Lurker > Apocalyptic

It's here.
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Fuck
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Dudes, finding this only took me 30 seconds. Just use a search engine lol
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When it launched last month on console, Destiny 2 quickly peaked with around 3.5 million concurrent players on September 17. Since then in just the last 30 days Destiny 2's player base has plummeted by over 2 million users, with over 400,000 lost in the last two days. With Destiny 2 ready to pre-load on PC as of now via Battle.net and the game due out October 24, it's disheartening to see such a popular game take a nose-dive.

You can view the shocking drop in player counts over at Destiny Tracker. As the game launched in early September on Xbox One and PS4 the player count quickly began at around 3.3 million users, and peaked at around 3.5 million users on September 16 - taken as an average of PvE and PvP players. This has been steadily dropping ever since. In the last two days alone Destiny 2 lost 400,000 players. It now currently sits with 1.5 million users on October 19, a full 2 million concurrent users less than just a month ago.

If we compare this to Destiny 1, a month after its September launch around 14 October 2014 it had 3.2 million users, which it seemed to keep for a while. Bear in mind this was a brand new franchise that Bungie and Activision had utterly failed to describe correctly in advertising, which received a lot of criticism at launch as being light on content and story. Now that people know what Destiny 2 is, and as far as we can tell Destiny 2 is a lot more polished an experience than the first game was at launch, it shouldn't be losing users so quickly.

With Destiny 2 launching on PC next week on October 24, it'll be interesting to see if the numbers receive a boost. We know we've been waiting on the PC version anyway, as have a lot of other players. Still, it's surprising and shocking that such a popular game, especially with its focus on long-term playability, should be losing players at such an extreme rate. Are players getting bored with Destiny 2, or the formula?

However, it would at least certainly be slightly amusing if the Destiny 2 style of non-linear multiplayer gameplay falls out of favour with other companies still chasing it.

https://www.gamewatcher.com/news/2017-19-10-destiny-2-playerbase-has-dropped-by-over-2-million-users-since-launch

Hm...
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Heck yeah, dudes. I can easily remember every individual sound track from the Persona games to Zelda to Dark Souls/Bloodborne. Even the newest Mario game has a banging soundtrack so far.

Can't say the same about Elder Scrolls or Call of Duty or Mortal Kombat. There are a bunch of good individual tracks but it's not consistent. Too much of Western games sound samey in my opinion especially now compared to the past.
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Seriously, what's the deal?
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Johnny_Nutcase posted...

This goes beyond pathetic. What in the FUCK were you tryin to do here?

Bet you feel better about yourself calling my attempts at a harmless joke pathetic, huh? Its okay, man. We all have bad days sometimes.

sktgamer_13dude posted...

Apocalyptic posted...

3khc posted...

UUA.

But I'm in college

This literally does not make it better at all. Actually a lot worse.

Well thats just your opinion. If you must know, she actually likes these types of sayings and rhymes so thats why I use the
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3khc posted...

UUA.

But I'm in college
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I didn't mean to. I was texting her and using the rhyme "First is the worst, second is the best...." because
she's the third girl I've been serious about throughout my entire life. Anyways, I thought the rhyme went "First is the worst, second is the best, third is the one with the polka dot dress" but that's wrong. Third is the one with the hairy chest.

So, when describing her as the third girl. I thought I was saying she was the one with the one with the polka dot dress but in reality, she's the one with the hairy chest. She picked up on that too because she actually knows the rhyme unlike my dumbass.

She corrected me and included an ellipses at the end of her text. I fucked up, CE.

When I text her either tomorrow or Sunday, do I apologize or what. This is a major crisis, guys.
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Thots are a serious problem, though. Shame on your boarding school for sweeping this issue under the rug.
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Kid A
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Youngster_Joey_ posted...

Swagnificent119 posted...

Reminder that Jim Sterling married this



And is a confirmed cuck.

That just looks like him in a costume.

