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[nudemacusers]

Which ResetEra user is this?

https://twitter.com/7AnthonyDagher7/status/990330619870707718

A vegan fight? 

[shosta]

halo 4 and 5 are non canon

[Nabbis]

Which ResetEra user is this?

https://twitter.com/7AnthonyDagher7/status/990330619870707718

I have no idea who this is but i can't imagine posting such crap on social media for the life of me. Any posts to do with politics, ideology or just general personal complaints that could get back to you due to you not posting shit anonymously is just stupid, imo.

[Kurt Russell]

When vegans fight, it's funny as hell.

This thread goes on for about 20 posts

https://twitter.com/20OZREDBULL/status/990479145313357824

[etiolate]

this dude

https://twitter.com/7AnthonyDagher7/status/930254272935223301

[Jenkem]

Crouch Jumping is just completely baffling to me.. like why would you even think of doing that? And it works? WOW.

 

[benjipwns]

my favorite part of Halo's narrative was when it "revealed" a brand new TRUE ADVERSARY after every other mission, which seems to be 343's main takeaway regarding the franchise

2 just engaged clusterfuck drive on the whole thing... and the main setting of them is just Doom and Doom II, search your feelings you know it to be true

thematically and narrative wise, ODST was maybe a better CoD than any CoD tho, so i guess there's that

[shosta]

Meh, the storytelling could get overwrought and some of those cutscenes in 2 should have been cut down or cut out entirely, but I would still say that as a whole the plot of the Halo games, and especially 2, was a fundamental part of its success. Halo 2 was what sent Halo from generic "shoot aliens on an alien planet" game to "epic multi installment space war".

Obviously there are plenty of games that "do it better" e.g. every rockstar game but my personal opinion is that Halo is awesome. Totally subjective though.

I think that might be where 343 went wrong, though: they correctly recognized Halo had narrative value, above many other action series in fact, but then thought they could make it better by making Chief a pussy or Cortana emotional. The space opera was good enough. That's also why the best parts of Reach were "everyone is dying" and not "no, generic teammate death!!" scenes.

[benjipwns]

Halo 2 was what sent Halo from generic "shoot aliens on an alien planet" game to "epic multi installment space war".

which was resolved by a small tactical team swiftly in the next installment to get back to The Flood and rogue AIs

[shosta]

I didn't play 3, just skipped straight to ODST

[benjipwns]

lets get back to a game with a compelling narrative rather than discussing this garbage, the first Borderlands, now I think that despite their hiring Patrica Tannis and introducing the slave convict labor, the Dahl corporation is arguably the least negative corporation in their impact on Pandora, especially since all those mass abandoned convicts help you level up

[benjipwns]

wow, nobody wants to talk about the deep lore of the first Borderlands? pretty surprising

and v suspicious

[Joe Molotov]

wow, nobody wants to talk about the deep lore of the first Borderlands? pretty surprising

and v suspicious

And after Sega spent all that money on it, smh.

[Switters]

Anthony is the Amirox of vegans and keeps pictures of baby carrots on his phone.

[benjipwns]

that's why these are the only carrots i bother with, so nobody has any untoward or suspicious thoughts about me:

[team filler]

is drinking piss vegan? asking for a gaf-moderator 

[nudemacusers]

I wonder if the tires on Anthony’s preferred mode of transportation are vegan?

Then again I scrolled about 20 replies before I realized I was just hurting myself. I’ve already devoted too much brain to this.

[benjipwns]

Wilhelmien van Nieuwenhuizen
2 months ago

If your argument would be correct, then with the same seeds, fertilization and pesticides, the same size carrots should be produced all over the world or at least in other towns close to this one as well. Since this is not the case, you should reconsider your argument before you discredit the miracle.

DCuchillas
1 month ago

I am from El Salvador, I think before showing the actual state of Casa de Dios, you should also look out for their story. Amazing story of perseverance and of God's blessings, they didn't build a big church out of nothing, there's a big story of love and sacrifice from all parts.

Joshua Low
3 months ago

To Ben Zand: You go to interview the Pastors with the purpose of mocking them. You interview Pastor Sanchez and post it on your Facebook page to mock him. This is bad journalism!!! You should have asked him for proof of the miracles he talked about. You are a bad and biased journalist whose heart is not about seeking the truth but to make yourself popular.

gdsawatzky
3 months ago

You talk about this as though it's new and exotic. Please read the book of John which describes seven miracles done by Jesus. Jesus empowers all of his followers to call on his name for help. Sometimes the ways of God are miraculous in our limited understanding of our world. I'm sure you could of stayed home in jolly old England and found some micracles much closer to home.

