Tough As Nails?
Bio1590
07/27/20 9:36:12 PM
#1
I caught it by chance last week and watched it again last night.

It's actually pretty lit and a nice change from typical competitions.
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TopicRichmond riots were instigated by white supremacists disguised as BLM
Bio1590
07/27/20 3:25:32 PM
#1
https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/2020/07/27/police-richmond-riots-instigated-by-white-supremacists-disguised-as-black-lives-matter/

Riots in downtown Richmond over the weekend were instigated by white supremacists under the guise of Black Lives Matter, according to law enforcement officials.

Protesters tore down police tape and pushed forward toward Richmond police headquarters, where they set a city dump truck on fire.

Police declared the event an unlawful assembly and ordered people to leave, later deploying tear gas.

Six people were arrested. The mayor of Richmond thanked the Black Lives Matter protesters he said tried to stop the white supremacists from spearheading the violence.

Their mission is simple, not the Richmond we know, said Mayor Levar Stoney.

Besides the police department, damage also occurred in and around the VCU campus.

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TopicGhost of Tsushima patch adding new 'Lethal' and lower-intensity combat options
Bio1590
07/27/20 3:22:59 PM
#5
Lethal should speed encounters up as well, which is nice.
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TopicGhost of Tsushima patch adding new 'Lethal' and lower-intensity combat options
Bio1590
07/27/20 3:14:01 PM
#1
https://www.suckerpunch.com/ghost-of-tsushima-patch-1-05-details/

Later today, patch 1.05 for Ghost of Tsushima will be released, bringing new combat and text options.

This patch includes the following new updates:

New difficulty level: Lethal

Enemy weapons are more deadly, but Jins katana is also more deadly
Enemies are more aggressive in combat
Enemies detect you faster
Tighter Parry and Dodge windows

Patch 1.05 will also include the following new options in the accessibility menu:

Lower Intensity Combat

Lower intensity mode is meant to maintain the heart and feel of Ghost of Tsushima combat while relaxing several timing-specific elements. Combat is less intense, giving you more time to react. Stealth settings are more forgiving, and enemies take longer to detect you.

Most enemy attacks which are normally unblockable become blockable when Lower Intensity is enabled. Blocking with L1 will keep you safe from more attacks than standard combat, though some attacks must still be dodged.
Enemies break off their attack combos after damaging you, giving you a chance to recover before the next wave of attacks. In addition, your heavy attacks will interrupt attacks from Brutes, giving you another way to stop their combos.
Enemies will not attack you while youre using Resolve to heal
Enemy awareness builds more slowly, giving you more time to recover after being spotted

Text changes

Large Text option: Increases text size of subtitles, mission objectives and interact prompts by 150% when enabled
Added option to turn speaker name off when subtitles are enabled
New subtitle text color options in addition to white: Yellow, Blue, Red, Green

Patch 1.05 also includes additional bug fixes.

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Topicflorida now has more cases than nyc
Bio1590
07/27/20 2:52:23 PM
#15
s0nicfan posted...
Cali has more than everyone.

It also has 10M more people than the next most-populous state.

Florida is now within 30k total cases of California, with roughly half the population.
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TopicSo like, why again can't we insult nazi and white nationalists here?
Bio1590
07/27/20 2:31:34 PM
#126
Lonestar2000 posted...

There is also a former mod that send nudes to an underage girl still here.

And the Admins and other Mods tried to bury that one by modding and banning anyone that brought it up and actively defending and doing nothing about him.

And that's selling it short as well - he was actively grooming her.
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TopicOh thank fuck: Leaked images suggest PS5's white face plates are swappable
Bio1590
07/27/20 2:22:58 PM
#1
TopicSo like, why again can't we insult nazi and white nationalists here?
Bio1590
07/27/20 2:15:28 PM
#121
Artemis86 posted...

Where exactly have you seen this happen?

Volkswagen_Bros
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TopicThoughts on China's labor camps for the Uighur Muslims?
Bio1590
07/27/20 1:15:52 PM
#27
Funkydog posted...

Basically. And with Nazi Germany, only when they started invading was anything done. It was never about stopping their genocide.

It's going to be the same with China. Nothing will be done while such big profits can be made, and even then sanctions won't stop them.

Yeah if Germany hadn't decided it wanted to take over Europe no one would have ever done anything. They took it to the extreme but it's not like being anti-Jew was an uncommon sentiment back then.
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TopicAsithlord7 is SUSPENDED
Bio1590
07/27/20 12:55:15 PM
#108
teepan95 posted...
PC is coh, right?

