I only own Hitman 2 (gifted) not 3, so I don't have a full grasp of what the content was, but apparently he was a limited time Elusive Target at some point in the past. Which surely means they could have just kept their mouths shut and never featured him again and it would amount to exactly the same thing, unless it also means deleting the content for those people who still have it. Maybe a Hitman 3 owner could clarify.
For those who don't know about the rape case, some interesting facts:
it was tried in civil court and there will not be a criminal case, because the director of prosecutions says there is little chance of a conviction
McGregor was one of 2 men accused. The other was cleared. So apparently if you Believe All Women 50% of the time, there are no contradictions and no implications for the woman's general credibility.
this all comes off the back of McGregor emerging as a dissident political voice in Ireland, so I'm sure it's a very true and real accusation just like it was for Russell Brand and Julian Assange.
These civil trials are ridiculous. In Trump's trial they couldn't even prove he was ever in a room with her, with no physical evidence and 30 years old, and they found him guilty?
Remember the Simpsons episode where Homer is accused of sexual harassment and we get the line “there there, your tears say more than than any real evidence ever could”
My favorite is when he interviews him and acts like Homer is attacking him him and then there is the “warning may not have actually happened” disclaimer
In this one, apparently there is no dispute that they had sex, only whether or not it was consensual. A big deal has been made about the fact that she had bruising which some vaxxpeddler said was 'le worst bruising I ever seent' and also the fact that she reportedly had to have a tampon removed with forceps.
At the same time, the jury somehow accepted that the guy who fucked her just after McGregor did so consensually.
They also did not award any punitive or aggravated damages against McGregor.
“Aggravated damages or compensatory damages are for conduct which shocks the plaintiff,” the judge said. “Exemplary [or punitive] damages are damages for conduct which shocks the jury. That’s what you’re doing there.”
These were not awarded. The jury were so shocked and sickened they decided to make no example of this rich man at all. It sounds like a tepid, middling, contradictory verdict from a panel of cowards (8 women and 4 men, if I recall).
Oh, also the judge told the jury not to engage in 'victim-blaming' just before they went off to deliberations, queering the pitch still further.
also the judge told the jury not to engage in 'victim-blaming' just before they went off to deliberations
Courts in Canada too got mandatory feminist comissars ''educating'' judges about things like that, which only make sense if you presume the man accused is guilty by default, which is exactly what Feminists want.
If he's a target then...you're killing him. So you're killing the guy you don't like. Isn't that good?
It's like the castle level in Hitman 2 where you kill the two annoying black sisters. I love that level because the objective is to kill the annoying people.
Or the Elusive Target in Hitman 1 where you kill Harry and Marv from Home Alone. They're bad guys; you're killing them. This is supposed to be a good thing.
It's like the castle level in Hitman 2 where you kill the two annoying black sisters. I love that level because the objective is to kill the annoying people.
Funnily enough, the McGregor Elusive Target is on this level too.
There was hotel CC footage that contradicts her story and on the stand her explanation is she didn't remember and that was not in her character to do what she did in the footage.
insert whatever emoji you think best fit my reaction.
Yeah, he was an elusive target mission. You figure they keep him in if they feel so negatively about a "rapist".
I like Hitman (2016) but the 2nd and 3rd games maps were meh, Paris, Bangkok and Hokkaido are S tier but pretty much every map in that first game was a banger. I even liked Colorado, just get drunk and go Call of Duty on it.
How timely - just as McGregor was starting to make noises about politics and presenting as a possible focal point of resistance to the invasion taking place in Ireland.
I don't want stars in video games anyway, unless they're intentionally made that way such as movie adaptation video games. Or the sports games like NFL, UFC, the tony hawk skater series, etc. Conner McGregor in Hitman seems like Krusty the Clown in The Godfather. It's not the place for that.
It just ruins the experience because you know them from a different medium, and you start to think this would have been better had it been a movie, or tv show, not a video game.
Agreed. However, McGregor in a grounded, urban beat-'em-up game could have been awesome. We just don't get many beat-'em-up games where we play as badarses like that.
Jet Li's Rise To Honour was absolutely awesome. The shooting segments were utter tosh, but it had one of the best fighting control mechanisms in any beat-'em-up game I ever played. It helped that Jet Li did the actual fight choreography and motion capture for his character -- and he was fast and fluid enough so that just moving the right analog around made it feel very cinematic. That game still has an unrivaled combat system, and it's a shame we don't have it in any other beat-'em-up titles, but it would take an excellent talent like Jet Li to make it viable.
I only own Hitman 2 (gifted) not 3, so I don't have a full grasp of what the content was, but apparently he was a limited time Elusive Target at some point in the past. Which surely means they could have just kept their mouths shut and never featured him again and it would amount to exactly the same thing, unless it also means deleting the content for those people who still have it. Maybe a Hitman 3 owner could clarify.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/developer-of-hitman-game-to-withdraw-content-featuring-conor-mcgregor/a1989767645.html
Further on the story.
