Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[benji]

Speaking to MP1st, we asked Marvel Rivals game director Guangguang that question, and his answer was quite interesting to say the least.

MP1st: One thing about Marvel projects lately is the introduction of original characters, be that in movies or shows. Is that something that you’re even allowed to do down the road just having a completely original character for the game that may be introduced to the full Marvel universe later?

Guangguang answered, “Yes, we are allowed to introduce original characters in Marvel Rivals.”

When we followed that up and asked where there is anything in development about that at this time, the game director didn’t confirm or deny it, but only said to “stay tuned.”

So this conforms with existing practice in other Marvel projects and isn't announcement of anything?

Literally done before in a Marvel game:

9 years ago
Celebrate Captain America's 75th anniversary with this new re-imagining of the character, available only in "Marvel Puzzle Quest"!

[benji]

Why are they all assuming that any character wouldn't have to be approved by Disney?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-2025-ot-taco-trump-and-the-big-beautiful-bullshit.1236576/page-26#post-144053256

Obviously the election is way off, and who the front runner is this far out rarely has any predictive relationship to who wins, but Newsom gives off the same stench that I was getting from Starmer, and I doubt he'll do any of the things I'd need to see him do in order to convince me he isn't going to run the US in much the manner that Starmer is, which isn't something I could ever vote for.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-exec-says-next-xbox-will-have-dedicated-ai-silicon-that-%E2%80%9Cwill-be-transformative-in-how-you-actually-experience-your-gameplay%E2%80%9D.1273071/page-4#post-144018555

 User banned (permanent): Dismissing concerns of genocide. Multiple prior bans for the same behavior.

The tech literacy on a video game forum could use some work. Or, if you must be the first to dunk on Microsoft, maybe the actual content of the topic doesn't really matter.

Literally any thread nowadays that is somewhat related to Xbox. Rarely ever has to do with the topic either. Wish there were rules that forbade trolling and low-effort, drive-by commentary.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-2025-ot-taco-trump-and-the-big-beautiful-bullshit.1236576/page-26#post-144053256

Obviously the election is way off, and who the front runner is this far out rarely has any predictive relationship to who wins

This isn't true at all. For example, Joe Biden lead from 2017 on until after the Iowa caucuses. Mitt Romney basically did the same from 2009 on, with Newt always in the mix. Hillary led in both her runs and nearly won in 2008. John Kerry was always a leading candidate in 2004. Trump is the exception because nobody even polled on him until 2015, Obama was similar and was regularly a leading candidate when they did start polling with him.

The real truth is that Newsom and Buttigieg aren't "frontrunners" because they don't even crack 15% yet, the frontrunner is Genocide Kamala still: https://www.racetothewh.com/president/2028/dem

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-exec-says-next-xbox-will-have-dedicated-ai-silicon-that-%E2%80%9Cwill-be-transformative-in-how-you-actually-experience-your-gameplay%E2%80%9D.1273071/page-4#post-144018555

 User banned (permanent): Dismissing concerns of genocide. Multiple prior bans for the same behavior.

The tech literacy on a video game forum could use some work. Or, if you must be the first to dunk on Microsoft, maybe the actual content of the topic doesn't really matter.

Literally any thread nowadays that is somewhat related to Xbox. Rarely ever has to do with the topic either. Wish there were rules that forbade trolling and low-effort, drive-by commentary.

He wasn't talking about Palestine though....

Thank you, I appreciate it. Was more referring to people who don't know anything about AI using it as an opportunity to console war and derailing the thread. Nothing to do with MS and their bullshit (fuck MS). My other posts are all on topic, I'm kind of interested in how it affects the next gen and Xbox. I hate Copilot but I'm interested in other features AI could bring

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-exec-says-next-xbox-will-have-dedicated-ai-silicon-that-%E2%80%9Cwill-be-transformative-in-how-you-actually-experience-your-gameplay%E2%80%9D.1273071/post-144020445

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-exec-says-next-xbox-will-have-dedicated-ai-silicon-that-%E2%80%9Cwill-be-transformative-in-how-you-actually-experience-your-gameplay%E2%80%9D.1273071/page-9#post-144044310

Fuck this AI bullshit and fuck Microsoft

from a moderator no less, cool. Nice discussion point there, really set the tone for discussion. Care to elaborate or just going for a drive-by?