No I'm pretty sure coh is someone else, but I forget who.
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TopicThis "normalizing pedophilia" thing is just a meme right?
Bio1590
07/27/20 12:43:51 PM
#63
The only people pushing "MAP" are people who would fall under that label themselves.
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TopicThoughts on China's labor camps for the Uighur Muslims?
Bio1590
07/27/20 12:34:46 PM
#13
I wish the world could collectively decide on something. None of these governments have the balls to do anything on their own.

Also if you're going to move manufacturing out of China you can't just move it to other places all willy-nilly or you're just going to end up in the same situation in 20 years. India is a popular choice but they also have a pretty authoritarian, anti-Muslim government of their own so giving them the opportunity to grab the world by the balls in the future is ridiculously irresponsible.
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TopicThis imo is extremely seflish during the pandemic
Bio1590
07/27/20 12:11:19 PM
#31
Is..is the guy who locked himself in his car and had an actual meltdown over this websight implying he has kids

Jfc call cps
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TopicAsithlord7 is SUSPENDED
Bio1590
07/27/20 11:23:47 AM
#105
Samurontai posted...
I have PMs from ROD from like 6 years ago that are hilarious

he used to get mad salty when I called out his alts

He still does, I don't know wtf the point is.

Proudclad was the same but not as bad.
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TopicThe new US Space Force logo is just the Pontiac logo flipped upside down
Bio1590
07/27/20 11:06:18 AM
#5
Well that'll be a fun lawsuit
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TopicAsithlord7 is SUSPENDED
Bio1590
07/27/20 3:37:55 AM
#62
Weird how this topic is alive yet the DP45 one was very quickly pounced on by the Mods
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TopicRemember when Mark Cohen sent users her free phones
Bio1590
07/27/20 3:02:30 AM
#3
Remember when a specific incident occurred that should have led to the immediate usermap axing of the party that did it, but they hid behind the "it happened off-site" excuse and did literally nothing and then said party that did it went on to do it to multiple other people
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TopicMike Pence is 61 years old. Donald Trump is 74 years old.
Bio1590
07/27/20 2:46:03 AM
#21
DD Divine posted...


he needs to learn a French tuck or how to dress better. For a rich person he dresses like crap.

He's obese and can't even stand straight, it's impossible to hide that with clothes.

Also even with non-white hair Pence looks older than my dad and my dad's 64 lol
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TopicMike Pence is 61 years old. Donald Trump is 74 years old.
Bio1590
07/27/20 12:33:21 AM
#2
lmao what? Trump looks terrible even for 74.
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TopicI have a hard time believing MLB is going to last another 2 weeks at this rate
Bio1590
07/26/20 10:52:23 PM
#3
At least they're not pumping in crowd noise anymore as far as I can tell
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TopicI have a hard time believing MLB is going to last another 2 weeks at this rate
Bio1590
07/26/20 10:31:32 PM
#1
The Marlins had 4 players, 3 of which are starters, test positive so far and now the team is staying in Philadelphia until tomorrow "just in case".

There's a number of other teams that have had one or two players either test positive or are isolating "just in case" because they're feeling sick and (assuming) haven't had test results come back yet.

It's Day 3 of the season.

They're fucked.
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TopicYou think Amazon will ever release another phone?
Bio1590
07/26/20 9:13:41 PM
#1
The original Fire Phone was a complete flop but I'm honestly surprised they haven't tried again.
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TopicDarkprince is WARNED!
Bio1590
07/26/20 8:54:34 PM
#33
eston posted...
I don't know why he keeps coming back tbqh
Like how is CE in any way enjoyable for him?

He clearly gets off on antagonizing people which is about what I'd expect from a cop tbh
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TopicTaylor Swift's new album is selling like crazy O_O
Bio1590
07/26/20 8:18:44 PM
#35
I mean okay but you're acting like folk music is an affront to your existence lol

Like literally

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/78872726

jfc
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TopicSo I'm looking at sentry mode videos from my car... Wind blew a tent onto it...
Bio1590
07/26/20 6:47:24 PM
#22
CableZL posted...
I just called Mauro Garza's people about this... They said they'll put the cost of the repair on their insurance.

You're gonna single-handedly tank that dude's campaign lmao
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TopicSo like, why again can't we insult nazi and white nationalists here?
Bio1590
07/26/20 5:32:15 PM
#102
I wonder if this site is even relevant enough anymore for something like Kotaku to write an article on it lmao.

I wanna see Allan do another AMA on Reddit for the hilarity.
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TopicSo I'm looking at sentry mode videos from my car... Wind blew a tent onto it...
Bio1590
07/26/20 4:08:57 PM
#4
Stealth bragging topic
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TopicTaylor Swift's new album is selling like crazy O_O
Bio1590
07/26/20 4:01:06 PM
#28
Bad_Mojo posted...
People buy albums? Why? Just stream them on Spotify or Tidal

There's special physical releases of the album.