Jim's "wife" is just Jim Sterling in drag.
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Batman easily takes this.

Why?

Because he's the goddamn Batman.
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Did anybody else notice how Wally was knocked out the entire time from that repulsor ray? Why even use anything else?
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"It's another Barry can't do anything on his own episode:"

This is suffering.
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Nice, how many Fire Emblem figures do you have?
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Little Mac
Ryu?
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E32005 posted...

Apocalyptic posted...

Is Mike Pence really that crazy? You guys are scaring me.

Yes dude

Theres a fucking reason people hate him

Never knew. Literally all of my friends talk about how much they would rather have Pence as President than Trump and they are completely serious when saying that. Then again, they all flunked out of high school and community college.
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It's a little stereotypical to use rap music for a black character who isn't connected to American Hip-Hop in any way, shape, or form. An orchestral score could have been used here.
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Is Mike Pence really that crazy? You guys are scaring me.
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I might just power through it, guys. Just so that I can say I beat the game.
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Back_Stabbath posted...

how come black man ass is moddable but not this. Homophobic website tbh

Hm, is this moddable? I will delete if that is the case.
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I'm feeling down tonight, CE. So I will waste my time posting pics. Enjoy them or not. It doesn't matter.







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Maybe I'm in a gaming rut but this game just bores me to tears and I'm not even done with everything on Eos. I was obsessed with the original trilogy. Loved Mass Effect 1 so much I beat it in one weekend. Same with Mass Effect 2.

Andromeda just isn't very fun. It feels like the devs wanted to recreate the feeling of the first Mass Effect but they shit the bed along the way. I don't think the game is a piece of garbage but it's not fun or interesting at all.
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Guess the actress of Laurel isn't going anywhere due to her putting out for the producer, huh?
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How do you go from this....



TO THIS???





Is Elizabeth Olsen sucking up their life force? Is that why she has such a nice ass? The only thing good about that Oldboy movie honestly.

What if the woman I marry is beautiful then age hits her like a truck once she's 30? I'm scared, CE.
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Asking for a friend.
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World is ending every other week now apparently. Nothing to see here until the volcano actually erupts.
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I kind of don't want a 4th film. Just leave it at a very good trilogy in my opinion.
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refmon posted...

Ivynn posted...

Touch posted...

I read the whole thing in his Snake voice

That's the only way to read this tbh
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Bro, just PM some of us to vent. I will sure as hell listen to you and offer advice. It will get better eventually. Just be patient and don't do anything you cannot come back from please.
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NeonOctopus posted...

Is this real? >_> I didn't read the whole thing lol

Found this off his twitter so I presume it's real.
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But the elements were so similar to the stories told by the women abused by Harvey Weinstein that the incident has been on my mind.

Except, here's the crucial difference... Even though I was young, I was six foot one. I'd had many years of martial arts training by that point. I'd been in a number of street fights. In an earlier incident, I was forced to push another industry veteran up against the wall of an elevator in Cannes, to keep his hands off me. I was not above using violence to protect myself.

The producer and I laughed off the Beverly Hills encounter without too much trauma. But if he had pressed his advantage, or genuinely tried to assault me, I would have broken his arm.

But for the past couple of days, I've been thinking... What if I didn't know how to fight?

What if the man was literally twice my body weight, as Harvey no doubt was, when assaulting his victims?

What if I had just been cast in a role, instead of already done with it?

I've been in that hotel room. I've faced the bathrobe, the groping, the embarrassment. But to be trapped, at the mercy of some gigantic, drooling monster? It's infuriating. Horrific.

I'd met Harvey Weinstein a few times. I'd encountered him at parties, premieres, and so forth. His film credits were extraordinarily impressive, and I would have loved to have been involved in any one of those pictures.

But I knew the man was a monster from the moment I met him. I've spent my entire career avoiding him, and sleazy assholes like him, pretty much since that hotel room -- When I saw all the chairs had been removed. When I saw I'd walked into a trap.

