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remember those awful laws that added mandatory minimums and targeted minorities? yeah that was biden

remember the bankruptcy 'reform' that made it harder to declare bankruptcy and for no reason made student loans not able to declare bankruptcy? yeah, that was biden. Bonus tidbet, Delaware and south dakota have the highest allowable interest rates. And they love using that to give excessively high interest loans to the poor to ensure they always stay behind.

remember in the heart of black lives matter protest biden said we need to give the police more money, because that plan has been working so well.

but hey he's not trump! it's not like there were any other candidates right? obama said so after all.

the DNC had the option to support actual candidates that wanted to help people over corporations...but then after 3 horrible primaries before super tuesday, they establishment got together and convinced everyone that was taking votes from biden to drop out so he could win some pluralities. All while comcast news networks drove down the viewers throats only biden could beat trump. What rational and not cult like behavior. Totally the opposite of what republicans do with fox news. As we all know, they are the cult party!

Totally unrelated, upon hearing biden won comcast then announced they were extended their data caps to every state they operate in.

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ShotOJameson posted...

I'd give him a cg shut out not a no hitter it's not fair to others

it's not fair for no hitters in the deadball era to count, eliminate them.

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1337toothbrush posted...

*the safety of their profits

"I think they're so greedy but their limiting their supply to make less money"

now i'm done feeding a troll, don't starve.

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1337toothbrush posted...

*under Imaginary Property laws

nope. Under reality and safety regulations.

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Bill Gates says that anywhere that can be producing the vaccine is already producing the vaccine*

FTFY

if a headline says something, it is almost always false. Don't support clickbait.

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there's a guy who throws his hat. You will never be lamer than hat dude.

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it wasn't a good movie, but it was a fine action flick. Unless you're some insufferable upset about plot changes, in which case you need a lot of self reflection, i don't see how you could say it was bad. It was exactly what you knew it was going to be as an R rated mortal kombat movie. Some cool fights, low plot, thankfully no forced romance subplot, and world building to turn it into a franchise because that's the world we live in. Plus Joe Taslim is great, was wonderful to watch him play sub zero after just finishing up Warrior earlier this month where he really grew on me there.

Though, it does lose 1 star for not using the 90s mortal kombat movie song

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Stalolin posted...

Thread on why this is (probably) a bunch of Bull.

when news reports on scientific research, you can pretty much guarantee anything in the headline is intentionally misleading or completely false. News that want to fuel the fear mongers because they know OP will spread it to fear monger get them the sweet clicks.

nothing in here is news, if you're indoor for a prolonged time, especially in a closed environment with no open windows and no HEPA filter, it's high risk. That's been known since the start. Which is why as places opened up most of them installed new HEPA filters and increases surface cleaning. It's why airplanes haven't been super spreaders, especially if the middle seats are empty, because they recycle air so frequently.

6' doesn't make you immune, it makes you safer. People need to eat and do things that can't be done at home. So we need a way to accomplish that with limiting the risk to an acceptable level.

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David1988 posted...

Even with masks? Damn

if the person is singing loudly, as covid spreaders are known to do.

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GallisOTK posted...

The Mets should put DeGrom out in the field between starts to get his bat in the lineup. Dude's batting over .500 right now, and I think he was a shortstop in college so it's not like he can't play the field.

aka fuck the DH, but yeah, it's crazy how good deGrom and Trout are...and they're probably underrated to your 'casual' fan since their teams are so bad.

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hr would file an amended tax return, you're paying hr block, ask them your tax questions.

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9.8% of texans got covid about ~1.5% of those infected died.

9.4% of californians got covid about ~1.6% of those infected died.

the national average was 9.8% with 1.8% of those infected died

in California vs Texas, no one came out 'on top', just like every other american state.

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we hit in two whole games, is that not enough?

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back to 500! hooray for not getting deGrom

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2 games with offense now!

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i have, i read what's actually facts and what's assumptions for click baits. But i see you're avoiding your broken logic again.

Activision controls blizzard, but is eating money by canceling products, not making them churn out annual titles, letting overwatch 2 be delayed into near irrelevance, spending money on devs updating followers in D3, because that's just such activision like behavior. That's logic to darmik because it fuels his narrative. Activision is controlling blizzard to act like blizzard!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Darmik posted...

So basically you believe that Blizzard in 2018 just decided on their own accord to make a bigger deal about finances and brought in a bunch of people from Activision to oversee more of the company?

so basically you believe that Activision in 2018 just decided to fire Mike, but did so without anyone knowing. The forced blizzard to hire their guy (3 years retroactively) "from activision" when, that was his first job "in" activision before coming from P&G. Then started asserting their influence, without anyone knowing. While still allowing blizzard to work at blizzard pace and support games that offer no profit. You think activision gives a fuck about quality and is going to can a starcraft shooter and just let 2 years of development get eaten instead of recouping what they can?
Darmik posted...

