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[Besticus Maximus]

I found this in a mall in Chennai and thought it might contribute to our ethnographic endeavours 

[benji]

Two out of three of those have emotes here.

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[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-much-are-console-only-jrpg-fans-interested-in-the-ps5-version-of-baldurs-gate-3.753925/

The differences between JRPGs and "CRPGs" (a now-nebulous descriptor that traditionally includes isometric games like BG, Planescape, Disco Elysium, Shadowrun, etc.) tend to be the subject of some of the most heated gaming arguments. One of the central sticking points seems to be how JRPG fans often prefer party-based turn-based combat over the action-like real-time combat seen in AAA western RPGs like Elder Scrolls or The Witcher. For a while, I've been wondering if any people who usually stick to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest-style RPGs have had any interest in the "traditional" CRPGs that have come to consoles in recent years.

The biggest one right now is obviously BG3. I think the PS5 version is at the top of pre-order charts on PSN right now, but I wonder what demographic is behind all those pre-orders. How much of it is fans of BioWare or CDProjekt games? Are people who prefer turn-based JRPGs at least interested in trying out BG3, or does its deep non-linear approach run counter to what some people go for in RPGs?

Why just ps5 and not pc too?

Three mins later Comedian Planetsmasher

I can't stand Larian's approach to combat design, even as someone who really likes turn-based combat. Their whole design ethos of "just reload your quicksave six billion times until you get some rolls that don't result in your party getting instawiped or overwhelmed by enemy action economy, then do it again 3 minutes later in the next encounter" drives me crazy.

[AldusMoneyPenny]

Two out of three of those have emotes here.

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[Daffy Duck]

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-much-are-console-only-jrpg-fans-interested-in-the-ps5-version-of-baldurs-gate-3.753925/

The differences between JRPGs and "CRPGs" (a now-nebulous descriptor that traditionally includes isometric games like BG, Planescape, Disco Elysium, Shadowrun, etc.) tend to be the subject of some of the most heated gaming arguments. One of the central sticking points seems to be how JRPG fans often prefer party-based turn-based combat over the action-like real-time combat seen in AAA western RPGs like Elder Scrolls or The Witcher. For a while, I've been wondering if any people who usually stick to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest-style RPGs have had any interest in the "traditional" CRPGs that have come to consoles in recent years.

The biggest one right now is obviously BG3. I think the PS5 version is at the top of pre-order charts on PSN right now, but I wonder what demographic is behind all those pre-orders. How much of it is fans of BioWare or CDProjekt games? Are people who prefer turn-based JRPGs at least interested in trying out BG3, or does its deep non-linear approach run counter to what some people go for in RPGs?

Why just ps5 and not pc too?

Again, another slick racist poster using the term JRPG…and nobody has stepped up to correct this guy? What’s going on over there

[Nintex]

The irony is that the Japanese based their early RPG game designs on D&D and tried to make clones of Wizardry and Ultima for PC based systems.
However PC's were expensive so the two games that made JRPGs much more accessible to a bigger audience were Dragon Quest(Turn-based RPG) and The Legend of Zelda(Action RPG). Both used mechanics seen in prior games but combined them effectively and simplified them to create new experiences more players could enjoy. A lot of RPGs are basically a combination of two games that came before it. Final Fantasy and YS are sort of a blend of Zelda with Dragon Quest.

From there the JRPGs continued to evolve on console. PC RPGs were no longer popular (outside of visual novels) and weren't released in Japan anymore.
In the west however RPGs took a different turn making use of the better tech that the PC had to offer. Thus games like Diablo, Daggerfall and Deus Ex came to be.
Of course this trend continued into the modern day, eventually leading to the likes of Skyrim. 

It was probably people comparing Dark Souls to Zelda 1 that made Nintendo go back to see what made it tick and what other path they could've choosen with ALTTP/Ocarina of Time. Combine Dark Souls with Skyrim and you get Breath of the Wild. 

You could argue that Baldurs Gate 3 actually moves the needle back to the path the Japanese choose with most of their RPGs based on D&D with monsters and stats.

[HaughtyFrank]

Three mins later Comedian Planetsmasher

I can't stand Larian's approach to combat design, even as someone who really likes turn-based combat. Their whole design ethos of "just reload your quicksave six billion times until you get some rolls that don't result in your party getting instawiped or overwhelmed by enemy action economy, then do it again 3 minutes later in the next encounter" drives me crazy.