For those who don't know about the rape case, some interesting facts:
it was tried in civil court and there will not be a criminal case, because the director of prosecutions says there is little chance of a conviction
McGregor was one of 2 men accused. The other was cleared. So apparently if you Believe All Women 50% of the time, there are no contradictions and no implications for the woman's general credibility.
this all comes off the back of McGregor emerging as a dissident political voice in Ireland, so I'm sure it's a very true and real accusation just like it was for Russell Brand and Julian Assange.
These civil trials are ridiculous. In Trump's trial they couldn't even prove he was ever in a room with her, with no physical evidence and 30 years old, and they found him guilty?
Remember the Simpsons episode where Homer is accused of sexual harassment and we get the line “there there, your tears say more than than any real evidence ever could”
The gummi bear and "Homer sleeps in the nude" episode. I remember it well
My favorite is when he interviews him and acts like Homer is attacking him him and then there is the “warning may not have actually happened” disclaimer
With the obvious bad editing?
Yea.
In this one, apparently there is no dispute that they had sex, only whether or not it was consensual. A big deal has been made about the fact that she had bruising which some vaxxpeddler said was 'le worst bruising I ever seent' and also the fact that she reportedly had to have a tampon removed with forceps.
At the same time, the jury somehow accepted that the guy who fucked her just after McGregor did so consensually.
They also did not award any punitive or aggravated damages against McGregor.
These were not awarded. The jury were so shocked and sickened they decided to make no example of this rich man at all. It sounds like a tepid, middling, contradictory verdict from a panel of cowards (8 women and 4 men, if I recall).
Oh, also the judge told the jury not to engage in 'victim-blaming' just before they went off to deliberations, queering the pitch still further.
"Before you talk this case over, just remember #killallmen. That is all"
Courts in Canada too got mandatory feminist comissars ''educating'' judges about things like that, which only make sense if you presume the man accused is guilty by default, which is exactly what Feminists want.
Uh, excuse me...Orange Man Bad.
If he's a target then...you're killing him. So you're killing the guy you don't like. Isn't that good?
It's like the castle level in Hitman 2 where you kill the two annoying black sisters. I love that level because the objective is to kill the annoying people.
Or the Elusive Target in Hitman 1 where you kill Harry and Marv from Home Alone. They're bad guys; you're killing them. This is supposed to be a good thing.
Funnily enough, the McGregor Elusive Target is on this level too.
When the fuck did "civil rape court" become a thing? I don't remember ever hearing about anyone being an "adjudicated rapist" in 2005.
Because it doesn't require 'beyond a reasonable doubt' rather a 'preponderance of evidence.' Basically in a he-said, she-said, She will always win.
Expect to see more of this. Just another way for women to destroy men they dont like.
There was hotel CC footage that contradicts her story and on the stand her explanation is she didn't remember and that was not in her character to do what she did in the footage.
insert whatever emoji you think best fit my reaction.
Pikachu face
They make the SAME games.
FTFU
If you dont play hitman you won't miss IO if they dissappeared.
Kind of rich coming from people who literally make a mass murder and assassination simulator.
Connor McGregor was featured in Hitman stuff?
Yeah, he was an elusive target mission. You figure they keep him in if they feel so negatively about a "rapist".
I like Hitman (2016) but the 2nd and 3rd games maps were meh, Paris, Bangkok and Hokkaido are S tier but pretty much every map in that first game was a banger. I even liked Colorado, just get drunk and go Call of Duty on it.
How timely - just as McGregor was starting to make noises about politics and presenting as a possible focal point of resistance to the invasion taking place in Ireland.
Straight from the playbook...
I don't want stars in video games anyway, unless they're intentionally made that way such as movie adaptation video games. Or the sports games like NFL, UFC, the tony hawk skater series, etc. Conner McGregor in Hitman seems like Krusty the Clown in The Godfather. It's not the place for that.
It just ruins the experience because you know them from a different medium, and you start to think this would have been better had it been a movie, or tv show, not a video game.
Agreed. However, McGregor in a grounded, urban beat-'em-up game could have been awesome. We just don't get many beat-'em-up games where we play as badarses like that.
You're right about that. They're few and far between.
I'm sure there have been others, but I can't think of any directly.
To my spotty memory, I think the last licensed beat 'em up, it was Jackie Chan's Stuntmaster on PS1.
Jet Li's Rise To Honour was absolutely awesome. The shooting segments were utter tosh, but it had one of the best fighting control mechanisms in any beat-'em-up game I ever played. It helped that Jet Li did the actual fight choreography and motion capture for his character -- and he was fast and fluid enough so that just moving the right analog around made it feel very cinematic. That game still has an unrivaled combat system, and it's a shame we don't have it in any other beat-'em-up titles, but it would take an excellent talent like Jet Li to make it viable.
Another one of those “julian assange” fake rape allegations?
Was planning on getting the games at some point since they did look interesting, just removed it from my wishlist and pressed ignore. Fucking hell.
Connor is anti illegal immigration in Ireland