To the women who suffered at the hands of that vile shitbag, I offer my sincerest sympathy. My encounters with harassment occurred, here and there. But for young, beautiful women, men need to realize that this pressure, this threat, this humiliation is constant. Relentless.

To all those affected, you have my belief, my support and this promise -- Any set of mine will be a safe one. If anyone feels threatened in any way, on a project that I am working on, you may consider me an ally, a confidant and someone that takes your safety and well-being seriously.

As a thirty-year veteran of this industry, to the thousands of young men and women who come to Hollywood and put themselves at risk for their dreams, if I can offer any positive advice, it is this:

-- If a man seems like a sleazy asshole, trust that instinct. Avoid them at all costs.

-- If you cannot, avoid ANY situation where you might find yourself alone with them.

-- If you feel your safety is at risk, you can turn down the job. I know that sounds antithetical to your drive to succeed, but here's the thing. If a man says he's going to give you the role of a lifetime, in exchange for sex, and you give in -- You are unlikely to get the role anyway. It is almost always a scam, a promise made in the heat of testosterone. And your career will go on. If you're lucky, and talented, there will be other opportunities for success.

-- Learn how to fight. Even the biggest, most overpowering man has weak points. Every woman needs to know how to exploit them to stop an attack. Every young man should too.

I sincerely hope that the Weinstein debacle will help curb the Hollywood predators' pervasive sense of impunity. And you should all take strength and confidence from the destruction of this man. The times may be changing, if slowly.

In the meantime, protect yourself.

Your dreams are important. But they are not worth your soul.

David Hayter

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sq8ep8
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In the mid 90s, I was 25. I was working late as a bartender in a pricey Beverly Hills hotel, when the phone rang at my bar. It was an extremely well-known movie producer I had worked with as an actor. He told me he was staying upstairs, and he had the footage from a film I'd worked on a few months back.

He asked me, "Do you want to come up, see yourself in the movie?"

What actor wouldn't.

I closed up the bar and headed upstairs.

On the way to the room, I began to get wary... Was this really the wisest move, coming to this man's room at midnight? Well, I thought, this is a man I know. We're "colleagues" of a sort.

What's the worst that could happen?

I knocked on the door. The producer opened it. In his bathrobe.

As I entered his two bedroom suite, the whole situation became stomach-churningly clear.

Every chair, couch, or any other seating implement had been moved into the "living room" of the suite, and the door to that room had been locked. The tv, along with the entire entertainment console had been moved right up against the end of the bed.

If you wanted to "see yourself in the movie", the only viewing area was the bed. It was a trap.

He hopped up on the bed and patted the seat next to him. With my mind racing as to how I was going to deal with this, I sat down. "You want a beer?" He asked me.

"Sure." I said, a little numb. He leaned across me, stretching across my body, and opened the mini-fridge. We cracked our beers and he ran the footage, not in any order, not scanning to my parts. Just letting it run.

I sat there, uncomfortable as fuck, until he rolled over to hug me. "It's so good to see you." He said.

"It's good to see you as well." I said, with strained formality.

If you're wondering why I was still there by this point, this was a very powerful man. A man who could fulfill your dreams of stardom, money, everything you came to Hollywood for in the first place without too much difficulty.

And look, I bear absolutely no judgement toward any young person who decides to use their youth and beauty and sexuality to advance their careers. If that is how you want to pursue this career, and you feel you can do it without losing your soul, then who am I to judge?

But the thing is, I'm just not gay. So many people that I know and love are, but it's just not me.

So, as the man's head started traveling south, I jumped up off the bed. I apologized, explained that it "just wasn't me" and got the fuck out of there.