To the article, its not saying anything different from sony (or at least speculated by) around AI and their next console. AI is obviously a large driver across technology so its reasonable to accept that they would mention it in some way or another. Im interested to know what they mean by this and how it will be used IE on an OS level to assist with navigation, shopping (probably more likely knowing MS) or on a technical level for development for upscaling...etc

Yeah people are acting like Microsoft was involved in some bad shit or something. Like, genocide bad.

Oh, he knows.

Oh, he knows.

Choosing not to debate it further in this thread, because I would rather stay on the OP's topic, should not be mistaken as indifference or silence on where I stand.

What have you actually done in response to the ongoing genocide? Beyond refusing to buy a console you were never interested in or piling onto every Microsoft thread in an online forum that has no real-world impact?

For my part, I have actively fundraised and worked with a group that consistently condemns the actions of the Israeli government, and we have been doing this long before the recent headlines or thread markers.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/22/celtic-fans-raise-45000-for-palestinian-charities-after-flag-protest

Well then don't act so clueless as to why folks respond this way to MS and try to tone police others.

Financially aided Palestinians and not leaving shitass driveby's on calls to boycott a company currently washing its hands in blood.

Don't act shocked when a callous presentation is taken as such. If you're helping elsewhere, good. Genuinely good. Dismissals of others' call to action still rank as shitty and are going to be taken as such.

Microsoft and its actions absolutely should not be afforded normalization.

You made the choice of coming in with a drive-by with your "nah I'm cool thanks" in a thread about condemning genocide, as an effort to minimize our impact in the endeavor.

As someone said very succinctly, "Nice discussion point there, really set the tone for discussion".

To come in here and be angry with people condemning Microsoft with that in mind is rich.

Good talk.

[D3RANG3D]

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[DavidCroquet]

Fuck this AI bullshit and fuck Microsoft

Did something change since April?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/psa-halo-mcc-is-once-again-10-%C2%A38-49-on-steam.1176057/#post-139244619

[Boredfrom]

You don’t care Foolhardy, piece of shit. Bitch ass crocodile tears.

[Potato]

Every thread related to MS you have these sad cunts posting nothing but reminders

https://www.resetera.com/threads/coming-to-game-pass-gears-of-war-reloaded-dragon-age-the-veilguard-void-breaker-and-more.1273665/#post-144044139

...and you know it's all just 

[Taco Bell Tower]

Made it 8 seconds and done, that game can fuck right off. I don't know what it thinks it's trying to do but it told me everything I needed to know about it in those 8 seconds.

Oh, I bet 

[Potato]

Why are they all assuming that any character wouldn't have to be approved by Disney?

Because they're all stupid and have never worked in any corporate environment, ever. 

McDonald's drive-thru jobs don't allow you to redesign Grimace or introduce a new cousin of Ronald.

Their whole worldview is steeped in fan art and fan fiction being real.

[benji]

McDonald's drive-thru jobs don't allow you to redesign Grimace or introduce a new cousin of Ronald.

[benji]

Another ERA classic thread. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
https://www.resetera.com/threads/objective-follow-mom.1274850/

[benji]

Took 98 posts until someone finally mentioned it:

And of course, it's still a MS product so this has to be mentioned:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-bds-movement-calls-for-a-boycott-of-xbox-and-microsoft-gaming-products-over-its-parent-companys-complicity-in-the-genocide-in-gaza.1155057/

Only other post in three pages so far:

Hard pass for me. Black Ops 6 was full of hackers in ranked and MP, and it took them months to even allow your to turn off PC cross play. 0 faith in MS to deliver a safe product. Too busy worrying about profits to fund genocide.

And people try to claim this isn't a far-right hasabra forum.

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/black-myth-zhong-kui-teaser-trailer-game-science.1274667/

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/criticisms-of-golden-age-simpsons-episodes.1273350/#post-144029340

I'll also throw in a vote for Secrets of a Successful Marriage's ending. What a pathetic resolution, yeesh.

The dated transphobia littered here and there's an easy pick, but Homer Badman, while meant to be blistering commentary on sensationalist media, comes across more as denigrating sexual assault allegations and it made for an uncomfortable first watch. There's a number of scenes that come to mind -- not the least in the limp, mealy-mouthed ending where they prove Homer only intended to pinch a gummy bear off a girl's pants (you still grabbed her butt, dude!), but this line right here...