Marilyn Roberts
3 months ago

If you took away their religion,  what would you give them in exchange?

BBC SOCIALIST ATHEIST taco ANNIHILATED

GIMMIE GOD'S BIG OL CARROT

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/let-it-die-came-and-went-its-time-for-lily-bergamo.39331

years later weebs are still crying about what only existed as a trailer

[Boredfrom]

Halo 1 was better than 2. The semi-sandbox levels were fun to play.

[Atramental]

Heh. Halo is being discussed on page 117. 

[agrajag]

what i don't understand is why folks who don't like kanye stay being in kanye threads.

he's an entertainer. not a politician. not a government official. not an activist.

I'm sorry but AAVE is fucking hilarious sometimes 

[thisismyusername]

8% voted Halo 2's as the worst
 

Some people were really miffed by Halo 2’s ending and weren’t fans of switching back & forth between the arbiter and the chief.

Yeah, it should be 100% agreed upon the series is by far the worst.

FTFY. MVP on Xbox is Ninja Gaiden Black.

[Transhuman]

Heh. Halo is being discussed on page 117. 

I don't get it but I bet it's something stupid.

Also it's 4:20pm in New Zealand right now, so don't forget to blaze up if you're a kiwi

[benjipwns]

Her roast is probably as savage (if not moreso) and on point as Colbert's was, so I hope it goes down in history as being as culturally defining as Colbert's.

Dude pushes boundaries, he's brave. Woman does it, she's a monster.

Nothing new to see here. This is our society.

[thisismyusername]

Heh. Halo is being discussed on page 117. 

I don't get it but I bet it's something stupid.

Master Chef is Spartan-117

[benjipwns]

[The WHCA is] siding against Wolf [by saying the entertainer's monologue was not in the spirit they intended]

This some Third Reich shit right here.

[benjipwns]

I just watched Seth Meyers' roast and it was amazing. You could sense Trump raging inside when the camera pointed at him. I bet he still loses sleep over it.

these kids lol

[Momo]

less of this Make Kanye Black Again stuff 


More laughs like these https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=175701151&p=1550359751&viewfull=1#post1550359751 

[Transhuman]

Heh. Halo is being discussed on page 117. 

I don't get it but I bet it's something stupid.

Master Chef is Spartan-117

Enjoy nerd-ville dweeb.

[thisismyusername]

>Hola 4

LoliVomit.jpg

[TVC15]

Treating Halo like a legitimate series of video games is more embarrassing than sincerely making ranked lists of FF games or Star Wars movies.

[benjipwns]

the thing that's really baffling is why anyone would care about Halo, it's not created in Japan so it's not like there's a spiritual and emotional connection embedded in the gameplay let alone any kind of socially relevant commentary in the plot

now, i know what you're all going to say in response, but it's also not made by Sony Santa Monica, which by the way took decades and the specific nuances of Sony hardware in order to figure out and had a Japanese parent company overseeing the entire product

yet people talk about Halo as if it's as narratively and emotionally dense as Breath of the Wild or Splatoon 2

[Jenkem]

"God of War is absolutely amazing. It just does everything right, from the way it completely innovates on gameplay in interesting ways, to the rock solid mechanics, but also in the way it pushes the medium forward away from its sophomoric past. This is a post-gamergate game and holy shit does it deliver on all fronts. This will be one I'll be telling the grandkids about!"

[Momo]

"God of War is absolutely amazing. It just does everything right, from the way it completely innovates on gameplay in interesting ways, to the rock solid mechanics, but also in the way it pushes the medium forward away from its sophomoric past. This is a post-gamergate game and holy shit does it deliver on all fronts. This will be one I'll be telling the grandkids about!"

[tuna_love]

Treating Halo like a legitimate series of video games is more embarrassing than sincerely making ranked lists of FF games or Star Wars movies.

[benjipwns]

knew the whole God of War story was too good to be true and here the dark underbelly is finally exposed, slave labor was used by Cory Barlog with an as of yet untold body count:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-asked-cory-barlog-about-recent-labor-issue-debate-in-video-game-industry.38762/

Cory Barlog: I mean, it's always a tricky thing for us, we, we really... We depend on the passion of the people there, right?

The problem when everybody is #passionate is that then people are wondering why you’re not as #passionate and then maybe you’re not a good #culture fit.

This is a good post. When Cory keeps talking about people being there late, redoing art, etc. because they care, there is an implication that the people who aren't there at 3am either don't care or, at least, care less.