Just to summarise what has happened to Blizzard in the last few years
- In 2016 Rob Pardo, the former chief creative officer at Blizzard and lead designer of World of Warcraft, started Bonfire Studios.

- Joining Pardo in leaving Blizzard was lead level designer for Overwatch David Adams, Battle.net engineering team lead Matthew Versluys, and Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls director Joshua Mosqueira.

- In 2018 Ben Brode, the former director of Hearthstone, left Blizzard to form Second Dinner alongside Hearthstone executive producer Hamilton Chu. Second Dinner, which also consists of other former long time Blizzard employees such as technical artist Kyle Harrison, esports and Blizzcon program manager Nicki Broderick, senior concept artist Jomaro Kindred, Heartstone production director Yong Woo, and senior game producer of World of Warcraft & director of Creative Development Jason Stilwell, announced in 2019 that they would be working on a game within the Marvel universe.

- In 2020 former Blizzard president Mike Morhaime announced Dreamhaven. Dreamhaven is a new video game development company made up of two studios: Moonshot and Secret Door.

- Moonshot is led by former Blizzard executive producer Jason Chayes, and the team includes former Hearthstone creative director Ben Thompson, and StarCraft 2 and Heroes of the Storm director Dustin Browder.

- Secret Door is being led by former Hearthstone producer Chris Sigaty, Heroes of the Storm game director Alan Dabiri, and Hearthstone game director Eric Dodds.

- 2020 also had the announcement of Frost Giant Studios. The team is being led by former StarCraft 2 production director Tim Morten, lead campaign designer of WarCraft 3: The Frozen Throne Tim Campbell, and senior program manager at Blizzard esports Cara LaForge.

I'm sure it's completely normal for a studio to hemorrhage most of its leadership in the space of a few years as they consistently start up their own studios that constantly hire other people who also left

Now we have this. The Overwatch director who randomly left in the middle of the sequels development with barely a word said to the community

now do the previous 10 years and the 10 years before that, blizzard always has talent leaving. People like you that want to claim the sky is falling always go THIS IS THE DEATH OF BLIZZARD!!!

https://imgur.com/2gkUuEz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTzQsG3azRs

And 5 years later, Bonfire studios still not even a teaser of what they're working on.

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https://gfycat.com/angelicwholeaxolotl

how they train philly fans to eat horse poop. Gotta start em young

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Darmik posted...

Until they started to?

so post the quote.

or

I Like Toast posted...

you think that blizzard employees who actively talked to Jason and leaked information on internal employee programs just didn't want to say activision as unnamed sources?

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Darmik posted...

You think that Blizzard employees who have accurately leaked information on internal employee programs, cancelled and upcoming projects didn't say a single thing about Activision and Schreier made up the rest?

every single one of the quotes, doesn't say a thing about activision. Every single quote from ex-blizzard employees states activision doesn't get involved in blizzard's running.

you think that blizzard employees who actively talked to Jason and leaked information on internal employee programs just didn't want to say activision as unnamed sources? You think jason who when he knows something with confidence says it with confidence is suddenly going to start saying, maybe, could be, please click this click bait here because it says what you want to hear now plz and ty was afraid to run quotes that actually detailed how activision was controlling blizzard that's been contrast to every other news article and interview out there. that both your own articles discuss how blizzard operates independently and not at all like the rest of activision's studios. That activision 'took over' in 2018, but still couldn't figure out how to get Overwatch 2 out the door and just allowed blizzard to continue to operate like blizzard instead of an activision developer that's going to hit that fall deadline no matter what.

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Darmik posted...

It's the headline of the article;

I Like Toast posted...

oh look speculation with no sources based on a "report" of speculation after diablo immortal, what a #shock

also literally lmao at thinking headlines are accurate

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Darmik posted...

Both articles are written by the same person so no idea where you're getting 'based on' from and both articles have sources directly from within Blizzard.

Find your quote saying activision. oh right you won't, because it doesn't exist.

Darmik posted...

It's literally in the article.

where it doesn't say because it's baseless speculation and just a lot of maybe, could be, this will give us views right since we're a trash clickbait website? but not surprising you couldn't answer 2 direct questions stated at you because the facts don't support your beliefs.