Also lmfao @ the dude randomly railing against folk music in here.

Also, it's "folklore"
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TopicSo like, why again can't we insult nazi and white nationalists here?
Bio1590
07/26/20 3:54:32 PM
#88
ledbowman posted...
surely there's less low hanging fruit you can go after to prove your virtue

What possessed you to think taking on this contrarian gimmick was a good idea
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TopicSo like, why again can't we insult nazi and white nationalists here?
Bio1590
07/26/20 2:48:25 PM
#73
If deciding that a user should be purged roughly half a dozen times for continually boasting about being a Nazi isn't being "lenient" can you please tell us what it is instead?

Because any normal website would ban that person after one instance.
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TopicSo like, why again can't we insult nazi and white nationalists here?
Bio1590
07/26/20 2:37:35 PM
#68
teepan95 posted...
Have you done your patriotic duty to punch a Nazi today?

For some users here that would require punching themselves
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TopicUbisoft planned for a playable rape scene with controller vibrations.
Bio1590
07/26/20 2:08:39 PM
#112
And Rockstar/RDR2 was mentioned in this topic - there's literally an encounter (I don't remember if it was an actual mission) where a guy invites you into his shack and as soon as you walk in you're knocked out and it's heavily implied the guy rapes your character and then dumps you in a clearing.

It comes out of absolutely nowhere and, imo, is in no way shape or form handled "properly".
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TopicUbisoft planned for a playable rape scene with controller vibrations.
Bio1590
07/26/20 2:02:19 PM
#111
DUKLegend posted...


I don't disagree with your point. I wasn't arguing that torture in games are okay or not okay. As a matter of fact, I consider murder to be, by far, one of the worst crimes to commit, yet we freely do it in videogames with zero concern. Is rape a greater crime than murder? My argument is more that what people are sensitive to is somewhat senseless, as there's far worse out there that we turn a blind eye to. I hate to say it, but it's all a matter of trend.

Having said that, I *DO* feel that adhering to what people are sensitive to is important when putting out products like this. People are very sensitive to tackling issues of rape, thus it should be treated with care with implementing it in products.

Yeah.

Like I was thinking, if you were going to put a rape scene in a game (and I'm talking like a STRONG scene like Irreversible or The Last House on the Left), you'd basically have to also put in a way to skip or bypass it for people who either can't handle it or have no desire to go through it (I'd fall in the latter category).

But then at that point, you're basically admitting that including the scene isn't the greatest idea...so why even have it? Which kind of ties in to me not having any confidence in any studio actually handling it properly.
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TopicSo like, why again can't we insult nazi and white nationalists here?
Bio1590
07/26/20 1:42:25 PM
#38
Herodopus posted...

I know he used to be real bad but am I crazy or has he cleaned up his act significantly?

No he still gets Purg'd regularly so he hasn't

R1masher posted...
Where do you draw the line, every discussion would end that way (which it basically does anyway, as this one is) ad hominems, call out, expose, mark block, ignore, shame, removed from the community, segregated... youre in an echo chamber circle jerk sucking each other off, not that I condone any of anything (read censorship) ... where do you draw the line, someone has a different world view theyre a nazi, someone doesnt like wallmart Nazi!...

disclaimer: this post is not tag worthy

There was a user on here who consistently openly stated he was a Nazi and espoused Nazi beliefs.

Did he get modded? Yes
Would you get modded if you called him a Nazi? Yes
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TopicSo like, why again can't we insult nazi and white nationalists here?
Bio1590
07/26/20 1:31:05 PM
#31
That's funny coming from southcoast because the guy has literally espoused the Great Replacement on multiple occasions.
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TopicUbisoft planned for a playable rape scene with controller vibrations.
Bio1590
07/26/20 1:10:02 PM
#108
DUKLegend posted...


You should though.

Honestly, he makes a lot of sense, but we don't live in a world that makes any sense. Torture is FAR worse than rape, but society's mindset has been tuned to feel more sympathetic to rape victims than torture victims. Knowing that, however, they shouldn't add it because they do need take what people are sensitive to in mind when developing games.

I think the argument against torture is more that games (and movies but that's not this topic) present it as something it's not.

And if you're going to show torture is useless, why even include it in the first place?
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TopicUbisoft planned for a playable rape scene with controller vibrations.
Bio1590
07/26/20 4:25:23 AM
#80
Is UR trying to imply he's special or something for knowing people that were abused? Jfc
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