I work in software (not game development) and my company is super guilty of this. My priority is always going to be my marriage. During our "crunch" times, I'll put in 12 hour days and then go home to spend time on what actually matters to me. My company has definitely made comments to me (and others like me) that they expect...more. "More" is nebulous, but the message seems to be that an employee is expected to be an employee first, ride-or-die for the company, and anything else second.

I get the same vibes from what Cory said here. It's gross. These employees likely work to support a life outside of work, whatever that life looks like. To imply that those people don't care as much as the 3am workers is insulting.

"Passion" is a fucking meaningless value and should be of zero relevance to anyone but someone's own personal ambitions and growth.

Because the second you see one employee who has #passion versus another who doesn't, the person that doesn't choose to put their health and personal well-being at risk looks a lot less appealing. "Maybe I should hire more people who have passion versus those that aren't motivated enough to put their health at risk."

I don't think he's a villain, I think he's just misguided like a lot of the rest of the higher-up people in this industry. All throughout the thread we've discussed how "passion" is a misnomer and he just perpetuates that idea.

For every passionate developer goimg the extra mile how many are only there late because everyone else is and they don't want to look bad?

I mean, you're not only wrong, you're willfully ignorant if you truly believe what you say. You're ignoring the facts to suit your own story. You're talking like the CEOs who make often literally hundreds of times more money than the people fucking killing themselves to make a game.

In short: you can't be trusted, and I hope you're never in charge of anything ever. If you somehow are, well, I pity anyone who works for you. Poor suckers have got a real fuckin' problem being at the whims of someone like you.

Fuck absolutely everything about this disgusting, corporate shill of a post.

What a non-answer.

I’d love the chance to work on a game like GoW, but as it stands for most of my fellow developers, overtime sucks and it is most certainly not happening because we are just that excited about the project.

If I’m working on something awesome, am I going to work closer to 50 maybe 55 hours a week to get stuff done? Probably. Am I ever going to want to work 12+ hour days for months straight? Nope. It sucks no matter how passionate you are, at least for me.

We need to bury the word “passion” from our vocabulary.

Yeah that does suck. I was meaning extra time for pet projects related to their main project, though. Like experimenting with new gameplay or revising the art in a completed level. Give the experienced, passionate people an extra day or two per month to do stuff like that (or take to add polish to their regular work) and they might not have to decide to stay until 2 am because they just need to get something in the game.

An extra week every month or two to add something like "I think it's cool" would do wonders. Little prototypes, experiments. Would LOVE that. It's asking quite a bit haha, but still.

That's missing the larger contributor which is the publisher/powers-that-be wanting to release games in certain fiscal quarters to meet cost/revenue expectations. There's no indication that games that are delayed, but still good, aren't as hyped when finally released. Nintendo ... famously sticks to this and their games sell very well. The reason those deadlines 'need' to be met is usually because an accountant somewhere needs "+$100,000,000" on their spreadsheet.

I mean, he proudly discusses convincing various team leads that his scope and vision of the game (aka larger and bigger than previous GoW games) is doable. He either a) thinks they're under performing with regard what can be accomplished or b) doesn't care because he can get them to over produce what would normally be accomplished. Neither are great looks.

Cory sits at the top of the food chain. He probably gives no shits about the people under him, simply by the fact that he has witnessed more mass firings as a lead and manager than most. Otherwise, he would have had the decency to avert the actions of money men to fire (or only hire) short term contractors.
But, that is career suicide, and in america, you are YOUR JOB. He can talk about passion all he wants, but at the end of the day, if it comes down to his kids being destitute or some 20 yo intern passing out at his desk due to """"passion"""" for the project.... figure it out.
Don't trust your bosses.
Don't trust corporations.

Your mentality is what I think it is wrong with Cory. Put on other people's shoes. He is happy and motivated not meaning others are.

looks like those 10/10's were a little premature for Sony Sweatshop Slave Farm's latest literal grinder of human beings to produce giant corporate profits, not surprised that rich fat cats like Cory Barlog would literally murder people rather than give people one or two extra days to take care of issues or invent cool new innovative features all to fatten his wallet

hopefully this story of slave like working conditions enforced by Cory Barlog will get big play and the The Game Awards can be competitive and encompass the work of other cultures like Japan which have a respect for all living things, especially whatever secret major titles Nintendo has planned for release that they won't reveal until the last second at a potential future Nintendo Direct, rather than blindly giving the award to games produced purely for profit as is done in the West like God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 without any cares about their larger impact on employees, society, labor relations and most importantly the uncomfortable feelings I have when my need to show ideological purity clashes with my anger at LAZY DEVS WHO DON'T CARE FOR PRODUCING TRUE ART THAT JUSTIFIES MY HOBBY TO OTHERS

[benjipwns]

 

[jorma]

Don't really see the need for mocking here tbh. I've only ever been passionate about getting paid for my labour, and fuck anyone who'd try to squeeze unpaid labour out of me because i'm supposed to be passionate about my job. Didn't care much for that comment from Cory at all, even if it was probably pulled out of context a lot and i'm to lazy to look at the source.