What's hilarious about planetsmasher is that he doesn't just hate videogames, he hates videogames because he fucking sucks at them

[remy]

imagine playing dnd with this guy

[Besticus Maximus]

JRPGs are the best genre and I’ll fight any cunt who disagrees

[AldusMoneyPenny]

New microaggression just dropped 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-dogwhistles-so-loud-it-should-just-be-called-whistling.754093/

[NekoFever]

New microaggression just dropped 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-dogwhistles-so-loud-it-should-just-be-called-whistling.754093/

Era when British newspapers do their usual thing of photographing attractive white girls outside expensive private schools looking happy on results day:

Era when British newspapers show black people looking happy on results day:

They're acting like the fucking Guardian is one step away from Mein Kampf. No wonder they're off the deep end if that's too right-wing for them.

[HaughtyFrank]

New microaggression just dropped 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-dogwhistles-so-loud-it-should-just-be-called-whistling.754093/

You can tell from the URL that excelsheet just took this picture from discord and reposted it. Probably never looked at the article that describes that these teens are getting their results and aren't just "hanging out"

[AldusMoneyPenny]

Fucking two quote replies and no likes? Gonna go back to GAF I think

[HaughtyFrank]

Fucking two quote replies and no likes? Gonna go back to GAF I think

I suppose I can spare one

[Besticus Maximus]

I wish the guardian actually was transphobic as they’re a real newspaper who do real journalism and as such could be useful in the fight against internet Wahhabism

[HaughtyFrank]

People and outlets often rely on this kind of “ambiguity” to get away with deliberately creating media with the express purpose of linking bad topics with minorities.

I don’t think western media in general has earned any goodwill that warrants a charitable interpretation of their intentions. It is not a coincidence that a newspaper in a country with a small (4%) black population chose a picture of only black children for an article about historically bad grades. These things are not accidental.

Is this guy secretly shilling Russia today or something? I'm not sure what non-western media there is that at minimum doesn't have the same faults if not worse.

[AldusMoneyPenny]

Fucking two quote replies and no likes? Gonna go back to GAF I think

I suppose I can spare one

In this economy? Much appreciated 

People and outlets often rely on this kind of “ambiguity” to get away with deliberately creating media with the express purpose of linking bad topics with minorities.

I don’t think western media in general has earned any goodwill that warrants a charitable interpretation of their intentions. It is not a coincidence that a newspaper in a country with a small (4%) black population chose a picture of only black children for an article about historically bad grades. These things are not accidental.

Is this guy secretly shilling Russia today or something? I'm not sure what non-western media there is that at minimum doesn't have the same faults if not worse.

Epoch Times, maybe

[BIONIC]

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Fucking two quote replies and no likes? Gonna go back to GAF I think

[Eric Cartman]

New microaggression just dropped 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-dogwhistles-so-loud-it-should-just-be-called-whistling.754093/

You can tell from the URL that excelsheet just took this picture from discord and reposted it. Probably never looked at the article that describes that these teens are getting their results and aren't just "hanging out"

Every picture except the Guardian's actually looks like kids getting test results lol

I don't follow, all of those are from the Guardian.

Every picture except the Guardian's actually looks like kids getting test results lol

It looks like those are all the Guardian.

Weird choice then

[Nintex]

Their response to seeing educated persons of color is quite racist

[Taco Bell Tower]

New microaggression just dropped 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-dogwhistles-so-loud-it-should-just-be-called-whistling.754093/

You can tell from the URL that excelsheet just took this picture from discord and reposted it. Probably never looked at the article that describes that these teens are getting their results and aren't just "hanging out"

I don't follow, all of those are from the Guardian.

It looks like those are all the Guardian.

Weird choice then

Never forget, the Guardian US had to disavow the Guardian UK and rebuke them because they were being too transphobic. That's sort of the level we're dealing with here.

It's a real shame because I do think there are some talented writers there, especially in the sport section, and I'm old enough to remember when Charlie Brooker was a mainstay there, but now it's buried under a mountain of shite.

[HaughtyFrank]

New microaggression just dropped 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-dogwhistles-so-loud-it-should-just-be-called-whistling.754093/

You can tell from the URL that excelsheet just took this picture from discord and reposted it. Probably never looked at the article that describes that these teens are getting their results and aren't just "hanging out"

I don't follow, all of those are from the Guardian.

It looks like those are all the Guardian.

Weird choice then

Excel: This is the loudest of the loud of dogwhistels

*Excel after other people do her fucking work and debunk that this is specifically targeted*

Excel: "Weird choice then"

[Polident]

People and outlets often rely on this kind of “ambiguity” to get away with deliberately creating media with the express purpose of linking bad topics with minorities.

I don’t think western media in general has earned any goodwill that warrants a charitable interpretation of their intentions. It is not a coincidence that a newspaper in a country with a small (4%) black population chose a picture of only black children for an article about historically bad grades. These things are not accidental.

Is this guy secretly shilling Russia today or something? I'm not sure what non-western media there is that at minimum doesn't have the same faults if not worse.

