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All Gas No Brakes is great, l have enjoyed every video I've watched from him.

ChuckSDeuces posted...

People trying to explain how Leon/Clair/Chris/Jill/Etc. don't get infected after getten bitten in Resident Evil is another one I remember seeing recently.

It's like...they're not getting bitten in the context of the story. That's why when it happens as PART of the story there is often a part where they need to cure it.

Resident Evil is decently explained, the herbs Umbrella experiments with stave off actual infection you need to be a pretty high dose to actually be infected.

Alright.

I'd like to see more multiplayer details.

I don't see a problem with those complaints, by making a story like the Tomb Raider reboot, where she freaks out after killing someone, but then goes on to kill hundreds during the game it doesn't really fit.

Doom Guy mows down countless demons, but it isn't like the story has any reason to pretend he has moral quibbles about it.

Not the real RE4 system, I sure wish it was though.

darkprince45 posted...

Based on what exactly

Not him, but personally I don't like this supernatural focus.

And I'm sure "ho go you were only hallucinating the ghosts" and that the werewolves and vampires were specifically created to look like that by the villain.

But I still don't like the way it looks, It's not what I want in a Resident Evil game.

And I still have no idea why they brought back Ethan when he is such a bland character instead of somebody like Billy who could get thrown in, and he hasn't been in a title in years.

apolloooo posted...

will they keep homing briefcase?

If you own Hitman 1+2 all of that content will carry over into the new game, including everything that you have unlocked.

I'm excited for it.

I've been a long time Hitman fan and I really enjoyed the recent titles.

I only hope they keep their steam going, even if it isn't commonly accepted it probably will be my goty. I know Hitman (2016) was.

I thought the first person magic monk stuff looked neat.

Weak.

Excited for Hitman 3.

I really do not like the direction RE8 is taking, I am happy we actually have Chris looking like himself.

I do too.

I always would have a group chat with friends going and listen to it.

And yeah, the disasters were always very enjoyable to watch too.

He's great, I think people have trouble expressing how they feel about characters that are intentionally supposed to be annoying with it though.

lightwarrior78 posted...

Goku isn't exactly a tactical genius. Take him into space. Take him to Princess Snake's or someplace full of people that tried to kill him. Those might have been better than "place where friends live". But then, he is something of an idiot.

Goku locks onto ki for Instant Transmission that's always how it worked.

Scotty_Rogers posted...

Goku had an entire minute to act. Instead he waits until there are only 10 seconds left, and even then, he wastes even more time by saying goodbye to everyone.

Shunkan Ido is supposed to be instant. If he had time to say goodbye to his friends and apologize to Kaio, then here's no reason why he couldn't have just escaped with Kaio and Bubbles. It's just bad writing by a dumbass horny author.

He straight up wanted to die, he just couldn't think of a better plan and apologized to King Kai.

What's happened to Ice Cube over the past few days?

The first thing I saw was him calling Wall-E a White Supremacist and it's just been a slope of craziness ever since.

He was posting Q-Anon stuff yesterday.

They picked the most unfortunate time to attempt it.

SquantoZ posted...

Also, don't just take my word for it. Here you go!

https://www.cato.org/publications/immigration-research-policy-brief/backlog-skilled-immigrants-tops-1-million-over

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/the-employment-green-card-backlog-tops-800000-most-of-them-indian-a-solution-is-elusive/2019/12/17/55def1da-072f-11ea-8292-c46ee8cb3dce_story.html

https://qz.com/india/1828970/over-200000-indians-could-die-waiting-for-a-us-green-card/

This has been a problem for decades. It's gotten significantly worse.

I agree that the immigration system and specifically limits on specific countries is a something that needs to be reworked. But that is not and was never what this discussion was about.

We are talking about Indian-Americans. Not Indians who want to be Americans. Or at least I was, and you have pulled this into a very different direction.

SquantoZ posted...

Weird history? You mean the history that is openly available for you to research that schools refused to teach you about. Research the history of systemic racism and how that further enables the advantages of white privilege.

Dude, name something specifically because I got taught most of what you will mention.

I live in New York, my father grew up in Spain before he immigrated here. I know a lot of immigrants.

I know about the system alright, more than most people I'm sure.

Don't just go "research how you are wrong dude" tell me. I've provided examples of specific things. I've put out specific places where white Americans do fall short compared to other ethnic groups in the US.

I don't think history taught in the majority of US schools is skewed.

I did read the article, the reason why people don't accept the idea of white privilege is that in terms of income and education which I think most people view as the most important, that factor isn't there.

SquantoZ posted...

So you have no knowledge of it to argue against it. Why even come into this topic if you choose to continue to be ignorant?

you could've just said "No, I didn't read the articles."