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what's the third word you bolded?

oh right
I Like Toast posted...

oh look speculation with no sources based on a "report" of speculation after diablo immortal, what a #shock

still waiting for you answer on why it took 10 years for "activision" to apparently make this change in 2018. weird how you don't want to support your speculation for some reason

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Darmik posted...

For Novembers report, we talked to 11 current and former Blizzard employees. Since then, weve heard from even more current and former Blizzard staff about the companys cost-cutting measures and how theyve materialized. The Career Crossroads program is one example. Another, according to three Blizzard staff who all left recently, is a power shift that has seen the finance department cultivate influence that it had never had in the past.

ctrl + f activision not found

so in your mind activision just waited 10 years to do anything, just sitting their twiddling their thumbs and them diablo immortal made them go, woah hold up, we need to start getting involved now!

or

I Like Toast posted...

oh look speculation with no sources based on a "report" of speculation after diablo immortal, what a #shock

Some of those people also raised questions about Activisions influence on the beloved video game company. Activision merged with the publisher Vivendi (at the time, Blizzards holding company) to become Activision Blizzard in 2008, but over the past decade Blizzard has prided itself in remaining a separate entity. With its own management structure and its own campus in Irvine, California, Blizzard has always stood out from Activisions other divisions and subsidiaries. (Activision HQ is based about an hour northwest, in Santa Monica.) Rather than sticking to strict production cycles that result in, say, annual Call of Duty games for Activision, Blizzard has traditionally given its developers as much time as possible. Thats one of the reasons the company has been renowned for making some of the greatest games in the world.

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oh look speculation with no sources based on a "report" of speculation after diablo immortal, what a #shock

Some of those people also raised questions about Activisions influence on the beloved video game company. Activision merged with the publisher Vivendi (at the time, Blizzards holding company) to become Activision Blizzard in 2008, but over the past decade Blizzard has prided itself in remaining a separate entity. With its own management structure and its own campus in Irvine, California, Blizzard has always stood out from Activisions other divisions and subsidiaries. (Activision HQ is based about an hour northwest, in Santa Monica.) Rather than sticking to strict production cycles that result in, say, annual Call of Duty games for Activision, Blizzard has traditionally given its developers as much time as possible. Thats one of the reasons the company has been renowned for making some of the greatest games in the world.

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Guilty all 3 charges, good.

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ButteryMales posted...

You absolved them of their suspected wrongdoing in involvement with Blizzard in your first post.

correct, which says nothing about if they are or are not bad.
ButteryMales posted...

Which people have already doubted the validity.

yes, people like you who make up their minds then look for information to validate it. Countless people have left blizzard and they all state activision doesn't have any involvement with blizzard.
ButteryMales posted...

The topic was why Blizzard was ruined by Activision

The topic is, a blizzard dev left blizzard.

ButteryMales posted...

"Valve being shit" was changed to "Valve being worse". Where would you get sarcasm when skt's original "valve being shit" was also agreeing with you?

unless your srs alt account because you're that desperate for attention, what he wrote has nothing to do with what you wrote. You put "valve is worse" in quotes, because you were trying to dismiss it so you can stay mad at blizzard for walking back on their original decision because it's only bad to you when some people kiss china's ass.

ButteryMales posted...

Quote people mad they made a first person shooter.

Why would I? we literally knew about titan before activision. Not to mention SC: Ghost.

ButteryMales posted...

Blizzard has been making those for years right?

Quote people mad they made an mmo, blizzard has been making those for years right? what the fuck even is your point here? you think activision is why overwatch exist? I don't like overwatch, a lot of people I know do. It's okay, overwatch existing hasn't stopped sc2 and D3 from existing. It's not stopping D4 existing or the D2 remake. It won't stop SC3 from existing some day down the road. All it does is allows people who enjoy those games to enjoy them, while I'll continue to not play games I don't like. Just like I don't play WoW and hearthstone because I don't like them. Me not liking them doesn't invalidate others from liking it, them being good games, or being profitable games.

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ButteryMales posted...

Quote anyone mentioning valve before your dumb post.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

quote me saying activision is good.

quote anyone bringing up china before your dumb post.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

ButteryMales posted...

I literally said Valve is worse.

in "quotes", quite clearly showing your sarcasm.

ButteryMales posted...

That's not saying it's only bad when Blizzard does it.

Then you wouldn't have brought it up and then showed you were still mad when they course corrected from their over reaction. Unlike the vast majority of china ass kissers.

An actual relevant response would be, "well fuck maybe activision isn't the reason why a company isn't great for 30 years since no developer has done it" blizzard is who it is because of blizzard. Every game they've released, except wc3 reforged, has been a critical and financial hit. They continue to offer free long time support for their games after they're not generating any alternate revenue streams. Like D3 just getting a significant follower revamp a couple of weeks ago.