Hoo boy, where to begin? This Medium article has a good breakdown on that and some other problematic elements of Simpsons throughout its whole run.

[Besticus Maximus]

This is literally their post last year, not like they changed..., they know what they were doing with the monkey holding the disc in that pose,

[Jansen]

👌

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[Boredfrom]

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/criticisms-of-golden-age-simpsons-episodes.1273350/#post-144029340

I'll also throw in a vote for Secrets of a Successful Marriage's ending. What a pathetic resolution, yeesh.

The dated transphobia littered here and there's an easy pick, but Homer Badman, while meant to be blistering commentary on sensationalist media, comes across more as denigrating sexual assault allegations and it made for an uncomfortable first watch. There's a number of scenes that come to mind -- not the least in the limp, mealy-mouthed ending where they prove Homer only intended to pinch a gummy bear off a girl's pants (you still grabbed her butt, dude!), but this line right here...



Hoo boy, where to begin? This Medium article has a good breakdown on that and some other problematic elements of Simpsons throughout its whole run.

Part of the joke was that the girl was totally unrelated to the Homer incident, so she crying was pure performative nonsense. Are you retarded Mr Saturn?

[Taco Bell Tower]

Another ERA classic thread. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
https://www.resetera.com/threads/objective-follow-mom.1274850/

AuthenticM

yeah I need to make an account.
ever since imgbb banned me for "copyright violation" when all I had were screenshots of old games, I ruled them off. They're shit. I'm convinced that they saw that my images were using more bandwidth than the average upload on their site (because I used my screenshots for threads here) and just used a bullshit reason to ban me in order to save on bandwidth.

[Boredfrom]

yyyeaaaaah that gif in particular has put me off rewatching it in my latest classic simpsons binge.

 



I hope someone punch you in the nuts, someday.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/criticisms-of-golden-age-simpsons-episodes.1273350/#post-144029340

not the least in the limp, mealy-mouthed ending where they prove Homer only intended to pinch a gummy bear off a girl's pants (you still grabbed her butt, dude!)

How in the world is the ending mealy-mouthed?  

[Vertigo]

Why are Ree mods such stick up the ass control freaks?  Are you telling me the forum cannot discuss whether or not their are aggressive panhandlers and scammers in their areas without mods locking threads?

And they wonder why serious discussion is dead on the forum, anything slightly controversial, they lock and tell you to move on.

For the love of whomever, can we have a little more compassion for people less fortunate than ourselves?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-panhandlers-in-your-area-becoming-aggressive.1274049/page-2

[HaughtyFrank]

This thread seems pretty dumb.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-birth-rate-is-hitting-record-lows-in-the-us-and-many-other-countries-do-you-view-this-as-a-positive-or-negative-trend.1273311/

A whole lot of people talking about how this will hurt capitalism and is therefore a positive, which is just a really dumb argument? Like isn't it obvious that social systems will suffer far more when you have a small young work force but lots of old people? For people who constantly scream for socialism they have no clue about anything

[Tektonic]

Just apropros of nothing; did i dream up that little guy who used to wear a paperboy cap and do movie reviews, and was "hounded" out of the forums
Or was that another internet forum sub-genre.

well maybe not a dream, his emote is still here! 
bobby?

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/windows-11-24h2-update-kb5063878-may-cause-ssd-failures-and-or-corrupted-data.1275072/#post-144080628
Transistor

Perfect time to switch to Linux

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://hatsdotcomblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/get-the-look-portlands-bobby-fatboy-roberts/

I thought he was black?

[benji]

This thread seems pretty dumb.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-birth-rate-is-hitting-record-lows-in-the-us-and-many-other-countries-do-you-view-this-as-a-positive-or-negative-trend.1273311/

A whole lot of people talking about how this will hurt capitalism and is therefore a positive, which is just a really dumb argument? Like isn't it obvious that social systems will suffer far more when you have a small young work force but lots of old people? For people who constantly scream for socialism they have no clue about anything

But the entire house of cards of market capitalism is also at risk because not only are all the major world economies built on the absurd notion of eternal exponential growth

It's definitely bad for capitalism and economies built on magical thinking that numbers would only ever go exponentially up.

More positive than not, I think. Infinite growth is unhealthy in all things, including population. It seems like the goal should be to find a sustainable equilibrium.

