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So I did a few pulls and ended up with the new Broly, the Trunks, and the blues LR.

So pretty much I'm screwed for the rest of the year!

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The "zon" and "con" in (gl)amazon and icon do rhyme, though. I'm very confused right now.

EDIT: I had to google to make sure I'm not crazy. aikaan and amuhzaan. So yes.


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I should be clear I didn't mean to say I think she's bad or anything. I just thought the Riho match was only just okay, and if that was supposed to be a shining example of her work, it's a low ceiling, currently.

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The match was... okay? If that's a good match from her, then kinda yikes

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We like it because it was a way to make up for the botch that was consistent with the characters. It sounds more like you basically think the deathmatch should have turned everybody into somber WW2 vets struggling with PTSD. Which, hey, if that's what you wanted, cool. You're just not gonna find much agreement, there.

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Yeah, I'm not even sure how it's suddenly "goofy comedy." It was asshole bully heels being asshole bully heels. If you were expecting this to turn Omega into a super serious no nonsense heel all of a sudden, I'm not sure why you expected that.

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I think the issue is he has all but admitted he hasn't actually seen it, so any legitimacy his complaints may have kinda gets buried by it just seeming like an overreaction to something he hasn't even watched.

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When you keep going "I can't take anything they do seriously ever again because of this," it sounds like you're trying to find ways to hate on it because it just seems so ridiculous of a reaction, so you do you I guess

And trust me, I'm far from an AEW defender

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I admit I haven't caught it in awhile, but my impression was Kenny was always a much less serious heel to begin with, so it's completely in character for him.

Going "it was a deathmatch, deathmatches are 100% serious and sacred and now no element of the feud can be less serious ever" seems like it just completely ignores the character involved.

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That's just a super odd take on this, dude.

EDIT: Panthera's, not skull's

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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Triple H, literally last month: "I'm not a fan of having too many titles."

I'm a little confused what this quote has to do with what happened unless you're saying they shouldn't have the women's tag titles at all

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NBIceman posted...

Everything the Fiend has done is worse than that was.

Eh, I disagree with this. Everything the Fiend does is super hokey and stupid, but it's a suspension of disbelief issue where the Fiend himself is hokey and stupid.

This is just a straight up glaringly horrible botch issue where a guy just sold sparklers that were 10 feet away from him as if he died and there's just no world where anybody should have thought that'd look good. There is no suspension of disbelief there because it wasn't hokey, stupid nonsense, it was something played 100% straight and just so poorly executed you can't help but look at it and laugh.

EDIT: Not the worst thing in wrestling, but it was very, very bad.

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Maybe this is leading to a gimmick where Kingston begins to sell any wrestling move that occurs within 10 feet of him

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Hey now I'm sure those sparklers sting, just ask Gillberg

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banananor posted...

i'd say spyro if it had a relevant game in the last decade

Honestly, if Skylanders hadn't died off, that would have been more likely to get him in than his own games since it started the toys to life craze. It's just poor timing since it died down too soon.

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TheRock1525 posted...

I actually think there might be a setup up for an "arrangement" where Bobby agreed to brutalize DREW MAC to allow Miz to cash-only, with Miz offering his first title defense against Lashley.

Well, right, that much is obvious. I just think it'd be better writing if Miz straight up just gave him the title. It's more unique and would fit in with Miz's character more, since agreeing to a titleshot with somebody like Lashley is obviously a stupid move. Of course, he'll probably try to get out of the deal.

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To expand on those thoughts, if this were good writing, they have Miz hand Lashley the title tomorrow, with the deal being that Miz just wanted another title win/successful MITB in the books and doesn't actually care to defend it, and then you've got Lashley vs. Drew.

Since this is WWE, I don't know. Drew vs. Lashley for nothing on the pre-show and Miz vs. Bad Bunny in the main event?

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I mean it's pretty clear Miz isn't going to have the title going into Mania and they had him win in a super punk fashion so I don't see the issue. It's to set up Lashley, not Miz.

Atleast, that's with competent writing.

This is WWE, so who knows!

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Whoooooooo Miz! I'm all about this.

Still not gonna watch the actual shows

But they got my interest for like four seconds

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Hey, I did one multi pull on the banner and got LR STR Turles. Nice.

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Team Rocket Elite posted...

Red is without a doubt the main character of Pokemon Red/Blue. Even in Yellow you can box Pikachu and never look back. Pokemon's story isn't particularly deep or anything but Red is very clearly the main character of it. It's his journey to become the best and fill out the Pokedex.