1. You are picking and choosing scenarios that don't prove anything against it since you don't have any background knowledge of it.
2. Indian Americans with high salaries are normally high level medical, technical, and financial industry professionals. Companies in those industries insist on hiring the best of the best. Most of them are on company sponsored visas. To obtain a visa, companies have to prove to the USCIS that these individuals are needed because they can't find anyone within the country with their particular qualifications.
3. See point #2. Guess what two countries produce the largest number of work visas in high income fields in the US. India and China.
4. Money is not the only thing that white privilege is. Read the articles if you want to learn more.

I did look through the article. Didn't see anything of note other than what I said, looking through politics or the weird history view they take.

Everyone I've talked to where the subject came up knows about the trail of tears, now what generally gets left out there is that native Americans brought their slaves too, some having hundreds of slaves with them.

If white privilege isn't about money, educated, or criminal convictions what is it about?

And quick question, why are you assuming Indian Americans aren't citizens? That's a pretty weird comment to put.

Squall28 posted...

All you got to do is look at the protests.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zXXFf0Q2bcU/maxresdefault.jpg
Government just lets them do whatever.

*peaceful BLM protest*
*Cops start throwing teargas and shooting rubber bullets*

There were armed protestors at the Arbery case and nothing happened.

There have been billions of dollars in damages and double digit deaths because of the riots.

SquantoZ posted...

https://www.cpt.org/files/Undoing%20Racism%20-%20Understanding%20White%20Privilege%20-%20Kendall.pdf

Here you go! This should take you less than 30 minutes to go through.

Because while white Americans certainly have advantages over black Americans, lots of stats kinda run counter to the big white privilege thing.

The highest earning ethnic group in the US is Inidan Americans, who make nearly double what the average white American makes. So how exactly does white privilege make them succeed?

The average asian family has a higher average income than white families, the average asian American is more educated than the average white American (and the majority of foreign born asian Americans have college degrees), asian Americans are less likely to be convicted of a crime than white Americans.

Sure there isn't enough asian representation in Hollywood, or as board executives, or involved in politics. But I'm sure that will change (except for Hollywood anyway)

The average white American isn't looking at how many Justices are white, he cares about money and his place in society, and the average white American is in fact not the highest earning race in the US.

I've always thought neither of them are infected, both of them sitting on that distrust where they can't be sure and just deciding that they are dead anyway makes the most sense to me.

LeperMessiahXX posted...

Lets say there are 10 people, and one is one fire. Everyone is screaming and trying to help the one on fire, except one person who is upset that no one is saying that they matter just as much as the one on fire. That's all lives matter. No shit all lives matter, but shut up and try and help or go away.

I don't like this logic because it implies other races don't have issues with the police.

Remember that white kid who was shot in the back by police after "refusing to comply" when he was wearing noise-cancelling headphones and walking down the street?

Or when a white guy called the police and said his schizophrenia was acting up and he needed help, only to be killed by the police while they laughed and cracked jokes about him.

I'm sure you at least remember the white guy who was killed in the hallway while police were barking contradicting orders at him on how to move down the hallway.

There is an issue with discrimination in the police department, but don't act like abuses of police are some issue that only are a problem that only black people have to deal with.

I'm not saying Black Lives Matter is a bad slogan, I just think that thing you posted is bad.

From a RotS interview

Anakin, as Skywalker, as a human being, was going to be extremely powerful, but he ended up losing his arms and a leg and became partly a robot. So a lot of his ability to use the Force, a lot of his powers, are curbed at this point, because, as a living form, theres not that much of him left. So his ability to be twice as good as the Emperor disappeared, and now hes maybe 20 percent less than the Emperor. So that isnt what the Emperor had in mind. He wanted this really super guy, but that got derailed by Obi-Wan. So he finds that, with Luke, he can get a more primo version if he can turn Luke to the dark side. Youll see, as this goes on, Luke is faced with the same issues and practically the same scenes that Anakin is faced with. Anakin says yes and Luke says no."

So if Palps is a 10, Vader is an 8. But Anakin could have been a 20.

Easily would have been the most powerful.

I gotta ask, how did a skinhead slogan enter into common usage by the protestors?

It's not like there aren't other ways to word that statement.

But no, and thinking that doesn't help anything. The thing we need now more than anything is more good people in the police department, which means we need more people to think they can change the system to be better by joining.

SilkPanties posted...

Didn't they take his and the other Black cast members faces off of the movie posters/ads when the movie premiered in Asia?

Yep.

Boyega was saying that Disney viewed Finn as a token character, and that didn't feel fun to play at all.

DK9292 posted...

You're talking about games that are failing at their horror aspects,

No, Resident Evil is intentionally goofy.

Maybe the original game didn't intend on the the dialogue being the way it was, but the other stuff is definitely intentional.