Please do not take this as a traumatic admission. It's not. I don't need sympathy, and I do not mean, in any way, to compare my experiences to the abject fear and humiliation faced by so many of the actresses coming forward now. I am extremely thick-skinned and I look back on these incidents as the price of doing business in this strange, fucked-up land of grown-up man-children who wield immense power. I've told the story humorously for years.
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Everyone keeps telling me I should put tape over my camera on my laptop because people could be spying on me. I suppose that could be the case but I'm not exactly doing anything illegal. Occasionally, I walk around with no clothes on or something but it's nothing serious for me at least. If I was famous or wealthy, perhaps I would cover my camera but I'm not.

I don't know. Perhaps I should cover my camera.
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I know people who support him just because he is our president. Doesn't matter what he does. He will always have their support due to his position.
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Hajime Tabata: We've come, ever since the release, together with our fans - so I think it's really about when we can satisfy them and when the game can end and have a proper conclusion to it. We've got a plan up until the end of this year, but looking at that that probably wouldn't satisfy the fans out there. They want more. So I'd like to continue making stuff for the game into next year, and consider what the best way to finish it is and have that big climax next year. So next year, we'll call the end of the journey!

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-10-11-finishing-final-fantasy-15

There is a ton of more info in the link. Posting it all would take probably 4 posts. For any of you still holding out on XV, the game will officially be complete sometime next year. The rest of us are all suckers for buying a hugely incomplete game in 2016.
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Tell me when to show up TC and I can show you how it's done hehe

They don't call me Apocalyptic for nothing.
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Ic3Bullet posted...

Squall28 posted...

Ic3Bullet posted...

Also in before some white knight tries to pretend like women dont turn into complete children when theyve been proven wrong in an argument.

Guys are just as bad.

Perhaps men have negative reactions but ive never seen a man give someone the silent treatment for an entire month because they had the audacity to not be wrong about something.

Dude, a girl gave me the silent treatment for three months just because I disagreed with her. Like holy shit man
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Jokes, I'm not. Haven't even played the first game yet lol
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I swear. A new "CEgal" comes around every few months and you guys eat this shit up like it's actually real. I'm just here for the ride.
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Leaks were real. Time to pack it up, boys.
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LanHikari10 posted...

He's Batman.

Riiiiiiiight. Next, you're going to say that Clark Kent is Superman.
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CarlGrimes posted...

I am 95% sure he is the Joker.

No way. The chins don't match.
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I've been doing some digging about Gotham's richest citizen and some things don't add up. His parents died when he was young so he probably has issues. He was raised by an old butler. He pumps and dumps a new girl every day. Finally, he always has young boys around him. One of the boys, the second child I believe, even dyed his hair to match the hair color of the other boys.

I'm a little worried right now. This Bruce Wayne guy gives me the creeps. Should I call GCPD?
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Irony posted...

You haven't played it

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I made a topic about three weeks ago on how I got a part time gig at Book A Million. In short, it sucks. I thought it was going to be a chill job where I shelve books and work register but the whole job is basically getting people to buy subscriptions, magazines, and pay money to support troops overseas.

Last Sunday, I wasnt supposed to work since the assistant GM who hired me told me I wouldnt work Sundays but apparently, some other manager called me and was pissed that I didnt show up. Got in trouble for that.

Lots of other dumb stuff I wont go into detail about but Im seriously considering not going in today. Im a full time pre med student and I made it very clear I didnt want many hours when taking the job yet these people are still giving me 30 hour work weeks. My entire weekends are non existent since I do Fridays from 6pm to 12am. Sat from 12pm to 8 pm. Sun from 2pm to 10pm.

School and personal life already has me stressed out to be max. I just wanted a chill job. Not ultimate stressor #3. Im going to feel real bad not going in or quitting this soon though. Dont know why.

This sucks man. It would be slightly worth doing if I had a cute girlfriend but even the girl I like treats me badly. Fuck man
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ProtoManSPx posted...

gafemaqs posted...

Clean it with what exactly?

Tongue.

I don't know. I spray some toilets and stuff. Emptied out the tampon dispensers and cleaned some blood.
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