This feels like more of a technicality. They went with using the Pokemon directly from the beginning since it made more sense since the Pokemon do the fighting. And they even added Red as soon as they figured out how to make the trainer thing work. Choosing Pikachu over Red isn't really comparable to the overall point because there's an actual reason for it and not just them deciding to not use the main character.

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Team Rocket Elite posted...

Pokemon does it all the time.

Eh, I disagree with this to an extent. There is no "main character" Pokemon outside of Pikachu, but they definitely go with the more front and center ones. They go with starters and legendaries over like, something random like Victreebel. The only cases they deviated were Lucario and Jigglypuff, but Lucario was the main focus of a movie at the time and Jigglypuff was used heavily in the anime.

And yeah, KOS-MOS is the main character of Xenosaga, but arguing they should've chose KOS-MOS over Pyra/Mythra suggests choosing her for XC2 representation, and choosing her as XC2 representation would be like choosing Yanma for the next Pokemon.

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

Does Ming Ming count?

Eh, I'd argue no since ARMS doesn't really have a main character. It does have characters that are used in the advertising more (Spring Man and Ribbon Girl), but they were already used in some capacity in Smash.

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I'm so confused when people are like "I can't believe they didn't put in (random side character) instead of (main character)! What a disappointment!"

When have they ever done that

Especially in the case of something like Kos-mos who most players won't even see.

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Nah, it's pretty true. Let's not pretend there's anything noble about celebrating his death.

There's just nothing wrong with it, either.

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Kenri posted...

Are you saying those things aren't true about Limbaugh, or are you just weirdly upset with people being unoriginal

Why did you ignore this question, Poke?

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The MAGA trolls on the Politics board literally are more intelligent than this

This is kinda pathetic. He's literally just going down a checklist of troll attempts

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Pokewars posted...

And I don't know if I've ever interacted with you. And I have an independent mind. I don't tie myself to a politician. But hey, it's easier for lizard brains to lump everyone they hate into one category.

Your last greatest hits in this topic series were whining about the moderators being "unfair" to Trump in the debates

Let's not pretend you're independent

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Turters the true star

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Guys

Pokewars's history here is nothing but being a Trumper that pops in to occasionally troll

It's not worth it

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I think people showing introspection and growth should qualify for cash prizes

Like plum I know I've sometimes been a jerk to you in the politics topic, and I know that is wrong, and now that I know you have money I would like to be less of a jerk

Wait I messed up hold on

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I've noticed B8 really hates when people take steps to better themselves for some reason.

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Excuse you, that's tournament champion 17

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"There is an argument for you to overturn the impeachment."
"Did... Did you just wave at us?"
"The Jedi Mind Trick is working."

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Green Hill's got the music and the silly Robotnik disco ball fight going for it

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Nanis23 posted...

-She is right that republicans are being "hunted"

Is it hunting when they're literally just throwing themselves out in public view though

Like people didn't dig up old Gina Carano tweets

They're tweets and shit she's willingly making now.

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If they're cutscenes that are using the in-game graphics, moving the camera would take pretty much no time.

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For the record, it should not be lost on anyone that every single poster agreed to give me $20 before I posted, then everyone changed their mind. That is so hilariously weak.

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HanOfTheNekos posted...

Easter Egg is absolutely a terrible term for it.

It's a musical theme used as a basic to write more music. That's all.

I also reject that they didn't intend people to notice it - I noticed it as a child. It's not OBVIOUS, but it isn't impossible to find, and the fact that they're trying to sell it as "discovered" is stupid. I don't think, if thought about, it was meant to be unmistakable, but it wasn't intentionally hidden either.

To conclude, it's intentional, it's not hidden, it's just... composition. Just standard compositional practice.

We don't disagree, then. My main point of contention was the internet's reaction like it was some hidden thing like "Oh man they knew we'd shit bricks when we found it!" and it's like... It's just music. I don't think they really cared if people noticed or not.

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HanOfTheNekos posted...

SEP, all due respect, I don't think you're saying anything.

I'm saying that to me, an "easter egg" implies something people are supposed to find/discover. Something intentionally placed in a way for people to find and go "Oh, that's neat!"

The fact that almost nobody caught this apparently for over 20 years means, to me, either it's not an easter egg in that sense, or it's just a rather poorly done one, since.. Like literally nobody caught on to what it was for over 20 years. And it's not really something you discover in the game itself. You've gotta take it out and play with it a bit for the average person to truly get it.