We depend on people doing the work we pay them to do, right? 

I'd rather work for this boss.

[benjipwns]

Though I am admittedly curious as to how long the solidarity of their one-size-fits-all solution of unionizing "developers" would last on a place like ResetERA if a single union (say, the network programmers union) shut down nearly all video game development for an entire year and led to endless cancellations of major projects like with the writers strike in Hollywood a few years ago

They might have to lock down the entire forum due to the amount of reported posts, and then hold months of vigorous discussions with community leaders before informing the community that things have been repaired successfully. And do whatever the forum equivalent is of slashing tires of any scab worker supporters who selfishly just "want their games" the toxic pieces of shit who are "not a good fit" for the community.

[benjipwns]

The mockery is because it's just a bunch of Bernie Sanders supporters trying to bring down a strong black man (Kratos) like they attempted to do to a strong black woman (Joy Reid) and just complain about how unfair life is for white people without any real solution rather than doing the proper thing and supporting those companies which use crunch time wisely to produce quality titles like God of War or Disney's Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War.

It's simple if you put all the pieces together without wasting so much time debating where they go.

[Joe Molotov]

Fuck you, Cory Balrog. You shall not pass!

[jorma]

Though I am admittedly curious as to how long the solidarity of their one-size-fits-all solution of unionizing "developers" would last on a place like ResetERA if a single union (say, the network programmers union) shut down nearly all video game development for an entire year and led to endless cancellations of major projects like with the writers strike in Hollywood a few years ago

They might have to lock down the entire forum due to the amount of reported posts, and then hold months of vigorous discussions with community leaders before informing the community that things have been repaired successfully. And do whatever the forum equivalent is of slashing tires of any scab worker supporters who selfishly just "want their games" the toxic pieces of shit who are "not a good fit" for the community.

Why would they care, most of their games come from Japan anyway 

I like how you imply that unionizing isn't a "size that fits all". I'm from a different culture and all, but an employer who don't want their employees to be unionized is a serious red flag. Doesn't matter what industry or job title, it's not going to be a good employer.

[benjipwns]

I'm talking about unionizing "developers" when they'd more likely be organized under multiple competing unions just like in Hollywood. The artists and programmers and project managers and writers and designers and secretaries and the sound guy who records everything in his bedroom the night before aren't going to be in one big "Game Developer" Union. It would be a multitude of unions, many of which already exist in some form and will have first dibs on the workers they want. Like with the voice actors recently. ERA/GAF has always seemingly described the unionized utopia as a "one size fits all" solution where all the "developers" are a formless indistinguishable blob in a global union that would bargain with all the game companies collectively.

It in no way reflects the reality of labor politics as evidenced by pretty much every example ever. And especially not in an industry where switching jobs and pursuing ones own projects versus following a large companies demands is so prominent. And doubly so for a multinational industry in which offices in eight different countries are working on the same game.

They're even describing Cory Barlog as if he's management, when he'd be just another unionized employee in the designers union or something.

[nudemacusers]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/7367457/

Tea is an English invention... I think

[jorma]

I'm talking about unionizing "developers" when they'd more likely be organized under multiple competing unions just like in Hollywood. The artists and programmers and project managers and writers and designers and secretaries and the sound guy who records everything in his bedroom the night before aren't going to be in one big "Game Developer" Union. It would be a multitude of unions, many of which already exist in some form and will have first dibs on the workers they want. Like with the voice actors recently. ERA/GAF has always seemingly described the unionized utopia as a "one size fits all" solution where all the "developers" are a formless indistinguishable blob in a global union that would bargain with all the game companies collectively.

It in no way reflects the reality of labor politics as evidenced by pretty much every example ever. And especially not in an industry where switching jobs and pursuing ones own projects versus following a large companies demands is so prominent. And doubly so for a multinational industry in which offices in eight different countries are working on the same game.