Could they be better sure, are they as great as they were 20 years ago, not quite, did activision ruin them because people don't want to do the same thing for 20 years. Fill in the blank.

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ButteryMales posted...

More dumb "Valve is worse" which once again doesn't mean Activision isn't shit.

I Like Toast posted...

Your ability to read is increible, have you considered becoming an elementary English teacher?

ButteryMales posted...

They didn't need to lie about pressure from China or even temp ban him at all since they walked back half.

so now you're upset at them for correcting course to what you wanted? boy sure sounds like
I Like Toast posted...

Getting the point yet? no of course not, because it's only bad when some people kiss china's ass.

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ButteryMales posted...

You think that part is less stupid? It's hard to make video games so it's okay for Blizzard to sanction and take the winnings from players for speaking out against Chinese fascism

GL finding a major developer or company in general who hasn't caved to China. Valve was one of the first to get into china, partner with china, and permanently black list talent for making a joke about chinese censorship. Even Blizzard only did a temp ban.

Getting the point yet? no of course not, because it's only bad when some people kiss china's ass. Would you like to try another tangent?

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ButteryMales posted...

You: It's almost like it's hard to make good video games for 30 years and even the developer people still 'like' is a shit ass company
some troll: let me ignore what you said and focus on you attacking my beloved microtransaction provider. don't you dare fuck up my steam library!!!
You: Your ability to read is increible, have you considered becoming an elementary English teacher?

FTFY


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sktgamer_13dude posted...

Oh look, ILT just posting the same thing over and over again, as if that makes it right after being wrong. This is a new and exciting move that hes never done before.

I Like Toast posted...

Your ability to read is increible, have you considered becoming an elementary English teacher?

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sktgamer_13dude posted...

Nothing you said in your Valve sucks pedestal moment debunks what I said.

I Like Toast posted...

Your ability to read is increible, have you considered becoming an elementary English teacher?

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fohstick posted...

is this good news or bad news?

he was a game director for wow until he left to work on titan, which died and got revamped into overwatch.

sktgamer_13dude posted...

Valve being shit doesnt mean Activision isnt shit. Theyve ruined multiple IPs.

Your ability to read is increible, have you considered becoming an elementary English teacher?

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NoxObscuras posted...

The further I read in this topic, the worse it got...

virgin alert

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ButteryMales posted...

Pretty sure they cut ties with Activision and are self-managing Destiny 2. Haven't been keeping up if that killed them or not.

facts never got in the way of a good story. Activision does nothing with blizzard, they run on their own and then share profits.

It's almost like it's hard to make great games for 30 straight years and not everyone wants to do the same thing for prolonged period of times. but FUCKING ACTIVISION!!!!! Why can't they be more like good guy valve who just kills anything that isn't funded by community made microtransactions? that's how you respect gamers by getting them to create their own milking!! and if they don't milk hard enough, you just fuck right off and collect some more money.

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Q: Do you think Disney is evil?

A: yes


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Orlando_Jordan posted...

I care about the planet more than Karen's standard of living.

then why are you wasting electricity to shit post? go plant a tree next time

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Aerith*

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Bananana posted...

yes i've watched the semantics circus show dancing around all the ways to say "it's okay that he kneeled on floyd's neck until he died"

until 3 minutes after he died*

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Fam_Fam posted...

this is not a straightforward case with straightforward charges

why does gamefaqs allow trolls again?

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that just says they're fixing the bugs and empty promises and no attempt at allowing a non DD character so you can play multiple characters.

If they actually allow for reasonable progression it can keep a single player still enjoyable, but still leaves the show 20 a better game for RTTS

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steam store is shit, nothing new.

$60 gets you preorder shit

$72 gets you preorder shit + this shit https://store.steampowered.com/app/1456360/Resident_Evil_Village__Trauma_Pack/

$80 gets you preorder shit + that shit ^ + season pass.


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BudDupree48 posted...

Rtts was the same as I played it 2 years ago

only superficially.

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i'm going to be so mad if the rickets don't pay this man >:(

https://v.redd.it/lvxbjdv3g1u61

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you can kill a fan though

https://www.reddit.com/r/MLBTheShow/comments/mtob2u/this_animation_thou_is_nice/

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mmmm racism to start our ceweek.

project_night posted...

Did they underperform in profit in Asia or are you just talking about audience reaction? I haven't seen those movies.

whenever ce uses flop it means the poster specifically did not like that thing and anyone who did is wrong.


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