The newest title has a character yell "USA! USA! USA!" as he runs away from Umbrella's reach.

I mean Resident Evil can be very goofy, and it is the kind of defining name for survival horror

But I think having horror elements is needed to keep the tension which is the main point of survival horror.

Any particular stuff you are looking for?

Most heroes aren't playing judge jury and executioner.

There are characters that do try for this, but it is certainly harder to name Punisher villains than it is to name Flash villains.

Protesting is great, rioting is bad.

One thing I will say is that there need to be some established demands with the current stuff.

Be more specific that just "this needs to stop" since that won't accomplish anything.

Like start mandated cameras on police with their whole work in full view, so we cut down on planted drug charges.

Get rid of no knock warrants in plainclothes, and imo at least get rid of plainclothes unless in an investigation (so undercover work and such can continue)

Create an independent government organization for investigating police officers, instead of checking themselves (unless they booted it higher)

I'm sure there are problems that can arise from what I said, but there are certainly people smarter than me that can set it right.

I'd agree, it just makes them more likely to seriously injury people and use them unnecessarily.

Same way that some cops will use their taser to zap someone they already have handcuffed.

Darmik posted...

However, sales of physical games have plummeted compared to digital releases, in 2019 creating just 6% of the revenue, a drop of almost 40% compared to last year. Digital sales created 51% of the revenue, but that does include DLC which is not usually available as a physical product.

Where are these other sales coming from?

Alright.

CryoForceOmelet posted...

In actual D&D you play as one character

In games like Baldur's Gate or Pillars of Eternity you need to control every person yourself

That's why I've always found those types of games more fun as a group.

Playing Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale or the Divinity Original Sin (which does it better in terms of interactions) with friends feels a lot more fun

Bio1590 posted...

Why even have testing at all

I think a standardized test is a better metric than just if a school district gave a good grade when the grading there could be wildly different.

AzurexNightmare posted...

"Per capita" is such a cringy thing to say.

Why?

Why would creating three standardized tests help simplify anything?

It's still bad in the US.

Other countries being worse doesn't make it better there.

I've barely heard anything about Belgium though.

The three Dragon Ball films were much more enjoyable than the Sequel Trilogy.

Battle of Gods and Broly were really enjoyable, and while I thought Resurrection F was poor I don't hate it.

The series has ups and downs, and is overall pretty mediocre but I still had fun with parts of it. I liked some new characters like Hit, Toppo, and Whis while the dumb comedy stuff did well. The baseball episode and Vegeta trying to make food jump out in my mind immediately.

Do you think Ocelot attached Liquid's arm so he could pretend to have Big Boss's hand touching his body?

STEROLIZER posted...

Wow, actually crazier than I thought it would be.

Missed this, what did it actually read like?

DarkRoast posted...

I feel like the people who hate WipEout's controls really need to learn how the air brakes work.

I do.

I've completed both F-Zero and Wipeout on their hardest modes. And F-Zero was much more difficult to do as well.

F-Zero feels far nicer to control, and has far more once you start to prod at the game itself.

Disagree.

F-Zero places emphasis on pure driving while still allowing combat via checking opponents.

Wipeout just has weapons and focuses too much there.

F-Zero just feels better to control, has the mayhem from the mass amount of races who are all very unique visually and have plenty of character for a game such as this, and in my opinion the track design and music is better on the F-Zero front.

1917.

I go to the movies fairly often actually.

RebelElite791 posted...

I do think its different when its adapting another work poorly

So what's the ending of Game of Thrones that it's adapting?

And that same logic could be put on Star Wars, where the creators ideas are thrown aside to do the final chapters on their own.

Alucard188 posted...

If you like what they make, buy it. If you don't, shut the fuck up and go away.

So anyone who disliked what happens in long running franchises like Game or Thrones aren't allowed to complain about anything?

ASithLord7 posted...

Why do you feel the need to defend Nazis

Why do you feel the need to push for authoritarian ideals?

Free speech requires listening to ideas you don't like, allowing someone to speak doesn't mean you agree with that speech.

Now, where do you draw the line?

Should everyone glorifying a mass murdering white supremacist like Che Guevara be assaulted?

ASithLord7 posted...

Why do you feel the need to defend Nazis

I'm not the one arguing for authoritarian world views.

Now if someone saw someone wearing a Che Guevara shirt and arguing that he was right, would they be right to punch them?

After all Guevara stated black people were inferior to white.

Hitting someone because of just a verbal argument does make that person the loser.

They couldn't convince the person with words and resort to violence out of malice.

wackyteen posted...

However we make exceptions for Nazis.

They got them ultimate punch out in WW2 and anyone dumb enough to openly associate with the ideology in modern times deserve whatever comes their way

When does violence to silence speech become a good thing in your mind? And when does it stop being a good thing?