They're even describing Cory Barlog as if he's management, when he'd be just another unionized employee in the designers union or something.

I mean "every example ever" is stretching it, since i'm a developer (although not a game developer) and i'm not even in a "developers union", i'm in a "work in an office with a private employer"-union. And so are most of my colleagues. And this is an industry where people are switching jobs more often than undies, as you say - although i'm not sure why that matters.

[kingv]

Though I am admittedly curious as to how long the solidarity of their one-size-fits-all solution of unionizing "developers" would last on a place like ResetERA if a single union (say, the network programmers union) shut down nearly all video game development for an entire year and led to endless cancellations of major projects like with the writers strike in Hollywood a few years ago

They might have to lock down the entire forum due to the amount of reported posts, and then hold months of vigorous discussions with community leaders before informing the community that things have been repaired successfully. And do whatever the forum equivalent is of slashing tires of any scab worker supporters who selfishly just "want their games" the toxic pieces of shit who are "not a good fit" for the community.

Why would they care, most of their games come from Japan anyway 

I like how you imply that unionizing isn't a "size that fits all". I'm from a different culture and all, but an employer who don't want their employees to be unionized is a serious red flag. Doesn't matter what industry or job title, it's not going to be a good employer.

America

 

[Atramental]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/7367457/

Tea is an English invention... I think

The My Little Pony avatar really enhances the cringe worthiness of this post.

[Momo]

I wouldnt be able to live in a world without rooibos tea, thank god I can get in my car, drive two hours and pick the plant from literally the only mountain it grows on in the world

[nudemacusers]

Gruesome but probably had an effect on population control. Which is why population is such a problem for humanity now. Too many unproductive mouths to feed and all that

[Stro]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-should-win-the-nobel-peace-prize-south-koreas-moon-says.39391/#post-7369761

Inadvertently stan for the only remaining totalitarian dictator just to show everyone you hate Trump, brehs

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/7367457/

Tea is an English invention... I think

The My Little Pony avatar really enhances the cringe worthiness of this post.

Gonna start making outrageous statements, and then just adding "...I think".

[Kurt Russell]

Gruesome but probably had an effect on population control. Which is why population is such a problem for humanity now. Too many unproductive mouths to feed and all that

ERA are obsessed with two things: self driving cars and the idea that population is an imminent threat to humanity. All the while, lacking the self awareness to realise that they hold the means to do something about that latter problem. Tbh, they are partially helping by virtue of the fact that 99% of them will never reproduce, but still.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-should-win-the-nobel-peace-prize-south-koreas-moon-says.39391/#post-7369761

Inadvertently stan for the only remaining totalitarian dictator just to show everyone you hate Trump, brehs

Lets just give it to a random dem instead

Still think this is a setup. Moon is dangling a carrot in front of Trump. Trump wants that NPP so bad, he knows he will have to play nice in the talks. Hopefully the NPP committee will give it to a dem instead (after talks are done)

[nudemacusers]

Bore mods are impotent and without balls... I think.

[Momo]

demi's password is nick_fr0st's_a$$h0le_101 i think

[bork]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/have-you-ever-experienced-anything-paranormal.39344/

 

Some good ones in there, though:

Nope, but I dated a girl a decade or so ago who used to swear that everything was due to ghosts, no matter how mundane.

“Oh my God, did you hear that??”

“Yeah. I farted.”

“No no, it was a spirit trying to tell us something.”

“I think we should see other people.”

[Philip Cardgage]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/have-you-ever-experienced-anything-paranormal.39344/

 

Some good ones in there, though:

Nope, but I dated a girl a decade or so ago who used to swear that everything was due to ghosts, no matter how mundane.

“Oh my God, did you hear that??”

“Yeah. I farted.”

“No no, it was a spirit trying to tell us something.”

“I think we should see other people.”

Fake.

[FStop7]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/have-you-ever-experienced-anything-paranormal.39344/

 

Some good ones in there, though:

Nope, but I dated a girl a decade or so ago who used to swear that everything was due to ghosts, no matter how mundane.

“Oh my God, did you hear that??”

“Yeah. I farted.”

“No no, it was a spirit trying to tell us something.”

“I think we should see other people.”

Fake.

Sounds like something a ghost would say.

[Mr. Nobody]

Had some good times in Halo 1.

Kept replaying certain checkpoints like the one in the beginning with the lone Elite in a corridor set to explode if you tossed a grenade down the hall and there are a set of Grunts huddled around a fire on the right side of the room. Or the one in the crystalline hallway just before you hit the snowy mountain just to hear the soundtrack.