So my point is basically what puns is saying. They probably intentionally used the motif, but not in a way that they expected everybody to notice. Thus, I question if it's a true "easter egg."

EDIT: It basically is a semantics thing. Is it a true "easter egg" if they didn't really intend/expect people to find it? There's probably a better term for it, but I'm drawing a blank.

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HanOfTheNekos posted...

Same notes, same rhythm, the intro to the game paying homage to the first appearance of the character for the first 3D appearance, we're talking a 98% chance that this is an intentional choice.

Especially considering this is Koji Kondo, a guy who uses motifs more than John Williams, there's really no reason to believe this isn't an intentional decision.

I just can't follow the "paying homage to the first appearance" logic, though, since it's a jingle heard all throughout the game, in various forms, so it's not like some special thing you only hear for that moment.

That's why I lean toward it less being an intentional throwback/homage moment, and more just... He felt like basing things on the motif. I don't think they really expected people to instantly catch what it is.

We may just be using "intentional" differently here, though. When I say "not intentional," I mean that I don't think it was something they intended everybody to just make the connection on right away. I think that's what Lasa meant by "inside joke." They knew what they were doing, but they probably didn't expect the majority of people to get it.

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

I mean, were they losing money or something? I assume they were at least doing okay since they were still able to pump out movies every few years. There's a difference between being sustainable and not being profitable enough.

It's not necessarily that the studio itself was losing money, though I'm sure it was the least profitable of the three. It's that Disney's profits have been down quite a bit in general since the pandemic started, and it was probably the most obvious cost cutting measure.

That said, they're also apparently trying to rework the workers into other studios, so that's good, atleast.

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Paratroopa1 posted...

I don't know - like I argued earlier, there is actually a very significant thematic reason why you would use the Donkey Kong motif in this specific place, so it is possible that it was more than an easter egg, and that it really was meant to evoke a dramatic transition from 1981 to 1996, and that it just ended up being too subtle and we were all too dumb to catch it.

Yeah, but to be fair, it also sounds like parts in Bob-omb Battlefield, which doesn't really have that thematic reasoning.

It could be either way.

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It feels like it requires too much work to be an intended easter egg. You've gotta isolate that little bit, change the sound of it, speed it up, and put it on repeat. That feels less like an easter egg and more like a scene from the next National Treasure.

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Yeah, Iunno if this one was intended.

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I didn't say everybody. I'm sure there definitely are people that want legitimate change.

There's just a vast majority that just want to look like they believe in something when they don't. And that's why it's going to be hard to get anywhere.

My point isn't to be negative about ACAB

My point is to be negative about where the country is in general. Sadly, a majority of people don't actually want or care about change, and they'll happily vote for the status quo when it comes down to it. The movement behind "ACAB" looks a lot bigger than it is, because people just toss around stuff like that for easy social media points but don't truly care.

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My problem with ACAB isn't even with the slogan itself as much as that's literally where a lot of people just... stop. They "#acab" on Twitter and then go about their day. It's like when people posted a black image one day on instagram and were like "we're helping blm!" and then went about their lives like normal. There's too many people that are quick to rally around a dumb slogan, but then when it's time to actually do something, they suddenly can't be assed. It's easy to post ACAB, but not enough people actually want to come up with a plan for change.

Basically, people suck.

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

I snipped this part because it's all that's relevant to MI's post, but lol you could not have framed this in a more disingenuous--and wrong--way btw.

At least Manchin and Angus King (who caucuses with Dems) are both on the record saying they want it to be $50,000/$100,000.

Considering reconciliation is gonna require every vote, I think it does actually matter. Thanks!

Eh, he's not that wrong. While Manchin says he wants the phase-out to start at $50,000, his amendment literally does not say that. xp's right that it's just a vague "upper-income taxpayers." So what he's saying doesn't truly matter since it's not actually the legislation.

So, yes, it does require every vote, but it seems like it's Manchin just paying lip service. He got the proposal he wanted as it was written.

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There were some TMNT clones like Street Sharks that did pretty well in that timeframe, but they were never as big as TMNT itself.

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Labor unions exist to protect employees from unfair treatment from their employers.

Police unions are literally run by the ones in charge. They are their own employers.

So who does a police union protect police from?

Us.

Police unions literally only exist for them to avoid accountability. They use their power as a union to lobby for the elected officials they want to make it so they have nobody to answer to, and that's the problem.

They have no employers they need to protect themselves from with a union, so they have zero actual need for a union. That's what makes them different.

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