…breaking out demographics and representation in media is absolutely not the conversation they should be angling for.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-is-mad-at-fox-and-friends-for-making-him-look-fat-and-orange.754180/
Bodyshaming thread?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-dogwhistles-so-loud-it-should-just-be-called-whistling.754093/#post-110572060

I honestly hate how Europe acts like its God's gift to mankind and is the only uptopia on this earth, with racism and general bigotry not existing, perfect governance and democracy.

Yeah, man, it's sickening. They regularly call themselves the 'greatest nation on Earth', they call the President of Europe the 'Leader of the Free World', and constantly act like everything that happens within their borders is the most important thing on Earth.

Why is Europe like this. Fuckers.

[NekoFever]

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People and outlets often rely on this kind of “ambiguity” to get away with deliberately creating media with the express purpose of linking bad topics with minorities.

I don’t think western media in general has earned any goodwill that warrants a charitable interpretation of their intentions. It is not a coincidence that a newspaper in a country with a small (4%) black population chose a picture of only black children for an article about historically bad grades. These things are not accidental.

Is this guy secretly shilling Russia today or something? I'm not sure what non-western media there is that at minimum doesn't have the same faults if not worse.

He’s right that it’s not an accident that they chose a photo of black kids in a country that’s 4% black, but I absolutely guarantee it was a well-meaning attempt to be inclusive. It’s the Guardian.

Here are a couple of exam result articles from last year showing the Guardian’s entirely white coverage:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/live/2022/aug/18/a-level-exam-results-day-2022-live-ucas-university-clearing

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/aug/18/england-a-level-result-explained-five-charts

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/starfield-discord-q-a-with-emil-and-will-recap-16-questions-answered.753817/page-5#post-110546632

User banned (2 weeks): Antagonistic behavior towards other members over a series of posts

Or maybe you just need to stop being so damn aggressive all the time?

sorry, didnt check if i logged on resetera kids to think saying something "sucks" is such a horrible aggression. clearly something no one else did on this forum ever for anything else, and as such i deserve this singling because... some people are way too touchy about starfield it seems.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/whats-your-favorite-10-multiplayer-games-and-why.753280/

It's like the thread title says. Use the vote tool and tell us what game you like best.

If this sounds weird, that's because you're currently not seeing the whole picture. Don't worry though, you will soon enough.

https://news.cision.com/m-o-b-a-network-ab/r/success-for-m-o-b-a--network-s-fantasy-tournaments,c3819107

Success for M.O.B.A. Network's fantasy tournaments

Thu, Aug 17, 2023 10:15 CET

The esports fantasy competition MOBAFire LEC Fantasy Tournament, a collaboration between M.O.B.A. Network and E-GO App, has lived up to high expectations.

MOBAFire, the world's largest community for League of Legends players and operated by M.O.B.A. Network, launched fantasy tournaments last year in collaboration with E-GO App. Each participant takes on the role of a coach, competing to create the best team line-up with imaginary players based on data from major, real-life esports matches. Thousands have participated and competed for exciting prizes in the MOBAFire LEC Fantasy Tournament during the winter, spring, and summer of 2022-23.

The MOBAFire LEC Fantasy Tournament relies on data from the LEC Season, which has its final on August 19th. Six of the world's top teams will compete for the prestigious victory in the tournament, a substantial prize pool, and qualification for LoL Worlds – the biggest event of the year in the LoL realm. The winner will be announced on September 10th.

In the MOBAFire LEC Fantasy Tournament, community members have the opportunity to harness their engagement and knowledge about the LEC Season and its players. It is free to participate in the competition.

"Fantasy tournaments surrounding League of Legends are hugely popular in the MOBAFire community. This leads to an increasing number of visitors on MOBAFire, resulting in significant commercial gains," says Björn Mannerqvist, CEO of M.O.B.A. Network.

After evaluating this initiative in the fantasy tournament sector, and a previous smaller-scale fantasy project, M.O.B.A. Network has decided to conduct further fantasy tournaments in collaboration with E-GO App.

"We are very pleased that our partnership with MOBAFire continues. The fantasy tournaments about League of Legends have been warmly welcomed by thousands of gaming enthusiasts in our communities. Our analysis indicates that this partnership strengthens our brands and increases the recruitment of new customers," says Viktor Maisey, CEO of E-GO App.

For more information about the MOBAFire LEC Fantasy Tournament, click HERE.

Stockholm 2023-08-17

Björn Mannerqvist, CEO

Mail: info@wearemoba.com

Web: https://wearemoba.com

Certified Adviser - FNCA Sweden AB

 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nyc-officials-are-trying-to-stop-the-deadly-social-media-trend-of-subway-surfing.754231/



Let Darwin cook.

[Uncle]