The downside of unlimited growth capitalism is that it creates a world where people don't want to have children anymore.

It's a negative that is entirely of humanity's own doing, and governments are much more interested in GDP going up or reducing deficits than trying to give people the resources they need to have kids.

The opposite of "unlimited growth" is ever increasing poverty. Where do these people believe resources come from? That they just spawn on a timer? The only "sustainable equilibrium" is continued growth. There's no "steady state" possible because time is a thing and humans aren't Gods.

Also, what do these types of people think life used to be like when people had vastly more children?

I'm pretty anti-kid - have never liked 'em or had a desire to have 'em - but the future is looking bleak with a growing wealth gap and unchecked capitalism and I can't help but wonder why anyone would want to put kids in that future.

I'd wager it won't get better, so I understand (and support) the decreasing desire to have children.

People are isolated and many lack the economic means to responsibly marry and procreate.

Better for the planet, but I see it as a negative indicator of later stages of capitalism where everyone is being squeezed for all they're worth and most can't afford to live beyond fleeting distractions from work.

Rising costs,worse living conditions, few future prospects, tensions in the dating world and the rise in bigotry/fascism are not exactly an environment that inspires a desire to build a family.

People are too busy to rear children. You can't both demand people have more kids and in the same breath make the cost of living unobtainable.

If the capitalist systems in place wants more people to have kids, the powers that be should first try to make a world that people view as worthwhile and accommodating to bring kids into.

Who the fuck wants kids in this day and age? Most people can't even afford rent

Weird people think this has nothing to do with capitalism. I see a lot of vague gesturing at countries with good social services without taking into account a lot of these countries, like Japan, have massive wealth disparities and tons of economic problems. Of course no one should be forced to have kids, but there are tons of people who would like to but are too busy slaving away just to get by to even meet anyone, much less afford to bring a life into the world, social services or no.

Literally crazy to me that people look at the toxic shithole that is America these days and conclude that everyone is too rich and happy to be having kids. Most of the population is broke and miserable and living paycheck to paycheck.

Booshka:

This relationship always falls to austerity because the profit motive will supersede social safety nets. The only way out is to steer production and labor to sectors that are for human well-being and not for commodity production for never ending capital accumulation.

In order to do that you have to change the political economy, the economic base of production. Then, the social relations will follow, including family planning and the culture of care to support it. Commodity production for capital accumulation is the main driver of our trend towards biosphere collapse. So, changing the base of economic production will restore our relationship to nature in a way that is sustainable, this relationship itself promotes well-being and human flourishing.

 

Everyone rushing in to tell us this has nothing to do with capitalism when capitalism is killing our planet as we speak is pretty funny.

 

At least to me, it's obvious capitalism was responsible for the population spike in the 20th century and it's also responsible for people not being able to afford having kids, knowing their quality of life would be awful.

It's not a good thing. Nobody can afford to have children in the western world, that's the problem. The developing world? Sure, have a ton of kids, and maybe you'll be ready to take over after everybody in the west is dead. That won't happen though because so many are desperately poor. Nothing will change there.

The folks in the west that are having kids have a lot of money, and they're not giving up their power. Money makes the world go around, and nothing here suggests that anything will change. The people having kids in the west are consolidating their money. They are the people who got the wealth transferred to them post pandemic. The lower and middle class in the west will either move up, or much more often than not, die off and fade from history.

Having a ton of kids will only take you so far. The people who run the world now belong to a death cult, and they're elated to watch the lower and middle class leave the earth by not reproducing. They don't care how many people have kids in the 3rd world, because they have no upward mobility, and will do nothing to disturb anything for the western elites.

How can these dudes be so disconnected from basic statistics about their own country?

Here's the thing though... humans aren't ants. (worldwide) population explosions usually lead to improvements in society, be it in science, medicine, etc, because more people means more brains, and more work put in to find solutions to problems.
Historically, less people actually leads to declines in civilization.

Which is the horse and which is the kart here?

I'm not pretending to know, but did things start getting worse before birth rates dropped? As populations reach over crowding, or in hard economic times, these things come down. That's a fairly well known thing. As social support structures get stripped away people want less kids, etc etc. I kind of feel like you need to fix society *first* so people want to have kids vs making people feel obliged to have them for the good of society or what have you.

I'm done I can't keep reading this thread.